Berkeley and Jefferson intelligencer (Martinsburg, Va.), 1804-02-03 00:00:00

Berkeley and Jefferson Intelligencer.
[No. 45 of VOLUME V.]
FRIDAY, February 3, 1804.
[WHOLE No. 253.]
NOTICE is hereby given, that an ELECTION for Overseers of the Poor will be held for the Upper District of this County on Saturday the 18th day of February next, at the house of Mrs. Fulton, at Mill's Gap.
For the Middle District, on the same day, at Martinsburg.
For the Lower District, on the same day, at Hedge's Chapel.
All the free holders and house-keepers within the respective districts are particularly desired to attend at the respective places of election.
WILLIAM PORTERFIELD, a. b. c. January 27, 1804.
TO BE RENTED,
And possession given the first day of April next.
THAT well-situated stand for a Public House, at present occupied as such by Capt. John Robinson, in the Main street Martinsburg. This property consists of a large and convenient House, neatly finished, with a fine cool cellar, a convenient Kitchen with a room adjoining suitable for the family—also a large Stable, Smoke-House, Ice-House, &c. This property is well calculated for any kind of public business, both as to improvements and situation. The terms may be known by applying to Mr. John O'Ferrall in Martinsburg, or to the subscriber at Mill-Creek.
IGNATIUS O'FERRALL. January 27, 1804.
NOTICE.
THERE being a very great probability of the negroes purchased by me on the 30th of September last, at the widow Edelean's sale, being free, I therefore take this method of informing the public, that I am determined not to pay the note given for those negroes, until a final adjustment of the business takes place, and a clear and indisputable title is given me.
HUGH V. PATTERSON. December 9, 1803.
FOR SALE,
A SMALL tract or parcel of LAND, situate in Berkeley County, containing about forty acres, whereon the Poor-House stands, adjoining the land whereon Joseph Minginnu now lives, and about half a mile from the Sulphur Spring. A proportionable part of said land is cleared and under tolerable good fence, and more may be cleared, some Meadow made, and more may be made, the Buildings are one Dwelling House, wherein the manager lives, the Poor-House (a large building) a Meet House and Spring House (all built with hewed logs) a Stable, and Oven, a farther description is thought unnecessary, it being presumed no person will become a purchaser, without previously viewing the property; Cornelius Kelly, manager at the Poor-House will show the land. The terms of sale may be known by applying to said Kelly, or to either of the subscribers.
JOEL WARD, JOSEPH FOREMAN, EDWARD BEESON, Commissioners.
December 16, 1803.
A General Assortment of HUGHES'
BAR-IRON,
For sale at the Subscribers, WARRANTED TO BE GOOD, Price six dollars a hundred, gross weight.
Those who may wish to purchase this article, either by the large or small parcel, will be able to supply themselves on as good terms as if they went to the Iron-Works.
P. NADENBOUSCH, & Co. Martinsburg, August 12, 1803.
The following BLANKS , printed with new and elegant type,
are always kept for sale at this Office: DEEDS, Common BONDS, Apprentices INDENTURES, Promissory NOTES, &c. &c. &c.
Farmers and Merchants, Take Notice, THAT the subscriber has got Tabler's MILL on Opequan, (between three and four miles from Martinsburg) in complete order for the reception and manufacture of Grain; and that for every hundred bushels of clean merchantable Wheat, weighing 60 pound per bushel, brought to said Mill, he will deliver 21 barrels of Superfine Flour, and will be responsible for the inspection in any market in the United States.
He will give the highest price in Cash, for Wheat, Rye and Corn. LEONARD CROW. December 30, 1803. Gm.
IT having been the practice of my Negroes for some time past to spend much of their time in Shepherd's-Town, under various pretences, without my permission. This is therefore to caution the inhabitants of that place, and the public in general from harboring or dealing with them in any manner, as I am determined to prosecute all such offenders to the extent the law directs.
JOHN BLACKFORD. Swearingen's Ferry, January 13, 1804.
ALL persons are hereby cautioned from taking an assignment on a Note given by the subscriber for the payment of thirteen dollars and seventy-five cents, dated December 24th, 1803, payable the 15th of April following, to Samuel Miller, then of Shepherd's-Town, Jefferson County, as the greater part is already paid, and no credit thereon.
GEORGE G. KYSER. Berkeley County, January 13, 1804.
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Letter to the Hon. James Madison, secretary of state, accompanying the President's message of the 16th inst.
City of New Orleans, Dec. 20, 1803.
SIR, We have the satisfaction to announce to you, that the province of Louisiana was this day surrendered to the United States by the commissioner of France; and to add, that the flag of our country was raised in this city amidst the acclamations of the inhabitants.
The enclosed is a copy of an instrument of writing which was signed and exchanged by the commissioners of the two governments, and is designed as a record of this interesting transaction.
Accept assurances of our respectful consideration.
WILLIAM C. C. CLAIBORNE, JA: WILKISON. The honorable James Madison, Secretary of State City of Washington.
