Norfolk gazette and publick ledger — Norfolk [Va.], 1805-10-23 00:00:00, page 4

Department of Miscellany.
' THE GROCER IN LOVE.
A SONG OF SIMILIES.
I'm—v>hat am 1 ?—why I’m a natty young blade !
A beau. Sir !—a grocer !—the tippy, the dandy !
But in my poor heart a sad wound.has been made,
Bv a girl that's as sweet as the best Sugar Candy !
She’s fairer than that Time ever knew ;
Her breath far excels the perfume of all Sjtices ;
Her eves arc as two Cak<vs of stone Iilue ;
The hue ofher Lips than Vermillion more choice is.
By me she’s beloved more than Honey by Flies ;
I sigh,Sir!—I cry,Sir !—in vain ; I can’t move her!
But just like a Candle that buyns till it dies,
I waste and consume in the Flame of a Lover.
Oh did she but smile, it would cherish my heart,
Like Pe/i/irrmint IVatcr or Daffy's Elixir ;
Her coyness alas! it but sharpens the Dart
That Cupid contrived in my bosom to fix, Sir.
I painted my shop both without and within,
A Sign, Sir! so fine, Sir ! with large golden letters,
I plac’d o’er my door—> ct she cares net a Pin ;
Alas ! she was made to be lov’d by my betters !
How dismal the case of a Lover like me !
O ! might 1 but change to the Form I could fancy,
I’d turn to the Sugar that sweetens her Tea,
And leave this strange World—to be swallow’d by
NANCY. ’
MO HAL.
From the Connecticut Courant»
THE T'EOPLE OF ALL POLITIC A I, PARTIES.
Since there is rmich politic al debate and
strife among us, some saving, “ lo here” is the
right way, and others, “ lo there,” I also will
show my opinion. I am an aged man ; and
tho’ I have spent a great part of mv time in
tilling the ground, a considerable portion of it,
has been devoted to reflection, and to reading
such books as 1 thought would make me wi
ser ; and particularly to reading history.
It apears to me that the things which be
long to the peace and prosperity of the pub
lick are plain, and that they may be reduced
to a few points.—llow does a family rise from
small beginings and become flourishing and
respectable?—By industry and frugality and
the practice of good morals^— And how
are the decendants of the same family brought
low ? Most commonly by idleness, dissipation,
and a gi neral degeneracy front the virtues of
their ancestors.—Now a nation or a state may
be considered as a great family, that also usu
ally rises and falls in the manner that has been
mentioned.
My Bible informs me that “ Righteousness
exalteth a nation,” and that a general corrup
tion of morals and manners is a certain fore
runner of rational ruin : and I find these sen
timents remarkably vcrvfied in the histories
of nations, especially in the histories of free
nations.
It is hardly to he believed that any nation
since the brgming of the world, has, as to the
main body of its members, been moral in the
strictest and highest sense of the word, that is,
truly pious. But some nations have been re
markable for their external respect to the
great duties of religion and morality ; and
others have rendered themselves notoriously
infamous by their immoralities and vices.—
The former have commonly prospered ; while
the latter have speedily wrought their own ru
in.— It has been more especially so as to free
republicks The members of a dcspotick state
are the passive instruments of the despot, bv
whose strong arm they are held, restrained,
imd managed lit pleasure : and such a state
may, therefore, continue, powerful for some
time, though it be deeply and almost univer
sally corrupted. But a free republick where
in the people arc the source of power, depends
for its political existence upon the intelligence
and virtue of the people. So long as they
have correct ideas respecting their own politi
cal interests and continue generally virtuous
in their morals- and habits, their lights remain
secure, unless perchance they should he subju
gated by some other nation of superiour force.
But if their minds become darkened bv igno
rance or by prejudices, and especially if their
morals become generally and deeply corrupt
ed, they will most assuredly plunge into anar
chy, and will “ bite and devour one another,”
tilt some bold usurper find an opportunity to
yoke them for his service.—This ever has
been the natural course of things, and ever
will be so, as long as man continue to be
man.
