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Laws of the U. States.
[PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY.]
AN ACT
Further to amend the several acts for the establishment and regulation of the Treasury, War and Navy Departments.
BE IT ENACTED, by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, That all warrants drawn by the Secretary of the Treasury or of War, or of the Navy, upon the Treasurer of the United States, shall specify the particular appropriation or appropriations, to which the same should be charged. The monies paid by virtue of such warrants shall, in conformity therewith, be charged to such appropriation or appropriations in the books kept in the office of the Comptroller of the Treasury, in the case of warrants drawn by the Secretary of the Treasury, and in the books of the Accountants of the War and Navy Department respectively, in the case of warrants drawn by the Secretary of War, or by the Secretary of the Navy; and the officers, agents or other persons, who may be receivers of public monies, shall render distinct accounts of the application of such monies according to the appropriation or appropriations under which the same shall have been drawn, and the Secretary of War and of the Navy, shall on the first day of January, in each and every year, severally report to Congress, a distinct account of the expenditure and application of all such sums of money, as may prior to the thirtieth day of September preceding, have been by them respectively drawn from the Treasury in virtue of the appropriation law of the preceding year, and the sums appropriated by law for each branch of expenditure in the several departments shall be solely applied to the object or objects for which they are respectively appropriated, and to no other. Provided, nevertheless, That during the recess of Congress, the President of the United States may, and he is hereby authorised, on the application of the Secretary of the proper Department, and not otherwise, to direct, if in his opinion, necessary for the public service, that a portion of the monies appropriated for a particular branch of expenditure in that Department, be applied to another branch of expenditure in the same Department, in which case, a special account of the monies thus transferred, and of their application, shall be laid before Congress during the first week of their next ensuing session.
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of the Comptroller of the Treasury, in every case where in his opinion further delays would be injurious to the United States, and he is hereby authorised to direct the Auditor of the Treasury and the Accountants of the War and Navy Departments, at any time, forthwith to audit and settle any particular account which the said officers may be respectively authorised to audit and settle, and to report such settlement for his revision and final decision. And the said Comptroller shall also lay an annual statement before Congress, during the first week of their session, of the accounts in the Treasury, War or Navy Departments, which may have remained more than three years unsettled, or on which balances appear to have been due more than three years, prior to the thirtieth of September then last past, together with a statement of the causes which have prevented the settlement of the accounts or the recovery of the balances due to the United States.
Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That exclusively of the purveyor of public supplies, paymasters of the army, purveyors of the navy, military agents, and other officers already authorised by law, no other permanent agents shall be appointed either for the purpose of making contracts, or for the purchase of supplies or for the disbursement, in any other manner of monies for the use of the military establishment, or of the navy of the United States, but such as shall be appointed by the President of the United States, with the advice and consent of the Senate; Provided, that the President may, and he is hereby authorised in the recess of the Senate, to appoint all or any of such agents, which appointments shall be submitted to the Senate at their next session, for their advice and consent, and the President of the United States is hereby authorised until otherwise provided by law, to fix the number and compensation of such agents: Provided, That the compensation allowed to either shall not exceed one per centum on the public monies disbursed by him, nor in any instance the compensation allowed by law to the purveyor or of public supplies.
Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That every such agent as may be appointed by virtue of the next preceding section, and every purveyor of the navy shall give bond with one or more sufficient sureties, in such sums as the President of the United States may direct, for the faithful discharge of the trust reposed in him, and the paymaster of the army, the military agents, the purveyor or of public supplies, the purveyors of the navy, and the agents appointed by virtue of the preceding section, shall, whenever practicable, keep the public monies in their hands, in some incorporated bank, to be designated for the purpose by the President of the United States, and shall make monthly returns in such form as may be prescribed by the Treasury Department of the monies received and expended during the preceding month, and of the unexpended balance in their hands.
Sec. 5. And be it further enacted, That all purchases and contracts for supplies or services which are or may, according to law, be made by or under the direction of either the Secretary of the Treasury, the Secretary
of War, or the Secretary of the Navy, shall be made either by open purchase, or by previously advertising for proposals respecting the same: And an annual statement of all such contracts and purchases, and also of the expenditure of the monies appropriated for the contingent expenses of the military establishment, for the contingent expenses of the navy of the United States, and for the discharge of miscellaneous claims not otherwise provided for, and paid at the Treasury, shall be laid before Congress at the beginning of each year, by the Secretary of the proper Department.
J. B. VARNUM, Speaker of the House of Representatives. JOHN MILLEDGE, President of the Senate pro tempore. MARCH 3, 1809. APPROVED, TH: JEFFERSON.
AN ACT
To extend the time for making payment for the public lands of the United States.
BE IT ENACTED by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That every person who hath heretofore purchased any of the public lands of the United States, at any of the land offices established for the disposal of the said lands, whether such purchase was made at public or private sale (sales by virtue of a pre-emption right only excepted) and whose lands have not already been actually sold or reverted to the United States, for non-payment in part of the purchase money, and the time for making the last payment on account of such purchase according to former laws, may have expired, or shall expire, on or before the first day of January next, shall be allowed a further term of two years for the payment of the residue of the principal due on account of such purchase; which further term of two years shall be calculated to commence from the expiration of one year from and after the day on which the last payment on account of such purchase should, according to former laws have become due, and shall be allowed only on the following conditions: That is to say:—First, That all the arrears of interest, on the land purchased, to the end of one year from and after the day on which the last payment on account of such purchase should according to former laws, have become due, shall have been paid at or before the end of such year. Second, That the residue of the sum, due on account of the principal of such purchase, shall be paid with interest thereon, in two equal annual payments, viz. one half of the said residue, with the interest which may then be due thereon, within one year; and the other half of the said residue, with the interest which may then be due thereon within two years after the expiration of one year from and after the day on which the last payment on account of such purchase should according to former laws have become due. And in case of failure in paying either the arrears of interest on each of the two instalments of principal, with the accruing interest, at the time and times above mentioned, the tract of land shall be forthwith advertised and offered for sale, in the manner and on the terms and conditions now prescribed for the sale of lands purchased from the United States, and not paid for within the limited time; and shall revert in like manner, to the United States, if the sum due, with interest, be not at such sale bidden and paid.
J. B. VARNUM, Speaker of the House of Representatives. JOHN MILLEDGE, President of the Senate pro tempore. March 2, 1809. APPROVED, TH: JEFFERSON.
Christian Gratitude.
From the Virginia Argus.
We herewith lay before our readers an Address on the part of the Baptists of Virginia to the late President and his reply.—Reader, peruse these letters, and then carry your recollection back a few years to the conduct of leading federalists. In order to prevent the election of this great and good man, the United States were agitated from one extremity to the other—with predictions that Mr. Jefferson would cause your Bibles and your churches to be burnt. The impartial hand of time has removed the fog of delusion, and each obtains their just reward—his calumniators that of shame and contempt, and Jefferson, the ornament of his country and of human nature, the voluntary homage of religious societies. Religious tyranny and union of church and state in other countries have brought many good men to the stake and produced rivers of human blood. In our country Jefferson the friend of liberty and toleration, has uniformly advocated religious freedom, for this he has been branded with every epithet of indecency and disgrace.
From the Baptist General Meeting of Correspondence of Virginia, to the President of the United States.
OCTOBER 25th, 1808.
SIR, Acquainted from pure motives, as we believe you are about to retire from public life, the applause of his constituents, in their different relations, must be a pleasing reward to a retiring statesman. We, as a religious society, offer you, sir, our applause. We do it cordially. You may receive approbation from sources that are more conspicuous, but from none, we believe, that are more sincere. Attached to a church government of the
freest kind; we must be friends to him, who is a friend to the rights of conscience. Many say they are friends to these rights; we believe them, because they say it. But from you we have better proofs. The whole tenor of your public life exhibits an undeniable evidence of your unswerving friendship to religious liberty. Your enemies admit it, and some of them, we fear, are enemies for that very reason. The heterogeneous union of church and state was never congenial to our principles. But when we remember that, from experience, the persecution and intolerance of many of our ministers of the gospel must declare, that this union is as repugnant to our feelings as to our principles. Your exertions very much contributed to its final dissolution. Since you have ascended the presidential chair, we know of no measures of yours, which do not completely quadrature with your former line of deportment. Of the whole, then, of your public life, we desire to express our approbation. Your enemies charge you with holding unfriendly sentiments to the Christian religion. We do not believe it. Your conduct in our judgment, has evinced the contrary. And we think it was better to answer them by actions, than by declarations. Situated as you have been for a considerable time, any declarations upon that head would have been ascribed to popular views. So amiable does the Christian system appear to us, that we can scarcely imagine, how any man who is willing to restrain his unlawful appetite, can be unfriendly to its doctrines.
Of our political state, though not immediately within our province as a religious body, we will as citizens, to express our sentiments. We are persuaded, that nothing on your part has been wanting, either as it respects wisdom, integrity or exertion, to have placed us in a most eligible condition. 'Tis true we suffer evils, but we bear them cheerfully, hoping that they may finally operate, as remedies to other and worse evils. If we are disappointed in this, we are ready to support the government of our choice, in stronger and more efficient measures. Some nations like some individuals do justice only when coerced to it. Trusting in a God of Justice, we do not fear the issue. We once struggled for our rights, and we gained them.
We are almost to a man, favorable to that successor who is most likely to preserve the spirit of the present administration. We hope he may fall on more propitious times than his predecessor, or that he may be equally capable to avoid their evils. In your retirement from the duties of public life, we devoutly wish you every blessing; the smiles of Heaven, the approbation of a virtuous mind, the affection of a grateful people; and that after many years of health and happiness your grey hairs may go down in peace to the grave.
