Berkeley and Jefferson intelligencer (Martinsburg, Va.), 1807-08-14 00:00:00

Berkeley and Jefferson Intelligencer.
[No. 15 of Volume IX.]
FRIDAY, August 14, 1807.
[Whole No. 493.]
Fresh Goods Now Opening.
THE subscriber informs his friends and the public in general, that he now opening at his store in Shepherd's Town, a large and general assortment of
Cheap Fresh Goods,
Consisting, in part, of a handsome assortment of Quilting for Vest Shapes, Elegant Chintzes and Calicoes, Spider-Nett Sleeves, Spider-Nett, Leno and Needle-worked Muslins, Cambric Muslins, very cheap, Damask Silk and Leno Shawls, Handsome Leno Veils, Fine India Book Muslins, Cotton Lace, Cords and Tassels, A quantity of handsome figured Ribbons, Italian Silks, Cotton and Silk Chambroy Muslins, Fashionable split Straw and Gipsy Bonnets, Silk and Cotton Umbrellas, Very cheap Dimities, China, Glass and Queen's Ware, Gentlemen's summer Hats, 4-4 and 7-8 Irish Linens, India Muslins, Extra long Silk Gloves, Morocco and Kid Shoes, Home-made Linen, Flax and Twilled Bags, Bar-Iron, Castings and Steel, Very cheap Teas of excellent quality, &c. Also in hand,
A quantity of Old Rye Whisky, All of which are offered for sale uncommonly cheap for Cash—He requests that all those who wish to get Bargains will be pleased to call on him.
WALTER B. SELBY.
Shepherd's-Town, August 7, 1807.
DISSOLUTION OF PARTNERSHIP.
THE partnership of Horton & Clark was dissolved on the 6th April, by mutual consent; all those indebted to the said Firm, are requested to make immediate payment to James Horton, who is duly authorised to settle the business of said Firm.
JAMES HORTON, JOHN CLARK.
JAMES HORTON,
RESPECTFULLY informs his friends and the public, that having taken Dr. J. M. Read into copartnership, the Grocery and Flour business will in future be conducted under the Firm of Horton & Read, at the old stand, No. 9, Howard street, next door to Hussey's Tavern, where they have on hand, and intend keeping a general assortment of GROCERIES and LIQUORS, which they will sell at the most reduced prices, for cash, or in barter for all kinds of Country Produce.
JAMES HORTON, JOHN M. READ.
Baltimore, August 7, 1807.
FOR SALE.
THE House and Lot in which Zachariah Molea now lives, situate in the main street, Martinsburg, nearly opposite to Mr. Cooper's store;—The House is two stories high, with three rooms on the lower floor, with a large Kitchen, communicating with the back room, three rooms on the 2nd floor, with a spacious garret and an excellent Cellar—There is a good stable, Garden, &c. on the Lot. This property from its eligible situation would suit well for any kind of public business.
ROBERT COCKBURN, jun. Martinsburg, August 7, 1807.
Just Received,
A HANDSOME ASSORTMENT OF
New Goods,
which were bought for Cash and will be sold unusually low.
LEVI PRICE.
Martinsburg, July 10, 1807.
Valuable Lands For Sale.
WILL be sold at public vendue in the Town of Bath on the 26th day of August next, if not disposed of before that time at private sale.
THE plantation on which Lewis W. Dent now lives, lying on both sides of Sleepy-Creek, in Berkeley County, Virginia, five miles from Bath, containing 555 acres. This land is of the first rate quality on Sleepy-Creek; about 150 acres are cleared and the balance is clothed with excellent Timber; more than 100 acres of the tract is good bottom land; 15 acres of meadow is now made, and at least 100 acres is well adapted to grass; the improvements are a convenient Dwelling House, a large Barn, and two good orchards of Apple and Peach trees; This land is well watered by Sleepy-Creek and a number of fine springs that rise on it. One third of the purchase money will be expected in hand, and one, two, and three years credit will be given for the balance, in equal annual payments.
The subscribers will also sell the following Tracts of Land, at public sale, in the Town of Romney on Wednesday the 3d of September next, viz:
477 acres of Land,
situate on Cabis run a drain of Patterson's-Creek, in Hampshire County, distant 15 miles from Romney and two from Paddy Town; This land is of good quality, it is divided into three Penements, on each of which are a convenient Dwelling House, Barn and other buildings, with an orchard of different kinds of Fruit; a considerable portion of this Tract is bottom land, and the whole is well watered.
Also 341 acres,
lying on the North fork of Patterson's-Creek, Hardy County; This land is of the first quality, more than one half of which is bottom land; it abounds with Sugar Trees, is well watered, and a large proportion well adapted for meadow; A good Dwelling House and Barn is built on this Tract, and an orchard planted, and other improvement made.
Also 448 acres of unimproved Land,
in Frederick County, twelve miles from Winchester, on the road leading to Romney and Moorefield. The three last mentioned tracts will be sold on the same terms as the first mentioned Tract. General Warranties will be given for the whole of them. Further particulars will be made known on the day of sale.
LEWIS W. DENT, PATRICK DENT.
June 26, 1807.
NOTICE.
WILL be sold on the 15th day of August next, at the White House, on the road leading from Winchester to Charles-Town,
thirty Virginia born Slaves, consisting of Men, Women, Girls and Boys. The terms will be made known on the day of sale by the subscribers.
JOHN THROCKMORTON,
and
JAMES S. BATE.
July 31, 1807.
N. B. Any person wishing to purchase before the day of sale, can apply to John Throckmorton, at the head of Bull-skin, one and a half miles above the White House.
A GENERAL meeting of the Overseers of the Poor of the County of Berkeley, will be held at the Poor-House of the said County, on the first day of September Court next. All persons concerned are desired to attend.
By order of the Board.
Teste,
ROBERT COCKBURN, C.O.F.
July 31, 1807.
FOR SALE.
A VALUABLE Tract of first rate slate LAND, containing about four hundred acres, lying in Berkeley County, Virginia, one mile from the Sulpher spring and six from Martinsburg; about one hundred and forty acres cleared, (fifty of which lately cleared) eight acres of meadow and twenty acres more enclosed for the purpose making meadow of; the whole well enclosed with strong fences. The greater part of the wood land lies level, is the prime of the tract, and heavily timbered. There is on the premises several never failing springs of excellent water, well situated for distilleries. Three different tenements with good Dwelling Houses, &c. on them, and the tract will bear being divided in as many parts, with a proportion of meadow, cleared, and wood land, to each. I will sell the whole together, or separately, as may best suit the purchaser. For further information and terms apply to the subscriber on the premises.
