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French State Paper.
REPORT OF THE MINISTER FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS. Paris, September 1.
SIRE, I have the honour to propose to your majesty to communicate to the senate the two treaties which have placed the crown of Spain in your hands, and the constitution which under your auspices, and enlightened by your advice, the junta assembled at Bayonne, after free and mature deliberation, have adopted for the glory of the Spanish name, & the prosperity of that kingdom and its colonies.
If in the arrangements made by your majesty, the security of France has been your principle care, the interests of Spain herself has, however, been dear, and in uniting the two states, by the most intimate alliance, the prosperity and the glory of both were equally the objects proposed.—The troubles which have manifested themselves have particularly excited the solicitude of your majesty, in deprecating their progress, in foreseeing their sad consequences, in hoping to prevent them by persuasive means, and by measures of wise and humane policy. Your majesty interfered as a mediator in the midst of the divided Spaniards, shewing them on one side the anarchy which threatened them and on the other England ready to profit by their divisions, and to make use of them to suit her convenience, and pointing out to them the way by which they might be saved from this double danger, by a constitution even provident, proper to provide, of all which they stood in need, and in which liberal ideas intermixed themselves with these ancient institutions which Spain wished to be preserved.
The expectations of your majesty have been deceived. Individual interests, foreign intrigues, and the influences of foreign corruption have prevailed. Why is it so easy to lead nations to their ruin by letting loose their passions? In a former report, I have made your majesty acquainted with the influence which the English were acquiring in Spain, the numerous party that they had formed, the friends they acquired in the commercial towns, by holding out to them the prospect of the
revival of their trade; I had pointed them out to you as authors of the sedition which overturned the throne of Charles IV, and the favorers of the popular disorders which arose at that epoch. They had burst through that salutary restraint which keeps the people in submission, by operating upon their interest. The people of Spain having taken of the yoke of authority aspired to governing. English gold, the intrigue of the agents of the Inquisition, who were afraid of losing their authority, the influence of the numerous tribe of Monks in Spain, who dreaded a reform, have in this critical moment occasioned the insurrection of several Spanish provinces, in which the voice of the more prudent class has been either mistaken or stifled, of whom not a few have fallen victims to their courageous opposition to popular tumult, and a dreadful anarchy has been seen to diffuse itself over the greatest part of Spain. Will your majesty permit England to say, "Spain is one of my provinces, my flag driven from the Baltic, the North Sea, the Levant, and even from the shores of Persia, rules in the ports of France!" No, never, sire! To prevent so much shame and misfortune, two millions of brave men, are ready to scale the Pyrenees, and the English will be chased from the Peninsula. If the French fight for the liberty of the seas, they must, to conquer, begin by wresting Spain from the influence of the tyrants of the ocean. If they combat for peace, they cannot obtain it until they have chased them from Spain the enemies of peace.
If your majesty, embracing the future as well as the present, aspires to the noble object of leaving after you the empire calm, tranquil and surrounded by powerful friends, you must begin by securing its influence in Spain. Lastly, if honour is the first sentiment, as well as the first object of Frenchmen, your majesty must promptly inflict vengeance for the outrages committed against the French name, and the atrocities to which so great a number of our countrymen have fallen victims. Frenchmen established in Spain for more than twenty years, exercising in peace their useful industry, and almost regarding Spain as their country; have been massacred. Every where French property has been seized. The consular agents of your majesty have experienced treatment which would not have been suffered even in the most barbarous countries. What estimation, what consideration, will the French name enjoy in Europe, if, in a country so near to us, atrocities so infamous and so public remain unpunished? Reparation ought to be had for them—but a reparation consonant to Frenchmen, by victory.
It is no small advantage the probability of at length meeting the English, of fighting them man for man, of making them also feel the evils of war—of a war, of the dangers of which they are ignorant, having only caused it with their gold. The English will be beaten, destroyed, dispersed, or at least they will make haste to fly, as they did at Toulon, at the Helder at Dunkirk, in Sweden, and every where the French army have been able to find them; but their expulsion from Spain will be the ruin of their cause. This last check will exhaust their means, annihilating at the same time their last hopes, and peace will become more probable. The wishes of all Europe will in this contest be with France. France and Russia make common cause against England. Denmark supports with honour a contest which she did not provoke. Sweden, betrayed and abandoned by the ally to whom an insane ca-
binet has sacrificed her, has already lost her most important provinces, and is hastening to that ruin which is the inevitable effect of alliance and friendship with England.
Such will be the fate of the insurgents in Spain. When the contest becomes serious the English will abandon Spain, after making them the sad bequest of a civil war—of a war for foreign interest, and for anarchy, the most cruel of scourges. It will be for the wisdom and beneficence of your majesty to repair the evils of which they will be the cause.
The court of Vienna has constantly testified to your majesty the most amicable intentions; indignant at the policy of England, she has recalled her minister from London, sent back the minister who was at Vienna, shut her ports against England, and placed herself in a state of hostility with that power. She has added to these measures an interdiction in her ports against the admission of vessels, which, under a neutral flag are only the carriers of English produce and merchandise. Your majesty has cultivated this favourable disposition, has testified to the court of Vienna friendship and confidence; and has several times intimated to her, that France takes a real interest in her prosperity. Lately, however, this power has carried its armaments beyond measure—its military force is out of all proportion to its population and finances. Your ministers, sire, only wish to mark this, in order that your majesty may perceive the necessity of augmenting your force, for the purpose of still preserving the relative superiority which exists between the power and the population of the two empires.
A new revolution has broken out at Constantinople. Sultan Mustapha has been deposed.
The Americans, a people who revolve their fortune, their prosperity, and almost their existence, in commerce, have given the example of a great and courageous sacrifice. They have inhibited by a general embargo, all commerce and all navigation, rather than shamefully submit to that tribute which the English impose on the navigation of all nations.—Germany, Italy, Switzerland and Holland, are peaceable, and wait only for a maritime peace to exert all their industry.
That peace is the wish of the world, but England opposes it; England is the enemy of the world. The French nation, all Europe knows the efforts made by your majesty to obtain peace; they know that your enterprizes are the immediate result of the ill success of the attempts which you have made to obtain it.
The devotion of the French people is without bounds; and it is more especially under circumstances which are so essentially connected with their honor and its security, that their sentiments will be evinced, and that they will shew themselves worthy of reaping the harvest of glory and honor, which your majesty has prepared for them.
I am with respect, &c.
MESSAGE
Of the emperor and king Napoleon to the Senate.
SENATORS, My minister for foreign affairs will lay before you the different treaties relative to Spain, and the constitutions agreed to by the Spanish Junta. My war minister will acquaint you with the wants and the situation of my armies in the different parts of the world.
I am determined to carry on the war with Spain with the utmost activity, and destroy the armies which England has disembarked in that country. The future security of my subjects, the
prosperity of commerce, and a maritime peace, must alike depend on these important operations.
My alliance with the emperor of Russia extinguishes every hope which England can entertain from her projects. I have no doubts respecting the peace of the continent, but I neither will nor ought to rely upon the false calculations and the errors of other courts, and since my neighbors increase their armies, it is a duty incumbent on me to increase mine.
The empire of Constantinople is struggling with the utmost violent convulsions: Sultan Selim, the best emperor the Ottomans have had for a length of time, has just fallen by the hands of his own nephew. This catastrophe has deeply affected me. I impose fresh sacrifices on my people confident of their support; they are necessary in order to secure them from heavier sacrifices, and to lead them to the grand result of a general peace, which ought also to be received as the moment of repose.
