Norfolk gazette and publick ledger (Norfolk [Va.]), 1809-09-04 00:00:00

NORFOLK GAZETTE AND PUBLICK LEDGER. SINT HIC ETIAM SUA PREMIA LAUD.
VOL. VI.
MONDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 4, 1809.
NO. 21.
For New-Orleans, The regular Packet Brig SPANISH LADY, Richard Hurst, master, will sail on the first day of October next.
For Lisbon, The fine fast sailing Ship BETSEY, Edward Watson, master, will sail in 10 or 12 days; has excellent accommodations.
Freights are wanted for the Ship ARIADNE, Capt. R. Hoyt, burthen 298 tons, a fine new Ship, and can be ready for the reception of a cargo in about 10 days.
The Brig WASHINGTON, Capt. V. Bagley, burthen tons, now in complete order for the reception of a cargo. For terms apply to the masters on board, or Christopher Fry.
or Charter, The Ship William & Mary, E. Tipling, master, Burthen 230 tons, will carry 200 barrels or 230 hogsheads of Tobacco, is in complete order, and ready to receive a cargo. Apply to D. Safford, or F. Smith.
60 hogsheads St. Kitt's MOLASSES, 60 do. Sugar; 50 do. Jamaica Coffee, 3 do. Guadalupe do. 52,500 wt. St. Domingo do. 200 bales Sea-Island and Upland Cotton, 1000 hogsheads Richmond and Petersburg Tobacco, 5000 bushels Corn; Salt; 15,000 do. Liverpool blown do. 6 pipes Old London particular Wine, 20 crates Queen's Ware, also 150 barrels St. Catherine's Fine Flour, Russia and Ravel's Duck, Count y Gin, Rum, &c. For Sale on liberal terms by C. & F. Whittle.
Stanch VESSEL, Of 150 to 180 hogsheads wanted. July 28.
The Great Match Race! For Two Thousand Dollars, Will be run on WEDNESDAY the 13th of September next, over the Norfolk and Portsmouth Jockey Club Course, between WRANGLER, raised by Col. Seddon, and SIR SOLOMON, by Mr. South, four mile heats, each to carry 150 wt. It is expected that from 12 to 15,000 dollars will be betted on this famous race, as the Horses are considered the best on the continent. August 9.
NEW GOODS. WOOD & HASTINGS, HAVE JUST RECEIVED 30 packages Spring and Summer GOODS, Consisting of almost every description of Goods suitable for the present season. They will be sold at very low prices for cash, or acceptances in town. June 14.
LANDING At Newton's wharf, the CARGO of the Brig GEORGE, from Matanzas, Consisting of Fine Muscovado SUGAR, in Hhds. Clayed Sugar, White and Brown in boxes, Green Coffee, and a few tons Ligumvite. For Sale by Jennings & Rodney. July 17.
FOR RENT, A HOUSE and LOT, On Catherine Street, adjoining Mr. Wm. Thomson's; possession may be had immediately by applying to the subscriber. Who will give Cash for 200 cords WHARF WOOD, on delivery. RICHARD TAYLOR. July 6.
150 Barrels NEW HERRINGS, For Sale by JENNINGS & RODDEY. August 19.
I will Sell or Rent for a term of years, that desirable Little Retreat, called THE COTTAGE, It contains twenty acres of rich and well enclosed Land, ditched and free from any stagnant water. The purchaser or renter may have possession time enough for a crop. Terms will be accommodating if not disposed of before. Leave home, application must be made to Mr. James Young, at Gosport. WILLIAM LEIGH. August 19.
THE SUBSCRIBER Having been appointed a Commissioner of the Chancery Court for the WILLIAMSBURG DISTRICT, takes notice to those persons who are parties to cases referred to him, that he is ready to receive their papers. JOHN COWPER. Master Commissioner's Office. July 12, 1809.
Now landing from on board the Schooner Fair American, from St. Domingo, 24,000 feet MAHOGANY, of the first quality, which will be sold low for Cash, or approved Notes, at 60 and 90 days, by Bowden & Milhado. ALSO, 1,400 lbs. Spanish TOBACCO. August 28.
12 pipes Cogniac and Bourdeaux BRANDY, 3000 Pounds Tuck's-Island SALT, Fresh Imperial and Hyson TEAS, 10 Hogsheads retailing MOLASSES. For Sale by Joseph Hayes. Aug 28.
Now landing from on board the Schooner Success, from Portsmouth, 16 kegs BUTTER; 18 boxes SOAP, 1 barrel SALTS; 10 do. N. E. RUM, 19 bales HAY; 3000 feet PINE BOARDS, 1 box STRAW and CHIP HATS. For Sale by JENNINGS & RODDEY. August 28.
NOTICE, I intend to leave this State about the first of October next, and request all persons having claims against me to bring in their accounts for settlement; all those indebted will please come and settle by note or otherwise. WILLIAM TONKIN, Town Point. August 19.
Just Published, Proofs of the Corruption of General JAMES WILKINSON, And of his connection with Aaron Burr, With a full refutation of his slanderous allegations in relation to the character of the principal witness against him. BY DANIEL CLARE, of the City of New-Orleans. "Justice that slow, is sure, vengeance O'ertakes the swiftest villain's guilt" Letters by M. De St. Evremont, and Waller—Vol. 4th American Review—Shakspeare's Plays, the first complete edition in America, in 17 volumes. For Sale by Bonsal, Conrad, & Co. August 25.
Manchester Academy. In consequence of the intended removal of Mr. John Wood, to the City of Richmond, on the 25th September next, the Trustees of the above Academy are desirous of engaging a TEACHER to the Languages and Mathematical classes, to supply the station he now holds. On application to the Treasurer of the Academy, resting in Manchester, the terms will be made known to any gentleman of liberal education and moral conduct. Manchester, Aug. 22, 1809.
State of North-Carolina, Superior Court, April Chatham County. Term, 1809. JAMES R. BEST, vs. ADON CURTIS. In Equity. THE Defendant in this suit having failed to appear and file his answer agreeable to law, and it being represented to the Court that he is not an inhabitant of this State, it is therefore ordered that notice be given to the said ADON CURTIS in the Norfolk Gazette and Publick Ledger, for the space of six weeks; that unless he appears at or before the next term to be held in the town of Edenton, on the first Monday after the fourth Monday in September next, and file his answer, judgment pro confesso will be entered against him. By Order, Aug 23. J. B. BLOUNT, C. M. P. C. C.
Wig-Wam Garden. NINE PINS AND QUOITS, a cure for sedentary habits. July 26.
I wish to Sell on moderate Terms, A Valuable Tract of LAND, Well timbered, containing 480 acres, more or less, surveyed by Mr. George Nicholson, County Surveyor. The Land lies within two miles of the head of the Western Branch, near Hall's Mill, where Mr. John Corrawell has erected a Saw-Mill, and made an excellent road near the land for carting timber. The Land is under a small encumbrance to Mr. Edward Brown, by a Deed in Trust. Terms of Sale, Three Hundred Dollars must be paid on giving the title to the Land to discharge the Deed in Trust and other encumbrances; the balance of the purchase money to be paid in six and twelve months, Notes and approved endorser will be required. Any person holding a Bond, Note, or Book Account against me will be taken as part payment for the above property. WILLIAM TONKIN, Town Point. August 12.
