Norfolk gazette and publick ledger (Norfolk [Va.]), 1805-02-22 00:00:00

NORFOLK GAZETTE AND PUBLICK LEDGER.
VOL. I.]
FRIDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 22, 1805.
[NO. 95.
WHOLESALE PRICE-CURRENT.
NORFOLK, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 1805.
Table with 5 columns: ARTICLES, per, From, To, Remarks. Lists prices for various goods like Bacon, Beef, Brandy, Bread, Butter, Candles, Coal, Cocoa, Coffee, Cordage, Cotton, Duck, Flour, Fish, Fustick, Gin, Grain, Hemp, Hides, Indigo, Iron, Lead, Meal, Molasses, Peas, Pepper, Pimento, Pitch, Pork, Raisins, Rice, Rum, Salt, Shingles, Staves, Tar, Tobacco, Tallow, Turpentine, Wax, Wines.
Premiums of Insurance on American Property. To Great-Britain, Ireland, Portugal, and Spain, without the Straights of Gibraltar. France, Holland, Bremen, and Embden. In the Mediterranean. Madeira, Canaries, Azores, and Cape de Verd Islands. British and Neutral Windward Islands from Barbadoes to St. Thomas. Jamaica and Honduras. Porto Rico. Havana. Cape-Francois, (unarmed). Ports in the Bite of Leogane. Ports on the South side of St. Domingo. Persia, India, and China. Coasters. Prices of Stocks. Virginia Bank, 6 dolls. per share, advance. Norfolk Marine Insurance Company, shares 60 per cent. advance. United States Bank, 580 dolls. per share. Exchange on London, Par.
FOR SALE, The Schooner ARGUS, A fine vessel of 700 Barrels burthen—six months old—was built on East River; sails well, and is now in complete order. ALSO,
A FAST SAILING NEW PILOT BOAT BUILT SCHOONER of about 98 tons burthen, now lying at Newton's Wharf. For terms apply to WILSON, CUNNINGHAM & CO. February 20. 9 441
FOR FREIGHT, (To Lisbon, or Oporto,) THE SNOW MARY, O. Rich, Master:— Burthen 160 tons, a staunch good vessel. Apply to the Master on board at Newton's Wharf, or to WILLIAM PENNOCK. February 18. tf 436
FOR CHARLESTON, (S. C.) The fast sailing (Packet) Sloop FLORA, Captain CHASE, Will sail in a few days. For passage only, (having excellent accommodations) apply to the Master on board, at Newton's Wharf, or MARTIN FISK.
Who has for Sale, on board said vessel, SIX TONS LIGNUMVITAE. Which will be sold low if applied for soon. February 15. tf 419
FOR LONDON, The new fast sailing ship MEDFORD, Josiah Barnard, Master:— Will sail by the 21st instant. For passage only (having good accommodations) apply to the Master on board, or to MOSES MYERS. WHO OFFERS FOR SALE, 1000 Barrels Superfine FLOUR. 100 do. Fine do. February 15. tf 421
LANDING On Town Point, out of the Schooner Sarah, from Guadalupe, 78 Casks GREEN COFFEE. 40 Hogsheads Clayed and Muscovado SUGAR. For sale by ROBERTSON & BROWN. ON HAND, OF OTHER IMPORTATION. Jamaica and St. Vincent Rum. Cognac BRANDY. Madeira WINE, old and fit for immediate use. 5000 Bushels Coarse SALT, afloat.—Which will be sold low, taken from a long-side A FREIGHT For a fine Coppered Ship, of 200 tons, is wanted for a port in France. Apply as above. February 15. tf 426
FOR SALE, FREIGHT, OR CHARTER, The fine fast sailing Brig EDWARD & CHARLES, Edward Pettigill, Jun. Master:— Burthen 150 tons or 1500 barrels—about two years old; will be ready in two days to receive a cargo.—For terms apply to the Master on board, or to PHINEHAS DANA & CO. WHO HAVE RECEIVED Per said vessel from St. Thomas, and offer for sale, 2500 lbs. Prime GREEN COFFEE. 10 Tons FUSTICK. 2 do. LOGWOOD. February 15. tf 428
FOR CHARTER, THE AMERICAN SCHOONER THOMAS, Burthen 800 Barrels. In complete order to receive a cargo. C. & F. WHITTLE. February 13. tf 410
FOR FREIGHT OR CHARTER, The Schooner VICTORY, Ebenezer Leercrook, Master:— Burthen 120 tons, a staunch strong vessel.— For terms apply to the Master on board, or to PHINEHAS DANA & CO. WHO OFFER FOR SALE, RECEIVED PER SAID VESSEL FROM SALEM, 18 Hogsheads, } N. E. RUM. 4 Barrels, } 10 Tons PLAISTER PARIS. 120 Small Kegs SOUNDS & TONGUES. February 13. tf 416
FOR SALE OR FREIGHT, (TO CHARLESTON, S. C.) The fine new fast sailing Pilot Boat built Schooner CHANCE, Captain JOHN ABBOTT. 75 tons burthen or 400 barrels, completely fitted for sea, and now ready for the reception of a cargo. For terms apply to JOHN STRATTON. February 11. tf 407
FOR SAVANNAH, The Schooner RISING SUN, Captain Taylor. Will sail in four or five days— For freight or passage, apply to MARTIN FISK. Who is this day landing from said Schooner, 100 Tierces fresh RICE. 16 Half Tierces do. February 4. 992
NOW LANDING From board the Ships Juno and Courtney, from Jamaica, 250 Hogsheads RUM. For sale by WILLIAM PENNOCK. WHO OFFERS FOR CHARTER, THE SHIPS JANE, of 417 Tons. JUNO, of 260 do. COURTNEY, of 200 do. All ready to receive cargoes. January 21. tf 958
FOR SALE, (if applied for in three days) The fast sailed Schooner PHOENIX, Now laying at Newton's wharf, burthen 100 tons, and only one year old. Apply to the master on board, or William Pennock. WHO OFFERS FOR SALE, 50 Tons PLAISTER OF PARIS, on board said schooner. December 5. 269
A vessel of about 150 to 200 tons burthen is wanted on Charter, for Jamaica. JOHN GRANBERY. February 18. tf 434
FOR SALE, A very superior PILOT BOAT, Just launched, of the following dimensions, 38 Feet 6 inches Straight Rabbt. 15 do. 6 do. Beam. 6 do. Hold. Now lying at Newton's Wharf. For terms apply to Wilson, Cunningham & Co. WHO HAVE IN STORE, 25,000 lb. COFFEE. 20 Tierces Dutch LINSEED OIL. November 16. tf 253
The Merchants at Petersburg, and Richmond, who have orders to ship Tobacco in the British Brig UNION, Captain Himmingsbottom, for Guernsey, are respectfully informed, that the Brig has been ready to receive her cargo ever since the 24th ult.—The Captain not knowing the names of the respective shippers, has induced the consignee to give this public notice. Norfolk, January 14. tf 337
FOR FREIGHT OR CHARTER, The remarkably fast sailing copper bottomed Ship THOMAS WILSON, Christopher Tompkins, Master:— Burthen 368 tons or 450 bds. tobacco. Will be ready for the reception of a cargo in a few days. Apply to Wilson, Cunningham & Co. December 5. tf 270
FOR SALE, A PEW in Christ Church. Apply at the office of the Public Ledger. Jan. 21. tf 357
THE Commissioners in a Commission of Bankrupt, awarded and issued against JOHN COWPER & Co. do hereby give notice, that James Howat, Francis S. Taylor, and John Davidson, late Assignees of the Estate and effects of said Bankrupts, have been discharged (at their own request and desire) from being Assignees, and that James Tucker, is appointed Assignee in their stead, and that the said Bankrupt's Debtors, are not to pay their Debts to the Assignees removed. February 13. tf 414
NOTICE. ALL Persons indebted to the Estate of JOHN COWPER & Co. are called on for an immediate settlement.—Suits will be issued against all Debtors to the Estate, (who refuse to comply with this request) in ten days from this date. February 13. tf J. TUCKER. 413
