Norfolk gazette and publick ledger (Norfolk [Va.]), 1806-10-24 00:00:00

NORFOLK GAZETTE AND PUBLICK LEDGER.  SINT HIC ETIAM SUA PRÆMIA LAUD.
VOL. III.]
FRIDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 24, 1806.
[NO. 43.]
WHOLESALE PRICE-CURRENT. NORFOLK, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 24, 1806.
   ARTICLES. per From To Remarks.     BACON   Beef, cargo bb. 9 10   Prime 9 10   Mess 14   Brandy, Sp. 1st p. gal. 80 81   2d p. 82 83   3d p. 84 87   4th p. 90 93   Fr. 3d p. 1 1   4th p. 1 1   Peach, 90   Apple, new, 50   Bread, Pilot 100lb. 7   Navy. 5   Ship 3   Butter, Export. lb. None   Candles, Dip 19   Mould 22   Sperm. 54   Coal, English bus. 23   Virginia 22   Cocoa, Island 100lb. 20 22   Caracas 31 33   Coffee, W. India lb. 30 33   Cordage, Country 100lb. 15   Foreign 10 11   Cotton, Geo. Upland lb. 22 23 Scarce.   Sea Island 28   St. Domingo   Surinam   Duck, American bolt. None   Ravens 16 17 Scarce   Russia 20 22   Holland 22 24   No. 1 to 7, English 34 40   Flour, Sup. bb. 6 7   Fine 6 6   X Middlings 5 5   Middlings 4 5   Fish, Cod, dry quin. 3 5   Herrings bb. 4 5   Shad 7   Fustick ton. 40 42   Gin, Holland, 1st p. gal. 1 1   N. E. 1st p. 68 70 None   Grain, Wheat bus.   Corn 60   Barley   Oats 30   Hemp, Russian ton. 275   Hides Dried lb. 10 12   Hog's-Lard 16   Indigo, Flotant None   N. Orleans None   Iron, Pig ton. None   American ref. 120 125   Russia 100   Logwood, Bay 60   Camp. 70   Meal, Kiln-dried bb. 4 4   Mahogany, Bay sq. feet 4   St. Dom. 12   Molasses, gal. 15   Peas, Black-eyed bus. 35 40   Pepper, lb. 75 80   Pimento, 19 20   Pitch, bb. None   Pork, Cargo 2 7   Prime 16 50   Mess 18   Raisins, cask. 21   ditto, box. 4 25   Rice, 100lb. 4   Rosin, bb. 3   Rum, Jamaica, 4th p. gal. 85 87   Antigua, 3d p. 82 85   St. Croix, 3d p. 80 85   W. Island, 3d p. 70 75   Country, 48 50   Salt, St. Mart. bus.   Turks Island, 85   Isle May, 80   St. Ubes, 65   Cadiz, 65   Liverpool, 60   Soap, Brown, lb. 11 12   Castile, 17   Sugar, Muscovado, 100lb. 9 11   Hav. Brown. 10   White, 14   Shingles, Cyp. 22 in. M. 3 3   18 in. 3 25   Staves, W. O. hhd. 28 30   pipe 50 60   barrel 15   do. red oak 18   Tar, bb. 2 2   Tobacco, Richmond, 100lb. 6 50   Petersburg, 6 50   Rappah. 4 50   Tallow, Russia, lb. None   American, 14 16 Scarce   Turpentine, bb. 2 2   Wax, Bees, lb. 37 None   Wines, Madeira, pipe. 200 300 Plenty   Lisbon, gal. 1 1   Teneriffe, 86 90   Sherry, 1 20   Port, pipe. 160 220 Scarce   Malaga, gal. 90  
Premiums of Insurance on American Property.
   To Great-Britain, Ireland, Portugal, and Spain, without the Straights of Gibraltar. 3   France, Holland, Bremen, and Embden, 3 4 1-4   In the Mediterranean, - - - - - 5 6   Gibraltar, Madeira, Canaries, Azores, and Cape de Verd Islands, - - - - - 3 1-2 4   British and Neutral Windward Islands from Barbadoes to St. Thomas - - - - - 3 4   Jamaica and Honduras - - - - - 5 6   Porto Rico, - - - - - 3 1-2 4   Havanna, - - - - - 3   City of St. Domingo, - - - - - 4   Persia, India, and China, - - - - - 5 1-2   Coasters, - - - - - 1 1-2 5    Prices of Stocks. Virginia Bank, par. little to be had. Norfolk Marine Insurance Company, 5 per cent. discount, looking up. United States Bank, none in the market. Exchange on London, 430 dollars for 100l. sterl.
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.
NEW LINE.
PHILADELPHIA AND BALTIMORE PACKETS.
For the accommodation of Passengers and transportation of Goods, by the way of the Old Court-House, on Elk River, New-Castle, on the Delaware.
THE Publick are respectfully informed, that on Sunday, the 14th September, a new, convenient, and expeditious line of Packets and Stages commenced running between the cities of Baltimore and Philadelphia, where passengers are accommodated in a very superior style.
A new packet, with elegant accommodations, will leave Bowly's wharf, Baltimore, at 9 o'clock, A. M. every day, Saturday excepting, and with a favourable wind will arrive at the Court-House Point in five hours, at any rate in the course of the day, where good stages, with careful and experienced drivers, are provided for the conveyance of passengers to New-Castle. A packet will leave New-Castle for Philadelphia immediately after the arrival of the passengers, which, with a favourable wind, will arrive in three hours and a half—and it is positively conditioned, that no unnecessary delay shall take place, to prevent expediting the trip.
A Packet leaves Paul Beck's wharf, the next below Market-Street wharf, in Philadelphia, for New-Castle, every day in the week, according to tide, Saturday excepting; and on the arrival of passengers at New-Castle, they will be immediately sent on to the Court-House Point, where a Packet will be always ready to receive and convey them to Baltimore. The proprietors have erected good and substantial wharfs and warehouses at the Court-House Point and New-Castle, for the reception of goods, and have appointed competent persons to receive and forward them as soon as possible; they have established publick houses at the same places, where passengers can be accommodated with Fish, Crabs, and Wild Fowl, when in season, and every other delicacy which a rich, fertile, and highly cultivated country will afford; and need be under no apprehensions of detention from low tides in either the Delaware or Chesapeake Bay; the landing on Elk River is 7 to 8 miles below French-Town, and the navigation to the wharf sufficiently good for ships of 300 tons; in New-Castle they possess the fame advantages, having 16 feet water directly along-side the wharf.
Joshua & George Ward, No. 101, Bowly's wharf, Baltimore. George Hand, jun. Paul Beck's wharf, Philadelphia. Baltimore, Oct. 15.
RUM.
LANDING on Town-Point, out of the brig Catharine, 76 Puncheons high proof Jamaica RUM. For Sale by Robert Dickson.
