Berkeley and Jefferson intelligencer (Martinsburg, Va.), 1804-05-18 00:00:00

Berkeley and Jefferson Intelligencer.
[No. 3 of Volume VI.]
FRIDAY, May 18, 1804.
[Whole No. 268.]
NEW BOOKS.
J. ALBURTIS, Has just received from the City of Philadelphia, and has now for sale, an assortment of BOOKS and STATIONARY, warranted at the Philadelphia and Baltimore retail prices; Consisting in part of: A Brief Retrospect of the eighteenth century, in two elegant octavo volumes, containing a sketch of the Revolutions and improvements in Science, Arts, and Literature, during that period. Public Characters containing memoirs of Charles J. Fox, William Pitt, Dr. Erasmus Darwin, Henry Dundas, Dr. John Wolcott, William Herschel, Marquis Cornwallis, Joseph Priestly, Mr. D'Israeli, Lord Nelson, Gilbert Wakefield, Earl St. Vincent, Robert Southey, Wm. Godwin, William Cowper, Warren Hastings, Sir Ralph Abercrombie, Dr. James Gregory, Dr. William Mavor, Lord Grenville, Duke of Bridge Water, Thoms Jefferson, Bushrod Washington, Edmund Randolph, Dr. Hugh Blair, Sir Joseph Banks, Henry Addington, John Horn Tooke, General Bowles, Count Rumford, Dr. James Beattie, Dr. Samuel L. Mitchell, Dr. Jenner, General Ira Allen, Earl Stanhope, Mr. Curran, &c. Temple of Nature, a new Poetical work by Dr. Darwin, with superb plates. Letters of Junius, Massillon's Sermons. Literary Magazine, Nos. 123 and 4. Sturms Reflections for every day in the year. Antient and Modern Europe. Wilson's Egypt. Domestic Encyclopaedia, in 5 volumes. Select British Classics, in 38 volumes, with 76 elegant engravings. Debates on the Louisiana Treaty. D'Israeli's Poems. Ten Volumes of "Select Novels." Spectator, Don Quixote, Abbess, Nocturnal Visit, Jane Talbot, Emmeline, Don Raphael, Maid of Bristol, Chains of the heart, Review, House to be sold, and Mrs. Wiggins. Bibles, Testaments, Baltimore collection of Hymns, for the use of the Methodist Church, Dilworth's and Webster's Spelling Books, Gunter's Scales, Cases of Mathematical Instruments—Large and Small hand Copies for the use of Schools, Workman's Arithmetic, adapted to the commerce of the United States, Young Man's Companion. A great variety of CHAP BOOKS. Common Writing, thick Post, and Letter Paper. Wafers and Sealing Wax, Red and Black Ink-Powder. Ink-Sand, Quills, &c. &c. &c. May 11, 1804.
TAKEN up as an estray, a sorrel MARE, with a ball face, three white feet, and two white spots on her hips; is fourteen hands one inch high, six years old, has no perceivable brand, and appraised to forty dollars. The owner is desired to prove property, pay charges and take her away. EDWARD BEESON, sen. Berkeley County, 5th mo. 11th, 1804
PUBLIC SALE. Will be sold on Friday the 25th inst. at the house of the subscriber, in Shepherd's-Town, all the personal estate of William Bentley, sen. dec. consisting of: HOUSEHOLD and Kitchen Furniture. The terms will be made known on the day of sale.
The subscriber wishes all those that have any claims against said Bentley to bring them forward, and all those that are indebted to the said Bentley are requested to come and settle the same, as a settlement of said estate will immediately take place. PRUDENCE THORNBOROUGH, Executrix. I also wish all those that are indebted to me by book account or otherwise to come forward and settle the same, as no longer indulgence can be given. PRUDENCE THORNBOROUGH. Shepherd's-Town, May 11, 1804.
New Goods.
THE subscriber begs leave to inform his friends and the public generally, that he has again commenced business at his old stand, where he has just opened and has ready for sale a large and general assortment of
Spring & Summer Goods,
GROCERIES, QUEENS & GLASS WARE;
Also—a large assortment of STATIONARY; all of which has been purchased this spring, and will be sold on the lowest terms possible for Cash.
Cash or Goods given for clean
Flax-Seed.
He has also for sale, Tickets in the Baltimore Cathedral Church Lottery.
JAMES FAULKNER. Martinsburg, May 11, 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 Second Broad Cloths, Coarse ditto, Superfine and Second Casimeres, Velvets, Corduroys, &c. Coarse Linens, Irish ditto. Blue, olive and yellow piece Nankeens, Silk and Cotton Hosiery, Calimancoes, Durant's, &c.
An elegant variety of Chintzes & Calicos, white and coloured Muslins, Gentlemen's fine Hats, Ladies Slippers assorted, Books and Stationary—Hard Ware, Cutlery, Saddlery, &c. A handsome assortment of Queens ware, Glassware, &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.
EARTHEN WARE MANUFACTORY,
Near the head of Dry Run and four and an half miles from Martinsburg.
THE subscriber respectfully informs the public, that he has now got his POTTERY in complete order, and has on hands a very good assortment of excellent ware, and means to keep a constant supply.—It will be much to the advantage of purchasers of this commodity to call on him, as he can sell ware at a cheaper rate than it can be bought at a distance. A considerable reduction will be made to those who purchase by the quantity to sell again.
This being the only establishment of the kind in Berkeley County, and the ware made at it, of as good, perhaps a better quality, and at a lower price, than that made at a distance, he hopes that the efforts he is making to accommodate the people of this County, will not go unrewarded.
CYRUS FARR.
May 11, 1804.
ALL persons indebted to the subscriber by Bond, Note, or Book Account, are desired to discharge them on or before the 30th day of this month, or they will be put into hands of an attorney for collection.
LUKE PENTONEY. Martinsburg, May 11, 1804.
