Norfolk gazette and publick ledger (Norfolk [Va.]), 1808-08-03 00:00:00

NORFOLK GAZETTE And PUBLICK LEDGER  ENT HIC ETIAM SUA PRÆMIA LATE
[VOL. V.]
WEDNESDAY EVENING, AUGUST 3, 1808.
NO. 8.]
From the North American.
TO THE PEOPLE OF THE UNITED STATES.
It is our purpose, in this paper, to take a brief view of the conduct observed by France towards the United States, during two important periods of time. The first will comprise the conduct of France, when our government was administered by Federalists. This we shall call the Washington Period. The second will exhibit the conduct of France, as relative to the United States, since the Federalists were banished from our publick councils. This we shall call the Jeffersonian Period.
We shall begin by stating the governing principle or maxim of each period. And,
First, Of the maxim of the Washington Period .
The Washingtonians, or Federalists, believed that the rank due to the United States among nations, would be withheld, if not absolutely lost, by the reputation of weakness; that to avoid insult, they must be able to repel it; and that to secure peace, it must be known, they are always in a condition to meet war. In conformity with this maxim, the Federalists proceeded, as soon as the circumstances of the United States would permit, to lay the foundation of a navy, to be gradually increased, with the resources of the country; to secure by fortifications our principal sea ports and frontier passes; to prepare and have in readiness, a stock of military knowledge, by giving to a small military force, as much perfection as possible; and to provide cannon and small arms sufficient for our militia, and an extended army, by erecting foundaries for the one and manufactories of the other.
This period commenced in the year 1789, and ended in the beginning of the year 1801.
Second, Of the maxim of the Jeffersonian Period .
The Jeffersonians held, that the rights of the United States could be secured by reason, and, if it failed, it were better for the people to withdraw themselves within the limits of their country, and relinquish commerce altogether, than to attempt its protection by a maritime force. In conformity with this maxim, the navy establishment was starved and suffered to fall into decay; the army establishment, before small, was rendered still smaller; the military character, as far as it was possible, brought into disrepute, and degraded; the system of fortifications scouted or neglected, or if the cries or fears of some city or place particularly exposed or important, drew forth a reluctant appropriation, government, possessing no engineers, it was applied without skill, and expended without effect. This period commenced when the former ended, and may, possibly, be concluded on the 4th of next March.
Let us now turn our eyes to the conduct of France towards the United States, during these respective periods. And,
1st. The conduct of France towards the United States, during the Washington period.
It is well known, at least in Europe, that the United States were the first nation to acknowledge France in her republican capacity, and that this acknowledgment was made at a time when Austria, Germany, Prussia, Britain, Spain, Holland and Sardinia, were in arms against her, and Russia leagued in the coalition. It is also notorious, that these combined powers sought to arm in their cause, the residue of the world, and that the residue of the world, except the United States, were deterred or were unwilling to accredit her sovereignty. The United States, disregarding of consequences, and unawed by the strength of the coalition, received her minister with open arms, while all parts of the country poured forth prayers for her success.
Nor did the United States confine themselves to mere expressions of their friendship. They discharged seven years arrears of their debt to France, contracted in revolutionary times; enabled her minister to send relief to his fellow citizens at home, threatened with a famine; and in the first moments of the insurrection in St. Domingo, stopped forward to the relief of the colony, with arms and money, taking freely upon themselves the risk of an unauthorised aid.
Mark the contrast—the early object of republican France, and the conclusion.
The government of the United States was yet young, having been in operation scarcely four years. It had been adopted amidst opposition and difficulties, which time had not yet reconciled or subdued. It might gradually extend its roots, and if duly nourished, acquire strength, but the spirits who held it in abhorrence, were not yet laid, and a storm might level it with the ground. It was without establishments consecrated by time. It had, 'tis true, done much to secure a continuance of its existence, by good beginnings, but, it was unprepared to meet hostilities on the ocean, and might be kept always unprepared.
Mr. Genet, the minister of the French Republic to the United States, arrived in Charleston, S. C. on the 8th April, 1792, and immediately proceeded, as if he had been vested with the whole authority of the United States, to acts, to which the sovereignty of the United States were alone competent; to authorize the fitting and arming of vessels in that port, to enlist men, foreigners and citizens, and to give them commissions to cruise and commit hostilities, by land and sea, on nations at peace with us, to bring their prizes into our ports, and to establish therein, consular courts for their trial and condemnation.
A long interval passed, between his landing at Charleston and his arrival in Philadelphia. He at length reached the seat of government, where he was graciously welcomed, and received as minister of the
French Republic. Here, instead of pursuing a friendly course, he endeavoured to excite discord and distrust, between the people and those they had entrusted with their government, to insult the government, and finally, to set it at defiance.
It soon appeared, that these acts of the minister, were in perfect unison with the policy of France. In our treaty of commerce, with France, signed in February, 1778, it is stipulated, that neither party shall take out of the vessels of the other, the goods of its enemy, but that the character of the bottom shall be imparted to its cargo. Thirty days after the arrival of their minister in the United States, (on the 9th of May, 1793,) the National Convention decreed—
"That French ships of war and privateers, may stop and bring into the ports of the republic, such neutral vessels, as are loaded in whole or in part, either with provisions belonging to neutrals, and destined to enemies' port, or with merchandise belonging to enemies."
Under this decree, which was repealed and enacted twice in the course of two months, the vessels of the United States were captured, and brought into the ports of France, and their cargoes there condemned and sold.
A large number also of our vessels were for a long time, detained at Bordeaux, very much to the injury of the owners, and without any motive whatever being assigned to our government for so hostile a measure.
The government of the Republic underwent frequent changes; but under every party, its depredations on our commerce, and its policy towards us, remained unaltered, and the same.
On the 2d of July, 1796, the Executive Directory decreed, "That all neutral or allied powers, shall, without delay, be notified, that the flag of the French Republic will treat neutral vessels, either as confiscation, as to searches, or capture, in the same manner, as they shall suffer the English to treat them."
This decree, which asserted a right on the part of France, to be bound by no stipulations, was calculated to generate, and did generate, all manner of excesses, insults, vexations, and confiscations. It was construed to authorise the capture and condemnation of American vessels, destined for a British port, and our vessels going thither, were captured and condemned accordingly. Our vessels also, in the West Indies, bound to English ports, or coming from them, were made subject to the same late, under decrees, of the 1st August, and 27th November, 1796; and the 1st February, 1797, issued by special agents of the directory, in that quarter.
On the 2d of March, 1797, the executive directory declared enemies' goods in American bottoms liable to capture and confiscation, enlarged the list of contraband, contrary to the express provisions of our treaty, and subjected to the laws of piracy, American citizens who should make part of the crew of the enemies' ships; and lastly, required of American ships, papers, which the treaty between the two nations did not render necessary.
And on the 8th of January, 1798, the council of Ancients passed the following resolutions, which were immediately promulgated by the directory.
"1st. That the character of vessels relative to their quality of neutral or enemy, shall be determined by their cargo; in consequence, every vessel found at sea, loaded, in whole or in part, with merchandise, the production of England or her possessions, shall be declared good prize, whoever the owner of these goods or merchandise may be.
"2d. That every foreign vessel, which in the course of her voyage, shall have entered into an English port, shall not be admitted into a port of the republic, except in case of necessity; in which case she shall be bound to depart from the said port, as soon as the causes of her entry shall have ceased."
The American government, during this procedure, observed the most conciliatory conduct; carried to the foot-stool of the republic, complaint after complaint; claimed the benefit of stipulations solemnly secured to them by treaty, and the due observance of their rights, and granted her every indulgence and favour not in direct violation of their neutrality, and the obligations imposed upon them by a state of peace. The Republic was inexorable, and in the height of her arrogance, refused any longer to hear our complaints, and ordered our minister to retire from her territories.
Still courting peace, our government appointed three envoys extraordinary, with full power and authority to settle all differences between the two Republics. These gentlemen were not received as ministers, and after six months abortive attempts to enter upon negotiation, and gain audience of the Directory, were finally obliged to relinquish the object of their mission, and return to the United States.
The treatment of this mission was so derogatory to the United States; so marked with open contumely, and undisguised insult, as to draw from the president* a strong expression of sensibility. "I will never," said he to congress (in announcing the arrival of one of the envoys to the U. States) "agree to sending another minister to France, without assurances, that he will be received, respected and honoured, as the representative of a great, free, powerful, and independent nation."
The guardians of the publick weal, could no longer permit a slender naval force to feed itself upon the peaceful commerce of the United States; to interrupt our necessary supplies; to destroy our principal source of revenue, and seize, at the entrance of our harbours and rivers, the products of our industry destined to our foreign markets.
On the 28th of May, 1798, an act passed both
houses of Congress, and received the constitutional sanction, authorising the president of the United States to instruct and direct the commanders of the armed vessels to take and bring into the ports of the United States, any armed vessel of the Republic of France, and to retake any ship or vessel belonging to any citizen of the United States, which may have been captured by any armed vessel of the Republic.
