Berkeley and Jefferson intelligencer (Martinsburg, Va.), 1808-02-12 00:00:00

Berkeley and Jefferson Intelligencer.
[No. 38 of VOLUME IX.]
FRIDAY, February 12, 1808.
[WHOLE No. 454.]
Martinsburg Coffee-House and Hotel.
THE subscriber having opened a Coffee-House and HOTEL in Martinsburg, begs leave to represent to his friends and the public the peculiar advantages of his establishment.—A numerous selection of Newspapers from all parts of the United States, are brought to the reading-room but a few days after their publication.—With these in his hand, the curious traveller will forget his fatigue, and gentlemen of the neighbouring towns who visit Martinsburg will find there agreeable companions in a leisure hour.
The house, large and commodious, gives every convenience of lodging. Liquors of the first quality may always be had at the bar, and the table shall be well supplied with every thing in season.
In the Stable an attentive and skilful Hostler—will be constantly furnished with hay and oats of the best kind.
These considerations induce the subscriber to expect with confidence a large share of public favour.
WILLIAM MACKAY.
Martinsburg, Feb. 5, 1808.
The subscriber has a JACK, that he wishes to send to Abbingdon in this state, or Jonesborough, Tenne. see,—and would give a generous price to any person going to either of the above places, who will take him with them.
W. MACKAY.
Feb. 5, 1808.
Land for sale.
THE subscriber offers for sale a Tract of good State Land, containing about one hundred acres, about one half of which is cleared; there is about ten acres of meadow, four or five of which is well set with grass; there is two good springs on the ground, a Dwelling House and other out Houses.—Notes, on good people will be taken for nearly all the purchase. It will be sold very low, and immediate possession may be had. The terms may be known by applying to the subscriber, living at Col. Elisha Boyd's Mill on Mill Creek.
JAMES STERRAT.
Feb. 5, 1808.
Good wages will be given to one or two Journeyman Coopers, who are well acquainted with the business, and can come well recommended.
JAMES STERRAT.
Boyd's Mill, Mill-Creek, } February 5, 1808.
Public Sale.
WILL be sold on Friday the 19th instant, at the house of Juliana Eckhart, in Shepherd's-Town, all the personal estate of Martin Sheetz, dec. consisting of the following articles, viz.
A COMPLETE set of Gunsmith tools, among which are, several Vises, one Anvil, one pair Bellows—Also, several Rifle and Smoothbore Guns, and a quantity of Gun Stocks—also, House and Kitchen Furniture, among which are, Feather Beds and Bedding, one corner Cupboard, one large Kitchen Dresser—also, one Negro Boy and one handsome young Mare. Nine months credit will be given for all sums of two dollars and upwards the purchasers giving note with approved security. The sale will begin at 10 o'clock on said day, when attendance will be given by
JACOB HAINS, Ex'x. EVE SHEETZ, Ex'x.
Shepherd's-Town, Feb. 5, 1808.
N. B. All those who have any Guns lodged in the care of said Sheetz, are desired to come and take them away, as the ex'rs. will be no longer accountable.
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.
NOTICE.
ALL persons are hereby cautioned against taking an assignment on a Note given by the subscriber to Rees Morgan for $125, due some time next spring, being the last payment for a Tract of Land purchased from said Morgan lying in Hampshire County, as the said Morgan has not complied with the contract entered into for said Land.
JOHN YOUNG.
Hampshire, Feb. 5, 1808.
THE subscriber will rent for one or more years, that noted stand for a Tavern in the town of Martinsburg, known by the sign of the Indian Chief, & lately occupied by Mrs. Brady. The improvements are a large Dwelling House, fifty feet in front, with three large rooms on the lower story, three rooms up stairs and a large ball room, a Kitchen with a bed room adjoining the same, a stable, smoke-house, and other necessary buildings. It is the best stand in the town of Martinsburg for travelling custom from the north, as the stage road from Philadelphia to the southward and westward, passes by the house.—Possession may be had immediately.... Inquire of Mr. Philip M'Govran, living in Martinsburg, or to the subscriber living at the Green Spring Mills, Frederick County.
IGNATIUS O'FERRALL.
Feb. 5, 1808.
Luke Pentoney, against Dennis Cahill, Ex'r of the last will and testament of James Quinn, dec'd. Action on the case in the County Court of Berkeley.
BY virtue of a commission awarded the plaintiff in this cause, the deposition of John O'Ferrall will be taken, at his house in the town of Cincinnati, in the county of Hamilton and state of Ohio, on Saturday the 27th day of February, 1808.
February 5, 1808.
HIGHLY INTERESTING.
NEW-YORK, Jan. 28, 1808.
Last night the ship Suffolk, captain Thompson, arrived at this port from London. She left the Downs on the 28th November, and brings papers to the 27th. Excepting the following highly important articles, the papers are barren.
A London paper of the 25th of November, contains a circular from Mr. Forbes, the American Consul at Hamburg, warning all American captains from entering the ports on the Rivers Elbe, Jade and Weser, as all the American ships had been STOPPED, and the American property in store SEIZED; that one store containing property belonging to an American House, had been sequestered, and seals put upon it by the French Commissary, in the presence of Mr. Forbes.
The accounts of the Embargo having taken place, or rather that it would, reached the Havannah, it is believed, on the 7th inst. A merchant writes to his correspondent here as follows:—"I lament to find that from some information I received this morning, I shall not see you as soon as I had anticipated. I cannot say, here, what that information is, but you will know what I mean. From the quantity of flour at market it is still selling at twelve dollars, but my next advice will be that it is at thirty!"
"A person arrived here a few days past from Spain, in the appearance of a seaman, who it is whispered has brought some dispatches of the utmost importance to the affairs of this colony."
Embargo at Bremen and Hamburg—Captain Hill, of the brig Fame, who arrived yesterday in 65 days from Bremen, informs that all American vessels at Bremen and Hamburg had been detained; and that the cargoes of several had been seized and deposited in the public stores. A French force was daily expected there to take possession of
the Weser. A WAR BETWEEN AMERICA and FRANCE was CONFIDENTLY EXPECTED. Captain Hill made his escape in the night.
Falmouth, Nov. 24.
