Berkeley and Jefferson intelligencer (Martinsburg, Va.), 1808-09-09 00:00:00

Berkeley and Jefferson Intelligencer.
Martinsburg, Va. Printed and published by JOHN ALBURTIS.
No. 16 of Vol. X.
FRIDAY, September 9, 1808.
Whole No. 484.
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BATH.
THE subscribers, appointed at the last session of the General Assembly, Trustees for the town of Bath, Berkeley County Virginia, are informed that a number of persons who have been advised to use the waters of this place, are deterred from visiting it, from an apprehension of its unhealthiness. They deem it their duty to state to the public, that the mill-pond to which the former sickness of persons at Bath is almost exclusively to be ascribed, has been long since entirely dry, in consequence of the dam having been taken down, and that the inhabitants of the town have enjoyed their usual health for more than a year past, and of course, during the summer and fall of the last year. We are entirely satisfied that these Springs may be resorted to as formerly without any risque to the health of visitors, from the causes above mentioned.
The Commissioners have had the Baths repaired, and are taking measures for cleansing the streets, cellars, &c.—They intend, as far as the powers given them by law will permit, to fit the place for the comfortable accommodation of those to whom the use of the waters may be necessary.
ELISHA BOYD, JOHN BAKER, HENRY SL. G. TUCKER, DAVID HUNTER, RAWLEIGH COLSTON, PHILIP C. PENDLETON. Berkeley County, Virginia. July 1, 1808.
PAPER MAKING.
THREE or FOUR APPRENTICES are wanted by the subscriber, to learn the PAPER-MAKING business—Lads from twelve to fifteen years of age will be preferred.—This business is remarkably healthy, and holds out advantages that but very few others offer. Apply to Mr. Alburts, in Martinsburg, or to the subscriber, at his Paper-Mill near Buckles-Town. CONRAD COUNSELLER. July 1, 1808.
THE subscribers, in addition to their former assortment, have just received and finished opening a complete and handsome variety of
SPRING and SUMMER GOODS.
(too extensive to particularize,) among which are an elegant assortment of Ladies' and Gentlemen's fashionable Manufactures, together with
A very general selection of the most permanent EUROPEAN, INDIA and other Merchandise,
the whole of which they most respectfully recommend to customers particularly, and a liberal public generally, at the most reduced Cash rates—For all former favors conferred they gratefully request permission to return public thanks, hoping in all respects relative to their line of business to merit a continuance of patronage.
THOMAS C. SMITH, & Co. Martinsburg, May 13, 1808.
Blank Replevin Bonds, for sale at this Office.
LANDS for sale.
A BARGAIN may be had in the purchase of the places where John Fife and Basil Cross now reside, containing five hundred acres of good lime stone LAND, binding on Opecon-Creek, distant about five miles from this place and six from Shepherd's-Town. The buildings are comfortable, with a mill-seat on Opecon.—The title good, the price low and the payments will be made easy to a punctual man. Those who are inclined to buy, may know the terms on application to John Baker, Esq. at Shepherd's-Town.
BENJAMIN ODEN. Martinsburg, Nov. 20, 1807.
FRESH GOODS
Now opening.
THE subscribers have the pleasure to inform their friends, customers and the public generally, that they have just received and are now opening at their Store (Mr. Kearsey's well-known corner) in Shepherd's-Town, a complete and handsome assortment of
SPRING and SUMMER GOODS, consisting of almost every article in the mercantile line, which have been purchased low, and will be sold on as favorable terms as any goods that will be offered this season.
They return their thanks to all those who have been pleased to call on them since their commencement in business, and flatter themselves with a continuance of the same, as they are determined that no pains shall be spared to accommodate those who may favour them with their custom.
R. WORTHINGTON, & Co. Shepherd's-Town, May 20, 1808.
The subscriber has just received a large quantity of
Bar-Iron, which he offers for sale on the lowest terms; ALSO Crowley and Blister'd STEEL.
Waldron's prime Cradling Scythes for sale at one dollar and twenty-five cents; Pendry's and Burns' SICKLES;
Pendry's are the same as Long's, he having lived with Long ten years, and is allowed to make Sickles equal to him in every respect.
He sells Brown Sugar as low as it is to be had in Baltimore by the quarter cwt.
He particularly solicits all those who wish to purchase GOODS for Cash to call on him, as he will undoubtedly make it to their advantage.
LEVI PRICE. Martinsburg, June 10, 1808.
BAR-IRON.
WE have now on hand a complete assortment of American BAR-IRON, which we intend keeping constantly.
R. WORTHINGTON, & Co. Shepherd's-Town, May 20, 1808.
PUBLIC SALE.
WILL be sold at public vendue, on FRIDAY the NINTH instant, at the subscriber's dwelling in Martinsburg, a variety of Household and Kitchen Furniture, consisting in part of the following articles, a Sideboard, Desk, Tables, Chairs, Bedsteads, a good Milch Cow, a quantity of Millwrights Tools, and sundry other articles. Twelve months credit will be given, on bond with approved security.
JOHN ROBERTS. September 3, 1808.
For the Intelligencer.
Mr. ALBURTIS.
In a "North American" printed in Baltimore, which lately fell into my hands, I met with a publication that, in my mind, excited considerable interest. It was signed "A Citizen of New York," and originated in the "Albany Register." In this publication, the author unequivocally asserts, that, the French ambassador brought to Mr. Jefferson and Mr. Madison in 1793, decrees of the national convention naturalizing them both French Citizens; and that the written answer of Mr. Madison expressive of his gratitude, his admiration and his devotion, was transmitted to France by the same minister.
I have been told, that the ancient astronomers met with insuperable difficulties, in attempting to adjust and reconcile the phenomena of nature to the hypothesis that the earth was a fixed body, and that the Sun revolved around it; but upon considering the Sun a fixed body, around whom, the Earth, as one of the planets revolved on its own axis, the difficulty was solved, and the phenomena of the heavenly bodies, satisfactorily explained.
May not the same difficulties occur in the political, as in the material world? Shall we not find it equally impossible to reconcile them to an assumed hypothesis? For example, if we attempt to reconcile the measures of Mr. Jefferson's administration to the character that a real American would think worth acquiring, and would be proud to deserve, do we not find ourselves entangled in the mazes of inconsistency and contradiction? But if we consider him a French Citizen the difficulty is surmounted, perplexity vanishes, his conduct harmonizes with the character, and presents to our view a consistent and uniform rule of action; nor can he be charged with any dereliction of the duty he owes to his country.
