Norfolk gazette and publick ledger (Norfolk [Va.]), 1804-08-23 00:00:00

NORFOLK GAZETTE AND PUBLICK LEDGER.
VOL. I.]
THURSDAY, AUGUST 23, 1804.
[NO. 17.
FOR FREIGHT OR CHARTER,
To a port in Europe, or the West Indies, THE SHIP VIRGINIA, Capt. James Petrie. Burthen about 600 Tons—built of Teck Wood, and cop- pered to the bends. She can be ready to receive a cargo in a few days. For terms apply to John Newell, jun. Who has for sale about 1300 BUILDING STONES, received by the said ship from Bourdeaux. August 21. tf 94
FOR CHARLESTON,
(To sail the 25th inst.) THE BRIG COMMERCE, Capt. Bozier. Has good accommodation for passengers. For freight or passage, apply to Donaldson, Thorburn & Co. Who are now landing from on board the Schooner Mart , 20 Tierces RICE. August 21. 3 83
FOR LONDON,
THE SHIP PLANTER, Wilson Boosh, Master. Having three-fourths of her cargo engaged, will positively sail in three weeks. For freight or passage, (having elegant accommodations) apply to the captain or Donaldson, Thorburn & Co. WHO HAVE FOR SALE, 460 Barrels Superfine FLOUR, made from new wheat—now a-float. August 18. 6 78
ROBERTSON & BROWN,
HAVE FOR SALE, Trinidad and St. Vincents SUGARS. 30 puncheons fine old RUM. Madeira WINE.—And 80 hogheads James River TOBACCO. THEY WANT TO CHARTER, A VESSEL, of 5 to 700 barrels burthen, for a Wind- ward Island. Aug. 18. 6 83
FOR SALE OR CHARTER,
The American Ship ELIZA, John Evans, Master. Burthen 430 hogheads of tobacco, now ready to receive a cargo—ALSO, FOR FREIGHT OR CHARTER, To a port in France, with Tobacco only, The American Ship NANCY, Captain Turner. Burthen 320 hogheads—just arrived from Bourdeaux, and now discharging 47 hogheads of prime CLARET, which we offer for sale. C. & F. Whittle. August 16. tf 75
CASH GIVEN FOR White and Red Oak, drawn Hhd. Staves.
FOR CHARTER,
THE SHIP COURTNEY, William Bryant, Master. Burthen 270 Hhds. of tobacco, and now ready to re- ceive a cargo. Apply to the Master on board, or to William Pennock. Who are now landing from on board said ship, and offers for sale, 10 Pipes Particular, and 10 Pipes Common, } TENERIFFE WINE. August 11. tf 70
FOR FREIGHT OR CHARTER,
The strong new British Brig HOPE, Captain McGeorge. Burthen about 900 Hhds. now ready to receive a cargo— a freight to Liverpool or Glasgow, will be preferred— Apply to R. Maitland & Co. August 11. tf 68
FOR LONDON,
THE SHIP CUMBERLAND, Joseph Blake, Master. Will sail with all convenient speed, three fourths of her cargo being now ready. For Freight of the remainder, or Passage, apply to the Master on board, or to Wm. Pennock. August 11. tf 71
FOR SALE,
A choice parcel of Grenada RUM, now landing from on board the Brig Regulator . For terms apply to John Brown, Rothery's Wharf. August 9. tf 65
WHO WILL SELL HIS
Brig REGULATOR, on very low terms if application be made in the course of a few days, or will take a freight to the West Indies, if applied for in the course of ten days.
WE WANT
A vessel of 150 Hogsheads, for a Port in France—imme- diate dispatch will be given. C. & F. Whittle. July 31. tf 49 A few barrels Superfine Flour, of old Wheat, a-float.
FOR CHARTER,
THE SHIP ANACREON, Jabez Fletcher, Master. Has only made one passage—will carry about 400 Hhds. of tobacco, and is esteemed by judges, one of the completest ships in the harbour. Apply to the master on board, or to William Pennock. WHO OFFERS FOR SALE, 20,000 feet of Boards, on board said ship. July 28. tf 47
Now Landing on Warren's Wharf, A CHOICE PARCEL OF Old particular Madeira WINES, in Pipes, Hhds. and Quarter Casks.—ALSO, a few barrels of WALNUTS, from on board the brig Ann Elizabeth , from Madeira—which will be sold on low terms if applied for in a few days. John Brown, Rothery's Wharf. August 14. tf 74
Who wishes to Sell, Freight or Charter, The above Brig ANN ELIZABETH, Burthen 1300 Barrels. She will be in complete order for a cargo in two days.
FOR LONDON OR LIVERPOOL,
The American Ship REBECCA, Captain Fraser. Burthen about 400 Hhds. tobacco—just arrived from Rot- terdam—can take in cargo in 3 days; and will go to ei- ther port, for which 200 hds. are first offered. George Murray & Co.
FOR SALE,
50 Pipes GIN, received by the Rebecca. ALSO, TOBACCO chosen for the West-India Market. A few hds. of excellent CLARET. A quantity of RICE. 1800 Bbls. FLOUR, greater part back country S. Fine. 200 Half do. do. 5300 Bbls. CORN, to be delivered on a few days notice. August 14. tf 73
A neat Two Story House, with a Shed, in that part of the Town of Portsmouth, leading to the Cottage; agreeably situated, with two lots adjoining. For terms enquire of the sub- scriber. Who wants a Freight FOR THE BRIG GEORGE, Momently expected from New- York. John Cox. July 21. 1m 28.
SLATE.
I HAVE NOW ON HAND AND FOR SALE, A LARGE quantity of SLATE, (which is said by good judges to be equal to any,) and will contract for any quantity, to be delivered in a short time. William Hartshorne, jun. August 18. 6w 79
LANDING THIS DAY ON WARREN'S WHARF,
113 Tierces RICE. 10 Hogheads SUGAR. 10 do. MOLASSES. For Sale by Warren Ashley. August 2. tf 53
TO BE SOLD,
On Thursday the 20th day of next month, (September,) at 12 o'clock, before the Exchange Coffee-House, in this Borough, for READY MONEY, A VALUABLE TRACT OF LAND, LYING in the county of Nansemond, and known by the name of Everett's Bridge Plantation —about nine miles from Suffolk, and twelve from Smithfield. The ad- vantages which this valuable tract possesses, are well known as not to require a more particular description.—ALSO, At the same time will be SOLD, upon the same terms, Two very likely Negro Boys. ** The above Tract of Land and Negroes, will be sold under a Deed in Trust, from Willis Wilkinson, de- ceased, and his Wife, to satisfy a debt due to Moses Myers, and Warren Ashley. The Trustee. August 18. ts 80
COLOGNE MILL-STONES.
THE SUBSCRIBERS HAVE COLOGNE MILL-STONES, of all dimensions, from Hand-Mill-Stones of 22 inches, to those of 4 feet 8 inches, of the best quality.—ALSO, BAR and ROD IRON, and STEEL, of all kinds. Jesse Hollingsworth & Son. Baltimore, Aug. 15. tf 77
FOR SALE,
Ten Shares in the Dismal Swamp Canal.—The lowest rate 220 dollars. Apply at this office. August 18. 3 84
BILLS ON PHILADELPHIA.
Apply to C. & F. Whittle. July 24. 38
A PRESSMAN
Well acquainted with his business, will meet with constant employment and good wa- ges at the office of the PUBLICK LEDGER.
FALL GOODS.
RICHARD TAYLOR, HAS received, by the brig Commerce , from London, an extensive assortment of FALL GOODS, which he offers for sale on moderate terms, for cash, or good paper—and he is in daily expectation of receiving a large assortment of WOOLLENS, IRISH LINENS, and HARDWARE, by the ship Butts , from Liverpool. August 21. 2m 91
FALL GOODS.
WE are now landing from the brig Commerce , from London, an extensive assortment of FALL GOODS, among which, are assorted packages, calculated for the West India market, entitled to draw-back; which will be sold at low advance, by Gilliat & Mackinder. August 21. tf 92
Will be landed this day on Newton's Wharf, from on board the Schooner Ann Eliza , Capt. Small , from Aux Cayes, 75,000 wt. GREEN COFFEE. For sale by Wilson, Cunningham & Co. August 21. tf 86
NOTICE.
ALL persons having claims against the estate of Louis L'Orient, deceased, are desired to bring them in properly attested to William Vaughan, Adm'or. August 21. tf 90
Mathematical Instruments, &c.