WILLIAM LYNE, jun.
July 10, 1807.
Berkeley, ss.
May Court, 1806.
Samuel Veal, Complainant,
AGAINST
David Veal, Cornelius Vanaudall and Susanna his wife, William Morgan and Agnes his wife, Cornelius Hamme and Mary his wife, Drake and Martha his wife, William Kelbell and Catherine his wife, Robert Anderson and Sarah his wife, and Elizabeth Veal, Heirs and legal representatives of Isaac Veal, dec'd, Defendants.
In CHANCERY.
THE defendants, David Veal, Cornelius Vanaudall and Susannah his wife, Cornelius Hamme and Mary his wife, Drake and Martha his wife, William Kelbell and Catherine his wife, and Robert Anderson and Sarah his wife, not having entered their appearance agreeable to an act of Assembly and the rules of this Court, and it appearing to the satisfaction of the Court, that they are not inhabitants of this Commonwealth, on the motion of the Complainant by his Counsel, it is ordered, that David Veal, Cornelius Vanaudall and Susannah his wife, Cornelius Hamme and Mary his wife, Drake and Martha his wife, William Kelbell and Catherine his wife, and Robert Anderson and Sarah his wife, do appear here on the Monday after the third Tuesday in September next, to answer the bill of the Complainant, and that a copy of this order be forthwith inserted in the Berkeley and Jefferson Intelligencer for two months successively, and published at the door of the Court-House of the said County.
A Copy. Teste,
DAVID HUNTER, C.B.C.
Berkeley, ss.
March Court, 1806.
Morris Rees and David Rees, Complainants,
AGAINST
Presley Neville and the other legal representatives of John Neville, dec'd, Colby Chew and Noah Ridgeway, Defendants.
In CHANCERY.
THE defendants, Presley Neville and other the heirs and representatives of John Neville, dec'd, not having entered their appearance agreeable to an act of Assembly and the rules of this Court, and it appearing to the satisfaction of the Court, that they are not inhabitants of this Commonwealth, on the motion of the Complainants by their Counsel, it is ordered, that said Presley Neville and other the heirs and representatives of John Neville, dec'd, do appear here on the Monday after the third Tuesday in September 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 said County.
A Copy. Teste,
DAVID HUNTER, C.B.C.
A variety of BLANKS For sale at this Office.
Public Sale.
BY virtue of a deed of trust executed by Ephraim Lowman to Philip P. Wilson, Esq. and the subscriber, for the purpose of securing and indemnifying John Robinson, one of the deputy Sheriffs of Berkeley County, who became liable to pay a considerable sum of money for said Lowman, in consequence of indulgencies extended by said Robinson to said Lowman, and for the purpose of raising the amount which said Robinson is liable to pay for said Lowman, as expressed in said deed, and the costs and charges of carrying said trust into effect, will be exposed to public sale, for ready money, on the 31st day of August next, at 12 o'clock, in the town of Bath, in the County of Berkeley and Commonwealth of Virginia, several Tracts of LAND, lying and being in the County of Berkeley, on the waters of Sleepy-Creek, about eight miles from Bath, and two miles from the river Potomac; on one of said Tracts of Land, I am informed, there is an excellent Saw-Mill, a Grist and Merchant Mill, three Dwelling Houses and other convenient buildings. The several Tracts I am informed are adjoining each other, and contain in the whole upwards of six hundred acres, more than one half thereof is well timbered, and convenient to the Saw-Mill; about eighty acres of the Land is cleared; there are several good springs on said Land. The situation of the Saw-Mill is supposed to be equal to any in this country; all plank, &c. sawed at the Mill, can be taken by water from thence to the City of Washington, &c. Mr. Lowman, who lives on the premises, will shew the same to any person or persons, wishing to purchase, who may call on him before the day of sale.
ELISHA BOYD,
Surviving Trustee.
July 27, 1807.
Notice is hereby given
TO all those who purchased property of me previous to my removal to the Western country, that their Notes became due the 10th instant, and are deposited in the hands of Messrs. James & John Lane, Merchants of Shepherd's-Town, where they may have an opportunity of listing their respective notes until the first of September next, after which time (all those that are not discharged) will be put into the hands of an Attorney at Law, without respect to persons.
ANDREW DAVIS.
July 31, 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.
NOW READY FOR THE PRESS
AND WILL BE PUBLISHED, if a subscription can be obtained to defray the expense,
FOUR PROPHETIC SERMONS, ON THE "SIGNS OF THE TIMES."
now delivering to the Congregations of the Episcopal Churches.
By James Jones Wilmer, formerly of Christ Church College, Oxford, England; and the present Minister of the Episcopal Churches, in Berkeley County, Virginia.
"What thou see'st write in a Book." Rev: 1 11.
N. B. The price only in sheets will be 25 cents. Subscriptions received at this Office, where the work will be printed.

Richmond, July 17, 1807.
GENERAL ORDERS.
The President of the United States has required of the Executive of the different states, to organize, arm and equip according to law, and hold in readiness to march at a moment's warning, their respective proportions of one hundred thousand militia.
The public prints will have already announced the object of this requisition. Ever since the United States became an independent nation, their uniform policy has been to cultivate peace and good will with all the world. It had been hoped that their just and pacific councils would have secured to them in return, the blessings of peace from all Great Britain, however, busied as she has been with the wars of Europe, has found more than one occasion to convince us of the fallacy of this hope. It is needless to recite the series of wrongs which she has practised towards us; they live in the memory, and resentment of all. Treaties violated, commerce plundered, our citizens impressed in her service and treated like galley slaves: these are the evidence of her good will and respect for an independent nation. Yet we have borne all, and sought to obtain by peaceful means that redress which we might justly have exacted at the point of the bayonet. But the measure of insult and of injury is at length full by the perpetration of an act which has no parallel in the annals of civilized nations. While negotiations are yet going on, while we are lulled into security by the olive branch held out by her ministers, who profess a willingness to treat on the footing of equality and mutual justice, her armed squadrons lie in wait in our waters, fall upon an American vessel of war leaving our harbor, and unprepared for action, murder a part of her crew almost before our faces, nor desist from the havoc until the flag of the nation is dishonored by submission—then force from her deck four native citizens of America, return to Hampton Roads and in effect blockade the principal commercial town of Virginia. The spirit displayed around the theatre of this bloody outrage, and as far as the report of it has gone over the state, confirms the pleasing assurance that the present men of Virginia are the true sons of '76. Virginia had the honor to stand foremost in the bold and glorious measures which led to our independence: she has now the first opportunity of exhibiting to her sister states a model of that energy with which independence ought to be protected and avenged. The Governor will not say he hopes, because he knows that she will prove herself worthy of the high destination to which she is called.
