Norfolk gazette and publick ledger (Norfolk [Va.]), 1807-07-24 00:00:00

NORFOLK GAZETTE AND PUBLICK LEDGER.  SINT HIC ETIAM SUA PREMIA LAUDI
VOL. IV.]
FRIDAY EVENING, JULY 24, 1807.
[NO. 4.]
THIS PAPER IS PUBLISHED THREE TIMES A WEEK PRICE TO SUBSCRIBERS SIX DOLLARS PER ANNUM, PAY- ABLE IN ADVANCE—SINGLE PAPER TWELVE AND ONE HALF CENTS—ADVERTISEMENTS ARE INSERTED AT THE RATE OF FIFTY CENTS FOR THE FIRST, AND TWENTY FIVE CENTS PER SQUARE FOR EACH SUCCEEDING INSERTION.
For Kingston, (Jam.) The Schooner WELLSOME RETURN , Richard Hurst, master, will take 200 barrels on a freight, if immediate application is made—For passage, having good accommodations, apply to the master on board at Maxwell's wharf, or Proby, Harmanson, & Co. July 20. tf
For Freight or Charter, The fine Ship Liverpool Packet , James Kenard, master, burthen 270 tons. Apply to the master on board, or Phinehas Dana. Who offers for Sale on board said Ship, 13,000 bushels Liverpool coarse Salt, and 500 bushels best house Coals. July 17. tf
FOR CHARTER, The good Ship Charles Carter , burthen 400 bds. tob. ccc, and will be ready for the reception of a cargo in 10 days. A freight to Liverpool will be preferred. Apply to Donaldson, Thorburn, & Co. Who have for Sale the CARGO of the said Ship, consisting of 13,000 bushels St. Ubes SALT. July 15. tf
Fitzhugh's Packet, HELD HILL & ANNA , will sail for New-York on Sunday next, wind and weather permitting. For freight or passage apply to the master on board, or Moses Myers. July 13. tf
For Liverpool. The fast sailing coppered Ship CALEDONIAN , John Dickson, master, burthen about 300 hogheads tobacco, and will be ready to receive a cargo in 8 days. For freight apply to William Dickson. Who offers for Sale on board said Ship, Stoved SALT, loose and in sacks, 50 crates well asorted Earthenware, which will be sold low if taken from along side. July 10. tf
For SALE. The coppered Schooner ANN , with all her materials as she came from sea; her burthen is 700 barrels; a credit of 12 months will be given for approved paper. Also, The entire CARGO of said Schooner, Consisting of Prime Antigua SUGARS, in hds. tierces, and barrels. Apply to C. & F. Whittle. July 8. tf
For LIVERPOOL. The good Ship MARS , J. Chouet, master, will sail in 15 or 18 days. For freight apply to MOSES MYERS. July 1. tf
For LIVERPOOL. The Ship MINERVA , Henry Keele, master, to sail by the 10th July. For passage only, apply to the master on board, or Alexander Leckie. June 29. tf
For CHARTER, The JULIA , 350 hogheads burthen now ready to load. Apply to C. & F. WHITTLE. Who have for Sale, Beef, Pork, Herrings, Rice, Rum, Sugar, Coffee, &c. June 29. tf
WANTED, A good fast-sailing VESSEL, of 1200 barrels burthen; immediate dispatch will be given by C. & F. Whittle. For Sale on a long credit, 50 puncheons Grenada RUM. June 17. tf
500 barrels superfine FLOUR, of very superior quality, 41 bales upland Cotton. For Sale by C. & F. Whittle. Who want A SHIP of 200 to 250 hogheads burthen, for Europe; and two SCHOONERS of 700 barrels, each for the West Indies. June 15. tf
For Freight or Charter, The elegant fast-sailing coppered Ship HERALD , — Doane, master, burthen 325 tons. For terms, apply to Moses Myers. June 8. tf
For Freight or Charter, The Brig ROEBUCK , Tho's Bolan, master, burthen 270 bds. to acco; a freight to France would be preferred. Apply to Noble, & Arbuthnott, & Co. April 3. tf
For Liverpool, The new copper fastened Ship POCAHONTAS , C. Tompkins master, will sail about the 15th next month, her cargo being all engaged. For passage only, having good accommodations, apply to the master on board, or Wilson, Cunningham, & Co. June 19. tf
100 hogheads TOBACCO only, are wanted to complete the loading of the ship Mars . Apply to Moses Myers. July 3. tf
To the Editor of the Aurora.
Sir, So much has been said of my disclosures to the executive, respecting the pretended conspiracy of colonel Burr, and they have recently been brought into notice by the counsel for the prosecution, against him in so extraordinary and unwarrantable a manner, that I think it incumbent on me, to make a few observations on that subject, with a view of removing erroneous impressions which otherwise might prevail with regard to my character.
A few days after my arrival at New-Orleans, in September last, letters were received in town from general Wilkinson, then on the Sabine river, stating that hostilities with the Spaniards were unavoidable, that his next letter would bring the details of the first engagement, and that he hoped to give a good account of the dons .
In consequence of this information, which occasioned considerable alarm, about 300 men were dispatched from New-Orleans, to proceed by land to the Sabine, to reinforce gen. Wilkinson. Some artillery was sent off by water to ascend the Red river for the same purpose, and two gunboats were ordered on the Mississippi, to be ready for an attack on Baton Rouge.
By what magick gen. Wilkinson, whose letter in so positive a manner, had announced hostilities as unavoidable, wrought such a change in the mind of the Spanish commander, who was at the head of 1500 men, and actually invaded the territory of the United States, as to make him subscribe to terms of accommodation which gen. Wilkinson has termed most humiliating, and to induce him to retreat 20 leagues beyond the ground in dispute—this general Wilkinson alone can explain!—The fact is, that to the astonishment of all the world, such an accommodation did take place, and that gen. Wilkinson suddenly arrived at New-Orleans, where he came, to use his own phrase, "to play the devil."
When in the month of December, I was seized and arrested by order of gen. Wilkinson, but in the name of the United States, and was forcibly transported, I left New-Orleans under the impression that col. Burr, in consequence of the transmitted information to him of the hostile complexion of affairs on the frontiers, and of the supposed certainty of war, might find himself with a large body of volunteers, determined to push on towards Mexico, and whom perhaps it would be difficult to divert from that purpose, notwithstanding the unexpected pacific arrangements between the Spanish commander and gen. Wilkinson.
When I arrived at Charleston, Annapolis, and Washington, all the newspapers represented colonel Burr as being at the head of two thousand men, and they were ringing at the same time with reports of his pretended treason .
These circumstances occasioned in my mind great indignation, with regard to the reports just mentioned, and great solicitude lest gen. Wilkinson's conduct, and col. Burr's situation might lead to occurrences which col. Burr would deprecate, and which involuntary, would put him in the wrong.
I therefore requested an interview with the President of the United States, for two decided objects. 1st. To remove from his mind the false impressions he had received with regard to treason. 2d. To endeavour to convince him that the interests of the United States would be best consulted by going to war with Spain, and giving countenance to the expedition which col. Burr had planned.
It appeared to me that this step might do some good, could do no harm, and in my situation ought to be attempted.
I saw the President, together with Mr. Madison, and having first, when questioned on that point, declared to the former that I had no personal motives for this interview, spoke to them to the effect just mentioned.
The day after the interview I received the following note from the president, the original of which, in his own hand writing now remains in my possession.
"The communications which Dr. Bollman made yesterday to Thomas Jefferson were certainly interesting; but they were too much for his memory. From their complexion and tendency he presumes that doctor Bollman would have no objection to commit them to writing, in all the details into which he went yesterday, and such others as he may have then omitted, Thomas Jefferson giving him his word of honour that they never shall be used against himself, and that the paper shall never go out of his hand." January 27, 1807.
I immediately complied with the president's request, and considering the communication, in conformity with the tenor of his note, as strictly confidential , I had no motive to be unusually guarded or to weigh every expression with more than ordinary care.
The paper containing nearly twenty pages, was hardly finished, when I immediately sent it to the president. I borrowed it of him sometime afterwards when in prison, in order to take a copy, and then returned it.
The whole of it goes to the two points above mentioned, viz. to disprove treason, and to show the expediency of war. It can give no other ideas to an unbiased reader, unless one or two expressions
* Used on this point gen. Wilkinson has declared before the grand jury, that after receiving Mr. Swartwout's communication on the Sabine river, he terrified the Spanish commander with an account of an approaching expedition of volunteers, sufficiently strong to crush him, and to march to Mexico in spite of resistance. By this means he made him sit down and subscribe to an humiliating accommodation? This peace has been preserved through col. Burr! and the plan of an expedition, justly calculated on events actually impending which would have rendered it legal and laudable , has acquired an opposite character through the unusual conduct of a weak and treacherous friend .
ons, improperly used, and for which the allowance ought to be made, that the English is not my native language, are singled out, are considered disconnectedly with what precedes and follows and construed in a hostile manner.
The president had given his word and honour, that this paper should not be used against myself; yet on it was predicated the pretended necessity of a pardon for my personal safety. The attorney for the district in open court, when offering me the patent of pardon, referred to it. Nay, when I indignantly refused that pardon, he reminded me of the horrors of an ignominious fate , in order, if possible, to change my determination! Is a paper not used against me when, on account of its contents being misunderstood, I am thus assailed with the tender of a badge of infamy ? Is life, in Mr. Jefferson's opinion all, and character and reputation , which alone can render it desirable, nothing ? The great inquest of the nation after hearing a variety of testimony, and particularly, that of gen. Wilkinson, by an opinion nearly unanimous on my subject have absolved me from guilt ! No indictment has been preferred against me, though they have indicted various gentlemen in different parts of the United States. Was it then becoming the first magistrate of the union, whom I had approached with some degree of confidence, who stood pledged not to use that confidence against myself, and with regard to whom neither my conduct nor my language have ever been unfriendly—was it becoming him in a measure to forestall the opinion of the grand jury and to stigmatise me as a pardoned criminal?