The undersigned William C. C. Claiborne and James Wilkinson, commissioners or agents of the United States, agreeable to the full power they have received from Thomas Jefferson President of the United States under date of the 31st Oct. 1803, and twenty eighth year of the independence of the United States of America, 8 Brumaire, 12th of the French Republic countersigned by the Secretary of State James Madison, and citizen Peter Clement Laussat, Colonial Prefect, and commissioner of the French Government for the delivery in the name of the French Republic of the country, territories and dependencies of Louisiana, the commissioners or agents of
the United States, conformably to the powers, commission, and special mandate which he has received in the name of the French people from citizen Bonaparte, first consul, under date of the 6th June, 1803. (17 Prairial, 11th year of the French republic) countersigned by the Secretary of State, Hugues Maret, and his excellency the minister of marine and colonial decrees, do certify by these presents that on this day, Tuesday the 20 December, 1803 of the christian era, (29th Frimaire, 12th year of the French republic) being convened in the hall of the Hotel de Ville of New Orleans, accompanied on both sides by the chiefs and officers of the army and navy by the municipality and divers respectable citizens, the said William C. C. Claiborne and James Wilkinson delivered to the said citizen Laussat their aforesaid full powers by which it evidently appears that full power and authority has been given them jointly and severally to take possession of and to occupy the territories ceded by France to the United States by the treaty concluded at Paris on the 30th day of April last past, (10th Floréal) and for that purpose to repair to the said territory and there to execute and perform all such acts and things touching the premises as may be necessary for fulfilling their appointment conformable to the treaty and the laws of the U. S. and thereupon the said citizen Laussat declared, that in virtue of and in the terms of the powers, commission and special mandate dated at St. Cloud 6th June, 1803, of the Christian era (17th Prairial, 11 year of the French Republic) he put from that moment, the said commissioners of the United States in possession of the country, territories and dependencies of Louisiana; conformably to the 1, 2, 4 and 5th articles of the treaty and two conventions, concluded and signed the 30th April, 1803, (10th Floreal, 11th year of the French Republic) between the French Republic and the United States of America by citizen Francis Barbé Marbois minister of the public treasury, and Messieurs Robert R. Livingston and James Monroe, ministers plenipotentiary of the United States, all three furnished with full powers, of which treaty and two conventions the ratifications made by the First Consul of the French Republic on the one part, and by the President of the United States, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate on the other part, have been exchanged and mutually received at the City of Washington, the 12th of Oct. 1803, 23 Vendémiaire, 12 year of the French Republic by citizen Louis Andre Pichon, charge des affaires citizen of the French Republic, near the U. States, on the part of France, and by James Madison, Secretary of State of the U. States, on the part of the United States, according to the process verbal drawn up on the same day; and the present delivery of the country is made to them to the end, that conformity with the object of the said treaty the sovereignty and property of the colony or province of Louisiana may pass to the said U. S. under the same clauses and conditions as it had been ceded by Spain to France, in virtue of the treaty concluded at St. Idelfonso, on the 1st October, 1800 (9th Vendémiaire, 9 year) between these two last powers, which has since received its execution by the actual re-entrance of the French republic into possession of the said colony or province.
And the said citizen Laussat in consequence at this present time, delivered to the said commissioners of the United States, in this public sitting, the keys of the city of New Orleans declaring that he discharges from their oaths of fidelity towards the French republic, the citizens and inhabitants of Louisiana, who shall choose to remain under the dominion of the United States.
And that it may forever appear the undersigned have signed the process verbal of this important and solemn act, in the French and English languages, and have sealed it with their seals, and have caused it to be countersigned by their secretaries of commission, the day and year above written.
(Signed)
Wm. C. C. CLAIBORNE, (seal.) JAMES WILKISON, (seal.) LAUSSAT. (seal.)

CONGRESS of the U. STATES.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
January 24.
Dr. Mitchel presented a memorial from the convention of delegates of the several state societies for the manumission of slaves assembled at Philadelphia, praying that Congress will in the organization of the government of Louisiana, prohibit the importation of slaves.
The House went into a committee of the whole, Mr. Varnum in the chair—on the report of a select committee on the bill from the Senate, dividing the Indiana territory into two separate governments.
After a short debate the committee rose and obtained leave to sit again.
January 24.
A letter was received from the Secretary of the Treasury, in obedience to a resolution of the house of the last session, on a more equal imposition of duties on imported articles.
A message was received from the Senate, stating that they had elected John Brown, President pro tempore, in the absence of the Vice President.
The house went into a committee of the whole—Mr. Dawson in the chair—on the bill making provision for the application of the monies appropriated for making public roads to the Ohio.
Mr. Smilie moved the rising of the committee, with a view to the postponement of the bill to the next session.
This motion was supported on the ground that the application of the money was premature, there being about 800 dollars in the treasury, and that the designation of the route would occasion much discussion, which would interfere with the transaction of important business before the house.
It was opposed by Messrs. Jackson, S. L. Mitchell, Holland and Lyon, who contended that considerable time would elapse before the necessary arrangements could be made for making the roads; previously to which upon a calculation made on a report of the secretary of the treasury, 20,000 dollars would be accumulated; and an annual sum accrue thereafter of about 10,000 dollars; and that the present was an eligible period as could occur for designating the points of the road to be laid out.
The committee rose—Ayes 70. When the question being put for giving leave to the committee to sit again.
Mr. R. Griswold said he should vote for it.—He was of opinion that sufficient information did not exist to designate the points of the routes, and that it could not be had without authorising the appointment of commissioners to explore the ground; for the purpose of modifying the bill, to effect this object alone, he should vote for leave being given to the committee to sit again.
This motion was supported by Messrs. R. Griswold, Dennis, Lyon and Holland, and opposed by Mr. Smilie; and carried—Ayes 71—Nays 55.
WILMINGTON, January 24.
DELAWARE,
"A rock on which the storm may beat."
AMENDMENT OF THE CONSTITUTION.
WE cannot forbear to congratulate our subscribers and the friends of the constitution of the United States generally, in laying before them the following Resolution of the Legislature of this state. We congratulate them because this resolution has given an unequivocal and honorable testimony of the soundness and integrity of Delaware.
For although, the Chief Magistrate of the Union, trembling before the majesty of undissolved truth, stooped to the base and unwarrantable interference in the Election of our representative; and although we have been assailed from within by all the arts of demagogues, by all the artillery of falsehood, by the arrows of political intolerance poisoned by individual jealousy, envy and rancor; and although every base passion of man which we are ashamed to own as belonging to our natures, has been at war with our reason and arrayed as a host to trample under foot the dignity of our nature, and to insult the majesty of our laws; and although surrounded by the rank aristocracy of Virginia and the horrid anarchy of Pennsylvania, unlike in every feature except in their destructive tyranny, and associated like the lion and the tiger to hunt down the smaller animals of the forest; and although the enthusiasts of the day in our neighbouring states have de-
molished with a savage hand the venerable institutions of their fathers, under which political and civil liberty have flourished for generations, and are entailing on their posterity all the evils that can flow from tribunals knowing no law but their own will, no rule of action but their own ungovernable whim, and although the degenerate parasites of the Idol of Democracy beginning at the threshold have passed to the innermost recess of the Temple, and with unhallowed hands and impious mockery have profaned the highest and most secure sanctuary of our laws—Yet DELAWARE, "small and insignificant as the little republic of St. Marino," has withstood the efforts of FACTION, and with becoming spirit REJECTED this unwarrantable prostration of the CONSTITUTION to gratify the ambition of an INDIVIDUAL.
