Berkeley and Jefferson intelligencer (Martinsburg, Va.), 1807-06-12 00:00:00

Berkeley and Jefferson Intelligencer.
[No. 4 of Volume IX.]
FRIDAY, June 12, 1807.
[Whole No. 430.]
FROM THE VIRGINIA ARGUS.
TRIAL OF COL. AARON BURR.
Yesterday the 22d inst. the circuit court of the U. S. for the fifth circuit and district of Virginia, commenced its session in this city. The expected trial of colonel Burr drew together an immense concourse of citizens from various parts of the union; indeed far exceeding any that we recollect ever to have seen upon any former occasion.
At half past 12 o'clock the court was opened, present.
John Marshall, chief justice of the U. States.
Cyrus Griffin, judge of the district of Virginia.
Before the grand jury was impanelled and sworn, a lengthy and desultory argument took place between col. Burr with his counsel on the one side and the attorney for the U. S. in the district of Virginia, on the other, in relation to exceptions taken by the former to the manner in which some of the jurors were summoned, and finally to objections to some individual members of the jury. The late hour at which the court adjourned obliges us to compress into as narrow a compass as possible, the proceedings in this preliminary stage of the business. Indeed, if it were in our power to prepare the arguments at full length, we doubt extremely the propriety of publishing them during the pendency of the trial, before even the petit jury shall be sworn; especially as some of those arguments contained a degree of asperity which might possibly influence the minds of those who may finally pass between the U. S. and the accused.
After it was ascertained that eighteen of the grand jury had answered to their names col. Burr stated an objection to the manner in which part of them had been summoned by the marshal. He disclaimed every idea of casting any imputation on that officer, unfavorable either to him or his deputies, but considered the irregularity of his proceedings as the mere effect of an error in construing the law, which error it was proper to correct. He adverted to the law of Virginia, by which 24 persons properly qualified are directed to be summoned as a grand jury; and contended that, when the officer had summoned that number, his authority ceased, and he had no power to summon the twenty-fifth. In the present case, he said, he was authorised to state, that after the marshal had summoned the number required by law, he had accepted of excuses from part of them, and had afterwards completed the panel by summoning additional members.
He was followed by Mr. Boats who went more particularly into an examination of the question, and referred to the judicial act of congress and the laws of Virginia, prescribing the duty of officers in summoning a grand jury. He also cited the case of Marbury v. Madison (1 Cranch) to show that when a ministerial act was once performed by an officer, it was irrevocable. It was proposed on the part of col. Burr, that the marshal should be interrogated as to those members of the grand jury, who had been summoned after the original panel of 24 had been completed.
Mr. Hay, district attorney, observed that he confessed himself not very well prepared to answer the objection, a similar one to which he had never heard before, but that he conceived it to be of no importance, and was willing that col. Burr should be accommodated with a grand jury, to which no exception could be made. It appeared to him indeed not to be proper to examine witnesses as to the conduct of the marshal in this stage of the prosecution; and he knew not why the objection was now made; for it could make no difference to the prisoner or to the United States; since if any of the grand jurors were set aside, there would either be enough remaining of those who had been summoned, or the deficiency would be supplied by the marshal from among the by-standers. He submitted the whole matter to the court to determine whether testimony should be examined concerning the persons summoned or not.
Mr. Wickham said he meant no impu-
tation on the marshal, whose intentions, he doubted not, were upright; but as this was an extraordinary case, and great attempts had been made to prejudice the public mind against col. Burr, he was justifiable in taking every advantage that the law gave him. He cited 2 Hawk. Pleas of the crown, p. 307, 16 sect. and 8 Bac. Abr. 725, to show that a person bound in a recognizance to answer a criminal charge has a right to appear and make objections to the grand jury before they are sworn.—Whether a plea in abatement might afterwards be filed for the error committed, was a question not necessary now to be determined; neither was it the wish of col. Burr to resort to that alternative; for he anxiously desired that the prosecution should terminate here and with a grand jury free from all exceptions.
Mr. Hay then read the law of Virginia, (Rev. Code, p. 100, sec. 2) and contended that the construction attempted to be put upon it was more rigid than could be warranted by sound sense and good policy.—The intention of the law was that 24 good men, and not liable to any of the exceptions therein stated, should be summoned. What reason therefore could be given to prevent the marshal (if he discovered that a man whom he had once summoned could not attend) from summoning another, and thereby securing the attendance of the full number required? The marshal summons a man without knowing the situation of his private affairs. The man afterwards informs him that he is subject to uncontrollable domestic difficulties; for example, that he is going a journey on indispensable business. Why should he not excuse him, and summon another? Where is the authority to prove that the functions of the officer who collects a grand jury cease before the day on which it is impanelled?
When the return is made, if a sufficient number do not attend, a discretion is vested in the marshal to appoint others in the room of the absentees: and is not the principle the same, when he knows that the 24, whom he has first summoned, cannot attend?
He observed too that the gentlemen were influenced by a mistaken idea; for he had understood that the marshal, in the instances to which they alluded, had only enquired of the persons said to have been summoned, whether they could attend or not; expressing his intention to summon them, if they could attend; and, upon their assuring him of their inability, had applied to others.
Mr. Wickham said that the counsel for the U. S. had not fairly met the question. As the authorities he had cited before were short, he read them, observing that his only object in doing so was to show that the objection ought to be made before the grand jury were impanelled, and therefore must now be made.
On the merits of the objection he said that Mr. Hay's argument concerning policy had no weight; that the words of the law of Virginia being plain on the subject in question ought alone to be regarded; that it was sufficient to answer ita lex scripta est , that policy however was on his side of the question; since great danger would result from permitting a marshal who was appointed by the president of the United States, and dependent upon him for his continuance in office (however respectable the present marshal is acknowledged to be) to change the members of the grand jury at his pleasure.
The law is, that if the 24 grand jurors who have been summoned do not attend, 16 are sufficient to constitute a grand jury. Mr. Hay is therefore mistaken as to the law in supposing that 24 are necessary.—Let it be supposed that a day or an hour before the sitting of the court, the marshal is informed that one of the grand jury cannot attend. According to the doctrine contended for by Mr. Hay, he may excuse him and summon another; but, when they attend in court, if 16 are present, he has no such power. If the excuse is made to the court and they deem it insufficient, a fine is to be imposed. Is the marshal to be substituted for the court? and can he release from the fine?
Upon the whole he insisted that the enquiry should be made; but declared that he had no intention to wound the
marshal's feelings, whose error was certainly unintentional.