Frenchmen, my projects have but one object in view, your happiness and the permanent well-being of your children; and if I know you right, you will hasten to comply with this new call, rendered necessary by the interests of the country. You have so often assured me of your affection, I will behold the sincerity of your sentiments in the alacrity with which you will second projects that are so intimately connected with your dearest interests, with the honour of the empire, and with my glory.
Given at the Imperial Palace of St. Cloud, this 4th of September, 1808. (Signed) NAPOLEON.
FROM THE LONDON GAZETTE EXTRAORDINARY. Hibernia, off the Tagus, September 4th, 1808.
SIR, Herewith I have the honour to enclose you, for the information of the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty, a copy of a convention entered into by me, with Vice Admiral Seniavin, commanding the Russian fleet in the Tagus; by which it will appear to their Lordships, that such fleet has been surrendered to me, to be held by his Majesty as a deposit, until six months after the conclusion of a peace between Russia and England.
I have charged Capt. Halstead, first captain of the Hibernia, and Capt. of the fleet, with the delivery of this dispatch to their Lordships; he was sent by me to negotiate the convention with Vice Admiral Seniavin, and will be able to explain every particular.
To captain Halstead I feel greatly indebted for his able advice and assistance upon all points of service, his zeal and diligence have been exemplary, and entitle him to my highest commendation.
Rear Admiral Tyler has been directed to superintend the first division of the Russian fleet, which I purpose ordering under his protection immediately to Spithead; to him (since with me) I have been indebted for every assistance, and to the captains, officers and crews, of those ships that have been employed throughout a tediously protracted blockade (by whom every exertion has been made with a degree of cheerfulness doing them infinite honour.) I feel extremely grateful, and deem it my duty to offer every possible testimony of my approbation in their favor.
I have the honor to be, &c. (Signed) C. COTTON. ARTICLE of a CONVENTION entered into between Vice Admiral Seniavin, Knight of the Order of St. Alexander,
Mr. Wm. Nicholson

and other Russian orders, and Admiral Sir Charles Cotton, Baronet, for the surrender of the Russian fleet, now anchored in the River Tagus.
Art. 1. The ships of war of the Emperor of Russia now in the Tagus as specified in the annexed list, shall be delivered up to Admiral Sir Charles Cotton, immediately, with all their stores as they now are, to be sent to England, and there held as a deposit by his Britannic Majesty, to be restored to his Imperial Majesty, within six months after a conclusion of a peace between his Britannic Majesty and his Imperial Majesty the Emperor of all the Russias.
II. Vice-Admiral Seniavin, with the Officers, Sailors, and Marines, under his command, to return to Russia without any condition or stipulation respecting their future services; to be conveyed there in men of war, or proper vessels, at the expence of his Britannic Majesty.
Done and concluded on board the ship Twerday, in the Tagus, and on board his Britannic Majesty's ship Hibernia, off the mouth of the River Tagus, the 3d day of Sept. 1808.
(Signed) DE SENIAVIN. (Signed) CHAS. COTTON. (Counter-signed) by command of the Admiral.
L. Sasse, Assesseur de College. (Counter-signed) by command of the Admiral.
JAS. KENNEDY, Sec'y. List of ships referred to in the foregoing Convention.
Twenty. Vice-Admiral Seniavin, Captain du 1er rang Malayest, of 74 guns, and 729 men.—Skoroy, Captain du 1er rang Schelling, of 60 guns, and 504 men.—Stebelen, Captain 2d rang Bichenkov, of 75 guns, and 598 men.—S. Rafael, Captain du 2d rang Roshuk, of 74 guns, and 630 men.—Siney, Captain Lieutenant Malagruin, of 74 guns, and 605 men.—Morshuv, Captain Lieutenant Rasunoff, of 74 guns, and 649 men.—Rafael, Captain Lieutenant Vtchenkov, of 80 guns, 445 men.—Frigate Kildyn, Captain Lieutenant Dourakoff, of 20 guns, and 322 men.—Yaroslav, Captain du 2d rang Milkoff, of 74 guns, and 657 men.
Total—5685 men. (Signed) MALIVJEFF, Le Capitaine de Pavilion.
NEW-YORK, October 23.
We learn by a passenger in the Hope, that general Dupont has arrived at Paris from Cadiz.
It is stated in one of our latest London papers, that gen. Junot sailed from Lisbon for France in the frigate L'Amiable, lord George Stuart, immediately after the convention was signed.
LONDON, September 21.
By the Champion frigate, arrived at Cadiz, advices from this quarter to the 29th ult. have been received. They state that on the morning of that day a vessel had arrived from Buenos Ayres with dispatches, after a passage of 84 days. The letters had not been delivered when the Champion sailed; but it was understood, that the Portuguese government of the Brazils had sent a force against Spanish America, and demanded the immediate surrender of Monte Video and Buenos Ayres. Compliance with this demand was peremptorily refused, and 14,000 under the command of the respective governors of those places were in arms to defend themselves against the advances of the forces from the Brazils. The accounts of the late events in Europe will of course induce the Portuguese to forego any farther hostile project against the Spanish colonies.
NORFOLK, Nov. 2.
To captain Sibson of the ship Union-Island in 32 days from Liverpool, and some of his passengers, we are indebted for London papers to the 25th of September.
In England the public attention appears wholly engrossed by the late convention in Portugal; the sense of the nation upon that subject will be found in the extracts
which we have made, and it is somewhat remarkable, that there is no difference of sentiment on this subject between the ministerial and opposition papers. The removal is not punishment of the British commander in chief is certain. From letters received from the army in Portugal, the indignation, it appears, is reciprocated to the fullest extent.
From Spain and Portugal nothing important had been received since the date of our former advices. The papers are filled with marches of French armies to the Rhine and Pyrenees. Bonaparte appears resolved on the reduction of Spain, while he menaces Austria at the same time. The tyrant is aware of the discontents in Germany; as an evidence of which is an intercepted letter from one of the Prussian ministers to a German prince. Austria is armed at all points and nothing can exceed the zeal and loyalty of the people, upon whom the publication of the events in Spain have had a wonderful effect; in vain have the French agents remonstrated against their publication.
The latest papers we have received assert, that information had been received that day that a general insurrection had taken place in the kingdom of Naples, and that all the French there had been massacred or driven out: although this intelligence wants confirmation it is by no means improbable.
The war in the north of Europe has resulted most gloriously to the gallant king of Sweden. The Russians have been driven from Finland with immense loss and complete disgrace. In addition to that loss and disgrace, and the loss of his fleet in the Tagus, fresh mortifications were preparing for the emperor Alexander. His fleet in the Baltic are, no doubt, ere this, in the possession of the united Swedish and English fleets, for which purpose fire ships had been sent from England, and troops were going from Sweden to make a joint attack by sea and land. The emperor of Russia will find himself, it is probable, less in troops 30,000, and in ships 18 sail of the line, besides 12 or 15 frigates, in men 8 or 10,000, and in reputation, his loss is incalculable. Our readers will perceive that nothing is more unfounded than those reports which stated a difference between Sweden and England.
Our London papers say but little on American affairs, except one of the 24th of September, which observes that it is not likely that any adjustment can take place with this government, who in proposing to raise the embargo on our part, and they to rescind their orders in council, have added, as a farther condition, the relinquishment of the right to search our merchant ships for British seamen. This has been so often resisted, that a renewal of the demand at this time, has the appearance of a determination on the part of our government to continue their present measures, non-importation and embargo, or to resort to other, and stronger measures.
