Norfolk gazette and publick ledger (Norfolk [Va.]), 1804-11-28 00:00:00

FOR CHARTER, The good Ship MOSES MYERS. Burthen 350 hds. tobacco, will be ready for the reception of a cargo in a few days. For terms apply to the master on board. 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 full sailing Schooner EMELY, James Sampson, Master:— Together with her cargo on board of 600 barrels Flour. Moses Myers. November 26. tf 252
FOR SALE, A very superior PILOT BOAT, Just launched, of the following dimensions, 38 Feet 6 inches Straight Keel. 15 do. 6 do. Beam. 6 do. Hold. Now lying at Newton's Wharf. For terms apply to Wilson, Cunningham & Co. WHO HAVE IN STORE, 25,000 lb. COFFEE. 20 Tierces Dutch LINSEED OIL. November 16. tf 253
For SALE or CHARTER, The good Ship PATSEY, David G. Bowles, Master, Burthen 370 tons, will carry 600 hogheads 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 FREIGHT OR CHARTER, To Europe or the West-Indies, THE AMERICAN SHIP YORKSHIRE, William Lee, Master:— About twelve months old—burthen 290 tons, and will be ready for the reception of a cargo in ten days. For terms apply to the Captain on board, or to Warren Ashley. November 8. tf 220
I HAVE FOR CHARTER, THE BRIG ANN & FRANCES, Carpenter—Burthen 1300 Barrels. AND FOR SALE, THE BRIG TRIALL, Lying at Marsden's Wharf. 320 Boxes HAVANNAH SUGAR. 80 Hogheads HAVANNAH MOLASSES. 18 Tons FUSTICK. 20 Tons CAMPECACHY LOGWOOD. 50 Boxes HAVANNAH SEGARS. Theo. Armistead. November 1. tf 207
FOR FREIGHT OR CHARTER, THE SHIP OLD TOM, Samuel Davis, master. Burthen 240 hds. 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 Bales Flushing and Dutch Canvas.  50 Pieces Hessian Rolls.  10 Crates Stone Bottles.  A quantity of Stone Jugs assorted.  Butter Potts in Crates.  Chefs of Glass Ware we afforded.  Boxes Window Glass do.  do. best Hessian Linen.  do. do. Ruffia Diaper.  1 Box best Linen Cambricks.  100 Gin Cases.  Liquor Cases of different kinds.  All of which articles were carefully selected, and are of the first quality.—Also, 3 Pipes superior quality GIN. October 20. tf 202
LANDING From the Brig ANN MARIA, from MADEIRA, AND FOR SALE, 5 Pipes, 6 Hds. and 8 Qr. Casks, Fine old London P. M. Wine. 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 completely found in every respect. She will be ready to receive a cargo in the course of a few days. For terms apply to N. Heron. Sept. 18. tf 142
FOR CHERBOURG, THE BRIG FRANKLIN, S. Hill, Master, Burthen about 220 tons—she is a staunch, strong built vessel, and will receive a few hogheads tobacco at a moderate freight. For terms apply to John Newell, jun. October 20. tf 181
FOR CHARTER, The excellent new ship ARCTURUS, Samuel Winsor, master: Burthen 300 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 3 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 hds. tobacco will be taken on freight if offered in time—the terms 4 guineas and 5 per cent. Donaldson, Thorburn & Co. October 20. tf 199
FOR CHARTER, The good American Ship SARAH, Abel Rawson, master: Burthen 315 tons; will carry about 450 hds. tobacco—now in complete order for the reception of a cargo. For terms apply to Richard Blow.
WHO HAS FOR SALE, 20 Hds. Richmond TOBACCO. 18 do. Petersburg do. 200 Bbls. excellent PORK. 80 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 credit will be allowed, on bond with approved security.—Also, the balance of the lease of his Store, equal to any fund in Norfolk, if required. Property in the Borough of Norfolk, or Lands in the neighbouring counties, Publick Securities, &c. will be taken in exchange. For further particulars, apply to James Tucker.
WHO HAS FOR SALE, ON VERY LOW TERMS, A VALUABLE TRACT OF LAND, on the South Branch of the Potomac. August 23. tf 97
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. tf 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 Qr. Casks SHERRY WINE, of superior quality, and 2000 Bushels 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. 3 Hogheads 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, OZNAUBURGS, and GLASS WARE, in Boxes. November 16. tf 234
50 Puncheons ANTIGUA RUM. 150 Barrels prime NEW YORK, } PORK. 300 do. CAROLINA, } 150 Half Barrels CRACKERS. 50 Hogheads Petersburg TOBACCO. 40 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 Hoghead Staves, with a proportion of heading.
LANDING On Town-Point, out of the Galleon Ann & Eliza, from St. Lucia, her Cargo consisting of MUSCOVADO SUGARS, in hogheads, 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. tf 343
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 Isle May SALT—a-float. 130,000 Weight of Muscovado SUGAR. 340 Pipes of 4th proof Spanish BRANDY. 50 do. Valencia WINE. 10 do. Cognac BRANDY. 180 do. Best Holland GIN. 100 Cases do. 1200 Empty GIN CASES. 40 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. tf 249
R. L. TAYLOR, RESPECTFULLY offers his services as a Teacher of English, Reading, Writing, Arithmetic, Geography, &c. Such persons 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. tf 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. Armistead. November 26. tf 244
Landing on Taylor's Wharf, 17 Pipes, } FINE OLD SICILY WINE. 4 Half Pipes, } 2 Qr. Casks, } 4 HE Qr. Casks, } 34 Hds. MUSCOVADO SUGAR. For sale by A. Maclure. November 26. tf 245
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. ELACK 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. tf 254
Five Dollars Reward. Drifted or stolen, on Friday night, 23d instant, from along 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, where she may be found and recovered, shall receive the above reward. Nov. 26. tf 253
FOR SALE, 100 Hds. 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
TO LET For one or more years, SEVERAL Tenements in the Town of Portsmouth, advantageously situated—also, A Store House, near the Market. One of the above tenements has 8 commodious rooms. A GARDNER Who can come well recommended, will find immediate employment by applying to William Leigh. November 19. 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. tf 241
A BOAT FOUND. TAKEN up near Water's Creek, Warwick county, in October 1803, 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 stem—seats of the same colour—Her bow and stem-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. 26. tf 211
NOW LANDING From on board the Schooner LYDIA, Capt. Livington, 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 157
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 Valentia, 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 226
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 SWEEDISH IRON. NAIL-RODS. RUSSIA & RAVENS DUCK. LINENS assorted, and A few Hogheads 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 BYLAWELD LINEN. He has also for Sale, 12 Puncheons choice Demerara SPIRIT. 100 do. Gosport RUM. 5,000 lb. PIMENTO. James Young. November 10. tf 224
NOW LANDING From on board the Brig MARIA, Robert Maitland, master, from Borne deaux, 30 Pipes Old COGNAC BRANDY, fit for immediate use. 211 Hds. CLARET, fit for the West India Market. 100 Cases, do. do. 50 do. Vin de Grave. 500 DEMIJOHNS. 2 Trunks of Silk Stockings, Silk and Kid Gloves and Fans. For sale by William Pennock. Sept. 1. tf 115
LIVERPOOL SALT. QUEEN'S WARE, in Crates well assorted. DUFFIL BLANKETS, in small Bales. 10 and 20d. Flat Pointed NAILS, in Casks—and LIVERPOOL COAL. If taken from along side the ship Jane, Capt. Colley, will be sold low. Apply to William Pennock.
