Norfolk gazette and publick ledger (Norfolk [Va.]), 1805-01-07 00:00:00

NORFOLK GAZETTE AND PUBLICK LEDGER.
VOL. I.]
MONDAY EVENING, JANUARY 7, 1805.
[NO. 75.]
FOR SALE AT PUBLICK AUCTION, On Thursday 17th January next, at 12 o'clock, at three, six nine, and twelve months credit, The handsome, substantial, and fast sailing Ship
MONTICELLO, Just returned from her second voyage, now lying at City Point; burthen 479 2-3 tons, built under the particular inspection of Captain John Wilson, intended for Mr. Moore's own use, copper-fastened, &c. &c.—For further particulars enquire of Messrs. Alexander Cranston & Co. New-York; John Campbell, White & Sons, Baltimore; John Cunningham & Co. Richmond; Phinehas Dana, Norfolk; or WILLIAM BOWDEN, Acting Executor to ROBERT MOORE, deceased. Petersburg, Dec. 10. tf 286
THE SCHOONER HAMLET, Captain Cropsey, Will take freight for New-York, if offered in three days Apply to the Master on board, at Maxwell's Wharf. January 2.
FOR AMSTERDAM, The good Brig TWO BROTHERS, P. Hartshorne, Master:— Burthen 230 bds. 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 RISING 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 bds. Mess Beef. 20 do. Neats Tongues. 50 Barrels Herrings. 20 do. Mackerel. 10 Half barrels do. 10 Hogsheads N. E. Rum. 20 Barrels do. 20 do. Country Gin. 20 do. Whiskey. 100 Boxes Mould Candles. 50 do. Dips do. 50 do. Chocolate 50 do. Cheese, for family use. 50 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 173 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 LONDON, The MEDWAY, A fine coppered ship under English colours. Two-thirds of her cargo engaged, she will sail by the 10th of January. Freight to fill up, will be received on low terms. Apply to Robertson & Brown. Who have Landing out of Brig George, HIGH PROOF JAMAICA RUM. December 21. tf 302
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 350 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 in 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 bds. 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, Burthen 350 bds. For terms apply to the master on board, or Moses Myers. November 28. tf 255
FOR SALE ON LIBERAL CREDIT, The well found fast sailing Schooner EMELY, JAMES SAMPSON, Master:— Together with her cargo on board of 600 barrels Flour. Moses Myers. November 26. tf 232
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 CHARTER, The American Brig FACTOR, one year old, burthen 163 tons, will carry about 1500 barrels—a freight to the West-Indies will be preferred. For terms apply to the Captain on board, or Richard Blow. 2500 bushels Lisbon SALT on board said brig, which will be sold low if taken from a-long fide. November 28. tf 360
FOR SALE, A very superior PILOT BOAT, Just launched, of the following dimensions, 38 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 253
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
FOR CHARTER, The Ship BRUTUS, JOHN BUNCE, Master:— 236 tons burthen—a stout well built vessel; three years old, and completely found in every respect. She will be ready to receive a cargo in the course of a few days. For terms apply to N. Heron. Sept. 18. tf 142
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. 123 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. Livingstone, 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
WINDOWGLASS. I have just received for sale, from the Baltimore Manufactory, 34 BOXES WINDOW GLASS. 8 by 10—9 by 11—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 315
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
TO UNDERWRITERS, MERCHANTS, &c. THE Subscriber, Proprietor of the ROYAL GAZETTE AND BAHAMA ADVERTISER, published at Nassau, has been, and purposes to continue transmitting, by every opportunity, Early and Correct information to his subscribers in Europe, and America, of the arrivals, clearances, captures, and misfortunes, that may happen to vessels about these and the different West-India Islands. As the procuring and forwarding such information, will occupy much time, and be attended with considerable expense—to insure this attention, it will be necessary that men interested in mercantile and other information, should subscribe with liberality to his Gazette. It is published twice a week, price seven dollars and a half per annum. Six months advance.
SUBSCRIPTIONS Will be received in London, by the proprietor of the Courier; at Liverpool, by Messrs. T. & J. Moss, merchants, and the proprietor of the Mercantile Chronicle; at Greenock, by the proprietor of the Advertiser; at Dublin, by J. Wilson, Esq. American Consul; in Savannah, by the proprietor of the Museum; in Charleston, by the proprietors of The City Gazette, The Courier, and The Times; in Norfolk, by the proprietors of the Publick Ledger; in Baltimore, by Mr. G. Douglas, and the proprietors of the American in Philadelphia, by Mr. C. W. Wayne, and the proprietor of the True American; in New-York, by T. & J. Swoops, E. Sargeant & Co. and the proprietors of the Morning Chronicle, and the Daily Advertiser. ROBERT WILSON. Nassau, New-Providence, November 30. 3 325
WANTED IMMEDIATELY, A WET NURSE, To whom liberal wages will be given.—Apply at the Office of the Publick Ledger. January 4. tf 326
JUST RECEIVED, By the ship Roba & Beasey, 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 Admira, Capt. Stover, A LARGE ASSORTMENT OF SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS, Consisting of Amputating, Trepanning, Cupping, idwifery. Tooth of different sorts, Crown and Common Lancets, and Surgical Pocket Instruments, &c. &c.
HARDHAM'S SNUFF, No. 9. Also, by the ship Olive Branch, Capt. Le Breton from Bristol, A LARGE & EXTENSIVE ASSORTMENT OF GLASS & FURNITURE, For Apothecary's and Practitioner's Shops. Those who favour us with their orders will be supplied on the most reasonable terms, and the articles of the best and freshest quality, as our importations are regularly twice a year, and laid in with cash, from the most respectable Druggists in London.
MEDICINE CHESTS made up as usual. Also, a few elegant Mahogany Chests of the newest construction, with furniture complete, PERRY'S ANTI-BILIOUS PILLS. Frederick Heermann & Son. July 17. 2aw 12m. 1
INSURANCE AGAINST FIRE. Phenix Fire Office, London, May 1, 1804.
THE numerous and destructive Fires which have happened within the period of the two last years, in different parts of Europe and America, (more particularly in the towns of Liverpool in England, Gothenburg in Sweden, and Norfolk in Virginia,) render it proper to remind all persons who possess property in the United States of America, of the utility of insurance. The Phoenix Office of London, is an institution sufficiently known by the very large and important losses it has paid, in consequence of the extensive conflagrations in the cities and towns of America to such sufferers as have had the prudence to protect their property, by insurance.—The Phoenix Company deeply regret that, owing to the experience of serious and continued losses, upon the buildings and stores in the timber towns, no alteration nor remission on such risks can be made at present—but the Directors hope, from the increase of brick and stone buildings, and other improvements of security, that the period is not far distant, when they will be able generally, to mitigate the rates of insurance in North America; and they confidently presume that the promptitude and honour with which they have uniformly fulfilled their extensive engagements, have unequivocally established the solidity, credit and good faith, of the Company. The Phoenix Company grant insurances upon buildings, goods, and ships whilst in dock or in harbour, from loss or damage by fire, upon the most moderate and equitable terms; and persons desirous of securing their property by policies from this company, are requested to transmit their orders to their correspondents in Great Britain. July 31. 48
NOTICE. THE Subscribers and Members of the Mutual Insurance Company against Fire on Goods and Furniture in the State of Virginia, are hereby requested to attend their Annual General Meeting, to be held agreeable to their constitution on the second Wednesday in January, which being the ninth day of next month, by ten o'clock, A. M. at the General Office of Insurance in the City of Richmond. W. F. AST, Prin. Agent, M. I. C. Richmond, December 10, 1804. td 335
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, add a liberal credit will be allowed, on bond with approved security.—Also, the balance of the lease of his Store, equal to any stand 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 particulars, apply to James Tucker. WHO HAS FOR SALE, ON VERY LOW TERMS, A VALUABLE TRACT OF LAND, on the South Branch of the Potomac. August 29. tf 97
NOTICE. HAVING given Mr. STEPHENS PARHAM, a concern in my Business, the Firm in future, will be PHINEHAS DANA & Co. January 2. tf 320
JUST LANDED, From the Brig ANN MARIA, WILLIAM B. SUGGS, Master, from MADEIRA, A PARCEL OF CHOICE WINES, Put up by the House of OLIVEIRA, viz. 5 Pipes Brazil Madeira, 6 years old. Assorted in pipes, bds. 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
LAND FOR SALE. On Monday the 14th instant, we shall expose for sale, 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 Venable 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 B. Taylor. JOHN NIVISON, JAMES NIMMO, Trustees. January 2. epids 321
FOR SALE, A PLANTATION on the Western Branch of Elizabeth River, containing one hundred and seventy Acres, on the main road leading from Portsmouth to Suffolk, and about eight miles from Portsmouth. The said land is very agreeable for Corn, Oats, &c. about two-thirds is covered with Oak, Pine, &c. There is a very good Dwelling House, and all necessary out houses; there is about 15 feet water at the landing—I presume no person will purchase without first viewing the premises, therefore any further description would be unnecessary.—Any person inclined to purchase, may know the terms, by applying to the subscriber, or to John Johnson, jun. near the premises. JOHN SHELD. January 2. tf 323
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. tf 322
A SERVANT GIRL. THE time of a Servant Girl, from Amsterdam, is to be disposed of. She is about 15 years old, and has four and a half years to serve—a very smart and healthy girl, and only disposed of for want of employment. Enquire of the Printers. January 2. tf 318
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 application 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 9 180 Joists or String Pieces, 27 do. 8 by 14 300 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 February, 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 respectfully reminded, that the second Monday in January annually, is appointed by their Charter, for the Election of Directors.—The meeting for this purpose, the year first ensuing, will be held at the Norfolk Hotel, at 11 o'clock on that day. December 31. tf 315
THE SUBSCRIBER, HAS FOR SALE, 1200 Dried Spanish Hides. 24 Bales Cotton. 18 Bags Cocoa. 5 Bundles Tanned Leather. 15 Hogsheads, PENINGTON'S LOAF SUGAR. 17 Barrels, 18 Pieces Russia Canvas. 7 do. Raven's Duck. 6 Kegs Good Chewing Tobacco. 15 Tons Fusic. 20 Logs St. Domingo Mahogany. Apply at his office on Market square. EDWARD ROBERTS. Who will give Cash for Corn, Bess-Wax, and Pipe Staves. December 14. tf 328

MONDAY EVENING, JANUARY 7, 1805.
