Norfolk gazette and publick ledger (Norfolk [Va.]), 1805-02-11 00:00:00

NORFOLK GAZETTE AND PUBLICK LEDGER.
VOL. I.]
MONDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 11, 1805.
[NO. 90.]
FOR SAVANNAH, The Schooner RISING SUN, Captain Taylor. Will sail in four or five days. For freight or passage, apply to
MARTIN FISK. Who is this day landing from said Schooner, 100 Tierces fresh RICE. 15 Half Tierces do. February 4 392
FOR FREIGHT OR CHARTER, The Schooner HERO, John Sweet, Master:— Burthen about seven hundred barrels—now ready to receive a cargo. For terms apply to the master on board, or to C. FRY. January 23. tf 394
NOW LANDING From board the Ships Juno and Courtney, from Jamaica, 250 Hogsheads RUM. For sale by WILLIAM PENNOCK, WHO OFFERS FOR CHARTER, THE SHIPS JANE, of 417 Tons. JUNO, of 260 do. COURTNEY, of 200 do. All ready to receive cargoes. January 21. tf 395
The Merchants at Petersburg, and Richmond, who have orders to ship Tobacco in the British Brig UNION; Captain Hiningbottom, for Guernsey, are respectfully informed, that the brig has been ready to receive her cargo ever since the 24th ult.—The Captain not knowing the names of the respective shippers, has induced the consignee to give this public notice. Norfolk, January 14. tf 397
FOR JAMAICA, Ship BRUTUS, John Purdie, Master:— Will take 150 barrels on freight, if offered immediately. She has excellent accommodations for a few passengers. Apply to the master on board, or to A. HERON. January 7. tf 398
FOR SALE or CHARTER, The good Ship PATSEY, David G. Bowles, Master, Burthen 370 tons, will carry 600 hogsheads Tobacco. For terms apply to the Master on board, or to Moses Myers. Who has for Sale, on board said ship, About 5000 bushels Isle of May SALT. November 12. tf 399
FOR SALE, The fast sailing Schooner FRIENDS ADVENTURE, Elegantly fitted for a Packet, and burthen 35 tons, she is in complete order, and the terms will be made easy. ROBERT GIBSON. December 14. tf 387
FOR SALE, A very superior PILOT BOAT, Just launched, of the following dimensions, 33 Feet 6 inches Straight Keel. 15 do. 6 do. Beam. 6 do. Hold. Now lying at Newton's Wharf. For terms apply to Wilson, Cunningham & Co. WHO HAVE IN STORE, 25,000 lb. COFFEE. 20 Tierces Dutch LINSEED OIL. November 16. tf 393
FOR FREIGHT OR CHARTER, The new and fast sailing Brig SUSAN, Michael Farley, Master:— Burthen 175 tons, or 1600 barrels—in complete order for the reception of a cargo. For terms apply to the master on board, or to PHINEHAS DANA. December 24. tf 399
FOR SALE, (If applied for in three days) The fast sailing Schooner PHOENIX, Now lying at Newton's wharf, burthen 100 tons, and only one year old. Apply to the master on board, or William Pennock. WHO OFFERS FOR SALE, 50 Tons PLAISTER OF PARIS, on board said schooner, December 5. 399
FOR FREIGHT OR CHARTER, The remarkably fast sailing copper-bottomed Ship THOMAS WILSON, Christopher Tompkins, Master:— Burthen 328 tons or 450 hds. to acco. Will be ready for the reception of a cargo in a few days. Apply to Wilson, Cunningham & Co. December 5. tf 370
FOR SALE, FREIGHT or CHARTER, The Brig POLLY, John Hooper, Master, burthen 600 barrels. For terms apply to the master on board, or to PHINEHAS DANA & CO. Who have received her said brig from Boston, and offer for sale, 40 hds. 20 bbls. N. E. RUM, 3 bales INDIA COTTONS. January 16. tf 347
FOR SALE, A PEW in Christ Church. Apply at the office of the Public Ledger. Jan. 21. tf 357
TO RENT. THAT excellent DWELLING-House and GARDEN, lately the residence of Cornelius Calvert, Esq. deceased, with or without the WHARF, and immediate possession given. For terms apply to J. TUCKER. January 30. tf 377
NOTICE. THE PARTNERSHIP OF STRATTON & COLE, Will dissolve by mutual consent, on Thursday the 14th of March next.
ALL those who are indebted to them, are requested to make immediate payment, as no indulgence can be given:—And those who have claims, will bring them in for adjustment, and payment as quick as their business can be settled.
On the same day, will be Sold, at Publick Auction, if not previously disposed of at private Sale,
ALL THEIR STOCK OF GOODS, CONSISTING OF A GENERAL ASSORTMENT OF GROCERIES AND SHOP UTENSILS. ALSO—THE TWO HOUSES, Now occupied by them on Campbell's Wharf, which is an excellent stand for business. JOHN STRATTON, JOSIAH COLE. February 8. tf 400
FIFTY DOLLARS REWARD. ON Thursday night, January 31, the Store of the Subscriber was broken open, and the following quality of Boos and Shoes stolen, the number of each cannot be ascertained exactly, but the value is estimated at about 300 to 400 dollars. Back-strapped English Boots, fair tops—Swawarow do. English and American—Men's fine Shoes, and grained do.—Women's Leather Slippers, and Chinel Pumps. The above reward will be given to any person who shall detect the thieves, and recover the property, or a just proportion for any part thereof. BOWMAN & WALKER. February 1. tf 388
NORFOLK HOTEL. THE Subscriber informs his friends and the publick, that he has opened an HOTEL in that convenient house formerly the NAVY TAVERN No. 123 Main Street, where he hopes by his attention, to give satisfaction to those who may favour him with their company. He will always keep the best liquors: and Private Parties will be furnished with Dinners, Suppers, or Relishes, at the shortest notice. BOARDERS accommodated by the week, month, or year Henry Benbridge. October 9. tf 170
FALL AND WINTER GOODS. THE SUBSCRIBER Has received by the Brig COMMERCE, from LONDON, and Ship BRUTUS, from LIVERPOOL, A GENERAL ASSORTMENT OF FALL AND WINTER GOODS, which he offers for sale, by Wholesale or Retail, on moderate terms. Richard Taylor. ALSO—A FEW BALES BEST TWILLED SACKING. Sept. 22. tf 150
NOW LANDING From on board the Schooner Lidia, Capt. Livingston, from Antigua 116 Puncheons RUM. For sale by William Pennock. WHO WANTS TO PURCHASE, RED AND WHITE OAK STAVES—and 22 INCH SHINGLES. November 5. tf 122
FOR RENT, An excellent strong fire proof WAREHOUSE, on Commerce Street—Also, a small DWELLING-House, very pleasantly situated on the lot of the subscriber, on Boush Street. GOODS RECEIVED ON STORAGE By the Subscriber, on the usual low rates, in his convenient fire proof Warehouse, on Commerce Street. JOHN GRANBURY. January 30. 4w 376
WINDOW GLASS. I have just received for sale, from the Baltimore Manufactory, 34 BOXES WINDOW GLASS. 8 by 10—9 by 11—12 by 14—and 12 by 14.—And shortly expect a large supply of all sizes, commonly used here. The quality of this glass is good, and the prices will be found low. Apply to JOHN C. NIEMEYER. December 28. tf 315
FOR SALE, 495 Bbls. Superfine FLOUR, } Chiefly from Rich- 118 do. Fine do. } mond, and all a-float. ALSO IN STORE, Some Superfine of superior quality, for family use. EDWARD JOHNSTON. February 4. 3 393
ROBERT MAITLAND & CO. Have moved to their new Fire Proof Warehouse, on Commerce Street, where they have for sale, Old Lon. Par. Madeira WINE, in Pipes Hogsheads and Quarter Casks. Holland and Country GIN, in Pipes. French BRANDY, do. Loaf SUGAR, per Hogshead. New-York Prime PORK, &c. &c. January 30. 2m 379
FOR SALE, The Cargo of the Brig Pamé, from St. Domingo, consisting of 140,000 wt. Choice Green COFFEE. 10,000 wt. LOGWOOD. JAMES YOUNG. January 25. 9 367
LOST IN THE MAIL. ON the 29th of December last, was put into the Post-Office, near New-Kent Court-House, a letter, addressed to Captain Warren Ashley, at Norfolk, containing 170 Dollars in Bank Notes, which has never been received at that office; although we are satisfied, both by the books of Mr. Glenn, then Post-Master, and by the circumstances attending its delivery, that it was put into the Mail, and forwarded on the same day.
NOTES. Bank of U. S. Baltimore, D. No. 1270 50 do. do. F. 1685 20 do. Charleston, G. 286 20 do. Norfolk, B. 1632 20 do. do. B. 216 20 Virginia, do. A. 36 20 do. do. N. 1110 20 Dollars 170 HALYBURTON & CO. New-Kent Court-House, Jan. 30. law3 394
TO BE SOLD, FIVE SHARES OF THE VIRGINIA BANK STOCK. Enquire at this Office. February 1. 384
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THE SUBSCRIBERS, Have received per Sloop Charles, Captain Gardner, from Nantucket, and offer for sale, 1000 Gallons winter strained Sperm OIL. 2000 do. Whale do. PHINEHAS DANA & CO. LOST, From alongside the said Sloop, a BOAT 14 feet long, with yellow sides. A generous reward will be given to any person who will return her to Capt. Gardner, at the end of Campbell's wharf. February 6. tf 339
FOR SALE, 1300 Bushels Black-Eyed PEAS—a-float. 40 Bbls. Alexandria Pilot and Navy BREAD. BALLS & DANJOU. February 6. tf 396
The Subscribers have for Sale, 100 Hogsheads Old TOBACCO. 100 Puncheons high proof Jamaica RUM. 30 Hogsheads CLARET. 200 Barrels Superfine FLOUR. 300 do. Prime PORK. C. & F. WHITTLE. February 6. tf 397
CLAYED SUGARS. Received by the Schooner Five Sisters, from Martinique. 55 Hogsheads White and Brown Clayed SUGARS. For sale by J. GALWEY. WHO HAS ALSO ON HAND, A few Pipes COGNAC BRANDY. Feb. 1. y 6. 398
NOTICE. HAVING given Mr. STEPHEN HARRIS, a concern in my Business, the Firm in future, will be PHINEHAS DANA & Co. January 2. tf 320
LOST, On Friday the first instant, between Mrs. Pagand's School and Catherine-street bridge, A GOLD LOCKET.
