Norfolk gazette and publick ledger (Norfolk [Va.]), 1805-06-22 00:00:00

NORFOLK GAZETTE AND PUBLICK LEDGER.
VOL. I.]
SATURDAY, JUNE 22, 1805.
[NO. 146.
WHOLESALE PRICE-CURRENT.
NORFOLK, SATURDAY, JUNE 22, 1805.
   ARTICLES. per From To Remarks     BACON lb. 14 16   Beef, cargo bbl.   Prime 9   Mess 13   Brandy, Sp. 1st p. gal. 80 85   2d p. 87 90   3d p. 90 95   4th p. 1 1 5   Fr. 3d p. 1 10 1 15   4th p. 1 15 1 20   Peach, 90   Apple, 65 70   Bread, Pilot 100lb. 8   Navy. 5 50 6   Ship 4 4 50   Butter, Export. lb. 18 20   Candles, Dipt 17 18   Mould 23   Sperm. 65   Coal, English bus. 25 None   Virginia 22   Cocoa, Island 100lb. None   Caracas None   Coffee, W. India lb. 30 32   Cordage, Country 100lb. 14   Foreign 10 11   Cotton, Geo. Upland lb. 23 24 Scarce   Sea Island None   St. Domingo None   Surinam None   Duck, American bolt. None   Ravens 14 15 Scarce   Russia 20 21   Holland 22 24   No. 1 to 7. English 34 40   Flour, Superfine bbl. 10   Fine 9 50   Middlings 7 50   X ditto 8 50   Fish, Cod, dry quin. None   Herrings bbl. 4 75 5   Shad None   Fustick ton. 50   Gin, Holland, 1st p. gal. 95 1 Plenty   N. E. 1st p. 70 75   Grain, Wheat bus. None   Corn 1   Barley None   Oats 42   Hemp, Russian ton. 290 300   Hides, Dried lb. None   Hog's-Lard 16 18   Indigo, Flotant None   N. Orleans None   Iron, Pig ton. None   American ref. 120 125   Russia 160   Logwood, Bay 60 65   Camp. 70 75   Lead, Sheet 100lb. 12 50 14   Meat, Kiln-dried bbl. None   Mahogany, Bay sq. feet   St. Dom. 12 14   Molasses, gal. 38 42   Peas, Black-eyed bus.   Pepper, lb. 19 20   Pimento, 16 18   Pitch, bbl. 2 75 3   Pork, Cargo 15 15 50   Prime 16 50 17   Mess 18 19   Raisins, cask.   ditto, box. 4 Plenty   Rice, 100lb. 5 5 50   Rosin, bbl. 3 3 50   Rum, Jamaica, 4th p. gal. 94 95   Antigua, 3d p. 92 95   St. Croix, 3d p. 90 92   W. Island, 3d p. 78 80   Country, 57 60   Salt, St. Mart. bus. In dm'd and Scarce   Turks Island, 82   Isle May, 90   St. Ubes, 73   Cadiz, 65 70   Liverpool, 60 62   Soap, Brown, lb. 11 12   Castle, 25   Sugar, Muscovado, 100lb. 9 12 50   Hav. Brown, 11   White, 14 50 15   Shingles, Cyp. 22 in. M. 3 3 25   18 in. 3   Staves, W. O. hhd. 25 27   pipe 60 65   hhd. head 25 27   do. red oak 16 18   Tar, bbl. 2 25 2 50   Tobacco, Richmond, 100lb. 6 75 7   Petersburg, 6 6 25   Rappa, 4 50 6   Potomack, None   Tallow, Russia, lb. None   American, 14 16 Scarce   Turpentine, bbl. 2 75 3   Wax, Bees, lb. None   Wines, Madeira, pipe. 230 250 Plenty   Lisbon, gal. 1 25 1 30 Scarce   Teneriffe, 1 1 12   Sherry, 1 25 1 30 Plenty   Port, pipe. 160 220 Scarce   Malaga, gal. 1 1 10  
Premiums of Insurance on American Property.
   To Great-Britain, Ireland, Portugal, and Spain, without the Straits of Gibraltar. 3   France, Holland, Bremen, and Embden, 4 4 1-4   In the Mediterranean, - - - - - 4 4 1-2   Madeira, Canaries, Azores, and Cape de Verd Islands, - - - - - 3   British and Neutral Windward Islands from Barbadoes to St. Thomas - - 3 1-2 4   Jamaica and Honduras - - - - - 6 8   Porto Rico, - - - - - 3 1-2   Havanna, - - - - - 3 4   Cape-Francois, (unarmed) - - - - -   Ports in the Bite of Leogane, - - - - -   Ports on the South side of St. Domingo, - - - - -   Persia, India, and China, - - - - - 4 1-2 5   Coasters, - - - - - 1 1-2 2  
Prices of Stocks.
   Virginia Bank, 15 dolls. per share, advance-In demand.   Norfolk Marine Insurance Company, shares 20 per cent. advance-Dull.   United States Bank, 500 dolls. per share.   Exchange on London, 1 per cent under par.  
FOR CHARTER,
The Britis Ship DUNROBIN CASTLE , JOHN M'BRIER, Master: Burthen 280 tons, carries 14 guns and men suitable. Clyde, or Liverpool, will be preferred.
Robertson & Brown.
June 8. tf 752
FOR LONDON,
THE SHIP ROBA & BETSEY , William J. Richardson, Master,
Will sail with all convenient speed, two-thirds of her cargo being engaged. For freight of the remainder or passage, apply to the master on board, or to the subscriber.
William Pennock.
June 6. tf 747
FOR FREIGHT OR CHARTER,
The new and fast sailing Ship NATIVE , LEVI PETERSON, Master:— Burthen 400 hogheads tobacco.—For terms apply to the Master on board, or to
Phinehas Dana & Co.
Who have received her said ship, and offer for sale, 300 Spruce SPARS, of large size—and 20,000 BOARDS.
June 4. tf 742
WANTED TO CHARTER,
A BRITISH SHIP of 250 to 300 Hogheads—And An AMERICAN one of the same description. C. & F. Whittle.
June 4. tf 737
FOR FREIGHT OR CHARTER,
The Ship EQUATOR , HENRY MOORE, Master:— Burthen 250 hogheads Tobacco.—For terms apply to the Master on board, or to
Phinehas Dana & Co.
May 29. tf 727
WANTED FOR WASHINGTON,
A VESSEL Calculated to carry about 2000 Cubick Feet of thick Stuff and Pauk.—Immediate despatch will be given—Apply at the Navy yard, Gosport.
May 15. tf 686
A Choice Parcel of MOLASSES.
For Sale by John Brown, Rothery's Wharf.
Who has on hand, A few Dozen Bottles CASTOR OIL.
April 24. tf 631
TO BE LET OR LEASED,
BY PRIVATE CONTRACT, For such number of years as may be agreed upon, That very advantageous Building Lot, on the South side of Main-Street, adjoining the Lands of Stephen Wright, Esq. extendng 46 feet in front, and about 110 feet deep.—Also,
TO RENT, TWO COMMODIOUS THREE STORY BRICK TENEMENTS on Little Water Street, conveniently situated for Grocery Stores. For particulars apply to
Francis Smith.
June 11. tf 738
3000 lbs. of WOOL, For sale—low for cash—by
Philip Collins.
June 11. tf 734
WILLIAM KNOX,
HAS FOR SALE, ON MAXWELL'S WHARF, 550 Bbls. Fine and Superfine FLOUR —superior quality 30 do. X MI LINGS. Families can be supplied with prime Flour, at 12 dollars per barrel.
May 3. tf 649
FOR SALE—BY THE SUBSCRIBERS,
ON LIBERAL TERMS, 65 Hogheads TOBACCO. 40 Puncheons 3rd and 4th proof Tobago RUM. 1,200 Bushe S Black Eyed PEASE. 10,000 Weight Sound BACON. 90 Barrels Prime New-York PORK. 50 do. do. BEEF. 5 Pipes Cognac BRANDY, 4th proof. 2 do. Old L. P. Madeira Wine.
Daniel R. Waddey & Co, Maciure's Wharf.
June 18. tf 769
FOR SALE,
100 Crates well assorted EARTHENWARE. 12 Casks do. GLASSWARE. Just received by the ship Charleston , from Liverpool.
A. Maclure.
May 31. tf 732
250 Barrels Superfine, 200 do. Fine, 100 do. X Middlings, 150 do. do. FLOUR. 50 do. Ship, 90 do. Navy, BREAD. 10 Quarter Casks Sherry WINE. For Sale by
JAMES MAURICE & CO.
April 12. tf 589
LANDING,
At Commerce-Street Wharf, from the Brig Paragon , Capt. Anstey, 107 Puncheons high proof Jamaica Rum. Which is offered for sale on very liberal terms, by
Redmon & Frith.
June 11. tf 753
LANDING ON NEWTON'S WHARF,
From Schooner Aeline , 230 Boxes Choice Havanna SUGAR. And from Brig Trangler , 170 Quarter Casks Malaga WINE. For sale by
Moses Myers.
June 11. tf 755
THE COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA,
To the Sheriff of—County, greeting: WE command you that, from all further proceedings on an order obtained on the motion of George McIntosh, (who in right of his wife is entitled to a distributive share of the estate of Cornelius Calvert, deceased,) in the District Court held at Suffolk, on the twenty-second day of May, 1805, appointing Samuel Coleman, to collect and preserve the estate of the said Cornelius Calvert, deceased, upon his giving bond and security for collecting the same, making an inventory thereof, and safe keeping and delivering up, the same, when required, to the Executors or Administrators of the said Cornelius Calvert, deceased; and allowing the said Samuel Coleman, to make oath and give bond according to law, you altogether supersede. Which order before the Judges of our Court of Appeals, at the Capitol in the City of Richmond, for cause of error in the same to be corrected, on the humble petition of James Tucker, we have caused to come, he the said James Tucker, having given security to prosecute with effect, and, if the order aforesaid shall be affirmed, to satisfy and pay all damages and costs as shall be awarded against him. We also command you that you give notice to the said George McIntosh and Samuel Coleman, that they be before the Judges of our said Court of Appeals, at the Capitol aforesaid, on the first day of the next Court, then and there to have a re-hearing of the whole matter in the said order contained; and have then there this writ.—Witness, John Brown, Clerk of our said Court of Appeals at Richmond, the twentieth day of June, 1805, in the 29th year of our foundation.
