Berkeley and Jefferson intelligencer (Martinsburg, Va.), 1805-02-01 00:00:00

Berkeley and Jefferson Intelligencer.
[No. 37 of VOLUME VI.]
FRIDAY, February 1, 1805.
[WHOLE NO. 297.]
NOTICE.
ALL persons are hereby cautioned against cutting wood on, or carrying it away from the subscriber's plantation near Martinsburg, or from committing any other unlawful trespasses thereon, as he is determined to prosecute any person who may in future be found so offending.
GEORGE L. COFFENBERGER. January 11, 1805.
December Court, 1804.
Berkeley County, ss.
Barbara Helm, administratrix, and Jacob French, administrator of Martin Helm, deceased, Complainants.
against
Mary Foland, widow and relict of George Foland, deceased, and Mary Foland, Rebecca Foland and Eleanor Foland, children and heirs at law of said George Foland, Defendants.
In CHANCERY.
THIS day came the Complainants by their Counsel, and it appearing to the Court that the Defendants are not inhabitants of this Commonwealth, it is ordered that the Defendants do appear here on the Monday after the third Tuesday in March next, to answer the Complainants' bill, and that a copy of this order be forthwith inserted in the Berkeley and Jefferson Intelligencer, and continued for two months successively, and also be posted up for two months successively at the door of the Court-House of this County,
A copy.
Attest,
DAVID HUNTER, C. B. C.
Will be Sold,
On the 12th of March next, at the subscriber's, four miles from Martinsburg and three from Darkesville, the following Property, viz:
HORSES, Horned Cattle, Sheep, and Hogs, with sundry Household and Kitchen Furniture—Nine months credit will be given, the purchaser to give bond with approved security.—
Also, eight or ten likely young
Virginia-born SLAVES,
will be sold at the same time for Cash. Some Grain in the ground to be sold.—Sale to commence at 10 o'clock, A. M. when attendance will be paid by
SAMUEL DUNAWAY.
January 11, 1805.
FOR HIRE, TWO
Negro Girls,
One about fifteen and the other sixteen years old; they have both been accustomed to house-work, and one has for some time past been a cook. An employer in the country would be preferred. Inquire of the Printer.
January 11, 1805. (wtf)
Public Sale.
Owing to the absence of one of the Commissioners, the following Property was not sold on the 31st ult. as formerly advertised. It will positively be exposed to public sale on the time mentioned below.
PURSUANT to a decree of the County Court of Berkeley, in Chancery, in the case of David Dawson versus Daniel Royer, the subscribers will on Saturday the 2nd of February next, on the premises, proceed to sell at public auction to the highest bidder for ready money,
A Tract of Land,
lying in the County of Berkeley, on Sleepy Creek, containing two hundred and sixty seven acres, more or less, with all and singular its appurtenances, consisting among other things of a valuable Saw-Mill and Grist-Mill.
The sale will commence at 12 o'clock.
Valentine Dyke, } Commis- Wm. Alexander, } sioners. Phil: C. Pendleton, }
January 11, 1805.
Lewis & Robert Willis,
Have received at their Store, fronting the Court and Market Houses, a Fresh supply of Seasonable
Winter Goods,
Which added to their former stock, makes their assortment complete. They have also on hand a general supply of
Groceries and Liquors,
of the best quality—also, Country FLAX and Twilled BAGS, all of which they offer for sale on the most reasonable terms for CASH or COUNTRY PRODUCE.
For the encouragement already received they solicit their friends and customers to accept of their sincere thanks, and hope, by a continuation of strict attention to business, with a disposition to accommodate generally, to merit the patronage of a generous public.
Martinsburg, December 7, 1804.
LANDS FOR SALE.
THE subscriber wishes to sell the Plantation whereon he now lives, situate on Back Creek, Berkeley County, 7 miles from Martinsburg and 15 from Bath, containing 333 acres of good strong Lime-stone Land, well watered, with at least 7 springs—150 acres are cleared and well enclosed, 8 acres of Meadow are made, and more Meadow land; the remainder of the tract is well covered with fine timber.—On the premises are a convenient Dwelling House, newly finished, Kitchen, a large Barn, Distillery, Fulling Mill, and some out-houses, with a number of Fruit trees.—There is a good mill-seat, with a sufficiency of water, on this tract.
He will also sell one other tract of Land, situate on the river Potomak, near Richardson's Ferry, containing 102 acres, 40 of which are cleared, the greater part river bottom, the remainder of the Land is well timbered, and has a large sugar-camp on it—a small House is now built, and logs ready for raising a larger one. For terms apply to the subscriber.
WILLIAM SNODGRASS. Back Creek, June 22, 1804.