We have conversed with intelligent passengers, who come out in the ship Union-Island, whose information corroborates, what we have before understood, that our embargo is much less regarded by both France and England, than was imagined by even those who disapproved the measure upon the ground of its imbecility.
The public anxiety increases as the period approaches, when our fate is to be decided. In a few days we calculate on being able to determine whether the embargo will be raised or continued. The advocates for the embargo say, that as the causes which produced it continue, it must be continued; this is very unsatisfactory to those who have been brought to the brink of ruin by its deleterious effects. We cannot reflect on the continuation of this measure without the most serious apprehensions; and yet we have no hopes in seeing any alteration, as long as the present men are continued in office. What they will resort to next, we pretend not to conjecture; but we are convinced,
that national and individual ruin will be the consequences of the constitution in our affairs. We shall rejoice to find that we were mistaken, and give credit for any measures which may advance the interests of the country.
The following information is written on a London paper (the Times) of the 24th September: "LONDON, Saturday, 3 o'clock, afternoon, 24th September, 1808."
"'Tis believed that the Portuguese have refused to permit the convention to be carried into effect. Accounts from the Baltic just received by the Gottenburg mail—Sir James Saumarez was bombarding the Russian fortifications, and the Russian fleet had offered to capitulate on certain terms, which were refused. The bombardment was expected to recommence."
Extract of a letter from Natchitoches, dated August 22.
"You have heard no doubt of the French general D'Alvimar, who passed some two or three weeks ago, through Opelousas, on his way to Mexico. He has been stopped at Nacogdoches, in consequence of orders received by the commandant general Salcedo, and will be obliged to remain there until further orders. The French general took it in high dudgeon, and wrote to Salcedo in these terms—"Sir you may for a moment impede my progress in the country under your command, but you will not be able to prevent my going to Mexico." D'Alvimar told a friend in Nacogdoches, that he was going to take command of 12,000 troops at Camp Jalapa, near Vera Cruz. There are seven or eight French generals on their way to that country. All the offices of government are now filled by Frenchmen, to counteract (as it is said) the plan heretofore laid by the late prince of peace.
Orleans Gazette. Extract of a letter from the Havana, to a commercial house in New-York, dated October 1.
"Yesterday about 4 o'clock came into port the Spanish 74 gun ship St. Just, from Cadiz. Gazettes, proclamations, private letters and passengers, all unite in giving the most favorable accounts of the success of the armed peasantry of Spain against the invincible legions of the great Napoleon—My friend Mr. M. has a letter from his correspondent at Cadiz which states as a fact that general Cuesta has under his command 125,000 troops on the confines of Biscay after all the battles that have been fought; and he is only one of 5 or 6 principal generals who are at the head of armies in the middle and northern provinces of Spain. The letter also states that during the last 7 weeks prior to the last of August, the French lost 80,000 men in Spain, in killed and prisoners. In Cadiz there are thirteen French generals as prisoners of war, who are strongly guarded to save them from being sacrificed by the people. Other letters say that after the bloody battles of Saragossa, a great number of Spanish women were found among the dead and dying Spaniards, disguised as men, holding in their hands swords, knives and other instruments of death, with which they had aided their fathers, brothers and sons, in their struggles against their savage enemies. It was said that some of the French provinces had revolted and declared in favor of the Bourbons again."
"We are here all in such tumultuous joy [for we hardly see a Frenchman] that it is almost impossible to get a connected account from any of the Spaniards. All last night the people were parading the streets huzzing and crying out long live Ferdinand. The houses were all illuminated and the bells have not ceased their infernal clatter since yesterday at 5 o'clock."
VERMONT ELECTION.
The papers from Vermont, give us the official proceedings of the legislature of that state, with
respect to its organization. By these it appears, that the hon. ISAAC TICHENOR, federal candidate, has been elected governor; PAUL BRIGHAM, esq. democratic candidate lieutenant governor; BENJAMIN SWAIN, esq. treasurer; DUDLEY CHASE, esq. democratic candidate, speaker; THOMAS LEVERET, esq. secretary of state; and MARTIN PORT, esq. democratic candidate, clerk of the house.—The federal ticket for counsellors prevailed by a majority of 300 votes. In the house there is a small democratic majority. The Hanover Gazette in remarking on the election, has the following statement:
"Mr. Tichenor's majority over Mr. Smith, was 857 votes. Wm. Page, esq. is appointed by his excellency, secretary to the governor and council. In our next we shall be able to give a statement of votes for members of congress, in that state. It has been matter of deep regret, that general Morris, and some other federal members were absent, at this important crisis. Had they been present, we have little doubt but there would have been a federal majority in the house. It is also unfortunate that four of the most powerful members of the house on the federal side were elected into the council." Otherwise, it is presumed the joint ballot would have still stood in our favor. Nay, we hope it will yet. Contrast this election with that of last year, and we shall see an astonishing change of public sentiments in favor of Washington and republicanism."
[The editor of the above mentioned paper should have informed the public, that in cases where members of the house are also elected to the council that warrants are immediately issued for new elections to fill these vacancies—and that they are generally filed up in the course of 8 or 10 days. This circumstance therefore, will give to the house the four federalists taken into the council before the time elapsed, within which the elections must be chosen.]
[Editor Boston Gazette.]
GENERAL WILKINSON.
[This officer, as will appear by the following notes, challenged R. G. HARPER, esq. who, for reasons assigned, rejected the invitation. Upon this gen. W. proceeds to publish Mr. H. as a coward, which nobody that knows this gentleman can believe.]
[Fed. Gaz.] General JAMES WILKINSON, the commander in chief of the army
to Capt. ROBERT GOODLOE HARPER, commanding a company of Volunteer Artillery.
Captain Harper, under the veil of patriotism, having secretly assailed the general's honor, and by wiles and fictions, unprincipled and inhuman, endeavored to destroy his military fortune and fame—Gen. W. conceives that injuries of such uncommon atrocity without a ray of provocation to extenuate them, gives him an incontestible claim to commensurate reparation. He therefore waives the privileges of rank, and demands from captain Harper the only admissible atonement.
Major Bissell of the army, will deliver this note, and is authorised to adjust the time, place and manner.
Baltimore, Wednesday-noon 26th October, 1808.
Gen. Wilkinson must excuse me from accepting his invitation. It supposes an equality, which situated as he is, in the public opinion and in my own, I cannot admit.
Neither can I admit that for advising Mr. Clark to lay before congress the documents in his possession tending to prove the existence and nature of gen. Wilkinson's connexion with the Spanish government, which advice appears from his note of yesterday, to be the offence whereon his challenge is founded I am personally responsible to him. It was my right and my
duty to give that advice. To admit that I am responsible to gen. Wilkinson for having given it, would be to admit a principle leading directly to the suppression of evidence, and the impunity of offence.
(Signed) ROBT. G. HARPER. Baltimore, October 27, 1808. (Addressed) gen James Wilkinson, commander in chief, &c.
From the Washington Federalist. THE EMBARGO.—Our correspondents in the northern parts of the union are urging us to inform them whether or not the embargo will be raised at the meeting of Congress.
