Berkeley and Jefferson intelligencer (Martinsburg, Va.), 1808-11-04 00:00:00

Berkeley and Jefferson Intelligencer.
Martinsburg, Va. Printed and published by JOHN ALBURTIS.
No. 24 of Vol. X.
FRIDAY, November 4, 1808.
Whole No. 492.
Terms of the Intelligencer.
THE price of this paper is two dollars per annum, one dollar payable at the time of subscribing, and one when the paper expires. Distant subscribers pay for the whole year in advance. No subscription received for a shorter term than six months, and no paper discontinued until arrearages are paid. A failure to notify a discontinuance of the paper at the end of the time subscribed for, will be considered a new engagement. The price of Advertisements , to non subscribers, is one dollar per square for three weeks insertion, and for continued use after that time 25 cents per week. Subscribers will continue to receive a reduction of one fourth on their Advertisements.
A settlement of all the accounts with this Office is anxiously desired; the greater part of them have been standing open, from two to six years, and some as long as eight years. It is not our wish to oppress at any time, much less a period like the present, when distress and gloom appears to pervade all grades of society, from the once independent farmer, down to the more humble mechanic and labourer; but justice to ourselves and others, requires, in a voice that must be heard, that a settlement should shortly take place. We are disposed to make every alleviation in our power, will therefore take in payment any kind of grain, wood, or any other useful article our employers have to dispose of. From those who cannot make payment in any way, at this time, we shall certainly expect notes for what is now due, before their accounts are encumbered. Many have expressed a willingness to settle annually, but from not being called upon, have neglected it and some have generously paid us in advance to such we tender our thanks. It is determined upon to settle all the affairs of this establishment up till the first of January next, after which time, if the Intelligencer remains in our hands, we shall endeavour to "alter the procedure," and have our accounts closed at the end of every succeeding year; this, we are certain, will be agreeable to our patrons, and more beneficial to ourselves.
For the paper on which we now print, we have been obliged to pay an advanced price of nearly fifty per cent, and cannot obtain it even at that rate, without advancing cash; the time is fast approaching when we shall want a supply for the winter; we hope our friends will not forget that their aid is necessary to accomplish this.
Intelligencer Office, October 7, 1808.
CHEAP GOODS.
THE subscriber is just opening a handsome assortment of Fall and Winter Goods, which he pledges himself to the public to retail on as good if not better terms than any other person. Those who doubt, have only to call and price them.
Among his late purchases are:
 Low priced Cloths and Flannels,  Moleskin coating for Ladies' wear,  Swansdown vest shapes,  Tailor's and Royal do.  President's, Constitution and Fancy Cords,  Blankets from 10-4 to 6-4,  Britannias,  Elegant and Common Shawls,  Romall and Madras Handkerchiefs,  Cotton Bandannas,  Shirring Cambric,  Plain and Cross-barred Lute strings,  Morocco Shoes all sizes,  A beautiful assortment of Leno Muslins,  do. Cotton Lace,  do. for trimmings,  Fancy Calicoes,  Extra Long Cotton Gloves,  Leather Bonnets all fashions,  A very large and beautiful assortment of Plain and Fashionable Silk Bonnets,  Loaf and Pe. Sugar,  Imperial, Hyson, T. Hyson, TEAS,  Hysonkin and Green  French Brandy, Jamaica Spirits, Holland Gin,  Madeira and Lisbon Wines, Fish Oil, Spirits Turpentines, British Oil, Crowley and Blister'd Steel, 8 by 10 window Glass, Tin-Ware, Wool Hats, well made and finished, a large quantity of Bar and Strap IRON. 
LEVI PRICE
Martinsburg, Oct. 21, 1808. N.B. Highest price given for Hemp, Flax, Linen, Bees-Wax, Flax-Seed, Wheat, Rye and country produce in general.
The following BLANKS, printed with NEW and ELEGANT TYPE, are always kept for sale at this Office: DEEDS, Common BONDS, CONSTABLE'S BLANKS, Replevin BONDS, Appearance Bail BONDS, &c.
Carriage Manufactory.
THE subscriber respectfully informs the public, that he has now in his employ, at his Carriage Manufactory in Shepherd's-Town, Virginia, a number of excellent workmen from the most fashionable Cities, which will put it in his power to furnish his employers, on a short notice, with Carriages of any description, finished in the most elegant, or in a plain and neat style, at reasonable prices.
Old Carriages will be handsomely repaired, at cheap rates.
He makes Drums and Fifes, Paints Floor Cloths, &c.
His local situation, will always enable him to procure timber and other materials of the best quality, and he is determined that no pains shall be spared to make his work handsome and serviceable.
GEORGE MILLER.
Shepherd's-Town, Sept. 2, 1808.
An Overseer Wanted.
I SHALL want on the 24th day of December next, an OVERSEER, who can come well recommended for his honesty, industry and capacity for business.
ELISHA BOYD.
Sept. 23, 1808.
20 Dollars Reward.
RAN away from the subscriber, living near Opeckon in Jefferson County, Virginia, on Monday the 6th instant, a Negro Man named ELISHA, about twenty one years of age, about five feet seven or eight inches high, well made, rather slow in his speech, and is remarkably fond of liquor. Had on when he went away, a new shirt and trowsers of strong home-made tow linen, striped swansdown jacket, and roundabout made of fulled lindsey of a drab colour, the under part of the sleeves made of cloth nearly of the same colour, a wool hat about half worn, with a hat band and buckle, the hat band wrapped round with brass wire, and coarse shoes much worn. I will give twenty dollars reward and all reasonable expenses for the apprehension of the said Negro, if he is returned to me, or secured in jail, so that I get him again.
ABRAHAM GORRELL.
June 17, 1808.
FROM THE LONDON GAZETTE EXTRA-ORDINARY.
Downing-Street, Sept. 16, 1808.
A DISPATCH, of which the following is a copy, was received yesterday evening from Lieutenant-Gen. Sir Hugh Dalrymple, commanding his Majesty's troops in Portugal, addressed to Lord Viscount Castlereagh, one of his Majesty's principal Secretaries of State, and brought by Captain Dalrymple, Military Secretary to Sir Hugh Dalrymple.
Head-Quarters, Cintra, Sept. 9, 1808.
MY LORD, I have the honour to inform your lordship that I landed in Portugal, and took the command of the army on the 22d of August, the next day after the battle of Vimiera, and where the enemy sustained a signal defeat, where the valour and discipline of British troops, and the talents of British officers were eminently displayed.
A few hours after my arrival, Gen. Kellermann came in with a flag of truce from the French General in Chief, in order to propose an agreement for a cessation of hostilities, for the purpose of concluding a convention for the evacuation of Portugal by the French troops. The inclosed contains the several articles at first agreed upon and signed by sir A. Wellesley and Gen.
Killermann; but as this was done with a reference to the British Admiral, who, when the agreement was communicated to him, objected to the 7th article, which had for its object the disposal of the Russian fleet in the Tagus, it was finally concluded that Lieut. Col. Murray, Quarter Master Gen. to the British army, and General Kellermann should proceed to the discussion of the remaining articles, and finally to conclude a convention for the evacuation of Portugal, subject to the ratification of the French General in Chief, and the British Commanders by sea and land.