THE CATHARINE, burthen 1400 barrels, is offered for Charter. October 22. Gt
FOR SALE,
A fine new pilot-boat built Schooner, burthen about 100 tons, built of the very best materials that Matthews county will afford, and by very faithful workmen—If applied for in a few days, a great bargain will be given. D. R. Waddey, & Co. October 22. tf 284
For a Port in France,
The fast sailing Ship Highland Mary, Part of her cargo is engaged for the Bay of Biscay. George Murray, & Co. August 20. tf 102
For LONDON,
The well known elegant Ship ALMIRA, Captain Whipple, three years old, and burthen 500 bds—She will be ready to receive a cargo in three days, and has a considerable part of it engaged; for freight of the remainder, or passage, (having excellent accommodations) apply to Capt. Whipple on board, or N. Heron. August 20. tf 98
FOR SALE,
The fine new Pilot Boat Schooner COMET, burthen about 120 tons, will sail uncommonly fast, built in the very best manner, and will be sold very low. For terms apply to Mr. Litchfield on board, at Newton's wharf, or Wilson, Cunningham, & Co. October 17. 3w 271
FOR SALE, FREIGHT or CHARTER,
One half or the whole of the NEW SCHOONER ELIZA, of Norfolk. In complete order for taking in a Cargo; she is a well built vessel, her timber is mostly mulberry and cedar, burthen 700 barrels. For terms apply to William Nelson, Maxwell's wharf. October 17. tf 267
For FREIGHT or CHARTER,
The Ship SHEFFIELD, John Davis, master, burthen 420 bds.—Two thirds of a freight will be accepted to any part of Europe. Apply to Josiah Cowper, or C. & F. Whittle. October 13. tf 254
For FREIGHT or CHARTER,
The good Ship JOHN & AVICE, J. L. Baker, master, burthen 180 tons. ALSO,
The Brig HARRIET,
John Wills, master, burthen 107 tons, can be ready to receive a cargo in a few days. For terms, apply to the master on board, or Christopher Fry. Who offers for Sale,
27 Casks Brown Stout, containing 6 1/2 doz. each. Imported in the Ship John and Avice, from London, and 2,500 bushels excellent Salt, from Crooked-Island, on board the brig Harriet. October 13. tf 250
For Sale or Charter, The remarkable fine Ship DUMFRIES, not yet two years old; Virginia built, of the best materials, and well found, burthen 325 tons per register—she may be had much under the first cost, and on liberal credit. Apply to Donaldson, Thorburn, & Co. Who have imported in the above Ship from Rotterdam, Holland Geneva; Cologne Mill Stones, 3 feet 8, 4 feet, and 4 feet 4; Sheathing Paper, &c. &c. October 10. tf 247
For Freight or Charter, The fast sailing Ship INDUSTRY, Capt. John Wilson, will be in readiness for the reception of a cargo in five days—a preference would be given to Liverpool or London.—Apply to Messrs. Gracie, Anderson, & Co. of Petersburg, or to T. & W. A. Armistead. October 10. tf 248
For Liverpool, The very excellent Ship MENTOR, Stephen Waterman, master, two years and six months old, and burthen 330 bds—she is newly sheathed, and well found in every respect, will sail by the 25th instant, having one half of her cargo engaged; for freight of the remainder or passage, apply to the master on board, or N. Heron. Oct. 8. tf 239
For Sale or Charter, The Ship ALFRED, Captain Patch, 2 years old, 420 hogsheads burthen, sails very fast, and can be ready to receive a cargo in all this week. Apply to the master at Frost's wharf, or to Christopher Fry. October 7. tf 235
For SALE, The Schooner MARY, burthen 100 hogsheads Tobacco, draws an easy draft of water, and is well calculated for a craft, for which purpose she was built—she will be sold low and on long credit. Warren Ashley. Sept. 24. tf 202
For Liverpool, The good Ship LAURA, Thomas Hoole, master, burthen about 260 bds Tobacco, will be ready to receive a cargo in a few days. For Freight or Charter, apply to Alexander Maclure. Who has on board said vessel for Sale,
1500 sacks Liverpool filled SALT, 12 crates Bottles; 20 do. Earthenware. And in Store,
8000 bushels Liverpool stoved SALT, 73 crates Earthenware; 38 Hogsheads Tobacco, 5 pipes L. P. Madeira Wine, 10 do. fine old Sicily do.; 4 do. Spanish Brandy, 3 bds. Cognac Brandy; 2 pipes N. E. Rum, 3 do. old Jamaica Rum; 30 casks Claret Wine, 24 casks Glass Ware well assorted, 16 boxes Window Glass, 8 by 10, 10 do. Cattle Soap; 25 baskets 12 cases Anniseed. 20 pieces Hessians; 250 Salt Sacks. Sept. 19. tf 195
We want a freight of Tobacco, For the Ship JULIA, Captain Vickery, to a port in France, burthen 300 hogsheads. C. & F. Whittle. August 25. tf 112
For ANTWERP, The good Ship PATSEY, David G. Bowles, master, burthen 370 tons, lying at City Point, having more than half of her cargo engaged and now receiving it on board—For the remainder, about 500 bales of cotton are wanted, which will be taken at a moderate freight, if application be immediately made to Messrs. Gallego, Richards, & Co. Richmond; Rambaut, Gerson, & Co. Petersburg, or to James Maurice, & co. August 23. tf 109
For Freight or Charter, The Ship ELIZA, William Daggett, Master, 400 hogsheads burthen. C. & F. Whittle. Who have for Sale on board the said Ship,
10,000 bushels St. Ubes SALT. August 23. tf 108
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 Rices, 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 Rices, James Brown, James Noble, James Arbuthnott. October 15. tf 261
Confectionary, Cordials, &c. THANKFUL for the encouragement I received for the last two months, I beg leave to inform the inhabitants of Norfolk, and merchants in the country, that from the very great care and attention I pay to my distillery, I can offer them an extensive assortment of choice CORDIALS, wholesale and retail. I have begun the Paste Work, and besides Sugar Geese, Birds, Shoes, Houses, Baskets, &c. I am working several new and elegant pieces, upon which merchants will make one hundred per cent. as upon all other Confectionary articles. A. Labarben, Oct. 13. 5t* 260 No 96, Main-Street
SALT.
11,000 bush. Liverpool Blown SALT, loose and in sacks, on board the Ship Juno, captain Rutson. will be sold low if applied for immediately. William Pennock. Sept. 22. 200
ENCOURAGEMENT OF LITERATURE.
BY AUTHORITY. Scheme of a Lottery For the benefit of St. Mary's College, of Baltimore.
   Prize of Dollars. Dollars.     1 50,000 50,000   1 do. 15,000 15,000   2 do. 10,000 20,000   2 do. 5,000 10,000   5 do. 1,000 5,000   10 do. 500 5,000   20 do. 200 4,000   100 do. 100 10,000   150 do. 50 7,500   7000 do. 12 84,000  
7291 Prizes, - - - - - 190 500 Stationary Premiums, - - - - - 24 500
14,269 Blanks.—Not two to a Prize. 215,000
21,500 Tickets, at 10 dolls. each, 215,000
Arrangement of Stationary Premiums—viz.
 1st. Drawn Blank,
Dolls. 500     

THE PUBLICK LEDGER.
TO SHEW THE VERY AGE AND BODY OF THE TIMES, HIS FORM AND PRESSURE.
FRIDAY EVENING OCT. 24, 1806.
TO PRINTERS.
The Editor of this Paper having received a new font of Letter from London, offers for sale the font of BOURGEOIS which has been lately used for the Publick Ledger; it originally contained 600 lb. has been used little more than two years, and with care.—A specimen of this Letter may be seen by referring to our editorial articles for some time past.
Also for Sale with the above, or separate, 300 lb. PICA, which has been very little used—and a few kegs of British PRINTING-INK, of good quality.
LEDGER-OFFICE, October 13th, 1806.
For the last five days we have been deluged with rain, attended with thick weather and heavy gales of wind, during which time nothing has entered our port; the bridges above, we apprehend are carried away, to which we ascribe the failure of the mail last evening. Under these circumstances we are under the necessity of presenting our readers with a paper of less interest than we could wish.
MANAGEMENT. A sale of Gunpowder belonging to the United States, lately took place at the navy yard at Gosport. We understand that it was sold because there was no magazine for its reception. The cost of a magazine would be about six hundred dollars, but there was no appropriation for erecting one, the powder was sold therefore and the difference between the sale and cost was upwards of twelve hundred dollars!
MORE OF THE SAME. We understand that the cost of transporting five hundred dollars worth of timber to the docks at Washington, is eight hundred dollars!
LOSS OF THE SHIP SHEPHERDESS, CAPTAIN WILLS, OF THIS PORT.
We are truly sorry to announce the loss of this fine Ship, on her passage from London to this Port. By a letter from Captain Wills, it appears that the weather being very thick, and having been wrong informed as to the bearing of the Cape, Captain W. found himself so close in with the land on Tuesday, that he was obliged to anchor, but the violence of the weather was such, that the cables parted, and it being impossible to clear the land, she went on shore about 12 miles to the Southward of Cape Henry, and has bilged. The Shepherdess left London the 9th September.
FROM FORDYCE'S COMITATUS ANGLORUM FOR 1806.
Table with 2 columns: Description, Value. Rows include: There are in Great Britain, including the army, navy, &c—Inhabitants 10,979,389; Of which under 15 3,659,796; From 15 to 60 2,744,347; Volunteers of United Kingdom 700,000; Militia of Great Britain 70,386; Persons employed in England in agriculture 1,524,227; in trade and manufactures 1,789,532; In England there are acres 34,271,000; Scotland 19,565,540; Wales 5,370,000; There are in England scarcely 4 acres to each person, 12 acres to each person in Scotland, and nearly 10 to every person in Wales, about 5 acres to each person in Great Britain, 3 acres well cultivated are supposed sufficient for each person. The inhabitants of IRELAND are 5,496,944; There dies in Great Britain every year 332,708; Every month 25,592; week 6,398; day 914; hour 40; three minutes 2. Number of inhabitants in the Thirteen largest Cities and Towns in Great Britain, according to a Census taken in 1801. London, including Westminster and Southwark 864,825; Manchester 84,020; Edinburgh, including Leith 82,560; Liverpool 77,653; Glasgow 77,385; Birmingham 73,670; Bristol 68,645; Leeds 53,262; Plymouth 44,194; Sheffield 32,166; Paisley 31,179; Hull 29,156; Dundee 20,084.
FROM THE AMERICAN CITIZEN.
COMMUNICATION.
"The latest news from New Orleans, in a letter from major Claiborne, dated New Orleans, August 29, says—"It is now within a few minutes of the time when letters must go to the post office. I have waited to give some information from Natchitoches, in case any should arrive, but no dispatches are received from governor Claiborne, nor do we hear any thing more of (the Spanish) gov. Taxes and his nine hundred men."
"The city of New Orleans is in perfect tranquillity, and the inhabitants thereof, and of the country (Louisiana) continue to enjoy good health."
"Carpenter's emissary paper asserted a few days ago that terrible discords existed in Louisiana, and that Buonaparte would avail himself thereof, and seize upon that country. The man who asserts and circulates false reports ought to be prosecuted. The press is free for the discussion of principles but not for lying.—Pierpoint Edwards has taken the li-
ars and the alarmists of Connecticut in hands, and I hope he will not let those of New York escape.
"We have in all our cities and sea ports a considerable number of men, chiefly dry good merchants, who are partners or agents of British merchants; these men want to embroil us with France & Spain, and there is no lying they will stick at to promote it; but they had better pack themselves off, for if Buonaparte should come as they predict and ought to be afraid of, he will trim their jackets and make them pay the expence; and as to Carpenter, his nose will go to the grindstone. But the fellow, if caught, will turn informer and impeach his employers. Here, he will say, is my list of subscribers; fall on them. I will show you where they live and where their property is."