We candidly confess that, though we are at head quarters, we are not enough in the secrets of the great marquee, or as the red men of Baltimore or New-York would say, the great wigwam, to determine the point.—We, however, have an opinion, and that is, that the embargo will be raised. Not that we think the administration have any desire to raise it, but because the people of the U. States will bear it no longer. The administration are not quite so infatuated as not to know that the idea of the embargo being raised at the meeting of Congress is the only thing which has kept their friends in countenance in any of the states. Not a single election has taken place but the democrats have propagated stories of raising the embargo. In some places expressions have arrived with news that the embargo was actually raised; and in others it has been asserted from the BEST AUTHORITY that it would soon be raised. These things shew that the minions of the administration are aware of the discontent of the people, on account of the embargo, and that they are satisfied, however popular they may represent the measure, that were the people sure it would lie ten months longer, there would not a single vote be obtained, especially in the northern states, for our present rulers.
Again, what reason can now be assigned for continuing the embargo, unless we take Mr. Jefferson's plan and make it permanent? It has had a fair trial, and none of the advantages contemplated at laying it, have been experienced, or are ever like to be derived from it. It was said at first to be laid to bring home our shipping—it has not done this, for Bonaparte will not let them come. It was then to coerce Great Britain—but it has failed, for Britain laughs at it, and will in a few years be willing to pay us a subsidy for continuing it. Shall it then be continued when it has no good effect and is the source of many evils? Reason and common sense would say, certainly not.
We would not, however, have our friends be too confident of getting rid of this most distressing and most foolish of all restrictive measures. Reason and common sense do not always govern politicians; and we have not a doubt but that an effort will be made by the executive to continue the embargo. He has committed himself by laying it, and to take it off at this time will be acknowledging that it was a weak and useless measure at least; this he will not do—he will rather see the U. States in the enslaved situation of France, than candidly confess he has been wrong, and his opponents the federalists have been right. But at this period we doubt his power to continue his measure. Congress at the approaching session will have different feelings from what they had at the last. They will deliberate before they act. The spirit of enquiry has gone abroad; and the state of our relations both with France and England will be fully known to the legislature before they proceed to enact any more laws on the recommendation of the president. A majority will see by this time the evil consequences of legislating blindfolded, and we have great reason to hope that the proceeding of the coming session will be more honorable to men of sense, and independent feelings, than were those of the last.

MARTINSBURG, Nov. 11.
We this day present the Intelligence to its patrons on a considerably enlarged scale, and shall continue to print it on the same sized paper during the session of Congress which has just begun; this session, it is expected, will be uncommonly interesting and important—we hope we shall be able to give a correct though brief history of its proceedings. We have been at a much greater expense for this paper than for that on which the Intelligence was formerly printed; we make no additional charge to our subscribers; we only ask of them—punctuality.
An Election for the choice of Electors of President and Vice-President of the United States, was held in this town on Monday last. The votes given for the Monroe ticket were 154 For the MADISON ticket 131
PENNSYLVANIA ELECTION. Votes for Governor as far as ascertained.
   Counties For Agst    Philadelphia City 2,897 2,737  County 3,980 2,047  Bucks 2,611 2,621  Montgomery 2,786 2,263  Northampton 2,817 1,195  Cumberland 2,717 1,304  York 2,087 1,651  Adams 785 1,372  Berks 1,193 691  Dauphin 3,040 858  Lebanon 3,147 3,264  Lancaster 3,598 4,089  Berks 3,538 1,321  Mariannabund 4,181 1,089  Centre 3,538 165  Franklin 2,039 1,367  Luzerne 797 1,284  Allegheny in part 386 301  Mifflin, maj. 1,300  Delaware, maj. 599  Lycoming, maj. 6,000  Payette, maj. 1,36  Greene, maj. 900  Washington, maj. 108  Somerset, maj. 600  Washington, in part 3,153 731  Totals 59,688 30,814  
Seven counties remain to be heard from the aggregate votes of which will indisputably increase Mr. Snyder's majority.
To the Editor of the Berkeley and Jefferson Intelligence.
HAVING been informed that Col. Morrow has accused Stentor of misrepresentation, I now assure you of my willingness to acknowledge any inaccuracy of which I may have been guilty if it can be satisfactorily proved. I am desirous that every political discussion should be conducted with the same candor and sincerity which ought to mark the private correspondence of man and man. My great object in the letters addressed to you is the discovery of truth, and the publication of that truth for the information of my fellow citizens. It is with a view to their information that I have availed myself of your paper as the conduit by which it might be conveyed, and if I make any misstatement, it is the duty of those who discover it, to place the public on their guard against me, as a false and insidious essayist whose design is to injure the reputation of an opponent by the misrepresentation of facts. If therefore Col. Morrow has really discovered any thing which is untrue, why has he not boldly and publicly denied it, and challenged me to the proof of my assertions? This would at once have covered me with confusion, and relieved him from the imputation under which he labored. Why has he covertly endeavoured to lessen the credit to which I am entitled, with the people, by secretly insinuating that I have basely misrepresented his conduct? Altho' I am not inclined to conceal any of his political errors from his constituents, that gentlemen is mistaken in me if he supposes me capable of uttering a malicious falsehood. The subject of which our worthy representative complains, is my statement of his conduct with regard to the publication of certain papers. I still insist that my account of that transaction is correct. It is taken from the Journal of the House of Representatives in which there can be no error. On the 31st of March a resolution was brought forward in the house for the removal of the
injunction of secrecy from the president's message, with the exception of certain parts therein designated. John Morrow was then present and voted against it. On the same day another resolution to the same effect but in a different form was introduced and also rejected, but here his name does not appear. On the first of April, two other resolutions of a similar nature were introduced with the same fate but still the name of John Morrow no more appears, until the 2d day of April when a message was received from Mr. Jefferson authorising the publication of these papers which the majority of congress had before refused to the public. The same men who had before so obstinately refused to consent to this measure, (with but one exception) now changed their opinions suddenly, and without assigning any other reason than this mandate of the president's. The name of John Morrow is among the number of those who bowed implicit obedience to ministerial dictates in complete contradiction to the vote which he had given on the 31st of March. Our representative must deny his name or he cannot deny this statement. I wish every man to compare it with that formerly given, and judge for himself whether or not Mr. Morrow has been candid in his insinuations of Stentor's falsity. If this account of that transaction is again denied the whole Journal shall be sent you for publication, and in the mean time, as this is the only instance in which he has denied any charge which I have made against him, I take it for granted that to all others he pleads guilty. This being the case, his constituents will, at the next election decide whether or not he deserves to retain his present trust. That this confession of his political weakness and errors may not be considered as a sufficient excuse for them, is the sincere wish of
STENTOR.
WASHINGTON CITY, Nov. 11, 1808.
This day, at twelve o'clock, the President of the United States, communicated in writing, by his secretary Mr. Coles, to both houses of Congress, the following
MESSAGE. TO THE SENATE AND HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE UNITED STATES.
