Norfolk gazette and publick ledger (Norfolk [Va.]), 1805-06-25 00:00:00

NORFOLK GAZETTE AND PUBLICK LEDGER.
VOL. I.]
TUESDAY, JUNE 25, 1805.
[NO. 147.]
FOR CHARTER, The British Ship  DUNROBIN CASTLE, JOHN McBride, Master: Burthen 280 tons, carries 14 guns and men suitable. Clyde, or Liverpool, will be preferred.  Robertson & Brown. June 8. tf 752
FOR LONDON, THE SHIP  ROBA & BETSEY, William J. Richardson, Master, Will sail with all convenient speed, two-thirds of her cargo being engaged. For freight of the remainder or passage, apply to the master on board, or to the subscriber. William Pennock. June 6. tf 747
FOR FREIGHT OR CHARTER, The new and fast sailing ship  NATIVE, LEVI PETERSON, Master:— Burthen 400 tons, carries 100 tons of tobacco.—For terms apply to the Master on board, or to  Phinehas Dana & Co. Who have received for said ship, and offer for sale, 500 Spruce SPARS, of large size—and 20,000 BOARDS. June 4. tf 742
WANTED TO CHARTER, A BRITISH SHIP of 250 to 300 Hogsheads—And An AMERICAN one of the same description.  C. & F. Whittle. June 4. tf 737
FOR FREIGHT OR CHARTER, The Brig  EQUATOR, HENRY MOORE, Master:— Burthen 250 Hogsheads Tobacco.—For terms apply to the Master on board, or to  Phinehas Dana & Co. May 29. tf 727
WANTED FOR WASHINGTON, A VESSEL Calculated to carry about 2000 Cubick Feet of thick Stuff and Plank—Immedate des- patch will be given—Apply at the Navy Yard, Gosport. May 15. tf 636
TO BE LET OR LEASED, BY PRIVATE CONTRACT, For such number of years as may be agreed upon, That very advantageous Building Lot, on the South side of Main Street, adjoining the Lands of Stephen Wright, Esq. extending 40 feet in front, and about 110 feet deep—Also,  TO RENT, TWO COMMODIOUS THREE STORY BRICK TENEMENTS on Little Water Street, conveniently situated for Grocery Stores. For particulars apply to Francis Smith. June 11. tf 758
WILLIAM KNOX, HAS FOR SALE, ON MAXWELL'S WHARF, 50 Bbls. Fine and Superior FLOUR—superior quality 30 do. X M. DINGS. Families can be supplied with prime Flour, at 12 dol- lars per barrel. May 3. tf 649
FOR SALE—BY THE SUBSCRIBERS, ON LIBERAL TERMS, 65 Hogsheads TOBACCO. 40 Puncheons 3rd and 4th proof Tobago RUM. 1,300 Bushels Black Eyed PEASE. 10,000 Weight Sound BACON. 90 Barrels Prime New-York PORK. 50 do. do. do. BEEF. 5 Pipes Cognac BRANDY, 4th proof. 2 do. Old L. P. Madeira Wine. Daniel R. Waddey & Co. Macure's Wharf. June 18. tf 709
FOR SALE, 100 Crates well assorted EARTHENWARE. 12 Casks do. GLASSWARE. Just received by the ship Charleston, from Liverpool. A. Maclure. May 31. tf 732
250 Barrels Superfine, } FLOUR. 250 do. Fine, } 100 do. X Midlings, } 150 do. do. } 50 do. Ship, } BREAD. 90 do. Navy, } 10 Quarter Casks Sherry WINE. For Sale by JAMES MAURICE & CO. April 12. tf 589
LANDING, At Commerce-Street Wharf, from the Brig Paragon, Capt. Amley, 107 Puncheons high proof Jamaica Rum. Which is offered for sale on very liberal terms, by Redmon & Frith. June 11. tf 753
LANDING ON NEWTON'S WHARF, From Schooner Adeline, 230 Boxes Choice Havanna SUGAR. And from Brig Traveller, 170 Quarter Casks Malaga WINE. For sale by Moses Myers. June 11. 3w 755
SPRING AND SUMMER GOODS.  RICHARD TAYLOR, Has received from London per the Ship Dumfries, Captain Beard, a handsome and general assortment of SPRING AND SUMMER GOODS, which he offers for Sale, by Wholesale and Retail, for Cash, or good Paper. April 24. 2m 619
TO RENT. THE Store, Cellar, and Compting Room, No. 41, Main- Street, at present occupied by Messrs. GILLIAT & MACKINDER. Apply to Thomas Willock. April 1. tf 547
A Negro Woman, and two Male Children, WILL BE SOLD LOW, if applied for in a few days.—Inquire at the Office of the Ledger. May 22. tf 698
THE Subscriber intends applying at the Bank of Virgi- nia, for Certificates of One Hundred and Fifty-Nine Shares of Stock, in his own, and Fifty-Seven Shares in the name of Benjamin Harrison, Esq.—The Scrip of the beforementioned is lost, if found, it is requested it may be returned, it being of no use but to the proprietors. Fortescue Whittle. June 4. tf 738
THE LOTTERY FOR THE BENEFIT OF WILLIAM & MARY COLLEGE, Will Re-commence Drawing Tomorrow, and continue regularly; a correct numerical register of the Banks and Prizes, will be kept at the Norfolk Hotel, where Tickets may be examined. May 3. tf 698
NANKEENS AND TEAS. 5000 Pieces Yellow NANKEENS, of the first Chop. 30 Chests Hyson and Imperial TEAS. Both entitled to drawback.—For sale by Martin Fisk. WHO HAS THIS DAY LANDING, From the Ship Charleston, Capt. Hall from Liverpool. 100 Crates QUEENS WARE, well assorted. May 29. tf 725
LANDING ON NEWTON'S WHARF, AND FOR SALE BY THE SUBSCRIBER, 75 Hhds. } PRIME SUGAR. 20 Bbls. } And a few Puncheons of St. Kitts RUM. Moses Myers. May 29. tf 725
WANTED, A WET NURSE. Apply at the Office of the Publick Ledger. May 29. tf 721
WILL BE LANDED Tomorrow Morning on Gibson's Wharf, 35 Puncheons of Antigua RUM, 15 do. do. Old RUM, and sold cheap for cash or approved paper at 60 days, if taken away before it is put in store. Robert Gibson. May 10. tf 674
JACOB KLEIN, No. 111, Main-Street, is now opening a large as- sortment of 6-4 and 4-4 Cotton Cambricks, Fine Cravat do. Plain Black and Embossed do. Fine India and Mull Mull Muslin, Silk Cuderdolls for Mosquito Nets, Short Silk and Kid Gloves, best English Silk, do. ALSO, Women and Men's Fine Plain and Laced Clock Cotton Hose, Black Laces, Common Blue Stripes, best London Superfine Black Cloth, and two trunks Fine and Common Calicoes, &c. &c. all of which will be sold very low for cash or short credit. May 10. tf 671
COCKE & SANFORD, No. 40, MAIN-STREET. Have imported in the Ship Dumfries, from London, an ex- tensive assortment of useful and fashionable SPRING GOODS: Which they offer on liberal terms, by Wholesale and Retail. April 24. 2m 617
FOR SALE, BY THE SUBSCRIBER, 82 Puncheons Windward Island RUM. 25 do. Jamaica do. 10 do. Old Jamaica do. 10 Pipes Holland GIN. 8 Pipes 4th proof Cognac, } BRANDY. 12 do. do. Alicante, } 17 Pipes, } 4 Half Pipes, } FINE OLD SICILY WINE. 2 Qr. Casks, } 4 Half do. } 15 Quarter Casks Sherry WINE. 30 Crates well assorted EARTHENWARE. 9 Casks do. GLASSWARE. 5 Cwt. Dry White LEAD. Half Ton STEEL. 4 Hogsheads Philadelphia Loaf SUGAR. 1238 Barrels Superfine, } FLOUR. 489 do. Fine, } 50 Hogsheads Petersburg, } TOBACCO. 50 do. Richmond, } 42 do. Lowland, } A. Maclure. April 29. tf 633
