Berkeley and Jefferson intelligencer (Martinsburg, Va.), 1807-06-05 00:00:00

Berkeley and Jefferson Intelligencer.
[No. 3 of Volume IX.]
FRIDAY, June 5, 1807.
[WHOLE No. 412.]
TODAY AND TOMORROW.
Today the sun with cloudless ray, Beams joy and happiness around; Tomorrow winds tempestuous play, And sleet deforms the frozen ground. Such is the doom to man assign'd, Such are the changes of the mind. Today the genial zephyrs breathe, The fragrance of the opening year; Tomorrow sees the barren heath, And vegetation disappear. Such is the fate of human kind, Such are the changes of the mind. Today the sun of pleasure smiles, Youth, Joy and Beauty, deck the scene, The magic wand of Hope beguiles, And not a dark cloud intervenes; Such is the view to youth assign'd, Such the delusion of the mind. Tomorrow disappointment lowers, Care's canker gnaws the aching breast, Regret each passing moment soars, Or Sorrow rears her gorgon crest: Such is the doom to man assign'd; Such are the changes of the mind. Today deceitful Fortune wears The gladdening smile of Joy and Peace; We seek not Sorrow's hidden snare, That soon may bid our pleasure cease; Our prospects fair and unconfined Yield sweet contentment to the mind. Tomorrow wears another face; And dark'ning clouds obscure the view; In vain the past scenes we retrace, Or strive the future to pursue; But dreary are the thoughts assign'd, To occupy the gloomy mind. Today then let us all prepare For what the morrow may produce: Tomorrow be our chiefest care, To put each hour to proper use; Move in the sphere by Heaven design'd, And regulate the wandering mind.
IMPROMPTU,
ON THE ABSENCE OF FRIENDS.
And can the flight of envious Time Remove the image of a Friend? Can changing place, or varying clime, The dear delightful contract end?  Can the lov'd form, the pictured face; Engraven on the feeling breast, The eye that mem'ry loves to trace Still beaming with its wonted zest:—  Can these the absent heart no more With inly thrilling sweetness charm; Can virtue's venerable lore With kindling transport cease to warm?  No! faithful memory still portrays, To the fond bosom's anxious view, The visions of departed days, In softened shades of tender hue:  Still knit in friendship's sacred tie; Days, months & years shall vainly roll; They but demand the passing sigh, But dare not disunite the soul.
THE PREACHER.
“Let there be no strife, I pray thee be- tween me and thee, nor between my herdsmen and thy herdsmen; for we are brethren.”
THIS text, my readers will recollect are the words of pious Abraham to his brother Lot. Here, was shewn the true spirit of christianity; this confirmed without a doubt, that his professions of religion were far from being empty and vain; for when his property (which is made the idol of so many) was like to be injured, he could calmly say, “If thou wilt take the left hand, then will I go to the right; or if thou wilt depart to the right hand, then will I go to the left.”
How different the character of many at the present day, who are very zealous christians. It too often happens, that some persons who make great professions of religion do not keep their corrupt and sinful affections in proper subjection, but on very trivial occasions suffer passion to get the better of reason, and their sinful natures to take the reins. Hence their “good is evil spoken of.”
This is making ship-wreck of the
faith, departing from principles of christianity, and delivering up their bodies, which are the temples of the holy spirit, to the buffetings of Satan. Such things afford matter of triumph to the adversary, while they are stumbling blocks to timid believers.
But the evil that I would more especially point at, is the quarrels which frequently happen between professed christians of different denominations, and even members of the same church. As to the first of these, every unprejudiced man will, on the least reflection, readily acknowledge, that there may be serious, pious, devout christians as well under one name as another, for it is chimerical to suppose that all men can, while subject to such passions as we all are, ever think or act alike. But the mild religion which we profess, does not justify us to persecuting each other for a trifling difference in the mere ceremonial part of worship; and while our neighbor agrees with us in the fundamental points of christianity, it is immaterial in what particular way he chooses to perform his religious services. Brethren of the same church or religious society who indulge themselves in quarrelling, ought to see well to it that they be prepared to render an account of the improvement of the light afforded them, and of the opportunity they may have had to improve in all that is good and praiseworthy. Their example in wickedness will tend more to vitiate an already too vicious world, than the example of thousands of dissolute and openly licentious characters.
It is always better to suffer, than to do wrong, and we should do well to remember that charity is the most noble virtue; therefore, as we are all fallible creatures, let us exercise it towards the failings of others; for “ Faith may be lost in sight, Hope in fruition, but Charity liveth and abideth forever.”
From the PORT FOLIO.
NO man, says Lord Chesterfield, is ridiculous in the character which Nature intended him to represent; he becomes so, only when he assumes a part to which his disposition of mind is not adapted. The remark will be found universally correct. The simplicity of the ignorant never excites our contempt, but when it is clothed in vanity; the lowest and most insignificant of men may inspire a sentiment of pity, but will never be despised if he walk in the path of humility; & even the bold and daring villain who holds to the light the purposes of his soul, creates an opinion far less degrading to humanity than the assassin whose face is decked in smiles. Still, we are ever unwilling to display the impression stamped on us by the hand of Nature, and are always anxious to assume a character widely different from that which has been allotted to us.
When the god of mirth was made the arbiter, to decide upon the performances of his fellow deities, he pronounced man to be the worst, because he had not a window in his breast, through which the secrets of his heart might appear, and by means of which the sincerity of his professions might be known. Far different from their present condition would mankind have been, had the advice of Momus been pursued, and few, very few of us indeed, would have been grateful for the change: On the contrary, it seems rather to be our desire to throw a veil over the only index that exists, for our earliest and our continued efforts are made to conceal the real motives and impulses of the heart. Else why does old age so often endeavour to display the levity, and to participate in the iltimed joys of youth? Why does Poverty enrobe itself in tinsel and feed upon the fancied plaudits of an undiscerning world? Why does Ignorance or Folly assume the cloak of Wisdom, which every wind can throw aside, and display the deficiencies within? How amiable was that philosopher whose only wish was to know the situation for which the gods had intended him, that so, he might make every exertion in his power to further their designs!
Discontent is a powerful, frequently a useful principle of action. But the
love of change, however strong, will not account for our eternal desires to appear that which we are not: for it would rather impel us to destroy the seeds of vice, which Nature has implanted or Habit generated in our minds, and not to gloss over the surface with a slimy colouring while the core remains unsound. Nor can this propensity be ascribed to pride or shame; for pride and shame have some good end in view; either the support of conscious worth, or contrition and penitence for guilt. It is a frailty incident to our nature; a frailty latent during the early periods of infancy, but which grows with our growth and strengthens with our strength; a frailty which increases in proportion to the encouragement it receives, and finding its sanction in the example of thousands, and fortunate perhaps in its first attempts, destroys at length the perception even of its possessor himself. But it is a frailty which the bravest may be proud to conquer, and the wisest to subdue.
