Norfolk gazette and publick ledger (Norfolk [Va.]), 1805-01-18 00:00:00

NORFOLK GAZETTE AND PUBLICK LEDGER.
VOL. I.]
FRIDAY EVENING, JANUARY 18, 1805.
[NO. 80.]
WHOLESALE PRICE-CURRENT.
NORFOLK, FRIDAY, JANUARY 18, 1805.
   ARTICLES. per From To Remarks     BACON lb. 10 13 Scarce   Beef, cargo bbl. 9   Prime 10 50   Mess 13   Brandy, Sp. 1st p. gal. 85 90   2d p. 87 95   3d p. 96 1   4th p. 1 10   Fr. 5d p. 1 10   4th p. 1 15   1 20   Peach, 90   Apple, 75   Bread, Pilot 100lb. 7 7 50   Navy. 5 5 50   Ship 3 3 50   Butter, Export. lb. 22 25   Candles, Dpt 17 18   Mould 25   Sperm. 66   Coal, English bus. 25 None   Virginia 25   Cocoa, Island 100lb. None   Caraccas None   Coffee, W. India lb. 36   Cordage, Country 100lb. 14   Foreign 10 11   Cotton, Geo. Upland lb. 18 20   Sea Island None   St. Domingo None   Surinam None   Duck, American bolt. None   Ravens 14 15   Russia 20 21   Holland 22 24   No. 1 to 7, English 34 40   Flour, Superfine bbl. 10 10 50   Fine 9 9 50   Middlings 6 7 50   X ditto 8 8 50   Fish, Cod, dry quin. None   Herrings bbl. 4 4 50   Shad 6   Fustick ton. 40 Plenty   Gin, Holland, 1st p. gal. 90 95 Plenty   N. E. 1st p. 70 75 None   Grain, Wheat bus.   Corn 90   Barley 42 None   Oats   Hemp, Russian ton. 275   Hides, Dried lb. None   Hog's-Lard 11 12   Indigo, Flotant None   N. Orleans None   Iron, Pig ton. None   American ref. 120 125   Russia 100   Logwood, Bay 60 65   Camp. 70 75   Lead, Sheet 100lb. 14 15   Meal, Kiln-dried bbl. None   Mahogany, Bay sq. feet   St. Dom. 12   Molasses, gal. 55 62   Peas, Black-eyed bus. 1 5   Pepper, lb. 19 20   Pimento, 16 18   Pitch, bbl. 3 4   Pork, Cargo 12   Prime 14 50   Mess 16 50   Raisins, cask. Dull   ditto, box. None   Rice, 100lb. 5 5 50   Rosin, bbl. 4   Rum, Jamaica, 4th p. gal. 96 98   Antigua, 3d p. 92 95   St. Croix, 3d p. 90 92   W. Island, 3d p. 85   Country, 64 66   Salt, St. Mart. bus.   Turks Island, 80   Isle May, 85   St. Ubes, 66   Cadiz, 55 60   Liverpool, 85   Soap, Brown, lb. 11 12   Castile, 25   Sugar, Muscovado, 100lb. 9 12 50   Hav. Brown, 11   White, 14 50   Shingles, Cyp. 22 in. M. 3 3 25   18 in. 3   Staves, W. O. hhd. 28 30   pipe 50 70   hhd. head 30   do. red oak 18 20   Tar, bbl. 2 50 2 75   Tobacco, Richmond, 100lb. 7 6 25   Petersburg 6   Rappa, 4 50 6   Potomack, None   Tallow, Russia, lb. 10 12   American, 14 16 Scarce   Turpentine, bbl. 3   Wax, Bees, lb. 30 35   Wines, Madeira, pipe. 230 350 Plenty   Lisbon, gal. 1 25 1 30   Teneriffe, 1 1 12   Sherry, 1 25 1 30   Port, pipe. 160 220 Scarce   Malaga, gal. 85 1  
Premiums of Insurance on American Property.
   To Great-Britain, Ireland, Portugal, and Spain, without the Straights of Gibraltar. 3   France, Holland, Bremen, and Embden, 3   In the Mediterranean, Azores, and Cape de Verd Islands, 4 1-4   British and Neutral Windward Islands from Barbadoes to St. Thomas 4 1-2   Jamaica and Honduras, 3   Porto Rico, 4 1-2   Havana, 3   Cape-Francois, (unarmed) 3   Ports in the Bite of Leogane,   Ports on the South side of St. Domingo,   Persia, India, and China, 4 1-2   Coasters, 1 1-2  
Prices of Stocks.
   Virginia Bank, 6 dollars. per share, advance.   Norfolk Marine Insurance Company, shares 60 per cent. advance.   United States Bank, 500 dollars. per share.   Exchange on London, Par.  
WANTED TO CHARTER, TWO VESSELS of about 150 tons each, of an easy draught of water, to proceed to Plymouth, in North-Carolina, to load for the West-Indies.—Also, TWO STOUT COASTERS, To load at same place for New-York—good freights will be given, and quick despatch. For terms, apply to RICHARD BLOW. The Brig FACTOR, Captain Briggs, is now loading for Belfast, can take fifty hogsheads tobacco on freight, or other goods in proportion, she has good accommodations for passengers. Apply as above. January 16. tf 345
FOR SALE, FREIGHT or CHARTER, The Brig POLLY, John Hooper, Master, burthen 600 barrels. For terms apply to the master on board, or to PHINEHAS DANA & CO. Who have received her said brig from Boston, and offer for sale, 40 hlds. 20 bbls. N. E. RUM, 3 bales INDIA COTTONS. January 16. tf 347
The Merchants at Petersburg, and Richmond, who have orders to ship Tobacco in the British Brig UNION, Captain Hiningbottom, for Guernsey, are respectfully informed, that the brig has been ready to receive her cargo ever since the 24th ult.—The Captain not knowing the names of the respective shippers, has induced the consignees to give this publick notice. Norfolk, January 14. tf 337
FOR JAMAICA, Ship BRUTUS, John Bunce, Master: Will take 150 barrels on freight, if offered immediately. She has excellent accommodations for a few passengers. Apply to the master on board, or to A. HEROY. January 7. tf 328
FOR AMSTERDAM, The good Brig TWO BROTHERS, P. Hartshorne, Master: Burthen 250 hlds. to sail in all January, as a considerable part of her cargo is engaged.—Those who wish to ship, will please apply soon, to the master on board, at Gibson's wharf, or WILLIAM HARTSHORNE, Jun. December 31. tf 317
FOR SAVANNAH, The Schooner RISENG SUN, Captain Taylor. Will sail in a few days. For freight or passage, apply to MARTIN FISK. Who has this day landing from said Schooner, 250 Barrels No. 1 and 2 Beef } 20 do. Pork. } 20 Half-bbls. Mess Beef. } 20 do. Neats Tongues. } 50 Barrels Herring. } 20 do. Mackerel. } 10 Half barrels do. } 10 Hogsheads N. E. Rum. } 20 Barrels do. } 20 do. Country Gin. } 50 do. Whiskey. } 100 Boxes Mould Candles. } 50 do. Dpt. do. } 50 do. Chocolate } 50 do. Cheese, for family use. } 30 Casks do. for Shipping. } Hyson, Young Hyson, and Imperial Teas. 1 Case Writing Paper. 6 Trunks Mens and Boys Shoes. December 28. tf 311
FOR FREIGHT OR CHARTER, The new and fast sailing Brig SUSAN, MICHAEL FARLEY, Master: Burthen 175 tons, or 1600 barrels—in complete order for the reception of a cargo. For terms apply to the master on board, or to PHINEHAS DANA. December 24. tf 209
FOR CHARTER, The good fast sailing Brig LUCY, CHARLES FOSTER, Master: Burthen 1000 barrels. For terms apply to MOSES MYERS. December 24. tf 303
FOR SALE, The fast sailing Schooner FRIENDS ADVENTURE, Elegantly fitted for a Packet, and burthen 55 tons, she is in complete order, and the terms will be made easy. ROBERT GIBSON. December 14. tf 287
FOR LIVERPOOL, The good Ship MOSES MYERS. Burthen 330 hogsheads; has part of her cargo engaged, and may be ready to sail by the 1st January. For Freight or Passage apply to the master on board. November 26. tf 251
FOR SALE, (if applied for the three days) The fast sailing Schooner PHOENIX, Now laying at Newton's wharf, burthen 100 tons, and only one year old. Apply to the master on board, or William Pennock. WHO OFFERS FOR SALE, 50 Tons PLAISTER OF PARIS, on board said schooner. December 5. tf 269
FOR FREIGHT OR CHARTER, The remarkably fast sailing copper-bottomed Ship THOMAS WILSON, CHRISTOPHER TOMPKINS, Master: Burthen 368 tons or 450 hlds. tobacco. Will be ready for the reception of a cargo in a few days. Apply to Wilson, Cunningham & Co. December 5. tf 270
FOR BOURDEAUX, The good Ship ECHO, For passage only apply to the master on board, or to Moses Myers. November 28. tf 255
Now landing on Rothery's Wharf, from on board the brig Ann Elizabeth , A CHOICE PARCEL OF ANTIGUA RUM, Which will be sold low if taken from off the Wharf. John Brown. Rothery's Wharf. Who will take a Freight for the above BRIG, Burthen 1300 barrels, if application be made in a few days. December 3. tf 268
FOR SALE, A very superior PILOT BOAT, Just launched, of the following dimensions, 58 Feet 6 inches Straight Keel. 15 do. 6 do. Beam. 6 do. Hold. Now lying at Newton's Wharf. For terms apply to Wilson, Cunningham & Co. WHO HAVE IN STORE, 25,000 lb. COFFEE. 20 Tierces Dutch LINSEED OIL. November 16. tf 233
FOR SALE or CHARTER, The good Ship PATSEY, DAVID G. BOWLES, Master, Burthen 370 tons, will carry 600 hogsheads Tobacco. For terms apply to the Master on board, or to Moses Myers. Who has for Sale, on board said ship, About 5000 bushels Isle of May SALT. November 12. tf 227
NORFOLK HOTEL. The Subscriber informs his friends and the publick, that he has opened an Hotel in that convenient house formerly the NAVY TAVERN No. 128 Main-Street, where he hopes by his attention, to give satisfaction to those who may favour him with their company. He will always keep the best Liquors: and Private Parties will be furnished with Dinners, Suppers, or Relishes, at the shortest notice. BOARDERS accommodated by the week, month, or year. Henry Benbridge. October 9. tf 170
FALL AND WINTER GOODS. THE SUBSCRIBER Has received by the Brig Commerce , from LONDON, and Ship Brutus , from LIVERPOOL, A GENERAL ASSORTMENT OF FALL AND WINTER GOODS, which he offers for sale, by Wholesale or Retail, on moderate terms. Richard Taylor. ALSO—A FEW BALES BEST TWILLED SACKING. Sept. 22. tf 150
NOW LANDING From on board the Schooner Lydia , Capt. Livington, from Antigua 116 Puncheons RUM. For sale by William Pennock. WHO WANTS TO PURCHASE, RED AND WHITE OAK STAVES—and 22 INCH SHINGLES. November 5. tf 221
NOW LANDING, AND FOR SALE, 100 hogsheads prime old Petersburg and Richmond TOBACCO. C. & F. Whittle. December 12. tf 278
OILS, PAINTS & WINDOW GLASS, Of all kinds, colours, and sizes. For sale by N. Gregory, opposite the Market.
