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of France was exalted while Frenchmen were enslaved.
"How different is the despotism of Bonaparte; need we wonder then, that as the government of France is to be sold among a gang of aristocratic demagogues, that better and abler men should put it for the prize."
"We cannot think, with many others that Bonaparte has only made a pretence of conspiracy to dispose of a rival; because, though consistent enough with his character, we scarcely think his army would bear him out in so black a design."
"In examining this conspiracy, three things must be taken into consideration. Its general probability, the character and co-operation of the conspirators said to be involved, and the means of carrying it on."
"That any one who had a reasonable hope of overthrowing the government of Bonaparte, should conspire against it, is probable enough; but that men of opinions generally hostile should be found united in this attempt; that so little preconception, or demerit, and so little preparation, should be discovered in it; that it should be detected in its naked conception, and that the leader should be so little prepared, as to yield to the arrest of a common civil officer—that a constable of the night, or a police warrant, should dissipate his conspiracy at one blow, is matter of much wonder.—One would think Moreau must be an ideot, or Bonaparte must resolve to be a murderer."
"We are, however, inclined to believe that Moreau has actually conspired against him; and we are likewise inclined to justify the attempt, in every thing but that of assassination, a circumstance which has doubtless been invented to heighten the colors of the accusation."
"It is easy to say that Bonaparte set the trap for Moreau, and it is equally easy to suppose that Moreau set the trap for him. It was the policy of the former to remove a rival, and it was the duty of the latter to dethrone a tyrant."
"But the applause which we give to the attempt of Moreau must not be extended to his manner of conducting it. He is accused of being connected with Pichegru, a noted royalist, though himself is a decided republican. But this is easily explained. Every thing valuable, in power as in every thing else, can only be obtained by barter and compromise. To achieve, therefore a common object, the republicanism of Moreau might subside into an acquiescence with limited monarchy, and Pichegru might consent to have the Bourbons restored on any conditions. This union, therefore, does not make the conspiracy less probable; nor does the alleged junction with the Chouans invalidate it. The Chouans were the only people who have maintained their loyalty with unconquerable perseverance. In them, materials were always to be found to annoy the present tyranny. It is thus not at all improbable, that, if Moreau desired to make head against the First Consul, he should rally the leaders of the Chouans around him."
"Finding nothing improbable in his conspiracy, we are yet at a loss to guess what indiscretion could have divulged it, or have thrown a man who meant to dispute an empire, into the hands of his rival, without a single struggle to save himself."
"This only is the mystery. Whether Bonaparte will dare to bring Moreau to trial, or hazard the punishment of him, we much doubt. The offence of Moreau against Bonaparte will hardly be thought a crime by the nation; and even the instruments of his power, the army, will scarcely acquiesce in the death of a man, who has often led them to victory and whose fame in war equals, if it does not surpass, that of his rival, whilst his character as a man and a citizen is infinitely more honored and esteemed.—Compared with the generals of France, Moreau stands highest in estimation. Steadfastly attached to his country, he fought her battles, like another Blake, without concern of the government she was under. His military glory was likewise untarnished by rapine and confiscation; his hands were clean from plunder; and the enemy, who suffered under his arm, was not backward to esteem him."
"When Bonaparte, by an unforeseen fortune and the intrigues of Sieyes, acquired the empire, Moreau submitted to his power, though he might easily have anticipated him in acquiring it. He even consolidated his power, and more particularly secured the northern possessions of France, by the victory of Hohenlinden. Had this man been ambitious, how easily might he have marched up the hardy legions of the Rhine to the gates of Paris, when Bonaparte was in
Italy. And how easily, had the two armies been opposed, might the troops of Moreau have broken and confounded the fugitives of Egypt."
"By retiring from his army, however, the influence of Moreau has declined.—He has no longer any other power than that which he may derive from the fears of his rival, who may think it unsafe to sacrifice a man whom he must ever confess it dangerous to spare."
LATE FROM EUROPE.
LONDON, April 15.
We last night received Moniteurs of the 4th and 5th inst. The Police continues to exercise the greatest vigilance and activity in arresting all persons suspected of being concerned in the late conspiracy. Several accused of being the agents and partizans of Georges, have been apprehended.
The French Government is exercising every art to make the people of France believe that England was the sole author of the plot; and a recent report to the First Consul, Le Mercier, considered as one of the accomplices of Georges, has made a confession, admitting he was employed by our government to assassinate Bonaparte. A similar confession has been made by another wretch, called Peter Jean. There is not a man in Europe, except the slaves of the Corsican Despot, that will not despise the accusation, and abhor the diabolical ingenuity by which these proofs have been brought forward.