THE Subscriber returns his most grateful acknowledgments to his friends and the public for the encouragement he has experienced, and respectfully informs them that he has just received, and will constantly keep for sale at his Blacksmiths shop in the main street Martinsburg opposite to the Indian Chief Tavern, a very large and complete assortment of
BAR-IRON,
of the best quality, selected with care by himself from the Iron Works, and which he will dispose of on the most reduced terms. He continues as usual to carry on the Blacksmith's business in all its various branches, and flatters himself, that if good materials, manufactured in the most serviceable manner, together with the strictest attention to business, can secure the public favour, he shall not go unrewarded.
JOSEPH CHAMBERS. Martinsburg, December 14, 1804.
A Tan-Yard
TO be rented for a term of years, situate on Apple-pye Ridge, in Frederick County, belonging to the estate of Samuel Sidwell, deceased—The Vats in good repair—a Bark-mill house, Currying Shop, and other conveniences—also, a quantity of good Bark, at the yard, will be sold to the lessee—Fifteen or twenty acres of Land, to be let with the yard, and immediate possession given. None need apply but such as can come well recommended for workmanship, morality and honesty, and who can give good security for performance of covenants. Terms may be known by applying to the subscribers living near the premises.
N. WHITE, SARAH SIDWELL, Guardians for the Orphans.
[BY REQUEST.]
IT is to be regretted that the Legislature of the State of Virginia, has not as yet enacted a law compelling physicians to prove their abilities by an examination before a Medical Society—Any person calling himself a Doctor, may commence the practice of physic by inserting his name in the public papers, and setting a few bottles in his window. He then begins to study the theory of medicine (which he ought to have finished precedent to the practice on the people.) Some of the eastern states, in consequence of such impositions on the public, have found it requisite to pass a law in order to prevent empiricism.—And after the passing of that act, no person has been admitted to administer medicine except those who have been in the practice of physic previous to the passing of such act; and all those succedent to the passing of such act, are under the necessity of passing an interrogation on the practice of physic and surgery before the medical society of the respective state.—If the representatives of the different states would form an act, entitled: An act to regulate the practice of physic and surgery, every student would commence his practice approved, and authorised by a medical society according to the laws of the state to prescribe his medicine with confidential satisfaction to himself and his patients:—Then the question would not be so often asked, "is that or the other a regular bred physician?"
The fact is, that in this place it appears, that physicians are not warranted unless they publish themselves, and that they are considered as itinerants if they neglect it. I therefore take the liberty to inform the public, that I am not here without credentials of the highest nature. I have received a Diaploma as Doctor of Medicine in the University of Philadelphia, in the year 1791—and stamped with the seal of the university. The words of the Diaploma, are as follows:
Omnibus ad quos praesentes Literae pervenerint SALUTEM.
NOS Prefectus Vice Prefectus et Professores Universitatis Pennsylvaniensis Testamur Virum ornatum ac ingenuum LUCAM S. GIBBS—apud nos Praetentionibus in Medicina omnium Professorum assidue interfuissse Operamque sedulo navasse ut Scientia Medica imbuetur atque Eruditus discederet ac postquam Spatio Curricule sui perfecto in aula nostra coram Curatoribus multisque aliis Civibus dignissimis ad Examen revocatus se in omnibus hisce Studiis satis versatum comprobasset ex Curatorum Mandato in publicis Comitibus Die decimo quarto Mensis Maii millesimo septingentesimo et nonagesimo primo celebratis BACCALAUREATUS in Medicina Gradum omniaque Privilegia et Honores ad hunc Gradum pertinentia consecutum fuisse.
In cujus rei Testimonium his Literis majori Universitatis Sigillo munitis Die Annoque praedictis Nomina.
Subscripsimus.
GULS. SHIPPEN,
M. D. Ant. Prof.
ADAMS. KUHN,
M. D. Theo. & Med. Prac. Prof.
JACOBUS HUTCHINSON,
M. D. Chim. & Materia Medica Prof.
JOHANNES EWING,
D. D. Nat. Phil. Prof. & Praefectus.
SAM. MAGAW,
D. D. Phil. Mor. Prof. & Praefectus.
ROBERTUS PATTERSON,
A. M. Math. Prof.
TRESTUS HENRICUS CHRISTIANUS HELMUTH,
D. D. & Lang. Germ. Prof.
I have also received a certificate of honour for the practice of physic and surgery, from the medical society of the state of New-Jersey, in the same year—I was appointed surgeon of the infantry in the state of New-Jersey by Governor Henderson in the year 1794—I was appointed doctor of the infantry and artillery on the western expedition in Penn-
sylvania, and have General Bloomfield's letter of recommendation, which certifies the same, as follows:
DOCTOR LUCAS S. GIBBS, being about to remove from the city of Burlington, into the western parts of Pennsylvania, is hereby recommended to the good people, wherever he may settle as a Physician and Surgeon, who has practised for years in the city of Burlington with great success and to the approbation of his employers, as far as hath come to my knowledge. Dr. Gibbs was surgeon of the first regiment in the New-Jersey brigade of infantry and artillery lately under my command on the western expedition in Pennsylvania.