An ASSISTANT wanted—also, an active YOUTH to be employed in the store.—Liberal wages will be given to TWO ABLE HANDS, to turn a Pain-Mill. July 8. tf 3
NOW LANDING On Maxwell's Wharf, from on board the Schooner Seaman , Capt. Seaman, from New-York, A CHOICE PARCEL OF OLD COGNAC BRANDY, and a few casks of DUTCH LINSEED OIL. Which will be sold low, by applying to John Brown, Rothery's Wharf. November 19. tf 237
FALL GOODS. WE are now landing from the brig Commerce , from London, an extensive assortment of FALL GOODS, among which, are afforded packages, calculated for the West India market, entitled to drawback; which will be sold at low advance, by Gilliat & Mackinder. August 21. tf 92
FOR SALE, 120 Hogsheads of old Richmond and Petersburg TOBACCO. MOSES MYERS. December 19. tf 291
50 Puncheons ANTIGUA RUM. 150 Barrels prime NEW YORK, } 500 do. CAROLINA, } 150 Half Barrels CRACKERS. } 50 Hogsheads Peterburg TOBACCO. 45 do. CLARET. 5 Barrels COCOA. 12 Cases NOYEAU.—For sale on liberal terms by C. & F. Whittle. November 6. tf 218
CASH FOR Red and White Oak Hogshead Staves, with a proportion of heading.
AVIS AUX FRANCAIS. Le sous Commissaire des Relations Commerciales de France, en Virginie, à la résidence de Norfolk, invite les Citoyens Français, Negocians, Marchands, Marins, et Passagers, actuellement en Virginie, de se présenter en sa Chancellerie depuis le 16 jusqu'au 28 Janvier, 1805, pour affaires qui les concernent; & il previent ceux éloignés de Norfolk, qu'ils pourront, au meme effet, se présenter chez Messrs. Cugneau , negociant a Petersburg, Chevalier , negociant a Richmond, & Tetrel negociant a Williamsburg. Norfolk, le 12 Janvier, 1805. tf 344
OSTER. LANDING THIS DAY At Commerce Street, from the Schooner Iris , from Martinique, 61 Hlds. White and Brown Clayed Sugars. Apply to JAMES HERRON, Or, JAMES DYKES, & CO. Who have removed to Commerce-Street. January 16. tf 346
TWO WATCH SEALS With a piece of the Chain annexed to them, were brought to my shop, by a black man—the owner may have them by applying at my shop, No. 8, Wide Water-Street. J. MURPHY. January 16. tf 343
New-York Superfine FLOUR, 727 Barrels, 48 Half do.—For Sale by MOSES MYERS. January 16. tf 244
ANTIGUA RUM. TO-MORROW WILL BE LANDED, On Maxwell's Wharf, from on board the brig Albert , Capt. Webb, 105 Puncheons Choice ANTIGUA RUM, which is offered for sale, on very moderate terms, by HARRISON ALLMAND. ON HAND ALSO, 70 Hogsheads Muscovado Sugar. 50 Barrels Leaf do. And a few Hogsheads Molasses. January 14. tf 339
FOR SALE, London Particular Madeira Wine, in Pipes, Hlds. and Quarter Casks. 30 Pipes real Holland Gin. A few Puncheons Antigua, and Grenada Rum. A few Pipes Spanish, and French Brandy. Brown Sugar in Barrels, Tierces, and Hogsheads. A few Bags Black Pepper. 50 Barrels Northern Beef. 84 do. Virginia do. 200 do. Pork, &c. &c. ROBERT GIBSON. January 14. tf 340
FOR SALE—BY THE SUBSCRIBER, 20 Puncheons West-India Rum. 7 do. old Jamaica do. 5 Pipes 4th proof Cognac Brandy. 10 do. Spanish do. 16 do. } 4 Half Pipes, } 2 Qr. Casks, } 4 Half Qr. do. } 25 Hogsheads Muscovado Sugars. 20 Qr. Casks Sherry Wine. 15 Pipes Holland Gin. 100 Barrels Superfine, } 78 do. Fine, } RICHMOND FLOUR. A. MACLURE. January 11. tf 334
FRESH RAISINS. A FEW FRAILS OF FRESH RAISINS AND FIGS. For Sale by MARTIN FISK. January 11. tf 336
The Subscriber intending to carry on the LUMBER BUSINESS extensively in all its various branches, has taken into partnership with him Mr. RICHARD J. COX. No pains will be spared to give general satisfaction, in which it is hoped they will be able to succeed, being provided with hands and lighters for the purpose of delivering lumber along side of vessels in any part of the harbour. This part of the business will be conducted under the firm of RICHARD J. COX & CO. The subscriber carries on his own business as usual, storage on the lowest terms. JOHN COX. January 7. tf 327
JUST RECEIVED, By the ship Raba & Betsey , Capt. Richardson, from London, and for sale by the Subscriber, A LARGE SUPPLY OF DRUGS AND MEDICINES, of all kinds. Patent Medicines, Perfumery, &c. &c. Also received by the ship Almira , Capt. Stover, A LARGE ASSORTMENT OF SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS, Consisting of Amputating, Trepanning, Cupping, midwifery. Tooth of different sorts, Crown and Common Lancets, and Surgical Pocket Instruments &c. &c.
HARDHAM'S SNUFF, No. 9. Also, by the ship Oliver Branch , Capt. Le Breton from Bristol, A LARGE

It is with sincere regret we state that the privateer, mentioned in our last as having been left engaged with the Ardent, has succeeded in capturing several of the homeward bound fleet of merchantmen from St. Domingo for Baltimore.—Our informant is a sailor who was landed on Wednesday, from on board the Privateer, at Cape Henry. He states that he was on board the schooner Anna-Maria, Bryant, of Baltimore, which was among the vessels taken.—The Ardent succeeded in beating off the privateer, who mistaking her guns (32 lb carronades) for wooden ones, ran close along-side and fired into her, but received immediately a discharge of grape and langrage, which killed a great number of her men.—After maintaining a short action she sheered off, and went in chase of the other vessels. She was afterwards beat off by the Lioness and Felicity. He says that she made eight or ten prizes; of which he recollects the names only of the brigs Hunter, Captain Williams, and Philip, Captain Buffington. The ship Ardent he thinks either has foundered or will founder. She was extremely crazy and deeply laden; and must have been much injured in the action, if not by the fire of the privateer, by the weight of her own metal—she was very leaky when she sailed.
The privateer is not a schooner, but a brig, called Le Buonaparte, belonging to Point-Petre, Guadalupe, mounting eighteen guns, and had three hundred men on board when she attacked the fleet. She was chased by the Cambrian frigate on Tuesday, but ran her out of sight in a few hours. She is now off the Capes, cruising for the remainder of the fleet, and for vessels bound outward for St. Domingo.
What has become of our GUN BOATS?—those redoubtable defenders of our trade!—those “obstacles to naval enterprize!”—those “least of all possible force!”—Why do they not now give us an example of “the facility of their assembling from different parts of the coast to this point where they are required?”—Why do they not now come forward to protect our trade, which is insulted in our very harbours? (the schooner Anna-Maria was taken within sight of the light-house on Cape Henry.)—Why do they not thus evince “the economy of their maintenance,”—and give us a proof of “the expediency of adding to their numbers,” by making “experience test their utility?”—If the report of the captures by the Buonaparte be nearly correct, it would be a subject of calculation for Mr. Jefferson (at least as interesting as that which he has proposed to the Bey of Tunis) to ascertain how many Gun-Boats could be built, and how long they could be maintained at sea, by the money thus lost to the United States.
