Norfolk gazette and publick ledger (Norfolk [Va.]), 1805-09-04 00:00:00

NORFOLK GAZETTE AND PUBLICK LEDGER.
VOL. II.]
WEDNESDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 4, 1805.
[NO. 22.]
THIS PAPER IS PUBLISHED THREE TIMES A WEEK; PRICE TO SUBSCRIBERS FIVE DOLLARS AND FIFTY CENTS PER ANNUM, PAYABLE IN ADVANCE—SINGLE PAPER TWELVE AND ONE HALF CENTS—ADVERTISEMENTS ARE INSERTED AT THE RATE OF FIFTY CENTS FOR THE FIRST, AND TWENTY FIVE CENTS PER SQUARE FOR EACH SUCCEEDING INSERTION
BRITISH CONSUL'S OFFICE, Norfolk, Virginia, August 31, 1805. HIS Britannic Majesty's Consul to the State of Virginia, in consequence of instructions by him received from his government, hereby gives notice, to the merchants concerned in the trade to His Majesty's Dominions, that according to the terms of the Act of the 37th of the King C. 97, no British built vessel captured by His Majesty's enemies, afterwards purchased by citizens of the United States, and sailing under a Sea Letter can be admitted to entry under the said Act, as an American vessel.
114
John Hamilton.
FOR SALE,
At Reduced Prices for Cash, or approved Sixty Day Paper,
 25 Puncheons Antigua, } RUM.  31 do. Grenada, }  10 do. Country, }  8 Cases HOLLAND GIN.  10 Pipes do. do.  2 do. FRENCH BRANDY.  4 Casks CLARET.  28 Hogsheads, } SUGAR.  13 Tierces, }  150 Bags GREEN COFFEE.  20 Barrels LOAF SUGAR.  2 Quarter Casks SHERRY WINE.  4 do. do. MADEIRA do.  140 Pieces RUSSIA SHEETING.  70 do. 4-4 IRISH LINEN.  3 Trunks CALLICOES. 
LLSO,
A Handsome London Made PHLETON, With Plated Harness.
William B. Lamb.
September 2. 6 117
FOR SALE,
On board Newcomb's Packet, at Newton's Wharf,
70 Barrels New-York PRIME PORK.
40 Boxes RAISINS.
50 Jars OLIVES.
September 2.
FALL GOODS,
Just received from London, per Planter, Capt. Boush.
J. & W. Southgate.
September 2. 2m 115
Office of Discount and Deposit of the Bank of the United States, September 2, 1805.
WANTED TO PURCHASE,
A FEW THOUSAND POUNDS STERLING OF Approved endorsed 60 day Bills on London.
116 ROBERT OLIPHANT, Cashier.
NEW FLOUR,
Of a very superior quality, in Half Barrels, made purposely for family use—For sale by
J. & W. Southgate.
September 2. 2w 118
300 Barrels Superfine FLOUR,
For sale by
James Maurice & Co.
September 2. tf 119
FOR SALE,
Imported in the Ship Ann, Captain Nicol, from Leith,
800 Kegs PAINT—assorted.
55 Boxes CROWN GLASS—10 by 8, 11 by 9, 12 by 10, 14 by 12.
200 Gross EMPTY BOTTLES—in Mats.
95 Tons COAL.
5 Barrels BARLEY.
For terms, apply to Captain Nicol on board, or
William Cuthbert.
September 2. tf 113
NOTICE.
THE concern of JOHN STRATTON & Co. is this day dissolved by mutual consent, all those to whom the concern is indebted, as well as those who are indebted to the concern, will settle their accounts with Geo. Wilson.
Geo. Wilson,
J. Stratton.
August 30. tf 109
DESERTION.
DESERTED from this Garrison on Monday the 19th instant, WILLIAM G. THOMPSON, a private in my Company of Artillerists. He is 32 years old, 5 feet 7 1-2 inches high, dark hair and complexion, born in Lancaster county, Pennsylvania. Ten Dollars will be given as a reward on his delivery at this post.
J. Saunders,
Captain U. S. Artillery Commanding.
Fort Nelson, August 30. tf 108
WANTED IMMEDIATELY,
Rough White Oak Hhd. and Bbl. STAVES,
AND A FEW TONS
SASSAFRAS ROOT.
Apply to
Moses Myers.
August 26. 3w 91
THE SUBSCRIBER
WAS RECEIVED BY THE BRIG BETSEY, FROM HAVANNA,
180 Tons Campachie LOG WOOD, of the 1st quality.
70 Logs of MAHOGANY.
100 Boxes White and Brown SUGAR.
96 Hogsheads MOLASSES.
ALSO—ON HAND,
66 Pipes, 40 Hog heads, 25 Quarter Casks, } TENERIFFE WINE.
3 Pipes VINEGAR.
40 Barrels WANUTS.
8 Hlds. }
60 Bbls. } PENINGTON'S LOAF SUGAR.
12 Hogsheads St. Martin's SUGAR.
A few Logs St. Domingo MAHOGANY.
The whole of which will be sold on very moderate terms, for approved paper.
Edward Roberts.
August 21. tf 87
THE SUBSCRIBERS,
TRUSTEES OF THE ESTATE OF FRANCIS S. TAYLOR,
HEREBY GIVE NOTICE,
THAT the management of the affairs of that estate is confided to Robert B. Taylor, to whom persons indebted are desired to make payment, and those who have claims to make them known.
JAMES THORBURN,
MARTIN FISK,
JAMES MAURICE.
August 25. 3w 101
FROM BELL'S WEEKLY MESSENGER.
A brief account of the Life and Literary Character of ARTHUR MURPHY.
On Tuesday at Knightsbridge, in the 78th year of his age, died Arthur Murphy, a gentleman who has long held a distinguished place in the literary world, as an author, and particularly as a dramatist, has shone with no common lustre.—Mr. Murphy was the last of that famous Literary Club, which was established by Dr. Johnson, at the Turk's Head, in the strand, near fifty years ago; he was the school-fellow, and friend to Burke through life, and intimately connected with that brilliant society of wits and writers, who upon the accession of his present majesty, were in the zenith of their reputation. Mr. Murphy was of Irish extraction, and educated at St. Omer's, where he distinguished himself as an elegant Latin Scholar. In the year 1746 he came to England, and finding his circumstances not very affluent, he engaged as a clerk in a mercantile house; but disliking the drudgery of book-keeping, he quitted his situation, and took chambers in the temple, where he commenced the study of the law. Finding that his profession was not the perfect Coroncopia , or immediately crowned with honours and rewards, he applied himself to the press, and projected and began a periodical paper, under the title of The Gray's Inn Journal , at the time that Johnson's Rambler was publishing.—It was superficial and juvenile, and did not much succeed; but produced for the author an acquaintance with Johnson by a very singular occurrence.
Murphy was one day in the country with his friend Foote, when suddenly starting up after dinner, he said that he must leave him, in order to furnish for his printer a number of the Gray's Inn Journal . Foote told him he might shorten his labour, "for there is," said he, "a very pretty Oriental tale in a French magazine, which I have in my pocket; suppose you translate it; you are the first, and it will do your work no discredit." Murphy gladly acquiesced, and the translation was dispatched to London and printed. But what was his surprize, upon his arrival in town, to find that this same Oriental tale, translated from the French, had its original in a number of the Rambler —that he had been translating from a translation, and committing a piracy upon Johnson. Nothing remained but an apology, to which, from the character of Johnson, Murphy was somewhat averse; however, he called upon him, explained the circumstances of the mistake, and was received with the greatest good humour. This introduction laid the basis of a friendship which subsisted to the Doctor's death, and Murphy found means to requite the obligation by introducing Johnson, some years after, to the family of the Thrales, to whom he was so signally indebted for the comforts of the latter part of his life.
A few years elapsed, Murphy appeared as a writer for the stage; his first piece was The Apprentice , to which Garrick contributed an admirable prologue, which is now always spoken before this farce; it was deservedly successful, and has an originality and invention which never after appeared in any other of Murphy's work.
His Upholsterer , built upon the number of the Tatler, was his next, which is likewise a valuable stock piece. The year 1760 was remarkable for the appearance of three of the most distinguished dramatic writers on the stage; Colman's Jealous Wife and Murphy's Way to Keep Him were produced this year. The Way to Keep Him was very successful, chiefly by the excellence of its moral and the purity of the dialogue, for the characters are not very strong or comprehensive, and the wit and humour but thinly scattered. From this period, he almost annually contributed to the stage.—His All in the Wrong , his Orphan of China , his Grecian Daughter , Know your own Mind , Citizen , Old Maid , &c. &c. appeared at distant intervals. By the Grecian Daughter, his most successful piece, he cleared upwards of a thousand pounds.—It could not be omitted that Mr. Murphy once attempted the part of Othello on the stage, and failed. Churchill's severe lines upon him are well known:
Who but remembers—sure all must, When in the Moor he champ'd his teeth to dust, When o'er the stage he folly's standard bore, And common sense stood trembling at the door.
In one part of his life Murphy engaged as a publick writer in defence of Lord North; he produced The Test and The Auditor , which, with the usual uncertainty of existence common to political writings, have long gone to the tomb of the Capulets.
Upon his attempt to be called to the bar, Mr. Murphy was rejected by the societies of the Temple and Gray's Inn, upon the plea that he had been upon the stage; in Lincoln's Inn, however, to the honour of the members, this illiberal objection was not suffered to prevail, and Mr. Murphy was not only called to the bar, but was long a bencher of the society. As a lawyer he did not signalize himself; he frequented the Norfolk circuit, but obtained little business and yet less in the courts of Westminster.—Upon the great question of
literary property, he raised some expectations by an able speech as counsel before parliament, but his career was obstructed by a variety of causes, and he soon quitted the bar. Upon a renunciation of his profession he was appointed a commissioner of bankrupts, and held the office till his death. Mr. Addington procured him a pension of 200l. per annum, and the produce of his works contributed to the comforts of his old age.
Besides his dramatick pieces, Murphy obtained 600l. from the booksellers for an edition of Johnson's works, with his life; and 400l. for the life of Fielding, and an edition of his works, with notes. His translation of Tacitus was his greatest production; the scholars object to it as too paraphrastic, and is wanting the closeness and simplicity of Gordon's translation; but it is deservedly prized by the general reader, and is a good trade-book. This work was dedicated to Burke, a circumstance very honourable to Murphy, for he was told that the dedication was desired by a nobleman, who might have compensated the favour in a very magnificent manner.—Before his death Murphy, corrected an octavo edition of Tacitus.—His last work was the life of Garrick, and affords strong proof of a decrepid genius: it contained little but trite relations, threadbare criticisms upon old plays, and reiterations of exhausted anecdotes. It was much inferior to honest Tom Davies' life of Garrick, and, notwithstanding the weight of Murphy's name, has not superseded it in the publick opinion.
