Norfolk gazette and publick ledger (Norfolk [Va.]), 1806-06-16 00:00:00

THIS PAPER IS PUBLISHED THREE TIMES A WEEK; PRICE TO SUBSCRIBERS FIVE DOLLARS AND FIFTY CENTS PER ANNUM, PAYABLE IN ADVANCE—SINGLE PAPER TWELVE AND ONE HALF CENTS—ADVERTISEMENTS ARE INSERTED AT THE RATE OF FIFTY CENTS FOR THE FIRST, AND TWENTY FIVE CENTS PER SQUARE FOR EACH SUCCEEDING INSERTION
FOR CHARTER, The fine coppered fast sailing Ship ALEXANDER, Burthen 386 tons—For terms apply to Moses Myers. WHO OFFERS FOR SALE, A quantity of Lisbon SALT, on board said Ship. June 13. tf 830
For Sale or Charter, The American Ship MINERVA, about 386 tons, burthen, a port direct will be preferred. Apply to Capt. Hall on board, or to Christopher Fry. June 11. tf 828.
FOR LIVERPOOL, The fast sailing American copper bottomed Ship CALEDONIAN, John Dickson, master, one half of her cargo engaged. For freight of the remainder, or passage, (having excellent accommodations) apply to the master, or William Dickson. June 6. tf 811
FOR LONDON, Direct, The fine fast sailing Ship ELEANOR, B. Lord, Master, eight months old, and burthen 400 hogheads. For freight or passage, (having elegant accommodations) apply to captain Lord on board, or to N. HIRON. June 6. tf 814
FOR BOSTON, The Brig LUCY, Capt. Dixey, Will sail in a few days. For freight or passage, having good accommodations, apply on board at Marsden's Wharf, or to Fisk & Catlett. June 4. tf 808
For Freight or Charter, The good American Ship SUFFOLK, John Thomas, Master, burthen about 320 hogheads Tobacco, in complete condition to receive a cargo. Apply to T. & W. A. ARMISTEAD. Who are landing on Marsden's wharf, from on board the said ship from Boston, 20 Hhds. and 20 Barrels N. E. RUM, 50 Barrels No. 2 BEEF—50 Boxes Havana SEGARS, entitled to drawback. June 4. tf 803.
For Freight or Charter, The Ship WILLIAM, Capt. Tucker, burthen 400 hhds. is now ready to receive a cargo. Apply to MOSES MYERS. June 4. tf 804
For Freight or Charter, to any Port in Europe, The substantial and fast sailing SHIP ÆOLUS, Jacob C. Freckwell, master, burthen 272 tons, or 400 hhds. tobacco. Apply to the master on board, or to Phineas Dana, & Co. Who have for Sale on board said Ship, 6500 Bushels Lisbon SALT. May 26. tf 765
WANTED TO CHARTER, A SHIP, from 200 to 300 tons burthen, to load with lumber for a port in Jamaica. Apply to Robert Maitland, & Co. May 26. 4w 764
For Sale or Charter The American registered Brig FLORA, William Benthall, Master, burthen about 1700 barrels Flour, will be ready to commence loading in a few days. Apply to the master on board, or to Alexander Leckie. Who offers for Sale the CARGO of the said Brig, consisting of Lisbon Salt, Lemons in boxes, and a few casks of Figs; which will be sold low for Cash, if taken from on board. Portsmouth, May 19. tf 748
The SHIP ECHO, 300 hogheads burthen, is offered for sale or charter; she is now ready to receive a cargo. Apply to C. & F. Whittle. Who are landing from on board said Ship a parcel of very First quality SUGARS, in large hogheads and barrels—IN STORE, BOTTLED PORTER & ALE, fit for immediate use. April 30. tf 708
For CHARTER, The good Ship FAME, 315 hhds. burthen, now in port and in complete order to receive a cargo—A freight to Falmouth and a Port in France will be preferred. Apply to C. & F. Whittle. April 18. tf 676
Wanted to Charter, Two or three VESSELS, from 50 to 100 tons burthen, to load at Nixonton, N. C. for which a liberal freight will be given. Apply to James M'Clenachan. March 31. tf 728
Landing on Commerce-Street Wharf, from on board the brig Ann, Capt. Albury, 20,000 wt. prime Carracas COCOA, 13 Tons Campeachy LOGWOOD—For Sale by Jas. & Thos. Tucker. June 9. tf 819
FOR SALE, The HOUSE and appurtenances adjoining Mr. Robert Boush's, and at present occupied by Mr. Alexander Wilson—Part of the purchase money must be paid down, and the remainder secured by a deed of trust upon the property, payable at 6, 9, and 12 months. The House is under lease to the present proprietor until April next. Theo. Armistead. June 9. 2w 829
LEWIS ARMISTEAD, INFORMS the public that he keeps for hire a neat HACKNEY COACH, with good horses, and a careful driver—He has also for hire, GIGS and good saddle HORSES. Apply at his Livery Stables, near the Bank of the United States. June 9. tf 821
I will Purchase THIRTY NEGROES, If offered immediately. William Jones. June 11. tf 825
ROBERT MAITLAND, & Co. HAVE IN STORE FOR SALE, 14 Pipes Pierpont's New-York Anchor GIN, of a superior quality, 10 Casks Young Hyson TEA; 4 casks Hyson do. 2000 Pieces Yellow NANKEEN, first chop, 10 Pipes French BRANDY; 72 doz. CLARET in cases, 2 Hhds. Lump SUGAR; 8 hhs. West-India RUM, Hibbert's Bottled PORTER, and Brown STOUT, and choice old Madeira WINE, in pipes, hhs. and qr. casks. June 11. 6w 827
Just landed from on board the sch'r Fair American, from Jamaica, 53 Puncheons high proof RUM, Also—from the Ship Caledonian, from Liverpool, via Belfast, A few Boxes Irish LINEN, well assorted, from 16d. to 4s. 6d. sterling per yard—For Sale by Conway & F. Whittle. June 11. tf 829
FOR SALE, The CARGO of the Brig Hannah, Captain Knapp, from Port Cavenas—consisting of 214 hhds. & 60 tiers prime Molasses. T. & W. A. Armistead, Marsden's wharf June 11. 3w 830
ROBERT GIBSON, Has removed to the Fire-Proof Ware-House in Wide Water Street, nearly opposite Commerce Street. Feb. 28. tf 536
The Subscriber having retained half of his Lumber Yard on Calvert's wharf, will have constantly for SALE, Plank, Scantling, & Fire Wood, Frames for Houses, &c. cut and provided on the shortest notice. Thomas H. Parker. WHO HAS FOR SALE, Two excellent MULES. June 4. tf 797
Now Landing from on board the schmoner Alliance, from New-York, 5 Pipes Cogniac BRANDY, 3 Hhds. Lump SUGAR; 37 Bales CASSIA, A few kegs Family BUTTER—And in Store, Young Hyson and Hyson Skin TEAS, 200 Barrels Potomac Herring—For Sale by James M'Clenachan. June 6. tf 810
At a Chancery District Court, held in Williamsburg, the 21st day of April, 1806. Alexander Love, Plaintiff, William Crammond, John Lemay, and Hugh Holmes, Ex'rs of David Cay, surviving partner of Andrew Clow, & co. Messrs. Hugh Holmes, and Robert Rainy, and Arthur Jones, Defendants. On the motion of the Plaintiff by his counsel, leave is given to amend his bill, by making Holder Hudgins, and Sarah his wife, late Sarah Moore, executrix of John Moore, deceased, Miles King, George Lang, John Darby, Robert Armistead, and Worthing Westwood, defendant.—Whereupon the plaintiff filed his amended bill, and subpenas are awarded him against the said defendants—On which the Clerk of this Court is directed to make the endorsement, as prayed for in the said bill, and on the further motion of the plaintiff, the Court doth refer the accounts between him and Andrew Clow, & co. and William Crammond, John Lemay, and Hugh Holmes, in their own right, and Messrs. Hugh Holmes and Robert Rainy, to Master Commissioner Murchough, to be by him examined, stated, settled, and to the Court reported, with any matters specially stated, thought pertinent by himself, or required by the parties. A Copy, Anthony Robinson, C. C. Commissioner's Office, Portsmouth, May 29th, 1806. I appoint the 25th day of June, 1806, for carrying the above order into effect, on which day the parties are requested to attend at my Office, with their papers and documents. (Signed) J. W. Murchough, M. C. June 4. 4256 795
The Subscribers offer for SALE, 500,000 saw Shingles; 400,000 building do. 20,000 three feet do. 50,000 Cypress PALES, 3,000 Cedar and Chinquepin POSTS, 40,000 White Oak drawn and rough hoghead STAVES. ALSO, IN STORE, W. I. and N. E. RUM, in hhds. & bbls. MOLASSES in hhds.; SUGAR in hhds. & barrels, Superfine FLOUR in bbls.; TOBACCO in kegs, 30 barrels HERRINGS. Proby, Harmanon, & Co. Mar 30. tf 780
