Norfolk gazette and publick ledger (Norfolk [Va.]), 1806-07-11 00:00:00

NORFOLK GAZETTE AND PUBLICK LEDGER.
VOL. II.]
FRIDAY EVENING, JULY 11, 1806.
[NO. 153.]
WHOLESALE PRICE-CURRENT.
Table with columns: ARTICLES, per, From, To, Remarks. Lists prices for various goods like Bacon, Beef, Brandy, Bread, Butter, etc.
Premiums of Insurance on American Property.
To Great-Britain, Ireland, Portugal, and Spain, without the Straights of Gibraltar. 3 4 1-4 ... Norfolk Marine Insurance Company, 10 per cent discount.
THIS PAPER IS PUBLISHED THREE TIMES A WEEK; PRICE TO SUBSCRIBERS FIVE DOLLARS AND FIFTY CENTS PER ANNUM, PAYABLE IN ADVANCE—SINGLE PAPER TWELVE AND ONE HALF CENTS—ADVERTISEMENTS ARE INSERTED AT THE RATE OF FIFTY CENTS FOR THE FIRST, AND TWENTY FIVE CENTS PER SQUARE FOR EACH SUCCEEDING INSERTION.
I wish to contract for Fifty thousand good Pipe STAVES, To be delivered immediately, for which cash will be paid. Have for Charter, A SCHOONER, of 60 tons—And for Sale at reduced prices 30 hhds. N. E. Rum, & 40 bbls. Pickled Fish, Christopher Fry.
For CHARLESTON, The Sloop MONTEZUMA, Job Palmer, master, will sail on Sunday next. For passage only, apply to the master, or James M'Clanahan. Who has for Sale, 10 Hogsheads Windward Island RUM, 20 do. New-England do. 10 do. MOLASSES. July 9. 892
For Jamaica, The Brig CATHARINE, Thomas Callahan, Master, will sail in the course of ten days—Three or four passengers can be well accommodated by applying to the master on board, or to ROBERT DICKSON. July 7. tf 878
FOR LONDON, The fine, strong, and fast-sailing SHIP RESOLUTION, Andrew W. Bell, master, fourteen months old, sheathed upon the stocks, and burthen 400 bds. Tobacco, has part of her cargo already on board, and a considerable quantity engaged—For freight of the remainder, small light articles, or passage (having superior accommodations) apply to the captain on board, or N. Heron. July 7. tf 885
For Sole Freight, or Charter, The Sch'r ANTELOPE, J. Wilkins, master, burthen 75 tons, well found, and sails remarkably fast. Apply to the Master on board, or Price & Wadsworth. Who have for SALE on board said Schooner, 65 Casks Stone LIME. July 7. 886
For Charter to Europe or the West-Indies, The fast-sailing sch'r ELIZABETH MAR-GARET, James G. Mallory, Master, burthen 900 barrels—can be ready for the reception of a cargo in three days. For terms apply to Richard Bowden, & Co. Who offer for SALE, 19 Hlds. choice Antigua RUM. Imported in said schooner. July 7. tf 879
FOR SALE, A remarkable fine NEW BRIG, Now lying at Loyal's wharf, burthen about 180 tons, built and fitted with the best materials, and can be ready for the reception of a cargo in five days—If there is no application for her in ten days, she will then take in freight for Philadelphia, on very low terms—Apply to Richard Bowden, & Co. July 7. tf 888
We want for a French Port, A SHIP of 2 to 300 bds. burthen. AND FOR DUBLIN, One of about 200 bds. burthen, both will have immediate dispatch given by C. & F. WHITTLE. June 30. 4t 867
For Freight or Charter, The fine fast sailing coppered Brig WHEELER. On board is 6000 bush. Liverpool Fine SALT, for Sale. George Murray, & co. June 30. tf 868
For Sale or Charter, The Ship AURORA, J. Titcomb, master, burthen 280 bds. can be ready to receive a cargo in a few days—For terms apply to the master on board, or Christopher Fry. June 30. tf 869
For AMSTERDAM, The coppered Ship ALEXANDER, John Roach, master, can take three hundred hogsheads on freight. For terms apply to Moses Myers. June 20. tf 852
Wanted to Charter, Two or three VESSELS, from 50 to 100 tons burthen, to load at Nixonton, N. C. for which a liberal freight will be given. Apply to James M'Clanahan. March 31. tf 728
For SALE, on very low terms for CASH, BY FRANCIS SMITH, NO. 48, MAIN-STREET, 17 Punch. 3d and 4th proof Grenada RUM, 5 pipes genuine 4th proof Cognac BRANDY, Old L. P. Madeira WINE, in pipes, bds. and qr. casks. 10 pipes, 10 bds. 20 qr. casks particular Lisbon WINE, 10 do. Tenerife WINE of a superior quality, 10 Hogsheads retailing MOLASSES, SUGAR in barrels, Green COFFEE in bags, 50 Barrels Pilot BREAD, 500 pieces Yellow NANKEEN, 2 Boxes 7-8 and 4-4 Irish LINEN. July 9. 893
FOR SALE, 4 Cases BRITTANIAS, 2 Cases PLATILLAS, 1 Case CREASE, 4 Bales German OZNABURGS, 80 Puncheons Gosport RUM, 70 Hogsheads Muscovado SUGAR. James Young. June 20. tf 846
From the Monthly Register and Review of the United States.
MR. COOPER.
The anxious wishes of the people of Charleston to see this celebrated actor have at length been gratified. He has appeared here in a variety of characters, in comedy as well as in tragedy; and in the end carried away with him a great deal of cash, and much reputation, though certain circumstances operated against him. The season was much too far advanced when he performed; verging on the time of the year when the heat becomes scarcely tolerable, and when the planters are much engaged in the country. It was to Mr. Cooper, a flattering testimony of their expectations, that, to their manifest inconvenience and loss, the greater part of them returned to the city to see him; and that, with all the disadvantages of the time, he played to houses full, but not always so full as he might reasonably have expected, if he had performed earlier in the year.
Another disadvantage, under which he laboured, arose from the descriptions that had been previously given of his acting, which were so very highly inflated that the performance of Garrick himself would probably have fallen short of them. It happened too, that many gentlemen of distinction in this city had seen the whole corps of actors of the Augustan day of the British stage (some of them so often, that they still remain as familiar to their minds as if it was but yesterday they had seen them) with the volubility and the matchless expression of countenance of Garrick, and with all the wonders which (to use Churchill's words) lay within the magic circle of his eye; with the heart-melting cadences of the silver-toned Barry, the symmetry of his grand expansive figure, and the unparalleled beauty of his face; with the masterly elocution of Sheridan; with the appalling rage of Mossop, and with his voice, which (to use the words of one of the first critics) had power almost without end—full, harmonious, and variable. Many too there are who have seen Cooke and Kemble. An actor announced as one equal to any that ever existed, to a people thus qualified to judge by so numerous and great objects of comparison, must have had powers far beyond any we know on the stage at this day to answer such descriptions; while, not to answer them to the full must have made him appear less great than he really was. The public mind too was greatly pre-occupied by the recollection of Hodgkinson, whose charming convivial qualities added to his great professional excellence, together with the suddenness and recency of his death, left the public mind indelibly stamped with strong predilections in his favour.
Notwithstanding all those disadvantages, the merit of Mr. Cooper gained its just level, and he stands at this moment, as high in the public opinion as his judicious friends could have expected. Where thousands are to judge, there will be a vast variety of contradictory opinions, even on the same subject. Theatrical merit is composed of so many elementary parts, most of them not only unknown, but unthought of by the multitude, that the opinions of a people must necessarily involve many errors, and get far astray, if there be not some mind trained to the business of analysing the constituent parts of acting, to point out the true road to inquiry, and furnish the public with the laws by which they are to decide. To this end, the claims of Mr. Cooper should have, before now, a public discussion, if circumstances of an imposing nature had not prevented its appearance. But critical judgment cannot be the worse, and in most cases will be much the better for delay; provided that delay be turned to profitable account, and the time which it affords be given to reflection, and to a mature consideration of the subject that stands for judgment. Mr. Cooper stands on too high ground to suffer any thing from the absence of daily panegyric. It is not by the periodical mite of critical applause, following at the heels of each night's performance, and playing the herald to that of the next, that his professional fame is to be supported, or his fortune advanced. In common with every enlarged object, his general merit will be contemplated to greater advantage from a distance, whence all the parts of it, whether beautiful or defective, may be collected, as it were, into one focus, and comprehended within one scope of view.
It is a fact to be regretted, that in criticism, as well as in politics, truth is continually obscured, often defaced by partial prejudices which forbid the fair exercise of the judgment. In the one as in the other there are extreme admirers and extreme dislikers. A work shall be at the same time delightful, according to the dictum of that same man an idol to one, to another a very nothing. Sober reflection is chased away by passion, and opinion bandied about from one extreme to the other, cannot, like Noah's dove, find a resting place for its foot. Again, when criticism sets up a trade upon the slender stock of will, without a single article from the stock of literature, as in nine hundred and ninety times in a thousand, is the case, firm in its incapacity to be injured, and conscious that it can lose nothing by being proved bankrupt, it dashes away its speculations without fear or abashment; and hence a multitude of notions under the name of critical opinions are generated, which, like the clamorous voices at a contested popular election, only serve to put to silence the temperate, the grave, and the impartial. The main instrument of such critics is generally comparison, which, when the persons and objects compared have one common quality is, no doubt, a considerable aid to the judgment; but when instituted between those which have no quality common to both, is little less ridiculous than it would be to compare St. Paul's cathedral to an elephant, or an algebraic equation to the poem of "Paradise Lost."
The tenderness, the lenity, and the merciful support, which to the one is acceptable, to the other would be an affront; and we are much deceived if Mr. Cooper's mind is not vigorous enough to prefer that critic, who for the sake of a cure, will not spare the salutary cautery, to him who would film over his defects, and hide them artfully from the sight of the public.