WHO OFFERS FOR SALE, 114 Puncheons Jamaica RUM. Imported in the Sarah, Capt. Herbert. October 23. tf 187
LANDING THIS DAY ON WARREN'S WHARF, 113 Tierces RICE. 10 Hogheads SUGAR. 10 do. MOLASSES. For Sale by Warren Ashley. August 2. tf 53
Will be landed this day on Newton's Wharf, from on board the Schooner ANN ELIZA, Capt. SMALL, 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 2. tf 223

The readers of the Congressional proceedings will have observed how early, how eagerly, and with what an appearance of candour, our fellow-citizen RANDOLPH has commenced his attack on Judge CHASE. We have little doubt of his succeeding to his heart's content. Unless the Senate of the United States display a greater share of political independence than has actuated the movers of this impeachment, the trial will be all a mere mockery. It appears that Mr. Randolph failed in his first point, that of having the whole business taken up, by a special committee, de novo . The object of this was not occult. In the last days of the last session Judge Chase was impeached at the bar of the Senate; articles of impeachment were presented to the House of Representatives by its committee, and the decision on them postponed until the meeting of this session. Of this the Judge very justly complained, in a memorial intended to have been presented to Congress, and afterwards published, as an antidote to the poison contained in the report of the committee, permitted by the house to be made publick.
However, as Judge Chase had every reason to suppose that the articles of impeachment, thus reported and published by the House of Representatives, would be those against which he would have to justify himself, his attention, in the interval, has doubtless been directed to those points which they embrace, and to the manner in which they are arranged and brought forward. To defeat, or render, as far as possible, nugatory, the exertions which the Judge may have made in this recess, was doubtless the intention of this heroic champion of his party, in moving for a committee to prepare, a-new, articles of impeachment against Judge Chase. The discussion which the former articles have undergone in the publick prints, has shewn to their advocates and authors, that they are liable to many weighty objections, which the most pliant consciences of party will not be able to overcome without many struggles.
Our papers by the ship Echo are not later than the 17th September, and do not contain any thing of moment.—The government has suppressed the ARGUS , a paper published in the English language at Paris.
All's not lost that's in danger . . . . We had a sort of a presentiment that we should soon hear more of the French frigate, which, in our last, we stated to have come down the Bay, with the intention of going quietly home. She would have done so, but that wicked wight, CAPTAIN HOTHAM, neither disposed to keep the peace himself nor suffer it to be preserved by others, with a most uncivil design, and with malice aforethought, placed himself directly in the path along which Monsieur wished to proceed in a decent, orderly, and inoffensive manner. Eh bien! dans un pareil embaras que doit faire Monsieur La Brosse? In such a predicament what ought M. LA BROSSE to do? Why, like a good christian, who did not wish to violate the sabbath, nor to break through the sixth ordinance, of the decalogue, he came to anchor off Crump's Hill: where he now is safe and snug.—The Lord High Admiral with his lady, we are well assured were on board. They slept at Hampton on Monday night. One report is that they have both returned to Baltimore; another that they are still at Hampton; and a third that she has returned to her father, and that he has re-embarked in the frigate; the captain of which is resolved to go out immediately and chastise the insolence of the English B . . . . Here now, we have a beginning and a middle, and to make the thing complete we want only a catastrophe, or end. We hope Captain Hotham will not be in haste to strike his colours; we expect yet to have two or three paragraphs out of the business, which in the present dearth of news would be of great consequence to our interests; this expectation would be defeated by a precipitate surrender.
The Pilot boats left the British frigate La Revolutionnaire , of 40 guns, Captain Hotham, at anchor on the tail of the Middle Ground; the Imperial Frigate Le President , of 44 guns, Captain La Brosse, in Lynnhaven. Captain Hotham discovered the Frenchman about one o'clock P. M. on Sunday, coming down the bay; the flood having just made, and there being but little wind, both ships came to anchor; on the first of the ebb the British frigate got under weigh, and took her position off the Cape. About five o'clock this morning firing was heard in that direction. The French may have resolved to go out; and there is no Hell-Gate through which to escape, as through a back-door, out of the Chesapeake.
"What government was it (exclaims a M. de Groseuil in the Herald of Saturday) that in France declared the negroes of St Domingo to be "free"! Was it the National Convention? Heaven and earth conspired against it? Was it the government of the Directory? It existed but by the "crimes of the former"!
And by its own crimes, he might have added, which differed from those of the preceding and succeeding governments, only in shades of atrocity and baseness. But if the acts of the Directorial government are not entitled to respect, because it arose out of the crimes of "an assemblage of impure and perverse men", what must this Monsieur de Groseuil say of the Consular and Imperial governments, which would never have existed but for the crimes of both the others united? If crimes are to invalidate the publick acts of a man or a government, what edicts of Buonaparte can be regarded as legal, or as authority for the performance of any act by any of his agents? Buonaparte! a man so universally stained with crimes that in all his soul it would be scarcely possible to find one pure spot. That the Convention was such a group as this person represents them
to be, is indisputable; but had not the crimes of that bloody horde brought to the scaffold the unfortunate LOUIS, Corsica would never have had occasion to "glory in having given birth to the greatest man that has appeared in Europe, since the days of Charlemagne": and France would not have had the happiness of exhibiting this monster to the world. When we reflect, with this writer, that "Nature produces such a man but once in a thousand years", we reflect upon this merciful sterility with thanksgiving, and rejoice that she does not bring forth her prodigies more frequently.
The schooner Resolution , capt. Bettner, arrived at Wilmington, N. C. left Bassetter October 1. On the 26th September, the French privateer ship Grand Decade , capt. Goy, of said island, mounting 22 guns, arrived at Point Petre from a cruise to windward of Barbados, having taken an English Guineaman, of 20 guns and 340 slaves, the Princess Royal , a government brig of Barbados, of 14 guns, and a small schooner called the Demarara Packet . The privateer had taken out of the Guineaman 200 prime slaves, with which she had arrived at Point Petre, the schooner had also arrived. The Guineaman and brig had not arrived at the time of capt. B's sailing.
At the moment of capt. B's making ready to sail, arrived in Bassetter roads, the French privateer ship La Dame Lambert , captain Lamarque, of said island, mounting 16 twelve pound carronades, with two prize ships, the Ann and Diana , of Liverpool, under convoy, both armed Guineamen, one of 22, the other of 18 guns, having together five hundred and forty three slaves. Capt. Lamarque fell in with the two ships about 100 leagues to windward of Barbados, and engaged them both at the same time—having boarded one, the other attempted to escape, but the privateer immediately pursued and shortly came up with her. This was formerly the Duke of Marlborough packet, and the same which took the British sloop of war Lilly , capt. Compton.
It has been currently reported for some days past, on the authority of letters from Washington-City, that Colonel Burr will soon appear in New-York, for the purpose of taking his trial at the next Supreme Court, to be held for that city.— D. Adv.
John Hoge, Esq. of Washington, Pennsylvania, a decided federalist, is elected to represent, during the present session, the county of Washington in the congress of the United States.—Mr. Hoge is elected in place of his brother William Hoge, Esq. who resigned.
IMPORTANT!
"A gentleman of respectability informs us, that he has just received advices from Point-Petre, (G.) through a confidential friend, stating, that a privateer, called the Grandville , mounting 28 guns and 2 thirty-sixpounders, with a compliment of 280 men, besides seamen and marines, with orders to take all American vessels bound to Hispaniola, and hang the crews as pirates. The Grandville was one of a fleet of well-armed ships, daily expected at Point-Petre, in order to cruise for Americans bound to Hispaniola."
The preceding article, taken from the Freeman's Journal of last evening, has excited a sensation in this city, which will extend throughout the United States, and be keenly felt by the friends and relatives of every person engaged in the trade to St. Domingo.
If the information it contains be correct, and grounded on facts, it demands the immediate interference of the government to avert the impending fate of our honest and unsuspecting seamen, who are embarked in a commerce, which our government has never attempted to restrain, nor even ventured to prohibit.—On the contrary, clearances have been granted at every Custom-house in the United States to vessels bound to St. Domingo.
It was the duty of the Executive, if the trade was illegal, to have issued a proclamation explanatory of the consequences that would attend its prosecution.—If, in a desire to avoid what might be thought an unpopular measure, Mr. Jefferson has neglected or declined to give the necessary caution to our citizens, he alone ought to be responsible for the result, and it becomes the duty of the Legislature to enquire into, and ascertain the fact.