We might trace this truth in the histories
of all free'nations, ancient and modern, which
have risen, flourished, and fallen.—We might
trace it particularly in the bib It history of the
Hebrew tribes—While they .stedfastly adher-i
ed to the laws and institutions which infinite
wisdom had provided for them, they pros
pered : but when they corrupted their ways,
they fell. Indeed the whole volume of all his
tory from the beginning of the world to tlu
present day, so far as it is set before us, uni
formly teaches that publick and private virtue
is the life-spring of rational liberty;—a liberty
that makes equitable laws its sanctuary, and is
as far removed from licentiousness as light is
from the darkness.
Here then is the cardinal point, to which
every friend to the welfare of this country
ought to give the most earnest heed. If we
suffer a general depravation of morals and
maimers, the loss of our civil privileges will
be inevitable. What though our nation be
oome wealthy, if it also become exceedingly
corrupt, it will be like a body bloated with a
dropsey; and political death must sooa dis
’ solve its parts. ,
I It is truely and execllrntty remarked by '
Doctor Middleton in his life of Cicero, that
the course that a free nation rune, i* from
‘ virtuous industry to wealth; from wealth
to luxury ; from luxury to an impatience of
“ discipline and corruption of morals ; till by
“ a total degeneracy and loss of virtue, being
grown ripe for destruction, it falls at last
“ a prey to some hardy oppressor, and, with
u the loss of liberty, losesevery thing else that
“ is valuable.”
1 he truths contained in these remarks are
solemn and weighty ; and they deeply concern
:,s as individuals, and as members of the great
community. 11 our nation is seemingly run
ningthe same fatal race that is here described,
I if the morals of the people are degenerating,
r there is surely a loud call upon all the friends
to virtue and the publick welfare, f of whatever
political party,) to combine together to check
t'*r progress of immorality, and “tostrengthen
” the things that remain, that are ready to
“ die.”—There is a loud call particularly upon
the sober substantial part of the people of
New-hngland, to unite their efforts for the
preservation of those virtuous principles, man
ners, and habits, which were the glory of their
ancestors. If.
HUMOUR.
A gentleman who was going to fight a duel,
asked a friend of his, who had won a consi
derable sum the night before, to be his second.
u My dear sir,” replied the gamester, “ I won
| lifteen hundred guineas last night, and shall
| cut but a poor figure to fight to day; but if you
will apply to the person I got them of, he will
tight like a devil, for he has not a farthing
A piece of wit in a democratic!; paper is
such a rarity as to be worth transplanting, for
this reason we insert the following jcu de mot
lrom the revolutionary paper lately establish
ed at Pittsburgh : “ All our doctors, from
doctor Dick to doctor Bedford, are opposed
to any amendment of the constitution. This
is not remarkable——they live by had consti
tutions. 'U.S.Gaz.
Wc had before seen in the federal papers
that really and truly there was no more of a
I Salt Mountain in Louisiana, than there is on
your worship’s nose. But we did not believe
it. We thought it must have been “ a fid; rid
j i/r.” But to our surprise in perusing a publi
| cation from the Boston Chronicle, inserted in
j the last Plebeian, sure enough it was acknow
ledged that it was all a hum ! The mountain is
in labour, and a quiz is brought forth. Now
honestly and sincerely, Dr. Mitchell, where
did \ ou get that salt you sent to your wife for
Louisiana mountain salt, a year or two since.
And, ’pon honour now, Doctor, was you a
•Mizzor or quizzee? Ulster Gaz.
MARTIN FISK,
Has just received by the late arrivals from London
ami Liverpool, and Jlr side,
100 crates Crockery Ware, well assorted.
150 kegs F I’F Powder,
5 ton* Shot,
150 casks Wrought Nails 4. 6. 8. 10. 20d.
GO kegs White Lead,
SO bolts Oznaburgs,
20 casks Hibbert’s Porter,
50 boxes Short Pipes,
1500 lb. Seine Twine,
AND A GCNtlt A 1. ASSORT Ml NT r,f
HARDWARE U CUTLERT.
ON HAND,
20,000 lbs. Prime Green Coffee,
25 llhds. Muscovado Sugar,
10 do. Loaf do.
