Berkeley and Jefferson intelligencer (Martinsburg, Va.), 1805-10-25 00:00:00

Berkeley and Jefferson Intelligencer.
[No. 23 or Volume VII.]
FRIDAY, October 23, 1805.
[Whole No. 535.]
NOTICE TO FARMERS.
THE subscriber having leased for a term of years Mrs. Hunter's Mill in sight of Martinsburg, takes this method of informing the farmers especially and the public in general, that it is now in complete order, and he flatters himself from the quality of the burr and cloths, and the advantages of a never-failing stream of water, and a good Mill which he has procured, he will be able to manufacture Flour equal to any mill in the county, either as to quantity, quality, or dispatch. He will at all times give the highest price for Wheat, Rye or Corn, to those who wish to sell—To those who prefer grinding, he will deliver twenty-one Barrels of superfine Flour for every hundred bushels of good clean, merchantable Wheat, and in the same ratio for any quantity over that, and stand the inspection either at Baltimore or Alexandria. The necessary vouchers from under the inspector's hand will be required in every case where Flour is reduced.
JOHN ROBERTS.
October 18, 1805.
TWENTY DOLLARS REWARD.
STOLEN out of the pasture of the subscriber, living one mile from Linville's Creek, on the main road from Harrisburg to Brock's Gap, on the night of the 10th inst. a Bright Bay HORSE, about 13 hands high, 5 years old last spring. Marked as follows, viz.—a ball face, one third of his mane cut off along the top of his neck, three white feet, and a small nick out of the fore part of one of his ears, thought to be the right; also, a small wart on one of his thighs—no brand recollected. Whoever takes up, and delivers said horse to the subscriber, shall be entitled to the above reward by me.
JOHN COFFMEN.
Rockingham County, Sept. 17, 1805.
To be sold at Public Sale.
ON Wednesday the 23d of this month, all the personal estate of Sarah Sheerer, sen. dec. and Henry Sheerer, dec. at their late dwellinghouse, near the Falling Waters, 7 or 8 Negro SLAVES, Horses, Cows, Sheep and Hogs, Wheat and Rye in the stack, Corn in the field, one 8 day Clock, Feather Beds and Bedding, Farming Utensils, and many other articles too tedious to mention. The sale to begin at nine o'clock, when due attendance and a reasonable credit will be given by
THOMAS SHEERER, Ex'r of Sarah Sheerer, sen. dec. ARCHIBALD SHEERER, Adm. of Henry Sheerer, dec.
October 18, 1805.
Public Sale.
WILL be sold at public vendue, on the plantation whereon Jacob Comegy, late of Berkeley County, dec'd. lived, on the 11th day of November next, 8 miles from Shepherd's Town and 6 from Martinsburg, the whole estate of the said deceased, consisting of several valuable Negroes, men women and children, a large stock of Horses, a number of Cattle, a Yoke of Oxen, Sheep, and Hogs, two road Waggons and a Cart, Farming Utensils of every description, a set of Surveyor's Instruments, Household and Kitchen Furniture, a large quantity of Corn in the heap, about 100 acres of Grain in the ground, and a number of other articles too numerous to particularize. Nine months credit will be given on all sums above 8 dollars, the purchaser giving bond with approved security. The sale to begin at 9 o'clock, and continue from day to day until the whole is sold. Due attendance will be given by
WILLIAM COMEGYS, } Adm's. BENJAMIN COMEGYS, } October 18, 1805.
N. B. We request all persons having any just claims against said estate, to bring them forward properly authenticated for settlement, and we will discharge them. All persons indebted to said estate are requested to pay what may be due as soon as possible.
WILLIAM COMEGYS, } Adm's. BENJAMIN COMEGYS, }
Fresh Goods.
THE subscriber has just received his supply of FALL & WINTER GOODS.
which, having been selected from the latest importations with great care, and purchased at reduced prices, he can recommend to the attention of all who wish to buy Goods on reasonable terms.
Among his Groceries he has received a large quantity of COFFEE, of the first quality, which he can venture to say is better than any sold in Martinsburg for a number of years.
THOMAS C. SMITH.
Martinsburg, October 18, 1805.
Fresh Fall and Winter GOODS.
THE subscriber, having selected the whole of his Fall and Winter Assortment from the present importations, begs leave to offer and recommend them at the most reduced cash prices to his customers; If such selections, at reduced prices, are sufficient recommendations, he flatters himself he may be entitled to a share of public patronage.
JEREMIAH EVANS.
Martinsburg, October 18, 1805.
N. B. A very general assortment of GROCERIES, Crowleys and Blistered STEEL, on hand as usual. J. E.
BY virtue of a Deed of Trust executed to me by Michael M'Kewan, for the purpose of indemnifying Peter Lawson as security for said M'Kewan to A. Lynch, will be sold on the premises, on Friday the 15th day of November next, the following LOTS OF GROUND, adjoining the south end of Martinsburg, and on the east side of the Winchester new road, Lot No. 1 of sixteen and a half acres, No. 2 of six acres and twenty-five poles, No. 3 of five acres and three fourths, and No. 6 of one acre and one third, also on the west side of said road, No. 8 of eight acres. A credit of three months will be allowed for one half of the purchase money, and nine months for the balance, on giving bond with approved security.
M. RANSONE.
October 18, 1805.
WILL be sold on Friday the 8th day of November next, at the dwellinghouse of the subscriber on Middle Creek, near Darkesville, Horses, Cows, Hogs, and a quantity of Hay, Corn, and Fodder, a Waggon and Gears, also, a quantity of Household Furniture, consisting of several Feather Beds, Decks, Tables, Chairs, &c. The sale to begin at 10 o'clock; a long credit will be given, and the terms made known on the day of sale.
P. LAWSON.
October 18, 1805.
To persons who have diseased Horses.
THE subscriber informs the public that he will undertake to cure the following diseases in Horses, viz: the Swaney, Fistula, Poll-evil, or any other complaint that may have happened from accident, such as being horn'd by cattle, snag'd, &c. Being well assured that it is in his power, effectually to remove all the above complaints in Horses, he engages, that if cures are not effected: he will make no charge—Proper attention will be paid to Horses brought to him. His residence is one mile and a half east of James Campbell's, Esq. in Berkeley County.
JOHN DUNCAN.
October 18, 1805.