If the Government of France has commissioned its cruisers to seize and to execute every citizen of the United States, who may be found trading to St. Domingo, that government should be told that such instructions consist not with the laws nor the usage of civilized nations, and that the American people will never suffer such a barbarous exercise of power against their citizens by any nation whatever.
Jackson's Com. Reg.
The information published in an evening paper of yesterday, said to be the substance of a letter from Point-Petre (Guad.) is presumed to be not only incorrect, but a mischievous and wicked fabrication. Intelligence of such importance, had it been received in an authentic and regular form, would most certainly have been divulged at an earlier period. The last arrival at this port from Point-Petre, was the schr. Jefferson on the 15th inst. we know of none later at any other port. The Jefferson , we speak confidently, brought no such information. The paragraph is highly injurious to our merchants, alarming to our underwriters, distressing to the families of our numerous seamen employed in the trade of Hispaniola, and a libel upon the government of France. We challenge the author to produce names and dates. Kelf.
In our last we gave the inaugural Speech of Governor Lewis of New-York, The following remarks upon some passages in it are by the Editor of the New-York Evening Post.
As this is His Excellency's maiden Speech, it would be a sin to treat it rudely; we shall therefore conduct towards it with all the delicacy to which its character entitles it.
On the constitutional question submitted to the House, we shall at present refrain from all remarks. It is observed that "the institution [of the State Prison] is embarrassed by debts contracted by their predecessors in office, amounting to 8600 dollars and 30 cents; of this sum 4000 dollars has been paid from the private purses" of the present inspectors. Now was it intended to censure the former inspectors of the prison for having unnecessarily incurred debts, and to pay a compliment to the present inspectors for their publick spirit?
When His Excellency talks about the criminal code, where from his late situation, he must have been expected to be quite sound, we fear it will be thought he has departed from correct and well settled principles, to introduce chimerical notions that have been long since exploded. It will surely excite no little surprize, that at this time of day the Mosaic code should be resorted to as our sole guide, in legislating on crimes and punishments. Does His Excellency mean to question the right of inflicting capital punishment in the case of High Treason? And did it not occur to him, that if because no individual has a right to commit suicide, and therefore cannot invest government with the power of taking his life away for any crime, by the same mode of reasoning, no individual has the right of imprisoning himself in a
dungeon for life, so the Legislature cannot shut him up in the State Prison all his days? As to the apportioning punishments to crime in a more equitable ratio than it is at present there can be no objection as far as it is practicable. If His Excellency can suggest any standing invariable rule by which this can be done; by which the due and exact proportion of punishment can be fixed for every crime, he will have discovered what has hitherto escaped all other statesmen.
The conclusion of the speech, recommending, as his "worthy and much respected predecessor" had done, "the encouragement of literature," is deserving the warmest approbation. And we are happy to find, that on this subject His Excellency is more explicit than his "worthy and much respected predecessor" ever thought it advisable to be? for he has here pointed out the precise manner in which he thinks the object should be effected. He says expressly, that "common schools, under the guidance of respectable teachers, should be established in every village, and the indigent be educated at the publick expence."
Such is the method for many years pursued in the New-England States; (Rhode-Island excepted)—The laws enjoin upon every town and parish to raise a sum of money by an annual tax upon the individuals composing it, for the support of a publick school, and any town neglecting is liable to be indicted by the Grand Jury and fined. Thus the children of the poor man have as good a chance for a common education, as those of his rich neighbour; the consequence is that no people in this or any other country, are take the community together, so well informed as the people of the New-England States, with one exception. We repeat it therefore, that the part of His Excellency's Speech which recommends the adoption of similar institutions here, is entitled to the warmest and most unqualified commendation of every inhabitant of the state of New-York.
THE PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE.—We have been told that the censure with which we closed our remarks in the last Ledger was not justified by the instrument upon which we were commenting; that none but an hypercritick could complain of the style; and that none but a political enemy could disapprove of the matter.
We were well aware that none of Mr. Jefferson's friends would complain of his message, as a political and state paper: many of the most boisterous of them know not whether it is sound or unsound; and those who do know how defective it is, have too much cunning to let their opinions be understood by others. But as to his style of composition, we must candidly say that it requires to be totally reformed or new-modelled before he can hope to receive, as a writer, the approbation of any man whose taste has been elevated even to a common standard. We have not met with any author so abounding with instances of pseudography. We speak generally: we do not wish to descend into particulars: verbal criticism never can be a grateful task, neither to the writer, nor to the reader: and besides not having been accustomed to look for literary elegance, nor even for grammatical precision, in the productions of Mr. Jefferson, all we have sought in his messages was the meaning which he intended to convey.
In this spirit it was our intention to have proceeded with our remarks upon the different clauses of his late message, as they might occur to us, taking them abstractedly; but we observe in the papers by the last mail, that it has fallen into much more competent hands; we shall therefore desist for the present; and refer our readers to the following—
From the New-York Evening Post.
Instead of appearing before the two Houses of Congress and respectfully addressing them in person, as his predecessors did, our worthy President continues to send them his Message by his private Secretary. In this he not only preserves a profound dignity, and holds himself at a greater distance from the other Branches of Government than the King of Great Britain dare venture to attempt, but he very adroitly takes care, by this piece of management, to afford neither the House nor the Senate any opportunity, by their answers or discussions to canvas the merits or test the correctness of his communications. And since no chance is permitted to our Representatives to do this, there is no way left to bring it before the people but through the medium of the publick prints; in entering upon the task, therefore, we merely conform to a sense of our duty. We ask a candid and patient attention.
The first thing that strikes every reader is the harsh, incorrect, slovenly and meagre stile, in which His Excellency has clothed his sentiments. The first sentence would serve as a sample of faulty composition for a school-boy to reduce into form as a morning exercise.
"To a people, fellow-citizens, who sincerely desire the happiness and prosperity of other nations, to those who justly calculate that their own well-being is advanced by that of the nations with which they have intercourse, it will be a satisfaction to observe, that the war which was lighted up in Europe a little before our last meeting, has not yet extended its flames to other nations, nor been marked by the calamities which sometimes stain the footsteps of war."
By all this the President means to be understood as congratulating the Congress of the United States that none of the European nations had joined England or France in the present war, and that no engagement had taken place between those two powers. But the violent inversion, the cacophony, and the incongruous metaphors employed on the occasion, present as rare an instance of bad English as can be found in the selections of Blair and Murray. Let the reader now compare this introductory sentence with one taken from any of the speeches of President Washington. The first that offers itself to my notice is December, 1796. Thus he begins:
"Fellow Citizens of the Senate, and of the House of Representatives,"
"In recurring to the internal situation of our country, since I had the pleasure to address you, I find ample reason for a renewed expression of that gratitude to the RULER OF THE UNIVERSE, which a continued series of prosperity has so often and so justly called forth."
Here behold the decorous and dignified attitude of the Chief Magistrate of a great people, addressing the national council in person; in easy, unadorned and solemn language, laying before them the prosperous state of his country, and piously acknowledging its gratitude to the Supreme Being as the source of all its blessings. The contrast between this great and good man and him who has contrived to worm himself into his place, is perhaps as great as imagination could supply, and so very striking to every reader, that comment or application is unnecessary.
In our examination of this Message, it will be impossible not to descend occasionally into a degree of verbal criticism, which would hardly be allowable in any other case, and which seems almost to detract from the weight of the very serious objections which our duty will compel us to urge against the matter itself. But in our judgment, where the first magi-
strate issues a solemn state paper, which is to be republished not only through the United States, but throughout Europe, the character of the nation is concerned in its being at least free from improprieties. It is not that the careful selection of correct and suitable expressions is a matter of positive merit, but certainly the neglect of it is inexcusable and disgraceful. What will be thought of our literary character abroad, not very excited at best, when it is seen that our President, in his official communications, is incapable, or careless, of writing English? We are much mistaken if those who are men of sense among Mr. Jefferson's best friends, are not very much ashamed of the paper now before us. To proceed—
"The irregularities too on the ocean, which generally harass the commerce of neutral nations, have, in distant parts, disturbed ours less than on former occasions."