Switzerland appears to be in a state of considerable agitation. Some commotions have broken out in the Canton of Zurich, where the people refused to take the usual oaths; and accounts from Basle mention, that half the inhabitants of that Canton are in a state of revolt.
A letter from Gottenburg, dated April 7th, says, "The daring steps the French have taken in arresting emigrants in Germany have caused some sensation in this country, and the execution of the Duke d'Enghien has excited equal surprise and indignation. Accounts received this morning from Stockholm countenance the expectation that it will not be very long before these powers who have been so very cautious in avoiding the war will take an active part in it. But certainly the movements of Sweden and Denmark must depend upon those of Russia."
DOMESTIC INTELLIGENCE.
SAVANNAH, May 16.
More Fraternity. —The commerce of our port has for some time past, been embarrassed by the presence of the L'Hazard privateer on our coast, cruising between Tybee and Charleston bar. This privateer came into the river about ten days ago with her two prizes, the British ship Rosamond and the American brig Chance, and anchored with them at Cockspur; the latter vessel belongs to Mr. Daniel O'Harra, of Charleston, and was made prize by the L'Hazard off that port in violation of the treaty between France and the United States. In a blow after the above vessels came to an anchor, the two prizes ran aground. In this situation Mr. O'Harra, who was on board the brig when taken but afterwards removed by the privateersmen to the ship Rosamond, went ashore and came up to town: when he applied to the court of admiralty for an order to detain the brig, which was granted and the vessel taken possession of by the marshal of the district. The brig Chance was bound from Jamaica to Charleston, and first captured by a French privateer soon after she sailed—was then re-captured by a British Cruiser, from whom she was ransomed by Mr. O'Harra; and again captured off Charleston bar, within the jurisdiction of the United States, by the L'Hazard privateer.
While the L'Hazard lay at Cockspur her officers behaved with insolence to some officers that went down to make enquiries into the transaction, setting not only at defiance the force of Georgia, but that of the United States: and it is a sorry fact, that such is the crumbling state of Fort-Green, though it is but a short time since the United States erected it, and continues garrisoned by its troops, that had it been expedient to punish the insolence of this privateer the fort, with all its embrasures, would have been incompetent to the task, notwithstanding the privateer lay immediately under the very mouth of its cannon.
NEW-YORK, May 28.
One of the French frigates from Guadaloupe, came up yesterday from Staten Island, and anchored near the city in
the North-river, for the purpose of taking in provisions. The other frigate is expected up this day. It is said (and we believe with truth) that Jerome Bonaparte and lady, will go to France in one of these ships; for we were recently informed, by an official character, that Jerome had received a letter from his brother, stating that he would send a frigate for him. The Dido and Sybille, sailed about three months since from Rochefort with troops, and landed them at Guadaloupe, where they were blockaded some days by a British 74 and two frigates; but the English ships having sailed for Dominique, these frigates slipped out, and got safe into this port.
The commander of one of the above frigates, has gone on business to the southward with young Bonaparte, probably, to hasten his return, that they may sail immediately, as a detention in this port might bring some British ships of war within the Lights of Sandy Hook.
New-York, Saturday, noon.
Arrived, brig Young Edward, Irwin, of Boston, 44 days from Bordeaux. Sailed 14th April, and brings advices, that Bonaparte remained in Paris; that nothing decisive had taken place with respect to the fate of Moreau; that Georges had died in prison, supposed to be by poison, administered with his own hand, in the very teeth of that divine religion of which he professed himself a champion; that no important movements had been made on the frontiers by the army; that the preparations for invasion had been interrupted in a small degree by the conspiracy, but was beginning to go on with the usual rapidity, and that the general state of France predicts a change of government—no other news.
PITTSBURGH, June 1.
A gentleman at St. Louis on the Mississippi, writes to his friend in this town, under date of May 5th, 1804, that Capt. Lewis who had been sent by the President of the United States to explore the newly acquired territory of Louisiana, was at that place, and intended leaving it in a few days on his return to the city of Washington, accompanied by 20 Indian Chiefs.
The letter does not mention the distance Capt. Lewis had been from that place, but we presume he was prevented from proceeding by the nations of Indians to whom the Chiefs belong that are accompanying him to visit the President.
BALTIMORE, May 24.
