Norfolk gazette and publick ledger (Norfolk [Va.]), 1805-06-06 00:00:00

FOR FREIGHT OR CHARTER, The new and fast sailing Ship NATIVE, LEVI PETERSON, Master:—
WANTED TO CHARTER, A BRITISH SHIP of 250 to 300 Hogsheads—And
FOR FREIGHT OR CHARTER, The Brig EQUATOR, HENRY MOORE, Master:—
FOR DUBLIN, The fine American Ship YORKSHIRE, WILLIAM LEE, Master:—
WANTED FOR WASHINGTON, A VESSEL Calculated to carry about 2000 Cubick Feet
FOR FREIGHT, OR CHARTER, The Brig JOANNA, JEREMIAH BLANCHARD, Master:—
FOR SALE, On board the Ship ROB A BETSEY, Captain RICHARDSON,
FOR FREIGHT OR CHARTER, The fast sailing British Letter of Marque Ship LADY NELSON,
DOCTOR HODGES, OFFERS TO LEASE Two Lots of Ground on Rothery's Lane,
THE SUBSCRIBERS Offer for Sale at their Warehouse on Commerce-Street Wharf,
NOW LANDING, From on board the Schooner Mercury, Captain Smith, from Surinam,
A Choice Parcel of MOLASSES. For Sale by John Brown, Rothery's Wharf.
A few Dozen Bottles CASTOR OIL. April 24. tf 621
WHO HAS THIS DAY LANDING, From the Ship Charleston, Capt. Hall from Liverpool.
INTENDING to leave the United States for a few months, my business will be transacted during my absence, by Messrs. R. C. JENNINGS & Co.—
LANDING ON NEWTON'S WHARF, AND FOR SALE BY THE SUBSCRIBER, 75 Hhds. PRIME SUGAR.
COCKE & SANFORD, Have received for the Charleston from Liverpool, COLERAIN LINENS,
THE SUBSCRIBERS HAVE FOR SALE, ON THEIR WHARF, 70,000 Weight Prime Jamaica, 40,000 do. Porto Rico,
THE Subscriber intends applying at the Bank of Virginia, for Certificates of One Hundred and Fifty-Nine Shares of Stock,
I WISH TO PURCHASE From Sixty to Eighty Cords of Oak Bark, To be delivered at Salters,
THE LOTTERY FOR THE BENEFIT OF WILLIAM & MARY COLLEGE, Will Re-commence Drawing Tomorrow,
TO RENT, A large and commodious Brick House, eligibly situated on Wide and Little Water Streets,
FOR SALE, The Cargo of the Ship GEORGE, Capt. Read, from Honduras—viz
COTTON. FOR SALE—A-FLOAT, On board the Schooner Federal Republican, Captain Taylor, from Savannah,
THE SUBSCRIBER Having opened Tavern in the EXCHANGE COFFEE HOUSE, will be glad to take in TEN OR TWELVE GENTLEMEN BOARDERS
REMOVAL. JAMES TUCKER, Has removed to No. 1, HOLT'S LANE, near MAIN-STREET,
NOW LANDING, On Rothery's Wharf, from on board the Brig Ann Elizabeth, Capt. Williams, from Antigua,
SAMUEL SAUNDERS & Co. Have taken the Store lately occupied by Messrs. John Roake & Co.
WILLIAM KNOX, HAS FOR SALE, ON MAXWELL'S WHARF, 550 Bbls. Fine and Superfine FLOUR—superior quality
FOR SALE, 250 Barrels Superfine, 250 do. Fine, 100 do. X Midlings,
FOR SALE, 12 Puncheons ANTIGUA RUM, 15 do. GRENADA do.
FOR SALE, 250 Barrels Superfine, 250 do. Fine, 100 do. X Midlings,
OILS, PAINTS & WINDOW GLASS, Of all kinds, colours, and sizes. For sale by
July 8. tf 3 N. Gregory,
SPRING AND SUMMER GOODS. RICHARD TAYLOR, Has received from London per the Ship Dumfries, Captain Beard,
FOR SALE—BY THE SUBSCRIBERS, 50 Hhds. Petersburg TOBACCO, of good quality and wts.
FOR SALE, BY WILLIAM B. LAMB, 30 Puncheons St. Vincent RUM, 13 Hogsheads and 28 Tierces SUGAR.
NOW LANDING, From on board the Brig Andross Coggin, from Guadalupe, and Schooner Ploughboy, from Havana.
WILL BE LANDED Tomorrow Morning on Gibson's Wharf, 35 Puncheons of Antigua RUM,
FOR SALE, BY C. & F. WHITTLE. 300 barrels Superfine FLOUR, 70 hogsheads Prime Richmond TOBACCO.
JACOB KLEIN, 6-4 and 4-4 Cotton Cambricks, Fine Cravat do. Plain Black and Embossed do.
WANTED, Two Hundred Cords Wharf Wood, For which a generous price will be given. Apply to
A Negro Woman, and two Male Children, WILL BE SOLD LOW, If applied for in a few days—Inquire at the Office of the Ledger.
THE Mail Stage will leave Petersburg on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, at 1 o'clock A. M.
TO RENT. THE Store, Cellar, and Compting Room, No. 41, Main-Street, at present occupied by Messrs. GILLIAT & MACKINDER.
NORFOLK HOTEL. THE Subscriber informs his friends and the publick, that he has opened an HOTEL in that convenient house
FOR SALE, 30 Hhds. prime Richmond TOBACCO, and 100 Barrels NAVY BREAD—now a-Float.
PRESTON'S ILLUSTRATIONS. The Subscribers to Richards's Edition of Preston's Illustrations of Masonry,
March 27. tf 841
IRISH LINENS. THE SUBSCRIBER Has received in addition to his London Goods, a large assortment of Irish Linens, Sheetings, Diapers, Dowlas, Hardware, &c.
LANDING ON NEWTON'S WHARF, From on board the Schooner Union, Captain Baker, from New Providence,
FOR SALE, 100 Crates well assorted EARTHENWARE, 12 Casks do. GLASSWARE.
NOW LANDING From on board the Brig Fame, from Havana, and Schooner Lydia, from Antigua,
REMOVAL. THE SUBSCRIBERS Have removed from MAIN-STREET, to their NEW FIRE-PROOF WAREHOUSE,
GILLIAT & MACKINDER, Have received their assortment of SPRING GOODS, By the ship DUMFRIES, from London.—Assorted Packages for exportation, entitled to drawback.
COCKE & SANFORD, NO. 40, MAIN-STREET. Have imported in the Ship Dumfries, from London, an extensive assortment of useful and fashionable SPRING GOODS:
I HAVE JUST RECEIVED, 63 Boxes Baltimore WINDOW GLASS, different sizes—Also, 1000 Gunny BAGS,
MARTIN FISK, HAS FOR SALE, 300 Sacks Fine Liverpool SALT, 30 Chests Hyson and Hyson Skin TEAS—of a very late importation,
MADAME COULON, NOUVELLEMENT arrivée dans cette ville, à l'honneur de prévenir le public, qu'elle montre à pincer de la HARPE.—Les personnes qui voudront l'honorer de leur confiance, trouveront en elle toute la douceur et l'amabilité qui convient à enseigner aux jeunes demoiselles.
MRS. COULON, LATELY arrived in this Borough, takes the liberty of informing the Publick, that she teaches to play on the HARPE.—Those who may honour her with their confidence, will experience all the tenderness and attention which are requisite in those who undertake the instruction of Young Ladies
One Hundred Dollars Reward. RUNAWAY from our Cooperage, a Negro Man named HAL, by some called HENRY. He is about 25 years old, about 5 feet 9 inches high, his face inclining to the colour of a mulatto,

Legislators.—A motion was made during the last session, in the house of representatives, of the United States, which one of the wise-heads wished to have referred to the Committee of Commerce and Manufactures, but not being much of an orator, or, like Friend Sloane of New-Jersey, not wishing to speak on a subject he did not understand, he wrote on a piece of paper, and handed it to a friend—“Ref. r too that kumyte of Kumarse and Manufak-turs.”—Something of the same stamp was the member of the last house of delegates of Virginia. A gentleman had made a motion which this learned lawgiver did not understand, and therefore requested to have it explained. This was very reasonable, and another member, equally wise, rose and observed, that “he begged leave, in reply to the gentleman from —, to state that the motion now before the house had been predicated—” “O, sir, said this modern Solomon, I am perfectly satisfied; I did not know, sir, that the motion had been predicated; if I had known, sir, that the motion had been predicated, I should not have said a word on the subject”—Here are two precious specimens of American Legislators!