JOHN BROWN.
The above supersedeas having been served on Samuel Coleman, the authority he acquired over the Estate of Cornelius Calvert, deceased, under the order of the District Court, is suspended; and my powers, as Executor, are consequently revived. I do therefore give notice, that any payments made of debts due or to grow due to said Estate, to any other person than myself, will be made in their own wrong; and that the persons so paying will be subjected to a second payment by
JAMES TUCKER Ex'or of Cornelius Calvert.
June 20. tf 775
TO RENT,
A convenient DWELLING HOUSE on Fen Church-Street, fronting the Fields leading to Brigg's Point—with a good garden and out buildings attached to it. Enquire of JAMES SMITH , near the same.
June 20. tf 774
FOR SALE,
AT REDUCED PRICES, FOR CASH, 40 Puncheons 3rd proof RUM. 10 do. Country do. 14 Pipes Holland GIN. 20 Hogheads, } SUGAR. 14 Tierces, 20 Barrels PORK. 5 Quarter Casks L. P. WINE. 5 Hogheads CLARET. 1 Case German ROLLS. 2 do. Irish LINEN, &c. &c.
William B. Lamb.
June 20. tf 771
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Captain Brownlow, of the Hannah from Guada- loupe, informs us that on the 28th of May, two ships, of eighty guns, arrived from France. They said they formed a part of a French fleet of twenty six sail of the line, from Brest; and had been separated in a storm. They had taken a merchant ship on their passage.—On the 4th of June the Kingfisher, sloop of war, was captured by two French frigates, off Basse-terre.
If the above report be correct, if the Brest Fleet has really escaped, and is bound out to the West-In- dies, then it is doubly plain that the object of the Emperour is more than the conquest of the Colonies, for which so great a force is by no means requisite. The Ferrol squadron was also expected at Martinique, supposing the information obtained there by Captain Garrow to have been correct; when the four fleets of Brest, Toulon, Ferrol, and Cadiz, shall be united, they will constitute a force of not less than fifty five to sixty ships of the Line . Now as this embraces about three fourths (or perhaps a greater portion) of the whole naval strength of the Allies, it would be next to absurd to imagine that it would be detached for the purpose of conquering a few islands, to which one third of its force with a proportionate number of transports, would be fully adequate. Now let us suppose this maneuvre to be a part of the grand Design against England, the manner in which it can contribute to it is evident. To counteract the operations of, or to engage with success, so large a fleet as 55 sail of the line, it may be necessary for the British ministry to send after them at least 40 sail of the line, in addition to those already in the West-In- dies. We have not lately seen a navy list, but we believe the number of line-of-battle ships in commis- sion, in England, did not exceed 65 to 70, in Novem- last.—Of this number suppose 45 in the West-Indies; there would then be left about 25 to defend the Chan- nel. As soon, however, as the imperial squadrons have united, if instead of proceeding to leeward, they should return directly to Europe, they would elude the British fleets, and while these were pro- bably seeking for them as low down as Jamaica, they would arrive in a defenceless channel, which they would completely open to their flotilla; and the fate of England would then have to be decided on her own territory, in a contest with an army which could without obstruction, for some time at least, receive every aid of men and necessaries from France. Al- though this may not be the design of Buonaparte, yet we cannot think that it is such a scheme as is al- together improbable. If it should be his intention to affect his main purpose in this manner, a very short time will develop it; for in that case the stay of the Imperialists in the West-Indies will not be long. They will be anxious enough to get out of the way before the arrival of a British admiral. This circu- itous rout may for other reasons be considered if not the shortest at least the safest way to the channel.—The French crews were mostly raw and undisciplin- ed; such a voyage was necessary before they could venture to encounter the hardy naval veterans of Great-Britain and Ireland.
DRAWINGS IN THE LOTTERY FOR THE BENEFIT OF WILLIAM & MARY COLLEGE.
Twenty-fifth Day.
Prize of 500 dollars—No. 3306.
Prizes of 15 dollars.
Table with 7 columns: Nos., 493, 397, 509, 826, 495, 606, 627, 176, 257, 4214, 7935, 7197, 7628, 3653, 3535, 4584, 7453, 2444, 7237, 6158, 7108, 4090, 1110, 7312, 4362, 3532, 5966, 7718, 2797, 7487, 2511, 1617, 7167, 1754, 3197, 3818, 4693, 6874, 7920, 7725, 5383, 1990, 2540, 3408, 2804, 3665, 6637, 2021, 6855.
Twenty-sixth Day.
Prizes of 15 dollars.
Table with 7 columns: Nos., 635, 557, 1621, 6111, 1267, 6191, 1644, 7452, 5093, 2592, 4920, 5209, 2527, 4355, 6224, 6399, 6309, 2315, 6512, 3026, 4928, 3801, 3601, 5695, 6289, 1835, 5377, 1265, 4870, 1951, 5154, 4719, 7508, 1402.
It is reported, that the Store ship of the United States, with Provisions, &c. for our little squadron in the Mediterranean, has been captured by a Spanish Privateer. Altho' no official accounts have been re- ceived of this unfortunate event, yet there is too much reason to fear that the report is true, and be- lieved by government, as orders have been given to prepare immediately a like quantity of stores for the use of our brave tars in that sea, in order to prevent their suffering from the want of those said to be cap- tured.
Wash. Fed.
AN INAUGURAL SPEECH.
As we are told that Mr. JEFFERSON has resolved to make us all miserable by not suffering himself to be again chosen PRESIDENT; we are curious to know on whom Mr. Ritchie has fixed as his succes- sor.—We wish he were such a man as on his induc- tion could address the people in a speech like the fol- lowing; or that the present administration were such an one as could be spoken of in the terms therein made use of.
When it was first perceived, in early times, that no middle course for America remained, between unlimited submission to a foreign legislature, and a total independence of its claims; men of reflection were less apprehensive of danger, from the formidable power of fleets and armies, which they must de- termine to resist, than from those contests and dis- sensions which would certainly arise, concerning the forms of government to be instituted, over the whole, and over the parts, of this extensive country. Rely- ing, however, on the purity of their intentions, the justice of their cause, and the integrity and intelli- gence of the people, under an over- ruling Providence, which had so signally protected this country from the first, the Representatives of this nation, then con- sisting of little more than half their present number, not only broke to pieces the chains which were forging, and the rod of iron that was lifted up, but frank- ly cut asunder the ties which had bound them, and launched into an ocean of uncertainty.
The seal and ardour of the people, during the
revolutionary war, supplying the place of govern- ment, commanded a degree of order, sufficient at least for the temporary preservation of society. The confederation, which was early felt to be necessary, was prepared from the models of the Batavian and Helvetic confederacies; the only examples which remain, with any detail and precision, in history; and certainly the only ones which the people at large had ever considered. But reflecting on the striking difference, in so many particulars, between this country and those, where a courier may go from the seat of government to the frontier in a single day, it was then certainly foreseen, by some who assisted in Congress at the formation of it, that it could not be durable.
Negligence of its regulations, inattention to its recommendations, if not disobedience to its autho- rity, not only in individuals but in States, soon ap- peared with their melancholy consequences—univer- sal languor, jealousies, and rivalries of States; de- cline of navigation and commerce; discouragement of necessary manufactures; universal fall in the va- lue of lands and their produce; contempt of publick and private faith; loss of consideration and credit with foreign nations; and at length in discontent, animosities, combinations, partial conventions, and insurrections, threatening some great national calamity.
In this dangerous crisis, the people of America were not abandoned by their usual good sense, pre- sence of mind, or integrity. Measures were pursued to concert a plan, to form a more perfect union, establish justice, ensure domestic tranquility, pro- vide for the common defence, promote the general welfare, and secure the blessings of liberty. The publick disquisitions, discussions, and deliberations, issued in the present happy constitution of Govern- ment.
Employed in the service of my country abroad, during the whole course of these transactions, I first saw the Constitution of the United States in a foreign country. Irritated by no literary alterations, ani- mated by no publick debate, heated by no party ani- mosity, I read it with great satisfaction, as a result of good heads, prompted by good hearts; as an ex- periment better adapted to the genius, character, situation, and relations of this nation and country, than any which had ever been proposed or suggested. In its general principles and great outlines, it was conformable to such a system of government as I had ever most esteemed; and in some states, my own native state in particular, had contributed to estab- lish. Claiming a right of suffrage, in common with my fellow-citizens, in the adoption or rejection of a Constitution which was to rule me and my posterity, as well as them and theirs, I did not hesitate to ex- press my approbation of it on all occasions, in pub- lick and in private. It was not then, nor has been since, any objection to it, in my mind, that the Ex- ecutive and Senate were not more permanent. Nor have I ever entertained a thought of promoting any alteration in it, but such as the people themselves, in the course of their experience, should see and feel to be necessary or expedient, by their re- presentatives in Congress, and the State Legislatures, according to the Constitution itself, to adopt or ord- ain.
Returning to the bosom of my country, after a painful separation from it for ten years, I had the honour to be elected to a station under the new or- der of things; and I have repeatedly laid myself un- der the most serious obligations to support the Con- stitution. The operation of it has equalled the most sanguine expectations of its friends; and from an ha- bitual attention to it, satisfaction in its administra- tion, and delight in its effects upon the peace, order, pros- perity and happiness of the nation, I have acquired an habitual attachment to, and veneration for it.
