Berkeley and Jefferson intelligencer (Martinsburg, Va.), 1808-01-29 00:00:00

Berkeley and Jefferson Intelligencer.
[No. 36 of VOLUME IX.]
FRIDAY, January 29, 1808.
[WHOLE No. 432.]
Ms. A. 9. 2. 20. 14
Berkeley, ss.
December Court, 1807.
Philemon Chenoweth, Complainant, AGAINST
Richard Chenoweth, Defendant, IN CHANCERY.
THE defendant, Richard Chenoweth, not having entered his appearance agreeable to an act of Assembly and the rules of this court, and it appearing to the satisfaction of the Court, that he is not an inhabitant of this Commonwealth, on the motion of the complainant by his counsel, it is ordered, that the said Richard Chenoweth do appear here on the Monday after the third Tuesday in March next, to answer the bill of the complainant, and that a copy of this order be forthwith inserted in the Berkeley and Jefferson Intelligencer for two months successively, and published at the door of the Court-House of said County.
A Copy. Teste, DAVID HUNTER, C.B.C.
Berkeley, ss.
December Court, 1807.
Luke Tairman, Complainant, AGAINST
William Hylton, William Alexander and John Smith, Def'ts. IN CHANCERY.
THE defendant William Hylton, not having entered his appearance agreeable to an act of Assembly and the rules of this Court, and it appearing to the satisfaction of the Court that he is not an inhabitant of this Commonwealth, on the motion of the complainant, by his counsel, it is ordered, that the said William Hylton do appear here on the Monday after the third Tuesday in March next, to answer the bill of the complainant, and that a copy of this order be forthwith inserted in the Berkeley and Jefferson Intelligencer for two months successively, and published at the door of the Court-House of said County.
A Copy. Teste, DAVID HUNTER, C.B.C.
Berkeley, ss.
October Court, 1807.
Amos Nichols, Complainant, AGAINST
James Kennedy, Defendant, IN CHANCERY.
THE defendant, James Kennedy, not having entered his appearance agreeable to an act of Assembly and the rules of this Court, and it appearing to the satisfaction of the Court, that he is not an inhabitant of this Commonwealth, on the motion of the Complainant by his Counsel, it is ordered, that said James Kennedy, do appear here on the Monday after the third Tuesday in March next, to answer the bill of the Complainant, and that a copy of this order be forthwith inserted in the Berkeley and Jefferson Intelligencer for two months successively, and published at the door of the Court-House of said County.
A Copy. Teste, DAVID HUNTER, C.B.C.
Berkeley, ss.
February Court, 1805.
Michael M'Kewan, Complainant, AGAINST
Abraham Davenport, and Adrian Davenport, } Defendants, IN CHANCERY.
THE defendant, Adrian Davenport, not having entered his appearance agreeable to an act of Assembly and the rules of this Court, and it appearing to the satisfaction of the Court, that he is not an inhabitant of this Commonwealth, on the motion of the Complainant by his Counsel, it is ordered, that said Adrian Davenport, do appear here on the Monday after the third Tuesday in February next, to answer the bill of the Complainant, and that a copy of this order be forthwith inserted in the Berkeley and Jefferson Intelligencer for two months successively, and published at the door of the Court-House of said County.
A Copy. Teste, DAVID HUNTER, C.B.C.
STATEMENT OF DANIEL CLARK, RELATIVE TO GENERAL WILKINSON.
Read on the 11th January in the House of Representative of the U. States; And, on the 13th ordered to be printed, and a copy to be transmitted to the President of the United States.
In obedience to the direction of the house of representatives expressed in their resolution of Friday last I submit the following statement.
I arrived from Europe at New Orleans in Decr. 1786, having been invited to the country by an uncle of considerable wealth and influence who had been long resident in that city. Shortly after my arrival, I was employed in the office of the secretary of the government. This office was the depository of all state papers.
In 1787 Gen Wilkinson made his first visit to New Orleans and was introduced by my uncle to the governor and other officers of the Spanish government.
In the succeeding year 1788 much sensation was excited by the report of his having entered into some arrangements with the governor of Louisiana to separate the western country from the U. States, and this report acquired great credit upon his second visit to N. Orleans in 1789.
About this time I saw a letter from the gen. to a person in New Orleans giving an account of col. Connelly's mission to him from the British government in Canada and of proposals made to him on the part of that government, and mentioning his determination of adhering to his connection with the Spaniards.
My intimacy with the officers of the Spanish government and my access to official information disclosed to me shortly afterwards some of the plans the general had proposed to the government affecting the contemplated separation. The general project was the severance of the western country from the U. S. and the establishment of a separate government in the alliance and under the protection of Spain.
In effecting this Spain was to furnish money and arms and the minds of the western people were to be seduced and brought over to the project by liberal advantages resulting from it, to be held out by Spain. The trade of the Mississippi was to be rendered free, the port of New Orleans to be opened to them, and a free commerce allowed in the productions of the new government with Spain and her West India islands.
I remember about the same time to have seen a list of names of citizens of the western country which was in the hand writing of the general, who were recommended for pensions, and the sums were stated proper to be paid to each, and I then distinctly understood that he and others were actually pensioners of the Spanish government.
I had no personal knowledge of money being paid to gen. W. or to any agent for him on account of his pension previously to 1793 or 1794. In one of these years and in which I cannot be certain until I can consult my books, a Mr. La Cassagne, who I understood was post master at the falls of Ohio, came to New Orleans, and as one of the association with general Wilkinson in the project of dismemberment, received a sum of money four thousand dollars of which or thereabout, were embarked by a special permission free of duty on board a vessel which had been consigned to me, and which sailed for Philadelphia, in which vessel Mr. La Cassagne went passenger. At and prior to this period I had various opportunities of seeing the projects submitted to the Spanish government, and of learning many details from the agents employed to carry them into execution.
In 1794, two gentlemen of the names of Owens and Collins, friends and agents of gen. Wilkinson, came to New Orleans. To the first was entrusted, as I was particularly informed by the officers of the Spanish government, the sum of six thousand dollars, to be delivered to gen. Wilkinson, on account of his own pension, and that of others. On his way, in returning to Kentucky, Owens was murdered by his boat's crew, and the money, it was understood, was made
away with by them. This occurrence occasioned a considerable noise in Kentucky, and contributed, with Mr. Power's visits at a subsequent period, to awaken the suspicion of general Wayne, who took measures to intercept the correspondence of gen. Wilkinson with the Spanish government, which were not attended with success.
