Berkeley and Jefferson intelligencer (Martinsburg, Va.), 1808-08-26 00:00:00

Berkeley and Jefferson Intelligencer.
Martinsburg, Va. Printed and published by JOHN ALBURTIS.
No. 14 of Vol. X.
FRIDAY, August 26, 1808.
Whole No. 482.
Terms of the Intelligencer.
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Corner Store, by the Market-House in Shepherd's-Town.
THE subscribers inform their friends (customers at a distance) and the public in general, that they have just finished opening, at their Store (by the Market-House) in Shepherd's-Town, a General Assortment of
FRESH GOODS,
which, added to their former stock, makes it very complete.
The following articles are a part of the stock now on hand:
 Ladies' Fashionable, figured and plain Satin Straw BONNETS,  ditto ditto split Straw, Lopham and Chip ditto,  Woolen and silk knit (imported) broad-brim BEAVER HATS,  with and without green under.  2 boxes Irish Linens (well assorted)  1 ditto Dronched ditto,  1 ditto ditto Downes and Brighton,  1 ditto ditto and house German Rolls,  2 boxes fine and coarse Ticklenburgs,  2 trunks nice Cambricks and common Calicos,  1 ditto 4-4 and 6-4 Cambricks Muslins,  Plain, Striped and Figured Leno Muslins,  1 case Superfine and lower priced Dimities,  1 trunk Silk and Cotton Hosiery,  English Kid and Silk Gloves,  HATS FINE,  Black, Champagne and Red Lantings,  A great variety of fashionable Ginghams,  ditto ditto Stripes, for Gentlemen's summer wear,  Palm Straws,  India ditto, Grandmills and Cotton Can-  SHET BLANKET,  Silk and Cotton Chamberlay Midas,  Gentlemen's Fashionable corded Marshall's Vesting,  White Sars and Royal Ribb, for Officers' pantaloons,  Elegant Fancy Silk and Lace Shawls,  Silk and Cotton Umbrellas and Parasols,  A great variety of Thread and Cotton Lace,  Bed Ticking, Home-made Linen, Twilled Rugs, and Flax,  Fresh Medicines and Paints, of the best quality,  Flax-seed Oil,  Prime Soap and Upper Leather,  Misc. Fashions, Calicoes and Boot-Legs. 
BAR-IRON, Steel and Nails,
Well-assorted PLANK,
A great quantity of Hard-Ware, China, Glass, Queens, Stone, Tin, Wooden and Pottery Ware.
Also, a large quantity of
Hugh and John Long's prime Sickles,
Waldron's Cradling and
German grass Scythes,
WHETSTONES,
60 barrels Rye Whisky,
a part of which is upwards of twelve months old,
40 barrels Apple Brandy,
two years old, which they will deliver, at their
Store, to be delivered after harvest.
They assure the public, that they have had
a better assortment of Goods than at present.
All of which they will sell low for Cash, or on the
most liberal terms to punctilious customers.
JAMES & JOHN LANE
Shepherd's-Town, June 24, 1808.
Take Notice.
THOSE persons who are indebted to the estate of Thomas Hall, late of Berkeley County, deceased, are requested to pay all their respective debts on or before the first of September next.
Those who have claims against the deceased, will please bring them in by the above time, for settlement.
JAMES FAULKNER, Admr.
Martinsburg, August 3, 1808.
BAR-IRON.
WE have now on hand a complete
assortment of American BAR-
IRON, which we intend keeping constantly
R. WORTHINGTON & Co.
Shepherd's-Town, May 20, 1808.
FRESH GOODS
Now opening.
THE subscribers have the pleasure to inform their friends, customers and the public generally, that they have just received and are now opening at their Store (Mr. Kearsey's well-known corner) in Shepherd's-Town, a complete and handsome assortment of
SPRING and SUMMER GOODS,
consisting of almost every article in the mercantile line, which have been purchased low, and will be sold on as favorable terms as any goods that will be offered this season.
They return their thanks to all those who have been pleased to call on them since their commencement in business, and flatter themselves with a continuance of the same, as they are determined that no pains shall be spared to accommodate those who may favour them with their custom.
R. WORTHINGTON & Co.
Shepherd's-Town, May 20, 1808.
The subscriber has just received a large quantity of
Bar-Iron,
which he offers for sale on the lowest terms,
ALSO
Crowley and Blister'd STEEL,
Waldron's prime Cradling Scythes
for sale at one dollar and twenty five cents;
Pendry's and Burns' SICKLES;
Pendry's are the same as Long's, he having lived with Long ten years, and is allowed to make Sicks equal to his master's.
He sells Brown Sugar as low as it is to be had in Baltimore by the quarter CWT.
He particularly solicits all those who wish to purchase GOODS for Cash to call on him, as he will undoubtedly make it to their advantage.
LEVI PRICE.
Martinsburg, June 10, 1808.