The paper was never to get out of the president's hands—but it is now in the hands of the attorney for the Virginia district. On the 23d of June, an occurrence of which the prints have taken no notice—the grand jury came into court. Their foreman stated that one of the witnesses had mentioned to him an important paper, written by another witness, which was in the possession of Mr. Hay, the attorney, and of which they wished the delivery. Mr. Hay replied, that this referred to my letter to the president, which was in his possession, but that he did not consider himself warranted to give it to the grand jury. He also declared it to be his firm persuasion, that the paper was written in my own hand writing; it has further appeared, that he had occasioned general Wilkinson to read it. Through him he had brought what is falsely stated to be its contents insidiously before the grand jury. General Wilkinson when before that body, and of course on his oath, did assert that he saw the paper in Mr. Hay's hands; that it was my hand writing and my signature!
This measure, however, of the attorney, has not proved injurious to col. Burr. The contents of my letter even communicated to the grand jury, thro' such a channel of corruption and impurity, have had no influence on their decision. It is well understood that their indictment has arisen from a misconstruction of the law of treason. From 20 to 30 unarmed men had assembled on Blannerhasset's island. They demeaned themselves peaceably, but embarked in three boats and descended the river towards New-Orleans. They were, with others, to proceed all the way thither in case of certain contingent and probable events , in order to be equipped for a further expedition, but were to stop at the Washita, to effect a settlement, should those events not take place. This fact and the false supposition that New-Orleans, for the purpose mentioned, was to be occupied by force , and was to be held by force , until the party were ready for that enterprise—these are the grounds which, in their opinion, have warranted the indictment. A close investigation of the law and of the facts before a petty jury, with the advantage of testimony from both sides , will, ere long, correct that opinion, will remove every doubt with regard to col. Burr's patriotism and justify his views!
I have nothing to add except that, notwithstanding the ill treatment I have on this occasion received from the president of the United States, I should have forborne making these observations, if I had not been forced to it by considerations of self-defence. I am inclined to believe that Mr. Jefferson has not been actuated by any ill will towards me. His pardon was not intended to affect my character; he did not mean to forfeit his word of honour by transmitting my letter to him to Mr. Hay, but the injury I have sustained remains the same. The history of the pardon will have flown over Europe, and the impression of treachery to a friend—this more detestable; more odious crime than any infraction of the laws of the country, because essentially fraught with turpitude, will be blended with my name in the minds of many who may never see this letter. And if all this injury could be inflicted by Mr. Jefferson without ill will , merely from want of consideration under the disturbing influence of passion and resentment against col. Burr, notwithstanding his mature age, and the dignity of his station; it will amount to a strong proof at least, that I, in my humble sphere, and with a more youthful imagination, may become enamoured with the beautiful prospect of the emancipation of an enslaved kingdom—a project, which Mr. Jefferson himself approved of, and connived at when planned, not by col. Burr, but by Miranda —and that I might have engaged in it without meaning any harm to the United States, or to the president.
But not only have I been injured by Mr. Jefferson himself, his agents and confidants, from the secretary of state to his private secretary, and from him, still downwards to the attorney who represents him in the prosecution in Richmond, have on more than one occasion manifested hostility, and have been guilty towards me of glaring infractions of every rule of propriety and decorum. The secretary of state has detained letters directed to me, and has only given them up after I had accidentally discovered the
fact, and when I urged them for their delivery. The private secretary has several times betrayed an unbecoming temper, and the attorney in particular, sheltering himself behind his privileges as counsel, and taking advantage of the peculiar delicacy of my situation at this moment, has treated me in open court with the most unprovoked, and therefore most abominable indecency. If this was mistaken zeal, arising from an extreme want of discernment and sound policy;—if it was unauthorised by the president, and if it is therefore not to be attributed to him—it will strongly remind him at least, that if some unfortunately wild heads, lately associated with col. Burr, should have blended their own incongruous prepossessions, and apparently treasonable ideas, with his honourable views , their guilt ought not rashly to be transferred to their principal.
Even the papers in the interest of government, propagate on my subject the most injurious falsehoods. Before the pardon came out, and before it was known, that the president of the United States in transmitting my letter to him for Mr. Hay, had violated his word of honour, no inuendos appeared against me. But since the measure of the pardon has proved abortive and ridiculous, and since the fact of his breach of the word of honour can no longer be denied—their tone is changed. As usual I am abused, not for the wrong which I did, but for the wrong which has been committed upon me. They insinuate among other things, that at Washington I had obtained promises from Mr. Jefferson, and had agreed with him for a pardon; that I had refused it at Richmond, in order to have a pretext for withholding testimony on the ground that it would criminate myself, though it was well known that such promise, such agreement, never took place, and that before the grand jury, during an examination of upwards of 2 hours, I answered, without a single exception , every question that was asked me. Mr. William Duane moreover says, that I am indebted for my life to the benevolence of Mr. Jefferson. Sixteen of the first characters of Virginia, after hearing evidence decided that there is no ground of accusation against me; but the editor of the Aurora , with having any evidence, decides that I am indebted for my life to Mr. Jefferson's benevolence!!!
When party spirit and passion go so far, it would be improper to remain silent, and should what I have said, in my defence, operate to the prejudice of Mr. Jefferson, or wound his feelings, it is not my fault. ERICK BOLLMAN.
To RENT, That commodious TAVERN opposite the Borough Court House, at present occupied by Mr. Thomas Holliday, and possession given the 10th of next month.
Also for Lease, That vacant LOT on Commerce and Little Water-Street. For terms apply to James Tucker. July 22. tf
For SALE, 2 elegant Bay Horses, a complete match, 2 do. grey do. do. 1 remarkably fine Bay, and one very excellent grey Horse.—If not sold before the 31st instant, they will then be put up to the highest bidder. Enquire at the Office of the Publick Ledger. July 24. tf
The Subscriber has for Sale, 400 barrels superfine FLOUR, 2500 bushels Corn, and 150 barrels Pork, good quality. Just received, 50 boxes fresh Lisbon LEMONS. GEORGE WILSON, No. 9, Marsden's wharf. July 20. tf
2000 bushels CORN, for Sale low for Cash. Apply to William Cammack. July 20. tf
The Stockholders in the Norfolk Drawbridge Com; any, are requested to call on the Treasurer for their Certificate of Stock. July 20. tf
Wanted Immediately, A WET NURSE, a healthy woman with a fresh breast of milk; liberal wages will be given. Enquire at the office of the Publick Ledger. July 20. tf
For Sale by the Subscriber, 3000 bushels Northern CORN, 10 pipes fourth proof Bourdeaux Brandy, 40 puncheons Grenada Rum, 50 do. Tobago do. 30 do. old Antigua do. 12 pipes London particular Madeira Wine, A few quarter casks Coimnner Wine, 100 hogheads prime Molasses, 200 barrels prime Pork; Liverpool stoved Salt loose and in sacks; Cotton and Wool Cards assorted in small boxes; Fine and Superfine Flour; Pilot Bread, &c. Apply to Donaldson, Thorburn, & Co. June 19. tf Lee's wharf.
John & Wrigg Southgate, Have received by the Hunter, from London, an assortment of GOODS, suited for the season. ALSO, A few patent and grand Piano FORTESES. May 1. tf
For RENT, A very convenient Two Story Dwelling House, with a passage and three large rooms on the first story, a passage and four rooms in the second story, a good cellar and other conveniences, situated near the Dwelling-House of the subscriber on Boush-street. Possession may be had on the 1st of June.
Also for Rent, The fire-proof WARE-HOUSE, on Commerce-street, between those occupied by Mr. Harris and myself. Possession may be had immediately. Apply to JOHN GRANBERY. May 25. tf

THE PUBLICK LEDGER.
TO SHEW THE VERY AGE AND BODY OF THE TIMES, HIS FORM AND PRESSURE.
FRIDAY EVENING, JULY 24, 1807.
The General Orders issued by Governor M'Kean, published in this day's Ledger, will be read with interest and delight by every American. It breathes the sentiment of a patriot of 1776.
The Richmond and Petersburg infantry, will we understand, set out on the return to their respective places of residence on Sunday next.
We have copied into our paper of this day some articles which shew the impressions made at Halifax by the recent outrage.—It is our opinion that the British government will not relinquish the principle, and that we shall have to maintain our rights by an appeal to arms. Partial, indeed extensive mischief will be the consequence, but we must reconcile ourselves to it, remembering that we contend for every thing that is honourable to us as a nation, for nothing short of independence. The government is pursuing a course that demands, and we hope, will receive the unanimous support of the people. It will seek redress by negotiation, and if that fails, it will be prepared for war.
The Executive of the Commonwealth has, we understand, directed the five persons that were taken in Princess Ann, to be detained for orders of the General Government.
The British ships remain as heretofore.
Married last evening by the Rev. Mr. Holstead, Captain MATTHIAS PRECIOUS to Miss MARY BAZIL.
FROM THE CENTINEL.
At a large meeting of the citizens of Boston, and of its vicinity, at the State House in Boston, on Friday 10th July, 1807, called in consequence of the late attack made by the British ship of war Leopard, on the United States frigate Chesapeake. The hon. Eldridge Gerry, was unanimously chosen Moderator—and the hon. Perez Morton secretary of the meeting.