The general character of Murphy's genius was elegance and superficiality; the plots of his plays, except The Apprentice , and Grecian Daughter , were all borrowed; he was a most intrepid plagiarist, and, in some respects, a disingenuous one. His poetry, for he was a verse maker, was terribly mediocre; but his prose was polished and pure. He will not remain as an English Classic, though his pieces are likely to keep possession of the stage. He had been a gay and free liver in the early part of his life, and had no particular measure of seriousness at its close; but he was esteemed as an honest, good man, and will be lamented by a large circle of his acquaintance.
ORIGINAL REMARKS.
CHARACTER OF THE BRITISH ARMY.
From an English Paper.
It is confessed by foreigners that the English army is composed of the bravest soldiers of Europe, but the want of a regular system for its formation, the various classes of troops of which it consists, and above all, the disunion and inconsistency which arises from the different methods of training, service, and the contradictory character of these troops, have always had a tendency to keep it backward in every other estimation but that of courage.—Our materials are good, but not happily wrought; the defect, therefore, is in the policy of the system, to which source it may be easily traced.
Our first want is that of the able commanders; and surely it is no reflection upon our officers that they have not this ability, when it is considered that the study of military tactics has been wholly neglected in this kingdom; that we have no schools in which the common elements are taught, and that a gentleman intended for the British army who is ambitious of some professional knowledge, has no means of acquiring it but abroad. It is thus that our tactics are those which have been long taught, and partly disused in the German Schools, and an English officer of the present age is an eleve of the system of Frederick the Great .
Without meaning to reflect upon this system, it may be observed, that the tactics which are the growth of one country, and accommodated to its particular soil and character, are not always suitable to the genius of another. When the King of Prussia established his scheme of military tactics, he undoubtedly consulted the genius of his subjects and the situation of his country; had he been called to the same studies in England, he would probably have worked by other rules.
It is likewise to be lamented, that, among us, there never has arisen a military writer of any eminence of reputation. Every other species of knowledge has been brought to perfection, and it would not be too hazardous to assert, that every kind of mechanical skill is carried to its greatest perfection in England; in that alone which involves the safety of the country, are we woefully deficient. We learn to fight in the Schools of our enemy, and frequently repay, with interest, the lesson they have taught us.
This service imitation of the tactics of other countries is more reprehensible at the moment when those countries have disused them, and struck into an improved system. During the time of Turenne and Conde, war was a series of movements and sieges; under Frederick it assumed a more mechanical character; it was then the practice to surround and circumvent an enemy, to conquer without a battle, to subdue without a blow. The French revolution, from necessity, gave it a new character, and war consisted in speedy and decisive battles, in the occupation of important posts, and
not in the minute detail and manœuvring of a campaign, which is generally made to terminate successfully, rather by money than force.
The French army was officered by men who started into military characters without education: who knew nothing of the discipline of the Schools, or the hereditary tactics; who fought the enemy after their own manner, and in a manner so evidently improved, that it insured success, and deservedly superseded the old system.
The stubborn indocility of the Austrians, who still adhered to their old system, was the principal cause of their defeats, and in not yielding to the innovation of the day, and lost the chances which it would have afforded.
Moreau is known to have practised more of the old and regular tactics than Bonaparte; this was probably owing to the scene upon which he was engaged; but the consequence was, that the victories of Bonaparte were always complete and overwhelming, those of Moreau were seldom more than repulses.
The great superiority of the French is in adapting their tactics to the genius of whatever country they are engaged in. Whilst the Archduke Charles besieged Kehl for six months, and lost the flower of his army before it, Bonaparte overran and subdued Italy in less time, without wasting time before a town or a fort. By not securing depots in an invaded country he was exposed to famine, and to the hazard of leaving an enemy in his rear; but the impression left by his victories upon their minds, awed them into a kind of supineness and despondency, and made them acquiesce in his predominance, as in something insuperable and predestined.
It was to the superiority of his tactics, and not to the discipline of his troops, that he owed his success; for the French soldiers were raw conscripts compared with the veteran Austrians; but they foiled them by their very novelty; for it is not to be questioned if the French soldiers, raw and undisciplined as they were, had fought upon the old system of attack and defence, but that the Austrians would almost have exterminated them.
It is worth remark, that, in the French army, those little minutiae and frivolities of discipline which were almost primary with the Austrians, and which we have borrowed from them, and hold in similar estimation, were wholly neglected. A rigid uniformity in the cut of their coat, the position of their cap, or the tye of their neckcloth, was not the first thing insisted upon. The French soldiers were allowed a great portion of freedom; and, though military discipline was stubbornly maintained, they were punished for breaches of that discipline only , and not for offences personal to themselves.
To exhibit a smartness on the parade was not required of those who were active in their duties, and the first lesson which was taught the soldier was to act independently of his rank and file, and to consider himself not exempt from action, because no one was near to give him a command.
With us, to make a soldier a perfect automaton, a mere machine, is esteemed the perfection of discipline. An English soldier knows less of the battle than those who are at home; a French soldier knows the scheme of every engagement.—Individual intelligence and activity is his first merit; secrecy is no object in a French army.
When a French soldier reaches his post, instead of lying lazily on the ground, he proceeds to reconnoitre, and, from that vanity which is inherent in his character, resolves to know what is going forward, what are the expectations of victory or repulse, the measure of his danger, and his chance of surmounting it.—The plan of the expected battle occupies his thoughts, and forms the gossip of the camp; his mind keeps him active in his duty, which is rendered the more perfect by his intelligence.—Whatever result he forms, it has no tendency to abate his courage, for however free his speculations, his obedience is unalterable.—If they are attacked, they have the incalculable advantage of knowing their ground, and thus it often happens that the soldiers, even when they have lost their officers, conduct themselves not only with bravery, but with great military knowledge.
Avts aux Réfugiés de Saint Domingue.
LE Sous-Commissaire des relations commerciales de France en Virginie à la résidence de Norfolk, prévient les Colons de Saint Domingue, réfugiés en Virginie, qui sont dans le cas d'obtenir leur passage pour France, que dorésnavant, il ne sera plus accordé de passage sur les bâtiments particulier; que les colons qui désirent passer en France devront se faire inscrire au Commissariat, où, en conséquence, un liste restera ouverte pendant quinze à compter de ce jour 14 Août 1805; et que ceux, qui négligeront de se présenter et ne profiteront pas du premier bâtiment qui sera freté, ne seront plus admis à demander leur passage.
Norfolk, le 14 Août, 1805.
OSTER.
69
GILLIAT & MACKINDER,
HAVE JUST RECEIVED THEIR SUPPLY OF
FALL GOODS,
From London, in the Ship PLANTER, Captain Boush,
And are in daily expectation of the arrival of the Ship Fredonia from Liverpool, when their assortment will be complete and extensive, which they will sell at a low advance, for Cash, or approved Notes.
August 30.
107

The intelligence received by mail from Charleston, is certainly of importance if true. That which is most interesting to us, but which comes in a vague manner, is, that peace has been made with Tripoli, of course our unfortunate countrymen are released from slavery, and a war terminated which has been attended with little glory, but enormous expense to the United States. This will enable our frigates to return, and if the Administration is not immovable, they can be employed in protecting our commerce from piracies more destructive than what the Tripolitans could commit.
It will not escape the attention of our readers, that these accounts confirm what we have upon many occasions, before remarked, that the conduct of Spain, discovers a determined hostility. Of that part of the information relative to Lord Nelson's fleet, we are more perplexed than we have been before, from comparing dates and facts.—Captain Taylor states his passage from Malaga to be 32 days, from Malaga to Gibraltar, the run is about 48 hours, would bring his departure from Gibraltar to the 25th July. But it appears that the officer of Lord Nelson's fleet informed capt. Taylor that he arrived at Gibraltar on the 19th July! Lord Nelson left Antigua the 10th June, there was sufficient time for him to have reached Gibraltar, but we cannot account for his being spoken by Captain Friendly of the schr. Regulator, on the 21st July, in lat. 31, 20, long. 64, 10, upwards of 1700 miles from the Straights. Either Capt. Taylor or Capt. Friendly has been misinformed.
In the haste of making up our paper on Monday, we inserted an article with respect to the defeat of the combined fleet by Lord Nelson, without any remark. It is impossible that there can be the smallest foundation in the report, because the account was published in London on the 15th of July, since which period, Lord Nelson's and the combined fleets have been repeatedly spoken.
We understand that the piece signed "AN ADVENTURER" has produced pain to the feelings of some persons. However, we may regret the effect, we cannot agree that we are censurable for the cause. The duty we owe the publick is paramount to any considerations of private esteem; at the same time we disclaim any intentional offence. The LEDGER never has been, nor while it is under its present direction, never shall be the vehicle for conveying private malice. The late, and the present Editor have pursued the same plan; the most malicious of the enemies of this paper, cannot impute personal and private detraction to it, not even when retaliation might have been offered in justification.
We this day republish from the AURORA, the project of a change in the constitution, which is contemplated in Pennsylvania. It is hoped that it will receive the attention of every real friend to the constitution of our country. Let the reader calmly investigate this proposed innovation of a part of our political system, that has been justly held as the brightest feature in the constitution of that country from which we are descended, and which has been until of late, cherished with the fondest affection in America, AN INDEPENDENT JUDICIARY!
This project is a link of the same chain, with the resolutions of MR. RANDOLPH, proposed at the end of the last session of congress.
We shall forbear any remarks upon this subject, because our readers have an opportunity of referring to the POLITICAL ESSAYS, which we are now republishing in the LEDGER; in those essays the subject has already been investigated, and will be further examined in a manner, that makes it unnecessary to add any remarks of our own.
POLITICAL ESSAYS
ON THE ESSENTIAL AND DISTINCTIVE QUALITIES OF DEMOCRACIES AND REPUBLICS, WITH REFERENCE TO THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES.
From the Baltimore Republican or Anti-Democrat.
ESSAY XI.
WE ARE TO EXAMINE, II. WHAT IS MEANT BY THE SUPREME, OR SOVEREIGN, POWER OF THE STATE, AND WHERE IT RESIDES.
