Norfolk gazette and publick ledger (Norfolk [Va.]), 1809-08-28 00:00:00

NORFOLK GAZETTE AND PUBLICK LEDGER.  SINT HIC ETIAM SUA PREMIA LAUD.
VOL. VI.
MONDAY EVENING, AUGUST 28, 1809.
NO. 187
For Lisbon, The fine fast sailing Ship BETSY Edward Watson, master, will sail in 10 or 12 days; has excellent accommodations. For passage only, apply to the master on board at Portsmouth, or to Bowden & Milhado. August 25.
Freights are wanted for the Ship ARIADNE , Capt. R. Lloyd, burthen 208 tons, a fine new Ship, and can be ready for the reception of a cargo in about 10 days.
The Brig WASHINGTON , Capt. V. Bagley, burthen — tons, now in complete order for the reception of a cargo. For terms apply to the masters on board, or Christopher Fry. August 25.
For Charter, The Ship William & Mary , E. Tipling, master, burthen 230 tons, will carry 2000 barrels or 230 hogsheads Tobacco, is in complete order, and ready to receive a cargo. Apply to D. Sanford, or F. Smith. August 19.
For Sale or Charter, The Brig EXPERIMENT , Henry Dickson, master, burthen 140 tons, and will carry 1100 barrels Flour; said Brig will be sold low, and a liberal credit given for approved paper. For terms apply to WILLIAM DICKSON. August 9.
60 hogsheads St. Kitt's MOLASSES, 60 do. Sugar; 50 do. Jamaica Coffee, 52,500 wt. St. Domingo do. 200 bales Sea-Island and Upland Cotton, 1000 hogsheads Richmond and Petersburg Tobacco, 5000 bushels coarse Salt; 15,000 do. Liverpool blown do. 6 pipes Old London particular Wine, 50 crates Queen's Ware, assorted, 150 barrels superfine and Fine Flour, Russia and Raven's Duck, Country Gin, Rum, &c. For Sale on liberal terms by C. & F. Whittle.
A Good Stanch VESSEL , Of 150 to 180 hogsheads wanted. July 28.
The Great Match Race! For Two Thousand Dollars, Will be run on WEDNESDAY the 18th of September, over the Norfolk and Portsmouth Jockey Club Course, by MR. WRANGLER , raised by Col. Selby, and SIR SOLOMON , by Mr. Booth, four mile heats, each to carry 100 wt. — It is expected that from 10 to 15,000 dollars will be bet on this famous race, as the Horses are considered the best on the continent. August 9.
NEW GOODS. WOOD & HASTINGS, HAVE JUST RECEIVED 50 packages Spring and Summer GOODS, Consisting of almost every description of Goods suitable for the present season. They will be sold at very low prices for cash, or acceptances in town. June 14.
LANDING At Newton's wharf, the CARGO of the Brig George , from Matanzas, Consisting of Fine Muscovado SUGAR , in Hhds. Clayed Sugar White and Brown in boxes, Green Coffee; and a few tons Lignumvitae. For Sale by Jennings & Roddey. July 17.
FOR RENT, A HOUSE and LOT, On Catharine Street, adjoining Mr. Wm. Thompson's; possession may be had immediately by applying to the subscriber. Who will give Cash for 200 cords WHARF WOOD , on delivery. RICHARD TAYLOR. July 5.
150 Barrels New HERRINGS, For Sale by JENNINGS & RODDEY. August 19.
NOTICE. I intend to leave this State about the first of October next, and request all persons having claims against me to bring in their accounts for settlement; all those indebted will please come and settle by note or otherwise. WILLIAM TONKIN, Town-Point. August 19.
For SALE—A-float, 150 barrels Gallegos new Superfine FLOUR. JAMES HIRRON. August 21.
Just Published, Proofs of the Corruption of General JAMES WILKINSON, And of his connection with Aaron Burr , With a full refutation of his slanderous allegations in relation to the character of the principal witness against him By DANIEL CLARK , of the City of New-Orleans. "Justice tho' slow, is sure, vengeance O'ertakes the swiftest villain's guilt." Letters by M. De St. Evremont, and Waller—Vol. 4th American Register—Shakespeare's Plays, the first complete edition in America, in 17 volumes. For Sale by Bonsal, Conrad, & Co. August 25.
Manchester Academy. In consequence of the intended removal of Mr. John Wood, to the City of Richmond, on the 25th September next, the Trustees of the above Academy, are desirous of engaging a TEACHER of the Languages and Mathematics, to supply the station he now holds. On application to the Treasurer of the Academy, residing in Manchester, the terms will be made known to any gentleman of liberal education and moral conduct. Manchester, Aug. 23, 1809.
State of North-Carolina, Superior Court, April Chowan County. Term, 1809. JAMES R. BENT, ADON CURTIS. } In Equity.
THE Defendant in this suit having failed to appear and file his answer agreeable to law, and it being represented to the Court that he is not an inhabitant of this State, it is therefore ordered that notice be given to the said ADON CURTIS in the Norfolk Gazette and Publick Ledger , for the space of six weeks; that unless he appears at or before the next term to be held in the town of Edenton, on the first Monday after the fourth Monday in September next, and file his answer, judgment pro confesso will be entered against him. By Order, J. B. BLOUNT, C. M. E. C. C. August 23.
Wig-Wam Garden. NINE PINS AND QUOITS , a cure for sedentary habits. July 26.
THE SUBSCRIBER Having been appointed a Commissioner of the Chancery Court for the WILLIAMSBURG DISTRICT , gives notice to those persons, who are parties to cases referred to him, that he is ready to receive their papers. JOHN COWPER. Master Commissioner's Office, July 11, 1809.
For Sale by the Subscriber, 3000 bushels Liverpool stoved SALT, 250 Liverpool filled sacks do. 400 sacks to be filled here; 13 crates Earthenware, 6 casks Glassware, 4 casks Sheathing Nails; 7 bags Coffee, 127 bales Upland Cotton, 43 hogsheads Richmond Tobacco. A. MACLURE. July 31.
I wish to Sell on moderate terms, A Valuable Tract of LAND, Well timbered, containing 460 acres, more or less, surveyed by Mr. George Nicholson, County Surveyor. The Land lies within two miles of the head of the Western Branch, near Hall's Mill, where Mr. John Cornwell has erected a Saw-Mill, and made an excellent road near the land for carting timber, &c. The Land is under a small encumbrance to Mr. Edward Brown, by a Deed in Trust. Terms of Sale. Three Hundred Dollars must be paid on giving the titles to the Land to discharge the Deed in Trust and other encumbrances; the balance of the purchase money to be paid in six and twelve months, Notes and approved endorsements will be required. Any person holding a Bond, Note, or Book Account against me will be taken as part payment for the above property. WILLIAM TONKIN, Town-Point. August 19.
DOCTOR BALFOUR, Will take a Young Gentleman into his Shop as a Student of Medicine. August 19.
For SALE or RENT, That large Dwelling-House, pleasantly situated on Town-Point, Main-street, at present occupied by the subscriber—That large Fire-Proof Warehouse on Wide Water-street, and a small Dwelling House adjoining in Holt's lane. Possession of all or any one of them may be had immediately if required; also one end of the House in Payton-street, at present occupied by Robert B. Taylor, Esq. as his office. Daniel R. Waddey. Who wishes to Sell, 259 ACRES of LAND, Lying in the County of Princess Anne, on the Eastern Branch of Elizabeth River, distant from Norfolk about 5 or 6 miles by water, running across the main road from this to Kempville; part of which is heavily timbered with oak, pine, ash, &c. July 28.
Ginghams, Calicoes, and Shirtings. WOOD & HASTINGS, Have just received via Philadelphia, 4 Trunks CALICOES, 3 do. GINGHAMS, 2 do. COTTON SHIRTINGS , part very fine. July 8.
On the 17th of July last, a letter was handed to a Young Man in this town, to be put into the Post-Office, directed to MR. WILLIAM GORDON , of Portland, District of Maine, in which were enclosed the First Bills of Eleven Sets of Exchange, drawn on the Commissioners of the Navy of Great Britain, viz: One drawn by Richard Pigg, for £22 6 3 do. do. by George Rechner, for 27 16 do. do. by J. None, for 22 2 10 3/4 do. do. by L. H. Wray, for 22 6 9 do. do. by P. S. Fergieg, for 18 9 3 do. do. by W. S. Budeock, for 22 6 9 do. do. by W. H. Baker, for 19 8 do. do. by J. O. R. Clary, for 16 11 10 3/4 do. do. by W. G. Agar, for 22 6 9 do. do. by T. Renner, for 16 11 10 3/4 do. do. by J. H. Money, for 22 6 9 and on the 18th of the same month, another letter was directed to the same gentleman, in which were enclosed the Second Bills of the above Sets of Exchange. As neither of the above Letters or Bills were received, it is presumed they have fallen into improper hands. Therefore all persons are cautioned against purchasing said Bills of Exchange, the payment having been stopped in England; they are of no use to any one but the real owner. A suitable reward will be given to any one who shall give such information as will lead to a discovery of the fraud, or communicating the same to N. HERON, Esq. of Norfolk. N. B. The Bills were endorsed by Messrs. JENNINGS & RODDEY , of Norfolk. No imputation is meant to be attached to Messrs. Jennings & Roddey, or any young Man belonging to the house. Norfolk, August 21, 1809.
LANDING From the Schooner Virginia , Capt. Wheeler, from St. Vincent, 50 puncheons RUM, 50 hogsheads retailing MOLASSES, For Sale by Jennings & Roddey. August 7.
LOST OR MISLAID. The following LAW BOOKS: 4th Volume of Robinson's Admiralty Reports, 5th do. Comyn's Digest; Powell on Contract. ALSO, The 2d, 4th, and 12th Volumes of CARY'S AMERICAN MUSEUM ; and a folio edition of Pliny's Natural History , printed in the Old English Black Letter, and in the reign of Elizabeth or James I. I will sell very reasonable The following LAW BOOKS: Bacon's Abridgment, Guillem's Edition, From on Contract; Remainder and Executory Devises, Foulke on Equity; Esdaile's Nisi Prius, Jones's Law of Evidence; Gilbert's Law of Evidence, Garrison's Chancery Practice; Selwyn's Practice in B. R. Mufat's Pleadings; Lillie's Entries, Pothier on Obligations; Powell on Contract. These are mostly London, and the latest editions. John Cowper. July 17.