Received by the Ship Suff'k , Capt. Moor , from London, and for sale by LEVIN DORSEY, No. 27, Wide-Water-Street, Town Point. ADAM'S Patent Globes, 12 inches diameter, with compasses in the bottom, very complete. Quadrants, black and red ebony, with single and double observation. Ditto—with tangent screws, 12 inches. Aerometric Telescopes, for night and day, on the latest and most improved construction, in a portable size, with fiding sun-shade. Telescopes, of the common kind, for night and day ob- servations, or for day only, of every description. Circumferentors, of the best qualities. Mariner's Compasses, in brass and wood. Pocket Compasses, in brass, of different sizes. Time Glasses—hour, half hour, 28, and 14 seconds. Gunter's Scales; Brass Dividers; &c. &c. Likewise the following Articles, FOR THE USE OF NAVIGATORS. Hamilton Moore's Epitome and Affiant. General Charts of the Coast of America, from Boston to Philadelphia. Ditto—Continued, with directions. Ditto—West-Indies, and Demerary, with directions. Ditto—Windward Islands, with do. Ditto—Gulf of Florida, with do. Ditto—Windward Passage, with do. West-India Pilot, with directions. ALSO, A few tons of Baltimore Bar-Iron, afforded, by the ton or less quantity—Competition Boils and Spikes—Bouches —Carriage wheel boxes, of all sizes—all which he will warrant good. N. B. All kinds of MATHEMATICAL INSTRUMENTS repaired, at the shortest notice. ** Orders for every species of Brass-Castings received and immediately executed at his foundery, and the work delivered as above. August 7. tf 53
Office of Discount and Deposit,
Norfolk, July 24, 1804. WANTED TO PURCHASE, A few thousand Pounds Sterling, in approved endorsed Bills on London, at sixty days, or bills drawn on any other place, and made paya- ble there. Robert Oliphant, Cashier. July 24. 36
We are this day landing on our wharf, from on board the British Schooner Sprightly , from Kingston, 12 Hogheads, } PRIME SUGARS; 4 Barrels, } 23 Tierces, } FIRST QUALITY COFFEE. 33 Barrels, } 19 Barrels CASTOR OIL. 59 Bags GINGER. 2 Tons EBONY WOOD. 10 Barrels of LIMES. All of which we will dispose of on liberal terms. C. & F. Whittle. July 31. 50
NOW LANDING ON NEWTON'S WHARF, From on board the Ship Dart , Captain Peck , from CADIZ , 300 Qt. Casks SHERRY WINE , of superior quality, & 2000 Butheis SALT . For sale by Richard Bowden & Co. August 9. tf 60
FOR SALE,
70 Hhds. Petersburg Tobacco. 10 Puncheons old Jamaica Rum. 50 Hhds. } Muscovada Sugar. 40 Tierces, } 20 Barrels. } 5 Hhds. Loaf Sugar. 15 Tierces Hibbert's Brown Stout. 17 Boxes, } Philadelphia Ale in Bot's. 11 Barrels, } Glassware, Window Glass & Empty Bottles. 2 Boxes Hats. 8d. 10d. 12d. & 20d. Nails, Sheathing Nails & Spikes. 50 Bags Juniper Berries. A. Maclure. July 28. tf 45
AN APPRENTICE WANTED.
A YOUTH who has a tolerably good Education, and can be well recommended, may hear of a situ- ation in a dry good store, by applying to the Editors of the PUBLICK LEDGER. August 11. tf 69
JOHN C. NIEMEYER,
OFFERS FOR SALE, By the Piece or Package, at his Store of GERMAN GOODS,
  85 Pieces Ticklen- burgs and Os- naburgs.  Cotton Checks & Hand- kerchiefs.    70 do. Hessian and brown Rolls.  Fine Brabant Lace.    350 do. White Rolls.  200 Pieces Velvet bands.    130 do. excellent Checks.  Fine Black Silk    125 do. Britannias.  1 Box Mill Saws, and Augers.    30 do. brown Hol- land.  Ware House Hinges and Iron Plates.    35 do. Fine Shirt Lin- nen.  Bird Cages and Seeds.    15 do. do. Sheetings.  Frying Pans & Shovels.    40 do. do. Cloths & Coatings.  A quantity of Baskets.    13 do. Saddle Cloths  Brass Andiron & Candle Sticks.    20 Liquor Cases.  Table Knives & Forks.    15 Boxes Spanish Segars.  Steel Snuffers & Scissors.    90,000 Marbles.  Backgammon Tables & Chess men.    A quantity of Toys.  40 dozen English Mus- tard.    German Nuns Thread.  600 M. common Nee- dles.    1000 Bags of 2 and 3 bushels  Battle Doors and Birds.    5 boxes short Pipes  Snuff Boxes & Gun Flints.    3 do. Slates & Pen- cils.  Double barrel Guns.    1 Hhd. Japaned Ware.  12 dozen coarse Shirts.    Looking Glasses English gilt.  Portable Writing Desks.    Do. of Mahogany, all kinds.  Best Quills and Lead Pencils.    Elegant Waiters.  Sealing Wax & Wafers.    Patent Needles.  Tooth Brushes, of all kinds.    Violins, Flutes and Clar- inets.  Ivory & Dressing Combs    Best Italian and common Violin Strings.  Best English Playing Cards.    Fifes and Instruction Books.  Coffee Mills and Oil Cloths.    Elegant Violin Bows.  Padlocks of all kinds.    Spectacles first quality.  Best German Bed Tick- ing.    Razors and Pen Knives, of do.  Fine Cotton Stockings.    1 Case cheap Jewellery.  Night Lamps and Lan- terns.    Razor Hones & Strops.  Beads, a large quantity.    Thread Stockings, extra fine.  Suspenders and Pocket Books.     Dressing Cases and Me- tal Spoons.     Silk Umbrellas.  
ALSO—A LARGE QUANTITY OF
GLASS WARE,
  Cut and Plain—Consisting of     Decanters.  Bird Glasses.    Tumblers.  Sugar Dishes & Crufts.    Wine Glasses.  Flower Vases, &c. &c.    Jellies, Lemonade and Punch Glasses.  ALSO,    Glass Pitchers, elegantly cut.  China Tea Sets.    Salt Cellars  Do. Cups and Saucers.     Do. Tea Pots.     Elegant Bowls, &c. &c.   The above will be sold for Cash or approved Bills only.—Apply as above.
An Apprentice Wanted,
A LAD of about 16 years, of a good education and respectable parents—none but of a good character, need apply. August 11. 1aw. tf 21
A VALUABLE TRACT OF LAND
FOR SALE, CONTAINING 615 1-2 ACRES.
THE subscriber intends to sell on the premises, on Thursday the 1st day of October next, at Publick Auction, (if not privately disposed of before that period, of which timely notice will be given) the plantation he now lives on, called ROSE HALL , in the county of Princess-Ann. There are on the premises a large Brick Dwelling House with a Kitchen, Smoke House, Quarter, Stable, &c. all in tolerably good repair.
This Plantation is certainly a desirable one to any per- son who has from 20 to 35 good labourers. Six fellows in the course of eight months would cut a sufficiency of ditches to keep the whole plantation perfectly dry in the worst year that could come. The soil that is cleared, is capable of producing every kind of grain that is cultivated in this part of the country, in the greatest abundance; is excellent grass land, having a good clay foundation.— Most of the wood land lies immediately on the river, and is too high ever to be injured by water. It has a great quantity of large pine on it which would answer for masts and spars—also, white and red oak.
From the number of excellent springs near the coves, oysters might be had in the greatest perfection, and the distance to cart them from Leghorn Bay, would not ex- ceed two miles and a half, where they might be had in the greatest quantities. There is an excellent situation for a house, immediately on the river, and within 100 yards of these fine coves that might be made to produce from 300 to 400 pounds per annum, with tolerable manage- ment, and the expense attending the experiment would be very trifling indeed. There is an apple orchard which pro- duced apples enough last year to make 12 or 18 barrels of brandy.
The above-mentioned plantation is distant from the flourishing town of Norfolk, about 20 miles; seven or eight from Cape Henry, and three from Lynnhaven Bay, extending about 4 miles on Lynnhaven river and its bran- ches, of course convenient to the best fish and wild fowl.
It is absolutely necessary that 1500 pounds should be paid down, the balance in two equal payments of one and two years, to carry interest from the day of sale, subject to a mortgage till paid.
In addition to the above recommendation, it lies in one of the best neighbourhoods in Virginia.
William Ellegood, Princess Ann, August 2. 57
NOTICE.
All persons having claims against the estate of JOHN C. BARRET , late of Norfolk, deceased, will be pleased to present them, legal- ly authenticated, to Mr. William Hartshorne , junior, of that place; and those indebted, will be good enough to make payment forthwith, to the same person, who is fully authorised by
D. M. RANDOLPH,
Agent for C. Barret, Heir at Law of the dec'd.