BOOT & SHOE MANUFACTORY.
THE subscriber begs leave to return his sincere thanks to his customers, for the liberal encouragement he has heretofore experienced in his line of business, since his commencement in this town; he has now on hand a well-chosen assortment of the best LEATHER of all kinds, and is solicitous of having the friendship of the public. BOOTS and SHOES of every description made in the neatest manner. Orders from the country punctually attended to; at the same time, he earnestly requests those who stand indebted to him, to come forward and settle their respective dues, as it is not in his power to give any longer indulgence.
JOHN MULHALL. Martinsburg, May 11, 1804.
Pay your Taxes.
To all those whom it may concern,
WE give this public notice, that the Taxes for the present year have become due and are distrainable for, and as we are desirous to make our collections in the time prescribed by law, we require all those indebted to prepare for payment, and we also particularly request them to attend Court and all other places of public resort, prepared to discharge the same, as they will constantly attend at such places, and it will be an accommodation to ourselves, as well as to those concerned—it being both disagreeable and burthensome to call upon them individually at their houses.
MOSES COLLINS, JOHN ROBINSON, and ALEX: PORTERFIELD, D. Sheriffs for Berkeley County. May 11, 1804.
Extract of a letter to a gentleman in Baltimore, dated Aux Cayes, March 1, 1804.
You request of me, my dear countryman, to give you a detail of the events which have occasioned our independence—I will endeavour to satisfy you. Would you believe that the French, who have overturned all Europe to support their independence, could have so far derogated from their principles, as led on by a false notion of interest to annihilate at once their whole power in St. Domingo.
Would you believe, that the agents of the government, that solemnly announced its intention, of preserving to the blacks, and people of colour, their political rights and liberty, should have been themselves the bearers of the most cruel orders, and which their hearts too well justified, to exterminate us who were free, and to reduce to their original slavery, the remains of our unhappy brethren; and to renew again, those scenes of barbarity, exercised by the Spaniards against our unfortunate predecessors, the Indians, against which, the philosophers of Europe have so loudly declaimed, and which has forever sealed with infamy, the conquerors of the new world.
Le Clerc, set out by the most crying injustice and ingratitude against Gen. Rigaud, in compelling him to re-embark for France. This gen. had so many enemies, only because he was too much attached to France, and had preserved too long for her, a colony, which, from the dawn of our revolution, it was determined upon should be independent.
He violated the treaty he made with Toussaint, by uniformly pursuing his exterminating system of policy. He caused a number of our unhappy brethren to be embarked and drowned. It was not uncommon to see at the balls given at the cape on board the admiral's vessel, those gentlemen, during the intervals of the dance, leaning over the sides and contemplating, with cruel barbarity, the carcasses of the unhappy blacks, that were floating around them.
Le Clerc soon after fell a sacrifice to his crimes, and a prey to despair, because he could not overcome the efforts of those who preferred death to slavery, in an existence exposed to the gallows, the poigniard, or to be drowned at the will of their inhuman executioners. Rochambeau succeeded, and was determined to surpass his predecessor in the atrocity of his crimes. He promoted denunciations and a general proscription commenced against the people of colour and the blacks, and varied deaths were exhibited. The slaughter of Mazence was again renewed.
At Jacquemel three hundred and fifty blacks and men of color were embarked on board of several vessels, confined in the holds, the hatches shut down, and the fumes of sulphur introduced, where in spite of their heart-rending supplications, horrid screams and outcries they were suffered to perish; and were then, without any protection from the voracity of the fish, thrown into the sea, and by that means, perhaps, formed part of their cruel butchers Canibal's repast.
To strike a terror into the Insurgents, Rochambeau repaired to Jacquemel with 4000 men, which he paraded from Aux Cayes to Jeremie, with the double purpose of shewing his force, and of extorting money from the white inhabitants, who were allured by the hopes of seeing their safety secured by our annihilation.
Jeremie was the scene of the most premeditated cruelties; women were even publicly put to death and drowned. The insatiable avarice of Darbois, made him employ every artifice and force to destroy the planters, to possess himself of their wealth. This line of conduct has been universally pursued by the French commanders, to appease that thirst of gold which they had imbibed in the campaign of Italy, and had brought with them to St. Domingo.
The want of faith in the French, that they so evidently display in all their treaties; and the dread which the neighbouring powers entertain, of seeing principles, subversive, at once, of both moral and religious duty, disseminated in their colonies, have facilitated the success of our endeavours; while that valour of our armies, aided by climate, and the strong posts which we possess, from whence we are enabled to carry on a war, against which all the tactics of the French, their wise marches and counter marches, are unavailable, have secured it to us, the fall of our tyrants, never again in this colony to rise. The laurels of Maringo are fading in St. Domingo. The want of provisions, the fatality of their men, have determined the entire evacuation of this country by our enemies. And now the only distress of their generals, is to preserve, from the English, the treasures they have amassed; but the danger of seeing them vanquished from their possession, in places where the right of reprisal entitled them to death at our hands, prevailed. Intimidated, they prefer delivering up their riches, to the English, to preserve a little longer an ignominious life—Prior, however to this, they had attempted, by means as abject as they were before proud, to conciliate our affections. They feared not to inflict death, but have not the heart to meet it.
To give you an idea of the height to which their avarice was carried, it will be necessary to revert to the moment in which they had determined upon the evacuation of this Island. Exactions, levied at the point of the bayonet, violation of property, seizing of merchandise, stores ransacked, houses pillaged by their own hands, wherever they suspected to find valuables, in fine, every means to procure gold or silver, were put in execution, and which, they flattered themselves, to be able to preserve.

At Aux Cayes, Brunet, pillaged, himself, a store where he knew money to have been deposited by the proprietor, Mr. Lerricre, and which he appropriated to his own use; he afterwards conceived the project of going to the Spanish St. Domingo, where the merchandise, taken from Mr. Lerricre, would meet an advantageous sale.