Now landing on Gibson's Wharf, from the brig Ann, Capt. Forsyth, from Marseilles, French Brandy in pipes, Claret in hogheads, Claret in cases, Olive Oil in boxes and baskets, Olives, Capers and Anchovies in boxes, Preserved Fruit in Brandy, Prunes, Raisins, and Almonds, Cordials in boxes & baskets, Candles and Castle Soap, Senna, Manna, & Cream of Tartar, Corks, Hats, and Leather Caps.—Also an Hhd. Antigua Rum, and Campeachy Logwood. The whole of which will be sold on reasonable terms. The said BRIG is offered for Sale or Charter. June 4. 3w 805 EDWARD ROBERTS. NOTICE. MARTIN FISK has taken Mr. CHARLES J. CATLETT into partnership, the business in future will be transacted under the firm of Fisk & Catlett. Who have for Sale, 4000 pieces Yellow NANKEENS first chop, Fresh Imperial Hyson and Young Hyson TEAS, 150 Crates Crockery WARE, well assorted, 8 Tons Patent SHOT, assorted, 73 Kegs English GUNPOWDER, 100 Boxes London Crown GLASS, 100 Kegs WHITE LEAD, ground in oil, 1300 lbs. Seine TWINE, 130 Casks NAILS, assorted, cut, and wrought, 50 Bolls OZNABURGS, 200 Boxes Mould CANDLES, 25 do. Spermaceti do. 50 do. FRESH CHOCOLATE, 200 lbs. Spanish float INDIGO, 50 Boxes fresh MUSTARD, (Dixon's Manufactory) 100 Reams Writing PAPER, 200 do. Wrapping do. Also—This Day Landing, 50 Barrels BEEF, Boston Inspection, 50 do. MACKAREL, 12 Hogheads choice retailing MOLASSES. Feb. 24. 529
FROM THE BOSTON REPERTORY.
The political sky has seldom remained long unclouded. But it may be doubted whether it was ever charged with a blacker tempest than that we have lately seen burst upon Europe. France has accomplished, in twelve years, as much as Rome did in five hundred. The Samnites, who occupied a little province that is now a part of the kingdom of Naples, resisted the Roman arms for half a century, and it was not till after four and twenty Roman triumphs and twice that number of pitched battles that they were subdued.
King Pyrrhus landed in Italy too late, after the Samnites had lost their spirit no less than their force. He proved an enemy worthy of Roman discipline and courage, yet he was unsuccessful.
The Romans after five hundred years of incessant war with the petty nations around them, who were their equals in valour, inferior only in discipline, at length aspired to extend their dominion beyond the bounds of Italy. First Sicily and then Spain were disputed, in arms, with the Carthaginians. Fifty years were passed in battles and alarms before this great controversy was decided in favour of Rome.
When Carthage had fallen, Greece, the mistress of Rome in arts, her rival in arms and renown, fell an almost unresisting prey to Roman ambition. She fell with all her confederated republics, as ours will certainly fall, if France should continue to wield our factions, and our factions to dispose of our government. For factions in a democracy are sincere only in their hatred and fear of each other. Whether the Jeffersons and Madisons stand, or the Randolphs and Monroes should rise in their stead, our rulers can have no patriotism. Their emulation is too fierce, and their objects of ambition too fugitive and two personal to allow them to take the views, still less to cherish the sentiment of statesmen. Old Rome had patriots, but who would expect to find them in the amphitheatre among the gladiators? Those who love power will seek it in the contests of party. The lovers of their country will be found, nursing their griefs and despair, among the discarded disciples of Washington. To return from this seeming digression Rome availed herself of the divisions of the Grecian republics to subjugate them all. Affecting a zeal for their liberty, she offered her alliance, and the allies of Rome, like those of France, were her SLAVES. The Greeks joyfully aided Rome to conquer Macedonia, and Philip, the Macedonian king, was employed against Antiochus, called the Great, the Syrian monarch. Egypt was too base to make any resistance, but submitted to tribute, as quietly as we do.
Thus every independent republic and powerful prince fell a prey to Rome. Beyond the Euphrates, the Parthians at length formed a mighty empire, which the distance and the deserts rendered like the modern Russia, inaccessible to the Roman arms. It was remarkable that Rome seldom had more than one enemy to fight at a time. They fell in succession, and their servitude was concealed, although it was embittered by the title of allies.
France has achieved her purpose—the struggles of liberty are over, and the continental nations of Europe are now sleeping in their chains. If France possessed the British navy, those claims would be adamant, which no human force could break. French tyranny, like the great dragon, would have wings, and the remotest regions of the civilized world would be near enough to catch pestilence from his breath.
Yet we are infatuated enough to think America a hiding place for liberty, where her assassins will not seek her life, or an impregnable fortress that would protect it.
On what reasonable foundation do these presumptuous expectations rest? When France is master of both land and sea, will distance preserve us? With eight hundred ships in the department of the Thames, distance would be nothing to Buonaparte. He could transport an army of fifty thousand men to occupy New-York, which could not make one hour's resistance. He could transport them with more expedition and ease, than Mr. Jefferson could assemble our STANDING ARMY of two regiments from the frontiers, to oppose them. Yet this standing army, so potent to command the types, the explanations of the silly fears of the democrats, though it assisted as a bug bear to make Mr. Jefferson president, would no better protect his house at Monticello, from a French squadron of horse, than the army of the Imperial Virginia formerly defended its assembly from col' Tarlton.
But our myriads of militia might defy the world in arms. Excellent hopes these! When Austria in vain opposes two hundred thousand veterans to the progress of Buonaparte, when Russia is repelled in the pitched battle of Austerlitz, when Prussia, with its armies complete in numbers and discipline, stands still, not daring to stir, and waiting to acknowledge Buonaparte conqueror, or to come more plainly to the point, when we see half a million of English volunteers, as formidable and as stiff in buckram as it is in the power of tailors to make uniforms, parading the coasts of Sussex, Essex and Kent, and yet trusting only to the vigilance of the British navy, to hinder the French from crossing the channel—surely, when we see these things, we must be unwilling to reflect, or utterly incapable of reflecting, if we can suppose that the array of the militia in the secretary's office would transplant fear from Mr. Jefferson's bosom into Buonaparte's.
To say nothing of the improbability of the militia obeying the call for actual service, or, if they should appear promptly and in sufficient numbers, of the impossibility of detaining them in service long enough to make their arms of the least imaginary use, direful experience has at length instructed nations, that when they are in danger, they are to be preserved from it by their real soldiers. These are made, not in a tailor's shop, by facing blue cloth with red or yellow, but by learning in the field, that subordination of mind that will make men do and ensure their doing all that men possibly can do.
Old Rome did not outnumber her enemies. Two legions each of less than six thousand men, and as many of Latin and other Italian allies, made a complete consular army. Such an army routed the numberless forces of Mithridates and Antiochus. It cost the Romans more exertions to subdue Perseus, king of Macedon, than to conquer all the east. His phalanx of 16,000 men, was harder to break than all the million militia of the other successors of Alexander. Rome, by the perfection of her discipline, became mistress of the world.