From the lips of Candour, persuasion always flows, and the ray of truth that illumines the countenance of Sincerity, surpasses all the lustre which a reason the most refined, and a sophistry the most impenetrable, can bestow. It is the elegance of the Athenian temple, compared with the grand yet terrifick splendour of the Gothick dome; it is the bewitching smile of native beauty, contrasted with the staid air of high-born pride: the last we may admire, but the former only can we love.
The rules of conduct prescribed by good breeding are not incompatible with the purest sincerity. The richest jewel is void of beauty until the hand of Art remove the dullness with which, by nature, it is encircled. Politeness as it not only calls into action the principles of goodness, but even in some degree contributes to their formation, may be regarded not merely as a dress for Virtue, but as among the most valuable of its constituent parts. It is the delicate medium through which Benevolence may be viewed to advantage. It is the polish which adorns and improves the substance. It is a qualification, which in its purity can be found, only in a benignant, an intelligent, superior mind.
Were I called upon to point out an example of merit completely unaffected, of perfectly modest unassuming worth, of candour undissembled, and sincerity unfeigned; I should shrink from the task; the arhals of man present no such character; his very constitution forbids the possibility of its existence. But in the shades of the Grecian academy, in the retirement of her philosophers, I would select as the nearest to perfection the instructor of Xenophon and Plato. Devoid of the ridiculous misanthropy of the cynick; avoiding the frozen virtue of the Stoick, and despising the unmanly softness of the Epicurean, Socrates lived so pure a life that Nature, proud of being the mother of such a son might exclaim, this was a man . Such a character we should imitate if we cannot resemble; and measuring our desires by the line of piety and wisdom, let us say with Plautus, Proximum quod sit bono, quodque a male longissime, Id volo esse.
CAPTIVI. ACTUS 2, S. 2.
POLITENESS.
In our estimate of the value of those qualities for which some persons are so eminent, and, indeed, those which are, in some degree, possessed and practised by all, we are apt to consider politeness, not as one of the pillars which support the structure of a well-regulated society, but rather as one of those ornaments which serve to adorn the shaft, or enrich the capital.
No uninvestigated, or, perhaps, unfounded opinion has more plausibility. What, say some, is politeness? what but the practice of deceit and imposture and a sacrifice of sincerity and frankness, at the shrine of human vanity and pride? The observation, however, is not too well founded; the deceit practised is a deceit of words, not of meaning: the sacrifice is of sound, not of substance; and it is not always offered at the shrine of human vanity and pride, but of human
sensibility. Even this deceit of words imposes on no one not extremely ignorant; for who believes the common phrases of a polite man to flow in a pure stream from his heart? They are considered as a current coin, to which custom has affixed a certain value, and which are seldom offered at more than the accustomed price.
I must be understood to perceive and recommend the necessity of confining the exercises of this virtue within certain limits: what these are, it is not easy to determine; they must be fixed by the good sense which every truly polite person necessarily possesses. A few general observations may still be hazarded. Truth ought never to be sacrificed, though it may, when necessary, be concealed; politeness should induce no one to make a promise which he intends not to perform; nor should it ever be exercised where there is any danger of deceiving the person to whom it may be addressed; there should be no hawking, no monkey tricks practised or encouraged: these form no part of politeness; they are useless and disgusting appendages: like those preposterous fopperies which fashion introduces, and expels to introduce others, not parts of dress contributing to elegance or utility.
Perhaps it may be necessary to define what is here considered as constituting politeness. It is that feeling which induces us to be tender of the feelings of our fellow-creatures; to be careful never wantonly or unnecessarily to wound them; to conceal all those disagreeable truths, the disclosure of which is useless; to soften, as much as is consistent with sincerity, those which must be imparted; and to tell those which are agreeable in an agreeable manner: for it should be remembered, that true politeness is not merely one of those things which hang suspended between virtue and vice, and keeps pace with the advancement of civilization, the progress of the arts, and the introduction of luxury, but a virtue which is always attendant, in some shape or other, on the footsteps of humanity; not a weed generated and cherished in the hot-bed of refinement and corruption, but the genuine produce of a feeling heart and a cultivated mind.
“Life's little stage, (observes Young) is a small eminence, inch-high the grave above, that final home of man, where dwells the untold multitude: We look around—we read their monuments—we sigh—and, as we sigh, we sink, and are—what we deplored:—lamenting or lamented all our lot.”
These sacred truths, though summarily expressed, are replete with interesting admonitions.
We are apt to think this life of ours immortal ;—and to bestow no attention to the narrow limits destined sooner or later to confine it.—Thus thinking, we live; and act on many occasions repugnant to that virtue and justice which we should admire, venerate and practice, did we call to mind the uncertainty of our prospects and duration here , and the certainty of an hereafter , in which we are to be rewarded, or punished, according to the good or bad deeds done in this life .
A grave-yard is both instructive to the mind, and wholesome to the soul:—While it ridicules the idea of any other superiority in human nature than that of worth and virtue; it demonstrates that death hurls his darts alike at all; and that in the grave all share one common fate, to moulder and decay:—And as we pass on, from stoue to stoue, from tomb to tomb, and either reflect upon the inscriptions , or upon the actions which distinguished the persons they mark; a voice seems continually ascending to our ears, saying—“Live righteously, that you may die good and live again, to immortality happiness and glory!”
Nine tenths of the happiness of mankind, depends on their being contented in the situation for which the God of Nature has designed them. He who employs his head, is not so happy as he who employs his hands without mental anxiety. The thought of this ought to check improper ambition.
Ms. A. 1. 6 v. 9 p. 12

LONDON, April 14. Peace between England, Russia, and Turkey.
We (Courier) had the satisfaction to announce yesterday, the glorious intelligence received from the Dardanelles. Government have not yet received the official dispatches from Sir John Duckworth or Mr. Albuthnot; but now they are in possession of other advices, to which, we understand, they attach implicit credit. Indeed, the Dutch papers to the 6th, which have arrived, render the intelligence very probable. The Vienna Court Gazette of the 21st of March, contains the following paragraph:
Admiral Louis's squadron, cruising off Tenedos, was reinforced between the 13th and the 18th of February, by four three-deckers, and several frigates and corvettes; and on the 21st the English forced the Seven Forts which protect the passage of the Dardanelles, burnt a ship of the line, and destroyed some Turkish frigates in the channel. In consequence, fresh negotiations and proposals for accommodation, took place, and were continued when the last accounts came away.