A gentleman residing about six miles from the city, on the other side of the Potapscot, gives us a melancholy account of the ravages by the hail storm of Tuesday. Two clouds which, in quick succession, came in a direction down the Potapscot, from the N. W. spread an awful gloom in his neighbourhood, equalled only by the shades of midnight, that sent out gleams of lightning which rendered the scene indescribably terrific. For nearly 30 minutes they spent their rage in discharging scolloped lumps of ice and torrents of rain; and though but little wind accompanied the hail, yet its size and quantity were so great as to destroy every species of vegetation and lay the face of the farms in its course, almost as bare as winter. Our informant states, that he has traced its greatest violence for about three miles, commencing a mile or two below Elk Ridge Landing, though he heard that it was felt with equal fury on Sparrow's Point. On his own farm the hail, notwithstanding the vast fall of rain, lay in places three feet deep—on an average not less than six inches, and even yesterday morning, in some places, it was one foot deep! Some pieces measured nine inches round!
ALEXANDRIA, May 29.
The following frigates have sailed from the Eastern Branch:
 The President,  The Congress,  The Essex,  The John Adams. 
In a few days the frigate Constellation will follow.
They will all rendezvous at Hampton-roads, and will sail thence in a squadron. On their arrival in the Mediterranean our force will be:
 The President of 44 guns, Commodore S. Barron.  Constitution 44, Capt. Preble.  Congress 36, Capt. Rodgers.  Constellation 36, Capt. Campbell.  Essex 32, Capt. J. Barron.  John Adams, armed en flute, Captain Chauncey. 
 Argus,  Syren,  Enterprise,  Nautillus,  Vixen,  } Sloops of War.
MARTINSBURG, June 8.
LITERARY NOTICE.
We observe with much pleasure, that the first volume of PINKERTON'S GEOGRAPHY , is just published, and ready for the subscribers, and that the second volume, with the book of maps, are preparing for the press, and will, no doubt, be finished with all possible dispatch. This valuable work is publishing by Messrs. John Conrad & Co. and Samuel Bradford, Philadelphia, and under the immediate inspection of Dr. Barton, who, with other literary gentlemen, are making considerable additions relative to the American history and geography. A Subscription is yet open at the Office of the Intelligencer for this highly valuable work.
The Legislature of South Carolina have passed a law, dividing their State into 119 School-Districts; for each of which they have appropriated the sum of 100 dollars, towards building a School-House, and 150 dollars a year for paying a Master, to teach reading, writing, and arithmetic. Each District to keep its School-House in repair, and to re-build it when necessary: To be under the care of Trustees.
Superfine flour was selling at New-Orleans on the 29th March last, at ten dollars per barrel.
Two pretty smart shocks of an Earthquake has been lately felt at New-York.
NEWSPAPERS.
Last week makes a century since a newspaper was published in America.
The Boston News Letter, we find, was emitted from the press. April 24th, 1704.
Andrew Bradford, of Philadelphia, published the American Weekly Mercury, December 22d, 1719.
The third was the Boston Gazette, first numbers by J. Franklin, and then S. Kneeland. The Franklins published another paper called the American Courant.
In the year 1774, there were only 25 published in the various parts of America. In 1801, more than 180.
[Boston Mag. April 28.]
Extract of a letter from a gentleman in Marietta, to his friend in Albany.
MARIETTA, April 24, 1804.
"Thousands of settlers are constantly descending the Ohio, by this place. I also received a letter from my friend in Kentucky a few days past, stating that vast emigrations are moving on from that state to settle principally on the Missouri and Mississippi. They are purchasing the rights of Spanish officers at a very low rate. I am informed in some instances at one cent per acre.—Doubtless great frauds are committed injurious to our country."
Extract from the Presentment of the Grand Jury of the Circuit Court for the district of Georgia, at the May term, 1804.
"We present, as a most serious grievance, the practice of armed vessels, said to be of the French Republic, lying in our ports longer than necessary, or than by treaty authorised to do; endeavoring to gain information of the sailing of our vessels engaged in lawful trade, with a view to interrupt or capture them, and, in one instance laid before us, of their actually having captured, within the limits of the United States. We regard such conduct as in the highest degree injurious and insulting to our country; and recommend to the government of the United States, to employ a sufficient naval force, on our coasts, to prevent in future, similar aggressions; and we also recommend, that the district attorney do ascertain, whether there are not now, vessels fitting within the ports of this state, for the purpose of cruising against the citizens or subjects of countries in friendship with the United States."