Mr. Jefferson in the preceding sentence had been speaking of the "flames of war," and now he says the "irregularities too on the ocean." Can war with any propriety be denominated an irregularity? or can the occasional disturbance of neutral commerce be denominated a war?
"But in the American seas they have been greater from peculiar causes; and even within our harbours and jurisdiction, infringements on the authority of the laws have been committed, which have called for serious attention."
Which is the antecedent to they ? occasions, or parts, or nations, or irregularities? But what is meant by his "peculiar causes." Is any specific meaning conveyed by this vague expression?
"The friendly conduct of the governments from whose officers and subjects these acts have proceeded, in other respects, and in places more under their observation and controul, gives us confidence that our representations on this subject will have been properly regarded."
Not one reader in five will understand the meaning of this sentence, from the harsh disjunction and ill arrangement of its members. But what is the amount of the information; "The friendly conduct of certain governments gives us confidence that our representations will have been attended to." Have any positive assurances then been given by these governments to whom these representations have been made? Has France promised either indemnity for her numerous captures, or satisfaction for her atrocious violation of our sovereignty? What has she said about the immense property of which her privateers have plundered our merchants, and carried into Spanish ports? And what atonement has been offered for the flagrant infringement of our national rights by her cruisers in blockading our harbours, and making prizes within our jurisdiction? We have not forgotten the affair of Le Hazard , a French privateer, which cruized so long between Tybee and Charleston Bar , making prize of American as well as British vessels, under the mouth of our cannon at Fort Green . Nor have we forgotten that when some of the United States officers went down to Cockspur , to enquire into the reasons of such conduct, she treated them with insolence, and set the force of the United States at defiance. Gun-boat and all. For this and other similar atrocities what has been done? What has been said? And what has been the reply? This was early in the spring; and after eight months has the President nothing better to tell us than that "the friendly conduct of the government in other respects, from whose officers and subjects these acts have proceeded gives us confidence that our representations will not have been disregarded?" Similar questions will apply to the "irregularities" committed by Spain, and particularly by Great Britain. What has been done in reparation of the violations of our national sovereignty committed by her frigates in the harbour of New York? Fortunately Mr. Jefferson's editors have saved us the necessity of any attempt to prove the facts in this case. Nothing, therefore, remains for us but to be informed of the steps taken by our Executive, and what has been done or promised by the British Government. On this point we anxiously solicit information. It would be gratifying to know which of the "friendly governments," Great Britain, France, or Spain, have by their "conduct" given us most room for "confidence" that our "representations will be properly regarded," our injuries redressed, or whether any thing has been done by either? The high importance of this subject to the nation, surely demanded exemplary satisfaction for the enormities committed.
Our reputation was at stake upon the conduct to be pursued; if such insults are quietly submitted to, that reputation, so important, so essential, is gone. It therefore became a paramount duty in our administration promptly to seek for a reparation equal to the indignity received, and in a manner to inspire its citizens with elevated and correct ideas of the honour of their country. Whatever therefore, Mr. Jefferson may think of it, and however he may be inclined to pass over the subject as an affair of trivial consideration, he may rely upon it, the attention of the people has long been turned upon its government, and high expectations have been entertained of the elevated conduct it would adopt. Such expectations are not to be relinquished till a satisfaction has been received equal to the injury done to our violated rights. Away then with the vague, unmeaning, puerile language of this miserable message. We trust that the nation will not rest contented with such soporific nostrums as are here attempted to be administered. After reproaching the former administrations with a want of true spirit, because they even attempted to obtain satisfaction for injuries received without first declaring war; after exciting the whole nation into a ferment, because the unauthorised acts of individuals were not at once attributed to the government of Great Britain, and war and reprisals resorted to in the first instance; surely it is with an ill grace that now, the same men who raised the clamour are forward to attribute a more flagrant violation of our sovereignty than was ever before experienced, to officers and subjects, and not to the governments, and quietly submit to the indignities and injuries, with all the humility and patience of a poor broken hearted slave.
(To be continued.)
ENERGETICK GOVERNMENT.—Some persons really think that the democrats are for moderating and the federalists for augmenting the energy of government. Weak minds, of course, prefer that system of opinions that stops short rather than that which runs to excess. Moderate men, or those who are proud to pass for moderate, are fond of this half way scheme; because as they see but a little way before their noses, they think it safe to proceed no further than they can see. They fancy they can give to a plan of government half an existence at once, they can breathe life into one nostril first, and when it gasps, like a reviving drowned man, they can breathe or blow with a bellows into the other. The poor wretch may be mercifully and safely left to yawn and sneeze and struggle in a state of drowsy agony between death and life, till the political Prometheus steals or borrows a little more vital fire to animate the clay for action.
This half work exactly suits half wits, the democrats; who have been taught enough to be sophists, and who, to act right, should begin with unlearning all they ever were taught. The profound readers of the democratick newspapers are of this sort. In any science, it is easier to make a thousand quacks than one adept. Accordingly gazettes have taught many thousands to play the fool by note, as if their sing song nonsense were pricked down in a musick book.
These Solomons imagine that if the machinery of a government is but half put together, it can never hurt any body in its operation. To prevent tyranny,

withhold power—what, say they, can be a plainer security for the people?
Be it known, however, and our experience proves it, that a weak government breeds factions. These are sure to engross the powers of a government that is not strong enough to watch and act for its own preservation. Then the regular government becomes a captive of the conquering faction and their united energy is terrible.
Virginia opposed the national authority till this latter proved the weaker of the two, and fell into the hands of the conqueror. Now what sort of energy is wanting to the jacobin rulers? Are courts and judges troublesome checks? away with those checks. Is an article of the constitution an obstacle to the consuls-ship for life? Amend, amend, amend, till Mr. Jefferson can tell the Osage Indians what he will certainly do in the next four years . In making treaties, in adding to the publick debt, in repeating revenue laws, solemnly pledged and mortgaged to pay that debt, in buying empires and in establishing the despotic arbitrary rule of one man over those empires , is there any want of energy? Is there even check or controul enough to retard the Emperor's will for more than ten days?
No, feeble governments the soonest become violent: faction seizes the sceptre of power, and when has it been found that it was not of iron?
The fear of the federalists, then, is not that our government will not want energy, but that all the salutary checks on its violence are swept away.
Hence, it is also very manifest that the state governments are now essential parts of the political system of every true friend of American liberty. The federal system could not be kept out of the hands of a great state, which was and is a great faction . That instant the other states were either drawn into the vortex of that faction, or agitated with the fear of subjugation—For of all conditions of slavery that is most degrading in which one state is enslaved by another.
The states then that still resist the ambition of Virginia are the keepers of the publick liberty. If Delaware and New-England were as subservient to the ancient dominion, the mistress of the union , as Kentucky and Maryland are, we should be as happy and as free as Holland is in its alliance with Buonaparte. [Refertory.]
POLITICKS OF SWEDEN.
Our readers have frequently heard of the insult offered to the King and nation of Sweden, by the Imperial Corsican, through the medium of the Official Gazette at Paris: but we have never yet seen the article of which complaint was made, in any American paper.
The following observations were inserted in the Official Paper of the French Government of the 14th of August, under the head of Ratisbon, and were, no doubt, intended to convey to all the Powers of Europe its sentiments with respect to the conduct of his Swedish Majesty. They are preceded by three Notes of that Sovereign, which seem to have been inserted merely to afford the Writer in the Moniteur an opportunity of commenting upon the conduct of the King of Sweden, in his quality of a Member of the Germanick Body. The first Note relates to a proposition made by that Prince so far back as the month of May, 1801, to the Diet at Ratisbon, to erect a statue to the Archduke Charles. The second, presented in January, complains of the conduct of some of the Princes of the Empire, as tending to trench upon the authority of the Emperor, who, by the Germanick Constitution, was the legitimate Head of it. The last Note, delivered towards the middle of last May, refers to the Note previously presented by Russia, and is already before the publick.
