Norfolk gazette and publick ledger (Norfolk [Va.]), 1807-10-05 00:00:00

NORFOLK GAZETTE And PUBLICK LEDGER  VINCIT OMNIA VERITAS
VOL. IV.]
MONDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 5, 1807.
[NO. 35]
THIS PAPER IS PUBLISHED THREE TIMES A WEEK PRICE TO SUBSCRIBERS SIX DOLLARS PER ANNUM, PAYABLE IN ADVANCE—SINGLE PAPER TWELVE AND ONE HALF CENTS—ADVERTISEMENTS ARE INSERTED AT THE RATE OF FIFTY CENTS FOR THE FIRST, AND TWENTY FIVE CENTS PER SQUARE FOR EACH SUCCEEDING INSERTION.
J. & W. SOUTHGATE, Have now received the whole of their Fall Assortment from London and Liverpool, amongst which are the following: Best superfine Navy Blue, London Brown and Bottle Green Cloths, fashionable Calimeres, Coarse Cloths of every description, Superfine white and scarlet Flannels, Hosiery of every description, 3-4, 7-8, and 4-4 Irish Linens, Superfine Hollands for Shirting, Oznaburgs, Tow and Flaxen, Kendal Cottons in small assorted bales, Manchester Goods of every description, Best London Seine Twine, Nails 4d, 6d, 8d, 10d, 12d, & 20d, Diamond head Spikes, all sizes, Glazed Gun Powder and Shot.
ALSO, 10 packages of German LINENS, Consisting of Ticklenburgs, Oznaburgs, Hessens, Heedens, Flaxen Rolls, Piattias, &c. entitled to debenture, all of which will be sold for cash, or on liberal credit for good paper. September 28.
Fall and Winter GOODS. The Subscribers have received by the ship Nabby, from Liverpool, and Planter, from London, an extensive and general assortment of Seasonable and Fancy GOODS, Amongst which are
 20 bales Negro Cottons and Kerseys,  10 do. Rose and Dutch Blankets,  6 do. Plains and Halfblanks,  15 do. Cloths, Coatings, Fearnoughts, &c  6 do. Flannels and Baizes,  2 do. superfine Cloths and Cassimeres,  10 do. Twilled Sacking, 5 do. British Oznaburgs,  10 cases Hats, 5 do. Irish Linens and Sheetings,  20 trunks fashionable Goods, 4 cases Seine Twine,  6 tons Shot, 50 kegs F & F Gun Powder, also an assortment of Hardware, Cutlery, Nails, &c—All of which they offer for sale by the piece or package, on the lowest terms for approved paper. 
Richard & John Taylor. September 23.
MACKINDER & WHITE, Have received from London in the ship Planter, and Nabby, from Liverpool, their Fall and Winter GOODS.
The best superfine Black, Navy Blue, and fashionable mixed Cloths, Calimeres, Patent Cords, Swansdown, black silk Florentine, Gentlemen's patent silk and beaver Hats; Ladies' Trafalgar, Calabria, Buenos Ayres, and Cottage beaver Bonnets; Childrens' beaver Caps and Bonnets; Ladies' plain and fancy Kid and Morocco Shoes; red and black Morocco Nelson's comforts; Gentlemen's Hessian and Spanish Boots, and dress Shoes and Pumps; superior rich gold Epauliers; lace and silver Fringe; plain, tamboured, and Leno Muslin for dress; Calicoes, Chambraws, and Ginghams; rose and striped Blankets; Kendal Cottons; fringed white Plains; mixed Fearnoughts; Flannels; Manchester Cords; blue and drab Plains; Dimities and Mouselines; 4-4 Irish Linens; 5-4 and 6-4 Sheetings; Hosiery; Cutlery in boxes assorted; coarse Hats do.; Nails, Window Glass, &c. The above are offered for sale by wholesale or retail, at the lowest terms for Cash or approved paper. September 23.
FALL GOODS. We have received per the ship Nabby, from Liverpool, a handsome assortment of Woollen GOODS, well suited to the approaching season, and are in expectation of a further supply by the first arrival from London. J. & W. Southgate. On hand, a few very fine Toned, Grand, and Patent Piano Fortes. September 16.
FALL GOODS. Just received by the ship Nabby, from Liverpool, an extensive assortment of Cloths, Woollens, Hardware, and Cutlery GOODS, which will be disposed of very low by George M'Intosh. September 14.
COCKE & SANFORD, Have received by the ship Nabby, from Liverpool, an assortment of Fall and Winter GOODS, Consisting of Cloths of all qualities, Cassimeres, Bennet's patent Cords, Flannels, Blankets, Kendal Cottons, Yarn, Woollens and Cotton Hosiery, Powder and Shot, and a small assortment of Saddlery. They expect by the first arrival from London, a further supply of fashionable fancy GOODS. September 14.
Spring and Summer GOODS. The subscribers have received by the ship Hunter, from London, their supply of Fancy and fashionable GOODS, which they offer on reasonable terms for cash, or approved notes. Mackinder & White. May 1.
NOTICE. Those who have claims against the estate of RICHARD P. PRECIOUS , deceased, are requested to deliver them to the subscriber properly authenticated, and those indebted are requested to make payment, otherwise suits will be commenced against them. Thomas Crossley, Adm'r. September 30.
For SALE, Imported in the Galiot Fortune, captain Norton, from Teeriffe, 100 pipes and 90 hds. L. P. Tene- rifle WINE, of superior quality. Apply to Phinehas Dana. September 28.
TRIAL OF AARON BURR. Saturday, September 26, 1807. [Documents referred to in the examination of Gen. Wilkinson.]
(A) Deposition of Col. Cushing. On or about the 8th of October, 1806, I was sitting at the dining table in my quarters at Natchitoches with General Wilkinson, when a gentleman entered the room and enquired for Col. Cushing. I rose to receive him, and he presented to me the letter from Gen. Dayton, of which the following is an exact copy, viz. "Elizabeth Town, (N. J.) July 27th, 1806."
"DEAR SIR, "This will be presented to you by my nephew a son of the late Gen. Matthias Ogden, who commanded one of the Jersey regiments in the Revolutionary war, and whom you probably recollect.—He is on his way to New-Orleans, and is advised by me to call at your post, if it should be Fort Adams or else where upon the Mississippi, as I am told it is. His merits & the esteem in which he is held by me, make me anxious to procure for him a welcome reception, even for the short stay of a few hours, that he will be able to make with you. "Any instance of friendly attention or assistance shown to him, and his very worthy companion Mr. Swartwout, will be gratefully acknowledged, and regarded as a favour conferred on" Dear Sir, Your sincere friend and very humble servant, (Signed) JONATHAN DAYTON. Colonel Cushing."
The gentleman informed me that he was the Mr. Swartwout mentioned in the letter, and I presented him to gen. Wilkinson, as the friend of gen. Dayton, and requested him to take a seat with us at table, which he did. Mr. Swartwout then observed, that Mr. Ogden and himself being on their way to New-Orleans, had learned at Fort Adams, that our troops and some militia were assembling at Natchitoches, from whence they were to march against the Spanish army then in our neighbourhood, and that the object of his visit was, to act with us as a volunteer. He remained with us some time, and conversed on various topics; but said nothing which could excite a suspicion against him; and he left us with a strong impression on my mind, that his business to New-Orleans was of a commercial nature, and could be conducted by Mr. Ogden during his absence. While he was in my quarters, I was called out on business, and was absent from five to ten minutes.
The next morning I was walking on the gallery in front of my quarters, when gen. Wilkinson came up, and taking me aside, informed that he had something of a serious nature to communicate to me. So much so, that although it was necessary to hold it in strict reserve for the present, he begged me to bear it in mind, that I might be able to make fair statement of it at any future period. He then asked me if I knew, or had heard of an enterprise being on foot in the western states. I replied that I had heard nothing on the subject, and asked him what the enterprise was to which he alluded. He then said, "yes my friend" a great number of individuals possessing wealth, popularity and talents, are at this moment associated for purposes inimical to the government of the United States. Col. Burr is at their head, and the young gentleman who delivered you the letter last evening, is one of his emissaries. The story of serving as a volunteer, is only a masque. He has brought me a letter from Col. Burr, which being in cypher, I have not yet been able fully to make out, but I have discovered that his object is treasonable, and that it is my duty to oppose him by every means in my power. He assures me that he has funds—says the navy are with him—offers to make me second in command, and to give the officers of the army anything I may ask for them; and he requests me to send a confidential friend to confer with him at Nashville in Tennessee. —In fact he seems to calculate on me and the army as ready to join him.—I then asked the general whether he had received any information or instruction on this subject from government, to which he replied that he had not, and that he must therefore adopt such measures as in his judgment were best calculated to defend the country. He said he would immediately march to the Sabine and endeavour to make such terms with the Spanish commander, as would justify him in removing the greater part of his force to the Mississippi, and that the moment this should be effected, he would send me to New-Orleans in a light barge, with orders to secure the French train of artillery at that post, and to put the place in the best possible situation for defence, and that he would follow with every man that could be spared from Natchitoches with all possible expedition. He told me that he would give the information he had received to the President of the United States and solicit particular instructions from his government, but as delay might prove ruinous, he would pursue the course before suggested, as the only means in his power to save the country, until the pleasure of the president could be known. On our march to the Sabine, the general told me that he thought his presence at New-Orleans at as early a period as possible, was absolutely necessary, and that the moment he could make terms with the Spanish commander, he would set out for that place and leave me to bring on the troops. Natchitoches, 15th Nov. 1806. (Signed) T. H. CUSHING. Col. 2d Regt. Inf'y. and Adj't. and Inspector of the army.
Sworn to before me at the city of New Orleans, this 20th day of May, 1807. (Signed) GEORGE POLLOCK Justice of the peace for the parish of Orleans.
(B) Philadelphia, 25th July 1806. DEAR SIR, Mr. Swartwout the brother of Col. S. of New-York, being on his way down the Mississippi & presuming that he may pass you at some post on the river, has requested of me a letter of introduction which I give with pleasure, as he is a most amiable young man, and highly respectable from his character and connexions. I pray you to afford him any friendly offers which his situation may require, and beg you to pardon the trouble which this may give you, With entire respect, Your friend and humble servant, A. BURR. His Excellency, General Wilkinson. Mr. Swartwout.