What other form of government indeed can so well deserve our esteem and love?
There may be little solidity in an ancient idea, that congregations of men into cities and nations, are the most pleasing objects in the sight of superior in- telligences; but this is very certain, that to a bene- volent, humane mind, there can be no spectacle pre- sented, by any nation, more pleasing, more noble, majestic, or august, than an assembly, like that which has so often been seen in this and the other chamber of Congress, of a government, in which the executive authority, as well as that of all the bran- ches of the Legislature, are exercised by citizens se- lected, at regular periods, by their neighbours, to make and execute laws for the general good. Can any thing essential, any thing more than mere orna- ment and decoration, be added to this by robes or diamonds? Can authority be more amiable or re- spectable, when it descends from accidents, or in- stitutions established in remote antiquity, than when it springs fresh from the hearts and judgments of an honest and enlightened people? For it is the people only that are represented; it is their power and ma- jesty that is reflected, and only for their good, in every legitimate government, under whatever form it may appear. The existence of such a government as ours for any length of time, is a full proof of a ge- neral dissemination of virtue throughout the whole body of the people. And what object or considera- tion more pleasing than this can be presented to the human heart? If national pride is ever justifiable or excusable, it is when it springs, not from power or riches, grandeur or glory, but from conviction of national innocence, information, and benevolence.
In the midst of these pleasing ideas, we should be unfaithful to ourselves, if we should lose sight of the danger to our liberties; if any thing partial or extra- neous should infect the purity of our free, fair, vir- tuous, and independent elections. If an election is to be determined by a majority of a single vote, and that can be procured by a party, through artifice or corruption, the government may be the choice of a party for their own ends, not of the nation, for the national good. If that solitary suffrage can be ob- tained by foreign nations, by flattery or menaces, by fraud or violence, by terror, intrigue, or venality, the government may not be the choice of the American people, but of foreign nations. It may be foreign nations who govern us, and not we, the people, who govern ourselves. And candid men will acknowledge, that, in such cases, choice should have little advan- tage to boast of, over lot or chance.
Such is the amiable and interesting system of go- vernment (and such are some of the abuses to which it may be exposed) which the people of America have exhibited to the admiration and anxiety of the wise and virtuous of all nations, for eight years, under the administration of a citizen, who, by a long course of great actions, regulated by prudence, jus- tice, temperance, and fortitude; conducting a peo- ple inspired by the same virtues, and animated with the same ardent patriotism and love of liberty, to independence and peace, to increasing wealth and un- exampled prosperity; has merited the gratitude of his fellow citizens, commanded the highest praises of foreign nations, and secured immortal glory with posterity!
In that retirement which is his voluntary choice, may he long live to enjoy the delicious recollection of his services, the gratitude of mankind, the happy fruits of them to himself and world, which are daily increasing, and that splendid prospect of the future fortunes of his country, which is opening from year to year. His name may be still a rampart; and the knowledge that he lives, a bulwark against all open or secret enemies of his country's peace.
His example has been recommended to the imi- tation of his successors, by both Houses of Congress, and by the voice of the Legislatures and the people throughout the nation.
On this subject it might become me better to be silent, or to speak with diffidence; but as something may be expected, the occasion, I hope, will be ad- mitted as an apology, if I venture to say, that—
If a preference, upon principle, of a free re- publican government, formed upon a long and seri- ous reflection, after a diligent and impartial inquiry after truth;—if an attachment to the Constitution of the United States, and a conscientious determination to support it, until it shall be altered by the judg- ments and wishes of the people, expressed in the mode prescribed in it;—if a respectful attention to the constitutions of the individual States, and a con- stant caution and delicacy towards the state govern- ments;—if an equal and impartial regard to the rights, interests, honour, and happiness of all the States of the Union, without preference or regard to a northern or southern, an eastern or western position, their various political opinions on unessential points, or their personal attachments;—if a love of virtuous men of all parties and denominations;—if a love of science and letters, and a wish to patronize every national effort to encourage schools, colleges, univer- sities, academies, and every institution for propa- gating knowledge, virtue, and religion, among all classes of the people, not only for their benign influ- ence on the happiness of life, in all its stages and classes, and of society in all its forms, but as the only means of preserving our Constitution from its natural enemies, the spirit of sophistry, the spirit of party, the spirit of intrigue, the profligacy of corruption, and the pestilence of foreign influence, which is the an- gel of destruction to elective governments;—if a love of equal laws, of justice, and humanity, in the entire administration;—if an inclination to im- prove agriculture, commerce, and manufactures, for necessity, convenience, and defence;—if a spirit of equity and humanity towards the aboriginal natives of America, and a disposition to meliorate their con- dition, by inclining them to be more friendly to us, and our citizens to be more friendly to them;—if an in- flexible determination to maintain peace and inviola- ble faith with all nations, and that system of neu- trality and impartiality towards the belligerent powers of Europe, which has been adopted by this govern- ment, and so solemnly sanctioned by both Houses of Congress, and applauded by the legislatures of the States and the publick opinion, until it shall be other- wise ordained by Congress;—if a personal esteem for the French nation, formed in a residence of seven years, chiefly among them, and a sincere desire to preserve the friendship which has been so much for the honour and interest of both nations;—if, while the conscious honour and integrity of the people of America, and the internal sentiment of their own powers and energies, must be preserved, an earnest endeavour to investigate every just cause and remove every colourable pretence of complaints;—if an in- tention to pursue, by amicable negotiation, a repara- tion for the injuries that have been committed on the commerce of our fellow citizens, by whatever nation, and if success cannot be obtained, to lay the facts be- fore the legislature, that they may consider what further measures the honour and interest of the go- vernment and its constituents demand;—if a resolu- tion to do justice, as far as may depend upon me, at all times and to all nations, and maintain peace, friend- ship, and benevolence, with all the world;—if an unshaken confidence in the honour, spirit, and re- sources of the American people, on which I have so often hazarded my all, and never been deceived;—if elevated ideas of the high destinies of this country, and of my own duties towards it, founded on a know- ledge of the moral principles, and intellectual im- provements of the people, deeply engraven on my mind in early life, and not obscured but exalted by experience and age;—and, with humble reverence, I feel it to be my duty to add, if a veneration for the religion of a people, who profess to be and call them- selves Christians, and a fixed resolution to consider a descent respect for Christianity among the best recommendations for the publick service;—if these can enable me, in any degree, to comply with your wishes, it shall be my strenuous endeavour that this sagacious injunction of the two houses of Congress shall not be without effect.
With this great example before me; with the sense and spirit, the faith and honour, the duty and interest, of the same American people, pledged to support the Constitution of the United States; I en- tertain no doubt of its continuance in all its energy;—and my mind is prepared, without hesitation, to lay myself under the most solemn obligations to support it to the utmost of my power.
And may that Being who is supreme over all, the patron of order, the fountain of justice, and the protector, in all ages of the world, of virtuous liber- ty, continue his blessings upon the nation and its government, and give it all possible success and duration consistent with the ends of his providence.
SPEECH OF JOHN ADAMS, ESQUIRE; In the Senate Chamber, March 4, 1797.
The vilifiers of Mr. ADAMS, have also been the libellers of GENERAL WASHINGTON, and the stren- uous advocates of Mr. Jefferson. Mr. Adams has been called the enemy, Mr. Jefferson the friend of the Constitution. Let the reader of the above manly and dignified eulogy on that instrument, compare it with the flimsy discourse about Anti-philosophists, further alterations, and the natural progress of im- provement; let him compare the changes made and attempted during the last four years, with the sacred respect paid to it during the four years preceding; let him recollect the hostility to the constitution not concealed but avowed, both in language and practice, by the present President; let him consider that the professions of attachment to it which are found in the above speech are uniformly supported by the prac- tice of the speaker; and let him then say who is the friend and who is the enemy of the Constitution of the United States. Mr. Jefferson was from the first moment opposed to that system of government; he has to the present moment watched and improved every occasion, to destroy its wisest provisions.— But Mr. Jefferson is the friend of the people; and, therefore, can do no wrong.
FROM THE VERMONT JOURNAL.
MR. ELLIOT, TO HIS CONSTITUENTS.
LETTER IX.
That part of the Constitution of the United States, which allows to the people of the southern states a representation in congress, and in the election of the President, for their slaves, (for it is not a represen- tation of slaves) is the only part of that instrument which I consider as materially objectionable; and I shall not be deterred from an expression of my sen- timents upon the subject, by the foolish outcry about an imaginary dissolution of the Union. I have often said that I wish not to see the subject again agitated, in the form of an amendment to the constitution. Every one knows it must be unavailing. But it may still be useful that the operation of that part of the constitu- tion should be better understood by the people than it has been hitherto. Information can do no harm in a republican government; the more the people know, the greater the probability of preserving the consti- tution.
It is certainly true that the rich planter in the southern states who possesses fifty slaves, has thirty times the political weight in our national go- vernment that is possessed by the farmer or merchant of New-England. He does not directly give so many votes, but the state is allowed them, and as one of the constituents of the representative and cector of his district, he possesses all that consequence. At the same time he contributes much less than his propor- tion to the support of government, for the labouring slaves consume nothing of consequence upon which a duty is paid; and what the master does contribute is earned for him by the labour of slaves, while the farmer and every man of business in the northern and middle states, pays his taxes with the sweat of his own brow. It will be said that comparisons of this kind are invidious. It is false. Truth and cor- rect information, so far from meriting that charac- ter, are always honourable and useful. With very considerable labour I have made some calculations upon this subject, for which I shall receive the thanks of every honest man in the district, and which will certainly give rise to recollections of a most inter- esting nature.
Whole number of persons in the United States in 1790, 5,893,635. Deduct slaves, 694,280.
3,199,355. Three fifths of the slaves, 416,563.
