Norfolk gazette and publick ledger (Norfolk [Va.]), 1806-06-25 00:00:00

NORFOLK GAZETTE AND PUBLICK LEDGER.
VOL. II.]
WEDNESDAY EVENING, JUNE 25, 1806.
[NO. 147.]
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 Sale, Freight, or Charter, The Schooner FAIR AMERICAN, Burthen about 500 barrels, now in complete order to receive a cargo. Apply to James Wallace. June 23. 859
For AMSTERDAM. The coppered Ship ALEXANDER, John Roach, master, can take three hundred hogsheads on freight. For terms apply to Moses Myers. June 20. 852
For Sale, or Charter, The good Brig HARRIOT, Capt. Wells, burthen 1000 barrels—can be ready to receive cargo in three days. Apply to the master, or to Christopher Fry. June 20. 847
FOR LIVERPOOL. The fast sailing American SHIP ABERDEEN, Will be ready to receive a cargo in ten days. For freight or passage, apply to J. & W. Southgate. June 20. 847
Who have for SALE, on board said Ship, A few thousand bushels Ise of May Salt, which will be sold low if taken from along side. June 16. 836
For Freight, or Charter, To a port in Spain, Portugal, or the West-Indies. The Brig CATHARINE, Capt. Callahan, burthen 1400 barrels, and in a few days will be ready to receive. Apply to Robert Dickson. June 11. 828
Who has Stored, SUGAR in hds. tierces and barrels, COFFEE in Bags and Casks, RUM: Madeira, Port and Teneriffe WINES, and a parcel Clipped LOGWOOD. June 16. 837
For Sale or Charter, The American Ship MINERVA, about 550 hds. burthen, a port dore will be preferred. Apply to Capt. Hall on board, or to Christopher Fry. June 11. 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. 811
FOR LONDON, Direct, The fine fast sailing Ship ELEANOR, B. Lord, Master, eight months old, and burthen 400 hogsheads. For freight or passage, (having elegant accommodations) apply to captain Lord on board, or to N. HERON. June 6. 814
For Freight or Charter, The good American Ship SUFFOLK, John Thomas, Master, burthen about 320 hogsheads 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 Hds. and 20 Barrels N. E. RUM, 30 Barrels No. 2 BEEF—50 Boxes Havana SEGARS, entitled to drawback. June 4. 803
For Freight or Charter, The Ship WILLIAM, Capt. Tucker, burthen 400 hds. is now ready to receive a cargo. Apply to MOSES MYERS. June 4. 804
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 25. 764
The SHIP ECHO, 300 hogsheads burthen, is offered for sale or charter; she is now ready to receive a cargo. Apply to C. & F. Whittle. April 30. 708
Who are landing from on board said Ship a parcel of very First quality SUGARS, in large hogsheads and barrels—IN STORE, BOTTLED PORTER & ALE, fit for immediate use. April 30. 708
For CHARTER, The good Ship FAME, 315 hds. 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. 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. 728
FOR SALE, 4 Cases BRITTANIAS, 2 Cases PLATILLAS, 1 Case CREASE, 4 Bales German OZNABURGS, 50 Puncheons Go-port RUM, 70 Hogsheads Muscovado SUGAR. June 20. 846
We have received by the brig Sumner, from Jamaica, 57 puncheons high proof RUM, 15 Hogsheads MOLASSES —which are offered for Sale on very liberal terms, by Redmon & Frith. June 16. 836
ON HAND, A parcel of very good W. Island RUM. June 16. 836
WANTED, In a Publick Office, A YOUNG MAN, who writes a fair hand, is well acquainted with accounts, and who can be well recommended for steady application to business. None need apply, who is not prepared to submit to a rigid confinement, and close application. Enquire of the Editor of this Paper. June 23. 859
NOTICE. The subscriber intending to leave the country for a few months, requests those persons having claims upon him to call on Theo. Armistead, Esq. for settlement. June 23. 859
Landing this day, from on board the sch'r Richmond, Capt. Seaman, 10 Pipes Old Cogniac BRANDY, Which will be Sold low by applying to John Brown, June 23. 855
FOR SALE, A quantity of New-York and English SLATE, of superior quality. Reilly & Tunis. June 23. 857
NOTICE. The Subscriber has taken into partnership Mr. Paul Proby, and Mr. Patrick Harmanon. The business in future will be carried on under the firm of Proby, Harmanon, & Co. May 30. 779
Thomas H. Parker. For Rent, The Store, Compting Room & Cellar No. 41, Main-Street, lately occupied by Mr. Wm. McCutchen. Apply to Thomas Willock. March 17. 839
WANTED, A quantity of Spars and Oak Plank, for which, if delivered immediately, a liberal price will be given by Alexander Machure. June 18. 839
All persons indebted to the estate of the late WM. DAVIES, Esq. will please make payment, and those to whom the estate is indebted, will please furnish their accounts properly attested, in order that provision may be made for their payment. June 18. 838
Fortescue Whittle, Adm'r. I have for SALE, A Negro MAN, about 21 years of age, a Barber by trade. William Lindsay. June 16. 853
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. 822
FOR SALE by the Subscribers, a general assortment of Ship Chandlery, Cordage, and Cables, 8, 9, 10, 11, and 12 inches, Sheathing PAPER, Bar IRON, TOBACCO, Richmond Inspection; FLOUR, PORK, Prime and Cargo, New-York Inspection, 200 Gm CASES; 20 Boxes SEGARS. They have also on hand, an extensive and good assortment of GROCERIES. Noble, Arbuthnot, & Co. March 31. 623
I will Purchase THIRTY NEGROES, If offered immediately. William Jones. June 11. 825
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 10d. to 4s. 6d. sterling per yard—For Sale by Conway & F. Whittle. June 11. 829
FOR SALE, The CARGO of the Brig Hannah, Captain Knapp, from Port Cavenness—consisting of 214 hds. & 60 tierces prime Molasses. T. & W. A. Armistead, June 11. 830
ROBERT GIBSON, Has removed to the Fire-Proof Ware-House in Wide Water-Street, nearly opposite Commerce Street. Feb. 28. 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. June 4. 797
Who has for SALE, Two excellent MULES. June 4. 797
Now Landing from on board the schooner Alliance, from New-York, 5 Pipes Cogniac BRANDY, 3 Hds. 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. 810
I will give the following prices for 200 Cords of Oak BARK, to be delivered at Satter's, free of damage. Spanish Oak. - - 10 dolls. per Cord, Willow do. - - 9 do. do. Red do. - - 8 do. do. Young White do. - - 7 do. do. Theo. Armistead. April 23. 687
COMMUNICATION. To correct the errors and misrepresentations of certain printed sheets, that have been privately circulated by Commodore Truxton, the following state of facts, with the accompanying remarks, is published. Nat. Intel.
Commodore Truxton in the month of January 1802 was ordered by the secretary of the navy to repair to Norfolk and to assume the command of the frigates Chesapeake . The instructions in relation to the command he was to have as commodore of the Mediterranean squadron, were postponed by the President until he was ready to weigh anchor. Adverting to the accidental circumstance that capt. James Barron had been with commodore Dale as the first officer of his ship, and knowing at the same time that the temper of commodore Truxton was somewhat suspicious, the secretary of the navy informed him that he should have as his first officer captain Campbell, who accordingly had proceeded on his journey towards Norfolk as far as the city of Washington; but in consequence of a recent injury in one of his knees he was unable to proceed further, and was moreover represented to the secretary of the navy as at that time unfit for duty. This was communicated to commodore Truxton, who immediately in high dudgeon tendered to the navy department his resignation (under certain qualifications) by letter dated March 3, 1802, of which the following is an extract.
"I note what you say of captain Campbell; if he cannot go, I trust you will send Rodgers or some other of capability. The officers destined for this ship are all young and inexperienced—and though in due time may be clever, they are deficient at present—and the task for me on the intended service would be too severe without some aid—and I have had heretofore much trouble in organizing a squadron and at the same time attending all the duty in detail on board my own ship. Under these circumstances, and having a reputation to lose which I am very tenacious of, I should consider myself wanting in that duty which I owe to myself and to my family, if I was to proceed without being placed in a situation similar to the commander of the squadron now in the Mediterranean, and if this cannot be done—I beg leave to quit the service."
By the order of the President the resignation of commodore Truxton thus tendered was accepted, and the following is the letter of the secretary of the navy to him.
COMMODORE TRUXTON, Navy Department, 15th March, 1802.
