Berkeley and Jefferson intelligencer (Martinsburg, Va.), 1803-12-23 00:00:00

Berkeley and Jefferson Intelligencer.
[No. 39 OF VOLUME V.]
FRIDAY, December 28, 1803.
(WHOLE No. 247.)
New-Store.
JUST received, and now for sale, at the subscribers' Store, (Green Spring Mills, Frederick County.) A well-chosen Assortment of DRY-GOODS and GROCERIES. Suitable for the present season, all of which they will sell on the most moderate terms, for Cash or Country Produce. The highest market prices will be given for Wheat, Rye or Corn, in Cash or Goods.
RUSSEL & SCOTT.
Green-Spring Mills, Dec. 16, 1803.
N. B. Wanted, an active Lad who can come well recommended, to attend in the Store.
FOR SALE.
A small Tract of LAND, consisting of one hundred and seven acres.
THIS Land is very valuable, as it is a mixture of lime-stone and slate, and lies almost wholly to the sun-rise; the greater part of it is cleared and in good tenable repair; there are on the premises a good Dwelling-House and Kitchen, two excellent Springs of never-failing Water, and a good thriving Orchard of choice Apple Trees now in their prime. Any person inclining to purchase, may have immediate possession.
WILLIAM BURNS, jun.
December 16, 1803.
FOR SALE.
A SMALL tract or parcel of LAND, situated in Berkeley County, containing about forty acres, whereon the Poor-House stands, adjoining the land whereon Joseph Minginnu now lives, and about half a mile from the Sulphur Spring. A proportionable part of said land is cleared and under tolerable good fence, and more may be cleared, some Meadow made and more may be made, the Buildings are one Dwelling House, wherein the manager lives, the Poor-House (a large building) a Meet House and Spring House (all built with hewed logs) a Stable and Oven, a farther description is thought unnecessary, it being presumed no person will become a purchaser, without previously viewing the property; Cornelius Kelly, manager at the Poor-House will shew the land. The terms of sale may be known by applying to said Kelly, or to either of the subscribers,
JOEL WARD,
JOSEPH FOREMAN,
EDWARD BEESON,
Commissioners.
December 16, 1803.
NOTICE.
THE subscriber some time ago gave his Note of hand to James Blue, for a small sum of money, which Note has been due some time, the person in whose hands the said Note is lodged, may receive payment by applying to
JOHN HILL.
Martinsburg, December 16, 1803.
N. B. I will not pay any interest after this date.
At a Court continued and held for Berkeley County, the 25th day of November, 1803.
BETWEEN
Philip Stout, Complainant, AND George Hoffman, Defendant. In CHANCERY.
THIS day came the Complainant by his Counsel, and it appearing to the Court that the Defendant, George Hoffman, is not an inhabitant of this Commonwealth, it is ordered that the Defendant do appear here on the Monday after the third Tuesday in February next, to answer the Complainant's bill, and that a copy of this order be forthwith published for two months successively in the Berkeley and Jefferson Intelligencer , and also be posted up for two months successively at the door of the Court House of this County.
A Copy.
Attest, HENRY BEDINGER, C.B.C.
A Valuable Tract of LAND For Sale.
TO be sold the plantation whereon I now live, containing 463 acres, lying and being in the County of Jefferson, State of Virginia, within 3 miles of Shepherd's-Town, 1 from Potomack River, 75 from Baltimore, 60 from the Federal City, and 70 from Alexandria, (produce may be taken down by water to either of the latter places.) There are on the premises 3 good Dwelling Houses and a very large square log Barn, 2 never failing Springs, with a good stone Spring House. Near one half of this Land is cleared, the other half clothed with very valuable Timber; there are 3 valuable Apple Orchards, 12 acres of Timothy Meadow, and more may easily be made; the soil is equal if not preferable to any in Jefferson County.
Also another Tract of first rate Land, containing 176 1-2 acres, adjoining the aforesaid tract; on this tract are a good House and Barn, a never failing Well near the house and a good young Apple Orchard; about one half of this tract is cleared, the other half clothed with excellent Timber; the whole can be easily divided into 3 or 4 Tenements. The Terms will be made known by the proprietor living on the Land.
JOHN STIPP, sen.
Jefferson County, December 16, 1803.
THE subscriber respectfully informs the Ladies and Gentlemen of Martinsburg and its vicinity, that his DANCING SCHOOL will commence the last half quarter on Monday next. All those who wish to join it for half a quarter, will meet with a thankful reception from their humble servant
D. HARTSHORN.
Martinsburg, December 16, 1803.
FOR SALE.
A NEGRO WOMAN about 24 years of age, and her Child, a BOY about one year old. The Woman is well acquainted with every kind of house work, and can spin cotton or wool. For terms inquire of the Printer.
December 16, 1803.
PUBLIC NOTICE.
I DO hereby caution the public from purchasing from William Bready, a certain Tract of Land situated about eight miles from Martinsburg, adjoining lands of Wm. Porterfield and others, as I have a lease of said Land for two lives, and am determined to retain possession, until the lease is purchased and compensation given for certain improvements made thereon.
EDWARD WHITE.
December 16, 1803.
JUST RECEIVED.
A Large and General Assortment of FALL and WINTER GOODS. Suitable for the present and approaching seasons, which I am determined to sell at the most reduced prices for Cash or Country Produce.
Wanted to purchase a quantity of good clean
FLAX-SEED.
For which the highest price will be given in CASH.
JAMES FAULKNER.
Martinsburg, October 7, 1803.
STRAYED from the subscriber, living one mile from Martinsburg, the 1st day of September last, a Stud Colt, between a black and brown colour, one year old last spring, is about 12 and an half hands high, has a star in his forehead, and an uncommonly long tail. THREE DOLLARS reward will be given to any person who will return said colt to
JACOB PAINTER, sen.