Distressing accounts from the Coast. —We are truly sorry to say that the prediction which we expressed in a few numbers back, of further distress on the coast, has been but too fatally confirmed. Mr. Williams late of Gun Boat No. 1, came up to town on Friday, from whom we learn, that he sailed in the sloop Betsey, Capt. Burton, from Charleston bound to Baltimore, that on the night of the 21st ult. he ran on shore about 40 miles to the Southward of Curratuck Inlet. Vessel and cargo lost—crew and passengers all saved.
Same night the schooner Paragon, Ward, from New-York, bound to this port, went on shore, and painful to relate, there is every reason to believe, that the whole of the crew, with several passengers have perished; the vessel is lost, but a large part of the cargo will be saved, which we understand is very valuable, and will be sold on the Beach on Wednesday. A brig, schooner and sloop, also went on shore near the same place, and at the same time, names unknown, the crews of both perished, vessels and cargoes totally lost. We are further informed that eight or ten other vessels are on shore to the southward.
Cæsar A. Rodney member of congress, from the state of Delaware, on the application of the legislature of Pennsylvania, has agreed to undertake to support the impeachment of the judges of the supreme court, before the senate.— Nat. Int.
Our readers will remember that the principal lawyers of the state of Pennsylvania, impressed with a conviction of the innocence of the judges, and of the injustice of the prosecution, and although some of them differed in political opinion from the judges, refused to appear in support of the impeachment. It belongs to every professional gentleman to determine for himself rules for his practice. Some gentlemen may imagine that there is no cause so detestable in publick opinion which should be left without an advocate. They may consider it as an act of injustice, and repugnant to the principles of their profession, to prejudice the merits of a cause upon the voice of publick opinion.—Without offering any remarks on those points, we think, that the refusal of the gentlemen of the bar of Pennsylvania, who were witnesses to those acts for which the judges were impeached, might, under all the circumstances of the case, have justified Mr. Rodney in refusing, if motives of professional duty alone operated upon his mind; the more so, as at this time, he should be at that honorable station, in which the voice of the people of his state had placed him.
The New-York papers of January 1, contain the note delivered by M. Talleyrand in reply to M. D'Oubril, the Russian charge d'affaires.—It is in the true Corsican style; but was received too late to be inserted in this paper.
FOR THE PUBLICK LEDGER.
THE LAY-CURATE.
DISCOURSE VI.
EVERY MAN THAT EATETH THE SOUR GRAPE HIS TEETH SHALL BE SET ON EDGE.
"And what, in the name of the whole tribe of Levi! can your Curate-ship make out of such a text as that?" exclaimed my friend Frank Thoughtless, who entered my study just as I had thus far transcribed the words of the Prophet, and, without asking permission, took up the paper from my desk—"Is the bible so barren of apophthegms, that you can find none more instructive with which to head your sermon? or is it from a mere love of eccentricity that you select such sayings as others would never think of noticing?"
Neither the one nor the other. In every passage of that book there is a lesson of wisdom; but in few is there a more obvious intention than in that which I have extracted from the works of a man who had seen much of the world; and who, after the manner of his age and country, and by the command of him who appoints and qualifies his own agents, gives the result of his experience in a collection of wholesome precepts and deductions, which we would do well to understand and treasure.
In the metaphor before, us we have the pleasures of the world designated by the grape, which if we would enjoy with the proper relish we must wait until the proper season, and which we should then rather use as a dessert than sit down to as a full banquet. For as eating the sour grape usually produces the sensation distinguished by the phrase used by this inspired writer, so will any premature or intemperate indulgence in what are denominated the pleasures of the world, be inevitably succeeded by a train of evils, of which self-accusation and ineffectual regrets are not the least. Now the intention JEREMIAH is to prevent—
Here I turned with a view to give a particular application to what I was preparing to say, when, lifting my eyes from the book on which they had been fixed, I perceived that my supposed auditor, fired perhaps with a seriousness so little adapted to his turn of mind, had fairly given me the slip, and left me preaching to an empty chair: no doubt laughing in his sleeve at the trick he had played upon the PARSON, as I am facetiously called by my good-humoured acquaintances.
This little incident threw me into a train of musing, upon the natural unwillingness with which men of particular tempers, listen to any reasoning that contradicts a favourite hypothesis, however absurd; any admonition that tends to curb their natural propensities, however irregular; any dissuasive from a pleasurable course of life; however vicious or destructive; for it is no less true that vice, to
some, is a source of pleasure as well as of destruction. In this pursuit I soon forgot my original intention of illustrating the saying of the prophet: yet the aberrations of my mind had still some remote connexion with it. My thoughts naturally settled upon him who had at first awakened them; and perhaps I could not better exemplify the lesson of my text, than by a sketch of his life.
FRANK is one of those who, whether happily or unhappily, has acquired the title of CLEVER FELLOW—a distinction peculiar to our English idiom, and not to be rendered with its full force into any other language, ancient or modern: a circumstantial proof of superiority which cannot but be very flattering, and certainly affords great matter of exultation, to that class of society to which it exclusively appertains.
There is nothing extraordinary in the means by which this character was acquired. Before he had attained the power of reflection he felt the power of wealth and independence. He was too early left, by the blind and unjustifiable partiality of a father, his own guardian, with an estate far superior to the wants of any man. During the years of adolescence he attended to collegiate exercises, and improved by them: but as those who managed his affairs had no authority to refuse his demands for money, he soon began to experience its effects in the ascendancy it gave him over his companions, who readily acquiesced in the arrogance of his manners, to share in the spoils of his purse. The regulations of a college, although they may for a time be evaded, do not admit the liberty of continued aggression, and cannot long be contemned with impunity. This was soon discovered by FRANK; who openly exulted in the sentence of expulsion, which left him more completely the master of his own actions.
Thrown upon the world at the age of eighteen, with the uncontroulable command of an apparently inexhaustible source of enjoyment, he found himself immediately surrounded by a crowd of parasites; who vied with each other in the invention of new pleasures, in the contrivance of new schemes of dissipation, and in the extravagance of their encomiums upon the generosity of his nature, his exalted disregard of wealth, and the noble contempt in which he held all the musty rules of economy, established by superannuated and coxcomical pretenders to prudence.
Under the guidance of such friends was poor THOUGHTLESS ushered into life; with all the boasted charms of which he soon became not only acquainted but perfectly intoxicated. He was first initiated into the mysteries of the Tavern; after which followed, in natural succession, those of the Bagnio, and the Gaming-Table: and before he concluded his twenty-first year, he had the unexampled felicity of boasting that he had disabled five waiters, who had either extinguished a candle in snuffing it, extracted the cork from a champagne bottle with a screw instead of forcing it out by agitating the confined air; or of having three horses and two of their riders killed on the turf; of being the most perfectly good-humoured loser at rattle-and-snap; and of being the keeper of three mistresses, peculiarly remarkable for the immutability, virtue, and disinterestedness of their attachment.