NOTICE. ALL persons indebted to the Estate of CORNELIUS CALVERT, Esq. deceased, are requested to make immediate payment; and if any persons should have any claims, they are requested to bring them forward, properly attested, and they shall be paid by JAMES TUCKER, Executor. WHO WILL RENT Some Warehouses on Calvert's Wharf, or will receive Goods on Storage, on the most moderate terms. February 13. tf 5 411
BUTTER FOR SALE BY PHINEHAS DANA & CO. February 11. tf 403
BEING desirous to close my LUMBER BUSINESS, I will sell the remaining Stock I have on hand, on very moderate terms.—Consisting chiefly of a general assortment of Scantling. Also, an excellent large new Lighter. Those that are indebted to me for Lumber, or otherwise, are requested to make immediate payment, as no indulgence can be given. February 11. tf JOHN STRATTON. 405
FRESH RAISINS. A FEW FRAILS OF FRESH RAISINS AND FIGS. For Sale by MARTIN FISK. January 11. tf 336
INTENDING to place my property in the hands of Trustees, for the purpose of securing to my Creditors the most equal distribution of it, and being desirous of giving my Trustees as little trouble as possible, I request all persons having accounts with me, to be prepared for an adjustment of them, on or before the tenth of March next. FRANCIS S. TAYLOR. February 18. 402
AN APPRENTICE WANTED TO ATTEND A Wholesale & Retail Dry Good Store, a Lad of about 16 years of age, honest, and industrious, of a good education, and genteel connections.—None need apply without solid recommendation.—Inquire of the Printers. N. B. One from the Country would be preferred. February 15. tf 420
WILL BE LANDED, From Brig Triton, from Copenhagen, 40 Tons Petersburg Clean HEMP. 20 do. Best quality SWEDISH IRON. 500 Bolls RUSSIA CANVAS. 100 do. RAVENS DUCK. For sale by WILSON, CUNNINGHAM & CO. February 15. tf 424
DESERTION. DESERTED from this Garrison, on the night of the 19th instant, CHARLES SHUNK, a Private in my Company of Artillerists—he is a German by birth, twenty years old, five feet four inches high, light sandy hair, light blue eyes, fresh complexion, by occupation a Baker. Ten Dollars will be given as a reward, on his delivery at this Garrison. J. SAUNDERS, Capt. U. S. Art. Commanding. Fort Nelson, February 15. 1m 425
NOW LANDING On Newton's Wharf, from on board the Schooner Plough-Boy, Captain Davis, from Martinique, 62 Hogsheads, } Muscovado Sugar. 4 Tierces, } 66 Barrels, } COFFEE. 9 do. } WILLIAM PENNOCK. February 15. tf 423
Will soon be put to Press, and in a short time published, a work, entitled, REVOLUTIONARY ANNALS, OR HISTORY OF THE FRENCH REVOLUTION, FROM THE CONVOCATION OF THE STATES-GENERAL TO THE TREATY OF AMIENS IN 1802. PART V. Embracing the History of BUONAPARTE. During the three first years of his Consulate. Translated from the French Manuscript of J. H. de Croseuil, By L. H. Girardin, Professor of Modern Languages, History, and Geography, in the College of William and Mary. Printed for the Proprietors, at the office of the Publick Ledger. February 20. 1aw 457
I will Rent to any respectable Person, ONE half of the WAREHOUSE occupied by me on Maxwell's Wharf, either the lower or upper part of it. JOHN C. NIEMEYER. February 20. 3 442
TEN DOLLARS REWARD. RUNAWAY from the subscriber, on Thursday evening last, a negro fellow, named SAMUEL BARBER.—He has a yellow complexion, is five feet five and a half inches high, about 28 years of age, and has a large scar over his left eye. He wears a ring in each of his ears, and had on when he eloped, a double breasted coat. There can be little doubt of his attempting to pass as a free man, as a forged certificate of his freedom was found the day after he went off. The above reward will be given to any person, who will secure him in jail, so that I get him again. JOHN FOSTER. Richmond, February 12. 3 439
A CHOICE PARCEL OF FINE IRISH LINEN, Imported from Dublin, per ship Medford. For sale by MOSES MYERS. February 15. tf 422
TO RENT. THAT excellent DWELLING-HOUSE and GARDEN, lately the residence of Cornelius Calvert, Esq. deceased, with or without the WHARF, and immediate possession given. For terms apply to J. TUCKER. January 30. tf 377
WE HAVE FOR SALE, 650 Barrels Fine, } FLOUR—Harall's Brand. 350 do. Superfine, } ALSO, 100 Barrels SHIP STUFF, and a quantity FRESH MEAL, in Bags and Barrels. J. & W. SOUTHGATE. February 11. tf 403
NOTICE. THE PARTNERSHIP OF STRATTON & COLE, Will dissolve by mutual consent, on Thursday the 14th of March next. ALL those who are indebted to them, are requested to make immediate payment, as no indulgence can be given:—And those who have claims, will bring them in for adjustment, and payment as quick as their business can be settled. On the same day, will be Sold, at Publick Auction, if not previously disposed of at private Sale, ALL THEIR STOCK OF GOODS, CONSISTING OF A GENERAL ASSORTMENT OF GROCERIES AND SHOP UTENSILS. ALSO—THE TWO HOUSES, Now occupied by them on Campbell's Wharf, which is an excellent stand for business. JOHN STRATTON, JOSIAH COLE. February 8. tf 400
The Subscribers have for Sale 100 Hogsheads Old TOBACCO. 106 Puncheons high proof Jamaica RUM. 30 Hogsheads CLARET. 200 Barrels Superfine FLOUR. 300 do. Prime PORK. C. & F. WHITTLE. February 6. tf 397
NORFOLK DRAW-BRIDGE COMPANY, JANUARY, 14th, 1805. THE Directors have this day declared a Dividend of five per cent, on the Capital Stock, for the half year, which will be payable to the Stockholders, or their legal representatives, after the 14th February next. 350 WILLIAM CAMMACK, Treasurer.
WE HAVE FOR SALE, 1,000 Barrels TURPENTINE. 1,000 do. TAR. 100,000 Red and White-Oak Hnd. STAVES—and 8 Pipes of BRANDY. Gilliat & Mackinder. November 6. tf 222
NOW LANDING From on board the Brig Maria, Robert Hutton, master, from Bordeaux, 30 Pipes Old COGNAC BRANDY, fit for immediate use. 211 Hhds. CLARET, fit for the West India Market. 100 Cases, do. do. 50 do. Vin de Grave. 500 DEMIJONS. 2 Trunks of Silk Stockings, Silk and Kid Gloves and Fans. For sale by William Pennock. Sept. 1. tf 115
THE SUBSCRIBER, HAS FOR SALE, AT HIS BAKE-HOUSE, No. 1, Commerce-Street. 400 Barrels Navy, } BREAD. 200 do. Ship, } 200 do. Pilot, } CRACKERS, Of the first quality, in Barrels, Half Barrels, Quarter Barrels, and Kegs. STEPHEN HARRIS. February 1. tf 382
NOTICE. HAVING given Mr. STEPHENS FARNAM, a concern in my Business, the Firm in future, will be PHINEHAS DANA & Co. PHINEHAS DANA. January 2. tf 320

The Impeachment.—The portion of the answer of Mr. Chase which is contained in this day's Ledger embraces, and, as we think, totally annihilates the charges against him in the second and third articles, both of which arise out of the trial of Callender...
The evidence on the part of the prosecution is closed. How far that evidence may be sufficient to alter our conviction of the innocence of Mr. Chase, we cannot possibly know, except from the remembrance of the ex-harte testimony given by the same persons last winter...