At Jeremie, Frecinet employed the same means to raise a very considerable sum.
At the Cape, and at every other place, the same means, the same principles were tried to effect the same ends.
Every where these men, greedy of gold, have left traces of their cruel avarice, by hanging, drowning, assassinating and despoiling the inhabitants, and to crown all, have abandoned to the clemency of the natives, those whom they have rendered accomplices of their cruelties.
On our side, order, moderation and humanity, have pointed out the track of our armies, and the possession we have taken of the towns, as yet, stained with the blood of our brethren.
The people of St. Domingo, enter with majesty, the rank of nations, and glory in forgetting the evils she has suffered, she holds forth protection to those, whose willing traffic, shall merit these shores.
Never had a nation more right to withdraw themselves, from the dependence of the white French. To you Englishmen, I appeal, who have changed your government,—to you Americans, who have ceased to be Englishmen, to you even, Frenchmen, I appeal, who have proclaimed liberty, and have sought to enslave us, by deviating from the sacred principles you have adopted.
I have spared your feelings, the enumeration of an infinite number of unheard-of cruelties. Let me only say, that had we been the weakest, our bones scattered over the vallies of Hayti, would have been confounded with those of the unhappy Indians, which are yet witnesses against the cruel barbarity of the first conquerors of Hayti, which has again seen blood-hounds, trained to the scent of man, and fed with care, to devour us.
We are resolved to be free. This resolution, we will maintain with all our might and with all our power.
Thanks to the Divine Providence, which has so seasonably seconded our endeavours, and shielded us from the power of our tyrants.
Let us also be grateful, and return the just tribute of praise to our glorious chief Dessalines, to generals, Petion, Gerin, Jean, Lewis, Francois, and others, who by their virtue, courage and military conduct have directed our endeavours to the entire success of our undertaking.
You, even men of colour, and negroes, whom the misfortunes of our country have driven from its shores, return again, to liberty, to independence, to your country, and enjoy the asylum she offers you, return to our standards, and aid us to defend our common country from the attacks of our enemies.
You may give, my friend, what publicity you please, to this letter; the world should be made acquainted with its enemies. Monsters, in whose presence, humanity must shudder.
The friends of truth and humanity will excuse my writing, and be indulgent to the want of elegance, in a black, who owes, almost to nature, the being able even to communicate his thoughts to paper; you are acquainted with the education of a man of colour, who has never quitted his country. The barbarous policy of the French prevented our instruction, the more easy to perpetuate our thralldom.
I salute you fraternally, LHERISON.
NEW-YORK, May 11.
By the arrival of the ship Juliana, Captain Brown, London papers to the 28th March, have been received. When a few days out, the Juliana spoke the ship Hardware, which left Bristol for New-York, April 8th. At that time the blockading squadron before Brest had been blown off and had arrived in England. Nothing particular had occurred relative to the destiny of Moreau. The King of England had so far recovered as to place his signature to public bills as usual. On the 29th March, the Juliana heard a very heavy firing off Boulogne, arising it is presumed from a continuance of the Bombardment.
The accounts brought by this arrival mention that the armaments of France appeared to be in a state of more than customary activity along the whole line of the French and Dutch coasts, particu-
larly movements had taken place at Havre, Boulogne and the Texel, and intelligence had reached the admiralty announcing an uncommon degree of vigour amongst the French fleet at Brest. The force of the outer harbour of that port consisted of 14 ships of the line and ready for sea, exclusive of frigates: in the inner harbour a vast number of transports, gun boats, and small craft of different descriptions.
A British squadron maintained a blockade of Rochefort with great vigilance, as a French division in that port consisting of 4 sail of the line 3 frigates, cutters, &c. was kept ready for sea at a moment's notice. It was understood that these vessels had nearly three thousand troops on board, and provisions for six months.
Letters from France were said to state that great dissatisfaction prevailed in the French armies, and that an explosion was shortly expected. Nothing however appears to have transpired relative to any counter revolution.
It is stated with confidence (via Holland) that Bonaparte being no longer apprehensive of domestic enemies has resolved to conduct the invading enterprise in person.
The following letter from captain Preble to the American Consul at Cadiz is obligingly furnished us by the latter for publication in the New-York Mercantile Advertiser.
Malta, 20th January, 1804.
"On the 23d ultimo, I captured off Tripoli, some of the Bashaw's principal officers, a number of his soldiers, thirty young women and twelve black men.
(Signed) EDWARD PREBLE.
Extract of a letter from Commander Preble to the Secretary of the Navy, dated Malta harbour, Jan. 17, 1804.
"The coast of Tripoli is extremely dangerous at this season of the year, but I could not avoid paying it a visit, and on the morning of the 23d ult. I captured a vessel in sight of Tripoli, which left that port in the night bound to Benghazi. She was under Turkish colours and navigated by Turks and Greeks, but had on board two Tripoline officers of distinction, a son of one of the officers, a number of Tripoline soldiers, and forty two black men and women slaves belonging to the bashaw and his subjects, and a small sum of about one thousand dollars in money, Tripoline property.
"My object in coming over here, was to attend to the translation of the papers, to look out for some good boats for light cruisers and to forward some necessary supplies to our unfortunate countrymen.
"If I find on the translation of the papers, that the vessel is Turkish property I shall release her together with all the people which the captain claims, viz. an officer of the Capt. Pacha, three Turks and seven Greeks; the remainder amounting to about sixty Tripolines and slaves belonging to the Bashaw and his subjects, I shall keep as prisoners. I have written to the Bashaw proposing an exchange, and hope this capture will enable me to release some of our countrymen, or at any rate, it will afford us considerable advantage in any negotiation for a ransom or peace.