In conformity with this act, the ship Delaware sailed on a cruise, and took Le Croyable, French privateer, of 14 guns and 70 men, within soundings on our coast, which privateer had taken vessels on the coast. The ship Ganges, which mounted 24 guns, sailed next. In June the Constellation of 36 guns, sailed next. In July, the Constitution and the United States, of 44 guns each; and shortly after, several other vessels of war.
Besides the publick naval force employed, on this occasion, there were commissions issued to 365 private armed vessels in the course of a few months, carrying 2,723 guns, and 6,847 men.
The opposition and difficulties the federalists encountered in laying the foundation of a navy, and to obtain this force will perhaps be remembered. We shall never forget the exclamation of a gentleman now a member of the senate, and enjoying the full confidence of the administration, when the bill for the building our frigates was before congress—"Thank God, he cried, the timber of which this navy is to be formed is yet growing in the woods, from which I hope it will never be taken." This gentleman, with others now in high stations, opposed its creation, obstructed its progress, and justified or palliated every injudicious proceeding of France, from the first commission granted by Genet at Charleston, through all the different violations of treaty and degrees of insult, down to the demand of tribute, and the resolutions of the 8th of January, 1798, inclusive.
The federalists not discouraged proceeded, our ships did their duty, and the country was saved.
The effects of the Washingtonian maxim , were soon felt. Trade freed from the grasp of France, recovered its tone, and, in the midst of war, flourished beyond expectation or example. It exalted our national character throughout Europe; it quickly produced a proper temper in the rulers of France, and a treaty with the Republic, by which she engaged herself to a faithful observance of our rights upon the sea.
Now were seen the halcyon days of the United States. Peace on the ocean. An increased and increasing revenue. Agriculture pouring forth her abundant stores. Industry loaded with riches. Labour amply paid. And cause for universal content, could content ever become universal.
But there is nothing stable in this sublunary world. Party had fixed her eyes on the government. She was not to be soothed without possession, and possession was to be obtained whatever the cost. It was obtained. The men who had saved the people from poverty, humiliation and France, were hurled from their seats, by those they had saved.
It remains now to consider our second head, or "The conduct of France to the United States, during the Jeffersonian period."
Mr. Jefferson seated at the head of affairs became the arbiter of our destiny. Conformable to his orders, or through his influence, these establishments, upon which the whole efficacy of the Washingtonian maxim was bottomed, were either totally abolished, or by one or other contrivance, rendered inoperative. The new maxim, which took its place, and was to exempt for ever, the people from taxes, and to induce foreign nations to respect our rights, without their instrumentality, was proclaimed exultingly to the world, in set discourses, printed on white satin, surrounded with gilt frames, and hung up in halls, as an amulet to protect all beholders from the heresis of Washington!
It was not long before foreign powers availed themselves of an administration, which thus avowedly set up reason against force.
The first act of Buonaparte was to draw from the United States fifteen millions of dollars for a territory, which he had forced Spain to convey to him, which he durst not occupy himself, which, had he attempted to have held in his own name, would have been wrested from him by Great-Britain; and of which, to this hour, he has not thought proper to give the United States the full possession.
The seals were scarcely put to this transaction, when war commenced between France and England. The way before Buonaparte was now clear. No "navy, no expensive establishments," resounded from one end of the U. States to the other. The echo reached the secret council-chamber of Buonaparte. The opportunity was apt, the time fitting. Decree followed decree against American commerce, similar, but more severe in character and operation, than those that were enacted by republican France.
In the midst of the carnage of our commerce, occasioned by these decrees, congress, with closed doors, placed at the disposal of the president of the United States two millions of dollars, for an object to be unfolded whenever state policy should render a disclosure proper. Where this money is, or whether it is yet disposed of, remains a profound secret. This only is known, that a gentleman high in authority has said—"France wants money, and the United States must give it."
From seizures at sea, Buonaparte proceeded to sequestrations and condemnations of American property at land, which had been received into his ports under the obligations of a treaty, and the protection of the laws of hospitality and of nations. To close the scene, he has declared that the United States shall trade no where.
The Jeffersonian maxim having thus totally failed to secure our rights, and procure to the United States justice, an exemption from insult, or redress
of wrongs, the citizens of a free and independent nation, as if arrived at the last stage of pusillanimity and weakness, are commanded to do nothing, but retire within their territory, and patiently wait events.
We have here given a fair view of the practical operation of the Washingtonian and Jeffersonian maxims of governing; the people have seen and felt their different operation and effects, on the industry and prosperity of the nation, we leave it with them to decide which of the two ought in future to be preferred.
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{ Collector's Office, Norfolk, 11th July, 1808.
THE President of the United States having deemed it expedient to extend the time for granting permissions to send vessels in ballast to places in the West-Indies, or to any part of America North of the line, for the purpose of bringing property into the United States, under the 7th section of the act of 12th March last, Notice is hereby given that permissions will be granted at this office on the principles pointed out by the law, provided that application be made prior to the first day of August next, as no permission will afterwards be granted.
WM. THOMPSON, D. C. For LARKIN SMITH, COLLECTOR.
* Sir weeks.
* John Adams.

WEDNESDAY EVENING, AUGUST 3, 1808
We notice with pleasure, that in the states of New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont great exertions are making to elect men of different political sentiments and opinions from those who are now representatives; and we are further pleased to learn, that those efforts are likely to be crowned with success. In New Jersey a new congressional and electoral ticket will shortly be announced.—Now is the time! every man should think the fate of his country depends on himself.
One of the sage reasons for purchasing Louisiana, was to get clear of a powerful neighbour—If Napoleon maintains his late acquisitions, Mr. Jefferson may prepare for the purchase of Mexico.
Every one must recollect, the outcry which our democratic papers raised, when Copenhagen was seized—Now they can scarcely be heard.—Napoleon's injustice to his friend and ally, does not excite a sentiment among the whole corps, unless from the editor of the American Citizen.—The official paper says, we ought to be thankful that we are so far removed from those scenes of violence.—The Monitor says the affairs of Spain do not concern us; and the Enquirer says it will be better for the people of Spain to have Napoleon for their master.—The last observation reminds us of the Liverpool Captain's defence of the Slave Trade—he insisted that the trade was humane, for if the negroes were not taken away they would murder each other!
If Buonaparte succeeds in destroying the British navy, (of which there is not much prospect at present) we shall find that we are not far removed, and that we have more concern in the seizure of Spain and her colonies, than we had with the seizure of Copenhagen.
Extract of a letter from a gentleman in New York, to his correspondent in this place, dated July 28.
"An arrival this moment from Falmouth brings London dates to the 6th of June. The Spanish accounts received are confirmed.—Two Spanish Ministers had arrived in England applying for arms, &c.—The Science of this port is taken and carried to Bayonne."
DIED, at Portsmouth on Monday night, CAPTAIN JAMES COX, of that place, a young man of great worth, and much esteemed.
From the New York American Citizen.
Revolution in Spain.—Napoleon has stretched forth his arm to Spain, and Spain is no more. The Spanish monarchy, as if by enchantment, is overthrown, and the Spanish people, by a base deal of cession, are transferred to the Imperial Jacobin .—The Italian States, Holland, Switzerland, the Germanic empire, Prussia, Portugal and Spain are gone. The gallant king of Sweden ("a brave man struggling with the storms of fate") is beset by Russians, and must perish by their blows. The emperor Alexander is awed. Under Napoleon, "his genius is rebuked." Turkey will next fall, for the way to the heart of the empire has been cleared by the emissaries of the Corsican. Imperial France, in fact, already covers Continental Europe. ENGLAND, in this quarter of the globe, unawed by the dissolution of neighbouring nations, and daily increasing in strength, maintains her independence, and forms to the universal domination of the Buonapartes, the only impassable barrier. And if she sink beneath the uplifted arm of a world combined against her, what will become of us? What could we oppose to the gigantic navy of England, if under the wrathful Napoleon? What to that half a million of experienced cut throats whom, almost without an obstacle, he might land upon our shores! Where are our defences? Look at this city—look at our extensive sea coast, and let the policy of the South? Behold the effects of an anticommercial spirit—behold the effects of a deadly and unnatural hostility to the State of New York!—See us wholly exposed to the insults and ravages of any European nation that may chuse to vex and oppress us. "If the king, my master," said Yrujo to major Jackson, in the year 1804; "if the king my master, was to order three ships of the line and six frigates to the Mississippi—three ships of the line and six frigates to the Chesapeake, and three ships of the line and six frigates to Sandy-Hook, what would you do?" Aye, indeed, what would we do? Order them away by proclamation? Alas! they would laugh at us. Yet if this would be all, we might put up with it; we might still continue with great good humour, and even with self-encomiums to be mocked at! But Napoleon would not send a force hither to make merry with us. No, his strokes are all death doing. He has no reliance on paper shot. The few proclamations which he issues are very brief. "Inhabitants of the United States," he would direct Massena to say, for Murat is already provided for in Spain: "I come to protect you;" and the next moment, according to invariable practice, we might expect to be butchered. For whether should we fly for safety, having no ships, no defence? "To the mountains?" We have been advised to do so by a SOUTHERN Statesman, and that too to save expense! "If the city of New York should be destroyed to-morrow, said this enlightened legislator, the commerce of that port would not be lost to the union; it would find a residence in the south." Yes, yes, the growing wealth and strength of New York must be checked! The omnipotence of Virginia in our councils must be maintained.—National defence, and even national honour must give way to it. And surely to leave us defenceless against attacks from without and to weaken by dividing the state, are plans admirably adapted to the end. Let Mr. Madison look to it; let his supporters
pause; for his French predilections may lead to the ruin of our independence. Spain was a faithful ally of France. When "France wanted money," Spain supplied her wants. The councils of Spain were neither more nor less attached to Napoleon than Mr. Madison is. And yet after being the friend, the ally, and the supporter of the "imperial republic," for thirteen years, where is Spain now? Have her friendships, her good offices, her ready compliances, with imperial demands, saved her? Or rather, have they not invited the approaches of the "Leviathan," and sharpened his devouring tooth?