ANTIGUA RUM. Landing from on board the sch'r Catharine Shepherd, 25 puncheons Antigua RUM. And in Store, 15 punch. choice 6 years old RUM. For Sale by Jennings & Roddey, July 21.
NOTICE. The Partnership of T. & W. A. ARMISTEAD is this day dissolved by consent of parties. The settlement of its concerns devolves on W. A. ARMISTEAD , who is authorised to grant discharges, and on whom all persons having claims against the Firm, are requested to call. W. A. Armistead and George Kelly, have entered into Co-partnership. Their business will be conducted under the Firm of ARMISTEAD & KELLY. January 16.
NOTICE. All those having claims against the Estate of JOHN CALVERT , deceased, are hereby requested to bring them in properly attested; and all persons indebted to the same, to make immediate payment to Richard Taylor, Executor. June 19.
NOTICE. I intend to petition the next General Assembly, to pass a special act, authorising the Overseers of the Poor, or Commissioners for that purpose, to be appointed, to sell the GLEBE LANDS , in the County of Mathews, whereof I am the Incumbent, and the interest arising from such sale to be annually applied to my use during my life, or my continuance as the incumbent minister; Also to sell the BRICK WALLS of the Church, commonly called the New Church, being now in a perishable situation, and the money to be applied as other monies directed by law arising from the sale of Glebe Lands. Armistead Smith. August 19.
FOR SALE, 2 Carriages and 6 excellent HORSES, 2 Shares in the Norfolk Theatre, 1 Pew in the Episcopal Church, 1 Pew in the Presbyterian Church, Household and Kitchen Furniture; 5 Milch Cows, 1 Tract of Land in Wake County, N. C. 640 acres, 1 Tract of Land in Granville County, N. C. 700 acres, A Negro Family, consisting of a valuable Gardener, his wife and three small children. Should the above mentioned articles not be disposed of in a short time at private sale, they will be Sold at Publick Auction—payment will be taken in Tobacco at the market price, or in Newbern and Cape Fear Bank Notes. For further particulars apply to William H. Thompson. July 8.
A GREAT BARGAIN. Wig-Wam Gardens for Sale, For air, water, and health, none superior. July 31.
Green Coffee and Loaf Sugar. 20,000 lb. choice GREEN COFFEE, 8,000 do. first quality Philadelphia LOAF SUGAR. For Sale on reasonable terms by Donaldson, Thorburn, & Co. March 22.
THE COMMISSIONERS For Paying the Streets in Norfolk, are desirous to contract for as much clean coarse Sand as shall be necessary for the paving of Market-Street; and also for 50 to 100 tons of coarse Gravel. They would prefer the delta very to be upon the spot as the paver's progress, but if this cannot be done, it may be laid upon the wharf nearest to the work. Ready cash will be paid for it as fast as it is delivered. June 25.
Bills on London, For Sale by Y. & W. Southgate. May 8.
Just Received, A few bales very fine India Cottons , suitable for Sheeting, Nankeens of superior quality; Bandanas Handkerchiefs, Sewing Silks; Russia Sheetings, &c. For Sale by Wood & Hastings. May 3.
A BARGAIN OFFERED, In a fine and Valuable FARM , in the County of Princess Anne. The Subscriber is disposed to sell his Plantation called LEVEL GREEN , situated in the county of Princess Anne. It contains about 500 acres; and, as it may be advantageously divided into two or three Farms, the subscriber will accommodate a purchaser, in selling either the whole or a part. He will also give a long credit. This tract of Land is certainly the most desirable in the country, lying on the Eastern branch of Elizabeth River, and distant from Norfolk Market only five or six miles by water, and 9 by land. The soil is excellent, about one half of the tract being cleared land, and fit for immediate culture; the other heavily timbered with Oak, Pine, ash, and Hickory. It is also the advantage of several good landings. Any one disposed to view the land, and to purchase, may apply, in the absence of the subscriber, to JAMES ROBINSON , or JOHN READ , who reside in the neighbourhood. Fully Robinson. Dec. 7.
50,000 lbs. prime Green COFFEE, For Sale by J. & W. Southgate. July 11.
SPRING GOODS. WOOD and HASTINGS, Have just received a small supply of SEASONABLE GOODS , among which are, 4-4 Irish LINENS , part extra fine, 4-4 and 6-4 Cotton Cambricks, 7-8 and 4-4 Cotton Shirtings, Superfine and common Calicoes, Ginghams; Madras Handkerchiefs, Fine Corded and Fancy Dimities, Mens' and Womans' Cotton Hosiery, do. Silk do. Cotton Umbrellas; White Jeans, part very fine, Royal Cord and other fashionable Vestings, Plain and Fancy Muslins, Elegant worked Muslin Short Dresses; Seer Suckers, Nankeens; Kid Gloves; Mens' Buckskin do. BROAD CLOTHS. Best Superfine Black, Blue, Olive, Brown, Bottle Green, Drab, Mixed, &c. Broad Cloths; middling and common do. One case Gentlemens' Silk Plush Hats. The above with our Goods on hand, comprise a very handsome assortment, and will be sold at low prices for CASH only. April 7.
NOTICE. The Subscriber desires all persons who have claims against him to present them for settlement; and those who are indebted to him are requested to make immediate payment. John Hamilton. July 3.
Niemeyer and Von Kapff, Offer for Sale at their Warehouse, in Water-Street, for Cash or approved Paper only, the following GERMAN LINENS, 650 pieces SACKING, 35 pieces SHIRT LINEN, 200 do. OZNAEBURGS and 45 do. FINE SHEETING, TICKLENBURGS, 70 do. TABLE CLOTHS, 420 do. WHITE ROLLS, 90 do. BED TICKING, 80 do. HESSIAN do. 65 do. STOUT RAVENS, 30 do. FINE FLATILLAS, 30 do. DUCES.
ALSO, 11,000 BAGS of different sizes and qualities, 110 boxes Spanish SEGARS, 40 do. Crown GLASS, 150 do. English PIPES, 5 gross empty BOTTLES, 600 do. COKES, 100 wt. Bowling WIRE, 20 gross Causal WHIPS, 600 wt. GLUE, 100 wt. Osnaburg THREAD, 800 Straws half-pint and pint.
Looking Glasses, Glassware, Cutlery, and fancy Articles. We will sell at about £1250 worth of Goods. NOTES OF HAND, according to the new form established by the Directors of the Office of Discount and Deposit of the Bank of the United States, for sale at this office. July 8.

By a gentleman who came passenger in the schooner Fair American, from the City of St. Domingo, we are favoured with the convention and proclamation, translations of which are inserted in this day's paper.
We understand that nothing could exceed the distress of the French garrison before it surrendered—Dogs, cats, and even leather, was eaten. The French, it appears, had resolved never to have surrendered to the Spaniards, preferring death in any shape.
Thus this valuable colony, ceded to France by the traitor Godoy, Prince of Peace, is restored to its lawful owners, and lost to France. "Ships, Colonies, and Commerce" said Napoleon we will have, when he was reconciling the nation, who he governs, to another war with England. Of all the valuable colonies of France, Guadalupe in the west, and the Isles of France and Bourbon in the east, only remains.
LEXINGTON, (K.) August 12.
A very numerous meeting of the citizens of Fayette county, and town of Lexington, was held at the market-house on Wednesday last for the purpose of expressing their sentiments on the late conduct of the British government, in refusing to approve of the arrangements entered into by their minister with the executive of the United States, in April last. Henry Payne, Esq. was requested to take the chair.
After some nervous and appropriate remarks from Messrs. Clay, Barry, and Grayson, the following resolutions were unanimously adopted:
Resolved, That the refusal of the British government to approve and fulfil the arrangement made by their minister, with the executive of the United States, preparatory to the adjustment of the differences between the two countries, upon the ground of its being unauthorised, is dishonourable, treacherous, and infamous.
Resolved, That to hold any longer diplomatic or commercial intercourse with a nation, thus resorting to disgraceful pretexts for evading solemn national contracts, would be derogatory to the American character.
Resolved, That whilst we disclaim the pretension of prescribing to our government the course which ought to be pursued, under existing circumstances, we do not hesitate to avow our opinion that the person announced as the successor of Mr. Erskine, or any other resident minister from Great-Britain ought not to be received.
Resolved, That we will at all hazards and sacrifices, afford to our government our most cordial and energetic support in maintenance of the honour and dignity, and neutral and national rights of our country.
We found the preceding article in the National Intelligencer , and have given it a place in our paper, in order to notice the inconsistency of the party, to which those, who composed the meeting probably belong.
France had a treaty with the United States, she violated it in the most shameful, barefaced manner; refuses to treat with our minister, compels all her dependents, who Napoleon calls allies, to violate our neutral rights; burns our ships at sea, throws the masters and crews into dungeons, and tells us that we ought to be at war—and yet we see no resolutions expressive of the smallest resentment; we catch with joy at the first chance of negotiation—On the other hand, the British government avers that their minister here, has concluded an arrangement for which he was not authorised, and propose to send another minister in order to enter into an explanation, and negotiate for a termination of all disputes—And this minister, our patriots of the west say, ought not to be received! We turn with pleasure from the notice of such absurdity to the following sensible remarks extracted from the American Citizen .
"Mr. Adams has several months been engaged in writing, as he avows, in defence of his own administration, against the expositions of its distinguished folly by the late general Hamilton. If this was really his object, he has not succeeded, hard as the old gentleman has laboured; if, on the other hand, he merely wished to write his son into office, he has been very successful."
"In his letter to the Boston Patriot editor, dated May 26, Mr. Adams makes the following observations:
"In these circumstances, it was the height of folly to say as Hamilton says, that it would have been safer to negotiate at Philadelphia than at Paris.—As to our ambassador's being overawed in Paris, by any finesse of politicians, or triumphs of the French arms; we must take care to send men who are equal to such trials. Our envoys were precisely instructed . Every article was prescribed that was to be insisted on as an ultimatum. In a treaty they could not depart from a punctilio . A convention they might make, as they did, at the own risk . But the president and senate were under no obligation to ratify it. Had it betrayed a single point of essential honour or interest, I would have sent it back, as Mr. Jefferson did the treaty with England, without laying it before the Senate."
