Berkeley and Jefferson intelligencer (Martinsburg, Va.), 1808-07-29 00:00:00

Berkeley and Jefferson Intelligencer.
Martinsburg, Va. Printed and published by JOHN ALBURTIS.
No. 10 of Vol. X.
FRIDAY, July 29, 1808.
Whole No. 478.
Ms. Wilson
Terms of the Intelligencer.
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Corner Store, by the Market-House in Shepherd's-Town.
THE subscribers inform their friends (customers at a distance) and the public in general, that they have just finished opening, at their Store (by the Market-House) in Shepherd's-Town, a General Assortment of FRESH GOODS , which, added to their former stock, makes it very complete.
 The following articles are a part of the stock now on hand:  Ladies' fashionable, figured and plain Sattin Straw BONNETS,  ditto ditto split Straw, Leghorn and Chip ditto,  Gentlemen's muce light (imported) broad-brim BEAVER HATS,  with and without green under, 2 boxes Irish Linens (well assorted)  1 ditto ditto ditto,  1 ditto fine Dowlas and Brittanias,  1 ditto fine and coarse German Ruffs,  4 bales fine and coarse Ticklenburgs,  2 trunks nice Cambric and common Calicos,  1 ditto 44 and 64 Cambric Muslins,  Plain, Striped and Figured Leno Muslins,  1 case Superfine and low priced Dimities,  1 trunk Silk and Cotton Hosiery,  English Kid and Silk Gloves,  SATTINS,  Black, Changeable and Plaid Lute strings,  A great variety of fashionable Ginghams,  ditto ditto Sarsucks, for Gentlemen's summer wear,  Patent Nankeens,  India ditto, Grandurelle and Cotton Cassimires,  MIXT PLAD,  Silk and Cotton Chambrey Muslins,  Gentlemen's fashionable corded Marcella Vestings,  White Jeans and Royal Ribb, for Officers' pantaloons,  Elegant Fancy Silk and Leno Shawls,  Silk and Cotton Umbrellas and Parasols,  A great variety of Thread and Cotton Lace,  Bed Tickling, Home-made Lifen, Twill'd Bags, and Flax,  Fresh Medicines and Paints, of the best quality,  Flax-seed Oil,  Prime Seal and Upper Leather,  Nice Fair-tops, Calf-skins and Boot-Legs, 
BAR-IRON, Steel and Nails, Well-seasoned PLANK, A great quantity of Hard-Ware, China, Glass, Queens', Stone, Tin, Wooden and Potters' Ware— Also, a large quantity of Hugh and John Long's prime Sickles, Waldron's Cradling and German grass Scythes, WHETSTONES, 60 barrels Rye Whisky, a part of which is upwards of twelve months old, 40 barrels Apple Brandy, two years old, which they will sell low, or let out for grain, to be delivered after harvest. They assure the public, that they never had a better assortment of Goods than at present—All of which they will sell low for Cash, or on the most liberal terms to punctual customers. JAMES & JOHN LANE. Shepherd's-Town, June 24, 1808.
NOTICE.
Those who do not come forward and lift their due bills in my hands, before the 1st of August next, will have suit brought against them for the amount of the same.
LEVI PRICE.
Martinsburg, July 8, 1808.
The highest price given in Cash, for clean Linen and Cotton Rags, at this Office.
Cheap Spring Goods.
THE subscriber informs his friends and the public, that he has received from the Cities of Philadelphia and Baltimore, and is just now opening a very extensive assortment of
SPRING and SUMMER GOODS,
 Consisting, in part, of the following articles:  Chintzes and Calicos,  Italian, plaid and changeable Silks,  Elegant Damask Silk Shawls,  Figured and plain Leno Muslins,  Cambric ditto,  Irish Linens, (uncommonly cheap)  Spider Net Sleeves,  Loose Cotton Hose,  Superfine Edging and Lace,  Fashionable Sattin, Straw and Leghorn Bonnets,  Wreaths and artificial Flowers,  A great variety of Fancy, Kid and white Slippers,  Pink Gingham,  Elegant Tortoise-shell Combs,  Sea-weed Fishing Lines,  Gentlemen's Summer HATS: 
ALSO, a large quantity of Useful Books,
that are sold exactly at the Philadelphia prices. Home-made Linen, Twill'd Bags and Flax, CALF-SKINS and BOOT-LEGS, Patent and other MEDICINES,
Waldron's cradling and grass scythes,
About fifty dozen of Long's prime sickles, German SCYTHES and CUTTING-KNIVES, Bar-Iron, Strap-Iron, Castings and Steel;
A large assortment of Groceries, and a quantity of Old Rye Whisky, of excellent quality, distilled by Martin Bilmeyer, A few dozen of Hopkins' first quality RAZOR-STRIPS, with Diamond Paste, &c. &c.
All of which is offered for sale at the most reduced prices for Cash—He therefore requests that all those who wish to get BARGAINS, will be pleased to call at his Store, below the Bridge and opposite to Mr. Shutt's tavern. WALTER B. SELBY. Shepherd's-Town, June 24, 1808.
FRESH GOODS
Now opening.
THE subscribers have the pleasure to inform their friends, customers and the public generally, that they have just received and are now opening at their Store (Mr. Kearsey's well-known corner) in Shepherd's-Town, a complete and handsome assortment of SPRING and SUMMER GOODS,
consisting of almost every article in the mercantile line, which have been purchased low, and will be sold on as favorable terms as any goods that will be offered this season.
They return their thanks to all those who have been pleased to call on them since their commencement in business, and flatter themselves with a continuance of the same, as they are determined that no pains shall be spared to accommodate those who may favour them with their custom.
R. WORTHINGTON, & Co. Shepherd's-Town, May 20, 1808.
The subscriber has just received a large quantity of
Bar-Iron,
which he offers for sale on the lowest terms; ALSO  Crowley and Blister'd STEEL.
Waldron's prime Cradling Scythes for sale at one dollar and twenty five cents; Pendry's and Burns' SICKLES;
Pendry's are the same as Long's, he having lived with Long ten years, and is allowed to make Sickles equal to him in every respect.
He sells Brown Sugar as low as it is to be had in Baltimore by the quarter cwt.
He particularly solicits all those who wish to purchase GOODS for Cash to call on him, as he will undoubtedly make it to their advantage.
LEVI PRICE.
Martinsburg, June 10, 1808.
Twenty Dollars Reward.