Whether Great Britain will, of her own accord, make that ample atonement for these aggravated injuries which justice demands, and thereby prevent the appeal to arms, is not for us to decide. 'Tis our's to be prepared for every issue: willing to accept redress if spontaneously offered; but ready to compel it if it be withheld.
The Governor therefore in pursuance of the advice of the Council, and in execution of the requisition of the President of the United States, directs 11,563 of the Militia of Virginia, being her quota of the detachment required by the President, to be forthwith drafted, organized, armed and equipped according to law, and held in readiness to take the field at a moment's warning. They will consist of the following proportions of Artillery, Cavalry, Riflemen and Infantry, viz.
  Artillery, 578   Cavalry, 1156   Riflemen, 1156   Infantry, 8673 
Total 11563
They will be apportioned among the several divisions of the state agreeably to details to be furnished by the adjutant general.
The appointment of general officers will be made and communicated at a future day.
The corps of Cavalry will be formed into two regiments, of which, Lt. Col. Larkin Smith, will command the first, having under him the Majors Robert Gratton and Tunstal Banks; the second will be commanded by Lt. Col. Henry Bowyer, having under him the Majors John T. Woodford, and Peter F. Archer. The corps of artillery, will be formed into one regiment to be commanded by Lt. Col. William R. Fleming, having under him the Majors James Taylor and John Brounagh; of which the Major Generals of the respective
divisions to which those officers belong, will be pleased to take notice.
Any corps of Volunteers, which at any time previous to receiving orders for taking the field, shall tender their services conformably to the act of congress of the 18th of April, 1806, or to the act of congress of the 24th of February, 1807, will be accepted, and considered as substitute, according to their numbers, for the whole or any part of the 11563 men, required from this state.
When the detachment and organization shall have been effected, the respective corps shall be exercised by the officers set over them; drafted Militia by their proper officers; Volunteers by their own officers, if organized at the time of tendering their services, and if not then organized, by officers, to be elected by themselves and to be approved and commissioned by the Executive of this state. But they will not remain embodied, nor be considered as in actual service, until by subsequent orders they shall be directed to take the field. Correct muster rolls and inspection returns will be made to the Adjutant General, who will without delay transmit copies to the Secretary at War.
On this deeply interesting occasion, the Governor indulges the pleasing hope that his fellow citizens will not wait for the slow call of the legal routine of duty, but that the whole Quota of Virginia will be filled by Volunteers, ardent and emulous for their country's service, burning with impatience to avenge her wrongs, and evincing by their discipline and valor, that a well regulated Militia affords, to a free state, a defence not only the most safe, but the most effectual.
By the Governor,
WM. H. CABELL.
Attest,
SAML. COLEMAN, D. A. G.
In pursuance of the annexed General Orders, the quota to be drawn from the Commonwealth of Virginia, of one hundred thousand militia, directed by the President of the United States, to be prepared to take the field at a moment's warning, will be furnished by the several Divisions and Brigades, as follows:
1st DIVISION.
   Infantry. Riflemen. Cavalry. Artillery.     4th Brigade 580 68 34 34   11th Brigade 538 75 38 38   18th Brigade 600 71 35 35   15th Brigade 592 70 35 35   2410 284 142 142  
2d DIVISION.
   1st Brigade 626 73 36 36   3d Brigade 638 75 38 38   5th Brigade 456 54 27 27   8th Brigade 367 43 21 21   2087 245 122 122  
3d DIVISION.
   7th Brigade 442 166 71 35   10th Brigade 307 165 55 27   13th Brigade 350 165 61 30   16th Brigade 445 165 71 35   17th Brigade 300 165 54 27   18th Brigade 109 165 32 16   19th Brigade 116 165 35 19   2067 1156 379 189  
4th DIVISION.
   2d Brigade 438 57 29 29   6th Brigade 484 57 29 29   9th Brigade 516 61 30 30   14th Brigade 621 73 37 37   2109 248 125 125  
RECAPITULATION.
   1st Division 2410 284 142 142   2d Division 2087 245 122 122   3d Division 2067 1156 379 189   4th Division 2109 248 125 125   8673 1156 1156 578  
FURTHER RECAPITULATION.
   INFANTRY 8673   RIFLEMEN 1156   CAVALRY 1156   ARTILLERY 578  
11563 Total of the quota of Virginia.
Attest,
SAML. COLEMAN, D. A. G.
BOSTON, July 31.
MORE VEXATION.—We have seen a letter from a very intelligent American in London, which states that Mr.
Adams had left Paris, to wait on Bonaparte at his head quarters; that our difficulties at the courts of St. Cloud and Madrid became more involved; and that it was evident Talleyrand intended no accommodation should take place between us and Spain.
Letters from Liverpool mention, that but few goods will be shipped for America this season, owing to the unsettled state of affairs between this country and Great-Britain.
Norfolk, August 3.
On Saturday last, Major TAZEWELL, aid to general MATTHEWS, went down with the two officers and three seamen belonging to the Triumph, taken some time since by the militia of Princess Anne, & delivered them to Sir Thomas Hardy, pursuant to orders from the general government.
The frigate Chesapeake, with the gun boats, went down to Craney Island on Saturday last.
BALTIMORE, August 7.
MIRANDA.—By a gentleman lately arrived from Trinidad, we are informed, that Miranda was still at that place, and that he was waiting for intelligence and assistance from England, for the purpose of making a further attempt on the Spanish Main. Many are of opinion that he has a British commission, and acts under the orders of that government. No expedition appears to be fitting out from Trinidad for the Main at present.
Philadelphia, July 14.