"There can be no doubt of the right of a government to reject a negotiation in cases where its minister, as Mr. Adams remarks, departs from his instructions even in a " punctilio ." This is the law of nations; it is the practice of all governments; it has been that of our own; it would have been that of Mr. Adams."
"The National Intelligencer, surviving the first moments of irritation, advocated, after Mr. Madison's arrival at Washington, the same just doctrine. Whether, (it says,) the agreement made by Mr. Erskine with our government be in any and what degree binding on the British government, has occasioned much discussion. The solution of this point certainly depends on the powers vested in Mr. Erskine. If those powers were such as Mr. Erskine most unequivocally pledges them to be, the agreement would have been absolutely binding in all its parts."
"It is certainly true, that "if Mr. Erskine has conformed to his instructions," the British government is bound by the agreement, and that if he has not, it is not bound by it. It is equally plain that Mr. Erskine assured Mr. Madison, who so far has worthily administered the government, that he was authorised to conclude the negotiation. But the British government denies his authority. What then is our duty? What our interest? To get into a passion? To scold? To call hard names? To indulge prejudice and malice? Will this relieve us from many? I know that we have amongst us men of all sorts of qualities; but do they partake of any of those qualities? We are indeed too much under the control of those who turn passionate and abusive on every good political course;
surely if our national character is to be estimated by the character of our two or three hundred Gazettes, we are unhappily in an abyss of degradation much lower than that to which any other nation has yet sunk.—If Mr. Erskine has not conformed to his instructions, our government, our guardian, the power which we have chosen and appointed to superintend all our interests, will in due time be satisfied of the fact; and when so satisfied, how greatly soever its own good wishes may be disappointed, it will own and acknowledge that there is nothing irregular in the disavowal. On the other hand, if on that investigation which must and will take place, it should appear that Mr. Erskine has acted in conformity with his instructions, and that to answer some temporary purpose the British government has dishonourably and perfidiously disavowed what it has authorised, then our orators may let loose their tongues, our publick writers their pens, and our generals their "dogs of war," for an act so infamous, should call forth to revenge it all the faculties of the nation.
"But in the mean time what should we do? Aggravate? Are we aware of the consequences?—We will not suffer ourselves to be bullied; no nation of spirit will permit itself to be bullied. If we show a disposition for war and yet avoid it, we do but hurt ourselves by an injudicious manifestation of good will without adequate means. Such a nation may always be sported with, and our folly may invite the ruinous amusement. But we suspect that something exists that we have not seen; with which we are not acquainted, and yet must be. Granted. But how incomparably superior in number of heads is suspicion to an hydra; in eyes to an Argus? Suspicion has no limits. Does our government suspect? Perhaps so, but it utters no suspicions; even if it suspected, it is too wise prematurely to exhibit suspicion. It will see; it will feel; and when it has seen and felt, it will decide; decide correctly. Should we not follow its example? Again: if England has been perfidious, we are bound to fight her. Suppose we should not, however, exchange blows, how foolish we should look in cooling down from the high spirited steed, the caparisoned war horse, to the insensible and motionless mule."
N. Y. American Citizen.
We are informed that col. Pickering, in addition to his letter of denial, published in our last paper, has directed a prosecution in Baltimore against the editor of the Whig, for publishing a malignant libel. (Boston Gazette.)
The following characters of Gustavus and the Queen, are drawn by a person who has resided for a long time at Stockholm:
The King of Sweden. —This unfortunate Prince bears a striking resemblance to the best portraits of Charles XII, and seems not to neglect the addition of similar habiliments; for really at the first glance you would think that the portrait of his renowned ancestor had walked from his canvas. He is thin, but well made; about the middle stature, pale. His mouth is well shaped, with small moustachios on his upper lip, and his hair cropped and without powder, is combed up from his forehead.
The Queen of Sweden. —This disconsolate princess is most interestingly beautiful, very much resembling her sister, the empress of Russia. She is fair, with expressive blue eyes, her features are fine. She dresses with exquisite taste. The last time she graced the stage-box at the theatre, her majesty wore her hair in light tresses over her brow and head, and looped up with a double diadem of Jewels. Her robe was embroidered, and on her breast she wore the badges, of the Order of St. Catharine.
Fed. Rehub.
In the Court of King's Bench, on the 3d of July, an action was brought by a Mr. Wright, an upholsterer, against colonel Wardle, for the recovery of 1914 l. for articles furnished Mrs. Mary Ann Clarke, upon his personal promise of payment—in return for which Mrs. Clarke was to give him every information in her power relative to her connection with His Royal Highness the Duke of York. The Jury found a verdict for the plaintiff.
It appears that after col. W. had accomplished his object against the Duke of York, he denied the promise he had made to Wright, and the action was the consequence. On the day succeeding the trial, Wardle, in an address "To the People of the United Kingdom," declared, that the verdict was obtained by " perjury alone ," and while he pledged himself to prove it by a course of law, he begged the publick would suspend their judgment.
[London paper.]
The Island of Walcheren, to which is said to be destined the great expedition now fitting out in England, is nearly opposite the Thames, and lies at the mouth of the Scheld , in lat. 51, 30, and long. 3, 35, E. Its form is almost circular, being nine miles in length, and eight in breadth. It belongs to the province of Zealand , the most southern state of Holland. Middleburgh , its capital, is in the centre of the island, and by means of a very deep canal, carries on an extensive commerce in wines, &c. It submitted to the prince of Orange in 1574, and from that period till French Philosophy dipped her sponge in vitriol and soot and dashed it over the map of the continent, it remained a part of the Dutch Republic. But its principal lure as a belligerent landing place, is the harbour of Flushing , on the south side of the island, which is strongly fortified, is susceptible of containing 60 ships of the line in safe moorage, commands all the adjacent islands, is considered the key of the Scheld , and of course has every advantage of descent on Flanders and Brabant . During the seventy years war, the States gave this city to Queen Elizabeth , (who had espoused the cause of Batavian liberty,) as a pledge of their fidelity to their engagements. It was restored by James the First .
Rumour only has pointed to this island as the intended place of debarkation;—but it appears to us that the expedition could not be directed to a spot so complete to all the purposes of defence and assault. In British hands, its insularity renders it impregnable, and its vicinity to the shore commodious for operation. Should this armament be intended merely as a diversion, it will hold the French at bay—and should it fortunately strike an impression on the Netherlands, in the moment of opportunity, by its magnitude, its gallantry, or its success—we think it will require " no ghost from the tomb " to inform us, that the once proud spirit of NASSAU , tho' his plundered corse now in his own
ditch abides, "With twenty trench'd gashes on his head, The least a death to nature," will awaken from his trance, and boldly bare his wounds to incite his duped and slaving sons to battle. Surely, in such a momentous crisis, the present king of Holland, the most puny ship of the very sauvageon of royalty, cannot present a rod so formidable, as that of the successor of Charles the fifth, under the military despotism of the dukes of Alva and of Parma.
From the Connecticut Mirror.
New Non-intercourse. —It is a very unfortunate circumstance, that the foreign relations of this country, are becoming very much perplexed, and more involved in uncertainty and mystery. Having struggled through the miserable calamities of embargo, and, as we hoped, of non-intercourse which was its twin-sister, to the astonishment of every body, we
are placed in a situation which we cannot describe, by means with which we are unacquainted. It must be of importance to the nation, to become acquainted with the history of our affairs, as far as it can be gathered from authentick sources; for unless they have this information, the publick opinion will never settle on a correct result.
It will be in the memory of all, that the non-intercourse law passed on the 1st of March 1809, succeeded the embargo system, which shut us out from intercourse with all the world. This non-intercourse law, in the 1st sect. interdicted the entrance of the publick ships and vessels belonging to France and Great-Britain. By the 2d sect. it was made unlawful for any citizen of the United States, or any person residing therein, to have intercourse with such ships, or to furnish them with supplies, &c. The 3d sect. interdicted our harbours, &c. to all vessels belonging to Great-Britain or France, after the 20th day of May, 1809. The 4th sect. prohibited the importation, after the 20th day of May, 1809, of all goods, wares and merchandise, from any port or place, belonging to Great-Britain and its dependencies, and from France and its dependencies. The 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th, and 10th sections, provide for the carrying into effect the former sections. The 11th sect. is as follows—"That the president of the United States be, and he hereby is authorised, in case either France or Great-Britain shall so revoke or modify her edicts, as that they shall cease to violate the neutral commerce of the United States, to declare the same by proclamation; after which, the trade of the United States, suspended by this act, and by the act laying an embargo on all ships and vessels in the ports and harbours of the United States, and the several acts supplementary thereto, may be renewed with the nation so doing."
Thus stood the law on the 19th of April last, when in consequence of a correspondence between Mr. Smith the secretary of state, and Mr. Erskine the British minister, the president published his proclamation, in which, after reciting the substance of the 11th sect. above mentioned he says—"Now therefore, I James Madison, president of the United States, do hereby proclaim, that the orders in council aforesaid, will have been withdrawn on the said 10th day of June next; after which day, the trade of the United States with Great-Britain, as suspended by the act of congress above mentioned, and an act laying an embargo on all ships and vessels in the ports and harbours in the United States, and the several acts supplementary thereto, may be renewed."
On the appearance of this proclamation, a question arose, whether vessels would be allowed to depart from our ports before the 10th of June. The president of the Philadelphia chamber of commerce, Mr. Fitzsimmons, on the 23d of April, wrote to Mr. Smith secretary of state, enquiring, whether the 10th of June, in the president's proclamation, referred to the departure of vessels from the United States, or to their arrival in Great-Britain and its dependencies? The secretary of state on the 26th of April, replied—"That the day stated in the proclamation, viz. the 10th of June, refers to the arrival of vessels in Great-Britain and its dependencies, and in the United States, leaving the time and manner of their clearances to the discretion of the owners, as far as law and usage may justify."