Mr. Hay, I said before that no good reason existed for not authorising the marshal, where he discovered it to be certain that a grand juror could not attend, to supply the deficiency by summoning another before the commencement of the term. According to that doctrine, if 12 of those who are summoned should fail to attend their might be no grand jury at all.
The chief justice enquired whether this question had ever been before the state courts?
Mr. Randolph answered that it never had within his knowledge, although he had 30 years ago been attorney for the commonwealth; but there had never been a case like the present; and therefore no necessity to make a similar objection had ever been felt. This case was indeed a peculiar one, for in no other had such a torrent of prejudice been ever raised and by means too which we shall shortly unfold . In this case therefore it becomes necessary to contend for the rules of which we now avail ourselves, and in consequence of the power vested in the marshal and his liability to be influenced by the government, great danger would arise from relaxing them.
The Chief Justice. If this is a question which has never been decided in the courts of this state we must have recourse to the words of the act of assembly only. No doubt an exception to the grand jury may be taken now.
The law of Virginia authorizes the officer to summon 24 men, but says nothing of any more. He therefore cannot summon 25. If he desired the 25th man to attend, it ought not to be considered as a summons; but the act is void. Most certainly the officer is not authorized to discharge any person. When 16 grand jurors do not appear by-standers may be called and impanelled; but if 16 of those summoned do appear they are to constitute the grand jury. There is no necessity therefore to vest the marshal with the power of excusing those who say they are not able to attend. It is indeed the custom of the officers in this state to exercise a discretion in such cases; and no doubt the marshal acted with the best intentions under an idea that his conduct was proper; but after he has summoned any individual he cannot let him off. A plain argument in support of this position is that the person summoned might nevertheless appear tho' not called by the marshal, and offer his services to be sworn on the grand jury; in which case he could not be rejected. The question depends however on the point whether there was an actual summons , for a conversation merely preparatory to a summons is a different thing. It is therefore proper to examine the marshal as to what has been done.
Maj. Joseph Scott the marshal of the district was thereupon examined. He said that he had shewed the judges themselves a letter from Mr. John Taylor of Caroline, who had been summoned and they had said the excuse expressed that in that letter was sufficient. He had therefore summoned colonel James Barbour, of Orange in his room; but did not say that the judges had directed him to do so, although he conceived it to be his duty in consequence of what had passed between him and them. He acknowledged also that Mr. John M'Rae, who had been summoned, having since that time left the state, he had under similar impressions summoned Dr. Wm. Foushee.
The court decided that Mr. Barbour and Dr. Foushee had not legally been added to the panel of the grand jury; they were therefore withdrawn.
The panel having been reduced to 16 by the removal of those gentlemen improperly summoned, col. Burr expressed some regret at exercising the privilege of challenging two others for favor. If the right was conceded, it might be necessary to appoint triers and go into an examination of witness. He wished it to be distinctly understood that he claimed the same right of challenge in this stage of the business, as if the cause were now before the petit jury.
Mr. Boats presumed that there could be no question as to the right. Even in civil cases this was a cause, though not a principal cause of challenge. The law
which had been read was explicit in its application to this case. Our cause of challenge must be made out by testimony.
Mr. Hay believed the law to be as stated on the other side. No objection would be made by him to the course which the gentlemen wished to pursue. Col. Burr then proceeded to name the persons and causes of challenge. He first mentioned William B. Giles . With respect to him there were two causes, the first of which was of public notoriety. Mr. Giles while a member of the senate had voted for a suspension of the writ of habeas corpus . The constitution had declared that a suspension of this writ could only be warranted in extreme cases; and that by pronouncing on the expediency of that measure, Mr. Giles had inevitably formed an opinion as to the designs imputed to him. Further, he would endeavor to establish by testimony, that since that time Mr. Giles had said that the documents furnished evidence of his (Burr's) guilt, and guilt of the highest grade.
Mr. Boats added a few observations explanatory of the law, and expressed a firm conviction, that from the intelligence, the virtue and patriotism of Mr. Giles, he would not suppose that the objections were made with a view to wound his feelings.
Mr. Hay observed that if the gentlemen objected to were willing to be withdrawn, he had no objection. [Here Mr. Giles made a very handsome and impressive address to the court, which neither our limits nor present plan will permit us, at this time, to insert. We will, however, briefly remark, that he said, it had been an uniform rule with him neither to solicit nor refuse an appointment to any office which his country thought him qualified to fill. It was a very unpleasant thing for him to be summoned as a grand juror at the present term, but having been summoned, he had resolved to waive all objections of a personal nature. He regretted that there had not been energy enough in the house of representatives in congress to suspend the writ of habeas corpus , a measure which he then thought and still thinks the state of the country required. Upon this case he was about to pronounce his real impressions. He meant ultimately to withdraw, but wished to remove certain impressions which had been made.
The chief justice observed that two circumstances must occur, in order to disqualify him as a juror, the one was, that he must have made up an opinion on the case, the other was, that he had declared that opinion.
Mr. Giles wished to explain the state of his own mind. He had made up no opinion. He wished indeed that the public mind should be satisfied, and that the true character of colonel Burr's transactions should be ascertained.
Colonel Wilson Cary Nicholas was also objected to by colonel Burr, on the ground of a personal enmity, sufficient he presumed to blind the judgment of the wisest men.
Colonel Nicholas observed, that upon being summoned by the marshal, he had pressed him in the most forcible manner to release him. He doubted the propriety of his serving in this particular case, as the various relations in which he had stood as a public character to colonel Burr, might create some bias on his mind. That he was in Congress with colonel Burr when the nomination of President and Vice President was made, which terminated in an election that presented Mr. Jefferson, and colonel Burr with an equal number of suffrages for the decision of Congress. When colonel Burr went to the western country his suspicions were excited. He gave, perhaps too ready a credit to the evidence which had transpired; but which was not sufficient to form a conclusive opinion. The marshal refusing to excuse him, he was obliged to attend. He did not choose that wrong impressions should be made, with respect to his motives, had he been absent. Attempts, he said had been made to intimidate him. He had been told that if he attended as a juror, such representation would be made of his public conduct as would be highly injurious to his feelings.—Under all these circumstances he felt some dif-

faculty. He had consulted lawyers of the first talents, who informed him that the court would not for such causes excuse him. He felt embarrassment from two considerations; the one was that his retiring might have sanctioned those objections; the other was that he did not wish to shrink from the performance of a public duty. But he consented to retire.
