Berkeley and Jefferson intelligencer (Martinsburg, Va.), 1806-07-18 00:00:00

Berkeley and Jefferson Intelligencer.
[No. 9 of Volume VIII.]
FRIDAY July 18, 1806.
[WHOLE No. 222.]
ATTENTION!!
THE Company commanded by the subscriber, are desired to attend a MUSTER to be held at Martinsburg on Saturday the 26th inst. at the usual time and place of parade. A punctual attendance is required from every individual belonging to the Company.
WILLIAM GREGORY.
July 11, 1806.
A List of Letters remaining in the Post-Office at Shepherd's-Town (Va.) on the first day of July, 1806; which, if not taken out by the first day of October next, will be sent to the general Post-Office as dead letters.
 B. JOHN BATES, Cyrus Bildwin, Benjamin Boydstone, Rev. John Boggs, Moses or James Burr, William Bell, John Banks, sen.  C. William Crooke, John Clawson, Henry Callaghan, Thomas Cox.  D. John Downs, Nathaniel C. Darr, John Dicks.  F. Mary Faulk, Jacob Formalt.  G. Rees Gwillim.  H. James Hurst.  I. Rebecca Israel, John Johnathan, care of Mr. Crowl.  K. Peter Kit.  M. William Morgan, Messrs. M'Pherson & Brun, John Mark.  P. George Potter.  S. Captain Shepherd, George & Sidney Stipp.  T. Henry Talbutt, Thomas Toole.  W. John Williams, Thomas Wood, Joseph Ward, John Welsh, Mr. Windcop.  Y. James Young.  JAMES BROWN, P.M.
STRAYED or stolen from the subscriber, living in Shepherd's-Town, Jefferson County, Virginia, on the 8th day of May last, a BLACK HORSE , about 15 hands high, four years old, and has neither mark nor brand; he is a natural trotter; shod all round with old shoes, and one of his fore shoes was broke; he has a star in his forehead, and is a little ram-faced. If said horse is taken in this county, I will give five dollars, and all reasonable charges if delivered to me; and if he is taken out of this county, I will give 8 dollars, for information so that I get him again, and if brought home to me, I will give the eight dollars and all reasonable charges. If said horse is stolen I will give twenty dollars for the horse and thief, if the thief is convicted, and all reasonable charges for bringing the thief to justice, paid by me.
DENNIS STEVENS.
June 20, 1806.
For the INTELLIGENCER.
NO. 2.
WHEN nature forms a system, she, at the same time, establishes a law for its regular government. This law must be uniform in its operations; and the moment it ceases to be so, the system itself must cease to exist. The discovery of the circulation of the blood in animals, was the first, and indeed, the only important discovery yet made in medicine. This science must have been in a very deplorable condition prior to this discovery. But the law of health, to which this discovery might have led, has never been ascertained and understood; and it is impossible that the practical department of this science could be perfected without this knowledge. It was then and still is in a state of confusion. The ignorance of physicians, respecting the fever of Philadelphia, is proof of this assertion. They discovered that the fever of that city was highly inflammatory, as they express it, and that was the amount of their knowledge. If we compare the knowledge of physicians, with the knowledge of those who never read, nor never think, we shall find that physicians have greatly the advantage. But if we compare the knowledge of physicians with the subject of their pursuit, we shall find them as greatly deficient. To shew how little they understood of the nature of fever, and the power of medicine, the practice in the fever of Philadelphia is probation unquestionable. Vomiting, purging, and bleeding, are all excellent remedies; but
the law upon which health depends, must be understood, to know when they ought to be resorted to. The cause of fever has been as little understood, as the law of health, and the practice of physic is, alas! in the same predicament.
When Doctor Cullen speaks of the reaction of the system, if he means the reaction of the law established for the government of animation, the idea is futile, and was unworthy of a place in the mind of a professor of physic. If he does not mean a reaction of this law, he can mean nothing; and a reaction of this law cannot possibly take place without an immediate cessation of life. The spasm which he supposed formed upon the arterial extremities, as a necessary link in the chain of causes producing fever, is equally absurd, as the actual circulation at the time, is a proof of the futility of the idea.
The notion of the arterial system, as it is expressed, being under any circumstances of the body, convulsed, is of difficult estimation. There is no phenomena, incident to the human body, either in health or sickness, upon which, such an idea might, with the least propriety, or consistency, have been founded. The whole vascular system, must, forever, remain free from spasms or convulsions; and, can, of itself, never be the cause of fever. The apparent convulsion of the arterial section, if there is any such appearance, is an effect and not a cause. It is productive of nothing. When spasms or convulsions exist; in relation to the arterial section, they are to be considered as irregularities in the muscular action, which will, necessarily, produce irregularities in the efflux of the venous section; and, consequently, irregularities in pulsation. An irregular pulse, is a certain indication of irregular action, as the reaction, which proceeds from the heart, will correspond, and be in exact conformity, to it. To the existence of fever, it is requisite, that the action should be, not only complete; it must be entire, and increased. By this increased action, the efflux of the venous section will be increased both in quantity and rapidity; and the arterial section will be over-impleted. This is the condition of the vascular system in fever, and this is, in a lesser degree, the plethora of physicians. There was nothing ever introduced into the systems of medicine, more absurd, than this notion of a plethora. It may be found in all medical writings, and even in that boasted performance of Doctor Brown. A plethora can exist only in the arterial section, and is a higher degree of animation than is compatible with health; and, if the influx should still continue to increase the action; this will increase the efflux; and a fever will be the consequence. The efflux and influx of the venous section governs all the phenomena of life. It is this that gives action and reaction to the muscular system. The action impels the fluids through the veins to the heart, and the reaction from the heart into the capillary veins, and the excretory section. A plethora of the whole vascular system never did, nor never can exist. It is just as absurd to suppose too much blood, as it is to suppose too much life; and because a fever exists to talk of a plethora. A plethora and fever is the same thing; differing only in degree. They both exist in the arterial section only; and both appear, and disappear, in every febrile paroxysm.