COMMISSION.—In the year 1799, Commodore Tingey, on board the U. S. sloop of war Ganges, of 26 guns, then on the West India station, was demanded to inform an English frigate of 32 guns, whether all his men had protection—the answer was they have, look at their colors—boatswain pipe all hands—boys will you stand by me?—Yes three cheers given immediately—well says the brave commander, they shall take me before you—being close along side and all ready, the loud three cheers was enough, and the British ship bore away.
NORFOLK, August 2.
Arrived schooner Weymouth, Weymouth, 5 days from New-York. Captain W. reports, that the editor of the N. York Gazette and General Advertiser, informed him, "that immediately after his last paper was committed to press, news arrived in the city, that admiral Berkeley had sailed for the capes of Virginia, and that he was very much concerned at the late conduct of commodore Douglas, and other officers under his command, on the American station." Mr. James Bulley came passenger in the Weymouth. He informs us he was carried off in the character of a pilot, in January last, by the French 74 gun ship Poudroyant, and that the commander thereof treated him in the following cruel and unjust manner, viz. "laded him in Brest, a country far distant from his own, with a trifling sum of 40 dollars for all his services; that he was rendered in a great measure unable to support life, owing to a severe cold which he caught while on board said ship."
MARTINSBURG, August 14.
TRIAL OF Colonel A. BURR.
On Monday the preliminary proceedings in this case commenced. The Counsel on the part of the U. States, and Mr. Burr, attended by his counsel, appeared. One hundred and five witnesses were called on behalf of the U. S. The Venire was then called over, consisting of twelve gentlemen from Wood County, and thirty six from other counties, all of whom except two answered.
Mr. Hay stated that he had not yet been able to furnish Mr. Burr with a list of the witnesses, and that the list of the Venire, furnished him, was inaccurate; for these reasons a short delay in the trial would be necessary, that correct lists might in the mean time be furnished.
Mr. Burr expressed his desire to avoid delay; when, after a short conversation, it was agreed to defer the trial to Wednesday.
On the motion of Mr. Burr a subpoena duces tecum to require the President to produce a certain written communication, made to him by Mr. Eaton, and mentioned in his deposition, was awarded.
THE TIMES.
On the subject of our national wrongs [says the Balance,] we trust there are but one sentiment in the country. Men
of all parties view the late conduct of the British on our coast, with mingled emotions of indignation and alarm. We are exposed and defenceless.—War at this time would subject millions of our property to capture, and our sea-port towns to inevitable destruction. We have not an atom of naval protection. Our fortifications afford but the shadow of defence. We have scarcely guns enough mounted on our seacoast to withstand the attack of a single ship of the line. And yet a spirit exists in our country that will not brook insult and aggression—a spirit that will impel us to avenge our wrongs at hazard—a spirit—but hold—this spirit, unless it be properly cherished, and receive a due direction from the government, is worse than nothing. It will but serve to expose us to fresh outrages from the British, and the contempt of the world. Let our government then arouse!—The voice of the people is loud and distinct. From one end of the union to the other, the exclamation is—WE ARE READY!
The latest intelligence from Europe has greatly increased the probability of a general peace.
The archduke, brother to the emperor of Austria, in an address to the states of Hungary, dwells on this interesting topic in a manner that can neither be mistaken nor neglected by the belligerent powers. The influence, which the emperor Napoleon has acquired in the cabinet of Austria is clearly demonstrated in this address, and, combined with the spirit which France has been able to excite against Russia, in Persia and Turkey, the temper of Austria cannot fail to dispose the emperor Alexander to listen to pacific overtures. Nor is it at all improbable that, to increase this disposition the proposals of France will leave Russia in possession of her Polish provinces, as the emperor of France has never discovered much anxiety on that point.
Prussia must adopt the determination of Russia, and Sweden, in her late arrangements with France, has conceded much of her warlike declarations. The conduct of Baron Von Essen, who concluded an armistice with marshal Mortier, has been approved, and honors have been conferred on him by his Swedish majesty.
Whether Great-Britain would be willing to continue the contest, single handed, and under the proscriptions, which France, in the event of a continental peace, would be able to establish against her throughout Europe, cannot be of difficult solution.—That, under such pressure, she should engage in a war with the United States, must be the last act of political despair.
Pol. Reg.
From the Baltimore Evening Post.
We have been favored with the following anecdote of Captain Chauncy, of the United States navy. Its genuine Yankee spirit will not be unpleasant to our readers at this crisis.
A very short time since capt. Chauncy returned from a voyage to the East Indies, which, under a furlough, he had made as a private citizen. On the passage home, in the Indian ocean, he was brought to by a British ship of war of 64 guns, and a lieutenant and 10 or 12 men sent on board his ship. The British officer, an impertinent puppy, without even saluting capt. C. as a person having any pretensions to gentility would have done, immediately ordered one of his men to stand by the helm. Capt. C. justly offended, told his sailor to knock any man down who attempted to take his place without his (Chauncy's) orders. The attempt was made, and the English sailor, by prostration, paid his tribute of veneration to the nerve of the Yankee. The lieutenant now ripped out as many handsome oaths and threats as a person could wish, and advanced to take the helm himself.—Chauncy stepped before him, and upon the Englishman's laying his hand upon it, seized him by the scruff of the neck and threw him overboard into the boat. Upon this the lieutenant and his men went off, and capt. C. was presently boarded by 60 or 70 men, among them the first officer of "his majesty's ships," who abused capt. C. in words not a little for his treatment to the lieutenant; who replied, I treated the puppy as he deserved. He either did not know his duty and the manners of a gentleman, or would not exercise them. You have now a superior force on board the ship—do what you please. Capt. C. then went on board the man of war, where he received some more compliments from the Commodore, to which he replied in the same manner; without

giving way one inch to that haughty spirit which characterises too many of the officers of the British navy. This spirit probably preserved him from the effects of their violence, and he was dismissed as the d—dest obstinate Yankee rascal they had ever met with, without their knowing him as any thing else than the master of a common East India man.
Previous to leaving the British ship, Capt. C. very leisurely took a memorandum of the officer's names who had insulted him, saying, "perhaps I may come ashore you some day, when you shall know who and what I am."
MR. ALBURTIS.