"The criminal abuse and blackguardism in Carpenter's paper against France and Spain ought not to be permitted. If he must do it let him go back to his own country and do it. France has always behaved with honour to the United States, and we are perfectly easy on that score. It was by her aid we drove off the British invaders in the revolutionary war, and if she has a mind to come and drive off the scoundrels and British emissaries that seek to embroil the United States and France with each other, we will not fortify New York to prevent it. Let those pay the expence of fortifying who expose it to danger. The cheapest way to fortify New York will be to punish the scoundrels that infest it. When we are a peaceable people, and mind our own business, and let other nations and governments alone, we shall not stand in need of fortifications; but when we give protection and encouragement to foreign emissaries we must expect trouble."
"It is but a little time since the British ministry sent several of its emissaries to some of the states of Germany, to carry on conspiracies against France and when the French government found it out they sent an armed force and seized those emissaries. Two of the English ministers resident at those German states had to fly the country. The English minister Drake, who was at Munich, was one of them. It is not because New York is more remote from France than those states were, that conspiracies can be carried on with greater safety or ought to be permitted. Two or three thousand French troops would soon scour New York and carry off a cargo of conspirators. The feds who encourage Carpenter (his emissary's name is Cullen) are cutting their own throats."
"This man, Carpenter, for this is the name he goes by at present, is now a professed British emissary. He has been running the world in quest of adventures and he has taken up his residence in New-York to carry on his treason against the peace of the United States. In the height of his folly madness, and ignorance, he has proposed in two or three of his late papers, (beginning with that of Oct. 6) that the United States should join England in a war against France and Spain, and enter into an alliance with her. A man never turns a rogue but he turns a fool, and this is always the case with emissaries."
"Does not this foolish fellow see that all those powers on the continent of Europe that formed alliances with England have been ruined? The last coalition against France consisted of 500,000 men, exclusive of England, and every one of the powers concerned in that coalition has had to repent it. The emperor of Germany is dismissed from his rank of emperor. The emperor of Russia has been beaten into humiliation and peace. The dominions of the house of Austria have been reduced to a narrow compass, and the remaining part obliged to pay tribute. The king of Naples has lost his crown. The elector of Hanover has lost his electorate. These are the fruits of forming alliances with England, yet with all these examples of ruin staring us in the face, this emissary of corruption, Carpenter, or Cullen, or whatever his traveling name may be, wants the United States to run their head into the fiery furnace of a war on the part of England. This emissary had better pack himself off, for we have those among us who know him."
On which the Evening Post remarks.
Mr. Pierpoint Edwards a year or two since removed from Connecticut to New-York, for the purpose of practising law; there being such a total dearth of abilities on the democratic side of the bar here, after the removal of Judge Livingston to the bench, that it was supposed there was a very flattering opening for any man of that party possessed of a decent share of talents. Mr. Edwards came, saw and—whether he conquered or not would not be within propriety to suppose. When Mr. Edwards came here, we recollect it was industriously circulated by his friends, that he was sick of politics, and meant to keep himself aloof from all parties. This prudent and sensible resolution has for aught we know, been adhered to within the precincts of this city, and perhaps state. But while Mr. Edwards was going on with his professional business, he received (some time last spring) the appointment of District Judge of Connecticut District: Down to Connecticut he goes, delivers a proper charge to a proper Grand Jury, properly selected by a proper Marshal, and an indictment is found against his honour Tappan Reeve, one of the Judges of the Supreme Court, and against a printer for publishing certain charges against Mr. Jefferson, which had before appeared in this and many other papers. The next thing we hear of Mr. Justice Edwards, he is again at the New York bar as Counsel for the United States against Smith and Ogden in the Miranda trials. The trials in New York being despatched, presto pass! and begone!—Mr. Edwards was found a Judge of the United States Courts in Connecticut; where again a proper grand jury is returned before him, and indictments found against as many clergymen and printers as they could lay hold of.
This is what the writer in the Citizen means by "Pierpoint Edwards has taken the liars and alarmists in Connecticut in hand,"—but when he ventures to express a hope that he will also exert his authority here, he reckons we presume without his host.—Mr. Pierpoint Edwards it must be recollected is no judge in New York. He is a resident here I grant you, and at the same time a judge over the good people of Connecticut; but in what manner he would go to work to take people in hand here is not quite so clear. Perhaps after all the federalists shall have been properly handled in Connecticut, he may obtain a judgeship in New-York, and then I suppose we shall have rapid doings here too. But to proceed with the American Citizen:
"We have in all our cities and seaports a considerable number of men, chiefly dry good merchants, who are partners or agents of British merchants;
these men want to embroil us with France and Spain, and there is no lying they will stick at to provoke it, but they had better pack themselves off, for if Buonaparte should come, as they predict and ought to be afraid of, he will trim their jackets, and make them pay the expence."
"Can any thing so execrable be produced in the worst paper that ever disgraced the American press; Here is an attempt to divide the community, and point out one half of them as proper victims to a foreign invader. Again:
"France has always behaved with honour to the United States, and we are perfectly easy on that score. If she has a mind to come and drive off the scoundrels and British emissaries that seek to embroil the United States and France with each other, we will not fortify New-York to prevent it. Let those pay the expence of fortifying who expose it to danger. The cheapest way to fortify New York, will be to banish the scoundrels that infest it."
"Thank God! the above is not from the press of any American. None but an alien, one who felt no attachment to the land he lives in, could have given publicity to any thing so infamous and so traitorous. Hear him once more:
"Two or three thousand French troops would soon scour New-York, and carry off a cargo of conspirators."
Is this to be tolerated? Is there then a party in the United States already formed to call upon the French to invade us? And have they already arrived at that pitch of audacity as openly to avow it? If Buonaparte would only send two or three thousand troops, the number necessary to make up the quota would be presume, be furnished here, and the federalists seized and delivered to them bound ready for the murderous guillotine. And has it so soon come to this pass? O monstrous villainy!
The work from which we extracted into our last concludes.
OF THE PROSPECT OF PEACE.
Buonaparte will be the principal actor on the scene of negotiation, and it is important to describe him in this character. He has made repeated overtures for peace, accompanied by professions of humanity, in which it would be a satire on the credulity of any one to suppose that he was considered sincere. As well might we deem him impressed with the belief of our sacred religion because he has found its re-establishment in France conducive to his popularity, or consider him a convert to Mahomet, because in Egypt he proclaimed himself a prophet, and the destroyer of Christianity.
We may predict with a considerable degree of confidence the conduct he will hold. In his overtures and in the early stage of the communications, while general terms only are used, we shall find him disposed to promise every thing. But in the arrangement of the actual conditions, where the explicit nature of the terms will prevent the possibility of subterfuge, we shall experience nothing but obstinacy and delay. When Lord Malmesbury was sent to Paris in 1796, the Directory agreed to treat on the basis of mutual cessions; an admission which they afterwards qualified by the very temperate and consistent declaration, that they would listen to no proposals contrary to the constitution, the treaties, and the fundamental laws of the Republic; namely, that constitution by which the chief part of their acquisitions was annexed to France, while the remainder were erected into republics dependent on her; and those treaties, by which they had guaranteed to Spain and Holland the restitution by Britain of all her conquests.
If we urge the necessity of security to Britain on account of the immense increase of the French dominions, Buonaparte will affect to consider our visionary conquests in India as equivalent to his solid acquisitions in Europe. Concessions that Russia has taken nothing for herself in Europe, he will fabricate tales of aggression against Persia. When we allege the subjection of Holland and Italy to France, he will consider us as answered by the statutes of his venal senate, which stipulate that those crowns shall never be united on the same head as the diadem of France, as if they were not substantially provinces of the same empire. When we demand to retain a part of our conquests, he will argue his own moderation in demanding cessions from Austria not for himself but for his allies; as if a political appropriation rendered these acquisitions less dangerous to Europe. And when we mention a barrier against further encroachments, he will have the confidence to appeal, as he did in 1803, to his known pacific disposition, and affect to treat the suspicion of ambition as an indignity.
If we yield in any one important point, we shall find him altogether intractable in every other. Have we forgotten the delays and artifices he practised at Amiens? Even then it was necessary to threaten and to equip armaments, in order to make him agree to the few sacrifices we required in a treaty so highly favourable to him. In negotiation with Buonaparte there is only one effectual plan to be followed: Let our terms be explicit, our language direct and firm. Offer, in concurrence with Russia, a peace on such conditions as our success justifies, and the security of Britain and of Europe demands. Tender him a treaty on these conditions with one hand, while in the other you hold the alternative of war. Adhere to these terms with inflexible firmness—a firmness equally remote from haughtiness as from submission. He will alternate storm and flattery; but as we must despise his threats, beware of his artifices, and refute his sophistry. Our claims are just and our means ample for their attainment. We ask to deprive France of nothing, but to stipulate protection and tranquillity for ourselves. A manly perseverance will attain our end. The war can be conducted only by sea, and it is our's to rule the ocean. Buonaparte, convinced that we are neither to be overreached nor intimidated, will relinquish the hopeless contest, and seek a more solid glory in peace.