A trisectional division of the vascular system is necessary to the explanation of fever; and it is also necessary that the power ascribed to the heart and arteries should be blotted out from medical language. They are distinct in their structure; and are regulated in the transmission of their fluids, by distinct, and appropriate powers. Those powers I shall call the action and reaction of the muscular system, and the action I shall consider as the property upon which the vivific, and all the torpescent powers, exert their influence. All the powers, which are applicable to the fluids, or body, are either vivific or torpescent. They are all positive in their application, and direct in their action. A knowledge of those powers must depend upon experiment; and the effect produced upon animate matter, by their application, cannot, with any sort of propriety, be supposed, to lead to any judgment concerning them. Animation should be con-
sidered as a contingency depending upon artificial means, and that there is no power, inherent in the body itself, adequate to its perpetuation even for one moment. This is a truth that demands universal cognizance, and ought never to be forgotten. And it is a truth, of equal importance, that the application of the means to perpetuate life, can be perfected only by a knowledge of the law upon which animation depends. A regular impletion of the arterial section is the perpetual design of this law; and the highest degree of that impletion compatible with an exact parity between the efflux and influx of the venous section, is the highest degree of animation.
When we enter that dark recess, the womb, we may, by the aid of our reasoning powers, discover where life begins, the cause that sets it in motion, and the law by which the animating process is governed. The formation of the placenta leads us to the cause; and the venous delineations to the process. No nourishment can be derived to the embryo from the venous vessels, and it is not until after the fabrication of the heart, and the admission of an adequate efflux, that reaction, and development begins. The action, in the embryo, is produced by the placenta; but when, by the animating process, the lungs are completed, and the blood is copiously driven into them, there being no power to return it again to the heart, an uneasiness will be felt; and the fetus will involuntarily seek relief, like a man smothered would strive for open air; and this disturbance is the cause of parturition. Life now begins upon a new principle; though the operating power remains the same; and the action produced by the placenta, is transferred to the lungs. Force and propensity to motion are not the same, as asserted by Doctor Brown. There may be a propensity in the muscular system to motion, but a propelling power is necessary to produce it. The placenta performs this work during gestation, but parturition makes the transfer to the lungs. The arial influx distends the thorax, returns the blood in the lungs to the heart, and completes the pulmonary circulation, which alone supports the general circulation, and gives action and reaction to the whole muscular system. This force is necessary to the existence of all animals, as it is notorious, that the general circulation if it is withheld; and that the pulmonary circulation is the last that yields to the morbid torpescent powers; and which proves the positions which I have assumed, that the efflux and influx of the venous section governs all the phenomena of life; and that the parity between the efflux and influx is the law of health. The pulse may be considered as properly enough representing the efflux, but, it is by no means an infallible guide in the practice of physic. I shall, by and by, present a criterion, more enlightening, and certain, and which will not detain the physician in doubtful suspense concerning what ought to be done.
If we traverse the intermediate climates between the polar, and equatorial regions; we shall find a regular gradation in the violence of fever as we proceed. Whether heat is a diminution of cold, or cold a diminution of heat, is not material. They both exert a direct influence upon the body. We are taught by geographers, and natural historians, that man is capable of sustaining life in all the varied climates of the globe; and bids equal defiance to the snowy storms of the north and the flames of the torrid zone. All physicians, more or less, undertake to account for the existence of fever; and it will be admitted, that there has been and still is, a great diversity of opinion among them. Atmospheric heat, cold, moisture, and aridity, have all been employed in their service: dibilty and vigour also.
I had long been under the impression, that there must be some law pervading the animal body, and by which animation was regulated under all the circumstances and conditions of life, whether in low or elevated situations, in hot or cold climates, and that fevers were every where the same, differing only in violence; being generated and relieved in the same way. That there was such a law appeared to me unquestionable, and that it must be uniform in its operation
appeared equally so; and that during the existence of fever it must, in some manner be interrupted. The questions naturally followed, what is the nature of the law, and how is it interrupted? I read with avidity the huge volumes of physicians for an answer to these questions. I, however, found myself, by this step, plunged into a wilderness, without any trace to guide me to my object, and, therefore, abandoning this delusive pursuit, I applied myself to a single subject then labouring under an intermitting fever . That he should be first chilled and then heated, and without any apparent cause to produce such effects, seemed altogether inexplicable. I endeavoured to apply the spasm and reaction of Cullen, as the cause, the morbid matter of others, and then the debility of Brown; but I found the doctrine of debility as far from the truth as, either spasm or convulsion . I then turned my attention to the vascular system expecting to find in the tracks of the fluids the nature of the law and the cause of the interruption. Taking the circulation for my guide, I began with the embryo, and throughout all the stages of animation found, that the circulation was forced, but by different powers in different parts. I found that debility was not a security against peripneumony , nor vigour against an intermitting . I also found that the arterial section was not well impleted during the chill, and that during the fever it was too much so. The fever invariably following the chill, suggested to me the idea that the fever was not the real disease, but was an effect of the real morbid state, and that it ought to be treated as an effect only. Pursuing this reflection I found that the morbid powers, when applied to the fluids, produced torpidity, but never emanated a fever. I found that the stimulus of fever was different from all the powers, whether morbid or not, and as none of those powers ever operated a direct emanation of fever, I concluded that the stimulus of fever must be generated in the body itself; and would be generated as often as the morbid torpescent powers were applied, with a force adequate to the production of a morbid torpidity. I made some experiments on myself, and found this position to be correct; and that the same power which produced the torpidity, if present, invariably corrected the fever. This idea led me into the wide field of medical speculation, and now I discovered that the torpescent powers alone were capable of producing the morbid state, and that the same power that produced it, or any other torpescent power, would correct the fever that followed; and that the stimulus of fever was infallibly generated in the body during the morbid or torpescent state of the fluids. This at once developed the principle upon which intermitting fevers depended; and, also, the principle upon which all fevers, whether continued, remittent, or intermitting existed, and shew me the reason of their existence; together with the remedies in each case, both natural and artificial, without a possibility of mistake.
The tendency of all the torpescent powers, is to produce torpidity, and they alone produce the morbid state; and this by effecting an inanition in the arterial section; and the tendency of all the vivific powers, is to produce activity in the fluids, and consequently arterial impletion, and a preservation of the law of health. By a proper application of the remedies this law may be preserved, which is the business of every man, but more especially of the physician. The existing state of society does not admit of all its members engaging in such pursuits; nor, can it, from a general view of mankind, be supposed, that it ever will. Therefore, a good physician, will always be a valuable acquisition to society. Having now the causes and remedies, of fever, within my power; I shall take the fever of 1804, on account of its recency, for the explanation both of cause and remedy. I shall aim at perspicuity, in order that I may be understood by all. But I must lament, that my circumstances are such, that I cannot attend to the subject as I would wish. But the science of medicine is not so mysterious, and inscrutable, as has been supposed. It will be found to be plain, but requiring the nicest judgment.

AUGUSTA, (Georgia) June 12.
On Friday the 30th ult. Polly Barkly was executed at Washington in Wilkes, in pursuance of her sentence for being accessory to the murder of her husband.