Richmond, July 23, 1804. tf 41

THE PUBLICK LEDGER.
TO SHEW THE VERY AGE AND BODY OF THE TIME, HIS FORM AND PRESSURE.
THURSDAY, AUGUST 23, 1804.
We have nothing particular by the mails — Our own London dates are several days later than any they furnish.
A friend has furnished us with the London Public Ledger from the 23d to the 30th of June. — We have given some extracts.
The captain of the ship Shepherdess from Cadiz, says, that nothing had been heard there of an engagement between Nelson and the Toulon fleet. He sailed about the middle of July. We, therefore, conclude that the reports were incorrect; any farther than the chasementioned in the London Gazette.
Private letters from France say that every exertion is made to prepare for the invasion. Men of all classes are compelled to volunteer their services. — The talk of Bourdeaux, June 17, was that Moreau was not only pardoned but made a Marshal of France. The first part may be true; we don't think Moreau would verify the latter part.
John Granbery, and Wilson C. Nicholas, Esqrs. were, on the 14th inst. elected Directors of the Office of Discount and Deposit, at this place, in the room of William Davies and Thomas Newton, Esqrs. resigned.
Some time ago we acknowledged the receipt of an essay signed QUIDAM; for particular reasons, not at all affecting it, we have delayed its publication until now. It will be found, though not very recondite, to contain some abstract truths, which we fear are too much overlooked. We are, however, inclined to think that, although there may be found instances which authorise the censure he glances at Federal Editors, he has been rather too harsh and indiscriminate. But as we fully acquiesce in the opinion he holds on the proper manner of conducting political (perhaps more correctly called party) discussions, we do not think that the above consideration ought to apologize for us, did we refuse a place to his essay. — We would recommend the observance of his lesson to both parties.
FOR THE PUBLICK LEDGER.
How small of all that human hearts endure, That part which Laws or Kings can cause or cure; These things from men remote or faintly known, Leave Reason, Faith, and Conscience, all their own! GOLDSMITH.
That the American people should become careless about who should be their Rulers, and how they should be ruled, is an event to which the present remarks will not conduce. But as lack of political watchfulness is not the error of the present day, and as the due exercise of it is beneficial, it may be worth while to enquire, whether a zeal has not only been manifested, that is disproportionate to its relative importance, but also whether that manifestation has been well calculated to produce the desired effect? After the inquiry, we would presume to offer some other method of manifesting our political watchfulness; and suggest some other matters as subjects of high concernment.
Indiscriminate disapprobation of, and violent outcry against, existing men and measures, it may be presumed is not the most prudent way of endeavouring to obtain a reform in the Government; Indeed it is doubtful whether the observation of an indiscreet zeal, has not induced some well meaning men to believe that Honesty and Virtue were not to be expected from the advocates of political reform. A retrospect of the discussion of political affairs in the news-papers, for some time past, will shew whether the premises are merely hypothetical; and our own reflections will show us the cogency of the inference.
To exercise a strong and beneficial influence on the legislation and government of our country, publick opinion should be sober, honest, and enlightened; and it is to the Press that we must owe that continually increasing information that is to give it due correctness and authority. But if the Press be not chastened from licentiousness, it not only injures the authority, but vitiates the integrity, of publick opinion.
It is not enough that on some particular exigency, at an election for instance, clamour and falsehood may have overborne opposition not so supported. These are incidental evils, whose consequences it should be the business of Patriotism to counteract. But this must be effected by other means than those whereby the other was accomplished; otherwise virtue and the publick welfare will have little interest in the struggle.
Truth is strong and will prevail at last; and there is a foundation of virtue and good sense in the American people, that will enable them to discover, and lead them ultimately to adopt, those measures of publick safety, that are best supported by wisdom and virtue. Sober reasoning will induce a candid hearing or an attentive perusal, when keen inductive would be rejected at once. Besides, let truth fight her own battles. We would say, as was said once before —
"Lie on D——, lie on — for pay, "And, C——, you lie too; "More against truth you cannot say, "Than truth can say 'gainst you."
But the last and important consideration is the
state of morals amongst us. Whatever tends to vitiate our morals, to weaken our sense of the obligations of religion and virtue, does us more effectual injury, as a nation, than a change of rulers, or even their abuse of authority. Has the Press ever exemplified a licentiousness, on political and other subjects, that was inimical to virtue? Have our patriots, who seem to be so quick in discerning and detecting political errors, and are so sedulous in watching over the publick welfare, sufficiently considered that private virtue is the surest basis of publick good? Wicked rulers cannot long govern freemen, whose virtue is uncontaminated, any more than mal-administration can escape detection, among a wise and enlightened people, jealous of their rights. Government can do more injury to a community, by bribing and seducing its virtue, by interesting its passions, and employing its vices in their support, than by any assessment of taxes, or measures of peace and war. Against such corruptions the trumpet of alarm should be sounded. — But let it be sounded by the moralist, not by the farce-monger. Let truth represent facts, and philosophy deduce consequences, but let not zeal give the rein to imagination, to fabricate or embellish a tale, to draw and exhibit a picture. Such things may amuse the vain, or gratify the malignant, but the virtuous mind seeks refuge in incredulity. How much have we seen of what was fact, and known of what was true, that was in itself reprehensible, reported with so many adventitious circumstances of falsehood, that good men, who had no other means of being informed, finding that some part of the relation could not be true, concluded that the whole of it was false. It is thus that licentiousness injures the authority, and vitiates the integrity of publick opinion. Such mentors as Dr. Johnson, who would with authority inculcate the observance, and with incontrovertible decision estimate the value, of veracity, would do America more service, even in a political point of view, than all the anniversary orations from Casco to the Mississippi are calculated to produce.
It is a truth (says a late writer) that legislation and government constitute but one, out of a number, of causes, which, taken together, compose the happiness of life in civil society. — Education, the state of religion, the degree of the perfection and diffusion of knowledge, &c. have each an influence, not less considerable than that of laws or government, upon the virtue and happiness of a people. Government (he adds) is effective and beneficial, so far as it is accommodated to favour the benign agency of the forementioned circumstances. It cannot be good, except so far as it co-operates with them; It cannot long be bad, for it must soon become inefficient if it strive to act in opposition to them.
Such as is society, then, such will be the government. — We cannot have a tyrant in this country, because we know what freedom is, unless we become much more corrupt than we now are. — We could not long have a wicked government, but in proportion as we should cease to be virtuous. Any attempt to introduce such change has never, in any age or in any country, been successful — for it must follow, not out-run, the necessary change of manners and publick opinion.
Good Government, then, is, as it were, the fruit of publick virtue; and whatever our government wants of being good, that wants attributable to ourselves. It is the harvest of our political agriculture: as we sow and as we water, so we reap. If we have erred in sowing or in watering, let us correct our errors: let us benefit by experience; and our reformation will be the pledge of a good future harvest: and virtue and good government will then reciprocally support and cherish each other.
We do not expect that difference of political opinion is not to exist; we do not think the administration of Mr. Jefferson will be productive, as it were simultaneously, of making us become "All Republicans All Federalists" — that is, to concur in the same estimate of measures of political expediency. But surely it is not too much to expect that, in the publick expression of this difference of opinion, due regard should be had to veracity and decency. If certain parties will persist in disregarding these things, with a view to maintain their cause or obtain their object, a readier way, let the friends of good government, shew themselves the friends of good order by example; and trust to the virtue and good sense of their countrymen for ultimate success. — Let truth be the basis, and philosophy the fabric of political disquisitions, with only the sober use of irony and ridicule; disclaiming the odious auxiliary arts of handling with dexterity the envenomed javelin of slander, or of directing, with lucky malice, the missile darts of specious falsehood, and perverted truth. — When we shall have learned to discard the latter, and adopt the former, mode of disputation, then may political controversy become useful and instructive; for there is no administration so virtuous as not to give occasion for the exercise of vigilant watchfulness. Hypothetical accusations are calculated to produce not only a defence, but an illustration, of its measures; whereby the people are made to see, not only the expediency of such measures, but also the degree of their conformity to the constitution.
Politicks, thus disarmed of hostility to morality, may enlighten without vitiating the publick mind; and our political safety and happiness will be ascertained, when our politicks shall be regulated by the precepts, and graduated by the sanction, of morality: for it is a truth, that a people are to be happy only in proportion as they shall be virtuous.
Viewing things in this way we shall be enabled to estimate the science of politicks, according to its desert; that is, in proportion to the influence it has on the happiness of the people; and to conclude, that Education, Religion, and Morality, are objects which have each as just a claim on our attention individually, as the knowledge of our political situation; since they each not less than the latter, contribute to the stock of general happiness. —
"Quibus occupatus et obsessus animus quantum loci bonis artibus relinquit."