NOTICE, THE Partnership of T. W. A. ARMISTEAD is this day dissolved by consent of parties. The settlement of its concerns devolves on W. A. ARMISTEAD, who is authorized to grant discharges, and on whom all persons having claims against the Firm, are requested to call. January 5. W. A. Armistead and George Kelly, have entered into Co-partnership. Their business will be conducted under the Firm of ARMISTEAD & KELLY. January 16.
BEST FRENCH HATS, Now opening and for Sale by WOOD & HASTINGS. Also, just received from Philadelphia, 3 Trunks CALICOES, 3 cases Shirting Cotton; 1 do. do. do. 1 do. Platina; 1 do. Ginghams, French Sewing Cotton. August 26.
DOCTOR BALFOUR, Will take a Young Gentleman into his Shop as a Student of Medicine. August 19. For SALE or RENT, That large Dwelling-House, pleasantly situated on Town-Point, Main-street, at present occupied by the subscriber—That large Fire-Proof Warehouse on Wile Water-street, and a small Dwelling House adjoining to Holle's lane. Possession of all or any one of them may be had immediately if required; also one end of the House in Payette-street, at present occupied by Robert B. Taylor, Esq. as his office. Daniel R. Waddey.
Who wishes to Sell, 259 ACRES OF LAND, Living in the County of Princess Anne, on the Eastern Branch of Elizabeth River, distant from Norfolk about 5 or 6 miles by water, running across the main road from this to Kempville; part of which is heavily timbered with oak, pine, ash, &c. July 28. Ginghams, Calicoes, and Shirtings. WOOD & HASTINGS, Have just received via Philadelphia, 4 Trunks CALICOES, 3 do. GINGHAMS, 2 do. COTTON SHIRTINGS, part very fine. July 8.
LANDING From the Schooner Virginia, Capt. Wheeler, from St. Vincent, 50 puncheons RUM, 50 hogsheads retailing MOLASSES, For Sale by Jennings & Rodney. August 7.
LOST OR MISLAID, The following LAW BOOKS: 4th Volume of Robinson's Admiralty Reports, 5th do. Comyn's Digest; Powell on Contract. ALSO, The 2d, 4th, and 12th Volumes of CARY'S AMERICAN MUSEUM; and a fine edition of Pliny's Natural History, printed in the Old English Black Letter, and in the reign of Elizabeth or James I. I will sell very reasonable. The following LAW BOOKS: VIZ. Baron's Abridgment, Gwillim's Edition, Feat on Contingent Remainder and Executory Devises, Powell on Equity; Espinasse's Nisi Prius, Jones's Law of Bilements; Gilbert's Law of Evidence, Tatham's Chancery Practice; Selwyn's Practice in B. R. Mitford's Pleadings; Lilley's Estates, Pothier on Obligations; Powell on Contract. These are mostly London, and the latest editions. John Coxeter. July 17.
ANTIGUA RUM. Landing from on board the sch'r Catharine Superior, 25 puncheons Antigua RUM, And in Store, 15 punch. choice 6 years old RUM. For Sale by Jennings & Rodney, July 21.
NOTICE, All those having claims against the Estate of JOHN CALVERT, deceased, are hereby requested to bring them in properly attested; and all persons indebted to the same, to make immediate payment to Richard Taylor, Executor. June 19.
NOTICE, I intend to petition the next General Assembly, to pass a special act, authorizing the Overseers of the Poor, or Commissioners for that purpose, to be appointed, to sell the GLEBE LANDS, in the County of Mathews, where I am the incumbent, and the interest arising from such sale to be annually applied to my use during my life, or my continuous service as the incumbent minister; Also to sell the BRICK WALLS of the Church commonly called the New Church, being now in a perishable condition, and the money to be applied as other monies directed by law arising from the sale of Glebe Lands. Armistead Smith. August 19.
FOR SALE, 2 Carriages and 6 excellent HORSES, 2 Shires in the Norfolk Theatre, 1 Pew in the Episcopal Church, 1 Pew in the Presbyterian Church, Household and Kitchen Furniture; 3 Milch Cows, 1 Tract of Land in Wake County, N.C. 640 acres, 1 Tract of Land in Granville County, N.C. 700 acres, A Negro Family, consisting of a valuable Gardener, his wife and three small children. Should the abovenamed articles not be disposed of in a short time at private sale, they will be Sold at Publick Auction—payment will be taken in Tobacco at the market price, or in Newbern and Cape Fear Bank Notes. For further particulars apply to William H. Thompson, July 8.
A GREAT BARGAIN. Wig-Wam Gardens for Sale For air, water, and health, none superior. July 31. Green Coffee and Loaf Sugar, 20,000 lbs. choice Green COFFEE, 8,000 do. first quality Philadelphia Loaf SUGAR. For Sale on reasonable terms by Donaldson, Thornton, & Co. March 23.
THE COMMISSIONERS For Paving the Streets in Norfolk, are desirous to contract for as much clean earth as shall be necessary for the paving of Market-Street, and also from 100 to 200 tons of coarse Gravel. They would prefer the contractor to be upon the spot as the paving progresses, but if that cannot be done, it may be laid upon the wharf nearest to the work. Ready cash will be paid for it as fast as it is delivered. June 26.
Bills on London, For Sale by J. & W. Southgate. May 8.
Just Received, A few bales very fine India Cottons, suitable for Shearings, Nankeens of superior quality; Bandanna Handkerchiefs, Sewing Silks; Russia Sheetings, &c. For Sale by Wood & Hastings. May 5.
A BARGAIN OFFERED, In a fine and Valuable FARM, in the County of Princess Anne. THE Subscriber is disposed to sell his Plantation called LEVEL GREEN, situated in the county of Princess Anne. It contains about 500 acres; and, as it may be advantageously divided into two or three Farms, the subscriber will accommodate a purchaser, in selling either the whole or a part. He will also give a long credit. This tract of Land is certainly the most desirable in the county lying on the Eastern branch of Elizabeth River, and distant from Norfolk Market only five or six miles by water, and 9 by land. The soil is excellent, about one half of the tract being cleared land, and fit for immediate culture; the other heavily timbered with Oak, Pine, Ash, and Hickory. It has also the advantage of several good Landings. Any one disposed to view the land, and to purchase, may apply to the absence of the subscriber, to James Royston, or John Read, who reside in the neighborhood. Tully Robinson. Dec 7.
50,000 lbs. prime Green COFFEE, For Sale by J. & W. Southgate. July 11.
SPRING GOODS. WOOD AND HASTINGS, Have just received a small supply of SEASONABLE GOODS, among which are 4-4 Irish LINENS, part extra fine, 4-4 and 6-4 Cotton Cambricks, 7-8 and 4-4 Cotton Shirtings, Superfine and common Calicoes, Ginghams; Madras Handkerchiefs, Fine Corded and Fancy Dimities, Men's and Women's Cotton Hose; do. Silk do. Cotton Umbrellas; White Jeans, part very fine, Royal Cord and other fashionable Vestings, Plain and Fancy Muslins, Elegant worked Muslin Short Dresses; Sars Suckers, Nankeens; Kid Gloves; Men's Buckskin do. BROAD CLOTHS. Best Superior Black, Blue, Olive, Brown, Beige, Drab, Mixed, &c. Broad Cloths; middling and common do. One case Gentlemen's Silk Plush Hats. The above with our Goods on hand, comprises a very general assortment, and will be sold at low prices for Cash only. April 7.