November 25, 1803.
The subscriber has contracted with Mr. George Wolf to purchase
HIDES.
who will give the highest price in Cash, for any quantity delivered at his house in Martinsburg.
JOHN MOTTER.
November 25, 1803.
Fall Goods.
THE subscribers beg leave to inform their friends and the public in general, that they have just received and finished opening a large and extensive assortment of
FALL and WINTER GOODS.
Selected by one of the firm from the latest importations from Europe, which in addition to their former Stock, makes their Assortment more complete than ever, the same they are determined to sell at a more reduced price than usual for
CASH or COUNTRY PRODUCE.
As a desolation of their Co-partnership will in a few months take place, a very moderate profit will be taken, that they may be enabled to sell off their Stock; those who may want any article in their line, will find it considerably to their interest by giving them a call.
They return their sincere thanks to the inhabitants of Martinsburg and its vicinity, for their generous support since their commencement in business, and assure them they will do all in their power to merit a continuance of their favours.
N. B. Those who are indebted to us for goods a long time standing, must not think hard of it if the sheriff should call on them for payment, as every indulgence has been given that could be asked for.
The highest price given in CASH, for merchantable WHEAT, RYE, CORN or FLAX-SEED, and an allowance made if merchandise is taken in exchange.
P. NADENBOUSCH, & Co.
Martinsburg, October 28, 1803.
THE subscriber will dispose of the LEASE of the Property at present occupied by him, situated on the main road leading to George Town, Alexandria and Washington City, half way between Alexandria and Leesburg and 15 miles from George Town, well known by the name of the Half way House or Long Glade . This Property consists of about 160 acres of cleared Land, with a considerable quantity of excellent Meadow, a commodious Dwelling House, Stables and other necessary Out Houses, the whole well adapted for a Public House, and is in point of situation equal to any in the State. The Lease is for three years from January next, at which time possession may be had, or sooner if terms can be agreed on.
ZEBULON WARNER.
October 28, 1803.
HEMP MILL.
THE subscriber has got the HEMP MILL , belonging to Peter Light, sen. in complete order. He will engage to manufacture Hemp, in the best manner, at the low price of one dollar per hundred weight. Orders in this line will be thankfully received and punctually attended to.
JAMES MARSHALL.
Great Lick Mills, Berkeley County, November 25, 1803.
CONGRESS of the UNITED STATES.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
December 5.
The following message, and accompanying papers were received from the President of the United States.
MESSAGE.
To the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States.
I have the satisfaction to inform you that the act of hostility, mentioned in my message of the 4th of November to have been committed by a cruiser of the emperor of Morocco on a vessel of the United States, has been disavowed by the emperor. All differences in consequence thereof have been amicably adjusted, and the treaty of 1786, between this country and that has been recognized and confirmed by the emperor, each party restoring to the other what had been detained or taken. I inclose the emperor's orders given on this occasion.
The conduct of our officers generally, who have had a part in these transactions,
have merited entire approbation. The temperate and correct course pursued by our consul, Mr. Simpson, the promptitude and energy of commodore Preble, the efficacious co-operation of captain Rodgers and Campbell of the returning squadron, the proper decision of captain Bainbridge that a vessel which had committed open hostility was of right to be detained for enquiry and consideration, and the great zeal of the other officers and men, are honorable facts, which I make known with pleasure. And to these I add, what was indeed transacted in another quarter, the gallant enterprise of captain Rodgers in destroying, on the coast of Tripoli, a Corvette of that power of 22 guns.
I recommend to the consideration of Congress a just indemnification of the interests of the captors of the Mishouda and Mirboha , yielded by them for the public accommodation.
TH: JEFFERSON.
(Translation.)
Praise be given to God alone. May God be propitious to our Master Mahomet and to his family.
(Imperial Seal.)
KNOW all those who shall see this noble writing—all our governors—those entrusted with our affairs and captains of our vessels that the American nation are still as they were in peace and friendship with our person exalted by God.
Their vessels are safe both at sea and in port, and so are their merchants, and you are not to disturb the peace between us and them. What has happened with their and our vessels has only been an affair among the vessels, but the said nation continues respected as they were with us and under all security and equally so their vessels.
Wherefore we hereby order that all those of our Governors—those entrusted with the commands of our ports and captains of our vessels who shall see this writing that they act in all respects for the fulfilments of this order and that they do not deviate therefrom—those who shall contravene it will be punished with a severe punishment.
This order was given on the 21st Chemdili, the second in the year 1218 (9 Oct. 1803.) and at last we are in peace and friendship with the said American nation as our father (to whom God be merciful) was according to the treaty made on the 1st day of Rhamadan, in the year 1200.
The original of the foregoing was translated from Arabic to Spanish by Dr. Manuel De Baccas, and from Spanish to English by
JAMES SIMPSON.
(Signed) Certified at Tangier, 14th Oct. 1803.
(Translation.)
Praise be given to the only God, may God be propitious to our Master Mahomet and his family.
(Imperial Seal.)
Our servant the governor Ben Abdel Sadac and all officers of our port of Mogadore—May God assist you—Peace with the mercy and blessing of God be with you.
Now know ye, that the almighty having reconciled what have happened with the American nation because of the acts of the vessels, and that we are now as we were before, with them in peace and friendship as settled with our father, to whom God be merciful—Take care—Take care that none of you do any thing against them or shew them any disrespect or disregard, for they are as they were in friendship and in peace, and we have increased our regard for them in consequence of the friendship they have manifested to our nation which God has exalted. And we order that you be careful and be diligent in all their concerns, and we order that you do well with their vessels and with their merchants.