Collins, the co-agent with Owens, first attempted to fit out a small vessel in the port of New Orleans, in order to proceed to some port in the Atlantic states, but she was destroyed by the hurricane of the month of August of 1794. He then fitted out a small vessel in the Bayou St. John, and shipped in her eleven thousand dollars, which he took round to Charleston.
This shipment was made under such peculiar circumstances, that it became known to many, and the destination of it was afterwards fully disclosed to me by the officers of the Spanish government, by Collins and by gen. Wilkinson himself, who complained that Collins, instead of sending him the money on his arrival, had employed it in some wild speculations to the West-Indies, by which he had lost a considerable sum, and that in consequence of the mismanagement of his agents, he had received but little advantage from the money paid on his account by the Spanish government.
Mr. Power was a Spanish subject, resident in Louisiana, and the object of his visits to the western country became known to me in 1796 when he embarked on board the brig Gayoso at New Orleans for Philadelphia in company with judge Sebastian, in which vessel as she had been consigned to myself, I saw embarked under a special permission four thousand dollars or thereabout, which I was informed, were for Sebastian's own account, as one of those concerned in the scheme of dismemberment of the western country.
Mr. Power, as he afterward informed me, on his tour through the western country, saw general Wilkinson at Greenville and was the bearer of a letter to him for the secretary of the government of Louisiana, dated the 7th or 8th March, 1796, advising that a sum of money had been sent to Don Thomas Portell, commandant of New Madrid, to be delivered to his order. This money Mr. Power delivered to Mr. Nolan, by Wilkinson's directions. What concerned Mr. Nolan's agency in this business I learned from himself, when he afterwards visited New Orleans.
In 1797, Power was entrusted with another mission to Kentucky, and had directions to propose certain plans to effect the separation of the western country from the United States. These plans were proposed and rejected, as he often assured me, through the means of a Mr. George Nicholas, to whom among others they were communicated, who spurned the idea of receiving foreign money. Power then proceeded to Detroit to see general Wilkinson, and was sent back by him under guard to New Madrid from whence he returned to New Orleans. Power's secret instructions were known to me afterwards, and I am enabled to state that the plan then contemplated entirely failed.
At the periods spoken of and for some time afterwards, I was resident in the Spanish territory, subject to the Spanish laws, and without an expectation of becoming a citizen of the United States. My obligations were then to conceal and not to communicate to the government of the United States the projects and enterprizes which I have mentioned of gen. Wilkinson and the Spanish government.
In the month of October of 1798, I visited gen. Wilkinson, by his particular request, at his camp at Loftus's Heights, where he had shortly before arrived. The general had heard of remarks made by me on the subject of his pension, which had rendered him uneasy, and he was desirous of making some arrangements with me on the subject. I passed three days and nights in the general's tent. The chief subjects of our conversation were the views and enterprizes of the Spanish government in relation to the United States, and speculations as to the result of political affairs. In the course of our conversations he stated that there was a balance of ten thousand dollars due him by the Spanish govern-
ment, for which he would gladly take in exchange governor Gayoso's plantation near the Natchez, who might reimburse himself from the treasury at New Orleans. I asked the general whether this sum was due on the old business of the pension? He replied that it was, and intimated a wish that I should propose to governor Gayoso a transfer of his plantation for the money due him from the Spanish treasury. The whole affair had always been odious to me, and I declined any agency in it. I acknowledged to him that I had often spoken freely and publicly of his Spanish pension, but told him I had communicated nothing to his government on the subject. I advised him to drop his Spanish connection. He justified it heretofore from the peculiar situation of Kentucky, the disadvantages that country labored under at the period when he formed his connexion with the Spaniards, the doubtful and distracted state of the union at that time, which he represented as bound together by nothing better than a rope of sand, and he assured me solemnly that he had terminated his connections with the Spanish government, and that they never should be renewed. I gave the general to understand that as the affair stood I should not in future say any thing about it. From that period until the present I have heard one report only of the former connection being renewed, and that was in 1804, shortly after the general's departure from New Orleans. I had been absent for two or three months and returned to the city not long after general Wilkinson sailed from it. I was informed by the late mayor that reports had reached the ears of the governor of a sum of ten thousand dollars having been received by the general, of the Spanish government while he was one of the commissioners for taking possession of Louisiana. He wished me to enquire into the truth of them which I agreed to do in consideration that I might be permitted to communicate the suspicion to the general, if the fact alleged against him could not be better verified. This was assented to. I made the enquiry and satisfied myself by the inspection of the treasury book for 1804 that the 10,000 dollars had not been paid. I then communicated the circumstance to a friend of the general Mr. Evan Jones, with a request that he would inform him of it. This report was revived at the last session of congress by a letter from col. Ferdinand Claiborne of Natchez, to the delegate of the Mississippi territory. A member of the house informed me that the money in question was acknowledged by gen. Smith to have been received at the time mentioned but that it was in payment for tobacco. I knew that no tobacco had been delivered, and waited on general Smith for information as to the receipt of the money, who disavowed all knowledge of it, and I took the opportunity of assuring him and as many others as mentioned the subject, that I believed it to be false and gave them my reasons for that opinion.
This summary necessarily omits many details tending to corroborate and illustrate the facts and opinions I have stated. No allusion has been had to the public explanations of the transactions referred to, made by gen. Wilkinson and his friends. So far as they are resolved into commercial enterprizes and speculations, I had the best opportunity of being acquainted with them, as I was during the time referred to, the agent of the house who were consignees of the general at New Orleans, and who had an interest in his shipments, and whose books are in my possession.
Washington City, 11th January, 1808.
DANIEL CLARK.
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, to wit: January 11, 1808.
Personally appeared before me William Cranch, chief judge of the circuit court of the district of Columbia, Daniel Clark, esq. who being solemnly sworn on the Holy Evangelists of Almighty God, doth depose and say, that the foregoing statement made by him under the order of the House of Representatives so far as regards matters of his own knowledge is true, and so far as regards the matters whereof he was informed by others he believes to be true.
Sworn before me,
W. CRANCH.

NORFOLK, January 20.
St. Croix and St. Thomas taken by the British.—Captain Powers of the brig Nancy, from Grenada, informs us that he passed the west end of St. Croix, the 26th of the last month, when he saw the British ships of war at anchor. Yesterday near the cape, he spoke the schooner Philip Bingham, 14 days out from Barbadoes, bound to Alexandria—captain Bingham informed that before he sailed, advices had been received that the islands of St. Croix and St. Thomas had been taken.
