Berkeley and Jefferson intelligencer (Martinsburg, Va.), 1803-04-15 00:00:00

Berkeley and Jefferson Intelligencer.
[No. 3 OF VOLUME V.]
FRIDAY, April 11, 1803.
[WHOLE No. 211.]
To the Citizens of Berkeley, Jefferson and Hampshire.
GENTLEMEN,
I OFFER myself to your consideration, as a candidate at the ensuing Election, to Represent you in the Congress of the United States.
To give my political opinions in detail, I consider unnecessary, as it may be presumed they are generally known throughout the district. I declare an inviolable attachment to the Rights and Liberties of the People of this Country—I declare an inviolable attachment to the Constitution of the United States, by which these Rights and Liberties are secured; and if elected, I will cheerfully co-operate in all measures which in my judgment are calculated to promote your interest and happiness.
I am, Gentlemen,
with due respect,
Your obedient servant,
JAMES STEPHENSON.
March 4, 1803.
We are authorised to inform the Citizens of Berkeley County, that JAMES CAMPBELL, Esq. and MAGNUS TATE, Esq. will stand a poll at the ensuing election for Representatives in the State Legislature.
NOTICE is hereby given, that an ELECTION will be held at the Court-House in Martinsburg, on the Monday after the third Tuesday in April next, for the purpose of choosing two fit persons to represent the County of Berkeley in the General Assembly of this State.
JOHN DAVENPORT, Sheriff.
March 4, 1803.
NOTICE is hereby given, that an ELECTION will be held at the Court-House in Martinsburg, on the Monday after the third Tuesday in April next, for the purpose of choosing a fit person to represent the District composed of the Counties of Berkeley, Jefferson & Hampshire, in the House of Representatives of the United States.
JOHN DAVENPORT, Sheriff.
March 4, 1803.
NOTICE is hereby given, that an ELECTION will be held at the Court-House in Martinsburg, on the Monday after the third Tuesday in April next, for the purpose of choosing a fit person to represent the District composed of the Counties of Berkeley, &c. &c. in the Senate of this State.
JOHN DAVENPORT, Sheriff.
March 4, 1803.
THE SUBSCRIBER
WISHES to inform the public and his friends in general, that he has removed his shop to the house of Mr. John Blackford, lately occupied by Evans & Jamieson, where he means to pay the same attention to the practice of Physic, Surgery, &c. as he heretofore has done.
I cannot think that it is in my power to pay those friends who have honored me with their confidence and partiality, too great a compliment; my heart is penetrated with the most lively sense of gratitude for the distinguished patronage and encouragement which I have met with in the line of my profession, and hope the exultation is no ways culpable that springs from the reflection, that none have reason to repent of the confidence reposed in me. It has been by several years extensive practice, great labor, and close application, that has enabled me to obtain your confidence, which it shall be my ambition to preserve through life.
J. D. WILLIAMSON.
Shepherd's Town, April 8, 1803.
TAKEN up by the subscriber, on Monday the 4th inst. in the edge of Hampshire County, near Bath, a stray Horse, of a dark brown colour, about 11 years old, 16 hands high, has no brand perceivable, has three old shoes on—trotts and canters. This horse has been straying about the neighborhood, since the 7th of March last. The owner is requested to prove property, and take him away.
DAVID SIMPSON.
April 8, 1803.
TO BE LET,
For one, two, three, four, or five years, and possession given the 1st day of April next,
THE property at present occupied by Mr. Abraham Lange, situate in Garrards-Town, Berkeley County. This property consists of a very good and convenient Dwelling House, well calculated for a tavern (for which it has for a long time been occupied,) with a bar room, cellar, dining room, and a number of lodging rooms, good stables, ball alley, &c. with an excellent garden, and two acres of land, well enclosed, adjoining. There is a good lime stone spring conveniently situated, the water of which runs through this lot. Any person inclining to rent, may know the terms by applying to Mr. George Lemen, of Garrards Town, or to the subscriber living near Mr. Raughly Colstons, on the Potomac river.
JOHN BECKETT.
March 18, 1803.
THE subscriber respectfully informs his friends and the public, that he has again rented the house in which he has resided for some years past, and intends to continue to keep a House of PUBLIC ENTERTAINMENT.—He tenders his thanks to those who have hitherto favoured him with their custom, and assures them that his endeavours, in future, to render their accommodation genteel and agreeable, shall be redoubled.
ABRAHAM GORRELL.
Martinsburg, April 1, 1803.
CAUTION.
IT having been a practice heretofore with some malicious and ill-disposed persons, to pass and re-pass through my plantation near Martinsburg, to throw down my fences, and commit other unlawful acts, this is therefore to forewarn all persons from committing any such unlawful practices in future, as I am determined to prosecute every person, to the utmost penalty of the law, who may be found trespassing in any manner upon said premises.
MARTHA BARNHOUSE.
March 24, 1803.
N. B. ALL persons having just claims against the estate of Richard Barnhouse, deceased, are requested to come forward and lay in their respective accounts properly attested—and all those indebted to said estate, are also requested to come forward and settle off with me.
MARTHA BARNHOUSE, Adm rx .
March 24, 1803.
EMPEROR,
A BEAUTIFUL Bay, 16 hands high, and seven years old, will stand at the subscribers stable, 4 miles from Martinsburg, and four from the Sulphur Springs, at the mansion place of James Strode, dec'd, and cover mares at the moderate price of four dollars each, seven dollars to insure a foal, (if the mare is parted with to be forfeited, or—may be re-entered by the season,) and one dollar and an half the single leap, the money to be paid for the leap when the mare is put to the horse.
EMPEROR was got by Col. Burwell's noted horse Emperor, his dam by Gen. Zane's Ranger, his grand dam by the imported horse old Mark Anthony. This season will commence the 1st day of April, and end the 1st of July. Payment to be made on or before the first day of October next. Pasture will be furnished for mares that come from a distance, but we will not be answerable for accidents or escapes.
ZEPHANIAH BEALL,
SAML. BLACKMORE.
March 30, 1803.
THE YOUNG MILL-WRIGHT AND MILLER'S-GUIDE, for sale at this Office.
PRINTING,
In all its variety, executed at this Office, with correctness and expedition.
The beautiful and well-bred Horse COUNSELLOR,
WILL stand this season on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday at Isaac Strider's Mill, in Jefferson County, and the remainder of each week at Nathan Van Metre's, Berkeley County, within two miles of Martinsburg, and cover mares at the moderate price of four dollars and one bushel of corn or oats the season, one dollar and a half the single leap, to be paid in cash when the mare is covered, and seven dollars to ensure a foal.