According to the political tenets of Mr. Duane, the supreme or sovereign power of the state is lodged in the whole people. To prove this position he relies, on the preamble to the constitution of the United States, which declares that instrument to be ordained and established by the people; and on two quotations, one from a speech of Judge Wilson in the Pennsylvania convention, the other from the charge of Judge Patterson to the jury, in the case of Vanhorne Lessee against Dorrance, delivered at the circuit court of the United States, held at Trenton, April term, 1795.
We shall receive these quotations as evidence in the case, and admit, also, that the power to dissolve and establish their constitutions is in the people.
In the first place we would observe, that there is a clear and manifest distinction between the supreme or sovereign power of the state, and the supreme or sovereign power which resides in the people.
That both these powers exist, under the constitution of the United States, we admit: but we deny, that they can act at the same time, or in the same way, or on the same subject. The object, end, and purposes, are distinct, precise, and opposite. To the one it belongs, to exercise the powers and functions of government, and to preserve the government: to the other to recall these powers, to destroy the government, and erect a new one, whenever it shall cease to answer the ends for which it was ordained and established. The supreme power of the state is, therefore, a power always active and visible; the supreme power which resides in the people, always dormant and inactive, except when the constitution is to be abolished or changed.
Let us test these distinctions by the opinions of Judge Wilson and Judge Patterson; and we shall
find, that the supreme power which the people never part with, is applicable only to their constitution.
To controul the power and conduct of the Legislature by an over-riding constitution, (says Judge Wilson) was an improvement in the science and practice of Government reserved to the American States.
Perhaps some politician, who has not considered with sufficient accuracy our political systems, would answer, that, in our governments, the supreme power was vested in the constitutions. This opinion approaches a step nearer to the truth, but does not reach it. The truth is, that, in our governments, the supreme, absolute, and uncontroulable power, is with the people. As our constitutions are superior to our legislatures, so the people are superior to our constitutions. Indeed the superiority in this last instance is much greater; for the people possess, over the constitutions, controul in act as well as right.
The consequence is, that the people may change the constitutions whenever and however they please. This is a right of which no positive institution can ever deprive them.
These important truths, sir, are far from being merely speculative. We at this moment speak and deliberate under their immediate and benign influence. To the operation of these truths we are to ascribe the scene, hitherto unparalleled, which America now exhibits to the world—a gentle, a peaceful, a voluntary, and a deliberate, transition from one constitution of government to another. In other parts of the world the idea of revolutions in government is, by a mournful and indissoluble association, connected with the idea of wars. But happy experience teaches us to view such revolutions in a very different light, to consider them only as progressive steps in improving the knowledge of government, and increasing the happiness of society and mankind.
Of oft have I viewed, with secret pleasure and admiration, the force and prevalence through the United States, that the supreme power resides in the people, and that they never part with it. It may be called the panacea in politics. There can be no disorder in the community but may here receive a radical cure. If the error be in the Legislature, it may be corrected by the Constitution; if in the Constitution, it may be corrected by the people." (40)
Can evidence be more positive or more conclusive of the opinion of Judge Wilson, than "the supreme, absolute, and uncontroulable power, which resides in the people," is applicable only to their constitutions?
We come now to the quotation from the charge of Judge Patterson.
"What (he asks) is a constitution?—It is the form of government, delineated by the mighty hand of the people, in which certain first principles, or fundamental laws are established. The Constitution is certain and fixed; it contains the permanent will of the people; and is the supreme law of the land; it is paramount to the power of the Legislature, and can be revoked or altered only by the authority that made it. The life-giving principle, and the death-doing stroke, must proceed from the same hand. What are Legislatures?—Creatures of the constitution.—They owe their existence to the constitution. They derive their powers from the constitution. It is their commission, and, therefore, all their acts must be conformable to it, or else they will be void. The constitution is the work or the will of the people themselves, in their original, sovereign, and unlimited capacity. Law is the work or will of the legislature, in their derivative and subordinate capacity. The one is the work of the creator, the other of the creature. The constitution fixes limits to the exercise of legislative authority, and prescribes the orbit in which it must move. In short, gentlemen, the constitution is the sun of the political system, around which all legislative, executive, and judicial bodies must revolve. Whatever may be the case in other countries, yet in this there can be no doubt, that every act of the legislature repugnant to the constitution is absolutely void." (41)
What is the amount of these quotations? That the constitution is the supreme law of the land. That if the laws of the legislature (the creature of the constitution) err against the constitution, the constitution, as supreme, corrects the error, by means of the judiciary or the president, (the one or the other as the case may be) and that in the people resides the absolute, uncontroulable power over the constitution.
Here, then, is nothing which expresses or implies that "the supreme power of the state," is the reserved power which the people never part with. On the contrary, the quotations consider the reserved power as applicable only to the constitution. It cannot, therefore, interfere with the fiduciary power, or the power vested in certain persons and certain departments of government, by the constitution, for certain purposes. The supreme power which always resides in the people is, therefore, evidently one thing, and the supreme or sovereign power of the state a different thing. The object of the one, to obtain for the people, by the instrumentality of wise laws, the ends for which the constitution was ordained. The object of the other, to change the constitution, whenever it shall cease, in the words of the preamble, "to insure domestick tranquillity, provide for the common defence, promote the general welfare, and secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our posterity." (42) the ends for which it was ordained.
(40) Deb. Penn. Con. p. 38, 39.
(41) Charge of Judge Patterson to the jury in the case of Vanhorne, Lessee, against Dorrance, tried at the circuit court for the United States, at Trenton, April term, 1795.
(42) We, the people of the United States, &c.—See preamble to the Constitution of the United States.
FROM THE AURORA.
CONSTITUTION
As it is proposed to be altered.
SENATE.
ARTICLE I. Section 5. The senators shall be chosen, for two years, by the citizens of Philadelphia and of the several counties, at the same time, in the same manner, and at the same places, where they shall vote for representatives.
Section 7. The senators shall be chosen in districts, to be formed by the legislature, each district containing such a number of taxable inhabitants as shall be entitled to elect not more than two senators. When a district shall be composed of two or more counties they shall be adjoining. Neither the city of Philadelphia nor any county shall be divided.
Section 9. Immediately after the senators shall be assembled, in consequence of the first election subsequent to the adoption of this constitution, they shall be divided by lot, as equally as may be, into two classes. The seats of the senators of the first class shall be vacated at the expiration of the first year, and those of the second class, at the expiration of the second year; so that one half of the whole number of senators may be chosen every year.
ARTICLE I. Section 18. No senator or representative shall, during the time for which he shall have been elected, or within one year after the expiration of his term of service in the legislature be appointed to any civil office (of profit or whatever) under this commonwealth; and no member of congress, &c.
GOVERNOUR.
ARTICLE II. Section 5. The governor shall hold
his office during two years from the third Tuesday of December next ensuing his election, and shall not be capable of holding it longer than six in any term of nine years.
Section 8. Appointments to be made by a council selected annually from the assembly—in the recess of the council, the governor to appoint provisionally—or some such form.
JUDICIARY.
FIRST PROJECT.
ARTICLE V. Section 2. On the second Tuesday in January next ensuing the adoption of this constitution, and on the second Tuesday in January of every third year thereafter, the judges of the supreme court, of the courts of common pleas and of such other courts as are or may be by law established, shall be chosen by a joint vote of both houses of the legislature; they shall not be removed from office during the term of three years, for which they shall be chosen, unless upon conviction by impeachment, or upon complaint made to the legislature, and a majority of both houses in joint meeting shall resolve to deprive them of their offices for such offence as may be complained of. The judges of the supreme court, and of such other courts as are or may be by law established, shall receive a compensation for their services which shall not be diminished during their continuance in office; but they shall receive no fees or perquisites of office nor hold any other office of profit under this commonwealth.
SECOND PROJECT.
ARTICLE V. Section 2. The judges of the supreme court and of the several courts of common pleas, shall hold their offices for two years—and be elected by the people at stated periods; and to be removable for good cause on a resolution of both houses.
BILL OF RIGHTS—Article IX. Section 6. No man shall be deprived of life or liberty, until after a trial before a jury of his country: nor shall trial by jury be denied, upon actions relating to property, when the parties assent to that mode of determination; the complainant, however, shall have a right to require the decision of arbitrators appointed under a rule from the proper court, and if the defendant contests the decision, the judges of the supreme court, or court of common pleas, may confirm the judgment, or have the suit brought to trial in court.
CHARLESTON, August 22.
IMPORTANT.
The brig Eliza, Captain Taylor, arrived this morning, in 62 days from Malaga.
Off Gibraltar, on the 21st July, Captain Taylor spoke a Portuguese 74, and an American brig from the Straights. The master of the latter vessel informed, that the Commodore of the American squadron had concluded a PEACE with the TRIPOLITANS; but upon what terms, Captain Taylor could not learn.
In the Bay of Gibraltar, Captain Taylor saw Lord Nelson's fleet at anchor, and was boarded by an officer from one of his ships, who stated that the British fleet left Barbados on the 14th June, and had followed, as they supposed, in the wake of the combined fleets, until they arrived off the coast of France; when, having every reason to suppose that the French and Spaniards had got safely into Brest, Lord Nelson stood away for Gibraltar, where he arrived on the 19th July.
A French and Spanish squadron of six sail of the line, had sailed from Carthagena, with six thousand troops on board, supposed to be destined for Egypt—They were followed by Rear-Admiral Bickerton, with five sail of the line, conveying the troops under command of General Craig.
The Spaniards plunder every American vessel they fall in with. Captain Taylor was fired upon by eight of their gun-boats, but escaped by good sailing. A Boston ship from Leghorn, had been detained by them, and the master compelled to pay 1200 dollars, before they would suffer him to proceed. [Times.]
Captain Taylor has furnished the following information:—
July 20—This day I sailed from Malaga, in company with the brigs Diana, of Rhode-Island, Captain Simmons; and the Washington, of Marblehead, Captain Adams. The latter was from Leghorn, bound to Boston; he was captured by a Spanish gunboat, brought to Malaga, and treated with great impetuosity. The keys of his trunk were detained from him, and his vessel kept three weeks; for what reason, the American consul could not tell. Capt. Adams had to pay twelve hundred and ten dollars before he was released. Capt. Simmons has been carried into Algesiras, and his cargo of flour was condemned, FOR WANT OF A CERTIFICATE FROM A SPANISH CONSUL.*
THE SPANIARDS TAKE ALL AMERICAN VESSELS WITHOUT DISTINCTION.
