Norfolk gazette and publick ledger (Norfolk [Va.]), 1808-08-01 00:00:00

NORFOLK GAZETTE And PUBLICK LEDGER
[VOL. V.
MONDAY EVENING, AUGUST 1, 1808.
NO. 7.]
Fourth of July Oration.—A friend at Worcester has sent us a copy of an Oration; delivered at Barre (Massachusetts) by Joseph B. Caldwell, Esq.
The venerable patriot who had led us, like the children of Israel through the perils of the wilderness, was unanimously selected to perpetuate by his counsels, the happiness and prosperity of the country he had so nobly defended.
But the restless spirit of faction, and the insidious wiles of unprincipled ambition, arrested the progress of our glory, and committed the dearest interests of our country, to the jeopardy of hazardous and untried experiment!
A country, prolifick beyond all others in its agricultural productions, and hitherto pushing its growth with unexampled rapidity, by an unrestrained intercourse with every nation of the globe, is suddenly touched by the wand of a mighty magician; its enterprise is arrested, its energies are paralized, and its strength has decayed!
If a hardy and industrious race of freemen bordering on the provinces of the detested Cathage, which by the decree of the mighty conqueror of Europe, is to be blotted out from the list of empires, should hazard an attempt to continue an intercourse by which they have hitherto existed, a royal proclamation denounces them as REBELS, and their own brethren are summoned to the field, to chastise their presumption at the point of the bayonet.
In searching for the causes, which have resulted in this degraded and disastrous state of our country, which impoverish in the midst of plenty, and create an unexampled distress among the people, surrounded by all the physical means of comfort and prosperity, it becomes necessary to extend our inquiries beyond the pressure of the present moment; that we may trace the gradual progress of the disease, from its earliest symptoms, to the present alarming crisis.
Whether the total neglect of the commercial interests of our country has resulted from a deep rooted hatred of commerce, and of our commercial men,
as unprincipled adventurers, and the most worthless portion of the community; from narrow and niggardly local jealousies, or from the vain and visionary theory, that "commerce flourishes most when left to protect itself," yet most certain it is, that, for eight years past, our pacific and philosophical rulers have been most industriously employed, in demolishing the maritime defence, which had been begun by their predecessors, and which they found in a state of regular and rapid progression.
In our navy yards the stroke of labour was suspended; the materials which had been diligently collected, were as diligently dispersed; Dry Docks were projected; our ships were dismantled; and to accelerate the natural progress of decay, by a league with the destroyer, our moulder navy was driven from the ocean, to furnish food for worms in the putrid waters of the Dock-yard!
These inflated promises were popular and captivating, and the people were rapidly caught with the gilded bait. Proselytes were multiplied with more than Mahometan rapidity, and every new convert strove to make atonement for his former errors, by the zeal with which he should propagate the doctrines of the impostor.
But in an evil hour the destroyer came!—The imbecility which had marked the measures of a feeble, timid and watering administration, though invisible at home, to the eyes of a people so blinded that they would not see, did not escape the keen and penetrating glance of aspiring and ambitious conquerors abroad.
But that humiliating concessions and millions for tribute are insufficient to purchase a peace with him, who has said in his wrath there shall be no peace till England is destroyed. These haughty islanders must be exterminated, that the freedom of the seas may be restored!
See Champagne's letter to General Armstrong.
tirement; and that its philosophick reveries may be no longer disturbed by clamours about commerce, very wisely decrees that commerce shall no longer exist!
Peppled as the situation of our Country had been rendered by the outrages of the Belligerent Powers, it has been demonstrated that the ruinous and destructive remedy, which our political empiricks have adopted, is infinitely worse and more dangerous than the disease.
Time will not permit, and the occasion perhaps would not justify, an examination, in detail, of the data on which this position is founded. Suffice it to say, it is the result of a thorough and deliberate investigation, by those best acquainted with the commercial concerns of our country.
It is thus, FELLOW-CITIZENS: Ye who cultivate the soil, who turn the furrow, and wield the scythe and the sickle; ye who have been set apart, by Presidential flattery, as the chosen people of GOD;
Time that he would not "e'en permit the winds of heaven to visit you too roughly;" ye, who have been cajoled by promises, that no tax-gatherer should be found at your doors, to levy contributions for the support and protection of commerce;
This is strange and mysterious policy to be ascribed to the intrinsic weakness of our government, or the undue preponderance of any foreign power in the councils of our nation?
Was the blood of our infancy wasted to resist the demand of a paltry tax by the most powerful
See Mr Key's Speech, and Mr. Lyon's Circular Letter to his Constituents.
nation on the globe; and shall the full vigour of our manhood yield to this imperious requisition, because it is urged by a despot, at whose awful nod the crowned heads of Europe have trembled and obeyed?
Are there any in this assembly, so much the slaves of early prejudice, or the dupes of more recent infatuation, as to believe that England is our enemy, because we were once at war with her; or that France is fighting the battles of Republicks, because her murdered monarch once was our ally?
While pursuing with "giant stride" these projects of universal domination, can it be vainly imagined that the only remaining Republic on the globe, has eluded his glance or bounded the boundless projects of his ambition?
The picture I have drawn, and the prospect I have delineated, are not presented to lure you into lawless combinations, or to rouse you to acts of outrageous violence, against the authority of the government and the laws.
Events have fully proved the prophetick spirit of the orator.—ED. LED.
See the President's Proclamation, against the "REBELS" of Pensylvania, and the St. Albans Memorial, giving the "lie direct" to the slander.

the deep, saved us again from the destroying, an- gel, and encircled us with the rays of his glory.— The spirit of Washington has fled, to intercede on high for the salvation of his beloved people! But he has left on earth his precepts and example; and, in the train of his pure and enlightened follow- ers we are to look for those, who have treasured up his precepts as the doctrines of political inspira- tion, and who have imitated his example in all its earthly and imitable perfections! From this group we are to select the most firm, intrepid and enlight- ened of his copatriots, who will rapidly tread back the steps we have so rapidly descended, and again conduct us to the pinnacle of our glory.
“But is the delusion so incurable that the reme- dy will be perversely rejected? Indications of re- turning reason invigorate our hopes, and stimulate to incessant and redoubled exertion. Our own com- monwealth, the last victim to the ravages of the widespreading pestilence, is the first to exhibit sym- ptoms of convalescence, and will soon be restored to her wonted vigor. Her example will verify, and the cure will be not less contagious than the disease. Disunion and disorder have crept into the ranks of the enemy; faction is rising gainst faction; and the whole encampment presents a scene of confu- sion and dismay.”
“Now, then is the accepted time, and now is the day of salvation!” Now is the auspicious mo- ment to form a solid and impregnable phalanx, composed of the talents, the integrity, the patrio- tism, the independence and the courage of our coun- try, to face the enemy in the field, to march into their strong holds and drive them from their en- trenchments!
There are individuals of either party, who ar- dently wish for the prosperity of their country, and who have only been divided as to the means by which it may be secured. Let those who, from re- cent and melancholy experience, have seen the in- evitable tendency of the experiment which has been tried, unite with brethren of the same principle, who have only yet been distinguished by a difference in names; and we shall all be REPUBLICANS, we shall all be FEDERALISTS, promoting, with a sin- cere and single heart, the glory and happiness of our common country. The friends of Agriculture are the friends of Commerce, for their interests are one and indivisible. The friends of Agriculture and Commerce are the advocates of an efficient naval force, for by this only are they to be protected against violence and rapine. The supporters of our INDEPENDENCE are the supporters of a system of fortification and defence, for by this only are we to be permanently secured against external annoy- ance and invasion! The friends of the Constitution are the enemies of domestic divisions, for by these will the Constitution be subverted, and the integri- ty of the union destroyed. The lovers of our LI- BERTY are the enemies of foreign influence; for its secret machinations will estrange us from our Coun- try, and its insidious approaches will sap the foun- dations of our freedom.”