Device, A Tomb shadowed by a Weeping Willow—A female in the act of wreathing flowers round two Urns, placed upon the tomb:— motto "Deep is the Sorrow, genuine the Tear".
Whoever has found, and will return the above to the Office of the Ledger, shall be generously rewarded. Feb. 4. 3t 391
STEPHEN HARRIS, HAS FOR SALE, AT HIS BAKE-HOUSE, No. 1, Commerce-Street. 400 Barrels Navy, } 200 do. Ship, } BREAD. 200 do. Pilot, } CRACKERS, Of the first quality, in Barrels, Half Barrels, Quarter Barrels, and Kgs. February 1. tf 382
STOP A SWINDLER. FOUR HUNDRED DOLLARS REWARD will be given for the apprehension of ROGER ROBBINS, late master of the pilot boat Schooner Nancy, of Norfolk or Baltimore, who sailed from Nassau, (N. P.) on or about the 19th of June last, bound for this port with Ten Thousand Dollars in specie, shipped by ALEXANDER STEVENSON & Co. of Nassau, and consigned to GIBSON and BROADFOOT of this place. The captain instead of coming to Charleston, carried the vessel to Baltimore, where he arrived on the fourth of July last. In a day or two after his arrival, he went to Batson Springs with the money in his possession; he there lost a part of it by Gambling, being afraid, no doubt, of being apprehended for his villainy, he soon left Batson Springs, since which we have received no tidings of him. It is hoped every person who reads this advertisement will show their detection of such infamous proceedings by doing all in their power to bring the villain to condign punishment.—The said ROGER ROBBINS is 5 feet 9 to 5 feet 10 inches high, and is apparently from thirty-five to forty years of age. He is a stout well made man, walks firm, steady, and upright; he has a practice of swinging his arms; he is of a dark complexion, has very dark short hair, and bushy eyebrows; a good set of teeth, dark brown eyes, which are often blood shot; a large mouth and large sharp nose; he has generally a pleasant smile on his countenance; talks a great deal, generally with a half laugh; he tells a number of anecdotes; his manners and address are pleasant, and he is, upon the whole, an agreeable, jocular man, in conversation. He said he was born in Connecticut, but this is doubtful, as he has a little of the foreign accent, or slur in his throat, in speaking, which might induce a person to take him for a Dane or Swede. The above reward will be paid by either of the Subscribers, to any person who will produce the said ROGER ROBBINS, in Charleston, or Nassau, N. P.
ALEXANDER STEVENSON & Co. Nassau, New-Providence. GIBSON & BROADFOOT, Charleston, South-Carolina. law3t 385
January 23. 384
ARISTOTLE.
Magna anima contentio adhibenda est in explicando Aristotele. CICERO, FRAG. PHIL.
Frequentabitur ejus domum optimi juvenes et veram viam, velut ex oraculo petent. Hos ille formabit, ut vetus gubernator, litora et portus, et quid secundis flatibus quid adversis satis possit, docebit, et communis ductus officio et amore quodam operis. QUINTIL.
To proceed orderly in this (i: e: the study of politics) the foundation should be laid in enquiring into the ground and nature of civil society; how it is formed into different models of government; and what are the several species of it. Aristotle is allowed (to be) a master in this science; and few enter upon the consideration of government without reading his politics. LOCKE.
Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics afford not only afford the most perfect system of Scientific Morality, but exhibit also the powers of the most compact and best constructed system which the human intellect ever produced upon any subject. DR. KENNEL.
PROPOSALS, BY GEO. L. GRAY, OF NORFOLK, FOR PUBLISHING BY SUBSCRIPTION, THE FIRST AMERICAN EDITION OF
Aristotle's Ethics and Politicks; COMPRISING HIS PRACTICAL PHILOSOPHY.
Translated from the Greek; and illustrated by introduction, and notes, a Critical History of his Life, and a new Analysis of his Speculative Works. BY JOHN GILLIES, LL. D. &c.
Historiographer to His Britannick Majesty for Scotland.
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Persons who obtain ten subscribers, and render themselves accountable for the amount, shall be entitled to one copy gratis; and for any number above ten a commission of seven and one half per cent. The usual deduction will be made to Booksellers who subscribe for ten, or a greater number of copies.
The work will be put to press as soon as a sufficient number of subscribers to defray the expense shall have been obtained.
N. B. The price of the English Edition, in two volumes, is Eighteen Dollars, the subscriber to the present edition saves ten dollars of that sum; and the Editor engages that it shall rival or surpass the imported publication in elegance.
Any remarks upon the character of the STAGYRITE as a Philosopher and a Politician, or any praise of his writings on Ethics and Government, might, on the part of the Editor and in this place, be regarded as unprofitable supererogation. He stands confessed and universally acknowledged, the greatest master of the Science of Politicks; and few modern writers on the subjects of which he treats, have passed him by without avowing their gratitude to him, and their admiration of his profound researches.
By the citizens of the United States, a people possessing more civil liberty than has ever before been enjoyed by any nation on earth, it is hoped that an author who is of all others most capable of instructing them in the nature and blessings of such a government as they have instituted, whose remarks result from a close examination of the theories of upwards two hundred commonwealths, will be received as a most welcome guest. To a people who, by the nature of their civil institutions, are individually liable to be called upon to regulate the affairs of the community, he will prove an useful companion and monitor. Too high an opinion cannot reasonably be entertained of a work which Locke declares to be necessary to every man who would understand the nature of politics; of a Philosopher to whom the learned GROTIUS assigns the most exalted rank, "whether estimated by the perspicuity of his method, the acuteness of his distinctions, or the weight and solidity of his arguments."
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Reflecting upon the great utility of such a work to a people who make politics so much their study, the Editor deems it unnecessary to load these proposals with commendatory quotations, from the vast crowd of civilians and philosophers who voluntarily endeavoured to discharge the debt which every man to science owes to this universal teacher. It is under the hope of rendering a service to his fellow-citizens, independent of local motives, that he has undertaken the weighty task of republishing a work so important: and he hopes that his success will fully justify him for attempting, at this time, to give to the world a cheap, and he pledges himself that it shall be a correct, edition of these most useful of the labours of ARISTOTLE.
NORFOLK, Virginia, Nov. 26, 1804.
LAND FOR SALE.
A TRACT in the County of Isle of Wight, containing 414 acres, near Nansemond line, and within about four or five miles of Scott's Landing, on Nansemond River. About one hundred acres is cleared, on which is a House, and an Orchard which produces about six or eight barrels of Apple Brandy, per annum; and a large Young Orchard coming on. The residue of the Land is covered with heavy Oak, and Pine Trees, and a large portion of it furnishes excellent pasture—Any person desirous to purchase, will meet with liberal terms, on application to Mr. Thomas Bennett, Merchant, Petersburg; to Richard Yarborough, Suffolk; or to JOHN BARBER. Isle of Wight, February 1. 1m* 385
Liverpool, and Isle of May Salt, A-float, and for Sale by MOSES MYERS. February 1. tf 386
LANDING
At Commerce-Street Wharf, from on board the Schooner Catharine Shepherd, from Guadalupe, 90 Hogsheads of Brown Clayed SUGARS. Apply to J. GALWEY, Or, WARREN ASHLEY. February 1. 7 393

REFLECTIONS
OCCASIONED BY THE LATE TREATY AND CONVENTIONS BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES AND FRANCE.
THE cession of the Mississippi (to use the favourite term of our executive) resulted in a Treaty with France, by which the island and city of New-Orleans, on the East, and a country of undefined extent, on the West of that river, became the property of the United States. The claim lately set up, under pretext of this cession, by those entrusted with the management of our affairs, to the country between the rivers Iberville and Perdido, comprising the greater part of West-Florida, is omitted in the present estimate of the extent of this cession; not only because Spain held West-Florida by a title wholly distinct from that by which she held New-Orleans and the country West of the Mississippi, usually called Louisiana; not only because our Government, in the previous adjustment of the limits of the United States, had recognized the province of West-Florida as the conterminous territory on the South, from the river Mississippi to the river Apalachicola; but, also, because Mr. Livingston, in his memorial preparatory to the late Treaty, whilst in the very act of soliciting from France the cession of that territory which she had then recently obtained from Spain, expresses himself in the following explicit terms:— "I speak of LOUISIANA ALONE; and by this I do not mean to comprehend THE FLORIDAS, because I think they are no part of the cession."
In the estimate of Mr. Livingston, (acting, as the friends of administration say, in conformity with the instructions which had been given to him) no part of the Floridas is considered as having passed from Spain to France, by the treaty of St. Ildefonso. By what magical operation, then, is it that a part of West-Florida has passed, by a treaty or convention explicitly referring to, and grounded on, the terms of this treaty of St. Ildefonso, from France to the United States? Is it a secret article of our treaty with France, that we shall henceforth adopt the principles of her all-grasping ambition, against the property of every neighbouring power?
But whatever may be the extent of this cession, it has been greedily seized upon, by the sycophants of administration, as a pretext for bestowing the most unbounded applauses on those under whose auspices, and by whose counsels, this result was supposed to have been brought about. It behoves the discreet friends of their country to judge with less precipitancy. In order, therefore, that we may be able to form a more correct idea of this bargain, let us bestow some consideration on the following points.
I. What advantages are we to obtain (if in reality any thing advantageous is to be obtained) from this cession?
II. What is the certain recompense to be made, on our part, for the uncertain attainment of these supposed advantages?
III. What were the circumstances under which this diplomatic transaction was brought about?
IV. What is its tendency? and what will probably be its consequences?
When we shall have carefully considered these points, in the various lights of which they are susceptible, and in the various positions where they may be best illustrated, we shall be better prepared to judge of the value of this cession, and of the title it confers on those who have been so highly complimented, to any additional share of the publick esteem and confidence.