(C) Copy of a letter from gen. Dayton to gen. Wilkinson, written in cypher except those parts printed in italicks. This cypher was designed by Gen. Dayton, and founded on the Hieroglyphics known to gen. Wilkinson and col. Burr. X A ! ) O ^ I ÷ ∩ " V ∩ — O I A " It is now well ascertained that you are to be displaced in next session. Jefferson will affect to yield reluctantly to the publick sentiment but yield he will; prepare yourself therefore for it: you know the rest. You are not a man to despair or even despond especially when such prospects offer in another quarter. Are you ready? Are your numerous associates ready? Wealth and Glory, Louisiana and Mexico.... I scall have time to receive a letter from you before I set out for Ohio—O H I O. address one to me here another to me in Cincinnati, receive and treat my nephew affectionately as you would receive, your friend. DAYTON.
(D) SIR, I have concluded to undertake the land purchase which we talked of last winter and determined to go on the lands this fall—any number of settlers could be had on this side of the mountains, but I should prefer to have the greater part from the western Country—you promised to write about the horses; but have heard nothing from you and suppose there will be no difficulty on that head—The money for the first payments now ready—I shall be at Frankfort about the 15th August and hope then to meet you and Col. Lynch there—It is quite necessary that I should see Lynch as I shall be provided with Cash to go on vigorously with our speculation—Some of the Concerned are now on their way to see you and will be with you nearly as soon as this letter—Please to encourage them and give them a good account of things. Your humble servant (Signed) A. STEPHENS. John Peters Esq. Nashville.
Letter from Doctor Bollman to General Wilkinson, of the 27th September, 1806. New Orleans, September 27th, 1806. SIR, I have the honour to forward to your Excellency, the enclosed letters, which I was charged to deliver to you by our mutual friend. I shall remain for some time at this place, and should be glad to learn where and when I may have the pleasure of an interview with you. Have the goodness to inform me of it, and please to direct your letters to me to the care of Messrs. Chew and Reil, or enclose under cover to them. I have the honour to be with great respect, sir, Your Excellency's most obedient servant, (Signed) ERICK BOLLMAN. Gen Wilkinson. (E.) July 16th, 1807.
My Dear Friend, As you are said to have removed your Head Quarters down the River, and there is a Report that the Spaniards intercept our mails which pass necessarily thro' the Territory occupied by them, in order to reach you; I think proper to address you in Cypher, that the contents may be concealed from the Dons, if they make so free as to open the letter... Take the following for the Catch word or Check word (and you may very readily decipher the figures) Viz. in your own Hieroglyphic [ ]; but in your own Alphabet thus [Hieroglyphics.] V ∩ — O I A Every thing and even heaven itself appears to have conspired to prepare the Train for a grand explosion; are you also ready? For I know you finch not when a great object is in view...Your present is more favourable than your late position, and as you can retain it without suspicion or alarm you ought by no means to retire from it until your Friends join you in December some where on the River Mississippi...Under the auspices of Burr and Wilkinson, I shall be happy to engage and when the time arrives, you will find me near you. Write and inform me by first mail what may be expected from you and your associates...In an enterprise of such moment considerations even stronger than those of affection impel me to desire your cordial co-operation and active support. DAYTON Wealth and honour } Adieu Courage & union } Burr and Wilkinson.
Let me hear from you by mail, as well as by the first good private conveyance, and believe me, with the best wishes for your prosperity and happiness most truly, Your friend and servant, JONA: DAYTON. If you write in Cypher [Hieroglyphics] use the same word, viz. V ∩ — O I A
(F.) Extract of a letter from James L. Donaldson, Esq. to general James Wilkinson, dated Natchez, October 30th, 1806. Michael Myers arrived here to day in 15 days from St. Louis on his way to New Orleans—he made a communication to me with permission to transmit to you, which might stagger even credulity—of his information he says he is certain and most firmly believes in the intelligence he communicates—This is neither more nor less than that a plan to revolutionize the western Country has been formed, matured and is ready to explode, that Kentucky, Ohio, Tennessee, Orleans and Indiana are combined to declare themselves Independent on the 15th November. That proposals have been made to some of the most influential characters at St. Louis, by an accredited Agent of the Conspiracy to join in the plan—That this person whose name Myers refuses to reveal, is in a most respectable line of life, and had the most unquestionable vouchers of his mission in French and English—That he declared it Money was necessary that it might be Commanded to any extent—It is proper to add that the persons thus applied to at St. Louis, altogether refused to Concur in any plan of the kind, saying that it should be only superior force that should dispense with their oath of fidelity to the United States—This may all appear to a person as well acquainted as you are with the politics of the western Country, as a second Spanish Conspiracy, and as such he ridiculed, and such is my impression of the wonderful plan. But Myers so firmly believed that having set forth on his journey by land to the United States, he was induced by his fears hastily to return to arrange his business at all events and prepare for an explosion—He most solemnly protests the Truth of the Communication, and declares there are only four persons in St. Louis who are privy to the disclosure made by the secret agent—It is not improbable that this may be a "Ruse de guerre" a stratagem set on foot by the patrons of the western world, to Foster and Keep alive the dissention, which excited by the pretended exposition of ancient Conspiracies may be fanned into a flame by spreading an alarm of an immediately and pressing treasonable combination—This I am apt to believe is the case, and in order more fully to succeed they may study and affect Mystery, as better Calculated to excite suspicion, and that they may have the honour of a New discovery—However, be the matter as it may, I communicate it to you, as I received it, and have only to regret, that you had it not in person from Myer's information, of which whatever your Judgment might pronounce, the solemnity of his assertion and his certainty of the plan (altho' he was not at liberty to divulge the means) must have staggered the mind Capable of believing it.
Proceedings in the Trial of Col. Burr continued from our last.
[General Wilkinson under examination.] [Mr. Hay said that he was willing in order to save time, to waive every thing which related to the preparations of the army; and requested that gen. Wilkinson would proceed to relate what occurred at New Orleans] I proceeded from Natchitoches to Natchez and descending from that place reached Fort Adams on the 18th of November; where I found Mr. Swartwout, who had been taken ill on his route from Natchitoches to New Orleans, and for his accommodation, was invited by some one of the officers to that place. He informed me that Mr. Ogden had reached that place, on his way to Tennessee; but, being alarmed by the rumours which prevailed in that part of the country, he was afraid to proceed, and had halted there. I enquired of Mr. Swartwout whether Mr. Ogden had borne any letters. He said that he had not; but that lieut. Spence of the navy had been sent, sometime before, from New Orleans, through the country, with letters from col. Burr. I proceeded on, and reached New Orleans on the 25th of November, in the evening; and, on the 26th, in the morning, I received this letter from Doctor Bollman. [Here general Wilkinson produced the letter. See note G.] This letter reminds me of a circumstance which I had omitted. The morning after I had received the letter of Doctor Bollman at Natchitoches, I acknowledged the receipt of it in a short note, and informed him that I should be in New Orleans about the 20th. I did not call on Doctor Bollman till the 30th. After the ordinary salutations, I enquired whether he had heard of col. Burr, since his arrival. He informed me that he had not. I asked him whether he had heard of lieut. Spence's arrival in Tennessee. He enquired how I came to know anything of lieut. Spence. I informed him that it was through Mr. Swartwout. He assured me that he had sent dispatches for col. Burr by lieut. Spence, and that he had heard of his arrival at Nashville. He then enquired what part I meant to take? I observed that I felt myself delicately situated. It was impossible that I could take any part, while I held my commission; and I was so circumstanced that I could not get rid of it. He asked me what I thought of the competency of the force of the undertaking. I observed that it depended upon a variety of circumstances; such as

winds, weather, composition and appointment of troops, skill in conduct, the resistance of their opponents, and other causes on which the success of military operations depend. But I gave it as my opinion, that I thought the force insufficient. He said that col. Burr had gone too far to retract; that he had numerous and powerful friends in the United States, who stood pledged to support him with their fortunes; and that he must succeed. He then enquired of me my opinion as to the state of the magazines of provisions in New Orleans. I observed that, if col. Burr descended with the force proposed, they would starve, unless he brought provisions along with him: for I had before ascertained precisely the quantity then on hand. He said that it was his opinion, also, that there would be a scarcity of provisions; that he had written to col. Burr on the subject; and that he expected a supply from New York and Norfolk, where col. Burr had many friends. He said that he had noticed in the publick prints the sailing of some vessels with flour; and supposed that they might be destined for that place. I did not see Doctor Bollman, after the arrival of the mail; and I called on him to enquire the news. He said that he had seen a letter from col. Burr, of the 30th of October, in which he stated that he should be at Natchez, on the 20th of December, with two thousand men; to be followed by four thousand more; and that he could have raised or levied twelve thousand men, as easily as six, if he had thought them necessary. I then informed Doctor Bollman, that, if col. Burr came to New Orleans, I should oppose him. He replied, they must come there for provisions and equipment. He observed that col. Burr had great confidence in me; but he did not know what had passed between us; and asked, if I could not make such a defence as would cover my reputation, and still permit him to come. I replied in the negative; and we then parted. Some few mornings afterwards, he called at my quarters: there was a gentleman in the room; and I took him in the Piazza. He said, that he wanted my determination. I expressed my surprise; and told him that he knew my determination.
Mr. Hay. While you were thus extracting from Doctor Bollman the secrets of his party, were you taking any measures for the security of New Orleans? Ans. Yes. My orders and instructions will show what measures I deemed it my duty to pursue. For these I am responsible to the president of the United States.
Mr. Martin. Are the cyphered letters filed? Ans. Yes.  Q. Are the keys furnished? Ans. Here it is. [ Mr. Bots mentioned the situation of Mr. Tazewell who was summoned as a witness on the part of col. Burr. He said that Mr. Tazewell had represented the situation of his family to be such as to require his immediate return home. Mr. Bots observed that, although he had introduced the request of Mr. Tazewell to be discharged, he should be compelled to oppose it.
