Norfolk gazette and publick ledger (Norfolk [Va.]), 1807-02-04 00:00:00

NORFOLK GAZETTE And PUBLICK LEDGER.  SINT HIC ETIAM SUA PRÆMIA LAUDIS.
VOL. III.]
WEDNESDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 4, 1807.
[NO. 87.]
THIS PAPER IS PUBLISHED THREE TIMES A WEEK; PRICE TO SUBSCRIBERS FIVE DOLLARS AND FIFTY CENTS PER ANNUM, PAYABLE IN ADVANCE—SINGLE PAPER TWELVE AND ONE HALF CENTS—ADVERTISEMENTS ARE INSERTED AT THE RATE OF FIFTY CENTS FOR THE FIRST, AND TWENTY FIVE CENTS PER SQUARE FOR EACH SUCCEEDING INSERTION
For CHARLESTON, (to sail on Sunday next) The Schooner NEPTUNE, Eli Baily, master, 86 tons burthen, or 700 barrels. For freight or passage, apply to the master on board at Campbell's wharf. February 2. 3*
For Freight or Charter, The Schooner COMBINE, George Phillips, master, burthen 105 tons, or 900 barrels, a strong good vessel in every res- pect, she is well calculated for lumber; a freight for the West Indies will be preferred. For terms apply to the master on board, or
Fisk & Catlett. Who has for Sale, Boston No. 1 and 2 BEEF. January 28. tf
For Freight or Charter, The Schooner CITIZEN, William Howes, master, burthen 700 barrels; a freight to Charleston will be preferred. For terms apply to the master on board at Maxwell's wharf, or
Fisk & Catlett. Who has for Sale, A few hhds. prime Jamaica Sugars, 2425 Gunny Bags. January 26. tf
For LONDON, The Ship INDIA PACKET, William Rindge, master; a part of her cargo being engaged, for the remainder, or passage, having good accommodations, apply to the master on board, or
PHINEHAS DANA. January 23. tf For Freight or Charter, The very fast sailing Ship THOMAS, Capt. N. Booth. Apply to GEORGE MURRAY, & CO. St. Ubes SALT, on board the Ship Thomas, for Sale. January 12. tf
The American Ship AMABLE ANTONIETTE, Captain Williams, burthen 450 hogsheads to- bacco, is offered for Charter by C. & F. Whittle. December 17. tf
For FREIGHT or CHARTER, The Phil'a built Ship William Penn, coppered, burthen 360 tons, now ready to re- ceive a cargo. Apply to Edward Watson.
Who has for Sale, 3 Trunks excellent Linen; 7 doz. Chairs; 1 case Umbrellas, well assorted; 12 casks white Wine Vinegar. November 14. tf
For BREMEN, The Bremen Ship JUNO, Herman Dewers, master, can take the bulk of one hundred hogsheads on freight, if im- mediate application is made to Moses Myers. January 14. tf
LAND FOR SALE. The subscriber is empowered to sell a Tract of LAND, situate on the south side of the Eastern Branch of Elizabeth River, and distant about one mile from the Bridge. The Land near the river is high, and furnishes a fine view of the town of Norfolk. No site near the town is better adapted for a country seat. The terms of sale will be made accommodating to the purchaser. Robert B. Taylor. January 23. 3m
FOR SALE. 13 pipes Holland Gin 9 pipes Cognac Brandy—5 chests Hyson Tea 200 bbls. fine Flour—100 do. Navy Bread 31 kegs Butter—20 boxes of Soap 10 boxes Candles—30 tons Fustic, by James M'Clanahan. January 28. tf
One front PEW in the gallery of Christ Church, No. 44, for Sale, and a Negro BOY for hire the residue of this year. Apply to Wm. Hartshorne, jun. January 26. law3w
For Rent, The Store, Compting Room & Cellar, No. 41, Main-Street, lately occupied by Mr. Wm. M'Cut- chen. Apply to Thomas Willock. March 17. 584
A valuable Tract of LAND for Sale. The Subscriber will sell his Plantation cal- led Level-Green, adjoining the town of Kempshall, in the county of Princess Anne. There is on the farm a Dwelling- House and orchards; it contains about 500 acres, and the land is excellent; it's figure is a square, and it's local position handsome and eligible, lying on the Eastern-Branch of Eli- zabeth river, and also on the publick road leading to Norfolk. It is conveniently situated with respect to Norfolk market, being about 5 miles distant by water, and 9 by land. It is contiguous to Broad-Creek, which abounds in good oysters; it is well timbered, and has a good landing. 'Tis not ex- travagant to say, that from the timber alone, a net sum may be made nearly, if not entirely, equal to the purchase mo- ney. Any person who may wish to view the Land, will ap- ply to Mr. Wilson on the premises, to Mr. Charles Sayer, William Bischof, James Robinson, or William White, all of whom reside in the neighbourhood.—The purchaser will be accommodated in a long credit. Tully Robinson. Princess-Anne, August 8. tf 63
NOTICE. THOSE who have claims against the estate of BENJAMIN WOLF, deceased, are requested to produce them, and those indebted to make immediate payment to Angus Martin, Adm'r. January 7. tf
From the United States Gazette.
IMPORTANT DECISION.
We have obtained for publication the following opinion of the Supreme Court delivered by Chief Justice Tilghman, on Saturday the 17th instant, which settles the law in Pennsylvania, on two very important points, relative to the right of abandonment in cases of insurance.
STEPHEN DUTILH, } In the Supreme Court of the SAMUEL GATLIFF, } state of Pennsylvania, Phi- } ladelphia, Jan. 17, 1807. Case stated for the opinion of the Court.
On the 24th September, 1799, the defendant, Samuel Gatliff, underwrote 750 dollars upon a poli- cy of insurance on the schooner Little Will, belong- ing to John Dutilh and Thomas Lillibridge, for whom the plaintiff was agent, on a voyage at and from Philadelphia to Havana, (Prout policy.)
On the 26th of September, 1799, the Little Will sailed on her voyage from Philadelphia for Ha- vanna, and on the 8th day of October following, she was captured by three British privateers, and carried into the port of Nassau, New-Providence, where she arrived on the 13th of the same month.
Upon her arrival in Nassau the said schooner was libelled in the admiralty court, and on the 9th day of November following was regularly acquit- ted, and in the whole she remained 37 days at Nas- sau, during 35 of which she was in custody of the captors—but the fact of her acquittal was not known to the plaintiff until after the abandonment hereafter mentioned—although it was known to John Dutilh, one of the owners and supercargo, who was with her at Nassau.
On the 13th day of November, the plaintiff wrote the letter of abandonment, inclosing the pa- pers therein referred to (prout letter) which was re- ceived by the defendant the same day.
On the 20th November the said schooner sailed from Nassau for Havana, where she arrived on the 21st of the same month, and sold her cargo, ex- cept three boxes plundered at New-Providence.— Afterwards the said schooner sailed from Havana for Philadelphia, where she arrived on the 26th or 27th of February, in the year 1800, with a cargo of sugars, on which freight became due and was re- ceived by Stephen Dutilh for the benefit of those who were entitled to it, each party refusing to ac- cept her, she was sold for wharfage, and the whole proceeds of sale applied to the payment thereof.
The schr. Little Will was American property as warranted.
The question for the court is, whether the plain- tiff is entitled to recover as for a total loss.
If the court shall be of opinion that the loss was total then it shall be referred in the usual form to three persons to be appointed by the court to ascer- tain what is due after the legal and just deducti- ons.
If the court shall be of opinion it was not a total loss, it shall in like manner be referred to three re- ferees or any two of them to be appointed by the court to ascertain the partial loss to which the de- fendant is liable.
J. INGERSOLL, For the Plaintiff. W. LEWIS, For the Defendant.
July 3d, 1806.
OPINION OF THE COURT DELIVERED BY W. TILGHMAN, C. J.
On the case thus stated, the question submitted to the court is whether the Plaintiff is entitled to recov- er for a total loss.
In resolving this question I shall divide it into two points.
1. Did there ever exist a total loss. 2. Supposing that there once existed a total loss, has any circumstance occurred which excludes the plaintiff from recovering for more than a parti- al loss.
1. The case before us includes one of the risks expressly mentioned in the policy, a taking at sea . But it has been objected that this taking was not by an enemy, and that when a belligerent takes a neu- tral, it is to be presumed that the taking is only for the purpose of searching for the property of his ene- my, or goods contraband of war, and that in the end, justice will be done to the neutral. To a cer- tain extent there is weight in this distinction; but it must not be carried too far. At the time when the capture in question was made, the United States acknowledged the right of the British to detain their vessels for the purpose of a reasonable search. The bare taking of the vessel, therefore, could by no means constitute a loss; and if under suspicious circumstances she should be carried into port to af- ford an opportunity for a complete investigation, perhaps even that ought not of itself to be con- sidered as a total loss. On this, however, I give no opinion. But when the captor having carried the vessel into port, and completed the examination of the cargo and papers, instead of discharging the ves- sel proceeds to libel her as a prize, I think the loss is complete. The property is no longer subject to the command of the owner, and it is unreasonable that he should wait the event of judicial proceedings, which may continue for years. The case of an em- bargo is less strong; because there the confiscation of the property is not intended, and a temporary in- terruption of the voyage is all that in general is to be apprehended. Yet the assured is not obliged to wait the result, but may abandon immediately on receipt of intelligence of the embargo. Not many judicial decisions have been produced on the point in question. Where principles are strong it is suffi- cient that there have been no decisions to the con- trary. It appears, however, that in the state of New-York, the precise point has been determined. In the case of Mumford vs. Church , decided in the
supreme court of New-York, July term 1799, the assured recovered for a total loss where there was a capture, carrying into port, and libelling by a Bri- tish captor, although after the abandonment the pro- perty was restored. It is necessary that some ge- neral rule should be established; some line drawn, by which the assured may know at what time he has a right to abandon. In most cases the voyage is extremely injured by proceedings in the court of ad- miralty, and the event is doubtful. For it cannot be denied, that of late years such extraordinary oc- currences have taken place in war and politics as have very much affected the principles and practice of foreign courts of admiralty. Whatever may be said of the law of nature and nations and the im- mutable principles of justice, we see very plainly that the courts obey the will of the sovereign pow- er of their country; and this will fluctuate with the circumstances of the times. I am therefore of opinion, that both by the words and spirit of a poli- cy of insurance, the assured may abandon when he receives intelligence of the libelling of his vessel.
2. This brings me to the consideration of the se- cond point. Has any circumstance occurred which limits the plaintiff to a recovery for only a partial loss?