RAN away from the subscriber, living near Opeckon in Jefferson County, Virginia, on Monday the 6th instant, a Negro Man named ELISHA , about twenty one years of age, about five feet seven or eight inches high, well made, rather slow in his speech, and is remarkably fond of liquor—Had on when he went away, a new shirt and trowsers of strong home-made tow linen, striped swansdown jacket, and a round-about made of fulled linsay of a drab colour, the under part of the sleeves made of cloth nearly of the same colour, a wool hat about half worn, with a hat band and buckle, the hat band wrapped round with brass wire, and coarse shoes much worn. I will give twenty dollars reward and all reasonable expenses for the apprehension of the said Negro, if he is returned to me, or secured in jail, so that I get him again. ABRAHAM CORRELL. June 17, 1808.
Clock making and Watch repairing.
THE subscriber acquaints his friends and customers, that he is still carrying on the above business at his residence in Frederick County, on the main road leading from Martinsburg to Winchester, eighteen miles from the former and six from the latter place, where he will be thankful for any orders in his line, and trusts he shall be able to execute them with satisfaction to his employers.
He has now in his employ John Grove, well known as an excellent Watch repairer—and for the convenience of persons, in or near Martinsburg, who may want their watches cleaned or repaired, he has engaged Joseph M c Feely of that place, to receive them for him, to whom they will be returned when finished.
Watches repaired by him will be warranted to perform accurately for one year, accidents excepted.
All Clocks made by him, will, as usual, be ensured to perform with accuracy.
He makes Mill-Brands of every description.
REES BRANSON. 6th Month, 10th, 1808.
TANNERS TAKE NOTICE!
FOR SALE, A most excellent Tan-Yard, Of which a very great and extraordinary bargain will be given.
SITUATED in Shepherd's-Town Virginia, with a never failing stream of water running through it, and a wheel that raises the water in abundance for the use of the yard. There are four lots in the enclosure, and the improvements are a Bark and Mill-house, 120 feet long, one brick building 48 feet long, wherein are a Currying-shop, a room for unfinished leather, and a Smoke-house; one other Brick House for storing and selling out finished leather, a Lime House, Stuffing-shop, and Garner for ground bark—with 37 Vats of different sizes, and room for 100 more. There is also in the same enclosure an excellent and beautiful Dwelling house, 60 feet by 24, two stories high with a piazza the whole length, and a kitchen and hall—the whole handsomely finished, and an excellent well of limestone water with a pump and dairy. The whole of the enclosure is planted with fruit and other trees—Also a convenient barn, stables and garden.
This is a most capital piece of property, and can hardly be exceeded by any situation that is to be met with. Shepherd's-Town is 18 miles from Hagerstown, 70 miles from the City of Washington, and 75 miles from Baltimore. It is on the west bank of the Potomac River in a high and remarkably healthy situation. The river will afford an abundant supply of bark, when other places fail.
Any person wishing to purchase may know the terms by applying to the subscribers on the premises.
CAMPBELL & M c KNIGHTS. April 23, 1808.
[CONTINUED FROM OUR LAST.]
LETTER III.
To the Editor of the North American.
SIR, THE blessings of uninterrupted peace, and all the glorious advantages which could result to a neutral nation from the present disordered state of European politics, I have proved in my last, upon the greatest human certainty, would have been ours, by a continuance of federal principles in our general government.
But in opposition to the Federal policy, must be considered the new doctrine. Upon this scale it was calculated, that justice only, towards others, would secure justice towards ourselves; that our moderation would be a sure antidote to the depravity of human nature in other governments; our forbearance would draw us into the affection of all other nations; and thus we were to rest secure from the troubles and calamities of a turbulent world. It was even urged as the substance of an argument, by Mr. Jefferson, in one of his first messages to Congress, that public wealth was dangerous; that it was a temptation for us to engage in war which we might otherwise avoid. This is true Jeffersonian philosophy. We must really admit that such might be the case, when the rulers of our country are politically mad; but there is little danger with men of discretion. A sword in the hands of a lunatic is dangerous, both to himself and others; but in the hands of a wiseman, it is the innocent and ready weapon of defence.
To secure complete success to the new policy, it is necessary, that the world should be virtuous and honest; and that no encroachments should be made upon our rights. But this unfortunately is not the case. We are the inhabitants of a wicked and avaricious world. To grant one privilege and to submit to one insult, is proved by a thousand instances, only to be the invitation to others. To proclaim aloud that we will not defend ourselves or our property; that we will even destroy our implements of defence, is the plainest language for the assassin and the thief.
Now, what has been the proceeding of the present ruling party? To effect a change in public men, and thereby acquire stations for themselves, the idea of a naval or a military force, even to any extent, was deprecated. They loudly proclaimed, long before their ascension to power, that all such things should be destroyed; and published to the world that their calculation was made, upon the correctness of their proceedings, to command the justice of all other nations.
Accordingly, the first amongst their measures was the destruction of our progressive means of defence. It began by the reservation of a small sum annually appropriated to acquire materials for the marine defence; the sale of those materials which had been acquired; the sale of public vessels at a great sacrifice; the neglect and consequent injury and destruction of such vessels and implements as could not be sold; and the raising of our taxes by a Mediterranean Fund. But all did not satiate their zeal for injury and destruction. They also sold the public Bank Stock. With these funds, squeezed out of the ruins of our national dignity, and poured into the coffers of the nation, they ushered forth a hypocritical boast, from the highest authority, "an overflowing treasury, and the reduction of our taxes." Truly, the internal taxes were repealed; but the sum raised by the Mediterranean Fund, far exceeded the whole amount of them.
The consequence of such open professions and subsequent proceedings, soon became evident. Foreign nations, discovering that we were abandoning every thing which could maintain our national dignity, commenced with trifling encroachments upon our neutrality; until the different parties, encouraged by the alternate success of each other, and neither of them finding, or even expecting any opposition, except the opposition of words, it was raised to a competition between them, who should be most successful upon us, who should ad-

quire the most of our property without incurring the penalty of resentment.
From the indirect war thus commenced upon the commerce of a friendly nation in distant seas, they were encouraged by the prospect of gain, to approach nearer to our harbours, until some of them became completely blockaded by the armed vessels of foreign belligerent powers. Our vessels were finally arrested in passing from one of our ports to another, and our citizens have been seized, and some of them murdered within the jurisdiction of our own laws. Nor did they cease their experiments upon our childish forbearance without a trial of it, by an attack upon the national flag.
During these gradual encroachments on the part of the belligerents, and consequently our gradual degradation, the American feelings could not be confined to an uniform silence. The fire of resentment was kindled in the American breast on various occasions; but it was extinguished by the cold liquid of moderation and forbearance of injuries, poured out in copious abundance from the fountain head. As difficulties were made to increase upon us, and to satisfy the frequent demands of our citizens upon the government, imploring a resistance of the repeated distress and insult, the nation has been tantalised with the sham protection of gun-boats; while the government still continued their full reliance upon the main battery, erected upon the temple of reason, and discharging most powerful words and arguments against our unjust persecutors.