Those who are sanguine of an immediate pacification, and found their belief upon Mr. Fox's known sentiments, overrate both his inclination for peace and the extent of his influence. Mr. Fox, when in opposition to a warlike administration, expressed more ardour for peace in the heat of debate than it is likely he will feel in the calm deliberation of the cabinet. His official communications must have at least opened his eyes to the perfidious policy of Buonaparte, and his declaration in regard to Hanover announces not only that his majesty will never consent to its relinquishment, but that he will accept of no equivalent for its cession.
Were the sentiments of the right honourable Secretary even as pacific as many believe, it is no
compliment to administration to consider these sentiments as imperative on the cabinet. Mr. Fox regulates India and Ireland, because, in the partition of influence, these important branches are assigned to his party; but he is not therefore the arbiter of peace and war to the British empire. This question involves not the appointment of friends, but the salvation of the country; and in a matter of so high interest, the country is represented not by the secretary for foreign affairs, but by the united cabinet. It is worthy of the vulgar only to suppose, that because the dispatches proceed from the secretary's office, they bear the stamp exclusive of his sentiments.
Let us inquire the dispositions of the men who must be consulted, as well as Mr. Fox, on the present occasion. Lords Grenville, Spencer, and Fitzwilliam, along with Mr. Windham, have always been the advocates of war. Lord Sidmouth has been taught in a severe school, and will not again lightly concur in another treaty of Amiens. Lord Grenville is so decidedly pledged to the country, that we should be justified to dread the conclusion of no hasty or inadequate treaty without the signal of his lordship's resignation. Flexibility is not his character, and it is very generally believed that the real cause of the dissolution of administration in the spring of 1801, was an incompatibility of sentiment on this most important subject, between his lordship and Mr. Pitt. Such has long been the current report, and the conduct of these statesmen in the sequel, when each, detached from administration, spoke his individual sentiments, has given it an authority superior to report. If this cause therefore produced a dissolution of ministry, when his lordship was joined with Mr. Pitt, the companion of his life, the friend of his bosom, how much more is it likely to occasion a similar effect, when acting with Mr. Fox, with whom his connexion is of yesterday, unsanctioned by conformity of political ideas or by congeniality of personal feelings—a connexion equally hollow in its origin and precarious in its tenure—prompted in its commencement by motives unworthy of distinguished statesmen, and evincing in its course, a contrariety of views equally subversive of the harmony and the permanency of administration—a connexion which, in an evil hour, detached his lordship from the illustrious character we have lately lost, and which at this moment of doubt and anxiety on the subject of a most important negotiation, is the only obstacle that prevents the nation from reposing an unlimited trust in his lordship, and awaiting the issue with confidence and tranquillity.
The advocates of the present ministry allege that Mr. Fox and lord Grenville, before agreeing to act together, must have had the fullest and most satisfactory explanations on every important topic; especially, they add, in regard to peace, the most interesting of all. Will these gentlemen undertake to define the nature of the explanations which produced this sudden harmony? Whether the one had the condescension to relinquish his sentiments in toto, and generously adopt those of his new friend, or whether, rivalling each other in courtesy, they met half way at the altar, and cemented the heterogeneous league by mutual sacrifices. Their apologists omit also to notice the alacrity with which certain statesmen out of place are disposed to agree in any plan which may give to the country the benefit of their services; an alacrity so powerful in the present instance as to overcome at once the deep-rooted objections of a whole life of variance. It is highly probable that no explanation whatever took place between those eminent statesmen, except in those general terms in which men will seldom differ on any occasion, and never when they pursue with avidity a mutual object. Had they entered into a strict investigation of their respective sentiments, it is as improbable that they would ever have coalesced, as that they will long continue united. Every thing is opposite, whether we consider the temper of the men, their career in life, the opinions to which they are pledged for the past, or the dispositions with which they will view the occurrences of the future. Their junction was obviously necessary in order to get into power, and they may probably preserve harmony while they continue indispensable to each other. But remove this necessity, and enable either Mr. Fox or lord Grenville to guide alone the vessel of the state, and a short time will elapse before one hand will seize the helm and hurl his brother pilot from the post.
It is therefore extremely unlikely, even if Mr. Fox continue as warm an advocate of peace as formerly, that he will procure lord Grenville's acquiescence to conditions inferior to those to which his lordship in 1801, although hopeless of continental assistance, maintained that we were entitled. Circumstances are again equally favourable, and his lordship is solemnly pledged to the country to resign, sooner than sanction a second treaty of Amiens.
It is inconceivable with what industry the most false reports of peace have of late been circulated, and with what credulity they have been received.—Lord Yarmouth, instead of the bearer of a dispatch, has been metamorphosed into a second Malmesbury, capable of comprehending at one interview the complicated relations of the two leading powers of Europe. Others seem to have considered our differences with France of so simple a nature as to be susceptible of adjustment by the interchange of letters, without the necessity of personal conferences. And lord Lauderdale has been commissioned to subscribe a definitive treaty, when the overtures which precede a negotiation even for preliminaries, had scarcely been made. Policies of insurance, it is pretended, have been circulated, offering premiums for the signature of preliminaries in a week, or even a day. Mercantile business is in consequence at a stand, the sale of almost every article of produce or manufacture suspended; and, while we continue to defray all the burdens of war, we are deprived of our just indemnity, in the increased price of our goods. Such a situation unites the evils of both peace and war. The metropolis and the country are a prey to the daily rumours of the selfish and the credulous, and the report of one hour is contradicted the next.
A rational and attentive view of our situation will suggest very different sentiments. It will convince us that while overtures only are pending, it is highly absurd to expect the consequences of advanced negotiation; that the differences between France and Britain are such as to render their adjustment a work of much time and difficulty; and that treating in conjunction with Russia, the object of discussion become still more various and complicated.—There exists on neither side, that necessity for immediate peace which alone could lead to a treaty so

rapidly concluded as the late rumours suppose. The well-known ambition of our enemy offers no flattering prospect as yet of those conditions which alone can render peace eligible. Since his late triumph on the continent, he might give us all we require without committing his own dignity; and were he as wise as he is great, he would eagerly avail himself of a concurrence of circumstances, in which to make sacrifices is to him no dishonour. But pride and resentment are predominant in his breast, the rage of ambition will stifle the admonitions of policy, and he will sooner encounter all the evils of war than subscribe a treaty favourable to Britain and to Europe.
On such a treaty our ministry are bound to insist, whether actuated by a regard to the publick feelings, by a just sense of our present situation, or by the experience of the past. It enters into the giddy temper of the French to abuse successes under every form of government. While they consider themselves conquerors, no nation is secure from their aggressions; our only chance of tranquillity in peace is to impress them with a fixed conviction of our superiority in war. Let us look back to the history of Europe for the last century. The peace of Ryswick was favourable to France and led to a renewal of hostilities in four years. Defeated and humbled at the peace of Utrecht, she allowed Europe to enjoy tranquillity nearly thirty years. Victorious at Aix la Chapelle, her encroachments were so rapid as to necessitate a recurrence to hostilities in less than seven years. Disappointed and overcome in the celebrated war which succeeded, it was with the utmost difficulty that after an interval of peace twice as long as the preceding, she yielded to the temptation of separating America from Britain. The peace of Amiens belongs to the catalogue of her triumphant negotiations, and did it not produce their usual effects—an unsettled truce, and a precipitate rupture?
Let us beware therefore of yielding to such flattering pictures of the advantages of peace as are exhibited in the Inquiry into the State of the Nation and of which the apparent intention is to prepare the country for negotiation on terms inadequate to our just demands. The difference between peace and war cannot now be to us the difference between agitation and tranquillity, between light and heavy burdens. Our anxiety must be increased, and the reduction of our burdens can be only partial. Yet humanity and policy concur to recommend a cessation of war, if we can obtain in the conditions or peace the provisions of security. From an overbearing tyrant these are not to be gained, by hasty overtures, but by the gradual progress of negotiation, and the firm attitude of war. Necessity alone will induce his acquiescence, and war is the instrument we must wield. Let us assiduously improve our army. Our navy requires no alteration, except the addition of small vessels, calculated to oppose the enemy in the Channel. And to assure the prosperity of our finances, it remains only to adhere, with undeviating constancy, to the admirable plan prescribed by the statesman we have lately lost.
If the negotiation is broken off, our enemy will renew his threats of invasion with double arrogance. He will publish his pretended injuries to his people, and deem himself so firmly seated on his throne as to be exempt, in the event of failure, from the dread either of domestic insurrection or of foreign attack. Let invasion come with all its terrors. We will not dissemble its dangers; we will boldly face them. The conflict will be fierce, but its issue will not be doubtful. The strength of the nation will be roused, and if we are true to ourselves, we shall turn the boasts of Buonaparte into speedy discomfiture. Baffled in his only means of hostility, he will learn at last to yield, and conclude peace on those terms which are indispensable not only to our tranquillity but to our safety; and without which a cessation of war would be the signal for another series of insults and aggressions.
FROM A LATE LONDON PAPER.
LANSDOWN HOUSE MASQUERADE.
At the late Masquerade at Lansdown House no Character was better supported than The Newsmaster . He distributed about 500 Gazettes to the most beautiful group of lovely females we ever saw assembled. For our Readers' information we insert some of them:
EXTRAORDINARY NEWS FROM SOUTH AMERICA!
"GENERAL MIRANDA,"
and his thousand followers, have completely succeeded in revolutionizing South America, by embodying several regiments of Crocodiles and Rattle Snakes , and has given the command of the hundred Forts, taken by him in ten days, to each of his hundred body guards."