QUIDAM.
COMMERCIAL. — The following extract is taken from the Salem Register; the period to which the writer alludes in the commencement, is 1794, the time when the treaty with Great Britain was made.
Since that period the Southern States have turned their attention to raising cotton, and already it forms the largest and most valuable article in our list of exports, and is destined to increase in a few years to double its present quantity. For the year ending the 1st of October, 1802, there was 27,501,075 pounds of cotton exported from the United States, and in 1803, for the year again ending on the 1st of October, no less a quantity than 41,205,623 pounds, making an increase of 13,704,548 pounds in the last year, which is equal to 50 percent. on the quantity sent out of the country in the former year. Great Britain consumes the greater part of the whole quantity exported, and it may be presumed she will always require large supplies, but her merchants and manufacturers have it in their power almost to fix the price of what they purchase — from an idea that they are the principal consumers, that there is little or no demand on the continent of Europe, and that no other great market can be found. — They are supposed to have combined to depreciate its value, which has often been reduced below its prime cost in the United States, without reckoning the charge of freight or insurance. And if these were not the causes of its depreciation in England, it might be expected that large shipments of the same article being made to two or three capital ports in the same country, the prices would necessarily be much lessened, and advantages would be taken by the purchasers of that circumstance alone, disconnected from every other. Every person the least acquainted with commercial affairs, must know that merchants generally seize with avidity the least circumstance which will serve to benefit their particular interest, and neither those of Great Britain, France or Holland have ever yet been considered as deficient of that knowledge in the commercial art, the complete want of which has often exposed our own to their impositions, making them in some instances the greatest sufferers by their placing an unbounded confidence in European price-currents, and statements of markets, purposely made out to deceive the unwary and unsuspecting individual. If the price of cotton could be supported in England, the exportation of this article would materially benefit the country, while it greatly enriched the planter; but it is feared that the quantity being augmented to double or treble its present amount, combined with the causes above referred to, and others which might be named, the value of it may be much reduced. But if the European market could be relieved of a part of the quantity, and if a sale could be procured for the surplus on reasonable terms, though in a distant country, it is conceived important advantages would result to the planter in the first instance, and remotely to the whole community, especially to the shipping interest of the middle and Eastern states. It is well known, that cotton has been, for a long time, sent from Bombay to China, where it is manufactured in immense quantities. In late years it has been shipped from Bengal to Canton, and it is probable that English policy will endeavour to extend this commerce. — The Chinese find it more for their interest to pay for cotton of a foreign growth, than to devote their lands to its cultivation, and the experience of the last 15 or 20 years has confirmed them in pursuing a practice to which it is said they were once compelled to resort, from the dreadful effects of a famine which happened among them, in consequence of a neglect in raising a regular supply of rice, so necessary an article of food in all parts of the East.
In the Canton market, it is presumed we may find a ready sale for all that portion of our cotton which England does not want. The quality of what is called Upland Cotton is supposed to be superior to the best from Bombay or Surat. — In time of war, the India Cotton cannot be sold in China much under eighteen or twenty cents per pound, as it is then subject to a high freight and insurance, when shipped on English bottoms. As the English, by Mr. Jay's treaty, had secured the carriage of cotton from India to China, (with all other articles from their settlements, in the direct course to every part of the world, the United States excepted) this trade has been almost exclusively in their hands, and we have seen our merchants driven to the necessity of exporting hard money as the only means through which the United States could be supplied with Nankeens and Teas, which are now so generally used by the people of this country — while the English pay for theirs chiefly in Cotton and other articles from India, and in manufactures from England. It is true England sends out some specie by the annual fleet to China, yet the quantity is known to have been very inconsiderable of late years; but one fact relative to this trade is worthy of being mentioned. It was only a few months since one of their China or India ships, (the Sir Edward Hughes) touched at New-York and Norfolk, and took away nearly a million of dollars, the greater part of which was the first instalment promised by us in lieu of the six and for the revival of the seventh article of the British treaty, for spoliations of American property, the proceedings on which in London had been suspended. Cotton of the second or inferior quality in the Southern States, if purchased on the spot, is often to be procured at fifteen cents per pound, and since we have acquired the fertile country of Lou-
isiana, where it can be produced in abundance it may be concluded that the planters may find it even for their interest in future years to sell it at a still lower price, and this probably may be the natural consequence of, or at least the event may be accelerated by, the too great exportations to Great Britain.
The American ships destined to China generally go out in ballast, and no profit being expected on the outward voyage, it may be supposed that cotton, which is a light article, can be freighted on extremely low terms from this country. — Some calculations make the quantity of specie exported from the United States to Canton alone, amount to nearly two millions of dollars annually, upon an average of the last ten years; and if we reckon back to the year 1789, it may be supposed in the lapse of 15 years, averaging fifteen hundred thousand dollars per year only, to amount to upwards of 20 millions of dollars, exclusive of a much greater sum exported to the East Indies for the same period. The profit of those voyages, if any, resulting from the homeward shipments, little or no freight for the cotton would probably be demanded by the owners of ships engaged in the regular trade to Canton. Whereas the English country ships in India, receive a handsome freight upon the cotton carried by them, because no freight is expected on the returned cargoes, their funds being either remitted back to India in specie, or placed in the Company's Treasury in exchange for bills; and thus forming a complete investment for the Company's homeward bound China fleet. These remarks are made with a view that the subject may be further investigated by persons possessing better and more extensive information than the writer of this article. He wishes a trial may be first made of exporting cotton from the United States to Canton. It is certain that no loss can happen upon a small quantity, and should it eventually succeed, it will be of primary importance to the United States. Thus may a new vent be found for an article which now stands the highest on our export list, forming in actual value one quarter part of all our present exports; and thus may our tonnage find new employment, and our merchants have the prospect of saving the exportation of a large part of the specie, which is sure of finding its way round the Cape of Good Hope.
Salem, August 4, 1804.
NEW-YORK, August 10.
COUNTERFEIT BANK NOTES.
In addition to the counterfeit notes, of several denominations, of the banks of the United States, which have lately appeared, we are informed that a counterfeit 5 d. Lar note of the Manhattan company has been presented at their office for payment. The engraving of this note was much inferior to the genuine note, the paper was of the common kind of their writing paper, and appeared discoloured from a preparation it had undergone to make it resemble that of the true note, and the numbering and filing in were in an ordinary hand writing. Still, however, it might have been passed on persons but little acquainted with bank notes. It behoves the publick therefore to examine notes before they take them. The figures expressing the number and date of the note, and the name written in the body of the note, of the five dollar bill in question, being very badly done, an examination of these particulars alone will immediately occasion a detection. It would be well for retailers to examine particularly bank notes when offered by strangers and suspicious persons; as it is well known to have been the practice with the fabricators of bank notes to employ subordinates, to whom they sold their counterfeits at half price, and to have been the practice of these subordinates to pass them off in payment for small purchases made at twilight, or after candle light and to people who keep small stores, and were supposed incapable of distinguishing readily between false and genuine notes.
The printers in this city and throughout the United States, are requested to insert the above in their respective papers for the publick good. —
Mr. Coleman, the editor of the New York Evening Post, has given publick notice that a work is in preparation, and will soon make its appearance, containing the particulars of the late unfortunate duel; the correspondence; the written documents that have appeared, and perhaps some that have not; together with an examination into the merits of the controversy, by the Editor of the Evening Post.
GAZ. U. S.
THE FRENCH ARMIES. — The first division of the French army is commanded by General Murat, the Governor of Paris, where the head quarters are. It consists of sixteen battalions of infantry, two of artillery, and thirty squadrons of dragoons, chasseurs, and hussars, making in the whole 45,000 men. The park of artillery at and near Paris, contains eighty-two pieces of artillery of different calibres, ready to be transported at a moment's notice, either towards the coast, or towards the Rhine.
At Amiens and in its neighbourhood are encamped forty squadrons of dragoons, making the first division of dragoons, attached to the army of England, under the command of Klein, General of Division.
At and near Compiegne are encamped forty-four squadrons of dragoons, comprising the second division of dragoons, under the command of Barragay D'Hilliers, General of Division, attached to the army of England.
At and near Montreuil is encamped one division of the army of England, under the command of General Ney, consisting of fourteen regiments of infantry, two of cavalry, two of chasseurs, and four battalions of artillery and sappers. The park of artillery contains thirty-six pieces of light twelve-pounders, and twelve twenty-four-pounders.
The camp at St. Omer, under the command of General Soult, consists of twenty regiments of infantry, six of cavalry, two of dragoons, two of light artillery, and two battalions of foot artillery, making in the whole 32,000 men, with a park of sixty-six pieces of cannon.
