Berkeley and Jefferson intelligencer (Martinsburg, Va.), 1806-10-17 00:00:00

Berkeley and Jefferson Intelligencer.
[No. 22 of VOLUME VIII.]
FRIDAY, October 17, 1806.
[WHOLE No. 386.]
THE Subscribers for the support of a Minister of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the county of Berkeley, are hereby respectfully notified, that one moiety of their subscriptions will become due on the 6th of this present month, when it is hoped they will be prepared to discharge the same. Those gentlemen, in whose hands subscription papers were placed, are appointed to collect them, and are requested to use diligence in their several districts.
W. PENDLETON.
October 3, 1806.
FOR SALE. An excellent Ten-plate STOVE, with a sufficiency of Pipe, Doors, &c. Inquire of the printer. October 3, 1806.
TO BE RENTED,
THAT very commodious large Store Room, with shelves, counter &c. complete, counting room and a large dry cellar, on the Main-street, Martinsburg, wherein Thomas Neilson & Co. lately kept store; a good situation for a well assorted cash and country produce store; and if wanted the whole of the House and Lot will be rented on very moderate terms.
Also to rent, a two-story Stone House and Kitchen, a good stable, &c. and full Lot, on John's-street and Spring-ally, very convenient to water, mills, &c. suitable for any kind of public business, or tradesmen, say coppersmith, tinkers, hatters, tobacconists, bakers, brewers, or a joiner &c. that would keep a deal and lumber yard; as industrious sober tradesmen of those kinds are much wanted in this town.
For terms apply to MICHAEL M'KEWAN. Martinsburg, September 19, 1806.
Money Found.
ON Wednesday the 10th inst. the subscriber found a sum of money, on the road leading from Martinsburg to Winchester—The owner on proving his property may have it again, on application to me, near Opeckon bridge, Berkeley County.
WILLIAM BISHOP.
September 19, 1806.
FOR SALE. A VALUABLE Tract of lime-stone LAND, containing about 260 acres, lying on Mill-Creek, Berkeley County, and adjoining the stone house tavern place; there is about 160 acres cleared and under good fence, and the balance clothed with excellent timber; 4 acres of meadow are made, & 12 more could be made, which may be watered with a wheel. The improvements are a comfortable dwelling house with a good kitchen adjoining, smoke house, and other convenient out houses: There is also on the premises an excellent new barn, 24 by 63 feet, within 20 yards of the water; a good apple orchard, and various kinds of other fruit trees. This tract of land is level, and in other respects well adapted to farming; it is in sight of the road leading from Martinsburg to Winchester, and about 12 miles from each place. Any person wishing to purchase can know the terms by applying to the subscriber living on the premises.
HUGH DAVIDSON.
September 19, 1806.
BY virtue of a deed of trust, bearing date the 29th day of March, 1804, executed to the subscriber by John Dixon, for the purposes therein mentioned, will be sold at public auction, on the premises for cash, on Saturday the 25th day of October next, a TRACT of LAND, containing four hundred acres, more or less, situate in the county of Jefferson, about one and an half miles from Charles Town; being the same tract of land that was sold and conveyed to the said John Dixon by the late Giles Cook, dec.
HEZEKIAH BEALL, Trustee.
September 26, 1806.
CAUTION.
WHEREAS, Mary, my wife, hath left my bed and board, without any cause, and hath otherwise behaved herself in an indecent and improper manner; this is therefore to caution the public from crediting or in any manner dealing with her on my account, as I am determined to pay none of her contracts after this date. And every person is further cautioned against harbouring her, in any manner, at their peril.
CHRISTOPHER BOWZER.
September 26, 1806.
JOHN ALBURTIS,
Has it in contemplation, if sufficiently patronized, to print an elegant edition of
Addresses to Young Men, By JAMES FORDYCE,
And for that purpose submits the following proposals to the consideration of all who feel for the welfare of the present and rising generation, whose happiness these Addresses are so admirably calculated to promote.
TERMS:
The above Addresses shall be printed with an elegant and entirely new type, on good paper, in a duodecimo form, and will contain about 500 pages. They shall be neatly bound and lettered for $1 75—or $1 50 half bound, payable on delivery of the work.
They shall be put to press as soon as a sufficient number of subscribers are obtained, and finished without delay:
TO THE PUBLIC.
THE present publisher, as a member of that class of the community, to which this highly valuable work is addressed, recommends it particularly to his young brethren—but every person who feels for the good of his country, and for the welfare of society, he doubts not, will consider it a duty to patronize a work of this kind.
The dispositions and manners of Young Men may be regarded as of the greatest consequence both to the present and future generations—An intercourse with those of worthy manners and dignified deportment, is evidently, much more efficacious in moulding the minds and directing the actions of others, than the highest authority, or the wisest example, of age. How deeply society will be affected, by the connections which Young Men shall form, and by the conduct which they shall hold, as they advance, it is not difficult to imagine; nor can it be necessary to prove, that, as the behaviour of individuals in their early days gives for the most part a turn to the rest, so from the character of our Youth in general, we may prognosticate favourably, or otherwise, concerning our own times, and those that shall more immediately succeed them.
The above work, tho' more particularly addressed to, and intended for, the improvement of the minds of Young Men, inculcates principles that would add dignity to age,—and be ornamental to the nature of either sex. To persons acquainted with the author and his writings, any recommendation that could be offered, would be superfluous; but to those unacquainted with both, it may be proper to observe, that the work here offered, has stood the test of time and experience, and has been universally extolled by the virtuous of every sect and country where it has been read.
It would be a valuable present from a parent to a child, and for which they may expect remuneration in the rational improvement made in the minds of their progeny.
To complete this work, in a style that will do it justice, will subject the publisher to very considerable expense; but he doubts not but he shall be compensated for his expense and trouble, as every one will acknowledge, that the dissemination of books of this kind are an actual good to the community at large, and will therefore feel disposed to patronize it—for this purpose all who feel inclined to do so are invited to the Office of the Intelligencer, Martinsburg.
FOR SALE, A LIKELY YOUNG Negro Woman,
Who is well acquainted with house work, and her three children, a girl and two boys. Inquire of the printer.
FIVE DOLLARS REWARD.
STRAYED or stolen from Siter's mill, near Winchester, on the 26th of August last, a Dapple Gray MARE, with a white mane and tail; about fifteen hands high; racks and canters. The above reward and reasonable charges will be given to any person who will bring said mare to James Holliday's tavern, Winchester. PATRICK KIYL. September 22, 1806.