The exertions to procure a respite of this execution were somewhat unusual—two or three applications were made to the governor on the subject, and in addition to such petitions as are common, we have been informed, that a number of ladies, in and about Washington, had united in application for an exercise of executive clemency in this case. From the purity and innocence of their own hearts, the amiable subscribers to this petition, were no doubt utterly unable to form any conception, of that degree of depravity, which had placed one of their own sex in the deplorable condition, in which, they viewed this unfortunate convict, and impelled by the tender sensibilities of their nature, it is not surprising, if their feelings took the lead of their judgments, in their efforts to save her from the ignominious fate to which she was doomed. But we feel constrained to say, that if his excellency had yielded to their solicitations, he would in our opinion have departed from a much more imperious and important duty.—On a conviction for the monstrous crime of murder, the circumstances in favour of the criminal should be peculiarly impressive, before the regular course of justice should be impeded by executive authority, otherwise the extension of mercy to the criminal becomes a cruelty, and an injustice to the rest of the community—wherever the human heart is so depraved, as to be aided in, or assenting to the murder of those who stand in the relation of husband and wife, or parent and child, it may be an amiable, but it is an erroneous humanity, that wishes to save the offender. If the governor's feelings only, had been his guide, no doubt the applications would have been successful; his conduct however was in our opinion, in strict conformity to his moral and political duty. The solemn and awful execution we are told, took place in the presence of several thousand spectators.
NASHVILLE, June 7.
On Friday the 23d ult. gen. Andrew Jackson came into this office and told the Editor he had received information, that Mr. C. Dickinson was about to have a piece published, which respected himself; and demanded a sight of it, this request was complied with; a few hours after which, we are informed, the general challenged Mr. Dickinson, which was accepted, and a meeting agreed upon in the state of Kentucky, on the Friday following at 7 o'clock A. M. They accordingly met with their friends, gen. Thomas Overton and Doctor Hanson Catlett, near Col. Harrison's, on Red-river, at the hour appointed: where upon an exchange of fire, Mr. Dickinson received a mortal wound, of which he died in a few hours; general Jackson was slightly wounded by the ball passing through his left breast.
On Sunday evening last the remains of Mr. Charles Dickinson were committed to the grave, at the residence of Mr. Joseph Erwin, attended by a large number of the citizens of Nashville and its neighbourhood. There have been few occasions on which stronger impressions of sorrow or testimonies of greater respect were evidenced, than on the one we have the unwelcome task to record.
In the prime of life and blessed in domestic circumstance with almost every valuable enjoyment, he fell a victim to the barbarous and pernicious practice of duelling.
By his untimely fate the community is deprived of an amiable man and a virtuous citizen, his friends will long lament with particular sensibility the deplorable event.
Mr. Dickinson was a native of Maryland, where he was highly valued by the discriminating and good—and those who knew him best—respected him most.
With a consort who has to bear this, the severest of afflictions and an infant child—his friends and acquaintances will cordially sympathise. Their loss is above calculation. May heaven assuage their anguish by administering such consolations as are beyond the power of human accident to change.
PHILADELPHIA, July 12.
From Poulson's American Daily Advertiser.
LOMBARDY POPLAR WORM.
The intemperance of the publick mind, neither satisfied with the good nor capa-
ble of supporting the ills of life, feeds itself with imaginary terrors. What a pity that so beautiful a tree as the Lombardy Poplar should nourish so dangerous, so fatal a worm! Foul mouthed fame has it in report that one lady had her arm dreadfully swelled after one of these Caterpillars had only touched it in falling on it; and a cat after being made to smell at them fell into a swoon from which it recovered to meet a death ominous to a population of 100,000 inhabitants! These two tremendous facts have been repeated from ten thousand tongues, and each repetition has stood for a new fact to the great annoyance of our most timid and credulous citizens. In vain the story of the three black crows is repeated.
In vain does the naturalist assure them, this terrible worm is a Caterpillar, which has been always a native of Pennsylvania, and found on the willow, the cabbage, and the corn plant as well as the Poplar; and that it changes into a beautiful Phalena or Moth , somewhat resembling the famous Emperour of Morocco , with whom and Sir Joseph Banks, Peter Pindar has so well amused himself and the public—and truly our citizens afford a scene equally ludicrous, forming fearful circles round a prostrate insect, whose harmlessness is indicated by those very convulsive motions which alarm the spectator, and which are its only defence. The writer of this has traced the principal reports to their sources, and has discovered not a single instance of anything like venom, except the one first published, and which is too uncertain as to the cause of death in the kitten, upon which to establish so serious an opinion. Several other kittens have been exposed to the Caterpillars, when irritated; one had the hair shaved from its back, another had its nose cut with a razor, and the green matter which the Caterpillar ejected rubbed thereon, and others had their noses thrust among numbers of the poor frightened insects, without producing any evil, much less death, and yet it might have happened, that from some other cause one of these kittens might have died afterwards, as kittens most assuredly sometimes do, without the necessity of believing in the last account as a primary cause—as well may we attribute the death of every patient who dies, to the last medicines he may have taken.
But perhaps the bubble is blown to its utmost size, has exhibited all its variety of hues, and will burst ere this reaches the public eye.
MOMUS.
To the Editor of the American Daily Advertiser.
RESPECTED FRIEND,
In compliance with thy request I have ventured to send thee for publication, an account of some experiments made on a worm found on the Lombardy Poplar trees.
As I was passing through Southwark yesterday morning I met with a person of respectability who obligingly furnished me with three of those worms—on my return home I immediately commenced my experiments on a full sized cat—about twenty minutes after being stung or bitten she was evidently sick, and I began to conclude that the reports respecting the deleterious power of the worm were correct, but on inquiry it appeared that the cat had been at times affected nearly in the same way, when there was no reason to suspect the worm as the cause; at any rate, she recovered.
Two pups were procured and subjected to the same experiment; at the time I was engaged with the smallest one, the worm was so highly irritated that it ejected a considerable quantity of fluid matter; suspecting that this might be the poisonous principle, I immediately inoculated the pup in four places—but without effect, and in neither instance was there a fatal result—if there was any variation from their natural habits, it was a disposition of sleep which might possibly have been occasioned by the fatigue following the efforts they made to disengage themselves from the confinement which was imposed on them.
In the afternoon I went to the Pennsylvania hospital, and obtained five of the worms, which were taken from the trees in the yard—a kitten about one third grown was procured, and in the presence of my medical friends Dr. Thomas Bryant and Samuel Hopkins, together with William Johnson, steward of that institution, (all of whom very obligingly assisted in the greater part of the experiments) the kitten was repeatedly bitten about the nose and mouth, but no ill effects ensued, except momentary pain at the time of receiving the bite.
