Norfolk gazette and publick ledger (Norfolk [Va.]), 1807-04-13 00:00:00

NORFOLK GAZETTE And PUBLICK LEDGER  IN THIC ETIAM SUA PREMIA LAUD
VOL. III.]
MONDAY EVENING, APRIL 13, 1807.
[NO. 116.
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The following speech of Mr. Dana, was delivered on the proposition for fortifying the ports and harbours of the United States. To the citizens of Norfolk and Portsmouth, the truth and force of Mr. Dana's arguments, will be fully appreciated. It will no doubt appear to those who are exposed to the danger, which the proposition was calculated to avert, not a little extraordinary, that these arguments did not produce conviction, if the reasonableness of the case itself did not. But the system of parsimony which has been adopted, and the total disregard for the commercial interests of the country, form unsurmountable objections with our democratic rulers.
Mr. Dana (Con.) From some of the observations of the gentleman from North-Carolina (Mr. Holland) he seems to fear that fortifications on the coast, will enlist the United States in a war, almost as much as the loor, in the Recruiting Officer , feared that a piece of money would enlist him in the army. Does the gentleman rate the intellects of this house so low as to imagine they will believe in the reality of any such danger? Principles of public law authorise us to establish fortifications for the protection of our maritime frontier. The whole space within the range of cannon shot from the shore is most clearly within our territorial jurisdiction; and the efficacious maintenance of this jurisdiction is no breach of any of the duties of neutrality. Every person acquainted with the acknowledged law of nations, must know that the charges, which remain to be made, are in the controversies, ever other charges made against the United States. The political situation of the country at the present time, is not a danger.
It is needless to vindicate the United States against the charges, which remain to be made, in the controversies, ever other charges made against the United States. The political situation of the country at the present time, is not a danger. I will not degrade the subject by a formal answer to every charge. It has been made, to excite a prejudice against the United States, that we are in the habit of making observations, what we think of the policy of other nations. Do they claim a right to make observations on the more immediate affairs of our country, why not we on the Atlantic states? Chosen by the people, and in the gratitude of our fellow citizens, we have been the cause of the great expense for fortifications, which must have resulted from the inhabitants of the Atlantic states, if they had not been immediately benefited by the general interest in the security of the country. I wish system, and I wish to provide for the security of the country. I wish to provide for the security of the country. I wish to provide for the security of the country. I wish to provide for the security of the country.
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other official documents with the reports on the finances, I can now state with undoubting assurance, that the excess, to which the secretary refers in general terms, amounts to more than a million and a quarter of dollars.*
This is for the three first quarters of the year: And from the relative amount of importations, it may be confidently expected that the last quarter of the year will exhibit a correspondent increase of revenue. All this excess, which cannot be less than a million and a half for the whole year, may be taken from the treasury, without encroaching on any existing appropriation: it might all be granted for fortifications without deranging any operations of the government. This sum is free for your disposal, as a clear overplus, beyond all the official estimates.
I now ask, that some portion of this overplus may be appropriated for the protection of our ports and harbours. I am not willing to abandon the whole Atlantick frontier to the generosity of foreign aggressors: I would not encourage them to expect plunder without blood.
Much has been said about the Louisiana purchase. It has been the topic of popular harangues; and various opinions have been advanced with respect to such an extension of territory. Yet the great object, perhaps the only object, for which such a purchase ought to be valued by the people of the United States, is the security of the free navigation of the Mississippi and other waters as relative to the commerce of the western country. Among those who understand the full value of that navigation, I recollect no person who has objected merely to the price. Objections were made for other reasons—stipulations which might lead to foreign interference—and stipulations which were calculated to give the exceptionable terms of the cession, not on the price to be given for the freedom of the western commerce.
As to the price, it was fifteen millions of dollars. So much is applied to the purchase of that portion of the U. S. which would have been paid every year for the protection of the frontier on the west, if the inhabitants had not been immediately benefited by the general interest in the security of the country. I wish to provide for the security of the country. I wish to provide for the security of the country. I wish to provide for the security of the country. I wish to provide for the security of the country.
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fence as may be judged useful. If on full investigation they should condemn the project of fortifying any particular place, we may be confident that the president of the United States would of course remain to be applied to other uses.
If we are not to have any fortifications, because it might be possible for an enemy to take them, what will gentlemen say with respect to other means of defence? Army, navy, militia, all are liable to disasters. When will you give battle to invaders of the country, if you wait for absolute assurance of victory? Would you reproach those who fought at Bunkers Hill, because they were ultimately compelled to retire from the works?