We have read the strange declarations which the King of Sweden has addressed to the Diet of Ratisbon. Nothing could be more striking, than the inconsistency of these steps on the part of the Swedish Monarch, if the stamp of folly which is impressed upon them did not strike still more forcibly. What! Whilst Poland has been divided under your eyes; whilst the enfeebled Ottoman Empire exists no longer than the powers bordering upon your States will permit; whilst France, by shutting her ports against the ships of your nation, can so essentially injure your commerce; without provocation, without any motive to induce you to it, you delight in offering her daily insult.
When Gustavus was successful in the thirty years war, it was with the assistance of France, and with that force of genius and inclination which characterizes all the measures of a great man. Poland was then respectable; Turkey existed in all her vigour; and Russia had not yet any existence in Europe. But by what right, and with what views, do you excite the Germanick Body against France? When Germany was engaged in disastrous war, through the instigation of Sweden, you were the first to make your peace, and sent your ambassadors to reside at Paris. During every crisis, the Germanick Body heard nothing of you; but peace was hardly concluded, when you resolved to shew that you were still in being, and you demanded that a statue should be erected to Prince Charles.
This Prince has acquired glory, and the esteem of Germany. France is the first to acknowledge it. But was it with your troops that he acquired it? If you are a Member of the Empire, why did you not secure it with your army? If you are one of the guaranties of the Treaty of Westphalia, why did you make your peace before the German Empire made theirs?
How does it happen, that you are the only Power that does not feel how disagreeable your proceedings at Ratisbon are, even to the Germanick Body itself? Whilst you sell your cities, you engage in a fantastic discussion of concerns in Germany! whilst you enjoy hospitality at Baden, you insult your Father-in-law. There has not been a day of your residence at Carlsruhe, in which you have not given just cause of complaint to that Prince. At last, during your abode with your Brother-in-law, the Elector of Bavaria, you sign and date from Munich, a Note, contrary to his interest. The Prince was then weakened by the war; he was surrounded by armies; he was on the point of being invaded; he would have wanted your assistance, if your arm could have given him any; and it is at that moment, and in the very heart of his capital, that you wrote against him.
You are yet young; but when you shall have attained the age of maturity, if you read the Notes which you issue as impromptus when travelling post, you will surely repent of not having followed the advice of your experienced and faithful Minister: you will then do that, which you always ought to have done; you will regard only the welfare of your subjects, and the good of your country; what it has done for you and for your ancestors, requires that you should not sacrifice its interest to vain and irregular passions. You will attempt no more than you can perform; and you will not drive the Germanick Body into a war, to the success of which you could contribute nothing; and in which your Father-in-law and Brother-in-law would probably make a common cause with France.
And then, if the interest of the Baltic induces you to unite with Denmark, you will feel that this interest is truly yours; that it is connected with the safety of your States, with the dignity of your crown, and the glory of your nation. You would have taken precautions so as not to have left your coast unprotected, or to have suffered an enemy's fleet to pass with impunity, within half a cannon shot from your shores, to bombard Copenhagen. It is not by such trophies that your ancestors acquired glory, and adorned the page of history. In short, you will not make, from the inducement of a pitiful subsidy, what no nation of Europe has yet made, a treaty so unworthy of your rank, as to be nearly tantamount to an abdication of your Sovereignty.
We really think that if you read this advice, it will be lost upon you: but we believe, at the same time, that you will not receive any other lesson from France. She is very indifferent to your steps; indeed she does not call you to account for your conduct, because she cannot confound a loyal and a brave nation, and people, who, being her faithful allies for centuries, were justly called the French of the North; nay, she does not confound them, with a young man led astray by false notions, and unenlightened by reflection.
Your countrymen will be always well treated by France, your merchant ships will be well received by her; even your squadrons, if they are in want, will be victualled in her ports; she will see in your flags none but the ensigns of Gustavus, who reigned before you: and when the fire of your passions shall be extinguished, when you shall have learnt the true situation of Europe, and appreciated your own, France will always be ready to regard the true interest of your nation, and to shut her eyes upon what you have been, or what you shall have done. Moniteur.
DEFENCE OF IRELAND.
From the Cork Mercantile Chronicle.
To those who have persuaded themselves that an insular situation is a physical protection against the enterprize or stratagem of war, every degree of reasoning calculated to disturb them in their false security, will, like admonition in general, be but unwelcome received. It is a prevailing way of thinking, adopted perhaps without much examination, that all our confidence is to be placed in our navy—that the enemy's fleet cannot possibly approach us, without a moral certainty of being intercepted, and that our precautionary measures need not extend farther than such a probability strictly requires. To a prudent man, this would appear to be taking too much for granted; and to a soldier, it would seem a most preposterous principle to rest the defence of the country upon. Of our naval forces, the publick entertain a just admiration—in skill and discipline they are superior to all the world; in enterprize irresistible, in bravery not to be surpassed—but we trust, it will not be thought that we are disposed to diminish their high reputation, when we say, that they are utterly incompetent to the defence of this country. If the greatest General of these times received the orders of our sovereign to prepare a plan for the defence of the country, would he think, or act wisely, if he took into the estimate of security what the enemy's fleet may suffer on their passage, should the ocean prove the theatre of the battle? In a broad view of the case our navy is powerfully auxiliary to our protection; but as it is but auxiliary, and that after a manner contingent and accidental, it should not be included in any rational plan for the defence of the country. In the defence of this country, Ireland is the subject, and her means moral and physical, the powers which may be applied to the intended purpose. A soldier entrusted with so important a guardianship, would in the first place, enquire into the nature of this subject, and into the practicability of adapting the powers which it afforded to his plan of defence. What then is the subject, and what are those powers? This Island contains a vast extent of coast, which is little else than a series of some of the finest Bays, Havens, and Harbours, in the known world. Its immense capacities for commerce are proverbial, but it is for this very reason, on account of its numerous fine harbours, that the country is accessible at almost literally every single point of her shore. This facility of approach upon all sides, is so far a state of imbecility as to defence; and would require as much circumspection, foresight, and precaution, in preparing a proper degree of defence against invasion, as if this country were a district of the continent . It is next to an adverse vicinity, to have a frontier of so feeble a character, and without any intervening interruption between that of the enemy, except, what the accident of naval conflict may by chance throw in the way; and we conceive we are strictly justified in considering this matter in a military light to say, that to have an adequate idea of the principle upon which Ireland should be defended, she should be considered as having her frontier close to an enemy, and that her security should not be committed to any adventitious assistance, but to her own internal positive strength . It is axiomatical that every country is to a certain degree weak, in proportion as it may be approached by an enemy; and admitting this position, in this respect, Ireland is one of the weakest countries in the world. But she contains many peculiar characters within the circle of her coast, which afford great powers of resistance to a foreign enemy. This is undeniable, and what we have said of the nature of her coast, is merely to shew, that we should lose no time in converting to their proper uses, those features of internal strength which she possesses in a most eminent degree. We do not propose to fortify the Irish shore with an iron circle—no; we merely propose to take for granted, that an enemy may possibly get into the country, and therefore we would have all her great military capacities so well employed as to render the defeat of that enemy, calculating upon his being in force too, a moral certainty. Thinking that the country may be placed, by the judicious use of her powers of defence, in such a state, as to render an enemy's destruction sure and certain, we wish to suggest, as a duty, what occurs to us, upon so interesting a subject. If giving the enemy all the advantages of an unmolested passage to the coast, of landing in great force, and of taking up a position in the country, defeat may be calculated upon to a certainty, undoubtedly it would be advisable to adopt a system which leaves nothing to chance: and he is the best general who will commit the least to contingencies. When we say the present state of the country is not what we could wish, we do not desire to be understood as imputing blame to the measures which have been taken for our protection. So far as they have gone, they are excellent. The troops of the line are numerous and in an excellent state of discipline; ready to take the field at a moment's notice. The militia are a loyal, hardy, and gallant force, fully able to meet any enemy in battle, and better enabled to endure the fatigues of war in this country; and of the yeomanry, it is not reserved for this late time to speak their eulogium. Of all these we approve; but we wish the measures of defence had gone farther. Nothing is more commonly heard than that Ireland is a strong country, and very easily defended. Nothing is more true than the former part of the position; but it depends upon circumstances to make the latter part as well founded. If, as we have asserted, an enemy may arrive upon our coast without meeting any naval interruption, it is upon the nature of the country, and the discipline and bravery of the army, that the community are to look for protection. Now, as to the nature of the country in its present state, it would, in
a military point of view, be as strong to an enemy if he gained what is not improbable, a position, as it would be to ourselves; and nothing is more certain than that he is not ignorant of the skill to avail himself of whatever advantage it may present. But it strikes us that, looking at the country with a military eye, and with the determination to render it as strong as possible, no person competent to such an undertaking would propose throwing up a paltry battery here and there upon one or two points of a long sea coast like ours, but would rather prefer a general system of field fortification , which may render effective the nature of the defensive features of the country, and put an enemy to the necessity of fighting his progress; while at the same time, we may have a line of posts to retire upon, in the event of such a measure, being from any cause expedient. For such a mode of defence, the aspect of this country affords the most admirable subject that could be wished for, and to this end importantly claims the attention of Government. We know from experience, what stubborn resistance even open cities on the Continent have afforded to armies, when covered by such temporary works as good field Engineers have directed—and even in the ferocious days of the French democracy, 40,000 men, enflamed by every motive which could render themselves desperate and their assault furious, have been kept at a distance from the city of Lyons for six weeks, merely by such defences as the inhabitants could make, protected by field works raised upon the exigency.