TAKEN up by the subscriber, about the first of September last, as an Estray, a dark bay HORSE, about thirteen and a half hands high, four years old last spring, no brand, and is a natural trotter. The owner is desired to prove property, pay charges, and take him away.
JOHN PORTERFIELD.
Berkeley County, October 4, 1805.
NOTICE.
ON the 15th of this instant I purpose to decline mercantile business, and shall proceed immediately thereafter to settle and close accounts with every person with whom I have had dealings in that line; those indebted to me by open accounts, or otherwise, are requested to make payment, on, or before the 10th of November next; Country Produce (where cash is not to be had) will be received at the current prices, in discharge of debts due to myself. After the 15th of this instant, the business at my Store will be carried on by my son, under the firm of William Campbell, & Co. of which notice will be given.
JAMES CAMPBELL.
Middle-Creek, October 11, 1805.
NOTICE.
THE notes and book accounts of the estate of Andrew Yeats, deceased, are left in the hands of John and Samuel Lowry, for collection. All those that have any claims against said estate are requested to bring them forward for settlement; and those that are indebted to said estate either by bond, note, or book account are desired to make immediate payment, as no indulgence can be given.
WILLIAM LOWRY, Ex'r.
October 11, 1805.
NOTICE.
ALL persons indebted to the estate of Angus M'Donald, dec. in any manner whatever, are requested to come forward immediately and discharge what may be due; and those who have claims against said estate, are desired to exhibit them, properly attested, for settlement.
DANIEL FETTER, Adm'r.
Hampshire County, October 9, 1805.
NOTICE.
TO those persons who put shares to the horse MEXICON, which stood at my stable the last season, that the money became due on the 1st inst. and indulgence cannot be given after the 25th.
JOHN M'CLEARY.
Martinsburg, October 11, 1805.
Dr. Henry Boteler,
RESPECTFULLY informs the public, that he has commenced the practice of PHYSIC, SURGERY, &c. in the stone house, two doors below Mr. Selby's store. The regular steps he has taken to acquire a knowledge of the healing art, will entitle him to the confidence of his fellow-citizens.
Shepherd's Town, August 30, 1805.
THE subscriber respectfully informs the inhabitants of Martinsburg and its vicinity, that he has commenced the BOOT & SHOE MAKING BUSINESS, in Mr. Robert M'Knight's house, next door to the Globe Tavern, where he will thankfully receive any commands in his line, and engages to execute his work in such manner as shall give entire satisfaction to his employers. Those who have large families, and wish to have Shoes made of their own leather, may have it done on the most reasonable terms, and in the most substantial manner, by the public's most obliged and very humble servant.
JOHN KYLE.
October 4, 1805.
The following BLANKS, printed with NEW and ELEGANT TYPE, are always kept for sale at this Office: DEEDS, Common BONDS, Apprentices INDENTURES, Promissory NOTES, &c. &c.
From the PORT FOLIO.
THE LAT PREACHER.
And ISAAC went out to meditate in the field at the eventide.
AT a period when the heart of this patriarch was affected by a domestic misfortune, he went out to soothe or to support his sorrows, not in the glare of sunshine, where objects gay or obtrusive would offend "the gloomy habit of his soul," he went out, not to stay himself with flagons, or to behold Geon in the time of the vintage; but for a soberer and wiser purpose, to meditate in the field at the eventide.
As I think with the patriarch, that a "ventide is the more convenient season" for salutary contemplations, I propose to enumerate and extol the advantages of a just improvement of the twilight hour.
At this season, as the nights are extremely brief, and, after days ardent, tedious, and long, exhausted man must have some opportunity for repose, it would not be safe, habitually to involve "the cherub contemplation" at midnight. I have formerly written a paper, in praise of nocturnal lucubrations. But let them be the business, or the sport of the darkened hours of winter. The twilight, "the eventide" of summer may be given to the lonely walk, and the powers of reflection. He, who, after morning action, walks and thinks from the decline of day to the hour of ten, may retire to rest, not meanly satisfied with his division of time. As soon as the returning plowman and sloping sunbeams, hint that the toils of a summer day are over, it will be useful to recollect the following lines from one of the most accurate observers of nature, and one of the most moral of mankind.
Come, Evening, once again, season of peace, Return, sweet Evening, and continue long! Methinks I see thee in the streaky west With matron step slow moving while the night Treads on thy sweeping train; one hand employ'd In letting fall the curtain of repose On bird and beast, the other charged for man With sweet oblivion of the cares of day, Not sumptuously adorned, nor needing aid Like homely featur'd night, of clustering gems; A star or two just twinkling on thy brow Suffices thee; save that the moon is thine, Nor less than hers, nor worn indeed on high With ostentatious pageantry, but set With modest grandeur in thy purple zone, Replenished less, but of an ampler round Come then and thou shalt find thy votary calm Or make me so. Composure is thy gift; And whether I devote thy gentle hours To books, to music, or the poet's toil, I slight thee not, but make thee welcome still.
As soon as that grateful and dewy coolness, consequent from a burning day is felt, then a solitary ramble,
"quite unison" "On the dry, smooth shaven green," will contribute liberally both to profit and pleasure. At that dubious hour, when "the glimmering landscape lades on the sight, and all the air a solemn stillness holds," the mind is generally docile to the lesson of Reason, or alive to the impressions of Fancy. Even the austerity of metaphysical morals has allowed that castle building is no vicious employment, and the aerial architects of this species of structure will discover in their twilight walks, excellent materials for those "houses not built with hands." Evening is the nurse of thought, and whether it be lively or serious, the aid and fostering care it receives from evening, are the same. The gloom of twilight, it is avowed by an excellent judge, Suits well the thoughtful or unthinking mind, The mind contemplative, with some new theme Pregnant, or indisposed alike to all.

Nor are the advantages of the evening's excursion confined within narrow bounds. The man of business and the philosopher, as well as the idler and the poet, will find an hour or two after sunset propitious to their respective vocations. The absence of glaring light, the monotonous note of night birds, the low hum of the village train, retiring to rest, the "village cock, counting night's watches to his feathered dames," all facilitate the progress of contemplation.
Whatever urges us to become economical of our time, is salutary; and a busy man of the world, who well knew their value, enjoined upon his pupils an attention to minutes and quarters of hours. There are certain portions of the day which we are obliged to neglect. The time of repose is mere oblivion. In the morning, when we first awake, our minds, like our eyes, are half shut; and immediately after dinner, man inclines to stupidity and sleep, rather than to action.