30 chests Hj son
Jteas.
15 do. H\ son Skin
10 do. Young Hyson
8 do. Imperial
10 llhds. Old Antigua Rum,
CO barrels Rye Whiskey,
30 do. Apple brandy.
October 4. tf 1R4
LANDING,
Oi'l if tae R-'ig Albert, Ciphiin- t'nier, fiojn Madeira,
I’ipis, Branded
*0 Hogsheads, C M. M.
40 Quarter Casks, ^ (•
Of the firsr Old London Particular Madeira WINE, warranted
e'iual to any imported —For sau' bv
Robert Dickson.
September 11
tf 140
THE SUBSCRIBER
Having ofiencd Tavern in the Exchance Coffef
House, wilt be g/act to take in
TEN OR TWELV E GENTEEL HOARDERS
l>> the year.
Peter Kemp.
May 6. tf <554
DKSERTIOX.
DFST.'RTED from this Garrison on Monday the 19th
instant, W im.i.vm G. 1 homi'Son, a private in my
Company of Artilleries. He is a.- years old, S feet 7 l-Jin
elnw high, dark ha.r and complexion, born in Lancaster
county, Pennsylvania. Ten D'Jturs will be given as a reward
ou his delivery at this post.
J. Saunders,
Captain U. S. Artillery Commandin'*.
Fort Nelson, August o’O. tf’ 10S°
COW-POX.
THOSE persons who wish to avoid catching the Small
Pox which now exists in this Borough, are informed tha
thesubscriber has again succeeded in intioduring the Vaccint
Infection, and that he now has several arms tit to inoculate
from,
*** He has returned to his old shop at the lower end of the
new market.
,« . George Balfour.
KQ” An Apprentice wanted.
Nov. 16. tf 305
L.-VND1NG AT COMMERCE-STREET WHARF,
i*e.'«r Mkir. uilios,
27 Puncheons High Proof Jamaica RUM.
7 do. MOLASSKS.
A.VD MOM SCHOOSeX EKILLUST,
\ few Puncheons choree Windward Island RUM.
For sale by
Rcclmon id Frith.
August 7r tf yt
LEVIN DORSEY,
On Tjivn Point—Wide Water-Street,
Mas Received by the Dumfries, from London, in addition to
to his former assortment of
MATHEMA TICAL IJYSTP UMEA'7'S, &c.
Adams’s Patent Globes—12 inches.
Brass and Wood Compasses—Assorted.
Quadrants.
Night and Day Telescopes—Assorted.
Telescopes for Day only.
Patent Time Glasses.
From 1-4 to 1-2 minute, and for one and two hours.
Gunter’s Scales and Dividers—Assorted.
Chaos, for the West-Jndies, and America.
Moore's Epitome anil Daily Assistant.
And has on hand,
j Blunt s American Practical Navigator-~Last edition, with
\ a Copious appendix.
| Blount’s American Coasting Pilot.
1 Alno for Sale,
\ Bell-Mettle Skillets of Supetiour Quality.
Carriage Wheel Bo\o-, Pouches, and
Solid Brass Shecu-s—Assorted.
( Hoop and Baltimore Bur-Iron—Assorted.
All kinds of Mathematical Instruments Repaired, as usual.
April 26. tf 628
THIS DAY LANDING,
! From on b’Miru t \e Sett, ,ner liable, Captain (S'.a, j -,ri B.ludmn v.
IWi Casks CLAkl.T.
9*H Cases assorted do.
f>6 do. do. White do.
SO Baskets SWEET OIL.
2 Trunks and 3 Ca>cs Ladies’ and Men’s SHOES.
8 Cases Mens’ and Children’s Sna and Beaver HATS,
assorted.
[ DEMIJOHNS, ALMONDS, NUTS, Ac. Ac.
Tor jale on liberal term., by
John e? James Gahvey,
Commerce-Street W'Larf.
WHO IIJ VE O.v HAJVD,
75 Boxes White & Brown Havunna SUGAR.
September G. tf 128
TO RENT.
r | sHE Store, Cellar, and C’ompting Room, No. 41,Miin
I Street, at present occupied by Messrs. Gilliat A
Mackinder. Apply t*
Thomas Wiltoch.