The very character of the enemy with whom, in the event of invasion, we shall have to contend, requires of us a defence of this nature. Our German tacticque is not the best adapted for warfare in this country; it is by no means competent to contend in celerity with the enemy's rapid light movements. If we strengthen the country by field fortifications, it will in this respect impede him considerably; make him more vigilant, and consequently, less expeditious in his motions. He will have more to struggle with; every struggle must exhaust him, even though he be not repelled; and though he should force us to retire upon a given line, yet, if it be upon a retiring line of posts, he will be rather a loser than a gainer by the circumstance. In a contest of this kind he will fritter away his main strength before he can strike any direct blow, which it will be his object to do as quickly as possible, in order that he may make a strong impression; encourage partisans from the disaffected; and by getting in force into the heart of the country, calculate his measures with more confidence. It is not our purpose to enter into details upon a subject of this nature; but we conceive, that it is only by a judicious system of field fortification that the most can be made of the defensive means of the country; and we think, that nothing less than the very best that can be done, ought to satisfy those to whom our protection is confided. We rejoice to see defensive measures of this kind adopted in England, and our satisfaction would be enlarged, if a similar system were adopted in this country, instead of some expensive and absurd works, which cannot during the present war be of the smaller use whatever—which add nothing to our real security, unless we can prevail upon the enemy to knock their heads against them; but which will not add a little to our publick expenses, and at a time when we are not of inexhaustible affluence. We conceive by field fortifications, many lives may be saved to us, and lost to our enemy; and we are persuaded that under a proper system of internal strength of this nature, the physical power of the unmilitary part of the community, may be employed with the greatest effect, and with the most decided and honourable advantage to their king and their country.
Gazette Marine Memoranda.
ARRIVED.
Brig Fair American, Vantuyt, 16 days from New-York, bound to Cadiz, in distress, having sprung a leak. Nov. 20, lat. 36° 30' N. lon. 65° W. spoke schooner Rhoda, Green, 4 days from Philadelphia for Cayenne, who very humanely offered capt. V. any assistance in his power.
Ship Echo, Higgins, 51 days from Ostend, Ballast, Moses Myers—Oct. 4, Scilly bearing E. by N. 28 leagues, spoke ship Merchant Packet, from Baltimore for Amsterdam: In sight of Ushant, was boarded by a French privateer, and robbed of provisions and cordage, to a considerable amount.
CUSTOM-HOUSE—ENTERED.
Ship Echo, Higgins, Ostend. Perseverance, Dickson, Cork. Brig Factor, Briggs, Lisbon. Elizabeth, Barclay, Antigua. Sch'r. Seventy-Six, Wills, Teneriffe.
CLEARED.
Sch'r. Harriot, Broun, Baltimore. Virginia, Forsyth, Teneriffe. Nancy & Betsey, Potts, Richmond. Ship John, Gorton, Jamaica. Brig Eliza, Broun, Antwerp. Sloop Director, Tarlington, New-York. Sisters, Johnston, do. Dispatch, Heath, Petersburg.
FOR CHARTER.
The good Ship ECHO, Burthen 350 hds. For terms apply to the master on board, or to Moses Myers. November 28. tf 255
THE SHIP SHEFFIELD,
Josiah Cowper, Master:— Will take 100 bales of Cotton on freight for Bourdeaux on moderate terms. Will sail in three weeks. Apply to the Master, or Thomas Willock. November 28. 3w 257
FOR AMSTERDAM,
The regular trading Ship GOSPORT, M. Derkheim, Master:— Will positively sail in 8 days. For freight or passage apply to the master on board, or to Moses Myers. November 28. tf 256
FOR CHARTER,
The American Brig FACTOR, one year old, burthen 163 tons, will carry about 1500 barrels—a freight to the West-Indies will be preferred. For terms apply to the Captain on board, or Richard Blow. 2500 bushels Lisbon SALT on board said brig, which will be sold low if taken from a-long fide. November 28. tf 260
TO LEASE OR RENT,
For a term of years, THAT valuable House lately the residence of Mr. Cornelius Calvert, deceased—together with the WHARF, which has been extended out into deep water, so that ships of any burthen may lie at it—with WAREHOUSES, &c. For terms apply to James Tucker. November 28. tf 258
ARISTOTLE.
Magua animā contentio adhibenda est in explicando Aristotele. CICERO, FRAG. PHIL. Frequentabant ejus domum optimi juvenes et veram viam, velut ex oraculo petent. Hos ille formabat, ut vetus guber-nator, litora et portus, et quid secundis flatibus quid adversis ratīs poscat, docebat, et comuni ductus officio et amore quodam operis. QUINTIL. To proceed orderly in this (i. e. the study of politicks) the foundation should be laid in enquiring into the ground and nature of civil society; how it is formed into different models of government; and what are the several species of it. Aristotle is allowed (to be) a master in this science; and few enter upon the consideration of government without reading his politicks. LOCKE. Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics afford not only afford the most perfect system of Scientific Morality, but exhibit also the powers of the most compact and best constructed system which the human intellect ever produced upon any subject. DR. RENNELL.
PROPOSALS,
BY GEO. L. GRAY, OF NORFOLK, FOR PUBLISHING BY SUBSCRIPTION, THE FIRST AMERICAN EDITION OF
Aristotle's Ethicks and Politicks; COMPRISING HIS PRACTICAL PHILOSOPHY.
Translated from the Greek; and illustrated by introductions and notes, a Critical History of his Life, and a new Analysis of his Speculative Works. BY JOHN GILLIES, LL. D. &c. Historiographer to His Britannick Majesty for Scotland.
CONDITIONS.
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Any remarks upon the character of the STAGIRITE as a Philosopher and a Politician, or any praise of his writings on Ethicks and Government, might, on the part of the Editor and in this place, be regarded as unprofitable supererogation. He stands confessed and universally acknowledged, the greatest master of the Science of Politicks; and few modern writers on the subjects of which he treats, have passed him by without avowing their gratitude to him, and their admiration of his profound researches.