I want to purchase a quantity of RYE.
To be delivered at Mr. Daniel Buckius's distillery, or at my house in Martinsburg, for which cash will be given. JOHN POISAL. October 10, 1806.
From the PEOPLE'S FRIEND.
"It was soon discovered that the forms of a free, and the ends of an arbitrary government, were not incompatible." BURKE.
SUCH is the no less true, than emphatical observation, made by one of the greatest statesmen and philosophers, of which ancient or modern times can boast, upon a state of national affairs in England, which may be considered as in many respects resembling that of America at present. It will no doubt surprise many of my readers, and, perhaps, for a time, vex others to hear a comparison made between any thing which has happened in England and the political condition of America. England, a mixed monarchy, or a monarchial republic. America a democratic republic, in which most people imagine that there exists not a vestige of monarchy. I should have but very sorry pretensions, however, to the title I assume of the "PEOPLE'S FRIEND," if, actuated by a consideration of the temporary astonishment of some, or the displeasure of others; if regardful of the transient resentment which some may feel, or some pretend to feel, I should have in my mind a conviction of truths, that deeply affect the political welfare of the union, and lay those truths, my feelings, my duty as a public journalist, my conscience, and that little dividend of the public good, which it is my hope that I, and, after me, mine in perpetuity, shall share in America, at the feet of censure, or timid reserve. Wonder and anger are in general but short lived passions. For those in whom the one continues lingering into folly, and the other degenerates into vindictive rancor, I care not. Let them wonder, and let them rage, while I march on forward in the line of my duty; and demonstrate to them, that while the letter of the constitution gives to this union a republican government, in theory, the very worst abuses of monarchism have, for five years, or more, been introduced into its practice, in the very same spirit and no less extent, than they were into that of Great Britain by the memorable lord Bute. To those who will attentively walk along with me, impartially comparing the current circumstances of one, with the best accounts of the other, I hope to make it appear, that while the word monarchy has been made use of as a kind of war whoop, to exasperate the public mind against the adversaries of the present administration, and to conceal the misrule of the party in power, the spirit of it, has incessantly haunted the cabinet, and invisibly held the helm of the state. They who are not in the habit of considering political subjects very deeply, and are content to take the surface of a political scheme of policy as a sample of the whole compound mass of it, will be astonished and mortified to find how much of the most subtle essence of monarchism has crept into the practical part of our government, at this early
stage of its existence, and how dangerous, or rather how full fraught with ultimate ruin to the liberties of this country must inevitably be a perseverance in the present system, without a check somewhere to prevent its progress. They will indeed find a new world of reflection burst open to them; when they perceive in the case of their own country that the forms of a free and the ends of an arbitrary government are not incompatible.
When I speak of monarchy, I do not mean that unlimited despotism which had no controul but its own will, and from which there is no relief but a revolution. I mean that kind in which there exists or is supposed to exist somewhere, a check upon executive power, which check creates struggles between the privileges of the people, and the prerogative of the chief executive magistrate, and in which one is constantly on the attack, and the other on the defensive: so that by long habit, the interest of the one, comes to be considered as opposed to the interests of the other. In this kind of monarchy, the executive is, according to the constitution, speciously confronted with the legislative power. For some time the latter does its office; but there soon rises in the bosom of the executive, a secret intolerance of restraint; at the instigation of which, various devices of a plausible kind are resorted to, to extend the sphere of power, beyond the prescribed limits of the constitution, without a direct palpable violation of its letter. This is called INFLUENCE. It finds its way into free states, whether mixed or simple in their forms of government; and is, if not watched with jealousy, the most dangerous of all the vices which creep into governments. No abuse is so dangerous as that which assumes the semblance of legality, while it saps the foundation of law, and is then most active and efficient in mischief when it skulks in a safe and contemptible obscurity. In a word, that which, to repeat my text, preserves the forms of a free, while it accomplishes the ends of an arbitrary government.
To trace the subject to that never-failing source of reason, experience, and leave analogical inferences to follow, let us look to the origin of that canker worm of a nation "INFLUENCE," and examine the means by which it was generated in the government of England. The fruits of it are before us. May Americans never taste them.
After the despotism of the Stuarts had been annihilated by the despotism of James the second, and the elevation of William of Nassau to the throne, the royal power was from the very circumstances, and for the purpose of the revolution itself, exceedingly limited. Indeed so much so as to retard, and even in some cases to prevent, the salutary exercise of the executive functions. The aristocracy, which designed and effected the revolution, took care to frame the constitution so as to keep the monarch dependent upon them for his power and his popularity. So circumscribed was he in the former, not only by the theory, but by the practice of the constitution, that his grand plans for the deliverance of Europe from the imperial grasp of Louis the XIVth were crippled, and, but for his genius and magnanimity, would have been wholly frustrated. It will astonish the reader no doubt to learn that the minister of that great and highly favored monarch was, upon an important emergency, compelled to go about among the citizens of London, like a tottering merchant, begging a small loan for the service of the state. In the reign of queen Anne the disputes between statesmen about prerogative and privilege, and the increase and diminution of either, resolved themselves in a code of principled party contention under the names of whig and tory, which continued until the reign of George the third; when a new system was introduced by the minions of the king's mother, with lord Bute at their head; and when, to use the words of the illustrious man from whom I have taken my text, "the power of the crown, almost dead and rotten as prerogative grew up anew with much more strength and far less odium, under the name of INFLUENCE. An influence which operated without noise and without violence."
The lust of power which seems to be inseparable from the nature of man, and

which falls to show itself, only when the means are wanting to tempt it forth, induces an intolerance of restraint, which grows more impatient the more widely the limits of its power are extended. And when the restraint of the prerogative is felt on important occasions, so far to fetter executive exertions as to render a slight relaxation necessary, a door is opened to ambition into which it may enter with all its abuses, and which can with difficulty be closed again. Thus the public advantage becomes a plausible pretext, for the increase of arbitrary power. It is certainly one of the temptations to it; but whether it can be an excuse or even a palliation for such designs, it would be undervaluing my readers' understandings to insist upon in this place.