Peace be with you all.
24th Chemadi the second 1218.
(11th October, 1803.)
The original of the foregoing was translated from the Arabic to Spanish by Dr. Manuel de Baccas, and from Spanish to English by
JAMES SIMPSON.
(Signed) Certified at Tangiers, 17th Oct. 1803.
Referred to Messrs. Eustis, Dennis, Conrad, Gillespie, and Lowndes.

LATEST FROM EUROPE.
NEW-YORK, December 10.
By the arrival of the ship Favorite , in 35 days from Liverpool, we have been put in possession of Liverpool papers to the 3d of November, inclusive, containing London dates to the 1st; being, we believe, the latest arrived in town. These papers contain intelligence of a highly interesting nature; they detail the principal occurrences in the different nations of Europe, their situations, the operations of the belligerent powers, and the vast preparations for attack on the part of the United Kingdoms. The threatened invasion has not yet been attempted, but the various movements of the French troops, the positive order to General Officers to repair to their respective ports, the state of forwardness in which the gun boats are and a combination of circumstances lead us to suppose that the moment is not far distant, when the blow will be struck, which will put an end to the existence or independence of Great Britain, or establish her power upon such a basis, as the lapse of ages cannot undermine.
THE UNITED KINGDOMS.
Unappalled by the threats and preparations of their implacable foe, proudly conscious of their strength, and secure as to the issue of an attempt of invasion, at the same time that they neglect no means of defence, and exhibit the appearance of a nation in arms, are actively engaged in finding out new channels of commerce, to dispose of their manufactures and colonial productions. While thus pursuing the arts of peace amidst the din of war,
FRANCE.
Actuated by a thirst for glory and the hopes of plunder and led on by Bonaparte, have swords to humble her hated rival or perish in the attempt. She spares no expense, and appears to think lightly of the sacrifice in the prosecution of this design; eager to injure Britain by every method in her power, she has provided an army of 40,000 men for the subjugation of
PORTUGAL.
The government of which, anxious to avert or protract the impending blow, has entered into negotiation, in which
SPAIN
Takes an active part. From the present disposition of her Masters it appears impossible that she can remain much longer neutral. Her ancient spirits gone, her councils under the controul of France, her immense treasures arrived, urged by Britain to declare her intention, and pressed by France to enter into the war, her only hopes of peace rest on the result of her proposals to
RUSSIA
To act as a mediator.—She finding it for her interest to remain neutral during the present war, has hitherto remained friendly to all the belligerent powers.—At present, however, a coolness exists between her ambassador, Count Marloff, and the Court of Thuilleries. Her once formidable rival
TURKEY
Is fast verging towards annihilation, her fair Province, Egypt, is with the exception of Alexandria, which was surrounded and offered to capitulate, entirely in possession of the Mamelukes, in other provinces disaffected Pashas, rear the standard of rebellion, to which thousands of deluded wretches flock, and who, when attacked by superior numbers, are deserted by their leaders, and pay with their heads the price of their disobedience.
Of the other nations of Europe, who are either wrapped in profound peace or attached to the powers at war, nothing merits particular notice.
December 12.
The ship Cheeseman , capt. Greenfield, arrived at this port on Saturday from Amsterdam. He left there on the 28th October, at which time 7,000 French troops were on their march to the Sands and the Helder, where it was expected they would arrive on the day following, for the purpose (as was supposed) of being employed in the expedition against England.
The fleet on the southern station of Ireland, consisting of 16 or 20 sail, are permitted to go no more than six leagues from land.
The British squadron under the command of Sir Sidney Smith, had fell in with 12 sail of gun boats, and a corvette bound to the southward; he destroyed the gun boats and brought off the corvette.
There was a duty of 2s. per barrel on all American flour. A general embargo was hourly expected.
LONDON, October 29.
Should the enemy succeed in effecting a landing on our shores, it is reported that the King will hoist the royal standard, and exhibit himself to his people at the head of his army. Should it ever come to this, the hand of every man in the country will be with his majesty,—their hearts he has already—Few will be left at home except our aged, our infirm, our women and our children.
The Ainsley privateer of Liverpool has captured two valuable prizes, one from the isle of France valued at 120,000 pounds sterling.
The most of the homeward bound fleet from Jamaica, had arrived in England and Scotland.
PARIS, October 16.
The preparations for the expedition against England are continued with unabated activity; there will be no thought of peace, till the decision of the great scene now preparing. Two couriers have arrived here from Madrid; one to the Spanish ambassador the Chevalier Azarra, and the other to the Minister Talleyrand.—Spain is now unanimous with France with respect to the measures now to be taken: We shall soon see the consequences of our union in a war against England. The gun boats, provided with heavy pieces of Artillery, which are built according to the directions of the counsellor of state Tarlois, are much preferable to those built towards the close of the last war. A vessel is building at St. Maloes, for the First Consul.
October 12.
It is determined, we are assured, that Bonaparte will place himself at the head of the expedition against England, and go on board one of the landing vessels. A plan has lately been laid before the Council of state for fitting out a large number of flat-bottomed boats, which will be fastened together with iron chains, and will carry a great number of men. Bonaparte is establishing a marine guard, to consist of chosen sailors who will form the crew on board of the vessel on which he embarks.
AMSTERDAM, October 15.
In our Courant, it is said, under the head Paris, that the Russian envoy, Count Marloff, has given a note to the French government, signifying that his court will not see with indifference the march, of the French troops through Spain, to take possession of Portugal.
MILAN, September 26.
