Berkeley and Jefferson intelligencer (Martinsburg, Va.), 1804-12-28 00:00:00

2 N. 4. 1804 1 W. Feb.
Berkeley and Jefferson Intelligencer.
[No. 32 of Volume VI.]
FRIDAY, December 28, 1804.
[Whole No. 291.]
E. Masquam,
CABINET MAKER,
RETURNS his sincere thanks to the public for the great encouragement he has met with since he commenced business in Shepherd's-Town; and as he intends continuing his business in said town, in a frame house nearly opposite to Mr. John Baker's, has provided himself with a sufficient stock of Mahogany, Walnut, &c. He begs leave to assure those who may favour him with their custom, that nothing on his part shall be wanting to merit their approbation. Having acquired his profession in Europe, and carried on business in Baltimore for a considerable time, he flatters himself that he will be able to give general satisfaction: He manufactures in the neatest manner, and on the newest and most approved plans, all kinds of Cabinet work, such as Secretaries, Bureaus, Bedsteads, Sophas, Easy Chairs, Heart-back, ditto, &c. &c. all kinds of Window and Bed Cornices, and all kinds of Carving, Fluting and Fret-work; also, Electrifying Machines, suitable for Physicians or private families.
Shepherd's-Town, Dec. 27, 1804.
Winter Goods and Groceries.
THE SUBSCRIBER
Has just received and finished opening, (part from Philadelphia and part from Baltimore,) a very large supply of
Choice Winter Goods and Groceries,
Which, in addition to his former stock, makes his assortment more complete than ever, consisting of almost every article in the Dry Goods and Grocery line, too numerous to particularise—all which he begs leave to offer his friends and the public in general, at the most reduced prices for CASH or COUNTRY PRODUCE, or on the usual credit to punctilious customers.
N. B. He offers the highest price in Cash, for Wheat, Rye, Corn, Oats, or Flax-Seed.
With the greatest esteem, He remains the public's ob't. and humbl. serv't.
PHILIP NADEBOUSCH. Martinsburg, December 7, 1804.
Lewis & Robert Willis,
Have received at their Store, fronting the Court and Market Houses, a Fresh supply of Seasonable
Winter Goods,
Which added to their former stock, makes their assortment complete. They have also on hand a general supply of
Groceries and Liquors,
of the best quality—also, Country FLAX and Twilled BAGS; all of which they offer for sale on the most reasonable terms for CASH or COUNTRY PRODUCE.
For the encouragement already received they solicit their friends and customers to accept of their sincere thanks, and hope, by a continuation of strict attention to business, with a disposition to accommodate generally, to merit the patronage of a generous public.
Martinsburg, December 7, 1804.
An Overseer.
THE subscriber wishes to engage an Overseer, a sober, active industrious man, who has been accustomed to the business, and can come properly recommended.—He has a Tenement to let of about 150 acres of the first quality of lime-stone land.
RAWLEIGH COLSTON.
November 23, 1804.
Meminger & Cooper
Have received from Philadelphia their supply of
Fall Goods,
which added to those they had on hand, makes a handsome assortment.—They keep LIQUORS of the first quality—
 Port, } Jamaica Spirits,  Sherry, } French Brandy,  Lisbon & } Peach Brandy,  Malaga } Common Rum & Rye Whiskey. 
Pine-Grove Ten plate STOVES—ANDIRONS—KETTLES—POTS, OVENS—GRIDDLES, TEA KETTLES—SKILLETS and WAGGON BOXES.—The known superiority of these Castings, must induce those wishing to purchase, to give them a preference.—SHEET-IRON for Stove-pipes and doors.
Also, an assortment of best TEAS—
Hysen, Young-Hysen, Hysen-Skin, Imperial and Bohea;
all of which they offer for sale for Cash, or Grain of any description.—Cash paid for Wheat or Rye delivered at Flagg's, Beeson's, Christy's or Hess's Mills.
Martinsburg, November 16, 1804.
The subscriber has just received in addition to his former stock of Fresh Goods, a large and extensive assortment of
FALL and WINTER GOODS,
All of which will be sold on the lowest terms possible for Cash; or on a liberal credit, to such of his customers, who have, or will, pay off their former accounts.
JAMES FAULKNER.
Martinsburg, November 16, 1804.
Dr. J. P. Harris
Has just received, in addition to a very large and extensive assortment of
Drugs, Medicine, & Paints,
a considerable quantity of West-India Fruit, such as ORANGES, LEMONS and RAISONS, and Confection of almost every kind.
He has also on hand a quantity of the best PERUVIAN BARK.
He earnestly requests all who are indebted to him, to come forward and discharge their accounts. Those who fail to do so, by the 1st of January next, need expect no further indulgence.
The last Notice
IS hereby given to those persons indebted to the estate of Joseph Park, deceased, that if their several accounts and obligations are not paid up by the 15th of March next, they will be put into the hands of an Attorney for collection, without respect to persons—and all those who have any demands against the estate, are requested to bring them in for payment to
WILLIAM WILSON,
Acting Administrator.
Prospect-Hill, November 30, 1804.
INFORMATION WANTED.
IF a certain Robert Gordon, son to a Thomas Gordon of Carnstroan, county of Antrim, Ireland, who some time ago immigrated to this country, or his legal representatives, will call on the subscriber in this town, he or they will be informed of an estate in Ireland, of one thousand pounds sterling per annum, to which he or his heirs are entitled on the death of a Mr. John Gordan, who is lately deceased.
HUGH KENNEDY.
Hager's-town, Maryland, Nov. 23.
Public Sale.
PURSUANT to a decree of the County Court of Berkeley, in Chancery, in the case of David Dawson versus Daniel Royet, the subscribers will on Monday the 31st day of December next, on the premises, proceed to sell at public auction to the highest bidder for ready money,
A Tract of Land,
lying in the County of Berkeley, on Sleepy Creek, containing two hundred and sixty seven acres, more or less, with all and singular its appurtenances, consisting among other things of a valuable Saw-Mill and Grist-Mill.
The sale will commence at 12 o'clock.
 Valentine Dyke, } Commissioners.  Wm. Alexander,  Phil. C. Pendleton, 
November 30, 1804.