"I have this day had indirect proposals from the Bashaw for a peace—He is willing to restore the frigate Philadelphia for a schooner, and he will give up our officers and men for five hundred dollars each. I believe that on these terms he would make peace, but he demands an annual stipend for keeping it, such as the Swedes or Danes pay him, amounting to 100,000 dollars per annum, payable in cash. This we ought never to accede to, as it would stimulate the avarice of the other Barbary powers, and probably induce them to declare war against us."
Extract of a letter from Commander Preble to the Secretary of the Navy, dated Malta, Jan. 22, 1804.
"I have received further proposals (indirectly) from the Bashaw—he appears to be willing to give me as many of our officers and men as I have Tripolitans, in exchange—for the remainder I suspect he is willing to take 400 dollars for each, and make peace without any consideration or annual tribute, and give us a frigate for a schooner. These perhaps may be thought favourable by the United States. I shall send a vessel to Col. Lear, to consult him, and in the mean time take the necessary steps for lessening the Bashaw's expectations."
London, March 24.
The restoration of his majesty's health has been officially confirmed by the discontinuance of the bulletins.
From Cape Francois, March 27.
The French people at the Cape are in a most distressing situation, expecting every moment a general massacre; as it was known that Christophe had received orders from Gov. Dessalines to that purpose. None of them are suffered to leave the Island, and American vessels are strictly searched both before sailing and by barges outside. A Danish sch. which sailed from the Cape for St. Thomas' was overhauled by a brigand barge, and French passengers found on board. She was immediately carried into a small port to leeward of the Cape, and the captain, crew and every soul on board shot. The schooner was afterwards brought up to the Cape. The whites are daily missing, supposed to be secretly murdered, and their property immediately confiscated and sold at auction. No age or sex is spared from the outrage and inhumanity of the blacks, who boast of their mild treatment when compared with the cruelties which they have suffered from Frenchmen. Men women and children are held in the most abject slavery and daily expire from hardship and fatigue. They are now obliged to carry cannon balls to a fort building in the mountains about 15 miles back, and are not even permitted to hire it done for them. Great numbers drop down with the fatigue and die on the road.
The few Americans who arrive at the Cape are obliged to be extremely circumspect. For want of proper regulations and from the ignorance and jealousy of the blacks, they are subjected to much hazard and inconvenience. Christophe will take what proportion of American cargoes he pleases at his own price and pay in coffee at his own price. One day he will permit certain goods to be taken on board, and the next order them to be landed again, and no dependence can be placed on any trade with them. The slightest transgression of their rules is punished with slavery. An American supercargo was kept three days in a dungeon for going on shore after dark. In general the Americans, notwithstanding the professions of the blacks, are treated extremely ill. The arrests and proclamations of Dessalines and Christophe are mere flummery and seldom or never put in execution.
NEW BURYPORT, May 4.
FRENCH DEPREDATIONS.—Extract of a letter from captain John Lurvey, late master of the sch'r Joseph, of this port, to his owners, dated St. Jago de Cuba, April 4, 1804.
"Gentlemen,
"I am sorry to inform you that on the 26th of March, being then about 7 leagues south of Jamaica, I was taken by a French privateer from this place, and arrived here yesterday. I have not yet got permission to go to town, lying about 6 miles from St. Jago. They took the mate and two men on board the privateer, and afterwards sent them on shore at Jamaica, in a dogger, I am treated like a prisoner of war. I expect they will take my clothes as they did those of the mate and people's. There are about 30 or 40 sail of prizes here; how many up at town I cannot tell: there are 35 privateers now out of this place, and others fitting out daily. I am now in a disagreeable situation, having neither money nor friends, and expect soon to have no clothes."
Yours, &c.
J. LURVEY."
The Joseph was from Jacquemel, and was laden with coffee.
Captain Carver, who arrived at Boston on the 3d inst. in forty days from Bayonne, brings verbal accounts somewhat later than we have received. When Capt. Carver arrived at Bayonne, there were stationed there about thirty five thousand troops, which were afterwards ordered to different parts. There were likewise about two hundred gun boats in readiness, and the whole topic of conversation was the invasion. Capt. Carver understood, however, that the news of peace would be very acceptable. It was rumoured that Moreau was executed.
CHARLESTON, May 2.
Whatever calculations may have been made by our Genevese Financier, it is feared that the receipts of our Custom house will fall very short of those of the past year. Two French privateers now blockade this port, to which all English flags are made to strike, and other flags are charged with covering English property. A ship from Glasgow, bound in, was the day before yesterday taken by the cruisers of our sister republic: the officers of the favoured nation sent up yesterday morning, it is said, to offer her to those who were the day before her own-
ers, for five thousand dollars; but this ransoming was refused.
Our calculator will find, in time, and that shortly, how precarious it is to depend for revenue upon the winds, the waves and the conduct of other nations.
A pilot reports that another ship was captured yesterday, by the French vessels now blockading our port.
Extract of a letter from Captain Sherman, of the Schooner Utuypen, of this port, dated St. Jago, March 27.
"I found on my arrival here eleven American prizes captured in going to or coming from ports in St. Domingo. No foreign vessel is permitted to enter here, and nothing is to be bought or sold but prize goods."
PHILADELPHIA, May 9.
Captain Buston, of the Schooner Republican, who arrived at the Lazaretto, on Monday in 21 days from New-Orleans, informs, that General Wilkinson, had taken his passage in the ship Louisiana which was to sail in about 8 days after him.
MARTINSBURG, May 18.
We are happy to learn, that Norfolk is rapidly rebuilding. Nearly one hundred houses are already rebuilt, many of them brick. The necessaries of life, however, are scarce, and every advantage is taken by the humane vendors, they having augmented their prices from 25 to 50 per cent.
From the Daily Advertiser.
