Norfolk gazette and publick ledger (Norfolk [Va.]), 1804-07-21 00:00:00

NORFOLK GAZETTE AND PUBLICK LEDGER.
VOL. I.]
SATURDAY, JULY 21, 1804.
[NO. 3.]
TO THE PUBLICK.
The growing prosperity, population, and commerce, of the Borough of Norfolk , having suggested to several gentlemen of intelligence, the utility of establishing, a second News-Paper, whose chief objects should be, the promotion of the Commercial interests of the Borough, by collecting and publishing mercantile information, and the good of the community, generally, by exhibiting a correct and regular detail of foreign and domestic transactions; JOHN COWPER was, at their instance, induced to issue proposals to that effect, on the 31st of January last. Owing to several causes, and principally to the arduous duties of an office which he then held, Mr. C's intended publication was postponed until the 17th of May; when, having united with GEORGE L. GRAY, formerly editor of the Republican or Anti-Democrat at Baltimore, the patronage of the citizens was again solicited to their undertaking, by an Advertisement in the Herald , which they here republish.
PROPOSALS,
For publishing, in the Borough of Norfolk, A Political and Commercial News-Paper , To be called the NORFOLK GAZETTE & PUBLICK LEDGER.
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PROSPECTUS.
In a few words may be summed up the principal objects which shall occupy the columns of the Norfolk Gazette and Publick Ledger .
Believing, as the Editors do, that the Constitution of the United States affords the best protection to Civil Liberty that has yet been offered to her in any human institution, and revering it as the most finished result of patriotick wisdom; the publication which they propose to conduct, shall exhibit an uniform and firm attachment to that instrument, as it issued from the hands of its authors; and a candid opposition to the introduction of such experimental changes, or innovations, as, however calculated to catch popular applause, may, by gradually obliterating its fundamental provisions, lead to a final destruction of the whole.
In this department, therefore, the Editors will deem it their duty to keep a watchful eye on the conduct of the constituted authorities, whatever may be the denomination of that party by which they may think proper to be distinguished.
But at the same time that they promise, as far as to them may be possible, to expose whatever they may think, in the conduct of those at any time in power, has a tendency to militate against the publick good, or to endanger the integrity of the Constitution, they will treat them with all the respect due to the rank with which it may have pleased their country to invest them.
As every thing that relates to trade and agriculture, either at home or abroad, must be highly interesting to the people of the United States, generally, commercial and agricultural subjects will, therefore, engage unremitting attention, and, when necessary, supercede every other.
The grand movements on the theatre of Europe, shall meet with every possible regard; and regular and connected details, from the most authentic sources, shall be given. In this part of their duty the Editors will, from time to time, and as often as it may appear to be requisite, present their readers with summaries of the most interesting occurrences, and will endeavour to ascertain their connection with, and influence upon, our own domestic concerns.
To enable them to do this with the better effect, they have already established correspondences in different parts of the British Empire, in the French Republick, and throughout the European continent generally.
The foregoing, with such aid as they may be able to derive from the men of talents in this place; a punctilious analysis of domestic intelligence; and occasional literary sketches; it is hoped will produce a paper worthy the most respectable and extensive patronage. To render it such will be the constant aim of the Editors.
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AGRICULTURAL.
The following remarks on harvesting wheat, are copied from the Domestick Encyclopaedia , and may perhaps be serviceable to farmers, at a time like this, when it is more than probable that a considerable quantity of wheat may be affected by rust or mildew.
The proper period of reaping wheat, is by no means ascertained; some farmers asserting that it is most advantageous to cut the grain before it is perfectly ripe, while others are of opinion, that it ought to stand till nearly ready to be reaped and housed. The anonymous author of the "Farmers Callender," observes that the safest way is that of adopting the middle course, with a particular regard to a fair time. If, however, there be any appearance of blight, Mr. A. Young thinks that farmers cannot cut their wheat too early. He remarks, that the green state of the straw is no indication that the grain is immature; because the straw of blighted corn never acquires a bright yellow colour; but remains green until it becomes black. When the stalk is in this condition, the circulation of the sap ceases; and the grain daily decreases in size. He therefore advises the wheat to be cut, laid down in the stubble exposed to the dew; frequently turned; and, when perfectly dry the grain may be tied up in sheaves, and carried to the barn. Thus, thousands of bushels may be annually saved, that might afford good marketable grain—part of which would otherwise be never threshed out of the ears, while the remainder would be so light and brittle, as to be dispersed in winnowing .
The following observations upon harvesting wheat, on the mildew, deserve attention.
"What stage of ripeness is the best for cutting wheat, is not ascertained in America; but I have seen cutting of enough early to be convinced that it commonly is suffered to stand too long."
"At the time of reaping, we generally have a clear sky and a peculiar drying air, which in some harvests ripen wheat very suddenly, so that the plants from an apparent state of vigour, are killed in a day or two and receive no farther nourishment from the root of the blade; and even the stems become exhausted of the nourishment which they had imbibed, so that it could not reach the ear or grain. If with this sudden heat and drying state of the air, the plants be struck with rust , and are still suffered to stand longer, the grain receiving no more nourishment, can never fill; but by cutting it instantly, and setting it, sheltered, to cure gradually, the best chance is had for procuring marketable good wheat."
"The reaping corn ten or fourteen days earlier than my neighbours (says Mr. Parkinson) is an advantage I have attended to. As corn begins to decay first at the root , all the nourishment it can receive while standing uncut, after the decay of the root, must be derived from the straw. The dews may feed the grain at one time; but when nearly ripe and the root decayed , the sun and wind have so much power as to ripen it too quickly, or scorch or dry it before its natural period of maturity."
"Riding on the road about harvest time, he observed a field of wheat that had taken the mildew. The straw was of a remarkably deep green, and instead of being dead, appeared to have a greater verdure; tho' after such appearance comes on, it never receives any nourishment or grows larger. Instead whereof the straw becomes distempered, spotted and discoloured. The sooner it is then cut the better. He took 12 ears of wheat, which as well as the straw, was green as grass, and at the same time mildewed. A great deal of rain had fallen the forepart of the day; but the ears of wheat were pretty dry. He tied them in a bunch intending to hang them up in his house to dry and ripen. Several weeks afterwards having been forgot, he took them out of his great coat pocket; when the straw was found to be still green. The grain was then rubbed out, and to his astonishment he never saw better. It was fine in colour and well filled; but what remained in the field, from which he took these ears, was very small and of little value. This is a strong case which ought to make an impression on the minds of the farmers. He adds—From hence it would seem, that if the farmers would cut their wheat when it is struck with mildew, and set it up in the field in small stacks of about a cart load each, so as neither to heat nor mould, it would be better than to let it stand, as is the practice, uncut."
"He had at the same time, taken 12 ears from an adjoining riper field, which were likewise found in the other pocket of
the great coat. Though these when gathered, appeared so much superior to what had taken the mildew, they did not turn out near so good as the others. From the above circumstances, Mr. Parkinson was ever after partial to cutting wheat when the straw appeared of a reddish cast, or some of it green with the joints full of sap; and it fulfilled his expectations. The straw, he adds, is better for chaff; the flour fairer and heavier; and for fine flour it will grind into broad brand. But he does not think that if the wheat escapes the mildew, it ought to be cut so green."
"The farmer may take into consideration at what time it will be best to cut down his wheat; for a slight degree of rust it need not be hurried; but when greatly rusted in its advanced state of ripening, and when considerably scabbed (which never happens but in the moment before it ripens) immediately cut down, and guard it against sun and wind, slightly, least by securing it too close, it heat and be entirely spoiled. What in wheat is by some called scab, by others is called empty ears."
