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NORFOLK GAZETTE And PUBLICK LEDGER  ESTABLISHED 1808
[VOL. V.]
FRIDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 2, 1808.
NO. 21.]
Supplement to the Valencia Diary , of the 6th June, 1808.
NAPOLÉON! the veil which concealed your criminal perfidy has been removed: the mystery, in which was wrapped up your gigantic hypocrisy, has been laid open. It is now as clear as the day, that your hypocritical & wretched ambition knows no bounds, and tramples upon all laws. This ambition is the spring of your never-ceasing intrigues; that it is that prompts you to lie; you lie to deceive; deceive to command; command to plunder; plunder to reign; and reign to exterminate. Such has been your conduct in Rome, Naples, Germany, Prussia, Italy, Etruria, Holland, Portugal and Spain. Wait a moment, answer, say: this time, at least, speak the truth against your natural propensity: if you should succeed in plundering and subduing Spain; if you should reign over it, either in person, or through some one who must be like you, if he meets with your approbation; if you should relieve the country people from the burdens which you so greatly exaggerate: if you should conquer; if, as you promised, you should drag from their native land, 300,000 Lions, who would be doomed to die where their bodies would even be left unburied—is it not true, that you intend to employ their strength and valor in annihilating the house of Austria to which you design executes similar to those of the house of Bourbon? Is it not true, that such as you draw from Austria, you intend to use as instruments to extend your tyrannic sway over the circles of Germany, taking away those very crowns that you gave? Do you not intend next to appoint yourself emperor of the West? and, after assisting the Russian Autocrat in completing the ruin of Prussia, of the Porte, and Persia, to allow him to style himself emperor of the east? This, you offered him; but, carried away by your depraved will, and mistaken impulse, you will certainly bear no equal, and attempt to destroy him: a necessary consequence of an ambition without bounds, but which will not go unpunished!
Say now; what do you mean to do in Spain?—What is to be her fate? Spain, your constant ally, and for your sake, the enemy of England; who, by her treasures, her inaction and friendship, has paved the way for the victories of Marengo, Austerlitz, Jena and Eylau; who is, at this moment, shedding her blood in Sweden merely to please you, and who has ever been ready to humor your whims and caprices; what recompense, what return, what acknowledgment is she to expect from your vaunted generosity? You have said a thousand times, that you bear her an unlimited good will; that you are her faithful ally; that you will, in the end, reward her services; that she is fully entitled to your powerful protection! Happy Spain, with such and so great a Protector! a protector sent from heaven to promote her prosperity! in order to make her happy, you have sent your troops into her provinces; and the whole of her royal family, and many of her grandees, you have drawn to Bayonne, for the purpose of teaching them the laws of the French code, to read them certain necessary lectures on the art of reigning. Is not this true? NAPOLÉON! either draw the curtain of the stage on which you are acting, or your comedy will end in a tragedy.—You have taken into your head, that all the Spaniards are either as easy to be deceived as Charles and Ferdinand, or as ready as the prince of peace to be accommodated in your treacherous plots against their country. You fancy that Spain is struck with awe at the sight of the phantom of your imaginary power, and terrified at hearing the sacrilegiousrodomontades of your fawning partisans; and you trust, that believing, like Charles, Ferdinand, and the other members of the royal family whom you have called and enticed to Bayonne, in the reality of the specious happiness which you hold out, she will refer to you the appointment of the man who is to reign over her, or, like Italy, will entreat you to be her king. This is the course which her princes have pursued, taking you for their umpire, to settle, in an amicable manner, differences which you yourself had stirred up, and the criminality of which (a criminality which does not exist,) you could, by virtue of no law, either try or punish.—All this you believe; but you are deceived. It is true that Spain, thanks to your friendship, has dwindled into a skeleton, it is true that an inconsiderable number of the wretched followers of that traitor, whose iniquity could only be patronized by yours, may perhaps think with their leader; and it is also true, that, up to this moment, a great many Spaniards believed Napoleon to be an honest man, open hearted, and a true friend. But hear, hear what the whole nation is, at present, aware of; what she knows, believes, and expects from you. There is but one opinion: Hear!
Spain is aware, that every word you utter is a falsehood; that you deceive whomsoever you deal with; that your thirst of blood is unquenchable; and that you are that wicked king who was sent over the miserable locusts which are the types of the heroes whom St. John saw, and who "hath his name Apollyon," which means Exterminator.—She is aware, that you are, in the hands of God, a scourge brought from hell for the punishment of this world: that you want Spain to drink out of the cup of bitterness which you have forced upon the nations which you have rendered free and happy; and that whatever you think, say, or do, is consonant with your low birth, want of religious principles, and criminal conduct.—Now, hear what she knows.
Spain knows, that, although you have cloaked your intentions under false pretences, you have sent your soldiers to subdue, sack, and plunder her. She knows, that whatever your emissaries wanted to say, tended to persuade her to love you, and hate the Bourbons. She knows that the letters, resignations, and protests of Charles, as well as of Ferdi-
nand, have been extorted from them, and drawn up by you for the purpose of imposing upon the world; that even if legitimate they would be null and void, because involuntary; that your decrees are invalid; and that all these instruments are dictated by your ambition or violence. She knows, that while you relieve the husbandman from the duties he paid to his lord, as you had promised him, you exact in lieu of them, one third of whatever he reaps. She knows that there are fathers in France who have not one son left out of seven; and widows who will never cast their eyes upon any of the five with whom they were blessed. She knows, that if you reign over Spain, fathers will, perhaps never see in their life time such of their sons as are from 16 to 40 years old; nor need we say perhaps, as they are not to see them while the war lasts and this will last as long as you live. And, lastly, she knows that the religion which she professes will be suppressed in Spain, as in every other country you have organised; that its ministers will be removed; its temples profaned and razed to the ground, its ornaments and rents plundered; its images destroyed: its property seized upon; and in short, that will take the whole for yourself. This she knows—see what she believes.
Spain believes that you are the enemy of all Europe; that wherever you have set foot, you have ruined both commerce, agriculture, arts and religion: that, if you ascend the throne you will send to foreign countries 300,000 Spaniards, and all her riches, leaving her but eyes to weep the same miseries, calamities and distresses which other powers lament, though you so loudly assert them to be happy. She believes that you have raised the differences subsisting between Charles and Ferdinand, availing yourself of the want of knowledge of the former, of the goodness of the latter, and of the treacherous dispositions of the Prince of Peace, who was to present you with Madrid, Toledo and Seville, and the other towns of Spain, as if they had been his own property. She believes that you have drawn the whole house of Bourbon to Bayonne, to make away with all its members. In short, she believes, that Antichrist alone, whose precursor you are, can exceed you in wickedness and perfidy. This she believes; see now what she hopes for.
From you, Spain expects nothing, for you have nothing to give her. But she hopes, that her sons united will baffle your internal attempts and military talents; that they will rather lose their lives for the defence of their country, of their religion, and of what they possess in their native land, than to leave the latter, to be conducted by you to regions where, when dead, their bodies will be unburied—she hopes never to be governed by one of such low extraction as yours; she hopes to conquer that monster of iniquity Napoleon, and to rescue the enslaved and plundered powers of Europe; in short, she hopes for your disastrous end, which cannot be any other than that of Nebuchadnezzar, Sapor, and those who, listened with satisfaction and pride to the epithets of all powerful and irresistible, which your foolish, vile, and impious flatterers lavish upon you—she relies upon the power of her God, who brought to light and defeated your infamous views on the 19th of March, much more than upon her own strength—she hopes that his divine majesty will give you neither leave nor power to destroy, although he may suffer you to annoy, for a few months, those who have received the mark of God, namely, the Spaniards, who profess the Christian religion—she hopes, that, armed with the sign of the cross, which will be their chief device, her sons will be the instrument, announced by God and his saints, which he is to use for the Christian conquest of the whole world. And lastly, she hopes to strip you of whatever God, the Church, and Europe have been robbed of by you: she hopes to punish you as you deserve, and to rid the world of a tyrannical usurper, of a persecuting heretic, of a son of sin, of a perjurer, in short, of the enemy of God, of the Church, and of all mankind.
Now, there remains only to know what you expect from Spain. Do you expect, that she will proclaim you king? She will not, because she witnesses the evils which such a step has brought upon Italy. Do you expect, that she will apply for your brother Joseph? Neither will she do it, because she does not choose to submit to the melancholy fate of Naples; and besides, she can love no other than Ferdinand, to whom she has sworn allegiance as the successor of Charles. Do you hope to find many friends in Spain? Do not believe it, for she knows how shamefully you have treated Moreau, Piebegré, and Villeneuve, who had served you most faithfully, and contributed, above all others, to your preeminence, or usurpation of the throne. Do you flatter yourself, that Spain will confess, that she has been conquered, and that this conquest cost you but 25 men, while she lost 3,000 Spaniards? Do not expect it; be sure, that Spain will tell nothing but the truth.