The means by which the influence I now refer to was obtained were manifold—and comprehended within them every species of fraud and corruption by which free people have been so often deceived, and free countries so often undone. The reader will perhaps call to mind something like it which has passed under his own eye, and not an inch removed from the limits of the union. First (says the masterly painter of that unfortunate business) they proceeded gradually but not slowly to destroy every thing of strength which did not derive its principal nourishment from the court. The greatest weight of popular opinion and party connexion were then with the duke of Newcastle and Mr. Pitt. Mr. Pitt was first attacked—not satisfied with removing him from power, they endeavored by various artifices to ruin his character. He then goes on, and says, "When the chiefs were removed in order to get to the root, the whole party was put under proscription, so general and severe as to take their hard earned bread from the lowest officers, in a manner which had never been known before, even in general revolutions. But it was thought necessary effectually to destroy all dependencies but one, and to show an example of the firmness and rigour with which the new system was to be supported."
Few of our readers will be at a loss to find the fac simile resemblance between these ways and means of the Bute cabal in England, and of those pursued by the men who have got the post of influence in America; just in the same manner as that mischievous administration contrived to obtain it in England. The two cases are indeed so like, as we shall hereafter demonstrate, that except one happening on the east, the other on the west side of the Atlantic, one in the latter end of the eighteenth, and the other in the beginning of the nineteenth century, one would imagine that it was the latter which the writer meant when he was describing the former. As all this matter of record will be material to our argument, and to conclusions which it is our intention to draw from it, the reader is requested to keep it point by point in mind, so as to have it altogether present when he comes to contemplate the two pictures, and to decide upon the resemblance between them. Thus for the time, were pulled down (says the author) in the persons of the whig leaders and of Mr. Pitt (in spite of the services of the one at the accession of the royal family, and the recent services of the other in the war) the two only securities for the importance of the people. "Here and there indeed (continues he) a few individuals were left standing who gave security for their total estrangement from the odious principles of party connexion, and personal attachment; and it must be confessed that most of them have religiously kept their faith."
Here, as brevity is the soul of argument, I leave the subject for the present; beseeching the reader to keep in mind my leading object which is to show that the species of government called irregular is the most dangerous because insidious of despotism, and that it was introduced into England and kept alive there for years, by means which will be found to be precisely the same as those employed by the present administration to get into power, to keep that power exclusively to themselves, and to govern the people by it.
PEACE —The two following letters, one written in France the other in England, gives us the opposite sides of this interesting question.
Extract of a letter from an American gentleman at Bordeaux, to a friend in Baltimore, dated 14th July, 1806.
"The impoverished state of Bordeaux, the stagnation of commerce, and the new duties on wine and on foreign articles of
general consumption, have affected all descriptions of people here. Wines of all kinds are extremely low, and West-India produce has but a nominal price. Nothing is doing but from hand to mouth; the hope, rather than the expectation of peace, has had some share of late, in making every body wary in purchasing any article whatever."
"Negotiations for an exchange of prisoners are going on, and has, indeed, been in part accomplished; but while England insists on maritime domination, and France is every day acquiring or consolidating continental dominion, it perplexes me to conjecture how preliminaries can be adjusted between them."
"The kings of Naples and Holland will not descend from their thrones—so far from it, that the report of the day is, that the ancient kingdom of Navarre, is to be severed from Spain Proper and adorned with a crown for Lucien; and Switzerland to be constituted into a regal republic , for Jerome. Time only can develop the truth or the falsehood of such conjectures."
"Troops have been and are still marching in considerable bodies towards Spain; whether for the above purpose, or for more effectually shutting out the British commerce from the Spanish ports, I know not. Some people suppose that Portugal is the object."
"No person can question that the great emperor of the French will become, in effect, the emperor of the west, under whatever title the power may be wielded. The effects of the great battle of Austerlitz will be felt for centuries. It has made all future coalitions with France nugatory or impracticable. Already Russia has a negotiation for peace in Paris; and the Ottomans no longer tremble save at the name of Bonaparte. He holds them in the hollow of his hand and bids them scorn those whom they lately feared like fate. For himself, possessing (besides all Italy from the boot top to the toe ) both Venice and Ragusa—he will of course obtain the islands and territory that once constituted Grecian Greatness; and this without bloodshed. The views that Russia had been nourishing on Turkey for these 50 years, are vanishing day by day—the silly attempt to strengthen Corfu by seizing the mouth of the Cataro before Austria could deliver Dalmatia to its present owner, has cost much more than its own defeat. It has kept an hundred and fifty thousand troops in Germany these six months at the expence of Austria; who is to pay near fifty millions [tournois] extra, for their subsistence. Austria has at last sent 4000 troops to retake the mouths of the Cataro, by consent of the court of Petersburg, who must otherwise have been at war with Austria on that point."
"Meanwhile prince Murat is becoming an elector and prince of Germany. Cardinal Fesch is already coadjutor of the arch-chancellor of the holy Roman empire! The elector of Baden (junior) who is married to a new French princess, will become a king. So that if you will look at the map, you will not fail to remark a consolidation of family power that must take root and extend its branches over the west and south of Europe. The rupture of the peace of Amiens, and Mr. Pitt's continental politics, have done more for the emperor of the French in three years time than thirty could have accomplished without them."
"The sooner Great-Britain makes peace, the better for herself. Every year's delay must make her condition so stipulate less eligible. This man has all the raw materials for working her ruin gradually. Her only policy is to give a peaceable direction to those raw materials. Let him have "commerce and colonies" to blunt the edge of martial enterprizes, and there are chances in favor of a long peace; or if but a short one, Great-Britain may find something new on the water to pillage. But if the war continue ten years longer, the conscription extending beyond the limits of France proper, will accumulate such an armed force, that a million of armed men may be allotted to the invasion. What is now problematical, would then become inevitable. The means of crossing the channel in a calm, would not be confined to one point, but would embrace many. Venice, Genoa, Spain, Portugal, the ports of Holland, and even the Baltic might be used, not for maritime dominion, but absolute invasion and fearful subjugation. Among the impending perils that Great-Britain should calculate upon, if the war be carried on for two years longer, no sound politician can put out of sight the probability of invading India by land. Dalmatia brings all France to the gates of Constantinople. Should the Ottoman heartily second his only dear friend and
great ally, what the ancient conqueror of Macedonia did perform, the modern victor of Europe certainly may perform. No leader that ever swayed a sceptre knows better than Napoleon the great difference between achievements absolutely impossible ."