“Guided by these unerring principles, transmit- ted to us as the political legacy of our political fa- ther, stripping false patriotism of the mask by which it may attempt to disguise its selfish motives or its ambitious designs, let us rally round the stan- dard of WASHINGTON, in whatever section of the continent it may be erected, and we shall find it is planted upon our rock and our fortress!”
“AMERICANS! Let us now form ourselves a creed of political faith. Let it be founded on those principles which gave birth to the constitution, on those principles which preserved America from a- narchy at home, and degradation abroad; on those principles which advanced our beloved country to an unexampled height of domestic prosperity, and gave us a respectable and imposing rank among the nations; on those principles which have hitherto re- scued us from the malignant influence of that des- olating spirit, which has swept the face of Europe with the besom of destruction; on those principles which can alone hereafter protect us from that IRON DESPOTISM, under which one quarter of the earth groans in agony, and which threatens the li- berty and repose of the whole civilized world!”
Let, then, the torrent descend; let the tempest of war beat upon our coast; let the whirlwind of wrath sweep across the ocean; the pillars of our constitution will remain unshaken, for they are founded upon a rock, and will endure forever, to support the imperishable fabric of our LIBERTY and INDEPENDENCE!!
On Saturday the 6th of August next, at 2 o’Clock in the afternoon, Will be Sold at Publick Auction for ready money, at the Store of Nathaniel Denby,
Two likely NEGRO MEN, by virtue of a Deed of Trust executed by James Buxton deceased, to secure the payment of a debt due to Nathaniel Denby. Nansemond, July 20. The Trustees.
WILLIAM PENNOCK Has removed his Counting-Room to No. 4, on his own wharf July 29. if
FOR BOSTON, The Brig SUMNER, Capt. Malcom. will sail in three or four days, and will tak- e freight in moderate terms, or passengers, hav- ing excellent accommodations. Apply on board at the end of Marsden’s wharf, or to Martin Fisk. July 9.
At the Old CUT-NAIL Manufactory, corner of Main and Church-streets, the subscriber keep- on hand constant supply, and can furnish at short notice, any quantity of
Nails, Flooring Brads and Sprigs, At the following reduced prices, by the Keg or case only, viz.— 8, 10, 12, and 20d Nails and Brads at 7 1/2 lb. 6d Nails, 9 1/2 lb. 4d do 2s. 9d. m or 11d 3d do 2s. 3d. or 12 1/2 Sheathing, 7 1/2 lb. 6d Sprigs, 4s. 6d per M. 6d do, 2s. 9d 3d. and 3d. do, 2s. 3d
He offers also for each only— HOOP IRON ASSORTED. Thos. Seaman.
FOR SALE, A good House Servant, Gardener, and Carriage Driver. Apply at the Ledger Office.
THE PUBLICK LEDGER.
MONDAY EVENING, AUGUST 1, 1808.
It has been asserted by the National Intelligencer, as drawn from official documents laid before the House of Commons, that the annual exports of Great-Britain to the United States, amount to twelve millions of pounds sterling, more than forty eight millions of dollars. We care not what has been produced before the house of commons, but we know that the official reports made by the treasury department of the United States, have never re- turned our imports from Great Britain at more than 27,500,000 dollars. If this document laid be- fore the House of Commons be true, it follows that more than the amount of twenty millions of dollars of British manufactures are smuggled annually into the United States. Is there any man of common sense who believes any thing so absurd?
This document, now before us states that Great- Britain exports to the United States in
Sterling. Cotton Goods, £ 4,645,739 Glass and Earthenware, 175,526 Hardenburgh, 313,764 Hats, 99,260 Linen, 289,044 Silk Manufactures, 425,165 Tin and Pewter, 79,185 Woolens, 4,866,178 £ 10,993,811
Nearly eleven millions of pounds sterling equal to 48,840,000 dollars. In Mr. Gallatin’s report dated Feb. 28, 1806, he states that the amount of the arti- cles imported and enumerated above, amount to only 26,060,000 dollars. What valuable end can this false view answer, when it is so easy to be exposed? It is no doubt intended to induce the people of this country to believe that our trade with Great-Britain is so important, that she must come to any terms which we may prescribe. But surely our stating the a- mount of her exports at nearly double the actual a- mount, will not increase their extent, or produce any effect beyond the actual amount.
Upon the same principle, the people of this coun- try are abused by false or uncaudal statements of the value which the commerce we carry on with Great-Britain and her dominions, is to this country. It is represented as all on her side, and that we are annually from ten to twelve millions in her debt.— This requires an examination.
We exported in the year ending the 30th Sept. 1805, as follows:
To Great Britain in amount $ 15,690,000 her North American Colonies, 1,000,000 her West India Colonies, 6,480,000 $ 23,170,000
We imported in the same year, From Great Britain, 27,400,000 her North American Colonies, 540,000 her West India Colonies, 4,570,000 $ 32,510,000
Apparent balance against the United States, 9,340,000
This balance of upwards of nine millions of dollars, is nearly, if not fully paid by the circumstance of our being the carriers of our own goods almost exclu- sively. The amount the reader will remark is put down at cost in both countries. Our articles con- sist of heavy goods, the cost of which, to the Bri- tish consumer, is enormously enhanced by the freight of the articles, and which comes into the pockets of the citizens of the United States. Lum- ber and naval stores pay more than double their first cost for freight. The amount of which is more than would appear at first view, and of those arti- cles alone the freight is 5 millions of dollars, rating staves and timber at 30 dollars per M. naval stores at 2 dollars per barrel, and shingles at 3 dollars per thousand. We think the freight of all our other goods to the British Dominions may be put down at the same amount. From this the expenses of our ships in English ports are to be deducted, also insurance, if made in England, which is not at this time very usual; the vessels being generally ins- ured in the United States.
Thus it will be seen that with the first cost of the goods, and the freight which we receive for trans- porting them, we are very little in debt to Great Britain.
ATTORNEY GENERAL’S LETTER.—It behoves e- very man who regards the dignity and independence of the judiciary department of the government, to notice this extraordinary letter with attention.— The open attempts and cunning side blows that have been aimed at the judiciary, since the present ad- ministration came into power, have not escaped the notice of those who have attended to the passing e- vents of the times.
If the judiciary are not to determine what the law is, we ask why was this department thought necessary by those who formed our constitution? If the Attorney General, who is occasionally a mem- ber of the Cabinet of the Executive, can raise his opinion against that of the judges, and his opinion is to be conclusive, we shall soon have an end of our constitution. According to every thing which has heretofore been considered correct and decorous,
the bar has received the law from the bench, but Mr. Jefferson’s Attorney General is to instruct the bench.