This morning the experiments were renewed at the hospital; two young kit-
tens of different litters were repeatedly bitten, about the nose and mouth, the crying of one of the kittens, afforded an opportunity for the worm to pass within the mouth, and probably to sting or bite the tongue, for the little creature slavered considerably and appeared for some time to be labouring under symptoms of local pain, but after a while they subsided, and the result in both instances was the same as yesterday.
A fine half grown pup who was the subject of yesterday's experiment was treated as follows: the roof of the mouth was scarified in several places, and an incision about three quarters of an inch in length, was made in the tongue—immediately after this a worm was introduced into the mouth and the jaws closed for one minute; on permitting him to open them, it was discovered that he had swallowed the worm; he appeared to labour under some slight indisposition for more than an hour, but he eventually recovered and became very lively.
Another small pup of a different litter was the subject of the following experiment. I made an incision through the skin about three quarters of an inch long, and carefully dissected it on each side so as to form a superficial, yet gaping wound, a fresh worm was applied to the part, and very soon ejected a greenish coloured fluid which filled the wound, in addition to this the little animal was several times bitten, in the incised part, but the result was equally favourable; the mouth of the same pup was scarified in several places and one of the worms being cut in half, the divided part with the head was immediately introduced into it, and kept there for two minutes, at the expiration of that time, the portion of worm was taken out and no injury resulted.
Another young kitten was confined for a short time in a small vessel containing six of the worms, without receiving any injury.
I have now simply related the facts that have come under my observation, with a hope that they may throw some light on a subject, which has lately excited considerable attention, and awakened the serious apprehensions of many citizens—and although I have no doubt that the cat mentioned in the Gazette of yesterday, actually died in the presence of the persons alluded to, yet whether her death was occasioned by the sting or bite of the worm, is a circumstance that is at least doubtful.
I have compared several of the worms used in the experiments with those left at the Museum, and find them to be of exactly the same kind.
JOS. PARRISH.
Philadelphia, 7th mo. 2d.
Extract of a letter from Carracas.
"I anticipate your impatience, and send you the list of prisoners taken on board of Miranda's schooners. It has been furnished to me by a Spaniard unacquainted with our language, and some names are copied in such an incorrect manner, as to oblige me to guess at their true meaning. The bubble of that adventurer's expedition is burst, and this province is in such a state of defence, both by nature and by a re-union and organization of its resources, that not less than 10,000 regular troops would be required to make any serious impression. The inhabitants in general have shewn much loyalty and attachment to their government; forty thousand dollars have been subscribed in this country, and offered as a price for Miranda's head; but he has escaped by flight, and some of our countrymen are actually under close confinement, from which they will only be released by death. The most intelligent among the prisoners declare the expedition received the encouragement of our administration; the news we received from the United States appears to confirm this supposition. If this be so our rulers have degraded themselves indeed, and will be answerable, before God and their country, for the blood of these imprudent and deluded men, the greatest number of whom will most assuredly be executed as pirates."
[Here follows a list of the names of the persons captured in the two schooners, consisting of 50.]
Napoleon King of the Romans.
A letter from Bordeaux to a gentleman in New-York, dated April 23, states, that a meeting of the federative states is to take place, for the purpose of declaring Bonaparte " king of the Romans ." The ceremonial of his installation is to be performed with great pomp; all the kings, princes, dukes, &c. &c. subject to the French emperor, have received orders to attend in their proper persons. This further states, that the pope is to conti-
nue the exercise of his spiritual function only; to receive a pension, and that he is to reside in France; the particular place of his residence, has not, however transpired. [ Aurora .]
Here is another rapid stride of the French emperor towards Universal Dominion. To be celebrated King of the Romans , is only a preparatory step to his being elected Emperor of Germany . It is indeed a thing of course. But whether Napoleon will wait for the death of Francis, or whether he will invent a pretext for putting an end to his Dynasty of the House of Lorraine, is all that remains to be ascertained. We think the latter more probable.
"Federal France," is a term which the editor of the Aurora has given to nearly half of Europe, now under the control of France. According to this mode, if Bonaparte succeeds in all his vast plans of ambition and aggrandizement, which we think extremely probable, the whole world will be called " federative France ."
A letter from a gentleman on board the Leader , dated Barbadoes, June 12, mentions that Admiral Cochrane had delivered to General Miranda 40 Spanish prisoners, equal to the number of Americans the Spaniards have in their power—that Admiral Cochrane had supplied General Miranda with four vessels, which are to accompany him to Trinidad—that he was to sail on the 19th for Trinidad, where a number of the General's friends were waiting to join him, and where he expected to receive every assistance for the enterprize. The letter mentions that the son of Col. Smith, whom report has frequently placed among the captured, is still with Miranda. [ New-York Mer. Adv. ]
Extract of a letter from an American gentleman in England to his friend in Boston.
"We have accounts that the bill limiting the importation of British Goods to certain articles, has passed the House of Representatives, and was under discussion in the Senate. The merchants in England, knowing our country to have just and great cause of complaint, and finding the subject has arrested the attention of our rulers, fear the business will not stop with this bill; and their fear is strengthened by a knowledge of the determination of his Majesty's Ministers to adhere to the same plan of proceeding, which has so justly given umbrage to the Americans."
"I do not think that Great-Britain feels at present disposed to alter her conduct; the papers daily teem with intelligence of American vessels being detained; the British ports are full of them, and the object of their cruisers appear to be more what they denominate, " War in Disguise ," than to injure their enemies."
"The capture of Linois, with three millions sterling, on board the Martengo , has had a considerable effect on the public spirit."
"Since writing the above, I am told, that Mr. Fox has given it to be understood, that in case the American non-importation bill above alluded to, passes the Senate, and is sanctioned by the President, then an embargo will be laid on American vessels, until the points in dispute with our country, shall be settled."
LONDON, May 8.
The Hamburg mail, due yesterday afternoon, arrived here last night. Intelligence was received at Berlin, on the 28th, that the Swedes had blockaded the port of Swinemunde, on the Baltic, and laid an embargo on all Prussian ships; in consequence of which it was supposed that the Prussian troops would enter Swedish Pomerania. Letters from Constantinople, of the second of April state, that the Russian forces collected in the south of Europe, having excited the jealousy of the Ottoman Porte, the emperor of Russia had determined to withdraw his troops from the frontiers of Turkey, the Crimea, Moldavia, and Wallachia, and had given orders accordingly. If this intelligence be correct, it is obvious that the intrigues of France have succeeded in cooling the friendship that has subsisted between the Porte and Russia. The latter may be also desirous of withdrawing her troops from the South, in contemplation of a war between Sweden and Prussia; for the noble and generous conduct of Alexander will not permit us to suppose that he would leave the gallant Swedes at the mercy of Russia. The Hamburg papers contain nothing farther respecting Naples, or the mouths of the Cattaro.