THE public are respectfully informed,
that the subscriber has lately purchased the Mills formerly owned by Major Andrew Waggener, and last in the occupancy of Cephas Beall, which, in a short time, will be in complete repair for the reception of Wheat and the manufacture of Flour; he will always keep in his employ persons well acquainted with the business, and will endeavour to give ample satisfaction to all his employers—He will stand the inspection of all Flour manufactured at his Mill, when the wheat is merchantable.
He will shortly have erected a Ma- chine, for the purpose of pounding and grinding Plaster Paris.
WILLIAM B. KING.
July 29, 1808.
MR. THOMAS STEWART, TAKE NOTICE.
THAT on the tenth day of Septem- ber next, at the house in which Mr. John Davis now resides, at the Yellow Springs, Green County, and state of Ohio, I intend to take the deposition of said John Davis, which I intend to offer in evidence on the trial of a suit brought by me against him in the District Court held at Winchester, Frederick County, Virginia, in which you are Plaintiff and I am Defendant. Said deposition to be taken by virtue of a commission is- sued from the said Court.
Yours, &c.
ALEXANDER MILLER.
July 29, 1808.
The following BLANKS, printed with new and elegant type, are always kept for sale at this Office:
DEEDS, Common BONDS,
CONSTABLES BLANKS,
Promissory NOTES, &c.
Twenty Dollars Reward.
RAN away from the subscriber, li- ving near Opeckon in Jefferson County, Virginia, on Monday the 6th instant, a Negro Man named ELISHA, about twenty one years of age, about five feet seven or eight inches high, well made, rather slow in his speech, and is remarkably fond of liquor—Had on when he went away, a new shirt and trousers of strong home-made tow linen, striped woolsen jacket, and a round- about made of the livery of a drab colour, the under part of the sleeves made of cloth nearly of the same colour, a wool hat about half worn, with a hat band and buckle, the hat band wrapped round with brass wire, and coarse shoes much worn. I will give twenty dollars reward and all reasonable expenses for the ap- prehension of the said Negro, if he is returned to me, or secured in jail, so that I get him again.
ABRAHAM GORRELL.
June 17, 1808.
Clock making and Watch repairing.
THE subscriber acquaints his friends and customers, that he is still car- rying on the above business at his resi- dence in Frederick County, on the main road leading from Martinsburg to Win- chester, eighteen miles from the former and six from the latter place, where he will be thankful for any orders in his line, and trusts he shall be able to exe- cute them with satisfaction to his em- ployers.
He has now in his employ John Grove, well known as an excellent Watch re- pairer—and for the convenience of per- sons, in or near Martinsburg, who may want their watches cleaned or repaired, he has engaged Joseph M'Feely of that place, to receive them for him, to whom they will be returned when finished.
Watches repaired by him will be war- ranted to perform accurately for one year, accidents excepted.
All Clocks made by him, will, as usual, be ensured to perform with accu- racy.
He makes Mill-Brands of every description.
REES BRANSON.
6th Month, 10th, 1808.
OBSERVE THIS.
The subscribers will pay cash (at six cents per lb.) for all clean Linen Rags delivered at their Paper Mill in Chambersburg.
SAMUEL PURVIANCE,
JOHN COLHOON.
Chambersburg, July 22, 1808. 16v
Sirry Horse.
TAKEN up trespassing on the sub- scriber's plantation, near Opeckon creek, a sorrel Horse, seven years old, fourteen and one half hands high, his left hind foot and right fore leg white, blaze face, shod all round, no perceivable brand, and appraised to sixty dollars. The owner is desired to prove property, pay charges, and take him away.
JOHN MYERS.
July 22, 1808.
THE subscriber will exchange Jewels
by for any kind of Silver work, for good new Feathers.
JOSEPH M'FEELEY.
Martinsburg, July 15, 1808.
Blank Replevin Bonds,
for sale at this Office.
WRITING PAPER
for sale at this Office.
PRICE,
Has just received a large supply of
FRESH GOODS,
which he offers for sale on the lowest
terms. His assortment consists, in part,
of the following articles:
 Mull Mull Muslins,  4-4 and 6-4 Cambrick do.  Leno and Spitalfield do.  a beautiful assortment,  Cambrick and Dimity Dimities,  Pocket Handkerchiefs,  A beautiful collection of Chintzes and Fancy Prints,  Cotton Laces, assorted,  Patent Nankeens,  Grandurells,  India Nankeens,  Blue do.  Fancy Ginghams,  Lappet and Cambrick Shawls,  Leno do. do.  An extensive assortment of fashion- able and other Bonnets,  Morocco Shoes,  Flowered Cassimere,  Superfine Cloths all colours,  Marseilles, assorted,  Cotton Hose do.  Tartan Shell and Horn Combs,  Fancy Velvet & President's Cord,  Irish Linen,  German do.  Excellent Spinning Cotton,  Crowley and Blister'd Steel,  Bell's Crocks and Dishes,  S. Wine, J. Spirits, F. Brandy,  Cherry Bounce, Rum,  Madeira Wine,  Herrings and Shad,  Rappee Snuff,  Imperial, Hyson, Y. Hyson and Green } TEA,  New England CHEESE of excellent quality,  Cradling and Grass Scythes,  Tin Ware,  First quality Rifle powder,  Common do.  Shot and Lead,  Sweet Oil,  Spirits Turpentine,  Tar, Fish Oil and Molasses, &c. 