MISCELLANY.
PECULIARITIES OF THOMAS DAY, Esq.
Miss Anna Seward, to whom the lovers of polite literature, are indebted for many elegant specimens of poetry, has recently been employed in prose composition, and has written a biography of the late Dr. Darwin, and a criticism upon the most popular of his poems. Among many interesting anecdotes, in the front pages of this biography, we find some curious circumstances relative to the life and philosophick adventures of Thomas Day, the eccentric author of Sandford and Merton . With a distinct voice, we call the attention of our readers to this article, because it artlessly describes the ridiculous and pernicious effects of those wild systems, which have of late been so much admired by all the atheists, deists, jacobins, innovators, philosophick jugglers, and desperate projectors of the new school . It shows with the force of mathematical demonstration, that all their whimsies are not only at warfare with common sense and continued experience, but with private and public felicity.
Port Folio.
About the year 1765, came to Litchfield, from the neighbourhood of Reading, the young and gay philosopher, Mr. Edgeworth, a man of fortune, and recently married to a Miss Ellars of Oxfordshire. The fame of Dr. Darwin's various talents allured Mr. E. to the city they graced. Then scarcely two and twenty, and with an exterior yet more juvenile, he had mathematical science, mechanic ingenuity, & a competent portion of classical learning, with the possession of the modern languages. His address was gracefully spirited, and his conversation eloquent. He danced, he fenced; and winged his arrows with more than philosophick skill; yet did not the consciousness of these lighter endowments abate his ardour in the pursuit of knowledge.
After having established a friendship and correspondence with Dr. Darwin, Mr. Edgeworth did not return to Litchfield till the summer of the year 1770. With him, at that period, came the late Mr. Day, of Bear-hill, in Berkshire. These young men had been fellow-students in the university of Oxford. Mr. Day was also attracted by the same celebrated abilities, which, five years before, had drawn his friend into their sphere. He was then twenty-four, in possession of a clear estate, about twelve hundred pounds per annum.
Mr. Day looked the philosopher. Powder and fine clothes were, at that time, the appendages of gentlemen. Mr. Day wore not either. He was tall and stooped in the shoulders, full made, but not corpulent; and in his meditative and melancholy air a degree of awkwardness and dignity were blended. We found his features interesting and agreeable amidst the traces of a severe small-pox. There was a sort of weight upon the lids of his large hazle eyes; yet when he declaimed,
"Of good and evil, "Passion, and apathy, and glory, and shame," very expressive were the energies gleaming from them beneath the shade of sallow hair, which Adam-like, curled about his brows. Less graceful, less amusing, less brilliant than Mr. E. but more highly imaginative, more classical, and a deeper reasoner; strict integrity, energetic friendship, open-handed bounty, sedulous and diffusive charity, greatly overbalanced, on the side
of virtue, the tincture of misanthropick gloom and proud contempt of common-life society, that marked the peculiar character, which shall unfold itself on these pages. In succeeding years, Mr. Day published two noble poems, The Dying Negro , and The Devoted Legions ; also Sandford and Merton , which by wise parents is put into every youthful hand.
Mr. Day dedicated the third edition of The Dying Negro to Rousseau. That dedication has every force and every grace of eloquence. The sentiments are strongly characteristic of their writer, except in the philippick against American resistance, just commenced when the address to Rousseau was composed. Generous indignation of the slave trade, practised without remorse in the southern colonies of North America, induced Mr. Day to refuse them all credit for the patriotick virtue of that resistance to new and unconstitutional claims which threatened their liberties.
In the course of year 1770, Mr. Day stood for a full-length picture to Mr. Wright of Derby. A strong likeness and a dignified portrait were the result. Drawn as in the open air, the surrounding sky is tempestuous, lurid, and dark. He stands leaning his left arm against a column inscribed to Hambden . Mr. Day looks upwards, as enthusiastically meditating on the contents of a book, held in his dropped right hand. The open leaf is the oration of that virtuous patriot in the senate, against the grant of ship-money demanded by king Charles the first. A flash of lightning plays in Mr. Day's hair, and illuminates the contents of the volume. The poetic fancy, and what were then the politicks of the original, appear in the choice of subject and attitude. Dr. Darwin sat to Mr. Wright about the same period. That was a simple contemplative portrait, of the most perfect resemblance.
The circumstances of Mr. Day's disposition, habits, and destiny were so peculiar, as to justify digression from the principal subjects of these pages.
Their author would deem it inexcusable to introduce any thing fabulous; to embellish truth by the slightest colouring of fiction, even by exaggerating singularity, or heightening what is extraordinary; but when realities are of a nature to interest and to amuse in a collateral branch of the memoir, the reader will not be displeased to turn from its principal personage, distinguished rather by wonderful endowment than by uncommon occurrences, while the picture of his friend's more eventful story passes before their eyes.
Mr. Day's father died during his infancy, and left him an estate of twelve hundred pounds per annum.
Soon after his mother married a gentleman of the name of Philips. The author of this narrative has often heard Mr. Day describe him as one of those common characters, who seek to supply their inherent want of consequence, by a busy, teizing interference in circumstances with which they have no real concern.
Mrs. Philips, jointured with three hundred pounds a year out of her son's estate, was left his sole guardian, or united with another person in the trust, whom she influenced. Herself influenced by such a husband, often rendered uncomfortable the domestick situation of a high spirited youth of genius. We may well suppose he impatiently brooked the preceptive impertinence, and troublesome authority of a man whom he despised, and who had no claim upon his obedience, though he considered it as a duty to pay some outward respect to the husband of his mother.
She frequently repined at the narrowness of her jointure, and still oftener expressed solicitude lest Mr. Philips, who had no fortune of his own, should lose in the decline of life, by losing her, all comfortable subsistence.
(To be Continued.)
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TO SHEW THE VERY AGE AND BODY OF THE TIME, HIS FORM AND PRESSURE.
SATURDAY, JULY 21, 1804.
Virginia Bank.—The Commissioners appointed to draw for putting this institution into operation, met at Richmond on the 5th inst. The directors were chosen for the Parent Bank, at Richmond, which it is expected will commence its operations in October. The Branches will not be established until after a general meeting of the stockholders; which takes place in January next.
By a liberal interpretation of that part of the law, which, it was supposed, restricted any person from giving more than thirty votes in his own right, or as proxy for others, it has been settled that a person may give as many votes as he has proxies, provided he does not give more than thirty in right of one person.
The Scrip may be assigned, and stock will issue in favour of the assignee.—The assignment, and holding the Scrip, being sufficient evidence of the right of the assignee.
NEW BANK. We observe that the merchants and others, in Alexandria, are using their endeavours to have an Association Bank established in that town. A report on the subject, from a Committee, was to be submitted to the citizens concerned, on Tuesday evening last.
GENERAL HAMILTON.—In our last we, with unfeigned reluctance, performed a melancholy duty, by announcing to the publick the unfortunate issue of the rencontre, which took place at Hoboken in New-Jersey on the 11th instant, between General Hamilton and the Vice-President of the United States.
An individual loss so truly deplorable has never occurred to our country, with the exception of her greatest benefactor, Washington. We might, without incurring any risk of offending its most zealous devotee, make many reflections upon the pernicious practice of DUELLING, which has of late become so general: we might reprobate that awful appeal, which has, by the hand of the second magistrate of the Union, deprived the nation of the most exalted character which was left to dignify it. These reflections, however, would be useless; and we are drawn from them by others more immediately relating to the subject.