The intelligence which government has received is more particular, as well as more recent. Admiral Louis remained off Tenedos, cruising between that island and the island of Lemnos, till he was joined by Sir J. Duckworth—they then forced the passage of the Dardanelles amidst a tremendous fire, which, however, did little damage to our ships. The fire from the Old Castle on the north side of the Strait, is said to have been for a short time, peculiarly heavy, but it was soon silenced by the British thunder, and the fort is said to have been reduced almost to a heap of ruins. The Turkish squadron opposed an unavailing resistance. It is said that the number of ships taken or destroyed was much greater than the Vienna Gazette states—the number is reported to have been ten sail of the line. The vigour of our proceedings, in conjunction with the Russian squadron, spread universal consternation and dismay. Proceeding through the Dardanelles into the sea of Marmora, we prepared to carry our force before Constantinople, but before any thing was attempted against that city, a messenger was sent off to the Divan, offering terms of peace. The Divan, after a short consultation, acceded to them, and the following is the substance of the conditions we dictated in concert with our allies to the Porte.
“That the English should retain possession of the Dardanelles till a general peace.”
“That Russia should also keep possession of certain of the Turkish fortresses till a general peace, as a security for the fidelity of the Porte.”
The first and immediate consequence of this act of vigour, was the dissolution of the French influence. Sebastiani was ordered away from Constantinople in 24 hours.
STATESMAN-OFFICE, 2 o'clock, P. M.
We stop the press to announce the report of the arrival of a messenger at the admiralty from admiral Louis, fully confirming the accounts relative to the forcing the passage of the Dardanelles, and the subsequent treaty with the Porte.
The Park and Tower guns are expected to be fired on the occasion.—We are sorry to state the loss of his majesty's ship Ajax, which ran aground, but all the crew saved.
WARSAW, March 17. An officer belonging to the Polish guard of Nobles, with his majesty the emperor, arrived here yesterday, from the head-quarters. According to his report, the evening before his departure, intelligence had been received that gen. Dombrowski's division had made itself master of one of the suburbs of Dantzick, known by the name of the Fahrwasser. Two Thousand cavalry of that division had marched for the Grand army at Osterode. The second regiment of the first Polish legion, under colonel Stanislaus Potocki, marched out to Praga yesterday from whence the first regiment of the Bavarian cavalry defiled off the same day.
Our Journal of to-day says, that the grand duke of Berg, at the head of some squadrons of cavalry, and supported by the division of general Zalouizack had driven a corps of Russian Hussars and Cossacks, making ten squadrons altogether, from Neidenburg, Willenburg, and the circumjacent country. Several
Russians were killed, and 100 made prisoners, and they were pursued, in a state of disorder, three leagues. After this glorious affair, the Polish battalions rejoined their division
COPENHAGEN, March 21. The environs of Dantzick, the eastern part excepted, are wholly occupied by French troops, who were engaged in drawing off the water that runs through the place, and turned several mills. The Prussian garrison exceeds 16,000 men.
A letter from Dantzick, of the 14th says, “Twenty thousand men, Poles, are lying round this place. General Kalkreuth has arrived with a reinforcement of 2000 Cossacks, and has taken the command of the place. We are taking the most efficient means of defence. The suburbs are already destroyed, so that 8000 people are without house or home. A very strict military police is established in the interior. No assemblages are permitted in the streets or any of the publick places.”
HAMBURG, March 20. The head quarters of the French army continued at Osterode on the 22d inst.
The latest accounts from the theatre of war seem to announce great events. It is reported that the right wing of the French army, under marshal Massena, has made a movement upon the left of the Russians. If this be true, a decisive action appears inevitable. The alarm excited by these movements are compensated by new hopes of peace. All the letters from the theatre of war say that proposals of peace have been made; and it is known that negotiations to which the presence of M. De Kleist at the French headquarters have given rise, are not entirely broken off.
LONDON, April 7—8. Baron Rehausen, the Swedish minister at our court on Friday presented a note to our government, announcing that his Swedish majesty in order to protect the commerce of the B. Ick, and for military purposes, had found it necessary to blockade the river Peene, thereby preventing the passage of all vessels to or from Anklam, Wolgast, Stettin, &c.
Government is determined to give to Russia every possible support and 60,000 stand of arms will be sent off with the utmost despatch. They were insured on Saturday, and will be conveyed in two sloops of war. They are to be followed by a proportionate quantity of ball and cartridges. Upwards of 60,000 stand with ball, &c. which was previously sent had reached Memel, and probably are at this moment employed against the common enemy.
Lord Cathcart it is said is to have the command of the three battalions of foot guards going to the continent, and disembarked at Memel; then to join the Russian army as soon as possible.
THE LATEST. LONDON, April 20.
We are assured from the best authority that it is determined that parliament shall be dissolved the latter end of May, at which time the present session will be closed.
It is now said the duke of Portland has resigned, and lord Sidmouth placed at the head of the treasury. Not so—but some change is on the tapis. There are difficulties in the way which will not be easily surmounted. It is said Mr. Canning resists the admission of lord Sidmouth, as does also lord Melville; while others of the cabinet maintain the measure to be indispensably necessary.
BERLIN, April 8. Six thousand Spanish cavalry, and twenty four thousand infantry of the same nation, have passed the Pyrenees, and are expected on the banks of the Elbe the latter end of this month.
April 11. The passage of French troops, by divisions and regiments is greater than ever. We daily see pass through here considerable transports of powder and ammunition of all sorts. The want of specie is felt every day more and more, and it will almost be impossible for the city to furnish the contribution of a million that has been demanded.
BANKS OF THE ELBE, April 13. In the night of the 6th to the 7th of this month, the town of Rostock was surprised by a Swedish corps, who, conducted by a guide which they had taken at Stralsund, entered the said town by a sluice avoiding the gates; this corps returned after having made prisoners the garrison, consisting of from 120 to 130
Dutch troops as well as the secretary to the French vice consul, M. Martensen, and after taking off the sequestration laid upon the Swedish ships which were to be sold the next day, as also that laid upon English merchandise. Another corps of about 200 Swedes, in waggons, advanced as far as the lake of Schwerin, and afterwards retired; the principal corps of the Swedes appear to be directed towards Stettin, a division of which entered Friedland on the 6th. It is confirmed, that the communication between Pillau and Dantzick is established by the Friesch Haff; on the 29th March, a fresh reinforcement of 4000 Russians arrived by sea at Dantzick. ( L'Abeille du Nord , 14th April.)
