Norfolk gazette and publick ledger (Norfolk [Va.]), 1804-11-26 00:00:00

NORFOLK GAZETTE AND PUBLICK LEDGER.
VOL. I.]
MONDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 26, 1804.
[NO. 58.
FOR SALE, A very superior PILOT BOAT, Just launched, of the following dimensions,
38 Feet 6 inches Keel. Rabbet. 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 293
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 227
FOR BOURDEAUX, The fast sailing ship SHEFFIELD, Josiah Cowper, Master: Will sail in three weeks, three-fourths of her cargo being engaged. For freight apply to the master on board, or Thomas Willock. November 10. tf 223
FOR FREIGHT OR CHARTER, To Europe or the West-Indies, THE AMERICAN SHIP YORKSHIRE, William Lee, Master: About twelve months old—burthen 200 tons, and will be ready for the reception of a cargo in ten days. For terms ap- ply to the Captain on board, or to Warren Ashley. November 8. tf 220
I HAVE FOR CHARTER, THE BRIG ANN & FRANCES, CARPENTER—Burthen 1500 Barrels. AND FOR SALE,
THE BRIG TRITALL, Lying at Marsden's Wharf. 320 Boxes HAVANNAH SUGAR. 80 Hogsheads HAVANNAH MOLASSES. 18 Tons FUSTICK. 20 Tons CAMPEACHY LOGWOOD. 50 Boxes HAVANNAH SEGARS. Theo. Armistead. November 1. 3w 207
FOR FREIGHT OR CHARTER, THE SHIP OLD TOM, Samuel Davis, master. Burthen 240 hlds. Tobacco or 2000 barrels—For terms apply to the master on board, or to Jacob Morgan.
Who has received by the said ship from Rotterdam and offers for sale, 40 Bales Oznaburgs and Ticklenburgs. 50 Bolts Flushing and Dutch Canvas. 50 Pieces Meffion Rolls. 10 Crates Stone Bottles. A quantity of Stone Jugs afforded. Butter Potts in Crates. Cheeks of Glass Ware well assorted. Boxes Window Glass do. do. do. Harefield Linen. do. do. Raffia Diaper. 1 Box best Linen Cambricks. 100 Gin Casks. Liquor Casks of different kinds. All of which articles are carefully selected, and are of the best quality—Also, 3 Pipes superior quality GIN. October 30. tf 202
LANDING From the Brig Ann Maria , from MADRID, AND FOR SALE, 5 Pines, } Fine old London P. M. Wine. 6 Hds. and } 8 Qrs. Casks, } Apply to Robert Maitland & Co.
WHO WANT TO CHARTER, A vessel of about 1500 barrels, to load for a port in Great Britain. Sept. 1. tf 109
FOR CHARTER, The Ship BRUTUS, JOHN BUNCE, Master:— 236 tons burthen—a stout well built vessel; three years old, and complete- ly found in every respect. She will be ready to re- ceive a cargo in the course of a few days. For terms apply to N. Heron. Sept. 18. tf 142
FOR CHARTER, The excellent new ship ARCTURUS, Samuel Winsor, master: Burthen 600 tons—She will be ready in three days to receive a cargo. For terms apply to the master on board, or to Moses Myers. Who offers for Sale, on board said ship, 55 SPARS. 10,000 Feet 5 inch PLANK. 28 Barrels Continental RUM. Sept. 8. tf 125
FOR LONDON, THE AMERICAN SHIP DUMFRIES, RICHARD BEARD, Master:— To sail about the 20th November, having three-fourths of the cargo engaged. 80 or 100 hlds. tobacco will be taken on freight if offered in time—the terms 4 gui- neas and 5 per cent. Donaldson, Thorburn & Co. October 20. 3w 199
FOR CHERBOURG, THE BRIG FRANKLIN, S. HILL, Master. Burthen about 220 tons—the is a staunch, strong built vessel, and will receive a few hogsheads tobacco at a moderate freight. For terms apply to John Newell, jun. October 20. tf 181
FOR CHARTER, The good American Ship SARAH, Abel Rawson, master: Burthen 515 tons; will carry about 450 hlds. tobacco—now in complete order for the reception of a cargo. For terms ap- ply to Richard Blow.
WHO HAS FOR SALE, 30 Hlds. Richmond TOBACCO. 18 do. Peterburg do. 200 Bbls. excellent PORK. 50 do. FLOUR. 10 Puncheons Antigua RUM. 20 do. Grenada do. 20 Pipes Holland GIN. A quantity of well cured BACON. Do. HOGS LARD. Do. COARSE SALT. Sept. 11. tf 129
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 cre- dit will be allowed, on bond with approved security.— Also, the balance of the lease of his Store, equal to any land 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 par- ticulars, 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 97
FOR SALE, On board the Ship Sheffield , at Willock's Wharf , 1400 BUILDING STONES, hard and of a superior quality. Apply to Josiah Cowper. Sept. 22. tf 115
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT a Petition will be presented to the next General Assembly, praying alterations and amendments to the Act entitled, "An Act to reduce into one, the several acts for regulating Pilots, and ascertaining their fees." October 18. 3w 177
FOR SALE, SUPERFINE and FINE FLOUR, and CROSS-MIDLINGS, by Thomas Ritson. Church-Street, October 27. tf 194
NOW LANDING ON NEWTON'S WHARF, From on board the Ship Dart , Captain Peck , from CADIZ , 300 Qrs. Casks SHERRY WINE, of superior quality, and 2000 Buthels SALT. For sale by Richard Bowden & Co. August 9. tf 60
Notice is hereby given that a petition will be presented to the Legislature of Virginia, at its next session, praying that the articles of Flour, Bread, Beef, Pork, Fish, Naval-Stores, and Lumber, shall be inspected at the place of exportation. Sept. 29.
FOR SALE, On board the Brig Sarah , at Commerce-Street Wharf , 8 Barrels OAT MEAL. 5 Hogsheads MOLASSES. 5 Barrels BEEF. A quantity of WATER CASKS. A good CAMBOUSE. 1 Chest of MEDICINES. Apply to Captain Browning on board, or to James Dykes & Co. Who have received by the Gosport , from Amsterdam , a parcel of TICKLENBURGS, OZNABURGS, and GLASS WARE, in Boxes. November 16. tf 234
FOR SALE, 50 Puncheons ANTIGUA RUM. 130 Barrels prime NEW YORK, } PORK. 300 do. CAROLINA, } 150 Half Barrels CRACKERS. 50 Hogsheads Peterburg 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.