The following gentlemen were chosen a committee to report resolutions, expressive of the sense of the citizens on this momentous occasion, viz:—
The hon. Barnabas Bidwell, John Quincy Adams, Dr. Charles Jarvis, Benjamin Austin, Thompson J. Skinner, George Blake and Perez Morton. Who after retiring to the Senate Chamber, for half an hour, returned with the following report, unanimously adopted by the committee:—
Whereas it appears by a Proclamation issued by the President of the United States, that a most wanton and cruel outrage has been committed upon the United States frigate Chesapeake, by the British ship of war Leopard, in which our citizens have been wounded and murdered, and the flag of our nation insulted and violated. And whereas it is the duty and well the right of citizens of a free country to express their readiness to support the constituted authorities in the measures they may adopt for national redress, of an injury so barbarous in its nature, and so unprecedented in its execution.—Therefore,
Resolved unanimously, That the late aggression committed by a British ship of war on a frigate of the United States, for the avowed purpose of taking from her by force a part of her crew, was a wanton outrage upon the persons and lives of our citizens, and a direct attack on our national sovereignty and independence.
Resolved unanimously, That the spirited conduct of our fellow citizens at Norfolk on this occasion, before the orders of government could be obtained, was highly honourable to themselves and to the nation.
Resolved unanimously, That the firm, dignified and temperate policy adopted by our executive at the momentous crisis, is entitled to our most cordial approbation and support.
Resolved unanimously, That with our personal influence and exertions we will aid and assist the constituted authorities in carrying the Proclamation of the President of the United States in every particular into full and effectual execution.
Resolved unanimously, That although we unite with our government in wishing most ardently for peace on just and honourable terms, yet we are ready cheerfully to co-operate in any measures however serious, which they may judge necessary for the safety and honour of our country, and will support them with our lives and fortunes.
The report was read twice, and accepted unanimously.
Voted, That the proceedings of this meeting be signed by the moderator and secretary, and published in all the Boston newspapers.
Voted, That an attested copy thereof be transmitted to the committee of Norfolk.
ELDRIDGE GERRY, Moderator, Attest, PEREZ MORTON. Secretary.
SALEM TOWN MEETING.
At a numerous meeting of the freeholders and other inhabitants of the town of Salem, held in the court-house, in said Salem, the 10th day of July instant, for the purpose of expressing the sentiments of the town on the late outrage committed on the flag of the United States, and to express to the government their approbation of the proclamation of the president of the United States; respecting the same, and their readiness to co-operate with them in this and every other constitutional measure they may adopt for the preservation of peace, or the defence of our liberties and support of our national honour.
Col. William R. Lee, was unanimously chosen moderator.
The hon. Wm. Gray Joseph Story, esq. hon. Jacob Crowninshield, hon. Benjamin Pickman, jun. and William Cleveland, esq. were chosen a committee for the purpose of drafting such resolves as they might think pertinent to the occasion, to be laid before the town.
The following resolves were reported, and unanimously adopted by the town.
Resolved unanimously, That we view with deep regret and indignation the outrage committed on our flag by the British ship of war Leopard, in violation, not only of the amity due between independent states, but of the first principles of the law of nations.
Resolved unanimously, That we will cordially support the government of the United States, in all honourable measures which may be adopted to obtain redress for our recent injuries, and to prevent the repetition of them in future; and we pledge our lives and fortunes to maintain our national rights from all infringement.
Resolved unanimously, That we will use our most earnest efforts to carry into operation in all lawful ways the proclamation of the president of the U. States issued in this behalf.
By order of the committee,
WM. GRAY, Chairman.
True copy, attest,
JOHN PUNCHARD, Town-clerk.
Salem, July 10, 1807.
MUTINY.
It has been stated in the accounts brought from the Mediterranean, that the crew of the American ship Eliza Ann, captain Richardson, of Norfolk, in Virginia, mutinied against the captain.—They first tied him to the gun on the quarter deck, and used him most cruelly. They pricked him with the cook's tormenters, beat him over the ribs with staves in the most cruel manner. They then attacked the master, whom they struck a dreadful blow. His wife, with an infant in her arms, followed him, he fell back, and she caught him crying, "you have murdered my husband." The ruffians answered, "We will do for you by and bye." The wife gave her husband some liquor to drink and he somewhat recovered from the stunning blow he received. When he recovered a little more, he sallied forth with pistols and sabre to disarm the villains. The mate and supercargo had by this time sufficiently recovered to aid him in this courageous attempt. They knew they had to contend with cowards at heart, and by stratagem and determined bravery, they succeeded in driving the mutineers forward, after wounding them, except the two ringleaders. The Niger frigate, capt. Lill-lyar, luckily soon after fell in with the ship off Cadiz, in a gale of wind, boarded her, and then took the ringleaders out. The master was then lying dangerously ill. The Niger then sent an officer and four men on board to navigate her to Gibraltar, where the mutineers will be brought to trial. The two ringleaders were ENGLISH BORN; their names were John Cross, alias Daniel Crosswright, and Robert Warrington. The ship had a great many dollars on board, with other treasure, of which they intended to plunder.—Belfast Chron. May 20.
From the Salem Register.
A high estimate is made of the talents of general Benningsen, not only from his brave conduct at Eylau, which has procured him the notice of his prince, but from military talents which he has been known to cultivate, and by which he has distinguished himself.—To him is attributed the work which appeared at Riga in 1793, in which he gives his "Thoughts upon the knowledge necessary for every officer of the Light Horse," a work of high reputation. It has been observed, that gen. Benningsen, upon an examination of the military talents of the French emperor, pronounced that his manner of execution was the same, and that, should he ever engage with him, he should be sure to profit from this discovery.—Report has attributed this remark to gen. Benningsen, and his success has given it the same, but the anonymous author of "Reflections of a Soldier," upon the events of the last war, published at Cologne in 1806, appears to have thought differently at that time of the military arrangements of the French emperor. He says, "in this second campaign, the system of war of the emperor of the French discovered a remarkable change. Hitherto he had attacked his enemies with the rapidity of lightning, but this was the fury of an overwhelming torrent. He seemed to renounce his activity, to attain his end by more studied marches. He hazarded nothing! all his marches were manœuvres, in which he studied the grounds, and reconnoitred places, which could be the most advantageous for all his future plans. We might thus see, that after having examined the field of battle, upon which he had resolved, to decide the fate of the coalition, he made but very small movements forward, contenting himself with a full understanding of those of the enemy, and manœuvred so well, as to draw the enemy to an attack, upon the spot, of which he had fully studied all the advantages. That the Russians, deceived by the retrograde movement of Napoleon, should think that they might attack with advantage, might be accessible, but why did not the Austrian general discover the advantages which might arise to the French. The fact was that some days before the battle of Austerlitz, the French emperor advanced before Brunn with his head-quarters, made one or two marches, and advanced his army, but soon returned to the ground which he had already examined in the vicinity of Austerlitz.
The Gazettes published instantly that he was in full retreat, and it was simple enough, that the Russians pushed their confidence to rashness, when they saw Napoleon do that before them which he had never done before. The event is well known. The writer observes, "If the emperor Alexander has been content to check the French till the arrival of the army of Benningsen in Bohemia, whence he might annoy the left of the French army, and might have forced himself into Presburg, and towards the Danube, he must have embarrassed the French exceedingly. For the army of Benningsen united to that of the Archduke Ferdinand had such superiority, that it must have forced its way to the Danube, and endangered Brunnau, the deposit of the whole French arms. While the army of Benningsen thus harassed the French on the left the emperor Alexander and the Archduke Charles might have directed their march to Vienna, and without a general action have obliged the French to quit Brunn." This knowledge Benningsen had of these arrangements.—While thus informed of the talents of the emperor of the French, he will not probably trust to the uniformity of the military operations of Napoleon.
From the Philadelphia Freeman's Journal.
The following Law Case, decided a year or two since, in the court of King's Bench, in England,
shows how careful our merchants ought to be, that the documents on board their vessels be strictly correct, and conformable to laws and treaties; and, that the forms of the custom-house are not always to be relied upon:
Baring, and others, vs. Christie,
This was an action on a policy of insurance on goods on board the ship Mount Vernon. She was warranted to be an American ship; a warranty which induces a necessity of her being documented as American ships are required to be, by the treaties, subsisting between the United States and foreign nations.
The treaty with France, which was subsisting when the insurance was made, required, that when either nation should be engaged in war, the vessels of the other should be furnished with passports, expressing the name, property, and bulk of the ship; also, the name, place of habitation, of the master or commander of the said ship, &c. The passport on board the Mount-Vernon, was in these words, viz. "George Washington, president, &c. To all, &c. Be it known, That leave and permission has been granted to George G. Dominick, master or commander of the ship called the Mount-Vernon, of the town of Philadelphia, of the burden of 424 tons or thereabouts," &c.
The vessel was captured by the French and condemned, and this action was brought to recover the insurance. There were many grounds of defence taken by the underwriters, but the case eventually turned upon the form of the passport above stated; the defendant contending, that it did not contain the place of habitation of the master—of course, it did not conform to the treaty; that the ship was not, therefore, properly documented, and the warranty not complied with.
The plaintiff contended, that the words "of the town of Philadelphia," in the passport, related to Dominick, the master and sufficiently described his place of habitation—that at all events, the custom-house of Philadelphia had granted it in this form, and that faith ought to be given to its acts, as being regular and conformable to the laws of the United States, of which treaties with foreign nations were a part.