MARTINSBURG, July 18.
In spite of the Caterpillars or the drought, the crops of wheat in Virginia are said to be uncommonly fine.
What is still better for the farmer is, that the price of it is likely to be very good. Wheat sold at Liverpool on the 16th April at 12s. 6d. sterling, for the bushel of 70lbs: superfine flour from 54 to 56s. sterling and on the rise. Should the British be shut out of the Baltic ports of Prussia for some time, particularly from Dantzic, whence they annually import large cargoes of wheat, and still more should there be a short harvest in Great Britain we may expect that our own wheat will command very high prices.
The number of Dollars imported into China, by American vessels, in 1803, 1804, and 1805, amounted to 4,837,300!
We are happy in having it in our power to state that in the representations contained in a letter from a gentleman from Detroit, inserted in our last, of hostilities being meditated by the Indians in that quarter against the United States are altogether unfounded. Rumors to this effect have been circulated, but are probably in a great measure, to be ascribed to the arts of landjobbers.
[Nat. Intel.]
Communicated for the Intelligencer. FRIENDSHIP.
FRIENDSHIP is a sincere, fervent, and permanent union of minds, formed by mutual affection and esteem, founded on real worth, and cemented by intimate acquaintance, frequent intercourse, exchange of good offices, and similitude of taste, temper and manners; it is inseparably attended with perfect candour, and unreserved openness of heart; interests itself with quick feeling and strong sensibility, in the pleasures and pains of its object; is raised above all suspicion and jealousy, above every mean and selfish view; sheds indulgence upon infirmities and imperfections; and, with the greatest tenderness and delicacy of affection, unites the interests of those whom it connects, and makes their joys and sorrows common.
From the Monthly Anthology.
AN ESSAY ON THE LIBERAL ARTS.
The importance and utility of arts and science are too obvious to admit of doubt or argument; but perhaps no truth, so well established, has been so little regarded by the people of this country. The many avenues to riches, which the circumstances of the times have opened, are thronged with an eagerness, that engages every faculty; and the great end, for which alone wealth is desirable, is absorbed in the pursuit and augmentation of the means. It is true, that to make near approaches to perfection in the arts, especially the imitative ones, is one of the last results of opulence and power; but whether America has made those advances, which her abilities and opportunities have afforded, is a question well worth serious consideration, if she has any ambition to rank with the nations of Europe in any other respect than that of commercial speculation. Her vessels spread their sails over the ocean, visit every port, and bring home treasures from every quarter of the globe; her cities flourish and increase with unprecedented rapidity, many of their inhabitants have acquired the fortunes of princes, and riches are diffused among the people. The luxuries, first desired by men suddenly possessed of wealth are generally coarse and gaudy; and will continually become more coarse, sensual, and depraved, unless a taste is excited for refined and elegant pleasures; unless those arts are more generally honoured and encouraged, whose natural tendency is to raise us above the gratifications of sense, to produce a love of beauty and order, a delicacy of feeling, an enlightened liberality of sentiment, and that high polish of exterior manners, which, while it charms with its brilliance and soothes with its softness, yet retains the integrity of virtue and the purity of honour.
That many must be employed in mere bodily labour, is requisite to the existence of social beings, and it is as wisely ordered, as it is beneficial and necessary; yet if those, whom fortune has exempted from toil, neglect to acquire knowledge and cultivate taste, the consequence must be a dull and noxious stagnation of every nobler faculty; a general prevalence of selfish and barbarous customs: but if the many who now pos-
sess not only competence, but affluence, could be induced to believe, that the incessant pursuit of gain was not the sole business of life; and that some portion of time and money might be usefully employed in acquiring taste and fostering of genius, they might elevate themselves unto a rank of just superiority; the respect they might claim would be paid with cheerfulness, and they would be looked up to with that veneration, which is due to accomplished minds, superior talents, and legitimate grandeur: the genial rays of polished life would be reflected and diffused through every subordinate class of society; the mechanic, the labourer, the hind that clears the forest and first opens the bosom of the earth, would catch the softening gleam of humanity, and when the hours of toil were over, would learn to be satisfied with innocent recreations, rather than seek the inebriety of taverns, or the tumultuous discord of popular meetings.
To advise the cultivation of taste, and the attainment of that discriminating knowledge, which enables its possessor to estimate justly the merits of an artist and the productions of art, particularly the art of painting, may sound strange to some, who have indulged themselves in fancying, that the people of this country have a natural genius for this art; to prove which belief, they will say, that we can go into few houses without seeing pictures, and that some of the first modern painters are natives of America, — a land famous for the production of self-taught geniuses. It is true, that prints and pictures, being considered as part of the furniture of a house, few that can furnish houses, neglect to embellish them in this manner; but the common and motley collections, we generally find, shew plainly, that fashionable decoration is the only object; and that taste is neither consulted in the selection, nor gratified by the exhibition. Of self-taught genius, and the wonders it has performed; the encouragement it has met with, and the recommendation it carries with it, we have heard enough, from those who have never thought on the subject, to sicken every one, who has extended his ideas far enough to conceive the extent of art, who knows how little can be done by one mind towards that degree of excellence, which requires the combined efforts of many, and the progressive experience of ages. "Ars longa, vita brevis," is a sentence we seem to have forgotten, or never to have known; hence that praise has been lavished on those, who have made shift to learn their letters without going to school, which could only have been deserved by the student, far advanced in academical knowledge; hence emulation, instead of being excited by great attempts, and deep researches, has been arrested in the beginning of the course, sat down contented with indiscriminate applause it received for trifles, made no farther advances, and the art itself is even to be begun. This country has indeed given birth to West and Stewart, Copley and Trumbull; names that stand in the first rank of European artists; but these were not self-taught, the shoots of skill and dexterity were engrafted on them in another country, where their natural talents were nourished and carefully raised to maturity: had they continued here, they never would have got beyond the rudiments of their profession, and must have been content with that species of short-lived praise, which usually falls to the lot of a self-taught genius. These observations are not made to discourage young men of talents who are inclined to exert them in the pursuit of art; but to warn them of the evil consequences, which result from mistaking the voice of common praise, for the commendation of the judicious; to induce them to give some other direction to their abilities; or go where the arts flourish in maturity, where the works of the great artists may be studied, where schools are formed, and genius safely guided in the road to excellence.