I. What advantages are we to obtain?—If there be any thing beneficial in this cession, that benefit must have relation, 1 to an increase of revenue, 2 to the addition made to our numbers, 3 to the extension of our territory, 4 or to a more perfect security of some prior right, and an amelioration in the state of our national defence. Let us briefly consider this head of our inquiries under these subdivisions.
1. Is our revenue to be increased? If so, it must be by the increase of our imposts, or the sale of new lands. Will then the conversion of the city of New-Orleans into a port of entry of the United States materially contribute to an increase of our imposts? Mr. Livingston, in his memorial, has clearly demonstrated that supplies of European commodities to our fellow-citizens on the western waters, will generally be made through the ports of the Atlantic States, and not by transportation up the Mississippi. The possession of the island and city of New-Orleans then, on the east of the Mississippi, can afford little, if any, addition to the revenue of the United States, in this way: and for this addition, disjoined as is that part of the cession from the rest of the Union, we must necessarily be at the expense of a numerous garrison, and the support of a Colonial Government. The whole of the soil of the island of New-Orleans has been long since converted into private rights: nothing, therefore, remains on the east of the Mississippi to enrich our treasury; unless, like France, we resort to the barbarous practice of exacting military contributions, from those whose private rights are comprised within the limits of this part of the cession. But this is utterly incompatible with the principles which we have always deemed essential to our individual and national happiness.
Is there any thing beneficial to the treasury to be found in the further concessions of this treaty? In the vast country of Louisiana, lying to the westward of the Mississippi, and extending (the Lord knows whether!) to Mexico, to Nootka-Sound perhaps, possibly to the sub-colonizations of Russia, issuing from Kamschatka and the Kurile Isles, or, for aught we know, to the frozen regions of the Arctic Circle?—To what purpose of national or individual happiness
can this mighty extent of territory be applied, so long as millions of acres of uncultivated, and even of unexplored, though doubtless of fertile lands remain within the original limits of the United States? Is our treasury to be enriched by additional sales of these new lands? Let us profit by the experience of those States that have heretofore looked for an augmentation of their revenues from similar sources, but were fain to yield them, under a pretended sense of justice, of generosity, or of conciliation, to the Union, as soon as they had made a fair trial of their unproductiveness; let the experience of the Union itself be candidly examined; let the profits of the sale, and the continually increasing expenses and embarrassments of a continually extending protection to guard the purchasers, be placed against each other and fairly balanced? and that man must be an incorrigible visionary, indeed, who will still look to those unexplored, and apparently illimitable wilds, for new sources of revenue, or even for retribution for the expenses of a protection to be extended beyond the practicable limits of an United, free, and rational government.
2. If, then, there be nothing immediately beneficial to the revenue of the United States to be derived from this cession, shall we find any advantage in the addition made to our population?
In order that an addition to our population should add also to our National Strength, it seems necessary not only that the addition should, in point of situation, be, as it were, commixed with our former too sparse population, but also that there be a reasonable probability of a harmonizing of sentiments between our former and newly acquired citizens, upon those fundamental points which affect the principles of our government at home, and ought to regulate our relations abroad. Are these requisites to be looked for in our late addition? This acquired population is, in itself, a discordant mass; compounded of various nations; speaking languages not only differing from each other, but each differing from that of the United States; and (what is still worse) trained up in ideas of government utterly irreconcilable to those principles which are prevalent in our constitution, and deemed essential to our liberties, our peace, and happiness! Hitherto transferred and retransferred with the territory which they inhabit like cattle upon a farm, between governments the most absolutely despotic, they have been accustomed to the effects and operations of despotism in its worst and most degrading forms. However we may be disposed to commiserate the fate of men, thus exposed to be made the sport of lawless power, it is possible that the wildest enthusiast can consider such as the meet associates of the sober freemen of the United States? as citizens sufficiently enlightened to be admitted to a full participation in all our political privileges at home, and to a share in influencing our relations abroad? Escaped from the bonds of the most humiliating slavery, will they be willing to stop at the temperate medium of rational liberty? Or will they not rather be inclined to rush headlong into all the extremes of insubordination and anarchy, under the impulse of revolutionary frenzy, encouraged perhaps, if not originally excited, by those from whom we derive this precious addition to our numbers? Descended from France, as most of the people of Louisiana are, tan we, with the knowledge which we possess of the general disposition of that nation, flatter ourselves that their affections have been, by the mere deed of transfer, totally alienated from its manners and customs? Have they now at length ceased to pUnt for a reunion with their true mother country? With the knowledge which we possess of the general policy and designs of France, are we to suppose that her rulers have wholly abandoned the views which they before entertained; and that they have ceased to desire to effect, through the aid of this addition to our population, the establishment of that influence by which they hoped to secure a decisive controul over our affairs (a)? If a concert had been entered into for this purpose specifically, what means more effectual could have been devised for opening an avenue to the insidious wiles of foreign influence, than by annexing such a population to our country, with a stipulation (certainly not justifiable by any construction of the treaty-making power, delegated under our constitution) not only for the extension of our national bounds, beyond the limits with a view to which our constitution was formed, but (and as certainly not warranted by the general principles of the law of nations, or by the laws of the United States) for the immediate admission of this new and extraneous population to a full share in the powers and advantages of our municipal government; which, by the Constitution and the principles of political law, were clearly and exclusively restricted to those who should be residents within the limits of our former federal union? Hence may be, in some measure, conjectured, the cause and the tendency of those movements which we see already commenced, amongst this new addition to our population! (b)
(a) "In this (the cession of Louisiana and Florida by the King of Spain) I perceived two advantages. . . . 1, the advantage, "not creating a new Republick in Europe, but, on the contrary, of republicanizing a fine, extensive, tract of country in America, which would have given us a great influence over the United States, and of which the Blunderers or Traitors who negotiated the treaty with Spain, did not procure the cession, although it was perfectly easy to be obtained."
CARNOT'S REPLY TO BAILLET'S REPORT, p. 46. "The dread of this imaginary kingdom (Lombardy) prevented them (the Directory) from aggrandizing the Republick with an immense territory, (Louisiana and Florida) now useless and even prejudicial to Spain, and from holding out their helping hand to those Frenchmen, who have so long been pining for a reunion with their true mother country."
IBID. p. 47. The Kingdom of Lombardy afterwards yielded to the Kingdom of Etruria, of equally imaginary value on the scale of independence, as the conduct of France has since proved.
(b) The writer of these reflections could not have the temerity to incorporate with his own, the language of Mr. JEFFERSON. But, in support of his own opinions, he feels no reluctance to copy from that gentleman's Notes on Virginia (a work which has been both censured and extolled too much)
2. But if in this sudden increase to our population nothing beneficial is to be found, may not its evils be compensated by advantages to arise from the extension of our territory?
Ambition and vanity, may possibly espy in such an extension (were it capable of being preserved) objects beyond the ken of common vision; but ordinary men, who are only to share in the common advantages of society and government, will with difficulty perceive any thing more that a greater extension of the sphere of governmental patronage, and a nursery for rearing up a vast military establishment, which, like the Provinces of ancient Rome, may regorge upon us Generals and their armies, incapable of civil controul, and, consequently, the ready-prepared instruments for transforming that government, by which we had hoped "to render more perfect our union, to establish justice, to ensure domestick tranquillity, to provide for the common defence, to promote the general welfare, and to secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our posterity", into a baneful system of military despotism.
But perhaps those boundless wilds are to be restored back, by the United States, to Spain, in exchange for the Floridas; and perhaps, in that case, the mutual stipulations of a triple guarantee are to bind France, Spain, and the United States, and to give to those limits and possessions (heretofore more shifting and variable than are the mud-banks formed by the never-ceasing accretions at the mouth of the immense stream that issues from them) future and unvarying permanency. Are we then in the Floridas to look for those advantages which are to compensate us for the vast price given for Louisiana?
These Provinces have been in the hands of different European powers for more than two hundred years past; and no small exertions have been made, at different periods, by Spain, by France, and by England, to render them respectable settlements. Their exertions, however, have proved uniformly unsuccessful. Is then a contrary result to be expected in our hands? Are the laws of nature to be changed in our favour? Are putrid exhalations at our approach to cease to be noxious? Are barren sands in one quarter to become fertile as the banks of the Nile, or impracticable savannahs in another to bloom like the garden of Eden, to gratify our wishes or our interests?
Let us not be deceived by visionary speculations. Our territory was already sufficiently extensive. Our Union may be endangered, its cohesion certainly will not be more firmly secured, by its further extension. Nothing but security for our former rights could have justified us, in the eyes of wisdom, in accepting, upon any terms, any extraneous points of territory beyond our original boundaries. A greater
some arguments which Mr. Jefferson once thought correct, and to the truth of which the writer of this is still ready to subscribe; although by the PRACTICE of the President of the United States it would seem that the THEORIES of Thomas Jefferson have been in this as well as in many other particulars, long since condemned and abandoned, as incompatible with the fitness of things. "But are there no inconveniences to be thrown into the scale, against the advantages to be expected from a multiplication of numbers by the importation of foreigners? It is for the happiness of those united in society to harmonize as much as possible, in matters which they must of necessity transact together. Civil government being the sole object of forming societies, its administration must be conducted by common consent. Every species of government has its specific principles. Ours (the ancient confederation of the States, not the present constitution) perhaps are more peculiar than those of any other in the Universe. It is a composition of the freest principles of the English constitution, with others derived from natural right and natural reason. To these notions it can be more opposed than the maxims of absolute monarchy. Yet from such we are to expect the greatest number of emigrants. They will bring with them the principles of the governments they leave, imbibed in early youth: or, if able to throw them off, it will be in exchange for an unbounded licentiousness, passing, as is usual, from one extreme to another. It would be a miracle were they to stop precisely at the point of temperate liberty. These principles, with their language, they will transmit to their children. In proportion to their numbers, they will share with us the legislation. They will infuse into it their spirit, warp and bias its direction, and render it a heterogeneous, incoherent, distracted mass." . . . Again—"If they (the foregoing evils) be not certain in event, are they not possible, are they not probable? Is it not safer to wait with patience for any degree of population desired or expected? May not our government be more homogeneous, more peaceable, more durable?" . . . and again—"If they come of themselves they are entitled to all the rights of citizenship: but I doubt the expediency of inviting them any by extraordinary encouragements."