The frightful lengths to which the spirit of party has arrived, will not permit us to hope that one, or several, instances of private calamity, produced by it, will have power to stay its progress. Great as is the loss which America must sustain in the death of her best citizen, thus immolated as its victim, we might have some consolation could we think that the sacrifice, even of so great, so good, and so useful a man as Mr. Hamilton, could arrest its march, or allay its destructive fury. But however the death of such a man may delight the demon of discord, she is not to be satiated by it. However numbers of those visionary politicians, to whose machinations he was opposed, who dreaded his talents, and abhorred his virtues, may affect to lament the blow which relieved them from the terror of his censure, it will not even produce a transient emotion of remorse or contrition, for the blows they have already aimed, and are still meditating, not against individuals, merely, but against the vital principle which informs the publick body, and sustains the publick happiness.
Party politics have, undoubtedly, among the many evils they have occasioned, been the immediate cause of Mr. Hamilton's death. Not that we ought to view him as a partisan; but because the genuine love he bore his country made him opposed to those who are so. In recalling all that we know of the political life of the General, we see nothing that is not strongly characterized by an undeviating solicitude for the glory and prosperity of his country; nothing that does not loudly, and honourably declare, that he never did, and never would, seek to make that glory or prosperity subservient to the views or interests of any man or party.
This patriotism made General Hamilton so much averse to the Election of Mr. Burr, as Governor of the State of New-York.
We have not heard, however, from any authentick source, that he carried this opposition farther than merely to endeavour to dissuade the Federalists from aiding him by their suffrages: over the other party he did not suppose he possessed any influence. And it may be true that Mr. Burr did not succeed merely because he was thus opposed.
Some however have gone farther, and assigned to General H. a more extensive opposition. And we remember that a writer in New-York, under the signature of MANLIUS, generally thought to be Tunis Wortman, asserted, as he pretended on the authority of the General, that Mr. Burr, had been guilty of "crimes that ought to fix him as a monument of infamy, and an object of everlasting detestation"—of "treason, more horrid than that of Cataline, more detestable and abhorrent to the principles of honour, than that of Arnold."
In one of the papers from which we extracted for our last, it is said that Colonel Burr demanded of General Hamilton whether he had at a particular time, or at any time, spoken disrespectfully or injuriously of him. This question Mr. H. of course declined to answer, unless the words which he was said to have used were stated, when he promised to avow or to disavow them instantly. The words were not specified, but the demand was reiterated, with the addition that an answer must be given or a challenge would follow. Mr. H. could not give a reply to such a demand; and preferred the alternative of fighting.
This is succinctly the leading cause as stated in the Philadelphia papers of the 14th. The New-York papers of the 12th, are silent on that part of the affair, observing that they have heard nothing to be relied on.
However Mr. Burr may have been incensed by the rumour that Mr. Hamilton had so accused him; yet we cannot see, according to the rules of honour how he could call upon Mr. H. either to avow or disavow a general charge; nor can we discover wherein the latter was bound to accept a challenge on such grounds.
We, therefore, cannot consider the cause of the challenge as being correctly stated. Without some more particular explanation having taken place, we do not suppose either of the gentlemen would have committed both his life and reputation. For however absurd it may be, there is nothing upon which a man's reputation is so much committed, as upon the cause, conduct, and issue of a duel.
Taking up the general interpretation of the word honour, as applied to affairs of this kind, we cannot suppose that any publick or private censure could attach to Col. Burr, from the present case. If he had good reason to suppose that General Hamilton did discuss his character with the freedom alledged, no man can be so absurdly partial, as not to admit that, as he was the guardian of his own fame and honour, he was bound to protect them, and to punish whoever should assail the one or the other. The usages of the world will warrant him in choosing to vindicate himself in a court of honour rather than in a court of law. Although, if he was wrongfully traduced, the result gives him no reparation. He may be revenged by the death of his accuser; but the injury remains on record, and the stigma on his character.
We, then, must seek in other sources for the reason of the assertion, in one of the communications on this subject from New-York, that "Burr is execrated by all."—That Mr. B. is not the favourite of New-York is well known; that Mr. H. was so is equally well known. The loss of the one occasioned by the hand of the other, operating upon the very little good will he possessed before, may produce, not merely a partial but a general, not merely a temporary but a lasting, dislike. We are no admirers of the Vice-President. And when the character universally given of the two gentlemen is contrasted, we cannot help wishing, when it was decreed that Hamilton was thus to die, that his death had been received in a more worthy cause, that it had proceeded from the hand of a more worthy antagonist.
AMERICAN PROTECTIONS, for seamen, are such mere deceptions, that we must not wonder when we hear of their being every where treated with contempt, and looked upon as things unworthy of notice, by the commanders of British ships of war. The case of the men stolen by captain MEYER, of the ship called the SHIP-CARPENTER, is a strong, but not a singular, instance of the facility with which those mock, or rather false, protections are obtained. We do not recollect that the law gives the Collector any right to withhold them, when oath is made before him that they are deserved. We know that any true sailor, for a glass of grog, will lend an oath to a brother tar, on such an occasion. But what will be thought of the CAPTAIN of a ship, whose conscience is so pliant that he can swear that he knew two men to be American citizens, who to his own knowledge had been but a few weeks in the country. Such a man is unworthy of employment, and we hope will meet deserved punishment. From the HERALD of Thursday, we take the following communication.
MESSRS. PRINTERS,
I beg of you to let the publick know the unwarrantable, and I might add, unjustifiable treatment I have experienced in the port of Norfolk. I arrived here in the British ship Union, of which I am Captain, and during the passage, and for a month after my arrival, the whole of the crew behaved very orderly, but on getting acquainted in this place, where there seems to be no law to restrain British subjects from running away from British vessels, four of them absconded. I learned from my mate that they went on board the Ship-Carpenter, captain Meyer. I sent the mate to be fully convinced of their being on board, which he did, at the same time desired them to return to their duty, which they peremptorily refused. Some time after he chanced into their company, and while drinking together they told the mate they had no objection to my ship, but having got higher wages from American vessels, and also protections, they considered themselves better off. I was astonished how they could get protections, as I knew three of them were never in the United States before. I went to the Mayor of this Borough for redress—he told me he could not interfere as they were out of his jurisdiction; I then went to the county magistrates, who said, they did not know if they were justifiable in giving a warrant, and declined it. I then went to the Custom-House, where I learnt with astonishment that Captain Meyer got two of them protections under fictitious names, and by swearing that they were born in Massachusetts, viz. Alexander Robertson and William Park, and who in the protections go by the names of William Chase and Jonathan Hackens, the other runaways' names are David Murray and — Rogers. I personally went on board and told Captain Meyer he was robbing me of my men, to which he answered, he would and must get men where and how he could. How must every real American revolt at such conduct; for such impositions cannot be kept secret from British men of war, who, owing to the number of imposters at present on board American ships, will make it difficult for the real American to escape.
(Signed) GEORGE SERVICE. Master of the British ship Union. Norfolk, July 19, 1804.
This is the day on which we intended to have published, in conformity with our design, a PRICE CURRENT; we are at present prevented from doing so by the non-arrival of a fount of small letter purchased some time ago in Philadelphia. We have reason to expect it daily; in the mean time we hope our readers will hold us excused.
Capt. Newbold, of the British brig Queen has favoured us with the Bermuda Gazette, of June 9, 16, 23, and 30—The only thing we perceive in them is the following alarming intelligence; and a few articles of ship news, which will be seen in their proper places.