It is contended that such an event has occurred: that the vessel was acquitted by the decree of the court of admiralty; that after acquittal she proceed- ed on her voyage, and that one of the owners was on the spot, and knew of the acquittal. I do not think there is much weight in the circumstance of one of the owners being on the spot; because the general agent of all the owners was in Philadel- phia. This general agent effected the insurance, and conducted all the business with the underwri- ters, and the owner who was in New Providence gave him intelligence of what occurred from time to time, and by no means intended, from any thing that appears, to restrain him from making an a- bandonment. It is true that the vessel proceeded on her voyage after she was restored: but it is not stated, nor can the court presume, that any of the owners acted in a manner inconsistent with the a- bandonment made by their agent. It was proper, at all events, to pursue the voyage for the benefit of whoever might be interested in it. This is the usu- al practice, and a practice authorised by the policy, and very much for the advantage of the underwri- ters.
The only difficulty in the case before the court a- rises from this circumstance; that before the action was brought, the vessel was restored, and even at the time of the abandonment, although restitut- ion does not appear to have been actually made till some days after. The counsel for the defendant have relied much on the opinion of Lord Mansfield in the case of Hamilton vs. Mendez , to establish this principle, that a policy of insurance, being in its nature a contract of indemnity, the plaintiff can re- cover no more than the amount of his actual loss at the commencement of the action. There is no doubt of the soundness of the principle: I mean that a policy is a contract of indemnity. The only question is, at what period the rights of the parties are to be tested by this principle; whether at the time of abandonment, or of the commencement of the action. I have considered attentive the case of Hamilton vs. Mendez . It must be obvious to every- one that the decision in the case was perfectly right. It was simply this; that a man shall not be permitted to abandon, and recover for a total loss, when he knew at the time of his offer to aban- don, that his property which had been lost, was re- stored, and the voyage very little injured. But in reading the opinion of Lord Mansfield we find a want of accuracy with which that great man was seldom chargeable. Sometimes it appears as if he thought the period for fixing the rights of the in- surers and insured was the commencement of the suit; sometimes the time of abandonment; and sometimes he even seems to extend his ideas so far as the time of the verdict . But finally, he ex- plicitly declares, that he decides nothing but the point before him. He seems to have felt a little sore at the improper application of some general expressi- ons used by him in the case of Goss vs. Withers .— Anxious to cut off all pretence for doing the same in Hamilton vs. Mendez , he has taken too much pains to avoid the possibility of misrepresentation. Hence his argument considered in the whole is not altogether clear and consistent. Upon the whole of this case of Hamilton vs. Mendez , I think it most safe to confine its authority to the point actu- ally decided, which was very different from that we are now considering. Some period must be fixed for determining the right of the parties. To limit it to the time of commencing the action would be of little service to the insurers; for the law being once so established, an action would be brought in every instance on the first default of payment. The time of abandonment seems the most natural and conveni- ent period; because the assured must make his elec- tion to abandon or not, in a reasonable and short time after he hears of the loss, and the property, being transferred by the abandonment, can never after be reclaimed by the assured. Want of mutua- lity is want of justice. There is no reason why the assured should be bound, but the assurer left free to take advantage of events subsequent to the abandonment.
It has been contended by the plaintiff's counsel, that the right to abandon would not have been af- fected even if the property had been restored at the time of abandonment, because the restitution was unknown to the plaintiff. As to this, I give no o- pinion. It is unnecessary; because it is stated that the vessel remained in the custody of the captors at the time of abandonment. The defendant's counsel have urged that this was the fault of the captain, or of one of the owners who was then at New Pro- vidence; because after a decree of acquittal, a writ
of restitution might have been sued out. But it not being stated that there was any fault or negligence in the captain or owner, I do not think that the court can infer it. It being stated that the vessel remained in the custody of the captors, we must presume that the custody was legal. Whether for the purpose of giving the captors an opportunity of entering an appeal, or for what purpose it was that the restitution was delayed, we are at a loss to de- termine. But, as restitution was not actually made, and as the plaintiff was ignorant, even of the de- gree of acquittal, his right to abandon remained unimpaired.
Upon the whole, I am of opinion that the plain- tiff is entitled to recover as for a total loss.
Capt. Webber, late of the barque Hope, which foundered at sea, arrived here a few days since, and has requested us to publish the following statement, under his own name. "On the 7th of August last, I and my mate and one pas- senger, were put on board the schr. Father and Sons, of Nor- folk, commanded by John Hipkins, from London bound to Norfolk, from on board the frigate that took us from the wreck. The officer that went with me on board asked capt. Hipkins if he wanted any thing on account of us? He told him nothing but water, he had plenty of provisions and bread, and likewise that he would not take but three men; the captain of the frigate sent him 40 gallons of water, a barrel of pork and beef, and told me to take all I could, but the weather being so bad that we could save nothing but our chests and trunks. After parting with the frigate, capt. H. began to murmur, and say he was more eaters than workers. I observed him that we were much fatigued after pumping 15 days, and we did not work, I would give him pecuni- ary satisfaction for every favour. This did not satisfy, for the passenger, put on board with me, (Mr. J. Bump, who was mate of a ship condemned in Lisbon) on going below to get some rest, after having been at work most of the night, was sent for by capt. H. to come on deck and work; but he not readily complying with so cruel a command, capt. H. H. went and found him, told him if he did not present himself im- mediately on deck, he would fish him up by the collar, and if he did not work he would starve him, and if that would not do he would flog him. Soon after however, we fell in with the schooner Lively, capt. Sowle, of Duxbury, from Lisbon, bound to Philadelphia. I requested captain Hipkins to put us on board ship, which he complied with, and retain- ed sixty dollars worth of property in his hands, and retained for our passages, after working my mate in a most shameful manner, and requesting me to assist in ship's duty. Captain Sowle, who carried us to Philadelphia, treated us in a friendly manner, and proved to be an agreeable companion, and for his multiplied favours, which to us were a double blessing, he would not take no money. We thus publicly and si- cerely return him our hearty thanks. (Signed) October 2. 1805. STEPHEN WEBBER. (Newburyport paper.)"
The preceding attack upon my character, made its ap- pearance in several of the papers to the northward in the month of October last, and while I was absent on a voyage to the West-Indies. I must confess that no words can ex- press my astonishment at the ungrateful, I may add infamous conduct of Stephen Webber, it could only proceed from one who is a stranger to truth, and whose heart is stained by the basest ingratitude. I feel a confidence that where I am known, my declaration of the falsehood of this attack would be sufficient to refute it, and where I am not known, I flat- ter myself that the annexed documents will remove every impression which has been made unfavourable to my charac- ter, and exhibit Stephen Webber in the light of an ungrateful and calumniating miscreant. I would observe, that the per- sons who have come forward in my behalf were passengers on board my vessel at the time. Mr. Wellford is a respectable merchant of Fredericksburg, Mr. Patterson and Mr. Latti- more are well known in this place, and Mr. Bertie is a re- spectable mathematician of Baltimore. JOHN HIPKINS. Norfolk, February 2, 1807.
Fredricksburg, January 23, 1807. Capt. John Hipkins, DEAR SIR,
Your favour of the 28th of December would have met with an earlier reply, had I not been absent from this place for a considerable time past. Every charge and assertion in Webber's advertisement, except those of your taking him and his companions from the frigate, and placing them on board the schooner Lively, are in the highest degree malici- ous, palpably false, and void of all truth; and you are not only at liberty to contradict them, but to say there was only a few pieces of beef and no pork delivered from the frigate; that your feeling and hospitality towards capt. Webber was so great, that your mate's state-room and bed were given up to him, and when he departed from us he left nothing but an ensign, which you in my hearing offered to pay him for. I am, dear sir,
Your friend and most obedient servant, JOHN S. WELLFORD.
We the subscribers being passengers on board the schooner Father and Sons, having perused the above publication, sign- ed Stephen Webber, and also the letter of Mr. John S. Wellford, do declare that the said letter perfectly corre- sponds with our knowledge of the facts, and our opinion of the conduct of capt. Hipkins on the occasion. Given under our hands this 31st January, 1807.
DAVID PATTERSON, SAMUEL LATTIMORE.
To Captain Hipkins. Sir, Observing a scurrilous advertisement in the paper concern- ing your conduct to Capt. Webber, I consider myself in duty bound, as far as my name may be of service, to contradict so false and malicious an advertisement; you have free liberty of using my name in any way you please, should you think it worth your while to reply to the same—being an eye witness to the particular polite treatment Capt. Webber had while on board the schooner, as well as he himself ex- pressing his satisfaction when leaving the side to go on board the other vessel. Sir, Your most obedient servant, G. BERTIE.
Baltimore, Dec 30, 1806. (Such Editors as published Captain Webber's statement, will, it is hoped, notice the foregoing, in such manner as will render justice to Captain Hipkins.) 3
At Private Sale, 10,000 lb. Green Coffee; 9 pipes French Brandy, 15 quarter casks Old Sherry Wine; 90 tiers Rice, 6 cafes French Cordials; 30 barrels Sugar, 60 boxes Mould Candles; 100 do. Brown Soap, 20 casks London Porter; 3 crates English Glassware, 3 bales Gurras, 2 do. Mow Sannas, 3 do. fine Coffas, 1 do. Checks, 1 do. Gilla Handkerchiefs, 1 do. blue Plains, 1 do. 6-4 fine Cloths, 1 do. Cadders; 1 box Brown Platillas; 1 do. white do. 1 do. Creas a Morlaix; 1 do. 7-8 Irish Linen, 2 cafes 7-8 and 4-4 Cambric Mullin, 1 do. Thicksets and Fancy Cords. The above will be Sold low or cash or approved paper at 60 days.
S. Marks, jun. October 17. 489

WASHINGTON CITY, January 28.
Our dates by the last Western mail are to the 30th of December from Natchez, and to the 8th of January from Nashville. From the latter place letters are received which state that Burr had passed Fort Massac, on the Ohio, with ten boats, on board each of which there were six men. It is said there was no appearance of military stores or apparatus. General Jackson, who had for some time held a body of militia in readiness, had, in consequence of this information, discharged them.
On Friday the following bill was passed in the senate, with closed doors, and, as we understand, without division.
AN ACT
To suspend the privilege of the writ of Habeas Corpus, for a limited time in certain cases.
Be it enacted by the senate and house of representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, That in all cases where any person or persons charged on oath with treason, misprison of treason, or other high crime or misdemeanor endangering the peace, safety or neutrality of the U. States, have been or shall be arrested and imprisoned by virtue of any warrant or authority from the president of the United States, or from the chief executive magistrate of any state, or territorial government, or from any person acting under the direction or authority of the President of the United States, the privilege of the writ of habeas corpus shall be, and the same hereby is suspended for and during the term of three months from and after the passage of this act and no longer.
January 23, 1807.
Read three times and passed the senate.
Attest,
SAM. A. OTIS, Sec'y.