After considerable discussion and repeated reference to me, which rendered it necessary for me to avail myself of the limited period latterly prescribed for the suspension of hostilities, in order to move the army forwards, and to place the several columns upon the routes by which they were to advance, the convention was signed, and the ratification exchanged the 30th of last month.
That no time might be lost in obtaining anchorage for the transports and other shipping which had for some days been exposed to great peril on this dangerous coast, and to insure the communication between the army and the victuallers, which was cut off by the badness of the weather, and the surf upon the shore, I sent orders to the Buffs and 42d regiments, which were on board transports with sir Charles Cotton's fleet, to land, and take possession of the forts on the Tagus, whenever the Admiral thought it proper so to do. This was accordingly carried into execution yesterday morning, when the forts of Cascais, St. Julien's, and Bugio, were evacuated by the French troops, and taken possession of by us.
As I landed in Portugal, entirely unacquainted with the actual state of the French army, and many circumstances of a local and incidental nature, which doubtless had great weight in deciding the question; my own opinion was in favor of the expediency of expelling the French army from Portugal by means of the convention the late defeat had induced the French General in Chief to solicit instead of doing so by a continuation of hostilities, was principally founded on the great importance of time, which the season of the year rendered peculiarly valuable, and which the enemy could easily have consumed in the protracted defence of the strong places they occupied, had terms of convention been refused them.
When the suspension of arms was agreed upon, the army under the command of sir John Moore had not arrived, and doubts were even entertained whether so large a body of men could be landed on an open and a dangerous beach; and that being effected, whether the supply of so large an army with provisions from the ships could be provided for, under all the disadvantages to which the shipping were exposed. During the negotiation, the former difficulty was overcome by the activity, zeal and intelligence of Capt. Malcolm, of the Donegal, and the officers and men under his orders, but the possibility of the latter seems to have been at an end, nearly at the moment when it was no longer necessary.
Capt. Dalrymple, of the 18th Dragoons, my military secretary, will have the honour of delivering to your lordship this dispatch. He is fully informed of whatever has been done under my orders, relative to the service on which I have been employed, and can give any explanation thereupon that may be required.
I have the honor to be, &c. (Signed) HUGH DALRYMPLE, Lt. Gen.
Translation of the articles for a suspension of arms in Portugal. Suspension of arms agreed upon between Lieut. Gen. Sir Arthur Wellesley, Knight of the Order of the Bath, on the one part, and M. Kellermann, General of Division, grand officer of the Legion of
Honour, Commander of the order of the Lion, on the other part; both invested with full powers by the respective Generals of the French and British armies, dated Head-quarters of the British army; August 22, 1808.
Art. I. There shall be, from the present date, a suspension of arms between the forces of his Britannic Majesty and those of his Imperial and Royal Majesty, Napoleon I, in order to treat for a Convention of Portugal by the French army.
II. The Generals in chief of the two armies, and the Admiral commander in chief of his Britannic Majesty's fleet off the mouth of the Tagus, shall fix upon a day whereon to meet on such point of the coast as shall be thought fit, in order to treat for and conclude said Convention.
III. The River Sado shall form the line of demarcation between the two armies: Torres shall not be occupied by either.
IV. The commander in chief of the British army shall engage to include the Portuguese armies in this Convention and their line of demarcation shall be from Leira to Thomar.
V. It is provisionally agreed, that the French army shall in no case be considered prisoners of war; that all those of whom it consists, shall be conveyed to France, with arms and baggage, and all their private property of every description, no part of which shall be wrested from them.
VI. No individual, whether native of Portugal, of a country in alliance with France, or of France, shall be molested for his political conduct; they shall be protected in their persons, their properties respected, and they shall be at liberty to remove from Portugal within a stipulated time.
VII. The neutrality of the port of Lisbon shall be recognised with regard to the Russian fleet; that is to say, when the British army or fleet shall be in possession of the city and port; the same fleet shall not be molested during its continuance there, nor obstructed when leaving it, nor followed after it shall have quitted that port, before the time prescribed by the maritime laws.
VIII. All the artillery of French calibre, as also all the horses of the French cavalry, shall be transported to France.
IX. This suspension of arms shall not be broke without forty-eight hours notice.
Made and agreed upon by the forementioned Generals.
(Signed) ARTHUR WELLESLEY. KELLERMANN, Gen. of Div. ADDITIONAL ARTICLE.
The garrison of the places occupied by the French army shall be included in the present convention, if they shall not have capitulated before the 25th inst.
(Signed) ARTHUR WELLESLEY. KELLERMANN, Gen. of Div. (A true Copy)
A. J. DALRYMPLE, Capt. Military Sec.
Definitive convention for the Evacuation of Portugal by the French Army.
The Generals commanding in Chief the British and French armies in Portugal, having determined to negotiate and conclude a treaty for the evacuation of Portugal by the French troops, on the basis of the agreement entered into on the 22d inst. for a suspension of hostilities, have appointed the undermentioned officers to negotiate the same in their names, viz. On the part of the General in Chief of the British army, Lieut. Col. Murray, quarter-master general, and on the part of the Gen. in Chief of the French army, Monsieur Kellermann, Gen. of division, to whom they have given authority to negotiate and conclude a convention to that effect, subject to their ratification respectively, and to that of the Admiral com-

manding the British fleet at the entrance of the Tagus.
Those two officers, after exchanging their full powers, have agreed upon the articles which follow:
Art. I. All the places and forts in the kingdom of Portugal, occupied by French troops shall be delivered up to the British army in the state in which they are at the period of the signature of the present convention.
II. The French troops shall evacuate Portugal with their arms and baggage; they shall not be considered as prisoners of war and, on their arrival in France, they shall be at liberty to serve.
III. The English Government shall furnish the means of conveyance for the French army, which shall be disembarked in any of the ports of France between Rochfort and L'Orient inclusively.
IV. The French army shall carry with it all its artillery of French calibre, with the horses belonging to it, and the tumbrils, supplied with 60 rounds per gun. All other artillery, arms and ammunition, as also the military and naval arsenals shall be given up to the British army and navy, in the state in which they may be at the period of the ratification of the convention.
V. The French army shall carry with it all its equipments, and all that is comprehended under the name of property of the army; that is to say, its military chest, and carriages attached to the field commissary and field hospitals, or shall be allowed to dispose of such part of the same on its account as the Commander in Chief may judge it unnecessary to embark. In like manner all individuals of the army shall be at liberty to dispose of their private property of every description, full security hereafter for the purchasers.
VI. The cavalry are to embark their horses as also the Generals and other officers of all ranks. It is however fully understood that the means of conveyance for horses at the disposal of the British commanders are very limited; some additional conveyances may be embarked but the troops shall not exceed 1000 and the staff shall not exceed 200. At all events every facility will be given to the French army to dispose of the horses belonging to it which cannot be embarked.
VII. In order to facilitate the embarkation it shall take place in three divisions, the last of which will be principally composed of the garrisons of the places, of the cavalry, the artillery, the sick, and the equipment of the army. The first divisions shall embark within seven days of the date of the ratification, or sooner, if possible.