Col. Burr remarked, that the circumstance mentioned by the gentleman that attempts had been made to intimidate him, were calculated to throw a suspicion on his cause. Such a course was not sanctioned by him. It must have been the work of some of his enemies. He disclaimed such conduct.
Col. Nicholas being withdrawn, Major Eggleston wished to be excused, because he had felt and expressed a considerable degree of warmth, on reading the deposition of general Eaton; but the court considered that his case did not fall within the rule, and not being objected to by colonel Burr, he was not permitted to withdraw.
Doctor William Peabody, on being called, expressed a difficulty in serving. On a consideration of his objections, the court suffered him to withdraw. Mr. John Randolph and col. James Barbour were then severally called. These gentlemen wished to be excused, on account of the impressions which the subject had made on their minds, but their excuses were not deemed sufficient by the court.
The following gentlemen were then sworn on the grand jury:
John Randolph, foreman, Joseph Eggleston, Littleton Waller Tazewell, Robert Taylor, William Daniel, jr. John Mercer, Edward Pegram, Munford Beverly, John Ambler, Thomas Harrison, Joseph C. Cabell, James Pleasants, jr. John Brockenbrough, Alexander Shepherd, James Barbour, James M. Garnett.
The chief justice delivered a charge to the grand jury, in which he enumerated the several offences cognizable by them under the laws of the United States, and particularly defined the crime of treason.
After the grand jury had retired, a debate of some length ensued on a proposition to instruct the jury specially with respect to the admissibility of certain evidence which it was supposed would be adduced on the part of the U. States. A further discussion of this question, it is expected, will take place today.
The names of the several witnesses summoned in behalf of the United States, were called over, many of whom and among others General Wilkinson were absent. Such as appeared were recognized to appear on this day at 11 o'clock, to which hour the court adjourned.
Saturday, May 23d, 1807. Present the same judges as on yesterday.
The following witnesses appeared in behalf of the United States, and were bound in a recognizance of one thousand dollars each, for their attendance on the court.
John G. Henderson, Alexander Henderson, Eric Bollman, Samuel Swartwout, Robert Spence, William Eaton, John Morgan, George Morgan and Thomas Morgan.
The names of the following persons, summoned as witnesses on the part of the United States, were called, but they did not appear.
Ambrose Smith, Hugh Phelps, James Read, William Duane, Leonore Duval, Thomas Peterkin, Elias Glover, Samuel Fairbank, James Lowry Donaldson, William Wilson and William C. Meade.
The counsel for col. Burr observed, that if it was the pleasure of the court, the discussion intended for this day on the propriety of giving special instructions to the grand jury, would take place on Monday.
This proposition was assented to. The grand jury appearing pursuant to adjournment, the chief justice informed them that the absence of a witness deemed important by the counsel for the U. S. and the uncertainty of his arrival at any particular period made it necessary that they should be adjourned. They were accordingly adjourned till Monday.
Some conversation ensued between the court and bar with respect to the propriety of adjourning the grand jury to some distant day in the term.
The chief justice stated it as his opinion that as there was no necessity for calling over the names of the grand jury every day they might be considered in contemplation of law still in their chambers till they were called into court; and that it might be understood that they
would not be called till some particular day. This he said, was the practice in some of the states, nor did he know any sound objection to it. But, unless it was considered by counsel on both sides that this course was free from all exception, he should be unwilling on any account, to adopt it.
The counsel for col. Burr stated that they knew no objection to the measure, but were unwilling to express any decided opinion, especially as col. Burr was not then in court.
The chief justice said that he felt much inclined to accommodate the grand jury; but until farther consideration of the subject, they would stand adjourned till Monday next.
Monday, May 25th, 1807. Present the same judges as on Saturday.
The grand jury appeared in court; and on its being stated by the foreman that they had been two days confined to their chambers and had no presentment to make or bills before them; Mr. Hay observed that he had two bills prepared, but wished to suspend the delivery of them till the witnesses were called, and it was ascertained that all the evidence relied upon by the counsel for the prosecution, could be had. He thought it probable, that in the course of a week, he should hear of gen. Wilkinson, who was still absent, and whose testimony was deemed very important.
A further conversation took place as to the propriety of adjourning the grand jury to a distant day of the term; and Monday next was mentioned as the time when they would probably be required to attend.
The Chief Justice observed that from the researches which he had been enabled to make, he was still inclined to favor the opinion which he had expressed on Saturday, that there was no necessity for calling the grand jury every day. This opinion was the result of his reflections upon principle, not from any positive authority on the subject.
Mr. Wickham having stated that as a number of witnesses were attending at a considerable distance on the part of col. Burr, it might be important to know when the grand jury would be again called; Mr. Hay observed that a motion might be made which would render their presence necessary even on that day.
Mr. Wickham then requested that before any order should be taken in relation to the adjournment of the grand jury, the counsel for the U. S. might state the nature and object of his motion.
Mr. Hay. The object of my motion is to commit Mr. Burr, on a charge of high treason against the U. S. On his examination, there was no evidence of an overt act, and he was committed for a misdemeanor only. The evidence is different now.
Mr. Wickham hoped that the application might be made, and counsel heard.
Mr. Hay. Gentlemen may be assured that they be apprised of the application, but is it their wish that the application should be made, and the subject discussed in the presence of the grand jury?
Colonel Burr. The gentleman has mistaken the object of my motion, as far as it is comprehended in my motion. The design was not that the grand jury might hear, but that the impropriety of mentioning the subject in the presence of the grand jury might be made more manifest. I think it may be demonstrated that while there is a grand jury attending before whom a question may be determined, there is an obvious impropriety in submitting it to any other tribunal for any other purpose.
The grand jury were requested to withdraw.
Mr. Hay renewed his application, stating more at large the grounds on which it was made. The discussion of this question took up the time of the court till nearly 5 o'clock, when it adjourned without coming to any decision.
During the discussion the grand jury requested to be brought into court; and if it should be deemed improper for them to hear any arguments which might be addressed to the court, they wished them to be suspended while they were present.
They were accordingly brought into court, and a wish being expressed that they would not listen to the discussion of the subject then before the court, they were adjourned until the next day, at twelve o'clock.
Tuesday, May 26th, 1807. Present the same judges as on yesterday.
The grand jury were called, and adjourned over the next day.