At an early period of Mr. Cooper's appearance here, a few short remarks upon his Hamlet, Macbeth, Glenalvon and Pennadock, were offered in another publication, (The Courier.) With those observations we entirely coincided; but, at the same time, conceived it to be, on many accounts better to postpone our general observations on his acting till the whole of his performances should have given better means of judging, and consequently more consistence to our opinion respecting him. Speaking generally of his acting, it is a composition of many and superlative excellencies; and of some, and pretty considerable defects. Nothing can be more clear than that nature has furnished him for his profession with almost every external endowment. His person is not only of the best size—tall enough for picturing dignity, yet not so high as to produce uncouthness—but of a finely symmetrical shape, and proportion. His face too is very handsome—but being from its symmetry rather deficient in means of vehement expression, he sometimes injures it by an over-strained effort to produce stage effect correspondent to the character he personates. At the same time his person is deprived of much of the advantages over which nature has given it such ample power, by neglect in the management of walk and deportment; which perhaps may arise from an over-drawn disdain of what is vulgarly called tragedy strut. In this, as in every thing, the happy course lies in the middle path. Mr. Cooper cannot abhor more than we do the tragedy strut; but there is a certain manner raised a little above the simply dignified deportment of real life, yet not touching upon the extravagant affected walk of the stage, which we think Mr. Cooper is as well qualified as any man to attain, and which we should study to adopt. All the features of real life in their various departments ought, when exhibited on the stage to be enlarged. If they be not, they must be inoperative. The humorous ought to be made more broad, the grave more serious, levity more insignificant, and dignity rather aggrandized; else they will lose their effect, as the features of a well-proportioned statue placed on an eminence become undistinguishable. It may be said that a neglect of those artificial accessories renders dramatic representations more natural; but this we take to be a misconception—the Apollo of Belvedere (says a profound philosopher) is not less in nature than the rustic revels of Tenniers. Man is never more natural than when he exhibits himself with all the advantages of dignified externals. Mr. Cooper also injures his deportment by bending on his knees and at times by turning in his toes. We are greatly mistaken if we do not divine the source of those errors; but be the source what it may, Mr. Cooper may be assured that they are defects, which greatly detract from his excellence. Had Praxiteles so chiselled out the conqueror of the world, the statue would never be an object of imitation to men of taste. With all those deductions from his external appearance, which being matters of either neglect or adoption, he can readily mend, Mr. Cooper's person, taken altogether, is the finest we have seen on the American stage, and in certain modes of dress and certain attitudes, must strike every beholder with admiration. In that respect nature has done her share, the rest is in his own power.
The next thing that claims attention is his voice, for which he is also greatly indebted to nature. It is strong, harmonious, and capable of producing astonishing effects by the lower tones; or by the higher, in the characters where the furious passions are to be expressed. It seems, however, to be unsuited to tenderness and love. Perhaps it may be, that the absence of those feelings (we mean merely as an actor) may occasion it to appear so. The power may be there, but he dormant for want of a correspondent excitement.
On the use which Mr. Cooper makes of those great natural endowments, we have much to say in praise, something in regret, something also in censure. It is ears to us, that when he follows his own nature, he seldom fails to be great—where he does fail, he fails, we think, from overstudiously following an erroneous model. As soon as passion breaks him loose from the fetters of studied action and enunciation—when he ceases to measure his words, and to poise his action secundum artem, he blazes out into beauties which nature never bestowed the power of disclosing, without giving along with them many more, if they were let to have their full scope. In every character, the parts where he falls are those of the cold, didactic and declamatory kind—particularly soliloquies:—In the impassioned parts he rouses every latent spark of feeling in the audience. Let any one call to mind the scene with Ophelia, that with the Queen, and that at the play in Hamlet, and compare them with his soliloquies of
"To be, or not to be," "Oh that this too solid flesh," &c. Let them also compare almost the whole of his Macbeth with his delivery of the soliloquy beginning with "If it were done, when 'tis done," and they will recognize the truth of our observations. In uttering that celebrated soliloquy of Macbeth, an effort to give beauty produced a striking defect. "Then, as his host," "Who should against his murderer shut the door," "Not bear the knife myself." In the words "shut the door," he raised his voice, so that the appeared as if insulted in parenthesis, and uttered in the angry imperative, and though he had been ordering the door to be shut. Indeed it is to be lamented that high powers should ever be suborned, as they sometimes are, to tickle the dull ear of the many, by a sacrifice of strict critical judgment and refined taste; by readings which being new, are, nineteen times in twenty, wrong. Mr. Cooper may be assured that Mr. Garrick and Mr. Sheridan left very little for any actor coming after them to do in illustration of Shakespeare; though it has been much the fashion with the present elders of the British stage to strike out as many novelties as they can, different from the plain readings, and the natural acting of those illustrious commentators. If we may be permitted to offer it, our opinion is, that it would be well for Mr. Cooper if he had never taken any one for a model, or else had taken more than one. We think that by his having, when very young, kept that model too much in his eye, he has trammelled his own genius. His extensive natural powers impose not upon him any necessity to recur to higher authorities for his acting, than those which he possesses in his own genius. And we should think that the instructive testimony of which, it is said, he had at an early age the advantage with

noe of the most acute, discerning, and tasteful critics and writers in England, (Mr. Holcroft) joined to his own sound sense, would have suggested, that the slow, measured, monotonous speech of the new school is fitter for the pulpit than the stage, where nature ought ever to reign paramount. The distinct utterance of words indeed is indispensably necessary to good speaking; but an excessive sedulity to separate the words from each other by strong terminations, not only gives pain as it conveys the idea of laborious effort, but divorces the words from that legitimate connection and close contiguity, with each other, in which they ought to roll into the ear. In the new school, this extreme sometimes extends even to the harsh distinction of the syllables. In elegant elocution, syllables sometimes ought to run into each other, so as that two should sound like one. Trisyllables are very frequently sounded so as to seem to the ear as if they were composed of two syllables only. But when the syllables are very strongly and distinctively marked, the sound is hardened, and that mellifluence which it should be the aim of every speaker to attain, is marred. This, accompanied with two great deliberation and slowness, never fails to give great ruggedness to speech. In terminating his sentences, Mr. Cooper sometimes carries this so far as to make the sound of consonants continue on the tongue after the period is closed. When the sentence has ended with a d or a t , we have found this very disagreeable to the sense. But when the sentence has ended with an s , it has been peculiarly so. The recurrence of the same sound from it , is , and s , has justly caused the English language to be censured for sibilance. Every judicious speaker or writer, therefore, will endeavour to lessen this evil in the language, upon which other nations rest so much of their objections to it. Mr. Cooper has sometimes hurt us by a continued sibilance at the end of periods ending with s , with ce , or se .
We have also frequently had to lament in Mr. COOPER, a leaning to the mispronunciation of the u in true , truly , &c. of which so much has hitherto been so justly said by THESPIS in the cases of Mr. HODGKINSON, Mrs. WHITLOCK, and of others who had not the same means of knowing the true pronunciation. An inspection of any good pronouncing dictionary will show that the u in those words ought to be pronounced as oo . True not tru . Whenever the recitation of animated, warm or disdainful dialogue absolves Mr. COOPER from the trammels of mere speech, and gives quickness to his words, he appears as if he were a different personage; then intellectual excellence and correspondent force of expression pervade every sentence. Hence in Glenalvon as well as Macbeth , he was astonishingly great. All this time let it be understood, that when we speak of Mr. COOPER's deficiencies, we speak of him as compared with himself. We think it is not enough that he should be, as nature has made him, superior to others—he ought not to fall below Mr. COOPER.
It has been the habit of most people to compare this gentleman with Mr. HODGKINSON. In our mind they were so very different in their departments, that the cases are but very few, in which the slightest comparison could fairly be made between them. One might praise each forever, without injury to the other. The universality of HODGKINSON's powers was his chief praise. Mr. COOPER's walk is narrow, but in it he has few competitors; and, in some parts of it, is not exceeded by any man. We are fearless of this assertion being controverted; and rest, for the truth of it on Macbeth alone, his performance of which is deserving of a very long and strict analysis. Nature husbands her gifts so carefully, that where equality appears in all the parts of any object, supreme excellence is rarely seen, where beauties are found they are generally mixed with some considerable alloy. Of all the actors we have ever seen, Mr. Mossop was that one whom Mr. COOPER in this respect most resembles. With him when it was not a blaze, it was a cloud. No man, not even Garrick, ever equalled his beauties; but his defects were great. The beauties however were so far superior in number to the defects, and in quality to the excellencies of all others, that he obtained from the greatest critic of that day the title of "the tragedy sheet anchor." And we yet recollect, that though perhaps strict critical taste would have preferred more equal playing, upon an inferior level, his whole performance derived wonderful lustre from the inequalities, which in his acting had an effect similar to that produced by the chiaro oscuro in painting. In Macbeth Mr. COOPER several times brought that great actor to our mind. His dagger scene was a piece of unparalleled beauty; he rose above himself in it. In the scene, after returning from the chamber, where he had murdered the king, he was as much below himself. In the banquet scene he was truly great, and in one or two points took a high flight. In that with the witches in the pit of Acheron, he again fell to the ground. In his first address.
"How now ye secret black and midnight hags, What is't you do."
and in that wonderful speech which follows it, he exhibited none of those feelings that a man in his state, addressing such personages, and being in such a place, must be supposed to have felt. All the fifth act he performed truly to admiration. So that with the few defects and the very many exquisite beauties he exhibited during the performance we do not hesitate to place him in Macbeth very high indeed upon the first form of his profession.
In Leon too, Mr. COOPER was imitably great. Perhaps this is the character in which the scales were balanced between him and Hodgkinson. We know that some will be startled at our opinion upon that subject—but we are firmly persuaded that the part in which he took the lead of Hodgkinson in Leon was that in which he might have been least expected to do so. We mean the comick part in which he was not so broadly humerous, and being therefore more chaste and natural than Hodgkinson, was superior to him. In the subsequent part Hodgkinson was at least his full match. His Duke in the Henry-Moon , in some parts merited high praise; in others deserved censure, as cold, stiff, and formally declamatory. But his Beverly , particularly the last scene of it, received as it deserved, abundant applause. The Rolla of Mr. Cooper is a noble exhibition. The character of Horatio too he conceives with strict correctness, and executes in a masterly style. For Richard he wants weight. To our infinite regret, sickness prevented our seeing him in Osmond and Octavian . On the whole, what we have seen makes us wish to see him often. With the exception of his Romeo , there is not a character in which we did not see him with pleasure, and in some of them it must be owned, we contemplated his performance with more than ordinary delight.
* Speaking of Macbeth , we could not see without admiration, the astonishing increase, even of her powers, which Mrs. Whitlock, seemed to derive in some characters from Mr. Cooper's acting. In Lady Macbeth she appeared to have caught fresh fire from the splendid blaze of his performance of the Thane. After having seen six of the greatest Macbeths, and the greatest Lady Macbeth that ever lived—Mrs. Siddons—we scruple not to declare, that we have never seen the fifth scene of the first act better performed than by Mr. Cooper and Mrs. Whitlock.