VIENNA, April 1. The imperial Russian admiral Smirin, has set sail with a strong division of his squadron, which has lately been considerably reinforced by the Ionian or Egean sea, to join the remaining part of the English fleet, which was left cruising off Tenedos. The duke of Richelieu has put himself in motion with a considerable corps assembled in the governments of Odessa and Fagarok to march to Moldavia.— Court. Gaz.
CONSTANTINOPLE, March 10. The English squadron has availed itself of a northerly wind to sail out of the channel. While the English admiral was negotiating the batteries were constructing under the direction of French officers all around our port, and mounted with upwards of 600 pieces of cannon. Within a few days, the forts of the Dardanelles were put in the most tenable condition. Before three weeks shall have elapsed, the Dardanelles will be in a state altogether impregnable like our port. In the canal the English were struck with astonishment at the sight of the immense population of the coast. Their Boats which put off to fetch water and other provisions, were not able to land. They have, therefore, done extremely well to shear off with all possible speed. The grand Seigneur has adopted the same measures in his dominions against the English and their property as the French emperor. The seals have been put on the palace of the English ambassador, as well as on all English warehouses. All persons not belonging to the military are to be discarded; and after this measure shall be carried into effect, the shops will be opened again.
(Altona Mercury, April 15. ELSINEUR, April 9.
By an arrival yesterday in 5 days from Dantzick, we have the satisfactory intelligence, that city is rescued from its impending danger, by the seasonable arrival of 4000 Russians. The garrison has again taken possession of the Fair Water, to which the enemy had advanced. We are assured, from the same source, that the Russian Grand Army has been joined by upwards of 60,000 fresh troops. A general battle was every day expected to occur.—The affairs of outposts and skirmishes have been very frequent, and even sanguinary, from the 20th to the end of last month.—The Prussians join the Russians in considerable numbers: but the former complain bitterly of the want of arms, which they anxiously expect from England. The number of soldiers without arms is very great.
It appears, by the subsequent article, that capt. Whitby was acquitted on the 17th ult. At the witnesses from this city arrived about twenty days previous to the trial, there is no doubt but they were present. ( N. Y. pap. )
LONDON, April 21. Trial of captain Whitby of the Leander.
A court martial assembled on board the Gladiator, in Portsmouth harbor, on the 16th and 17th inst. to enquire into the conduct of captain Whitby, late of his majesty's ship Leander, who by order of capt. John P. Beresford, of his majesty's ship Cambrian (about April last) then commander in chief of his majesty's ships and vessels on the Halifax station, was directed to cruise off New-York, for the purpose of gaining information, and who, by letter dated the 6th of May last, to captain Beresford, represented that on the 25th of the preceding month, several vessels were coming down from the light house, near New-York, and, as they obstinately persisted in not attending to the first shot fired from the Leander, when closely pursued, several of the said vessels were boarded, and among the number that did not bring to, was a coasting sloop on board of which it appeared, by various
letters and papers transmitted by captain Beresford to the admiralty, an American seaman was unfortunately killed, by a shot from the Leander, or from some other of his majesty's ships and vessels then under the orders of capt. Whitby; the court having enquired into the conduct of captain Whitby, on a charge of violating the neutrality of a nation in amity with his majesty, and having on the 25th of April last, within the waters and jurisdiction of the U. S. of America, unlawfully, wilfully, and of his malice aforethought, caused a shot to be fired from his majesty's ship Leander, thereby one John Pierce, a citizen of America, was feloniously killed and murdered; and having heard the evidence in support of the charge, and capt. Whitby in his defence; and having maturely considered the whole, were of opinion that the charge had not been proved, and did adjudge capt. Whitby—to be acquitted.
PHILADELPHIA, May 25. FROM OUR CORRESPONDENTS.
“New-York, May 25.” “We have this moment received Irish papers to the 24th of April, inclusive, per the ship Dartmouth, captain Soule, 25 days from Sligo. They are filled with very important news.”
“There was a general battle between Behnigsens and Bonaparte the last of March, in which the former was victorious, having taken and destroyed fifty thousand French troops, &c.”
MARTINSBURG, June 3.
From the recent advices from Europe, we must confess that a new scene of speculation begins to open to our contemplation. We see nothing as yet absolutely decisive; but of late all our accounts seem to wear one aspect. The triumphs of France appear to be completely arrested and not only so, the movement of the French army if our information is to be credited, are retrograde. The tenor of Bonaparte's Bulletins, it is true still proclaims his victories, and there is no doubt but in general, the assaults of the Russians have been repelled, but to us they appear, to have been made with a view to vex and annoy and wear him out, rather than with any expectation of a decisive victory. This it is evident was the best policy of the Russians. The Fabian system of warfare gave victory to Washington and independence to America. Considering the immense army of Bonaparte and his distance from his proper empire, it was the most judicious plan that could be devised to deprive him of the advantages he derives from his legions of disciplined veterans, in the first place, the expense of supporting his numerous troops in a hostile country must be immense. The aid to be derived from the conquered must be both extorted and insufficient. His movements speak a more unquestionable language than his types. We find that having run through the Prussian dominions, with little resistance, he at length found himself in the vicinity of a powerful Russian army. Since that time, and it is now many months, what victories has he gained. What advances has he made? Perhaps the battle of Pultusk was the most decisive—that did to enable him to proceed. He has long been near Koningsberg. It was the old capital of Prussia. The reduction of it offered him many advantages. He contemplated its reduction. His first officers in the most sanguine terms, anticipated their success. They fought and by their own account fought hard; but they never reached Koningsberg. On the contrary they first retired into their winter-quarters, and it now appears are removing their quarters to a greater distance from the Russian forces. Bonaparte was at the last dates expected at Berlin. This would be a retreat of near three hundred miles from Warsaw. But say Thorn. This is on the banks of the Vistula, and above 100 miles in the rear of Eylau, which he occupied and where he claimed a victory. Does this situation offer him any advantages over a position at Warsaw. We know of none unless that it is further from his enemy. That is not an advantage to a general who purposes to conquer.
If the Russians hazard a general engagement, we will presume the event would be hazardous. If they persevere assaulting the outposts or detachments they will weaken and reduce an army which has not readily the means of making its losses good.
