Berkeley and Jefferson intelligencer (Martinsburg, Va.), 1805-05-24 00:00:00

Berkeley and Jefferson Intelligencer.
[No. 1 of VOLUME VII.]
FRIDAY, May 24, 1805.
[WHOLE No. 313]
WANTED IMMEDIATELY,
AS an Apprentice to the Printing Business, a lad from twelve to fifteen years of age, of industrious habits, of moral conduct, and whose connections are respectable. One from the country would be preferred.
J: ALBURTIS. Intelligencer Office, } March 8, 1805. }
FOR SALE,
A PLANTATION, containing about 130 acres, about 100 of which are cleared; there is a convenient Dwelling House and Kitchen and a good Barn on the premises; near the House is a Well thirty feet deep, which never goes dry when kept clean; on one part of the Plantation there is a large and excellent Spring. The Land is of a superior quality; it lies on the road leading from Martinsburg to Boyd's Ferry, and is about six miles from the former place. For terms apply on the premises, or to the subscriber in Martinsburg.
IGNATIUS PRICE. January 25, 1805.
Doctor I. Price,
RESPECTFULLY informs the citizens of Martinsburg and the public generally, that he has commenced the practice of PHYSIC, SURGERY, &c. in this town. Having acquired a pretty general knowledge of the theory and practice of the above arts, he will thereby be enabled to do justice to his profession, and with great care and assiduous attention to business he will endeavour to render satisfaction to all those who may please to place confidence in him. Martinsburg, April 26, 1805.
Doctor Wilcox
HAVING recovered from a low lingering state of health, in which he declined the practice of Physic and Surgery, now informs whoever stands in need of his assistance, that he has resumed the said practice—and as all old Doctors generally as they decline practice put off the most disagreeable part, that is Surgery, (if they practice it) he has also done the same, and set several young Doctors to use the instruments of Surgery under his directions, which he then thought would be a public benefit, by leading the young Doctor into an experimental knowledge of operations, but now finds it has turned out a public injury, by inconsiderate people supposing the one that used the instruments of surgery, was the principal Doctor, altho' he performed only by particular directions, whereupon more dependence has been placed in the young and inexperienced, than was for the general good of those labouring under difficult cases—Therefore he now informs, that he will hereafter perform all operations himself, in cases where he advises the operation, or any other that he is required to do, but may be attended by as many Doctors as the patient chooses.
He will do any kind or form of Writing, such as Wills, Deeds, Indentures, Articles of Agreement, Powers of Attorney, &c. Martinsburg, April 26, 1805.
Fresh Spring Goods.
THE subscribers respectfully inform their friends and the public, that they are now opening an extensive and complete assortment of FRESH Spring GOODS, of every description, which they are selling cheap.
JAMES & JOHN LANE. Shepherd's-Town, April 3, 1805.
A LARGE QUANTITY OF FRESH
Clover Seed
for sale, by JEREMIAH EVANS. Martinsburg, March 29, 1805.
NOTICE.
THE subscriber respectfully wishes to inform his customers and the public, that he has lately removed his Store to that eligible and commodious stand adjoining the Court House, fronting on Queen street and the public square, lately occupied by James Anderson, Esq. where he intends carrying on the Mercantile business.
He has just received a large additional supply of
Dry Goods and Groceries.
The ladies and gentlemen of this town and its vicinity, will please to accept my thanks for all former favours conferred, and I hope to merit a continuation of their custom.
He has BLANK BOOKS for sale.
JEREMIAH EVANS. Martinsburg, March 8, 1805.
Berkeley County, ss.
February Court, 1805. George Riley vs Joseph Gale. In CHANCERY.
THIS day came the complainant by his counsel, and it appearing to the court that the defendant is not an inhabitant of this commonwealth, it is ordered that the defendant do appear here on the Monday after the third Tuesday in May next, to answer the complainant's bill, and that a copy of this order be forth with inserted in the Berkeley and Jefferson Intelligencer and continued for two months successively, and also be posted up for two months successively at the door of the court house of this county.
A Copy. Attest, DAVID HUNTER, C. B. C.
FOR SALE,
Pursuant to the last will and testament of Robert Creighton, dec'd, a valuable
Tract of Land,
Living in the County of Berkeley and State of Virginia, three miles from the town of Martinsburg, on the road leading to Williamsport, eighty-five miles from the City of Baltimore, seventy-five from the City of Washington, and eighty miles from the town of Alexandria—containing six-hundred acres, one half cleared and under good fence, the balance well clothed with timber: There are on said land a number of never failing springs, and a sufficient quantity of Meadow: This Tract would suit well to be divided, as there are two Dwelling Houses, two Double Barns, and two Orchards of choice Fruit. It lies five miles from the river Potomak, the navigation of said river is now completed, produce may be conveyed down the river to the City of Washington and to the town of Alexandria at a small expense. For terms apply to William Riddle, of the town of Martinsburg. A good title will be made the purchaser by
WILLIAM RIDDLE, } Exr's. and Wm. CREIGHTON, } Martinsburg, February 1, 1805.
Berkeley County, ss.
February Court, 1805. George Riley vs Daniel Sturgess. In CHANCERY.
THIS day came the complainant by his counsel, and it appearing to the court that the defendant is not an inhabitant of this commonwealth, it is ordered that the defendant do appear here on the Monday after the third Tuesday in May next, to answer the complainant's bill, and that a copy of this order be forth with inserted in the Berkeley and Jefferson Intelligencer and continued for two months successively, and also be posted up for two months successively at the door of the court house of this county.
A Copy. Attest, DAVID HUNTER, C. B. C.
THE LAY CURATE.
"Study to be quiet—and to mind your own business."
NOT the Argives only but the Macedonians, not only the citizens of Athens but also those of Thessalonica, it would appear, were in the habit of neglecting their own individual concerns, from a preference for the affairs of their neighbours. The Lyceum and the Areopagus of the one, the Exchange and the Market Place of the other, were frequently crowded with idlers, whose chief employment and gratification consisted in little else than "either to hear or to tell something new."
For the correction of such habits was the advice in the text originally designed: and to such dispositions, wherever found; whether in the pragmatical New Englandman, who must know of every man respecting his business, or in the restless and ambitious Virginian, whose attention is more taken up with politics than with the affairs of his farm or family; will the counsel peculiarly apply—"study to be quiet—and to mind your own business."