For SALE—A float, 45 Hogsheads Richmond TOBACCO. A. Maclure. July 9, 1806
THE PUBLICK LEDGER.
TO SHOW THE VERY AGE AND BODY OF THE TIME, HIS FORM AND PRESSURE.
FRIDAY EVENING, JULY 11, 1806.
By Captain Ferguson's Packet, we have received Baltimore papers of Tuesday, but they do not contain any thing interesting. European accounts are not so late as ours, and West-India are of the same date with our own.
The following transaction although not recent, has not been before noticed, but deserves serious consideration, as introductory to a new mode of plunder.
The schooner Five Sisters of this port, about six weeks since, sailed from St. Jago de Cuba, bound to Philadelphia, with a cargo (except a small part) taken in at that port—On the day on which she sailed a small open boat pretending (or perhaps was) to be a Spanish privateer, took possession of the Five Sisters and carried her back to St. Jago, where the vessel and cargo were ransomed , as these pirates call it, for 4000 dollars.
They compelled the captain to sign a bottomree bond for 1,200 dollars, charging the vessel with that proportion of the four thousand. This instrument, the work of pirates, has been sent to Philadelphia to be enforced, and it is said that this infamous transaction has found an agent to prosecute it, but it is not even supposed that any American court will entertain a cause, replete with fraud, and having its origin in force.
A Theatrical communication is received, We have a very high opinion of the talents of Mr. and Mrs. Barrett, and consider them valuable acquisitions to our theatre, but we doubt whether they would receive any additional consideration in the publick estimation, or gratification to their personal feelings, by the publication of Moira , for such we read the signature. Indeed the manuscript is so defaced as to be illegible in many parts.
A considerable portion of the impression of our paper of Wednesday was worked off, and delivered to our subscribers before two material errors were perceived, which we wish to correct. In the official account of the battle of Austerlitz, with observations by a French officer, and in the second page of our paper are the errors to which we allude. At the bottom of the first column, after the word "French" read "historians who are impartial in this cause, will say"—In the second column of the same page, the last paragraph but one, beginning with the words "the lieutenant-general Prince &c." to the bottom of the column, should have been placed immediately after the first paragraph in the third column, ending with the words "being before that place."
MUNGO PARK.
We are sorry to communicate to our readers, the death of this enterprising and indefatigable traveller, whose researches in Africa have been read with so much avidity, and have afforded so much instruction. He had been amply supplied by the British government with every thing necessary to render his second tour through the interior of that country, of the highest benefit to mankind. He arrived at Goree, in a British ship of war in the month of March, 1805; from which he ascended the river Gambia, with a boat forty attendants, provided with portable canoes, and every thing necessary to render their travels easy and speedy—they had penetrated about 1500 miles into the interior, to a place called Sego, which Mr. PARK has described in his former Book of Travels. The number of his attendants had been reduced by sickness and death to three, exclusive of himself; the king of this place, after carrying him into every part of the city which is walled in and considered the largest in Africa, and shewing him every curiosity which it afforded, had cruelly and brutally murdered him, together with his attendants. This intelligence is furnished us by a gentleman recently from the Rio Pongas, who received the information from traders from the interior country, and on whom reliance might be placed. Charis. Cour.
The following paragraph is copied from the Quebec Mercury. It assigns a reason for the conduct of Great Britain towards this country which has probably never occurred to our readers. It is not original, however. Gen. Armstrong discovered that because our insurance companies were growing rich they might therefore be lawfully plundered. The Canada writer has merely applied the same article to the nation at large.
[U. S. Gaz.] "The Americans say that of ten of their vessels which sailed last year the English captured one. Admitting this for truth, and supposing none to be restored, all which by the bye, is far from being true, is one vessel out of ten too great a remuneration for the very extensive and additional trade England has occasioned to the States, by the manly and determined stand she has made against France, at the expense of so much blood and treasure, not in her own defence only, but in the defence of the whole Universe! Can the States be unreasonably enough to expect or hope to reap all the benefit of such a state of things, without burden, toil or loss? If England has captured some of their ships and impressed some of their seamen for these small drawbacks, is she not rendering them immense services? The States may be aptly compared to a very successful gamster, who, while he is winning a fortune, makes a great bustle because he is compelled to pay his share to the cards."
POPLAR TREES.—All at once an alarm has gone forth respecting the Poplar Trees, which line and ornament our streets, and which are almost equally conducive to health and comfort. It is said there is a species of worm generated by them whose bite is poisonous and fatal; and many persons we understand have it in contemplation to cut them down. If there is a just cause of alarm, it seems very strange that for more than a score of years no evil should have been experienced. It is a fact too, as we are assured that the same species of worm is bred on the Walnut, if not on the Willow. We really hope that before these beautiful and pleasant trees are destroyed, and the unobstructed rays of the sun let in upon our pavements, some suitable measures will be found to ascertain the reality and extent of the danger that is so suddenly apprehended.—N. Y. E. Post.
LOMBARDY POPLAR WORM.
The intemperance of the publick mind, neither satisfied with the good nor capable of supporting the ills of life, feeds itself with imaginary terrors.—What a pity that so beautiful a tree as the Lombard-
dy poplar should nourish so dangerous, so fatal a worm! Foul-mouthed fame has it in report that one lady had arm dreadfully swelled after one of these caterpillars had only touched it in falling on it; and a cat after being made to smell at them fell into a swoon from which it recovered to meet death omens to a population of 100,000 inhabitants! These two tremendous facts have been repeated from ten thousand tongues, and each repetition has stood for a new fact to the great annoyance of our most timid and credulous citizens. In vain the story of the three black crows is repeated.
In vain does the naturalist assure them, this terrible worm is a caterpillar, which has been always a native of Pennsylvania, and found on the willow, the cabbage and the corn plant as well as the poplar; and changes into a beautiful Phalena or Moth , somewhat resembling the famous Emperor of Morocco , with whom and Sir Joseph Banks, Peter Pindar has so well amused himself and the publick—and truly our citizens afford a scene equally ludicrous, forming fearful circles round a prostrate insect, whose harmlessness is indicated by those very convulsive motions which alarm the spectator, and which are its only defence. The writer of this has traced the principal reports to their sources, and has discovered not a single instance of any thing like venom, except the one first published, and which is too uncertain as to the cause of death in the kitten, upon which to establish so serious an opinion. Several other kittens have been exposed to the caterpillars, when irritated; one had the hair shaved from its back, another had its nose cut with a razor, and the green matter which the caterpillar ejected rubbed thereon, and others had their noses thrust among numbers of the poor frightened insects, without producing any evil, much less death, and yet it might have happened, that from some other cause one or of these kittens might have died afterwards, as kittens most assuredly sometimes do, without the necessity of believing in the last accident as a primary cause—as well may we attribute the death of every patient who dies, to the last medicines he may have taken.
But perhaps the bubble is blown to its utmost size, has exhibited all its variety of hues and will burst ere this reaches the publick eye.
MOMUS. Poulson's Gaz.
MR. POULSON.
Not having observed an answer to the communication in your paper of the 28th June, respecting the prohibition of woollen cloths—I don't address an answer to that communication, but only add a few ideas on the subject, and should they eventually prove useful to the community, I shall be fully gratified.
The clause in question is so expressed as to require very considerable explanations and in my idea of that importance as to make it a duty in the collector of each port, to obtain from the proper authority of the government, (probably the Secretary of State) what is the meaning of a clause in an act passed last session, "to prohibit the importation of certain goods, wares and merchandise"—and to have the result of such enquiry, communicated without delay to the collector of each port of entry, that the merchants may be informed and thus enabled to regulate their importations. They are a class of citizens that I flatter myself are entitled to every candid information as they contribute very considerably to the revenue of the country, viz.—"Woollen cloths whose invoice prices shall exceed five shillings sterling per square yard."
Permit me, sir, to state what is the most probable meaning of the above clause—that no Cloths can be imported of a better quality than at the rate of 5s. sterling the yard square—that is a cloth of six quarters wide—costing 7s. 6d. 7 do. 8s. 9d. 8 do. 10s. 7 eights 4s. 4d. 3 quarters 3s. 9. and so in proportion to the different widths. But if it is really meant the square yard , as expressed in the bill, then the finest cloths can be imported from the numbers of square yards that will be required to make a yard square , or 36 inches wide and 36 inches long; this is a material point and requires the most explicit explanation officially . Yet further the above clause prohibits "Woollen Cloths" only, without adding all goods of which wool is the material of chief value, this being attended to in the other articles of prohibition, it may therefore be presumed, that cloth only is meant to be prohibited—if so, every other article manufactured of wool, may safely be imported—such as coatings, frizes, kerseymere, baizes, serges, flannels, blankets, &c. &c. Lately articles have been imported of which wool is about one half and cotton the other, do these articles come under the prohibition? or, can these be imported at a double price, whatever that may be fixed, in consequence of cotton not being prohibited at all?
I flatter myself this hasty sketch will at least induce others, more conversant on this subject, to put it in that point of view, that it may be fully defined and understood by every importer in the country.
AN IMPORTER.
From the Constitutional Democrat.
MR. MATTHEWS. If you think that the following communication will prove interesting, and in any degree useful to the publick, you will oblige your friend by giving it an insertion in your paper.
JOSEPH KLAPP. Lancaster, June, 1806.
ORIGIN OF COW-POX.
Respecting the primitive origin, and nature of the vaccine infection, the speculative physician has extended before him a luxuriant field, promising a harvest of much curious and important knowledge. All the different contagious materials which we are acquainted with, appear to be equally dependent upon certain agents for their formation. Heat, moisture, oxygenic air, vegetable and animal substances, acting together under opposite circumstances, have probably, in the great laboratory of nature, given rise to the singular combinations of small-pox, measles, cow-pox, and other infectious materials. These different agents of diseases, mysteriously formed by the unfathomable wisdom of the great chemist, excite in the human body forms of fever corresponding with the diversity of their nature.
I am well aware that this theory is introduced to the world under two-fold disadvantages; as far as my reading has extended, it is new, and considerably different from the one at this time subscribed to by medical gentlemen. I have, however, observed elsewhere in lines borrowed from Mr. Cowper, the famous English poet, that
—truth alone, Shall be our chosen theme, our glory to the last.