To many persons of restlessness, levity, and grosser dissipation, twilight is a dull and awkward interval, which they are careless to improve, and zealous to destroy. Through the dim obscurity of an evening hour, I have discerned more woful faces, than even on rainy or last days. Instead of greeting the eve, as a sedate matron and gentle friend, they have viewed her as a hideous hag, whom it was lawful, by any mode, to destroy. Now I think I shall render some service to this class of characters if I can persuade them that a dusky hour may be a very valuable one; that it has no lead about it; and that, if they will go out, like the patriarch, and meditate at the eventide, they will find it one of the most profitable portions of the day. The time is not so dark but clear vision may be enjoyed of many glorious and beautiful objects. "The stars that gave heaven's golden floor," the softened aspect of rising moons; the gorgeously ruddy and purple clouds of "the drooping west;" the brilliant twinkling of the luminous fire fly; the phosphoric glitter of many a glow worm; white vapor from water remote, and "the umbr'd face" of every mountain and valley, are finer sights than the mawkish tea party, the painted theatre, or the public garden. Nor is the delight of the eyes the only gratification. Where that soft moonlight, so vividly described by Shakespeare, "sleeps sweetly on the bank," we may sit,
"And let the sounds of music creep in our ears."
Above all, we may exercise all the powers of the soul, and "think down years of moments." We may enter upon high thoughts abstruse, or roam thro' all the fairy scenes of imagination. We may reflect usefully on the past, and plan judiciously for the future. To this seriously and reverently must be added, that duty, pious gratitude, the gravity and stillness of the hour, as though a general orison was offering, and Nature was on her knees, will all conspire to make our better thoughts rise to him to whom the duskiness of twilight, and the blaze of noon are equal; who kindleth and sealeth up the stars, who "maketh Arcturus, Orion, and Pleiades," who "discovereth deep things out of darkness," who "sheweth faithfulness every night," no less than "loving kindness in the morning;" who sendeth forth light, and it goeth, and who calls it again, and it obeyeth with fear.
FOREIGN NEWS.
BOSTON, October 11.
LATE NEWS.
Yesterday afternoon the ship Pomona, captain Allen, arrived at this port from Liverpool. By this arrival we obtained London papers to the 27th of August. The expectations of a continental war appear to gain strength daily in England. Bonaparte's writers have commenced their attacks on Austria and Russia. A late Moniteur observes, that the conduct of Austria in keeping up a formidable military force in the Tyrol and Italy, is tantamount to a declaration of war. This force, therefore, must be diminished, or hostilities commence. The French government appears to have abandoned all hopes of preserving peace with Russia. We hear of no measure or expedient which has that object in view; but of restoring a good understanding with Austria, hopes are still entertained, and Talleyrand is exerting all his "diplomatic skill" for the purpose. The prospect of success is faint. The emperor of Germany is prepared for war.
Latest from France.
By the arrival, on Tuesday last, of the brig Acorn, Capt. Folger, Paris accounts to the 23d August have been received.
It does not appear, however, from the scanty intelligence which they furnish, that any events of importance had recently transpired on the continent of Europe. They mention the return to Paris of the Emperor, from his tour of review and inspection on the coast; and state a report, that the camps were breaking up, and the troops filing off towards Germany. On the general occurrences of the foreign or internal relations of France, they are as costive as Dutch circulars.
LONDON, Aug. 26
Just before this paper was put to press, we received the Moniteurs to the 18th; their contents are of very considerable importance, and seem to decide the question of peace or war between Austria and France. The important fact, that war with Austria is considered as inevitable, is communicated in a note in the Moniteur of the 16th.
By a letter received this day from the Channel fleet, it appears that on Wednesday last the French fleet left Brest, and anchored in Camaret Bay. Our inshore squadron communicated the fact by signal to admiral Cornwallis who immediately led in the fleet to attack them. As soon as his intention was discovered the French fleet got under way and scampered back to Brest; but they did not get in until three of the ships were completely mauled by a raking fire from some of the British ships. They were three in number superior to admiral Cornwallis, but the latter, under the present critical situation of the country, determined to try whether they were in earnest.
Lord Nelson.
Lord Nelson arrived yesterday at Portsmouth, and will probably reach town this evening, or early to-morrow. The Victory and Superb came into port with him; the remainder of his squadron joined admiral Cornwallis on Thursday last. We regret to say, that his Lordship is but in indifferent health. The disappointment in not falling in with the enemy has preyed upon his gallant and enthusiastic spirit; but we trust a few weeks repose will restore him to the service of his country.
The dispatches received on Friday, from Admiral Cornwallis, briefly state, that the Combined Fleets had got into Ferrol and Corunna, and that sir Robert Calder and rear admiral Stirling, with the ships under their command, were in sight of his fleet.
Admiral Cornwallis has now no less than forty sail of the line with him off Brest, to which twelve or fourteen more will be added in the course of a few days.
The French papers are full of reports of the approaching invasion. If we considered the reports in the Paris journals as tending to prove any thing, we would say, the more confidently they speak of the event as at hand, the more certain we may be that it will not take place. Invasion may be attempted, but Bonaparte seems to have a different policy. He has now created a formidable fleet. With that he means to distract and divide our maritime strength; but still he will talk of invasion, for it furnishes an excellent pretext for maintaining a large army, which he may march when and where he pleases, in the event of a continental war.
NAPLES, August 3.
On Friday the 20th of July there was an earthquake in the greatest part of this kingdom, which was so violent, that since that of Calabria there has none been attended with similar devastation. In the city of Naples 300 houses have become uninhabitable, and upwards of 4000 are much damaged; 40 churches have been shaken to their very foundations. The number of persons who have perished by the fall of the buildings is not very great in this capital, but in some inland towns, which are entirely destroyed, the inhabitants have nearly all lost their lives.
The small town of Isernia, in the province of Molise, is nothing but a heap of ruins, and upwards of 1300 persons have perished there. At Campo Basso, and at Bajano, in the same province most of the inhabitants were destroyed. Avellino, Montesarchio, Benevento, and Aversa, have suffered amazingly. At Santa Maria de Capua (the Ancient Capua) a whole company of cavalry were buried under the ruins of their barracks. At Caserta the upper stories of the houses tumbled down, and the fine palace is so much damaged, that it is feared it cannot stand.
DOMESTIC INTELLIGENCE.
NEW-YORK, October 3.