Will be Sold,
At public vendue, on Monday the 31st December next, at the place whereon William Gorrell, dec'd, lately lived, on Opeckon creek, about three miles from Martinsburg.
ONE Negro Woman, Horses, Cows, Sheep and Hogs, Farming Utensils of every description, and a very great variety of Household and Kitchen Furniture, Hay, Wheat, Rye, Corn and Oats and Grain in the ground, with many other articles too numerous to mention. Twelve months credit will be given, the purchaser to give bond with approved security. The sale will begin at ten o'clock, and continue from day to day until all is sold.
 Abraham Gorrell, } Executors.  Joseph Gorrell, 
November 30, 1804.
Tabb & Patterson,
Cabinet-Makers,
MOST respectfully inform their friends, and the public in general, that they have commenced the Cabinet business in Martinsburg, in that large stone-house, opposite Mr. Alburtis' Printing-office, where they will dispose of the most fashionable, neatest and best kind of furniture at a low rate for cash or country produce. They have a quantity of very wide plank, of the best quality which will enable them to make the neatest kind of furniture, and the most durable, with quick dispatch. Decem. 7th, 1804.
NOTICE.
BY virtue of a Deed of trust, to us executed by Matthew Whiting, we shall proceed to sell at public Auction at the mansion house of the late William Henshaw, deceased, on Saturday the 15th day of January next, for cash, one Negro boy named Prince, the property of said Whiting. Due attendance will be given by Adam S. Henshaw. Washington Henshaw. Berkeley County, Nov. 9th 1804.
Fresh Fall Goods.
The subscriber respectfully acquaints his friends and the public that he has just received and is now opening a very general assortment of
FALL and WINTER
GOODS,
which he will dispose of on reasonable terms.
JEREMIAH EVANS.
Martinsburg, November 9, 1804.
Being extremely anxious to settle his accounts, he earnestly requests all those who stand indebted to him, to come forward immediately and discharge their respective dues. J. EVANS.
THE Committee of Commerce and Manufactures, to whom was referred the resolution of the House of the 21st ult. "to inquire into the expediency of allowing, under proper regulations, a drawback of duties on goods, wares and merchandise imported into the port of New-Orleans, from any port of the United States, and from thence exported to any foreign port or place," with instructions to "report by bill or otherwise," respectfully submit the following
REPORT.
Upon examining the act passed the last session of Congress, entitled "An act for laying and collecting duties on imports and tonnage, within the territory ceded to the United States by the treaty of the 30th April, 1803, between the United States and the French Republic, and for other purposes," it appears that the sixth section refuses the drawback on all goods, wares and merchandise exported from the port of New-Orleans, whether, than on those which shall have been imported directly into the same, from a foreign port or place. Drawbacks have been allowed in all ports of the United States, since the first acts were passed laying a duty on imports and tonnage. No inconvenience or loss has or can happen in giving back what we have received in cases where the article is really exported out of the limits of the United States, and many advantages have resulted from pursuing this policy. Our ports thus become the places of deposit for the merchandise of all nations. Our commerce with foreign countries is enlarged. Greater shipments of our productions can be made. New employment can be given to our tonnage, already respectable and on a rapid increase, and as we necessarily import more than we consume, the surplus is again shipped to other countries. But if drawbacks are discontinued, even in a single port, commerce must experience great embarrassment, or it will open for itself some new channels, where the streams of wealth may flow unimpeded and free from improper restraints, and other nations will reap advantages, which a different policy would unquestionably have secured to ourselves.
The duties, to their fullest amount, form a part of the value of all goods, and are always estimated in the price demanded from the consumer, or from the purchaser who intends to ship them for a foreign market, and it must be evident to every one, the least acquainted with the operations of commerce, that if any article is denied the drawback, the price will be depreciated to an equal amount with the original duties with which it may be chargeable.
New-Orleans, not only as a port of deposit for the produce of the western country, where it can be shipped to all parts of the world, possesses peculiar and important advantages from its proximity to the British, French, and Spanish settlements in the West Indies. Various articles, whether of European, Asiatic, or American growth or manufacture, which we can readily supply at reasonable prices, can be carried to their ports, and be exchanged for such as they can conveniently spare, and which may be necessary for our own consumption. A commerce known to be highly beneficial to all the parties interested in it supplying the United States too, in some cases, with the precious metals, so necessary in our intercourse with Asia, it is presumed was not intended to be discouraged.
If we place every description of goods, on a similar footing in relation to drawback, whether imported coastwise or direct from foreign countries, upon being exported out of the limits of the United States, the committee conceive we shall then have done all which will be necessary on this occasion. The committee therefore report, as their opinion, that so much of the act, entitled "An act for laying and collecting duties on imports and tonnage within the territory ceded to the United States by the treaty of the 30th April, one thousand eight hundred and three, between the United States and the French Republic, and for other purposes," as refuses the drawback

on goods, wares and merchandise imported coastwise into New-Orleans, and exported to a foreign country, ought to be repealed; and they submit a bill for the purpose.
A BILL.
Repealing so much of the act, entitled "An act for laying and collecting duties on imports and tonnage within the territory ceded to the United States, by the treaty of the thirtieth of April, one thousand eight hundred and three, between the United States and the French Republic; and for other purposes."
Be it enacted by the senate and house of representatives of the United States of America in congress assembled, That so much of the sixth section of the act before recited as prohibits the allowance of drawbacks of duties on goods, wares and merchandise exported from the port of New-Orleans, other than those imported into the same place directly from a foreign port or place, shall be and the same is hereby repealed.
Sect. 2. Be it further enacted, that no certificate or drawback shall be issued by the collector of the port of New-Orleans, for duties upon any goods, wares or merchandise which may be exported to any foreign port or place adjacent to and situated on the eastern side of the river Mississippi. And whenever the amount of drawback of duties on any goods, wares, and merchandise shall exceed
dollars, the collector for said port shall place an inspector on board the vessel exporting the same, who shall continue on board until said vessel shall have passed the bar at the mouth of the river, and who shall be paid by the owner, consignee, or master of said vessel the same wages to which such inspector would be entitled for attending to the landing of goods, wares, and merchandise, from any foreign port or place.