QUERY VIII. p. 163, RAWLE'S EDIT.
So thought MR. JEFFERSON the Philosopher, in 1783, but MR. JEFFERSON, the President, in 1803, had quite different ideas on the subject: twenty years make a vast alteration in a man's opinions. Admitting the whole of the above reasoning to be correct, and we see no cause to doubt it, will it not apply much more forcibly to Louisiana than to the State of Virginia, or to the United States? Foreigners coming voluntarily into Virginia have but a limited power of doing any injury to the government, where they intermingle with, and where their designs are counteracted by, the former inhabitants; not so Louisiana; there all the inhabitants are foreigners, (ignorant of, or perhaps disaffected towards, the principles of our government) who, acting in concert and without opposition, are capable of carrying all their measures into effect, within their own limits. If the greatest dangers are to be apprehended from our numbers being increased by the adoption of the former subjects of an absolute monarchy; what monarchy can be more absolute than those of Spain and France, whose subjects the inhabitants of Louisiana have hitherto been? If it is inexpedient to invite an increase of population by any extraordinary means, what means could be more extraordinary than the purchase of Louisiana? Neither harmony of interests, harmony of views, harmony of morals, nor even harmony of language, is to be expected between the people of the United States and Louisiana. When admitted to a share in our legislation (and if the conditions of the treaty are fulfilled they must be admitted to legislate, as one of the highest and most sacred immunities of a freeman and an American) the truth of Mr. Jefferson's inferences will be most inevitably proved; and at the same time will be demonstrated, the extreme impropriety of the measure by which they derived the right to exercise that sacred privilege, under our constitution.
exposure to foreign danger, greater difficulties of defence, and greater expenses, must inevitably attend every such extension. Those who seek for more territory, as a matter of choice, cannot be ignorant of these things.
During the discussions which took place previous to the adoption of the Constitution of the United States, it was expressly urged by many of those who now advocate the extension of our territory, that it was already too extensive to be embraced by a Republican system of Government. It was even proposed to divide the Union into three distinct confederacies at least, in order to obviate this inconvenience. The friends of the constitution, who advocated its adoption for the avowed purpose of preserving entire the former federal union (and who were thence denominated Federalists), were upon that very ground charged with entertaining monarchical inclinations. Hence the attention bestowed on this point in the early essays of the invaluable work, styled, by way of pre-eminence, THE FEDERALIST: and hence, too, the continuing anxiety of The Father of our Country, manifested in his Farewell Address, upon this topic. What then are we to think of those who affect to consider the late enormous extension of our territory as a chef-d'oeuvre of political sagacity and wisdom? Have they, in their turn, become Monarchists or Imperialists? Or, rather, must they not view the dissolution of our Union, and the destruction of our Constitution, as the inevitable consequences of that extension? What interest they may have, or suppose they may have, in such a state of things, we forbear for the present to enquire into.
Our enemies abroad, have long since deemed it expedient "to hinder the United States from taking that political stability of which they were capable, because [calculating upon a similarity of views with those entertained by themselves] they would soon acquire a strength which it was probable they would be eager to abuse (c)." They have, therefore, been willing, by holding up the delusive phantom of territorial aggrandizement, to induce us (when nothing more immediate would be effected) to transcend our ancient limits. Those limits, if rigidly adhered to as a fixed point in our national policy, it was foreseen, would have a direct tendency to give us that stability, and with it that strength, which must ever be obnoxious to a nation aiming at the empire of the world.
4. Without, however, pursuing this matter farther at present, are we not authorized to conclude (whether our territory is in future to be commensurate with the undefined limits of Louisiana on the West of the Mississippi, or to be bounded in such manner as only to embrace the island and city of New-Orleans, with the Floridas, on the East of that river) that neither our political stability, our national strength, nor the safety of our Union, will be promoted by the extension: and that the only semblance of benefit which is to be found in this whole transaction, consists in a somewhat increased security for the enjoyment of our proper right to navigate the Mississippi? And were we not entitled to that security without a previous submission to tribute?
By our treaty with Spain, our right to the navigation of the Mississippi, had been solemnly acknowledged and conclusively ascertained. By the execution of that treaty, we had been fully and fairly put in the possession of that right, and of the right of deposit, as incident to the more beneficial and prior principal right. After having thus obtained the most explicit recognition and full possession of these important national rights, we were wrongfully interrupted in the enjoyment of them. In consequence of this violation, we instantly became entitled, by the law of nature, to all the means essential to our future security, in relation to those rights. If that security could not be attained otherwise than by the possession of the island and city of New-Orleans, we were necessarily entitled to that possession. A power capable of so palpable and wanton a violation of publick faith, as was exhibited in the interruption of our right to navigation and deposit, could have no fair ground of imputation against us for claiming that possession, and for proceeding to enforce it, whatever might have been the mode.
Suppose that interruption to have been the effect of external pressure upon Spain, we were still entitled to this possession, until that external pressure should have been removed. Because such foreign pressure existed, were we to shrink from the discharge of a duty essential to our security, lest we should give offence to that power from whom this pressure proceeded, and which, by the adoption of such an insidious course of indirect hostility, had manifested its disposition to wound our prosperity, peace, and happiness, in the most dangerous manner?
Our right to means essential to the security of our rights being indisputable, whether we consider the matter with reference to the nation from which the injury was immediately and apparently received, or to the nation from which it was mediately and really received; let us in one word enquire what are the advantages of this cession, that would not have been more cheaply obtained by a recurrence to our own means?
Perhaps it may be said that we have escaped a war, with all its calamities and expenses, by the course which has been pursued. If this be so, may it not be said, with equal truth, that we are to preserve the peace of our country, in every case of aggression, by submitting to a tribute for the re-attainment of that to which we were before entitled, and which we had formerly possessed? What is this but to furnish additional means to those who have already given unequivocal proof of hostile designs, for the more successful accomplishment of those designs? . . . Such a course cannot preserve peace, where war is to be apprehended; but leads, inevitably, to war upon disadvantageous terms; nor will pretences ever be wanting, when the season convenient for war shall have arrived. Under such circumstances, it was manifestly better to have done our duty by an open
(c) See the Instructions of Citizen GENET, as published by himself, page 2.

assertion of our right, and trust the consequences to Heaven. Nor can it be that Heaven will ever desert the just cause of a nation, unless that nation be first wanting to itself.
(TO BE CONTINUED.)
On the 24th ultimo the Judges of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, impeached by the house of representatives of that state, were absolved by the judgment of the high court, after a very minute investigation of the charge against them.
Died, on Sunday morning, Doctor John K. Read, senior, an ancient and respectable inhabitant of this borough. His remains are to be interred at four o'clock this evening—His masonic brethren are particularly requested to attend.
Continuation of Foreign Intelligence received by the brig Flora, from Liverpool.
LONDON, December 1.
Letter from Cardinal Maury to Louis XVIII. [From Les Nouvelles a la Main of 22d Oct. 1804.] The following is published as a letter from one of the few Frenchmen who had spirit enough to stand forth in defence of his God and King, during the progress of a revolution which has produced nothing but wretchedness and infamy in France, and has disturbed the peace of the world.
"SIRE—My present dignity I owe to your Majesty's recommendation; for the fame I have obtained among the virtuous part of my contemporaries, I am indebted to nothing but to that zeal and courage with which I, 15 years ago, combated Rebels and Atheists, as I was bound by honour, conscience, duty, and gratitude. I should therefore, be an ungrateful, ingrateful, and contemptible subject, and unworthy Prelate of the Catholic Church, were I to cease to profess the same sentiments of loyalty and religion."
"Sire, persons, no doubt envious of my glory, have, from motives easily seen through, published writings in my name, which though they cannot deceive my King, might mislead my fellow subjects and foreigners, to whom political, as well as religious apostasy, have of late become so familiar. This causes me to intrude upon your majesty with this letter, and to implore your forgiveness for the publicity I am under the necessity to give it."
"Sire, from a principle as well as from conviction, I united with a few loyal members of the Sacred College to supplicate the Pope not to give the death-blow to the Catholic religion, by prostituting the sacredness of his high and holy station, in sacrilegiously, placing the Crown of St. Louis on the head of a Foreigner, accused of such enormous crimes, and whose hands are still reeking with the pure and innocent blood of a descendant of this sainted King, so dastardily assassinated by him in the wood of Vincennes. With becoming humility, I remonstrated on the probability of all future criminals, to whom fortune, from inscrutable purposes, procures a temporary usurpation of power, forcing the successors of St. Peter to seal their iniquity and guilt with a sacred approbation, to the scandal of the faithful, and to the destruction of the faith: acts, which soon must bring forth those dreaded and deplorable times, when the blessings of a supreme Christian Pontiff will be received and regarded by the people with the same indifference as the blasphemous mummery of a High Priest of the Goddess of Reason. I represented that, according to the canon laws of our Holy Church, General Buonaparte was still excommunicated; not having made public penance, and obtained public absolution, for his shocking and disgraceful apostasy, in his desertion from Christ to Mahomet in 1798."
"Even in a political view I proved, that this horrible act would neither procure tranquillity to France, nor safety to Europe. The difference is great between the military despotism seized by an Usurper, supported by accomplices, by victims, and terror; and the lawful monarchical authority inherited by a legitimate Prince, with the national will and wishes for ages. The latter never dies, but history of all times evinces that the annihilation of the former is on the point of the sword of a rival, or in the poison-cup of an enemy. Napoleon Buonaparte may reign; but was his progeny ever so numerous, he will leave no posterity behind him, and his dynasty perishes with him, because France has within her bosom many other Generals, equally ambitious, audacious, and ferocious, who will never respect a rank to which they have equal rights with Napoleon, and superior claims to those of his children, brothers, and nephews.—Until, therefore, your Majesty ascends the throne of your ancestors, my ardent countrymen will only fight for the choice of their tyrants, and my degraded country experience nothing but an intermittent and incurable anarchy, extending its ravages, tormenting and undermining civilized society in every part of the globe. My humble remonstrances and representations were, however, as ineffectual as my powerful arguments, and an evidence not to be rejected. Pius VII. goes to France, and true Religion is equally threatened with all lawful dynasties!"