A friend has politely handed us a file of Nova Scotia papers to the 26th ult. inclusive, received by the brig Margaret, from Halifax. A passenger on board the Margaret, informs, that the evening before she sailed an express had been received at that place, by a government schooner from Cape Briton, stating, that by a speedy arrival from Britain, intelligence was received that Louis the eighteenth was on the throne of France. We do not attach any credit to the report.—The report of his majesty's death is unfounded.
From the Mercantile Advertiser.
Capt. Miller, of the brig Margaret, from Halifax, informs, that just before his departure a British government schooner had arrived at Sidney in nineteen days from Guernsey, with the important intelligence that another revolution in France had restored Louis the 18th to the throne of his ancestors! By what singular means Buonaparte was superseded, we have not been able to learn. Capt. Miller says, the printer at Halifax, (Mr. Gay) was preparing an extra sheet, containing the particulars of the event, for publication; and that he could have obtained a copy by waiting about an hour longer, which the tide would not permit him to do.
From the Washington Federalist.
We have frequently noticed the progress of improvement in the inland navigation of the river Potomak, and its tributary streams; and believing that no enterprise has been attempted by a private company, in this new world, of so much public utility, we shall continue to lay before our readers, such material information respecting it, as it may be in our power to obtain from sources, entirely correct.
It is generally known, that this great work, was begun under the auspices of Gen. Washington, a few years after the revolutionary war: about five hundred thousand dollars have been expended in its prosecution; and several years must yet elapse, before the whole of the object in the contemplation of the company, can be completely effected. Enough, however, has been accomplished, to afford such facility to the back inhabitants, that parts of the country, so remote from any sea port by land conveyance, as to prohibit the raising of any thing for sale except cattle, have become, and are daily becoming the best grain settlements in the Atlantic states. Merchant mills are erecting in the Allegany mountains, and farmers 200 miles from a sea port, get their flour transported, to the seat of government of the United States, at an expense less than is paid for fifty miles land carriage.
The main branch of the river, which extends from tide water to the foot of the Allegany mountains, is now navigable to the mouth of George's creek, about 220 miles by water from the city of Washington, and twenty some odd miles above the town of Cumberland:—there remains however, some trifling obstructions in this branch, which impede the navigation in the dry seasons of the year;

but it is questionable whether this inconvenience does not result from the bad construction of the boat employed in the navigation, than any defect in the work on the river. These boats carry 120 bbls of flour, and draw from 22 inches to two feet water. If they drew but 11 or 14 inches, they would meet with no difficulties for ten months in the year, and experiments are making, the success of which is said to be certain, to reduce them to the proper draft of water.
In the year there has been no interruption in the navigation from the want of water, or too great draft of the boats: large quantities of flour, timber, and other articles have descended the river; and the prospects are such as to leave no doubt, that every thing in the upper country prepared or preparing for water transportation, will readily find its way to market, in the present season. One gentleman, a rich enterprising farmer in Frederick county, in Maryland, residing some miles higher up the river Monocacy than Fredericktown has already sent his boat five times to this market, since the breaking up of the frost, and has delivered upwards of 500 barrels flour.
There are several streams that discharge themselves into the main branch of the river, some of which are scarcely less important than the main branch itself. The most considerable of these are the Shenandoah, the South Branch, the Monocacy, and the Conococheague. The South Branch is now navigable 50 or 60 miles, the Monocacy, about half that distance and into the heart of Frederick county, the largest, richest, and most productive county in Maryland—the other two branches are not in a state of so much improvement but the whole energies of the company are now directed to an operation on the Shenandoah, which will cost 40 or 50,000 dollars, and which, when finished, will add to our present inland navigation, little short of 200 miles, and into the finest country in the United States.
From these data, the publick will draw its own conclusions. Every intelligent reader will perceive in this great effort of a private company, consequences above the reach of ordinary minds, not to a large portion of the people of Virginia, Maryland, and Pennsylvania only, who are more immediately to enjoy the benefits of the navigation; but to the best interests of the whole people of the United States in the duration of their union. Between the heretofore navigable eastern and western waters there is a country of immense extent the greater part of which is without inhabitants, and so would have remained, but for the enterprise of which we are speaking. It was in vain to hope that this country could be settled unless navigation could be carried nearer to its centre. It was equally visionary to imagine that the Atlantic and western states separated by such a barrier, could remain long united under one government. The Potomak navigation which now extends westward within 40 or 50 miles of the navigable western waters, largely contributes to the immediate settlement and cultivation of this wilderness, by affording to the cultivators, the means of carrying to market the fruits of their industry. It will also afford to the people on the western waters, as low down as the falls of the Ohio and perhaps lower, the easiest and cheapest conveyance for those supplies from the old world which their necessities and their comfort require. No ties are so indissoluble as those of interest. This navigation is also interesting to the people of the United States, though in a smaller degree in the influence it must have on the rapid growth, and future grandeur of that city which is established by the constitution and the laws, and by a still stronger bond, the general convenience of the whole people, as the permanent seat of their government.
To the Members of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the County of Berkeley.
AS the present neglected situation of our Church in this county, must excite a lively sensibility in the mind of every true professor; and which I conceive to arise solely from the want of some plan of union among ourselves, sufficient to bring the zeal of its members into action, to procure a minister to officiate at Martinsburg, Morgan's and Hedge's Chapels; and as the present incumbent at the Glebe, seems to have attached himself to that part of the parish lying in the county of Jefferson; by which we are deprived of an opportunity of worshiping God according to the rules of our church, and all other advantages derived from a regular ministry; and believing that the united endeavours of the
congregations, at the above mentioned places, will not be unsuccessful in procuring a support for a minister; I submit to your consideration the following plan, which has received the approbation of several gentlemen, to whom it has been communicated. It is proposed that the congregations of each of the above places, shall meet at their respective places of worship, and elect three of their most discreet members, to form a standing committee, who, after their election, shall meet at Martinsburg, and devise the best method of raising a salary for the support of a minister, and also a plan of association for rendering the salary as permanent as possible, which plans, the members of the said committee, shall proceed to carry into execution, in their respective congregations; and it is confidently hoped that every member of the church will conform thereto, and lend their aid for the completion of so good a purpose. As, in the invitation given to a minister, to reside among us, it would be essential to state with precision the prospects for an adequate compensation for his services, it is proposed that when a sufficient sum, to be agreed upon by the committee, at their first meeting, shall be made up, that they shall apply to the Bishop of the Episcopal Church in Virginia to recommend a minister to us. For rendering this plan permanent, the committee may be annually elected, on the feast of Easter; and they shall superintend the affairs of the Church, collect, and pay in the amount raised by their several congregations; and settle their accounts annually, at the first meeting of every subsequent committee. To carry this plan into operation, it is proposed that the first election, be held on Monday in Whitsun week, and that the persons so elected, meet in Martinsburg, on the first Saturday thereafter.