On Monday it was communicated in confidence to the house of representatives.
When read it was immediately determined by a great majority to open the doors.
The bill having been read a first time—
Mr. Barwell moved to reject it.
On this motion a debate ensued, which occupied the day.
Messrs. Burwell, Elliot, Eppes, R. Nelson, Sloan, J. Randolph, Smilie and Dana supported; and Messrs. Varnum and Bidwell opposed the motion. The former gentlemen all on the ground of hostility to the bill—the two latter, Mr. Varnum declared himself in favour of the bill, and Mr. Bidwell in favour of permitting it to go through the usual forms of discussion, instead of deciding upon it on a first reading.
When a vote was taken by yeas and nays on the question—shall the bill be rejected? which was carried in the affirmative—Yeas 113—nays 19.
We have been obliged to defer to our next paper much interesting matter, to give room for the important message of the president containing a further development of the conspiracy, and the depositions of gen. Eaton, Mr. Donaldson, lieut. Wilson and ensign Mead, in the Circuit Court of the district of Columbia, on the motion of the attorney of the district, to commit Messrs. Bollman and Swartwout into the custody of the marshal on a charge of treason. The same circumstance precludes the insertion of a detailed statement of the proceedings of the court in this case, and an highly interesting debate in the house of representatives on the bill, received from the senate, to suspend the privileges of the writ of habeas corpus, for a limited time, in certain cases.
The outline of the proceedings in the court follow:
About 2 o'clock the opinion of the court was delivered on the motion of the attorney of the district.
Chief justice Cranch stated that the members of the court differed in opinion. He said that his opinion was, that so far as regarded Erick Bollman and Samuel Swartwout, there was no testimony given on oath, that induced him to think there was probable cause that they had levied war against the United States.
Justices Duckett and Fitzhugh concurred in opinion, that there was probable cause to believe that the accused had committed treasonable acts.
On which it was ordered that a bench warrant issue for the arrest of Samuel Swartwout and Erick Bollman, on the charge of treason, which warrant issued accordingly, returnable immediately.
Whereupon the said Erick Bollman and Samuel Swartwout, having been arrested and brought into court, it was upon their motion ordered, that they be heard by their counsel to-morrow at 10 o'clock, A. M. to show cause why they should not be committed for trial on the charge aforesaid, and in the mean time that they stand committed, and that their counsel shall have free access to them.
Return was then made to the writ of habeas corpus.
The court enquired whether the counsel had any motion to make.
Mr. Key replied that they had none, that they considered any further proceedings under the writ of habeas corpus as entirely superceded by the allowance of the motion to arrest.
The following are the depositions made in open court, and alluded to in the foregoing statement.
The Deposition of William Eaton, Esq.
Early last winter, col. Aaron Burr, late vice-president of the United States, signified to me, at this place, that under the authority of the general government, he was organizing a secret expedition against the Spanish provinces on our south-western borders; which expedition he was to lead, and in which he was authorised to invite me to take the command of a division. I had never before been made personally acquainted with col. Burr; and, having for many years been employed in foreign service, I knew but little about the estimation this gentleman now held in the opinion of his countrymen and his government; the rank and confidence by which he had so lately been distinguished left me no right to suspect his patriotism. I knew him a soldier. In case of a war with the Spanish nation, which from the tenor of the president's message to both houses of congress seemed probable, I should have thought it my duty to obey so honorable a call of my country; and under that impression, I did engage to embark in the expedition. I had frequent interviews with col. Burr in this city—and, for a considerable time, his object seemed to instruct me by maps, and other information, the feasibility of penetrating to Mexico—always carrying forward the idea that the measure was authorised by government. At length, some time in February, he began by degrees to unveil himself—he reproached
the government for want of character, want of gratitude, and want of justice. He seemed desirous of irritating resentment in my breast by dilating on certain injuries he felt I had suffered from reflections made on the floor of the house of representatives concerning my operations in Barbary, and from the delays of government in adjusting my claims for disbursements on that coast during my consular agency at Tunis; and he said he would point me to an honorable mode of indemnity. I now began to entertain a suspicion that Mr. Burr was projecting an unauthorised military expedition; which, to me, was enveloped in mystery; and desirous to draw an explanation from him, I suffered him to suppose me resigned to his counsel. He now laid open his project of revolutionizing the western country, separating it from the union, establishing a monarchy there, of which he was to be the sovereign, New Orleans to be his capital; organizing a force on the waters of the Mississippi, and extending conquest to Mexico. I suggested a number of impediments to his scheme—such as the republican habits of the citizens of that country, and their affection towards our present administration of government; the want of funds; the resistance he would meet from the regular army of the United States on those frontiers; and the opposition of Miranda in case he should succeed to republicanise the Mexicans.
Mr. Burr found no difficulty in removing these obstacles—he said he had, the preceding season, made a tour through that country, and secured the attachment of the principal citizens of Kentucky, Tennessee, and Louisiana to his person, and his measures—declared he had inexhaustible resources as to funds; assured me the regular army would act with him, and would be reinforced by ten or twelve thousand men from the above mentioned states and territory, and from other parts of the union; said he had powerful agents in the Spanish territory—and, as for Miranda, said Mr. Burr, we must hang Miranda. He now proposed to give me the second command in his army. I asked him who should have the chief command? He said, General Wilkinson. I observed it was singular that he should count on general Wilkinson: the elevated rank and high trust he now held as commander in chief of our army and governor of a province, he would hardly put at hazard for any precarious prospects of aggrandizement. Mr. Burr said, general Wilkinson balanced in the confidence of government, was doubtful of retaining much longer the consideration he now enjoyed, and was consequently prepared to secure to himself a permanency. I asked Mr. Burr, if he knew general Wilkinson? He answered yes: and echoed the question. I said I knew him well. "What do you know of him?" said Mr. Burr. "I know, I replied, that general Wilkinson will act as Lieutenant to no man in existence. "You are in error," said Mr. Burr— Wilkinson will act as lieutenant to me. From the tenor of repeated conversations with Mr. Burr, I was induced to believe the plan of separating the union which he had contemplated had been communicated to and approved of by general Wilkinson (though I now suspect it an artful argument of seduction) and he often expressed a full confidence that the general's influence; the offer of double pay and double rations; the prospect of plunder and the ambition of achievement would draw the army into his measures. Mr. Burr talked of the establishment of an independent government west of the Alleghany as a matter of inherent, constitutional right of the people; a change which would eventually take place, and for the operation of which the present crisis was peculiarly favourable. There was, said he, no energy in the government to be dreaded, and the divisions of political opinions throughout the union was a circumstance of which we should profit. There were very many enterprising men among us who aspired to something beyond the dull pursuits of civil life and who would volunteer in this enterprise, and the vast territory belonging to the United States, which offered to adventurers, and the mines of Mexico would bring strength to his standard from all quarters. I listened to the exposition of col. Burr's views with seeming acquiescence. Every interview convinced me more and more that he had organized a deep laid plot of treason in the west, in the accomplishment of which he felt fully confident. Till, at length, I discovered that his ambition was not bounded by the waters of the Mississippi and Mexico, but that he meditated overthrowing the present government of our country. He said, if he could gain over the marine corps, and secure the naval commanders, Truxtun, Preble, Decatur, and others, he would turn Congress neck and heels out of doors; assassinate the President; seize on the treasury and the navy, and declare himself the protector of an energetic government. The honourable trust of corrupting the marine corps, and of sounding commodore Preble and captain Decatur, col. Burr proposed confiding to me. Shocked at this proposition, I dropped the mask, and exclaimed against his views. He talked of the degraded situation of our country, and the necessity of a blow by which its energy and its dignity should be restored—said, if that blow could be struck here at this time, he was confident of the support of the best blood in America. I told col. Burr he deceived himself in presuming that he, or any other man could excite a party in this country who would countenance him in such a plot of desperation, murder and treason. He replied, that he, perhaps, knew better the dispositions of the influential citizens of this country than I did. I told him, one solitary word would destroy him. He asked, what word? I answered, Usurper . He smiled at my hesitation, and quoted some great examples in his favour. I observed to him, that I had lately travelled from one extreme of the union to the other; and, though I found a diversity of political opinion among the people, they appeared united at the most distant aspect of national danger. That, for the section of the union to which I belonged, I would vouch, should he succeed in the first instance here, he would within six weeks afterward have his throat cut by Yankee militia.
Though wild and extravagant Mr. Burr's last project; and though fraught with premeditated slaughter, I felt very easy on the subject, because its defeat he had deposited in my own hands. I did not feel so secure concerning that of disjointing the union. But the very interesting and embarrassing situation in which his communications placed me, left me, I confess, at a stand to know how to conduct myself with propriety. He had committed no overt act of aggression against law. I could draw nothing from him in writing; nor could I learn that he had exposed his plans to any person near me by whom my testimony could be supported. He had mentioned to me no persons who were principally and de-
cidedly engaged with him except Gen. Wilkinson—a Mr. Alston, who I found was his son-in-law—and a Mr. Ephraim Kibby, late a captain of rangers in Gen. Wayne's army. Satisfied that Mr. Burr was resolute in pushing his project of rebellion in the west of the Alleghany, and apprehensive that it was too well and too extensively organized to be easily suppressed; though I dreaded the weight of his character when laid in the balance against my solitary assertion, I brought myself to the resolution to endeavour to defeat it by getting him removed from among us, or to expose myself to all consequences by a disclosure of his intentions. Accordingly I waited on the President of the U. S. and after some desultory conversation, in which I aimed to draw his view to the westward, I used the freedom to say to the President I thought Mr. Burr should be sent out of this country—and gave for reason, that I believed him dangerous in it. The president asked where he should be sent? I mentioned London and Cadiz. The president thought the trust too important, and seemed to entertain a doubt of Mr. Burr's integrity. I intimated that no one, perhaps, had stronger grounds to suspect Mr. Burr's integrity than myself; yet, I believed, ambition so much predominated over him that, when placed on an eminence and put on his honour, respect to himself would ensure his fidelity: His talents were unquestionable. I perceived the subject was disagreeable to the president; and to give it the shortest course to the point, declared my concern that if Mr. Burr were not in some way disposed of, we should, within eighteen months, have an insurrection, if not a revolution, on the waters of the Mississippi. The president answered, that he had too much confidence in the information, the integrity, and the attachment to the union of the citizens of that country to admit an apprehension of the kind. I am happy that events prove this confidence well placed. As no interrogatories followed my expression of alarm I thought silence on the subject, at that time and place, became me. But I detailed, about the same time, the whole projects of Mr. Burr to certain members of Congress. They believed Col. Burr capable of any thing—and agreed that the fellow ought to be hanged; but thought his projects too chimerical and his circumstances too desperate to give the subject the merit of serious consideration. The total security of feeling in those to whom I had rung the tocsin induced me to support my own apprehensions unseasonable, or at least too deeply admitted; and, of course, I grew indifferent about the subject.