Would Buonaparte calculate on the vigour of our government, as an insuperable obstacle to his military attempts on the United States? Would the congress majority, like a Roman senate, create means and employ them, with a spirit that would prefer death to servitude or tribute? The French Hannibal, surely, with our 17 millions of tribute money already in his treasury, would have no discouraging fear
of this sort. When he reads our treaty with Tripoli, by which it appears that we chose tribute when victory was within our reach, when he sees that the bey of Tunis presumes to say by his minister at Washington, pay or fight, what can Buonaparte conclude but that honour is a name, and in America an empty one, and that our national spirit can never be roused to a higher pitch, than to make a calculation. With us, honour is a coin, whose baseness confines it at home for a currency. Such a people, he will say, are degraded before they are subdued. They are too abject to be classed or employed among my martial slaves. Let them toil to feed their masters and to replenish my treasury with tribute.
Is there a spirit in our people that would supply the want of it in our rulers? Or total unpreparedness both by land and sea, to make even the shew of resistance against an attack, is certainly not from the want of military means in the United States, but from the dread of the loss of popularity if they should call them forth.
Why is it unpopular? because the progress of French domination is not seen at all, or is seen with a fatal complacency, because we love our money better than our country; because we enjoy our ease almost as much as we love our money, and because by shutting our eyes to our public dangers, we escape the insupportable terror of their approach, and the toils of an efficient preparation to resist them.
It is a thing incomprehensible, that even the childish babble of the Chronicle is not dumb. Admitting the stupidity, admitting the baseness of the democrats, yet without admitting that they are both stupid and base in a miraculous degree, it is unaccountable that they should not see, in the victories of Buonaparte, the stride, and almost feel the gripe of a master. If a storm should sink, or a fire-ship burn, the British navy, we should feel the gripe in a month. General Turreau would quietly exercise all the authorities at Washington. Considering how tamely we give up our nations, no less than seventeen in two years, while that navy still renders America inaccessible to France, is any man alive so absurd as to suppose that our subjugation to French despotism would cost the great nation a single cask of powder. Take away the British navy, or give it to France, & we, free Americans, so valiant of tongue, he would tie up in our stalls as tamely as our oxen. The pen of Talleyrand would be found a sharper weapon than general Vannum's sword. It is preposterous to suppose that a military resistance to France would be attempted. Her faction in this country would revive the clubs and the maxims of 1794, and Genet would again summon the enemies of British influence, to rally under his banner. We should be called the allies of France and our loyal addresses would accompany our tribute to conciliate the friendship of the great nation, and to claim a share in its glories. The men who could be nothing without France would be invested with the titles and powers of magistracy, and property would be made to shift hands till it rested with those who would be really interested to support France, that France might support them in keeping it. Thus she would avoid the odium of a violent revolution, and yet would reap all the advantages of it, to rivet our dependence on her power. The distance of the Roman provinces at length favoured their emancipation from her yoke. But with the sole possession of a navy, the trans-atlantic provinces of France would not be distant.
With these irrefragable proofs of the fatal certainty with which the power of France would reach us, and of the unresisting tameness with which we should endure it, if France should ruin the British naval power, what comments shall we make on the sense or spirit of the non-importation project of congress, which though ineffectual for its purpose, is intended to impair the force and resources of that navy? How deep and considerate will be our scorn and execration of the Armstrongs and Livingstons who, to make their flattery welcome to a tyrant's ear, have blended it with American invectives against that navy.
We seem to be envious of the spirit of slavery before we descend to its condition, as if we were resolved to merit their contempt by an earlier claim and even by a juster title than their yoke. For as long as the British navy may triumph that yoke is not inevitable.
The most successful way to prevent our servitude is faithfully to expose our dangers. So far as our fate may depend on our wisdom or our choice, it is proper to call the attention of our citizens to the fact, that Buonaparte, though he has done much, has done it in vain, unless he can do one thing more. Give him the British navy and he will govern the United States as absolutely, and certainly with as little mercy, as if our territory were a French department, and actually lay between the Seine and the Loire. Let our scribes then extol the long foreseing wisdom of the Jeffersonian administration. Let them boast of their devotedness to the cause of the people. The man whose chief merit is grounded on his having penned the declaration of independence has done more than any other man living to undo it. He has made conventions to pour the fullness of our treasury into the coffers of Buonaparte; he has dictated laws in aid and to carry into effect French authority over the blacks of St. Domingo—a degree of servile condescension beneath the independent spirit of these blacks; and now his minions in congress have begun a warfare against the British trade, as if without our own active co-operation to cripple the maritime resources of England, Buena parte might meet with too great obstructions and delay in subverting the independence and liberty of our country.
If we love our country as we ought, we cannot but wish that the conquered nations of Europe break their chains. We cannot but wish that Great Britain may courageously and triumphantly maintain her independence against France. But on this point, what are we to expect? A military opposition on the continent of Europe has proved unavailing. Will France now mistress of the land, become mistress of the seas also, and establish her iron dominion over the civilized world? This is a question of life or death to American independence and the awful decision is near.
J. MORAN, Requests the Subscribers to the Monthly Register and Review of the United States, to call for their respective copies of the 7th, 8th, and 9th numbers, paying their several subscriptions, in conformity to the original terms of the work. June 13. 3t 832
Landing at Murray's wharf, from on board the ship Caledonian, 1500 Liverpool filled Sacks of SALT, 109 Crates well assorted EARTHENWARE. For Sale by A. Maclure. June 9. 833

The complaints of Editors of newspapers against those who are indebted to them have become so common, that we apprehend that they are considered as matters of course, attached to the business, and as we may say, "enter at one ear and pass out at the other." This indifference may do, so long as an Editor can find the means to carry on his business without deriving compensation for his labours or remuneration for his expenses, but his resources must be greater than ours, if a year or two does not exhaust them.
The Editor of this paper has derived great pleasure in finding that the circulation of the Ledger almost daily becomes more extensive; & that the last nine months have added to his list one hundred and sixty-seven subscribers. To say that he has merited this increased patronage, would be arrogant, but he can say with confidence, that he has endeavoured to deserve it, by unremitting attention, and without regarding expense, where the object was the improvement of his paper. For this purpose the best workmen have been employed, and a number of them sufficient to prepare as much matter for each publication as any paper in the United States, [with one or two exceptions.] The quality of the paper which is (and has been for some time) used for the Ledger, is inferior to none in this country, and a new Font of Letter, which has been put up in London since the first of March, is momentarily expected. It is thus, that the Editor has endeavoured to discharge his part of the contract, implied between him and the publick, resolving that let the ultimate fate of his paper be what it may, he will not bear the reproach of indolence in collecting information, partiality in disseminating it, or parsimony in employing the means commensurate to those objects. But a continuation of those efforts will be fruitless—they will be impossible, unless the patrons of this paper will be punctual in the discharge of their subscriptions, and accounts due for advertisements. The amount due by each person is small in the estimation of each, but the whole when applied to the Editor becomes considerable. On the 17th of the next month this paper enters its third year, at which time there will be due to it nearly Eight Thousand dollars. Many of our subscribers have not paid their first years subscription, and not one half their second; on the 17th of next month the advance for the third year will be due. The Editor will endeavour to avoid demanding the subscriptions in arrear until the third year commences, when he expects that he will receive the whole that will be then due. To such of our friends, who have paid their subscriptions and accounts with promptitude, our acknowledgments are due, and we offer them with sincerity. The far greater proportion of those who are in arrears, we are persuaded are so, more from inattention than design. To our distant subscribers, we must observe, that the same conveyance that carries our paper to them, will bring a Bank Note to us, or a letter to some friend in this place to do the needful. Where we have known agents, this trouble can be obviated.
We shall conclude this address, which nothing but necessity could have extorted, with stating a fact which has come under our notice. In the course of a year, from our correspondents in Europe, from the Captains of Vessels, and other friends, we receive, we may say, some thousands of Foreign Newspapers, British, French, and from the West-Indies, and we can truly say, that we never saw a dan in any one of them. We should heartily rejoice if we were sure that we never should see another in an American paper. The duties of an Editor will then be pleasing, and we venture to predict, that they would be performed in a manner more acceptable to the public; for we know by experience, that there is that sympathy between the pocket and the head, that a derangement of the one, is very apt to produce confusion in the other.
Publick Ledger Office, June 16, 1806.