VIII. The garrison of Elvas, and its forts, and of Peniche and Palmela will be embarked at Lisbon. That of Almada at Oporto, or the nearest harbour. They will be accompanied on their march by British Commissioners charged with providing for their subsistence and accommodation.
IX. All the sick and wounded who cannot be embarked with the troops are entrusted to the British army. They are to be taken care of whilst they remain in this country at the expence of the British government, under the condition of the same being reimbursed by France when the final evacuation is effected. The English Government will provide for their return to France, which shall take place by detachments of about 150 or 200 men at a time. A sufficient number of French Medical Officers shall be left behind to attend them.
X. As soon as the vessels employed to carry the army to France, shall have disembarked it in the harbors specified, or in any other of the ports of France to which stress of weather may force them, every facility shall be given them to return to England without delay, and security against capture until their arrival in a friendly port.
XI. The French army shall be concentrated in Lisbon, and within a distance of about two leagues from it. The English army will approach within three leagues of the capital, and will be so placed as to leave about one league between the two armies.
XII. The forts of St. Julien, the Bugio and Cascais shall be occupied by the British troops on the ratification of the convention.—Lisbon and its
citadel, together with the forts and batteries as far as the Lazaretto or Trafaria on one side, and fort St. Joseph on the other, inclusively, shall be given up on the embarkation of the second division, as shall also the harbour and all armed vessels in it of every description, with their rigging, sails, stores, and ammunition. The fortresses of Elvas, Almada, Peniche and Palmela shall be given up as soon as the British troops can arrive to occupy them. In the mean time the general in chief of the British army will give notice of the present convention to the garrisons of those places, as also to troops before them, in order to put a stop to all further hostilities.
XIII. Commissioners shall be named on both sides, to regulate and accelerate the execution of the arrangements agreed upon.
XIV. Should there arise doubts as to the meaning of any article, it will be explained favorably to the French army.
XV. From the date of the ratification of the present convention, all arrears of contributions, requisitions, or claims whatever, of the French government, against subjects of Portugal by the French troops in the month of December, 1807, which may not have been paid up, are cancelled, and all sequestration made upon their property, movable or immovable, are removed, and the free disposal of the same is restored to the proper owners.
XVI. All subjects of France, or of powers in friendship or alliance with France, domiciliated in Portugal, or accidentally in this country, shall be protected. Their property of every kind, movable and immovable, shall be respected, and they shall be at liberty either to accompany the French army or to remain in Portugal. In either case their property is guaranteed to them, with the liberty of retaining or of disposing of it, and passing the produce of the sale thereof into France, or any other country, where they may fix their residence, the space of one year being allowed them for that purpose.
It is fully understood that shipping is excepted from this arrangement, only, however in so far as regards leaving the port, and that none of the stipulations above mentioned can be made the pretext of any commercial speculation.
XVII. No native of Portugal shall be rendered accountable for his political conduct during the period of the occupation of this country by the French army; and all those who have continued in the exercise of their employments, or who have accepted situations under the French government, are placed under the protection of the British commanders, they shall sustain no injury in their persons or property, if not having been at their option to be obedient or not to the French government; they are also at liberty to avail themselves of the stipulations of the 16th article.
XVIII. The Spanish troops detained on board ships in the port of Lisbon, shall be given up to the commander in chief of the British army, who engages to obtain of the Spaniards to restore such French subjects, either military or civil, as may have been taken in battle, or in consequence of military operations, but on occasion of the occurrence of the 29th of last May, and the days immediately following.
XIX. There shall be an immediate exchange established for all ranks of prisoners made in Portugal, since the present hostilities.
XX. Hostages of the rank of field officers shall be mutually furnished on the part of the British army and navy, and on that of the French army for the reciprocal guarantee of the present convention. The officers of the British army shall be restored on the completion of the articles which concern the army; and the officers of the navy on the disembarkation of the French troops in their own country.—The like is to take place on the part of the French army.
XXI. It shall be allowed to the General in Chief of the French army to send an officer to France with intelligence of the present convention. A vessel will be furnished by the British Admiral to convey him to Bourdeaux or Rochfort.
XXII. The British Admiral will be invited to accommodate his Excellency the Commander in Chief, and the
other principal officers of the French army, on board of ships of war.
Done and concluded at Lisbon, this 30th day of August, 1808.
(Signed) GEORGE MURRAY, Quarter-Master General, KELLERMANN, Le General de Division.
We, the Duke of Abrantes, General in chief of the French army, have ratified, and do ratify, the present definitive convention, in all its articles, to be executed according to its formal tenor.
(Signed) The Duke of ABRANTES, Head-Quarters, at Lisbon, the 30th August, 1808.
ADDITIONAL ARTICLES to the convention of the 30th August, 1808
Art. I. The individuals in the civil employment of the army made prisoners, either by the British troops, or by the Portuguese in any part of Portugal, will be restored, as is customary, without exchange.
II. The French army shall be subsisted from its own magazines up to the day of embarkation. The garrisons up to the day of the evacuation of the fortresses. The remainder of the magazines shall be delivered over in the usual form to the British government, which charges itself with the subsistence of the men and horses of the army from the above-mentioned periods, till their arrival in France, under the condition of their being reimbursed by the French government for the excess of the expence beyond the estimation to be made by both parties, of the value of the magazines delivered up to the British army. The provisions on board the ships of war, in possession of the French army, will be taken on account by the British government, in like manner with the magazines in the fortresses.
III. The General commanding the British troops will take the necessary measures for re-establishing the free circulation of the means of subsistence between the country and the capital. Done and concluded at Lisbon, this 30th day of August, 1808.
(Signed) GEORGE MURRAY, Quarter-Master General, KELLERMANN, Le General de Division.
We, the Duke of Abrantes, General in Chief of the French army, have ratified, and do ratify the additional Articles to the Convention, to be executed according to their form and tenor.
The DUKE of ABRANTES, (A true Copy) A. J. DALRYMPLE, Captain Military Secretary.
ADMIRALTY OFFICE, Sept. 16, 1808. Capt. Halstead, First Captain to the squadron under the command of Admiral Sir Charles Cotton, Bart. Commander in Chief of his Majesty's ships and vessels on the coast of Portugal, arrived yesterday at this office, with dispatches from the Admiral to the Hon. W. W. Pole, of which the following are copies:
HISSENA, off the Tagus, Sept. 2, 1808. SIR,
Inclosed herewith, for the information of the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty, is a copy of a Convention entered into by Lieutenant Col. Murray and Gen. Kellermann, for the evacuation of Portugal by the French army; such convention having been ratified by Lieut. General Sir Hew Dalrymple, myself and the French Commander in Chief. British troops, consisting of the 3d and 42d regiments, were on the 3d inst. landed to occupy the forts of Cascais, St. Antonio, St. Juliao, and the Bugio, and no time shall be lost to embark the French troops, agreeably to the said convention. Captain Halstead, First Captain of this ship and Captain of the fleet, who is the bearer of dispatches to their Lordships respecting the Russian squadron, in the Tagus, is in full possession of my confidence, and will be able to explain to their Lordships the motives inducing me to ratify the convention in question, as well as give any further information that may be thought necessary.