Mr. Burr's visits to me became less frequent, and his conversation less familiar. He appeared to have abandoned the idea of a general revolution; but seemed determined on that of the Mississippi; and, although I could perceive symptoms of distrust in him towards me, he manifested great solicitude to engage me with him in the enterprise. Weary of his importunity, and at once to convince him of my serious attachments, I gave the following toast to the publick:—The United States—Palsey to the brain that should plot to dismember, and leprosy to the hand that will not draw to defend our union!
I doubt whether the sentiment was better understood by any of my acquaintance than Col. Burr. Our intercourse ended here—we met but seldom afterwards. I returned to my farm in Massachusetts, and thought no more of Mr. Burr, nor his empire, till sometime in Sept. or beginning of Oct. when a letter from Morris Belknap, of Marietta, to Timothy F. Danielson, fell into my hands at Brimfield, which satisfied me that Mr. Burr had actually commenced his preparatory operations on the Ohio. I now spoke publickly of the fact—transmitted a copy of the letter from Belknap to the department of state, and about the same time forwarded through the hands of the post-master-general to the President of the U. S. a statement in substance, of what is here above detailed concerning the Mississippi conspiracy of the said col. Aaron Burr—which is said to have been the first formal intelligence received by the executive on the subject of the conspirators being in motion.
I know not whether my country will allow me the merit of correctness of conduct in this affair. The novelty of the duty might, perhaps, have embarrassed stronger minds than mine. The uprightness of my intentions I hope will not be questioned.
The interviews between Col. Burr and myself, from which the foregoing statement has resulted, were chiefly in this city, in the months of February and March, last year.
WILLIAM EATON.
Washington City, Jan. 26, 1807.
Sworn to in open court this 26th day of January, 1807.
WM. BRENT, Clk.
[Mr. Donaldson and lieut. Wilson's depositions omitted as not important, and mostly hearsay evidence.]
The following message, containing a further development of the Conspiracy, was communicated to the two houses of Congress on Monday.
To the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States.
I received from gen. Wilkinson, on the 23d inst. his affidavit charging Samuel Swartwout, Peter V. Ogden and James Alexander, with the crimes described in the affidavit, a copy of which is now communicated to both houses of congress.
It was announced to me at the same time, that Swartwout and Bollman, two of the persons apprehended by him, were arrived in this city, in custody each of a military officer. I immediately delivered to the attorney of the United States in this district the evidence received against them, with instructions to lay the same before the judges, and apply for their process to bring the accused to justice—and I put into his hands orders to the officers having them in custody, to deliver them to the marshal on his application.
TH. JEFFERSON.
January 26, 1807.
[Here are introduced gen. Wilkinson's affidavit, Burr's introductory letter to the general in favour of young Swartwout, and Burr's letter in cypher to gen. W. all of which were laid before the readers of the Ledger on Friday last. Gen. Wilkinson then continues to detail the circumstances relative to the conspiracy which had come to his knowledge, as follows:]
I instantly resolved to avail myself of the reference made to the bearer, and in the course of some days drew from him (the said Swartwout) the following disclosure—"That he had been dispatched by
col. Burr from Philadelphia, had passed through the states of Ohio and Kentucky, and proceeded from Louisville for St. Louis, where he expected to find me, but discovering at Kaskaskias that I had descended the river, he procured a skiff, hired hands, and followed me down the Mississippi to Fort Adams, and from thence set out for Natchitoches, in company with captains Sparks and Hooke, under the pretence of a disposition to take part in the campaign against the Spaniards, then depending. That col. Burr with the support of a powerful association extending from New-York to New Orleans, was levying an armed body of 7000 men from the state of New York and the western states, and territories, with a view to carry an expedition against the Mexican provinces and that 500 men under col. Swartwout, and a col. or major Tyler were to descend the Alleghany, for whose accommodation light boats had been built and were ready." I enquired what would be their course. He said "This territory would be revolutionized, where the people were ready to join them, and that there would be some seizing he supposed at New Orleans—that they expected to be ready to embark about the first of February and intended to land at Vera Cruz, and to march from thence to Mexico." I observed that there were several millions of dollars in the bank of this place, to which he replied, "We know it full well." & on my remarking that they certainly did not mean to violate private property, he said they merely meant to borrow and would return it—that they must equip themselves in New Orleans, that they expected naval protection from Great Britain—That the captain—and the officers of our navy were so disgusted with the government that they were ready to join—that the similar disgust prevailed throughout the western country where the people were zealous in favour of the enterprise, and that pilot-boat built schooners were contracted for along our southern coast for their service—that he had been accompanied from the falls of Ohio, to Kaskaskias, and from thence to Fort Adams by a Mr. Ogden, who had proceeded on to New Orleans with letters from col. Burr to his friends there." Swartwout asked me whether I had heard from Doctor Bollman, and on my answering in the negative, he expressed great surprise, and observed—"that the Doctor and a Mr. Alexander had left Philadelphia before him with dispatches for me, and that they were to proceed by sea to New Orleans where he said they must have arrived."
Though determined to deceive him if possible, I could not refrain telling Mr. Swartwout, it was impossible that I could ever dishonour my commission; and I believe I duped him by my admiration of the plan, and by observing, "That although I could not join in the expedition—the engagements which the Spaniards had prepared for me in my front, might prevent my opposing it." Yet I did, the moment I had deciphered the letter, put it into the hands of col. Cushing, my adjutant and inspector, making the declaration that I should oppose the lawless enterprise with my utmost force. Mr. Swartwout informed me he was under engagements to meet col. Burr at Nashville the 20th of November, and requested of me to write him, which I declined, and on his leaving Natchitoches about the 18th of October, I immediately employed lieut. T. A. Smith to convey the information in substance to the President, without the commitment of names, for from the extraordinary nature of the project, and the more extraordinary appeal to me, I could but doubt its reality, notwithstanding the testimony before me, and I did not attach solid belief to Mr. Swartwout's reports respecting their intentions on this territory and city, until I received confirmatory advice from St. Louis.
After my return from the Sabine, I crossed the country to Natchez and on my descent of the Mississippi from that place I found Swartwout and Peter V. Ogden at Fort Adams; with the latter I held no communication, but was informed by Swartwout, that he (Ogden) had returned so far from New Orleans on his route to Tennessee, but had been so much alarmed by certain reports in circulation that he was afraid to proceed. I enquired whether he bore letters with him from New Orleans, and was informed by Swartwout that he did not, but that a Mr. Spence had been sent from New Orleans through the country to Nashville with letters for col. Burr.
I reached this city the 25th ult. and on the next morning James Alexander, Esq. visited me—he enquired of me aside whether I had seen Dr. Bollman, and on my answering in the negative, he asked me whether I would suffer him to conduct Bollman to me, which I refused. He appeared desirous to communicate something, but I felt no inclination to inculpate this young man and he left me. A few days after he paid me a second visit and seemed desirous to communicate, which I avoided, until he had risen to take leave, I then raised my finger, and observed, "take care, you are playing a dangerous game"—he answered—"it will succeed"—I again observed, "take care"—and he replied with a strong affirmation—Burr will be here by the beginning of next month"—In addition to these corroborating circumstances against Alexander, I beg leave to refer to the accompanying documents—A. and B.—from all which I feel no hesitation in declaring under the solemn obligation of an oath, that I do believe the said Swartwout, Alexander and Ogden, have been parties to and have been concerned in the insurrection formed or forming in the states and territories on the Ohio and Mississippi rivers, against the laws and constitution of the United States.
(Signed)
JAMES WILKINSON.
Sworn to and subscribed before me this 26th day of Dec., in the year of our Lord 1806.
(Signed)
GEORGE POLLOCK, Justice of peace for the county of Orleans.
NEW-YORK, Jan. 28.
Last evening the ship Cato, capt. Coit, arrived at this port in 50 days from Liverpool. This arrival furnishes us with news nearly a month later than before received. To captain Coit we are indebted for London papers to December 6, inclusive. We have only time to give the leading articles, which with the marine intelligence from Lloyd's List, &c. makes this day's Gazette highly interesting.
The London papers contain the French Bulletins down to the 31st number, the last being dated at Berlin, Nov. 12. From these it appears that Magdeburg, Stettin, Custrin, and Spandau have fallen into the hands of the French, and the whole Prussian army dispersed, after a series of hard fought bat-

les. Magdeburg, with a garrison of 20,000 men capitulated on the 8th Nov.
The Duke of Brunswick died of his wound.
On the 12th Nov. the head quarters of Marshal Bernadotte were at Lubeck. On the same day General Berthier gave notice, that all Russian and Swedish ships lying there, might take their departure unmolested. One English ship only was at Lubeck when it was taken by assault; the captain and three seamen of which were killed.
On the 10th the French took possession of Hanover, under the command of Marshal Mortier.
The fortress of Hameln in the electorate of Hanover capitulated on the 11th inst. It surrendered to the king of Holland, who commanded the siege.
On the 12th the Duchy of Oldenburg was taken possession of for the king of Holland, by Batavian troops.
The most serious news to the United States is that relative to our affairs with England, which we find in the courier of Dec. 6.
News had reached England that nearly all the British troops had withdrawn from Calabria. Utterly, in consequence of the increased strength of Massena's army. Sir John Stewart was on his way home.
The ships of war at Cadiz are hauled further up the harbour, and no prospect of their going out.
The expedition so long detained, sailed from England on the 14th Nov. It consists of five regiments of infantry, 2 of cavalry, and 8 companies of artillery—about 5,500 men—under convoy of the Spencer, Ganges, Thesus, and Captain, each of 74 guns, and 2 frigates.
The official account of the capture of Hamburg by the French, was communicated to the Lord Mayor of London by the Viscount Howick, on the 29th Nov. By this, they entered with a corps under Gen. Mortier on the 19th Nov. All English property was confiscated—and the Englishmen held till disposed of by Buonaparte.—Great uneasiness in England—stocks fell.
A letter from Hamburg states, that Buonaparte had demanded, that the archduke Charles shall resign his command, and that the Austrian army should withdraw from the frontiers.
It will be a satisfaction to such of our citizens as have commercial connections at Hamburg to be informed that the designs of the French were known there thirty-six hours before marshal Mortier took possession of it; and that, therefore, the greater part of the English property was embarked, and the vessels containing it were left in perfect safety.
N. Y. Mer. Adv.
LONDON, Dec. 6.
Mr. Thornton, our late minister at Hamburg, arrived this morning—he has brought the intelligence of all the British merchants in Hamburg having been declared by Buonaparte prisoners of war!