We cannot help remarking the injurious manner in which this document, so important to Judge Chase, has been published in several papers, and first in the National Intelligencer...
This day, the Anniversary of the birth of our great Political Father, recalls to the mind of every lover of his country, a variety of very dissimilar images, and excites in his breast very contradictory sensations.
We have been in no small degree surprised, by the illiberal strictures which some people have permitted themselves to make on the conduct of a respectable Alderman of this Borough...
Persons who imagine that the conscience of a Judge of a tribunal whose jurisdiction extends to the life of those who are tried before it, should be regulated by popular sentiment...
very sorry to see brought into practice. The Magistrate who reflects upon the solemn functions that are assigned to him, and calls to view that dread tribunal where Judges are Judged...
The Judge who can with firmness resist popular clamour, and despise popular prejudice, in the rigid and virtuous discharge of his duty, deserves the grateful thanks of the community.
It is certainly not at all surprising that a Judge should consider a criminal guilty of manslaughter, yet innocent of the crime of murder, as defined by those laws which are to govern his decisions...
We regret that the writer of the Handbill could not see the possibility of effecting his apparent object, without connecting it with those innuendos which have called forth these remarks.
The prize of 20,000 dollars, the highest in the Baltimore Cathedral Church Lottery, has been drawn against the number of one of the Tickets reserved by Bishop Carroll, in behalf of the Church.
On the 5th inst. the House of Representatives of Massachusetts proceeded to the choice of a Senator of United States for six years from the 4th day of March next.
We have received no account of the vote of the Senate, whose concurrence is required.
Congressional Register.
SECOND SESSION OF THE EIGHTH CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES.
Commenced at Washington, November 5, 1804.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
Wednesday, February 6.
DEBATE IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ON THE REPLICATION TO THE ANSWER OF JUDGE CHASE.
See the Replication in the Ledger of the 15th inst.
MR. J. RANDOLPH moved that the house concur with the managers in their report.
MR. R. GRISWOLD did not know but what the replication was correct. But it appeared to him that they were about to act in too precipitate a manner.
MR. ELLIOT did not rise to express surprise at the style of the replication. After what had taken place in relation to the impeachment of Judge Chase, he felt no surprise at any language that might be used.
MR. J. RANDOLPH hoped the motion of the gentleman from Connecticut (Mr. R. G.) to refer the report to a committee of the whole house would not prevail.
present session. After, at the last session, coming forward and pressing for a trial, and complaining of a denial of justice on account of its not taking place...
MR. ELLIOT was in favour of filing a general replication to the answer of Judge Chase, but he was opposed to the style of the one reported by the managers.
MR. J. RANDOLPH asked, if the impeachment had been wire-drawn as was represented by the gentleman from Virginia (Mr. J. Randolph), by whom had it been done?
The question was then taken—and the motion to refer the report to a committee of the whole house was lost—yeas 31—Nays 60.
The question then returned upon concurring with the managers in their report.
MR. GRISWOLD called for the yeas and nays. MR. LUCAS said that it appeared to him proper to postpone the further consideration of the replication until they should have the answer printed.
MR. J. RANDOLPH had no great objection to postpone the subject for the time moved by the gentleman from Pennsylvania. He wished to inform that gentleman that this house was in possession of the answer of Samuel Chase.
MR. LUCAS observed that he had heard the answer of Judge Chase read in the Senate, and he believed the rest of the members did also, he would withdraw his motion for a postponement of the subject until tomorrow.
MR. DENNIS moved to amend the Replication by striking out, after the words "and observe" the following: "that the said Samuel Chase hath endeavoured to cover the high crimes and misdemeanours, laid to his charge, by evasive insinuations, and misrepresentation of facts..."
MR. HUGER called for the yeas and nays.
The question was taken upon agreeing to the amendment, by yeas and nays, and were yeas 41, nays 70.
The question was then taken upon agreeing to the Replication, and passed in the affirmative, yeas 77—nays 34.
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES.
Monday, February 4, 1805.
HIGH COURT OF IMPEACHMENT.
THE UNITED STATES vs SAMUEL CHASE.
(The Judge's Answer and Pleas, Continued.)
THE SECOND ARTICLE of impeachment charges, that this respondent, at the trial of James Thompson Callender for a libel, in May 1800, did, "with intent to oppress and procure the conviction of the said Callender, overrule the objection of John Basset, one of the Jury, who wished to be excused from serving on the said trial, because he had made up his mind as to the publication from which the words, charged to be libelous in the indictment, were extracted."
In answer to this article, this respondent admits that he did, as one of the associate justices of the supreme court of the United States, hold the circuit court of the United States, for the district of Virginia, at Richmond, on Thursday the 22d day of May, in the year 1800, and from that day, till the 30th of the same month...
By an act of Congress, passed on the 4th day of May, A. D. 1798, it is among other things enacted, "That if any person shall write, print, utter or publish, or shall knowingly and willingly assist, and aid in writing, printing, uttering or publishing, any false, scandalous, and malicious writing or writings, against the President of the United States, with intent to defame, or to bring him into contempt or disrepute..."
At the meeting of the last abovementioned circuit court, this respondent, as required by the duties of his office, delivered a charge to the grand jury; in which, according to his constant practice, and to his duty as a judge, he gave in charge to them, several acts of Congress for the punishment of offences and, among them, the abovementioned act, called the sedition law...
On Wednesday, the 28th day of the same month, May, 1800, Philip Norborne Nicholas, Esq. now attorney general of the state of Virginia, and George Hay, Esq. now district attorney of the United States, for the district of Virginia, appeared in the said circuit court as counsel for the said Callender...
After the abovementioned John Basset, whom this respondent supposes and admits to be the person mentioned in the article of impeachment now under consideration, had thus answered in the negative, to the question put to him by order of the court, as abovementioned, which this respondent states to be the legal and proper question to be put to jurors on such occasions...
In this opinion and decision, as in all the others delivered during the trial in question, this respondent concurred with his colleague, the afore-mentioned Cyrus Griffin, in whom none of these opinions have been considered as criminal.
This honourable court need not be informed, that it is the duty of courts, before which criminal trials take place, to prevent jurors from being excused for light and insufficient causes. If this rule were not observed, it would follow, that as serving on such trials as a juror, is apt to be a very disagreeable business...
But in order to shew that a juror does not "stand"

indifferent between the accuser and the accused, as to the matter in issue," it is not sufficient to prove that he has expressed a general opinion, "that such an offence as that charged by the indictment ought to be punished;" or "that the party accused, if guilty of the offence charged against him, ought to be punished;" or "that a book, for printing and publishing which the party is indicted, comes within the law on which the indictment is founded." All these are general expressions of opinion, as to the criminality of an act of which the party is accused, and of which he may be guilty; not declarations of an opinion that he actually is guilty of the offence with which he stands charged. It is impossible for any man in society to avoid having, and extremely difficult for him to avoid expressing, an opinion, as to the criminality or innocence of those acts, which, for the most part, are the subjects of indictments for offences of a publick nature; such as treason, sedition, and libels against the government. Such acts always engage publick attention, and become the subject of publick conversation; and if to have formed or expressed an opinion, as to the general nature of those acts, were a sufficient ground of challenge to a juror, when alleged against him, or of excuse from serving when alleged by himself, it would be in the power of almost every offender, to prevent a jury from being impanelled to try him, and of almost every man, to exempt himself from the unpleasant task of serving on such juries. The magnitude and heinous nature of an offence, would give it a greater tendency to attract publick attention, and to draw forth publick expressions of indignation; and would thus increase its chance of impunity.