"His holiness the pope is in very declining health. French troops occupy all the ports of his territory. It is conjectured that the next pope will reside at Avignon; and that, in that case Rome, as formerly, will become the metropolis of the Italian dominions."
"The emperor signalized his return to Paris by a measure or two that perhaps you may not have learnt: He abolished the public gambling-houses throughout his dominions: He doubled, and in some instances trebled , the salaries of the judges of the tribunals: He repaired and opened sixty-two public fountains through every quarter of Paris, which since the first of July have diffused living and continual streams of water. To these eighteen more are to be added. On the 15th of August, there is to be a grand festival at Paris, in the field of Mars, at which the main army of Germany are expected to assist; whether merely to eat, drink and be merry, or to march afterwards to Boulogne, I know not. There is a colossal triumphal arch and column erecting near the " Grille de Chaillot ," so as to form a terminus to the grand vista that opens through the Elysian fields. Many hundred workmen are founding it to the honor of the heroes of Austerlitz."
"After the grand festival in August, a grand fair will expose at Paris, specimens or samples of all the manufactured productions of the French empire."
"I understand that our negotiations at Paris and Madrid are likely to prosper; and I doubt not that in London, also, our envoys will arrange matters, from all the reports that are brought from thence. If these two nations continue to struggle, they cannot fail to nourish the stamina of the United States, beyond the wishes of both. If they make peace, we must become a manufacturing people within a few years."
From Cabbett's Weekly Register.
Peace —It is truly surprising, that men should, upon meeting one another, ask—"do you think there is any hope of peace?" It is, indeed, surprising, that, after all they have seen, they should still look forward to peace as an object resembling a peace of former times ; and that they should appear to expect from a treaty, signed under the present circumstances, a disbanding of regiments, a dismantling of ships, a reduction of taxes, and, in short, all the usual consequences of a change from a state of war to a state of peace! One would think that they had neither seen nor heard for years past: and that they had no recollection of the peace of Amiens; and that the battle of Austerlitz and all the other events of the present war had passed totally unnoticed by them. Amongst the fund-holders and the jobbers of the Alley some effect will be produced by a treaty of peace; but as to the people in general, a peace will produce no effect at all. Peace, if made under the present circumstances of Europe, and in the present pecuniary situation of England, can be, between France and England, nothing more than a mere cessation of hostilities , a season for new and more formidable preparations for war. The professed object of the war, on our part, was the restoration of the balance of the continent or, in the words of that wise monument man, whose debts we have paid, it was, " to repress the ambition and chastise the insolence of Bonaparte ," in which, I think, it will not, even by Lord Grenville, be said that we have quite succeeded. The real point of quarrel was Malta; and, are there many persons who imagine that we shall keep Malta! What justification of the treaty, other than the plea of absolute necessity, can be discovered it is out of my power to imagine; and, does any man suppose, that, under the effects of such a peace, we shall be able to bear up against the designs and the power of France? Shall we, having made such a peace, be able to act so as to preserve peace otherwise than by submission to every injury and every insult that the enemy pleases to give a way to? The chief cause of the last rupture, was, that the ministers found it impossible to live in peace, and, as Mr. Addington said, we "were at war because we could not be at peace." Will not the same reason again arise? During the last peace, the produce of the land the labour of England was, in a great degree at the mercy of France, having the power of rising or sinking our
funds at her pleasure, the amount of her gains could have no measure but that of the extent of our endurance. And will not the like occur again? Shall we not be even more disposed to endure than we were before? If there be any man in the country who can cause the funds to fall to day and to rise again to-morrow, and so on for a length of time, is it not evident, that he can draw from the source whatever riches he pleases? And why should not Napoleon do the same, if he can, with impunity , threaten us to-day and soothe us to-morrow? Here lies the danger. This is our great and mortal disease. While the radical cause of our debility exists, there is no safety for us in peace. Peace cannot last. It may be honored with the name, but it will have in it nothing of the nature of peace. Before we think of any thing worthy of the name of peace, our pecuniary affairs must undergo a radical reform. There must be less left in the power of the enemy at the stock-exchange; there must be a great relief on the score of taxes; the people must not be solely occupied in making preparation for the moment when the tax-gatherer shall knock at the door. Whether such a reform is likely to take place the reader may be able to judge from the measures which the Iva have brought forward, and which the Ours have cordially approved of, during the present session of parliament. Yet there must be a reform; there must be a reduction of expense; or, there never will again be real peace between England and France, as independent nations . Pitiable, truly lamentable, therefore, is it to hear men talk of peace as a source of tranquility and of ease! They do not perceive the change of circumstances, and, it is greatly to be feared, that they never will perceive it until it be too late. Ask them why they approved of going to war, and the answer is, it was impossible to live at peace with such a restless neighbour as Bonaparte. Well! Bonaparte is still alive; and, is it not equally impossible to live at peace with him now ? Do you think that he is, either by Pitt's "chastising," or by the effect of adversity, become more moderate in his views? Or do you think that after the "third coalition" he has more reason to be reconciled to England than he had before? To these questions we receive no answer : we have again to listen to the utterance of vague, undefined hopes; and, we are reluctantly compelled to leave the hopes to be enlightened in that school, wherein alone wisdom is taught unto fools.—My view of the situation of Europe in general, and England in particular, renders me very little anxious upon the subject of peace; because, whether there be war in name as well as in thing, or whether there be war under the name of peace is of little consequence; and, as to the terms it is ridiculous to hope that they will, if peace be made under our present pecuniary circumstances, be nearly so good as those of the peace of Amiens. If, indeed, there were a reform in the national expenditure; if the public debt were brought, as it might be, within manageable bounds; if a cheap and efficient military force were completely established; then might an English minister say, I will have real peace or you, France, shall never have a moment's tranquility, for I can carry on war, with you forever. And why are not these things done? Where is the obstacle to their accomplishment? Where is the reason that what is necessary to our political salvation cannot be adopted? The reason is, that while every man is calling upon every other man to make sacrifices , no man will make sacrifices himself; but on the contrary, it would seem as Lord Ellenborough expressed it in the case of the Athol Claim, that there prevails a general opinion that the ship is on the rocks, and that every one is endeavouring to rifle the chests, in the hope of escaping from the wreck. This is the reason that nothing efficient is done; and as the safety of a nation depends solely upon the will and the exertions of the people composing it, what must be our fate, if this disposition continues?—Times of great public trouble and calamity, times of arduous trial, do frequently bring forth in nations as well as individuals, extraordinary virtues and talents.—God send that this may be the case in England! But, if any one imagines, that the independence of this country is now to be preserved by party harangues, or by diplomatic arts, he will, if he live but a very few years, find himself miserably deceived. A nation, situated as we now are, was never yet rescued by ordinary men, much less by means that are too weak, if not despicable. There must be extraordinary virtue and extraordinary talent; and, again I say, God send that we may find them.