Taking the opinion of the Supreme Court of the United States, and Mr. Rodney’s letter together, it follows that the writ of mandamus cannot issue out of any court of the United States. The Supreme Court in the case of Marbury and Madison, decid- ed that the law, directing that court to issue the writ of mandamus, was unconstitutional, the Su- preme Court having no original jurisdiction under the constitution, except in cases affecting publick ministers and consuls, and those in which a state shall be a party. Mr. Rodney has decided that the other courts have not the right to issue this writ.— Next to the writ of habeas corpus, the writ of man- damus is of the utmost importance, and if it is den- ied, it leaves the rights of the citizens of this coun- try at the mercy of every petty ministerial officer of the government, according as his malice or ca- price may direct, or as he may imagine will be most acceptable to his employers, leaving the injured party no other remedy but the responsibility of the officer. Mr. Rodney with the best views no doubt, has omitted to cite the law as applicable to the case, and according to the facts. The law directs that the Collector shall refer the case to the deci- sion of the President, “when he has cause of suspi- cion, &c.”
We here insert the answer of the Collector of Charleston to the rule served on him.
“Simeon Theus, collector of the port aforesaid, on whom a copy of the above rule has been served for cause, Showth:
“That, in, and by, a certain act of congress of the said United States, passed the 25th day of April, 1808, it is, in the 11th sect. thereof, amongst o- ther things, enacted: “that the collectors of the customs be, and they are hereby respectively au- thorized, to detain any vessel ostensibly bound “with a cargo to some other port of the United “States, whenever, in their opinion, the intention “is to violate or evade any provisions of the acts “laying an embargo, until the decision of the Pre- “sident of the United States, be had thereupon.” Also, that in, and by, a certain circular letter from the treasury department in the United States, dated the 6th of May, 1808, and addressed to the said Simeon Theus, as collector aforesaid, he is instru- cted as follows: [Here follows the circular instructions of Mr. Gallatin] That the said Simeon Theus, col- lector as aforesaid, doth not detain the vessels a- foresaid, under the act aforesaid, because, in his opinion, there is no intention in the parties aforesaid, to violate or evade any of the provisions of the acts laying an embargo, but that he detains them under the instructions which he has received in the letter aforsaid, and which as a publick officer he thinks he is bound to obey: That being unwilling, on the one hand, to injure individuals; and, on the other, equally so, to commit a breach of his duty, he sub- mits the question to the court, upon the cause above shown.
“SIMEON THEUS, Collector.”
Now this was not a case which the collector ought to have referred to the President, under the second section of the act of congress cited by Mr. Rodney in his second proposition. The collector de- clared that he did not detain the vessels under the act cited, because in his opinion there was no intention to violate the law, but grounded his detention solely upon his instructions. The learned judges decided first that the instructions did not warrant the detention of the vessels in question, and they paid some compliments to the executive which if they had known as much as they will know in a few days, they would certainly have spared.
The judges decided that the instructions were not law, and that whatever might have been the inten- tion of those who issued them, they did not warrant the detention of the vessels, under the circumstances of the case. In fact the case came before the court as if there had been no embargo law, and that the treasury department by order of the President, had directed the collector to refuse clearances in all cases. According to this doctrine it is in the pow- er of the President to lay an embargo, without the concurrence of the senate and house of representa- tives, and if at the same time there is no power (as Mr. Rodney has established) to compel the collec- tor, a ministerial officer to perform his duty.
We shall conclude our remarks, which we offer with the confidence that our incompetent judgment of legal subjects ought to inspire, by exhorting our fel- low citizens to sustain the judiciary, upon whose independence every thing that is dear and valuable depends. The executive or legislative may invade the rights of the people, but the judiciary, while it can protect, can offer no violence.
The nation from which we have borrowed the principles of our legal institutions, with a constitu- tion materially defective in its theory, owes her prosperity chiefly to the excellence of her legal in- stitutions, and the administration of justice. Of those advantages, the fathers of our revolution were fully sensible, and adopted a system which had been tested by experience, in preference to the visionary schemes of untried experiment.
PATENT MERCHANTS AGAIN.
We were some days ago informed, that the op- inion of Mr. Rodney, the Attorney General, had been taken upon the legality of the decision of the circuit court for South Carolina, and that he has endeavoured to support by all the reasons his mind could furnish, the treasury circular, in contradic- tion to the decision of a competent and eminent tri- bunal, as is that of the circuit court.
We are now informed, by a letter just received from the seat of government, that in contempt of the decision, and in accordance with the opinion of the attorney general, the treasury has just issued
another circular, to the collectors, not to clear any vessel loaded with provisions, lumber, naval stores or flaxseed, which has not obtained the permission of a governor. Our correspondent assures us of the general fact, but is not able to state particulars. He, however, believes the above account of the cir- cular to be exact. North American.
We trust the people of the United States are not inattentive to the general language of the democra- tick papers. These vehicles of falsehood continue, in the face of publick hope, and publick distress, to assure Mr. Jefferson in the most positive terms that the embargo is highly popular, and do all they can to promote its continuance.
As this measure originated, (except invisible agen- cy) with Mr. Jefferson, the folly of the experiment lies, in the first place at his door; but a portion of the calamities which are now settling upon the community, and the prospect of their continuance and increase, is to be ascribed to those infuriated instruments of party among us, who think their consequence depends on carrying out their president’s measures with eclat—who believe it will gratify him to defend his policy, and therefore regardless of publick distress, the prospect of ruin before us, and the increasing discontent, even among their own party, declare to the executive, that no step was ever more approved. If Mr. Jefferson is the dupe of such imposture, he must be weak indeed. It is however most probable that he is not deceived by the clamour of his own faction; but as the embargo is with him a darling project, to aid in effecting his contemplated revolution of our national habits, he will avail himself of this factious approbation, and drive on to our destruction.
It therefore behoves the people, as they value their welfare and happiness, to take every constitutional measure, to deprive the administration of this pre- text for persevering in this work of ruin. They can and they must give our rulers unequivocal proof, that we are not contented to be sacrificed to a wretch- ed scheme, for detaching ourselves from all connex- ion with God’s human creation. That we prefer those prosperous days we have experienced, and the measures which produced them, to the melancholy appearances which now surround us, and the ap- prehension of evils, to which we know no bounds. Reportory.
From the Washington Federalist of July 22.
In our paper of the 9th inst. we stated, that Mr. Lewis undeniably confirmed the report, of Buona- parte’s having declared we should no longer remain neutral. This statement was made on the authority of a gentleman who travelled in the stage with Mr. L. from Baltimore to this place, and was strictly correct.
At the special request of Mr. Lewis, who alledged the delicacy of his situation as a reason for making it, we published an explanatory paragraph, not sub- stantially affecting the truth of our former state- ment, but softening the force of the expression.— Mr. Lewis is fed that from the language used in this paper, a belief might arise that he knew the fact officially; or that it had been officially commu- nicated to gen. Armstrong. To remove this im- pression, and not to contradict the first statement was the explanatory paragraph written.
We are fully aware of the delicacy of Mr. Lewis’s situation. We are fully aware he serves a govern- ment that exacts from its dependants a tame sub- mission to its dictates—that he is under the imme- diate direction of a department that requires the suppression of truth, wherever that truth happens to be disagreeable to them. We can, if necessary specify instances where truth has been suppressed through the agency of the heads of departments.— Knowing this, we felt anxious, from a regard to Mr. Lewis, to avoid any controversy on this point.— But as Mr. Smith has positively and uncondition- ally contradicted our statement, and gives Mr. L. for his authority; and as he has since neglected to re- tract it, we are obliged, in our own defence, to state that Mr. Lewis did unequivocally assert to the edi- tor of this paper, that it was currently reported among the Americans at Paris, and believed by them that Buonaparte had made the declaration as- cribed to him—that it was believed by Mr. Skip- with, our consul general, who told it to him, and that he himself believed it. Nor was it to the edi- tor alone Mr. L. gave this information. He used the same, or similar language to a number of respect- able gentlemen, of different political parties, in this place, whose names will be used if necessary. That such have been the declarations of Mr. L. we un- equivocally assert; and if injury results to him from this statement, on himself or Mr. Smith must the blame devolve. It cannot attach to us. We have already remained too long under the imputa- tion of having mistated the fact.