Could any mortal be more truly happy? But all happiness is perishable: and that of FRANK had scarcely reached its fancied zenith before he felt its decline. His affairs began to be embarrassed; his inexhaustible fortune to decay; and the hue of health to forsake his cheek. No sooner it was known that he had refused the payment of one account, than he was overwhelmed by a crowd of importunate creditors. He was still a man of honour, and to gratify them he sold or mortgaged every part of his estate. When the whole was implicated, he found but little difficulty in contracting his expenses. Being no longer able to entertain, those who had imposed upon his inexperience, and preyed upon his fortune, at once forsook his poverty, and ridiculed his sympathy.
Too haughty to bear the supercilious air of those who had formerly fed him with the most abject flattery, and too unpractised to know that the vicious are unacquainted with gratitude, he resented the treatment he experienced on this reverse of his condition; but all the satisfaction he thus derived was that of posting as cowards three or four wretches who would not condescend to make him an honourable atonement, because, in the accustomed cant of such people, he was not on an equal footing with themselves; the coward's usual subterfuge and safe-guard.
Now it is that he doubly experiences the extreme imprudence of his former conduct. He has contracted a habit of dissipation which incessantly calls for an indulgence it can no longer receive; and he has neglected to cultivate those mental powers which would teach him to sustain with fortitude the consequences of his follies. His time is passed between fruitless regrets for what has been, and constant endeavours to fly from the contemplation of what is. With a generous warmth and integrity of heart, and an inherent respect for moral rectitude, which entitle him to the compassion of the good, he has so neglected or abused them as to be in a manner an anathema to himself. He vows a total reformation of conduct with his lips, but it is evident how anxiously he counts the days and years that are to intervene before the discharge of his debts, shall, by relieving that part of his estate which is yet unalienated, give him back the means of tasting again those pleasures which have already ruined his constitution, vitiated his taste, and depraved his appetites.
Such was FRANK; such he now is; what he might have been is by no means an agreeable subject of inquiry. 'Tis melancholy indeed to behold the best gifts of heaven so used as to convince us that the possessor attaches no value to them, and altogether disregards the gracious intention of the giver. The warm glow of the passions which is natural to youth, requires them to be watched over with unremitting attention. Neglected they grow
wild, and like the uncultivated vine waste themselves in their own support, and are of no publick or private use or ornament; but if their exuberance were curbed by the careful hand of a skilful master, they might produce the most wholesome and delicious fruit.
To restrain the excesses of youth, to direct its passions, and to regulate its propensities, is the province of age and experience: and it is one of the last importance. Mach reverence , says JUVENAL, is due to a child . The more generous, sanguine, and unsuspicious the heart, the more closely should it be guarded: a thousand snares are spread for its destruction, from which it may be saved without sinking its ambition, or changing its nature for that of a cold, phlegmatic caution, which calculates the probable consequences of every step before it is taken. This disposition may be proper for more advanced life, but is unamiable in the young, and is seldom the concomitant of good dispositions or great qualities.
Consider, young readers, how important it is to shun those excesses which are the ruin of thousands, in fortune, in health, and in reputation. That eclat which accompanies the reveller is short-lived, and leaves a dread memorial behind it. Let your pleasures be such as not only give a strong zest in the moment of enjoyment, but are followed when past by approving recollections. Meditate on the consequences of debauchery. Place before you the short history of poor FRANK. He early tasted the sour grape , he rioting in all the misnamed pleasures of the sensualist; he is deprived of them, but the desires created by them remain and know at his peace; in the meaning of Jeremiah his teeth has been set on edge : the world to him has now few charms, and he is lost to it. Such is the sad consequence of vicious habits. From the gloomy review of mispent time to protect your old age, is the object of this admonition.
A LAY-CURATE.
ATTACK UPON TRIPOLI. —We learn that information was yesterday received at the navy in Washington of a fourth attack upon Tripoli by our squadron. The particulars had not transpired when our informant left there, but was supposed to be rather unfavourable—it was said three officers and forty-five men had been killed, and two gun-boats blown up. Lieutenant Somers, midshipman Wadsworth, and one other officer, with twelve men, were blown up in one of the gun-boats. Alex. Adv.
To the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled.
The MEMORIAL of the Chamber of Commerce of the city of New-York, respectfully represents—
That your Memorialists are informed a Bill is depending in Congress, the object of which is to restrain merchant vessels of the United States from sailing in an armed condition. Seriously impressed with the importance of this subject, and presuming that their distance from the seat of government will probably deprive them of an opportunity of considering the tendency of the provisions of the proposed law, prior to the final decision of the Legislature, they respectfully request permission to offer their sentiments on a measure which must directly affect their interest, and of which the consequences are, in their judgment, connected with the security, credit and prosperity of their country. Your Memorialists cordially approve the wise and virtuous policy of cherishing the friendship of all nations, by a strict observance of the obligations of justice and humanity. They acknowledge with satisfaction, that, since the commencement of the existing war, the commerce of the United States has not, to their knowledge, suffered any injuries which can justly be attributed to the governments of Europe; they explicitly disclaim any intention of seeking to derive unfair advantages from the misfortunes of the belligerent nations, and they solemnly engage to support, with all their influence, any regulations enjoined by treaties, or the established usages of civilized states: they desire that so far as is consistent with justice, policy, and publick compact, a spirit of enterprise, suited to the genius and circumstances of the people, which in a short period has raised the United States to a distinguished rank as a commercial nation, may be tolerated and encouraged.
Your Memorialists are deliberately convinced, that the commerce of the United States is too diversified and widely extended, to admit of an adequate protection against unauthorised depredations, by means of publick convoys, except at an expense which the publick opinion of this country is unprepared to support: at the same time, they perceive with anxiety and the deepest concern, that a state of things has commenced and is rapidly advancing, for which some new and effectual remedy must be provided, or from which consequences must ensue of a most alarming nature: Consequences which may first impoverish and then depopulate our cities, and dissipate the maritime resources of our country; thereby undermining every source of national industry, whether employed in commerce, agriculture, or manufactures.—Though the resource of the commercial interest, are probably adequate, at present, to the protection of their rights, yet the evils with which they are manaced, must soon be controuled, or become inveterate; to organize, develop, regulate the management of these resources, is an object of momentous concern to your Memorialists, in which they pray the aid and direction of the publick councils. The duties of neutral merchants, as understood by your memorialists, consist in the due observance of the following rules—
 1st. Not to protect under false appearances, the ships or property of the subjects of belligerent nations.  2nd. Not to resist the reasonable visitation and search of the ships of war of belligerent nations.  3d. Not to supply either party with articles contraband of war. And  4th. Not to enter ports in a state of blockade. 
Your Memorialists do not consider it as a duty or usage of a neutral nation, to enforce by legal sanction the observance of these rules; but merely to apprise its citizens of the nature of their obligations, arising under treaties, or the general law of nations, thereby subjecting them to such penalties as custom has established; these penalties can only be rightfully inflicted by regular tribunals, established by the belligerent nations; nor can they exceed the right of condemning the property attempted to be illegally concealed or transported.
Your Memorialists, being however desirous of evincing that they are influenced by no other than pure and reasonable intentions, will cheerfully submit to a law for restraining the armament of private vessels, except in conformity with the following principles—
 1st. That the vessels shall wholly belong to citizens of the United States.  2nd. That the cargoes laden on board such vessels shall wholly belong to citizens of the United States, and except necessary munitions and merchandizes to 
or from ports, eastward of the Cape of Good Hope, and westward of Cape Horn, shall in no degree consist of articles declared contraband of war, either by the general law of nations or by treaty with the United States.
3d. That owners of armed vessels be required to give bonds for a reasonable amount, that they will not sell or charter such vessels in the dominions of any foreign state or nation, in America, or elsewhere in foreign countries to the subjects of the belligerent parties.