It is not, however, to characterise societies of men, but to bring the admonition home to individuals, that the Lay-Curate has chosen this saying of Paul. It contains the choicest maxims of economical prudence: and the Apostle delivers it with all the earnestness of a salutary exhortation. It presents two distinct precepts: the one of a private, quiescent nature, "study to be quiet" that is, endeavour not to be offensive, or turbulent, or troublesome; and the other enjoining a positive active duty that is—"mind your own business."
The observance of the first part of this advice appears to be so expedient, and at the same time, so easy, that one might imagine that a simple recommendation would have been sufficient; but so thought not the apostle. The seriousness of his manner, shews his sense not only of the difficulty of the task he was imposing. It is not in the preceptive form "be quiet," but in the imperative style of exhortation "study to be quiet":—as if he had said—"it is essentially important that you should be at the greatest pains to correct that pragmatic disposition which leads you to intermeddle in affairs with which you have no concern. This is at best idle; is frequently productive of much mischief. Indulge not in a supposition that a discussion of the faults, the failings, or the misfortunes of others, is quite harmless; unless you can be conscious that it originated in a desire to do them good. Do not beguile yourselves into a belief that the habitual, though apparently unintentional, sneer at the foibles or mischances of your neighbour, is without the pale of this precept; even though it may not be construed to his prejudice. Rest assured that it is not in conformity to the spirit or the example of those who "study to be quiet."
But the second is the most important, and indeed the primary part of the injunction; "mind your own business;" upon which the former might very properly be supposed to be superinduced; from which quietude would seem to proceed as a corollary: For those who pay strict attention to their own affairs, have but little farther progress to make in that part of discretion; and will find that to be quiet with respect to the concerns of other people is then a task of very easy performance.
This injunction is obviously meant to promote industry; a habit so laudable that it may be said to comprehend both negative and positive virtue; to embrace the acquisition of independence, which is a duty; and the extinction of the desires and fruits of idleness, which are of the nature of crimes. It is a duty to be independent, as far as manual or mental labor can make us so; and to neglect the use of these necessary means is the reverse of what is becoming and praiseworthy; is the opposite both of the Cardinal and Theological Virtues. "The soul of the sluggard desireth and hath nothing; but the hand of the diligent maketh rich. That which advances the dignity and promotes the happiness of a rational and intellectual being, is an
obligation that seems to be imposed upon him by the law of Nature, an obligation not to be disregarded without disobeying that law, which is a deviation from moral rectitude.
To illustrate and enforce this doctrine would not require much art; nor would it be difficult to find many instances in real life where its observance and neglect have been mutually exemplified. At present, however, the Lay Curate will conclude with an Apologue from a Greek philosopher, who flourished towards the close of the second century, and which has been preserved by the lucky partiality of one of the FATHERS. But before he proceeds he must be allowed to say a word or two concerning the author.
Athenagoras was an Athenian. He was the first of that sect of philosophers who called themselves Eclecticks ; and to him we are principally indebted for the little we do know of the domestic manners of the Greeks of that period, delineated in his romances; of which but a small comparative portion has survived the wreck of learning. He afterwards became a convert to Christianity, and wrote several treatises in its defence, all of which have been preserved. To the French clergy the learned world is much indebted for the best editions of the Fathers; whose works they have with uncommon zeal and diligence collated and revised. But here follows the apologue, or anecdote, for it seems to have the appearance of truth: we are not, however, told whether it was written before or subsequent to his conversion to Christianity.
"Among the mountains on the south side of Boeotia lived a young swain named Sosthenes; who having frequent occasion to go down into the plains of Attica, became acquainted with a young woman, whose father was one of the most respectable inhabitants of the village in which they lived, and was by right a citizen of Athens. In his house the youth was entertained; and his visits became the more interesting on account of Phillida, whose company he found peculiarly agreeable to him, as well from the pleasure he took in doing and saying those things that pleased her, as from the observation of the satisfaction she evinced in being so pleased. He soon discovered that he was miserable when absent from her, and could not picture to himself any mode of happiness, however fortune might otherwise bless him, unless she shared with him in its enjoyment.
"After a long probation, and after having consulted his own heart as to the necessity, and his knowledge of life as to the prudence, of making a declaration, he one day avowed his sentiments with all the sincerity of a pure attachment; and was proceeding to say that his hopes and his happiness were at her disposal; but before he had finished, she very calmly observed to him, that she was sorry to think he should have permitted any portion of his peace or contentment to rest on that issue: very sorry he had changed the ground of their fellowship: and as a friend she had always considered him; but that she owed to justice and to herself to say that she could own no softer feeling: and that she would still be happy in his acquaintance, if he could maintain it on that footing.
"Sosthenes was confounded by this reply. There appeared so much of sincerity in her air and manner, that he could not doubt of her truth: yet there was so much of softness in the expressions respecting the circumstances, and the desire of the continuance of their friendship was so sweetly conveyed, that the painful feeling which arose from the destruction of his fondly cherished hopes was, in a great degree, deprived of its poignancy.
"In deep dejection he took his leave; but he could not cease to think of Phillida. Her welfare still continued to be the first concern of his heart. He thought he could not see any reason why he should not continue his friendship and his visits. His visits were well received; for she thought that she owed some gratitude for attachment so unequivocal. Alas! he dreamt not of the additional stock of regret he was laying up for himself!
"Phillida, though she could not reciprocate the warm sentiments entertained for her by Sosthenes, was alive

to their power from another quarter. Young Sosipater, from a neighbouring village, had sought her society, had endeavoured to make himself agreeable, and, possessing those qualities and dispositions which she thought most congenial with her own, had succeeded in winning her heart.
Sosthenes meanwhile continued ignorant of the rise and progress of this attachment, until a certain time when a public festival at Athens induced them all to repair thither. Upon such occasions as these it is that sentiments of this kind are more easily elicited; so it happened with Sosipater and Phillida. The obvious pleasure she seemed to take in his company and attentions; her smiles of peculiar approbation when listening to his remarks; and many other little preferences; opened the eyes of Sosthenes. He could scarcely doubt that her heart was given to his rival; for as such he seemed now to consider Sosipater. He felt real anguish at the discovery; yet he neither knew how to complain, nor how to redress the supposed injury.