Lord Ellenborough, chief justice.—As the description of the ship in the policy, clearly contains a warranty, that she was an American ship, this induces a necessity of her being documented as American ships are required to be, by the treaties subsisting between that state and France. The question will then be, whether the passport found on board the ship, be, or be not, conformably to the requisites prescribed by the 25th article of the treaty of amity and commerce between the United States and France, of the 6th February, 1778—that is, whether "the town of Philadelphia," can, by any fair construction, be referred to Dominick, the master of the ship, or whether it do not, according to the rules of sound construction, relate, not to him, but to the ship: and if it do, the consequence is, that the ship had not such a passport as is required by this article of the treaty. And, giving every weight to the arguments used in support of the passport, we do not think that we can, without doing great violence to the plain and obvious import of its language, so construe it, and say that the passport is that which the treaty requires. The rule of law as well as of grammar, is, that "ad proximum antecedentem fiat relatio, nisi impediatur sententia." In this passport, "the ship called the Mount Vernon," is undoubtedly, the last antecedent; and though it has been said, that the port, and not the town of Philadelphia, is the proper description of a ship; yet as a port may be within a town, there is no inconsistency in describing a ship as of the town within which the port lies; there is nothing in the matter which necessarily prevents its reference to the ship, and applies it to the master. But, the proper reference does not, in this case, depend merely on this rule, for the words "of the burthen of 424 tons," which is a continuance of the same sentence, and is a further description of the same thing, can refer only to the ship.
After further illustrating his opinion, the learned judge gave it as the judgment of the court, that the passport was not conformable to the treaty with France; that, therefore, the vessel was not properly documented, of course, the warranty of neutrality was not complied with, and the plaintiff could not recover.
GENERAL ORDERS.
LANCASTER, July 13, 1807.
The President of the United States having required a draft of Fifteen Thousand Six Hundred and Thirty-Eight men as quota of Pennsylvania, towards a DETACHMENT OF ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND MILITIA, the governor hastens to perform the duty which the constitution and laws have assigned to him, with all the sensibility and zeal that the occasion is calculated to inspire.
After a lapse of more than thirty years, the HONOUR, the LIBERTY, and the INDEPENDENCE of the UNION, are again at stake, upon a contest with the same power, over whose arms and ambition the patriots of America triumphed, in the war of 1776.—The resources of patriotism and valour which were then employed to establish our existence as a nation, must now, therefore, be displayed, in order to preserve it. The sacred trusts descend upon the Sons of our revolutionary heroes and statesmen. It is for them, at the present crisis, to imbalm the memory of the many, who are dead; to enliven the declining day of the few, who survive; and, in short, to deserve the inheritance prepared for them.
While the glory of the revolution excites a laudable emulation, the justice of our cause, will give confidence to every effort, for resenting unprovoked insult, and repelling unexpected aggression. The memorable Declaration of Independence had placed the people of Great Britain on the same footing with the people of every other country—"as enemies in war; as friends in peace;" and from the moment, that the Treaty of 1783 terminated the revolutionary conflict, it became the duty, and it has been, obviously, the desire, of the American government, to preserve an harmonious intercourse between the two nations. But a far distant policy seems to have actuated the government of Great Britain. It would be difficult to trace in their conduct, many instances of good will; while the indications of wounded pride, of arrogant power, and of political as well as commercial jealousy, are every where to be seen. It must be remembered, that even the faith of treaty was long disregarded; that our seamen have been cruelly impressed, abused and slaughtered; that lawless spoliations, committed on our commerce, have enriched the British
Navy; that the jurisdiction of our coast has been violated, and its harbours, in effect blockaded; that our towns and territory have been actually menaced; and that the rights of neutrality, founded upon the law of nations, have been arbitrarily subverted, for sinister and selfish purposes. In the consummation of these outrages (accumulating year after year) we behold at length, a premeditated, a direct insult to the Flag of the Union! For, while peace existed, and friendship was professed, a publick ship of the United States, has been attacked and subdued by surprise; many of her crew were killed and wounded; and four of them (native citizens of America) have been forcibly seized and carried away! This is not the case of plundered property; of private wrongs; or our doubtful jurisdiction; which may admit of pecuniary reparation, or of diplomatic arrangement; but it is the case of publick war, treacherously waged, under the sanction of a British commission: And every ball fired by the Leopard at the Chesapeake, inflicts a wound upon the heart of every American.
If the government of Great Britain has inferred from our love of peace, an indisposition to war upon any provocation, they will be undeceived by the vigour and fortitude of the Federal Administration, who justly estimate the honour of the nation to be more precious, even than its peace. If the government of Great Britain has imagined, that our domestick dissensions on political questions, have destroyed or impaired the National unity, in relation to foreign countries; the opportunity has already occurred, to learn, that the patriotism of America, when drawn into action by foreign outrage, is of all parties; and constitutes the pride and safeguard of our government, by whomsoever our government is administered. If the government of Great Britain, viewing our citizens only occupied with the arts of peace, without a Standing Army, for a Permanent Navy, to meet, at once, the exigencies of war, have thought, that we may become an easy, as well as a lucrative conquest to their arms; let them seriously reflect upon the exploits of our Militia during the former contest, and the exemplary spirit now manifested by our brethren of Norfolk and Hampton; let them candidly estimate the Maritime character recently displayed in our hostilities with France and with Tripoli; and let them calculate the resources of our population, industry, and enterprise, to convince them, that (however we may suffer in the onset) we have nothing to apprehend from the result.
With this view of our situation, whatever hope may still be indulged of adequate atonement, by amicable means, it would be folly to postpone our preparations, for the last appeal of an injured and indignant nation. The governor, therefore, confidently relies upon the co-operation of the Militia and Volunteers of Pennsylvania, to give the most prompt and efficient execution to the requisition of the President of the U. States. And the adjutant general is particularly charged with the measures necessary to organize the quota of the state, conformably to the following plan:
I. There shall be forthwith drafted from the Militia, in the manner prescribed by law, 15,635 officers and privates, to be formed into two divisions, four brigades, and twenty five regiments.
But volunteers, accepted by the president of the United States, either under the Act of Congress of the 18th April, 1806, or the Act of Congress of the 24th February, 1807, will be considered as substitutes for the whole, or for any part, of the quota, on notice of the tender of their services to the governor.
The corps of artillery, cavalry, riflemen, and infantry, shall be in the following general proportions as nearly as practicable.
 Artillery 781  Cavalry 1,503  Riflemen 1,563  Infantry 11,728  Total 15,635 
II. The whole quota required, shall be apportioned among the several divisions of the state, agreeably to a detail to be furnished by the adjutant general.
The quotas of the several divisions of the States, shall be formed into two divisions, for the present service.
The quotas of the First, Second, Third, Fourth, Fifth, Sixth, and Seventh divisions of the state, shall form the first division for service, under the command of major general Thomas Craig, a brigadier general from the First division of the State, and a brigadier general from the Second division of the State.
The quotas of the Eighth, Ninth, Tenth, Eleventh, Twelfth, Thirteenth, Fourteenth, Fifteenth and sixteenth Divisions of the State shall form the Second Division for service, under the command of major general Joseph Heister, with a brigadier general from the Third Division, and brigadier general from the Fourth Division of the State.
III. As soon as the drafts are made, the men shall be mustered and inspected, and muster and inspection returns shall be made to the adjutant general, who will, without delay, transmit copies to the Secretary at war.
When the detachment and organization shall be effected, the respective corps will be exercised under the officers set over them. Drafted militia, by their proper officers.—Volunteers, under the first act of congress, by the present militia officers, or others, at the option and direction of the state.—And volunteers, under the second act of congress, by their own officers, if already organized; and, if not already organized, by officers appointed in the manner prescribed by the law of Pennsylvania.
But the corps (either of drafted militia or volunteers) will not remain embodied, nor be considered as in actual service, until, by subsequent orders, they are directed to take the field.
If the divisions, brigades and regiments, have not been organised agreeably to the directions of the militia act of this state, the same shall be done with all possible dispatch, and the returns of elections be forwarded to the governor.
THOMAS M'KEAN,
Governour of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
By the Governor,
A. J. DALLAS, } Aids-de-camp. J. B. M'KEAN, }
PHILADELPHIA, July 14.
INTERESTING CORRESPONDENCE.
(Communicated for the Register.)
"CANTON, March 4, 1807.
"The English company are involved in considerable trouble, in consequence of some one of the

crew of their ship Neptune, having killed a Chinese, for whose life this government have required one of the crew to be delivered up, which has been positively refused—the refusal has produced the stoppage of all the Chops for that ship, and Mouqua (2d of the Hong) by whom she is secured, has been, with the linguist for the ship, carried in chains inside the city. I have conversed with Cheongqua and Consequa, who have assured me no inconvenience will attend the Americans, but assert positively a man must be given up.
"The sailors have behaved most infamously—they hauled down and danced on the Spanish flag, and then destroyed it. Their captains apologised, and the next day compelled the sailors to hoist a new one. Some few of the scoundrels shewed a disposition to pull down the American, and a part of them were in the act of lowering the Swedish, but were prevented. They have burnt one of the Mandarin's houses in front of the factories. This shameful conduct has induced the Chinese to determine no more sailors shall be permitted to come upon liberty. It is generally thought the English business, except the country, will all be stopped in a day or two. The English, including the Lion man of war, at the Bocca Tigris, amount to 1600 men. A few days will decide this unfortunate business."
"Canton, March 6, 1807."
"We are every hour afraid of a rupture between the English and Chinese, in consequence of the death of a Chinese, from the accidental stroke of a club, by an English sailor."
"The Chinese demand an Englishman to die, conformably to the laws of their country, and the English have refused, being unable to find out the person who gave the blow. In consequence, the vice-roy of this province gave orders yesterday to stop their trade, and, in all probability, the next step will be to interrupt their supplies, and seize on some person of the factory, a circumstance which must produce the most serious consequences."