JOSEPH BLOOMFIELD, Mayor of Burlington, New-Jersey. November 23d, 1795.
I received an appointment from Governor Bloomfield of the state of New-Jersey in the year 1802, to act as surgeon over the infantry in the city and county of Burlington—In the same year (1802) I was appointed physician of the city and port of Burlington in time of the yellow fever: by order of the board of health.—However previous to those appointments, I was a pupil under Doctor Thomas McColl and Doctor Samuel P. Griffiths for more than 6 years.—Doctor Griffiths was a professor in the college of physicians, and Doctor of the Philadelphia Bettering-house and Dispensary, at the time I was with him, and is yet a consulting physician of those public institutions, and of the hospital also. I attended all the professors in Philadelphia on the medical line 3 years successively. The Diaploma I have mentioned from the university, will prove the time I have studied and the time I have attended the lectures of all those professors:—For no person can, or ever did, receive a Diaploma from the university without studying 6 years with a regular bred physician and attending the lectures of all the professors 3 years. It then depends on his abilities. If he makes application as a candidate for Doctor of Medicine to the university, they appoint 3 alternate days, and he is examined by those physicians in public university 3 or 4 hours each appointed day—If they then believe him to be sufficiently versed in the philosophy, theory and practice of medicine, and all the sciences thereunto belonging, he is then according to a decree of the managers and others, entitled to a Diaploma, provided he writes a thesis on some disease and is examined on what he has wrote, and approved of therein—He then and in that case becomes a member of the society, M. D.
Note.—The law of Pennsylvania does not oblige any student of medicine, to take a Diaploma in order to practice physic, and if he fails in the attempt he is rejected and published in the papers with disgrace—If his abilities are adequate to the task he receives it with applause and is published with great honor.
All these papers of recommendation, &c. that I have mentioned here, I have in my possession and can be seen at any time.
I should not have thought it necessary to have published my credentials, but much has been said by my antagonists respecting the truth of such papers; and in justice to myself and my friends, I have thought proper to commit them to print, and from further advice of my friends, I am disposed, to insert the following extract, taken from the Philadelphia papers of Relf and Duane, published in February and March 1803.—By some gentlemen who published it without my knowledge, but they have been pleased to subscribe their names to the paper and the places or streets where they reside who are merchants in Philadelphia of respect and willing to answer to every thing they have said.
LUCAS S. GIBBS, M. D. Martinsburg, February 1, 1805.
DOCTOR GIBBS,
HAVING removed from the city of Burlington to the city of Philadelphia, No. 173, north Front street, and believing a publication of his skill to be of the greatest importance to those afflicted with the most distressing complaints. He has followed the practice of physic and surgery in its utmost extent in Bur-

lington and elsewhere for these 12 years past with the greatest success, and performed the most astonishing cures we have ever known; he has had remarkable success in curing different diseases of the eyes, some of which have been blind for a number of years, and have applied to some of the most eminent surgeons at Philadelphia who have judged them incurable—and afterwards have been brought to their perfect sight by his superior knowledge. In cases of blindness, deafness, consumption, king's evil, dropsy and dead palsy, we have heard of no doctor in America that has had as great success in performing permanent cures; he has also performed a number of remarkable cures of the most obstinate kind of cancers, and the disease called the tetter—in short, it is generally believed by those who have employed him several years in the most difficult cases, and in common practice that he has been the most successful in all chronic complaints, many surgeon or physician in the country—and we think it a duty incumbent on us, from what we have seen and heard, to inform the public for their benefit, of his extraordinary skill in difficult complaints, that they may have an opportunity of being relieved by some of the most alarming diseases which otherwise may remain and render them miserable while they live.
EDWARD COLLINS, North Third street. JAMES M. BISPHAM, Market street.
March 16, 1803.
BOSTON, January 17. SPANISH WAR.
We can state on the authority of letters from Madrid, as late as the 8th November, that the British minister had left the Spanish court; and that no doubt existed of a war between the two countries.
The Spanish frigate La Vengeance is arrived at Cadiz, and the frigate L'Amphitrite at Corunna, both from America, with six million three hundred thousand dollars. Another frigate, La Sabina, with seven millions was expected.