The English are fitting out an expedition at Malta with the utmost dispatch. Many of the Maltese have been compelled to serve in it. It is supposed that its destination is against the Island of Elba, partly to cut off the trade of Liguria and Tuscany, and partly to deprive the French fleet of any place of refuge if it should venture to put to sea from Toulon.
DOMESTIC INTELLIGENCE.
RALEIGH, (N. C.) Dec. 5.
A bed of Gold Ore has lately been discovered in Carbarrus County , in this state, in a Creek running through the land of Mr. John Reed, a native of Hesse Cassel, in Germany, which promises to be a source of great riches to the proprietor. The metal was first found by two or three children of Mr. Reed, who were fishing. They brought a few pieces home to their father, as a curiosity, ignorant of its value. On examination, the ore was found not only to be Gold, but Gold of a very pure quality. Since this discovery, these little boys have picked up daily from 100 to 120-penny weights (worth upwards of 20l. sterling) but the proprietor has lately found a lump of the ore twenty eight pounds weight, which it is supposed, when fluxed will yield twenty seven pounds of pure Gold, and is worth upwards of five thousand six hundred dollars. The facts are assured to us by one of the members of our General Assembly from Carbarrus , now in this city, who has in his possession two specimens of this precious metal, one as it is found and the other as purified.
CONGRESS of the UNITED STATES.
IN SENATE, December 14.
The bill to repeal the act entitled "An act to establish an uniform system of Bankruptcy throughout the United States," was read the third time. It was supported by Messrs. Breckenridge, Cocke, Logan, Venable and Butler; and opposed by Messrs. S. Smith and Wright. It passed in the affirmative—Yeas 17—Nays 12.
The Yeas and Nays were as follows: YEAS —Messrs. Anderson, Breckenridge, Butler, Cocke, Dayton, Ellery, Franklin, Hillhouse, Logan, Maclay, Olcot, Pickering, Plumer, Potter, J. Smith, Venable, and Worthington.
NAYS —Messrs. Adams, Armstrong, Baile, Baldwin, Bradley, Brown, Condit, J. Smith, S. Smith, Tracy, White, and Wright.
The above bill only requires the signature of the President to be a law.
TREASURY DEPARTMENT, November 4th, 1803.
SIR, I have the honor to transmit, herewith, a report and estimates of the appropriations which appear to be necessary for the service of the year 1804; also a statement of the receipts and expenditures at the treasury of the United States, for one year preceding the first day of October, 1803.
I have the honor to be, Very respectfully, Sir, Your obedient servant, ALBERT GALLATIN. The Hon. Speaker of the House of Representatives.
REPORT.
The Secretary of the Treasury respectfully Reports to the House of Representatives of the United States,
That for the service of the year 1804, the following appropriations, as detailed in the estimates herewith transmitted, appear to be necessary.
   Dolls. Cts.     For the civil list, or the support of government, including the contingent expenses of the several departments and offices, the sum of 564,308 63   For Miscellaneous expences, viz.   For the payment of grants and annuities, 1,500   For military pensions, 98,000   For the support of the mint establishment, 9,400   For the support of light houses, bouys, beacons and public piers and other establishments for the security of navigation, 60,451 33   For defraying the expences of surveying the public lands south of the state of Tennessee, 10,000   For satisfying miscellaneous claims, 4,000   For furniture for the President's house being the unexpended balance of former appropriations, 175 17   183,496 50   For the expences of intercourse with Foreign Nations, viz.   For the diplomatic department, 46,550   For the expences incident to the intercourse with the Barbary powers, 100,000   For aid to distressed seamen in foreign countries, 10,000   For prosecuting claims in relation to captures, 3,350   159,900   For Military Departments, viz.   For the pay, forage, subsistence and clothing of the army, bounties, hospital, transportation, and contingent expences, 677,954 21   For fortifications, arsenals, magazines and armories, 109,896 88   For the Indian department, 75,500   863,351 02   For the Naval Establishment, viz.   For the expences of 2 frigates, 2 brigs & 3 schooners in actual service, 354,091 53   For the expences of 11 frigates in ordinary, and for the half-pay of officers not in actual service, 154,720 17   For ordnance, 5,000   For the support of marine corps, 80,933 58   For completing the marine barracks at W. City, 3,534 72   For improving navy yards, wharves, and docks, 52,000   650,000   Total amount, 2,421,056 27  
Amounting in the whole, to two millions four hundred and twenty-one thousand and fifty six dollars and twenty-seven cents.
The fund out of which appropriations may be made for the purposes before mentioned are,
First. The sum of six hundred thousand dollars of the proceeds of duties on imports and tonage, which will accrue in the year 1804, which sum is, by law annually reserved for the support of government.
Secondly. The surplus of the revenue and income of the United States, which may accrue to the end of the year 1804, after satisfying the objects for which appropriations have been heretofore made.
The Secretary also transmits a statement of the receipts and expenditures of the United States, for the year prior to the first of October last, being the largest period to which an account can be prepared.
All which is respectfully submitted. ALBERT GALLATIN. Treasury Department, } November 4th 1803. }
MARTINSBURG, December 23.
Married on the evening of the 18th instant, Mr. JAMES FAULKNER to Miss SALLY MACKET , both of Martinsburg.
On the same evening, Mr. WILLIAM SCOTT to Miss POLLY HANNAH .
The time for which John Taylor, esq. was appointed Senator of this state in the Congress of the United States, by the Executive, to supply the vacancy occasioned by the death of Stephen T. Mason, esq. having expired, and Mr. Taylor having declined to serve longer, Abraham B. Venable, esq. was on Wednesday last unanimously elected by the General Assembly in the room of Mr. Taylor.