The English troops in India, under the command of Gen. Lake, after several desperate attacks upon Bhertpore, a strong fortified place, have been repulsed and obliged to retire with the loss in killed and wounded of 1 Lieut. Colonel, 2 Majors, 20 Captains, 1 capt. Lieutenant, 44 Lieutenants, 31 Adjutants, 1 Cornet, 2 Ensigns, 1 Quarter Master, 178 Petty Officers, and 782 private Europeans—294 Native Officers, and 982 Sepoys, &c.—in all 3205 men.
ALEXANDRIA, October 16.
DIED, in Washington, on Friday last, John T. Washington. The death of this unfortunate Man, deserves attention.—Born of the most respectable parents, educated in the field of opulence. He imitated the independence of his father. By an unhappy difference with a tender connection, he was deprived of his patrimony. Tossed from the houses of his kindred, and possessing a mind replete with sensibility, he yielded to his Maker, and Saviour, a soul full of affliction.
Naval Engagement. —A variety of accounts, direct from the S. of Europe, relative to the movements of the different French and Spanish squadrons between Cape Ortgal and Carthagena, induce us to draw the conclusion that a junction of the whole had been effected about the 24th of August, at Cadiz, making a grand fleet of forty-one sail of the line. Late British accounts received by yesterday's mail, inform us that admiral Calder, after being driven from Ferrol about the 11th August, and joining admiral Cornwallis before Brest, was dispatched for Ferrol again, on the 17th, with a fleet of twenty sail of the line. Arriving there and finding the harbour empty, he may have borne away for Cadiz, where there was but a very small British squadron.
These dates being premised, we may form some conjectures as to the probability of the engagement stated to have taken place on the 26th August, between a British and the combined fleets. It rests on the following authority:
From Marblehead, October 3.
"Arrived this forenoon the schooner Rebecca, capt. Meek, 41 days from Bilboa. September 3, lat. 44, long. 17, spoke an English frigate with another in tow (whether English or French could not ascertain) being entirely dismasted and her hull greatly shattered: was informed that 8 days before, viz. August 26, had an engagement with the combined fleets, and captured 12 sail of the line and sunk 1."
This action if it took place at all must have been in the neighbourhood of cape St. Vincent, as it must have occurred within 24 hours after the combined fleet had left Cadiz; and the victory if obtained must have been achieved by admiral Calder, who would have had time after being at Brest, the 17th to reach the lat. of Cape St. Vincent on the 26th; and no doubt engaged the grand fleet if he did fall in with it, with a determination to loose every ship in his fleet, or wipe off by a victory, the reproaches cast upon his naval character for his conduct in the action of the 22d July. There is great probability that the combined fleet had actually left Cadiz, immediately after forming a junction, and that they had shaped their course towards St. Vincent upwards, to raise the blockade of Brest. These conjectures as to time and place very well coincide with the length of time it would also have taken the British frigate which was spoken on the 3d September with another frigate in tow after the action to have proceeded from that latitude to the latitude in which she was spoken. However the whole is a matter of conjecture; and tho' capt. Meek's account is the last from that quarter, still this information from the British frigate, is not deserving of implicit confidence, till we hear something further on the subject; nor is it to be totally rejected as untrue, as there is some probability in the tale.
The following is a Copy of a General Order which has been transmitted to Col. Ellis, commanding the militia of Wilson County.
HEAD QUARTERS.
Washington, Mississippi Territory, September 9th, 1805.
SIR, YOU will, on the receipt of this order, immediately assemble from your Regiment the following detachment for duty; viz. two Captains, two Lieutenants, two Ensigns, eight Sargeants,
eight Corporals, two Drummers or Bugle-Horn men, and eighty two Privates, to compose two equal companies: they are to be well armed and supplied with twelve rounds of ammunition per man. Not knowing the state of your Regiment, by actual return, it must rest with yourself from which Battalion you are to detach them—This detachment is to act as a patrol near and along the line of demarcation, to prevent or check irregularities of every kind—They are to rendezvous at Pinckneyville, from whence they will be detached to their different posts—as soon as they are assembled, a return of them will be made, naming the Commissioned Officers, and reporting the strength and the state of arms &c. &c. and forwarded to the Inspector at this place, when you will receive further Orders—In the mean time the Detachment will be active as patrols examining all equivocal characters passing the line from below, and especially if by night; stopping, and securing any armed parties, improperly passing the line, as in some instances; and in short affording all proper protection, in their power to the citizens of the United States and their property—The better to effect this, one Captain and his Command, will be detached to the East part of the line to be guarded, and take post on or near the Tickaw, from whence, the communication may be kept up to meet the patrol detached from the post near the West end of the line.
Every occurrence worthy of note can, and must be communicated in this way to the Senior Captain whose post will be in or near Pinckneyville, and who will report either direct to Head Quarters, or to the Inspector's Office.
Should any hostile attempt be made either on the citizens, their property or the detachment on duty; force must be repelled by force.
To John Ellis Esq. Lieut. Col. } Com. the 5th Reg. of Militia. }
MARTINSBURG, October 25.
PENNSYLVANIA ELECTION.
The last accounts from Philadelphia, say, "The present majority for M'Kean is 7,923."
Delaware Election. —James M. Broom, a federalist, is elected, by a majority of 348, a representative to Congress for the state of Delaware in the room of Mr. Bayard, appointed senator. His opponent was D. Hall Esq. late democratic governor of the state. Two thirds of both branches of the Legislature are federal. [F. T. Herald.]
DIED.
In the vicinity of New-Orleans on the 7th September, Col. THOMAS BUTLER, of the United States army.
CHARLESTON, September 28.
Yesterday morning, at half past 1 o'clock, departed this life, in the 76th year of his age, that venerable and ancient soldier and patriot of South-Carolina, Major Gen. WILLIAM MOULTRIE.
The editor of the Petit Censeur, in his last number, announces as certain the death of his imperial majesty the emperor Dessalines, under the designation of Brigand. It is presumed he will be succeeded by general Christophe; his majesty (departing in this instance from the direct line of conduct adopted by the great man whose example and form of government were his model) not having caused the crown to be declared hereditary in his own family.
[N. T. paper.]
A late most curious document of religious history has been given to the world from Dr. Ashbury, Bishop of the Methodist Church. It relates to the increase of that religious sect within 34 years. It announces, that in the United States and Canada, 120,000 persons were in their fellowship and that one million attended to their ministry, so as to include a seventh part of the whole population of the United States. We cannot say how accurate this general statement may be, but we may pronounce its success in America has been unexampled. It has in America 400 travelling preachers, and 2000 local preachers. It professes to have profited much since the conference in May 1802, and to have held two or three hundred extraordinary meetings, with great effect.