He assures the public that no person shall undersell him, and that no pains shall be spared to oblige customers.
Martinsburg, May 13, 1808.
Cheap Spring Goods.
THE subscriber informs his friends and the public, that he has received from the City of Philadelphia and Baltimore, and is just now opening a very extensive assortment of
SPRING and SUMMER GOODS,
Consisting in part of the following articles:
 Chintzes and Calicos,  Italian, plain and figured Silks,  Elegant Damask Silk Shawls,  Figured and plain Leno Muslins,  Cambrick do.  Irish Linens, (uncommonly cheap)  Spider Net Sleeves,  Leaded Cotton Hose,  Superfine Edging and Lace,  Fashionable Satin, Straw and Lopham Bonnets,  Wreaths and artificial Flowers,  A great variety of Fancy, Kid and white Slippers,  Pink Ginghams,  Elegant Tortoise-shell Combs,  Sea-weed Fishing Lines,  Gentlemen's Summer HATS. 
ALSO, a large quantity of
Useful Books,
that are sold exactly at the established prices.
Home-made Knives, razors, Hoes and Files,
CALF-SKIN and BOOT-LEGS,
Patent and other MEDICINES,
Waldron's cradling and
grass scythes,
About fifty dozen of
Long's prime sickles,
Genuine SCYTHES and CUTTING KNIVES,
Bar-Iron, Strap-Iron,
Castings and Steel;
A large assortment of
Groceries,
and a quantity of
Old Rye Whisky,
of excellent quality, distilled by Martin Billings.
A few dozen of Hopkins' first quality
RAZOR STRAPS,
with Discount Papers, &c. for Sale.
All of which is offered for sale at the most reduced prices for Cash—He therefore requests that all those who wish to get BARGAINS, will be pleased to call at his Store, below the Bridge and opposite to Mr. Short's tavern.
WALTER B. SELBY.
Shepherd's-Town, Year 23, 1808.

Printed for the New-York Evening Post. Warning to Americans.
At a time when Mr. Jefferson, from a servile mind of Napoleon, not only obstinately persists in refusing to settle our differences with England, but even, like a mere Panacea obeying the orders of his master, seems determined on going to actual war with that bulwark of our country—that only remaining hope of nations; and, in order to form an alliance with France, if it may not be a mis- sion is alive for the finishing blow given to Spain, and when we are about to be plunged into the same abyss of destruction, to give a fair description (taken from the most authentic documents) of the barbarities, rapacities, and cruelties committed by the French in those countries which they have entered. ETHIOPIA.
In 1798, Bonaparte at the head of a numerous French army, invaded Italy, declaring to the people, that he came as their friend and their brother, to deliver them from taxes and slavery, and promising them safety for their persons, security for their property, respect for their laws, and reverence for their religion. They listened, they believed; they threw open their gates; they laid down their arms; they received the Gallic Serpent to their bosom; and fatal indeed were the effects of their credulity! His reverence for their religion he displayed by giving up all their places of worship to indiscriminate plunder, and by desecrating them with every species of sacrilege; his respect for their laws was evinced, not only by the abrogation of those laws, but by the arbitrary enforcement of an unconditional submission to the mandates of himself and his generals; the security which he promised to their property, was exhibited in enormous contributions, in the seizure of all public funds, as well as those of every charitable foundation, not excepting schools, hospitals, or any other resource of the poor, the aged and helpless; and as to the persons of the unfortunate people, he provided for their safety by laying the whole country under the severest military execution; by giving up their towns and villages to fire and sword, and by exposing the inhabitants to be pillaged and murdered by his rapacious and inhuman soldiers, whom he authorised and even ordered to shoot every man that attempted to resist them, whatever might be the crimes in which they were engaged.
EGYPT.