Sect. 3. And be it further enacted, That debentures for drawbacks of duties upon goods, wares, and merchandise exported as aforesaid shall not be paid by the collector until after the usual proofs have been made, that such goods, wares, and merchandise, have been landed in a foreign country.
CONGRESS of the U. STATES.
HOUSE of REPRESENTATIVES.
December 12.
Mr. Thomas presented a petition from Sarah Blagden, widow of lieutenant colonel Blagden, of the cavalry, praying compensation for sundry services performed by the deceased during the revolutionary war. Referred to the committee of claims.
Mr. Lyon presented a petition and memorial from sundry inhabitants of the counties of Randolph and St. Clair, in the Indiana territory, stating their claim as actual settlers to the pre-emption right to certain lands, and trusting that congress will enable them to obtain their lands on moderate terms. Referred to a select committee of five.
Mr. Dana from the committee of claims reported severally on the petitions of James M'Pherson, for lands granted him by certain Indian Chiefs whilst prisoner among them, that the Indian deed was so defaced and so utterly void of proof and so peculiarly objectionable as to induce the committee to report a resolution that the petition be rejected.
This resolution was concurred in by the house.
Mr. Newton presented the petition of Gideon Parrat, an old soldier in our revolutionary war, stating his being engaged in several battles and receiving several wounds in their service, by which and his advanced age, he is rendered incapable of obtaining a decent support, and praying to be placed upon the pension list—referred to the committee of claims.
Mr. Jackson called for the order of the day on the bill relative to the clearance of armed merchant vessels, if gentlemen were prepared to consider the same. He thought a law on the subject should be enacted as speedily as possible; for a number of merchants in our seaports had embarked extensively in an illicit commerce, which he considered dangerous to our peace and national honour.
Mr. J. Clay requested the bill might be suffered to lie until the memorial from the Chamber of Commerce of Philadelphia was printed which had been ordered a few days since.
Mr. Jackson did not know of this memorial or of an order for printing; if the business could be understood on its being read to the House by the clerk, he should incline to consider the bill; he
wished, however, the House to decide on the postponement.
Dr. Eustis wished the bill to lie on the table.
A question was taken for postponing till to-morrow, and carried, 72 voting in favor of the motion.
Mr. Jackson called up the order of the day on the bill making application of the monies heretofore appropriated by law for making a post road from the navigable waters of the Atlantic to the Ohio river.
Mr. Eppes informed that the Senate had a bill on the same subject at this moment before them, and that too in the same form.
Mr. Jackson withdrew his call—and then the House adjourned.
December 13.
The Speaker laid before the house a letter, addressed to the worthy gentlemen in Congress, from John Gregory, a black man, a native of Nansemond, in Virginia, praying to be liberated from the British service, on board the Alsea, where he was detained. Referred to the secretary of state.
On the petition of Timothy Phelps, late a sheriff in Vermont, who had been prosecuted there in maintaining the claim of New-York against the same.—The committee observe, that whatever claim he has upon the justice or magnanimity of those states, he has none upon the treasury of the United States, and they proposed as a resolution, that the prayer of the petition cannot be granted. The house took the same into consideration, and concurred in the report of the committee of claims.
On the petition of John Pantry for sundries supplied certain recruits in 1799—remarking that they saw nothing in this claim to preclude its going before the accounting officers, and therefore proposed to resolve, that the petitioner have leave to withdraw his petition. This resolution was also concurred in by the house.
On the petition of John Steele, late secretary of the Mississippi territory of the United States. The committee observed that his claim to compensation for expenses and for the duties he performed as secretary subsequent to the expiration of his office, was just and fair. But his claim to compensation for executing certain duties of the governor was not admissible, inasmuch as he knew before his acceptance of the office of secretary, that the law devolved such duties of the governor upon him. They recommended a resolution in conformity to this statement, and the report was referred to the committee of the whole for to-morrow.
Mr. Eustis presented a petition from Gilbert Tench, praying his loss by depreciation on certain specie contracts entered into with the deputy quarter master general, for the transportation of certain clothing and military stores, during our revolutionary war, may be made to him. Referred to the committee of claims.
Mr. Walton presented a petition from George Ach, of Tennessee, stating that he had been a long time prisoner with the Shawnee Indians, who have for sundry services rendered them, given him a tract of land on the Ohio, opposite the mouth of Kentucky river, where he and his wife now reside, and praying Congress to quiet them in the same. Referred to the committee of claims.
A petition from James Middleton and others, securities for a collector of the United States internal taxes, praying a suit instituted against them in the year 1800, for the recovery of 800 dollars lost by their principal may be staid for three years. Referred to the committee of claims.
Gen. Staunton presented a petition from William Ogden, an old soldier, praying a pension in consideration of his incapacity to obtain a livelihood in consequence of the wounds he received in fighting the battles of our revolutionary war. Referred to the committee of claims.
The order of the day was called for by Mr. Eustis, on the bill to regulate the clearance of armed merchant vessels, Gen. Varnum in the chair.
Several amendments were made in the committee of the whole; the first important one is in italic, and was to oblige the owner, master or commandant, to give bond in a sum equal to double the value of the vessel, her tackle, apparel, furniture and cargo. The second to subject the officers and seamen, who should use their arms to depredates, outrage, unlawfully assault, or violently abuse subjects, vessels or territory of nations at peace with the United States,
to the same punishments as would be incurred if the like offences had been committed on shore.
The committee rose and reported the bill with the amendments, which being taken up in the house, the Yeas and Nays were called by Mr. R. Griswold, on agreeing to the first amendment before mentioned; and being supported by the constitutional number of one fifth of the members present, they were taken accordingly and were Yeas 53—Nays 55—so the amendment was not agreed to.
A discussion took place on the amendment relative to the punishment of offences committed by armed merchant vessels as above stated, and some doubts arising as to the accuracy with which the section was penned, a motion was made at a late hour for an adjournment which was carried.
Adjourned.
ALEXANDRIA, December 24.
A letter from St. Thomas, dated the 25th of November just received by a merchant of Philadelphia, states, that the day preceding a dreadful fire occurred there, by which the principal part of the town, including property to a great amount, was laid in ashes. The distress of the inhabitants was extreme.
Another letter states, that the whole of the town, with the exception of but five houses, had been destroyed by the conflagration.
