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FOR CHARTER, The fast sailing Ship CHARLES, PHILIP CRANDON, Master, 240 tons burthen, now entering upon her second voyage, and ready to receive a cargo; a freight to Liverpool will be preferred. For terms apply to N. Heron. March 3. tf 546
FOR FREIGHT OR CHARTER, The fast sailing American SHIP INDIA PACKET, WILLIAM RINDGE, Master, burthen 400 tons, will be ready to receive a cargo in 15 days. For terms apply to the Master, or to Phinehas Dana & Co. Who offer for Sale, 60 hhds. Muscovado SUGAR,
50 hhds. MOLASSES, 40 puncheons N. E. RUM, 300 bbls. No. 1 & 2 BEEF, 250 boxes CANDLES, Jamaica, Antigua and West-India RUM. Feb. 28. tf 540
The Ship JANE, WM. COLLEY, Master, Is loading for either Antwerp or Bordeaux, and will receive on freight Cotton or any small stowage—Apply to the master on board, or the subscriber, William Pennock. Feb. 24. 3w 520
For Flushing and a Market, The Ship JUNO, THOMAS RITSON, Master, will sail in 10 days, and can take on board a few bales of Cotton if immediate application is made to the master on board, or the subscriber, William Pennock. Feb. 24. 3w 521
FOR LIVERPOOL, The Ship INDUSTRY, NOAH WRIGHT, Master, Two thirds of her cargo being engaged; it is expected she will sail early in March. For freight or passage apply to the master on board, or the subscriber, William Pennock. Who is now Landing, 35 Hhds. prime Jam. SUGARS, and 40 Bags Bourbon COFFEE. Feb. 24. 3w 522
FOR SALE—A FLOT, 60 Hhds Richmond TOBACCO, 250 Barrels FLOUR, In Store, 40 Kegs LARD, 20 do. BUTTER, superior quality. A general assortment of Cordage and Cables, of 8, 9, 10, & 11 inches. Nobbs, Aruthnot, & Co. WHO WANT TO CHARTER, An AMERICAN SHIP, of 300 hogsheads, for a port in France. Feb. 17. tf 513
FOR LIVERPOOL, Intended to sail by the 10th March, The American ship ALEXANDER, MILES KING, Master—three fourths of her cargo in tobacco already engaged. For freight of the balance or passage, having excellent accommodations, apply to J. & W. Southgate. February 10. tf 500
FOR GREENOCK, The British Ship MARY, WILLIAM ARROL, Master, Part of her cargo being engaged, she will be despatched early in March—Tobacco or other goods will be received on low freight. Robert Dickson. Feb. 7. tf 495
For a Port in France, The fine coppered SHIP BELFAST, GEO. W. CARMAN, Master, burthen about 400 hogsheads Tobacco, great part of her cargo being engaged; she will sail with all convenient speed—For freight of the remainder, apply to Messrs Rambaut, Gerson, & Co. of Petersburg, Mr. Warren Ashley, or John & James Galwey. Feb. 3. tf 496
Wanted to Charter, A SHIP, of about 300 hogsheads burthen, to load for Falmouth and a Market. Also— A VESSEL, of about 1000 barrels, to load for Madeira.—Apply to Robert Maitland, & Co. Jan. 27. 4w 464
ROBERT GIBSON, Has removed to the Fire-Proof Ware-House in Wide Water-Street, nearly opposite Commerce Street. Feb. 28. tf 536
For RENT till the 1st January next, The HOUSE I now occupy, nearly opposite the Exchange Coffee-House.—There is in the rear of it a small convenient House, with one room below and three above, which together with a very large and commodious garden which will be let with it—Immediate possession will be given. William Hartshorne, jun. Feb. 28. tf 533
NOTICE. My health being such as to require a change of air, I shall leave this State some time in April; such persons as have claims against me will be requested to forward for settlement, and those indebted are requested to discharge the same, or give security for future payment. William Leigh. Portsmouth, Feb. 23. tf 509
From the Alexandria Daily Advertiser.
WASHINGTON SOCIETY.
February 22, 1806. Resolved unanimously, That the thanks of the society be tendered to CHARLES F. MERCER, Esq. for his elegant and appropriate Oration, delivered this day before them, and that he be requested to furnish a copy thereof for publication. GEORGE DENEALE, Sec'ty.
ORATION,
Delivered by Charles Fenton Mercer, Esq. at the Episcopal church, on Saturday the 22d inst.
MY AUDIENCE,
It has been the immemorial custom of some of the wisest, as well as greatest nations, to commemorate those brilliant epochs of their history, connected with the foundation, or extension of their empire; with the establishment, or renovation of their laws. Assembling, in the publick celebration of those sublime events, all the powers of genius, they sought to give them an eternal existence, not in the memories alone, but in the hearts of their people; to waken and cherish in them, a noble sense of independence; and, under the canopy of their own glory, to unite them in the sacred bonds of union and harmony. And, least the celebration of the events themselves, abstracted from the gratitude due to their illustrious authors, should not sufficiently arouse the national pride, or enkindle the ardent spirit of emulation, they distinguished, as occasions of publick rejoicing, those auspicious days, on which God, in the plenitude of his power and the extent of his mercy, vouchsafed to send on earth, those sublime geniuses, to whom they ascribed their prosperity and glory.
To HIM, indeed, whose birth we commemorate, while rapt in celestial happiness, he enjoys the reward of his virtues, our applause may be as vain as were the tears with which we deplored his death. That melancholy event, however, closing, in a manner so solemn and august, the career of his temporal greatness, enables the purpose which to-day assembles us; refines our loftiest praise from every semblance of adulation, and confers the charm of disinterestedness on the publick expression of our admiration and gratitude. And may we not be permitted to believe that the immortal spirit of our Washington yet delights to hover near the beloved retreats of his age, and now perhaps bends from yon azure heaven, to receive the grateful, tho', indeed, humble tribute of our praise.
But, while your hearts, my audience, are kindling with enthusiasm at the name of Washington, I tremble at the task with which this respectable society have honoured me. I beseech, I would fain claim your indulgence, at the moment I confess my utter incompetence to do justice to his fame. The actions of other men borrow an additional, tho' transient lustre, from the fancy which labours to adorn them; but, feeble, indeed, as are my powers, there is, moreover, a sublimity in my subject, which defies eulogium; a sublimity which swells at my breast, but to which my tongue in vain aspires to give utterance. Before so resplendent an original, the sculptor retires in despair; the pencil drops from the hand of the painter, and all its colours fade away. The figures of rhetoric, the variety of language, the melody and harmony of sound, serve but to obscure and confuse the object of your enraptured view. Airy vapours! they rise beneath the expansive warmth of the sun, and cloud, for a while, his orient splendour. Ah! my audience, pardon the weakness which has betrayed me into an effort so far above myself; and thou, blest spirit of Washington, if thou dost, indeed, hear my feeble accents, as some atonement for the vain attempt of my humble genius, deign to accept the tribute of my zealous love. A perfect hero! A nation emancipated! An empire founded and maintained by virtue alone! Such are the subjects which this day recalls to us.
Columbus had no sooner discovered America, than his successors enslaved her. Europe, presuming on her superior refinement, or relying on her superior power, parcelled out this vast continent among her princes. The right which she arrogantly usurped over its soil, she extended over the persons of her own children, whom she planted amidst the immeasurable wilds, not in the spirit of an anxious mother, providing for a numerous and indigent offspring, but of an artful and insatiable tyrant, who cherishes, for a while, the victim which he means to destroy.
Her rival princes not content with the theatre which three quarters of the habitable globe and the boundless ocean afforded to their restless ambition, often transferred the seat of their wars to the shores of our rivers; and even, to the lonely vales of our mountains. The roar of their cannon descended along our western waters, and penetrating the inmost recesses of our forests, drew the blood-thirsty savage from his gloomy covert. Fire and sword, laid waste our defenceless frontiers; the merciless tomahawk was imbrued in the blood of the aged and infirm; of helpless mothers and infants. Peace returned. But peace yielded to America, a slender atonement for the complicated evils of such a war. Instead of a liberal commerce unbosoming on her shores, the treasures of every clime; and bearing away her productions in return, to every market, the monopoly of a single nation, jealous of her growth, limited her supplies, to its own resources; and contracted the demand for her superfluities, to its own wants. At length, the insatiable avarice of her oppressor sought to rob her of the poor pittance, which even a narrow policy had hitherto spared. America supplicated—Her supplications were proudly rejected: She remonstrated—Her remonstrances were indignantly spurned. She determined to resist; and the armies and fleets of a mighty nation, prepared to overwhelm her with ruin.
In this awful hour, which threatened to expiate liberty from the earth, the people of America rose, undismayed, to vindicate their rights. Searching for a chief to conduct them to battle, their unanimous, their Heaven directed choice fell on Washington. Full of that noble spirit which the love of freedom inspires in a generous breast, but with that diffidence which is the inseparable companion of genius, he obeyed the voice of his country.
In those boundless wilds, whose dreary surface, then, presented scarce a solitary trace of civilization; and whose awful and gloomy silence was occasionally suspended only by the nocturnal howlings of beasts of prey, the frantic orgies of savages, or the dreadful note of war, the soul of Washington had been early formed for the high and noble destiny which awaited him. His mind had attained all the qualities of a Hero, before his body had reached the vigor of a man. He had achieved a victory which surpasses those of the greatest conquerors, which no enemy, not fortune herself, could ever after wrest from his constancy and firmness; a victory over
himself, over all the allurements of pleasure, and the incentives of vice—over every vindictive or malignant passion; a victory, without which, indeed, all the triumphs of conquest are but an empty pageant, and all her laurels liable to speedy decay.
That Providence, which so often guarded him in the most eminent hazard, and thrice rescued his life, as it were, from the grasp of death, permitted him to receive his first military lessons in the school of adversity.
In four years of unsuccessful war with the most savage, united with the most subtle enemy, he had learnt the hard duties, of obeying commands which his judgment condemned; of beholding with fortitude, a misery which he could not relieve; of curbing his ardour for military glory, by the higher ambition of being useful to his country.
Before the fortunate termination of this disastrous war, he had added to invincible courage, consummate experience. His body he had inured to fatigue and hardships, his soul to the tranquil contemplation of unremitting toils. His fortitude and his courage were founded on the same immutable principle of conscious rectitude. Actuated by no partial or sinister views, by no desire of personal aggrandizement, all his objects centered in the single hope of promoting the glory of his country.