Captain Johnson, arrived in Hampton Roads, in 17 days from Martinique, informs us, that the 18th of December, two frigates arrived from France with 500 troops, which they landed and sailed on the 26th of the same month, supposed for France. An Embargo was laid from the time of the arrival of the above frigates, until they sailed again, when it was raised. On the 31st of December, in lat. 21, long. 64, captain Johnson was boarded by an officer from the British sloop of war Melville, and treated with great politeness. This officer informed that admiral Cochrane took possession of St. Croix and St. Thomas on the 25th December.
NEW-YORK, January 8.
NATIONAL FASHIONS.
How are the British blockaded? By French decrees.
How are the French blockaded? By British squadrons.
How are the United States blockaded? By secret proceedings and gun-boats.
The British and the French, professing to follow some old European fashions, undertake to blockade their enemies.
The United States have a fashion of their own in undertaking to blockade themselves.
In aid of the King's Proclamation. —Our administration have in one manner and another expressed a good deal of anger against the King's proclamation, for inviting British sailors to return home. Now we give it as a fact, that a number of sailors, amounting, as I am told, to at least, one hundred and fifty, have taken already their passage on board an English brig bound for Halifax in ballast. And this morning half a dozen rope makers with their bundles came over from Brooklyn in the ferry boat, who told a gentleman in the same boat, from whom I had it, that they had been discharged from the Rope Walk at Brooklyn, and were now setting out for Halifax, to get employ. The friends of the King's Proclamation could not possibly have devised any thing more directly in aid of it than the embargo. Nay, we drive away not only British sailors, but our own along with them.
A CLUE. —As the nation are left to grope in the dark still as to the origin of the embargo, we felt it to be a duty to mention the following facts.
The first of this month a letter was received by a respectable mercantile House in this city, from their correspondent at Amsterdam, informing them that a certain House there had entered into an important speculation, and made a large sum of money, in consequence of private information just before received by them and one or two others from France, and from Gen. Armstrong; which information was, that—on the arrival of the Revenge in this country an embargo would be laid!—Did or did not this measure then, originate in France?
[N. Y. Herald.]
Extract of a letter from the Secretary of State to the President of the Philadelphia Chamber of Commerce, dated January 12, 1808.
The President of the United States authorises me to inform you, that it is in contemplation to dispatch to Europe for public purposes, a vessel or vessels from time to time, during the period of the embargo; and that previous notice of the time and place of departure will be given, with a view to the accommodation of merchants and others in their foreign correspondence.
Extract of letter, from an American gentleman at Liverpool, to a merchant in Boston, dated Nov. 16.
My anxiety to hear from you daily increases. I wish to know what is to be the state of affairs between Great Britain and America; for you will please to observe, it is to the U. S. that information, as regards peace or war, is to be looked for. England will almost yield any thing which can in reason be required of her. France might, indeed, be offended by an adjustment; but when you were doing only what you had a
right to do, you would not regard that. Our papers (government ones) talk loud of a declaration of blockade towards all Europe under French controul. I do not believe it will take place. But I think it by no means improbable that the enemies colonies will be declared in a state of blockade."
By the Resolution captain Brown, arrived at Boston on Sunday se'nnight from Liverpool.
We have been informed, says a London paper of Nov. 14, that it is in the contemplation of government to afford convoys to our ships trading with Hayti, as no less than 15 vessels, destined for that island, are now wind bound, some of whose cargoes are estimated at from 30 to 40,000 pounds.
Every precaution has been taken to prevent any intercourse between Heligoland and the continent.
We learn that the Dutch government has adopted a more rigorous decree against our commerce; and that all colonial produce, and all manufactures whatever, suspected of having come from England or her dependencies, are in future to be seized.
The government had inspected all the merchandise in the custom-house, the shops and magazines of the merchants, and such as appeared or was considered as of English manufacture, was sequestered.
At Cuxhaven, at Altona, and at Cluckstadt, the principle of the French decree against the commerce of England, was as rigidly enforced as it was in any port of France or Holland.
Congress spent three days, and a part of three nights, in passing an embargo law, of two sections, which proved so extremely defective, that they soon, afterwards found it necessary to pass an explanatory law of seven sections, in order to give to the first any degree of efficacy. Much time was consumed in deliberating on the latter law, and all the talents and circumspection of the administration party, exercised to make it perfect. Let us see how they have succeeded.
The term "United States," when used in a law, does not include her territories.—They to be included, must be particularly named, or must be covered by the phrase "United States or her territories." This has ever been the construction. When the first law passed, laying a duty on domestic distilled spirits, it did not extend to the north western territory. Whiskey was distilled there, free from duty, until, we believe, the year '97, when the law was extended to that territory by an act of congress. It was decided, after argument, on the trial of colonel Burr, that a law of the United States did not extend to the territories, unless they were particularly included. Other decisions to the same effect, we believe, have been made, but we cannot now particularly refer to them. But these are sufficient to establish the point we contend for.
If then this construction be correct, the embargo law, and the supplement to it completely cuts off the coasting trade between the ports of the United States and New-Orleans, as well as all the ports above it on the Mississippi, and the ports on the Mobile. These ports, being out of the United States, no cargo of any kind can be landed at either of them, under the penalty of forfeiting double the amount of the vessel and cargo. N. Orleans and Natchez will thus be totally deprived of those supplies which they are accustomed to receive from more northern ports. Most of their dry goods are purchased at New-York, Philadelphia and Baltimore, and even their bricks for building are procured there.
On the other hand there is nothing in the law to prevent vessels from sailing from N. Orleans, or any other port in any of our territories, at any time, and for any foreign port or place they may elect. This gives a decided and unfair advantage to the planters on the Mobile and Mississippi, and the farmers on the Ohio, over their more northern and eastern brethren. When the produce of the latter is rotting on their hands, that of the former will meet with a readier sale, and command a higher price, having the whole supply of the market. While England will be furnished with cotton from the Mississippi, the West Indies will be supplied with flour, beef and pork from the Ohio. These provisions will be exchanged for the produce of those islands, and that produce carried to the continent of Europe.
If this view of the subject be correct, the embargo will not have the effect intended.—The nations of Europe will remain unaffected by it, & the settlers on the Mississippi and Ohio will have an
opportunity of making fortunes, on the ruin of every other part of the nation. [Ibid.]