LONDON, August 16.
The intelligence of peace having been signed with Russia, was received with the greatest surprise in every part of Germany, for the movements which the troops had begun to make seemed rather to announce preparations for war—we can hardly believe that the sketch of the terms of the treaty brought by the mails yesterday, was correct: some of the principal stipulations seem to have been omitted. It is obvious, however, that Germany has been abandoned to her fate, and that Bonaparte is to parcel it out, and new cast and model it according to his pleasure. It is stated in one of the Paris papers, "that lord Yarmouth was constantly present at the conferences between M. M. Clarke, and D'Oubril, from which it is not doubted that the British cabinet consented to the treaty. It was ratified by the Emperor on the 20th of July, and M. D'Oubril immediately departed with it for St. Petersburg, while a copy of it was carried to London, by an English courier."
NATCHITOCHES, Aug. 26, 1806.
"Mr. Freeman returned to this place on Saturday last, after having ascended 430 miles above this place, where the Spaniards had been waiting for him for five days. A little after the usual time for stopping for dinner, a detachment of the Spanish party amounting to about one hundred and fifty men, crossed the river in full gallop, with an evident intention to charge on our party. Captain Sparks with great address took possession of an elevated bank thirty feet above the surface of the water, and the men being provided with rests for their rifles, in such a manner as to have made an impression—The Spanish commander appears to have perceived our advantage, and the awkward situation in which he had placed himself, and brought his troops to a halt immediately; when a flag being hoisted a conference took place between Mr. Freeman and the Spanish commander Vienue, who declared his positive orders to be, not to allow any armed force whatever to proceed beyond that place, and to repel by arms any attempt to proceed. The conference continued about half an hour, when Mr. Freeman conceived it to be his duty to return, considering that the tract already explored was extensive, and the waters had become so shallow that for the few preceding days they had to haul the boats over the sand banks."
"Mr. Freeman describes the land adjacent to this river as almost wholly composed of prairies and thick cane breaks;—the latter are always an indication of rich land, and requires little more labor in clearing than that of a corn patch."
"Yesterday gov. Claiborne arrived to concert measures with col. Cushing respecting our situation, and to organize the militia. In his conversation he appears to feel very sensibly the hostile conduct of the Spanish forces, and if I may trust my judgment something energetic will take place at no great distance of time. The Spanish forces are stationed about fifty miles from us, having fallen back to their former position on Bayou Pierre."
"This morning captain Bowyer and his company arrived from Opelousas, and we expect three companies from fort Adams, boats having been sent for them 12 or 14 days ago; collecting this force here would appear to indicate a determination to make the Spaniards re-cross the Sabine. If such is the determination it puts the result of an engagement in our favor, without risk, but the troops here could not be better pleased than to march with only two hundred men against the Spaniards on this side the Sabine. We have no sort of apprehension of danger here from any force the Spaniards can bring against us; the solicitude here appears to be led forward; and they only fear that the Spaniards may escape without paying them for the trouble they have taken."
BALTIMORE, October 8.
Extract of a letter from an American gentleman in Bordeaux, to a friend in Baltimore, dated July 30th, 1806.
"Preliminary articles of peace between France and Russia were signed at Paris between M. D'Oubril for the latter and General Clark for the former power, on the 20th of the present month. Preliminary articles of peace between France and Great-Britain were signed about 6 o'clock on the evening of the 25th, at Paris, between the same gen. Clark of the one part, and lord Yarmouth on the other part. With respect to the terms, nothing has transpired, and probably nothing will, till the ratification of
the preliminaries. The idea that prevails here, generally, is, that France, Russia and England have in this treaty of peace considered each other as first-rate powers—and the other powers of the earth as secondary ; and that of course each will make liberal concessions to the other."
"A new German confederacy has arisen on the Rhine.—The kings of Bavaria and Wirtemburg, the emperor's brother-in-law the duke of Cleves, and the prince of Hesse Cassel, and some others, are parties to it; Cardinal Fesch, as coadjutor of the Arch-Chancellor of the Holy Roman Empire, is to preside over the civil part of it: the whole being under the guarantee of NAPOLEON the Great."
"France thus surrounds herself with a wall of fire; and after a very few years of peace will become the most flourishing country in Europe; especially now all Italy is secured for ages from all probability of attack."
"Whenever the present Pope expires, the Holy See will be transferred to Avignon, and the territory of Rome form a new kingdom between Naples and Milan."
"Europe is about to be arranged under a system that promises duration."
"The U. States will act wisely if its government adopts a system of domestic manufactures and commerce, instead of attempting to hold concurrence with France and G. Britain, within a very few years after the peace shall be confirmed."
WASHINGTON-CITY, October 9.
Extract of a letter from St. Stephens, Mississippi Territory, dated August 30.
"The Spaniards have just passed an order allowing us to navigate the Mobile river. But we are still, as I understand it, to pay 12 per centum on all our exports and on all our imports, and to go ten miles out of our way to Mobile, in order to do this. It was paid on provisions for the troops, just come up.—And yet I know it will be trumpeted over the U. S. by persons residing in the Spanish dominions, that all difficulties are removed by Spain, and that we have now a free trade. We are happy in the belief that the government of the U. S. will make us befriended."
NEW-ORLEANS, August 29.
Extract of a letter from a gentleman at Port Adams, to his friend in this City, dated August 25.
"As to our war-like affairs on the Red River, nothing has transpired since my last. Governor Claiborne, and his adjutant general are gone to Natchitoches, captain Lockwood and Hains, left this to-day for that post, and col. Kingsbury with the troops will follow to-morrow our militia are mustered and under drill."
MARTINSBURG, October 17.