Old and New Spain are both transferred to Napoleon. The population and the wealth of the Indies are now French except England, and the United States the arms of the Imperial Jacobin , embrace the universe—England he cannot conquer, and it rests with our rulers whether the only republic on earth shall be subdued without a blow.
Will the transfer of Spain and her dependencies materially affect the United States? Is a question which those infatuated men may ask, who do not know that for every independent nation that expires, the world, of necessity feels a pang.
That the transfer will in many points of view immediately and greatly affect us, no reasonable man can entertain a doubt.
All the Floridas on the side of New Orleans, including the part adjoining to it, will be under the control of France, if not actually occupied by her troops.
The island of Cuba, and the port of La Vera Cruz, commanding the Mexican bay, and therefore our western commerce, will henceforth be under the direction of Napoleon.
Mexico, with her riches and physical strength, is at his back. It will not be forgotten that a Mexican force directed by a feeble Spaniard, kept at the bay the army of the United States, when under the guidance of the immaculate Wilkinson. I state a fact, I tell you what was—not what might have been.
Napoleon then is our neighbour. Can any thing be added to the alarming fact! What plagues and pestilences are there in the womb of time that we may not rationally anticipate from the juxtaposition?—Deadly poisons, more deadly than those which are now circulating amongst us by French emissaries, will be infused. The Spaniard bearded our government with impunity, but the Corsican, if it sleep, will cut off its hair! Thus circumstanced, is Mr. Madison fit to be our president? Think not that I ask an electioneering question. See we not independent nations daily toppled, without seeing the hand by which the ruin is effected? Behold Spain? The most terrible of force has been used and yet nothing of compulsion is visible?
But without arguing from what is or what may be, the transfer of Spain to France brings us into direct collision with her. Will the reader patiently walk with me a little upon this road, I will not detain him long.
For spoliations committed upon our commerce from the year 1797 to 1801, Spain owes our merchants between five and six millions of dollars. I dare say that nineteen twentieths of the community are ignorant of this, for as France backed Spain in plundering us, nothing has been said about it! So admirably are great national questions managed by party spirit and passion.
The spoliations are of two kinds; ships and their cargoes captured by Spanish armed vessels, and condemned by Spanish tribunals; and ships and their cargoes captured by French vessels and condemned in Spain, by French tribunals. 'Tis old enough to be sure, but French tribunals were really erected within the territory of Spain! We see the upshot. Spain is defunct!
In the summer of 1801, Mr. Jefferson directed Mr. Pinckney to make the necessary arrangements with the Court of Madrid for restoring the amount of the spoliated property to our merchants. A convention was accordingly concluded in 1802, ratified by the President, and the Senate in 1804, and submitted to Madrid for the ratification of his Catholic majesty. At the same session of congress, an act was passed, authorising the president to "erect the shores waters and inlets of the bay and river Mobile into a custom-house district, and to establish ports of entry and delivery therein"—the president and congress thereby deciding in the most solemn manner that Louisiana, as ceded to us by France extends east at least as far as the Mobile river. This act of congress was received at Madrid with our ratification of the convention. But his Catholic majesty refused to ratify himself, on the grounds, first, that he was not answerable for condemnations of our vessels and cargoes affected within his dominions by French tribunals; and secondly, that as Louisiana extended no farther east, to his opinion, than the lakes which bind New Orleans, he demanded a repeal of the act of congress, which had embraced the Mobile, and erected ports of entry and delivery on its waters. Here the differences rested, our government every now and then sending messages authorising talks with his Catholic majesty about it—According to Mr. Madison, this contemptuous conduct of Spain is attributable to France. France, he said, would "not permit Spain to settle her differences with us. FRANCE WANTED MONEY, AND SHE MUST HAVE IT." Accordingly, two millions of dollars were secretly slipped off. For what purpose I will hereafter enquire.
In his last message (that of Oct. 1807) the President says—
"Our differences with Spain remain still unsettled, no measures having been taken on her part since my last communications to congress, to bring them to a close, but under a state of things which may favour reconsideration, they have been recently pressed, and an expectation is entertained that they may now soon be brought to an issue of some sort."
Well they are now brought to an issue of some sort, but it is a sort, I fear, that we shall not like.
Here then we see that Spain, for the last ten years, has owed our merchants near six millions of dollars, and that in the most provoking manner imaginable, she has refused even to make arrangements for a final liquidation of the debt. France would not suffer Spain to settle with us—"FRANCE WANTED MONEY"!!! Mr. Madison so whispered in the ear of a great favourite, who happened, however, to have too much honesty and patriotism to keep the secret!
And now that Spain is transferred to France, the debt which Spain owed to our merchants, is transferred
with it, as well as the settlement of the Louisiana boundaries. Would Mr. Madison, elected president, ask Napoleon for the debt? Would Napoleon pay it if Mr. Madison was disposed and could muster courage enough to ask him for it? How will our Louisiana boundaries now be adjusted? Are our half ruined merchants to give up their Spanish claims? Is our country to yield its jurisdiction?
From the N. Y. Evening Post.
The following excellent reflections on the late revolution in Spain are from the pen of a valuable correspondent.
Spain.—The accounts from Spain, published yesterday, leave no room to doubt but that the once mighty monarch of "Spain and the Indies" is annihilated; and that the extensive, rich, and fertile countries which constituted that monarchy, have become provinces of France. Buonaparte, in this instance, seems to have completely thrown off that disguise in which he has usually appeared to nations he meant to subjugate. He no longer comes as a protector and friend of the people, to save the deluded populace from the tyranny of the English Merchants: He is no longer the deliverer from oppression, but comes avowedly to oppress. Thinking the power and influence he has over the Spaniards, sufficient to bear down all opposition, he does not consider it worth his while to even cloak his designs. Not content with the conquest of such a noble and high spirited nation, he plans their degradation; in hopes, no doubt, not only to subdue the country but to conquer that spirit of independence which burns in the bosom of every Spaniard, and which never submitted quietly to a foreign yoke. In order effectually to humble the pride of the Spanish people, he has swept away every vestige of independence. He has not given them the consolation of even a king of his own creation; but has at once reduced them to a state of vassalage, and wiped away their name and nation from the face of the earth. How the Spaniards will bear this outrageous usurpation, time must determine: from what we can learn by the last accounts from Spain, it appears not to sit so easy on them as the usurper might wish; and we should not be surprised if they should be roused from their state of torpor by this unparalleled insult, and give the Frenchmen such a reception as shall make them heartily sick of the job they have undertaken. It cannot be expected, however, that the wily Corsican has left his plans so lame, as to give the Spaniards much chance to save their country: Old Spain and its dependencies in Europe, must undoubtedly fall; and though the inhabitants in their last struggles may send a few thousand Frenchmen to the land of "everlasting sleep," they will, in the end, be forced to submit, and grace the triumph of the universal conqueror.
To take a full view of the effects the revolution will have on the affairs of Buonaparte, and of the world, would far exceed our present limits, and require more time than we have at this moment to spare. We cannot, however, pass on to make our reflections on the subject, without turning the attention of our readers, to the present situation of the Spanish provinces in America. Those provinces, the richest and most extensive in the world, are now without a king. Their own rightful sovereign has abdicated the throne, and has resigned his kingdom into the hands of the Almighty, who gave it to him, for he, the king, had no right to give it to any one else; and the usurper who drove him by flattery and force to adopt this measure, has not yet been able to take possession of the provinces.—What a glorious time for the South Americans to make themselves independent. Such a time was never offered a people to form a government of their own choice. Had they been leaders capable of uniting them, they might soon make themselves a flourishing nation, and fill the blank made amongst the states of the world by the destruction of Old Spain. This being a subject of fruitful and pleasing speculation, we may at some future day indulge ourselves in the pursuit of it, by giving a more extensive view of the Spanish revolution, and its probable effects on the nations of the earth. At present we proceed to make some reflections on this important revolution, as it respects our own country, and to compare the situation of the Spanish monarchy, with that of the independent states of America.