DRAWINGS IN THE LOTTERY FOR THE BENEFIT OF WILLIAM & MARY COLLEGE.
Eleventh Day.
Prizes of 15 dollars.
No's. 4936 765 621 6567 5726 2149 852 822 5627 6952 2747 170 271 4950 1204 3811 866 4899 4295 7605 1482 5007 1991 4435.
Twelfth Day.
Prizes of 500 dollars.—Nos. 5244 7695.
Prizes of 15 dollars.
Nos.—717 768 1542 5973 1458 7570 4050 3762 2943 4144 5702 7637 3202 4029 5371 5071 7107 6586 3590 7443 4016 1251 6121 1167 6349 5097
THE MANIACK.
We sometime ago republished the beautiful ballad of Ellen O'Moore, from the pathetic pen of Mr. Burke, author of the History of Virginia. The last stanza of it ends with these lines—
And now a poor maniac she roams the wild common, 'Gainst the soldiers of Britain she warns ev'ry woman, And sings of her father in strains more than human; 'Till tears overpow'r poor Ellen O'Moore.
This speaking picture appears to have suggested the following stanzas; which, though they certainly do not equal, are, for pathos and sentiment, not unworthy of being considered as a sequel to the melancholy story of the unfortunate Ellen. We do not pretend to say with what justice they have been attributed to the late Mrs. Robinson.
As I fray'd o'er a common on Cork's rugged border, While the dew drops of morn the sweet primrose array'd, I saw a poor female, whose mental disorder Her quick-glancing eye and wild aspect betray'd: On the few and the reclu'd, by the green form surrounded; At her wild speckled dafies and crow-flowers abound; To its inmost recesses her poor brain had been sound; Her Bights were swooning—'twas Ellen O'Moore.
Extract of a letter from an officer of the American squadron, to his friend in Petersburg, dated on board the Essex, Syracuse harbour, Nov. 9, 1804.
“William Eaton, (our former consul at Tunis) has sailed in the brig Argus for Egypt: he is to co-operate with the brother of the bashaw—the dethroned bashaw is to raise an army against his brother, who usurped his government.
“Report says the Dey of Algiers has threatened to burn our squadron.—We are vigilant—we keep a boat rowing about the mouth of the harbour (night and day) to give notice to all vessels coming in.”
Extract of a letter from Bourdeaux, to a respectable mercantile house in Boston, dated April 4, 1805.
“A new law has appeared under the date of the 30th Ventose (21st March) authorizing the seizure and confiscation of all colonial produce imported in foreign ships, which shall not be accompanied with certificates of the French Commercial Agent, certifying that it is not the production of any colony or country under the dominion of Great Britain. It will be rigorously enforced, even against vessels coming from ports where no such agent resides.—This law is supplementary to one of the same nature, of the 1st Messidor, 11th year, (20th June,) but more severe in its dispositions, as there was a modification in the latter, by which an exportation of an equal value in French manufactured goods, within the three months following the importation was to be considered as an exemption from all penalties, seizures, or confiscations; but this privilege is no longer allowed. Although this regulation is of little consequence to your port, where you are in habits of
accompanying every shipment with the document here exacted, yet a knowledge of its existence may be necessary to the neighbouring ports, where no Commercial Agent resides.”
Extract of a letter from an Officer on board the Revenue Cutter, dated Balize, April 13 1805.
“Shortly after we sailed down to the Balize, and lay there for some time—the 16th inst. news came to us by the pilots, that there were 2 Providence privateers off the mouth of the river, boarding & plundering all vessels that went out or came in; and had actually taken possession of the schooner Felicity, from Campêche bound to New Orleans, American property, within two miles of the land, at a P. M. The Captain went ashore at the Block House, and got eleven volunteers, which made our complement of men twenty-nine, as we had but eighteen souls on board, and the privateers were full of men, and had 8 twelve pounders. At half past two we got under weigh, every man to his quarters, and cleared the decks for action. At three P. M. got within shot, and fired a signal gun at the Felicity, which she paid no attention to. At half past three, fired 2 more guns which she did not mind. The privateer close alongside of her, and not willing to give her up, we round ed too and gave the privateer a broadside, which she returned.—The other coming up, they kept up a heavy firing, which we did also for one hour, when they steered off, and abandoned the Felicity, which we immediately took possession of, and brought her close under the land, where the action commenced, and came to anchor. We were obliged to lie by our quarters all night. We had no damage done to the cutter; not one shot struck us. But I believe one of the privateers sustained a good deal of damage. The Felicity was close by the scene all the time, and observed our shot fall on board of them.
“The supercargo of the Felicity, bro't on board the Cutter dolls 12, 500 to be secure, and there was about dolls 17,000 more in the hold, which he could not get at. The vessel and cargo are worth about dolls 35,000, which I expect we shall have a salvage on for re-capturing her.”
N. Y. Ev. Post.
Address of the Members of the three monthly Meetings of Friends in the city of Philadelphia.
Our minds have been sorrowfully affected under the consideration of the many failures and bankruptcies which in latter times have taken place among us, to the wounding of the testimony of truth, the reproach of our Christian profession, and the ruin and distress of individuals and families. Of the causes which have led thereto we do very fully disapprove, and declare our disunity with; and as we seriously wish that more instances of this kind may be avoided, we think it right to warn and caution all against improperly grasping after the things of this world, and engaging in hazardous undertakings out of the counsel and wisdom of truth, whereby they may be rendered incapable of being punctual to their promises, and just in the payment of their debts.
Repeated and solitary advices have been given, both publicly and in private, which if attended to, would have preserved many who have fallen into great straits and difficulties. Many causes which might be enumerated have contributed to produce these sorrowful effects; but there is one that has particularly engaged our attention, to wit, The practice of giving and taking promissory notes, called accommodation paper, and endorsing them one for another, and thus improperly becoming sureties, sometimes even to a greater amount than such parties are capable of paying. How much better would it be, to be contented with such trade and business as are within the reach of our capitals; and never to enter into any engagements or promises without providing funds of our own to comply with them punctually.
We are also engaged to caution every individual against frequently endorsing for others; for by these practices, many innocent wives and children have been inevitably and unexpectedly involved in ruinous and deplorable circumstances.—We, therefore, earnestly desire Friends to keep strictly on their guard, that none through any specious pretences of rendering acts of friendship to others with safety to themselves, may risk their own peace and reputation, and the security of their families; in order hereunto, we recommend the salutary advice of the wise man to their special notice and regard.—“Be not thou one of them that strike hands, or of them that are sureties for debts; if thou hast nothing to pay, why should he take away thy bed from under thee?”
Finally, dear Friends, we recommend all to attend carefully to the principle of grace and truth in their own minds, which is sufficient to preserve and keep us from falling; which leads to do justly, love mercy, and walk humbly.
Signed, by appointment, on behalf of the said meetings, respectively held the 26th, 27th, and 29th of the third month, 1805.
David Bacon, John Parrish, Jacob Tompkins, John Elliot, Nicholas Walsh, Daniel Drinkwater.
BOSTON, MAY 24.
By the arrival of the ship Hamilton, captain Porter, in 32 days from Amsterdam, we have been favoured with the Amsterdam Courant, to the 18th ult. from which we select the following articles.
(Translation.)
HAGUE, APRIL 15.
This day commenced the session of the legislative body, for the present year, which was opened in the usual manner.
On the latter part of last week, the former governor of the island of Currazoa, J. Lanfer, who gave up that colony, last war, to the English, was brought here under arrest, with some of his principal officers.
We understand that M. Schimmelpennick is expected here the first day of May, to commence his duties in this residency.
PARIS, APRIL 6.
We learn by letters from Madrid, that his Catholic Majesty has not only abandoned his right in prizes which may be taken from the English, but decreed that the captor shall have the privilege of disposing of captured property without paying any duty to the crown. So that the whole amount captured will go the captors.
The Captain General of Catalonia and the Prince of Peace have informed his Majesty, that the Commandant of the city of St. Felix, de Quixols had offered to every family that would furnish a seaman for his Majesty's squadron, three reals a day, during the present war. His Majesty expressed the utmost satisfaction at the generous offer, and sanctioned the engagement.
The day before yesterday His Imperial Majesty (Buonaparte) left this city, with his suite. We hear that he has given to the Pope, a very expensive mitre, and to every Cardinal that accompanied the Pope, a box, with his picture, set in diamonds.