Bonaparte invaded Egypt, where he repeated his promises to respect religion; and where the more effectually to disguise his purposes, he issued a PROCLAMATION, declaring himself and his army to be true Mahometans; and boasting of having made war upon the Christians and destroyed their religion. One of his first deeds, after this act of apostasy, was to massacre almost all the inhabitants of the populous city of Alexandria. "The people," says one of his Generals, "betrayed themselves to their Prophet, and fill their mosques; but men and women, old and young, and even babes at the breast, are all massacred!" Some time after this sanguinary transaction, Bonaparte having made prisoners of three thousand eight hundred Turks, in the fortress of Jaffa, and wishing to relieve himself from the trouble and expense of guarding and supporting them, ordered them to be marched to an open place, where part of his army fired on them with musketry and grape shot, stabbing and cutting to death the few who escaped the fire, while he himself looked on and rejoiced at the carnage. The survivors were his wretches, while in Egypt, rendered so those whom he called his enemies; for finding his hospitals, as usual, crowded with sick soldiers, and desiring to disencumber himself of them, he ordered one of his physicians to destroy them by poison; the physician refused to obey; but an apothecary was found willing to perpetrate the deed; opium was mixed with the food, and thus five hundred and eighty Frenchmen perished by the order of the General under whose banners they fought, by the order of that very man, to whose despotic sway the whole French nation now patiently submits.
Let them be subject; but let not Americans (whoever may be Mr. Jefferson's administration) think of such a submission, with a degradation submission.
Such was the treatment which the gallant experienced under Bonaparte. But when he had disgracefully fled from the land which he had thus fleeced, ravaged and scourged, his vile army still continued to commit those abominable
excavies which had marked their progress in every country so unfortunate as to fall under their tyranny.
SWITZERLAND.
In Switzerland, where both rank and great riches were unknown, where men were nearest upon an equality than in any other country in the world, in a country having no commerce, scarcely any manufactures and possessing few of the sources of wealth and distinction; a country of shepherds and labourers; a country which might be truly said to contain a nation of poor men; in such a country to cry "war to palaces" seemed useless and absurd. Yet did the French find a pretext for war with the poor and harmless race, and for invading and laying waste their territory. After having, by means of an armistice, joined to a most solemn promise of respect for persons and property, lulled the people into a state of imaginary security, the armistice was broken, and the French pushed on their forces, when those of the Swiss were dispersed. Resistance on the part of the latter, whose numbers did not amount to a tenth of those of their flagitious enemy, now became hopeless; and though the little army was brave, though the people were faithful and active, though the Swiss achieved wonders, and though the women fought by the sides of their husbands, inciting them to victory or death, all was in vain! Hundreds and thousands perished by the sabres of the French, and while the earth was strewn with their dead bodies, and while the flames ascended from the once happy dwellings of this valiant and innocent people, the hard-earned and long preserved LIBERTIES of Switzerland expired.
HOLLAND.
Inhabitants of New-York—the first settlers of this great and powerful State, listen to the situation of your mother country. What has become of her liberties, her commerce, her independence! all gone to the Charnel House of Corsican perfidy and rapacity. The brave, hardy, enterprising, and frugal sons of Batavia, after having patiently borne every species of oppression, and drained of almost their last shilling, have had a King placed over them, the mere creature to execute the diabolical mandates of the Great Bandit.
When the French invaded the territories of Holland, their motto was "War to the Palace, but Peace to the Cottage." They came to deliver the people from their rulers, and from the "sun-thesse which those rulers imposed." The Dutch, like the Italians, lent an ear to their artful and perfidious declarations, believing that their cottages would be spared, and careless of the palaces. But alas! they soon found that French rapacity, like the hail and the thunder, fell alike on the thatched roof and the gilded dome. The palaces were seized on, the cottages soon followed; while those who were found in the intermediate space, the merchant, the manufacturer, the farmer and the tradesman, were sunk in the common ruin; happy, if by the loss of their property they had the good fortune to preserve their lives! These miserable beings possess nothing of their own; they can acquire nothing with the hope of enjoying or bequeathing it; they can make no provision for the weakness of disease; the feebleness of old age, or the helplessness of infancy; they are the mere political drudges of the servile tool of a hard-hearted tyrant, who suffers them to live only while their labours administer to his projects of ambition, and who, when his purposes demand it, puts an end at once to their toils and their existence.
GERMANY.