And here what a lesson for America; what a page in the book of fate have we laid open to her view! The Spaniards were in friendship with the French; they were not only allies, but were engaged in fighting the battles of the great Emperor; they entered actively into all his plans of aggrandizement, and assisted him in all his conquests. For this friendship, this assistance and submission to the will of the Corsican, what reward has he given them? He has overthrown the monarchy, erased the kingdom from the list of nations, and made the people slaves—hewers of wood and drawers of water for his armies—Americans take warning. What is our present situation? Are we not friends and allies of the French? Are we not assisting them all in our power, even in contravention of our own laws? Have we not submitted to the mandates of the emperor by laying an embargo and destroying our trade at his recommendation? Are not our first officers of state naturalized French citizens and are they not proud of being so distinguished by the great nation? My countrymen, are these things so, and are we still secure? Have we no reason to be alarmed? If we cannot see our danger after viewing the example set before us: if we cannot take warning from the fate of Switzerland, Germany, Holland, Portugal and Spain, our case is truly desperate, and the time is not far distant when we shall find ourselves in the same deplorable situation we now find those devoted kingdoms and states:—we shall be chained to the triumphant car of the conqueror of the world!
BOSTON, July 23.
Baltimore, July 15, 1808.
"Berkeley, the murdering admiral on the American station, has been punished for his attack on the Chesapeake, by being promoted to the command of a highly important secret expedition, which sailed from England about the 14th of May—destined, perhaps, to aid Burr in cultivating his Washita lands."
This paragraph is extracted from the Baltimore Evening Post, and without any examination in to the truth of the assertion, has been copied into papers the editors of which pretend to make TRUTH their guide.—But we have the authority of Steele's official Naval List, for May, 1808, as well as verbal advice, still later, to pronounce it a gross and
wicked falsehood—a falsehood originating in a lying spirit, the object of whose fabrication is to involve our country in war. The official Navy List will shew that Berkeley has been kept out of commission, ever since the outrage on the Chesapeake was known in England, and the order for his removal from the lucrative and honourable station at Halifax, could reach the culprit. At the last dates he still remained out of command; nor did there appear the least inclination in the British government to employ him. Besides this, Whitty, who was charged with the murder of Pierce, of New York, though acquitted by the court martial who tried him, has remained out of service ever since that event. We mention these facts merely to contradict democratic falsehoods.—Our opinion of Berkeley's infamous conduct has always been freely and fully expressed; and were we to hear this day that he had been shot on the quarter deck of the Leopard, for that conduct, we should not hesitate to pronounce that justice had been done him.
Columbian Centinel.
NEW YORK, July 25.
The following communication was really written, as it professes to have been, by one of our unfortunate seamen who have by a miserable experiment, been stripped of their employment, and doomed either to perish with hunger, or to seek a subsistence from the pittance of charity. Wretched in the extreme is the condition of many of this useful class of our citizens. Even in this benevolent city—in this once flourishing metropolis, there are seamen who can procure no bed but the pavement, nor any covering but the sky. The complaints of such men ought not to be shut out from the publick papers, nor from the publick ear. May their sufferings and their cries soon reach the hearts of their infatuated government.
MR. LEWIS.
I am one of those men, who are emphatically experiencing the happy effects of that wise and energetic measure called an Embargo. Of the effects of this measure, it appears to me, none but sailors can form a correct estimate. It casts a gloom on every thing around us. Like an east wind upon a field of wheat, it has blasted all our hopes. It leaves us no alternative but to starve, or quit the country. It robs us of our birth right. The very word embargo sounds to us like a death march.
By whom is it, and why is it, that we are thus sacrificed? Have we no claims on our country? Are we mere brutes to be turned into the woods at the caprice of our masters? Have not sailors been as useful to the country as any class of citizens? Who are the men who have box'd the ships about the ocean which have carried the produce of the country to all parts of the world, by which the country has been enriched, and the great men supported? What would the country have been at this time, had it not been for the sailors?—All we want is this—the liberty of trusting ourselves when we wish on the ocean. This liberty is all that is valuable to a sailor. 'Tis that, in fighting for which, the fathers of many of us bled and died; and why are we deprived of it so soon? Is there no relief? Are our voters all asleep?—or do they, or their relations, all hold offices—if so, the Lord have mercy on us!
When Washington was alive, we could always find employment. Then, when our country was threatened, instead of being starved by an embargo, we had the bull dogs upon deck; and we are the boys who know how to handle them, and who would glory in being placed along side of them, between our country and all harm. But other folks command now. We are turned adrift on the stagnant pools of idleness and misery; and soldiers are now raised to defend our country's rights. We have, indeed, a few guns boats afloat; but instead of being used against the enemies of our country, they are pointed at our own citizens.
When the embargo was first laid, it was said it would be raised in three or four months at farthest; but the longer it has been on, the less hope there is of its being taken off at all. It has already existed more than half a year, and where are we now!
Ought not our government, while adopting a measure, which they knew would involve the seamen in deep distress, to have made some provision for alleviating their sufferings? Was this the fact? Not one cent has been appropriated to this object; on the contrary we are left friendless and unpitied, or treated with contumely and hooted out of the country. Other nations adopt the best means to increase their number of seamen; but our nation, under the present administration, contrives the surest measures to get rid of them altogether.
I have lately seen a pamphlet, written by one of our great men, in which much is said concerning American seamen, who have been impressed by the British. The writer says he "cannot stay to account for the fact, why, poor, ignorant and friendless, as most of the seamen are, the voice of their complaints is seldom heard by the great navigating states." But we don't thank these gentlemen for their pretended compassion for us. For a long time we have heard it break forth in truly melancholy strains; but we have seen nothing come to afford us redress. Why, I ask, why have not our present rulers done something effectual to redeem the captive from bondage, or resue the hungry from perishing?—I have seen, during a former administration, men, styling themselves "the friends of the people," portray in the most impressive colours the distresses of impressed seamen; I have seen them by the most base and delusive arts, by false and sophistick declamation, ascend to seats of power, and enjoy the fruits of their disgraceful efforts;—but I have never seen them rescue our enslaved seamen, nor enforce respect for our rights on the ocean. They have held up our complaints to publick view for the purpose of gaining, or keeping power, while they have trampled under foot our rights and our freedom. I have seen my ship-mates dragged on board of foreign ships, and have felt my blood boil in my veins at the insult to my country and cruelty to my countrymen; but what have been my sensations while reflecting on the unprotected state of our ports, the emptiness of our arsenals, the prostration of our national spirit, and the total incapacity of our rulers to compel a respect for our rights, and to vindicate our national honour.
If I understand our rulers, they did not expect, that, at this enlightened period, other nations would treat us unjustly. Why not expect it? Is there less hypocrisy, less villainy in the world now, than formerly? Are men, or nations more honest now than they were an hundred or a thousand years ago? Washington expected injustice from other nations; and in his farewell Address, particularly

cautioned us to be ready at all times to meet it. He recommended to us other preparations of defence than those constituted of ink, paper and sealing-wax. Adams also expected aggression, and met it with energy. Had such men guided the helm of state till this time, we should not have seen our property, on the ocean, divided, without ceremony, among the nations of Europe—we should not have seen so many sailors impressed within sight of Sandy Hook Light House—nor would Berkeley have dared to invade our ships of war.
Is the spirit of '76 extinguished forever? Where then, my ship-mates, shall we obtain redress? He who made us only knows.
While o'er our rights the wild waves beating,
We for friends and country mourn;
Alas! from hence there's no retreating,
Alas! old times will ne'er return.
Still distress is gaining on us,
All enterprise is chok'd below,
Heaven have mercy here upon us,
Only that can save us now.
JACK LANYARD.
July 26.
Vermont and Non-Importation. —We understand that town meetings are taking place in every part of this state to consult on constitutional measures to effect a repeal of the embargo, and with a view to bring about a change of men in favor of such as will consult the interests of the people.
This is a much better method of proceeding than to duck Mr. Jefferson's soldiers in lake Champlain, and carry on their customary business by force.
The soldiers, however, seem as little disposed to enforce as the people to suffer the embargo. It is stated that they are deserting from duty, and the John Falstaff army, our warlike chief had assembled there, is declining to a name.
July 27.
[From the Evening Post.]
WORSE AND WORSE. —We are credibly informed that the schooner Hope, chartered by government as a flag of truce, and lately sent from Washington City to France and England with dispatches, is owned by that notorious swindler and pirate Nathan Hale , and is commanded by one Woodward his brother in law. Hale is sent out in her as bearer of dispatches to Mr. Armstrong at Paris. This is the same fellow who ran off in the year '97 with the American ship Hare , belonging to Isaac Clason of this city—took her into the port of Dieppe, in France, had her condemned, and profited by the robbery. It is said, to the tune of one hundred thousand pounds sterling. The following consoling letter was written to his owner immediately after his arrival at Dieppe.