So much for "the enlightened government of France!"—so much for the vigilance of the executive branch of our general government, in protecting the agricultural and commercial interests of the country, against the piratical depredations of the French cruisers, and supporting the neutrality of the United States!—And so much, also, for the honor and impartiality of the democratized administration of the state of Georgia!—The grand jury of the federal circuit court, of that state have, however deserved well of their country, in presenting this "most serious grievance,"—this villainous con-

duct of the French, so highly "injurious and insulting to our country."
"More fraternal embraces from our affectionate sister Republic."—Our readers will perceive by the ship-news, that the French continue to capture and send in our vessels as fast as they come across them. By the arrivals since our last we learn, that they have captured the brig William Pitt, and sent her into St. Mary's; the brig Carson, and "two or three other vessels," and sent them into Curracoa; the ship Hason, plundered at sea, &c. &c. But "Douceur! says Mr. Jefferson, "c'est une Grande Republique, Monsieur; ils sont nos tres bons freres;" "bons scavans!"
I wonder how long it will be, and how many millions of property will be plundered from the Americans, by the French, before the ministerial papers will take the least notice of it.
[N. Y. Even. Post.]
"Softly, sir; it is a great Republic—they are our good brothers—"enlightened" philosophers!
Accounts from Columbia, South Carolina, state that the Amendment to the Constitution of the United States, has been passed by the Legislature of that State. In the House of Representatives 65 to 25, in the Senate 22 to 9.
JUDGE BOWEN.
Extract of a letter from a gentleman in Savannah to his friend in Petersburg, Virginia, dated May 1st, 1804.
"In my last, of the 26th ult. I gave you a detail of certain occurrences, which then agitated the citizens of this place; and also promised you some further communication relative to the general character of Judge Bowen.
"This gentleman has descended from a very respectable family on Rhode Island. At an early age he left the college of —, and applied himself to the study of law; and immediately after he had completed his studies, he embarked for the Isle of France, in a very short time, he rendered himself obnoxious to the government by his seditious principles. For an attempt to raise an insurrection among the people of colour, he was arrested, tried, and condemned to the gallows; but by the advice of his lawyer, he feigned insanity, and therefore evaded the execution of the law; he was not finally exempted from punishment, for he was thrown into irons and retransported to the United States. Soon after his re-appearance in his native country he married a poor French girl, decidedly in opposition to the will of his friends; which circumstance, together with his shameful conduct in the Isle of France, so much exasperated his father that he discarded him. He then commenced practising law, and some few years since was appointed to the important office of judge of the superior court for the eastern district of the state, at a salary of 1400 dollar per annum.
"He is a man of very handsome talents—his language is beautiful—I have not yet seen a copy of the charge which has caused his confinement, but am told that it is the most elegant composition that was ever heard from the bench in this place.
The legislature of this state were not totally unacquainted with Judge Bowen's principles, nor his conduct in the Isle of France; but as he was the only person who would accept the paltry salary which was voted, rather than make a more liberal allowance, which would induce men of undoubted principles to accept the appointment, they preferred him.
"He exhibits every mark of a madman in his confinement, and has menaced the citizens with a speedy destruction. He says he has several thousand friends up the country, who will, as soon as they learn his confinement release him by force. It is indeed a fact, that he is very popular in the upper country, and whether there is an apprehension of such an attempt being made or not, the public mind appears to be but little at ease.—The city guard is reinforced, and searches are daily making upon every plantation for arms."
OF Tom Paine, the Republican, and renegado, the indignant Editor of the British Critic thus justly remarks—the name as well as the doctrines of this profligate impostor, are passing from general contempt into perpetual oblivion. [Port Folio.]
Without entering into any minute examination of Mr. Jefferson's title to the exalted station he now occupies, these very obvious facts would lead an impartial mind into just conclusions—that the
vilest characters in America are his warmest friends and most active supporters, that a great proportion of them consists of foreign wretches, who are ready to devote their talents great or small to any cause for hire; such was Calender, the notorious reviler of Washington and Adams—first the confidant and then the betrayer of the present Executive. Such is Duane, whose first effort in that glorious cause which has raised him to affluence and insolence, was an infamous attack on Washington. Such was Wood, who became so alarmed at his own libels that he shrunk from public notice, and left his name to pass to oblivion loaded with execration.—Such is Cheetham, the nuisance of New-York, the foul instrument by which wicked men have involved that state in dissensions and disgrace. These have been the most distinguished in that petulans fedumque pecus , which has been cast upon our shores in an evil hour, to disturb our repose, and under the patronage of treacherous Americans to wean us from the principles of our government.