Consequently it will give me no uneasiness to be reputed for entertaining singular opinions, provided they will lead to the ultimate improvement of medical science.
In this place, perhaps a complete detail and the necessary vindication of the sentiments which I have embraced, of the primary origin of contagious diseases, would be deemed too much of a digression, but it is necessary since I have thus publicly withdrawn my assent from a fashionable theory, to make a few explanatory remarks, to defend myself from the odium of supposed medical heresy.
The question which claims our particular attention is, in what manner have the different infectious materials with which we are acquainted, originated? The solution, commonly proposed for this question is, that certain states of diseased action in the human
body, are attended with a secretion of matters, similar to those which first disturbed the repose of the system. This explanation is not only unsatisfactory, but contrary to every just law of philosophy—an effect is made to precede its causes.
The organic system is excited into diseased action, by a previous impression made by infectious materials made upon the animal body, of course ascribing the primitive origin of contagion, to diseased organic action, is entirely repugnant to sound reasoning.
The animal body has been very happily divided by Dr. Rush, the Sydenham of America, into subordinate systems; and what can approve of this division in plainer terms, than the invariable tendency of all diseases, when excited in the human body to search for, and fix themselves in particular parts. It may be laid down as a maxim which will not in any instance recede from truth, that two contagious agents, different in nature, cannot effect the animal body in the same manner, and be attended with similar symptoms. It is then allowable to suppose if it be ascertained that two or more infectious materials produce upon the powers of animation the same permanent change, that they most probably are derived from one common source, notwithstanding, in the public opinion they are reputed very dissimilar. The progress of the small-pox and of the measles, is marked respectively with peculiar characteristic symptoms. The agency of the one upon the animal body, does not in the least dissipate its liability to the other, therefore as two infectious diseases, it is universally believed that they are entirely dissimilar. Perhaps an attempt to prove the identity of the vaccine disease, to small-pox, would be an undertaking liable to incur unpleasant reflections from some of the faculty, but as the recent introduction of this new disease into the human body, has not as yet, at this early period of our knowledge of it, afforded a sufficient opportunity to unfold its real character, an obstacle of a more weighty kind than the danger of exciting disapprobation among the fraternity, is apprehended. The undertaking could not be made as complete as the experience of many years to come, will enable a future enquirer to accomplish. So far, however, as medical practice has gone towards illustrating the pathology of the vaccine disease, it is offered as an opinion that a comparative view of it, and the various affection will if properly drawn, lead to a greater analogy, evidently inclining to a sameless nature, than that physicians have been apprized of. It is rendered certain from undeniable documents, taken from the records of ancient times, as far back as the small-pox can be traced, that the system of the cow was equally assailable to its contagion as that of mankind. If then a few quadruped animals, and mankind were alike diseased with the various complaint, several centuries ago, it is not probable that the small-pox, during the lapse of so great a period, while passing through opposite systems, would have its nature modified to such a remarkable degree as to give rise to diseases in the same system, apparently of dissimilar kinds.
Marvius, the first bishop of Lausanne, speaking of small-pox, variola, in the annals of his own time, observed, that it principally attacked horned cattle. This was in the year 570; and it does not appear to have attacked mankind till the year afterwards, namely 571. From certain new combinations arising out of the dissolution of vegetable and animal substance, in my humble belief, the small-pox and all other infectious diseases, primarily were produced; of course it is reasonable that quadruped animals, whose heads, for the purpose of procuring food, are often brought to the surface of the earth, the hot-bed of both vegetable and animal putrefaction, should first become contaminated by them. Hence the poet was correct in observing,
On mules and dogs the infection first began, And last the vengeful arrows fixed on man.
Many causes, independent of peculiar organization, and economy, have doubtless co-operated to blunt the violence and change the nature of small-pox by a lengthy residence in the system of the cow; when we advert to the circumstance of her being a herbivorous animal, no inconsiderable light is thrown upon the subject; the construction of the system of man, and stimulating diet which his economy requires for subsistence, answer equally well as a guide to attain a knowledge of the cause of the more inflammatory form, which the disease has through ages maintained in the human body.
If the theory which has been offered should meet with a confirmation in the good sense and experience of others, it will suggest to physicians the importance of recurring occasionally to the cow for fresh infection, in order to lessen more completely the sufferings of humanity, by propagating the modified small-pox in its mildest shape, otherwise the vaccine infection after a process of time, in the system of mankind would re-assume its original malignity, and some distant age, might groan as heavily under its destructive ravages, as human beings have done, previous to the fortunate discovery of Dr. Jenner.
From the Baltimore Federal Gazette.
DEAR SIR, Your courtesy will excuse the present trespass on your attention. I address you to communicate an important fact. It has been in the form of experiment, laid before the publick, that the numerous class of reptiles which inhabit the Lombardy poplar, is fatal to animal life, if provoked to attack and successful in the infliction of a wound. To the authenticity of the communication I objected; because it was anonymously handed to the world. Nevertheless, as it had obtained considerable credit in respectable private circles, I was induced, in company with several other gentlemen, to institute experiments whereby we might ascertain the fact.
The first subject of experiment was a pigeon; but either defended by its plumage, or safe because the reptile procured to inflict the wound, had in its efforts to defend itself against the rough usage of the experimentalists, exhausted its store of poison, and required some time to be again furnished with its weapon of mischief, the pigeon escaped unhurt and now lives in good health.
The second experiment had for its subject a young Guinea-pig. Two of the reptiles were applied to this little quadruped, which during the experiment, frequently uttered plaintive cries, as if wounded. The worms were applied to the mouth, nose and ears. They were irritated by unfriendly treatment to attack the pig.
About five minutes subsequent to the time of making the experiments, the pig appeared to be unhurt, and possessed its usual powers of life.
Called away by my professional duties, I left the pig with one of the gentlemen, who in fact was one of the chief conductors of the experiment. When I returned the gentleman presented to me the pig. It was dead, and the gentleman assured me that it died precisely forty minutes after I left it.
At the moment of my return, there were ten or fifteen men in my surgery, engaged in experiments on a Kitten, with two worms. I was much pleased at the choice, as the Cat is vivacious and possesses a strong hold on life. In a few minutes after the worms were removed, the kitten gave evident and unequivocal signs of pain and distress. Great jactitation of body and limbs were succeeded by long and suspicious breathing; which, in turn, were followed by quick and convulsive acts of respiration. These symptoms of expiring life continued for about forty or fifty minutes, when they in some degree relaxed. The kitten for several hours remained low in its power.

ers and was scarcely able to maintain its ground in a contest so unequal. In the evening it was restored to its mother; lest it might suffer through inattention. It took nourishment, and for a short space its claims to life brightened up, but this morning it is dead, and no adventitious agency hostile to its life can be traced out.
The above experiments were performed in the presence of a considerable number of gentlemen. The agonies of the kitten were observed by at least forty or fifty persons. The experiments were conducted fairly, and every care was used that we should not be imposed on. The animals chosen for the experiments were possessed of their usual vigour and vivacity.
If the death of these two animals be not attributable to the venom of the reptiles, to what hidden cause, eluding the vigilance of so many persons, each anxious to ascertain the fact, shall they be referred? To mere accident? Surely not.
The subject opens to us a field of experiment. It is interesting and highly important to society, and should not remain as only suited to the curious investigations of the philosophic naturalist. Its claims rise above the mere inquisitive researches of speculative philosophy. That poison which is destructive to the inferior animals, particularly the elkin species, cannot be considered as safe to man.
The reptile of which I treat, is pretty evidently of the class of caterpillar, and in all probability, of that genus, termed, by some of the enlightened French naturalists, the false or spurious caterpillar, which does not after its chrysalis state, pass into a butterfly. This genus so nearly resembles the appearance, as to be frequently, while in its reptile state, taken for the genuine caterpillar.
Some tribes of the caterpillar, so far from being innocuous, as they are generally conceived to be, are really poisonous. So far so indeed as to occasion great pain, and excite high inflammation upon leaving the down on their bodies slightly touched. And many other tribes if we are to believe the histories given to us by those who have paid attention to their economy, have near their stomachs small bladders or vesicles, filled with an acid, to the smell quick and penetrating, and of very active properties. Is this their mean of annoyance or defence? Is it their magazine for war?
Accept the homage of my esteem, most respectfully yours, J. B. DAVIDGE. Thoroughgood Smith, Esq. Mayor of the City of Baltimore.
NEW-ORLEANS, June 3. ORLEANS LEGISLATURE.
In the house of representatives of the territory of Orleans, on Tuesday morning the 13th May, Mr. Milon stated that he should ask for leave of absence from and after Monday the 24th inst. that he had waited with great anxiety for the election of a suitable member to congress, and he was happy to find, that the two branches of the legislature had made so judicious a choice, that he long had conceived that circumstance to be an object of the greatest importance to the citizens, and indeed that that was one of his principal objects in accepting his nomination to a seat in this house. He beheld with horror, the wretched situation to which many, nay, most of the good citizens of this country would be reduced, if there was not some immediate, early and definite steps taken by the general government to quiet the minds of the people on the subject of their land claims—we had now chosen a character, who had a perfect knowledge of almost every foot of the country, as also the manners, customs and sentiments of the people, as well as the mode of acquiring the incipient grounds of title to lands under the ancient governments both of France and Spain, who in most cases were very regardless of certain formalities which are now required by the American government, so careless were they that in some parts of the country, estates have been successively inhabited for half a century, and the title papers never completed or the lands patented. He was of opinion therefore, that congress would yet adopt some other more effectual measures on this subject, and be induced from a sense of justice, to grant patents in all cases for all small grants that were made agreeably to ancient usage prior to the final ratification of the treaty between France and the United States, our country would then cease to murmur, and the people submit to the laws with cheerfulness.
He then stated that he would be obliged in compliance with his promise some days past to bring before this house a certain resolution for the removal of the seat of government to some more central situation—said resolution was in substance as follows, viz.