Captain Taylor farther informs, that some days before he left Malaga, Mr. Kirkpatrick, the American consul there, mentioned to him that it had been his opinion for some time that hostilities would positively take place between Spain and the United States, but that latterly the aspect of affairs was of a more pacific appearance, as Mr. Pinckney, the American minister, who had proceeded as far as Lisbon on his way home, had returned, or was returning to Madrid. Captain Taylor did not learn whether his return was owing to an invitation from the Spanish ministry; however, it is reasonable to suppose, that if he has returned, the proposal must have come from them.
* Captain Simmons"> * Captain Simmons loaded at this port.—Ed. Led.
The following circular address, has been sent by the Botanical Committee, to the several Bonanists of whom they possess any knowledge. As there are, doubtless, many gentlemen of distinguished talents in this department of science, of whom they are ignorant, the committee request that they will be good enough to consider the following circular as addressed to them.
The different printers in the United States, who feel an interest in promoting the pursuits of science, are requested to re-publish it in their papers.
[CIRCULAR.]
BOTANICK GARDEN, South-Carolina, Charleston, 16th August, 1805.
SIR,
It affords us very considerable pleasure to be enabled to announce to you, and to every lover of science, the establishment of a Botanical Garden, in this place. The situation of our state, so near the tropick, induces us to believe, that we possess many advantages, for the cultivation of exotics, which many more northernly climes are deprived of; and we, therefore, flatter ourselves, with the pleasing prospect, of being able to effect, with the assistance of our friends abroad, a very handsome, as well as useful and extensive Publick Establishment, for the diffusion of Botanical Knowledge.
Our first concern, will be the examination and arrangement of our Indigenous Plants; among which, there are, doubtless, many non-descripta. To extend the knowledge of our favourite pursuit, and to enlarge the field for Botanical Researches, we beg leave to propose to you an exchange of our indigenous plants, and of such exotics, as the one can procure, and the other may want.
We solicit for ourselves, and our infant establishment, your friendship and assistance; and the more so, as a reciprocity of good offices, will not only secure to us individual esteem; but will, at the same
time, contribute to perfect the science, to which we are mutually attached.
I am, Sir, respectfully, Your obedient servant, JAMES SIMONS, Chairman of the Standing Committee.
Communications to be addressed to either of the Standing Committee, viz.
Dr. Joseph Johnson. Dr. Benjamin B. Simons. Dr. Frederick Dalcho. Robert Pringle, Esq. and James Simons, Esq.
JAMAICA.
ST. JAGO DE LA VEGA, July 15.
In consequence of his honour the lieutenant-governor having again declined to open the ports of this island, for the importation of salted provisions from the United States of America, or to listen to the strong and pointed representation of the Assembly, the house was yesterday cleared of strangers, and the doors shut, with the view, it was generally believed, of entering into some farther resolutions on the subject.—In a few minutes, however, the provost-marshal made his appearance, touched the door with his magic wand, which instantly flew open, and, entering, commanded the attendance of the house in the council-chamber. The mandate was immediately obeyed, when his honour gave his assent to the commissioners, Falmouth police, and indemnity bills, and prorogued the house.
Although the voice of the assembly has for the present been suppressed, yet the just complaints of this country will be heard, they will resound throughout the Empire, and its grievances will be redressed as soon as our beloved sovereign, the father of his people, is fully informed of the nature and extent of the calamity which threatens to overwhelm us. Perhaps at this moment relief is at hand, perhaps a few days may remove the cloud that hangs over us, and dispel our apprehensions of farther mischief. But this will not arise from the arrival of the Cork fleet. The assembly, in its representation, clearly points out that only a small proportion of our wants of this nature can be supplied by Great-Britain and Ireland. That even this partial supply is extremely precarious during war, the great delay in the arrival of this expected Cork-fleet is an irrefragable proof. Although sufficient time has elapsed since the prohibition took place to afford the Nova-Scotian fishers every opportunity of profiting by the restriction in their favour, a solitary arrival is all that can be boasted of during the long period of eight months. A mighty supply indeed for the island of Jamaica! Such a burlesque on our feelings would excite laughter, if we could laugh on so serious a subject, where our best interests have been trifled with, and sneered at. The impossibility of sufficiently supplying this island with such articles but through the medium of the United States, has been long established, and we know of no alterations since that time in the fisheries of Great-Britain or her colonies to justify the presumption that the case is now altered. The representation, in truth, contains so many unanswerable facts in favour of the intercourse with the United States, that it cannot fail to make deep impression on every unbiased mind, and will create future wonder that it had not the desired effect.
* It evidently appears that the representation of the assembly meant only the period from the 21st of May last.—Editors.
THE SPEECH OF MR. FOX,
ON THE RESOLUTIONS OF MR. WHITBREAD, TO CENSURE MR. PITT, Respecting the conduct of Lord Melville.
The Chancellor of the EXCHEQUER rose and said, if the resolutions were deemed of a criminating nature, he would withdraw (a loud cry of No! No!)
Mr. Fox said, in reference to the observation of the right honourable gentleman, it was undoubtedly for himself to consider whether it would be proper to retire. But it did not appear to his mind that there was any thing in the resolutions proposed by his honourable friend of such a criminating nature, with respect to the right honourable gentleman, as to bring his case within the precedent alluded to. Before he entered into the subject of the debate, he begged leave to advert to what had fallen from the honourable gentleman under the gallery (Mr. Lascelles.) That honourable gentleman had stated that his honourable friend had materially altered his tone since the first time this transaction was brought under the view of the house, and the honourable gentleman took occasion to repeat some words that were used by him at the close of the debate on the 8th of April. Certainly he did say at that time, after the resolutions which the house had passed, that the country was then under "a disgraced administration," and he expressed his hope and wish, that, while in that situation, no publick business should be proceeded upon. But then this observation applied to Lord Melville who, notwithstanding the criminating vote of that house, formed an essential part of the administration. If the hon. gentleman meant to insinuate that the right honourable gentleman, whose conduct was not the subject of debate, was condemned before he was heard, or before any inquiry into his conduct took place, he could assure the honourable gentleman that with respect to him, the insinuation was totally unfounded; or, if he would infer that any such disposition at all existed, he begged for himself to be excused from the inference.—Neither he nor his honourable friend, the mover of the resolution before the house, ever did in any speech, directly or indirectly, insinuate what would be the result of the inquiry before the select committee. Indeed, in point of fact, none of the gentlemen on his side of the house ever did hint that the right honourable gentleman was at all involved in the misconduct of Lord Melville. The connection first appeared from the statement of the right honourable gentleman himself, with respect to the 40,000l.; and undoubtedly from that moment the right honourable gentleman was justly said to be implicated in the delinquency of violating the law. But he never was considered to be criminal in any degree beyond that which his own avowal naturally implied. And he assured the right honourable gentleman that he should feel as sincerely sorry as any man in that house if it had appeared, from the result of the inquiry, that the right honourable gentleman was guilty to the same degree as Lord Melville. However much he might have differed from the right hon. gentleman in the course of his political life—however he might have thought his general conduct deserving of blame—however he might think him blameable in this instance, yet he should feel uneasy and unhappy had it turned out, after the rank and station which the right hon. gentleman had so long held—after the opposition even which he himself had felt it his duty to give him, that the right honourable gentleman was personally corrupt. For himself he could declare, that he never entertained such an opinion of him, and he was happy that the result of the inquiry did not justify the adoption of even a sentiment of suspicion on that ground. Although he had frequently condemned the publick conduct of the right honourable gentleman—although he had on many occasions uttered sentiments respecting him which he would have felt it treason against his country and his conscience to suppress, still he never expressed a suspicion that the right honourable gentle

man was capable of personal corruption, nor did he ever entertain such a suspicion. However he might charge him with that species of corruption that attaches to general neglect of duty, his mind entirely acquitted the right honourable gentleman of that kind of sordid corruption alluded to by the hon. gentleman under the Gallery.
But yet in the case under consideration of the house, another question arose. The right hon. gentleman appeared to him, on the first mention of the transaction, with regard to Lord Melville not to have paid a proper deference and attention to the law, when he was informed of its violation by Mr. Raikes. When information of that nature was communicated to him by any person whatever holding that office, which, in foreign countries, is denominated "Superintendent of the Finances," it was justly thought incumbent on him to have instituted an inquiry into the circumstances, and to have put a stop to the evil complained of. From the report of the committee it appeared that the right hon. gentleman had made inquiry, however unwilling he might feel to aggravate the case of Lord Melville, who was now ordered for trial, he could not help observing, that he did not think it possible that such an answer could have been given to such inquiry. The right hon. gentleman's reliance on that answer, from the nature of the situation held by Lord Melville, and the connection subsisting between him and the right hon. gentleman, could not fairly be made the ground of censure, although the neglecting to investigate the business farther, betrayed rather a want of diligence. But the circumstance, however, of the right hon. gentleman's giving credit to the statement of Lord Melville, although a matter of regret was not a just foundation for blame. No, but if the evidence on the table was correct, as he had no doubt that it was, for it stood uncontradicted by anything that came from Lord Melville himself when before the house, the guilt of the noble lord was in an inverse ratio to that of the right hon. gentleman. Without entering into the question, whether if the amount of the transfers from the bank to the house of Messrs Coutts, were bona fide for the purpose of carrying on the "details of office," such transfers would have involved violation of the act, as was his own opinion, this surely could be no question that the transfers that were actually made, were contrary to its spirit and letter.
But, however, the right honourable gentleman might stand in this part of the subject, from his exculpable confidence in the word of Lord Melville, he was very differently circumstanced with respect to the case of Jellicoe. Lord Melville's tenderness to that man might form, on the score of humanity and justice, some claim to the consideration of the lords of the treasury. But the complaint was, that the noble lord did, in his endeavour to obtain the writ of privy seal, state that which was not fact, and the treasury board did act on misrepresentation without inquiry. Lord Melville, it appeared, stated in his memorial that Jellicoe's debt was contracted before he entered into office, whereas the fact was, that much the greater part of it accrued after he became treasurer of the navy; and still more, that, after the indiscretion and debt of Jellicoe was communicated to Lord Melville, he continued to entrust him. Now there was this marked difference between the case of a noble friend of his (Lord Grenville) for whom it was impossible for him to feel any other sentiment than that of respect, and the case of Jellicoe, to which the right honourable gentleman professed to consider it quite analogous, that Lord Grenville, after the money was embezzled, reposed no further confidence in the person who was guilty, and made no false statement, while in the instance of Lord Melville, the conduct pursued was directly the reverse. The blame then which attached to the right honourable gentleman in the case of Jellicoe, consisted in this, that he granted Lord Melville an acquittance upon false grounds, and in an unprecedented manner, for a debt due to the publick. Now as to the 40,000l. lent to Mr. Boyd, he considered this transaction contrary, not only to statute law, but to the spirit of the constitution, and the principles of common sense. Nay more, there were on the journals several resolutions expressly condemning the misappropriation of naval money. Every man, therefore, must be aware of the impropriety of such a practice. Indeed he was one of those who always thought that the law should not be dispensed with by any power, unless where the necessity was so urgent, that to abstain from such dispensation, would be a higher breach of duty than the violation of the law itself would involve.