Signed by order of the Baptist General Meeting of Correspondence, of Virginia, in which Six Associations were represented by their delegates. RO. B. SEMPLE, Moderator. His Excellency Thomas Jefferson, President of the United States.
THE PRESIDENT'S REPLY. To the General Meeting of Correspondence of the Six Associations represented at Chesterfield, Virginia.
I thank you, fellow citizens, for your affectionate address, and receive with satisfaction your approbation of my motives for retirement. In reviewing the history of the times thro' which we have past, no portion of it gives greater satisfaction on reflection, than that which presents the efforts of the friends of religious freedom, and the success with which they were crowned. We have solved by fair experiment, the great and interesting question, whether freedom of religion is compatible with order in government, and obedience to the laws; and we have experienced the quiet as well as the comfort which results from leaving every one to profess freely and openly those principles of religion which are the inducements of his own reason and the serious convictions of his own enquiries.
It is a source of great contentment to me to learn that the measures which have been pursued in the administration of our affairs have met your approbation. Too often we
have had but a choice among difficulties, and this situation characterises remarkably the present moment.—But fellow citizens, if we are faithful to our country, if we acquiesce with good will, in the decisions of the majority, and the nation moves in mass in the same direction, although it may not be that which every individual thinks best, we have nothing to fear from any quarter.
I thank you sincerely for your kind wishes for my welfare, and will equal sincerity implore the favor of a Protecting Providence for yourselves. TH: JEFFERSON. Nov. 21, 1808.
Political Miscellany.
BRITISH ORDERS IN COUNCIL.
Extract from Mr. GILES' Speech.
PERMIT me now, sir, to enquire into the pretext, upon which the British ministry undertake to justify these extraordinary orders in council, and I will venture to assert, that they will be found, both false and insincere. The pretext set up for the justification of these orders, is suggested to be founded upon the right of retaliation upon their enemy. The right to retaliate through the United States is said to be founded on the culpable neglect of their government to resist French aggressions upon their neutral rights, by which it is pretended that Great Britain has sustained an injury, and thus claims a right to counteract the injury through the United States. Upon the same pretext France claims and exercises what she calls the same right in consequence of the culpable neglect of the United States in not resisting the aggressions of Great Britain. The suggestion of each is false in fact. The United States, have not been guilty of any culpable abandonments of its rights in relation to either of the aggressing belligerents. The government has constantly interposed all reasonable resistance, to the aggressions of both, of which reasonable resistance, it was the proper judge, at least it was entitled to its full share in the decision, and any forcible resistance, to that decision when made was an act of war. I do not therefore propose to enter into the question, whether Great Britain or France first commenced their aggressions, since both were properly and reasonably resisted. But, if I were to express an opinion upon this question, I should have no hesitation in saying that G. Britain first began, and so far France has more pretexts for her conduct. There were many acts of the most serious aggressions committed by Great Britain under pretended blockades, before the Berlin decree; and the impressment of American seamen, was cotemporaneous with the commencement of the war. This was not, and is not the less an act of aggression, because it is stale, has been long practised, and because we are habituated to it. But it was not acquiesced in. It was met by reasonable remonstrance and resistance, and therefore is no justification of the French decrees, but at the same time it takes away even the shadow of a pretext from Great Britain, upon the question of who began to do wrong first? For there is a reciprocal condemnation of each other, and so far a joint exculpation of us, at least from the commencement of the wrong to either. But, sir, let me now examine the pretext of the British ministry according to Mr. Canning's own exposition of it.
The acts of France complained of, are admitted by Mr. Canning now to be merely nominal in relation to G. Britain, that they are utterly harmless and contemptible, that they have ceased to be mischievously operative, &c. Yet he tells you that he will not revoke the orders in council for fear his motives in doing so may be mistaken; but that it is in itself just and proper to revoke them according to the principle of retaliation upon which they were originally adopted; but merely for fear of his motive in doing an act of justice, and propriety, may be mistaken or misconceived by others. But, sir, let us hear him in his own words:
"The struggle has been viewed by other powers, not without an apprehension that it might be fatal to this country. The British government has not disguised from itself, that the trial of such an experiment might be arduous and long, though it has never
doubted of the final issue. But if that issue, such as the British government confidently anticipated, has providentially arrived much sooner than could even have been hoped; if "the blockade of the continent," as it has been triumphantly styled by the enemy, is called even before it had been well established, and if that system of which extent and continuity were the vital principles, is broken up into fragments, utterly harmless and contemptible, it is nevertheless important in the highest degree, to the reputation of this country, (a reputation which constitutes a great part of her power) that this disappointment of her enemies should not have been purchased by any concession; that not a doubt should remain to distant times of her determination and of her ability to have continued her resistance, and that no step which could even mistakenly be construed into concession, should be taken on our part, while the smallest link of the confederacy remains unbroken; or while it can be a question, whether the plan devised for her destruction has not, either completely failed, or been unequivocally abandoned. Canning to Pinckney, Sept. 23, 1808.
"The purpose of this letter is not to renew the discussion upon the subject of your proposal, but merely to clear up any misunderstanding which had existed between us in the course of that discussion. I cannot conclude it, however, without averting very shortly to that part of your letter, in which you argue that the failure of France in the attempt to realize her gigantic project of the annihilation of the commerce of this country, removes all pretext for the continuance of the retaliatory system of Great Britain. This impotency of the enemy to carry his projects of violence and injustice into execution, might with more propriety be pleaded with him, as a motive for withdrawing decrees at once so indefensible, and so little efficacious for their purpose, than represented as creating an obligation upon Great Britain to desist from those measures of defensive retaliation which those decrees have necessarily occasioned. If the foundation of the retaliating system of Great Britain was (as we contend it to have been) originally just, that system will be justifiably continued in force, not so long only as the decrees which produced it are mischievously operative, but until they are unequivocally abandoned, and, if it be thus consistent with justice to persevere in that system, it is surely no mean motive of policy for such perseverance, that a premature departure from it, while the enemy's original provocation remains unrepented, might lead to false conclusions, as to the efficacy of the decrees of France, and might hold out a dangerous temptation to that power to resort to the same system on any future occasion."
Canning to Pinckney, Nov. 22, 1808. What, sir, does Mr. Canning here tell us? Why, sir, on the 23d of September last, that the French blocking decrees were then broken up into fragments utterly harmless and contemptible, and on the 23d of November following, that they had ceased to be mischievously operative, &c. &c. Retaliation may be defined, a wrong returned for a wrong inflicted. Well, sir, if the United States had done no other wrong to Great Britain but neglecting to repeal the wrong of France; and the wrong of France ceased to produce any injurious consequences; why not revoke the orders inflicting the most destructive injuries upon the United States? Why, Mr. Canning in substance tells us, not that it would be wrong to do so, but he is afraid that the world would mistake his motive for doing right; and sir, is the commerce of the United States to be destroyed? The people to be colonized and taxed, and the nation to be insulted and degraded, merely because Mr. Canning fears, if he should cease to inflict these wrongs, his motives for ceasing to do so, may be misconceived or mistaken!!! And are the people of the United States to be told, that all these injuries and insults are to be continued merely to expiate Mr. Canning's idle and pretended fears, that his motive for his conduct may be mistaken? What, sir, can be more derogatory to the country? What more injurious to the interests? What more insulting to the

understanding of the American people?—Yet, Sir, we are told there are no causes of war! We must wait for more degradation! Sir, Mr. Canning tells us he thinks this is no mean motive of policy for continuing these orders after the original causes ceased. Sir, I will not pretend to think against Mr. Canning upon this subject; but, Sir, I think, and I know that it will be a mean, an infinitely mean motive of policy on our part to submit to his injuries, his insults, and his degradations, as well as his absurd and sophisticated exposition of his motives for them. But, Sir, permit me again to ask, if the United States had not a right to judge of the extent & mode of resisting the French decrees? They certainly had, and did so; and after having made their decision in those respects, a contrary, hostile, decision by Great Britain, was an act of war against the United States, and according to her own principle of retaliation on their part was an act of retaliation, not indeed through the ribs of a third, innocent, unoffending party, but directly back upon herself, and it ought instantly to have been resorted to upon her refusal to revoke her hostile orders.
Latest Foreign NEWS.
[From Bell's Weekly Messenger, of February 13.]
AMERICAN CONNECTIONS.
The investigation which is at present carried on in the House of Commons, has so unaccountably fixed the public attention, as to leave little curiosity for any other subject—In our present article, therefore it is necessary to be short in order to be read.
If we except the late intelligence from America, little of importance has occurred since our last—But America must now be considered as the only power of any great importance to us in political consideration, as the only power whom we can really and substantially make a friend, and the only power with the exception of France, whom we have reason to fear as an enemy. It appears by the late intelligence, that the Embargo and Non-Intercourse acts have passed; and the new election having seated Mr. Madison in the President's chair, America will continue to be administered on the same principles of government, as during the power of Mr. Jefferson. America, however, does not hesitate to hold out her hand to conciliate. Repeal your orders of council, she says, and trade with me as you will. As this subject is to undergo a solemn debate in Parliament during the present week, we shall offer a few remarks upon it.
What is the policy of these orders of council?—Are they useful to us or mischievous? Do they promote or counteract our proposed ends? Do they produce greater mischief to the enemy or to ourselves.