To the present case this reasoning applies with peculiar force. The "Prospect Before Us" is a libel so profligate and atrocious, that it excited disgust and indignation in every breast not wholly depraved. Even those whose interest it was intended to promote, were, as this respondent had understood and believes, either so much ashamed of it, or so apprehensive of its effects, that great pains were taken by them to withdraw it from publick and general circulation. Of such a publication, it must have been extremely difficult to find a man of sufficient character and information to serve on a jury, who had not formed an opinion, either from his own knowledge, or from report. The juror in the present case had expressed no opinion. He had formed no opinion, as to the facts. He had never seen the "Prospect Before Us," and therefore could have formed no fixed or certain opinion as to its nature or contents. They had been reported to him, and he had formed an opinion that if they were such as reported, the book was within the scope and operation of a law for the punishment of "false, scandalous, and malicious libels, against the President in his official capacity, written or published with intent to defame him." And who is there, that having either seen the book or heard of it, had not necessarily formed the same opinion.
But this juror had formed no opinion about the guilt or innocence of the party accused; which depended on four facts wholly distinct from the opinion which he had formed. First, whether the contents of the book were really such as had been represented to him? Secondly, whether they should, on the trial, be proved to be true? Thirdly, whether the party accused was really the author or publisher of this book? And fourthly, whether he wrote or published it "with intent to defame the President, or to bring him into contempt or disrepute, or to excite against him, the hatred of the good people of the United States?" On all these questions, the mind of the juror was perfectly at large, notwithstanding the opinion which he had formed. He might, consistently with that opinion, determine them all in the negative; and it was on them that the issue between the United States and James Thompson Callender, depended. Consequently, this juror, notwithstanding the opinion which he had thus formed, did stand indifferent as to the matter in issue, in the legal and proper sense, and in the only sense in which such difference can ever exist; and therefore having formed that opinion, was not such an excuse as could have justified the court in discharging him from the jury.
That this juror did not himself consider this opinion as respecting the "matter in issue," appears clearly from this circumstance, that when called upon to answer on oath, "whether he had expressed any opinion as to the matter in issue?" he answered that he had not. Which clearly proves that he did not regard the circumstance of his having formed this opinion, as a legal excuse, which ought to exempt him of right from serving on the jury; but merely suggested it as a motive of delicacy, which induced him to wish to be excused. To such motives of delicacy, however commendable in the persons who feel them, it is impossible for courts of justice to yield, without putting it in the power of every man, under pretence of such scruples, to exempt himself from those duties which all the citizens are bound to perform. Courts of justice must regulate themselves by legal principles, which are fixed and universal; not by delicate scruples, which admit of endless variety, according to the varying opinions and feelings of men.
Such were the reasons of this respondent, and he presumes of his colleague, the said Cyrus Griffin, for refusing to excuse the said John Basset, from serving on the jury above mentioned. These reasons, and the decision founded on them, he insists were legal and valid. But if the reasons should be considered as invalid, and the decision as erroneous, can they be considered as so clearly and flagrantly incorrect, as to justify a conclusion that they were adopted by this respondent, through improper motives? are not these reasons sufficiently strong, or sufficiently plausible, to justify a candid and liberal mind in believing that a judge might honestly have regarded them as solid? Has it not been conceded, by the omission to prosecute judge Griffin for this decision, that his error, if he committed one, was an honest error? Whence this distinction between this respondent and his colleague? And why is that opinion imputed to one as a crime, which in the other is considered as innocent?
And the said Samuel Chase, for plea to the said second article of impeachment, saith, that he is not guilty of any high crime or misdemeanour, as in and by the said second article is alleged against him; and this he prays may be inquired of by this honourable court, in such manner as law and justice shall seem to them to require.
THE THIRD ARTICLE of impeachment alleges that this respondent "with intent to oppress and procure the conviction of the prisoner, did not permit the evidence of John Taylor, a material witness in behalf of the said Callender, to be given in, on pretence that the said witness could not prove the truth of the whole of one of the charges, contained in the indictment, although the said charge embraced more than one fact."
In answer to this charge, this respondent begs leave to submit the following facts and observations.
which, if solid, applied to the twelfth charge as well as to the other nineteen. It was to prove the truth of these words, that John Taylor, the person mentioned in the article of impeachment now under consideration, was offered as a witness. It can hardly be necessary to remind this honourable court, that when an indictment for a libel contains several distinct charges, founded on distinct sets of words, the party accused, who in such cases is called the "traverser," must be convicted, unless he makes a sufficient defence against every charge. His innocence on one, does not prove him innocent on the others. If the sedition law should be considered as unconstitutional, the whole indictment, including this twelfth charge, must fall to the ground, whether the words in question were proved to be true or not. If the law should be considered as constitutional, then the traverser, whether the words in the twelfth charge were proved to be true or not, must be convicted on the other nineteen charges, against which no defence was offered. This conviction on nineteen charges, would put the traverser as completely in the power of the court, by which the amount of the fine and the term of the imprisonment were to be fixed, as a conviction upon all the twenty charges. The imprisonment could not exceed two years, nor the fine be more than two thousand dollars. If then this respondent were desirous of procuring the conviction of the traverser, he was sure of his object, without rejecting the testimony of John Taylor. If his temper towards the traverser were so vindictive, as to make him feel anxious to obtain an opportunity and excuse for inflicting on him the whole extent of punishment permitted by law, still a conviction on nineteen charges afforded this opportunity and excuse, as fully as a conviction on twenty charges. One slander more or less, in such a publication as the "Prospect Before Us," could surely be of no moment. To attain this object, therefore, it was not necessary to reject the testimony of John Taylor.
That the court did not feel this vindictive spirit, is clearly evinced by the moderation of the punishment, which actually was inflicted on the traverser, after he was convicted of the whole twenty charges. Instead of two thousand dollars, he was fined only two hundred, and was sentenced to only nine months imprisonment, instead of two years. And this respondent avers, that he never felt or expressed a wish to go further; but that in this decision, as well as in every other given in the course of the trial, he fully and freely concurred with his colleague, judge Griffin.
As a further proof that his rejection of this testimony did not proceed from any improper motive, but from a conviction in his mind that it was legally inadmissible, and that it was, therefore, his duty to reject it, he begs leave to state, that he interfered, in order to prevail on the district attorney to withdraw his objection to these questions, and consent to their being put; which that officer refused to do, on the ground "that he did not feel himself at liberty to consent to such a departure from legal principles."
Hence appears the utter futility of a charge, which attributes to this respondent a purpose as absurd as it was wicked; and, without the slightest proof, imputes to the worst motives in him, the same action which, in his colleague, is considered as free from blame. But this respondent will not content himself with shewing, that his conduct in concurring with his colleague in the rejection of John Taylor's testimony, could not have proceeded from the motives ascribed to him; but he will show that this rejection, if not strictly legal and proper, as he believes and insists that it is, rests on legal reasons of sufficient force to satisfy every mind, that a judge might have sincerely considered it as correct.
The words stated as the ground of the twelfth charge above mentioned, are stated in the indictment as one entire and indivisible paragraph, constituting one entire offence. This respondent considered them at the trial, and still considers them, as constituting one entire charge, and one entire offence, and that they must be taken together in order to explain and support each other. It is clear that no words are indictable as libellous, except such as expressly, or by plain implication, charge the person against whom they are published, with some offence either legal or moral. To be an "aristocrat," is not in itself an offence, either legal or moral, even if it were a charge susceptible of proof; neither was it an offence either legal or moral, for Mr. Adams to be "faithful and serviceable to the British interest," unless he thereby betrayed or endangered the interest of his own country; which does not necessarily follow, and is not directly alleged in the publication. These two phrases, therefore, taken separately, charge Mr. Adams with no offence of any kind; and, consequently, could not be indictable as libellous; but taken together, they convey the implication that Mr. Adams, being an "aristocrat," that is, an enemy to the republican government of his own country, had subverted the British interest, against the interest of his own country; which would, in his situation, have been an offence both moral and legal; to charge him with it was, therefore, libellous.