"In this Dilemma he applied to his friend Aristides, the philosopher, beseeching him to hear his story, and guide him by his counsel. He told him of his attachment, of his avowal of it, and of the situation in which he then stood; begged him to solve his doubts from his own observation, and to give him the advice which a confirmation of them might render necessary. Aristides had not long to observe before he found out the true state of the case: and when Sosthenes next called upon him, he addressed him in the following manner.
"My young friend you have been the dupe of your own sensibility. Phillida, may justly value your friendship; but her very look and action indicate something very distinct from that sentiment you cherish. You ought to have been satisfied with her first declaration. Love is an involuntary affection: It is not the result of reasoning. Your friends and the world may esteem you, as highly at least as Sosipater, yet without endeavouring to ascertain why she should have seen cause of preference, it is sufficient to know the fact. It reminds therefore that you adopt promptly, the means whereby you may be restored to your tranquility: and although I may prove but a feeble comforter, a weak director, yet since you request it, my advice shall not be withheld.
"My life has been as you know devoted to the study of wisdom, and the acquisition of knowledge. In the Lyceum of the Peripatetics, and in the Portico of the Stoicks, I have benefited by sublime speculations on the nature of man and his duties, from the disciples of Aristotle and Zeno; in the gardens of Epicurus I have listened to dissertations on the nature and means of happiness; while from the Scepticks I have heard such propositions and problems, as would tend to leave every thing in doubt and uncertainty. I cannot but say that I have acquired some knowledge of the human heart, its desires and propensities; of the affinity between motive and action; between cause and effect. But my thirst for knowledge was not yet satiated. From another sect of philosophers I have also learned wisdom: from some of their maxims, I would have you derive advantage. Your father may remember when in their first philosopher, Paul, from Palestine appeared in this city. The novelty of his doctrines excited not only curiosity, but commotion, and one of the senators became a convert to them. He was summoned before our supreme tribunal to account for his strange opinions: his answers and defence produced universal astonishment, and he was dismissed. He afterwards sojourned in Corinth and Macedonia nearly two years—and the number of his followers has been increasing more and more.
"I thought no further of his doctrines until a few years ago, when having occasion to go to Macedonia, and not intending to travel through Thessaly, I went over into Eubœa, embarked at Corinth in a small vessel, passed the Promontory of Sipsas, found myself in a few days at the head of the Eurimæck Gulph, and embarked at Thessalonica.
"There are in Thessalonica great numbers of Jews, who meet weekly in a synagogue which they call a church. They are prepared to observe their mode of worship; and I found that their principal address to the Deity, read portions of a certain book, which they call Talmod , or the Bible , by way of distinction. Afterwards he read a letter of apostle, from their chief philosopher Paul, in pursuance of his instructions; to which I paid particular attention. It
certainly contained some sublime doctrines: if they are all true, they are of great consequence to mankind; and I mean to examine them with much attention. Towards the conclusion of this letter he gives an excellent advice, which is plain to the meanest capacity, but not the less valuable on that account. To this advice my dear young friend I would recommend you to pay great regard; for it was on this point that I have engaged in the present relation respecting this philosopher. After having reminded them of his former instructions, enlarged upon some points of doctrines, and exhorted them on benevolence, he adds the maxim which my memory has cherished; "study to be quiet and mind your own business."
"This, my young friend, contains more important advice, clothed as it is in the simplest garb than is to be obtained in all the daily lectures of our most renowned schools. Ever since I heard I have been endeavouring to exemplify it, and to recommend it to others, as one of the best maxims of life. Consider, therefore, how you may apply it to your own case. Engage in some honourable and profitable pursuit: endeavour to be quiet with respect to Sosipater and Phillida: reflect that your sympathy or joy in the issue of their attachment is not expected by them: that this being an affair of their own, so is its consequence: that benevolence does not comprehend supererogation; that success in matters of this kind is not the unequivocal test of merit; and that yours is not the most irremediable of life's misfortunes. It is, therefore, expedient that you suit your sorrow to your disappointment. Should it even appear to you to be the greatest; still the only way to conquer is to resist. The career of success which may attend your industrious pursuits, will naturally diminish your regrets; at least the interest they will excite must contribute to this diminution.
"When your happiness shall be thus restored it will give me pleasure to pay you a visit. Perhaps we may consult together respecting this Christian Philosophy; which I am told is spreading very rapidly at Corinth: and if we have seen the practical wisdom of one of its precepts, we may be able without prejudice to examine the truth of its doctrines, which are apparently so far superior to all that have yet been received into any of our schools.
"Sosthenes was greatly comforted and instructed by the words of Aristides. He quitted him with the warmest expressions of gratitude; went to Corinth; engaged in an active business; attached himself to the society of Christians; became ultimately a convert to their principles; and in the constant attention which he paid to his own affairs, and to the duties of religion, he forgot, or ceased to regret, his disappointment; lived usefully; and died lamented by all his acquaintances."
Thus ends the fragment of Athenagoras. He has not condescended to inform us whether this Aristides was that Athenian who, with Quirinus, were the first of the Philosophers who became Christians. Athenagoras must have known this fact, not only because this Aristides flourished not long before his time, but also because he was the biographer of Dionysius, the Areopagite, who was the first convert to Saint Paul, which circumstances must have been well known at Athens at the time he wrote.
A LAY CURATE.
From the Vermont Journal.
Mr. ELLIOT to his CONSTITUENTS.
LETTER IV.
The manner in which the amendment to the constitution was carried through both Houses of Congress was not less extraordinary than the measure itself. It affords an instructive and even an awful lesson; and the future preservation of the constitution demands that this gloomy scene should be committed to the contemplation of posterity. To record the proceedings upon that occasion I consider a sacred duty which I owe to my country; and in doing it I shall not act the part of an informer. I disclose all connexion with the little band of republican aristocrats and demagogues, to me they have never disclosed the arena of our political system; they have treated me as they treat all the northern members of Congress, with neglect if not with contempt; and all the important facts contained in this letter have long been the subject of general conversation at the seat of government.