THE BRITISH ENVOY, MR. ROSE.
It appears, from unquestionable information received from Norfolk, that the delay which has attended the landing of this gentleman, has proceeded from an overstrained delicacy of etiquette on his part, and not from any disposition of the Deputy Collector at that place, to refuse permission to himself to land, or to the vessel in which he came to receive the customary accommodations. The President's proclamation certainly contains a sufficient proviso for the case, not in the smallest degree preventing the entrance into port, and hospitable reception of any armed vessel having on board a public minister, or even dispatches from the government of Great Britain to that of the United States. It only requires (what, of course, from the very nature of things, must be indispensable) that the captain of any such vessel shall give notice of his arrival to the collector of the port, and inform him of the circumstances, by virtue of which she is to be exempted from the prohibitions extending to other armed vessels. As it is impossible for the collector, without such notice and information, to distinguish a vessel having an Envoy extraordinary on board from any other, it seems truly astonishing that unwillingness to comply with such a reasonable requisition should have occasioned the delay of the minister's landing. Yet such, it seems, is the fact.
We are assured that, shortly after the frigate Statira came to anchor in Hampton Roads, a letter was written by Col. John Hamilton, the British Consul to Richard Evers Lee, Mayor of Norfolk, informing him that Mr. Rose, Ambassador of his Britannic Majesty, had arrived, and wished to know whether he would be received in the same manner in which the ambassadors of other nations had heretofore been received. Mr. Lee in answer, wrote that he was not the proper person to whom application should be made, and could not officially answer the question, (for which he referred him to the collector) but gave him his private opinion that, under the president's proclamation, there could be no doubt of the reception of Mr. Rose with the same respect with which other ambassadors had always been received. Application was then made, in the absence of Col. Smith the collector, to his deputy, who declared that, on the captain's making the proper declaration, there would be no difficulty in Mr. Rose's landing and the frigate's being furnished with provisions. It being supposed, that it would be derogatory to the dignity of the Envoy that such a declaration should be made, since the captains of other vessels who brought ambassadors heretofore had not been required to make a similar one; and the British Minister, as it seems, being unwilling in any respect to recognize the authority of the president's proclamation, the captain refused to make the declaration, and the ambassador refused to come on shore. So rests the case for the present.
Such extraordinary attention to punctilio in his Excellency the Envoy Extraordinary, seems not to evince a very amicable disposition towards this country, and augurs ill of the event of the negotiation. [Virg. Argus.]
Mr. Rose arrived at the Navy-Yard on Wednesday night, and slept at Captain Carson's. He yesterday morning came up to Mr. Erskine's, where he means to continue a few days.
We consider the mission of Mr. Rose to this country as a high evidence of the amicable disposition of the British government towards us, and we hope it will be met by a like amicable disposition on the part of our own. But if it be true, as we believe it is, that Mr. Rose is confined in his powers of treating to the affair of the Chesapeake alone; and if it be true, as we fear it is, that Mr. Jefferson is determined not to treat on that subject separately, but to blend with it all other, and much less important subjects of difference, the embassy of Mr. Rose must prove an idle errand. Our differences will remain precisely as they now are, and our country may continue to suffer, as it is now suffering the miseries of war, when a wise or liberal policy would secure to it all the blessings of peace.
[Washington Fed.]
Unless the dignity and interests of the nation are but secondary objects, when weighed against the convenience or safe-
ty of certain individuals, the accumulated mass of evidence, which has been adduced to congress, respecting the Spanish conspiracy to subvert the sovereignty of the U. S. must be productive of far more important results than military courts of enquiry.
Is there an individual in the country, who, having perused the statements delivered, upon oath, by the Hon. Mr. Clark, in the House of Representatives, and being informed that this respectable gentleman had long since offered to make communications of similar import to the President, Mr. Jefferson, and to the Secretary of State, Mr. Madison, and that they had turned a deaf ear to this most important intimation; is there, we ask again, a person who will say that the conduct of both these officers, in this regard, ought not to be most scrupulously examined and investigated.
If any thing be wanting to establish conviction on this head, let the people of the U. S. advert to the declaration made by Mr. Rowan, who, in his place as member of Congress, said that he had, as Secretary of the State of Kentucky, transmitted to the President of the U. S. the Legislative proceedings of that state, embracing the deposition of Judge Innes, that he, Mr. Innes, had concealed the propositions, made to him on the part of Spain, for a series of years, from the government of the U. S. and let it be impressed on the mind of every citizen that Thomas Jefferson president of the U. S. has never communicated to congress, a single syllable of these proceedings.
We repeat, that if due and high official attention had been given to this subject, all the alarm, expence and indignity, which the U. S. have suffered from Spain, and her agents, foreign and domestic, would have been averted. [Phil. Reg.]
From the American Citizen, a democratic paper published in the city of N. York.
OUR NATIONAL AFFAIRS.
'Tis better to be much abus'd, Than but to know't a little.
SHAKESPEARE.
Opposed to my case, feelings and comfort, I have undertaken a task which, although extremely agreeable to ninetenths of our citizens, I regret is unacceptable to the remaining few; for at a period like this, when our independence is threatened, when the hard-hand of a foreign tyrant is upon us, secretly directing our national affairs, it is infinitely to be regretted, that whether from deep rooted prejudice, pre-determined incredulity, or any other cause, a dissentient should be found amongst us. How easily might I glide along upon the surface of a quiet and morbid current into the ocean of national degradation and slavery!
But, informed as I am, and experiencing those feelings which that information necessarily excites, I must and will do my duty, and let the consequences follow. The few whose displeasure I may now incur, will, I am sure, ere long, thank me in their hearts for my present exertions to avert a terrible calamity.—In the mean time I will not stoop to notice the empty clamours of sinister men. Be assured that when our national affairs are settled, I shall be found amongst the foremost in the field of political contest against the federal party. But this is no time for party. The NATION should "rouse itself like a lion and shake the enemy from it."
The immortal poet from whom I have quoted, no where exhibits a more accurate acquaintance with human nature, with the very essence of the mind, with all its diversified operations than where he says—'tis better to be much abus'd, and not to know it, than to be much abus'd, and know't but little, for in the former case abuse can never give us pain, while in the latter the very anticipation of evil, beyond what we do know, is less tolerable than the evil itself. He that is robb'd, not wanting what is stolen, Let him not know it, and he's not robb'd at all.