When I read this publication, and consider Mr. Madison in his office of secretary of state, as the constitutional counsellor, the bosom friend of the president, and the organ of communication with foreign powers, and consequently liable to a full moiety of the guilt of male-administration, and equally concerned in the malversation, which has characterized Mr. Jefferson's administration, I most sincerely regret, that fine talents are not always associated with incorruptible integrity—that an American head should be propelled by a French heart—that hypocrisy should deceive and triumph over sincerity and candor—that diabolical design should go forth to the world clothed in the garb of patriotism—and veiled duplicity rob the people of that confidence which is insidiously employed to effect their ruin.
The name of James Madison will be found in that constellation of talents, virtue and patriotism that framed the constitution of the United States, which I considered the most important state paper ever exhibited to the world, and hailed it as the rock of our liberties, and the sheet anchor of our national existence; and it must be confessed, that the federal government, under a federal administration derived no inconsiderable advantage from his talents in organizing its infant institutions. But he was then an American. This defection however, from the true principles of that constitution he had assisted to frame, was sufficiently indicated by his silence in congress which commenced after the second election; and was attributed to the indefatigable labours of Mr. Jefferson. Notwithstanding his taciturnity, which caused frequent enquiries—what has become of Madison? his new political brethren did not lose the benefit of his talents, as he became a prompter from behind the scene, to Giles and others of his party. By the influence of those Machiavellian arts studied in France, he was prepared to transfer his affections from the country that gave him birth, and in 1793, accepted a decree of the national convention of France naturalizing him a French citizen; and in a written answer to this decree, which was transmitted to France by the same minister who brought it, he expressed his gratitude for the boon, his admiration of the generosity that produced it,
and his devotion to the nation who had conferred upon him such a particular mark of its attention; which answer is probably to be found at this time among the archives of that nation.
Although the talents of Mr. Madison must be acknowledged to be splendid, the acknowledgment must be considered as the kneel of departed greatness. He is a citizen of France; and as such, his connection with our government renders them dangerous in proportion as they are brilliant. They have been for fifteen years assiduously employed to promote the interest of the nation who has adopted him.
He has entered into the national animosity against England, and has been the champion of resistance to the measures pursued by Washington and Adams, because they did not sufficiently lean to the interest, and co-operate with the views of France; nor on any occasion can he be charged with a dereliction of duty. France wanted money and we must give it to her, was his text, and the commentary was two millions of dollars voted in secret conclave to purchase of Buonaparte leave to treat with Spain concerning the boundary of Louisiana.
The madness of party spirit alone, placed the federal government in the hands of men whose devotion to France has been a fruitful source of misfortune to our country, whose politics ought for ever to be free from any foreign mixture, because, in the wars of Europe, our situation would always allow us to be neutral; political quacks who have given us admirable specimens of their capacity to govern a free people. They have violated our constitution in defiance of the most solemn oaths to support it, and encouraged the spirit of innovation, that threatens its total destruction.—They have removed honesty and patriotism from office to make room for men of a different character and more devoted to the interest of France. To answer the views of a party, they have driven the talents and integrity of the nation into exile. They have sacrificed our national honour on the altar of malicious prejudice and ignoble prepossession.—They have exhibited a pompous display of hostility to England, without the spirit or the means to repel or punish an aggression; while with the bended knee of abject submission, they have cringed to the Corsican usurper, without obtaining the least security against his future menaces. To gratify him in his views for the conquest of England, they have laid an embargo on the trade of America, that will ruin thousands of our citizens; and finally, they have caused the blast of war to be sounded in our ears, without providing the means by which it may be successfully sustained.
Mr. Madison has been recommended by Mr. Jefferson and a caucus of congressmen for our next president. On this occasion I would seriously put the question, whether, under the circumstances above-mentioned, it would not be extremely improper to put a French Citizen at the head of our government? What, though he be an American born, has he not expatriated himself, and will he not naturally feel a bias in favour of his adopted country, to whom, and under his hand too, he has promised his devotion? Is not Buonaparte acquainted with this promise, and will he not expect its performance? Has he not in his conquests in Europe, been more indebted to secret influence and corruption, than to his arms? Will the people of this country tolerate this corruption here till it eventuates as in Holland, Switzerland and Genoa? Look at the perfidy practised on Spain, which is not more necessary to the views of Buonaparte, than the United States, and we shall be compelled to believe that scarcely any thing on earth is more certain, than that our destruction stands recorded in his bosom; and nothing can more completely facilitate this design than to admit his emissaries into all the offices of the United States. If the influence of Buonaparte is to be thus completely established in this country, I ask any man whether it would not have the full effect of a conquest obtained without the least resistance on our part?
In an arduous struggle with our mother country, and at an enormous ex-

penst of blood and treasure we achieved our independence, the right of self government, and a rank among the nations of the earth; and for twelve years under the auspices of glowing patriotism, and Roman integrity, our advancement to wealth and respectability will almost appear fabulous to future generations; our ships explored every clime; our canals whitened every sea; every gale wafted to our shores the products of foreign climes, in rich cargoes for the support of our revenue, and to increase the national wealth; industry was encouraged with the certain prospect of ample remuneration, and under the guardianship of a Washington and an Adams, we could sit, every man under his own vine and fig tree, while none could make us afraid; and if the temerity of foreign powers, induced them to disturb our peace, the Truxton's and Preble's of the time were our negotiators, whose language procured the ratification of our just claims. What is our situation now! Our ships rotting in our harbours, a considerable portion of our produce consigned to the rats and weevils; all the late emigrants from Europe, and a considerable number of Americans born, are in the French interest, and our administration little better than puppets danced upon Napoleon's wires, while he is making frequent demands for our co-operation with his views to accomplish the domination of the Earth. In this situation, what miracle are we to be indebted to for our deliverance from Corsican tyranny? Will those devoted to France, think it an evil to live under the imperial government? And while they are possessed of the power of the nation, will it not be in vain to expect any means of resistance will be provided till it is too late to use them with effect? Deplorable however, as our present situation is, it is not desperate; our elective privileges enable us to control the administration, and unanimity will effect them. The time is approaching when, with an awful and irresistible voice, we may say to those who have been the cause of all our distresses GO YE HENCE.
EUPHONY.
Latest Foreign News.
LONDON, July 12.
"The dispatches from Sir Charles Cotton down to the 14th of June, confirm the reports of the general spirit of detestation of the French government in Portugal, in many parts of which it has been formally abolished, and that of the prince regent re-established."