Brave sons of Germany, inhabitants of these States—such of you as have had sense and spirit enough to keep your souls free from the poisonous influence of the all-corrupting agent of Napoleon who swarms in this country, how must your hearts be torn by the stinging emotions of sorrow and indignation at the fate of the last happy, powerful, and independent land of your warlike forefathers! How must your bosoms sympathize in the deep distress and degradation of your enslaved countrymen! How must they swell with patriotic resentment against the Universal Despot, who by his desolating wiles and treacherous arts, more than by the honorable open progress of his arms, had subjugated, and now scourges with savage cruelty the once happy plains of Germania! The invasions of this country were attended with crimes too atrocious to be credited, were they not proved by indisputable evidence, and did they not accord with the general practice of the wretches by whom they were committed. In advertising to these detestable acts
of oppression and barbarity, we shall collect, that they were perpetrated upon a people, who, seduced by the tyrant's insidious plotters, had made no resistance of any sort against the invaders, and who, in every instance, had entered into no agreement with the French Generals to PAY THEM ONE SHILLING OR PENNY, in order to preserve their country from plunder. In consequence of the rancour thus wrung from the people, the invaders declared by publick proclamation, that the persons and property of the inhabitants should be strictly respected; and that their rights, usages, laws and religion, should remain inviolate and undisturbed. On these assurances, thus solemnly made, the credulous people (unused to perfidy themselves) all implicitly relied, while some of the poorer classes regarded the French, not as enemies, but as their deliverers from taxes and labour. No sooner had the invasion taken place, no sooner had the French become masters of the country, than they spread themselves over it like locusts of prey, devouring and destroying everything before them. They spared neither cities nor towns, neither villages nor hamlets, nor solitary houses; from the church to the cell, from the castle to the cottage, no state of life, however lofty or humble, escaped their rapacious assaults; no sanctity excited their veneration; no grandeur their respect; no misery their forbearance or their pity. After having plundered the houses of the gentry, the clergy, and the tradesmen; after having pillaged the shops, warehouses, and manufactories, they proceeded to the farm-houses and cottages, they rifled the pockets and chests of the inhabitants, cut open their beds, took up the floors of their rooms, dug up their cellars, searched the newly made graves, and broke open the coffins, in hopes of finding secreted money. They sometimes threatened people with immediate death, sometimes put them to the torture, sometimes lacerated and crippled them, in order to wring from them a discovery of their little pittance of ready money. The deepest, most apparent poverty was no protection against their rapacity; grey hairs and lipping infancy, the sick, the dying, women in child-bed, were alike exposed to the most inhuman treatment, dragged from their beds, kicked, wounded, and frequently killed, under the pretence that they were in possession of hidden treasure.
Teams and flocks, cattle of every kind the invaders drove off, cut to pieces on the spot, or left in a state of mutilation; corn, hay, and straw they wasted or burnt. They demolished the household furniture; destroyed the utensils of the dairy, the barns, and the stables; tore down the gates; levelled the fences. In many places they stripped the clothes from the backs of the people, set their linen flowing in the cellar, burnt their provisions to ashes. The churches, whether Romish or Protestant, they rendered a scene of indiscriminate robbery, of sacrilege and blasphemy, too shocking to repeat; they were guilty of brutality never before heard of; neither extreme youth nor extreme age; neither weakness, nor deformity, nor the most loathsome diseases; neither the bangs of labour nor the agonies of death could restrain them; shrieks, tears, supplications were of no avail; and where fathers, husbands or brothers interfered, murder seldom failed to close the horrible scene.
Germans, and descendants of Germans, in every part of the globe, but particularly in America, do not your blood chill with horror at this dreadful picture! Yet such will be the fate of your adopted country unless you come out to oppose these blood-thirsty wretches, the Danton and other agents of Bonaparte, who are pursuing the same hellish work which have led to the heart-rending scenes to have recited. Such are the barbarities which have been inflicted on other nations. The recollection of them will not soon be effaced; the malady they will be handed down from generation to generation to the overflowing infancy of the unnumbered Corsican, with his bloody myriads, and as an awful warning to all those nations who may hereafter suffer themselves to be first betrayed and then invaded. The United States is one of those nations; we are the people whom they have already almost seduced to their purposes of making us destroy the power of Britain, whose navy is our only bulwark; we are the people whom they will then invade; awful, indeed, is the warning which we have from the fate of all Continental Europe, and if we despise it, tremendous will be the judgment!
* How truly painful will be the situation of the United States in a short time, judging from the disposition and past conduct of our present rulers!
PHILADELPHIA, August 20. Latest from England.
Yesterday arrived at Lazzaretto from Liverpool, ship Otis, capt. Leeds, with a full cargo of dry goods. Left two ships loading for this port to sail in about ten days. The Otis left Liverpool on the 10th of July, and brings a paper of that place of the 5th, and London papers to the 6th, inclusive. We learn that rumours were abroad in England that a negotiation for peace was on foot between Russia and England in which Denmark was to be included. So much confidence was reposed in the rumour as to occasion depression of the price of Russian produce in some instances 20 per cent. It was also reported, that France had declared war against Austria. Joseph Bonaparte had arrived in Bayonne, and had been declared King of Spain, &c. and had been acknowledged and proclaimed by the Junta assembled at Bayonne by another of Mr. Madrid. Joseph had issued a proclamation commanding the submission of all the authorities. In this proclamation he styles himself King of Spain, Minorca, Majorca, Gibraltar, THE CONTINENT OF AMERICA, the islands &c. &c. The British Parliament had been prorogued. A message from the king had been delivered by commission, in which it is mentioned that the King of Sweden continued to prosecute the war with vigor, and that the government were resolved to afford the Spaniards every aid in their power, to secure their independence, and disavows any other motive than that of preserving unimpaired the power and independence of the Spanish monarchy. The King had issued a proclamation, proclaiming peace with such parts of Spain as were not under the power of France, and ordering the discharge of Spanish prisoners, &c. &c. A similar proclamation had been issued in Spain declaring peace with Great Britain and Sweden. There were accounts in England of serious insurrections which had broken out in Paris and other parts in France; but the accounts seem to want confirmation. They were copied from a Quatembery paper of the 19th June. An expedition had sailed from Cork and another from the Downs with troops and a quantity of money and warlike stores for Spain.