RECESSION OF COLUMBIA.—By the Alexandria Advertiser of the 11th instant, we learn that the motion of The Honourable Mr. Stanford, to recede to Virginia and Maryland all the district of Columbia, with the exception of the City of Washington, was lost on the 10th, after a debate of four days, by a majority of 32—the ayes being 47, the noes 79. A slight sketch of the debate is given in the Intelligencer, but not sufficient to afford us any idea of its merits: we merely learn that those who contended for the constitutionality and expediency of receding the territory were—Messrs. Stanford, Smith, Early, Eppes, Findley, Elmer, Sloane, Clarke, Dawson, Rhea of Tenn. and Root:—those who opposed it as unconstitutional and inexpedient, were—Messrs. Dennis, Southard, Boyd, Nelson, R. Griswold, Jackson, Lucas, Thatcher, Taggart, G. W. Campbell, Goddard, Lewis, Huger, Claiborne, & M. Williams.
We are much at a loss to say whether we can consider the decision on this business as a matter of congratulation or otherwise to the citizens of Columbia. Under the sway of our democratick majority in Congress their interest have been so disregarded, their feelings so outraged, and their rights so manifestly and so frequently invaded or trampled upon, that, as merely concerns them, we are disposed to think no worse government could be devised.
Ever since the present party obtained power, their leaders have shown a pointed hostility to the Federal City; which they considered it their sacred duty to destroy, along with every other vestige of Federal policy to which their rancorous enmity could reach. In this spirit every session has witnessed their efforts to ruin the prospects of the city, by repeated motions for receding the territory to the states from which it was received: and as they are likely to continue four years longer in possession of the power of injuring and degrading their country, we expect to find the same attempt renewed in each of the four succeeding sessions, in contempt of the national faith, which was pledged to those who became purchasers of property in the district, and of the constitution of the United States, which says that it shall continue to be the seat of Government, in the manner and with the limits therein defined.
That it is a favourite scheme of the leaders of the democratick party to destroy the interest of Columbia, and to prevent Washington from ever becoming a place of any note or consequence, as the capital of the United States, is evident from a declaration of the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Mr. Randolph, in the present session, that he hoped Congress would never hold out any encouragement to men of wealth, property, or influence, to settle in the district of Columbia, as it was the very hot-bed, and they were the rank weeds, of Monarchy!!!
To show how fickle, how arbitrary, or rather how accommodating, are the sentiments of those kind of gentry, we will cite one argument of Mr. Eppes, the son-in-law of Mr. Jefferson, and one of the greatest sticklers for the rights of the people; one who has
for several years past been a loud declaimer in favour of what they call pure democracy—“Alluding to the assertion [says his friend Sammy Harrison-Smith] that they [the people of the district] were hostile to a recession, he asked whether it was a fact? For one he could not believe it. But if it were a fact, it would furnish him with one of the STRONGEST ARGUMENTS FOR THE MEASURE; as it would show the necessity of sending them back to their original states, in order that they might re-learn the first lessons of the RIGHTS OF MAN”!!!!—And this is democracy for you!—The people possess the right of dissolving an old government and instituting a new one, “when in the course of human events it becomes necessary”; but when, for the purposes of party, it is thought expedient to withdraw from a community the protection of one government and to cast them at the mercy of another, which may receive or reject them as it may judge proper, that the members of that community should be opposed to such a transfer as to be regarded as “one of the strongest arguments” why it should take place! This is one of the Rights of Man!—“We hold this truth to be self-evident!”—Excellent Democratick Logick!—Consistent Mr. Eppes!—
“Sir, he can turn, and turn, and yet go on, “And turn again!”—
By an arrival this day from Port-au-Prince, we have a confirmation of the report via New-York, of the intention of Dessalines to march an army against the city of St. Domingo.
La Revolutionnaire sailed from the Roads on Tuesday evening, for New-York.—The Cambrian, we understand, is gone to crnize off Havanna for Spaniards.
WILLIAM MOSELEY, Esq. was on the 5th instant, by a joint ballot of both houses of the legislature, elected TREASURER of the Commonwealth of Virginia.
We state the report to be incorrect, which says that our present representative in the General Assembly, LITTLETON W. TAZEWELL, Esq. has signified his resolution to decline being a candidate at the next election,—We do not say that he does intend to be a candidate, but he has yet said nothing to the contrary.
MARRIED, yesterday evening, by the Reverend Mr. Whitehead, MILES KING, JUNIOR, Esq. to Miss REBECCA CALVERT, only daughter of the late JONATHAN CALVERT, Esq.
FOR THE PUBLICK LEDGER.
THE LAY-CURATE.
DISCOURSE VII.
THAT WISDOM AND UNDERSTANDING MAY KEEP THEE FROM THE STANGE WOMAN.
However laudable, however necessary, and however pure those desires may be, whose object is to secure the exclusive appropriation with the peace and permanent happiness of an amiable woman; yet there are other desires, also the offspring of the heart, which, being of another character, the Wise-Man says wisdom and understanding will teach us to overcome. Against those desires & their consequences, it is the business of the moralist to warn the young and the unreflecting; as it is his duty to detect and expose all the baits which vice or error may throw in the way of virtue or inexperience. Literature should always be considered as the devoted guardian of private as well as publick morals; whenever it is enlisted among their foes, whenever it discovers a tendency to seduce its votaries from the paths of purity, or to plant an unhallowed thought in the mind of innocence, it should be pursued and held up to publick indignation, as the cruellest enemy of human felicity.
That the purest and softest offspring of the heart may, from lack of due diligence in guarding its operations, become the source of mental malady, has been attempted to be shown in a former discourse. It may also be assumed that a moral disease, of no weak character, is apt to arise from lack of the same guard and watchfulness; and that it is necessary not only to “keep the heart” from the weak indulgence of tender sentiment, and the sickly reveries of morbid sensibility, but still more so from the influence and power of illicit desire; whose domination is not less impious, whose subjects are more abject, and whose tyranny is more humiliating and disastrous.
It does not appear to be requisite to characterize this desire more minutely than by observing, that from its operations we discover, that that its influence is fascinating while harmful, and delusive while deleterious. In order to elucidate this it is not necessary that we advert to the particular history of its avowed votaries; but merely that our readers should take an inward survey of the lives of the unfortunate, generally, and see what share the indulgence of this desire may have had in marking the steps of misery, or in conducting to a fatal catastrophe. This enquiry, it is presumed, will at once illustrate the doctrine and confirm the premises.
Some may wish to have explained to them the reason why it has this result, and how it has in its nature this degree of moral turpitude. But as this is a duty that has devolved upon those whose vocation leads to more profound investigation, and is of more importance than that of a Lay-Curate, it becomes the less necessary that he should undertake the task. It may however be remarked, that there appears to be in the mind a moral sense, either innate or acquired, which discovers and determines the fitness of actions. To resist the dictates or despise the suggestions of this principle, is a moral obliquity, of which any thing but happiness may be the consequence. The subject of the present remarks is of the kind that is not recognized by this principle.
A late poet of North-Britain has ex-
pressed a correspondent sentiment, in terms forcibly strong, yet beautifully simple.
I wave the quantum of the sin, The hazard of concealing; But, oh! it hardens all within, And petrifies the feeling!
Such is the language of a virtuous mind, lamenting over the frailties of nature, and presenting a picture of one of the consequences of indulging in this species of vice, which ought of itself to be sufficient to deter the feeling youth from entering into it. Did every son of genius follow this example of the immortal Burns, the works of the poet would then be universally worthy of the approbation of virtue, and deserving of an exalted place in the libraries of innocence.
But instead of this being the case, we are compelled to regret that some of our present fashionable poems have but too evident a tendency to weaken the effect of moral reflection, by inviting the warm imagination to banquet on luxurious representations of forbidden enjoyments; and that these should be ushered into the world with all the benefit, and forced upon our notice by all the parade, of lettered recommendation. It is matter of lamentation that critical perspicacity cannot separate the tares from the wheat in the harvest of sentiment; and that our literary husbandmen should not know what is fit for the garner and what for the fire.
The interests of morality and of taste require that notice should be taken of these things: that the barbed hook of concupiscence, disguised by the insidious bait of sentimental tenderness or pretended undesigned vivacity, should be exposed: and that glitter of brilliant expression, and harmony of mellow cadences, should not become the vehicles of mental pollution, or the pandars of carnal desire, without severe animadversion.
But when these are applauded for their coincidence with the taste of a SWIFT and the sentiments of a ROCHESTER, or as comments on the PHILOSOPHY OF PLEASURE, they remain as monuments of wonder, to show how far literary idolatry can go.
In America it is to be hoped that virtue has in her service many of the disciples of BOARNERGES; who will denounce both type and prototype, the original, imitation, and recommendation, of such writing; and call for an index expurgatorius with such a voice of authority that they shall hereafter be remembered only to be despised!
The fault is ours—We bear those syren strains!
Good heavens! we praise them!—We, with loud-est peals,
Applaud the bard, who, maugre virtue's blush, With notes mellifluous, treacherously sweet, Makes the most near approach to outrage decency!
But— “Shame may regain the post that sense betray'd, “And Virtue call oblivion to her aid.”
The LAY-CURATE thinks he is performing a part of his duty in making these remarks; and will only add, that, as the extremes of virtue touch the boundaries of vice, so may the intricacies of sentiment and the dreams of sensibility, when developed by a glowing and lascivious fancy, lead, by an imperceptible and unsuspected progress, through the porches of desire to the chambers of sensuality.