The political essay copied into our paper of to-day, from the Boston Repository, is written with a strength of judgment and classical elegance, that must recommend it to every reader of reflection and taste. Perhaps, an ardent imagination, for which the supposed author is distinguished, has produced some observations that will not be agreeable to every one, but if the whole be taken together, it will be found to contain reflections and admonitions, which every American, who regards the liberty and happiness of his country, cannot consider with too much attention.
It was yesterday reported that a frigate had arrived at New-York, on board of which was Lord Selkirk, the new ambassador from Great-Britain to the United States. This may be the case, but at present it is only in conjecture. By Capt. Potter of the schooner Charming Mary, from New-York, we have received papers of that city of Thursday, which take no notice of the arrival of any frigate. A private letter from New-York says, that a ship of war, had just anchored in the Narrows, that it was supposed to be a British frigate or ship of war, with Lord Selkirk; but adds the same letter, there has been no communication from her.
COMMUNICATION.
To such of the citizens of Norfolk and Portsmouth, as have seen the performances of Mr. Manfredi and his family, it is unnecessary to say any thing in praise of them—those who have not, will find them well worthy of their attention and patronage. The performance of Saturday evening was attended by a numerous and polite audience, who testified the highest approbation. Nothing can be more ungrounded than the idea which has been conceived that there is any thing indecorous in these performances.
A FRIEND TO MERIT.
From the New-York Evening Post.
Ogden's Memorial. This interesting paper being now wholly before the reader, we think a few remarks may not be unwelcome.
It may be remembered that when the expedition of Miranda was first brought before the publick in the early part of March last, and surmises very unfavourable to the administration were getting into circulation, we took an immediate opportunity to express our doubts of their justice. On that occasion we observed that as those surmises went to charge the chief magistrate and those connected with him with highly exceptionable conduct, we could not think it proper to advance any thing lightly on so momentous and delicate a subject. And we promised to republish every exculpatory paragraph that the democratic newspapers should produce; as we have. We hesitated not to say that it seemed to us quite impossible that the same government which ordered Miranda and his supposed associates to be prosecuted as state criminals, could have got on foot or countenanced the expedition. No government we thought would expose itself to such singular disgrace. "If, however, (we added) for want of precision on the part of our government; if by the ambiguity in their expressions; if by their silence on their signs, our fellow citizens have been beguiled and misled, the publick censure will fall where it ought to fall, and the deceivers instead of the deceived meet that condemnation they merit." But here again the mere supposition presents a baseness and a treachery, that, without the clearest evidence, we cannot, and will not ascribe to the administration of our country.—If the expedition of the Leander be contrary to the laws of the United States; and if the persons who assisted in preparing it, sincerely believed they were acting in conformity with the intentions of government; and if they are prosecuted as offenders, the public must content itself to wait for a full and impartial examination into the affair before the proper tribunal in April next. And though we may regret the erroneous impressions under which individuals may have acted, we should be utterly unworthy the name of an American, if we hesitated in preferring that such should be the result of this important investigation, rather than that so foul and indelible a stain should be fixed on our government as must follow from a conviction of such double dealing." Such were the favourable sentiments towards our administration, which we then felt it our duty publicly to express. Since that time we have maintained a respectful silence, nor have we once endeavoured to implicate them in this affair, by expressions of a suspicion to their disadvantage.
The expected development did not however take place in April, the hearing of the cause having been postponed to July for the purpose of enabling the defendants to procure their material witnesses, whose attendance they stated to the Court upon oath, they could not dispense with and believed they could obtain it in September next! We are still disposed to abide the verdict of the jury, which is to pass between the accused and their country: as their defence will rest entirely on proving that they were encouraged by the government, the verdict must be conclusive on the point. If convicted, it must be believed that government were entirely innocent of any knowledge of the affair; if acquitted, then must the whole guilt rest on the administration.
The memorial containing the case, would not we presume, have been published at Philadelphia, and re-published here, nor would any remarks be now made upon it, had it not been for the vile misrepresentations respecting it, and the false colouring attempted to be given it by the leading democratick prints.
It is very clear, that if Mr. Ogden is not completely void of discernment, and mistaken in all his information, the expedition of Miranda was fully communicated to the government before its commencement, and during every stage of its progress.
But say the friends of Mr. Jefferson, he has been mistaken: this, indeed, is all any man presumes to say, for the veracity of Mr. Ogden is above imputation. Let us then suppose that Mr. Ogden is mistaken in his belief and his inferences: His facts, however, so far as he undertakes to state facts, must be received as undeniable. What are the material ones?
Mr. Ogden admits that Miranda, when he chartered his ship, the Leander, informed him frankly, that his object was to transport men, ammunition and implements of war, to a port in the Spanish territory in South America. As no merchant could be willing to engage even thus indirectly in an enterprise of such great, and probably, national concern without being first secured that it had the countenance of his own government, Miranda began convincing Mr. Ogden that such was the fact.
He told Mr. Ogden that so long ago as when Mr. Jefferson was minister at the Court of France, he disclosed his design to him, and it had then met with approbation. That he came to this country in November last, "bringing with him a very interesting and important letter to a gentleman of consequence in New York, which fully developed his designs, and stated that he had embarked for the United States, on the execution of the great plan which he had for so many years meditated for the liberation of his country."
"Your memorialists (say Messrs. Ogden and Smith) are well assured that this letter was about the latter end of November, communicated to the secretary of state and to the president of the United States; that after it had been some days in the hands of the secretary of state, the receipt of it was acknowledged by him; and that about the last of the same month, general Miranda proceeded to Washington to communicate personally his plan to the government. That immediately after his arrival at Washington, general Miranda visited the secretary of state; that in his first interview he informed the secretary that he desired to make an important and confidential communication to the government as soon as the president should permit it to be received; that at a subsequent interview the secretary of state informed him that having consulted the president on the subject of their former conference, he was authorised to receive his communication; that general Miranda then opened to the secretary of state, exposed the condition of the province of Caracas, the general discontent of its inhabitants, and the ease with which it might become independent, concluding by a request for the countenance and succour of the government. That at a subsequent interview the secretary of state informed general Miranda that he communicated to the president what had passed in their preceding conference; that the president's sentiments could not be doubted, but that government could afford neither succour nor aid to the enterprise in which he was engaged. That upon this general Miranda remarked that without the countenance of government, individuals might be unwilling to assist him, and the secretary replied that the United States was a free country, where every
*'Tis true a great orator from this city, he who made a voluminous speech on the subject of British outrages, in order to arrive at the deep and solemn conclusion, that only two objects were worthy the contemplation of the nation, videlicet, indemnity for the past and security for the future; this great orator did indeed say in Congress, that Mr. Ogden was a young man of no credit; but then again he did so far unsay it in the publick papers, as to say that by "no credit," he meant a mercantile credit! and that he only alluded to the circumstance of Ogden's having just before stopped payment! a misfortune caused by the very same prosecution which now hangs over him.
one might do what the laws did not forbid. That general Miranda then observed that the bill depending for prohibiting the exportation of arms and ammunition might impede his measures, and the secretary answered that the bill might not become a law; that general Miranda informed the secretary that he had conferred with certain persons in New York respecting his views, and if government should privately make him a small advance of money, he might with the assistance of those persons find the supplies he wanted: to which the secretary replied that the merchants would advance money whenever they became satisfied that they had an interest in doing so, and enquired what supplies he might want, and who were the persons with whom he had conferred; general Miranda answered that he wanted a few officers and privates, together with a quantity of arms and ammunition, and that he had conferred with commodore Lewis and colonel Smith, who had named your memorialists to general Miranda, as the proprietors of vessels suitable to his views.—Whereupon the secretary expressed himself favourably concerning the fitness of these persons named by general Miranda, adding in reference to your memorialist that it would be better than the Saint Domingo trade, in which your memorialist had been some time engaged, and that colonel Smith was more qualified for military service than for the Custom-house, in consequence of which last observation.—General Miranda then said that colonel Smith would go with him, if he could have leave of absence; but the secretary replied that such permissions were unusual and could not be granted in this instance, and that the conference ended with an intimation on the part of the secretary of state, that whatever might be done should be discreetly done, and with the understanding on the part of general Miranda, that though the government would not aid his enterprise, it met its approbation and encouragement, and that it would not be opposed; that general Miranda remained at Washington fourteen days, and had several interviews with the president and secretary."