"If I feel sensibly, Sire, particularly at this moment, the happiness of being consistent and faithful to my invariable doctrine, in laying at the feet of your Majesty my usual and unchangeable alliance and homage; I am also well aware of the imminent dangers to which such an honourable profession exposes me. But, Sire, already, from age, on the borders of eternity, some days longer existence in a world, where crime prospers and virtue suffers, are of no value to me, at the expence of the dictates of my conscience. Submitting with resignation to the will of providence, I am prepared to meet death, either in the dungeons of the Temple, in the wilds of Cayenne, in the wood of Vincennes, or at the Place de Greve. I shall expire as I have lived, with the firm and consoling hope of inhabiting the same blessed abodes with St. Louis, with a Louis XVI. a Lescurie, with a Charcete, with an Enghein, with a Pichegru, with a Georges, and with all other heroes and martyrs of religion and loyalty."
I am, with the most profound respect, your Majesty's most obedient, devoted, and faithful humble servant and subject.
(Signed) JEAN SIFREAN, Cardinal Maury, Bishop of Monte Fiascone and Bornetto. Monte Fiascone, Oct. 2, 1804.
To his most Christian Majesty Louis XVIII. King of France and Navarre.
VIA CHARLESTON, S. C.
Received at the office of THE TIMES by the ship Otis Captain Erving, 55 days from Rangoon.
If any doubts could remain, after reading the London accounts published in the TIMES of this evening, of war having been declared by Great Britain against Spain, they will be removed by the verbal information of captain Erving, who states that he read the Official Declaration, in a London paper, at Rangoon, which port he left on the 22d December. He endeavoured to procure the paper, but could not.
Charleston Times.
LONDON, December 17. It is confidently declared that the Spanish ambassador, the Chevalier D'Anduaga, has received his
passports, and is on the eve of departure from this country. On the other hand, it is said that His Excellency has not made preparations for his immediate return to Spain. We have little doubt, however, that a war between the two countries must absolutely be the result, and, most probably, that hostilities have actually taken place.—We have nothing to add to what we have already communicated to our readers, respecting the departure of Mr. Frere from the court of Madrid; and they may be assured of receiving the earliest intelligence upon a point so interesting, not only to this country, but to all Europe. We have long assured our readers that war with Spain was inevitable. We have now to state, that the die is finally cast, and that the letters of marque and reprisal, which have for several days past been prepared, will immediately be issued. The Chevalier D'Anduaga, the Spanish ambassador at our court, has received his passports, and purposes setting out this day, on his return to Spain, accompanied by gen. O'Farrell, an officer in the Spanish service. The grounds of the war will be shortly made known to the nation by ministerial; and, if we are correctly informed, a stranger case than that which will be presented, has rarely been made out on any similar occasion.—Fast sailing vessels are immediately to be despatched to our different settlements abroad.—There being no Spanish ships at present in our ports, excepting those under detention by our cruisers, no order for an embargo will of course be issued. A vessel is just arrived at Sangate creek, which sailed from Cadiz on the 20th ult. with only half a cargo, in consequence of an intimation from the British consul, that he did not consider it safe for English vessels to remain in that port, in order for an embargo being hourly expected. Six British men of war, of different descriptions, were then cruising off Cadiz—The disorder in the town has very much abated, owing to a material and favourable change in the weather.
Yesterday we received additional sets of Paris Journals, to the 5th inst. and some few to the 7th, together with the Dutch papers to the 10th, and two Hamburg mails, have also arrived.—By the latter we find that there is no probability of the difference between France and the Ottoman Porte being amicably adjusted. Though the latter has agreed to style Buonaparte agreeably to his usurped title, it still refuses to send new credentials to his ambassador at Paris: so that in fact, the Porte declines the formal recognition of the usurper as emperor of the French. Bruue, the ambassador at Constantinople, has therefore determined on his departure from that city, and on the 20th of October, the date of the last advices, a part of his effects (the whole of which had for some time been packed up) had actually been shipped to France.—In this state of affairs, it is natural to conclude, that an expedition against the Morea will be attempted by France; in which case, however, the enemy will have to contend with the united forces of England and Russia. It is, indeed, rumoured that a Russian military force has already landed in that country, from Corfu, and in various other directions the imperial troops are also said to be in motion; but it must be observed, that these movements are mentioned not in positive terms, or as confirmed facts.
Great Britain has recognized the emperor Francis, in his new capacity as emperor of Austria: and the British ambassador at Vienna, the hon. Mr. Paget, has accordingly delivered his new credentials to his imperial majesty.
The Paris papers continue to speak in the most disgusting terms of adulation and flattery on the subject of Buonaparte's coronation, without mentioning any fact beyond what we have already published. Private letters from Paris state, that so disgusted were the principal inhabitants on the occasion, that the greater part of them withdrew themselves entirely from the scene, and remained in the country until after the performance of that sacrilegious act, the commission of that outrage upon the sense of the people, and the perpetration of that insult upon all legitimate governments.
The Clef du Cabinet states, that the Revolutionary Calendar has already been abolished; but, we find that the whole of the Paris papers, with the exception only of the Gazette de France , continue the corresponding dates of the Revolutionary and Gregorian Calendars .
The Publiciste states, on the authority of a letter from Madrid, that Mr. Frere left that city on the 14th ult. a circumstance which appears to have caused the greatest consternation there;—the roles or state bills fell on the occasion to a discount of 48 per cent. That Mr. Frere has left Madrid, we entertain not the smallest doubt. His brother has received letters from him, dated at Merida, on the frontiers of Portugal, and his arrival in England continues to be hourly expected. It was reported on Saturday, that he had been forcibly detained; but we could not trace the rumour to any authentic source.
The report of a projected change in the Batavian government is revived; and Schummelpenninck, it is added, will certainly be placed at the head of the new system, as a kind of vice Roy to Buonaparte.—The Dutch finances continue to be in a most deranged state; and to add to the distress of the country, the sums required for the ensuing year, greatly exceeds those of the present, of which upwards of 40,000,000 of florins, nearly four millions are yet unpaid and unprovided for. To the other calamities which have resulted to Holland from its connexion with France, that of national bankruptcy is now seriously apprehended in that devoted country.
CORONATION OF BUONAPARTE.
When his majesty the emperor approached the altar to be crowned, he took the imperial crown himself and placed it upon his head—it was a diadem of oak and laurel leaves in gold. His majesty afterwards took the crown destined for the empress, and after having decorated himself with it for a moment, he placed it upon the head of his august consort. The firmness, grandeur, and nobleness of her manner, drew from every quarter shouts of admiration and joy. The mixed dignity, grace, and modesty, remarked by every one in the demeanour of the empress in quitting the canopy under which she had been received at the entrance of Notre Dame, are the theme of general conversation.
FROM THE LONDON GAZETTE, Dec. 15.
ADMIRALTY OFFICE, December 15, 1804.
Copy of a letter from the right honourable Lord Keith, Admiral of the Blue, &c. &c. to William Marsden, Esq. dated on board the Monarch, off Ramsgate, the 11th Dec. 1804.
SIR, Divisions of the enemy's flotilla passing from the eastward towards Boulogne, having frequently, when pursued by his majesty's ships and vessels, taken shelter in the harbour of Calais, their entry into which has been particularly covered and protected by the advanced pile battery of Fort Rouge, I considered it an object of some importance to effect the destruction of that work; and, lately directed capt. Sir Home Popham, of the Antelope, amongst other objects, to hold in view a favourable opportunity for making this attempt.
I now transmit, for their lordships information, a letter, and the enclosures to which it refers; which I have received from that officer, reporting the result of an assault which he directed to be made upon it early on the morning of the 9th inst. and from which, there is reason to conclude, that the fort has sustained material damage; but that from the unfortunate
circumstance of its not having been possible, under the existing state of the weather and tide, to carry up two of the explosion vessels to the point of attack, the injury has been far less extensive than might have been otherwise expected.
The conduct of lieutenant Hew Stewart, of the Monarch, on this recent occasion, will not fail, I am sure, to excite their lordship's admiration and praise. I have great pleasure in conveying to their lordships, captain Sir Home Popham's testimony to his distinguished merit, and to the zealous and active assistance which he received from captain Brownrigg, lieutenant Lake, and Mr. Bartholomew.
I have the honour to be, &c.
KEITH.
Antelope, Downs, Dec. 10, 1805.
MY LORD,
I avail myself of the first moment of my return to the Downs to acquaint you, that towards noon on Saturday the 8th, the wind promised to come to the S. E. and knowing it to be your lordship's intention to attack the enemy at every assailable point, I sent the Dart, on the close of the evening, to an assigned station between Sangate and Fort Lapin, accompanied by the Susannah explosion vessel, and two carcases, with a view of making an assault against Fort Rouge.
Lieutenant Stewart, of the Monarch, commanded the explosion vessel; Mr. Bartholomew, acting lieutenant of the Antelope, had the charge of the first carcase intended to be applied; and capt. Brownrigg requested to take the other.
Your lordship is aware how difficult it is to ascertain the precise injury done to the enemy in an enterprise of this nature, which, in most cases, must be undertaken in the night; but, that you may be possessed of the best information in that respect, I sent the Fox cutter, whose master is an active intelligent man, and well acquainted with Fort Rouge, to reconnoitre the place as close as possible without risk, and I annex his report to lieut. Stewart's, as the clearest account that can be given of the able and officer-like manner in which the Susannah was placed, and the evident consequences of such an application, even under circumstances of considerable disadvantage.
I very much regret that Mr. Bartholomew could not fetch the port; for I am positive he would have lashed the carcass to the piles: he, however, very prudently returned with it to the Dart; and although something prevented the second carcass from going off, which evidently had been striking against the piles, from the intention at one end, yet he recovered and brought it also on board.
I am most perfectly satisfied with the zeal and activity which capt. Brownrigg manifested on this occasion; the Dart was admirably placed, and every assistance afforded from her that could ensure the success of this service, which must now be considered as confined to the efforts of the Susannah; and I take this opportunity of most particularly recommending lieutenant Stewart to your lordship's notice; which I hope will also be extended to Mr. Bartholomew, notwithstanding he could not fetch the battery; and your lordship must be alive to the enterprising conduct of these two officers on a former occasion.