The fire took place on the night of the 23d ult. We do not hear that the shipping at the harbour sustained any injury.
NEW-YORK, December 18.
FIRE!
This morning about half past 2 o'clock (and the wind very fresh) our watchmen first raised the frightful cry of fire! and in about a quarter of an hour the several bells began to ring. But it was a long, long time before the inhabitants could be generally roused, and the extreme coldness of the night had its effect to retard the timely assistance that would otherwise have been rendered. At first, and for about an hour the wind blew nearly a westerly course; then it suddenly changed several points south and communicated the flames across the street to a quarter, that before had been supposed so safe, that the tenants were dissuaded from moving out their property. To increase the distress, the tide was out and but a very scanty supply of water could be had from the pumps and cisterns in the neighbourhood; the Manhattan plugs were covered with ice and snow, and could not be found—In this shocking state, recourse was again had to Howell's Floating Engine . This invaluable machine being brought to the end of the adjacent wharf, afforded a copious, sufficient and incessant stream of water for all the engines within four hundred yards. It therefore with justice is to be acknowledged, that to this essential source was it owing that the fire was at length got under, without extending, most probably, the whole length of the eastern boundary of the city to Corlaer's Hook.
The fire commenced at the house No. 104 Front Street, occupied by Mr. M c Carthy as a retail grocery store.
The following is a list of the number of houses destroyed.
Seventeen buildings in Front Street.
Twelve houses in Wall Street.
Four buildings on Jones' Wharf.
Eight three story brick buildings in Water Street.
There are various opinions as to the amount of property destroyed. Conjecture wanders from half a million to two millions. The buildings alone are valued at about 106,000 dollars.
We have the satisfaction to state that no lives were lost at the fire.
MARTINSBURG, December 28.
For the INTELLIGENCER.
Mr. ALBURTIS,
THE articles of impeachment against the Hon. Samuel Chase, by the house of representatives of the United States, having taken a precise form, and a day appointed by the Senate for his trial, I have presumed to trouble you, and the public, with my thoughts on that important subject.
The method of punishing delinquent members of the state by impeachment, is of very antient date. I am not much acquainted with the Grecian story, only as I have seen it quoted by modern authors; from these it appears, that it was
frequently made an engine to destroy men, whose merits were too resplendent; either by banishment, by ostracism, or by confinement for life in the national bastille. There are some instances, however, on record, of that people being so sensible of their error in sacrificing some of their best men to popular rage, that they have recalled them from banishment, and invested them with the highest authority; and soon experienced the good effects of their justice, by a patriotic exertion of the talents of those great men for the general good of the state.
That the government of a free people should possess the power of impeachment, is, I think, highly proper: but at the same time, from the dignity that should characterise the supreme counsel of the nation in which they are tried, and the stigma thereby fixed on the character of a man, who is so unfortunate, whether justly or no, to be condemned; it should be seldom resorted to, and only on great occasions, of notorious delinquency. The framers of our excellent constitution, very wisely vested the power of impeachments in the house of representatives; and although they were well acquainted with the force of human passions, when directed, or stimulated by party spirit, they had, perhaps, no idea that, that honourable body would resort to that awful expedient for the sole purpose of displacing a man, no otherwise obnoxious, than inflexibly adhering to political opinions different from their own, and which, perhaps, were more consistent with genuine patriotism.
It is a maxim, that the best things when perverted, become the worst—Thus it is with impeachments. Managed as they ought to be, with justice and moderation, and on cases of palpable delinquency, they would be a terror to evil doers, and an adequate security to the people for the just administration of their affairs; but when they are made subservient to party views, they are a powerful engine of tyranny and oppression, by which the best men, by alternate domination, may, and often have, fallen victims to that malignant spirit. It is a fact, that the people in general, are more dextrous in pulling down and setting up, than in preserving what is fixed; this consideration should operate to cool the zeal of a dominant party, in resorting to violent measures, lest at some future day the tables may be turned upon them, and they be taught justice in the fruit of their own ways.
The framers of the constitution have tested the power of trying all impeachments in the senate, and I think very properly; because the word senate , as derived from the wisest commonwealths ever known, conveys to us the idea of every thing venerable in character, consummate in wisdom, and inflexible in justice and integrity. Nor could it be supposed that such a body of men, would descend from their character so far, as to countenance the spirit of party, and sanction the intemperance of a popular body, by an awful exercise of their constitutional authority, in punishing a man, whose only crime may be a mere difference in political opinion, and which has not the smallest tendency to disturb the public happiness, but rather to promote it.
From these reflections on impeachments in general, I shall proceed to the particular case of Samuel Chase, Esq. It is observable that all the crimes (except one) laid to his charge, were transacted before Mr. Jefferson came into office. And when we reflect on the conduct of the legislative and executive branches of the government, since that period, with respect to the judiciary, the conclusion is irresistible, that the removal of Mr. Chase, to make room for some favorite to the ruling party, is the sole motive of this impeachment. I am not intimately acquainted with Mr. Chase, but from the character I have heard of him, I am convinced, that he no more conceived himself to transcend the limits of his duty, or that he was committing impeachable offences, when he was engaged in the transactions that are now charged upon him as crimes, than he conceived himself to be committing treason, when, with an integrity that would have done honor to a Roman Censor, he was endeavouring to prevail on the inhabitants of Canada to join these states in resisting the oppression of the British Court in our revolutionary war.
It will perhaps reduce to a nut-shell compass the high crimes and misdemeanors whereof Mr. Chase stands charged, if the honorable senate will please to consider, that most, if not all of them, result from mere matters of form, wherein the judge, having no prescribed rule, considered himself at liberty to for-

low his Libellus . This I take to have been the case, particularly on the trial of Fries in the court, knowing the law of treason to be clearly defined, and that the pretence of producing English authorities, could have no other effect than to procrastinate the trial, and perplex the jury, confined the council for the prisoner to the fact; reserving it to the court to inform the jury, what the law was, in that particular case. The council therefore, finding themselves debarred from impressing the jury with false constructions, or perplexing them with a multiplicity of authorities, respecting the law, and having not a word to say in extenuation of the fact, receded from the trial; and left their client to the good sense, and integrity of the jury. What possible advantage could have resulted to Fries, if his council had been permitted to expatiate, in their pleadings upon the law, as well as the fact? nothing more than a few hours suspension of the awful sentence; his crime was notorious, and the evidence clear; and therefore the final result would have been the same.