To all this the defenders of the administration say, it is no more than hearsay evidence, which is never admissible, and hearsay too, of the most suspicious kind, that of an adventurer, one whom nobody knows, and ought not to be received against any citizen, especially against men who stand at the head of our government. In answer we shall candidly admit the objection to have its weight. It is not to be denied, that all which is here related as coming from Miranda, is not of itself evidence proper for a court of law; and we shall grant, that as to the letters referred to, it is not regular to bring them forward in a statement, without following it up with a production of the letters themselves. We therefore think it absolutely incumbent on the memorialist to produce, first, the letter, or an authenticated copy from Europe to the gentleman in New York, "which fully developed his (Miranda's) designs," and secondly, the letter, or an authenticated copy from the secretary of state, acknowledging the receipt of this European letter. This we hold to be indispensable before they can be considered in the light of evidence. For this we must wait the issue of the pending trial.—In the mean time we may be permitted to observe, that the story told by Miranda has some of the genuine features of truth upon the face of it.
In the first place it is natural, consistent, and highly probable. Secondly, it is hardly conceivable that Miranda, whose consummate address and shrewdness are acknowledged on all hands, would expose himself to be convicted of duplicity and falsehood by furnishing Mr. Ogden with facts, by means of which he could easily detect him. Would he have referred to papers which never had an existence. Would he have related circumstances as having taken place between him and the secretary, when he knew that a note dropped to the secretary must inevitably betray him? Besides, there are some facts here mentioned which do not depend on Miranda's narrative. It is known to a great many persons that Miranda was at Washington, and that he was in habits of apparent intimacy with the secretary of state, with whom he dined by formal invitation and by whom he was treated with particular distinction. Every one then is able to draw his own conclusion whether it is not at least highly probable, that in the course of his constant intimacy with the secretary, he disclosed those views which had for years almost engrossed his mind? That such was the state of this between them, we have under Miranda's own hand, in a letter dated December 11th, in which he informed Colonel Smith that "the business is on the apis and would be concluded in course of the week." And in a second letter dated Dec. 14th, he informs Col. Smith still more particularly that Mr. M. [Madison] upon hearing of his determination to quit the city the next day, appeared surprised, and persuaded him not to leave it before Tuesday next, the 17th, when he expected him to dine with him. In this letter he says, "Their [the administration] tacit approbation and good wishes are evident for us, and they do not see any difficulty that may prevent the citizens of the United States in attending personally or sending supplies for this object; provided the publick laws should not be openly violated." The reader will judge for himself whether this has the appearance of a sheer fabrication invented for the purpose of deceiving Mr. Ogden.
Let us here recollect that Miranda told Mr. Ogden at the above conversation, that when he mentioned as an obstacle that lay in his way, a bill then pending before congress for prohibiting their exportation of arms and ammunition, Mr. Madison replied, "that the bill might not become a law"—it did not. Now, when we know that this bill must have originated with the administration, and, of course, had a majority always ready to pass it, its being suddenly dropped after this conversation, and without any reasons being given for it, presents such a coincidence of circumstances as must leave an impression on every reflecting, candid mind.
To return to the Memorial: "Your memorialist further respectfully represents, that the extraordinary equipment of the ship Leander, though made with some appearance of secrecy was a matter of general conversation, and of great notoriety in the city of New-York for a long time before she sailed. That several officers of the government of the United States were acquainted with it, that in particular it was well known to the collector of the port of New-York, to whom a formal representation was made by an officer of high rank under the government of state; and the collector was by him called upon to notice the fact—but the collector refused to do so, saying it was not his official duty to notice the representation."
Every person in New-York is here in a manner appealed to for the facts stated. Do we not all know that the extraordinary equipment of the Leander was a matter of general conversation, and of great notoriety in the city for a long time before she sailed? Was it not even mentioned in some of our public prints, and in the prints of Philadelphia? But there is a fact stated which carries conviction on the face of it. It is stated that "a formal representation was made to the collector of the port, who was called upon to notice the fact, but he refused, saying, it was not his official duty." If this was not so, this is a novel method of a man's exposing himself to be convicted of falsehood by pointing to evidence against himself.
The most important fact, however, in the whole memorial, is now to be stated. Mr. Ogden asserts, that eleven days before the Leander sailed, on the 22d of January last, Miranda wrote letters to the President of the United States and the Secretary of State; copies of which, in translation, are presented. That to the president is worded in so cautious
and ambiguous a manner, that, taken alone, little can be made of it, excepting that the very air of mystery which prevails throughout, gives just cause for suspicion, that something more was meant than meets the ear: it had on the outside too the mark "Private." That to Mr. Madison is explicit enough, as the following extract will show:
"New-York, 22d Jan. 1806."
"SIR, On the point of leaving the United States, allow me to address a few words to you, to thank you for the attentions that you were pleased to shew me during my stay at Washington. The important concerns which I then had the honor to communicate to you, I doubt not, will remain a profound secret until the result of that delicate affair. I have acted upon that supposition here, by conforming in every thing to the intentions of the government, which I hope to have apprehended and observed with exactness and discretion."
These letters Mr. Ogden asserts were actually received by the President and Secretary, so as to allow ample time for arresting the Leander before she left New-York, if it had been their pleasure so to do, as she did not leave the port till the 2d of February. Is it to be wondered at then that Mr. Ogden should say that from this statement he trusts it will appear that the secretary of state, and the president of the United States had a full knowledge of the intentions of general Miranda, in respect to the province of Caracas, and that they also knew he was making preparations at this port to carry these intentions into execution; and that the government gave it their approbation, and by their conduct encouraged him to involve himself in it? In such a case as this, the law maxim fully applies "Qui non prohibet, quando prohibere possit." He who does not prevent an action when it is in his power to prevent it, must be considered as ordering it to be committed.
Mr. Ogden very pertinently refers to the state of things between this country and Spain just before and at the time of fitting out the Leander. He observes that the President in his Message of Congress had represented the United States as on the eve of a war with Spain; nay, that from his message it appeared that the most flagrant and violent acts of hostility had been committed by Spain on the territory, vessels and citizens of the United States, and that thus far there was actual war between the two nations. That at the moment preparations were making to fit out the Leander, Congress were acting with closed doors, and in publick opinion were occupied about our relations with Spain; at this period war might have been made by the constitutional authority. That had Congress seen fit to wage war with Spain, and it had been thought proper to carry on secret enterprises before the declaration was made, the executive would have been the organ through which such enterprises must have been executed. "When therefore says Mr. Ogden, it was certain that the President and Secretary of State had a perfect knowledge of the intentions of general Miranda, and that he was making preparations to carry them into execution, when it was found no measures were taken to check these preparations by the executive; and when besides it was found that the bill for preventing the exportation of arms and ammunition had been arrested in its progress, according to the prediction of the Secretary of State, he could not but conclude that the expedition of general Miranda, not only met the approbation of government, but that it was sanctioned by the laws." And who, in similar circumstances, would not have drawn the same conclusions, and followed the same course of conduct, at least, without any apprehensions of being punished for it by that government which had thus indirectly countenanced the whole proceeding?
Since writing the above, we accidentally cast our eyes on a paragraph in a Philadelphia paper, stating that it was reported at Curacoa that the Americans captured by the Spaniards in Miranda's schooner had been hung. We do not believe they are yet executed, but it may be highly important as respects those prisoners, whether the expedition had or had not the countenance and direct aid of the Spanish government. If it had, then surely the Spaniards could only consider their prisoners as regular prisoners of war; if it had not, and they are not in some way protected by the English flag, then, perhaps, they are liable to be considered as pirates, and treated accordingly. A question which this involves is an awful responsibility somewhere. But to proceed:
In our yesterday's paper we re-published the memorial of col. Wm. Smith; in which this gentleman corroborates the statement made by Mr. Ogden. He concludes with declaring that he was fully convinced that the views of gen. Miranda met the approbation of the administration, and that under these impressions he was induced to give every facility in his power towards the execution of those plans, which he considered under the sanction of the President of the U. States and Secretary of State. And for this confidence thus conscientiously placed, col. Smith has first been deprived of a valuable office which he held under government, and now, if report be true, this misfortune has been followed by the loss of a beloved son.