Whole number represented, 3,615,923. Giving 109 representatives and a fraction of 18,923. But by the loss of fractional parts of the ratio of re- presentation in the apportionment to the several states, the actual number was only 106.
Of the 694,280 slaves, the states of Maryland, Vir- ginia, Kentucky, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia, contained 645,023, three fifths of which number is 387,012—which, divided by 33,000, (and not calculating for fractional loss in the apportion- ment to the states, which would not in this case a- mount to one member) gives as the slave represen- tation of the southern states agreeably to the first census, eleven members, and a fraction of 24,012.
Whole number of persons in the United States in 1800, exclusive of Tennessee, Ohio, and the Terri- tories, 4,140,203.
Slaves. Total. Tennessee, 13,584 105,602. Ohio, 45,365. Indiana, 135 5,541. Mississippi, 3,489 8,850.
17,208 165,458. 165,458. In other states, slaves, 875,225. 5,305,666.
Total slaves, 892,433. Deduct in India- na & Mississippi unrepresented, 14,491.
Deduct in India- na & Miss. 3,624. 5,291,175.
888,809 Deduct slaves, 888,809. 4,402,366.
Three fifths of slaves, 533,280. 4,935,646.
Giving 149 representatives and a fraction of 18,946. But by the loss of fractional parts, &c. the number is only 142.
By the second census, of 888,809 slaves, the same states contain 832,992, three fifths of which is 499,794, giving 15 representatives and a fraction of 4,794.
I shall divide the United States into the three great natural divisions of northern, middle, and southern states. The northern receive no advantage, the middle but a trifle if any, and the southern a very important advantage, from the representation for slaves.
The following table exhibits the decrease of slaves in the northern and middle, and their increase in the southern states, for ten years.
Newhampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, and Vermont, contained in 1790—Total 1,009,522; slaves 3,886. In 1800, Total 1,233,011; slaves 1,339. New-York, New-Jersey, Pennsylvania and Delaware, in 1790, Total 1,017,726; slaves, 45,371. In 1800, Total 1,464,017; slaves, 40,894. Maryland, Virginia, Kentucky, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia, in 1790, Total 1,866,387; slaves, 645,023. In 1800, Total 2,437,231; slaves, 832,992. The slaves in the northern states have decreased from 3,886 to 1,339, almost in the ratio of 2 in 3. In the middle states from 45,371, to 40,894, in that of nearly one ninth. Increased in the southern from 645,023 to 832,992, nearly one third of the original number, or in the ratio of 833 to 645. Rhode Island has decreased from 948 to 380. Connecticut from 2,764 to 951. New-York nearly sta- tionary. Pennsylvania and Delaware have decreased a little, and Maryland made a small increase. Vir- ginia has increased in the ratio of 340 to 292. Ken- tucky in that of 40 to 12. North Carolina in that of 133 to 130. South Carolina in that of 146 to 107. Georgia has doubled her number. The increase gives four members of congress and as many electors of President to the sou hern states.
The increase of the whole number of persons re- presented has been as 49 to 36; that of slaves for which their masters are represented as 53 to 41; that of freemen as 43 to 31. Let us calculate upon the same ratio of increase for 10 years to come. In- crease the number of persons represented from 49 to 65—slaves from 53 to 68—freemen from 44 to 60, round numbers; there will be in 10 years more 19 representatives for slaves. But if we calculate as we may with probability, upon a much larger in- crease, upon the creation of new states in Louisiana, and the importation and propagation of slaves in that country, in 20 or 30 years there will be between 30 and 40 representatives in congress for slaves, and as many electors of President.
But another very gloomy part of the picture re- mains to be unfolded.
In the last ten years the whole number of persons in the northern or eastern states has increased only in the proportion of 12 to 10, in the middle as 14 to 10, in the southern nearly as 24 to 18. Free people in the eastern as 12 to 10, slaves in the southern as 83 to 64. Free people in the southern states from 1,221,364 to 1,604,239. Free people in the eastern states in the ratio of one fifth only of the original number; those in the southern states in that of nearly one third; slaves in about the same proportion.
By the last census the number of free persons in the northern states was 1,231,672 and in the southern 1,604,239. By the former census the number of free persons in the northern states was 1,005,636, and in the southern 1,221,364. How are the people in these different quarters of the union relatively repre- sented? By the first census Vermont had 2 members, New-Hampshire 4, Massachusetts 14, Rhode-Island 2, Connecticut 7—29 members. Maryland 7, Vir- ginia 19, Kentucky 2, North-Carolina 10, South-Ca- rolina, 6, Georgia 2—46 members. 1,005,636 free citizens in the southern states had 29 representatives, and 1,221,364 in the southern 46 representatives. Without allowing any fraction of the ratio of re- presentation in the apportionment to the several states, and making no allowance for slaves, the northern states would have been entitled, by the census of 1791 to 30 representatives and a fraction of 15,636, the southern to 37 only with the trifling fraction of 364. In consequence, therefore, of the constitution- al representation for slaves, the relative weight of the northern and southern states was only as 29 to 46, when otherwise it would have been as 30 to 37.

By the present census the northern states have 33 representatives, and the southern 64, including Tennessee. 1,231,672 free people in the northern states have 34 representatives. The southern states including Tennessee contain 1,696,257 free people, and have 64 representatives. As above, the northern states would have been entitled by the census of 1800, to 37 members, with a fraction of 10,672. The southern to 51 and a fraction of 13,257. It is said as 35 to 44, and, were freemen alone represented, and that equally, it would be as 37 to 51. Instead of being little more than half, it would be more than two thirds.
But it is contended that the equal representation in the senate counterbalances this inequality; and the deceivers of the people have met with some success in this falsehood. I will prove it false in one minute. The 5 northern states contain 1,231,672 free people, and send 10 senators; the 7 southern states, 1,696,257, and send 14 senators. By a simple operation in the rule of three it will be found that the southern states, by their numbers, in proportion to those of the northern, are entitled only to 13 senators, with a fraction of 91 parts of 123. The middle states stand almost on the same ground with the northern. As it respects the senate they are on worse ground. With a free population but one eighth less than that of the southern states they have but one more than half the number of senators.
Vermont, for 154,000 free people, has 4 representatives, Massachusetts, for 574,564 has 17 representatives. New Hampshire, for 183,850 has 5. Connecticut, for 250,051 has 7. Rhode-Island, for 68,742 has 2.—New-York, for 565,437 has 17. New-Jersey, for 198,727 has 6. Pennsylvania, for 600,839 has 18. Delaware for 58,120 has 1. Virginia, the largest of the southern states, has in whole numbers, 880,500—deduct slaves 345,796—free people 534,704. Virginia, with 40,160 free people less than Massachusetts, has five representatives and electors more. With 31,033 less than New-York she has five more of each. With 66,435 less than Pennsylvania, she has four more of each.—Persons now alive may see the day when the southern and western states will have more representatives in Congress and electors of President, for slaves only, than the northern will have for all their free people!
Whoever shall deny the truth of any part of this statement, the people may rely upon it as a deceiver and dishonest.—If there be no accidental or typographical mistakes in the figures, every word of it is as true as truth itself. Such a state of things is our own misfortune, and not the crime of the people of the south. We must make the best of a bad bargain.—We must by all means preserve the constitution. Our situation is indeed wretched, as we have no compensation for this monstrous sacrifice. That which was intended as a compensation (a very trifling one however) the apportionment of direct taxes, has never been exercised but once, and probably never will be again. Still let us preserve the constitution. But it cannot be treason, conspiracy, or a division of the union, to contemplate our misfortunes, and calculate their consequences.
JAMES ELLIOT.
FROM THE NATIONAL INTELLIGENCER.
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES.
Thursday, February 8.
HIGH COURT OF IMPEACHMENT.
THE UNITED STATES vs SAMUEL CHASE.
(Speech of Mr. HOPKINSON concluded.)