Arrived, the Walsingham packet, Robarts, with mails from Lisbon, 12 days passage—the Walsingham (not being enabled to land her mail) has returned without any Lisbon mail. The Princess Elizabeth packet, with mail for England, sailed from Lisbon 9 days before, and is not yet arrived. The Raven sloop of war, was off the Bar, and expected to sail with Lord Strangford and Mr. Gambler.
An order was issued, on the first of November, for the detention of all English subjects, and all British property was confiscated. The Portuguese ships of war were off Belem, and expected to sail for the Brazils. The Prince embarked, and in the event of the French entering Portugal, he would certainly sail. Five line of battle ships and two frigates (Russians) were arrived at Lisbon on the 9th inst. from Tenedos.
When the ships hoisted English colours, the battery of St. Julien prepared to fire upon them with red-hot balls; the Russians then hauled down the English, put up the Russian colours, and went in unmolested.
A letter from Cork, dated November 25, "A severe frost set in a few days since, and to all appearance has destroyed more than half of the potatoes, in consequence the price has advanced from 30s. to 51. per ton. Oat meal is not to be had, and wheat advancing; a scarcity altogether is apprehended, and a bad prospect of a supply."
Gibraltar, Nov. 21, 1807.
As soon as the late Proclamation of the Spanish King, respecting the conspiracy was published, the French Ambassador demanded cognizance of all the proceedings against the alleged conspirators. Two days after the proclamation, the Prince of Asturias was released, in consequence of the clamors of the people.
From the Phila. Gazette. From France, 16 Nov.
"The prince regent of Portugal closing his ports against the English has had no effect on the unrelenting spirit of the court of St. Cloud. His submission to its dictates has been thought to be too tardy, and an order was issued and has already been executed here to imprison all Portuguese subjects, and to confiscate their vessels, merchandise and freight!! No alternative is now left to the prince regent, but to embark for Brazil, which he undoubtedly will do, and the valuable productions of that rich country will hence forward go direct to England. France of course, must now look anxiously for her future supply of cotton to the U. States, from whence she will need annually from 30 to 40000 additional bales."
From a London paper of the 19th November, received at Savannah, per ship John, Yates, via Turks Island.
LONDON, Nov. 19.
The American minister is understood to be surprised at the terms of the late decree of our Cabinet. His surprize is indeed very natural; as not the remotest idea of such a measure was intimated to Mr. Munroe, on his departure—nay more, Lord Bathurst states, that it was unknown to our minister, Mr. Rose, and that it was determined upon when he sailed. Mr. Pinckney is said to complain particularly of that part of the decree which relates to "Certificates of origin"—as that arrangement is calculated altogether to prevent the intercourse of America with any port of France or its dependencies. This arrangement is conceived to be perfectly wanton, as it cannot serve any avowed object of this country and must injure America.—"Certificates of origin" are documents obtained from the French consuls, testifying that the cargo to which they refer, is not of the produce or manufacture of the British empire, and the production of such a certificate is necessary before any cargo from a neutral can be landed in an enemy's port.—Now the destruction of such documents must completely extin-
guish the commerce of neutrals with any part of the enemy's territory, which is an object not professed in the order of the council. If ministers are really determined on such an object, they should have distinctly avowed it, and not have continued to wrap it up in that mass of words and complication of sentences which mark the whole of these orders, and which leave the merchants subject to the capricious and too often contradictory interpretation of courts of Admiralty. The American merchants, however, have been able to trace, in this labyrinth of phrases the hostile tendency of the decree against their trade, and they have accordingly remonstrated. Some of these gentlemen have already had an interview with Mr. Perceval; and a deputation from the committee of American merchants are this day to meet Earl Bathurst, Mr. Canning, Mr. Perceval, Mr. Rose, and Mr. Huskisson, in order to ascertain the precise construction which Ministers and their agents mean to put upon the order of council.
It is stated that some farther Orders of Council for the regulation of trade are determined upon by Ministers. To some of these orders the late decrees refer: but one of a new description is expected, which is said to be more of an hostile character, with regard to neutrals, than any that have yet appeared.
All who are concerned in the American trade seem to consider it a mere pretence on the part of Ministers, that these measures had not been long since determined upon. It must indeed be recollected, that the threat of a general blockade has been a common topic of conversation on Change, particularly among the Ministerial circles, for more than two months past.
BALTIMORE, Feb. 2.
INTERESTING INTELLIGENCE.
To the Gentleman, who politely furnished us with a Norfolk Public Ledger of the 26th we return our most grateful thanks.
By it we are possessed of the intelligence brought by the ship Powhatan, capt. Cottle, 47 days from London, which furnishes London papers to the 5th December.
The Editor of the Ledger observes, that he has been able to give but an hasty perusal of his papers, and that consequently he has not given more than extracts of official documents relative to war and commerce.
Sir Sidney Smith had arrived before Lisbon, and another British division was on the point of sailing for the same place, but for what object the London prints differ much.
Flour was 16-2-3 dollars in Portugal and likely to rise.
Letters from Holland to England, stated that serious disputes had arisen between our Minister at Paris Mr. Armstrong, and the French government, on account of the latter having demanded that the United States should exclude British commerce from their ports; that Mr. A. had renewed his advice to the masters of American vessels to quit the ports of France and Holland without delay.
The following illustration of the manner in which the recent British orders are to be executed will be read with deep interest.
ORDERS OF COUNCIL.
The committee of merchants trading to America met on Saturday last, to receive the Report of the special committee, appointed to confer with the board of trade on the subject of the late orders of Council.—The following is the report received on that occasion, which was ordered to be published, for the information of American traders in general.
"That American vessels cannot sail in any instance direct from the ports of the United States to any port of the enemy in Europe. American vessels may proceed from the ports of the U. States to the port of the colonies belonging to the enemy, and direct back to the ports of the United States. The order does not prohibit them from going direct from the ports of this kingdom to the colonial ports in the West India Islands belonging to the enemy; and it is not intended to prevent them from proceeding

from this kingdom with colonial produce to the enemy's ports, whenever parliament shall have decided on the duties to be imposed on such exportation.