Such is a faint portrait of the man whom America opposed to all the hosts of Britain. To appreciate the merits of the chief let us recur to the peculiar circumstances of the contest in which he was about to engage. It was in vain that America asserted the sacred truth, "resistance to tyranny is obedience to God." An unnatural mother armed for the destruction of her own offspring. A brave and generous people were proclaimed rebels; and Washington himself, a traitor. America, not yet weaned from a sense of colonial subjection, then exerted her hopes no farther than to a redress of grievances. Success offered to the champion of her liberty a dangerous reward; the gratitude of rebellious subjects, the resentment of an offended monarch. Defeat, on the other hand, presented to him the hazard of an ignominious death. But what were the chances of success? By the jealous and insidious policy of that government, whose open injustice had at length aroused us to arms, we had been almost subdued before hostilities commenced. Destitute of the most necessary arts of defence; of wealth, the chief spring of modern wars; of standing armies, the boasted security of modern empire, we were to encounter a nation whom, for two centuries, we had contributed to render the emporium of the commerce of the world; a nation, great in arms, as in arts; whose prowess had recently humbled the pride of the most potent states in Europe, and whose triumphant navy covered the ocean. To the power of our enemy was to be added, disunion among ourselves. The provincial governors dependent upon, were, consequently, in the interest of our foe, and thundered their anathemas against the authors of resistance. An army was already landed to support their authority, and our coasts darkened with hostile fleets. What had we to expect from foreign aid? The rivals of Great Britain might, indeed, be expected to behold our exertions with favourable interests; and a few generous minds, to offer up prayers for our prosperity; but the nature, as well as the subsequent events of the contest, proved, that assistance abroad was to be purchased only by success at home. How sublime, therefore, was that spirit, which neither the vast inequality, nor the peculiar dangers of such a war could for a moment appal! He surveys his camp. He beholds not hardy veterans like those with whom he was about to contend, inured to the discipline, the toil, and the danger of arms; but simple ploughmen; whose only knowledge was, that their country had been wronged, and whose chief armour was a resolution to conquer or perish in her defence. They were in confusion; he arranges them. They were untaught, he instructs them. They were only half armed; here, indeed, the narrow resources of his country limited his ability, but, in his presence, they forget their weakness. The unvarying serenity of his countenance fills them with hope; a delightful confidence banishes dismay. Britain had, indeed, truly counted the number of our soldiers, but she had not dreamt of the wisdom of their general. In her pride she had laughed at the feebleness of our resources, but she had forgot to reckon that creative mind which was to call them into action. An enemy, who, in imagination, had overrun this vast empire, before they had unfurled their standard on our shores, are themselves blockaded, shut up in their own entrenchments and in danger of starving. With a secrecy and boldness as necessary, at the time, as they were unexampled in military annals, the American general prosecuted a siege, in which for many days, he was without ammunition enough to defend his own lines. In the face of a formidable enemy he disbands one army and forms another without yielding a foot of ground. With indefatigable assiduity he disciplines his new recruits. He reminds them of the objects for which they were about to fight; their fields, their dwellings, their wives and children, and their sacred liberty. Pointing to the graves of their fallen countrymen, invoking the name of the immortal Warren, first among the illustrious martyrs whose hallowed blood streamed as a sacrifice to tyranny, he inspires them with a noble ardor for battle. They cry, aloud to be led to the assault of Boston. It is prevented only by the flight of the enemy.
Our brothers of the north liberated from a long series of cruel persecutions, now gained time to breathe. For a moment war ceased along our whole coast. The hopes of America rose with the glory of her chief. Tearing off the vile chain of colonial dependence, which till then had hung about her, and encumbered all her exertions, she claimed an illustrious rank among the nations of the earth.
Britain on the other hand indignant at her late defeat, and mortified at the disappointment of her haughty predictions, resolved to put forth all her strength. To her own disciplined bands worthy indeed of a better cause, she added hordes of those German mercenaries, who themselves the victims, are also trained from their infancy to be the instruments of oppression.
Before such a host of enemies, after ineffectual resistance, Washington was compelled to retire. Many of his brave companions attested by their blood, the purity of the cause in which they were engaged. Suppressing the sad and tender recollections which bound them to their absent friends, their distant homes, their widowed wives and helpless orphans, from the field of carnage, they raised their feeble eyes, and poured out their last breath in imploring the benediction of heaven on their beloved country.
Victory could not be expected to attend an army composed principally of men unused to war; who were enlisted for a few months, drafted for a single campaign, or were to be tempted to the field, by the promise or the hope of a speedy termination of their dangers, and their toils. Nor were the arms of a superior enemy, among the greatest of the ca-
lamities which now assailed the American general. He had to teach his harrassed troops to support the burthen of the most complicated sufferings. The sword of a merciless and vindictive enemy, without arms; the rigour of cold, without cloathing; and the gnawings of hunger without bread. The beam of hope in the east, which had been taken for the dawn of success, was now enveloped in dark and portentous clouds. The luke-warm join the standards of the enemy; the timid retire, and the corresponding consider America as already subdued. Around the dreary horizon, there is but a single light to be seen. Ah! It is the undaunted soul of Washington. Armed with conscious virtue he "looks comfort" through his wasted, retreating army. He appease the inquietude of his troops, shares their fatigues and hardships commiserates their wants, even weeps at their distress.—Penetrated by their example, his faithful soldiers cling to him, through every danger, suppress their complaints, smile amidst their deprivations; and lament that the traces of their bleeding feet on the flatly frozen ground speak to the heart of their general how much they endure. "Washington still lives," they exclaim "and is there not hope!" Patriotic army! Virtuous soldiers! Who, spurning inglorious ease at the sacred call of liberty, embraced the toils and dangers of unequal war, surrounded by the dreadful phantoms of nakedness, cold and hunger, rather than wear out your lives, in ignominious bondage amidst your country's ruins, the God of our fathers crowned your pious hopes with success, and led your Washington to victory. He retreats from the Hudson, to the southern shore of the Delaware, as if it were only a part of his intended campaign, in order, like the great Horatius, by separating his enemy in the impetuosity of their progress, the more easily to destroy them. Weary of fruitless victories and a vain pursuit, and no longer daring to attempt the passage of the Delaware, in the presence of Washington, the enemy considered their campaign as closed and spread along the northern bank of the Delaware, in winter quarters.
On that ever memorable night of the 25th of December, in the first year of our independence, after the carousals of a festivity heightened by the consciousness of security, arising from a great superiority of numbers, a wide, rapid and interposing river, and the excessive severity of winter, they yielded to the softness of repose. But the dread reign of winter stops not the campaigns of Washington, when his country requires him in the field. In despite of the rain, the hail, the snow, and the gathering ice, at the dead of night, he represses the river at the head of one third of his little army. How dismal that night! How joyous the ensuing morn! The commander of the enemy is slain, and a thousand of them are captured! Of the gallant followers of Washington, only four fell, and two of those, were frozen to death. Once more, he crosses the Delaware to secure his prisoners; and, in three days he is a second time, on the ground, where the triumphal standard of the enemy had just been planted. They were astonished, confounded, and dismayed, but yet, greatly superior to Washington in numbers, to these emotions, quickly succeeded mortification and resentment. The half frozen river, now, presenting impassable obstructions to a second retreat, the British general indulged the confident belief, that his enemy was caught in his own toils. Two days only elapse before the hostile armies meet. After a slight skirmish, the Americans retire before superior numbers; and a narrow creek and the approach of darkness separate them from the enemy. Around their fires, the British soldiers rest upon their arms, secure of approaching victory. Burning before them are the fires of Washington. Their light sheds a deceitful gleam upon his guards, who, performing their accustomed rounds, order fresh fuel to be added to the flames, as the night wastes away. While the enemy are waiting impatiently for the return of day, Washington takes up his silent march towards one of their posts, twelve miles from the ground, on which they supposed him to be still encamped. He reaches it, by a circuitous route, at sunrise; but, unfortunately, instead of completely surprising it, he meets a considerable detachment of the enemy under arms, hastening to the ground which he had just left. An engagement ensues. The van of his army, consisting chiefly of raw troops is immediately defeated, & its unfortunate general, in bravely, though vainly attempting to rally it, is mortally wounded, and left weltering in his blood. Believing the safety of his army and the liberty of his country, to depend on the issue of the battle, Washington surpasses himself.—Despising danger he flies through the ranks, encourages, exerts his troops, and turns the fortune of the day. Routed and dispersed, the enemy fly in different directions. The gathering clouds which hung over the hopes of America, once more bursts asunder, and victory illumined the banks of the Delaware, and the heights of Princeton, as she had done the shores of the Mystic.
But, my audience, let not the glittering standard nor the brazen trumpet of victory, dazzle or confound us. It was, while pressed by an enemy of thrice his numbers, full of confidence, abounding in resources, and equipped for the most rapid pursuit; it was, when vanquished, himself and retreating, that Washington displayed the talents and the skill of a consummate general.
To lead an army along the flowery path of victory, from conquest to conquest, to command troops flushed with a series of successes over a foe too feeble to oppose them in the field, is a task, indeed, of no great difficulty. Such an army is a torrent, deriving in its rapid course, additional velocity from every obstacle it surmounts, and strength from every obstruction it removes. The essential difference between success and merit, which passion is so apt to conceal from ordinary discernment, is not obvious to a common soldiery. Such an army, therefore, will cheerfully obey the will of its general. But to sustain a course of unavoidable defeats, and then to retreat, without flying, before a superior enemy, across many large rivers, and through a country in dismay, equally disposed to assist the victors as the vanquished. To conduct such a retreat, without sustaining an attack, or successfully repelling it; and, at the same time, to continue the object of filial gratitude and reverence to an army covered with wounds and scars, were the peculiar and distinguishing merit of the hero of our liberty. To a foresight, which left futurity nothing to unfold, he added a penetration which no artifice could elude. To a prudence which no temptations could betray, he united a firmness, which no persuasions, no reproaches could shake. With a vigilance which never slumbered, he combined an activity which no toil could overcome. With a fortitude which no misfortunes could subdue, a courage which no dangers could appal.
He was, at once, the Fabius and the Marcellus—the shield, and the sword of his country. Does he decline a hazardous engagement with a superior enemy. It is because he believes that time alone, will reduce them, because he sees them at a distance from

The arrival of CAPTAIN NEWCOMB's Packet yesterday, in 43 hours from New-York, brings us papers of that city to the 1st inst. from which we extract the following article, the only one worth noticing.
POSTSCRIPT.
Half past 3 o'clock, A. M.
We stop the press to announce the following interesting intelligence.
By the schooner Mary Ann, Capt. Tripp, arrived this morning from St. Kitts, we learn that the British fleet under Vice Admiral Sir John Duckworth, consisting of seven sail of the line, left that island on the 5th of Feb. in pursuit of a French fleet of 3 sail of the line & 7 frigates, said to have been seen in the Mona passage. The British squadron was composed of the following ships, and one other of 74 guns. The Superb of 74 guns, Vice Admiral Sir John Duckworth, capt. Keats; the Canopus of 80, Rear Admiral Sir Thomas Louis, capt. Austen; the Northumberland of 74, Rear Admiral Cochrane, capt. —; the Donegal, 74, capt. Malcolm; the Agamemnon, 64, capt. Sir Edward Berry; the Spencer 74.