Copy of a letter from Captain Hale , to I. Clason Esq. —Dieppe, 30th April, 1797.
DEAR SIR,
I take the liberty to inform you of my present situation. When I left you in London last January, for France, my determination was to obtain a French commission, in hopes to get revenge from my infernal enemies; and my good friends in this country granted my request. When I returned to London, my intention was, to cut some vessel out of the Downs; but, by good luck, you had not left London when I returned, and you was good enough to offer me the command of the Hare , which I thought would be a good opportunity for me, as I well knew the principal part of the cargo belonged to my detested enemies, to say the English, and all the cargo consigned in London among the rest of the robbers. All this business I kept to myself, and after leaving the infernal tory-land by the virtue of my commission, I found a safe port in France called Dieppe; my intention was, to have the cargo condemned, but had no idea of the ship sharing the same fate; however, that is the case, and if I were to suffer shipwreck, you, nor no other republican, should suffer on my account; but at present it is out of my power. I expect the damned tory party would cut my throat if it were in their power; however, as long as I live, it will be my only study to annoy them, and if the war continues, they may think themselves lucky if they don't get another bite from me. I hope you will excuse me for taking this liberty with your ship, and hope you may get her restored to you. I wish you would send a copy of this to London, as I am afraid they have forgot me; but they may rest assured I have not forgot the Old Jersey, and the damned violations committed on me in London, and other parts of their infernal dominions. Although the cargo of the Hare does not fall into my hands, it falls into the hands of the republicans, which is the people that I delight in.
I am, Sir,
Your obedient humble servant,
N. HALEY.
Particulars of captain Ichabod Sheffield's throwing over the Turks in the Mediterranean, from on board the schooner Mary Ann , after having been captured by an Algerine frigate of 44 guns, and being in their possession four days. Capt. Sheffield and his crew ought not to go unrewarded for their bravery.
On the 26th of October last, within the Straits of Gibraltar, saw a sail to the northward. On her bearing down she proved to be a frigate with English colours. After firing three shot, which fell near us, the schooner hove too. When along side they hauled down the English colours and hoisted the bloody flag. They sent on board their boat, and took out the captain and three men. After 2 hours detention, the boat returned with the captain on board the schooner, accompanied by nine Algerines, all armed, who steered direct for Algiers. Being in their possession upwards of 90 hours, the captain held a consultation with the mate and cook; when fearing they should never again see the United States they chose rather to die than submit as slaves for life to Turkish tyranny. The vessel at this time was within three miles of the land, and in sight of the shipping in the harbour of Algiers. Accordingly the cook was stationed at the pump and the mate at the cabin door, when the captain threw the grains over the quarter into the sea. Four of the Turks went to the side to see if he had caught a fish. The captain then seized the prize-master and threw him overboard; the mate at the same time seized the one next to him, and did the like; the cook then came to their assistance, they threw overboard the third. The remaining six attacked them very furiously with handspikes. The captain clinched the second prize-master and threw him into the sea, while the mate and cook killed two. Of the remaining three, two who refused to submit were killed; one they preserved and carried safely into Naples, where the vessel fortunately arrived after six days.
During the contest the captain and mate received several desperate blows from the Turks; and while they were on board they compelled the captain and mate to go aloft and assist in navigating the vessel.— M. A.
July 28.
The following proclamation we have translated from the Spanish. It appeared in the Trinidad Courier Extraordinary of the 27th of June, and ought to have accompanied the Spanish documents, inserted in the New York Gazette of Saturday last.
PROCLAMATION.
Be it known to all the inhabitants of this city, that the result of the occurrences of yesterday morning was, that an armed force came forward into the government house, and there asked, among other things, to have named by the constituted authorities, ecclesiastical, secular, and regular, the body of nobility, general officers and of commerce, a SUPREME ASSEMBLY, to resume the jurisdiction, dignity, figure, and power of government; to act and proceed as may be found necessary, until obtaining the end proposed, to defend the religion and country. To this effect they authorise said assembly, in its due form, according to the faculties that the same people think themselves to have a right to, and having accomplished their appointment; and the said assembly having given already some dispositions, they have thought proper to have them published, so that it may be known whose commands must be obeyed.
Gentlemen composing the Supreme Assembly of Government:—President, H. E. Don Francisco Seavedra, H. G. the Archbishop of Laredo, Coadministrator of the Archbishopric of this city, and by his Supremenamerics the Deacon of the Tribunal of the Holy Church, and Don Francisco Xavier Centuegos, Canon of the same; H. E. the Governor Don Nicento Hore. By the Royal Tribunal, Don Francisco Dias Bermudo, the Regent, and Don Juan Fernando Aguirre. By the Nobility, Count de Tylly, the Marquis de la Granina, the Marquis de las Torres, Don Andres Minano, and Don Antonio Zambrano Carrillo de Albornot. By the City, Don Andres Coca, and Don Joseph de Checa. By the General Officers, Don Eusebio de Herrera, and Don Andrian Jacome. By the Corporation, the Deputies Don Antonio Zambrano, and Don Manuel Perozo. By the Publick, Don Joseph Morales Gallego. By the Commerce, Don Victor Soret, and Don Calcedonio Alonso. And by the Religious, the R. B. F. F. Manuel Gil, and Francisco Joseph Ramirez. Don Juan Bautista Esteller, Lieutenant of the 3d Regiment of Artillery, 1st Secretary; and Don Juan Pardo, Adjutant of the Regiment of Farnesia, 2d Secretary; the whole having immediately convened to devise what should be done in benefit of the nation, and in defiance of its enemies, have resolved the following:
That expresses he sent to his Excellency the Captain General of the Province; the Count de Tala was charged with the commission, and also to inform his Excellency in particular what they had agreed upon, and of the intentions of the assembly; and to his Excellency the Commandant General of the Camp of San Roque, and to the Cities of Cordova, Granada and Jaen, to the Provinces of Estremadura, and other cities and villages adjacent thereto, with the view that they may be apprized of the proceedings of this city; that they may unite and exert themselves to obtain the so much desired end.
Let proclamation be drawn and printed in favour of Don Ferdinand VII and give them circulation in all the cities and villages of this jurisdiction, and others of this kingdom.
Let the Regent and Ministers of this Tribunal, and other Judges of this city, continue in their respective offices, so that the administration of justice may not be obstructed.
Let the Stamp Paper circulate for the present until another Seal be ready, with the words, Reign of H. M. Don Ferdinand VII.
Let the Comic Theatre of this city be shut up, and inform the Deacon that he may give notice to the tribunal of the Church, to issue their orders to have publick prayers put up for the success of this Assembly, its dispositions, and the prowess of the Spanish troops.
As to what relates to the army, let Don Antonio de Gregori and Don Thomas Moreno, his Second, devise the best and most effective means. And be it known that this Assembly has agreed to pay to each soldier volunteer 20 cents per day, and a ration of bread, and to the other soldiers five cents per day extra.
To collect funds and financing, this Assembly has appointed Don Francisco Camugos, Don Andres Coca, and Don Antonio Soret; and as superintendents for the distribution of the same Don Thomas Gonzales Carabalal, and Don Antonio Cabrera.
Concerning the Police of this city, it remains under the care of the Justices of the Peace, so that they may give the most effective orders for the tranquillity of the city, and report to this Assembly every particular occurrence.
Don Antonio Zambrano, and Don Manuel Perozo, are commissioned to employ every means they may think proper to provide and take care that the inhabitants may not stand in want of bread during such an interesting crisis.
It is prohibited to all individuals, let their class or condition be what it may, the use of arms, to fire them in the street, or make any noise or disturbance. Those offending shall be punished according to the degree of their crime, and for the disobedience of any transgression against this Assembly, whose authority must be respected and obeyed.
And in order that it may be known to every one, it is ordered to be published and posted at Seville the 25th May, 1808.
DON JUAN B. ESTELLER, 1st Sec'y.
DON JUAN PARDO, 2d Sec'y.
It is agreed, that the members of this Supreme Assembly of Government shall wear the national Cockade, and a red Ribbon, so that they may be known, distinguished, respected and obeyed by the inhabitants of this city and province; and those who may contravene against it, shall immediately be conducted to jail, and punished with rigour, and according to the degree of offence.
For the intelligence of every one let it be printed and posted.
JUAN BT. ESTELIER, 1st Sec'y.
Seville, 25th May, 1808.
NEW-ORLEANS, June 18.
We learn from Baton Rouge, that serious apprehensions have been entertained by governor Grand Pre of a rebellion against the government of his Catholic Majesty, and that Major Ellis, formerly of this city has been arrested, and is in close custody.
A report has been in circulation since yesterday morning, founded it is said, on the authority of a letter from Havana, that a new vice-roy for Mexico has reached that place. He is said to be a Frenchman by birth, but emigrated early, and bears the Spanish title of nobility. We presume he comes out under the new king— Mark this!
INDIAN WAR.
St. Louis, May 26.