In this state of things, the trade of our country recommenced, and commerce once more became active. A vast number of ships and vessels were actually fitted out for British ports, before the 10th of June, and were ready to enter them immediately after that day. On the fourth Monday in May Congress met, and with the president's proclamation of the 19th of April before them, and, having an immediate reference to it, as the result of the arrangement made between Mr. Smith and Mr. Erskine, passed a law bearing date the 28th of June, 1809, entitled—"An act to amend and continue in force certain parts of an act—entitled "An act to interdict the commercial intercourse between the United States and Great-Britain and France and their dependencies, and for other purposes"—the 1st sect. of which is in the following words, viz.—"That the 3d, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th, and 18th sections of the act, entitled—"An act to interdict the commercial intercourse between the United States and Great-Britain and France and their dependencies, and for other purposes, shall continue in force until the end of the next session of congress: Provided that nothing herein contained shall be construed to prohibit trade or commercial intercourse, which has been, or may be permitted in conformity with the provisions of the 11th section of the said act." In using the expression—"trade or commercial intercourse which has been permitted"—Congress certainly meant the trade which had been permitted with Great-Britain, under the proclamation of the 19th of April; and by the expression—"trade which should be permitted"—they looked forward to the probable case of France revoking her decrees, on which event, the president would be authorized to issue his proclamation, permitting the renewal of trade and commercial intercourse with her.
By some strange and unaccountable circumstance, the arrangement was, inform, entered into by Mr. Erskine with our government, has been disavowed by the British government, as not having been authorized by their instructions to him; and it has turned out, that their orders in council have not been withdrawn. In consequence of this fact, the cabinet of this country have been convened, and the result has been, the issuing a proclamation by the president in the following words, viz.—"Whereas, in consequence of a communication from his Britannic majesty's envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary, declaring that the British orders in council of January and November 1807, would have been withdrawn on the 10th day of June last; and by virtue of authority given, in such event, by the 11th section of the act of congress, entitled "An act to interdict the commercial intercourse between the United States and Great-Britain and France and their dependencies, and for other purposes," I, James Madison, president of the United States, did issue my proclamation, bearing date the 19th of April last, declaring that the orders in council aforesaid would have been so withdrawn on the said 10th day of June, after which the trade suspended by certain acts of congress might be renewed: And whereas, it is now officially made known to me that the said orders in council have not been withdrawn—I do hereby proclaim the same, and consequently that the trade renewable on the event of the said orders being withdrawn, is to be considered as under the operation of the several acts by which such trade was suspended."
This last proclamation of the President's is accompanied by a "Circular" letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, to the Collectors of the ports, mentioning—that the trade renewable on the withdrawing of the orders, was to be considered as under the operation of the several laws by which it was suspended—that the act passed on the 28th of June 1809, is in every respect applicable to Great-Britain, as well as to France—and then the letter directs the custom-house to refuse clearances for British ports; & to require bonds from vessels bound to permitted ports; to permit British vessels now in our ports, to depart in ballast, or with cargoes as they might have on board when notified of the proclamation, and stating that this indulgence is not to be extended to any British vessels, except those now in port, or such as may hereafter arrive, having sailed before news of the issuing of the proclamation had reached them—and then it proceeds to declare, that "seizures or prose-
cutions, for supposed contraventions" of the act passed on the 28th of June 1809, or of the non-intercourse act passed on the 1st of March 1809, "arising from acts, which would in conformity with his proclamation of the 19th of April last, have been considered as lawful, shall be suspended, in the following cases—viz. 1. All vessels which have entered a British port since the 10th of June, or which may enter such port, having sailed before notice of the proclamation so far as relates to forfeitures or penalties for entering such port. 2. All vessels which have arrived from British ports, or with British merchandise on board, in the United States, since the 10th June last, or which may arrive, having sailed without knowledge of the proclamation, so far as relates to forfeitures or penalties. 3. All vessels owned by citizens of the United States, and sailing under the American flag, being in foreign ports at the time of receiving information of the proclamation's having issued, shall return to the United States without delay, so far as relates to forfeitures or penalties. In all the above-mentioned cases, vessels may be permitted to enter. The "Circular" closes with information, that "application may of course be made for an absolute remission of the forfeitures and penalties in the manner provided by law; the instructions herein given to abstain from prosecutions and seizures in the above-mentioned cases, being only intended to prevent the expenses and inconveniences to which the parties concerned would otherwise be exposed."
The foregoing detail is believed to be correct, and to exhibit in a plain and concise view, the provisions of the laws of congress relating to, and the contents of other documents connected with this subject.—It will be recollected, that the President's proclamation, declaring that the trade between the United States and Great-Britain, might be renewed after the 10th of June, was dated on the 19th of April.—The extra session of congress commenced on the 4th Monday in May; and the last law on the subject of non-intercourse, &c. was passed the 28th of June.—That law then was enacted with a direct reference to the state of things produced by that proclamation; and the proviso above recited, says—"that nothing in that act, shall be construed to prohibit trade or commercial intercourse, which has been, or may be permitted"—meaning to recognize the construction which the President had given to his power of permitting trade and commercial intercourse, as contained in the act of the 1st March, 1809.
Now, let it be enquired, does not the circular letter of Mr. Gallatin, above-mentioned proceed upon the ground,—That the President's Proclamation of the 19th April, is to be considered as a nullity? Does not the language used by him strongly countenance that idea? He says—"that until a decision from congress on that unexpected point can be obtained, seizures or prosecutions for supposed contraventions, of either the above-mentioned act (meaning the act of the 28th of June) or of the non-intercourse act of 1st of March last, arising from acts in conformity with, his proclamation of the 19th April last, have been considered as lawful shall be suspended." Is this language reconcilable with the idea, that the President's proclamation was a lawful act? Again, at the close of the letter, Mr. Gallatin says, "application may of course be made for the absolute remission of the forfeitures and penalties in the manner provided by law—the instructions herein given to abstain from prosecutions and seizures in the abovementioned cases, being only intended to prevent the expenses and inconveniences to which the parties concerned would otherwise be exposed." Are we to understand from this passage, that all the vessels which have sailed under the president's proclamation of the 19th April, have been guilty of a breach of the laws, and are dependent for relief from the severe penalties of these laws, upon the grace of Mr. Gallatin?
These enquiries appear fairly to arise from the case as above stated, and it is to be hoped will receive a satisfactory answer.
FROM THE BOSTON GAZETTE.
The proclamation of the president of the United States, contradicting the declaration in the proclamation of April 19, 1809, "that trade might be renewed with Great-Britain after the 10th day of June then next," may excite much speculation. Some may consider it as evidence of a hostile disposition to England; others may denounce it as an assumption of power. But on a full examination it is believed, that it was a case in which the president could exercise no choice and betray no opinions by his conduct. His duty was as plain, as the call imperious. A consideration of the non-intercourse acts of March 1st, 1809, and June 28th, and a comparison with them of the proclamation will probably lead every one to the same conclusion.
The non-intercourse acts are founded on the conviction, that the French decrees and the English orders in council violate the neutral commerce of the United States. The 11th section of the first act provides, "that when France or Great-Britain shall so modify or revoke her edicts, that they shall cease to violate our neutral commerce, the president may declare it by proclamation; after which trade, may be renewed with the nation so doing." The renewal therefore of commerce between America and France or England, is made to depend on a fact, viz. the modification or revocation of their edicts, &c. the evidence and only evidence of which fact is the declaration of the president. When the fact exists, the president has a duty on whose performance, the mutual intercourse between the two countries is permitted. Where the case provided for has never happened, and an official declaration has been contradicted officially, it seems impossible to contend that the act can apply.
That the first proclamation of April was not within the letter of the law every one will admit. It will be as universally conceded that it was within the spirit. It was not founded on facts, on the actual state of things, but formed to apply to a future period, and under different circumstances. It declares not our present situation and consequent rights, but merely "that the orders of council would be withdrawn on the 10th day of June then next;" and then, in the words of the law and as a consequence, states that trade after that date may be renewed with Great-Britain. But the orders in council are not and were not withdrawn. The president declares that his former declaration was erroneous, and that it cannot and shall not hereafter be considered or held as conclusive evidence of a fact, which he anticipated, but which we now know has no existence. His mistake therefore is no longer to sanction the suspension of the law.
Whoever questions the president's power to issue the last proclamation, must question his power to issue the first. If he had no right to correct an error founded on his expectations, he had no right to act upon anticipation. If he cannot now act on facts, he had no right to act on calculation. The conclusion of this argument ought to be, that in this case the president was to perform a mere ministerial act, that his power was conditional, and that in this case he had exceeded his authority, and his first proclamation was of course a nullity. To pretend that the president can rightfully authorise England to trade with us, while her orders in council are in force, is to give him a despotic power, for no man can deduce or derive it from any fair construction of the law.
The act of June 28, does not change the situation of the two countries, extend the power of the president, or give validity to the proclamation of April, supposing it founded on mistake.

In the first section of this act, it is provided, "that nothing contained in it shall be construed to prohibit any trade or commercial intercourse, which has been or may be permitted in conformity with the provisions of the 11th section of the act of March." Has England a right to say that any trade has been permitted in conformity with those provisions, and to complain of our late interdiction by the effect of the last proclamation? The provisions of our statute require a revocation or modification of the orders in council. Have they been so revoked or modified as the law requires, and are they not now in full force? Can England then avail herself of a proclamation, issued conditionally, when she has refused to perform the conditions, on which it issued? If not, there would be more finesse than ingenuity in an attempt to support any claim to trade under the 11th section of the act of March and the proclamation of April. This reasoning applies with equal force to our own commerce; for the fact is, there has never been any change in the edicts of Great-Britain, which authorized its renewal. The president's proclamation exempt our merchants without doubt from penalties for the past, but it was founded according to his last official declaration on a mistake, we must necessarily be thrown back to the statu quo.
These remarks are not dictated by a regard for the system of impolicy, of which the non-intercourse acts are the last sad relict. They are published with a wish to save the publick mind from wrong impressions, to support the government when right, by whomsoever administered, and to prevent the influence of those falsehoods and misrepresentations, which will grow of it. Some people might otherwise attribute Mr. Madison's last proclamation to decided hostility to England; while on the contrary, it is perfectly consistent with his conviction, that the English cabinet has conducted with honour and integrity, and still anxious for an amicable adjustment of our conflicting claims.