April 10.
We have now ascertained the truth respecting the Fleet having sailed from Brest, by an account from that port, dated March 31, containing the following statement: Admiral Gantheume, wishing to make some experiments with his squadron, for the purpose of exercising his seamen in
certain manoeuvres, put to sea; on discovering his movements, the English squadron took their leave though their force consisted of 18 ships, among which were 3 three deckers. Admiral Gantheume pursued them in line of battle, but finding that they had quit the coast, probably with a view to obtain a reinforcement, he returned into Brest harbour. During three days, which the squadron employed in manoeuvring, no accident happened to the fleet, and every movement was executed with the greatest exactness. Admiral Gantheume has expressed the highest satisfaction at the good order, skill and harmony of his officers and seamen.
* Gantheume's force consisted of 21 sail of the line, 6 frigates and one brig.
April 13.
Information arrived two days since, that the French fleet had again put to sea.
NEW-YORK, MAY 29.
The pilot who conducted the Rochefort squadron from the city of Santo Domingo proceeded with it as far as latitude 25, long. 65, and was then put on board the American schooner —, captain Forsyth, of Norfolk, bound to St. Martins, and landed at St. Bartholomew, where capt. Waterman (who arrived here yesterday from that port) saw and conversed with him. He gave it as his opinion that the squa was on its way to Europe.
Mar. Adv.
A letter from a gentleman in London, under date of the 9th April, to his friend in Philadelphia, mentions, that American premiums had risen in consequence of the capture of American vessels by the Spaniards.
Com. Adv.
PHILADELPHIA, MAY 20.
Extract of a letter from Liverpool, April 11, received by the Warrington.
“We have a rumour that the French and Spaniards intend to capture all neutral vessels, bound, to or from British ports; and that two ships have been already taken.—However this report may be, it has excited the fears of the underwriters.”
FROM THE NATIONAL INTELLIGENCER.
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES.
Thursday, February 21.
HIGH COURT OF IMPEACHMENT.
THE UNITED STATES vs SAMUEL CHASE.
(Mr. Campbell's Speech Concluded from the Ledger of Friday last.)
The next charge to be inquired into is that stated in the third article, in rejecting the evidence of Colonel Taylor a material witness in favour of the defendant, on the pretence that he could not prove the truth of the whole of one charge. In this instance the judge acted contrary to all former precedents in courts of justice, and without the shadow of law or reason to justify his conduct. Not a solitary case could be stated by any of the witnesses of similar conduct in a judge. The rule here adopted, with regard to the admissibility of evidence, would deprive the jury of their undoubted right to decide on the credibility and weight of evidence as well as on the extent to which it proved the matter in question; would transfer in substance this right to the court, and thereby shake to its very centre the fabric so justly admired and held so sacred, of trial by jury. It would make it necessary for the party to present to the court, all the evidence relied upon to make out his case. This evidence, the court or judge would first deliberately examine, compare it with the charges or case to be supported, and if it did not, in his opinion, prove the whole of one charge, or go the whole extent of the case to be established by it, he would reject it, and not permit the very pre-judice that renders this kind of trial so much superior to all others, that of deciding on the weight and credit of evidence. There is a manifest distinction between the right which a judge has to decide upon the admissibility of evidence, on the ground of its being proper or improper according to the established rules of law, and the right here assumed of deciding upon the extent to which such evidence, that is admitted to relate to the matter in question, will go to support the case: the former is the exercise of a proper authority to prevent the admission of extraneous and improper matter, wholly irrelevant to the matter in question; the latter is an arbitrary assumption of power, to decide on the extent to which evidence admitted to be relevant, at least in some degree, would go to prove the matter in question; and is a direct innovation on the most sacred privilege of the jury. Nothing can be more absurd and dangerous, than the consequences that would flow from such a doctrine. The judge would first weigh the evidence himself, measure its extent, reject it at pleasure, and call this a trial by jury. But I must here be permitted to notice the reasoning resorted to by the judge in his answer, to excuse his conduct on this occasion, which is as dangerous and absurd, in its consequences, as it is subtle and evasive. It is stated by the judge, that the plea of justification must answer the whole charge, or it is bad on the demurrer; and that when the matter of defence may be given in evidence without being formally pleaded, the same rules prevail. This doctrine of the judge would require the party to shew, that the evidence he offered would cover the whole of his case, with the same exactness and formality that he would file a plea to avoid its being held bad on a demurrer: thus narrowing down the province of the jury, and subjecting the decision of all the facts as well as the law to the court. There is no rule of law to warrant such a proceeding, and it is manifestly contrary to all reasoning on the subject. The plea, in order to be good, must state matter sufficient to justify that part of the charge or suit to which it is put in: the demurrer admits all the facts stated in the plea that are well pleaded, but cannot admit facts that are not stated in it; therefore the plea must appear to contain sufficient matter of justification, or it will be held bad on demurrer; but no such rule was ever heard of before to apply to evidence offered to a jury. They alone are the proper and only tribunal to decide whether the evidence offered and given is sufficient to prove the whole matter in dispute or not; and if the jury be deprived of this right, there is nothing left them that deserves the name of a trial.
The judge insists, if he was mistaken it was an error of judgment. This cannot be presumed. Ignorance of the law is no excuse in any man; but in a character of such high legal standing and known abilities as that of the accused, it is totally inadmissible and not to be presumed. How could any judge with upright intentions commit so many errors, or hit upon so many mistakes, in the course of one trial, as are manifest in that of Callender. They must have been the result of design, and a predetermined intention to bear down all opposition, in order to convict and punish the defendant.
But it is stated that judge Griffin concurred with him in opinion, and this is insisted upon by the accused in different parts of his answer, as an excuse for the errors he committed, if, as he states, they were errors. This seems to be a kind of forlorn hope resorted to, when all other expedients fail. To this argument of the judge I would in this place answer once for all, that in can be no excuse for him, nor any justification of his offences, that another has been equally guilty with himself; and it must strongly
prove the weakness of his defence to rely upon this ground. Though judge Griffin has not yet been called to an account for his conduct on this occasion, that is no reason why he should not hereafter be made to answer for it. The nation has not said he was innocent, or that he will not be proceeded against for this conduct; and there is no limitation of time that would screen him from the effects of charges of this kind, if they should be brought forward and supported against him hereafter. No ground of excuse therefore can arise from the circumstance of judge Griffin not having been called upon to answer for his conduct in this respect.
I will now proceed to notice very briefly the conduct of the judge in the subsequent part of this trial. Compelling the defendant's counsel to reduce to writing all questions to be asked the witness, was a direct innovation on the practice in our courts of justice, and tended to embarrass the management of and weaken the defence. It is proved by the testimony of all the witnesses, that no such practice ever prevailed in our courts of justice, for such a purpose as that avowed in this instance; the only cases in which it is required to reduce to writing questions to be asked a witness, and the only cases it can be proper or consistent with reason and justice to do so, are those in which an objection is made to a question proposed to be asked, on the ground of its being improper and contrary to the rules of evidence; and in order to ascertain the precise meaning and effect of the question, so as to decide on the objection made to it, it may be proper to require it to be reduced to writing, but it never was before done, so far as we can discover, for the purpose of ascertaining how far the witness could prove the whole of one charge or not, and thereby decide whether the witness should or should not be examined. According to this rule the judge would first try the cause himself upon the evidence offered, by the questions thus reduced to writing, and if he did not consider such evidence fully sufficient to support the whole of the charge or case to which it was offered, he would reject it, and not permit the jury to hear a word of it, let they might consider it stronger than he did, and give it sufficient weight to support the case to which it was offered. This mode of proceeding was left to be discovered and adopted by judge Chase. No other court or judge ever attempted in this manner to trifle with the rights of the jury, and establish a doctrine so tyrannical and oppressive: but this is in perfect conformity with the whole of his conduct on this occasion; a preconcerted system of oppression, to bring the defendant Callender, to certain conviction and punishment. For the same purpose the defendant's counsel were ridiculed, treated with infinity, and the whole audience entertained at their expense. They were frequently and abruptly interrupted in their arguments; and charged with wilfully perverting the law, in order to impose upon and deceive the multitude; called by way of derision, and treated as mere mushrooms of the day, who ought to cringe submissively when they appear before a circuit court in which that honourable judge presided. He was factious, witty, and fickle, as the occasion required; and it is pretended there can be no harm in this; it was all in jest and good humour! It is too serious a matter, Mr. President, for judges thus to jest and trifle with the rights and liberties of the citizen. Though this proceeding was levelled immediately at the counsel, it was the defendant who was the principal object of resentment, who was intended to be made an example of, who felt the injury and became liable to the consequences of such illegal and unjust conduct of the judge.