On Monday the Amendment to the Constitution respecting the election of a President and Vice-President was reported to the house of representatives by the committee of enrolment, when the speaker signed it, and the house passed a resolution requesting the President of the United States to transmit it to the several states. The clerk of the house tarried the amendment, with this resolution, to the Senate for concurrence. The Vice-President having signed the amendment, it was moved on the Federal side of the Senate, that it should be sent to the President for his approbation. On this motion a debate ensued, which occupied the day. By the supporters of the motion, it was contended, that the amendment required the approbation of the President.
On the question being taken by Yeas and Nays, the following gentlemen voted in the affirmative: Messrs. Adams, Hillhouse, Olcott, Pickering, Plumer, Tracey, and White.—Mr. Dayton voted in the negative.—The nays were 23.
The Senate then concurred in the resolution of the house of representatives.
On Tuesday the bill for the repeal of the BANKRUPT LAW was under discussion. A motion was made to postpone its further consideration to the next session, on which, after much debate, the question was taken by Yeas and Nays, and carried in the negative—yeas 13 nays 17. This, we presume, may be considered as an evidence of the probable success of the repealing bill in the Senate.
[Nat. Int.]
It is astonishing how Congress are improving every thing; but the principal theme now, is 'the Constitution.'—Go into any company of Democratic Members, and ask, "what they have been doing?" And the answer is, "we have been mending your Constitution." For this response of a very sensible member, at Stelles' Hotel the other day, a wit replied, "very well, Sir, but who made the hole—for if any thing remains as new, and no hole made in it, there certainly is no occasion to mend it?"—"That's true," replied the Delegate, "but there was a hole in it at first, and that's what we go upon, since Jefferson has been President. "
[Alexandria D. A.]
We would caution our friends and subscribers from making large speculations in Salt, at its present high price; as we understand the Mediterranean squadron is to be immediately recalled, and both them and the national ships in Dry Dock at Washington, ordered up the Mississippi and Missouri, to rendezvous in the neighbourhood of the salt mountain announced by Mr. Jefferson. In the interim, the expedition under Captain Lewis will have engaged "our Indian brethren" of that vicinity, in digging a canal from the latter river to the base of the mountain; so that the

ships may moor alongside and be freighted with that useful commodity of which, as we are assured on "the testimony of several respectable and enterprising traders," this invaluable mountain is composed. The effect these arrangements must necessarily have in reducing the prices of salt, our readers, no doubt, will duly appreciate.
[New-Haven Visitor.]
Extract of a letter from Lexington, Kentucky, dated December 1.
"A gentleman who passed through town on Tuesday evening, from Tennessee, states, that the two thousand militia, who were ordered by government to equip and hold themselves in readiness, to march by the 20th of this month, were attending to orders, and that five hundred had already gone to head quarters."
Extract of a letter from a respectable house in Natchez, dated 22d November.
"Every preparation is making to take possession of Orleans; about 600 men under Gen. Wilkinson will leave this for that place in six or eight days. Mr. C. C. Claiborne and General Wilkinson are appointed commissioners to receive the ceded territory, and Mr. C. C. Claiborne Governor and Intendant of Louisiana for the time being. No opposition is expected to the taking possession of the country."
A gentleman who arrived at New York in the ship Patty, from New Orleans, informs us, that on the 20th ult. he met in the river a Spanish corvette from Havana, bound up to N. Orleans having on board 150,000 dollars, in part payment of the colonial debt. He learned from this corvette, that the Spanish government did not intend to give up Louisiana. [N. Y. Gaz.]
The brewers of Southwark (says a London paper) have marshalled their draymen into a bull work, for the defence of their breweries against the enemy in case of invasion; Sir John Barleycorn is to have a leading command. The French it seems have heard what mighty deeds are done by beer, and have been long brewing mischief against the manufactures of this article but the brewers worked up to valor, & fermenting with rage against the foe, would soon turn their backs upon the threateners. The gallant draymen, espousing the cause of their masters, are determined to convince Buonaparte they are as good marksmen at a butt as the best of his sharpshooters. His threats, they say, are all froth, and if ever he, or his meagre troops, come within reach of their barrels, they shall be tapped to a certainty, and get such a mashing as they never before experienced. They swear they will peg them to their heart's content, without any grains of mercy, and thus show them the difference between soup maigre and brown stout.
One of our latest London papers says, "It is a proud circumstance, as indicative of the disposition of the people, and of their just conception of the cause at issue, that the Cinque ports alone, of which Mr. Pitt is Lord Warden, have given for the support of their country, one hundred and fifty vessels, mounting carronades, (from 12 to 21 pounders,) which are navigated, and if occasion offers, will be fought without any expense to the state."
From the New-York Gazette.
CALAMITY AT MADEIRA.
This extraordinary event (which we briefly noticed in our paper of yesterday,) happened on Sunday the 9th of October, at 8 in the evening. The day had been previously very cloudy and a continual rain had fallen, accompanied with squalls, which were not violent, until the sun had sunk beneath the horizon, when the sea appeared to be unusually agitated, and such a darkness prevailed, that an object was not discernable at a yards distance—during this progress, every person remained within their houses, in seeming security, and wholly unconscious of that approaching horror which was destined so shortly to sweep them from off the earth!