Spain says, that the castles of which you boast in your newspapers that you have made yourself master, were delivered up to you by order of your friend, the prince of peace; that the same has taken place with respect to the towns; and that in the only trial to which the lower classes of the inhabitants of Madrid put the bravery of your troops, they, with no other arms than knives, dispatched 3,000 soldiers, their own loss scarcely amounting to 200 men. This is the truth which has never reached your editors. Do you, in short, hope really to achieve the conquest of Spain? Well, know that if you do, you may lose a great deal, but never will gain a single heart. But what is conquest? Hope not; no, do not hope to conquer; rather expect the punishment due to the most scandalous wickedness that the world has ever witnessed.—Expect those misfortunes to befall you which you denounced to England for her conduct in Denmark;
nay, expect worse than that, for you have been guilty of a far more heinous crime. Expect to be abandoned and opposed by your own troops; expect to be attacked by the nations which abhor you, (and this description includes them all) when they see you so unjustly and so obstinately bent against Spain. Expect that the lion mentioned in Eadras, that prince who is to be twice a king, in the opinion of St. Isidorus; that stout lion of the celebrated Rocacaldo, who is, after his death to return to life again, and if Spain herself, will conquer you, put an end to your empire, and extend her own, by means of her crusaders, to the farthest extremities of the earth.—Fear then, Napoleon, for it will soon be all over with you; fear Spain, but not so much her valor as your enormities. Fear the God who protects her, and in whom she trusts. There is no doubt but He, who with a handful of Hebrews, routed an army of Philistines, so numerous that it was compared to the sand of the sea; He, who in the same manner destroyed that of Xerxes, consisting of 5,000,000 foot, and 1,000,000 horse, will send, as he uses to do, Angels who shall fight in the ranks of the Spaniards, especially in a war like this in which the honor of his religion is concerned; and that no vestige will remain of your wretched army, which marches through compulsion, and is a prey to want.
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The Speech of Mr. CANNING, recently published in the papers of the United States, has roused the ministerialists at Washington, as appears by the extracts which are republished in this day's Ledger from the National Intelligencer. Considering them as a semi-official defence of our administration, candour enjoins us to insert them in our paper, which we do without observation at this time.
The spirit of the nation appears to be roused in every part of the country, and men who are known to be friends to commerce and the constitution, are coming forward to save their country from ruin. We notice in the last Charleston papers, that Mr. LOWNDES, a gentleman of the character we have described, is a candidate for the next congress. To the next elections alone can we look for safety. Twelve months continuation of the present men and measures, and the area which is covered by the town of Norfolk, will be worth more as a field for cultivation, than it will be with its numerous and costly buildings. And so with all the sea-ports, and indeed towns and cities in America.
A gentleman who arrived from Philadelphia, which he left on Tuesday, states that by an arrival at New-York from Falmouth, bringing London accounts to the 22d July (eleven days later), information was received, which among other interesting matter, stated that the British Orders in Council had been rescinded.
We see no reason to doubt the correctness of this intelligence, in substance, indeed the state of Europe at the date of our last advices, was such as to induce a strong expectation of such a circumstance. A peace between Great-Britain and the Northern powers was an event highly probable. Portugal was in a fair way to be delivered from its invaders. As to those countries and Spain, it is probable, that the orders of the British council are rescinded.
The interest which this intelligence has excited, is a proof of the hopes and expectations, which are formed by it. We should be very sorry to throw a damp on hopes and wishes congenial with our own, but we are compelled to say that we do not expect any relief from our present distresses, if the intelligence should be true, and even if those orders were rescinded as to all Germany, in addition to the countries before mentioned, leaving only France and Holland subject to their operation. We will go further, and say, that it is our solemn conviction, that if the British orders were rescinded in toto, that no change in our present state would be produced, except from bad to worse.
We invite the reader's attention to the numerous publications in the papers attached to the administration, but above all to Mr. Jefferson's letter to the Legislature of New-Hampshire. We think no one who reads, can mistake. It is idle to imitate the prevarication, and subtlety of the administration writers; in times like these plain dealing is not only more honourable, but will be more profitable. We are convinced from a dispassionate view of all we hear and read, that until G. Britain shall consent that our merchant ships shall protect her seamen, & the property of her enemies, that we shall have no change in measures, except by a declaration of war against her.
It is natural for us as Americans to endeavour to procure as many advantages as possible, and to require the fullest security for our commerce, but it does not follow that in our endeavours to obtain advantages, we are to sacrifice more than they would be worth when attained, or that we should attempt to attain what is not attainable at present. Unless G. Britain will concede the two points we have noticed, our embargo will continue or we shall have a war, and it is so natural to avoid present evil, that we shall not be surprised, if war succeeds the embargo. We are brought to a serious situation, we must continue in our present measures, under which the nation is sinking, or enter into a war from which we have nothing to hope.
Every day's experience, furnishes additional cause for regret, that our late honest Minister in London, was not permitted to terminate his mission, in the manner which his judgment directed. The administration writers have recently availed themselves of Mr. Canning's speech to prove that there was no understanding between the American ministers, and the British commissioners, relative to the seamen. Mr. Canning's speech does not warrant any such conclusion—he speaks of the surrender of certain rights, but it does by no means follow that there was not an understanding as to the exercise of what the British commissioners deemed a right. We believe there was that understanding, and that in practice we should have had little to complain of; it was the principle which the British commissioners, would not, or rather dared not to surrender. It could not but be perceived, that by a formal compact which gave protection to British seamen on board American merchant ships, desertion would be sanctioned. It was not our seamen, that Great-Britain wanted, but to keep her own, on which she relied for safety. Whatever may be the views of the present administration of England, there can be no doubt, as to those of the administration, with which Mr. Monroe negotiated, they were sincerely disposed to extinguish all animosities, and causes
for animosity between the two nations, yet they had not the courage to make by formal stipulation, a surrender of a principle so strongly cherished by the nation. Under such circumstances our ministers did what prudence and policy recommended—they secured many commercial advantages, and left the subject of the seamen to this understanding, without relinquishing our right, and trusted to future circumstances, connected with our increasing strength, for a more favorable conjuncture for renewing our demands.
It is probable that this demand on our part has been renewed, the refusal of which on the part of Great-Britain, we consider as certain, and now we are to consider whether or not we must go to war to enforce our demands. Of the embargo, we have often given our opinion, but bad as it is, it may be better than a war, more especially at this juncture. We have always been opposed to this country taking a share in the contests of Europe. The extraordinary and unexpected changes which occur, baffle all human penetration in an attempt to discover the probable result. Of one thing we may be certain, that if we become parties, whenever an adjustment takes place, our interests and rights will be very little regarded.
[We give the following an insertion in our paper, on account of the purity of the motives with which it was written, and the excellence of the sentiments; at the same time we consider the communication to which it alludes, as not deserving such respectable notice.]
FOR THE LEDGER.
Political virulence and party opposition seem, by continued usage, to sanction the most corrupt sentiments of the heart; and the bitterest abuse of satire, which its depravity can suggest. Instead of that spirit of tolerance, which the maxims of genuine republicanism must ever inculcate, instead of that refined sense of honor, which is always thrillingly alive to the touches of benevolence and patriotism, instead of those dignified motives, which quicken the pulse of fraternity and fellowship, America beholds most of her sons actuated by the worst passions and stimulated by invidious jealousies and suspicions....According to the principles which they advocate and the creed which they have adopted, they are generally marshalled, arrayed and opposed in two separate orders, whilst the most unrelenting, unnatural hostility prevails.
Few possess courage, fortitude and virtue, sufficient to impel a retirement from the lists, and enjoy their opinions unshackled by the chains of clannish prejudice, with all the fearless independence of our native character....In its operation the example of this distinguished few, is limited indeed....The terrific bug-bears of a declining popularity—the accumulated horrors of blind infatuation and ignorant enthusiasm—the penalties incurred by the bare semblance of apostasy and dereliction—all these anticipated evils, hang in suspense over the devoted victim who shall boldly confront his candid conviction to the doctrinal dogmas of a party, and heedless of formal observances or the prescribed ritual of any particular administration, pursues directly the happiness and welfare of his country.