But the worst effect of these orders of council is, that in shutting you from the ports of America, it has made your decrees of prohibition and search, a mere mockery. Your marine tyranny can have now no object of gratification; your arbitrary statutes are self repealed. The exclusion from America co-operating with the exclusion from the Continent, you are left to enjoy all the command of the sea, but none of its trade.
IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.
HOUSE OF LORDS—FEBRUARY 17.
AMERICA.
The order of the day being moved, Lord Grenville rose to bring forward his long expected motion for the repeal of the Orders in Council, as far as they affect the United States of America. His Lordship began by recalling to the recollection of the House, the opinion he had invariably expressed during the course of the last session on that subject; the intention he had avowed of bringing forward a motion grounded on the evidence then recently taken at the bar, and which motion would have been familiar in many respects to that which he should have the honor this day of submitting to their Lordships. If he had foreborne to bring forward that motion, it was because reports had gone abroad at the time as grateful as his feelings, as, if realized, they would have proved beneficial to the interests of the country, viz. that Ministers had altered their mind respecting America, and were disposed to resort to measures less calculated to alienate from us the good disposition of the American Government and people. Sorry he was, that such reports had no foundation in fact. Sorry he was, that his Majesty's Government should have persisted in a system, which he had no hesitation in saying, was a direct violation of the Laws of Nations, a flagrant infringement of the eternal principles of justice. Such is the light in which he had all along considered that system: but when he found it persevered in after the proposal of the American Government in August
last, he must now, moreover, designate it as an act of the most egregious folly, the result of the most unexampled ignorance. In August last, America proposed to you to repeal or suspend her Embargo, as far as it affected British commerce, if you would rescind your orders in Council as far as they affected the commerce of America. That proposition you have rejected, you find by rejecting it, you incur the odium and the blame of being the cause of the Embargo, and of the continuance of all the evils consequent upon that measure. All that has been argued on this question, and all that he had advanced respecting it at different times, it was by no means his intention now to repeat. He should confine himself to the statement of two questions, viz. Was it just, politic, and wise, to refuse the offer made by America in August last, and thereby prolong the existence of the evils that must arise from the present state of our relations with America? or is it prudent now to revise that fatal determination, and return to founder councils, and less hazardous measures? By the unjust and shameful procedure we had adopted, we put a stop to the neutrality of Europe, we enabled the enemy more effectually to exclude our commerce from the Continent, than perhaps he ever imagined he should be able to effect; but America still remained, and opened to us in another quarter of the globe, a mart for all our commodities, a supply for all the materials of our industry, from which the enemy, with all his immense power on the continent of Europe, had no means of debarring us. Yet, instead of pursuing a policy that must have attached America to our alliance and our interests, we have done every thing to inflame and exasperate her, every thing to estrange her affections, and indispose us towards her interests. Such is the direct tendency of the policy which his Majesty's present Ministers seem resolved to pursue. How different is it from that which the wisdom of Mr. Pitt adopted in 1783, which since that period has been pursued and acted upon, which, when he had the honor of being recalled to his Majesty's Councils, he had endeavored to re-establish, by the adjustment of a Commercial Treaty, founded upon the reciprocal interests of the two nations. But now, instead of cultivating that connection, instead of fostering that system of reciprocity, it would appear to be now the plan of Ministers to alienate America, and force her into the arms of France. If this was impolitic and unwise from the beginning, how much must it be less so since the offer of America in August last? Respecting the nature of that offer, the strongest misrepresentations have been made. It has been asserted in that House, that in her negotiations with France, and with this country, respecting the repeal of the French Decrees, and of our Orders in Council, America had manifested a decided partiality in favor of France. By these assertions, he had himself been entrapped into a belief that they were well founded, and in consequence of that conviction, he had made use of expressions respecting men and measures, which he was now most anxious to retract. What could be the motive of the misrepresentations of this matter which were so easily sent abroad, and so industriously propagated, he would not take upon himself to say; but he felt it his duty fully and accurately to inform himself upon the subject, and the result of his enquiries had abundantly satisfied him that the misrepresentations he alluded to had nothing in the world to warrant them. He should undertake to prove not only that the words of the President of the United States relative to the pending negotiations were misinterpreted, but that from irrefragable documents he would demonstrate that there were no grounds whatsoever for the charge of partiality on the part of America towards France, to the prejudice of this country. The Noble Lord then proceeded to read the passage in the Speech of the President of the United States to Congress, which relates to the negotiations with the two governments of France and England.
The noble Lord also read the report made by Congress in answer to the President's address, and argued both from the text of the speech and the comment upon it, the Report to prove that instead of any partiality toward France, the terms proposed were rather more favorable to England. The tenor of the instructions from the American government to their ministers at Paris and at London, the noble Lord likewise, referred to as containing still stronger proofs of the impartiality of America, or rather of her inclination to side sooner with England than with France. From all these documents, it appeared, and it was put in a still stronger light in a letter from Mr. Canning to Mr. Pinckney, which however, does not appear among the papers on the
table, that America held out nearly the same terms, couched in nearly the same language to both governments. To France she observed, that if the French government did not repeal their decrees, while England revoked her orders in council, America must be forced into a contest with France; in the other passages of correspondence, the word "War" was expressly made use of. Indeed not only did a perfect impartiality respecting the two governments appear to guide the proceedings of America, but a fair and full consideration of them would induce every unprejudiced mind to think, instead of much being offered to France and little to England, the reverse was the case, and that much had been offered to England and little to France.
By listening to the offer in August last, England might have secured two advantages—the repeal of the Embargo, and the next to a certainty of having America as an ally in the war against France; while France, in the first instance, had the offer but of one advantage; these were considerations which he could not too strongly recommend to the serious attention of their Lordships. Let the offer of America in August last, be candidly considered. Let the advantages of embracing it, and the evils that must result from rejecting it, be maturely weighed. This was the great object he had in view; and to which he must again implore the serious attention of their Lordships. In order to attain that object, he should now move an humble Address to his Majesty, the drift of which was to pray his Majesty would be graciously pleased, while the door for negotiation was still open, to adopt such measures as might tend to restore our wonted relations with America, and re-establish the former footing of our commercial intercourse with that country. The address moved by the noble Lord was very long, and refers to most of the transactions which have taken place between this country and America for the last two years.
PLYMOUTH, (Eng.) Jan. 30.
Now indeed, we have the miseries of war brought home to our own doors; for the scenes here are beyond any pen to describe, occasioned by the arrival of so many transports with troops just taken from the field of battle, the wounds of some of whom have never been dressed, while others are dying for want. No less than 900 women have been landed, all ignorant whether their husbands were dead or living. In this town and the neighborhood upwards of £500 have been subscribed for the relief of the sufferers; and a committee of Gentlemen have been sitting, by rotation, night and day, since Thursday last, in order to afford supplies of food, cloathing, and assistance to those who required immediate aid; and every woman, of every description, who had a second garment, has given it to the sufferers. Every house has become an hospital, for every family receives a sick or wounded person, giving food, and necessaries of all kinds. Notwithstanding those exertions, great numbers are dying every day; all business gives way to the calls of suffering humanity. Ladies in person attend the sick and wounded, dressing the wounds of the soldiers themselves; thus supplying the want of sufficient number of medical men, at the same time that many of the wounds, from not having been examined, were in a putrid and most offensive state.
These are not exaggerations; they are certain facts, witnessed by many thousands. Every female in Plymouth is employed in making shirts, petticoats, caps, gowns and necessary cloathing for the women. The Patriotic Fund, I am afraid, will have more claims than it will be able to answer.
LONDON, Feb. 1.
A vessel is arrived from Lisbon, which brings us the 16th ult. She has brought a confirmation of former accounts that the French had entered Portugal. The British who were at Lisbon were on the eve of their departure. There was no want of transports to bring them off, as well as all the Portuguese who were desirous to quit that country.
FEBRUARY 2.
Some of yesterday's evening papers stated, that a cartel had arrived at Dover from Cherbourg, with messengers from Bonaparte; and the inference was, that they had brought fresh proposals of peace.
Bonaparte, it is added, arrived at Paris on the 23d ult. and he is said to have boasted in his latter bulletins, that he has taken 3000 British prisoners, and 2,000,000 dollars.
FEBRUARY 3.
Yesterday, letters were received from Lisbon, up to the 24th ult. at which time it appears that no certain information had reached the capital of the entrance of the enemy into the kingdom. Nevertheless, the British residents there, as well as a great number of the natives, had resolved
to abandon the city. They were prepared to embark at a moments notice.
With Galicia, since the departure of our troops, we can of course possess no direct communication; yet an opinion appears to prevail generally, that Corunna did not surrender till its inhabitants had done themselves honor by valiant resistance.
FEBRUARY 6.
The plan of another expedition to Spain is for the present given up—The orders of preparation have been countermanded, and time is to be taken for enquiries as to the disposition of the Spaniards, before another army is sent to the Peninsula. Bonaparte, on the other hand, goes on without intermission in organizing the territory he has conquered. He proposes, it is said, to adopt the line of demarcation of Charlemagne. Biscay, Navarre, Arragon and Catalonia, will be added to France. The Ebro will be the new boundary; and extending it from Torrossa, its source, to St. Andero. As a recompence to Spain he will re-unite it with Portugal.
The appointment of Mr. Mellish to be Consul-General in Louisiana serves to convince us that Mr. Canning expects an amicable termination of the difference with the United States. His friendship for Mr. Mellish is sincere, and he would not have placed him in this situation, if it were not likely to be permanent and profitable.