A CARD. * * * * * THE Subscriber begs leave to remind his beneficent employers, that he has, since the 6th inst. complied with his engagement for the first six months, having duly from the 6th of April last, attended, on the Sabbath, at each place as requested by them. Punctuality is the soul of operation, as it gives life to energy, and exertion to the best endeavours. Imperious circumstances demand compliance, and gentlemen need only hint to fulfil a contract, so requisite at this juncture to the convenience of JAMES Y. WILMER. * * * * *
It has been lately enquired; in case of a Spanish war, who would be the proper person to place at the head of our army? Gen. Wilkinson is labouring under the strongest suspicions of his virtue. Col. Burr is even in a worse situation.
SLEEP NOT! —It needs no argument to prove, that the Western country, from the very peculiarity of its situation, will become the asylum of disappointed ambition, of intrigue, and of conspiracy. It requires still less to prove, that the territories of Orleans and Louisiana will drink deepest of these curses, until its old inhabitants are more strongly knitted with the U. States, a regular government fixed, and the press abundantly established among them.
Letters are received in town (says the last Philadelphia Gazette) which mentions, that Miranda was still at Aruba, exercising his men and issuing proclamations.
FROM THE BOSTON REPORTER.
PEACE. —By the latest arrivals, the reëstablishment of Peace between Russia and France is confirmed, and the immediate approach of an accommodation between England and France rendered almost certain. This news, so grateful in sound to the first impressions of humanity, will carry gloom and dismay to the heart of every American, who is not indifferent to the imminent danger, with which such an event would threaten this exposed, defenceless, hated country.
If peace be actually settled between France and England, there is too much reason to say to those who have never considered our political existence in jeopardy, and we mean no light or profane allusion, SLEEP ON NOW FOR THE DIE IS CAST , and we are left weak, spiritless, unpitied and unbefriended to the mercy of a triumphant Despot, who has prostrated the independence of almost every nation in Europe.
Americans, if you are not appalled by a first glance of the terrors which menace your national existence, look at your situation; stare it in the face, that foreign Tyranny may not surprise you, when it actually comes. ENGLAND AT PEACE WITH FRANCE!! France holding in subjection, and as completely at her command as her own provinces, Spain, Italy, Germany, Holland, Prussia, and we may add Portugal, and other minor powers, now swallowed up and nameless! A fourth part of the navy, which Bonaparte could immediately detach from his vassal kingdoms, and from his own, would be sufficient to block up every great port in the Union. A tenth part of the bloodhounds, whom he has long employed in demolishing the independence of Europe, and who must now hang as an expensive, useless weight on his government, might cross the Atlantic, no COCHRANS nor STRACHANS to intercept, and land at Louisiana, where our administration of Government has but disappointed and disgusted the inhabitants, and where we have not force enough to repel two regiments. France sent to St. Domingo an army, never missed at home, but much larger than ever Great-Britain sent against the United States. Would not such an army, with a few 74s at the mouth of the Mississippi, immediately deprive all our country west of the Alleghany mountains of any commerce with the rest of the world, and make capitulation preferable to resistance?
And what can we expect of such men as the frowns of heaven and our own delusion have placed at the head of our nation! Already, when France was driven from the ocean by a brave and active enemy, she had but to act and receive pledges of our servility. It was not enough that our citizens, who should trade to St. Domingo, should be abandoned by their own country, and left to expiate as pirates for communicating with a rebel country; but our government was imperiously commanded to punish, for France, violations of the laws of nations committed without our jurisdiction, and within the professed jurisdiction of that nation—and the command was instantly obeyed! Spain had injured, abused and insulted us, and grossly trifled with our ambassadors; but France required money, as the only condition on which Spain should be allowed even to tamper longer with us, and two millions were voted the President, for the express purpose of expending them in foreign negotiations. The expectation of peace has, however, opened new prospects to Bonaparte, no accommodation can now be effected, and the boundaries of a territory which our government, in a fit of party rage, purchased without any specified limits, are already on the carpet, the subject of a quarrel with us.
With such an enemy and such a government what shall we do? What can we do? The contemplation is gloomy beyond description. The wretched Jefferson, his policy and his clan of weak headed or wicked politicians must fall; but with their fall the evils which they have invited will not cease. Shall we quietly receive and congratulate Pensionaries and Prefects among us; shall we bow to members of the Legion of Honor, selected from the basest and most treacherous among us, clothed with honors and powers as the reward of treason? Or shall we again call up the spirit of '76, and take heaven to witness, WE WILL BE FREE OR PERISH . We have indulged in these reflections, not to cherish despair; but to awaken every brave American to a sense of our situation, and to a serious deliberation on this great question—whether, if England and France have actually made peace, we can maintain our independence against the latter. The great men of our nation will
ere long be called upon by the exigency of the times. In trouble, the whole people will turn their backs on their empty headed and falsehearted demagogues. They will look to their wise men for counsel and their brave men for their exertion. Let our sages then betimes consult and resolve on the course they will recommend. To indulge resentment against a fickle, ungrateful multitude, when love of country and self preservation call to action, would be unworthy of great minds—it is an evil not to be apprehended. In or out of office is of no consequence; the talents of the country will soon be put in requisition, and God grant they may be successfully directed.
PEACE. —The probability of this important event is strengthened from the circumstance of the news having been sent from Paris to Cadiz.
By EXPRESS.
We have seen a letter of the 13th of August, from Cadiz, from one of the first houses there. This letter says "Last Sunday the agreeable news of Peace between England, France, &c. reached us—signed at Paris on the 30th ult." [N. T. Gazette.]
The report that lately appeared in some of the papers that Mr. Mungo Park and other American travellers, had been cut off by the natives, there is every reason to believe, is without foundation. No such account has reached the British government, nor has there been any late arrivals from that country, by which the information could have been received. It is the opinion of air Joseph Banks, and other gentlemen personally acquainted with Mr. Park, and deeply interested in the success of this mission, that it is the old report of the death of part of the soldiers and carpenters newly received, and greatly exaggerated.
CHEAP FALL and WINTER
GOODS.
THE subscriber respectfully informs his friends and the public generally, that he has just received from Philadelphia, and is now opening, a handsome assortment of GOODS , suitable for the present and approaching season, which have been purchased at very reduced prices, and selected with care from the latest arrivals; he can therefore recommend them to his friends, and all those who wish to purchase goods on reasonable terms, as they will be sold unusually low for cash or approved of country produce.
THOMAS C. SMITH. Martinsburg, October 17, 1806.
For Sale,
That VERY ELIGIBLE STAND for Business,
The House and Lot,
late the property of Jeremiah Evans, and now under rent to Levi Price, at 150 dollars per annum. For terms apply to
THOMAS C. SMITH. Martinsburg, October 17, 1806.