In the constitution of human nature, there is a principle made up of envy and malice, which contemplates as an object of hatred, that excellency, which it either cannot or dare not imitate....It is this ignoble, this inglorious principle, which has cankered many a bud in the parterres of virtue; and by its contagious blast withered flowers, bathed in the dews of heaven; and blushing with honors and with glory....Would it not be presumptuous to consider oneself invested with a panoply against the shafts of abusive sarcasm; to arrogate an indemnity against ill-natured censure, when the seraphic purity of a MARSHALL, is unprotected and unhallowed?—when a man, whose brow should be adorned with laurels that spring from the sacred dust of our fathers; and crowned with the civic wreath of the republic, finds the chalice of obloquy exhausted on his head?—The application is evident....Let then the friends of Col. H. that have been so openly denounced in yesterday's Herald, by some pseudo-partizan of democratic government, whom patriotism cannot recognize as her votary—let them prove reckless and insensible to such slander—Their characters in every relation challenge the severest scrutiny, and can only suffer from falsehood, and misrepresentation, or the ambiguous, shrouded expressions of subtle innuendoes....The object of this writer is too evident to be misconstrued—Private pique, betrays itself in every period and paragraph of his communication—The mask is too unskillfully wrought, to conceal the features of the hydra that lurks beneath it....Is moral or political virtue, so exclusively peculiar to the temperature of our climate, and to the forms of our governmental policy, as, that we should exclude from social communion and from the participation of hospitality, all who may be the subjects or ministers of foreign states?—Shall AMERICANS be so unjust and ungenerous, as to suppose that the holy spirit of Liberty which animated the noble exertions of Russell, Hampden and Sydney, are extinct, and that Great-Britain is incapable of producing virtue and principles of the highest order?—The idea is preposterous....Like the stone of Sisypus, the labors of all political blasphemers, must finally, retort upon themselves. Yours, ATTICUS.
At the prospect of the approaching election, the efforts of party are redoubled to weaken the confidence of the people in their government, to distract the nation, and render useless the wise measures which the representatives of the people have adopted.
Endless indeed were the task to expose the weakness of all and the absolute fallacy of most of the grounds on which the enemies of the present administration are endeavouring to injure it. One, however, is attended with circumstances so peculiar, that we deem it worthy of notice.
It will be recollected that Mr. Canning says in his speech published in our last "since the return of Mr. Rose, no communication has been made by the American government, in the form of complaint, or remonstrance, or irritation, or of any description whatever." From which expression, considering it as proof irrefragable, several federal papers have made the rational deduction, that no remonstrance have been made by our government, on the subject of the British orders in council, as appears by the following extract from the Boston Gazette of August 22:
"They (the people of America) have witnessed the groanings of the democratick presses against the British orders in council, though they forgot at the same time to tell of the precedent measures of the French government, which produced these orders—and now they find out, that our own administration, so far from thinking them either arbitrary or unjustifiable, or being desirous of their removal or amelioration, that they have never preferred a complaint against them, or required their repeal. —There is something strange in this conduct—it fully warrants the declaration of Mr. Gardener, "that there is an unseen hand in all this."
Can it be possible that any man conversant in the politics of his country, can forget a circumstance which occurred not more than four or five months ago? However improbable it should seem that such is the case; and what renders the circumstance more singular, is the concurrent treachery of memory of two federal editors; for the Centinel of the same date, speaking of the dispatches said to have been received per the Isabella, says—"We do not think they relate to the British orders in council, for we are confident the United States have never made any communication to the Cabinet , on the subject of these orders."
On the 26th of February last a communication was made to congress by the President of the U. S. commencing as follows: "I enclose for the information of Congress, letters recently received from our ministers at Paris and London, communicating their representations against the decrees and orders of France and Britain, &c." These communications were inadvertently read with open doors in one branch of the legislature, contrary to usage. It was thus ascertained that the spirited and argumentative remonstrances of Mr. Pinkney was dated on the 23d Nov. but 12 days after the date of the orders in council. And yet there is an American paper which shall declare, for party purposes, that no remonstrance has ever been made on the subject.
While on this subject we are induced to notice the peculiarity of Mr. Canning's language. It would be derogating from that consistency and regard to correctness which is supposed to attach to the prime minister of G. Britain, to entertain an idea that it was his intention to convey an equivocal meaning. Such however is the effect, if not the intention. Mr. C. says since the return of Mr. Rose, "no communication has been made by the American government, &c." Now our readers will recollect a certain communication from Mr. Erskine, the British minister, to Mr. Madison, explanatory of the orders in council, under the date of Feb. 23. To this it is well understood that a luminous and conclusive reply was made by the secretary of state. It cannot be possible but that Mr. Canning must have received this important paper, if no more, before the 24th of June; not indeed "from the American government," but from the British minister in America. So that Mr. Canning's expressions, however equivocal its meaning, may be literally correct.
Nat. Intel.
Since the above was in type, a friend has handed us for publication the following. Ibid.
COMMUNICATION.
British Orders in Council of the 11th November. Notwithstanding all that has been said to the contrary, and the inference which is drawn from a late speech of Mr. Canning in the British house of commons, it is a fact that the minister plenipotentiary of the U. States at London, interposed his objections against these orders, before they were signed, on the rumor that such orders were about to be issued; and that, afterwards, when they were published, he made the most pointed remonstrances against them, in an interview which he had with the same Mr. Canning on the 22d of that month. The evidence of these facts was communicated to both houses of congress at its last session, by the president of the U. S. as is very well and generally known. It is understood too, from the letters of Mr. Pinkney, containing that evidence, that the British government had come to the determination of making these orders officially known to this government thro' their minister plenipotentiary here; and it would seem that Mr. Erskine's letter of the 23d of February to Mr. Madison, was a fulfilment of his instructions on that point. From these circumstances, which are all public, the inference is irresistible, that Mr. Madison made use of the organ which had been selected by itself, for conveying to the British government the known and avowed sentiment (with which that of Mr. Pinkney perfectly coincides) of his own government, upon the subject of the orders referred to; and it is to be presumed that Mr. Erskine did not fail to communicate to Mr. Canning a copy of Mr. Madison's letter to him. It ought to be recollected that the explanation from him is dated the 22d of February; and it is not reasonable to suppose, considering the importance of the subject, that the answer of the American secretary of state was long delayed.
It clearly results from this view of the subject, which you know, Mr. Printer, is sketched by a federalist; that the publick prints have abounded in misrepresentation, in ascribing to the American government a certain degree of forbearance under the British orders of council in question; and that the Speech of Mr. Canning, to say the least of it, is greatly wanting in candour. A.
The United States' messenger vessel arrived in the Downs from L'Orient on the 7th ult. It is probable she will have occasion to remain in England
but a few days, and therefore may be daily expected in the United States. Ibid.
Remarks on Mr. Jefferson's letter to the Legislature of New Hampshire.
After this avowal from the fountain of authentic information, shall we again be told by the hypocritical, prevaricating, mercenary administration papers, that the embargo will certainly be raised at the next session of congress. Yes, no doubt hundreds of falsehoods will be circulated at the ensuing election, stating the embargo to be raised. We cannot forget the infamous imposition which was practised upon the people of Ontario county in N. York, at the late election. On the day of election a hand-bill was distributed among the people declaring the embargo to have been raised. This trick succeeded, and it behoves us to be on our guard at the approaching election, lest similar nefarious practices be attempted in this state. We have had sufficient experience to know that the democrats resort to the basest means to attain their ends, knowing it, we should provide against the consequences.
We have it then from Mr. Jefferson's own mouth that it would be " unwise ever more to recur to distant countries for the conveniences and comforts of life ," or in other words, to carry on a commercial intercourse with Europe. To effect this object, which is only to be accomplished by destroying the rights of merchants, and annihilating commerce, a perpetual embargo is necessary; and we have the strongest possible evidence for believing that this destroying measure will be persevered in, until the mad career of desperate adventurers is checked by the people. If the people are determined no longer to submit to their present severe privations, let them step forth like freemen, and express their opinion with an unanimity becoming of men who respect their own rights, and scorn to endure oppression. Unless the people at this important crisis act with becoming energy and decision, all may be lost—the nation irretrievably undone. Heretofore the disposition and views of our rulers have been shrouded in mysterious secrecy, but the veil is now rent, and their deform'd projects exhibited to our view. Our apprehensions that there was a settled design to annihilate commerce, are at length realized, and misery and ruin will be the inevitable result. Are the people prepared to encounter the oppressive burthens which are about to be imposed upon them, the miseries which have been carved out for them by relentless and unfeeling governors? But to have dishonor heaped upon ruin is too much for the proud spirit of Americans to bear!
Mr. Jefferson declares the original object of the embargo to have been, " to withdraw our sea-faring citizens and property from abroad and to keep at home resources so valuable ." Need any argument be used at this time to shew that this was not the real object of the executive, and if it was, that the measure had produced a precisely contrary effect. How has the embargo protected and " withdrawn our citizens from abroad ;" they have been ignominiously exiled from their native country, and driven to foreign climes to seek that subsistence which we have denied them. By the pinchings of want, the craving of nature which must be gratified, they have been forced into the employment of that very nation to whom we are told, in the language of Mr. Jefferson, a more serious appeal will be made .—Is it not notorious that not a sea-port town in the United States can produce seamen enough to man three merchant ships, and yet even now, with all this well known to Mr. Jefferson, we were told that the embargo was laid for their benefit, and because, forsooth, it has so well answered the object, it will never be removed. Ye ministers of truth and justice, how long will the people submit to the base impositions of falsehood and hypocrisy; when will their eyes be opened to the true interests of their country! The embargo has indeed had the effect to " keep at home the resources ;" to this every suffering farmer can testify with sorrow. But these resources cease to be " valuable ," they are decaying in the possession of their owners, who cannot dispose of them, they are rotting upon the hands of the farmers, but Mr. Jefferson says they are " valuable ," and therefore it is treason, it is political heresy in the people who know it to be false, to deny the fact.