With respect to Callender, the libel for which he was indicted, was notorious, and pointed; and universally known, by those, who did not wish to believe otherwise, to be false, scandalous and malicious. The indictment contained several counts, not one of which, it was in his power to prove the truth of, by any evidence in the United States; the pretence therefore of summoning a witness from Boston, as well as the president of the United States himself, against whom the libel was most pointed, was an insult to the government, and could answer no earthly purpose, but to protract the trial till Mr. Jefferson came into office, which, at that time, his friends counted certainly upon; and then a Noli prosequi , as in the case of Duane, would have put a stop to all further proceedings. I leave it as a question to be determined by the civilians, whether the author of that abominable work, for which, in any country but this, he would have lost his ears—or a certain great man, who is said to have advanced one hundred dollars to aid the publication, be entitled to the greatest share of guilt?
The honorable senate will do well to consider, that Mr. Chase is a fellow citizen, who is brought before them under a charge of high crimes and misdemeanors, and on whom they are to sit in judgment; and if, in supporting the honour and happiness of his country, by endeavouring to restrain that torrent of false, scandalous and malicious calumny against the government, that issued from the licentious presses of certain hireling foreign scapegoats, his zeal may have transported him a little beyond the limits of his duty; and since not the least injustice has resulted from it, to any individual, such deviation could only be considered as the effect of human frailty, and by no means to merit, the epithet of high crimes and misdemeanors, which should render him obnoxious to a punishment, which, to a man who holds his reputation as dear as his life, is little less than capital. And although there is no human tribunal to which they are accountable, for an act of tyranny and oppression, under the sanction of legal authority—they are accountable to God, who, as the Sacred Oracles inform us, will judge us by our good or evil actions, one to another.
LUCIUS.
We solicit our readers to refer to the 7th article of the impeachment of Judge Chase, and then compare his conduct in the case alluded to in that article, with that of Judge M c Kean (now Governor of Pennsylvania) upon an occasion we are about to refer to and which has been suggested to us by the intelligent Editor of the Evening Post.
In the year 1797, Cobbett the Editor of Porcupine's Gazette had published something offensive to Judge M c Kean's son-in-law, the Marquis de Caso Yrujo. Cobbett was brought upon a warrant before Judge M c Kean, who bound him over to his good behaviour. Nevertheless Cobbett went on in his old way, to the great displeasure of the Judge, as
At a Court of oyer & terminer held in the city and county of Philadelphia, Nov. 1797, Judge M c Kean thus charged the Grand Jury.
“Before I conclude I am sorry to have occasion to mention that there is another crime, that peculiarly concerns the judges of the supreme court to endeavor to correct. It is Libelling . I will describe it in a few words. It is going at great length to the injury of a person, by the publication of false, scandalous and malicious libels, he concludes.”
“Impressed with the duties of my station, I have used some endeavours for checking these evils, by binding over the editor and printer of one of them, licentious and violent beyond all former example, to his good behaviour; but he still perseveres in his nefarious publications,” &c. “In brief, he braves his recognizance and the laws. It is now with you Gentlemen of the Grand Jury, to animadvert on his conduct; without your aid it cannot be corrected. ” “You may now Gentlemen, retire to your room.—Inquire with zeal, hear with attention, deliberate with coolness, judge with impartiality; and decide with fortitude.”
The Judge did not stop here (as we are informed) for next day upon some remark which was made by a suiter, the Judge replied “That Grand Juries do not always do their duty, we have a recent instance;” for it seems the Grand Jury returned ignoramus —Let the conduct of Judge Chase and Judge M c Kean be compared? and if any man can say that the one is guilty and the other innocent, we should hold his candour in very small estimation.
But Judge Chase is a Federalist, and must be wicked, Judge M c Kean is a Democrat and must be honoured.
[Public Ledger.]
In the Legislature of Virginia, on Friday the seventh instant, a petition from a number of the inhabitants of the counties of Fairfax, Loudon, Fauquier, Hampshire, Culpepper and Prince William, was presented and read, praying for an augmentation of the capital stock of the Bank of Virginia, and the establishment of an office of deposit and discount of the said Bank in that part of the county of Fairfax immediately adjacent to the Town of Alexandria.
Ordered, That the said petition be referred to Messrs. Blake, E. Harrison, Peake, Barbour, Powell, Russell, Lee, Ker and E. Boyd, that they do examine the matter thereof, and report the same, with their opinion thereupon to the house.
The intelligence received from the Mediterranean, the authenticity of which our reason, as well as our wishes forbid us to doubt, must fill the heart of every man in America, (not being a barbarian or a monster) with joy, pride, and exultation, not only on account of what has been done, but as it is a prognostic of what this country will yet accomplish, when the insolence or encroachment of foreign nations shall render vigorous military and naval enterprize necessary to her honour or to her safety. That a nation of presumptuous barbarians and piratical robbers should be scourged, must be the wish of every honest nation in the world—To the English, Irish and Scotch it must be matter of sovereign exultation that this their consanguineous nation, this other self, this first born child of their own race, this happy branch of their old stock, one family, though living in separate houses, and having separate interests, should have proved themselves so true to their blood, and such full inheritors of those virtues which have for centuries engaged the admiration and respect of the world, and covered those islands with never-fading laurels. It has been said by the leading military men of all countries, that the army of the English, Irish, and Scotch mixed together, are irresistible; and Voltaire, national though he was, has left the sanction of his opinion to strengthen that assertion; history too irrefragably proves it. What then may not be expected from such an amalgamation of the three as this people now is. The cool, unimpassioned bull-dog courage of the English; the furious lion-like intrepidity of the Scotch; and the hardy, energetic game-cock fire of the Irish, combined in one, and the same body, and that body invigorated by plenty and comfort, animated by conscious independence, and set in active motion by the powerful elastic spring of liberty, must soon be an overmatch for any aggressor, soon trample under foot any barbarous nation, whether Mahomedan or Christian, which may attempt to violate or encroach upon its rights.
[Charleston Courier.]