The question then was, whether the case of Boyd, was such, as to justify a deviation from the general rule—When first the reason of this loan was stated, it really struck him with surprise. It appeared a most extraordinary transaction. What! that the credit of the government should be supposed to depend on a loan of 40,000l. If the government really stood in such a situation, which was to be collected from the general arguments of the right hon. gentleman, when he stated as a reason for avoiding inquiry, that if any delay took place, the evil might become remediless, then much as was generally said about delicacy of commercial credit, publick credit was still more delicate. The right honourable gentleman had stated that Boyd could not obtain money in the market for the securities he produced to government, "in consequence of the scarcity of cash, and general embarrassment that then prevailed," and yet, strange to tell, it was not above three weeks afterwards, when his majesty in a speech from the throne, congratulated the country on the prosperous state of its manufactures, commerce, and rapidly growing wealth. The precedent of such a loan was most alarmingly mischievous, and must, if suffered to be acted upon, establish a degree of arbitrary power in a minister.—What if it should be understood that a minister shall have the discretion of advancing the publick money to merchants, for their accommodation, upon any conception that he might form of their necessity, or to prevent any possible evil that his extravagant fancy might suppose, could there be any security for our freedom? How liable would such practices be to interfere with the purity of that house, and even with the independence of the mercantile world. For, it would be very unlikely that any merchant, independent of ministers, would participate of such accommodations. There were many failures of great mercantile houses in the city at the time Boyd received this aid, and upon what principle should such aid be granted to one house, and refused to another? If it were really necessary to lend the publick money, why not apply to parliament for its concurrence, as in the case of the West-India merchants some years ago? Nothing of the kind should be done without an act of parliament: the consequence of permitting it must be obvious. It was very justly asked, if the right honourable gentleman felt the necessity of the case to be so strong, that he was confident of justification, why he did not apply to parliament for an act of indemnity? but the right honourable gentleman said, that he could not, at the time the loan was made, without a disclosure, that must defeat the object in view. This was an argument, however, that did not avail after the temporary embarrassment of Boyd's house had ceased, when they had become so flourishing as to be entrusted by government with a large sum of money to be remitted to the Cape of Good Hope. It would have been no disgrace to Boyd's house to reveal the circumstances of the loan at that time. But after the total failure of the house no motive of delicacy could be pretended to exist. In the part of the right hon. gentleman's speech which referred to this point, he could not help observing, that there was much to complain of and even to deplore. The right hon.
gentleman declared, that he felt no compunction for the act. There was really something very extraordinary in the declaration—that a minister who violated a law for purposes of private expediency felt no burthen on his conscience—that he who was entrusted with a principal office in the execution of the law, should reflect, without pain, on a gross breach of provisions. The thing was not, as his hon. friend (Mr. Whitbread) had truly stated, to be heard without surprise and indignation in any government of law, but particularly in this country. The right hon. gentleman had stated, at one time, that when the bankruptcy took place the act of indemnity did not occur to him. But why did it not occur to him? If the right hon. gentleman was not in the habit of making such use of the publick money, which he was not inclined to believe, and that this was the only case that had been detected, one would naturally suppose that the indemnity should have occurred to him, and it was a bad system of government that he was not anxious to obtain it. But it might be said that he considered the application to parliament unnecessary, as he hoped the transaction would remain a secret. In this hope, if the right hon. gent. entertained it, he had been disappointed, and he trusted that this would serve as an example that the transgression of the law was not likely to remain a secret, for after nine years concealment, the malversation before the house was brought to light.
Indeed, the misappropriation of the publick money, was a thing that was never known to have escaped detection, at some time or other. With the exception of the 20,000l. mentioned by Lord Melville a few nights since, that was a case perfectly sui generis . But the fact was, that the loan of the 40,000l. being known to many persons, was not likely to remain a secret, and as a secret precedent might operate considerable mischief. For what might be the consequence on a successor of the right hon. gentleman, who, from his example, might be induced to make similar loans. Such a successor might be told, "there Mr. Pitt, who was represented by his friends, and were admitted by his enemies, to be perfectly free from personal corruption, lent 40,000l. of the publick money to accommodate an individual, who can hesitate to do the same?" So much as to precedents in secrecy, which really might be more dangerous than publick precedents. However, the idea respecting money did not apply to the resolution before the House, for, although this act was secret before, it was now become a matter of publickity; and, therefore, some proceeding to guard against the operation of such a precedent, ought to be adopted.
In considering the course that ought to be adopted on this occasion, it was his desire to distinguish the motive from the act. He had already said, that he acquitted the right hon. gentleman of any degree of personal corruption, and of course did not mean to impeach his motive in this transaction, but his object was to provide against such an act growing into a precedent; and he really thought that in candour the right hon. gentleman himself would admit the propriety of such a provision. If the house should proceed beyond that—if any censure should be pronounced, it was his wish that such censure should be as mild as words could convey—for nothing appeared to him more essential in moral justice than to keep a marked line of distinction between the different degrees of delinquency in the distribution of punishment—that crimes of high enormity should not be confounded with those to which but a slight degree of blame was attributable. It was in his judgment as culpable to apply severe censure to a slight delinquency, as to suffer a flagrant offender to escape with impunity. He particularly wished, that under existing circumstances, the house should keep in view the distinction he alluded to. It was far from his intention, or that of his hon. friend, to follow the course of those proceedings from any thing like party feelings. He trusted that the house and the country would do justice to the motives that actuated their prosecution of a great publick delinquency, and separate these motives altogether from any thing like party animosity.
With respect to the different modes of proceeding recommended in this case, the hon. gentleman declared that if his hon. friend's propositions should not be adopted, he would prefer a bill of indemnity, in the preamble to which the sense of the house might be so fully and strongly expressed as to guard against the precedent complained of.
Gazette Marine Memoranda.
The ship Rolla , Cottle, from City Point, has arrived at Gravesend. The ships Cabinet , Woodend ; and Dumfries , Beard, hence have arrived, the former at Dublin, and the latter at Liverpool.
CUSTOM-HOUSE—ENTERED. Sloop Polly , Laurence, Perth-Amboy. CLEARED. Brig Julia , Fowle, Madeira. Sch t  Friendship , Cranston, Newport. Liberty , Lewis, Richmond.
Walker's Packet will sail for Baltimore TOMORROW , wind and weather permitting. Sept. 4.
FERGUSON'S Packet will sail for Baltimore on Sunday. Sept. 4.
THE SUBSCRIBERS Offer for Sale, at their Warehouse on Commerce Street Wharf, 86 Barrels Prime, } PORK. 14 do. Cargo, } PORK. Received per schooner Weymouth , Capt. Weymouth, from New-York. Phinehas Dana & Co. August 5. tf 43
THE SUBSCRIBER Having opened Tavern in the EXCHANGE COFFEE HOUSE , will be glad to take in TEN OR TWELVE GENTLE BOARDERS by the year. Peter Kemp. May 6. tf 654
NOW LANDING, From on board the Ship Marcella , Captain Laughman , 50 Hogsheads Havanna MOLASSES. And from on board the Schooner Hope , Captain Sprague , 70 Hogsheads Jamaica RUM. For sale by William Pennock. August 14. 3w 70
IRISH LINENS.  THE SUBSCRIBER Has received in addition to his London Goods, a large assortment of Irish Linens, Sheetings, Diapers, Dowlas, Hardware, &c. Per Ship Charleston , Captain Hall , from Liverpool, which he will dispose of on the most reasonable terms. ALSO, 500 Pieces Twilled SACKING. Richard Taylor. May 31. 729
THE SUBSCRIBER Has received in addition to his London Goods, a large assortment of Irish Linens, Sheetings, Diapers, Dowlas, Hardware, &c. Per Ship Charleston , Captain Hall , from Liverpool, which he will dispose of on the most reasonable terms. ALSO, 500 Pieces Twilled SACKING. Richard Taylor. May 31. 729
SALES AT AUCTION.
Tomorrow, the 5th instant, at 10 o'clock precisely, FOR READY MONEY,
FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE UNDERWRITERS, ONE Bale marked I. & W. S. No. 19 , containing Flannels and Swandowns—One Bale, I. & W. S. No. 20 , containing Carpets and Hosiery—One Case, I. & W. S. No. 48 , containing Fine Hats—And one Trunk, I. & W. S. No. 54 , containing Cambricks.—And damaged on board the ship Planter , Captain Boush , from London.
William B. Lamb, v. M. September 4. 125
FOR ANY OF THE WINDWARD ISLANDS, The fast sailing brig AMABLE LUCY , (late United States' Brig Scourge ), R. SPALDING, Master. One half her cargo being engaged, the remainder will be taken on reasonable freight. Apply to the Master on board, or Stephen Harris. September 4. tf 121
LANDING At the Subscriber's Wharf, from on board the Ship Ann , 200 Gross BOTTLES. 35 Boxes WINDOW GLASS. 3000 Bushels COALS. For sale by A. Maclure. September 4. tf 122
BUENOS AIRES HIDES, Now landing from on board the Ship Nancy , Capt. Laurence , from Rio de la Plata. For sale by William Pennock. September 4. tf 123
IRISH LINEN.  TWELVE BOXES BROWN LINEN, For sale at my Office. William B. Lamb. September 4. 6 124
NORFOLK BOROUGH. At a Quarterly Session Court continued and held the 30th day of August, 1805.
William Pennock, Compt. Against Jean de St. Maria, Robert Lawrence, and Theo. Armistead, Defts. In Chancery. The defendant Jean de St. Maria , not having entered his appearance, and given security according to the Act of Assembly and the rules of this Court—And it appearing to the satisfaction of the Court that he is not an inhabitant of this commonwealth—On the motion of the complainant by his counsel, it is ordered, that the defendant Jean de St. Maria , do appear here on the fourth Monday in November next, and answer the bill of the complainant, and that a copy of this order be forthwith inserted in some newspaper printed in this Borough for eight weeks successively, and posted at the front door of the Court-House of the said Borough—And it is further ordered, that the defendants Robert Lawrence , and Theo. Armistead , who have effects of the said Jean de St. Maria , in their hands, do not pay, convey away, or secret such effects, but retain them until the further order or decree of this court concerning the same. (A Copy) Teste, WM. SHARP, C. N. B. C. 126
NORFOLK BOROUGH: At a Quarterly Session Court, continued and held the 30th day of August, 1805.