"By a letter from capt. Creyke of the Eclipse, dated Oporto, 20th June, it appears, that owing to the treachery of don Oliveira, governor of Oporto, (now confined as a traitor) the French were enabled to re-establish their authority, which they maintained until the 16th June, the day of Corpus Christi, when an attempt was made to carry the French flag in the procession. This incensed the populace to such a degree that, under the countenance of the priests, they rose en masse, broke open the depots, supplied themselves with 25,000 stand of arms, and together with the regulars, formed a most determined and enthusiastic army. From this moment all French authority ceased, and every man either French or suspected of being inclined to the French interest, was arrested."
"The bishop of Oporto is elected governor. An army of 20,000 men was sent to meet the French, who, with a corps of 900 men had marched within six leagues of Oporto. The provinces Trasor, Moates, Minto, and the northern parts of Beira, have risen in arms to the amount of one hundred thousand men, inclusive of the force in Oporto."
"General Spencer, arrived off Lisbon in the Scout brig, on the 24th June, and after communicating with sir C. Cotton, returned to join the forces off Cape St. Vincent."
"A dispatch has also been received from ad. lord Gambier, enclosing a letter from capt. Digby, of the Cossack, dated off St. Andero, 25th June, by which it appears, that on the 23d, the French entered that place, previous to which the boats of the Cossack and Comet, spiked all the guns on fort Salvador de Ano, and fort Sedra, and completely destroyed the magazines with 400 barrels of powder, and a quantity of other stores. The boats had just returned round point de Ano, when a considerable body of French dragoons appeared on the hill."
"A French prize sent into Plymouth brings accounts that the traitors of the aristocracy who had joined Napoleon's
court at Bayonne, were fighting for the French against the Spanish populace in the province of Biscay, which reaches from Bayonne to St. Andero—a small tract, territory now occupied by the French. The French have taken possession of St. Andero with three thousand men, but before the boats of his majesty's ships Cossack and Comet had landed, spiked all the guns and blown up the magazine. In that quarter it is reported that Bonaparte is marching to Madrid with an army of 100,000 men. We do not believe it—He will be careful how he ventures to advance into the heart of a country where every human being is a patriot, and every patriot ready to sacrifice himself for his country."
"Papers and letters have been just received from Holland. The former contain a proclamation of Louis Bonaparte, stating, that king Joseph was received in Spain with the most ardent demonstrations of joy, and that perfect peace and tranquility prevailed throughout that whole kingdom, particularly at Madrid and Cadiz. The Dutch papers contain nothing else of any interest."
Important Spanish Documents.
PUBLISHED BY THE PATRIOTIC CHIEFS. "The strength of a Nation is the Loyalty of the People."
THE PROVINCE OF VALLADOLID.
To all the Provinces of Spain. NOBLE CASTILIANS. —The common foe of mankind was the traitor who tore from our bosom our amiable Ferdinand VII. and the whole Royal Family. He carries his audacity the length of holding out to us offers of happiness and peace, while he is laying waste our country, pulling down our churches, and slaughtering our brethren. His pride cherished by a set of villains who are constantly anxious to offer incense on his shrine, and tolerated by numberless victims, who pine in his chains, have caused him to conceive the fantastical idea of proclaiming himself Lord and Ruler of the whole world. There is no atrocity which he does not commit to attain that end. The respectable name of the great Emperor of Russia; the political dissimulation of the German Emperor; the timorous condescension of the Holy Father of the Church; the opinion of true Frenchmen, exposed more than others to the severity of their iron sceptre; in short, the most sacred laws of humanity have been trampled under foot with the utmost contempt; to pronounce the detestable sentence of the extirpation of the House of Bourbon. Shall all these outrages, and iniquities, remain unpunished, while Spaniards and Castilians yet exist? No, it cannot be. Your minds glowing with generous ardor for your religion and your country have resolved to renew the heroic scenes in which Castilian valour shone with immortal lustre, saved the country, and consolidated our religion. The stratagems which hitherto secured victories to the tyrant, vanished the moment when Europe saw with her own eyes the artful snares and devices by which he seduced the unwary, until he had bent their neck under his yoke. Let us shed the last drop to resist that dominion. Let us all become gallant soldiers, full of discipline and subordination. Let us breathe but obedience and respect for the great man by whom we are governed, one of the best generals of Spain, his excellency Don Gregorio de la Cuesta. To arms, Castilians, to arms; let us die for our country, our religion and our King.
THE KINGDOM OF GALLICIA.
" GALLICIANS. —You have bewailed the fate of our amiable Ferdinand—the horror of the perfidy by which he has succeeded, still burns in your bosoms. You fear danger to our holy religion, you look upon our exterior worship as annihilated, upon our altars profaned, and the temples of the eternal and sole Omnipotent converted into places of desolation by order of the Tyrant, who arrogates to himself the title of Arbiter of Destinies, because he has succeeded in oppressing the noble French nation, without recollecting that he himself is mortal, and that he only holds the power delegated to him for our chastisement. You turned your eyes towards the Municipal Authorities, and you even insulted them; because they did not animate the flame of your indignation against the enemy. The time is come—your kingdom has assembled in Cortes, and re-assumed the sovereign authority, which under such circumstances devolves upon it by right, and of which its first exercise is in complying with your wishes so loudly declared; you have already a leader, and the most vigorous
dispositions are taking—fly, therefore to arms! and let us march to defend the cause of God, the honour of our country, our lives and our fortunes! Will you be insensible to the voice of the nation, and will you only be found valiant in the streets of your cities. Now, that twenty thousand brave soldiers have taken up your cause for theirs, will you refuse to unite with their generous battalions? Will you hesitate to embody yourselves with these masters of the military arts. Do you imagine, forsooth, that your courage without discipline can be useful? Such ideas avaut! receive in your arms these heroes who are going to marshal your strength, and only from the common name of Spaniards, even without being Gallicians, feel a deep interest in your cause. They should obey their sovereign and legitimate authority. Let discord fly from us; we are brothers, and are going to sacrifice ourselves for the same sacred cause."
" Gallicians; enrol yourselves from 16 to 40 years of age. It is better to die in defence of your religion and fire-side, and in your own country, than to be led bound to slaughter in order to satisfy an inordinate ambition. The French conscription comprises you. If you do not serve your kingdom, you will go and die in the north. We lose nothing. For even should we be unsuccessful, we shall have freed ourselves by a glorious death from the galling chains of a foreign yoke. But there is no reason to fear this peril, death has alarms only for paltrounes; and God, for whose cause we are going to fight, will watch over us, because in the end, every mortal has a determined measure, and we ought to trust in his mercy, that when his wrath, (which we so much deserve) is appeased, he will protect us.—The Standard of your Holy Patron Saint James is now unfurled; let us follow it."