NOTICE, The Subscriber desires all persons who have claims against him to present them for settlement, and those who are indebted to him are requested to make immediate payment. John Hamilton. July 9.
FOR SALE AT THIS OFFICE, Price 37 1-2 Cents, A few Copies of LETTERS, Under the signatures of SENEX and of A FARMER. Comprehending an examination of the conduct of our Executive, and France and Great Britain, out of which the present crisis has arisen, originally published in the North American. From the Editor's Preface. Great publick exigencies, in free governments, force all ways called forth great virtue and talents. Thus the passing occurrences of the day prove, that the face of society every few years has not turned our nation aside from that salutary influence of their virtues and jealousy of their rights, without which our government could not have been established and continued. Should we survive the fraud, prejudice and power, which have conspired for our ruin, we shall not owe it more to the timely illustrations of the state, and the historical recitation of the patriot, than to native good sense and unyielding attachment to the body of the people. Here another proof, that the American nation is remarkable for its intelligence, as for its civil system, and its unalterable adherence to national freedom. The result depends upon both, have electrified the whole country. The same that retired, the timid, the wavering, and the deluded, have all been brought into the ranks of that philosophy which is determined to save the country. By such reasons, it must be said! Among the pens which have powerfully contributed to this conservatory alarm, is the able and ingenious author of the abovenamed letters. His fascinating candor and vigorous argument, have chased away the sophistry and fallacy of delusions, which the hand of power has exerted to destroy our purposes and our danger. These principles of our national affairs, in a conjuncture which has hitherto been the test of our enlivens political constitution, are highly interesting. The critic who called them feeble, was in error; and his capacity erred.
NOTES OF HAND, according to the new form established by the Act of the General Assembly, and deposited in the State Library at Richmond, by the Clerk of the Court of Appeals, April 1809.

...the nature and form of which should be settled by treaty; that these documents should completely protect those to whom they related; but that, subject to such protections, the ships of Great Britain should continue to visit and impress on the main ocean as heretofore.
"They enforced their preference for this sort of arrangement, in a desultory conversation, by observing that they supposed the object of our plan to be, to prevent the impressment at sea of American seamen, and not to withdraw British seamen from the naval service of their country, in times of great national peril, for the purpose of employing them ourselves; that the first of these purposes would be effectually accomplished by a system which should introduce and establish a clear and conclusive distinction between the seamen of the two countries, which on all occasions should be implicitly respected; that if they should consent to make our commercial navy a floating asylum for all the British seamen who, tempted by higher wages, should quit their service for ours, the effect of such a concession upon their maritime strength, on which Great Britain depended, not only for her prosperity but her safety, might be fatal; that in the most alarming emergency they might thus be deprived, to an extent which it was impossible to calculate, but which could not fail to be great, of their only means of security; that our vessels might become receptacles for deserters to any amount, even from their military marine, in the ports of neutral states, and when once at sea, might set at defiance the just claims of the service to which such deserters belonged; that even within the United States, it could not be expected that any plan for recovering British deserters could be effectual, and that moreover, the plan we proposed was inadequate in its range and object, inasmuch as it was merely prospective, confined wholly to deserters, and in no respect providing for the case of the vast body of British seamen now employed in our trade to every part of the world."
In a despatch of November 11, 1806, speaking of the negotiation with lords Holland and Auckland, Messrs. Monroe and Pinkney say,
"You were apprized by our last of the delay to which we had been previously exposed by the indisposition of Mr. Fox. It happened unfortunately that the same cause subjected us afterwards to much interruption in the prosecution of the business, which was finally suspended altogether, for several weeks, by his death. We add, however, with pleasure, that we experienced no delay on account of Mr. Fox's indisposition, which did not appear to us in consideration of all circumstances, to be natural and reasonable; that the business was resumed by the British commissioners as soon after his death and interment as a suitable respect for his memory would permit; and that it has been pursued by them since in a manner to evince an evident desire on their part to bring it to a speedy conclusion."
In the same despatch,
"It happened, when the negotiation had reached a very advanced stage, that account was received here of the decree of the emperor of the French at Berlin, of November 21, which declared Great Britain and Ireland in a state of blockade, and all British manufactures and the produce of British colonies lawful prize. This circumstance produced a strong impression on this government, which was very seriously felt in our concerns. It seemed probable for some days that it would subject the negotiation to a long suspension, if it did not entirely defeat its object. The British commissioners informed us, that the decree of the government of France, had opposed a powerful obstacle to the conclusion of any treaty with us, before our government should be consulted on the subject, and its answer obtained as to the part it might take in regard to it: that in case the united States submitted to a violation of their neutral rights by France in the manner contemplated by that declaration, it would be impossible for Great Britain to respect them; that by concluding a treaty with the United States, by which they should not only bind themselves to the observance of such rights, but agree to concessions or relaxations of what they conceived to be their unquestionable rights of war, after knowing the contents of that decree, they might be understood to restrain themselves from counteracting the policy of France, which it would be improper to do, unless our government should engage to support its rights against the measures of France. In consideration of these circumstances, they proposed that we should proceed in the business so far as to agree on all the articles of the treaty, to reduce them to form, and then transmit the instrument to the United States, to be come obligatory in case our government should come into a satisfactory engagement of the kind proposed."
In another despatch, speaking of the death of Mr. Fox, and the occurrences which took place afterwards, they remark,
"We had many conferences with the British commissioners, previous to the late changes upon the subject of impressments, in which they invariably declared to us, that the practice of their government would be strictly conformable to the spirit of the article, which they had settled with us, and which was afterwards rejected by the cabinet. They stated that the prejudice of the navy, and of the country generally, was so strong in favour of their pretension, that the ministry could not encounter it, in a direct form; and that, in truth, the support of parliament could not have been relied on in such a case. It was their idea that by discontinuing the practice in the mode proposed by them, which might be done without giving any shock to the publick feeling, this prejudice might be gradually overcome, and an arrangement by treaty on this very delicate and difficult subject, rendered ultimately practicable. The United States would in the interim enjoy the security they sought, without any abandonment of their rights, and we induced to yield in return, as their confidence increased, the equivalents which we had offered in our project."
In a despatch dated October 22, 1807, Messrs. Monroe and Pinkney, speaking of a conference with Mr. Canning, say:
"These explanations were followed by others of a less satisfactory description. He said in the progress of the conversation, that he ought not to leave us under the impression, that there was any prospect that the government of Great Britain could recede from its declared pretensions relative to searching on the high seas, the merchant ships of neutral nations for British seamen; that the present state of the world, and the nature and mode of that hostility which France was now waging against this country, of which the great instrument was avowed to be the systematic exclusion of the trade, productions, and manufactures of Great Britain and her colonies, from their usual market, rendered it to the last degree necessary, if not absolutely impracticable, to stipulate for the arrangement of a practice to which the navy and the people of England attached so much importance, even altho' the government should itself be persuaded that it might be with safety."
"We endeavoured to impress upon Mr. Canning, the unfortunate influence which such views and sentiments could not fail to have upon the publick opinion of this country, and the strong repugnance to a general re-enactment of these acts."