COUNSELLOR was got by Van Doren's noted horse Old Snap, Snap was got by General Heard's imported horse Snap, his dam was got by Fearnought, his grand dam by the noted horse Monster. Counsellor is a handsome bay with a star and snip, full sixteen hands and an half high, and made in proportion, and is rising six years old this spring. It is thought needless to give a longer history of his pedigree, as his figure, carriage, movement and activity will recommend him to the eye of every impartial judge as a good horse to breed from. The money for the season to be paid by the first of September next. The season will commence the 28th instant, and will end the first of July.
A. FULTON
March 22, 1803
[The following singular publication is selected from "The Guardian of Freedom," a democratic paper published in Frankfort, Kentucky, by James M. Bradford.]
TO THE EDITOR,
SIR,
Whilst the public mind is agitated and incensed at the narrow policy of Spain, in shutting her ports against us, permit me thro' the channel of your press, to strike at the enlarged policy of our more latent and specious enemies. Instead of skimming on the surface of our disasters, I wish to level a blow at the root of our evils. Instead of directing our resentment towards the European Powers, let us with more propriety turn it towards EASTERN AMERICA. Instead of crossing the Atlantic, let us only go beyond Alleghany Mountain. There is the source of all our calamities; there our ills originate; thence we have derived our misfortunes, and still smart under her political scourge.
Let us no more be deceived with those fair speeches, friendly communications, and pretended good intentions of our President and Eastern brethren. They will do anything for us except for our advantage. They have given proof enough of this disposition.
It may be asked why may not Eastern America extend a favourable disposition to our interest? I answer, because our interest and theirs are pointedly contradictory.
What I have already stated, may be said to be only assertion, and an assertion without proof, amounting only to inuendo. Now, therefore, let me proceed to stubborn facts; facts undeniable and irrefutable; and which must tend to open the eyes of every Western American to the unfriendly views and conduct of Eastern America towards us.
I shall only quote an extract from the writings of Monroe, himself, after his embassy to France, in the year 1795.—"Some time," says he "in the beginning of 1795, I was informed by Mr. Pelet, of the diplomatic section of the committee of public safety, and afterwards by Mr. Cambaceres, likewise of that section, that in reliance on our treaty with England contained nothing injurious to France, they expressly instructed their agent then negotiating with Spain, to use his utmost endeavours to secure for the United States the points in controversy with that power. And shortly after, as their negotiation advanced, I was asked as well as I remember, by those members, as likewise by Boissy D'Anglas, whether he wished to possess the Floridas, since it was intimated it would be easy for France to obtain them; but which she would not do otherwise than with a view to cede them to the United States. I replied I had no power to answer such an interrogatory; but was well persuaded that we did not wish an extension of our territory. Well satisfied I am, that the French declined
taking them in her treaty with Spain, which soon followed, from a fear it might weaken her connection with the United States."
Now, had Mr. Monroe been friendly disposed to our interests, he might have wrote back to America, informing of those propositions made to him by those members of the diplomatic section, who were then so friendly and warmly attached to the interest of America, and thereby the important provinces of East and West Florida might have been acquired to the United States, had our Eastern brethren been willing to have accepted of it. But instead of that, he being completely up to the base intrigues of his country, ( Eastern America ) he firmly and confidently replied, "he had no power to answer such an interrogatory; but was well persuaded that Eastern America did not wish an extension of territory."
The full and extended answer of Monroe amounted to this—"An extension of territory to the west, would be too great an aggrandizement to our western brethren, and their flourishing state of commerce, in as much as they already possess an extent of fertile soil, so vastly superior to ours, that they could greatly undersell us, and thereby draw the attention of all Europe to their ports. And although we possess the poorest and meanest country in every sense, yet by a superiority of numbers we hold a balance of power, and are determined to make use of it to our own advantage, to the disinterest of our western, fertile part of the continent. It is therefore our policy that the western rivers should mouth in the dominions of an European power; which power, by our improper and unfriendly conduct, we may render inimical to Western America, as being a part of the United States, and thereby they may be denied the advantages of a foreign commercial intercourse, and consequently will be beholden to us for a source of inland trade, much to our advantage, but of little profit to them; and moreover our markets for European consumption will remain unimpaired.
So our eastern friends have a twofold view and interest, in having our foreign trade cramped here, as I have stated in the above extended answer of Monroe to the members of the diplomatic section, that is, 1st, our lack of intercourse with the commercial powers of Europe, makes in favor of their markets. 2d, It will finally come to pass, (if we will bear it) that they will be furnished with the live stock of western America, (i. e. our horses and cattle) at their own price. For having all other intercourse with the world lopt off, we must ultimately come to this; and they will entirely monopolize our traffic, upon their own terms. For money we must have; otherwise how can we pay our state and continental taxes, or procure those necessary cash articles, iron, steel and salt? If things go on thus, we shall be more dependant on eastern America, than the Israelites were on the Egyptians, and our servitude will not be more tolerable. They were commanded to make brick, (or what we call cat clay) without straw, and we are commanded to pay our proportion for the support of a government, (whose policy is to oppress us) without a chance of a free-trade to procure the money. For although we possess a fertile country-watered by navigable rivers, yet it produces not the gold of Ophir, neither has it mines like unto those of Golconda, Mexico, or Peru.
The lands of eastern America being poor, and generally wore out, they have no doubt contemplated to live on the fat of our fertile soil, without paying us a just equivalent in return, and calculate more solid benefits from our country, than from the hard labour of their numerous negro slaves. Hence it becomes more necessary to cede from the Union, (unless she abandons her politics) than it was for the United States to revolt from Great Britain.
The interests of France, Spain, and western America, would go hand in hand, and they, (France and Spain) would studiously promote our commercial prosperity, for their own advantage.
But it is to the advantage of eastern America to keep us under the hatchets, by having our foreign trade cramped as aforesaid. And all this false parade, feint marches, and pretended stir, which our eastern politicians have made, for the procurement of a free trade for us, is only to

amuse us, to prevent a dismemberment of the Union. Like sailors on sea, throwing out a tub to a shoal of whales to draw their attention from the ship.
It is said by some stale, cold-blooded politicians, "let us patiently wait until we have a balance of power on the west side of the Alleghany Mountain, and then we can fix matters better." In answer I reply, that if we wait for that, 'twill not come to pass in my time; so I don't care whether it ever comes to pass. For as to my progeny (if a secession from the Union does not take place shortly, or the politics of eastern America should not change very much) I shall debark with them on the Spanish shore. For I had rather bow the knee to the Spanish Monarch, wear a crucifix, and kiss the Pope's face—than to be any longer a subject of eastern America, under the disadvantages above stated.
In support of the jealousies of our eastern brethren, let me now call the attention of my countrymen to a very suspicious circumstance.