Resolved by the legislative council and house of representatives, of the territory of Orleans, in general assembly convened, That whereas it is found by experience, that the city of New-Orleans, on account of its position and the variety of contradictory dispositions manifested among the residents thereof, is ill calculated for the promotion of the business of solemn legislation; and situated almost at the extremity of the territory, and more especially as the house of accommodation has been procured at great expense, totally incompatible with the state of our public funds, without resorting to odious taxation: And whereas the citizens of this place, through the medium of their city council, have refused this legislature suitable rooms in the principal during their sessions, which we conceive might have been done without any inconvenience to the good citizens of this place; and whereas the wonderful economy of certain opulent gentlemen of overgrown estates have manifested a disposition to exclude from this house the western and country members, by providing for them a miserable pittance and giving the speaker of this house authority to furnish drafts on an empty treasury, and thereby ultimately secure to themselves the entire management of public affairs, and consequently make the representatives of a free government, not the representatives of a free people, but of a wealthy and overgrown aristocracy: in order therefore that we may come upon terms, and that, gentlemen may meet each other at least half way.
Be it therefore resolved, That all future sessions of this legislature be held at Point Coupee, or at near the church of St. Francis, until we shall be put in possession of Baton Rouge, which is now stated to be purchased by our government, and that a committee be appointed for making the necessary arrangement and report forthwith to his excellency the governor of this territory—which said resolution was ordered to lie on the table.
ALBANY, June 30.
Greenbush, or New Harrowgate Waters.
[Half a mile from Albany Ferry.] These waters, upon several trials by the most eminent physicians in Albany, appears to possess all the properties and distinguished qualities of the justly celebrated Harrowgate Waters in England. They contain purgative salts, a small quantity of earth, carbonic and azotic gas, with a large proportion of sulphurated hydrogen.
The Harrowgate Springs in England are much resorted to, and are found eminently useful in many cirricular eruptions, such as the itch, those arising from surfeits, scald head, salt-rheum, and even the leprosy. Also, in complaints of the stomach and bowels, whether arising from indigestion or other causes—Hypocondriac affections, obstinate costiveness, piles, &c. they have been found to give great relief; they bid fair to relieve many rheumatic affections, and have been useful in sprains and paralytic weak-
ness. They prove an excellent vermifuge, and have restored the lost appetite and debilitated habit of body. Many of our citizens have already experienced great benefit from their use; but in obstinate complaints, and those long standing, a physician should be consulted as to the quantity to be taken and the manner they should be used.
In consequence of the favourable opinion of the Faculty in Albany, the spring has been secured from defilement by lock and key; therefore real invalids may rely on getting the waters perfectly pure from the fountain—and giddy boys, and such as go only to idle away an hour and gratify curiosity, will not be permitted to disturb and waste the water as they have heretofore done.
Such invalids as do not reside in Albany or near the spring, may be accommodated with lodging and dieting at the Greenbush Hotel, and other houses in the neighbourhood of the spring.
It is hoped, may, not doubted, but that such printers in the United States, as are blessed with a philanthropic spirit, will insert the foregoing information in their respective newspapers.
PHILADELPHIA, July 1.
LOMBARDY POPLAR.
This tree, which has become an ornament to the city, we are sorry to learn, is suspected of producing a Worm of the most poisonous description.—The subject, we think, requires serious examination; and for the purpose of inviting to it those who are best qualified by particular study or experience, we state the following fact, which has been communicated to us by respectable citizens:
Yesterday morning at 10 o'clock, an experiment was made in Southwark, in the presence of several gentlemen, with the view of ascertaining the effect of the bite or sting of one of these reptiles.—A worm found in a Lombardy Poplar, was placed before a Cat, rather more than half grown. In about fifteen minutes, she was stung in the nose. In about fifteen minutes, she fainted away, and remained apparently lifeless for five minutes; after which, she exhibited marks of violent internal pains, and in 45 minutes died. The worm is of a pale chocolate colour, has a form at the extremity of its tail, having from ten to fourteen feet. They vary in size, some being but an inch, others four inches long.—They are extremely strong and animated Arsenic, vitriol, and aqua fortis have been applied to them, without producing instant death. Some of these worms we understand, have been left with Mr. Peale, at the museum, for examination.
A gentleman who has made some observations on the subject, remarks that they seldom appear in moist situations. He is led to conclude that they are generated in the roots of the poplar, from whence they travel in the night. They have been found in instances in the neighbourhood of the poplar. He suggests trying the effect of hot ley, poured on the roots of the tree.
BALTIMORE JOURNAL.
At a meeting of the stockholders of the Union Bank of Maryland, held at Wm. Evans's Tavern, on the 7th inst. the following gentlemen were elected directors for the ensuing year, viz.
Henry Payson, David Winchester, Andrew Elliott, Jun., Benjamin Williams, James A. Buchanan, John Hollins, Solomon Etting, Stewart Brown, Thomas M'Eldeery, Walter Dorsey, John Comegys, James Armstrong, Luke Tiernan, Hezekiah Clagett, Benjamin Tinsley. Those marked thus (*) are new directors.
From a late London Paper.
The Moniteur of the 18th April states, that the ancestors of general Brady, who delivered up Cattaro to the Russians, were English.—The fact is, that this Austrian general, whose real name is O'Brady, was born in Ireland, in 1754, and is a descendant of a respectable Irish Catholic family. A relation of his, general Brown, placed him, in 1770, as a cadet in the Austrian service, and in the corps of the engineers, where he had been advanced to the rank of a captain, when in 1788 the war broke out between Austria and Turkey. During the siege of Belgrade, by the emperor Joseph II. in 1739, he distinguished himself so much, that he was nominated a knight of the order of Maria Theresa, with the appointment of a major. In 1790 he served under field marshal Bender, in the low countries, and was promoted to a colonel. In 1792 the present emperor made him one of his chamberlains, and he married a rich Irish widow, Mrs. Moore. In 1794 he was advanced to a major-general; and in 1797, at the recommendation of Archduke Charles, to a lieutenant-general. During the different sieges and campaigns, from 1793 to 1803, he particularly caused himself to be remarked for his talents and valour, and was in reward intrusted with the consequential place of a governor of Venetian Dalmatia, when, by the peace of Luneville, that country was given up to Austria. Here his wisdom, prudence and moderation, have caused the inhabitants almost to forget their former and almost hereditary inveteracy to the house of Austria, of which four regiments of Dalmatian volunteers, sharing in the honours of the battle of Austerlitz, are undeniable evidences. General O'Brady possesses all those eminent virtues and noble principles, which always must make him an object of reproach and hatred to the sanguinary and infamous Corsican usurper. He is loyal, frank, and brave. He speaks and acts as an undaunted honest soldier. The prospect of a throne would be unable to change him to a traitor, much less debase him to become a noon day poisoner, or a midnight assassin.
Mischiefs and dangers of Impeachment.
If the following curious arguments against Parliamentary proceedings were to be admitted as unanswerable, every ministerial delinquent might go on with impunity; and responsibility would become an empty sound. The story, however, is sufficiently entertaining to merit a place in the paper.
Lord Carnarvon, in the reign of Charles II. was a man who never spoke but once in the house of peers. One day at dinner with the duke of Buckingham where the glass circulated freely, he made a considerable bet, that he would speak in an important debate, which was expected to come on that very evening in the Upper House, on the subject of a proposed impeachment of the Earl of Danby, an ancestor of the present duke of Leeds.
The wager was confirmed by half pint bumpers of Burgundy, and the parties repaired to the scene of action; but the debate had commenced before their arrival. The noble Lord, however, catching the Chancellor's eye, soon after a peer sat down, who had concluded with a Latin quotation, began thus:—
"I understand little of Latin, my Lords, but a good deal of English, and a little of English history; from which I have learned the mischiefs of such prosecutions as these, and the ill fate of all prosecution."
"I could bring many instances, and those very ancient; but I shall go no farther back, my lords, than Queen Elizabeth's reign, at which time the Earl of Essex was run down by Sir Walter Raleigh; and
your Lordships all know what became of Sir Walter Raleigh."
"Lord Bacon ran down Sir Walter Raleigh; and your Lordships all know what became of Lord Bacon."
"The duke of Buckingham ran down Lord Bacon; and your Lordships all know what happened to him."
"The Earl of Strafford ran down the Duke of Buckingham; and you all know what became of the Earl of Strafford."
"Sir Henry Vane ran down the Earl of Strafford; and what became of Sir Harry Vane, your Lordships all know."
"Chancellor Hyde ran down Sir Harry Vane, and what became of Chancellor Hyde your lordships all know."
"Sir Thomas Osborne, now Earl of Danby, ran down the Chancellor; but what will become of the Earl of Danby, your Lordships best can tell."
Upon this very unexpected harangue, the Duke of Buckingham said,—"The man's inspired!—I have lost my money!—My claret has done the business!" (London Pap.)
From the Liverpool Chronicle.
SIR,
The following article seems to be very deserving of publick notice; a knowledge of it may probably be the means of guiding the determination of those whose province it might be, under certain circumstances, to fix upon proper places in which to deposit the ashes of the dead. The insertion of it in your paper is requested.
Yours, &c.
A FRIEND.
"In the month of July, 17***, a very corpulent lady died at —. Before her death, she begged as a particular favour to be buried in the Parochial church. She had died on the Wednesday, and on the following Saturday was buried according to her desire. The next day the clergyman preached her funeral sermon; the weather was uncommonly hot; and it ought to be observed, that for several months preceding her death, a great draught prevailed, not a drop of rain had fallen, and consequently it was an uncommon sultry season. The succeeding Sunday, a week after the body had been buried, the Protestant clergyman had a very full congregation, upwards of nine hundred persons attending, that being the day for administering the holy sacrament. The weather still continuing very hot, many were obliged, during the service, to walk out for a while to prevent their fainting, whilst some had actually fainted. It is the custom in Germany, that when people wish to receive the sacrament, they neither eat nor drink till the ceremony is entirely over."
"The worthy clergyman preached about an hour and a quarter; he then consecrated bread and wine, which ought to be uncovered during the ceremony. There were about 180 communicants. A quarter of an hour after the ceremony, before they had quitted the church, more than 60 of the communicants were taken ill; others of a more vigorous constitution, survived by the help of medical assistance: a most violent consternation prevailed amongst the whole congregation, and throughout the town. It was concluded that the wine had been poisoned, and so it was generally believed. The sacristan, and several others belonging to the vestry, were immediately arrested and put in irons."
"The clergyman on the succeeding Sunday, preached a great deal of enthusiasm, and pointed out to his congregation, several others concerned in the plot.—This enthusiastic sermon, I am sorry to say, is in print; also the violent proceedings of the clergyman and the magistrate against many of the unfortunate people arrested. The persons accused, underwent very great hardships; during the space of a week they were confined in a dungeon, and some of them were put to the torture, but still persisted in their innocence."