Proclamations were issued against certain armed vessels entering our waters, after the general indignation of our citizens had burst out in every quarter of the union; and even manifested the disposition to avenge the injuries of our country, either with or without the sanction of government. But what was the effect of these proclamations? Was there any thing in them which discovered a spirit to resist national insult? Or were they but another proof to foreign nations, that an appeal to words is our only defence? Judging from subsequent proceedings, they must have proved the latter and thus we find, that so far from producing a relinquishment of their unjust encroachments, they have been extended, even by the authority of government, to the whole of our trade. Their orders and decrees have made a general effect.
Here was the last extremity. A nation, having abandoned the solid principles of a reliance upon her own energies for defence and protection, to pursue the delusive vision of purchasing justice by principles unsuited to the wicked propensities of human nature, has brought the world in arms upon us—For there is no war so lucrative to our enemies as when we make no resistance; when we tamely submit to the seizure of property and the assassination of our citizens without an attempt to obtain some redress. Nor is there any thing so well calculated to invoke the oppressive injustice of the world upon an innocent people, as those principles and practices, which must induce the fullest belief, that they will submit to every thing. Yet such have been the principles and practices of our own government under a delusive policy. I even regret, sir, to make this declaration respecting a government, which I should feel proud to call our own; but the force of reason has brought me to it; and to conceal the truth in times like these, must be a political sin of the deepest die.
Having brought our view, in the most general and concise terms, to that period in which the equivocal, though final declaration of war was made upon us by the European powers; and having discovered it to have grown out of our own proceedings, our anxiety will naturally lead us to enquire, whether our resistance in the shape of a perpetual embargo, is not a continuation of the same delusive policy, a continuation of the invocation to injury and insult. Consider first—When different parties are competitors for the advantages of commerce, and it is discovered that any one of them may be easily frightened to abandon its share in favour of the others, there never will be wanting a disposition to effect it. And it is another principle equally correct, that when the more powerful nations have discovered that they may calculate upon the servility of the weaker that a demand for their services will be made as occasion may require.
On the first principle, taking the pamphlet of Mr. Barron for my authority, the present British ministry, under the influence of the West India and shipping interest, laid a plan for monopolizing the trade of the whole world; to be effected
by their orders in council, interdicting all commerce which was not carried on through Great Britain. This, however, Mr. Barron conceives to be bad policy, and consequently must prove unsuccessful. But there is enough in it to discover the disposition of human nature, in the ministry; and that if it had been such as to promote the pecuniary interest of G. Britain, perhaps, Mr. Barron would not have thought of the injustice of the principle. But if the British government were made to believe, that war with America would have been the consequence of the orders in council, it can safely be affirmed, that they never would have been issued.
Upon the other principle, France has been abundant evidence of our obedience to the will of greater powers. She has made her calculation upon our continued servility, and has unequivocally demanded that we must assist in breaking the power of Britain. In one short paragraph of M. Champagny's letter to General Armstrong, these several points are made: "That the Emperor considers that war exists between England and the U. States; that he is willing to consider us associated with him against England—That, according to our decision will be the disposition of American property in the ports of France as security for our faithful compliance with his wishes."
The embargo system, thus lays the foundation for other countries, to raise the most abominable impositions upon us. If it be well understood, and I believe it is sufficiently so, from our present policy, that we will continue the embargo, while we are menaced with danger, other nations will readily exchange their insults in great abundance for the advantages of our commerce.
Indeed it is really a matter of doubt, if a Jeffersonian policy must continue to regulate the exterior relations of our country, whether a total relinquishment of all commerce may not be the true interest of our citizens. A policy, calculated to invoke all the injury and oppression which may suit the interest of every nation upon earth, will certainly leave us but little rest. On the contrary, it is more reasonable to suppose that our distresses must increase, as this policy becomes more permanent. Even the existence of commerce must become so uncertain to us, and its pursuit so precarious, that our labour would find, perhaps, more certain remuneration in pursuing those avocations in which we can more easily defend one another, without a reliance upon an administration, too weak, penurious and cowardly to protect our rights; and thus abandon the most enlightening and most profitable avocations of human life to all nations who have the impudence to demand it.
The popular objection to a moderate naval expense, is the most futile sophistry that can be offered for not defending commerce. The expense of building and maintaining public ships, it will be admitted, must be considerable. But who would receive the amount of this expense? It must be the people who can most conveniently furnish the necessary supplies. Our own citizens are such a people; therefore our own citizens would receive nearly the whole amount of expense. And after having received it, this sum cannot be considered as lost to the nation; but must continue to revolve to the benefit of society.
There is a strange inconsistency in a policy, that would thus withhold from the hand of labour a few dollars, to be appropriated for national defence; while it would sink twenty or thirty millions in one year by an embargo. There is another remarkable circumstance attending our present public arrangements: that is, since our commerce has been driven from the ocean, the gun-boats, the two schooners, and the frigate, have been out to protect it; and all this, upon the most economical plan; for the hands have been changed from one vessel to another, to avoid expense.
Having portrayed those circumstances, which brought us to the present political confusion, it will be unnecessary to recite the public and private distresses of our country; these are sufficiently known by fatal experience. But the question naturally arises—How shall we extricate ourselves? It is vain to look for redress out of that system which has brought us thus far in the road to destruction. A perpetual embargo, for instance, has no more tendency to raise our national dignity, than the amputation of the head would have to save life. It cannot be denied, however, that a temporary embargo in certain cases might answer very well as an auxiliary measure; but as a primary one, it bears
but little weight; and to make the most of it, it is always a punishment on both sides.
If then we are to resume our original standing among the nations of the world, it must be by a direct change of our present policy. We must resume those bold and dauntless measures which bought our independence, and maintained our prosperity, even for a time after we had changed the politics of our general government.
Amongst other advantages, acquired by the Federal administrations, was a national dignity, which upheld our thriving commerce, after they were driven from office, even then continuing their credit to their unjust persecutors. The honest men of all parties are therefore invited to a candid consideration of a subject on which our existence as a nation or destruction depends.
In my next I expect to prove that the change in politics was effected more by grovelling ambition and habitual discontentment, than by any the least semblance of true reason.
VALIUS.
[To be continued.]
Carlisle July 8.