Our executive has pitched on the same man, ( Monroe , of detested memory) as Envoy Extraordinary to the courts of France and Spain, to negotiate for the opening of the Spanish ports for us; the same man is chosen for this important mission, who has already proved himself to be so inimical to this our Western Country. We have now every reasonable hope indeed, from the negotiation of him, for the opening of the ports, who no longer ago than March, 1795, refused the acceptance of the Floridas from selfish and clandestine motives!! If we may judge of the future by the past, we may seriously suspect that his mission will turn out nothing, as the executive intended it, when he made choice of him.
Although this talk may appear as sacrilegious to some, still it is my opinion, and I think time will prove it. For there is no such thing in nature as a disinterested patriot! It is a mere chimera! the puerile fancy of a poet's brain!!!
A country is (as Voltaire expresses it) composed of many families, and as self love generally leads us to stand up for, and support our particular families, when a contrary interest does not intervene;—so, from the like self-love, a man stands up for his town or village, which he calls his native home.
The more extended his native home is, the less we love it, for a division weakens love: It is impossible in nature to have a tender love for a family so numerous and distant as scarcely to be known.
The Candidate amidst his ambitious intrigues to be chosen President, Vice-President, Governor, Senator or Representative, makes a noise about his love of his country, whereas it is only himself that he loves. Every one is desirous for securing to himself that freedom and pre-eminence which is denied to his neighbour, or the community at large.
I now appeal to every western American, if the facts which I have stated, are not too glaring to escape our notice.
Eastern America may no longer attempt to lull and sooth us with her syren songs of friendship and amity.—No more may her harps (which she may now hang on the willows) vibrate on the organs of our ears, the amusing and deceitful strains of "peace on Earth and good will toward us." No more can we chant to the sound of her viol the sprightly pastoral airs of "the Shepherd's Wedding," and "The Highway to Dublin." But she must expect (except she renounces her selfish political system) to hear in her turn the tunes called the Vive la , and the Marseilles Hymn , and other strains of martial music, until Western America becomes a distinct province or empire, and the Alleghany the line. For as she would not accept of territory when it was offered to her she ought not to grieve much at the loss of territory.
I forbade that her long farce of "this tale of a tub," to amuse and inveigle us, to prevent a secession from the General Government, will be succeeded by a military Tragedy. Magazines will be filling, arms brightening, cannons roaring, and human blood streaming.
'Tis not by sending Monroe , to European Courts to negotiate: 'tis not by a representation in congress, (for there are opposite interests and a large balance of power against us) nor by any length of time that we may patiently wait, for that will procure to us a free commercial intercourse with foreign powers, without our own local internal exertions. It must be 1st. by the spirited remonstrances to be sent to Congress, from the people of the state of Ohio, Kentucky, and Tennessee and the Indiana, and Mississippi territories, praying for independence. And then if we obtain it, we can send our own ambassadors to foreign courts, and make our own negotiations, or attach ourselves
to some other more friendly power, should we conceive it to be our interest. And secondly and lastly, as the last resort, (should our petitions be spurned) set the General Government at defiance and erect ourselves into an independent and distinct republic.—And should we experience any weakness on our part, we can recollect that France is our ally. And we can know that 'tis better to have a friend for a master, (if we from our weakness must be mastered) than an enemy.
This is blunt plain talk, adapted to any capacity—and no man can be so blind as not to see the force of my observations.
I am actuated by the purest motives the love of my country and myself, and detestation of oppression. I am attached to my native home, but have very little veneration for my native rulers, the Eastern Americans, as I conceive they are inimical to our prosperity and happiness. I do despise them and their politics most sincerely. They have hood-winked us, and kept us in such ignorance, that they have hitherto turned our enmity towards France and Spain, instead of themselves. But I hope that we begin to get a little more enlightened; and when the Western thunder begins to roll, we may know where to direct the bolt.
A WESTERN AMERICAN.
NEW YORK, April 4.
To the politeness of captain Chew, of the ship Atlantic, who arrived here on Saturday, we are indebted for a file of Cork papers to the 10th February, and a Price Current to the 12th.
The trial of Colonel DESPARD , and his associates, which took place on the 7th and 9th Feb. occupies the whole of the London paper of the 10th. Its length prevents our giving it entire. The evidence against Col. DESPARD fully substantiated the charge of high treason, and the jury pronounced him guilty, but recommended him to mercy. Of his associates, one was given up by the Attorney-General, no evidence appearing against him; two were acquitted by the jury, and nine found guilty. The address of Lord ELLENBOROUGH to the prisoners was solemn, awful, and oppressive, and filled every eye in the court with tears. The usual sentence of the law in cases of High Treason was then passed, which is hanging, disemboweling, quartering, and beheading.
The recommendation to mercy of the jury who convicted Colonel Despard , the mediation of Lord Nelson , and the prisoner's own written application, have been without effect: His execution was judged necessary from motives of State Policy; and, accordingly, the sentence of the law was carried into effect upon him and six of his associates on the 21st Feb. They met their fate with fortitude. Colonel Despard having asked and obtained permission, addressed the spectators in the following manner:—"Fellow citizens, I come here, as you see, after having served my country faithfully, honorably and usefully, served it for thirty years and upwards, to suffer death upon a scaffold for a crime of which I protest I am not guilty. I solemnly declare that I am no more guilty of it than any one of you who may be now hearing me. But though his Majesty's minister's know as well as I do that I am not guilty, yet they avail themselves of a legal pretext to destroy a man because he has been a friend to truth, to liberty and to justice—because he has been a friend to the poor and the oppressed.—But, citizens, I hope and trust, notwithstanding my fate, and the fate of those who no doubt will soon follow me, that the principles of freedom, of humanity, and of justice, will finally triumph over falsehood, tyranny, and delusion, and every principle hostile to the interests of the human race. And now having said this, I have little more to add, except to wish you all health, happiness and freedom, which I have endeavored, as far as in my power to procure for you, and for mankind in general."
The same day on which Colonel Despard was executed, Mr. Peltier , the Editor of a paper printed in London called L'Ambigu , was tried at the instance of the British Government, and convicted of publishing a libel on Bonaparte .
PORT OF NEW-ORLEANS OPEN.
Letter from General Wilkinson to the Governor.
Fort Adams, Feb. 17, 1803, } Nine o'clock, P. M.
Sir, I wrote to you to day by lieut. Wilkinson, and inadvertently dated my letter the 18th; since which I have received a note of the morning, from capt. Shaumburgh , dated Bayau-Sarah , by which I am in-
formed the government of Louisiana, (the Spanish government) has given permission for the deposit of all kinds of provisions in N. Orleans, on paying six per cent. duty. I make this communication to you by express, for the interest of those who adventure and deserve, and I think it should have publicity as soon as possible.
With perfect consideration and respect I am, Sir, your obt. servt.
JA. WILKINSON. His Excellency Gov. Clairborne.