"On the Sunday following, the magistrate ordered that a chalice of wine, uncovered, should be placed for the space of an hour upon the altar, which had scarcely elapsed, when they beheld the wine filled with myriads of insects; and, by tracing whence they came, it was at length perceived, by the rays of the sun, that they issued from the grave of the lady who had been buried the preceding fortnight. The people not belonging to the vestry were dismissed, and four men were employed to open the grave and the coffin; in doing which two of them dropped down and expired on the spot and the other two only saved by the utmost exertions of medical talents. It is beyond the power of words to describe the horrid sight of the corpse when the coffin was opened. The whole was an entire mass of putrefaction; and it was now clearly demonstrated, that the numerous insects, both large and small, together with the effluvia which had issued from the body, had caused this pestilential infection, which was, a week before attributed to poison. I am happy to add, that on this discovery, the persons accused were instantly liberated, and every atonement made by the clergyman and magistrate for their misguided conduct." [Render's Tour in Germany.]
Gazette Marine Memoranda
ARRIVED.
Brig Paragon, Miller, 24 days from Jamaica, Rum, Redmon & Frith. Sch'r Samuel, Lord, 7 days from Philadelphia.
CUSTOM-HOUSE—ENTERED.
Brig Paragon, Miller, Jamaica
CLEARED.
Ship George, Town, Liverpool Sch'r Virginia, Paulson, Havanna Appomattox, Bouchon, Peter'sburg Orion, Parrott, Boston Equality, Peabody, Baltimore
NEWCOMB's Packet will positively sail for New-York on Sunday next. July 11.
Landing from on board the ship Sheffield, and for Sale by the Subscribers, on their Wharf,
282 Hogsheads CLARET,
50 Cases do. 6 do. BURGUNDY, 36 do. HERMITAGE, 25 do. Sallad OIL, 25 do. Preserved FRUITS, 22 do. OLIVES and ANCHOVIES.—All of very superior quality, and entitled to draw back.
C. & F. Whittle.
March 24. tf 601
FOR SALE,
My LANDS, in Greensville County, containing by survey one thousand and seventy acres, more or less, and lies about eight miles above Belfield. There is a good Dwelling-House 32 by 26 feet, with four rooms and fire places there below, and four rooms above stairs; also, a convenient Out-House for a family. It is a pleasant, high, and healthy situation, convenient to several Mills, the Camp Meeting House, and in a good neighbourhood. The premises may be viewed at any time—the terms will be moderate, and made known on application to the Subscriber or the premises, who wishes early application to be made by those inclined to purchase the same.
Peter Pelham.
Greensville County, May 30. fw 776
WIG-WAM GARDENS.
THIS EVENING, (Friday) July 11,
A display of FIRE-WORKS.
The Grand Cross of Malta, metamorphosing into a brilliant Sun. A Girandole, terminating by a number of Atmospheric Stars. An elegant Star changing in a surprising manner into a large Wind-Mill.
** The House and Garden will be Illuminated. ICE-CREAMS, &c. &c. 44 Ladies gratis—Gentlemen 25 cents, for which refreshments will be given. July 11. 695
MUSEUM NATURE.
THE Illumination which was exhibited on Friday last in the Garden of the Museum, will, at the request of a number of Ladies and Gentlemen, be displayed once more, this EVENING, the 11th instant, with the only alteration of the word INDEPENDENCE—A number of Sky-Rockets will be fired during the exhibition.
Price of admittance to the Museum and Garden 25 cents, toll of the bridge included, to be paid at the gate of the bridge. A sufficient number of lanterns to light the Garden, and few elegant pieces of Fire-Work, besides the Sky-Rockets, evening should not be calm enough to light the lamps on the said evening, the illumination will take place on the first far evening next ensuing, (Sunday excepted) to which the visitors, who shall attend on Friday next, will be admitted gratis.
The display of Illuminations and Fire-Works, at the Museum's Garden, being offered to the Inhabitants of Norfolk and Portsmouth, as an opportunity for encouraging the scientific part of the institution, they will, it is hoped, not admit that no refreshments are given for the price of admission; for the expenses attending that kind of Illumination are so great, that if refreshments were given, the institution far from deriving any benefit from such exhibitions, would be greatly injured by them, the more so, as the undertaker having it not, as yet, in his power to offer any Ice-Cream to the visitors without throwing the benefit which may accrue therefrom into the hands of another, cannot expect much benefit from the bar. Point Pleasant, July 11. 2 691
SALE BY AUCTION.
On Saturday next, 12th inst. at 12 o'clock, Will be SOLD, by order of the President and Directors of the Marine Insurance Company of Norfolk, on Whittle's wharf, the following GOODS, landed from the Cutter Express, from Porto Rico—viz. 80 Bags COFFEE; 54 bbls. SUGAR, 3 Tons of FUSTICK—Terms of Sale, all sums under 200 dollars 60 days, and for all sums above, 90 and 120 days. Notes to be approved.
Immediately after the Sale of the Cargo, WILL BE SOLD, The Cutter EXPRESS, As she arrived from sea.—Terms 120 days. Approved Notes. Thomas Willock, V. M. 3t 687
By virtue of a Deed in Trust, Will be Sold, on FRIDAY, the first day of August, on the premises for ready money,
THE TRACT OF LAND,
The Trustees. July 11. tds 697
To Rent or Lease, for one or five years, A commodious BRICK-HOUSE, Situated on Smith's Point, lately occupied by the Subscriber; to this tenement is annexed an excellent garden, &c. Apply to
Thomas Price. July 11. tf 698
STRAYED,
A LIGHT BAY HORSE, 7 years old, 16 hands high, black mane and tail, cross nicked, carries an elegant tail, and is foxed; paces, trots, and canters well; has been accustomed to drawing in a gig; ragged hips, has a lump on his back, occasioned by the saddle, and is in low order—A generous reward will be paid to any person who will deliver him to
Lewis Armistead, June 11. tf 896 At the Livery Stables.
FOR SALE,
73 punch. choice 4th proof RUM, Received by the brig Paragon, Captain Robertson, from Jamaica.
Redmon & Frith. July 11. tf 699
SPRING GOODS.
LEWIS AUGIER, corner of Market-Square, Has just received per the Schooner Richmond, from New-York, the following GOODS:
Brown and White Platilias; Cotton Stockings, open laced clocks and plain; Thread do.; Irish Linen, 7-8 and 4-4; Cotton Suspenders; Embroidered Cambric Handkerchiefs; Fine Linen do.; Mock Madras, do.; Real Madras do.; French Faus, black, &c.; India do.; Bombazines; Calimancoes; Cheeks, 3-4 and 5-4; Nuns Thread; Nankeen and coloured Thread; Cotton Cassimere; Marseilles, fashionab'es; German Rolls; Laced Cambric Shawls, 6-4; Muslin and Leno Shawls, 4-4 and 6-4; Real and Mock Chamber; Lapet Muslin Shawls; Ginghams; Cambric; Cambric Muslin, 7-8, 9-8, and 6-4; Black and coloured Cambric; Blue Muslin Shawls, new fashion; Guineas and Cotton Calicoes; Cambric Buttons; Metal do. assorted; Powder in kegs; Shot and Flints; Flos Cotton; Knives and Forks; Ferreting; Brass and Silver Candlesticks; Children's Morocco Shoes; Ladies' Morocco do.; Britannia; Blue and Yellow Nankeens; Oil Cloth, &c. June 27. 3* 857
One Hundred Dollar Bank Note.
FOUND yesterday in one of the publick rooms at the Eagle-Tavern, a BANK NOTE for One Hundred Dollars. The loser may have it by describing the same, and paying the charges for advertising, by applying to Thomas Glenn. June 27. 3t 859
FOR SALE,
The CARGO of the Brig Hannah, Captain Knapp, from Port Cavanass—consisting of 214 hds. & 60 tierces prime Molasses. T. & W. A. Armistead, June 11. 3w 830 Marshall's wharf.
FRESH TEAS.
Just received from Philadelphia, in whole, half, and quarter chests,
TEAS.
Imperial, Hyson, and Young Hyson all of this Spring importation, and we warrant them of the very first quality imported, by wholesale or retail.
Fisk & Catlett.
Who have this day landing,
75 tierces choice New RICE,
in whole and half tierces, April 21. tf 698

For Sale by the Subscriber, at his Bake- House, on Commerce-Street, 500 Barrels Navy BREAD, 200 do. Superior Pilot do. 100 do. Ship do. All of which will be sold on reasonable terms, or exchanged for West India produce. Stephen Harris.
PILOT BREAD in half barrels of a superior quality, for Sale as above. March 26. tf 614
FOR RENT, The three large and commodious Ware Houses on the lower end of Gibson's Wharf.—Possession may be had immediately, by applying to John Southgate, or William Dickson. Feb. 26. tf 534
NEW CUT-NAIL MANUFACTORY, ON TOWN POINT, A small distance below County Wharf, Wide Water Street.
THE Subscriber has, at a considerable expense, fitted up, in addition to his other business, a complete set of machinery, adequate to finish 500 to 600 lbs. of Nails daily. He is also provided with a good stock of Iron; and with a sufficient number of skillful workmen.
He has on hand a constant supply of Nails, Flooring Brads, and Sprigs, which he offers for Sale at the reduced prices as follows, by the keg, for cash only, viz. 8d, 10d, 12d, and 20d Nails, at 7 1-2d per lb. 8d, 10d, 12d, and 20d Brads at 7 1-2d per lb. 6d, Nails at 9 1-2d per lb. Sheathing, do. at 7 1-2d per lb. 6d, Brads at 4s 6d per M. 4d, do. at 2s 9d per M. 3d, do. at 2s 3d per M. 4d, Nails at 2s 9d per M. 3d & 2d do. at 2s 3d per M. ALSO—HOOP AND BAR-IRON ASSORTED. LEVIN DORSEY. June 2. tf 753
GERMAN GOODS. JOHN C. NIEMEYER,
Offers for Sale the following GOODS, for Cash or on con- venient credit, for approved Bills only, viz.