Extract of a letter from Yarmouth, dated Dec. 5, 1806.
"We have just time to inform you of our arrival here from Hamburg, which we were obliged to leave at a few moments notice, after a decree making all the English there prisoners of war.
"Buonaparte's last proclamation is to this effect:—That all English property of every description is to be confiscated—England is declared to be in a state of Blockade—and all British subjects, who may be found in the countries occupied by the French, are declared to be prisoners of war.
"We left Altona at half past three o'clock on the 26th ult. Four or five thousand French left Hamburg the day before; they went through the Stein Gate, (the road to Lubeck) their destination was not known.
"The British factory had been arrested, but was afterwards liberated on parole; and it was to be hoped, would effect a compromise with the French."
It is reported that the merchants and others made prisoners at Hamburg, have been arrested, and marched prisoners to Verdun.
A Gottenburgh mail arrived this morning with the following important intelligence, which we hope will prove true:
GOTTENBURGH, Nov. 30.
A Russian courier has just arrived in 10 days from St. Petersburg; he reports that there had been an action between the French and Russians, in which the latter were completely victorious; he could not learn any particulars.
December 1.
A captain of a ship just arrived from Elsinore, reports, that when he left it accounts were received that an action had taken place between the Russians and French in the neighbourhood of Posen, in which the latter were defeated with great slaughter. The Russian army consisted of 140,000 men, the French but of 60,000. A ship had arrived at Elsinore in 3 days from Stettin, the captain of which saw 19 waggons full of wounded French enter Stettin.
We have reason to believe that the report to which we alluded yesterday, of the negotiation with America having taken an unfavourable turn, is well founded. There is no pretence for saying that this country has evinced towards America a haughty or unbending spirit; far from it. The details of the negotiation, we understand, will show that every thing was done on our part that could be done with either safety or honour to adjust the differences with America. Notwithstanding the insulting language used towards this country; notwithstanding the passing of the non-importation bill, we still shewed every disposition to preserve peace.
But it cannot for a moment be supposed that our anxiety for peace originated in any dread of war. It was because we could not dread a contest with America, that we shewed a greater disposition to moderation and concession; for we were sure our moderation could not be mistaken for meanness, nor our disposition to concede be supposed to proceed from a principle of fear.
PRICE OF STOCKS.
3 per Ct. Cons.—3 per Ct. Reduced 59 3/4—Omnium 1 1/2 2 prem.
THIRTY-FIRST BULLETIN OF THE GRAND ARMY.
BERLIN, Nov. 12.
"On the 11th inst. at eleven in the morning, the garrison of Magdeburg filed off, in presence of the division of the army under the command of marshal Ney. We have captured 20 generals, 800 officers, and 22,000 soldiers, among whom are 200 artillery men, with 54 pair of colours, 5 standards, 800 pieces of artillery, one million pounds of powder, a great assemblage of pontons, and an immense quantity of metal for the casting of cannon.
"Colonel Gerard and adjutant-commandant Richard, presented to the Emperor, this morning, in the name of the first and fourth corps, 60 pair of colours taken from the Prussian corps under general Blucher, at Lubeck. There were amongst them 22 standards. Four thousand horses, completely mounted, which were seized near Lubeck, are on their way to the depot at Potsdam.
"In the 29th Bulletin it was stated, that the corps under general Blucher put us in possession of 12,000 prisoners, including 500 cavalry. This was a mistake: there were 21,000 made prisoners, including 5,000 cavalry, completely mounted. Thus, in consequence of these two capitulations, we have obtained 120 pair of colours and standards, and 43,000 prisoners.
"The total of prisoners made since the commencement of the campaign, exceeds 140,000, and that of the colours taken, 250. The number of pieces of artillery taken from the enemy in the field of battle, and the affairs with detachments, exceeds 800, and that of those found in Berlin and the surrendered fortresses, 4,000.
"The Emperor yesterday viewed his horse and foot guards in a plain in front of Berlin. The weather was very fine.
"General Savary has entered Rostock with his moveable column. He found there from forty to fifty Swedish ships in ballast, which he immediately put up to sale."
Maine, November 15.
An order of the day of the grand army makes known, that 58,200 great coats are to be distributed to the 1st, 3d, 4th, 5th, 6th, and 7th corps, and to the 28th light infantry regiment, of which the city of Frankfort on the Oder must supply 6000, Berlin 10,000, Stettin 4000: 12,000 are to be taken from the magazines at Berlin, and 27,000 from those found in Leipzig.
Posen, Nov. 14.
His excellency, Mr. Joseph Radziminski, Waywode of Gnesen and Knight of the Orders of the White and Red Eagle, arrived here on the 10th, and was presented by his Ex. Gen. Dombrowski, to his Ex. marshal Davoust, by whom he was received with the most distinguished honour, as the first and the last Representative and Senator of Great Poland.
Lubeck, November 9.
The 6th of this month was the most dreadful day in the annals of Lubeck; the Prussian general Natzmer being in our town with 4000 men, the French under the orders of marshal Bernadotte, attacked the Prussians at 9 o'clock in the morning, out of the town; both sides fought with the greatest bravery and obstinacy; towards noon the French appeared before the town with very superior force; they were received at the gates with cannon charged with langrage (mitraille) but it did not stop them, they were repulsed at several of the gates, but they succeeded in forcing that of Dem Burghor, then began in the town the most dreadful combat; the Prussians had a good deal of artillery, which did much injury to the French—but nothing could withstand the bravery or superiority of the French, whose infantry entered the town, followed the Prussians into all the houses, churches, and publick buildings, where a terrible carnage was made, the slaughter lasted upwards of three hours, during which the number of killed and wounded accumulated, both in the houses and particularly at the Burghor, to a frightful height.
Hamburg, November 14.
It is but too certain, that the whole Prussian army is totally ruined and dispersed; one corps after another has been obliged to lay down its arms, and all the principal towns, viz. Stettin, Custrin, Spandau and Magdeburg have capitulated; in the latter the French found an immense treasure, as all the most valuable effects from Munster, Cassel, and East Friesland had been deposited there as out of danger; it is really astonishing how ill provided with even the most common necessaries these places were, but for which they never would have fallen into the hands of the French, and particularly Magdeburg, one of the strongest places in Europe; as to the king of Prussia, nobody knows where he is at present. The army of marshal Davoust is already arrived at Posen, it consists of 30,000 men. Nothing but accident prevented general Blucher from coming to Hamburg, in which case we should have shared the same fate as Lubeck, which has suffered dreadfully. A deputation has been sent from that town to claim the protection of the French Emperor, and one will also be sent from hence.
Berlin, Nov. 18.
Marshal Soult arrived here the day before yesterday. His corps is expected to follow.
The French Senators Francois de Neufchateau, Colchen, and Ahremb, are arrived here from Leipzig. They come in the name of the Conservative Senate, to compliment the Emperor on his victories. The reigning prince of Anhalt Coethen, the King of Naples' Aid-de-camp Clary, and the Prussian Minister of state, Von Ingersleben, are arrived in this city, the latter from Stettin.
HANOVER, Nov. 14
The following notice has been published: To the States of Hanover.
"Gentlemen, I have taken possession of your country in the name of his majesty the Emperor and King, my most gracious Sovereign. The revenues of the country will be collected, and justice administered in his name, &c.
(Signed) EDWARD MORTIER.
SAXONY, Nov. 1.
The following Proclamation has appeared in this Electorate:—
"The inhabitants of the village of Wethdorf have had the temerity to murder insolent Frenchmen passing through their territory; they detained and plundered a convoy. A dreadful example was necessary to repress such atrocities: and it has also been given. The inhabitants of the above mentioned villages have all, except the old men, women and children, been punished with death. A similar treatment is reserved for those who may imitate the example of these rebels. But, at the same time, that all acts contrary to the law of nations and of war, will be severely punished with the greatest severity; protection and security will be granted to all the peaceable inhabitants."
GOTTENBURGH, Nov. 7
The French, it is said, have made their appearance at Arrelara, Swedish Pomerania, which is about forty-eight English miles from Stralsund. Stralsund is therefore declared in a state of siege; the troops and militia, which will, in the whole amount to about 11,000, have all been called in, and orders have been issued for provisioning it immediately; some vessels have been taken up for that purpose. It is reported here, that the money, plate, and chief treasures of the King of Prussia, have arrived in a vessel at Copenhagen.
Official accounts reached us yesterday, that the French had entered Wolgast, in Swedish Pomerania, and seized upon forty vessels of different sorts, which lay in the harbor. The King and Queen of Sweden, and the court, removed from Bekuskog to Malmö, last Monday, where their Majesties propose passing the winter. The British minister followed them a day or two after.
Nov. 21.
This morning arrived the King George packet, with an English and a Russian courier; upon the packet's arrival, an estafette was immediately sent to the King, at Malmö.
BALTIMORE, January 31.
All the strong places of Prussia are gone—in the hands of Buonaparte. There seems to be now no opposition to his cutting, carving, and slicing up all the north of Europe, not even excepting a portion of the territories of the emperor of Russia; for admitting, as it is stated, that Davoust had been beaten by the Russians, the defeat can only be temporary, as 250,000 victorious French soldiers were in his rear to support him.
Every one will enquire, what will Buonaparte do next? The following is stated as his project:—
"To erect the electorate of Brandenburg, with some contiguous territory, into a kingdom under the dominion of Jerome Buonaparte.
To place Prussia Proper under the care of his Prussian majesty, with the title of king—the capital of which to be Konigsberg, a place of considerable trade, situated on an inlet of the Baltic.
Poland to be restored to its ancient boundaries (in which cafe Aulria and Russia must yield up their portions) and given to Murat, (present Grand Duke of Berg) who is to be declared king of the Poles.
Holland to be enlarged by the cession of Westphalia. And Murat's Duchies of Cleves and Berg to be given to some French marshal.
The most probable among all these arrangements, is the design of re-establishing Poland. Several circumstances strongly indicate this to be Buonaparte's immediate intention—but none more than the following address to the Poles, which appeared in the Berlin Gazette of the 8th Nov.
"Poles; Napoleon the great, invincible, advances into Poland at the head of three hundred thousand men; without attempting to penetrate into the secret of his views, let it be our only endeavour to render ourselves worthy of his greatness. I will free, he has said, I will free whether you desire to be a nation. I am going to Poland; there shall the first plan for your benefit be concerted.
"Poles, it depends upon you to be an independent people, to acquire a country. Your avenger, your creator has appeared."
The slaughter at Lubeck was so terrible, that the French troops one time hesitated to advance, until Bernadotte, it is said, cried out, "Avancez! Avancez! mes enfans, je vous permettrai le pillage." Many of the inhabitants of that ill-fated city saved their most valuable things by putting them into their cellars among the rubbish; the soldiers only examining the lower rooms, and finding everything removed, concluded that the house was gutted already, and so departed.