4th. That the masters and chief officers of all armed vessels, be required to give bonds that they will not attempt to enter a blockaded port, and that they will not resist the lawful visitation and search of a national ship of any European belligerent power: If deemed expedient, the masters and chief officers, may be further rendered liable, to such personal penalties, as the wisdom of Congress may prescribe. But your memorialists beg leave to observe that as the property of merchants is frequently exposed to condemnation in foreign countries, in consequence of irregularities committed by masters of vessels, they do not deem it equitable that the rigour of this severe penalty should be increased by subjecting merchants, or ship owners, to additional forfeitures, or by compelling them to become sureties for the conduct of individuals in their services, exceeding the value of the counter indemnities, which persons of this description may be presumed generally able to provide—Having stated their opinion of the nature of the restrictions on armed vessels, which it may be prudent to establish, your memorialists respectfully request that the arguments in favour of their expediency and fitness for the circumstances of the present times, may be attentively considered. It is a fact too notorious to require illustration, that the naval power of Great-Britain, has obtained such an ascendancy as to afford almost complete protection to her extensive commerce, by regular convoys: To secure her foreign possessions from all probable danger of internal attacks: And to compel the colonies of her enemies to maintain a defensive system. A consequence of this naval superiority of Great-Britain is, that the authority of the other European governments, in their respective colonies, has been greatly weakened and the national responsibility for the conduct of their local Administrations, has of course proportionally diminished in the West-Indies: the evils and dangers incident to this state of things, are extensive and imminent. The colony of St. Domingo has declared itself in a state of independence, and is at open war with the remaining colonies of France, not a vestige of the commercial marine of France remains in any part of the West-Indies. All their colonies require essential supplies which can only be obtained from the United States, by commerce, by force, or by submission to the power of Great-Britain. But though all the French colonies are desirous of encouraging commerce with the United States, yet in consequence of their mutual dissensions, and the state of society in certain places, property in unarmed vessels is utterly insecure.
Your memorialists consider it to be incontrovertible, that no nation can justly authorise the capture or detention of neutral vessels in consequence of rights incident to a state of war, without establishing at the same time, regular and impartial tribunals for deciding on the legality of such captures, according to principles recognized in treaties, or by the general law of nations. Whether the tribunals, in all or any of the French colonies are of the description required by the usage of civilized states, your memorialists will not presume to inquire; nor is the solution of this question important, it being a well known and indisputable fact, that American vessels have been repeatedly captured, and the property divided and appropriated, by vessels fitted out from small ports, not under the controul of the government of the said colonies. If, as appears probable, Spain has already or will speedily become party to the existing war, the colonial commerce of this nation will probably be soon reduced to a state of inaction, and in this case, the extensive and thinly settled dominions of this power in America, will present opportunities and motives to restless buccaneers to extend their depredations on the commerce of the United States. Your memorialists, however, expressly disavow any intention by these observations to reflect unjustly on the general character of the French or Spanish administration, as conniving at acts of piracy: on the contrary, they are willing to presume that the evils of which they complain, and the increase of which they seriously apprehend, are of a nature not to be precisely foreseen or prevented, by the existing authorities. Your memorialists further represent that they perceive no principle which can justify or require a restriction on the commerce of the United States with St. Domingo in armed vessels, which will not, considering the circumstances of that country, more strongly demand that the commerce should not be totally interdicted. If considerations of policy require that trade with any colony in the West-Indies should be interdicted, this necessity must of itself furnish an additional argument in favour of arming American vessels, under proper regulations. To interdict commerce with a country desirous of encouraging such commerce, and incapable of subsisting without it, will certainly be viewed as evidence of hostility or dependence, and it may be feared that the natural suggestions of resentment will be stimulated by inducements of private interest, and the more cogent pleas of necessity. It may, therefore, happen, that the United States, by disarming their vessels, to prevent the possibility of conflicts with authorised cruisers, may cause to concenter in St. Domingo a dangerous power, and thereby lay the foundation of a war of serious magnitude. Your memorialists being seriously anxious to preserve peace with all nations, by observing a fair and impartial neutrality, and being only desirous of protecting their property against a description of cruisers whose conduct cannot be controuled by regular tribunals, have considered with all the attention in their power, whether any, and if any, what objections can be advanced against the regulations now proposed. In respect to Great-Britain, it may be observed, that it would be preposterous and absurd to suspect that any American merchant would arm a vessel at his own expense, with designs hostile to the rights or interests of that nation. Besides, the propositions would provide for an inspection of the vessels which may be armed, thereby virtually pledging the honour of the United States, that such vessels are designed to be employed only in commerce unequivocally neutral or innocent. As not only Great-Britain, but the other belligerent nations, employ consuls and other agents in our principal ports, who are vigilant centinels in favour of the interests they represent, an auxiliary pledge may be derived from their examination, that the officers of the customs will remove every just cause of suspicion. In this mode, the neutral character of armed vessels and their true destination, may be more completely ascertained, than in the case of vessels sailing under publick convoys, which are protected from the visitation of privateers on the high seas, by a recent treaty between Great-Britain and Russia. It is deserving of remark that the present war as yet furnishes no considerable object for privateers on the part of Great-Britain, and that the owners of armed American vessels would perceive an interest in instructing their commanders to observe a friendly and inoffensive deportment towards armed vessels of every description. Experience of the conduct of American vessels has hitherto afforded proof of the justice of this reasoning, and as irregular conduct would be utterly unauthorised by the proposed law, the consequences of

misconduct in any particular instance would attach to the offending individuals, and could not endanger the peace of the United States. It may also be fairly presumed, that the British government is not unmindful of existing tendencies, nor indifferent to the danger which would remotely affect their own colonies, from the establishment of a predatory system in the West-Indies; a system which has commenced, but which presents no sufficient object for the vigilance of their national ships; which offers no reward to the enterprise of their privateers; which attract but little attention from the British merchants, whose commerce is protected by convoys; which, therefore, can only be restrained by means possessed by the United States and which if unrestrained, will be nourished by depredations on the unprotected commerce of the United States, and eventually become dangerous to the interests of all civilized nations. In reflecting on the interests and probable views of France, and the other European nations, which have and are likely to become parties with her in the existing war, your memorialists are unable to discover a motive founded in publick policy, which can excite their opposition to the regulations now proposed. The commerce of neutral nations, even under the greatest limitations authorised by the laws of nations, must remain to France and her allies a source of essential comfort and advantage. The depression of the American commerce, from whatever cause, would necessarily increase the relative force and influence of their rival and enemy. A measure tending to obstruct or deprive any of their colonies, however situated, of necessary supplies, cannot fail to discourage regular industry, to heighten sentiments of hostility, to render a future re-establishment of their ancient authority more difficult and uncertain, to direct commerce into new channels, less beneficial than the present, to the interest of the parent state, and possibly to induce submission to the power of Great Britain. Independent of these considerations, the obligations of justice and a regard to their own honour, require of the government of Europe to control, if possible, and at all events disavow, those depredations which render the armament of American vessels an indispensable precaution for their security. As by the events of war, France has lost the power of controlling abuses in her colonies in the West-Indies, it is just to consider her responsibility as for the present suspended, but it follows as a necessary consequence, that the United States without giving offence, authorise reasonable measures for the security of their own rights. A defence by means of private armed vessels under proper regulations is not only reasonable, but from the nature of things, is that kind of defence which ought to excite the least suspicion, it being certain, that the degree of force employed and exercised will never exceed the measure required by necessity as it will be regulated by calculations of commercial advantage to individuals, and in no degree by views of political aggrandizement.
Your memorialists might conclude their petition with these observations, but the great importance of the proposed law, not only in respect to the revenue and commercial prosperity of the United States, but as it may affect the right of every citizen to keep and bear arms will it is hoped be their excuse for submitting a few observations on the subject.
The inhabitants of the United States have immediately claimed the right of possessing arms for the defence of their houses, their lives, and property; this privilege has neither been surrendered, nor abridged, and every citizen, whether at home or upon the ocean, has believed that he might lawfully carry arms in self-defence. If this right be deemed important in the bosom of the state, where the laws and magistrates are ready to protect the citizen, how much more important must it be considered upon the high seas, where every nation has a common jurisdiction, but no nation an exclusive one, where every nation is bound to afford protection to the persons and property of its citizens, but no nation has magistrates to grant it where aggression is most frequent and the means of defence most necessary.
Your memorialists are duly sensible that Congress possess the "power to regulate commerce with foreign nations, among the several states, and with the Indian tribes," but with all deference they presume to enquire, whether under this power a law may be enacted by which the citizens of the United States shall be deprived of a right which has been supposed to be secured to them by the constitution of the several states. Your memorialists forbear to add, but humbly request that no law may be passed to prevent private vessels from sailing in an armed condition; or in case a law on this subject is deemed necessary, that its provisions may be conformed to the principles contained in the present memorial, and as in duty they will ever pray.
Signed, By order of the Corporation of the Chamber of Commerce. JOHN MURRAY, President. New-York, 21st December 1804.
Extract of a letter from Kingston, (Jam.) to a respectable commercial house in Philadelphia, dated November 25, 1804.
"By a resolution of council, November 18, the governor is advised to signify to the officers of his majesty's customs, that the permissions granted for the free importation (from America) of sheep, hogs, poultry and live stock, lumber, salted provisions, &c. in British or neutral vessels shall cease to be in force after six month from the present date."