The clock of the cathedral was striking 8, when an instantaneous storm of terrible lightning and thunder began, and the rain fell in such torrents, that all the cross streets in the eastern part of the city of Funchal, were suddenly filled with mud and water above the first floor of the houses, which was occasioned by its being impeded, in some measure, from its furious descent from the ravines of the mountains into the sea. At this
shocking period the stoutest heart felt appalled; nothing was to be heard but the din of ruin in every direction; hundreds of huge stones, that had been torn from their quarriers on the hills three miles above the town, were tumbling over each other in stupendous concussion, carrying with them, in junction with the deluge, churches, convents, streets, trees, bridges, battlements, and eight hundred human beings into the bottom of the deep. Whenever a flash of lightning penetrated the gloom, were seen mothers wading through the streets, up to their chin in water, holding their infants on their head with one hand, and endeavouring to catch security with the other: while those who endeavoured to assist them, were frequently maimed or killed, by the beams of timber or wine pipes which floated around them; and the sea presented a scene not less awful, though less ruinous; most of the vessels lost their cables, anchors and boats, and many of the seamen were washed overboard. The ships rolled, in some part or another, several feet beneath the water continually, and all the sailors who were there on that dismal night whether Americans, English, or Portuguese, gave themselves up as lost men.
Thus, in so short a space of time as a few minutes were many hundred individuals carried to their eternal home, in the very plenitude of an apparent security; and several thousand reduced from affluence to poverty: and many of them, it is probable, in the indulgence of those imperfections, which constitute our criminality or our folly, and sent to their "unblanched, unanointed, unennealed" Ten thousand pipes of wine and brandy were destroyed, and the sea-shore was skirted on the ensuing morning with millions of fragments, among which the mourning survivors of the calamity were eagerly seeking for the dead remains of their relations or friends. Several days after, the air of Funchal became so putrescent, from the rotting of the bodies that were buried beneath the congregated mud and filth, that a pestilence was apprehended: but in consequence of burning tar and pitch, and other neutralizing combustibles, that scourge was providentially avoided.
It was remarkable that this deluge, in its course, swept away twenty-nine vineyards that were situated on the south west side of the city; and so decisive was the ruin, that it tore up the trees by the roots, and bore away not only them, but all the cottages, with their inhabitants, the ground, cattle and appurtenances, and left the rocky basis, as bare of vegetation as the rocks of Norway. All this assemblage of objects, were whirled into the Ribeira Brava, or mad river, and ingulphed nearly the whole of the small town which bears that name.
In this wreck of matter, there was but one human creature saved, and that was an infant in a wooden cradle, which was lodged among some reeds on the side of the declivity, and when discovered on the ensuing day, was in a profound sleep; This unconscious infant was saved from its ignorance of fear, as it is in the nature of fear to counteract its own desires.
All the vessels that arrived at Funchal, for several weeks after this miserable occurrence, gave an account of the dead bodies, casks, and boxes which they had seen floating many miles off at sea; and it is believed that some of the crew were considerably enriched by the contents of many of the trunks.
The small town of Machico, was likewise ruined by this singular tempest, and many lives were lost there also; which leads to a supposition, that the lamented event was occasioned by a waterspout, that had burst against the side of the mountain, and discharging itself down the gullies, produced those afflictive and sudden disasters, that all feeling persons must deplore; and which, whenever recollected, should operate to remind us of our frailty and our responsibility and make us live well that we may die happily.
This is admitted to be the greatest civic evil, that has happened since the earth-quake of Lisbon in 1734, and was the most tragical, of its nature, that ever happened. Had the younger Pliny been on the spot, it would have been adequately detailed.
The property destroyed has been estimated at upwards of a million of pounds sterling.
The following account of Madeira is from Brooke's Gazetteer.
MADERA, is an Island of the Atlantic Ocean, 120 miles in circumference and 240 N by E of Teneriff. In 1419, when the Portuguese, under the patronage of prince Henry, had made their second voyage to their recently-discover-
ed island of Porto Santo, they observed, toward the S. a fixed spot in the horizon, like a small black cloud. By degrees, they were led to conjecture that it might be land, and steering toward it, they arrived at a considerable island, uninhabited, and covered with wood, which, on that account, they called Madeira. Prince Henry, the next year, settled a colony here, and not only furnished it with the seeds, plants, and domestic animals, common in Europe, but he procured slips of the vine from Cyprus, the rich wines of which were then in great request, and plants of the sugar-cane from Sicily, into which it had been lately introduced. These threw so prosperously, that the sugar and wine of Madeira quickly became articles of some consequence in the commerce of Portugal; and its wine, in particular, is now in the highest estimation. The scorching heat of summer and the icy chill of winter, are here equally unknown for spring and autumn reign continually, and produce flowers and fruit throughout the year. The cedar tree is found in great abundance, and is extremely beautiful: most of the ceilings and furniture at Madeira are made of that wood, which yields a very fragrant smell. The dragon tree is a native of this island. Flowers nursed in the English greenhouses grow wild here in the fields; the hedges are mostly formed of myrtles, roses, jessamine, and honeysuckle, in everlasting blossom, while the larkspur, fleur-delis, lupin, &c. spring up spontaneously in the meadows. Few reptiles are to be seen in the island: the lizard is the most common. Funchal is the capitol.
Departed this life, on Sunday the 11th inst. at his seat in Dorchester county (Maryland) after a short illness, William Vans Murray, esq. late minister from the United States at the Hague, and minister plenipotentiary to the French republic. As a statesman, Mr. Murray stood high, and filled with integrity the several departments which his country had confided to his trust—particularly in bringing about the settlement of the late unhappy difference that existed between the United States and the French republic.
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THE subscriber respectfully informs his customers and the public generally, that he still continues to practice PHYSIC, SURGERY, MIDWIFERY, &c. and asserts, that from his long, attentive and extensive practice in the above arts, that he is thereby enabled to execute with accuracy any operation thereof that he may be required to perform; and farther asserts, that where nature is sufficient to co-operate with art, that it shall not be from inattention in him, or misapplication in his Medical services, that will in any way prevent a speedy restoration in those who may be under the necessity of applying for relief, and may please to favour
Their most obedient and Humble Servant, JACOB P. HARRIS.