American vessels may continue to trade from the ports of this kingdom to the ports of the enemy, and from the ports of the enemy to this kingdom, and from the ports of his majesty's allies to the enemy's ports, but not from the enemy's ports to the ports of his majesty's allies direct, nor from American to the ports of his majesty's allies with colonial produce. There is reason to believe that an order of council will issue, regulating the periods at which notice shall be considered to have been received of the orders in council of the 11th inst. in the United States of America; by which regulation vessels that shall have cleared or shall clear out from any port in America before the 20th of January next shall be considered as having cleared out before notice of the order; and vessels which shall clear out between the 20th of January and the 10th of February, will be liable to be detained, subject to the question, whether they had begun to be laden before notice had arrived at the port from whence they sailed. From the 10th of February, all American vessels will be considered as having begun to lade after notice, and will thereby be subject to the provisions of the aforesaid orders.
"Certificates of origin will not be required to be delivered up which may be on board vessels which shall have sailed previous to the notice of this order, at the port from whence they sailed.
"There is also reason to believe that no duty is intended to be laid on the re-exportation of any articles which are the produce of the soil of neutral nations with the exception of cotton; and that the trade between this country and the ports of the enemy's colonies by neutrals, will be regulated by licence, and confined to the export of British manufactures, until the meeting of Parliament: and that the trade between this country by neutrals, with the colonies of the enemy in the West Indies and South America, will be placed on the same footing.
JOHN GRAY, sec."
"American Consulate, Hamburg, Nov. 4, 1807. To masters of American ships bound to Hamburg."
"In the present unprecedented crisis, such great and almost daily changes take place, and the measures of the belligerents affecting commerce are put into such immediate operation, that it is impossible for the most prudent, with the best intentions, to avoid the injuries which, on every side, lay in wait for fair neutral trade.
"It is therefore by no means my intention to assume any controul in the destination of your ships, but merely to state such facts as it is important you should know. In this measure my own opinion has been fortified by those of the most respectable merchants here in connection with my country, expressed to me in their written request.
"The French custom house officers, or Douaniers, without any official intimation to the foreign agents here, have some time since, in virtue of an imperial decree, applied the commercial regulations and laws of France to the trade of this city, and without any exceptions, require certificates of origin, signed by the French consul at the place of shipment, for all articles attempted to be introduced here. In addition to the inconveniences which the prompt and unexpected execution of this measure presented, within a few days, a new order of the French emperor has interdicted, in the most rigid manner, the navigation of the Elbe and Weser to all ships, whether going or coming; and, in consequence of it, the American ship Julius Henry, coming from Baltimore, has been seized, the cargo has been sequestered, the ship has been liberated, but without any freight, and must remain under an embargo, of which the term cannot be foreseen.
"Under this state of things, it must occur to every one, that it cannot promote the interest confided to you to enter either of these rivers. Having stated this much, I can only leave you to follow the dictates of your own prudence, assuring you that I shall endeavor to send you new advices by the 1st of Dec. or sooner, if any favorable change takes place.
"J. M. FORBES."
"Consul of the U. S. of America." [Here follows a list of Articles permitted to be imported into Hamburg, with certificates of origin, signed by the French consul, at the place of shipment.]
NEW-YORK, Jan. 30.
Arrived the schr. War Hawk, Champlings Point Petre. (G.) 17 days. Just after sailing was boarded by the Leopard and treated politely. A pilot boat schr. arrived there in 10 days from New-York, with the news of the embargo; but although she had been there 5 or 6 days before the War-Hawk sailed this event was not publicly known. A number, however, guessed there was an embargo in America as all kind of American produce took rise immediately after the arrival of the boat.
THE LATEST FROM FRANCE.
From the N. York Ev. Post, of Saturday last.
To the politeness of a merchant of this city, we are indebted for a file of Hamburg and Leydon Gazettes to the 2d of December. Such translations as we could procure in time for this evening's paper follow:—The following official documents shew the hand of Joab.
RENSBURGH, Nov. 6.
The proclamation relative to the suspending of all commerce and communication with the enemy of the country, for the dukedom of Sleeswick and Holstein, is as follows.
We Christian the Seventh, by the grace of God, king of Denmark Norway, &c. by these presents make known, that all commerce and communication between us and our kingdom's enemies, being already in itself a crime—particularly in this present unfortunate war—In conformity to our decree of the 9th Sept. in this present year, and in order that no commerce or communication may take place—We have judged it to be right, and expedient exemplarily to punish all those who shall be found delinquents in this our royal mandate and to determine as follows:
1st All persons who have any commerce with the subjects of Great Britain, without exception, shall be punished with the most rigorous imprisonment; and this intercourse being of such a nature as to be deemed treason, the delinquents shall suffer death.
2d. And as a further penalty, all goods, wares and merchandise proceeding from such commerce shall be confiscated. Whenever such goods cannot be found the culprit forfeits the value thereof.
3d. All those who shall give information of any one found in the trade and commerce afore stated, shall receive from our royal treasury a reward of from 50 to 100 rix dollars, which shall be replaced from the property of the culprit.
4th. Besides the reward stated in the above 3d article, the informer or informers shall receive one half of the value of the goods confiscated.
Of all which my subjects are to take due notice, and demean themselves accordingly.
Given in our city and fortification of Rendsburg, Oct. 30, 1807.
From a late Cork paper.
The country, which we should be disposed most kindly towards, but which comes most under the operation of the late Decrees of Council, is America—to her they will be especially injurious; but she even did not remonstrate, that we know of, against the unjust and unexampled persecution of France against our trade, and consequently in a great degree against her own. Her intercourse with the French and Spanish West-India Islands, which formed the most lucrative branch of her commerce, will suffer heavily by the blockade system, if not be utterly destroyed. It will injure all her foreign trade, which a reference to the shipping lists of London and Liverpool, and of New-York, Philadelphia, Boston, Baltimore, &c. &c. will prove that to be immense.—Lloyd's Lists, within a very short period, lately, had 238 arrivals of American ships with cargoes, in the United States, from different quarters of the world. There are few of these that would not have come within the blockading system, and it therefore may be judged how materially American commerce will be affected by its future execution. We can only repeat our regret for what is likely to result, but we could not recommend any reduction of that spirit which is manifested in the late order. It is as incumbent upon Bonaparte to relax in his system as for his Majesty—he is the author of it. And America, or any other country, may as fairly expect that he will abandon his strictness, as that our Sovereign shall relinquish his. He must first give way, and until he does, we trust to see our plans operating with undiminished vigour.