As for Mr. Erskine, whose conduct has proved equally detrimental to England and America, he is as much to be pitied as censured. His blunders or his pride has deluded him into an enterprise, which he had no right to attempt, and in which he had no powers to succeed. At a moment when we were looking forward to a solid peace with the nation, which is fighting the battles of the world, his mistake or his presumption has thrown us into embarrassments, which the dæmons of party have toiled to render more alarming than our collisions.
We trust however that the English ministry will fully satisfy our cabinet of the correctness of their views, of their claims to our confidence as well as their wishes for it, and the termination of our difficulties will be found in an arrangement, supported as it must and can be on the interest of both nations.
From the United States' Gazette.
THE PROCLAMATION!
No. 1.
"Sic volo, sic jubeo."
The people of these United States boast of living under a government of laws. In their state constitutions they have declared what power shall be placed in the hands of their state governors and how it shall be exercised. So, in the constitution of the United States, the people have declared what powers shall be exercised by the federal government, and have distributed those powers in such manner as, in their wisdom, is deemed most compatible with their liberty and happiness. The usurpation of a power not given to the federal government, is not more a violation of the constitution, than is the usurpation by one branch of that government of a power given to another. Were the judiciary to trench upon the prerogatives of the executive, what bounds would limit our indignation at the encroachment? In fact, such encroachment never has taken place and never can under the existing constitution. But unfortunately there are other branches of the government which may leap over the bounds of the constitution, not only with impunity, but with applause. The executive has done this in more instances than one. The cases of Mr. Alexander, gen. Adair, and others, will recur to the recollection of every reader. It will be remembered that on one occasion, the courts have been shut up, their process contemned, and citizens deprived of their liberty, in defiance of law and the constitution, by the strong arm of executive power. It is not necessary here to inquire why this has been permitted, why impeachment and punishment have not followed, or why the injured individuals have not sought or obtained redress for their wrongs. The fact of these wrongs have been endured will not be denied, and the reasons why they have been inflicted with impunity will be found in the nature of man, and the facility with which the executive of a government however checked and hemmed in by paper barriers, may approximate to despotism. It behoves the people then, who wish to preserve rational liberty, to watch and resist every advance however plausible may be the pretext under which it is covered, or excused, towards arrogating power not granted by the constitution, or not granted to that branch of the government which arrogates it. It ought ever to be remembered that the practice of this day, is the precedent of to-morrow. That citizen, who, from a pure attachment to the liberties of his country and not to indulge a turbulent and licentious spirit, repels by legal and constitutional means, unlawful power, deserves the thanks, the veneration of his countrymen. His fame shall be more lasting and is better merited than that of a Hampden or a Sydney!
These remarks are intended to be introductory to a brief examination of the president's late proclamation, which the writer of this article honestly believes to be not warranted by the constitution and laws of the United States. Seriously and soberly entertaining that opinion, he is bold in exercising the privilege of declaring it and the reasons on which it is founded. He is actuated by no motive of hostility to the man who now sits in the chair of state. He is willing to impute this error (as he deems it) to that unfortunate fatality in human affairs, which generally makes one blunder the sure precursor of another, however innocent the motives or intentions that may have produced the first; and he is willing to believe that James Madison is too honest a man and too strongly attached to the constitution to persevere in any course against the conviction and remonstrance of his own conscience and sense of duty.
No. 2.
"Stat pro lege voluntas."
I have said that the president's late proclamation is not warranted by the constitution and laws of the United States.
First let us inquire what the constitution says in this behalf.
The first section of the first article of this instrument declares, "all legislative powers herein granted shall be vested in a congress of the United States, which shall consist of a senate and house of representatives." It then proceeds to constitute these two branches and assign to them their powers and their duties in detail; and in the 7th section gives to the president a qualified negative upon their acts. The first section of the second article declares that "the executive power shall be vested in a president of the United States of America." and the following section prescribes to him his powers and his duties in detail. We find then that in words as explicit and broad as any which the language could furnish, all legislative powers are given to congress. The qualified negative given to the president cannot with
any correctness or propriety be deemed a legislative power. It is a check on the legislative power very wisely given to moderate the precipitancy which too often characterises the acts of large popular assemblies, but it gives to the president no part of that power conjointly with the congress, much less does it give to him the power to legislate by himself. In the enumeration of his powers nothing can be found which militates against this position. The president can originate no law. It is his duty from time to time to give to congress information of the state of the union, and recommend to their consideration such measures as he shall judge necessary and expedient; but neither his information, nor his recommendation, carries with it any obligatory force. Congress are not bound to confide in the one or the other. They are free to act on their own information disregarding his, and to take their own measures, however opposite they may be to those which he has recommended.
The highest power, and that which approaches nearest to legislative power, which is granted to the president, is the power to make treaties. In the exercise of this however, he must have the advice and concurrence of two thirds of the senators present; and so jealous have congress been of the exercise of this power, that on a memorable occasion (the treaty of 1794 with Great Britain) it was held that congress were not bound to give their sanction or lend their aid to a treaty although constitutionally made and ratified—that the legislative power, the treaty-making power notwithstanding, remained unimpaired and undiminished in them, and that however strong and cogent the argument of expediency might be in certain cases, they were at liberty under the constitution, to refuse to pass those laws which might be necessary to carry a treaty, in their opinion bad, into effect.
It will be remembered with what jealousy and alarm the proclamation of neutrality by president Washington was regarded by a large section of the people of the United States. This act was a declaration of the law of the land, as it then stood, not of a new law: it was calculated and intended to prevent infractions of the law, and was clearly within that part of the duty of the president, which requires him "to take care that the laws be faithfully executed." Yet so jealous was the sensibility of the nation at that time to every thing to which even malice or falshood could give a colouring like usurpation of power, that the pure patriotism of a Washington could not shield him from the imputation of the most arbitrary and libericide designs—"Tempora mutantur!" The proclamation was the theme of demagogic abuse for years after its date.
Upon the authority of the constitution then supported by the cases to which I have referred, I assert that the president has no power to make law by proclamation or otherwise. If then the late proclamation has any force or validity, it must derive them from laws constitutionally made.
In my next, and concluding number, I shall pursue the subject in this aspect.
New York, Aug. 22.
The prisoners confined in irons in Carthagena, have all escaped. They were fifteen in number. Of these, the last two reached this city yesterday, in the schooner Capac. Thirteen still remained in the hospitals; with the hope of being soon permitted to follow the example of their deluded fellow sufferers.
A letter from Carthagena, dated July 16th, 1806, covering the following order from the Seville Junta, to the Vice Roy of Santa Fe, was received by the schooner Capac, and handed to us by a commercial friend.
TRANSLATION.
MY LORD, To the captain general and intendant of Carthagena, I communicate the following royal order. The captain general interim of those provinces, Don Juan Casas, gives account with documents in a letter of the 9th Nov. last, of having granted amongst many other things, the deduction of one fifth part of the duties on commerce, which had been granted to English colonies, and neutral nations, at the request of the government of Carthagena: in virtue whereof, and the dispositions of the royal order of the 10th January, 1809, our lord, the king, Ferdinand the 7th in name, the supreme junta of government have resolved, that without their express royal permission, no foreign vessels will be permitted to trade to the ports in the district of your excellency, and it is ordered by our laws of India, neither to make any deduction upon the established duties, nor to alter the established duties, without special permission. I transmit to you, the above royal resolution, in order that you may put it in full force.
God preserve you many years. Royal Palace of Del Alcazar, De Seville, March 7th, 1809.
(Signed)
FRANCIS DE SAAVEDRA.
To the Viceroy of Santa Fe.
August 23.
Capt. Basden, of the sloop Susan, arrived yesterday in 11 days from Bermuda, informs that the day he sailed, the British frigate Goree arrived there in the short passage of 28 days from Lisbon, bringing the intelligence of a second grand battle having been fought at the Danube, between the Austrian and French armies, and that the latter were defeated.
SANTO DOMINGO.
Translated for the Publick Ledger.
A CONVENTION.
Concluded by the undersigned commissioners, specially named, between Hugh Lyle Carmichael, commander in chief of the British forces, before the City of St. Domingo, Commodore William Price Cumby, commander of the naval forces, and General Don Juan Sanchez Ramirez, commander in chief of the Spanish troops, of the one part, and Joseph Barquier, general of brigade, commander in chief of the French troops, of the other part; for the evacuation of the city of Saint Domingo and its dependencies by the French troops.
Article 1. Computing from this day there shall be a suspension of hostilities, between the troops of his Britannick Majesty and the French garrison, for effecting the evacuation of St. Domingo upon the conditions hereafter mentioned; it being well understood, that until the entire evacuation of the place, no post shall be occupied by the troops of his Britannick Majesty, and no stranger shall enter the town without the special permission of the commander in chief of the French forces.
Answer. The suspension of arms, between the troops of his Britannick Majesty and his allies; and the French troops, will answer the intended object; but the posts surrendered will be occupied by the British troops, and the Spanish regiment of Porto Rico. The commander in chief of the troops of his Britannick Majesty holding himself responsible for the good order of the garrison under his command.
Art. 2. The French forces of every description, the colonial troops forming a part of them, and all persons attached to the army and administration, shall evacuate the city of St. Domingo, and the forts and posts depending on it, and shall be transported to France at the expense of the British government, within twelve days at furthest, counting from the date of the ratification of these presents. The garrison shall not be considered as prisoners of war.
Answer. In consideration of the gallant defence of the garrison, under the most unparalleled priva-
tions, which it has sustained, it shall march out of the city of Saint Domingo and its dependencies, with all the honours of war, within ten days from the ratification of these presents. The officers shall preserve their side arms, and shall be sent to France, under an engagement not to serve against Great-Britain, or her allies, for three years, unless regularly exchanged. The non-commissioned officers and privates, shall lay down their arms on the glacis, and be considered as prisoners of war, to be sent to France, and there exchanged. The whole shall be taken on board the fleet, and carried to Jamaica, where transports shall be furnished to carry them to the port of destination.
Art. 3. All the individuals of whatever sex, colour or condition, French or Spanish, who shall not wish to remain in Saint Domingo, shall after the expiration of twelve days, be transported at the expense of the British government, to the United States of America or to any of the West India Islands.