" Gallicians! the Asturians and Alouese have 30,000 men enlisted, and already 20,000 under arms; let us go and relieve our brethren, these intrepid men. We shall thus save our country from becoming the theatre of war. This kingdom, which has assembled through your instance, expect it from you—this kingdom will reward those who distinguish themselves, with every thing in its power, and at the conclusion of the war, it will immediately give you your discharge, and enable you to enjoy the fruits of victory under the shade of the laurels you will have won, and consign to your children at your case, the example of your glorious deeds."
"DOMINGO VALADO DE FARGA, Sec. Coruna, June 5, 1808."
WASHINGTON CITY, Sept. 3.
We delay the publication of our paper, for the purpose of laying before our readers the following highly important extract of a letter from Trinidad. The gentleman to whom the letter was addressed at New-York, forwarded the extract below to his and our friend here, who this morning obliged us with a copy. Of the part relative to Carracas, there is not a doubt of its truth, and that from Europe falls within the line of possibility. The writer of the letter is Judge Black, a man of great respectability at Trinidad.
Extract of a letter from a gentleman of Trinidad, to his friend in New-York, dated 1st August.
"This moment's launch has arrived from Barcelona, in which several intelligent Spaniards have come up as passengers. They state, that an express had arrived from Spain 11 days later than the Flying fish schooner. The Spaniards have destroyed every Frenchman in Spain, Muret and his whole army at Madrid—Duham and the division at Barcelona—The garrisons which had treacherously possessed themselves of Pamdeluna and Navarre, and have been butchered. They have forced Bayonne and rescued the Royal Family who were there detained prisoners, and not sent into France as Bonaparte designedly published. 30,000 men performed, as they say, these achievements and had not Bonaparte and his guards been light of foot, they would have been taken also. Bonaparte's arm has been amputated in consequence of the wound he received from the Duke D. Infatado. On the Spaniard's attacking Bayonne, Bonaparte had ordered the Royal Family of Spain to be dispatched by his Mamelukes as the last extremity, but they had not time to even begin that work of murder. They were preserved, it is said, by the French inhabitants of Bayonne, until the Spaniards got possession of their prison."
"At Carracas much French blood has been spilled, and the survivors of all ages, sexes and descriptions have
been imprisoned and ironed—The Gen. French Officer, who was sent out to take the command of the province, offered some insult to Captain Beaver of the Acasto shore, he was immediately cut down by a Spanish Officer who was present, and the populace tore him to pieces—Some others also suffered, and the whole would have been cut up into Jassago (i. e. Jork Beef) had it not been for the interference of the Acasto's Officers—They are however all in the Cazanettes, and well secured in irons."
"Bonaparte's decline, it is my firm opinion, will now be as rapid as his elevation has been—and we may yet see Europe replaced according to the old system."
"Our correspondent at Havanna, has enclosed us the following translations from the Spanish papers published at that place by authority."
SEVILLE—To the Portuguese. "Your fate has been perhaps more severe than has been suffered by any people upon earth."
"Your kings forced to fly from you, and the same which has happened to Spain is an irrefragable proof of the absolute necessity under which they (the kings) did it. You have been ordered not to defend yourselves, and you have not defended. Junot offered to make you happy, and your happiness has been to be treated with more cruelty than the most ferocious conquerors have used people whom they have subdued by force of arms, and after a most obstinate resistance."
"You have been deprived of your king, your lands, usages, customs, goods, liberty, of life itself, and of that holy religion which your enemies have never respected, but which according to their custom, they have promised to protect, and have even feigned to practice themselves. Your nobility has been annihilated, your goods have been confiscated, as a punishment for your fidelity and loyalty."
"You have been dragged vilely to foreign regions, and you have been forced to become prostrate at the feet of that which has caused you so many evils, and which by the most terrible perfidy has usurped your empire, and rules you with an iron sceptre. Already your troops have passed your borders, and go chained to die in defence of that which has oppressed you, of that which follows a spirit profoundly wicked to destroy those which ought to be your strength, and make them serve with their lives, to their triumphs, and to that ferocious glory to which they aspire. Spain has seen, between grief and destruction, your servitude, and all the horrible evils which have followed it. Ye are our brothers, and pant to fly to our succour. But some chiefs, a government either weak or corrupted, has arrested it, and prepared the means by which the ruin of our king, of our laws, our independence our liberty, our lives, the same holy religion which unites us, that all should accompany your own destruction; and by which that barbarous people might accomplish a triumph, and the slavery of the rest of Europe. Our loyalty, our generosity, our justice, could not suffer a wickedness so atrocious, they have broken the restraint. Let us go to fight. We have armies and chiefs, and there is but one cry throughout Spain—To die all in defence of the country; but also to make those vile enemies to fall with us."
"Come, then, generous Portuguese, to unite yourselves with Spain and die for the country. Its standards expect you, and will receive you with gladness, as brothers infamously oppressed. The cause of Portugal and of Spain is the same. Do not fear our troops; their desires are the same as your own—and with their arms and forces you may reckon upon security."
"Within yourselves you have an object for your vengeance. Do not obey the authors of your calamities:—attack them. They are a handful of dismayed wretches, and already vanquished by the very perfidies and cruelties which they have committed; and in the eyes of Europe, and of the whole world, they are covered with disgrace."
"Rise in a mass!—Avoid to stain your generous hands with any crime; but go to fight against it, and destroy it. Our forces re-united will put an end to this perfidious enemy—and Portugal, Spain, all Europe, again will breathe—or will die free, and as men."
"Portuguese! your country is not yet lost,—unless that it has been only delayed. Unite and fly to re-establish and save it!"
Seville, 30th May, 1808.

Extract of a letter from Florida, received at Savannah, dated Aug. 10, 1808.
"I have just learnt that Gov. White has not received any official information from Cuba, and consequently could not declare war against France; he however has ordered the English to be admitted into the province, and the French to be refused."
St. LOUIS, July 19.
Tomorrow the trial of the Indians for murder comes on. We understand they will have counsel appointed to defend them. Their friends and relatives in this place, have held several councils with the Governor and Gen. Clark, begging mercy for the culprits.
One of Mr. M'Clelland's barges arrived here a few days ago from the Mahaville (up the Missouri) laden with fur and peltry. The master of the barge informs us that the Rickarees have built another village on the other side of the river, surrounded with strong pickets with caves made at some distance, as a place of retreat for their women during an attack. They are determined to prevent the Americans ascending the river, and are extremely insolent. It is supposed the agent of the North West Company are their abettors. It is thought that the Mahas killed Messrs. Choteau and M'Clelland's hunters some time ago. Their conduct latterly has been somewhat hostile.