The above letter is brought by the mail of this morning, and is introduced by the words "The port of New-Orleans open," in large capitals, by way of exultation at this joyous event. With what propriety we can rejoice at it, we confess ourselves at a loss to discover. The treaty between us and Spain stipulates that "His Catholic Majesty will permit the citizens of the United States to deposit their merchandise and effects in the port of New-Orleans and to export them from thence without paying any higher duty than a fair price for the hire of the stores."—His Majesty, however, by his proper agent, has seen fit to violate this treaty, and deprive us of the privilege of deposit altogether for about five months, to the loss of some millions of property. But, now having answered his purpose, having made a few dollars at our expense, and having kicked and cuffed us for a little temporary amusement, His Majesty's Minister has at last, forsooth, condescended to open the port to us; not indeed so far as to permit us to land and to export, nor, according to the terms of the treaty on our merely paying "a fair price for the hire of the stores," but he permits us to carry provisions to his own market for his own noocnience, on our paying a duty of six per cent. and this is a great and mighty cause of triumph throughout the United States.
[Evening Post]
NATCHEZ, FEB. 19.
The post from New-Orleans, which arrived yesterday, brings us the pleasing intelligence of the opening of that Port.
MARTINSBURG, April 15.
The following is the result of the election, held on Tuesday last in Charles Town, for Jefferson County:
CONGRESS.
  Major James Stephenson, . . . . . 222   Osborn Sprigg, . . . . . 191 
Federal Majority, 31 ASSEMBLY.
  Capt. George Tate, . . . . . 225 Elected.   Abraham Morgan, . . . . . 207   Jacob Manning, . . . . . 200   Daniel Morgan, Esq. . . . . 197 
SENATE.
  George North, Esq. . . . . 212   Lewis Wolfe, Esq. . . . . 197 
In Frederick County, Mr. Wolfe obtained a majority of 469, so that when North's majority in Jefferson is deducted, there will still remain 454 for Wolfe, which will no doubt secure his election in the district.
Jefferson County has thus given convincing proof of its Federalism. Last year one Federalist and one democrat were returned as representatives in the state legislature. This year two decided Federal Republicans are elected, and the Federal Candidate for Congress has obtained a respectable majority.—Frederick has also given testimonials of an increase in the cause of Federalism in that county. Last year it chose as representatives in the Assembly two democrats. At their last election they made choice of one Federalist, and have given a majority of 469 to the Federal Candidate for the Senate, as stated above.
Our accounts from Loudoun are also pleasing, so much so, that little doubt is entertained but that Joseph Lewis, Esq. will be elected to Congress from the district in which Loudoun is comprised.
WE are authorised to inform the voters of Berkeley, Jefferson, Frederick, Hardy and Hampshire, that LEWIS WOLFE, Esq. of Winchester, offers as a candidate to represent the district composed of the above Counties, in the Senate of this state.
The President of the United States arrived at Washington on Sunday last from Monticello.
Another duel has been fought in the Mediterranean, between two United States officers; Mr. Vandyke , Lieutenant in the Navy, and Mr. Osborn , Lieutenant of Marines. They were both wounded. The former was not expected
to live 24 hours, the latter was in a fair way of recovery. The frequency of this practice in foreign ports, to the injury of the service, demands the interference of government. The life of an officer whilst on duty, particularly at a distance from home, where his place cannot readily be supplied, belongs to his country. To hazard it therefore in any other way, and for any other purpose, than in the defence of his country, is certainly a departure from the line of his duty, and ought to be punished as such. The frequency of this practice reflects no great honor on the American officers. It is very derogatory to that nobleness and generosity, which are the peculiar characteristics of bravery, and which should ever distinguish the soldier. Those whose pursuit is glory, whose lives are devoted to the security of their fellow citizens and the preservation of their rights, should discover a spirit of friendship and harmony, worthy of the noble cause in which they are engaged.—What cement can be more binding, what tie more endearing, than the remembrance of having escaped similar perils, of having undergone similar hardships, and encountered similar obstacles. Their countrymen do not want as proofs of their bravery and prowess, the destruction of each other. The gallantry, which has already been displayed, when occasion demanded, is sufficient proof that an American will never shrink in the hour of danger. Why then pursue a practice, useless as an arbiter of right, hurtful to their country, and afflicting to their friends.
These observations have no reference to any particular person or circumstance. We have the fullest confidence in the general good conduct of our officers. But we conceive it the duty of every American, to endeavor to check the further progress of a practice, injurious to society, and which originated in false notions of honor, and the impetuous ardor of youth. There may be circumstances, where duelling, if not justifiable is at least plausible. But it's frequency must divest it of every color of excuse. It's warmest advocates must cease to countenance it, when made the appeal from every trifling dispute.
[Washington Federalist]
Extract of a letter from Bonaparte at Talien, to a young American then at Bordeaux, but lately arrived in the U. States.
"You soon depart for the Western and I for the Eastern hemisphere. A new career of action is now opened before me, and I hope to unite my name with new and great events, and wish the unrivalled greatness of the republic, you go to unite yourself once more with a people among whom I behold at once the simple manners of the first ages of Rome, and the luxury of her decline; where I see the state, the sensibility and science of Athens with her factions, and the valor of Sparta without her discipline.
"As a citizen of the world, I would address your country in the following language: Every man and every nation is ambitious and ambition grows with power, as the blaze of a vertical sun is the most fierce. Cherish therefore, a national spirit—strengthen your political institutions—remember that armies and navies are of the same use in the world as the police in London or Paris, and soldiers are not made like potters, vessels in a minute—cultivate union or your empire will be but a Colossus of gold fallen on the earth, broken in pieces, and the prey of foreign and domestic Saracens. If you are wise your republic will be permanent—and ah! perhaps Washington will be hailed as the founder of a glorious and happy empire, when the name of Bonaparte shall be obscured by succeeding revolutions.
[This was written in 1797 about the time of Bonaparte's departure for Egypt, and may be considered as his ideas of the U. States at that time, perhaps at this.]
For the INTELLIGENCER.
To the Farmers, Tradesmen and others, Freeholders of the County of Berkeley, Friends and Fellow Citizens,
THE subject on which I now address you, is of the greatest importance to your interest and happiness, and demands your most serious attention. As the support of Government depends ultimately upon the productions of your soil, cultivated by the sweat of your brow, so also to you it belongs to correct the errors of that government by choosing men for the important purpose of legislation, whose political principles, integrity and habits in society, will engage them to watch over your liberty and happiness while they seek the preservation of their own, and promote your interests individually as connected with the great body of the American people; men who do not feel power and forget right, whose poli-

cy in government is to secure to the meanest citizen by equal laws, their lives, liberty, and property, and all other blessings derived from a free government.