Answer. The French inhabitants, or the Spanish inhabitants, who have attached themselves to the French cause, shall have permission to depart from St. Domingo; there shall be a complete amnesty granted, and no person shall be molested or called to account, during the space of six months, counting from the date of the ratification of these presents, for the part they may have taken, previous to this capitulation. After the expiration of the above mentioned term, they must evacuate the place.
Art. 4. The military and other individuals, comprised in the preceding articles, shall carry away their baggage, papers, and all their moveable property of whatever kind; and it shall be lawful for them, to dispose of such part of it, as they cannot conveniently carry away.
Answer. Private property of every description, and to whomsoever belonging, shall be respected; and if any difficulty should arise in the execution of this article, commissioners appointed by the contracting parties, shall have power to decide.
Art. 5. All French subjects described in the 3d article, and residing in the East part of the Island after the evacuation, shall be protected in their persons, and shall have one year allowed to dispose of their said property, either by themselves, or their attorneys.
Answer. Granted, according to the laws of the country.
Art. 6. A term of twelve days shall be allowed the Administration to settle its contracts, and also to the Commissary of the Treasury, and the Inspector, for arranging the means of carrying away the books and papers, relative to their respective departments.
Granted.
Art. 7. With respect to the publick archives relative to the civil administration, or the records of private property, two commissioners of the judiciary, shall be appointed to determine, what is proper to be taken away, and what should remain, and all such as they shall determine ought to remain, shall be delivered to a publick officer, named for the purpose, and who shall be responsible for the same.
Granted. Art. 8. All the sick and wounded soldiers, and inhabitants of every description, who cannot embark, are confided to the humanity of the British, and to be attended by French surgeons. They shall be at the charge of the British government and their allies, upon condition that an account of this expense shall be kept, until their final embarkation for France.
Granted.
Art. 9. All prisoners of every rank or condition (and particularly M. Dumas) shall be given up on both sides within 8 days at most, after the signature of these presents.
Answer. Granted that the French prisoners, which shall be given up by this article, shall be considered as part of the garrison, and be subject to the conditions of the 2d article; the French on their part, shall give up all Spanish prisoners, who they have in their power.
Art. 10. The troops and other persons, who shall be embarked in execution of this convention, shall be maintained during the voyage at the expense of Great-Britain or her allies.
Answer. Granted, rations to be furnished according to the British regulations.
Art. 11. All disputes or difficulties which may arise in the execution of this convention, shall be amicably adjusted by commissioners mutually appointed.
Granted. Art. 12. Immediately after the signing these presents, and the suspension of hostilities, which will consequently result, hostages shall be given on both sides.
Answer. Hostages do not appear necessary, the honour of the contracting parties will be a sufficient security.
Art. 13. All ships of war publick or private, or merchant ships, or those belonging to a neutral or allied power, which shall arrive at the port of Saint Domingo, within twenty days after the evacuation of the place, shall not be considered as prize, but shall be at liberty to return from whence they came with their crews and cargoes, furnished with a passport, or letter of safety by the British commander.
Refused. Art. 14. It is agreed that a vessel shall be furnished by the British government, to carry this convention and the despatches of the general in chief to France.
Answer. This article must be referred to Vice Admiral ROWLEY, commander in chief of the naval forces of H. B. M. on the Jamaica station.
Art. 15. Immediately after the ratification of these presents, fort Auxence (formerly called fort Saint Jerome) and the redoubt del Ozama, shall be put into the possession of the troops of H. B. M. and his allies, and the French troops occupying those ports, shall march out with the honours of war, and join the rest of the garrison.
Answer. The ratification must take place as soon as possible, but at all events by to-morrow at noon. The gate of Condé must also be occupied by detachments composed of one half British troops, and of Spanish troops of the regiment of Porto Rico, and an equal number of French troops; the rest of this article is granted.
Art. 16. Commissioners shall be immediately appointed to hasten the execution of this convention, and to receive the artillery of the place and the forts, the magazines, munitions, plans, and other articles which the French government are to deliver up to the British government and their allies.
Answer. Accounts shall be prepared of the state of the forts, and the city, the ammunition, treasure and merchandise, belonging to the French government, and of the property of all persons under its protection, which shall be verified, and signed by the commissioners, charged with the execution of the present convention.
DONE in the English, Spanish and French languages this 6th of July, 1809.
(Signed) M. Duer, Captain in the Royal Navy; Christo. Myers, Lieutenant-Colonel of the 7th Regiment, and Deputy-Quarter-Master General; Man. Caballero; Joseph Joaquín Del Manie; Vasimán, Colonel of the 5th Regiment Infantry Légère; Fabre, Commissary of Marine, and Chief of the Bureau of Civil Administration.
ratified, July 7, J. Barquier; ratified, July 7, Hugh Lyle Carmichael, Major-General, commanding the forces of his Britannick Majesty before the city of St. Domingo.
ratified, July 7, Wm. Price Cumby, Commander of the naval forces before the city of St. Domingo. ratified by me Governor, Lieutenant and Commandant General of the Spanish forces in that Island, July 7, Juan Sanchez Ramirez.
Copy, and Signed,
L. MARTINEZ,
Secretary-General of the Government.
PROCLAMATION.
Issued by their Excellencies Hugh Lyle Carmichael, major-general, commander in chief of his Britannick Majesty's forces, and Don Juan Sanchez Ramirez, commander in chief of his Catholic Majesty's troops in that Island.
TO THE INHABITANTS OF THE CITY AND SPANISH PART OF THE ISLAND OF SANTO DOMINGO.
We are now in possession of the city of Santo Domingo, Divine Providence has crowned with success the combined armies of his Britannick Majesty, George the 3d, and his Catholic Majesty our beloved Ferdinand the 7th; this glorious triumph alone remained to the entire conquest of the ancient Spanish part of this Island which in the treaty of Basle made in August 1795, was ceded to the French for certain considerations which gave rise thereto, as well as to other similar sacrifices on the part of that nation. In consequence of which success; we the undersigned commanders of the English and Spanish armies now in possession of the said city, and above mentioned territories, considering it our duty to perfect the work which we have done, by the fundamental establishment of those regulations that tend to public order and safety, do ordain as follows:
1st. For the purpose of restoring and preserving tranquility in these dominions, too long distracted by intestine and sanguinary conflicts and to re-establish peace and tranquility amongst all classes of the inhabitants by exhorting them to unite under such principles and in conformity to the laws which are to govern them, it is mutually decreed that the existing code of Spanish jurisprudence shall from the date of this proclamation have its full force and authority and the representative of his Catholic Majesty Don Juan Sanchez Ramirez shall alone nominate the judicial and magisterial officers he may think proper to carry into effect the civil jurisdiction.
2d. That the English and Spanish troops shall henceforward be governed by their respective rights and military laws under their own commanders, and for the purpose of establishing with solidity this ground work on which stand the order and administration of justice, it is made known that any persons who may contrary to these premises disturb the peace and harmony that is to reign amongst all classes, shall be without remission chastised with all the rigour of the law.
Head Quarters, Government House, Santo Domingo, 27th July, 1809.
(Signed)
HU. LYLE CARMICHAEL,
Major general commanding his Britannick Majesty's forces in Santo Domingo.
(Signed)
JUAN SANCHEZ RAMIREZ.
Gazette Marine Memoranda.
ARRIVED.
Sch't Fair American, Towell, 15 days from City of Saint Domingo, Mahogany, Bowden & Milhado.
Sch't Mars, Lewis, 24 days from Grenada, Rum, Martin Fisk.—Left there August 2, schooners Sally, Johnson; Polly, Sears, both for Alexandria, to sail in 20 days; Olive, Baker, for Richmond, 10 days; Prentice Boy, Howard, of and for Newbern in 10 days.—Aug. 10, in lat. 17, long. 63, spoke ship Julian, Walters, of Baltimore.
Brig Sampson, Mason, 20 days from Tobago, Rum, to the master. Left there August 8, Brigs Sampson, Godfrey, of Bristol, to sail in 10 days; Greyhnd, of Hartford, in 15 days; Scott, of New York, in 15 days; Schooner Gilliard, of Middletown, in 15 days. Sloop Charles, Little, of Wiscasset, for Boston, in 8 days. Aug. 12, in lat. 17, long. 61, was boarded by an officer from H. B. M's Brig Experiment, and treated politely.
The schooner Capac, Strong, of this port has arrived at New York from Carthagena.
PORT OF NORFOLK AND PORTSMOUTH.
CUSTOM-HOUSE—ENTERED.
Sch't Fair American, Towell, St. Domingo. Mars, Lewis, Grenada. Success, Lewis, Portsmouth, N. H. Commerce, Cole, Perth Amboy. Sloop Bloza, Woglom, do.
CLEARED.
Sch't Madison, Gould, Baltimore. Sloop Charity, Marshall, New-York. Catharine, Cole, do. Greyhound, Durfee, Dighton.
AUCTION.
To-Morrow, (Tuesday) at the head of
Commerce-Street Wharf, will be Sold, 16 Hogsheads SUGAR, 1 do MOLASSES, 11 Seroons Pernian BARK, 30 Bags COFFEE.
Thomas Blanchard.
August 18.
Now landing from on board the schooner Fair American, from St. Domingo, 24,000 feet MAHOGANY, of the first quality, which will be sold low for Cash, or approved Notes, at 60 and 90 days, by Bowden & Milhado.
ALSO, 1,400 lbs. Spanish TOBACCO.
August 28.
12 pipes Cogniac and Bourdeaux BRANDY. 9000 bushels Turk's-Island SALT, Fresh Imperial and Hyson-TEAS. 10 Hogsheads retailing MOLASSES. For Sale by Joseph Hayes.
August 28.
For New Orleans, The regular Packet Brig SPANISH LADY, Richard Hurst, master, will sail on the first of October next. For freight or passage, having excellent accommodations, apply to Jennings & Roddey.
August 28.
Now landing from on board the Schooner Success, from Portsmouth, 16 kegs BUTTER; 18 boxes SOAP, 10 boxes SAULTS, 10 do N. P. RUM, 10 do HAY; 5000 set FINE WARDS, 1 box STRAW and CHIT HATS.—For Sale by JENNINGS & RODDEY.
August 28.

BOOT AND SHOE FACTORY.