On Wednesday the 29th ult. 249 Waggons and Carts were counted in the Centre Market Baltimore, and next day the immense number of 356.
Thursday the 6th inst. No. 3, of the Presidential fleet of Gun Boats was launched off the stocks from the Ship Yard of Mr. Doughty, Southwark.
[Phil. pap.]
CONSCIENCE.
“Methought the billows spoke, and told me of it, The winds did sing it me, and the thunder, That deep and dreadful organ-pipe, pronounc'd The name of Prospero.”— Tempest.
THE loss of fortune, dignity, glory and all the pageantry of earthly grandeur, is comparatively trifling when put in competition to that of virtue; when the human mind first stoops to debasement, and wanders in the paths of impiety, its progress to misery, although gradual, is too fatally inevitable; the smallest crimes by becoming habitual, increase in time to the crimson tints of atrocity; then, O Conscience! thou most incessant and excruciating torturer, thou never-failing monitor, tis then thine admonitions wound with remorse the breast of conscious vice; thou establishest thine awful tribunal on the ruins of neglected virtue, there to inflict a punishment far more severe than aught invented by the ingenuity of man.
When lulled in apparent security, and revelling in the round of transitory pleasure, thine awful presence intrudes itself upon the harassed imagination, and bids the lofty sinner reflect on the acts of injustice of which he has been guilty. The veil of oblivion, which, with all the precaution of vice, he has endeavoured to cast over his crimes, thou canst in one unguarded moment cause himself to remove; his deeds of darkness, so cautiously involved with the spacious garb of dissimulation and hypocrisy, are frequently by thee laid open to the scrutinising eye of justice. His most secret recesses thou canst penetrate, his every joy embitter, and render him, who was once hardened in iniquity, susceptible to the slightest emotions of fear. The man who once was callous to the tender plaints of misery and injured innocence, will, when under thy influence, start at a shadow, tremble at an “unreal mockery,” and imagine the most trivial sound a solemn summons of retribution. Such, O Conscience! is the form in which thou visitest the child of iniquity: such the shape in which thou approachest the votary of vice; how happy then the man, who, void of guile, dreads not thy reproaches; who supported by the consciousness of unspotted innocence, enjoys uninterrupted serenity and peace of mind, whose slumbers are undisturbed by the phantoms of a disordered imagination, and who looks forward with the ardour of hope and expectation to the time when the virtues and vices of mankind shall receive their just reward.
Onearth there's nothing worth possessing, Or can the ills of life beguile, Without that dearest, sweetest blessing, The magic of a woman's smile.
The glare of wealth, the pomp of fame, Are senseless treasures, joyless, vile; Are baubles with a splendid name, Without the charm of woman's smile.
The hoxious clouds of motley care, That thicken round our joys awhile, Like morning mist, dissolve in air Before the beams of woman's smile.
How sweet the sun's bright beam must be After long night to Zembla's isle! But oh! much sweeter far to me, The sunshine of a woman's smile.
Then place me, Rapt, where'er you may, Mid dreary waste, or savage isle; For o'er my soul no gloom can stray, While I am blest with woman's smile.
TO A SEGAR.
SWEET antidote to sorrow, toil and strife, Charm against discontent and wrinkled care, Who knows thy power can never know despair; Who knows thee not one solace lacks of life, When cares oppress, or when the busy day Gives place to tranquil eve, a single puff Can drive e'en want and languid away, And give a mourner happiness enough. From thee, when curling clouds of incense rise, They hide each evil that in prospect lies; But when in evanescence fades thy smoke, Ah what! dear sedative my cares shall smother If thou evaporate: the charm is broke Till I, depositing super, light another.
Oration on the 4th of July.
PROPOSALS for publishing by subscription, a Speech introductory to the day, preceded by that Monument of Wisdom, the Declaration of Independence ; followed by three Appropriate Addresses , to which will be added a Solemn and Pathetic Dirge on the death of our departed Hero and Saviour of his Country , GEORGE WASHINGTON, formerly President of the United States, delivered by a youth of nine years—likewise An affecting Oration on the demise of our late Friend and Patriot , General ALEXANDER HAMILTON—The whole of which are offered to the public with an assurance that they are Originals .
It will contain about twenty-four duodecimo pages, on royal paper.—Price to subscribers one-eighth of a dollar, payable on delivery.
Those who procure, and will be accountable for twelve copies, will have a deduction of 50 per cent.
Subscriptions received at this, and at the Printing-Offices in all the neighbouring towns.
The above work will be revised and corrected by a person of erudition, who will recommend it for the use of Schools. December 28, 1804.
STRAY HORSE.
TAKEN up by the subscriber on Sunday morning last, a sorrel Horse, with both hind feet white, 15 hands high, 4 years old, newly shod, has a blaze face, and is a natural pacer; had on a bridle with a curb bit, and an old double skirted saddle. The owner may have him again by proving property and paying charges.
JOHN M c KIERNAN. Martinsburg, December 28, 1804.
SADDLE BAGS LOST.
LOST, either in Martinsburg, or on the road leading from thence to Garrards-Town, a pair of black leather SADDLE-BAGS, a little worn, containing two calf-skins, with the pattern of a pair of shoes cut off of each. Any person who may find and return them to the subscriber, living near Garrards-Town, or to Mr. J. Alburts, in Martinsburg, shall be generously rewarded. DAVID RIPPY. December 28, 1804.
To hire for one year, two young
Negro Men,
that have been accustomed to plantation work. For terms apply to the subscriber living near Martinsburg.
EDWARD TABB.
December 28, 1804.
FOR SALE,
Negro Woman,
twenty-seven years old, good at house and out-work; with her two children, one six and the other two years of age, both boys.
JONAS HOOVER.
December 28, 1804.
FOR SALE
A TRACT of Land, situate in the County of Berkeley 3 miles from Martinsburgh, near the main road leading from thence to Hagerstown, containing 113 acres, about 70 acres are cleared, the balance of the land well timbered, 7 Acres of excellent meadow are made. The improvements are a good barn, a convenient dwelling-house and an Apple Orchard of the choicest fruit. There is a spring of excellent water near the House. This Land is fertile, and for healthiness of situation not surpassed by any in Berkeley County. Possession may be had in April next—an indisputable title will be made the purchaser, the terms, which will be advantageous, will be made known, by the subscriber living on the premises. JOSEPH SHOUGH.