VIRGINIA LEGISLATURE,
A list of Acts passed, December session, 1809.
 1. An act to appropriate an additional sum of money to discharge certain unassisted claims against the commonwealth.  2. To dissolve a marriage between Benjamin Butt, jun. and Lydia his wife.  3. giving an annual pension to Rebecca Fulton.  4. To amend an act making further provision for furnishing the public officers of this commonwealth with the laws thereof.  5. For adding the county of Randolph to the judicial district composed of the counties of Hardy, Hampshire, and Pendleton.  6. Concerning Moore's Warehouse.  7. Allowing the additional sum of two and an half per cent. to Wm. Martin and Watson Clark, for the collection of the revenue tax of the county of Harrison for the year 1800.  8. Granting warrants on the treasury to Samuel Clarke, Nimrod Tackett, James Hundly, and John Johnson, for certain sums of money.  9. Concerning the town of Abingdon.  10. Concerning Bottom Stegall.  11. Remitting a fine to John Harris.  12. Concerning the town of Martinsburg.  13. Concerning Andrew Donnelly.  14. Authorising a Lottery in the town of Woodstock, and county of Shenandoah.  15. Authorising the sale of certain lands for the benefit of the Nottoway tribe of Indians.  16. Suspending an execution against Richard Brooke.  17. Releasing to Richard Spear, John McCarroll and William Patton, the right of the commonwealth to certain lands therein mentioned.  18. To enable persons in custody on behalf of the commonwealth, to take the oath of insolvency.  19. Establishing a certain survey of the town of Watson, and for other purposes.  20. To establish a turnpike from Abingdon, in the county of Washington, to Saltville in said county.  21. Increasing the number and powers of the trustees of the town of Wheeling.  22. Making compensation to Michael Speigel, for the cure of a lunatic.  23. Releasing to William Young the commonwealth's right to a certain piece of land.  24. For establishing an Academy in or near Richmond.  25. For establishing a town on the lands of Alexander Gordon and Christian Peters.  26. To amend an act entitled, 'An act to incorporate the trustees of an Academy in the town of Abingdon, and for other purposes.'  27. Adding certain land of Thomas Newton, to the borough of Norfolk.  28. To enlarge the town of Woodstock, in the county of Shenandoah.  29. Providing further for the payment of the debts of John Calder.  30. For dividing the County of Kanawha.  31. Authorising the Clerk of Norfolk borough to deliver the will of William Colburn to his Executors.  32. Concerning the superintendents of the public Warehouses erected for storing Tobacco.  33. For ascertaining the Centre of the County of Franklin, and for other purposes.  34. Concerning Reuben Fry.  35. For extending Church street in the borough of Norfolk.  36. Allowing a pension to Samuel Wharton.  37. Increasing the rates of ferriage at certain places. 
38. Concerning the navigation of Pig River.
39. For reviving the inspection of Tobacco, at Mantapike Warehouses.
40. Authorising the sale of certain Lands of David Wall, a person of unsound mind.
41. Authorising the sale of certain Lands of Mary Anne Moore, a person of unsound mind.
42. Concerning Charles Tate.
43. For raising by lottery a sum of money for the purpose of finishing certain buildings for a Seminary of learning in Strasburg.
44. For raising by Lottery a sum of money for improving the Main street of Fredericksburg.
45. Changing the name of the Town of Crowsville, and for other purposes.
46. For establishing several Towns.
47. Establishing several Inspections of Flour.
48. Concerning George Hollenback.
49. To prevent the destruction of Oysters in this Commonwealth.
50. Authorising a Lottery for the benefit of a Charity school in Fredericksburg.
51. Giving an additional Reward for killing of Wolves in certain Counties.
52. Releasing to Wm. Martin and Dempsey P. Carroll the Commonwealth's right to piece of land therein mentioned.
53. Allowing to Wm. Clendimen a further sum for collecting certain levies due in Kanawha County.
54. For raising by Lottery a sum of money for the benefit of the University of William and Mary.
55. To amend an Act, entitled "an Act to establish a Turnpike road over the mountain at Swift Gap."
56. Concerning Uriah Lowther.
57. Allowing a further time to the owners of lots in certain Towns, to build thereon.
58. Concerning the Representatives of William Morris deceased.
59. For raising by way of Lottery a sum of money for the benefit of Banister Academy.
60. For establishing several ferries.
61. To raise by lottery, a sum of money for the purpose of improving the roads leading from the ford of Little river, in the County of Loudoun to Snickers and Ashby's gaps.
62. To raise by lottery or lotteries a sum of money for opening and improving a road over the North mountain at Dry river gap and for improving the streets in the town of Harrisonburg.
63. To authorise the raising a sum of money by way of lottery for improving the road leading across the Shenandoah mountain to Brooks gap, in the County of Rockingham.
64. To raise a sum of money by lottery for opening a road from Monroe, in the county of Botetort, to the Sweet Springs in the county of Monroe, and from thence to Lewisburg, in the county of Greenbrier.
From Cobbet's Weekly Register, Oct. 29.
THE FUNDS have, we are told, risen one per cent. in consequence of a report that the soldiers of the French army had refused to embark for the invasion of England!! And is there a father, not insane, who will vest his children's means of existence in property like this? If the funds rise one per cent. upon such a rumour, to what point will they sink, if the French army should not only embark, but actually land in England, and advance towards London, than which there is nothing more probable!!