THE late transaction of a British ship of war at Norfolk, appears to have excited a laudable spirit of resentment among all descriptions of the American people; indeed no expression of that resentment can exceed the occasion. If we are allowed to rank among the nations of the earth, and the independence we achieved at so much expense of blood & treasure, be any thing more than nominal, we ought not to suffer ourselves to be treated in a manner that no nation would submit to, who had the spirit, and the power to defend themselves, and where the means of defence are as easily obtained as in the United States. What will be the result, or how this outrage will terminate, is not for me to conjecture, because I am at a loss to know what reparation attainable, will be satisfactory. Can our brave Countrymen who have lost their lives in this transaction, receive any equivalent for their privation? Can our national honor be computed by the rules of arithmetic, and its violation remunerated with dollars and cents? The exemplary punishment of the offender is out of our power, and we have no right to suppose, that from his own government, he will not rather meet with applause; we have seen the perpetrator of an offence something similar, after a pretended trial, advanced to a more honorable post; as if honor was the premium for aggressions of this nature; and it is not improbable, that the example had its influence on the late wanton attack on our jurisdiction; and out of perfect contempt of our national prowess, and in despite of our national resentment, the officer returned to an anchorage in our port.
If this officer acted in conformity to the general orders of his government respecting their seamen, they cannot justly punish him, for his zeal in their service; especially as such punishment would be considered as an abandonment of the subject in dispute between the two nations. The principle of English jurisprudence to prohibit the expatriation of her subjects, she will never relinquish, and the utmost that she will agree to on this head, will be, to deliver up those real Americans in her service, and forbear to impress any of them in future, provided they are furnished with a certificate under the seal of some public office, that their birth and parentage are purely American. The intercourse between the two nations occasions a mixture of the subjects of the one with the citizens of the other. English seamen enter into our service for higher wages; and it appears that some Americans, for some cause or other, go into the British service, and afterwards desert. Our republican systems do not permit us to restrain our citizens from going where they please; but the prohibition of the English to the expatriation of her subjects, is known to the world; and when we consider the importance of seamen to their national existence, it is not altogether just to resist their claim to the service of those, whom nature has made it a duty to pay allegiance, or even those of our countrymen who voluntarily enter into their service, unless they can produce a complete discharge; and as the similarity of features, complexion and language of the subjects and citizens of the two nations, often baffle the nicest judgment to distinguish them, it is not surprising that some Americans should be involved in this difficulty; and since it is universally agreed that every man is bound to perform a voluntary contract, if they sufficiently prove that any of our countrymen have deserted from them, under such an engagement, they ought to be delivered up whenever demanded; without some such regulations as these, this cause of dispute will probably produce an eternal state of warfare between the two nations.
No ships of war belonging to a neutral nation, ought to be subject to search, by those of any nation at peace with them; and therefore the attack on the Chesapeake,
is a wanton violation of our national honor; and it is a disgrace to our Country, that we were not able to resist, or punish the insult. Our government, in a pompous display of a pacific system, has not only prevented the increase of our means of defence, by refusing to complete the six seventy four Gun ships ordered to be built by a former Congress; but considerably diminished the navy that was prepared to its hand; notwithstanding it is obvious, that to prevent such outrages as we now justly complain of, we must be at all times prepared to punish them. Can it be imagined that proclamations will overawe the insolence of naval superiority; or the arrogance of power? Or that they will be respected by those, who proudly claim the prerogative of the Ocean, especially when they see no other means resorted to, to punish the most daring violation of our neutral rights. Cannon is said to be the language of Kings, and republics who have intercourse with them, in order to be understood, must of necessity sometimes speak the same language.
Mr. Jefferson, in his notes on Virginia, states, that the surplus revenue of Virginia alone, without oppressing the people, would create a navy of 300 Guns every year; and admitting Virginia to be one sixth part of the Union, and that the revenue of the other states is equally productive, it follows, that the United States in one year, could provide a navy of 1800 Guns, which would be a greater naval force than we should absolutely want, till the conclusion of another contest. Now 1800 guns would fit out the following ships, viz.
   GUNS.     6 ships of 74 guns each is 444   4 of 50 is 200   5 of 40 is 200   6 of 36 is 216   10 of 20 is 200   10 of 16 is 160   10 of 12 is 120   20 of 8 is 160   50 of 2 is 100   1800  
Now since by Mr. Jefferson's calculation, such a navy of the above force, could be produced by the United States in one year, without oppressing the people; and since he then considered a naval force at least equal to any division of a navy that would be sent on our coast by any belligerent power, what good reason can be given, that we, after 25 years have elapsed, possess scarcely the one tenth part of that force, and suffer ourselves to be insulted in our harbours for the want of it? If Mr. Jefferson had not been a man of considerable erudition, we might have doubted the correctness of his calculations; but as we ought not to believe that a man of his talents would exhibit a book to the world, fraught with error, we are obliged to ascribe our national delinquency in this respect to some other cause; not the want of money necessarily appropriated, for the purpose of foreign intercourse. To be sure, economy has been the hobby horse of the present administration, and yet our expenditures have been increased by at least two millions, for no kind of advantage whatever, which if it had been applied to the naval department, we should not now have had the mortification to be insulted, and injured in our own ports, and to see the perpetrator go off without punishment; economy therefore is only the ostensible cause of our disgrace, and we must search still farther after the real one.
If we examine the pursuits of Mr. Jefferson through life, we shall discover, that he has not had much time to study tactics, and therefore war, and its concomitants, is not his talent; and that, from nature, as well as inclination, he has cultivated only the arts of peace, and consequently has imbibed an invincible prejudice to the sound of a tremendous roar of cannon; his philanthropy would be exceedingly wounded by the carnage that is, sometimes the consequence of a struggle between two nations, who shall do his antagonist the most harm; nor could his humanity bear the piercing cries of victims immolated at the altar of Mars; what is so exceedingly disgusting to him, he possesses not the capacity to manage, hence it is, that under his administration, we are poor with a full treasury, and weak, with all the varieties, that constitute strength.
Old School.
Extract of a letter from a Clergyman in England to his friend in America, in the year 1803. If England has not greatly advanced from that period in prosperity, she must be verging fast to
her declension. True it is, she has new all her strength floating on the ocean, but though for the present she may oppress, yet, it requires the means to keep such an armament, (always as uncertain as the element on which she exists) in operation.