Admitting, therefore, these two phrases to constitute one distinct charge, and one entire offence, this respondent considers and states it to be law, that no justification which went to part only of the offence, could be received. The plea of justification must always answer the whole charge, or it is bad on the demurrer; for this plain reason, that the object of the plea is to shew the party's innocence; and he cannot be innocent, if the accusation against him be supported in part. Where the matter of defence may be given in evidence, without being formally pleaded, the same rules prevail. The defence must be of the same nature, and equally complete, in one case as in the other. The only difference is in the manner of bringing it forward. Evidence, therefore, which goes only to justify the charge in part, cannot be received. It is not indeed necessary, that the whole of this evidence should be given by one witness. The justification may consist of several facts, some of which may be proved by one person, and some by another. But proof, in such cases, must be offered as to the whole, or it cannot be received.
In the case under consideration, no proof was offered as to the whole matter contained in the twelfth article. No witness except the above mentioned John Taylor, was produced or mentioned. When a witness is offered to a court and jury, it is the right and duty of the court, to require a statement of the matters intended to be proved by him. This is the invariable practice of all our courts, and was done most properly by this respondent and his colleague, on the occasion in question. From the statement given by the traverser's counsel, of what they expected to prove by the said witness, it appeared that his testimony could have no possible application to any part of the indictment, except the twelfth charge, abovementioned, and but a very weak and imperfect application even to that part. The court, therefore, as it was their right and duty, requested that the questions intended to be put to the witness, should be reduced to writing, and submitted to their inspection; so as to enable them to judge more accurately, how far those questions were proper and admissible. This being done, the questions were of the following tenor and effect: 1st. "Did you ever hear Mr. Adams express any sentiments favourable to monarchy, or 'aristocracy,' and what were they?" 2d. "Did you ever hear Mr. Adams, while Vice-President, express his disapprobation of the funding system?" 3d. "Do you know whether Mr. Adams did not, in
the year 1794, vote against the sequestration of British debts, and also against the bill for suspending intercourse with Great-Britain?"
The second question, it is manifest, had nothing to do with the twelfth charge; for Mr. Adams's approbation or disapprobation of the funding system, could not have the most remote tendency to prove that he was an aristocrat, or had proved faithful or serviceable to the British interest. In that part of the publication which furnishes the matter of the thirteenth charge in the indictment, it is indeed stated, that Mr. Adams, "when but in a secondary station, censured the funding system," but these words are in themselves wholly immaterial; and no attempt was made, nor any evidence offered or spoken of, to prove the truth of the other matter contained in the thirteenth charge. It was from their connexion with that other matter, that these words could alone derive any importance; and consequently their truth or falsehood was altogether immaterial, while that other matter remained unproved. This question, therefore, which went solely to those immaterial words, was clearly inadmissible. The third question was, in reality, as far as the second from any connexion with the matter in issue, although its irrelevance is not quite so apparent. Mr. Adams's having voted against the two measures alluded to in that question, if he did in fact vote against them, could by no means prove that he was "faithful and serviceable to the British interest," in any sense, much less with those improper and criminal views, with which the publication in question certainly meant to charge him. He might, in the honest and prudent performance of his duty towards his government and his country, incidentally promote the interests of another country; but it was by no means competent for a jury to infer from thence, that he was "faithful" to that other country, or, in other words, that he held the interests of that other country chiefly in view, and was actuated in giving his vote by a desire to promote them, independently of, or without regard to, the interests of his own country. Such an inference could not be made from the fact, admitting it to be true. The fact, if true, was no evidence to support such an inference, therefore the fact was immaterial; and as it is the province and duty of the court, in such circumstances, to decide on the materiality of facts offered in evidence, it follows clearly, that it was the right and duty of the court in this instance, to reject the third question; an affirmative answer to which could have proved nothing in support of the defence.
The first question, therefore, and the only remaining one proposed to be put to this witness, stood alone; and an affirmative answer to it, if it could have proved any thing, could have proved only a part of the charge; namely, that Mr. Adams was an aristocrat. But evidence to prove a part only of an entire and indivisible charge, was inadmissible for the reasons stated above.
On the other hand, the phrases in question, "that Mr. Adams was an aristocrat," that he had proved "faithful and serviceable to the British interest," were distinct and divisible, and constituted two distinct charges, which may perhaps be the proper way of considering them, still the above mentioned questions were improper and inadmissible, in that point of view.
The first charge in that case is, that Mr. Adams "was an aristocrat." To be an aristocrat, even if any precise and definite meaning could be affixed to the term, is not an offence either legal or moral; consequently, to charge a man with being an aristocrat is not a libel; and such a charge in an indictment for a libel, is wholly immaterial. Nothing is more clear, than that immaterial matters in legal proceedings ought not to be proved, and need not be disproved. In the next place, the term "aristocrat" is one of those vague, indefine terms, which admit not of precise meaning, and are not susceptible of proof. What one person might consider as aristocracy, another would consider as republicanism, and a third as democracy. If indictments could be supported on such grounds, the guilt or innocence of the party accused, must be measured not by any fixed or known rule, but by the opinions which the jurors appointed to try him might happen to entertain, concerning the nature of aristocracy, democracy, or republicanism. And, lastly, the question itself was as vague, and as void of precise meaning, as the charge of which it was intended to furnish the proof. The witness was called upon to declare "whether he had heard Mr. Adams express any, and what opinions, favourable to aristocracy or monarchy?" How was it to be determined, whether an opinion was favourable to aristocracy or monarchy? One man would think it favourable and another not so, according to the opinions which they might respectively entertain, on political subjects. The first question, therefore, was inconclusive, immaterial, and inadmissible.
The second, as has already been remarked, was wholly and manifestly foreign from the matter in issue. Mr. Adams's dislike of the funding system, if he did in fact dislike it, had nothing to do with his aristocracy or his faithfulness to the British interest. There is no pretence for saying, that such a question ought to have been admitted.
As to the third, "whether Mr. Adams had not voted against the sequestration of British property, and the suspension of commercial intercourse with Great-Britain," it has already been shewn to be altogether improper; on the ground that such votes, if given by Mr. Adams, were no evidence whatever of his having been "faithful and serviceable to the British interest." If he had been so, provided it were, in his opinion, at the same time useful to the interests of his own country, which it well might be, and the contrary of which is not alleged by this part of the publication, taken separately, it was no offence of any kind; and to charge him with it was not a libel. The charge was, therefore, immaterial and futile, and no evidence for or against it could properly be received. And, finally, if the charge had been material, and the giving of these votes had been legal evidence to prove it, that fact was on record in the journals of the senate, and might have been proved by that record, or an official copy of it. As this evidence was the highest of which the case admitted, no inferior evidence of it, such as oral proof is well known to be, could be admitted.
For these reasons this respondent did concur with his colleague, the said Cyrus Griffin, in rejecting the three above mentioned questions; but not any other testimony that the said John Taylor might have been able to give. In this he insists that he acted legally and properly, according to the best of his ability. If he erred, it is impossible, for the reasons stated by him in the beginning of his answer to this article, to suppose that he erred wilfully; since he could have had no possible motive for a piece of misconduct so shameful, and at the same time so well calculated to give offence. In a point so liable to misapprehension and misrepresentation, and so likely to be used as a means of exciting publick odium against him, it is far more probable, that had he been capable of bending his opinion of the law to other motives, he would have admitted illegal testimony; which, taken in its utmost effect, could have had no tendency to thwart those plans of vengeance against the traverser, under the influence of which he is supposed to have acted.
If his error was an honest one, which as his colleague also fell into it, might in charity be supposed; and, as there is not a shadow of evidence to the contrary, must in law be presumed; he cannot, for committing it, be convicted of any offence, much less a high crime and misdemeanour,
for which he must, on conviction, be deprived of his office.
And for plea to the said third article of impeachment, the said Samuel Chase saith, that he is not guilty of any high crime or misdemeanour, as in and by the said third article is alleged against him; and this he prays may be inquired of by this honourable court, in such manner as law and justice shall seem to them to require.