Mr. Tazewell stated that he had been unexpectedly summoned, he well knew, to answer interrogatories as to certain proceedings before the grand jury; that he had just been informed of an occurrence in his domestic affairs, which made it indispensably necessary for him to return immediately; that there was many gentlemen, in this place and the vicinity, of the grand jury, who were as competent to give evidence on the points to which he should be called upon to depose, as he possibly could be; and who would be subjected to no kind of inconvenience in attending. If he were to be examined at all, he requested that it might be immediately done; for the situation of his family was such that he should be compelled to return.
The Chief Justice said to Mr. Tazewell, that he knew full well that it was not in the power of the court to discharge him. Mr. Bots said it was impossible to examine Mr. Tazewell till gen. Wilkinson had gone through his testimony. It was not possible to know the importance of his evidence till gen. Wilkinson was cross-examined.
Mr. Hay observed that it was an unprecedented measure to introduce any member of the grand jury to prove what had passed in the jury room. Mr. Bots. We have not said for what purpose we mean to introduce him. Mr. Hay. I presume that I may be permitted to presume for what purpose.
Mr. Baker said that he meant to speak generally of the propriety and convenience of giving testimony as to what passed in the grand jury room. One good effect, at least, would result from it: that by introducing witnesses to prove what had passed there, it would prevent people from giving information to the grand jury, which they could not support elsewhere.
Mr. Bots called for the key to the cyphered letters of col. Burr. Gen. Wilkinson handed him a small pocket dictionary, and a paper containing certain hieroglyphics. Mr. Bots. In the duplicate received by Dr. Bollman there is an erasure. Will you be so good as to explain the cause of it?
Gen. Wilkinson. That erasure was made by myself, and the words afterwards introduced by me. I have a deposition which will be more satisfactory than my own explanation. Mr. Bots. Whose deposition? Ans. Mr. Duncan's. [ Mr. Wirt read the deposition of Mr. Duncan, for which see note H.] Mr. Bots. When was the erasure made? A. During the sitting of the Legislature in New Orleans. Q. When were the words restored? A. I cannot now state with certainty. Q. Was the letter exhibited to the Legislature? A. It was introduced; but I confined myself to oral communications. Q. What was the occasion of the erasure? A. To put it out of the power of a certain faction in the Legislature, to whom, at that time, I intended to submit the paper; to conceal it from that faction who were opposed to my measures, and who, I believe, were inimical to the true interests of their country, and were labouring to excite suspicions that I was connected with col. Burr, in order to destroy the publick confidence in me, and thus to defeat my measures. At the head of this faction I considered John Watkins, esq. the Speaker. Having determined not to submit the letter, I restored the words. Q. Did you prepare any translation to submit to the legislature? A. No. I only made notes. Q. Did you make a translation for any other purpose? A. Only a partial and imperfect one. Q. For what purpose? A. To understand it. Q. Was there any other occasion for which a translation was made? A. No. Did you make any translation for the executive? A. No.  Q. Were those words, "your's post-marked 13th of May is received," erased? A. Yes.  Q. Where is the copy of your letter, covering a copy of that of col. Burr,
and your deposition to the president of the United States? A. It is among my papers.— Mr. Hay. Do I understand you correctly, when I suppose you say, that the translation intended for the legislature of New Orleans, was sent to the president? A. No. [ Mr. Hay immediately observed that, on recollecting dates, he perceived that he had misunderstood gen. Wilkinson; that the letter was sent to the President before the session of the legislature of New Orleans.] Mr. Bots. Do I understand you to say that this was your translation of the letter which was intended for the legislature of New Orleans? A. No. It was Mr. Duncan's. Mr. Bots. Have you ever sworn that this was a true translation? A. No. Only substantially so. [ Gen. Wilkinson. May I be permitted to offer a few words of explanation? When Dr. Bollman was arrested, I will confess to you that I was a little acquainted with judicial proceedings, that I did not know it was necessary to do more than accompany him with a letter of advice. I was about to send him off in this way, when Mr. Duncan suggested to me the propriety of sending forward a deposition to justify his commitment. I put the letter into the hands of Mr. Duncan, with the key; and he made out the interpretation. When Mr. Duncan presented the translation to me, I stated my objections to the omissions. He urged me to sign the deposition. The time was urgent; the express waiting; and I confess that I feared a rescous. This did not give me much time to consult my understanding. If I had, it is probable that I should have resisted the signing of the deposition, with those omissions, notwithstanding my confidence in the judgment and integrity of my counsel. I was, also, at the time, oppressed by domestic afflictions; and my mind was hurried and agitated by the painful and interesting scenes which surrounded me.
Mr. Bots. Were there variations between this original letter in cypher, and that sent on to the president? A. Yes. Mr. Bots. Were they noticed by you, or by Mr. Duncan in your presence? A. I suppose so; because I objected generally to the omissions. Mr. Bots. How was the cypher formed? A. It consisted of an American edition of Entick's dictionary, and of Hieroglyphics. Mr. Bots. Which was formed first? A. The Dictionary. Mr. Bots. When was that formed? [ Here Gen. Wilkinson referred to a letter, without a signature, dated in 1800; and said he presumed it must have been formed about that time. ] Mr. Bots. Do you know the time of the year? A. I presume it was October. Mr. Baker. To whom was that letter addressed? A. To myself.  Q. By the same. By whom was it written? A. By col. Burr. [ Gen. Wilkinson observed that it was a private letter, to which he had referred merely to refresh his memory, the concluding paragraph of which is, "when I receive your cypher and your address, you shall hear from me." ] Mr. Wickham insisted upon seeing the letter. Gen. Wilkinson refused; but said it was at the disposal of col. Burr, and handed it to him.] Mr. Bots. With whom was the cypher formed? A. Col. Burr and myself. Mr. Bots. When were the Hieroglyphicks agreed upon? A. To the best of my recollection, the Hieroglyphicks which refer to the alphabet were formed about the change of the administration, after the induction of the president. The Hieroglyphicks are divided into two parts; one part relates to the alphabet and figures, and the other part to arbitrary names or designations. Mr. Bots. When were the arbitrary names established? A. I think in the year 1795 or 1796, but not delivered to col. Burr at that time. Mr. Bots. Who originally devised the cypher? A. That you hold in your hand (the Hieroglyphicks) was devised partly by myself and partly by capt. Campbell Smith. Mr. Bots. Are you sure it was in 1796, in which that part was devised? I think I said in 1795 or 1796, but could not ascertain which. But, adverting to the motives which induced me to form it, I think it was in 1794. Mr. Bots. Are there no circumstances which can enable you to ascertain the time? A. I could have proved with certainty, the time, if a witness whom I had summoned had attended. Here is another cypher made by capt. Smith in 1791; and the Hieroglyphicks representing the president and vice-president are the same with those used in the cypher with col. Burr.
Col. Burr. What was the mode adopted by you of sending round the prisoners? By publick vessels? A. No. My plan was to engage passages on board private vessels, and to lay in a double stock of stores for their accommodation. Col. Burr. When did your dispatches go on board the vessel? Can you ascertain the time? A. Not without recurring to my correspondence. Mr. Wirt. You had been for many years in habits of intimate correspondence with col. Burr? A. Yes.
(To be continued.)
THE PUBLICK LEDGER.
MONDAY EVENING, OCT. 5, 1807.
An Old Inhabitant is received, and his sentiments are correct, but the affair to which he alludes, has we understand, been adjusted; we would not wish again to revive it.
This day the court appointed by the government, to inquire into the conduct of Commodore Barron, met on board the Chesapeake, present
Captains Murray,
Chauncy,
Hull.
The court adjourned without doing any business until to-morrow. Littleton W. Tazewell, Esq. has been appointed Judge Advocate. Commodore Barron is, we understand, very much indisposed, and Mr. Tazewell is at Richmond, a witness in the case of Col. Burr.
For the Norfolk Gazette and Publick Ledger.
PETERSBURG, October 1, 1807.
To an Officer,
SIR—At the moment when you saw me assailed by "a Soldier in front" a Trooper on the left, who declares himself ready to charge upon me on the right with officers and privates, composing an entire troop—was it compatible (with that generosity which should attach to every officer) to advance on my rear and pointing to a general thus to cut off every prospect of safety, every ray of hope? to con-
tend against such fearful odds were madness; prudence requires that I should invite "An Officer" to a parly and if fortunate enough to negotiate advantageously I may yet escape without disgrace and in a hole skin—Now to the subject—"You feel no interest in the defence of my moral and military reputation," nor do I feel any interest about your moral and military reputation—so far the account stands fairly balanced—"The defence however of my own reputation, it appears could not be accomplished without assailing that of my commander Gen. Mathews." Previous to any discussion on this subject I must observe that if I rightly understand you, this and this alone produced me the honour of an address from "an officer," if right in this conjecture we will examine how far my vindication has assailed Gen. Mathews—Announcing a most damning charge made against me "that I never once consulted the convenience of my troops," it was necessary for my defence to shew that whatever inconveniences they had experienced were not chargeable to me; in taking a view of just complaints that of no preparations being made at Portsmouth where we were stationed for our accommodation, did appear to my mind as a principal one; to shew that the General was duly advised of our approach, it was incumbent on me to state how often and when I wrote him and thereby exonerate myself from censure. The General wrote me on the 12th July (being the day we arrived at Portsmouth) and used this language "my Quarter Master has orders to attend you, and put you in possession." The appointment of a fit Quarter Master and issuing the necessary orders were all that could be expected of the General—but the notorious fact was that the quarter master had neither Tents, Barracks, or Billeting houses for us, and every individual who was not invited to private houses betook themselves to the Taverns and there remained during the expedition. What then becomes of your facts of notoriety? "that from the Q. Masters return the troops were accommodated with quarters with which they were well satisfied until I was pleased to disturb them." Government never accommodated them with one Room; many whose finances were exhausting were dissatisfied and I never removed them from their quarters; the Rector of the parish offered politely his Church for the Troops, which when I named to the General he disapproved our accepting and a few days previous to our discharge the Q. Master said he had got three small houses which we might go into; on inquiry they were found unsuitable and no way sufficient.—The order for tents in the first instance and before the Troopers had found accommodations was quite a popular measure, but expecting their discharge about the time they were made, many urged objections to going into them, this subject the General no doubt would have controuled: "You hope and believe that the General did not condescend to advise those who it was his right and duty to command." You hope and believe wrong Mr. Officer—The General did advise me; this advice in that respect was by me considered as friendly—for he gave as his opinion that government would not take the Tents off my hands, and in my defence this circumstance is named not to shew that I acted in contradiction to any order when verbal or written of the General but to prove that such was my disposition to have the Troops accommodated at the least possible expense that I incurred the risque of paying for the Tents out of my own purse: after being seven days at Portsmouth "you wrote the Governor that one fourth of the Cavalry were quite competent to the service." Yes, Mr. Officer I wrote so, as being information from the best sources I had obtained, and I hoped that it would at least produce an inquiry on the part of the executive with the commander in chief, and that thereby the troops from Richmond and Petersburg (if considered unnecessary) might be the more quickly discharged—You ask me "if I really was of opinion that one fourth of the cavalry was sufficient, why I made impressments for the dismounted members." I wonder you did not ask why I had not discharged the other three fourths? The answer to your question is that in my orders from Council Chamber I was directed "to make all such arrangements as you may deem necessary for the accommodation of the Troops. &c." and I deemed Horses not only necessary but indispensable—the General in countermanding such orders, evidences his conviction that no accession to the cavalry was necessary. "You next informed us that you incurred the serious displeasure of the General by finding fault with the expeditions on the coast"—Yes I did find fault—for not knowing but those expeditions might be continued and seeing the serious effects both on men and horses, I deemed it my duty to inform the General that it was the opinion of all the officers and men that cavalry could not act there with effect, and that a small scouting party would be sufficient; in the conversation on this subject, with the general, it was the manner not the matter which general Mathews particularly excepted to.—I am not disposed to contend that in all respects I pursued the best possible course, and therefore readily admit that my letter to gen. Mathews on that subject might savour too much of insubordination, though I am still of opinion that it would not have been derogatory to the dignity of the general to have given me a view of his orders to the several detachments of cavalry, and his particular objects, such communications (I have reason to believe) would
have prevented my writing him. If your object was, as I understand, to appear as the champion of your general, however praiseworthy the motive, you have volunteered (I think) unnecessarily; and I now give you fair notice that unless you come to a speedy compromise, I shall (as preservation is the first law of nature) look out for that veteran Irishman, who in the revolutionary contest, surrounded his dozen, and take from him a few lessons for the purpose of extricating myself from this dilemma.