...from the vessels, on the high seas, such as might be supposed to be in their own subjects; and they pressed upon us with much zeal, as a substitute for such an abandonment, a provision that the persons composing the crews of our ships, should be furnished with authentic documents of citizenship, the nature and form of which should be settled by treaty; that these documents should completely protect those to whom they related; but that, subject to such protections, the ships of Great Britain should continue to visit and impress on the main ocean as heretofore.
"They enforced their preference for this sort of arrangement, in a desultory conversation, by observing that they supposed the object of our plan to be, to prevent the impressment at sea of American seamen, and not to withdraw British seamen from the naval service of their country, in times of great national peril, for the purpose of employing them ourselves; that the first of these purposes would be effectually accomplished by a system which should introduce and establish a clear and conclusive distinction between the seamen of the two countries, which on all occasions should be implicitly respected; that if they should consent to make our commercial navy a floating asylum for all the British seamen who, tempted by higher wages, should quit their service for ours, the effect of such a concession upon their maritime strength, on which Great Britain depended, not only for her prosperity but her safety, might be fatal; that in the most alarming emergency they might thus be deprived, to an extent which it was impossible to calculate, but which could not fail to be great, of their only means of security; that our vessels might become receptacles for deserters to any amount, even from their military marine, in the ports of neutral states, and when once at sea, might set at defiance the just claims of the service to which such deserters belonged; that even within the United States, it could not be expected that any plan for recovering British deserters could be effectual, and that moreover, the plan we proposed was inadequate in its range and object, inasmuch as it was merely prospective, confined wholly to deserters, and in no respect providing for the case of the vast body of British seamen now employed in our trade to every part of the world."
In a despatch of November 11, 1806, speaking of the negotiation with lords Holland and Auckland, Messrs. Monroe and Pinkney say,
"You were apprized by our last of the delay to which we had been previously exposed by the indisposition of Mr. Fox. It happened unfortunately that the same cause subjected us afterwards to much interruption in the prosecution of the business, which was finally suspended altogether, for several weeks, by his death. We add, however, with pleasure, that we experienced no delay on account of Mr. Fox's indisposition, which did not appear to us in consideration of all circumstances, to be natural and reasonable; that the business was resumed by the British commissioners as soon after his death and interment as a suitable respect for his memory would permit; and that it has been pursued by them since in a manner to evince an evident desire on their part to bring it to a speedy conclusion."
In the same despatch,
"It happened, when the negotiation had reached a very advanced stage, that account was received here of the decree of the emperor of the French at Berlin, of November 21, which declared Great Britain and Ireland in a state of blockade, and all British manufactures and the produce of British colonies lawful prize. This circumstance produced a strong impression on this government, which was very seriously felt in our concerns. It seemed probable for some days that it would subject the negotiation to a long suspension, if it did not entirely defeat its object. The British commissioners informed us, that the decree of the government of France, had opposed a powerful obstacle to the conclusion of any treaty with us, before our government should be consulted on the subject, and its answer obtained as to the part it might take in regard to it: that in case the united States submitted to a violation of their neutral rights by France in the manner contemplated by that declaration, it would be impossible for Great Britain to respect them; that by concluding a treaty with the United States, by which they should not only bind themselves to the observance of such rights, but agree to concessions or relaxations of what they conceived to be their unquestionable rights of war, after knowing the contents of that decree, they might be understood to restrain themselves from counteracting the policy of France, which it would be improper to do, unless our government should engage to support its rights against the measures of France. In consideration of these circumstances, they proposed that we should proceed in the business so far as to agree on all the articles of the treaty, to reduce them to form, and then transmit the instrument to the United States, to be come obligatory in case our government should come into a satisfactory engagement of the kind proposed."
In another despatch, dated the 9th of June, 1806, detailing a conversation with Mr. Fox, Mr. Monroe remarks,
"In speaking of the non-importation act, he expressed his regret that it had passed. He said that it had the air of menace, and that it was not agreeable to do things by compulsion. I reminded him how long we had complained of injuries which his government had not attempted to justify; injuries which were not imaginary or prospective, but real and severe, which affected equally the honour and the interest of the United States. I added that under such circumstances his government had no right to complain of the act referred to. I assured him, however, that I was of opinion, if the ministry had not changed, that a bill of a very different import would have been adopted; that I had reason to believe that the tone of our government, and of our congress, had been essentially moderated by the information which I had given of his assurances that our differences should be settled amicably, and on just principles; that the act which had passed in consequence of that information was little more than a declaration to the citizens of the United States that the object would be duly attended to. I observed that I could be sensible, after the subject had been discussed in congress, as it was before the change of the ministry was known, that it was impossible for that body to dismiss it, without some expression of the rights of the United States in the question in dispute, without exposing itself to the charge of having abandoned them. He seemed finally to admit that the congress could not well have avoided doing something in the business, and that the measure which had been adopted ought to be considered as a moderate one. I was glad to hear this sentiment from Mr. Fox, because I had feared that he would say that the act, as a discharge from the obligation, which his communications with me had in a certain sense imposed on him, in respect to the subject, and which he was disposed to make the ground of, in some particular and interesting points, he was prepared and explicit."
In a despatch dated the 13th of September, 1806, Messrs. Monroe and Pinkney, detailing a conference with lord Holland and Auckland, remark,
"In the course of this conversation lord Holland expressed concern to find the United States opposed to Great Britain on certain neutral questions, in favour of the doctrines of the modern law which he termed novelties. I replied, that in adhering to our principles, the president had endeavoured to arrange them in a friendly manner with his government; that he had taken no step of an opposite character; that he had sought no concert with the neutral powers in support of them, as he had supposed that a satisfactory arrangement to both governments might be made by direct communication between them, which he preferred. He observed, that although the negotiation was suspended, his government would adhere to its principles, yet that it would act in what concerned us, with moderation in the practice of them."
...which we had been previously exposed by the indisposition of Mr. Fox. It happened unfortunately that the same cause subjected us afterwards to much interruption in the prosecution of the business, which was finally suspended altogether, for several weeks, by his death. We add, however, with pleasure, that we experienced no delay on account of Mr. Fox's indisposition, which did not appear to us in consideration of all circumstances, to be natural and reasonable; that the business was resumed by the British commissioners as soon after his death and interment as a suitable respect for his memory would permit; and that it has been pursued by them since in a manner to evince an evident desire on their part to bring it to a speedy conclusion."
"We hope the reader does not understand us, as justifying all or any of the positions or arguments of the different ministers; we only mean to shew, that there was no duplicity, tho' there was a considerable degree of obstinacy, and in some instances great frankness. It is rather strange that Mr. Monroe, had no sooner left London, than we find Mr. Pinkney and Mr. Canning, caviling and disputing about their meanings, and finally afraid to trust each other but upon paper."
The frankness of Mr. Monroe's conduct inspired confidence, and a return of candour from the other party. As we premised in the commencement of our remarks, while Mr. Monroe was in London, there was no complaint of a want of candour, altho' the experienced steady opposition to his views.
FOR THE LEDGER.
Republicans! the times demand your strictest vigilance; all the meretricious arts of knavery and chicane are practiced to delude you—Be jealous of your noble prerogative; let it not be contaminated by an undistinguished habitual community with moral turpitude and political impericism. Your genuine character displays the goodly fellowship of patriotick sentiment, with social virtue. Without one of these principles, wicked men may speciously assume your title, and loudly profess your doctrines; but they should not be trusted. Once admit them to your fraternity; from that moment, farewell to order, peace and happiness. Their plots will gradually quicken, progress and ripen into consummation. Before you are apprized of it, the battlements of our constitution will have been dismantled; all the sacred images of our worship set up by the piety and patriotism of our fathers, defiled, prophaned and sacrilegiously polluted; the citadel of law and liberty assailed, and when the scales drop from your eyes, when the thick mists of midsummer fantasy shall be purged away, you will only awake to repair or perish in the breach which your enemies have surreptitiously effected.