The attempts that have been made, and are now making at Philadelphia and New-York, to establish schools of painting, are, in the present state of the country, exceedingly premature; and must inevitably prove futile and nugatory. The ground must be cleared, and opened to the vivifying ray, must be weeded and dressed, the soil made rich by patient industry, before the seeds of delicate flowers can be sown; and then, incessant care, attention and skill, is necessary to perfect the gay parterre, which is to gratify the smell with fragrance, and the sight with varied beauty: so, before we can form schools of art, it is necessary, by previous cultivation, to prepare the minds of people to receive and nourish the seeds of taste: then schools may
be established on solid foundations, possessed of the means of instruction, and conducted by able professors.
If these few ideas, hastily thrown together, are favourably received by you, readers, the subject shall be continued.
A writer in the Norwich True Republican, after announcing the approach of the Solar Eclipse, which occurred on Monday the 16th ultimo, makes the subsequent reflections:—
"The years 1805 and 1806 seem to be replete with extraordinary events in the physical world. The congress of planets in our system, last October, was a phenomenon that has not happened for many years, and from the anomalous motions of the planets, it is presumed (for we have not made any calculations on the subject) that the same phenomenon will not take place again for many ages to come. That disturbances are caused in the planets' motions when they are congregated in the same quarter of the heavens by their mutual and approximate attractions, is a demonstrable fact and an acknowledged principle in astronomical science. But what particular consequences follow from such relative affections, is not at present within the province of human intellect to determine. One thing however appears to be certain—that our atmosphere has undergone great and important changes within the last two years. The extraordinary vicissitudes in the seasons that have occurred in this short period appear to be without a parallel in meteorological history, and strongly urges the intervention of some new physical agency which has caused a variation in the former ordinary course of atmospherical phenomena. But our short stay here, and the want of authentic observations made by others in former ages, precludes us from forming any correct opinion of those changes, and even renders all conjecture on a subject of such magnitude hazardous. It is perhaps in this respect only, that we have reason to regret the shortness of human life.
"The phenomena of Eclipses furnish a strong philosophical argument in favor of the non-eternity of the world. However sceptical we may be with respect to the imposing evidence of certain human dogmas, there is something of divinity in the force of mathematical truth that cannot be denied. It is justly styled the perfection of our reason. The time of commencement or end of a visible eclipse can be determined by observation, beyond a possibility of being mistaken. Therefore, if the motion of the planets in their orbits remained the same, the principles on which are founded the calculations of their various aspects, which give them a degree of exactness, surpassing the acuteness of our senses, for any however remote a period. But it is found that the calculations of ancient eclipses do not agree with the observations of them. This is caused by a small but constant decrease of the year, and a gradual contraction of the moon's orbit; that is, nice observers have discovered that the year is not quite so long as formerly, and the same thing is observed with respect to the Lunar period. It is also well known that the planets do not move in space void of resistance, but in regions of light and ether, which are material substances that form a resisting medium, that constantly tends to lessen the projectile force of planets and the obliquity of their orbits, whilst the power of gravity, instead of being weakened, is increased by the diminution of the projectile force.
"Hence it is manifest, that if the motions of the planets in their orbits are to be wholly regulated by the physical combination of centripetal and centrifugal forces which at present preserves the regularity and harmony of the universe, those planets must in time fall to the centre of their attractions, unless the Almighty Architect who created them should give them an additional projectile force. What right have we to expect such an extra interposition in the general laws of nature, the ignorant and unlearned are as competent to decide as the greatest philosopher. And though this point may never be satisfactorily answered, yet we may rest assured that our present system will last as long as it was intended by HIM who framed it; and we have no more reason to find fault with the CREATOR for making the world perishable, than we have because he has made man mortal!"
PERSEVERANCE.
All the performances of human art, at which we look with praise or wonder, are instances of the resistless force of perseverance. It is by this that the quarry be-
comes a pyramid, and distant countries are united by canals. If a man were to compare the effects of a single stroke of the pick-ax, or of one impression of a spade, with the general design and last result, we would be overwhelmed with a sense of their disproportion. Yet these petty operations incessantly continued, in time surmount the greatest difficulties, and mountains are levelled and oceans are bounded by the slender force of human beings. It is therefore of the utmost importance to those who have any intention of deviating from the beaten roads of life, and of acquiring a reputation superior to a name, hourly swept away by time among the refuse of fame, should add to their reason and their spirit the power of persisting in their purposes, and acquire the art of sapping what they cannot batter, and the habit of vanquishing obstinate resistance by obstinate attacks.
Dr. Johnson.
STRAYED away from the subscriber, living in Smithfield, Jefferson County, Virginia, on Wednesday the 2d day of July, a BRIGHT BAT MARE, about fifteen hands high, with bold face, seven years old last spring, no brand perceivable, her two hind feet somewhat white, shod all round but had lost one shoe before she started, and trots and canters well; it is supposed she has gone towards Maryland, as she was raised in that state. Any person who will give information where the said mare is shall receive a reward of four dollars. FREDERICK WOMELDURFF. July 18, 1806.
WANTED, A YOUNG MAN to attend a store. To one who understands business, a handsome salary would be given. Likewise, a Lad as an apprentice or otherwise. Enquire at the office of the Intelligencer. July 18, 1806.
Jefferson County, ss. May Court, 1806. John Roberts, Complainant, against Allison & Giger, and Benjamin Bell, Defendants.
In CHANCERY. THE defendants, Allison & Giger, not having entered their appearance agreeable to an act of Assembly and the rules of this court, and it appearing to the satisfaction of the court, that they are not inhabitants of this commonwealth, upon the motion of the complainant by his counsel, it is ordered that the said defendants, Allison & Giger, do appear here on the second Tuesday in September next, and answer the complainant's bill, and that a copy of this order be forthwith inserted in the Berkeley and Jefferson Intelligencer for two months successively, also published at the front door of the court house of the said county for the same length of time. A Copy. Attest. GEORGE HITE, c.j.c.
PROPOSALS BY GABRIEL NOURSE, FOR PUBLISHING THE YOUTH'S INSTRUCTOR, OR STUDENT'S COMPANION, Being a collection of words the most useful and elegant, selected from Bayly, Johnson and Sheridan, with an explanation, where any is necessary—agreeable to those justly celebrated authors.