NOW LANDING From on board the Schooner Lydia , 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 221
WANTED IMMEDIATELY, A QUANTITY OF Red and White Oak Drawn Staves, for which cash will be given. ALSO, White and Pitch Pine Merchantable Boards. ROBERT MAITLAND & CO. Sept. 27. tf 137
LANDING On Town-Point , out of the Gallant Ann & Eliza , from St. Lucia , her Cargo consisting of MUSCOVADO SUGARS, in hogsheads, tierces, and barrels.—And a parcel of COCOA. Also—from Ship Rochdale , from Tobago , RUM AND SUGAR, of good quality. For sale on liberal terms by Robertson & Brown. November 23. 3w 343
FOR SALE, 100 Hlds. Petersburg TOBACCO. Part of which is a-float. A. Maclure. Nov. 21. tf 242
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
ALEXANDER CLARK, Boot and Shoe-maker, At the head of Maxwell's Wharf , Wide Water Street , Has, in addition to those of his own manufactory, received from Philadelphia and New-York , an assortment of the best BOOTS AND SHOES, And intends in future to keep a constant supply. Three boys of respectable connections, from 12 to 15 years of age, will be taken as apprentices to the above business. Nov. 3. tf 210
TO LET For one or more years, SEVERAL TENEMENTS in the Town of Portsmouth, ad- vantageously situated.—Also, A Store House, near the Market. A GARDNER Who can come well recommended, will find immediate em- ployment by applying to William Leigh. November 12. tf 240
CASH WILL BE GIVEN FOR WHEAT, PEASE, AND FLAX-SEED, By the Subscriber, at his warehouse on Marsden's wharf. THEO. ARMISTEAD. November 19. 3w 241
A BOAT FOUND. TAKEN up near Waters's Creek , Warwick county , in October 1802, A BOAT of the following description —Her length on the gunwale is 17 feet, her width 5 feet 6 inches, red bottom with white boot-top, inside, below her seats, red, above them, a lead colour; on the inside of her stem she has large diamonds painted black, and ovals on her stern—seats of the same colour—Her bow and stern-seats have iron knees, her transom and gunwale-knees are iron; she has a ring-bolt in her bow, and an eye-bolt in her stern below the locker. The owner, by proving his property and paying charges, may have her on application to Peter Ridley. Nov. 3. 3w* 211
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. 128 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
LANDING THIS DAY, On Newton's Wharf , from the Brig Orpheus , from Valencia , her Cargo—Consisting of 60 Pipes WINE, 48 do. BRANDY, 34 Fraits FIGS, SALT—and A quantity of CORKS. For sale by MOSES MYERS. November 1. tf 206
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. Nov. 16. tf 236
THIS DAY Will commence landing, on Newton's Wharf , the Cargo of the Swedish Brig Nicanor , E. LENBERG, Master, from Gottenburg , CONSISTING OF A CHOICE ASSORTMENT OF SWEDISH IRON. NAIL RODS. RUSSIA & RAVENS DUCK. LINENS assorted, and A few Hogsheads CLARET. For sale by Moses Myers. Sept. 15. tf 138
FOR SALE, 30 Barrels Fine FLOUR a-float. John Cox. Gosport, Nov. 12. tf 229
Received by the Ship Gosport, from Amsterdam, and for sale by the Subscriber, 12 Bales TICKLENBURG. 5 Cases PLATILLAS. 2 Cases BRITTANNIAS. 2 Cases BYLWELD LINEN. He has also for Sale, 12 Puncheons choice Demerara SPIRIT. 100 do. Gosport RUM. 5,000 lb. PIMENTO. James Young. November 10. 2w 244
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 ad- justment 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. Loaf Sugar, in hlds. and bbls. 12 Peps 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. 20 do. Spermaceti do. 150 do. Brown Soap. 50 do. Cheese, first quality, for family use. 50 Casks do. in good shipping order. 50 Boxes Dixon's best Mustard, 3 dozen each. 6 do. Glass Tumblers. 50 Kgs 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. 30 Bags of Pimento. 15 do. White Ginger in the Root. 30 lbs. Nutmegs. 10 do. Mace. 40 do. Cinnamon. 50 do. Cloves. 160 do. Spanish Float-Indigo. 10 Casks Refined Salt-Petre. Cotton & Wool Cards in Boxes. 3000 lbs. Copperas. 1000 do. Alum. 500 Bags Patent Shot. 50 Kgs F & FF London Glazed Powder. 15 M. Gun Flints. 100 Boxes 8 by 10 London Crown Glass, 50 feet each. 50 Bolts Oznaburgs. Seine Twine. 50 Kgs London White Lead, ground in Oil. 30 Boxes Tobacco Pipes. Paint and Sweeping Brushes, of all kinds. 109 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. do. do. 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
LANDING THIS DAY On Newton's Wharf , from on board the Ship Gosport , M. M. Derkheim , from Amsterdam , GIN, superior quality. EMPTY CASES. LINSEED OIL. HOLLAND DUCK. RAVENS do. OLD HOCK—and BURGUNDY, } IN SMALL CASES. For sale by Moses Myers. November 10. tf 225
RANAWAY from the Subscriber, living in Raleigh, on the night of the 25th of October last, a Negro Boy named SAM , about 18 years old, 5 feet 7, well built, of a good countenance, flutters very much when speaking. He has with him a blue cloth coat, without pocket flaps. It is expected he is now in Peterburg, as he was taken up on the 29th of October, at Mr. Farham's, 30 miles this side of Pe- terburg on the road from Hicks's Ford, and made his escape. He will likely aim for Norfolk, and endeavour to get on board some vessel. Masters of vessels, as well as other persons, are forewarned from harbouring or taking him away. I will give a generous reward, and pay all reasonable ex- penses to any person who will bring him to me, or secure him in any jail so that I may get him again. Henry H. Cooke. Raleigh, North-Carolina, Nov. 6, 1804. 3 226
WHO OFFERS FOR SALE, 114 Puncheons Jamaica RUM. Imported in the Sarah , Capt. Herbert. October 23. tf 187
LANDING THIS DAY ON WARREN'S WHARF, 113 Tierces RICE. 10 Hogsheads SUGAR. 10 do. MOLASSES. For Sale by Warren Ashley. August 2. tf 53
NOW LANDING From on board the Brig Maria , Robert Hutton, master, from Bor- deaux , 30 Pipes Old COGNAC BRANDY, fit for immediate use. 211 Hlds. 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

THE PUBLICK LEDGER.
TO SHEW THE VERY AGE AND BODY OF THE TIME, HIS FORM AND PRESSURE.
MONDAY EVENING, NOV. 26, 1804.
By the arrival of the ship Alexander, King, from London, we have received from our correspondents there, complete files of the Chronicle, Times, Courier, and Messenger, down to the 13th of September, but as the news which they contain has been long anticipated, we can collect from them nothing very interesting.
By the arrival of the ship Perseverance, Dickson, from Cork, we have also received Cork papers to the 27th Sept. and London to the 24th, some extracts from which will be found in the succeeding columns. We observe with much satisfaction that all is quiet and peaceable in Ireland.
By different arrivals we have received New-York papers as late as Thursday, they do not contain any thing of importance.
Captain Deakins from Lisbon, reports that, on account of the Plague raging at Malaga, the inhabitants intended setting fire to the town.
By Captain Ferguson, from Baltimore, we learn that the French frigate which had landed M. Thuriot, sailed from Annapolis on Friday evening—A pilot thinks he passed her at anchor in the bay Saturday night. The British frigate La Revolutionnaire, got under-weigh in our Roads yesterday morning, and at sunrise passed Old Point Comfort in search of her enemy. If the Frenchman did not go out on Saturday night, we may perhaps hear something more of him hereafter.
A packet arrived at Teneriff from Cadiz, 2 days before the sailing of the schooner '76, (see ship news) reported that the inhabitants of the islands of Majorca and Minorca, had risen on the garrisons, killed a great number of the troops, and possessed themselves of all the strong holds. There had been a severe shock of an earthquake at Cadiz; which among other considerable damage, had changed the Salt-springs to fresh water.
The report of the day is that M. Jerome Buonaparte and his lady, have returned in the Frigate which brought out the French Ambassador.
GENERAL THURIOT, The French Imperial Ambassador, has arrived at the city of Washington.
The President's Message. On the 12th instant the following remarks were made by the Editor of the New-York Commercial Advertiser.
"The trade of St. Domingo, against which the enlightened government of France has thought proper to remonstrate, is among the first things enumerated in the message, and will probably cause a serious debate in the councils of the nation. With what propriety Mr. Jefferson can take upon himself to recommend to Congress a measure, calculated to debar our merchants from exercising a lawful privilege, might be made a matter of serious speculation. The people of St. Domingo go, urged by repeated injuries, and by numberless acts of tyranny and oppression inflicted on them by the mother country, have, with an unanimous voice, declared themselves free and independent, and have elected Dessalines Emperor of Hayti, to enact and enforce laws for the preservation of the empire. While war, with its attendant evils, was laying waste the plains of Europe, the government of St. Domingo was administered by Toussaint Louverture, and we, as neutrals, were permitted to enjoy the advantages resulting from a commercial intercourse with the island. Thus far all went well. But no sooner does the policy of an usurper require that that intercourse should cease, than our complaisant executive condescends to accuse his fellow-citizens of "waging private war"—of forcing a commerce into certain ports and countries, in defiance of the laws of those countries;" and by way of feeding the mouth of labour, he recommends it to congress to take speedy and effective measures for restraining that commerce so highly advantageous to the mercantile interest."
Thus far the commentary; now let us, reversing the usual order, turn to the text and see what is there said. In the second clause of the message the President says.
"While noticing the irregularities committed on the ocean by others, those on our own part should not be omitted, nor left unprovided for. Complaints have been received, that persons residing within the United States, have taken on themselves to arm merchant vessels, and to force a commerce into certain ports and countries, in defiance of the laws of those countries. That individuals should undertake to wage private war, independently of the authority of their country, cannot be permitted in a well ordered society. Its tendency to produce aggression on the laws and rights of other nations, and to endanger the peace of our own, is so obvious, that I doubt not you will adopt measures for restraining it effectually in future."
The Constitution of the United States mentions it among the duties of the President that "he shall from time to time, give to the Congress, information of the state of the union, and recommend to their consideration such measures as he shall judge necessary and expedient". It is therefore but reasonable and decorous that he who would examine this state paper give up his prejudices, and, if he would wish to be read with attention and produce effect, convince us that candid motives alone influence his mind. In the discharge of a prescribed duty the President of the United States has, in the present instance, signified to the Congress that he does not approve of the conduct of individuals, in arming their vessels for the purpose of forcing a trade, when not authorized by the government to do so. It is but fair to admit, that Mr. Jefferson, as possessing, in virtue of his station, the best information on the subject, and of the light in which it is viewed by France, is of opinion that to permit this trade to be pursued may endanger the peace of the country; and he therefore recommends, as a measure which he judges necessary and expedient for the safety of the union, that it be effectually restrained in future. In all this we cannot perceive that the President has wandered a single step beyond
the limits of his duty; and consequently we cannot see the force of Mr. Lewis's question, touching the propriety of proposing a measure which may deprive the merchants of the trade of St. Domingo, in particular, as it is to that trade the clause has reference.
On the contrary we are of opinion that the government compromises its respectability, when (unless it has particular views to be promoted) it acquiesces in the liberty assumed, without authority, by its subjects, or citizens, of arming themselves for the purpose of obtaining any private object. Such a submission is always dangerous to the publick safety; but it is certainly more liable to produce evil when those arms are to be used beyond the jurisdiction of the government; as tending to embroil the country in war with other nations. In the United States the power of the President, under the constitution, to prevent such armament, has been, and may be contested. It is therefore, we think, with strict propriety that Mr. Jefferson has suggested the matter to congress; leaving to them to judge of the propriety of restraining such proceedings in future, or of permitting them under such qualifications as they, in their wisdom, may deem expedient to establish.