Barely to notice the conduct of the respondent, at New Castle, in Delaware, as charged in the seventh article, is sufficient to show that he was there acted by the same spirit of persecution and oppression that has, as already stated, marked the whole of his conduct during the course of these transactions. That ——— with the elevated and dignified station in which he was placed as a judge, to hunt for crimes as a common informer against his fellow citizens, urge the jury to take notice of, and present certain persons sufficiently designated, though not named; and press the attorney for the district to search for evidence among the files of Newspapers to support a prosecution, was degrading to the sacred character of a judge, and was perverting the judicial authority to a mere engine of persecution to answer party purposes. Of the same complexion with this is the conduct of the respondent in delivering an inflammatory and disorganizing charge to the grand jury at Baltimore, as stated in the eighth article of the impeachment. This proceeding evinced a mind inflamed by party spirit and political intolerance: it was calculated to disturb the peace of the community, and alarm the people at the measures of government; to force them by the terror of judicial denunciation to relinquish their own political sentiments and adopt those of the judge. This was the favourite object of this whole proceeding, and to obtain it no means were left untried. It was attempted to excite the fears of the publick mind, to destroy the confidence of the people in the administration of their government. The judicial authority was prostituted to party purposes, and the fountains of justice were corrupted by this poisonous spirit of persecution, that seemed determined to hear down all opposition in order to succeed in a favourite object. Citizens of all descriptions felt alarmed at this new and unusual conduct. All the counsel at the bar, wherever the respondent went, though consisting of the ablest and most enlightened in the nation, were agitated into a general ferment, and the whole community seemed shocked at such outrages upon common sense; for, to go to trial was to go to certain conviction. In this, Mr. President, the character that ought to distinguish the judiciary of the United States? No, Sir. The streams of justice that flow from the American bench ought to be as pure as the sun beams that light up the morning. The accused should come before the court, with a well founded confidence that the law will be administered to him with justice, impartiality, and in mercy. When this is the case, he submits without a murmur to his fate, and hears the sentence of condemnation pronounced against him, with a mind that must approve the justice of the law, and the impartiality of those who administer it.
The decision of this cause may from an important era in the annals of our country. Future generations are interested in the event. It may determine a question of great importance to the American people; whether the laws of our country are to govern, or the arbitrary will of those who are entrusted with their administration. Mr. President, we on this important occasion, behold the rights and liberties of the American people hover round this honourable tribunal, about to be established on a firm basis by the decision you will make, or sent afloat on the ocean of uncertainty, to be tossed to and fro by the capricious breath of usurped power and innovation.
LEGAL CHARACTERS.
(The subsequent sketch of an eminent legal character in Maryland, together with its companion piece, which will appear in our next, have rewarded our attention, and will probably attract the attention of the Publick. They are drawn with freedom and fidelity. They are honourable to the Originals, they are honourable to the ingenious Man, who, as we have sufficient reason to believe, is the Delinexior. He is qualified, from his classical attainments and from his skill in forensic studies, to do full justice to the Gentlemen, whom he thus delights to honour. He promises an immediate continuation of his labours, and from our knowledge of his application, as well as his Genius, he has both the inclination and the power to keep his word.

It always affords the Editor a very sensible pleasure to publish the productions, and, as far as his ability or influence can extend, to advance the reputation of the Gentlemen of the Bar . He has many motives for this partiality. He was educated for the Profession, and though the fascination of polite Literature soon seduced him from the study of Jurisprudence, yet he sometimes with a sigh, almost regrets that a youthful, perhaps imprudent passion for the Muses, should have been preferred to a more legitimate and lucrative connexion. He still considers the law as a probable resource, for a mind sufficiently versatile to pass from Cicero to Coke, when Honour or a power still more imperious, may urge the exchange. Possibly, the ut fulget may refresh his sight with a better, if not a brighter hue, than the barren laurel ; a pen idly exercised on the papers of a Port Folio, may be strenuously urged among the courts of a declaration, and a voice too feeble to rouse the Watchmen of the Publick Weal, may be sufficiently audible in the Courts of Justice. In addition to these causes of his attachment to the Gentlemen of the Bar, it is due both to Gratitude and his real for the progress of Polite Literature in America, to declare that to them he is more indebted, both for Literary and lucrative aid, than to any other description of men in the community. Though it might be supposed by an ordinary observer, ignorant of their unswerving industry, and boundless resources, that they were wholly engrossed by the incessant cares of a most laborious Profession, yet so far are such cares from filling the whole measure of their mind, they find time, inclination and abundance of materials for the composition of much of the Polite and Literature of the Country. If there be such a character in America as Alcibiades , you will probably find him in the shape of a Barrister. They are not only the most fluent writers, but the most generous Patrons. They have not only the power to acquire, but the spirit and the liberality to impart; and the Editor is constantly persuaded, that in the murky gloom and darkness, which may be felt, of our night of reprobation, the torch of Literature would either diffuse a useful glare, or even a delusive light, or rather wholly expire, were it not fed and warmed by many a lawyer, who loves its lustre, and who like the matron of Virgil, cherishes the dying flame:— et pia vota ignem .)
FORT FOLIO.
If for Marcus Antonius, the reader should wish to substitute the real name, by doing so, he may behold no very incorrect delineation of the legal accomplishments of—
LUTHER MARTIN ESQ. ATT'Y-GENERAL OF MARYLAND.
Sunt enim summa hodie, quibus illustratur forum ingenua.
QUINT.
During a temporary residence in Maryland, my pursuits often led me to attend the courts of justice. Among the gentlemen of the bar, I found several making rapid advances, in the road to reputation and wealth, but remarked, as I have had occasion to do in most of the other states, a few distinguished lawyers, who were regularly engaged, in all the causes of any magnitude. The characters of the latter, both publick and private, constituted the first object of my inquiries, from the great importance I attach to this kind of knowledge. Some of them I have attempted to delineate in the following sketches, the result of diligent and impartial observation. Particular reasons, which it would be superfluous to detail, have induced me to substitute for their real names, those of the Roman orators, whom they appeared to resemble in the complexion of their eloquence. It will, I hope, be unnecessary to apologize for a frequent recurrence to the authority and text of Cicero, whose precepts and whose example cannot be too often suggested to every candidate for reputation in his art.
The herculean powers of argument which distinguish the most prominent character at the bar of Maryland, induce me to call him Marcus Antonius, an orator, represented by his contemporaries, as no less vigorous and skillful in defence, than vehement, overpowering, and terrible in attack: "Genus hoc Antonii, forte, vehemens, conatum in agendo, praemitum, et ex omni parte causa septum, acre, acutum, emulcatum, in unumque recomponens, acriter insensum, terrens." That propelling energy of genius, which, when properly directed, seldom fails of success under a free government, raised him to his present elevation, through all the numerous impediments that the want of fortune, can oppose to the progress of merit. Nature had particularly fitted him for eminence in his profession, by a large grant of all the qualities, both of mind and body, without which such eminence can rarely be attained; a prompt and acute perception, a judgment uncommonly solid and discriminative, a capacious and retentive memory, a strength of constitution that no labour can effect, and an ardour of perseverance which no difficulties can subdue. To these are united considerable personal endowments. He has not, however, sufficiently known, nor duly appreciated, the incalculable advantage of rendering the eye and the ear subservient to an attack on the understanding. His enunciation is rendered disagreeable, by neglect in accommodating the length of his periods to the compass of his voice, which, although clear and sonorous, becomes on this account, harsh, and sometimes altogether indistinct. The unnatural extension and depression of the voice so common at the bar, wound the ears, and fatigue the attention of the hearer, by compelling him to labour for the meaning of the speaker at the end of every phrase. If a modern audience require not the same variety of cadence and felicity of modulation, that the scrupulous refinement of an Athenian ear would exact, we are still accessible to the blandishments of sound, or, at least, the same necessity still exists, of observing the proper intervals of respiration, in order to be fully understood. In the age of Cicero, the golden age, as it may be called, of eloquence, when the influence of every external grace was most deeply felt, and successfully exerted, to fortify the voice into strength, and attune it to melody, was deemed an object of primary importance, and studied with unremitting care. Plutarch mentions in his treatise on the government of passion , that Cains Gracchus was in the habit of placing a servant behind him, with a flute, during his harangues to the people, to recal him to a moderate tone, whenever the impetuosity of his temper hurried him beyond the bounds of that musical gradation or cantus obscurior , which the orators of the forum thought so essential to the beauty of their declamation. The tonarius would not prove unserviceable to many of our most eminent speakers.