NORFOLK HOTEL. THE Subscriber informs his friends and the publick, that he has opened an HOTEL in that convenient house formerly the NAVY TAVERN No. 128 Main-Street, where he hopes by his attention, to give satisfaction to those who may favour him with their company. He will always keep the best liquors: and Private Parties will be furnished with Dinners, Suppers, or Relishes, at the shortest notice. BOARDERS accommodated by the week, month, or year Henry Benbridge. October 9. tf 170
FOR SALE, 50 Hhds. prime Richmond TOBACCO, and 100 Barrels NAVY BREAD—now a-Float. Robert Gibson. May 27. tf 713
PRESTON'S ILLUSTRATIONS. The Subscribers to Richards's Edition of Preston's Illustrations of Masonry, are requested to call for the Copies at the Office of the Pub- lick Ledger. March 27. tf 541
NOW LANDING From on board the Brig Fame, from Havanna, and Schooner Lydia, from Antigua, 170 Hogsheads MOLASSES. 129 do. RUM. For sale by William Pennock. May 27. tf 716
THE SUBSCRIBER Having opened Tavern in the EXCHANGE COFFEE HOUSE, will be glad to take in TEN OR TWELVE GENTEELE BOARDERS by the year. Peter Kemp. May 6. tf 654
REMOVAL.  JAMES TUCKER, Has removed to No. 1, HOYT'S LANE, near MAIN-STREET, WHERE HE OFFERS FOR SALE, ON REASONABLE TERMS, HIS STOCK IN TRADE, CONSISTING OF A GENERAL ASSORTMENT OF HARDWARE, NAILS, &c. May 8. tf 659
LANDING, From the ship Gaspard from Antigua, and for sale by the Subscriber, Holland's SAIL DUCK. CHECKS and STRIPS in cases. CLASS WARE.—STONE JUGS. HERRINGS in small kegs. Empty GIN CASES, &c. Moses Myers. WHO HAS ON HAND, A supply of excellent GIN, of former importations. June 6. tf 744
SAMUEL SAUNDERS & Co. Have just received from London, per ship Dumfries, Capt. Beard 18 Kegs assorted SHOT. 12 Casks Hibbert's BROWN STOUT. 12 do. PORTER. 30 Kegs GUN POWDER. 20 Boxes assorted GLASS. 15 Kegs SCOTCH BARLEY. 1800 lbs. Refined SALT PETER. 15 Boxes FIG BLUE. 12 do. DURHAM MUSTARD. A few Casks COPPERAS. 1 Box Best GUN FLINTS. Also—From the Northward. 50 Barrels Prime PORK. April 29. tf 564
OILS, PAINTS & WINDOW GLASS, Of all kinds, colours, and sizes. For sale by N. Gregory, July 8. tf 3
BY AUTHORITY.  RICHMOND ACADEMY LOTTERY. CLASS No. II. 4000 Tickets at 10 dollars each—dolls. 40000 1 Prize of dolls. 10000 1 of 5000 5 of 1000 5000 20 of 500 10000 50 of 100 5000 50 of 50 2500 100 of 25 2500 227 40000 First drawn ticket after 500 are drawn, dolls. 500 after 1000 500 after 1500 500 after 2000 1000 after 2500 1000 after 3000 1000 after 3500 1000 after 3950 10000 The above Lottery will certainly commence drawing the first Monday in November, or sooner, if the tickets are sold. Tickets for sale at the Office of the Publick Ledger. 722
LEVIN DORSEY, On Town Point—Wide Water-Street. Has Received by the Dumfries, from London, in addition to to his former assortment of MATHEMATICAL INSTRUMENTS, &c. Adams's Patent Globes—12 inches. Brass and Wood Compasses—Assorted. Quadrants. Night and Day Telescopes—Assorted. Telescopes for Day only. Patent Time Glasses. From 1-4 to 1-2 minute, and for one and two hours. Gunter's Scales and Dividers—Assorted. Charts, for the West-Indies, and America. Moore's Epitome and Daily Assistant. And has on hand, Blunt's American Practical Navigator—Last edition, with a copious appendix. Blount's American Coast Pilot. Also for Sale, Bell-Mettle Skillets of Superior Quality. Carriage Wheel Boxes, Bouches, and Solid Brass Sheeves—Assorted. Hoop and Baltimore Bar-Iron—Assorted. All kinds of Mathematical Instruments Repaired, as usual. April 26. tf 628
SAMUEL SAUNDERS & Co. Have taken the STORE lately occupied by Messrs. John Rorke & Co. opposite the New Market, WHERE THEY OFFER FOR SALE, A General Assortment of Groceries: And have just received from Philadelphia, per the schooner Liberty, Captain Fisher, 20 Barrels RYE WHISKEY. 50 do. APPLE BRANDY. 50 Boxes BLOOM RAISINS. 100 Reams WRAPPING PAPER. April 17. tf 601
NOTICE. RAN AWAY from the Subscriber living in Edenton, his Mulatto BOY SAM—he is about twenty-one years of age, trim and well built, and large behind—he has two scars on the top of one of his feet, I think the right one.— Whoever will take up said boy, shall receive TWENTY DOL- LARS, besides the expense of carrying him to Norfolk—I want him delivered to Mr. John Granbery, at that place. Samuel Butler. Edenton, May 29. 6w 742
IRISH LINENS. THE SUBSCRIBER Has received in addition to his London Goods, a large assortment of Irish Linens, Sheetings, Diapers, Dowlas, Hardware, &c. Per Ship Charleston, Captain Hall, from Liverpool, which he will dispose of on the most reasonable terms. ALSO, 300 Pieces Twilled SACKING. Richard Taylor. May 31. 729
I HAVE JUST RECEIVED, 63 Boxes BALTIMORE WINDOW GLASS. different sizes—Also, 1000 GUNNY BAGS, 1200 Two and three Bushel BAGS. AND ON HAND, 33 Tierces excellent RICE, to be sold on very reasonable terms. A complete assortment of German Linens. JOHN C. NIEMEYER. A Lad from the country of about 16, under a good recommendation, will be taken as an Appren- tice. Apply as above. May 27. 1m 717
MARTIN FISK, HAS FOR SALE, 300 Sacks Fine Liverpool SALT. 30 Chests Hyson and Hyson Skin TEAS—of a very late im- portation, and of a superior quality. 10 Hogsheads 5 years old Antigua RUM. Pennington's LOAF SUGAR, in Hhds and Bbls. May 27. tf 712
FOR SALE, AT REDUCED PRICES, FOR CASH, 40 Puncheons 3rd proof RUM. 10 do. Country do. 14 Pipes Holland GIN. 20 Hogsheads, } SUGAR. 14 Tierces, } 20 Barrels PORK. 5 Quarter Casks L. P. WINE. 5 Hogsheads CLARET. 1 Case German ROLLS. 2 do. Irish LINEN, &c. &c. William B. Lamb. June 20. 6 771
TO RENT, A convenient DWELLING HOUSE on Fen Church-Street, fronting the Fields leading to Briggs's Point—with a good garden and out buildings attached to it. Enquire of JAMES SMITH, near the same. June 20. tf 774
GILLIAT & MACKINDER, Have received their assortment of SPRING GOODS, By the ship DUMFRIES, from London.—Assorted Packages for exportation, entitled to drawback. April 24. 632
THE SUBSCRIBERS HAVE FOR SALE, ON THEIR WHARF, 70,000 Weight Prime Jamaica, } COFFEE. 40,000 do. Porto Rico, } 3,000 do. St. Domingo, } 10 Puncheons Windward Island RUM. 50 Quarter Casks Old SHERRY. 50 Hogsheads Prime Richmond TOBACCO. 500 Barrels FLOUR—Principally Superfine. 100 do. MESS PORK. 100 Boxes First Quality RAISINS. All of which they will dispose of on liberal terms. C. & F. Whittle. June 4. tf 736
WANTED, Two Hundred Cords Wharf Wood, For which a generous price will be given. Apply to Thomas Warren. May 29. tf 720
MADAME COULON, NOUVELLEMENT arrivée dans cette ville, à l'honneur de prévenir le public, qu'elle montre à pincer de la HARPE.—Les personnes qui voudront l'honorer de leur confiance, trouveront en elle toute la douceur et l'amabilité que convient à enseigner aux jeunes demoiselles.—Elle se loge, maintenant, chez M. Prin, épicier, Town-Point, No. 27.