Mr. Bader, a republican Senator from
South-Carolina, who vigorously opposed the amendment, in allusion to the legislature of that state, observed that he had not been long in Senate since his last election before he perceived a combination among certain large states, unfair in itself and dangerous in its consequences to the rights of other states—into this combination they have drawn some of the small states—they hold evening meetings to decide what shall prevail in Senate, and no propositions can succeed which does not come from one of the party, &c. Notwithstanding the respectability of Mr. Butler's character, and his long tried patriotism, let us hope, for the honour of our country and the cause of liberty, that the warmth of his feeling, in relation to a particular measure, led him to give too deep a colouring to this melancholy picture.—Would to God I were not under the necessity of confirming this statement so far as relates to the amendment; but that confirmation is inseparably connected with the justification of my own conduct. The resolution which was sent from the House to the Senate, contemplated no alteration of the constitution other than the discrimination of the votes. It was soon found that the private sentiments of several of the oldest and most respectable republican members of the senate, were hostile to the measure. Some of them, however, were instructed to vote in its favour, and it was hoped that the others would yield to the popular sentiment in the states they represented. The minority constantly called for the consideration of the resolution from the House, but the majority, for several weeks, refused to suffer it to be continued. The business was not yet sufficiently matured in "evening meetings." Of the final caucus on the subject I was informed. A letter from one of those members who are by some called leading ones, to another member of the Senate, notifying an evening meeting of the friends of the amendment, to devise ways and means for carrying it into effect at all events, in some form or other, was put into my hands by the gentleman to whom it was directed.—At this caucus the business was concluded by adding to the amendment that provision which I afterwards opposed, and it was also determined to take the question next day before the Senate should rise. Here let it be remarked, that there had not been any regular debate upon the main question in Senate, in substance, had already been rejected, when proposed by a federal member.—Two or three republican members dictated in caucus as the sine qua non of their voting for the amendment, this important addition, and one of them afterwards observed publicly in my presence, that he had not only dictated it in caucus, but had given the leading republicans in the House to understand that the fate of the amendment depended on its adoption, in that very form as his vote would be put upon it should it be sent back to the Senate. Thus it was virtually determined, in one of these evening meetings, that the representatives of the people, the state legislatures, and the people themselves, should sanction an alteration of the constitution in the precise form dictated by two or three men, and that every one who opposed it should be denounced as a federalist and apostate. The republicans of the House were told, in language too unequivocal to be misunderstood, that this was the arrangement, and that upon their conformity or opposition depended their future popularity. An unswerving and venerable republican member from Massachusetts, exclaimed at the bar, when an adjournment was denied at the usual hour, I cannot and will not be dragged along in this manner, and left the House with indignation. As the question, however, was not taken that day, as we had repeatedly been told it should be, in consequence of the ardent opposition which myself and others deemed it our duty to make, by protracting the debate to a late hour at night, that gentleman however recorded his vote in opposition to the measure. A very respectable democratic member from a middle state declared that were the amendment in the precise form in which he wished it, he would never vote for it while it was attempted to carry it by such means. As almost every member of the majority who expressed his opinion, disapproved of the additional proposition, it must be evident to every candid republican, from the simple statement of facts which I have made, that the amendment, in its present form, was carried through both Houses by the undue influence of a few individuals, and by the combined operations of intrigue and terror. I was of opinion that we
ought not to disgrace ourselves by such a course of conduct, and that, however desirable the amendment might be in some form or other, we ought to wait till it could be adopted in a fair and fully republican manner.
Connected with this subject my conduct with respect to the nomination of President and Vice President requires explanation.—Early in the session it was determined by the self chosen few who undertake the public sentiment, that Gov. Clinton should be the next Vice President, and that gentleman was informed that the unanimous voice of the members was in his favour when not ten of them had been consulted. Some difficulty being afterwards apprehended from the Pennsylvania delegation, a sub-caucus was held and the representatives of that state reconciled to the measure, a general caucus was then called to ratify what the few had already accomplished. To such a state of things, as Mr. Butler observed with respect to the amendment, I could not and would not submit. It is perfectly proper that any number of individuals, of the same political sentiments, should meet together and discuss any subject of general concern, with a view to promote an union of sentiments, and action; but that members of a legislature, as such, should undertake to influence and dictate to the people, in their elections, is hostile to every germ of republicanism. Let it not be understood that there were any objections on my part to the personal or political character of Mr. Clinton—but my conduct was influenced by various considerations, which it is unnecessary to detain the public.
JAMES ELLIOT.
Latest FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.
FOREIGN NEWS. Selected from London papers to the 5th of April.
LONDON, April 1—5.
General Sir James Craig, Sir John Stuart, and General Varnum, yesterday took leave of his majesty, and will set off this day to assume their commands in this secret expedition. General Tillson is also to serve in it; and Brigadier General Slade has been removed from the eastern to the south west district, to supply his place. We may judge from the forward state of the preparations, the monument is upon the eve of sailing. Portsmouth is the principal point of rendezvous.
Orders were issued last night from the admiralty to hasten the sailing of the above expedition as much as possible.
We have received Paris Journals to the 21st. The Paris Gazette mentions the death of Admiral Bruix; and the approaching christening of the infant Napoleon Louis, by the hands of the holy father. The Sovereign Pontiff, it is said will be allowed to cross the Alps, after this ceremony.
We have received the Moniteurs to the 19th instant, inclusive. The intelligence which they contain is of the highest importance. Bonaparte has been declared king of Italy. We were prepared for some great changes in the constitution of the Italian republic, but we scarce could have conceived, that in addition to the imperial diadem of France, Napoleon would have surcharged his brow with the weight of the legal-crown of Italy.
The whole of the troops destined for the Mediterranean, under the command of Sir James Craig, were embarked on Saturday, and the expedition has probably by this time proceeded on its voyage. Among the corps employed in this important service, are the 29th, 44th, 48th, 58th, 81st, regiments of foot, and the 26th light dragoons. The first royal veteran battalion is also embarked, but this corps is to be landed at Gibraltar, in order to reinforce that garrison.
The Rambler of 14 guns has arrived at Plymouth, with dispatches from Admiral Cotton. It appears that the French fleet, consisting of 22 sail of the line are in Camaret Bay and that admiral Cotton has in consequence requested a reinforcement. The Hibernia, of 120 guns, was to sail on the evening of Saturday to join him.
Saturday letters were received in town from the squadron off Ferrol, by the M rs of 84 guns, arrived at Plymouth. The French and Spanish ships there are reported to be in readiness for sea. The Malta was lately engaged with the batteries of the harbour, and so much damaged as to be obliged to return to refit.