From the Emerald.
CHARACTER OF THE HON. FISHER AMES.
The most striking characteristic of Mr. Ames, was original genius. In this respect he is to be contemplated as one of the most extraordinary men, not only of America, but of the present age; and in this he was so remarkable, that on whatever subject he was engaged, his thoughts were so lumi- nous and he led the hearer or reader to his point through ways at the same time so new and delight- ful, that assent was often made to him from feeling, when the judgment remained unsatisfied. It was, however, generally safe to trust him; for though his conclusions were the spontaneous effect of an almost intuitive clearness of perception, far beyond the ken of ordinary comprehension, and though his impression of the certainty of his positions produced an intolerance in the manner of enforcing them, yet his ideas were in such a remarkable de- gree judicious, that the most elaborate process of logical investigation in other men would produce precisely the same results. With an intellect thus clear, strong, and sure, he had a fluency of com- munication, and fertility of illustration, that adorned his conversation with the most vivid coloring of fancy and affluence of thought.
His judgment of men, particularly of political opponents, was perhaps sometimes clouded by pre- judice; but this resulted from their opposition to ideas, which in his opinion were axioms of govern- ment and policy, and of the truth of which exper- ience was every day affording confirmation. But if he was tinctured with prejudice, it was in re- spect to classes and to individuals, of whom he formed a complacent opinion, and for whose weak- ness and defects he made the most generous allow- ance. The ardour of his patriotism, the acuteness

of his feeling upon every occasion, and his honest independence of soul, impelled him to utter the most strenuous invectives against the least semblance of corruption in the administration, or their flattery of the people. He heartily despised the popularity which resulted from any other sentiment than true patriotism and honest opinion; hence the common fame which men acquired, he derided and contemned. He loved his country, and his faculties she might always command. The union of the states, was his primary political principle, and all his exertions were directed to the preservation of that union.
His ingenuousness of disposition and frank deportment in private life, made him a domestic companion, almost without example; his friends and his family shared in the perpetual delight which his sentiments upon every subject inspired; because they were moral, acute, peculiar, always eloquent, and for ever new. Unlike great genius as it is often found, retired, aloof, unsocial, the mind of Ames was never withheld from the enquirer, nor was his advice or opinion ever lukewarm, venal, or contracted.
His eloquence in the senate, was altogether so forcible and persuasive, had so much patriotic fire, and was at the same time directed towards policy so wise, that he is remembered at this day as the most effectual speaker that ever rose in the congress of the United States. His allusions were generally drawn from the wild scenery of America. The log-house of the back settlements, the Virginia tobacco-plot, or Indian bon-fire, when used by Ames had each an influence on the passions, and his manners had none of the studied graces of tutored elocution; so that he may emphatically be considered the most decided American orator of his day. His mind, penetrating, glowing, and fraught with wisdom, partook of the nature of prophecy; and events, made probable by his reasoning, or which even credulity could not accede to, he foretold, with confidence that produced an astonishment only exceeded by the sentiment which his accuracy inspired.
He retired early from public life, which may be considered a national calamity. Since the measures he would have recommended or adopted, would not only have spread his reputation abroad; but have rendered the country respected and exempt from insult, in the eyes of all the world. He was one of the few great men which nature makes when she forms a character like Burke. Mr. Ames like him was so buoyant that he could not be shaken, and so bright that he could not be obscured.
His writings partook of the same temper as his speaking, impetuous, ardent, sincere; their cogency and wisdom created an impulse in the sentiments of his countrymen, which party could not withstand; and raised a front of unanimous policy which corruption dared not behold. The sudden flashings of his illustrations and strength of his opinions completely withered the nerves of opposition. His compositions were so effectual upon every subject, that his adversaries could never be brought to the contest, much less make a plausible reply.
His style was sometimes harsh; his metaphors distorted, and his diction carelessly combined; but though he was occasionally unpolished, he was never feeble; and his essays were always sought with avidity, and perused with satisfaction. The peculiarity of his expression often occasioned the appearance of incorrectness without reality. As often he composed on the impulse of the moment, his works should be selected with circumspection to be valuable to his friends, and useful to his country.
There was something in Mr. Ames so much superior to common perceptions, that it requires an effort of a great mind accurately to describe him; a weak intellect can no more comprehend the extent of his capacity, than his could the attributes of Deity.
HORATIO.
FROM PORTSMOUTH, (H. N.) July 15.
SHIPPING.
Table with 2 columns: Location, Number of Tons. Locations include Boston, Newburyport, Gloucester, Salem, Ipswich, Marblehead, Plymouth, Barnstable, Nantucket, Edgarton, New Bedford, Dighton, Yarmouth, Kennebunk, Biddeford, Portland, Bath, Wiscasset, Waldoborough, Penobscot, Frenchman's Bay, Passamaquoddy, Machias. Total tonnage in Massachusetts: 450,061.
The above shipping at 40 dollars per ton, which would be a low rate, will amount to the enormous sum of 18,000,000 dollars.
This vast capital in shipping (which belongs to only one State) is not only thrown out of employment, but is attended with great expense, and is rapidly decaying.
450,000 tons of vessels chartered at 2 dollars per ton, a moderate rate in common times, amounts to the sum of $900,000 which this shipping would earn in one month; its earnings in one year would be 10,800,000
Some allowances ought to be made for vessels that were out when the embargo was laid--and the trifling coasting business which still exists "by permission;" but these will not probably more than counterbalance the decay of the shipping.
Therefore if the embargo continue one year (at present there is no hope of its being sooner removed) the single state of Massachusetts will suffer a diminution of its customary profits in the single article of shipping, the immense sum of $10,800,000
A loss each day of 29,589 each hour of 1,222
From the Balance.
THE LINNER.
Gun-Boats Ahoy!
Within a few years, Messrs. editors, various parts of the male and female dress have been distinguished by some popular name. We have had Truxton hats--Suwarrow boots--Nelson hats--Jefferson boots and shoes--Trafalgar ribbons--Nelson's wave and Nelson's ball cartridges--and more other sorts of boots, hats, shoes and ribbons, &c. than I can well remember. About the time Mr. Fulton raised the wonder of all New-York, by destroying a poor inoffensive old brig that had been given over to his buffetings, a quack very gravely advertised his new invented Torpido pills , which, he said, were so constructed, that on a given time after being deposited to the stomach, they would explode and decompose any thing within their reach.
"Can you tell me, Miss Perty, why this enormous new-fangled bonnet is called a gun boat ?"
"It is thus named," replied she, "in honour of Mr. Jefferson."
"Indeed--can Mr. Jefferson be honoured by giving a straw bonnet the name of his principal national defence?"
"Certainly--if all the nation, both old and young, will wear this same straw bonnet, it must render him very popular."
"But in what respect does this bonnet resemble a gun-boat?"
"In more than one, Sir."
"I confess it--and if you will permit me, I will mention some of them."