As the period is now arrived when you must again choose proper persons to represent you in Congress, and the Assembly of the state, it will be proper to examine the conduct of the last Congress, as well as some of the acts of the last session of Assembly. It is well known that the persons into whose hands the administration of the general government is now placed, have always been, and still are the inveterate, irreconcilable enemies to the federal constitution, by which the several states were bound together in one bond of union; to violate this constitution is to endanger the union. Dissolve this union, and you relax or destroy the nerve of our strength, and render us an easy prey to invading foreigners; this constitution, the work of your own hands, should be considered by you as the sheet anchor of your political safety, it should be watched with a jealous eye, and every attempt to violate it, should excite your indignation. In this important instrument is the following imperious provision: "The Judges both of the supreme and inferior courts, shall hold their offices during good behaviour." Every school boy on reading those words, would understand by them, that Judges of either of these courts when once legally appointed, could not be deprived in any other way than by judgment or impeachment for misbehaviour; yet this has been done; sixteen Judges of the inferior courts have been turned out of office, by a law of Congress, by which the constitution is violated, the balance of government broken, and by which, the vilest corruption will, in time, enter into the administration of Justice.
The abolition of the internal taxes, was intended to render the Jeffersonian administration popular, and predicated on the supposed incapacity of the people to distinguish between the different objects of taxation; if taxes were abolished, the people would be pleased, without considering whether their taxes were diminished or no; but who, let me ask, derive any advantage from this abolition of taxes? The rich only can afford the luxury of pleasure carriages, refined sugar &c., and these pay no taxes, while salt, brown sugar, coffee, and cheap teas, which are necessaries of life to the poor, remain taxed as high as ever; the hypocritical cant therefore, of leaving to the mouth of labor, the bread it has earned, is an insult on your understandings.
From the consideration of taxes, we are naturally led to the examination of public expenditures, and here, a prodigality the most alarming, is discovered to our view. By an act of the President, without any law to justify it, thirty-two thousand dollars were expended on the repairs of the French ship Berceau, which fell into our hands in consequence of an engagement at sea; this ship was intended to be restored at the time, and as soon as the repairs were completed at this enormous expense, she was given up again, without even a promise of reimbursement. But if this excites your surprise, how will you restrain expressions of astonishment when you are told, that Congress at the last session passed a law, to place TWO MILLIONS of dollars at the discretion of the President! Two millions of dollars, a sum equal to the whole amount raised in the United States by the direct tax; your receipts will show how much money you paid for that tax, and just so much is your proportion of this enormous sum of money put into the hands of the President, and for which he is no ways accountable. If he should incline to pay his British debts, purchase a principality in Europe, or by powerful motives, secure his next election to the Presidency, I see not why he may not do it. Six hundred thousand pounds Virginia Currency is an enormous sum of money, too much to place in the hands of any man breathing, without any accountability for the application. Every government may at times require small sums for secret services, but from the best information I have been able to obtain, Presidents Washington and Adams, did not receive, during twelve years administration, fifty thousand dollars for secret services, and even this, excited the greatest clamour from the very men, who have now, at one stroke, placed in the hands of Mr. Jefferson forty times that sum; this is an expression of confidence indeed, and if it should be betrayed, (and all men are fallible) it will involve this country in a distress, from which it will not recover in a number of years. If it be asked, who are the men that have manifested such unbounded confidence in Mr. Jefferson? I answer, they are the enemies of the great and good Washington, whose supereminent services, at a time that tried men's souls, contributed largely to
establish the independence of his country, and by his heroic virtues entitled himself to the first place in it's love; they are the men who have unremittingly endeavoured to blast the unspotted fame of that pattern of virtuous patriotism, whose name, in defiance of all their machinations, is destined to fill the fairest page in faithful history.
Suffer me now to call your attention to the last session of Assembly, in which the same prodigality of public money is discovered, and the equality of your important right of suffrage treated with contempt. On the subject of choosing the public printer $1500 were sacrificed by Mr. Sprigg and the party who voted with him; two printers of respectability had offered to do the public printing for less than $1220, and give good security for the performance, but Mr. Sprigg tells us these offers were rejected with becoming contempt, and the generous Mr. Sprigg, who now solicits your suffrages for a seat in Congress, voted the present printer a salary of $2700. Now it seems Callender did not think this too much, and as a proof of it, it is whispered about, that the wicked federalists were to make up the deficiency by subscription, and by which means, the virtuous Mr. Jones would be crushed; this is a piece of secret history, and if it were true, $1500 of public money would have been saved; besides, if Mr. Sprigg and his party were under such obligations to Mr. Jones for his services to their cause, by reviling the characters of Washington and Adams, they had a fair opportunity to show their gratitude, by a rivalry with the federalists, in the amount of subscriptions, and still kept him in employment, as it made no difference to us, who did the work, so it was done upon the lowest terms that were offered.
The proposition for increasing the representation in the senate from this side of the ridge, I hardly know how to place before you in it's true light; it is not very flattering to you, that the nabobs below the ridge consider every five of their negroes equal in the scale of representation to three of your most respectable inhabitants on this side; and, strange as it may seem, a would-be member of Congress, living among us, not only was too callous to feel the insult, but supported this preposterous proposition by his vote; he must, indeed, consider your understandings on a level with the low land negroes, if he entertains a hope, that you will vote for him as a representative in Congress, after this specimen of his attachment to your interests.
It may perhaps be said that the writer of this article has some views, or interests, merely selfish, which he wishes to promote; all such insinuations will be altogether without foundation; he is no candidate, nor office hunter, nor has he any interest in society separate from yours; to disseminate truth and correct information, is his sole object, as the happiness of his fellow citizens is his first wish; well knowing that his own is so intimately connected with theirs, that they must stand or fall together.
CATO.
FROM THE PORT FOLIO.
Mr. Oldschool, I am told, that because the weather looks a little squally, we shall, probably, be ordered to take all the rigging off their mast heads and haul up our vessels—this is not at all sailor-like.—The Spaniards have shut us out of port, and we have dispatched a bomb-boat woman to ask the reason. I don't pretend to know much about these kind of matters, but I must say, that if any lubber chuse to be running foul of me, without reason, I should not stand palavering with him about it.
For your part, I know you to be an honest fellow, and that you would scorn to quit the ship, while a single timber of her floated—therefore, whenever you think it necessary to pipe all hands, you may give the following to my brother sailors, as the advice of their shipmate, BOB BUNTLINE.
Frigate Philadelphia, Half past 5 P. M. Hip messmates! hoa! holloo! (pipes) all hands ahoy! Come, tumble up, my hearties!—each his station, 'Tis time, I think, to take an observation, So, here's our OFFICERS, (drinks) take a pull my boy.
(hands the can to the next.) What say ye, lads! do you approve the notion, To haul our ships ashore, and quit the ocean, And tamely see a Frenchman or a Spaniard, Who scarcely knows a bowline from a lanyard,
Insult our country, and heap wrongs upon her, Without one broadside for Columbia's honour!