On Wednesday Government sent orders to Gravesend, Portsmouth, and the Downs, to detain all China and Madras

ships, which were ready to sail on those places, in order to embark troops on board them. Ships of the largest size are to carry two hundred and fifty men each, and the others two hundred, or less, according to their dimensions. The China ships are to disembark their troops at Madras. The whole number of troops sent out will be between four and five thousand. The 69th regiment sailed from Spithead the 8th of March, in the fleet conveyed by his Majesty's ship Hindostan for the same destination. These troops have been ordered to India in consequence of the unpleasant intelligence lately received from that quarter.
The following are the regiments which are going on the secret expedition, as it has been called, but, which is generally believed, to be destined for the Mediterranean: Four troops of the 10th light dragoons, under the command of Lieutenant-Colonel Taylor; the 30th, 44th and 48th 58th, and 81st regiments of infantry, from England; the 25th, 28th, and another regiment from Ireland; several companies of artillery engineers; &c. Gen. Sir James Craig is to be commander in chief. Under him General Sir John Stuart, and two Brigadier Generals, Brigadier General Campbell, Adjutant General to the expedition; and Colonel Bonar, quarter Master General. That the Mediterranean will probably soon be the scene of some enterprise, seems pretty evident from the quantity of stores sent to Malta; and there it is probable, the Russian auxiliaries will first be employed.
Montego Bay, April 16.
The long wanted, and anxiously desired Naval reinforcement has at length arrived.
On Wednesday a general satisfaction diffused itself on the following ships coming into Carlisle Bay.
Northumberland, Rear Admiral Cochrane, Captain George Tobin, 74 guns; St. George, Capt. Hon. M. De Courcy, 98; Eagle, Colby, 74; Atlas, Pym, 74; Veteran, Newman, 65.
The Admiral, on coming too, was saluted by Charles Fort, and soon after by the Centaur, bearing Samuel Hood's broad pendant; and when the Northumberland broke out she returned the salute, and Sir Samuel's pendant was immediately struck, the command having devolved on Admiral Cochrane.
Admiral Cochrane's squadron touched at the Cape de Verd Islands, and at Madeira in quest of the enemy; the Spirit of 84 guns, one of his fleet, struck the ground at St. Jago and lost her rudder; the Circle frigate was left in company with her, and they have both since arrived here.
Last night the whole of the squadron (to which the Centaur is added) proceeded to sea and stood to the northward.
This squadron fell in, to the windward, with a nest of the enemy's privateers (five in number) and captured one, a very fine schr. which is intended to be taken into the service.
NEW-YORK, May 9.
Our little squadron, consisting of the John Adams and three gun-boats, will sail for the Mediterranean on Saturday should the weather permit. It gives us pleasure to be able to state, that the experiments which have been tried with the gun-boats have proved they are safe and comfortable sea boats; and in all probability, will be adequate to the objects in view, in sending them to the Mediterranean. The boats which accompany the John Adams were originally rigged with one mast, placed directly in midships. The appearance was novel, and, added to the general structure of the boats, created well-founded doubts about their utility; their safety was even called in question. In navigating one of the boats from this city to the Hook, it was found that she sailed very well; but hauled upon a wind, she carried so strong a weather helm that it was impossible to haul her. To remedy this defect the masts of Nos. 6 and 7 were immediately stopped ten feet further forward; and, it is believed, that they will now work as easy as any vessel in port. Lieut. Maxwell, in bringing No. 3 from Philadelphia, experienced the same defect; accordingly her mast was yesterday stepped further forward. The unfavorable opinion which was lately entertained respecting the boats by almost every officer of the navy, appears now to give way to a more favorable impression, and there is probably not one in this city "afraid to venture across the Atlantic in them." Mr. Maxwell said, he would as soon go in the gun-boats as in the frigate.
The gun-boats, we believe, will be manned principally by volunteers from the John Adams, it having been found impossible to enter men for them, owing to the unfavourable opinion which was entertained of them. We have not stated the above facts with an intention of recommending the boats, but to relieve the minds of those who entertain doubts for the safety of the brave men who are about to be employed in them. We are perfectly sensible, and the fact cannot be controverted, that vessels better calculated for the defence of our own coast, or the annoyance of an enemy's, might have been built at a much less expense than the gun-boats; but since the gun-boats have been built, we think it our duty to remove, as far as is consistent with truth, the unfavourable opinions entertained of them.
PHILADELPHIA, May 6.
The captain of an eastern vessel states, that on his passage from Bordeaux, he had fallen with 500 Irish in ice!
From the American Daily Advertiser, Mr. Parsons.
In looking over your paper of Friday last, I noticed a request that some one would inform to what cause the appearance of so much ice, at and near the banks of Newfoundland this spring, might be attributed—what become of it, &c.
That the article office is formed in a balance within the Polar Circles, I deem a fact which no one will feel disposed to question; this being granted, let us suppose there is a continued prevalence of northerly winds for eight or ten months, or more if necessary; it would then be rational to conclude that those immense bodies of ice (which have been masses for centuries congealing) might in the space of time be driven, not only within the Arctic Circle, but even from the North Pole, into the latitudes in which they have been seen. As some of them are said to rise 100 feet above the surface of the water, they must move before a heavy wind with considerable velocity. In ten months, allowing them only the rate of 9 miles in twenty-four hours, they will be driven from the Pole to the latitude of 45. The appearance of those mountains of ice is undoubtedly proof to me, that northern winds have blown over these seas the principal part of the last fall and winter, and produced the uncommon severity of the season. When in the spring this ice reaches the temperate latitudes, it either sinks in consequence of becoming the denser body, the water being lighter in a low latitude than a high one, or is soon dissolved by the warmth of the water and the increasing power of the sun. Those immense sheets of Fish mentioned by our Mariners, until this spring unknown to Americans, were undoubtedly rendered torpid by the cold, and driven from the northward with the fields of Ice.
MARTINSBURG, May 24.
On Monday last came on in this town, before a court convened for that purpose, the trial of Negroes Jack and Jerry, charged with the robbery of a Mr. David Horn of this county. After a minute examination of a number of witnesses, and hearing the different arguments of the gentlemen of the bar, the Court pronounced them guilty, and passed sentence of death on both the culprits. They will be executed on the 5th of July next, unless reprieved, or directed by the Governor to be transported. We never witnessed in this County a more solemn trial; the venerable Judge who pronounced sentence upon them was deeply affected; and all the spectators appeared sensibly impressed with the awfulness of the occasion.