IT would have been a source, fellow citizens, of much gratification, if our last communications from Europe, had enabled me to inform you, that the belligerent nations, whose disregard of neutral rights has been so destructive to our commerce, had become awakened to the duty and true policy of revoking their unrighteous edicts. That no means might be omitted to produce this salutary effect, I lost no time in availing myself of the act authorizing a suspension, in whole, or in part, of the several embargo laws. Our ministers at London and Paris were instructed to explain to the respective governments there, our disposition to exercise the authority in such manner as would withdraw the pretext on which the aggressions were originally founded, and open the way for a renewal of that commercial intercourse which it was alleged on all sides had been reluctantly obstructed. As each of those governments had manifested its readiness to concur in renouncing a measure which received its adversary through the incontestable rights of neutrals only, and as the measure had been assumed by each as a retaliation for an asserted acquiescence in the aggressions of the other, it was reasonably expected that the occasion would have been seized by both for evincing the sincerity of their professions, and for restoring to the commerce of the United States its legitimate freedom. The instructions to our ministers with respect to the different belligerents were necessarily modified with a reference to their different circumstances, and to the condition annexed by law to the executive power of suspension, requiring a degree of security to our commerce which would not result from a repeal of the decrees of France. Instead of a pledge, therefore, for a suspension of the embargo as to her in case of such a repeal, it was presumed that a sufficient inducement might be found in other considerations, and particularly in the change produced by a compliance with our just demands by one belligerent, and a refusal by the other, in the relations between this other and the United States. To G. Britain, whose power on the ocean is so ascendant, it was deemed not inconsistent with that condition, to state explicitly, that on her rescinding her orders in relation to the United States, their trade would be opened with her, and remain shut to her enemy, in case of his failure to rescind his decrees also. From France no answer has been received; nor any indication that the requisite change in her decrees is contemplated. The favourable reception of the proposition to Great Britain was the less to be doubted as her orders of council had not only been referred for their vindication to an acquiescence on the part of the United States no longer to be pretended,
but as the arrangements proposed, whilst it realized the illegal decrees of France, involved moreover, substantially, the precise advantages professedly aimed at by the British orders. The arrangements have nevertheless been rejected. This candid and liberal experiment having thus failed, and no other event having occurred on which a suspension of the embargo by the executive was authorized, it necessarily remains in the extent originally given to it. We have the satisfaction however to reflect, that in return for the privations imposed by the measure, and which our fellow citizens in general have borne with patriotism, it has had the important effects of saving our mariners and our vast mercantile property, as well as of affording time for prosecuting the defensive and provisional measures called for by the occasion. It has demonstrated to foreign nations the moderation and firmness which govern our councils, and to our citizens the necessity of uniting in support of the laws and the rights of their country; and has thus long frustrated those usurpations and spoliations which if resisted involved war, if submitted to, sacrificed a vital principle of our national independence.
Under a continuance of the belligerent measures which, in defiance of laws which consecrate the rights of neutrals, over-spread the ocean with danger, it will rest with the wisdom of Congress to decide on the course best adapted to such a state of things; and bringing with them, as they do from every part of the union; the sentiments of our constituents, my confidence is strengthened that in forming this decision, they will, with an unswerving regard to the essential rights and interests of the nation, weigh and compare the painful alternative out of which a choice is to be made. Nor should I do justice to the virtues which on other occasions have marked the character of our fellow citizens, if I did not cherish an equal confidence that the alternative chosen, whatever it may be, will be maintained with all the fortitude and patriotism which the crisis ought to inspire.
The documents containing the correspondence on the subject of the foreign edicts against our commerce, with the instructions given to our ministers at London and Paris, are now laid before you.
The communications made to Congress at their last session explained the posture in which the close of the discussions relating to the attack by a British ship of war on the frigate Chesapeake left a subject on which the nation had manifested so honorable a sensibility. Every view of what had passed, authorized a belief that immediate steps would be taken by the British government for redressing a wrong, which the more it was investigated, appeared the more clearly to require what had not been provided for in the special mission. It is found that no steps have been taken for the purpose. On the contrary it will be seen, in the documents laid before you, that the inadmissible preliminary which obstructed the adjustment is still adhered to; and moreover, that it is now brought into connexion with the distinct and irreconcilable case of the orders in council. The instructions which had been given to our minister in London, with a view to facilitate if necessary, the repatriation claimed by the United States, are included in the documents communicated.
Our relations with the other powers of Europe have undergone no material changes since your last session. The important negotiations with Spain, which had been alternately suspended and resumed, necessarily experience a pause, under the extraordinary and interesting crisis which distinguishes her internal situation.
With the Barbary powers we continue in harmony, with the exception of an unjustifiable proceeding of the Dey of Algiers towards our consul to that regency. Its character and circumstances are now laid before you, and will enable you to decide how far it may, either now or hereafter, call for any measures, not within the limits of the executive authority.
With our Indian neighbours the public peace has been steadily maintained. Some instances of individual wrong have, as at other times, taken place; but in no wise implicating the will of the nation. Beyond the Mississippi the Ioways, the Sacs and the Illinois have delivered up for trial and punishment individuals from among themselves, accused of murdering citizens of the United States. On this side the Mississippi the Creeks are exerting themselves to arrest offenders of the same kind, and the Choctaws have manifested their readiness and desire for amicable and just arrangements respecting depredations committed by disorderly persons of their tribe, and generally from a conviction that we consider them as a part of ourselves, and cherish with sincerity their rights and interests. The attachment of the Indian tribes is gaining strength daily, is extending from the nearer to the more remote, and will amply requite us for the justice and friendship practised towards them. Husbandry and household manufacture are advancing among them, more rapidly with the southern than northern tribes, from circumstances of soil and climate; and one of the two great divisions of the Cherokee nation have now under consideration to solicit the citizenship of the United States, and to be identified with us in law and government, in such progressive manner as we shall think best.
In consequence of the appropriations of the last session of congress for the security of our seaport towns and harbors, such works of defence have been erected as seemed to be called for by the situation of the several places, their relative importance, and the scale of expense indicated by the amount of the appropriation. These works will chiefly be finished in the course of the present season, except at New-York and New-Orleans, where most was to be done, and although a great proportion of the last appropriation has been expended on the former place, yet some further views will be submitted to congress for rendering its security entirely adequate against naval enterprise. A view of what has been done at the several places and of what is proposed to be done, shall be communicated as soon as the several reports are received.
Of the gun boats authorized by the act of December last, it has been thought necessary to build only one hundred and
three in the present year, these, with those before possessed, are sufficient for the harbors and waters most exposed, and the residue will require little time for their construction when it shall be deemed necessary.
Under the act of last session for raising an additional military force, so many officers were immediately appointed as were necessary for carrying on the business of recruiting, and in proportion as it advanced, others have been added. We have reason to believe their success has been satisfactory, although such returns have not yet been received as enable me to present you a statement of the numbers enlisted.
I have not thought necessary in the course of the last session to call for any general detachments of militia or of volunteers, under the laws passed for that purpose, for the ensuing session; however, they will be required to be in readiness, should their services be wanted. Some small and special detachments have been necessary to maintain the laws of embargo on that portion of our northern frontier which offered peculiar facilities for evasion—but these were replaced as soon as it could be done by bodies of new recruits—by the aid of these, and of the armed vessels called into service in other quarters, the spirit of disobedience and abuse, which manifested itself early, and with sensible effect while we were unprepared to meet it, has been considerably repressed.
Considering the extraordinary character of the times in which we live, our attention should unremittingly be fixed on the safety of our country; for a people who are free, and who mean to remain so, a well organized and armed militia is their best security; it is therefore incumbent on us at every meeting to revise the condition of the militia, and to ask ourselves if it is prepared to repel a powerful enemy at every point of our territories exposed to invasion? Some of the states have paid a laudable attention to this object, but every degree of neglect is to be found among others. Congress alone having the power to produce an uniform state of preparation in the great organ of defence, the interests which they so deeply feel in their own and their country's security will present this as among the most important objects of their deliberation.