An useful Paste, to stop holes in Iron Utensils, Invented by Kuatulum.
Take six parts of yellow potter's clay, and one part of steel filings, and a sufficient quantity of linseed oil, and make the paste of the consistence of glazier's putty, with which the holes are to be filled.
Congressional Register.
SECOND SESSION OF THE EIGHTH CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES.
Commenced at Washington, November 5, 1804.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
Thursday December 13.
Debate on the Bill to regulate the clearance of armed merchant vessels.*
Mr. Crowninshield moved to strike out the proviso to the 1st section, that declared that the regulations contained in the bill should not be construed to extend to vessels bound to the Mediterranean, or beyond the Cape of Good Hope.
Mr. Eppes observed there were only two cases in which nations usually allowed their merchant vessels to arm; the one, when a nation is at war, when she willingly takes advantage of the aid furnished by her subjects in arming private vessels of war or letters of marque. The other, when the trade is so remote and the seas so dangerous to peaceable navigators, that each vessel must be qualified to defend itself, as the nation can neither furnish convoys nor establish a force for their protection. He considered the latter case to be provided for by the proviso, and it was to him the most unexceptional part of the bill. He did not approve of allowing merchant vessels to arm at all. He therefore would move to strike out all that part of the section which went to allow a clearance upon giving bond not to commit depredations on
* See the Ledger of the 31st ult.
the vessels of subjects of nations in amity with the United States, and so on to the end of the section.—As this included the words intended by Mr. Crowninshield to be struck out, he presumed his motion would therefore supercede that made by that gentleman, and after the words were struck out, he meant to insert after the words, "shall receive" at any custom house of the United States any clearance, or be permitted to leave the port where she shall be so armed and provided, unless bound to the Mediterranean, or beyond the Cape of Good Hope.
In passing the first section of the bill in the way it now stood, he was convinced that we adopted a principle, almost, if not entirely unknown to maritime jurisprudence, and such as would without great caution involve the United States in a foreign war. He did not think that circumstances required the adoption of that principle at this time. The following passage in the President's message he suspected gave rise to the present measure:
"While noticing the irregularities committed on the ocean by others those on our part should not be omitted, nor left unprovided for. Complaints have been received that persons residing within the United States, have taken on themselves to arm merchant vessels, and to force a commerce into certain ports and countries. That individuals should undertake to wage private war, independently of the authority of their country, cannot be admitted in a well ordered society. Its tendency to produce aggression on the laws and rights of other nations, and to endanger the peace of our own, is so obvious, that I doubt not you will adopt measures for restraining it effectually in future."
These are the evils we are called upon to correct; but let us ask whether the remedy was of a nature to cure the disease. What! shall it be permitted to every man, who can execute a bond, to wield the arms of the nation! Yet this is the only circumstance required to make a commander of an armed merchant vessel, and this too in a time of profound peace. The evil complained of by the President, is that our merchants have taken upon themselves to arm and force a commerce. The obvious remedy is to take away their arms, for then the evil can no longer exist. It is much more easy and more politic to prevent the injury being committed, than to punish the party for the offence.
We are informed that armed vessels sailing to the West-Indies, are sold with their arms and ammunition, to a class of people, it is the interest of the United States to depress and keep down, rather than put arms in their hands, to do such extensive mischief as is every day practised in that island, to say nothing of the feelings such conduct on the part of our citizens or people among us assuming that character, might have on the government of France.
Mr. Lowndes wished the gentlemen who made this report would give the committee some information of the ground upon which they had bottomed the bill. When the President's message was received, he had supposed that the French minister had remonstrated against this commerce, and that something was required to be done to restrain the trade to St. Domingo. If that is the design, it will not be answered by the bill in its present form. You have authorise your merchant vessels to arm, on giving bond and sureties; and to do what? why, conditioned that such vessel shall not commit depredation, outrage, or violence against the vessels or persons of nations in amity with the United States. What is the fair inference from the words, but that you shall be competent to trade to St. Domingo in vessels armed or unarmed. If in an armed vessel, shall they refuse to be searched; suppose they resist the search, what then? Do gentlemen mean to extend this law to Spanish vessels claiming a right to search; for Spain is likely soon to become a Belligerent power; if they do, how can we preserve a neutral position? He was willing to do as much to preserve the peace of the nation as any man. And should think it the best and fairest mode of proceeding, either to declare the trade to St. Domingo to be a lawful trade, and in that case protect commerce by a publick force, or suffer the private shipping to defend themselves. Or say, that the trade to that island is unlawful, and interdict it at once, and all together.—Say then they shall not trade to any part of St. Domingo (and this appears to be what the message pointed at) and you will effectually restrain them.
(To be Continued.)
FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE,
Received by the ship Commerce, from Liverpool.
NEW-YORK, Dec. 29.
Last night the British ship Commerce, arrived here in 52 days from Liverpool by which conveyance the editors of this Gazette have received London papers and Lloyd's Lists to the 3d of November.—From the latter we have made interesting extracts. The papers contain but little news; but such articles as are most interesting, will be found in this day's Gazette.
The Star of the 2d Nov. states, that sir George Rumbold, the British resident at Hamburg, with his papers, had been seized by 200 French infantry, who surprised him at his house about a mile from the city, and carried him off. The senate of Hamburg, the next day, sent to the French resident to enquire the cause of this outrage, and to demand his liberation. The minister said he was ignorant of the cause, but supposed it to be a suite of Mr. Drakes affair.
Mr. Nicholas, the British consul at Hamburg, had taken refuge in the house of Mr. Forbes, the American consul. Couriers had been sent to all the principal courts announcing this outrage.
The French commercial agent who resided at Gottenburg, has orders from his government to quit Sweden immediately.
The queen of Etruria's banker (Nicolò Maria Sossi) has stopped payment for two millions scudi. Consols. Nov. 2.—57 5-8; Omnium, 6 1-4.
LIVERPOOL, Nov. 3.
The reply of the French court to the Russian manifestoes has at length appeared, and it is just such as might have been expected. The charges of the Russian government are partly denied, but principally evaded; the most unjust and partial motives are attributed to the complaints in the manifestoes, and new charges are brought forward by the French, and urged in the insulting tone of defiance which characterises all the state papers of the new emperor. The breach between the two governments seems now to be so much widened, that a reconciliation is scarcely at all to be expected.
A variety of French papers has been received since our last, but they contain little of any importance. On the old subject of invasion nothing whatever is said.
The Gazette of Tuesday contains an account of the capture of four French gun-boats, which were intercepted by the Dispatch sloop of war, and were seized without any opposition.
LONDON, October 29.
On Saturday sir John Orde received his appointment to an important command. He is to hoist his flag on board the Glory, and, with 9 sail of the line, and Medusa and Lively frigates, is to put to sea immediately. His destination is supposed to be off Cadiz.
The blockade of Brest has been resumed by admiral Cornwallis. The whole of the channel fleet
have taken their usual station off Ushant and that harbour.
We are concerned to find, that some degree of misunderstanding subsists between the cabinets of Stockholm and Copenhagen. Russia exerts its good offices to restore harmony between the two courts, and we trust that they will prove successful.
A letter from the Hague of the 23d states, that a large squadron of Russian ships of war, with between 15 and 20,000 troops, is on the eve of sailing from the Black Sea to the Adriatic. In the mean time, the king of Prussia is busily engaged in mediation between France and Russia.
The French and Batavian troops on the coast of Flanders are said to suffer much from the effects of an epidemick disease.
A letter from a gentleman at Gottenburg, received at Glasgow on Friday, states that the latest intelligence from Stockholm announced that a treaty had been entered into between Britain and Sweden, in which it was agreed, that on being subsidized, a large portion of the Swedish navy and army were to be at the disposal of his Britannick majesty. Russia was supposed to be a party in the treaty.
October 31.—According to private accounts, the intercourse between this country and Holland may be considered as closed, several of our merchants having received notice to ship no more goods for the Dutch ports, as a general declaration has been issued, that all vessels and their cargoes will be confiscated, which have not been cleared out from a neutral port, and furnished with certificates from the French consular resident there.
November 1.—This morning dispatches were received from admiral Thernbrough, on board his majesty's ship Eagle, off the Texel, stating his having sent an officer in a boat to look close into the Texel, to discover the state of the forces of the enemy, when it was found they had lying there five sail of the line, eight frigates, and about 100 small craft, all ready for sea. Should they attempt to come out, there is every reason to believe they will meet with a warm reception and a safe convoy to one of our ports.