BERMUDA, June, 23.
Sunday last arrived the ship Fortune, Henry Vansittart, Esq. commander, last from Jamaica, with the ship Sally, Francis Burgess, master, from the Havanna, bound to Charleston, detained by the Fortune as a prize.
The most serious alarm that we have experienced for some time, was excited by these two ships. On Wednesday evening (the 13th) the Fortune took a pilot at the West End, and on Thursday and Friday (as she did not appear to be making
the best of her way to St George's, but continued sailing backwards and forwards and hovering about the land, and especially as two other ships (which proved to be American) hove in sight, increasing the number to four ships) she was supposed to be the ship of an enemy; whose design was to attempt an invasion of the colony. On Friday morning the alarm flag was hoisted, and the alarm guns fired from the different fortified parts through the island; and preparations were made for a vigorous resistance. The legislature immediately adjourned. The whole militia of the country was under arms and assembled at Port Royal, where they were joined by the grenadiers of the regiment of the Royal Fusiliers, who were ordered to march from St. George's at sun-set on Friday evening, and reached Port Royal at one o'clock on Saturday morning. In consequence of a dispatch received in the night of Friday, by his honour the commander in chief, the whole regiment of Royal Fusiliers was ordered to march at day-light on Saturday morning to support (in case of necessity) the grenadiers and militia; the commander in chief left town himself at nine o'clock to join the troops. The St. George's Militia were ordered to do garrison duty in the absence of the Royal Fusiliers, and to send a detachment to take post at the Ferry. Meanwhile a party of the marines of his majesty's ship Vanguard was ordered on shore and marched into the quarters of the Royal Fusiliers, the gun boats in St. George's were completely manned by seamen from the Vanguard, each party under the command of a lieutenant; King's Castle and Fort Paget were occupied by detachments from the fusiliers. Upon the whole every preparation was made, which the suddenness of the occasion would permit, to put the island in a respectable posture of defence; the greatest zeal and alacrity were displayed by all to promote the common cause. On Saturday (about noon) these ships were discovered to be friendly, and the alarm of course subsided; but we trust not without some beneficial consequences, since it has evinced what exertions may be made in case of an attack by the enemy. The only accident of consequence was the death of one of the privates of the fusiliers, occasioned it is said by a fall from a horse.—Early on Sunday morning the fusiliers marched back to St. George's.
Current Prices at BERMUDA; June 30. American Salt Beef 14 to 18 dollars per barrel. Prime Pork 18 to 22 do. do. Flour (superfine) 8 to 9 do. Rye Flour 5 to 6 dollars. Ship Bread 5 dollars per barrel. Rice 6 dollars per hundred. Muscovado sugar 9 to 10 dollars per cwt. Hams 1s. 8d. English cheese 2s. Coffee 1s. 8d. to 2s. 0d. per lb. Cocoa 1s. 8d. to 2s. 0d. per lb. Corn 6s. 8d. to 7s. per bushel. Pease 10s. per bushel. Beans 10s. per bushel. Potatoes 6s. 8d. per bushel. Rum from 5s. 0d. to 6s. 0d per gallon, by the puncheon. Currency—Dollars 6s. 8d.
Extract of a Letter from New-Orleans, dated June 4.
"You know, I presume, that we claim Mobile as part of the cession from France; Spain objects to this; and, being in power there, exacts from us the ancient duties.—Congress, however, have passed an act for the regulation of this part of the province, if they were without apprehension that their right to do so would be disputed.—The governor-general, who resides at Pensacola, has seen this act, and it has excited much alarm and ill temper.—I saw, last night, a translation of his letter to Governor Claiborne on the subject, to be forwarded to the President of the United States, in which he assumes a bold tone, and says he views our conduct as a serious violation of the treaty, and of the harmony that ought to subsist between the two governments. He adds, that he shall feel it his duty to resist with some force of arms every such violation. He then endeavoured to shew, by a variety of arguments, that we have no right to that country, and hopes the President will be satisfied on the consideration that he (the Governor) is correct in his opinion, and that the President will take measures to abandon a claim so unfounded; but if not, and if the American Government persist in the exercise of legislative and executive controul over that country, however painful the alternative, he shall use the force entrusted to him to repel with arms every such unjust encroachment.
"How this disagreeable business will end I know not. On the truth of the facts you may place the most implicit confidence.—The translation of the letter is attested by the interpreter to the government; and I expect will be soon published in your papers from the proper authority."

BY THE MAIL.
The Mails since our last contain nothing new. The receipt of the Philadelphia papers, by one of the packets, enabled us to anticipate their contents. The few articles which appear interesting we have extracted.
LONDON, May 16.
Intelligence is reported to have been received by a foreign Ambassador, that Buonaparte has been proclaimed Emperor of France in all the streets and publick squares of Paris. All idea of consulting the people is laid aside; the Senatus Consultum of the Conservative Senate, and the decree of the Tribune, are considered sufficient authority to change the French republic into a monarchy; and the elective Chief Magistrate of a commonwealth into the hereditary Sovereign of an Empire. It is now reported at Paris, that the coronation is to take place next August, upon Buonaparte's birth-day, and to be performed at Aix-la-Chapelle, where Charlemagne was crowned fourteen centuries ago.
A general amnesty is to be proclaimed for all criminals without exception—the list of emigrants to be closed forever, and all proscribed persons, with the exception of the Bourbon family, may return to France, and enjoy the rights of subjects. A promotion upon a large scale is to be announced—every officer in the army will be advanced a step.
The Paris Argus makes the following interesting remarks on the exaltation of the First Consul. They certainly speak the sentiments of the Corsican and his Cabinet:
"From events which will result from this important step, some augur the approach of peace, as it will demand the hearty approbation of a certain great Potentate, whose decision on the one side or the other will, doubtless, have a happy influence in settling the existing differences."
"This act is the eternal disinheritance of the Bourbons, which the French people are about to pronounce.—By it, they rid themselves of all apprehension and of all inquietude; they have performed nothing more solemn or more productive of universal safety. This general wish is the Finis to the history of the revolution. It has been said that, like Saturn, the Revolution devoured its children; at present the ancient fable seems to be completely reversed; it is a child of the revolution who takes its place, without forgetting the benefits of its mother."
We cannot undertake to say, whether the Potentate alluded to be the Emperor of Germany or the Emperor Alexander, but it appears from the publications which have recently issued from the press at Berlin, that Buonaparte has obtained the sanction of his Prussian Majesty.
The young Napoleon, Son of Louis, and nephew of the Consul, who is to be his imperial successor, was born October 10, 1802.
MINISTRY. The Gazette of last night contains a list of several of the new appointments to office. It confirms the statements that have already appeared in this paper. The other denominations will appear when the arrangements are complete, which they now nearly are. The following list, which recapitulates what we have said in former papers, will, we believe, be found to be nearly correct.— STAR.
THE CABINET.
Lord Chancellor, Lord Elden. Chancellor of the Exchequer and First Lord of the Treasury, Mr. Pitt. First Lord of the Admiralty, Visc. Melville. Master Gen. of the Ordnance, Earl of Chatham. President of the Council, Duke of Portland. Lord Privy Seal, Earl of Westmoreland.
SECRETARIES.
Foreign Department, Lord Harrowby. Home Department, Lord Hawkesbury. War Department, Earl Camden.
MINOR ARRANGEMENTS.
LORDS OF THE ADMIRALTY.
Sir P. Stephens, Admiral Gambier. Sir H. B. Neale, Admiral Patten. Sir J. Colpoys, W. Dickinson, jun. Esq.