Sir, I have received with real concern your letter of the 3d inst. notifying your determination to quit the service, unless you can have an additional captain to command your ship under you. The condition, sir, is impossible. It is well known that from the reduction of the officers in pursuance of the act of congress of the last session, there is not at this time within the United States a captain of the navy that we could require to take a secondary station on board a ship. As this must have been known to you I cannot but consider your notification as absolute. It is to be regretted that it had not been made at an earlier period, so as to have allowed me to ask from you a reconsideration of the subject: But at this moment, when the ship is almost ready to depart, neither the object of her destination, nor the expenses of the delay will allow time for negotiation. I would presume too that you had deliberately viewed the case under all its aspects, and that no considerations which I could present, would be new to your mind. It remains then for me, however reluctantly, to acquiesce in your determination, and to lessen as much as possible the expense and injury, which such a notification at this point of time may occasion, by dispatching, as I have done, orders to captain Morris at Boston to repair immediately to Norfolk and to assume the command of the Chesapeake . Until his arrival I have committed the charge of the ship to Lieutenant Smith.
I have the honour to be, Your most obedient servant, R. SMITH.
To this letter, thus accepting his resignation, the secretary of the navy received from commodore Truxton an answer, dated March 22, 1802, of which the following is an extract of what relates to the point in question. "I am honoured with your letter of the 15th and note its contents, which is well. The only part of it that I feel hurt at is your mention of regret that I did not make known to you my determination at an earlier period. It is not however necessary for me to dwell much on the subject, now the business is settled, but I must remark that the cold reception of the President at Washington, and the conduct I met there (unnecessary to mention here) was far from inducing me to believe that the appointment I held was congenial to the feelings of Mr. Jefferson." Three years and an half after commodore Truxton had thus quit the service, the following letter, with its enclosures, was addressed by him to the navy department. Hon. ROBERT SMITH, Esq. Secretary of the Navy. Philadelphia, 7 Sept. 1805.
I never intentionally wrote an ambiguous letter in my life that I remember, but have ever wished to be explicit in every thing.
At the time I wrote to you my letter of the 3d of March, 1802, from Norfolk, I was extremely unwell, although I kept about as much as I could, to facilitate the frigate's equipment and departure for the station she was intended. I was, however, finally obliged not only to go to and remain confined in my chamber for a time, but to my bed—and after being removed to a vessel when scarcely a convalescent, and reaching my farm in New-Jersey, I was again confined in this manner for a length of time, and few, if any, not even physicians expected that I should ever again be restored to my usual health. In the state of health that I was in, and the state of mind too, when I wrote to you on the 3d of March aforesaid—it is possible my letter in some particular may have appeared to you ambiguous, or wanting farther explanation—but the intention of that letter was simply to communicate to you my desire of leave to relinquish the command on the Mediterranean service, without a second captain being furnished me, and it would have been immaterial to me, whether he had been of the 1st, 2d, 3d grade, full captain—master commandant, or lieutenant-commandant.
The enclosed letters from my friend, Charles Biddle, Esq. and from commodore Dale—the former I wrote to at the same time I wrote to you from Norfolk as already mentioned on this subject, and when I wrote to several other gentlemen, and with whom I have often conversed since, will corroborate my explanation of my letter of the 3d of March 1802.
& the latter gentleman, whom I have relieved in the Mediterranean, arrived at Hampton Roads from off that service with the frigate President, I think on the very day captain Morris received from me the command of the Chesapeake , and he, commodore Dale very well recollects that I then said to him, and on all occasions since have said to him, when that subject has been introduced, that I merely withdrew from the Mediterranean command, because I deemed farther aid than was furnished, necessary for that service, and that I had at no time any intention of resigning my commission, or leaving the general service of the navy, otherwise I should have most certainly forwarded to you my commission, as is usual when a resignation is made. But permit me, sir, to add farther that no letter written by me after I took command of the Chesapeake , prior or subsequent to that of the 3d of March aforesaid, publick or private, which has any thing in it conveying an appearance of the smallest intention in me of resigning my standing in the navy. It would be useless for me to add any thing farther in this letter than to pray you, write me fully of my situation, and to accept my sincere respect, and that esteem with which I honour to be,
Sir, your obedient humble servant, THOMAS TRUXTON. P. S. I could most certainly produce many other letters written to my friends and the answers similar, but that cannot be necessary in this case for Mr. secretary Smith. T. T.
CHARLES BIDDLE, Esq. Philadelphia, 7th Sept. 1805.
My dear sir, Much having been said every where whether I had resigned my commission in the navy, or simply declined the command of the Mediterranean squadron, in consequence of not having a captain under my broad pendant on board the frigate Chesapeake , as had been agreed by the secretary of the navy, I feel it due to myself as well as to others, to inquire of my friend, Charles Biddle, to declare and pronounce candidly as a man of honour & a gentleman, how he precisely understood, from the moment I quitted the command of the squadron to the present time, from every conversation he has had with me, this thing to be. Commodore Dale was my predecessor, commanding in the Mediterranean, and he returned to Hampton Roads a short time after my declining to command the squadron without a second captain as aforesaid; and he must know from myself, whether I had resigned my standing in the navy, or whether I had simply resigned, or begged leave to decline the Mediterranean service, in consequence of my not being properly equippt for such a command, or as he had been equippt, and as I had deemed necessary and proper, and as it appears the government deemed necessary and proper by a letter I have from general Dearborne, dated 13th June, 1801. It is of some importance that these things should be clearly understood, for they have lain dormant a long time, you will be pleased to ask Dale to declare simply by note his opinion on this question, which is to me, at least of some magnitude, because what I have said & written to you, I have said & written to others, & I use but one language, though it is possible Mr. Secretary Smith may have considered some expressions in my letter of the third of March, either ambiguous or wanting of explanation, and in either case I am ready to explain.
Accept assurances, my dear sir, of the high consideration, respect and esteem, with which I am always your's &c. THOMAS TRUXTON.
COMMODORE TRUXTON. Philadelphia, September 7, 1805.
Dear Sir, From your letters to me at the time you resigned the command of the squadron going on the Mediterranean, and what has since passed between us on the subject, I know you had no intention of resigning your commission, and I am very certain you would not have given up the command of the squadron had a captain or lieutenant commandant been appointed under you; and I do believe had you been consulted, and government had put it in your power to have appointed one from the officers then on the Mediterranean, you would have sailed without either. With much esteem, I am Sincerely your's, CHARLES BIDDLE.
COMMODORE DALE. Philadelphia, Sept. 7, 1805.
Dear Sir, When you arrived from the Mediterranean at Norfolk, did you understand from commodore Truxton, when he gave up the command of the squadron to Morris, he had resigned his commission? Or have you at any time heard him say he had resigned? Your obedient servant, CHARLES BIDDLE.
CHARLES BIDDLE, Esq. Philadelphia, September 7, 1805.
Dear Sir, In answer to your inquiry of me respecting what I heard when I arrived at Norfolk from the Mediterranean about commodore Truxton resigning his commission, I can with confidence say that I did not understand at that time that he intended to resign his commission, and from that time to the present, I have understood from commodore Truxton that he did not resign his commission in the navy. I am, sir, with much respect, Your obedient servant, RICHARD DALE.
As the sole object of commodore Truxton in this last letter, with its enclosures, was to be re-instated in the navy, and as the officers of the navy, and especially the captains, were essentially interested in point of honour in the decision, the President was restrained by considerations of delicacy from taking his application seriously under deliberation, until he had been favoured with the views of some of the officers. For this purpose the opinions and feelings of the captains, who were in the United States, were ascertained. This was done, not as commodore Truxton has fancied, to decide whether his letter of March 3, 1802, was or was not a resignation, but to ascertain whether under the explanations and excuses of his last letter of Sept. 7, 1805, they would willingly acquiesce in his being again considered in the navy in his former rank. The following letter was the result.
COMMODORE TRUXTON, Navy Department, 10th Feb. 1806.
Sir, Your letter of the 7th Sept. 1805, has been submitted to the President, who, from a due considera-

tion thereof in all its relations, and according to the opinion, nearly unanimous, of professional men consulted thereon, has specially charged me to inform you, that having by your letter of the 3d of March, 1802, quit the service, and having received from this department a letter dated the 13th of the same month, acquiescing in your determination, you cannot now be re-instated consistently with the privileges of the captains and other officers of the navy of the United States.
With great respect, I have the honour to be, Sir, your obedient servant, ROBERT SMITH.
COMMUNICATION for the PUBLIC LEDGER, and remarks on the above.
COMMODORE TRUXTUN. —The fate of this gallant and useful commander being now definitively settled, and his services lost forever to his country, or at all events, so long as those who now guide the affairs of state hold their places; one who is intimately acquainted with his merits, and feels a grateful sense of the services which he has rendered his country, cannot permit the statement which is commenced in the NATIONAL INTELLIGENCER of the 16th inst. to pass without observation.
That statement is sent herewith for re-publication in the LEDGER; it may be considered as an official document, and a vindication of the conduct of the executive in driving, by indirect means from the service, an officer who has upon more than one occasion sustained the honour of the American flag, and thereby merited and received the thanks of his country.