A very laughable circumstance happened in this place, on the morning of the 4th day of July. A number of democrats had assembled in the centre square to fire a cannon, and usher in the day in a suitable manner. A certain person, who shall here be nameless, was invited to perform the office of gunner (a sly wag) with the match waving in his hand, and in the act of applying it to the touch hole, the rejoicing democrats vociferated with shouts that made the welkin ring, huzza for Simon Snyder!! but lo! the cannon remained profoundly silent, the match having been directed to one side of the touch hole—this was several times repeated to the admiration of the by standers—when he exclaimed it will not go off for Simon! and again waving the match round his head, he cried huzza for James Ross!! and giving it the proper direction off it went to the no small amazement of all.
WASHINGTON CITY, July 22. The Schooner Hope, Capt. Woodward was to sail yesterday from Alexandria, to carry more messages to France, and by the way of France, to England. Capt. Haley is the bearer of the dispatches for Paris, and Mr. Atwater of those for London.
There is scarcely a paper issued from a democratack press, of late, that does not contain some sling at COMMERCE; yet there is not a man in the community, of any description, who does not, directly or indirectly, derive advantages from Commerce. We only wish the time to come when the whole people shall believe these retailers of Mr. Jefferson's ideas, as much in earnest as we do. It will make a greater revolution in public sentiment than our country has ever yet experienced. A large portion of democrats believe this slang against commerce, is a trick to answer temporary purposes of party. But if they are not blinder than beetles they will see both in town and country, on our wharves and in our markets, in stores shut up and mechanic's shops silent, pretty serious demonstration that Mr. Jefferson is carrying the joke too far, for a mere joke. If they should then find themselves at a loss to know why we are half ruined, and without any prospect of turning back, let them take up Mr. Jefferson's Notes on Virginia, and Mr. Madison's famous Resolutions. The whole system now in process, will appear perfectly plain and intelligible.
Repertory.
MARTINSBURG, July 29.
The following article is republished from the last "Washington Federalist," for the purpose of saying that it is a mistake. We have not conversed with Maj. Stephenson since this article came to hand, but several of his friends have assured us, that he has not yet consented to offer as a candidate for Congress; and whether he will or not, is uncertain. We concur in the opinion of our friend, the Editor of the "Washington Federalist," that there is now a majority of Federalists in this Congressional district, and have well-founded hopes that we shall be able to send a Federal representative to Congress after the 4th of March next, although the particular person is not fixed upon—We have just now been informed, that the democrats have commenced their electioneering campaign, and we think that our friends should also be on the alert; for, although a great change has evidently taken place in the minds of many democrats in this district, yet it will require some exertion to defeat the schemes of our political adversaries.
"We are extremely pleased to hear, that Maj. James Stephenson, is to be a candidate for the congressional district
now represented by John Morrow. Major Stephenson who has heretofore been a representative, is a federalist, a man of understanding, and a gentleman. There is no doubt that the federalists have a large majority in that district, and it will only be for the want of exertion, and a concert of action, if they do not succeed."
The following FRENCH PROJECT is extracted from the Baltimore Whig—the same paper which dared to connect, by a profligate comparison, the name of the GREAT WASHINGTON with Mr. Jefferson's Lieutenant Colonel of Riflemen—Let the people of the U. States reflect on these things, before it is too late.
FROM THE BALTIMORE WHIG.
"Here is my Project."
"Let meetings be called in every town, city, county and village of the United States: Let them earnestly and respectfully address the President, and urge the necessity of calling Congress together by Proclamation , as speedily as the law permits. Let Congress convene—declare WAR against England—make ourselves and posterity forever secure, by the expulsion of the English from North America: For, we will ever be subject to faction, while there exists a dishonest neighbor on our northern borders, who will attempt to weaken us by sowing divisions among us; seducing citizens from their duty, and officers from their trust."
"Let these grand, but simple plans be executed with an American spirit , now ardent for such adventures —And Oh! what consequences may we not expect? Halcyon days, years, centuries will succeed a temporary war, which can neither be bloody nor expensive—the respectability of our character will then be acknowledged every where, which is now admitted no where."
"Let every friend of his country's union , happiness , and greatness , rise in support of similar measures, and their united voice will be irresistible. If we now shake off the torpor of neutral indifference—posterity will have cause to bless our noble exertions, and our contemporaries will sing loud paens for our success and heroic deeds."
"What think ye, fellow-citizens."
"The first step is the only difficulty," is an old proverb. It was oddly applied by a lady: Hearing a cannon in company declare, "That Saint Piat, after his head was cut off, walked two entire leagues with it in his hand;" and who added with emphasis, "Yes, two entire leagues." "I do not doubt it," she replied: "On such occasions, the first step is the only difficulty."
Defalcation. —When the democrats attained the ascendancy in Massachusetts, in the true spirit of their characteristic persecution, they turned out the state treasurer, a man of sterling integrity and tried worth, and appointed a sturdy, thorough-going democrat in his place. The consequence is, that in the short space of two years, this disinterested patriot, all out of pure love for the people we suppose, has embezzled seventy two thousand dollars of the public money. This will furnish the people of Massachusetts with another proof of the folly of entrusting the democrats with power, and serves to confirm them more agedfactly in the true faith.
[Washington Fed.]
In our last, we mentioned the arrival of a French government brig, which we stated to be immediately from France. The truth is, she is direct from Guadalupe, and her object is to procure flour. Although not one of our merchants here is permitted to transmit a barrel of flour to his correspondents to the eastward without a permit from some democratic governor, we have no doubt this vessel of our good friends and allies will be allowed to take in a cargo of provisions "being free according to law." The story of her being a national brig, is a tale trumped up to serve their purpose. She is nothing but a Guadalupe privateer.
[Ibid.]
In a Kentucky paper, we find a candidate for the legislature thus recommended to the voters.
"He is a gentlemanly man, and a respectable doctor—he drinks grog with a gout —tells a story with humour, and shoots a rifle with judgment."
Fire. —On the evening of the 5th inst. The Store of Messrs. S. & C. Howard, of Savannah, was struck by lightning, which occasioned a fire that destroyed about one hundred thousand dollars worth of property.
The secretary of war, is arrived in New-York for the purpose of inspecting

the fortifications which are now constructing. He is making a tour through the eastern states on the same business.
BLACKBERRY SIRUP.
THE present not being a seasonable time to prepare valuable medicine, but to recommend its usefulness, Particularly among children afflicted with bowel complaints—a feeling mother offers the following receipt for public benefit.
Take the fruit before very ripe, extract the juice, and to each quart add one pound of white Sugar, skim and boil it about half an hour, when cool enough to bottle add a small tea cup full of Brandy. From one to four table spoons full, may be taken frequently, as age and circumstances require.
LIEUT. COLONEL DUANE.
It is finished. The cup of bitter humiliation, forced to our lips, has been drained to its very dregs. The nation's pride, the nation's honour, is insulted, tarnished and disgraced, and nothing is left us, but with hearts full of remorse, to weep over the ruin and dishonour of our country.