Shall we, who've weather'd many a stubborn gale,
Dowse our top gallants at a lubber's hail? Or, when the scud drives fast, and billows roar,
Sculk in our hammocks, till the squall be o'er?
What! quit the sea, because where one tar wins,
Mayhap a dozen lose their tops or fins!
And carry (to our country's glory stranger's)
A press of sail, to fly from ifling dangers?
No, damme! and your tempers well I know,
Ye'll ne'er crowd canvass to avoid a foe;
Nor will ye, cause a few chance shot may fly,
E'er wish to lay our vessel high and dry,
Where ne'er again we'll to our quarters stand,
Unlets the Dons or Monseers come by land.
Who minds a squall? Our vessel's tight and trim,
Give her but sea-room, and no fear—she'll swim,
Or should an enemy our rights oppose,
Lie board and board with any of her foes.
We're told, that some on shore who have direction,
Say, Commerce is not worth a state's protection;
And that 'twould much increase Columbia's riches,
To haul her navy into docks and ditches!
Once she gets in that bight, 'twixt you and me,
Columbia lags to leeward do you see:
And, much I fear, if this report be true,
Will ne'er claw off with honor to her crew.
But hold, avast! don't think I'd mutinize,
No—mutineers I heartily despise;
Lee lurches oft will happen to the best,
And, spite of skill, the ship may be distressed,
As yet we're safe—but ere a timber starts,
Coil up, my lads, this council in your hearts.
Without a cause, when sudden squalls assail,
Endanger not your spars by pressing sail,
But yet, mistake not catspaws for a gale.
When gloomy clouds the sea and sky deform,
When, loudly roaring, comes the furious storm,
And mountain surges threaten to o'erwhelm,
Let Resolution firmly take the helm;
By Prudence' chart your course forever steer;
Mind well that pilot, should he cry—no near;
O'er all the crew let Reason have command;
Keep your ship snug—all useless canvass hand.
But, for a foe, when sharp the yards you brace,
And hank for hank she weathers while you chase;
Though topmasts crack, and each sail seeks relief,
Ne'er fear, my hearties, to shake out a reef.
When Honor pipes, the ship may safely heel,
'Tis worse, by far, to shew her stern than keel.
If such the course our country should pursue,
Give us but sea-room, and her foe in view!
Her flag shall ride triumphant on the waves,
Or we, lamented, sink to nobler graves.
THE subscriber respectfully informs his friends and the public, that he has opened a HOUSE OF PUBLIC ENTERTAINMENT, at the sign of the Bull's Head, at the house formerly occupied by Mrs. Susannah Wolgamott, where he is well provided with every thing necessary for the agreeable and genteel accommodation of all those who may please to favor him with their custom.
He will always keep a quantity of chopped Rye, Corn, Hay and cut Straw, for the purpose of supplying waggoners and other travellers, for whom this will be an excellent stand, as it lies on the main street (through which all the principal roads pass) and has a well of excellent water at the door.
JARVIS JEFFRIES. Martinsburg, April 15, 1803.
TO BE LET—two rooms, in a public situation in this Town, that would suit well for a Store, or a small family. Apply to JOHN ALBURTIS. Martinsburg, April 15, 1803.
SPRING and SUMMER GOODS.
THE subscribers are just opening a large and general assortment of Prime Goods, suitable to the present and approaching seasons: And having long seen the advantages that would arise to their friends and the public in general, was a suitable person, with a good capital, to attend the markets of New-York, Philadelphia and Baltimore, and purchase all the cheap things sold at Vendue or elsewhere, they have been induced to embark in it, (one of the concern is now employed in the above business,) and we take this method of informing the Public, that we now have a valuable assortment of Cheap Goods, and solicit their early communication either personally or otherwise.
JAMES S. LANE, & Co. Shepherd's Town, April 15, 1803.
THE Light Infantry Company commanded by capt. JACOB HAINES, are requested to attend muster in Shepherd's Town, at the usual place of parade on the 2nd Saturday in May. A punctual attendance will be expected.
ELIJAH HOWDEN, 1st sergt. April 15, 1803.
LOST
BETWEEN Martinsburg and the Falling-Waters, a large Linnen POCKET BOOK, with 8 or 9 pockets, alphabetically lettered, containing a number of Clerk's and Sheriff's Notes, and some other papers of no use to any person but the subscriber. Any person finding the same and so contriving that I get them, shall receive a generous reward, and be entitled to the thanks of their very humble serv't. JOHN MCCLEARY. April 15, 1803.
AGREEABLY to law, the whole of the Taxes for the County of Berkeley, are distrainable on the 1st of May next. All persons therefore who are subject to taxation, will please to take notice, that the time of the present sheriffs expires on the 1st of December next—and that they are determined to collect every species of tax by that period. No person need expect any longer indulgence as they are positively resolved to complete the whole of their collections on or before that time.
ABN. & SAM. DAVENPORT. GEO. HARRIS, D. S. for B. C. April 15, 1803.
FARMERS TAKE NOTICE,
THAT I have now taken in possession the Lower Mill in Martinsburg, belonging to the heirs of Moses Hunter, dec'd. and am ready to receive and manufacture all kinds of grain agreeable to the terms hereafter mentioned:—Out of every Five Bushels of Merchantable WHEAT, weighing 60 lbs. to the bushel, I will make a barrel of Superfine Flour, and stand the Inspection of the same in any market whatever within this state. All Grist Work will be particularly attended to. Being determined to use every exertion within the compass of my knowledge, aided by the judgment of an ample assistant, I hope to merit the favors of the people at large.
JOHN WEST. April 15, 1803.
The full-bred Fox Hunter LOFTY.
WILL stand this season on Mondays, Tuesdays and Wednesdays, at the stable of Mr. Jarvis Jeffries in Martinsburg, and the three last days in the week at Mr. Philip Shutt's tavern in Shepherd's Town, and be let to mares at five dollars the season (two shillings and six pence to the groom, to be paid when the mares are brought) two dollars and an half, cash, the single leap, and nine dollars to insure a colt—the money to be paid the first of September.
LOFTY is a chesnut sorrel, full 16 hands high, with a small blaze—stout and handsomely formed, five years old this spring; he was got by my horse Paymaster, (in which I was offered 1200 dollars, his dam was the brown Pilly, got by Mr. Filpot's Horse, which was sold at fifteen years old for 800 dollars—Lofty's grand dam was Portley, her sire was Stewart's full bred horse, bred by Samuel Ringold, Esq. which was sold in South Carolina for Five Hundred Pounds. For a colt of Lofty's I was offered 100 dollars, at one year old. The season has commenced, and will end the first of July. Good pasturage may be had, but I will not be answerable for accidents or escapes.