In Europe there are yet left open a few ports in the south of Spain to which the ships of G. Britain can obtain access; but that they will continue so we more than doubt. From Portugal, notwithstanding the recent appointment of a member of the British Parliament to the important and lucrative office of Consul General to that Kingdom, our exclusion must be considered as inevitable. The late events in Sweden leave us without hope that our reception in her ports will much longer be tolerated—to that Europe may now be said, without exaggeration, to be closed against us.
FEBRUARY 13.
Between 3 and 4 o'clock yesterday, Mr. Hunter and Mr. Ruffe, King's Messengers, arrived at the Office of the Secretary for Foreign Affairs; but the contents of the dispatches have not yet transpired. We understand that the last of the Messengers left Seville on the 30th ultimo; and the dispatches are from Mr. Frere, his majesty's minister to the Supreme Junta. By the Loire frigate government had dispatches on Saturday from the same quarter, and also from Admiral Purvis, off Cadiz, dated the 25th of the same month.
By these we learn that Sarragossa has at length been forced to surrender to the enemy. We have not heard the particulars. The usurper Joseph had made his triumphal entry into Madrid, and had received the homage of all the constituted authorities. The most lively sensation still reigned in the southern provinces of Spain, and they still assert, that, with assistance, they could maintain a defensive war, and restrain the dominion of the French to the actual spots occupied by the troops.
Leghorn has been declared by Bonaparte a free port.
FEBRUARY 16.
The San Justo has arrived at Cadiz from Vera Cruz, with nine millions of dollars. This is the richest cargo that has been sent from the Spanish settlements to the parent state, and is one fifth of the total annual supply from those countries in times of peace and prosperity. About seven millions belong to the government.
By the terms of the capitulation of the town of Corunna, a general amnesty is granted to the town of Galicia, in the name of the Emperor and King and of his majesty King Joseph.
FEBRUARY 17.
M. Cevallos has arrived in London, and the accounts he has communicated tend to confirm the opinion entertained by some people, in this country, of the popular enthusiasm in the south of Spain, in favor of the Bourbon dynasty. To provide against disaster, we are happy to learn, that measures are taken to secure the fleet in the port of Cadiz, from the calamity which has unhappily befallen that in the harbor of Ferrol, where ten line of battle ships and five frigates, are said to be in the hands of the enemy. Many persons have been arrested in Cadiz, and great exertions are making to impose the fortifications of that place.
French official account of the Battle of Corunna.
THIRTIETH BULLETIN OF THE ARMY OF SPAIN.
Valladolid, Jan. 21.
The duke of Dalmatia left Betanzos on the 12th inst. Having reached the Mero, he found the bridge of Burgo cut. The enemy was dislodged from the village of Burgo. In the mean while gen. Franceschi ascended the river, which he crossed at the bridge of Sela. He made himself master of the high road from Corunna to Santiago, and took six officers and 60 soldiers prisoners. On the same day, a body of 30 marines who were fetching water from the bay near Mero, were ta-
ken. From the village of Penido, the English fleet could be observed in the harbor of Corunna.
On the 13th, the enemy caused two powder magazines, situated near the heights of St. Margaret, at half a league from Corunna, to be blown up. The explosion was terrible, and was felt at the distance of three leagues.
On the 14th the bridge at Burgo was repaired, and the French artillery was able to pass. The enemy had taken a position at two leagues distance, half a league before Corunna. He was soon employed in hastily embarking his sick and wounded, the number of which, according to spies and defectors, amounts to three or four thousand men. The English were in the meanwhile occupied in destroying the batteries on the coast, and laying waste the country on the sea shore. The commandant of the fort of St. Philip, suspecting the fate intended for his fortification, refused to admit them into it.
On the evening of the 14th we saw a fresh convoy of 160 sail arrive, among which were four ships of the line.
On the morning of the 15th, the divisions of Merle and Mermet occupied the heights of Villaboa, where the enemy's advanced guard was stationed, which was attacked and destroyed.
The rest of the 15th was spent in fixing a battery of 12 pieces of cannon; and it was not till the 16th at 3 o'clock P. M. that the duke of Dalmatia gave orders to attack.
The assault was made upon the English by the first brigade of the division of Mermet, which overthrew them and drove them from the village of Elvina. The second regiment of the light infantry covered itself with glory, gen. Jordan, at the head of the voltigeurs, wrought a terrible carnage. The enemy, driven from his position, retreated to the gardens which surround Corunna.
The night growing very dark, it was impossible to suspend the attack. The enemy availed himself of this to embark with precipitation. Only 6000 of our men were engaged and every arrangement was made for abandoning the positions of the night, and advancing next day to a general attack. The loss of the enemy has been immense. Two of our batteries played upon them during the whole of the engagement. We counted on the field of battle 800 of their dead bodies, among which was the body of two general officers, whose names we are unacquainted with. We have taken 20 officers, 300 men, and 4 pieces of cannon. The English have left behind them more than 1500 horses, which they had killed. Our loss amounts to 100 killed and 150 wounded.
The colonel of the 47th regiment distinguished himself. An ensign of the 31st infantry, killed with his own hand, an English officer, who had endeavored to wrest from him his eagle.
At day break on the 17th, we saw the English convoy under sail. On the 18th the whole had disappeared.
The duke of Dalmatia had caused a mortar to be discharged upon the vessels from the fort of Santiago. Several transports ran aground, and all the men who were on board were taken.
We found in the establishment of the Palloza (a large manufactory, etc. in the suburbs of Corunna, where the English had been encamped.) 3000 English mules. Magazines also were seized, containing a large quantity of ammunition and other effects, belonging to the hostile army. A great number of wounded were picked up in the suburbs. The opinion of the inhabitants on the spot, and defectors, is, that the number of wounded in the battle, exceeds 2,500 men.
Thus has terminated the English expedition which was sent into Spain. After having fomented the war in this unhappy country, the English have abandoned it. They had disembarked 38,000 men and 6000 horses. We have taken from them according to calculation, 6000 men, exclusive of the sick. They have re-embarked very little baggage, very little ammunition and very few horses. We have counted 5000 killed and left behind. The men who have found an asylum on board their vessels, are harassed and dejected. In another season of the year not one of them would have escaped. The facility of cutting the bridges, the rapidity of the torrents, which in winter swell to deep rivers, the shortness of the days, and the length of the nights, are very favorable to an army on their retreat.
Of the 38,000 men whom the English had disembarked, we may be assured that scarcely 24,000 will return to England.
The army of Romana, which at the end of December, by the aid of reinforcements which it had received from Galicia, consisted of sixteen thousand men, is reduced to less than five thousand men, who were wandering between Vigo and Santiago, and are closely pursued. The kingdom of Leon, the province of Zamora, and all Galicia, which the English had been desirous to cover, are conquered and subdued.
The General of Division Lapiffe has sent patrols in Portugal, who have been well received there.
Gen. Maupetit has entered Salamanca; he met there with some sick of the English troops.
Abstract of the 31st Bulletin.
The bulletin states, that the 42d, 50th, and 52d British regiments were utterly destroyed in the battle of the 16th. Gen. Moore was killed charging at the head of his brigade, and Gen. Baird wounded—he is reported to have died on the 19th. The night after the battle of the 16th, the enemy entered Corunna in the greatest consternation and confusion; out of 80 pieces of cannon which had been landed, only one dozen were re-embarked. The French kept possession of 60 pieces. Independently of the immense treasure the English had taken, a great quantity had been thrown from the precipices, which had been found by the peasants. Previously to, and in the battle of Corunna, two English generals had been killed and three wounded; among the latter was Gen. Craufurd. The French found in the port of Corunna seven English vessels, 3 with horses and 4 loaded with troops. They had taken from the English every thing which constitutes an army.
The English have gained nothing by the expedition but the hatred of the Spaniards, and disgrace.
Gen. Franceschi, after entering St. Jago, and taking possession of the English magazines, had proceeded upon Vigo, where Romana was with about 2,500 men, all which he could rally. The division of Marmont proceeded for Ferrol. The governor of Corunna took the oath of allegiance to King Joseph, and the people manifested great joy on being delivered from the English.

Portsmouth.
TUESDAY, APRIL 18, 1809.
MR. OAKLEY ARRIVED!
By the arrival of Captain Gould's packet from Norfolk, we learn that the British ship of war, Rosamond, of 20 guns, Capt. Walker, has arrived in Hampton roads in 41 days from Falmouth, (Eng.) with dispatches from the British minister. In addition to the particulars below, which we copy from the Norfolk-Ledger, of the 4th inst. it is stated that the central junta had retired to Cadiz; that the troops which occupied the heights of Corunna were composed of a picked body of Highlanders commanded by Sir John Moore, and that they were all cut to pieces.
It is with real concern that we now inform the friends of freedom and national independence, that the Spanish nation has fallen under the dominion of the Napoleon dynasty.
Joseph Bonaparte had returned to Madrid from whence addresses from all quarters were coming in to him.
Napoleon had returned to Paris, and accounts of his arrival there had been received in England before the Rosamond failed.
These are the particulars we have learnt and give them as we have received them.
In the Rosamond came passenger Charles Oakley, Esq. Secretary of Legation, of his Britannic Majesty to the United States.
It was noticed in the House of Commons, that the whole number lost in the Spanish expedition, did not exceed eight thousand killed, wounded, and missing.
An expedition of 15,000 British troops was preparing for Cadiz, which place cannot be taken by land.
There are dispatches from Mr. Pinkney for our government by this vessel. Baltimore American.