But it is not enough that the people should be forced to bear all the miseries which follow in the train of the embargo, the freeman who dares to question its wisdom, who does not breathe his sighs softly for his sufferings, is denounced by Mr. Jefferson as no " REAL " citizen—While we continue a free and independent nation and are not, by the arbitrary mandates of absolute power, prevented from enjoying our opinions and privileges as such, the people will speak out boldly and freely of the measures of government, they will complain when they feel they are injured; they will reprobate the destructive measures of corrupt or designing rulers. We purpose hereafter to shew that as the sources of revenue will be dried up by the annihilation of commerce, that in order to support the extraordinary expenses of government, a loan, a direct tax, or some other alternative more obnoxious to the people, must necessarily be resorted to, to support government . It is time for the people to reflect upon this subject, and to decide whether they will submit to such burthens, to encourage experiments of weak and improvident rulers.—Fed. Republican.
FROM THE PORTSMOUTH ORACLE. Federalists of New Hampshire!
Only two years ago you felt no interest in the election of men to represent the state in the councils of the nation. Your duty was neglected, and the consequence was, the election of men, who were devoted to the administration—who have lent their aid to swell the calamities of their country. You have slumbered, but your energies are not impaired. Your patriotism was lulled into supineness, but your fire was not extinct. Like a long smothered flame, which bursts forth with increasing fury, the enemies of your prosperity, now reanimate your patriotism, and, if invigorated with the holy fire of your ancestors, it will cover them with confusion and defeat; IT WILL SECURE YOUR WELFARE.
The prospects are truly animating. The accounts from all parts of the state are favourable beyond the most sanguine hopes. Changes of political opinions are rapidly taking place in almost every town in the state, and in many towns the changes are almost universal. When your own, and your country's interest and liberties are at stake, need we suggest arguments to stimulate to your duty? Certainly not.
Remember you have a subtle persevering adversary to contend with. They have enjoyed the sweets

of a little fleeting power, which serves only to sharpen their appetite; and they will never quit the field till all their resources of cunning, stratagems, and exertions are exhausted.
To their subtlely oppose vigilance; let your exertions equal their perseverance; let your zeal be animated by the importance and glory of the cause you espouse. To their deceptions oppose fairness, and be prepared to meet their falsehoods with the truth. Remember you are the disciples of the GREAT AND GOOD WASHINGTON, and prove yourselves worthy of the old glorious school. It was he who achieved your liberty, and left his beloved country the RICH INHERITANCE of freedom, and an excellent constitution. It is your duty, it is your pride to perpetuate these blessings, to hand them to posterity in their original purity. Let every man do his duty, and your success will be complete.
The Washington, Freetrade and Anti-Embargo Ticket. NATHANIEL A. HAVEN, Esq. WILLIAM HALE, Esq. JOHN C. CHAMBERLAIN, Esq. DANIEL BLASDELL, Esq.
Extract of a letter from a lady in Madrid to her brother in Dublin, dated May 5.
"Words cannot describe the horror with which we have been surrounded since the first of this month; the approaching storm was expected; but on the 2d, immediately after breakfast, it broke out in the most furious manner. Our friend T. had provided a retreat at his country house, about 8 miles distant, to which we were to remove that very evening, but the storm overtook us, and stopped our journey; the thunder of the artillery announced the beginning of the business, and in a few minutes after the whole male population of the city appeared in arms: Whenever a French soldier was discovered, he was instantly cut down or shot; six of them were put to death under our windows; the scene was dreadful beyond description; after two or three hours carnage, particularly in our great street called Alcala, a reinforcement of Frenchmen poured into the town, and in their turn, became the assailants; our doors were burst open by the defeated populace, and seven or eight of the inhabitants took refuge under the couches and in different parts of the house; but the French soldiers followed them, and in my presence they most unmercifully bayoneted those who first entered the room, where I and my children sat shivering with horror. The presence of a young French officer protected us, and he had the humanity to continue with me in the house the entire of this fatal day, to which I certainly owe the lives of myself and children.
All night the inhabitants were forced to illuminate their windows, and fifteen dreadful looking fellows took entire possession of the lower part of the house; they soon broke open the cellar which they plundered, nor could the presence of the friendly officer I have mentioned prevent them. The following morning was indeed a scene of horror. Almost every person that passed through the streets was stained with blood, and the dead bodies lay in heaps: it was reported and I believe with some truth, that Murat, the French general, intended to erect some works outside the town, to batter it to the ground, in revenge for the lives of his soldiers. This, however, he abandoned. The next day when the tumult had a little subsided, T. and I got some articles of plate, and the books of the house, and thro' the intercession of our French friend were suffered to remove to his residence at Ombro, where we now are with the children."
Salem, August 19. SLANDER AGAIN DETECTED. To the Editor of the Salem Gazette.
The Essex Register of the 13th inst. has been put into my hands. In it is a piece from the Charleston City Gazette, headed—"Fidelity and Gallantry of Col. Pickering, in the Campaign of 1780;" stating the failure of an enterprise against a British possession on Staten Island to have arisen from a want of fidelity and gallantry in me. In your Gazette of the 16th I observe the same piece republished, with several remarks subjoined for my vindication. The reflections of the editor of the Norfolk Ledger are alike obvious and just. Had cowardice or a want of fidelity in the affair spoken of been manifested, it is impossible that Gen. Washington should have allowed me to retain the important office of Quarter Master General, which I then held, and which I continued to hold to the close of the war. I may add, that if there had been any room even to suspect my fidelity, that real patriot and upright man would not afterwards voluntarily have conferred on me several very important trusts and offices; I say voluntarily; for of all those trusts and offices, never one was asked for by me. If any of my friends requested them, or any of them, in my behalf, it was and is to me wholly unknown.
Another writer, with a warmth of zeal to vindicate a much injured man, has done it on the ground that no such expedition as that mentioned in the Charleston City Gazette, had been undertaken in 1780. This is a mistake. Such an expedition was projected, but with secrecy; and failing in the execution, its object could not be generally known; and hence, probably, this writer has fallen into this mistake. Against what post the expedition was intended, I do not recollect; but access to it was to be gained by water. The facts were simply these:
I had recently joined the army as quarter master general. The boats attached to the army, like the wagons, were under the general direction of that department. The repairs of both pertained to the corps of artificers of that department. The late col. Baldwin, of Brookfield, commanded that corps. He had just reported to me the condition of the boats—that they were ready for service—and that the wagon carriages on which the boats were mounted, being furnished with double trees, none need be carried by the wagoneers with their horses. The boats were at some distance from the army. The only duty incumbent on me, was to give, in the proper time, the requisite orders to the wagon-master-general to transport them. And in doing this, I repeated the words of col. Baldwin respecting the double trees: unfortunately, either col. Baldwin mistook the fact as to the double trees, or they had been taken away without his knowledge. Consequently, when the horses with their drivers, reached the boats, they could not be moved; the double trees being the moveable bars across the tongues of wagon-carriages to which the horses, by their traces and swingle (whipple) trees, are attached.
That this trivial accident relative to the double
trees, occasioned a disappointment to the commander in chief, to La Fayette, and others acquainted with the object of the enterprise, there can be no possible doubt. I perfectly remember stating the facts immediately at head-quarters to colonel Hamilton, principal aid-de-camp to general Washington; whose answer was, that the general attached no blame to me. And from that time, until the publication in the Essex Register (one of the common sewers of lies and slanders) I do not recollect to have seen or heard one word concerning it.
In this affair there was no room to display or withhold "gallantry" on the part of the quarter-master general; and if there had been any want of "fidelity," he would have been tried, and by the sentence of a court martial, adequately punished.
TIMOTHY PICKERING. Salem, August 18, 1808.
BATH, (Mass.) August 17. In consequence of an application from several gentlemen in this town to the selectmen, a meeting of the people was this day convened, WILLIAM WEBB, esq. was chosen moderator.
After the object of the meeting was stated, and the proceedings of the town of Boston read, a vote was offered, viz.
"That the people of this town highly approve of the sentiments expressed by the people of the town of Boston in their vote and address to the president of the United States, relative to the embargo laws; and that an address be forwarded to the president of the United States expressive of our feelings and wishes on the subject of the said laws."
The hon. WILLIAM KING moved a postponement to the second Wednesday in October, when, he declared, that although he would not pledge himself, he thought it highly probable he would act with those who were in favour of taking off the embargo. His motion however was overruled, and the vote adopted by a large majority.