By the citizens of the United States, a people possessing more civil liberty than has ever before been enjoyed by any nation on earth, it is hoped that an author who is of all others most capable of instructing them in the nature and blessings of such a government as they have instituted, whose remarks result from a close examination of the theories of upwards two hundred commonwealths, will be received as a most welcome guest. To a people who, by the nature of their civil institutions, are individually liable to be called upon to regulate the affairs of the community, he will prove an useful companion and monitor. Too high an opinion cannot reasonably be entertained of a work which LOCKE declares to be necessary to every man who would understand the nature of politicks; of a Philosopher to whom the learned GROTIUS assigns the most exalted rank, "whether estimated by the perspicuity of his method, the acuteness of his distinctions, or the weight and solidity of his arguments."
Of the translation little farther need be said, than that it is universally allowed to have been executed with fidelity, and certainly with much clearness and elegance. The learned author of the Pursuits of Literature, not otherwise much inclined to favour the Historian of Greece, says "I think we are much indebted to DOCTOR GILLIES for offering to the publick an English translation of the two most important treatises on MORALITY and POLITICKS which antiquity can boast. No man can read these works without being wiser and better."
Reflecting upon the great utility of such a work to a people who make politicks so much their study, the Editor deems it unnecessary to load these proposals with commendatory quotations, from the vast crowd of civilians and philosophers who voluntarily endeavoured to discharge the debt which every man of science owes to this universal teacher. It is under the hope of rendering a service to his fellow-citizens, independent of local motives, that he has undertaken the weighty task of republishing a work so important: and he hopes that his success will fully justify him for attempting, at this time, to give to the world a cheap, and he pledges himself that it shall be a correct, edition of these most useful of the labours of ARISTOTLE. NORFOLK, Virginia, Nov. 26, 1804.
215 Barrels Superfine FLOUR. 20 do. Fine do. 85 do. CROSS MIDLINGS. A-float in the harbour.—For sale by J. & W. Southgate. November 28. 1 261.
I intend to leave the State for a few months. Thomas Mathews. November 28. 3 259
A FEW COPIES OF THE ODES OF ANACREON,
Translated from the Greek BY THOMAS MOORE, ESQ. With notes, critical and explanatory; and ornamented with an elegantly engraved portrait of the Translator: Have been received and for sale at this Office.
ALSO, A few copies of a SERMON, Occasioned by the death of MAJOR GEN. ALEXANDER HAMILTON, Preached at Philadelphia BY JAMES ABERCROMBIE, D. D. One of the assistant Ministers of Christ's Church and St. Peters'.
FOR SALE,
On board the Ship SHEFFIELD, at WILLOCK'S Wharf, 1400 BUILDING STONES, hard and of a superior quality. Apply to Josiah Cowper.

DEPARTMENT OF MISCELLANY.
ODE TO BUONAPARTE.
Chief Consul! Hero of Marengo! Are you gone mad, or drunk with stingo; That fame and fortune quitting, Nothing will serve your Highness now, But fierce invasion (fie! you coward) of poor little Britain?
Your victory at Algesiras, Where Saumarez in such hot fire was, I tell you, without flattery, Was gain'd—deny it if you can— Not by your fleet, but—(O you Hannibal!) a Spanish battery.
Indeed, great Monsieur Buonaparte, One can't refrain from laughing hearty, To hear the pompous story Of this exploit that you advance, Boasting how it has cover'd France— 's name with glory!
But when you read in our Gazette, The drubbing poor Linois did get From Saumarez soon after; I think, my little Corsican, 'Twill cool your courage, check your vanity, and stop your laughter.
If you intend to keep your throne, Now let invading us alone— 'Tis dangerous and evil; Remember—gun-boats may be sunk— Remember Nelson; whether drunk Or sober—he's the devil!
EPIGRAM.
As a wag at a ball, to a nymph on each arm Alternately turning, and thinking to charm, Exclaimed in these words of which QUIN was the giver, "You're my gizzard, my dear; and my love you're my liver". "Alas!" cried the fair on his left, "to what use?" "For you never saw either served up with a goose".
EPITAPH.
A Glutton renown'd Lies under this ground, Who forever to eating was prone, Before his last breath He'd e'en have eat death, But there he found nothing but bone.
OBSERVATIONS ON THE PIRATICAL STATES, AND THE PROBABLE MEANS OF CIVILIZING THEM From Letters from Barbary, France, Spain, and Portugal; BY AN ENGLISH OFFICER. [CONCLUDED.]
"To secure and to civilize this country, I believe it must be done by military colonies similar to those of the Romans: I wish you could search and find out all the internal police, manners, and management of those. Let us suppose such colonization to happen in our time, or that we are going to set about it: such suppositions will quicken your diligence. The man who does not frequently build castles, plant colonies, and gain battles, in idea, will not probably do any thing of the kind in reality. If I were to have any hand in their formation, I should probably insist on some which may appear to you singularities—I should imitate Penn, and have no state religion, but secure a complete toleration, and protection to all sects—I should have more women, and give them more to say and to do in such colonies than may correspond with your ideas of military or even of civil life—I should be for the sexes living and acting almost perpetually together, both in publick and private, as the first requisite towards civilization, especially in this country; they should neither eat, drink, dress, nor do almost any thing without the the presence or assistance of each other. I think, even with us, the sexes retiring so much from one another seldom proceeds from any good motive, and has no good effects; here, their separation is the great impediment to all the advances of the species, and one of the many pernicious consequences of the subordination of one sex to the other.
"The importance of this great continent or peninsula of Africa is obvious, and its being as yet so little known, or improved is equally surprising; however, many parts of it are known to be capable of every kind of produce, and may yet again supply Europe, &c. with many things better than now by distant colonies.
"The native and natural race of man throughout this great continent is probably the black, of two kinds, the woolly-headed on one side of the peninsula, and the long-haired on the other, except those of Atlas and the north coast, where they were probably always white in some degree; but these have been so frequently mixed and colonized from Europe and Asia, that it is now become impossible to distinguish the indigenous and different exotics; however, in and about Atlas are the countries I should like most to explore, if it were possible; and I suspect it is not so impracticable, nor the inhabitants so wild and barbarous, as generally reported and imagined. We might there discover many objects of curiosity and of utility—In those of nature and of antiquity—in Roman and Carthaginian remains—in the different languages and races of people—perhaps the Punic language. When this country was better peopled and more productive, the communication between the northern and southern coasts, and with some of the internal parts, was probably much greater than we yet know or can trace. Carthage possibly drew much of her wealth and greatness from that source. In Tunis, and the country around it, they say a spirit of commerce and industry is still perceptible.
"We do not here perceive any reality in the supposed inferiority of the black race to the white, but often the contrary; some of the best officers, farmers, workmen, of this empire, and I believe of several others, have been of that race. All the different colours seem to be nearly of the same African character, comprehending a variety of tempers and turns of mind as among ourselves; there may be some shades of difference, physical, and hence moral, sometimes perceptible in the humour and temper of mind between the blacks and whites; the black may have rather more of that kind of volatile sensibility, or irritability, which seems to attend the human character as it approaches the sun—warmer; the sun—warmer, yet weaker: their sentiments, though more ardent, seem to be more transient than ours; and their faculties, as well as formation, may be somewhat different, but not, I think, beyond the power of habit and education to model and assimilate. They may have the advantage in some faculties, and the whites in others, and I doubt not but great characters and a great nation might be formed of these, as well as other human beings; but the world wants yet more knowledge and experience on this subject, and we should require much more residence and more attention to determine any thing in it: this is certainly one of the best countries for that purpose; here all the various races and colours of men are nearly on the same footing of estimation, unless they happen to be Jews or Christians, and they may be considered and compared in all the different stations that this state of society affords, from the bashaw or general
down to the menial slave: in our islands and colonies we see the blacks only in the state of slavery, which produces a distinct and dissimilar character.