On the motion made yesterday to commit
col. Burr on the charge of treason, the Chief Justice delivered the opinion of the court as follows:
IN considering the question which was argued yesterday, it appears to be necessary to decide—
1st. Whether the court sitting as a court possesses the power to commit any person charged with an offence against the United States.
2d. If this power be possessed, whether circumstances exist in this case which ought to restrain its exercise.
The first point was not made in the argument, and would, if decided against the attorney for the U. S. only change the mode of proceeding. If a doubt can exist respecting it, that doubt arises from the omission in the laws of the U. S. to invest their courts, sitting as courts, with the power in question. It is expressly given to every justice and judge, but not to a court.
This objection was not made on the part of colonel Burr, and is now mentioned, not because it is believed to present any intrinsic difficulty, but to show that it has been considered.
This power is necessarily exercised by courts in discharge of their functions, and seems not to have been expressly given, because it is implied in the duties which a court must perform, and the judicial act contemplates it in this light. They have cognizance of all crimes against the U. S. they are composed of the persons who can commit for those crimes; and it is obviously understood, by the legislature, that the judges may exercise collectively, the power which they possess individually, so far as is necessary to enable them to retain a person charged with an offence in order to receive the judgment which may finally be rendered in his case. The court say this is obviously understood by the legislature, because there is no clause expressly giving to the court the power to bail or to commit a person, who appears in discharge of his recognizance, and against whom the attorney for the U. States does not chuse to proceed, and yet the thirty-third section of the judicial act, evinces a clear understanding in the legislature that the power to take bail is in possession of the court.
If a person shall appear, in conformity with his recognizance, and the court passes away without taking any order respecting him, he is discharged. A new recognizance, therefore, or a commitment on the failure to enter into one, is in the nature of an original commitment, and this power has been uniformly exercised.
It is believed to be a correct position, that the power to commit for offences of which it has cognizance, is exercised by every court of criminal jurisdiction, and that courts as well as individual magistrates are conservators of the peace.
Were it otherwise the consequence would only be that it would become the duty of the judge to descend from the bench, and in the character as an individual magistrate, to do that which the court is asked to do.
If the court possesses the power, it is certainly its duty to hear the motion which has been made on the part of the U. S. for in cases of the character of that under consideration, its duty and its power are coextensive with each other. It was observed when the motion was made, and the observation may now be repeated, that the arguments urged on the part of the accused rather prove the motion on the part of the U. S. unnecessary, or that inconveniences may result from it, than the want of a legal right to make it.
The first is, that the grand jury being now in session ready to receive an indictment, the attorney for the U. S. ought to proceed by bill instead of applying to the court, since the only purpose of a commitment is to bring the accused before a grand jury. This statement contains an intrinsic error which destroys its operation. The commitment is not made for the sole purpose of bringing the accused before a grand jury; it is made for the purpose of subjecting him personally to the judgement of the law, and the grand jury is only the first step towards that judgement.
If, as has been argued, the commitment was simply to detain the person until a grand jury could be obtained; then its operation would cease on the assembling of a grand jury; but such is not the fact. The order of commitment retains its force while the jury is in session, and if the prosecutor does not proceed, the court is accustomed to retain a prisoner in confinement, or to renew his recognizance to a subsequent term.
The arguments drawn from the general policy of our laws, from the attention which should be bestowed on prosecu-
tions, instituted by special order of the executive, from the peculiar inconveniences and hardships of this particular case, from improper effects which inevitably result from this examination, are some of them subjects for the consideration of those who make the motion, rather than of the court, and others go to the circumpection with which the testimony in support of the motion ought to be weighed, rather than to the duty of hearing it.
It has been said that col. Burr already stands charged with treason, and that, therefore, a motion to commit him for the same offence is improper. But the fact is not so understood by the court. The application to charge him with treason was rejected by the judge to whom it was made, because the testimony offered in support of the charge did not furnish probable cause for the opinion, that the crime had been committed. After this rejection, col. Burr stood so far as respected his legal liability to have the charge repeated, in precisely the same situation as if it had never been made. He appears in court now as if the crime of treason had never before been alleged against him. That it has been alleged, that the government had time to collect testimony for the establishment of the fact, that an immense crowd of witnesses are attending for the purpose, that the prosecutor in his own judgement has testimony to support the indictment, are circumstances which may have their influence on the motion for a commitment, or on a continuance, but which cannot deprive the attorney for the U. S. of the right to make his motion. If he was about to send up a bill to the grand jury, he might move that the person designed to accuse should be ordered into custody and it would be in the discretion of the court to grant or to reject the motion.
The court perceived and regrets that the result of this motion, may be publications unfavorable to the justice, and to the right decision of the case; but if this consequence is to be prevented, it must be by other means than by refusing to hear the motion. No man feeling a correct sense of the importance which ought to be attached by all to a fair and impartial administration of justice, especially in criminal prosecutions, can view without extreme solicitude any attempt which may be made to prejudice the public judgement, and try any person, not by the laws of his country and the testimony exhibited against him—but by public feelings, which may be and often are artificially excited against the innocent, as well as the guilty. But the remedy, for a practice not less dangerous than it is criminal, is not to be obtained by suppressing motions, which either party may have a legal right to make.
If it is the choice of the prosecutor on the part of the U. S. to proceed with this motion; it is the opinion of the court, that he may open his testimony.
Mr. Hay then rose and declared that he was fully sensible of the inconveniences which might result from a public examination of the witnesses at this stage of the prosecution; that nothing but the necessity of taking this step, to secure the appearance of col. Burr to answer the charge, had induced him to make the motion for commitment. He was willing therefore, if any arrangement could be made to attain the same end, and to obviate the inconveniences mentioned by the court, that such arrangement should be made. He observed that he understood from the counsel on the other side that they were disposed to confer with him and the gentlemen who assisted him on the subject of adopting some such arrangement. He proposed therefore, with the permission of the court, to retire for a short time for the purpose of holding the conference proposed.
The court having consented, the counsel on both sides retired together; and returning, after an absence of a few minutes, informed the court that they had not been able to come to an agreement, and wished further time to consider the course which it might be most advisable to pursue; to which the court acceded.
The case of col. Burr was, therefore, without any further proceedings at present, adjourned till the next day.
[To be continued.]
FOREIGN NEWS.
LONDON, April 7.
The Emperor Alexander, accompanied by his brother the Grand Duke Constantine, has set off from St. Petersburg to join the armies, and of course, we presume, to take the command into his own hands.