Alexander Maclure, John Robinson, and Daniel R. Waddey, trading under the firm of Daniel R. Waddey & Co. Compts. Against, Gilbert Robinson, and James Brown, Merchants, trading as partners under the firm of Robertson & Brown, and Robert Dickson, Administrator of Henry Cavan. Defts. In Chancery. The Defendants Robertson and Brown , not having entered their appearance, and given security according to the Act of Congress, and the Rules of this Court, and it appearing to the satisfaction of this Court, that they are not inhabitants of this Commonwealth—On the motion of the Complainant by their Counsel, it is ordered, That the said Defendants Robertson and Brown , do appear here on the fourth Monday in November next, and answer the Bill of the Complainant, and that a copy of this order be forthwith inserted in some Newspaper printed in this Borough, for eight weeks successively, and posted at the front door of the Courthouse of the said Borough: And it is further ordered, That the Defendant Robert Dickson , Administrator of Henry Cavan , deceased, who hath effects of the said Robertson and Brown , in his hands, do not pay, convey away, or secret such effects, but retain them until the further order or decree of this Court, concerning the same. (A Copy, Teste,) 127 WILLIAM SHARP, C.N.B.C.
NOTICE. WHEREAS some unhappy difference has lately arisen between me and my Wife Jane , in consequence of which we have mutually agreed to live separate—I think it necessary to give this publick notice that no person may give credit to the said Jane , or any other person on my account, without a written order from me. Christian Miller. September 4. 34 128
AUCTION.
On Friday next, the 6th of September, at 12 o'clock, WILL BE SOLD, WITHOUT RESERVE, A LOT OF LAND, Situated on the East side of Cumberland Street, and lately belonged to John Shipp. The Lot is 30 feet in front and 119 in depth, on which there is a comfortable Dwelling House, well calculated to suit a small family.—Terms, 60 days for a negotiable note, with approved endorsers.—Sale on the premises. FRANCIS SMITH. August 30. 112
TO RENT. THE Store, Cellar, and Counting Room, No. 41, Main-Street, at present occupied by Messrs. GILLIAT & MACKINDER . Apply to Thomas Willock. April 1. tf 547
LOST ON MONDAY LAST, A NOTE of Mr. William Pennock , in favour of Captain W. J. Richardson , payable at the United States Bank, for Eight Hundred Dollars, at 60 days, and dated 25th July. As payment is stopped, it cannot be of service to any person, if found I should be obliged by its being returned. Edward Roberts. August 14. tf 73
CHOICE FLOUR OF NEW WHEAT, From Mayo's Mills —for Family use. 300 Whole and 300 Half Barrels. For sale by Moses Myers. August 12. tf 66
40 Puncheons Antigua RUM, Just received per Schooner Stranger , and for sale by Warren Ashley. August 12. tf 67
LOST—YESTERDAY MORNING, Between the United States Bank, and the Lower Bridge, A GOLD CHAIN AND SMALL RED SEAL, with the impression of a HOUND.—A Mufti Boy was seen to pick it up.—A liberal reward will be given to any person who will leave it at the Ledger Office. It offered for sale, it is hoped it will be stopped and information given. August 9. tf 68
300 Barrels INDIAN CORN, Deliverable at short notice—for sale by James Maurice & Co. July 29. tf 24
NOW LANDING, 90 Bags Prime Green COFFEE. For sale by Moses Myers. July 22. tf 14
MARTIN FISK, Has this day landed from the Ship Glory , from Liverpool, AN ELEGANT ASSORTMENT OF CUT GLASS, For family use—such as Decanters, Wine Glasses, & Tumblers. July 5. tf 793
HIBBERT'S PORTER AND BROWN STOUT Just received per the Ship Planter , from London, A QUANTITY OF Hibbert's best bottled Porter & Brown Stout. Apply to ROBERT MAITLAND & CO. August 28. 6w 103
FOR SALE, THE REMAINDER OF THE CARGO OF THE BRIG NANCY , From the Cape of Good Hope, consisting of the following articles, VIZ. 100 Casks CAPE WINE. 13 do. CONSTANTIA do. 1 do. STEEN do. 5 do. MUSCAT do. 19 do. TAMARINDS do. 4 do. BRANDY do. 44 do. ALOES. A liberal credit will be given, and if the whole is taken, the above articles will be sold a bargain.—Any person inclined to purchase, may rely that the articles on hand, were not the refuse of the Cargo, which was sold by shewing one cask of each quality, and were delivered as they came to hand. John Granbery. August 23. tf 92
DELACOSTE, RESPECTFULLY informs the publick, that he intends opening a School for tuition of the French Language, and of Book-Keeping in the Italian way, with double entries, as soon as a sufficient number of Gentlemen will have agreed to attend the same. He will, in the mean time, give private lessons, at their houses, to such Ladies and Gentlemen, as may be pleased to confide in his abilities. Orders left at Mr. Rifland's Boarding-house, will be duly attended to. English, French and Dutch, translated with accuracy and despatch.—Apply as above. August 26. 6* 95
LANDING, From the British Brig Jane , Captain Litton , on Town Point, 20 Hogsheads, 38 Tierces, 63 Barrels, ANTIGUA SUGAR. And from the Bellona , 60 Hogsheads, 18 Tierces, BARBADOS SUGAR. Samples may be seen at Cam-bell & Wheeler's Warehouse, and terms known by Robert Dickson. August 25. 2w 96
FOR SALE, ON BOARD THE SHIP FRANKLIN , 120 Firkins Choice Boston BUTTER, Fit for Family use.—Apply to Moses Myers. August 7. tf 49
NOW LANDING From on board the Brig Fame , from Havana, and Schooner Lydia , from Antigua, 170 Hogsheads MOLASSES. 129 do. RUM. For sale by William Pennock. May 27. tf 716
NOW LANDING ON NEWTON'S WHARF, From on board the Brig Brothers , Capt. Dunn , from Jamaica, 124 Hogsheads, 11 Barrels, PRIME JAMAICA SUGARS. For sale by William Pennock. August 2. tf 37
250 Barrels Superfine, 250 do. Fine, 100 do. X Midlings, 150 do. do. } FLOUR. 50 do. Ship, 90 do. Navy, } BREAD. 10 Quarter Casks Sherry WINE. For Sale by JAMES MAURICE & CO. April 12. tf 589
TO RENT, Two Rooms adjoining the Office of the Publick Ledger. Apply at this office. July 26.
THE SUBSCRIBER, GIVES NOTICE, THAT he has conveyed his Estate in Trust, for the benefit of his creditors, to James Thorburn, Martin Fisk, and James Maurice. Francis S. Taylor. August 28. 3w 100
LANDING AT COMMERCE-STREET WHARF, FROM BRIG MILTON , 27 Puncheons High Proof Jamaica RUM. 7 do. MOLASSES. AND FROM SCHOONER BRILLIANT , A few Puncheons choice Windward Island RUM. For sale by Redmon & Frith. August 7. tf 52
TAKEN from along side the Brig Milton , on the night of the 25th instant, a CLINKER BUILT YAWL, about twelve feet long, yellow bottom and painted green inside—Milton of Suffolk, marked on her stern. A liberal reward will be given to any person who will give information of her, so that I get her again. Tuder Frith. August 28. tf 104
I intend to leave this State for some time. John Davidson. August 19. tf 80
FOR SALE, BY THE SUBSCRIBER, AT HIS LUMBER YARD ON CALVERT'S WHARF, 700,000 SALE SHINGLES. 50,000 BUILDING do. 50,000 STAVES—White and Red Oak. 10,000 CYPRESS PALES. 5,000 CEDAR and CHINQUEPIN POSTS. Also—shall keep a supply of FLANK AND SCANTLING. Thomas H. Parker. August 19. tf 77
WANTED, ROUGH WHITE OAK HOGSHEAD STAVES, of the best quality, for which cash will be given. Robert Maitland & Co. August 19. 3w 86

DEPARTMENT OF MISCELLANY.
ON THE ENTRANCE OF A SHIP INTO PORT.
Calm and unruffled, the Favonian breeze Sheds its mild influence o'er the noon-tide air; The cloudless sky illumines the tranquil seas, And distant land dispels the sailor's care. Happy the prospect of their native shore To them, who years had plough'd the azure deep; Past rigours now ingross their thoughts no more, And pleasing fancies o'er their senses creep. Thus, life's enroug'd voyage safely past, The hoary pilot steers his homeward bark; His anchor hove, he gladly meets his last, From Syrens clear, unhurt by tempests dark. Swift cuts the rapid vessel's briny keel, The sail-yards shiver in the rising wind; As they approach, the crew new pleasures feel, While mutual clamours animate each mind. All hands a-head, the sails they quickly furl; Avast, now some their active movements lend, And in their glowing hands the ropes they curl, Each eager to embrace some look'd-for friend. Swiftly the ship into the harbour glides; The jovial mariners all leap ashore; Past moor'd at anchor she securely rides, And scatter'd seamen well known haunts explore. R. S.
TWO HUNDRED DOLLARS REWARD, TO WHITE OR BLACK.
R ANAWAY from me on the 10th of this month, two Negro Fellows—one by the name of SAM, about 35 years of age, black complexion, about 6 feet one inch high, has a small leg for the size of the man with a large flat foot, flat nose with a good set of white teeth, walks slow and sluggish, and is, when serious, rather a sulky look—is well as I can remember, he has one or two small scars on his nose, one on one of his legs, and one on one foot or his instep, and one on one of his hands; I do not recollect the size of these scars, or whether he has them or not, but I am informed he has—his clothing I cannot describe as he had many, but his working clothes were two osnaburgs—he carried with him a silver watch, and I expect money; this is an artful fellow, he is by trade a ship carpenter and caulker—I expect this fellow has it in contemplation to aim for the northern states by water, or he may likely try by land, as he has often inquired the way—I have reason to believe he has a free pass, which he will try to escape with.