A gentleman of education, great respectability and talents, who represents one of the most republican counties in this state, who has been a uniform, zealous and active republican, and who in the capacity of an executor, has voted for Mr. Jefferson, says in a letter of the 3d inst.
"It appears to be the order of the day to keep every thing in mystery until we are plunged into an unnecessary and disgraceful war, to meet the views and interest of —"
My opinion is, and it would be that of any intelligent gentleman reading the let-

ter that the blank should be filled up with the word BONAPARTE .
For in another part of the same letter he says,
"I hope in God that N. York never will submit to IMPERIAL DECREES ."
Does the reader call for proof that we are at this moment under the secret control and direction of Napoleon? What proof does he want? What proof can he expect?
Let him recollect that the doors of congress were close.
That "two miserable extracts" only of gen. Armstrong's correspondence were laid before congress, and that even with respect to those "miserable extracts" (Armstrong and Champagny's letters) the lips of congress were closed with the seal of legislative honour.
What proof then I again ask can he expect for the "main correspondence" of gen. Armstrong with the French government being "kept back"?
Can he under such circumstances reasonably wish for better proof than the opinions of enlightened and uniform republicans?
Not a member of congress, of congress, the supreme power of the nation, of congress, the great and immediate guardian of the people, is at liberty to say, without violating his honour, what even those "miserable extracts" contained. Congress is tongue tied and hand tied, and the nation wrapped in MYSTERY, is left to preserve itself if it can by the purity and energy of the press. Who at such a time can blame me for stopping forward to save by the looks a drowning people?
But suppose congress at liberty to speak: Suppose that management had benignantly left the representatives of the people the freedom of will and the use of tongue; that it had suffered it to say to its constituents, to those who must sustain and suffer an "unnecessary and disgraceful" war, if on the demand of Bonaparte one is to be levied; suppose congress allowed to tell its constituents what those "miserable extracts" contained, yet the "main correspondence," the messages of Napoleon, the cause and gift of the embargo, if I am correctly informed, is "KEPT BACK;" and this is the MYSTERY to which the letter alludes, and by the magic of which we are to be "plunged into an unnecessary and disgraceful war!"
MARTINSBURG, January 29.
Extract of a letter from a gentleman in Richmond to his friend in Martinsburg, dated the 20th instant.
"There is no doubt of the passage of the Bill now before the House of Delegates, for establishing a Superior Court of Law in each County.—The Bill abolishes the District Courts, and directs that the State shall be laid off in twelve Circuits, to each of which a Judge of the General Court, shall by that Court be specially assigned, and that he shall hold a Court in each County of his Circuit twice a year, with all the powers and jurisdiction of the present District Courts.—Your Circuit is composed of Loudoun, Jefferson, Berkeley, Hampshire, Hardy, Rockingham, Shenandoah and Frederick.—Two Judges will of course be appointed."
"The Execution law, will not, I presume, be suspended, but something I am certain will be done to prevent the sacrifice of property that the Embargo will otherwise produce...perhaps the old system of twelve months replevin bonds."
Extract of a letter from a member of Congress, to a Gentleman in this County, dated the 11th instant.
"You have no doubt seen in the papers all that we have been doing since the meeting of Congress—The communications from England were important, but we are forbidden to reveal them—It will be our own fault if we go to War with that nation, and yet I seriously believe we shall have War—The people of this country are greatly deceived by the administration prints as to the disposition of England towards us—If they could know every thing, there would be no difficulty in adjusting our differences, but it does not suit those who wish a War with that country that a true state of facts should be known, and therefore it is that the people are to be kept in ignorance and deceived until we have so far advanced into a state of War as to prevent an honorable retreat."
"Immediately on the receipt of dispatches from France our doors were closed and an embargo laid—It was opposed by the minority for three days, upon the ground, that no imperious necessity
appeared at that time for the adoption of a measure so fatal to the best interests of this country. That if an embargo was at all necessary, and we were desirous of a peace with England, it was improper to adopt it at the moment that we had official information that Mr. Rose had actually sailed upon a special mission with the olive branch in his hand and was hourly expected; and when Mr. Monroe had actually arrived at Norfolk and was expected every moment in the city; but opposition was in vain. I have never witnessed a debate so awfully interesting...The measure was said to be dictated by Bonaparte and that it would appear to be so if the president would lay before Congress, as was his duty, the whole correspondence of our minister at Paris upon the subject—A resolution was offered calling upon the president for such papers, but it was instantly negatived by the majority. A motion was made by a member in the minority to amend the bill by giving it a limited duration and confining it solely to American vessels—negatived. Another motion was made to exempt from the effect of the embargo, the vessels of all nations who by treaty had stipulated with the United States that they should not be subject to such a provision—also negatived. Several attempts were made to postpone and to adjourn to give time for deliberation—without effect."
"The arguments of the minority were answered by an obstinate and contemptuous silent a rude and vociferous call for the question—At length, being worn down with opposition, the minority were obliged to yield to superior numbers and permitted the question to be taken about 11 o'clock at night—Ayes 82, Noes 44. Upon this occasion Mr. Randolph was uncommonly eloquent and severe—He said he had no doubt that, "at that moment the person had been fixed upon" in this country, and perhaps in that house, who under the character of a "guardian to a puling infant, would be the Prince Regent of this country"—It is much to be regretted that the debate on this subject passed with closed doors, as the people at this all-important occasion ought to be informed of every thing that was said and done. I am sure the people of this country will bear with firmness and patriotism any war that is necessary and unavoidable, but they must be fully convinced that it is both necessary and unavoidable before it is resorted to. The present measure is worse in some respects than war, because in that state something might be gained by armed ships and privateers; we might with them force a small trade; and a portion of our produce might be exported by neutrals."
"The majority however think differently and by this embargo prevent any nation from coming to purchase and carry away our products, and we must submit to their decision, however unconvinced of its propriety—I hope all will turn out for the best, and that our country will yet survive its misfortune and its disgrace. It appears to me almost impossible to preserve peace under present circumstances—We must have war with England or France, or perhaps both. France will not suffer us to be neutral—we must interdict all commercial communications with England to satisfy Bonaparte. If we are forced into a war I think no American ought to hesitate which nation to engage—but I fear certain prejudices will direct the nation to a fatal decision. Every thing is in doubtful suspense until the arrival of Mr. Rose, who is hourly expected here."