The charges, sir, laid in this first article of impeachment, are grounded altogether on the proceedings of what has been called the first day of Fries's trial; and most firmly believing that the whole of this proceeding on that day will bear the most scrutinizing inquiry, and stand on the strong ground of justification, I have been willing to meet the managers on that day's proceedings disjointed from that of the following day. But, sir, it is most evident, that this is by no means a full or a fair examination of the judge's conduct on that occasion—When he is charged with a corrupt or partial intention to injure and oppress John Fries, when he is charged with a wilful violation of the rights of the counsel and jury, the whole of the proceeding should be brought into view, before we decide upon the character of any part of it. An attention, sir, to what passed on the second day, as it is called, of Fries's trial, will most abundantly prove that judge Chase never had intended any partiality or oppression against him; and certainly that if he had any intention, he never carried it into execution or effect. And I trust I am safe in saying that the mere intention to commit a crime however gross or outrageous, unless carried into some sort of action or effect, constitutes no crime. A man may intend to commit a larceny, assault and battery, or any other offence; but while he abstains from the act, the mere intention cannot subject him to trial or punishment. The respondent, then, discovering from the conduct of Fries's counsel, and the indignant hostility they assumed, that he was greatly misunderstood; that an arrangement he had adopted for the convenience of publick justice, the reasonable expedition of the approaching trial, and the real accommodation of the court, the counsel and the jury, was construed and received as an oppression upon the prisoner, an encroachment upon the privileges of counsel, and a violation of the rights of the jury, in short, as a corrupt and polluted prejudication of the cause to be tried, and that the fair and upright intentions of the court were misinterpreted by a real or pretended mistake into the vilest purposes of partiality, resolved to destroy the formidable engine he saw erecting against the court, and to remove at once all pretence for clamour or irritation. Granting the judge had been in error on the first day, what more could he or any man do, than to rectify the error as soon as it was discovered, and hasten to the right path before any injury could have resulted from his momentary deviation. But an hon. manager has told me he had sinned beyond the grace of repentance, and that no contrition, however sincere, could wipe away the offence. When I suffer such words as repentance and contrition to pass my lips, it is in quoting precisely the words of the manager. For my part I disdain them. The respondent has done nothing that required the humiliation of repentance, or for which he now asks to be forgiven. Let him stand on his justification or stand not at all. But, sir, a part of that justification is that the corrupt intent charged upon him is disproved by his entire willingness to permit the counsel to manage their cause in their own way, if they disapproved of his, and by his full and candid retraction of the error, if any error had been committed. By adverting to the testimony of Mr. Rawle, this hon. court will see, how greatly judge Chase was surprised to find from conversing with this witness and judge Peters, that his conduct was viewed in so strange a light by Messrs. Lewis and Dallas. On making this discovery, although still convinced of the propriety of the proceeding, he does not obstinately adhere to it, but resolves to remove all possible cause of complaint, by withdrawing all the papers which had given rise to this astonishing irritation and violence. The papers were accordingly resumed, every copy collected, and the counsel, the prisoner, and the jury, were placed in the same precise situation as if these papers had never been distributed; with the most ample acknowledgement of all their rights, and the most urgent solicitations to them to proceed in the enjoyment and exercise of them. But no, the counsel had taken their ground, and nothing could move them. John Fries had received their instructions, and with equal perseverance declined the aid of other counsel offered to him by the court repeatedly. Now, sir, let me ask you and this honourable court, on your consciences, not to be blinded by the management and finesse of ingenious counsel, what was the meaning of all this? What was the object of it? Did the counsel now believe they would not be fully heard in defence of their client both on law and fact? Did they now suppose themselves or the jury restricted in their rights, or that a just and impartial trial would not be had? Most certainly not. But, in the language of Mr. Lewis, they thought they had got the court into an error or a scrape, and they were determined to keep them there. What! says the judge Peters, if we have done wrong, will you not suffer us to repair that wrong by doing what is right, by doing all that you have required? No, no, was the answer. Mr. Lewis has declared to you in the most ample and explicit terms, that they abandoned John Fries because they thought they took a better chance of saving him by this means, than they could have by any trial; and to use his own words in another part of the testimony, "we withdrew (says he) from the defence of John Fries, because we thought it would best serve him, and we were not influenced by any other motive." They had already, before Judge Iredell, tried the efficacy of the full and unconfined exertion of their talents in his defence, and found how vain the attempt was. They were well satisfied that no hope of success could be entertained on a fair trial of the merits of their case, both in law and fact, and they eagerly grasped any occurrence, that, by operating on the passions, the humanity, or the prejudices of mankind, might give to their client a chance for escape, which he could not look for in the merits of his own conduct. With this view, they most solemnly impressed upon the mind of John Fries the necessity of his maintaining the ground they had taken for him, and refusing the assistance of any other counsel. So well did these gentlemen know the court had no intention of oppressing John Fries, that in their communications to him, they anticipated the offer of other counsel to supply their desertion.
But, sir, there is one circumstance in this second day's proceeding, which has been introduced to shew, that the respondent continued the same tyrannical spirit with which he is charged on the first day, and which it may be incumbent on him to remove. I mean the "unkind menace," as it has been termed by one of the witnesses, used to the counsel of Fries, when the judge told them they would proceed in the defence at the hazard or on the responsibility of their characters. To ascertain the true nature of the expression, whatever it was, which fell from the court in this respect, I will refer to the same guide I have endeavoured to follow throughout my argument, I mean the evidence. The aspect of this pretended menace will then be changed into a complimentary confidence in the discretion of the counsel, or at least into no more than such a menace as every gentleman of the bar acts under in every case; that is, to manage every cause before a jury with a due regard to their own reputations; to urge nothing as law to the jury, which they are conscious is not law, and to introduce no matter which they know to be either improper or irrelevant. This, in its worst character, will be found to be the whole amount of this terrific menace. What account does Mr. Lewis gives of this occurrence? After stating that the court manifested a strong desire that he and his colleagues should proceed in the defence of their client; that every restriction if any had been imposed, was now removed, and that they were at full liberty to address the jury on the law and the fact as they thought proper; the judge said that this would be done "under the direction of the court, and at the peril of our own character, if we conduct ourselves with impropriety." And was it not so? And where is the criminality of saying so? Mr. Lewis did not consider this as a menace intended to restrict him in the exercise of the rights just before conceded him by the court, but rather as an unwarranted suspicion of his sense of propriety; for, says he, "I did not know of any conduct of mine to make this caution necessary."
The court perhaps thought his conduct on the day before did make it necessary. Let us now take Mr. Dallas's impression of this part of the conduct of the judge. This witness after testifying to the ample range, both as to the law and fact given to the counsel by the court, states that the judge observed "they would do this at the hazard of their character." This Mr. Dallas afterwards terms an "unkind menace." I think upon recurring to Mr. Lewis and the other witnesses, and to some considerations naturally arising from the manifest disposition of the court at that time, it will be concluded that Mr. Dallas has mistaken the nature and character of this act of the judge, when he describes it as a menace. Mr. Tilghman states that the court seemed very anxious that counsel should proceed, give them full liberty to combat judge Chase's opinion before the jury, and that they were not to be bound by that opinion. Judge Chase mentioned that cases at common law before the stat. of Edw. III. ought not to be read. So of certain other cases; he particularly mentioned the case of the man who wi'd the stags horns in the king's belly; and also of the man who kept a tavern with a sign of the crown, who said he would make his son heir to the crown. The judge declared such cases must not be cited; and said in illustration of his idea—What? cases from Rome, from Turkey, and from France? That the counsel should go into the law, but must not cite cases that were not law. After these observations and in direct connection and reference to them, the judge said something about "their proceeding agreeably to their own consciences." What now begins to be the complexion and character of this part of judge's behaviour? Why, that after giving these gentlemen the utmost latitude of discussion they could possibly require, he states a certain class of decisions and cases, which appear to every body to be unworthy of notice—to be of no sort of authority or application in the case of Fries; which were not law; which Mr. Lewis himself has described as the offering of corrupt, and dependent, and bloody judges; and which, if they had any operation, were hostile to the prisoner. I say, sir, after alluding to such cases, which he knew too had been used on the former trial, was it criminal or strange, that he should make an appeal to their consciences, or characters, take it either way, before they proceeded to their defences.
A further examination of testimony puts this part of the case beyond doubt. Mr. Rawle, after stating the same course of observations from the judge, as has been mentioned by Mr. Tilghman, adds that he said, "I have always conducted myself with candour, and I meant to save you trouble." After relating to you how fully the respondent removed every obstacle which had arisen from the proceeding of the first day, and how honourably he explained and justified the motives of his conduct, declared himself thus to the counsel: "you having thus explained the meaning of the court, you will stand acquitted or condemned to your own consciences,"—the same terms used by Mr. Tilghman—"as you think proper to act. Do as you please." This honourable court will be pleased to recollect that Mr. Rawle speaks not from the imperfect impressions of memory after the lapse of five years; but from full notes taken at the very moment of the transaction. It is needful to go further in jus-
tification of this mistaken menace. What says Mr. Rawle? "that the respondent told the counsel that if they read cases which were not law, after knowing the opinion of the court that they were not so, they would do it with a view to their own reputations." Mr. Meredith, after reciting what the judge observed upon the cases, at common law, testifies that the respondent informed the counsel of Fries, "they might manage the defence in such way as they thought proper, having regard to their own characters." I hope, sir, we have now obtained a just notion of the nature and intent of whatever was said by the judge at this period of the transaction; and as no witness considered it as a menace but Mr. Dallas, we may justly conclude he has mistaken it. Is not this the true interpretation of it, that the judge had determined to give these gentlemen the utmost latitude of discussion, both of the law and fact, to any extent they thought proper, referring them only to their own sense of propriety, to their own consciences, to their regard for their own characters, as to the manner in which they would use this unbounded liberty; The respondent confided in the character and conscience of these gentlemen for the fair exercise of their professional duty, and for such a limitation of their privilege of speech, as would prevent any abuse of it to improper purposes or to an unreasonable extent. Suffer me, sir, to make one further remark, in confirmation of my position. It grows out of the acknowledged circumstances of the case, and if fairly deduced, is evidence of the highest description. It is agreed by all the witnesses that on the second day, the respondent manifested and expressed the utmost solicitude and anxiety for the counsel to proceed in the defence and that he took "great pains" to induce them to do so. It is not doubted that he was sincere in this. Is it probable or possible then, with these dispositions, and while he was endeavouring to persuade and to induce these gentlemen to return to the defence of their client, that he would indulge himself in threats, in insults and menaces, which would necessarily confirm them in the abandonment of the cause, and defeat the acknowledged wish the judge had that they should return to it? But still we are told, and this first article of impeachment concludes with averring, that in consequence of the conduct of the respondent, Fries was deprived of his right of being heard and defended by his counsel. To refute this unfounded assertion, we need not go further than to the testimony of Messrs. Lewis and Dallas. They surely are the best judges of the motives of their own conduct. What reason do they give for denying Fries their aid and advising him to refuse all other counsel? Because they had no hopes of success on a trial; because they believed the court had got into a difficulty where they were determined to keep them; because they thought they had a better chance to save their client's life by the uses they should make of the novelty of the first day's proceeding, than they could have on a full trial after this novelty was removed; the counsel in short withdrew from the defence of Fries, because they thought it would best serve him, and were not influenced by any other motive whatever. How does this testimony support the averment in the conclusion of the article, which boldly affirms, not that John Fries was saved, but that he was condemned to death, in consequence of not being heard by his counsel?