JAMES BREATHED. Washington County, April 15, 1803

LAND FOR SALE.
A GREEABLY to the last Will and Testament of Lewis Wisenall, dec. and pursuant to a decree of the Court of Jefferson County, will be sold at public sale on Friday the 20th day of next month, a tract or parcel of land, containing about two hundred and sixty eight acres, late the property of said Wisenall, dec. situate in Jefferson County, Virginia, near the Potomac river, and adjoining lands of Joseph McMullan, Adam Moler, & others. Mrs. Mary Wisenall has a right of dower in eighty nine acres of said land, but the whole will be sold subject to that right. It is said that this land is of the first quality, and abounds in fine timber, and only about one third of it cleared. One third of the purchase money will be required in hand, and for the remainder the purchaser will receive a credit of one, two and three years, on giving security for the payment. The sale will commence at 12 o'clock on the premises, at the house of William Addy, where more particulars of the sale will be made known, by
JOHN BAKER, Executor of L. Wisenall.
April 8, 1803.
THE subscriber has for sale, at his Plantation near Lee Town, and at the house of Mr. Patrick Duffy in Martinsburg, a quantity of good Fresh
HEMP SEED,
Which he will dispose of at Ten Shillings per bushel.
April 8, 1803. RICH WILLIS.
WATCH REPAIRING, SILVER-SMITH'S WORK, JEWELRY, &c. &c.
ROBERT McGUIRE, INFORMS his friends and the public that he has removed his shop to the house of Mr. Jacob Hamma, in the Main Street Martinsburg, nearly opposite Mr. Edmund Graham's Fountain Inn, where he has now for sale a quantity of Silver Work, &c. and can furnish any person who may please to favor him with their custom, with any article wanted in the above branches of business, on a short notice, at a reasonable price, and executed in a masterly manner. Gratefully impressed with a just sense of the encouragement manifested by the public towards me, since my commencing business in Martinsburg, I tender them my most sincere thanks, and trust it will be in my power to execute their work in such a manner, as will in every respect be satisfactory to them. April 8, 1803.
RENTERS TAKE NOTICE.
T HE subscriber will rent for a term, not exceeding three years, all that large Farm situate on Back Creek, formerly the property of Capt. James Blue; there are upwards of two hundred acres cleared, one hundred of which is now ready for the plough (of which forty acres are prime bottom). There are on the place three separate tenements, by which two tenants can be well accommodated, and if agreeable to the renters, they may have the crop now in the ground (which looks very well) on a credit of twelve months. Immediate possession may be had of the whole, except one of the dwelling houses, which will be occupied until the 1st of May, by Capt. Blue. This place is never injured by freshes, the land being high. For terms apply to WILLIAM WILSON. April 8, 1803.
WILL BE OFFERED FOR SALE TO THE HIGHEST BIDDER,
A T the Court-House in Martinsburg, on the first day of April Court, the three Lots of Land with all the Mouses thereon, that formerly belonged to, and which are now in the possession of Richard M'Mechen—Also the House and Lot at present, in the occupancy of William M'Causland. The said property is situate in the north end of Martinsburg, and would suit well for several private families—it is offered for sale to satisfy a deed of trust executed to me by each of the above named persons. The premises may be seen on or before the day of sale, when the terms will be made known. WILLIAM BURNS, sen. April 8, 1803.
We are authorised to inform the freeholders of Frederick, Berkeley, Hampshire, Hardy and Jefferson Counties, that GEORGE NORTH, Esq. of Jefferson County offers himself as a candidate to represent the district as Senator in the State Legislature.
SPRING GOODS.
WALTER B. SELBY, HAS just received from Philadelphia, and is now opening, a considerable supply of fresh SPRING GOODS, Which he offers for sale at very reduced prices for Cash or Country Produce. Shepherd's-Town, April 8, 1803.
TO THE PUBLIC.
T HE subscribers respectfully solicit leave to return their friends and customers thanks for the almost unprecedented encouragement they have experienced since their commencement in the Mercantile Business—They also beg leave to inform the public generally, that they have just received from the Cities of Philadelphia and Baltimore, a very extensive and general assortment of well chosen
GOODS,
suitable for the present and approaching season, all of which, without exaggeration, they flatter themselves they can recommend to purchasers, at the most reduced prices of any goods heretofore sold at retail prices in this place.
They also have a large and well-assorted quantity of
HUGHES'S IRON, Crowley and Blistered STEEL, &c. &c.
THOMAS SMITH, & Co. Martinsburg, March 25, 1803.
Will be offered at Public Vendue, on the second day of April Court, the effects of Mrs. Susannah Wolgamott, deceased, consisting of
BEDS, Bedsteads and Bed-furniture, Tables, Chairs, and a variety of other Household and Kitchen Furniture too numerous to particularise—two excellent MILCH COWS with Calfs, together with a number of other articles. The sale will be held at the dwelling house of Doctor JACOB P. HARRIS in the main street Martinsburg, and begin early in the day. A liberal credit will be allowed. Due attendance will be given by the ADMINISTRATORS. April 1, 1803.
N. B. Persons having claims against the estate of the deceased, are requested to bring them in, properly attested, to the Administrators on the day of sale, and all those indebted to the said estate are also desired to come forward on the same time prepared to discharge their respective accounts.
YOUNG ALKNOMACK,
Lately from the State of Tennessee,
W ILL stand this season at the subscriber's stable, one mile from Martinsburg, the three first days in each week, and the three last days in the week at Mr. Robert Snodgrass's, on the Bath road, ten miles from the same place, and cover mares at four dollars and a bushel of oats the season, eight dollars for insurance, and one dollar the single leap. The money for the season to be paid the 1st of October, for insurance when the mare proves to be with foal, and for the single leap when it is taken. The season has commenced and will end the last of July.
YOUNG ALKNOMACK is a handsome black, fifteen and an half hands high, elegantly formed, strong and active. His sire was the celebrated running horse Old Alknomack, and his dam a full bred mare. It is not deemed necessary to give a longer history of his pedigree, as his appearance will sufficiently recommend him.
HUGH V. PATTERSON. April 1, 1803.
DOCTOR CHARLES REETZ,
O FFERS his service to the inhabitants of Shepherd's Town, and its neighborhood, as a practitioner in Phisic and surgery. He has also a quantity of Drugs and Medicines, which he will dispose of at the George Town and Alexandria prices, as also Patent Medicines, Harlem and British Oil, Turlington's Balsam, Essence of Pepper Mint, Godfries Cordial, Bateman's Drops, and Andersons or Scots Pills, &c. &c. March 24, 1803.
BLANK DEEDS For sale at this Office.
At a Court continued and held for Ohio County, on Wednesday the third day of November, 1802.