A full examination of this subject cannot be made at this time for want of documents, which are in the possession of the Commodore, but as far as such an examination can now be made, it will be undertaken. A concise introduction is given in the National Intelligencer, which, by suppressing some facts, and disguising others, is calculated to mislead the public judgment, for which reason the following statement of facts are offered.
The chief point in contest between the government and the Commodore, is upon the construction of his letter of the 3d March, 1802; he contending that it meant only a resignation of a particular service, and not a general resignation, and the government insisting that his resignation was general.
Abundant evidence is offered to prove what were his intentions, & none stronger than the difference of his conduct in this instance, and that pursued by him in 1799, in which year intending to resign his command in the navy he inclosed his commission, which on the present occasion he retained, and still retains.
It has been ever the practice, when an officer resigns his commission to inclose it to that authority from whence it was received, and a precedent to the contrary, cannot be adduced in military history. But it can be proved that notwithstanding the letter of Mr. Smith of the 13th of March, 1802, which is now relied on, to show that the government then understood the resignation to be general, that in fact it was not so understood, and that the construction now given has been of subsequent adoption, for reasons that may be imagined, but for want of certainty will not be mentioned. From as respectable a character as any in the United States Commodore Truxtun was informed by a letter of the 11th of March, (two days only before the letter of the 13th) to the following effect: "I have received your favour of the — instant, in consequence of which I this day called on Mr. Smith, who I found had one from you similar to mine, he hoped you would not resign." By a letter of the 29th of the same month of March, the Commodore was informed from the same quarter as follows, "Mr. Smith read your letter to him and his to you, (meaning, it is presumed, that of the 13th of March) he considered his letter as merely acquiescing with your notification as to the trip to the Mediterranean, but by no means to affect your rank and standing in the navy. I think you had better not resign."
Now it is not possible that if the contents of those extracts are correct, that the letter of the Commodore of the 3d of March was understood as a general resignation, nor that, that of Mr. Smith of the 13th of March, was intended as more than an acquiescence of his resignation of the command of the Mediterranean service.
The extract of the letter of the 29th of March from the Commodore is apparently much relied on, from the marks in italicks, but it was evidently written under the same impressions as that of the 3d of March, the correctness of which impressions were confirmed by the letters of his friend of the 11th & 29th of March, quoted before. The statement then proceeds to say "that three years and an half after Commodore Truxtun had thus quit the service, &c." From the manner in which this part of the statement is made, one might fairly infer, that during three years and an half the Commodore had been silent, and then for the first time, had disclosed his opinions as to his rank in the navy. But this is one of those instances of the suppressio veri that cunning people substitute for the allegatio falsi . Now the fact is, that before Commodore Morris returned from the Mediterranean, Commodore Truxtun wrote to Mr. Smith in the winter of 1803, or sooner, offering his services to go and relieve Commodore Morris, who it was understood was to be recalled, and in fact was recalled. Mr. Smith did not answer the letter, but his silence was understood to be a refusal of the Commodore's services. On the propriety of that refusal, after what had passed, no comment will be made.
The next thing that occurs is the reference of the Commodore's case to the Captains of the navy. The motives for making that reference are explained very curiously, but those who claim the right of explanation should not refuse it to others. There is some obscurity in the explanation, but it is understood to be thus, that the resignation of the Commodore was decided to be final, but that the President wished to know if the officers would willingly submit to a reinstatement of his rank, which had been surrendered. It was certainly a strange proposition to make, extremely
trifling itself, and insulting to the officers. It was saying, "Gentlemen, here is a man who four years ago resigned his commission in the navy, and wants now to be re-instated in his command, and to be placed over your heads; we are satisfied that he does not hold any rank in the navy; are you willing to yield your rank in his favour?" The result of such a reference required no great penetration to foresee. This however is placing the matter upon the best footing. But such was not the object of this reference, the letters of Mr. Smith and the Commodore were referred to the Captains of the navy, and for them to say, upon the whole view of the case whether the Commodore had resigned or not. No remark will be made on the singularity of the reference in this view of the subject, but it was very generally understood to be nothing more than a desire to avoid any responsibility. A more deliberate view of the case has determined the navy department to insist that the motives of the reference were, as first stated, to know if the Captains would willingly permit Commodore Truxtun, a private citizen to take rank of them. It is repeated that if the resignation of Commodore Truxtun was conclusive in March, 1802, that the reference to the Captains in 1803 was insulting to them; if it was not conclusive, then the government must have wished to avoid responsibility at the expense of the military sensibility of the officers. It may perhaps be supposed that no instance has occurred, in which an officer of the navy, after being out of service, has been re-instated in his former rank, without any consultation to know if it could be done "consistently with the privileges of the Captains and Officers."
In a letter from Mr. Secretary Smith, dated the 29th of October, 1801, he informs Commodore Truxtun, "last week for the first time, the President assembled the Cabinet for the purpose of reducing the number of the Captains to the number of nine, prescribed by the act of congress. I am not at liberty to inform any one all the persons that are detained, & all that are dismissed.—I can only tell you that Morris & Murray are detained, that Decatur, Tingey and Rodgers are dismissed." The fact is that Captain Rodgers was dismissed, received the four months pay allowed by act of congress to disengaged officers, and was as completely out of the navy as it was possible for any officer to be, yet he was subsequently restored to the navy, and in the same rank he held before he was dismissed. Another Captain of the navy who is now in service was dismissed and again re-instated. Is not the same indulgence due to an officer, who has from a misconception of his intentions, lost his rank?
Although it is not important to the present inquiry, a singular circumstance attends the letter of Mr. Smith of the 29th of October, which deserves notice: this letter begins, "last week for the first time the President assembled the Cabinet for the purpose of reducing the number of Captains of the navy, &c." [See the extract above.] On the 13th of June, 1801, Gen. Dearborne, then acting as secretary of the navy, wrote Commodore Truxtun as follows, "your letters express a wish to be informed as early as possible of the new arrangements of the officers retained in the navy on the peace establishment, the arrangements of Lieutenants are not yet complete, that of the Captains, numbered agreeable to rank, is as follows:
  1. John Barry,  6. Samuel Barron,    2. Samuel Nicholson,  7. John Rodgers,    3. Silas Talbot,  8. Edward Preble,    4. Richard Dale,  9. James Barron,    5. Thomas Truxtun,  10. William Bainbridge.  
You will observe that one captain more is retained than the law actually authorizes. This was owing to a desire that the commodore's ship might have a captain. It is hoped that Congress will not only approve of this measure at their next session, but it is expected that another captain will be called into service for the commodore's ship of the squadron, intended for the Mediterranean in January next."
The first object which presents itself, is that Mr. Smith writes in October, that for the first time last week, the President summoned the cabinet to fix the number of captains, &c.—and Mr. Dearborne in the June preceding, not only says that the number, but the rank was fixed. It is for Messrs. Dearborne and Smith to reconcile this inconsistency, while another circumstance demands attention.
The writer of the communication in the National Intelligencer, which will be considered as no other than Mr. Smith, or written with his approbation, commences with the following remarks:—
"Commodore Truxtun in the month of January 1802, was ordered by the Secretary of the Navy to repair to Norfolk, and to assume the command of the frigate Chesapeake. The instructions, in relation to the command he was to have as commodore of the Mediterranean squadron, were postponed by the President until the ship was ready to weigh anchor. Adverting to the accidental circumstance that captain James Barron had been with commodore Dale as the first officer of his ship, and knowing at the same time that the temper of commodore Truxtun was somewhat suspicious, &c."
Now who cannot perceive the evident want of candour in this communication? "Adverting to the accidental circumstance, says the communication,"—from which it would appear, that the circumstance of a captain being allowed to the commodore's ship, was a matter of accident; yet Mr. Dearborne says, that in 1801, so sensible was the cabinet that a captain was requisite for the commodore's ship, that one more was appointed than the law allowed, and for the express purpose of doing, what is now said to be the effect of accident. Nay more, Mr. Smith himself says in a letter to commodore Truxtun, "when you had the command of the Chesapeake, before that period, and indeed ever since, it has been my unequivocal opinion, that a commodore in the Mediterranean ought to have in his ship, under him a captain"—Now what becomes of this accidental circumstance?
Upon the whole it is evident that the allowance of a captain for the commodore's ship was a settled
plan, and that the refusal in the instance of commodore Truxtun, was intended to alarm a military pride which that gentleman possesses in a high degree; unfortunately for him, and for his country, the plan succeeded, & that which could not be prudently done directly, was effected indirectly, and a valuable officer driven from the service.
With one more remark, let us conclude. If the secretary of the navy did not wish to drive commodore Truxtun from the navy, why did he not appoint captain Rogers?
ADDITIONAL REMARKS.