THE SUBSCRIBER takes the liberty of informing the inhabitants of Norfolk and its vicinity, that he has commenced business in Main-Street, two doors from the Exchange-Coffee-House, where he has laid in, selected by himself in Philadelphia, an assortment of materials in the line of his profession, such as
Boot Legs, Tops, Vamps, and Calf Skins,
of a superior quality: together with an assortment of Morocco and Kid Skins of different patterns and colours, and such as now worn by the fashionable of England and France. He has brought with him some workmen from Philadelphia equal to any in the United States; and begs leave to suggest to the Ladies that he has employed a person solely for the purpose of making fashion-able Shoe-Heels—SPANG-LINE done in the neatest manner, equal to that of London, as in Philadelphia he procured some of the most fashionable patterns by the late arrivals from England. From the knowledge he has of business, having worked in some of the best factories in London, Dublin, and Philadelphia, he flatters himself to give general satisfaction to those who favour him with their orders; and to which his prices shall be reasonable, as Cash will be required for every article on delivery.
John Fry.
August 9
Millinery and Mantua-Making Business.
THE SUBSCRIBER informs the Ladies of Norfolk, Portsmouth, and their vicinities, that she has arrived here from Philadelphia, and has opened Shop in Main-Street, No. 101, next to Mr. Peter Elliott's, where she carries on the above business in the most fashionable manner. This she is enabled to do, having provided herself with the latest and most fashionable PATTERNS from England and France.
ELIZA FRY.
Who has for Sale, a fashionable assortment of Ladies' Kid and Morocco SHOES, Of the best quality.
August 9.
J. MORAN.
Has just received per the schooner Rising States, captain Gilbert, via New-York, in addition to his former supply,
AN ASSORTMENT OF Ship Chandlery and Hardware; Among which are the following, London White Lead, Sheet Lead, Wedging Hoes, Tea Kettles, Handsaws, &c.
August 7.
VIRGINIA BANK STOCK.
WANTED TO PURCHASE, VIRGINIA BANK STOCK, For which Cash will be given. Application to be made to the SECRETARY of the MARINE INSURANCE COMPANY.
JOHN GRANBERY, President of the Marine Insurance Company of Norfolk, Dec. 14.
JOHN PENDREY'S Boot and Shoe Manufactory, No. 70, MAIN-STREET.
The public are respectfully informed, that he has furnished himself with a quantity of the choicest materials in his line of business, and has in his employ some of the best workmen in the borough, and having been long experienced in the business himself, his factory will not be conducted by proxy; he therefore hopes to merit the patronage of the gentlemen of Norfolk and its vicinity, and assures them that no pains shall be wanting on his part to give satisfaction to those who favour him with their commands. N. B. Orders for Double Backstraps, single do. and Cosacks, executed with the greatest dispatch.
August 1
FOR RENT,
That large and commodious Three Story Fire Proof House, on Wide Water-Street, at the head of Rothery's wharf, lately occupied by Messrs. Buble and Arbuthnot & Co. as a Shipchandlery Store. Apply to
Lilias M'Pherson.
May 12.
AVIS.
Le Propriétaire de ces beaux Jardins a "Brigg's Point" est disposé de les vendre pour un Prix modique. L'Emplacement, l'Air & l'Eau les rendent désirable pour le Séjour d'un Amusement du Public.
Juliet 31.
THIRD NOTICE.
All persons having proper claims against the estate of David Patterson, deceased, are hereby notified to bring them in properly attested on or before the first day of September next, or this notice will be plead against all that may or shall be omitted to be brought in, it being requisite to make my return.
Daniel R. Wadley, Administrator of D. Patterson's Estate
July 28
LANDING
This day on Commerce-Street, from the schooner Two Brothers, Capt. Nicholls, 9 pipes, 50 hogsheads particular Tenerife WINE, 25 quarter casks superior quality Tenerife WINE, For Sale by
Moses Myers & Son.
ALSO,
100,000 feet Northern BOARDS, on board the Ship Crestet.
July 6.
NEW RICE.
Just received, and now landing from the Schooner Ploughboy, 157 tierces NEW RICE, For Sale by
Jennings & Roddey.
July 26
FOR RENT,
A TWO STORY HOUSE, With a large and excellent Garden, pleasantly situated at Smith's Point. The House is now undergoing repairs, and will be ready for the reception of a family in a few days—Apply to
William Plume, & Co.
August 7.
TENERIFFE WINE.
Landing from the Brig Androscoggin, Capt. Corran, Old London P. Teneriffe WINE, In hogsheads and quarter casks—For Sale by
Noble & Aruthnot, & Co.
July 11.
Eagle Fire Company of New-York.
Office of the Company, No. 59, Wall Street.
PROPOSALS
For Insuring Houses, Buildings, Stores, Ships in Harbour, Goods, Wares, and Merchandise, FROM LOSS OR DAMAGE BY FIRE.
THE Legislature of the state of New-York, having incorporated the Eagle Fire Company of New-York, with a capital of five hundred thousand dollars, (with the liberty of increasing the same, if the business of the company should require it, to one million of dollars,) for the sole purpose of insuring buildings, and every kind of personal property from loss or damage by FIRE; and the capital of five hundred thousand dollars having all been paid, or secured to be paid, according to law; the directors feel a particular satisfaction in offering to their fellow-citizens, throughout the United States, the means of security against that kind of loss which frequently, in an UNEXPECTED MOMENT, involves in destruction the earnings of a life of industry and frugality, and restores the independent and affluent, together with their families, to poverty and distress. To provide an additional guard against calamities of this nature, has been the primary motive of this INSTITUTION: and the directors engage to conduct its concerns, with a fairness, candour and liberality, which will justly entitle it to the confidence and patronage of the public.
* No insured person will be liable to make good the losses of others; but in case of fire, the sufferer will be fully indemnified.—The Company also make good losses on property burnt by lightning.
Classes of Hazards, and Rates of Annual Premiums for Insurance against Fire.
HAZARDS OF THE FIRST CLASS.
Brick or Stone buildings, covered with slate, tiles, or metal.
Goods hazardous, and not hazardous, contained in such buildings.
62 1-2 cents per 100 dollars per annum, for sums not exceeding 10,000 dollars in one risk.
HAZARDS OF THE SECOND CLASS.
Brick or Stone buildings, covered with wood.
Goods hazardous, and not hazardous, contained in such buildings.
93 3-4 cents per 100 dollars per annum, for sums not exceeding 10,000 dollars in one risk.
HAZARDS OF THE THIRD CLASS.
Buildings, the sides of which are part of brick or stone, and part of wood.
Goods hazardous, and not hazardous, contained in such buildings.
125 cents per 100 dollars per annum, for sums not exceeding 10,000 dollars in one risk.
HAZARDS OF THE FOURTH CLASS.
Buildings, the sides of which are entirely of wood.
Goods hazardous, and not hazardous, contained in such buildings.
187 1-2 cents per 100 dollars per annum, for sums not exceeding 10,000 dollars in one risk.
Ships in Port, or their Cargoes, Ships Repairing or Building, may be insured against Fire.
This manner of classing hazards will give a general idea of the rates of insurance, but there will necessarily be an increase of premium in all cases where the local situation, and other circumstances, increase the risk: such as joining, or being contiguous to wooden buildings, or buildings occupied in carrying on hazardous business—distance from water—no engines or firemen in the town or place, &c. &c. The premiums may also, in some cases, be reduced on wooden buildings in the country, when standing single or detached, or attended with circumstances of peculiar security:—But in all cases, if the sum to be insured on or in the same building exceeds 10,000 dollars, an additional premium will be required.
Boilers, Tallow Chandlers, Brewers, Malsters, Bakers, Rope Makers, Sugar Refiners, Distillers, Chemists, Varnish Makers, Stable Keepers, Tavern Keepers, China Glass, or Earthenware Sellers, Oil and Colourmen, Turpentine Works, Paper Mills, Printing Houses, Coopers, Carpenters, Cabinet Makers, Coach Makers, Boat Builders, Ship Chandlers, Apothecaries, Theatres, Mills and Machinery, and all Manufactories that use Fire Heat, are deemed extra hazardous, and must be particularly described in the policy; and for all such risks an additional premium will be required.
Conditions of Insurance.
I. All applications for insurance must be made at the office of this company, in writing; and the subject offered for insurance accurately described.
II. If the property offered for insurance is within the district of a surveyor of this company, he will examine and report thereon; but if not within any such district, then the applicant must himself furnish an accurate and just description thereof, viz. of what materials each building is constructed; whether occupied as private dwellings, or how otherwise; where situated; the name of the present occupiers; how situated with respect to other buildings. And in the insurance of goods, wares and merchandise, the place where the same are deposited, is to be described; also, whether such goods are of the kind denominated hazardous, and whether any manufactory is carried on in the premises, all which is to be certified and attested in such manner as the nature of the case may admit. And if any person or persons shall insure his or their buildings or goods, and shall cause them to be described in the policy otherwise than they really are, so as the same be charged at a lower premium than is herein proposed; or if such description be false or fraudulent, such insurance will be void and of no effect.
III. Goods held in trust, or on commission, are to be declared as such; otherwise the policy will not extend to cover such property.
IV. Every policy of insurance, made by this Company, shall be sealed with its seal, and signed by the President and Secretary; and the person for whose interest the insurance is made, must be declared and named therein; nor can any Policy, or interest therein, be assigned but by consent of the Company, expressed by endorsement made thereon.
V. No insurance will be considered as made or binding, until the Premium is paid.
VI. Persons insuring Property with this Company, and who have already made other insurance on the same property, shall give notice thereof in writing, at the Company's Office, before, or at the time of the execution of the Policy: and persons who, after insuring Property with this Company, have insurance made on the same property elsewhere, shall, with all reasonable diligence, notify the same in writing at the Office of the Company, and have the same endorsed on the policy, or otherwise acknowledged in writing; in default whereof, the Policy shall cease, and be of no effect: and in case of loss, each party insuring shall be liable to the payment of a rateable proportion of the loss or damage which may be sustained.
VII. No loss or damage by fire will be paid, that may happen or take place in consequence of any invasion, civil commotion, riot, or military or usurped power whatever.
VIII. Books of Accounts, Written Securities, Notes, Bills, Bonds, Deeds, Ready Money, or Bullion, cannot be insured.
IX. Jewels, Plate, Medals, or other Curiosities, Paintings and Sculptures, are not included in any insurance, unless such articles are specified in the policy.