From letters and verbal information by the Monitor, to the last date, we are assured (and Mr. Pinkney is quoted as the authority) that all differences between the United States and Great Britain had been amicably adjusted. Centinel.
A letter from Liverpool, dated January last mentions as a report that Sweden has put her ports against Great Britain. The same letter quotes tar at 58/ per bbl. turpentine 63 to 70/ per cwt. rosin 35/ per cwt. Georgia 34/ per lb. Sea Island 4 to 5/ and wheat at 17/ per 70 lbs.
Extract of a letter from a gentleman in England to his friend in Boston, dated Jan. 30, 1809.
The affairs of Spain are considered by every one as settled—although 'tis said Ministers are foolish enough to talk of sending some 60,000 more to the south of the Peninsula, for the purpose of seeing, by experiment, how many can get back "covered with glory."
Two or three vessels have arrived in various ports, here, from the U. States; their cargoes will pay such an immense profit, as fully, I suppose, to quiet their owners' consciences for the sin of breaking the embargo. We are waiting anxiously for further news from Washington, although we expect nothing better than a non-intercourse with all the world, we are desirous to know the date of its commencement. Patriot.
Extract of a letter from an American gentleman now in England, to his friend in Boston.
I have not found any Englishman hardy enough to justify the Orders in Council—that honor belongs exclusively to some Americans.
We learn by the arrival of the barque Gottenburg, Capt. Gordon, 14 days from Havana, that "On the 20th of March the Governor of the island of Cuba, issued a proclamation, ordering all the French out of the island in fifteen days. The next day the negroes rose and plundered almost all the French houses in the place, and committed some murders. The Governor issued an order for the military to turn out, when the riot was quelled in the town; but in the country they committed devastation, and every French planter had to abandon his property to their mercy. The French inhabitants of Havana, to save their lives, were forced to take refuge on board the vessels in the harbour."
Extract of a letter from Havana, dated March 26th, 1809.
Notwithstanding the reports you may hear relative to the late dreadful scene exhibited in this city, you may rest assured that the Americans, as well as their property, have and will be respected.
The French in the city, without regard to age or sex, or the length of time they have been here, or station in life, have sustained total loss—and some of them lost their lives.
It appears a country mob commenced their ravages in the country on the same day—and not a French planter has been left even with a second shirt upon his back. Upwards of 400 of the ringleaders have been arrested, and are now in confinement; most of whom will be executed.
About 15 Frenchmen were killed in the town, and 100 in the country. N.Y. Gaz.
A Revolution has broken out at Buenos Ayres, in South America, under the celebrated Liniers, who has declared his intention to shake off the dominion of Spain. He has been joined by numbers, and the Governor of Paraguay, his brother in law, has likewise openly avowed the same cause. Gen. Ello, the Governor, of Monte Video, is the only person who has yet, dared to oppose those insurgents.
MARTINIQUE.
Capt. Burnham, from St. Bartholomews, confirms the intelligence of the taking of Martinique by the British. Fort Bourbon did not surrender until the besiegers had thrown into it more than 15,000 shells. The French troops in the garrison, agreeably to the capitulation, are to be sent to France, where they are to wait three days; and, if not exchanged during that time, are to be sent to England.
It seems by the last accounts that the English begin to think they must come into some negotiations with the United States of America, as they anticipate that they shall be shut out from the North, and not be without some trouble in the seas of India. By the votes of nearly two thirds of parliament it appears they will begin with some reluctance, but they seem hardly willing to try much longer what their friends can do for them in America, by weakening the government. It must afford great pleasure to our patriots that our Government is in sure hands, and that it cannot be deceived or shaken. Effort Regener.
FIRES.
A fire broke out in Richmond, (Va.) on Monday the 27th inst. which consumed more than twenty houses, most of them of great value.
On the 16th ult. the valuable Cotton Manufactory of Richard Crosby and Co. at Bloomfield, was consumed by fire—the loss is estimated at 30,000 dollars. Whether this misfortune originated by accident or was perpetrated by some vile incendiary, we have not heard.
Horrid to relate—On the night of the 27th ult. the Dwelling-House of Mr. Lewis Bridges, of Franklin county (North Carolina) was consumed by fire, and with it three of his Sons, aged 17, 14, and 10 years. A fourth son (about 21 years old) in escaping through the flames, was so much burnt that it is thought he will not recover. Mrs. Bridges was also very much burnt, in endeavouring to rescue one of her sons who succeeded in getting nearly to the door. Mr. and Mrs. B. were sleeping in an adjoining house, and alas! were only roused in time to view the sad fate of their children, without the power to relieve them. We learn with satisfaction that the citizens of Franklin have taken measures to relieve their distressed parents, who, in the evening of their days, have thus been deprived of their children (on whom they depended for support) and property. Star.
Drury Lane Theatre Burnt.
LONDON Feb. 25.—At a quarter past eleven o'clock last night, this magnificent edifice appeared a blaze of fire. The night was dark, but in a moment the atmosphere was illuminated, and the light was as strong on the steeples and roofs of the houses for miles round as in the brightest sunshine.
No part of the property of the proprietors or the company, was saved from the flames.
This was presumed to be the most magnificent and costly Theatre of any in Europe.
The amount of the insurance is stated at about 70,000. sterling. The building and its internal furniture, cost upwards of 180,000.
We have continual notices of the introduction of the arts and useful inventions into our country. A useful stucco of approved quality has had public approbation. A new method of calling balls has been announced by Bruff, and they have been approved. A blue dye, deep and lasting, it is said can be afforded at 4 cents for a pound of yarn. The successful cultivation of the Chinese Oil Radish has been mentioned in N. Carolina.
A statement from Philadelphia gives that city 843 dram shops. Of 525 cafes of luden deaths the greater part are by drunkenness. 153 have been ascertained.
More than one half million sterling was received by pawn brokers annually from the poor of London.
A nation struggling for the right of self government is an interesting spectacle for freemen, and calculated to excite the purest sympathies of the human heart. Our federalists and tories wishing to obtain this character are perpetually sounding the praises of the Spanish patriots, and execrating French usurpation. Hollow headed politicians! Why do you not also do justice to the oppressed patriots of Ireland? to the miserable natives of India groaning under British usurpation? to the crowds of American seamen imprisoned in the floating bafilles of Britain? Detector.
MARRIED—In this town, Mr. WM. LEIGTON, to Miss REBECCA MUSCHUA—Mr. FRANCIS W. HARDY to Miss JANE TREDICK, daughter of Capt. Henry T.
DIED—In Exeter, EPHRAIM ROBINSON, Esq. aged 63.
In this town, Mrs. ELIZABETH MARDEN, aged 78; consort of Mr. Timothy M.
To the Patrons of the N.H. Gazette.
SPECIAL NOTICE. ON the 17th inst. the Copartnership which has subsisted for four years last past between PIERCE & GARDNER printers of the Gazette, was by mutual consent dissolved. To their patrons they tender their grateful acknowledgements. They feel with particular sensibility the favours of those whose punctuality has aided their unwearied exertions. To these it is scarcely needful to hint that the dissolution of the partnership induces a necessity of the settlement of Accounts open with the firm. To others in arrears it may be proper to hint at the disagreeable consequences to both parties from a delay of settlement. Bills to those indebted in Portsmouth will be sent to them. Those who have demands against the firm are requested to bring them in for settlement. The Gazette will in future be forwarded to the several Subscribers. According to former terms and usage, subscribers will be responsible severally for their papers, until they give notice that they discontinue them. All concerned will please to make application to the Gazette-Office till further instructed. NATH'L S. PEARCE, SAMUEL GARDNER. Portsmouth, April 18, 1809.
A RARE CHANCE.
FOR SALE on reasonable terms, The New-Hampshire Gazette, together with all the Printing apparatus belonging to the Office in which it is published. Possession will be given any time between this and the first day of June next. The N. H. Gazette has been the State paper for upwards of forty years, and appointed by the United States to promulgate the Laws of Congress. Its extensive circulation ensures to it the largest share of advertisements of any paper in New Hampshire. Any person disposed to purchase may know the terms by addressing a line to the Gazette-Office, Portsmouth, N. H. when an immediate reply will be returned. April 18.
TAKE NOTICE
All that want to purchase the best of
Cordage.
The subscriber wishes to inform the public at large, that he can supply them with CORDAGE at the shortest notice, for cash, as cheap, or cheaper than can be purchased in town or elsewhere; or on good terms for approved credit, as can be obtained. JOHN UNDERWOOD. Portsmouth, April 18, 1809.
Treasury Department,
March 27, 1809.
WHEREAS, in conformity with the provisions made by law, for the reimbursement of the Exchanged Six per Cent Stock, created by the second section of the act entitled "An Act supplementary to the Act entitled an Act making provision for the redemption of the whole of the public debt of the United States," passed on the 11th day of February, 1807, it has been determined by lot that the Certificates of said stock, designated by the permanent numbers contained in the annexed Schedule, should be reimbursed on the first day of October next;
PUBLIC NOTICE IS therefore given to the proprietors of the Certificates of EXCHANGED SIX PER CENT Stock, created by the act aforesaid, and bearing the permanent numbers contained in the annexed Schedule, that the principal of the same, will, on surrender of the certificates, be paid on the first day of October, 1809, to the respective Stockholders or their legal representatives, or attorneys duly constituted, either at the Treasury or at the Loan Office where the Stock thus to be reimbursed may then stand credited to the proprietors thereof.