Citizens of Norfolk! Concealed under the mask of publick spirit, and dressed in the garb of exclusive republicanism, a class of men has appeared amongst you, who seem emulous to disorganize all your institutions, and to perplex every municipal arrangement. United by the sympathies of anarchy; gaining proselytes by the charm of popular names; and by an unnatural construction applying the principles of government to their purposes, this band of Swiss politicians and infuriated gossips, unremittingly pursue their cruel course; and if unblenished character should cross them in it, they feel none of those scruples, which an honest casuistry may naturally suggest, to offer up that character, a sacrifice on the altar of their horrid Deities. In order, always to maintain their temper at its grand climacterick, they avariciously seize on each cause of difference which may be an occasion of cavil; and should they be so lamentably unfortunate as to be without a real cause, by some subtle, dexterous craft, or by some marvellous magic they produce a fabrication of their own; challenge immediately the lists; and throw the gauntlet with tenfold defiance. Our corporation at this moment presents the most singular division which can possibly be imagined. The great question, which arose between two memorable Greek parties, whether the livery of their race-riders, should be of green jussia or flame-coloured taffeta, bears no comparison with it. Those discontented spirits, to whom I allude, carry with them into every situation and into all employments, the narrow prejudices of their creed, and appear determined to ingraft them on every subject. Heedless, reckless and careless of our immediate interest they are swayed entirely by their own passions and ignoble jealousies.
At this moment, we are without a collector of our taxes in consequence of a vexatious embarrassment with respect to his election. The gentleman who has meritoriously served us in that capacity many years is now objected to on grounds, which are as unworthy, as they are futile, and as illiberal, as they are unmanly and ridiculous.
First; he is a Federalist . Agreeably to a favourite style of logic this is an offence, which no innocence of heart can extenuate, no integrity of conduct excuse, and which nothing can wash away.—Woe betide the wretch who may be convicted of it. He seems adjudged at once, to have cafus lupinum . Indeed its enormity is so very flagrant, that I have often wondered why it is not made a political sin to pronounce the word—so that persons might frequently be reduced to the necessity of practising the Abbess of Andouillet's device with her youthful novice. But I now see plainly that there is a spirit of mysterious incantation, in this little noun, conjuring up images of horror and bughears of dismay, which nothing can supply. It is not doubted that our former collector is a man of irreproachable character, that he bravely aided in the achievement of our glorious revolution, that he bears distinguished proof of his zeal and loyalty in honourable scars; but notwithstanding all this, his countrymen are advised to withhold their munificence and gratitude from him, to consider him an object, unworthy of office, confidence and trust, even on the abstract consideration of his being a Federalist . It is a doctrine monstrous and absurd; differing as widely from genuine republicanism and the generous feelings of human nature, as it bears open hostility to common sense. Politicks have no relationship with this election—It is entirely a matter of pure municipal arrangement. Be assured the disaffected clan, know and feel this and if they can delude you, they will presently laugh to scorn your easy credulity, and give the smallest countenance to their designs. They were originally suggested by prospects of private emolument. They were originally suggested by private emolument. They were originally suggested by private emolument.
...do not co-operate with the designs of those who will hereafter cause to flesh their tooth in innocence, and soon return to feed on the corruption whence they sprung.
A second ground of objection is that Mr. Cresswell has already held the office for a considerable period. I am extremely surprised why this objection should even have been urged. It is virtually the old principle of rotation and has been so palpably violated on a late occasion, when the honour, the dignity, and the interest, of this district , demanded its fulfilment that I had confidently expected, it would enjoy a perpetual quietus. In Aristophanes, however, there is a fable, in which it is said, that "a man sat so long on the same seat that he grew thereunto—So that when Hercules pulled him off, he left all the sitting part of the man behind him." It has been gradually insinuated, that the benevolent sympathies which the moral allusion of the story excites may have been felt by the framers of this exception—more especially as the impulse of those sympathies does not absolutely conflict with the sense of self-interest.
With such specious pretexts as these, the imaginations of men abundantly teem. They are firmly adhered to, as apostolick truths, and this adherence is called the most refined honour;—
Honour dishonourable! Bred from prejudice, how have you Troubled all mankind, with shews, Of seeming pure, and banished from Man's life, his happiest life Simplicity and spotless innocence.
ATTICUS.
A short time since we gave our readers a concise account of the present state of Europe, and the wonderful changes which have been produced in that quarter of the world, by revolutionary France. It may not be amiss, to pursue the train of reflections which led to those remarks, in order to induce the people of this country to pause, and ponder on the attempt again making, to chain the United States to the car of the modern Attila.
We have already noticed the mighty revolutions which this bloody scourge of the human race has brought to pass, within a few years, among governments and kingdoms. We now wish to present to our readers, another side of the picture. For the last ten years, a great portion of Europe, has been a field of battle. Scarcely a single nation but what has been the seat of war, and that of the most sanguinary kind. Those persons who can recollect the distresses which were experienced in this country, during the war of independence, by those places which lay upon the frontiers, and contiguous to the two armies, will be able to form a faint idea of the sufferings of a large proportion of Europe. Faint indeed it must be—for there can be but a small resemblance between the effects produced by such armies as were embodied in the United States, and such as are almost constantly desolating the fairest countries in that quarter of the globe. What dreadful calamities, what innumerable horrors, must attend the marches, of two or three hundred thousand men, armed for slaughter, and burning for vengeance! A great part of the time for three months past, there have been encamped within a few miles of Vienna, probably two hundred thousand soldiers. These men must be fed, and supported in a great measure, from the surrounding country. Where there is no law but necessity, and no justice but force, what must be endured by the miserable inhabitants of this miserable country? Think of the situation of the aged fathers and mothers, of the wives and children of the Austrian soldiers, whose home is the seat of this most destructive war. One of the least of the evils which must inevitably follow this state of things in Germany, must be a sore, and fatal famine.—Should it even be the fact, that large tracts of country become depopulated, by the joint influence of the sword, the pestilence, and the famine, it would not be at all surprising.
The enquiry will naturally arise—whence is this tremendous mischief? For whose benefit is all this distress and perplexity of nations? It is wonderful to think, that it is all to aggrandize " the terrible nation "—to gratify the boundless ambition of ONE MAN , of mean birth, of humble education, and born without any more pretensions to dominion, and majesty, than thousands of our neighbours and acquaintances. What claims of justice can such a man as this have, to the miseries of Austria? Austria cannot have been guilty of any misconduct towards him; for even the throne of France is held by him by the strong arm of unjust power—he is an Usurper at home; what must he be abroad?