Our fears are at length realized... We did hope, that the report which we ventured upon private authority to give to the public some few days since, of the appointment of William Duane to a high command in the new army, was unfounded and untrue. We did trust, that a fear of wounding the public spirit, and rousing the public indignation, would alone have saved the American character from the infamy and disgrace, by which it is now polluted. But we have been disappointed; the report is officially confirmed, and confirmed, in a tone of exultation, harsh and discordant to the ear of a native American.
Some have had the hardihood to assert the propriety of the appointment, and the audacity to contrast, in the very face of the American people, the services of the infamous Duane, with those of our great political parent, the virtuous and immortal Washington. Gracious God! What services? Where are we to look for them? In the polluted pages of the Aurora? What services? Do they consist in the introduction of confusion and disorder into the bosom of a peaceful and happy country? Or in reviling and calumniating, whatever of virtue, or genius, or patriotism our country may boast? What services? Are they to be found in a blasphemous, thanksgiving to the insulted majesty of Heaven, for the arrival of that day, when the author and founder and finisher of our liberties retired from his great station to the repose of private life, amid the acclamations and blessings of grateful millions? or are we to look for them in one unceasing exertion to palliate and soften, to defend and justify, the unequalled insults, the unexampled injuries heaped upon our poor country, by that monstrous and bloody despot of whom this wretch has been the hireling? Alas! my countrymen, I fondly hoped there would be some limit to disgrace, but "in the lowest deep," you have indeed found "a lower deep" of degradation and dishonour. And yet we are told, that this appointment "will give heartfelt satisfaction to every friend of merit and tried republicanism." Matchless and unblushing impudence! I may not, I will not believe it. It cannot be, that there is a single native American, let his political opinions be what they may, who will not burn with a generous indignation at this insult offered to his country's honour.
The indignant voice of wounded pride even now is heard from all parties, democrats as well as federalists, and it will be heard while a spark of patriotism remains to kindle the flame of a just resentment. The proud spirit of the American is roused, and the honour of a soldier will never suffer the degradation of being associated with a wretch "whose approach is infamy, whose touch is poison."
FEDERAL REPUBLICAN.
To the Editor of the Berkeley and Jefferson Intelligencer.
SIR, THAT the happiness or prosperity of a nation depends more on the administration, than the form of government, is a maxim, wisely cherished in every country, in which the freedom of election prevails. It is as honorable to the rulers, as it is beneficial to the people. It stimulates the former to the exertion of every talent, to preserve domestic prosperity, and national honor, by reflecting a great part of this glory upon themselves; whilst it enables the latter to correct evils, by attributing them to their true cause. It is a maxim, sanctioned by the conduct of the present ruling party in the United States, who, in their opposition to the former administrations, not unfrequently quoted it—Supported by a majority of the people of this country, it may be laid down now as a fundamental principle from which they cannot retract. Upon this touchstone, therefore, I shall proceed without hesitation, to test the wisdom of Mr. Jefferson's administration; and first as it regards our national character.
Our newly purchased territory invaded by the Spaniards, and our citizens dragged from their families, to undergo all the lingering horrors of a Spanish dungeon, are certainly no proofs of our respectability in the eyes of foreign powers; more than victory, wrested from the grasp of our brave officers, by a base peace, precipitately concluded (at the expense of sixty thousand dollars) with Algiers, and our ally meanly deserted in a foreign country, is of the desire of our government to support that respectability. The violent attack upon the Chesapeake, and the insolent letter of Champagny, are infringements of our sovereignty, which none but a pusillanimous or flagitious administration could have borne. The treatment of our public officers by France, our merchant ships detained by that power, professedly as a pledge of our declaring war against England, and our vessels captured in our very harbours, by both belligerents, are insults which would swell with indignation, the breast of any man, less accustomed to degradation, or more careful of his country's honor, than our philosophical president. But what excuse can the advocates of the present administration form for their conduct, when we see them so far from affording protection to their citizens, suffering them to be plundered with impunity, and even murdered by French privateers! The groans, the lamentations of their unhappy relatives, speak a language to the heart of every American, too forcible to be misunderstood.—They must strongly excite his resentments; whilst the conviction, that a contemptible policy guides our cabinet, or that corruption has found its way into the American councils.
It may be said, that the wisest administration cannot prevent wrongs being inflicted upon us by other nations. But certainly it is the business of the executive to prevent their repetition by resenting them with spirit, and by placing the country in a situation to repel them with energy. Let us see what has yet been done to heal the wounds hitherto inflicted upon our honor, or to secure it from more violent attacks in future. Is an army or navy provided for our defence? The addition of 6,000 men to our four former regiments, is too trifling to be named, when threatened with a war from either of the great powers of Europe—and a few rotting frigates serve to display the frugal economy of a government without funds, or the energy to raise them. Are the Spaniards yet chastised? The attention of the public was for a while excited by the boastful letters of our commander, until the "hero of the spurs" found a plausible excuse to retreat to New Orleans, there to play the tyrant with an unarmed populace whom he came to protect, and violate the fundamental laws of that country, whose constitution, the solemnity of an oath bound him to preserve. What satisfaction has yet been obtained from Great Britain? None; but to be revenged of her, we have very sagely come to the resolution of destroying ourselves. Have our mean entreaties that appearances of independence may still be left us, and that we may not be forced into a war with England, produced any effect upon the haughty Corsican? Our government has met with that treatment, which every meanly submissive ministry must expect, from a man, whose energy and valor have carved out his own fortune; injury and insult heaped upon each other in such quick succession, that the people at large are now taking the alarm, and refuse to suffer the national honor to be entirely lost, by the weak measures of a pusillanimous administration.—But in vain is this spirit manifesting itself in our countrymen—Love, or fear, or corruption, or perhaps a combination of the three, so entirely prevails in our cabinet, that to hope for any opposition to French encroachments, would be folly. The executive sees that power pursuing the same insidious policy which has always preceded their arms, and still take no means to defeat it, as if determined to submit quietly to that subjugation, which their own conduct will make inevitable. Whether or no they have made their peace with the Emperor, I cannot say, but Mr. Jefferson should remember, that when power is felt, right is forgotten—a stronger instance of this illegitimate partiality to France could not be given than in the conduct of our government towards those French privateers which have plundered, and even murdered our citizens, whilst in the prosecution of a free and lawful trade. Immediately after the perpetration of these acts, upon entering our ports their hands still reeking with American blood, their vessel loaded with the spoils of our citizens, instead of being treated as pirates, or if commissioned by their government, a prompt and spirited demand for satisfaction made; they were permitted completely to refit for a second cruise against our own trade, and furnished with every necessary, duty free, and not even the petty tribute of an inflammatory proclamation paid to the manes of our unfortunate countrymen! Will posterity believe that, under any administration the character of a nation yet pretending to independence could have been so debased? They would rather suppose these things to be the virulent railings of party animosity, the slanderous fabrications of a malicious opposition, if history, the faithful recorder of the glory as well as the disgrace of nations, were not to transmit the sheet, crimsoned with the blushes of Americans, to the remotest ages. As a patriot, I could wish the history of the present administration, buried in oblivion, but as a friend to society, I must wish them to be held up in their proper colours "as a negative instruction to their successors forever."