The extraordinary powers of Antonius, originally strengthened by a judicious and indefatigable application, and matured by a continual warfare of more than twenty years at the bar, have enabled him to accumulate a fund of professional knowledge, not inferior, in depth and copiousness, to that of any other lawyer in the Union. He has not only examined the ground-plot, or surveyed the dimensions, but ranged through all the ample spaces, and explored all the recesses, of that Gothic structure of the common law, to use a metaphor of Blackstone, which may be said to work a prodigy similar to that of a temple of the Island of Delos, where a marble statue of Diana presented a mournful aspect on entering, but appeared cheerful and gay to those who were going out. He has reaped the reward of talents and industry, in a reputation that renders him the earliest resort of every litigant, and a practice so extensive, that, with an attention to business undissipated and unremitting, he is still frequently compelled to enter upon the trial of causes of the first magnitude, without any previous investigation. It is then that his superiority becomes particularly manifest. His promptitude and accuracy in seizing the true merits, and disentangling the complications of an intricate case, the abundance of his resources, and the efficacy with which they are applied, astonish and confound even his veteran opponents. This excellence is not however of
a tenor perfectly uniform. A striking inequality is often remarked in his display of the powers, a languor of effort, and a feebleness of argument, every way disproportionate to his great fame and general ability. But if the whole extent of that ability be drawn forth by the collision of a skillful antagonist, it operates with overwhelming force: When thus roused, he resembles Homer's Ulysses, provoked by Tru, casting aside the squalid disguise of the beggar, brandishing the muscular arm, and exhibiting the lofty stature of the hero.
If the conduct of a bad cause be the proper test of a lawyer's merit, few men in any country could dispute the palm with Antonius. All "the many and legal modes of delay," demurrers, essoins, sham-pleas, and the black catalogue of et ceteras, celebrated by Serjeant Circuit in the Lame-lover , as "fine instruments in the hands of one who knows how to make use of them," he employs with a merciless dexterity, that renders his name the terror of an adverse client. No advocate was ever more adroit in the mutilation of evidence, more ingenious in the forced construction of authorities, and at the same time ostensibly impressed with deeper conviction of the rectitude of his cause. Every inch of ground is maintained with inflexible perseverance, and every defeat converted into a subject of triumph. I shall not pretend to determine how far these arts are laudable when made auxiliary to the spoliations of fraud, or consonant to that spirit of liberality so conducive both to the honour and convenience of his profession. His frequent attempts, however, to brow-beat the court, confirmed, as I understood, into a habit, by long endurance, excited feelings of regret and indignation too lively to be impressed. Whether this conduct flows from the precipitation of an overweening temper, or may be considered in the light of professional stratagem, it is equally indecorous and impolitic in the lawyer, equally vexatious and degrading to the Judge. The ascendancy, that this gentleman enjoys from his talents and station, peculiarly exacts, that his example should co-operate in enforcing profound respect and unlimited deference for a body, invested with the most august and momentous of all civil functions, who represent the majesty of justice, and in whose respectability that of the bar is essentially involved. What sentiment could a stranger, like myself, entertain of an American Court of judicature, when he beheld the first legal character of a state, wresting from the bench, by his clamorous importunities, in acquiescence in the most unreasonable demands, treating their solemn decisions with open contempt, and extorting from them a reluctant but severe reprimand for indignities, which even that reprimand is often found insufficient to restrain?
Although the chief strength of Antonius lies in the discussion of a law point, both familiar and recondite, he still displays before a jury, in a degree but little inferior, the same comprehensive view of his subject in all its relations, the same gigantic force in his refutation and proof, the same variety and aptitude of illustration, aided by an unequalled share of personal authority, from the estimation in which his talents and attainments are held by every class of men. His style of speaking is simple and energetic, with few embellishments either adventitious or elaborate "Similex et gravis, sententis ornatior quam verbis." On some occasions, when his feelings are strongly excited, and the heart is left to indulge in its own expression, untrammelled by the fetters of chicane, his effusions are fervid and eloquent, his language then partakes in the elevation of the sentiment, and rises to a strain of uncommon vigour and elegance. It is a common, and for the most part a correct opinion, that one who conceives his subject powerfully, will seldom be deficient in lucid order:
... cui lecta potenter erit res, Nec facundia, discreti hunc, nec facidus ordo.
HON. A. P. 47.
Antonius, however, affords a remarkable instance of a speaker who rarely emits an argument in any way material to the point in issue, or leaves an objection of his antagonist without either a plausible or satisfactory solution, but whose course at the same time is uniformly as devions and perplexed as the Dedalian labyrinth. When he overpowers, it is by the force of insulated arguments, never by the progressive and more potent impulsion of an ordinate, well compacted series of proof. His attacks resemble those of a disorderly multitude, irresistible from their weight and numbers, but whom insubordination robs of half their strength, and to whose efforts the skill of the disciplinarian would give tenfold efficiency. The parallel might be reversed, in as imitating perspicuity of contexture to a judicious order or battle, by which the prowess of every individual soldier is called into action, and becomes instrumental to the attainment of victory. A luminous distribution of his subjects, facilitates the speaker's task, insensibly adds to the precision and clearness of his language, secures the attention, and assists both the intelligence and memory of his audience. The traveller, who knows the extent and nature of his route, sets out with alacrity and journeys with pleasure; but that path most abound with uncommon sources of captivation, must monopolize every sense by the luxuriance of its verdure and the fragrance of its odours, which can preserve him from the immediate intrusion of disquietude and languor, when he sees no limits to his progress, and expects, at every step, to be entangled in inextricable mazes.
From this total absence of method proceeds in part the boundless diffusion for which the speeches of Antonius are equally remarkable. His addresses to a jury are sometimes protracted to the length of seven hours, when with a proper arrangement of his subject, it would be exhausted in less than the time. No topic however fertile, & no mind however prodigious, can afford for such a period a variety of matter sufficient to preclude a disgusting and wearisome recurrence of the same ideas; and few juries can be expected, either from inclination or ability, to grasp even a regular chain of argument of so vast an extent; much less to combine what the orator has not himself carefully interwoven, to extract order from confusion, or separate the integral points of a cause from a mass of extraneous adessions. They might frequently say to him, in the quaint but appropriate language of a Lacedaemonian Judge to a tedious declaimer: "We have forgotten the commencement of your harangue, which prevents us from comprehending your middle, so that we can decide nothing as to your conclusion."
The qualities of the heart in Antonius, like those of the head, have also the in portion of alloy. Of the latter I shall say nothing. I might however address him in these words of Mucius to Crassus, "Although I have almost revered thee as a god in speech, I have been no less wary in my encomium on thy humanity." "Ergo equidem cum in dicendo te semper putavi deum, tum vero tibi nunquam eloquentiae majorem tribui laudem quam humanitatis." Some tribute is due to a benevolence almost as diffusive as the extent of his talents; to a spirit of disinterestedness the more estimable in his profession, because it is rare; to a suavity of temper and of manners that would render him the delight and ornament of social life, if the incessant application required by his legal pursuits, permitted him to indulge the bent of his nature. Had fortune, instead of compelling this extraordinary man to contract his stupendous powers within the dark mazy labyrinth of the Law, originally enabled him to range through the "regions of the morning," and walk by "the light of the sun": Had his judgment been properly disciplined by the study of dialecticks, emphatically termed the skeleton of eloquence; and his imagination fecundated by a diligent perusal of the poets, recommended by Petronius, the great
enemy of declamation, as one of the first objects in the formation of an orator,
Det primus vers bus angos
Maeoniumque bibat felix cecior fontem.
Had his gigantic intellect, his vast memory, and his labourious research, been employed in investigating the legislative interests of this new empire, in collecting the stores of History, in tracing the progress and accumulating the treasures of moral and political science; if to these, the materials of eloquence, had been united the graces of a rich and dignified elocution, with somewhat more stability of character—I know not that any nation could then boast a more perfect orator; he would have "shaken the arms of Demosthenes," and like him, might have enlightened and swayed the councils of his country "omni laude cumulatus orator."
* Speciosa debet miracula promit.
Anecdotes of the late Lord Chatham.