It is impossible that Bonaparte's generals and army will not ask themselves

for what are we enduring these hardships, at this distance from our own country? The reflection must damp their ardor. It is not to secure France, but to gratify the ambition of an Alexander. Duroc is said to be sent home in disgrace. If this be true, he is not alone in sentiment. To express dissatisfaction would be the extreme of folly in a solitary individual.
Much is said of the preparations of Austria; We do not believe that Austria will assume an avowedly hostile position, unless Bonaparte should be evidently discouraged. Even in that case, what could they do? If Bonaparte finds the Russians unconquerable, he will be glad of an apology to quit them, and on Austria he would wreak his vengeance. With such an army he would leave the country through which he should pass, with scarcely the means of supporting its own population. This would be a great security against pursuit. The Austrians would be again compelled to meet him unassisted. They must feel adequate to this, before they will avow themselves his enemies.
TRIAL OF COL. BARR.
On Saturday nothing of moment occurred at the trial. The bill had not been sent up to the grand jury, and of course nothing was done. On Monday the 25th, a motion was made in court by the United States attorney, to commit Col. Burr on the charge of high treason, and an offer was made to introduce additional evidence, to show probable cause for commitment. The motion was opposed by Col. Burr and his counsel, in an able and a masterly manner. They contended that in the present stage of the business it would be improper on many accounts and for obvious reasons, which will more fully appear in the details and the court adjourned at 5 P. M. —On Tuesday the court gave an opinion in favor of the United States attorney's right to make such a motion, and were prepared to hear evidence. None however was offered, and the criminal business was postponed until Wednesday.
In the mean time propositions were made for compromise. The U. S. attorney would withdraw this motion if Col. Burr would find bail to a satisfactory amount, and he might go at large tho' committed for High Treason, and to be tried at the next term. This proposition was rejected by Col. Burr with contempt.
We received at a late hour last evening the Virginia Argus, containing a long and interesting detail of the proceedings of the Circuit Court in the case of Aaron Burr, which shall be given in our next—contenting ourselves at present with the following outlines.
The proceedings of Friday only are given.
Chief justice Marshall and Judge Griffin presided. Eighteen of the grand jury having answered to their names, Col. Burr stated an objection to the manner in which they had been summoned, in consequence of which, after argument, Mr. Barbour and Dr. Fouché were withdrawn.
Col. Burr then challenged William B. Giles and Wilson Carey Nicholas, the former on account of his vote in the Senate on suspending the Habeas Corpus, and the subsequent expression of an opinion; and the latter on the ground of personal enmity. Both these gentlemen were likewise withdrawn.
The following gentlemen were then sworn on the grand jury:
John Randolph, Foreman, Jos. Eggleston, L. W. Tazewell, Robert Taylor, William Daniel, jun. John Mercer, Edward Pegram, Magford Bevesly, John Ambler, Thomas Harrison, Joseph C. Cabell, James Pleasants, Jun. John Brockenbrough, Alexander Shepherd, James Barbour, and James M. Garnett.
The Chief Justice then charged the jury, when a discussion ensued on a proposition, to instruct the jury with respect to the admissibility of certain evidence which it was supposed would be offered on the part of the U. States, which was not finished on Friday.
Gen. Wilkinson had not arrived.
Nat. Int.
A circular letter from Tobias Lear, esq. dated Tunis, 1st March, 1807.
Sir, I have the honor and satisfaction to inform you, that the differences which existed between the U. S. of America and the regency of Tunis, and which, on the departure of the Tunisian ambassador from the U. S. threatened to terminate in a rupture between the two nations; are now happily and honorably settled. And the commercial intercourse between the ci-
izens of the U. S. and this regency, may be carried on with as much security and advantage, as that of any other nation with whom the bey is in friendship. To the several consuls of the U. S. in the Mediterranean.
Extract of a letter from Fayetteville, N. C. of the 6th May.
"At our Superior Court, which was in session last week, the honorable Duncan M'Farland was pressed very hard for his ears—one of the indictments against him for perjury came on on Friday morning last. The examination of witnesses and pleading took up until midnight, when it was given to the jury; who, after being out some time without being likely to agree, judge Lowry retired, and paid them a visit again at 2 o'clock, A. M. still they had not agreed. The judge then went to rest, and did not return until the usual time of opening court; but the jury had not yet agreed; they remained out until near 2 o'clock on Saturday afternoon; when on motion of Mr. M'Farland's counsel a juror was drawn, so that he has to go through the same scene again at the next term. Messrs. Duffy, W. W. Jones, and D. M. Queen, managed for the state, and it is said well; general Davis, Mr. Hay and C. Shaw, defended the prisoner."
JUBILEE AT JAMES TOWN. NORFOLK, May 16.
"The year of Jubilee is come." Would it not be proper to have it perpetuated by an act of the legislature, as a day of rest and thanksgiving? It is the second Centesimal Anniversary since our successors landed in Virginia—a day, which, by Americans, should never be forgotten. Two hundred years, from the enterprising disposition of a few individuals, has produced a nation of people, under a wise and well regulated government, free and happy! Detached from European nations, let us cultivate our farms and our neutrality—let us pursue pacific measures, which alone can continue to us those blessings we at present enjoy—let us forbear to encroach upon the rights of others, and be unanimous in protecting our own—let us divest ourselves of those party prejudices that of late has arisen, and our posterity may see a return of this day—may contemplate the former wilderness of their native land—and rejoice (as we do now) in the perseverance and industry of their forefathers, in handing it down to them in its present well regulated and improved state—when we like those who laid the corner stone, shall be buried in oblivion and forgotten. I have not the happiness to be of the party, but my admiration and gratitude to the founders of this happy country, stimulates me thus to testify those sensations of joy, which have no other avenue of alleviation. But in this excess of pleasing reflection, sympathy for the aborigines which were driven from the spot we celebrate, propels me to regret that ingratitude should have been blended with the acquisition. The amiable, the virtuous Pocahontas!! I drop my pen, and in pity to my own feelings, shall forbear to recite her sufferings; and, although no social companions surround my board, yet her name by me shall be venerated, and I sincerely hope it may be re-echoed on the shores of James Town.
We understand that the president has just received a letter from the bey of Tunis, couched in terms of friendship towards the United States, and that information, by the same opportunity, was received at the department of state from Col. Lear, of his having effected an entire adjustment of our differences with the bey. [Nat. Intel.]
LITERARY INTELLIGENCE.
It is with pleasure we announce to the public that the Life of Washington, by Ramsay, is ready for and will be put to press in a few days in this city. Several gentlemen, who have seen the manuscript, do not hesitate to pronounce it, what would naturally be expected, from the author and the subject, a work of the most classic elegance. It will be comprised in one octavo volume, and printed in an elegant manner.