I cannot conclude my report without assuring your lordship that Lieut. Eade, of the Locust Gun-brig, who was appointed to cover the boats, behaved in a most exemplary manner, by keeping so close in as to draw all the fire upon his own vessel; and I have great satisfaction in stating, that not an officer or man was hurt in this operation.
I have the honour to be, &c.
(Signed) HOME POPHAM. Right Hon. Lord Keith, K. B. &c.
His Majesty's ship Dart, December 10, 1804.
SIR, In pursuance of your instructions, and according to the arrangement you made for the attempt of Fort Rouge only, I left this ship at two A.M. and proceeded in-shore with the explosion vessel in my charge, until the water shoaled to two and a half fathoms, when I tacked and stood off, so as to enable me to fetch the battery, which I did about half past two, and placing her bowsprit between the piles, left her in that situation. In a few minutes I observed her swing with her broadside to the battery, in consequence of the bowsprit being carried away, and as an anchor was dropped the instant she struck the piles, I had not the smallest doubt of her remaining there until the explosion took place, which was in a few minutes; I could not fetch the covering Brig, as it had every appearance of coming on to blow from the S. E. in which quarter it was when I left the Dart, I hope you will excuse my running in the Galley to the Downs. I have, &c.
(Signed) HEW STEWART. Sir Home Popham, K. M. Antelope.
Fox Cutter, off Calais, December 9, 1804.
SIR, According to your order, I proceeded off Fort Rouge, and examined it very strictly. As I proceeded towards the shore I saw a great quantity of plank and timber floating, and would have picked up some, but was afraid I should lose the tide, as I wished to examine it at low water. In standing in, I could discern a great number of people all round the S. W. end of the fort, and from the west head all the way to the Sand Hills. I did not discover any alteration the east side of the fort; but when I got to the westward of the fort, I could plainly discover the most part of it to be damaged, and the breast work knocked down; and I have every reason to believe it was very much injured, by such a number of people assembled there, and seemingly at work upon it.
I am, &c.
(Signed) W. BLAKE. Sir Home Popham, K. M.
PORTSMOUTH, December 16.
The following is an extract of a letter with which we have been favoured from an officer on board his Majesty's ship Fitzgare, dated off Cape St. Vincent, November 28:—
"We cannot desire a better station: we heard of hostilities with Spain, on the 15th of October, and on that very day we captured two ships. Lord Nelson received from us the first intelligence of the rupture. We have already taken twelve ships, and entertain hopes of as many more. Yesterday we fell in with the Donegal, capt. Sir R. Strachan, who has taken a large Spanish frigate, after a chase of 46 hours, and 15 minutes action, in which the Spanish captain was killed; the prize was from Cadiz, with despatches for Teneriffe and the Havanna, laden with stores. The Donegal has also captured another Spanish ship, supposed to be the richest that ever sailed from Cadiz—her cargo is reported to be worth 200,000l."
"November 29.—We have this day taken a large ship from the River de la Plata."
December 3.—Since writing the above, we have captured the following ships:
  Nostra Signora del Rosario, value 10,000l.   La Fortuna, - - - 8,000   St. Joseph, - - - 12,000   La Virgine Assumpto, - - - 6,000   Appollo, - - - 15,000   Signora del Purefecatione, - - - 40,000   Fawket, - - - 1,200   Gustavus Adolphus, - - - 1,000   A Settee, - - - 600   A Ship with naval stores, - - - 40,000 
The following is an extract of a letter received this morning, dated on board the Northumberland, off Ferrol, December 7:—
"Our squadron consists, here, of nine sail of the line. Adm. Cochrane is to be superceded in this command, of which he is in daily expectation, being appointed Commander in Chief on the West-India (Windward) station. Orders were received by the Illustrious, not to detain any Spanish vessel. The Spaniards are in much expectation of a war, yet they continue to supply our squadron as usual with fresh meat and vegetables."
Dover, December 16.
The American ship Montezuma, from Amsterdam for Baltimore, put in here yesterday with the loss of an anchor. She left Amsterdam on the 7th inst. at which time five line of battle ships and three frigates were lying in Nieu Diep. The accounts brought by this vessel confirm what has been so frequently stated of the utter detestation and abhorrence in which the French are held by the Dutch.
Gazette Marine Memoranda.
ARRIVED.
Schooner Ploughboy, Davis, 30 days from Martinique, Sugar & Coffee, W. Pennock. Schooner Pauly Sewell, Small 21 days from St. Bartholomews, Rum, Sugar, Coffee & Molasses, McCandlish, Anderson & Co. Sailed in company ship Recovery, Davis, for this port, 31st ult. lat. 34, 30, long. 71, spoke brig Georgia, from Savannah, for New-York, out 23 days, short of provisions, having been four times blown off the coast.—9th inst. a schooner from Plymouth (Mass.) out 44 days bound to North-Carolina.
Sloop Flora, Chace, 10 days from Charleston, Rice and Lignumvitz, to the Master—6th inst. in lat. 36, 20, long. 74, spoke schooner Rising States, Wood, 48 hours from New-York, for Charleston.
Schooners Mars, Drysdale, and Ann-Maria, Herbert, from this port have arrived at Antigua.
A ship in 60 days from Cork is in Hampton Roads.
The cargo of the ship Active, Statesbury, mentioned in the Ledger of the 14th ult. has been condemned at Antigua, as French property. We may say that the cargo had the form of a trial, but little more is to be expected at a tribunal to which it is notorious the judge proceeds with the decrees of condemnation ready prepared in his pocket, before the case has been heard. In the present instance, so shocked was the Attorney General at the irregularity of the proceedings, that after leaving the court he declared, he would have paid a hundred joes rather than that JUDGE BYAM should have so far prostituted the character of a British Judge!!!
CUSTOM-HOUSE—ENTERED.
Brig Eliza, Nye, Boston. Sch't Jeremiah, Hawes, New-York. Echo, Record, do. Hercules, Filt, Salem. Sloop Flora, Chace, Charleston.
CLEARED.
Ship Brutus, Bunce, Jamaica. Brig Albert, Webb, Martinique. Sch't Harriot, Broun, Charleston. Friendship, Dammon, Boston.
AUCTION.
On Wednesday the 13th, at 12 o'clock, will be sold, on Mr. Wheeler's Wharf, for cash, without reserve,
23 Hogheads Clayed SUGAR.
Landed on board the Schooner Adventure, Capt. Hardy, on a voyage from Martinique bound to Philadelphia, and put into this port in distress—by order of said Captain, for the benefit of the owners, underwriters, or others concerned in said vessel and cargo; by
R. BOWDEN, V. M.
406
On Thursday the 14th March next, at 12 o'clock, will be sold on the premises, at Publick Auction, for ready money,
THE House and Lot occupied by the Spanish Consul, and one or more Lot or Lots, near to or adjoining the premises of the Virginia Branch Bank, late the property of William Aitchison, Esq. deceased. To be sold by virtue of two Deeds of Trust, one securing to Dr. Augustus Slaughter, fifteen hundred Dollars, and the other securing to William Roberts, three thousand and twenty Dollars. Notice having been given to Dr. Slaughter, the prior Incumbrancer, that his debt will be discharged before the day of sale. The plan of the Lot may be seen at the office of Robert B. Taylor. February 11. 406
Sale at Auction.
On Thursday next, the 14th instant, at 12 o'clock, will positively be sold, at Publick Auction, without reserve, on Loyall's Wharf,
THE AMERICAN BRIG PETERSBURG, With all her materials as she came from sea. The Petersburg is a new vessel, having only made one voyage, in ballast about 135 tons, and will stow 185 Hhds. tobacco. Terms of sale, notes with approved endorser at 90 and 120 days.
W. KNOX, Auctioneer.
404
FOR SALE OR FREIGHT, (TO CHARLESTON, S. C.) The fine new fast sailing Pilot Boat built Schooner CHANCE, Captain JOHN ABBOTT, 75 tons burthen or 400 barrels, completely fitted for sea, and now ready for the reception of a cargo. For terms apply to JOHN STRATTON. February 11. 407
WE HAVE FOR SALE,
650 Barrels Fine, } FLOUR—Haxall's Brand. 350 do. Superfine, } ALSO, 100 Barrels SHIP STUFF, and a quantity FRESH MEAL, in Bags and Barrels. J. & W. SOUTHGATE, February 11. 402
BUTTER
FOR SALE BY PHINHAS DANA & CO. February 11. 403
BEING desirous to close my LUMBER BUSINESS, I will sell the remaining Stock I have on hand, on very moderate terms:—Consisting chiefly of a general assortment of scantling. Also, an excellent large new Lighter. Those that are indebted to me for Lumber, or otherwise, are requested to make immediate payment, as no indulgence can be given.
JOHN STRATTON. February 11. 405
FIVE DOLLARS REWARD.
I WILL give FIVE DOLLARS to the person who will deliver to me a Mulatto Woman named ROSSETTA, who has absconded about 8 days ago. I will also give the further sum of Twenty Dollars, to be furnished with proof of the person who has secreted, or still secreted and retains her from my service. Masters of vessels and others, are forewarned, that the Law will be strictly put in force against the person or persons, who shall either detain or carry her away. R. BROUGHT. February 11. 406
O'Meara's Packet will positively sail for Alexandria TO-MORROW. Monday, Feb. 11.

NOTICE.
THE CO-PARTNERSHIP OF FISK & STEARNS,
Ceases this day, in consequence of the death of Mr. STEARNS. All those that have claims against the said firm, are requested to present them to the subscriber, the surviving partner, and receive their money. And all those indebted to the said company are requested to come forward for the immediate adjustment of the same, as no indulgence can be given. MARTIN FISK.