SPAIN AND PORTUGAL are, it seems, at last to be numbered amongst our enemies. Spain should have been so long ago. Portugal will be a rich prize to France; and though subjugation will not be pleasant to the Portuguese, those amongst them who feel a due degree of resentment against us for our perfidy at the treaty of Amiens, when we consented to the alienation of a part of Portugal in favour of Spain, in order that we might retain a Spanish island; every Portuguese that recollects Olivenza and Trinidad, will feel even in chains, some consolation, when he reflects that his slavery is injurious to England. It was vainly hoped, that we should grow rich by an uninterrupted warfare on the commerce and colonies of France and her allies.
IRELAND.—The government of Ireland is a government of lawyers and all clerks. The peers and great landed gentlemen are not consulted; they are offended, and impute the neglect to the union. The rulers, like all weak ones, court the natural enemies of the state, and thereby, without gaining friends lose those whom they might rely on. The Irish militia should be exchanged. In
their stead troops should be sent, whose fidelity might be relied on, and who would be fitted to meet an experienced enemy in the field. As there is no Irish Parliament, the peers and great landed gentlemen of the country should be consulted. If troops cannot be spared from Great Britain, transports should at any rate, be ready at Liverpool, &c. and a part of the army held in constant readiness to embark. Those are measures dictated by common sense, but perhaps that circumstance affords little encouragement to hope that they will be adopted by the ministers till as in the case of Hanover it be too late.
This harvest of riches appears to be over with us, while France is placing whole kingdoms in a state of requisition. She holds up the spectre of invasion to terrify us, while she sends her armies in every corner of Europe, where we have a friend. The power of Britain was always considered as most usefully employed in protecting her allies. It was indeed, only by the proper exercise of this power, that she kept up her trade and maintained her influence, consequence and rank in the world. This power she can no longer exercise; she in fact no longer possesses it; it was at Amiens, bartered away with the honor of her flag. It is said that it is impossible for us to have protected Hanover and Portugal without the aid of other allies, on the continent? If so, why have we not those other allies? We were never destitute of them till now. It is of the not having of such allies, that the nation has a right to accuse the ministers, who are, in this respect, pleading the harvest of all their crimes, in justification of its consequences.
MARTINSBURG, February 3.
Married Mr. SHIELDS, of the State of Ohio, to Miss JANE WRIGHT, daughter of Mr. James Wright of this County.
It has from time immemorial been considered a rightful prerogative of the ladies, in leap year, without subjecting themselves to any imputation of want of modesty, to make the first advances in negotiations for matrimonial alliances. The present is the first leap year which has occurred for seven years. A correspondent inquires whether these circumstances will account for the unusual number of marriages which have already taken place and which are likely to take place in the course of the year.
A puzzle.—Mr. Jefferson, we find by the papers, has appointed a person to the office of District Attorney of New-York, which office we know was held by Edward Livingston, Esquire. Now we want some democratic printer to tell us, what has become of Mr. Livingston, and what is the meaning of this new appointment. Can it be that Mr. Livingston is dismissed from office? and if so, for what? Why all this silence about the matter? Why can't we get one word about it from the Jeffersonians? And why won't they open their—
"poor, poor dumb mouths" And bid 'em speak."
[Frederick-Town Herald.]
The rule of right.—If the United States have lost, say, a hundred thousand dollars by Mr. Jefferson's putting Mr. Livingston into Mr. Harrison's office without any necessity or good cause, ought not so fine a patriot and philosopher as Mr. Jefferson to pay the loss himself?—Or, if he should be President another four years, and it should be stopped out of his salary, which is twenty-five thousand dollars a year, would not $25,000 multiplied by 4, the number of years, produce, according to the rule of three $100,000, the exact amount of the judgment already obtained against Mr. Livingston at the suit of the United States. [Ib.]
Secretary Dearborne or the President Father.—We have laboured from time to time to shew the people, that the democrats, kind souls, who have bawled so loud about Liberty, and so forth, were all the while never after any thing else in the world but the loaves and fishes of power. We have tried to shew this by examples of the number of offices, which we see here and there engrossed by some ambitious family. Another opportunity has been given for so doing by the Portland Gazette, from which we have collected the items in the following curious
LIST.
General Dearborne, Secretary of War.

General Dearborne's son-in-law (a Mr. Wingate we believe) chief Clerk in the department of the Secretary of War. General Dearborne's son another Clerk in the same department.
General Dearborne's son-in-law's father, Post master at Hallowell.
General Dearborne's son-in-law, Dudley Hobart, or Hubbard, (just appointed) collector of Bath in the province of Main.
Nota Bene—General Dearborne has another son left not yet in office; but whether he has any single daughters to dispose of is not yet ascertained, though any enterprising young man, who wants to marry an office, might know we suppose by taking a ride down to the city of Washington—The distance but 40 odd miles. [Ib.]
A letter from Hartford, dated the 28th ultimo, says, "One of Mr. Jefferson's commissioners of bankruptcy has lately been detected in a forgery on the bank of Middle-town; but has absconded, and is advertised; The bank has offered a thousand dollars reward for his detection." [Columbian Centinel.]
It appears by one of the New-York papers, that Mr. Livingston forgot to settle his affairs with the Common Council of that city before leaving the State, and that there remains a balance against him of some fifteen or twenty hundred dollars. It will be recollected that Mr. Varick, an old federal officer, was removed from the office of Mayor, by Governor Clinton and his council of appointment, to make room for this gentleman. But Governor Clinton may comfort himself that this is a mere trifle, compared with the hundred thousand dollars of the publick money which Mr. Jefferson sacrificed for the sake of getting out a federal district attorney, and getting in Mr. Livingston, a democratic economist. Gaz. U.S.