LORDS OF THE TREASURY.
Lord Fitzharris, Mr. Scott. Lord Louvaine, Mr. Long.
Treasurer of the Navy, Mr. Canning. Secretary at War, Mr. W. Dundas. Attorney General, Mr. Percival. Solicitor General, Mr. Dallas.
IRISH ARRANGEMENTS.
Lord Lieutenant, Duke of Montrose. Commander in Chief, Lord Cathcart. Sec'y to the Ld. Lieut. Sir Evan Nepean. Chan. of the Exchequer, Mr. Foster.
By the above list of the Cabinet it will be seen that the nomination of Earl Moira
to the Vice-Royalty of Ireland, was premature. This we most sincerely regret; as we are well persuaded that his presence there would greatly contribute to the restoration of harmony and peace.
The persons who retire with Mr. Addington are Earl St. Vincent, Lord Hobart, Mr. Yorke, Mr. Steele, Mr. Bragge, Mr. Tierney, &c.
Mr. Addington's retirement has been highly honourable and disinterested: he has refused the peerage for himself, and has not solicited even the most trifling provision for any relative or connection whatever.— COURIER.
PLYMOUTH, May 7.
Came in, an American ship of Boston, from Amsterdam, in only eight days; the master reports she was under an embargo in the Zuyder Zee for some time, when an order came from the French Commandant for her and all neutral vessels to sail the 29th April, or they would be laid under a further embargo, and their rudders unshipped. Fifteen thousand French troops had marched into Amsterdam in the course of the week preceding his departure, for the purpose, it was said, of invading England. The Dutch troops, where they can do it, heartily curse their French allies, and the expedition against this country.
Verbal accounts received by the arrival from Sligo, state, the situation of Ireland to be still unsettled, nothing but the most energetic measures of the government restraining the feelings and disaffection of the people. A new plot was generating at the time of the Charles and Harriett's departure, which would burst out whenever an opportunity favourable to its success presented.—The district of Co. Maugha generally, was considered as inclined to it, and a new oath administering among those willing to engage in its execution.
The landing of the French was ardently and sincerely wished for by the lower order of people, who will indubitably join them whenever it takes place. The militia agreeably to a late act of parliament were to be augmented with an addition of 10,000 men, and an army of reserve to consist of 20,000 to be instantly raised, and all such persons as omitted to enrol themselves within a given period in the yeomanry or volunteer corps, subjected to a draft in either of the augmentations.—The ardour for emigration increased to an incredible degree, which was restrained by nothing but the want of conveyances.
[N. Y. Paper.]
Port-de-Plate and St. Jago were in possession of the French when capt. Roundlet, of the schooner Julian, left the city of St. Domingo; at which time an attack was hourly expected from the army of Dessalines. Markets at St. Domingo very dull. [Com. Adv.]
Gazette Marine Memoranda.
ARRIVED.
The British Brig Queen, Newbold, 15 days from Bermuda, Ballast, Robt Gibson. On the 17th she took Captain Johnson, and crew, from on board the Schooner Nancy of Newbern North Carolina. The Nancy was loaded principally with Lumber, she sprung a leak two days after sailing from Ocrecock, bound to Grenada, her sails, running rigging, and a few barrels Flour were saved.
The ship Paragon of this port, was to sail from Cowes for Hull, May 9.
The brig Experiment, M'Cobb, from Alexandria, was spoken June 14, in lat. 26 N. long. 68 W. 12 days out, all well. The brigs Peggy, Mace, and Jefferson, Richmond, from hence, have arrived at Madeira.
The Charles Carter, Tompkins, from hence, arrived at Falmouth in 30 days.
The ship Severin Margareta, from Wilmington, N. C. has arrived at Falmouth. Sch'r. Milford, M'Namara, from hence, arrived at Kingston, Jamaica, June 18.—Markets falling—Flour $11. Corn $1 7-8. The sloop Friendship, hence, arrived at New-York the 10th instant.
BERMUDA, June 9.
Wednesday arrived the schooner Polly, Nathaniel Cutter, Master from Portsmouth, New Hampshire, bound to Martinique, detained by his Majesty's ship Driver, Captain Lyall.
Yesterday the schooner Mars, Mark Lynch, Master from New York, bound to Guadalupe, run on the rocks off the North side, but got off without receiving any damage.
BOSTON, July 7.
Arrived, brig Fox, of Beverly, Captain Gardner, from the Straits. Sailed from Salou, April 23, in company with the ship True American, Tubener, of New-York. June 15, lat. 43.21, long. 50, saw a wreck, which appeared to have been a brig of about 140 tons, with yellow sides, neither masts nor bowsprit standing; her main hatchways off, and full of water, the plank of her stern and timbers standing, an anchor on her starboard bow.
CUSTOM HOUSE—ENTERED.
Brig Queen, Newbold, Bermuda. Sloop Freedom, Stover, New-York. CLEARED. Ship Portland, Wills, L'Orient. Brig Cincinnatus, Davis, Barbadoes. Sch'r. Bellona, Lecate, Jamaica. Sarah, Herbert, do. Eliza, Adlington, Boston. Sloop Mary, Powell, Newbern, N. C. Lady Washington, Pitt, Alexandria. Julian, Tingle, Philadelphia.
TO THE PUBLICK.
DURING my absence from this country, a report was circulated much to the injury of my reputation, and which came to my knowledge a few days since. I persuade myself that no person to whom I am known, and whose good opinion I should feel anxious to preserve, would place the smallest reliance in this scandalous report. Yet, as some pains have been taken in propagating it, I am driven to the necessity of submitting myself to the public.
A person, by the name of Johnson, who was cook of the ship Roba & Betsey, under my command, arrived here while I was absent, and gave himself out as a passenger on board my ship, and that I had turned him on shore in the Isle of May, detaining his clothes, other effects, and money, to a considerable amount. As scandal never wants supporters, this tale found its believers, or those who affected to believe it, and uncommon pains were taken to circulate it. This Johnson, was informed that I might be looked for daily, and that he had better wait my return; but having extorted, by false representations, a small sum from a gentleman of respectability, whose name I do not choose to introduce here, and who advanced the money with a view of keeping Johnson until my return, he thought proper to decamp before my arrival. This circumstance ought to convince any candid mind of the falsehood of this man's assertions. If that should fail, the annexed affidavit of Capt. John Maxwell, (who was then my mate,) will, I presume, render any further observations unnecessary.
W. J. RICHARDSON.
Norfolk, July 21, 1804.
I, JOHN MAXWELL, do swear, that I was Mate of the ship Roba and Betsey, Captain Richardson, on her voyage from Plymouth to the Isle of May, that whilst the ship was at the Isle of May, a certain William Johnson, who was cook of the ship, was at his own request discharged from the vessel, on account, as well as I remember, of his having a sore leg. When he was discharged, he took with him every thing which I understood he had in the ship; at all events I can safely declare, that, from every circumstance which I can remember, nothing was withheld from him by Capt. Richardson, or any other person; for, being present when he left the ship, I could not have forgotten if he had complained that any thing was withheld from him. I never heard the said Johnson say that Capt. Richardson detained from him, any money, clothes, or other effects; and I am positive, that, if such had been the case, I must have known it.
JOHN MAXWELL.
NORFOLK BOROUGH, ss.
The above named John Maxwell, came before me, Mayor of the said Borough, and made oath to the above affidavit.—Given under my hand this 19th day of July, 1804.
29 1 MILES KING, MAYOR.
FOR SALE.