The National Intelligencer of the 18th, contains some remarks, which do not apply to the point in controversy. They are offered to prove, that it was against the usage of the navy for a commodore to have a captain under him aboard his ship. If this be the fact, why was one ever permitted? Why was one promised to commodore Truxtun, and why has the same rule been practised since? And above all, why was one captain more than the law allowed, retained in service, for a commodore's ship? The writer in the Intelligencer wishes to draw the attention of the publick from the main question.—The controversy is not as to the propriety of granting a captain to a commodore's ship, and such a controversy must be very awkward for the navy department, after having allowed one upon several occasions.
The question before the publick is, did commodore Truxtun by his letter of the 3d of March resign his commission, or a particular command, and did the navy department so understand his letter, or not?
FROM THE CONNECTICUT COURANT.
Appropriating specific sums to every specific purpose susceptible of definition, was among the matters which President Jefferson thought of importance when he first sent a message to Congress in the year 1801.
Since the people have been permitted to peep behind the curtain which concealed the proceedings of Congress at the last session, it is discovered, that two MILLIONS of DOLLARS have been appropriated for defraying any extraordinary expenses which might be incurred in the intercourse between the U. States and foreign nations. What sort of appropriation is this? It is said to have been moved in Congress by a representative from Massachusetts, who has not only made one play and two orations, but has been dubbed a Doctor of Laws in the state of Rhode-Island. Five years have not elapsed since the doctrine of specific appropriations was inculcated in the President's message. When the motion was made about the two millions of dollars, was that message forgotten, or was it thought to be overlooked like a trespass or misdemeanor? Two millions of dollars for extraordinary expenses! Will a Doctor of Laws call this a specific appropriation?
If the object was a bona fide purchase of territory, this was a specific purpose susceptible of definition. But if the two millions were intended only to pay such contingent expenses as might be incurred abroad for secret services, we may imagine a cause for disguising the object under a vague generality of expression. When recourse is had to the modifying donatives called douceurs , is it the mode to act openly? Affairs are ordered otherwise in France. If the two millions were not intended for douceurs to particular agents, but were to be paid into the French Treasury as a pledge of the future homage of the American government to that of France, an avowal of this purpose was hazardous. It would excite abhorrence in the United States; and, in addition to this, it might not be pleasing to the French government, as it would not leave a pretext for boasting of French generosity.
Reducing the undefined field of contingencies, and thereby circumscribing discretionary powers over money, was recommended in the same original message. Two millions of dollars for any extraordinary expenses! This amount of property is all thrown into the common field contingencies. How much is the field reduced by this operation? The act of appropriation, allows the two millions to be applied, under the direction of the President of the United States, for defraying any expenses of foreign intercourse, if they are but extraordinary. It would insult the public understanding, to pretend that this is a compliance with the recommendation about circumscribing discretionary powers over money.
But the message of 1801, does not contain all the official recommendations of President Jefferson, which have been renounced in practice by men who wish to be thought his friends or favourites. In the public message at the opening of the last session of Congress, he stated the failure of the negotiation between this country and Spain, in connection with the violences committed on our territory by regular officers and soldiers of the Spanish government, and spoke with unusual severity of wrongs suffered from that power. He called the attention of Congress to the nature of the injuries, the necessity of meeting some of them by force, and the importance of making preparations. Afterwards the House of Representatives received a private message from the President. It was sent on the 6th of December, and undoubtedly related to affairs with Spain. This second message has never been published; but it was referred to a select committee whose report upon it has been published; and we find it noticed in a circular letter from Mr. Garnett, one of the representatives from Virginia. From him we have direct testimony, that the private message contained no sentiments in opposition to the public one. It appears, however, notwithstanding every thing said and recommended in both the messages, that a majority of congress would not authorise the President to raise a body of temporary levies, if in his judgment they should be wanted, for securing the southern frontiers against Spanish violence.
Must we believe that the judgment and patriotism of that majority were seduced by some secret influence? It is said to be part of the French system to have secret agents in different countries, who are frequently unknown to their publick agents in different countries, and assume various characters, the more effectually to disguise their employment. If the managers of this system wanted de l'argent , beau coup d'argent , and the United States were to be fleeced, would it not be an object with the agents of the secret police to devise measures for persuading a majority of congress that money , and not arms , should be employed for securing protection? In proportion as the country should be unprepared for defence, the demands for money might be increased, and the plan of fleecing could be executed more thoroughly.
Landing on Commerce-Street Wharf, from on board the brig Ann, Capt. Albouy, 20,000 wt. prime Carracas COCOA, 13 Tons Campeachy LOGWOOD—For Sale by Jas. & Thos. Tucker. June 9. 419
THE PUBLICK LEDGER.
TO SHEW THE VERY AGE AND BODY OF THE TIME, HIS TORN AND PRESSURE.
WEDNESDAY EVENING JUNE 25, 1806.
THOMAS HALL PARKER, Esq. was this day chosen Mayor of this Borough, Vice JOHN WHEELER, Esq. time expired.
By the Maryland Mary, in 22 days from Jamaica, we observe that the fleet from Europe had arrived at that island.
FROM THE ENQUIRER.
Among the literary relics of the venerable George Wythe, were found the following rare and curious paper in the hand writing of Mr. Jefferson. The federal assertion that Mr. Jefferson was not the author of this celebrated declaration, has long since been refuted, or else this paper would have furnished the most abundant refutation. What now will become of the no less unfounded assertion, that this paper as it was adopted by congress, owes much of its beauty and its force to the committee appointed to draught it? The world will see that not only were very few additions made by the committee, but that they even struck out two of the most forcible and striking passages in the whole composition, for what reasons yet remains to be discovered.
The passages marked in italicks were in the original composition of Mr. Jefferson, but are not in the Declaration. (Enquirer.)
A Declaration by the Representatives of the United States of America, in General Congress assembled.
When in the course of human events it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another, and to assume among the powers of the earth the separate and equal station to which the laws of nature and of nature's God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation.
We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men are created equal; that they are endowed by their creator with inherent and inalienable rights; that among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness; that to secure these rights, governments are instituted among men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed; that whenever, from any form of government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the right of the people to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their safety and happiness. Prudence indeed will dictate that governments long established should not be changed for light and transient causes. And accordingly all experience hath shewn that mankind are more disposed to suffer while evils are sufferable, than to right themselves by abolishing the forms to which they are accustomed. But when a long train of abuses and usurpations, begun at a distinguished period , and pursuing invariably the same object, evinces a design to reduce them under absolute despotism, it is their right, it is their duty to throw off such government, and to provide new guards for their future security. Such has been the patient sufferance of these colonies; and such is now the necessity which constrains them to exchange their former systems of government. The history of the present king of G. Britain, is a history of unremitting injuries and usurpations, among which appears no solitary fact, to contradict the uniform tenor of the rest ; but all have in direct object the establishment of an absolute tyranny over these states. To prove this let facts be submitted to a candid world, for the truth of which we pledge a faith yet unsullied by falsehood .
He has refused his assent to laws the most wholesome and necessary for the public good:
He has forbidden his governors to pass laws of immediate and pressing importance, unless suspended in their operations till his assent should be obtained; and when so suspended, he has neglected utterly to attend to them:
He has refused to pass other laws for the accommodation of large districts of people, unless those people would relinquish the right of representation in the legislature, a right inestimable to them and formidable to tyrants only:
He has called together legislative bodies at places unusual, uncomfortable and distant from the depository of their public records, for the sole purpose of fatiguing them into compliance with his measures.
He has dissolved representative houses repeatedly, and continually for opposing with manly firmness his invasions on the rights of the people:
He refused for a long time, after such dissolutions, to cause others to be elected; whereby the legislative powers, incapable of annihilation, have returned to the people at large for their exercise; the State remaining in the mean time exposed to all the dangers of invasion from without, and convulsions within:
He has endeavoured to prevent the population of these States: for that purpose obstructing the laws for naturalization of foreigners; refusing to pass others to encourage their migrations hither, and raising the conditions of the new appropriations of lands.
(a) He has suffered the administration of justice totally to cease in some of these states, refusing his assent to laws for establishing judiciary powers:
He has made our judges dependent on his will alone, for the tenure of their offices and the amount and payment of their salaries:
He has erected a multitude of new officers by a self assumed power, and sent hither swarms of officers to harass our people and eat out their substance:
He has kept among us in times of peace standing armies and ships of war, without the consent of our legislature:
He has affected to render the military independent of, and superior to, the civil power:
He has combined with others to subject us to a jurisdiction foreign to our constitutions, and unacknowledged by our laws; giving his assent to their acts of pretended legislation for quartering large bodies of armed troops among us;
for protecting them by a mock trial from punishment for any murders which they should commit on the inhabitants of these states;
for cutting off our trade with all parts of the world;
for imposing taxes on us without our consent;
for depriving us of the benefits of trial by jury;
for transporting us beyond seas to be tried for pretended offences;
for abolishing the free system of English laws in a neighboring Province, establishing therein an arbitrary government, and enlarging its boundaries, so as to render it at once an example and fit instrument for introducing the same absolute rule into these;
for taking away our charters, abolishing our most valuable laws, and altering fundamentally the laws of our governments;
for suspending our own legislatures, and declaring (a) He has obstructed the administration of justice by refusing his assent to laws for establishing judiciary powers.