X. All persons insured by this Company, sustaining any loss or damage by fire, are forthwith to give notice to the Company, and as soon after as possible, to deliver in as particular an account of their loss or damage, signed with their own hands, as the nature of the case will admit of, and make proof of the same by their oath or affirmation, and by their books of accounts, and other proper vouchers, as shall be reasonably required: and shall make oath, whether any and what other insurance is made on the same property; and shall procure a certificate, under the hand of a magistrate, notary public, or clergyman, most contiguous to the spot where the fire happened, and not concerned in such loss, that they are acquainted with the character and circumstances of the person or persons insured; and do know, or very likely believe, that he, she, or they, really, and by misfortune, and without fraud or evil practice, have sustained by such fire, loss and damage to the amount therein mentioned; and, until such affidavits and certificates are produced, the loss shall not be payable:—Also, if there appears any fraud, or false swearing, the claimant shall forfeit his claim to restitution or payment, by virtue of his policy.
XI. In case any difference shall arise, touching any loss or damage, it may be submitted to the judgment of Arbitrators, indifferently chosen, whose award in writing shall be binding on the parties. And when any loss or damage shall happen, the company shall pay for the same in sixty days after the loss shall have been ascertained and proved, without allowance of discount, fees, or any deduction whatever.
XII. Insurance may be made for seven years, by paying the premium for six years, and for a less number of years than seven, a reasonable discount will be allowed.
The Subscriber being appointed Surveyor for the Eagle Fire Company, upon application, will survey, and value, such buildings, (or property contained therein) upon which insurance may be required.
Francis Foster, Church-Street, Norfolk.
Feb. 13.
Genuine Patent and Family Medicines,
Celebrated for the cure of most diseases to which the human frame is liable.
Prepared by T. W. DYOTT, M. D.
THE CELEBRATED
Stomachic Elixir of Health.
(Price one dollar and Fifty Cents)
Which has proved by thousands, who have experienced its beneficial effects, to be the most valuable medicine ever offered to the public; for speedy relieving and curing the cramp, pains, and wind in the stomach and bowels, carrying off superfluous bile, removing habitual costiveness, tickles at the stomach, severe head aches, &c.
For the dysentery or lax, cholera morbus, severe gripings, and other diseases of the bowels, and the summer bowel complaint in children, it has proved a certain remedy, and restored to perfect health from the greatest debility.
Persons afflicted with pulmonary complaints, or disorders of the breath and lungs, even in the most advanced state, will find immediate relief.
Coughs in coughs and colds, which are generally occasioned by obstruted perspiration, will be found to yield to its benign influence in a few hours.
In asthma or consumptive complaints, hoarseness, wheezings, shortness of breath, and the hooping cough, it will give immediate relief.
Patent Stomachic Wine Bitters.
(Price One Dollar.)
These celebrated and well known Bitters are composed purely of vegetables of the most innocent yet specific virtues, and are particularly recommended for restoring weak constitutions, cleaning and strengthening the stomach, and increasing the appetite; they expel worm in all ages, but from their simplicity and safety, are a most natural and effectual vermifuge, when administered to children; they are gratefully warm, and pungently aromatic; they are extremely serviceable in all fevers, but particularly so on the approach of warm weather, when bilious habits experience such total loss of appetite; they are also a certain preventative against such complaints so common in the spring and fall seasons, such as intermittent fevers and agues, long autumnal fevers, dysenteries, &c.
DR. ROBERTSON'S Vegetable Nervous Cordial,
OR, Nature's Grand Restorative,
Is confidently recommended as the most efficacious medicine, for the speedy relief and cure of all nervous complaints, impurities of the blood, seminal weakness, and various complaints, resulting from diffipated pleasures, residence in warm climates, the immoderate use of tea, the unskillful or excessive use of mercury, and diseases peculiar to females at a certain period of life.
DR. ROBERTSON'S Celebrated Gout & Rheumatic Drops.
A safe and effectual cure for the gout, rheumatism, lumbago, stone and gravel, swellings and weakness of the joints, sprains, bruises, and all kinds of green wounds; the cramp, pains in the head, face and body, stiffness of the neck, chilblains, frozen limbs, &c.
Since the above invaluable medicines were first discovered by Dr. Robertson, upwards of Seven Hundred Thousand Persons have experienced their happy and salutary effects, many of whom from the greatest debility. These Medicines, which by being timely administered, will prevent the progress of many fatal diseases.
The Proprietor wishes to afford every information relative to the efficacy of the above Medicines in a small compass, by exhibiting a list of exemplary cures, attested by respectable characters, for the satisfaction and encouragement of the afflicted:—for which purpose such cures have been selected at different times and been inserted, as might display the alternative power of physick. But as the number of cases are now become so numerous, I am obliged, instead of identifying the particulars, only to print an abstract of several testimonials, referring the reader to peruse the pamphlet, left at the Book-Store of Messrs. BONSAL, CONRAD, & Co. Norfolk June 5.
Phœnix Fire Office
No. 13, MARKET-SQUARE, NORFOLK. INSURANCE UPON SHIPS.
NOTICE is hereby given that the following premiums only, will henceforward be charged by this company for insurance from fire upon Ships, Vessels, and all Water Crafts, and also upon Cargo on board, in the seaports and rivers of Virginia and North-Carolina.
  One month 12 1/2 cents per $100   Two do. 20 do. do.   Three do. 25 do. do.   Four do. 30 do. do.   Five do. 35 do. do.   Six do. 40 do. do.   Seven do. 45 do. do.   Eight do. 50 do. do.   Nine do. 55 do. do.   Ten do. 60 do. do.   Eleven do. 65 do. do.   Twelve do. 70 do. do. 
The above premiums will be charged for any sum not exceeding 40,000 dollars in one risk; but a separate sum must in all cases be specified on the ship and another on the cargo.
Richard Taylor, Agent.
FOR SALE, A neat well finished Fire-Proof DWELLING-HOUSE, situated in Cumberland-Street, and at present occupied by Miss Elliott. Also, one half of a very valuable Water Property, fronting Elizabeth-River 410 feet, thence towards the shore 900 feet; also, an unimproved Lot, well enclosed, adjoining Capt. John Store's Dwelling-House; and a House and Lot in York-Town, in a very eligible situation for a retail business, being adjacent the Ferry to Gloucester, one end fitted up for a shop. For terms apply to
ROBERT GIBSON.
Who finding for a long time past his own applications for the collection of his debts in vain, has appointed Mr. Thomas Davis, (who is well acquainted with his accounts) his attorney, with full power and instructions to close said debts as promptly as possible, that he may be enabled to satisfy his creditors.
May 8.
FOR SALE OR BARTER,
For West-India Produce, at the Subscriber's Banks Houses on Commerce-Street and Town-Point,
60,000 wt. NAVY BREAD,
10,000 do. Pilot do. Superfine do. do. from New Flour, 50 barrels Crackers, 100 do. Ship Bread.
STEPHEN HARRIS.
ALSO,
240 Casks STONE LIME.
August 14.
Boot and Shoe Manufactory.
SAMUEL COLEMAN,
Opposite the Market, (westward) has received by captain Lewis, on Monday last from Philadelphia, a large quantity of the best
Boot Legs, Vamps, Tops, &c.,
that has (probably) ever been in Norfolk.
With the Philadelphia Upper Leather for Boots—the choice of Sole and other Leather here—good workmanship—great attention—no disappointments—a regular bred foreman—and a tolerable supervisor—He has already furnished and will continue to furnish, better Boots and Shoes and better treatment to customers than has been rendered here by any person in this way; on these conditions only he expects custom.
He has now from Baltimore, &c. three good HANDS for Ladies' Work, and a good flock of KID and MOROCCO; all the materials and workmanship shall be good, or an allowance made for that which is not; but the greatly increased price of all the materials, and the high price of labour in this way, will not admit of the Shoes being sold at the price of the run-work, generally offered for sale here.
He is now getting almost all kinds of Boots & Shoes made. The advantage of getting Boots and Shoes made in the place of good materials and workmanship, where the responsibility of the manufacturer is bound, is too obvious not to be seen except by those who have eyes and will not see.
He has on hand a large assortment of Boots, where gentlemen may be fitted at any time, with a certainty of getting such as are good, as he has no run work done, and a large assortment of Shoes of nearly all kinds. His terms are cash only.
A LEASE
For the eligible PROPERTY here now occupies is to be disposed of—it has about three and an half years to run.
Martin's Double Brand FLOUR, in barrels and half barrels, manufactured solely for family use.
July 6.
FOR RENT,
A Convenient Dwelling House on the Main-Street, near the Bridge, next door to Mrs. Archer.
Also,
That commodious House on Catharine-street, at present occupied by Mr. James Dykes, adjoining the subscriber; they have excellent gardens, and all convenient out-houses.
Also,
A very convenient Dwelling-House, just finished, on Commerce-street. For terms apply to James Tucker.
August 15.
FOR SALE,
A very valuable Tract of LAND, Containing eleven hundred acres, situated at the mouth of York River, in Gloucester County, remarkably pleasant and healthy, abounding with the finest fish, oysters, and wild fowl. The soil is well adapted to the culture of corn, small grain, tobacco and cotton; there is about 400 acres cleared and under good fences—the range for stock of all kinds is equal if not superior to any, having a large farm salt marsh attached to it. The timber is fully sufficient for the use of the plantation. The improvements are a good Overseer's House, an excellent Barn, Corn, and Negro Houses should have no objection to divide the Land, so as to suit purchasers, provided the whole could be sold—one third of the purchase money will be wanted in cash, the balance will be made easy; a great bargain may be had in the purchase, and the privilege of sowing 130 acres in small grain in the fall, which is now in corn; possession at Christmas next.
Any person who may wish to purchase, it is presumed will view the premises, which will be shown by Mr. William Thornton, who resides on the plantation, or the Subscriber,
William K. Perrin.
Gloucester County, June 24, 1809.
Just Landed, 104 barrels Muscovado SUGAR,
10 boxes clayed do. 150 barrels Old Rye Whiskey, 150 do. Alexandria superfine Flour, 200 do. Middlings—For Sale by