"I understand the English have no objection to giving up the man, provided they could find the guilty person—and surely they cannot be blamed, for spurning at the idea of making an innocent man suffer. God only knows how it will end! They are allowed three days more to decide, and if then they do not comply, it is thought the Chinese will endeavour to compel them: should they be foolish enough to adopt the latter plan, I think they will get a sound drubbing, as the English now have a force at Whampoa and Bocca-Tigris, of near 2,000 able bodied men, and all eager for the attack."
Without advertting to the consequences which may result to the persons and property of the British subjects in China, or to the intercourse of the two nations, from this occurrence, we may be permitted to exult in the superior justice of those institutions, by which, punishment is limited to the guilty, and the innocent are exempted from their share of retaliation: and, we may be allowed to hope, that the contrast of moderation on the part of the American government and people, under national and individual wrongs, of the most aggravated nature, will not be lost on the British nation—but, that a reparation proportioned to the outrage and indignity, according to the most correct construction of criminal law, and the practice of civilized nations, will be instantly accorded to expiate offences, which, a less enlightened or more vengeful policy, than that of our country, would have atoned by the blood of thousands.
Philadelphia Register.
Boston, July 13.
It is the opinion of many, that the late outrages at the Capes of Virginia, must inevitably lead to war. Perhaps they will: and if we cannot preserve our rights, or our national honour, without maintaining them by the sword, let war be the order of the day—let us enter on it cheerfully, let us enter on it unanimously: and let us enter on it with determined spirit and vigour. We want not a proper sense of our national prerogatives or national character: nor do the federalists wish to see the one destroyed, nor the other tarnished by any nation—they will as readily resent any outrage or insult from the British, as from the French. But let us not be accused of lukewarmness in the cause of our country, because we wish to pause, to enquire, to know the stability of the ground we may assume. We will not be forced to believe what shall not appear to be well founded; nor compelled by popular phrensy to swear before hand, to the upholding of measures which we may afterwards have to disapprove.
Boston Gazette.
"We do fear that war with England is inevitable. The grounds of our fear are—"
1st. In a letter from the secretary of state to Mr. Monroe, we find the following:
"From every view of the subject, it is reasonable to expect that the exception of the narrow seas, from the stipulation against impressments, will not be inflexibly maintained. Should it be so, your negotiation would be at an end."
Believing this to be a principle which the British will not relinquish, it is reasonable to conclude, that from the obstinacy of the two governments, war will ensue.
2d. This principle, which prevented an arrangement between Mr. King and the British minister, having been made a stipulation indispensable in the formation of a new treaty; its not being inserted in the treaty received last March; the treaty being returned with this sine qua non; and the British ministry having had sufficient time to consider and determine; we believe the conduct of the Leopard was in consequence of direct orders from that government; and that that government has resolved to put in practice her system, and wait for us to yield the principle, or fight for its maintenance.
3d. We believe it to be the determination of our administration (we will not say of congress, nor of the people, for we have not had the cool expression of their will) not to yield the principle on the high seas or the narrow seas; certainly not on the high seas; for, if so, they would not have given the instructions, which information supposed to be correct, advises us were given, to resist a search for men by force. From these and other reasons, we fear the British ministry and our administration, have taken such decisive and opposite stands, that war must ensue.
ibid.
Extract of a letter from Halifax, July 4.
"By a vessel which has just arrived we have a very unpleasant piece of intelligence indeed. Three
men having some time since deserted from the Melampus, application is said to have been made thro' Mr. Erskine, to Mr. Smith, (secretary of the American navy,) stating that information had been received that these men had entered on board the Chesapeake, and demanding that they should be given up. Either no answer or an evasive one seems to have been given, for the Chesapeake proceeded to sea with the men on board, and was brought too by the Leopard, the demand repeated, and three quarters of an hour given, as is stated, for considering the application. The demand not being complied with, force was used in obtaining the men. It is with extreme regret we also learn, that three men were killed and twenty wounded on board the Chesapeake. This will undoubtedly be considered an important subject of dispute, and it is much to be lamented, that a point so deeply interesting should not have been determined long ago, or at least before the American frigate proceeded to sea; that the lives and limbs of the unfortunate men might have been spared. Thus much I believe, that whatever may be the consequence, Great Britain will not easily be brought to acknowledge that the flag of any nation shall protect deserters from her navy and army in time of war—as an acknowledgment of that sort, would in a short time completely annihilate her whole system of defence. I feel extremely hurt at any thing which seems to threaten the harmony and happiness of either country."
Patetiam.
A letter of a recent date from Halifax, observes—"It is said to be a standing regulation from the navy board, that in case of deserters from any neutral man of war, being on board any of his majesty's ships, they shall be given up, on being demanded. Capt. Humphreys, of the Leopard, has here the reputation of a man of moderation."
ibid.
We may have some erroneous reports respecting the alarming affair in the Chesapeake, but we believe they exceed us at Halifax. One story there was, that the American frigate fired first—another, that the gunner of the Melampus, a deserter, was among the persons killed on board the Chesapeake.
ibid.
The intelligence of the attack on the Chesapeake was sent express to Halifax in his majesty's brig Columbine, and from thence to England in the Sirius.
ibid.
DESERTION.
By the following advertisements from a late Halifax paper, it appears that the success which has recently attended deserters from the British men of war, has occasioned considerable alarm there:
Halifax, June 26.
PUBLICK MEETING.
The merchants and other inhabitants of this town, having met at the court-house yesterday, to devise and adopt the best measures for preventing desertion from his majesty's ships, &c. on this station—and considering the marked attention shown to the trade of the Province by the commander in chief, the hon. vice admiral Berkley. It was determined, that a sum of money should be raised, and a committee appointed, to receive subscriptions—to offer bounties and rewards, and take such other steps as may be deemed most effectual.
"We, the committee appointed by the merchants and others, inhabitants of Halifax, to discourage and prevent desertion, hereby give notice, that a reward of Ten Guineas, will be paid to any person or persons, who shall inform and prove to conviction, against any person who shall harbour, conceal, or encourage, or otherwise be assisting any of the seamen, belonging to any of his majesty's ships, on this station, in deserting from their respective ships, after this notice; and they likewise offer a reward of Three Guineas, for any and every deserter from his majesty's navy, who shall be taken up and delivered to any of his majesty's officers, or lodged in any of the gaols in this Province."
ANDREW BELCHER, JOHN PRYOR, JAMES FOREMAN, CHARLES R. PRESCOTT, JAMES FRASER.
Reward of Seventy-four Dollars.
A reward of ten guineas to any person or persons, who shall inform, and prove to conviction, against any person who shall harbour, conceal, or encourage, or otherwise be assisting, any seaman or marine belonging to any of his majesty's ships on this station, in deserting from their ships—and a reward of three guineas, for any deserter from his majesty's navy, who shall be taken up and delivered to any of his majesty's officers, or lodged in any of the gaols of this province—and a further reward of three pound sterling, will be paid for each deserter, by the naval officer of his majesty's dock yard at Halifax, upon producing a certificate of the delivery of such deserter to any of his majesty's officers.
NOTICE.
Whereas many seamen have been conveyed away from this port, by the coasting vessels and sloops, and information of five deserters having been secreted and taken away last week, by a sloop or a schooner bound to Malagash—This is to caution all masters of sloops and coasting vessels, as well as others, that the commander in chief has given directions to press every man found on board any sloop or vessel which shall harbour or conceal any deserter from his majesty's ships.—And a reward of 15 guineas, will be given to any person who shall inform and prove to conviction, against the owner or master of the Malagash vessel, said to have taken away the deserters above mentioned, by application to the naval officer of his majesty's dock-yard.
Driver Sloop of War.—However unpolished the complimentary part of capt. Love's late letter to the American officers at Charleston may appear, he has fulfilled a promise contained in it, most faithfully towards America, of protecting her trade: having taken the greatest scourge it ever suffered, in the person of Robert Ross, the pirate; who plundered, indiscriminately, every American vessel he met with. This notorious villain is now confined in a cell at Melville-Island, and will probably, meet that reward which his manifold crimes deserve.
CHARLESTON, July 13. AN ADDRESS
TO THE INHABITANTS OF CHARLESTON. Whereas I have received information, that there are just grounds to suppose that acts of violence and
disorder may be committed against divers inhabitants of this city, by some persons, under the influence of mistaken zeal, and inconsiderate ardour, in the cause of their country: and whereas, whilst we are crying aloud for vengeance upon the heads of those, who in the wanton exercise of power, have violated the laws of justice, and the feelings of humanity, it ill becomes us to molest a small number of individuals, confiding in our hospitality and protection, and who have a right under our constitution and laws to be secure in their persons and properties; and whereas, the honour of our government, and the dictates of generosity, of manliness, and of sound policy, forbid us, even if we have enemies amongst us, to attack them, when from the paucity of their numbers, and their defenceless condition, they are incapable of resistance; and whereas, any unauthorised and illegal exercise of power, is destructive of the peace and harmony of society, productive of in calculable evils to individuals, and may ultimately terminate in the subversion of the rights and liberties we enjoy under our constitution, which we are so anxious to preserve pure and un sullied.
Now, therefore, I do, by and with the advice and consent of the city council of Charleston, advise and admonish the inhabitants of this city, to observe peace and good order within the same, and to refrain from molesting the persons and properties of all within its limits.
JOHN DAWSON, Jun. Intendant. City of Charleston, July 11th, 1807.
To the Citizens of Charleston.
The committee who were honoured by their fellow-citizens at their late meeting, with the distinguished trust of carrying into execution the many, but temperate resolutions which were then unanimously adopted, have, with concern, seen measures resorted to, which, although they may be dictated by the best feelings of the human heart, must lead, in their operation (if not to great licentiousness) at least to injustice and oppression. They beg leave, respectfully to state to their fellow-citizens, as their deliberate opinion, that some late acts of violence which have been committed on individuals, are not compatible with the dignified and honourable conduct of the citizens at their last meeting.