Printers who insert the above will be complimented with a copy.
[N. T. Cit.]
THE Life of Dr. Beattie, says Mr. Carpenter, printed by Messrs. Brisban and Brannan, is a valuable acquisition to the adopted literature of this country, and an elegant specimen of our increasing excellence and spirit in printing. Messrs. B. and B. could not have fixed
upon a work more likely to repay them for their adventure, since it contains not merely a life of that inestimable man, Dr. Beattie, the admiration and delight of all who know him or read his writings, but a multitude of his letters to his familiar friends, which besides containing interesting anecdotes of several personages of celebrity, are replete with wisdom, piety and that true simple philosophy which dignifies the possessor. The following character of Dr. Johnson's favorite friend Mr. Langton, given in a note, will interest those of our readers who delight in contemplating the characters of good men:
"Bennet Langton, Esq. of Langton in the county of Lincoln, LL. D. a gentleman no less eminent for his virtues than for his ardent love of literature, inheriting a paternal fortune that rendered him independent of any profession he devoted himself to the study of letters, which he cultivated with uncommon assiduity, first at the grammar schools of Kensington, Reading and Beverly, afterwards at Trinity college, Oxford. His favorite study was Greek, in which he became very learned; he was an excellent Latin scholar, and had even acquired a knowledge of the Hebrew. He had a thorough acquaintance with the French language, and read also the Italian, Spanish and Portuguese."
But his successful and extraordinary acquirements in literature, were by no means the most remarkable part of Mr. Langton's character. His exemplary piety, his singular humility, and his unwearied endeavours in the exercise of the great duties of charity and benevolence, were his brightest ornaments. It was the emphatic testimony of Dr. Johnson in his favour, "I know not who will go to Heaven if Langton does not: sir, I could almost say, Sit anima mea cum Langtono ;" * and when Mr. Boswell, to whom the Dr. made the remark, mentioned a very eminent friend of theirs as a virtuous man, Johnson's reply was—"Yes sir, but he has not the evangelical virtue of Langton." On another occasion, he said to Mr. Boswell, with a vehemence of affectionate regard, "The earth does not bear a worthier man than Bennet Langton."†
His acquaintance with Dr. Johnson commenced in a manner somewhat singular. When Mr. Langton was no more than sixteen years of age, and before he went to the university, having read, with a high degree of admiration, Dr. Johnson's celebrated Rambler, which was first published about that period, he travelled to London, chiefly with a view of becoming acquainted with its author. In this he succeeded and Johnson being struck with his great piety, love of learning, and suavity of manners, conceived a warm affection for him; while he, on the other hand, was charmed with Dr. Johnson, whose ideas and sentiments he found congenial with those he had early imbibed at home. From that period, notwithstanding a considerable disparity of years, a most intimate friendship took place between them, which lasted, without the slightest interruption, as long as Johnson lived. When the death of his inestimable friend drew near, Mr. Langton attended him constantly and soothed some of his last hours with the most pleasing and affectionate assiduities. Once when Mr. Langton was sitting by his bedside, Dr. Johnson is said to have seized his hand and to have exclaimed with great emphasis—"Te teneam moriens, deficiente manu."
Nor did this amiable person, with all his attachment to literature, shut himself up in his library, or pass his time in literary indolence. Having engaged in that constitutional defence of his country, the militia, he laid aside his classical studies for a time, and resolved to make himself thoroughly master of military tactics. In this pursuit he employed himself with such assiduity, that in no long period he became an excellent officer. He acquired the esteem and admiration of his brother officers not only by his worth and learning, but by his elegant manners, and an inexhaustible fund of entertaining conversation; while he procured the love of his soldiers by his mildness and humanity, which were so great that he never was, in a single instance, betrayed into passion, nor ever heard to utter an oath!
So high stood his reputation for integrity and knowledge, that many years after he left Beverly, where he had received a part of his education, a considerable number of the most respectable voters of that borough came to him and invited him to offer himself a candidate
* Boswell's Life of Johnson, 3d ed. Vol. 4, p. 923. † Ibid. Vol. 3, p. 173.
at the ensuing election, promising him their support; to which they were induced without any personal acquaintance, merely from the high opinion they entertained of his character. An offer, however, which, from motives of conscience, he thought proper to decline. Port Folio.
Plank for Sale.
THE subscribers inform the public that they have a large quantity of most excellent PLANK for sale, of the following kinds, viz: 1 1-4 Inches Pine Plank for Flooring, 1 ditto ditto ditto, 3-4 ditto for Weatherboarding, 1 ditto Poplar ditto, 3-4 ditto for Weatherboarding, Also, a large quantity real good Rye Whisky and Apple Brandy (distilled in Maryland) Salt-Petered Bacon and Waldrone's double prime Cradling and Grass Scythes, where Farmers and others may be supplied on very Cheap terms, with JAMES & JOHN LANK. Shepherd's-Town, June 5, 1807.
New Store.
THE subscriber respectfully informs his friends and the public in general, that he has commenced the Mercantile business in the house lately occupied as a Store by Ignatius O'Ferrall, at Mill-Creek, where he has a Choice collection of Spring and Summer Goods, Groceries, Liquors, Hardware, &c. &c. All which he will dispose of on the most reasonable terms for Cash or Country produce.—He solicits the patronage of the public, and assures them that he will always keep up a general assortment, and will dispose of his Goods on as low terms as they are retailed in any other place.
WILLIAM B. KING. Mill-Creek, June 5, 1807.
ATTENTION!!
THE Members of the Company of "Martinsburg Independent Blues," are informed, that their next muster will be at Martinsburg, on the second Saturday in this month, (the 13th,) at 12 o'clock.—A punctual attendance of every person belonging to said Company is ordered, as there will be an election of Officers on that day. June 5, 1807.
FOR SALE, FOURTEEN and a half acres of Land, lying on the Bank of Potomac, in Jefferson County, adjoining the Lands of Mr. John Toole and Captain Shepherd—One half the purchase money in hand, the remainder in a year, with interest, will be expected.—A good title will be made the purchaser. DAVID HUNTER. June 5, 1807.
TAKE NOTICE. WHEREAS early in April, I bought a sorrel mare of Elizabeth Mingle, (widow) at forty dollars, for which I gave two notes, twenty dollars each, payable the first of February, 1808; the mare being very low in flesh and I some what doubtful, Mrs. Mingle insured her sound, which she has since confessed before witness; but the mare still continued weakly and not able to work, and has since died; but fortunately for me, I have lately been informed by respectable authority that the old lady has never considered the mare sound since last fall, in consequence of which I forwarn all persons from taking an assignment on said notes, as I am determined not to pay them, until I am compelled by law. ANDREW TOLAND. June 5, 1807.