The subject presents a great publick question. Will you abandon the country near the Atlantick to pillage and desolation, or will you authorise a regular system of defence?
With a treasury full to overflowing, you are now called upon to appropriate a part of the excess of your revenue for protecting this important portion of our country. Let the monies be applied regularly, from time to time, as the fulness of the treasury will allow, until the system shall be completed. Such a plan requires no exhausting of your resources—no present augmentation of the army—no loan—no new debt.
In forming an opinion relative to fortifications for the Atlantick frontier, I deem it unnecessary to enter into an examination of the various circumstances attending our foreign relations at the present moment. To-morrow there may be a change. To decide the question now before us, we need not inquire in detail, what has been effected by the extraordinary missions from this country to Europe, with respect to subjects which occupied so much of your deliberations at the last session; whether a satisfactory treaty has or has not been negotiated with one of the European powers; whether the negotiations with other powers are nearly closed or still to be protracted amidst multiplied embarrassments and vexations? These would be but partial views of the general subject. It is a permanent system for the common defence, which I wish to have adopted from a regard to the great principles of public security.
On this subject I do not say, that the United States are in immediate danger from any one of the European powers; I make no attempt to alarm you by any such declaration. But there are general considerations which are highly interesting to this country. Some of them, I will now mention very concisely.
Events in Europe proclaim one broad fact—The wish for peace is not a security against war.
Of the states called republic in ancient or modern times, all have lost their independence or ceased to exist, except the United States of America. As exhibiting to mankind one example of republican government, we now stand alone on the globe, surrounded by ruins.
Our system of policy excludes all hereditary distinctions of rank, title, or power. Can such an experiment, on a scale so extensive as ours, be grateful to possessors of monarchical prerogatives? If we expect no congeniality of sentiment from any of the hereditary governments founded on the ancient feudal system of Europe, what ought we to expect from a recent government, exhibiting a new system of hereditary distinctions, analogous to the feudal policy, and erected on feudal and democratic ruins? While our example is viewed with a jealous eye, if we appear contemptible as to defence, the expected facility of success will be an addition inceptive to hostility.
If our course of policy should exhibit an elective government cherishing peace, but wise and strong to protect all in the fair enjoyment of the fruits of industry, we shall present to mankind an example worthy to be respected, and may confide in the general approbation of our fellow citizens.
I will not so far dishonour my country as to suppose, that any member of this house can for a moment admit the idea of bowing our free necks to a foreign yoke.
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prized of their movements, and by a rapid march of sixteen leagues in little more than 48 hours he anticipated the enemy, and secured for himself the means of retreat. That he was compelled to fly before the Russians is undeniable. The affair of Morhingen took place on the 25th ultimo, and on the 27th it is stated with much apparent satisfaction, that Bernadotte had taken a position at Lobau, full 40 miles from the scene of the previous engagement. There it seems he waited for the enemy who did not make his appearance, "what is the plain inference from this, but that he was harassed in his retreat and pursued by the Russians as long as they could with prudence follow him up? This is not the only circumstance which confirms us in our opinion that Bernadotte has met a decisive defeat. This official or demi-official accounts mention "that Bernadotte did not join in pursuit of the enemy, but remained on the field, making movements to cover the right flank of the grand army, while he gained time to carry off the wounded."
So it seems that the repulse of the Russians as stated in the Bulletin, was not so derisive as to relieve Bernadotte from the apprehension of their returning and capturing his wounded. In another part it is admitted that a Russian corps of 2000 men took possession of Morhingen, while the French army was engaged in pursuing the fugitives. Can any one believe that when the corps engaged, according to the French accounts, only 22,000 men in the whole, such a mass of men would have been detached either accidentally or intentionally from either army, without attracting the attention of the other? But this is the way in which it is attempted to palliate the disgrace of the capture of Bernadotte's baggage, and the contributions and plunder at Elbing, and other places, that the advantages gained by the Russians, has been of a most decisive nature, is further evinced by the following letter from a respectable mercantile house at Dantzic, addressed to a respectable merchant in this city. It is, we are induced to believe, the most recent intelligence from that quarter.
Dantzic, Feb. 3. "For the first time, we are again in a situation to write you with freedom on political subjects. The most favourable accounts reach this place every day from the theatre of war. The French have received at length a complete drubbing; and that they will very speedily be driven from this neighbourhood we have not the least doubt. We look with confidence this spring to the renewal of our trade and commerce with you, in an increasing ratio. That the French army are in a very sickly and distressed situation, you may rest assured; it is supposed that nothing but the absolute necessity of leaving an immense body of sick soldiers to the mercy of the Russians, has prevented the retreat of the French before this period. In future you may expect to hear from this place without danger on our parts."