A very strange and unexpected effort has been made, sir, to raise a prejudice against the respondent on this occasion, by exciting or rather forcing a sympathy for John Fries. We have heard him most pathetically described as the ignorant, the friendless, the innocent John Fries. The ignorant John Fries! Is this the man who undertook to decide that a law which had passed the wisdom of the Congress of the United States, was impolitic and unconstitutional; and who stood so confident of this opinion, as to maintain it as the point of the bayonet? He will not thank the gentlemen for this compliment, or accept the plea of ignorance as an apology for his crime. The friendless John Fries! Is this the man who was able to draw round himself a band of bold and determined adherents, resolved to defend him and his vile doctrines at the risk of their own lives, and of the lives of all who should dare to oppose? Is this the John Fries who had power and friends enough, actually to suspend, for a considerable time, the authority of the United States over a large district of country, to prevent the execution of the laws, and to command and compel the officers appointed to execute the law to abandon the duties of their appointment, and lay the authority of the government at the feet of this friendless usurper ? The innocent John Fries! Is this the man, against whom a most respectable grand jury of Pennsylvania, in 1799, found a bill of indictment for high treason; and who was afterwards convicted by another jury, equally impartial and respectable, with the approbation and under the direction of judges, whose humanity and conduct on that very occasion have received the most unqualified praise of the hon. manager who thus sympathizes with Fries? Is this the John Fries, against whom a second grand jury, in 1800, found another bill for the same offence, founded on the same facts, and who was again convicted by a just and conscientious petit jury? Is this innocent German , the man who, in pursuance of a wicked opposition to the power and laws of the United States and a mad confidence in his ability to maintain that opposition, rescued the prisoners duly arrested by the officers of the government and placed those very officers under duress? who with arms in his hands and menace on his tongue, arrayed himself in military order and strength, put to hazard the safety and peace of the country, and threatened us with all the desolation, bloodshed, and horror of a civil war? who at the moment of his desperate attack, cried out to his infatuated followers "come on! I shall probably fall on the first fire, then strike, stab and kill all you can!" In the fervid imagination of the hon. manager, the widows and orphans of this man, even before he is dead, are made in hypothesis, to cry at the judgment seat of God, against the respondent? whose blood, though not a drop of it has been spilt, is seen to stain the pure ermine of justice? I confess, sir, as a Pennsylvanian, whose native state has been disgraced with two rebellions in the short period of four years, my ear was strangely struck to hear the leader of one of them, addressed with such friendly tenderness, and honoured with such flattering sympathy, by the hon. manager.
It is not unusual, sir, in publick prosecutions for the accused to appeal to his general life and conduct in refutation of the charges. How proudly may the respondent make this appeal. He is charged with a violent attempt to violate the laws and constitution of his country, and to destroy the best liberty of his fellow citizens. Look, sir, to his past life, to the constant course of his opinions and conduct, and the improbability of the charge is manifest. Look to the days of doubt and danger; look to that glorious struggle so long and so doubtfully maintained for that independence we now enjoy, for those rights of self-government you now exercise, and do you not see the respondent among the boldest of the bold, never sinking in hope or in exertion, but aiding by his talents and encouraging by his spirit; in short, putting his property and life in issue on the contest, and making the loss of both certain, by the active part he assumed, should his country fail of success. And does this man, who thus gave all his possessions, all his energies, all his hopes to his country and to the liberties of this American people, now employ the small and feeble remnant of his days, without interest or object, to pull down and destroy that very fabric of freedom, that very government and those very rights, he so laboured to establish? It is not credible; it cannot be credited, but on proof infinitely stronger
than any thing that has been offered to this hon. court on this occasion. Indiscretions may have been hinted out by the perseverance of persecution; but I trust most confidently, that the just, impartial, and dignified sentence of this court, will completely establish to our country and to the world, that the respondent has fully and honourably justified himself against the charges now exhibited against him; and has discharged his official duties, not only with the talents that are conceded to him, but with an integrity infinitely more dear to him.
CHARLESTON, JUNE 8.
We are informed that the privateer fleet now blocking our harbour, brought to yesterday the ship Minerva, capt. Atkins, from this port for the Coast—Capt. A. not immediately complying with their order to hoist out his boat and come on board, the Frenchmen threatened to put him in irons.—Four men were put on board the ship, and she was detained for further examination, the privateersmen asserting that she was bound to St. Domingo, from the circumstance of her having three or four guns and a small quantity of gunpowder on board. When the pilot-boat left the fleet last evening, the ship was still in company.
June 10.
The squadron has been joined by a ship—it now consists of one ship, one brig, two schooners, and a sloop. Three only were in sight yesterday—they ordered capt. Messroon, of the Baltic, for Bourdeaux, to get out his boat and go on board, before he had cleared the bar.
We are informed that the squadron, after robbing the Minerva of her poultry, &c. have permitted her to proceed on her voyage.
To the Editor of the Morning Chronicle.
Sir—In the account you have given of the eleventh report, I observe that the ministers were so distressed for money in the years 1800, 1 and 2, that they were compelled to have recourse to the manufacturing of bills, which they got discounted. Now, sir, setting aside the illegality of such a step, I think the publick ought to be acquainted, that during that period, it appears from Mr. Trotter's account with his banker, that he was in receipt of dividends on stock to an immense amount, viz.
  Received in January and February, 1801, the Christmas Dividend on L. 53,221 consols. 33,358 India st.   Ditto, ditto, ditto, on 3,311 reduced   Rec. April, 1801, Lady-Day Div. on 43,294 reduced   Ditto, ditto, ditto, ditto, on 2,142 bank.   Rec. July, 1801, Midsummer Div. on 16,687 consols.   Ditto, ditto, ditto, on 17,858 India.   Rec. Oct. 1801, Michaelmas Div. on 43,294 reduced   Ditto, ditto, ditto, on 2,142 bank.   And that he funded in Dec. 1801, 106,000 ex-bills.   Rec. in Jan. 1802, Div. on Christmas, 53,221 consols. 33,358 consols.   Ditto, ditto, ditto, 17,858 India.   Rec. April, 1802, Lady-Day Div. on 130,000 4 pr. ct. 44,000 reduced   2,142 bank. 
In addition to the above, there was American stock purchased, bills discounted, &c. When such things are permitted, the publick need not be surprised at the subterfuges their servants are reduced to.
I am, sir, yours, &c.
A PLEBIAN.
April 1, 1805.
A Curious Cause of War.
In the year 1605, some soldiers of the commonwealth of Modena ran away with a bucket from a publick well belonging to the state of Bologna. This implement might be worth a shilling; but it produced a quarrel, which was worked up into a long and bloody war. Henry the king of Sardinia, for the emperor Henry the second, assisted the Modenese to keep possession of the bucket; and in one of the battles he was made prisoner. His father the emperor, offered a chain of gold that would encircle Bologna, which is seven miles in compass, for his son's ransom, but in vain—after twenty-two years imprisonment, and his father being dead, he pined away and died. His monument is still extant in the church of the Dominicans. This fatal bucket is still exhibited in the tower of the cathedral of Modena, enclosed in an iron cage. Tasso has very humourously described it in his Della Secchia .
Gazette Marine Memoranda.
ARRIVED.
Schooner Hannah, Brownlow, 15 days from Guadalupe, Sugar & Coffee, George Murray & Co. Left there 4th June, sch'r John, Bayton, just arrived from the Spanish Main.—The sch'r Father & Sons, Hipkins, sailed for Antigua 31st May.
CUSTOM-HOUSE—ENTERED.
Ship John & Advice, Baker, Liverpool. Sch'r Dart, Garrow, Martinique. Hannah, Brownlow, Guadalupe.
CLEARED.
Sch'r Mercury, Owens, Trinidad. Sloop Caroline, Hall, St. Croix. Friendship, Andeyat, New-York. Cleantha, Bert, New-York.
NORFOLK THEATRE.
THIS EVENING, June 22, 1805.
Will be presented, Shakespeare's Tragedy of HENRY THE FOURTH; OR, THE HUMOURS OF SIR JOHN FALSTAFF. To which will be added, the Farce of the VILLAGE LAWYER.
The Doors to be opened at half past 5, and the performance to commence at half past 6 precisely. ADMITTANCE ONE DOLLAR. 776
AUCTION.
On Wednesday next, the 26th inst. at 10 o'clock, on Wilcock's Wharf, WILL BE SOLD,
The Cargo of the Schooner Dart, from Martinique: viz.
  49 Hogsheads, } CHOICE MUSCO: SUGAR.   2 Ties,   150 Barrels, } BEST GREEN COFFEE.   20 Hogsheads Clayed SUGAR. 
6 Hogsheads, 40 Barrels, 70 Bags. All sums under 300 dollars cash, from 200 to 1000, 60 days, above 1000, 60 and 90 days, for approved endorsed negotiable notes.
Francis Smith, V. M.
June 20.
773
NOTICE.
CONCERT-HALL,
Boston, May, 1805.
THE Subscriber respectfully informs his Friends and the Publick, and those Gentlemen of the Southern States who may visit this part of the Continent, during the summer season, that the house known by the name of Concert-Hall, situated in a very central and pleasant part of the town, (corner of Court and Hanover Streets) has been fitted up at a very great expense with the genteelest accommodations. Those Gentlemen who may wish for Boarding and Lodging, it is promised cannot find a more eligible and convenient house, or a more grateful reception than from the present occupant of Concert-Hall, whose assiduity to serve them shall exceed the liberality of their patronage.
766
law3m
T. WHETCOMB.

SIXTY DOLLARS REWARD.
Ran from the ship Franklin, of Boston, at City Point, on the night following the first of June, inst.
WILLIAM RAWLINSON —Carpenter—slim and of middling size; fair complexion; somewhat pitted with the Small Pox; has a bad scar on one of his shins; about 25 or 26 years of age; has no protection; supposed to be an Englishman.
THOMAS WILLIAMS —Seaman—has a large scar, made with a knife, on one of his cheeks.
SOLOMON DENHAM —Ordinary Seaman—light complexion; light hair; and light eyes; about 5 feet 9 or 4 inches high; 22 or 23 years of age.
The aforesaid Carpenter and Seamen, broke up several chests, stole, and took with them, sundry articles of clothing, and other things of value.