Our correspondent at Rotterdam informs us, that disturbances have broken out on the borders of Switzerland of a very formidable description.
The following article appeared in the Moniteur of the 24th ult.
PETERSBURG, October 7. "The emperor of Russia having been informed that the Count de Lisle had quitted Warsaw, and was going to Russia, where he was to have the conferences announced before hand with persons expected from England, would not suffer those conferences to take place in his states.—He has made known to the Count de Lisle, that having had relations with the French government, having signed with it, several treaties, and that government having been recognized in Russia since the treaty of 1801, he would not suffer any thing to take place which might induce it to be thought that the court of Russia had changed its system and opinions upon the subject."
November 2.—By accounts from Valencia, dated early in October, we have been favoured with some further particulars of the Spanish insurrection.
At the beginning of last month, between three and four thousand of the king's troops entered the province of Biscay, without any opposition from the insurgents. Admiral Massaredo, and general Orquiza, who are said to have been the ringleaders in that revolt, were arrested and sent to Burgos. Upwards of two hundred of the most important persons concerned in the insurrection are said to have fled in consequence of the unfavourable answer received from Buonaparte, to whom it is reported the Biscayans offered to become vassals, as the head of the French government. His imperial majesty is stated to have recommended to them to continue in subjection to their own sovereign, to whose assistance, in case it was necessary, he would send an army of two hundred thousand men. The business was, notwithstanding, considered as far from being settled.
A report of a very momentous and extraordinary nature has reached us by the same conveyance; but it is of such a nature as to render it an act of discretion to refrain communicating it to the publick.
RUSSIA AND FRANCE.
Substance of the note which the Emperor of the French directed to be returned in answer to M. D'Oubril's note of July 21
After stating the astonishment "of the emperor of the French at the complaints of Russia, and the tone in which they are expressed, which is represented as being that of a conqueror, dictating to a subject power, instead of the familiar tone which ought to be used between two countries, standing upon terms of intimacy, and treating upon a system of perfect equality, the note asserts that France has a right to reproach Russia with having neglected to execute her engagements; with having interfered and changed the government of the Seven Islands, which was placed under the joint guarantee of France, Russia, and the Porte, without any concert or communication with France; with having sent large bodies of troops to Corfu, and having made an ostentatious preparation for sending additional numbers.
That the emperor of Russia had also given an open reception to the emigrants of every description; and so far from expelling from his dominions the Bourbon family and their head, had allowed them an asylum in the Russian territories, and had participated in their criminal projects, contrary to the wise examples of his father, at the time of his endeavouring to terminate the war, and to restore the tranquillity of Europe.
"That Russia had recently placed itself in a posture of direct defiance to France, by ordering a court mourning as a mark of respect to the memory of an agent in the pay of England, engaged in a criminal design to effect the ruin of France; that Russia had acted in this manner, after this traitor to his country had been condemned by the just decision of a tribunal of the French government, and had been executed in pursuance of his sentence.
"That these and many other examples of the ill disposition of the Russian government, the whole of whose conduct towards France had undergone an unaccountable alteration; the glaring partiality which Russia uniformly manifested towards England, and the perfidious conduct and plots of M. Markoff, who had increased the differences between the two governments, and had engaged in all the wicked designs of the emigrants and disaffected persons in France. That these were the real causes which induced the Russian government to adopt that cold and inexplicable conduct towards France, which it had lately tho't proper to evince upon every occasion.
"That finally, if, notwithstanding all the solicitude of the emperor of the French to maintain the relations of peace and amity between the two countries, the emperor of Russia should join his arms to those of England, the emperor of the French would, in that event, rely on the skill and valour of his armies, and would maintain, at every hazard, the honour of France, and the lustre of the French name."
CUSTOM-HOUSE—ENTERED.
  Ship Reward, Delamere,  Guernsey.    Brig Essex, Webster,  Martinique.    Nancy, Rider,  Barbados.    Schr r Union, Baker,  Charleston.    CLEARED.    Brig Ann-Elizabeth, Williams,  West-Indies.    Elizabeth, Barclay,  do.    Schr r Lydia, Livingston,  do.    Rising Sun, Taylor,  Savannah.  
Gazette Marine Memoranda.
ARRIVED.
Ship Industry, Vickery, 70 days from Liverpool, Salt, Crates, and Dry Goods, Theo. Armistead.
The Spanish Ship Salvador, Bernabe Pumarino, from Havanna, bound to Philadelphia, in distress.—Cargo Malasses, Sugar, and Logwood.
Brig Essex, Webster, 24 days from Martinique, bound to Newport, put into this port to refit, having sprung her foremast and split her sails. Cargo Molasses, to the Captain. 24th December, lat. 35, long. 74, spoke the ship Canton, Captain Sterett, 115 days from Muscat, bound to Baltimore, had lost all her topmasts, 10 of her crew had died, and 9 of them very sick.
Left at Martinique, the following vessels.
Ship George Washington, Porter, of New-York, to sail in 20 days; Briggs Jane, Stephenson, of Portland to sail in 10 days; Traveller, do. 20 days; Nancy, Woodbury, Salem, 40 days; Leopold, Barker, do. 10 days; Cynthia, Andrews, do. 25 days; Richmond, Roach, Portland, 40 days; Kellam, —, 12 days; President Jefferson, Toune, Kennebec, for New-York, 5 days; Ida, Appleby, New-York; Schooner Mouserrat, Meader, Baltimore, 10 days.
Schooner Fair American, Chase, 40 days from Jamaica, W. Ashley, bound to Newbern, put into this port short of provisions. 12th December, lat. 24, long. 80, spoke a brig from New-Orleans, bound to this port, last from Havanna, into which port she put in distress. 40 days from New-Orleans, 3 from Havanna.
Brig Nancy, Rider, 34 days from Barbados, ballast, bound to Wilmington, N.C. put in on account bad of weather.
Schooner Union, Baker, 22 days from Charleston, Cotton, Rice, Molasses, and Wine, E. Johnston.—December 28, lat. 37, 48, long. 75, 40, saw two ships of war exchange signals. January 5. off Cape Henry, spoke brig Susan, of and from Baltimore.
Schooner Seaman, Seaman, 5 days from New-York.
Schooner Favourite, Hudson, of Richmond, is lost on Long Island—crew, and part of the cargo saved.
On the 23d of November the American schooner Goby, from St. Domingo to Curraçoa, laden with spirits and provisions, the schooner Favourite, and brig Lapwing, of New-York, with provisions, all arrived at Kingston, detained by his Britannick Majesty's ship Diana.
By the schooner Amphion, arrived at Baltimore, we learn that the schooner Ann Eliza, from Port-au-Prince to this port, sailed about the 5th December, left there the brig Fame, Young, and schooner Mohawk, Quarles, both of and for this port.
PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 31.
Captain Maley of the schooner M c Intosh, informs, that his vessel was captured on the 1st Oct. near Tortuga, by a French privateer, himself and crew taken out, strip of their all, the vessel's papers destroyed or detained, and the vessel sent into a bye port near Barracoa, and there sold with her cargo, without trial or delay. After being detained near a month on board the privateer, Capt. M. his crew and the supercargo, Mr. Caldwell, of this city, were put on shore about 40 miles from St. Jago de Cuba, and after many difficulties reached that place, where all died except himself and boy. He left St. Jago on board the brig Ceres, the 7th inst. and left there the ship Clarissa of New-York, discharging, and schr r Lydia, of Norfolk. The brig Two Brothers, Shock, of Baltimore, sailed 3 days and brig Rose (formerly of this port) under Spanish colours, 10 days before for this port. 11 privateers of and from 3 to 7 guns each, were fitting out and many from different ports in Cuba were cruising. Capt. Maley saw a list of 97 privateers out of that island, several had received Spanish commissions since the capture of the Spanish vessels by the Haytians. Jack Matthew, with a stout brig and a schooner, was ready to sail; it was reported that orders had been recently received from Guadalupe not to make prizes of American vessels unless their papers clearly proved they were bound to Hayti or found within half a mile of the shore of Hispaniola.
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
N. HERON. 328
January 7. tf
ST. VINCENTS RUM.
50 Puncheons fine flavoured 3d, and 4th proof St. Vincents Rum—just landed and for sale by
DONALDSON, THORBURN & CO. 329
January 7. 3
FOR SALE,
32 barrels Baltimore Superfine Flour.
JOHN C. NIEMEYER. 330
January 7. 3
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. The subscriber carries on his other business as usual, storage on the lowest terms.
JOHN COX. 327
January 7. 1m
FOR SALE,
36 Tierces, 20 half tierces RICE,
30 Bales Up and COTTON, and
50 Hogheads, 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. 6t 328
LANDING THIS DAY
From the Schooner Susan, from Jamaica, on New-
ton's Wharf,
Fifty Three Puncheons RUM.