PRINTING.
In all its variety, executed at this Office with correctness and expedition.

THE SOCIAL FIRE.
WHEN beating rains and piercing winds, At night attack the lab'ring hinds, And force them to retire— How sweet they pass their time away, In sober talk or rustic play, Beside the social fire.
There many a plaintive tale is told Of those who long ring in the cold, With cries and groans expires! The mournful story strikes the ear, They heave the sigh they drop the tear, And bless the social fire.
The legendary tale comes next, With many an artful phrase perplex, That well the tongue might tire; The windows shake, the shutters crack, Each thinks the ghost behind his back, And hitches to the fire.
Or now perhaps, some homely swain, Who fann'd the lover's flame in vain, And glow'd with warm desire, Relates each stratagem he play'd To win the coy disdainful maid, And eyes the social fire.
To these succeeds the jocund song, From lungs less musical than strong, And all to mirth aspire; The humble roof returns the sound; The social can mooves briskly round, and brighter burns the fire.
Oh! grant, kind Heav'n! a state like this, Where simple ignorance is bliss, 'Tis all that I require; Then, then—to share the joys of life, I'd seek a kind indulgent wife, And bless my social fire!
On the present fashion of short Jackets.
"STOP, stop, you rogue," cried crazy Jack, And seiz'd a modern Beau; The thing, alarm'd, bow'd low and said, "An't please you, sir, I'll go."
"Not you, by Jove, you'r caught at last, "For all the world can see, "You're he that plays so many pranks— "You're Mr. No-BODY."
English Education.
IT appearing to be the wish of my neighbours, and former patrons, that my Academy at this place should not be discontinued, as I had intended after the present year, at least for a season, I have determined to pursue the business of instruction again the ensuing year; and hereby give notice, that the School will be opened on the first day of February next, for the reception of boarders, and a few day scholars: And I request all persons who wish to send their children, particularly those who intend to board them, to enter them on that day, and will thank them also, to inform me of their intention, as early from this date, as possible, that I may be able to form a judgment of what provision it will be necessary to make. Board, the same as formerly, and likewise Tuition, except some branches of Needle work, and Painting, should they be required to be taught.
CHRISTOPHER COLLINS.
Mount Zoar, Jefferson County, Dec. 21, 1804.
A Tan-Yard
TO be rented for a term of years, situated on Apple-pye Ridge, in Frederick County, belonging to the estate of Samuel Sidwell, deceased—The Vats in good repair—a Bark-mill house, Currying Shop, and other conveniences—also, a quantity of good Bark, at the yard, will be sold to the lessee—Fifteen or twenty acres of Land, to be let with the yard, and immediate possession given. None need apply but such as can come well recommended for workmanship, morality and honesty, and who can give good security for performance of covenants. Terms may be known by applying to the subscribers living near the premises.
N. WHITE, SARAH SIDWELL, Guardians for the Orphans.
21st—12th Month, 1804.
To be Sold,
ON a credit of four years (by paying a small part of the purchase money in hand) or exchanged for Merchandise, that VALUABLE PROPERTY where the subscriber formerly lived, situated on Tuscarora creek, in the town of Martinsburg. It consists of a Lot of Ground on the corner of John and Water streets, on which is erected a large and commodious Brick House, 40 by 30 feet, two stories high, neatly finished: a Stone Stable; a Brick Smoke House, and an excellent Garden—there is also erected on this property a TAN YARD, well situated, with all necessary buildings, and water convenient.
I would also rent, for ten years, The Property on which I reside. A description of it is thought unnecessary, as it is presumed no person would wish to contract without first viewing the premises. I would also (if the renter would prefer it) sell him my stock of Leather, Hides, Tools and Bark.
I must, for the last time, Request those indebted to me, to make speedy payment.
I want to purchase Pork, Hay and Corn.
I have for sale, for cash or good paper, a large Horse, fit for saddle or draft; and have three Places on Back Creek, I would exchange for property in town; also, Kentucky Lands, for Lands in this County.
JOHN O'FERRALL. Martinsburg, Dec. 14, 1804.
The subscriber has just received, and always intends keeping for sale, a number of Silver
WATCHES,
of various kinds and prices.
REES BRANSON.
Martinsburg, 14th 12th month, 1804.
THE Subscriber returns his most grateful acknowledgments to his friends and the public for the encouragement he has experienced, and respectfully informs them that he has just received, and will constantly keep for sale at his Blacksmiths shop in the main street Martinsburg opposite to the Indian Chief Tavern, a very large and complete assortment of
BAR-IRON,
of the best quality, selected with care by himself from the Iron Works, and which he will dispose of on the most reduced terms. He continues as usual to carry on the Blacksmith's business in all its various branches, and flatters himself, that if good materials, manufactured in the most serviceable manner, together with the strictest attention to business, can secure the public favour, he shall not go unrewarded.
JOSEPH CHAMBERS. Martinsburg, December 14, 1804.
LANDS FOR SALE.
THE subscriber wishes to sell the Plantation whereon he now lives, situated on Back Creek, Berkeley County, 7 miles from Martinsburg and 15 from Bath, containing 333 acres of good strong Lime-stone Land, well watered, with at least 7 springs—150 acres are cleared and well enclosed, 8 acres of Meadow are made, and more Meadow land; the remainder of the tract is well covered with fine timber.—On the premises are a convenient Dwelling House, newly finished, Kitchen, a large Barn, Distillery, Fulling Mill, and some out houses, with a number of Fruit trees.—There is a good mill-seat, with a sufficiency of water, on this tract.
He will also sell one other tract of Land, situated on the river Potomak, near Richardson's Ferry, containing 102 acres, 40 of which are cleared, the greater part river bottom, the remainder of the Land is well timbered, and has a large sugar-camp on it—a small House is now built, and logs ready for raising a larger one. For terms apply to the subscriber.
WILLIAM SNODGRASS. Back Creek, June 22, 1804.
PRINTING,
In all its variety, executed at this Office with correctness and expedition.
Fresh Goods.
The subscribers are now opening an additional supply of
Fresh Goods,
which added to their former stock, makes their assortment very complete.