MRS. COULON, LATELY arrived in this Borough, takes the li- berty of informing the Publick, that she teaches to play on the HARPE.—Those who may honour her with their confidence, will experience all the ten- derness and attention which are requisite in those who undertake the instruction of Young Ladies.— She lodges at present at the house of Mr. Prin, gro- cer, No. 27, Town-Point. May 20. 1m 692
TO PRINTERS. Having had advice of a Font of Letter being shipped for us from England, we would dispose of A FONT OF BOURGEOIS TYPE, Upon which the PUBLICK LEDGER has been heretofore print- ed; specimens of which are seen in our editorial articles. IT CONSISTS of 600 lbs. WELL-ASSORTED LETTER, has been in use but nine months, and is almost as good as new— Should the whole be too large, such as might be inclined to purchase ONE HALF of the font, will please to make applica- tion by letters post-paid, or personally at our office. J. Cowper & Geo. L. Gray. Norfolk, May 8.
VALUABLE LAND FOR SALE.
THE Subscriber, intending to leave this State, wishes to dispose of the Land he at present resides on. It is a tract of EIGHT HUNDRED ACRES, beautifully situated upon Cape Charles; having the Atlantic upon one side, and the Chesapeake upon another. There is upon it as good a FISHERY as any in Virginia. There are interspersed through- out the plantation, a number of SALT SPRINGS, so strongly impregnated with salt as to bear a new-laid egg. Oysters, Cockles, and Fish of all kinds may be obtained from the wa- ters immediately at the door. The land is very productive, esteemed annually good for 500 barrels Indian Corn, and 2000 bushels of Oats, and is now in capital order. The Fishery alone has yielded, in one spring, upwards of 700L. In short there are but very few Plantations offered for Sale, which unite so many advantages: and nothing but a desire to pursue his professional business could induce the present proprietor to sell it. Should it not be sold before the Fall, it will be leased for a term of years. Conditions will be made known on application to Thomas V. Custis. On the Premises. May 8. 1w 648
COW-POX.
THOSE persons who wish to avoid catching the Small- Pox which now exists in this Borough, are informed that the subscriber has again succeeded in introducing the Vaccine Infection, and that he now has several arms fit to inoculate from. * * He has returned to his old shop at the lower end of the new market. George Balfour. An APPRENTICE wanted. Nov. 16. tf 335

THE PUBLICK LEDGER.
TO SHOW THE VERY AGE AND BODY OF THE TIME, HIS FORM AND PRESSURE.
TUESDAY, JUNE 25, 1805.
By the foreign news copied into this day's Ledger from the New-York papers, we have some reason to hope that, if the object of the French fleet in the West-Indies is conquest, it may be in a short time defeated. The general opinion in England at length fixing upon Jamaica, as the place of its destination, it appears that an armament was nearly ready to sail from Plymouth, with a considerable land force under General Sir Eyre Coote. But, on the other hand, should its object turn out to be the British Channel, the detachments of fleets and armies from England is directly playing the game into Buonaparte's hand. One cannot help making conjectures and speculations upon events of so much importance, tho' it not unfrequently happens that the event shews equally the fallacy of all the wise opinions, which the various and contradictory reasons, wishes, or passions, of different men may have formed—so may it be with this expedition—and so most likely it will be.
If the report be correct that the Russian army has again begun to move southward, it would appear as if Alexander had not yet become so fully convinced of the justice and moderation of his brother Buonaparte—The French is not by the Russian considered as one of those just nations who are trusted on their word, but as ranking with those others that must be restrained by armaments and wars.
The anxiety felt and expressed by many of our fellow-citizens, and exhibited by many of our prints, both federal and democratick, concerning the object and consequence of the expeditions from France, is considered by Duane as a convincing proof of their devotedness to the cause of Great-Britain; and all those who betray a wish that the arrival of a British fleet in the West-Indies, might, before it is too late, arrest the progress of the French, are, by him, styled the loving subjects of George III; at the same moment that he exults in having, as he imagines, discovered that Buonaparte will invade Ireland, and, in short, totally overthrow the British government.—Duane and the Aurora have ever been the profligate instruments of France; through every change in her political system, they have been her tools, her advocates, her panegyrists; and we are well-convinced, her base and purchased slaves. The power of France by land, and of England by sea, must continue to bear a proportion to each other, or the whole continent of Europe and the whole world must fall into confusion, or sink into the slaves of the one or the other. He is a traitor to the cause of freedom and humanity, who would wish the power of the one to annihilate the power of the other nation.
LUKE WHEELER, Esq. was yesterday elected Mayor of this Borough.
DRAWINGS IN THE LOTTERY FOR THE BENEFIT OF WILLIAM & MARY COLLEGE.
Table with 2 columns: Prize of 500 dollars—No. 1264. Prizes of 15 dollars. Nos. 38 143 234 463 505 130 834 5453 2224 7684 2085 7033 5484 3062 2362 3743 4988 4574 1984 3046 7128 2415 1060 7741 3381 1277 2000 4321 1419 5330 2099 4163 2385 4800 5762 6025 2886 5605.
Table with 2 columns: Prize of 500 dollars—No. 3832. Prizes of 15 dollars. Nos. 90 720 865 262 854 795 893 654 102 937 5175 1613 5690 2702 1677 7954 2475 3937 7279 2653 7577 3290 4953 1423 2307 6845 5293 2357 7708 6822 5981 6324 5542 6008 5138 1747 7970 2874 6393 2684 5067 3190 3593 4843 2613 2199 4308 5303 4894 5658 2313 7004 3655 2549 6298 5764 6097 7688 2682 4274 4179 2510 6317 5329 3459 4399 5523 3396 7449 1209 6711 1658 1859 6958 7757 1145 4821 7093 3404 6499 2960 5804.
Total gain of the wheel, at the close of this day's drawing, 6,040 dollars.
It is our painful duty to state, that the Leander and other British cruisers, are actively employed, within view of our shores, in intercepting our homeward-bound merchantmen, and sending them to certain condemnation, fas aut nefas, in the court of Halifax. There is but one source to which this private distress, and national degradation can be traced—will Mr. Madison have the candour to name it?—Or shall we spare his blushes by saying that they are solely imputable to the pusillanimous policy of a time-serving cabinet, more occupied in contriving how they shall keep their offices, than in administering them with dignity and firmness.—Phil. Reg.
FROM THE VIRGINIA GAZETTE.
Matthew Lyon has been writing a long letter to Mr. Wm. Duane, containing many remarks well worthy the attention of the curious. Take six from half a dozen, and you have the exact difference of the vulgarity of these characters. There is some humour to compensate the want of delicacy in the following introduction from Mat to Bill.
"The animals called skunks are extremely plenty and tame in the barrens of Kentucky; I have frequently seen them sitting in the road before me, after making a noise to start them out of the path without success. Not chusing to come within the reach of the odiferous liquid with which they contaminate the atmosphere, I have reluctantly given them the path and rode round; at length, some time last summer, having met an insolent fellow of that tribe in a defile, impassible ledges on both sides, I saw no other course but to risk the odiferous charge, and push through. This I accordingly did to the destruction of my adversary, without any other injury than having my horse a little besprinkled, which was principally washed off at the next rivulet."
"I ask your pardon for this digression sir, but the analogy between my situation then and now is so very striking, I could not get the thing out of my mind until I put it on paper."