"Agreed Sir."
"In the first place, madam, they cost more than they are worth, and thus do they resemble a gun-boat."
"Go on, Sir."
"They resemble a gun boat, from their fitness to navigate none but shoal waters ."
"Thank ye, Sir--proceed."
"They are calculated to make a mere show of defence ." Miss Perty coloured--"while in fact they invite aggression ."
"I deny it, Sir."
"I beg your pardon, madam--but let me see a lady with a gun boat bonnet--a proclamation tacker--and a spider-net embargo--while all her prominent points (I mean her elbows &c.) are naked and defenceless--and I'll bet you my ears against a pair of nice gloves, that she can be conquered."
PETER PALET.
RICHMOND, July 29.
We have been favoured with the following able Letter from the attorney general of the United States. As it serves to set the singular case at Charleston in its true colours, it cannot fail being acceptable to the reader. It is presumed this letter has been circulated among the different Collectors of the United States. Enquirer.
Sir, I have read and considered the papers and documents referred to me relative to the case of a mandamus , issued by the circuit court of the United States for the district of South Carolina to compel the collector of the port of Charleston to grant clearances to certain vessels.
The first question that presents itself is, whether the court possessed the power of issuing a mandamus in such a case.
A mandamus in England, is styled a prerogative writ, and in that country is awarded solely and exclusively by the court of king's bench.
The constitution and laws of the United States establish our judicial system. To these we must refer in order to ascertain the jurisdiction of the respective courts, the extent of their powers, and the limits of their authority.
The "Act to establish the judicial courts of the United States," passed on the 24th Sept. 1789, declares and defines the jurisdiction of the several courts, thereby created, and among these the jurisdiction of the circuit courts. Upon a careful and attentive perusal it will be found to delegate to the circuit courts no power to issue writs of mandamus . In the thirteenth section of that act, this authority is expressly given to the supreme court of the United States. In like manner it is specially provided by the act of the 3d of February, 1801, that the supreme court shall have power to issue writs of mandamus . This last act having been repealed and the former revived, the question must rest upon the true construction to be given to the original act.
The eleventh section defines and limits the jurisdiction of the circuit courts. It is specially appropriated to this single object.--There are no expressions in this section which can fairly be interpreted to confer the authority of issuing writs of mandamus . Nor can the power be either implied or inferred from any language it contains. It is true the proceeding by mandamus in England is on the crown side, as it is termed, of the court of king's bench. But it is a prosecution relative to the civil right to enforce it, and to obtain prompt redress; and not to punish criminally as in the case of an offence. The provision therefore that the circuit courts "shall have exclusive cognizance of all crimes and offences cognizable under the authority of the U. States, "except when the act otherwise provides, &c." cannot warrant such a proceeding. Besides the same act does provide that the supreme court shall issue writs of mandamus . An authority given perhaps, because its jurisdiction extends all over the United States.
The fourteenth section, immediately succeeding that which gives this authority in plain and positive terms to the supreme court, solely, if not exclusively, (and the affirmative frequently; and in this case justly, I think implies a negative,) contains the following provision. "All the before mentioned courts of the United States, (including the supreme, as well as the circuit and district courts) shall have "power to issue writs of scire facias , habeas corpus , and all other writs not specially provided for by "statute, which may be necessary for the exercise "of their respective jurisdictions." This clause cannot effect the case, I conceive. The mandamus is a writ, which we have seen is specially provided for by law. This section was evidently not designed to give any additional jurisdiction to either of the courts, but merely the means of executing that jurisdiction already granted to them respectively.--issuing a mandamus in the case under consideration was an act of original jurisdiction.--Precisely as much so, as it would have been in the supreme court, to have exercised the power in the case of Marbury vs. Madison . In that case the
supreme court declared, that to issue a mandamus to the secretary of state, would be to exercise an original jurisdiction, not given by the constitution, and which could not be granted by congress--The constitution having enumerated or declared the particular cases in which the supreme court should exercise original jurisdiction, though there were no negative expressions, the affirmative they considered implied them. It was on this principle alone they refused to exert their authority.
The practice I believe, has uniformly been, so far as I can trace it from the books of reports, that have been published, or from recollection and experience on the subject, to apply to the supreme court for a mandamus . This court, it is true, have determined not to issue the writ when it would be an act of original jurisdiction. But this, I apprehend, can afford no ground for the circuit court's assuming an authority, which the supreme court have declined, unless by a legislative act the power be necessarily incidental to a court of justice, even of general jurisdiction. For in England, but a single one, of several courts having general jurisdiction, possesses the authority. Neither the chancery, the common pleas, nor the exchequer, though classed among the king's superior courts, and having general jurisdiction over the realm, can exercise this power. It is the peculiar privilege of the king's bench alone. Our circuit courts have merely a local and subordinate jurisdiction. Their analogies therefore with the four courts of England, having general and superior jurisdiction, must be very weak, and still weaker their claim to the pre-eminent distinction of the king's bench which possesses solely the exclusive authority of issuing the mandamus .
For these reasons I am induced to believe from the best consideration I have been enabled to give the subject, that the circuit court of South Carolina had not authority to issue a mandamus to the collector of the port of Charleston.
It is scarcely necessary to remark, that when a court has no jurisdiction, even consent will not give it, and much less will the mere tacit acquiescence of a party, in not denying their authority.
Independent of this serious and conclusive objection to the proceeding adopted by the court, there are others entitled to consideration. For supposing the court did not err in the exercise of jurisdiction, and admitting the British doctrines on the subject without restriction or limitation could be extended to this country, there are legal exceptions to the course they have pursued, supported by English authority.
In the first place, the law gave the collector complete discretion over the subject. According to the opinion he might form, he possessed complete authority to grant or refuse a clearance. And I apprehend where the law has left this discretion in an officer, the court, agreeably to the British practice and precedents, ought not to interpose, by way of mandamus .
2dly. In this case there was a controlling power in the chief magistrate of the United States.--There was in fact, an express appeal given to the president by the very words of the act of congress, which authorises the collectors to detain vessels, "until the decision of the president be had thereon." By the mandamus the reference to the president is taken away, and the collector is commanded to clear the vessel without delay. Agreeably to the English authorities under such circumstances, it is not the course I believe to issue a mandamus .
3dly. The parties it seems had their legal remedy against the collector, and it is not usual, if not unprecedented, to grant a mandamus in such a case.
4thly. A mandamus is not issued to a mere ministerial officer to compel him to do his duty. The court will leave the parties to their remedy by action, or even by indictment. In England, in a very late case, they decided that they would grant a mandamus to a ministerial officer, such as the treasurer of a county, for the proper remedy was by indictment.
I am aware of a precedent in which it seems to be admitted that a mandamus may issue to the commissioners of excise, to compel them in a proper case to grant a permit . This case is more analogous to the one now before us than any other I have been able to discover, after a diligent research. But in this instance the point was not made, nor the question argued. Besides the commissioners of excise in England form a board for superintending the collection of that branch of the revenue; they constitute in many respects a court of inferior jurisdiction, which in particular cases takes cognizance in a summary way, of offences against the excise laws. A mandamus might be granted to such a tribunal, when it would not be issued to a mere ministerial officer, acting under them in the collection of the revenue.
It results from this view of the subject, that the mandamus issued by the circuit court for the district of South-Carolina, was not warranted by any power vested in the circuit courts by statute; nor by any power necessarily incident to courts, nor countenanced by any analogy between the circuit courts, and the court of king's bench, the only court in that country possessing the power of issuing such writs. And it further appears that even the court of king's bench, for the reasons assigned, would not agreeably to their practice and principles have interferred in the present case by mandamus .