Mr. Horn (the person robbed) is a labouring man, of unimpeachable character, and the money taken from him (49 dollars and 75 cents) had been acquired by the dint of industry. From his own evidence, and other testimony, it appeared, that on Sunday the 12th instant, he was stopped in the public highway, leading from Bucklestown to Mill Creek, by the above named Negroes—that Jack, a remarkably stout fellow, seized him by the arms and held him, whilst Jerry, with a knife placed at Mr. Horn's breast, demanded his money; Mr. Horn replied he had none, and called out for assistance; on which they threatened to kill him instantly if he did not quietly submit—they then rifled his pockets of the above sum, and left him—but directly after returned, and made some threats that they would
put him to death to prevent a detection; and in every apparent circumstance, it is highly probable, that their diabolical purpose would have been carried into execution, but for the public situation they were in. The next morning they were pursued and apprehended.
This is not the only recent outrage committed by slaves in this County; we think that every man who has the public tranquility at heart, should be vigilant in preventing them from prowling about (as is too often the case, on holidays particularly) without passes from their masters or overseers. As slavery is a curse imposed upon this land, and one from which it cannot be speedily relieved; and as slavery necessarily places its objects in needy situations, and sinks their minds into ignorance and barbarity (from whence flow so many enormities) we think, that policy requires every thing consistent with humanity should be done to keep these wretched creatures in proper subordination.
We have been informed by a legal character, that about three fourths of the criminal offences committed for a number of years past in this County, have been perpetrated by slaves.
The following is a list of the representatives to congress from this state:
T. Lewis, J. Randolph, jun. T. M. Randolph, J. W. Eppes, W. Jones, C. Clark, J. Newton, jun. P. R. Thompson, J. Claiborne, A. Trigg, D. Holmes, J. Dawson, J. Dawson, J. W. Garnett, J. Smith, J. Morrow, J. G. Jackson, — Wilson, B. Bassett, and P. Goodwin, and John Clopton, and Edwin Gray, and Matthew Clay.
Such is the list of our Pitts, Sheridans and Foxes. There is but one federalist among them. The federalists, excepting the district of Mr. Lewis, appear not to have exerted themselves at all. We are told that not 200 votes were given in the Eastern Shore counties; hence Mr. Griffin was not re-elected. [Virginia Gazette.]
By a gentleman from the lower part of Kentucky, intelligence has been received, that a war council, consisting of about 500 Indians, has lately been held at the mouth of the Wabash river. This convocation is said to consist of deputies from all the North Western tribes. The object of their meeting is, to deliberate on the subject of going to war against the Osage Indians up the Missouri, a nation with whom they have long been at enmity. It was remarked by a gentleman present at the convocation; to a chief, that as Mr. Jefferson was of a pacific temper, and averse to the effusion of blood, he very probably would use his exertions to prevent hostilities—but the Indians appeared to think, that the president had no right to interfere in a matter that particularly related to their own sovereignty. When the gentleman who brought this intelligence, here, left the Ohio, he had not learned the result of their deliberations.
(Kent. Gaz.)
According to the monthly statement of the British navy, the total number of the ships now in commission is 695, of which 105 are of the line, 21 fifty gun ships, 141 frigates and 428 sloops of war. There are 72 ships of the line, repairing, building, and in ordinary, and a great number of smaller vessels: making the grand total 918 ships of which 183 are of the line. Of cutters, armed brigs, and hired vessels, there are about 150, which added to the number of ships of superior force, would make the British naval force at present amount to 1068 ships of war of different descriptions. [Philad. pap.]
European & East India GOODS.
JUST received and now opening by the subscriber, an extensive variety of the Latest Improved Fashions, of superior quality, well assorted and selected from the present Importations; also a general assortment of HARDWARE and GROCERIES. All of which he highly recommends to his friends, customers and a liberal public, at the most reduced cash prices. Impressed with sentiments of gratitude for the flattering encouragement he has heretofore experienced in his line of business, all friends and customers will please to accept his best respects.
JEREMIAH EVANS. Martinsburg, May 24, 1805.
CHEAP GOODS.
The subscribers beg leave to inform their friends and the public generally, that they have just received and are now opening a large and general assortment of MANTILLANDIZE, among which are the following articles, viz.
FANGY, broad and plain Cambries, Pink, yellow, Blue, black and drab do. Lawns and Linen Cambries, Cross-barred, striped, Jaconet and Book Muslins, Striped, torrid and Cambrie Dimities, Lute strings, Saris, Moads & Persians, Chintzes, Covered American Pints, Ladies and Gentmens elegant embroidered Hose, White and coloured ditto, Pantaloon ditto, Pink laced, pink and black, picnic, English and French extra Silk Gloves, Kid and Fawn ditto, 7-4, 6-4, and 3-4 elegant Damask Silk Shawls, A variety of Silk, neted Cambrie, Book and Jaconet ditto, Scarlet, chocolate and Blue Bandmoe Hankerchiefs, Flag, Moldrass, Catty, Longre and Pullicat ditto, Silk, Linen and Cotton Romals, with a variety of Pocket and other Handkfs, Green, blue and dove Silk plush Bonnets, Leghorn ditto and Boards, Wreathes, Artificial Flowers & Feathers, Sattin, Lute string, Sarcenet, striped & cross-bar'd Fancy Ribbands, Kid, Morocco, Stuff and Leather Slippers, Silver and Ribband Ornaments, Superfine Broad Clothes & Cassimeres, Sattin, Mersailles, and Fancy-figured James Waistcoating, Coloured wide and narrow Nankien, Cotton Casimeres, A large assortment of coarse Muslins, such as Burbom, Gurrahs, Jallapore, Janna Lacons, and India Baftas, Irish, German and British Linens fully assorted, Striped Bed Ticking and striped Linens, Linen and Cotton Checks, Madeira, Sherry, Port and Malaga Wines, 4th proof Jamaica Spirits, French, Peach and Apple Brandies and good old Whisky. A complete assortment of Groceries—Hard-Ware and Cutlery, among which are Andvills, Visis, Cross-cut and Mill Saws, Scythes, &c. &c. Spinning Flax and Cotton—
All of which articles were selected with the greatest care, from the latest importations, and are now offering for sale at the most reduced prices, for Cash or Country Produce, at their Store.