Who informs his friends and customers, that he has returned to his former stand, where he offers
FOR SALE,
 50 Barrels new Beef, Boston Inspection.  20 Hogsheads First Quality Sugar.  20 do. Second do. do.  Leaf Sugar, in hds. and bbls.  12 Pipes Bourdeaux Brandy.  Madeira, Port, and Malaga, Wines, in pipes and quarter casks.  20 Cases London Porter, 6 doz. each.  20 Chests Hyson, Young-Hyson, and Hyson-Skin Teas—Fresh.  60 Boxes Fresh Chocolate, No. 1 and 2.  50 do. Mould Candles.  50 do. Dips do.  50 do. Spermaceti do.  150 do. Brown Soap.  50 do. Cheese, first quality, for family use.  60 Casks do. in good shipping order.  50 Boxes Dixon's best Mustard, 3 dozen each.  6 do. Glass Tumblers.  50 Kegs Butter, for family use.  200 Reams Wrapping Paper.  100 do. Writing do.  150 do. Printing do.  150 Casks Wrought Nails, 4d. 6d. 8d. 10d. 12d. 20d. and 24d.  50 do. Cut do. 4d. 6d. 8d. 10d. and 20d.  6 do. Flooring Brads.  Tacks of different sizes.  50 Bags of Pimento.  15 do. White Ginger in the Root.  50 lbs. Nutmegs.  10 do. Mace.  40 do. Cinnamon.  30 do. Cloves.  100 do. Spanish Float-Indigo.  10 Casks Refined Salt-Petre.  Cotton & Wool Cards in Boxes.  3000 lbs. Copperas.  1000 do. Allum.  500 Bags Patent Shot.  50 Kgs F & F London Glazed Powder.  15 M. Gun Flint.  100 Boxes 8 by 10 London Crown Glass, 50 feet each.  50 Bolts Oznaburgs.  Seine Twine.  50 Kgs London White Lead, ground in Oil.  50 Boxes Tobacco Pipes.  Paint and Sweeping Brushes, of all kinds.  100 Sides Seal Leather.  20 dozen Calf Skins, Grain and Waxed.  10 do. Boot Legs, of the best quality.  Morocco Skins of all kinds.  1 Trunk of Gentlemen's London made Boots.  1 do. do. do. Shoes.  2 do. Ladies Fancy and White Kid Slips.  20 do. Mens and Womens Leather and Morocco Shoes.  150 Italian Straw Carpets.  100 Small Nova-Scotia Grindstones.  ALSO, A few gross Hot Pressed Playing Cards, of a superior quality. Nov. 12. tf 230
FRESH RAISINS.
A FEW FRAILS OF FRESH RAISINS AND FIGS.
For Sale by MARTIN FISK. January 11. tf 336
The Subscriber intending to carry on the LUMBER BUSINESS extensively in all its various branches, has taken into partnership with him Mr. RICHARD J. COX. No pains will be spared to give general satisfaction, in which it is hoped they will be able to succeed, being provided with hands and lighters for the purpose of delivering lumber along side of vessels in any part of the harbour. This part of the business will be conducted under the firm of RICHARD J. COX & CO. The subscriber carries on his other business as usual, storage on the lowest terms. JOHN COX. January 7. tm 327
WE HAVE FOR SALE,
 1,000 Barrels TURPENTINE.  1,000 do. TAR.  100,000 Red and White Oak Hhd. STAVES—and  8 Pipes of BRANDY. 
Gilliat & Mackinder. November 5. tf 222
NORFOLK DRAW-BRIDGE COMPANY,
JANUARY, 14th, 1805. The Directors have this day declared a Dividend of five per cent. on the Capital Stock, for the half year, which will be payable to the Stockholders, or their legal representatives, after the 14th February next. 350 WILLIAM CAMMACK, Treasurer.
WANTED IMMEDIATELY,
A WET NURSE.
To whom liberal wages will be given.—Apply at the Office on the Publick Ledger. January 4. tf 326
AVIS AUX FRANCAIS.
Le sous Commissaire des Relations Commerciales de France, en Virginie, à la résidence de Norfolk, invite les Citoyens Français, Negocians, Marchands, Marins, et Passagers, actuellement en Virginie, de se présenter en sa Chancellerie depuis le 16 jusqu'au 28 Janvier, 1805, pour affaires qui les concernent; & il prévient ceux éloignés de Norfolk, qu'ils pourront, au même effet, se présenter chez Messrs. Cognacat , négociant à Petersburg, Chevalier , négociant à Richmond, & Teterel négociant à Williamsburg. OSTER. Norfolk, le 12 Janvier, 1805. tf 344
FALL GOODS.
We are now landing from the brig Commerce, from London, an extensive assortment of FALL GOODS, among which, are assorted packages, calculated for the West India market, entitled to drawback; which will be sold at low advance, by Gilliat & Mackinder. August 21. tf 92
LISBON SALT,
For sale, on board the Brig Superior, Captain Wallington. Apply to WILLIAM> WILLIAM PENNOCK. January 21. tf 339
LANDING THIS DAY,
On Newton's Wharf, from Schooner ELIZA, 60 Puncheons fine flavoured Nevis RUM. For sale by WILSON, CUNNINGHAM & CO. January 20. tm 374
FOR SALE—A BARGAIN.
THE SUBSCRIBER,
WISHING TO DECLINE THE RETAIL BUSINESS, OFFERS FOR SALE, HIS WHOLE STOCK IN TRADE, AMOUNTING TO ABOUT $20,000.
CONSISTING OF DRY GOODS, Cutlery, Hardware, Castings, Nails of all sizes, and a number of other articles.—The whole will be sold on very low terms, and a liberal credit will be allowed, on bond with approved security.—Also, the balance of the lease of his Store, equal to any stand in Norfolk, if required. Property in the Borough of Norfolk, or Lands in the neighbouring counties, Publick Securities, &c. will be taken in exchange. For further particulars, apply to James Tucker.
Who has for sale, on very low terms,
A VALUABLE TRACT OF LAND,
on the South Branch of the Potomack. August 23. tf
JUST LANDED,
From the Brig ANN MARIA, WILLIAM B. SUGGS, Master, from MADEIRA,
A PARCEL OF CHOICE
WINES,
Put up by the House of OLIVEIRA, viz.
 5 Pipes Brazil Madeira, 6 years old.  Assorted in pipes, hds. and quarter casks, the greater part being fit for immediate use.  5 do. do. 4 do.  20 do. London Particular, 3 do.  20 do. do. Vintage 1803.  10 do. London Market, do. 
ON HAND ALSO,
 MADEIRA WINE, of a former importation.  40 Pipes Holland Gin.  200 Puncheons Antigua Rum.  200 Gin Casks.  150 Jugs, and 24 Casks Dutch Linseed Oil.  4 Boxes assorted Dutch Paper.  1 do. Quills.  1000 lbs. Sheathing Paper.  20 Casks assorted Nails.  75 Barrels Ship Bread.  20 Hogsheads Petersburg New Tobacco.  700 Barrels Turpentine.  50 do. Rosin.  200 Gallons Spirits Turpentine.  44 Barrels Cargo and Mess Pork.  20 do. New-York Prime Beef. 
The whole will be sold very low, and on long credit, by
Donaldson, Thorburn & Co.
WHO DAILY LOOK FOR
100 Puncheons Windward Island Rum. AND WILL SELL BILLS ON LONDON, PHILADELPHIA, AND NEW-YORK. January 2. eplm 319
INSURANCE AGAINST FIRE.
Phenix Fire Office, London, May 1, 1804.
THE numerous and destructive Fires which have happened within the period of the two last years, in different parts of Europe and America, (more particularly in the towns of Liverpool in England, Gothenburg in Sweden, and Norfolk in Virginia,) render it proper to remind all persons who possess property in the United States of America, of the utility of insurance.
The Phoenix Office of London, is an institution sufficiently known by the very large and important losses it has paid, in consequence of the extensive conflagrations in the cities and towns of America to such sufferers as have had the prudence to protect their property, by insurance.—The Phoenix Company deeply regret that, owing to the experience of serious and continued losses, upon the buildings and stores in the timber towns, no alteration nor remission on such risks can be made at present—but the Directors hope, from the increase brick and stone buildings, and other improvements of security, that the period is not far distant, when they will be able generally, to mitigate the rates of insurance in North America; and they confidently presume that the promptitude and honour with which they have uniformly fulfilled their extensive engagements, have unequivocally established the solidity, credit and good faith, of the Company.
The Phoenix Company grant insurances upon buildings, goods, and ships whilst in dock or in harbour, from loss or damage by fire, upon the most moderate and equitable terms; and persons desirous of securing their property by policies from this company, are requested to transmit their orders to their correspondents in Great Britain. July 31. 48
JUST RECEIVED,
By the ship Roba & Betsey, Capt. Richardson, from London, and for sale by the Subscriber, A LARGE SUPPLY OF
DRUGS AND MEDICINES,
of all kinds.
Patent Medicines, Perfumery, &c. &c. Also received by the ship Almina, Capt. Stover, A LARGE ASSORTMENT OF
SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS,
Consisting of Amputating, Trepanning, Cupping, midwifery, Tooth of different sorts, Crown and Common Lancets, and Surgical Pocket Instruments &c. &c.
HARDHAM'S SNUFF, No. 9.
Also, by the ship Olive Branch, Capt. Le Breton from Bristol,
A LARGE & EXTENSIVE ASSORTMENT OF
GLASS & FURNITURE,
For Apothecary's and Practitioner's Shops. Those who favour us with their orders will be supplied on the most reasonable terms, and the articles of the best and freshest quality, as our importations are regularly twice a year, and laid in with cash, from the most respectable Druggists in London.
MEDICINE CHESTS made up as usual. Also, a few elegant Mahogany Chests of the newest construction, with furniture complete, PERRY'S ANTI-BILLIOUS PILLS. Frederick Heermann & Son. July 17. 2aw 12m. 1
 50 Puncheons ANTIGUA RUM.  150 Barrels prime NEW YORK, } PORK.  300 do. CAROLINA, }  150 Half Barrels CRACKERS.  50 Hogsheads Petersburg TOBACCO.  45 do. CLARET.  5 Barrels COCOA.  12 Cases NOYEAU.—For sale on liberal terms by 
C. & F. Whittle. November 6. tf 218
CASH FOR Red and White Oak Hogshead Staves, with a proportion of heading.
LANDING THIS DAY
From the Schooner Susan, from Jamaica, on New-
ton's Wharf,
Fifty Three Puncheons RUM.
For sale by Moses Myers. December 19. tf 296
LIVERPOOL SALT. QUEEN'S WAKE, in Crates well assorted. DUFFEL BLANKETS, in small Bales. 10 and 20d. Flat Pointed NAILS, in Casks—and LIVERPOOL COAL. If taken from along side the ship Jane, Capt. Colley, will be sold low. Apply to William Pennock.