It might perhaps with propriety be added that there does not appear in the constitution of the United States any thing which favours an indefinite extension of the jurisdiction of courts over the ministerial officer within the executive department.--On the contrary, the careful discrimination which is marked between the several departments, should dictate great circumspection to each in the exercise of powers, having relation to the other.
The courts are undoubtedly the source of legal redress for wrongs committed by ministerial officers, none of whom are above the law. This redress is to be administered by due and legal process in the ordinary way. For there appears to be a material and an obvious distinction, between a course of proceeding, which redresses a wrong committed by an executive officer, and an interposition by a mandatory writ, taking the executive authority out of the hands of the president, and prescribing the course, which he and the agents of any department must pursue. In the one case the executive is left free to act in his proper sphere, but is held to strict responsibility; in the other all responsibility is taken away, and he acts agreeable to judicial mandate.--Writs of this kind if made applicable to officers indiscriminately, and acts purely ministerial, and
executive in their nature, would necessarily have the effect of transferring the power vested in one department to another department. If in a case like the present, where the law vests a duty and a discretion in an executive officer, a court can not only administer redress against the misuse of the authority, but can previously direct the use to be made of it, it would seem that under the name of judicial power an executive function is necessarily assumed and that part of the constitution perhaps defeated, which makes it the duty of the President to take care that the laws be faithfully executed. I do not see any clear limitation to this doctrine which would prevent the courts from compelling by mandamus all the executive officers, all subordinate to the President at least, whether charged with legal duties in the treasury or other departments, to execute the same according to the opinion of the judiciary and contrary to that of the executive. And it is evident that the confusion arising will be greatly increased by the exercise of such a power by a number of separate courts of local jurisdiction, whose proceedings would have complete and final effect; without an opportunity of control by the supreme court. So many branches of the judiciary acting within their respective districts, their courses might be different, and different rules of action might be presented for the citizens of the different states, instead of that unity of administration which the constitution meant to secure by placing the executive power for them all in the same head.
What too becomes of the responsibility of the executive to the court of impeachment, and to the nation? Is he to remain responsible for acts done by command of another department? Or is the nation to lose the security of that responsibility altogether? From these and other considerations, were this branch of the subject to be pursued, it might be inferred, that the constitution of the United States, by the distribution of the powers of our government to the different departments, ascribing the executive duties to one, and the judiciary to another, controls any principles of the English law, which would authorise either to enter into the departments of the other, to annul the powers of that other, and to assume the direction of its operations to itself.
These remarks are respectfully submitted to your consideration. They are made with due deference to the opinion of the court, with one of the judges constituting, which, I am personally acquainted, and for whose character I feel the sincerest regard. Yours very respectfully, C. A. RODNEY.
The President of the United States. July 15, 1808.
WASHINGTON CITY, July 25.
Our city has been honoured for a few days past with the presence of a Chinese Mandarin and Merchant, with his secretary. His object in visiting this place is to obtain an exemption from the restrictions of the embargo, as far as to be permitted to charter a vessel for China, to carry back his property collected in this country to the amount of forty or fifty thousand dollars. There are, we hear, various circumstances of a very peculiar nature connected with this request. One of these, a characteristic of national modes of thinking, is worth stating. The Mandarin's father being 90 years old, his death may be daily looked for. According to the usages of Confucius, of which he is one, he remains, in case of death, cannot be interred, in the absence of his son, in less than 7 years. This necessarily renders his son very anxious to return.
Their physiognomy, dress and manners are very peculiar and interesting. Their dress and external characters corresponds exactly with the representations of the statuary and painter; the leading characteristics of their countenance and manners are gravity, benevolence and mildness.
Gazette Marine Memoranda.
ARRIVED.
Schooner Rising States, Gilbert, 6 days from New York.
HERBERT'S Packet will sail for Baltimore on Thursday next. August 1.
THESPIAN SOCIETY.
Tomorrow Evening the 2d of August, Will be performed the Tragedy of THE REVENGE. After the Play, A SONG. To which will be added the FARCE of RAISING THE WIND.
Doors to be opened at half past five o'Clock, and the performance to commence precisely at seven. Tickets to be had at the Ledger and Herald Offices, and at the Theatre. August 1
On Wednesday the 10th inst. at 11 o'Clock, will be sold at Auction, at the house of Mr. William Davis, Gasport, 1 likely Negro GIRL; 1 HORSE, 2 COWS, and sundry Articles, belonging to the estate of William Davis, deceased.
The Executor. August 1.
FOR SALE.
At reduced prices at my Office, 13 Hogsheads } SUGAR. 40 tierces } Old Madeira WINE, 7 pipes 6 hogsheads 8 quarter casks 20 tierces Rice; 250 bags Coffee, 30 chests Young Hyson Tea; 20 hogsheads Molasses, 2 bales Halfthicks and Plains, 3 trunks Callicoes, 1 box coarse Linen; 1 trunk Jacquet Muslin and Dimities, 1 trunk 325 pounds sterling, Watches and Jewellery. William B. Lamb.
TO RENT.
The Store and Dwelling-House on Market Square, lately occupied by Mr Vincent Parlato. August 1.
JOHN PENDRED'S Boot and Shoe Manufactory, No. 70, MAIN-STREET.
The publick are respectfully informed, that he has furnished himself with a quantity of the choicest materials in his line of business, and has in his employ some of the best workmen in the borough, and having been long experienced in the business himself, his factory will not be conducted by proxy; he therefore hopes to merit the patronage of the gentlemen of Norfolk and its vicinity, and assures them that no pains shall be wanting on his part to give satisfaction to those who favour him with their commands. N B Orders for Double Back-straps, single do. and Clogs, executed with the greatest dispatch. August 1.

NOTICE. Whereas an advertisement specifying a notice appeared in the Herald, of Monday the 25th inst. signed by John Millerson and Henry Lamont, cautioning and forbidding all persons from harbouring or purchasing certain Negroes therein named from Fowler Hunter, they having been sold under a bill of sale from said Hunter to Ward Millerson, deceased. This therefore is to further caution every person or persons whatever, from purchasing any of said Negroes from the said John Millerson and Henry Lamont, or a certain William Haynes, who has taken unnecessary and unprecedented steps, already in violation of the law, which he will be good enough to answer for hereafter, as I am determined to take legal steps with them that do—Not a single cent has yet been paid for said Negroes by Ward Millerson, deceased, or any other person, either before or since his death, or was ever intended to be paid, it being well known that Ward Millerson never was able to purchase one Negro, leaving aside sixteen or eighteen slaves, all which will be proved by respectable witnesses to the satisfaction of the court.
Fowler Hunter. July 27. Proffers are taken from an half to a quarter of a cent per lb. on the above notice. CORRECT LINENOSES { Collector's Office, Norfolk, 11th July, 1808.
THE President of the United States having deemed it expedient to extend the time for granting permissions to send vessels in ballast to places in the West-Indies, or to any part of America North of the line, for the purpose of bringing property into the United States, under the 7th section of the act of 12th March last, Notice is hereby given that permissions will be granted at this office on the principles pointed out by the law, provided that application be made prior to the first day of August next, as no permission will afterwards be granted.