How must every heart, not harder than flint, be wrung with anguish to view the situation, even of the country over which this bloody tyrant waves his dreadful sceptre. Let any person, not deeply tinctured with the spirit of jacobinism, only read that system of conscription, detailed in this number of the Mirror, and ask himself, whether he is prepared to use his endeavours to introduce the same odious system into the United States? Are the peaceful people of this country so lost, not only to every notion of freedom and independence, but to common humanity, and natural affection, as to be willing to see their sons dragged out of their houses, like felons from their lurking places, and chained together like convicts to the wheel-barrow, and driven to the cannon's mouth, to fight the battles of a mushroom tyrant? Will the native inhabitants of America, give up without a struggle, the hopes, and the glory of their families, to the apes and executioners, of the sovereign will and pleasure, of the despot of nations? Other tyrants chastise with whips—he with scorpions. Under his rod, not only men, but nations, plunge into the abyss of destruction.
It is to be hoped that there are but few natives in our country, who are so degenerate, as to wish to bring us under the yoke of France. An alliance with her would be more fatal, if possible, than a conquest by her. If we avoid the former, we are in but little danger of the other. To the perpetual disgrace of our national character, there are foreigners fostered among us, who are labouring with the zeal of crusaders, and with the dispositions of fiends, to reduce us to the servitude of French colonies. Among the first of them, is William Duane, the bosom friend of the late president—a man, on the most fatal mischief to our country. The encadee, in the opinion of the best informed persons, is the pensioned tool of France, hired for the purpose of reducing us to bondage. Shame to the American name, that bold, impudent, and lawless bandit, from the prisons, and from the powers of Europe, should become the managers of our publick affairs. It ought to be held a sacred duty throughout the States, to stamp with infamy , the meddling foreigner, of every country, who impudently takes upon himself the care, and regulation of our nation. I perceive a newspaper, edited by one of them, ought not to lose any patronage. If they are conversant with any peaceable honest employment, and can find bread, they would be entitled to the good offices of their neighbours. But as politicians and managers , they should be treated with marked contempt.

BOOT AND SHOE FACTORY.
The subscriber is now in the act of informing the public that he has removed his Boot and Shoe Factory from Main-Street, to a new building on the corner of Main-Street and the Market, in the city of Norfolk, Virginia, where he has been engaged in the business of making and repairing boots and shoes in all its various branches, such as
Boot Legs, Tops, Vamps, and Calf Skins,
Of the best quality, together with an assortment of Men's and Women's Boots of different patterns and colours, and such as are worn by the fashionable of England and France. He has brought with him some workmen from Philadelphia, who are well skilled in the business, and he has leave to suggest that Ladies that he has employed a person solely for the purpose of making fashion-able Shoe-Heels—SPANGLED—done in the neatest manner, equal to that of London, as in Philadelphia he procured some of the most fashionable patterns by the late arrivals from England. From the knowledge he has of business, having worked in some of the best factories in London, Dublin, and Philadelphia, he flatters himself to give general satisfaction to all who favour him with their orders; added to which his prices shall be reasonable, as Cash will be required for every article on delivery.
August 9. John Fry.
Millinery and Mantua-Making Business.
The subscriber informs the Ladies of Norfolk, Portsmouth, and their vicinities, that she has arrived here from Philadelphia, and has opened Shop in Main-Street, No. 101, next to Mr. Peter Elliott's, where she carries on the above business in the most fashionable manner. This she is enabled to do, having provided herself with the latest and most fashionable PATTERNS from England and France.
ELIZA ERY. Who has for Sale, a fashionable assortment of Ladies' Kid and Morocco SHOES, Of the best quality.
August 9. ELIZA ERY.
MORAN,
Has just received per the Schooner Rising States, captain Gilbert, via New York, in addition to his former supply,
AN ASSORTMENT OF Ship Chandlery and Hardware; Among which are the following, London White Lead, Sheet Lead, Weeding Hoes, Tea Kettles, Hand-saws, &c.
August 7. MORAN.
VIRGINIA BANK STOCK.
WANTED TO PURCHASE, VIRGINIA BANK STOCK, For which Cash will be given. Application to be made to the SECRETARY of the MARINE INSURANCE COMPANY.
JOHN GRANBERY, President Office of the Marine Insurance Company of Norfolk, Dec. 14.
JOHN PENDREY'S Boot and Shoe Manufactory, No. 70, MAIN-STREET.
The public are respectfully informed, that he has furnished himself with a quantity of the choicest materials in the way of business, and has in his employ some of the best workmen in the borough, and having been long experienced in the business himself, his factory will not be conducted by any; he therefore hopes to merit the patronage of the gentlemen of Norfolk and its vicinity, and assures them that no pains shall be wanting on his part to give satisfaction to those who favour him with their commands. N. B. Orders for Double Backstraps, single do. and Cosmacks, executed with the greatest dispatch.
August 11. JOHN PENDREY.
FOR RENT,
That large and commodious Three Story Fire Proof House, on Wide Water-Street, at the head of Fothery's wharf, lately occupied by Messrs. Noble and Arbuthnott & Co. as a Shipchandlery Store, Apply to Lilias M'Pherson.
May 12. Lilias M'Pherson.
AVIS.
Le Propriétaire de ces beaux Jardins "Briggs Point" est disposé à les vendre pour un Prix modéré. L'Emplacement, l'Air & l'Eau les rendent désirable au point le Séjour d'un Amant du Public. Juillet 31.
THIRD NOTICE.
All persons having proper claims against the estate of David Patterson, deceased, are hereby notified to bring them in properly attested on or before the first day of September next, or this notice will be plead against all that may or shall be omitted to be brought in, it being requisite to make any return.
Daniel R. Waddey, Administrator of D. Patterson's Estate
July 28. Daniel R. Waddey.
FOR RENT.
This day on Commerce-Street, from the Schooner Two Brothers, Capt. Nichols, 9 pipes, 50 hogsheads particular Tenerife WINE, 24 quarter casks superior quality Tenerife WINE, For Sale by Moses Myers & Son.
July 28. Moses Myers & Son.
100,000 feet Northern BOARDS,
For Sale by Jennings & Roddey.
July 6. Jennings & Roddey.
NEW RICE.
Just landed, and now landing from the Schooner Pongibbee, 137 Hogsheads NEW RICE, For Sale by Jennings & Roddey.
July 28. Jennings & Roddey.
FOR RENT.
A TWO STORY HOUSE, with a large and excellent Garden, pleasantly situated on Market-Point. The House is now undergoing repairs, and will be ready for the reception of a family in a few days—Apply to William Plume, & Co.
July 10. William Plume, & Co.
TENERIFFE WINE.
Landing from the Brig Andrew Coggins, Capt. Gorman, Old London P. Tenerife WINE, 100 hogsheads and quarter casks—For Sale by Smith & Arbuthnott, & Co.
July 28. Smith & Arbuthnott, & Co.
Eagle Fire Company of New-York.
Office of the Company, No. 29, Wall-Street.
PROPOSALS
For Insuring Houses, Buildings, Stores, Ships in Harbour, Goods, Wares, and Merchandize, FROM LOSS OR DAMAGE BY FIRE.
THE Legislature of the state of New-York, having incorporated the Eagle Fire Company of New-York, with a capital of five hundred thousand dollars, (with the liberty of increasing the same, if the business of the company should require it, to one million of dollars,) for the sole purpose of insuring buildings, and every kind of personal property from loss or damage by FIRE; and it is required by law, that the directors of said company, be paid, according to law, the directors feel a particular satisfaction in offering to their fellow-citizens, throughout the United States, the means of security against the loss of their property, in an unexpected moment, involves in destruction the earnings of a life of industry and frugality, and retires the independent and affluent, together with their families, to poverty and distress. To provide an additional guard against calamities of this nature, has been the primary motive of this INSTITUTION; and the directors engaged to conduct its concerns, with a fairness, candour and liberality, which will justly entitle it to the confidence and patronage of the public.