For sale by
Moses Myers. 326
December 19. tf
SUBSCRIPTIONS
Will be received at the Office of the Ledger,
FOR THE
MONTHLY REGISTER
AND REVIEW OF THE UNITED STATES,
to be published at Charleston, S. C.
By S. COLLEN CARPENTER.
Price Six Dollars per annum, payable half yearly in ad-
vance.
August 14.

ON CONJUGAL AFFECTION. [From Essays to Young Married Women. By Mrs. Griffith]
"Hail wedded love, mysterious law, true source. Of human offspring, sole propriety In Paradise of all things common else! By thee adulterous lust was driven from men, Among the bestial herds to range; by thee Founded in reason, loyal, just, and pure, Relations dear, and all the charities Of Father, Son, and Brother, first were known."
As the union of hearts is universally allowed to be the bond of marriage, so the entering into such connexion without possessing the essence or first principle on which it should be founded, must render the ceremony of none effect, and can in reason and equity only be considered as a state of legal prostitution. To speak of conjugal felicity to the wretched victims of parental authority, of avarice, or poverty, would be absurd or cruel, as they must either be incapable of forming an idea of it or doomed for ever to lament its loss.
I, therefore, in this section, particularly address myself to the happy few whom love unites in Hymen's rosy bands, and profess to teach the art of making their happiness as permanent as the instability of mere mortal natures will admit of.
Love is a term so very vague and indiscriminate, as it is generally applied, that it would be extremely difficult to investigate its nature from its effects, in any other case but that of marriage; as the modes, perhaps, of feeling, or at least of expressing it, vary, according to the temper, manner, or situation of each individual who either feels or feigns the passion.
But conjugal affection is by no means subject to such equivocal appearances; it is tenderness heightened by passion, and strengthened by esteem. It is unmixed with any selfish or sensual alloy, tending solely to promote the happiness of its object here and hereafter.
Such an elevated state of happiness as must result from the affection I have described, when mutual, must surely be the acme of human felicity. But as the point of perfection is that of declension also, it will require much pains, but they are pleasing ones, to make the everturning wheel of sublunary bliss keep steady to the summit it has reached, or at least to prevent its rolling down the rugged precipice where jealousy, disgust, and grief have marked the horrid road.
The disappointments of human life must ever be proportioned to the extravagance of our expectations. Too great an ardour to be blessed is frequently the source of misery. A life of transport is not the lot of mortals. while we accept we should chastise our joys, "lest while we clasp we kill them." That concord of souls which constitutes the happiness of marriage, like a full concert, requires all the parts obliged to fill their several stations in perfect time and place for though the heart may lead the band, and set out in perfect harmony, one jarring note destroys the rapturous strain, and turns the whole to discord. For this reason, I consider a parity of understanding and temper to be necessary towards forming an happy marriage as an equality of years, rank, and fortune.
But grant these circumstances all conjoin and make the union perfect, remember, my fair friends, satiety succeeds to rapture, as sure as night to day. Be it your province, then, to keep your husband's heart from sinking into the incurable disease of tasteless apathy. Do not rely too much on your personal charms, however great, to preserve the conquest they may have gained.
By a proper attention to your husband, you will easily discover the bent of his genius and inclinations. To that turn all your thoughts, and let your words and actions solely tend to that great point. The kindness of your attention will awaken his, and gratitude will strengthen his affection, imperceptible even to himself.
Our first parent justifies his fondness for Eve, to Raphael, upon this principle.
"Neither her outside formed so fair, &c. So much delights me, as those graceful acts, Those thousand decencies, that daily flow From all her words and actions mixed with love, And sweet compliance, which declare unfeigned Union of mind, or in us both one soul; Harmony to behold in wedded pair, More grateful than harmonious sound to the ear."
In an age like this, when we may suppose that every young lady deserves the epithet with which Adam addresses his wife, accomplished Eve, it must be less difficult than it might have been for their female ancestors, to secure the affections of a husband already prepossessed in their favour. Let them but exert the same talents, with the same desire of pleasing, which they shewed before marriage, and I venture to pronounce that they will succeed.
A love of power and authority is natural to men; and wherever this inclination is most indulged, will be the situation of their choice. Every man ought to be the principal object of attention in his family of course he should feel himself happier at home than in any other place. It is, doubtless, the great business of a woman's life to render his home pleasing to her husband; he will then delight in her society, and not seek abroad for alien amusements. A husband may, possibly in his daily excursions see many women whom he thinks handsomer than his wife; but it is generally her fault if he meets with one whom he thinks more amiable. A desire of pleasing very rarely fails of its effect; but in a wife, that desire must be managed with the nicest delicacy; it should appear rather in the result, than in the design; "not obvious, not intrusive." These petit soins are the best supplement to our great duties, and render the commerce of life delightful. Like an elegant desert, they complete the feast, and leave not a wish unsatisfied.
We have hitherto looked only on the pleasing side of the tametry, and seen marriage in its most favourable light.
Let us now turn the canvass, and take a view of its defects.
Let us suppose, then, what I think the worst of all situations, an amiable young woman possessing the tenderest affection for her husband, while he, from the natural depravity and inconstancy of his nature, has withdrawn his love from her, and perhaps bestowed it on some unworthy object, to whom he devotes his time and fortune.
In such a state of wretchedness what line shall our neglected wife pursue? The first step that I would recommend to her, is, that of entering into a serious, strict, and impartial review of her own conduct, even to the minutiae of her dress, and the expressions of her looks, from the first of her acquaintance of her husband. If, after such examination, she cannot discover any fault in her manners that might have given offence or created disgust, let her steadily pursue the same behaviour she has hitherto practised; for if that be totally free from error, it is impossible that any alteration can give an additional efficacy to it. For to resent, or to retaliate, neither her duty, nor her religion will permit.
"To carry smiles upon the face, when discontent sits brooding at the heart," is I confess, one of the most difficult tasks that can possibly be imposed on an ingenious and feeling soul. But a thorough conviction that it is her province to endeavour to recall
the wanderer back, for his own happiness, as well as her's and a certainty that there are no other means of accomplishing so desirable an end, will enable her to pursue this arduous undertaking, till either her heart shall rejoice in its success, or from reiterated disappointments become indifferent to the worthless object of its former esteem and connection.
Granting the last to be the case, she has a right to expect the good opinion of the world will attend her conduct: but an higher and more certain reward awaits it—self-approbation, arising from a consciousness of having fulfilled her duty, and an assurance of having essayed the only method that was likely to insure success; for never yet was love recalled by lamentations or upbraidings. The first may sometimes, perhaps, create pity, but oftener begets contempt; and the latter never did, nor can produce any passion but instant rage, or cool determined hate.
Recollection may furnish to my fair readers many instances where patient sufferings have been rewarded with returning love; but I think there is scarcely one to be met with, where female violence has ever conquered male outrage; or where dissipation and coquetry, though they may have alarmed the pride, ever reclaimed the alienated affections of a husband.
True love, like true virtue, shrinks not on the first attack; it will bear many shocks before it be entirely vanquished. As it contends not for victory, but for the prize, it will not display itself in the vain arts of elocution, but in the more powerful eloquence of action; it will leave nothing undone that can prove its sincerity, but it will not boast, even to its object, of what it has done; much less will it vaunt its merits to any other confidant, or complain to the world of the unkind return it has met with.
There are such a variety of circumstances which may disturb the happiness of the marriage-state, that it is impossible to specify them all; but as a virtuous woman will consider the loss of her husband's affection as the greatest calamity that can befall her, her duty and prudence will, before the evil happens, upon every occasion supply rules of conduct to herself; and the reliance she will necessarily have upon the tenderness of his attachment to her, joined to the sincerity of her's to him, will support her through every difficulty which accident, misfortune, or even imprudence may have brought upon them. She will say with Prior's Emma,
Thy rise of fortune did I only wed, From its decline determined to recede; Did I but purpose to embark with thee, On the smooth surface of a summer's sea, While gentle zephyrs play in prosperous gales, And fortune's favour fills the swelling sails, But would forsake the bark and make the shore, When the winds whistle and the tempests roar? No, Henry, no! one sacred oath has tied Our loves, one destiny our lives shall guide, Nor wild, nor deep, our common way divide. This is the natural language of conjugal affection, this is the fulfilling of the marriage vow, where self is lost in a still dearer object, where tenderness is heightened by distress, and attachment cemented even by the tears of sorrow. Such an union of souls may brave the power of Time; and I trust, that death itself shall not be able to destroy it.