To this camp are besides attached, under the command of the General of Division, Bourcier, twenty-four squadrons of chasseurs on horseback, and of hussars, called a division of the Army of Reserve. They are encamped three leagues from St. Omer, on the side of Cassel.
At and near Arras are encamped, under the command of General Junot, twelve battalions of picked grenadiers, as a corps de reserve.
The camp of Bruges, under the command of General Davoust, contains fifteen regiments of infantry, three of cavalry, five of dragoons, two of hussars, and two regiments of artillery, with a park of fifty pieces of heavy artillery.
The camps near Ostend; the first division, under the command of the General of Division, Ou-

dinot, head-quarters Schlikens, is composed of five regiments of infantry, one battalion of foot artillery, and one regiment of flying artillery. The second division of the camp near Ostend is under the command of General Friant, and contains five regiments of infantry, one battalion of foot artillery, and one regiment of flying artillery. The camp near Dunkirk contains, under the command of General Durutte, twelve battalions, comprising the third division of reserve attached to the camp near St. Omer. The garrison at Dunkirk consists of six thousand men, infantry, two thousand cavalry and dragoons, and three hundred artillerymen. Their commander is La Bretonniere.
At Calais are quartered five thousand men of different arms; at Boulogne twelve hundred; and on the coast, from Calais to Boulogne, are encamped ten thousand men. All these troops are under the command of General Soult. These troops do not include the crews belonging to the national flotilla, of which Admiral Bruix is the commander in chief. Admiral Verheul commands the centre, Charles Eveque the right, and Bompard the left.
The troops encamped in the Isle of Walcheren, under the command of General Monnet, consists of ten regiments of infantry, one of dragoons, three battalions of heavy artillery, and one regiment of flying artillery.
The camps at and near Utrecht, contain ten regiments of infantry, French troops, and three regiments of infantry, Dutch troops; one French regiment of cuirassiers, six squadrons of French dragoons or hussars, one regiment of Dutch cavalry, and four battalions of French artillerymen; with a park of forty pieces of cannon, heavy artillery, besides twenty-five pieces of light artillery.
The camp near Brest contains twelve regiments of infantry, three of cavalry, nine squadrons of dragoons or hussars, three battalions of artillery, with a park of sixty pieces of cannon. Angereau is the commander in chief. Three hundred British subjects constitute there his corps des guides . The fleet at Brest continues under the command of Admiral Thruget, and Cassarelli is the maritime prefect of that town. The fleet at Isle d'Aix continues under the command of Admiral Villeneuve. At Rochefort, Admiral Martin is the commander.
The troops encamped in and near La Vendee, are commanded by generals Gouvion and Le Grange, and consist of eight regiments of infantry, mostly veterans, and five squadrons of light troops, besides five hundred gens d'armes d'elite . The head quarters are at Saintes.
The troops everywhere are regularly paid, and in high spirits, though they do not speak with the same boasting confidence of the conquest of England, as last year. Even wishes of peace are heard in their camps.
LIST OF FRENCH SHIPS BUILDING.
A gentleman lately arrived from the Continent, is said to have brought the following list of French ships of the line and frigates, building, or for which materials for building were collecting. In the different dock-yards of the Batavian Republic, 11 ships of the line, from 60 to 80 guns; and 14 frigates from 24 to 44 guns, besides cutters, gun-boats, &c. were in the dock; and the arsenals and yards contained timber enough, brought down the Rhine with the fleet to Dordrecht last year, to construct double the number he saw building. Of those upon the stocks, six men of war and ten frigates were said to belong to France, and built at her expense. The Dutch arsenals and storehouses were in want of sail-cloth, iron, anchors and tar; but by contracts concluded last year in Russia and Sweden, by some French naval officers, the Batavian Government expects this summer to be plentifully supplied by neutrals, should not the Batavian harbours and rivers be declared by England in a state of blockade.
At Antwerp, one 74-gun ship and three 44 gun frigates, were nearly finished, and keels were laid for two 74's, and for two 44-gun frigates. There was timber enough for five 74's, and as many 44-gun frigates; but the Maritime Prefect caused the people to believe that he had materials enough to build twenty 74's. Great activity reigns at Antwerp, to make that city a naval station of equal consequence with Brest and Toulon. Three thousand workmen, besides 400 galley slaves, were occupied daily, Sundays not excepted; and timber arrived from every part of Brabant and Flanders. Six English or Scotch carpenters, and nine British artificers, were employed there, but chained like galley-slaves, for fear of desertion. At Bruges, two 36 gun frigates were launched and two others building.
At Ostend, one frigate of 40 guns, one of 32 guns, and one cutter of 20 guns, were nearly finished.
At Dunkirk, two 44-gun frigates were completed, and three of the same size building. The dock-yards and arsenals there, as well as at Bruges and Ostend, were ill supplied.
At Havre two 50 and three 44-gun frigates had been built since the war; but there were not materials enough to complete one of the 50 and two of the 44-guns. They wanted only sailors to attempt going to the westward, and escape the British cruisers.
At Cherbourg, two 44's have lately been launched, and two were building, but materials were wanting to finish them.
At St. Maloes's, one 51-gun and three 44-gun frigates were ready to be launched; and there were materials enough to build as many more.
At L'Orient, two 74's had lately been launched, and two others were building, but could not be finished for want of materials.
At Brest, six ships of the line of different rates, from 74 to 120 guns, were building, but there were not materials sufficient to finish them.
At Rochefort two 50, and at La Rochelle one 50 and two 44, were besides three 20-gun cutters, building. The arsenals in these parts were indifferently supplied.
At Bourdeaux six frigates, from 32 to 50 guns, were building; and since the war four 32-guns had been launched.
At Bayonne, three 44-gun frigates, and three 24-gun cutters, had been built since the war. The arsenals in both these ports were supplied.
At Marseilles, two 44-gun frigates, and two 18 gun cutters, had been completed since the war; and one 44 and two cutters were building.
At Toulon, one 80 and one 74 had been launched since the war; and one 110, two 80, and one 74 were building. The arsenals at Toulon and Marseilles were badly supplied. It was reported upon the Exchange of this last city, in March, that the French Government had contracted for the building of six ships of the line in Spain, and of seven at Genoa.
In France, as well as in Holland, iron, anchors, sail cloth, &c. were wanting; but expected from Russia, Sweden, Denmark, and America. The fleets at Toulon and Brest are but indifferently manned, and the crews of the gun-boats are far from being complete, notwithstanding the sailors who have been enticed over, or required from Italy, Spain, and Holland.
At Toulon, as well as at Brest, were several British carpenters and artificers, easily known again by wearing chains on one leg, and otherwise treated as the galley slaves. The Dutch carpenters were in the same situation at Toulon.
It was said that Buonaparte had sent emissaries to Germany, Denmark, Sweden, and America, to procure him sailors from those countries.
Gazette Marine Memoranda.
ARRIVED.
In distress, Danish brig Vertrouen, Christian Moje, 31 days from St. Thomas, bound to Copenhagen, sugar and tobacco—M. Myers.
Brig Jesse, Ferris, 58 days from Bourdeaux, Ballast—W. Pennock.—Sailed with the brig Maria, Hatton, of this port, and ship —, Holmes, Boston, left ship Julia, Calvert, and brig Two Brothers, Hartshorne, of this port; and a number of other vessels, names not remembered.
In distress, British sloop Sophia, Collus, 111 days from Bermuda bound to Newfoundland, cargo & rigging to be sold for the benefit of those concerned—has rum and sugar—John Cox.—June 20, lat. 22 N. long. 55, W. fell in with the wreck of a brig, with yellow sides, and deep waist; both masts gone, bowsprit standing, could read Portsmouth on her stern.
Brig Juno, Watson, 8 weeks from Plymouth, ballast—to Captain—July 6, lat. 45 N. long. 23 W. spoke brig Morning-Star, from Charleston for Antwerp, 8th lat. 43 N. long. 24 W. ship Ardent of Baltimore, 26 days out, for Bilboa—Aug. 3, lat. 36 N. long. 60 W. schooner Independence of Brunswick, from Portsmouth for Barbadoes, out 10 days.—5th lat. 36 N. long. 62 W. schooner William Davis, Warren, from Boston for St. Lucie, out 3 days.—15th, lat. 36 N. long. 72 W. ship Two Friends, M'Neil, Charleston, out 6 days for London.—16th, lat. 38 N. long. 73 W. ship Alexander Hamilton, from New-York, for Surinam, out 8 days.—17th, lat. 37 N. long. 74 W. ship Liberty, Wickham, 67 days from Mauritius for New-York.
Ship Shepherdess, Wills, 37 days from Cadiz, salt and wine Theo. Armstead.