Under the acts of March 11, and April 23, respecting arms, the difficulty of procuring them from abroad, during the present situation and dispositions of Europe, induced us to direct our whole efforts to the means of internal supply. The public factories have therefore been enlarged, additional machineries erected, and in proportion as artificers can be found or formed, their effect already more than doubled, may be increased so as to keep pace with the yearly increase of the militia. The annual sums appropriated by the latter act have directed to the encouragement of private factories of arms; and contracts have been entered into with individual undertakers to nearly the amount of the first year's appropriation.
The suspension of our foreign commerce, produced by the injustice of the belligerent powers, and the consequent losses and sacrifices of our citizens, are subjects of just concern. The situation into which we have thus been forced, has impelled us to apply a portion of our industry and capital to internal manufactures and improvements. The extent of this conversation is daily increasing, and little doubt remains that the establishments formed and forming, will, under the auspices of cheaper materials and subsistence, the freedom of labor from taxation with us, and of protecting duties and prohibitions, become permanent. The commerce with the Indians too, within our own boundaries, is likely to receive abundant aliment from the same internal source, and will secure to them peace and the progress of civilization, undisturbed by practices hostile to both.
The accounts of the receipts and expenditures during the year ending on the 30th day of September last, being not yet made up, a correct statement will hereafter be transmitted from the treasury; in the mean time it is ascertained that the receipts have amounted to near eighteen millions of dollars, which with the eight millions and one half in the treasury at the beginning of the year, have enabled us to meet the current demands and interest incurred, to pay two millions three hundred thousand dollars of the principal of our funded debt, and left us in the treasury on that day near fourteen millions of dollars; of these, five millions three hundred and fifty thousand dollars will be necessary to pay what will be due on the 1st day of January next, which will complete the reimbursement of the eight per cent stock; these payments with those made in the 6 year and an half preceding, will have extinguished thirty three millions, five hundred and eighty thousand dollars of the principal of the funded debt, being the whole which could be paid or purchased within the limits of the law and of our contracts; and the amount of principal thus discharged will have liberated the revenue from about two millions of dollars of interest, and added that sum annually to the disposable surplus—the probable accumulation of the surplus of revenue, beyond what can be applied to the payment of the public debt, whenever the freedom and safety of our commerce shall be restored, merits the consideration of congress. Shall it lie unproductive in the public vaults? Shall the revenue be reduced? Or shall it not rather be appropriated to the improvements of roads, canals, rivers, education, and other great foundations of prosperity and union, under the powers which congress may already possess, or such amendment of the constitution as may be approved by the states. While uncertain of the state of things, that time may be advantageously employed in obtaining the powers necessary for a system of improvement, should that be thought best.
Awaiting myself of this, the last occasion which will occur of addressing the two houses of legislature at their meeting, I cannot omit the expression of my sincere gratitude, for the repeated proofs of confidence manifested to me by themselves and their predecessors since my call to the administration, and the many indulgences experienced at their hands. The same grateful acknowledgements are due
to my fellow citizens generally, whose support has been my great encouragement under all embarrassments. In the transaction of their business I cannot have escaped error; it is incident to our imperfect nature; but I may say with truth my errors have been of the understanding, not of intention; and that the advancement of their rights and interests has been the constant motive for every measure. On these considerations I solicit their indulgence. Looking forward with anxiety to their future destinies, I trust that in their steady character, unshaken by difficulties, in their love of liberty, obedience to law, and support of the public authorities, I see a sure guarantee of the permanence of our republic, and retiring from the charge of their affairs, I carry with me the consolation of a firm persuasion that Heaven has in store for our beloved country, long ages to come of prosperity and happiness.
TH. JEFFERSON. November 8, 1808.
Look Here!
I HAVE lent 1st Vol. Peter Pindar; 5 Vols. Plutarch's lives; 4 Vols. Pope's Works; 2 Vols. Blackstone's Commentaries; 4 Vols. Goldsmith's Animated Nature; 2 Vols. Spectator; 3 Vols. Peregrine Pickle; 2 Vols. Federalist, (by Hamilton) 5 Vols. Clarissa Harlow; 5 Vols. Swift's Works, viz. 3rd, 9th, 11th, 13th, and 23th. Together with a great number of other valuable Books, which at present I cannot recollect, owing to the great length of time they have been loaned: Most of these Books, I believe have been lent to Gentlemen of Martinsburg; but whoever may now have the possession of them it is earnestly requested, that a return of them be immediately made to me, or to Capt. Meminger of Martinsburg.
MAGNUS TATE. November 11, 1808.
WANTED.
A YOUNG Man to attend in a store—also a boy from 12 to 16 years of age, for the same purpose. Enquire of the Printer, Martinsburg, Nov. 11, 1808.
October Court, 1808.
John E. Fryatt, Complainant, AGAINST George Eskridge and Henry Shroeder, Defendants. In CHANCERY.
THE defendants not having entered their appearance agreeable to an 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 motion of the Complainant by his Counsel, it is ordered that the said Defendants do appear here on the Monday after the third Tuesday in January next, to answer the bill of the Complainant, and that a copy of this order be forthwith inserted in the Berkeley and Jefferson Intelligence for two months successively, and published at the door of the Court House of said County.
A Copy. Teste, DAVID HUNTER. C.B.C.
Land for Sale.
THE subscriber offers for sale a valuable tract of LAND lying on Opeckon Creek, about four miles from Martinsburg, containing about 120 acres; about 60 acres of said tract is Limestone, and the remainder first-rate State Land; there are on the premises an Apple and Peach Orchard of good Fruit, and a number of other Fruit trees; there are two springs of never failing water on said tract, a comfortable dwelling house and other out-houses; about seventy acres of cleared Land, about six acres of Meadow, and about twenty acres of good Meadow ground; the remainder of the Land is well timbered. For terms apply to the subscriber on the premises.
JOSEPH VANMETRE. November 11, 1808.
Wanted immediately.
A lad from 16 to 17 years of age, to learn the Gun-Smith's business.
JOHN WHETSTONE. Martinsburg, Nov. 11, 1808.

Public Sale.
TO be sold at public sale, on Friday the 25th of November next, if fair, if not, the next fair day, at the late dwelling house of Christopher Vansant, dec'd, four miles from Shepherd's Town and adjoining Captain Abraham Shepherd's, all the personal estate of said deceased, consisting of Horses and Cattle, among which are several valuable Milch Cows, a large flock of Sheep, a number of fat Hogs, a parcel of Wheat and Rye, a quantity of Corn in the heap, about thirty-five acres of grain in the ground, a Waggon and Gears, a Cyder Mill, and a number of tight casks, Farming Utensils, a Desk and several valuable Beds, Household and Kitchen Furniture, and many other articles too tedious to mention. Nine months credit will be given on note with approved security. The sale to begin at nine o'clock, when the terms will be made known by BENJ. COMEGYS, Ex'r. November 4, 1808.
VALUABLE LANDS & MILLS FOR SALE, ON CREDIT.