NEW-YORK, Jan. 31.
The ship Suffolk from London, whose arrival we noticed yesterday, was boarded on the 6th of December, by a British man of war brig, bound from Lisbon for England, from whom she received information that 13,000 French troops had entered the capital of Portugal; and that the Portuguese fleet had been joined by an English squadron, under the command of sir Sidney Smith, off the Tagus.
One of the passengers in the Suffolk is the bearer of dispatches from Mr. Pinckney to the government of the United States. He received them on the 17th of November.... They were forwarded to Washington yesterday morning.
From the N. York Gazette.
Captain Dill, who arrived last evening, sailed from Bordeaux on the 5th of December. The Embargo, which had been laid in consequence of the sailing of the two frigates, which have arrived at Martinique, was raised on the 4th of December.
[WAR.]
Capt. D. is the bearer of Dispatches from Mr. LEE, our consul at Bordeaux, to the Secretary of State, mentioning, that he had just received news of the Algerines having declared war against the U. States; and that an American vessel had been captured by an Algerine corsair, but was afterwards retaken by her crew, and had arrived at Leghorn. The Algerines had also declared war against France.
The vessel above alluded to was the sch'r Mariana, capt. Sheffield from New York for Leghorn. Capt. S. retook her, threw four Turks overboard, put four ashore, and carried the prize-master and schooner safe into Naples.
[PROSPECTS OF WAR.]
Capt. Dill and the passengers inform, that the general opinion in France was, that if the United States adjusted their differences with England, Bonaparte would declare war against this country.
We have seen a letter from Bordeaux to a respectable house in this city, of the 30th of Nov. which states, that the Algerines had commenced hostilities against the U. States, and had captured several of our vessels.
Another letter from France says, "We have for some time entertained fears that a peace with Great Britain would provoke measures from this government hostile to your commerce, and this opinion is now confirmed by those of my very intelligent and well informed correspondents in Paris."
Another letter from France says, "The emperor is determined to destroy England, at all events, and calculates on your joining him for this purpose. He says no atonement should be expected for the affair of the Chesapeake—and if America is so base as to make it up with England, he would wage war against her."
The blockading decree of England reached Bordeaux just before the Lorenzo sailed—an immediate rise of colonial produce of course took place—Coffee got up to 90 cents.
Baltimore Federal Gazette, Feb. 4.
The National Intelligencer received to day, contradicts the account of Burr and Blannerhasset having arrived at Chillicothe—and says, it is "whispered" at Chillicothe that the conspirators were assembling at N. Orleans.
Capt. Urann who arrived at Boston yesterday se'night from Leghorn, which he left on the 14th Oct. informs, that the Americans there had addressed a memorial to Gen. Armstrong, complaining of their being detained, under Bonaparte's Decree, as having cargoes of British manufacture or growth; praying that he would use his influence that they might be liberated, or their fate, in some way be decided.
Extract of a letter from a gentleman at the seat of government, to his friend in Baltimore, dated Feb. 4, 1808.
"The subject of the removal of the seat of government to Philadelphia, which has lately been brought forward here, has excited an anxiety among the citizens of Washington which it is impossible to describe: The galleries of the house of representatives are crowded with spectators. This, indeed, is natural enough, when it is considered that hundreds of people would be ruined by such a measure. To a candid and disinterested person there appears to be not a single solid reason for removing the seat of government; while every principle of justice and humanity, of law and public faith, would be violated
by it. The constitution, too, evidently contemplated, that when the district of ten miles square was accepted by congress, it should become the permanent seat of government. On the faith of this, and on the public declarations of the government, have numerous and respectable citizens, from all parts of the United States, and even from Europe, embarked their fortunes in the purchase of property in this place.
"Some insinuations have been made that this measure is sanctioned by high-handed intriguers, who figured away finely on a recent occasion of no common importance to the republic. It has at the same time given rise to something like juvenile mobbing. I detest any thing in the shape of a mob, as much as I dislike Mr. Sloan's attempt to wrest from us our property and our hopes, in the violation of public faith. Quere, whether would the full grown mob of a large city be less troublesome to members of congress than is the impertinence of a few clamorous boys?"
LONDON, November 25.
It is the opinion of the American merchants that a war between France and the United States is likely. The gentlemen lately arrived from France in the American ship Apollo, are said to have hastened their departure, in consequence of the strong appearances of a rupture between the two countries; they are all American citizens.
The discussions that have lately taken place between the governments of France and America, have probably originated in Bonaparte's rigorous enforcement of his restrictions upon neutral commerce. But why did not America dispute the right to impose such restrictions in the first instance, rather than quarrel with the execution of them now, a twelve-month after they been virtually in force? she submits tamely to the enactment of a law hostile to her rights as an independent nation, and to the interests of her subjects as a commercial people, she has to elude this law by forged certificates, false bills of lading, and in short, by such arts and subterfuges as would disgrace a common smuggler; and only now complains because the rigour of Corsican tyranny keeps pace with the dexterity of her evasion.
The Victory American ship, it now appears was seized at Cherbourg. She came direct from New-York laden with sugar and coffee. It is added that an order had been sent to all the French ports, and those under her influence to detain all American vessels for the present.
CONGRESS.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
February 8.
Proceedings this day.
The message from the President (received yesterday) was read, transmitting a copy of the late decrees of the British government. The measure was as follows:—
To the Senate and house of Representatives of the U. States.
"Having received an official communication of certain orders of the British government against maritime rights of neutrals, bearing date the 11th November, 1807. I transmit them to Congress, as a farther proof of the increasing dangers to our navigation and commerce which led to the provident act of the present session laying an embargo on our own vessels.
TH: JEFFERSON.
February 2.
Mr. Dana moved that the message & documents be referred to the committee of commerce and manufactures.
Mr. Love moved that it be referred to the committee of the whole on the state of the Union.
Mr. Rowan hoped it would lie on the table. Nothing could be done with it when referred to the committee. The President had only intended by transmitting these documents, to shew the policy of the embargo measure. It was probable that in the course of a few days the President might feel it his duty to make some communication relative to the workings of France on the same subject. By referring this message to any committee, it would excite anxiety in the public mind.