The houses of Hope, Willack & Co. have agreed to furnish the Dutch government with a loan of 40,000,000 of ducats. The contractors, it is said, will be permitted to carry on a trade with England, in certain articles of commerce hitherto prohibited by the government of Holland.
LONDON, April 8.
By the American ship Betsy , arrived off Dover from Teneriffe bound to Teningen, we are informed, that an enemy's squadron, destined for the coast of Africa, consisting of a frigate and two corvettes, arrived at Teneriffe two days previous to her sailing from that island, and landed there the crews of two brigs bound to Newfoundland, which had been scuttled.
April 15.
Government, it is said, received authentic advice yesterday, by way of Hamburg, that 11 Turkish ships of the line had been burnt in the Dardanelles, by the boats of the British squadron.
The fire by which his majesty's ship Ajax has been destroyed was merely accidental. It took place below deck, and after burning for some time reached the magazine, when she blew up. Capt. Blackwood, who had ascended to the spritsail yard, had just escaped before the explosion took place. The ship was cruising in the Archipelago at that time.
LONDON, April 18.
An order of council has been issued to restore all ships and goods belonging to Hamburg and other places in the North of Germany in the possession of the enemy, detained prior to the 1st of Jan. last. These detained since, are to be sold, and the proceeds lodged in the funds till his majesty's pleasure be further declared.
Vienna Court Gazette, March 24.
It was upon the 18th of February, in the afternoon, while the Turks were celebrating the feast of the Grand Bayram, that the English admiral, Duckworth, with the Royal George of 110 guns; the Windsor Castle , of 110 guns; the Canopus , admiral Louis ; and the Pompey , admiral Sir Sidney Smith , of 84 guns each; the Active , the Standard , the Repulse and Thunderer , of 74 guns each; the Endymion , of 50; three frigates, and several fire ships and bomb vessels, penetrated through the Dardanelles, under the favor of a strong southerly wind, notwithstanding the fire of the forts, and almost without receiving any damage from it. The rest of their fleet remained off the Cape of Tenedos. After having attacked and destroyed the small squadron which was at anchor at the entrance of the canal, the fleet cast anchor on the evening of the 20th, within cannon shot of the capital, between the Seraglio and the Seven Towers. Messages were immediately sent off on both sides. The negotiations still continue, although on the evening of the 27th there was a slight engagement with a division of the Turkish gun boats, which were repulsed by the English, and either burnt or driven ashore. The Porte continues its preparations of defence with additional ardor. Numerous batteries are establishing along the European and Asiatic coasts, on which several hundred pieces of cannon will be placed. Every great officer of the Porte, even the Reis Effendi, has his post assigned to him in the line of defence. The Grand Signor has personally repaired to the works, to animate the laborers by his presence. The Captain Pacha, and the Tefterdar of the Marine, have been displaced and banished to Rodosto. Hadachi Ibrahim Effendi has been appointed first secretary of the state. The Bosphorus squadron has been recalled. Every vessel in the arsenal fit for service, has been sent to Topham, to be got ready for sea. For want of seamen, crews are to be got from among the Janissaries.
March 28.
The following intelligence, dated the 3d of March, has been received from Constantinople. On the 28th of February, the English attempted a landing on Prince's Island, but it miscarried. Their loss on the occasion is stated at 400 killed and wounded, and 200 taken prisoners. The following day the fleet weighed anchor, and proceeded to the Dardanelles.
The number of Turks who took up arms in Constantinople and its vicinity, amounted to 100,000. Public order was not in the least disturbed in that city. The Grand Signor had not shown the slightest disposition to leave the place, as had been asserted.
A kind of ecclesiastical manifesto against Bonaparte has been read in all the
churches throughout Russia. In this paper he is denounced as an enemy to the religion of Christ, and to all legitimate sovereigns and civilized states. The following is one of the grounds of denunciation:—
"And now to complete the outrages with which he has overwhelmed the church, he has called into France the Synagogue: he has ordered public honors to be shown to the Jewish Rabbins—he has established the grand Hebrew Sanhedrim, that infamous tribunal which in ancient times dared condemn to the agony of the cross our Saviour Jesus Christ; he now strives to reunite the Jews, whom the wrath of God has dispersed over the face of the earth, to arm their rage against the Christian Church; and, to fill up the measure of his iniquities, (by an impiety which surpasses all others) to get himself acknowledged as the Messiah expected by this proscribed people."
New-York, June 1.
Though the Irish papers received at the office of the Mercantile Advertiser by the ship Rover are not so late by four days as were received by the Dartmouth , they contain some interesting articles which had not before come into our possession. Of these, the address of Bonaparte to the Senate, the account of operations in Turkey, and the two additional bulletins, from the French grand army, will excite considerable attention. The rumor of a peace between Russia, England, and the Porte, has no foundation in truth. [These bulletins shall be published next week.]
A London paper of the 17th April, observes, "Government this morning received dispatches from America, rejecting of the treaty with this country, by the President and Senate of the United States."
Louisville, (Geor.) April 24.
FIRES —The cotton gin, two grist mills, two saw mills, a house, and near 300,000 cwt. of seed cotton, have just been destroyed by fire in this place. Mr. Shellman has lost about 30,000 dollars—many other persons are also losers. A few days before a saw mill belonging to W. Fleming, esq. with a quantity of lumber, was destroyed by fire. At Sparta, on the 9th inst. Mr. Roundtree, lost property to the amount of 15,000 dollars by fire. Mr. Sandford was also a sufferer.
Louisville, April 20.
SHIPWRECKS AT THE RAPIDS OF OHIO.
A spectacle so distressing to the generous heart, was never presented in the western country as that of this day, in front of Louisville. On Saturday 4 large ships, all new, and bound for N. Orleans, lay in a line in the basin above the rapids, waiting the rise of water, which was then on the swell; and promised a safe passage over the obstructions, so that all calculated on passing on Sunday—Sunday was a boisterous day, which prevented a possibility of managing a ship in so straight a passage—The water at a stand during the day began to fall in the evening. Monday the water had fallen 2 or 3 inches, and very little hope obtained of it swelling to that height again during the year. The owners of the ships, who were present, felt the consequence too sensibly to remain idle a moment if a possibility existed of passing—soundings were made and hope revived. Colonel Lord, owner of the ship John Atkinson , bore down for the head grand shoot, and passed handsomely by rubbing the rocks two or three times, and anchored below. By this time the wind had increased a little, in a direction somewhat unfavorable, but not sufficiently to prevent the attempt by the Tuscarora, who got under weigh, and the Rufus King followed her wake. At this moment the shores, terraces, and windows were filled with anxious spectators, enjoying a doubtful pleasure, but in a few minutes their suspense was decided with the fate of the ships, which lay wrecks upon the rocks until they filled with water, which was in a short time after they struck. The apparent perilous situation of the crews and gentlemen on board was dreadful; in ships without rudders or keels, tumbling from rock to rock and rolling from side to side, in a current which rates twelve or fourteen miles an hour, without a possibility of being relieved from the shore. Fortunately for the lives on board, the ships filled on the rocks without going to pieces.