In the progress of his letter, in his zeal to injure his old friend, Matthew gives the publick some truths meriting attention. He speaks of Dunn's first appearance in America in the following language: "a ragged vagabond, with a down-cast guilty look, like Cain, expecting every man's hand raised against him; besmirched with filth, and shunned as a spectre, with no other distinguishing property than an ability to write with severity; to give falsehood and lies some semblance of truth, and to give truth the appearance of falsehood. The democrats of this country were taken in by him; by their countenance and indulgence he became the conductor of a press—they enabled him to put on a clean shirt, to fill his belly, to look a little sleek, and hold up his head."
"Murder will out" and the same may be said of crimes of less magnitude: what an honest confession is this of Lyon's: it is saying nearly this—We, the democratick members of Congress, were determined to get the reins of government into our hands if possible, and we little cared what means were used for the purpose: we picked up this vagabond Duane, and employed him in preference to any other, because we considered him a greater scoundrel than any other; because "he could give falsehood and lies some semblance of truth, and give truth the appearance of falsehood;" we could all do the same "more or less" but we preferred having some one who had no character to injure to do our work for us.
From what we can gather in Matthew's letter, it seems that after the death of Bache, Duane was very solicitous to have the democrats purchase the Aurora Office, and leave the management of it to him. But this request was opposed, and Lyon attributes the failure of it to his advice; "I foresaw," says Lyon, "his charges would be made up something like those made for printing for the House of Representatives;" the price of the establishment too, Lyon says, was enormous: "I spoke freely against the purchase; he missed the speculation, and can never forgive me for the disappointment." Hence the quarrel between the two patriots Duane and Lyon. Duane took the first opportunity to insult Lyon, and blackguarded him for his vote in the Yazoo business: Lyon threatened in revenge to have Dunn deprived of the printing business of the House: this he has affected; and thus by the falling out of rogues, the printing will be done at the regular price, and honest men will come by their own.
It is remembered by most of our readers that Frothingham, a printer in New-York, was prosecuted and punished for a libel on General Hamilton. The following is Matthew's account of that affair. "When it was intimated that offers were made by General Hamilton to purchase the office for the use of the opposite party, I told a great friend of mine who was most zealous for the purchase, that I considered these insinuations thrown out merely to alarm the republicans, and drive on the bargain. When this story appeared in a publick paper, and poor Frothingham was fined and imprisoned for republishing it, without an effort on the part of the wretch I am speaking of, (who has acknowledged himself the author,) to save Frothingham, my friend was convinced I was right."
From this does it not appear that the Office of the Aurora, being in possession of the Executors of the estate of Benjamin Franklin Bache for the benefit of his children, Duane wished that the democratick members of Congress and other democrats would purchase it for him; and to induce them so to do, Duane fabricates one of his sabbath day lies, and declares that the federalists are exerting themselves to purchase it, and that General Hamilton had actually made proposals for its purchase. The printer, of the New-York Argus republishes the falsehood of Duane, and is punished, while Duane bellows against the prosecuting spirit of the federalists, and lauds the patriotism of Frothingham, and condoles with him on his sufferings.
"This is a pretty fellow for you. Well might John Thompson Mason say, and Mr. Ritchie declare he could repeat it, that to Duane, more than to any other, the American people were indebted for their services."
We come now to another confession of Lyon's that will make every reader and patroniser of the Aurora blush—"I often told my republican friends in those days, that the lies of this man would injure our cause if the conflict lasted long enough to have them exposed. A thousand times has he brought a blush on the face of the honest men of our party, when they read his unfounded attacks against their opponents." What a confession! and to what would it amount in other words?—Thus—We, Matthew Lyon, Thomas Jefferson, Albert Gallatin, and other patriotick members of Congress, and other worthy characters "picked up" this Duane to assist us because he had such a faculty of lying. It was with shame and with horror we saw to what lengths of villainy the fellow would go; we blushed in secret, but we rejoiced in publick; we countenanced him, we patronised, we paid him: we are equally guilty with him, qui facit per alium facit se, but he bears the censure and we reap the benefits.
Sure as you may think yourselves, secret as you may have considered your baseness, democratick demagogues, wherever you are, from Thomas Jefferson, round the full circle to Duncan McFarland, what think you of this open acknowledgment of one of your most least worthy members, that the Aurora was the great engine that brought you into office, that its editor was picked up, patronised for his superior knavery, and that the goodness of your cause is founded on his lies?
Who are you that new patronise the Aurora; Is there not, as Lyon says, a blush brought on your faces, when you read that paper; or has the age of blushing gone by?
Doctor Grey, in a note to that line of Hudibras, "Like words congealed in northern air," relates a belief of many that in the north of Russia, words freeze in the winter, and in the spring thaw all at once, when the most strange confusion of tongues is heard, and many secrets laid open. Supposing all the confidential conversation of our democratick demagogues should thaw, what a curious confusion of criminal conversation and confession would give a murmuring thunder from Maine to Georgia, and die away in Kentucky; from Joe Bartlett to Sam Morse, and over the mountains of John Breckenridge! These words are thawing, and these demagogues will yet become "men of snow," as Shakespeare somewhere has it, "before the sun of truth."
LITERARY INTELLIGENCE.
[The following is the most perfect plan ever projected in America, of a Reading Room. A scheme so honourable to the proprietor, so auxiliary to Literature, and so useful to the Publick, we ardently hope will be amply patronized.]
FOR THE PORT FOLIO. PROPOSALS FOR ESTABLISHING A PUBLICK READING ROOM, BY SUBSCRIPTION, BY EZRA SARGENT, No. 29, Wall-street, New-York.
The Proprietor engages to provide a convenient Room, of easy access, over his Book-Store, which shall be kept open, during the summer, from 8 o'clock A. M. till 7 o'clock P. M. and from 9 o'clock A. M. till 9 o'clock P. M. during the winter, when fuel and candle-light will be supplied.
The Reading Room shall be furnished with seats, tables, paper, pens and ink; and the Daily Papers published in this city, together with the following Gazettes from the neighbouring States:
Table with 2 columns: The Salem Register, Boston Repository, Boston Chronicle, Philadelphia U. States Gazette, Aurora, Port Folio, Washington National Intelligencer, Norfolk Publick Ledger and Charleston Courier.
AMERICAN PERIODICAL PUBLICATIONS.
New-York Medical Repository, Carpenter's United States Review, Brown's Philadelphia Magazine.
BRITISH PERIODICAL PUBLICATIONS.
The Gentleman's European Monthly, and Lady's The British Critick, Monthly, Anti-Jacobin, Edinburgh, and Eclectic. Magazines. Reviews.
Two London Newspapers, two French do. Steele's Army and Navy Lists, London Booksellers' Catalogues, &c. &c. &c.
Which Gazettes, Magazines, &c. shall be bound in semi-annual volumes, and preserved for the use of the room.
The subscribers shall moreover be entitled to the privilege of perusing the Stock Books, and New Works imported for sale in the Book-Store. It being expressly understood, however, that such works shall be carefully used, and on no condition taken out of the Reading Room.
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NEW-YORK, JUNE 10.
Capt. Clark, of the brig Merchant, arrived on Saturday, from Honduras, informs, that the same restriction, in the exportation of mahogany, is still continued, and that further instructions have been transmitted to colonel Gordon, the superintendant, to allow no greater quantity of logwood, to be shipped, in American bottoms, than two tons to every thousand feet of mahogany, in consequence of which order the Merchant was refused a clearance, and was compelled to land all the logwood she had on board, although laden before the receipt of the instruction. Lumber, provisions, and naval stores, are permitted to an entry, other articles are deemed contraband, and will subject the vessel and cargo to seizure. The following is published by the request of capt. C.—On my outward-bound passage, was cast away on the northern triangles, represented in all the drafts I have seen, to lie in N. lat. 19. 5. w. long. 88. I have therefore to remark, that had the same draft been accurate, I should have escaped the danger I so earnestly endeavoured to avoid. From the actual observations I have made, together with captain Ross, of the schooner Hancock, who by the same error, was also run on the same reef; the north end of the triangles are in north lat. 18. 40, so that they do not extend as far north by 21 miles, as are represented; also, that the small key on the same shoal, called Sand Key, being the south end, extends 18 miles more to the south than represented by the charts. During the time captain Clark was employed saving the cargo, and putting it on board the wreckers, he had much to complain of the ill treatment he received and of the pillage committed on the cargo.