themselves invested with power to legislate for us in all cases whatsoever. He has abdicated government here, withdrawing his governors, and declaring us out of his allegiance and protection:
He has plundered our seas, ravaged our coasts, burnt our towns, and destroyed the lives of our people. He is at this time transporting large armies of foreign mercenaries to complete the works of death, desolation and tyranny, already begun with circumstances of cruelty and perfidy unworthy the head of a civilized nation:
He has endeavored to bring on the inhabitants of our frontiers the merciless Indian savages, whose known rule of warfare is an undistinguished destruction of all ages, sexes, and conditions of existence: He has incited treasonable insurrections of our fellow-citizens, with the allurements of forfeiture and confiscation of our property. He has constrained others, taken captives on the high seas, to bear arms against their country, to become the executioners of their friends and brethren, or to fall themselves by their friends.
He has waged cruel war against human nature itself, violating its most sacred rights of life and liberty in the persons of a distant people, who never offended him, captivating and carrying them into slavery in another hemisphere, or to incur immediate death in their transportation thither. This piratical warfare, the opprobrium of infidel powers, is the warfare of the Christian King of Great Britain. Determined to keep up a market where MEN should be bought and sold, he has prostituted his negative for suppressing every legislative attempt to prohibit or restrain this execrable commerce: and that assemblage of horrors might want no fact of distinguished atrocity, he is now exciting those very people to rise in arms among us, and to purchase that liberty of which he has deprived them, by murdering the people upon whom he has also obtruded them; thus paying off former crimes committed against the liberties of our people, with crimes which he urges them to commit against the lives of another.
In every stage of these oppressions, we have petitioned for redress in the most humble terms; our repeated petitions have been answered only by repeated injury. A prince whose character is thus marked by every act which may define a tyrant, is unfit to be the ruler of a people who mean to be free. Future ages will scarce believe that the hardness of one man adventured within the short compass of twelve years only, to build a foundation so broad and undisguised, for tyranny over a people fostered and fixed in principles of freedom.
Nor have we been wanting in attentions to our British brethren. We have warned them from time to time of attempts by their legislature to extend a jurisdiction over these our waters. We have reminded them of the circumstances of our emigration and settlement here, no one of which could warrant so strange a pretension: that there were effected at the expense of our own blood and treasure, unassisted by the wealth or the strength of Great Britain: that in constituting indeed our several forms of government, we had adopted one common king, thereby laying a foundation for perpetual league and amity with them: but that submission to their parliament was no part of our constitution, nor ever in idea, if history may be credited: and we appealed to their native justice and magnanimity, as well as to the ties of our common kindred, to disavow these usurpations, which were likely to interrupt our connexion and correspondence. They too have been deaf to the voice of justice, and of consanguinity; and when occasions have been given them, by the regular course of their laws, of removing from their councils the disturbers of our harmony, they have by their free elections re-established them in power. At this very time too, they are permitting their chief magistrates to send over not only soldiers of our common blood, but [Scotch and] foreign mercenaries to invade and destroy us. These facts have given the last stab to agonizing affection; and many spirit bids us to renounce for ever these unfeeling brethren. (b) We must endeavour to forget our former love for them, and to hold them as we hold the rest of mankind, enemies in war, in peace, friends. We might have been a free and a great people together; but a communication of grandeur and of freedom, it seems, is below their dignity. Be it so, since they will have it: the road to happiness and to glory is open to us too; we will climb it after them, and acquiesce in the necessity which denounces our eternal separation!
(c) We therefore, the Representatives of the United States of America, in General Congress assembled, do in the name and by authority of the good people of these states, reject and renounce all allegiance and subjection to the kings of Great Britain, and all other who may hereafter claim by, through, or under them; we utterly dissolve all political connexion which may heretofore have subsisted between us and the parliament or people of Great Britain; and finally we do assert, these colonies to be free and independent states, and that as free and independent states, they have power to levy war, conclude peace, contract alliances, establish commerce, and to do all other acts, and things, which independent states may of right do. And for the support of this declaration, we mutually pledge to each other our lives, our fortunes and our sacred honour.
(d) We must, therefore, acquiesce in the necessity which denounces our separation, and hold them, as we hold the rest of mankind, enemies in war, in peace friends.
(e) Appealing to the Supreme Judge of the World for the rectitude of our intentions, do, in the name, and by authority of the good people of these colonies, solemnly publish and declare, That these United Colonies are, and of right ought to be, free and independent states; that they are absolved from all allegiance to the British Crown, and that all political connexion between them and the state of Great Britain is, and ought to be, totally dissolved; and that as free and independent states, they have full power to levy war, conclude peace, contract alliances, establish commerce, and to do all other acts and things which independent states may of right do. And for the support of this declaration, with a firm reliance on the protection of Divine Providence, we mutually pledge to each other, our lives, our fortunes, and our sacred honour.
In the court of king's bench on Saturday, Mr. Dallas moved for a new trial in the case of the King vs. gov. Picton, on two grounds: First, of misrepresentation by one of the witnesses on the part of the prosecution with respect to the laws which governed the Spanish West-India Colonies; and secondly, on the grounds of the defendant's acting at the time in a judicial capacity as supreme criminal judge of Trinidad, and therefore, from the various authorities upon the subject, was not liable, even though he had so acted in error. The court considered the last point well worthy of consideration, and granted a rule to show cause accordingly. General Piction attended in court; and upon consent of the prosecutor, was enlarged, on entering into considerable recognizance for his appearance hereafter. London paper.
PHILADELPHIA, June 19. A writer in the Norwich True Republican, after announcing the approach of the Solar Eclipse, which occurred on Monday last, makes the subsequent reflections:—
The years 1803 and 1806, seem to be replete with extraordinary events in the physical world. The congress of planets in our system, last October, was a
phenomenon that has not happened for many years, and from the anomalous motions of the planets, it is presumed (for we have made no calculations on the subject) that the same phenomenon will not take place again for many years to come. That disturbances are caused in the planets motions when they are congregated in the same quarter of the Heavens, by their mutual & approximate attractions, is a demonstrable fact & an acknowledged principle in Astronomical science. But what particular consequences follow from such relative affections, is not at present, within the province of human intellect to determine. One thing, however, appears to be certain, that our atmosphere has undergone great and important changes within the last two years. The extraordinary vicissitudes in the seasons that have occurred in this short period, appear to be without a parallel in meteorological history, and strongly argues the intervention of the former agency which has caused a variation in the former ordinary course of atmospheric phenomena. But our short stay here, and the want of authentic observations made by others in former ages, preclude us from forming any correct opinion on those changes, and even renders all conjecture on a subject of such magnitude, hazardous. It is perhaps, in this respect only, that we have reason to regret the shortness of human life.
The phenomena of eclipses, furnish a strong philosophical argument in favour of the non-eternity of the world. However sceptical we may be with respect to the imposing evidence of certain human dogmas, there is something of divinity in the force of mathematical truth that cannot be eluded. It is justly styled the perfection of our reason. The time of commencement or end of a visible eclipse can be determined by observation, beyond a possibility of being mistaken. Therefore, if the motion of the planets in their orbits remained the same, the principles on which are founded the calculations of their various aspects, which give them to a degree of exactness, surpassing the acuteness of our senses, for any time within an age, would likewise give the same thing, with equal accuracy, for any however remote a period. But it is found that the calculations of ancient eclipses do not agree with the observations of them. This is caused by a small but constant decrease of the year and a gradual contraction of the Moon's orbit; that is, nice observers have discovered that the year is not quite so long as formerly, and the same thing observable with respect to the Lunar period. It is also well known that the planets do not move in space void of resistance, but in regions of light and ether which are material substances that form a resisting medium, that constantly tends to lessen the projectile force of the planets and the obliquity of their orbits, whilst the power of gravity, instead of being weakened, is increased by this diminution of the projectile force.
Hence it is manifest, that if the motions of the planets in their orbits are to be wholly regulated by the physical combination of centripetal and centrifugal forces, which at present preserves the regularity and harmony of the universe, those planets must in time fall to the centre of their attractions, unless the Almighty architect who created them should give them an additional projectile force. What right we have to expect such an extra interposition in the general laws of nature, the ignorant and unlearned are competent to decide as the greatest philosopher. And though this point may never be satisfactorily answered, yet we may rest assured, that our present system as long as was intended by HIM who framed it; and we have no more reason to find fault with the CREATOR for making our world perishable, than we have because he has made man mortal!