Accounts have been received at the same place, by the last December Packet, that 30,000 Russians from Corfu, in conjunction with a large body of British from Malta, under the command of General Craig, had landed in the neighbourhood of Venice, and turned the right flank of Massena's army, which had been totally defeated, and Massena himself killed in the action. It was added that the emperor Napoleon was retiring in disorder from Vienna, two Russian armies having formed a junction with the emperor of Germany, near Olmutz. The King of Prussia was reported to have marched a large army into Franconia, and also to have added a considerable body of men to the British troops destined to act in Holland. —Daily Adv.
Although this intelligence does not reach us in a very direct manner, and is without doubt much exaggerated, yet we have no doubt of two leading facts; that Buonaparte has been defeated, and that the British and Russians have landed in the Venetian territory. The former comes in so many ways, that we cannot suppose it is without foundation, the latter information has been received from various quarters. It was this movement on the part of the allies, that induced Massena to permit the Archduke Charles to retire with less molestation; but that he has been defeated is very improbable, for his force was too superior to make such a circumstance even possible.
The information received at New York was contained in a London paper of the 23d December, which a gentleman arrived at New York, read in St. Kitts.
British and French Fleets in the West-Indies. By an arrival at Charleston, which left the City of St. Domingo the 5th February, it appears that the French fleet, after landing a reinforcement of troops, had sailed again, supposed for Martinique. A fleet, supposed to be the British, had been seen from the heights of St. Domingo. The last account of the British fleet under Admiral Duckworth was on the 7th February, off the port of St. Domingo. As the French sailed prior to the 5th, they are for the present safe.
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DIED —On Monday last, MR. RICHARD WISEMAN, a young gentleman much esteemed by his friends and acquaintance.
This morning, MR. ROBERT FIELDS, an inhabitant of this Borough, after an illness of nearly four years.
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FROM THE ENQUIRER.
GENERAL MIRANDA.
In giving the following communication to the world, we do it with that caution which the subject of it is calculated to inspire. That subject is without doubt uncommonly interesting. The sailing of the Leader and her consorts from New-York, the manner in which they were equipped, and the suspicions which were in port were evidently calculated to raise every thing about them, more especially the point of destination and the end of so singular an equipment, into objects of uncommon curiosity. Party spirit too stepped in to aid the natural impulse of the occasion. The federalists did not fail to seize upon the mysterious cover in which the plan was enveloped, and to create the most extraordinary charges against the administration. The project of Gen. Miranda, according to their representation, was either directly promoted or indirectly connived at. The federalists therefore enquired, to collect the materials for an attack: the republicans, to defend the administration. Under such circumstances, the expedition of Gen. Miranda has become an object of considerable interest. Fables have been formed; conjectures have been offered; almost every one has been anxious to explain, but none has yet positively ascertained the object of this mysterious enterprize. The field of conjecture is yet open to the imagination and the race of monstrous absurdities is not yet ended. We shall not therefore presume to vouch for the veracity of a single fact contained in the following communication. The author indeed professes to be confident in the truth of his theory. He is an acquaintance of Miranda; conversant with his plans, and convinced of their reality. But this is an affair between Gen. Miranda and himself. Far be it from our wish to make it a subject of contention between us and the publick. We are the organs but not authors of the communication. It is put to the press
together in the common dust from which we sprung, his name will survive to inspire future Washingtons with an ardent zeal to promote the glory of the republic. As those of the heroes of Thermopylae or Marathon and Platea, or of the Decii and Fabii, in the decline of Grecian or Roman liberty, it will be employed by future orators to unite our descendants against their common enemy—to deter the bold invader, confound the views of faction, baffle the arts of intrigue, and uphold an empire, which luxury may have enervated, and the pride of posterity, with its attendant train of vices, threatened to dissolve.
Although, therefore, Washington has yielded to the inexorable law of humanity, in his spirit infused into the hearts, and his principles engraved on the understanding of his countrymen, he yet lives, and will be as immortal as our union and liberty.
Among the excellent lessons which he has left for us, for the preservation of those sublime objects, permit me, to recommend that, of which we are, here, forcibly reminded, by this little assembly, the peculiar children of his adoption, to whom he has bequeathed the greatest of all temporal blessings, that of instruction. The offspring of indigence, in some cases, of misfortune, these little children found in our Hero, a father and a friend, who, by his example, induced the Society of this city, which bears his name, to assume the benevolent task, which he resigned, only with his breath, and which, through the liberal provisions of his last will, he still aids them in performing. A task, indeed, above all others, congenial to the warm feelings of humanity, and the enlightened principles of republican government.
For amidst the awful vicissitudes of human affairs, in which wealth and power, like life itself, are but airy meteors, disappearing at every sudden turn of fortune, or unexpected change in the inconstant opinions of men, how consolatory is it, to humanity to know, that while the expiring parent seeks repose in that charity which reigns above, he leaves a charity on earth, zealous to guard and instruct his orphan children. How comprehensive, moreover, is this lesson. It teaches us to regard woman, the mother, indeed, but unhappily too often, the slave of man, as his equal. His tender nurse in infancy, his indulgent, and often his only teacher in childhood, his affectionate companion in youth, manhood, and old age, gratitude, love, interest, all prompt him to elevate her condition in society, to a level with his own. But the influence of this lesson extends beyond the circle of private life. It reaches the laws, the frame, nay, the very existence of our republican government.
My audience, from the moment that most free states advance in glory, they begin to exhibit symptoms of decline. The extension of commerce, and the progress of the arts, create as much poverty, as opulence; and, unhappily, as much corruption as refinement. The increase of population, which expedites the division of property, multiplies the number of the indigent, even more rapidly, than that of the wealthy. These causes combined, destroy in many parents the disposition to educate their offspring, and rob, a still greater number, of the ability to do so. Ignorance in the bulk of the community progresses with the accumulation of wealth in the hands of a few. As the temptations of avarice and ambition, the natural foes of liberty, increase the only restraints which a free government imposes on them, are diminished. A corrupt mass arises, easily set afloat by abandoned men and as easily directed, by the impulse of passion, to the most destructive purposes. Against such an evil, education is the only remedy. Written constitutions of government, with whatever wisdom and foresight they may have been framed, oppose but a feeble barrier to the degeneracy, and necessarily partake of the imperfections of those who make, and those who administer them. They serve but as imperfect guides to the national bark in the stormy night of faction. As unsteady fires kindled on a dark and rocky beach, often obscured by lowering mists, they unfold his danger to the pilot, only in the awful and fruitless hour of his shipwreck. Education, on the other hand, by diffusing far and wide its constant and tranquil light, warns him of that danger before it arrives.
The tribunals of justice expand the law to the trembling culprit, only when about to pronounce on him their fearful sentence. Education, by instilling the spirit of the laws into his infant mind, before it has contracted the stain of guilt, preserves his innocence.
Legislators of America imitate the benificent example of Washington! Along side of the vast dungeons which you have built to incarcerate your fellow-men, erect humble schools for their instruction. Let the spires of academies and colleges enliven the gloom of your bastiles. Attract to your laws the generous homage of virtue, instead of that sullen terror, with which they are calculated to inspire the guilty and the ignorant. Dungeons, whips, and gibbets are the degrading insignia of despotism. At most, they can only punish. It is education, national education alone, that can prevent crimes. Attack them in their source, purify the fountain and the stream will be clear. Enlighten the minds of the rising generation. Unfold to them the loveliness of virtue, so often clouded by prejudice and habit. Your code abounds with laws which protect the property of the citizen, how few have you hitherto enacted to preserve his innocence. You wisely encourage the culture of the soil, from which a large portion of the people are, of necessity excluded, by securing its fruit to their legal proprietor; but you have neglected a common soil far more worthy of your care, the human mind. You have laboured to shield the mere machine of man from the violence of others, but leaving it to the blind impulse of passion, you have doomed him to self-destruction. Would you banish idleness, the parent of so many vices?—Make labour, the natural duty of man, to the source of his subsistence respectable, by early inculcating habits of industry among the children of the poor. Would you cherish among those who have the least interest in the institutions of society, a love for their country? Enable him to regard her as a common parent. Let the republic discharge towards her children the duty of a mother, and she will receive from them filial obedience and affection. Genius is not partial to wealth or ancestry in the distribution of her favours. From the number of those unfortunate children whom you would adopt might arise. What do I say! perhaps from these children of Washington, may arise a patriotism as pure, a wisdom as profound, and a courage as dauntless as inspired Washington himself. Ah! Is it not here, that simple aliment invigorates the body, health quickens the pulse, and genius urged by necessity, presses with unceasing effort along the arduous ascent to fame! Of the poets, the orators, the statesmen, the heroes, and philosophers, who have delighted, instructed, and adorned the world, how many in every age, have sprung from the hardly school of adversity! As if to confound presumptuous wealth, it is to such men, that a nation chiefly owes its glory.—Cheer up then my young friends, and let us join our prayers to that omnipotent being, in whose temple we are assembled, that he may be pleased, in his infinite mercy, to draw from the inexhaustible treasures of his providence, future Washingtons, to perfect the plans of him whose birth we commemorate, whose life we honour, and whose principles we ardently cherish.
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their reinforcements, consumed by their victories because he beholds them wasting away, in a vain effort, to hold in subjection, a country which they could only overrun. Is it necessary to save a city from being taken, villages from being reduced to ashes, a whole country from being ravaged and laid waste? He advances towards the enemy with all his forces, pursuing fortune if she smiles, but submitting to her caprice, and never risking the fate of his country on the event of a single battle.
Does he occupy a post rendered impregnable by nature and art, and necessary to cover a valuable country, or to keep open a communication with the sources of his supplies, and between the different parts of the empire? In vain may the enemy tempt him to forsake it. If he leave it for a moment, in the hope of striking some important blow, it is with a certainty of not being intercepted in his retreat.—Like an eagle nestled in some high and craggy eminence, at early dawn he wings his rapid flight, in quest of prey, but returns with evening to his nest again.
Obligated to take the field with inferior force, he is still formidable, hovering around his foe, watching his indiscretions, and seizing, with avidity, every opportunity of successful attack. Now he hangs over them, like a fearful and angry cloud. Now, like the lightning of heaven, he withers and disperses them.