I have the honour to be, &c. (Signed) C. COTTON. Hon. W. W. Pole, &c. &c. &c. * A copy of the convention inclosed in the letter from Sir Hew Dalrymple.
NEW YORK, October 29.
The Hope Arrived.—Arrived this day the schr. Hope, capt. Woodward, last from England, in 25 days. This vessel brings dispatches from France and England. She left Havre-de-Grace the 12th ult. and proceeded to Cowes, where she waited for Mr. Atwater, who is charged with dispatches from Mr. Pinckney to our government; and we understand he proceeds immediately to Washington. It is remarkable that this vessel has performed her voyage in 21 days going and 25 days returning.
We have had an interview with Mr. Atwater, the Messenger, and with an intelligent English gentleman who came in the Hope. From both these gentlemen we learn that the verbal information by the Richard was not correct—that France, although she had condemned many American vessels, had not declared war—that there was no prospect that Napoleon would rescind his decrees, nor that England would revoke her orders in council—and that our affairs abroad are at least as unpropitious at this moment as they have been for some months past. Thus we presume the embargo will not soon be raised; and that the approaching winter will exhibit an augmented and continually augmenting scene of wretchedness throughout our country.
From England we can hope for nothing favorable with regard to her orders so long as we are dallying and tampering with Bonaparte; and of the disposition of Bonaparte on the subject of his decrees, we have a convincing exhibition, in the following list of recent condemnations:
List of American vessels condemned at Paris.
Ship Grace, Linzee, Boston, at Port Ferrajo; Victory, Hopkins Portsmouth, N. H. at Cherbourg; Grace, at Passage in Spain; Vengeance, do; Aurora, at Morlaix; Tarantula, Riley, at Bologna; Rising Sun, Bust, at Amsterdam; Brothers, Pint, at Calais; Fame of Boston, at Marseilles; Cadia, Incard, New York, do; George of Newport, at Conquet; Mars, of Savannah, at Passage; America, Protector, of Philad. at Rotterdam; Mercury, Watson of New-York, at Dieppe; James Adams, at Dunkirk; Helena, Clark, of Baltimore, at Morlaix; Charlotte, at Ostend. None were condemned but such as had valuable cargoes. Brig Venus, Bowdoin, of Marblehead, at Port Ferrajo, waiting trial. Brig Ann, Folger of Boston, condemned at St. Maloes, captain arrived in England. American vessels at Bourdeaux, September 1.
Brig Three Apprentices, Mariner, of N. York; Charleston, Newman, do; schooner Freedom, Smith, Cape Ann; Yarico, Stanley, Marblehead;—all under seizure for having been visited by the British. Ship Charleston Packet, Council of Philadelphia; James Madison, Pennison, of New Orleans; Phenix or Felix, Rose, of New York; Jenny, Myers, of do; brig Mentor, of do—all detained by the embargo.
At Leithorn. Schr. Hope, of Philadelphia, waiting trial ship Aurora, Hall, of Portsmouth, N. H. cleared.
Martinsburg, November 4.
The majority in Pennsylvania for Simon Snyder will be about 30,000.—Official returns next week.
Several original articles have been unavoidably omitted.
ADVERTISEMENTS omitted shall appear in our next.
For the Intelligencer.
PEOPLE of Virginia, how all-important will be your decision on Monday next—eventful day! the destinies of America may then be irrevocably fixed. Stop and reflect—do not hastily give your votes to either of the candidates for the Presidential chair. Weigh and consider well the qualities requisite in him to whom you confide the helm of state in these perilous times. The universe is convulsed—New World, how able must be the man who steers your bark thro' the storm. James Madison is one who with the best intentions would strand the ship. He lacks firmness; he lacks decision; already has he been appalled by the threat of France—remember his declaration to John Randolph—"France wants money and must have it"—Such a man is not calculated to rule over us—this over-shaded gentleman has too much of the milk of human kindness in his composition to bear the surge that beats against the rock of our liberty and independence. Was it a contest for the President of a college, he should have my vote.

but, too long have the United States been guided by the timied wisdom policy of timid statesmen, mere theorists, or statesmen who, till they have become deceased and rotten to a fall—they need a bold determined hand to lop off the Utopian excrescences that choke and stay their healthful growth. To James Monroe turn your attention—does he not possess firmness? does he lack decision? view his whole conduct from his commencement as a public character; minutely examine it; judge for yourselves—be not the dupes of Madison's or Monroe's friends—See his early days devoted to his country in the tented field—view him as Governor of this Commonwealth—view him as our minister to France—view him as our minister to Great Britain—in each of these situations has not energy marked him; was not the welfare of his country, her honor, her proud station among the nations of the earth, his only object, his polar star. Fellow-Citizens, want of decision in public councils betrays like treason. If James Madison wants this quality, he ought not to be your choice; that he does want it I believe is almost incontestable; his whole life proves it; he was once violent in his attachments to Federalism—he is now a democrat: This voting policy will not do for the leader of the American people. I advise the adoption of James Monroe's electoral ticket, and hope to see it in almost every hand at the election on Monday.—America expects every man to do his duty on that day; foul befall him who hangs back or skulks. Federal Republicans will you not aid in this election; is it a matter of indifference to you? I answer for you—you know your duty and will perform it. Permit me to recommend to those who have not read it, an attentive perusal of the Address of the Monroe Corresponding Committee; it breathes the spirit of candor and moderation; to those who have read—read again. This, my friends, is no trivial concern—your all is at stake. Citizens of Berkeley and Jefferson attend to the admonition contained in the Intelligencer of last week, have your tickets written; appear at the Polls, do as your consciences tells you is correct, and merit your own approbation.—The writer of this is no office hunter or dependant—he aspires to no higher station than to rank with the defenders of his country, and with them will he be found when the dreadful appeal is made to arms.
A SOLDIER.
To the independent Republican Frecholders of Berkeley and Jefferson Counties. FELLOW CITIZENS, THE constitutional period is approaching, at which you must again give your suf- frages for a chief magistrate of the union. On the eve of this important occasion, one of your fellow citizens begs leave to address you. He hopes that the calm and dispassionate manner in which these remarks will be presented to the public, will of itself ensure to them an attention equally calm and dispassionate. What a plain man may say cannot be so elegant, but it may be more sincere than the speculations of much more learned persons.