Should the friends of the President apologize (deny they cannot) by saying that it is impossible to prevent even the most worthless in society from espousing his cause. We answer he can, and that, by deserving the support of the virtuous. These votaries of falsehood and calumny were as naturally opposed to Washington and Adams, as they are attached to their opposites. No sooner does a man express a wish favourable to "honest men" than they attack him by instinct. Of this an expression which dropped from Mr. Burr is a glaring proof. Had the President dared to fulfil the promises of his inaugural speech—should he dare to relinquish his partial system of administration; should he dare to put in practice some of the best political principles laid down in his notes on Virginia, a mutiny among his parasites and eulogists would immediately ensue. Witness Callender. His application for favor, happened unluckily for him, when the President was not yet prepared to brave the exclamations of an indignant people. What was the consequence of this instance of "correct procedure?" The loss of Callender's useful friendship forever.
But it is not the cause that these renegades are simply tolerated in the part they have chosen. Does not Mr. Jefferson merit the eternal reproaches of his countrymen, that the author of Jasper Dwight, the worst abuse ever uttered against Washington (except Paine's) the wretch who dared to attack that worthy character while in office, and exult in his retirement, proclaiming it a jubilee, as he now does the acquisition of Louisiana—that such a being should now be exalted to private confidence and loaded with wealth from the national treasury? Does the spirit of the departed hero ever take cognizance of terrestrial events—the wealth of that country which owed him everlasting love and gratitude lavished on his vilest calumniator!—Sainted shade, forgive our country! but let Americans, that can justify this, hide their heads forever.
Some readers may think these remarks too warm. Warm they are, and who contemplating such disgraced facts, can write with apathy? "Tis the American that stirs within me." When this must be suppressed, let the Crispini and Reguilli of our modern Domitian wield the pen alone, and every native citizen witness his country's dishonor in silence.
If what we state be false, let the severity of the law be exercised; if true, let the ignominy fall where it is deserved, and we boldly assert neither Mr. Jefferson nor his favorite Duane will escape. [Repertory.]
From a late Irish Paper.
A GIANT!
Lately the remains of the largest person ever known in Ireland, at least since the days of Phil Macoul, the famous Irish giant, were interred in the church yard of Roseunallis, in the Queen's county. The coffin, with its contents, weighed fifty-two stone, which amounts exactly to six hundred. It was borne on a very long bier, by thirty strong men, who were relieved at intervals. The name of this extraordinary person is said to have been Roger Byrne, who lived at or near Burros, in Ossory, and reported to have died of no other disease but a suffocation, occasioned by an extremity of fat that stopped the play of his lungs, and put a period to his life, in the 54th year of his age. He was thirteen stone heavier than the noted Bright, of Maldon, whose waistcoat enclosed seven large men. Byrne was a married man; and it is remarkable his widow was a
very small woman, by whom he has left four boys.
EPIGRAM.
Tom's fruitful spouse bestowed a yearly child, And he was happy while the bandings smil'd;
Three years ago he join'd a martial band, And sought for laurels in a distant land: Yet such the force of habit, Nell, they say, Still has her yearly child, tho' Tom's away.
Men and Brethren hearken.
FOR reasons not necessary to mention, the address to the Members of the Protestant Episcopal Church, signed A Member, came out too late for the elections therein mentioned to be held at the time proposed. It is therefore necessary that a future day should be appointed. And as harvest will commence early in July, the Members of the Church are requested to meet at their respective places of worship (viz.) at Martinsburg, Hedges, and Morgan's Chapels, on the Saturday after June Court, which will be the last Saturday in this month, to complete the election mentioned in the said address; and that the persons who are elected by each congregation, meet at the house of Mr. Edmund Graham in Martinsburg, on the third Saturday in July, to consult on the state of the Church. That the meetings at the aforesaid places of worship, may be as full as possible, those of the Members who receive the INTELLIGENCER, are requested to inform their neighbours of the time and place of holding said election, and request their attendance.
A MEMBER.
June 4, 1804.
Y. ALBURTIS
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The History of the British Empire, from the year 1765 to the end of 1783, containing an Impartial History of the Origin, Progress and Termination of the American Revolution, in two large octavo volumes, with elegant likenesses of Washington and Franklin.
An Essay on the causes of the variety of Complexion and Figure in the Human Species.
Addison's Evidences of the Christian Religion.
Art of Speaking.