Although himself vanquished, and retiring, he allows the victor no rest. If they stop he marches towards them, drives in their advanced guards, galls them on either flank, and deprives them of supplies, or reduces them to the necessity of obtaining them, at the hazard of being exhausted, or cut to pieces in detail. Is he, at length, powerful enough, after being joined by a brave ally, to meditate a deadly stroke against the enemy, by a series of skilful movements, concealing from them his designs, he keeps them in suspense, as to the point at which he aims, until they find it is too late to unite all their strength for its defence. Vain conquerors! would you reproach our hero for the weakness of his forces? Have you swelled your glory higher, by the numbers whom you have led to battle? By the torrents of blood which have flowed round the detested altar of your ambition. 'Tis not to countless thousands fame awards the palm of glory: she marks only the relative strength of the combatants; and with louder trump sounds, "Leonidas, and his Spartan band," than "Xerxes, and his hordes of Persians."
My audience, could I paint to you all the varying scenes of that arduous conflict, in which the liberty of our country was now lost in defeat and despair, and now illumined by victory and hope, I would display to you the character of our illustrious hero, in no colours which would excite your eternal admiration, your gratitude and love. But impossible as it is for me to aspire to such a labour, I should, perhaps, only tell you what you have yourselves witnessed, or your fathers have related. The glorious events of the revolution are engraved on your memories; they are interwoven in the hearts of many of you, with the most tender recollection of your own lives. I see you, insensibly born forward to that memorable period, when the independence of America was universally acknowledged, and the commander of all her armies, by a voluntary resignation of his high authority, consummated the glory of his military career. When adored by his soldiers, he allayed their murmurs, at the supposed injustice of their country, whom they had been told, by an artful demagogue, would "trample on their rights, disdain their cries and insult their distresses." In reply to this inflammatory address which dared to recommend it to the army, to "court the auspices and invite the directions of its illustrious leader"—to accomplish his wicked purpose. "Let me conjure you," says he to his soldiers, "in the name of our common country, as you value your sacred honour, as you respect the rights of humanity, as you revere the military and national character of America, to express your utmost horror and detestation of a man, who wishes, under any specious pretext, to overturn the liberties of our country; who wickedly attempts to open the flood gates of civil discord, and deluge our rising empire in blood." Other heroes, my audience, have sought to gain renown, by subduing other countries, or enslaving their own. As if terror and sublimity were the same, they have hoped by affrighting, to secure the admiration of the world. 'Tis to a hero, has been, in common language, to desolate the earth, to moisten it with the tears, and fill it with the groans of its peaceful inhabitants. Destroyers of mankind! Rather than pass away unnoticed from the earth, you have inscribed your names on it in blood. Think you that the glory of having preserved your country from foreign domination, confers on you a right of tyrannising over her yourselves? Is parricide a crime less detestable than murder? Does treason afford a better title than conquest, to trample on the lives and liberties of men?
How many heroes have made their country detested, as the scourge and curse of the world? But the glory of Washington is reflected back on America.—She owes to him the uncommon fortune, if fortune it may be called, of achieving a revolution by arms, without affrighting humanity; of asserting the cause of freedom, without staining her purity, of rearing a fair, and we trust, a durable fabric, where licentious passion has so often spread a frightful and dreary wilderness.
Shall we search in history for merit superior to his? Shall we open the fables of earlier and darker ages of the world or turn to the more enlightened annals of ancient or modern nations? The legends of superstition have fancied no hero so fair.—They proclaim the impetuosity of the passions, and the weakness and credulity of human reason. Even Plutarch when he conducts us from the gloom of Barbarism, within the cultivated borders of refinement, entertains us with little else than the struggles of ambition, and the triumphs of a vain glory. The monuments of his principal heroes, are erected on the smoking ashes of villages and cities; on the desolation of provinces and the ruins of empires. Here we behold a Cæsar, who after tearing the bosom of the state which cherished his infancy with tenderness, and crowned his maturity with honour, devises plans for the conquest of the world; or an Alexander, who having conquered it, in the ravings of his ambition, sighs for another to subdue.—Are we called upon to admire virtue? 'Tis in a Cato, feebly sinking under misfortune, and burying in his own grave the last hope of his country. 'Tis in a Brutus; who in an effort of despair turns against his own bosom, the avenging sword which heaven had lent him to destroy a tyrant.—How unlike their virtue was that of Washington, I appeal to you, ye gallant soldiers, who, in the fearful distress of war, drew from his unshaken constancy your best reliance!—Like Epaminondas and Pelopidas, he had the glory of rescuing his country from the grasp of tyranny. Possessed of superior wisdom, he preserved, what his valour had acquired. Thebes fell, as she had risen with her brave defenders. The liberty of America survives her champion, but that life she owes to his councils and his influence. Yes, my audience, the advice and the fame of Washington preserved us from disunion and ignominy; withstood the overbearing eloquence of so many orators, and ratified that constitution of government 'now indeed' become the boast of America, but which, at its adoption, was viewed through the false and jealous mediums of preconceived theories, of local & clashing interests.
America had scarcely time to form her new institutions, intended to correct the errors and supply the defects of the confederation which conducted her
through the revolution, and to place her illustrious chief at the head of them, before a war of unprecedented extent, calamity and horror, revived in Europe. An administration, scarcely organized for the purposes of internal government and tranquility, was at once exposed, in its external relations, to a situation more embarrassing than war itself; a neutrality towards our former friends and enemies. By persuasion, by intrigue, by threats and insults, the belligerent powers, in this new contest, sought to make America abandon a neutrality, as necessary to her, as it was odious to themselves. The most subtle of those nations, placed in a situation peculiarly interesting to humanity, endeavoured to profit by her generosity, and to identify their cause with hers. Believing that a strict adherence to neutrality, if not of indispensable necessity, was of inestimable value to the national credit, the infant arts, the rising commerce and newly acquired liberty of his country.—Washington opposed to their efforts all his strength. He was successful. The design, however, which had been foiled in its direct attack, now sought a circuitous route to its object, by undermining the popularity of the illustrious statesman who stood in its way.—Here, again, it was baffled. But it was not without its use. It afforded the genius of that great man, who always improved, to the benefit of his country, the attack of her enemies, an opportunity of inculcating, among his fellow-citizens, an important lesson: to beware of the treacherous seductions of foreign influence; and doubting the friendship, the justice, and the faith of other nations, to found their hope of security on a just reliance upon their own courage and resources—and their love of tranquility, on a preparation for war. It cannot be said that, until that moment, he had perfected that independence which he had so bravely asserted for his country.
In the general administration of the federal government, he evinced that he was as profoundly versed in the spirit, as he was faithful in the execution of the laws.
Availing himself of all the talents and virtue of his countrymen, without regard to the narrow and selfish distinctions of party, he composed an administration of the most splendid and useful materials which his country afforded.
Abundance waving on our plains; the spires of cities rising from their ashes? The busy hum of innumerable arts; social ease and security, endeared by the roar of distant war; the vessels of all the nations of the globe crowding our ports; our own returning from the remotest regions—the shores of the Baltick, the A. hipelago and the Levant, the Isles of the southern ocean, and the frozen boundary of the icy seas, attested the quickening impulses of liberty and the wisdom of that government which, succeeding colonial dependence and national bankruptcy, derived the happy spring of its operations from the genius of Washington—Illustrious statesman! such are thy laurels. Fame has indeed woven for thy brow, a rich wreath; and in it there is not a leaf which philosophy would pluck away, or innocence refuse to adorn with her smiles.
Having conducted his country to the term of his hopes, to prosperity and glory; with that grandeur of soul which ever elevated him above human greatness, he retired from his civil, as he had done from his military station, amidst the plaudits of a grateful people, to a shade which he had planted himself, to be the shelter and the solace of his declining years: And here he could have glided gently down the vale of life, had not the government of an unfortunate nation, long oscillating between anarchy and despotism, dared to assail the dearest rights of that country, in whose service he had spent so many years of his life. But the alarm occasioned by those preparations in the ports of France, which a new movement of caprice diverted from America to Egypt, had scarcely subsided, when a sudden death robbed us of the sword of Washington.—What universal sorrow spread throughout America! Was ever man more beloved while living! Was ever a death more deplored!—He died, indeed, in peace with God and his own conscience, and such a death as reflected a lustre on his whole life. He was not afraid to die. No! Piety to God had been mingled with all his affections, a sense of his providence had regulated all his thoughts and actions. He was about to appear before that merciful Being to whom he had so often recommended his beloved countrymen; who had guarded him in the hour of battle, and who now supported him in the more awful hour of dissolution.—Celestial musick descended on his ear, the gates of heaven opened to receive him.—He fled to the bosom of his God.
What principally occurs to me, here to remark, my audience, is a time which has done so much to bury the failings of other heroes, has yet done no more for the memory of Washington than to soften our grief for his loss. In comparison of the age of which I just took occasion to speak, and from which have come down to us so many illustrious names, he died indeed but yesterday. His imperfections, his vices, his crimes (if any he had) are yet as fresh as his virtues. We are now pronouncing judgment on his whole life, and in assigning him his portion of terrestrial glory, all his imperfections should be weighed alongside of his virtues. He has left behind him no power capable of seducing by its smiles or silencing by its frowns, the reproaches of truth. Come forth then ye accusers of Washington, and ye shall be heard. Alas! the only tongue which could have uttered, and the only hand which could have recorded his failings is cold and motionless in the grave with himself.
If, in such a character, my audience, there be anything to regret, it is, that its apparent perfection elevates it, as it were, above human calamity, and, therefore, almost above human sympathy. Allied so nearly to the divinity from which it emanated and to which it has returned, it over awes and confounds our limited conceptions. I appeal to you, however, citizens of Alexandria, for many of you knew him, if his manners were not as gentle as his soul was sublime. You recollect how fondly he cherished in his beloved retirement, those milder virtues which shrink from the thoughtful labours of the cabinet, and fly affrighted from the din of arms. 'Though not so fortunate, a fortune which would have been, perhaps, without example, and could not have added to his merit, as to escape reproach while living, and always capable by his influence, of overwhelming it with the odium of his country, how generous, how modest was his conduct! In his dispatches, sometimes announcing victories over the enemies of his country, when her most sanguine friends almost despaired of her safety; in all his letters to that power from whom he derived his high authority; in all his speeches, who ever read or heard him utter one expression intended to exalt his own fame, or depreciate that of his rivals. Even the malignity of his worst enemies could not extort from him a cruel recrimination, nor provoke him to any other species of defence than a simple avowal of his innocence. I allude not here to the opposition of some of the political measures which he recommended, or which received the sanction of his approbation; an opposition which proceeded from that difference of opinion common among all men, and often, doubtless, from the purest motives. Far indeed am I from supposing, that to render just tribute to the memory of Washington, it can be necessary to disturb the ashes with which, on a day so auspicious to our country, the zeal of party is wont to sprinkle her flames.—Washington was born and lived for America! His virtues, his services, his fame, are dear to all Americans. When the political distinctions which divide us shall be forgotten, and we ourselves be mingled

under the persuasion, that if it will not enlighten by its accuracy, it may amuse by the novelty of the fable: and that whether it contains fictions or facts, it may serve to invite the attention of the publick to the future development of the plot.