I believe it may be truly said that the United States are at this time in a perilous and embarrassed situation: perhaps more so than at any time since the year 1788. By the nations at war our rights have been so far invaded and our commerce so restrained, that our government has thought it the wisest plan to put a stop entirely to our trade with all foreign powers; and after several successive acts on the subject, the embargo laws are at length successful in arresting all such intercourse. Whether this measure was wise or unwise is not very material to my purpose. If unwise then indeed we have suffered greatly for nothing; since we must admit our crops have melted down to dross from its operation: But if it has been a wise and necessary measure, then it is lamentable to perceive that a large portion of our country do not sustain it with the proper temper. We find a great deal of warmth about it. Every misfortune is attributed to it. Unfortunately, these complaints are not confined to a few scattered individuals. Disaffection and ill-blood seems to pervade whole states. Turn your eyes Eastward. Massachusetts, New-Hampshire, Rhode-Island, Vermont and even New-York, which the benignant principles of republican government had in some measure induced to give over their old high toned maxims, have been scared from the true faith by this attack upon their commerce. And what is worse they speak in a high tone: they say the Constitution was the result of mutual accommodation; intended as well to protect them as us; that their commerce is their all; and if destroyed, the object of the Constitution is lost as to them. They seem to insinuate, and the members of their body have been even heard to declare, that if their commerce is not suffered to revive, they can no longer continue members of the union. Fellow citizens, this is fearful language: and whatever may be the hardships of their situation, every friend of his country must be sorry that it should flow from those who struck the first blow in the Revolutionary war. It is very true these men have something to complain of—Comparatively speaking they doubtless have more reason to complain than ourselves. Our flour has been sold for nothing: it is true: yet we have abundant food, and if we are convinced that the embargo is necessary, we ought to bear it cheerfully. But the people to the east are in a far worse situation. Their country is but poor and it is very thickly settled. Hence it is that a great proportion of them get their living by the fisheries. The embargo having put a stop to the fishing business, these poor wretches are left without employment, and of course without support. 'Tis in vain to tell them to turn masons, carpenters or farmers: Something more than words is necessary to turn a sailor into the one or the other. Whatever, in our laudable patriotic enthusiasm we may think of it, it will be found to require as much time as ever to make a man master of the trade of a button maker, cutler or weaver; and as for a farmer—no man can be made one without a farm: an essential which most of the New-England sailors do not possess. So that these men seeing their wives and children reduced to beggary and want, by the operation of the embargo, begin a clamour which is certainly excusable in them, and which the power of sympathy makes others unite in. Whatever be the cause, certain it is that the symptoms of disunion are very strong in some of the eastern states: and the people are now to fall upon some plan which will remedy this evil.
grous : others ought to be punished as destructive of the peace of society, and as treasonable in their object : but where a large and respectable portion of the union share this discontent, where it appears to arise from real suffering, and not from faction, then complaints ought to be attended to : for it is among the first privileges of mankind to represent their grievances to their government and demand redress : and this privilege would be of little value unless redress was to be expected. If this thing is the case with the eastern people we ought to try to relieve them. I have heard it said " These men grumble about nothing : if they are discontented and wish to leave the union, let them do it : we can do without them." This is intemperate language and becomes a good citizen less than the complaints of New England. What ! will we dissolve this noble confederacy, this wonder of the world rather than endeavour to soothe and conciliate our sister states ? All our great men of both parties, admire our firm union ; and every good citizen wishes it ; and therefore it seems to me, that, if the New England states were even a little unreasonable, it would be better to adopt some means in which they would unite heart and hand, provided it would be honourable to our country and becoming a free nation. Let us remember that we Virginians have had our jealousies and our complaints, and let us measure therefore unto our friends, our neighbours and our brethren, as we wished it to be measured unto us.
These reflections always occur to me when I think of the Presidential election, and I think they will occur to most of you. When I consider the existence of our union as implicated in the event of this election, I confess I regard it as much more important than any former one. I shall endeavour to shew you that every good citizen ought, on this occasion, to give his suffrage to JAMES MONROE; that his election is calculated to secure our rights, to conciliate the distrations of our country, to preserve our honour, and to make us respected abroad and peaceful and happy at home.
You all know Mr. Monroe: he is not the child of yesterday. Ever since the revolution his life has been devoted to his country. He shed his blood in her service—He has spent the ardor of youth and the prime of manhood in her cause. Even the downhill of his life has been devoted to you—Has he made his fortune out of the public? No: He returns home far from being wealthy. When amidst the corruption of European Courts did he sell his country for gold or barter her rights for his profit? No one dares say so: He comes among you as plain and poor a man as he went away. He returns the same James Monroe who eight years ago was your governor. I beg you to look back upon that time. What did you think of him then? Did you think him wise ? Did you believe him true ? Did you regard him honest ? Did you look up to him as a good republican ? Had you not seen him a few years past tempted by an appointment—yet firm—then persecuted for righteousness sake yet undaunted and true? Have you seen him flinch from his duty? Did you not in short believe Mr. Monroe to be an honest republican who could not be scared from his principles by danger or seduced by promises to vice?
Unless he is changed—such is the character of the man now proposed for your president by his friends. Let me ask you then how is he changed. If you cannot answer the question you must admit there is no ground for the charge. Some people say Mr. Monroe must have changed because he loves the English?—Ah—how is this discovered? What evidence have we that he loves any country but his own? Ten years ago some men to suit their purposes said and wished to make us believe he was a Frenchman ? You all know this was untrue.—Believe me he is now charged with loving the English only by those who have some end in view by it. Can you believe that a man who fought against the English—and who ten years ago was said to have hated them, could have turned their friend without cause. Surely not. And as surely he has had no cause to love them better than formerly. Have they bribed him to love them? No: our indignation is roused at the suggestion. Has living among them made the change? No: for living under a monarchy seeing its abuses and defects and being acquainted with the real haughtiness and pride of the English character would be apt to lessen rather than encrease our love. Is he for taking the strongest side, and does he love them better because they are more powerful and more to be feared. No: for they are weaker than ever, and men very rarely desert the strongest for the weaker side from corrupt motives. In short look at his conduct and you will find it truly American.
Some say he has surrendered our rights. I need not investigate this question. Ask the president: Ask Mr. Jefferson. He tells you he is thankful to Messrs. Monroe and Pinckney for their patriotic exertions. Ask the senate. They tell you Mr. Pinckney's conduct (and his and Mr. Monroe's was the same) renders him worthy of being made minister to G. B.—If Mr. Monroe had betrayed his country and surrendered her rights, do you think Mr. Jefferson would have applauded him? If Mr. Pinckney had united with Mr. Monroe in sacrificing us and our citizens would he have been reappointed by the president and senate? Do you think Mr. Jefferson and the senate would have appointed a man whom they did not approve? Or would they have approved a man, who if our rights were betrayed by Mr. Monroe, acted in concert with him? Surely not. We must therefore conclude that THEY well knew there was no such guilt to be laid to the charge of the two ministers.
But some say that Mr. Jefferson does not like Mr. Monroe. These must be some enemies to Mr. Jefferson. For if he did not like him would he say that he did. And yet his letters to Mr. Monroe of which extracts have been lately published, prove his regard for him. This charge then would represent Mr. Jefferson as a hypocrite; a charge which the federalists have brought against him it is true, but which I am sure you will not admit.
A very great objection made to Mr. Monroe is that the federalists support him. Why this is wonderful. Will you give up your friends because their honesty has conciliated even enemies? Will you be frightened from voting for a good man because others vote for him too? Will you let the federalists drive you from your favourite candidate? If you let this be understood you will ruin our cause. They might learn how, hereafter, to take vengeance on a man who like Mr. Monroe had been a staunch republican: pretend to be his friend and ruin him.