A mind conscious of its own uprightness and humbly trusting in the goodness of God, has the best ground to look forward with complacency towards another life. The following lines of Addison, are sweetly expressive of the peace and pleasure which he enjoyed, in contemplating his future existence. "The prospect of a future state is the secret comfort and refreshment of my soul. It is that which makes nature look cheerful about me; it doubles all my pleasures, and supports me under all my afflictions. I can look at disappointments and misfortunes, pain and sickness, death itself with indifference, so long as I keep in view the pleasures of eternity, and the state of being in which there will be no fears nor apprehensions, pains nor sorrows." The virtue of this excellent man shown bright at the point of death. After a long and manly, but vain struggle with his distempers, he dismissed his physicians, and with them all hopes of life; but with his hopes of life he dismissed all his concern for the living. He sent for Lord Warwick, a youth nearly related to him, and finely accomplished, but irregular in conduct and principle; on whom his pious instructions and examples had not produced the desired effect. Lord Warwick came: but life now glimmering in the socket, the dying friend was silent. After a decent and proper pause, the youth said, "dear sir! you sent for me: I believe, and hope you have some commands: I shall hold them most dear."—May the reader not only feel the reply, but retain its impression! Forcibly grasping the youth's hand, Addison softly said, "see in what peace a Christian can die!" He spoke with difficulty, and soon expired. Through divine grace how great is man! Through divine grace, how stingless death! Connecticut Herald.
PITTSBURG, June 10. The ship Western Trader, built at this place, and owned by Mr. James Berthoud, sailed from Shippingport below the falls of Ohio, on the 11th ult. for New-Orleans.
The day following two of the United States gun boats passed safely over the falls. On the 19th ult. the ship Thomas Penrose, burthen 330 tons, built at Maysville, (Ken.) and owned by Messrs. Hollingsworth and Gallagher, and the brig —, built at Charleston, (Vir.) laden with flour, arrived at Louisville. They expected to pass the falls in a few days.
Extract of a letter from a young gentleman at St. Louis, to his father in this place, dated May 12. "Lieutenant Pike, returned a few days ago from reconnoitring the head waters of the Mississippi. All that I can understand of his tour is, that the Mississippi beads out of a large lake, and runs a considerable distance very narrow and very deep. The climate very cold."
NATCHEZ, May 6. We mentioned in our last that a regulation was lately made by the Spanish government of West Florida, prohibiting persons travelling through that district without a passport. We have since received from an official source a copy of this regulation which we now present to our readers. Don Charles De Grandpre, colonel in the Royal armies, governor, military and political, of the place and district of Baton Rouge, in West Florida, &c.
Whereas experience has shown, that the toleration consented to in the district of this government, for the free passage of travellers, has been abused by the introduction therein of ill-famed, idle vagrants, with bad intentions.—Therefore it being important for the publick peace, and in conformity with the establishments at all times—to prevent the consequences that might result therefrom, we have commanded and do command all officers civil and military, as well as all vessels of this jurisdiction, that they d
not under any pretext whatsoever receive nor admit any of the aforesaid, unless they present that indispensable requisite a passport, in form, granted by legal authority, otherwise they are to cause them to remain in search of that document which must identify the person's so travelling. That this provision may be made publick and have its due effect, we command that divers exemplifications thereof in the three languages, Castilian, French and English be affixed in all the places of greatest resort, to the end that the same may come to the knowledge of all persons. Given at the seat of government of Baton Rouge, the 15th of April, 1806. CHARLES DE GRANDPRE.
KINGSTON, May 31. A rumour was afloat yesterday, that general Miranda had abandoned, for the present, his project on the Spanish settlements, and had proceeded for Trinidad. On his arrival on the Coast, he is said to have been apprised by his friends that information having been received at Laguire, three months before, of his intended enterprise, a very formidable force were in arms to oppose him, and that, from the measures of precaution that had been adopted to prevent his obtaining a footing, there was not the least probability of success with the comparatively insignificant force he had with him; and was advised to desist from attempting to carry into execution the object he had in view, until a more favourable opportunity should present itself. We do not vouch for the truth of this report.
June 2. We learn from the General Walsterstooft, a confirmation of the capture of two of Miranda's schooners, which are stated to have been carried into Puerto Cabello, where the people on board were landed and examined before a Notary Publick, five of whom were sent to the City of Carracas, and the remainder imprisoned at another place, and it was supposed that several of them would either be executed, or put to the torture. By the same conveyance information is also brought that a brig of 22 guns, a large Spanish and French schooner, both well armed and equipped, with three pilot boats, each carrying one gun, had been sent out to cruise with the hope of falling in with some more of the expedition. On the Peruvian colours which Miranda carried with him when he embarked for the province of Carracas the following words were imprinted in conspicuous characters: Viva el Rey de Espana, y muera el mal Gobierno. Live the king of Spain, but destroy the Government.
Gazette Marine Memoranda. ARRIVED.
Schooner Maryland Mary, Howatt, 22 days from Kingston, Jamaica—rum & fruit—Donaldson, Thornburn & Co. June 8, off Cape Antonio, was boarded by a French privateer and treated politely; next day was boarded by the British frigate Cerberus and treated politely. Left there, ship Concordia, Coffin, of Portsmouth (N. H.) Brigs Polly, Rigby, of Wilmington (N. C.); Spanish Lady, Wallington, of Philadelphia; Sally, Bell, of Charleston. Sch's. Octavia, McLaughlin, of Charleston; Fanny, Avery, of New-York; Samuel, Ried, of North-Carolina; Juno, Sprague, of Washington. The brig Eliza, Vanneman, of Philadelphia, sailed from Kingston for Havana, the 3d. June. Brig Sparrow, Skinner, sailed for Alexandria, the 31st May—same day, the Betsey, Sturges, for North-Carolina; brig Columbia, McCobb, sailed for Alexandria the 1st. June. Sch's. Concord, Webb, and Farmer, Williams, arrived at Falmouth the 21st of May—the former from New-York, and the latter from Edenton. The sch's. Commerce, Russell, and Antelope, Butler, sailed from Falmouth (Jam.) the 20th May—the former for Pasquotank, and the latter for New-York. Brig Susanna, Turner, sailed for Philadelphia, the 31st May. Sch'r. Clotilda, Jefferson, 6 days from Philadelphia. The brig Friends, from Honduras to Philadelphia, is detained by the Arethusa frigate, and sent into Kingston.
CUSTOM-HOUSE—ENTERED.
Brig Friendship, Taggert, Newport. Sch'r. Equality, Peabody, Salem. Sloop Matilda, Yates, St. Croix.
CLEARED.
Ship Peter, Williams, Cork. Brig Eliza, McCrendell, Jersey. Sch'r Beauty, Smart, Richmond.
FERGUSON'S Packet will sail for Baltimore TOMORROW.
Herbert's Packet will sail for Alexandria on Friday next. WIG-WAM GARDENS.
THIS EVENING, (Wednesday) June the 25th, A display of FIRE WORKS.
A number of SKY ROCKETS will be let off before and during the exhibition, with Crackers, Stars, and Serents. 1. A large Horizontal Piece, bearing eight Roman Candles, and four Cascades. 2. A Fancy Fan, ornamented with emblematical Figures. A large Sky Rocket with Sixty Stars. 3. The Battle of the Two Suns. 4. A large Fancy Piece changing into different forms of great brilliancy, terminating by two Basons and Atmospheric Stars—Another Sky Rocket with a Comet. 5. An Umbrella, which ascends with great rapidity about 15 feet high, and terminates by a great explosion and Stars. * The house and Gardens will be illuminated. Ladies, gratis—Gentlemen 25 cents.
Ware-House to Let.
FOR RENT, and immediate possession given, the Fire-Proof Ware-House on Marsden's Wharf, at present occupied by William Hartshorne, jun.
Who has for SALE, a consignment of 250 barrels Kiln dryed MEAL, And a few pieces of New-England TOW CLOTH.
For Sale, or Rent, A PLANTATION, situated on Hamp-ton Creek, consisting of about 300 acres; being the property which Mr. W. Brough has long resided. It possesses all the necessary buildings for the convenience of a family, or agricultural purposes. There are some valuable orchards, one particularly of apples, is considered more productive than any other in that part of the country. There is also a Wind-Mill most eligibly situated.—For particulars, application may be made to Mr. G. Hope, Hampton, Mr. John Dunn, Norfolk, or the Subscriber in Richmond, who will give immediate possession. James D. M'Caw.
I intend to leave the state for a few months, and have appointed Mr. Richard C. Jennings, my attorney during my absence. There will be a careful young man to attend to my Warehouse and Lumber Yard, and other business. John Cox.
Sale at Auction. TO-MORROW AT ELEVEN O'CLOCK.