By thus uniting ourselves by system, we may enjoy all the advantages of a regular ministry; we shall be able to avail ourselves of the sacred institutions of the Gospel of our Redeemer, for the advancement of morality, which is the only sure foundation of our national prosperity; we shall possess the means, of all others the best calculated to promote the interests of society, by cultivating those kind affections, which Christianity alone can perfect;—that love to God, love to man—that universal benevolence, which, it is the great object, and exclusive glory of Religion to produce in the mind of the sincere Christian; we shall have an opportunity to instruct our children in the doctrine and discipline of that Church, into which we have been initiated by the pious zeal of our ancestors; and, which I conceive of the greatest importance to the rising generation, we shall have an opportunity to season their passions with devotion, by a constant attendance on divine worship, and thereby fortify their minds against the contagion of infidelity, which threatens the destruction of our virtue, and all our individual, and national happiness, connected with it.
A MEMBER. Berkeley County, May 17, 1804.
THE SUBSCRIBERS, In addition to their late supply of SPRING and SUMMER GOODS. Have just received from the City of Philadelphia, and are now opening The most EXTENSIVE assortment they have ever had since their commencement, and, without exaggeration, can assure their friends and the public, that, for quality, quantity, or reduced prices, exceed any selection that has for several years past been offered for sale in this place.
THOMAS SMITH, & Co. Martinsburg, May 18, 1804.
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.
THE subscriber begs leave to inform his friends and the public in general, that he carries on the POTTING BUSINESS, in all its various branches, at the old and well-known stand, formerly occupied by Conrad Krumbaugh, next door to John Miller's and opposite to Henry Arnold, Coverlid weaver, on the street leading to Cumberland, in Hagers Town, where he has constantly on hand a complete assortment of the best and handsomest Earthen Ware made in this town, consisting of Milk Crock, Dishes, Pitchers, Jugs, Mugs, Bowls, Preserve Jars of every kind, all which he offers for sale on reasonable terms for Cash or Country Produce, wholesale or retail. Those who may please to favor him with their custom, shall be punctually attended to.
PETER BELL. Hagers Town, May 18, 1804.
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 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.
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 insured, 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.
Mutual Assurance against Fire on Buildings.
BY those who were opposed to this philanthropic institution, it has been held out, that if a large fire was to happen at Norfolk, it would ruin the members of the society. Now there has as great a fire as possibly could be expected, taken place; and including the several fires which have occurred in Berkeley, Frederick, Spotsylvania, Louisa, Prince George and Gloucester, still one quota, that is, one premium the same as paid on entering is sufficient to replenish the funds. This shews that what they advance is fallacious. Notwithstanding the enormous destruction at Norfolk, the society has funds enough to pay every one of the sufferers; and the quota which the members pay now, forms a complete fund to answer against future losses, which may insure them for many years to come, perhaps forever. As the insurance is increasing, the funds will be so strong, that great losses must happen indeed before another quota be necessary; the interest will be so considerable, that if in a few years no great losses happen, it will augment the funds rapidly, independent of the new insurances, which no doubt will be made.
The society has been extraordinary unfortunate; if all the houses in the state had been affected in the same ratio, it would be at the rate of upwards of 6,000 houses per annum in this state. Now as it is well known, that on an average throughout the state, hardly more than fifty buildings per annum burn, this shews that this society has in the most extraordinary manner been afflicted; therefore it is reasonable to hope, that in future the losses will not be so great as they have been, but that they will be much less; as the system is now, and will be better understood, the insurance no doubt will keep increasing. It is devoutly to be wished that the people would rise en masse and insure all (which in time they will;) there being upwards of four hundred thousand buildings in this state, the contribution would then be a mere trifle, perhaps not more than ten or fifteen cents for each house per annum. On an average of years, hardly more than one out of every ten thousand houses yearly in this state is destroyed by fire; then so as the insurance increases, the funds augment as one to thirty three, and the risk increases only as one to ten thousand.
Some complain of paying a quota, but they ought to consider that we cannot always prevent fires, and that their own houses might have been included. Notwithstanding the enormous and extraordinary losses, I cannot see the great hardship complained of, when a man who owns a brick house in the country worth one thousand dollars, who entered in the beginning of the institution, paid on entering nine shillings per hundred dollars, then he has been insured going on nine years, of course at the rate of one shilling per hundred dollars a year; for the quota he paid, is or will only be absorbed by the fire which happened last February; when abroad it would have cost him upwards of fifty four shillings during that period. Then taking even the premium and Quota together makes it only three per centum, when abroad he would have paid nine per centum; and how much more pleasing it is that we keep the money here, and succour our unfortunate fellow citizens. Considering the dreadful calamity which raged at Norfolk, where is the tender heart that would not cheerfully contribute to aid those unfortunate people, and the more so when by that contribution they do a charitable act, and secure at the same time their own property.
W. F. AST Richmond, April 23, 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.
The following BLANKS, printed with new and elegant type, are always kept for sale at this Office:— DEEDS, Common BONDS, Apprentice INDENTURES, Promissory NOTES, &c. &c. &c.