Public Sale.
WILL be sold at public vendue on Monday the 27th instant, at the house of the subscriber, in Shepherd's Town, all her House and Kitchen Furniture, consisting of Feather Beds and Bedding, one Corner Cupboard, one ten plate Stove with doors and pipe, and all kinds of Kitchen Furniture. The conditions will be made known on the day of sale. The sale will commence at ten o'clock when attendance will be given by PRUDENCE THORNBOROUGH.
All those indebted to me, either by note or book account, are desired to come and settle the same, as no longer indulgence will be given. PRUDENCE THORNBOROUGH. October 17, 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.

FALL and WINTER GOODS.
THE subscriber informs his friends and the public generally, that he has received and is now opening a large quantity of
FALL and WINTER GOODS. Consisting of Cloths, Casimeres, Blankets, coloured and white Flannels, Devonshire Kersey, Coating, Hosiery, &c. also, a great variety of Fancy Articles, Calicos of the most handsome figures, Chambrey Muslins, Leno Muslin Veils, Caps and Handkerchiefs, elegant Damask Silk Shawls, camel's hair ditto, fine Lace and Edging, Knotted Fringe, Crapes, Lutestrings, artificial Flowers, &c. &c. which he is determined to sell uncommonly cheap for cash, and requests that all those who wish to get bargains will be pleased to call on him. He has on hand Bar-Iron, Castings and Steel, home made Linen and twilled Bags.
WALTER B. SELBY. Shepherd's-Town, October 10, 1806.
SMITHFIELD RACES.
TO be run for, over a handsome course near this town, on Wednesday the 29th inst. a purse of fifty dollars; three miles to a heat; free for any horse, mare or gelding; carrying weight agreeable to the rules of the Jockey Club.
And on Thursday the 30th will be run for over the same course, a purse of twenty five dollars; two miles to a heat; free as above; the winning horse the preceding day excepted.
And on Friday the 31st will be run for, over the same course, a purse of fifteen dollars; one mile to a heat; to be under the same rules as above; the winning horse the two preceding days excepted.
The entrance will be one shilling in the pound; three horses to start each day or no race. No booths to be erected on or near the ground, without paying five dollars to the purse.
HARMON M'KNIGHT, Manager. Smithfield, October 10, 1806.
A List of Letters remaining in the Post-Office at Shepherd's-Town, Va. on the first day of October, 1806, which if not taken out by the first day of January, 1807, will be sent to the General Post-Office as dead letters.
 A. MRS. SALLY ABELL, Joseph & Wilson Athy.  B. Henry Bedinger, Jacob Bedinger, Charles Baily, Cornelius Barkeloo or William Beem.  C. Maryann Chaplain, John Clawson.  D. Edward Dougherty, care of James Lane, merchant.  E. Thomas B. Evans, John Thomas Evans 2.  G. Jacob Getzendaner.  H. Jehu Harlan, Miss Harriet Hugh.  K. John Kinnear.  L. Henry Line.  M. Rawleigh Morgan, Joseph M c Murran.  O. Robert Owens.  P. John Peter, Nathaniel Page.  R. John Robinson, William Roberts, jun. Daniel Ramsey.  S. Benjamin Stephenson 3, Jacob Smurr, Jacob Shenanburger, Cyrus Saunders, Ann B. Strode, Elizabeth Shopper.  T. John Thornburg, esq. 2, Mary Turner, Doctor James M. Taylor, George or Edward Tabb, John Talbutt, care of B. Boydstone.  W. Peter Walker, Elizabeth Weer, Thompson Williams.  JAMES BROWN, P. M. October 10, 1806.
WILL be sold at public sale, on Thursday the 23d instant, at the house of John Snively, late of Darkesville, deceased, all the personal effects of the said deceased, consisting of Horses, Cows, Household Furniture of every kind, Farming Utensils, and House-carpenter's and Joiner's Tools. A reasonable credit will be given. The sale will begin at 10 o'clock, and continue from day to day until the whole is sold. MARY SNIVELY, Adm rx . JACOB SYBERT, Adm r . October 10, 1806.
THE partnership of Meminger & Cooper dissolved the seventh inst. Those indebted to them and those having claims against them are desired to settle with either of the subscribers as soon as possible. The business will be continued by ALEXANDER COOPER, with whom we solicit the continuance of punctual customers. THEODORE MEMINGER, ALEXANDER COOPER. Martinsburg, October 10, 1806.
DR. REES'S NEW CYCLOPEDIA.
WE have just received the 1st number of the above work, and request those gentlemen who have subscribed for it to call immediately for their books.
Those who feel a desire to procure this great and highly valuable work, had better avail themselves of the present time, as the price will be considerably augmented after the 1st of November next.
We have now a specimen of the work for their inspection, and have the testimony of the first literary characters in England and this country, in its favour. And we think it but fair to say, that, the paper is of excellent quality, and the printing is in the first style of elegance. The embellishments are of a very superior description, and will form, when completed, an incomparably more elegant and correct set of scientific and other plates than has ever been produced. Intelligencer-Office, August 15, 1806.
THE subscriber has recently received and is now opening an extensive assortment of the most fashionable EUROPEAN and INDIA MANUFACTURES, of the first textures and most permanent qualities; also, a large and general assortment of almost all kinds of GROCERIES of the best quality; the whole of which he flatters himself he may with propriety recommend to his friends and customers in particular, and to an impartial public in general. Any further recommendations are considered unnecessary, as the only criterion by which the most reasonable terms are known is by inspection only.
He has also received a handsome assortment of BAR-IRON, Strap ditto, Crowley and Blistered STEEL, SICKLES, and Waldron's highly approved of SCYTHES assorted. THOMAS C. SMITH. Martinsburg, June 13, 1806. Superfine Flour for sale by the barrel.
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]
Jefferson County, ss. July Court, 1806. Abram Davenport, Complainant, against James Starky, Cyrus Saunders, and William M c Guire, Defendants. In CHANCERY.
THE defendant, James Starky, 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, upon the motion of the complainant by his counsel, it is ordered that the said defendant, James Starky, does appear here on the second Tuesday in October next, and answer the complainant's bill, and that a copy of this order be forthwith inserted in the Berkeley and Jefferson Intelligencer for two months successively, also published at the front door of the court house of the said county for the same length of time.