There are many reasons of policy, and perhaps of justice, which have fixed in our minds a conviction, that the trade with the ports of Saint Domingo in the possession of the blacks, ought not to be countenanced by the government of the United States. But until it shall be interdicted by the proper authority, it cannot be said to be unlawful on the part of the merchant; nor does the President pretend to call it so. We do not mean to say that it will be forbidden by congress; but if they authorize it, they must also authorize it to be pursued in armed vessels, as in none other can it be pursued with safety.
And what would be the consequence of such a step on the part of the United States? We cannot at this moment back our opinion with any authority, but we imagine that such countenance afforded by the American government, to a colony which France has considered, and which we know to have been, and to be, in a state of rebellion, would be regarded by the cabinet of St. Cloud as tantamount to a declaration of war. Can any reasonable man desire to see his country involved in hostilities, merely for the sake of setting an example to other nations of the lawfulness of countenancing an insurrection of the blacks in our own country. What may be the precise words of the writers on the laws and usages of nations, respecting the propriety of giving encouragement to the subjects of other governments in a state of rebellion, we cannot pretend to say, but we do not suppose they will directly contradict what we have stated as our opinion.
It is not our intention to enter into a discussion of the question, whether, in the relative situation of France and St. Domingo, the United States ought to acknowledge the independence of Hayti? This is a subject to which, unfurnished as we are at this moment with the proper authorities, we feel ourselves inadequate: it is one which properly appertains to the supreme legislature alone; where, in all probability, this part of the President's message may occasion it to be investigated. This, however, we have no hesitation in saying, that until it shall please the government of the United States to acknowledge it to be independent, we, as a people, have no right to pay any respect to any proclamation of Dessalines, to assume the privileges of the Congress, acknowledge the government established by him as a legal government, proclaim of our own accord the independence of the island, and to act towards it as if it had been so proclaimed by the proper authority.
Under these impressions, we find ourselves compelled to differ from Mr. Lewis on this point: and not only to disagree with him on the propriety of the conduct of the President in proposing the measure, but to hope that the congress may restrain this trade with St. Domingo altogether. We do not pretend to say that it has been unlawful, but we wish that it may be declared to be so in future; as being at any time impolitic. So far from thinking that the executive of the United States condescends when he attends to the remonstrances of the French Emperor, we consider that remonstrance as the most proper reason for his having brought the business before congress; as we would consider the remonstrance of our chief magistrate as the most proper cause for the government of France recalling her privateers, or forbidding them from giving farther interruption to our lawful commerce.
Our reasons for advancing our opinions upon this part of the President's message must be obvious. We have not established a press for the purpose of holding up to the scorn or the reprehension of our fellow-citizens every act of the executive, because it is the act of a party to which we are known to be opposed. We own that it is with pleasure that we have discovered in the mass of words which has been collected to make up this message, any thing which we can approve or commend. We have avoided going into a general examination of the whole instrument, which we could not have done without exposing not merely its inanity, its want of political matter, but also the miserable defectiveness of its style as the composition of one who ought at least to be an English scholar. This we did not consider as a very grateful task, and therefore left it to others who might be more inclined to undertake it.
One of its most characteristic traits, and by which the message of the President may at first sight be known as the production of Mr. JEFFERSON, is, that, in the whole composition the name of this SUPREME BEING, in whose hands are the fates of nations and of empires, who reserves to himself the pleasures of rewarding them with blessings, or the power of inflicting upon them such punishments as they may have deserved, is not once mentioned, or even alluded to. The good which he has so bountifully scattered throughout our land, has not excited one emotion of gratitude in the breast of our CHIEF-MAGISTRATE!!! If his heart had acknowledged the benefits, his tongue (or rather his pen) could not have withheld the meed of praise and thanksgiving; "for
out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh". This we cannot consider as an accidental omission, but as a total dereliction of christian principle: and cannot help regretting that such a pointed neglect of this first duty of the ruler of a religious community, should so uniformly mark the actions and writings of the President of the United States.
SUICIDE.—Mr. Perkins, of the Theatre, put a period to his existence yesterday morning, by taking a large quantity of laudanum. This act is said to have been induced by the infidelity of his wife, who has gone away in company with a captain of a vessel. N. Y. Morn. Chron.
The account published in the Courier of the 6th instant, respecting the infamous murder of Mr. Tate, mate of the armed ship Pilgrim of Philadelphia, at Cape Francois, was in some respects incorrect.—The following particulars are furnished by a gentleman who was an eye witness of the whole transaction. It would seem that two unfortunate Frenchmen, together with some mulattoes, had been introduced on board this vessel (probably with the knowledge of all the officers) and securely stowed away under deck with the cargo. By some means, information reached Christopher that they were concealed on board—Mr. Lynch the supercargo, and captain Gibson being on shore, declared their ignorance of any person's being concealed on board—The Commander in Chief immediately dispatched a guard of soldiers on board the ship, who tore up the deck over the heads of the unfortunate fugitives, and, together with Mr. Tate, (he being the commanding officer then on board) forced them on shore. On their landing upon the wharf, the unfortunate American saw but too plainly the fate which awaited him, and addressing himself to his amazed countrymen, he exclaimed, "Americans! will you see me thus dragged to execution like a dog, and no one stir forward to assert my innocence?" "Yes," said one. (a Mr. Smith, supercargo of a vessel from Baltimore) "I will speak for you?"—Instantly a sentinel was ordered to run him through with his bayonet, but he escaped by springing into his boat and instantly pushing off. The prisoners were then led up to the publick scales! Mr. Tate and the two Frenchmen had their hands placed about their necks, mounted this temporary scaffold, and were precipitately launched into eternity! The arms of the Frenchmen were pinned, but those of Mr. Tate were left untouched, and in his struggles he repeatedly caught hold of the cord by which he was suspended, and entirely removed it from his throat, the cord passing round his chin and the back of his neck—in this manner he expired! As he mounted the ladder, he said, "Americans! Americans! I die this ignominious death—for duty executing my orders!" The feelings of the Americans on this occasion, may be more readily felt than described. [Courier.]
In the legislature of New-York, on Tuesday se'night, a message from the honourable Council of Revision, delivered by his honour the Chancellor, with the bill therein mentioned, was read, and is in the words following, to wit:
"The Council object to the bill, entitled "An act concerning libels," as improper to become a law of this State."
Because the bill making no discrimination with respect to the nature, tendency, or intent of the libel, is calculated to subject men in, or candidates for, office, to wanton and useless obloquy—to have their mental foibles or corporal infirmities exposed, distorted and exaggerated; although such foibles or infirmities may neither detract from the integrity of their moral or political characters, from the rectitude of their official conduct, or from their ability to discharge the duties of the places they fill, or are candidates for, beyond which the publick cannot have any essential interest that can possibly be promoted by the publications described in the bill—thus leaving the feelings of private citizens sheltered by the salutary restraints of the existing laws, and abandoning those of the publick functionaries to the merciless laceration of malice and revenge: And terminating factions, turbulent, or discontented individuals, to awe and humble the spirit of officers disposed to discharge their duty faithfully, and whose independence and respectability it is of the utmost importance to the community effectually to preserve, holding them only responsible for the legitimate exercise of the powers intrusted to them for the publick good.
MORGAN LEWIS.
Ordered, That the consideration of the said objections be postponed until to-morrow.
Thus it appears, that democratic officers and democratic candidates for office, in the state of New-York, will not permit the presses to tell truth of them, provided that truth should happen to be disagreeable. You remember what an outcry the democrats made, under the last administration, merely because they were allowed to tell nothing but the truth of federal officers. But the democrats are too well aware that if they permit us to publish, respecting them, whatever we can prove to be true, the laws against libels will be of little avail in their case. Of course they adhere most pertinaciously to the old maxim of the common law, the greater the truth the greater the libel. [U. S. Gazette.]
MONTHLY REGISTER AND REVIEW OF THE UNITED STATES.
The following communication was not received by us before the arrival of the last mail. Our readers, and those in particular who are qualified to assist the object for which it is designed, are requested to give their attention to it. Mr. Carpenter has authorized G. L. Gray to receive subscriptions to his magazine; and as he is about to make his returns, he requests those who wish to be furnished with the work to send their names to the office of the Ledger—The terms are SIX DOLLARS per annum, payable half-yearly in advance.