He has just received a Fresh supply of
MEDICINES AND PAINTS,
ALSO,
A few East and West-India
FRUITS.
(which he will sell low for Cash) such as ORANGES, ALMONDS, FIGGS, RAISONS, Bloom and Common, French PRUNES, &c. &c.
Those indebted to him by accounts of long standing, are earnestly requested to come and discharge their respective dues, as it is inconvenient for him to indulge any longer, he therefore hopes there will be a compliance with this request, otherwise he will be under the disagreeable necessity of having recourse to such means as will be expedient and sure in obtaining payment.
J. P. HARRIS. Martinsburg, December 23, 1803.
NOTICE.
ALL persons indebted to the late concern of James S. Lane, & Co. are requested to come forward and discharge their respective balances. It is hoped, as the request is reasonable, that this notice will be attended to.
JAMES S. LANE. Shepherd's-Town, December 23, 1803
ALL persons who stand indebted to John Reynolds, late of Berkeley County, either by Bond, Note, or Book Account, are desired to come forward and discharge the same before the first day of February next, as no longer indulgence can be given.
DAVID OSBORNE. Jefferson County, December 23, 1803.
TO BE RENTED, CONVENIENT SMITH SHOP and two Sets of TOOLS, with which may be had to hire, a NEGRO MAN that has worked for some time in the Shop. For terms apply to the subscriber. LYDIA JOB.
Middle-Town, Berkeley County, December 23, 1803.
TAKEN up by the subscriber as an estray, a reddish Brindle BULL, with a crop off of the left ear, and a half penny cut off of the under side of the right ear; supposed to be two years old, and appraised to 5 dollars. The owner is desired to prove property, pay charges and take him away.
RUTH THATCHER. Berkeley County, 23rd 11th Mo. 1803.

ABSENT MARY.
Tune—"SELIN'S COMPLAINT."
WHAT the wide expanding space, Now spreads its various front between, Still lovely MARY's beauteous face, Drawn by love's pencil, still is seen. Here on thy faithful DAXON's heart, Thy matchless miniature impress'd, Unites us present, tho' apart, For MARY dwells in DAXON's breast.
Lo! yonder lawn, where oft we've trac'd, The sun declining in the sky, There DAXON with a lover's haste, To meet his MARY oft would fly; And like the sun which sunk below The waving tree top, in the west, With steady heart would rise to know That MARY dwells in DAXON's breast.
The dreary leagues between expand: Tho' yonder lawn in constant change, Wither'd by winter's icy hand, From summer courts another range, Tho' the bright sun inconstant proves, And sinks, new worlds to rouse from rest: Still DAXON MARY only loves,— Still MARY dwells in DAXON's breast.
YESTERDAY.
Say, ye studious, grave, and old, Tell me all ye fair and gay, Tell me whence I may behold The fleeting form of Yesterday.
Where's autumnal plenty fled? Winter, where's thy boisterous sway? Where's the vernal flower sped? Summer, where's thy Yesterday?
Jocund sprites of social joy, Round the smiling goblet play; Fly ye powers of rude annoy, Like the ghost of Yesterday.
Odorous sweet and generous wine, Hither, boy? with speed convey; Jes' mine wreaths with roses twine, Ere they fade like Yesterday.
Brim the bowl and pass it round, Lightly tune the sportive lay, Let the festal hour be crown'd Ere 'tis lost like Yesterday.
EPIGRAM.
Pair'd in wedlock, par'd in life; Husband suited to thy wife; Worthless thou, and worthless she; Strange it is ye can't agree!
THE LAY PREACHER.
"Better is the end of a thing, than the beginning thereof."
Assuredly, said I, with a desponding face, when I dipped my pen into my ink- horn, and expected to bring up a sermon from the bottom, my little flock of read- ers expect that the Pastor will make his weekly visitation; and yet I feel too lan- guid to excuse far, I wish that the task was fulfilled: verily, verily, Solomon, whether you muttered it when building the temple, or thinking of your concu- bines, you never muttered more wisdom, than 'better is the end of a thing, than the beginning thereof.'
Without an invocation to the sons and daughters of indolence, for we all know what would be the language of that fami- ly, should even the persevering and in- dustrious be asked the question, they would refer the querist to Solomon's works for an answer.
Beginning! continued I, is like John Bunyan's hill, so difficult that it would embarrass even a Christian to get fairly over. Beginning! why it is the terror of school-boys and of pretty Miss in her teens; it makes lawyers stammer and lovers timid. I hate to begin my ser- mon; and quoth my grand mother, look- ing at her knitting work, through specta- cles, I would rather foot 10 pair of your blue stockings, than begin one.
But of ending, how many fine sentences could I scribble, had I 'the pen of a ready writer!' How exultingly the Saint talks of 'finishing the faith,' how cheer- ily the labourer swings the scythe when the hay making is done, and how briskly a bridegroom ascends three chamber stairs at once when courtship is at an end. I married a fond couple last week, and, as usual, neglected the wedding sermon, till the eager twain came blushing into my study.—When I joined their hands, I felt pulses beating high, through their white gloves and eyes sparkle expressive- ly, when I extemporised them 'better is the end of a thing, than the beginning thereof.'