"I cannot say who will be the commander in chief of our army—Lee, Monroe, & Smith (of Baltimore) are spoken of—the first ought to be the man, but I fear he has not sufficient influence at court. Wilkinson has been mentioned by some, but I think whatever may be the president's partiality for him the people of this country will never submit to it—A soldier's fame should be untarnished—It is not enough that he should be innocent, but, like Cæsar's wife, he should be unsusppected."
"No person has yet been fixed upon absolutely as president—Madison, Clinton and Monroe are spoken of. A state of war will make wonderful changes in this country, and some person may be selected who is not now thought of."
From Washington City, Jan. 15. Caucuses, without number, are now held in this city, preliminary to a nomination for the next presidential election. It is this day stated in respectable circles, that the arrangement has been so far matured, as on the democratic side to agree to support Mr. Madison as president and gen. Dearborn as vice president: on the opposite side Mr. Monroe, and
John Q. Adams, are to be the contending candidates. Both parties feel the necessity of cultivating the interest of the northern states. It is upon this principle that each of them will recommend a gentleman from that quarter to fill the president's chair.—It is said, that in a late caucus there were but three states (Pennsylvania, N. Jersey and New York) who supported the pretensions of Mr. Clinton to the chief magistracy.
The present week will disclose matter of considerable interest to the nation. In the first place, the denouement of Mr. Rose's mission is expected; next a determination in the case of Wilkinson, and thirdly a decision in the case of senator Smith, from Ohio. The presidential courts of enquiry, in the case of Wilkinson, are to commence business to-morrow. As this body will possess no power to call for persons or papers, nothing decisive can be expected to result from it. But as the same subject will at the same time come forward in the house of representatives, in a more substantial shape, we may expect much interesting and important development.
Mr. Crowninshield on Friday last, after a speech of much vehemence, in favor of Wilkinson was taken very ill. It is said he has broke a blood vessel, and is in a dangerous situation. He is considered here as the most valuable commercial man on the floor of the house—A prophet is never known in his own country.
The president is confined to his house by an affection in the face, and has undergone an operation.
Mr. Monroe left the city a few days ago for Virginia; but is expected to return immediately.
VIRGINIA LEGISLATURE.
The following are the amendments to the Federal Constitution which have been adopted by the House of Delegates.
January 13.
"Resolved, That the Senators in Congress from this state be instructed, and the representatives therefrom be requested, to use their best endeavors in procuring the following amendment to the constitution of the U. S. to wit:—That the judges of the Supreme, District and Inferior courts of the U. S. and their territories, may be removed from office by the vote of the house of representatives and the Senate of the United States in Congress assembled, a majority of the whole number of the house of representatives, and a majority of the members of the Senate present concurring therein. Provided however, that the cause or causes of such removal shall be stated at length on the journal of each house."
"And the question being put on agreeing to the said resolution as amended, it passed in the affirmative—Ayes 121—Noes 55."
"Resolved, That the said Senators be instructed, and the said Representatives requested, likewise to endeavor to obtain the following amendment to the constitution of the U. S. to wit:—That the Senators in the Congress of the U. S. may be removed from office by the vote of a majority of the respective state legislatures by which the said Senators have been or may be appointed."
"And the question being put on agreeing to the said resolution as amended, it passed in the affirmative—Ayes 142—Noes 18."
Our letters from Washington, mention with considerable confidence that our administration has consented that the affair of the Chesapeake may be discussed separately with the British Minister.—Mr. Rose was presented to the President on Saturday by the Secretary of State, and it was reported on Monday, that was the day for commencing the negotiation. Mr. Erskine and Mr. Rose attended public worship on Sunday at the Capitol.
Extract of a letter dated.
RICHMOND, Jan. 8.
This embargo has spoiled our business, and to mend the matter, the honorable legislature of this state has a bill before them this day, and I have no doubt but it will pass, the purport of which is to suspend all courts of justice until the embargo is taken off, so that you may judge what chance we have to collect what is due.
By a gentleman from Annapolis, we are informed that the bill to prevent, during the continuance of the embargo the sale of lands, &c. by execution, became a law on Saturday; having passed both houses of the legislature.
The motion made by Mr. Adams,
some days since, to appoint a committee to enquire into the expediency of fixing the duration of the Embargo, was on Saturday taken up in the Senate and negatived.
The military court of enquiry in the case of General Wilkinson met on Wednesday, the 20th instant, and adjourned till the 25th instant without transacting any business.
Extract of a letter from Washington-City, dated January 19.
"It is said that one branch of the Legislature have unanimously agreed to address the President, requesting him to remove Gen. Wilkinson from the army."
The Court of Enquiry is proceeding in the case of Wilkinson, but as they have determined not to permit any minutes to be taken, we know no particulars of what is going on.
A Mr. J. Hunt, sometime past, established a Duck Manufactory at Lexington, in Kentucky; it has latterly been employed in spinning and weaving Cotton Bagging. It produces annually from 30,000 to 40,000 yards of Bagging, which finds a ready sale at Natches, Nashville and New-Orleans.
Conundrums.—Why is the Embargo like an ill-wind?
Because it blows nobody any good.
Why is the Embargo like a pig in the water?
Because it costs its own throat.
Why is the Embargo like an old musket?
Because old muskets so contrive it, As quite to miss the mark they aim at, And tho' well aim'd at duck or plover, Bear wide, and kick their owner over.
X'YINGAL.
From the EMERALD.
AN Olive-Branch of old was sent, The token mild of peace, And emblematic of consent That all dispute should cease.
Our Council wit unsearching hand The Insect Furies grasp, And send to Britain's haughty land, The "Hornet" and the "Wasp."
But mark, how Britain's great designs; These little arts oppose! Unfearing still, she still inclines To Peace, and sends a "ROSE!"
Unstung, the Lion greatly smiles And urges gen'rous truce; [guiles, But France our Statesmen's heads be- And Statesmen Peace refuse.
Meanwhile unhappy conflicts raise Internal discontent, And wisely chosen to appease, The fierce "Revenge" is sent.
O may that Peace by Heaven be doom'd These rising States to adorn, Like that Fair Paradise where bloom'd The ROSE without a THORN.
COMMITTED to the Jail of Jefferson County, in November last, a NEGRO MAN who calls himself DAVID, about five feet eight or nine inches high, has on a blue coat, canaburg trousers and a muslin shirt—appears to be about 22 or 23 years of age, and says he belongs to a gentleman of the name of Christopher Robinson, of Cumberland County, Virginia. If not taken out, he will be sold for his jail fees, as the law directs.