The Rufus King endeavoured by casting her anchors after the Tuscarora struck, to avoid the like blow, but the strength of the current was too powerful,
she struck near the same place, and, drawing a few inches less water bounded past the bow, and carried away the head of the Tuscarora , and part of her railing, lodged about her length below.
Col. Lord had returned from his ship with the pilot, and was on board the Rufus King during this time, his ship which had passed without damage, dragged her anchor or parted with it, and in spite of the exertions of the hands on board, stranded on Sunday island shoal, which will be perfectly dry in a few days, if the water continued to fall at the present rate—'tis presumed she may be got off the next rise of the water without sustaining any material damage. These three ships drew nearly the same depth of water, the Penrose , which draws more, made no attempt to pass, and now lies safely in the basin, where she has already weathered out one year.
Tuesday, April 12.
To close the misfortune to this evening of those gentlemen whose enterprise entitles them to the extreme reverse of what has befallen them, and to the best wishes of their countrymen—a large covered boat (a lighter) belonging to the owner of the Rufus King , and lying in the basin, laden with tobacco and cordage, took fire and was destroyed. The flame spread so rapidly that the only alternative was to extinguish it by sinking her. What part of the cargo was not entirely lost is very much damaged. The place was crowded with small crafts, some of which received injury.
One solitary consolation is, that no lives have been lost. A man of the Rufus King was severely bruised with the tiller, perhaps mortally.
MARTINSBURG, June 12.
It is reported that gen. Wilkinson has arrived at Norfolk from New-Orleans. Alexan. Expo.
Commercial Information. —Although the last year has been remarkably productive elsewhere, the territory of Columbia has experienced an almost incredible addition to its commercial ability. Besides an unusual supply of tobacco, corn, bacon, butter, whiskey, &c. above 60,000 barrels of flour have been brought down the Potomac this season, which is more than double the quantity ever received in any one season before. [Washington Federalist.]
INTERMITTENT FEVERS.
An Italian physician has published a treatise on this animal Gelatine as a cure for intermittents. The National Institute have delegated a committee to inquire into the effects of this new remedy, and they found that the common glue of the joiners cured intermittents. A great many Italian Physicians have tried this remedy, and found it safe and effectual. They tried it in the febris tertiana duplicata some also in the quartan , which had not yielded to bark, &c. likewise in the quotidian remittens . Several patients were restored by the simple jelly of beef. The observed that the asthenical intermittents cured by the glue went over into the febris continua , and even in asthenical ones; but this continuity lasted at most only one or two days. The glue is to be given a short time before the paroxysm. Its principal effect consists in taking away the stony of the stomach and the skin. When this is done it is advisable to give some doses of several other hours of the day. It ought not to be diluted too much with water. When the solution made from eleven or twelve drams of glue in two ounces of water, coagulates and thickens again, it may easily be made potable by putting the glass on the hot ashes. Others gave the doses every quarter, or every half hour with equally good effect.
The patient should not drink much after having taken the medicine, and especially no acid beverage. Two or three hours after he may eat or drink. The glue operates at the same time as a sudorific. The patient ought to remain two days in bed after the fever has ceased, and to avoid the air (especially if it be cold and moist) for four or five days. At Berlin these cures have been reiterated in the Charite and found of indubitable effect.
* Chiten prepared in a Papinian digester, from fresh bones, beef, &c. would produce the same effect, be equally cheap and without the nauseous taste of the joiner's glue.
Let no man, who belongs to a community, presume to say that he is independent. There is no such condition in so-
ciety. Thank God, our virtues are our best defence.
Rich and Poor. —The difference between a rich man and a poor man, as laid down by Sir Walter Raleigh, is nothing more than this—the former can when he pleases, the latter when he can.
Two valuable Mill seats
To be let for a term of years, nearly adjoining the lower locks on the Shenandoah river, within half a mile of Harper's Ferry. The terms may be known by applying at the Department of war. Any suitable character inclined to lease the same may have an opportunity of seeing the plot, and of viewing the premises by applying to
SAMUEL ANNIN.
Harper's Ferry, June 12, 1807.
TWENTY DOLLARS REWARD.
STOLEN out of the subscriber's pasture, near Keyes's Ferry, on Sunday night the 31st of May last, a dark bay horse three years old, full 14 hands high, with glass eyes, and his hind feet white, has a great many white hairs in his forehead and a small snip, is a natural trotter; any person that will take up said thief and horse, so that the thief may be brought to conviction, and give me information thereof so that I get my horse again, shall have the above reward, or ten dollars for the horse only, and all reasonable charges paid if brought home.
HENRY GARNHART.
Jefferson County, June 12, 1807.
RAN away from the subscriber living in Shepherd's Town, Jefferson County, Virginia, about the 28th of April last, an Apprentice-boy named Malan Reynolds , bound to me by the Orphan's Court of said County, to learn the Cabinet making business. Five dollars reward will be given to any person who will apprehend said Apprentice, and bring him to me, or secure him in jail so that I get him again. He is about five feet eight inches high, of a fair complexion, and has light coloured hair; I suppose he is lurking about on Back-Creek , at or near a Mr. Ludwigs .
WILLIAM KATT.
June 12, 1807.
New Cash Store.
The subscriber takes this method of informing his acquaintances and the public in general, that he has just opened a handsome assortment of FRESH GOODS (at his dwelling house in Shepherd's Town .) He deems it unnecessary to particularize each article which comprises his assortment, suffice it to say, it consists almost of every article that is most useful and plain (both of Dry Goods and Groceries) he also has a large quantity of most excellent Potter's Ware , of a better quality than any ever offered for sale in this place before. He assures his friends and acquaintances that the whole of his Goods have been laid in on the very lowest terms, and as he is positively determined to sell very Cheap for Cash or Country Produce, they may with confidence call on him for CHEAP BAROAINS.
BENJAMIN BOYDSTONE.
Shepherd's Town, May 8, 1807.