[Salem Reg.]
The brig Washington, captain Crowdhill, of this port, with stores for the squadron in the Mediterranean, has been cap-

tured by the Spaniards and carried into Algeria. [Alexandria paper.]
Paris, August 5.
For these six weeks past greater preparations than ever have been made at Boulogne for the invasion. Upwards of one hundred and fifty thousand men are assembled at Boulogne and its vicinity—There are five thousand vessels in the port. The three divisions of the army will be denominated the Scotch, English, and Irish armies. It is asserted, that the fleet of admiral Villeneuve will soon appear off the Irish coast.
August 9.
This day the report is general that the invasion will be attempted.
It is asserted by one party that the combined fleet had advanced to the Channel to drive away the English cruizers, and clear the way for the Bologne flotilla.
From the American Daily Advertiser.
I Wisdom dwell with Prudence.
Proverbs viii & 13.
"Every man" (says Dr. Johnson) "that has felt pain, knows how little all other comforts can gladden him to whom health is denied. Yet all assemblies of jollity, all places of public entertainment, exhibit examples of strength wasting in riot, and beauty withering in irregularity; nor is it easy to enter a house in which part of the family is not groaning in repentance of past intemperance, and part admitting disease by negligence, or soliciting it by luxury."
The justness of the above remarks no one of any observation or penetration can candidly deny. Every day furnishes us with fresh demonstrations, and every day cries aloud for a reformation. But such is the headstrong and perverse nature of man, that although all the persuasive arguments of the most consummate wisdom have been used, the immensity of danger shown, and the fatal consequences of continuing to lead a voluptuous and incontinent life fully proven, he still pursues his wanton and determined course. Decent and moderate conviviality was never reprobated by the wise, for it is conducive to health and consistent with our being. But as we cannot enjoy any thing in this world without a due portion of health, our great study should be to obtain it, which can generally be done by pursuing that line which nature has pointed out, never running into the obliquities of dissipation, frolicking and riot. Intemperance is productive of more evils than one. It not only impairs the constitution, but injures the faculties, vitiates the taste, alienates the mind from every thing that is noble, and in fact, renders man the fit companion only of the obstreperous drinking club and infamous bawdy-house.
When such are the baneful consequences—when such are the dreadful effects of a deviation from rectitude and a departing from nature, it is truly wonderful that man should remain callous to every friendly call of wisdom, and every salutary admonition of prudence.
It is not to be supposed that we should deny ourselves the goods which a bountiful Benefactor has thought proper to bestow upon us. No—"Use, but not abuse them" is the old axiom, and let it have a place in the mind of every one.
The subject of this day's speculation is very probably an old one, but as long as that subject exists there is cause of animadversion. To trespass longer upon my reader's patience at this time perhaps would be wrong, and to say more superfluous. Let my sermons be short and pithy—and that they may be remembered is the desire of
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From the Connecticut Courant.
To the People of all Political Parties.
SINCE there is much political debate and strife among us, some saying, "lo here" is the right way, and others, "lo there," I also will show my opinion. I am an aged man; and though I have spent a great part of my time in tilling the ground a considerable portion of it has been devoted to reflection, and to reading such books as I thought would make me wiser; and particularly to reading history.
It appears to me that the things which belong to the peace and prosperity of the public are plain, and that they may be reduced to a few points—How does a family rise from small beginnings and become flourishing and respectable? By industry, and frugality, and the practice of good morals. And how are the descendants of the same family brought low? most commonly by idleness, dissipation and a general degeneracy from the vir-
tues of their ancestors. Now a nation or a state may be considered as a great family, that also usually rises and falls in the manner that has been mentioned.
My Bible informs me, that "righteousness exalteth a nation," and that a general corruption of morals and manners is a certain forerunner of national ruin; and I find these sentiments remarkably verified in the histories of nations, especially in the history of free nations.
It is hardly to be believed that any nation since the beginning of the world, has as to the main body of its members, been moral in the strictest and highest sense of the word, that is, truly pious. But some nations have been remarkable for their external respect to the great duties of religion and morality; and others have rendered themselves notoriously infamous by their immoralities and vices. The former have commonly prospered; while the latter have speedily wrought their own ruin. It has been more especially so as to free republics. The members of a despotic state are the passive instruments of a despot, by whose strong arm they are held, restrained, and managed at pleasure; and such a state may, therefore, continue powerful for some time, though it be deeply and almost universally corrupted. But a free republic, wherein the people are the source of power, depends for its political existence upon the intelligence and virtue of the people. So long as they have correct ideas respecting their own political interests, and continue generally virtuous in their morals and habits, their rights remain secure, unless perchance they should be subjugated by some other nation of superior force. But if their minds become darkened by ignorance or by prejudices, and especially if their morals become generally and deeply corrupted, they will most assuredly plunge into anarchy, and will "bite and devour one another," till some bold usurper find an opportunity to yoke them for his service. This ever has been the natural course of things, and ever will be so, as long as man continues to be man.
We might trace this truth in the history of all free nations, ancient and modern, which have risen, flourished, and fallen. We might trace it particularly in the Bible history of the Hebrew tribes. While they steadfastly adhered to the laws and institutions which infinite wisdom had provided for them, they prospered; but when they corrupted their ways, they fell. Indeed the whole volume of all history from the beginning of the world to the present day, so far as it is set before us, uniformly teaches that public and private virtue is the life spring of rational liberty; a liberty that makes equitable laws its sanctuary, and is as far removed from licentiousness as light is from darkness.
Here then is the cardinal point, to which every friend to the welfare of this country ought to give the most earnest heed. If we suffer a general depravation of morals and manners, the loss of our civil privileges will be inevitable.—What though one nation become wealthy, if it also become exceedingly corrupt, it will be like a body bloated with a dropsy; and political death must soon dissolve its parts.
It is truly and excellently remarked by Doctor Middleton in his life of Cicero, that "the course that a free nation runs, is from virtuous industry to wealth; from wealth to luxury; from luxury to an impatience of discipline and corruption of morals; till by a total degeneracy and loss of virtue, being grown ripe for destruction, it falls at last a prey to some hardy oppressor, and, with the loss of liberty, loses every thing else that is valuable."