The reign of Terror indeed. The friends of Liberty and Equality have come out in the Citizen, of this morning, [January 21] with a paragraph that perhaps will command the attention of the public. Having observed that Gov. Clinton's declarations respecting Mr. Jefferson at Mr. Burr's house must, if made at all, have been made in confidence, and that the exposing them now to the public, is an act of baseness, he thus concludes—
"Any one who after this shall confide in the wretch who has published or authorised the publication of this anecdote, will deserve to be stabbed to the heart by the poniard of an assassin in the unsuspecting hours of sleep."
My God! What can this writer mean? Is such language already to be tolerated in this country? What a shocking picture is there presented! My blood freezes as my hand traces these lines—I can add no more. [N. Y. E. Post.]
SLAVE TRADE.
The Legislature of South Carolina has opened, by a special law, the trade to Africa for slaves. This abhorred traffic in human flesh calls for the severest reprehension of every government and every man who countenances or upholds it.—But how doubly criminal must it be in a people who are in the enjoyment of all the blessings of civil liberty, thus to deal unto others?—and still more peculiarly offensive, in the eyes of infinite purity and justice, when it is done by a set of men peculiarly distinguished for their clamour about liberty and equality. Yes, these good democrats of South Carolina, who pretend to be all on fire with love for the rights of man, can deliberately sit down and frame a law by which every principle of justice and natural right is violated—by which all the ties of consanguinity and affection, are torn with relentless fury, and every claim of humanity trampled under feet. Although there is an express law against the slave trade in Georgia, yet such is the laxness of the executive authority, that it is almost totally disregarded. We have the best authority for stating, that near ten thousand slaves are annually brought into that "republican" state, from the coast of Africa, and openly sold. This is the amount of democratic liberty—it regards the rights of man, as it does those of an horse or an ox.
NO MORE COPPERS!
From and after the 13th day of February inst. "no copper coins or pieces whatsoever, except cents and half cents, shall pass current as money, or shall be paid or offered to be paid, or received in payment, for any debt demand, claim, matter or thing whatsoever," under pain of the forfeiture of the same, together with the penalty of Ten Dollars.
Y. Gregg and F. Nadeusch, have just received a quantity of New-Town PIPPINS. Martinsburg, February 3, 1804.
An accidental bon mot.
Mr. Smilie, in his late attempt to furnish ground of an inquiry after an impeachment of Judge Chase told the House that in consequence of the arbitrary conduct of the judge on the trial of Price, for high treason, Mr. Lewis and Mr. Dallas, who had volunteered as counsel, retired from the bar, and "one of them (Mr. Lewis) forcibly declared that he would not disgrace his profession by being confined to facts alone."
[New-York Evening Post.]
DIED. JOHN TUCKER, a soldier in Ashford barracks.—He died at 4 o'clock in the morning; before twelve on the same day, his widow was married to another man, and in the evening the happy couple followed the corps of the first husband to the grave as chief mourners.
[Philadelphia paper of January 25.]
From a London paper. —The following is a translation of a pasquinade pasted on the base of the Statue of Victory, on Bonaparte's having complied with the petitions of his satellites, not to embark his sacred person, for the Invasion of England:
Our prayers are heard no adverse fate, On seas shall this our mighty elf, Since, to protect the Gallic state, He deigns, great Soul—to save HIM-SELF!
A letter from New-Orleans, under date of the 17th of December, says—"We are now dismissed from patrolling and standing guard as formerly. Business, which had been in a state of stagnation, begins to revive, and to assume vigor. The day on which this place was transferred to our government was a day of general rejoicing.—63 guns were fired at the fort, 21 in honor of the U. States, 21 to the French Republic, and 21 to the King of Spain. We augur from the cession of this valuable territory the happiest consequences to the commercial and political interests of our country." Mer. Adv.
THE hasty and tremendous strides which, under the influence of the party in power, unmixed democracy is making in America, has given some very serious alarm to numbers of those leading men throughout the States, who have been most instrumental in bringing it about. They find that according to its usual, never failing course, it is going farther than they expected it; that it is running into a state of dangerous degeneracy; and that, pulling the reins out of their hands, and getting the bit between its teeth, it is running like a wild horse, with its nose to the ground, headlong to ruin, whether it is likely to carry its riders. They now wish to retract. Nay, they would do every thing in their power to undo what they have done. But it is feared conviction has come upon them too late, and that whatever the pains and penitence of such folly may be, they are likely to undergo it. The influence of the country, which first passed over from the truly wise and good, to the weak, is now about to shift from the weak to the wicked, and blindly ignorant. In Pennsylvania this is signally evident. Mr. M c Kean, the Governor, has found it necessary to exercise his constitutional authority to prevent the most ruinous, and put his negative upon some wild and madly democratic acts of the State Legislature; and the change is great, that the influence of a faction hostile to the true interests of the country, by imposing its dictates upon it, will on the first occasion, probably throw him out: when the mischievous spirit he has so largely contributed to raise, no longer controuled or guided by his great and universally acknowledged vigor and talents, undissembled, unresisted, and unrestrained by wisdom and conscience, will stalk thro' the country, trampling down every thing that is left valuable in it—religion, laws, morals, manners, and all the security they afford to person, property, and social comfort.
In pretty nearly the same way is Maryland, Governor Mercer, frightened at the work of his own hands, is exerting his influence, and calling in the aid of the wise and virtuous men of that state to help him in erecting a bulwark to press back the torrent of wild democracy, which is now rolling, wave after wave, in endless, unremitted succession, inundating and threatening to overwhelm that state. What success he may have, who can pretend to tell? It is hoped and believed that the principle of that state is not so tainted, nor so radically vitiated with Jacobinism as that of Pennsylvania; nor it is so much under the guidance of that class of political ad-
venturers, who make a trade of innovation and confusion.