WILLIAM MALIN, Jailor. January 29, 1808.
THE subscriber wishes to dispose of the running-gears of a good
Plantation WAGGON,
JOHN B. CRAGHILL. January 29, 1808.
COMMITTED to the jail of Berkeley county, the 4th September last, a mulatto man, who says his name is Peter Waldon, and that he is the property of Stephen Tays, of Kennawa, near Elk town; he is about 37 years of age, about 6 feet high, rather slender made, has large whiskers, and is very talkative.—I have reason to believe that he was lately in the Winchester jail from which he effected his escape.
MOSES COLLINS, jailor. November 27, 1807.

The following is a list of Letters now remaining in the Post-Office at Shepherd's Town, (Va.) which if not taken out before the first day of April, 1808, will be sent to the General Post-Office as dead letters.
 A. William Ager.  B. Jacob Bariger.  C. Basil Cross, John Calhoon, Mr. Chopper, John Clawson.  D. John Deal.  E. George Foulk, William Files.  H. Nathaniel Henry.  J. John Jackson.  K. Henry Keever.  L. John T. V. Lemon, Catharine Liberty.  M. Mary Magdalene Crama.  O. John Oulaback.  P. Job Prettyman.  S. Stephen Shaw, John Stipp.  T. Richard Taylor, John Turner.  V. Cornelius Vanausdel.  W. Thomas White, Agnes Williams, 2.  JAMES BROWN, P. M. 5th January, 1808.
A List of letters remaining in the Post-Office, Charles-Town, Va. which if not taken up before the 1st day of April next, will be sent to the General Post-Office as dead letters.
 A. JOHN ALLSTOT.  B. Benjamin Bell, Richard Baylor, James S. Bate, Ezekiel Bull, Rachel Brown, Joseph Burnett, James Blair, Walter Baker, Corbon Baker, William Butler.  C. Joseph Crane 2, Richard Crow, William Clark, Isaac Carey, John Combs, John Counsel, Giles Cook, Wm. Craghill, Miss Ellen Cherry, Wm. Cherry.  D. Wm. Dixon 2, James Doyle, Th: Dennison, William Downs.  E. John Evans.  F. Matthew France.  G. Elizabeth Glass, Thomas Griggs, 2, John Griggs, Capt. Greenfield, Henry Garmhart, John Gardner, Gabriel Goodwin, Mess. Gilpin Cook, & Co.  H. William Henry, James Hite 2, John Haynie, Samuel Howell, John Henry, James Harress, John Hains 2, James Howard, Peter Hains.  I. Samuel Irwin.  K. Elizabeth Killenberger, Thomas Kidwell.  L. Michael Lebourgh, Thomas Linzey, Daniel Little, John Lyons, James Lane, Thomas Likens, Mrs. Esther Lasheils.  M. Alexander M'Cloy, Francis Moore 2, Richard M'Sherry, John M'Pherson, Jesse Moore 2, Thomas L. Moore, A. Mademoiselle Melanie Marsan, Solomon Marehane.  N. North & Smallwood.  O. John D. Orr.  P. John Peyton, Moses Porter, John Pickett.  R. William Roberts, Garret Riley, Elizabeth Reley, 2.  S. John Spangler, 3, James Souke, Jacob Shagly, David Stewart, James Stedman, George Sup, James Stevenson, James Saunders, Joseph Swearingen.  T. Henry S. Turner, Leonard Thomas, Huldah Taylor, Francis Tillett, Benjamin Thompson.  V. William Vestle.  W. John Welch, Carver Willis, 2, Michael Wisong.  Y. John Young.  JOHN HUMPHREYS, P. M.
TEN DOLLARS REWARD.
RAN away from the subscriber on the 8th December last, a Negro Man named John, about thirty years old, stout and well made, about five feet ten inches high; had on when he went off a brown and white roundabout of home made cloth, black pantaloon of home made cloth, a white hat with the underside green, and blue mill'd stockings. The above reward, with reasonable charges, will be paid to any person who will apprehend him, and deliver him in any jail, so that I get him again.
THOMAS BRECKENRIDGE. Charles-Town, Jefferson County, } Virginia, January 8, 1808.
ALL persons indebted to the subscribers for the service of their horse Shepherd , are requested to make payment at or upon the fiftieth instant, to Patrick Duffe, Martinsburg, or their accounts will be left with a proper officer for collection.
DAVID & HENRY WASHBAUGH. January 1, 1808.
Land for sale.
THE subscriber offers for sale that beautiful small FARM, where Jacob Miller, deceased, formerly lived, lying in Jefferson County, Virginia, on the road leading from Shepherd's Town to Charles-Town, five miles from each place; this tract contains one hundred acres of limestone Land, about two-thirds cleared, and the balance clothed with good timber, with a stream of water running through the same; the improvements are two dwelling houses, barn and stable, Blacksmith shop, and a very convenient Distillery, with overhead water; there is also, about eight acres of meadow and about one hundred fruit-trees; the farm and buildings are in good repair. For terms apply to the subscriber living on the premises. HENRY MILLER. Jefferson County, Jan. 22, 1808.
Public Sale.
WILL be sold at public vendue, on Tuesday the 9th day of February next, at the late dwelling plantation of John Dust, dec. five miles from Shepherd's Town, and about six miles from Key's Ferry, in Jefferson County—The personal estate of the said deceased, consisting of one Negro Man, Two new Road Waggons and Gears—Six Waggon Horses, one colt, a number of Milch Cows and Young Cattle, Sheep and Hogs—A set of Smith's Tools, a Weaver's Loom and Tackling—Wheat, Rye, Corn, Oats and Buckwheat, and a quantity of Flour in barrels—An Eight day Clock, a variety of Household and Kitchen Furniture, Farming Utensils, and many other articles too numerous to mention. Nine months credit will be given on bond with approved security. The sale to begin at 9 o'clock and continue from day to day until all is sold. VALENTINE DUST. CONRAD LEECHLITOR, } January 22, 1808.
HOUSES FOR SALE in Charles-Town.
THE subscriber offers for sale, two Houses and Lots, situated in Laurence street, Charles-Town, at present occupied by John Spangler and other tenants, at an annual rent of ninety dollars. One third of the purchase money to be paid in April next, and the remainder in two annual instalments. He will also sell for Cash, a Lot adjoining the Academy, containing two and three quarter acres. FRANCIS TILLETT. Charles-Town, December 25, 1807.
NOTICE.