Mr. Love was unwilling to excite public apprehension; but he wished this subject to be referred to a committee of the whole on the state of the Union, in order that it might be acted on at some future period. He could not attribute to the executive department a wish to give a popular tone to any measure of the government. He considered the mes-

sage as a manly expression of opinion; and he could not consent to cast an odium upon it, particularly when so congenial to the general sentiment of the nation.
Mr. Smilie contended that these documents were too important to be referred to a select committee. He acknowledged that we must know something more about the state of the negotiation before we could act upon the subject; but he wished them to be referred to a committee of the whole on the state of the union, in order that they might be acted on when circumstances should require.
They were then referred to the committee of the whole on the state of the union, yeas 87.
The house then took up Mr. Sloan's resolution, for the removal of the seat of government to Philadelphia.
Mr. Lewis's motion to postpone the resolution indefinitely, under consideration.
Considerable debate took place on the resolution. Messrs. Gardnier and Bacon, spoke in favor of it, Messrs. Eppes and Love, against it.
The house adjourned without coming to any decision.
The arguments used on the subject were few, although the speeches were long. The principal ones against the resolution were, that the congress had no constitutional right to remove the seat of government; that the law expressly declared that this should be the permanent seat of government; that the words of the constitution naturally inferred the same thing; that by removing it, the faith of the nation would be violated; that if once removed, it could be removed again; that hundreds of people would be thereby ruined; that congress ought not to assemble in a large city; that they could be as well accommodated here as in Philadelphia; and that the continual motions made to remove, was the cause of retarding the growth of this city. On the other hand it was contended, that as there was no such expression in the constitution as the word permanent as it respected the seat of government, congress had a right to repeal it; that one congress had no right to fix where another should assemble; that this city was a continual sinking fund to the nation; that it was a child of speculation; that the members of congress could not be accommodated; and that experience had shown, that it would never be a place of any consequence. [A great concourse of people attended the house.]
THURSDAY, February 4. The following message was received from the President and with the documents enclosed ordered to be printed. To the House of Representatives of the United States.
In my message of January 20, I stated that some papers forwarded by Mr. Daniel Clark of New-Orleans, to the secretary of state in 1802, had not then been found in the office of state, and that a letter had been addressed to the former chief Clerk, in the hope that he might advise where they should be sought for. By indications from him they are now found. Among them are two letters from the Baron de Carondolet to an officer serving under him at a separate post; in which his views of a dismemberment of our union are expressed. Extracts of so much of these letters as are within the scope of the resolution of the house are now communicated. With these were found the letters written by Mr. Clarke to the secretary of state in 1803. A part only of these relates to this subject, and is extracted and enclosed for the information of the house. In no part of the papers communicated by Mr. Clarke, which are voluminous and in different languages, nor in his letters have we found any information of the corrupt receipt of money by any officer of the U. S. from any foreign agents for dismembering the union; these papers or letters offer nothing but what was probably known to my predecessors, or which would call anew for enquiries which they had not thought necessary to institute, when the facts were recent and could be better proved. They probably believed it best to let pass into oblivion, transactions which, however culpable, had commenced before this government existed, and had been finally extinguished by the treaty of 1795.
TH: JEFFERSON. February 4, 1808.
February 5. Mr. Masters offered the following resolution, but afterwards withdrew it: Resolved, That a committee be appointed to inquire into the loss or gain to the treasury of the U. S. attendant on a removal of the seat of government from the city of Washington.
The house then took up Mr. Sloan's resolution for removing the seat of government.
Mr. Sloan immediately WITHDREW it.
Mr. Blount RESUMED it, declaring at the same time that he should afterwards make a motion to repeal the funding system!
The ayes and noes were called for and taken on considering the resolution, as resumed; and it was REJECTED. For considering it 31, against it, 66.
Mr. Lewis then offered the following resolution: Resolved, That it is expedient to remove the seat of government from the city of Washington, and not warranted by public policy.
Mr. Lewis called for the ayes and noes on considering the Resolution. They were taken, and were, ayes 69 noes 58.
Mr. Gardnier, after a few observations offered the following resolution, to be added to Mr. Lewis's.
Resolved, That it is expedient at this time to call on the secretary of the treasury, or other department of the government, for any information tending to shew whether a removal of the seat of government from this place would not produce a saving of 200,000 dollars annually.
Resolved, That it is inexpedient to give those in favor of a removal an opportunity to produce any documents tending to convince the people of these United States that a removal would be beneficial to the nation.
Mr. Milner moved, that the further consideration of these resolutions be postponed until the first Monday in March.
Mr. Gardnier withdrew his resolution.
The question was then taken by ayes and noes on the motion for postponement, and it was lost, ayes 35, noes 86.
Mr. Macon then offered to amend the resolution submitted by Mr. Lewis, as follows; Resolved, that to remove the seat of government from the city of Washington in the district of Columbia, is a breach of the public faith, and contrary to the constitution of the U. States.
Before the question was taken on the resolution, the house adjourned.
MARTINSBURG, February 12.
A letter from a member of Congress to his friend in Philadelphia, dated Jan. 27, says, that it is understood, from authority of the highest respectability, that our differences with England will be honorably adjusted, without the necessity of resorting to war; and that the embargo will be taken off immediately on agreeing to a treaty with England.
A London date of the 24th November repeats that dispatches from the French minister in this country to his government have been intercepted on board the Caroline from New-York to Cherbourg, and they are confidentially said to contain secrets of the first importance relative to projects between France and our Administration. [North American]
Extract from Mr. RANDOLPH's speech, on his introducing Mr. Clark's affidavit, relative to general Wilkinson:
"The proofs, Mr. Speaker, which has this day been produced against your general in chief, together with what I hold in my hand, will convince you, sir and the world, that he is a base TRAITOR; believe me, Mr. Speaker, that this poison, this infectious, corrupted disease, is not confined to your general alone, it has, to the disgrace of the American character, I am sorry to say, extended to the army under your general's command! The very stores which descended the Ohio for the Burr conspiracy, were taken, sir from the American arsenal. "
Political Turpitude.—The following articles are copied from the Boston Gazette:
FROM WASHINGTON.