An address to the president of the United States was then offered, which was accepted without any opposition; and a committee was chosen to present the same, consisting of the hon. Dummer Sewall, Mr. David Trufant, William Webb, esq. Samuel Davis, esq. captain William Sylvester, Mr. Jerome Loring, capt. Nicholas L. Mitchell, Mr. Jonathan Hyde, and Mr. Enoch Jones.
SAVANNAH, August 19. Extract of a letter from Florida, dated the 10th of August, 1808.
"I have just learnt that governor White, has not received any official communication from Cuba, and consequently could not declare war against France; he however has ordered the English to be admitted into the province, and the French to be refused."
NEW-YORK, August 27. Extract of a letter from a gentleman at Gibraltar to his correspondent in New-York, dated July 5.
"We have now received official accounts of the complete success of the Spaniards in several severe engagements fought at Saragossa and Valadolid, all of which have redounded to the honour of the Spanish arms. I am uninformed of the loss on either side, but it is said to be great. Two French generals arrived here this day, taken prisoners in Algiers, Portugal, and brought here by the Portuguese. They will be sent immediately to England. All Portugal is in arms, determined to resist the encroachments of the French."
"The ship Rising Sun, Parsons, will sail from Cadiz for the United States in 10 or 12 days."
NEWS FROM SPAIN.
A Valencia paper of the 21st June, states, under the head of Madrid, June 15, "that the Russian minister had left Madrid; that the emperor Alexander was displeased with the conduct of Napoleon, who had violated one of the articles of the Tilsit treaty—that the archduke Charles was to marry a Russian Princess, and a war between France, Russia and Austria was expected."
A Valencia paper of June 21, mentions the defeat of the French under Dupont.
Extract of a letter from an American gentleman, long a resident in Malaga, dated Gibraltar, July 10.
"After the arrival of the French troops in Madrid, a few months past, the Spaniards were in a shocking situation. In some places persons perished for want of food. But the Spaniards have now risen against their oppressors. In Malaga, the French consul and a merchant have been beheaded and their heads carried about the city on pikes, and finally their bodies and their furniture burnt. In Valencia upwards of 300 Frenchmen have been killed."
"I learn from Malaga, that the Sally, Hastings, will load for Boston."
Extract of a letter from an American gentleman at Gibraltar, to his correspondents in Boston, dated July 11.
"The fortress of Barcelona is still in possession of the French; I hope soon to hear that the Spaniards have command there again. The Spanish arms seem to be so far successful, and they are in great spirits."
Another letter from Gibraltar, July 10, from an American, says, "The Spaniards are now struggling without their king, and with an undisciplined army, against one of the most powerful monarchs in Europe. God send them a favourable issue. They have shown an enthusiastic spirit, worthy of the highest praise—Their resistance, when their enemy had 150 or 200,000 regular troops in their country, was as unexpected as courageous."
We were yesterday afternoon favoured with a Gibraltar paper of July 9, and several proclamations, transmitted by Capt. George Loring, of this town.
Saragossa, (Arragon) June 18. Yesterday those proud Frenchmen who presumed to attack this capital were overthrown. 700 were killed, a considerable number wounded, 30 prisoners taken, and many deserters joined us. We captured 6 battalion pieces, 6 stand of colours, 1 military chest, a number of horses, and a quantity of arms and ammunition. We confidently expect the whole army which has entered Arragon will be utterly defeated.
Soria, June 18. —The French had lost between 5 and 6000 men in the actions of Tudela, Mallen, Gallus, and Alagony, and the remaining 12,000 had orders to enter Saragossa. They were all put to the sword. We have taken 400 horses, and 27 waggons of ammunition.
Tortosa, June 9. —200 Spanish and Walloon
guards, with many manufacturers, have arrived here from Barcelona, and enlisted for the patriots. Yesterday they were joined by as many more. Latterly Spanish soldiers who refuse to fight with the French at Barcelona, are shut up in the citadel. Many young men have been handcuffed, and some chained by their necks, to be carried to France. 6000 of the inhabitants are said to have escaped from Barcelona.
PROCLAMATION Of the Spanish Ladies at Alicante.
The government has as yet offended the fair sex—and many there are among us who cannot contain their resentment—Are we not useful for anything in the present occurrences?—Would they refuse our employing ourselves in the labours suited to our sex? Our honour is called in question, and we require entire satisfaction.—How can you repair our wrongs? Employ us immediately in those decent occupations which can alleviate, give assistance, and support our brave warriors.
Spanish Patriots. —The London Courier of July 2d, in remarking on the affairs of Spain, says—"We never recollect such a day of exultation as yesterday—no, not even when the account of the great battle of Trafalgar arrived. Our joy was then mixed with sorrow—we gained a great victory, but a victory gained by the death of our British Hero, was indeed dearly earned.—But the exultation of yesterday was pure and perfect—It had no alloy.—There was not a man any where that did not pour forth blessings upon the Patriots, and prayers to Providence for their success—a general impression prevailed that the career of tyranny had been stopped, and that a happier day had dawned for England and the world."
May we not hope that the tyrant has nearly run his race, and that having continued it till he had sufficiently shown that his ambition is as remorseless as it is insatiable, the Decree is gone forth that is to arrest his course, and inflict on him most signal vengeance— Quem Deus vult perdere, prius demantat. —Drunk and mad with power, he seems to have conceived the idea that the whole earth was to be under his controul, and that no designs were too extravagant for him to form, no projects too gigantic for him to execute. In this his last scenes, may our words be prophetic! he seems to have thought neither caution nor concealment necessary to have acted as if to order and to execute were synonymous, and that it remained but for him to command, to be obeyed in every corner of the earth.—He no longer takes the trouble of confining himself to one object at a time, or of revolutionizing and destroying in detail—he undertakes the work of destruction by wholesale, and sends forth at once, his order to revolutionize Spain, to dismember Turkey, to dethrone the Pope, and to seize upon the territories of the church in right of the power descended to him from his illustrious ancestor Charlemagne!—All these projects are developed at once. What opinion must he have formed of the human race? Must he not think that they are stupid and besotted beasts, willing to suffer every indignity, and to bear every evil he chooses to inflict on them? May the patience of mankind have at last reached its limits, and by crashing this tremendous monster, prove that tyranny has yet something to dread on this side the grave!
NAVAL PROJECTS OF THE FRENCH GOVERNMENT.
On the 24th of May, the Prince Arch Chancellor, presiding in the sitting of the senate, appointed the state counsellor Regnault de St. Jean d'Angely, minister of state, to lay before them the grounds of a senatus consultum, for uniting Tuscany with the French empire; and M. Semonville spoke in the name of the commission of the senate, which unanimously voted for this incorporation. The following is a summary of the assigned grounds:
"The whole coast of the Mediterranean sea must form a part of the French territory of the great empire. The regions, the coasts adjoining to the Adriatic, are united with the kingdom of Italy; all those which lie along the Mediterranean, which are adjacent to our territory, must be united with the empire of France. From Leghorn to Toulon, to Genoa, to the department of Corsica, is not farther than from Leghorn to Milan. The commerce of the Mediterranean, whatever may be the opposition of the tyrant of the seas, will be necessarily under the influence of France. The very same first principles, in consequence of which Genoa was incorporated with France rather than with the kingdom of Italy, also require that Leghorn be made a part of that empire. The kingdom of Naples, which lies both on the Mediterranean and the Adriatic, constitutes a distinct kingdom, subject, however, to the same federative system, and to the same state policy."
"The port of Leghorn has given constant reasons of complaint to France. That port, appertaining to a territory governed by a weak prince, had fallen under the influence of England and was become one of the principal inlets for her commerce. In different instances, without wishing to violate the neutrality of the sovereign of Tuscany, it became necessary for divisions of French troops to enter Leghorn, to confiscate the English merchandise there. These violations of territory, however necessary, are always disagreeable; and since Leghorn cannot be under the influence of France and England at the same time, it must become a part of France. Besides, Leghorn and the Tuscan territory produce sailors for the extension of our marine; through its whole extent ship-building is carried on, and in the same proportion must the means be increased of providing seamen for manning them. If as of late a squadron was created at Toulon, as if by a miracle, and if, contrary to the ideas of all those who are acquainted with the sea service, we found means to equip a numerous squadron, which admiral Ganteaume commanded with so much ability, and for which he obtained so much renown, by the skillful manoeuvres by which he frustrated the plans of the enemy—which having been supplied with men, provisions, and warlike stores, Corfu, the key of the Adriatic, menaced by an expedition already on its way, thus rendered fruitless, and which on its returning voyage, capturing many considerable prizes, braved all storms, and exercised the crews during a difficult voyage of three months—if all these advantages have been gained, they must be partly ascribed to the incorporation of Genoa, which numbers many of her sons among the good seamen of that squadron."