It is further made known for the information of the parties concerned, that no transfers of the certificates of Exchanged Stock bearing the permanent numbers, contained in the annexed Schedule, from the Books of the Treasury, or of any Commissioner of Loans, will be allowed after the first day of September next. And the interest on all the certificates contained in the said Schedule will cease and determine on the day preceding the day hereby fixed for the reimbursement thereof.
ALBERT GALLATIN, Secretary of the Treasury.
SCHEDULE. Table with 4 columns: Lot, Number, Amount, and another Amount. Lists numbers from 8 to 16230.
Smith & Haven,
Have for Sale, No. 5, Merchant's Row, 100 bbls. N. England RUM; 100 bbls. Superfine FLOUR; 50 bbls. MACKEREL; 40 casks Sherry WINE; 100 hds. Coarse SALT; 10 bds. MOLASSES; Also, by Package or less quantity, Caplin SEINS; Herring NETS of various sizes; 18 and 15 thread LINES; Mackerel ditto; Fish HOOKS of different sizes; Sein Twine; Sewing & Mackerel do. On hand, a general assortment of SHIP CHANDLERY at the usual credit. April 18, 1809.
NOTICE.
THE Copartnership of Thomas and E. D. Brown is this day dissolved by mutual consent. All persons indebted to or having demands on said firm, are called upon for immediate settlement.
THOMAS BROWN. ELIJAH D. BROWN. Portsmouth, April 15.
Treasury Department,
March 28, 1809.
WHEREAS, in conformity with the provisions made by law, for the reimbursement of the Exchanged Six per Cent Stock, created by the second section of the act entitled "An Act supplementary to the Act entitled an Act making provision for the redemption of the whole of the public debt of the United States," passed on the 11th day of February, 1807, it has been determined by lot that the Certificates of said stock designated by the permanent numbers contained in the annexed Schedule, should be reimbursed on the first day of January next;
PUBLIC NOTICE IS therefore given to the proprietors of the Certificates of EXCHANGED SIX PER CENT Stock created by the act aforesaid, and bearing the permanent numbers contained in the annexed Schedule, that the principal of the same, will on surrender of the certificates, be paid on the first day of January, 1810, to the respective Stockholders or their legal representatives, or attorneys duly constituted, either at the Treasury or at the Loan Office where the Stock thus to be reimbursed, may then stand credited to the proprietors thereof.
It is further made known for the information of the parties concerned, that no transfers of the Certificates of Exchanged Stock bearing the permanent numbers contained in the annexed Schedule, from the Books of the Treasury or of any Commissioner of Loans, will be allowed after the first day of December next. And the interest on all the Certificates contained in the said Schedule, will cease and determine, on the day preceding the day hereby fixed for the reimbursement thereof.
ALBERT GALLATIN, Secretary of the Treasury.
SCHEDULE. Table with 4 columns: Lot, Number, Amount, and another Amount. Lists numbers from 5 to 16200.
FOR SALE,
ABOUT twenty acres of choice LAND with a Mansion House, Barn and out buildings thereon, in Atkinson, elegantly situated at the junction of four public roads, upon a commanding eminence with a delightful prospect, about sixty rods from the new academy and 150 from the meeting house—a large proportion of Orchard, fruit trees, grape vines, &c. &c. of the very best quality, with a fine large productive kitchen Garden, and well situated for taking boarders—an excellent stand for business—but a full description of the premises would exceed the bounds of a common advertisement. On the whole, it is a convenient advantageous stand for business—there is near the house as good a well of water as is to be found in the state.—also, About 25 acres of choice land well situated upon the great public road, (about half a mile from the aforementioned buildings) consisting of mowing, tillage, pasture, and about four acres of fine young growing Wood, with good springs of living water on the premises—the whole, without reserve be sold at Public Vendue, at the dwelling House on the premises—Sale to begin on Thursday the 18th day of May next at one of the clock P. M. unless previously disposed of at private sale—For further information enquire of the Rev'd Stephen Peabody or G. C. Copp of said Atkinson—There are also for sale, if applied for soon, about forty hundred acres Lots of choice Land well situated in different townships in the counties of Grafton and Coos, generally suitable for immediate settlement—These lands, with good titles will be sold on reasonable terms, and payment made early—apply as above to
GEORGE C. COPP. Atkinson, April 15, 1809.
AUCTIONS
To be sold at AUCTION THIS DAY, the 18th inst. at 12 o'clock M. on the premises,
A two Story dwelling HOUSE, situated in Exeter, together with our houses in excellent repair. The terms of credit will be liberal—Apply to GIDEON LAMSON, Esq. Exeter—or EDMUND ROBERTS, Portsmouth. April 18.
TO-MORROW, at 10 o'clock,
In front of the subscriber's store,
SUNDAY ARTICLES OF
Household Furniture;
belonging to the estate of the late
J. F. LE BLANC, deceased:
One elegant Sofa and Covering; a large, elegant Looking Glass; one Gold Watch; Violin and Case, travelling Case; one elegant Telescope; Tables; Chairs; 2 trunks of Wearing Apparel.
ALSO—a handsome
Bellows top CHAISE, with Harness complete; an excellent Horse Cart with Harness; and a variety of other articles. S. LARKIN, Auctioneer. April 18.
ATTENTION!
THE members of the
PORTSMOUTH ARTILLERY
COMPANY are hereby notified to meet at Jefferson Hall on Monday evening next, at eight o'clock—where any persons desirous of becoming members, are respectfully invited to lend in their names. By order of the Captain, DANIEL PICKERING, O. Serjeant. Portsmouth, April 18, 1809.
Teas, Wines & Groceries.
S. LARKIN,
KEEPS CONSTANTLY FOR SALE,
Gunpowder, Hyson,
Young Hyson,
Hyson Skin,
and Souchong
Old Pedro Madeira,
Dry Lisbon,
Sicily Madeira,
Sherry, Red Port,
Claret and Malaga
Old Cognac Brandy, French
ditto, Holland Gin, old Jamaica Spirits, best
London and American Porter, Bottled Cys-
der.
SPICES of all kinds much
cheaper than of late, Coffee, No. 1 and 2
Chocolate; double and single refined Loaf
Sugar, best Muscatel Raisins, Jost shell'd
Almonds.
Fresh TURKEY FIGS, Cit-
ron, a fresh supply of Lorrillard's Macaboy
Snuff in Bottles, Spanish Segars, together
with almost every article usually kept in
Grocery Stores—all which will be sold as
low as can be purchased in town.
A few Reams of
Letter Paper, may be had as
above, at a reduced price—Also, best puri-
fied Windfor Soap, by box, or retail and
Camwood of a superior quality. April 15.
HARDWARE.
Thomas W. Penhallow
MARKET-STREET,
Imports and keeps constantly for sale an
extensive variety of Cutlery, Ironmongery
and Hardware GOODS. Also, for sale
A few barrels No. 1 PORK.
Portsmouth, April 18.
For sale at the Store of
E. THOMPSON, Bow-Street,
200 Bbls. fresh superfine Alex-
andria FLOUR. April 18.
THE Inhabitants of the
town of Portsmouth who are indebted
to the subscriber for their town and
county taxes are hereby informed that ne-
cessity obliges him to finish the collection
immediately, he therefore gives this notice
to the delinquents that every person who
does not pay him on or before the first day
of May next, must expect to be proceeded
against as the law directs.
Joseph Akerman, Jr. Collector.
Portsmouth, April 14, 1809.
Loft on Saturday last,
a BUNDLE OF PAPERS; of no use but
to the parties whose names appear on said
papers. Whoever will leave the same with
the printers hereof, will be rewarded for his
trouble. April 18.
List of LETTERS remaining in
the Post-Office Portsmouth, N. H. April 3, 1809.
A. Ebenezer Adams; Olive H. Ayers;
Joannah Andrews; Ebenezer Adams, Jr. Newington;
B. Thomas Burnham; Henry Bufford; J. Butterfield.
C. John Carroll; Joseph Chase; Walter Cate; Patrick Christopher; Patrick Cahill.
D. Daniel Dearborn; William Drake; James Day; John Dutton; Joseph Durill; Lee; Samuel C. Drew, Durham; Margaret Davis; Forest Dugall; William Dunn.
E. Fanny Earl; F. Ezekiel Folsom; Jonathan Foster; Stephen Floy; David Fernald; Felichiah Fernald.
G. Sally Gooden; Sam'l Gage; Sukey Gates. H. Samuel Hill; John Harris; Mary Holmes, New-Castle; Daniel Harmon; J. Richard Jones; Lydia Jones. K. Philip Knox. L. Mary Lord; Stephen Lang; M. William Marshall; William Mires; Francis Meagher; William Miller. N. Samuel Nutting; H. W. Noble; P. John Palmer; Andrew Phillips, Kittery Point; Prince Patterson. R. George Rogers; Daniel Rand, Rye; James Rollins; Moses Ricker. S. Edward F. Salter; William Seaward; John Smith; Roda Spinney; Thos. Bover. T. Jacob Tufdell; Mr. F. W. Henry B. Williams; Theodore Wells; William H. Wilkins; Joseph Winslow, Greenland. T. These Names with no Towns annexed are for Portsmouth. M. SIMES, P.M.

Miscellaneous Repository.
SONNET TO PITY.
When grief o'erbeats the lab'ring breath, When fortune frowns, and friends depart, When slighted love disturbs our rest, And rankles in the wounded heart:—
What healing balm, what soothing power, Can ought impart of joy or peace? What light illume the gloomy hour, Or grant from woe a kind release?