American Preceptor.
Esop's Fables, &c. &c.
Martinsburg, June 8, 1804.
The subscriber has just opened a very extensive assortment of
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which he will sell at very reduced prices for Cash.
THOMAS PATTERSON.
Martinsburg, June 8, 1804.
N. B. Those whose accounts have been due one year and upwards, will please to call and discharge them before the first day of September next, otherwise suits will be commenced for their recovery.—It is hoped this will not be considered hard, as necessity compels it. T. P.
I DO hereby forewarn all persons from taking assignments on five Notes passed by me to John Rees for ten dollars each; one due upon demand, the others due at different dates; these notes were obtained in such a manner from me that I will not pay them, and if they are demanded, I will put them in public print. MICHAEL FISER.
Shepherd's Town, June 8, 1804.
NOTICE.
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ON RURAL HAPPINESS. How deeply blue the ethereal space, With burning stars enameled o'er! The snow-clad hills on night's grim face, A pale and dreadful lustre pour.  Welcome sad season of the year And midnight stern and howling wind; Horrors that fright the wolf and bear, Serve but to sooth my wilder mind.
On this rude cliff's tremendous brow, Ne'er touch'd by rosy fingered spring, Where awain was never heard to blow The warbling reed, or bird to sing—
I stand: around in ample view The subject meads and forests lie. And silent streams, whose surface blue Reflects the moon and starry sky.
And mingled cottages appear, Where sleep his genuine dew bestows, And young content, a cherub fair, Still smooths the pillow of repose.
There peace and heaven-born virtue reign Unrivalled on the margin green Of wrinkled rill, in grove or plain The smiling pair is ever seen.
Before the lustre of their eyes, As shades before the morning ray, Each soul distempering passion flies, To crowded halls and cities gay.
Ar'rice from fancied wants forlorn, Meagre his look, his mantle rude, And stern-eyed envy inly torn, By the fell worm that drinks his blood.
Mistaken jealousy that weeps O'er the pale corse himself has gor'd, And dire revenge that never sleeps, Still calls for blood, still shakes the sword.
Restless ambition roaming o'er The affrighted globe, where e'er he treads The fields are drench'd in human gore, And cities bow their tow'ry heads.
Loud discontent and dumb despair, Suspicion glancing oft behind, And slighted love, with frantic air, Blaspheming heaven and stars unkind.
Thrice happy swains! your silent hours These midnight furies ne'er molest; Furies that climb the loftiest towers, And tear the splendid tyrant's breast.
Sleep on, blest innocents, secure, Soon will the wintry storms be flown Soon comes the spring-tide breathing pure, And summer suns are all your own. [Port Folio.]
Cheap Goods.
THE subscriber has just received at his store in Smithfield, a complete assortment of DRY GOODS and GROCERIES , which he has purchased uncommonly low, and is determined to sell them on like terms for Cash, or suitable country produce.—He flatters himself, that the cheapness and elegance of his Goods, will induce every person that views them, to become purchasers: He returns his unfeigned thanks to his customers for their generous encouragement since his commencement in the mercantile line of business, and hopes to merit their countenance. He invites those who live at a distance and who have not yet become customers, to call and view his goods, and he presumes they will purchase before they leave his store.
SEBASTIAN EATY. Smithfield, May 25, 1804.
The subscribers are empowered to sell a VALUABLE PLANTATION , near Winchester, late the property of Joseph Glass, dec'd, containing 395 acres. This Plantation having been rented for nine years past, is now in bad repair; but from its situation, the quality of the soil, and excellence of the water, would deserve the finest improvements. There is on the premises a mill-seat with a fall of 29 feet, which will be sold with the Plantation, or reserved, as may suit the purchaser.—Persons disposed to purchase will apply to either of the subscribers.
JOSEPH GLASS, Middletown, Berkeley County.  SOLOMON HOGG, Middletown, Frederick County. May 25, 1804.
STRAYED or stolen from the subscriber, a dark sorrel MARE , with a large ball face from the brow band to the nostrils, has curly hair, shod before with old shoes, and looks very wild. Six dollars reward and all reasonable charges will be paid for returning said Mare to the subscriber living at Opeckon bridge, one mile from Smithfield.
JOHN MOORE. May 25, 1804.