SIR, The bearer hereof is a chief among the Delawares who reside on Apple Creek in this territory. He has been selected by the Delawares, Shawnees, Miamies, &c. in your territory the substance of speech which I lately made to the Shawnees and Delawares at this place, with respect to the Osage nation.
The Osage have killed one of our citizens more than 18 months since and have failed to deliver the murderer, they have beaten, maimed, wounded and otherwise insulted and mal-treated others; they have stolen a large number of our horses, they have wantonly killed and destroyed our cattle, they have plundered our frontier inhabitants of their clothes, house hold furniture, &c. destroying such articles as were not portable, and from late information received by the traders who have recently returned from their villages, it appears that they evince a hostile disposition towards us, and consequently that other and exaggerated depredations may be expected. I have in several late conferences with the Shawnees, Delawares, Kikapoos, Soos, Saires, Jaways, &c. declared the Osage no longer under the protection of the United States, and set them at liberty to adjust their several differences with that abandoned nation in their own way, but have prohibited their attacking them except with a sufficient force to destroy or drive them from our neighbourhood. The White Hair the great chief of the Osage is now with me, he has found it impracticable to govern this nation, and has therefore repaired to this place for protection. The traders have been ordered to leave their villages, as have also the hunters and all other white persons to quit their country; a considerable number had already arrived and the others are daily expected. Under these circumstances I hope that you will permit the Indians in your territory to take their own measures for attacking the Osage. It is possible that a part of the militia of Louisiana will be employed on this service. The expedition will move about the 20th of September.
Accept the assurances of my most friendly regard.
MERIWETHER LEWIS.
His excellency, Wm. H. Harrison, Gov. of Indiana Territory.
On Saturday the 6th instant, will be Sold at Auction for ready money, before the New-Market, at 10 o'Clock,
27,000 wt. COFFEE,
Entitled to drawback.
James Maurice.
August 3.
NOTICE.
On Tuesday next the 9th inst. will be
Sold at the House of Samuel Treat, in Portsmouth,
All his HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE,
Consisting of
Mahogany Tables, Chairs, Bedsteads, Beds, &c.—Also a Negro Woman and Child; some Books and other articles. The above to be sold under sundry deeds of trust, executed by said Treat (now about leaving this state) to the Trustees—Terms, Ready Money.
Portsmouth, August 3.
On Saturday the 6th of August next, at 2 o'Clock in the afternoon, Will be Sold at Publick Auction for ready money, at the Store of Nathaniel Denby,
Two likely NEGRO MEN,
by virtue of a Deed in Trust executed by James Burton, deceased, to secure the payment of a debt due to Nathaniel Denby.
Nansemond, July 20.
The Trustees.
Lunatick Hospital, Williamsburg, July 30, 1808.
NOTICE.
The Cells appropriated for Male Patients are now full—As soon as there are any of them vacant, the publick will be notified thereof. By order of the Court of Directors,
3
W. Russell, C. C.
Those Ladies and Gentlemen of the Borough
who have deferred their departure for the present on account of the very flattering encouragement received within a few days.
TODD'S PROFILE ROOM,
No. 134, main, corner of Fenchurch-street, near the Theatre—In justice to himself, T. thinks it necessary particularly to specify his No. to prevent mistakes in future—is the Professor of Physiognomy at No. 106, Main-street, has thought it at least as unnecessary to announce his name either by advertisement, hand-bill, sign or stamp, as to catalogue his own ingenuity.
August 9.
FOR BOSTON,
The Brig SUMNER, Capt. Malcome, will sail in three or four days, and will take a small freight on moderate terms, or passengers, having excellent accommodations. Apply on board at the end of Marsden's wharf, or to
Martin Fisk.
July 29.
On Wednesday the 10th inst. at 12
o'Clock, will be sold at Auction, at the house of Mr. William Davis, Gosport,
1 likely NEGRO GIRL; 1 HORSE,
2 COWS, and sundry Articles, belonging to the estate of William Davis, deceased.
The Executor.
August 1.
FOR SALE,
At reduced prices at my Office,
19 Hogheads } SUGAR. 40 tierces } 7 pipes } Old Madeira WINE, 6 hogheads } 8 quarter casks } 20 tierces Rice; 250 bags Coffee, 30 chests Young Hyson Tea; 20 hogheads Molasses, 2 bales Halfbacks and Plains, 3 trunks Calicoes, 1 box coarse Linen; 1 trunk Jacomet Muslin and Dimities, 1 trunk 325 pounds sterling, Watches and Jewellery. William B. Lamb.
TO RENT.
The Store and Dwelling-House on Market Square, lately occupied by Mr. Vincent Parlato. August 1.
JOHN PENDRED'S
Boot and Shoe Manufactory,
No. 70, MAIN-STREET.
The publick 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 Cossacks, executed with the greatest dispatch. August 1.
Just received from New-York, a fresh supply of BARNE'S DOUBLE ALE,
which will be sold at the rate of thirty-seven and a half cents per gallon out of the house; the same and no other on draught in the house at the usual price.
Families or Masters of Vessels can be furnished with barrels, halfbarrels, or small kegs of the above at a short notice.
William Toukin,
Corner of Wide Water and Commerce-Streets.
N. B. Will be kept for the accommodation of customers, a constant supply of BARNE'S DOUBLE ALE and Philadelphia PORTER in bottles. July 15.
NOTICE.
The partnership of Wilson, Cunningham & Co having been dissolved by mutual consent—all those indebted, as well as those who have claims against them, are requested to settle the same with Alexander Wilson or J. B. Cunningham, who are fully authorised to liquidate the business of said concern.
William Pennock, Alexander Wilson, James B. Cunningham.
Norfolk, July 15, 1808.
The business heretofore carried on by the above firm will be continued by the Subscribers, under the firm of Wilson & Cunningham.
Alexander Wilson, James B. Cunningham.
ADVERTISEMENT.
To a Gentleman who has not been seen or heard of by his friends in his native country since March, 1806.
This gentleman may with perfect safety, both as to publick and private concerns, impart his situation and place of residence to THE EDITOR OF THIS PAPER, who can give him any information about his family. This advertisement is made by those most interested in him, and the reference may be confided in.—The gentleman to whom it is addressed, will know it by these circumstances. He left his native country in March 1806.—He was the only surviving son of his father, whose name was Thomas, born 1740, and married M. E. His brother John who was elder than him, had died before. His twin sisters were C. & A. of whom the former was dead before 1806. He was born in the parish of B. where the estate of his ancestors is. Educated at I. in the county of R., and taken care of by his aunt Cecilia. July 15.
NOTICE.
All persons indebted to the estate of WILLIAM DAVIS, deceased, are requested to come forward and make payment; those to whom said estate is indebted are desired to bring in their claims authenticated. William Dickson, Executor. Portsmouth, July 22.
WHITE JEANS, &c.
Just Received
A few pieces very fine White JEANS, Real Patent NANKKEENS, Best NAVY CLOTHS, and fashionable BUTTONS. For Sale by
WOOD & HASTINGS.
May 9.
On Hand,
A few qr. casks of choice Teneriffe
WINE,
And a few kegs fresh Dutch HERRINGS.—For sale by the Subscriber.
April 25.
Moses Myers.
WILLIAM PENNOCK
Has removed his Counting-Room to No. 4. on his own wharf July 29.
At the Old CUT-NAIL Manufactory, corner of Main and Church-streets, the subscriber keeps on hand constant supply, and can furnish at short notice, any quantity of
Nails, Flooring Brads and Sprigs,
At the following reduced prices, by the Keg—for cash only, viz—
8, 10, 12, and 20d Nails and Brads at 7 1-2d lb.
6d. Nails, 9 1-2d
4d. do. 2s. 9d. m. or 11d
3d. do. 2s. 3d. or 12 1-2d
Sheathing, 7 1-2d
6d. Sprigs, 4s 6d per M.
6d. do. 2s 9d
2d. and 3d. do. 2s. 3d
He offers also for cash only—
HOOP IRON ASSORTED.
Thos. Seaman.
WALKER'S Packet will sail for Baltimore on Saturday next. August 3.
HERBERT'S Packet will sail for Baltimore on Thursday next. August 1.

TRIAL OF COMMODORE BARRON.
As soon as a sufficient number of Subscriptions are procured, to defray the cost of the Paper, WILL BE PUBLISHED, AT THE LEDGER OFFICE,
NORFOLK, THE WHOLE PROCEEDINGS IN THE TRIALS OF Commodore JAMES BARRON, Capt.
CHARLES GORDON, Commandant of the United States' frigate Chesapeake, JOHN HALL, Esq. Captain of Marines, and WILLIAM HOOK, Gunner.
These Trials will be found highly interesting to the public in general, and to the Officers of the United States' Navy in particular. Every circumstance relative to the important affair, which gave occasion for these Trials, will be found detailed with great exactness; and many official documents which have not yet been published will appear with this work. The interest which the nation has taken in this affair, and the circumstances connected with it, render it unnecessary that the Publisher should offer any remarks upon the value of the work. Officers of the Navy will be greatly interested in having the proceedings of the most important Trials that have occurred in the service.