JOHN M'RAE.
DIED last evening, Mr. WILLIAM LAIRD, of the house of Butler & Laird.
At his seat in Nansemond, Colonel WILLIAM WILKINSON, late of Portsmouth.
BOSTON, September 25. THE BRITISH EXPEDITION.
Capt. Prince, at Salem, from Elsinour, left that place on the 12th of August. The commander of the British fleet had demanded the delivery of the Island of Zealand into his possession. Several letters had passed between the admiral and the Crown Prince. The latter had finally answered, that he would not give up the Island while there was a man living to defend it. An immediate attack was expected; and on the 13th of August, when capt. P. was coming to sea, a heavy firing was heard.
The Island of Zealand is 60 miles broad & as many in length. Copenhagen is the capital—contains about 60,000 inhabitants, and is well fortified. Elsinour is on the same island, 20 miles N. of Copenhagen—contains about 6000 inhabitants.
Foreign Intelligence.
LONDON, August 16.
Yesterday a mail arrived from Gottenburg, which had furnished the following intelligence:
Gottenburg, Aug. 7.—By accounts from Elsinour we learn, that the first division of the English fleet passed the Castle of Cronberg on Monday last, and saluted and received a salute in the customary manner.
The Prince of Wales packet arrived here the day before yesterday with a Russian Courier from London, who set off immediately for St. Petersburg.
A great number of English ships of war, transports, &c. have passed our harbour these two days, all steering for the Baltic, and making a formidable appearance. The reports of the different officers who have been engaged in the late affairs at Stralsund, are upon the whole uninteresting; the only article worth noticing is the last Bulletin.
BULLETIN.
Head-Quarters, July 27.
Major Baron Hopken was, on the 18th inst. again sent to the French General Brune, whose head-quarters are at Mittzon, in order to repeat in writing the proposal of an armistice, already made before his majesty, as his majesty has reason to suppose that his former proposal has been misunderstood by the French general; but major Hopken received for answer from General Brune, that he could not agree to any armistice unless Stralsund was occupied by French troops; the same answer which was given on the 14th inst. On the 26th our whole chain of advanced posts were attacked by the enemy, and forced to fall back; but our troops having been reinforced soon after, resumed their former position. The enemy being employed in erecting a field fortification on the beach, a division of our gun boats stood in shore, and drove them from the beach. Yesterday after Divine service, three battalions of the fourth brigade, one squadron of the regiment of Life Chasseurs, and one squadron of Mornersk hussars, were ordered to be drawn up in a field near the fortress, under the orders of col. Vegesack: soon after his majesty attended by baron Essen, Governor General, the General Staff, and Mr. Pierpont, the royal British envoy, proceeded to the spot, ordered the colours to advance, and created Lieut. Col. Stockenstrom and baron Posse, knights of the order of the Sword.
The Royal Prussian troops, commanded by lieut. gen. Blucher, have received orders to leave Swedish Pomerania, and march by Ysedom and Wollen to Colberg; their magazines are also to be removed to that fortress. Almost every night trifling skirmishes take place on the frontiers.—Deserters arrive daily in considerable numbers from the enemy.—Gottenburgh Gazette, Aug. 7.
The same Gazette states, on the authority of a letter from Copenhagen, that all the inhabitants of the Suburbs have received orders to prepare quarters for a considerable number of cavalry.
There is great reason to apprehend that the emperor Alexander has been induced by the intrigues and artifices of Buonaparte and Talleyrand to break off his connection with this country. One of the secret articles in the treaty between France and Russia is said to stipulate, that unless Great Britain accept the proffered mediation within the time specified, Russia will not only shut her ports against us, and prohibit all commercial intercourse, but will form a tripple alliance, offensive and defensive with France and Prussia. There is reason to think that the mission of Sir J. Shairp to Petersburg, is in consequence of the information which our government have received on the points to which we have alluded.
The king of Saxony is reported to have announced his daughter's refusal to marry Jerome, when he met Napoleon at Dresden. The irritation of Buonaparte is said to have been inconceivable, and it operated so much upon his spirits, that he would partake of no recreation whatever during his stay.—The Princess Catharine of Wirtemburgh, the proposed consort of Jerome, was proposed to him by Napoleon, some time since, but he treated the offer with contempt; and is said to have made pressing solicitations to be allowed to send for his lady from America, and retire to any small portion of territory which the emperor his brother might allot him; all his remonstrances, however, were ineffectual.
SWEDISH BULLETINS.
HEAD QUARTERS, STRALSUND, July 22.
According colonel Norman's report of the 17th inst. his chain of videttes was attacked that morning near Kneiper Fort by a detachment of horse Chasseurs, supported by foot Yagers, who had taken a very favourable position on the neighbouring heights. The left wing of our chain was at first forced to give way, but captain Ablerberg brought

up a small reinforcement of Dragoons, and put the enemy to flight. Soon after arrived a division of gun boats, which completely cleared the beach of the enemy's troops.
The bulletin proceeds to detail a series of affairs between the advanced posts, which were not productive of any important results, and concludes by stating that "yesterday the British troops lately arrived here did duty for the first time, and occupied all the posts within the fortress. Lord Carhart left town yesterday for the Isle of Rugen, to review the English troops assembled in that island. General Baron Tott has also proceeded thither, to take upon himself the command in chief of the Swedish and English troops now in Rugen."
July 27.
PROCLAMATION
Of his Swedish majesty to the German nation.
"German Soldiers!—A German prince still speaks to you, who has never forgot what is due to honour and duty. Still his voice hails you, to remind you that you are a nation, destined to honour and self independence, but not to infamy and oppression. Your princes have forgot the loyalty of their ancestors—they have forgot that Germany is but one state, and the Germans but one Nation—they have exposed you to the most infamous destiny, to promote the abhorring principles of the Corsican, Napoleon Buonaparte. Shake off, then, in God's name, the ignominious bondage. Never can a more favourable opportunity occur to turn your arms against the oppressor of your unhappy country. From the Ramparts of Stralsund, the only independent burgh remaining in Germany, which has bid defiance to time, thousands will descend and unite with you in your deliverance."
"In the fortress of Stralsund, after the birth of our Redeemer, Jesus Christ, 1807."
LIVERPOOL, August 19.
A report has been circulated, through the medium of the London prints, that our squadron on the American station, had bombarded Norfolk; we are happy to inform our readers that it rests on no sufficient grounds, as the detailed report of the gentlemen appointed by the Common Council of Norfolk to wait on commodore Douglas, on board the Belona, and the correspondence between that officer and the mayor of Norfolk, copies of which we were favoured with at a late hour last night, promise a most agreeable result to the lovers of peace and the friends of both countries, and reflect high honour on the conduct of the British officer. All the reports of engagements between the British and Americans, and the seizure of cattle by our squadron, are equally unfounded. The fleet stood in no need of supplies, and commodore Douglas assured the deputation from Norfolk of his determination to respect the rights and authorities of the United States.
The parliament is prorogued, and we are sorry to find the speech which terminated the session, breathe so little of spirit of peace; the framers of the speech have displayed no small share of talent in reducing it as obscure as possible; people of common understanding may gaze and wonder, but to comprehend will require far superior powers than generally are allotted to man. We sincerely hope the ministers will seize every opportunity, during the recess of parliament, to restore to this country the blessings of peace. We hope the disposition is gone from us which inspired the strife-enslaved frequenters of the Exchange to indulge in the war-whoop exultation, so indecently displayed on the termination of our endeavours to negotiate a peace with France last year—an exultation worthy a scalping race of savages than the members of an enlightened community. The perfidiousness of the enemy has always furnished a theme for the canting eloquence of war-interested men. Like the monarchs of other countries, we have always found the rulers of France conform to their treaties no longer than their interests shall bind them to their observance, and we can have no reason whatever for presuming that Buonaparte will be more faithful. We are persuaded that both nations are equally anxious for the restoration of the blessings of peace, and cannot doubt that its advantages would greatly predominate in our favour. We therefore trust that we may be able to conclude a treaty in the mutual spirit of peace, by which the prodigal waste of human blood will be spared, our taxation necessarily lightened, our commerce enlarged, and though last, not the least agreeable article of this enumeration, there will occur less to be attended to, and of course greater opportunity be afforded for the removal of those abuses in almost every department of the state which have too long existed, and have been too long connived at by those who call themselves the guardians of the people.