"It may be relied on as a fact, that application has been made on the part of the administration, to a member of one of the principal delegations in the house of representatives of the United States, to know what portion of them would vote for a DECLARATION OF WAR, against Great Britain, if such a measure should be proposed. It is also certain that official enquiry has been made, whether federalists, in some of the states, would accept military commissions; and on the whole it appears too evident that we are to be plunged into a war for reasons which no man can explain."
[We differ from the writer of this letter, in his conclusion of war between the
United States and Great Britain. What ever might have been the disposition of certain minds on that subject, we believe in an honorable and amicable termination of Mr. Rose's mission.]
(Phil. Register.)
Mr. Grey, a democratic member from Virginia, returned Mr. Bradley the following answer to his circular notice of a Caucus for the nomination of Candidates for the offices of President and Vice President of the United States.
"SIR, Your proclamation dated the 18th instant and addressed to me I have just received, and I take the earliest moment to declare my abhorrence of the usurpation of power declared to be vested in you—of your mandatory style and the object contemplated. I deny that you possess any right to call upon the republican members of Congress or other persons at this time and place to attend a caucus for the presidential election. You must permit me to remind you that it was a far different purpose for which my constituents reposed their confidence in me. I cannot consent either in an individual or representative capacity to countenance by my presence the midnight intrigues of any set of men who may arrogate to themselves the right (which belongs only to the people) of selecting proper persons to fill the important offices of President and Vice President, nor do I suppose that the honest people of these United States can much longer suffer in silence so direct and palpable an invasion upon the most important and sacred right belonging exclusively to them."
From LONDON, Nov. 12.
The treaty of partition or plunder of the Turkish empire is said to have been signed by France, Russia and Austria, the two first of which powers expressed such moral and virtuous indignation against us on account of the attack upon Denmark.
The following is the division of the plunder.
France is to reserve for her share the provinces bordering on the Adriatic, the Seven Islands, the Morea and Egypt.
Austria is to have Servia, Bosnia and part of Wallachia.
And to the lot of Russia will fall the other part of Wallachia, Bessarabia, Moldavia and the island of Candia. The destiny of Constantinople is said not to be fixed—but Bonaparte will probably send some Caulincourt or Hulin to Constantinople, who will organize the means for making the throne vacant, and for paving the way for some of the illustrious members of the Bonaparte family.
VIRGINIA LEGISLATURE.
[From the Enquirer of the 2d inst.]
Yesterday the house of delegates received a message from the senate, stating that they had passed the bill "to organize and establish a superior court of law in each county of this commonwealth," with amendments, to which they requested the concurrence of the house of delegates. These amendments were agreed to. They do not affect the principle of the bill, but only touch some of its details. This bill has therefore passed into a law. The bill concerning the sale of property under executions and incumbrances, also passed into a law yesterday. Some opposition ensued between the two houses, respecting some amendments introduced by the senate, the two principals of which related to deeds of trust, and subjecting the bank equally with other creditors to the operation of this law. The house of delegates finally receded on these points. We shall lay these two acts before our readers, as soon as we can obtain a correct copy.
* It does not go into operation before the first of June.
EMBARGO.
IF backwards the word of 'Embargo' be read,
Then, 'O-grab-me' will plainly be seen, And again, if the syllables backwards be led.
'Go-bar-em' will shew what I mean.
With a spell necromantic this word is possess'd,
For if we the letters transpose,
'Twill evince the effects, which by some are profess'd,
And a 'Mob-rage' 'twill clearly disclose.
The Supreme Court of the U. States commenced its session at the seat of government, 1st inst. Chief Justice Marshall, Judges Chase, Washington, Livingston, Cushing, and Moore attended.
FOR THE INTELLIGENCER.
Mr. ALBURTIS, SIR,
I have said that the supposed machinations of Col. Burr would terminate in advantages to this country, which could not have resulted from any other condition of things. To secure from subversion the Mexican government was the foundation of the Spanish conspiracy which pervaded the States and Territories of the Mississippi.—And to throw into contempt, the republican systems of government, and frighten the Mexicans from the inhibition of such wild notions, those States and Territories were to be revolutionised and placed under the monarchical patronage of Spain. Col. Burr certainly had his object, and gen. Wilkinson as certainly had his. Their objects were different. The one respected the U. States, and the other the Mexican revolution.
The letter of general Wilkinson to Governor Gayoso, dated September 22d, 1796, states clearly the intention in the formation of the conspiracy, and that the security of the Mexican provinces was a primary consideration. Gen. Wayne who understood the use of the Bayonet, but who knew nothing of Cyphers and Hieroglyphics, involved himself and others in difficulties in 1794, and thereby gave advantages where they ought not to have existed. I was myself a subject of this involuton, and his death, previous to the contemplated enquiry, struck out from the chain of investigation, the chief link of correct exposition. But the facts now before the public, must necessarily eventuate in that species of development, which, however, shrouded by interested artifices of deception, and borne down by the influence of an ambiguous patronage, can alone satisfy an enquiring public.
Some doubts having arisen respecting the authenticity of the letter from Gen. Wilkinson to Governor Gayoso, I hesitate not to reply to certain interrogatories concerning that letter.—That I am the person alluded to as having been suborned by Gen. Wayne, and then bribed to leave the country. And I further reply that Gov. Gayoso and Thomas Power were extremely anxious on that occasion. From my situation I wished to be present in any contest between gen. Wayne and gen. Wilkinson, and for this purpose proposed to Th: Power to return to Kentucky with him. This proposition, however, was rejected, and I was detained at Natchez till after the death of gen. Wayne, and then was permitted to return and my expenses were defrayed by Philip Nolan. There can be no doubt in my mind respecting the authenticity of the letter, because I am , in part, the subject of it, and the request which it conveyed was certainly strictly attended to by the governor and Mr. Power. As to my being suborned in the one case, and bribed in the other, it will be unnecessary for me, at this time, to make any remarks....It is no uncommon thing for whole nations to be deceived, and there never was a more copious flood of deception let loose on any occasion than on this of Wilkinson and Burr.