Schooner Martha Washington, Buskirt, 4 days from New-York.
Schooner Little-Will, Oliphant, 10 days from Philadelphia.
Ship Endymion, Miller, said to have been taken by a French privateer in the Channel and burned, is in the bay, 8 weeks from Glasgow, for City-Point.
CUSTOM HOUSE—ENTERED.
Brig Juliana, Wilbur, Madeira. Juno, Watson, Bourdeaux. Jesse, Ferris, do. Sch'r. Mars, James, Charleston. Bee, Hopkins, Antigua. Little Will, Oliphant, Philadelphia. Nancy, Block, N. York. Sloop Sophia, Collus, Bermuda. CLEARED. Brig George, Owens, Jamaica. Elizabeth, Barclay, Antigua. Sch'r. Nancy, Block, Richmond. Mary Turner, St. Bartholomews. Norfolk, Deagle, Baltimore.
FOR SALE,
12 Puncheons ANTIGUA RUM. 15 do. GRENADA do. 5 Pipes HOLLAND GIN. 20 do. COUNTRY do. 12 do. FRENCH BRANDY. 2 do. ALICANT do. 22 Qr. Casks SHERRY WINE. 10 do. MALAGA do. PORT and CLARET WINE, in casks & bottles. 6 Barrels PORK—and about 1000 Dozen PORTER, of my last winters stock, equal to any imported. Joseph Hayes. August 24. tf 96
FOR SALE—A BARGAIN.
THE SUBSCRIBER, WISHING TO DECLINE THE RETAIL BUSINESS, OFFERS FOR SALE, HIS WHOLE STOCK IN TRADE, AMOUNTING TO ABOUT $20,000. CONSISTING OF
DRY GOODS, Cutlery, Hardware, Cagings, Nails of all sizes, and a number of other articles.—The whole will be sold on very low terms, and a liberal credit will be allowed, on bond with approved security.—Also, the balance of the lease of his Store, equal to any stand in Norfolk, if required. Property in the Borough of Norfolk, or Lands in the neighbouring counties, Publick Securities, &c. will be taken in exchange. For further particulars, apply to
James Tucker.
WHO HAS FOR SALE, ON VERY LOW TERMS, A VALUABLE TRACT OF LAND, on the South Branch of the Potomack. August 23. tf 97
Thirty Dollars Reward.
RANAWAY from the subscriber, on the 4th instant, a Negro Man named GEORGE.—He is 34 or 35 years of age, 5 feet, 2 or 3 inches high, flout made, and his teeth very good but discoloured by chewing tobacco, speaks flow and seldom; and has his back marked by the whip. He has different kinds of clothing, and is fond of dress. Plays pretty well on the violin; and is a good hand at an axe or saw; he is well acquainted with James River, and smart on board a vessel. He was seen working in Warwick, about the 12th or 13th instant: but I expect he will endeavour to get to New-York, or some of the Eastern States: Captains of vessels, are therefore cautioned against assisting his escape. I will give the above reward to any one who will lodge him in any jail, or otherwise secure him, so that I may get him again.—If brought home, all reasonable expenses will be paid. Abraham Tennis. Elizabeth-City County, Virginia, August 23, 1804. 1aw3w* 100
FOR SALE,
144 Hogheads Prime Richmond TOBACCO. Gilliat & Mackinder. August 9. tf 61
FOR SALE,
200 Barrels Superfine FLOUR. EDWARD JOHNSTON. August 21. 3 95
Auction Sales.
To be Sold at Publick Auction, on my wharf on Saturday next, the CARGO of the Brit. ship Sophia, Lawrence Collus, master—consisting of
24 Puncheons RUM. 1 Hoghead, } 10 Tierces, } SUGAR, first quality. 11 Barrels, }
N. B. Notes at 60 days for sums exceeding two hundred dollars—under that sum, cash.
AT THE SAME TIME, WILL BE SOLD, The standing and running rigging, sails, and materials of the said ship—put into this port on her voyage from Bermuda, to Newfoundland, and with the cargo above mentioned, sold for the benefit of the owners, underwriters, or others concerned.
John Cox, V. M.
Gosport, August 23. 2 93
AUCTION.
On Saturday next, at the Exchange Coffee-House, at 10 o'clock, will be sold at Publick Auction, for approved sixty day notes,
THE BRIG PEGGY, with her boats, furniture and apparel, as she arrived from sea.—She is a staunch well found vessel, and may be sent to sea at a trifling expense.
James Taylor, jun.
August 21. 89
FOR SALE—A-FLOAT.
200 bbls. NEW FLOUR, Principally Superfine. Wilson, Cunningham & Co. August 23. tf 99
IN COUNCIL, August 11, 1804.
It is advised that the names of the Commissioners appointed to take the polls for the election of President and Vice-President of the United States be published in the Virginia Argus and Enquirer in Richmond; in the Norfolk, Petersburg, Fredericksburg, Alexandria, Winchester, Staunton, Lynchburg and Lexington papers, with a notification that the commissions have been sent by post, and a request that the gentlemen appointed inform the Clerk of the Council, whether or not they have received their commissions.
DANIEL L. HYLTOM, Clerk of the Council.
In pursuance of the above advice of Council, I am instructed by the Governor to request the several printers therein named to publish the same, together with the advice of Council of the 1st of June last, appointing the Commissioners therein alluded to; and that the Commissioners will be pleased to comply with what is requested of them.
SAML. COLEMAN, Clerk to the Executive.
IN COUNCIL June 1, 1804.
PURSUANT to an act of the General Assembly intitled "An act to amend an act intitled an act for appointing Electors to choose a President and Vice-President of the United States"—It is advised that the following persons be appointed and commissioned in the respective counties, and corporations of Richmond, Williamsburg, and borough of Norfolk, for the purpose of executing the said law, viz.
Accomack. George Layfield, Parker Barnes, Robert Walker. Albemarle. Nicholas Lewis, Rice Garland, George Divers. Amelia. Edmund Harrison, Thomas Randolph, Daniel Hardaway. Amherst. William S. Crawford, Landon Cabell, Joel Franklin. Augusta. John Coalter, Chesley Kinney, James Cochran. Bath. Samuel Vance, John Wilson, James Laird. Bedford. Christopher Clarke, Charles Clay, Daniel Pegram. Berkeley. Erasmus Gant, Joel Ward, William Somerville. Botetourt. Thomas Rowland, John Moore, Alexander Patrick. Brooke. John G. Young, John M'Cormack, and James Blair. Brunswick. Dr. John Claiborne, Sterling Ruffin, Aaron Brown. Buckingham. William Perkins, jr. Matthew Branch, Anthony Debrell. Campbell. John Dabney, William J. Lewis, Archibald Robertson. Cumberland. William Daniel, James Deane, John Hatcher. Caroline. John Holmes, Daniel Coleman, James Taylor. Charles-City. John Bradley, James Walker, John Colgin. Charlotte. Quin Morton, Thomas Spencer, William L. Morton. Chesterfield. Thomas Goode, Isaac Salle, Thomas Watkins. Culpeper. John Shackelford, Moses Green, John Roberts. Dinwiddie. Edward Pegram, sen. Thomas B. Robertson, Williamson Coleman. Elizabeth-city. George Wray, Augustine Moore, sen. Thomas Jones (Pembroke). Essex. Tunstall Banks, James Evans, Sthresley Rennolds. Fauquier. Gustavus B. Horner, Augustine Jennings, Richard H. Foote. Fairfax. Thompson Mason, George Summers, George Graham. Frederick. James Singleton, John Smith, Robert Mackie. Franklin. Henry Calloway, Moses Greer, Benjamin Cooke. Fluvanna. John Quarles, John Napier, jun. Matthew P. Haden. Gloucester. Matthew Anderson, Thomas Baytop, Richard Bayham. Goochland. Nicholas M. Vaughn, John Miller, Doctor James Carter. Grayson. Philip Gaines, John Filder, Enoch Osborne. Greenbrier. John Kippers, William H. Caven-dish, Lynar Mims. Greensville. Lewis Dupree, Joseph Wilkins, Francis Hill. Halifax. John B. Scott, Berryman Green, George Carrington. Hampshire. Osborne Sprigg, Francis Murphy, John Higgings. Hanover. Nathaniel Pope, William Pollard, Thomas White. Hardy. John L. Schen, George Stump, Henry Judea. Harrison. John Webster, John G. Jackson, David Hewes.