GOTTENBURG, August 3.
The English sloop of war the Mosquito, arrived here the day before yesterday, when an officer landed from her, for the purpose of procuring pilots for the Belts, but without success. Yesterday the English fleet destined for the Baltic, passed this place. Twenty sail were seen from our rocks; as the wind has been very fair, they must before this time, have reached Copenhagen.
Private letters from Copenhagen, received by yesterday's post, state, that general Bernadotte (the prince of Ponte Carvo) was with the royal prince of Denmark at Kiel, and that a large French army waited his commands; if this be true, he could not have arrived at a more critical juncture. We have no news from Stralsund.
LEIPZIC, July 27.
Our University, to establish a lasting monument in honour of the immortal hero Napoleon, and the restoration of peace on the continent, by the advice of the professors Hidenberg, and Rudiger, have resolved that in future the stars that form the girdle and sword of Orion, shall hereafter be denominated the stars of Napoleon.
BANKS OF THE ELBE, August 5.
The king of Sweden continues immovable, marshal Berthier has had an interview with him, and this also has been fruitless. The siege of Stralsund has been carried on with the utmost vigour; and the French partisans do not scruple to avow, that it is their intention to take vengeance on the town whenever it falls into their hands. Three hundred pieces of artillery are to be brought against it. In the meanwhile the Swedes have made repeated sorties upon the besiegers, and not without success.
BAYONNE, July 24.
Every thing on our shores wears a warlike aspect. We are in daily expectation of seeing French troops, who are to form an army of 40,000 men, for the purpose of compelling Portugal to shut her ports against the English.
LAW REPORT.
ADMIRALTY COURT, August 18.
THE SHIP SANSON.
Sentence was pronounced this day in this interesting cause. It was a case of salvage between the captors, who were English, and the American owners of the American ship Sanson . The ship had sailed from Baltimore as a neutral trader, and was captured off the coast of Spain by a French privateer; and as the captors were conducting their prize to the enemy's port, one of our cruisers re-captured the American, and brought her into an English port, to which country she was originally bound. The captors contended, that they were entitled to salvage from this neutral vessel, inasmuch as the re-capture took place subsequent to the decree of the French emperor, issued in November last, against all nations on the continent who should carry on any commerce with England, until the government of England should be brought to their senses, and induced to abandon their system of despotism over the ocean, and their claim to the power and practice of violating the laws of nations, &c. This decree was stated, on behalf of the owners, to be a nullity, and not intended as against certain powers, and more especially as not intended against American ships, as the government of France had issued no orders for fitting out privateers to act under the decree.
Sir William Scott laid down the law generally and specially upon such cases. He said, in general, neutrals, by the law of nations, were not liable to salvage without particular orders or directions from the respective powers, grounded upon peculiar circumstances, which excepted those special cases, of which he did (on most mature deliberation) consider the case for judgment now before him to be one. The decree of the French government was, in words and meaning, such an unprecedented decree, as must strike every man's mind with conviction, as an unqualified hostility against the maritime commerce and constitution of England. It required no explanation, nor admitted of any doubtful construction or interpretation. Orders had been issued to all maritime prefects of the French empire, and the allies and states under its dominion and influence, to execute the decree, and general Armstrong had remonstrated with Monsieur Dacres, the French minister for marine, and from him could obtain no more satisfactory explanation or information on this subject than je pense , I think such or such should be the proper construction. This je pense was not an explanation, or an official communication proper to issue from any government, or to be at all regarded by any other government in the world, and least of all by England; which, by this strange decree, was pronounced thenceforth to be in a state of universal blockade, an idea never before entertained by any nation in such unqualified and unlimited terms. This decree was not intended as a nullity; it was nothing like a brutum fulmen : and as the captors in this case had rescued the ship from danger, and in so doing had rendered the owners essential service, he should adjudge the owner to pay the captors salvage. He was not acting without precedent, for it came fully within his judgment upon the ship from Denmark, where, in similar circumstances, he granted salvage to the captors.
THE SHIP JASON.
This was a capture, made under the order of council, dated the 7th of January last, commanding the capture of neutral ships trading between the enemy's ports: which order was in answer to the celebrated decree of Buonaparte, declaring this kingdom in a state of blockade, as above alluded to.
The owners of the ship in question were merchants, at Embden, and it appeared, upon the depositions before the court, that she sailed from the port of Vigo, in Spain, on the 10th of February last, bound for the port of Civita Vecchia, in Italy, and laden with a cargo of Sardinias. From the protest of the master it appeared, that about the 15th or 16th of March, meeting with some heavy gales of wind, and the ship being much damaged, he was obliged to make for the nearest port, and put into Barcelona, where he repaired the ship, disposed of his cargo, and took in a cargo of wines, and was proceeding on his voyage to his destined port, when he was captured.
On the part of the captors, Doctors Lawrence and Sewell, contended, that this was a fraudulent prosecution of a voyage from one of the enemy's ports to another, in violation of the above order of council, and therefore the captors were entitled to the judgment of the court. They argued from the ship's journal and other documents on board, compared with the protest of the captain, and other circumstances, that the owners and captain (a part owner), had full knowledge of such order, and acted in direct violation thereof, and that the ship's real destination at the time of her sailing from Vigo was not Civita Vecchia (then considered as a neutral port), but Barcelona direct; and this they adduced from the ship's journal, which, although it noticed heavy gales of wind about the 15th or 16th of March, did not mention any particular damage done to the ship at that time, so as to oblige her to put into the nearest port; besides, if there was that necessity she was at that time about 300 leagues from Barcelona, and within a much less distance of other ports, where she could have put to and refitted: her cargo also being of perishable nature, and not calculated for so long a voyage, and by a letter from the owners to the captain, directing him in case of necessity, to make for Barcelona, the learned advocates contended, that this letter, if not intended as a fraud on the captors, was at least an anticipation of the bad weather that ensued, and clearly showed that the parties had full knowledge at the time of the ship's sailing from Vigo, of the order of council before alluded to, and had prosecuted a fraudulent voyage with a view to elude such order.
The learned advocates, doctors Robinson and Burnaby, on behalf of the owners on the other side, contended that there was nothing in the protest incongruous with the ship's journal and other documents; that it appeared that the ship's original destination was Civita Vecchia; that she met bad weather, and was much damaged in masts, hull, and rigging; and was obliged, for these reasons, to put into Barcelona, where having refitted she was about to prosecute her voyage to her destined port, when, upon examining her cargo, it was found necessary to dispose of it, and take in another. The learned advocate also argued upon the probability of the master not being acquainted with the order of council at the time of sailing from Vigo,
from the delay which necessarily attends the sailing of the Lisbon packet, by which the knowledge of it was to be conveyed, the difficulty of communication, the obscurity of the port of Vigo itself, and the short time which had elapsed between issuing the order and the period at which the ship sailed from that port.
After a reply of some length by Dr. Lawrence, the learned judge, Sir William Scott, observed, that as the order in question was a matter of extreme notoriety, and must be of great importance with respect to the commercial relations of this country with the continent, there could be little doubt of its being well known in almost every trading port on the continent, before the sailing of the ship from Vigo. Had she, therefore sailed from any of the principal commercial ports of the continent, he should not hesitate to say, that she must, of necessity, have sailed with full knowledge of such order, and consequently in violation of it; but Vigo being a very obscure place, little known in the commercial world, and the Decree of the French government, prohibiting the conveyance of any correspondence between this kingdom and the continent, rendering the communication of such order very difficult at that time, he thought there was a probability that the captain or master of this ship might have sailed from Vigo in total ignorance of its existence; and therefore he wished, before he finally decided the cause, to have more evidence upon this part of the cause, and directed that the captain should be further examined to it. With respect to the vessel going to Barcelona, instead of prosecuting her voyage direct to Civita Vecchia, he did not think that altered the case at all; for whether she went to one port or the other, he should consider her equally within the operation of the order of council of the 7th of January last.
Judgment deferred.
HOUSE OF COMMONS, Aug. 12.
Mr. Sheridan then rose to make his promised motion respecting Ireland, which he regretted he could not bring forward till the very last day of the session, on account of the bills respecting that country having so lately passed. He proceeded in a very long and brilliant speech, urged every argument for conciliating instead of irritating the Irish nation. Instead of that, ministers take away their constitution, and their arms, yet expect them to fight for us. The laws just passed were martial law in masquerade. Had there at any time the most dangerous period been a minister bold enough to propose such laws for England? Ministers had in their favour trumpeted the authority of Mr. Grattan. Whenever that Gentleman said any thing that did not square with their ideas they sneered at him; when it suited their purpose they were proud of his support. Notwithstanding the promises held out to the people of Ireland to induce them to acquiesce in the Union, no one act had been passed by the United Parliament to ameliorate their condition. It was not merely the Catholic question; the great thing wanting was to mend the condition of the lower classes. The point was, to begin at the cottages; and, above all, remove the imposition of tithes. The low Irish had been branded with every thing bad—that they were idle, ignorant, incapable of being taught, and with the worst of hearts. Experience proved the contrary, and they only wanted the countenance of the gentlemen of Ireland to display as good qualities as any of their neighbours. On the state of the Irish peasantry he had received much information from private sources; he had also looked into several valuable books and pamphlets on the subject, but particularly into Bell's Treatise , a perusal of which would give gentlemen a good idea of their character and situation. These (said Mr. Sheridan) are the considerations which I would recommend to the gentlemen of Ireland to adopt.—These are the measures which I would recommend to ministers to employ, instead of measures which have just received the royal assent. I am sick of hearing about continental alliances—I am sick of hearing about your magnanimous emperor, who has shown himself prouder of belonging to the legion of honour than of giving aid to the designs of Great-Britain. If you will subsidize—why not subsidize Ireland. Make her your friend. When I look at the situation of things, and observe that spot which Mr. Burke once emphatically called "A blank in the map of Europe," I cannot avoid also looking over the map; and looking at Europe, I see nothing but France.—Looking at the state of India, I begin to be afraid that India even may want our utmost aid to preserve; that our possessions and property in the West Indies may also require our utmost vigilance. Looking at America, and the state of the differences (which I hope and trust will be accommodated, and justice rendered, if any thing wrong has been done), I consider that our connection with America ought not to be given up; and lastly, looking at the state of Ireland, I say we have but one enemy, and that is the whole world!