RAN away from the subscriber, on the 17th of February last, Negro Charity , about 39 years old, dark complexion, with a wen over her right eye, and one joint of her right big toe cut off. She was seen at Abraham Miller's , on the 26th of February. Any person securing her in jail or delivering her to me, shall receive five dollars reward.
SMITH SLAUGHTER.
Jefferson County, March 20, 1807.
LITERARY INTELLIGENCE.
It is with pleasure we announce to the public that the Life of Washington , by Ramsey , is ready for and will be put to press in a few days in this city. Several gentlemen, who have seen the manuscript, do not hesitate to pronounce it, what would naturally be expected from the author and the subject, a work of the most classic elegance. It will be comprised in one octavo volume, and printed in an elegant manner.
Printers who insert the above will be complimented with a copy.
[N. Y. Ch.]

Plank for Sale.
THE subscribers inform the public that they have a large quantity of most excellent PLANK for sale, of the following kinds, viz. 1 1-4 Inches Pine Plank for Flooring, 1 ditto ditto ditto, 3-4 ditto for Weatherboarding, 1 ditto Poplar ditto, 3-4 ditto for Weatherboarding. Also, a large quantity real good Rye Whisky and Apple Brandy (distilled in Maryland) Salt-Petered Bacon and Waldrone's double prime Cradling and Grass Scythes, where Farmers and others may be supplied on very Cheap terms, with JAMES & JOHN LANE. Shepherd's-Town, June 5, 1807.
New Goods.
THE subscriber informs his Friends and Customers, that he has just received and is now opening an extensive assortment of Spring and fancy Goods, Purchased in the city of Philadelphia, which he offers at very reduced prices for Cash or Country produce. Also on hand, a quantity of good Rye Whisky, by the barrel or single gallon. ALEXANDER COOPER. Martinsburg, June 5, 1807.
New Store.
THE subscriber respectfully informs his friends and the public in general, that he has commenced the Mercantile business in the house lately occupied as a Store by Ignatius O'Ferrall, at Mill-Creek, where he has a Choice collection of Spring and Summer Goods, Groceries, Liquors, Hardware, &c. &c. All which he will dispose of on the most reasonable terms for Cash or Country produce.—He solicits the patronage of the public, and assures them that he will always keep up a general assortment, and will dispose of his Goods on as low terms as they are retailed in any other place. WILLIAM B. KING. Mill-Creek, June 3, 1807.
ATTENTION!!
THE Members of the Company of "Martinsburg Independent Blues," are informed, that their next muster will be at Martinsburg, on the second Saturday in this month, (the 13th,) at 12 o'clock.—A punctual attendance of every person belonging to said Company is ordered, as there will be an election of Officers on that day. June 5, 1807.
FOR SALE.
FOURTEEN and a half acres of Land, lying on the Bank of Potomac, in Jefferson County, adjoining the lands of Mr. John Toole and Captain Shepherd.—One half the purchase money in hand, the remainder in a year, with interest, will be expected.—A good title will be made the purchaser. DAVID HUNTER. June 5, 1807.
TAKE NOTICE.
WHEREAS early in April, I bought a sorrel mare of Elizabeth Mingle, (widow) at forty dollars, for which I gave two notes, twenty dollars each, payable the first of February, 1808; the mare being very low in flesh and I some what doubtful, Mrs. Mingle insured her sound, which she has since confessed before witness; but the mare still continued weakly and not able to work, and has since died; but fortunately for me, I have lately been informed by respectable authority that the old lady has never considered the mare sound since last fall, in consequence of which I forward all persons from taking an assignment on said notes, as I am determined not to pay them, until I am compelled by law. ANDREW TOLAND. June 5, 1807.
BOLTING CLOTHS.
JUST received an extensive assortment of best warranted BOLTING CLOTHS , of every description, which will be sold unusually low, by KENNEDYS & RAGAN. Hagerstown, June 5, 1806. [19]
Levi Price
HAS just received a complete assortment of SPRING and SUMMER GOODS , which he assures the public will be disposed of on the most satisfactory terms to the purchaser. He feels certain that those who call on him will not complain of his prices. His late purchases comprise the following articles. Fancy Calicoes, Leno Muslins, Shawls and Handkerchiefs, A large assortment of fancy ribbons, Leghorn and other bonnets, Fancy Marabou vesting, Thread Gloves, Gentlemen's Hats covered with silk, Leghorn ditto, &c. &c. Tin Ware, A large supply of BELL'S CROCKS, &c. Martinsburg, May 15, 1807.
The subscribers have just received, and are now opening, an additional supply of SPRING and SUMMER GOODS,
which added to their late purchases in March, makes their assortment very general and complete, from the very advantageous terms these Goods have been laid in, they are enabled to sell them on better terms than heretofore, they deem it unnecessary to particularise any articles, as they can assure the public that their assortment cannot be exceeded by any, and upon examination they are satisfied will give general satisfaction to purchasers; they return their sincere thanks to their friends for past favours, and assure them that every exertion on their part shall be used to merit a continuance. THOMAS C. SMITH, & Co. Martinsburg, May 15, 1807.
N. B. They always keep a good assortment of Antietam BAR-IRON on hand. The House and Lot occupied by Mr. L. Price is still for sale, for terms apply to T. C. S. & Co.
STRAYED from the plantation of the subscriber on Back-Creek, (formerly Harper's and Murry's mill place) on Tuesday evening the 19th inst. a dark brown mare, nine years old, between 15 and 16 hands high, shod before, trots and paces, has never been docked, but has the hair on her tail cut. Also a bay mare, about six years old, about 16 hands high, shod before, and had half of a shoe on one of her hind feet, and is a natural trotter. I will give a reward of four dollars to any person who will return the above creatures to me, or two dollars for either of them. JOHN GARVER. May 29, 1807.
Notice is hereby given,
THAT a petition will be presented to the County Court of Jefferson, at the next July Court to be held for the said County, for the discontinuance of the following road, commencing at the forks of the Shepherd's-Town road at the corner of Robert Shirley's field, and running from thence over the lands of Jarvis Shirley, Majr. George Washington's heirs, and others, to Charles-Town. May 29, 1807.
THE subscribers respectfully inform the inhabitants of Martinsburg and its vicinity, that they have just commenced the Tinning business at the house of Mr. Wm. Sommerville, next door to the printing Office.—They intend also to work in sheet iron.—The business will be carried on in an extensive manner by them, all demands therefore, in their line, can at any time be complied with. JAMES ROTHROCK. WILLIAM MAKEN. May 29, 1807.