A neat Two Story House, with a Shed, in that part of the Town of Portsmouth, leading to the Cottage; agreeably situated, with two lots adjoining. For terms enquire of the subscriber.
Who wants a Freight
FOR THE BRIG GEORGE , Momently expected from New-York.
John Cox.
July 21. 1m 28.
FOR SALE—A-FLOAT.
142 Bbls. Superfine Flour, } Gallego's Brand. 168 do. Fine, } 58 do. X Middlings, } 30 Hhds. prime Richmond Tobacco. } James Herron.
July 21. 2 34.
FOR SALE.
35 Hhds. Sugar. 20 do. Demerary Rum. 7 do. Antigua do. 20,000 Green Coffee. 150 Barrels Alexandria Superfine Flour. 50 do. Port, superior quality. 4,000 lbs. Lard. A quantity of Bacon Hams—and A few Tons Bar Iron. } John Macgowan, Marsden's Wharf.
July 21. 30.
FOR SALE.
350 Bbls. Alexandria Superfine Flour. } Edward Johnston.
July 21. 3t 32.
BOOKS, &c.
Just received and for Sale, by Bonal, Conrad, & Co. a valuable collection of BOOKS, many of which are new publications—among them are: Johnson's Works, 12 vols. Nicholson's Dictionary of Chemistry, 2 vols. 4to. Hutton's Mathematical and Philosophical Dictionary, 2 vols. 4to. Philosophy of Medicine, or Medical Extracts, with coloured plates, 5 vols. 8vo. Vattel's Law of Nations. Atkins Reports in Chancery, 3 vols. 8vo. Motherby's Medical Dictionary, folio. Quinoy's Lexicon. Moseley's Treatise on Tropical Diseases, &c. Sydneyham's Works, 2 vols. 8vo. Murary's Materia Medica, 2 vols. 8vo. West's Poems, and plays, 2 vols. Gray's Poetical Works. Adams's Geometrical Essays. Adams on the Globes. McLaurin on Fluxions, 2 vols. Rumford's Essays, 3 vols. Cavallo on Electricity, 3 vols. Price, on Morals. Roring's Natural Philosophy, 2 vols. Emerson's Mechanick's 4to. Do. Algebra. Bonycastle's Astronomy. Do. Geometry. A Burlesque Translation of Homer, 2 vols. 8vo. Cruttwell's Gazetteer, 3 vols. with Atlas. St. Pierre's Studies of Nature, 4 vols. 8vo. Hooles Orlando Furioso, 5 vols. 8vo. Emerson's Astronomy. New Whole Duty of Man. New Weeks Reparation. Bath Guide. Spirit of Masonry. Anna St. Ives, 5 vols. Hugh Trevor, 4 vols. Benevolent Quixote, 4 vols. Light and Shade, 4 vols. Tale of a Tub. Henry, 4 vols. Military Mentor, 2 vols. Life of Earl Howe. Life of Thomas Reid, D. D. F. R. S. Agassus & Mary. Wrangham's Poems. Zollikofers Sermons, 2 vols. 8vo. Adolphus's History of France, from the year 1789, to the peace in 1802, 2 vols. 8vo. Potter's Aeschylus, 2 vols. 8vo. Boyd's Dante, 3 vols. 8vo. Hunter's Poems. The Depraved Husband and Philosophick Wife, 2 vols. The Grubthorpe Family, or the Old Bachelor and his Sister, 3 vols. Goldsmith's Miscellaneous Works, 4 vols. Plutarch's Lives, by Langhorne, 6 vols. 8vo. Transactions of the American Philosophical Society at Philadelphia, vol. 6. Swift's Works, 24 vols. German Theatre, 6 vols. Domestic Encyclopaedia, 5 vols. Denon's, Wilson's, and Whitman's Egypt. No. 9 Literary Magazine. 9 vols. Mavors Universal History.
BOOK-BINDING, done in all its various branches.
ACCOUNTS-BOOKS, ruled & bound to any given pattern. July 21. tf. 31.
TO RENT OR LEASE,
That Large and Commodious Dwelling House where I now live. It has four rooms on a floor, excellent cellars, and an out kitchen. In point of situation, health and view, there can be no objection. It can be had with furniture, and several house servants, if required. For particulars, apply to
William Leigh.
Portsmouth, July 24. 6 33
JOHN C. NIEMEYER,
OFFERS FOR SALE,
By the Piece or Package, at his Store of
GERMAN GOODS,
85 Pieces Ticklenburgs and Os-naburgs. 70 do. Hessian and brown Rolls. 350 do. White Rolls. 130 do. excellent Checks. 125 do. Britannias. 30 do. brown Holland. 35 do. Fine Shirt Linen. 15 do. do. Sheetings. 40 do. do. Cloths & Coatings. 13 do. Saddle Cloths. 20 Liquor Cuses. 15 Boxes Spanish Segars. 90,000 M'ribles. A quantity of Toys. German Nuns Thread. 1000 Bags of 2 and 3 bushels. 5 boxes short Pipes. 3 do. Slates & Pencils. 1 Hhd. Japanned Ware. Looking Glasses English gilt. Do. of Mahogany, all kinds. Elegant Waiters. Patent Needles. Violins, Flutes and Clarinets. Best Italian and common Violin Strings. Fifes and Instruction Books. Elegant Violin Bows. Spectacles first quality. Razors and Pen Knives, of do. 1 Case cheap Jewellery. Razor Hones & Strops. Thread Stockings, extra fine. Cotton Checks & Handkerchiefs. Fine Brabant Lace. 200 Pieces Velvet Ribbands. Fine Black Silk Velvet. 1 Box Mill Saws, and Augers. Ware House Hinges and Iron Plates. Bird Cages and Seeds. Frying Pans & Shovels. A quantity of Baskets. Brass Andiron & Candle Sticks. Table Knives & Forks. Steel Snuffers & Scissors. Backgammon Tables & Chess men. 40 dozen English Mustard. 600 M. common Needles. Battle Doors and Birds. Snuff Boxes & Gun Flints. Double barrel Guns. 12 dozen coarse Shirts. Portable Writing Desks. Best Quills and Lead Pencils. Sealing Wax & Wafers. Tooth Brushes, of all kinds. Ivory & Dressing Combs. Best English Playing Cards. Coffee Mills and Oil Cloths. Padlocks of all kinds. Best German Bed Stuff. Fine Cotton Stockings. Night Lamps and Lanterns. Beads, a large quantity. Suspender and Pocket Knives. Dressing Cases and Metal Spoons. Silk Umbrellas.
ALSO—A LARGE QUANTITY OF
GLASS WARE,
Cut and Plain—Consisting of
Decanters. Tumblers. Wine Glasses. Jellies, Lemonade and Punch Glasses. Glass Pitchers, elegantly cut. Salt Cellars. Bird Glasses. Sugar Dishes & Cruits. Flower Vases, &c. &c. China Tea Sets. Do. Cups and Saucers. Do. Tea Pots. Elegant Bowls, &c. &c.
The above will be sold for Cash or approved Bills only.—Apply as above.
An Apprentice Wanted,
A LAD of about 16 years, of a good education and respectable parents—none but of a good character, need apply.
July 17. 21

AUCTION.
Will be sold, on the premises, on Tuesday, the 24th inst. at 11 o'clock, without reserve, the following Property, situated on Church-street, near Mr. David Pierce's, viz.