Degrading as is this picture of our external relations, the friends of Mr. Jefferson, turn from it with a sigh, to a view of our internal state. The contempt which foreigners entertain for our government, transfusing itself into the minds of our own citizens, we see them applying to other governments for that protection which the weakness of their own cannot afford, all our resources depending upon commerce and that entirely destroyed, our mariners emigrating in crowds to foreign service; at one fell blow the enterprize of the merchant extinguished, and the industry of the farmer palsied; The constitution the only safe guard of our civil liberties violated without remorse; open rebellion resisting the execution of oppressive laws, without any system of defence, unless a few gun-boats deserve to be dignified with this appellation, we are told that we are about to enter into the war, with one of the most powerful nations on earth. A sapient congress passed in 1806 a non-importation act, in 1807 the same thing enacted a non-exportation law, at the instigation of a president who displays no talents, even in having acquired an unlimited control, over the minds of a majority of such a legislature, have left us without funds, and no other means provided for the exigencies of government, as if an administration remarkable only for its weakness, and either knew not or the government was rejected.
The present administration which the gentlemen rejected a p. on to reduce their own salaries ought certainly to have convinced them, that those honest days are now over, when men volunteered in the service of their country without an eye to remuneration. Do they feel conscious, that they are uncommonly deficient in patriotism? Or do they suppose that they alone, on account of their superior abilities, deserve a recompense? Which of these opinions was most prevalent amongst them, I will not say, but which is the most correct, any one who will view their conduct, may easily determine. To pursue the subject of our domestic misery, would be at present unnecessary. Every man who sees the whole labor of the last year lost, and reflects that the want of firmness, integrity, or capacity in our administration, has, in the short space of one year cost us upwards of 38 millions of dollars, must be convinced, that to continue the present system would be ruinous, and that it is necessary to oppose such a continuance with vigor. New-York, Massachusetts and Rhode-Island, have already spoken awfully to the administration, and their united voices, will I hope be the harbinger of its downfall. Vermont, in a state of actual rebellion, speaks at once, her own discontent, and the imbecility of a government, whose time serving and debilitating policy, has rendered it impossible to quell any insurrection, without the assistance of those very people, whom they affect to distrust. The time for the election of members of congress in this state is yet distant, but when it arrives, I hope the free holders of this district, will prove themselves worthy of independence; if they do not, it may perhaps be among the last in which they will be called upon to take a part—Nothing but exertion is wanting to secure success, over an adversary formidable only in intrigue—To rouse them to this exertion, they shall not want the voice of
STENTOR.
Homemade Linens and Twill'd Bags.
THE subscribers inform their friends and the public, that they recently received a large quantity of Homemade Linens and Twill'd Bags, also a large supply of Medicines and Paints, of the best quality; Physicians and others may depend on being supplied by wholesale and retail at the Philadelphia and Baltimore prices. They have also on hand Flax-Seed Oil, Paint Brushes, Nails of all sizes, well seasoned Pine, Poplar and Walnut Plank, Bar-Iron, Crowley and Blister'd Steel, Bacon and Fish, a strong new Road-Waggon, Prime Soak and Upper Leather, Nice Boot-Legs, Fair-tops and Calf-Skins, Homemade Shoe Thread, a few nice Horse Nets, at less than half the usual prices. Together with almost every other article that this country and neighbourhood requires in our line of business. JAMES & JOHN LANE.
P. S. They pay in Cash, the highest prices for Hides and Skins, clean Linen and Cotton Rags. Shepherd's-Town, July 29, 1808.
LAST NOTICE.
MY request, of the 10th instant, to persons indebted to myself, and to the late firm of McMeninger & Cooper, not having had the desired effect, all persons concerned, are notified for the last time, that unless they come forward and settle their accounts by the first day of August next, their accounts and notes will be transferred. ALEXANDER COOPER. Martinsburg, June 24, 1808.
Take Notice.
ALL those who made purchases at the sale of the property of Absalom Miller, dec'd. are informed that their respective obligations become due on the 1st Sept. next, when it is expected they will be discharged.—There being claims upon the estate, that must be paid in a very short time, it will be out of my power to give any indulgence after the day above mentioned. WILLIAM B. KING, Adm'r. July 29, 1808.
A GENERAL meeting of the Overseers of the Poor of Berkeley County, is directed to be held at the Poor-House in Martinsburg, on the first Monday in September next. By order of the board. ROBERT COCKBURN, C.O.P. July 29, 1808.
TO be sold by Public Auction on Friday the 12th day of August next, at the late dwelling house of Thomas Hall, dec'd. near Mr. Sherrick's Sulphur Spring, a variety of Household Furniture, Two Mares and one Colt, a large Stud Horse of the Snap breed, and a number of other articles too numerous for insertion. Nine months credit will be given, the purchaser giving bond and approved security. JAMES FAULKNER, Adm'r. July 29, 1808.
I WISH to employ a Journeyman Weaver, who is a single man, well acquainted with the business, and who is of sober and industrious habits. To one of the above description constant employ and generous wages will be given. Apply at the subscriber's residence near the Quaker Meeting House. JOHN M'CLURE. July 29, 1808.
THE public are respectfully informed, that the subscriber has lately purchased the Mills formerly owned by Major Andrew Waggener, and last in the occupancy of Cephas Beall, which, in a short time, will be in complete repair for the reception of Wheat and the manufacture of Flour; he will always keep in his employ persons well acquainted with the business, and will endeavour to give ample satisfaction to all his employers—He will stand the inspection of all Flour manufactured at his Mill, when the wheat is merchantable.
He will shortly have erected a Machine, for the purpose of pounding and grinding Plaister Paris. WILLIAM B. KING. July 29, 1808.
Mr. THOMAS STEWART, TAKE NOTICE.
THAT on the tenth day of September next, at the house in which Mr. John Davis now resides, at the Yellow Springs, Green County, and state of Ohio, I intend to take the deposition of said John Davis, which I intend to offer in evidence on the trial of a suit brought and now depending in the District Court holden at Winchester, Frederick County, Virginia, in which you are Plaintiff and I am Defendant. Said deposition to be taken by virtue of a commission issued from the said Court. Yours, &c. ALEXANDER MILLER. July 29, 1808.