WHEREAS my son John Baker, jun. has without any just cause, left me; and his conduct towards me has been improper. I do hereby notify the public, that I will not in future be answerable for any contract which he may make; neither will I allow any credit for any money he may hereafter collect now due to me. Those who are indebted to me, are therefore cautioned against making him any payments on my account. JOHN BAKER, sen'r. Martinsburg, May 29, 1807.
Berkeley, 28.
April Court, 1807. Philip C. Pendleton and David Hunter, Executors of Philip Pendleton, decd, Complainants,
AGAINST James Breathed, Defendant, IN CHANCERY.
THE defendant, James Breathed, 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 said James Breathed do appear here on the Monday after the third Tuesday in June 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, DAVID HUNTER, C.B.C.
FIVE DOLLARS REWARD.
RAN away from the subscriber, on the 6th instant, a negro man Named PHILIP , about five feet nine inches high, stout made, a small lump on one of his ribs, and a scar on his upper lip occasioned by the kick of a Horse, of a yellowish Complexion and a down look, being the same I purchased some time ago of Joseph Minghini. Any person, securing the said negro in prison and Giving me notice thereof or delivering to me, shall receive the above reward. JOHN BURNS, sen. Berkeley County, May 8, 1807.
TRAVELLERS
And others, may meet with genteel accommodation at the sign of the GLOBE, in Shepherd's-Town, where the subscriber has opened a House of Entertainment. JAMES BROWN. May 22, 1807.
Cheap Groceries.
E. & T. FINLEY,
No. 45, Howard-Street,
HAVE on hand an extensive assortment of Groceries and Liquors, which they offer for sale at reduced prices for cash.
Having experienced considerable inconvenience from the general credit heretofore given, they are induced to decline it—and will therefore after the first of May next, sell for cash, or produce only. This arrangement will enable them to make all their purchases for cash—and they flatter themselves they will be able to sell so much below the usual credit prices, as will be considered an object worthy of attention.
They will exert themselves to make it the interest of all who wish to make purchases for cash, to give them a call.—Orders from a distance will be particularly attended to.
They will continue to purchase Flour and Whiskey as usual, and receive all kinds of produce, on storage or to sell on commission.
Baltimore, May 1, 1807. [2m]
FOR SALE.
A TRACT OF LAND, containing about 900 acres, one half of which is cleared, the balance well timbered; and a considerable quantity of well watered meadow. On the premises is a good Merchant Mill and Distillery, on a never-failing stream of water, and in sight of the Potomac river. This tract can be divided into several different tenements, with a Dwelling House and Barn to each; it is of the first rate limestone quality; and is situated in Berkeley County, Virginia, on Potomac river, 10 miles from Martinsburg, 8 from Williamsport, and 15 from Mercersburg. This land will be sold together, or divided into two tracts, as may best suit the purchaser. A good bargain will be given to a purchaser, in the mill and one half the land, on paying about two thirds of the purchase money in hand. For terms apply to the subscriber on the premises. GEORGE NEWKIRK. April 18, 1806.
Fresh Spring goods.
THE subscribers respectfully inform their Friends (Customers at a distance) and the Public in general that they have just received and are now opening at their store in Shepherd's-Town—(By the Market House) A handsome assortment of
Fresh Spring Goods, among which are
Best superfine Calicoes, very handsome, Common and low price ditto, Superfine Cambricks, ditto low-price, Ladies Fashionable Robes, richly embroidered, ditto Shawls, ditto, A handsome selection of Leno Muslins, French Cambric, and French plain Lawn for Caps, A handsome assortment broad Thread Lace, ditto white and ditto black, Patent do. Ladies and Misses Silk and ditto Cotton Sandal Hose, Ladies Extra long English and French Silk Gloves, ditto ditto white Kid & York Tan, do. Gentlemen's white Kid & white Silk ditto, Best superfine Dimities, ditto low-price, Superfine 4-4 Irish Linens, low-priced ditto, and 5-4 Sheeting, Best strong bleached Ticklingburg, Low price ditto and 4-4 German Linens, Rushia Sheeting, ditto Duck, ditto Dowlas and ditto Drilling. A great variety of Cheap Muslins, Fashionable Split straw and Leghorn Bonnets, Best superfine London Broad Cloths, Second and third Quality ditto, Best Superfine London Casimores, President's and Constitution Cords, Velvets and Fancy Cords, Cotton Casimores, English and India Nankeens, Gentlemen's Silk and Cotton Hose, Bandannos and Madrass Handkerchiefs, Silk and Cotton Chambroy Muslins, Ladies Morocco and Kid Slippers, Gentlemen's nice imported Hats, ditto country made ditto, ditto Marabou, Muslin-nett and Janett Vest Patterns, And a few handsome Printed East-India Counterpains, warranted, fast colors. Also on hand a few very Cheap English Silver Watches, A large supply of Bar-Iron, Plow Molds, Steel and Castings, Soap and upper Leather, Nails of all sizes, Chinn, Glass, Queens, Stone and Tin Ware, with a complete assortment of Fresh Teas of the first Quality, Groceries, Saddlery, Hardware, Paints, Brushes, Oil, Patent and other Medicines; a large quantity of old Whisky, distilled in Maryland out of pure rye. The whole of those Goods have been bought on low terms, and it will be an object to purchasers at a distance to call and see them; (as well as those immediately in this Neighbourhood) as we are selling them uncommonly Cheap. JAMES & JOHN LANE. Shepherd's-Town, April 17, 1807. P. S. They continue to pay the highest price in Cash for HIDES and SKINS.
Spring Goods.
THE subscribers have just received, and are now opening, at their store in Shepherd's-Town, (Mr. Kearsley's well known stand) A large and complete assortment of
Choice Goods,
which were purchased in Philadelphia and Baltimore at very reduced prices. They deem it unnecessary to particularise any articles, as they can assure the public that their assortment of GOODS cannot be exceeded by any, and upon a particular examination they are satisfied will give general satisfaction, both as to cheapness and quality;—They therefore flatter themselves that those who wish to get good bargains will call on them, and they pledge themselves that their friends shall not be disappointed. R. WORTHINGTON, & Co. Shepherd's-Town, April 17, 1807.
CASH given for clean Linen & Cotton
RAGS
At the Office of the INTELLIGENCER.
MARTINSBURG, Berkeley County, Virginia; Printed and published by JOHN ALBURTIS.