WHO OFFERS FOR SALE, 114 Puncheons Jamaica RUM. Imported in the Sarah, Capt. Herbert. October 23. tf 137
FOR SALE, SUPERFINE and FINE FLOUR, and CROSS-MIDLINGS, by Thomas Ritson. Church-Street, October 27. tf 194
LIVERPOOL SALT. The Cargo of the Brig Catharine, now lying at New- ton's Wharf, for sale by Moses Myers. December 19. tf 207
 13,000 Bathells fine May SALT—afloat.  150,000 Weight of Muscovado SUGAR.  540 Pipes of 4th proof Spanish BRANDY.  50 do. Valencia WINE.  10 do. Cognac BRANDY.  180 do. Best Holland GIN.  100 Cases do.  1200 Empty GIN CASES.  40 Hogsheads, } CLARET, Choice Quality.  50 Casks, }  20 Pipes, }  10 Hogsheads, } London Particular Madeira WINE.  10 Qr. Casks, }  200 Pieces Russia SHEETING.  260 do. Ravens DICK.  75 do. Holland do.  100 Barrels Boston BEEF.  50 do. PORK. 
For sale on reasonable terms, and long credit by Moses Myers. November 26. tf 230
COW-POX.
THOSE persons who wish to avoid catching the Small-Pox which now exists in this Borough, are informed that the subscriber has again succeeded in introducing the Vaccine Infection, and that he now has several arms fit to inoculate from. ** He has returned to his old shop at the lower end of the new market. George Balfour.
AN APPRENTICE wanted. Nov. 16. tf 326
NOW LANDING From on board the Brig Maria, Robert Hutton, master, from Born- beaux, 50 Pipes OLD COGNAC BRANDY, fit for immediate use. 211 Hds. CLARET, fit for the West India Market. 100 Cases, do. do. 50 do. Vin de Grave. 500 DEMIJONS. 2 Trunks of Silk Stockings, Silk and Kid Gloves and Fans. For sale by William Pennock. Sept. 1 tf 115
FOUND, By a Negro Boy in the Street, A Fifty Dollar BANK NOTE, The owner by describing the same, may have it again by paying the expence of this advertisement, on application at this office. Jan. 2. 324
The Norfolk Draw-Bridge Company, (For completing the Bridge across the Southern Branch) Will further contract for the following pieces of Timber, to wit,
 24 Piles 38 feet long, 12 by 12  43 do. 46 do. do.  40 do. 56 do. do.  42 Cap Pieces, 34 do. 12 by 14  200 Braces, 11 do. 6 by 14  180 Joists or String Pieces, 27 do. 8 by 9  300 do. 27 do. 4 by 14  113 do. 53 do. 4 by 14  1000 Running feet of Railing, 27 ft. lengths, 4 by 6  17500 Superficial feet of 3 } 50 do.  inch plank, in } 
The whole of the above Timber must be of the best heart pine, and deliverable between the first of February, and last of March next.
They likewise wish to hire by the month, three or four pair of good Sawyers, for which liberal wages will be allowed—or they will contract by the hundred feet for Sawing up into Plank and Scantling, the Timber now in their yard, to the extent of, perhaps, 20 to 25,000 feet of line.
The Stockholders in this Company, are respectfully reminded, that the second Monday in January annually, is appointed by their Charter, for the Election of Directors.—The meeting for this purpose, the year first ensuing, will be held at the Norfolk Hotel, at 11 o'clock on that day. December 31. tf 315
NOW LANDING On Maxwell's Wharf, from on board the Schooner SEAMAN, Capt. Seaman, from New-York, A CHOICE PARCEL OF OLD COGNAC BRANDY, and a few casks of DUTCH LINSEED OIL. Which will be sold low, by applying to John Brown, Rothery's Wharf. November 19. tf 237
ANTIGUA RUM. TO-MORROW WILL BE LANDED, On Maxwell's Wharf, from on board the brig Albert, Capt. Webb, 105 Puncheons Choice ANTIGUA RUM, which is offered for sale, on very moderate terms, by HARRISON ALLMAND.
ON HAND ALSO, 70 Hogsheads Muscovado Sugar. 50 Barrels Loaf do. And a few Hogsheads Molasses. January 14. tm 369
NOW LANDING, AND FOR SALE, 100 hogsheads prime old Petersburg and Richmond TOBACCO. C. & F. Whittle. December 12. tf 278
WILL BE LANDED TO-MORROW, From on board Schooner Mohawk, 175,000 lb. PRIME COFFEE, FOR SALE, BY WILSON, CUNNINGHAM & CO Jan. 21. 9 333
JOHN C. NIE MEYER, has received in addition to his former assortment GERMAN GOODS,
45 packages German Linens, &c. chiefly entitled to drawback,
 Platillas, brown Hollands, } ters, Wine Glasses, and  Britannia, } Basket Flasks, &c.  Sheeting, extra fine 1 1-8 } 3 Boxes English Mustard.  yard wide, } 8 Bales Cloths, Blankets, Coatings, &c.  Dowlas and Creas of the best quality, } Andros, Waffleiron,  Shirt linen, Diapers, } Coffee mills, Bird cages, and  Bed Ticking for Mattresses, } Seeds of all kinds,  Bed Bunts fine 1 1-4 to 2 } Table matts, & Straw plates,  yards wide, } Suspending of the best kind,  Ticklenburgs, Oznaburgs, } Violins, Flutes, Clarinets and  Brown Hemp Hessions, } Fife, Harp strings and  Brown and White Rolls, } Violin strings, elegant  Russia Sheetings and light } Bowstring Instruction books  Canvases. } Looking Glasses, a large  ALSO, } assortment of Bakers, fine  Velvet Ribbons no. 2 to 150, } and common do. do. Toys  Plush for Saddlers, black Saffron for waistcoats, } cheap by the quantity.  Brussels Lace 4 to 20 dols. } ALSO,  per yard, cheap Edgings, } 90 boxes first quality Havana Segars,  German Nuns Thread, patent Needles, India sewing Silk, } 50 do. good quality St Jago do.  Made Shirts, Thread Stockings very fine, Razors, } 140 do. Short Pipes,  Sprentales, and Penknives, of the very first qualities, } 200 lbs. Shoe Thread,  Cheap Jewellery, fine Scissors, Muffs and Tipis of } 2000 Coffee bags good quality,  Martin Skins, } 400 Gunny do.  15 Boxes Tumblers, Decanters, } 250 M. coin cheap Needles,  I will sell the above Goods low for cash or } 60 M. Toy marbles,  approved bills, or in barter for Coffee, and will take in payment One Hundred Hogsheads good Tobacco STEMS.—Apply as above. December 5. tf 273 
ANTIGUA RUM.
THIS DAY,
Will be Landed, on our Wharf, from on board the Schooner General
86 Puncheons Antigua RUM.
Which will be sold on moderate terms, for Cash or approved Notes. C. & F. Whittle. October 32. tf 189
LEVIN DORSEY;
At the corner of Bayette and Wide Water-Streets, Town-Point ADAM'S Patent Globes, 12 inches diameter, with compasses in the bottom, very complete.
Quadrants, black and red ebony, with single and double observation.
Ditto, with tangent screws, 12 inches.
Aeromatie Telescopes, for night and day, on the latest and most improved construction, in a portable size, with sliding sun-shade.
Telescopes, of the common kind, for night and day observations, or for day only, of every description.
Circumferenters, of the best qualities.
Mariner's Compasses, in brass and wood.
Pocket Compasses, in brass, of different sizes.
Time Glasses—hour, half hour, 8, and 14 seconds.
Gunter's Scales; Brass Dividers; &c. &c. Likewise the following Articles, FOR THE USE OF NAVIGATORS. Hamilton Moore's Epitome and Assistant. General Charts of the Coast of America, from Boston to Philadelphia. Ditto—Continued, with directions. Ditto—West-Indies, and Demerara, with directions. Ditto—Windward Islands, with do. Ditto—Gulf of Florida, with do. Ditto—Windward Passage, with do. West-India Pilots, with directions. ALSO, A few tons of Baltimore Bar-Iron, assorted, by the ton or less quantity—Composition Bolts and Spikes—Pouches—Carriage-wheel Boxes, of all sizes—all which he will warrant good. N. B. All kinds of MATHEMATICAL INSTRUMENTS repaired, at the shortest notice. ** Orders for every species of Brass Castings received and immediately executed at his foundery, and the work delivered as above. August 7. tf 58
FOR SALE,
 12 Puncheons ANTIGUA RUM.  15 do. GRENADA do.  5 Pipes HOLLAND GIN.  20 do. COUNTRY do.  12 do. FRENCH BRANDY.  2 do. ALICANT do.  22 Qr. Casks SHERRY WINE.  10 do. MALAGA do.  PORT and CLARET WINE, in casks & bottles.  6 Barrels PORK—and about  1000 Dozen PORTER, of my last winters flock, equal to any imported. 
Joseph Hayes. August 24. tf 96
FOR SALE,
ONE OR MORE OF THOSE FIRE-PROOF WAREHOUSES,
Lately built by the Subscriber on Maxwell's Wharf. The goodness of the materials, the fidelity of the workmanship, and the pains which have been taken to secure them against fire from without, must render them an object to the Commission interest. The Wharf has been newly repaired, and is in excellent order. The Warehouses are at present rented to merchants of the first respectability, for one year. For terms enquire of the subscriber. J. K. READ. December 14. tf 281
OILS, PAINTS & WINDOW GLASS,
Of all kinds, colours, and sizes. For sale by N. Gregory, opposite the Market.
An ASSISTANT wanted—also, an active YOUTH to be employed in the store.—Liberal wages will be given to TWO ABLE HANDS, to turn a Pain-Mill. July 8. tf 3
New-York Superfine FLOUR,
727 Barrels, 48 Half do.—for Sale by MOSES MYERS. January 16. tf 248
SUBSCRIPTIONS Will be received at the Office of the Ledger, FOR THE
MONTHLY REGISTER
AND REVIEW OF THE UNITED STATES, to be published at Charleston, S. C. By S. CULLEN CARPENTER.