A country friend of Sir Robert Walpole's hearing Mr. Pitt (who was then but a corner, and had just got into the House) speaking with great elocution upon some publick topic, told the minister the same day at his table, that he thought it would be well worth his while to make that young man a captain. "My dear Sir, says," Sir Robert, "to let you see how much I think with you, make him my friend, and I'll give him a regiment."
Lord Chatham had great knowledge of the characters of men, and could apply himself with great dexterity even to their foibles, when proper occasions demanded it.
When he was rather forced upon the late king as his minister, by the unanimous voice of the people, he found it necessary to recover the king's temper by some little exterior mark of respect. An occasion soon presented itself, which was to bring his majesty the news of a victory. His lordship, however, was so ill of the gout, that when he was led to the closet door he could not stand. The king, seeing this, called for a stool—"No, Sire," say Mr. Pitt, "it is not my duty to sit in your presence; but though I can't stand, I can kneel;" and in that position read the dispatches. The king was so pleased with the manner of his behaviour, and the news, that he spoke ever afterwards of Mr. Pitt with great friendship. His general phrase was, "I like that Pitt—he's an honest man—I understand all he says."
Another instance of Mr. Pitt's personal attention to the king was upon his accepting the seal—receiving them with great marks of deference and respect. The late Chase Price used to say jocosely upon this occasion, "that he bowed so low, you could see the tip of his necked nose between his legs."
When the present Lord Stanhope was counting his first wife (a daughter of Lord Chatham) the father found them one morning engaged in some friendly difference, which he wanted to know the reason of. "Why, to tell you the truth my Lord," says Lord S. "I can't get your daughter to fix the day of marriage, and as you have come in so opportunely, will you be so good as to settle it for us?"—"O, with all my heart!" says he: "let me see, next Friday will be St. Thomas's day, the shortest day and the longest night—of course the properest day to consummate a marriage."—The lady blushed; and his lordship claimed and possessed the rewards of the arbitration.
When the Duke of Newcastle and Mr. Pitt were joint Secretaries, the former loved a warm room, and the latter, from the constant fever of his gout, could not bear it. This often teased the Duke, who was obliged to hold conferences with Mr. Pitt at his own house. One cold morning, when Mr. Pitt was confined to his bed with the gout, the Duke begged hard for a fire in the room. "I can't possibly bear it," replied Mr. Pitt. "Why then you can spare me a blanket," says the Duke (snatching at a crumple that lay at the foot of the bed, and wrapping it round him,) "as I find myself so cold, that without this covering I'm afraid my words will freeze before they reach you."
He despised all kind of what is called fluffing so much, that he took no notice of those able pens who voluntarily praise his administration. Owen Ruffhead wrote above sixty numbers of a paper, called "The Contest," in favour of his administration, and yet he had never the curiosity to inquire the name of the author, or even so much as saw him. He never likewise read any of the debates of the House of Commons (though his own speeches made so considerable a part in them) till the year 1767, when he bought them, as he said, to amuse himself in a fit of the gout.
It was Lord Chatham that appointed General Wolfe to the command at Quebec, though contrary to the wishes of the Minister at War, and even to the appointment of the King. "I know," says he, "that man will do his business properly, without sheltering himself under forms or trifling expediences; he is young and vigorous too, and will not be subject to personal attentions as older officers." [Lord Chatham's general maxim upon this and similar occasions was, that Ministers should look out men for offices, not offices for men.]
Two of the leading features of Lord Chatham's character were promptness and decision . When Minister, he wanted a great number of transports to be got ready directly for service, which Lord Anson, the First Lord of the Admiralty, said was impossible. "Come, come," says Lord Chatham, "I'll show you the possibility of it directly:—There's a large fleet of colliers just arrived; throw the coals into the Thames, and but the soldiers on board directly—the service of government must not stand still for a paltry expense."
At another time he received some despatches which required a speedy answer, whilst he was racked with the gout. The moment he read them, forgetting his pain, he sprung out of bed, and called for pen, ink, and paper. "My dear," says Lady Chatham, "you'll kill yourself by these means." And suppose I do, Madam, what's my life in comparison with the millions which may be lost through my neglect."
In a case of sudden emergency, Lord Chatham wanted to consult the Commander in Chief and First Lord of the Admiralty (Lord Ligonier and Lord Anson) and being informed by the messenger that neither of them were at home, he ordered him to go, alternately, to a certain well known Bagnio, and to White's Coffee-house; and "Do you hear," says he to the messenger, "take no excuses, but bring the first away in his night cap , and the other with the cards in his hand ."
He once promised to show some foreign noblemen a remarkable piece of waterwork which he was forming at a country house of his, by a certain day. Capability Browne was his projector on the occasion, who told him it could not be done at that time even if one hundred men worked day and night. "Why then," says his lordship, "put two hundred men, and let them work by torch light." The business was effected.
Henry, Lord Holland, the rival and political antagonist of Mr. Pitt for many years, and who from long habits of thorough paced business , it was difficult to discompose, used frequently to feel the force of Mr. Pitt's disposition. One day the former coming from the house so vexed and fatigued he could not eat his dinner. Lady Holland asked him what was the matter? When, without answering the question, he replied, from the fullness of his sufferings, "As for his talking, though that is often pointed and severe I don't much mind that; but 'tis his eye—
that d—d eye so scowls at me, that he constantly gives me a pain in my back."
Mr. Pitt's acquaintance with the present Lord Camden arose through the recommendation of Lord Northington. Mr. Pitt, when Secretary of State, spoke to Lord N. to get him a young man of sound knowledge in the law, whose practice was not very extensive, and he would make his occasion I attendance at the office worth his while; for (says he) I want a person of legal knowledge about me, that we should at least act constitutionally ." Lord N. recommended Mr. Pratt, and the congeniality of their minds afterwards produced a friendship which brought Mr. Pratt to the honours he so justly enjoys, and which still continues with unabated affection in the two families.
Lord Chatham being asked his opinion of Cromwell at Lord Rockingham's table, he gave the following short, but forcible character of him:
"He was a saint-like thief, who under the cloak of liberty committed a burglary on the constitution, murdered his royal master to get possession of his diadem, and stole from the publick their title to freedom."
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SAMUEL SAUNDERS & Co. Have just received from London, per ship Dumfries, Capt. Beard 18 Kgs assorted SHOT. 12 Casks Hibbert's BROWN STOUT. 12 do. PORTER. 20 Kgs GUN POWDER. 30 Boxes assorted GLASS. 15 Kgs SCOTCH BARLEY. 1500 lbs. Refined SALT PETER. 15 Boxes FIG BLUE. 12 do. DURHAM MUSTARD. A few Casks COPPERAS. 1 Box Best GUN FLINTS. Also—From the Northward. 50 Barrels Prime PORK. April 29. tf 224
SPRING GOODS.
PHILIP HENOP, Has Received, by the Ship Dumfries, from London, a com- plete and extensive assortment of FASHIONABLE DRY GOODS.