The tremendous hurricanes which have, within the compass of a few weeks successively ravaged the Atlantic shores of the United States, and spread their devastations even to the West-Indies, deserve to be lastingly commemorated, and the atmospheric phenomena, which preceded and accompanied them, accurately noted and transmitted down to posterity; since, when combined and compared with the causes and consequences of calamities of a similar nature, whether before or hereafter, results may be produced favourable to science; and advantageous to the economies, private and publick, of the union. Upon such grounds rational conjectures may be made; and from them the reasoning of diligent and ingenious men may deduce means of forming first probable, and afterwards, perhaps, certain prognosticks, which may serve the publick as a warning of the approach, and enable them to make provision against the direful consequences of such things in future. At all events it will be laying down a step, above which another may hereafter be laid, and another and another over these, till a certain height of knowledge shall be attained, useful to succeeding generations. Exclusive of this consideration, there are other reasons why an accurate detail of such events ought to be recorded. As the atmospheric phenomena may serve as indications of the approach of future hurricanes, and warn people to prepare, so a specific detail of their consequences may serve to suggest pro-
vident plans to guard against future mischiefs. Besides, it can scarcely happen but that accident and human ingenuity must, in such an immense range, as that upon which those hurricanes poured their wrath, have hit upon a variety of expedients for retrieving or lessening the weight of the calamity. Those come properly under the head of economies, and as they may be future useful, ought to be treasured up for the publick. For this useful purpose, the Editor of The Monthly Register and Review of the United States, means to dedicate some time, thoughts, and labour, and some pages of that production, to a detailed account of the late tempests, northward and here; and from such materials as he can collect, to amass and arrange a body of observations, which, if it should be useful hereafter but to one village, or even one family, will amply repay him.—And he requests that gentleman of science and inquiry, who have been in the habits of making diurnal or other entries of the atmospheric phenomena, and of marking the variation of the barometer and thermometer, at or near the places where these storms arose and vented their rage, will transmit him such remarks, made at the time, as their judgments may have led them to think important. To planters, overseers, and others, who have observed or found out any thing that may on future occasions be useful to others, he will be obliged to send him their remarks, by the cheapest mode of conveyance. And to those leading active persons whose observation comprehends in its scope large portions of the community, whether city, town, village, parish or district, he will be obliged, to furnish him, each with a general estimate of the loss of lives and property sustained within his circle, specifying, if possible, the articles in which the loss has been suffered.
The editor of the Monthly Register and Review wishes to have his request considered as extending to both extremities of the union. Those printers of newspapers who think the thing of sufficient importance to the publick, to recommend it to a place in their papers, will have the goodness to reprint this notification.
Mr. Park, Mr. B. Russel, Messrs. Russel & Cutler, and Messrs. Young & Minns, at Boston; Messrs. Cushing and Appleton, at Salem; Mr. E. W. Allen, at Newburyport; Mr. Walter, at New-Haven; Messrs. Hudson and Goodwin, at Hartford; Mr. Coleman, New-York Evening Post; Messrs. Bronson and Chauncy, Philadelphia; Mr. Gray, at New-York; and Messrs. Seymour and Woolhopter, Savannah; will have the goodness to receive and transmit communications, as well as to take in Subscribers for the Monthly Register and Review.
Charleston, October 30.
We are informed that Col. THOMAS BUTLER (who had arrived in the neighbourhood of Camp Claiborne some few days ago) took the command of the troops in the Province on Wednesday last the 17th inst. Lieut. Col. Preem, who had previously commanded with reputation to himself, and with satisfaction to the inhabitants, is not recalled, as may have been supposed, but merely superceded in the ordinary precedence of military rank. Louisiana Gazette.
LOUIS XVIII.—By the following article it appears that this unfortunate prince, has at last fixed his residence at Calmar a Swedish seaport of considerable strength, and of some celebrity in the history of the north. It is to be presumed that the castle has been repaired for his reception, or it could not be said to be equal even to the shattered and deplorable fortunes of the Comte de Piche.—This palace stands on an eminence about five furlongs from the town, and was once occupied by the illustrious Margaret; but was suffered to go into decay, and as late as the year 1798, was actually occupied as a brewery or distillery, or both. Here, however if LOUIS, find security and protection from the base enemy that pursues him, the castle of Calmar will again be celebrated by the historians.
The influence of Buonaparte at Berlin, and the impunity which his hired assassins were sure to enjoy at the former capital of Poland, shew that the King of France was no longer safe at Warsaw. But hardly had LOUIS the XVIII. remained six days at Gredno, when the same suspicious characters, who had hitherto watched his motions, made their appearance. In Russia, the laws of hospitality are inviolable, and the Police is very severe; but, as he had no proof of a criminal design against those men, His Most Christian Majesty, with that generosity which has uniformly distinguished his conduct, preferred to leave his quiet retreat, and become again a wanderer: a living example of the vicissitudes of fortune, which gave him a right to throne, but refused him the humblest home; rather than by his stay to be the source of any uneasiness to the Russian Government. Ever since the murder of the Duke of Enghien shewed the fate for which the barbarous Corsican had marked the remaining members of the House of Bourbon, the young King of Sweden has pressed the King of France to accept in his dominions an asylum where neither the Corsican livery, nor bribes of indemnity, could protect foreign assassins from punishment. His Majesty, therefore, having quitted Gredno at midnight, proceeded to Mittau where he remained until a vessel was hired at the nearest seaport, when he embarked for Calmar, where his Majesty intends to fix his residence, there to wait a change of fortune. Calmar, the capital of the county of the same name, is situated upon the Baltic, in the province of Smaland, and contains about 5000 inhabitants. It is neatly built, and has a castle, in which his Majesty will reside. Being a frontier town, many battles have been fought in its neighbourhood, between Sweden and Denmark, until, by the victories of Charles X. the former acquired the province of Scania, Halland, and Bleking, from the latter. It was there the union of Calmar was concluded in the fifteenth century, which united under the sceptre of the Great Margarettia, called the Semiramis of the North, the three kingdoms of Denmark, Norway, and Sweden; an union afterwards dissolved by the massacres of the Swedish Nobility by the Danish King Christian II. The people here, as in every other part of Sweden, are poor, but hospitable, lively, and fond of strangers, and in no kingdom of Europe is the spirit of chivalry so high.—Louis the XVIII. therefore, could not choose an asylum more suited to his circumstances and his fortune. There is another reason for this preference given to Sweden: Count De Fersen, formerly a colonel of the regiment Royal Suedois, in the French service, saved the life of His Most Christian Majesty in June, 1791, by aiding his escape at Valenciennes, when Louis the XVIII was arrested at Varennes. This Nobleman is now one of the Members of the Swedish Regency, during the absence of his Sovereign. It was this Nobleman, who, in October, 1793, at the risk of his life, penetrated into the dungeon of the Conciergerie, at Paris, to administer consolation, and to offer deliverance to the disconsolate widow of Louis XVI. the once beautiful Maria Antoinette, who, trusing to her rank, her sex, and her innocence, declined the offer, and became a victim to her mistaken confidence in the honour and justice of Revolutionary Brigands. Since that period, his Majesty has resided at Brussels, at Cobentz, at Turin, at Verona, with the army of Conde, in Denmark, at Mittau, at Warsaw, and at Grodno.

The wanderings of the King of France in the North of Europe do not excite more compassion in the breasts of the Continental Princes, than the wanderings in the South of another exiled Sovereign, the King of Sardinia. They stand upon the brink of an abyss into which every revolutionary blast threatens to plunge them; and, surrounded with danger, they suffer themselves to be amused with new titles, impolitic fetes, and puerile shews. They are dancing upon the tomb of Royalty, instead of punishing the assassin by whose army Royalty was overthrown. They are courting a monster, who is ready to devour them, instead of hunting him from his den.
Congressional Register.
SECOND SESSION OF THE EIGHTH CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES.
Commenced at Washington, November 5, 1804.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
Friday, November 16.
The engrossed bill, making farther appropriation for carrying into effect the treaty of amity commerce and navigation between the United States and Great Britain, was read a third time and passed.
Mr. R. Griswold moved for the appointment of a committee to enquire what farther provision ought to be made by law for the encouragement of the fisheries of the United States: the motion was carried; and the report on this subject made at the last session was referred to the same.
Mr. Jackson moved for the appointment of a committee to consider of the making provision for the application of the money heretofore appropriated for laying out and making certain publick roads. A committee of five was appointed.
Mr. Kennedy presented a petition from a number of the inhabitants of Roanoke, &c. in North Carolina, praying that a port of entry may be established at the town of Plymouth, referred to the committee already appointed on that subject.
Mr. Findley from the committee of Elections reported that the members who had been returned in the place of those who had resigned or deceased, were entitled to take their seats.
Mr. Bryan reported from the committee on the official letter of Mr. Thomas Claxton, door-keeper of the House of Representatives, respecting the admission of chaplains to preach in the chamber of Congress; that in the case stated by him, he had acted with propriety, and they recommended a resolution to the following effect. That no person shall be authorized to preach in this chamber unless by consent of the Speaker or being introduced by one of the chaplains.
Ordered to lie on the table. Adjourned.
Monday, November 19.
Mr. Speaker laid before the house a letter from Thomas McKean Thompson, secretary of the commonwealth of Pennsylvania, enclosing the resignation of Mr. William Hoge, a representative from that state, a proclamation of the governor directing a new election and the return thereof, which was ordered to the committee of elections.
General Varnum presented a petition from a number of the inhabitants of Cambridge, near Boston, praying for the establishment of a port of delivery at that town; it was accompanied by a recommendation from Benjamin Nichols, collector at the port of Boston.
Referred to the committee of commerce and manufactures.
Mr. Nelson presented a petition from Samuel Carson, an alien, praying congress to pass a law to enable him and his heirs to hold a real estate he has purchased in the county of Alexandria, in the territory of Columbia.