Pursuant to a decree of the Chancery District Court held at Staunton pronounced on the 4th day of April, 1808 in a suit therein depending between Jas. Purvis, complainant, and the Executors and Heirs of John Donaldson, dec'd. and others, defendants—will be exposed to sale, on the premises, on the 22nd day of December next, FOUR ACRES OF LAND , situate in Berkeley County, Virginia, in the neighbourhood of Gerrards, or Middletown, adjoining the lands of the late William Baldwin, Isaac M'Kown and others, being a valuable Mill-site, with a Mill thereon. This tract, with the Mill, will be sold by the undersigned Commissioners, to the highest bidder, on the following credit, to wit: One third of the purchase money to be paid at the end of one year, from the day of sale—one other third at the end of two years from the day of sale—and the remaining third at the end of three years from the day of sale. All such payments to be well secured by bond with approved security, and also a lien on the property.
Also, on the 24th day of December next, will be sold, by the same commissioners and on the same credit a TRACT OF LAND , situate in Frederick County, Virginia, on both sides of Opitiquon Creek, adjoining Seaver's and Jonas Likens containing fifty and one half acres, with a valuable MERCHANT MILL and other improvements thereon. The sale to take place on the premises, and the payment to be secured as above mentioned.
ROBERT PAGE, CHARLES MAGILL, ALFRED H. POWELL, OBED WAITE, November 4, 1808.
Be Cautious.
I HEREBY forwarn all persons whatsoever from purchasing of, or selling to, (my negroes) any article or commodity without my consent being first obtained in writing;—And more especially I desire that no person shall sell them any spirituous liquors. Those who offend against this notice, may rest assured that I am on the watch, and that I am determined to prosecute all offenders with the utmost rigour of law. MAGNUS TATE. November 4, 1808.
TO BE LET,
and possession given immediately THE House in which Mr. John Roberts now lives, adjoining the Clerk's Office, Martinsburg. It is a convenient and comfortable dwelling, and would suit a mechanic, with a small family, JOHN ALBURTIS. October 28, 1808.
Public Sale.
IN obedience to an order of the County Court of Berkeley, there will be sold by public sale on Wednesday the 16th inst. at the plantation of John Potts, deceased, late of this County, all the personal Estate of the said Potts, deceased, consisting of one negro Man, one negro Girl, Horses, Cows, Hogs, Household and Kitchen Furniture, Farming Utensils, some Corn, &c. Nine months credit will be given, the purchaser giving bond with approved security. The sale to begin at ten o'clock, where due attendance will be given by MOSES COLLINS, D. S. for JOHN TURNER. November 4, 1808.
Mr. Denis Cahil, acting Executor of James Quinn, dec'd. Joseph Minghin and Luke Teran.
TAKE NOTICE, THAT on the tenth day of December next after the date hereof, I intend to take the depositions of Thomas Sharp, sen. Henry Miller, jun. and Luke Pentony, at the house in which Mr. Thos. Tabb now resides, in the town of Martinsburg, county of Berkeley, and commonwealth of Virginia, to be read in evidence on the trial of the suit in Chancery, brought and now depending in the County Court of Berkeley, where in I am Complainant and you the said Denis Cahil, acting ex'r. of James Quinn, dec'd. Joseph Minghin and Luke Teran are Defendants. Said depositions to be taken by virtue of a commission issued in said suit from the County Court of Berkeley for that purpose. Yours, &c. ALBERT STEPHEN. November 4, 1808.
Berkeley, ss. August Court, 1808. George Bowman, Complainant, AGAINST John Bowman & Joseph Foreman, Defendants. In CHANCERY.
THE defendant Bowman, not having entered his appearance agreeable to an act of Assembly and the rules of this court, and it appearing to the satisfaction of the Court, that he is not an inhabitant of this Commonwealth, on the motion of the complainant by his counsel, it is ordered, that the defendants do appear here on the Monday after the third Tuesday in November next, to answer the bill of the complainant, and that a copy of this order be forthwith inserted in the Berkeley and Jefferson Intelligencer for two months successively, and published at the door of the Court House of said County. A Copy. Teste, DAVID HUNTER, C.B.C.
Prime Soak and Upper Leather FOR SALE.
THE subscriber now has, and will have during the fall and winter, PRIME SOAK at twenty-two cents per pound, by the single side; a generous reduction will be made by the quantity. Some well finished Upper and Calf-Skins, with part cash, will be taken in exchange for Soak. EBENEZER CAMPBELL. N. B. An exceeding good Iron Mill, with all the apparatus for grinding bark, will be sold Cheap. Shepherd's-Town, Virg. } 2m. September 30, 1808.
Public Sale.
WILL be sold at public vendue, at the subscribers farm near Opeckon bridge, on Friday the 18th November next, HORSES, HOGS, CATTLE, SHEEP, and a quantity of HAY. Nine months credit will be allowed on bond with approved security. The sale will begin early in the day. JACOB GORRELL. October 28, 1808.
Fresh Fall & Winter GOODS.
THE subscribers respectfully inform their old customers and the public generally, that they have just received from the city of Philadelphia, and finished opening, one of the largest and best assortments of GOODS since commencement. It is thought by them (however usual with others in a similar line of business) to be entirely unnecessary thro' the channel of public advertisements to assert the very moderate terms on which they will be disposed of for Cash—when by a judicious and an impartial inspection every purchaser shall be advantageously informed.
Among the entire assortment is comprised the following, viz: Superfine and Common Broad Cloths, ditto ditto Cassimeres, ditto do. Coatings, ditto Kersey Molekin, Knapped Frize, Devonshire, Kersey, Dbl. Mill'd Drob Cloths, Forest do. Hunter's Patent Satinets, Halfbibs and Fearnought, Fancy Windsor Cords for waistcoating, ditto Swansdowns, Red and Green Baize, S. fine and Common Flannels well assorted, Rose Blankets, Striped ditto, President and Constitution Cords, Velverets and Velveteens, Thicketts, Corduroys, Ladies' Pelise Velvets, Bennets' and Fancy Cords, Ladies' Floss Tippets assorted, Gentlemen's Comits, ditto, Yellow, Red, Brown and Blue Bandannos Hdk. Madras Shawls and Hdk. of various descriptions, Damask Silk and Cotton Shawls, Diaper Table Cloths and Towels, Bed Tickings assorted, a complete assortment of fine Ivory Combs, Quillback Dressing ditto, Elegant pocket and common ditto, Ladies' most fashionable Tortoise and Common ditto, Ladies' fashionable Plush Hats, trussed complete, ditto Leghorn Bonnets, Artificial Flowers, ditto Wreaths, Ostrich &c. Feathers, Tippets assorted, Silk and Cotton Umbrellas, Veils, Broad Thread and Cotton Laces, Fine Thread Edgings, Spider-Nett Sleeves, Plain Spotted and Traveller Leno Mullins, Black ditto, ditto Shawls and Hdk. Extra Long Silk Gloves, Pic-Nic ditto and Mitts, Short Silk Gloves, Beaver ditto, Raw Silk Stockings, Furniture Cotton Tassels, Ladies' Silk and Cotton ditto, assorted complete, S. fine Linen Cambric, 6-4 and 4-4 Cotton ditto, 6-4 and 4-4 Black ditto, 4-4 S. fine Grapes assorted, Narrow Black do. Laced Clock'd and Plain Cotton Hose assorted, Gentlemen's S. fine Angola ditto assorted, ditto Worsted ditto, German full'd ditto, Mahogany framed Looking Glasses, Common and Pocket ditto, Morocco and Leather Slippers elegantly assorted, ditto Childrens ditto Black Satin, Italian, &c. Silk for dresses assorted, Nett-Braces, Patent Silk, Leather and Cotton Suspenders, S. fine English Chintzes, the most elegant Figures, India and American prints, Pink, &c. Fine Gingham, Irish and Country Linens, White and Brown Russia Sheetings, Ticklingburgs, Dowlas, &c. &c. Gin, Cogniac Brandy, Jamaica Spirits, N. E. Rum, Rye Whisky, Sherry, Lisbon, and Malaga Wines, Ground-Album and Fine Salt, Havana, Muscovado, Loaf and C. Sugars, Best Green Coffee, Spanish Cigars, Cavendish, James River and Plug Tobacco, best Sugar-house Molasses, Hyson, &c. Tea, Nutmegs, Cloves, Pepper, Allspice, Cinnamon, Campher, Turkey Cotton Yarn, best Tennessee Spinning ditto, Crowley and Blister'd Steel, also an extensive assortment of Brim and M'Pherson's Bar-Iron, a large quantity of China and Queen's Ware handsomely assorted, Martinique Cordial in bottles. We return sincere thanks for past favours and hope nothing on our part shall be wanting to merit a continuance. THOMAS C. SMITH, & Co. Martinsburg, 21st Oct. 1808.