To warn the thoughtless, to deter the unexperienced, and to rouse the impetuous, he hopes the foregoing observations may be, in some measure, conducive; but he never found this subject so well represented, and so unanswerably enforced, to every understanding capable of recalling itself from vicious habits and irregular desires, as in one short and pithy sentence, by the author of the PURSUITS OF LITERATURE—“Whoever wholly give themselves up to the gratification of this desire, will soon find it the least fault they are guilty of.” For when a man stands in no awe of the disgrace which attends bad actions, and has no concern for his character, there is no way of transgression in which that man may not walk: with a countenance clothed in shamelessness and audacity, he easily and naturally proceeds from the commission of one bad action to the most profligate attempts at others.
The Wise-Man, in the chapter whence our text is chosen, has elucidated the nature and tendency of this desire, by a most elegant prosopopoeia, in the history of the Simple Young-Man; and concludes with this advice—“Keep thyself from the Strange Woman, who flattereth with her words; for she hath cast down many wounded, yea many strong men have been slain by her:—her house is the way to Hell going down to the chambers of death.”
A LAY-CURATE.
A DEMOCRATICK ANECDOTE.—A few years ago a lawyer in Virginia, a true disciple of the new-school, and mad for what his sect calls reformation, made a grave and solemn address to a court; in which he expatiated at large on the slavish ignorance of our poor ancestors; and, in the true democratick slang, hoped that the court would hereafter forbid the use of the aristocratick words “your honour”, and “gentlemen of the jury”. The judge, though pretty much of a demo, was astonished at such folly; and replied, in general terms, that if the gentlemen of the Bar used respectful terms, in their addresses, the court would not think it necessary to insist on any particular form. This was enough, the true equalizers were rejoiced to perceive that there were to be no more gentlemen among them, and that things were to be settled to their wishes. The Sergeant of the court, somewhat of a wag, being directed to call the Jury, began in the usual way “gentlemen of the Jury—I mean Citizens of the Jury—I beg pardon for having called you gentlemen”—This piece of humour, the more apposite as the general appearance of the jury required some such apology, turned the efforts of our legal reformer into such ridicule, that the good old fashion of “your honour” and “gentlemen” continues to this day, maugre all the “moonshine of democracy.”
The following is the Affidavit of Judge Chase, presented to the Senate on the 3d instant: City of Washington, ss.
Samuel Chase, made oath on the holy evangel of Almighty God, that it is not in his power to obtain information respecting the facts alleged in the articles of impeachment to have taken place in the city of Philadelphia, in the trial of John Fries; or of the facts alleged to have taken place, in the city of Richmond, in the trial of James T. Callender, in time to prepare and put in his answer, and to proceed to trial, with any probability that the same could be finished on or before the fifth day of March next. And further, that it is not in his power to procure information of the names of the witnesses, whom he thinks it may be proper and necessary for him to summon, in time to obtain their attendance, if his answer could be prepared in time sufficient for the finishing of the said trial, before the said fifth day of March next: and the said Samuel Chase further made oath, that he believes it will not be in his power to obtain the advice of counsel, to prepare his answer, and to give him their assistance on the trial, which he thinks necessary, if the said trial should take place during the present session of Congress—and that he verily believes, if he had at this time, full information of facts, and of the witnesses proper for him to summon, and if he had also the assistance of counsel, that he could not prepare the answer, he thinks he ought to put in, and be ready for his trial, within the space of four or five weeks from this time. And further, that his application to the honourable the Senate, for time to obtain information of facts, in order to prepare his answer, and for time to procure the attendance of necessary witnesses, and to prepare for his defence in the trial, and to obtain the advice and assistance of counsel, is not made for the purpose of delay, but only for the purpose of obtaining a full hearing of the articles of impeachment against him, in their real merits.
SAMUEL CHASE.
Sworn to this 3d day of January, 1805, before SAMUEL HAMILTON.
ENTIRE RETURNS
Of the election of President, and Vice-President.
   President. Vice-President. President. Vice-President.   JEFFERSON. CLINTON. PINKNEY. KING.     New-Hampshire, 7 7 — —   Massachusetts, 19 19 — —   Rhode-Island, 4 4 — —   Connecticut, — — 9 9   Vermont, 6 6 — —   New-York, 19 19 — —   New-Jersey, 8 8 — —   Pennsylvania, 20 20 — —   Delaware, — — 3 3   Maryland, 9 9 2 2   Virginia, 24 24 — —   North-Carolina, 14 14 — —   South-Carolina, 10 10 — —   Georgia, 6 6 — —   Tennessee, 5 5 — —   Kentucky, 8 8 — —   Ohio, 3 3 — —   132 162 14 14  
Extract of a letter to a gentleman in New-York, dated Cadiz, November 13.
“The news yesterday from the interior of this country is of a very alarming nature. In many places the people are in a state of insurrection.—Want of bread has driven the lower classes to great extremity, and in consequence, to some shocking outrages. In one town the poorer inhabitants have risen in a mob and hanged the governor.”
OWEN CAROL,
The celebrated Irish huntsman.
This man died some time since, at Duffry hall, the seat of Cesar Colclough, esq. at the advanced age of 96, near 60 years of which he passed in the Colclough family. Being originally a farmer, he had such an inclination for hunting, that he always kept a horse of his own, and hunted with the hounds of colonel Colclough for many years; but when the late Adam Colclough set up a pack of his own, he came and hunted his hounds at first for his amusement, but as he lived at too great a distance to be always regular, Mr. Colclough gave him a farm near him, and he acted in the triple capacity of huntsman, steward, and master of the family. During the rebellion in 1798, he and his family acted with uncommon fidelity to their employers; as one of his sons, when Mr. Colclough was obliged to fly, came down and remained to protect the house and property, and he never quitted his post. Another of his sons brought off horses and clothes to his master, at the risque of his life, when he was informed where to find him; and during that period the old man buried a large quantity of the family plate, which he afterwards conveyed to a place of safety. Until the last year of his life he regularly went out with the hounds, and his voice retained its clearness and sweetnes. He was well known to every sportsman in that part of Ireland; and Mr. Kelly, the late Judge, about his own age, some time since spent a day at Duffry hall, for the purpose of seeing and hunting with a person he had heard so much of. At one period, his and his horse's ages amounted to 106 years, and yet neither could be beatne by the youngest sportsmen. As the custom in Ireland is to attend funerals, for 70 years he never missed one within many miles.
REMARKABLE DEATH.—Died, lately at Canada, Y-TY EN-TI FO-HI, aged 102; a native of China, brought to America in early youth. He is said to have descended from the race of the ancient Chinese Emperors; and being of strong powers of mind and body, instituted, in Canada, a Society by the name of “Rousticouche,” in imitation of those of his own native country, and Europe; several branches of which are now in existence in the United States.—Some of the objects of these societies are to obtain and preserve the curiosities of nature, to forward the arts and sciences, and to practice olympick games, &c. It was in the act of attempting to throw an iron spear, weighing 600 pounds, at a mark 20 feet off, (and which he effected) that he came by his death, having produced a violent hemorrhage. The friends and acquaintance of the deceased will recall his many virtues and talents to remembrance, with affection; and the Asiatick, European, and American societies of Rousticouche, will hear of his death with deep regret.—Eastern paper.
Cape Francois.—By the arrival yesterday from the Cape, we learn that the Haytian army were preparing for hostilities, and headed by the Emperor Dessalines, intended an attack against the city of St. Domingo, where they were about to march the latter end of the present month. The market at the Cape was glutted with American produce, and scarcely any coffee to be obtained. N. Y. Morn. Chron.
Melancholy Accident.—On the night preceding the 1st inst. a number of persons, for the purpose of wearing away the old, and introducing the new year, assembled at a publick house in one of the outer wards of this city.—To increase the noise and the mirth of the party, a pistol was procured.—The pistol, deeply loaded with powder, was accidentally dis-

charged, and the contents lodged in the leg of a Mr. George Davenport, butcher. His leg was so mangled that he lingered two days, and expired. We cannot but hope, that this unhappy occurrence will furnish a caution to all parties who may hereafter convene on similar occasions. N. Y. Com. Adv.
The weather, for the last four days, has been extremely severe—so much so, that it has completely stopped the navigation of the North and East rivers. Many people were yesterday so imprudent as to cross over to Brooklyn upon the ice. It is said that a boy, in attempting to regain the shore, fell thro. and perished. ibid.
On Friday evening the schooner Dorothy, captain Lefort, which had been loaded and ready for sea several days, and was lying at anchor in the east river for the purpose of taking in some powder, was drove opposite the new slip by the ice, which struck a hole through her hull, and she sunk. Another schooner met with a similar accident about the same time; and two ships were driven from their anchorage to the ship yards, where they were fortunate enough to haul into the dock. ibid.
A gentleman who came passenger in the barque Nixon from Rotterdam to Savannah, informs that Mr. MONROE, American minister, arrived at Rotterdam from London on the 14th October, and left it in two days afterwards for Paris and Madrid. N. Y. Mer. Adv.
Another attempt was made last evening to set fire to the city. About half past five o'clock, fire was discovered in the cellar of the house No. 83 Pearl-street, occupied by capt. Greenfield, which had communicated to some hay in a glass-ware box, supposed to have been thrown through the cellar-window. The fire was timely discovered, or, in 15 minutes more, great destruction would have followed. N. Y. Gaz.
On Thursday evening, a pair of horses harnessed to a sleigh took fright, and ran off with the driver; when the sleigh was upset, and the driver thrown out. The horses continued their career and ran off White's dock into the river, and were drowned. The sleigh and harness were saved.—They belonged to Mr. Burton Rayner, and were valued at 170l. ibid.