Where it will end, it is impossible to tell. Hitherto, though there have been changes for the worse, the power and influence of the country has not got entirely out of the track pointed out by reason and nature. Men of some attachment, of some intellectual endowments, and of long established property have not been excluded. But if things go on in the track in which they are now moving, there is nothing so bad that the oldest among us may not fear to live to see come to pass. It will be indeed a "sorry sight," if our Presidents, Governor, Legislature and public officers, should at last be selected by an inverted order of estimation—not for their wisdom, their knowledge, their virtue, or their property and consequence in the state; but for their ignorance, and their want of every proper qualification. The cunning means adopted to exclude from state affairs the majority of the former description, will as effectually, though not so immediately, cause the introduction of the latter, as if it were already carried by unanimous vote over the Union. And who will the Union have to blame for that? Even those who, when the change shall come, will most immediately suffer by it. Those now leading in the power and government of the Union.
[CHARLESTON COURIER.]
THE subscriber has just added to his former stock, a considerable quantity of Dry Goods & Groceries,
Which form a very complete Assortment. HE requests all persons indebted to him by Bond or Note to make immediate payment.—Those who have open Accounts with him will please come forward and close them.—He will take Merchantable Wheat, Rye or Corn, and allow the highest price for all debts due. WILLIAM RIDDLE. Martinsburg, February 3, 1804.
FOR SALE,
A small tract of LAND, consisting of 109 acres, within one mile of Strider's Mill, in the neighbourhood of Bullskin, Jefferson County.
THIS Land is very valuable, as it is a mixture of lime-stone and slate, and lies almost wholly to the sun-rise; the greater part of it is cleared and in good tenable repair; there are on the premises a good Dwelling-House and Kitchen, two excellent Springs of never-failing Water, and a good thriving Orchard of choice Apple Trees now in their prime. Any person inclining to purchase, may have immediate possession. WILLIAM BURNS, jun. Berkeley County, February 3, 1804.
FARMERS ATTEND.
MANY of you having very frequently applied to the subscriber (he being in the habit of trading to the Northward) to bring a covering horse of the Eusopus breed, which you so much (and not without just cause) admire, he therefore being induced from interest, as well as having a natural disposition to accommodate, has procured one of that stock, which he flatters himself will please.—
This noble Horse, called EUSOPUS BALL,
Will stand the ensuing season at the subscriber's stable in Martinsburg, at the moderate price of three dollars and a bushel of oats the season, the oats to be brought with the mare, five dollars for insurance, and one dollar cash the single leap. The season to begin the first day of April and end the middle of July—Credit will be given for the money until the 1st of April 1805.
Eusopus Ball is a handsome dark bay, ten years old this spring, he is sixteen and an half hands high, with bone and body in proportion, and is as well calculated for the draft as any horse in the state of Virginia. The public will please to excuse me for omitting his pedigree, as I conceive it unnecessary, relying on their sufficient knowledge and acquaintance with the breed and services of those valuable kind of horses—without this, his form alone, will be sufficient to recommend him. WILLIAM MACKEY, jun. February 3, 1804. [u.f.]
THE Subscriber respectfully informs his Friends and the Public, that he has removed from the house he formerly occupied, to his own Property, situate between the Store of P. Nadenbush, & Co. and the Printing-Office of Y. Alburris, in the Main-Street Martinsburg, where he is now ready to execute any commands he may be favoured with in the line of his Profession.
He has now on hands some CLOCKS ready finished, all of which will be warranted to perform in the most accurate manner for ten year.
WATCHES repaired as usual, in the best manner, and with quick dispatch.
TIME-PIECES, GOLD and SILVER WATCHES of any description, may be had on a short notice, by applying to him.
SILVER-WORK of every kind, and a variety of JEWELRY, may be had at his shop.
He cuts MILL-DRANDS, &c. REES BRANSON. 2nd mo. 3rd day, 1804.
TAKE NOTICE.
THE subscriber, having pressing calls for Money, earnestly solicits all persons indebted to him, to come forward immediately and discharge whatever may be due.—When his customers take into consideration the length of time many of them have been indebted, and the use he constantly has for Cash, to meet the claims on him, to answer the calls of his family, as well as to keep up the Assortment of articles necessary in his practice, he doubts not but they will cheerfully pay up what may be due. Persons failing to comply with this notice need expect no longer indulgence, as he is positively determined to make the most speedy collection.
He wishes to take as an APPRENTICE a young man from 14 to 16 years of age, of unexceptionable character and who can come well recommended.
N. B. He continues to give a credit of from 6 to 12 months to good persons, for his attendance in the practice of Physic, &c. Articles in the Apothecaries line must be paid for when delivered.
JACOB P. HARRIS. Martinsburg, February 3, 1804.
PUBLIC SALE.
THE following Property, being the residue of the personal estate of William Bennett, dec'd, will be offered for sale at public auction, on Saturday the 11th instant, at the place where the said Bennett formerly lived, within one mile of Shepherd's-Town, vis:
HORSES, Cows and Hogs, Beds and Beding, with a variety of Household and Kitchen Furniture, &c. A credit of nine months will be given, the purchaser to give bond with approved security. The sale to begin at ten o'clock in the forenoon.
VAN BENNETT, Admr. February 3, 1804.
N. B. There will be to let, a House and Garden, with other conveniences, situate on the farm where the above named William Bennett in his life-time resided, which would be an excellent place for a weaver. V. B.
TO BE SOLD,
A VALUABLE BODY of LAND, situate in Berkeley County, Virginia, near Mill-Creek, containing 500 acres. This Land is divided into three Tenements, with a good Barn and convenient Dwelling House, an excellent apple Orchard of about 500 bearing trees, with a number of peach and cherry trees on each place—About 50 or 60 acres of Meadow is made, which is nearly equally apportioned between the different places, and a considerable quantity more may be made with but little trouble.—About one half of the Land is cleared, enclosed with good fence, and in excellent farming condition; the other half is cloth'd with good timber, such as white and black Oak, Hickory, &c. There are four springs of good Water on this Land, three of which are so situated as to be convenient to each of the different houses. The Property may be seen and the terms know on application to the subscriber, living on the premises.
An indisputable title, free from incumbrance, will be given. JONATHAN GARRARD. February 3, 1804.