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ARRIVED, Brig Drake, Wilson, 24 days from Antigua, Ballest, James Dykes & Co. Sch'r Hope, Sprague, 32 days from Savanna-la-Mar, Rum, to the Master.—Left at that place ship Charles-Carter, Tompkins, of Norfolk; brig Ranger, Forrester, of New-York, to sail in three days; and ship Betsey, McDougal, of Boston, seized for having on board one box of soap. At Morant-Bay, brig Essequibo, Keane, of Newbern N. C. to sail in 10 days; and at Kingston, ship Peter, Saylor, of Boston.—Jan. 29, two miles from Port-Antonio, discovered several men waving handkerchiefs on shore—sent the boat to them; they proved to be the master and crew (twenty-one in number) of the Spanish schooner Cavean, of Havanna, 13 days from St. Domingo, cargo Sugar and Coffee, which was cast away on Cape Corrientes; the men had been thirteen days on shore, during nine of which they said they had subsisted on the bark of trees—supplied them with provisions.—Feb. 19, spoke schooner Commerce from New-York bound to Wilmington N. C. then about 16 miles north of Hatteras.
AUCTION,
By an order of the Captain, at 11 o'clock on Wednesday, the 27th inst. For the benefit of the Owners, Underwriters, and others concerned, will be Sold on Rothery's wharf, the cargo saved from the ship Aurora, J. H. Harris, master, from Guadalupe, and cast on Cape Henry beach on the night of the 1st January—consisting of 37 hhds. & 2 tierces Clayed SUGARS, 16 hhds. 3 tierces, and 9 bbls. brown do. 3 Casks MOLASSES. Terms cash—by C. FRY. February 22. 444
Sale at Auction.
On Saturday next, the 23d instant, at 12 o'clock, THE GOOD SHIP RECOVERY, Built at Dublin in the year 1800, about 210 tons burthen—an excellent, staunch, well built vessel, well found, and may be sent to sea at a small expense.—Terms of sale, 2, 4, and 6 months notes, with approved indorsers. JOHN COX, V. M. Gosport, February 18. 431
For Sale or Charter,
THE BRIG DRAKE, William Wilson, master, burthen about 1000 barrels. She can take in a cargo in a few days. JAMES DYKES, & Co. February 22. 445
Now landing on Commerce-street Wharf,
from on board the schooner Columbia, from Martinico, 7 Hds. 16 Tierces } Sugars of 1st quality. 7 Barrels } 14 Hogsheads MOLASSES—offered for sale by PHINEHAS DANA, & Co. The said VESSEL, will take freight for any Port in the neighbourhood of Edenton, N. C. February 22. 446
FOR SALE,
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At a meeting of the TRUSTEES of the NORFOLK ACADEMY, held
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FOR SALE, BY WILLIAM B. LAMB, 30 Puncheons St. Vincents RUM. 13 Hogsheads and 23 Tierces SUGAR. 10 Pipes French BRANDY. 5 do. GIN. 13 do. Madeira WINE. 10 Quarter Casks SHERRY. 10 Cases CLARET. 10 Hogsheads do. 12 Bags GINGER. 1 Case Beck SATTINS. 3 do. Irish LINEN. 7 Bales India COTTONS. 3 Trunks CALICOES, &c. February 13. tf 413
NORFOLK HOTEL. THE Subscriber informs his friends and the publick, that he has opened an HOTEL in that convenient house formerly the NAVY TAVERN No. 123 Main-Street, where he hopes by his attention, to give satisfaction to those who may favour him with their company. He will always keep the best liquors: and Private Parties will be furnished with Dinners, Suppers, or Relishes, at the shortest notice. BOARDERS accommodated by the week, month, or year Henry Benbridge. October 9. tf 170
FALL AND WINTER GOODS. THE SUBSCRIBER Has received by the Brig COMMERCE, from London, and Ship BRUCE, from Liverpool, A GENERAL ASSORTMENT OF FALL AND WINTER GOODS, which he offers for sale, by Wholesale or Retail, on moderate terms. Richard Taylor. ALSO—A FEW BALES BEST TWILLED SACKING. Sept. 22. tf 150
NOW LANDING From on board the Schooner LYDIA, Capt. Livington, from Antigua 116 Puncheons RUM. For sale by William Pennock. WHO WANTS TO PURCHASE, RED AND WHITE OAK STAVES—and 22 INCH SHINGLES. November 5. tf 122
FOR RENT, An excellent strong fire proof WAREHOUSE, on Commerce Street—Also, a small DWELLING-HOUSE, very pleasantly situated on the lot of the subscriber, on Boush Street. GOODS RECEIVED ON STORAGE By the Subscriber, on the usual low rates, in his convenient fire proof Warehouse, on Commerce Street. JOHN GRANBERY. January 30. 4w 376
WINDOW GLASS. I have just received for sale, from the Baltimore Manufactory, 34 BOXES WINDOW GLASS. 8 by 10—9 by 11—9 by 12—10 by 12—and 12 by 14.—And shortly expect a large supply of all sizes, commonly used here. The quality of this glass is good, and the prices will be found low. Apply to JOHN C. NIEMEYER. December 23. tf 315
ROBERT MAITLAND & CO. Have moved to their new Fire Proof Warehouse, on Commerce Street, where they have for sale, Old Lon. Par. Madeira WINE, in Pipes Hogsheads and Quarter Casks. Holland and Country GIN, in Pipes. French BRANDY, do. Loaf SUGAR, per Hogshead. New-York Prime PORK, &c. &c. January 30. 2m 379
LAND FOR SALE. A TRACT in the County of Isle of Wight, containing 414 acres, near Nansemond line, and within about four or five miles of Scott's Landing, on Nansemond River. About one hundred acres is cleared, on which is a House, and an Orchard which produces about six or eight barrels of Apple Brandy, per annum; and a large Young Orchard coming on. The residue of the Land is covered with heavy Oak, and Pine Trees, and a large portion of it furnishes excellent pasture—Any person desirous to purchase, will meet with liberal terms, on application to Mr. Thomas Bennett, Merchant, Petersburg; to Richard Yarborough, Suffolk; or to JOHN BARBER. Isle of Wight, February 1. 1m* 385
LIVERPOOL SALT. QUEEN'S WARE, in Crates well afforded. DUFFIL BLANKETS, in small Bales. 10 and 204. Flat Pointed NAILS, in Casks—and LIVERPOOL COAL. If taken from along side the ship Jane, Capt. Colley, will be sold low. Apply to William Pennock. WHO OFFERS FOR SALE, 114 Puncheons Jamaica RUM. Imported in the Sarah, Capt. Herbert. October 23. tf 187
INSURANCE AGAINST FIRE. Phenix Fire Office, London, May 1, 1804.