Paris accounts state, that the Junta of Seville had laid upon the arch duke Charles, of Austria, as their king.
LONDON July 5.
We have extracted from the Monteur an account of the proceedings of the Junta, at Bayonne, from its meeting on the 15th to its third sitting on the 21st ult. It now appears that Bonaparte assumed to himself the right and power to nominate his brother Joseph King of Spain, and that he has not even condescended to call the Junta to examine his claims. The meeting is declared to have been continued for the purpose of discussing the new constitutional code intended for Spain, or in other words, to examine the new framed code which was to be the master's dictate. At the first meeting on the 15th, the Imperial decree, proclaiming Joseph King of Spain and the Indies, was read, and the president read a speech explanatory of the purposes for which they were convened. After which they resolved to testify their allegiance and homage to the new king, whom Napoleon had chosen to reign over them. On the 17th they held their sitting, on the 18th they were admitted to an audience of King Joseph, who they addressed in a strain of common-place fulsome adulation, in which they received a suitable answer. In the third sitting, on the 21st, the plan of the new constitution was submitted to their consideration and they began to discuss it on the 21st. So far, it would appear, the new machine works with perfect facility, but the appearance is deceitful. Enough is disclosed in the speech of the president, and something on the 18th, to show that its operations will be impeded and that Spain is convulsed from and to end. To that speech the president notices "the ferment and disorder that disquiet various parts of the kingdom," that they are ignorant and mean to elect the arch duke Charles of Austria, King of Spain. If the insurrection in Spain were not formidable, it would not have been noticed in this way. Indeed, every intelligence from that country, through whatever channel it may be conveyed, plainly indicates the embarrassment and fears of Bonaparte. Murat, we find, is arrived at Bayonne, from Madrid, to assist him with his advice in his present difficult situation.

PUBLIC SALE.
WILL be sold at public vendue, on the first day of September next, at the subscriber's dwelling in Martinsburg, a variety of Household and Kitchen Furniture, consisting in part of the following articles, a Sideboard, Desk, Bureau, Tables, Chairs, Bedsteads, a good Milch Cow, a quantity of Millwright Tools, and sundry other articles. Twelve months credit will be given, on bond with approved security.
He wishes to lease for a term of years, the Lot and House in which he now lives—Possession may be had in Sept. JOHN ROBERTS. August 19, 1808.
ATTENTION!
THE Martinsburg Independent Blues are requested to be punctual in their attendance at their usual place of parade, on the second Saturday in September next, at 11 o'clock, A. M. for the purpose of training.
JAMES FAULKNER, Captain. A Piper wanted, to whom generous wages will be given. August 19, 1808.
NOTICE.
THE County Court of Berkeley, at the last July term, appointed the subscriber, Inspector of the Weights, Measures, &c. belonging to said County—It is therefore expected, that all who intend to comply with the law, will call on the subscriber in Martinsburg, within three months from this date, and get their Weights, Measures, &c. sealed. WILLIAM MACKAY. August 19, 1808.
TAKEN up by the subscriber, on Tuesday the 9th instant, a dark brown Mare with a star in her forehead, both hind feet white, fifteen hands high, about ten or twelve years old, shod before, has some saddle marks, and appraised to forty dollars. JOHN PHILSON. August 19, 1808.
LANDS for sale.
ON Monday the 21st of November next, being the 1st day of the Court of the County of Berkeley for that month, at the Globe Tavern in Martinsburg, I will sell at public auction for ready money, a very valuable tract of LAND containing about 225 acres lying about a mile and an half from the town of Martinsburg—There are on the premises a good dwelling house, kitchen, barn, &c. and the whole is in reasonable condition. It will be shown on application to Mr. Samuel B. Harris in whose tenure it now is, and possession will be given to the purchaser on the 1st of April next.
This property was some years since sold under a deed of trust from Michael M'Kewan and wife for the benefit of Gen. Swann and others of the city of Baltimore on whom it now belongs. It is encumbered with an old Mortgage which will be extinguished prior to the sale. Full information as to the title will be given on application to PHILIP C. PENDLETON. Martinsburg, Virginia. August 12, 1808.