Henrico. Nathaniel Wilkinson, Elisha Price, William Young (Brook). Henry. Joseph Anthony, George Waller, jun. John Alexander, jun. Isle-of-Wight. John Barber (Everett's Bridge), Emanuel Wills, Andrew Woodley. James-City. John Ambler, Champion Travis, William Lightfoot. Jefferson. Ferdinando Fairfax, Jacob H. Manning, George Hite. Kanawha. John Reynolds, Morris Hudson, Charles Venable. King & Queen. Richard Brooke, John Hoskins, Thomas Roane. King George. Theodosius Hansford, Stephen Hansford, Laurence Berry. King William. John Roane, jr. Philip Aylette, Hardin Littlepage. Lancaster. Richard Seiden, Martin Shearman, William Kirk. Lee. Benjamin Sharpe, Peter Fulkerson, Joshua Ewing. Loudoun. Albert Russell, Revd. Amos Thomas, John Littlejohn. Louisa. William O. Callis, John Poindexter, Thomas Meriwether. Lunenburg. Waddy Street, Joseph Yarbrough, Christopher Robinson. Madison. Abraham Maury, Elliott Rucker, William Mallory. Mason. William Sterrett, William Owens, John M'Callah. Matthews. James S. Park, Hunley Gale, Thomas Brooke. Mecklenburg. Richard Kennon, Mark Alexander, William Mumford. Middlesex. Thomas Roane, Thomas Muse, William Segar. Monongalia. William John, David Scott, jr. Enos Dougherty. Monroe. John Byrnside, William Graham, Benjamin Hall. Montgomery. Daniel Trigg, Charles Taylor, James P. Preston. Nansemond. Josiah Riddick, Richard Yarbrough, Joseph Godwin. New Kent. William Chamberlayne, Edward Parke, John Sanders. Northumberland. Thomas D. Downing, Hierome Opie, John H. Fallin. Norfolk. Arthur Lee, Daniel Bedinger, James Blamire. Northampton. Caleb Fisher, Hezekiah Pitts, William Fisher. Nottoway. Freeman Eppes, Edward Bland, James Jones. Ohio. Thomas Evans (merchant, Wheeling), John Mills, Joseph Tomlinson. Orange. Robert Taylor, James Barbour, Belfield Cave. Patrick. Samuel Staples, Gabriel Penn, William Carter. Pendleton. Robert Davis, Daniel Capito, John Slavein. Pittsylvania. Isaac Coles, William Tunstall, Joseph Carter. Powhatan. Richard Crump, Samuel Pleasants, James Poindexter. Prince-Edward. Archibald M'Robert, Tarlton Woodson, Thomas Green. Princess-Ann. John Hancock, junior, Jeremiah Plummer, Lemuel Cornick. Prince-William. Matthew Harrison, John Spence, William Lenton. Prince-George. Benjamin Harrison, George Ruffin, Thomas H. Cocke. Randolph. Robert Maxwell, Edmund Hart, John Carrance. Richmond. Richard Barnes, Ezekiel Levy, Vincent Branham. Rockbridge. John Bowyer, James Caruthers, John Leybourne. Rockingham. George Houston, Benjamin Harrison, Jacob Rife. Russell. Nathan Ellington, Andrew Heybourne, John M. Arston. Southampton. John Taylor, James Gee, Henry Blow. Spotsylvania. David C. Ker, Hugh Mercer, John Chew. Stafford. Col. John Cooke, John T. Brooke, Traves Daniel, sen. Surry. Nicholas Faulcon, William Boyce, Lemuel Bailey. Sussex. Benjamin Wyche, John Cargill, William Massenburg. Shenandoah. Philip Williams, Jacob Rinker, W. H. Dulaney. Warwick. Richard M'Intosh, Thomas Camm, William Digges. Washington. Francis Preston, Claiborne Watkins, Robert Preston. Westmoreland. Alexander Parker, Samuel Templeman, Stuart Bankhead. Wood. Herman Blanerhasset (Marietta), John Stokeley, James G. Laidley. Wytche. John Montgomery, John Stonger, Joseph Kent. York. Doctor Augustine Smith, William Howard, Robert Nelson. Tazewell. David Ward, Henry Bowen, Samuel Bard. Williamsburg. Robert Saunders, James Semple, Littleton Tazewell. Norfolk-Borough. Robert Brough, Thomas H. Parker, Richard H. Lee. City of Richmond. William Du-Val, George W. Smith, John H. Foushee.
JOHN RORKE & Co.
Have for Sale, Wholesale and Retail, at their Store, Market-Square,
Cognac, Old Peach, Apple, Antigua, and Windward Island, Rum, Holland and Country Gin. Cinnamon, Cloves, Pepper, Mustard, Race & Ground Ginger, Almonds, Raisins, Fig Blue, Starch, Refined Salt Petre, Powder and Shot, Godfroid's Havana Segars, of the first quality, Nails, Scythe Blades, Baltimore Iron, Steel, Cart Wheel Boxes, Irish Glue, Mould Candles, Corks, Wrapping Paper. L. P. Madeira, Sherry, Teneriffe, Imperial, Hyson, Young Hyson, Loaf and Muscovado, Sugar, Coffee, Chocolate, French and Italian Oil, Olives, Capers, Basket Salt, Pearl Barley, Mace, Nutmegs.
July 17. tf

FRESH TEAS.
Just received and for sale by the Subscribers, IMPERIAL, HYSON, YOUNG HYSON, } TEAS, Of a very late importation, and of a superior quality.
ALSO—IN STORE,
 15 Hhds. Prime Sugars.  10 Pipes French Brandy.  100 Casks Nails—all sizes.  10 Hhds. Prime Green Coffee.  10 ditto Molasses.  50 Barrels Whiskey.  200 Bags Shot, No. 1 to 8, B. & B.  50 Casks best English Gunpowder.  50 Boxes 8 by 10 best Crown Glass.  30 Kegs White Lead, ground in Oil.  30 Boxes Pipes.  20 Casks Copperas.  5 ditto Refined Salt Petre.  10 Boxes Wool Cards.  10 ditto Spermaceti Candles.  50 Bundles Printing Paper.  100 Ream Writing ditto.  20 Bags Black Pepper.  30 Boxes Dixon's best Mustard.  500 lbs. Race Ginger.  50 Barrels Beef & Pork—Boston inspection.  A few Tons Iron Ware—assorted. 
ALSO,
A small consignment of HARDWARE—assorted. Which will be sold at Cost and Charges.
Fish & Stearns.
July 8. tf 2
JOHN RORKE & CO.
Have erected a Mill for Manufacturing
PAINTER'S COLOURS,
and will in a few days have a general assortment. They have at present on hand a quantity of White Lead and Yellow Ochre, in 28 and 14lb. Kegs, equal in quality to any imported.—Also, 800 gallons Linseed Oil; Prussian Blue; Verdigris; Red Lead; Letherage; Putty; Paint Brushes; and Sash Tools of all sizes.
July 17, tf 14
TRAVELS IN GREECE.
PROPOSALS,
FOR PUBLISHING BY SUBSCRIPTION,
THE TRAVELS OF
Anacharsis the Younger,
IN GREECE:
During the middle of the fourth Century, before the Christian Era,
With copious Notes and References.
BY
THE ABBE BARTHELEMY,
Keeper of the Medals in the Cabinet of the King of France, and Member of the the Royal Academy of Inscriptions and Belles Lettres.
Translated from the French.
First American, from the fourth London, edition.
IN FOUR VOLUMES.
THE work now offered to the American reader exhibits a complete view of the antiquities, manners, customs, religious ceremonies, laws, arts, and literature, of ancient Greece, at the period of its greatest splendour. A knowledge of these has hitherto been only attainable by a laborious perusal of writers who have been little solicitous to join entertainment with instruction. The Travels of Anacharsis , on the contrary, are so written, that the reader may frequently be induced to imagine he is perusing a work of mere amusement, invention, and fancy; till his eye glances to the bottom of the page, when he perceives there is scarcely a sentence, and not a single fact or circumstance, but is supported by the authority of some ancient author. The amazing number of these quotations, may, perhaps at first sight, seem to have been unnecessary, and to have more the appearance of a parade of erudition, than to be of any real utility: but it is to be remembered that, at the same time that they must be highly acceptable to the man of real learning, by enabling him to refer immediately to the original author, they are extremely useful, nay we may say, absolutely necessary, even to such readers as can never be supposed to have any intention to consult the authorities quoted; as they clearly show that such an idea, or such a circumstance, is not merely a decoration, or the offspring of the fancy of the author, but immediately taken from some ancient writer, and, therefore, perfectly accordant to the general scope and plan of the work.
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*** Subscriptions to the above work received by George L. Gray, at the office of the PUBLIC LEDGER.