R. NEWMAN. Mill-Creek, Berkeley county, } 8th February, 1808. }
THE FULL-BRED HORSE
ARAB,
(The property of William Lovell, Esq. of Culpeper,)
WILL stand the ensuing season at my residence near Charles Town, Jefferson County. He is an elegant Bay and nearly sixteen hands high. Arab was out of Betsy Lewis, and foaled the property of William Herndon of Fredericksburg, on the 9th of June, 1804.... He was got by the imported horse Bedford. Betsy Lewis by the imported horse Shark, her dam by Lindsey's Arabian, grand dam by Mark Anthony, g. g. dam by Silver Eye, g. g. g. dam by Crawford, g. g. g. g. dam by Janus, g. g. g. g. g. dam was an imported mare. The above pedigree, which I have in the hand writing and verified by the oath of William Herndon, Esq. his elegant form and superior beauty, entitle Arab to rank with any horse raised on the continent. The terms of his services will be advertised at the commencement of the season.
JOHN YATES. Feb. 12, 1808.

FALL and WINTER GOODS.
THE subscribers inform their friends (customers at a distance) and the public in general, that they are now opening, at their store (by the Market-House) in Shepherd's-Town, a very extensive and complete assortment of
Fresh Woolen Goods,
together with the most elegant assortment of
Nice Fancy Goods,
ever opened in this part of the country; all which will sell very cheap, by wholesale and retail.
JAMES & JOHN LANE.
P. S. They continue to give the highest price in Cash for Hides and Skins—and have prime Soap, Upper and Harness Leather, with nice Calf-Skins and Boot-Legs for sale.
Shepherd's-Town, Novr. 13, 1807.
COMMITTED to the Jail of Jefferson County, in November last, a NEGRO MAN who calls himself DAVID, about five feet eight or nine inches high, has on a blue coat, osnaburg trousers and a muslin shirt—appears to be about 22 or 23 years of age, and says he belongs to a gentleman of the name of Christopher Robinson, of Cumberland County, Virginia. If not taken out, he will be sold for his Jail fees, as the law directs.
WILLIAM MALIN, Jailor. January 29, 1808.
THE subscriber wishes to dispose of the running-gears of a good
Plantation WAGGON,
JOHN B. CRAGHILL. January 29, 1808.
Land for sale.
THE subscriber offers for sale that beautiful small FARM, where Jacob Miller, deceased, formerly lived, lying in Jefferson County, Virginia, on the road leading from Shepherd's-Town to Charles-Town, five miles from each place; this tract contains one hundred acres of limestone Land, about two-thirds cleared, and the balance clothed with good timber, with a stream of water running through the same; the improvements are two dwelling houses, barn and stable, Blacksmith shop, and a very convenient Distillery, with overhead water; there is also, about eight acres of meadow and about one hundred fruit-trees; the farm and buildings are in good repair. For terms apply to the subscriber living on the premises.
HENRY MILLER. Jefferson County, Jan. 22, 1808.
Flour Carriage.
ANY person wishing to send Flour down the Potomak to market, may have it speedily conveyed whenever the river will admit boats to pass, by applying to the subscriber, at the mouth of Opecon.
JAMES FOREMAN. December 18, 1807.
Berkeley, ss. December Court, 1807. Philemon Chenoweth, Complainant, AGAINST Richard Chenoweth, Defendant, IN CHANCERY.
THE defendant, Richard Chenoweth, not having entered his appearance agreeable to an act of Assembly and the rules of this court, and it appearing to the satisfaction of the Court, that he is not an inhabitant of this Commonwealth, on the motion of the complainant by his counsel, it is ordered, that the said Richard Chenoweth do appear here on the Monday after the third Tuesday in March next, to answer the bill of the complainant, and that a copy of this order be forthwith inserted in the Berkeley and Jefferson Intelligencer for two months successively, and published at the door of the Court-House of said County.
A Copy. Teste, DAVID HUNTER, c.b.c.
Berkeley, ss. December Court, 1807. Luke Teirnan, Complainant, AGAINST William Hylton, William Alexander and John Smith, Def'ts. IN CHANCERY.
THE defendant William Hylton, not having entered his appearance agreeable to an act of Assembly and the rules of this Court, and it appearing to the satisfaction of the Court, that he is not an inhabitant of this Commonwealth, on the motion of the complainant, by his counsel, it is ordered, that the said William Hylton do appear here on the Monday after the third Tuesday in March next, to answer the bill of the complainant, and that a copy of this order be forthwith inserted in the Berkeley and Jefferson Intelligencer for two months successively, and published at the door of the Court-House of said County.
A Copy. Teste, DAVID HUNTER, c.b.c.
Berkeley, ss. October Court, 1807. Amos Nichols, Complainant, AGAINST James Kennedy, Defendant, IN CHANCERY.
THE defendant, James Kennedy, not having entered his appearance agreeable to an act of Assembly and the rules of this Court, and it appearing to the satisfaction of the Court, that he is not an inhabitant of this Commonwealth, on the motion of the Complainant by his Counsel, it is ordered, that said James Kennedy, do appear here on the Monday after the third Tuesday in March next, to answer the bill of the Complainant, and that a copy of this order be forthwith inserted in the Berkeley and Jefferson Intelligencer for two months successively, and published at the door of the Court-House of said County.
A Copy. Teste, DAVID HUNTER, c.b.c.
Berkeley, ss. February Court, 1805. Michael M'Kewan, Complainant, AGAINST Abraham Davenport, } Defendants, and Adrian Davenport, } IN CHANCERY.
THE defendant, Adrian Davenport, not having entered his appearance agreeable to an act of Assembly and the rules of this Court, and it appearing to the satisfaction of the Court, that he is not an inhabitant of this Commonwealth, on the motion of the Complainant by his Counsel, it is ordered, that said Adrian Davenport, do appear here on the Monday after the third Tuesday in February next, to answer the bill of the Complainant, and that a copy of this order be forthwith inserted in the Berkeley and Jefferson Intelligencer for two months successively, and published at the door of the Court-House of said County.
A Copy. Teste, DAVID HUNTER, c.b.c.
Berkeley, ss. November Court, 1807. James Horton & John M. Read, Comp'ts, AGAINST Alexander Porterfield } Defendants, and James Wilson, } IN CHANCERY.