30 Boxes HYSON TEA—a quantity of Rum, Sugar, Coffee, Beans, Cinn. Oil, Almonds, Raisins, Olives, and Dry Goods, on which days credit for all sums over 300 Dollars, for approved endorsed paper. Wm. B. Lamb. Also at the same time for the benefit of the Underwriters, 13 casks 12d cut NAILES. Damaged on board the ship Andrew Smith, master, put in here in distress coming from Philadelphia to New-Orleans. June 25, 2 865
Sales at Auction. By order of C. & F. Whittle, on their wharf, Will be Sold, on SATURDAY, the 28th inst. precisely at 12 o'Clock, for the benefit of the Owners, Underwriters, and others concerned in the Cargo of the British brig Brothers, put into this port in distress, on a voyage from Kingston, (Jam.) to London—a quantity of Sugars, Coffee, and Pimento. Terms, Cash Wm. B. Lamb. June 25, 2 866
AUCTION. On Saturday, 28th inst. at 10 o'Clock, Will be Sold, without reserve, before the New Market, 30,000 lbs. first quality Carracas Cocoa, entitled to Drawback. For all sums over 300 dollars, approved endorsed notes at 4 & 6 months—under 300 dollars, 60 days. S. Marks, Jun. & Co. June 25, 2 866
SALE AT AUCTION. To be Sold at Auction, on Saturday, the 28th inst. at 12 o'Clock at Willocks Wharf, The Brig EUTHARINE, of the burthen of 98 tons net register, between three and four years old, live oak and cedar built. Terms 3, 6, and 9 months, for approved Notes. At the same time, 30 Hhds. & 30 bbls. Martinique Sugar, Entitled to Drawback. Thomas Willock, V. M. June 9, 2 818
Pursuant to a Deed executed by Michael Coran and Rebecca his wife, whereby certain property therein mentioned, is conveyed to us, the Subscribers, for the purpose of securing the payment of a debt due from him, the said Michael Coran, to Mrs. Elizabeth Whitney, WILL BE SOLD, Before the Exchange Coffee-House, in the Borough of Norfolk, for ready money, on Monday, 7th day of July next, All that LOT or parcel of LAND, with its appurtenances, situate, lying, and being in the Borough aforesaid, wherein the said Michael Coran at present lives, and bounded as follows, to wit: on the one side by Brick Kiln-Street, north by Mrs. Ann Woodside's Lot, on the east by the Land of George Finch, and on the south by a sixteen feet lane. Littleton W. Tazewell, Trustee. Robt. B. Taylor, Secy. June 25, 2 863
THERE will be a Charity Sermon preached on Sunday, the 29th inst. at 10 o'clock in the morning, at the Methodist Meeting-House, by the Rev. DANIEL KELLEY, for the benefit of the Orphans, now under the care of the Female Charitable Society. Maria W. O'Grady, Sec'y. June 25, 2 867
We have for SALE, on our Wharf, Jamaica SUGAR; do. COFFEE, St. Domingo Jamaica RUM: Superior & Fine FLOUR: White GINGER, PIMENTO: FRUITS preserved in BRANDY, HERMITAGE in cases of two dozen, CLARET in do. do. and in Hogsheads, A few cases Irish LINENS by the package, Prime PORK; Petersburg TOBACCO, &c. &c. C. & F. Whittle. June 25, 2 861
Last evening was taken from a Negro Man a Blanket, containing about Fifty Pounds of TOBACCO. The owner on proving property, and paying for his advertisement, shall receive the above on application to P. Marchant, Warren's wharf. June 25, 2 862
80 Pun. high proof Jamaica RUM, Landing this day on board sch'r Maryland Mary, from Kingston—For Sale by C. & F. Whittle. June 25, 2 867
For Freight or Charter, The new Schooner DELIGHT, Burthen 90 tons. Apply to the Captain on board at Frost's wharf, or to John D. Haldane, & co. June 25, 2 864
A NEW DIRECTORY. THAT considerable and very important part of the town of Norfolk, consumed by the late destructive fire, being nearly rebuilt, the Editor of the former Directory conceiving that another at this time, is much wanted, and would be acceptable to the inhabitants, he is now preparing his compilation for that purpose. In this arrangement it will be necessary to re-number the houses; and as it would be more eligible to designate them by numbers than in progressive order (as heretofore) he thinks it most proper to assign to individuals that part of the work to be done by themselves according to their own method and taste:—but to income correctness, so as to correspond with the publication, he will inform them of the number to be affixed. As he cannot, consistently with his former declaration, again propose a subscription, he yet hopes that the sale of the New Directory to a considerable public, will compensate him for his trouble. Chas. H. Simmons.
Lost or Mis-sent, Fifty Reams of Demy Printing PAPER, shipped at New-York about the 29th 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. 724
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 19, 2 832
Wanted to Purchase, Fifty Shares of Virginia Bank Stock, for which Cash will be given. Apply to the Editor of this Paper. May 30. 773

GERMAN GOODS.
JOHN C. NIEMEYER,
Offers for Sale the following GOODS, for Cash or on convenient credit, for approved Bills only, viz:    5000 Bags 2 & 3 bushels, loose and in bales,  300 doz. Watch Chains, assorted    6000 Taz-India Gunny Bags,  25 do. coarse thread    330 pieces Hessian and brown Rolls,  10 do. fine do.    325 pieces white Rolls, of four qualities,  100 boxes of Goddard's Spanish Scarfs,    140 pieces Ticklenburg and Oznaburgs,  75 do. 2d and 3d qualities,    100 pieces Pintillas, white and brown,  12 boxes about 2000 straws,    15 pieces Dowlas,  3 do. Wine Glasses and Decanters,    20 do. Checks,  23 do. China and elegant cut Glass Ware,    30 do. Britannias,  5 do. Toys,    40 do. Rouans,  6000 Toy Marbles,    45 do. best Flemish Sheetings,  1 case fine Hats,    20 do. fine Bed ticking,  100 wt. Twine,    24 do. Matras Ticking,  120 doz. Gold and silver Hat Cords,    18 do. German Canvas,  25 boxes short Pipes, three groce each,    15 do. do. Shirt Linen,  330 wt. Canary Seed,    44 yard each, from 65 to 110 dollars per piece,  1 case Gun,    14 do. do. 37 yds. each, at 36 to 75 dollars per piece,  Spectacles green and plain, an elegant assortment to suit all ages,    240 do. Velvet Ribbons, assorted,  Goggles plain and green,    40 boxes English crown window Glass,  Pistols, an elegant assortment, do. 1 case superior Hair Triggers,    70 do. Baltimore window Glass assorted, at the manufacturer's prices, for cash,  Fowling Pieces, elegant double bbls; do. common, single do.    2000 wt. Lamb's Wool, superior quality,  Flutes, patent and plain,    3000 doz. German Golds, very cheap,  Fifer, Octave, Tambourine, Flageolet, double and single, Violins, and elegant Boxes,    2000 bunches red Garnet Beads,  Instruction Books, & Musick, Violin Strings, Bridges, and Screws.    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. Sagar Boxes, Spectacle Cases, Windsor Soap, Hand Latticams, best Tortoise Shell Combs, Ivory & Horn do. fine Razors & Penknives, Pocket Knives of all kinds, Knives and Forks, Snuff Boxes, very elegant, Brass Candlesticks, Coffee Toasters, Shoe Brushes, Cloth do. Mill Saw, Frying Pans, Shoeshoes, Tong, and Pokers, Fish  Hooks, Table Mats, Battle Doors and Bells, Bell Metal Kettles, Waffle Irons, Water 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, Plush for Saddles, Passage Lamps, Chamber Lamps and Wicks, Backgammon Tables, 800 Dice, elegant Chess Men, and Cribbage Boards.    Apply as above. May 16. tf 744
SPRING GOODS.
COOKE 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 Linen assorted, 5-4 and 6-4 Sheetings,  meres,    French Cambricks and Long Lawns,  Cotton Cassimeres and Grand-dells,    Fine Pocket Handkerchiefs, 7-8 and 8-4 quarter Diapers, Table Cloths,  Umbrellas and Parasols, Kid Shoes,    Chambray Muslin, Cambric do., Cambric Dimities, Furniture do., Fashionable Shawls, Lace Veils, Black net Shawls, Superfine Cloths and Cassi-  Hats assorted, in cases, Seine Twine, Oznaburgs and Hempen Rolls, Cotton and Silk Hosiery, Checks and Stripes, Calicoes and Ginghams, Fashionable Waistcoats, White and coloured Janes, Powder, Shot, &c. &c.    ON HAND, Yellow NANKEENS, first chop, Berboom GURRAHS—and 6000 wt. BACON, April 23. 2m 693
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 BUTTING, broad and narrow, of every colour, which they offer for Sale.