The committee confidently indulge the hope, that their fellow-citizens will do them the justice to believe, that they are, with them, feelingly alive to every insult which can be offered to the dignity or honour of their country, and that they consider the conduct of those who have provoked the late acts of violence, as unworthy of any other notice than contempt. They therefore earnestly recommend to, and entreat their fellow-citizens to abstain from such acts as have a tendency to subvert order and good government. They at the same time feel it their duty, seriously to advise the few, whose sentiments are not in unison with those which now govern the publick mind, to observe a prudent and becoming silence.
Resolved unanimously, That the above recommendations be agreed to, and published.
JOHN WARD, Chairman. (Test) J. B. WHITE, Secretary.
NEW-YORK, July 13.
By the politeness of a gentleman lately arrived from London, which place he left on the morning of the 27th May, we have been favoured with the following important intelligence. The source from which it is derived, entitles it to the highest credit.
Official intelligence was received in London on the evening of the 20th May, that a sortie had been made from Dantzic by the combined Russian and Prussian armies, while 5,000 men from Konigsberg, had effected a landing on the Nattal, which led to a very bloody and long contested conflict, which by the French bulletin, is said to have cost the allies sixteen thousand men—the whole five thousand from Konigsberg were either killed or taken prisoners. The loss on the side of the French is not mentioned. The names of several of the officers were given, and the allies demanded a suspension of hostilities for three days, to bury their dead—a part of which was only granted.—The same account, with the exception of two or three thousand fewer killed, was also received from Denmark.
The next arrival from England will probably bring us the official details of this event.
The long and strenuously contested election for the city of Westminster, terminated on the 23d of May—in which the hon. lord Cochrane, J. Elliot, sir Francis Burdett, the right hon. B. Sheridan, and Paull, esq. were candidates. Sir Francis Burdett had refused becoming a candidate for any office, alleging that in the present hopeless and corrupted state of the government, one honest and independent member could be of no avail: but on the application of a deputation of the electors, he agreed to be their faithful steward, and was elected by a majority of near two thousand votes over lord Cochrane, and had the poll continued 2 days longer, Mr. Sheridan would also have been above him—but he will be the sitting member, by a petition for bribery and corruption against lord C. The expense of sir Francis Burdett, amounting to upwards of six hundred pound, was defrayed by the electors. Sir F. was not on the hustings during any period of the election. The cry of "Church and King," had lost its effect three days before the termination of the election—not, however, until several of their wisest and best men had lost their elections, viz. lord Howick, lord Wm. Russell, &c. &c.
FRENCH GRAND ARMY.
Seventy-Third Bulletin.
ELBING, May 8.
The Persian ambassador has had his audience of leave. He was the bearer of very handsome presents to the emperor on the part of his master, and has received in return the portrait of the emperor enriched with diamonds. He proceeds for Persia direct: he is a considerable personage in his own country, and a man of spirit and of sagacity: his return home was necessary. It has been settled that there shall be henceforward a numerous legation of Persians at Paris and of Frenchmen at Teheran.
The emperor has returned to Elbing, and has reviewed from 18 to 20,000 cavalry cantoned within the neighbourhood of that city and in the Isle of Nogat, a country which much resembles Holland.—The grand duke of Berg commanded at this ma-
noeuvre. At no period has the emperor seen the cavalry in better condition or better disposed.
The journal of the siege of Dantzic will shew that they have taken shelter within the covered-way, that the fires at that place are extinguished, and will give details of the fine operation which was directed by general Dronet and executed by col. Aime, the chief of battalion Armand of the 2d light infantry, and captain Ayy. This operation has put in our power an island which was defended by 1000 Russians, and five redoubts mounted with artillery, and which is become important for the siege.
The Russian body guard have been surprised: 40 were slaughtered with the bayonet without having time to defend themselves; and 600 were made prisoners. This expedition, which took place on the 6th and 7th, was undertaken principally by the Parisian troops, who have covered themselves with glory.
The season is very mild, the roads are excellent, the buds are appearing on the trees, herbage has begun to cover the face of the country; but it will be a month longer before the cavalry are able to procure subsistence from it.
The emperor has established at Maldeburg, under the orders of marshal Brune a corps of observation which will be composed of nearly 80,000 men, one half of them French, and the remainder Dutch and Confederates of the Rhine; the Dutch troops amount to 20,000.
The French divisions Molitor and Boudet, which makes also a part of the observation, will arrive at Maldeburg on the 15th of May. We are therefore prepared to receive the English expedition at whatever point it may present itself. It is true they may debark; it is not equally so that they will be able to re-embark.
Gazette Marine Memoranda.
ARRIVED.
Sch't Don, Hovey, 9 days from Matanzas, Sugar, F. Smith and others.—Left there brigs Boston, Cloak, for Charleston, in 8 days; — Davis, for Boston, 8; sch'ts —, Anderson, of and for Charleston, 12; Mount Vernon, Todd, of and for Baltimore, 8; sloop Caroline, Munro, for Bristol (R. I.) 4; Spoke July 13, in lat. 24, long. 80, 40, ship Commerce, Cole, from New-York, 10 days out—parted company 15th in lat. 26, 31, long. 80, 36.
Capt. Mallory, noticed in our last, left at Tenneriffe, June 22, brigs Calipso, Vickery, for Norfolk, in 6 days; Susannah, Bissel, for New-Orleans, 6—Spoke, in lat. 25, 59, long. 53, ship Perseverance, from Canton bound to Boston, 5 months out.
Sales at Auction.
To-Morrow at 11 o'clock, before the New Market, will be sold without reserve, for approved endorsed notes at 60 days,
30 hogsheads SUGAR, 12 pipes Lon. on particular Madeira Wine, fit for immediate use. 300 empty Gin Casks.
Also for Sale.
10 hhds. Molasses, 13 do. Sugar, 20 bbls. do. 50 boxes Lemons, and 80 barrels Shad.
S. Marks, Jun.
July 24.
On Tuesday next, the 28th instant, at 10 o'clock, will be sold without reserve, before the Market,
20 hogsheads Muscovado SUGAR, 47 boxes white and brown Havana do 18 pipes London particular Madeira Wine, 3 do. French Brandy, and 50 boxes of Raisins.
Terms—Notes at 60 days with approved endorser, for sums exceeding 200 dollars.—Cash for less sums.
Francis Smith, V. M.
At Private Sale.
110 boxes white, and 73 do. brown Havanna SUGARS,
Landing on Marsden's wharf from the Schooner Don. July 24.
For NEW-YORK, Fitzhugh's Packet Haddah & Anna, will positively sail on Tuesday or Wednesday next, wind and weather permitting, having all her freight engaged. For passage only, apply to the master on board at Maxwell's wharf. July 24.
For BOSTON, The Schooner DON, D. Hovey, master, from 7 to 800 barrels can be taken on freight if immediate application is made to Phinehas Dana. July 24.
Landing from the Elizabeth Margaret, from Teneriffe,
70 hogsheads and 100 quarter casks choice Teneriffe WINE.—For sale by
Moses Myers.
July 24.
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NOTES OF HAND,
according to the new form established by the Directors of the Office of Discount and Deposit of the Bank of the United States, for sale at this office.
A230,
NOTES for the Virginia Bank;
Clocks; Bills of Lading, and of Exchange, printed on paper of superior quality; and Shipping Articles on large paper, and approved form.
LEDGER OFFICE.

NOTICE. The creditors of Gilbert Robertson and of James Brown, insolvent debtors, are requested to attend a general meeting of all the creditors of the said insolvents on the fourth day of August next, at the counting-house of Alexander V. Pfister, in Washington-street, in the City of New-York, for the purpose of examining and ascertaining the debts due to each creditor, before the first dividend of the said insolvent's estates is made, pursuant to the act entitled "An act for giving relief in case of insolvency." —Dated this 24th June, 1807.
James M'Evans, Alex'r Van Pfister, } Assignees. John Jones, jun. }
NOTICE. The assignees of the estate of Gilbert Robertson, and of the estate of James Brown, insolvent debtors, give notice pursuant to the act entitled "An act for giving relief in case of insolvency," to the creditors of the said insolvent debtors, that on the first day of October next, from the hours of ten to one o'clock of that day, at the counting-house of Alexander V. Pfister, in Washington-street, in the City of New-York, the assignees will proceed to make a division of all the money, which shall have come to their hands of such estates.—Dated this 24th day of June, 1807.
James M'Evans, Alex'r V. Pfister, } Assignees. John Jones, jun. }
At a quarterly Court continued and held for King and Queen County, at the Court-House, on Wednesday the 13th of May, 1807.
John M'Douall and Company, Plfts. against Peter Kemp, executor &c. of Alexander Wedderburn, deceased, and John Wedderburn, eldest son and heir at law of said Alexander Wedderburn, deceased, and John Wedderburn, deceased, and Lydia Wedderburn, devisees of the said Alexander Wedderburn, deceased.
In Chancery. It appearing to the satisfaction of the Court that the defendant Peter Kemp, executor of Alexander Wedderburn, deceased, has not settled his account as executor of the said deceased; on the motion of the defendants by their counsel, it is ordered, that the said Peter Kemp settle his account of his executorship of the will and administration of the estate of the said Alexander Wedderburn, deceased, before the Master Commissioner of Norfolk Borough, who is requested to state any matter specially either party may require, or that he may think proper.
(A Copy) Thomas W. Todd, D. C. C.
Master Commissioner's Office, of Norfolk Borough, July 1, 1807.