New Goods.
THE subscriber informs his Friends and Customers, that he has just received and is now opening an extensive assortment of Spring and fancy Goods, purchased in the city of Philadelphia, which he offers at very reduced prices for Cash or Country produce. Also on hand, a quantity of good Rye Whisky, by the barrel or single gallon. ALEXANDER COOPER. Martinsburg, June 5, 1807.

STRAYED from the plantation of the subscriber on Back-Creek, (formerly Harper's and Murry's mill place) on Tuesday evening the 19th inst. a dark brown mare, nine years old, between 15 and 16 hands high, shod before, trots and paces, has never been docked, but has the hair on her tail out. Also a bay mare, about six years old, about 16 hands high, shod before, and had half of a shoe on one of her hind feet, and is a natural trotter. I will give a reward of four dollars to any person who will return the above creatures to me, or two dollars for either of them.
JOHN GARVER.
May 29, 1807.
Notice is hereby given,
THAT a petition will be presented to the County Court of Jefferson, at the next July Court to be held for the said County, for the discontinuance of the following road, commencing at the forks of the Shepherd's-Town road at the corner of Robert Sherley's field, and running from thence over the lands of Jarvis Sherley, Majr. George Washington's heirs, and others, to Charles-Town.
May 29, 1807.
THE subscribers respectfully inform the inhabitants of Martinsburg and its vicinity, that they have just commenced the Tinning business at the house of Mr. Wm. Sommerville, next door to the printing Office. They intend also to work in sheet iron. The business will be carried on in an extensive manner by them, all demands therefore, in their line, can at any time be complied with.
JAMES ROTHROCK. WILLIAM MAKEN.
May 29, 1807.
WHEREAS my son John Baker, jun. has without any just cause, left me; and his conduct towards me has been improper. I do hereby notify the public, that I will not in future be answerable for any contract which he may make; neither will I allow any credit for any money he may hereafter collect now due to me. Those who are indebted to me, are therefore cautioned against making him any payments on my account.
JOHN BAKER, sen'r.
Martinsburg, May 29, 1807.
Berkeley, ss.
April Court, 1807.
Philip C. Pendleton and David Hunter, Executors of Philip Pendleton, dec'd, Complainant,
AGAINST James Breathed, Defendant, IN CHANCERY.
THE defendant, James Breathed, not having entered his appearance agreeable to an act of Assembly and the rules of this Court, and it appearing to the satisfaction of the Court, that he is not an inhabitant of this Commonwealth, on the motion of the Complainants by their Counsel, it is ordered, that said James Breathed do appear here on the Monday after the third Tuesday in June next, to answer the bill of the Complainants, and that a copy of this order be forthwith inserted in the Berkeley and Jefferson Intelligencer for two months successively, and published at the door of the Court-House of the said County.
A Copy. Teste. DAVID HUNTER, C.B.C.
Wanted to hire,
A PERSON capable of doing the work of a small Family; who will find an easy place, and liberal wages. Apply at this Office.
INFORMATION WANTED.
HEIR AT LAW of George Spence, formerly of St. Mary-Axe, London, Merchant, who died 1773.—If any person can give information as to JOHN RUSSEL SPENCE, son of the said George Spence, (supposed to have died in Virginia, 1793,) or of MARY ANN HUNTER, widow, or ELIZABETH SPENCE, the daughters of the said George Spence, and Annuitants of His Grace, Charles Duke of Queensbury and others, under their fathers will, so as the Heir at Law of said George Spence may be ascertained, will be handsomely rewarded for their trouble, by applying to Mr. J. H. Gibson, Solicitor, 9, Lombard-Street, London.
Printers in the U. S. will please to insert the above a few times, particularly those in the Southern States.
Levi Price
HAS just received a complete assortment of SPRING and SUMMER GOODS, which he assures the public will be disposed of on the most satisfactory terms to the purchaser. He feels certain that those who call on him will not complain of his prices. His late purchases comprise the following articles.
Fancy Calicoes, Leno Muslins, Shawls and Handkerchiefs, A large assortment of fancy ribbons, Leghorn and other bonnets, Fancy Marsails vesting, Thread Gloves, Gentlemen's Hats covered with silk, Leghorn ditto, &c. &c. Tin Ware, A large supply of BELL'S CROCKS, &c. Martinsburg, May 15, 1807.
The subscribers have just received, and are now opening, an additional supply of SPRING and SUMMER GOODS,
which added to their late purchases in March, makes their assortment very general and complete, from the very advantageous terms these Goods have been laid in, they are enabled to sell them on better terms than heretofore, they deem it unnecessary to particularise any articles, as they can assure the public that their assortment cannot be exceeded by any, and upon examination they are satisfied will give general satisfaction to purchasers; they return their sincere thanks to their friends for past favours, and assure them that every exertion on their part shall be used to merit a continuance.
THOMAS C. SMITH, & Co. Martinsburg, May 15, 1807.
N. B. They always keep a good assortment of Antietam BAR-IRON on hand. The House and Lot occupied by Mr. L. Price is still for sale, for terms apply to T. C. S. & Co.
BOLTING CLOTHS.
JUST received an extensive assortment of best warranted BOLTING CLOTHS, of every description, which will be sold unusually low, by KENNEDYS & RAGAN. Hagers-town, June 5, 1806. [1y]
TRAVELLERS
And others, may meet with genteel accommodation at the sign of the
GLOBE,
in Shepherd's-Town,
where the subscriber has opened a House of Entertainment.
JAMES BROWN.
May 22, 1807.
Cheap Groceries.
E. & T. FINLEY,
No. 45, Howard-Street,
HAVE on hand an extensive assortment of Groceries and Liquors, which they offer for sale at reduced prices for cash.
Having experienced considerable inconvenience from the general credit heretofore given, they are induced to decline it—and will therefore after the first of May next, sell for cash, or produce only. This arrangement will enable them to make all their purchases for cash—and they flatter themselves they will be able to sell so much below the usual credit prices, as will be considered an object worthy of attention.
They will exert themselves to make it the interest of all who wish to make purchases for cash, to give them a call.—Orders from a distance will be particularly attended to.
They will continue to purchase Flour and Whiskey as usual, and receive all kinds of produce, on storage or to sell on commission.
Baltimore, May 1, 1807. [2m]
CASH given for clean Linen & Cotton
RAGS
At the Office of the INTELLIGENCER.