* * * No insured person will be liable to make good the losses of others; but in case of fire, the sufferer will be fully indemnified.—The Company also make good losses on property burnt by lightning.
Classes of Hazards, and Rates of Annual Premiums for Insurance against Fire.
No. I. HAZARDS OF THE FIRST CLASS.
Brick or Stone buildings, covered with slate, tiles, or metal.
Goods hazardous, and not hazardous, contained in such buildings.
62 1-2 cents per 100 dollars per annum, for sums not exceeding 10,000 dollars in one risk.
No. II. HAZARDS OF THE SECOND CLASS.
Brick or Stone buildings, covered with wood.
Goods hazardous, and not hazardous, contained in such buildings.
93 3-4 cents per 100 dollars per annum, for sums not exceeding 10,000 dollars in one risk.
No. III. HAZARDS OF THE THIRD CLASS.
Buildings, the sides of which are part of brick or stone, and part of wood.
Goods hazardous, and not hazardous, contained in such buildings.
125 cents per 100 dollars per annum, for sums not exceeding 10,000 dollars in one risk.
No. IV. HAZARDS OF THE FOURTH CLASS.
Buildings, the sides of which are entirely of wood.
Goods hazardous, and not hazardous, contained in such buildings.
187 1-2 cents per 100 dollars per annum, for sums not exceeding 10,000 dollars in one risk.
Ships in Port, or their Cargoes, Ships Repairing or Building, may be insured against Fire.
This manner of classing hazards will give a general idea of the rates of insurance, but there will necessarily be an increase of premium in all cases where the local situation, and other circumstances, increase the risk: such as joining, or being contiguous to wooden buildings, or buildings occupied in carrying on hazardous business—distance from water—no engines or firemen in the town or place, &c. &c.—The premiums may also, in some cases, be reduced on wooden buildings in the country, when standing single or detached, or attended with circumstances of peculiar security:—But in all cases, if the sum to be insured on or in the same building exceeds 10,000 dollars, an additional premium will be required.
Soap Boilers, Tallow Chandlers, Brewers, Maltsters, Bakers, Rope Makers, Sugar Refiners, Distillers, Chemists, Varnish Makers, Stable Keepers, Tavern Keepers, China Glass, or Earthenware Sellers, Oil and Colourmen, Turpentine Works, Paper Mills, Printing Houses, Copper, Carpenter, Cabinet Makers, Coach Makers, Boat Builders, Ship Chandlers, Apothecaries, Theatres, Mills and Machinery, and all Manufactories that use Fire Heat, are deemed extra-hazardous, and must be particularly described in the policy; and for all such risks an additional premium will be required.
Conditions of Insurance.
I. All applications for Insurance must be made at the office of the company, in writing; and the subject offered for Insurance accurately described.
II. If the property offered for insurance is within the district of a surveyor of this company, he will examine and report thereon; but if not within any such district, then the applicant must himself furnish an accurate and just description thereof, viz. of what materials each building is constructed; whether occupied as private dwellings, or how otherwise; where situated; the name of the present occupier; how situated with respect to other buildings. And in the insurance of goods, wares and merchandise, the place where the same are deposited, is to be described; also, whether such goods are of the kind denominated hazardous, and whether any manufactory is carried on in the premises, all which is to be certified and attested in such manner as the nature of the case may admit. And if any person or persons shall insure his or their buildings or goods, and shall cause them to be described in the policy otherwise than they really are, so as the same be charged at a lower premium than is herein proposed; or if such description be false or fraudulent, such insurance will be void and of no effect.
III. Goods held in trust, or on commission, are to be declared as such; otherwise the policy will not extend to cover such property.
IV. Every Policy of Insurance, made by this Company, shall be sealed with its seal, and signed by the President and Secretary; and the person for whose interest the insurance is made, must be declared and named therein; nor can any Policy, or Interest therein, be assigned but by consent of the Company, expressed by endorsement made thereon.
V. No Insurance will be considered as made for binding, until the Premium is paid.
VI. Persons insuring Property with this Company, and who have already made other Insurance on the same property, shall give notice thereof in writing, at the Company's Office, before, or at the time of the execution of the Policy; and persons who, after insuring Property with this Company, have Insurance made on the same property elsewhere, shall, with all reasonable diligence, notify the same in writing at the Office of the Company, and have the same endorsed on the policy, or otherwise acknowledged in writing; in default whereof, the Policy shall cease, and be of no effect; and in case of loss, each party insuring shall be liable to the payment of a ratable proportion of the loss, or damage which may be sustained.
VII. No loss or damage by fire will be paid, that may happen or take place in consequence of any invasion, civil commotion, riot, or military or usurped power whatever.
VIII. Books of Accounts, Written Securities, Notes, Bills, Bonds, Deeds, Ready Money, or Bullion, cannot be insured.
IX. Jewels, Plate, Medals, or other Curiosities, Paintings and Sculptures, are not included in any insurance, unless such articles are specified in the policy.
X. All persons insured by this Company, sustaining any loss or damage by fire, are forthwith to give notice to the Company, and as soon after as possible, to deliver in as particular an account of their loss or damage, signed with their own hands, as the nature of the case will admit of, and make proof of the same by their oath or affirmation, and by their books of accounts, and other proper vouchers, as shall be reasonably required; and shall make oath, whether any and what other insurance is made on the same property; and shall procure a certificate, under the hand of a magistrate, notary public, or clergyman, most contiguous to the spot where the fire happened, and not concerned in such loss, that they are acquainted with the character and circumstances of the person or persons insured, and do know, or very likely believe, that the loss or damage sustained, by fire, was without fraud or willful neglect, and that the same was sustained by such insured, and that the amount thereof is just and reasonable; and, if no such affidavit and certificate are produced, the loss shall not be payable: Also, if there is any fraud, or false swearing, the insured shall forfeit all claim to recovery, and be subject to the penalties of law.
THE Subscriber being appointed Surveyor for the Eagle Fire Company,
upon application, with survey, and value, such buildings, (or property contained therein) upon which Insurance may be required. Francis Foster, Church-Street, Norfolk. Feb 13.
Genuine Patent and Family Medicines,
Celebrated for the cure of most diseases to which the human frame is liable.
Prepared by T. W. DYOTT, M. D.
THE CELEBRATED Stomachic Elixir of Health.
(Price one dollar and Fifty Cents)
Which has moved by thousands, who have experienced its beneficial effects, to be the most valuable medicine ever offered to the public, for speedily relieving and curing the cramp, pain, and wind in the stomach and bowels, carrying off superfluous bile, removing habitual costiveness, pickles at the stomach, feverish head-ache, &c.
For the dysentery or lax, cholera morbus, severe gripings, and other diseases of the bowels, and the summer bowel complaint in children, it has proved a certain remedy, and restored to perfect health from the greatest debility.
Persons afflicted with pulmonary complaints, or disorders of the breath and lungs, even in the most advanced state, will find immediate relief.
Common coughs and colds, which are generally occasioned by obstructed respiration, will be found to yield to its benign influence in a few hours.