They have a variety of
Nice New Fancy Goods,
together with every other article suitable to the present season. They continue to keep Soal and Upper LEATHER , CALF-SKINS and BOOT-LEGS , BAR-IRON of the best quality, Crowley and Blistered STEEL , Sheet-Iron and CASTINGS , PAINTS and MEDICINES , Home-made Twilled BAGS , ditto Linnen and Flax —All which they offer for sale on the most pleasing terms to purchasers at a distance as well as those immediately in this neighbourhood.
They will receive Wheat, Rye, Corn, Oats and Flax-Seed, in barter for Goods, or in payment of debts.
JAMES & JOHN LANE.
Shepherd's Town, December 7, 1804.
Doctor F. Albright,
From Germany,
RESPECTFULLY informs the inhabitants of Berkeley County, that he has removed to Martinsburg, where he intends to pursue the practice of
PHYSIC, SURGERY, &c.
He has followed the profession for upwards of seven years in different parts of the state of Pennsylvania, and, previous to his coming to the United States, in Germany, and has such testimonials of his skill as, he thinks, will be a sufficient recommendation to such as may stand in need of his attendance. He has rented a part of the house in which Mrs. Bready now lives, at the sign of the Indian Chief, in the Main Street, Martinsburg, where he may be consulted at any time.
December 7, 1804.
To be Rented,
That eligible stand for a Tavern, in which the subscriber now lives, situated in the town of Martinsburg, cornering on King and Queen streets and next the Market-House.—This property consists of a very large and convenient House, with a great number of lodging and other rooms, and good dry cellars under it—a good Kitchen, a Stable large enough to hold fifty horses, a Granary, and an excellent Shed and other necessary buildings—one Lot of Ground well enclosed, and a Garden equal to any in Martinsburg. This property has been occupied as a place of public entertainment for more than twenty years, and is as well calculated for a Tavern as any other stand in the County. As the subscriber is determined to leave Martinsburg, he will let the above property to a person who would be likely to keep a good house, on very advantageous terms.—Possession may be had the 1st of March next.
ABRAHAM GORRELL. November 30, 1804.
ALL persons indebted to the subscriber, by bond, note, or book account, are requested to come in by the 1st of March next, and discharge what may be due.—As he is positively determined to close all his accounts by that time, no person need look for any longer indulgence.
ABRAHAM GORRELL. November 30, 1804.
A GREAT BARGAIN.
THE subscriber will sell low the HOUSE in which he now lives at the East end of the Court-House, fronting on the Public-Square and Queen-Street, and but a few poles from the Market-House; the building is almost new, made of frame-weather-boarded, and painted white, a capacious and convenient Store-room laid off on the public corner, there are two other rooms on the lower floor, and three on the second, with convenient back buildings; the stand for a store is equal, and perhaps more pleasantly situated, than any other in this place.
JAMES ANDERSON. Martinsburg, October 24, 1804.
NEW BOOKS.
J. ALBURTIS.
Has just received from the City of Philadelphia, an additional supply of
BOOKS and STATIONARY,
warranted at the Philadelphia and Baltimore retail prices;
Consisting in part of:
 War's French Revolution,  Washington's Letters,  Biographical Charts,  Mavor's Universal History,  Common Prayer Books, bound in Morocco and elegantly gilt,  Gifford's Juvenal,  Bloomfield's Farmer's Boy,  Poems,  Some New Novels, a number of New Plays, &c. &c. 
A great variety of CHAP BOOKS.
Common Writing, thick Post, and Letter Paper,
 Wafers and Sealing Wax,  Red and Black Ink-Powder,  Ink-Sand, Quills, &c. &c. &c. 
He has also on hand,
A Brief Retrospect of the eighteenth century, in two elegant octavo volumes, containing a sketch of the Revolutions and improvements in Science, Arts, and Literature, during that period.
Public Characters containing memoirs of Charles J. Fox, William Pitt, Dr. Erasmus Darwin, Henry Dundas, Dr. John Wolcott, William Herschel, Marquis Cornwallis, Joseph Priestly, Mr. D'Israeli, Lord Nelson, Gilbert Wakefield, Earl St. Vincent, Robert Southey, Wm. Godwin, William Cowper, Warren Hastings, Sir Ralph Abercrombie, Dr. James Gregory, Dr. William Mavor, Lord Grenville, Duke of Bridge Water, Thomas Jefferson, Bushrod Washington, Edmund Randolph, Dr. Hugh Blair, Sir Joseph Banks, Henry Addington, John Horn Tooke, General Bowles, Count Rumford, Dr. James Beattie, Dr. Samuel L. Mitchell, Dr. Jenner, General Ira Allen, Earl Stanhope, Mr. Curran, &c.
Letters of Junius, Massillon's Sermons.
Antient and Modern Europe.
Tucker's Blackstone.
Literary Magazine, Nos. 1 2 3 and 4.
Wilson's Egypt.
Domestic Encyclopedia, in 5 volumes, Select British Classics, in 38 volumes, with 76 elegant engravings.
Wortman's Political Enquiry, and the Liberty of the Press.
The History of the British Empire, from the year 1765 to the end of 1782, containing an Impartial History of the Origin, Progress and Termination of the American Revolution, in two large octavo volumes, with elegant likenesses of Washington and Franklin.
An Essay on the causes of the variety of Complexion and Figure in the Human Species.
Addison's Evidences of the Christian Religion.
Debates on the Louisiana Treaty.
D'Israeli's Poems,
Ten Volumes of "Select Novels."
Spectator, Don Quixote, Abbess, Nocturnal Visit, Jane Talbot, Emmeline, Don Raphael, Maid of Bristol, Chains of the heart, Review, House to be sold, and Mrs. Wiggins.
Bibles, Testaments, Baltimore collection of Hymns, for the use of the Methodist Church, Dilworth's and Webster's Spelling Books, Gunter's Scales, Cases of Mathematical Instruments—Large and Small hand Copies for the use of Schools, Workman's Arithmetic, adapted to the commerce of the United States, Young Man's Companion.
Art of Speaking.
American Preceptor.
Esop's Fables.
Martinsburg, August 17, 1804.
MARTINSBURG, Berkeley County, Virginia; Printed and published by JOHN ALBURTIS.
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