An opinion has been just communicated to us, that the detention of the Spanish ships, lately brought into port, is for the purpose of enforcing the payment of a debt, that has been many years due from Spain, as a ransom for Manila. The officers and seamen belonging to the frigates that have performed this service, can therefore, have no claim to them as prizes, but will doubtless receive some recompence, notwithstanding. If this is the case, it gives a very different complexion to the business indeed; and will be easily justified.— S. James's Chronicle.
FROM THE PORT FOLIO.
At a Committee of the Society for the Abolition of the Slave trade, held at the New-London Tavern, in Cheapside, on the 2d August, 1804.
Resolved, That the following Circular Address to the Friends of the Abolition of the Slave trade, be printed and circulated.
Sir, As a friend to the abolition of the slave trade, you will naturally be desirous of receiving some more authentic and less erroneous account, than the newspapers have supplied, of the past progress, and present state, of that great and momentous question, and we have much satisfaction in informing you, that there appears, at the present moment, a better prospect, than at any former period, of bringing it to a successful issue. In the minds which have felt the proper force of those principles, to which the appeal is made, in the discussion of the question of abolition, it is hardly possible that the zeal which was once felt, though, from various causes, it has not been lately called into action, should be materially abated. The hope of success will doubtless reanimate it; and that hope we have the pleasure to state, may now be reasonably entertained.
A bill for the immediate and total abolition of that guilty commerce, was lately passed, with the concurrence of large and decided majorities in the House of Commons: and though its progress was stopped, in the upper house, by a vote to put off the second reading to a day beyond the expected prorogation, whereby the bill is lost for this session; yet it was distinctly stated, by the proposers of that vote, that it was not founded on opposition to the principle of the measure, but expressly on the ground that the bill had been sent up at too late a period, to be proceeded upon with effect.
Though the promoters of the bill in the House of Commons, had incurred no delay, but such as, from the peculiar circumstances of the country and of the government, could not have been, with propriety, avoided; yet, supposing the petitioners against the measure to have been fairly entitled to be heard by their counsel, and to produce evidence, which, in the opinion of most of the Lords, they clearly were, it cannot be denied that the ground of decision in that house, was such as not only the opponents of the abolition, but even its decided friends, might, in their circumstances, very reasonably adopt. There is no room, therefore, to conclude, from the late event, that the bill will not be ultimately carried; nor is the great encouragement, derived from the declared sense of one branch of the legislature counterbalanced by the expression of any opposite opinion in the other.
But these are not the only grounds on which the friends of justice and humanity may build new hopes of success. The majorities which voted for the bill on several divisions in the lower house, were large, and from their quality as well as from their number, clearly decisive of the general sense of the commons. In both houses, it appeared that the cause of abolition had gained proselytes since its last discussion in parliament; and members of great influence, who had formerly opposed it, appear to have had their opinions either changed or shaken by new considerations, arising out of late events and existing circumstances, in the West-Indies.
The aspect of publick affairs in that quarter, certainly presents new arguments of great weight against the slave trade; and since they turn on political as well as moral considerations, it is hoped, that they may make a right impression on those who, from alleged reasons of publick expediency, have been hitherto our most determined opponents.
We may therefore hope, that this long-depending contest will soon be brought to a favourable decision. A bill will be introduced as early as may prove convenient, in the next session of parliament; and those leading members of the upper house, who proposed and supported the postponement of the question, stand pledged to co-operate with the friends of the bill, in obtaining a direct and fair determination on its merits, and not to permit any superfluous inquiries, or any other proceeding to which, for the purpose of delay, some of the opponents of the measure might wish to resort.
The crisis, therefore, of this great and interesting cause may be said to be at hand: and not only do the considerations already assigned, but others, also, which it is at present unnecessary to discuss, justify the animating hope of a favourable result. Our opponents, indeed, are numerous, ardent, and pow-
erful; they possess, also, the advantages of a close union, maintained by powerful sympathies, arising from an interest and character, common to all its members, and distinct from those of the rest of the community. The influence of the publick opinion on such a question being important, many of those who conceive they have a direct interest in supporting the slave trade, may be expected to resume and redouble their efforts, in order, by the arts of misrepresentation and sophistry, to deliver their cause from a part of the moral odium, to which it is justly subject; as well as to revive the groundless clamours which they formerly raised, on specious, but false pretences, of dangers to be apprehended from the effects of abolition, to our colonial and commercial interests. The counteraction of such insidious attempts by true information and fair argument, will constitute a material branch of aid, which the friends of the cause may contribute to its support.
To shut out all danger of misrepresentation by our adversaries, who have often attempted to confound the abolition of the slave trade with the emancipation of the slaves, we take this opportunity of distinctly stating, that our single object is (as it ever has been) to obtain a legislative abolition of the slave trade; and that the only means to be employed in effecting it, are such as must be admitted by all parties to be temperate and prudent, as well as unequivocally legal, constitutional, and loyal.
To add any thing for the sake of exciting your zeal in this great cause, cannot, we trust, be necessary. The case is one that must speak home to the breast of every man of piety or benevolence, who is not grossly deceived as to the facts which it involves, and the principles on which it rests. With those facts and principles you cannot be unacquainted. Indeed, so much information, so much decisive evidence is already before the publick, that ignorance (the strange delusions of early prejudice apart) can scarcely be excusable. By those who will not take the trouble of patient inquiry, it ought to be well considered, that the more the nature, the sources, and the effects of the slave trade have been examined, the more its atrocious wickedness has been felt, both in and out of parliament; and this not by men of rash and intemperate judgment, but by men of the most sober, candid, and prudent, as well as intelligent character, whose conclusions on all other subjects it would be deemed safe and wise to follow.
The reiterated decisions of great majorities of the house of commons, especially those of the present sessions, furnish another strong ground of general presumption on the same side.
The minorities, also, have not only been small in themselves, but still smaller, with a view to the weight of opinion which their suffrages may fairly challenge; for they have, in a great measure, consisted of gentlemen, connected by property with the colonies, and whose early prejudices, and mistaken views of interest may be reasonably supposed to have produced an unfair bias on their minds.
It ought to be added, that the accession to the house of commons, the union with Ireland, has furnished a new proof that the preponderance of impartial opinion is against the slave trade. To the honour of that generous country, the Irish members, with scarcely any exception, voted in favour of the bill.
These considerations it may be highly proper to point out to any person, yet uninformed of the real merits of our cause; they ought, at least, to induce a conscientious mind to examine the evidence for himself; and when this is impartially done, the acquisition of a zealous friend is what we may assuredly expect.
We trust, Sir, it is unnecessary to call your attention to the magnitude, any more than the rectitude of our purpose. It would be impossible, indeed, in a letter, to do justice to its vast importance. Suffice it to say that its object, take in its full extent, and in all its relations, is to deliver millions now living, and, what is still more, millions still unborn, from 'the greatest practical evil, that ever has afflicted the human race;' * to render the first of benefits to our country, by wiping out her foulest reproach, by putting away the most detestable of her sins, by cutting off the most gigantic iniquity which ever brought scandal on the Christian name.
It is not the intention of the present address to suggest to you the adoption of any specific plan of procedure; but to convey to you, and to the friends of abolition in general, accurate intelligence respecting the question, in order that you may be the better able to counteract the misrepresentations of our adversaries, and to diffuse correct information upon the subject.
We shall be obliged to you to acknowledge the receipt of this letter, and to communicate any hints which you may have to suggest on the subject of it, to our secretary Mr. John Crisp.
By order of the Committee, Signed, GRANVILLE SHARP, Chairman. London, No. 26, Birch-in Lane.
* Speech of Mr. Pitt, in 1792.
Perkinian Institution. —This establishment was formed in London early in the year 1803. The objects of the institution, as stated by the society, are "to afford relief to the diseases of the afflicted, and industrious poor of the metropolis, if the remedy should be found capable of that benevolent and desirable purpose; and to submit the long controverted question of the merits of the Metallick Tractors to the test of the severest scrutiny, the ordeal of experiment, by disinterested persons, and thereby enable the publick to form a correct opinion on the just pretensions of Perkinism."
This society commenced with a list of more than one hundred members, who, to accomplish the charitable design, subscribed an annual donation of from one to ten guineas each. Lord Rivers was elected President of the society, and eleven gentlemen of distinction Vice-Presidents. The following is a letter from the society to Mr. Benjamin Douglass Perkins, received since his return to America.
TO BENJ. DOUGLASS PERKINS, ESQ. London, Prith-Street, Scho, 11th April, 1804.
DEAR SIR, Your communication of the 2d ult. to the committee of the Perkinian Institution, was received by them and read at their first meeting with a degree of satisfaction, though with concern. A vote of thanks for your letter was unanimously resolved upon, and a sub-committee appointed to draw up a suitable answer, and to convey to you the assurance, that both individually and collectively they entertain a most sincere esteem and respect for you.
The committee rejoice in the opportunity thus afforded them of expressing their veneration for the original author of the metallick practice, and their thankfulness to yourself for having been the immediate means of introducing to this country the knowledge of a science so beneficial to mankind. And while they look back to the labours you have undergone, and the difficulties and opposition you have overcome, they congratulate you on your success, and the honour you have acquired; feeling at the same time, that these afford to them additional incitements to strain every nerve in supporting the institution which has come under their care, that they may forward your own benevolent views, and trace the footsteps of your excellent father.