Firm! celestial, "dew-cy'd" maid! 'Tis thine to chase those clouds away; Thy light dispels the darkest shade, And beams around the heavenly ray.
Descend from heav'n immortal guest, Dwell, ever dwell within my breast.
A CURE FOR THE CROUP.
Take the juice of Garlic or Onions, and rub the spine of the patient; repeat it as often as the cough or wheezing returns.—It will relieve in ten or fifteen minutes.—Quere. Would it not be serviceable in the Whooping Cough?
ANECDOTES.
Mostly Corn as destructive as Fire! Col. Ward, of Newark, within a few days has had fifteen very elegant horses die, owing to their being fed on mouldy corn—he calculates his loss at about 2000 dollars. A horse owned by Col. Ogden, of the same place, also died after eating some of the same food. We make mention of this, that owners of horses may be careful to avoid giving them at any time corn that may be in the least mouldy.
An honest bluff country farmer meeting the parson of the Parish in a by-lane, and not giving him the way so readily as he expected, the parson, with an erect crest, told him he was better fed than taught. "Very true, indeed, sir," replied the farmer, "for you teach me, and I feed myself."
A short time since, Miss Priscilla Thackwatt, of Hertfordshire, Eng- land, with a fortune of 4000 entered the matrimonial state. She had de- clared her intention to espouse either a soldier, tailor, cobler or chimney- sweep, and was accordingly courted by each of those professions. The soldier marched up to attack the fair in high style, and executed his best ma- noeuvres. The tailor decked himself out in his gayest colours, and looked very stern at his rivals. The cobler swore his sole was on fire, and his love should wax warmer and warmer to the very last; but the sweep brushed them all off, as Miss Priscilla, being enamored of his aspiring disposition, declared he joined her the best.
Selections from Sterne.
I have a higher opinion of the fea- ture of women—and ever had—than men, or even women themselves generally have. I would rather go barefoot than do a dishonest thing. Better to have one's feet dirty than their hands.
It shocks me to think how much mischief almost every man may do, who will but re- solve to do all he can.
A sober man when drunk has the same kind of stupidity about him, that a drunken man has when he is sober.
The chaste mind like a polished plane, may admit foul thoughts, without receiving their tincture.
What persons are so flats, they are by nature.—You see them, at such time off their guard. Habit may restrain vice, and virtue may be obscured by passion—but intervals bet discover the man.
EDUCATION.
THE subscriber respectfully informs the inhabitants of Port- mouth, that he intends to open a SCHOOL in Daniel-street, for the instruction of Misses, in Reading, Writing, Geography and En- glish Grammar, together with the useful and ornamental branches of Needlework. She will endeavour to render her pupils amiable by inculcating a moral and graceful deport- ment.—Terms for those who attend to En- glish Grammar and ornamental Needlework, 3 dollars 50-cents; for those who attend to the other branches, 2 dollars. 50. For further particulars, enquire at Mr. BUTLER ABBOT's, the fourth house above the jail.
SIRENA PARKER JOHNSON. Portsmouth, March 27, 1809.
EDUCATION.
CHARLES TAFT, INFORMS the inhabitants of Port- mouth, that he shall commence his Academy, April 10th, for the tuition of Young Misses, in the various branches of an English Education, viz. Orthography, Reading, Writing, Arithmetic, Pronunciation and English Grammar. Those who are Delirious to improve the present op- portunity, will please to call on C. T. at Dr. Spalding's, Court Street, where the terms will be made known. N. B. Provided sufficient encouragement be given, a Preceptress will be engaged to teach embroidery, and other needlework. March 14.
A few Hds. of Excellent RUM, for sale at a price that will not fail suiting any person who wishes to purchase by the Hhd. or barrel.—Apply to the Store of J. MELCHER, in Market Street.
For Sale or to be Let, A large two story HOUSE at the South part of this town, in Gates- street.—For Terms—Apply to Charles B. Grace.
SHOOKS for Sale.
One thousand White Oak and Five hundred Red Oak SHOOKS— Also,—Bbls. No. 1, & 2, PORK. For Sale on very reasonable terms— Apply to J. GODDARD. April 4, 1809.
For Sale or To Let, A VERY commodious Wall PEW in the Methodist Meeting House, No 22, situated about midway on the South side, —for particulars apply to ABNER BLASDEL.
THE inhabitants of the town of Port- mouth are hereby requested to exhibit to the Selectmen, a true inventory of their rateable estates as the law directs, on or be- fore the 30th instant.
By order of the Selectmen, JOSEPH CLARK, Chairman. April 4.
Garden Seeds and Peas,
FRESH AND GOOD. PEAS—Early Houspur, Carlton, Frame, Marrowfat, Roundneal, Spanish Morotto, &c. Dwarf, blue Prussian, Green ditto and Prolific dwarf, PEAS.
BEANS—Large English Beans, Pole Cranbury, White Cranbury, Yellow Dwarf, large Prolific Bush, Dwarf do, Early Butterfee, Early Purple, The Washingtonian and the Madisonian BEANS.
Garden Seeds of almost every dis- cription, such as Sweet Margoram, Sweet Thyme, Summer Savory, As- paragus, Large Squash Pepper, Pep- per-grass; Lettuce, Spinach, Parsley, Onion, Carrot, Parsnip, Radish, Cab- bage, Turnip, Beet, Saffron, Cucum- ber, Squash, Water and Musk Mellon, Solid Celery, Garden Cress &c. For Sale at C. PEIRCE's store, Port- mouth. April 4, 1809.
FOR SALE,
For cash, approved credit or W. T. Goods, 400 W. O. Shooks and Heads. 20 M. red oak Hhd. Staves. 10 M. white oak Bbl. do. A few thousand pine Boards, and fun- dry other articles of lumber—apply to WILLIAM NELL. who has for sale as usual.
A general assortment of Gro- ceries and CROCKERY & GLASSWARE, Wholesale and retail. March 21.
Lately published and for sale by
C. PEIRCE, Portsmouth, & FARRAND, MALLORY & Co. Boston.—Religious Cases of Conscience an- swered in an Evangelical Manner at the Casualties Lectures, London, by S. Pike, and S. Hayward.—To which is added
The spiritual companion, or the professing Christian tried at the bar of God's word. The whole containing 408 pages, and handsomely bound price 75c. Also, lately published as above, The Spiritual Companion be- ing answers to several important Questions respecting the FAITH and PRACTICE of BELIEVERS, together with a few thoughts on the Character and Happiness of the HAPPY MAN. To which is prefixed The Touchstone of SAVING FAITH, by Sam'l Pike,—price, handsomely bound 40c.
PRINTING INK.
A few kegs of Printing Ink, from Dunham's Manufactory, for sale at the Oracle Office Port mouth. April 4.
State of New Hampshire, Grafton ss.
NOTICE is hereby given to the non-resi- dent proprietors and owners of land in the town of BATH, in said county, who have not paid their county, town, school, and highway taxes for the year 1808; that unless they pay said taxes to me the sub- scriber on or before the last Tuesday in June next, so much of their land as will pay said taxes together with incidental charges will be sold at public vendue, as the law directs, at the dwelling house of Ezra Childs, inn- holder, in said Bath, at ten o'clock A.M. on said last Tuesday in June next.
Delinquents lands described as follows:
   No. of lots C.M. C.M. C.M. C.M.     1st Range southerly half 13 32 95 165   100 acre lots west 15 63 19 33   Annexed river 2d range 3 63 19 33   1st Range west division 28 63 19 53   2d Range do. 42 63 19 33  
LIST OF LETTERS Remaining
in the Post Office at Exeter, April 1, 1809. MATTHIAS BRAGDON, 2; Daniel Carlisle; Betty Carlisle, 2; William Frost; Elizabeth W. Frost; Enoch Hutch- ings; Noah Kindrick; Elias Mein; Eben- ezer Moody; Sophia Moulton; Stephen Pitcher; Susannah Parsons; Hannah Pre- ble; Thomas Teal; William Welch. NATHL SARGENT, P. M.
NOTICE.
ALL persons having demands on the estate of Doct. JOHN JACKSON, Physician, late of Portsmouth deceased, are desired to exhibit them to the subscriber for settlement, and all those who are indebted to said estate are requested to make immediate payment unto ESTHER JACKSON, Executrix. Portsmouth, Feb. 18, 1809.
ROCKINGHAM ss.
NOTICE is hereby given that the subscriber has been duly ap- pointed Executrix of the estate of JOHN DEARBORN, husband and late of Stratham, in said county, deceased, and has taken upon herself that trust.—All persons indebted to said estate are requested to make immediate payment—and all those who have demands against said estate are requested to exhibit the same for settlement to SUSANNA DEARBORN, Executrix. Stratham, March 31st, 1809.
TO-MORROW.
A Valuable FARM for Sale. WILL positively be sold at pub- lic Auction on Wednesday the 19th day of April inst. at one of the clock, P. M. on the premises, that valuable FARM in Durham, where Lieut. John Dearborn now lives, con- taining by estimation 120 acres, with a good House, Barn, Blacksmith's Shop, and half a Grist Mill thereon; said Farm is well proportioned for mowing, pasturing, orchard & wood- land, and is a good stand for a Me- chanic, lying on the road from New- market to Lee,—the stock will like- wise be sold, consisting of one horse, one good yoke of oxen, 8 cows, and 20 sheep. Conditions of sale will be cash down for the Farm, 6 months credit for the Stock. April 8.