We have little doubt that a general engagement has been fought before now. If the French intend to maintain their position on the right bank of the Vistula, they must drive the enemy to the other side of the Niemen. There is no alternative. It was for this purpose, we are persuaded, that Bonaparte left Warsaw, and not to inspect the different cantonments of the army. That such was his intention is avowed in the conclusion of the interesting article from Lobau.
The letters brought by the Husum mails furnish a variety of important matter. The court of Vienna has peremptorily required the evacuation of Brennan; and in order to give effect to this demand, has put the whole of the Austrian army into motion. This is an additional reason why Bonaparte should endeavour to force the Russians to a general engagement. If he surrenders Brennan, it will be attributed to fear, and to the very critical situation in which he appears to be placed. This is an embarrassment from which he can only be delivered by a victory over the Russians. Should his usual good fortune attend him, should he find another Austerstadt or Austerlitz on the right bank of the Vistula, we shall soon see him inflict general chastisement on Austria for the importunity and insolence of her demands.
LEMBERG, January 18. Gen. Kamenskoy, with the main body of the Russian army, is posted behind the river Nur. The head-quarters are in a small village of the same name. Auxiliaries arrive for the Russian army from the farthest parts of the empire in Asia. The first corps of reserve is near Byalystok, where there is a large magazine; a second army of reserve is at Grodno, and a third at Dubno. The recruits, who are numerous, are trained and exercised, fit for the ranks, in fourteen days. Dubno and Nieswies are both strongly fortified. In the former place the French prisoners are kept, previous to their being carried further into the interior. To animate the courage of the Russian soldiers, the emperor has promised to promote every officer who shall distinguish himself, besides a grant of crown lands, &c. The wounded privates are also to receive pensions, and their widows and orphans to be provided for.
Misery increases in Poland every day—all the mechanics are out of employment. Articles of the first necessity, particularly bread, pulse, wine and sugar, are extremely scarce. As to meat, it is plentiful at present, because the inhabitants have been obliged to kill and dispose of their cattle for want of fodder to feed them; forage of every kind having been seized for the armies.
Extract of a letter from Prussian Pomerania, January 21. "The winter-quarters promised to the French army do not appear likely to be of long duration. It seems that the Russians want to occupy the position which the French hold at present, between the Narrew, the Bug and the Vistula, in order to the recommencement of actual hostilities. There is no longer any probability that the French can advance into Eastern Prussia, without coming to an action, and it is probable that before they can reach Koningsberg, they must fight the combined Russians and Prussians in the environs of that city."
LONAU, January 27. At the moment when the emperor's orders were issued for the first corps of the army to go into winter quarters, between the Passarge and the Vistula, marshal Bernadotte received intelligence that the Russians were on the march with a considerable corps to attack him in his cantonments. It seemed to be their object to advance against Osterode, and by that means to cut off all communication
between the first corps and the rest of the grand army; and with which view they attacked and carried our post at Liebstat, consisting of 200 men, on the 23d instant.
As soon as marshal Bernadotte received certain advice of the intention of the enemy, he did not lose a moment. He immediately called in the troops posted at Elbing, and gave orders for those of Chrisburg to draw towards Morhingen, where they found the 8th regiment; and though the marshal had troops at Lolkeims and Biauuberg, on the Passarge, he succeeded in collecting them all on the 25th instant, at Morhingen. The marshal arrived in person about two in the afternoon, just as the enemy showed himself on the heights. He seemed at first to have had a line of cavalry, and manoeuvred in such a manner as to make it appear that his object was only to reconnoitre. He wished to gain time, in order to bring up troops against our right wing, but marshal Bernadotte perceived his design, and immediately formed in order of battle, while he ordered a battalion of the 9th light infantry to advance against the village of Piarrefeldschen, which was defended by several battalions of Russians and six pieces of cannon. This battalion advanced with all the courage and impetuosity that always distinguish French soldiers, and notwithstanding the murderous fire, and the warmth of the action in which the eagle of this battalion was taken and retaken, the battalion succeeded in defeating the enemy, and gaining the village. The Russians, who defended themselves valiantly, again attacked the village with their battalions, but the 8th regiment coming again to the assistance of the French, the Russians were driven back. Being compelled to retreat, they formed behind the village, while their right and left extended towards the woods and frozen lakes. They occupied both sides of the road leading between Morhingen and Liebstat.