MORROW & BROWN. Shepherd's Town, May 24, 1805. [2m.]
ALL persons indebted to the subscriber by Note or Bond, are requested to discharge them immediately; and those who have open Accounts with him, are also desired to prepare to close them as soon as possible, either by giving their obligation for the amount due, or by paying them off—It is expected that this notice will be punctually attended to, as no longer indulgence can be given.
SAMUEL BOYD. Garrard's Town, May 24, 1805.
WILL be sold at public vendue, on Wednesday the 12th of June next, on the premises, the PLANTATION on which the subscriber now lives, one mile and a half from Martinsburg, on the main road leading to Shepherd's Town, containing near 200 acres of good Land, 50 acres are in excellent Timber, about 30 acres of Meadow, and the balance good arable land. Tuca-rora Creek runs through this tract, and the whole of the land is well watered. The Improvements are, a two story Dwelling House, a good Barn, Smoke House, &c. a good Apple Orchard, with a number of other Fruit Trees. On paying from five to six hundred pounds in hand, a reasonable credit will be allowed the purchaser for the balance.
There will also be sold, on the same day and place, Cows, Hogs and Sheep, Household and Kitchen Furniture, and a great variety of Farming Utensils. Nine months credit will be given, on bond with approved security. The sale will begin about ten o'clock.
JOHN VAN METRE. Berkeley County, May 24, 1805.
A variety of BLANKS for sale at this Office.

By virtue of a Deed of Trust executed by Adam Sheets to me, for the purpose of satisfying a sum of money due from the said Adam Sheets to Andrew Waggoner, sen. will be sold at public vendue for ready money, on Saturday the 8th of June next, on the premises, a well finished two story HOUSE and Two LOTS, situate in the town of Martinsburg, and bounded on the north by Martin Street, on the west by a lot belonging to Thornburgh's heirs, on the south by Richard M'Makon's lot, and on the east by Church Ally. The sale to begin at 12 o'clock, when due attendance will be given by
PHILIP P. WILSON, Trustee. May 17, 1805.
Forman's Ferry.
THE subscriber informs the public that he has rented Forman's Ferry, at the mouth of Opeckon, where he has a new Boat in good order for the conveyance of passengers across the river with safety. The roads are in good order on both sides for waggons or carriages of any kind. Due attendance will be given by
JOHN BARBER. May 17, 1805.
Public Sale.
To be sold on Friday the 31st inst. at the late dwelling plantation of William Hanna, deceased, a number of Horses, Mares and Colts, Milch Cows, a number of Young Cattle, Hogs, Sheep and Geese—House hold and Kitchen Furniture, a Waggon and Geers, Farming Utensils and a number of other articles too tedious to particularise. A credit of six months will be allowed on giving bond with approved security. The sale will begin about nine o'clock.
DAVID HANNA, WALLACE HANNA, } Adm's. May 17, 1805.
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 Blacksmith's 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.
Any purchaser can, with convenience and dispatch have any quantity of Iron cut and bent if necessary.
JOSEPH CHAMBERS. Martinsburg, March 29, 1805.
TAKE NOTICE.
THE subscriber having declined the Mercantile business, now offers his property in Garrard's-Town (alias Middle-Town) Berkeley County, for rent; there are four half acre lots, three of which corners on the main street and a 20 feet alley; on one is a good Dwelling House and stone Kitchen, with a good Spring of limestone water in the cellar, also a Wash and Smoke House, Barn, Stables, Corn House, &c. all in good repair; on one other Lot opposite is a large Garden and a convenient Granary on the corner; on the opposite side of the street is a Lot, on which is erected a large Store-House, Counting House and Warehouse, under one roof, with a large dry cellar, and every convenience necessary for a Merchant, which has been occupied as a Store for 18 years, and is equal to any stand in the district for doing an extensive business in the retail way, and is well worth the notice of any industrious man in that line. Possession will be given on the 20th of May next, or perhaps sooner if required. For terms apply to the subscriber at his residence adjoining said town. WILLIAM WILSON. Prospect-Hill, April 26, 1805.
The subscriber has for sale, Cut and Hammered
NAILS,
of all sizes. JEREMIAH EVANS. Martinsburg, May 10, 1805.
DANCING.
THE subscriber respectfully informs the Ladies and Gentlemen of Martinsburg and its vicinity, that he will open a Dancing School in this place, for the instruction of both sexes, on Wednesday the 15th instant, at the house of Mr. Edmund Graham. Those Ladies and Gentlemen who may please to favour him, may rest assured that the most unremitted attention will be paid to pupils entrusted to his tuition and care.
A subscription paper is left at Mr. Graham's.
JAMES ROBARDET. Martinsburg, May 10, 1805.
HOUSE & LOT FOR SALE.
By virtue of a Deed of Trust, executed by Harman M'Knight to me for the purpose of satisfying a sum of money due from said Harman M'Knight to Benjamin Stephenson, will be sold at public vendue, for ready money, on Saturday the first day of June next, at John Smith's tavern in the town of Smithfield, a House and Lot situate in Smithfield aforesaid, on the east side of the main street, and known and distinguished in the plan of said town by Lot No. 3, the property of the said Harman M'Knight. The sale will begin at 12 o'clock, when due attendance will be given by
ANDREW WAGGONER, jun. Trustee. May 10, 1805.
WITH a view of promoting the general interests of Learning and Virtue in our country, at the same time that he is necessarily employed in superintending the education of his sons, the subscriber has just opened a Grammar School in Shepherd's-Town, where besides the Latin and Greek Languages, and some of the most useful Sciences, the elements of English Grammar will be carefully taught, and particular pains taken to enable the pupil to speak and write his native tongue with propriety and elegance. The price of tuition for the Learned Languages and science will be $20 per annum; for the English Grammar $16; one half of each session to be paid in advance.
MOSES HOGE. Shepherd's-Town, May 3, 1805.
Spring and Summer Goods.
THE subscriber begs leave to inform his friends and the public, that he has removed his Store to the corner house lately occupied by Messrs. T. Smith & Co. where he has now opened and ready for sale, in addition to his former stock,
A Large and General Assortment of SPRING and SUMMER
GOODS.