But in truth, my dear friends, the Federalists acknowledge that Mr. Monroe differs from them . In their address they say in substance—We differ from Mr. Monroe in political opinion yet we will vote for him as the least of two evils. How very common is this. It has happened to many of you. You find your own candidate cannot succeed—he leaves the bunch and you therefore choose which you like best of the balance. So it is with the federalists. They cannot have a federal president: the law compels them to vote , and they have pitched upon Mr. Monroe as a man of so much firmness, justice, uprightness, and integrity that they are less afraid to trust themselves with him than with one whom they believe will be governed by others . Is this a good cause for voting against Mr. Monroe? If it be then it is not the first time in his life that his own virtues and good qualities have stood in his way: for we all remember he was disgraced in 1794, rather than do what he thought wrong.
I cannot help remarking how strange it is, that the conduct of the federalists should be set up against Mr. Monroe. If we are to believe them, Mr. Madison was once a federalist, for they say so in their public address. But Mr. Madison's friends will not believe this. Why then believe the other? Judge from the conduct of both men and never mind the federalists. If they are sometimes designing men as some have supposed, 'tis not possible to say when they are or are not at their tricks; and by determining always to vote against them, you may perhaps one day or other be swindled.
To be candid my friends I have some objections to Mr. Madison but 'tis unnecessary to mention them. 'Tis sufficient that I like Mr. Monroe better, if my reasons for so doing are good. He is better calculated for the rough weather which threatens us than Mr. Madison. He has always braved the storm, whereas Mr. Madison whether from the amiable and peaceful temper he possesses, or from some other cause has generally retired a little till its severity was passed over. I mean not to derogate from his merits. I have often heard them extolled, and I have often admired his talents.—But every one who knows Mr. Monroe, knows his peculiar fitness for a post which requires firmness and decision.
But his election is more important because it is probable he will accommodate our affairs with foreign nations and put them on a better footing than at present. The embargo goes hard with some parts of the country. However proper the measure may be this must be admitted. We find it has not answered the end yet, and it is generally thought that we ought to look out for something else. Mr. Madison and those who voted for the embargo cannot do this. Our situation is unchanged: and if the embargo was ever proper it is still so: at any rate those who put it on cannot take it off consistently: so that if Mr. Madison is elected the embargo may be a permanent measure and if so what will become of the union and of republicanism. Is Mr. Monroe trammeled in the same way? By no means. He is entirely free and from a fair and disinterested view of our situation will adopt the most honourable measures of redress. If on a revision of the embargo laws they shall be found still necessary and proper, it is to be presumed he will advocate their continuance: but if they shall be found to be prejudicial he will get the
and a sense of inconsistency from any other measures consistent with the happiness and HONOUR of the nation. You need not fear he will surrender your rights or "barter them for gold." His life sufficiently refutes such an insinuation. Yet has it been made* and merely on the strength of the federalists voting for him I demand another proof if there be such. There is none. Would it not be wonderful then in our republican government to pronounce such a man as JAMES MONROE a turncoat; a traitor to republicanism, a traitor to his country, say a traitor basely bought for gold, merely because the federalists, a portion of his fellow citizens who differ from him, have such confidence in his integrity and worth as to give him their votes—Pause for your reflections. If on such evidence you condemn Mr. Monroe, in Gods name vote for Mr. Madison. But if you do not think the votes of the federalists sufficient to convict him of treason and traitorous designs—if you believe him still to be what you once took a pride in thinking him, A republican of stern and inflexible virtue , if you are anxious for the prosperity of your country, that its wounds may be healed, and its dissensions quieted, crowd to the polls to vote for Mr. MONROE. If he is elected we may hope to see republicanism again raising its head to the eastward whence it has been frightened of late, we may see the vessel of state with dignity and safety riding on the tempestuous ocean of politics—Our union will become strengthened, the prospects of our country will brighten and we may indulge the fond hope that "her ways may be ways of pleasantness and all her paths be peace."
A VOTER. See the address of the Frederick Committee.
Public Sale.
T O be sold at public sale, on Friday the 25th of November next, if fair, if not, the next fair day, at the late dwelling house of Christopher Vansant, deceased, four miles from Shepherd's Town and adjoining Capt. Abraham Shepherd's, all the personal estate of said deceased, consisting of Horses and Cattle, among which are several valuable Milch Cows, a large flock of Sheep, a number of fat Hogs, a parcel of Wheat and Rye, a quantity of Corn in the heap, about thirty-five acres of grain in the ground, a Wagon and Gears, a Cyder Mill, and a number of tight casks, Farming Utensils, a Desk and several valuable Beds, Household and Kitchen Furniture, and many other articles too tedious to mention. Nine months credit will be given on note with approved security. The sale to begin at nine o'clock, when the terms will be made known by BRN Jr.. COMEGYS, Executor. November 4. 1808.
VALUABLE LANDS & MILLS FOR SALE, ON CREDIT.
Pursuant to a decree of the Chancery District Court held at Staunton pronounced on the 4th day of April, 1808 in a suit therein depending between James Purvis, complainant, and the Executors and Heirs of John Donaldson, dec'd and others, defendants— WILL BE EXPOSED TO SALE , on the premises, on the 22d day of December next, FOUR ACRES OF LAND , situated in Berkeley County Virginia, in the neighbourhood of Gerrards, or Middletown, adjoining the lands of the late William Baldwin, Isaac M c Kown and others, being a valuable Mill-site, with a Mill thereon—This tract, with the Mill, will be sold by the undersigned Commissioners, to the highest bidder, on the following credit, to wit: One third of the purchase money to be paid at the end of one year, from the day of sale—one other third at the end of two years from the day of sale—and the remaining third at the end of three years from the day of sale. All such payments to be well secured by bond with approved security, and also a lien on the property.
Also, on the 24th day of December nex, will be sold, by the same commissioners and on the same credit, a TRACT of LAND , situate in Frederick County, Virginia, on both sides of Opiguon Creek, adjoining Beaver's and Jonas Likens's containing fifty and one half acres, with a valuable MERCHANT MILL and other improvements thereon—The sale to take place on the premises, and the payment to be secured as above mentioned.
ROBERT PAGE, CHARLES MAGILL, ALFRED H. POWELL } Com'tee. OBED WAITE, November 4, 1808.
Be Cautious.
I HEREBY forwarn all persons whatsoever from purchasing or selling to, (any Negro) any article or commodity without my consent being first obtained in writing; — And more especially I desire that no person shall sell them any spirituous liquors. — Those who offend against this notice, may rest assured that I am on the watch, and that I am determined to prosecute all offenders with the utmost rigour of law.
MAGNUS TATE. November 4, 1808.
Public Sale.
IN obedience to an order of the County Court of Berkeley, there will be sold by public sale, on Wednes- day the 16th inst. at the plantation of John Potts, deceased, late of this County, all the personal Estate of the said Potts, deceased, consisting of one negro Man, one negro Girl, Horses, Cows, Hogs, Household and Kitchen Furniture, Farming Utensils, some Corn, &c. Nine months credit will be given, the purchaser giving bond with approved security. The sale to begin at ten o'clock, where due atten- dance will be given by MOSES COLLINS, R. S. for JOHN TURNER. November 4, 1808.