5000 Bags 2 & 3 bushels, loose and in bales, 6000 East-India Gunny Bags, 330 pieces Hessian and brown Rolls, 325 pieces white Rolls, of four qualities, 140 pieces Ticklenburgs and Ozenburgs, 160 pieces Platillas, white and brown, 13 pieces Dowlas, 20 do. Chucks, 40 do. Britanias, 40 do. Romas, 45 do. best Flemish Sheeting, 20 do. fine Bed ticking 2 yards wide, 24 do. Mattress Ticking, 18 do. German Canvas, 15 do. do. Shirt Linen, 44 yards each, from 65 to 110 dollars per piece, 14 do. do. 37 yds. each, at 36 to 75 dollars per piece, 24 do. Velvet Ribbons, assorted, 40 boxes English crown window Glass, 70 do. Baltimore window Glass assorted, at the manufactory prices, for cash, 2000 wt. Lamb's Wool, su- perior quality, 5000 doz. German Phials, ve- ry cheap, 2000 bunches red Camet Beads, 300 doz. Watch Christials, assorted, 25 do. coarse thread Stockings, 10 do. fine do. 100 boxes of Godofrid's Spanish Segars, 75 do. 2d and 3d qualities, 12 boxes about 2000 straws 1-3 joint Tumblers, 3 do. Wine Glasses and Decanters, 23 do. China and elegant cut Glass Ware, 5 do. Toys, 60000 Toy Marbles, 1 case fine Hats, 100 wt. Twine, 120 doz. gold and silver Hat Cords, 35 boxes short Pipes, three gross each, 330 wt. Canary Seed, 1 cask Clue, Spectacles green and plain, an elegant assortment to suit all ages, Goggles plain and green, Pistols, an elegant assortment, do. 1 case superior Hair Triggers, Fowling Pieces, elegant dou- ble barrels; do. common, single do. Flutes, patent and plain, Fifes; Octaves; Tambourines; Flageolets, double and single, Violins, and elegant bows, Instruction Books, & Music, Violin Strings, Bridges, and Screws.
Also a complete assortment of the following Articles, viz.
Fifty assorted Trunks, Oil Cloth, Coffee Mills, German Razor Boxes, Morocco Irons, Wafer Cakes, do. Pocket Books, do. Sugar Boxes, Spectacle Cases, Windsor Soap, Hand Lanterns, best Tortoise Shell Combs, Ivory & Horn do. fine Knives & Penknives, Pocket Razors of all kinds, Knives and Forks, Snuffers very elegant, Brass Candle- sticks, Coffee Toasters, Shoe Brushes, Cloth do. Mill Saws, Frying Pans, Shovels, Tongs, and Pokes, Fish Hooks, Table Mats, Battle Doors and Birds, Bell Metal Kettles, Waffle Irons, Water Irons, German Lace & Thread, Bird Cages & Baskets, Black Silk Velvet, 2000 Agate Flints, Jewellery and Crystal Beads, Toilet Looking Glasses, com- mon do. assorted, Snuff Box- es, Umbrellas, Plush for Sad- dles, Passage Lamps, Cham- ber Lamps and Wicks, Back- gammon Tables, 800 Dice, elegant Chess Men, and Crib- bage Boards. Apply as above.
SPRING GOODS. COOKE AND SANFORD,
No. 40, Main-Street, have received per the Ships Two Bro- thers from Liverpool, and Dummies from London, an ex- tensive assortment of
SPRING GOODS, CONSISTING OF
Irish Linens assorted, 5-4 and 6-4 Sheeting, French Cambricks and Long Lawns, Fine Pocket Handkerchiefs, 7-8 and 3-4 quarter Diapers, Table Cloths, Chambray Muslin, Cambrick do. Cambrick Dimities, Furniture do. Fashionable Shawls, Lace Veils, Black net Shawls, Superfine Cloths and Cassi- meres, Cotton Cassimeres and Gran- drells, Umbrellas and Parasols, Kid Shoes, Hats assorted, in cases, Seine Twine, Ozenburgs and Hempen Rolls, Cotton and Silk Hosiery, Checks and Stripes, Calicoes and Ginghams, Fashionable Waistcoating, White and coloured Janes, Powder, Shot, &c. &c.
ON HAND, Yellow NANKEENS, first chop, Beerboom GURRAHS—and 8000 wt. BACON, April 23. 2m 695
D. R. WADDEY, & Co. Have just received per the Ship Dummies, from London, an additional assortment of
SHIP CHANDLERY, Among which are a large quantity of BUNTING, broad and narrow, of every colour, which they offer for Sale.
ALSO ON HAND, Teneriffe WINE, Holland & Country GIN, 4th Proof Cognac BRANDY, of superior quality, Hibbert's Brown STOUT, in cases of 6 1-2 dozen, Double Gloucester CHEESE, Old L. P. Madeira WINE, fit for immediate use, Muscovado SUGAR, in hds. and bbls.—LOAF do. in do. N. E. RUM and WHISKEY. May 5. tf 718
MRS. MACDOUGAL, INFORMS her friends and the public, that she has taken that handsome house belonging to Mr. Roberts, in the centre of Market-Square, where she will receive Boarders on moderate terms—the strictest attention will always be paid to the diet rooms, and lodging, and every endeavour used to render a transient or permanent abode at her house satisfac- tory. September 25. 169
FOR SALE, 150 Barrels Richmond FLOUR. Noble, Arbuthnot, & Co. July 7. tf 883
FOR SALE, AT W. B. LAME'S OFFICE, 50 Puncheons 3d & 4th proof RUM, 30 Hogsheads SUGAR; 60 Bags COFFEE; 40 Cases GIN; 4 Pipes French BRANDY. July 7. 3t 884
For Sale by the Subscriber, 30 Barrels prime FORK; 2 tons COR- DAGE; a parcel of FANCY CHAIRS; 2 small BOATS; and a few kids PICKLED SALMON. July 7. JESSE NEWCOMB.
FOR SALE, A quantity of New-York and English SLATE, of superior quality. Reilly & Tunis. June 23. tf 857
We have for SALE, on our Wharf, Jamaica SUGAR; do. COFFEE, Domingo do. Jamaica RUM; Superior & Fine FLOUR; White GINGER, PIMENTO; FRUITS preserved in BRANDY, HERMITAGE in cases of two dozen, CLARET in do. do. and in Hogsheads, A few cases Irish LINENS by the package, Prime PORK; Petersburg TOBACCO, &c. &c. C. & F. Whittle. June 25. 6t 861
20 Puncheons Grenada RUM, Landing this day from on board the Schooner Harmony—For Sale by C. & F. Whittle. June 30. 4t 866
Landing this day from on board the sch'rs Iris and Virginia, from Teneriffe, 40 pipes choice Teneriffe WINE. For Sale by Moses Myers. June 27. tf 860
FOR RENT, (And immediate possession given) Three Rooms on Commerce & Water-streets. Apply to John Nivison. June 27. tf 861
For Sale, or Rent, A PLANTATION, situated on Hamp- ton Creek, consisting of about 300 acres; being the proper- ty on which Mr. W. Brough has long resided. It possesses all the necessary buildings for the convenience of a family, or agricultural purposes. There are some valuable orchards, one particularly of apples, is considered more productive than any other in that part of the country. There is also a Wind- Mill, most eligibly situated.—For particulars, application may be made to Mr. G. Hope, Hampton, Mr. John Dunn, Nor- folk, or the Subscriber in Richmond, who will give im- mediate possession. James D. M'Caw. June 25. 2m 860
WANTED, A quantity of Spars and Oak Plank, for which, if delivered immediately, a liberal price will be given by Alexander Maclure. June 18. tf 839
All persons indebted to the estate of the late Wm. Davies, Esq., will please make payment, and those to whom the estate is indebted, will please furnish their accounts properly attested, in order that provision may be made for their payment. Fortescue Whittle, Adm'r. June 18. 3m 838
I have for SALE, A Negro MAN, about 21 years of age, a Barber by trade. William Lindsay. June 16. tf 853
Landing at Murray's wharf, from Jon board the ship Caledonian, 1500 Liverpool filled Sacks of SALT, 109 Crates well assorted EARTHENWARE. For Sale by A. Maclure. June 9. tf 822
ROBERT GIBSON, Has removed to the Fire-Proof Ware-House in Wide Water-Street, nearly opposite Commerce Street. Feb. 28. tf 836
The Subscriber having retained half of his Lumber Yard on Calvert's wharf, will have constantly for SALE, Plank, Scantling, & Fire Wood, Frames for Houses, &c. cut and provided on the shortest notice. Thomas H. Parker. WHO HAS FOR SALE, Two excellent MULES. June 4. tf 797
Now Landing from on board the Schooner Alliance, from New-York, 5 Pipes Cognac BRANDY, 3 Hds. Lump SUGAR; 37 Bales CASSIA, A few kegs family BUTTER.—And in Store, Young Hyson and Hyson Skin TEAS, 200 Barrels Potomac Herring—For Sale by James M'Clenaghan. June 6. tf 810
Ware-House to Let. FOR RENT, and immediate possession given, the Fire- Proof Ware-House on Marsden's Wharf, at present oc- cupied by William Hartshorne, jun. Who has for SALE, a consignment of 250 barrels Kiln dryed MEAL, And a few pieces of New-England TOW CLOTH. June 25. 2aw2w 858
SPRING GOODS. RICHARD TAYLOR,
Has received by the Ship Dummies, from London, a hand- some assortment of Spring and Summer GOODS, which he offers for Sale by wholesale and retail, for Cash or approved paper. April 25. 2m 696
We have received by the brig Sumner, from Jamaica, 57 puncheons high proof RUM, 12 Hogsheads MOLASSES—which are offered for Sale on very liberal terms, by Redmon & Frith.