The subscriber respectfully informs his friends and the public, that he has just received, in addition to his former stock, a large assortment of Dry Goods and Groceries, among which are the following uncommon articles in this place.
London P. Madeira Wine, warranted twelve years old. Sound Port and Sherry Wine. Porter, Cheese, Anchovies, Capers, Olives and Cucumbers. Bordeaux Brandy, ditto Sallad Oil. Cogniac Brandy. Jamaica Spirits 4th proof. Holland Gin do. &c. &c.
All of which will be sold on the most reduced prices for Cash. James Faulkner, Martinsburg, June 17, 1808.
The Rev. Mr. MOYRS will preach (in the English language) in the Court-House, Martinsburg, on Sunday next, at 5 o'clock.

THE EMBARGO.
A Song composed by Henry Melton, Esq. of Dover, and sung at the celebration of the 4th of July. DEAR Sirs, it is wrong To demand a new Song, I have let all the breath I can spare, go; With the Muse I've confer'd, And she won't say a word, But keeps laughing about the Embargo. I wish that I could, Sing in Allegro mood; But the times are so stupid as Largo, Could I have my choice, I would strain up my voice 'Till it snags all the strings of Embargo. Our great politicians, Those dealers in visions, On paper to all lengths they dare go; But when call'd to decide, Like a noddle they hide, In their own pretty shell the Embargo. In the time that we try, To put out Britain's eye, I fear we shall let our own pair go; Yet still we're so wise, We can see with French eyes, And then we shall like the Embargo. A French privateer, Can have nothing to fear; She may loot, and may have or may there go; Their Friendship is such, And we love them so much, We let them slip thro' the Embargo. Our ships all in motion, Once whitewh'd the ocean, They sail'd and return'd with a cargo; Now doom'd to decay, They have fallen a prey To Jefferson, worms, and Embargo. Lest Britain should take A few men by mistake, Who under false colours may dare go; We're manning their fleet With our Tars, who retreat From poverty, sloth, and Embargo. What a fuss we have made, About rights and free trade, And swore we'd not let our own share go; Now we can't for our souls Bring a Bilk from the shoals, 'Tis a breath of the essential Embargo. Our farmers so gay, How they gallop'd away, 'Twas money that made the old mare go; But now she won't stir, For the whip or the spur, Till they take off her clog, the Embargo. If you ask for a debt, The man turns in a pet, "I pay you! I'll not let a hair go; If your officer comes, I shall put up my thumbs, And clap on his breath an Embargo." Thus Tommy destroys, A great part of our joys; Yet we'll not let the beautiful fair go; They all will continue To keep commerce alive, There's nothing they hate like Embargo. Since rulers design To deprive us of wine, 'Tis best that we have a rare go; Then each to his post, And see who will do most, To knock out the blocks of Embargo.
OBSERVE THIS.
The subscribers will pay cash (at six cents per lb.) for all clean Linen Rags delivered at their Paper Mill in Chambersburg. SAMUEL PURVIANCE, JOHN COLHOUN. Chambersburg, July 22, 1808. [6w]
TAKEN up trespassing on the subscriber's plantation, near Opecon creek, a sorrel Horse, seven years old, fourteen and an half hands high, his left hind foot and right fore leg white, blaze face, shod all round, no perceivable brand, and appraised to sixty dollars.—The owner is desired to prove property, pay charges, and take him away. JOHN MYERS. July 22, 1808.
PAY YOUR TAX.
ALL those who have not paid their Public Taxes for the year 1807, are hereby notified, that if the same is not discharged by the 1st of August next, distress will be made in all cases for recovery. MOSES COLLINS, MEVERELL LOCKE, } D.S. WILLIAM BELL. } Berkeley County, July 22, 1808.
ATTENTION!
THE Martinsburg Independent Blues are requested to be punctual in their attendance at their usual place of parade, on the first Saturday in August next, at 11 o'clock, A. M. for the purpose of training and receiving their Arms and Accoutrements. JAMES FAULKNER, Captain. A Fifer wanted, to whom generous wages will be given. July 15, 1808.
PROPOSALS for printing by SUBSCRIPTION, The Armenian Sacleton, By WILLIAM HUNTINGTON.
THE publisher has been induced to offer a new American edition of this work to the public from the scarceness of it, (it being almost out of print) and with the hope that its circulation will be a great public good, and have a tendency to point out to searchers after righteousness the true path in which it may be found. He trusts that it will richly repay those for its perusal who are in search after Divine truth; all who wish to see the glorious Gospel promoted and spread through our land, he doubts not, will feel a disposition to encourage this scarce and valuable work. The publisher is not actuated by interested views in offering this work to the public; his sole object is the dissemination of truths necessary for every human creature to be acquainted with; he only wishes to obtain as many subscribers as will pay for the printing, his own situation being such as to put it out of his power to have it republished without the aid of others. The work will probably make from 250 to 300 duodecimo pages; it shall be well printed on good paper, and the price, half bound, shall not exceed one dollar; those who wish them bound in leather can have them at the additional expense of binding; if the number of subscribers should be equal to his expectation, the price in all probability will be less. The work will be put to press as soon as a sufficient number of subscribers are obtained to pay for the printing. Subscriptions received at the office of the Intelligencer. JOHN HUTCHINSON. June 5, 1808.
BATH.
THE subscribers, appointed at the last session of the General Assembly, Trustees for the town of Bath, Berkeley County Virginia, are informed that a number of persons who have been advised to use the waters of this place, are deterred from visiting it, from an apprehension of its unhealthiness. They deem it their duty to state to the public, that the mill-pond to which the former sickness of persons at Bath is almost exclusively to be ascribed, has been long since entirely dry, in consequence of the dam having been taken down, and that the inhabitants of the town have enjoyed their usual health for more than a year past, and of course, during the summer and fall of the last year. We are entirely satisfied that these Springs may be resorted to as formerly without any risque to the health of visitors, from the cause above mentioned. The Commissioners have had the Baths repaired, and are taking measures for cleansing the streets, cellars, &c.—They intend, as far as the powers given them by law will permit, to fit the place for the comfortable accommodation of those to whom the use of the waters may be necessary. ELISHA BOYD, JOHN BAKER, HENRY S. G. TUCKER, DAVID HUNTER, RAWLEIGH COLSTON, PHILIP C. PENDLETON. Berkeley County, Virginia, } July 1, 1808.
BAR-IRON.