I am requested by Mr. Mount, a native of New-York, with a regular protection granted by John Keese, to make publick that he is now detained on board the British sloop of war Swift, capt. Wright, on the Honduras station; for whose liberation application was made, but to no effect.—Com. Adv.
June 16.
A gentleman who arrived yesterday from Bourdeaux, and who left Paris about the 28th of April, informs us, that it was well known in that city, though not officially published, that the Toulon and Cadiz squadron, was destined for the West Indies, and that their principal object was the reduction of Jamaica. The Toulon fleet had 13,000 troops on board, and expected to be increased upon touching at Cadiz by fifteen ships of the line with a considerable military force; in this however they were rather disappointed, as they were joined only by five ships of the line. The Brest fleet with 12,000 troops on board, it was understood, intended to join the former, and this very formidable armament was to proceed together against the British West India Islands. It will be remembered that the Brest fleet did not succeed in putting to sea. Our informant farther states, that as there were always English frigates and cutters off Toulon observing the motions of the French squadron, intelligence of its sailing must have very soon reached lord Nelson, who, it was said, was off Barcelona on the 9th April, in pursuit of it. His squadron, however, must have stopped at Gibraltar to water; still it was thought possible that he would be only a few days sail behind the enemy, and that by this time he may have reached Jamaica. All things considered intelligence of the most serious nature may be daily expected from that quarter. The French fleet we are certain have arrived, and it is possible the English has—at any rate it is probable it will soon arrive; however this be, the colonies of Britain are in the most perilous situation.
The claims settled by the American commissioners at Paris, and liquidated by the French board established for that purpose, were not finally admitted by the French secretary. Many difficulties had arisen between the American minister and the French ministers of Finance on this subject, and it is doubtful whether the bills to be drawn by the American minister for the final liquidation of those claims will be sent forward until after the return of the Emperor from Italy.
Mr. Monroe was still at Madrid: and we are informed that our affairs with Spain were still unsettled.
Mr. Livingston had certainly taken his passage in the ship Mississippi, and was to sail from Nantes for New-York, the 20th of May.
Mr. Henry Preble, (brother to commodore Preble) came passenger in the Paisley, and brings important despatches for government, from our minister, Mr. Armstrong, at Paris.
Robert Williams, Esq. of North Carolina, (say the Mississippi Herald) is appointed governor of this territory.
French papers to the 28th April, were yesterday received, but they do not contain any important intelligence which has not been published from our English prints. A very few extracts have been made—as follow:
PARIS, 30th Germinal.
The German journals again announce the march of 150,000 Russians towards the southern frontiers of Europe.
The official journal continues to publish, in the Italian language, addresses of devotion and fidelity to his majesty the Emperor and King, from the different civil and military bodies, the magistracy and learned societies of the kingdom of Italy.
1st Floréal.
We learn that the Electors and principal States of the German empire, are all forward to recognize the new changes that have taken place in the constitution of the Kingdom of Italy.
Her majesty madam Eliza, princess of Piombino, set out yesterday from Paris for her principality.
June 17.
By the arrival of the ship Ardent, captain Crosthwaite, in 33 days from Greenock, we have received 2 English and Scotch newspapers to the 11th May. An embargo had been laid on the different ports of Great-Britain, in consequence of the sailing of the secret expedition. The general opinion respecting the destination of the French and Spanish combined fleets, is that they are bound for Jamaica. Lord Melville has been removed from the privy council, and all places of profit and trust, under the crown.
LONDON, May 10.
By the Sophia sloop of war from the Mediterranean, Government has this morning received despatches from Lord Nelson, the particulars of which have not yet transpired. It is said some information has also been received respecting the course of the combined squadrons which lately sailed from Cadiz.
An expedition for the West Indies, consisting of 8000 men, under the command of Sir Eyre Coote, nearly in readiness for sea.
An unusual degree of activity has been recently remarked among the enemy's fleet at Boulogne. The following is an extract of a letter from an officer belonging to our squadron off that port, dated off Boulogne, May 2, 1805—"We constantly perceive the enemy actively engaged on their coast, which leads us to believe they will speedily attempt something in a formidable way. The force under the command of our active Admiral, Douglas, is on the alert, and prepared to give them a warm reception. Yesterday and this morning a few of their small gun-boats crept from Ambleteuse along the shore to Boulogne. They keep in so close under batteries, and so little water, that it is almost impossible for any of our cruisers to molest them."
The following is an extract of a letter from an officer on board the Fleet, dated 28th ult.
"This day the Polyphemus, of 64 guns, captain Lawford, joined us; she came from Sir John Orde's squadron that was cruising off Cadiz, but retired on the appearance of eleven French line of battle ships, which had passed the Gut of Gibraltar on the 9th ult. from Toulon, and entered Cadiz Roads on the following day. Before Sir John got out of sight of Cadiz he saw six more line of battle ships go in, having, it is conjectured, got out of Cartagena. There were lying in Cadiz harbour during the blockade, twelve Spanish and one French line of battle ships, so that their force now in that port consists of thirty sail of the line, besides several frigates, and they showed every appearance of soon putting to sea. The enemy's fleet in Brest amounts to 21 sail of the line, and has twice endeavoured to come out. We hourly expect to be joined by Sir John Orde, with five sail of the line."
May 6.
Private letters have been received from the Channel fleet, which state that the Brest fleet is perfectly ready for sea, and have recently made two attempts to get out, but were prevented by the vigilance of Lord Gardiner. Our fleet were well off Brest on Monday, having been joined by the squadron under command of Sir John Orde.
We understand from unquestionable authority, that his majesty has issued orders for erasing the name of Lord Melville from the list of the Privy Council—his Lordship is now removed from all places which he held at the pleasure of the Crown.
GREENOCK, May 6.—The following note was stuck up at Lloyd's on Thursday last, at half past 5 o'clock:—
LLOYD'S, May 2d 1805, half past 5.
"Information has been received at the Admiralty that the French squadron which appeared off Cadiz on the 9th ult. was no longer there on the 10th, and that the number of Spanish ships in the harbour was diminished. On the 11th and 22nd, five sail of the line, supposed to be Spanish, were seen beating to the westward."
Our correspondent subjoins, "the above communication has made a very serious impression. It is now supposed that part of the Spanish squadron is sent to reinforce the fleets in the West-Indies, while the French fleet is proceeding along the coast to raise the blockade of the ports." Till some decisive intelligence is received, it is now evident that little dependance can be placed on any information which has hitherto been received, and that till positive assurances are obtained of the views of the enemy's squadrons, a constant succession of alarms must be submitted to.
It is certainly much to be regretted, that at a period of such danger and alarm from without, party spirit should run so high at home as our Parliamentary report of this day, and indeed of every day for some time past, demonstrates.
A Lisbon mail arrived on Thursday, per the Wallingford Packet, in which came passengers Lord and Lady Holland. Jerome Bonaparte had set off for France, and his lady and her brother, by sea, for Amsterdam.
The preparations for another expedition, upon a scale of force about equal to that which lately sailed, are nearly ready at Portsmouth.
By Lord Gardiner's despatches state, we understand, that an unusual degree of activity had been observed among the Brest fleet.
Price of stocks at London, 2d May—Consols for money 58. Oms. 2 3 4 prem.
PHILADELPHIA, JUNE 15.
Extract of a letter from a respectable Gentleman at St. Kitts, to his friend in this city, dated
St. KITTS, May 22.
"This moment, (eleven o'clock, A. M.) the mail boats bring positive accounts of the arrival of twenty-eight sail of French ships—they say that nineteen are line of battle ships—a new fleet."