Notwithstanding the multiplicity of publications, offered for the benefit of the rising generation, no apology is necessary for adding this to the number already extant. The want of a compendious little volume, such as the compiler promises the Student's Companion shall be; not only obviates but answers every objection to the present augmentation.
This little work is calculated for the purpose both of a Spelling Book and Dictionary, and claims the preference of all others, inasmuch as it will lead both to the sound and understanding of all difficult words; an excellence which no book in common use, can be said to possess.
From the assistance which the compiler expects from some of the first literary characters in America, and his own assiduity, in the selection, he is flattered to expect, it will in a short time find a welcome throughout the United States.
It will contain about 90 pages, 2-3 duodecimo—handsome type and paper, and bound in the best manner the price will admit of, which will be $3 per dozen or 25 cents single—payable on delivery.
Subscriptions received at the office of the Intelligencer.

JOHN ALBURTIS, Has it in contemplation, if sufficiently patronized, to print an elegant edition of
Addresses to Young Men, By JAMES FORDYCE.
And for that purpose submits the following proposals to the consideration of all who feel for the welfare of the present and rising generation, whose happiness these Addresses are so admirably calculated to promote.
TERMS: The above Addresses shall be printed with an elegant and entirely new type, on good paper, in an octavo form, and will contain about 300 pages. They shall be neatly bound and lettered for $2.25—or $2 half bound, payable on delivery of the work. They shall be put to press as soon as a sufficient number of subscribers are obtained, and finished without delay.
TO THE PUBLIC.
THE present publisher, as a member of that class of the community, to which this highly valuable work is addressed, recommends it particularly to his young brethren—but every person who feels for the good of his country, and for the welfare of society, he doubts not, will consider it a duty to patronize a work of this kind.
THE dispositions and manners of Young Men may be regarded as of the greatest consequence both to the present and future generations—An intercourse with those of worthy manners and dignified deportment, is evidently, much more efficacious in moulding the minds and directing the actions of others, than the highest authority, or the wisest example, of age. How deeply society will be affected, by the connections which Young Men shall form, and by the conduct which they shall hold, as they advance, it is not difficult to imagine; nor can it be necessary to prove, that, as the behaviour of individuals in their early days gives for the most part a turn to the rest, so from the character of our Youth in general, we may prognosticate favourably, or otherwise, concerning our own times, and those that shall more immediately succeed them.
THE above work, tho' more particularly addressed to, and intended for, the improvement of the minds of Young Men, inculcates principles that would add dignity to age,—and be ornamental to the nature of either sex. To persons acquainted with the author and his writings, any recommendation that could be offered, would be superfluous; but to those unacquainted with both, it may be proper to observe, that the work here offered, has stood the test of time and experience, and has been universally extolled by the virtuous of every sect and country where it has been read.
It would be a valuable present from a parent to a child, and for which they may expect remuneration in the rational improvement made in the minds of their progeny.
To complete this work, in a style that will do it justice, will subject the publisher to very considerable expense; but he doubts not but he shall be compensated for his expense and trouble, as every one will acknowledge, that the dissemination of books of this kind are an actual good to the community at large, and will therefore feel disposed to patronize it—for this purpose all who feel inclined to do so are invited to the Office of the Intelligencer, Martinsburg.
FOR SALE,
A TRACT of LAND, containing about 900 acres, one half of which is cleared, the balance well timbered; and a considerable quantity of well watered meadow. On the premises is a good Merchant Mill and Distillery, on a never-failing stream of water, and in sight of the Potomak river. This tract can be divided into several different tenements, with a Dwelling House and Barn to each; it is of the first rate limestone quality; and is situate in Berkeley County, Virginia, on Potomak river, 10 miles from Martinsburg, 8 from Williamsport, and 15 from Mercersburg. This land will be sold together, or divided into two tracts, as may best suit the purchaser. A good bargain will be given to a purchaser, in the mill and one half the land, on paying about two thirds of the purchase money in hand. For terms apply to the subscriber on the premises.
GEORGE NEWKIRK.
April 18, 1806.
Jefferson County, ss.
May Court, 1806.
Thomas Flagg, Plaintiff,
against Edward Ridgway, Thomas Lazenby and Sally his wife, and Robert Lazenby and Margery his wife, Defendants.
IN CHANCERY. THE Defendants, Edward Ridgway, Thomas Lazenby and Sally his wife, and Robert Lazenby and Margery his wife, not having entered their appearance agreeable to an act of Assembly and the rules of this Court, and it appearing to the satisfaction of the Court, that they are not inhabitants of this Commonwealth, on the motion of the Complainant by his Counsel, it is ordered that the said Defendants do appear here on the second Tuesday in August next, to answer the bill of the Complainant, and that a copy of this order be forthwith inserted in the Berkeley and Jefferson Intelligencer for two months successively, and published at the door of the Court House of the said County.
A Copy. Teste, GEORGE HITE, C.J.C.
BOLTING CLOTHS.
JUST received an extensive assortment of best warranted BOLTING CLOTHS, of every description, which will be sold unusually low, by KENNEDYS & RAGAN. Hagers-town, June 5, 1806. [1y]
THE subscriber has recently received and is now opening an extensive assortment of the most fashionable EUROPEAN and INDIA MANUFACTURES, of the first textures and most permanent qualities; also, a large and general assortment of almost all kinds of GROCERIES of the best quality;—the whole of which he flatters himself he may with propriety recommend to his friends and customers in particular, and to an impartial public in general. Any further recommendations are considered unnecessary, as the only criterion by which the most reasonable terms are known is by inspection only.
He has also received a handsome assortment of BAR-IRON, Strap ditto, Crowley and Blistered STEEL, SICKLES, and Waldron's highly approved of SCYTHES assorted.
THOMAS C. SMITH.
Martinsburg, June 13, 1806.
Superfine Flour for sale by the barrel.
Horton & Clark,
Grocers, next door to Hussey's tavern, North Howard-Street Baltimore, Have on hand and intend keeping a general assortment of
GROCERIES,
of the best kind, among which are Cogniac Brandy, { Teas of every description, Madeira Wine, { Sugars do. do. Spirits, { Coffee do. Holland Gin, { Candles & Soap do. Bounce, { Chocolate do. N. E. Rum, { Cheese do. Molasses, { Spanish Segars, Salt, { Pepper & Spices, Oil & Paint, { &c. &c. &c. Plaister of Paris, { These Goods are offered unusually low. Orders from the country thankfully received and punctually attended to—Highest prices given for Country Produce, Flour, Hemp, Butter, Bacon, Ginseng, &c. &c.