COMMUNICATION.
That Miranda, has embarked at New-York—that he has actually gone from thence, with the fixed design to emancipate his country from the yoke of Spain, is a notorious fact.
Standing alone, this might be deemed a project of a mere adventurer; but when we read the following short history of this man, the mind expands with wonder, that it has been delayed so long.
So long since as 1767, there were five delegates from the provinces of South-America, at Madrid, sent to complain of intolerable grievances; they were denied redress through haughtiness and pride, just as our agents were, before our disputes had ended by war. One of these delegates, was intrusted to make certain propositions to Great Britain. Lord Chatham (who had formed a whole administration, under a most solemn promise from the king, that he should have his unbounded confidence, during life) embraced those propositions, gave the agent 1000l. yearly, till the design should be carried into effect: he was paid this pension no longer than the life-time of that administration, and the agent was, along with the other four, sacrificed to the resentment of Spain.
In 1783, Miranda, who was born in Carracas, a city about 12 miles south of Liguira, made his appearance in this country; he is well known by many of our most eminent citizens; possesses a strong mind; and since his travels through all Europe, he may be supposed equal to any man now living, as to intelligence and capacity, for the most important affairs.
His object has been nothing short, and nothing else, than to deliver his country from a most intolerable, and humiliating bondage. When England fitted out a large fleet to support their claims at Nootka Sound, Miranda was engaged to do more than aid them in those claims, but the expedition was abandoned; the cause may be conjectured, but time only will develop the facts.
Disappointed, till the revolution had created war between France and Spain, he went to Paris; became a general of their armies. That fatal defeat of the left wing under Dumourier, which he commanded, caused suspicions, that having come over from England, they might have been betrayed, but all the Americans in Paris (among them Tom Paine and Joel Barlow) gave it as their decided opinion, that his principles were strictly pure, honourable and truly republican; he proved also, that he protested against the mode of attack the night before the action, and that he refused Dumourier's pressing solicitations to emigrate along with him. He would have embarked with an army from France, for the directory had it in view, but no opportunity offered till peace was concluded. Intent on the same object, he once more offered his services to England; they were once more accepted, and he was once more deceived. When just upon embarking, he found, that Mr. Pitt meant conquest and not the emancipation of his country. He renounced all participation in the expedition, rent his commission in pieces, reproached him with perfidy, duplicity and lies, and embarked for America.
It is unnecessary to say more than that the doors will be opened in three provinces, now organized; they know our example and will follow it; no conditions remain with the government of England; all nations will be invited to their ports, none so much desired as our own; offers of friendship and fraternity will, if we are willing, unite this whole continent like the solar system, by one common attraction; every part holding its due proportion in its own orbit, giving beauty and harmony to the whole.
The above sketch is to satisfy publick curiosity: it is enough for the moment; as to the means, place of destination, or ports to be first opened, it would be improper to say any thing farther; the plan is well digested; miracles do not come every day, and unless a miracle does come, Miranda must succeed.
A FEW STRUCTURES.
The preceding communication is without doubt extremely complimentary to the design and character of gen. Miranda. But it is incumbent upon us to remark, that there are other representations of a very different nature.
With respect to the design itself, some have ventured to suggest that the object of gen. Miranda is not to liberate his country; but to commit a predatory excursion upon the coast of South America, to sack the wealthy city of Buenos Ayres, or to seize upon the treasury of Peru; while others have despatched him on a commercial speculation, neither so honourable as the emancipation of his country, nor so lucrative as the seizure of its riches.
If the design of Miranda be really what it professes to be, some have gone on to doubt his qualifications for the accomplishment of his projects. They have called him an arrant adventurer; they have pointed him out, in the history of the wars with France as a disgraced and cashiered general; they have illustrated the incapacity of his soul by the repeated miscarriage of his plans. Few like our communicator have ventured to extol his "intelligence and capacity for the most important affairs."
But let his plan be ever so noble, or his qualifications ever so great; many have doubted the probability of his succeeding in the emancipation of his country. We know not, and our communicator carefully avoids to touch upon the point of his destination; whether it be Mexico, New Grenada, Peru, or Buenos Ayres. But in all those countries, difficulties would surround him. The people are the devoted slaves of the clergy in all the Spanish colonies, and the clergy are bound by their rich benefices to the present order of things. Their political prejudices are scarcely less obstinate than their ecclesiastical; they have no press among them; their oppressions may be great, but they have learned to be contented. The very monopoly of commerce which prevails among them, has the effect of shutting out another of the great means of improvement. Few strangers visit their country, and the miserable Master of Mexico and Peru, has no opportunity to profit by the discoveries of more civilized countries.
But why may not the Spanish colonies become as independent as the British colonies formerly did?—We may reply, that their condition is different in two important circumstances. Not only was our people freer than the people of the Spanish colonies are at present: as much freer at least, in proportion as the British government is more enlightened than the Spanish; but the government which was established in our colonies was much better calculated to give success to revolution. The legislatures, which were previously established in our own colonies, survived the downfall of the British sovereignty, and were admirably fitted for collecting together the force of the nation. But in the Spanish colonies no such organization exists for the concentration of the publick force. The whole business of legislation is in the hands of Viceroy or other subordinate agents of the crown. Electors and elected constituents and representatives are names without a meaning in the Spanish vocabulary.
These circumstances are strongly calculated to produce a doubt respecting the success of Miranda's professed enterprise, under the present state of the Spanish colonies. On this subject, however, we are
bound to speak with all the humility of doubt. We know but little of the present state of the Spanish colonies; the strength of the government, the character of its present officers, or its military resources. We know still less of Miranda's means or the resources of his adherents. If "three provinces" are already "organized;" if Miranda is assisted, if not by the Treasury, at least as it is said by the admiralty of England; if three millions of dollars have been furnished by his American associates or English speculators if success should crown his first exertions and the treasury of the King of Spain should fall into his hands; if the military force of that country be feeble or its discipline imperfect; it is certainly probable that Miranda may become the Washington of his country. What we mean to assert is, that even if a "miracle does" not "come," still Miranda may not "succeed."
From the Philadelphia Gazette.
We are informed, by an authority upon which we can rely, that WILLIAM TILGHMAN, Esq. has been appointed by the Governor, to fill the vacant chair of Chief Justice of this state.
It is said, that government has ordered suits to be commenced against the individuals concerned in the expedition of the ship Leander from New-York.
MR. REIF.
I have seen with a mixture of surprise and grief, the proceedings of our Government in relation to the Marquis of Casa Yrujo, his Catholic Majesty's envoy extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary with the United States. Altho' the step first pursued of an application to the Court of Madrid for his recall was a proper one as to the minister, provided the conduct of the Marquis had been such as to furnish "just objections against his continuance here," yet it must be painful to every man of candor and real honour to learn, that the principal, if not the only reason assigned for it is the unfounded allegation of an attempt to bribe a citizen of the United States. Not only has this assertion been shown to be destitute of all probability of truth, but our Government must have been convinced of its falsity, in common with every unprejudiced person, at the very moment when they permitted themselves to revive, and give a sort of sanction to the imputation, by instructing their official organ at Madrid to make it a part of his communication.
If in the course of a ten years residence among us, in his high public station, the Marquis can be charged with having done nothing more exceptionable than this , our government ought to have forborne to object against his continuance, or at least they should forbear from such a prostitution of the term "just," as the application of it to their objection. The truth is, I suspect, that he has performed his duty too ably and too diligently for their purpose; and that they are desirous of having him removed, as well from motives of resentment, as with a hope that his successor will be less skilful, less active, or less acquainted with the important duties required of him in this critical state between America and Spain.
For myself, I am an American by birth, as well as principles, and have never been backward in the protection of our individual rights, or the vindication of our national honour, whenever the one or the other has been assailed by Great-Britain, or France, or Spain. I have felt too full a portion of the indignation which has been excited at the recent encroachments of the latter power, but I cannot therefore agree in the propriety of wreaking our vengeance upon their unmerited representative, especially when the ostensible reason for doing so, is unfounded, and the real one must be, the heinous crime of having faithfully performed his duty towards that sovereign, whose commission he bears. Although, like a vigilant sentinel, he has sounded the alarm against us, and like a faithful guard has protected those interests which were entrusted to his care, even to our prejudice and disappointment, he ought not therefore to be condemned and driven from among us in disgrace. We ought rather to imitate towards him, the conduct of a magnanimous general, who, instead of punishing, extols and honours the commander of an enemy's post or garrison, which has made a bold, faithful, and obstinate resistance against his reproaches and attacks, even though by such unexpected resistance, the great object of his expedition should be completely defeated. Our government have great power, thought and acted otherwise, and have thereby manifested a pusillanimity which will redound very little to their honour. If their letter addressed from the Department of State on the 15th of January, to the Marquis de Casa Yrujo, had no other consequence than that of fixing this stigma upon them, I should not have taken up my pen upon this occasion, but as in invading the sacred rights of foreign ministers accredited among us, the justice of the country is implicated, and its tranquility endangered, it is impossible to be silent.
The dissatisfaction of the President may be a good reason for his holding no conference, or receiving no visits from this minister, but it is far from being a sufficient one for driving him from the United States, or even from the seat of government, and it is not pretended that he is concerned in any intrigues or conspiracy against the life of the Chief Magistrate or safety of the State, where he resides.
The reply of Philip the Second, of Spain, to Queen Elizabeth of England, who had desired him, to recal his Ambassador, was a proper one on a similar occasion, and such as become a Great Prince. He answered, "That he could not gratify her in that point, "for that the condition of Princes would be very unhappy, if they were obliged to recal their ministers, whenever their conduct shall not square with "the honour and interest of those with whom he negotiates." This answer given to a Queen, at least as powerful and respectable, tho' not perhaps as warlike as the President, affords one of many instances to prove that a recal does not necessarily follow ademand or desire for it, nor furnish an argument for hunting a Minister out of the country when his Prince refuses to recal him.
A minister (says Viquefort) is compelled by duty to remain at his post until he is regularly relieved, or until leave is given him by his prince or government to quit it; a different conduct would be as criminal as that of the Centinel who abandons his post—and therefore it was that Don Bernardo de Salinas, minister of Spain to England, in 1677, returned the spirited answer which he did, to the king of Great-Britain, who sent him an order to be gone from his court in 24 hours, and to depart the kingdom in 20 days. "That he would not go out of England without a positive command to that purpose from the king his master, whose orders he had executed, according to his intention."