EXTRAORDINARY NEWS FROM NORTH AMERICA!
"JEFFERSON AND HIS YANKIES"
have DECLARED WAR AGAINST GREAT BRITAIN and her Dependencies. After performing Funeral Service for one poor unfortunate seaman, on board a Smuggling Cutter, killed by accident by a Cannon Shot from a British Frigate bringing her to—The PRESIDENT and his YANKEE CREW, consulting the Genius of Grotton, unanimously resolved to join the French in Invading Great Britain; and for that Purpose have shipped off 100,000 BULL-FROGS , armed with Kentucky Rifle Guns, to co-operate with these Brothers in Nature, though not in Name the FRENCH FROGS ."
EXTRAORDINARY NEWS FROM INDIA!
"JEROME BUONAPARTE,"
after an unsuccessful Cruise to intercept our India Fleet, which has arrived safe at Portsmouth, put into St. Salvador, and while recruiting himself and his Sick Sailors and Soldiers on shore, was attacked on the 1st of April last, by a Regiment of Aligators , and the whole party devoured in one Meal, except the FRENCH ADMIRAL , who has escaped by plunging into the Sea, and was there swallowed alive by a SHE WHALE , which was caught by one of the India ships on its passage home, and the French Admiral cut out of her Inside .—Now to be seen at the Admiralty."
NEW ADMINISTRATION!
"ARMY EN MASSE,"
"To oppose the BULL FROGS from America, and the FRENCH FROGS in Europe. Mr. Wind-
ham intends calling out, as a Corps de Reserve , all the PIGS to learn the Use of Arms, and Ld. H. Petty proposes laying a TAX on all the GEESE in the United Kingdom."
Each of these Gazettes afforded an infinite variety of ideas. Every moment the Newsmaster was assailed by Masques of Jews, Infidels, and Christians . At one time he was completely surrounded by a body of Jolly Tars , fresh from a cruise, who wanted all the News , that he could with difficulty get away from them, till his observation of their indefatigable industry in ferreting out the French Admiral at the bottom of the Ocean, created universal applause, and made them sheer off with three huzzas's. He made a dead set at a party in the dress of Quakers, who were particularly mindful of Number One at Supper, and very pertly quizzed them on the impossibility of their evading the new Tax on Geese .—His Grandmother's Budget , which he carried on his back in a curious Indian basket, afforded much amusement; and his excuse when he broke his Horn , that he could give no more news, as his Grandmother had only furnished him with one, was excellent and well-timed, for he was then quite exhausted with fatigue.
THE ROYAL BROTHERS, and the DUKE OF GLOUCESTER, the CHANCELLOR, Mr. TIERNEY, and Mr. WHITBREAD, has his Gazettes put into their hands. His dress was remarkably neat. Indeed, his whole Character was supported till six o'clock in the morning by wit, quickness, and ability, as he had news for every one; particularly some home-brewed! This Masque was not discovered until he unmasked at Supper, although hundreds were inquiring "Who is he?" Capt. DOYLE, in the character of Ballad Singer , had some suspicion, however, who he was, and recognized Mr. ROBERT SHEDDEN. After Supper they danced Reels in an elegant manner with Lady E. HAMILTON, Mrs. RICKETTS, and her lovely daughters, the beautiful Americans, who were in the dress of Nuns.
E tract of a letter, dated Naples, June 6.
On the 31st of last month we enjoyed, for the first time, the spectacle of Vesuvius . A column of very black smoke rose from the crater about ten o'clock; flashes now and then burst from this column; at length the eruption appeared in a mass of flame, of immense diameter, and occupying the whole vast extent of the crater. This mass was kept up by successive emissions of whitish flame, which as it rose in the air, assumed a more intense red colour, and of melted substances, some of which were opaque, were projected with violence above the body of fire, and often fell beyond the circumference of the crater. At midnight there was not yet any current of lava, but frequent rumblings were heard.
On the 1st of June the eruption continued the whole morning, and we resolved to visit the mountain the following night.
We set out at eight in the evening.—We took horse at Resina, near the descent to Herculaneum, and proceeded towards the residence of the hermit. The house in which he lives is situated near the south peak of Mount Summa, being an easy ride of an hour and a half from Resina.
On leaving the hermitage we proceeded across the valley which separates Summa from Vesuvius, and is known by the appellation of Alrio del Cavallo . It is of no great depth, being almost entirely filled with the lavas of successive eruptions, piled one above another. At length we reached the foot of Vesuvius, where we left our horses and began to ascend on foot.
The declivity is very steep, and difficult of ascent, on account of the moveable nature of the ground on which you walk, having nothing but a mixture of ashes and fragments of lava, without consistency. After great fatigue we reached the summit, and arrived at one of the edges of the crater.
We had been lighted the whole way by eruptions of the mountain, which were projecting to a very great height. Violent rumblings that were continually heard, added to the grandeur and awfulness of the spectacle, which appeared much more beautiful and majestic from the point to which we had climbed with so much difficulty.
Suspended as it were on the brink of the crater, nothing interposed to prevent our view of the eruptions. We beheld immense masses of flame issuing almost from under our feet, rising above the clouds, and carrying with them to the same height, showers of ignited stones, which generally descended nearly in a perpendicular direction, into the very mouth of the crater; but for some time falling beyond its brink, rebounded around us, and rolled red hot down the declivity which we had climbed.—Columns of fire, clouds of smoke, and showers of stones, succeeded each other, without interruption, accompanied by continual subterraneous noises; the bowels of the mountain seemed convulsed, the ground on which we stood shook, and threatened to sink beneath our feet. Never had we beheld a more awful image of the convulsions of nature, and notwithstanding the risque we incurred from the continual falling of the stones, we could scarcely be prevailed upon to leave it.
Our guides who were better judges of the danger than ourselves, now became alarmed, and urged us to descend.
The violence of the volcano had increased since we reached the summit, and the Power that presides over the place, seemed inclined to punish us for our audacity, and for having presumed to violate his tremendous abode.
We accordingly descended, and in a few minutes arrived at the Alrio del Cavallo .—We were out of the reach of danger, and were enabled to contemplate, without apprehension, the objects by which we were surrounded. What an astonishing spectacle! Over our head the volcano, with its smoking lava rushed down the side of the mountain; before us the sea smooth and calm; the full moon illuminating with the mild beams the extremity of the horizon; the clouds and smoke wafted around the summit of the mountain, and concealing, for a few moments, the vast conflagration, which appeared again more lively and more brilliant. The succession of lights and shades, this contrast of turbulence and tranquillity, this solitude in the midst of vast convulsion, produced a multitude of contrary impressions that cannot be described, but the recollection of which will never be erased.
We returned about four in the morning to Naples, having spent four hours in the excursion.
On the second, the eruption continued the whole day, with much greater violence than before. Two currents of lava were formed; one of these stopped
in the morning—the other, taking an eastern course spread with great rapidity, and deluged the plain.—As our excursion of the preceding night had not enabled us to form any idea concerning the progress of the lava, we set out again to observe this extraordinary phenomenon.
Passing through the villages of Portici, Resina, and Torre del Greco, we entered inclosures, consisting of vineyards and cornfields, into which the lava had penetrated; we approached the current, and were surprised to find the progress of the lava so different from the conception I had formed of it.
I had always imagined that the substance of the lava, resembling melted glass, ran in the same manner, and advanced uniformly like a river of fire; and indeed it is extremely probable, that in a great number of eruptions, it actually exhibits this appearance. On the present occasion, I saw nothing but an accumulation of stones, some of which were of prodigious magnitude, heaped one upon another, to the height of fifteen or twenty feet, and about half a mile in breadth. This formidable mass advanced slowly, following a progression produced solely by the falling of different bodies (between which there is no adhesion, and which in obedience to the impulsion they had received on issuing from the crater, rolled from the most elevated point, and covered the surface of another stratum. In this manner the stones rolled over one upon another, till the front rank having attained the same height as that which produced it, began in turn to pour down the ignited bodies that came tumbling upon it.
All this intestine motion was accompanied with a noise resembling the decipitation of salts, but much more loud and brisk. The fire was fed by various combustible matters, as sulphur, bitumen, and metals, which might be known by their flames—but there was no appearance either of complete fusion, or of the commencement of it. The stone resisted the pressure of a stick, which I several times endeavoured, but in vain, to thrust into them.
Meanwhile the devastation occasioned by the progress of this torrent presented a horrid spectacle. The trees which supported the vines, and the vines themselves, were burned by the extreme heat of this mass of matter, even before it reached them; and the bright and clear light produced by their combustion, indicated the exact contour of the progress of the lava. The walls of inclosures and of houses, calcined by the heat, crumbled to pieces before this moving mountain, or were thrown down by the force of the impulsion. Sometimes, however, instead of overturning an obstacle, the lava turned aside, and left it standing; for this variety of action it is impossible to assign any reason.
After we had contemplated this dismal and astonishing sight, we went up to the convent of the Camaldulenses , situated on a kind of peak of considerable height, that overlooks the whole plain, which extends from the south to the west, from the foot of Mount of Vesuvius to the sea. This building has hitherto been spared, as well as the thick wood in which it has been embosomed. It is one of the nearest points to Vesuvius, and that from which you are best able to discover and trace the progress of the lava. It is the asylum to which the wretched inhabitants of the desolated plain have often fled with their most valuable effects; to which they have driven their flocks, and conveyed their wives and children.