CONSISTING OF FINE Corded and Tape-Stripe Furniture and Cambric Dimities; 6, 7, 8, 10, and 12-4 Table Cloths; 9-8 and 6-4 Plain, Book, Cambric, and Jacquet Muslins; Co- loured and Embossed Cambric Muslins; 4-4 and 6-4 Elegant Laced Cambric and Leno Muslins; Leno and Laced Shawls; Ladies Silk-Netted Parasols and Cane Umbrellas; 6-4 Tam- bouré and Satin Sprigged Muslins; Checked Pullicat and Blue Romual Handkerchiefs; Madras do; Plain, Drabs, and Twilled-Stripe Naukies; Cotton Cassimeres; Granderells do; Sewing Silk; Mens' Best Beaver Gloves; Cotton and Silk Suspenders; Net and Elastic do; Gilt Pins; lb. Pins assorted; and Gentlemen's Best London Hats. Also—JUST RECEIVED, via New-York. 4-4, 6-4, and 7-4 Plain and Damasked Silk Handkerchiefs and Shawls; with netted Fringes; Long Silk Shawls, do. do; Chambray Muslins; Common and Fine Calicoes, and Plaid Chints; Figured Blue Silk; Black Striped Satin; India and French Back and Coloured Lustings; Handsome Italian Plaid; Extra Silk Gloves, assorted; Flesh Coloured Pie Nie Mits and Gloves; Plain White, Flesh Coloured, and Black, Laced and Sanded Silk Stockings; Superfine Laced and San- daled White Cotton do; White Net Cotton, Leno, and Black Lace Veils; Floss, Thread and Embroidering Silk; Silk and Cotton Cords and Tassels; Cotton Trimming; Black, Blue, Pink, White, and Yellow Crape; Linen Cambric; Long Lawns; Pink, Blue, and Buff Cambric-Muslins; La- dies Black Morocco and Coloured Kid Slippers; Apron Checks; Plain Paper and Tiffany Fans.—
TOGETHER WITH A great variety of other Fancy Goods of the most fashion- able kinds imported; A few bales of English and German Oznaburgs, and Ticklenburgs; Linen Checks; India Cottons; Banda Handkerchiefs; &c. &c. &c. ALL OF WHICH BE WILL SELL, AT THE LOWEST TERMS, BY WHOLESALE OR RETAIL. April 26. tf 624
LEVIN DORSEY, On Town Point—Wide Water-Street. Has Received by the Dumfries, from London, in addition to his former assortment of
MATHEMATICAL INSTRUMENTS, &c. Adams's Patent Globes—12 inches. Brass and Wood Compasses—Assorted. Quadrants. Night and Day Telescopes—Assorted. Telescopes for Day only. Patent Time Glasses. From 1-4 to 1-2 minute, and for one and two hours. Gunter's Scales and Dividers—Assorted. Charts, for the West-Indies, and America. Moore's Epitome and Daily Assistant. And has on hand, Blunt's American Practical Navigator—Last edition, with a copious appendix. Blunt's American Coast Pilot. Also for Sale, Bell-Mettle Skillets of Superior Quality. Carriage Wheel Boxes, Bouches, and Solid Brass Sheeves—Assorted. Hoop and Baltimore Bar-Iron—Assorted.
All kinds of Mathematical Instruments Repaired, as usual. April 26. tf 623
FOR SALE, BY THE SUBSCRIBER, 82 Puncheons Windward Island RUM. 35 do. Jamaica do. 10 do. Old Jamaica do. 10 Pipes Holland GIN. 8 Pipes 4th proof Cognac, } BRANDY. 12 do. do. Alicante, } 17 Pipes, } 4 Half Pipes, } FINE OLD SICILY WINE. 2 Qr. Casks, } 4 Half do. } 15 Quarter Casks Sherrey WINE. 50 Crates well assorted FARTHENWARE. 9 Casks do. GLASSWARE. 5 Cwt. Dry White LEAD. Half Ton STEEL. 4 Hogsheads Philadelphia Loaf SUGAR. 1238 Barrels Superfine, } FLOUR. 489 do. Fine, } 50 Hogsheads Petersburg, } TOBACCO. 50 do. Richmond, } 42 do. Lowland, } A. Maclure. April 29. tf 633
NEW CUT-NAIL MANUFACTORY, ON TOWN POINT, A small distance below County Wharf, Wide Water Street.
THE Subscriber has, at a considerable expense, fitted up, in addition to his other business, a complete set of machinery, adequate to finish 500 to 600 lbs. of Nails daily. He is also provided with a good stock of Iron; and with a sufficient number of skilful workmen. He has on hand a constant supply of Nails, Flooring Brads, and Sprigs, which he offers for Sale at the reduced prices as follows, by the kg, viz. 10d, 12d, 20d, Nails, 8d per lb. 8d, do. 9d per lb. Sheathing do. 7 1-2d per lb. 4d, do. 10d per lb. 4d, do. 3s per M. 3d, do. 2s 7 1-2d do. 8d, 10d, 12d, and 20d, Brads, 8d per lb. 6d, do. 4s 6d per M. 4d, do. 3s do. 3d, do. 2s 7 1-2d do. 2d, do. 2s 7 1-2d do. ALSO—HOOP AND BAR-IRON ASSORTED. LEVIN DORSEY. March 18. tf 503
JUST RECEIVED, AND FOR SALE BY JOHN N. HAGENAU, No. 36, MAIN-STREET. Estopillas, } Britannias, } Fine Holland Shitting Linen, } ENTITLED TO Platillas Royal, } DRAWBACK. Brown Holland, } 25 Boxes Mould Candles. 25 do. Brown Soap. 30 Firkins first quality Butter. 25 Kgs Richmond Manufactured Tobacco. 30 Dozen Cowskin Whips. Ginger in Kgs, and 25 BARRELS RYE WHISKEY. ALSO ON HAND, Country Gin. Old 3d proof Peach Brandy. A few Casks Linseed Oil. April 8. tf 571
WANTED, BY THE SUBSCRIBERS, FOUR HUNDRED CORDS OF OAK BARK; For which the following prices, in Cash, will be given—delivered at their TAN-YARD:— For Spanish Oak Bark, 10 Dollars per Cord. Willow, or Water Oak, 9 do. Red Oak, 8 do. White Oak, if young and not too scaly, 7 do. A FEW CORDS OF BEECH BARK, Will also be received at 7 Dollars per cord. ** It is recommended to those who get BARK, to bring it in early in the season, for if kept out and exposed to heavy rains, it will not be received. WILLIAM PLUME & CO. March 11. tf 485
NORFOLK BOROUGH.
At a Quarterly Session Court held the twenty-fifth day of March, 1805, in the 29th year of the Commonwealth. William Pennock, Compt. } against } Stephen Gorham, Peter C. Brooks, } John Nickell, Moses Myers, and } IN CHANCERY Cary Selden, Deputy Marshal } of the United States, for the Vir- } ginia district. } Def'ts. THE Defendants Stephen Gorham, and Peter C. Brooks, not having entered their appearance, and given secu- rity according to the Act of Assembly, and the Rules of this Court, and it appearing to the satisfaction of the Court that they are not inhabitants of this Commonwealth: on the mo- tion of the Complainant by his Counsel, It is ordered, That the said Defendants Stephen Gorham, and Peter C. Brooks, appear here on the fourth Monday in June 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 said Borough: And it is further ordered, That the Defendants John Nickell, Moses Myers, and Cary Selden, do not pay, convey away, or secret any debts or ef- fects in their hands, belonging to the other Defendants, until the further order or decree of this Court, concerning the same.—
A Copy, Teste, 584 WILLIAM SHARP, C. N. B. C.
NORFOLK BOROUGH.
At a Quarterly Session Court held the twenty-fifth day of March, 1805, in the 29th year of the Commonwealth. George Wilson, Compt. } against } Thomas Harris, and George Veale, } IN CHANCERY and James Caton, trading under } the firm of Caton & Veale, Def'ts. } THE Defendant Thomas Harris, 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 ordered, That the said Defendant Thomas Harris, appear here on the fourth Monday in June 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 said Borough: And it is further or- dered, That the Defendants Caton & Veale, who hath effects of the said Thomas Harris in their hands, do not pay, convey away, or secret such effects, but retain them until the further order or decree of this Court, concerning the same.—
A Copy, Teste, 585 WILLIAM SHARP, C. N. B. C.
NORFOLK BOROUGH.
At a Quarterly Session Court held the twenty-sixth day of March, 1805, in the 29th year of the Commonwealth. Samuel Ramsay, Compt. } against } Ephraim Robinson, Def't. } IN CHANCERY. 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 the motion of the Complainant by his Counsel, It is ordered, That the said Defendant appear here on the fourth Monday in June next, and answer the Bill of the Complainant; and that a copy of this order be forthwith inserted in some news- paper printed in this Borough, for eight weeks successively, and posted at the front door of the Court-house of said Bor- ough.—
A Copy, Teste, 583 WILLIAM SHARP, C. N. B. C.
BY AUTHORITY.
RICHMOND ACADEMY LOTTERY. CLASS No. II. 4000 Tickets at 10 dollars each—dolls. 40000 1 Prize of 10000 1 of 5000 5 of 1000 5000 20 of 500 10000 50 of 100 5000 50 of 50 2500 100 of 25 2500 227 of 10 2270 40000 First drawn ticket after 500 are drawn, dois. 500 after 1000 500 after 1500 500 after 2000 1000 after 2500 1000 after 3000 1000 after 3500 1000 after 3950 10000 The above Lottery will certainly commence draw- ing the first Monday in November, or sooner, if the tickets are sold. Tickets for sale at the Office of the Public Ledger. 722
FOR SALE, Pursuant to the Will of William Samuel Peachy, deceased. Peachy's Manufacturing Mills and Store-Houses. LYING in the County of Prince George, on Powell's Creek, a navigable stream of James River, and on the main stage road from Norfolk to Petersburg, with about six acres of Land belonging thereto.—One third of the purchase money will be required at the end of eighteen months and three years credit will be given for the residue. The Gentle- man at the Mills will be good enough to show them.—For terms apply to Mr. Robert Maitland of Norfolk, or to Thomas Griffith Peachy of Williamsburg.