Fresh Spring goods.
THE subscribers respectfully informs their Friends (Customers at a distance) and the Public in general that they have just received and are now opening at their store in Shepherd's-Town—(By the Market House) A handsome assortment of
Fresh Spring Goods,
among which are
Best superfine Calicoes, very handsome, Common and low price ditto, Superfine Cambricks, ditto low-price, Ladies Fashionable Robes, richly embroidered,
ditto Shawls, ditto, A handsome selection of Leno Muslins, French Cambricks, and French plain Lawn for Caps, A handsome assortment broad Thread Lace,
ditto white and ditto black, Patent do. Ladies and Misses Silk and ditto Cotton Sandal Hose,
Ladies Extra long English and French Silk Gloves,
ditto ditto white Kid & York Tan, do. Gentlemen's white Kid & white Silk ditto,
Best superfine Dimities, ditto low-price, Superfine 4-4 Irish Linens, low-priced
ditto, and 5-4 Sheeting, Best strong bleached Ticklingburg,
Low price ditto and 4-4 German Linens, Rushea Sheeting, ditto Duck, ditto Dowlas and ditto Drilling,
A great variety of Cheap Muslins, Fashionable Split straw and Leghorn Bonnets,
Best superfine London Broad Cloths, Second and third Quality ditto,
Best Superfine London Casimores, President's and Constitution Cords, Velvets and Fancy Cords,
Cotton Casimores, English and India Nankeens,
Gentlemen's Silk and Cotton Hose, Bandannoe and Madrass Handkerchiefs,
Silk and Cotton Chambroy Muslins, Ladies Morocco and Kid Slippers,
Gentlemen's nice imported Hats, ditto country made ditto,
ditto Marsailles, Muslin-nett and Yarnet Vest Patterns,
And a few handsome Printed East-India Counterpains, warranted, fast colors.
Also on hand a few very Cheap English Silver Watches,
A large supply of Bar-Iron, Plow Molds, Steel and Castings, Soar and upper Leather, Nails of all sizes, China, Glass, Queens, Stone and Tin Ware,
with a complete assortment of Fresh Teas of the first Quality, Groceries, Saddlery, Hardware, Paints, Brushes,
Oil, Patent and other Medicines; a large quantity of old Whisky, distilled in Maryland out of pure rye. The whole of those Goods have been bought on low terms, and it will be an object to purchasers at a distance to call and see them; (as well as those immediately in this Neighbourhood) as we are selling them uncommonly Cheap.
JAMES & JOHN LANE. Shepherd's-Town, April 17, 1807.
P. S. They continue to pay the highest price in Cash for HIDES and SKINS.
Spring Goods.
THE subscribers have just received, and are now opening, at their store in Shepherd's-Town, (Mr. Kearsley's well known stand) A large and complete assortment of
Choice Goods,
which were purchased in Philadelphia and Baltimore at very reduced prices. They deem it unnecessary to particularise any articles, as they can assure the public that their assortment of GOODS cannot be exceeded by any, and upon a particular examination they are satisfied will give general satisfaction, both as to cheapness and quality;—They therefore flatter themselves that those who wish to get good bargains will call on them, and they pledge themselves that their friends shall not be disappointed.
R. WORTHINGTON, & Co. Shepherd's-Town, April 17, 1807.
A Miller Wanted.
THE subscriber wishes to employ a man of industrious habits and good character, who is well acquainted with the Milling business.
STEPHEN SNODGRASS. Back-Creek, May 15, 1807.
A LARGE and very EXTENSIVE
Assortment of Suitable
GOODS,
For the present and approaching seasons, just received from Philadelphia,
and finished opening, are now offered for sale by the subscribers, unusually low in price, for cash, country Produce or on the usual credit to punctual customers.
Their assortment, in part, consists of the following articles:
200 Pieces assorted India Muslins, uncommonly cheap,
150 — American and English Chintzes and Calicos,
30 — 4-4 Irish Linens, low priced,
20 — Assorted coloured Flannels,
15 — ditto ditto Coatings,
10 — Coloured Planes of a superior quality,
Bennet Cords handsomely ast. and cheap, ditto for Vest-shapes neatly figured,
Tabby Velvets for ditto nice patterns, Constitution Cords, Velvets, Corduroys and Thicksets, very cheap,
Superfine Broad and Forest Cloths, a Handsome and cheap assortment,
Blankets, Duffle and Rose, cheap for the quality,
Superfine Bath Coatings, for ladies riding dresses,
Kersey Molekin, Fancy stout Satinets,
Casimores, a handsome assortment,
Full'd Hose, a large assortment,
Lamb's wool ditto Welsh knit, ditto Gloves, of a good quality,
Broad Laces, a handsome ast. & cheap,
Velvet Fancy tinsel'd Bands & Wreaths,
Fancy Bullion and Spangled Shoe-bows, very cheap,
Very fine Linen Cambricks, cheaper than usual,
9-8 Irish Sheetings, Bed Tickings,
Apron Checks, very cheap and good,
Fine Dowlas Linens and Britannas,
Bandannoe and Madrass Handkerchiefs,
Damask camel's-hair & Cambric Shawls, new fashioned,
Black and White Gauzes, fine & cheap.
ALSO, A general assortment of
Groceries and Hard-Ware,
All of which will be sold on such terms as must please the purchaser.
F. NADENBOUSCH, & Co. Martinsburg, December 5, 1806.
FOR SALE,
A TRACT of LAND, containing about 900 acres, one half of which is cleared, the balance well timbered; and a considerable quantity of well watered meadow. On the premises is a good Merchant Mill and Distillery, on a never-failing stream of water, and in sight of the Potomak river. This tract can be divided into several different tenements, with a Dwelling House and Barn to each; it is of the first rate limestone quality; and is situate in Berkeley County, Virginia, on Potomak river, 10 miles from Martinsburg, 8 from Williamsport, and 15 from Mercersburg. This land will be sold together, or divided into two tracts, as may best suit the purchaser. A good bargain will be given to a purchaser, in the mill and one half the land, on paying about two thirds of the purchase money in hand. For terms apply to the subscriber on the premises.
GEORGE NEWKIRK.
April 18, 1806.
The following BLANKS, printed with NEW and ELEGANT TYPE, are always kept for sale at this Office: DEEDS, Common BONDS, CONSTABLE'S BLANKS, Promissory NOTES, &c.
MARTINSBURG, Berkeley County, Virginia; Printed and published by JOHN ALBURTIS.
TERMS OF THE INTELLIGENCER.
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