Y. ALBURRIS,
Has just received from R. Lee, & Co. New-York.
A very large and general supply of their much-approved of PATENT
MEDICINES, Which will be constantly kept for sale at his Printing-Office. February 3, 1804.

Address of the Carriers of the Gazette of the United States , on the commencement of the new year, 1804.
HAIL joyful Day! the first-born of the year, We bid thee welcome, more than welcome here— Through all the toils that on our lot attend We look to thee our best our only friend; And as we trudge our dull, unwearied way, We count the treasures of a "New Year's Day." So the food lover greets the nuptial hour That places yielding Beauty in his power; And so the care-worn Merchant glads to find His ship escap'd the dangers of the wind.
The year just past is fraught with mighty things; The fall of nations & the strife of kings— King Buonaparte, with a countless host, Would pour his vengeance on the British coast— While Britons scorn the mad, presumptuous foe, And wait impatient for the threaten'd blow.
Dare the proud Hero to depart his shore, Departed once—he will return no more— Two strong objections meet the daring scheme, And brand it as a raving madman's dream— What magic power will aid the royal leech And land him safely on the British beach? And landed once, what mightier pow'r will save When ev'ry Frenchman stands upon his grave? While war thus drenches Europe in her gore,
He flies our peaceful, philosophic shore; E'en all his implements are banish'd hence, Resolv'd to take, but not to give offence: No martial troops strut here in proud array, But mild Militia keep each Holy Day: At Church and Burials make a wondrous shew, And boys and Blackguards follow where they go. No fees expensive, drain the public stock, The money goes to build a gun crack Dock: A thirst for knowledge to such projects moves, It fringes not, Philosophy improves. Sometimes indeed it wounds the Patriot eye, To see disbanded Heroes passing by; And honest Pride will often sigh to see, How Honour yields to mean Economy.
But glorious prospects to our eyes expand When we turn wood'ring to the promis'd land, No limits there the free-born soil confines, It knows no bounds, acknowledges no lines; Although no milk and honey there abound, Yet things more strong are plentifully found. MAMMOTS, no doubt, range common in the woods, And KAACKERN sport like sunfish in the floods; Mountains of salt are tow'ring to the skies, And pickled Beef within the surface lies; Barrels of Pork spontaneous yield their crop, And salted Herring dance upon the top— But stop my muse, pursue this theme no more, Too feeble for its wonders to explore. RESPECTED PATRONS! happy be the year, To you and yours;—believe the wish sincere— May NIXIE and PLETTY pour their bounties down, And future years with ev'ry blessing crown.
The Subscribers have just received a general assortment of CASTINGS, of the best quality. THOMAS SMITH, & Co. November 25, 1803.
FOR SALE.
WILL be offered for sale at public vendue, on the 1st day of March 1804, at 10 o'clock, on the premises, a large and commodious GRIST MILL , with a pair of French Burrs and a pair of country Stones, five Bolting Clothes, with Bolting Machines worked by water; the Mill has the advantage of 15 feet fall of water; on the same lot, all under one roof, is a Dwelling House, consisting of three Rooms below stairs and a Store-Room, with an excellent Cellar, the Lot on which the buildings stand is very fertile, situate in Shepherd's-Town, Jefferson County, and supplied with a never failing stream of water and a good settlement where she is continually furnished with an extensive run of custom.—Also in the same Town, a LOT with a Stone House thereon with a run of water passing through the Lot, and is convenient either for a Store or Tan-Yard lying and being in the Main Street. The premises will be sold together or separate as may best suit the purchaser or purchasers. The terms will be made known on the day of sale. An indisputable title free from incumbrance will be given. ELIZABETH STILLY, Adm ne . Shepherd's-Town, January 20, 1804.
ESTRAY SHEEP.
FOUND trespassing on the subscriber's plantation, twenty-two estray Sheep, five of which appear to be last springs Lambs; twenty are white, and two black—all of them are marked with a large slit in the near ear, and two small ones in the off ear.—The whole appraised to thirty dollars. The owner is desired to prove property, pay charges and take them away. JOHN B. CRAGHILL. Berkeley County, January 20, 1804.
NOTICE.
THE public are hereby forewarned against taking an assignment on a note given to Benjamin M c Feely, some time about the first of November last, for the payment of forty-seven dollars, as the money has already been paid for his rascality in false-packing seven barrels of flour. Any person wanting more particular information will apply to Mr. John Cunningham living on Back Creek, Mr. Jacob Small near Martinsburg, who saw the flour inspected, or to the subscriber at the Lick Mills, Berkeley County. JAMES MARSHALL. January 20, 1804. Any person giving the Sheriff of this county information where the said M c Feely may be taken, if in the county, shall receive a reward of five dollars. J. M.
A Valuable Tract of LAND For Sale.
TO be sold the plantation whereon I now live, containing 462 acres, lying and being in the County of Jefferson, State of Virginia, within 3 miles of Shepherd's-Town, 1 from Potomack River, 75 from Baltimore, 60 from the Federal City, and 70 from Alexandria, (produce may be taken down by water to either of the latter places.) There are on the premises 3 good Dwelling Houses and a very large square log Barn, 2 never failing Springs, with a good stone Spring House. Near one half of this Land is cleared, the other half clothed with very valuable Timber; there are 3 valuable Apple Orchards, 12 acres of Timothy Meadow, and more may easily be made; the soil is equal if not preferable to any in Jefferson County. Also another Tract of first rate Land, containing 176 1-2 acres, adjoining the aforesaid tract; on this tract are a good House and Barn, a never failing Well near the house and a good young Apple Orchard; about one half of this tract is cleared, the other half clothed with excellent Timber; the whole can be easily divided into 3 or 4 Tenements. The Terms will be made known by the proprietor living on the Land. JOHN STIPP, sen. Jefferson County, December 16, 1803.
CASH
Given for clean Linen and Cotton RAGS, At the Office of the INTELLIGENCER. PRINTING, In all its variety, executed at this Office with correctness and expedition.