FOR SALE, A TRACT OF LAND containing 243 acres, in the county of Berkeley, about 5 miles from Martinsburg, whereon Thomas Tuckermann now lives; about 145 acres are cleared and under good fences, and in excellent order for farming. This farm is strong limestone land, lies very level, and is very productive.—There are on the premises a snug Dwelling House, an excellent Kitchen built of hewed logs, with a good stone chimney; a stone milk house two stories high with a good joint shingle cover well painted, by the side of a Well of excellent water with a pump in it, a good Barn with a Granary, corn Cribs, Stables, &c. under the same roof; there is also an Orchard of excellent Peaches, Apples of choice winter and summer Fruit, Cherries, Plums and Damsons. The land will be shown by Mr. William Pendleton, adjoining the premises, and the terms known by applying at Bath to  NICHOLAS ORRICK. April 6, 1804. [t.f.]
TAKEN up by the subscriber on the 14th of April last, an estray BARROW , of a white and black spotted colour, marked in the under side of the left ear with a slit, and a crop off the right ear, supposed to be more than a year old, and valued at two dollars. The owner is requested to prove property, pay charges, and take him away.  JOHN BURNS. Berkeley County, May 18, 1804.
WHEREAS the extraordinary losses by Fire which have taken place, particularly the late Fire at Norfolk, which is believed to have been more extensive and injurious than any one which has ever happened in America, and by the payment of which, and to comply with the acts of Incorporation of the Mutual Assurance Society against Fire on Buildings of the State Virginia, it becomes necessary and expedient in the opinion of the Board of Directors of the said society, to replenish the Funds, and that a reparation among the whole of the persons insured, to the twenty-third day of February last, shall be made.—That the Members of the said Society should pay their Quotas agreeably to the acts of the General Assembly, and the Constitution, Rules and Regulations made in pursuance thereof. Each Individual whose property is insured as aforesaid, is hereby NOTIFIED and REQUIRED TO PAY each his respective Quota—that is, the sum of one hundred dollars on every hundred dollars of his premium and tax on his respective building, and in that ratio—or in other words, a full Quota; to wit; the sum expressed in each policy; which payment is to be made to the Cashier General of the said society (Mr. William West) at Richmond, on or before the first day of August next.
The payment hereby required, when made, will reinstate the Funds again, according to the intention of the said acts and the principles of the institution; and it is no small consolation to say with truth that the society will thereby be enabled to meet any future accident as fully as if no loss had ever been sustained by it. It is unnecessary to enlarge on the necessity of payment being made pointedly to the day. Prudence, justice and humanity, all calling loud for punctuality, particularly, when it is recollected that the act of incorporation has the following clause:—"Whensoever any person or persons shall neglect to pay such quotas, the assurance to him made, shall cease and discontinue from the day which they become due, until paid."—In addition to which, compulsory means, may also be resorted to, which will be expensive to the insurers, and painful to the direction.
It is worthy the attention of all interested to recollect, that as the exact amount of every person's Quota, is stated in his policy, he can be at no loss to understand precisely the sum now called for in this requisition.
WILLIAM FOUSHEE, President M. A. S. Richmond, General Office of Assurance, April 23d, 1804.
Meminger & Cooper
Have opened and offer for sale, an assortment of GOODS , suited to the present season, all of which have actually been selected from the Philadelphia importations this spring. Martinsburg, May 25, 1804. Meminger & Cooper request those whose accounts are due, to call and discharge them. [2m.]
STRAYED away from the subscriber, living near Snyder's mill, on Sleepy Creek, on the 16th of February last, a MARE , between a black and a brown colour, one of her hind feet white and a part of one of her nostrils white, between 14 and 15 hands high, hump backed, 7 years old this spring, had old shoes on when she went away, trots some but is a natural pacer, has never been docked and has a tolerable bushy main, has no brand. Three Dollars Reward and reasonable expenses will be paid to any person who will return said stray to  CONRAD TRITAPOE, Berkeley County, May 18, 1803.
TAKE NOTICE. WHEREAS the subscriber has passed two bonds, of one hundred pounds each, to Isaac Dawson of the state of Kentucky, one of them due the first day of March, 1803, the other on the first of March, 1804; as the money is now ready, and the said Dawson having failed to lift it, I am determined to pay no interest on the said bonds after this date.  ABRAHAM DAWSON. May 25, 1804.