"The sons of the Arno are invited to glory; his majesty having decreed that Spezzia shall be a military port; the docks, the works of the arsenal, and the forts, both on the sea and land side, are already marked out, and before the end of the present year, six ships of two or three decks shall be put upon the stocks."
"It would not be proper to establish such considerable works at the extremities of the empire, if a foreign power were placed at the very gates of that arsenal. Spezzia shall become a second Toulon in the Mediterranean; on the whole coast there abound iron, timber, provisions and useful hands; the provisions, the iron, and the men surrendered up, must become French. France and the continent, which are desirous of restoring the balance of power on the ocean, have the self-same interest in the prosperity of the new maritime department of Spezzia. The incorporation of Tuscany is a necessary consequence of that grand plan."
"This union is also the interest of Tuscany, which under the sway of its little princes, was governed without system, without vigor, and was perpetually infested by the Barbary powers. Men can now no longer be governed in a capricious and fantastic manner. There must be a certain rule, the government of the law, protected by a prince sufficiently great and elevated above the passions of men, and inflexible, as the law is necessary for this purpose. The time indeed is passed, in which it was believed that people were made for kings, not kings for people. Lands, pastures, and forests may become property, but no person can possess a kingdom as if it were a farm. These disastrous consequences can no longer take place in great states. It is in vain then that objections are made to the great extension of the empire; the communication by land, now that neither Alps or Appennines oppose it, is as easy from Leghorn to Paris as from Paris to Nice. It has been the policy of European states to subdue the most distant countries, in order to obtain new commercial and maritime resources; why then should we neglect those resources and acquisitions which are so valuable to us? The territory of the Medici, the country of the sciences and the arts, must form an immediate part of the French empire."
"The Dukedom of Urbino, Camerino, and the Mark of Ancona, lying on the coast of the Adriatic, fall under the influence of Venice, and must necessarily be united with the kingdom of Italy. This is also accomplished, and the considerable works in the port of Ancona will afford the opportunity of fitting out there ten sail of the line, to secure the freedom of the Adriatic sea, of which Ancona shall be the harbour, and Venice the naval arsenal. Before the end of this year five sail of the line shall be lying in the Roads of Ancona, in that dangerous sea, which to the English present only hostile shores, and where they will be obliged to maintain six ships of the line, if they attempt to counter-balance our power. No, the war shall not be eternal, in spite of the blind fury which cherishes that inhuman and senseless principle in the cabinet of London. Every where French squadrons are forming and our naval power in the Scheldt is already considerable. In a few days there will be in the Roads of Flushing and Antwerp a fleet of thirty sail of the line; that on the coast of Brittany will be still stronger. Besides that, we have the allied Russian squadron at Lisbon, where there are already a division of several new ships of the line in the best state, which the rapid advance of the army under Gen. Junot placed in our hands."
"The events in Spain have converted a declining and badly conducted monarchy into a constitutional and energetic government; the dock-yards at Cadiz, Ferrol, and Carthagena, have felt this already. Toulon, Spezzia, Venice, all the resources forthcoming from Holland, Spain, and Italy, are in operation; we must have ships, and these last named countries have no deficiency either of iron or of timber and hemp, for building or rigging them."
"A decree has been issued from the Emperor for the incorporation of Tuscany, on the principle of the necessity for completing the system of the Great Empire, and for rendering the naval administration of France harmonious throughout all the members of the great confederacy. Without the incorporation of Tuscany, there could be no immediate communication with Naples, and our relations could not be maintained with her, but through the medium of states subsisting under other governments, from which it might be feared that the guidance and influence might be lost, which must be exercised towards such states, to place the coasts and sailors in a state of opposition to the common enemy."
FOR SALE. 12,000 bushels fine Liverpool SALT, By Moses Myers. Who has now landing, and will continue to have a constant Supply of Superfine FLOUR, of new wheat for family use, from the Mayo Mill. September 2.
NOW LANDING On our Wharf, and for Sale on a liberal credit, from on board the British Schooner Commerce, Capt. Collins, from Jamaica, A Cargo of high proof RUM. C. & F. Whittle. September 2.
On Saturday next, the 3d of September, will be Sold at 11 o'Clock on Newton's wharf, for Cash, for account of the owners, underwriters, and others concerned in the Brig Polly, of Portsmouth, stranded on Lynnhaven Beach, Cables, Anchors, Sails, and Rigging. Also, The HULL and lower MASTS of said Brig, as she lays. S. MARKS, Jun. August 31.
On Saturday the 3d of September next, will be Sold in the Town of Portsmouth, on the premises, at twelve o'Clock for Cash, Two half Lots of GROUND, one of which has improvements on it. The said Lots will be sold by virtue of a Deed in Trust, executed by James Buxton, deceased, to secure the payment of a debt due to Nathaniel Denny. THE TRUSTEES. Nansemont, August 19. Williamson's Packet will sail for Alexandria on Sunday next. Sept 2.

TRIAL of COMMODORE BARRON.
As soon as a sufficient number of Subscriptions are procured, to defray the cost of the Paper, WILL BE PUBLISHED, AT THE LEDGER OFFICE,
NORFOLK, THE WHOLE PROCEEDINGS IN THE TRIALS OF Commodore JAMES BARRON, Capt. CHARLES GORDON, Commandant of the United States' frigate Chesapeake, JOHN HALL, Esq. Captain of Marines, and WILLIAM HOOK, Gunner.
These Trials will be found highly interesting to the public in general, and to the Officers of the United States' Navy in particular. Every circumstance relative to the important affair, which gave occasion for these Trials, will be found detailed with great exactness; and many official documents which have not yet been published will appear with this work. The interest which the nation has taken in this affair, and the circumstances connected with it, render it unnecessary that the Publisher should offer any remarks upon the value of the work. Officers of the Navy will be greatly interested in having the proceedings of the most important Trials that have occurred in the service.
The Publisher has been favoured with a record of the proceedings; he will pay particular attention to the correct execution of the work, which it is expected will contain from two hundred and fifty to three hundred pages, octavo.
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The Editor of the Publick Ledger.
At a Court held for Northampton County, the 11th day of July, 1808.
Thomas D. Sinkins and William Sinkins, an infant by Thomas D. Sinkins, his guardian, Complainants , Against Coventon Sinkins, John Sinkins, John Brickhouse, Junior, and George Lewis, Defendants . The complainants having filed their bill more than three months, and the court being satisfied that Coventon Sinkins one of the defendants, is out of this commonwealth, it is ordered, that the said Coventon Sinkins do enter his appearance to this suit on the first day of November. Court next, and give security for performing the decree that may be made in this case, or the Court will on that day proceed in the suit in like manner as if an appearance had been entered; and it is further ordered, that a copy of this order be posted at the front door of the Court House of this County, and published in the Publick Ledger for two months successively. Thomas L. Savage, Clerk.
At a Husting Court continued and held the 24th day of May, 1808.
Thomas Jones, Compt against Thomas Wright, administrator with In Chancery the will annexed of Thomas Newton, deceased, Defendant . The defendant not having entered his appearance and given security according to the 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 fourth Monday in July next, and answer the bill of the complainant, and that a copy of this order be forthwith inserted in one of the Newspapers printed in this Borough for eight weeks successively, and posted at the front door of the Court House of the said Borough. WILLIAM SHARP, C. C.
At a Chancery District Court held in the City of Williamsburg, the 26th day of April 1808.
Robert, John, and Frances Howard, infants under the age of twenty one years, by Henry Howard their father and next friend, Plaintiffs , Against Mary Slater, widow and devisee for life of John Slater, deceased, Richard and William S. Slater, sons and devisees of the said John Slater, deceased, Edmund Tabb, Frances Tabb an infant under the age of twenty one years, Frances Powell, Elizabeth Smith, and Miles Cary, executor of John Slater, deceased, and as executor of the said John, who was executor of Richard Slater, deceased, Defendants . On the motion of the plaintiffs by their counsel, Sarah Tabb is assigned guardian to the infant defendant Frances Tabb, to defend her in this suit, and the defendant Edmund Tabb not having entered his appearance and given security according to the Act of Assembly and the rules of this Court, and it appearing to the Court that he is not an inhabitant of this country: It is ordered, that the said defendant do appear here on the first day of the next term, and answer the bill of the plaintiffs, and that a copy of this order be forthwith inserted in one of the Newspapers published in the Borough of Norfolk, for two months successively, and posted at the front door of the former capital in this city. Anthony Robinson, C. C.
ADVERTISEMENT.
To a Gentleman who has not been seen or heard of by his friends in his native country since March, 1806. This gentleman may with perfect safety, both as to publick and private concerns, impart his situation and place of residence to THE EDITOR OF THIS PAPER, who can give him any information about his family. This advertisement is made by those most interested in him, and the reference may be confided in. The gentleman to whom it is addressed, will know it by these circumstances. He left his native country in March 1806. He was the only surviving son of his father, whose name was Thomas, born 1740, and married M. E. His brother John who was elder than him, had died before his twin sisters were C. & A. of whom the former was dead before 1806. He was born in the parish of B. where the estate of his ancestors is. Educated at I. in the county of R and taken care of by his aunt Cecilia. July 13.