The truths contained in these remarks are solemn and weighty, and they deeply concern us as individuals, and as members of the great community. If our nation is seemingly running the same fatal race that is here described, if the morals of the people are degenerating, there is surely a loud call upon all the friends to virtue and the public welfare, of whatever political party, to combine together to check the progress of immorality, and "strengthen the things that remain, that are ready to die." There is a loud call particularly upon the sober substantial part of the people of New England, to unite their efforts for the preservation of those virtuous principles, manners and habits, which were the glory of their ancestors.
BALLAD—By Dibdin.
I'VE heard, cried out one, that you tars tack and tack, And, at sea, what strange hardships befall you,
But I don't know what's Moorings— what don't you? said Jack, Man your ear Tackle, then, and I'll tell you: Suppose you'd a daughter quite beautiful grown, And, in spite of her prayers and im- plorings! Some scoundrel abused her, and you knocked him down. Why, d'ye see, he'd be safe at his Moorings.
In life's voyage should you trust a false friend with the helm, The top-lifts of his heart all akimbo, A tempest of treachery your heart will o'erwhelm; And your Moorings will soon be in limbo: But if his heart's timbers bear up against pelf, And he's just in his reckonings and scorings; He'll for you keep a look out the same as himself And you'll find in his friendship safe Moorings.
If wedlock's your port, and your mate true and kind, In all weathers will stick to her duty; A calm of contentment shall beam in your mind, Safe Moored in the haven of beauty: But if some frisky skill, crank at every joint, That listens to vows and adorings, Shape your course how you will, still you'll make Cuckold's Point, To lay up like a beacon at Moorings.
A glutton's safe Moored, head and stern, by the gout, A drunkard's Moored under the table, In straws drowning men will Hope's an- chor find out. While a hair's a philosophers, cable: Thus mankind are a ship, life a boister- ous main, Of Fate's billows where all hear the roarings, Where for one calm of pleasure, we've ten storms of pain, Till death brings us all to our Moor- ings.
FIVE DOLLARS REWARD.
STRAYED away from the Subscriber at Bath, on the 27th of August last, a dark bay HORSE, 4 years old last spring, between 14 and 15 hands high, his two fore feet white and one of his hind feet, he is high over the shoulders, and was in bad order when he strayed; it is said he was raised near Hedge's Chapple and swaped to one Andrew Laurence, who brought him to this place, he was heard of between Back Creek and the Chapple on the Martinsburg road. Whoever shall take up said horse and return him to me, or send word so that I may get him, shall receive the above reward, and all reasonable charges paid by
ROBERT GUSTIN. October 25, 1805.
FOR SALE, A LIKELY Negro Girl,
about 25 years of age, who is a good House servant and a good Spinner. SMITH SLAUGHTER. October 25, 1805.
FOR SALE.
ON Monday the 4th day of November next, if fair, if not the next fair Day; upwards of two hundred barrels of Indian CORN, Sixty Bushels of old Wheat, and three Hogsheads of Tobacco, on a Farm that I rented to captain George Eskridge last year and on which he now lives, within two miles of Bath. Also the said Farm, which contains 176 and 3-4 acres of land, the excellency of which is so well known, as to render a description of it useless here. A considerable time of credit will be given upon part payment of the Land, and also upon the Corn, Wheat and Tobacco, if purchased by one person. Satisfactory security will be required. R. T. HOOE. Alexandria, October 14, 1805.
To hire for the ensuing year, two NEGRO MEN, that have been bred to neat Farming; Also—two NEGRO WOMEN, that have been accustomed to in-doors and out-work. For terms apply to the subscriber living near Martinsburg. J. DUGAN. October 25, 1805.
VALUABLE Real Property
FOR SALE, by the heirs of Michael M c Keirnan, dec'd.
Part of the real estate of said M c Keirnan in the State of Maryland, viz.
A VALUABLE Plantation of rich Lime-stone Land, on the waters of Conococheague, containing about 275 acres. This Land is of the first rate quality, with a number of never-failing Springs of water, a large proportion of good Meadow, with a House, Still House, Barn, &c. also, a number of Fruit trees, and a never failing stream of water running thro' the place; within sight of a Lutheran Church and in the heart of a German settlement. This property is about 9 miles from Hagerstown and 3 from Potomak river, and has a number of merchant mills near it.
Also for sale, in the town of Hancock, on the river Potomak, one House and Lot, well situated for a store or any kind of public business.
In the State of Virginia.
One Plantation, on which is erected the noted stand called the Half-Way House. This Tract contains 266 acres of Land, the whole of which is tillable, and a great proportion cleared; this Land is particularly adapted to small grain. Its situation makes it more valuable than perhaps many stands in the county, being central between Martinsburg and Bath; it abounds with fine Springs, a good Orchard of choice Fruit; the House is large and well calculated for the reception of travellers, a Stable, and an out house for the family separate from the tavern.
Also, 400 acres of Land, within 3 miles of the town of Bath, 20 of which are cleared and under good fence; this Land is of good quality; on the Land is a House and Stable, with good Water and some Meadow.
Also, a small Farm on Sleepy Creek, about 5 miles from Bath; this place is in good order, with a convenient House and Barn, and Meadow well watered, and a good Orchard.
Also, in the town of Bath, that noted stand known by the name of the Coffee House, adjoining the Bath square; this House is the largest and most convenient for the reception of visitors at Bath, having upwards of 20 lodging rooms, a large ball-room, a dining room, dressing rooms, bar room, and a fine Kitchen.
Also, a Lot on which is erected a large Stable, sufficient to contain 40 horses, near the Coffee House, and a small Dwelling House.
Also, a Lot adjoining the Coffee House, on which is erected a two-story log House westerboarded and painted, with Store Room, Kitchen and Stable.
It is unnecessary to be more particular, as it is presumed any person wishing to purchase, will first view the premises. By paying a reasonable proportion of the purchase money down, the balance will be taken in easy payments. For further particulars inquire of Laurence M c Keirnan, who resides on the first described place in Maryland, to Timothy Monahan in Hagerstown, Ignatius O'Ferrall, on Mill Creek, Berkeley County, Virginia, or Andrew Goulding, on Potomak river, 5 miles above Bath. October 25, 1805.
Fall Goods.
THE subscriber has just received and finished opening a supply of Fresh Fall Goods and Groceries, which in addition to his former stock, makes his assortment complete, all which he begs leave to offer his friends and the public in general, uncommonly cheap for cash, or on the usual credit to punctual customers.