WM. THOMSON, D. C. For LARKIN SMITH, COLLECTOR. Just received from New-York, a fresh supply of BARNE'S DOUBLE ALE, which will be sold at the rate of thirty-seven and a half cents per gallon out of the house; the same and no other on draught in the house at the usual price. Families or Masters of Vessels can be furnished with barrels, half barrels, or small kegs of the above at a short notice. William Tonkin, Corner of Wide Water and Commerce-Streets. N. B. Will be kept for the accommodation of customers, a constant supply of BARNE'S DOUBLE ALE and Philadelphia PORTER in bottles. July 15.
NOTICE. The partnership of Wilson, Cunningham & Co. having been dissolved by mutual consent—all those indebted, as well as those who have claims against them, are requested to settle the same with Alexander Wilson or J. B. Cunningham, who are fully authorised to liquidate the business of said concern.
William Pennock, Alexander Wilson, James B. Cunningham. Norfolk, July 15, 1808. The business heretofore carried on by the above firm will be continued by the Subscribers, under the firm of Wilson & Cunningham.
ADVERTISEMENT. To a Gentleman who has not been seen or heard of by his friends in his native country since March, 1806. This gentleman may with perfect safety, both as to publick and private concerns, impart his situation and place of residence to THE EDITOR OF THIS PAPER, who can give him any information about his family. This advertisement is made by those most interested in him, and the reference may be confided in.—The gentleman to whom it is addressed, will know it by these circumstances. He left his native country in March 1806.—He was the only surviving son of his father, whose name was Thomas, born 1740, and married M. E. His brother John who was elder than him, had died before His twin sisters were C. & A. of whom the former was dead before 1806. He was born in the parish of B. where the estate of his ancestors is. Educated at I. in the county of R. and taken care of by his aunt Cecilia. July 15.
FOR RENT. That convenient Dwelling-House, on Brewer Street, the property of Mr. John Davidson, at present occupied by Mr. Stephen Harris. Also, That commodious House on Catharine-street, at present occupied by Mr. James Dykes, adjoining the subscriber; they have excellent gardens, and all convenient out-houses. For terms apply to James Tucker. July 20. NOTICE. All persons indebted to the estate of WILLIAM DAVIS, deceased, are requested to come forward and make payment; those to whom said estate is indebted are desired to bring in their claims authenticated. William Dickson, Executor. Portsmouth, July 22. WHITE JEANS, &c. Just Received A few pieces very fine White JEANS, Real Patent NANKKEENS, Best NAVY CLOTHS, and fashionable BUTTONS. For Sale by WOOD & HASTINGS. May 9. On Hand, A few qr. casks of choice Teneriffe WINE, And a few kegs fresh Dutch HERRINGS.—For sale by the Subscriber. Moses Myers. April 25.
TRIAL OF COMMODORE BARRON. As soon as a sufficient number of Subscriptions are procured, to defray the cost of the Paper, WILL BE PUBLISHED, AT THE LEDGER OFFICE, NORFOLK, THE WHOLE PROCEEDINGS IN THE TRIALS OF Commodore JAMES BARRON, Capt. CHARLES GORDON, Commandant of the United States' frigate Chesapeake, JOHN HALL, Esq. Captain of Marines, and WILLIAM HOOK, Gunner. These Trials will be found highly interesting to the publick in general, and to the Officers of the United States' Navy in particular. Every circumstance relative to the important affair, which gave occasion for these Trials, will be found detailed with great exactness; and many official documents which have not yet been published will appear with this work. The interest which the nation has taken in this affair, and the circumstances connected with it, render it unnecessary that the Publisher should offer any remarks upon the value of the work. Officers of the Navy will be greatly interested in having the proceedings of the most important Trials that have occurred in the service. The Publisher has been favoured with a record of the proceedings; he will pay particular attention to the correct execution of the work, which it is expected will contain from two hundred and fifty to three hundred pages, octavo.
CONDITIONS. I. The work will be printed on a good fair type, and on good paper. II. The price to Subscribers will be One Dollar and Seventy-five Cents, in boards, delivered at any place where Subscriptions are received, according to order. III. The amount of Subscription to be paid on delivery of the Work. IV. The usual allowance to the trade. Subscription Papers will be sent in a few days to the principal towns in the United States, of which notice will be given in the papers of those towns. To the EDITORS OF PAPERS who will give this advertisement a few insertions, the Publisher will be much obliged, and reciprocate whenever they may request it. The Editor of the Publick Ledger.
SAMUEL COLEMAN, Market-Street, westward of the Market, has established A Boot and Shoe MANUFACTORY. For this purpose he has employed the journeymen who were lately in the service of Mr. Walker—as those are said to be the best workmen in the place, and as he is determined to spare no expense in getting the best materials, it is probable that those who will be well served who choose to promote an institution so favourable to the interests of Norfolk, inasmuch as that it will give employment to a considerable number of people, and it will be made extensive in proportion to the encouragement given to it.
New SHOES from New-York, as usual for Sale—such as have been generally sold in retail at 9s. and 8s. 3d. for 7s. 6d.; those at 18s. for 15s. 6d. except of Morocco leather; Ladies' Morocco Slippers at 8s. 3d. for 7s. 6d. and in nearly the same ratio for every other kind of Shoes, where the former prices will bear reduction.
Gentlemen's SHOES and PUMPS of many kinds, made in his factory, and in Newark. VERNON'S BOOTS, which are no doubt elegant—Having on hand nearly 200 pair of Boots, he believes there are very few gentlemen who cannot be fitted. A few hundred bushels of ground Allum Salt; India Cottons, &c. &c. as low as they can be sold for a profit, for Cash. A few Casks of Best LONDON PORTER. July 6.
NORFOLK BOROUGH. At a Hastings Court continued and held the 25th day of May, 1808. Cornelius Cruywyngan, Compt' against Maritzet Boxtells and Moses Myers, Defendants. In Chancery.
The defendant Maritzet Boxtells not having entered his appearance and given security according to the act of assembly and the rules of this court; and it appearing to the satisfaction of the court that he is not an inhabitant of this commonwealth: on the motion of the complainant by his counsel, it is now ordered that the said defendant Maritzet Boxtells, do appear here on the fourth Monday in July next, and answer the bill of the complainant, and that a copy of this order be forthwith inserted in some Newspaper printed in this Borough for eight weeks successively, and posted at the front door of the Court-House of said Borough: and it is further ordered, that the defendant Moses Myers who hath effects of the said Maritzet Boxtells in his hands, do not pay, convey away, or secret such effects, but retain them until the further order or decree of this court. A Copy, Teste, WILLIAM SHARP, C. C.
ENGLISH KID SHOES. WOOD & HASTINGS, HAVE JUST RECEIVED, 1 trunk fashionable English Kid Shoes, For Sale at a very low price. To close a consignment, they will sell the best of Hussar BOOTS at 8 Dolls. per pair, Backstrap do. at 10 do. do. June 9.
A Cargo of Liverpool Stoved SALT, For Sale on board the ship Mars. Moses Myers. April 18.
FOR RENT, The Store, Compting-Room & Cellar, at present occupied by Mess. Wood & Hastings, no. 90, Main-street. Apply to Thomas Willock. August 24.
I will give Cash for barrel STAVES for fifteen days from this date. Moses Myers. June 6.
The Subscriber having resumed his former Business of Commissioner and Broker, will buy or sell Goods on Commission, post Books, adjust Accounts, and procure Money on good paper or merchandise, at the shortest notice. James Maurice, No. 44, Church-Street Ma. 37.