After some further observations on the immense and alarming power of France, Mr. Sheridan concluded with submitting the following motion:
"That this house will, immediately after the meeting of the ensuing session of Parliament, proceed to take into their most serious consideration the state and condition of Ireland, with regard to the discontents alleged to exist in that country, the House of Commons should have been thrown out in a view to discontinue the provisions of the acts which this country has been reluctantly compelled to adopt at the close of the present session, and the permanence of which would be a violation of the rights of the people of Ireland, and a subversion of the free spirit of the constitution."
The motion was seconded by Mr. Dillon.
A debate ensued, in which Messrs. Percival, Grattan, and Lockhart, spoke against the motion respecting the arguments used in the debates on the Irish bills; Mr. Windham, Mr. Dillon, Lord W. Russell, Mr. Herbert, and Mr. Cochrane Johnstone, spoke for it; after which the house divided, and the numbers stood as follows—For it, 33—Against it, 76—Majority for the previous question, 43.
FOR SALE,
By JOHN GRANBERY,
On Commerce-Street, 50 tons Logwood, 20,000 feet good Mahogany, 10,000 feet square Oak Timber, 30,000 do. square Pine do. 100 barrels Pork, 100 tiers Rice, 5 pipes French Brandy, 10 quarter casks Lisbon Wine, 13 hds. Jamaica Sugars, 5 hds. Loaf Sugar, 2 puncheons Tabago Rum, Gun Powder, Segars, Clocks, Soap, Red and White Oak Staves
He has for Rent a Ware-House on Commerce-Street, and a very comfortable Dwelling-House near Boush-Street. Sept. 30.
Gazette Marine Memoranda.
ARRIVED.
Sch'r Catharine Shepherd, Driver, 25 days from Antigua, Run, Arrison Almand.—The brig M'Nabie, Hannah, of and from this port in 67 days has just arrived.
In Hampton Roads bound to City Point, ship Protectress, Wakefield, 55 days from Liverpool.
Wood and Hastings,
No. 76, Main Street,
Have received from London, and Liverpool, via Baltimore, 60 packages composing a complete assortment of
Fall and Winter GOODS;
Amongst which are Best blue, black, bottle green, and olive broad Cloths; fashionable Caffemeres; coarse Cloths; coarse and fine Coatings; Flannels and Baizes; Kendal Cottons; blue and white Kerseys and Halliicks; blue and drab Plains; Flusnings; Rose and Striped Blankets; Carpets; Swansdown; Bennett's Cord and Toilettette; Velvets; Durant; Calimancoes; Ruffs and Bumbazettes; Manchester Cords and Velvets; silver Cords and tabby Velvets; Irish Linens; Sheetings; Diapers and bed Ticks; Calicoes; Dimities; Cambric Muffs; Ginghams; fancy Muffs; Hosiery; Pins; Thread, &c. &c.
Also, an assortment of French Lustrings; silk Velvets; black and white silk Hosi; silk Gloves, assorted colours; fancy silk Handkerchiefs; white kid Gloves; leather do.; Crapes; silk Cords and Taffets; Gauze and Cotton Trimmings, &c. &c.
10 bales India Cottons,
2 do. Coa'se Linens; 1 chest white Rolls. October 5.
Liverpool SALT and COAL,
For sale on board the ship Jane, William Colley, master. Apply to the subscriber.
William Pennock.
Who offers said SHIP, burthen 420 tons, and the ship CO RTNEY, burthen 200 tons for charter. October 5.
For BOSTON,
The schooner LUCINDA, T. L. Adams, master, will sail on Tuesday, can take 400 barrels. For freight or passage, apply to the master on board at Warren's wharf. October 5.
96 punch. choice Antigua RUM, sixteen of which are five years old and very fine In Store,
Antigua and Tobago Rum, French Brandy, loaf and brown Sugar, barrelled Pork, Havana Segars, manufactured Tobacco, and 300 barrels superfine New Flour.
Harrison Almand. October 5.
WANTED,
A quantity of Beams, Knees, Thick Stuff, Plank, &c. to be delivered at the United States Navy Yard, Washington. Terms will be known by applying to WM. HALL, on Capt Pennock's wharf, Town-Point. October 5.
For RENT,
A commodious small DWELLING, with all suitable out-houses and a good garden, pleasantly situated on Smith's Point. Possession may be had on the first of November.
P. Barraud. October 5.
Richard Jeffrey & Co.
No. 66, Main-Street, corner of Bank-Street, have just received from London, per the ship Plaster,
An assortment of MEDICINES,
of the first quality. Also, a few hundred weight refined Salt Petre, Hardham's Snuff, No 9, 2 and 37, in 1-2 and 1-4 pound canisters.
Violer, Benzoin, Windsor and Shaving Soap. Evan's best Crown Lanters, Tooth Brushes of superior kind, Refined Liquorice, &c.
They have on hand, and are in daily expectation of receiving from Amsterdam, all kinds of GLASS WARE, suitable to Apothecaries.
MEDICINE CHESTS for ships and family use, with printed directions, put up as usual. October 5.
Lost in Hampton Roads, on Tuesday night 29th ult. A small BOAT,
with four oars, new and not painted, belonging to the U. S. Gun-Boat, No 60.—Whoever takes up said Boat and delivers her to any of the officers belonging to the United States' squadron off Craney-Island, shall receive a suitable reward. R. Henley. October 5.
Thomas H. Parker,
Offers for Sale,
His Great-Bridge MILL,
newly fitted up to run two pair of stones.—The advantages of this mill are very great, only ten miles from Norfolk, and situated on a new sailing stream; although she works at present only two pair of stones, yet the stream affords an abundant supply for ten pair.—Also, a MILL (known by the name of Bell's-Mills, about two miles farther, now in complete order, running one pair of stones and two faws.—This Mill is supplied with water from very extensive swamps, and in wet season very plentifully; at this place there is a store, the situation of which, for a lumber-floce, is equal if not superior to any in that part of the country.—This Mill can be supplied with excellent timber from a tract of land only one mile distant from it, which the subscriber also offers for sale. This tract contains between 5 and 600 acres, almost entirely covered with timber; the soil, the subscriber confidently believes, is not inferior to any in the lower part of Virginia.—Any person purchasing this Plantation would have the benefit of a reed swamp within three miles of it, in which any number of cattle may be kept fat during the whole winter. October 5.
Liverpool and Cadiz SALT, loose and in Sacks.—Also, 150 crates Queen's Ware, and China of superior quality—For Sale by William Pennock. August 26.
400 barrels Tar, 20,000 pipe Staves, 30,000 White Oak Hogshead do. 50,000 Red do. 100 Barrels Flour.—For Sale by L. Mansfield. Portsmouth, May 8.
NOTICE.
Those who have claims against the estate of CHARLES WILLET, deceased, are requested to bring their accounts properly authenticated; and those who are indebted are particularly requested to make payment as no indulgence can be given.
William Storrs, } Executors. Thomas Davis, } September 30.

Just received from New-York by the regular Packets, 16 hds. 1st qual. Muscovado Sugars, fit for retailing, 7 pipes 4th proof Brandy, 6 pipes Country Gin, 15 bolls Russia Duck, 6 chests Hyson Tea, 32 barrels prime Pork, 32 do. prime Beef, 10 do. prime cargo do. New-York inspection. And the Cargo of the schooner Victory, captain Joseph Prindle, at Campbell's wharf, consisting of 850 Cheeses, weighing 12,000 lb. 300 bushels Irish Potatoes, 62 barrels prime Pork, 32 barrels cargo Pork, 31 do. prime Beef, 14 do. do. cargo Beef, 500 complete Sheathing Boards.
A FREIGHT Is wanted for a SCHOONER, of about 800 barrels, to any part of the West Indies; Antigua would be preferred. Apply at No. 1, Commerce-street, to William Hull, jun. October 2.
For Freight or Charter, The Ship THOMAS, captain Boush, will be ready immediately. GEO. MURRAY, & CO. Who have for Sale, Old Antigua, Jamaica, & W. I. Rum, Madeira, Port, and Cape Wine, Sugar in hogsheads and barrels, 50 crates well assorted Earthenware. September 23.
For CHARTER, The Ship LIVE OAK, Gerrard Yarrell, master, burthen 300 tons, and will be ready to receive a cargo in a few days; she is particularly well constructed for the carrying of masts and timber—Apply to the master on board at m. wharf, or the subscriber. William Pennock. September 21.
For LONDON, The coppered Ship STRANGER, Barnaby Swain, master; 100 hogsheads can be taken on freight. For terms apply to Moses Myers. September 16.
For Charter, The good Schooner GOVERNOR CARVER, Joseph Churchell, master, burthen 1100 barrels, and is ready for the reception of a cargo. Apply to Moses Myers. September 16.
For Charter, The new Ship NABBY, Captain Rider, burthen two hundred and forty tons. For Sale on board said Ship, 700 sacks of SALT, and 25 crates well assorted Earthenware. September 14.
For Freight or Charter, The good Ship GLOBE, Ralph Flaunders, master, burthen 182 tons, and will be ready for the reception of a cargo in four days. For terms apply to Richard Bowden, & Co. September 11.
For LIVERPOOL, The Ship LACONA, captain Walker, the greater part of her cargo being engaged, will sail with all possible dispatch—for freight of 100 hogsheads or passage, having good accommodations, apply to the master on board, or Phinehas Dana. August 28.
For Charter, The fine new Ship ISABELLA, Abel Lincoln master, burthen 308 tons, will be ready for the reception of a cargo in three days—For terms apply to Moses Myers. Who offers for sale, 600 boxes Havanna SUGARS, Landing from on board the ship Cabinet. August 14.