Referred to a committee of three.
Dr. Mitchell called the attention of the house to a subject he considered of importance to the literary institutions of the United States. Understanding that an application was about to be made to congress from the college of Princeton for an abatement of the bonded duties due on a recent importation of books and philosophical apparatus, imported for the use of that seminary, he undertook to foretell the fate of the application. The committee would probably report as had been usual—that the prayer of the petition cannot be granted. True, gentlemen felt it a painful task to report negatively, but such had ever been the case. Yet he would advocate a relaxation of that principle; he had himself when applied to on such occasions replied that the United States wanted revenue and of course must seek it from imports as well of literary institutions as of private individuals; but this reason has now less weight than heretofore. Laying out of the question all that relates to the importance of education, especially in a republican government like that of the United States, he would only remark that the president's message showed that such was the flourishing state of our affairs generally, particularly that of our revenue, that we might now dispense with the collection of duties on these importations. He thereupon moved that the committee of ways and means be instructed to enquire into the expediency of exempting from import all such books and philosophical apparatus as shall be imported on account of colleges and universities for the benefit of those learned institutions, and that they report by bill or otherwise.
The motion passed in the affirmative.
On motion of Mr. J. Clay, the house agreed to the requesting the president to make to capt. S. Decatur a present of a sword, and the officers and crew of the ketch Intrepid two months pay, as an honourable testimonial of the sense which congress entertain of their services in destroying the Tripoline frigate of 44 guns in the harbour of Tripoli.
The words at the end of the resolution "late U. S. frigate Philadelphia," on motion of Mr. Griswold, were struck out.
The yeas and nays were demanded by one-fifth of the members present, and were yeas 105, nays 2, viz. Messrs. Wm. Butler and R. Stanford; ordered to be enrolled; it was afterwards brought in and passed, and sent to the senate for concurrence.
The report of the committee on the subject of chaplains was agreed to with an amendment; and the speaker alone has the power to allow chaplains to preach in the house of representatives.
The petition of Ann Elliot, presented last session, was referred to the committee of claims.
The act of the state of Tennessee, ratifying the act of N. Carolina, enabling the former state to perfect their title to certain lands reserved by the session act, was referred to the committee appointed on the 15th instant.
Mr. Stanford moved to discharge the committee of claims, as some embarrassment had arisen in the appointment of their chairman.
A desultory conversation arose on this subject, which terminated in a motion made by Mr. Dawson, directing that the chairman of a committee, shall be in future appointed by a plurality of votes of the members constituting the committee in cases where the chairman has been excused by the house from serving, or shall be absent.
Ordered to lie on the table as a matter of course, it being intended to vary one rule of the house.
Mr. Speaker laid before the house a letter from the secretary of the treasury, together with a report
and estimate of the appropriations necessary for the year 1805, and a statement of the receipts and expenditures of the current year down to the 1st October.
Referred to the committee of ways and means, and ordered to be printed.
Adjourned.
Tuesday, November 20.
Mr. J. Clay presented a petition from the directors of the library company of Philadelphia, praying to be exonerated from the payment of 498 dollars and 20 cents, duties on the importation of a quantity of books received by that institution as a donation from the Rev. Mr. Preston, of Chetwynd, in the county of Kent, in England; referred to the committee of commerce and manufactures.
Mr. Dawson's motion respecting the appointment of chairmen to the standing and select committees of the house, was referred to a committee of three.
Dr. Mitchell, from the committee appointed on that part of the President's message respecting the lead mines in Louisiana, reported a resolution authorizing the President to appoint an agent who shall be instructed to collect all the material information respecting the actual condition, occupancy and title of the same, and the agent to make report before the next session of Congress. The resolution was read a second time, and referred to a committee of the whole—Gen. Varnum in the chair.
Mr. Lucas suggested the propriety of altering the resolution so as to make it general as to all kinds of ore, and even to embrace salt springs and licks. He knew there were other ores in that territory, and had seen specimens of very rich copper ore when he had gone into that country.
Dr. Mitchell said that the executive had anticipated the gentleman's object, and he expected the house would be soon gratified with an account of the discoveries now making by major Lewis and other agents on the Missouri, Arkansas, Red river, &c. as they respect the mineral, vegetable and animal kingdoms, on which account he preferred the resolution in its present state.
The resolution was carried without opposition, and adopted by the house after the rising of the committee, and ordered to be engrossed for a third reading to-morrow.
The committee appointed for the purpose, reported a bill declaring the assent of Congress to the act of North-Carolina, authorising the state of Tennessee to perfect the title to land reserved by the cession act; the same was read a second time, and referred to a committee of the whole for to-morrow.
Mr. M. Clay reported a bill authorising the Marine Insurance company of Alexandria to insure against loss by fire—it was also read a second time, and referred to a committee of the whole for to-morrow. Adjourned.
REPORT.
The committee of commerce and manufactures respectfully submit their report of the memorial of the president and directors of the New-York Slate Company.
Two associations of individuals in the state of New-York were formed, one in the year 1800 and the other in the year 1803, for the purpose of exploring and opening quarries of slate, within Dutchess county in the said state. After expending considerable capital, they state that they have been successful in finding slate of an excellent quality. This they have brought to market in great quantity, and offer it for sale at a reduced price of fifty per cent. They allege that they are capable of supplying the whole domestic demand for this useful article of building, and could easily furnish slate of various sizes and thicknesses, for exportation. But they complain of the rivalry and competition of the importers of slate from foreign countries; who by means of superior numbers and capitals, can without sensible inconvenience submit to temporary losses, under-sell the petitioners, and interrupt the regular course of their domestic industry. For the sake of preventing these discouraging embarrassments, they solicit an increase of import on the importation of slate from foreign parts.
In the preamble to the "act making farther provision for the payment of the debts of the United States;" passed Aug. 10th, 1790, it is declared that duties were laid on goods, wares, and merchandise imported for the discharge of the debts of the U. S. and the encouragement and protection of manufactures; by the first section of that act, slate was charged with a duty of 10 per cent. ad valorem. Afterwards by the act, "for raising a further sum of money for the protection of the frontiers and for other purposes therein mentioned," passed May 23, 1792, an additional 2 1-2 per cent. was added; but this ceased at the end of two years by its own limitation. Then again an additional five per cent. ad valorem was laid upon imported slate, by the first section of the "act for laying additional duties on goods, wares, and merchandise, imported into the United States," passed June 7th, 1794.
A further impost of 2 1-2 per cent. was laid by the first section of the "act further to protect the commerce and seamen of the United States against the Barbary powers," passed March 25th, 1804, upon all goods, wares, and merchandise chargeable with an ad valorem duty. Slate comes within this class of articles. The money collected goes to the "Mediterranean fund;" and this additional 2 1-2 per cent. will not be discontinued until three months after a ratification of a treaty of peace with Tripoli.
Hence it appears that the existing duties on slate, imported from foreign parts; amount to 17 1-2 per cent. if imported in ships or vessels of the United States; and computing the 10 per cent. additional, amount to 19 1-4 per cent. upon all slate imported in vessels not of the United States. When to these are added freight, commissions, insurance, and the other heavy charges on such a bulky article, it would seem that a sufficient protecting duty was already imposed to encourage this species of domestic manufacture. The committee are inclined to think it would be impolitic to increase the impost to a prohibitory amount.
The committee cannot forbear to express a sentiment of pleasure on this discovery of an inexhaustible quantity of an incombustible material for covering buildings—The increasing scarcity of timber, and the prevailing custom of constructing fire proof houses, added to the more excellent, it may be said unequalled, quality and abundance of the slate of New-York, may be expected in a short time to accomplish the wishes of the petitioners, and give the home made slate a complete ascendancy in the market. While therefore they rejoice at the detection of this new resource, and of its proportionally increased independence, they forbear to recommend any augmentation of impost upon its introduction from abroad.
On the whole, it is the opinion of the committee, that any additional duty upon imported slate, would at this time be inexpedient.
FROM THE PROVIDENCE (R. L.) PHOENIX.
SINGULAR ADVERTISEMENT.
Mr. George Martin, an American, having by a sedulous attention to his profession, acquired a knowledge in Boot and Shoe making, proposes, on Wednesday, Sept. 5th, at Mr. Z. Ellis's tavern, to exhibit to the inspection of the publick, a Boot of his own workmanship, which has four feet, one leg, one heel, with a bell in the centre, made on a wooden last, without any apparent sign how or where the
last and tree were taken out. He also will exhibit a Shoe without any seam or opening, which will puzzle the most penetrating eye to discover the aperture out of which the last was taken. He will also exhibit a specimen of his common wearing work, which is far superior to any imported. All the above have been examined by several gentlemen in Boston and its vicinity, before the tree and last were taken therefrom, and acknowledged it to be the greatest curiosity of the kind ever seen; no alterations have since been made. The publick may be assured there is no paste, glue, or cement of any kind used.
He will also perform on the SLACK ROPE, various evolutions; displaying fete of activity in a workmanlike manner; viz. he will work on a turn pump in seven different positions. Mr. Martin does not wish to be considered a ROPE DANCER or a TUMBLER—his only aim is to procure a small pittance to enable him to set up his business, and furnish to his fellow citizens the neatest Boots and Shoes that can be Made.