THE subscriber hereby informs the inhabitants of Martinsburg and its vicinity that he will continue his occupation in a West-Right, he makes Plan, Wood and Cotton Wools, Check Reels, Windsor Chairs and all other kinds of Turning. He will likewise repair old work for his old customers, he will take in exchange for new work all kinds of country produce at the market price, he has at present on hand, a quantity of work such as Windsor Chairs of the newest fashions, house joiners and cabinet makers may also be supplied with large benches and clamp screws, or any other kind belonging to joiner's turning. Merchants near or at a distance may be supplied with Tar Cans as usual, either by the single dozen or gross.
All those in arrears are desired to call and discharge their balances either in cash or country produce, either will be accepted. He still resides in his old stand in Burnt street, near James Faulkner's Store. MICHAEL KERNS. August 12, 1808.
TAKEN up by the subscriber, trespassing on the plantation of Samuel Hine, near Opecon-Creek, a sorrel Mare, thirteen hands high, five years old, with a star and strip, weakly mouth, neither brand or other mark, appraised to thirty-five dollars. The owner is desired to prove property, pay charges and take her away. THOMAS PETTERSON. August 12, 1808.
STRAY COW.
STRAYED from the settlement of Martinsburg, on the 5th of July last, a red and white spotted Cow, with a white streak down her back, and white belly, her hind feet white and probably her fore feet, her horns bored, and both her ears cut off, she had on a large bell with a chain collar. A generous reward will be given to any person who will return said cow, or take her up, and give me information, so that I get her again. CATHARINE HOMMAN. Martinsburg, August 12, 1808.
ONE CENT REWARD.
RAN away from the subscriber, on Sunday last, an Apprentice boy named John Raney, about 12 years of age. He took with him a variety of clothing, not recollected. One cent reward will be paid for the apprehension of said apprentice. JOHN WESTENHOFER. August 12, 1808.
Home made Linens and Twill'd Bags.
THE subscribers inform their friends & the public, that they have recently received a large quantity of Homemade Linens and Twill'd Bags, also a large supply of Medicines and Paints, of the best quality. Physicians and others may depend on being supplied by wholesale and retail at the Philadelphia and Baltimore prices. They have also on hand Flax-Seed, Oil, Paint Brushes, Nails of all sizes, well seasoned Pine, Poplar and Walnut Plank, Bar-Iron, Crowley and Blister'd Steel, Bacon and Fish, a strong new Road-Wagon, Prime Seal and Upper Leather, Nice Boat-Legs, Pairs-ropes and Calf Skins, Homemade Shoe Thread, a few nice Horse Nets, at less than half the usual prices. Together with almost every other article that this country and neighbourhood requires in our line of business. JAMES & JOHN LANE. P. S. They pay in Cash, the highest prices for Hides and Skins, clean Linen and Cotton Rags. Shepherd's Town, July 29, 1808.
ALL those who made purchases at the sale of the property of Absalom Miller, dec'd. are informed that their respective obligations become due on the 1st Sept. next, when it is expected they will be discharged. There being claims upon the estate, that must be paid in a very short time, it will be out of my power to give any indulgence after the day above mentioned. WILLIAM B. KING, Adm'r. July 29, 1808.
A GENERAL meeting of the Overseers of the Poor of Berkeley County, is directed to be held at the Poor House in Martinsburg, on the first Monday in September next. By order of the board. ROBERT COCKBURN, C.O.F. July 29, 1808.
I WISH to employ a Journeyman Weaver, who is a single man, well acquainted with the business, and who is of sober and industrious habits. To one of the above description, constant employ and generous wages will be given. Apply at the subscriber's residence near the Quaker Meeting House. JOHN M'CLURE. July 29, 1808.
STRAYED from the subscriber's plantation near Opecon-bridge, some time in June last, two FILLIES, about two years old, one of them entirely black, the other of a black colour with one hind leg white; they are both long-neck'd. I will give three dollars and reasonable expenses to any person who will return them. ELLI BELLER. August 5, 1808.
The subscribers have just received a handsome assortment of Antietam Bar-Iron, ALSO Best Crowley and Blister'd Steel and Strap-Iron, a constant supply of which they always intend keeping; they also have Waldron's prime Cradling and German Grass SCYTHES and a large quantity of Long's noted Sickles, For sale on good terms. THOMAS C. SMITH, & Co. Martinsburg, June 10, 1808.
LANDS for sale.
A BARGAIN may be had in the purchase of the place where John Flier and Basil Cross now reside, containing five hundred acres of good lime stone LAND, binding on Opecon-Creek, distant about five miles from this place and six from Shepherd's Town. The buildings are comfortable, with a mill-seat on Opecon.—The title good, the price low and the payments will be made easy to a punctual man. Those who are inclined to buy, may know the terms on application to John Baker, Esq. at Shepherd's Town. BENJAMIN ODEN. Martinsburg, Nov. 20, 1807.
BOOT and SHOE MANUFACTORY MARTINSBURG.