A Copy. Attest, GEORGE HITE, c.j.c.
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.
Sale of Land.
TO be sold on the 30th day of October next, a Tract of first-rate limestone Land, the property of Michael Pultz, dec. containing two hundred and thirty-five acres, lying about three miles from Smithfield, Jefferson County, Virginia. The improvements are a good Dwelling House, with convenient Out-houses, and a good Barn; also, a number of excellent Fruit-Trees of various kinds. The terms of sale will be made known on the day; and a good title made to the purchaser. Due attendance will be given by NICHOLAS SCHALL and HENRY SYBERT, } Ex rs . August 22, 1806.
Land for sale.
AGREEABLE to the last will and testament of William Henshaw, Esq. dec. will be sold a Farm, (called Springfield) containing about 600 acres of valuable lime-stone land, late the property of said Henshaw, dec. situate in Berkeley County, Virginia; more than 300 of which is cleared and under good fence, the residue well clothed with timber; about 12 acres in meadow, which can be watered, and much more can be made. The improvements are a large and convenient stone dwelling house; stone spring house, with good limestone water running through it, within 12 feet of the kitchen door; smoke house; barn; stables; with other necessary buildings for the convenience of a farm. About 120 yards across the creek stands the GRIST and MERCHANT MILL, with two pair of stones in her, one pair of burrs, and two water wheels; and near the mill is a house for the reception of a miller—Also, a large Stone Still House, with tubs, &c. and constant over head water. About half a mile below at a separate dam, are a Saw and Fulling Mill, with a log dwelling house; and two lime-stone springs breaking out of the side of the dam. These mills are built upon that well known creek, for its constancy called Mill-Creek, which runs through the above land. One fourth of a mile above the merchant mill is a double log house, kitchen, barn, &c. and a never failing lime-stone spring within 40 yards of the door. Three other log buildings and a smith shop, suitable for tradesmen. There are four bearing apple orchards, containing about 600 trees of excellent fruit, and a sufficient number of other kinds of fruit. It will be sold altogether, or in two or three tracts, as may best suit the purchaser or purchasers. This property is situated in a rich and fertile settlement, and not inferior to any in the county; about 12 miles from Winchester, 10 from Martinsburg, 1 from Maj. Stephenson's stone tavern, and 18 from Potomac, where the produce may be carried to market to George-town, the city of Washington or Alexandria. We deem it unnecessary to give a further description of the property. Any person wishing to purchase will please call upon the subscribers living on the premises, who will show the property and make known the terms.
Also for sale by the subscribers, three hundred acres of Land, lying in the county of Monongalia, adjoining lands of Anthony Sell, on Sillwell's Creek, a branch of the Canawa.
Also, four hundred acres of Land, lying on Salt Lick Creek in said county. LEVI HENSHAW and } Adm rs . HIRAM HENSHAW, } August 29, 1806.
N. B. A good Fuller is wanted to attend the above fulling mill. He will be hired or may have it upon a moderate rent.
F. NADENBousCH, & Co. HAVE just received, in addition to their former stock, a very handsome assortment of
Choice Goods,
almost of every description, suitable to the present season. Those Goods have been selected with care from the latest importations; and they are satisfied on particular examination will give satisfaction to the purchaser both as to cheapness and quality—to be had for cash, country produce, or on the usual terms of credit to punctual customers. Martinsburg, June 20, 1806.
CASH given for clean Linnen & Cotton R A G S, At the Office of the INTELLIGENCER.
REGIMENTAL ORDERS.
THE Officers' Muster of the 67th Regiment is appointed for the 27th, 28th and 29th of October next, at Martinsburg; and the Muster of said Regiment on the 30th of said month at the same place. The Majors of Battalions and Commandants of Companies will issue the necessary orders for this purpose. D. HUNTER, Lt. Col. Com d 67th Regt. V. M. September 12, 1806.
Fulling & Dying.
THE subscriber has erected a new Fulling Mill on Tuscarora, (on the plantation formerly belonging to Wm. Patterson) about one mile and an half from Martinsburg, where he intends carrying on Fulling and Dying in all its various branches. He flatters himself, that from his long experience and close attention to business, to be able to satisfy all who may please to favour him with their custom. AARON HIBBERD. Berkeley County, the 9th mo. 6th, 1806.
FOR SALE,
A CONVENIENT two story Log Dwelling House, with two Lots of Ground, situate in the north end of Martin-street, Martinsburg. As I am about to remove from this country, I will sell the above property for considerably less than its value—and will give a reasonable credit for the money, or I will exchange it for horses. For terms apply to Jacob Miller, near Martinsburg. ADAM SHEETZ. September 12, 1806.
A FARM TO SELL OR RENT.
THE subscriber wishes either to sell or rent a valuable FARM—It is situated in Hampshire County, at the junction of the Great Cacapeon and Potomac Rivers, and about three miles from Berkeley Springs—It was lately the property of Cornelius Ferree, Esq. and is at present occupied by him. The tract contains 257 acres, a considerable part of which is cleared, and in good order for cultivation—There is upon the premises, a very good dwelling-house, as likewise a barn, and all other buildings necessary or convenient for a farm. The land, from its situation between the two rivers, and in a great measure surrounded by them, is of a most excellent quality. As it is remote from any other land belonging to the subscriber, he would prefer selling it; and his price is six pounds per acre—But if he cannot sell, he will rent it at the rate of 75 pounds per annum, for any term, not exceeding ten years,—and in either case, possession will be given the first day of December next, with the liberty of sowing a crop this fall—If any person, having viewed the premises, should wish to purchase, or to lease upon these terms, he will please to apply to the subscriber who resides in Shenandoah County. THOMAS ALLEN, sen. September 5, 1806.
WILL be sold, on the third Saturday in October next, on the premises to the the highest bidder, for cash, a HOUSE and LOT, in Charles-Town, Jefferson County, containing one eighth of an acre, situate on the west side of the run and convenient to water; the said House and Lot being conveyed to the subscriber as trustee, to secure a debt due from James Crawlez to Ann Frame. THOMAS GRIGGS. September 15, 1806.
FOR SALE, A FULL SET OF DOBSON'S EDITION OF THE ENCYCLOPEDIA. Apply at the office of the Intelligencer.
MARTINSBURG, Berkeley County, Virginia; Printed and published by JOHN ALBURTIS.
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