The Publisher has been favoured with a record of the proceedings; he will pay particular attention to the correct execution of the work, which it is expected will contain from two hundred and fifty to three hundred pages, octavo.
CONDITIONS. I. The work will be printed on a good fair type, and on good paper. II. The price to Subscribers will be One Dollar and Seventy-five Cents, in boards, delivered at any place where Subscriptions are received, according to order. III. The amount of Subscription to be paid on delivery of the Work. IV. The usual allowance to the trade. Subscription Papers will be sent in a few days to the principal towns in the United States, of which notice will be given in the papers of those towns. To the EDITORS OF PAPERS who will give this advertisement a few insertions, the Publisher will be much obliged, and reciprocate whenever they may request it.
The Editor of the Publick Ledger.
SAMUEL COLEMAN, Market-Street, westward of the Market, has established
A Boot and Shoe MANUFACTORY.
For this purpose he has employed the journeyman who were lately in the service of Mr. Walker—as those are said to be the best workmen in the place, and as he is determined to spare no expense in getting the best materials, it is probable that those who will be well served who choose to promote an institution so favourable to the interests of Norfolk, inasmuch as that it will give employment to a considerable number of people, and it will be made extensive in proportion to the encouragement given to it.
New SHOES from New-York, as usual for Sale—such as have been generally sold in retail at 9s. and 8s. 3d. for 7s. 6d.; those at 15s. for 13s. 6d. except of Morocco leather; Ladies' Morocco Slippers at 8s. 3d. for 7s. 6d. and in nearly the same ratio for every other kind of Shoes, where the former prices will bear reduction.
Gentlemen's SHOES and PUMPS of many kinds, made in his factory, and in Newark.
VERNON'S BOOTS,
which are no doubt elegant—Having on hand nearly 200 pair of Boots, he believes there are very few gentlemen who cannot be fitted.
A few hundred bushels of ground Alum Salt; India Cottons, &c. &c. as low as they can be sold for a profit, for Cash.
A few Casks of Best LONDON PORTER.
July 6
NORFOLK BOROUGH.
At a Hastings Court continued and
held the 25th day of May, 1808.
Cornelius Cruywaygan, Compt
against
Marizitz Boztells and Moses Myers, Defendants.
The defendant Marizitz Boztells not having entered his appearance and given security according to the act of assembly and the rules of this court; and it appearing to the satisfaction of the court that he is not an inhabitant of this commonwealth: on the motion of the complainant by his counsel, it is now ordered that the said defendant Marizitz Boztells, do appear here on the fourth Monday in July next, and answer the bill of the complainant, and that a copy of this order be forthwith inserted in some Newspaper printed in this Borough for eight weeks successively, and posted at the front door of the Court-House of the said Borough: and the said defendant Moses Myers who hath effects of the said Marizitz Boztells in his hands, do not pay, convey away, or secret such effects, but retain them until the further order or decree of this court.
A Copy, Teste, WILLIAM SHARP, C. C.
NORFOLK BOROUGH.
At a Hastings Court continued and
held the 24th day of May, 1808.
Thomas Jones, Compt
against
Thomas Wright, administrator with the will annexed of Thomas Newton, deceased, Defendant.
The defendant not having entered his appearance and given security according to the act of assembly and the rules of this court; and it appearing to the satisfaction of the court that he is not an inhabitant of this commonwealth: on the motion of the complainant by his counsel, it is ordered that the said defendant do appear here on the fourth Monday in July next, and answer the bill of the complainant, and that a copy of this order be forthwith inserted in one of the Newspapers printed in this Borough for eight weeks successively, and posted at the front door of the Court-House of the said Borough.
A Copy, Teste, WILLIAM SHARP, C. C.
VIRGINIA, to wit:
At a Chancery District Court held in
the City of Williamsburg, the 26th day of April 1808.
Robert, John, and Frances Howard, infants under the age of twenty one years, by Henry Howard their father and next friend, Plaintiffs.
Against Mary Scaler, widow and devisee for life of John Scaler, deceased, Richard and William S. Scaler, sons and devisees of the said John Scaler, deceased, Edmund Tabb, Frances Tabb an infant under the age of twenty one years, Frances Powell, Elizabeth Smith, and Miles Cary, executor of John Scaler, deceased, and as executor of the said John, who was executor of Richard Scaler, deceased, Defendants.
On the motion of the plaintiffs by their counsel, Sarah Tabb is assigned guardian to the infant defendant Frances Tabb, to defend her in this suit, and the defendant Edmund Tabb not having entered his appearance and given security according to the Act of Assembly and the rules of this Court; and it appearing to the Court that he is not an inhabitant of this country: It is ordered, that the said defendant do appear here on the first day of the next term, and answer the bill of the plaintiffs, and that a copy of this order be forthwith inserted in one of the Newspapers published in the Borough of Norfolk, for two months successively, and posted at the front door of the former capitol in this city.
A Copy, Anthony Robinson, C. C.
DR. ROBERTSON'S
Celebrated Stomachick Elixir of Health.
Which has proved by experience, to be the most valuable medicine, ever yet offered to the publick for curing the Gout, Cramp, and wind in the Stomach: also a certain cure for the Dysentery, or Bloody Flux, Cholera Morbus, severe Gripings, and all other diseases of the bowels, and it never fails to remove a cold if taken soon after its first appearance. It is also celebrated for carrying off superfluous bile, removing habitual costiveness, sickness at the Stomach, severe head-ache, &c. &c.
The following certificates are selected from the many respectable ones lately received by the proprietor, and are now in his possession.
Certificate of Mr. William Julian, carpenter and builder, No. 63, South Fifth-Street, Philadelphia.
SIR—My wishes to promote the interest of superior merit, and to afford consolation to the afflicted, induces me to request you will lay my case before the publick, as an incontrovertible proof of the astonishing efficacy of Dr. Robertson's invaluable Stomachick Elixir of Health.
I do hereby certify, that I was seized most violently with the dysentery, or bloody flux, which reduced me so much that I was confined to my bed, and became so weak that I could not move without assistance. My situation at that time became seriously alarming, as no relief could be obtained. I was given over, and even death would have been desirable to me, had not a friend of mine, who by chance called to see me, who had just recovered from a similar complaint, though not so severe as mine. He informed me that he was cured by taking Dr. Robertson's Stomachick Elixir of Health, and advised me to send to you for a bottle. I immediately did so, and by following your instructions given with the bottle, before I had taken half a bottle, I found myself much relieved, and my disorder greatly abated, and by continuing to take it in one week I was able to walk out, and in less than a fortnight was able to attend to my business.
I therefore recommend every family to be provided with this invaluable medicine, particularly those who live at a distance in the country, where assistance cannot be immediately obtained. As I am convinced that Dr. Robertson's Stomachick Elixir of Health, is the most effectual remedy in the world. I have since recommended it to several of my friends in similar complaints, who have always been relieved immediately after taking it. Should any person with to be more fully convinced of my case, I will with pleasure explain it to them by applying to me.
I am with a due sense of the benefit I have received thro' the efficacy of your medicine, Sir, your humble servant, WM JULION.
MR DYOTT, Philadelphia, July 15th, 1807.
Certificate of Mr. George Stokes, South Water-Street, Philadelphia.
SIR—For the benefit of the afflicted, I think proper to inform you that Dr. Robertson's Elixir of Health, has been to me, of the most essential service. I had been a long time afflicted with a pain in my stomach, and continual head-ache, attended with a sickness at the stomach, which brought on a vomiting and lax, which continued on me until I became in a very weak state, without being able to get any relief, until I tried one bottle of Dr. Robertson's Elixir of Health, which entirely cured my disorder, except a weakness and want of appetite, for which I have since taken Dr. Robertson's Stomachick Wine Bitters, which quite restored my strength and appetite, and I now enjoy better health than I experienced for many months before—As I consider your medicines to have been the means of giving my life, I solicit you to publish my case for the benefit of others, who by abiding by the directions given with your invaluable medicines, will embrace the same means by which I have happily effected my recovery.
I am, Sir, your obedient servant, GEORGE STOKES.
MR DYOTT, Philadelphia, August 1, 1807.
ADDITIONAL CERTIFICATES.
Of Mr. John T. Solomon, Sixth near Race-Street, Philadelphia.
SIR—For the good of the publick and benefit of the afflicted, I think proper to inform you, that having laboured for upwards of six months, under a very bad cough, attended with a difficulty of breathing, pains in my breast and side, and a sickness at my stomach; having lost all appetite, I became so very much reduced in my strength as to be unable to walk. I was considered in a consumption, and given up for a lost man. In this hopeless situation I had recourse to Dr. Robertson's Stomachick Elixir of Health, and to my great astonishment, before I had taken one bottle, found myself very much relieved. I expected a great quantity of phlegm, which has eased me of one of the most violent coughs that ever man had; I have taken it regularly ever since, and now find myself completely recovered, and that certainly, for the benefit received, recommend it as far as I can, believing it to be a most efficacious medicine in the above complaint.