The parties named in the above order, as plaintiffs and defendants, are hereby notified, that I have appointed Monday the 2d day of August for acting upon the said order; on which day at 10 o'clock in the forenoon, the said parties are desired to attend at my office, with their books and accounts.
John Cowper, M. C. of Norfolk Borough
To Elizabeth Plume, one of the devisees of William Plume, Esq. deceased; Fortescue Whittle, sole administrator of William Davies and Mary his wife, and Theo. Armistead.
In a certain suit in equity, instituted in the Superior Court of law and equity, for the district of Edenton, by William Cowper against the President and Directors of the Dismal Swamp Canal Company, William Plume, deceased, William Davies, deceased, and Theo. Armistead, certain proceedings were had in the said Court, and at March term last, at a Superior Court of law and equity, held at Edenton, in the county of Chowan, in the first circuit of the Superior Courts of law and equity for the State of North Carolina, (to which court all suits in equity, &c. lately depending in the Superior Court of the district of Edenton, where the defendants resided out of the state, were by law transferred) it being suggested by the plaintiff's counsel that William Plume and William Davies were dead, the court directed that the plaintiff have leave to bring in the representatives, executors, or administrators of the said William Plume, William Davies, by scire facias or otherwise, to defend the said suit if they think proper, and that Theo. Armistead answer agreeable to the following order of the said court.
Therefore, Notice is hereby given to you by the subscriber, attorney of the plaintiff and complainant, that the following order was made at March term, 1807, of the said court, that you the said Elizabeth Plume, Fortescue Whittle, and Mary his wife, may appear and make defence to the said suit at the succeeding term of the said court, which will be held at Edenton on the first Monday after the fourth Monday in September next, and you the said Theo. Armistead answer pursuant to the said order.
J. Hamilton, Attorney for Complainant.
Near Edenton, 30th June, 1807.
Wills Cowper, } State of North Carolina, against, } first circuit, in equity, The President and Directors of the } Chowan County— Dismal Swamp Canal Co. et al. } March Term, 1807.
In this cause it is ordered, that the rule against the defendant the said Armistead be made absolute, unless he file his answer in two months.—The death of Davies and Plume being suggested by the complainant, it is ordered that he have leave to serve the executors, administrators, or representatives of the said Davies and Plume, with process of scire facias, to bring them in, and by such means of scire facias or otherwise, as he may think proper.
A true Copy, (Signed) J. B. Blount, C. & M. C. C.
Spring and Summer GOODS.
The subscribers have received by the ship Hunter, from London, their supply of Fancy and fashionable GOODS, which they offer on reasonable terms for cash, or approved notes.
Mackinder & White. May 1.
Just received from Philadelphia, 6 hogsheads of Rye WHISKEY, 1 pipe and 4 bbls. Country Gin, 8 boxes first quality Chocolate; 15 do. do. Mustard, 10 kegs best Gun Powder; 14 doz. Wax and Grain Calfskins, 2 dozen Boot Legs; 500 lbs. Seal Leather, 50 pieces Russia Canvas; 50 do. Ravens Duck, Bar Iron and Castings—For Sale by John D. Haldane.
April 27.
For RENT, (and possession given immediately.)
My WHARF and WARE-HOUSES, at present occupied by Mr. John Moore, and others—It is the best situation in the Borough for a Lumber Yard, and will be let low to a good tenant.
Also to Lease, That convenient Lot of LAND, on Commerce and Little Water-Street. For terms apply to James Tucker. May 20.
This Day landing from on board the schooner Hulda and Anna, capt. Fitzhugh, from Philadelphia, 8 hogsheads refined SUGAR, 16 pipes Cognac Brandy, 15 quarter Casks Imperial Tea, latest importations, 10 hogsheads and 10 barrels Rye Whiskey, 6 pipes and 4 barrels American Gin, 30 boxes Yellow Soap, 9 boxes China—For Sale by Jennings & Roddey.
July 3.
SLOOP EXPERIMENT, FOR PASSENGERS ONLY.
ELIJAH S. BUNKER, Begs leave to inform his friends and the public, that he will, on the first of July, commence running a Sloop of about 110 tons burthen, between the cities of New-York and Hudson, for the purpose of carrying passengers. Few people who have had occasion to take passage up or down the North River, but have experienced the inconvenience and risk of going on board vessels deeply loaded and lumbered on deck: therefore captain Bunker has determined to take no freight on board the Experiment, which will remedy that inconvenience and entirely do away the risk.
The owners of this vessel being desirous to render the passage as short, convenient, and agreeable as possible, have not only taken care to furnish her with the best Beds, Bedding, Liquors, Provisions, &c. but they have been at very great expense and trouble in procuring material and building her on the best construction for sailing, and for the accommodation of ladies and gentlemen travelling on business or for pleasure.
The Experiment will leave New-York every Wednesday evening precisely at 6 o'clock, and Hudson every Sunday morning at 8 o'clock, throughout the season.
Capt. Bunker having been several years engaged in the neighboring business between New-York and Hudson, has become well acquainted with every part of the river; and he hopes by attention and punctuality, to merit the patronage of ladies and gentlemen from the southward, who may visit the celebrated Ballston, Saratoga, and Lebanon Springs, or travellers who may have occasion to travel through the northern states—The shortness of the passage to Hudson when compared with that to Albany or any place above Hudson (where the river is impeded by bars, islands and oversaws, that render it impossible for fast-sailing vessels to pass) he thinks will induce most people who are acquainted with the difference, to take passage to Hudson, where carriages or boats can at all times be had, at a moderate expense, to convey them to Albany, Troy, Lansingburgh, or the Lebanon Springs, which are about 30 miles distance. Hudson, May 1807. 12t2aw
An extensive, useful, and elegant variety of GOODS, Lately imported by the Subscriber, and on hand from former importations and consignments, which he offers for Sale on accommodating terms for approved paper, amongst which are
GERMAN LINEN, &c.
22 bales coarse German Linen, 8 boxes 100 pieces each do. Rolls cut to draw back 3 boxes white and brown Platillas, 1 do. fine Dowlas, 2 do. Rouans, 1 do. quadruple Silesias, 2 do. Table Cloths and Table Linen, 5 bales Ruffin Sheeting, 1 case of 100 pieces German Lace and Edging, 1 do. fine Thread Hose, 2 do. coarse do. 1 do. extra fine Shirt Linen, 1 do. fine Linens and Bed Bants two yards wide, 3 do. containing 40 pieces Paper Hangings, 8 do. Tumblers, Decanters, and Wine Glasses, 50 do. Window Glass, 100 do. Sheet Panes, 140 do. Havana Segars from 12 to 20 dollars per box, 1,000 bell Coffee Bags, 4000 cheap Gunny Bags, 50 doz. empty Bottles, 200 wt. bafs and iron nailed bolting Wire, 800 do. Glue. ALSO, 3 pair large and very elegant gilt framed Looking Glasses; some, sewing, and Apothecary's Lwnse; Scarlet Plush for saddles; a great variety of toilet Glasses; drfing and shaving Cases; Musical Instruments and Muffl; Chiffoniers and Dice; Cutlery; Jewellery and fine Lace; velvet Ribbons; Flannels Sheeting; Waffle Irons and Coffee Toasters; Liquor Cages; Oil Cloth, &c. &c. John C. Niemeyer. July 17.
450 pieces elegant PAPER HANGINGS, assorted, just received on consignment, and for sale on low terms by the whole invoice, by John C. Niemeyer. Who offers for Rent, The second Floor of the Ware-House on Maxwell's whf. now occupied by Proby, Harmanon, & co.
WOOD AND HASTINGS, No. 90, Main-Street, have just received an additional supply of
Staple and Fancy GOODS, Among which are, 2 cases 4 4 Irish Linens, 1 truck 6-4 Cambric Muslins, 1 trunk Amber Cotton Chambrays, 1 do. checked do. 1 do. containing elegant sprigged, dotted, and Trafalgar India Mull Muslins, 1 trunk Madras Handkerchiefs, 3 cases Dimities entitled to Drawback, 2 do. red cotton Umbrellas, 6 bales India Cottons, assorted, 1 bale India Checks, 1 case Brown Hollands, 1 case White Britanias, 1 do. Cotton Balls. July 15.
Norfolk Drawbridge Company.
The President and Directors at their semi-annual settlement of the Company's affairs on this day, declare a dividend of three per cent. on the capital stock of the said Company for the last six months, which dividend will be paid to the respective Stockholders or their legal representatives, on or before the 15th of the ensuing month, by William Cammack, Treas'r. July 15.
NOTICE. On Saturday the 11th instant, was stolen or taken by mistake from Southgate and Dickson's wharf, a quarter cask of PORT WINE, marked and numbered on the head No. 1551, Baltimore, Federal Jack, Port, 30 gallons, Delogier, November 4, 1806. Twenty Dollars will be given to the informer if the Wine has been stolen and recovered, or thanks to any person who may have received it through mistake, by applying to William Dickson. July 15.
Wanted to purchase, A NEGRO GIRL, from 12 to 16 years of age—one that has been brought up in a house would be preferred; none need apply but those who can be recommended, for which a generous price in cash will be given. Apply to Samuel Davis. Portsmouth, July 13.
Office of Discount and Deposit, U. S. Bank, Norfolk, July 6, 1807.
WANTED TO PURCHASE, A few Thousand Pounds Sterling, in approved endorsed Bills on, or payable in London at Sixty Days sight. Robert Oliphant, Cashier. July 6.
The Subscriber has for Sale, 136 hlds. 14 tierces and 47 barrels Muscovado SUGAR, And a few barrels of COFFEE of the first quality, which will be sold on liberal terms Henry Hastie. July 10.
40,000 wt. prime green Porto Rico COFFEE, and 227 Hides. For Sale by J. & W. Southgate. June 29.