"That the condition of Britain is critical and saddening, unprecedented and awful, can be denied by those only who assist in heaping upon the community the accumulated evils under which it labours. That both abroad and at home the prospect is most gloomy, is sufficiently obvious to the sober eye of common sense, cleared from the films of prejudice and interest. Abroad we behold our natural and inveterate foe extending her dominions from sea to sea; and, after having swallowed up our allies, after having "bruised in pieces" the nations around her, "like a potter's vessel;" after having "bound their princes in chains, and their nobles in links of iron;" after "having put out the glory of half the monarchs in christendom, cast their thrones down to the ground, and laid their honours in the dust;" we behold her converting the power of our former friends "into means of our present inconvenience, and future destruction. At home, we perceive ourselves sinking under the pressure of an enormous debt, accumulating every successive year in a frightful ratio; a debt, whose interest is with difficulty discharged by all the various taxes and imposts that sagacity can suggest, or ingenuity devise. We see the arm of an irritated God revealed "in the Heavens above, and in the earth beneath," in inclement skies, and unproductive fields; and the "haggard form of want" (in consequence of this denial of accustomed blessings) striding thro' our towns and villages, and fixing her happy talons on the most numerous and useful description of the community—the sturdy peasant, the industrious mechanic and the humble tradesman; we see the cottage of the labourer, once the scene of comfort and content, now the residence of want and disconsolation; the dwelling of the active manufacturer, heretofore enlivened by animating competency, at present the seat of listless despondence, and heart-chilling poverty; we see modest want pining away in silent suffering, to dig too feeble, and to beg ashamed; unsolaced wanderers exposed to the rude tempests of the disordered elements, without a place whereon to lay their heads." We see persevering industry, labouring with unceasing toll from the dawn of morning 'till the darkness of night, and still unable, by all his exertions, to procure for himself and his family (the nerves and sinews of the land, by whom alone we are clothed and fed) I will not say, a comfortable maintenance, but a sufficiency of homely food; we see fatherless unprotected children stretching out their little hands, and craving from a mother (widowed, perchance, by the ruthless sword of war) for that which she hath it not in her power to bestow—for bread; and we hear (the inevitable result of this general scene of misery) the sullen murmur of discontent rolling through the land, not loud indeed, but deep, like the indistinct growling of the APPROACHING STORM. "
Public Sale.
WILL be sold at public vendue, at the dwelling house of the subscriber, one mile from Martinsburg, on Wednesday the 2d of September next, if fair, if not, the next fair day, eleven Negroes, Horses, Cattle, Hogs and Sheep, Wheat and Rye, and Corn in the ground, Household and Kitchen Furniture, Farming Implements, &c. &c. Nine months credit will be given, the purchaser giving bond with approved security.
JOSEPH EVANS.
August 14, 1807.
TEN CENTS REWARD.
RAN away from the subscriber on the 26th day of the seventh month, an apprentice to the Clock making business named Charles Wintersmith, about eighteen years of age, I will give the above reward for taking and securing said apprentice so that I get him again, and no thanks; I do forward any persons from harbouring said boy on any account whatever.
REES BRANSON.
8th Month 14th, 1807.
WANTED
AS an assistant in a Store, a Young Lad of respectable connexions, correct principles and steady habits.
ALEXANDER COOPER.
Martinsburg, August 14, 1807.
N. B. One from a distance will be preferred.
A YEAR has nearly gone round since the Partnership of Meminger and Cooper closed, and those indebted to it called upon to settle their accounts; a number still remain unsettled; again they are asked to make payment before the first of October; such as think it is not yet time to pay will oblige by giving a note for the amount.
Martinsburg, August 14, 1807.
FIVE DOLLARS REWARD.
RAN away on Monday night last, a Negro FAN; I will give the above reward to any person who will deliver her to me in Martinsburg. All persons are forewarned harbouring her, in any manner, as I am determined to prosecute any person who may do so.
LEVI PRICE.
August 14, 1807.
TAKEN up by the subscriber, an easy tray barrow, about one year old, white and black, marked with a small bit out of the underside of the near ear, the off ear much torn by dogs, and appraised to one dollar and fifty cents. The owner is desired to prove property, pay charges and take him away.
PETER GROVE.
August 14, 1807.
ATTENTION!
THE Company of Berkeley Light Infantry, are desired to attend a MUSTER to be held at Martinsburg, on the 4th Saturday in August, at 12 o'clock. A punctual attendance is required from every individual belonging to the Company, and it is expected that all who can will appear in uniform.
WILLIAM GREGORY, Captain, July 11, 1807.
Fresh Goods
NOW OPENING.
THE subscribers respectfully inform their Farming Friends and the Public in general, that they are now opening at their store (by the Market-House) in Shepherd's-Town.
A very large and General assortment of
Cheap Fresh Goods,
of every description which have been purchased uncommonly Cheap at Philadelphia and Baltimore, and will be sold far cheaper than any Goods have been this season. They invite all those wishing to get CHEAP GOODS to call on them.
JAMES & JOHN LANE.
Shepherd's-Town, June 19, 1807.
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 Potomak 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 situate in Berkeley County, Virginia, on Potomak river, 10 miles from Martinsburg, 8 from Williamsport, and 13 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 13, 1806.
WRITING PAPER
For sale at this Office.

A BRIEF STATEMENT Of the conduct of the Ketocot Baptist Association of Churches, after a resolution of nine years material difference between the Church at Mill-Creek and the Church at Opeckon-Creek, Berkeley County, in Virginia; constituted from the result of such differences, in the year of our Lord 1792. Addressed by said Church at Opeckon, to all Churches of Christ, unto whom it may appear, or concern.
This said Association refused repeatedly, during this period, to take up the case of said Church at Opeckon, agreeable to their addresses on the occasion; but was at length prevailed on, by a repeated address from the Philadelphia Association; and proceeded, as appears by their minutes; and the process of their committee, herein justly recited as followeth:
Association held at Backlick-Meeting-House, Fairfax County, Virginia, August 1800; "A letter from Elder, Samuel Jones, of Pennsylvania, in behalf of the Philadelphia Association, respecting the people calling themselves the Opequon Church, as also a letter from themselves, were each of them read, and referred till to-morrow."