July 17, 1804. tf 23
FOR SALE,
 1350 Barrels Superfine and Fine Flour.  900 do. Pork, in shipping order.  60 do. Beef, No. 1 & 2.  50 Puncheons Grenada Rum.  6 Pipes London particular Madeira Wine.  26 Hhds. Richmond Tobacco.  44 do. Petersburg do.  Tar and Turpentine.  Pilot and Ship Bread.  A few Trunks Irish Linens.  A Trunk Ginghams. 
Apply to Donaldson, Thorburn & Co. July 17. tf 7
FOR SALE,
 500 Barrels first quality Navy Bread.  200 do. Pilot. do.  200 do. Ship. do.  500 Quarter Barrels Crackers, fresh and of a superior quality. 
All of which will be sold on liberal terms.
Stephen Harris.
July 17. tf 8
WE HAVE FOR SALE,
 100 Hhds. Richmond and Petersburg Tobacco.  300 barrels superfine Flour, fresh.  20 puncheons Jamaica and Windward Island Rum. 
 500 barrels Pork, in shipping order.  200 pieces Nankeens, first quality.  50 barrels and half barrels Alexandria Crackers. 
A few cases of Noyeau, and two new Cables.
C. & F. Whittle.
July 17, 1804. tf 16
FOR SALE,
New-York BEEF and PORK.
ALSO,
200 barrels Smithfield PORK.
Robert Gibson.
July 17, 1804. tf 17
TO RENT,
And immediate possession given,
That commodious BRICK DWELLING-HOUSE, at present occupied by Mrs. Hume, and formerly known under the name of the Navy Tavern . The premises are very commodious, and well adapted for a Tavern or extensive Boarding-House, being very eligibly situated on Main-street, in the centre of business. The terms to a good tenant on lease, will be made extremely favourable, or it will be rented by the year on equitable terms. Apply to
William Dick.
July 17. tf 11
SUGAR.
18 Hhds. of Sugar, just received and for sale by
William Hartshorne, jun.
SLATE.
A quantity of Slate, shortly expected from New-York.
July 17. tf 22
WANTED IMMEDIATELY,
Persons acquainted with any branches of COACH-MAKING, to whom the most liberal wages, with constant employ, will be given.
Two YOUTHS of respectable connexions will be taken as apprentices to the above business. Apply to
S. W. Quarrier,
near the Methodist Meeting-House, Cumberland-street.
July 17. tf 5
One Hundred Dollars Reward.
RUNAWAY from the Subscriber in the City of London, some time in the month of May, 1799, a mulatto slave, named HENRY, at that time aged about 18 years, and was about five feet ten inches high; he is probably now upwards of 6 feet. Henry was a remarkable handsome mulatto, and had a fine countenance; his hair rather of the wool kind, but tied in a short queue—He called himself Henry Brent , which name he had put on one of his arms with Indian Ink, either Henry Brent or H. Brent , I do not recollect which; he had also on the same arm an anchor and cable, and some other figures, done by a sailor on a voyage to the East Indies in the year 1797.—It is very probable attempts have been made to erase the name and figures above described, but it could not have been done without leaving some traces and scars. I have just received information that Henry was seen in Norfolk on the 16th of last month, where I am inclined to think he has been lurking for some time—I will give the above reward to any person who will deliver said slave to me, at Col. John Cooke's. Stafford county, near Aquia, or fifty dollars if secured in any jail so that I get him again—Information given in a letter per post, directed to me at Col. John Cooke's, near Aquia, will be immediately attended to.
John W. Bronaugh.
N. B. I am told the above slave is known in Norfolk at this time by the name of Puddy or Purdy . July 17. tf 15
FOR SALE,
A COMMODOIOUS Three Story Warehouse, on Marsden's Wharf. A reasonable credit will be given to the purchaser if required. For terms apply to
James Callis.
August 11. tf 67
A few hogsheads Richmond Tobacco, For sale by
PHINEHAS DANA. July 19. tf 26
PRINTING in all its variety, and in the neatest manner, executed at the office of the Publick Ledger.
STRATTON & COLE,
HAVE FOR SALE, A LARGE AND GENERAL ASSORTMENT OF GROCERIES;
 CONSISTING OF  Antigua, } RUM. } Nest Wooded Ware.  Jamaica, } } Wool Cards.  Wd. Island, } } Bacon.  New England, } } Pork.  French, } } Mariner's Compasses.  Peach, } BRANDY. } Quadrants.  Apple, } } Spy Glasses.  Holland, } GIN. } Hour.  Country, } } 1-2 Minute } GLASSES  Sherry, } } 1-4 do. } }  Malaga, } WINE. } White Lead, }  Imperial, } } Venetian Red, } PAINTS.  Hyson, } } Yellow, } }  Young Hyson, } TEA. } Spanish Brown, }  Loaf, } } Blue, }  Brown, } SUGAR. } Tar.  Molasses. } } Turpentine.  Vinegar. } } White, } BUNTING.  Allspice. } } Red, } }  Nutmegs. } } Blue, } }  Pepper. } } Small, } LINES.  Cinnamon. } } Deep Sea, } }  Ginger. } } Bed Cords.  Cheviot Tobacco. } } Seine Twine.  Spanish, } SEGARS. } Wrapping do.  American } } Indigo.  Powder & Shot, } } Blueing.  Allum, } } Window Glass.  Blown, } SALT. } Knives and Forks.  Superfine, } } Pump Tacks.  Fine, } FLOUR. } An assortment of Castings.  Coffee. } } Earthen Ware assorted.  Chocolate. } } tf 6  July 17. } } 
OILS, PAINTS & WINDOW GLASS, Of all kinds, colours, and sizes.
For sale by N. Gregory, opposite the Market.
An ASSISTANT wanted—also, an active YOUTH to be employed in the store.—Liberal wages will be given to TWO ABLE HANDS, to turn a Paint Mill.
July 8. tf 3
SHAKSPEARE.
Time, which is continually washing away the dissoluble fabrics of other Poets, passes without injury by the adamant of Sakspeare.
Dr. Johnson's Preface.
FIRST COMPLETE EDITION IN AMERICA, FROM THE TEXT OF THE BEST EDITORS OF SHAKSPEARE.
Hugh Maxwell & Thomas S. Manning, Propose to publish, as speedily as possible, VOLUME I.
OF THE Plays of William Shakspeare, With the corrections and illustrations of VARIOUS COMMENTATORS.
To which are added, NOTES,
By SAMUEL JOHNSON & GEORGE STEEVENS. From the fifth and latest London edition, published in 1803—Revised and augmented
By ISAAC REED.
A GLOSSARIAL INDEX.
Sweet SWAN of Avon, what a sight it were, To see thee in our waters yet appear, With all those flights upon the banks of Thames, That so did take Eliza and King James! But stay;—I see thee in our hemisphere Advanc'd, and made a constellation here:— Shine forth, thou STAR OF POETS, and with rage, Or influence, chide, or cheer the drooping Stage.
Ben Johnson.
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JUST RECEIVED,
By the ship Roba & Betsy, Capt. Richardson, from London, and for sale by the Subscribers,
DRUGS AND MEDICINES, of all kinds.
Patent Medicines, Perfumery, &c. &c. Also received by the ship Amira, Capt. Stover,
SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS,
Consisting of Amputating, Trepanning, Cupping, Midwifery, Tooth of different sorts, Crown and Common Lancets, and Surgical Pocket Instruments, &c. &c.
HARDHAM'S SNUFF, No. 9.
Also, by the ship Olive Branch, Capt. Le Breton, from Bristol,
GLASS & FURNITURE,
For Apothecary's and Practitioner's Shops. Those who favor us with their orders will be supplied on the most reasonable terms, and the articles of the best and freshest quality, as our importations are regularly twice a year, and laid in with cash, from the most respectable Druggists in London.
MEDICINE CHESTS made up as usual. Also, a few elegant Mahogany Chests of the newest construction, with furniture complete.
PERRY'S ANTI-BILLIOUS PILLS. Frederick Heermann & Son.
July 17. 2aw 12m. 1
Jamaica Rum, Molasses, &c. &c.
Now landing, from the schooner Rebecca , John Drysdale, Master, from Jamaica.
117 Puncheons Rum.
8 Hhds. Molasses.
For sale by
Donaldson, Thorburn & Co.
WHO HAVE IN STORE, 150 Puncheons of Antigua and Grenada Rum, of fine flavour—4-1
A few Hogsheads and Barrels of Sugar.
July 28. 6 43
FOR SALE,
 35 Hhds. Sugar.  20 do. Demarary Rum.  7 do. Antigua do.  20,000 Green Coffee.  150 Barrels Alexandria Superfine Flour.  50 do. Pork, superior quality.  4,000 lbs. Lard.  A quantity of Bacon Hams—and  A few Tons Bar Iron. 
John Macgowan, Marsden's Wharf. 30.
July 21.
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