Now landing from Ship Gosport, A parcel of choice COFFEE. For Sale by Moses Myers. June 29.
For SALE, A handsome well finished GIG, with a complete set of plated Harness—Also, A likely young HORSE. Enquire of the printer. June 29.
3000 bushels Northern CORN, of superior quality, for Sale by William Dickson. June 22.
200 boxes Mould CANDLES, 30 half boxes brown Soap, 10 boxes white do. 60 bags Coffee, 5 tierces do. prime green, 4 hogsheads and 10 barrels loaf Sugar, 12 do. Muscovado do. 10 quarter casks old Sherry Wine, 2 hlds old L. P. Madeira do. 3 hlds. Red Port, 50 do. retaining Molasses, 15 crates well assorted Queen's Ware, Country Rum and Gin in hds and pipes—For Sale by Phinehas Dana. June 8.
THE SUBSCRIBER Being authorised by the Portuguese Consul General, to furnish the necessary certificates for property, and countersign Bills of Health for vessels going to Portugal or Madeira, advises those whom it may concern, that he will grant such on application at his office, No. 21, Main-street. Robert Dickson. June 15.
NOTICE. The subscribers having obtained administration on the estate of TAAFFE O'CONNOR, request those indebted to make payment, and those having claims to render the same immediately. Thos. H. Parker, Fred. Heerman & Son, } Admrs. June 19.
For SALE, 230 Barrels of PORK. Apply to Richard & John Taylor. May 25.
At the Old CUT-NAIL Manufactory, corner of Main and Church-streets, the subscriber keeps on hand constant supply, and can furnish at short notice, any quantity of Nails, Flooring Brads and Sprigs, At the following reduced prices, by the Keg—for cash only, viz— 8, 10, 12, and 20d Nails and Brads at 7 1 24 lb. 6d Nails, 9 1 2d 4d do. 2s. 9d m. or 11d 3d do. 2s. 3d. or 12d Sheathing, 7 1 2d 4d Springs, 4s 6d per M. 6d do. 3s 9d 2d. and 3d. do. 2s. 3d He offers also for cash only— HOOP IRON ASSORTED. Thos. Seaman. May 25.
400 barrels Tar, 20,000 pipe Staves, 50,000 White Oak Hogshead 50,000 Red do. do. 100 Barrels Flour—For Sale by L. Mansfield. Portsmouth, May 8.
FOR SALE, 50,000 white oak hogshead draw Staves 50,000 Red do. 30,000 rough do. 20,000 Cypress Palas 2,000 Cedar and Chinquepin Posts 50,000 building Shingles. Proby, Harmanon & Co. March 2.
NOTICE. The partnership of B. Nottingham, & Co. is this day dissolved by mutual consent; all those who have demands against the said firm are requested to exhibit them, and all those indebted to said concern are requested to make payment to B. Nottingham, who is fully authorized to settle the same. B. Nottingham, & Co. N. B. The business in future will be carried on by B. Nottingham. July 1.
For SALE at my Brew-House, Strong, Table, and ship BEER, by the hogshead barrel, and half barrel—and a constant supply of bottled PORTER in packages and by the dozen. And in Store, Wines, Liquors, and Groceries, wholesale and retail. Joseph Hayes. Feb. 13.
VIRGINIA, to wit: At a Chancery District Court, held at the former capitol in the city of Williamsburg, the 28th day of April, 1807, Josiah Riddick, plff. against Michael and John Wallace, and Barnet Pulliam, defts. } The defendant, Barnet Pulliam, not having entered his appearance and given security according to the act of assembly and the rules of this court, and it appearing to the satisfaction of the court that he is not an inhabitant of this country; on the motion of the plaintiff, by his counsel, it is ordered, that the said defendant do appear here on the first day of next term, and answer the bill of the plaintiff, and that a copy of this order be forthwith inserted in one of the newspapers published in the borough of Norfolk, for two months successively, and posted at the front door of the former capitol in this city. A copy. Anthony Robinson, C. C. May 18.
Forty Dollars Reward, Will be given to any person who will apprehend and deliver to Warren Ashley, Esq. of Norfolk, or the subscriber, two runaway Negro Men, named JEMMY and JEFFERY, purchased a short time since as part of the Glebe property in Hampton. Jemmy is about 22 years of age, very strong and well built, and about 5 feet 9 inches high—Jeffery is at least 6 feet high, about 21 years of age, very black and likely. These Negroes absconded from the subscriber with a wish to be sold in Norfolk or Hampton, where they have been seen frequently since their having quitted my plantation. All captains and masters of vessels are hereby cautioned against receiving them on board, or employing them in any way. Henry Heffernan. Glebe, Middlesex, July 4.
THE SUBSCRIBER Has lately received per the ship Dumfries, from Liverpool, and just opened for sale in the Cordage and Leather Store of Mess. Wm. Plume, & Co. A general assortment of SHIP CHANDLERY, Among which are the following articles of superior quality, viz.
British CANVAS, from No. 1 to 8, Paints in kegs and pots, ground in oil, Powdered Venetian Red, Putty in bladders, refined Salt Petre, Green Copperas, Spikes, Nails, &c. of all sizes, Stock, Pad, and Stopwarded Draw Locks, Charts, Compasses, Quadrants, and Spy Glasses, Seamen's Journals, Paper, Ink Powders, Quills, &c. Sheathing Paper, Velvet Corks, Cork Wood, Shot in bags, Pig and Sheet Lead, Copper Scales and Weights, Tea and Camp Kettles, Spades and Shovels, Butchers' Cleavers, &c. Mill, Whip, X Cut, Hand, Pannel, and Mitre Saws, Carpenters' Tools of every description.—All of which will be disposed of on moderate terms for cash or approved paper. J. Moran. June 8.
For RENT, The Store and Dwelling-House, on Market-Square, at present occupied by Mess Queemper & Duon. Apply to William B. Lamb. WANTED, A few Shares Virginia Bank Stock. April 13.
For RENT, (And immediate possession given) That commodious Fire-Proof WARE-HOUSE, on the North side of Wide Water-street, a few doors West of Commerce-street, at present in the occupancy of Mr. R. Gibson. David Patterson. January 16.
We want to Purchase, A few Shares of STOCK in the Virginia Bank. Campbell & Wheeler. May 22.
At Private Sale, BY S. MARKS, JUN. No. 31, Water-street, corner of Commerce-street, 30 hogsheads Sugar, 10 do. Molasses, 10 do. W. I. Rum, 2 do. Shrub, 9 pipes Cognac Brandy, 10 do. country Gin, 100 bags Green Coffee, 200 boxes mould Candles, Teas, manufactured Tobacco, and Lard. July 13.
For SALE by the Subscriber, 98 tierces and 57 half tierces RICE, afloat, on board the Sloop Patty and Lydia, at Southgate & Dickson's wharf, which will be sold low on a credit, or bartered for Indian Corn. William Dickson. June 26.
For Rent or Lease, The HOUSE now in the occupancy of Mess Caton and Veale, fronting the Market; it contains an excellent Cellar, a Dry Good Store, and two Rooms below stairs, and three above; a Kitchen may be had with the house. Apply to Mess. Caton & Veale, or to Robert Taylor. May 4.
For Sale by the Subscriber, 70 crates EARTHENWARE, 12 casks Glassware, 30 gross Bottles, 100 boxes 8 by 10, 42 do. 10 by 12 Window Glass, 90 pieces twilled Sacking, 5 boxes Pipes, 6 hogsheads Philadelphia Loaf Sugar, 6 pipes Cognac Brandy, 1 pipe Madeira Wine, 9 do. Sicily Wine, 12 hogsheads Whiskey, 8000 bushels coarse Liverpool Salt, 5000 do. fine do. 100 sacks fine do. do. 50 hogsheads Richmond, 100 do. Petersburg Tobacco, 15 bales Cotton, 3760 bushels Corn. Alexander Maclure. July 10.
For RENT, (until September next,) That commodious brick Dwelling-House, lately occupied by the subscriber, situated on Catherine-street, opposite to Mr. Richard Bagnall's, and next door to Mr. Thomas Gatewood's, well calculated for a family.—For terms apply to Richard Bowden. June 1.
Leather, Cordage, and Loaf Sugar. The subscriber will hereafter expose for Sale at his Ware-house on Campbell's wharf the above Articles, of the manufacture of Norfolk, at reduced prices for Cash, or on short credits only. Theo. Armistead. He will sell or lease for a term of years, the STORES at the end of Marsden's and Rothery's wharves. Feb. 20.
300 dozen empty BOTTLES, will be sold low if applied for immediately. John C. Niemeyer. ALSO, An invoice of fine Linen GAUZE, for Musquito Curtains. May 27.
Landing this day from on board the British schooner Friendly Intention, capt. Swan, 130,000 wt. prime Green COFFEE, 11,000 do. Cocoa—We will dispose of it on liberal terms. C. & F. Whittle. In Store, Antigua Sugars, Jamaica Rum, Madeira Wine, now fit to use, Burgundy Hermitage, and Claret in cases of 2 dozen each, Jamaica Coffee.—Apply as above. We want a small VESSEL of 300 barrels, to run out to Bermuda. June 8.
NOTICE. The Street Commissioners will allow to all Craft from the rivers and shores of the bay, One Dollar per ton for every ton of good round paving Stone, which may be delivered upon their wharf in Norfolk, between this time and the 20th June next. May 11.
NORFOLK: PUBLISHED THREE TIMES A-WEEK, BY WILLIAM DAVIS, FOR THE PROPRIETOR, OPPOSITE THE EXCHANGE COFFEE HOUSE Price Six Dollars yearly, in advance.