There can be no doubt, sir, but that Galvanism has derived additional importance from the discovery of your tractors; it has, through their means, become, in some respects, more the subject of investigation,
and consequently of improvement; and it is to you, therefore, that the professors of that science in this country, are to consider themselves principally indebted. As a subject of philosophical inquiry, Galvanism would have employed the leisure hours of a few scientific men, but it was not likely, in any degree, to have become a general publick benefit, till its principles were applied to the cure of various diseases, in the simple form, and easy application, of the metallick tractors. This is, therefore, in the opinion of the committee, to be reckoned inferior to none of the latter improvements in science, being confident that no other can be so easily or so extensively applied in practice, for the immediate relief of suffering humanity.
The committee are able, fully to enter into the particular feelings you express, with regard to the final result of publick opinion upon the metallick tractors; but they are convinced you have no reason to entertain any fears on that subject; and they are prepared also to vindicate your cause, which may now be considered as their own, inasmuch as they have now become responsible to the world, for the importance and truth of the reports, of the efficacy of the metallick tractors, in all cases which have come under their observation; and they trust they shall never be wanting in diligence and zeal to effect the success of what they really deem inseparable, namely the credit of the tractors, grafted on the benefits that may be imparted by the application of them, in diseases of the poor.
The committee have a well-grounded hope, that the Perkinian Institution will surmount all difficulties; and that, even if it should be found in any instance, that the first warmth of benevolence has subsided, and the expected support be so far wanting, there will be daily such an increase of evidence to lay before the publick eye, as will finally overcome scepticism, and bear down every interested opposition; so that philanthropy, unshackled by prejudice, will yet give an extensive and liberal support to the plans of the institution. This, the committee is the more encouraged to expect, since the number of patients is so much increased, that it is become necessary to limit their attendance to a fixed number each day—and the success with respect to them, is equal to the most sanguine expectation, and for the most part in cases where medical assistance and experiment had proved ineffectual.
The committee cannot avoid expressing their regret that your pursuits should have deprived them of your highly valued society; but they willingly indulge the hope, that they may yet see you again in this country, and again derive benefit from your advice and experience. But in the mean time they would suggest to you, that the most important advantages might be gained, by a frequent correspondence on the subject of Perkinism; the knowledge of it may be more extensively circulated, and its reputation more established, both in America, and in Great-Britain, by a mutual communication of its success in the more important cases, and of any discoveries that may be made, either for the elucidation, or improvement of the practice.
With ardent and unceasing wishes for your prosperity and happiness.
I am, dear Sir, With great respect, Your obedient servant, MATTHEW YATMAN, Chairman. (By order of the Committee.)
SCRAPS FROM LONDON PAPERS.
In the play of Hamlet , lately performed at a Country Theatre, the deceased Polonius became the grave-digger of his daughter Ophelia !
POPE says, that criticism is only the hand-maid of Nature; and yet in these days we find that the maid has more votaries than the mistress.
Lord Kames used to say, that there were only two words synonymous in any language, "Poet and Beggar!"
The present Minister of the French Marine was formerly a Poet. Buonaparte thought, perhaps, that he who once dealt in fiction, was the fittest to tell lies.
A late Alderman at Dublin had a favourite Cat and Kitten, and as he wished that both should have free access to every part of his warehouse, he ordered two holes to be cut in the door, a large one for the old Cat and a smaller for the young one.
The Merchants in France now drink to the Memory of Trade.
The present Jack Ketch may be said to have been regularly brought up to the business, for he served his apprenticeship to a Collar-maker.
A Chimney Sweep lately advertised for an apprentice with this N. B. That it was expected the Boy's Friends would keep him in clean linen!
The laws are so uncertain in France, that a Judge in Thoulouse decides all the cases that comes before him by a pair of dice; so that a bribe is called a loaded die.
A German writer says, Buonaparte's character is included in the monosyllable self ; he is self-conceited , self-important , self-created , and self-ish in all his actions.
A Musician in the West of England, was lately put in the stocks on a charge of having taken his neighbours by the ears.
The Friends of the Little Rocius are determined that he shall make a good market of his talents while the novelty lasts. A treaty has been opened between them and the Drury-lane Managers; and it is said that the terms required are no less than fifty pounds a night, for twelve performances, and a free benefit.
A few days ago, the gardener of Thomas May, esq. of Littlebeacon Court, inconsiderately threw the clippings of a yew tree into the farm yard, which were soon devoured by the hogs; and in the course of a few hours, thirty two of them dropped down dead.
A Lawyer upon the last circuit in Ireland, who was pleading the cause of an infant plaintiff, took the child up in his arms, and presented it to the Jury, suffused with tears. This had a great effect, until the opposite Lawyer asked what made him cry? "He pinch'd me," answered the little innocent.—The whole Court was convulsed with laughter.
A German writer has announced, that he is ready to furnish Epigrams for Wits—Madrigals for Lovers—and Essays for speculative Politicians. Improptus , it is added, may be had on giving a months notice!
There were some years since at Oxford six physicians, thus peculiarly circumstanced.—The breath and feet of the two first did not exhale "the odours of Arabia;" the third was remarkably lean; two others were turbulent and quarrelsome; and the last was supposed to be an Ignoramus in his profession.—The Collegians, in consequence, gave them the respective titles of " Plague, Pestilence, Famine, Battle, Murder, and Sudden Death !"
A circumstance recently occurred in Japan which will probably prove prejudicial to the interest of the Dutch in that Kingdom.—A Batavian ship arriving there refused to submit to the customary regulations of the country, of taking away her sails, guns, and helm during her stay; and an armed boat was sent from the shore to enforce obedience—on its approach, however, the Captain fired into it, and wounded several of the people; the factors on shore were immediately seized and would have been put to death, had not the Captain surrendered himself and ship to the disposal of the King—the result of this transaction is not known; but it is supposed that the Dutch will either be subject to further rigour, or be deprived of the exclusive trade which they at present enjoy.
The inhabitants of Carlisle (notwithstanding the many elegant and useful improvements which are at this time taking place in that city) have to lament the loss of a favourite terrace walk near the castle, and the destruction of some of the finest ash trees in the north of England. The walk has been shut up and the trees cut down, by order of the superintendent of the works going on in Carlisle castle. These trees were consecrated in the eyes of every friend of beauty, and every lover of antiquity, having been planted by the hands of Mary Queen of Scots, during the time that unfortunate princess was a prisoner in the castle, after her disastrous defeat at Langside Moor. The terrace was her morning promenade; and it could not but afford the unfortunate exile some pleasure, commanding, as it does, some of the finest views on the banks of the river Eden, and the distant hills of her distracted country, Scotland. Since the period of her confinement the terrace in question has, out of compliment to Mary, always retained the name of The Lady's Walk ; it has been universally the resort of the young, the sprightly, and the gay, and we believe it constitutes the only dry walk in the environs of the city of Carlisle, where a number of people may parade at one time. Such a privation cannot but be deeply felt by the inhabitants, and the health of many must suffer in consequence of the exclusion, which we believe has arisen from the ill-timed economy of the engineer or inspector of the works carrying on within the garrison. One of the venerable ash trees covered with its extending arms, the moulder walls of the portcullis gate & the rampart, and cast its pleasing shades over the walk beneath. This was the largest ash tree in the county of Cumberland, and contained 220 square feet of timber in the but or bole. This tree to the great regret of every person who had beheld its leaves flourish or decay, was doomed by an avaricious spirit to destruction, and the axe was laid to its root, and it, with others which grew near, were actually sold for a few guineas!— Eng. Mag.
Gazette Marine Memoranda.
ARRIVED.
Schr. Mohawk, Quarles, 30 days from Port-au-Prince, Coffee, Wilson, Cunningham & Co. Sailed in company with ship Leander, Ricard, and schr Nancy, Alley, for New-York; schr Eagle, Kemp, Philadelphia, and brig Fame, Young, for this port—parted with the Fame in the latitude of Charleston, about 6 days ago.—Left ships Hindostan, Lewis, New-York; Louisiana, White, and Neptune, Taylor, Philadelphia; Lucy-Ann, Hamilton, Baltimore; brig Dolly, Cowper, New-York, and Jane, Gardner, Baltimore.—A number of others—names not recollected.
Brig Mary Louisa, Farrer, hence has arrived at Gonaives.
Schr Eliza, Gilbert, from Nevis, went up East River yesterday.
CUSTOM-HOUSE-ENTERED.
Ship Juno, Cowper, John & Advice, Baker, Jamaica. Newport. Brig Polly, Hooper, Boston.
CLEARED.
Ship Arcturus, Windsor, Jamaica. Sch'r Polly, Meredith, Richmond. Louis, Forsyth, ditto. Sloop Two Friends, Tilby, Petersburg.
FOR SALE.
On board the Ship JOHN and ADVICE, Captain Baker, at Newton's Wharf.
N. E. RUM, in hogsheads. Florence OIL, in boxes. 1000 Bunches ONIONS. 20 Barrels Cyder. 4 Pipes Holland GIN. 50 Bundles HAY. CHOCOLATE, in boxes. Spermaceti CANDLES. POTATOES. Apply on board the Ship, or to C. FRY.
January 18. 3 349
NORFOLK DRAW-BRIDGE COMPANY.
JANUARY, 14th, 1805.
THE Directors have this day declared a Dividend of five per cent, on the Capital Stock, for the half year, which will be payable to the Stockholders, or their legal representatives, after the 14th February next. 350 WILLIAM GAMMACK, Treasurer.
Tar, Pitch, Rosin, & Turpentine.
I have just received for Sale, afloat,
120 Barrels TAR. 40 do. TURPENTINE. 17 do. ROSIN. 4 do. PITCH. JOHN C. NIEMEYER.
January 18. 3 352
I intend to leave this State for a short time.