April 1. tf 547
NEW CUT-NAIL MANUFACTORY,
ON TOWN POINT,
A mall distance bcloci County fV.ar/, IVJe IVuter Street.
THE Subscriber has, at a considerable expense, fitted
up, in addition to his other business, a complete set
of machinery, adequate to finish 500 to 600 lhs. of Nails daily
He is also provided with a good stock of Uion; and with a
sufficient number of skilful workmen.
lie has on hand a constant Sltfplv.f
Nalls, Flooring Brads, and Sprigs,
which ke offers for Sale ut the reduced prices a* folio**, by
the keg, viz.
lOd, 12d, 20d, Nail*, 8d per It>.
&d, do. 9»l per lb.
Sheathing do. 7 l-2d per lb.
Gd, do. lOd per lb.
4d, do. 3*. per M.
3d, do. 2s 7 l-2d do.
bd, 10d, 12d, and 20d, Brads, 8d per lb.
6d, do. 4s Gd per M.
4d, do. 3s do.
3d, do. 2s 7 l-2d do.
2d, do. 2s. 7 1-2d do.
ALSO—HOOP AND BAR-IRON ASSORTED.
LEV LX DORSEY.
March 18. tf 503
’"landing this day on our wharf,
Eom on board the Martha & Mary jfrum Q-rnnada^
86 Puncheons RUM.
20 Hogsheads MOLASSES.
I Punclrvon SHRUB.
1 Barrel LIME JUICE.
Aj-J from on board tU British B/ig Brothers, from Kingston.
40.000 lbs. Prime Jamaica COFFEE.
IN STOKE,
50.000 lbs. Prime Jamaica COFFEE.
30.000 lbs. Porto Rico do
20 Barrels Baltimore LOAF SUGAR.
150 Barrels Superfine FLOUR.
50 Hogsheads Petersburg TOBACCO.
20 Puncheons Grenada RUM.
20 Barrels Prime PORK.
25 Bales Up’and COTTON.
All of which we will dispose of cm moderate terms.
C. &? F. Whittle.
August 3. tf
2J
130 Tierces and Half Tierces Prime RICE,
Just landing, and for Sale by
Mo^es Myers.
September 27. 172
FOR SALE-BY THE SUBSCRIBER,
At iut B .IKtlll’L't.n OK 7 WJC.V Po’.ss r tr;.l CuMMiRCE SlRt'LT.
700 Barrel. Superfine PILOT BREAD, from fresh Elour.
e()0 Jo. NAVY do.
K)0 do. SHIP do.
AU of which will br» su’d on reasonable credits, or exchang
ed for West hid a produce.
Wanted at the ubove Business,
SIX BOYS-AS APPRENTICES,
Who wi.l moel with good encouragement.
S. Harris.
Sentetnber To. tf 17K
LANDING
At tie Suhscnbrr's Wr.urj, frjm on board the Shit Ann.
2U0 Gross HO I'll. KS.
3.) Box.* WINDOW GLASS.
30U0 Bushels COALS.
For sale by
A. Maclure.
September 4. tf i$/2
JUST RECEIVED,
By the ship Roba isf Betsey, Copt. Richardson
from London, and for sale by the Subscriber,
A LARGE SUPI LY OF
DRUGS and MEDICINES,
of all kinds.
Patent Medicines, Perfumery, &c. &c.
Also received by the ship Almira, Capt. Stover,
A LARGE ASSORTMENT OF
SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS,
Consisting of Amputating, Trepanning, Cupping,
Midwifery, Tooth of different sorts, Crown and
Common Lancets, and Surgical Pocket Instruments
fee. fee.
HARDHAM’s SNUFF, No. 9.
Also, by the ship Olive Branch, Capt. Le Breton
Jrom Bristol,
A LARGE fe EXTENSIVE ASSORTMENT OF
GLASS & FURNITURE,
For Apothecary’s and Practitioner’s Shops.