A Lot, 95 feet in front, and 175 feet deep, with an elegant Brick House erected thereon, having a large store below, with two back rooms, on the second floor a large passage, parlour, and dining room, with convenient closets; on the third floor two large and one small rooms; in the garret two good rooms completely finished.—There are two other Brick-Buildings, comprising two Kitchens and two Smoke-Houses.—Also, a Coach-House, a Stable, and a pump of excellent water—a good yard, and a large garden in high cultivation.
Three Lots of Land, 39 feet in front, and 175 feet deep, each, with three convenient Brick-Houses, having each a good store in front, with out-houses, yards, and gardens, to make the situation comfortable.
Also—One Lot, fronting 386 feet on Calvert-street, 166 feet on Charles-street, and 159 feet Sayer-street, and bounded on the back by a creek. On this Lot, is an excellent Ice-House, the income of which makes it an object worth purchasing.
Terms of sale for the above property, 1-4 cash, the balance in 3, 6, and 9 months, with a deed in trust on the property, to secure the three last payments.
The Houses and Lots to be sold separately. Any person wishing to view the property before the day of sale, will apply to the subscriber.
Richard Bowden, v. M.
July 17
ICE.
Those who wish to be supplied with ICE every day, will please leave their names at Mr. James Murrice's, opposite the market-house, where any quantity above ten pounds will be given, but not under, at the rate of five dollars per 100 wt. it is to be delivered in the forenoon, every subscriber must have two bags with his name thereon, and make his place of abode known.—The ICE is taken from the above Ice-house offered for sale.
July 17. tds 12.
NOTICE.
By order of the Trustees, will positively be sold at Auction,
On MONDAY, the 23d inst. at 12 o'clock,
At the Exchange Coffee-House,
(if not previously disposed of by private sale)
That valuable PLANTATION, belonging to Mr. Malachi Oldner. There is about 70 acres of prime land, situated about two miles from the Borough, on the Eastern Branch, with a good dwelling and sundry out-houses. Five hundred and fifty dollars of the purchase money must be paid down, and Notes at 60 and 120 days, with approved endorsers, will be required for the remainder.
July 17. tds 10
FOR SALE,
1350 Barrels Superfine and Fine Flour. 900 do. Pork, in shipping order. 60 do. Beef. No. 1 & 2. 50 Punccheons Grenada Rum. 6 Pipes London particular Madeira Wine. 26 Hhds. Richmond Tobacco. 44 do. Petersburg do. Tar and Turpentine. Pilot and Ship Bread. A few Trunks Irish Linens. A Trunk Ginghams.
Apply to
Donaldson, Thorburn & Co.
July 17. tf 7
FOR SALE,
500 Barrels first quality Navy Bread. 200 do. Pilot. do. 200 do. Ship. do. 500 Quarter Barrels Crackers, fresh and of a superior quality. All of which will be sold on liberal terms.
Stephen Harris.
July 17. tf 8
FOR SALE,
A SMALL QUANTITY OF OLD PORT WINE, Of the best quality.
Edward Johnston.
July 17. 3 9
WE HAVE FOR SALE,
100 hhds. Richmond and Petersburg Tobacco. 300 barrels superfine Flour, fresh. 20 puncheons Jamaica and Windward Island Rum. 500 Barrels Pork, in shipping order. 200 pieces Nankens, first quality. 50 Barrels and half barrels Alexandria Crackers. A few cases of Noyeau, and two new Cables.
C. & F. Whittle.
July 17, 1804. tf 16
FOR SALE,
New-York BEEF and PORK.
ALSO,
200 barrels Smithfield PORK.
Robert Gibson.
July 17, 1804. tf 17
TO RENT,
And immediate possession given,
That commodious BRICK DWELLING-HOUSE, at present occupied by Mrs. Hume, and formerly known under the name of the Navy Tavern. The premises are very commodious, and well adapted for a Tavern or extensive Boarding-House, being very eligibly situated on Main-street, in the centre of business. The terms to a good tenant on lease, will be made extremely favourable, or it will be rented by the year on equitable terms. Apply to
William Dick.
July 17. tf 11
JOHN RORKE & Co.
Have for Sale, Wholesale and Retail, at their Store, Market-Square,
Cognac, } BRANDY. Cinnamon. Old Peach, } Cloves. Apple, } Pepper. Antigua, } Mustard. and Wind- } Race & Ground Ginger. ward Island, Rum. Almonds. Holland and Country } Raisins. Gin. } Fig Blue. L. P. Madeira, } Starch. Sherry, } Refined Salt Petre. Teneriffe, } Powder and Shot. Imperial, } Godfroid's Havanna Se- Hyson, } gars, of the first qua- Young Hyson, } lity. Loaf and Muscovado, } Nails. Sugar. } Scythe Blades. Coffee. } Baltimore Iron. Chocolate. } Steel. French and Italian Oil. } Cart Wheel Boxes. Olives. } Irish Glue. Capers. } Mould Candles. Basket Salt. } Corks. Pearl Barley. } Wrapping Paper. Mace. } Nutmegs. } July 17. tf 13
One Hundred Dollars Reward.
RUNAWAY from the Subscriber in the City of London, some time in the month of May, 1799, a mulatto slave, named HENRY, at that time aged about 18 years, and was about five feet ten inches high; he is probably now upwards of 6 feet. Henry was a remarkable handsome mulatto, and had a fine countenance; his hair rather of the wool kind, but tied in a short queue—He called himself Henry Brent , which name he had put on one of his arms with Indian Ink, either Henry Brent or H. Brent , I do not recollect which; he had also on the same arm an anchor and cable, and some other figures, done by a sailor on a voyage to the East Indies in the year 1797.—It is very probable attempts have been made to erase the name and figures above described, but it could not have been done without leaving some traces and scars.
I have just received information that Henry was seen in Norfolk on the 16th of last month, where I am inclined to think he has been lurking for some time—I will give the above reward to any person who will deliver said slave to me, at Col. John Cooke's. Stafford county, near Aquia, or fifty dollars if secured in any jail so that I get him again—Information given in a letter per post, directed to me at Col. John Cooke's, near Aquia, will be immediately attended to.
John W. Bronaugh.
N. B. I am told the above slave is known in Norfolk at this time by the name of Puddy or Purdy .
July 17. tf 15
JUST RECEIVED,
By the ship Roba & Betsey , Capt. Richardson, from London, and for sale by the Subscribers, A LARGE SUPPLY OF
DRUGS AND MEDICINES,
of all kinds. Patent Medicines, Perfumery, &c. &c. Also received by the ship Almira , Capt. Stover,
SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS,
Consisting of Amputating, Trepanning, Cupping, Midwifery, Tooth of different sorts, Crown and Common Lancets, and Surgical Pocket Instruments, &c. &c.
HARDHAM'S SNUFF, No. 9.
Also, by the ship Olive Branch , Capt. Le Breton, from Bristol,
GLASS & FURNITURE,
For Apothecary's and Practitioner's Shops.
Those who favor us with their orders will be supplied on the most reasonable terms, and the articles of the best and freshest quality, as our importations are regularly twice a year, and laid in with cash, from the most respectable Druggists in London.
MEDICINE CHESTS made up as usual. Also, a few elegant Mahogany Chests of the newest construction, with furniture complete.
PERRY'S ANTI-BILLIOUS PILLS.
Frederick Heermann & Son. July 17. 2aw 12m. 1
JOHN RORKE & Co.
Have erected a Mill for Manufacturing PAINTER'S COLOURS,
and will in a few days have a general assortment. They have at present on hand a quantity of White Lead and Yellow Ochre, in 28 and 14lb. Kegs, equal in quality to any imported.—Also, 800 gallons Lintseed Oil; Prussian Blue; Verdigrise; Red Lead; Letherage; Putty; Paint Brushes; and Sash Tools of all sizes.