PHILIP NADENBOUSCH. Martinsburg, October 25, 1805.
Public Sale.
WILL be sold at public vendue on Friday the 1st day of November next, at the subscriber's plantation three miles from Martinsburg on the road leading to Shepherd's Town, Horses and Colts, an excellent Milch Cow, two Watches, Household Furniture and a number of other articles. Nine months credit will be given on giving bond with approved security. ABRAHAM MARLATT. October 25, 1805.

Just received, and for sale by the subscriber, in addition to his other GOODS , Mill Ropes, Sacking and Bed Cords, Plough and other Lines, also Fish Oil.
WARRANTED
Bolting Cloths,
(AS USUAL)
Superfine, Common and Midling, of the first quality, for sale on moderate terms. PHILIP NADENBOUSCH. Martinsburg, August 9, 1805.
Horton & Clark,
Grocers, next door to Hussey's tavern , North Howard Street Baltimore. Have on hand and intend keeping a general assortment of
GROCERIES.
of the best kind, among which are Cognac Brandy, } Teas of every description. Madeira Wine, } Sugars do. do. Spirits, } Coffee do. Holland Gin, } Candles & Soap do. Bounce, } Chocolate do. N. E. Rum, } Cheese do. Molasses, } Spanish Segars. Salt, } Pepper & Spices. Oil & Paint, } &c. &c. &c. Plaster of Paris, } &c. &c. &c.
These Goods are offered unusually low. Orders from the country thankfully received and punctually attended to.—Highest prices given for Country Produce, Flour, Hemp, Butter, Bacon, Ginseng, &c. &c.
They want a Young Man as an Apprentice to the above business, between the age of fifteen and seventeen—none need apply except one of respectable connections.
August 16, 1805.
Lewis & Robert Willis,
Have just received and are now opening a variety of
SPRING and SUMMER
GOODS.
Selected from the newest and most fashionable importations, together with a general assortment of
Queen's Ware, Glass Ware, Hard Ware, Sadlery & Cutlery.
They have also on hand,
Imperial, } French Brandy, Hysion, } Sherry, Hysion Skin, } Port & } Wines, Souchong & } Lisbon, Bohea, } Holland Gin, Country twilled } N. E. Rum, Bags, } Rye Whiskey, & Spinning Cotton, } Apple Brandy, Crowley and Blistered Steel, &c. &c.
All of which they are determined to sell unusually low for Cash , or approved Country Produce . They are with much respect, the public's obliged and humble servants.
Martinsburg, April 12, 1805.
REGIMENTAL ORDERS.
ORDERED that the Officers of the 67th Regiment of Berkeley Militia do attend Muster on the 4th November next in the town of Martinsburg.—The Regimental Muster will be held on the 7th of the same month at the same place.
DAVID HUNTER,
Col. Commandant.
September 12, 1805.
Berkeley, ss.
September Court, 1805.
Robert Burns, Complainant
against
Bartholomew Fryatt, Defendant.
In CHANCERY.
THE Defendant, Bartholomew Fryatt, not having entered his appearance agreeable to an 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 Commonwealth, on the motion of the Complainant by his Counsel, it is ordered that the said Defendant do appear here on the Monday after the third Tuesday in November next, to answer the bill of the Complainant, and that a copy of this order be forthwith inserted in the Berkeley and Jefferson Intelligencer , for two months successively, and published at the door of the Court House of the said County.
A Copy. Teste,
DAVID HUNTER, c.s.s.
FOR SALE.
Pursuant to the last will and testament of Robert Creighton, dec'd, a valuable
Tract of Land,
Lying in the County of Berkeley and State of Virginia, three miles from the town of Martinsburg, on the road leading to Williamsport, eighty-five miles from the City of Baltimore, seventy-five from the City of Washington, and eighty miles from the town of Alexandria—containing six-hundred acres, one half cleared and under good fence, the balance well clothed with timber: There are on said land a number of never failing springs, and a sufficient quantity of Meadow: This Tract would suit well to be divided, as there are two Dwelling Houses, two Double Barns, and two Orchards of choice Fruit. It lies five miles from the river Potomac, the navigation of said river is now completed, produce may be conveyed down the river to the City of Washington and to the town of Alexandria at a small expense. For terms apply to William Riddle, of the town of Martinsburg. A good title will be made the purchaser by
WILLIAM RIDDLE,
and
Wm. CREIGHTON,
Ex'rs.
FOR SALE.
A PLANTATION, containing about 180 acres, about 100 of which are cleared; there is a convenient Dwelling House and Kitchen and a good Barn on the premises; near the House is a Well thirty feet deep, which never goes dry when kept clean; on one part of the Plantation there is a large and excellent Spring.—The Land is of a superior quality; it lies on the road leading from Martinsburg to Boyd's Ferry, and is about six miles from the former place.—For terms apply on the premises, or to the subscriber in Martinsburg.
IGNATIUS PRICE.
Jefferson, ss.
August Court, 1805.
John M'Kim, jun. Comp't
against
Alexander and James Fulton, Messrs. Frame & Gibbs, Matthew Frame and William Gibbs, Messrs. Hammond & Fulton, Luke Tiernan and Alexander M'Donald, Def'ts.
In CHANCERY.
THE Defendants, Luke Tiernan and Alexander M'Donald, not having their appearance agreeable to an act of Assembly and the rules of this Court, and it appearing to the satisfaction of the Court, that they are not inhabitants of this Commonwealth, on the motion of the Complainant by his Counsel, it is ordered that the said Defendants do appear here on the second Tuesday in November next, to answer the bill of the Complainant, and that a copy of this order be forthwith inserted in the Berkeley and Jefferson Intelligencer , for two months successively, and published at the door of the Court House of the said County.
A Copy.
GEORGE HITE, c. j. c.
Patterson's old Mill.
THE subscriber has got the above Mill in complete order for the reception of Wheat or any other Grain.—He will manufacture Wheat as it has heretofore been done at said Mill, and will be responsible that all Flour manufactured by him shall pass inspection if safely carried or delivered at the ports or places of inspection.—In case of condemnation, a certificate from the inspector mentioning the cause thereof, together with the brands and marks of the barrels, will be necessary before the difference can be made good.
The market price in Cash given for WHEAT, RYE and CORN.
ROBERT CHRISTY.