In asthma or consumptive complaints, hoarseness, wheezings, shortness of breath, and the hooping cough, it will give immediate relief.
Patent Stomachic Wine Bitters.
(Price One Dollar.)
These celebrated and well known Bitters are composed of pure vegetables of the most innocent yet specific virtues, and are particularly recommended for relieving weak constitutions, cleaning and strengthening the stomach, and increasing the appetite; they expel worms in all ages, but from their simplicity and safety, are a most natural and effectual vermifuge, when administered to children; they are gratefully warm, and pungently aromatic; they are extremely serviceable in all seasons, but particularly so on the approach of warm weather, when bilious habits experience such total loss of appetite; they are also a certain preventative against the common and so common in the spring and fall seasons, such as intermittent fevers and agues, lung autumnal fevers, dysenteries, &c.
DR. ROBERTSON'S Vegetable Nervous Cordial,
OR, Nature's Grand Restorative,
Is confidently recommended as the most efficacious medicine, for the speedy relief and cure of all nervous complaints, impurities of the blood, seminal weakness, and various complaints, resulting from diffipated pleasures, residence in warm climates, the immediate use of tea, the unskillful or excessive use of mercury, and diseases peculiar to females at a certain period of life.
DR. ROBERTSON'S Celebrated Gout & Rheumatic Drops.
A safe and effectual cure for the gout, rheumatism, lumbago, stone and gravel, swellings and weakness of the joints, sprains, bruises, and all kinds of green wounds; the cramp, pains in the head, face and body, stiffness of the neck, chilblains, frozen limbs, &c.
Since the above invaluable medicines were first discovered by Dr. Robertson, upwards of Seven Hundred Thousand Persons have experienced their happy and salutary effects, many of whom from the greatest debility. These Medicines, which by being timely administered, will prevent the progress of many fatal diseases.
The Proprietor wishes to afford every information relative to the efficacy of the above Medicines in a small compass, by exhibiting a list of exemplary cures, attested by respectable characters, for the satisfaction and encouragement of the afflicted—for which purpose such cures have been selected at different times and been inserted, as might display the attractive power of physics. But as the number of cases are now become so numerous, I am obliged, instead of identifying the particulars, only to print an abstract of several testimonies, referring the reader to peruse the pamphlet, left at the Book-Store of Messrs. BONSAL, CONRAD, & Co. Norfolk June 5.
Phœnix Fire Office
No. 13, MARKET-SQUARE, NORFOLK. INSURANCE UPON SHIPS.
NOTICE is hereby given that the following premiums only, will henceforward be charged by this company for insurance from fire upon Ships, Vessels, and all Water Crafts, and also upon Cargo on board, in the seaports and rivers of Virginia and North-Carolina.
   One month 12 1/2 cents per $100    Two do. 20 do. do.  Three do. 25 do. do.  Four do. 30 do. do.  Five do. 35 do. do.  Six do. 40 do. do.  Seven do. 45 do. do.  Eight do. 50 do. do.  Nine do. 55 do. do.  Ten do. 60 do. do.  Eleven do. 65 do. do.  Twelve do. 70 do. do.  
The above premiums will be charged for any sum not exceeding 40,000 dollars in one risk; but a separate sum must in all cases be specified on the ship and another on the cargo. Richard Taylor, Agent.
FOR SALE,
A neat well finished Fire-Proof DWELLING-HOUSE, situated in Cumberland-Street, and as present occupied by Miss Ellegood. Also, one half of a very valuable Water Property, fronting Elizabeth-River 410 feet, thence towards the shore 900 feet; also, an unimproved Lot, well enclosed, adjoining Capt. John Store's Dwelling-House; and a House and Lot in York-Town, in a very eligible situation for a retail business, being adjacent the Ferry to Gloucester, one end fitted up for a shop. For terms apply to ROBERT GIBSON.
Who finding for a long time past his own applications for the collection of debts in vain, has appointed Mr. Thomas Davis, (formerly acquainted with his accounts) his attorney, with full power and instructions to close all debts as promptly as possible, that he may be enabled to satisfy his creditors. May 2.
Nichmeyer and Von Kuff,
Wholesale and Retail Warehouse, in Water-Street, opposite the Market-Paper only, the following
GERMAN LINENS,
   850 pieces SACKING, 35 pieces SHIRT LINEN,   200 do. OZNAEBURGS and TICKLENBURGS, 45 do. FINE SWEETING,   450 do. WHITE ROLLS, 70 do. TABLE CLOTHS,   80 do. MESSIAN do. 30 do. BED TICKING,   30 do. FINE FLATHLAS, 65 do. STOUT RAVENS DUCK.  
ALSO,
   11,000 BAGS of different sizes and qualities. TUMBLERS,   110 boxes Spanish SEGARS, 160 dozen half-pint DECANTERS,   40 do. Crown GLASS, 120 dozen WINE GLASSES,   150 do. English PIPES, 100 pair WAFFLE IRONS,   3 gross empty BOTTLES, 350 pieces PAPER HANGING,   600 do. CORKS, 100 pieces OIL CLOTH,   100 wt. Bottling WIRE, 4 cases PORT WINE.   20 gross Cowskin WHIPS,   600 wt. GLUE,   100 wt. Oznaburg THREAD   300 Straws half-pint and gill  
And their Store in Main-Street.
Looking Glasses, Glassware, Cutlery, and fancy Articles.
We will take in barter about 25,000 wt. of Green Coffee
Boot and Shoe Manufactory.
SAMUEL COLEMAN,
Opposite the Market, (westward) has received by captain Lewis, on Monday last from Philadelphia, a large quantity of the best
Boot Legs, Vamps, Tops, &c.
That has (probably) ever been in Norfolk.
With the Philadelphia Upper Leather for Boots—the choice of Seal and other Leather here—good workmanship—great attention—no disappointments—a regular bred foreman—and a tolerable supervisor—He has already furnished and will continue to furnish, better Boots and Shoes and better treatment to customers than has been rendered here by any person in this way; on these conditions only his exports custom.
He has now from Baltimore, &c. three good HANDS for Ladies' Work, and a great flock of KID and MOROCCO; all the materials and workmanship shall be good, or an allowance made for that which is not; but the greatly increased price of all the materials, and the high price of labour in this way, will not admit of the Shoes being sold at the price of the run-work, generally offered for sale here.
He is now getting almost all kinds of Boots & Shoes made. The advantage of getting Boots and Shoes made in the place of good materials and workmanship, where the responsibility of the manufacturer is bound, is too obvious not to be seen except by those who have eyes and will not see.
He has on hand a large assortment of Boots, which gentlemen may be fitted at any time, with a certainty of getting such as are good, as he has no run-work done, and a large assortment of Shoes of nearly all kinds. His terms are cash only.
A LEASE
For the eligible PROPERTY he now occupies to be disposed of—it has about three and an half acres to run.
Martin's Double Brand FLOUR,
in barrels and half barrels, manufactured solely for family use. July 6.
FOR RENT.
A Convenient Dwelling House on the Main-Street, near the Bridge, next door to Mrs. Archer. Also,
That commodious House on Catharine-street, at present occupied by Mr. James Dykes, adjoining the subscriber; they have excellent gardens, and all convenient out-houses. Also,
A very convenient Dwelling-House, just finished, on Commerce-street. For terms apply to James Tucker. August 15.
FOR SALE,