THE numerous and destructive Fires which have happened within the period of the two last years, in different parts of Europe and America, (more particularly in the towns of Liverpool in England, Gothenburg in Sweden, and Norfolk in Virginia,) render it proper to remind all persons who possess property in the United States of America, of the utility of insurance. The Phoenix Office of London, is an institution sufficiently known by the very large and important losses it has paid, in consequence of the extensive conflagrations in the cities and towns of America to such sufferers as have had the prudence to protect their property, by insurance.—The Phoenix Company deeply regret that, owing to the experience of serious and continued losses, upon the buildings and stores in the timber towns, no alteration nor remission on such risks can be made at present—but the Directors hope, from the increase brick and stone buildings, and other improvements of security, that the period is not far distant, when they will be able generally, to mitigate the rates of insurance in North America; and they confidently presume that the promptitude and honour with which they have uniformly fulfilled their extensive engagements, have unequivocally established the solidity, credit and good faith, of the Company. The Phoenix Company grant insurances upon buildings, goods, and ships whilst in dock or in harbour, from loss or damage by fire, upon the most moderate and equitable terms; and persons desirous of securing their property by policies from this company, are requested to transmit their orders to their correspondents in Great Britain. July 31. 48
FOR SALE, SUPERFINE and FINE FLOUR, and CROSS-MIDLINGS, by Thomas Ritson. Church-Street, October 27. tf 194
NOTICE. THE CO-PARTNERSHIP OF FISK & STEARNS, Ceases this day, in consequence of the death of Mr. STEARNS. All those that have claims against the said firm, are requested to present them to the subscriber, the surviving partner, and receive their money. And all those indebted to the said company are requested to come forward for the immediate adjustment of the same, as no indulgence can be given. MARTIN FISK. Who informs his friends and customers, that he has returned to his former stand, where he offers FOR SALE, 50 Barrels new Beef, Boston Inspection. 20 Hogsheads First Quality Sugar. 20 do. Second do. do. Loaf Sugar, in hds. and bbls. 12 Pipes Bourdeaux Brandy. Madeira, Port, and Malaga, Wines, in pipes and quarter casks. 20 Cases London Porter, 6 doz. each. 20 Chests Hyson, Young-Hyson, and Hyson-Skin Tea—Fresh. 60 Boxes Fresh Chocolate, No. 1 and 2. 50 do. Mould Candles. 50 do. Dipt do. 20 do. Spermaceti do. 150 do. Brown Soap. 50 do. Cheese, first quality, for family use. 50 Casks do. in good shipping order. 50 Boxes Dixon's best Mustard, 3 dozen each. 6 do. Glass Tumblers. 50 Kgs Butter, for family use. 200 Reams Wrapping Paper. 100 do. Writing do. 150 do. Printing do. 150 Casks Wrought Nails, 4d. 6d. 8d. 10d. 12d. 20d. and 24d. 50 do. Cut do. 4d. 6d. 8d. 10d. and 20d. 6 do. Flooring Brads. Tacks of different sizes. 30 Bags of Pimento. 15 do. White Ginger in the Root. 30 lbs. Nutmegs. 10 do. Mace. 40 do. Cinnamon. 30 do. Cloves. 100 do. Spanish Flou-Indigo. 16 Casks Refined Salt-Petre. Cotton & Wool Cards in Boxes. 3000 lbs. Copperas. 1000 do. Allum. 500 Bags Patent Shot. 50 Kgs F & FF London Glazed Powder. 15 M. Gun Flints. 100 Boxes 8 by 10 London Crown Glass, 50 feet each. 50 Bolts Oznaburgs. Seine Twine. 50 Kgs London White Lead, ground in Oil. 30 Boxes Tobacco Pipes. Paint and Sweeping Brushes, of all kinds. 100 Sides Seal Leather. 20 dozen Calf Skins, Grain and Waxed. 10 do. Boot Legs, of the best quality. Morocco-Skins of all kinds. 1 Trunk of Gentlemen's London made Boots. 1 do. do. do. Shoes. 2 do. Ladies Fancy and White Kid Slips. 20 do. Mens and Womens Leather and Morocco Shoes. 150 Italian Straw Carpets. 100 Small Nova-Scotia Grindstones. ALSO, A few gross Hot Pressed Playing Cards, of a superior quality. Nov. 12. tf 230
The Norfolk Draw-Bridge Company, (For completing the Bridge across the Southern Branch) Will further contract for the following pieces of Timber, to wit, 24 Piles 38 feet long, 12 by 12 48 do. 46 do. do. 40 do. 56 do. do. 42 Cap Pieces, 34 do. 12 by 14 200 Braces, 11 do. 6 by 14 180 Joists or String Pieces, 27 do. 8 by 9 300 do. 27 do. 4 by 14 118 do. 53 do. 4 by 14 1000 Running feet of Railing, 27 ft. lengths, 4 by 6 17500 Superficial feet of 3 } 30 do. inch plank, in } The whole of the above Timber must be of the best heart pine, and deliverable between the first of February, and 1st of March next. They likewise wish to hire by the month, three or four pair of good Sawyers, for which liberal wages will be allowed—or they will contract by the hundred feet for Sawing up into Plank and Scantling, the Timber now in their yard, to the extent of, perhaps, 20 to 25,000 feet of line. The Stockholders in this Company, are respectfully reminded, that the second Monday in January annually, is appointed by their Charter, for the Election of Directors.—The meeting for this purpose, the year first ensuing, will be held at the Norfolk Hotel, at 11 o'clock on that day. December 31. tf 315
JUST RECEIVED, By the ship Roba & Betsey, Capt. Richardson, from London, and for sale by the Subscriber, A LARGE SUPPLY OF DRUGS AND MEDICINES, of all kinds. Patent Medicines, Perfumery, &c. &c. Also received by the ship Almina, Capt. Stover, A LARGE ASSORTMENT OF SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS, Consisting of Amputating, Trepanning, Cupping, midwifery. Tooth of different sorts, Crown and Common Lancets, and Surgical Pocket Instruments &c. &c. HARDHAM'S SNUFF, No. 9. Also, by the ship Olive Branch, Capt. Le Breton from Bristol, A LARGE & EXTENSIVE ASSORTMENT OF GLASS & FURNITURE, For Apothecary's and Practitioner's Shops. Those who favour us with their orders will be supplied on the most reasonable terms, and the articles of the best and freshest quality, as our importations are regularly twice a year, and laid in with cash, from the most respectable Druggists in London. MEDICINE CHESTS made up as usual. Also, a few elegant Mahogany Chests of the newest construction, with furniture complete, PERRY'S ANTI-BILLIOUS PILLS. Frederick Heermann & Son. July 17. 2aw 12m. 1
WILL BE LANDED TO-MORROW, From on board Schooner Mohawk, 175,000 lb. PRIME COFFEE, FOR SALE, BY WILSON, CUNNINGHAM & CO Jan. 21. 9 333
ARISTOTLE. Magna anima contentio adhibenda est in explicando Aristotele. CICERO, FRAG. PHIL. Frequentabunt ejus domum optimi juvenes et veram viam, velut ex oraculo petent. Hos ille formabit, ut virtus gubernator, litora et portus, et quid secundis, atque adversis ratem poscat, docebit, et communis ductus officio et amore quodam operis. QUINTIL. To proceed orderly in this (i: e: the study of politics) the foundation should be laid in enquiring into the ground and nature of civil society; how it is formed into different models of government; and what are the several species of it. Aristotle is allowed (to be) a master in this science; and few enter upon the consideration of government without reading his politics. LOCKE. Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics afford not only afford the most perfect system of Scientific Morality, but exhibit also the powers of the most compact and best constructed system which the human intellect ever produced upon any subject. DR. RENNELL.
PROPOSALS, BY GEO. L. GRAY, OF NORFOLK, FOR PUBLISHING BY SUBSCRIPTION, THE FIRST AMERICAN EDITION OF Aristotle's Ethicks and Politicks; COMPRISING HIS PRACTICAL PHILOSOPHY. Translated from the Greek; and illustrated by introductions and notes, a Critical History of his Life, and a new Analysis of his Speculative Works. BY JOHN GILLIES, LL. D. &c. Historiographer to His Britannick Majesty for Scotland.