Stolen or Strayed, A white Pointer PUPPY, with liver coloured spots, and particularly long ears, about ten weeks old. Any person who will bring him to the subscriber will be liberally rewarded. Henry Hastie. September 16.
MAYO MILL FLOUR, in barrels and half barrels, of new wheat and superior quality for family use—For Sale by Moses Myers. September 16.
One Hundred Dollars Reward. On the 28th of last month, my negro man GERARD ran away from my Mansion plantation, in King-George county, Virginia. He is about five feet and a half high, stout made, when standing appears to bend backwards in the knee joints, has thick lips, a pimpled face, his complexion of a yellow cast, and a scar in the form of an M, about an inch long on his right cheek. He is upwards of thirty years of age, and a Blacksmith by trade. He ran away many years ago, and was apprehended at Norfolk on board a vessel; and, as he has formerly been somewhat accustomed to going by water, it is probable that he will attempt to leave this state in that way. I therefore hereby forewarn all masters or skippers of vessels from harbouring or employing him. I will give a reward of one hundred dollars for apprehending, bringing said negro home, and delivering him to me, provided he shall be apprehended in another state. Twenty dollars provided he shall be apprehended anywhere in this state, brought home and delivered to me; and ten dollars in case he shall be apprehended and committed to goal, and information thereof given to me. I would advise the apprehender to watch him carefully while he is in his custody, as he is an arch and deceitful fellow, and might without strict attention effect his escape. Michael Wallace. September 11.
One Hundred Dollars Reward. RAN-AWAY from the Subscriber, living in Nansemond, within one mile of Scott's Landing, a negro man named MOSES, who since he has run off has changed his name to TOM SCOTT, having bought a free negro's pass registered in the Court of Isle of Wight county, by the name of Tom Scott; he is about 25 years of age, black complexion, about 5 feet 6 or 7 inches high, rather stout and well made—he has a pleasing countenance when spoken to, and lips in his common talk, but much more so when angry or talks fast; he was brought up on a farm, but as he has been run-away for these four years, he has been employed on board of different vessels, and now has the appearance of a sailor. I understand he was at Norfolk on the 30th last month as a sailor in one of the Baltimore Packets; he has a scar on his right wrist, occasioned by a burn, and a small knot between the elbow and shoulder of the right arm, occasioned by a whip. As he purchased the free negro's pass as above mentioned, it will appear on examining the pass and the fellow, that there are no marks as mentioned on this fellow in the pass unless they are interlined.—I forewarn all masters of vessels from carrying the said negro man out of the state, and all persons from harbouring him. I will give the above reward to any person that will deliver him to me, or secure him in Norfolk County Jail. Ann Carstarphen. Nansemond County, October 5.
REMOVAL. WOOD & HASTINGS, Have removed to No. 76, Main-street, opposite Market-square, (lately occupied by CATON & VEALE) They have on hand a general assortment of English, India and French Goods. September 11.
200 boxes Mould CANDLES, 30 half boxes brown Soap, 10 boxes white do. 60 bars Coffee, 5 tiers do. prime green, 4 hogsheads and 10 barrels loaf Sugar, 12 do. Muscovado do. 10 quarter casks old Sherry Wine, 2 hds. old L.P. Madeira do. 3 hds. Red Port, 50 do. retailing Molasses, 15 crates well assorted Queen's Ware, Country Rum and Gin in hds. and pipes—For Sale by Phinehas Dana. June 8.
For Sale, imported in the Thomas, from London, Double Gloucester, Pine and Berkeley CHEESE, 10 ton Whiting, 30 dozen best London Stout.—Apply to Nathaniel Boush. September 25.
For SALE, 2 elegant Bay Horses, a complete match, 2 do. grey do. 1 remarkable fine bay, and one very excellent grey Horse—For which, Notes of the Bank of Newbern and Cape-Fear, or Proc. Money will be taken in payment—Apply at the Office of the Publick Ledger. Sept. 2.
DESERTION. Deserted from the United States' Gun-Boats, on Monday the 25th inst., the following Seamen, viz PHILBY COLLINS, fair complexion, about 5 feet 6 inches high, blue eyes and sandy hair, was born on the Eastern Shore of Maryland. EPHRAIM BERBERINGER, about 24 years of age, 5 feet 7 inches high, of a dark complexion, dark eyes, sharp face, and appears pleasant when spoken to; on the inside of the left leg he has two remarkable scars; has formerly sailed out of North-Carolina, and it is more than probable he has made for that state. JOHN ELLIOTT, a stout man, about 6 feet high, light hair, light complexion, speaks quick, was born in the state of Pennsylvania, and by trade a tanner; had on when he ran off, a white hat, naked pantalettes, blue pea jacket, and shoes with stockings. PETER LERRETON, a Frenchman, about 5 feet 8 inches high, speaks good English, has uncommon large whiskers and black hair—Ten Dollars Reward will be given to any person who may apprehend either of the above mentioned men, and Forty or the whole, in case he or they may be so secured that the commander of the Gun-Boats on this station gets them again, and a reasonable charges paid. John Lyon, Purser United States Gun-Boats, Norfolk. September 28.
That pleasant place BELL VIEW. It contains TWO HUNDRED Acres, lying on the lower end of Barrett's Neck, Nansemond county, between Nansemond River and Chuckatuck Creek, fronting Newport-News, Hampton Roads, and is about 14 miles from Norfolk by water. There is on the land two good Dwelling Houses, one of them a two story frame-house, 30 feet square, with a Kitchen, Wash House, Smoke House and Dairy, a large new Barn, and Stable, and a Carriage House, a Spring House, and a never failing Spring. The other a new Dwelling House, a Kitchen, Quarter, &c. with a large Garden newly built of the best materials, and a good Stable. The land lies high and level, and is mostly covered with shells: it has a ditch and a fence from Nansemond to Chuckatuck, which prevents stock from going off or coming on the land; and is one of the best places for stock or equal to any in the country. The price will hardly exceed the worth of the buildings on the place if applied for soon. The payment will be expected in all, as the terms will be remarkably low. tf
100 barrels prime New-York PORK, City inspection—For Sale by C. & F. Whittle. September 18.
NOTICE. I intend to leave this state in a few weeks. Elizabeth Laurence. September 18.
500 bbls. first quality Navy BREAD, 150 do. superfine Pilot do. For Sale by Stephen Harris. September 18.
Coarse Liverpool SALT, For Sale on board the Ship Courtney, capt. Bryant, lying at my wharf. Apply to William Pennock. Who has on hand, Liverpool Blown and Cadiz SALT. September 16.
Landing from the Elizabeth Margaret, from Teneriffe, 70 hogsheads and 100 quarter casks choice Teneriffe WINE.—For sale by Moses Myers. July 24.
For Sale by the Subscriber, 70 crates EARTHENWARE, 12 casks Glassware, 30 groce Bottles, 100 boxes 8 by 10, 42 do. 10 by 12 Window Glass, 90 pieces twilled Sacking, 5 boxes Pipes, 6 hogsheads Philadelphia Loaf Sugar, 6 pipes Cognac Brandy, 1 pipe Madeira Wine, 9 do. Sicily Wine, 12 hogsheads Whiskey, 8000 bushels coarse Liverpool Salt, 5000 do. fine do. 100 sacks fine do. do. 50 hogsheads Richmond, 100 do. Petersburg Tobacco, 15 bales Cotton, 3760 bushels Corn. Alexander Maclure. July 10.
At Private Sale, BY S. MARKS, JUN. No. 31, Water-street, corner of Commerce-street, 30 hogsheads Sugar, 10 do. Molasses, 10 do. W. I. Rum, 2 do. Shrub, 9 pipes Cognac Brandy, 10 do. country Gin, 100 bags Green Coffee, 200 boxes mould Candles, Teas, manufactured Tobacco, and Lard. July 13.
GERMAN LINENS, &c. 16 bales coarse Linen, 4 do. Ruffia Sheeting, 3 boxes German Rolls, 2 do. Rouans Sheeting, 1 do. fine Flanders do. 3 do. Plaitillas, 1 do. fine Dowlas, 2 do. Table Cloth, 1 do. common Shirt Linen, 1 do. extra fine do. 1 do. Bed Tick 2 yards wide, 450 pieces Paper Hangings, 80 boxes Window Glass, 100 do. Short Pipes, 120 do. Spanish Segars, from 8 to 20 dolls. per box, 300 doz. empty Bottles, 200 wt. nealed bottling Wire, 800 do. Glue, 11,000 best Coffee bags, 4,500 cheap Gunny Bags, 5 boxes Tumblers, Decanters, &c. Also, 6 elegant Terrestrial Globes, 3 pair large Looking Glasses, in gilt frames, of the first elegance, Elegant marble Statues, Urns and Vases, Liquor Casks, Oil Cloth, Wafer and Waffle Irons, Coffee Mills and Toasters, Velvet Ribbons, Fine Thread Stockings, Elegant Cutlery, An invoice of Watches, Watch Crystals and Beads, For Sale by Niemeyer & Von Kapff. September 11.
Landing from the ship Planter, and for sale at the subscriber's, at a low advance, A PARCEL OF Woollens, Bed Ticks, Hosiery, and other GOODS. Thomas Blanchard. September 28.
SHOES. E. STURTEVANT, Next door to Mrs. Cox, has received per schooner Polly, from Boston, in addition to his former very general assortment, Ladies' kid and morocco SLIPPERS, round and sharp toes—likewise Gentlemen's morocco and calf-skin SHOES and PUMPS. Sept. 30.
For RENT. The STORE, No. 86, Main-Street, with or without the house. Thomas Blanchard. September 28.
Leather, Cordage, and Loaf Sugar. The subscriber will hereafter expose for Sale at his Ware-house on Campbell's wharf the above Articles, of the manufacture of Norfolk, at reduced prices for Cash, or on short credits only. Theo. Armistead. Feb. 20.
For SALE, 32 punch. light proof Jamaica Spirits, A few puncheons Grenada and Antigua Rum, 50 hds. good Molasses, 6000 bushels excellent St. Ubes Salt, Madeira Wine, barrelled Pork, &c. &c. Donaldson, Thorburn, & Co. September 28.