September 12, 1805.
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WILL be sold at public vendue, at or near the White-Post, in Frederick County, on Friday the 1st day of November next, eight or nine likely Virginia-born Negroes, consisting of Boys, Women and Girls, also Horses, Cows, Sheep, Hogs, Household and Kitchen Furniture, Farming Utensils, &c. A credit of nine months, on bond with approved security, will be given on all except the negroes, which will be sold for cash. Attendance given by
SAMUEL DUNAWAY.
September 27, 1805.
ALL persons who are indebted to me by bond or note, will please take notice that they are deposited in the hands of Dr. Cramer, of Charles Town, for collection: As many of those notes, &c. are now due, and the remainder will become so in the course of a few days, it is expected that nothing farther will be necessary to obtain payment than this notice.
Those whose accounts are still open, will also take notice, that I shall be in Charles Town in a few weeks, when I flatter myself that they too will come forward and discharge their respective balances.
ALEXANDER SANDERSON.
Alexandria, September 20, 1805.
A Bargain in Land.
THE subscriber will sell his Plantation, containing two hundred and forty-six acres, laying in the county of Berkeley, state of Virginia, near the road leading from Martinsburg to Winchester, and within five miles of the former, adjoining the lands of Maj. Bedinger, Maj. Bryarly and others; there is one hundred and forty or fifty acres cleared and under cultivation, the balance is uncommonly well timbered, the whole lays well, and is considered equal to any in the county for fertility, there is on the premises tolerable improvements; it is thought unnecessary to give a further description, as it is presumed any person wishing to purchase will first view the premises.
I will also sell a small Tract, containing fifty-four acres, lying within one and a half miles of Darkesville, whereon there is a Saw-Mill and Distillery erected, with the Stills, Tubs, and every thing belonging to the Distillery, there is also on it a tolerable Dwelling House and Garden, the balance in woods.
Also, two Lots in Darkesville, containing half an acre each, there is on one of the Lots, a two-story Log Dwelling House, 30 by 20 feet, weather-boarded and well finished, good Kitchen, Stable, Smith Shop, &c. an excellent Well of Water at the door that never fails, the Lot is considered equal if not preferable to any in the place for fertility, convenience of water, &c.
Also, on the other Lot there is a good and convenient Store House, with an excellent Cellar, which at present is occupied as such by Messrs. Gibben & Offutt, there is a good Stable thereon, and the Lot enclosed and well set with clover.
For terms apply to the subscriber in Darkesville, who will give generous bargains for good pay, and will take some Negroes in part, should it suit the purchaser.
ALEXANDER MILLER.
September 27, 1805.
SAMUEL AGER,
RESPECTFULLY informs his friends and the public, that he has commenced the WEAVING Business, in all its different branches, in the house now in the occupancy of Mr. Arthur Russell, weaver, and next door to Mr. Walter B. Selby's store, in Shepherd's-Town, where he will weave Carpeting, single and double Coverlets, Counterpanes, Diaper for table-cloths, in the newest and most fashionable patterns, together with all descriptions of Plain Work. Those who may think proper to favour him with their custom, may rest assured on having it executed in the best manner, at the shortest notice and on the lowest terms, and at no other place in Shepherd's-Town.
September 27, 1805.
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NOTICE is hereby given, that a petition will be presented to the next General Assembly, praying, that so much of the Counties of Hampshire and Berkeley as are included in the following bounds, to wit: "Beginning at the mouth of Cherry's Run, at the river Potomac, in the County of Berkeley, thence up the said Run to the head thereof, thence due West to the top of Sleepy Creek Mountain, thence with the top of that Mountain to the line that divides the said County of Berkeley from the County of Frederick, thence with that line to the Hampshire line, with the division between Frederick and Hampshire to the road leading from Winchester to Old Town, up that road to Little Capen River, with that river to the Potomac, and down that river to the beginning," may be formed into a separate County, and that the Public Buildings for the same, be erected in the Town of Bath.
September 20, 1805.
A variety of BLANKS for sale at this Office.
Jefferson, ss.
August Court, 1805.
James Miller and Mary his wife, late Mary Ramsey, Comp'ts
against
Leonard Robinson and John Morrow, Defendants.
In CHANCERY.
THE Defendant, Leonard Robinson, not having entered his appearance agreeable to an 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 Commonwealth, on the motion of the Complainants by their Counsel, it is ordered that the said Defendant do appear here on the second Tuesday in November next, to answer the bill of the complainants, and that a copy of this order be forthwith inserted in the Berkeley and Jefferson Intelligencer , for two months successively, and published at the door of the Court House of the said County.
A Copy. Teste,
GEORGE HITE, c. j. c.
COLUMBIAN INN—CONTINUED.
ISAAC CAUSTEN
RESPECTFULLY informs his friends and the public, that he has leased for a term of years, that extensive and well known house, the COLUMBIAN INN , one door above the corner of Howard in Baltimore street.
To those acquainted with the superior convenience and situation of this valuable property, nothing need be said. To strangers it may be necessary to observe, that it is situated in the most pleasant and healthy part of the city, and surrounded with respectable mercantile houses, therefore obvious to the convenience of country merchants, travellers, &c.
To this extensive establishment, I. CAUSTEN solicits the patronage of his friends and a generous public, and begs leave to assure them every thing on his part shall be exerted to merit and secure their approbation.
Baltimore, August 5, 1805.
AT PRIVATE SALE.
May be had of the subscriber a very great bargain, in Martinsburg, Virginia, the following Property,
ONE large Stone HOUSE, forty-three and a half feet by thirty; one Frame HOUSE, thirty by fourteen feet; one other HOUSE, fifteen by twelve feet; a stone Milk House; two large Stables, each will hold two rows of horses and a large quantity of hay; and a number of other Buildings. These Buildings stand together on a Lot on which is an excellent Well of water which supplies from 40 to 50 families, who pay two dollars each family for water yearly, and the waste water abundantly supplies the milk house. The terms of pay, are 500 dollars in hand, in which a good riding horse will be taken, and 500 a year for the balance. The houses are under rent which the purchaser will receive from the first payment. The situation and convenience of these houses, and the advantage of the well of water, will make them rent for more than double the rent of any other property of the same price in this town. The houses and one of the stables are insured against fire, the premiums paid and policies ready to be assigned with the property. Application may be made by any wishing to purchase to the subscriber on the premises.
ROBERT WILCOX.
August 30, 1805.
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