The French army will not quit Berlin until the possessions and colonies, both Spanish and Dutch, and French, shall have been given up, and a general peace made.
Marshal Davoust entered Posen with a corps of the army on the 10th. He is highly satisfied with the spirit that animates the soldiers. The persons who held situations under the Prussian government would have been massacred, had not the French army taken them under their protection.
Prince Jerome has laid Glogau, the capital of Upper Silesia, under blockade by brigadier general Lefebvre, at the head of 2000 Batavian horse.
Gen. Doyey invested Glogau with his division on the 9th. A parley has been opened for his surrender.
Private letters received at Hamburg announce, that the Allied Troops, commanded by prince Jerome, have arrived at Frankfort upon the Oder; and that the advanced guard has proceeded towards Polish Prussia. It is also stated, that the Russians have passed the Vistula and that they have advanced as far as Gnesen, Posen, and other towns in Prussian Poland. It is said his Prussian majesty is with them.
Letters from Lisbon to Falmouth (England) state, that it was currently reported there, that Buonaparte had commanded from the Spanish government, a categorical answer to three questions. 1st. The nature and terms of their negotiations with Russia. 2d. Their reasons for not providing a sufficient security for their possessions in America. 3d. Why Spain was not at present arming;—demanding at the same time 50,000 dollars per day until such questions should be satisfactorily answered.
The French army will not quit either Poland or Berlin until the Porte shall have been in the full extent of its independence, nor until Wallachia, and Moldavia shall have been declared to be in complete sovereignty to the Porte—to say a French Bulletin.
Letters from Saxony of the 7th inst. state that the important fortress of Koenigstein is to be occupied by French and Bavarian troops, and that the Elector of Saxony has acceded to the Rhenish Confederation.
The Paris papers mention that some of the Emperor's enquiries are on their way for Prussia to take horses for the Imperial studs.
It was reported that an armistice for an indefinite term was concluded on the 8th Nov. between marshal Duroc and gen. Laflrow.
The British privy council is said to have come to a resolution to issue an order for preventing the transfer of foreign property in the British funds. The king, it was expected, would assent to it.
Sir Samuel Hood was to sail immediately into the Baltic with a British squadron.
Letters by the Cato are received in town—in one of which to a respectable house, it is stated, from high authority, that the rumor of the negotiations between Great-Britain and the United States, having been broken off, is not to be relied on.
Gazette.
THE PUBLICK LEDGER.
TO SHEW THE VERY AGE AND BODY OF THE TIMES, HIS FORM AND PRESSURE.
WEDNESDAY EVENING, FEB. 4, 1807.
Yesterday morning the British ships of war Belona and Triumph, with the other British ships in Hampton Roads, got under weigh and proceeded to sea with great appearance of haste. The cause of this sudden movement, was occasioned by the arrival of a pilot-boat, from on board which information was obtained, that on Saturday morning last a pilot was put on board a French eighty gun ship in 10 fathoms water. It is said that the commander of the French ship asked the pilots "if they had seen any thing of the fleet." This we imagine was only a finesse, to give an idea of a superior force. The ship is supposed to be the Foudroyant, from Havanna. We had no further intelligence respecting this affair when our paper went to press.
The importance of the Foreign Intelligence has induced us to delay the publication of our paper beyond the usual hour. We are indebted to a gentleman who came down in Gray's packet from Annapolis, for Baltimore papers, and Captain Cropsey, in 48 hours from New-York, for papers of the latter city to the 30th ult. from which we copy the important details. Much interesting and some original matter has been necessarily excluded to make room for the foreign intelligence, but will be noticed in our next.
Mr. Alexander, apprehended at New-Orleans by General Wilkinson, arrived at Annapolis on Sunday last, and immediately proceeded under a military guard to Washington.
Gazette Marine Memoranda.
ARRIVED. Brig Ann Elizabeth, Owens, 22 days from Trinidad, Rum & Molasses, John Brown & others—Left there the ship William & Mary, Tipling, and barque Petersburg, Davis, both of this port, the former to sail in 15 and the latter in 7 days.
Sloop Alert, Gray, 20 days from St. Vincents, Rum, to the Master—The sch'r John, Cargill, was to sail in 3 days for Norfolk.
Sch'r Richmond, Seaman, 6 days from N. York.
Sch'r Manchester, Cropsey, 48 hours from New-York.
The Brig Milton, Strong, from this port has arrived at New-York.
From Lloyds List.—Nov. 7, the ship Bellona, Luce, from Charleston to Liverpool is on shore near the rock, and totally lost. 11th, the Hope, Hammond, from Virginia to Cork, is lost on the coast of France, cargo part saved. 14th, at Gravesend, the Falcon, Anderson, from Virginia. At Clyde, Isabella, Green, from Virginia. 28th, Hercules, Bradford, from Virginia, at Liverpool. At Rochelle, William, Collins, from Virginia.
Sales at Auction.
To-Morrow the 5th instant, at 12 o'Clock at my Office, will be sold without reserve for cash, 11 pipes genuine Holland GIN, 10 puncheons Grenada Rum, 10 qr. casks Colmenar Wine, 7 quarter casks Malaga Wine, 2 hhds. 3 qr. casks Lisbon do. 4 hhds. and 4 quarter casks L. P. Madeira Wine, 6 chests Young Hyson Tea.—Also, a variety of Dry Goods. Francis Smith.
At private Sale, 10 elegant London made Gold Watches, 31 Silver do. Feb. 4.
Valuable Water Lot for Sale.
On FRIDAY the 6th instant, will be Sold on the premises, That valuable Water LOT, adjoining Williamson's wharf, on Union-street 75 feet, and extending upwards of 400 feet to the channel of Elizabeth-River.—Two, four, and six months credit will be allowed, the purchasers giving endorsed notes, and a lien upon the property to secure the payment. James Taylor, jun. V. M.
February 2.
On the premises at XII o'Clock, Thursday the 5th day of February,
A LEASEHOLD LOT,
169 1-2 feet on Falkland-street, 32 feet 2 inches on Fen-church-street, with the improvements thereon, consisting of a new two story framed House, divided for two families, with kitchen, &c. to each, at present occupied at the rate of 173 dolls. 33 cts. per annum; the corner House at 100 dollars per annum, and a small Tenement valued at 40 dollars per annum rent; the lease held by Anthony Walke for 99 years, renewable from the 1st day of September, 1784, the ground rent 10 dolls. per annum.—Also, a LOT adjoining, 80 by 34 feet, leased of Samuel Marsh for 50 years, from the 1st day of July 1801, the ground rent 10 dollars per annum; this Lot is occupied as garden ground by the tenants in the new house. The terms approved Notes at 60 days; when paid a conveyance to be made by virtue of a power of attorney from James Pail, the proprietor; the purchaser to be entitled to the rents from the date of payment. Wm. B. Lamb, V. M. January 28. tds
For Sale, Freight, or Charter, The Brig ANN ELIZABETH, R. Owens, master, 173 tons burthen, or 1300 barrels, will be ready to receive a cargo in 3 days. Apply to John Brown.
Who has for Sale, A few puncheons Grenada RUM. Feb. 4. 3w
CADIZ SALT.
10,000 bushels Cadiz SALT, for sale on board the ship Eleanor, capt. Lord, now laying at my wharf, Gosport, which if taken from along side may be had on reasonable terms, by applying to William Pennock.
Who offers for Charter, The ship JANE, Capt. Colley, of 420 tons; the ship INDUSTRY, capt. Wright, of 270 tons; the ship LIVE OAK, capt. Yarrell, of 280 tons, all ready to receive cargoes. Feb. 4. 3w
For CHARTER, The Schooner UNION, S. Arey, master, burthen about 900 bbls. a good staunch vessel, and will be ready in a few days to receive a cargo. Apply to the master on board, or Christopher Fry. Feb. 4. tf
20 hogsheads choice MOLASSES, landing this day from on board the Ann Elizabeth, from Guadalupe—For sale by C. & F. Whittle. Feb. 4. 3
Fresh Indian MEAL,
Just received in barrels, for family use—For Sale by J. & W. Southgate. February 4. 3t
Wanted to Purchase,
20 or 30 likely young NEGROES, for which cash will be given. Apply to the subscriber at John Drinane's Tavern, Portsmouth. G. Womack. February 4. 3t
For Sale, afloat,
450 barrels superfine FLOUR, 60 do. fine do. James Herron. Feb. 4. 2
NOTICE.
Mr. Thomas Brockenbrough, of Tappahannock, put into the post-office at that place a letter addressed to us, dated 27th November last, inclosing 300 Dollars in Bank Notes as described below, which letter has never came to hand. U. S. Branch, Norfolk, H. No. 4, 110, April 2, 1802, 100 do. do. do. N. 1, 175, July 6, 1804, 100 James Dykes, & Co. February 4. 3
NOTICE.
The subscriber desirous of doing equal justice to all those to whom he is indebted, intreats a meeting of his creditors in person, or by attorney, at the house of capt. Thomas Halliday, on Monday the 9th instant, at 12 o'Clock—The situation of the subscriber it is hoped, will induce those concerned to give punctual attendance. John Gwyn. February 2. 3

Phoenix Fire Office.
The Subscriber, Agent to the PHOENIX ASSURANCE COMPANY, of London, for the State of Virginia, begs leave to inform the publick, that he is now fully empowered to subscribe Policies of Insurance for property against Fire throughout the United States of America, in conformity to the Proposals hereto annexed.
N.B. FORTY THOUSAND DOLLARS can be insured in one risk on Buildings and their contents, and also on Ships and their Cargoes on board, in the First Class, but in all cases where Ten Thousand Dollars are exceeded, a special agreement must be made with the Agent, and an increase of premium added to those mentioned in the proposals, of not less than one eighth per cent. on the whole sum insured.
Richard Taylor.
September 8.
157
PROPOSALS
From the PHOENIX COMPANY, OF LONDON, For Insuring Houses, Buildings, Stores, Ships in Harbour, Goods, Wares, and Merchandise, FROM LOSS OR DAMAGE BY FIRE.
INSURANCE from loss or damage by Fire, hath been found a measure of great importance to the happiness of families, and has given additional security to commercial transactions. The distinguished approbation with which the publick throughout Great Britain received the improved system of this Office, occasioned frequent application for the Insurance of Property in the principal cities and towns of Europe and America, and induced the Company, many years since, to extend their plan to the Western Continent. The Phoenix Company can refer to the unerring test of experience to ascertain their character; and, gratified by the unbounded confidence they have obtained upon the continent of America, and for the purpose of facilitating to the inhabitants the means of effecting insurance on their property, the Directors have lately determined to extend the sum which they have been accustomed to insure in any single risk, and have arranged Rates of Premium upon the various descriptions of property, which they trust, will be found moderate, just and equitable. The promptitude with which this Office has adjusted the claims of sufferers, and the solidity of the funds, are so well known, that it is unnecessary to offer more on the subject, than to refer those who desire information, to the merchants of London, with whom they correspond.