THE CRICKET.
Thro' the curtains while the moon Faintly pours her feeble ray, And the cuckoo-clock chimes its mid- night tune, And the distant watch-dogs bay, Then I hear the cricket cry, Chirping shrill and merrily. Cric, cricket, cric, cric, Thus, who would not waking lie To listen to the cricket's cry?
He whom pain forbids to sleep, Fever's fire, or tooth-ache's twang, Ague chills that shivering creep, Gout, or fierce rheumatic pang: Often while he wakes shall hear, From some hole or crevice near, Cric, cricket, cric, cric, And, perhaps, will sooth his pain To listen to the simple strain.
Me, when softer cares molest, Musing on my former loves, Or friendship of the youthful breast, Or thro' hope's bowers while fancy roves: I love to hear the merry sound, Echoing from each corner round, Cric, cricket, cric, cric, Always, when I waking lie, May I hear the cricket cry.
ITHACUS.
EPIGRAMS.
Cries Nell to Tom, 'mid matrimonial strife, 'Curs'd be the hour I first became your wife.' 'By all the powers, said Tom, but that's too bad, You've curs'd the only civil hour we've had.'
BAD AND WORSE.
My wife's so very bad, cried Will, I fear she ne'er will hold it; She keeps her bed.—Mine's worse, said Phil, The jade has just now sold it.
FOR SALE.
TWO Tracts of LAND , situate in the State of Pennsylvania; one ly- ing on Shearman's Creek, within half a mile of the Susquehannah, in Cumber- land County, Rye Township, containing 254 acres, adjoining the lands of Benja- min Davis, Michael Lewis and Wm. Kee, held by preemption right. This land has one small improvement on it, is tolerably fertile, and is covered with a variety of excellent Timber. Ap- ply to the subscriber living 7 miles from Martinsburg, near James Cambell's.
One other Tract, lying on the waters of Savage Creek, which empties into the Potomak above Fort Cumberland, containing 214 acres and one rood, held by location under Gov. Peen; 30 acres are cleared, the balance of the Land is well timbered—on this tract is a tolerable good Dwelling House—both tracts are watered with a number of rivulets. Ap- ply as above.
I will exchange either or both of these Tracts for real property in Berkeley County, or would take any kind of Stock, Negroes, or good Paper for it. JOHN DUNCAN. April 27, 1804.
HOTSPUR.
WILL stand at my stable the ensuing Season to cover mares at four dol- lars 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 co- ver, the money paid down. Good clo- ver 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 Æsopus ball, purchased for between five and six hundred dollars, in Maryland, by Mr. James Foreman—his dam was purchased by me, for two hundred dol- lars of James Moore, who told me, she was got by Hotspur, imported by Col. Clarke in Pennsylvania, and was a mix- ture 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. W. P.
Read This!
THE subscribers are just now opening an ELEGANT ASSORTMENT of Fresh Goods,
Suitable to the present and approaching seasons, well worthy the attention of purchasers at a distance, as well as those immediately in this neighbourhood.
JAMES & JOHN LANE. Shepherd's-Town, April 20, 1804.
Great Bargains!
THE subscriber has just received from the City of Philadelphia, and is now opening a large supply of Fresh
Spring Goods,
Consisting of CHINTZES and Calicoes of hand- some figures, Book, Cambric and Jacquet Muslins, Dimities, Leghorn Chip and Crape Bonnets of the latest fashions, Morocco and Kid Slippers, Ladies plain and elastic Silk Gloves, large Silk Shawls, Lace Vails, colour'd Cambricks, Wreathes, Artificial Flow- ers, Lace, Madras Handkerchiefs, &c.
He has also on hands a quantity of Castings, Home-made Linnen & twill'd Bags—all of which having been purcha- sed on the lowest terms for Cash, he is now enabled to inform his friends and the public generally, that he has now Goods to offer them that are uncommonly cheap.
WALTER B. SELBY. Shepherd's-Town, April 20, 1804.
Attend to This!
THE subscriber has just received from the city of Philadelphia, and is now opening a large Supply of
Spring Goods,
Amongst which are, Chintzes and Cali- coes, Book, Cambric and Jacquet Mus- lins, Dimities, Silk and Cambric netted Shawls, Leghorn Bonnets, Irish and German Linens, Madrass and Bandano Handkerchiefs, Satins and Lutestring, India and clouded Nankeens, &c.
He has also on hand, Bar-Iron, Queen's and Crocke- Ware, also Tinware assorted, and a complete assortment of Groceries, all of which he is determined to sell uncommonly low for Cash, and solicits those who wish to purchase Goods to advantage to give him a call.
W. W. LANE. Charles-Town, April 27, 1804.
Look Here!
FRESH IRISH and GERMAN LINENS.
THE subscriber has just received and is now opening a very handsome assort- ment of SPRING and SUMMER
GOODS,
imported by the latest arrivals at Phi- ladelphia, Baltimore and Alexandria, con- sisting in part of the following articles:
  Irish Linens, Rus- sia Sheetings, Dow- lases and Creax Linens, white and brown Platillas, German Rolls, white and brown Ticklenburgs, Os- naburgs, fine Dimi- ties, Chintzes and Calicoes, 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 Gurreah, Baftas Sannabs and Champon Cossacks Cambricks, Cotton Hosery, and Ging- hams.  
HARDWARE.
SPADES, Cutting-Knives, German- Scythes, Sheep-Shears, Sadd-Irons, 9d. and 10d. Cut NAILS, Gask do. Whet Stones, &c.
TOBACCO.
Pine 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.