NOTICE.
The partnership of Wilson, Cunningham & Co. having been dissolved by mutual consent, all those indebted, as well as those who have claims against them, are requested to settle the same with Alexander Wilson or J. B. Cunningham, who are fully authorised to liquidate the business of said concern.
William Pennock, Alexander Wilson, James B. Cunningham. Norfolk, July 13, 1808. The business heretofore carried on by the above firm will be continued by the Subscribers, under the firm of Wilson & Cunningham. Alexander Wilson, James B. Cunningham.
DR. ROBERTSON'S
Celebrated Stomachick Elixir of Health.
Which has proved by experience, to be the most valuable medicine ever offered to the publick for curing the Gout, Cramp, and wind in the Stomach; also a certain cure for the Dysentery, or Bloody Flux, Cholera Morbus, feverish Gravel, and all other diseases of the bowels; a dose never fails to remove a cold taken from after its first appearance. It is also celebrated for carrying off superfluous bile, removing habitual costiveness, ticklish at the Stomach, feverish head aches, &c. &c.
The following certificates are selected from the many respectable ones lately received by the proprietor, and are now in his possession.
Certificate of Mr. William Julian, carpenter and builder, No. 69, South Fifth-Street, Philadelphia.
SIR—My wishes to promote the interest of superior merit, and to afford consolation to the afflicted, induces me to request you will lay my case before the publick, as an incontrovertible proof of the astonishing efficacy of Dr. Robertson's invaluable Stomachick Elixir of Health. I do hereby certify, that I was seized most violently with the dysentery, or bloody flux, which reduced me so much that I was confined to my bed, and became so weak that I could not move without assistance. My situation at that time became seriously alarming, as no relief could be obtained, I was given over, and even death would have been desirable to me, had not a friend of mine, who by chance called to see me, who had just recovered from a similar complaint, though not so severe as mine. He informed me that he was cured by taking Dr. Robertson's Stomachick Elixir of Health, and advised me to send to you for a bottle. I immediately did so, and by following your instructions given with the bottle, before I had taken half a bottle, I found myself much relieved, and my disorder greatly abated, and by continuing to take it, in one week I was able to walk out, and in less than a fortnight was able to attend to my business.
I therefore recommend every family to be provided with this invaluable medicine, particularly those who live at a distance in the country, where assistance cannot be immediately obtained. As I am convinced that Dr. Robertson's Stomachick Elixir of Health, is the most effectual remedy in the world, I have since recommended it to several of my friends in similar complaints, who have always been relieved immediately after taking it. Should any person with to be more fully convinced of my case, I will with pleasure explain it to them by applying to me.
I am with a due sense of the benefit I have received thro' the efficacy of your medicine, Sir, your humble servant, WM JULION.
MR. DYOTT, Philadelphia, July 15th, 1807.
Certificate of Mr. George Stokes, South Water-Street, Philadelphia.
SIR—For the benefit of the afflicted, I think proper to inform you that Dr. Robertson's Elixir of Health, has been to me, of the most essential service. I had been a long time afflicted with a pain in my stomach, and continual head-ache, attended with a ticklish at the stomach, which brought on a vomiting and lax, which continued on me until I became in a very weak state, without being able to get any relief, until I tried one bottle of Dr. Robertson's Elixir of Health, which entirely cured my disorder, except a weakness and want of appetite, for which I have since taken Dr. Robertson's Stomachick Wine Bitters, which quite restored my strength and appetite, and I now enjoy better health than I experienced for many months before. As I consider your medicines to have been the means of saving my life, I solicit you to publish my case for the benefit of others, who by abiding by the directions given with your invaluable medicines, will embrace the same means by which I have happily effected my recovery.
I am, Sir, your obedient servant, GEORGE STOKES.
MR. DYOTT, Philadelphia, August 1, 1807.
ADDITIONAL CERTIFICATES.
Of Mr. John T. Solomon, Sixth near Race-Street, Philadelphia.
SIR—For the good of the publick and benefit of the afflicted, I think proper to inform you, that having laboured for upwards of six months, under a very bad cough, attended with a difficulty of breathing, pain in my breast and side, and a ticklish at my stomach, having lost all appetite, I became so very much reduced in my strength as to be unable to walk. I was considered in a consumption, and given up for a lost man. In this hopeless situation, I had recourse to Dr. Robertson's Stomachick Elixir of Health, and to my great astonishment, before I had taken one bottle, found myself very much relieved. I expected a great quantity of phlegm, which has eased me of one of the most violent coughs that ever man had; I have taken it regularly ever since, and now find myself completely recovered, and shall certainly, for the benefit received, recommend it as far as I can, believing it to be a most efficacious medicine in the above complaint.
I am, Sir, with great respect, Your obliged humble servant, JOHN T. SOLOMON.
MR. T. W. DYOTT. August 22.
Certificate of Mr. John Lee, Philadelphia.
DEAR SIR—By the administration of Dr. Robertson's Elixir of Health, and that the publick may be acquainted with the good effect I have received from it, I with you to publish the following: About a fortnight ago I was seized with the influenza, or a violent cold attended with a pain in my limbs, and a violent cough, which settled on my lungs, and having been for some time before in a weakly state, I expected a consumption would soon have followed, had I not been advised to try Dr. Robertson's Elixir of Health, which has effectually removed my complaint, and I now feel better health than I have for some time before. It is impossible to say too much in favour of this invaluable medicine, as I am clearly convinced it is the most efficacious remedy ever offered to the publick, in the above complaint.
I am, Sir, your obliged servant, JOHN LEE.
MR. DYOTT. November 11.
The above Medicine is sold wholesale and retail by the proprietor, T. W. DYOTT, No. 11, North Second-Street, Philadelphia; and by appointment at BONSAL & CONRAD'S Book Store, Norfolk; and at SOMERVELL & CONRAD'S, Petersburg. May 23
WILLIAM PENNOCK
Has removed his Counting-Room to No. 4, on his own wharf. July 29.
CASH given for
Rough W. O. hld. & bbl. STAVES,
by A. Maclure. August 5.
NORFOLK BOROUGH.
At a Husting Court continued and held the 25th day of May, 1808.
Cornelius Cruywaygan, Compt against Maritziz Boztells and Moses Myers, In Chancery Defendants. The defendant Maritziz Boztells not having entered his appearance and given security according to the 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 the motion of the complainant by his counsel, it is now ordered that the said defendant Maritziz Boztells do appear here on the fourth Monday in July next, and answer the bill of the complainant, and that a copy of this order be forthwith inserted in some Newspaper printed in this Borough for eight weeks successively, and posted at the front door of the Court House of the said Borough; and it is further ordered, that the defendant Moses Myers who hath effects of the said Maritziz Boztells in his hands, do not pay, convey away, or secret such effects, but retain them until the further order or decree of this court. WILLIAM SHARP, C. C.
NOTICE.
All persons are forewarned from crediting my Wife CATHARINE IVES, on my account, as I am determined to pay no debts of her contracting from this date. The utmost rigour of the law will be enforced against any one who is detected in harbouring her.
August 24. Robert Ives.
NOTICE.
Is hereby given to all persons having claims against the estate of THOMAS BARK, deceased, that they must be brought forward for settlement previous to the 1st of December next, properly attested; all those indebted to said estate will make immediate payment, or suits will be brought indiscriminately—the above notice will be plead in bar against delinquent creditors, by
Peter Foster, Executor. August 24.
Ten Dollars Reward
For Negro ALECK, purchased of Mr. Hubbard of this place, of a very dark complexion, has lost his upper fore teeth; had on when he went away a coarse check shirt and cassimere pantaloons, long coat and white hat; he was seen near Tappahannock, Frye, York, where I suspect he is still lurking, or at Williamsburg where he has a wife.
George Veale. August 22.
JOHN PENDREY'S
Boot and Shoe Manufactory,
No. 70, MAIN-STREET.
The publick are respectfully informed, that he has furnished himself with a quantity of the choicest materials in his line of business, and has in his employ some of the best workmen in the borough, and having been long experienced in the business himself, his factory will not be conducted by proxy; he therefore hopes to merit the patronage of the gentlemen of Norfolk and its vicinity, and assures them that no pains shall be wanting on his part to give satisfaction to all those who favour him with their commands.
N. B. Orders for Double Hackstraps, single do. and Cossacks, executed with the greatest dispatch. August 1.
For RENT,
The Store, Compting-Room & Cellar, at present occupied by Messrs. Wood & Hastings, no. 90, Main-street. Apply to
Thomas Willock. August 24.
Leather, Cordage, and Loaf Sugar.