Also—On the night following, the 2d instant,
JOSEPH WESTCOTT —Boatswain—a stout made noisy fellow; short sandy hair; light complexion.
JAMES HERVEY —Seaman—a stout tall man; thin favoured; speaks broad—has sandy hair.
WILLIAM BARNES —Seaman—middling size; indulges in liquor; dark and short hair; round favoured.
The five last mentioned have protections; doubtless obtained by fraud—Whoever will apprehend either of the aforesaid run-aways, and convey them on board the Franklin, or secure them in any jail, so that they can be had in time to proceed the voyage—shall receive Ten Dollars a head for them, or for any one or either of them.—It is suspected they intend for Norfolk—all persons are forbidden harbouring or secreting them, as they wish to avoid the penalty of the law.
Luther Dana, Master and Commander of the Franklin.
June 13. tf 739
One Hundred Dollars Reward.
RAN AWAY from our Company, a Negro Man named HARVEY , by some called HENRY . He is ab ut 23 years old, about 5 feet 6 inches high, his face inclining to the colour of a mulatto, short thick neck, hoarse voice, walks straight, and is upon the whole a likely and well made Negro. He wore when he went off a striped cloth jacket and trousers, but carried with him a variety of other clothing.—He is fond of dress; and is very artful. He can read, and is by trade a Cooper . He formerly belonged to Mr. Theodorerick Morrison, of Prince George County, from whom he ran away, and was taken up in Norfolk, about six years ago; at which time we purchased him. He went off last night without the slightest provocation.
We will give a reward of 25 dollars to the person who may apprehend him in Norfolk, and secure him so that we may get him again—If taken out of the county, and delivered to us, we will give 50 dollars reward; if taken out of the state, and returned to us, we will give the above reward of 100 dollars; and 50 dollars additional for such discovery of the person or persons who assisted his escape, as may lead to his or their conviction.
McPherson & McPhail.
Norfolk, Virginia, May 7. tf 57
NOTICE.
RAN AWAY from the Subscriber living in Edenton, his Mulatto Boy SAM —he is about twenty-one years of age, trim and well built, and large behind—he has two scars on the top of one of his feet, I think the right one.—Whoever will take up said boy, shall receive TWENTY DOLLARS , be sides the expense of carrying him to Norfolk—I want him delivered to Mr. John Granberry, at that place.
Samuel Butler.
Edenton, May 30. 6w 743
FOR SALE,
Pursuant to the Will of William Samuel Peachy, deceased, Peachy's Manufacturing Mills and Store-Houses , lying in the County of Prince George, on Powell's Creek, a navigable stream of James River, and on the main stage road from Norfolk to Petersburg, with about six acres of Land belonging thereto.—One third of the purchase money will be required at the end of eighteen months and three years credit will be given for the residue. The Gentleman to whom the Mills will be good enough to show them—For terms apply to Mr. Robert Maitland of Norfolk, or to Thomas Griffin Peachy of Williamsburg.
ALSO FOR SALE,
That beautiful Seat on James River (about four miles from the Mills) called FLOWER DE HUNDRED —The Tract of Land belonging to this Seat, contains 1800 acres extending nearly two miles on the banks of the river, (about half a day's sail from Norfolk, and five hours from Petersburg) considerable part of the Land is fit for the cultivation of Wheat and Tobacco; it has some valuable Low Ground, and a great deal of Meadow Land, from which in its natural state, great quantities of Hay may be made; the Land also abounds with good Timber:—The Houses, Garden, Orchards, and other improvements, are extensive and valuable.—As it is presumed that no person would purchase such an estate without first viewing it, a further description is thought needless.— Collier Harrison, Esq. of Charles City, who has viewed the Land and is well acquainted with its quality, will be good enough to show it—A credit of 9, 13 and 16 years will be given for the greater part of the purchase money, and for the residue four annual payments will be required—An indisputable title will be made—The price may be known by application to Mr. Robert Maitland, or to Mary W. Peachy, and Thomas G. Peachy, of Williamsburg.
March 25. tf 523
VALUABLE LAND FOR SALE.
The Subscriber, intending to leave this State, wishes to dispose of the Land he at present resides on. It is a tract of EIGHT HUNDRED ACRES , beautifully situated upon Cape Charles; having the Atlantic upon one side, and the Chesapeake upon another. There is upon it as good a Fishery as any in Virginia. There are interspersed throughout the plantation, a number of SALT SPRINGS , so strongly impregnated with salt as to bear a new-laid egg. Oysters, Cockles, and Fish of all kinds may be obtained from the waters immediately at the door. The land is very productive, estimated annually good for 500 barrels Indian Corn, and 2000 bushels of Oats, and is now in capital order. The Fishery alone has yielded, in one spring, upwards of 700L. In short there are but very few Plantations offered for Sale, which unite so many advantages: and nothing but a desire to pursue his professional business could induce the present proprietor to sell it. Should it not be sold before the Fall, it will be leased for a term of years. Conditions will be made known on application to
Thomas V. Custis.
May 3. law 648
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.
Nov. 16. tf 326
NOTICE.
The subscriber owes some money; which he is determined shall be speedily paid; added to which his low state of health, calls loudly for his retirement from business. He therefore offers his stock of goods for sale, on the most liberal terms—This assortment has been selected from the best emporiums within the last twelve months; and amounts to about 2500 currency. As the situation occupied by him is not equalled by any other in the lower country, and as it can be obtained for a number of years, he hopes some of his friends will consider it to their advantage to purchase the goods, and take the stand—Nothing but the second reason assigned in this advertisement, would induce him to quit the stand—but owing to his health he must and will quit business, for one time at least. He has two small crafts, and has quantity of naval stores and lumber subject to his creditors.
JOHN K. RANDOLPH.
N.B. Those indebted must make payment in sixty days or the account will be sent to a collector.
Richmond, April 5. law 433
NORFOLK BOROUGH.
At a Quarterly Session Court held the twenty-fifth day of March, 1805, in the 29th year of the Commonwealth.
William Pennock, Compt. against  Stephen Gorham, Peter C. Brooks, John Nickell, Moses Myers, and Cary Selden, IN CHANCERY. Deputy Marshal of the United States, for the Virginia district. Defts.
THE Defendants Stephen Gorham, and Peter C. Brooks, not having entered their appearance, and given security according to the Act of Assembly, and the Rules of this Court, and it appearing to the satisfaction of the Court that they are not inhabitants of this Commonwealth: on the motion of the Complainant by his Counsel, It is ordered , that the said Defendants Stephen Gorham, and Peter C. Brooks, appear here on the fourth Monday in June next, and answer the Bill of the Complainant; and that a copy of this order be forthwith inserted in some newspaper printed in this Borough, for eight weeks successively, and posted at the front door of the Court-house of said Borough: And it is further ordered , That the Defendants John Nickell, Moses Myers, and Cary Selden, do not pay, convey away, or secret any debts or effects in their hands, belonging to the other Defendants, until the further order or decree of this Court, concerning the same.
A Copy, Teste, WILLIAM SHARP, C. N. B. C.
NORFOLK BOROUGH.
At a Quarterly Session Court held the twenty-fifth day of March, 1805, in the 29th year of the Commonwealth.
George Wilson, Compt. against  Thomas Harris, and George Veale, IN CHANCERY. and James Caton, trading under the firm of Caton & Veale, Defts.
THE Defendant Thomas Harris, not having entered his appearance, and given security according to the Act of Assembly, and the Rules of this Court, and it appearing to the satisfaction of the Court that he is not an inhabitant of this Commonwealth: on the motion of the Complainant, by his Counsel, It is ordered , That the said Defendant Thomas Harris, appear here on the fourth Monday in June next, and answer the Bill of the Complainant; and that a copy of this order be forthwith inserted in some newspaper printed in this Borough, for eight weeks successively, and posted at the front door of the Court-house of said Borough: And it is further ordered , That the Defendants Caton & Veale, who hath effects of the said Thomas Harris in their hands, do not pay, convey away, or secret such effects, but retain them until the further order or decree of this Court, concerning the same.
A Copy, Teste, WILLIAM SHARP, C. N. B. C.
NORFOLK BOROUGH.
At a Quarterly Session Court continued and held the twenty-sixth day of March, 1805, in the 29th year of the Commonwealth.
Samuel Ramsay, Compt. against  Ephraim Robinson, IN CHANCERY. Deft.
THE Defendant not having entered his appearance, and given security according to the Act of Assembly, and the Rules of this Court, and it appearing to the satisfaction of the Court that he is not an inhabitant of this Commonwealth: on the motion of the Complainant by his Counsel, It is ordered , That the said Defendant appear here on the fourth Monday in June next, and answer the Bill of the Complainant; and that a copy of this order be forthwith inserted in some newspaper printed in this Borough, for eight weeks successively, and posted at the front door of the Court-house of said Borough.
A Copy, Teste, WILLIAM SHARP, C. N. B. C.