The news of the arrival of the combined fleets at Martinico, struck a great consternation at St. Kitts—what few ships were ready for sea bound to England, sailed immediately under convoy of a frigate and sloop of war, and the merchant ships which were not ready, and some that were expected from the other islands, were ordered to take the best care they could of themselves, as the small number of British ships of war, in the windward islands, could afford them little or no protection.
Two frigates of the combined fleet were taking soundings of St. Lucie, and it was generally supposed

ed the combined fleet would begin there and make a general sweep among the British islands.
Admiral Cochrane having sailed from Jamaica with a convoy for England; parted with them to the windward of the islands, and then arrived at St. Kitts with his own ship only, the other ships of war having probably gone on with the convoy.
A gentleman who came out in the brig Molly, captain Wheldon, from Guadalupe, has furnished the following memoranda, which he entitles,
"News at Bassetterre, Guadalupe, May 26, 1805."
"On the 24th, two French frigates came to anchor at Bassetterre, with general Lauriston on board, for the purpose of consulting with general Ernouf, the plan of operations against the British islands. The general remained during that day, and in the evening departed with the frigates. The day following, very great activity was used in bringing down mortars, bombs, shells, &c. to the sea-side, to be embarked on board the fleet. Two thousand artillerymen and engineers were to be taken from the garrison of Bassetterre, to be joined to the force on board the fleet, making in the whole 20,000 troops."
"The first point of attack was said to be Trinidad, after which they would make a sweep of all the windward islands."
"The fleet reported, that about the time of their sailing from Toulon, the Brest fleet also had orders to put to sea, and proceed immediately to Jamaica; and it was reported a few days ago, from St. Thomas, that Jamaica was actually taken."
At a meeting of the grocers held at the Globe Inn, on Friday evening the 13th instant, the following declaration was adopted, and a committee appointed to wait on such to obtain their signatures, as did not attend. It is believed that the object of few associations has met with a more general concurrence, as it has been signed almost unanimously: yet are the grocers ready at any time to reduce the rate to its former standard when it shall be clearly ascertained that they will be justified therein, by a change in the conduct of the planters at New-Orleans. On the other hand should they continue to increase the thickness and weight of their casks, a further addition of tax will be indispensable; for as the grocers of the city of Baltimore wish not to receive one pound of sugar or the planters of New-Orleans, without paying for it, so they are determined not to have wood imposed on them for sugar.
BALTIMORE, JUNE 14, 1805.
Discovering the very great losses we are sustaining in the purchase of New-Orleans sugar owing to the casks in which it is contained being made of timber so unnecessarily thick, and which, in our opinion, is done with the view of imposition only—Therefore, in order to counteract such designs, we, the subscribers, grocers of the city of Baltimore, do promise and declare, that we will, neither directly nor indirectly, purchase any sugar of the above description, in casks in which it is imported, without an allowance of 15 per cent. tare, until the planters of New-Orleans or those to whom it belongs, shall reduce the thickness and weight of the casks, so as to justify us in purchasing with the customary allowance for tare without danger of loss.
The above is signed by about 115 Grocers of the city of Baltimore.
WASHINGTON CITY, JUNE 12.
According to authentic information, it was not certainly known at Paris on the 2d April last, when the bills in payment of claims covered by the Louisiana convention would be drawn, but the commencement of the droughts was expected to take place with very little delay. On this point, therefore, the intelligence brought by the Alligator, as published in the New-York Gazette, is incorrect; and there is little room to doubt it is so in some other points.
BOSTON, June 10.
MASSACHUSETTS LEGISLATURE.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
Friday, June 7, 1805.
Agreeably to assignment, at 12 o'clock, the two Houses met in convention, when his Excellency the Governor, attended by his Council, came in and delivered the following
SPEECH:
Gentlemen of the Senate, and
Gentlemen of the House of Representatives,
I embrace with pleasure the opportunity of congratulating you on the return of the anniversary established by our constitution, and the proof which your fellow citizens have given you of their confidence. Accept the assurances of my regard with sentiments correspondent to those by which they are dictated.
Our obligations to the publick are expressed in the oaths we have taken to support the constitution of the United States, and to defend this Commonwealth, and faithfully, and impartially to perform the duties of our respective offices. It is incumbent on us, therefore, on all occasions, to support the constitutional measures of the General Government; in this our interest and duty coincide; for if that government is not well established; if it has not energy sufficient to suppress insurrections at home, and resist invasion from abroad, our security will be lost in perpetual revolutions, and we shall be at the mercy of every lawless invader.
But as the National Constitution defines and guarantees the rights, as well of the States as of the citizens, it is the duty of the State Governments to watch over those rights, and if they should be infringed, to make such representations as would tend to procure redress; thus it is probable a remedy may be obtained for any evils of this kind to which a State or part of its citizens may be exposed, in a manner perfectly consistent with publick order and tranquility. A disposition to censure and criminate the measures of government is extremely prejudicial;—if they are good in themselves, we ought not to ascribe them to improper motives; and if doubtful, candour should incline us to view them in the most favourable light. But it was not the design of the Constitution that the Legislatures of the several States should become blindly subservient to the will of the general government; this would be to lose the whole benefit of the federative principle, and would subject us to all the mischiefs of a complete consolidation of the States: Indeed such a construction might soon destroy the most essential articles of the Constitution;—for if an aspiring man should gain a controlling influence in the National Legislature, and should find that some parts of that instrument obstructed his views, he would propose and be sure to effect such alterations as he should term necessary.
The system of the National Government appears to be well calculated to preserve itself and perpetuate the rights of the people. The arrangement and independence of the Legislative, Judicial, and Executive powers form the best security that could be devised against the encroachments of either; and as long as the Constitution is unimpaired, and the legislative body is actuated by a spirit of integrity and moderation;—as long as it shall leave to the Executive and Judicial Departments the authority vested in them, respectively, by the Constitution, and shall patiently acquiesce in the exercise of that authority; so long
we may hope that the National Government and the rights of the citizens will be preserved.
But the experience of other nations will convince us, that whenever the Legislature assumes to itself the other powers of government, liberty is subverted. This assumption can be more easily effected by that body, if unrestrained by principle, than by either of the other branches: The Legislative is the supreme power;—the members are from every part of the territory; their number and influence will enable them, on frequent occasions, to excite popular envy and resentment against the Executive and Judicial powers; almost every man from a connexion with some member of the Legislature, feels a peculiar interest in that branch of Government, and a strong prejudice in its favour. But instead of being influenced by these professions, we ought to reflect, that in free states a change in the frame of government is attended with hazard, and that our only safety consists in a firm and inflexible adherence to the principles of the constitution.
The Declaration of Rights in this State, prohibits an interference of the several departments; it provides that neither of them shall ever exercise the powers of the other. And here too an efficient authority is requisite for the protection and safety of the people;—for if the State Government has not strength enough to restrain injustice and violence, or to punish offenders, our liberty will degenerate to licentiousness, and we shall fall into a state of anarchy not less debasing than a settled and absolute despotism.
In civil causes, the sheriff or constable is supposed to be authorized, by writs of attachment or execution, to take the goods of the debtor without any exception. The humanity of creditors has, for the most part, prevented an undue use of this authority, in collecting their demands from their indigent debtors; but I am informed by a number of respectable persons that instances have frequently occurred, in which officers, with unfeeling severity, have taken the most necessary articles of apparel and furniture, and exposed the debtor and his family to immediate suffering.—If such cases have happened within your knowledge, you will probably think it reasonable to exempt from seizure certain articles which are necessary for upholding life.
Commissioners have, on several occasions been appointed, at the request of the Legislature, and with the consent of the parties interested, for the purpose of quieting settlers on lands in the Eastern parts of the State; in most of the cases to which their commissions referred, they have been able to effect an amicable agreement; but divers disputes of this kind still remain unsettled. The tranquility of that part of the Commonwealth, and the happiness of many individuals would be greatly promoted by a speedy accommodation of those disputes; and I shall be happy to concur with you, gentlemen, in any measures, consistent with the rights of the parties, which shall be calculated to effect this desirable object.