THE subscriber respectfully informs his customers and the public, that he still occupies his old stand, between the Post-Office and Printing-Office, Martinsburg; that he has lately made a considerable addition to his stock of leather, (which is of the best quality) and shall constantly keep by him a large assortment, so that none who may please to employ him, will be disappointed; he will be careful in always keeping the best workmen, and from his own particular attention, feels an assurance, that he shall be able to give satisfaction to his customers.—Boots and Shoes, of every description, will be carefully made, agreeable to directions. He intends to keep, ready-made, a variety of work for Ladies and Gentlemen.—Having a large stock of Leather on hand, he will be able to give a short credit to punctilious persons who may wish it. He is thankful for the favour already received, and will endeavour in future not to be underserving encouragement. RICHARD HICKSON. April 1, 1808.
BOOT & SHOE MANUFACTORY, Nearly opposite the Globe Tavern, Martinsburg.
THE subscriber, from a desire to advance his own interest, to place his business on a more respectable footing, to serve his customers, and to be at all times ready to answer the calls of the public, has now, and intends always to keep in his employ, some of the best and most fashionable workmen, in his line of business; he will also be constantly provided with the best leather that can be obtained—and from an assiduous attention and endeavours to please, has no doubt but that he will be able to give satisfaction to all who think proper to employ him. Gentlemen and Ladies at a distance, who may please to favour him with their work, may depend on their commands being strictly complied with, and that by forwarding their measures accompanied with instructions, their work can be as well executed here, as at any of the most fashionable towns. JACOB POISAL. March 25, 1808.
A variety of BLANKS For sale at this Office.
PROPOSALS for a SUBSCRIPTION, to the Antietam Skeleton. By William M'Kewan.
THE publisher has been induced to offer a new American edition of this work, to the public from the scarcity of it, (it being almost out of print) and with the hope that its circulation will be more general, and have a tendency to point out to searchers after antiquity the true path in which it may be found. He trusts that it will richly repay those for its perusal, who are in search after Divine truths; all who wish to see the glorious Gospel promoted and spread through our land, he doubts not, will feel a disposition to encourage this scarce and valuable work. The publisher is induced by interested views in offering this work to the public; his sole object is the dissemination of truths necessary for every human creature to be acquainted with; he only wishes to obtain as many subscribers as will pay for the printing, his own situation being such as to put it out of his power to have it republished without the aid of others. The work will probably make from 350 to 400 duodecimo pages; it shall be well printed on good paper, and the price, half bound, shall not exceed one dollar; those who wish them bound in leather can have them at the additional expense of binding; if the number of subscribers should be equal to his expectations, the price in all probability will be less. The work will be put in press as soon as a sufficient number of subscribers are obtained to pay for the printing. Subscriptions received at the office of the Intelligencer. JOHN HUTCHINSON. June 5, 1808.
BATH.
THE subscribers, appointed at the last session of the General Assembly, Trustees for the town of Bath, Berkeley County, Virginia, are informed that a number of persons who have been advised to use the waters of this place, are deterred from visiting it, from an apprehension of its unhealthiness. They deem it their duty to state to the public, that the ill-pond to which the former sickness of persons at Bath is almost exclusively to be ascribed, has been long since entirely dry, in consequence of the dam having been taken down, and that the inhabitants of the town have enjoyed their usual health for more than a year past, and of course, during the summer and fall of the last year. We are entirely satisfied that these Springs may be resorted to as formerly without any risk to the health of visitors, from the cause above mentioned.
The Commissioners have had the Baths repaired, and are taking measures for cleansing the streets, cellars, &c.—They intend, as far as the powers given to them by law will permit, to fit the place for the comfortable accommodation of those to whom the use of the waters may be necessary. ELISHA BOYD, JOHN BAKER, HENRY S. G. TUCKER, DAVID HUNTER, RAWLEIGH COLSTON, PHILIP C. PENDLETON, Berkeley County, Virginia. July 1, 1808.
PAPER MAKING.
THREE or FOUR APPRENTICES are wanted by the subscriber, to learn the PAPER-MAKING business—Lads from twelve to fifteen years of age will be preferred.—This business is remarkably healthy, and holds out advantages that but very few others offer. Apply to Mr. Alburtis, in Martinsburg, or to the subscriber, at his Paper-Mill near Buckle-Town. CONRAD COUNSELLER. July 1, 1808.
THE subscribers, in addition to their former assortment, have just received and finished opening a complete and handsome variety of
SPRING and SUMMER GOODS.
(too extensive to particularize,) among which are an elegant assortment of Ladies' and Gentlemen's fashionable Manufactures, together with a very general selection of the most permanent EUROPEAN, INDIA and other Merchandise, the whole of which they most respectfully recommend to customers particularly, and a liberal public generally, at the most reduced Cash rates—For all former favors conferred they gratefully request permission to return public thanks, hoping in all respects relative to their line of business to merit a continuance of patronage. THOMAS C. SMITH, & Co. Martinsburg, May 13, 1808.