JOHN C. NIEMEYER,
Has received in addition to his former assortment GERMAN GOODS, 45 packages German Linens, &c. chiefly entitled to drawback,
 Platillas, brown Hollands, Britanias, Sheetings, extra fine 1 1-8 yard wide, Downs and Creas of the best quality, Shirtlinen, Diapers, Bed Ticking for Matrasses, Bed Bunts fine 1 1-4 to 2 yards wide, Ticklenburgs, Oznaburgs, Brown Hempens Hessian, Brown and White Rolls, Russia Sheetings and light Canvas.  Also, Velvet Ribbons no. 2 to 150, Plush for Saddlers, black Satin for waistcoats, Brussels Lace 4 to 20 dols. per yard, cheap Edgings, German Nuns Thread, patent Needles, India sewing Silk, Made Shirts, Thread Stockings very fine, Razors, Spectacles, and Penknives, of the very first qualities, Chep Jewellery, fine Scissors, Muffs and Tippets of Martin Skins, 15 boxes Tumblers, Decanters, Wine Glasses, and Basket Flasks, &c. 3 Boxes English Mustard. 8 bales Cloths, Blankets, Coatings, &c. Andirons, Waffleiron, Coffee mills, Bird cages, and Seeds of all kinds, Table matts, & Straw plates, Suspenfers of the best kind, Violins, Flutes, Clarinets and Fifes, Harp strings and Violin strings, elegant Bows and Instruction books Looking Glasses, a large assortment of Baskets, fine and common do. do. Toys cheap by the quantity. Also, 90 boxes first quality Havana Segars, 50 do. good quality St. Jago do. 140 do. Short Pipes, 200 lbs Shoe Thread, 2000 Coffee bags good quality, 400 Gunny do. 250 M. com. cheap Needles, 60 M. Toy marbles, 1 cases superior Quills, &c.  I will sell the above Goods low for cash or approved bills, or in barter for Coffee, and will take in payment One Hundred Hogsheads good Tobacco STEMS.—Apply as above. December 5. tf 273
NEW CUT-NAIL MANUFACTORY,
ON TOWN POINT, A small distance below County Wharf, Wide Water Street.
THE Subscriber has, at a considerable expense, fitted up, in addition to his other business, a complete set of machinery, adequate to finish 300 to 600 lbs. of Nails daily. He is also provided with a good stock of Iron; and with a sufficient number of skilful workmen.
He has on hand a constant supply of Nails, Flooring Brads, and Sprigs, which he offers for Sale at the reduced prices as follows, by the keg, viz.
 10d, 12d, 20d, Nails, 84 per lb.  8d, do. 9d per lb.  Sheathing, do. 7 1-2d per lb.  4d, do. 10d per lb.  3d, do. 5s per M.  2d, do. 7 1-2d do.  1d, 10d, 12d, and 20d, Brads, 8d per lb.  6d, do. 4s 6d per M.  4d, do. 3s do.  3d, do. 2s 7 1-2d do.  2d, do. 2s 7 1-2d do.  ALSO—HOOP AND BAR-IRON ASSORTED. LEVIN DORSEY.
March 18. tf 513
AVIS.
J. P. CHEVREUSE, Docteur en Médecine, Réçu à l'Université de Montpellier, et membre de l'Académie de Médecine de Paris, à l'honneur de prévenir le public que son demeure est Cumberland Street, No. 24. —Ceux qui voudront l'honorer de leur confiance auront lieu d'être satisfaits.
J. P. CHEVREUSE,
Doctor of Medicine, Graduate of the University of Montpellier, and member of the Academy of Medicine at Paris, acquaints the public that he resides at No. 24, Cumberland Street. —Those who may honour him with their confidence he hopes will have every reason to be satisfied.
May 22. tf 696
ALL Persons to whom my Son ARTHUR LEE , is indebted, are requested to make known their claims to RICHARD B. LEE.
March 18. tf 507
BY AUTHORITY.
RICHMOND ACADEMY LOTTERY.
CLASS No. II.
  4000 Tickets at 10 dollars each— dolls. 40000   1 Prize of dolls. 10000   1 of 5000   5 of dolls. 1000 5000   20 of 500 10000   50 of 100 5000   50 of 50 2500   100 of 25 2500   40000 
  227 First drawn ticket after 500 are drawn, dolls. 500   after 1000 500   after 1500 500   after 2000 1000   after 2500 1000   after 3000 1000   after 3500 1000   after 3950 10000 
The above Lottery will certainly commence drawing the first Monday in November, or sooner, if the tickets are sold.
Tickets for sale at the Office of the Publick Ledger. 722
LEVIN DORSEY,
On Town Point—Wide Water Street. Has Received by the Dumdries, from London, in addition to his former assortment of
MATHEMATICAL INSTRUMENTS, &c.
 Adams's Patent Globes—12 inches.  Brass and Wood Compasses—Assorted.  Quadrants.  Night and Day Telescopes—Assorted.  Telescopes for Day only.  Patent Time Glasses.  From 1-4 to 1-2 minute, and for one and two hours.  Gunter's Scales and Dividers—Assorted.  Charts, for the West-Indies, and America.  Moore's Epitome and Daily Assistant.  And has on hand, Blunt's American Practical Navigator—Last edition, with a copious appendix.  Blount's American Coastal Pilot.  Also for Sale, Bell-Mettle Skelites of Superior Quality.  Carriage Wheel Boxes, Bouches, and Solid Brass Sheaves—Assorted.  Hoop and Baltimore Bar-Iron—Assorted. 
All kinds of Mathematical Instruments Repaired, as usual. April 26. tf 628
FOR SALE, BY THE SUBSCRIBER,
 82 Puncheons Windward Island RUM.  25 do. Jamaica do.  10 do. Old Jamaica do.  10 Pipes Holland GIN.  8 Pipes 4th proof Cognac, } BRANDY.  12 do. Alicant, }  17 Pipes, } FINE OLD SICILY WINE.  4 Half Pipes, }  2 Qr. Casks, }  4 Half do. }  15 Quarter Casks Sherry WINE.  30 Crates well assorted EARTHENWARE.  9 Casks do. GLASSWARE.  5 Cwt. Dry White LEAD.  Half Ton STEEL.  4 Hogsheads Philadelphia Loaf SUGAR.  1238 Barrels Superfine, } FLOUR.  480 do. Fine, }  50 Hogsheads Petersburg, } TOBACCO.  50 do. Richmond, }  42 do. Lowland, }  A. Maclure. April 29. tf 633
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 Reishes, at the shortest notice.
BOARDERS accommodated by the week, month, or year.
Henry Benbridge. October 9. tf 170
FOR SALE,
50 Hhds. prime Richmond TOBACCO, and 100 Barrels NAVY BREAD—now a-float. Robert Gibson. May 27. tf 713
PRESTON'S ILLUSTRATIONS.
The Subscribers to Richards's Edition of Preston's Illustrations of Masonry, are requested to call for the Copies at the Office of the Publick Ledger. March 27. tf 541
SAMUEL SAUNDERS & Co.
Have taken the STORE lately occupied by Messrs. John Rorke & Co. opposite the New Market, WHERE THEY OFFER FOR SALE, A General Assortment of Groceries:
 And have just received from Philadelphia, per the schooner Liberty, Capt. a Fisher, 20 Barrels RYE WHISKEY. 50 do. APPLE BRANDY. 50 Boxes BLOOM RAISINS. 100 Reams WRAPPING PAPER. April 17. tf 601 
NOW LANDING
From on board the Brig Fanny, from Havana, and Schooner Lydia, from Antigua, 170 Hogsheads MOLASSES. 129 do. RUM. For sale by William Pennock. May 27. tf 716
THE SUBSCRIBER
Having opened Tavern in the EXCHANGE COFFEE HOUSE, will be glad to take in TEN OR TWELVE GENTLE BOARDERS by the year. Peter Kemp. May 6. tf 654
REMOVAL.
JAMES TUCKER,
Has removed to No. 1, HOLT'S LANE, near MAIN-STREET, WHERE HE OFFERS FOR SALE, ON REASONABLE TERMS, HIS STOCK IN TRADE, CONSISTING OF A GENERAL ASSORTMENT OF HARDWARE, NAILS, &c. May 8. tf 659
HIS STOCK IN TRADE,
CONSISTING OF A GENERAL ASSORTMENT OF HARDWARE, NAILS, &c. May 8. tf 659
LANDING,
From the ship Goyt from Amsterdam, and for sale by the Subscriber, Holland's SAIL DUCK. CHECKS and STRIPES in cases. CLASS WARE—STONE JUGS. HERRINGS in small kegs. Empty GIN CASES, &c. Moses Myers. WRO HAS ON HAND, A supply of excellent GIN, of former importations. June 6. tf 744
WILL BE LANDED
Tomorrow Morning on Gibson's Wharf, 35 Puncheons of Antigua RUM,
15 do. do. Old RUM, and sold cheap for cash or approved paper at 60 days, if taken away before it is put in store. Robert Gibson. May 10. tf 674
JACOB KLEIN,
No. 111, Main-Street, is now opening a large assortment of
5-4 and 4-4 Cotton Cambricks, Fine Cravat to Plain Black and Embossed do. Fine India and Mull Mull Muslin, Silk Cuberdells for Musquito Nets, Short Silk and Kid Gloves, best English Silk, &c.
ALSO, Women and Men's Fine Plain and Laced Clock Cotton Hose, Black Laces, Common Blue Stripes, best London Superfine Black Cloth, and two trunks Fine and Common Callicoes, &c. &c. all of which will be sold very low for cash or short credit. May 10. tf 671
COCKE & SANFORD,
No. 40, MAIN-STREET. Have imported in the Ship Dumdries, from London, an extensive assortment of useful and fashionable
SPRING GOODS:
Which they offer on liberal terms, by Wholesale and Retail. April 24. tf 617
NOW LANDING,
On Rothery's Wharf, from on board the Brig Ann Elizabeth, Capt. Williams, from Antigua, 40 Puncheons four years old Rum. And a few hds. of the last Crop.—For sale by John Brown. May 1. tf 642
FOR SALE,
 12 Puncheons ANTIGUA RUM.  15 do. GRENADA do.  5 Pipes HOLLAND GIN.  20 do. COUNTRY do.  12 do. FRENCH BRANDY.  2 do. ALICANT do.  22 Qr. Casks SHERRY WINE.  10 do. MALAGA do.  PORT and CLARET WINE, in casks & bottles.  6 Barrels PORK and about 1000 Dozen PORTER, of my last winters flock, equal to any imported. Joseph Hayes. August 24. tf 
TO RENT.
THE Store, Cellar, and Computing Room, No. 41, Main-Street, at present occupied by Messrs. Gilliat & Mackinder. Apply to Thomas Willock. April 1. tf 547