In like manner, the Marquis de Casa Yrujo, in insisting forcibly upon those rights and privileges which belong to him as a public minister, and in refusing to receive orders, except from his Sovereign, has shown, that he is not unworthy of the character with which his king has honoured him, since he knows how to support the dignity there. In this stage and state of this strange transaction, what are our administration now to do? If they recede, or go no further, they cover themselves with shame, but if on the other hand they advance to the execution of their threats, they are guilty of a flagrant violation of the rights of embassy, and an open infraction of the law of nations. Better, far better for our country that the former should be the result of this extraordinary correspondence, because although the detected and exposed
folly of our government serve to render it less respected, they cannot compromit our national honour, justice or tranquility.
We have published the foregoing, without giving our entire assent to the principles which it contains, in the hope that it may invite discussion upon this interesting topic.— ED. LED.
We learn from Washington that two resolutions have passed the Senate of the United States. The first declaratory of our neutral rights. The second advising the appointment of two Envoys to the court of St. James, to adjust the existing differences between the United States and Great Britain.— Pol. Reg.
NEW-YORK, Feb. 27.
We have been favoured by a respectable mercantile house in this city, with the following letter from London, dated the 20th November, and the accompanying law opinion of an eminent civilian of London. LONDON, 20th Nov. 1805.
GENTLEMEN—As the present system of our government, relative to the capture and condemnation of neutrals having on board the produce of the enemy's colonies, is become a subject of the greatest importance to the commercial world in general, and to American citizens in particular, and presuming it may not be uninteresting to yourselves, we take the liberty to hand you on the other side, a copy of a case drawn for the purpose of procuring the best information as to the conduct now to be adopted by neutrals engaged in such adventures, together with the opinion of one of the most eminent civilians, in the admiralty courts.
[CASE.]
A. & B. merchants at New-York, subjects and citizens of the United States of America, and extensively connected with the continent of Europe, from the different quarters of which they learn that the produce of the enemy's colonies is selling at high prices, and on contrasting them with those of New-York, they find sufficient margin for successful adventure; in consequence of which, they determine on shipping a cargo of Havana and Martinique sugars and coffee, Carracas cocoa, log and Nicaragua wood to the port of Leghorn, and in pursuance of this scheme, they attend the publick sales, and examine the private warehouses of individuals, where they succeed in purchasing so much as is deemed advisable of each of the above articles, partly at publick, partly by private sale, bills of parcels for which are tendered by the sellers, who accompanying the purchasers to a magistrate, before whom the latter, as well as the former, make oath to the fact of such purchases, and the particulars as stated in the bills of parcels, which oath is countersigned by the English, French, Spanish, and such other consuls whose signatures may be deemed needful. For the transport of this property, an American vessel is chartered, on board of which it is shipped, and the vessel proceeds on her intended voyage, furnished with the regular documents to establish the neutrality of her flag; the captain is also provided with the aforesaid authenticated bills of parcels, together with bills of lading in conformity, and the certificate of the citizenship of A. & B. also of their ownership of said cargo.
Query? Can such vessel, on such voyage to Leghorn, be legally detained by British cruisers, and if detained, is either vessel or cargo, or any part thereof, subject to condemnation; likewise, what would be the situation of this vessel and cargo, if bound to an enemy's port, say Amsterdam, Bourdeaux, or Cadiz?
[OPINION.]
If the transaction be truly as here stated, so that it be a speculation essentially originating in America, for a voyage actually commencing there, neither vessel nor cargo, nor any part of such cargo would be subject to condemnation, whether destined to Leghorn, Amsterdam, Bourdeaux, Cadiz, or any other port, neutral or hostile, in Europe; a detention however, may be legal, where the result may not be condemnation; what would justify detention can hardly be defined in answering a supposed case, because it must depend on a view of all the evidence taken together, both oral and documentary.
(Signed) F. LAURENCE. London, November 19, 1805.
Gazette Marine Memoranda.
ARRIVED.
British sch't Fame, Caldwell, 11 days from Halifax, bound to Wilmington, N. C.—On Sunday night struck on Chincoteague shoals, which occasioned her to spring aleak; put in to refit.
Sch'r Rising States, Newcomb, 43 hours from New-York.
CUSTOM-HOUSE—ENTERED.
Sch'r Rising Sun, Cary, Indian River. Rising States, Newcomb, New-York. Sloop Herald, Comstock, New-London. Betsy, Barber, do.
CLEARED.
Brig Fame, Stone, Barbados. Sch'r Little James, Munden, Tobago. Betsy & Fanny, Clancey, George Town.
Baltimore Packets.
Ferguson's Packet will sail the first fair wind; and Gould's on Sunday next.
FOR SALE.
3000 Pieces Yellow NANKKEEN, 11 Boxes Imperial TEA, 6 Chests Hyson do. The above of the best quality and entitled to drawback. Apply to Robert Maitland & Co.
WHO HAVE ON HAND,
Hibbert's best bottled Porter and Brown Stout. Also,
Old L. P. Madeira Wine, fit for immediate use. March 5. tf 560
Wanted to Charter for the West-Indies,
A VESSEL,
Of about 150 tons burthen—Apply to Richard Boyce. March 5. tf 561
FOR SALE—In Store,
8000 Bushels Bonavista SALT. James Herron. March 5. 4t 562
NOTICE.
Those to whom the United States are indebted for articles furnished the Assistant Military Agent for the use of this post, are requested to send in their accounts that measures may be taken for the payment of the same.
John Saunders, Cap. U. S. Ar. Com. St 459
BLANK NOTES AND CHECKS for both Banks, for Sale at this Office.
SALES AT AUCTION,
At Mr. Richard E. Lee's upper wharf, at 12 o'clock, on FRIDAY the 15th inst. for account of the Underwriters and others concerned.
Ship NESTOR,
Burthen 359 tons, with all her rigging, tackle and apparel.—A stout British built Ship, well found in rigging, sails, &c.—Lately run on shore in Lynhaven Bay, and now at Lee's wharf.—Also, the CARGO of said Ship, consisting of
71 Tons FUSTICK,
15 do. LOGWOOD.
The terms will be made known on the day of sale, and the Inventory may be seen at the Compting-House of John Granberry, Esq.
March 3. George Wilson, V. M. tds 548
NOTICE.
Under the authority of a Deed, executed by Richard Lively, of the City of Williamsburg, on the 19th day of March, 1801, and duly recorded, I shall Sell on the Second Monday in March next, before the door of the Court-House of James-City County,
Two small Tracts of LAND,
lying in said County, and several LOTS in the City of Williamsburg, conveyed in Trust to me by said Deed, or so much thereof as may be necessary to pay the debt secured thereby to Gilliat and Taylor, together with the charges of Sale, and expenses of the Deed. The Sale will be for Cash. Robert Saunders. Williamsburg, Feb. 3. tf 491
To be Sold by Auction,
On the premises, on SATURDAY the 15th March next, at 12 o'clock, on a credit of 2, 4, and 6 months, for notes with approved endorsers,
The WAREHOUSES and WHARF,
lately occupied by Messrs. Donaldson, Thorburn, & Co.—with them may be had the lease of the adjoining Wharf. Wm. B. Lamb. Feb. 26. tds 530
William & Mary College Lottery.
Total Gain of the Wheel, 13,230 Dollars. Now is the time to Purchase!!! TICKETS are worth upwards of 50 Dollars each, and I am now selling at 15 Dollars. Thomas Seaman. March 3. tf 537
STORAGE.
Our large Brick Ware-House on Town Point, is now fitted to receive property on Storage.—The superior advantages of this building in point of security and despatch is evident, and attention will be paid to what is put in care. Articles Stored we are frequently authorized to Sell, and have generally on hand,
FLOUR of different Inspections,
Superfine, Fine and Middlings. TOBACCO—Of different Inspections, RUM—Antigua, Windward Island, and Continental.
BRANDY—Cognac, Bourdeaux, Spanish, Peach, Apple.
GIN—Holland, Continental.
WINE—Madeira, Teneriffe, Malaga, Claret, Port and Cape.
Molasses, Sugar, Coffee—Cordage of various kinds—Salt loose and in sacks. George Murray, & Co. March 3. tf 543
NOTICE.
THE Subscriber being desirous to close his unsettled concerns, requests all those who have accounts against him to present them at his office for adjustment, and persons indebted to him to make immediate payment. John Hamilton. October 14. tf 261
Landing this day, and for Sale, from brig Fame
100 boxes Havanna SUGARS,
47 hds. MOLASSES,
120 bbls choice Green COFFEE.
From on board brig Echo,
25 hds. Clayed SUGAR.
And from schooner Combine,
65 casks RAISINS,
30 boxes RAISINS,
30 sacks soft shelled ALMONDS,
3,300 bushels St. Ube's SALT.
Moses Myers. Feb. 17. 5w 510
LIVERPOOL SALT.
A Cargo of Stoved SALT, on board the Alexander—For Sale on moderate terms by
J. & W. Southgate.
A few hundred bushels COALS.
Feb. 3. 3w 487
FOR SALE,
A NEGRO WOMAN,
From the country, 24 years of age, a good house servant and seamstress; sold for a pardonable fault.—Apply to Price & Waddey. March 3. St 545
FOR RENT,
The three large and commodious Ware-Houses on the lower end of Gibson's Wharf.—Possession may be had immediately, by applying to
John Southgate, or William Dickson. Feb. 26. tf 534
TO PRINTERS.
I WILL DISPOSE OF
A FONT OF BURGEOS TYPE,
Upon which the Publick Ledger is at present printed. IT CONSISTS of about 600 lbs. WELL-ASSORTED LETTER, with French and Latin accent; has been carefully used; and is almost as good as when new. Should the whole be too much, any one who might incline to purchase one half, will please to make application, by letters paid, or personally, at this Office. The terms will be liberal, and a credit will be given, if required, to a purchaser who can give good security in Norfolk or Baltimore. John Cowper.
BRITISH CONSUL'S OFFICE,
Norfolk, Virginia, August 31, 1805.
His Britannick Majesty's Consul to the State of Virginia, in consequence of instructions by him received from his government, hereby gives notice, to the merchants concerned in the trade to His Majesty's Dominions, that according to the terms of the Act of the 37th of the King C. 97, no British built vessel captured by His Majesty's enemies, afterwards purchased by citizens of the United States, and sailing under a Sea Letter can be admitted to entry under the said Act, as an American vessel. John Hamilton. 114

At a Court held for Norfolk County, the 20th day of January, 1806.
Thomas Davis and Thomas Dickson, merchants and partners, under the firm of Davis and Dickson, Pliffs.