Mr. Denis Cahill, acting Executor of James Quinn, dec'd. Joseph Minghinni and Luke Ternan. TAKE NOTICE.
THAT on the tenth day of December next after the date hereof, I intend to take the depositions of Thomas Sharp, sen. Henry Miller, junr and Luke Pentony, at the house in which Mr. Theo: Tabb now resides, in the town of Martinsburg, county of Berkeley, and commonwealth of Virginia, to be read in evidence on the trial of the suit in Chancery, brought and now depending in the County Court of Berkeley, wherein I am Complainant and you the said Denis Cahil, acting ex'r. of James Quinn, dec'd. Joseph Minghinn and Luke Ternan are Defendants. Said depositions to be taken by virtue of a commission issued in said suit from the County Court of Berkeley for that purpose.
ALBERT STEPHEN. November 4, 1808.

TO BE LET, and possession given immediately. THE House in which Mr. John Roberts now lives, adjoining the Clerk's Office, Martinsburg. It is a convenient and comfortable dwelling, and would suit a mechanic, with a small family. JOHN ALBURTIS. October 28, 1808.
Public Sale. WILL be sold at public vendue, at the subscribers farm near Opecon bridge, on Friday the 18th November next, HORSES, HOGS, CATTLE, SHEEP, and a quantity of HAY. Nine months credit will be allowed on bond with approved security. The sale will begin early in the day. JACOB GORRELL. October 28, 1808.
James Maxwell's NIGHT SCHOOL will be opened on Monday evening, November 7, in the Stone School-House, Martinsburg. October 28, 1808.
THE subscriber informs the public that he has removed from Frederick County to Martinsburg, where he intends to carry on the CLOCK making and WATCH repairing business; he has opened shop in the house belonging to Robert Cockburn and where J. Alburris formerly kept his Printing-Office; where he will be thankful to all who please to call on him in that line, and all Watches that are repaired in his shop are warranted for one year, accidents excepted, and all Clocks made by him are warranted to be good.
He will give a generous price for old Copper and Brass. REES BRANSON. 10th mo. 28th, 1808.
Letters remaining in the Post-Office at Shepherd's Town, on the first day of October, 1808, which will be sent to the General Post-Office if not taken out before the first day of January, 1809.
ANN AINSWORTH. C. Isaac Chaplin, William H. Camal, James Cooper. F. John Files. H. David Hiestand, John Hoffman, David Harris, John Hewett. J. Isaac James. K. Widow Nelly Kiddle. L. Erasmus Lindsay, Michael Lindenfelder. M. Samuel Michael, Robt. M'Williams. N. Hitty Nace. O. John Osborn, Peter Oller. P. James T. Pollock. R. Meridith Richardson. S. Jacob Stong. T. Prudence Thornburgh, Joseph Thompson, Thornberry's Jack, James Thomas. W. Jacob Welchshans. JAMES BROWN, P.M. Shepherd's Town, Oct. 7, 1808.
CAUTION!
ALL persons are hereby cautioned against fishing, fowling, or passing through the enclosures of the subscriber, on any pretence whatever, or from committing any other unlawful depredations on his property, as he is positively determined to prosecute to the utmost limits of the law every person who may be found so offending in future.
CONRAD KOWNSLAR. Mill-Creek, Oct. 7, 1808.
FLAX SEED. The subscriber gives the highest price for clean FLAX SEED. L. PRICE. Martinsburg, Sept. 18, 1808.
Berkeley, ss. August Court, 1808. George Bowman, Complainant, AGAINST John Bowman and Joseph Foreman, Defendants. IN CHANCERY. THE defendant Bowman, not having entered his appearance agreeable to an act of Assembly and the rules of this court, and it appearing to the satisfaction of the Court, that he is not an inhabitant of this Commonwealth, on the motion of the complainant, by his counsel, it is ordered, that the defendants do appear here on the Monday after the third Tuesday in November next, to answer the bill of the complainant, and that a copy of this order be forthwith inserted in the Berkeley and Jefferson Intelligencer for two months successively, and published at the door of the Court-House of said County. A Copy. Teste, DAVID HUNTER, C.B.C.
Prime Soar and Upper Leather FOR SALE.
THE subscriber now has, and will have during the fall and winter, PRIME SOAR at twenty-two cents per pound, by the single side; a generous reduction will be made by the quantity. Some well finished Upper and Calf-Skins, with part cash, will be taken in exchange for Soar. EBENEZER CAMPBELL. N.B. An exceeding good Iron Mill, with all the apparatus for grinding bark, will be sold Cheap. Shepherd's Town, Virg. } [2m.] September 30, 1808. }
Notice to Carpenters.
THE Commissioners of the town of Bath, having impowered me to contract with a workman to construct new Baths, I hereby give notice, that I wish to receive proposals on that subject, as speedily as possible. RAWLIGH COLSTON. September 9, 1808. [8w.]
THE CITIZENS of Berkeley County will be pleased to take notice, that on the first Monday of next month [November] an Election will be held for (twenty four) Electors of President and Vice-President of the United States, as heretofore, by General Ticket. ERASMUS GANTT, JOEL WARD, WM. SOMMERVILLE. Commissioners. Martinsburg, Oct. 14, 1808.
LANDS for sale.
ON Monday the 21st of November next, being the 1st day of the Court of the County of Berkeley for that month, at the Globe Tavern in Martinsburg, I will sell at public auction for ready money, a very valuable tract of LAND containing about 230 acres lying about a mile and an half from the town of Martinsburg. There are on the premises a good dwelling house, kitchen, barn, &c. and the whole is in tenable condition. It will be shown on application to Mr. Samuel B. Harris in whose tenure it now is, and possession will be given to the purchaser on the 1st of April next. This property was some years since sold under a deed of trust from Michael M'Kewan and wife for the benefit of Gen. Swann and others of the city of Baltimore to whom it now belongs. It is encumbered with an old Mortgage which will be extinguished prior to the sale. Full information as to the title will be given on application to PHILIP C. PENDLETON. Martinsburg, Virginia. } August 12, 1808. }
WRITING PAPER for sale at this Office.
Ladies fashionable Bonnets and Hats.
Just received, a great variety of Fashionable Bonnets and Hats, Wreaths, Artificial Flowers, Ostrich Feathers, Lace Veils, Broad Thread Lace, Patent Cotton, ditto, Fine Thread Edging, Lace Sleeves, Spider Net, ditto, Extra long Silk Gloves, ditto White Kid, ditto, Short Kid and Silk, ditto, Kid, Morocco & Leather Slippers, Figured and plain Leno Muslins, Cambric, ditto, Chintzes and Calicoes, Dimities, Irish LINENS, Home-made, ditto, Twilled Bags, FLAX, Ticklenburgs, &c. &c. They also have on hand, Medicines and Paints, Soar and Upper Leather, Nice Fair-tops, Calf-Skins and Boot-Legs, Bar-Iron, Steel and Nails, Bacon, Flax-seed Oil, Well-seasoned Plank.