FOR RENT. The STORE in Market-Square, now occupied by the subscriber. For terms apply at his office. Thomas Blanchard. April 7.
6000 bushels Stoved SALT, 50 crates well assorted Earthenware—For Sale on board the ship Sally, by A. Maclure. March 2.
Leather, Cordage, and Loaf Sugar. The subscriber will hereafter expose for Sale at his Warehouse on Campbell's wharf the above Articles, of the manufacture of Norfolk, at reduced prices for Cash, or on short credits only. Theo Armistead. He will sell or lease for a term of years, the STORES at the end of Marsden's and Rothery's wharves. Feb. 20.
Richard Jeffrey & Co. No. 66, Main-street, corner of Bank-Street, have just received from London, per the ship Planter, An assortment of MEDICINES, of the first quality. Also, a few hundred weight refined Salt Petre, Hardham's Snuff, No. 9, and 37, in 1-2 and 1-4 pound canisters, Violet, Benzoin, Windsor and Shaving Soap, Evan's best Crown Laurels, Tooth Brushes of superior kind, Refined Liquorice, &c. They have on hand, and are in daily expectation of receiving from Amsterdam, all kinds of GLASS WARE, suitable to Apothecaries. MEDICINE CHESTS for ships and family use, with printed directions, put up as usual. October 5.
Fresh Imperial TEA. Just received 17 boxes fresh Imperial TEA, of the present year's importation—Also on Hand, 25 tons assorted BAR IRON, 30 barrels and a few hogsheads Muscovado Sugar, 40 barrels and bags Green Coffee; 25 hds. old Antigua Rum, 30 hds. Molasses; 8 pipes French Brandy, 10 crates assorted Queen's Ware, A few quarter casks of Sherry and Teneriffe Wine, Whiskey in barrels; Loaf Sugar, New York prime Pork and Beef; 30 casks Cheese, A few barrels Mackerel; Soap; Candles; Demijohns, &c For Sale by Jennings & Roddey. February 26.
FOR SALE, 4000 bushels Ground Allum SALT, And a few well assorted crates of EARTHENWARE. George Murray, & Co. December 7.
FOR SALE at my Brew-House, Strong, Table, and Ship BEER, by the hogshead, barrel, and half barrel—and a constant supply of bottled PORTER in packages and by the dozen. And in Store, Wines, Liquors, and Groceries, wholesale and retail. Joseph Hayes. Feb. 18.
Mackinder & White, Have just received from on board the schooner Liberty, Capt. Lewis, from Philadelphia, 150 boxes fresh Imperial and Hyson TEAS, of superior quality. ALSO, A fresh supply of Hollands GIN, Tickenburgs, superfine Cloths, Gentlemen's Silk Hats, Parasols, &c.—Which they offer for Sale on the lowest terms, for cash or approved notes. N. B. A few barrels of prime Smithfield MESS PORK. April 15.
Norfolk Drawbridge. The Directors have declared a dividend of Fifty Six Cents on the Stock of this Company, for the half year ending the 10th inst. which will be paid to the Stockholders or their legal representatives after the 10th August next. William Cannack, Treasurer. July 13.
LANDING This Day from the schooner Adventure and brig Eliza, 55 hhs. sup. qual. Muscovado Sugar, 34 do. and 40 quarter casks particular Teneriffe WINE—For Sale by Moses Myers. July 6.
1500 sacks SALT, Liverpool filled, 6000 bushels do. loose, and 30 crates Earthenware—For Sale on board the Ship Sishem, by A. Maclure. May 6.
We have for SALE on our Wharf, 200 hogsheads MOLASSES, 53 do. superior quality Muscovado Sugar, 27 do. inferior do. do. 238 bags Guadalupe Coffee; 10 puncheons Rum, 60,000 wt. Jamaica Coffee, in hds. barrels and bags, 10,000 do. La Guira do. 30 kegs Raisins, 20 cases superior quality Claret, 6000 bushels Ives, 8500 do. St. Ubes, 2500 do. Turks-Island, 500 do. coarse Liverpool Salt, 10 pipes old Madeira Wine; 4 do. Country Gin, 50 barrels Rye Whiskey; 20 hds. Philadelphia Porter, 1 new 14 inch Cable 120 fathoms. C. & F. Whittle. July 13.
The Subscriber is disposed to Contract for a quantity of BRICKS and LIME. Terms will be made known on application to John Saunders, Ast. M. Agent Fort Nelson, June 17.
LABOURERS WANTING. The President and Directors of the Dismal Swamp Canal Company want to hire for the ensuing season, a number of Hands to work on the Canal; they will be provided with good wholesome food, and the usual quantity of whiskey per diem—liberal wages will be given, and their wages paid at the end of every month. Apply to Richard Blow, William Cannack, or Samuel Proctor, Overseer. May 5.
LANDING From on board the Swedish Sloop African, captain Portelly, from St. Bartholomew, 2800 HIDES, Spanish, 10 tierces fine Green Marygalante COFFEE, 15 tierces Flotation INDIGO—For Sale by Wilson, Cunningham, & Co. IN STORE, 10,000 wt. good COFFEE, 15 hogsheads good 2d quality SUGAR, 10 do. N. E. RUM. May 27.
WOOD & HASTINGS, Have just received from Baltimore and Philadelphia, a handsome assortment of SPRING GOODS, which with their goods on hand, comprise a large and general assortment, and they will be sold at very reduced prices—Cash only May 9.
NOTICE. The Copartnership of RICHARD POWDEN, & Co. having expired, Richard Drummond is authorised to receive and pay the debts of said concern. Moses Myers, Richard Bowden, Richard Drummond. February 2.
Phoenix Fire Office. The Subscriber, Agent to the PHOENIX ASSURANCE COMPANY, of London, for the State of Virginia, begs leave to inform the publick, that he is now fully empowered to subscribe Policies of Insurance for property against Fire throughout the United States of America, in conformity to the Provisions hereunto subjoined. N B FORTY THOUSAND DOLLARS can be insured in one risk on Buildings and their contents, and also on Ships and their Cargoes on board, in the First Class, but in all cases where Ten Thousand Dollars are exceeded, a special agreement must be made with the Agent, and an increase of premium added to those mentioned in the proposals, of not less than one eighth per cent. on the whole sum insured. Richard Taylor. September 8. 157
FOR SALE, 30,000 acres valuable LAND, situated upon the river Washita, in one of the most fertile parts of Louisiana.—Particulars with regard to local advantages, situation, title, and the most favourable terms to purchasers, will be made known by application to THOMAS TUNNO, in Charleston, or MORRIS MILLER, in Savannah. Feb. 8. tawtf
NOTICE. The Subscribers have removed to the Ware-House, No. 6, on Newton's wharf, formerly occupied by Messrs. John D. Haldane, & Co. JENNINGS & RODDEY. January 8.
6 pipes Cognac BRANDY, A few chests Hyson and Hyson Skin Tea, Claret of an excellent quality in casks, demijohns, or bottles, to suit purchasers. For Sale by Thomas Balls. July 13.
NOTES OF HAND, according to the new form established by the Directors of the Office of Discount and Deposit of the Bank of the United States, for sale at this office. NORFOLK: PUBLISHED THREE TIMES A-WEEK, BY WILLIAM DAVIS, FOR THE PROPRIETOR, Opposite the Exchange Coffee-House. Price Six Dollars Yearly, in advance.