HOTSPUR, WILL stand at my stable the ensuing Season to cover mares at four dollars the season, the money to be paid on the 15th of October next; seven dollars to insure a colt, the money to be paid when the mare is known to be with foal, and one dollar and an half the single cover, the money paid down. Good clover pasture will be furnished for mares that come from distant places, at 25 cents per week; but I will not be responsible for accidents or escapes. Hotspur is a fine bay, with a black stripe from his mane to his tail, sixteen and an half hands high, with bone in proportion, four years old the 19th day of this month. He was got by the Æscopus ball, purchased for, between five and six hundred dollars, in Maryland, by Mr. James Foreman—his dam was purchased by me, for two hundred dollars of James Moore, who told me, she was got by Hotspur, imported by Col. Clarke in Pennsylvania, and was a mixture of the Hunter and Dray breeds. No horses are more useful to the inhabitants of this valley, than those who combine strength and activity together.  W. PENDLETON. April 6, 1804. [t.f.] N. B. The season has commenced, and will continue till the last of June.
Spring Goods.
THE subscriber returns thanks to his customers generally for their encouragement heretofore. He likewise informs them that he has just opened a very handsome & well-chosen assortment of Dry Goods and Groceries , Suitable for the present and approaching season, with which he flatters himself he will be able to accommodate his customers, and the public generally, on as good terms as any. He remains their most obedient and humble servant,  JEREMIAH EVANS. Martinsburg, May 18, 1804.
TO BE LET, And possession given immediately. THE House and Lot lately occupied by J. Alburts, situate in the main street, Martinsburg; the House is well finished, has 4 rooms below and 3 above stairs, with a good Kitchen, a spacious Garret, 2 dry Cellars, a convenient Stable, and an excellent Garden well enclosed, and is in every respect well calculated for any kind of public business. For terms apply to Robert Cockburn or J. Alburts. April 6, 1804.
Look Here!
FRESH IRISH and GERMAN LINENS. THE subscriber has just received and is now opening a very handsome assortment of SPRING and SUMMER GOODS , imported by the latest arrivals at Philadelphia, Baltimore and Alexandria, consisting in part of the following articles:    Irish Linens, Rus- sia Sheetings, Dow- lasses and Creax Linens, white and brown Platislas, German Rolls, white and brown Ticklenburgs, Os- naburgs, fine Dimi- ties, Chintzes and Calicos, Apron Checks, Bed Tick- ings, Children's coloured beaver HATS.  Yellow, blue and white Nankeens, striped ditto, red Bandano Handker- chiefs, Book, Jaco- net, Humhums Gurrab, Baftas Sannahas and Champoor Cossacks Cambricks, Cotton Hosery, and Ging- hams.  W HATS.  
HARDWARE. SPADES, Cutting-Knives, German-Scythes, Sheep-Shears, Sadd-Irons, 8d. and 10d. Cut NAILS, Cask do. Whet Stones, &c.
TOBACCO. Fine Pigtail in large rolls, 1-4lb. 1-2lb. and 1lb. Pluggs, also first quality James River, Hamilton's and Leiper's best Scotch Snuff.
LIQUORS. Spirits, Wine, Brandy, Whisky and Rum.
ALSO Cotton and Wool Cards, warranted good, and a general assortment of GROCERIES . These, with the rest of his assortment, are offered at prices that will be pleasing to the purchaser.  PHILIP NADENBOUSCH. Martinsburg, May 4, 1804.
Fronting the Court & Market Houses,
Are just received and now opening by the subscribers, an elegant assortment of
Spring Goods & Groceries,
Consisting in part of Superfine and Se- cond Broad Cloths, Coarse ditto, Su- perfine and Second Casimeres, Velvets, Corduroys, &c. Coarse Linens, Irish ditto. Blue, olive and yel- low piece Nankeens, Silk and Cotton Ho- siery, Calimancoes Durants, &c.    An elegant vari- ety of Chintzes & Calicos, white and coloured Mus- lins, Gentlemen's fine Hats, Ladies Slippers assorted, Books and Stati- onary—Hard Ware, Cutlery, Saddlery, &c. A handsome assort- ment of Queens ware, Glass ware, &c.  
Also—a general assortment of GROCERIES, LIQUORS, TEAS, &c.
We flatter ourselves we do not arrogate too much, when we assert, that the whole of our Goods will be offered for sale on the lowest possible terms for ready pay in cash or country produce—and permit us to add, that as we purpose selling generally for ready pay, such of our friends as may open accounts with us, will expect to discharge them when required; determined, if possible, to accommodate generally, we are, with respect, the public's obliged humble servants.
LEWIS & ROBERT WILLIS. Martinsburg, May 11, 1804.
MARTINSBURG, Berkeley County, Virginia; Printed and published by JOHN ALBURTIS.
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