ON HAND, A parcel of very good W. Island RUM. June 16. tf 834
FOR SALE, 3000 Pieces Yellow NANKEEN, 11 Boxes Imperial TEA, 6 Casks Hyson do. The above of the best quality, and entitled to drawback. Apply to Robert Maitland & Co. WHO HAVE ON HAND, Hibbert's best bottled Porter and Brown Stout. Also, Old L. P. Madeira Wine, fit for immediate use. March 5. tf 560
IRISH LINENS, &c. The Subscriber has received from Dublin, by the Ship In- trepid, a choice assortment of Irish Linens, Sheeting, Diapers, &c. which he offers for Sale on moderate terms. Richard Taylor. May 10. 2m 747
ROBERT MAITLAND, & Co. HAVE IN STORE FOR SALE, 14 Pipes Pierpont's New-York Anchor GIN, of a superior quality, 10 Casks Young Hyson TEA; 4 Casks Hyson do. 2000 Pieces Yellow NANKEEN, first chop, 10 Pipes French BRANDY; 72 doz. CLARET in cases, 2 Hds. Lump SUGAR; 8 Hds. West-India RUM, Hibbert's Bottled PORTER, and Brown STOUT, and choice old Madeira WINE, in pipes, hds. and qr. casks. June 11. 6w 827
30 Pipes Country GIN, 10 do. real Cognac BRANDY, 20 Puncheons W. I. RUM, 15 Quarter Casks Old Sherry WINE, 30 Barrels WHISKEY, 3 Hogsheads Apple BRANDY, 30 Bags PEPPER, 50 Boxes Mould CANDLES, 30 do. Dipped do. 2 Bales Fine CASSAS, 5 do. Beerboom GURRAHS—For Sale at reduced prices by S. Marks, jun. & Co. April 2. tf 631
I wish to Purchase, Six or Eight Negro BOYS, from 15 to 18 years of age. Thomas Warren. April 15. tf 661
For SALE by the Subscribers, a general assortment of Ship Chandlery, Cordage, and Cables, 8, 9, 10, 11, and 12 inches, English PAINTS and OIL, Sheathing PAPER, Bar IRON, TOBACCO, Richmond Inspection; FLOUR, PORK, Prime and Cargo, New-York Inspection, 200 Gun CASES; 20 Boxes SEGARS. They have also on hand, an extensive and good as- sortment of GROCERIES. Noble, Arbuthnot, & Co. March 31. tf 623
NOTICE. The Subscriber has taken into partnership Mr. Paul Proby, and Mr. Patrick Hamanson. The business in future will be carried on under the firm of Proby, Haman- son, & Co. Thomas H. Parker. May 30. tf 779
For Rent, The Store, Compting Room & Cellar No. 41, Main-Street, lately occupied by Mr. Wm. M'Cut- chen. Apply to Thomas Willock. March 17. tf 584
CUT-NAIL MANUFACTORY. EPHRAIM WELCH, No. 88, MAIN-STREET,
WITH gratitude acknowledges the liberal encourage- ment the citizens of Norfolk, Portsmouth, and the Public have been pleased to offer since the introduction of his Nail Manufactory in this Borough, and informs them that he has erected all his Machines new, which are very conside- rably improved, and continues to manufacture the best qua- lity.—And has on hand for SALE, a constant supply of Patent NAILS and BRADS, Which is cut length ways of the hoop, and to accommodate his customers, has thought proper to reduce the prices as follows, by the keg for CASH, viz. 8d. 10d. 12d. and 20d. Nails at 7d. 1-2 per lb. 6d. Nails at 9d. 1-2 per lb. Sheathing Nails at 7d. 1-2 per lb. 6d. Brands at 4s. 6d. per M 4d. do. at 2s. 9d. per M 3d. do. at 2s. 3d. per M 4d. Nails at 2s. 9d. per M 2d. and 2d. do. at 2s. 3d. per M ALSO FOR SALE, Crowley and German Steel Hoop IRON.— Nail Machines made and warranted good, on short notice. N. B. All of the Nails, Brads, and Articles, sold at the Ma- nufactory. June 13. tf 831
The Subscribers offer for SALE, 500,000 sale Shingles; 400,000 building do. 20,000 three feet do. 30,000 Cypress PALS, 5,000 Cedar and Chinquapin POSTS, 40,000 White Oak drawn and rough hoghead STAVES. ALSO, IN STORE, W. I. and N. E. RUM, in hds. & bbls. MOLASSES in hds.; SUGAR in hds. & barrels, Superfine FLOUR in bbls.; TOBACCO in kegs, 30 barrels HERRINGS. Proby, Hamanson, & Co. May 30. tf 780
Now landing on Gibson's Wharf, from the brig Ann, Capt. Forsyth, from Marseilles, French Brandy in pipes, Claret in hogsheads, Claret in cases, Olive Oil in boxes and baskets, Olives, Capers and Anchovies in boxes, Preserved Fruit in Brandy, Prunes, Raisins, and Almonds, Cordials in boxes & baskets, Candles and Castile Soap, Senna, Manna, & Cream of Tartar, Cooks, Hats, and Leather Caps.—Also on Hand, Antigua Rum, and Campeachy Logwood. The whole of which will be sold on reasonable terms. The said BRIG is offered for Sale or Charter. June 4. 3w 805 EDWARD ROBERTS.
TO RENT, (And possession given immediately,) That commodious STORE on Main- Street, No. 22, near the old market-place, together with a large Cellar and other apartments, well calculated either for Groceries or Dry Goods. ALSO, Two large DWELLING-HOUSES, with Stores in front, on Bank-Street.—Apply to Robert Farmar.
Who has for Sale, on low terms, A few CANAL SHARES, the property of a gentleman to the Northward. April 4. tf 640
SECOND CLASS. SCHEME OF A LOTTERY, For the Benefit of WILLIAM and MARY COLLEGE.
5,938 Tickets at 10 dolls. each, dolls. 59,380 4,685 do. at 15 do. do. 70,275 10,623 129,655 Deduct loss on 2000 Tickets renewed, 4,500 Dolls. 125,155
To float in the wheel, and come out as chance may direct.
2 Prizes of 5000 Dollars, each, Dolls. 10,000 4 do. 2000 do. 8,000 16 do. 1000 do. 16,000 16 do. 500 do. 8,000 32 do. 200 do. 6,400 160 do. 100 do. 16,000 232 do. 50 do. 11,600 750 do. 20 do. 15,000 1 do. 155
Stationary Prizes are, 1 Prize first drawn, after 1000 Tickets } are out, 500 1 do. 2000 500 1 do. 3000 500 1 do. 4000 500 1 do. 5000 500 1 do. 6000 500 1 do. 7000 10,000 1 do. 8000 500 1 do. 9000 500 1 do. last drawn, a Prize 20,000
1223 Prizes. Dolls. 125,000 9400 Blanks.
The superiority of this Scheme to the one first proposed, is so obvious, that little need be said in recommendation of it. Those inclined to adventure, will see that their chance for obtaining prizes is greatly increased; that pending the drawing, their small prizes may be immediately invested in other tickets, thereby giving them a chance for prizes of considerable magnitude. To those who have drawn prizes of 15 dollars, in the First Class, as well as to those who have drawn blanks, information is now given, that the prizes may at their own option be re- newed by tickets in this Class, and their blanks also, but upon the payment in the latter case of 10 dollars with each blank, provided such prizes and blanks, with the cash, be remitted free of postage, to Robt. Greenhow, merchant, in Williamsburg, agent and treasurer, or to William Newman, Post-Master, in Norfolk, previous to the commencement of the drawing, after which period no renewal will be made. When to the prospect of individual advantage that may result to each adventurer, is added the patrio- tic reasons which induced the legislature to author- ise this Lottery, it is ardently hoped that the dis- position of tickets, will soon enable the commission- ers to certify, that the drawing has commenced; which event, the agent assures the public, shall be expedited by every means in his power. Robt. Greenhow, Ag't & Treasurer. June 18. tf 842
Fresh supplies of Drugs & Medicines Have just been received by FREDERICK HEERMAN, & SON,
For the Ship Protesters, from London, and Herald from Liverpool—Also, an assortment of SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS.
A great variety of GENUINE PATENT MEDICINES.
All sorts of GLASS AND SHOP FURNITURE, And a prime collection of VALUABLE PERFUMES, includ- ing OTTER OF ROSES from Barbary.
Importing regularly twice a year from the most respectable Druggists in Europe, we assure those who favour us with their orders, that the strictest attention will be paid to furnish them with articles of the best quality, and on the most rea- sonable terms. PERRY'S and LETTSON'S Golden Antibilious PILLS; CHURCHES and J. K. READ'S COUGH DROPS for Sale.—MEDICINE CHESTS as usual. June 16. tf 835
80 Pun. high proof Jamaica RUM, Landing this day from on board sch'r Maryland Mary, from Kingston—For Sale by C. & F. Whittle. June 25. 6t 867
One Hundred Dollars Reward. WILL be given, to white or black, that will deliver to me dead or alive, a negro named DAVEY, who ran- away from me on the 5th instant. He is about 5 feet 9 inches high, very black, well made, and very active, with a full face, and speaks pretty when spoken to. He has been a ser- vant to a family as a carriage driver, and has been lately put to the ship-carpenter's and caulker's trade, and works well at the latter. As he is a lazy fellow, he no doubt, will at- tempt to live with some person as a servant. He made an at- tempt to run away from his former master, and made for the northward, but was apprehended in Virginia, where he is well acquainted, particularly in the towns, and I have no doubt but his intention is again to get off to the northward, either by land or water. I recollect a very notable white speck on his two upper middle fore teeth, which will be dis- covered on examination. He may have other marks for what I know, not having owned him more than four years. I can- not describe any particular ones about him, but make no doubt he has scars, as he has been whipped before I purcha- sed him. He is very fond of spirits, and will get drunk when he has an opportunity; plays cards, and is much given to roguery. He wore off with him blue negro cotton cloth- ing, and had second hand clothing; but no doubt he will change both his clothing and his name, as he is an artful fellow; and if taken, will fight; and when taken, if not well secured, will make his escape. I do hereby forward all mas- ters of vessels and others from harbouring or carrying him off at their peril. The above reward, and all travelling expen- ces, will be paid, if the distance exceeds 75 miles. John Drew, Jr. Port-Tombstone, near Edenton. tf 567
Landing on Gibson's Wharf, from on board the Schooner Catharine Shepherd, Capt. Webb, from Surinam, a choice CARGO of MOLASSES in hogsheads and tierces, And from on board the sch'r Union, Capt. Buck, from Antigua, Antigua RUM of superior quality. In Store, Tobago RUM, Madeira and Teneriffe WINE, 7 years old; Medoc CLARET in cases of 1 dozen each; A few kegs Hog's LARD, &c. Harrison Allmand. April 28. tf 704
FIVE DOLLARS REWARD. STOLEN or Drifted from the Ferry Steps, on Sunday last, a NEW YAWL, about 15 feet long, has never been painted, her bottom kept with pitch. The above reward will be given to any person who may deliver said Boat to Phinchas Dana, & Co. June 2. tf 793
NORFOLK: PUBLISHED THREE TIMES A-WEEK, BY WILLIAM DAVIS, FOR THE PROPRIETOR, OPPOSITE THE EXCHANGE COFFEE HOUSE Price Five Dollars and Fifty Cents yearly, in advance.