By the Ship Perseverance, Captain Dickson, from Ireland.
CORK, September 27.
By Dutch papers which have been received, we learn that Buonaparte had quitted Aix-la-Chapelle, and has arrived, with his suite at Cologne. It was generally surmised that he should postpone his journey to Mentz, Strasburgh, and the other cities in the eastern departments of France, to a future period. The foreign ministers whom he had collected together at Aix-la-Chapelle, have returned to Paris. If they had been assembled in that city for the purpose of transacting any business of importance, the dispatch with which it was concluded, must be considered as extraordinary. We are, however, disposed to ascribe the meeting to the vanity of the new emperor, which seeks with avidity every species of gratification, and which induced him to enjoy that of having a long list of ambassadors in his suite.
Little has transpired since our last respecting the political relations of Spain with Great-Britain. Our readers will perceive that the former is suffering the united pressure of famine, disease and dissention.—Considerable quantities of specie have, however, lately arrived in her ports from her dominions in the new world. The safe arrival of her treasure, together with the machinations of an artful and insidious foe, has infused a portion of martial vigour into the court of Madrid. The French emissaries have, we are told, insinuated that it is derogatory to the honour of Spain to suffer the ports of Coruna and Ferrol to be blockaded by British squadrons; although they are obviously intended solely for the purpose of preventing the escape of the enemy's ships from these ports; and it cannot admit any doubt that if it be lawful for one party to take refuge in the harbours of Spain, it must be equally lawful for the other to watch them. The court of Madrid, influenced by these suggestions, has, we are informed, given orders that ships should be fitted with which the squadrons at Ferrol and Coruna are to be reinforced; and the combined fleets are to force a passage through the British fleets. If, on the other hand, the English admirals refuse to admit the Spanish ships into these harbours, such a refusal will be considered tantamount to a declaration of war. This resolution has been notified, in due form, to the cabinet of St. James's, which has, therefore, been enabled to take the necessary precaution.
As we ventured to conjecture in our last, the return of Mr. Frere, from Madrid, does not indicate an immediate rupture between us and Spain, but originated in a personal objection in that minister, to retain his diplomatic situation in that country. Mr. Frere, ever since the manner in which he was treated by the Prince of Peace, respecting the libels published on him in the Mouiteur , and which were attributed to the Prince, has expressed a wish to be recalled. We have been informed that the hon. Wellesley Poole, brother to the Marquis Wellesley, has been appointed to succeed Mr. Frere as ambassador at the court of Madrid, and that he is already making arrangements for his departure.
GENERAL MOREAU.—The following are copies of letters which passed between the chief judge Regnier and Madame Moreau: The Chief Judge and Minister of the Police to Mr. Victor Moreau.
PARIS, June 21.
In allowing you, Sir, the liberty to retire to the United States of America, as you have requested, it is the intention of His Majesty the Emperor, that you are not to return to France, without having first obtained an express permission for that purpose.
Mr. Henry, who will deliver you this letter, has instructions to bring me back an answer from you, conformably to the intentions of His Majesty.
(Signed) REGNIER.
SIR, Barcelona, July 7. My husband being too much indisposed to be capable of writing, desires me to inform your excellency, that Mr. Henry has delivered your letter to him. I must add, that it was myself only, who requested that his majesty would allow us to quit our country, and that my husband did nothing more than to submit to the determination which had been taken respecting him; but he was far from expecting that the duration of his exile was to be indefinite.
As our return to France is made to depend upon the emperor's pleasure alone, I am in hopes that it will be much sooner than I had reason to expect, &c. JULIA MOREAU.
Leghorn, August 24.—The alarm into which we were thrown by the embargo required by the French General, and granted by our Government on the Russian, Swedish, and Prussian ships, is now entirely dispelled.
The Court of Florence felt equal surprize and dissatisfaction at the measure. The day before yesterday an order arrived to set again at liberty the ships of the above-mentioned three nations, to remove the privateer which had been placed at the entrance of the harbour, and to withdraw the French soldiers from the guard boat in the middle of it. The merchants here have sent expresses with this agreeable intelligence to Naples and other ports. This occurrence was occasioned in the following manner:—A Mr. Beranger, a Frenchman who is settled at Florence, wrote to a Frenchman now here, who superintends some business of his nation, that on the 19th several Couriers from Paris had passed through Florence, and on being questioned what was the news? had said that France had declared war against Russia, Sweden, and Prussia. This person communicated the information to the French General, who immediately had recourse to the measure in question.
As soon as the Government of Florence had learned what had happened, a strict enquiry was made into the affair, and M. Beranger has been arrested.
Gazette Marine Memoranda.
ARRIVED.
Ship Perseverance, Dickson, 55 days from Cork, ballast, William Dickson.—Nov. 1, in lat. 32° N. lon. 57° W. in a gale of wind carried away main mast lat. 54° N. lon. 64° W. spoke ship Nancy, Stevenson 5 days from Boston.
Prussian ship Vertrouwen, Heeren, 23 days from St. Bartholomews, Sugar, to the Supercargo.
Ship Alexander, King, 70 days from London, Dry-Goods, J. & W. Southgate.
Sloop Unty, Deakins, of Alexandria, 43 days
from Lisbon, Salt, Wine, and Fruit.—Left, brig Superior, Washington, Philadelphia, to sail in 5 or 6 days; schr' —, Foster, Boston, 10 days; and ship Caroline, —, Portland, time of sailing not known.
Schooner Antelope, Hilyard, 32 days from Lisbon, bound to New-York.
Schooner '76, Willis, 38 days from Teneriffe, Wine, Theo. Armstead.—Left, brig Lion, Olden, Norfolk, to sail in 10 days, and brig Comet, Toomes, New-York, to sail in 8 days.
Brig Hector, Briggs, of Newbedford, 53 days from Lisbon, for New-York.—Oct. 18, lat. 40° N. lon. 32° W. spoke ship Hindostan, 15 days from Cadiz, for Philadelphia; lat. 29° N. lon. 61° W. brig Harlequin, Dodge, 11 days from N. York for Guadalupe; Nov. 11, lat. 31° N. lon. 64° W. schooner Richard, Young, 11 days from New-London for Barbados.
Brig Elizabeth, Barclay, 22 days from Antigua, Rum, H. Allmand.—Left, brig Elizabeth, Williams, and schooner Bee, Hipkins, both of Norfolk, to sail in 10 or 15 days; schr' Corotoman, Pollard, Fredericksburg, to sail for St. Thomas in 3 days; schr' Olive-Branch, Bradley, Washington N. C. to sail for New-York in 2 days; brig Martha & Mary, Barns, & Lucy-Ann, —, of Baltimore; and brig Franklin, —, of New-York.
Ship Atlantick, Howe, 76 days from Liverpool, Salt & Dry-Goods, Geo. Murray & Co.
Schooner Rising States, Newcombe, 54 hours from New-York.
The new ship America, Grow, of and from Baltimore, bound to Charleston S. C. loaded with Corn and Flour, was cast away on Cape-Look-Out shoals, 14th instant; vessel and cargo lost—hands saved. The captain has gone to Charleston, the mate has arrived in Norfolk.
FOR CHARTER, The good Ship MOSES MYERS. Burthen 350 bds. tobacco, will be ready for the reception of a cargo in a few days. For terms apply to the master on board, or to Moses Myers. November 26. tf 251
FOR FREIGHT OR CHARTER, The American Brig ELIZABETH, ROBERT BARCLAY, Master:— Burthen 1300 barrels, will be ready for a cargo in a few days. Apply to John Davis. Portsmouth, November 26. tf 247
FOR SALE ON LIBERAL CREDIT, The well found fast sailing Schooner EMELY, JAMES SAMSON, Master:— Together with her cargo on board of 600 barrels Flour. Moses Myers. November 26. tf 252
CLOVER SEED. THE SUBSCRIBERS Have received from Philadelphia, a quantity of Pennsylvania RED CLOVER SEED, of this years crop. John Rorke & Co. November 26. tf 246
13,000 Bushels Ite May SALT—a float. 153,000 Weight of Muscovado SUGAR. 340 Pipes of 4th proof Spanish BRANDY. 50 do. Valencia WINE. 10 do. Cognac BRANDY. 180 do. Bell Holland GIN. 100 Cases do. 1200 Empty GIN CASES. 40 Hogheads, } CLARET, Choice Quality. 50 Cases, } 20 Pipes, } 10 Hogheads, } London Particular Madeira WINE. 10 Qr. Casks, } 200 Pieces Ruffia SHEETING. 260 do. Ravens DUCK. 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 250
FOR SALE—A-FLOAT. 270 Barrels Superfine, } FLOUR. 57 do. Fine, } IN STORE. 5,000 Bushels Coarse SALT. 40 Hogheads Richmond TOBACCO. Philadelphia LOAF SUGAR, in hds. and bbls. James Herron. November 26. 3 249
R. L. TAYLOR, RESPECTFULLY offers his services as a Teacher of English Reading, Writing, Arithmetick, Geography, &c. Such parents as are disposed to countenance him as a Preceptor, may learn his terms of Tuition, by applying at No. 11, Cumberland Street, where such pupils as have already engaged will please to attend on Monday the second of December next. November 26. 4 248
On Tuesday the first day of January, I will sell to the highest bidder, before the Borough Tavern, at 12 o'clock for ready money, TWELVE SLAVES, belonging to the estate of Otway Byrd, deceased. Theo. Armstead. November 26. 5w 244
Landing on Taylor's Wharf, 17 Pipes, } 4 Half Pipes, } FINE OLD SICILY WINE. 2 Qr. Casks, } 4 Hf. Qr. Casks, } 34 Hds. MUSCOVADO SUGAR. For sale by A. Maclure. November 26. tf 243
A. C. JORDAN & Co. Have just published their VIRGINIA AND NORTH CAROLINA ALMANACK, FOR 1805. They have lately received very handsome assortments of LISBON MOROCCO SKINS, of all colours. BLACK LEAD PENCILS, Cheap by the Gross or Thousand. DUTCH QUILLS. PAPER, Of all sizes and qualities, and considerable additions to their former stock of BOOKS. November 26. 1w1aw3w 254
Five Dollars Reward. Drifted or stolen, on Friday night, 23d instant, from a long side of the Ship Rochdale, James Bloor, master, lying at Mr. Wheeler's wharf, Town-Point. A MOSES BUILT BOAT, painted black, and about 16 feet long. Whoever returns the said boat, or gives information to the master on board, or to the subscribers where she may be found and recovered, shall receive the above reward. ROBERTSON & BROWN. Nov. 26. tf 263

DEPARTMENT OF MISCELLANY.