F. de TUBEUF. January 18. 1aw3* 351
LAND FOR SALE.
The Sale advertised for This Day is postponed until Saturday the 19th instant, when will be sold to the highest bidder for ready money,
TWO HUNDRED ACRES OF LAND,
SITUATE in the County of Princess Anne, about three miles below Kempville, being the land conveyed by Samuel Veale, to Willis Butt. The sale will commence at the Borough Tavern, in the Borough of Norfolk, at 12 o'clock—and is made pursuant to a Deed of Trust, given by Willis Butt, to us, to secure a debt due by him, to Robert E. Taylor.
JOHN NIVISON, JAMES NIMMO, Trustees. January 14. epts 353
WINDOW GLASS.
I have just received for sale, from the Baltimore Manufactory, 34 BOXES WINDOW GLASS.
8 by 10—9 by 12—10 by 12—and 12 by 14.—And shortly expect a large supply of all sizes, commonly used here. The quality of this glass is good, and the prices will be found low. Apply to JOHN C. NIEMEYER. December 28. tf 313
BROWN'S PACKET
Will receive freight for Charleston, S. C. if offered immediately.—Apply on board.
Captain Brown begs leave to inform his friends that it is not the intention to withdraw his vessel from her present business, as a Baltimore Packet, but as her present business is now bound up by the ice, he has determined to make his present voyage, from which he hopes to return as soon as the navigation of the Patapsco shall be opened. January 11.
BELL HANGING
On a new and improved principle:
ANY Gentleman wishing to have Bells Hung or repaired, may now have them done in a complete manner, and at a reduced price, by a man who is perfect master of the business, and whose stay will be only ten or twelve days in town. Apply to Mr. Richard L. Green, or at the Bar of the Norfolk Hotel. January 2. 6 355

ARISTOTLE.
Magna anima contentio adhibenda est in explicando Aristotele. CICERO, FRAG. PHIL.
Frequentabunt ejus domum optimi juvenes et verum viam, velut ex oraculo petent. Hos ille formabit, ut vetus guber- nator, litora et portus, ut secundis fatibus quid adversis ratem poscat, doceat, et communi ductus officio et amore quodam operis. QUINTIL.
To proceed orderly in this (i. e. the study of politics) the foundation should be laid in enquiring into the ground and nature of civil society; how it is formed into different models of government; and what are the several species of it. Aristotle is allowed (to be) a master in this science; and few enter upon the consideration of government without reading his politics. LOCKE.
Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics afford not only afford the most perfect system of Scientific Morality, but exhibit also the powers of the most compact and best constructed system which the human intellect ever produced upon any subject. DR. RENNELL.
PROPOSALS,
BY GEO. L. GRAY, OF NORFOLK, FOR PUBLISHING BY SUBSCRIPTION,
THE FIRST AMERICAN EDITION OF Aristotle's Ethicks and Politicks; COMPRISING HIS PRACTICAL PHILOSOPHY.
Translated from the Greek; and illustrated by introductions and notes, a Critical History of his Life, and a new Analysis of his Speculative Works.
BY JOHN GILLIES, LL. D. &c.
Historiographer to His Britannic Majesty for Scotland.
CONDITIONS.
The work shall be comprised in two large octavo volumes, on a good paper, and a new type to be cast on purpose.
The price to subscribers will be four dollars for each volume, in boards; payable on delivery of the work.
With the last volume shall be given a list of the subscribers; and no greater number will be printed than may be subscribed for.
Persons who obtain ten subscribers, and render them- selves accountable for the amount, shall be entitled to one copy gratis; and for any number above ten a commission of seven and one half per cent. The usual deduction will be made to Booksellers who subscribe for ten, or a greater num- ber of copies.
The work will be put to press as soon as a sufficient number of subscribers to defray the expense shall have been obtained.
N. B. The price of the English Edition, in two volumes, is Eighteen Dollars, the subscriber to the present edition saves ten dollars of that sum; and the Editor engages that it shall rival or surpass the imported publication in elegance.
Any remarks upon the character of the STAGI- RITE as a Philosopher and a Politician, or any praise of his writings on Ethicks and Government, might, on the part of the Editor and in this place, be regard- ed as unprofitable supererogation. He stands con- fessed and universally acknowledged, the greatest master of the Science of Politicks; and few modern writers on the subjects of which he treats, have passed him by without avowing their gratitude to him, and their admiration of his profound researches.
By the citizens of the United States, a people pos- sessing more civil liberty than has ever before been enjoyed by any nation on earth, it is hoped that an author who is of all others most capable of instructing them in the nature and blessings of such a govern- ment as they have instituted, whose remarks result from a close examination of the theories of upwards two hundred commonwealths, will be received as a most welcome guest. To a people who, by the na- ture of their civil institutions, are individually liable to be called upon to regulate the affairs of the com- munity, he will prove an useful companion and mon- itor. Too high an opinion cannot reasonably be en- tertained of a work which LOCKE declares to be ne- cessary to every man who would understand the nature of politics; of a Philosopher to whom the learned GROTUS assigns the most exalted rank, "whether estimated by the perspicuity of his method, the accuteness of his distinctions, or the weight and oldity of his arguments."
Of the translation little farther need be said, than that it is universally allowed to have been executed with fidelity, and certainly with much clearness and elegance. The learned author of the Pursuits of Li- terature, not otherwise much inclined to favour the Historian of Greece, says "I think we are much in- debted to Doctor GILLIES for offering to the pub- lick an English translation of the two most important treatises on MORALITY and POLITICKS which anti- quity can boast. No man can read these works without being wiser and better."
Reflecting upon the great utility of such a work to a people who make politics so much their study, the Editor deems it unnecessary to load these proposals with commendatory quotations, from the vast crowd of civilians and philosophers who voluntarily endeavoured to discharge the debt which every man to science owes to this universal teacher. It is under the hope of rendering a service to his fellow-citizens, independent of local motives, that he has undertaken the weighty task of republishing a work so import- ant: and he hopes that his success will fully justify him for attempting, at this time, to give to the world a cheap, and he pledges himself that it shall be a cor- rect, edition of these most useful of the labours of ARISTOTLE.
NORFOLK, Virginia, Nov. 26, 1804.
FOR SALE—A BARGAIN.
THE SUBSCRIBER,
WISHING TO DECLINE THE RETAIL BUSINESS,
OFFERS FOR SALE,
HIS WHOLE STOCK IN TRADE,
AMOUNTING TO ABOUT $20,000.
CONSISTING OF
DRY GOODS, Cutlery, Hardware, Castings, Nails of all sizes, and a number of other articles.—The whole will be sold on very low terms, and a liberal cred- it will be allowed, on bond with approved security.— Also, the balance of the lease of his Store, equal to any flaw in Norfolk, if required. Property in the Borough of Norfolk, or Lands in the neighbouring counties, Publick Securities, &c. will be taken in exchange. For further par- ticulars, apply to
James Tucker.
IT NO RISK FOR SALE, ON VERY LOW TERMS, A VALUABLE TRACT OF LAND, on the South Branch of the Potomack.
August 23. tf
Notice is hereby given, to all whom it may concern, THAT I claim right to twenty shares in the Dismal Swamp Company Canal, formerly the property of Benjamin Jones, sold by the Sheriff of Camden, by virtue of an execution a- gainst the said Jones, issuing out of the Superior Court for the district of Edenton, North Carolina; and I forewarn all persons from any sale or transfer of the same.
Wills Cowper.
Cases, December 7, 1804. law3w 279
WANTED IMMEDIATELY,
A WET NURSE.
To whom liberal wages will be given—Apply at the Office of the Publick Ledger.
January 4. tf 325
NOTICE.
THE CO-PARTNERSHIP OF FISK & STEARNS,
Ceases this day, in consequence of the death of Mr. STEARNS. All those that have claims against the said firm, are requested to present them to the subscriber, the surviving partner, and receive their money. And all those indebted to the said company are requested to come forward for the immediate ad- justment of the same, as no indulgence can be given. MARTIN FISK.
Who informs his friends and customers, that he has returned to his former stand, where he offers
FOR SALE,
 50 Barrels new Beef, Boston Inspection.  20 Hogsheads First Quality Sugar.  20 do. Second do. do.  Loaf Sugar, in hds. and bbls.  12 Pipes Bourdeaux Brandy.  Madeira, Port, and Malaga, Wines, in pipes and quarter casks.  20 Casks London Porter, 6 doz. each.  20 Casks Hyson, Young-Hyson, and Hyson-Skin Tea—Fresh.  60 Boxes Fresh Chocolate, No. 1 and 2.  50 do. Mould Candles.  50 do. Dipt do.  20 do. Spermaceti do.  150 do. Brown Soap.  50 do. Cheese, first quality, for family use.  50 Casks do. in good shipping order.  50 Boxes Dixon's best Mustard, 3 dozen each.  6 do. Glass Tumblers.  50 Kegs Butter, for family use.  200 Reams Wrapping Paper.  100 do. Writing do.  150 do. Printing do.  150 Casks Wrought Nails, 4d. 6d. 8d. 10d. 12d. 20d. and 24d.  50 do. Cut do. 4d. 6d. 8d. 10d. and 20d.  6 do. Flooring Brads.  Tacks of different sizes.  30 Bags of Pimento.  15 do. White Ginger in the Root.  30 lbs. Nutmegs.  10 do. Mace.  40 do. Cinnamon.  30 do. Cloves.  100 do. Spanish Float-Indigo.  10 Casks Refined Salt-Petre.  Cotton & Wool Cards in Boxes.  3000 lbs. Copperas.  1000 do. Allum.  500 Bags Patent Shot.  50 Kegs F & FF London Glazed Powder.  15 M. Gun Flints.  100 Boxes 8 by 10 London Crown Glass, 50 feet each.  50 Bolts Oznaburgs.  Seine Twine.  50 Kegs London White Lead, ground in Oil.  30 Boxes Tobacco Pipes.  Paint and Sweeping Brushes, of all kinds.  100 Sides Seal Leather.  20 dozen Calf Skins, Grain and Waxed.  10 do. Boot Legs, of the best quality.  Morocco-Skins of all kinds.  1 Trunk of Gentlemen's London made Boots.  1 do. do. do. Shoes.  2 do. Ladies Fancy and White Kid Slips.  20 do. Mens and Womens Leather and Morocco Shoes.  150 Italian Straw Carpets.  100 Small Nova-Scotia Grindstones. 