Here we staid a considerable time; our view extended over the declivity of Vesuvius, from which ran several currents of lava, that issued from the sides of the mountain; while enormous flames of fire, of which we had a nearer prospect the night before, darted continually from its summit. We had likewise a view of the plain, in which appeared the long windings of the rivers of fire. The reddish reverberation of the lava, and the conflagration in the plain, illumined the landscape. On every side appeared the image of desolation; but yet it exhibited a picture so splendid, a scene so magnificent, that the ravages with which it was attended were entirely forgotten in the contemplation of its picturesque and poetic beauty. In short, when my mind figures to itself those fiery torrents, the motion of the lava, the subterraneous thunders, those continual hissing, so many wonders, so many subjects of grief and admiration, I should think that a dream had deceived me, if the imagination, which produces such dreams, were capable of creating images so awful and so grand.
On the 3d the eruption continued, and the lava still advanced; the detonations were louder and more frequent than the preceding day. In the evening the flames shot to a still greater height, attracting the electricity of the air, and of the clouds, which emitted splendid flashes.
On the 4th, the eruption was less violent. On the 5th, Vesuvius began to throw out ashes, which, we are assured, announces the conclusion of the eruption.—( Monitor, June 22. )
Brandy, Rum, Gin, &c. FOURTH proof Cogniac Brandy; Holland Gin, Country Gin; Jamaica, Antigua, W. I. & country Rum, Mucavado Sugars, in hogsheads and barrels, Coffee in bags and barrels, Old London Particular Madeira Wine in pipes, quarter casks, and half-quarter casks, fit for immediate use, Sherry, Malaga, and Tenerife Wine, Liverpool Salt loose and in sacks, A few boxes real Spanish Segars; and a very extensive assortment of Ship Chandlery constantly on hand.—For Sale by D. R. Waddey, & Co. October 24. tf
Navy, Pilot Bread, and Crackers, LANDING on Marsden's-wf. from Alexandria, 154 barrels Navy Bread; 14 do. superfine Pilot do. 24 do. Crackers; 43 half barrels do.—which will be sold on very low terms by applying to John Brown, Marsden's-wf. harf. October 22. tf 282
A Question in Law and Equity. A. employs B. to work by the month, and is to pay him ten dollars per month and to find him board and lodging. B. begins to work but is taken sick. After his recovery undertakes different jobs for other people, so that he takes one month and eighteen days to complete his month's work.—Query, whether A. is to board him the eighteen days extra gratis, or to be paid for boarding. An answer to the above will much oblige A CITIZEN. Oct. 23. 3* 283
FOR SALE, AN excellent Riding GIG & HORSE—the Horse but six years old and in good order, goes as well in harness as any horse in the state—also a good MILCH COW. If purchased altogether, a generous credit will be given. Apply to the Printer. Oct. 22. tf 285.
LANDS, &c. for Sale. PURSUANT to a Deed of Trust, executed by Daniel Clements, to secure a debt due to John Lanier, Will be Sold for ready money on the premises, on Monday the 10th day of November next, at 12 o'Clock.
TWO LOTS OF LAND, in the town of Portsmouth, formerly the property of Samuel Kerr, deceased.—There are on the Lots a good Dwelling-House and large Kitchen, and other convenient houses; a large Brick House erected for a Distillery, &c. and contiguous to water, sufficient for lighters to load and unload.
October 22. tf 280
Lands for Sale, BY VIRTUE of a Deed in Trust, executed by Preston Bowdoin, to secure the payment of a sum of money due by him to John Eyre, Will be Sold, on SATURDAY, the 15th day of November next, the following
LOTS OF LAND, situate in the Borough of Norfolk, viz. one Lot beginning at the intersection of Bute and Dunnmore-Street, running thence along Bute-street to Yarmouth-street, thence to York-street, thence to Dunnmore-street, and thence to the place of beginning.
One Lot beginning at the intersection of York with Yarmouth-Street, thence 198 feet along Yarmouth-street, thence to Dunnmore-Street, thence to York-street, thence along York-street to the beginning.
And another Lot situate on the Main-Street between the lane leading down to Gen. Mathews's, and the land belonging to the estate of Col. Tucker.—Terms of Sale, Cash.
John Nivison, James Taylor, jun. } Trustees, Robt. B. Taylor. } October 13. tds 252
TO RENT, For the ensuing year, or lease for a term of years, that well known and
Valuable PLANTATION, Curle's Pasture; it has lately been under a lease of ten years, to George Hope, sen. of Hampton, which lease expires the last day of December, 1806. It has a very valuable orchard on it, joins Hampton on one side, and Hampton river on the other, so that its produce may be conveyed to market without the convenience of land carriages. For terms apply to Lockey Curle. Warwick, September 24. 6w 208
Rum and Molasses. LANDING this day from sch'r Welcome Return, 30 puncheons high proof Jamaica Rum, 14 hogsheads choice Molasses.—For Sale by Proby, Harmanon, & Co. October 20. 3t 277
NOTICE. ALL Persons having claims against the subscriber are requested to bring them in for settlement. A. Cunningham. October 20. 3 276
FOR SALE, On board the Schooner Columbia, lying at Market-wharf, viz. 70 barrels New Beef; 8 half bbls. prime Mss do. 50 boxes first quality bar Soap; 30 do. Mould Candles, 10 do. Spermaceti do. 10 hds. N. E. Rum, 10 barrels do.; 20 do. Cranberries. October 20. 3 274
FLOUR & BUTTER. WE have for sale FLOUR, and a few firkins of very choice BUTTER. Rowland & Triplet. October 20. 5 275
FOR SALE, On board sch'r Amanda, at Campbell's wharf, Cheese, Cyder, Apples, Potatoes, Flax, Quinces, &c. &c. The said Schooner is offered for Freight or Charter to any port in the United States, or the West-Indies; she is a new vessel, 111 tons burthen, and in every respect well found. Enquire of the master on board, or to George Finch. October 20. 3* 279
FOR SALE, 11 Punch. St. Croix Rum, 10 do. Grenada do. 15 Casks Grenada Molasses; 11 bags Coffee, 8 Tons Fustick. Richard Boyce. October 8. tf 242
PORTER BOTTLES. 25 Crates PORTER BOTTLES just received, for Sale by John C. Niemeyer. Oct. 15. 2w3w 264
NOTICE. INTENDING to leave this State in a short time, I request all those having claims against me to bring them in, and those indebted to make immediate payment. Benjamin Hathaway. October 13. tf
The Subscriber offers for Sale the following Merchandise on reasonable terms, 50 casks Nails and Spikes, assorted. 6 do. Hoes do. 5 do. Smoothing Irons; 1 do. Axes, assorted, A few pair fire Dogs and Irons; 6 doz. Spades, 3 boxes half-pint Tumblers, Window Glass, 8 by 10, 9 by 11, 10 by 12, 2 Time Pieces; a quantity of Jugs and Butter Pots, 40 jugs split Pease; a few bags Pepper, A few hds. Molasses; 15 hds. low land Tobacco, ALSO, A brick DWELLING-HOUSE, slated, 26 by 32 feet, and nearly finished with the best materials, situated on a pleasant lot on Cumberland-street, in fee simple, 150 feet deep by 39 feet 6 inches front. Robert Gibson. October 15. 12w4w 263
On Wednesday, 29th inst. will be Sold before the Rawleigh Door, in this city, upon a credit of one and two years, Two elegant and full bred STUD HORSES, one of them seven years old, was got by Chanticleer; the other, three years old, by Lampgher.—Their pedigree will be shown on the day of Sale. Williamsburg, October 2. 1w3w 327
FOR SALE, The LOT and HOUSES, whereon John Hamilton, Esq. the British Consul resides; on it are a three story Dwelling-House, an Office, a Kitchen, and other houses necessary for family use.—Well of good Water newly fitted, and a Garden lately paid in a Warehouse and Cellar under it, the remains of a Wharf which will make a good foundation to build on, with all the privileges of lots situated on the river of extending a wharf.—About two hundred and seventy-one and half acres of well timbered Land, with a good Fishery on Willoughby's Bay, taking in the mouth and part of Mason's Creek, where the best of Fish and Oysters can be conveniently taken.—Also, a Lot in Smithfield, between Mr. Purdie's and Capt. Todd's lots. For terms apply to Thomas Newon. August 2 28

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, Superfine CLOTHS, Fashionable Cassimeres; Union Cloth; Swansdown and Silk Waistcoating; coarse Woollens by the piece or bale; Blankets and Flannels do. do.; Irish Linens and Oznaburghs; best Seine Twine; Twill'd Sacking; Coarse and Fine Hats in cases; Velvets, Cords, and Corduroys; Callicoes, Cambrics, Ginghams; Silk, Silk and Cotton Chambrays; White, Blue, Black, and Italian Crapes; Bombazeens, Bombazets, and Wildbores; Carpets and Carpeting; 100 kegs Gun Powder; 4 Ton Shot; Fowling Pieces; Cutlery assorted in Boxes. Sept. 19. tf 193
FALL GOODS.