Martinsburg, September 9.
Died,
In this town, on the 2d instant, Mrs. FRANCES BLAND SOUTHGATE, consort of John Southgate, Esq. of Norfolk. This amiable and accomplished lady, possessed all those beauties of mind and person that could engage the attention of the stranger, and captivate the admiration of her numerous acquaintance. Believing steadfastly in her God, she died like a Christian; her pure soul was mature for the arms of its Redeemer.
"O death where is thy sting? O grave where is thy victory?"
Cicero.
Colaptes recurvatus. Furpurus, veluti tum flos autumnus aratro Lanqueat moriens, lassoque papavera collo Demisit caput, pluvia cum forte gravatur. VIR. ENID, II.
Avant! ye short-liv'd visionary joys, Ye flitting, frowning, heart deluding toys; Few are the joys we dying mortals know, Vain, fleeting, as our pleasures here below. Come, melancholy Muse, to yonder grove, By weeping willows shaded, favorite spot, Near Opeckon's slow meandering stream, Best haunt for Corydon when woe's his theme. Assist me Nymph, fair daughter of the skies, To strew the grave where Mrs. SOUTHGATE lies. Alas! she's gone, scarce view'd the middle bloom, Cut off, devoted to the silent tomb; Scarce thirty summers o'er her head had roll'd, Ere ruthless death, grown in destruction old, High mounted on a fatal feverish ear, Espy'd this much-lov'd woman from afar; Quickly he aim'd at her a fatal dart, And lodge'd the deadly arrow in her heart. For her no more Aurora rises gay, Or temperate evening lengthens out the day; For her no more the dew-steep'd roses spring, Or plaintive ring-doves thro' the forest sing. As droops the tender lilly or the rose, When piercing, freezing, northern Boreas blows, So droop'd this lovely woman, innocent and gay, And yielded to the grave in easy prey. Sweet Angel! thou hast past the fatal bourne, Ah! thou art gone and left us all to mourn. Thy gentle husband must thro' time deplore Thy loss, thou darling of his heart before. Ye Bells, ye varied flutters of the vale, Musk roses, and ye Cowslips of the dale, Breathe fragrant odours o'er her grassy grave, And let the thick dark Cypress o'er it wave. Cease, oh! afflicted Husband, cease to mourn, Dry up those tears your Consort shall return; Her pure ethereal spirit shall rejoice, To hear the great Archangel's awful voice. At that tremendous, final, dreadful hour, When fire this crumbling planet shall devour, When the last trumpet shall be heard on high, And all the dead shall live, and living die. CORYDON.
The President's answer to the Legislature of New Hampshire.—The public mind must be lost in apathy if this paper is read without alarm. We at length have it from Mr. Jefferson's own hand, as the determination of the Cabinet, that the embargo measure is to be adhered to, unless indeed a declaration of war, may, to the wisdom of the legislature, appear preferable. A declaration of war against what nation? The whole aspect of
the paper too fatally indicates, against Great Britain, from whom we have no just cause of war, and on the side of the Emperor Napoleon, whose unprincipled ambition aims at nothing short of universal monarchy, whose faithlessness and perfidy have produced all the outrages that foreign nations have committed upon our rights. Let it be recollected that without Mr. Jefferson's assent the embargo law cannot be repealed but by the concurrence of two-thirds of the members of the Senate and of the House of Representatives, and those who know the subserviency of those bodies to the views of the executive may if they please calculate the chances of our redemption.
The nation is advised by Mr. Jefferson "never more to recur to distant countries for those comforts and conveniences of life," which it has hitherto been accustomed to receive in exchange for the produce of its soil.—Are the people of this country prepared for so violent so sudden a revolution in all their habits and domestic arrangements, in the application of their labour, and in the whole system of their foreign commerce? Or is this project only the dream of a visionary? The wish to introduce this revolution, we fear has been one of the operating motives that led to the passage of the non-importation and embargo laws. Instead of its being openly avowed and publicly discussed, the nation has been cheated into the adoption of a great and radical change in its system.—It is to be sacrificed under the experiments of a tribe of political economists, whose views are unfortunately aided by the deadly hostility which many of our citizens bear towards England, and the corrupt partiality which some of them feel for France.
In the discharge of what Mr. Jefferson calls "our first duty" he has succeeded with a vengeance! Our property has been wasted upon our hands, and if the embargo were now raised it is notorious that in no part of the United States could seamen be procured to man half a dozen vessels.—They have disappeared under the chilling policy of "keeping them at home"—and have winged their way to some more genial climate. It is pitiable to see to what shifts the administration is driven to disguise the real motives of its measures.
The remark about "real citizens" we leave to the feelings of every man who is opposed to the embargo, and who is conscious of the purity of his motives and his devotion to his country.
To the Legislature of N. Hampshire.
In the review, fellow citizens, which, in your address of the 14th of June, you have taken of the measures pursued since I have been charged with their direction, I read with great satisfaction and thankfulness, the approbation you have bestowed on them; and I feel it an ample reward for any services I may have been able to render.
The present moment is certainly eventful, and one which peculiarly requires that the bond of confederation connecting us as a nation, should receive all the strength which unanimity between the national councils and the state legislatures can give it. The depredations committed on our vessels and property on the high seas, the violence to the persons of our citizens employed on that element, had long been the subject of remonstrance and complaint, when instead of reparation, new declarations of wrong are issued subjecting our navigation to general plunder. In this state of things our first duty was to withdraw our sea-faring citizens and property from abroad, and to keep at home resources so valuable at all times, and so essential, if resort must ultimately be had to force. It gave us time to make a last appeal to the reason and reputation of nations. In the mean while I see with satisfaction that this measure of self denial is approved and supported by the great body of our real citizens; that they meet with cheerfulness the temporary privations it occasions, AND ARE PREPARING WITH SPIRIT TO PROVIDE FOR THEMSELVES THOSE COMFORTS AND CONVENIENCES OF LIFE, FOR WHICH IT WOULD BE UNWISE EVER MORE TO RECUR TO DISTANT COUNTRIES. How long this course may be preferable to a more SERIOUS appeal, must depend for decision on the wisdom of the legislature; unless indeed a return to established principles should remove the existing obstacles to a peaceable intercourse with foreign nations. In every event, fellow-citizens, my confidence is entire that your resolution to maintain our national independence and sovereignty will be as firm as it has been forbearing; and looking back on our history, I am assured by the past, that its future pages will present nothing unworthy of the former.
I am happy that you approve the motives of my retirement. I shall carry into it ardent prayers for the welfare of my country, and the sincerest wishes for that of yourselves personally.