DAVE, a slender made Negro, about the same age, about five feet ten inches high, black complexion, small legs and feet, with a pleasing countenance, and when talking, rather on the submissive order—he has a large scar on his breast, which came from the stroke of the whip when young, his teeth are rather yellow from chewing tobacco, but has a sound set—he is a caulker by trade, and works at the ship carpenter's trade also—He has many clothes, and among which, are a pair of negro cotton trowsers, one pair of tow osnaburgs, and a tow osnaburg shirt, that I know of, and a hat covered with canvas, but I have no doubt but they will change their clothing—I suspect him of having a free pass, and will aim for the northern states by water, or he may likely try for the northward by land, as he has often inquired the way—I cannot give any further description, but they may have other marks.
I do hereby forewarn all masters of vessels from taking on board these negroes at the penalty of the law, I will give above reward for both, or if delivered separately, I will give one hundred dollars each, or if confined in any jail, so that I get him again, with all reasonable expenses paid.
John Drew, Sen. Bertie County, (near Edenton, N. C.) August 12. 78
FOR SALE,
12 Puncheons ANTIGUA RUM. 15 do. GRENADA do. 5 Pipes HOLLAND GIN. 20 do. COUNTRY do. 12 do. FRENCH BRANDY. 2 do. ALICANT do. 22 Qr. Casks SHERRY WINE. 10 do. MALAGA do. PORT and CLARET WINE, in casks & bottles. 6 Barrels PORK—and about 1000 Dozen PORTER, or any last winters flock, equal to any imported.
Joseph Hayes. August 24. tf
NORFOLK HOTEL.
T HE Subscriber informs his friends and the publick, that he has opened an HOTEL in that convenient house formerly the NAVY TAVERN No. 128 Main-Street, where he hopes by his attention, to give satisfaction to those who may favour him with their company. He will always keep the best liquors: and Private Parties will be furnished with Dinners, Suppers, or Relishes, at the shortest notice. BOARDERS accommodated by the week, month, or year
Henry Benbridge. October 9. tf 170
LEVIN DORSEY,
On Town Point—Wide Water Street. Has Received by the Duffies, from London, in addition to his former assortment of
MATHEMATICAL INSTRUMENTS, &c.
Adams's Patent Globes—12 inches. Brass and Wood Compasses—Assorted. Quadrants. Night and Day Telescopes—Assorted. Telescopes for Day only. Patent Time Glasses. From 1-4 to 1-2 minute, and for one and two hours. Gunter's Scales and Dividers—Assorted. Charts, for the West-Indies, and America. Moore's Epitome and Daily Assistant.
And has on hand, Blunt's American Nautical Navigator—Last edition, with a copious appendix. Blunt's American Coastal Pilot.
Also for Sale, Bell-Mettle Skillets of Superior Quality. Carriage Wheel Boxes, Bouches, and Solid Brass Sheaves—Assorted. Hoop and Baltimore Bar-Iron—Assorted.
All kinds of Mathematical Instruments Repaired, as usual. April 26. tf 628
LANDING THIS DAY ON OUR WHARF,
From on board the Martha & Mary from Grenada, 86 Puncheons RUM. 20 Hogsheds MOLASSES. 1 Puncheon SHRUB. 1 Barrel LIME JUICE. And from on board the British Brig Brothers , from Kingston. 40,000 lbs. Prime Jamaica COFFEE. IN STORE, 50,000 lbs. Prime Jamaica COFFEE. 36,000 lbs. Porto Rico do. 20 Barrels Baltimore LOAF SUGAR. 150 Barrels Superfine FLOUR. 50 Hogsheds Petersburg TOBACCO. 20 Puncheons Grenada RUM. 20 Barrels Prime PORK. 25 Bales Upland COTTON.
All of which we will dispose of on moderate terms. C. & F. Whittle. August 2. tf 33
FOR FREIGHT OR CHARTER,
The American Ship INDIA PACKET, William Rindge, Master, Burthen 400 hlds. Tobacco. Apply to the master on board, or to Phinehas Dana, & Co. Who have received per said ship from St. Lucar, 139 quarter casks SHERRY WINE, for sale on moderate terms. August 9. tf 56
FOR FREIGHT OR CHARTER,
The good American Ship JOHN, A. M. SPALDING, Master:— 297 tons burthen, a staunch, strong, tight vessel, now in complete order for the reception of a cargo.—For terms apply to the Captain on board, or Richard Blow. July 22. tf 13
For Freight or Charter,
The fine new American Ship MECHANICK, V. BAGLEY, Master, burthen 250 tons, or about 350 hlds. tobacco, now ready for the reception of a cargo. For terms apply to Robert Gibson. June 27. tf 782
FOR SALE, FREIGHT, OR CHARTER,
The Ship PLANTER, Burthen 400 hogsheds of tobacco, in complete order and will be ready to receive a cargo, in ten days. For terms apply to William Mackenzie & Co. Richmond, or John Mackenzie & Co, Holt's Wharf.
WHO HAVE FOR SALE,
100 Hogsheds Richmond TOBACCO. 79 Kegs Manufactured do. 10 Bales COTTON. 100 Barrels of 4, 6, 8, 10, and 20d. NAILS.
August 30. tf 105
WANTED TO CHARTER,
A SHIP Of from 200 to 300 tons burthen, to load with lumber for a Port in Jamaica.—Apply to Robert Maitland & Co. August 30. 4w 106
FOR SALE, FREIGHT, OR CHARTER,
The well known, fast sailing Ship TWO GENERALS, ALEXANDER CUNNINGHAM, Master:— Burthen 300 hogsheds tobacco, or 2400 barrels.—The Two Generals is a new ship, has made only four voyages to Europe, and always delivered her cargo in good order. A freight for Bordeaux will be preferred, at a moderate price. She will be ready to receive a cargo in a few days. For terms, apply to Thco. Armistead. August 28. 5w 110
FOR FREIGHT OR CHARTER,
The good American Brig DANUBE, GILBERT HOWLAND, Master:— Having made only one voyage—burthen 194 tons, now in complete order for the reception of a cargo—will carry about 1800 barrels flour, or 220 hogsheds tobacco. For terms apply to the Captain on board, or Richard Blow.
WHO OFFERS FOR SALE,
20,000 Drawn White Oak Pipe STAVES. August 26. tf 94
FOR LONDON,
The American Ship RE-UNION. Two thirds of her cargo being engaged, it is expected she will sail by the 15th next month. For freight or passage, apply to Warren Ashley. August 23. tf 88
FOR FREIGHT OR CHARTER,
(To any Port in Europe.) The staunch, fast sailing Portuguese Ship PAZ TRIUMPHO, PHILIP TRINDADE, Master:— Burthen 350 tons, will be ready in 3 days for the reception of a cargo. For terms, apply to Oliveira, Fernandes & Co. August 23. 6w 89
FOR SALE,
The British built Brig JANE, Burthen 196 tons per Register—copper and sails uncommonly fast. The inventor to be seen at our counting house—a liberal credit will be given.—Also, 58 Hogsheds, 28 Tierces, 56 Barrels, } PRIME ANTIGUA SUGARS. Lauding this day, from on board the said Brig. C. & F. Whittle. August 23. tf 90
FOR LIVERPOOL,
The good Ship MONTICELLO, to sail by the 20th of September. Tobacco or cotton, will be taken in on low freight, if immediate application is made to R. Maitland and Christian, Petersburg, or to Robert Maitland & Co. August 19. 4w 82
FOR NANTZ,
The good, fast sailing Ship BRUTUS, Captain PENDERGAST. Burthen 370 hlds. or thereabouts—a vessel well calculated to carry tobacco to France. For freight or passage, having excellent accommodations, apply to the Master on board, lying at Mr. Blow's wharf, Portsmouth, or Thomas Payson & Co. At Mr. Fisk's Store. August 14. tf 74
CADIZ SALT,
For Sale on board the Jesse, Captain Ferris, from Cadiz, lying at my wharf, Gosport, which will be sold low, if taken from along side. Apply on board, or to William Pennock.
FOR LIVERPOOL,
The Copper bottomed Ship THOMAS, Burthen three hundred hogsheds tobacco, and now ready to receive a cargo. August 2. tf 38
FOR CHARTER,
The good Ship FRANKLIN, SPOONER, Master:— Burthen about three hundred hogsheds.—For terms apply to Moses Myers. July 24. tf 16
FOR LIVERPOOL,
The British Ship WILLIAM, Burthen about 450 hogsheds tobacco. A fine ship about 3 years old. About half her cargo being on board, the remainder will be taken at a very low freight if offered soon. Apply to Harrison Allmand. August 12. tf 63
TO PRINTERS.
I WILL DISPOSE OF A FONT OF BURGEOS TYPE, Upon which the Publick Ledger is at present printed. IT CONSISTS of about 600 lbs. WELL-ASSORTED LETTER, with French and Latin accents; has been carefully used; and is almost as good as when new. Should the whole be too much, any one who might incline to purchase ONE HALF, will please to make application, by letters post paid, or personally, at this Office. The terms will be liberal, and a credit will be given, if required, to a purchaser who can give good security in Norfolk or Baltimore. John Cowper. August 26. tf 3
INTENDING soon to leave Norfolk, I take this opportunity of informing the subscribers to the following works, that the gentlemen hereafter named have undertaken to act as agents, and that all subscriptions are to be paid to them only, until different orders shall be given by the proprietors of each work respectively. Port Folio , Mr. JOHN COWPER. Monthly Register & Review of the U. S. Mr. JASPER MORAN. I have been advised, by Mr. Carpenter, that he has sent forward the first and second numbers; they have not yet been received, but are daily expected. Missionary Magazine & Evangelical Intelligence —Revd. Mr. GREGORY, who has now the 6th and 7th No's. ready for delivery. Companion —Mr. JOHN COWPER.—Besides these gentlemen, any orders for the Port Folio, Register, or Companion, left with Mr. WARREN, at the Post-Office, will be regularly handed over to the agents. GEO: L. GRAY. August 26. tf 3
VALUABLE LAND FOR SALE.
THE Subscriber, intending to leave this State, wishes to dispose of the Land he at present resides on. It is a tract of EIGHT HUNDRED ACRES, beautifully situated upon Cape Charles; having the Atlantic upon one side, and the Chesapeake upon another. There is upon it a good FISHERY as in Virginia. There are interspersed throughout the plantation, a number of SALT SPRINGS, so strongly impregnated with salt as to bear a new-laid egg. Oysters, Cockles, and Fish of all kinds may be obtained from the waters immediately at the door. The land is very productive, esteemed annually good for 500 barrels Indian Corn, and 2000 bushels of Oats, and is now in capital order. The Fishery alone has yielded, in one spring, upwards of 7000. In short there are but very few Plantations offered for Sale, which unite so many advantages: and nothing but a desire to pursue his professional business could induce the present proprietor to sell it. Should it not be sold before the Fall, it will be leased for a term of years. Conditions will be made known on application to Thomas V. Custis. On the Premises. May 3. 1aw 648
NOTICE.