Against Chancery. Gilbert Robertson and James Brown, merchants and partners, under the firm of Robertson & Brown, and Robert Gibson, Defis.
THE Defendants Robertson and Brown, not having entered their appearance, and given security for performing the Decree to be made in this cause, and it appearing to the satisfaction of the Court that they are out of the country: On the motion of the Plaintiffs by their Counsel, it is ordered, that they the said Defendants, appear here on the third Monday in April next, and give security for performing the Decree aforesaid. And it is further ordered that the Defendant Gibson, who hath effects of the other Defendants in his hands, or is otherwise indebted to them, do not pay, convey away, or secret such debts or effects, until the further order of this Court concerning the same. A Copy, Teste, William Wilson, jun. C. C.
13d Mon. Ap. 472
FOR SALE, 250 bbls. Superfine FLOUR, Afloat. Apply to James Maurice & Co. January 6. tf 414
FOR SALE The Cargo of the Brig Paragon, Captain Ainsley—Consisting of 157 Puncheons high proof JAMAICA RUM. 7 Hogsheads MOLASSES. Redmon & Frith. Who have removed to the second Fire-Proof Store, on Gibson's Wharf. November 13. tf 271
BRITISH CONSUL'S OFFICE Norfolk, Virg. Jan. 18, 1806. HIS Britannic Majesty's Consul to the State of Virginia, in consequence of instructions by him received from his government, takes this method of communicating to such officers on the British half-pay establishment, as are resident within his district, the following Notice from the Army Pay Office, in London, in respect to the form of the Certificate required from British half-pay Officers, by whom it is highly essential that the regulations therein specified should be strictly complied with John Hamilton, Consul.
PAY-OFFICE, Horse-Guards, August 28, 1805.
NOTICE is hereby given by direction of the right honourable the Pay-Master General of his majesty's forces, that the affidavits of Officers on half-pay and military allowances, who reside in the United States of America, commencing subsequently to the twenty-fourth day of December 1805, will not be passed at this office, unless the officer's place of residence, and also the county, district, or place for which the magistrate acts, before whom the said affidavit is made, (the competency of whom must be certified by the British Consul, if any shall be resident in the province or state, or by the governor, chief justice, or some other person in authority in the government thereof,) are therein specified, agreeable to the undermentioned form. D'd. Thomas, Accountant.
A. B. maketh oath, that he had not between the twenty-fourth day of _____ and the twenty-ninth day of _____ any other place, or employment of profit, civil or military, under his majesty besides his allowance of half-pay, (or his military allowance, as the case may be) as a reduced—in the Officer to sign his name here, together with his place of residence.
Sworn before me at _____ this _____ day of _____ in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and _____ The Magistrate to sign his name here, and the county or place for which he acts.
N. B. Chaplains must insert in their affidavits the following words between the words "Majesty," and "besides," viz. "or any Ecclesiastical Benefice in Great Britain or Ireland." No alterations or interlineations of any sort will be allowed to be made in the above mentioned affidavit. January 20. tf 416
THIS DAY LANDING, From on board the Schooner Eagle, Captain Green, from Bourdeaux, 160 Casks CLARET. 961 Cases assorted do. 66 do. do. White do. 80 Baskets SWEET OIL. 2 Trunks and 3 Cases Ladies' and Men's SHOES. 8 Cases Men's and Children's Silk and Beaver HATS, assorted. DEMIJOHNS, ALMONDS, NUTS, &c. &c. For sale on liberal terms, by John & James Galwey, Commerce-Street Wharf.
WHO HAVE ON HAND, 75 Boxes White & Brown Havanna SUGAR. September 6. tf 128
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
Wanted to Purchase or Hire, A smart active Negro MAN, From 20 to 28 years of age. Apply at the Office of the Publick Ledger. Jan. 10. tf 416
WANTED TO PURCHASE, A NEGRO WOMAN, who is a good House Servant and Sempstress; one without children will be preferred. For one well recommended, a liberal price will be given. Apply to the Editor. Feb. 3. tf 479
LOTTERY TICKETS LOST.
The following Tickets in the William and Mary College Lottery, viz. Nos. 1721, 2790, 7202, and 7778, have been lost. The finder will be liberally rewarded by leaving them at the Ledger Office. Feb. 7. tf 498
This Day landing, and for Sale, about 50,000 wt. Prime Green COFFEE, Imported in the sch't Wasp, capt. Kemp, from Aux-Cayes. Wilson, Cunningham, & Co. Jan. 29. tf 468
All persons having claims against the Estate of ROBERT WARREN, deceased, either by bond or open account are desired to bring them forward for settlement, and those indebted to make immediate payment to Warren Ashley, Administrator. December 9. tf 839
FOR RENT,
A STORE-HOUSE near the Market-House in Portsmouth, an excellent stand for a Grocery or Shoe-Store, both of which are very much wanted in that place.—Enquire of the Printer. Feb. 10. tf 502
The celebrated Arabian Horse SELIM,
Which was imported into this state about 3 years ago, and whose Colts are now so universally admired for size and activity, will stand this season at my Stable near the Race-Field; particulars of which will be made known in time.
R. H. Cocke. Feb. 7. tf 497
TO RENT, A Ware-House on Commerce-Street Wharf.—Apply to William Plume, & Co. Feb. 3. tf 482
Now landing from on board the Sloop Director, and for SALE at the Ware-House formerly occupied by Messrs. James and Thomas Tucker, Maxwell's-wharf, 5 Pipes Cogniac BRANDY, 5 Hogsheads MOLASSES, 20 Casks Malaga WINE, 20 Barrels SUGAR, 20 do. Prime New-York PORK, 20 do. do. BEEF, 10 do. do. APPLES, 30 Boxes Mould and Dipped CANDLES, 10 do. SOAP, 10 Chests Souchong } TEA. 2 do. Imperial } 1 do. Hyson } All of which will be Sold low or exchanged for Country Produce. James M'Clenachan. Feb. 3. tf 485
FALL AND WINTER GOODS.
GILLIAT AND MACKINDER, Have received by the Ship PLANET, Boush, from London, and FRONDA, from Liverpool, their supply of FALL AND WINTER GOODS, And will be Sold on low terms, for Cash, or approved Acceptance in Town.—Amongst which are 17 Bales of Napt Cottons. 16 Boxes Boys' and Men's Hats. 18 do. of Rope Blankets. 6 Trunks of Manchester. 8 do. Stripe do. 4 Boxes Cutlery, assorted. 9 do. White and Red Flannels. 30 Casks Shot. 10 do. White Plains and Kerseys. 150 Kgs of Gunpowder. 12 do. Blue do. 40 Casks Nails. 14 do. Blue & Green Half Thicks. 4 do. Seine Twine. 6 do. Stripe and Grey Coatings. 6 Trunks Men's and Women's Worsted Hose. 2 do. Yarn Hose. 3 Bales of Oznaburgs. do. Carpeting and Carpets. Fleece Hosiery, for Ladies' and Gentlemen's wear. 8 do. Mixed Fearnoughts. Muslins, Dimities, Calicoes, &c. &c. The above packages are well assorted. September 16. tf 145
FOR RENT, (And possession to be had immediately) A comfortable small TENEMENT, on Smith's Point, neatly fitted up; having two rooms below with two closets in each, and three rooms above, a new double storied Brick Kitchen, and other requisite out buildings. A spacious Garden and large front Yard are attached to this Tenement. P. Barraud. Jan. 29. tf 496
BANK NOTES LOST.
A letter dated Williamsburg, 27th November, 1805, directed to Messrs. Tho's & Wm. M'Candlish, merchants, Norfolk, containing Bank Notes to the amount of Two Hundred Dollars, as below described, and supposed to have been deposited in the Post-Office, has either been lost, mislaid, or taken a wrong direction.—It is hoped that any person who may have become possessed of the same, accidentally or otherwise, will forward it on to the subscribers, as payment of the Notes have been stopped at the respective Banks. D. No. 1124, United States Branch, Norfolk, Dec. 6, 1804, - - - - - 100 Dollars. B. No. 97, Virginia Branch, Fredericksburg, February 6, 1805, - - - - - 100 Dollars. Wm. M'Candlish, & Co. Williamsburg, Dec. 9. tf 341
REMOVAL.
JAMES TUCKER, Has removed to No. 1, HOYT'S LANE, near MAIN-STREET, WHERE HE OFFERS FOR SALE, ON REASONABLE TERMS, HIS STOCK IN TRADE, CONSISTING OF A GENERAL ASSORTMENT OF HARDWARE, NAILS, &c. May 8. tf 659
NOTICE.
I request all persons having claims against the Estate of JOHN WADDEY, Sen. deceased, of Northampton County, Eastern Shore, Virginia, to bring them forward properly attested on or before the first day of June next, as I shall plead this notice in bar against all claims that may appear after that date. I. R. Waddey, Executor to the Will annexed. Northampton Court-Yard, Feb. 1. 2m 400
EAGLE TAVERN.
The Subscriber has taken that eligible stand in Market-square, and has to inform his friends and the publick in general, that he will spare no pains to make them as comfortable as possible while with him—he would be glad to take in Eight or Ten Genteel BOARDERS by the Year. Thomas Glenn. January 15. 3m 453
LADIES FASHIONABLE SHOES.
SEVERAL Trunks of Ladies plain and fashionable LACED KID SHOES, and Gentlemen's fashionable London made do. just received by the ship Planter, Captain Boush, and for sale by Gilliat & Mackinder. September 9. tf 136
Notice is hereby given that I shall apply to the Court of Northampton County, at April term next, for leave to discontinue so much of the road leading from Franktown to Ocochannock Neck, as goes upon my land. Tully R. Wise. Feb. 14. 1m 509
COW-POX.
The subscriber informs the publick, that some VACCINE MATTER which he has received from Philadelphia, has succeeded; and that those persons who have been prevented taking the disease from the loss of the infection here, can now be inoculated. George Balfour. Feb. 12. tf 505
Richmond Academy Lottery, NOW DRAWING, CONTAINING
One Prize of Ten Thousand Dollars, Besides several other large Prizes. * * * TICKETS for Sale by the EDITOR OF THIS PAPER. November 15. 279
FRANCIS SMITH, Has opened his Vendue and Commission Office at the Store lately occupied by Messrs. Bowman and Walker, No. 48, Main-Street. Jan. 20. tf 451
If George William Clarke who left England for this Country in July, 1802, is living, he will hear of something to his advantage on application at this of- Norfolk, Jan. 15. tf 435
JUST LANDED, 25 Hogsheads Choice MOLASSES. For Sale by Thos. H. Parker. Jan. 10. tf 426
HUNTER & GATEWOOD, Have received per Ship Jones, Captain Colley, from Liverpool, the balance of their supply of FALL AND WINTER GOODS, Which in addition to their former importation from London, makes their assortment general and complete—it consists of almost every article of useful and fashionable goods too tedious to enumerate, which they offer for sale, at their Store No. 129, Main Street, by Wholesale and Retail, on the lowest terms for cash, or short payments. November 8. tf 262
FOR SALE, The CARGO of the Schooner Elizabeth Margaret, now landing on Munden's Wharf, 342 Boxes White & Brown Havanna Sugars, 28 Hogsheads MOLASSES, 5 do. HONEY.—For terms apply to John Brown. January 6. tf 412
FOR SALE, Liverpool Salt, Kendal Cottons, &c.