THE defendant, Alexander Porterfield, not having entered his appearance agreeable to an act of Assembly and the rules of this court, and it appearing to the satisfaction of the Court, that he is not an inhabitant of this Commonwealth, on the motion of the complainants by their counsel, it is ordered, that the said Alexander Porterfield do appear here on the Monday after the third Tuesday in March next, to answer the bill of the complainants, and that a copy of this order be forthwith inserted in the Berkeley and Jefferson Intelligencer for two months successively, and published at the door of the Court-House of said County.
A Copy. Teste, DAVID HUNTER, c.b.c.
WE have now on hand, a very complete assortment of Antietam BAR-IRON, THOMAS C. SMITH, & Co. Martinsburg, January 15, 1808.
Berkeley, ss. December Court, 1807. Albert Stephen, Complainant, AGAINST Denis Cahill, executor of James Quinn, deceased, Luke Teirnan and Joseph Minghini, Def'ts. IN CHANCERY.
THE defendants, Denis Cahill and Luke Teirnan, not having entered their appearance agreeable to an act of Assembly and the rules of this Court and it appearing to the satisfaction of the Court, that they are not inhabitants of this Commonwealth, on the motion of the complainant, by his counsel, it is ordered, that the said Denis Cahill and Luke Teirnan do appear here on the Monday after the third Tuesday in March next, to answer the bill of the complainant, and that a copy of this order be forthwith inserted in the Berkeley and Jefferson Intelligencer for two months successively, and published at the door of the Court-House of said County.
A copy. Teste, DAVID HUNTER, c.b.c.
Berkeley, ss. December Court, 1807. Luke Pentoney and wife, Comp'ts, AGAINST Denis Cahill, executor of James Quinn, deceased, Luke Teirnan and Joseph Minghini, Def'ts. IN CHANCERY.
THE defendants, Denis Cahill and Luke Teirnan, not having entered their appearance agreeable to an act of Assembly and the rules of this Court, and it appearing to the satisfaction of the Court, that they are not inhabitants of this Commonwealth, on the motion of the complainants, by their counsel, it is ordered, that the said Denis Cahill and Luke Teirnan do appear here on the Monday after the third Tuesday in March next, to answer the bill of the complainants, and that a copy of this order be forthwith inserted in the Berkeley and Jefferson Intelligencer, for two months successively, and published at the door of the Court-House of said County.
A copy. Teste, DAVID HUNTER, c.b.c.
JUST RECEIVED, an assortment of
Fresh Goods,
Among which are: Superfine, Common and 25 cent Callicoos, Assorted. A few pieces real Spider-net, Superfine Leno Muslins, 4-4 and 6-4 Cambricks assorted, President's Cords, Men's fine HATS, Plush bonnets, Leghorn do. assorted, Tabby Vesting, Cambric, Common and Diaper Dimmettes, First quality new Cotton, India Muslins, Herrings, Salmon, Crowley and Blistered Steel, &c. L. PRICE. Martinsburg, January 15, 1808.
NEARLY two years have elapsed since the dissolution of the partnership of Morrow & Brown, during which time I have anxiously been waiting for those persons indebted to said concern to come forward and discharge their respective accounts, in which I have been disappointed—I now request all those indebted to said concern, or to myself in any manner whatever, to make immediate payment to Mr. Robert Worthington, whom I have authorised to receive the same—Those who neglect attending to this notice, within a short time, must calculate upon suits being commenced, as it is impossible to give any longer indulgence.
JOHN MORROW. Shepherd's-Town, Nov. 27, 1807.
THE partnership of Davenport & Willett, was dissolved by mutual consent on the 1st day of January, 1808. All persons indebted to said firm, are requested to come forward and settle their respective accounts immediately; all persons having claims against said firm, are also requested to bring them forward for settlement.
DAVENPORT & WILLETT. Jan. 15, 1808.
Cash given for clean Linen and Cotton RAGS at this Office.
Virginia Lands For Sale.
THE subscriber offers for sale several Tracts of Limestone Land, of the first rate quality, containing from 150 to 300 acres, well watered and timbered, lying within half a mile of the Potomak river, in Berkeley County, about seven miles above Williamsport and ten from Martinsburg. For terms apply to the subscriber on the premises.
GEORGE NEWKIRK.
September 18, 1807.
THE subscriber offers for sale, at a moderate price, the Farm lately occupied and owned by Alexander Pitt Buchanan, Esq. in the County of Jefferson, Virginia, consisting of about 900 acres; it has on it a valuable Mill-Seat, a large proportion of Wood Land, is well improved, and is inferior to none in its neighbourhood for the production of Corn and small grain. It lies in the neighbourhood of, and includes Lee-Town, adjoining the lands of Mr. Rich Willis, Mr. Wever, Mr. Dandridge and Mr. Baylor, on two great public roads, ten miles from Martinsburg, the same distance from Shepherd's-Town, and six from Charles-Town. This Estate is conveyed to the subscriber for the purpose of raising money to pay certain debts. An undoubted title can be made, and possession given immediately.—Application may be made to the subscriber, living in Charles-Town, Jefferson County, Virginia.
JOHN DIXON.
December 18, 1807.
NOTICE.
A BARGAIN may be had in the purchase of the places where John Files 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.
THE subscriber has a good road Waggon and five valuable Horses, completely equiped for the roads, which he will sell very low for cash, or on a long credit, or will barter for a tract of good Land, well situated, and pay the balance in cash.
He wants to purchase twenty or thirty young thriving Steers, for keeping over winter, for which a generous price will be given in cash—Apply to
WILLIAM WILSON. Prospect-Hill, December 25, 1807.
PUBLIC NOTICE.
ALL those indebted to me, by bond, note or book account, in the store at Darkesville, are earnestly requested to come forward and settle their respective dues before the 10th of March; as the subscriber has indulged many too long, he hopes none will fail to attend to this, as a speedy settlement must take place.
IGNATIUS O'FERRALL. Feb. 5, 1808.
WRITING PAPER For sale at this Office.
A variety of BLANKS For sale at this Office.
MARTINSBURG, Berkeley County, Virginia; Printed and published by JOHN ALBURTIS.
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