NOTICE. ALL persons indebted to the Estate of JAMES DICKINSON, deceased, are desired to come forward; and those who have any claims against said Estate, to bring them forward, in order that they may be settled by Mary Dickinson, Exec'x. Norfolk, Nov. 5.
WHO HAS FOR SALE, That pleasant place BELL VIEW. It contains TWO HUNDRED Acres, lying on the lower end of Barrett's Neck, Nansemond county, between Nansemond River and Chuckatuck Creek, fronting Newport-News, Hampton Roads, and is about 14 miles from Norfolk by water. There is on the land two good Dwelling Houses, one of them a two story frame-house, 30 feet square, with a Kitchen, Wash House, Smoke House and Dairy, a large new Barn, and Stable, and a Carriage House, a Spring House, and a never failing Spring. The other a new Dwelling House, a Kitchen, Quarter, &c. with a large Garden newly built of the best materials, and a good Stable. The land lies high and level, and is mostly covered with shells: it has a ditch and a fence from Nansemond to Chuckatuck, which prevents stock from going off or coming on the land; and is one of the best places for stock or equal to any in the country. The price will hardly exceed the worth of the buildings on the place if applied for soon. The payment will be expected in all, as the terms will be remarkably low. tf
SAMUEL COLEMAN, Opposite the Market westward, has a very extensive assortment of ENGLISH KID SHOES, in all the variety of that article, of the latest (legal) importation, with the necessary embellishments. An extensive assortment of Boston SHOES of a great variety of kinds. Also, a good assortment of New-York SHOES, of which kind particularly, he is enabled to sell the best Shoes in town—since no other person here, that he knows of, is largely supplied from that place; the superiority of the workmanship of New-York is well known to many people, and will be known by all who try it. A considerable assortment of British, New-York, Philadelphia, and Boston BOOTS—and is in expectation of a large quantity of Shoes and Boots of all descriptions from New-York, which will be sold at the prices of that place, wholesale and retail. He has just received, New-York SHOES and BOOTS, and an assortment of Mr. Vernon's elegant Baltimore Boats at least equal, it is believed, to any made on this continent. Being anxious to sell off his Boston Shoes and Boots, he will take in retail for Men's finest Shoes 10s. 6d. and in the same proportion for others—Suawarrow Boots at 6 dollars—He will also reduce the price of English Kid Shoes with heels, to 10s. 6d.; without heels to 9s. He has for Sale, a considerable quantity of India COTTONS, very low for Cash. May 27. 2awtf
This Day landing from on board the schooner Huidah and Anna, capt. Fitzhugh, from Philadelphia, 3 hogsheads refined SUGAR, 10 pipes Cognac Brandy, 15 quarter chests Imperial Tea, latest importations, 10 hogsheads and 10 barrels Rye Whiskey, 6 pipes and 4 barrels American Gin, 30 boxes Yellow Soap, 9 boxes China—For Sale by Jennings & Roddey. July 3.
For SALE, A few hundred pounds of English PRINTING INK, of the first quality.—ALSO, A few Reams first quality English Foolscap PAPER. Apply at the Ledger Office. Sept. 17.
For RENT, for one or more years, The Dwelling-House and Wharf in the occupancy of the subscriber, in that part of the town of Portsmouth called Gosport. William Wilkinson. July 29.
THE SUBSCRIBER Being authorised by the Portuguese Consul General, to furnish the necessary certificates for property, and countersign Bills of Health for vessels going to Portugal or Madeira, advises those whom it may concern, that he will grant such an application at his office, No. 21, Main-street. Robert Dickson. June 15.
Phoenix Fire-Office. The Subscriber, Agent to the PHOENIX ASSURANCE COMPANY, of London, for the State of Virginia, begs leave to inform the publick, that he is now fully empowered to subscribe Policies of Insurance for property against Fire throughout the United States of America, in conformity to the Proposals herewith subjoined. N. B. FORTY THOUSAND DOLLARS can be insured in one risk on Buildings and their contents, and also on Ships and their Cargoes on board, in the First Class, but in all cases where Ten Thousand Dollars are exceeded, a special agreement must be made with the Agent, and an increase of premium added to those mentioned in the proposals, of not less than one eighth per cent. on the whole sum insured. Richard Taylor. September 8.
Will be Run over the North End Ground, Mathews County, the property of Andrew Vanbiber, on THURSDAY, the 15th instant.
A match RACE of two mile heats, for Five Hundred Dollars, between Mr. Sterling Sewell's Snow Ball, and Mr. John Wood's Young Medley. The subscriber will have every accommodation for strangers who visit this Race, and for those who have it more convenient to come by water will meet with an easy navigation within a quarter of a mile of the Race Ground. No exertion will be spared to amuse every thing agreeable to those who may think proper to amuse themselves at this Race, and especially to gentlemen of the turf. Samuel Cosby. October 2.
Landing from on board the Georgiana, from Amsterdam, Choice GIN in pipes, Holland Sail Cloth, Ticklenburgs, Glassware in small cases, Old Hock in cases of one dozen, Linseed Oil in casks, Dutch Smoking Pipes in cases, a quantity of empty Jugs—For Sale by Moses Myers. Sept. 30.
At the Old CUT-NAIL Manufactory, corner of Main and Church-streets, the subscriber keeps on hand constant supply, and can furnish at short notice, any quantity of Nails, Flooring Brads and Sprigs, At the following reduced prices, by the Keg—for cash only, viz— 8, 10, 12, and 20d Nails and Brads at 7 1 2d lb. 6d. Nails, 9 1 2d 4d. do. 2s. 9d. m. or 11d 3d. do. 2s. 3d. or 12d Sheathing, do. 7 1 2d 6d. Sprigs, 4s 6d per M. 6d. do. 2s 9d 2d. and 3d. do. 2s. 3d. He offers also for cash only— HOOP IRON ASSORTED. Thos. Seaman. May 25.
J. MORAN, Has received per schooner Liberty, captain Lewis, from Philadelphia, in addition to his former supply of Groceries and Ship Chandlery, Imperial, Hyson, Hyson Skin, Young Hyson, and Souchong Teas, of the latest importation, Pepper, Allspice, and Mustard, Loaf Sugar, Chocolate, Soap, Candles, Spermaceti and Paint Oils, Powdered Black Lead, Roll Brimstone and Lampblack, Kedge Anchors, Boat Chains and Hooks, A variety of Hooks and Thimbles, Pump Bolt, Tackle, Barrel and hogshead Can Hooks, &c. &c. with an assortment of Tin and Japan'd Ware. And in Store, 1000 bushels Corn, a few hds. Jam. Sugar, superior quality, a few barrels inferior do. with Coffee, an assortment of Queen's Ware; which, with a variety of other articles for vessels and family use, will be disposed of on moderate terms for cash or short credit. September 11.
THE SUBSCRIBER Has removed to the brick store at the head of Campbell's wharf, fronting said wharf and Wide Water-street, where he offers at wholesale or retail his assortment of Groceries and Ship Chandlery, Among which are 14 hogsheads Muscovado SUGAR, 1 do. and 6 barrels loaf do. 6 do. Antigua, Jamaica, and Grenada Rum, 3 pipes French Brandy, 2 hds. and 6 bbs Rye Whiskey, 4 barrels Apple Brandy, 1 do. Peach do. 10 bags Coffee, Imperial, Hyson, Young Hyson, and Souchong Teas, Pepper, Pimento, and Nutmegs, Madeira, Sherry, and Port Wines, London and Philadelphia Porter, English Cheese, Bar Iron and Castings, Nail and Spike Rods, German Steel, Powder and Shot, Tar, Pitch & Turpentine, Paints and Oil, black and bright Varnish, Canvas and Cordage, Nails and Spikes. Also just received, 20 boxes Lemons, 12 half bbs. Beef Tongues, 20 kegs Tongues and Sounds, 40 kegs and 2 bbs Salmon, 5 bbs. Mackarel, 15 cases Sallad Oil, 1 cask Currants, 10 boxes Olives, Capers and Anchovies, 6 dozen bottles Cayenne Pepper, 3 do. do. Pickled Peppers, 30 boxes Soap, 20 boxes Candles, 50 barrels Alexandria superfine and fine Flour. John D. Haldane. July 31.
For SALE at my Brew-House, Strong, Table, and Ship BEER, by the hogshead, barrel, and half barrel—at a constant supply of bottled PORTER in packages and by the dozen. And in Store, Wines, Liquors, and Groceries, wholesale and retail. Joseph Hayes. Feb. 13.
Cash will be given for a few tons of Old Copper, Brass, and Pewter, for the use of my Foundery. Leven Dorsey. Who offers for Sale, 50 Casks CUT-NAILS, assorted, at his Nail-Manufactory, on Town Point. July 27.
Thirty Dollars Reward. Ranaway from the subscriber about the 20th May last, living in the county of Princess-Anne, a negro man named AFRIKA, about 30 years of age, has a scar on his right cheek. All persons are forewarned from harbouring him, and I will give the above reward to any person who will bring him home, or so secure him that I may get him again. Joshua James. Princess-Anne County, Aug. 10.
NOTES OF HAND, according to the new form established by the Directors of the Office of Discount and Deposit of the Bank of the United States, for sale at this office. ALSO, NOTES for the Virginia Bank; Checks; Bills of Lading, and of Exchange, printed on paper of superior quality; and Shipping Articles on large paper, and approved form. LEDGER OFFICE. For SALE, Situated in an agreeable and healthy situation in Hampton, on the Main-street, the premises owned and lately occupied by the subscriber, consisting of A DWELLING-HOUSE, three stories high, the lower part finished for a store, with out-houses, all in complete order, with a large lot and good garden. A liberal credit will be given, and bond and security required. The House is at present well furnished, and will be rented by the month if not sold, with the Furniture. For terms apply to Mr. William Proby, next door to the premises, or to James Gilbert. Hampton, Sept. 2.
NORFOLK: PUBLISHED THREE TIMES A-WEEK, BY WILLIAM DAVIS, FOR THE PROPRIETOR, OPPOSITE THE EXCHANGE COFFEE HOUSE Price Six Dollars yearly, in advance.