ALSO ON HAND,
Teneriff WINE, Holland & Country GIN, 4th Proof Cognac BRANDY, of superior quality, Hibbert's Brown STOUT, in casks of 6-12 dozen, Double Gloucester CHEESE, Old L. P. Madeira WINE, fit for immediate use, Macaroon SUGAR, in bds. 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 23. 2m 686
Landing on Gibson's Wharf, from on board the Schooner Catherine Shepherd, Capt. Webb, from Surinam, a choice CARGO of
MOLASSES in hogsheads and tierces,
And from on board the Sch'r Union, Capt. Buck, from Antigua, Antigua RUM of superior quality. In Store,
Tobago RUM, Madeira and Teneriffe WINE, 7 years old; Macao CLARET in cases of 1 dozen each; A few Kegs Hog's LARD, &c. April 23. tf 704
Harrison Allmand.
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
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. Risk & Cattet. Who have this day landing, 75 tierces choice NEW RICE, in whole and half tierces. April 21. tf 683
SECOND CLASS.
SCHEME OF A LOTTERY,
For the Benefit of WILLIAM and MARY COLLEGE.
5,938 Tickets at 10 dollars, each, 4,685 do. at 15 do. do. 10,623 Deduct loss on 2000 Tickets renewed, 4,500
Dolls. 125,155
To float in the wheel, and come out as chance may direct.
2 Prizes of 5000 Dollars, each, 4 do. 2000 do. 16 do. 1000 do. 16 do. 500 do. 32 do. 200 do. 160 do. 100 do. 232 do. 50 do. 730 do. 20 do. 1 do. Dolls. 10,000 8,000 16,000 8,000 6,400 16,000 11,600 15,000 155
Stationary Prizes are, 1 Prize first drawn, after 1000 Tickets are out, 1 do. 2000 1 do. 3000 1 do. 4000 1 do. 5000 1 do. 6000 1 do. 7000 1 do. 8000 1 do. 9000 1 do. last drawn, a Prize
Dolls. 500 500 500 500 500 10,000 500 500 20,000
1223 Prizes. 9400 Blanks. Dolls. 125,000
The superiority of this Scheme to the one first proposed, is so obvious, that little need be said in recommendation of it. Those inclined to adventure, will see that their chance for obtaining prizes is greatly increased; that pending the drawing, their small prizes may be immediately invested in other tickets, thereby giving them a chance for prizes of considerable magnitude. To those who have drawn prizes of 15 dollars in the First Class, as well as to those who have drawn blanks, information is now given, that the prizes may at their own option be renewed by tickets in this Class, and their blanks also, but upon the payment in the latter case of 10 dollars with each blank, provided such prizes and blanks, with the cash, be remitted free of postage, to Robt. Greenhow, merchant, in Williamsburg, agent and treasurer, or to William Newsum, Post-Master, in Norfolk, previous to the commencement of the drawing, after which period no renewal will be made. When to the prospect of individual advantage that may result to each adventurer, is added the patriotic reasons which induced the legislature to authorise this Lottery, it is ardently hoped that the disposition of tickets, will soon enable the commissioners to certify, that the drawing has commenced; which event, the agent assures the public, shall be expedited by every means in his power. Robt. Greenhow, Ag't & Treasurer. June 18. tf 842
Fresh supplies of Drugs & Medicines, Have just been received by FREDERICK HEERMAN, & SON, Per the Ship Proteus, from London, and Herald from Liverpool—Also, an assortment of
SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS.
A great variety of GENUINE PATENT MEDICINES. All sorts of GLASS AND SHOP FURNITURE, And a prime collection of VALUABLE PERFUMES, including OTTER OF ROSES from Barbary. Importing regularly twice a year from the most respectable Druggists in Europe, we assure those who favour us with their orders, that the strictest attention will be paid to furnish them with articles of the best quality, and on the most reasonable terms. PERRY'S and LETTSON'S Golden Antibilious PILLS; CHURCHES and J. K. READ'S COUGH DROPS for Sale—MEDICINE CHESTS as usual. June 16. tf 833
CUT-NAIL MANUFACTORY.
EPHRAIM WELCH,
No. 88, Main-Street, With gratitude acknowledges the liberal encouragement the citizens of Norfolk, Portsmouth, and the Public have been pleased to offer since the introduction of his Nail Manufactory in this Borough, and informs them that he has erected all his Machines new, which are very considerably improved, and continues to manufacture the best quality—And has on hand for SALE, a constant supply of
Patent NAILS and BRADS,
Which is cut length ways of the hoop, and to accommodate his customers, has thought proper to reduce the prices as follows, by the keg for Cash, viz:
8d. 10d. 12d. and 20d. Nails at 7d. 1-2 per lb. 8d. 10d. 12d. and 20d. Brads at 7d. 1-2 per lb. 6d. Nails at 9d. 1-2 per lb. Sheathing Nails at 7d. 1-2 per lb. 6d. Brads at 4s. 6d. per M. 4d. do. at 2s. 9d. per M. 3d. do. at 2s. 3d. per M. 4d. Nails at 2s. 9d. per M. 3d. and 2d. do. at 2s. 3d. per M.
ALSO FOR SALE, Crowley and German Steel HOOP IRON.—Nail Machines made and warranted good, on short notice. N. B. All of the Nails, Brads, and Articles, sold at the Manufactory. June 13. tf 831
The Subscribers offer for SALE, 500,000 sale Shingles; 400,000 building do. 20,000 three feet Cedar do. 50,000 Cypress PALES, 5,000 Cedar and Chinquapin POSTS, 40,000 White Oak drawn and rough hogshead STAVES. ALSO, IN STORE, W. I. and N. E. RUM, in hhd. & bbls. MOLASSES in hhd. & bbls.; SUGAR in hhd. & bbls., Superfine FLOUR in bbls.; TOBACCO in kegs, 30 barrels HERRINGS. Proby, Harmanon, & Co. May 30. tf 780
Now landing on Gibson's Wharf, from the brig Ann, Capt. Forsyth, from Marseilles, French Brandy in pipes, Claret in hogsheads, 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 on Hand, 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 809 EDWARD ROBERTS.
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
FOR SALE,
3000 Pieces Yellow NANKEEN,
11 Boxes Imperial TEA, 6 Chests 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
IRISH LINENS, &c.
The Subscriber has received from Dublin, by the Ship Intrepid, a choice assortment of Irish Linens, Sheetings, Diapers, &c. which he offers for Sale on moderate terms. Richard Taylor. May 10. 2m 747
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 820
ROBERT MAITLAND, & Co.
HAVE IN STORE FOR SALE, 14 Pipes Pierpont's New-York Anchor GIN, of a superior quality, 10 Chests Young Hyson TEA; 4 chests Hyson do. 2000 Pieces Yellow NANKEEN, first chop, 10 Pipes French BRANDY; 72 doz. CLARET in cases, 2 Hds. Lump SUGAR; 8 hhd. West India RUM, Hibbert's Bottled PORTER, and Brown STOUT, and choice old Madeira WINE, in pipes, hhd. and gr. casks. June 11. 6w 827
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 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
30 Pipes Country GIN,
10 do. do. Cognac BRANDY, 20 PUNCHES W. I. RUM, 15 Quarter Casks Old Sherry WINE, 30 Barrels WHISKEY, 3 Hogsheads Apple BRANDY, 30 Bags PEPPER, 50 Boxes Mould CANDLES, 30 do. Dipped do. 2 Bales Fine CASSAS, 5 do. Beeboom GURRAHS—For Sale at reduced prices by S. Marks, jun. & Co. April 2. tf 631
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 pretty when spoken to. He has been a servant to a family as a carriage driver, and has been lately put to the ship-carpenter'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 with him him negro cotton 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 forward 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 March 17. tf 587
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
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
I wish to Purchase,
Six or Eight Negro BOYS,
from 15 to 18 years of age. Thomas Warren. April 12. tf 661
FOR SALE,
My LANDS, in Greenville County,
containing by 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 fire places 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
FOR SALE by the Subscriber, at his Bake-
500 Barrels Navy BREAD,
200 do. Superior 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 334
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 cash only, viz:
8d. 10d. 12d. and 20d. Nails, at 7 1-2 per lb. 8d. 10d. 12d. and 20d. Brads, at 7 1-2 per lb. 6d. Nails, at 9 1-2 per lb. 6d. Brads, at 7 1-2 per lb. 4d. Brads, at 4s. 6d. per M. 4d. do. at 2s. 9d. per M. 3d. do. at 2s. 3d. per M. 4d. Nails, at 2s. 9d. per M. 3d. and 2d. do. at 2s. 3d. per M. ALSO—HOOP and BAR-IRON ASSORTED. LEVIN DORSEY. June 2. tf 763
FOR SALE,
A pair of well broke young Carriage
HORSES, and a London made PHILTON. Enquire at this Office. June 2. tf 737
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 Phinches 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,
That commodious STORE on Main-
Street, No. 23, 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
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 Hais, 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 Ditchell, 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 enter 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
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 10th of June to the 31st of December, 18,