The remainder of Mr. Ogden's memorial, as well as that of col. Smith is consumed in detailing the unparallelled conduct of what is termed a court of law. Mr. Ogden finishes his memorial with stating that on the day before the adjournment of the court the grand jury brought in a presentment against Matthias B. Talmadge, esq. judge of this court, for his conduct in his office. That this also is a fact which does not rest on even the word of Mr. Ogden, appears from the following copy of the presentment itself, which came into our possession about the time of its being found:
"The Grand Jurors for the Circuit Court of the United States for the New-York district, feel it a duty incumbent on them to present, and they do accordingly upon their oaths present to the said court, that in their deliberations and examinations of testimony as grand jurors aforesaid, it did appear that the hon. Matthias B. Talmadge, Esq. a judge of the district court of the United States, for the New-York district, did in the examination of William S. Smith and Samuel G. Ogden, as witnesses and principals, touching certain crimes said to have been committed against the laws of the United States, proceed in a manner unusual, oppressive, and contrary to law."
"New-York, 9th April, 1806."
On the whole it appears to us that if the two principal documents referred to in the above statement and defence can be had, or authenticated copies thereof, it will then present a body of evidence, regular, competent, and conclusive on the point for which it was produced, and will implicate the administration to the whole extent it professes. Without such documents, strong suspicions are all that can be allowed, and those, respect for the constituted authorities, forbids us to indulge. The impending trial will remove all doubts; till then, therefore, we should suspend a definitive opinion.
FROM THE NATIONAL INTELLIGENCER.
To the hon. JUDGE CRANCH.
SIR, By particular desire of the grand jurors, I have to request that you will favour them with a copy of your charge at this term.
B. MACKALL, Foreman.
June term, 1806.

SPRING GOODS.
GILLIAT AND MACKINDER, Have received per the Ship Dumfries, from London, their Supply of Spring GOODS, which consist of a general and well selected assortment, Also, a fresh supply of Ladies' fashionable Kid SHOES. April 25. tf 698
SPRING GOODS.
COCKE AND SANFORD, No. 40, Main-Street, have received per the Ships Two Brothers from Liverpool, and Dumfries from London, an extensive assortment of SPRING GOODS, consisting of Irish Linens assorted, 4-4 and 6-4 Sheeting, French Cambricks and Long Lawns, Fine Pocket Handkerchiefs, 7-8 and 8-4 quarter Diapers, Table Cloths, Chambay Muslin, Cambric do., Cambric Dumfries, Furniture do., Fashionable Shawls, Lace Veils, Black net Shawls, Superfine Cloths and Cassimere, Cotton Cassimeres and Grandrells, Kid Shoes, Umbrellas and Parasols, Hats assorted, in cases, Seine Twine, Oznaburghs and Hempen Rolls, Cotton and Silk Hosiery, Checks and Stripes, Calicoes and Ginghams, Fashionable Waistcoating, White and coloured Janes, Powder, Shot, &c. &c. ON HAND, Yellow NANKKEENS, first chop, Barboom GURRAHS—and 8000 wt. BACON, April 25. 2m 695
FOR RENT,
(And immediate possession given) THE HOUSE lately occupied by Messrs. Shanks & Binford, in Brewer-Street. Apply to Robert Gibson. May 19. tf 750
Wanted to Purchase, Fifty Shares of Virginia Bank Stock,
for which Cash will be given. Apply to the Editor of this Paper. May 30. tf 775
FOR SALE,
My LANDS, in Greeneville County, consisting of survey one thousand and seventy acres, more or less, and lies about eight miles above Belfield. There is a good Dwelling-House 32 by 26 feet, with four rooms and a place to them below, and four rooms above stairs; also, convenient Out-Houses for a family. It is a pleasant, high, and healthy situation, convenient to several Mills, the Camp Meeting-House, and in a good neighbourhood. The premises may be viewed at any time—the terms will be moderate, and made known on application to the Subscriber on the premises, who wishes early application to be made by those inclined to purchase the same. Peter Pelham. Greenville County, May 30. 4w 776
THE LAST NOTICE.
As very little attention has been paid to my Advertisement of Feb'y last, I am under the necessity of assuring such as do not come forward and settle with me, on or before the 12th inst. they will alter that period find their Bonds, Notes, or Accounts, in the hands of an Attorney, with instructions to sue indiscriminately. William Leigh. June 2. tf 784
NEW CUT-NAIL MANUFACTORY, ON TOWN POINT,
A small distance below County Wharf, Wide Water Street. The Subscriber has, at a considerable expense, fitted up, in addition to his other business, a complete set of machinery, adequate to finish 500 to 600 lbs. of Nails daily. He is also provided with a good stock of Iron; and with a sufficient number of skillful workmen. He has on hand a constant supply of Nails, Flooring Brads, and Sprigs, which he offers for Sale at the reduced prices as follows, by the keg, for each only, viz.
  8d, 10d, 12d, and 20d Nails, at 7 1-2d per lb.   8d, 10d, 12d, and 20d Brads at 7 1-2d per lb.   6d, Nails at 9 1-2d per lb.   Sheathing, do. at 7 1-2d per lb.   6d, Brads at 6d per M.   4d, do. at 2s 9d per M.   3d, do. at 2s 3d per M.   4d, Nails at 2s 3d per M.   3d & 2d. do. at 2s 3d per M. 
ALSO—HOOP AND BAR-IRON ASSORTED. LEVIN DORSEY.
June 2. tf 783 FOR SALE, A pair of well broke young Carriage HORSES, and a London made PHILTON. Enquire at this Office. June 2. tf 787
FOR SALE,
A likely Negro MAN, 25 years old. Enquire at the Office of the Publick Ledger. June 2. tf 788
FIVE DOLLARS REWARD.
STOLEN or Drifted from the Ferry Steps, on Sunday last, a NEW YAWL, about 15 feet long, has never been painted, her bottom payed with pitch. The above reward will be given to any person who may deliver said Boat to Phinehas Dana, & co. June 2. tf 793
MRS. MACDOUGAL,
INFORMS her friends and the publick, that she has taken that handsome house belonging to Mr. Roberts, in the centre of Market Square, where she will receive Boarders on moderate terms—the strictest attention will always be paid to the diet rooms, and lodging, and every endeavour used to render a transient or permanent abode at her house satisfactory. September 25. tf 169
TO RENT,
(And possession given immediately.) That commodious STORE on Main-Street, No. 22, near the old market-place, together with a large Cellar and other apartments, well calculated either for Groceries or Dry Goods. ALSO, Two large DWELLING-HOUSES, with Stores in front, on Bank-Street.—Apply to Robert Farmar. Who has for Sale, on low terms, A few CANAL SHARES, the property of a gentleman to the Northward. April 4. tf 640
Publishing by Subscription,
Dr. Rees's New Cyclopaedia, or Universal Dictionary of Arts and Sciences, IN TWENTY VOLUMES QUARTO. CONDITIONS. The work will be printed in large quarto, with new types, cast for the purpose, on a superior wove paper, each volume will contain from eight hundred to a thousand pages. A half volume, in boards, will be published regularly every two months, PRICE THREE DOLLARS, PAYABLE ON DELIVERY. Between six and seven hundred plates, engraved in a superior style of elegance will be comprised in the course of the publication, by far a greater number than is to be found in any other Scientific Dictionary. * * * To Subscribers. The first half volume is ready for delivery by Bonsal, Conrad & Co. May 16. tf 742
NOTICE.
The Subscriber has taken into partnership Mr. Paul Proby, and Mr. Patrick Hamanson. The business in future will be carried on under the firm of Proby, Hamanson, & Co.
Thomas H. Parker. tf 779
For Rent,
The Store, Compting Room & Cellar No. 41, Main-Street, lately occupied by Mr. Wm. M'Cutchen. Apply to Thomas Willock. March 17. tf
BRITISH CONSUL'S OFFICE, Norfolk, Virg. Jan. 18, 1806.
His Britannick Majesty's Consul to the State of Virginia, in consequence of instructions by him received from his government, takes this method of communicating to such officers on the British half-pay establishment, as are resident within his district, the following Notice from the Army Pay-Office, in London, in respect to the form of the Certificate required from British half-pay Officers, by whom it is highly essential that the regulations therein specified should be strictly complied with John Hamilton, Consul.