The CARGO of the Ship Industry, Neal Wright, master, from Liverpool—Consisting of 12,000 Bushels SALT, 8 Bales Kendal COTTONS, 10 Cases COPPER, 18 and 20 oz. 18 Sugar BOILERS, of 150 gallons each, 3 Hogsheads SKIMMERS and LADLES, 4 Casks Copper NAILS.—Apply to William Pennock. December 20. tf 367
MRS. MACDOUGAL, INFORMS her friends and the publick, that she has taken that handsome house belonging to Mr. Roberts, in the centre of Market Square, where she will receive Boarders on moderate terms—the strictest attention will always be paid to the diet rooms, and lodging, and every endeavour used to render a transient or permanent abode at her house satisfactory. September 25. tf 169
FOR RENT, And immediate possession given, The WAREHOUSE lately occupied by Mr. Edward Roberts—Also, The WAREHOUSE lately occupied by Mr. Edward Johnston.—For terms, apply to Robert Gibson. January 20. tf 490
JUST RECEIVED, By the ship Roba & Betsey, Capt. Richardson from London, and for sale by the Subscriber, A LARGE SUPPLY OF DRUGS AND MEDICINES, of all kinds. Patent Medicines, Perfumery, &c. &c. Also received by the ship Almina, Capt. Stover A LARGE ASSORTMENT OF SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS, Consisting of Amputating, Trepanning, Cupping, Midwifery, Tooth of different sorts, Crown and Common Lancets, and Surgical Pocket Instruments &c. &c. HARDHAM'S SNUFF, No. 9. Also, by the ship Olive Branch, Capt. Le Breton from Bristol, A LARGE & EXTENSIVE ASSORTMENT OF GLASS & FURNITURE, For Apothecary's and Practitioner's Shops. Those who favour us with their orders will be supplied on the most reasonable terms, and the articles of the best and freshest quality, as our importations are regularly twice a year, and laid in with cash, from the most respectable Druggists in London. MEDICINE CHESTS made up as usual. Also, a few elegant Mahogany Chests of the newest construction, with furniture complete, PERRY'S ANTI-BILIOUS PILLS. Frederick Heermann & Son. July 17. 2m 12m. 1
GERMAN GOODS.
JOHN C. NIEMEYER, Has lately received and offer for Sale, the following Goods, for Cash, or on convenient credit, for approved Notes, viz. 7000 Bags of 2 and 3 bushels, in bales of 600 each. 1000 East India Gunny Bags. 190 Pieces Ticklenburgs and Oznaburgs. 400 Brown Rolls. 400 White Rolls, different qualities. 100 White Plaitillas. 75 Brown Hollands. 100 Bretannias. 20 Dowlass. 62 Fine White Flanders Sheeting. 25 Shirt Linen of 20 to 100 dollars per piece of 37 yards. 40 Fine Red Bunts and Bed Ticking. 390 Velvet Ribbands, No. 2 to 130. 30 Russia Sheeting, and Diaper. 320 Dozen Snuff Boxes. 100 Boxes Baltimore Window Glass, in whole and half boxes, viz. 8 by 10, 9 by 11, 9 by 12, 10 by 12, and 12 by 14, at the manufacturer's prices, with the addition of the usual charges. A few Barrels Philadelphia bottled Porter 105 Boxes Short Pipes. 120 Spanish Segars, of different quality. 150 lbs. Shoe Thread. 130 Twine. 15 Boxes Glass Ware, of different kinds, cut and plain. 37 Barrels Turpentine. ALSO, 20 Dozen of Shoe Brushes. Violins, Flutes and Fifes. ditto Strings and Bows. Looking Glasses of all kinds. Nuns' Thread and Fine Lace. Thread Stockings, Plush for Saddles. Coffee Mills.—Beads, and Bird Cages. Razors, Spectacles, and Penknives, 1st quality. Backgammon Tables, Dice, Cards, Chessmen. Fowling Pieces, Pistols, and Agut Flints. Crooked Horn and Ivory straight Combs. An Invoice of Japanned Ware. do. do. of Mill Saws, Augers, &c. 40,000 Marbles. And a great variety of other Articles. Apply as above. September 25. 164
VILLAINY EXPOSED.
On the 11th of August, 1805, JOHN ROBERTS, master of the Schooner Aurora, of Baltimore, sailed from Norfolk with 500 bushels of Coal, taken at City Point from on board the ship Bellisle, John Hair, master, from Glasgow. The said Coal was shipped for Mr. Merry, the British minister at Washington; but instead of proceeding to that place, the said Roberts went round to Philadelphia, and there disposed of the Coal on his own account; after which he sold the vessel, and has not been heard of since. It was stated by him at Philadelphia, that the Coal was Virginia produce, and he entered a protest on oath before Nicholas Diehol, Esq. Notary Public in Philadelphia, asserting that he sailed from Norfolk bound to Baltimore, with the Coal on board as ballast; and having in a heavy gale of wind sprung his foremast, was drove out to sea, and compelled by stress of weather to put into that port. Being bound to an adjoining state, and the cargo under the value specified in the 14th section of the Coastwise Act, he was authorized to proceed without a clearance; but on his arrival at Philadelphia, being other than a district in the same or an adjoining state, in order to his being permitted to an entry he made the said protest, and reported his vessel agreeably to the 22d section of the said act, declaring at the same time that the cargo was shipped by and consigned to himself. Should the said JOHN ROBERTS have returned to Baltimore, or his residence elsewhere be ascertained, it will be subserving the cause of justice to make it known to the Collector of that port, or those of Philadelphia, Norfolk or Petersburg. February 28. tf 535
To Rent, A HOUSE pleasantly situated in the Fields, at present occupied by Mrs. MILHADO.—For terms apply to David Milhado. Feb. 24. tf 527
NOTICE.
MARTIN FISK has taken Mr. CHARLES J. CATLETT into partnership, the business in future will be transacted under the firm of Fisk & Catlett.
Who have for Sale, 4000 pieces Yellow NANKIENS first chop, Fresh Imperial Hyson and Young Hyson TEAS, 150 Crates CROCKERY WARE, well assorted, 8 Tons PATENT SHOT, assorted, 75 Kgs ENGLISH GUNPOWDER, 100 Boxes London Crown GLASS, 100 Kgs WHITE LEAD, ground in oil, 1500 lbs. Seine TWINE, 150 Casks NAILS, assorted, cut, and wrought, 50 Boxes OZNABURGS, 200 Boxes Mould CANDLES, 25 do. Spermaceti do. 50 do. FRESH CHOCOLATE, 200 lbs. Spanish Boat INDIGO, 50 Boxes FRESH MUSTARD, (Dixon's Manufactory) 100 Khams Writing PAPER, 200 do. Wrapping do. Also—This Day Landing, 50 Barrels BEEF, Boston Inspection, 50 do. MACKAREL, 12 Hogsheads choice retailing MOLASSES. Feb. 24. tf 525
SUGAR AND COFFEE.
Landing this morning on Town Point, the cargo of the brig Wheeler, from Guadalupe, consisting of Clayed and Muscovada SUGARS, And Prime Green COFFEE in tierces. To be sold on moderate terms. Robert Dickson. Feb. 7. tf 496
FOR SALE, BY THE SUBSCRIBER, AT HIS LUMBER YARD ON CALVERT'S WHARF, 700,000 SALE SHINGLES. 50,000 BUILDING do. 50,000 STAVES—White and Red Oak. 10,000 CYPRESS PALES. 5,000 CEDAR and CHINQUAPIN POSTS. Also—call keep a supply of PLANK AND SCANTLING. Thomas H. Parker. August 19. tf 77
NEW CUT-NAIL MANUFACTORY, ON TOWN POINT, A small distance below County Wharf, Wide Water Street.
THE Subscriber has, at a considerable expense, fitted up, in addition to his other business, a complete set of machinery, adequate to finish 500 to 600 lbs. of Nails daily. He is also provided with a good stock of Iron; and with a sufficient number of skilful workmen. He has on hand a constant supply of Nails, Flooring Brads, and Sprigs, which he offers for Sale at the reduced prices as follows, by the keg, viz.
  10d, 12d, 20d, Nails, 8d per lb.   8d, do. 9d per lb.   Sheathing do. 7 1-2d per lb.   6d, do. 10d per lb.   4d, do. 3d per M.   3d, do. 2d 7 1-2d do.   8d, 10d, 12d, and 20d, Brads, 8d per lb.   4d, do. 4d 6d per M.   3d, do. 3d do.   2d, do. 2d 7 1-2d do. 
ALSO—HOOP AND BAR-IRON ASSORTED. LEVIN DORSEY. March 18. 503
For Sale or Rent, A PLANTATION, situated on Hampton Creek, consisting of about 800 acres; being the property on which Mr. W. Brough has long resided. It possesses all the necessary buildings for the convenience of a family, or agricultural purposes. There are some valuable orchards, one particularly of apple, is considered more productive than any other in that part of the country. There is also a Wind-Mill most eligibly situated.—For particulars, application may be made to Mr. G. Hope, Hampton, Mr. John Dann, Norfolk, or the Subscriber in Richmond, who will give immediate possession. James D. M'Caw. Feb. 21. tf 519
We have received by the brig Fame, Capt. Cox, from Jamaica, 75 Puncheons high proof RUM, 4 Hogsheads MOLASSES.—For Sale by Redmond & Frith. Feb. 24. tf 523
To be Leased, For one or six years, and possession to be had on the first of January next.
A Commodious BRICK-HOUSE on Smith's Point, now occupied by Mr. Harris—all convenient offices, and a good garden are annexed to this tenement—For the accommodation of a tenant, an adjoining lot may be had. P. Barraud. November 18. tf 288
CASH FOR Rough Hogshead STAVES, by Moses Myers. Feb. 21. tf 516
NORFOLK: PUBLISHED THREE TIMES A-WEEK, BY WILLIAM DAVIS, FOR THE PROPRIETOR, OPPOSITE THE EXCHANGE COFFEE HOUSE Price Five Dollars and Fifty Cents yearly, in advance.