The operations of banking, while under suitable restraints, may undoubtedly be useful to the State by rendering its capital more active than it would be otherwise. Petitions, have for several years been presented, at almost every session of the Legislature, for the incorporation of Banks. If such applications are repeated, it will be a question of importance, whether an addition to the present number would be a publick benefit. Many of the bills of other State Banks, with whose circumstances and management we are wholly unacquainted, circulate here; and the capital stock of the Branch Bank is seven hundred thousand dollars. We have besides in this State, twenty-one Banks, which are allowed by law to issue thirteen millions of dollars; by their last returns it appears, that the whole of the debts due to them did not amount to eight millions. If the existing Banks are authorized to loan a greater sum than the circulation can employ, the aggregate profits of banking would not be increased, nor would any additional assistance be given to trade should a number of other bank be instituted; they might indeed emit an additional quantity of paper; but the surplus would soon be returned to the several Banks, and exchanged for gold and silver to be exported. New Banks would not increase the quantity of specie, they would only cause a subdivision of it; and if they should be induced, from the desire of gain, or a disposition to afford extraordinary accommodations, to discount too liberally, the Banks themselves would be endangered, and the directors might be compelled to diminish their discounts, so as to occasion very serious and extensive commercial embarrassments.
It has been said, heretofore, that the Bank dividends were higher than the legal rate of interest, and, therefore, unless petitioners were indulged with new incorporations, the law which forbids usury should be repealed. A measure of this kind might be more injurious than any proposed addition to the number of Banks. If money was borrowed only on a calculation of profit from commercial enterprises, the borrower might be safely trusted to make his bargain with the lender; but a great part of the loans in the country are to persons embarrassed from misfortune or indiscretion; by a repeal of the law against usury they would be left to the mercy of their creditors, and avarice would prey without controul upon ignorance and distress.
I have received a letter from the Governor of Pennsylvania, inclosing a copy of a resolution of the Senate and House of Representatives of that Commonwealth, approving an amendment to the Constitution, which was recommended by the State of Kentucky, and by which it is proposed to exclude from the Judicial power of the United States, controversies between citizens of different states—between citizens of the same state claiming lands under grants from different States—and between citizens of a State and citizens or subjects of a foreign State.
Together with those papers, the Secretary will deliver to you a letter from the Major-General of the third division, requesting that he might be discharged from his office in the militia. His request has been granted.
In the present state of political disagreement, you can hardly expect, by the most upright and impartial discharge of your duty to escape censure. But whatever reflections may be circulated upon the measures of Government, or the conduct of its members, I hope and trust, they will have no effect to weaken your attachment to the publick good, or abate your zeal to promote the publick interest. In many instances, you may be compelled from a sense of duty to disappoint the wishes of your friends, and in some, perhaps, to expose yourselves to the temporary displeasure of a respectable part of the community. But if the measures you adopt are just and useful, they will at length appear to be so; and you will then receive the best compensation for publick service, the testimony of your fellow-citizens to your merit and virtue.
CALEB STRONG.
June 7, 1805.
Answer of the House of Representatives of the Massachusetts Legislature, to the Speech of Governor Strong.
May it please your Excellency,
The house of representatives with pleasure offer their congratulations to your excellency upon this anniversary established by the constitution; and upon the additional proof which your fellow-citizens have given you of their high confidence, in again electing you to the office of chief magistrate of this Commonwealth.
To support the constitution of the United States, to defend this commonwealth, and faithfully and impartially to perform the duties of our respective offices,
are obligations so important, as to be deemed by us at all times indispensable. We consider it as an incumbent duty, to support the constitutional measures of the general government. Without an energetic government, careful and prompt to attend to our best interests, the attempt to suppress domestic insurrections, or duly to oppose foreign aggressions would be altogether futile; and in the end, security would be lost, and revolutions succeed, destructive to our peace and happiness; and we should be exposed to the mercy of every lawless invader. As a spirit of insubordination is the usual harbinger of tyranny, an energetic government alone, under Divine Providence, can shield us from such calamity.
We view with the greatest solicitude our federal compact. Those sages from whose labours it sprang, those who adopted and made it the bond of our union and security, and those who moulded and fashioned the government, which has produced to us the greatest national prosperity, must ever be dear to the citizens of Massachusetts. We consider, with your excellency, that it is the duty of the state governments to watch over the rights guaranteed to them by the constitution; it is equally their duty to guard with jealous vigilance, the preservation of the union upon just and equal principles; and to rebel every measure calculated to consolidate the states under the dominion of a single state . The institution of the constitution must be followed by its destruction; its destruction by the establishment of despotick power, upon the ruins of our honour and freedom. We cannot, therefore, but consider the recent proposals made in the house of representatives of the United States, to make the judiciary dependent on the will of the executive, and to annihilate the utility of the senate, as subjects of serious alarm. If such influence can be obtained in the national councils by aspiring men, to enable them to change this sacred instrument at their pleasure—Haltations should be the result of systematick efforts to destroy, our country is destined to exhibit the end of republican government;—it is destined to prove that men are incapable of governing themselves, and that rational liberty can exist only in name.
In the melancholy history of the ruin of republicks, we may find impressive lessons, applicable to our own country. We are fully sensible that the experience of ages teaches that liberty has been destroyed by the assumption of power, obtained in the most numerous branch of the government. The encroachment, therefore, of the legislative upon the other branches is the first and strongest indication of the dissolution of republican systems.
The communication from the Governor of the State of Pennsylvania, coming from so respectable a quarter, demands serious consideration. Yet we cannot but sincerely regret the existence of motives productive of the resolution to which your Excellency alludes.
The several objects of legislation recommended by your Excellency shall receive our most prompt and careful investigation; and while we return you our grateful thanks for the general information communicated in your address, we assure your Excellency we shall most readily co-operate with you in the adoption of such measures as may be deemed conducive to the publick welfare.
The present state of political disagreement will not prevent the most impartial discharge of our relative duties. Censure and calumny too often usurp the place of praise and commendation; but a conviction of having fully discharged our duty will ever afford a sufficient consolation for the injuries they occasion. In the short period of time which has elapsed since the establishment of our independence, we have witnessed many and rapid changes of political sentiment, as to men and measures. Such instability would be regarded as unfriendly to the preservation of freedom, if we had not uniformly found that good sense and just conceptions finally gain the due ascendancy. Relying on this feature in the character of our fellow-citizens, we feel the most unchangeable assurance that we shall retain and transmit to our posterity the political felicity by which our country is distinguished.
* This is not correct; the Judiciary is to be at the will of the Legislature; the Executive is not even allowed the power of objecting, inasmuch as the Judges are to be removed by an address, not by a bill in form of a law; in that case the President might return it for reconsideration; but the amendment says the Judges shall be removed, on an address from both houses of congress.—[LEDGER.]
Gazette Marine Memoranda.
ARRIVED.
Schooner Richmond, Hand, 10 days from Philadelphia.
Schooner Amicus, Jackson, 9 days from Philadelphia.