PAY-OFFICE, Horse-Guards, August 28, 1805.
NOTICE is hereby given by direction of the right honourable the Pay-Master General of his majesty's forces, that the affidavits of Officers on half-pay and military allowances, who reside in the United States of America, commencing subsequently to the twenty-fourth day of December 1805, will not be passed at this office, unless the officer's place of residence, and also the county, district, or place for which the magistrate acts, before whom the said affidavit is made, (the competency of whom must be certified by the British Consul, if any shall be resident in the province or state, or by the governor, chief justice, or some other person in authority in the government thereof,) are therein specified, agreeable to the undermentioned form. D'd. Thomas, Accountant.
A. B. maketh oath, that he had not between the twenty-fourth day of _____ and the twenty-fifth day of _____ any other place, or employment of profit, civil or military, under his majesty besides his allowance of half pay, (or his military allowance, as the case may be) as a reduced _____ in the place of residence. The Officer to sign his name here, together with his place of residence. Sworn before me at _____ this _____ day of _____ in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and _____ The Magistrate to sign his name here, and the county or place for which he acts. N. B. Chaplains must insert in their affidavits the following words between the words "Majesty," and "besides," viz "or any Ecclesiastical Benefice in Great-Britain or Ireland." No alterations or interlineations of any sort will be allowed to be made in the above mentioned affidavit. January 20. tf 446
VILLAINY EXPOSED.
On the 11th of August, 1805, JOHN ROBERTS, master of the schooner Aurora, of Baltimore, sailed from Norfolk with 500 bushels of Coal, taken at City Point from on board the ship Bellisle, John Hair, master, from Glasgow. The said Coal was shipped for Mr. Merry, the British minister at Washington; but instead of proceeding to that place, the said Roberts went round to Philadelphia, and there disposed of the Coal on his own account; after which he sold the vessel, and has not been heard of since. It was stated by him at Philadelphia, that the Coal was Virginia produce, and he entered a protest on oath before Nicholas Diehol, Esq. Notary Public in Philadelphia, asserting that he sailed from Norfolk bound to Baltimore, with the Coal on board as ballast; and having in a heavy gale of wind sprung his foremast, was drove out to sea, and compelled by stress of weather to put into that port. Being bound to an adjoining state, and the cargo under the value specified in the 14th section of the Coasting Act, he was authorized to proceed without a clearance; but on his arrival at Philadelphia, being other than a district in the same or an adjoining state, in order to his being permitted to an entry he made the said protest, and reported his vessel agreeably to the 22d section of the said act, declaring at the same time that the cargo was shipped by and consigned to himself. Should the said JOHN ROBERTS have returned to Baltimore, or his residence elsewhere be ascertained, it will be subserving the cause of justice to make it known to the Collector of that port, or those of Philadelphia, Norfolk or Petersburg. February 28. tf 535
One Hundred Dollars Reward.
WILL be given, to white or black, that will deliver to me dead or alive, a negro named DAVEY, who runs away from me on the 5th instant. He is about 5 feet 9 inches high, very black, well made, and very active, with a full face, and speaks pert when spoken to. He has been a servant to a family as a carriage driver, and has been lately put to the shipcarpenter's and caulker's trade, and works well at the latter. As he is a lazy fellow, he no doubt, will attempt to live with some person as a servant. He made an attempt to run away from his former master, and made for the northward, but was apprehended in Virginia, where he is well acquainted, particularly in the towns, and I have no doubt but his intention is again to get off to the northward, either by land or water. I recollect a very notable white speck on his two upper middle fore teeth, which will be discovered on examination. He may have other marks for what I know, not having owned him more than four years. I cannot describe any particular ones about him, but make no doubt he has scars, as he has been whipped before I purchased him. He is very fond of spirits, and will get drunk when he has an opportunity; plays cards, and is much given to roguery. He wore off with him blue negro cotton cloth clothing, and had second hand clothing; but no doubt he will change both his clothing and his name, as he is an artful fellow; and if taken, will fight; and when taken, if not well secured, will make his escape. I do hereby forwarn all masters of vessels and others from harbouring or carrying him off at their peril. The above reward, and all travelling expenses, will be paid, if the distance exceeds 75 miles. John Drew, Jr. Port Tombstone, near Edenton. tf 587
WANTED,
25 Shares of Virginia Bank Stock. Apply to the Editor of this Paper. April 4. tf 643
FOR SALE by the Subscribers, a general assortment of
Ship Chandlery, Cordage, and Cables, 8, 9, 10, 11, and 12 inches, English PAINTS and OIL, Sheathing PAPER, BAR IRON, TOBACCO, Richmond Inspection; FLOUR, PORK, Prime and Cargo, New-York Inspection, 200 Gin CASES; 20 Boxes SEGARS. They have also on hand, an extensive and good assortment of GROCERIES. S. Marks, jun. & Co. April 2. tf 631
WANTED,
25 Shares of Virginia Bank Stock. Apply to the Editor of this Paper. April 4. tf 643
FOR SALE by the Subscribers, a general assortment of
Ship Chandlery, Cordage, and Cables, 8, 9, 10, 11, and 12 inches, English PAINTS and OIL, Sheathing PAPER, BAR IRON, TOBACCO, Richmond Inspection; FLOUR, PORK, Prime and Cargo, New-York Inspection, 200 Gin CASES; 20 Boxes SEGARS. They have also on hand, an extensive and good assortment of GROCERIES. Noble, Arbuthnot, & Co. March 31. tf 623
D. R. WADDEY, & Co.
Have just received per the Ship Dumfries, from London, an additional assortment of SHIP CHANDLERY, Among which are a large quantity of BUNTING, broad and narrow, of every colour, which they offer for Sale. ALSO ON HAND, Teneriffe WINE, Holland & Country GIN, 4th Proof Cognac BRANDY, of superior quality, Hibbert's Brown STOUT, in casks of 6 1-2 dozen, Double Gloucester CHEESE, Old L. P. Madeira WINE, fit for immediate use, Muscovado SUGAR, in hds. and bbls.—LOAF do. in do. N. E. RUM and WHISKEY. May 5. tf 718
SPRING GOODS.