The subscriber will hereafter expose for Sale at his Warehouse on Campbell's wharf the above Articles, of the manufacture of Norfolk, at reduced prices for Cash, or on short credits only.
He will sell or lease for a term of years, the STORES at the end of Marsden's and Rothery's wharves. Feb. 20.
Richard Jeffrey & Co.
No. 66, Main-street, corner of Bank-Street, have just received from London, per the ship Planter, An assortment of MEDICINES, of the first quality.
Also, a few hundred weight refined Salt Petre, Hardham's Snuff, No. 9, and 37, in 1-2 and 1-4 pound canisters, Violet, Benzoin, Windsor and Shaving Soap, Evan's best Crown Lances, Tooth Brushes of superior kind, Refined Liquorice, &c. They have on hand, and are in daily expectation of receiving from Amsterdam, all kinds of GLASS WARE, suitable to Apothecaries. MEDICINE CHESTS for ships and family use, with printed directions, put up as usual. October 5.
Fresh Imperial TEA.
Just received 17 boxes fresh Imperial TEA, of the present year's importation—Also on Hand, 25 tons assorted BAR IRON,
80 barrels and a few hogheads Muscovado Sugar, 40 barrels and bags Green Coffee, 25 hds. old Antigua Rum, 20 hds. Molasses; 8 pipes French Brandy, 10 crates assorted Queen's Ware, A few quarter casks of Sherry and Teneriffe Wine, Whiskey in barrels; Loaf Sugar, New York prime Port and Beer; 30 casks Cheese, A few barrels Mackarel, Soap; Candles; Demijohns, &c. For Sale by
Jennings & Roddey. February 26.
Two thousand Spanish HIDES,
For Sale by William Plume, & Co. June 6.
SAMUEL COLEMAN,
Market-Street, westward of the Market, has established
A Boot and Shoe MANUFACTORY.
For this purpose he has employed the journeyman who were lately in the service of Mr. Walker—as those are said to be the best workmen in the place, and as he is determined to spare no expense in getting the best materials, it is probable that those will be well served who choose to promote an institution so favourable to the interests of Norfolk, inasmuch as that it will give employment to a considerable number of people, and it will be made extensive in proportion to the encouragement given to it.
New SHOES from New-York,
as usual for Sale—such as have been generally sold in retail at 9s. and 8s. 3d. for 7s. 6d.; those at 15s. for 13s. 6d. except of Morocco leather; Ladies' Morocco Slippers at 8s. 3d. for 7s. 6d. and in nearly the same ratio for every other kind of Shoes, where the former prices will bear reduction.
Gentlemen's SHOES and PUMPS
of many kinds, made in his factory, and in Newark.
VERNON'S BOOTS,
which are no doubt elegant—Having on hand nearly 200 pair of Boots, he believes there are very few gentlemen who cannot be fitted. A few hundred bushels of ground Allum Salt; India Cotton, &c. &c. as low as they can be sold for a profit, for Cash.
A few Casks of
Best LONDON PORTER.
July 6.
BOOKS, &c.
Just Received,
The Register of Arts, or a compendious view of some of the most useful modern discoveries and inventions; American Semi-Annual Register, or general Repository of History, Politics, and Science, vols. 1 and 2. Barlow's Columbiad; Cooper's Surgery; Life of Beattie; Life of Leo the 10th, 4 vol; Burt's Works, 4 vol; Planters and Mariners Medical Companion; Espriella's Letters from England, 2 vol; Salmagundi, 2 vol; Modern Chivalry, 2 vol; Corinna; Fatal Revenge, 2 vol; Fondling of Belgrade; Wild Irish Girl; American Artillerist's Companion, Nos. 1, 2, and 3; Saul, a Poem by Sotheby; collection of new Plays; Ree's Cyclopaedia, part 10th; Hot Pressed Letter Paper, &c.
Bonsal, Conrad, & Co.
NOTICE.
The partnership of Ellis & Sprigg, of Hampton, is this day by mutual consent dissolved, all persons indebted to the said firm are requested to pay their respective balances to Mr. C. Sprigg; and all those who have claims against said firm, to produce them to said C. Sprigg for settlement.
Samuel Ellis, Per his Attorney in fact, Robert Gibson, Corbin Sprigg. Hampton, February 17.
For CASH or approved Discountable Paper,
20 bales best Russia CANVAS, 1 do. Ravens Duck; 1 do. Mattress Tickling, 65 packages German Linen—For Sale by Niemeyer & Von Kapff. February 25.
Norfolk Drawbridge.
The Directors have declared a dividend of Fifty Six Cents on the Stock of this Company, for the half year ending the 10th Inst. which will be paid to the Stockholders or their legal representatives after the 10th August next.
William Cammack, Treasurer. July 13.
LANDING
This Day from the Schooner Adventure and brig Eliza,
55 hlhd. sup. qual. Muscovado Sugar 34 do. and 40 quarter casks particular Teneriffe WINE—For Sale by Moses Myers. July 6.
We have for SALE on our Wharf,
200 hogheads MOLASSES, 53 do. superior quality Muscovado Sugars, 37 do. inferior do. 258 bags Guadalupe Coffee; 10 puncheons Rum, 60,000 wt. Jamaica Coffee, in hds. barrels and bags, 10,000 do. Louisiana do. 80 hds. Raisins, 20 cases superior quality Claret, 6000 bushels Ivia, 5500 do. St. Ubes, 2500 do. Turks-Island, and 5000 do. coarse Liverpool Salt, 10 pipes old Madeira Wine; 4 do. Country Gin, 50 barrels Rye Whiskey; 20 hds. Philadelphia Porter, 1 new 14 inch Cable 120 fathoms. C. & F. Whittle. July 13.
FOR SALE,
At reduced prices at my Office, 13 Hogsheads } SUGAR. 40 tierces } 7 pipes } Old Madeira WINE, 6 hogsheads } 3 quarter casks } 20 tierces Rice; 250 bags Coffee, 30 chests Young Hyson Tea; 20 hogsheads Molasses, 2 bales Halfbills and Plains, 3 trunks Calicoes, 1 box coarse Linen; 1 trunk Jacquet Muslin and Dimities, 1 trunk 325 pounds sterling, Watches and Jewellery. William B. Lamb.
TO RENT,
The Store and Dwelling-House on Market Square, lately occupied by Mr. Vincent Parlato. August 1.
NOTICE.
The Copartnership of RICHARD BOWDEN, & Co. having expired, Richard Drummond is authorised to receive and pay the debts of said concern. Moses Myers, Richard Bowden, Richard Drummond. February 2.
Phoenix Fire Office.
The Subscriber, Agent to the PHOENIX ASSURANCE COMPANY, of London, for the State of Virginia, begs leave to inform the publick, that he is now fully empowered to subscribe Policies of Insurance for property against Fire throughout the United States of America, in conformity to the Proposals heretofore submitted.
N. B. FORTY THOUSAND DOLLARS can be insured in one risk on Buildings and their contents, and also on Ships and their Cargoes on board, in the First Class, but in all cases where Ten Thousand Dollars are exceeded, a special agreement must be made with the Agent, and an increase of premium added to those mentioned in the proposals, of not less than one eighth per cent. on the whole sum insured. Richard Taylor. September 8.
FOR SALE,
30,000 acres valuable LAND, situated over the river Washita, in one of the most fertile parts of Louisiana—Particulars with regard to local advantages, situation, title, and the most favourable terms to purchasers, will be made known by application to THOMAS TUNNO, in Charleston, or MORRIS MILLER, in Savannah. Feb. 8.
NOTICE.
The Subscribers have removed to the Warehouse, No. 6, on Newton's wharf, formerly occupied by Messrs. John D. Haldane, & Co. JENNINGS & RODDEY. January 8.
For SALE at my Brew-House,
Strong, Table, and Ship BEER, by the hoghead, barrel, and half barrel—and a constant supply of bottled PORTER in packages and by the dozen. And in Store,
Wines, Liquors, and Groceries, wholesale and retail. Joseph Hayes. Feb. 13.
Mackinder & White,
Have just received from on board the Schooner Liberty, Capt. Lewis, from Philadelphia, 150 boxes fresh Imperial and Hyson TEAS, of superior quality. ALSO,
A fresh supply of Hollands GIN,
Tickenburgs, superfine Cloths, Gentlemen's Silk Hats, Parasols, &c.—Which they offer for Sale on the lowest terms, for cash or approved notes. N. B. A few barrels of prime Smithfield MESS FORK. April 15.
NOTES OF HAND,
according to the new form established by the Directors of the Office of Discount and Deposit of the Bank of the United States, for sale at this office.
NORFOLK:
PUBLISHED THREE TIMES A-WEEK, BY WILLIAM DAVIS, FOR THE PROPRIETOR, Opposite the Exchange Coffee-House. Price Six Dollar Yearly, in advance.