** In this office no injured person is liable to any call to make good the losses of others; but in case of Fire, the sufferer will be indemnified by the company. The company also make good losses on property burnt by lightning.
Rates of Annual Premiums to be paid for Assurances against Fire.
No. I. Hazards of the First Class, viz. Brick or Stone Buildings, covered with tile, slate, or metal. Furniture or Merchandise, not hazardous contained in such buildings.
For sums not exceeding 10,000 Dollars in one Risk, 37 1-2 Cents per annum, per 100 Dollars.
No. II. Hazards of the Second Class, viz. Buildings having the Four Walls entirely of Brick or Stone, carried through the roof and covered with boards or shingles. Furniture or Merchandise, not hazardous, contained in such buildings.
Hazardous Goods, viz. Pitch, Tar, Turpentine, Salt-petre, Flax, Hemp, Oils, and Tallow, in buildings of the first class.
For sums not exceeding 10,000 dollars in one risk, 56 1-4 cents per annum per 100 dollars.
No. III. Hazards of the Third Class, viz. Buildings constructed partly with brick or stone, and partly with wood, or having either of the four walls of frame work, filled in with brick. Furniture or Merchandise not hazardous, contained in such buildings.
Hazardous goods, viz. Pitch, Tar, Turpentine, Salt-petre, Flax, Hemp, Oils and Tallow, in buildings of the second class.
For sums not exceeding 10,000 Dollars in one Risk, 75 Cents per annum per 100 Dollars.
No. IV. Hazards of the Fourth Class, viz. Timber or slight Buildings covered with shingles or boards. Furniture or Merchandise not hazardous, contained in such Buildings.
Hazardous Goods, viz. Pitch, Tar, Turpentine, Salt-petre, Flax, Hemp, Oils, and Tallow, in Buildings of the third class.
For sums not exceeding 10,000 dollars in one risk, 100 to 150 cents per annum, per 100 dollars.
** Ships in port and their Cargoes, Ships Building or Repairing; also, Barges and other Small Craft, with Goods on board, may be insured against Fire.
†† Larger sums may be insured by special agreement.—All buildings in contiguity to other hazardous buildings, or in other respects situated disadvantageously, will be charged at an extra premium.—The rates may also in some cases be proportionally moderated upon Timber Buildings in the country, or when standing single and detached, or attended with circumstances of peculiar security.
‡‡ Tallow-Melters, Soap-Makers, Brewers, Vinegar, and Sweet Makers, Hemp and Flax Dressers, Printing-Houses, Coopers, Carpenters, Cabinet-Makers, Coach-Makers, Malt-Houses, Bakers, Ship Chandlers, Boat Builders, Rope-Makers, Sugar-Refiners, Distillers, Chemists, Yarnish-Makers, Turpentine-Works, Theatres, and all Mills and Machinery, are deemed extra-hazardous, and the rate upon such risks will be proportionally increased.
CONDITIONS OF INSURANCE.
I. Persons desirous to make Insurance on Buildings, are to deliver in to the agent the following particulars, viz.—Of what materials the walls and roof of each building are constructed, as well as the construction of the buildings contiguous thereto—whether the same are occupied as private dwellings, or how otherwise—where situated—a so, the name or names of the present occupiers.
Each building must be separately valued, and a specified sum insured thereon—and in like manner a separate sum insured on the property contained therein.
All Manufactories which contain Furnaces, Kilns, Staves, Cookers, Ovens, or otherwise use Fire-Heat, are chargeable at additional rates.
In the Insurance of Goods, Wares, or Merchandise, the building or place in which the same are deposited, is to be described; also, whether such goods are of the kinds denominated hazardous, and whether any manufactory is carried on in the premises. And if any person or persons shall insure his or their buildings or goods, and shall cause the same to be described in the Policy otherwise than as they really are, so as the same be charged at a lower premium than is herein proposed, such Insurance shall be of no force.
II. Goods held in trust, or on commission, are to be insured as such, otherwise the Policy will not extend to cover such property.
III. No loss or damage to be paid on Fire happening by any Invasion, Foreign Enemy, Civil Commotion, Riot, or any Military or usurped Power whatever; nor for damage done by Fire occasioned by Earthquakes or Hurricanes; but this Company will make good losses on Property burnt by Lightning.
IV. Books of Accounts, Written Securities, Bills, Bonds, Tallies, and Ready Money, cannot be insured.
V. Jewels, Plate, Medals, or other Curiosities, Paintings, and Sculptures, are not included in any Insurance, unless such articles are specified in the Policy.
VI. Persons insuring Property at this office, must give notice of any other Insurance made elsewhere on their behalf on the same, and cause such other Insurance to be endorsed on their Policies; in which case each office shall be liable to the payment only of a rateable proportion of any loss or damage which may be sustained; and unless such notice is given, the insured will not be entitled to recover in case of loss.
VII. No order for insurance will be of any force, unless the premium is paid to the agent, or unless a sum has been advanced, and the agent has delivered his receipt on account of the office; and all persons desirous to continue their insur-
ances, must send their future payments annually within fifteen days after the day limited by their respective policies or the time will be void.
VIII. All persons assured by this company, sustaining any loss or damage by fire, are forthwith to give notice to the Company's agent, and as soon as possible after, to deliver in as particular an account of their loss or damage, signed by their own hands, as the nature of the case will admit of, and make proof of the same by their oath or affirmation, and by their books of accounts or other proper vouchers, as shall be reasonably required; and shall procure a certificate under the hands of a magistrate or sworn notary of the city or district in which the Fire happened, not concerned in such loss, importing that they are acquainted with the character and circumstances of the person or persons insured, and do know, or verily believe, that he, she, or they, really, and by misfortune, without any kind of fraud or evil practice, have sustained by such fire, loss and damage to the amount therein mentioned; and until such affidavit and certificates are produced, the loss of money shall not be payable; also, if there appears any fraud or false swearing, the claimant shall forfeit his claim to restitution, or payment by virtue of his policy.
IX. In case any difference or dispute shall arise between the assured and the company, touching any loss or damage, such difference may be submitted to the judgment and determination of arbitrators indifferently chosen, whose award in writing shall be conclusive and binding to all parties. And when any loss or damage shall have been duly proved, the insured shall receive satisfaction, to the full amount thereof, without allowance of any discount, fees, or other deduction whatever.
X. Persons chusing to insure for seven years, will be charged for six years only; also, for a less number of years than seven, will be allowed a reasonable discount.
** Persons desirous of effecting Insurances, are requested to make application to RICHARD TAYLOR, in Norfolk, who is appointed the Company's Agent, and is fully authorised to grant Policies on behalf of the Company.
LONDON, 1806. 4w1w1f 158
For SALE, A few boxes of Oranges and Lemons, per the Thomas, from St Ubes. Apply to N. Boush.
January 12. tf
For RENT, (And immediate possession given)
That commodious Fire-Proof WARE-HOUSE, on the North side of Wide Water-street, a few doors West of Commerce-street, at present in the occupancy of Mr. R. Gibson.
January 16. David Paterson.
REMOVAL. MRS. SARAH BRYAN respectfully informs her friends and the publick in general, that she has lately removed to that large and commodious house on Main-street, the Norfolk Hotel, lately occupied by Mr. Bebbidge, where she continues to take boarders by the day, week, or year, on the most moderate terms; and hopes from her attention, and the convenience of the house, to merit the encouragement of the publick.
January 24. tf
WILLIAM STEVENS, Begs leave to acquaint the publick at large, (but more particularly his established customers) that he has commenced business on his own account, in the Store lately held by Mr. JAMES ARLINGTON, and next door, westward, of his old stand, where he designs keeping constantly in store,
GROCERIES, of superior quality, and well assorted.—He has just received a supply of Imperial TEA, which he can recommend as excellent.
Jan. 12. 2m
20,000 Pipe STAVES, For Sale by L. Mansfield. Portsmouth, Jan. 7. 1m
For Rent or Lease, The WHARF in Gosport, late the property of Bartholomew Clinch, deceased, in complete order, finished in the best manner, and with an extensive yard, the water sufficiently deep for the largest vessels.—This property is well worthy of the attention of mercantile men. For terms apply to William Wilkinson. Gosport, Oct. 3. 224
For Sale or Rent, A small neat DWELLING-HOUSE, situate on Union-street, near Mr. D. Pierce's. This property is of simple, and would be sold low for Cash if applied for immediately.—Possession can be given immediately.
December 27. Robert Gibson. tf
LOTS for Sale, Lease, &c. THE Subscriber purposes to lay out and dispose of for Building Lots, either in fee simple or upon ground rent, the whole of that square of GROUND in the Borough of Norfolk, so admirably situated in the centre of the town, and immediately between the two Banks. It extends upon Granby-street about 650 feet, and upwards of 400 on Wolf-street, which leads from the United States Bank into Catharine-street.—A survey and plot of the same is preparing, and will be ready for the inspection of purchasers in a few days. In the mean time the proprietor will be glad to hold conferences with those who may incline to purchase, in order that the grounds may be so laid out as best to correspond with their wishes.
December 12. Luke Wheeler. tf
Cargo of SALT, Loose and in sacks, received by the brig Nancy, capt. Murray, from Liverpool, will be sold low if taken from along side of said vessel.
January 2. James Young. tf
600 Sacks Fine Liverpool SALT, For Sale by William Dickson. Sept. 150
FOR SALE, 3000 bushels of coarse SALT, stored in a convenient Warehouse for shipping. And in Store,
14 pipes of Holland GIN, of an excellent quality.
January 19. Joseph Hayes. 1m*
THIS DAY by mutual consent, the copartnership of REDMON and FRITH is dissolved.—All those indebted to said concern are requested to make immediate payment, and those having claims are desired to furnish their accounts or adjustment to B. REDMON, who will in future conduct the business on his own account.
December 26. Bartholomew Redmon, Edward Frith.
B. REDMON, Has for Sale at his Store in Church-street, Jamaica Rum, Molasses, Sugar, and Coffee.
The Subscribers in addition to their general assortment of SHIP CHANDLERY and GROCERIES, have received by the John and Alice, from London, 100 cases Kemp and Hoyt's Brown STOUT,
100 pieces English Canvas, assorted; 2 cases of Buntins, 50 cases of Gunpowder; half ton of Salt Petre—which they will sell low, and on a liberal credit.
Noble, Arbuthnott, & Co.
October 10. 244
COCOA, COFFEE & SUGAR.