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Any remarks upon the character of the STAGIRITE as a Philosopher and a Politician, or any praise of his writings on Ethicks and Government, might, on the part of the Editor and in this place, be regarded as unprofitable supererogation. He stands confessed and universally acknowledged, the greatest master of the Science of Politics; and few modern writers on the subjects of which he treats, have passed him by without avowing their gratitude to him, and their admiration of his profound researches. By the citizens of the United States, a people possessing more civil liberty than has ever before been enjoyed by any nation on earth, it is hoped that an author who is of all others most capable of instructing them in the nature and blessings of such a government as they have instituted, whose remarks result from a close examination of the theories of upwards two hundred commonwealths, will be received as a most welcome guest. To a people who, by the nature of their civil institutions, are individually liable to be called upon to regulate the affairs of the community, he will prove an useful companion and monitor. Too high an opinion cannot reasonably be entertained of a work which LOCKE declares to be necessary to every man who would understand the nature of politics; of a Philosopher to whom the learned GROTIUS assigns the most exalted rank, "whether estimated by the perspicuity of his method, the acuteness of his distinctions, or the weight and solidity of his arguments." Of the translation little farther need be said, than that it is universally allowed to have been executed with fidelity, and certainly with much clearness and elegance. The learned author of the Pursuits of Literature, not otherwise much inclined to favour the Historian of Greece, says "I think we are much indebted to DOCTOR GILLIES for offering to the publick an English translation of the two most important treatises on MORALITY and POLITICS which antiquity can boast. No man can read these works without being wiser and better." Reflecting upon the great utility of such a work to a people who make politics so much their study, the Editor deems it unnecessary to load these proposals with commendatory quotations, from the vast crowd of civilians and philosophers who voluntarily endeavoured to discharge the debt which every man to science owes to this universal teacher. It is under the hope of rendering a service to his fellow-citizens, independent of local motives, that he has undertaken the weighty task of republishing a work so important: and he hopes that his success will fully justify him for attempting, at this time, to give to the world a cheap, and he pledges himself that it shall be a correct, edition of these most useful of the labours of ARISTOTLE. NORFOLK, Virginia, Nov. 26, 1804.
FALL GOODS. WE are now landing from the brig Commerce, from London, an extensive assortment of FALL GOODS, among which, are assorted packages, calculated for the West India market, entitled to drawback; which will be sold at low advance, by Gilliat & Mackinder. August 21. tf 92
CLAYED SUGARS. Received by the Schooner Five Sisters from Martinique. 55 Hogsheads White and Brown Clayed SUGARS. For sale by J. GALWEY. WHO HAS ALSO ON HAND, A few Pipes COGNAC BRANDY. Feb'y 6. 6t 398
FOR SALE—A BARGAIN. THE SUBSCRIBER, WISHING TO DECLINE THE RETAIL BUSINESS, OFFERS FOR SALE, HIS WHOLE STOCK IN TRADE, AMOUNTING TO ABOUT $20,000. CONSISTING OF DRY GOODS, Cutlery, Hardware, Castings, Nails of all sizes, and a number of other articles.—The whole will be sold on very low terms, and a liberal credit will be allowed, on bond with approved security.—Also, the balance of the lease of his Store, equal to any stand in Norfolk, if required. Property in the Borough of Norfolk, or Lands in the neighbouring counties, Publick Securities, &c. will be taken in exchange. For further particulars, apply to James Tucker. WHO HAS FOR SALE, ON VERY LOW TERMS, A VALUABLE TRACT OF LAND, on the South Branch of the Potomac. August 23. tf
JOHN C. NIEMEYER, Has received in addition to his former assortment GERMAN GOODS, 45 packages German Linens, &c. chiefly entitled to drawback, Consisting of Platillas, brown Hollands, Britanias, Sheetings, extra fine 1 1-8 yard wide, Dowlass and Creas of the best quality, Shirt linen, Diapers, Bed Ticking for Matrasses, Bed Bunts fine 1 1-4 to 2 yards wide, Ticklenburgs, Oznaburgs, Brown Hempens Hessians, Brown and White Rolls, Russia Sheetings and light Canvas. ALSO, Velvet Ribbons no. 2 to 150, Plush for Saddlers, black Satin for waistcoats, Brussels Lace 4 to 20 dols. per yard, cheap Edgings, German Nuns-Thread, patent Needles, India sewing Silk, Made Shirts, Thread Stockings very fine, Razors, Spectacles, and Penknives, of the very first qualities, Cheap Jewellery, fine Scissors, Muffs and Poppits of Martin Skins, 15 boxes Tumblers, Decanter, 90 boxes first quality Havana Sugars, 50 do. good quality St. Domingo do., 140 do. Short Pipes, 200 lbs. Shoe Thread, 2000 Coffee bags good quality, 400 Gummy do., 250 M. com cheap Needles, 60 M. Toy marbles, 1 case superior Quilts, &c. I will sell the above Goods low for cash or approved bills, or in barter for Coffee, and will take in payment One Hundred Hogsheads good Tobacco STEMS.—Apply as above. December 5. tf 273
COW-POX. THOSE persons who wish to avoid catching the Small-Pox which now exists in this Borough, are informed that the subscriber has again succeeded in introducing the Vaccine Infection, and that he now has several arms fit to inoculate from. He has returned to his old shop at the lower end of the new market. George Balfour. An APPRENTICE wanted. Nov. 16. tf 326
LEVIN DORSEY; At the corner of Fayette and Wide-Water-Street, Town-Point ADAM'S Patent Globes, 12 inches diameter, with compartments in the bottom, very complete. Quadrants, black and red ebony, with single and double observation. Ditto—with tangent screws, 12 inches. Achromatic Telescopes, for night and day, on the latest and most improved construction, in a portable size, with sliding sun-shade. Telescopes, of the common kind, for night and day observations, or for day only, of every description. Circumferents, of the best qualities. Mariner's Compasses, in brass and wood. Pocket Compasses, in brass, of different sizes. Time Glasses—hour, half hour, 25, and 14 seconds. Gunter's Scales; Brass Dividers; &c. &c. Likewise the following Articles, FOR THE USE OF NAVIGATORS. Hamilton Moore's Epitome and Affiant. General Charts of the Coast of America, from Boston to Philadelphia. Ditto—Continued, with directions. Ditto—West-Indies, and Demerary, with directions. Ditto—Windward Islands, with do. Ditto—Gulph of Florida, with do. Ditto—Windward Passage, with do. West-India Pilots, with directions. ALSO, A few tons of Baltimore Bar-Iron, afforded, by the ton or less quantity—Composition Bolts and Spikes—Punches—Carriage wheel boxes, of all sizes—all which he will warrant good. N. B. All kinds of MATHEMATICAL INSTRUMENTS repaired, at the shortest notice. Orders for every species of Brass-Castings received and immediately executed at his foundry, and the work delivered as above. August 7. tf 58
FOR SALE, 12 Puncheons ANTIGUA RUM. 15 do. GRENADA do. 5 Pipes HOLLAND GIN. 20 do. COUNTRY do. 12 do. FRENCH BRANDY. 2 do. ALCANT do. 22 Qr. Casks SHERRY WINE. 10 do. MALAGA do. PORT and CLARET WINE, in casks & bottles. 6 Barrels PORK—and about 1000 Dozen PORTER, of my last winter's stock, equal to any imported. Joseph Hayes. August 24. tf 96
NOW LANDING On Maxwell's Wharf, from on board the Schooner SEAMAN, Capt. Seaman, from New-York, A CHOICE PARCEL OF OLD COGNAC BRANDY, and a few casks of DUTCH LINSEED OIL. Which will be sold low, by applying to John Brown, Rothery's Wharf. November 19. tf 237
OILS, PAINTS & WINDOW GLASS, Of all kinds, colours, and sizes. For sale by N. Gregory, opposite the Market. An ASSISTANT wanted—also, an active YOUTH to be employed in the store.—Liberal wages will be given to TWO ABLE HANDS, to turn a Pain-Mill. July 8. tf 3
LISBON SALT, For sale, on board the Brig Superior, Captain Wallington. Apply to WILLIAM PENNOCK. January 21. tf 359
SUBSCRIPTIONS Will be received at the Office of the Ledger, FOR THE MONTHLY REGISTER AND REVIEW OF THE UNITED STATES, to be published at Charleston, S. C. By S. CULLEN CARPENTER. Price Six Dollars per annum, payable half yearly in advance. August 14. NORFOLK: PUBLISHED THREE TIMES A-WEEK, BY J. COWPER AND G. L. GRAY. OPPOSITE THE EXCHANGE COFFEE-HOUSE Price Five Dollars and Fifty Cents yearly, in advance.