TH: JEFFERSON. August 2, 1808.
LETTER V. To the Editor of the Berkeley and Jefferson Intelligencer.
SIR,
THE policy of the embargo, has already engaged so many able pens, that no observation of mine upon that subject, could be recommended by the charms of novelty. But the conduct of our national legislature in passing that law, although it has not been generally noticed, is so dangerous to the liberties of this country, that it should interest us even more than the fatal measure itself. Upon this subject I wish every prejudice whether favourable or not to the administration to be forgotten. As to the expediency of the act I say nothing at present. Let us examine the conduct of congress alone with regard to a step of such importance. If an individual in the management of his private affairs, were to sacrifice the immediate and palpable interests of his family for some distant advantage, he would certainly incur censure for his rashness, were he not previously to use every mean in his power to ascertain precisely the ground upon which he was proceeding. To justify such a sacrifice the anticipated advantage should be great and evident; the future enjoyment reduced to a moral certainty. If after using every talent which nature had given him, and opening every source by which information might be obtained, his calculations were erroneous, we might blame his judgment, but the integrity of his intentions must remain unimpeached. But on the contrary, by as much as he is wanting in the strongest exertions to obtain a complete knowledge of his own interests, and of the consequences of the transaction in which he is engaged, by just so much is he answerable for the ill effects of his rashness. If this remark has force when applied to an individual, its power will be infinitely multiplied, when carried into public life.
No man who now feels the pressure of the embargo, can hesitate to allow that it was a measure involving the dearest interests of this country. In taking this step therefore, we would expect to see men to whom the people had confided their interests and rights, proceeding with deliberation, encouraging the most free and simple discussion, searching every where for information, and in deciding with avidity every eminence from which a complete view of their ground might be obtained. But in each of these particulars it was exactly the reverse. On the 19th of December, the president upon his "high responsibility," recommended an embargo of indefinite duration, and three days, three short days, were considered too long a time to be spent in deliberation, upon a subject intended to suspend and perhaps to annihilate the commerce of our country. The minions of the president who supported this recommendation shielded themselves behind his authority, without using one argument in proof of its necessity. Instead of encouraging a full discussion, the members in the opposition were prevented from expressing their sentiments by continual calls for the question, and proofs that argument was of no avail.
The documents attending this message of the president's, consisted of an extract from a letter of Mr. Champagny's to General Armstrong, and the decree of the French council of prizes in the case of the Horizon. These had been before published in the newspapers throughout the continent, and therefore could not have furnished the ground for such precipitancy. They were accompanied by the British orders of council, cut from a newspaper and in that state transmitted to congress.—No authentic account of them had been received, either from our minister at London, or from Mr. Erskine. But the weight of presidential influence amongst the representatives of the people was too powerful to be withstood. It alone procured the passage of that act, (the importance of which every man must acknowledge) after three days of partial deliberation, founded upon newspaper publications, the eloquence of Randolph the cool reasoning of Key and the nervous Rowen notwithstanding. In vain was more time for consideration demanded. "The president recommends it upon his high responsibility, this is no time to deliberate, we must act," was the insulting reply. Thus, although days and weeks could be spent in deciding a contested election, in attempting to protect the conduct of an officer from investigation, or in determining whether Washington or Philadelphia should next witness their disgraceful submission to executive influence, not even a few days could be spent in obtaining information upon the true interests of their country. Mr. Jefferson had recommended the step, to doubt his infallibility, was a species of sacrilege not to be excused.
And how long is our country to be imitated by this system of dumb legislation, this time, sequacious spirit which abandons every right, and places every power in the hands of one man! Can there be a more entire dereliction of republicanism, can anything be more dangerous to the liberty of the people, than this conduct of their representatives? This complete abandonment of their own judgments to that of the president! If the people permit such conduct in their servants, congress will shortly become the mockery of an independent legislature, whilst the president will be the true source from whence all law must flow. The approach of an election will only serve to make our misery more complete, by reminding us, that whilst only the attenuated form of a free constitution is left, we are still burthened with all the expenses of a congress, degenerated into the mere pugnacity of freedom.
On the policy of the embargo I will not at present decide, but wait it eventually to prove the
wisest measure ever adopted by any government, the force of these objections would remain unshaken. I do not now censure congress for enacting the law, but for legislating upon a subject of such importance, without proper information, for manifesting no desire that their ignorance should be dispelled. In private concerns, no man would hesitate to declare such precipitancy improper, and does the greater extent of the evil, lessen the offence? That the representative of this district was ignorant of the consequences of a measure, which he so readily embraced without deliberation, is shown by his letters written soon after the passage of the law, in which he strongly intimated that its duration would be short. I therefore accuse him before the public, of betraying the interest and liberty of his constituents, in thus making Mr. Jefferson's mandate the basis of his legislation, and that the electors of this district will, at their next election resume from him that power over our liberty, of which his silent acquiescence with the president's order, proves him unworthy; that they will not consent that this independent and respectable district shall be represented by a caput mortuum , into which Mr. Jefferson, that modern Prometheus is to breathe life and spirit and a power of action and a voice is the ardent prayer of
SENTOR.
RELIGION.
Religion brightens in the shade of retirement. The hurry of business and the rude scenes of mirth drown the whispers of conscience, and quench the vital spark of religion. The Christian will often retire to converse with his God. There he enjoys his sweetest moments, there he tastes the pleasure which it is not in the power of earthly objects to afford. When he withdraws from noise and disturbance, when he meditates at leisure on these great truths, which have never been seriously enough considered, it is almost impossible that he should not be affected with them. Intercourse with the world cools our affections for religion and darkens the hopes of future enjoyment, in the same proportion that it increases our attachment to the present.—If we would breathe a purer air we must shun the noxious vapours of vice, we must flee from it, as more dangerous than the plague or pestilence. Ye friends of humanity! when ye behold the greater part of mankind eagerly pursuing the fleeting vanities of time and forgetting the joys of immortality, then retire and heave a sigh for human depravity;—but retire not in vain. Resolve to quit your follies and immerse not again in sinful pleasures.
All the moments of our lives are counted. Let us employ them well or ill, we shall not increase their number—it is fixed and lessens continually. Is then our treasure on earth? It will vanish in the hour of distress. It is in heaven? It will increase in value through a boundless eternity.
Youth and beauty may fall before the corroding hand of time, like the tender flower before the chilling blasts of autumn. The brightest morning may soon be overcast with clouds; and storms of adversity may drive us far from the smiles and caresses of our friends: happy beyond expression, if in these moments religion be our guide. This will smooth the furrowed front of age, and blunt the barbed arrows of death. This will brighten our hopes when all other enjoyments are fled when gaiety ceases to please, and mirth can no longer delight.