Our line of infantry, consisting of the 8th, 7th, 9th regiments, immediately advanced against the enemy's front, upon the heights, which was provided with a formidable artillery. A very heavy fire of small arms took place. Gen. Dupont in the mean time, had orders to move from Neuhoff to Wiese and Georgenthal, for the purpose of turning the right wing of the Russians. At the same time the troops arrived that were to act against the enemy's front. A battalion of the 28th was the first that advanced. The enemy was driven back and very roughly handled, and a very great carnage took place among them, they were pursued more than two leagues, till night put an end to the affair.
The Prince of Ponte Corvo was not in the pursuit, because the 2,000 Russians, with their artillery and cavalry, cut off the road to Morhingen, and threw themselves into Morhingen, where they defended themselves out defence; the troops of the prince had pushed on, and the Russians had thrown their carriages left behind them.
A battalion of the 28th, led by the French on one side, and by the Russians on the other, with fixed bayonets, charged each other, and killed a great number of men on both sides. The Russians, killed a great number of men, and took many prisoners, and among them a general. The French demanded the expedition of the Russian prisoners.
This affair is the first of the kind since the war began. The first corps, being at the distance of 16 leagues from the enemy, had scarcely been engaged in a battle, where the enemy's fresh troops were defeated, except that 800 killed and 1000 wounded.
The French have the proofs of the enemy's defeat. Notwithstanding the enemy's retreat, they were followed by the French, and a great number of prisoners were taken. The French were posted, and the enemy was not relieved until night. The French had fifteen pieces of cannon, and the enemy had none. The French had three times the number of men, and the enemy had three times the number of cannon. The French had three times the number of men, and the enemy had three times the number of cannon. The French had three times the number of men, and the enemy had three times the number of cannon.
We have made 400 prisoners, and taken 100 pieces of cannon. The enemy has been defeated by general Hucepp and general Bernadotte.
The result of this glorious battle is, that the enemy is in his rapid retreat, and we are in the act of chasing him by a display of valor and intrepidity; besides preventing the enemy from effecting a junction, which was the object of the grand army, we have compelled it to retreat in disorder.
The prince of Ponte Corvo remained upon the field of battle till dark next day, and made many excellent movements to cover the retreat of the grand army, while he had time to carry off the wounded. He retreated three leagues on the first day after the affair, and gained 24 hours at Liebemuhl, and arrived at Koningsberg on the 27th, when he took a position behind the river, there to wait for the enemy, which will soon make his appearance.
This long and tedious march gave the emperor time to collect himself. The emperor put himself at its head, and has since recommenced operations. The enemy is taken in his own snare, and will soon repent the imprudent step he has taken.
VIENNA, January 28. (From the Court Gazette.) The Austrian prisoners of war who have returned from France, have given their sovereign a striking proof of their attachment; for in spite of all they have suffered on the road, and the seductions to which they were exposed in all the states through which they passed, particularly on the borders of the Rhine, where they were obliged to remain some months, out of 36,930 men who went to France, 36,000 have actually arrived upon the Austrian territory. These faithful soldiers chanted hymns of joy upon their arrival in Austria.
DANTZIC, Jan. 31. The rumour that count Bernstoff has received a grand cross of the legion of honor, is, according to the latest intelligence, unfounded.
Count Buxhoeven has left the army, to resume his functions as governor-general of Livonia and Courland.
LUBEK, Feb. 13. That the French are on the retreat, and have repeatedly suffered great loss, may be inferred from
their own statements, on a comparison with the map of Poland; and that the reports of losses have been prevalent, in countries subject to the enemy, is evident from the severe measures taken against those who should be guilty of doubting the invincibility of the great army, directed by the genius of the great hero. Even in Jena, a threatening proclamation was published by the commandant of the town, against the propagators of reports disadvantageous to the French; and that, too, on the 4th of January, though the treaty of peace between France and the king of Saxony was signed on the 15th December, and was to be ratified within fifteen days, after which the regal authorities of the sovereign would be of course restored to him.