PHILIP DODDRIDGE and ALEXANDER CALDWELL, vs. ELIHU SMITH, and the heirs of GEORGE BULOR, deceased.
T HIS day came the Complainants by their Council, and it appearing to the Court that the order for proclamations in this cause hath not yet been executed, upon motion of the Complainants by their Council, it is ordered that the Defendants do appear here on the second day of the next March term, to answer the Complainants bill, and that a copy of this order be forthwith published for two months successively in the Berkeley & Jefferson Intelligencer , and that another copy of this order be set up on the door of the Court-House of this County for two months successively.
A Copy. Teste, MOSES CHAPLINE, c. o. c.
To the Inhabitants of Berkeley County. FELLOW-CITIZENS,
B EING frequently solicited by a number of respectable Gentlemen to come forward as a Candidate to represent you in the General Assembly of this Commonwealth, this is therefore to inform you that I have at last got my own consent, not only to enlarge the field of your choice, but if elected, to serve you faithfully, according to my best judgment and ability. I will add, fellow-citizens, that I have lived amongst you nearly thirteen years, and in the course of that time, I have been endeavoring to learn the political situation of our common country, and have established for myself a place of residence in Berkeley County, where it is probable I may pass the balance of my days; it is therefore natural to suppose that my own interest, will lead me upon all occasions, to promote your welfare in general, as a body politic, of which body myself and family forms a part.—I will further add, that there may be a number of persons who vote for measures and not for men, that may wish to know my political sentiments; in order to give them that information, I do declare myself to be a real republican, a true friend to the constitution of the United States, and an approver of the present administration of the general government.
With sentiments of esteem, I leave you to judge, and chuse for yourselves. JOEL WARD. Mill-Creek, December 26, 1802.
O N the 20th instant the subscriber lost, on the road leading from Menner's mill to Shepherd's Town, a Single Cased FRENCH WATCH, with a silk nankkeen coloured ribbon, a brass seal and key, the No. supposed to be 1613.—Also a Note on Joseph Mentzer for 14 dollars, payable the 1st of Sept. next—A 5 dollar Alexandria Bank Note—A receipt from Moses Collins for the tax on 150 Acres of Land, and a number of other papers, of little value to any person but the subscriber. A reward of 10 dollars will be given to any person who may find the above articles or any part of them, if returned to the subscriber living near Menner's Mill.
GEORGE G. KYSER. March 25, 1803.
YOUNG SPORTSMAN,
W ILL stand the ensuing season at my stable in Martinsburg, and cover mares at the moderate price of six dollars the season, and two dollars cash the single leap, and nine dollars to insure a foal. The season will begin the first day of April, and end the first of July. The money for the season, to be paid the first of September, but may be discharged by the payment of five dollars, if paid before the season ends.
YOUNG SPORTSMAN is a bright sorrel, three years old last fall, 15 1-2 hands high, with bone in proportion. He was raised by George Clarke, of Green Castle, Franklin County, Pennsylvania. His sire is the famous imported horse Sportsman, (more of whose colts are kept as stud horses, than of any other upon the continent) his dam is a colt of the imported horse Merick Ball, kept by Col. Hart, near Philadelphia—his grand dam was got by the famous horse Experiment, imported by Crockett & Harris, merchants, Baltimore. His stock is equal to any in the United States—as to his figure, those who are judges can determine.
PETER GROVE. Martinsburg, March 18, 1803.
VALUABLE LANDS FOR SALE.
W ILL be sold, to the highest bidder, by the executors of the late General George Washington, the following tracts of LAND, at the times and places hereafter mentioned, viz.
600 Acres lying in Charles county, in the state of Maryland, near a place called the Fish-Trap, 16 miles above Port-Tobacco, On the 1st Monday in April, on the premises.
519 Acres in Montgomery County, in the state of Md. in the neighborhood of Frederick-town, not far from Kittocan, On the 2nd Monday in April, on the premises.
453 acres in Jefferson County Va. 2 miles west of Charles Town. Also 240 acres lying in Hampshire County, on Pk. 12 miles above Bath, On the 15, day of April, at Chales T.
1,600 acres in Jefferson County, in the South Fork of Bull-Skin, On the 18th day of April, on the premises.
183 Acres in Jefferson County, in Wormley's line, On the 18th day of April, on the premises.
571 acres in Frederick County, 1 1-2 mile South of Battle Town, On the 20th day of April, on the premises.
2481 acres on Ashley's bent—and 885 acres on Chatin's run, in Fauquier County, On the 22d day of do. on the premises.
One fourth of the amount of the purchase money to be paid down, and the balance in three equal annual instalments to be secured by a mortgage on the premises, to carry interest from the day of sale. THE EXECUTORS. March 28, 1803.
The Famous Stud Horse YOUNG SNAP,
W ILL stand the ensuing season, on the three first days in each week, at my stable in Martinsburg, and the three last days in each week, at Capt. Alexander Miller's stable in Buckles Town, and cover mares at the moderate price of four dollars and one bushel of grain the season, one dollar and a half cash the single leap, and seven dollars to insure a foal. YOUNG SNAP was got by the noted horse Old Snap, the property of Jacob Vandoren, his dam was got by the imported horse Old Arabian, his grand dam by the noted horse Goliath, his great grand dam by Sampson. Young Snap is a handsome black, full sixteen hands high, rising eleven years this spring—his carriage, movement and figure, will recommend him to the eye of every impartial judge. It is needless to give a longer history of his pedigree, as his colts are well known. The money for the season must be paid on the 15th of October next. The season will commence the 29th instant and end on the 1st of July. ABRAHAM GORRELL. March 18, 1803.
BERKELEY COUNTY, ss.
February Court, 1803.
ROBERT WILCOX, Complainant,
JACOB ONG, Defendant.
IN CHANCERY.
T HE Defendant, Jacob Ong, not having entered his appearance agreeable to an act of Assembly and the rules of this Court, and it appearing to the satisfaction of the Court that he is not an inhabitant of this Commonwealth, on motion of the Complainant, by his Counsel, it is ordered that the said Defendant do appear here on the Monday after the third Tuesday in May next, and answer the bill of the Complainant, and that a copy of this order be forthwith inserted in the Virginia Gazette, for two months successively, and published at the door of the Court-House of the said County.
A Copy. Teste, H. BEDINGER, c. b. c.
Terms of the Intelligencer.
The price of this Paper is two dollars per annum, one dollar payable at the time of subscribing, and one when the year expires. Distant subscribers pay for the whole year in advance. The price of Advertisements, to non-subscribers, is one dollar per square for three weeks insertion, and for continuance after that time 25 cents per week. Subscribers will continue to receive a reduction of one-fourth on their advertisements.
MARTINSBURG, Berkeley County, Virginia; Printed and published by JOHN ALBURTIS.