ALSO FOR SALE, That beautiful Seat on James River (about four miles from the Mills) called FLOWER DE HUNDRED.—The Tract of Land belonging to this Seat, contains 1800 acres extending nearly two miles on the banks of the river, (about half a day's sail from Norfolk, and five hours from Petersburg) considerable part of the Land is fit for the cultivation of Wheat and Tobacco; it has some valuable Low Ground, and a great deal of Meadow Land, from which in its natural state, great quantities of Hay may be made; the Land also abounds with good Timber:—The Houses, Garden, Orchards, and other improvements, are extensive and valuable.—As it is presumed that no person would purchase such an estate without first viewing it, a further description is thought need- less.—Collier Harrison, Esq. of Charles City, who has viewed the Land and is well acquainted with its quality, will be good enough to show it.—A credit of 9, 15 and 16 years will be given for the greater part of the purchase money, and for the residue four annual payments will be required.—An indis- putable title will be made.—The price may be known by ap- plication to Mr. Robert Maitland, or to Mary W. Peachy, and Thomas G. Peachy, of Williamsburg. March 25. tf 523
AVIS. J. P. CHEVREUSE, Docteur en Médecine, Réçu à l'Université de Montpellier, et membre de l'Académie de Médecine de Paris, à l'honneur de prévenir le public que son demeure est Cumberland Street, No. 24.—Ceux qui voudront l'honorer de leur confiance auront lieu d'être satisfaits.
J. P. CHEVREUSE, Doctor of Medicine, Graduate of the University of Montpellier, and member of the Academy of Medi- cine at Paris, acquaints the publick that he resides at No. 24, Cumberland Street.—Those who may honour him with their confidence he hopes will have every reason to be satisfied. May 22. 696
COW-POX.
THOSE persons who wish to avoid catching the Small- Pox which now exists in this Borough, are informed that the subscriber has again succeeded in introducing the Vaccine Infection, and that he now has several arms fit to inoculate from. ** He has returned to his old shop at the lower end of the new market. George Balfour. An APPRENTICE wanted. Nov. 16. tf 326
JOHN C. NIEMEYER,
Has received in addition to his former assortment GERMAN GOODS,
45 packages German Linens, &c. chiefly en- titled to drawback, Consisting of Platillas, brown Hollands, } ters, Wine Glasses, and Britannias, } Basket Flasks, &c. Sheeting, extra fine 1 1-8 } 3 Boxes English Mustard. yard wide, } 8 bales Cloths, Blankets, Coat- Dowlas and Creas of the best } ings, &c. quality, } Androns, Waftelrons, Shirting, Diapers, } Coffee mills, Bird cages, and Bed Ticking for Mattresses, } Seeds of all kinds, Bed Bants fine 1 1-4 to 2 } Table matts, & Straw plates, yards wide, } Suspenders of the best kind, Ticklenburgs, Oznaburgs, } Violins, Flutes, Clarinets and Brown Hempens Hessians, } Fifes, Harp strings and Brown and White Rolls, } Violin strings, elegant Russia Sheetings and light } Bows and Instruction books Canvas. } Looking Glasses, a large ALSO, } assortment of Baskets, fine Velvet Ribbons no. 2 to 150, } and common do. do. Toys Plush for Saddlers, black Sat- } cheap by the quantity in for waistcoats, } Brussels Lace 4 to 20 dols. } 90 boxes first quality Ha- per yard, cheap Edgings, } vania Sugars, German Nuns Thread, patent } 50 do. good quality St Needles, India sewing Silk, } Jugo do. Made Shirts, Thread Stock- } 140 do. Short Pipes, ings very fine, Razors, } 200 lbs. Shoe Thread, Spectacles, and Penknives, of } 2000 Coffee bags good qua- the very best qualities, } lity, Cheap Jewellery, fine Sci- } 400 Gunny do. sars, Muffs and Tippets of } 250 M. con cheap Needles, Martin Skins, } 60 M. Toy marbles, 15 boxes Tumblers, Decan- } Teas, Superior Quills, &c.
I will sell the above Goods low for cash or approved bills, or in barter for Coffee, and will take in pay- ment One Hundred Hogsheads good Tobacco STEMS.—Ap- ply as above. December 5. tf 273
MRS. RIVARDI'S ACADEMY.
REVEREND SIR, YOU had the kindness to allow me, two years ago, to look upon you not only as one of the chief protectors of the establishment under my charge, but also did me the honour of becoming, in conjunction with Dr. B. Rush, J. B. McKean, R. Smith, and A. Morris, Esquires, one of the Trustees of my Seminary. This condescension has at all times rendered me extremely anxious to deserve your patronage; indeed I ascribe in a great measure the credit which the establishment I hope has generally obtained, to that circumstance. Few persons are yet informed of the favour so politely conferred on me, as the greater number of my pupils are from abroad.— On several occasions you had the goodness to express the sa- tisfaction which you, and all those who have honoured our school-rooms with their visits, derived from the im- provements of the young Ladies, as well as from the manner in which the Seminary is conducted. I have never taken the liberty of publishing your letters of approbation,—Would you and the other gentlemen permit me to make it known, that I am authorised to consider you as Trustees of the Institution, I should not only esteem it a distinguished mark of your approbation, but a certain mean of assuring the full confidence of those Parents and Guardians who have intrusted their children to my care. With great respect, I have the honour to be, Reverend Sir, Your very humble and obedient servant, MARIA RIVARDI. The Right Reverend Doctor White.
April 1, 1805.
MADAM, THE high opinion we entertain of your qualifications for the arduous and diversified duties of the institution under your direction, and the evidences which have been presented to us, at examinations, of the improvement of the Young Ladies, who possess the advantage of being your pupils; in- duces us to comply with your request, by the present testimo- ny of our approbation of your Seminary, and to express our wishes for the success of an institution so useful to our city, and so honourable to you. We are, Madam, your very humble servants, WILLIAM WHITE, } BENJAMIN RUSH, } J. B. MCKEAN, } ROBERT SMITH, } ANTHONY MORRIS, } MRS. RIVARDI. Philadelphia, April 24. 609
LANDING
From on board the Schooner Friends' Adventure, Capt. H. Dickson, and for Sale by the Subscriber, 125 Boxes White and Brown Havanna Sugar. Robert Gibson. April 8. tf 568
JUST RECEIVED,
By the ship Roba & Besey, Capt. Richardson from London, and for sale by the Subscriber,
DRUGS AND MEDICINES,
of all kinds. Patent Medicines, Perfumery, &c. &c. Also received by the ship Almina, Capt. Stover,
SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS,
Consisting of Amputating, Trepanning, Cupping, Mdivifery, Tooth of different sorts, Crown and Common Lancets, and Surgical Pocket Instruments &c. &c.
HARDHAM'S SNUFF, No. 9.
Also, by the ship Olive Branch, Capt. Le Breton from Bristol,
A LARGE & EXTENSIVE ASSORTMENT OF
GLASS & FURNITURE,
For Apothecary's and Practitioner's Shops. Those who favour us with their orders will be supplied on the most reasonable terms, and the articles of the best and freshest quality, as our importations are regularly twice a year, and laid in with cash, from the most respectable Druggists in London. MEDICINE CHESTS made up as usual. Also, a few elegant Mahogany Chests of the newest construction, with furniture complete,
PERRY'S ANTI-BILLIOUS PILLS.
Frederick Heermann & Son. July 17. 2aw 12m. 1
TO PRINTERS.
Having had advice of a Font of Letter being shipped for us from England, we would dispose of
A FONT OF BOURGEOIS TYPE,
Upon which the PUBLIC LEDGER has been heretofore print- ed; specimens of which are seen in our editorial articles. It consists of 600 lbs. WELL-ASSORTED LETTER, has been in use but nine months, and is almost as good as new— Should the whole be too large, such as might be inclined to purchase one half of the font, will please to make applica- tion by letters post-paid, or personally at our office. J. Cowper & Geo. L. Gray. Norfolk, May 8.
NORFOLK:
PUBLISHED THREE TIMES A-WEEK, BY J. COWPER AND G. L. GRAY.
OPPOSITE THE EXCHANGE COFFEE HOUSE, Price Five Dollars and Fifty Cents yearly, in advance