The Subscribers have now received the whole of their FALL ASSORTMENT, which they offer for Sale on the lowest terms for cash, country, or West-India produce, or approved paper. J. & W. Southgate. Sept. 12. 2m 173  For Sale on board the Ship Dunfries, A few boxes of Glass, 2 feet by 1 1/2; a case of Dutch Quills; a few pieces Ticklenburgs; handsome German Baskets and Table Mats; a quantity of Stone Jugs and Butter Pots; also, a few Stone Bottles, for bottling Cyder. October 13. tf 253
Office of Discount and Deposit, U. S. Bank, Norfolk, Sept. 22, 1806.
WANTED TO PURCHASE,
A few Thousand Pounds sterl. in approved endorsed Bills on, or payable in London at sixty days sight. Robert Oliphant, Cashier. Sept. 22. tf 196
WE HAVE FOR SALE, on low terms, London particular 18 Pipes, 11 Hogsheads, 3 Qr. Casks } Madeira WINE, A Cargo of Isle of May SALT, 600 Sacks Liverpool stoved do. 20 Hogsheads low land TOBACCO. J. & W. Southgate. August 18. tf 87
HUNTER & GATEWOOD,
Have received per schooner Father and Sons, capt. Hopkins, from London, part of their supply of FALL GOODS, consisting of a handsome assortment of Best superfine broad Cloths, and Calimeres; fashionable Waistcoating; Gentlemen's Beaver and patent Silk Hats; silk, cotton, and worsted Hosiery; fine Irish Linens; Diapers, Sheetings, and Long Lawns; handsome furniture Callicoes; a few elegant Ladies' Shawls, and a variety of Fancy Articles. They are in expectation of receiving by the first arrivals from Liverpool, a supply of Woolens, Hardware, &c. &c. Which will make their assortment very general, and which they will dispose of on the lowest terms by wholesale or retail, for cash or good paper. Sept. 5. tf 152
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 Fernaughts, 3 do. Blue Drabbed mixed Pains, 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; 3 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
Landing from the Ship Ocean, from Marseilles, 600 hlids. 100 cases Claret; 13 do. Vin-de-Grave, 57 pipes Brandy; 173 cases Sweet Oil; 25 do. Olives, 5 cases Capers; 20 do. Anchovies; 2 do. Fine Hats. 50 bags Corks. For Sale by Moses Myers. Who has in Store, also for Sale, 150 pipes Cogniac Brandy; 120 hlids. good Sugars, 60 bags Coffee; 100 cases choice old Claret, 80 pipes Wespier Gin; 80 empty Gin Cases, 10,000 bushels Lisbon and Isle of May Salt. October 13. tf 251
FOR SALE,
400 Shares of Marine STOCK. Apply to the Editor of this Paper. Oct. 15. tf 265  50 firkins BUTTER, for family use, Just received, and for SALE by Phinehas Dana. October 10. tf 245
FOR SALE,
430 Shares MARINE STOCK, For Cash.—Enquire of the Editor of this Paper. August 25. tf 113  FOR SALE, 8 Cases Britannias; 2 do. Platillas, 1 do. Creas a la Morlaix, 5 bales Oznaburghs and Ticklenburgs—entitled to drawback James Young. October 17. tf 272
At Private Sale,
10,000 lb. Green Coffee; 9 pipes French Brandy, 15 quarter casks Old Sherry Wine; 90 tiers Rice, 6 cases French Cordials; 30 barrels Sugar, 80 boxes Mould Candles; 100 do. Brown Soap, 20 casks London Porter; 3 crates English Glassware, 3 bales Gurrachs, 2 do. Mow Sacks, 2 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 cases 7-8 and 4-4 Cambric Muslin, 1 do. Thickfots and Fancy Cords. The above will be Sold low for cash or approved paper at 60 days. S. Marks, jun. October 17. tf 269
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:  Aloes, Allum, 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., Gunns 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, Tolu, Peru, Spirit of Lavender, Spermaceti, Sugar of Lead, Letharge of Gold, Saltpetre refined, White Wax, Verdigris, Essences of Bergamot, Lemons, and Lavender, Quicksilver, Lunar Caustick, Sal Ammoniac.  In addition to the above importation from London, they have from Liverpool a variety of GLASS WARE, suitable to Apothecaries— PHIALS and GALLI-POTS by the crate or in smaller quantities— North's MACHINES, URINALS, BRASS PIPES, SHELLS, &c. ** MEDICINE CHESTS for ships and family use, and orders from the country executed with care and dispatch. October 1. tf 216
NOTICE. The Copartnership of P. DANA, & Co. being dissolved by the death of Mr. STEPHEN PARHAM; business in future will be transacted by Phinehas Dana. August 20. tf 95
NOTICE. Petitions will be presented to the next General Assembly of this State, for the following objects, to wit: 1st. To alter the present mode of electing the Common Council of the Borough of Norfolk, and to subject the voters to fines for non-attendance at elections. 2d. To enable the Mayor, Recorder, and Common Council to enforce, by bye-laws, similar to those in Alexandria, the paving of the Streets, and more effectually to remove nuisances and improve the health of the town. 3d. To extend the jurisdiction of the Corporation Courts, so as to allow process for apprehending criminals and fugitives, to be served any where upon the waters within the limits of the Port of Norfolk and Portsmouth. 4th. To authorise the Corporation Court to keep or let out the right of Ferriage from the Borough of Norfolk to the opposite shores of Elizabeth River and Hampton, and to apply the profits thereof towards the support of an Hospital, for the reception of indigent sick persons (not belonging to any vessel) who may be seized with the Yellow Fever, or other diseases incident to seaport towns. 5th. Further to amend the Charter of the Borough of Norfolk, in such a manner that the same person may be re-elected Mayor from year to year, not exceeding three years; and, altogether with the Aldermen, to receive such compensation for his or their services as the Common Council shall deem reasonable, to be paid either out of the general funds of the town, or by tax upon bills of health, warrants of survey upon vessels, taking depositions under foreign commissions, and so forth. 6th. For an amendment to the Dock Law, so as to permit the fixture of Flood Gates at the lower bridge, on the back creek, to keep in or let out at will, the water, for the greater comfort of the surrounding inhabitants, as well as for the improvement of the navigation of the creek below the bridge. 7th. To amend and explain the acts of Assembly, respecting the appointment and duties of Harbour Master, in such a manner as shall in future prevent any interference between those who may be appointed by the country courts, and those to be appointed by the courts of the corporation—Leaving each to depend upon their own industry, "as to bring vessels to their moorings in the harbour," but not to interfere with vessels avowedly bound to, or which may be at the wharves or docks of the other. 8th. To extend the limits of the Borough, so as to include from the creek on the west side of the hands of George Kelly, deceased, to the bridge near the Sycamores, and from thence down the meanderings of the creek to the river. 9th. To incorporate a Company for the purpose of cutting a Canal from the head of Plume's to Tanner's Creek. Sept. 29. tma 207
NORFOLK BOROUGH. At a Quarterly Session Court, continued and held the 30th day of August, 1806. John Gardiner, jun. Jonathan Worth, and Woodbridge Dalling, Merchants, trading under the firm of John Gardiner, jun. and Co. Compl'ts.
AGAINST Francis and Francis, G. Robinson, absent debtors, Conway and Fortescue Whittle, and John Davis, Defts. The Defendants Francis and Francis G. Robinson, 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: on the motion of the Complainants by their Counsel, it is ordered that the said Defendants Francis and Francis G. Robinson do appear here on the fourth Monday in November next, and answer the Bill of the Complainants, and that a copy of this order be forthwith inserted in some paper printed in the Borough of Norfolk for eight weeks successively, and posted at the front door of the Court-House of this Borough: and it is further ordered, that the Defendants Conway and Fortescue Whittle, and John Davis, who have effects of the said Francis and Francis G. Robinson, in their hands, do not pay, convey away, or secret such effects, but retain them till the further order of this Court. A Copy, Teste, William Sharp, C. N. B. C. 139
One Hundred Dollars Reward. ON WEDNESDAY night last, a most nefarious attempt was made to set fire to the dwelling house of WRIGHT SOUTHGATE.—The above reward will be given to any person, who will give such information as may lead to a discovery, and conviction of the perpetrator or perpetrators. Wright Southgate, Phinehas Dana. October 10. tf 243
The Subscribers in addition to their general assortment of SHIP CHANDLERY and GROCERIES, have received by the John and Alice, from London, 100 casks Kemp and Hoyt's Brown STOUT, 100 pieces English Canvas, assorted; 2 cases of Buntins, 50 casks of Gunpowder; half ton of Salt Petre—which they will sell low, and on a liberal credit. Noble, Arbuthnott, & Co. October 10. tf 244
FOR SALE. The subscriber resolved to remove to the country, and improve his Lands, offers for Sale The following valuable PROPERTY, viz. In Elizabeth-City, four valuable Establishments, chosen from the plan of the town, now thriving rapidly, consisting of TWO LOTS or one acre of ground, whereon 1 live, live, on the Post-road and Main-street, containing a Dwelling House complete, almost new, 30 by 27, with an addition new chamber on the ground floor, 14 by 15, very airy; complete dairy and store-room new, under one roof, with snug cellar, and a platform from the chamber to the dairy which renders the passage quite dry in the wettest season. a good Smook-house and Kitchen; a snug well finished Store-house, with a back shed and fire place; a two story Ware house new, proof against rats, with a back shed; an every other out-house and garden complete; the whole so decorated with trees and clover in a handsome manner, as in every respect remarkably pleasant. Two other Lots opposite the Court-House, on one of which stands a convenient Dwelling-House, with two good chimneys, now occupied as a store, and is an excellent stand for business; on the other Lot is very convenient stables and carriage house, built of juniper, all under the same roof, 43 by 13, stalls for 6 horses and room for carriages.