Which will be sold unusually low for Cash or Country Produce.
JAMES FAULKNER. Martinsburg, April 15, 1805.
Lewis & Robert Willis,
Have just received and are now opening a variety of
SPRING and SUMMER
GOODS.
Selected from the newest and most fashionable importations, together with a general assortment of
Queen's Ware, Glass Ware, Hard Ware, Saddlery & Cutlery.
They have also on hand, Imperial, French Brandy, Hyson, Sherry, Hyson Skin, Port & } Wines. Souchong & Lisbon, Bohea, Holland Gin, Country twilled N. E. Rum, Bags, Rye Whiskey, & Spinning Cotton, Apple Brandy, Crowley and Blistered Steel, &c. &c.
All of which they are determined to sell unusually low for Cash, or approved of Country Produce. They are with much respect, the public's obliged and humble servants.
Martinsburg, April 12, 1805.
PROPOSALS By J. D. DIETRICK, Bookseller, HAGERSTOWN, MARYLAND, For Publishing by Subscription, THE FOLLOWING WORK, FOR WHICH HE HAS OBTAINED A COPY RIGHT.
District of Maryland to wit:
Be it remembered, That on the twelfth day of March, in the twenty-ninth year of the Independence of the United States of America, Jacob D. Dietrick, of the said District, hath deposited in this office, the title of a Book, the right whereof he claims as Proprietor in the words following, to wit:
THE NEW AMERICAN Clerk's Magazine,
AND Complete Practical Conveyancer. CONTAINING
The most useful and necessary Precedents in Conveyancing, as settled and approved by the most eminent Conveyancers;
WITH Observations and References to the Laws, &c.
With a variety of other useful instruments of writing:
The whole of which are adapted to the use of, the Citizens of the United States and more particularly to those of the State of Maryland; under the following heads, viz.
Acquittances, Acknowledgments, Affreightment, Affidavits, Agreements, Annuity, Apprentices, Arbitration, Assignments, Awards, Bargains of Sale, Bills of Sale, Bonds, Bottomry, Contracts, Conditions, Covenants, Composition, Carpentries, Deeds, Distresses, Exchanges, Feoffments, Gifts, Grants, Indentures, Leases, Letters of Attorney, Letters of Licence, Mortgages, Obligations, Oaths, Partitions, Petitions, Promissory Notes, Receipts, Releases, Revocations, Sales, Surrenders, Settlements, Wills, &c. &c.
With Necessary Instructions and forms of Precedents,
For the use of Justices of the Peace, Sheriffs, Coroners and Constables, and of matters which relate to the duties of Executors and administrators in the settlement of the Estates of deceased persons; also of Guardians, &c. The whole selected from the Laws, and Draughts of actual practice.
BY A GENTLEMAN OF THE BAR."
In conformity to the act of the Congress of the United States, intitled, "An act for the encouragement of learning, by securing the copies of Maps, Charts, and Books, to the Authors or proprietors of Such Copies, during the times therein mentioned."
PHIL: MOORE, Ck. D. C. Maryland.
TO THE PUBLIC.
Nobook could be offered, which stands in less need of encomium and recommendation—The want of such a book as "The New American Clerk's Magazine, and Complete Practical Conveyancer" has been long and generally complained of, and is in innumerable instances severely felt by the people of the state of Maryland in particular.
With a view of facilitating the communication of information, necessary to the interest and happiness of the people, the above work was undertaken, and it is believed, has been executed in a manner that must be extensively useful; it is in considerable forwardness, and will be published in the course of this summer.
CONDITIONS.
1. It shall be neatly and correctly printed in a handsome duodecimo volume, on excellent paper, and an elegant new type. 2. It will contain between three and four hundred pages. 3. It shall be elegantly bound and lettered. 4. The price to subscribers shall be one dollar and twenty-five cents, payable on delivery of the work. 5. Those who subscribe for, or obtain ten subscriptions, and account for the money, shall be entitled to one copy for their trouble.
Subscriptions received by the publisher, and the different gentlemen who hold subscription papers.
Subscriptions received at this Office, and by Mr. William Sommerville.
CASH Given for clean Linen and Cotton RAGS. At the Office of the INTELLIGENCER.
Cheap Goods.
THE subscriber has just received from the City of Philadelphia, and is now opening a large supply of remarkably Cheap Goods, consisting in part of 4-4 and 7-8 Irish Linens, 100 pieces elegant Glanzes and Calicoes of the newest patterns, A trunk Fashionable Muslins of different kinds, a handsome assortment of Demities and Leghorn Bonnets, 4 bales India Muslins, Nankeens, Apron Checks, a handsome assortment of best Brussels Laces and Edgings, extra Long Silk Gloves, and a variety of other articles.
He has also received a large supply of
BAR-IRON,
of excellent quality and handsomely drawn; English Blister'd and Crowley STEEL;
Also, A parcel of good old WHISKY, distilled in Maryland.
The above Goods having been chiefly purchased for Cash, on the lowest terms, I am happy to inform my friends and the public generally, that I am now enabled to supply them, with such Merchandise as they may want, on good terms.
THOMAS C. SMITH. Martinsburg, May 10, 1805.
ATTENTION!
THE Troop of Cavalry commanded by Capt. Magnus Tate, are ordered to attend parade at Bunker's-Town, on the 25th inst.—A general attendance will be necessary, as some appointments are to be made on that day.
JOHN MCLEARY, 1st Serjt. May 10, 1805.
Weaver's Reeds.
ALL kinds of Weaver's Reed's (made by that noted workman Christopher M'Alister) may be had at the following Stores, viz: at Philip Nadenbusch's in Martinsburg, at James & John Lane's, S. by & Co's, and at Thomas Tole's in Shepherd's-Town; and at James Holmgren's in Winchester; they may also be had of the subscriber, near Flagg's mill, by the small or large quantity.
CHRISTOPHER M'ALISTER. Berkeley County, May 3, 1805.
LANDS FOR SALE.
THE subscriber wishes to sell the Plantation whereon he now lives, situate on Back Creek, Berkeley County, 7 miles from Martinsburg and 15 from Bath, containing 333 acres of good strong Limestone 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, situate 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.
MARTINSBURG, Berkeley County, Virginia; Printed and published by JOHN ALBURTIS.
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