"5. The Association took up the business respecting the people calling themselves the Opequon Church, and agreeably to their request, and by consent of the Church at Mill-Creek, (communicated to the association by Elder, John Hutchinson) the Association nominated the following persons, to wit: Elders, Jeremiah Moore, John Munroe, Christopher Collins, Brother John Dillard, and the Clerk, together with as many more of the ministers, and lay-members, from the different churches, as can be prevailed upon to attend as a committee to hear and if practicable, settle the differences which have for a number of years existed between those people and the said Church at Mill-Creek; who are to meet for said purpose at Garrard's Town, in Berkeley County, on Saturday preceding the third Lord's day in next month, at 10 o'clock."
This committee, nominated, attended according to appointment (except John Dillard) and, after a precaution, or urging it upon the differing parties particularly, to abide by their determinations, prior to their attempts, in terminating the contrast, immediately proceeded to avoid an equitable investigation of the conduct of the Church at Mill-Creek, toward the Church at Opeckon, in the resolution of those differences which do consist of most grievous injuries; being, with espousing in the support of heretical preaching, with outrageous slander, with bitter revilings, with opprobrious appellations; of which, the following is a copy of a clause quoted from their correspondence, to the Ketocot Association, held at Long-Branch in Fauquier County, in 1792; as followeth, (to wit) "Since our last, have been obliged for the vindication of truth, to cut off some members, who by art and sophistry, has misled some few others."
See further also, a collected-catalogue of opprobrious appellations, taken from their publication by Richard Bowen of Winchester, in Frederick County, in 1792, against an individual of the Church at Opeckon, as followeth: (to wit) "Thou daring Impostor, infernal Fiend, accuser of the Brethren, and father of lies. Thou Korah like, gangrenous limb, insolent Usurper, furious Demagogue, Bawler, and stern tormentor. Thou Hypocrite with a lying tongue, Voice of slander, Grog-magog, Belzebub, scurrilous-invidious-slander, and heads high-minded Bigot. Thou riotous-sculter, King of Babylon, great red-Dragon, and Bishop of anti-christian-hierarchy. Thou destroyer, fraudulent-leader, Novice, and ravening-Wolf, not sparing the Flock—Thou schismatic, malevolent, defamatory, and blasphemous Libeller."
There were five particularly, who as witnesses, have affixed their names to that atrocious piece of railery; which also contains most injurious, and contrary representations.
The following scripture quoted as applicable to this injurious case.
See Math. v. 11, 12. Blessed are ye when men shall revile you, and persecute you, and shall say all manner of evil against you falsely for my sake.
Rejoice, and be exceeding glad; for great is your reward in Heaven: for so persecuted they the prophets which were before you.
See Exodus xxii. 1, 2. Thou shalt not raise a false report: put not thine hand with the wicked to be an unrighteous witness.
Thou shalt not follow a multitude to do evil; neither shalt thou speak in a cause to decline after many to wret judgment.
The said committee, did also, further resort to conduct, which, in the nature of it, was in reality, to enforce it upon the Church at Opeckon to fellowship the following injurious cases.
1st. They must without the equity of an investigation, fellowship the Church at Mill-Creek, as they were, or had persisted, in thus proving themselves to be their bitterest enemies, and hinderers, in the sacred cause of our Lord Jesus Christ: and likewise in the support of heretical-preaching, without a decision; whether right or wrong?
2d. They must fellowship the Church at Mill-Creek, in accusing them with disorder, in their organization, and progress in the sacred worship of God: Although they were put forth in public ministration of divine-worship; and ordained Elders by order of the Church at Mill-Creek; prior to the discord, accruing from such preaching.
3d. They must fellowship said committee, in an attempt of infringing upon their indispensable rights, which Christ has procured inviolably for every individual of his members, and that by judging, condemning, and attempting absolutely to destroy, or nullify their constitution, object their conscientious acts of obedience, to the commands of Christ, and prohibit, or deny, their right of action in the spirit and faith of Christ; and, at the same instant, in such a dispensation of contrarieties, give unto them the right-hand of fellowship, as in unity of the spirit and faith of Christ.
4th. They must fellowship said committee, in an attempt of depriving them of the right, or power of fellowship; by enjoining subordination, in a re-examination of the Christian experience in faith, and, a repetition of the same administration of Gospel-order, to the same individuals, that were deemed as believers: as under the superior power and regularity, of the Church at Mill-Creek; but, at the same time avoiding regular measures, as a faithful tribunal, respecting the heresy, in contradiction to the positive teachings of Christ; and the injurious slander, with revilings with opprobrious appellations. Which must evidently appear repugnant to the principles of Christianity, or rules of regular Churches of Christ. See the following clauses Quoted of their rules of government, or organization, in confession of Faith; as followeth (to wit) 1st. "Every particular congregational Church incorporated by, and according to the institution of Christ in the Gospel, and duly organized according to the pattern of the primitive Churches, hath sufficient power from Christ to call and ordain it's own Officers, so that no man or set of men have authority to choose Officers for them, or impose any Officers on them, without their previous knowledge and voluntary consent, Acts vi. 3. Deacons are to be chosen by the multitude, Acts xiv. 23. Elders were ordained in every Church by election, or suffrage of the Church; and every particular Church, as such, assembled with her proper Elders, hath sufficient power to receive members, Acts ii. 41. Romans xiv. 7."
2d. "And such particular congregational Churches, constituted and organized according to the mind of Christ revealed in the new Testament, are all equal in power and dignity; and we read of no disparity between them, or subordination among them, that should make a difference between the Acts of their mutual communion, so as the acts of one Church should be acts of authority, and the acts of others, should be acts of obedience or subjection; although they may vastly differ in gifts abilities and usefullness."
See Also respecting Church-censure, in irreconcilable cases of difference, (to wit) "But if any Church becomes heretical in principles, or idolatrous in worship, or immoral in life, it is lawful for persons, after they have discharged their conscience and duty in reproving and bearing witness against such gross defections to depart, See II Cor. vi. 17, 18."
Be it observed by the preceding Quotation, of the minutes of said Association, their Committee nominated, on this occasion, was to attend with a view to hear, and if practicable, settle the differences which had existed for many years between those people, and the said Church at Mill-Creek: but it is a certainty they loathed to hear impartially on the cases in difference; & did resort to measures utterly impracticable, or averse to the constitutional rules of regular Churches of Christ, which is evidently manifested
by the above Quotation.