A BARGAIN may be had in the purchase of the places where John Files 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.
THE subscriber offers for sale, at a moderate price, the Farm lately occupied and owned by Alexander Pitt Buchanan, Esq. in the County of Jefferson, Virginia, consisting of about 900 acres; it has on it a valuable Mill-Seat, a large proportion of Wood Land, is well improved, and is inferior to none in its neighbourhood for the production of Corn and small grain. It lies in the neighbourhood of, and includes Lee-Town, adjoining the lands of Mr. Rich Willis, Mr. Weyer, Mr. Dandridge and Mr. Baylor, on two great public roads, ten miles from Martinsburg, the same distance from Shepherd's Town, and six from Charles-Town. This Estate is conveyed to the subscriber for the purpose of raising money to pay certain debts. An undoubted title can be made, and possession given immediately. Application may be made to the subscriber, living in Charles-Town, Jefferson County, Virginia. JOHN DIXON. December 18, 1807.
FALL and WINTER GOODS.
THE subscribers inform their friends (customers at a distance) and the public in general, that they are now opening, at their store (by the Market-House) in Shepherd's Town, a very extensive and complete assortment of
Fresh Woolen Goods,
together with the most elegant assortment of
Nice Fancy Goods,
ever opened in this part of the country all which they will sell very cheap, by wholesale and retail. JAMES & JOHN LANE.
P. S. They continue to give the highest price in Cash for Hides and Skins—and have prime Soap, Upper and Harness Leather, with nice Calf-Skins and Boot-Legs for sale. Shepherd's Town, Novr. 13, 1807.
JUST RECEIVED, an assortment of
Fresh Goods,
Among which are:
 Superfine, Common and 25 cent Callicoos, Assorted,  A few pieces real Spider-net,  Superfine Leno Muslins,  4-4 and 6-4 Cambricks assorted,  President's Cords,  Men's fine HATS,  Plush bonnets,  Leghorn do. assorted,  Tabby Vesting,  Cambric, Common and Diaper Dimmeties,  First quality new Cotton,  India Muslins,  Herrings, Salmon,  Crowley and Blistered Steel, &c.  L. PRICE. Martinsburg, January 15, 1808.
WE have now on hand, a very complete assortment of Antietam BAR-IRON.
THOMAS C. SMITH, & Co. Martinsburg, January 15, 1808.
TAKEN up trespassing on the plantation of JOHN DUST, dec'd. in Jefferson County, on the road leading from Shepherd's Town to Key's Ferry. A red HEIFER with a white face and belly, marked with an underbit out of each ear and supposed to be two years old—Also a red SHOAT, not marked. The owner is desired to prove property, pay charges and take them away. VALENTINE DUST. January 15, 1808.
THE partnership of Davenport & Willett , was dissolved by mutual consent on the 1st day of January, 1808. All persons indebted to said firm, are requested to come forward and settle their respective accounts immediately; all persons having claims against said firm, are also requested to bring them forward for settlement. DAVENPORT & WILLETT. Jan. 15, 1808.
Virginia Lands For Sale.
THE subscriber offers for sale several Tracts of Limestone Land, of the first rate quality, containing from 150 to 300 acres, well watered and timbered, lying within half a mile of the Potomak river, in Berkeley County, about seven miles above Williamsport and ten from Martinsburg. For terms apply to the subscriber on the premises. GEORGE NEWKIRK. September 18, 1807.
ANY person wishing to send Flour down the Potomak to market, may have it speedily conveyed whenever the river will admit boats to pass, by applying to the subscriber, at the mouth of Opecon. JAMES FOREMAN. December 18, 1807.
NEARLY two years have elapsed since the dissolution of the partnership of Morrow & Brown , during which time I have anxiously been waiting for those persons indebted to said concern to come forward and discharge their respective accounts, in which I have been disappointed—I now request all those indebted to said concern, or to myself in any manner whatever, to make immediate payment to Mr. Robert Worthington, whom I have authorised to receive the same—Those who neglect attending to this notice, within a short time, must calculate upon suits being commenced, as it is impossible to give any longer indulgence.
JOHN MORROW. Shepherd's Town, Nov. 27, 1807.
Berkeley, ss. December Court, 1807. Albert Stephen, Complainant, AGAINST Denis Cahill, executor of James Quinn, deceased, Luke Teirnan and Joseph Minghini, Def'ts.
In CHANCERY.
THE defendants, Denis Cahill and Luke Teirnan, not having entered their appearance agreeable to an 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 complainant, by his counsel, it is ordered, that the said Denis Cahill and Luke Teirnan do appear here on the Monday after the third Tuesday in March next, to answer the bill of the complainant, and that a copy of this order be forthwith inserted in the Berkeley and Jefferson Intelligencer for two months successively, and published at the door of the Court-House of said County.
A copy. Teste, DAVID HUNTER, C.B.C.
Berkeley, ss. November Court, 1807. James Horton & John M. Read, Comp'ts, AGAINST Alexander Porterfield and James Wilson, } Defendants,
In CHANCERY.
THE defendant, Alexander Porterfield, not having entered his appearance agreeable to an act of Assembly and the rules of this court, and it appearing to the satisfaction of the Court, that he is not an inhabitant of this Commonwealth, on the motion of the complainants by their counsel, it is ordered, that the said Alexander Porterfield do appear here on the Monday after the third Tuesday in March next, to answer the bill of the complainants, and that a copy of this order be forthwith inserted in the Berkeley and Jefferson Intelligencer for two months successively, and published at the door of the Court-House of said County.
A Copy. Teste, DAVID HUNTER, C.B.C.
Berkeley, ss. December Court, 1807. Luke Pentoney and wife, Comp'ts, AGAINST Denis Cahill, executor of James Quinn, deceased, Luke Teirnan and Joseph Minghini, Def'ts.
In CHANCERY.
THE defendants, Denis Cahill and Luke Teirnan, not having entered their appearance agreeable to an 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 Denis Cahill and Luke Teirnan do appear here on the Monday after the third Tuesday in March next, to answer the bill of the complainants, and that a copy of this order be forthwith inserted in the Berkeley and Jefferson Intelligencer, for two months successively, and published at the door of the Court-House of said County.
A copy. Teste, DAVID HUNTER, C.B.C.
Cash given for clean Linen and Cotton RAGS at this Office.
A variety of BLANKS For sale at this Office.
MARTINSBURG, Berkeley County, Virginia; Printed and published by JOHN ALBURTIS.