OBSERVATIONS ON THE PIRATICAL STATES, AND THE PROBABLE MEANS OF CIVILIZING THEM From Letters from Barbary, France, Spain, and Portugal, BY AN ENGLISH OFFICER.
"I am frequently in doubt if the life and manners of such a people as this deserve much of our time and attention, though full of great lessons for governments and princes. Many things might doubtless be found to satisfy the historical curiosity of the antiquarian, but I am looking only for things of utility, or what I may fancy to be such. We might discover here arts, customs, superstitions, which might be traced to Asia, and to the remotest antiquity: so we may, in various parts of Europe, such may be the custom of presents, their funeral rites, and respect for the dead, their tools, ornaments, dress, recreations, ceremonies, domestick employments. Though the arts and manners of periods which we have passed and left behind may be more the objects of curiosity than of utility; yet in the lowest condition of human nature, we may stumble upon something unexpectedly useful, and every state may furnish matter for instructive reflection. We were wishing the other day that our English cooks were to learn here some of their economical and savoury methods of dressing some viands and vegetables, in the steam of the pot; and that our country carpenters and other tradesmen might learn some of their simple ways of working, and of executing great works with so few tools and so little assistance. The most polished nations may find something to learn from the most savage. In the mountains, and in the country, men make their own shoes, furniture, and utensils, which in the towns is the work of separate professions. Many seem to pass their time chiefly between sitting, smoking, and sleeping, all of which they prolong much beyond what is usual in Europe. How so many can be maintained in idleness, and by what labour, of which so little is to be seen in the country, can only be accounted for from their wants being few."
"Sometimes they take fits of riding, which they perform in the other extreme of rude exertion, using the poor horse with a roughness and violence fitter for a wild beast that they wished to tame, with a bridle and spurs of a tremendous and cruel construction, which presently makes his mouth and sides run with blood. These riding-fits which they sometimes take, seemingly a-propos to nothing, they consider as a kind of war exercise: the moment any of these fellows gets upon a horse, he thinks of fighting, and begins to go through the motions of it, brandishing and attacking in their way, so that you would think him half mad. Individually they may be considered as tolerably good light-horse, or rather as materials pour en faire, if they could be brought to any regularity and uniformity in their movements, in some of which they are singly very dexterous: their methods of attack, with their crooked swords, the variety and frequency of their charges, might be made to have great effect, especially on troops unaccustomed to them. I believe general Sciditz borrowed many of his excellent ideas of cavalry from Turks and Tartars, such troops as these. They have no idea of any regular drill or exercise. They sometimes fire and throw darts at a mark—generally at an earthen pot or a blown bladder, very near, under fifty yards. But their horsemanship is a fine manly diversion. Their foot-ball, or pallone, as in Italy, is good exercise. Some jugglers and story-tellers, who exhibit sometimes to the crowd on a market-day, form the sum of their publick diversions."
"The best part of this government is the continuance of the old and warlike practice of the prince or chief appearing frequently among his people on horseback: it is now become a regular audience or levee two or three times a week; a thing so unexpected in such a country. This custom serves to check so many abuses, and to keep so many people in awe, that I suppose this kind of government could not go on without it. Under a really great and wise prince it might be made the means of doing much good; arts, industry, publick virtue, might thereby perhaps be considerably promoted, all in their own simple and direct manner. If it were possible for uncontrolled power to be steady, uniform, or consistent, in its proceedings; if these general orders of the emperor, issued verbally at levees, proceeded from a wise and connected plan, and were firmly carried into execution; they might in time have almost the force of laws, and might extend much farther throughout the country, possessing the great advantages of military orders, in promptitude and obedience; but, alas! no human individual, and still less a succession of them, can probably ever be found equal to such a situation as his. To do any good seems to require all the wisdom of the most enlightened nation.—How little can be done by an ignorant despot is easy to imagine."
"We do not hear of any one who is fit to succeed Muley Idris (the present emperor's uncle, who is dying), or who can equal him in address, artifice, extortion, or in the management of the publick business here; so that the emperor must now have upon his own shoulders the whole business of the nation, which will not therefore be better nor more expeditiously done: he cannot delegate power sufficient for any business; he has confidence in no man; his trusting this uncle so much, seemed partly from early habits. His physician, your poor Portuguese doctor Don Juan, we hear will be in danger if this prince dies; it seems it is not uncommon here to put a doctor to death for letting his patient die—if a prince or a great man."
"Their money, weights, and measures you there know with their commerce. The ideas of the wisest here on those subjects you may be sure are barbarously ignorant; their history a perpetual variation; sometimes attempting to borrow European ideas, but without even knowledge sufficient to understand or adopt them: indeed to establish any thing lasting in these matters requires all the wisdom and stability of the best government. But few or none of their customs can be of much importance to us, where none have a tendency or lead to virtue, which indeed would not only be useless but obnoxious here, and for which we cannot find there is any term in their language."
"The respect they pay to the memory of their saints might be well, were it for any thing but folly, or rather an artful imbecility, by which those people enjoy a kind of liberty of doing what they please, and seem to have great influence: their folly, which is generally I believe affected, is considered as a kind of inspiration; it runs in families—but you know the particulars. Were I writing to one at a distance, and less acquainted with this country, I might be more circumstantial, but you are neither distant nor ignorant enough to merit a particular account of any thing here."
"You see something like religion; and priests seem fortunately always to obtain some influence over men through all the stages of society, and more especially, in its earlier periods, for which indeed it seems more peculiarly adapted, as a necessary supplement to the defects of law and order; and it must continue to be always a good appendix to the code whenever it can be kept within bounds, or reformed or curtailed of superfluous power when necessary. As the code of laws and modes of education become more perfect the necessity of a superstitious and all-governing religion probably diminishes; and the au-
thority of its professors should be carefully regulated and restrained within bounds while it is practicable, and before they gain a head of power not afterwards to be controuled. You know some other nations have not been so fortunate as ours in this respect. Here their religion seems to have yet too much influence on their manners, opinions, and conduct; it makes them hate all the rest of mankind, and occupies too much of their time."
"Religious sanctioners here sometimes stop the hand of bloody and rapacious tyranny, and tend to lessen the effects of private revenge, as it is usual for people to take refuge there against their enemies, who are generally obliged to respect them, and sometimes against the sovereign himself, though he does not always respect them. The effects of them might be of some benefit, if they could be made to protect the innocent and not the guilty, as is pretended; but we know cases to the contrary, and it is notorious that the guilty have been there protected as in Spain, and that the innocent have been given up to the superior power of the despot, whenever his interest or his passions required it."
"If one of these saints, by some fortunate chain of circumstances, were to turn out to be a man of genius and information, he might do what he pleased with such a people; he might improve, reform, and new model, the whole nation and its government. The improbability of such a one ever being produced here banishes the idea of speculating upon it. But as we become interested in our own speculations, we cannot help looking forward with a degree of pleasure, and hope to some future period of conquest or colonization of this country again from Europe; and yet upon reflection we may fear it is still far distant. We have not yet, I fear, got near enough to the termination of the long period of superstition and fanaticism, and we must probably wait for that of reason before such events can be produced. Though the Mahomedan conquests and establishments are not perhaps so firm and intimate here as generally imagined, and might be rather easily overturned by certain operations from the north, assisted by colonies from the south; but mankind, during this yet fanatical age, are not here sufficiently qualified and prepared to mix well and intimately with the natives, nor the natives with them, not even in the countries where they emigrate most to each other, though such mixture is perhaps the only way to secure any conquest or establishment, and to improve the human race. The difficulties generally proceed from their differing in religious opinions. Were it not for the barbarous inveteracy of Mahomedanism, we might hope in time to see it wear down by the arts of peace, and give way to the weight of its own absurdities. Its future history cannot yet well be foreseen; it seems doubtful if it can ever again become sufficiently rational and tolerant to admit of the necessary improvements in arts and government; or if it must go on in ignorance and barbarity, and at last decline by its own corruption and inconsistencies, till supplanted by some new system of fanaticism. There is no giving Mahomedans any ideas of liberty or good government as yet, for they have no notions of sovereignty without despotic power. (To be Continued.)"