CONCERT-HALL, BOSTON, May, 1805. THE Subscriber respectfully informs his friends and the Publick, and those Gentlemen of the Southern States who may visit this part of the Continent, during the summer season, that the house known by the name of Concert-Hall, situate in a very central and pleasant part of the town, (corner of Court and Hanover Streets) has been fitted up at a very great expense with the genteel accommodations. Those Gentlemen who may wish for Boarding and Lodging, it is presumed cannot find a more eligible and convenient house, or a more grateful reception than from the present occupant of Concert-Hall, whose assiduity to serve them shall exceed the liberality of their patronage. 765 1aw3m T. WHITCOMB.
LANDS FOR SALE.
950 acres lying near Dragon Bridge, in King and Queen county. This tract will be disposed of altogether, or divided into lots of 2 or 300 acres to suit purchasers. Also—400 acres in the county of Gloucester, near the mouth of York River, in the neighbourhood of Mr. William Jones, and Mr. Thomas Fan, and distant about eight or nine miles from the court house. Also—1100 acres in Middlesex county, lying on the Pianketank River, which affords the greatest abundance of Fish, Crabs, and Oysters, of superior quality. On this tract (generally called Barn Elms) there is a commodious dwelling house, with all the necessary out-houses, for the convenience of a large family. As it is presumed that no person will be disposed to purchase without first seeing the lands, it is deemed unnecessary here to give a description of them, or the terms on which they will be sold. The subscriber may be consulted on the business any time after the tenth of October next, at Barn Elms, and will attend on the premises on the first of November, to meet any person disposed to purchase. Carter B. Berkeley. August 5. 1aw6w 41
FOR SALE,
Pursuant to the Will of William Samuel Peachy, deceased. Peachy's Manufacturing Mills and Store-Houses. LYING in the County of Prince George, on Powell's Creek, a navigable stream of James River, and on the main stage road from Norfolk to Petersburg, with about six acres of Land belonging thereto.—One third of the purchase money will be required at the end of eighteen months and three years credit will be given for the residue. The Gentleman at the Mills will be good enough to shew them.—For terms apply to Mr. Robert Maitland of Norfolk, or to Thomas Griffin Peachy of Williamsburg. ALSO FOR SALE, That beautiful Seat on James River (about four miles from the Mills) called FLOWER DE HUNDRED.—The Tract of Land belonging to this Seat, contains 1800 acres extending nearly two miles on the banks of the river, (about half a days sail from Norfolk, and five hours from Petersburg) considerable part of the Land is fit for the cultivation of Wheat and Tobacco; it has some valuable Low Ground, and a great deal of Meadow Land, from which in its natural state, great quantities of Hay may be made; the Land also abounds with good Timber:—The Houses, Garden, Orchards, and other improvements, are extensive and valuable.—As it is presumed that no person would purchase such an estate without first viewing it, a further description is thought needless—Collier Harrison, Esq. of Charles City, who has viewed the Land and is well acquainted with its quality, will be good enough to shew it.—A credit of 9, 13 and 16 years will be given for the greater part of the purchase money, and for the residue four annual payments will be required.—An indisputable title will be made.—The price may be known by application to Mr. Robert Maitland, or to Mary W. Peachy, and Thomas G. Peachy, of Williamsburg. March 25. tf 523
TO RENT,
And possession given the first of September. A LARGE and commodious three story Brick House, in Church-Street, at present occupied by Mr. Henop, the first floor is completely fitted for a Store and Counting Room, and the upper part well calculated for the residence of a genteel family, with two kitchens, all other necessary out houses, and a paved yard. For terms apply to William Plume & Co. August 19. tf 86
TO Lease—For Eleven Years,
THAT VALUABLE LOT OF LAND, on the corner of Commerce and Little Water Streets.—For further particulars, apply to J. Tucker. August 2. tf 35
POLYGRAPHICK PAINTING.
THIS art, so long kept a secret and exclusively practiced by the Polygraphick Society in London, is now in the possession of a citizen of the United States lately arrived from Europe; who proposes to execute, by subscription, two hundred copies from an original Allegorical Painting in the Shakespeare Gallery, New-York, by permission of the Proprietor: being A PORTRAIT OF WASHINGTON, Supported by Liberty, Virtue, and Justice. Virtue is holding the emblem of the reward he merited. In the right of the piece, America, characterised as an Ab-original, is seated in a pensive posture, lamenting her loss. In the left is Painting turning to History, for a subject worthy of her art, who is so supposed to answer, "THERE IS NONE MORE WORTHY THAN WASHINGTON." The whole forming a more emblematical tribute to the memory of that great man, than has yet been offered to the publick. To those who esteem his publick services and his private worth, and to the Patrons of improvements in the fine arts, this work is dedicated. Such as are already furnished with different engravings on this subject, will, it is hoped, still find room for the present undertaking, when they consider, that it will be a Painting, and the design new, executed by a process, which renders it more durable than oil painting—that it requires no glass—that while their prints contain, perhaps a faint resemblance only, this work affords a correct likeness, with the addition of six beautiful allegoric figures. The price also is reduced so as to leave, on comparative merits, no objection. Subscriptions, at Eight Dollars each, payable on delivery, (which is very little more than the price of an engraving of the same size) are received by Conrad & Co. Booksellers, Philadelphia, and Bonsal, Conrad & Co. of Norfolk.
IT IS ALSO PROPOSED TO EXECUTE
Portraits of Mr. and Mrs. Washington, by the same process, on subscription, of Four dollars and fifty cents each. It is a principal aim of this work, to produce the most correct likenesses of this amiable couple. The Artist presumes that the secret art of Polygraphick Painting is known only to himself, in the United States; having travelled from the Carolinas to Massachusetts, without finding a master of it. By this Art, original paintings may be multiplied, so as to render it difficult to point out the difference. The Polygraphick picture, of the two, when compared together, is the most brilliant, and the nature of the process cannot fail rendering it more durable. In fine, the whole is so exact and beautiful a copy, that the mind is lost in conjecture as to the method in which it is executed. Philadelphia, June 4, 1805. Iaw1N. 777
TO UNDERWRITERS, MERCHANTS, &c.
THE Subscriber, Proprietor of the Royal Gazette and Bahama Advertiser , published at Nassau, has been, and purposes to continue transmitting, by every opportunity, early and correct information to subscribers in Europe and America, of the arrivals, clearances, captures, and misfortunes, that may happen to vessels about these and the different West India Islands. As the procuring and forwarding such information, will occupy much time, and be attended with considerable expense—to insure this attention, it will be necessary that men interested in mercantile and other information, should subscribe with liberality to his Gazette. It is published twice a week, price eight dollars and a half per annum. One half in advance. SUBSCRIPTIONS Will be received in London, by the proprietor of the Courier; at Liverpool, by Messrs. T. & J. Moss, merchants, and the proprietor of the Mercantile Chronicle; at Greenock, by the proprietor of the Advertiser; at Dublin, by J. Wilson, Esq. American Consul; in Savannah, by the proprietor of the Museum; in Charleston, by the proprietors of The City Gazette, The Courier, and The Times; in Norfolk, by the proprietor of the Publick Ledger; in Baltimore, by Mr. G. Douglass, and the proprietors of the American; in Philadelphia, by Mr. C. P. Wayne, and the proprietor of the True American; in New-York, by T. & J. S. S. Sergeant & Co. and the proprietors of the Morning Chronicle, and of the Daily Advertiser. ROBERT WILSON. Nassau, (New-Providence,) June 28.
A SINGLE MAN,
Who writes a fair hand, and understands the French language well, will meet with an eligible situation by applying at the Office of the Publick Ledger. July 26. tf 19
NEW CUT-NAIL MANUFACTORY,
ON TOWN POINT, A small distance below County Wharf, Wide Water Street. THE Subscriber has, at a considerable expense, fitted up, in addition to his other business, a complete set of machinery, adequate to finish 500 to 600 lbs. of Nails daily. He is also provided with a good stock of Iron; and with a sufficient number of skilful workmen. He has on hand a constant supply of Nails, Flooring Brads, and Sprigs, which he offers for Sale at the reduced prices as follows, by the keg, viz.
10d, 12d, 20d, Nails, 8d per lb. 8d, do, 9d per lb. Sheathing do, 7 1-2d per lb. 6d, do, 10d per lb. 4d, do, 3s per M. 3d, do, 2s 7 1-2d do. 8d, 10d, 12d, and 20d, Brads, 8d per lb. 6d, do, 4s 6d per M. 4d, do, 3s do. 3d, do, 2s 7 1-2d do. 2d, do, 2s 7 1-2d do.
ALSO—HOOP AND BAR-IRON ASSORTED.
LEVIN DORSEY. March 18. tf 503
FOR SALE—BY THE SUBSCRIBER,
75 Puncheons Winward Island RUM. 6 do. 4th proof Old Jamaica do. 5 do. New-England do. 30 Pipes Best Holland GIN. 8 Hogsheds and 24 Barrels Country do. 8 Pipes 4th proof Cognac BRANDY. 11 do. Alicant do. 10 Quarter Casks Sherry WINE. 17 Pipes Fine Old Sicily do. 70 Crates well assorted EARTHEN WARE. 2 Hogsheds do. assorted for family use. 12 Casks GLASS WARE—well assorted. 200 Sacks Liverpool SALT—Also, 70 Hlds. Richmond and Petersburg TOBACCO. 35 do. Lowland do. 104 Barrels Superfine, } FLOUR. 90 do. Fine, } 27 do. SHIP STUFF.
A. Maclure. August 7. tf 48
NOTICE.
THE PARTNERSHIP OF SAMUEL SAUNDERS & Co. Is this day dissolved by mutual consent, and those who have accounts with the said firm, will please come forward for immediate settlement to SAMUEL SAUNDERS, who is duly authorized by the concern to adjust the same. Samuel Saunders. P. Henop.
N. B. The business in future, will be carried on by SAMUEL SAUNDERS, and ROBERT C. JENNINGS, and Co. under the firm of SAMUEL SAUNDERS & Co. July 12. tf 814
NORFOLK:
PUBLISHED THREE TIMES A-WEEK, BY WILLIAM DAVIS, FOR THE PROPRIETOR, OPPOSITE THE EXCHANGE COFFEE HOUSE. Price Five Dollars and Fifty Cents yearly, in advance.