The French papers have briefly noticed the capture of general Victor. This is said to have been attended with some unusual circumstances. Lieutenant ——, had been dismissed the Prussian service for various excesses and irregularities, which the severity of Prussian discipline could not tolerate. He resided near Colberg, in Pomerania. Posterior, and when the general disorganization of the Prussian army took place, animated by a warm love of his country, he, on his own authority, collected from the peasantry around him, a troop amounting to near 2000 men, which he armed as well as he could, and employed in scouring the country and watching the enemy. It was in one of these excursions he met with general Victor, in whose possession he found 20,000 ducats, with which, the general it was supposed was going to some fortress, which he hoped to secure in this manner, as had been so often done before. The lieutenant immediately transmitted his booty to the king of Prussia, who, however, returned it to him, saying, that he had already shown he well knew how to apply his resources in the defence of his country, and that he might expend this sum in the establishment of his corps. He at the same time conferred upon him the rank of colonel.
The following is a substance of the proclamation of gen. Benningsen, addressed to the people of Germany. "The enemy (it says) is at a considerable distance from his own frontier, in a country, and at a season when he is in want of the necessary means of subsistence, and where he meets with impediments at every step. Although it is probable that the French will be routed, this will not satisfy the emperor; the enemy must be driven beyond his own frontier; this is the only means of saving Germany. The emperor, therefore, hopes that the Germans under these circumstances, which will decide their fate forever, will not lend any assistance to the enemy's troops; but, by a general assistance, will contribute to prolong their stay; and thus enable us to restore the German constitution."
BATTLE OF THE ELBE, Feb. 7.
The battle of the Elbe was fought by the French on one side, and by the Russians and Prussians on the other. The statement of general Benningsen, and the reports from different quarters, are so contradictory, that it is difficult to say which side there is most reason to believe. It seems to be, that at the time of the battle, the French army has retreated on particular occasions, but that the Russians which they have defeated, have not been able to follow them up. It seems that the French are at this moment in the act of retreating, and that Bonaparte set out for Berlin. The Russian and Prussian commanders have taken the opportunity, which will shew Alexander at the head of his own dominions, and Francis at Austerlitz and Ulm. There is a report, which may be of no avail, that the Russians and Prussians relate, that they have taken 10,000 men and labourers prisoners, and that the French brought 10,000 prisoners. The Russians say, that they have betrayed great dexterity in the mean time the French have been making all kinds of artifice, in order to deceive them in their success. It is said that the Russians have large bodies of French prisoners, and marched them
checking the enemy in his rapid retreat. The families of the Russian and Prussian officers are at Altona, the Russian ambassador is at Altona, the duke and duchess of Oldenburg are at Altona.
BRUNSWICK, February 7.
Our hopes and fears are still directed towards Poland, though our attention is somewhat diverted towards the less immediately interesting, yet still very significant, military operations in Turkey. From the Dniester, we learn, that the two brothers of the king of Prussia are raising volunteer corps; and he was persuaded, that whatever the ultimate result of the Polish war may be, the Russians will meet with a persevering resistance, which their adversary has not hitherto experienced. The battle of Morhingen, though the French boast of another victory, shew how much is yet to be done before Koningsberg can be attacked, which is obviously the object of this detachment from the main army.
COPENHAGEN, Feb. 10. A vessel from Koningsberg, which entered the Sound on the 5th, brings intelligence that every thing was quiet at Koningsberg, and that there were no French troops in that neighbourhood.
Gazette Marine Memoranda.
ARRIVED.
Ship Rebecca, Eldridge, 25 days from St. Thomas, Coffee, C. & F. Whittle.—April 8 in lat. of Cape Henry, in 20 fathoms water, spoke the ship Mermaid, Tracy, from New-Orleans to Baltimore, on 23 days, who informed that two days before, he saw a ship or brig to windward with all her masts gone. In the night of the same day, passed a wreck, sea breaking so high could not make out what she was.
Ship Two Generals, Cunningham, 16 days from Havanna, Logwood, Theok. Armistead.
Brig Cyrus, Bacle, 17 days from Martinique, sugar, B. Magrien.
Sch'r Polly, Smith, 9 days from Savannah, Rice & Tar, to the Master.
Sloop Sally, Bradford, 20 days from Montserrat, Rum, to the Master.
Sch'r Manchester, Cropsey, 3 days from New-
York. The Richmond, Williams, from this port, had arrived at New-York.
The sch'r Princess Anne, of Snow-Hill, from Alexandria bound to St. Jago-de-Cuba, with the loss of both masts and bowsprit, was towed into Hampton Roads yesterday by a brig from Rochelle bound to Philadelphia.
The sch'r Lucy from Havanna to Bristol, (R. I.) was spoke on the 28th March off Cape Florida, out two days, had carried away her fore-top-sail-yard.