Sch'r Friend's Adventure, Dickson, 6 days from New-Province, Fruit and Turtle, Robert Gibson. Sunday off Roanoke, spoke the schooner Concord of Dighton, and took from on board the mate and crew of the brig Comet, Capt. Clifton, of this port, and the crew of the schooner Imperial of Baltimore, captured by the French privateer schooner Mathilde, of 18 guns and 120 men.—The mate of the Comet states, that she sailed from Jeremie on the 6th of June bound for Norfolk, in company with the armed ships Neptune & Maria, of and for Philadelphia; brig Isabella, sch'r's Nonuch, Imperial, Hetty, Maryland and Delaware, for Baltimore; with which they parted the day after they left land, not being able to keep them longer company. On the 16th at half past five P. M. in lat. 23, 20, long. 76, 30, fell in with the privateer schooner Mathilde, of Guadalupe, who made a prize of the brig, took all hands out except the Steward and Cook, and put them all, except the Captain, in irons.—At the time the crew of the Comet was taken on board they found Capt. Neversop, and the crew of the schooner Imperial, and Capt. David Killock, of the brig Clyde, of Greenock, captured on a voyage from St. Thomas to Liverpool, on the 5th of June; and they were told that the privateer had taken seven American vessels, before she fell in with the Imperial, although she had been but one month out.—On the 19th she put seventeen Americans on board a brig from New-Orleans bound to Liverpool; she was the brig Rosanna of Philadelphia.—On the 21st fell in with the schooner Concord, Capt. Webb, on board of which vessel the above mentioned crews were put (with the exception of the Captains with whom the commander of the privateer said he durst not part) with only two days provision, although the schooner was then on allowance.—The mate says that they were tolerably well treated by the commander of the Privateer, who read to them his instructions, which were to hang all persons taken in the trade with the blacks, the crews, therefore, acknowledge themselves indebted to him for his forbearance. On the 22nd fell in with the ship New-York of New-York, and were supplied with bread and water; she also took two hands on board.
Captain Webb, to whom both crews are desirous of expressing their gratitude for his kind treatment, sailed from Jamaica on the 26th of May, on which day an Embargo was to be laid on all shipping in port.—The ports had been opened for six months, by proclamation, dated 21 May.
The privateer Mathilde is one of the squadron off Charleston.
Ship Hope, Field, from Providence Rhode Island, for Havana, with forty-two tons of Cheese, has put
into Nassau, N. P. in distress, having struck on a reef, the North of Benimy Island bearing S.E. by S. distant about 8 miles; got her off a few minutes; rudder smashed, and vessel leaky; this happened on the 8th ult.—On the 15th spoke the ship C. met of Baltimore, from Liverpool, the Capt. of which treated Capt. Field in a friendly manner; as did also the Capt. of the brig Thetis of New-York; with both of which vessels, being bound to New-Orleans, Capt. F. parted on the Bahama bank, June 5, and arrived the next day at Nassau.
Schooner Eliza, Butler, hence, arrived at Nassau, June 10.—At the same time arrived the schooner Three Friends, Gardner, Philadelphia; Sloops Amy, Munroe, Rhode Island; Sally, Austin, and Richard, Parker, New-York.
Ship Betsey, hence for Bourdeaux was spoken June 1, in lat. 41, lon. 60.
Sloop Susannah, Joel, hence for Bermuda, was spoken 6th inst. lat. and long. not mentioned.
Ship Rebecca, Fowler, was to have sailed from Bonavista for this port, about the 1st instant.
Ship Sheffield, Cowper, of this port, sailed from Bourdeaux, about the 3rd of May—destination not mentioned.
Brig Nancy, Rhodes 14 days from Boston.
Sch'r Enterprise, Fitzhugh, 10 days from New-York.
Sch'r Hazard, Garland, 12 days from Salem.
CUSTOM-HOUSE—ENTERED.
Schr. Ann Eliza, James, East-River. Richmond, Hand, Philadelphia. Amicus, Jackson, do. Fair Trader, Van Name, New-York. Sloop Morning Star, Pointer, Philadelphia. CLEARED.
Sloop Julian, Tingle, Philadelphia. Schr. Lydia, Livingston, Madeira. Juno, Nicks, Boston. Josephus, Long, New-York.
FOR BARBADOES.
(To sail on Thursday next.) The fast sailing copper-bottomed Schooner MARINER, SKINNER, Master: Can accommodate four passengers. Apply to the Master on board lying at Lee's wharf. June 20. 2 778
POLYGRAPHICK PAINTING.
THIS art, so long kept a secret and exclusively practiced by the Polygraphick Society in London, is now in the possession of a citizen of the United States lately arrived from Europe; who proposes to execute, by subscription, two hundred copies from an original Allegorical Painting in the Shakespeare Gallery, New-York, by permission of the Proprietor; being
A PORTRAIT OF WASHINGTON,
Supported by Liberty, Virtue, and Justice. Virtue is holding the emblem of the reward he merited. In the right of the piece, America, characterized as an Ab-origin, is seated in a pensive posture, lamenting her loss. In the left is Painting turning to History, for a subject worthy of her art, who is supposed to answer,
"THERE IS NONE MORE WORTHY THAN WASHINGTON."
The whole forming a more emblematical tribute to the memory of that great man, than has yet been offered to the publick.
To those who esteem his publick services and his private worth, and to the Patrons of improvements in the fine arts, this work is dedicated. Such as are already furnished with different engravings on this subject, will, it is hoped, still find room for the present undertaking, when they consider, that it will be a Painting, and the design new, executed by a process, which renders it more durable than oil painting—that it requires no glass—that while their prints contain, perhaps a faint resemblance only, this work affords a correct likeness, with the addition of six beautiful allegoric figures. The price also is reduced so as to leave, on comparative merit, no objection.
Subscriptions, at Eight Dollars each, payable on delivery, (which is very little more than the price of an engraving of the same size) are received by Conrad & Co. Booksellers, Philadelphia, and Bonsal, Conrad & Co. Norfolk.
IT IS ALSO PROPOSED TO EXECUTE
Portraits of Mr. and Mrs. Washington, by the same process, on subscription, of Four dollars and fifty cents each. It is a principal aim of this work, to produce the most correct likenesses of this amiable couple.
The Artist presumes that the secret art of Polygraphick Painting is known only to himself, in the United States; having travelled from the Carolinas to Massachusetts, without finding a master of it. By this Art, original paintings may be multiplied, so as to render it difficult to point out the difference. The Polygraphick picture, of the two, when compared together, is the most brilliant, and the nature of the process cannot fail rendering it more durable. In fine, the whole is so exact and beautiful a copy, that the mind is lost in conjecture as to the method in which it is executed. Philadelphia, June 4, 1805. law1N. 777
AUCTION.
On Wednesday next, the 26th inst. at 10 o'clock, on Willcock's Wharf,
WILL BE SOLD,
The Cargo of the Schooner Dart, from Martinico: viz.
49 Hogsheads, } CHOICE MUSCO: SUGAR. 2 Ti-ees, 180 Barrels, 20 Hogsheads Clayed SUGAR. 6 Hogsheads, 40 Barrels, } BEST GREEN COFFEE. 70 Bags,
All sums under 200 dollars cash, from 200 to 1000, 60 days, above 1000, 60 and 90 days, for approved endorsed negotiable notes.
Francis Smith, v. M. 773
June 20.
NOTICE.
CONCERT-HALL,
BOSTON, May, 1805.
THE Subscriber respectfully informs his Friends and the Publick, and those Gentlemen of the Southern States who may visit this part of the Continent, during the summer season, that the house known by the name of Concert-Hall, situated in a very central and pleasant part of the town, (corner of Court and Hanover Streets) has been fitted up at a very great expense with the genteel accommodations. Those Gentlemen who may wish for Boarding and Lodging, it is presumed cannot find a more eligible and convenient house, or a more grateful reception than from the present occupant of Concert-Hall, whose assiduity to serve them shall exceed the liberality of their patronage. 763 law3m T. WHITCOMB.
NOTICE.
THE subscriber owes some money, which he is determined shall be speedily paid; added to which his low state of health, calls loudly for his retirement from business. He therefore offers his stock of goods for sale, on the most liberal terms.—This assortment has been selected from the best importations within the last twelve months; and amounts to about 2500l. currency. As the situation occupied by him is not equalled by any other in the lower country, and as it can be obtained for a number of years, he hopes some of his friends will consider it to their advantage to purchase the goods, and take the stand.—Nothing but the second reason assigned in this advertisement, would induce him to quit the stand.—But owing to his health he must and will quit business, for some time at least. He has two small crafts, and a quantity of naval stores and lumber subject to his creditors. JOHN K. RANDOLPH.
N. B. Those indebted must make payment in sixty days or give their bonds. Nassau-no. 4, April 5. law 568
NEWCOMB's Packet will sail for New-York in a few days. June 25.