RICHARD TAYLOR, Has received by the Ship Dumfries, from London, a hand-some assortment of Spring and Summer GOODS, which he offers for Sale by wholesale and retail, for Cash or approved paper. April 25. 2m 696
Landing on Gibson's Wharf, from on board the schooner Catharine Shepherd, Capt. Webb, from Surinam, a choice CARGO of MOLASSES in hogsheads and tierces, And from on board the ship Union, Capt. Buck, from Antigua, Antigua RUM of superior quality. In Store, Tobago RUM, Madeira and Teneriffe WINE, 7 years old; Medoc CLARET in cases of 1 dozen each; A few kegs Hog's LARD, &c. April 28. tf 704
135,000 wt. Prime Green COFFEE, Landing this day on our wharf, for sale on liberal terms. C. & F. Whittle. April 16. 668
Landing from on board the ship Sheffield, and for Sale by the Subscribers, on their Wharf, 282 Hogsheads CLARET, 50 Cases do. 6 do. BURGUNDY, 36 do. HERMITAGE, 25 do. SALLAD OIL, 25 do. PRESERVED FRUITS, 25 do. OLIVES and ANCHOVIES—All of very superior quality, and entitled to drawback. C. & F. Whittle. March 24. tf 601
I wish to Purchase, Six or Eight Negro BOYS, from 15 to 18 years of age. Thomas Warren. April 15. tf 651
We have received by the brig Fame, Capt. Cox, from Jamaica, 75 Puncheons high proof RUM, 4 Hogsheads MOLASSES—For Sale by Redmond & Frith. Feb. 24. tf 523
I will give the following prices for 200 Casks of Oak BARK, to be delivered at Satter's, free of damage. Spanish Oak, - - 10 dls. per Cask, Willow do. - - 9 do. do. Red do. - - 8 do. do. Young White do. - - 7 do. do. Theo. Armistead. April 23. 3m 687
FRESH TEAS. Just received from Philadelphia, in whole, half, and quarter chests, Imperial, Hyson, and Young Hyson } TEAS. all of this Spring importation, and we warrant them of the very first quality imported, by wholesale or retail. Fisk & Catlett. Who have this day landing, 75 tierces choice New RICE, in whole and half tierces. April 21. tf 683
WANTED TO PURCHASE, A NEGRO WOMAN, who is a good House Servant and Sempstress; one without children will be preferred. For one well recommended, a liberal price will be given. Apply to the Editor. Feb. 3. tf 479
FOR SALE, 3000 Pieces Yellow NANKKEEN, 11 Boxes Imperial TEA, 6 Casks Hyson do. The above of the best quality and entitled to drawback. Apply to Robert Maitland & Co. WHO HAVE ON HAND, Hibbert's best bottled Porter and Brown Stout. Also, Old L. P. Madeira Wine, fit for immediate use. March 5. tf 560
CASH Given for Twenty Shares of VIRGINIA BANK STOCK. Apply to the Editor of this Paper. March 14. tf 579
IRISH LINENS, &c. The Subscriber has received from Dublin, by the Ship Intrepid, a choice assortment of Irish Linens, Sheeting, Diapers, &c. which he offers for Sale on moderate terms. Richard Taylor. May 10. 2m 747
NORFOLK BOROUGH. At a Hastings' Court, continued and held the 29th day of April, 1806—Moses Myers, James Taylor, jun. and John Camp, are appointed to hold the Election for Common Council-Men, for the present year, in ward No. 2. A Copy, Teste, WM. SHARP, Clerk. Pursuant to the above order, an Election will be held at the house of Moses Myers, on the 24th next month. Moses Myers, James Taylor, jun. John Camp. May 23. tde 761
Lost or Mis-sent, Fifty Reams of Demy Printing PAPER, shipped at New-York about the 25th of December last, on board the Amanda, Capt. William Smith, directed to the care of Messrs. Gracie, Anderson, & co. Petersburg. Information of the above will be thankfully received by William Boylan. Halifax, April 30. tf 724
British Consul's Office, Norfolk Virginia, 12th May, 1806.
His Britannick Majesty's Consul, in consequence of information by him received from the king's envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary to the United States, hereby gives notice to the merchants and others whom it may concern, that it is the intention of lieutenant-general Sir Eyre Coote, K. B. his majesty's lieutenant-governor of Jamaica, to extend the duration of the Proclamation issued by lieutenant-general Nugent on the 17th November, 1805, relative to the importation permitted from the United States of America, to the island of Jamaica, for a further period of six months from its expiration; that is to say, from the 9th of June to the 31st of December, 1806. 754
GERMAN GOODS.
JOHN C. NIEMEYER, Offers for Sale the following GOODS, for Cash or on conventional credit, for approved Bills only, viz.
  5000 Bags 2 & 3 bushels, loose and in bales, 300 doz. Watch Christials, assorted,   6000 East-India Gunny Bags, 25 do. coarse thread Stockings,   330 pieces Hessian and brown Rolls, 40 do. fine do.   325 pieces white Rolls, of four qualities, 100 boxes of Godfrod's Spanish Segars,   140 pieces Ticklenburgs and Oznaburgh, 75 do. 2d and 3d qualities,   160 pieces Plaitillas, white and brown, 12 boxes about 2000 straws 1-3 pint Tumblers,   15 pieces Dowlas, 3 do. Wine Glasses and Decanters,   20 do. Checks, 23 do. China and elegant cut Glass Ware,   40 do. Britannias, 5 do. Toys,   40 do. Rouans, 60000 Toy Marbles,   45 do. best Flemish Sheeting, 1 case fine Hats,   20 do. fine Bed ticking 2 yards wide, 100 wt. Twine,   24 do. Matratss Ticking, 120 doz. gold and silver Hat Cords,   18 do. German Canvas, 25 boxes short Pipes, three groce each,   15 do. do. Shirt Linen, 350 wt. Canary Seed,   44 yards each, from 6 3/4 to 110 dls. per piece, 1 cask Gin,   14 do. 37 yds. each, at 36 to 75 dls. per piece, Spectacles green and plain, an elegant assortment to suit all ages,   24 do. do. Velvet Ribbons, assorted, Goggles plain and green, Pistols, an elegant assortment, do. 1 case superior Hair Triggers,   40 boxes English crown window Glass, Fowling Pieces, elegant double barrels; do. common, single do.   70 do. Baltimore window Glass assorted, at the manufactory prices, for cash, Flutes, patent and plain, Fifes; Octaves; Tambourins; Flageolets, double and single, Violins, and elegant bows, Instruction Books, & Musick, Violin Strings, Bridges, and Screws.   2000 wt. Lamb's Wool, superior quality,   5000 doz. German Phials, very cheap,   2000 bunches red Gamet Beads, 
Also a complete assortment of the following Articles, viz.
  Fifty assorted Trunks, Oil Cloth, Coffee Mills, German Razor Hones, Morocco Shaving Cases, do. Pocket Books, do. Segar Boxes, Spectacle Cases, Windsor Soap, Hand Lanthorns, best Tortoise Shell Combs, Ivory & Horn fine Razors & Penknives, very elegant, Brass Candlesticks, Coffee Toasters, Shoe Brushes, Cloth do. Mill Saws, Frying Pans, Shovels, Tongs, and Pokers, Fish Hooks, Table Mats, Battle Doors and Birds, Bell Metal Kettles, Waffle Irons, Wafer Irons, German Lace & Thread, Bird Cages & Baskets, Black Silk Velvet, 2000 Agate Flints, Jewellery and Crystal Beads, Toilet Looking Glasses, common do. assorted, Snuff Boxes, Umbrellas, Push for Saddles, Passage Lamps, Chamber Lamps and Wicks, Backgammon Tables, 800 Dice, elegant Chess Men, and Cribbage Boards   Apply as above. Apply as above. 
Twenty Dollars Reward.
WILL be given to any person for delivering to me at Surry Court House, or securing in any Jail so that I get him again, a Negro man, formerly the property of Capt. Samuel Ellis, of Cobham, known by the name of BITT JOHN , about 6 feet 2 inches high, remarkably well made, about 35 years of age, speaks French very well, and has been accustomed to going by water. I suspect he is about Norfolk. All masters of vessels and others are forwarded employing or carrying him off. Richard Mason, Surry Court House. 768
BRITISH CONSUL'S OFFICE, Norfolk, Virginia, August 31, 1805.
His Britannick Majesty's Consul to the State of Virginia, in consequence of instructions by him received from his government, hereby gives notice, to the merchants concerned in the trade to His Majesty's Dominions, that according to the terms of the Act of the 37th of the King C. 97, no British built vessel captured by His Majesty's enemies, afterwards purchased by citizens of the United States, and sailing under a Sea Letter can be admitted to entry under the said Act, as an American vessel. John Hamilton. 114
FOR SALE by the Subscriber, at his Bake-House, on Commerce-Street,
500 Barrels Navy BREAD, 200 do. Superfine Pilot do. 100 do. Ship do. All of which will be sold on reasonable terms, or exchanged for West-India produce. Stephen Harris. Pilot Bread in half barrels of a superior quality, for Sale as above. March 26. tf 614
FOR RENT,
The three large and commodious Ware-Houses on the lower end of Gibson's Wharf—Possession may be had immediately, by applying to John Southgate, or William Dickson. Feb. 26. tf 554
JUST RECEIVED,
By the ship Roba & Betsey, Capt. Richardson from London, and for sale by the Subscriber, A LARGE SUPPLY OF DRUGS AND MEDICINES, of all kinds. Patent Medicines, Perfumery, &c. &c. Also received by the ship Admira, Capt. Stover A LARGE ASSORTMENT OF SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS, Consisting of Amputating, Trepanning, Cupping, Midwifery. Tooth of different sorts, Crown and Common Lancets, and Surgical Pocket Instruments &c. &c.
HARDHAM'S SNUFF, No. 9.
Also, by the ship Olive Branch, Capt. Le Breton from Bristol, A LARGE & EXTENSIVE ASSORTMENT OF GLASS & FURNITURE, For Apothecary's and Practitioner's Shops. Those who favour us with their orders