A FRESH supply of SEASONABLE GOODS have just been received by
Meminger & Cooper From their Agent in Philadelphia, Among which are: ROSE BLANKETS, from three to nine dollars a pair, Coarse and Fine Cloths, Cassimeres, Coatings, Kerseys, Flannels, Swandowns, Baizes—Linnens, Chintzes and Calicos—Muslins, Diaper, &c. ALSO—A number of articles in the HARD-WARE and CUTLERY line. TEAS of good quality—Imperial, Hyson, Young Hyson, Hyson Skin, Souchong and Bohea.—These Goods have been purchased on the best terms and selected with care.—A supply of PINE-GROVE CASTINGS, have been received. Martinsburg, January 13, 1804.
Fall Goods.
THE subscribers beg leave to inform their friends and the public in general, that they have just received and finished opening a large and extensive assortment of FALL and WINTER GOODS.
Selected by one of the firm from the latest importations from Europe, which, in addition to their former Stock, makes their Assortment more complete than ever, the same they are determined to sell at a more reduced price than usual for CASH or COUNTRY PRODUCE. As a desolution of their Co-partnership will in a few months take place, a very moderate profit will be taken, that they may be enabled to sell off their Stock; those who may want any article in their line, will find it considerably to their interest by giving them a call.
They return their sincere thanks to the inhabitants of Martinsburg and its vicinity, for their generous support since their commencement in business, and assure them they will do all in their power to merit a continuance of their favours.
N. B. Those who are indebted to us for goods a long time standing, must not think hard of it if the sheriff should call on them for payment, as every indulgence has been given that could be asked for.
The highest price given in CASH , for merchantable WHEAT, RYE, CORN or FLAX-SEED, and an allowance made if merchandise is taken in exchange. F. NADENBOUSCH, & Co. Martinsburg, October 28, 1803.
At a Court continued and held for Berkeley County, the 25th day of November, 1803.
BETWEEN Philip Stout, Complainant, AND George Hoffman, Defendant. In CHANCERY.
THIS day came the Complainant by his Counsel, and it appearing to the Court that the Defendant, George Hoffman, is not an inhabitant of this Commonwealth, it is ordered that the Defendant do appear here on the Monday after the third Tuesday in February next, to answer the Complainant's bill, and that a copy of this order be forthwith published for two months successively in the Berkeley and Jefferson Intelligencer , and also be posted up for two months successively at the door of the Court House of this County. A Copy. Attest, HENRY BEDINGER, C.B.&C.
August term, 1803. HAMPSHIRE COUNTY, ss. LEWIS MOORE, AGAINST JAMES DAILEY. In CHANCERY.
THIS day came the Complainant by his Counsel, and it appearing to the Court that the defendant is not an inhabitant of this Commonwealth, it is ordered that the defendant do appear here on the second Tuesday in February next, to answer the complainant's bill, and that a copy of this order be forthwith inserted in the Berkeley and Jefferson Intelligencer and continued for two months successively, and also be posted up for two months successively at the door of the Court House of this County. A Copy. Teste, ANDREW WODROW, C.B.&C.
A PROPOSAL,
By William T. Birch & Abraham Small , Of the City of Philadelphia; FOR PUBLISHING BY SUBSCRIPTION, That Celebrated Work, GIBBON'S HISTORY OF The DECLINE and FALL of the ROMAN EMPIRE: TOGETHER WITH Memoirs of the Life and Writings of the Author.
No Book could be offered, which stands in less need of encomium and commendation.—It has been read in almost every European language.—The history of the long and interesting period from the reign of Augustus to the taking of Constantinople, and the death of Mahomet the II. is no where else to be found in the shape of regular and well arranged history.—The Publishers presume to hope, that they do a service to their country in giving an Edition of it from the American press.—They will briefly speak of their intentions, and the superiority of this Edition.
1. It will be the most complete Edition of GIBBON extant.—Because it will be enriched with the Memoirs of his Life and Writings, written by himself.—This will be an addition to the London copy of nearly 300 pages. 2. It will be about one-third cheaper than the London Copy. 3. It will be executed in the best stile. The Publishers, with confidence, recommend to the public an inspection of the books, published by them within the last three years.—They are, Russell's Ancient and Modern Europe, 7 Volumes.—The Domestic Encyclopedia, 5 Volumes, and Tucker's Blackstone, 5 Volumes. —They promise not to degenerate.
CONDITIONS.
I. It shall be printed from the last London edition, and be published in Eight Octavo Volumes, during the year 1804. II. It shall be delivered to those Subscribers who take it in Volumes, at Two Dollars per Volume, in boards. Those who wait for the completion of the Work, may have it either at Sixteen Dollars in boards; or in a good and handsome binding, at Twenty Dollars; payable on delivery. It will be enriched with Two whole sheet Maps.—One of the Eastern, the other of the Western part of the Roman Empire.—A Map of the parts of Europe and Asia adjacent to Constantinople, and an elegantly engraved Head of the Author. Subscriptions for the above work will be received by J. ALBURTIS, Martinsburg.
TO BE RENTED,
A CONVENIENT SMITH SHOP and two Sets of TOOLS, with which may be had to hire, a NEGRO MAN that has worked for some time in the Shop. For terms apply to the subscriber. LYDIA JOB. Middle-Town, Berkeley County, December 23, 1803.
FOUR DOLLARS REWARD.
CERTAIN persons having hitherto made a practice of throwing down the fences of the subscriber, of cutting and carrying away wood from his plantation and committing other unlawful depredations thereon, this is therefore to caution all persons whatever from committing the like unwarrantable practices in future, as he is positively determined to prosecute to the utmost penalty of the law, any and every person so offending—and will give the above reward to any person who will inform on others guilty of such evil practices, so that they be convicted thereof. CHRISTIAN SILBER. Berkeley County, January 6, 1804.
MARTINSBURG, Berkeley County, Virginia; Printed and published by JOHN ALBURTIS.
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