Just received per the British brig Fox, capt. Wainwright, from Jamaica,
45,000 lb. Cocoa, in tierces and bbls.
50,000 do. prime Green Coffee,
12,000 do. do. Mascavado Sugars—which will be
Sold on liberal credits, or exchanged for Flour. Apply to
Donaldson, Thorburn, & Co.
January 23. 6t
Landing from on board the Three Sisters, from Kingston,
61 tons large size Nicaragua WOOD,
10 do. Campêche Logwood.
And from on board the British brig Fox, from Kingston,
50,000 lb. COCOA.
The whole f which will be disposed of on liberal terms.
C. & F. Whittle.
January 23. tf
T. GIBBONS,
RESPECTFULLY informs his friends and the publick, that he has taken that commodious Dwelling-House in the rear of the Ledger Office, opposite the Exchange Coffee-House, lately occupied by Mr. John Stratton, which he has fitted up for the purpose of keeping a private BOARDING-HOUSE, where those who favour him with their company, may rest assured of every exertion being used to give general satisfaction.
January 23. tf
COCKE & SANFORD,
Have received per the Father and Sons from London, and Laura, from Liverpool, an extensive assortment of
Fall and Winter Goods, viz.
Blue, Black, Bottle, Drab, Mill'd Drab, Liver, and Claret, Fashionable Cassimeres; Union Cloth; Swansdown and Silk Waistcoating; coarse Woolens by the piece or bale; Blankets and Flannels do. do.; Irish Linens and Osnaburghs; best Seine Twine; Twill'd Sacking; Coarse and Fine Hats; cases; Velvets, Cords, and Corduroys; Callicoes, Cambrics, Ginghams; Silk, Silk and Cotton Chambrays; White, Blue, Black, and Italian Crapes; Bombazens, Bombazets, and Wildbores; Carpets and Carpeting; 100 kegs Gun Powder; 4 Ton Shot; Fowling Pieces; Cutlery assorted in Boxes.
Sept. 19. tf
Superfine CLOTHS,
NOTICE.
WHEREAS in consequence of the death of ROBERT BURTON, the partnership of NOBLE, ARBUTHNOTT, & Co. terminated the 19th ult. agreeable to the articles of copartnership.
Robert Rives, James Brown, James Noble, James Arbuthnott, Surviving Partners of Noble, Arbuthnott, & Co.
The business carried on by NOBLE, ARBUTHNOTT, & Co. will be continued by the Subscribers, under the firm of NOBLE & ARBUTHNOTT, & Co. who will settle and adjust all dependencies of the old concern.
Robert Rives, James Brown, James Noble, James Arbuthnott. October 15. tf 261
CASH Will be given for Thirty or Forty SHARES of Virginia Bank Stock. Apply to the Editor of this Paper. Nov. 5. tf
German Oznaburghs. JUST received a few bales of German OZNABURGH, which will be sold on a liberal credit by Noble & Arbuthnott, & Co. December 24. tf
NOTICE. ALL persons indebted to us by (Notes due) or open Accounts, are requested to come forward immediately and make arrangements for the settlement thereof, as no further indulgence will be given after the 1st day of January next.
Richard Bowden & Co.
Dec 24. tf
Salt, Sugar, Fustic, &c.
FOR Sale the Cargo of the schooner Nancy, from Barracoa and Exuma, 1000 butts Exuma Salt, 400 lbs. Tortoise Shell, 8 tons Fustic, 23 barrels Sugar, 20 barrels Linens, 25 do. Oranges, 15 boxes Segars, 2 cases do. 13 sacks Spanish Tobacco, 100 Hides, 2 pieces Mahogany, 16 logs White Wood, 1500 Cocoa Nuts.
Nov. 24. tf GEORGE WILSON.
FALL AND WINTER GOODS.
GILLIAT & MACKINDER, Have received their full supply from London and Liverpool, which they offer for Sale on moderate terms for cash or approved notes, West-India or country produce.
30 Bales Napt Kendall COTTONS,
15 do. White Plains; 10 do. Rose Blankets, 4 do. Stripe do.; Duffle do. 6 do. White and coloured Flannels, 3 do. Mixed Fearnoughts, 3 do. Blue Drabbed mixed Plains, 2 do. Blue, Green, and Brown Halfhicks, 4 do. Blue, light mixed and stripe Coatings, 2 do. 6-4 Blue Cloth, and mill'd Drabs, 4 Trunks worsted Hose; 5 do. Manchester Fancy Cords, 4 Boxes Cutlery; Powder and Shot,
Gentlemen's fine beaver and silk Hats, Superfine Cloths and Cassimeres, Bennett's patent Cord and Swansdown, Cambric Muslins and Dimities, Elegant Tamboured Fancy Patterns for Ladies Dresses, Chambray Muslins; 7-8 4-4 5-4 6-4 Linens, Ladies plain and fancy Kid Shoes, Furniture, Dimities, and Callicoes—one box of Cabinet Maker's Tools complete, with Sheraton's Drawing-Book, containing the latest fashions in all kinds of Furniture.
October 3. tf 226
NOTICE. ALL persons indebted to the Estate of JAMES DICKINSON, deceased, are desired to come forward; and those who have any claims against said Estate, to bring them forward, in order that they may be settled by Mary Dickinson, Exec'tx.
Norfolk, Nov. 5.
WHO HAS FOR SALE,
That pleasant place BELL VIEW.
It contains TWO HUNDRED Acres, lying on the lower end of Barrett's Neck, Nansemond county, between Nansemond River and Chuckatuck Creek, fronting Newport-News, Hampton Roads, and is about 14 miles from Norfolk by water. There is on the land two good Dwelling Houses, one of them a two story frame house, 30 feet square, with a Kitchen, Wash House, Smoke House and Dairy, a large new Barn and Stable, and a Carriage House, a Spring House, and a never failing Spring. The other a new Dwelling House, a Kitchen, Quarter, &c. with a large Garden newly built of the best materials, and a good Stable. The land lies high and level, and is mostly covered with fells: it has a ditch and a fence from Nansemond to Chuckatuck, which prevents stock from going off or coming on the land; and is one of the best places for stock or equal to any in the country. The price will hardly exceed the worth of the buildings on the place if applied for soon. The payment will be expected in cash, as the terms will be remarkably low.
NORFOLK BOROUGH.
At a Hastings Court, continued and held the 28th day of January, 1807.
John T. Apthorp, Compt
against Davidson and Foster, and Moses Myers, Defendants.
The defendants Davidson and Foster, not having entered their appearance and given security according to the act of Assembly and the rules of this Court; and it appearing to the satisfaction of the Court that they are not inhabitants of this commonwealth: it is ordered that the said defendants Davidson and Foster, do appear here on the fourth Monday in April next, and answer the bill of the complainant, and that a copy of this order be forthwith inserted in some Newspaper printed in the Borough of Norfolk, for eight weeks successively, and posted at the front door of the Court-House of said Borough; And it is further ordered that the defendant Moses Myers, who hath effects of the said Davidson and Foster in his hands, do not pay, convey away, or secrete such effects, but retain them until the further order or decree of this Court.
A Copy, Teste, William Sharp, C. C.
NORFOLK BOROUGH.
At a Hastings Court continued and held the 28th day of January, 1807.
William Consolvo, Compt
against Charles Willett, an absent debtor, and the President and Directors of the Bridge Company, Defendants.
The defendant Charles Willett, not having entered his appearance and given security according to the act of Assembly and the rules of this Court; and it appearing to the satisfaction of the Court that he is not an inhabitant of this commonwealth: on the motion of the complainant by his counsel, it is ordered that the said defendant Charles Willett, do appear here on the fourth Monday in April next, and answer the bill of the complainant—And that a copy of this order be forthwith inserted in some Newspaper printed in this Borough, for eight weeks successively, and posted at the front door of the Court House of the said Borough—And it is further ordered that the Defendants, the President and Directors of the Bridge Company, do not pay, convey away, or secrete any debts by them owing to, or effects in their hands belonging to the other Defendant Charles Willett, until the further order of this Court.
A Copy, Teste, William Sharp, C. C.
VIRGINIA, to wit:
At a Chancery District Court, held at the former Capitol in the City of Williamsburg, the 19th day of July, 1806.
Josiah Riddick, Plff
against Michael and John Wallace, and Barnet Pulliam, Dfs.
The defendants Michael and John Wallace, not having entered their appearance, and given security according to the Act of Assembly and the rules of this Court; and it appearing to the satisfaction of the Court that they are not inhabitants of this country: on the motion of the Plaintiff by his Counsel, it is ordered that the said Defendants do appear here on the first day of April term next, and answer the bill of the Plaintiff; and that a copy of this order be forthwith inserted in one of the News-papers published in the Borough of Norfolk for two months successively, and posted at the front-door of the former Capitol in this City.
A Copy, Teste, Anthony Robinson, C. C.
Isle of Wight County, to wit, November Court 1806.
Henry Fanning, complainant,
against Oliver Cocke and Thomas Fanning, defts.
The Defendant Oliver Cocke not having entered his appearance and given security according to the Act of the General Assembly and the rules of this Court; and it appearing to the satisfaction of the Court that he is not an inhabitant of this state; on the motion of the complainant by his Attorney, it is ordered, that the said defendant Cocke appear here at February Court next, and answer the complaints bill; and a copy of this order be forthwith inserted in the Publick Ledger, in the Borough of Norfolk, for two months successively, and also posted at the front-door of the Court-House of this County—And be it further ordered, that the defendant Thomas Fanning, retain the amount acknowledged by him in his answer to be in his hands, until the further order of this Court.
A Copy, Teste, Nath'l Young, c. c.
RICHARD JEFFERY, & Co.
Have just received from London by the last arrival a very
full assortment of
DRUGS & MEDICINES,
Of the best quality, which are offered for Sale on moderate terms at No. 66, Main-Street.—Attention has been paid to procure every article of the most genuine kind; and it is intended to have the assortment regularly furnished from the best markets; among a great variety are now offered the following:
Aloe, Alum, Ether of Vitriol, Antimony, Aqua Fortis, Pale, red, and yellow Bark, of superior quality. Borax, Camphor, Cantharides, Cochineal, Cream of Tartar, Camomile Flowers, Cinnamon, Colocynth, Calomel, Flowers of Benzoin, Ginger, Glauber Salts, Epsom do. Rochelle do. Gums Ammoniac, Assafoetida, Benzoin, Guaiacum, Gamboge, Myrrh, Kino, Scammony, and Arabic, Lint, Liquorice refined, Manna Flake, in sorts, Magnesia in small and large squares, Musk, Nutmegs, Opium, Jalap, Rhubarb, Ipecacuanha, Tartar Emetic, Balsams Capivi,