Two Lots adjoining near the water, handsomely enclosed with juniper, one cultivated as a garden and the other well set in clover, by far the pleasantest lot in town to build on, commanding a full view of Pasquotank River from town to the entrance, and fronting the south one piece of Ground back of said lots occupied as a Ship-yard, and is very convenient for the purpose, with the privilege of a creek and handsome beach at the mouth to draw a family seine, where small fish are to be taken every day in the year; a good Smith's shop (with tools if required) and good negro-house on the premises; one unimproved Lot on the S. W. corner of the town.
Sixty Acres of Wood Land, adjoining the town, parted only by the line, all high land, and on the public road leading out of the Main-street, where lots are valuable and daily applications for them, greater part very good land for clover and grain.
One Lot, Warehouse and Wharf, formerly occupied by C. & F. Grice, the wharf is new and well filled in with stone and sand, 104 feet in front, well framed with square timber, cypress above water; a Warehouse on the lot, 40 by 24, lately repaired, two stories high, and every apparatus for careening and graving vessels, of which a number apply.
A very handsome and well built Schooner, burthen about 700 barrels, now on the stocks, can be launched and completed in two weeks; a Sloop of 20 tons, four years old, now in the carpenter's hands, and will come out complete.
In Camden county, at Raymond's creek, on Pasquotank River Shore, a Piece of LAND at a very public landing, where much business has been done to advantage for a number of years, in the heart of a lumber and grain country, containing fourteen acres, on it a good Dwelling-house, with four rooms and piazza, out-houses, a good store, and ware-house separate, both two story.
Some valuable Negroes, Men, Boys, Women and Children, all of which will be sold on reasonable terms, in the whole or separate, for cash, good paper, or West-India produce, by application to Charles Grice. Elizabeth City, N. C. Sept. 18. 2m 201
The friends of Thomas Norman, John Marshall, William Norris, Elijah Russell, and John Hubbard, (who represent themselves to be citizens of Virginia,) have been impressed into the British service, for want of documents to prove their citizenship, will apply at this Office, and give a description of their persons, measures will then be taken to obtain their discharge. Thomas Newton, Collector. Collector's Office, Norfolk, } August 18, 1806. tf 86
To Rent or Lease, for one or five years, A commodious BRICK-HOUSE, Situated on Smith's Point, lately occupied by the Subscriber; to this tenement is annexed an excellent garden, &c. Apply to Thomas Price. Who has for Sale, A likely NEGRO MAN, about 22 years old; an excellent house servant, and has been accustomed to drive a carriage. July 11. tf 898
Advertisement. The interest of the estate requiring an immediate Sale, the Subscriber will sell a bargain, in the TRACT OF LAND, late the property of Christopher Gardner, deceased, containing one hundred acres, situated on the west side of Broad-creek, about three miles from Norfolk. It has on it a roomy comfortable Dwelling-House; one third of the Land is cleared, the remainder is in woods of good timber. A long credit will be given for the greatest part of the purchase money. Sweepon Whitehead, Ex'r. October 10. 6t 246
FOR SALE, 850 Barrels whole HERRINGS, in excellent order for Shipping, 80 do cut do. 130 do. SHAD; 750 bbls. TAR, 450 do. TURPENTINE. Richard Blow. July 14. tf 907
FOR RENT, The Store, Compting Room & Cellar, No. 41, Main-Street, lately occupied by Mr. Wm. McCutchen. Apply to Thomas Willock. March 17. 584
THE SUBSCRIBER, After practising Physick, &c. for upwards of forty years, finds it necessary to decline the laborious part of the profession. He proposes, however, (if his health permits) to visit and prescribe to any of his old patients, who may require his assistance, and will give his advice to others who may incline to consult him. James Taylor. October 2. 3w 225
FOR RENT, The three large and commodious Ware Houses on the lower end of Gibson's Wharf.—Possession may be had immediately, by applying to John Southgate, or William Dickson. Feb. 26. tf 584
SECOND CLASS. SCHEME OF A LOTTERY, or the Benefit of WILLIAM and MARY COLLEGE.    938 Tickets at 10 dolls. each, dolls. 59,380   4,685 do. at 15 do. do. 70,275   0,623 129,655   Deduct loss on 2000 Tickets renewed, 4,500   Dolls. 125,155   To float in the wheel, and come out as chance may direct.    2 Prizes of 5000 Dollars, each, Dolls. 10,000   4 do. 2000 do. 8,000   16 do. 1000 do. 16,000   16 do. 500 do. 8,000   32 do. 200 do. 6,400   150 do. 100 do. 15,000   32 do. 50 do. 1,600   750 do. 20 do. 15,000   1 do. 155   Stationary Prizes are, 1 Prize first drawn, after 1000 Tickets } are out, 500    1 do. 2000 500   1 do. 3000 500   1 do. 4000 500   1 do. 5000 500   1 do. 6000 500   1 do. 7000 10,000   1 do. 8000 500   1 do. 9000 500   1 do. last drawn, a Prize 20,000   1223 Prizes. 9400 Blanks. Dolls. 125,000
The superiority of this Scheme to the one first proposed, is so obvious, that little need be said in recommendation of it. Those inclined to adventure, will see that their chance for obtaining prizes is greatly increased; that pending the drawing, their small prizes may be immediately invested in other tickets, thereby giving them a chance for prizes of considerable magnitude. To those who have drawn prizes of 15 dolls. in the First Class, as well as to those who have drawn blanks, information is now given, that the prizes may at their own option be renewed by tickets in this Class, and their blanks also, but upon the payment in the latter case of 10 dollars with each blank, provided such prizes and blanks, with the cash, be remitted free of postage, to Robt. Greenhow, merchant, in Williamsburg, agent and treasurer, or to William Newsum, Post-Master, in Norfolk, previous to the commencement of the drawing, after which period no renewal will be made. When to the prospect of individual advantage that may result to each adventurer, is added the patriotic reasons which induced the legislature to authorise this Lottery, it is ardently hoped that the disposition of tickets, will soon enable the commissioners to certify, that the drawing has commenced; which event, the agent assures the public, shall be expedited by every means in his power. Robt. Greenhow, Ag't & Treasurer. June 18. tf 842
600 Sacks Fine Liverpool SALT, FOR SALE by William Dickson. Sept. 150
A valuable Tract of LAND for Sale. The Subscriber will sell his Plantation called Level-Green, adjoining the town of Kempville, 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 its local position handsome and eligible, lying on the Eastern Branch of Elizabeth river, and also on the public road leading to Norfolk. It is conveniently situated with respect to Norfolk market, being about 3 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 extravagant to say, that from the timber alone, a net sum may be made nearly, if not entirely, equal to the purchase money. Any person who may wish to view the Land, will apply to Mr. Wilson on the premises, to Mr. Charles Sayer, William Bishop, 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
FOR SALE, A Valuable PLANTATION, Lying on Crooked River, Camden county, in the State of Georgia, twenty-two miles from the town of St. Mary's, and about the same distance from the bar; containing 1770 acres, 250 of which are the very best sea-island cotton land, are well cleared, and have only been planted three seasons; there are above 200 acres more of the same quality, with a considerable quantity of large live oak timber on it, and also some excellent Rice Swamp Land. The Buildings consist of one handsome two-story Dwelling House, a Kitchen, Ginning-House, three Cotton Houses, a Barn and Store-House, and a number of framed Negro Houses, all of which are new, and built of the best materials. This Plantation is situated high, possesses very good water, and is remarkably healthy; there is every convenience for ship-building, the river being navigable for a vessel drawing 18 feet water, and in no river is there to be had a more abundant supply of oysters, with a great variety of other fish. There will also be sold with the Land, One Hundred and Twenty NEGROES, who are now upon it, ninety of whom are taskable, and among them several good tradesmen, the remaining thirty are likely young Slaves. For terms of Sale apply to Captain George Ker, St. Mary's; to the Honourable Judge Stephens, Savannah; Adam Tunno, Esq. Charleston, or to Thomas Hamilton, Sept. 29. tf 212 Norfolk.
NORFOLK BOROUGH. In Common Hall, Sept. 27, 1806. ON motion, Resolved, that Mr. John Southgate, Mr. Richard L. Green, and Mr. John Bramble, be a committee for the examination of all accounts against the Corporation, till the 24th June next, and that this resolution be published three weeks in the Norfolk Herald and the Publick Ledger. A copy, Teste, Wm. Sharp, C. C. H. 213
NOTICE. All persons having claims against the Estate of DANIEL MCPHERSON, deceased, are requested to exhibit them immediately to the Subscriber duly attested; those indebted to said estate, are informed that an immediate payment is indispensable. John Mc'Phail, Ex'r. August 1. tf 38
NORFOLK: PUBLISHED THREE TIMES A-WEEK, BY WILLIAM DAVIS, FOR THE PROPRIETOR, OPPOSITE THE EXCHANGE COFFEE HOUSE Price Five Dollars and Fifty Cents yearly, in advance