As appendix in a few resolves. 1st. Resolved it is not according to the order of regular Churches of Christ, to execute their decrees in government, by injurious slander, with out ageous revilings, with opprobrious appellations. 2d. They are not regular Churches of Christ, which appears evidently not faithful Tribunals, in all important cases of difference.
3d. That in all such cases of difference, as proves a bar of union, or fellowship; which may necessitate the parties at variance to apply to an Association, or other Churches for assistance in promoting the truths of Christ, or terminating such differences; that the assistance nominated on such solemn occasions, cannot with propriety attempt to restore to unity, or fellowship, without particular respect to the principles concurring with the gospel of Christ. Which are as followeth: 1st. A minute and impartial investigation of the things in difference.
2d. Requiring the party erring to make sincere confessions, and thereby retrieve the characters of the injured, by an impartial decision.
3d. With equal power and dignity, in the unalienable rights, procured by Christ for every individual of his members, as the right of conscience in speech, in suffrage, in fellowship, and action in the spirit and faith of Christ—And not as subordinates, or, as with an implicit faith, as under a Rabbinical, or Lordly authority.
Signed in behalf of the Church, August the 3rd. 1807. GEORGE TABB.
Another well-selected and general assortment of GOODS
have been recently received, and are now offered for sale by the subscribers, all of which have been purchased at the best market in the city of Philadelphia for Cash, which, together with the advantageous terms on which they will be disposed, will afford to purchasers an interesting opportunity of furnishing themselves with supplies on the most reasonable terms for cash. Among numerous other late purchases, are the following articles, viz:
A handsome assortment of Marseilles waist coating, Plain, Spotted, and Trafalgar Leno Muslins.
ditto ditto Shawls and Handkerchiefs, Furniture Calicoes, ditto Tassels.
Chintzes and Calicoes, Fancy and plain Ribbons, well assorted, Silk and Cotton Umbrellas.
Fancy and plain Silks, for Ladies dresses, Silk Shawls and Handkerchiefs, Cotton Cords and Tassels.
Ladies short, and extra Long Silk Gloves, 6-4 Cambrich and 3-4 Dimities, completely assorted, Silk & Cotton Chambrey Muslins ditto do.
6-4 and 4-4 Cambrich Muslins, ditto do. India Muslins, per bale, piece, or yard, ditto Common and Superfine book Muslins, Leghorn Hats and Bonnets, trimmed complete.
Plain and figured Silks, ditto, Fancy Satin Strews, ditto, A general assortment of fine Brussels Lace and Edgings.
4-4 and 7-8 Irish Linens, White and brown Russia Sheetings, ditto Ticklingburgs.
Country Linen and Twilled Bags, A neat assortment of well finished Jewellery.
Mahogany framed Looking Glasses, Common Dressing and pocket, ditto, An elegant assortment of China and Queen's ware.
A large assortment of Groceries, Also a quantity of Antietam Iron, completely assorted, Crowley and Blistered Steel.
They return their sincere thanks to their friends for past favours, and assure them that every thing on their part shall be done to give satisfaction.
THOMAS C. SMITH, & Co. Martinsburg, July 17, 1807.
N. B. They still offer for sale the House and Lot, occupied by Mr. Levi Price, in which they will give a great bargain. For terms apply to THOMAS C. SMITH.
The following BLANKS, printed with new and elegant type, are always kept for sale at this Office: DEEDS, Common BONDS, CONSTABLE'S BLANKS, Promissory NOTES, &c.
FOR SALE.
THE subscriber wishing to remove to the Western country, offers for sale the following property:
In the Town of Martinsburg, ONE LOT on John and Water street, on which is erected a brick House 40 by 30 feet, two high stories with a Kitchen and fine cellars, seven rooms and two entries, neatly finished; also, on this property is erected a stone stable, brick smoke-house, and a number of other useful buildings; it is well calculated for carrying on an extensive Tannery, Brewery or Distillery.
Also, another valuable property on Tuscarora Creek, adjoining said Town, and extending from John to King street, covering a large space of ground, on which is erected a large two story stone House, neatly finished, a beautiful yard inclosed with a stone wall, a stone stable, and stone smoke-house; on this property is also erected a Tannery, with 30 odd vats, a bark mill, curing shop and other buildings, with a fine garden; this property will be sold subject to a lease to George Ham.
Also, a Lot on John and Water street, containing 103 feet on John, and 200 on Water street; also, a half Lot on John street, on which is erected a stone still house, with a fine spring in the house.
A Lot on Burke street, 103 feet front and 200 feet back, on which is erected a convenient House and Kitchen, neatly finished, and painted, with a fine garden.
Four other Lots improved and unimproved in said Town.
Also, two Lots in the Town of Bath, one in Garrards-Town, and one in Shepherds-Town; & several tracts of Land in the state of Kentucky. By paying a small part of the purchase money in hand, a credit of four equal annual payments will be given for the balance.
Also the following valuable tracts of Land in the state of Ohio containing, to wit: two thousand five hundred and forty four acres of Land, in the Mad-river county, viz: sections No. 36 and 38, the one half of 30, the one fourth of 33; and the Celebrated ROCK FARM, containing one hundred and forty four acres, in Township-five, Range nine—and section No. 7, Township five, Range twelve, near Urbana. All the above Lands are interspersed with wood Land and Prairies, a number of improvements are already made on the Lands—they will be sold by section, half section or quarter sections, on the most reasonable terms, and great bargains will be given for Cash. Application may be made to George Fishian, Urbana, Mr. Daugherty, Springfield, Mr. Parrin near Springfield, Thomas Dugan, Esq. Cincinnati, or the subscriber in Martinsburg, Virginia.
JOHN O'FERRAL. July 10, 1807.
PURSUANT to a decree of the County Court of Berkeley, will be sold at public vendue, on the premises, on Monday the 17th of August next, to the highest bidder for Cash, a Tract of LAND belonging to the estate of Benjamin Hedges, dec'd, on which the said Hedges lately lived, containing 120 acres of lime stone land, situate on the road leading from Martinsburg to Bath; the greater part of it is cleared, there is a dwelling House, Barn, and an Apple orchard on it. The above property will be sold subject to the dower of the widow.
John Turner, George Porterfield, Aaron Faris, Samuel Cunningham, } Coex. June 26, 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 5, 1807.
MARTINSBURG, Berkeley County, Virginia; Printed and published by JOHN ALBURTIS.