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 adjustment 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 hhd. and bbls. 12 Boxes Bourdeaux Brandy. Madeira, Port, and Malaga, Wines, in pipes and quarter casks. 20 Cases London Porter, 6 doz. each. 20 Chests Hyson, Young-Hyson, and Hyson-Skin Teas—Fresh. 60 Boxes Fresh Chocolate, No. 1 and 2. 50 do. Mould Candles. 50 do. Ditt 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 Boards. Tacks of different sizes. 50 Bags of Pimento. 15 do. White Ginger in the Root. 50 Lbs. Nutmegs. 10 do. Mace. 40 do. Cinnamon. 50 do. Cloves. 160 do. Spanish Float-Indigo. 10 Casks Refined Salt-Petre. Cotton & Wool Cards in Boxes. 3000 Lbs. Copperas. 1000 do. Alum. 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 Oznaburghs. Seine Twine. 50 Kegs London White Lead, ground in Oil. 30 Boxes Tobacco Pipes. Paint and Sweeping Brushes, of all kinds. 100 Sides Soak 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 Strav Carpets. 100 Small Nova-Scotia Grindstones. ALSO, A few gross Hot Pressed Playing Cards, of a superior quality. Nov. 12. tf 230
FOR SALE, 120 Hogsheads of old Richmond and Petersburg TOBACCO. MOSES MYERS. December 19. tf 291
H. BOUCHER, Has just taken the Store No. 100 Main-Street, (formerly occupied by Mr. Andrews,) where he offers for Sale Hardware, Jewellery and Perfumery, Which will be disposed of at the very lowest prices—Viz. HARDWARE. Elefant brass Andirons, all sizes, Do. Shovel and Tongs, do. Do. Pokers, Fine and common Bellows, Knives and Forks of all kinds, Pocket Knives, Penknives, Razors, Scissors of different kinds, Snuffers and Stands, Tea Boards, Bread Baskets, Bottle Stands, Morocco Pocket and Memorandum Books, Thread Cases plain and complete, White Chapel Needles, Gimblets, Dressing Combs, Ivory fine do. Horn do. Brass Tilables steel bottoms Grid Irons, Curry Combs and Brushes, Wafers, Wafers, Dec. 14. tf 289
JEWELLERY. Gold Lockets and Breast Pins Gold Ear and Finger Rings. Gold Watch Keys. Gold mounted Combs. Silver Soup Ladles. Silver Table and Tea Spoons. Silver Sugar Tongs. Silver Pencils. Silver mounted Pocket Books, and Thread Cases, &c. &c. PERFUMERY. Superfine Hair Powder. Pomatum. Wash Balls. Windsor Soap. Essences. Water de Cologne. Do. de Meliss des Carmes, &c. &c. &c.
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 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
50 Puncheons ANTIGUA RUM. 150 Barrels NEW YORK, } PORK. 300 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 Hoghead Staves, with a proportion of heading. WE HAVE FOR SALE, 1,000 Barrels TURPENTINE. 1,000 do. TAR. 100,000 Red and White Oak Hhd. STAVES—and 8 Pipes of BRANDY. Gilliat & Mackinder. November 8. tf 222
TO LEASE OR RENT, For a term of years, THAT valuable House lately the residence of Mr. Cornelius 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-float. 150,000 Weight of Muscovado SUGAR. 340 Pipes of 4th proof Spanish BRANDY. 50 do. Valencia WINE. 10 do. Cognac BRANDY. 180 do. Best Holland GIN. 100 Cases do. 1200 Empty GIN CASES. 40 Hogsheads, } CLARET, Choice Quality. 50 Cases, } 20 Pipes, } 10 Hogsheads, } London Particular Madeira WINE. 10 Qr. Casks, } 200 Pieces Russia SHEETING. 250 do. Ravens DUCK. 75 do. Holland do. 100 Barrels BOSTON BEEF. 50 do. PORK. For sale on reasonable terms, and long credit by Moses Myers. November 26. tf 259
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 Hatten, master, from Bordeaux, 30 Pipes Old COGNAC BRANDY, fit for immediate use. 211 Hhd. CLARET, fit for the West India Market. 100 Cases, 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
COLOGNE MILL-STONES.
THE SUBSCRIBERS HAVE COLOGNE MILL-STONES, of all dimensions, from Hand-Mill-Stones of 22 inches, to those of 4 feet 8 inches, of the best quality.—ALSO, BAR and ROD IRON, and STEEL, of all kinds. Jesse Hollingsworth & Son. Baltimore Aug. 15. tf 77
FOR SALE, By the Subscriber at Gosport, a parcel of choice JAMAICA RUM, Just arrived in the George. John Cox. December 19. tf 294
FOR SALE, ONE OR MORE OF THOSE FIRE-PROOF WAREHOUSES, Lately built by the Subscriber on Maxwell's Wharf. The goodness of the materials, the fidelity of the workmanship, and the pains which have been taken to secure them against fire from without, must render them an object to the Commission interest. The wharf has been newly repaired, and is in excellent order. The Warehouses are at present rented to merchants of the first respectability, for one year. For terms enquire of the subscriber. J. K. READ. December 14. tf 281
LANDING In Town-Point, out of the Gallet Ann & Eliza, from St. Lucia, her Cargo consisting of MUSCOVADO SUGARS, in hogsheads, tierces, and barrels.—And a parcel of COCOA. Also—from Ship Rochdale, 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 entitled to drawback,
Continued of Platlillas, brown Hollands, Britanias, Sheeting, extra fine 1 1-8 yard wide, Dowlas and Creas of the best quality, Shirt linen, Diapers, Bed Ticking for Mattresses, Bed Bunts fine 1 1-4 to 2 yards wide, Ticklenburgs, Oznaburghs, Brown Hempen Hessians, Brown and White Rolls, Russia Sheeting and light Canvas. ALSO, Velvet Ribbons no. 2 to 150, Plush for Saddlers, black Satin for waistcoats, Baussels 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, Cheap 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. Andros, Waffle iron, Coffee mills, Bird cages, and Seeds of all kinds, Table matts, & Straw plates, Suspenders 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 Guiney do. 230 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
ANTIGUA RUM.
THIS DAY, Will be Landed, on our Wharf, from on board the Schooner General Pinckney, Captain Barry, 86 Puncheons Antigua RUM. Which will be sold on moderate terms, for Cash or approved Notes. C. & F. Whittle. October 52. tf 189
FOR SALE, 160 Hhd. Peterburg TOBACCO. Part of which is a-float. A. Maclure. Nov. 21. tf 242
Landing on Taylor's Wharf, 17 Pipes, 4 Half Pipes, 2 Qr. Casks, 4 Hi. Qr. Casks, 34 Hhd. MUSCOVADO SUGAR. For sale by A. Maclure. November 26. tf 243
LEVIN DORSEY;
At the corner of Fayette and Wide-Water-Street, Town-Point. ADAM'S Patent Globes, 12 inches diameter, with compasses in the bottom, very complete. Quadrants, black and red ebony, with single and double observation. Ditto—with tangent screws, 12 inches. Aeronautick Telescopes, for night and day, on the latest and most improved construction, in a portable size, with sliding sun-shade. Telescopes, of the common kind, for night and day observations, or for day only, of every description. Circumferentors, of the best qualities. Mariner's Compasses, in brass and wood. Pocket Compasses, in brass, of different sizes. Time Glasses—hour, half hour, 28, and 14 seconds. Gunter's Scales: Brass Dividers; &c. &c. Likewise the following Articles, FOR THE USE OF NAVIGATORS. Hamilton Moore's Epitome and Affluent. General Charts of the Coast of America, from Boston to Philadelphia. Ditto—Continued, with directions. Ditto—West Indies, and Demerary, with directions. Ditto—Windward Islands, with do. Ditto—Gulph of Florida, with do. Ditto—Windward Passage, with do. West-India Pilots, with directions. ALSO, A few tons of Baltimore Bar-Iron, affected, by the ton or less quantity—Composition Bolts and Spikes—Bouches—Carriage wheel boxes, of all sizes—all which he will warrant good. N. B. All kinds of MATHEMATICAL INSTRUMENTS repaired, at the shortest notice. * * Orders for every species of Brass-Castings received and immediately executed at his foundry, and the work delivered as above. August 7. tf 58
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 stock, equal to any imported. Joseph Hayes. August 24. tf 96
NORFOLK: PUBLISHED THREE TIMES A-WEEK, BY J. COWPER AND G. L. GRAY. OPPOSITE THE EXCHANGE COFFEE-HOUSE. Price Five Dollars and Fifty Cents yearly, in advance.