WE have now on hand a complete assortment of Antietam BAR-IRON, which we intend keeping constantly. R. WORTHINGTON, & Co. Shepherd's-Town, May 20, 1808.
RAN away from the subscriber about the 1st of this month, a girl named Peggy Brewer, bound by her parents; she is about fourteen years old; she took with her a variety of clothing. SIX GENTS reward will be given to any person who will return said girl. BARNET KEPHART. July 15, 1808.
THE subscribers, in addition to their former assortment, have just received and finished opening a complete and handsome variety of SPRING and SUMMER GOODS, (too extensive to particularize,) among which are an elegant assortment of Ladies' and Gentlemen's fashionable Manufactures, together with A very general selection of the most permanent EUROPEAN, INDIA and other Merchandise, the whole of which they most respectfully recommend to customers particularly, and a liberal public generally, at the most reduced Cash rates.—For all former favors conferred they gratefully request permission to return public thanks, hoping in all respects relative to their line of business to merit a continuance of patronage. THOMAS C. SMITH, & Co. Martinsburg, May 13, 1808.
THE subscriber will exchange Jewellery, or any kind of Silver work, for good new Feathers. JOSEPH M'FEELY. Martinsburg, July 15, 1808.
L. PRICE, Has just received a large supply of FRESH GOODS, which he offers for sale on the lowest terms. His assortment consists, in part, of the following articles: Mull Mull Muslins, 6-4 and 4-4 Cambrick do. Leno and Spider-net do. a beautiful assortment, Cambrick and Diaper Dimitys, Pocket Handkerchiefs, A Superb collection of E. Chintzes and Fancy Prints, Cotton Laces, assorted, Patent Nankenees, Grandurella, India Nankenees, Blue do. Fancy Ginghams, Lappet and Cambrick Shawls, Leno do. An extensive assortment of fashionable and other Bonnets, Morocco Shoes, Fine drab Cassamers, Superfine Cloths all colours, Marseilles, assorted, Cotton hose do. Tortois Shell and Horn Combs, Fancy Velvet & President's Cord, Irish Linen, German do. Excellent Spinning Cotton, Crowley and Blistered Steel, Bell's Crockery and Dishes, S. Wine, J. Spirits, F. Brandy, Cherry Bounce, Rum, Madeira Wine, Herrings and Shad, Rappes Snuff, Imperial, Hyson, } Teas, Y. Hyson and Green } New England CHEESE of excellent quality. Cradling and Grass Scythes, Tin Ware, First quality Rifle powder, Common do. Shot and Lead, Sweet Oil, Spirits Turpentine, Tar, Fish Oil and Molasses, &c. He assures the public that no person shall undersell him, and that no pains shall be spared to oblige customers. Martinsburg, May 13, 1808.
PAPER MAKING.
THREE or FOUR APPRENTICES are wanted by the subscriber, to learn the PAPER-MAKING business—Lads from twelve to fifteen years of age will be preferred.—This business is remarkably healthy, and holds out advantages that but very few others offer. Apply to Mr. Alburtis, in Martinsburg, or to the subscriber, at his Paper-Mill near Buckles Town. CONRAD COUNSELLER. July 1, 1808.
THE subscriber wishes to dispose of the FARM on which he now lives, situate in Berkeley County Virginia, near Opecon Creek, about three miles from Martinsburg and seven from Shepherd's Town, on the main road leading from the former to the latter place—This farm contains about three hundred acres, a part slate and a part limestone land of the first quality, about two thirds of the whole tract cleared, and now in a state of high cultivation, the balance clothed with excellent timber, which will always afford a greater quantity than the consumption of the place will require—A sufficient portion of the land can be converted into good meadow—The improvements are a very comfortable and convenient dwelling house, a large frame barn and stables, with other useful buildings; there is a spring of good water quite convenient to the dwelling, and several other springs rise on different parts of the place, furnishing a sufficient and constant supply of water throughout the year. The subscriber being desirous to remove to the state of Ohio, will take in exchange for the above farm, land well situated and of good quality in any part of that state; or if a greater part of the price can be paid in hand, a great bargain will be given in it. The terms will be made known on application to the subscriber living on the premises. ELI BELLER. April 29, 1808.
The subscriber has just received a handsome assortment of Antietam Bar-Iron, ALSO Best Crowley and Blister'd Steel and Strap-Iron, a constant supply of which they always intend keeping; they also have Waldron's prime Cradling and German Grass SCYTHES and a large quantity of Long's noted Sickles, For sale on good terms. THOMAS C. SMITH, & Co. Martinsburg, June 10, 1808.
BOOT and SHOE MANUFACTORY MARTINSBURG.
THE subscriber respectfully informs his customers and the public, that he still occupies his old stand, between the Post-Office and Printing-Office, Martinsburg; that he has lately made a considerable addition to his stock of leather, (which is of the best quality) and shall constantly keep by him a large assortment, so that none who may please to employ him, will ever be disappointed; he will be careful in always keeping the best workmen, and from his own particular attention, feels an assurance, that he shall be able to give satisfaction to his customers—Boots and Shoes, of every description, will be carefully made, agreeable to directions—He intends to keep, ready-made, a variety of work for Ladies and Gentlemen—Having a large stock of Leather on hand, he will be able to give a short credit to punctilious persons who may wish it. He is thankful for the favours already received, and will endeavour in future not to be underserving encouragement. RICHARD HICKSON. April 1, 1808.
BOOT & SHOE MANUFACTORY, Nearly opposite the Globe Tavern, Martinsburg.
THE subscriber, from a desire to advance his own interest, to place his business on a more respectable footing, to serve his customers, and to be at all times ready to answer the calls of the public, has now, and intends always to keep in his employ, some of the best and most fashionable workmen, in his line of business; he will also be constantly provided with the best leather that can be obtained—and from an assiduous attention and endeavours to please, has no doubt but that he will be able to give satisfaction to all who think proper to employ him. Gentlemen and Ladies at a distance, who may please to favour him with their work, may depend on their commands being strictly complied with, and that by forwarding their measures accompanied with instructions, their work can be as well executed here, as at any of the most fashionable towns. JACOB POISAL. March 25, 1808.
LANDS for sale.
A BARGAIN may be had in the purchase of the place where John Fike and Basil Cross now reside, containing five hundred acres of good lime stone LAND, binding on Opecon Creek, distant about five miles from this place and six from Shepherd's Town. The buildings are comfortable, with a mill-seat on Opecon.—The title good, the price low and the payments will be made easy to a punctilious man. Those who are inclined to buy, may know the terms on application to John Baker, Esq. at Shepherd's Town. BENJAMIN ODEN. Martinsburg, Nov. 20, 1807. A variety of BLANKS For sale at this Office.