CLOVER, HERDS GRASS SEED, &c. HEARTWELL,
Has for sale at No. 3, Congress-Street, a quantity of Herds Grass and Clover Seed, first quality;—300 bushels White Beans; 600 do. Rye; a few bushels split and round Pease; Wheat, Oats, Barley, &c.—40 bbls. No. 1 and 2 Pork; 20 do. No. 1 & 2 Beef—small quantity of first quality Cheese; 10 kegs Harris' Tobacco; cask Raisins, Ginger, &c.—few lbs. Nutmegs and Cloves; 4 bbls Linseed Oil; 30 M. Shingles and Clapboards, &c. &c. Portsmouth, March 21, 1809.
TAKE NOTICE.
THE several Collectors in the county of York to whom were committed a County Tax to collect in the several towns in the last year 1808. That the several term Courts are by law to sit in York, commencing on the thirteenth day of April instant; then following the court of Common Pleas, when the Grand Jurors, Petit jury, Committees on Highways, &c. &c. all will expect to receive their fees on the spot; the last cent of said taxes was ordered to be paid into my Office at York by the first day of April inst. now past, every cent will be wanted; as the expenses of the county for the year past have been larger than usual in consequence of building the Court-house in Alfred, which is now completed and satisfac- tory for the accommodation of the interior & eastern wing of the county, altho' we have had embarrassments & restraints on our intercourse both for- eign and domestic, we have been ena- bled thus far to proceed in peace, and I request gentlemen you will do your endeavour to finish your collection and call at my office by the 19th inst. with every order drawn by me on you for any part of said tax that you may have paid and taken up, pay in the remainder and settle each one for him- self without any further notice. Not- withstanding the scarcity of cash, I have been enabled by the citizens and your exertions to pay out of the trea- sury since the settlement of my ac- counts at September term last, Three thousand nine hundred eighty three Doll- ars & ninety-nine Cents. Dols 3983.99. WILLIAM FROST, Treasurer. York, April 8th, 1809.
LIST OF LETTERS Remaining
in the Post Office at York, April 1, 1809. THOMAS COLCORD; Jona. Cram Jr. Charles C. C. Carlton; Francis B. Eastham, 3; John Lee, jr.; Eliphalet Gid- dings; Nathaniel Giddings; Benjamin C. Gilman; Warren Gilman; John P. Payton; Samuel Gilman; John Randler; Timothy Rowe; Edmund S. Young; Sarah Wallace; Jabez Thomas; Benja. P. Sherrieff; Samuel G. Smith; Ebenezer Swasey; Solon Stevens; Abigail Gilman, Exeter; Samuel Cram; William Graves; Mark Prescott; Jonathan Thing; Jonathan Smith; Ebenezer Shaw; Caleb Swain, Brentwood; Benjamin Norris; John Coomes; Nat. Trefethren; Daniel Jewell, Stratham; Stephen Tilton; Dudley Swain, Hampton Falls; John Wallace, Rey- mond; Smith Emerson, Lee; Theophilus Hilliard, Kingston. J. W. GILMAN, P. M.
LIST OF LETTERS Remaining
in the Post Office at York, April 1, 1809. MATTHIAS BRAGDON, 2; Daniel Carlisle; Betty Carlisle, 2; William Frost; Elizabeth W. Frost; Enoch Hutch- ings; Noah Kindrick; Elias Mein; Eben- ezer Moody; Sophia Moulton; Stephen Pitcher; Susannah Parsons; Hannah Pre- ble; Thomas Teal; William Welch. NATHL SARGENT, P. M.
NOTICE.
ALL persons having demands on the estate of Doct. JOHN JACKSON, Physician, late of Portsmouth deceased, are desired to exhibit them to the subscriber for settlement, and all those who are indebted to said estate are requested to make immediate payment unto ESTHER JACKSON, Executrix. Portsmouth, Feb. 18, 1809.
ROCKINGHAM ss.
NOTICE is hereby given that the subscriber has been duly ap- pointed Executrix of the estate of JOHN DEARBORN, husband and late of Stratham, in said county, deceased, and has taken upon herself that trust.—All persons indebted to said estate are requested to make immediate payment—and all those who have demands against said estate are requested to exhibit the same for settlement to SUSANNA DEARBORN, Executrix. Stratham, March 31st, 1809.
NOTICE
IS hereby given, that the subscribers have been duly appointed executors of the last Will and Testament of JOHN PENHALLOW, Esq., late of Portsmouth, deceased, and have taken upon us that trust;—All persons therefore who have any claims upon said estate, are desired to present the same im- mediately; and those who are indebted, to make payment. DANIEL AUSTIN, HUNKING PENHALLOW, BENJAMIN PENHALLOW. Portsmouth, March 28, 1809.
NOTICE
NOTICE is hereby given, that the subscribers have been duly ap- pointed Executors of the last will and testament of THOMAS THOMPSON, late of Portsmouth in the county of Rockingham, Esquire, decea- sed, and have taken upon themselves that trust, by giving bonds as the law directs.—All persons having demands on the estate of the said decea- sed, are hereby requested to exhibit the same, and those indebted are called upon to make im- mediate payment to B. BRIERLEY, JOIAH DWIGHT, } Executors. J. L. THOMPSON, } March 25.
State of New Hampshire, Cheshire ss.
NOTICE is hereby given to the non-resident owners of land in the town of STODDARD, in said county, who have not paid their taxes for the year 1808; that unless they previously pay the same to me the subscriber, so much of their lands as will pay said taxes and all legal charges, will be sold at public vendue, at the house of Gardner Towne, Esq. in Stoddard, on Monday the 26th day of June next, at ten o'clock in the forenoon.
   Non-resident list. No. of lots C.M. C.M. C.M. C.M.     Heirs of Col. Stoddard } West end 28 5 40 50 25   Matthew Thornton 22 7 80 120 60   The heirs of Joseph } Blanchard 24 6 80 100 50   Mary Parker 26 3 80 120 60   Joseph Read 12 7 55 30 15   Nathan Whittmore } west end 23 6 40 45 23   Jesse Willson 11 3 80 100 50   Samuel Weston 20 4 80 120 60   John Weston 25 6 10 90 45   John Weston } East End 3 7 80 160 80   William Lovering 4 7 80 240 120   John Chamberlain east end 15 2 40 80 40   Joseph Warren 19 2 80 100 50   Joseph Warren jr. 15 2 40 80 40   Ebenezer Parker's heirs 19 2 80 100 50   John Dutton 12 6 80 90 45   Reuben Kidder's heirs 8 14 30 50 25   Seth Wheeler 20 5 80 120 60   Rolland Colton 3 14 6 12 6   Ebenezer Pierce 20 5 80 120 60   Charles Lawrence east end 3 0 38 19 12   Thomas Reed's heirs 4 0 80 160 80   Daniel Hunt 20 3 80 80 40   Stephen Spaulding 3 13 80 140 70   Jonathan Fell's heirs 1 7 80 240 120   John Blood 22 6 40 80 40   Ambrose Hale 9 9 43 200 100   Jedediah Johnson 16 4 80 600 300   Simeon Stearns 18 3 80 300 150   John Palfrey 17 3 80 200 100   Daniel Gordon } John Hen 13 0 5 33 15   Bildad Rice 20 0 5 33 15   Thomas K. Breed 19 3 80 32 15   Joseph Hill 19 3 80 200 100   William Robb 9 5 80 180 90   Antipas Dodge 8 5 20 50 25   Thomas Nichols 27 3 75 100 50   NATHANIEL EVANS, Collector. 19 14 80 150 75  
Stoddard, January 31, 1809.
State of New Hampshire,—Hillsborough ss.
NOTICE is hereby given to the non-resident proprietors and owners of land in the town of PETERBOROUGH, in said county, who have not paid their county, school, (town poor bridge) and highway taxes for the year 1808; that so much of their land as will pay said taxes with incidental charges, will be sold at public vendue at the dwelling house of Asa Evans's, innholder in said Peterborough, on Thursday the twenty-second day of June next at ten of the clock in the forenoon, unless pre- vented by previous payment.
   Proprietor or owners Names. No. of lots C.M. C.M. C.M. C.M.     Drawn to the right of Daniel Rogers, and said to be owned By David Page 31 second east 100 13 64   David Page 32 ditto 100 13 64  
THE subscriber contemplates
keeping a morning School for the instruction of Young Ladies in Reading, Writing, Arithmetic, En- glish Grammar, &c. to commence the first of May—he will continue to give Lessons in vocal Music in evenings as usual.—Those who wish to attend on either, will please to call on him at his House in Pitts-street. AMOS BLANCHARD. Portsmouth, March 13, 1809.
To be Sold by
JOSEPH BASS, At his Shop in Broad Street, next door to the Post Office, Portsmouth. A NEW assortment of Early and Late Pease and Beans, with a large assortment of Garden Seeds.— Also—a great variety of Flower Seeds.
New Spring GOODS.
Just received and now opening at DRAPER'S
CHEAP CASH STORE, A great variety of Seasonable Piece Goods, among which are—
A GREAT variety of plain and figured leno and other Fancy Mullins; Pink and dark plaid Ging- hams; An elegant variety superfine Prints; London Prints, fashionable Figures; Variety of light, and dark common Calicoes; Superfine and very low priced blk. Cambricks; India black Lustrings and Sattins; Black Tafaties wide, best quality; Plain black Lustrings Ribbons and black Crapes; black Bombazetts & Florence Lustrings. An elegant assortment of Patch Furnitures & Copper- plates; 2/3 and 3/4 British Cottons and Irish Linens; Cambric and common