"The sea-ports are the most essential parts of a country: they might have three or four tolerably good here, by a little assistance given to nature, at Santa Cruz, Mogadore, Woladia; and perhaps Tangier might still be made a pretty good one, by clearing it and rebuilding the mole, which might be carried much farther out. If the Christian powers had continued to increase and improve their garrisons and ports on this coast; they might by this time have served as places of trade and friendly intercourse in times of peace, or of asylum, or as military schools, in case of war: the people around would have liked them for the same reasons that the people of all the southern coasts of Spain and Portugal like to have the English at Gibraltar.
"But this government can never probably be sufficiently settled to undertake or finish any publick works that require much time; hardly any of these emperors have of late been able to finish even a house to live in. This one mounted the throne with the rare advantage of having no competitor, being an only son; an advantage which his successor, whoever he may be, will not likely enjoy: his more savage sons may probably vie with each other for the succession, as usual, and again drench the country in blood, and in all the horrors of a civil war".
NOTICE.
THE CO-PARTNERSHIP OF FISK & STEARNS,
Cesses this day, in consequence of the death of Mr. STEARNS. All those that have claims against the said firm, are requested to present them to the subscriber, the surviving partner, and receive their money. And all those indebted to the said company are requested to come forward for the immediate adjustment of the same, as no indulgence can be given. MARTIN FISK.
Who informs his friends and customers, that he has returned to his former stand, where he offers
FOR SALE,
50 Barrels new Beef, Boston Inspection. 20 Hogsheads First Quality Sugar. 20 do. Second do. do. Loaf Sugar, in hds. and bbls. 12 Pipes Bourdeaux Brandy. Madeira, Port, and Malaga, Wines, in pipes and quarter casks. 20 Cases London Porter, 6 doz. each. 20 Casks Hyson, Young-Hyson, and Hyson-Skin Teas—Fresh. 60 Boxes Fresh Chocolate, No. 1 and 2. 50 do. Mould Candies. 50 do. Dipt 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 Kegs Butter, for family use. 200 Reams Wrapping Paper. 100 do. Writing do. 150 do. Printing do. 150 Casks Wrought Nails, 4d. 6d. 8d. 10d. 12d. 20d. and 24d. 50 do. Cut do. 4d. 6d. 8d. 10d. and 20d. 6 do. Flooring Boards. Tracks of different sizes. 50 Bags of Pimento. 15 do. White Ginger in the Root. 30 lbs. Nutmegs. 10 do. Mace. 40 do. Cinnamon. 30 do. Cloves. 100 do. Spanish Float-Indigo. 10 Casks Refined Salt-Petre. Cotton & Wool Cards in Boxes. 5000 lbs. Copperas. 1000 do. Alum. 500 Bags Patent Shot. 50 Kegs F & FF London Glazed Powder. 15 M. Gun Flints. 100 Boxes 8 by 10 London Crown Glass, 50 feet each. 50 Bolts Ozanburgs. Seine Twine. 50 Kegs London White Lead, ground in Oil. 30 Boxes Tobacco Pipes. Paint and Sweeping Brushes, of all kinds. 100 Sides Seal Leather. 20 dozen Calf Skins, Grain and Waxed. 10 do. Boot Legs, of the best quality. Morocco-Skins of all kinds. 1 Trunk of Gentlemen's London made Boots. 1 do. do. do. Shoes. 2 do. Ladies Fancy and White Kid Slips. 20 do. Mens and Womens Leather and Morocco Shoes. 150 Italian Straw Carpets. 100 Small Nova-Scotia Grindstones.
ALSO,
A few gross Hot Pressed Playing Cards, of a superior quality. Nov. 12. tf 250
FOR SALE,
New-York BEEF and PORK.
ALSO,
200 barrels Smithfield PORK.
Robert Gibson.
July 17, 1804. tf 17
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 Punccheons ANTIGUA RUM. 15 do. GRENADA do. 5 Pipes HOLLAND GIN. 20 do. COUNTRY do. 12 do. FRENCH BRANDY. 2 do. ALICANT do. 22 Qr. Casks SHERRY WINE. 10 do. do. MALAGA do. PORT and CLARET WINE, in casks & bottles. 6 Barrels PORK—and about 1000 Dozen PORTER, of my last winters flock, equal to any imported.
Joseph Hayes.
August 24. tf 96
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 Paint-Mill. July 2. tf 3
LANDING THIS DAY,
On Newton's Wharf, from on board schooner Liza, Capt. Johnson, 60 Punccheons ANTIGUA RUM, FOR SALE BY Wilson, Cunningham & Co. Oct. 30. tf 107
COLOGNE MILL-STONES.
THE SUBSCRIBERS HAVE COLOGNE MILL-STONES, of all dimensions, from Hand-Mill-Stones of 22 inches, to those of 4 feet 8 inches, of the best quality.—Also,
BAR and ROD IRON, and STEEL, of all kinds.
Jesse Hollingsworth & Son. Baltimore, Aug. 15. tf 77
ANTIGUA RUM.
THIS DAY,
Will be landed, on our Wharf, from on board the Schooner Gracia, Pincney, Captain Bowers, 85 Punccheons Antigua RUM, Which will be sold on moderate terms, for Cash or approved Notes. G. C. F. Whittle. October 52. tf 150
Received by the Ship Old Tom, 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, hds. and quarter casks. 12 Hds. GRENADA RUM. 2 do. JAMAICA do. SUGAR, in hds. tiers, and barrels. COFFEE, in tiers, barrels, and bags. 5000 lb. St. Ubes SALT. Richmond and Fredericksburg TOBACCO. MANUFACTURED TOBACCO, in kegs, of excellent quality. PORK and BEEF. NAILS and SPIKES. AXES and HOES, assorted in casks, &c. &c. November 6. tf 215
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 advance. August 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 England, Gothenburg in Sweden, and Norfolk in Virginia,) render it proper to remind all persons who possess property in the United States of America, of the utility of insurance.
The Phoenix Office of London, is an institution sufficiently known by the very large and important losses it has paid, in consequence of the extensive conflagrations in the cities and towns of America to such sufferers as have had the prudence to protect their property, by insurance.—The Phoenix Company deeply regret that, owing to the experience of serious and continued losses, upon the buildings and stores in the timber towns, no alteration nor remission on such risks can be made at present—but the Directors hope, from the increase 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 engagements, have unequivocally established the solidity, credit and good faith, of the Company.
The Phoenix Company grant insurances upon buildings, goods, and ships, whilst in dock or in harbour, from loss or damage by fire, upon the most moderate and equitable terms; and persons desirous of securing their property by policies from this company, are requested to transmit their orders to their correspondents in Great Britain. July 31. 48
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 obtained, 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 publication—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 PUBLIC LEDGER.
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 firkins good BUTTER. ANTIGUA RUM. 4 Patent CORN-SHELLING MACHINES. Alexandria CRACKERS, in kegs. Philadelphia LOAF SUGAR, in hds. and bbls. MAHOGANY BEDSTEADS. November 6. 217
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 this Editor. If the reputation of a book which is so frequently mentioned, has not already anticipated these eulogiums, such a character, often mercenary, 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 surly 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 appeared. Hence it is that the demand for this work has scarcely ever been supplied; and it is hence that the present publishers have been induced to print a second edition.
Several mistakes, 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 appropriate 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 compressed 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.
ALEXANDER CLARK,
Boot and Shoe-maker,
At the head of Newell's Wharf, Wide Water Street, Has, in addition to those of his own manufacture, 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
JUST RECEIVED,
By the ship Rola & 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. Storer,
A LARGE ASSORTMENT OF
SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS,
Consisting of Amputating, Trepanning, Cupping, idwifery, 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 likeness. That he has employed one of the best artists, who has already given to the publick many specimens, acknowledged 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 according to the priority of subscription.
Subscriptions received at the Office of the PUBLIC LEDGER Philadelphia, July 23. tf 72
LIFE OF WASHINGTON.
The Subscribers to the above work, may be furnished with the
SECOND VOLUME,
on application to
JAMES TUCKER.
Who has a few numbers of the FIRST AND SECOND VOLUMES,
For Sale.
November 16. 3 232
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