ItT* Those wlio favour us with their orders wil
be supplied on the most reasonable terms, and
the articles of the best and freshes quality, as
our importations are regularly twice a vear", and
laid in with cash, from the most respectable
Druggists in London.
fCJ* Medicine Chests made up as usual.
Also, a few elegant Mahogany Chests of tile
newest construction, with furniture complete,
PERRY’S anti-dillious PILLS.
Frederick Heermann £? Son.
July 17._ 2aw 12m. 1
BLANK NOTES and CHECKS
for both Banks, minted on paper of a suptsriour quality , for
Sale at t)ysOia*», K * " ’ 1
NORFOLK BOROUGH:
At a Quarterly i'etihu 0 art, cutitinunl ana htld tit 3CM Jay a
Augu.t, US05.
Alexander Madure, Joint Robinson, arid Daniel R.'
Waddav, trading under the farm of Daniel K.
Wuddcj & Co. Comfts
Again.t,
Gilbert Robinson, ami James Brown, Merchants,
trading as partners under the firm of Robertson A
Broivn, and Robert Dickson, Admaiupirator of
Henry Cavan. Deft:
TI1IC Defendants Robertson and Brown, not hav.ns en
tered their appearance, and given security arco/din#
to the Act of Congress, and the Rules of this Court, and it
appearing to the satisfaction oft.’risCourt, that the,- are not
Inhabitants of this Commonwealth: On the motion of the
( oinpUinant by their Counsel, It n ortierea, That the said j
fendants Robertson and Brown, do appear hereon the fourth
Monday m November next, and answer the 15.11 of the Com
plainant, and that a copy of this order be forthwith ins rted
m some Newspaper printed m this Borough, for eight weeks
successively, and posted at the front door of the Courthouse
lit the said Borough: An:t it is artier oni.rr,/, That the De
b-ndam Robert Dickson, Administrator ol'IR i.ry Cavan, de
ceased who hath effects of the said Robertson and Brown,
in his hands, do not pay, couvev awav, or scent such ef
fects, hut retain them until the further order or decree of this
Court, concerning the same. (-\Co-iv Test ■ I
1ST W ILLIAM SHARP, ’c. N. B.c.
iSuHFor.K Hohoijgii.
At a Quarterly Session Court continued and
held the 3uth day of August, lhuj.
ly.Ttuia Pen., a , Com .l t,
Against J.«» je St. j/ur!.:, Rj,at LrC ln Chancery.
react, and Tit). Armhtta:!, Deft a J
The defendant ./ran dr St. Maria, not bavin? en
tered hisanp.-arunrr, and given security according to the Act
r.t Assembly and the rules of this Court—And it appenruie to
the sat Si action ol the Tumi that he is not an inhabiuut of
this commomvc. 1th—On the motion of the complainant by
his counsel, it is orierei, that the deflialant Jca; d* St. Mur.!,
do appear here on me fourth Monday in November ncu and
answer the bill >f the complainant, and that a copy o ’ thi*
order be lurthw.th inserted in some newspaper printed in this
Boroagnto: eight v.ecss succes-ivclv, and posted at the front
Iluor ot the Court I lor.se of the said Borough— And it .» fur
ther ordered, that the defendants Rdert Lj-.erev.e, ui Pec
u\u! who have eft'ects of the said Jean da St. Mafa, ii
t.icir hands, do not pay, convey away, or secret such eifects,
b It retain them until the further order or decree of this court
concern.ng the same. (A Copy)
12ti Teste, Wm. SHARP, C. N. B. C.
TO KENT,
At fra ,J SefUad.tr,
LAKCc and commodious three story Brick House,
mi Cnurch-Street, at present oeeupiod by Mr. Hetiopf'
tne first floor w completely tut d for a Store* and Counting
Room, and the upper pa-t well calculated for the r-sidencu.
of a genteel family, with two kitchens, all other necessary
oat houses, and a paved yard, tor terms apply to
William Plume v? Co.
August 19. tf
ad
Mrs. MACDOUGAL,
INFORMS her f.lends and the publirk, that she has take*
that hand omc house belonging to Mr. Roberts, in the
centre of M,irk t Squate, where she will receive Board*rs oa.
moderate terms—the strictest attention will always be paid
to the diet rooms, and lodging, and every endeavour us-d la
render a transient or permanent abode at her house satiifisc
tory.