ALSO,
A few gross Hot Pressed Playing Cards, of a superior quality.
Nov. 12. tf 230
NOTICE.
HAVING given Mr. STEPHENS PARHAM, a concern in my Business, the Firm in future, will be PHINEHAS DANA & Co.
January 2. tf PHINEHAS DANA. 320
FOR SALE,
By the Subscriber at Gosport, a parcel of choice JAMAICA RUM, Just arrived in the George.
December 19 1m John Cox. 294
JUST LANDED,
From the Brig ANN MARIA, WILLIAM B. SUGGS, Master, from Madeira,
A PARCEL OF CHOICE
WINES,
Put up by the House of OLIERA, viz.
 5 Pipes Brazil Madeira, 6 years old.  Assorted in pipes, hds. and quarter casks, the greater part being fit for immediate use.  5 do. do. 4 do.  20 do. London Particular, 3 do.  20 do. do. Vintage 1803.  10 do. London Market, do. 
ON HAND ALSO,
 MADEIRA WINE, of a former importation.  40 Pipes Holland Gin.  50 Puncheons Antigua Rum.  200 Gin Casks.  150 Jugs, and 24 Casks Dutch Linseed Oil.  4 Boxes assorted Dutch Paper.  1 do. Quills.  1000 lbs. Sheathing Paper.  20 Casks assorted Nails.  75 Barrels Ship Bread.  20 Hogsheads Petersburg New Tobacco.  700 Barrels Turpentine.  50 do. Rosin.  200 Gallons Spirits Turpentine.  44 Barrels Cargo and Mess Pork.  20 do. New-York Prime Beef. 
The whole will be sold very low, and on long credit, by Donaldson, Thorburn & Co.
WHO DAILY LOOK FOR
100 Puncheons Windward Island Rum.
AND WILL SELL BILLS ON
LONDON, PHILADELPHIA, AND NEW-YORK. January 2. epim 319
FOR SALE,
86 Tierces, 20 half tierces RICE, 30 Bales UP and COTTON, and 50 Hogsheads, 1 tierce MOLASSES, which will be landed to-morrow on Myers's wharf, from on board the Schooner UNION, capt. Baker, from Charleston.
ALSO IN STORE,
20 Puncheons 3d proof Antigua RUM, of fine flavour.
EDWARD JOHNSTON.
Who wishes to purchase,
A few Shares in the Virginia Bank, and to sell one Dismal Swamp Canal Share.
January 7. ft 348
WE HAVE FOR SALE,
1,000 Barrels TURPENTINE. 1,000 do. TAR. 100,000 Red and White Oak Hhd. STAVES—and Pipes of BRANDY.
Gilliat & Mackinder.
November 5. tf 222
LANDING THIS DAY.
From the Schooner Susan, from Jamaica, on New- ton's Wharf,
Fifty Three Puncheons RUM.
For sale by
Moses Myers.
December 19. tf 296
LIVERPOOL SALT. QUEEN'S WARE, in Crates well assorted. DUFFIL BLANKETS, in small Bales. 10 and 20d. Flat Pointed NAILS, in Casks—and LIVERPOOL COAL.
If taken from along side the ship Jane, Capt. Colley, will be sold low. Apply to
William Pennock.
WHO OFFERS FOR SALE, 114 Puncheons Jamaica RUM.
Imported in the Sarah, Capt. Herbert.
October 23. tf 187
TO LEASE OR RENT,
For a term of years, THAT valuable House lately the residence of Mr. Cor- nelius Calvert, deceased—together with the WHARF, which has been extended out into deep water, so that ships of any burthen may lie at it—with WAREHOUSES, &c. For terms apply to
James Tucker.
November 28. tf 258
FOR SALE,
SUPERFINE AND FINE FLOUR, and CROSS-MIDLINGS, by
Thomas Ritson.
Church-Street, October 27. tf 194
LIVERPOOL SALT.
The Cargo of the Brig Catharine, now lying at New- ton's Wharf, for sale by
Moses Myers.
December 19. tf 297
 13,000 Bushels fine May SALT—a Boat.  150,000 Weight of Muscovado SUGAR.  340 Pipes of 5th proof Spanish BRANDY.  50 do. Valencia WINE.  10 do. Cognac BRANDY.  180 do. Best Holland GIN.  100 Casks do.  1200 Empty GIN CASES.  40 Hogsheads } CLARET, Choice Quality.  50 Casks }  20 Pipes }  10 Hogsheads } London Particular Madeira WINE.  10 Qr. Casks }  200 Pieces Ruffa SHEETING.  260 do. Ravens DUCK.  75 do. Holland do.  100 Barrels Bofson BEEF.  50 do. PORK. 
For sale on reasonable terms, and long credit by
Moses Myers.
November 26. tf 250
COW-POX.
THOSE persons who wish to avoid catching the Small- Pox which now exists in this Borough, are informed that the subscriber has again succeeded in introducing the Vaccine Infection, and that he now has several arms fit to inoculate from.
** He has returned to his old shop at the lower end of the new market.
George Balfour.
An APPRENTICE wanted.
Nov. 16. tf 326
NOW LANDING
From on board the Brig Maria, Robert Hutton, master, from Bura- daux,
 30 Pipes Old COGNAC BRANDY, fit for immediate use.  211 Hds. CLARET, fit for the West India Market.  100 Casks, do. do.  50 do. Vin de Grave.  500 DEMIJOHNS.  2 Trunks of Silk Stockings, Silk and Kid Gloves and Fans. 
For sale by
William Pennock.
Sept. 1. tf 115
FOUND,
By a Negro Boy in the Street, A Fifty Dollar BANK NOTE,
The owner by describing the same, may have it again by paying the expence of this advertisement, on ap- plication at this office.
Jan. 2. 324
The Norfolk Draw-Bridge Company,
(For completing the Bridge across the Southern Branch) Will further contract for the following pieces of Timber, to wit,
  24 Piles 38 feet long, 12 by 12   48 do. 46 do. do.   40 do. 56 do. do.   42 Cap Pieces, 34 do. 12 by 14   200 Braces, 11 do. 6 by 14   160 Joists or String Pieces, 27 do. 8 by 9   500 do. 27 do. 4 by 14   118 do. 53 do. 4 by 14   1000 Running feet of Railing, 27 ft. lengths, 4 by 6   17500 Superficial feet of 3 inch plank, in 30 do. 
The whole of the above Timber must be of the best heart pine, and deliverable between the first of Fe- bruary, and last of March next.
They likewise wish to hire by the month, three or four pair of good Sawyers, for which liberal wages will be allowed—or they will contract by the hundred feet for Sawing up into Plank and Scantling, the Timber now in their yard, to the extent of, perhaps, 20 to 25,000 feet of line.
The Stockholders in this Company, are re- spectfully reminded, that the second Monday in Ja- nuary annually, is appointed by their Charter, for the Election of Directors.—The meeting for this pur- pose, the year first ensuing, will be held at the Nor- folk Hotel, at 11 o'clock on that day.
December 31. tf 315
COLOGNE MILL-STONES.
THE SUBSCRIBERS HAVE COLOGNE MILL-STONES, of all dimensions, from Hand-Mill-Stones of 22 in- ches, to those of 4 feet 8 inches, of the best qua- lity.—Also,
BAR and ROD IRON, and STEEL, of all kinds.
Jesse Hollingsworth & Son.
Baltimore Aug. 15. tf 77
THE SUBSCRIBER, HAS FOR SALE,
 1200 Dried Spanish Hides.  24 Bales Cotton.  18 Bags Cocoa.  5 Bundles Tanned Leather.  16 Hogsheads, } PENINGTON'S LOAF SUGAR.  17 Barrels, }  18 Pieces Russia Canvas.  7 do. Raven's Duck.  6 Kegs Good Chewing Tobacco.  15 Tons Fustic.  20 Logs St. Domingo Mahogany. 
Apply at his office on Market square.
EDWARD ROBERTS.
Who will give Cash for Corn, Bees-Wax, and Pipe Staves.
December 14. tf 288
LANDING
Dr Town-Point, out of the Gull-em & Eliza, from St. Lucia, her Cargo consisting of
MUSCOVADO SUGARS,
in hogsheads, tierces, and barrels,—And a parcel of COCOA.
Also—from St. Lucia, from Tobago, RUM AND SUGAR, of good quality. For sale on liberal terms by Robertson & Brown.
November 23. tf 343
JOHN C. NIEMEYER,
Has received in addition to his former assortment of
GERMAN GOODS,
45 packages German Linens, &c. chiefly en- titled to drawback,