Notice to Carpenters.
THE Commissioners of the town of Bath, having impowered me to contract with a workman to construct new Baths, I hereby give notice, that I wish to receive proposals on that subject, as speedily as possible.
RAWLEIGH COLSTON. September 9, 1808.
A GENERAL meeting of the Overseers of the Poor of Jefferson County, is directed to be held at the house of Mr. Brown, in Shepherd's Town, on the first Monday in October next, at ten o'clock in the morning.
By order of the President. JAMES BROWN, C. O. P. September 9, 1808.
The highest price given in Cash, for clean Linen and Cotton Rags, at this Office
Advertisements omitted shall appear in our next.

Ladies fashionable Bonnets and Hats:
Just received, a great variety of Fashionable Bonnets and Hats, Wreaths, Artificial Flowers, Ostrich Feathers, Lace Veils, Broad Thread Lace, Patent Cotton, ditto, Fine Thread Edging, Lace Sleeves, Spider Net, ditto, Extra long Silk Gloves, ditto, White Kid, ditto, Short Kid and Silk, ditto, Kid, Morocco and Leather Slippers, Figured and plain Leno Muslins, Cambric, ditto, Chintzes and Calicoes, Dimities, Irish LINENS, Home-made, ditto, Twilled Bage, FLAX, Ticklinghams, &c. &c.
They also have on hand, Medicines and Paints, Soap and Upper Leather, Nice Fair-tops, Calf-Skins and Boot-Legs, Bar-Iron, Steel and Nails, Bacon, Flax-seed Oil, Well-seasoned Plank, A complete assortment of China, Glass, Queens, Stone, Tin, Wooden and Potter's Ware.
Also, Cast Nuts for grinding Fruit.
Superior Cloths and Cassimeres, Flannels, Velvets, Constitution and Presidents Corda, Mill-Saws, &c. &c. All which they are selling very cheap. JAMES & JOHN LANE, Shepherd's Town, September 2, 1808. P. S. Cash paid for Hides and Skins.
Carriage Manufactory.
THE subscriber respectfully informs the public, that he has now in his employ, at his Carriage Manufactory in Shepherd's Town, Virginia, a number of excellent workmen from the most fashionable Cities, which will put it in his power to furnish his employers, on a short notice, with Carriages of any description, finished in the most elegant, or in a plain and neat style, at reasonable prices.
Old Carriages will be handsomely repaired, at cheap rates. He makes Drums and Fife, Paints Floor Cloths, &c. His location, will always enable him to procure timber and other materials of the best quality, and he is determined that no pains shall be spared to make his work handsome and serviceable. GEORGE MILLER, Shepherd's Town, September 2, 1808.
To Rent,
THE property now in the possession of Mr. John Roberts, merchant, situate in Garrards-Town, Berkeley County, consisting of a good Dwelling House and Kitchen, with every kind of necessary out-houses; also, a large and convenient Store, Ware-House and Counting-room, all under one roof, and a Granary adjacent. This property is well known, as an excellent stand for a Store, and has been occupied as such for twenty years. Possession will be given the first of October next, or sooner, if required. For terms, which will be made moderate, apply to WILLIAM WILSON, Prospect-Hill, September 2, 1808.
WILL be sold at public vendue, on Thursday the 15th instant, at the subscriber's plantation on Back Creek, Cotts, Fresh Milk Cows and young Calves, some dry Cattle, and Hogs—Household and Kitchen Furniture, Farming Utensils, an excellent Weaving Loom and Tackling, several Bee-Hives, a quantity of good Oak Shingles, some Brick, one large Boiler and Still-Tubs, with sundry other articles too tedious to mention. Twelve months credit will be given, the purchaser to give bond with approved security. The sale will begin at ten o'clock, and continue from day to day until the whole is sold. Due attendance will be given by ALEXANDER FLEMING, September 2, 1808.
FOR SALE,
A SMALL FARM in sight of the Sulphur Spring, whereon the Poor house was formerly erected, containing about forty-two acres of first rate slate Land, linding on Opecon Creek, and adjoining the lands of Carver Willis, Anderson's heirs, and the Sulphur Spring tract; said farm is well watered and divided, and the buildings comfortable and sufficient in every respect; the title good; the price low; those who are inclined to buy, may know the terms by applying to the subscriber now living on the premises. There are about 16 acres of said farm ready for seeding.—Possession may be had at any time, agreeable to the purchasers wish.
ALSO, Two HOUSES and LOTS in the borough of Winchester, near the Market-House, and opposite Colonel Charles Magill's, all in good repair, and with that great convenience of excellent water at the door. PETER KEHOK, September 2, 1808.
Twenty Dollars Reward.
RAN away from the subscriber, living near Opecon in Jefferson County, Virginia, on Monday the 6th instant, a Negro Man named ELISHA, about twenty one years of age, about five feet seven or eight inches high, well made, rather slow in his speech, and is remarkably fond of liquor—Had on when he went away, a new shirt and trowsers of strong home-made tow linen, striped swansdown jacket, and a roundabout made of fulled linssey of a drab colour, the under part of the sleeves made of cloth nearly of the same colour, a wool hat about half worn, with a hat band and buckle, the hat band wrapped round with brass wire, and coarse shoes much worn. I will give twenty dollars reward and all reasonable expenses for the apprehension of the said Negro, if he is returned to me, or secured in jail, so that I get him again. ABRAHAM CORRELL, June 17, 1808.
Clock making and Watch repairing.
THE subscriber acquaints his friends and customers, that he is still carrying on the above business at his residence in Frederick County, on the main road leading from Martinsburg to Winchester, eighteen miles from the former and six from the latter place, where he will be thankful for any orders in his line, and trusts he shall be able to execute them with satisfaction to his employers. He has now in his employ John Grove, well known as an excellent Watch repairer—and for the convenience of persons, in or near Martinsburg, who may want their watches cleaned or repaired, he has engaged Joseph M'Feely of that place, to receive them for him, to whom they will be returned when finished. Watches repaired by him will be warranted to perform accurately for one year, accidents excepted. All Clocks made by him, will, as usual, be ensured to perform with accuracy. He makes Mill-Brands of every description. REES BRANSON, 6th Month, 10th, 1808.
OBSERVE THIS.