The Brig Connecticut, Blynn, and sch'r Governor Strong, Munro, sailed from Kingston (Jam.) the former for New-London, the latter for Newport, the 15th March.
The Swedish brig Ann, from Jacquemel bound to Baltimore, with coffee, detained on the 13th of March, off Cape Tiberoon, by the Hebe frigate, arrive at Port Royal (Jam.) the 15th March.
Brig Franklin, ——, from New-York, for Annapolis Bay, with lumber, was cast away on Haneaga the 25th Feb. crew and part of the cargo saved. The sch'r Two Friends, Joussett, from Charleston to Kingston, was cast away on Turks Island the 25th Feb. crew taken off by the Hornet sloop of war.
The British ship Jeanie, from this port, has been captured by the French.
CUSTOM-HOUSE—ENTERED.
Ship Rebecca, Eldridge, St. Thomas. Sch'r Manchester, Cropsey, New-York. Two Friends, Cole, do. Brothers, Cars, do. Polly, Smith, Savannah. Columbia, Hawes, do.
CLEARED.
Barque Petersburg, Davis, Madeira. Brig Ruby, Chapman, West-Indies. Sch'r Virginia Ann, Hodson, St. Thomas. Ploughboy, Hall, Charleston.
On WEDNESDAY next, 15th instant, at eleven o'clock, before the New-Market, will be Sold, 50 hogheads SUGARS, allowed to be the best parcel of Muscovado Sugar ever imported into this place.
ALSO, A few bbls. and bags Green Coffee. Terms approved endorsed notes at 3 and 4 months for all sums over 200 dolls. under 200 dolls. cash.
Thomas Blanchard, V. M.
On FRIDAY the 17th instant, before the New-Market, at 11 o'clock, will be Sold for Cash, without reserve, 13 pipes Cogniac BRANDY, 6 casks Claret Wine; 5 pipes Sicily Wine, 50 bags Coffee.
D. R. Waddey.
Disrael Swamp Canal Company.
For Publick Sale, on MONDAY the 4th of May next, at ten o'clock, (being the day of the annual meeting of the Stockholders, to be held at the Eagle-Tavern in the Borough of Norfolk),
THIRTEEN SHARES, belonging to delinquent Stockholders in said Company, on a credit of 60 days.
William Charles Lee, Clk & Treas'r D. S. Canal Co.
April 3.
Henry Prescott.
was too blind to discover. In election, it being merely a joke passed, which he intended to offend himself a candidate for the election in his paper of the 11th instant, as I never had any such announcement of O'Connor, which appeared in my paper, requested me to pay any attention to the matter, and the publick in general are particularly requested not to pay any attention to the matter, as I never had any such announcement of O'Connor, which appeared in my paper, requested me to pay any attention to the matter, and the publick in general are particularly requested not to pay any attention to the matter.
NOTICE.
For CHARTER, The good Ship REBECCA, only 14 months old, burthen 197 tons or 1600 barrels, will be ready to receive a cargo in two days. Apply to C. & F. Whittle.
April 13.
500 barrels superfine FLOUR,
a-float—For Sale by James Dykes, & Co.
April 13.
145,000 wt. prime COFFEE.
We will commence landing the above quantity from on board the ship Rebecca, to-morrow; it is offered for sale on liberal terms, by C. & F. Whittle.
April 13.
For RENT,
The Store and Dwelling-House, on Market-Square, at present occupied by Messrs. Grumper & Duan. Apply to William B. Lamb.
April 13.
WANTED,
A few Shares Virginia Bank Stock. April 13.
Just received and for Sale,
30 hhds. first qual. Jamaica Sugars. Richard Bowden, & Co.
April 13.
For SALE,
A Lot of Ground on Town-Point, with three large wooden Buildings, fronting three streets, and adjoining the property of James Dickenson, deceased. If not disposed of private y on or before the 15th of May, it will on that day be Sold at Publick Auction. For terms apply to JOHN WARREN.
April 13.
NOTICE.
The Freeholders and others in this Borough, entitled to vote, are desired to meet at the Town-Hall, on Monday the 27th instant, (being the fourth Monday in the month) for the purpose of electing a Representative to Congress, and a Delegate to the General Assembly. Thomas H. Parker, Mayor.
April 3.
NOTES OF HAND,
according to the new form established by the Directors of the Office of Discount and Deposit of the Bank of the United States, for sale at this office.
NOTES for the Virginia Bank;
Checks; Bills of Lading, and of Exchange, printed on paper of superior quality; and Shipping Articles on large paper, and approved form. Ledger Office, February 27.