20 Dollars Reward.
RAN away from the subscriber, living near Opeckon in Jefferson County, Virginia, on Monday the 6th instant, a Negro Man named ELISHA , about twenty one years of age, about five feet seven or eight inches high, well made, rather slow in his speech, and is remarkably fond of liquor—Had on when he went away, a new shirt and trowsers of strong home-made tow linen, striped swansdown jacket, and roundabout made of fulled lindsey of a drab colour, the under part of the sleeves made of cloth nearly of the same colour, a wool hat about half worn, with hat band and a buckle, the hat band wrapped round with brass wire, and coarse shoes much worn. I will give twenty dollars reward and all reasonable expenses for the apprehension of the said Negro, if he is returned to me, or secured in jail, so that I get him again. ABRAHAM GORRELL. June 17, 1808.
An Overseer Wanted.
I SHALL want on the 24th day of December next, an OVERSEER , who can come well recommended for his honesty, industry and capacity for business. ELISHA BOYD. Sept. 23, 1808.
Ladies fashionable Bonnets and Hats.
Just received, a great variety of Fashionable Bonnets and Hats, Wreaths, Artificial Flowers, Ostrich Feathers, Lace Veils, Broad Thread Lace, Patent Cotton, ditto, Fine Thread Edging, Lace Sleeves, Spider Net, ditto, Extra long Silk Gloves, ditto White Kid, ditto, Short Kid and Silk, ditto, Kid, Morocco & Leather Slippers, Figured and plain Leno Mullins, Cambric, ditto, Chintzes and Calicoes, Dimities, Irish LINENS, Home-made, ditto, Twilled Bags, FLAX, Ticklingburgs, &c. &c. They also have on hand, Medicines and Paints, Soap and Upper Leather, Nice Fair-tops, Calf-Skins and Boot-Legs, Bar-Iron, Steel and Nails, Bacon, Flax-seed Oil, Well-seasoned Plank.
A complete assortment of China, Glass, Queens, Stone, Tin, Wooden and Potter's Ware. Also,
Cast Nuts for grinding Fruit.
Superfine Cloths and Cassimeres, Flannels, Velvets, Constitution & Presidents Cords, Mill-Saws, &c. &c. All which they are selling very cheap. JAMES & JOHN LANE. Shepherd's-Town, } September 2, 1808. } P.S. Cash paid for Hides and Skins.
LANDS for sale.
A BARGAIN may be had in the purchase of the places where John Files and Basil Cross now reside, containing five hundred acres of good lime stone LAND, binding on Opecon-Creek, distant about five miles from this place and six from Shepherd's-Town. The buildings are comfortable, with a mill seat on Opecon.—The title good, the price low and the payments will be made easy to a punctual man. Those who are inclined to buy, may know the terms on application to John Baker, Esq. at Shepherd's-Town. BENJAMIN ODEN. Martinsburg, Nov. 20, 1807.
Carriage Manufactory.
THE subscriber respectfully informs the public, that he has now in his employ, at his Carriage Manufactory in Shepherd's-Town, Virginia, a number of excellent workmen from the most fashionable Cities, which will put it in his power to furnish his employers, on a short notice, with Carriages of any description, finished in the most elegant, or in a plain and neat style, at reasonable prices. Old Carriages will be handsomely repaired, at cheap rates. He makes Drums and Fifes, Paints Floor Cloths, &c. His local situation, will always enable him to procure timber and other materials of the best quality, and he is determined that no pains shall be spared to make his work handsome and serviceable. GEORGE MILLER. Shepherd's-Town, Sept. 2, 1808.
James Maxwell's NIGHT SCHOOL
will be opened on Monday evening, November 7, in the Stone School-House, Martinsburg. October 28, 1808.
WRITING PAPER for sale at this Office.
Clock Making and Watch Repairing.
THE subscriber informs the public that he has removed from Frederick County to Martinsburg, where he intends to carry on the CLOCK making and WATCH repairing business ; he has opened shop in the house belonging to Robert Cockburn and where J. Alburtis formerly kept his Printing-Office; where he will be thankful to all who please to call on him in that line, and all Watches that are repaired in his shop are warranted for one year, accidents excepted, and all Clocks made by him are warranted to be good.
He will give a generous price for old Copper and Brass.
REES BRANSON. 10th mo. 28th, 1808.
LANDS for sale.
ON Monday the 21st of November next, being the 1st day of the Court of the County of Berkeley for that month, at the Globe Tavern in Martinsburg, I will sell at public auction for ready money, a very valuable tract of LAND containing about 226 acres lying about a mile and a half from the town of Martinsburg—There are on the premises a good dwelling house, kitchen, barn, &c. and the whole is in tenanted condition. It will be shown on application to Mr. Samuel B. Harris in whose tenure it now is, and possession will be given to the purchaser on the 1st of April next.
This property was some years since sold under a deed of trust from Michael M'Kewan and wife for the benefit of Gen. Swann and others of the city of Baltimore to whom it now belongs. It is encumbered with an old Mortgage which will be extinguished prior to the sale. Full information as to the title will be given on application to PHILIP C. PENDLETON. Martinsburg, Virginia, } August 12, 1808. }
BOOT AND SHOE MANUFACTORY MARTINSBURG.
THE subscriber respectfully informs his customers and the public, that he still occupies his old stand, between the Post-Office and Printing-Office, Martinsburg; that he has lately made a considerable addition to his stock of leather, (which is of the best quality) and shall constantly keep by him a large assortment, so that none who may please to employ him, will ever be disappointed, he will be careful in always keeping the best workmen, and from his own particular attention, feels an assurance, that he shall be able to give satisfaction to his customers—Boots and Shoes, of every description, will be carefully made, agreeable to directions—He intends to keep, ready-made, a variety of work for Ladies and Gentlemen—Having a large stock of Leather on hand, he will be able to give a short credit to punctual persons who may wish it. He is thankful for the favours already received, and will endeavour in future not to be undeserving encouragement. RICHARD HICKSON. April 1, 1808.
The following BLANKS, printed with new and elegant type, are always kept for sale at this Office:
DEEDS, Common BONDS, ONSTABLE'S BLANKS, Delivery BONDS, DECLARATIONS, Promissory NOTES, Replevin BONDS, Appearance Bail BONDS, &c.
Cash given for clean Linen and Cotton RAGS, at the Office of the Intelligencer.