September S’a. tf ,Gy
British Consul's Ornct,
H . A'.rjUt, f'.rgima, August 31, 1 Uj.
IS Bntaimick Majesty's Cotoul to the State of Virginia,
in consequence of instructions bv him received trot*,
his government, hereby gives notice, to the merchants coo.
crjneJ m the trade to Ills Majesty's Dominions, that accord
ing to t ,e terms of the Act of the ,37th of the Km- C 97
no British built vessel captured by His Majesty's enemies,
atterwaids pu.cliased by citizens of the United States, and
s .iluig under a S. a Letter can be admitted to entry under th«
said Act, as an American vessel.
John Hamilton.
114
GERMAN GOODS.
JOHN C. NIF.MEVER,
Han lately received and offers for Sale, the flhndnt*
Coor/.v, for Ctu/j, or o.i convenient credit, for
af.firoveJ .Mtes, viz.
• 000 Bugs ol 2 ami 3 bushels, in bales of 600 each.
10U0 Ivist India Gunnv Bags
19o Pieces Ticklenhurgs uu
uud Oanabtrrgs.
400
Brown Bolls,
400
White Rolls, different qualities.
100
\\ bite Plutiilas.
75
Brown Hollands,
100
lirctannias.
Ilowlass.
t hie \V liitc Flanders Sheeting.
25
Shirt Lim n of 20 to 100 dollars per
piece of ,37 c ards.
40
Fine Bed Bunts and Bed Ticking,
390
velvet Ribbands, No. 2 to 150.
30
_ Russia Sheeting, and Diaper.
~70 Dozen Snuff Boxes.
1Q0 Boxes Baltimore Window Glass, in whole and
hull boxes, viz. 8 by 10, 9 hv 11, 9 by 12,
10 by 12, and 1? by 14, at the manufac
tory prices, with the addition of the
usual charges.
A few Barrels Philadelphia bottled Porter.
105 Boxes Short Pipes.
J'° „ Si,a!,ish Sugars, of different quality.
150 lbs. Shoe Thread.
131} Twine.
15 Boxes Glass \\ are, of different kinds, cut anA
plain. ’
37 Barrels Turpentine.
^ sll.SO,
20 Dozen of Shoe Brushes.
\ iolins, Flutes and Fifes.
ditto Strings and Bows.
.Looking Glasses of all kinds.
Nuns’ Thread and Fine Lace.
Thread Stockings, Flush for Saddl-s.
Coffee Mills—Beads, and Bird Cages.
Razors, Spectacles, and Penknives, 1st qualify'
Backgammon Tables, Dice, Cards, Chesnic'o.
Fowling Pieces, Pistols, and Agut Flints.
Crooked Horn and Ivory straight Couibs.
An Invoice of Japanned Ware,
do. do. of Mill Saws, Augers. &c
40,000 Marbles. ’ S ’ KC*
And a great variety of other Articles.
September 25. Apply aS aJ^*'
TO RE.YT,
T’1^ '',varc!’,°'JS(.es at P.r“e,,t occupied by James Herron
on iny wharf, capable of storing 4,000 barrels flour
“ "anger ofbigh tides-Po*es*ion may be hK
nLTbe^rwia,lemPte‘ if,*""We* “‘-Wharf
-ri ™'u°' /°r faT * ,.tna °f Y‘°n>
.. ,of ■", adjoining mine, newly repaired,
56feei fanning back from 2 to zM feet, with
sufficient well made ground for the erection of warehouses—
at the end of the whaif, there i5 water for any stun wadi a
convenient Lumber Yard. For terms apply to P
John Davis.
Portsmouth, July 2D.
2awtf
NOH FOLK:
PuBi-isnEn Three Times A-weec
BY WILLIAM DAVIS,
FOR TIIR PROPRIETOR,
Opposite tue Exchange Coffee House.
luce Five DuiUKandFifty Cent* yearly, in advance.