FOR SALE, New-York BEEF and PORK. ALSO, 200 barrels Smithfield PORK. Robert Gibson. July 17, 1804. tf 17
Will be loaded this day on Newton's Wharf, from on board the Schooner Ass Eliza, Capt. Smith, from Aux-Cayes, 75,000 wt. GREEN COFFEE. For sale by Wilson, Cunningham & Co. August 21 tf 86
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 8. tf 222
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
FOR SALE,, 12 Puncheons ANTIGUA RUM. 15 do. GRENADA do. 5 Pipes HOLLAND GIN. 20 do. COUNTRY do. 12 do. FRENCH BRANDY. 8 do. ALICANT do. 22 Qr. Casks SHERRY WINE. 10 do. 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 95
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
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
LANDING THIS DAY, On Newton's Wharf, from on board schooner ELIZA, Capt. Johnson, 60 Puncheons ANTIGUA RUM, FOR SALE BY Wilson, Cunningham & Co. Oct. 20. tf 197
Mathematical Instruments, &c.
Received by the Ship Saff-Br, Capt. Moore, from London, and for sale by
LEVIN DORSEY; At the corner of Fayette and Wide Water-Streets, Town-Point. ADAM'S Patent Globes, 12 inches diameter, with com- pases in the bottom, very complete. Quadrants, black and red ebony, with single and double ob- servation. Ditto—with tangent screws, 12 inches. Aromatick 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 observa- tions, or for day only, of every description. Circumferents, of the best qualities. Mariner's Compasses, in brass and wood. Pocket Compasses, in brass, of different sizes. Time-Guffs—hour, half hour, 28, and 14 seconds. Gunter's Scales; Brass Dividers; &c. &c.
Likewise the following Articles, FOR THE USE OF NAVIGATORS. Hamilton Moore's Epitome and Abritant. General Charts of the Coast of America, from Bostop to Phi- ladelphia. Ditto—Continued, with directions. Ditto—West-Indies, and Dominica, with directions. Ditto—Windward Islands, with do. Ditto—Gulph of Florida, with do. Ditto—Windward Passage, with do. West-India Pilot, with direction.
ALSO, A few tons of Baltimore Bar-Iron, afforded, by the ton or less quantity—Composition Boilers and Spikes—Bouchee—Car- riage wheel boxes, of all sizes—all which he will warrant good. N. B. All kinds of MATHEMATICAL INSTRUMENTS re- paired, at the shortest notice. * * * Orders for every species of Brass-Castings received and immediately executed at his foundery, and the work deliver- ed as above. August 7. tf 58
COLOGNE MILL-STONES. THE SUBSCRIBERS HAVE COLOGNE MILL-STONES, of all dimensions, from Hand-Mill-Stones of 22 in- ches, to those of 4 feet 8 inches, of the best qua- lity.—Also, BAR AND ROD IRON, and STEEL, of all kinds. Jesse Hollingsworth & Son. Baltimore, Aug. 15. tf 77
ANTIGUA RUM. THIS DAY, Will be Loaded, on our Wharf, from on board the Schooner Gener- al Pickering, Captain Barry, 86 Puncheons Antigua RUM. Which will be sold on moderate terms, for Cash or approved Notes. C. G. F. Whittle. October 22. tf 199
WILLIAM HARTSHORNE, JUN. HAS FOR SALE, AN INVOICE OF PINS, NAILS, HOES, SPADES, TEA KETTLES, ENGLISH BEND-LEATHER and BOOT LEGS. 3 Trunks COTTON HOSIERY. A few nicks good BUTTER. ANTIGUA RUM. 4 Patent CORN-SHELLING MACHINES. Alexandria CRACKERS, in legs. Philadelphia LOAF SUGAR, in hhd. and bbls. MAHOGANY BEDSTEADS. November 6. 607 217
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. Price Six Dollars per annum, payable half yearly in ad- vance. August 14. tf 14
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 En- gland, Gothenburg in Sweden, and Norfolk in Vir- ginia,) 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 pro- tect their property, by insurance.—The Phoenix Company deeply regret that, owing to the experi- ence of serious and continued losses, upon the build- ings 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 of 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 engage- ments, 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 or- ders to their correspondents in Great Britain. July 31. 48
PROPOSALS FOR PUBLISHING, IN THE CITY OF BALTIMORE, A PERIODICAL PAPER, TO BE CALLED THE COMPANION, AND WEEKLY MISCELLANY. BY EDWARD EASY, Esq. CONDITIONS. The first number will be published on the first Saturday in November, and if a sufficient number of Subscribers are ob- tained, be continued every succeeding Saturday. It will be printed on a good demy paper, and new type.— Each number to contain eight quarto pages—And at the end of every year, a handsome title page and table of contents for the volume. City Subscribers will be served regularly on the days of pub- lication—those at a distance will have their papers forwarded by post, or otherwise, as directed. The charge THREE DOLLARS per annum, to be paid half- yearly in advance. Communications (post paid) addressed to the Editor, at the Printing-Office of COLE & HEWES, publishers, 192 Market- Street will be duly attended to. * * * SUBSCRIPTION received by GEO. L. GRAY, at the Office of the PUBLICK LEDGER.
PROPOSALS, BY RITCHIE & WORSLEY and AUGUSTINE DAVIS, FOR PUBLISHING BY SUBSCRIPTION, THE DEBATES AND OTHER PROCEEDINGS OF THE VIRGINIA CONVENTION, ON THE ADOPTION OF THE FEDERAL CONSTITUTION. On the advantages of a work, whose character is so well established, as that of the Debates of the Virginia Convention, it would be useless to expatiate. A work which gives the most comprehensive account extant, of the proceedings and arguments on the adoption of the present Constitution of the United States, certainly needs not the passing tribute of the mere Editor. If the reputation of a book which is so fre- quently mentioned, has not already anticipated these eulog- iums, such a character, often mercurial, and a ways partial, can scarcely be expected to bring it into notice. If the merits of the work have been already appreciated, the eulogiums of the Editor will be surely unnecessary. The Debates of the Virginia Convention are completely out of print. No more than 1500 copies of the first edition were ever published; and not more than one edition has ever ap- peared. Hence it is that the demand for this work has scarcely ever been supplied: and it is hence that the present publish- ers have been induced to print a second edition. Several misalies, which had crept into the former edition, will be corrected: the speeches will sometimes be disposed for a more satisfactory perusal, by distributing them into ap- propriate paragraphs: and the entire execution of the work will be in every respect more perfect.
CONDITIONS. 1. This work, which was divided into three volumes in the former edition, will now be comprised into one. 2. It will be printed with a new type, on very good paper, in the octavo form. 3. It will be bound in boards. An additional expense of 50 cents will be required for binding it in leather. 4. The price to subscribers will be three dollars, to be paid on the delivery of the copy. Non-subscribers will have to pay four dollars. 5. It is now in the press. The labour of two compositors and two pressmen is constantly employed upon it; and it may be expected to appear in February or March, 1804. Subscriptions received by the Editors of the Publick Ledger. Richmond, October 20, 1804.
Received by the Ship Old Test, Captain S. Davis, and for sale by the Subscriber, 22 Pipes HOLLAND GIN, of superior quality. R. Gibson. WHO HAS ALSO FOR SALE, London particular MADEIRA WINE, in pipes, hhd. and quarter casks. 12 Hhd. GRENADA RUM. 2 do. JAMAICA do. SUGAR, in bhd. tiers and barrels. COFFEE, in tiers, barrels, and bags. 5000 lbs. SALT. Richmond and Fredericksburg TOBACCO. MANUFACTURED TOBACCO, in kegs, of ex- cellent quality. PORK and BEEF. NAILS and SPIKES. AXES and HOES, (stated in casks, &c. &c. November 6. 1awdw 215
Signed by order of the board, SAM. S. SMITH, President. JOHN MACLEAN, Clerk. Iawtf 215 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, Idivisery. 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
General Alexander Hamilton. R. FOLWELL. INFORMS the friends and admirers of the late Alexander Hamilton, that he has made arrangements to publish an elegant engraving of that gentleman, from an improved like- ness. That he has employed one of the best artists, who has already given to the publick many specimens, acknowled- ged to be equal in execution to the works of the best English engravers, and are faithful to the original. The price to those gentlemen who wish to subscribe will be four dollars per sheet, eight dollars elegantly framed and glazed. The first thirty plates will be considered as proof plates, and sold at six dollars in sheets, or ten dollars framed. The size will be 16 by 12 inches clear of the frame. The engravings will be given from the press in rotation ac- cording to the priority of subscription. * * * Subscriptions received at the Office of the PUBLICK LEDGER Philadelphia, July 23. tf 72
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