Hallo, Ho,
A WORD or two with you. I mean such of the inhabitants of Jefferson County as stand indebted to Mines & Kearsley , or to Mr. John Mines . Give me leave to inform you, that your obli- gations are every one in my hands, for the purpose of paying the debts due from the concern. Please therefore to take notice, that where speedy and punctual payment is not made, suits must and will be commenced.—For the convenience of those who wish to pay, I shall attend e- very Saturday in Charles-Town, as well as on Court days, until these debts are col- lected, or suits brought to recover them.
JOHN KEARSLEY. Shepherd's-Town, May 4, 1804.
THE Subscriber returns his most grateful acknowledgments to his friends and the public for the encourage- ment he has experienced, and respect- fully informs them, that he has just received, and will constantly keep for sale at his Blacksmith's Shop, in the main street Martinsburg, opposite to the Indian Chief Tavern, a very large and com- plete assortment of
BAR-IRON,
of the best quality, selected with care by himself from the Iron-Works, and which he will dispose of on the most reduced terms. He continues as usual to carry on the Blacksmith's business in all its va- rious branches, and flatters himself, that if good materials, manufactured in the most serviceable manner, together with the strictest attention to business, can se- cure the public favor, he shall not go un- rewarded.
JOSEPH CHAMBERS. Martinsburg, April 13, 1804.
REGIMENTAL ORDERS.
THE first Battallion of the 67th Re- giment Virginia Militia, shall be mustered on Saturday the 26th day of May next, at William Johnston's mill. The second Battallion of said Regiment, shall be mustered at Darkesville on Sa- turday the 19th day of May next. The Majors commanding said Battallions are hereby required to execute this order as the law directs.
DAVID HUNTER, Lt. Col. Com. 67th Regt. V. M. April 20, 1804.
Farmers and Merchants, Take Notice,
THAT the subscriber has got Tab- ler's MILL on Opequan, (be- tween three and four miles from Mar- tinsburg) in complete order for the re- ception and manufacture of Grain; and that for every hundred bushels of clean merchantable Wheat, weighing 60 pound per bushel, brought to said Mill, he will deliver 21 barrels of Superfine Flour, and will be responsible for the inspection in any market in the United States.
He will give the highest price in Cash, for Wheat, Rye and Corn. LEONARD CROW. December 30, 1804. 6m.
TAKEN up by the subscriber as an estray, a brown COW, with a star in her forehead, two holes in each horn, a swallow fork in one ear, and a half penny piece out of each ear, nine or ten years old, has some white on her belly and appraised to twelve dollars.— The owner is desired to prove property, pay charges and take her away.
JAMES HAIR. Near Garrardstown, April 27, 1804.
FOR SALE,
A TRACT of LAND containing 245 acres, in the county of Berkeley, about 5 miles from Martinsburg, where- on Thomas Tuckerman 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 Dwel- ling 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, ad- joining the premises, and the terms known by applying at Bath to
NICHOLAS ORRICK. April 6, 1804. [r.f.]
CAUTION!
ALL persons are hereby cautioned from throwing down the fences of the subscriber's plantation on Opequan, from passing through any of his enclosures, or fishing along the creek on his land— Having suffered considerably already from persons trespassing in this way, he is determined to prosecute, to the ut- most extent of the law, without respect to persons, all who may be guilty of such unlawful and vicious acts in future.
WILLIAM GORRELL. April 27, 1804.
Dissolution of Co-partnership.
DISSOLVED by mutual consent, the co-partnership of P. NADENBOUSCH, & Co. ALL accounts due the concern are payable to PHILIP NADENBOUSCH , who is fully authorised to settle all claims for and against the said concern.
A. KENNEDY, PHILIP NADENBOUSCH. March 5, 1804.
WEAVING BUSINESS.
THE subscriber respectfully informs his friends and the public, that he has removed to the house lately occupied by Samuel Reed, and opposite to Major Boyd's, in the main street, Martinsburg, where he continues to carry on the Weav- ing business in its various branches, com- mon work of all descriptions, also Wol- len, Worsted and Cotton Chains, Twill- ings of various kinds, Jeans, Dimities, Swandowns, Thicksets, Cotton Denim, and Royal Rib, either on cotton or linen chains, also Floatings and spotted cot- tons for men and women's ware, Dia- monds, Birdseyes, Huckabacks, M and O's, N and O's and Queens fancy Coun- terpaines, the same in Table Linens, sin- gle and double Coverlids, and several other kinds too tedious to enumerate.
He wishes to employ one or two Jour- neymen , who are sober, industrious, and well acquainted with any part of the Weaving business; also would take an Apprentice , to learn any part or the whole of the above business.
N. B. The Tackling for Weaving double Coverlids, and Diaper Table Lin- ens, will not be erected before the en- suing fall.
WILLIAM REED. Martinsburg, April 27, 1804.
To be sold at Public Vendue,
ON Wednesday the 13th of June next, a valuable PLANTATION , the property of Ephraim Lowman, lying on both sides of Sleepy Creek, Berkeley County, 7 miles from Bath, and 19 from Martinsburg, containing 400 acres, about 30 acres of which are cleared, and the balance in good timber—there is a consi- derable quantity of bottom land, that would make good Meadow. On the premises are two convenient Dwelling Houses, a new Grist Mill, calculated for two pair of Stones, and a Saw Mill, both of which have a sufficiency of wa- ter. On paying 1000 dollars in hand the balance may be discharged in annual payments of 200 dollars each. This pro- perty will be sold on advantageous terms to the purchaser.
JOHN ROBINSON, Dep. Sheriff. May 11, 1804.
FOR SALE OR RENT,
THE HOUSE and LOT in which I lately lived, situate in the Main Street Martinsburg. For terms apply to the subscriber living in Charles-Town, Jef- ferson County, or to Capt. Matthew Ransone, Martinsburg.
JOHN DIXON. April 27, 1804.
PRINTING,
In all its variety, executed at this Office with correctness and expedition.
MARTINSBURG, Berkeley County, Virginia; Printed and published by JOHN ALBURTIS.
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