One of my parishioners, a very indus- trious and thriving cobbler, who supports a wife, 'nine small children, and one at the breast,' by his labour of leather, I knew him 'even from his boyish days.' At fourteen he sang wicked ballads to his fellow apprentices, drank raw rum, in a frolic, out of old shoes of the shop, and burnt the boots of the customers. At twenty-one three benevolent maidens complained of him to the 'squire,' and he was obliged to pawn his freedom suit, to indemnify the parish. He next commen- ced a roaring blade, drank flip before breakfast, laid out his heel tap money in tobacco, and the tavern clock struck one, when he told the last negro story. At length, he picked up Dr. Franklin's 'Poor Richard,' and found this was not 'The way to Wealth.' He broke his mug, threw away his box, bought stock, earned money, kept it and married. I stopt at his shop, a few mornings since, at sunrise to try on a pair of shoes. As soon as the noise of six of his journey- men's hammers ceased, I could not forbear comparing the past with the present. Ah, said I, looking wishfully at his last, and the waxed thread he was twining, and thinking that St. Gregory, St. Austin, and all the fathers of the church have pun- ned, ah, Mr. Crispin, how much more profitable is your end, than your begin- ning.
Paley, an archdeacon of the church, and what is much better, a worthy man, tells us, in his book of philosophy, that there is a great difference between begin- ning with a thousand pounds, and ending with a hundred and so of the reverse.— It is of much more import therefore, if we mean to end well, that we should be- gin tolerably. I know no better begin- ning for a young man, than a stock of ho- nesty, prudence and industry; it is bet- ter than a stock in a shop, or a thousand pounds from a rich father.—
If a man should take it into his head to begin with knavery and theft, it cannot be dissembled though the words of Solo- mon are against me, that there are igno- minious ends, and if hemp grew in Jeru- salem, he ought to know it, if not, I proceed to inform him that a rope's end is one of the most pitiful terminations in life. Neither 'better' nor best can be predicted of such an 'end,' even by the accuracy of his logic. 'Tis a vile end; and, you trickish jockies, be not so hasty in putting off your spavined horses, for double their worth to the believing buyer. Lame as they are you may be willing to avail yourself of their imperfect speed, to convey you to the Genesee. Better that the Lake fever should be your end, than the gallows.
When my spirits are the victims of the east wind, when one of my agonising head aches disturb the palace of my soul, when my when my small salary is scantily and grudgingly paid, or, when remembrance of false friends, ingratitude presses strongly upon me, I then read the third chapter of Job, and exclaim, better is the end of life than the beginning. Some there are who are perpetually crowned with rose-buds of delights, before they are withered, who 'eat and drink and enjoy the good of their labour,' and then 'rise up to play.' To this class existence has abundant charms, and their airy fancies, pleased with the 'beginning of life's days' put far away the 'end.' But it may be made a very serious question whether the majority would not pronounce the words of the text as a creed. He who is poor or miserable, blind or naked, must certainly wish for better accommodations, where he could be well paid, fed, and enjoy perfect vision.—To such an unfortunate, such a smoky house as he inhabits must be offensive; and if you convince his reason that in 'a house not made by hands,' more airy and gladsome apartments are prepared his feelings will rejoice when his mortal lease expires, and he will apply and believe the above quot- ed words of Solomon.
[PORT-FOLIO.]
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TAKEN up by the subscriber, liv- ing on James Mendenhall's plan- tation, two estray HOGS, both bar- rows, about three years old, one of which is marked in the near ear with a crop and swallow fork and two small bits out of the under part of the off ear; the other one has both ears cropped, and the near one with a slit in it; the two being appraised to seven dollars. The owner is desired to prove property, pay charges and take them away.
IGNATIUS QUADE. December 9, 1803.
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Meminger & Cooper
Have removed their Store from the house next to the Globe Inn, to the old stand formerly occupied by P. Nadenboush, & Co. at which place they now offer for sale, in addition to their former stock, a number of
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They will not assert that their Goods are extraordinarily cheap, but hope those who favour them with their custom, will be inclined to continue.
GRUBB'S
BAR-IRON.
At six dollars for 112lbs. to be had of them, and a general assortment of FINE-GROVE CASTINGS.
WHEAT, RYE, CORN, OATS, FLAX-SEED, and clean LINEN and COTTON RAGS, bought, or taken in payment for Goods.
Martinsburg, October 14, 1803.
The Subscribers have just received a general assortment of
CASTINGS,
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THOMAS SMITH, & Co.
November 25, 1803.
August term, 1803.
HAMPSHIRE COUNTY, ss.
LEWIS MOORE,
AGAINST
JAMES DAILEY.
In CHANCERY.
THIS day came the Complainant by his Counsel, and it appearing to the Court that the defendant is not an inhabitant of this Commonwealth, it is ordered that the defendant do appear here on the second Tuesday in February next, to answer the complainant's bill, and that a copy of this order be forth- with inserted in the Berkeley and Jef- ferson Intelligencer, and continued for two months successively, and also be posted up for two months successively at the door of the Court House of this Coun- ty.
A Copy. Teste, ANDREW WODROW, C. H. C.
Valuable PROPERTY for sale.
TO be sold or rented, the Plantation whereon I now live, containing 267 acres, a part of which is sown down with wheat and rye. There are several springs in convenient situations, two of which are strongly impregnated with sul- phur. On this place are a good Apple Orchard, and about 12 acres of Timothy Meadow, and more can be made. Two convenient dwelling houses, one of them two stories high, the other one and an half. Also a new Merchant Mill, and Saw Mill, working under a 19 feet fall on Sleepy Creek, with two overshot water wheels; the Grist Mill has one pair of French Burrs, and one pair of Alleghany stones, 4 1-2 feet diameter. The stream on which the Mill stands is navigable.— Timber is floated down to the Mill, from the upper country, and plank, &c. can be rafted from the Mill down to the river Potomak. This property is situate 6 miles from the Potomak river, and 4 miles from Bath, Berkeley County, Vir- ginia. The terms, &c. may be known by applying to the subscriber.
FREDERICK SNYDER.
April 29, 1803.
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