August 16, 1805.
Cheap Goods.
THE subscribers respectfully inform their friends and the public generally, that they have just received from Philadelphia and are now opening a handsome assortment of GOODS, which have been purchased at very reduced prices, and selected with care from the latest arrivals; they can recommend them to their friends and all those who wish to purchase Goods on reasonable terms.
They have also on hand a large assortment of SUGARS, COFFEE & RICE, Port, Sherry & Lisbon WINES, French BRANDY, West India SPIRITS and RUM; together with a large quantity of Old Maryland WHISKEY, of a superior quality to any that has been offered for sale in Martinsburg for a considerable length of time; all of which will be sold uncommonly low for cash or approved of country produce.
THOMAS NEILSON, & Co. Martinsburg, May 30, 1806.
NOTICE.
THE members of the Grenadier Company annexed to the 67th Regiment of Berkeley Militia, are requested to meet at Martinsburg on the first Saturday in August next, fully uniformed and equipped. As the company is not yet completely filled, those who are willing to join it will apply before that time. Punctual attendance at 11 o'clock A. M. is requested. July 4, 1806.
DOCTOR THOMAS M'PHERRIN,
TENDERS his services to the inhabitants of Martinsburg and its vicinity, in the capacity of PHYSICIAN, SURGEON, &c. He will occupy the store room belonging to Mr. William Mackey, next door to Mrs. Brady's tavern; and if the public should encourage him by their patronage, he flatters himself that his attention and education will enable him to give general satisfaction. Martinsburg, July 4, 1806.
THE Co-partnership, between L. Westover & Robarts, before noted in this paper, is by mutual consent dissolved. L. WESTOVER. June 27, 1806.
Carding Machines.
THE subscribers respectfully inform their friends and the public in general, that the CARDING MACHINE before noted in this paper, at Mrs. Hunter's mill, is now ready to do business—Also, one in Jacob Mumma's mill near Sharpsburg—Also, one will be ready by the first of July in Charles-Town. The wool for rolls should be picked and greased, with one pound of fat to ten of wool, and sent in a sheet sufficiently large to contain the rolls. The rolls can be transported any distance, without receiving the least injury.
WESTOVER & GIBBS. Martinsburg, June 27, 1806.
Two Lads wanted to attend the above Machine; one of 14 and the other about 17 years of age, who can come well recommended. It will be necessary for the oldest to understand plain accounts. They will be employed on advantageous terms.
WAGGONERS ATTEND!
FOR carrying Flour from my mill to Baltimore, I will pay ten shillings current money per barrel. I also want to employ a YOUNG MAN, who can come well recommended, to assist as a second hand in a mill. ADAM WEVER. Lee-Town, June 27, 1806.
TWENTY DOLLARS REWARD.
RAN away from the subscriber on Sunday last, a Negro Man named Jim, alias Jim Thompson, but better known in this county and Jefferson by the name of Fifer Jim; he is about 5 feet 8 or 9 inches high, about 40 years old, has a round flat face, of a very dark colour, and is a stout well made fellow; he was lately confined in the Martinsburg jail from which I relieved him. He has for several years past blowed the fife for the militia companies about Martinsburg and other places, on which he performs very well, & plays the fiddle also. He had on an old surcoat coat made of gray coating, overalls and waistcoat of the same cloth, a pair of about half worn shoes, split down the vamp owing to their being too small, and stockings, and probably other clothing with him. I will give the above reward to any person who will return said negro to me, or confine him in Berkeley or Jefferson County jail so that I get him again. ROBERT CHRISTY. Berkeley County, March 28, 1806.
F. NADENBOUSCH, & Co.
HAVE just received, in addition to their former stock, a very handsome assortment of
Choice Goods,
almost of every description, suitable to the present season. Those Goods have been selected with care from the latest importations; and they are satisfied on particular examination will give satisfaction to the purchaser both as to cheapness and quality—to be had for cash, country produce, or on the usual terms of credit to punctual customers. Martinsburg, June 20, 1806.
Two Apprentices wanted, to learn the Art of Printing.
THE Editor of the Intelligencer will take, on advantageous terms, two lads (from 13 to 17 years of age,) of moral character and sprightliness, to learn the Art of Printing.
DISSOLUTION OF PARTNERSHIP.
THE partnership of the subscribers in trade lately conducted in this place under the firm of Selby & Crow, was dissolved by mutual consent on the first instant. All persons indebted to said firm are requested to make payment to Walter B. Selby; who alone is authorized to receive all debts due to said firm. WALTER B. SELBY, JAMES B. CROW. Shepherd's-Town, July 4, 1806.
N. B. The business hereafter will be conducted in the name of the subscriber, who has lately received from Philadelphia a large supply of
Fresh Goods,
which having been purchased on very low terms for cash, will enable him to give bargains to all those who may be pleased to call on him. WALTER B. SELBY.
The subscribers have received from Philadelphia their
Summer Goods; ALSO, A SUPPLY OF MEDICINE,
Among which are, Peruvian Bark, and Fever and Ague Powders. They have on hand, Imperial, Hyson and Bohea TEAS, and a general assortment of GROCERIES and LIQUORS; a few Barrels TAR; CASTINGS, &c. MEMINGER & COOPER. Martinsburg, June 13, 1806.
They wish to dispose of the whole stock, any person inclined to enter into business, will meet with a bargain.
WANTING in the neighbourhood of the subscriber, residing near Martinsburg, Berkeley County, Virginia, a SCHOOLMASTER of good morals, sufficiently capacitated to teach spelling, reading and writing, according to the true rules of English grammar; and also arithmetic. GEORGE TABB. June 6, 1806.
THE subscriber has just received and is now opening, a large and general assortment of SPRING AND SUMMER GOODS,
Among which are Laced, Embossed and Plain Cambricks, Silk and Cotton Shambray Muslins, Trafalgar Vest Shapes, and Calicos, Long and Short Nankeens, Leno and Paris Net Veils, Oval and Square Silk and Cambrick Shawls with netting, Umbrellas and Parasols, trimmed and plain Bonnets;—also, Mill and Cross-cut SAWS, Madeira WINE, Port WINE, and the best Havannah SEGARS;—also, about three thousand volumes of BOOKS;—all of which will be sold at the most reduced prices, for cash, or on a short credit, to punctual customers. JAMES FAULKNER. Martinsburg, May 9, 1806.
CASH given for clean Linen & Cotton RAGS, At the Office of the INTELLIGENCER.
MARTINSBURG, Berkeley County, Virginia; Printed and published by JOHN ALBURTIS.
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