I am, Sir, with great respect, Your obliged humble servant, JOHN T. SOLOMON.
MR T. W. DYOTT. August 22.
Certificate of Mr. John Lee, Philadelphia.
DEAR SIR—By the administration of Dr. Robertson's Elixir of Health, and that the publick may be acquainted with the good effect I have received from it, I wish you to publish the following:
About a fortnight ago I was seized with the influenza, or a violent cold attended with a pain in my limbs, and a violent cough, which settled on my lungs, and having been for some time before in a weakly state, I expected a consumption must soon have followed, had I not been advised to try Dr. Robertson's Elixir of Health, which has effectively removed my complaint, and I now feel better health than I have for some time before. It is impossible to say too much in favour of this invaluable medicine, as I am clearly convinced it is the most efficacious remedy ever offered to the publick, in the above complaint.
I am, Sir, your obliged servant, JOHN LEE.
MR DYOTT. November 11.
The above Medicine is sold wholesale and retail by the proprietor, T. W. DYOTT, No. 11, North Second-Street, Philadelphia; and by appointment at BONSAL & CONRAD'S Book Store, Norfolk; and at SOMERVELL & CONRAD'S, Petersburg. May 25. lawly
NOTICE.
Whereas an advertisement specifying a notice appeared in the Herald, of Monday the 25th inst. signed by John Millerson and Henry Lamont, cautioning and forbidding all persons from harbouring or purchasing certain Negroes therein named from Fowler Hunter, they having been sold under a bill of sale from said Hunter to Ward Millerson, deceased. This therefore is to further caution every person or persons whatever, from purchasing any of said Negroes from the said John Millerson and Henry Lamont, or a certain William Haynes, who has taken unnecessary and unpremeditated steps, already in violation of the law, which he will be good enough to answer for hereafter, as I am determined to take legal steps with them that do—Not a single cent has yet been paid for said Negroes by Ward Millerson, deceased, or any other person, either before or since his death, or was ever intended to be paid, it being well known that Ward Millerson never was able to purchase one Negro, leaving aside sixteen or eighteen slaves, all which will be proved by respectable witnesses to the satisfaction of the court.
Fowler Hunter. July 27.
FOR RENT.
That convenient Dwelling-House, on Brewer Street, the property of Mr. John Davidson, at present occupied by Mr. Stephen Harris.
Also,
That commodious House on Catharine-street, at present occupied by Mr. James Dykes, ad joining the subscriber; they have excellent gardens, and all convenient out-houses. For terms apply to
James Tucker. July 20.
ENGLISH KID SHOES.
WOOD & HASTINGS,
HAVE JUST RECEIVED,
I trunk fashionable English Kid Shoes,
For Sale at a very low price.
To close a consignment, they will sell the best of
Hussar BOOTS at 8 Dolls. per pair,
Backstrap do. at 10 do. tf do.
June 9
A Cargo of Liverpool Stoved SALT,
For Sale on board the ship Mars.
Moses Myers. April 18.
FOR RENT.
The Store, Compting-Room & Cellar,
at present occupied by Messrs. Wood & Hastings, no. 90, Main-street. Apply to
Thomas Willock. August 24.
I will give Cash for barrel STAVES
for fifteen days from this date.
Moses Myers. June 6.
The Subscriber having resumed his former Business of
Commissioner and Broker,
will buy or sell Goods on Commission, post Books, adjust Accounts, and procure Money on good paper or merchandise, at the shortest notice.
James Maurice, No. 44, Church-Street M. 39.
FOR RENT.
The STORE in Market-Square, now
occupied by the subscriber. For terms apply at his office.
Thomas Blanchard. April 7.
6000 bushels Stoved SALT,
50 crates well assorted Earthenware—For Sale on board the ship Sally, by
A. Maclure. March 2.
Leather, Cordage, and Loaf Sugar.
The subscriber will hereafter expose for Sale at his Ware-house on Campbell's wharf the above Articles, of the manufacture of Norfolk, at reduced prices for Cash, or on short credits only.
Theo. Armistead. Feb. 20.
He will sell or lease for a term of years, the STORES at
the end of Marsden's and Rothery's wharves.
Richard Jeffrey & Co. Feb. 20.
No. 66, Main-Street, corner of Bank-Street, have just re-
ceived from London, per the ship Planter,
An assortment of MEDICINES,
of the first quality.
Also, a few hundred weight refined Salt Petre, Hartham's Snuff, No 9, and 37, in 1-2 and 1-4 pound canisters,
Violet, Benzoin, Windsor and Shaving Soap, Evan's best Crown Lancets, Tooth Brushes of superior kind, Refined Liquorice, &c.
They have on hand, and are in daily expectation of receiving from Amsterdam, all kinds of GLASS WARE, suitable to Apothecaries.
MEDICINE CHESTS for ships and family use, with printed directions, put up as usual.
October 5.
Fresh Imperial TEA.
Just received 17 boxes fresh Imperial TEA, of the present year's importation. Also on Hand,
25 tons assorted BAR IRON,
80 barrels and a few hogsheads Muscovado Sugar, 40 barrels and bags Green Coffee; 25 hds. old Antigua Rum, 20 hds. Molasses; 8 pipes French Brandy, 10 crates assorted Queen's Ware,
A few quarter casks of Sherry and Teneriffe Wine, Whiskey in barrels; Loaf Sugar, New York prime Pork and Beef; 30 casks Cheese, A few barrels Mackerel; Soap; Candles; Demijohns, &c.
For Sale by Jennings & Roddey. February 26.
FOR SALE,
4000 bushels Ground Allum SALT,
And a few well assorted crates of EARHENWARE.
George Murray, & Co. December 7.
For SALE at my Brew-House,
Strong, Table, and Ship BEER, by
the hogshead, barrel, and half barrel—and a constant supply of bottled PORTER in packages and by the dozen.
And in Store,
Wines, Liquors, and Groceries,
wholesale and retail.
Joseph Hayes. Feb. 13.
Mackinder & White,
Have just received from on board the schooner Liberty, Capt. Lewis, from Philadelphia,
150 boxes fresh Imperial and Hyson
TEAS, of superior quality.
ALSO,
A fresh supply of Hollands GIN,
Ticklenburgs, superfine Cloths, Gentlemen's Silk Hats, Parasols, &c.—Which they offer for Sale on the lowest terms, for cash or approved notes.
N. B. A few barrels of prime Smithfield MESS PORK. April 15.
ADVERTISEMENT.
A good Price will be given for the
First Vol. of the History of France,
BY GIFFORD.
This Book was sent to the late Mr. M'rick to be bound, and sold at Auction with the rest. Apply at the Ledger Office. April 29.
Two thousand Spanish HIDES,
For Sale by
William Plume, & Co. June 6.
NOTICE.
The partnership of Ellis & Sprigg, of
Hampton, is this day by mutual consent dissolved—all persons indebted to the said firm are requested most earnestly to come forward and pay their respective balances to Mr. C. Sprigg; and all those who have claims against said firm, to produce them to said C. Sprigg for settlement.
Samuel Ellis, Per his Attorney in fact, Robert Gibson, Corbin Sprigg. Hampton, February 17.
FOR CASH or approved Discountable Paper,
20 bales best Russia CANVAS,
1 do. Ravens Duck; 1 do. Mattress Tickling, 65 packages German Linen—For Sale by
Niemeyer & Von Kapff. February 26.
Norfolk Drawbridge.
The Directors have declared a dividend
of Fifty Six Cents on the Stock of this Company, for the half year ending the 10th inst. which will be paid to the Stock holders or their legal representatives after the 10th August next.
William Cammack, Treasurer. July 13.
LANDING
This Day from the schooner Adventure and brig Eliza,
55 hlids. sup. qual. Muscovado Sugar,
34 do. and 40 quarter casks particular Teneriffe WINE—For Sale by
Moses Myers. July 6.
1500 sacks SALT, Liverpool filled,
6000 bushels do. loose, and 30 crates Earthenware—For Sale on board the Ship Sachem, by
A. Maclure. May 6.
We have for SALE on our Wharf,
200 hogsheads MOLASSES,
53 do. superior quality Muscovado Sugars, 37 do. inferior
238 bags Guadalupe Coffee; 101 puncheons Rum, 60,000 wt. Jamaica Coffee, in hhd. barrels and bags, 10,000 do. La Guira do. 30 keys Raisins, 20 cases superior quality Claret, 6000 bushels Rye, 6500 do. St. Ubes, 2500 do. Turks-Island, 8,000 do. coarse Liverpool Salt, 10 pipes old Madeira Wine; 4 do. Country Gin, 50 barrels Rye Whiskey; 20 hlids. Philadelphia Porter, 1 new 14 inch Cable 120 fathoms.
C. & F. Whittle. July 13.
The Subscriber is disposed to Con-
tract for a quantity of BRICKS and LIME. Terms will be made known on application to
John Saunders, Ast. M. Agent Fort