A complete assortment of China, Glass, Queens, Stone, Tin, Wood-en and Potter's Ware.
Cast Nuts for grinding Fruit.
Superfine Cloths and Cassimeres, Flannels, Velvets, Constitution and Presidents Cords, Mill-Saws, &c. &c. All which they are selling very cheap. JAMES & JOHN LANE. Shepherd's Town, } September 2, 1808. } P.S. Cash paid for Hides and Skins.
LANDS for sale.
A BARGAIN may be had in the purchase of the places where John Files and Basil Cross now reside, containing five hundred acres of good lime stone LAND , binding on Opecon-Creek, distant about five miles from this place and six from Shepherd's Town. The buildings are comfortable, with a mill seat on Opecon. The title good, the price low and the payments will be made easy to a punctilious man. Those who are inclined to buy, may know the terms on application to John Baker, Esq. at Shepherd's Town. BENJAMIN ODEN. Martinsburg, Nov. 20, 1807.
PROPOSALS
FOR PRINTING BY SUBSCRIPTION, The Armenian Skeleton, By WILLIAM HUNTINGTON.
THE publisher has been induced to offer a new American edition of this work to the public from the scarcity of it, (it being almost out of print) and with the hope that its circulation will be a great public good, and have a tendency to point out to searchers after righteousness the true path in which it may be found. He trusts that it will richly repay those for their personal who are in search after Divine truth; all who wish to see the glorious Gospel promoted and spread through our land, he doubts not, will feel a disposition to encourage this scarce and valuable work.
The publisher is not actuated by interested views in offering this work to the public; his sole object is the dissemination of truths necessary for every human creature to be acquainted with; he only wishes to obtain as many subscribers as will pay for the printing, his own situation being such as to put it out of his power to have it republished without the aid of others.
The work will probably make from 250 to 300 duodecimo pages; it shall be well printed on good paper, and the price, half bound, shall not exceed one dollar; those who wish them bound in leather can have them at the additional expense of binding; if the number of subscribers should be equal to his expectation, the price in all probability will be less.
The work will be put to press as soon as a sufficient number of subscribers are obtained to pay for the printing.
Subscriptions received at the office of the Intelligencer. JOHN HUTCHINSON. June 3, 1808.
Fresh Fall and Winter GOODS.
THE subscribers respectfully inform their old customers and the public generally, that they have just received from the city of Philadelphia, and finished opening, one of the largest and best assortments of GOODS since commencement. It is thought by them (however usual with others in a similar line of business) to be entirely unnecessary thro' the channel of public advertisements to assert the very moderate terms on which they will be disposed of for Cash—when by a judicious and impartial inspection every purchaser shall be advantageously informed.
Among the entire assortment is comprised the following, viz: Superfine and Common Broad Cloths, ditto ditto Cassimeres, ditto, do. Coatings, ditto Kersey Moleskin, Knapped Frize, Devonshire Kersey, Ible. Mill'd Drab Cloths, Furest do. Hunter's Patent Satinets, Half-hicks and Fearnought, Fancy Windsor Cords for waistcoating, ditto Swansdowns, Red and Green Baize, S. fine and Common Flannels well assorted, Ross blankets, Striped ditto, President and Constitution Cords, Velveteens and Velveteens, Thicksets, Corduroys, Ladies' Pelise Velvets, Bonnets and Fancy Cords, Ladies' Fross Tippets assorted, Gentlemen's Comfits, ditto, Yellow, Red, Brown and Blue Bandanaos Hdkf. Madras Shawls and Hdkf. of various descriptions, Damask Silk and Cotton Shawls, Diaper Table Cloths and Towels, Bed Tickings assorted, a complete assortment of fine Ivory Combs, Quillback dressing ditto, Elegant pocket and common ditto, Ladies most fashionable Tortoise & Common ditto, Ladies' fashionable Plush, Hats trimmed complete, ditto Leghorn Bonnets, Artificial Flowers, ditto Wreaths, Ostrich &c. Feathers, Tippets assorted, Silk and Cotton Umbrellas, Veils, Broad Thread and Cotton Lace, Fine Thread Edgings, Spider-Nett Sleeves, Plain, Spotted and Trafalgar Leno Muslins, Black ditto, ditto Shawls and Hdkf. Extra Long Silk Gloves, Pic-Nic ditto and Mitts, Short Silk Gloves, Beaver'd ditto, Raw Silk Stockings, Fumime Cotton Tassels, Ladies' Silk and Cotton ditto, assorted complete, S. fine Linen Cambric, 6-4 and 4-4 Cotton ditto, 6-4 and 4-4 Black ditto, 4-4 S. fine Crapes assorted, Narrow Black do. Laced Clock'd and Plain Cotton Hose assorted, Gentlemen's S. fine Angola ditto assorted, ditto Worsted ditto, German full ditto, Mahogany-framed Looking Glasses, Common and Pocket ditto, Morocco and Leather Slippers elegantly assorted, ditto Childrens ditto, Black Satin, Italian, &c. Silk for dresses assorted, Nett-Braces, Patent Silk, Leather and Cotton Suspenders, S. fine English Chintzes, the most elegant Figures, India and American prints, Pink, &c. Fine Ginghams, Irish and Country Linens, White and Brown Russia Sheetings, Ticklenburgs, Dowlas, &c. &c. Gin, Cogniac Brandy, Jamaica Spirits, N. E. Rum, Rye Whisky, Sherry, Lisbon and Malaga Wines, Ground-Album and Fine Salt, Harannah, Mucovado, Loaf and C. Sugars, Best Green Coffee, Spanish Cigars, Cavendish, James River and Plug Tobacco, best Sugar-house Molasses, Hyson, &c. Teas, Nutmegs, Cloves, Pepper, Allspice, Cinnamon, Camphor, Turkey Cotton Yarn, best Tennessee Spinning ditto, Crawley and Blister'd Steel, also an extensive assortment of Bain and M'Pherson's Bar-Iron, a large quantity of China and Queen's Ware handsomely assorted, Marquette Cordial in bottles. We return sincere thanks for past favours and hope nothing on our part shall be wanting to merit a continuance. THOMAS C. SMITH, & Co. Martinsburg, 21st Oct. 1808.
BOOT & SHOE MANUFACTORY MARTINSBURG.
THE subscriber respectfully informs his customers and the public, that he still occupies his old stand, between the Post-Office and Printing-Office, Martinsburg; that he has lately made a considerable addition to his stock of leather, (which is of the best quality) and shall constantly keep by him a large assortment, so that none who may please to employ him, will ever be disappointed; he will be careful in always keeping the best workmen, and from his own particular attention, feels an assurance, that he shall be able to give satisfaction to his customers—Boots and Shoes, of every description, will be carefully made, agreeable to directions—He intends to keep, ready-made, a variety of work for Ladies and Gentlemen—Having a large stock of Leather on hand, he will be able to give a short credit to punctual persons who may wish it. He is thankful for the favours already received, and will endeavour in future not to be undeserving encouragement. RICHARD HICKSON. April 1, 1808.
Cash given for clean Linen and Cotton RAGS , at the Office of the INTELLIGENCER.