The subscribers will pay cash (at six cents per lb.) for all clean Linen Rags delivered at their Paper Mill in Chambersburg. SAMUEL PURVIANCE, JOHN COLBOUN, Chambersburg, July 22, 1808: [6w]
THE subscriber will exchange Jewelry, or any kind of Silver work, for good new Feathers. JOSEPH M'FRELY, Martinsburg, July 18, 1808.
A variety of BLANKS For sale at this Office.
For Sale,
A Negro Woman, about 30 years of age, and her two children, the oldest a girl about 4 years, the other a boy 16 months—The woman has been accustomed to house and out work.—Apply to the printer. August 26, 1808.
WILL be sold at public vendue, at the subscribers dwelling in Martinsburg, on Thursday the 15th September next, a variety of Household and Kitchen Furniture, consisting of Beds and Bedsteads, Desk, Bureau, Tables, Chairs, Corner Cupboard, a good Milch Cow, one Horse, a silver Watch, a good Stove and sundry other articles too numerous to mention. Eight months credit will be given on bond and approved security. The sale will begin early in the day. JACOB POISAL, August 26, 1808.
Ten Dollars Reward.
RAN away from the subscriber on Sunday night the 7th instant, a bright mulatto Woman, about twenty three years old, 4 feet 10 or 11 inches high, has lost two of her fore teeth; had on when she went away a linssey habit with black stripes, and a linssey coat; she took with her a straw bonnet with spots in it. She is far advanced in pregnancy. Five Dollars will be paid for the above Negro if she is taken in this County, and the above reward with reasonable charges, if taken out of this County and brought home. SAMUEL GOODNIGHT, Berkeley County, August 26, 1808.
TWENTY-FIVE CENTS REWARD.
RAN away from the subscriber on the 12th of June last, an apprentice boy to the Waggon-making business, by name John Martin, about 19 years of age, 5 feet 8 or 9 inches high; had on when he went away Nankin overalls, a mix cotton coat, and a fur hat almost new. Any person taking up said runaway, shall have the above reward, but no thanks or charges. WILLIAM DUTTON, August 26, 1808. N. B. Any person harbouring or employing him, after this date, will be dealt with according to law.
SIX CENTS REWARD.
RAN away from the subscriber on the 23d day of June last, an apprentice boy, named Jacob Miller, about 18 years of age, about 5 feet 4 inches high. He took with him one shirt, one pair of trowsers, and a linssey coat of a lead colour. The above reward will be paid for returning said apprentice. JACOB SIBERT, August 26, 1808.
To be Rented,
for one or more years, MY Plantation whereon Capt. Geo: Tederick lately lived, situate on Sleepy Creek one mile from Potomac river, containing 60 acres of plow land, and 15 acres of good Timothy Meadow; on this farm is a good orchard and Barn, with several excellent springs of water, and a sufficiency of timber and fire wood for the use of the plantation—Christopher Tederick, acting agent for me, will show the premises, and contract for them with any person disposed to rent. JACOB TEDERICK, Beaver County, Pennsylvania, August 26, 1808.
TAKE NOTICE.
ALL persons are hereby cautioned against passing through the enclosure of the subscriber, from throwing down his fences, or from committing any other unlawful depredations upon his property, as has heretofore been the practice, as he is determined to prosecute every person who may so offend in future. JOHN PHILSON, August 26, 1808.
The following BLANKS, printed with NEW and ELEGANT TYPE, are always kept for sale at this Office: DEEDS, Common BONDS, CONSTABLE'S BLANKS, Promissory NOTES, &c.
ATTENTION!
THE Martinsburg Independent Blues are requested to be punctual in their attendance at their usual place of parade, on the second Saturday in September next, at 11 o'clock, A. M. for the purpose of training. JAMES FAULKNER, Captain. A Fifer wanted, to whom generous wages will be given. August 19, 1808.
LANDS for sale.
ON Monday the 21st of November next, being the 1st day of the Court of the County of Berkeley for that month, at the Globe Tavern in Martinsburg, I will sell at public auction for ready money, a very valuable tract of LAND containing about 226 acres lying about a mile and an half from the town of Martinsburg—There are on the premises a good dwelling house, kitchen, barn, &c. and the whole is in tenable condition. It will be shown on application to Mr. Samuel B. Harris in whose tenure it now is, and possession will be given to the purchaser on the 1st of April next.
This property was some years since sold under a deed of trust from Michael M'Kewan and wife for the benefit of Gen. Swann and others of the city of Baltimore to whom it now belongs. It is encumbered with an old Mortgage which will be extinguished prior to the sale. Full information as to the title will be given on application to PHILIP C. PENDLETON, Martinsburg, Virginia, August 12, 1808.
PROPOSALS for printing by SUBSCRIPTION, The Armenian Skeleton, BY WILLIAM HORTON.
THE publisher has been induced to offer a new American edition of this work to the public from the scarcity of it. (It being almost out of print) and with the hope that its circulation will be a great public good, and have a tendency to point out to searchers after righteousness the true path in which it may be found. He trusts that it will richly repay those for its perusal who are in search after Divine truths; all who wish to see the glorious Gospel promoted and spread through our land, he doubts not, will feel a disposition to encourage this scarce and valuable work. The publisher is not actuated by interested views in offering this work to the public; his sole object is the dissemination of truths necessary for every human creature to be acquainted with; he only wishes to obtain as many subscribers as will pay for the printing. His own situation being such as to put it out of his power to have it republished without the aid of others. The work will probably make from 250 to 300 duodecimo pages; it shall be well printed on good paper, and the price, half bound, shall not exceed one dollar; those who wish them bound in leather can have them at the additional expense of binding; if the number of subscribers should be equal to his expectation, the price in all probability will be less. The work will be put to press as soon as a sufficient number of subscribers are obtained to pay for the printing. Subscriptions received at the office of the Intelligencer. JOHN HUTCHINSON, June 3, 1808.
BOOT and SHOE MANUFACTORY MARTINSBURG.
THE subscriber respectfully informs his customers and the public, that he still occupies his old stand, between the Post-Office and Printing-Office, Martinsburg; that he has lately made a considerable addition to his stock of leather, (which is of the best quality) and shall constantly keep by him a large assortment, so that none who may please to employ him, will ever be disappointed; he will be careful in always keeping the best workmen, and from his own particular attention, feels an assurance, that he shall be able to give satisfaction to his customers—Boots and Shoes, of every description, will be carefully made, agreeable to directions—He intends to keep, ready-made, a variety of work for Ladies and Gentlemen—Having a large stock of Leather on hand, he will be able to give a short credit to punctilious persons who may wish it. He is thankful for the favours already received, and will endeavour in future not to be underserving encouragement. RICHARD HICKSON, April 1, 1808.