July 17, tf 14
WANTED IMMEDIATELY,
Persons acquainted with any branches of COACH-MAKING, to whom the most liberal wages, with constant employ, will be given.
Two YOUTHS of respectable connexions will be taken as apprentices to the above business. Apply to
S. W. Quarrier,
near the Methodist Meeting-House, Cumberland-street.
July 17. tf 5
SUGAR.
18 Hhds. of Sugar, just received and for sale by
William Hartshorne, jun.
SLATE.
A quantity of Slate, shortly expected from New-York.
July 17, tf 22
STRATTON & COLE,
HAVE FOR SALE, A LARGE AND GENERAL ASSORTMENT OF GROCERIES;
CONSISTING OF
Antigua, } Rum. Nests Wooden Ware. Jamaica, } Wool Cards. Wd. Island, } Bacon. New England, } Pork. French, } Mariner's Compasses. Peach, } BRANDY. Quadrants. Apple, } Spy Glasses. Holland, } GIN. Hour. Country, } 1-2 Minute } GLASSES. Sherry, } 1-4 do. } Malaga, } WINE. White Lead. Imperial, } Venetian Red, } PAINTS. Hyson, } Yellow, } Young Hyson, } Spanish Brown, } Loaf, } Blue, } Brown, } Tar. Molasses. } Turpentine. Vinegar. } White, } BUNTING. Nutmegs. } Red, } Allspice. } Blue, } Pepper. } Small, } LINES. Cinnamon. } Deep Sea, } Ginger. } Bed Cords. Chewing Tobacco. } Seine Twine. Spanish, } Wrapping do. American, } Indigo. Powder & Shot, } Blueing. Alum, } Window Glass. Blown, } Knives and Forks. Superfine, } Pump Tacks. Fine, } An assortment of Cast- Coffee. } ings. Chocolate. } Earthen Ware assorted. July 17. tf 6
OILS, PAINTS & WINDOW GLASS,
Of all kinds, colours, and sizes.
For sale by
N. Gregory,
opposite the Market.
An ASSISTANT wanted—also, an active YOUTH to be employed in the store.—Liberal wages will be given to TWO ABLE HANDS, to turn a Paint Mill.
July 8. tf 3
SHAKSPEARE.
Time, which is continually washing away the dissoluble fabrics of other Poets, passes without injury by the adamant of Sakspeare.
Dr. Johnson's Preface.
FIRST COMPLETE EDITION IN AMERICA, FROM THE TEXT OF THE BEST EDITORS OF SHAKSPEARE.
Hugh Maxwell & Thomas S. Manning, Propose to publish, as speedily as possible, VOLUME I.
Plays of William Shakspeare,
With the corrections and illustrations of VARIOUS COMMENTATORS. To which are added,
NOTES,
By SAMUEL JOHNSON & GEORGE STEEVENS. From the fifth and latest London edition, published in 1803—Revised and augmented
By ISAAC REED.
With
A GLOSSARIAL INDEX.
Sweet SWAN of Avon, what a sight it were, To see thee in our waters yet appear, With all those flights upon the banks of Thames, That so did take Eliza and King James! But stay;—I see thee in our hemisphere Advanc'd, and made a constellation here:— Shine forth, thou STAR OF POETS, and with rage, Or influence, chide, or cheer the drooping Stage.
Ben Johnson.
TERMS.
The first complete edition, in America, of Shakspeare will be contained in 16 volumes, duodecimo.
It will be printed in a style eminently beautiful, on a fine cream-coloured woven paper, with a type entirely new, and cast for the purpose by Messrs. Binny & Ronaldson.
The Proprietors pledge themselves, that it shall surpass the London edition in neatness of mechanical execution, and rival it in fidelity and correctness.
It will be printed under the immediate direction and superintendence of an Editor, assisted by several Men of Letters.
The Price, to Subscribers, will be 1 Dollar 50 Cents per vol. in boards; to non Subscribers, 1 Dollar 75 Cents.
The inferior copy of the last London edition, in 21 vols. boards, sells for FIFTY-ONE DOLLARS; more than double the price of the proposed edition, which the proprietors have resolved shall, from its cheapness, as well as elegance, deserve the notice of the Public.
To consult the economy of the taste of different Purchasers, an edition will be printed in a compressed, cheap, and portable form, without the notes, in 8 vols. 12mo. price 1 dollar per vol. in boards.
It is contemplated to print one volume every month, from the time of commencement, until the work be completed.
A correct Alphabetical List of the Subscribers, will be given with the last volume.
The Proprietors sanguinely hope that the liberality of the publick will be conspicuous in the support of a work of singular magnitude, to which intense labour and great expense are necessarily incident.
N. B. The first volume of the above work is now at press.
Subscriptions will be received by Bonsal, Conrad & Co. Booksellers; and by George L. Gray, at the office of the Publick Ledger, Norfolk. Philadelphia, July 1.
FRESH TEAS.
Just received and for sale by the Subscribers,
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July 8. tf 2
TRAVELS IN GREECE.
PROPOSALS,
FOR PUBLISHING BY SUBSCRIPTION, THE TRAVELS OF Anacharsis the Younger, IN GREECE:
During the middle of the fourth Century, before the Christian Era,
With copious Notes and References.
BY
THE ABBE BARTHELEMY, Keeper of the Medals in the Cabinet of the King of France, and Member of the Royal Academy of Inscriptions and Belles Lettres.
Translated from the French.
First American, from the fourth London edition.
IN FOUR VOLUMES.
THE work now offered to the American reader exhibits a complete view of the antiquities, manners, customs, religious ceremonies, laws, arts, and literature, of ancient Greece, at the period of its greatest splendour. A knowledge of these has hitherto been only attainable by a laborious perusal of writers who have been little solicitous to join entertainment with instruction. The Travels of Anacharsis, on the contrary, are so written, that the reader may frequently be induced to imagine he is perusing a work of mere amusement, invention, and fancy; till his eye glances to the bottom of the page, when he perceives there is scarcely a sentence, and not a single fact or circumstance, but is supported by the authority of some ancient author. The amazing number of these quotations, may, perhaps, at first sight, seem to have been unnecessary, and to have more the appearance of a parade of erudition, than to be of any real utility: but it is to be remembered that, at the same time that they must be highly acceptable to the man of real learning, by enabling him to refer immediately to the original author, they are extremely useful, nay we may say, absolutely necessary, even to such readers as can never be supposed to have any intention to consult the authorities quoted; as they clearly shew that such an idea, or such a circumstance, is not merely an decoration, or the offspring of the fancy of the author, but immediately taken from some ancient writer, and, therefore, perfectly accordant to the general scope and plan of the work.
TERMS.
I. The first Edition in America of Anacharsis's Travels, will be comprised in four Vols. octavo.
II. It shall be printed on handsome wove paper and a new type now casting for the purpose. Each Volume will contain about 400 pages.
III. The price to Subscribers, per Vol. bound and lettered, will be 2 dollars; in boards, 1 dollar and 75 cents, to be paid on the delivery of each Volume.
The European edition sells at 12 dollars per set.
IV. There shall be a handsome Map of Greece given with the first Volume, to be executed by one of the best Engravers.
V. Those who obtain ten Subscribers, and become responsible for the payment of the same, shall receive one copy gratis. The work is now at Press, and shall be finished with all possible dispatch.
** Subscriptions to the above work received by George L. Gray, at the office of the PUBLICK LEDGER.
July 17, 1804. tf 23
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