On board the Mercedes, Spanish ship, which blew up in the late action with the British frigates, it is painful to state, that there were nineteen lady passengers, who perished with the rest of the unhappy persons on board.
January 18.
It is stated in yesterday's paper, on the authority of a letter from Madrid, of November 8, "that the British minister had left that city, and there was no doubt of a war between Great Britain and Spain."
It has long been known that the British minister, Mr. Frere, had left the Spanish court; a general expectation of war followed, and some hostile measures were adopted; but affairs afterwards assumed a pacific appearance.—But if the person to whom the diplomatic duties were committed when the minister withdrew, has left Spain, it is certainly an unfavourable symptom.
However, if his Catholic majesty can avoid war he will: He will not add that calamity to pestilence, famine and civil commotions.
England and Spain. The last account from Spain to November 17, 1804, are of a pacific aspect, and those from England are not hostile. At the last date from Cadiz no preparations for war with Great Britain were making: nor any talk of expected war; notwithstanding the capture of the treasure frigates had been fully confirmed. On recurring to the information given by Lord Harrowby, to the London merchants in September last, it will be found, that the unneutral armaments making in Spain, had caused the English ministry to demand satisfactory explanations of their destinations; which Spain had neglected or refused to make. About the same time, the Spanish ambassador in London, was informed, that until a satisfactory explanation had taken place, no ships of war, and particularly those supposed to be freighted with treasure, would be permitted to enter the ports of Spain. It has since been asserted in the American papers, that an armament, designed for the Floridas, to support the Spanish authority therein, has been made, but has since been dismantled.—If this was the armament complained of, if it be discontinued, and the Spanish government has thus represented it to the court of London, and promised to observe an honest neutrality; in our opinion the ostensible cause of the dispute has ceased to exist; and unless
some latent cause of hostility remains, a war between the two nations will not now take place. Whether the vessels and property captured, will be restored, is a question we cannot solve. Our opinion is, that they will not be, during the present war. In one of the last English papers, it is mentioned, that the money would be retained in England, pending another negotiation to be opened, "on the old subject of the "Manilla ransom." It may be recollected that in 1762, a detachment of troops from Madras, composed of soldiers, sailors, seapoyes, cafre, lascars, topases, and French and German deserters, and commanded by General (Sir William) Draper, in an expedition against the Spanish Philippine isles, took the town of Manilla, by storm, and the officers found it extremely difficult to prevent the motley troops from making the city feel all the rapaciousness to which a city taken by storm is subjected from the common men. Promises of remuneration for their bravery and sufferings were made this collection; and a capitulation was entered into between the British and Spanish officers for such compensation as might satisfy them, and exempt the town from pillage. By one of the articles, four millions of dollars were to be paid by Spain, as a ransom for the city of Manilla, and the effects of the inhabitants; who, in consequence, were protected in their religion, liberties and property. Peace succeeding soon after, the Spanish government refused to ratify the capitulation; and the payment of the ransom has been evaded to this day. It would be in the style of Mr. Pitt's "gestion of affairs," werethe money to be detained as a guarantee of the fulfilment of the capitulation on the part of Spain.
[Boston Centinel.]
Extract of a letter from Lisbon, to a gentleman in Philadelphia.
"I am sorry to say our political horizon again blackens; there is an appearance of war between England and Spain, and should it take place, the situation of this country will be truly unpleasant.
"The state of Spain is peculiarly distressing, but many of its misfortunes are to be attributed to its bad government. Plague, famine, earthquakes, civil dissensions (in the province of Biscay) already harass it; a foreign war threatens; public confidence is gone; its national treasury empty; its debt great; the spirits of the people broken; the manners of the great vicious; the indolence of the poor proverbial.—Such a combination of evils must inevitably lead to destruction. How little to be envied is the monarch who governs it."
CONGRESS of the U. STATES. HOUSE of REPRESENTATIVES.
January 19.
Mr. J. Randolph, from the committee of ways and means, asked leave to report a bill making an appropriation for the support of the military establishment for the year 1805, and leave being granted, he reported a bill accordingly, which was read twice, and referred to a committee of the whole for Monday next.
The chairman of the committee of revision and unfinished business made a further report, that the law regulating the manner of taking evidence in certain cases had expired, and ought to be revised; also,
The law for incorporating the inhabitants of the city of Washington, would expire with the end of the present session, and that it ought to be renewed.
The report was referred to a committee of the whole for Monday.
Mr. J. Randolph presented the petition of Henry and William Stewart, of Germantown, in the county of Philadelphia (Pennsylvania) callico printers and dyers, praying to be allowed a drawback on India goods printed by them, equal to the drawback on foreign printed articles. Referred to the committee of commerce and manufactures.
January 20.
The Bill making an appropriation for completing the public buildings in the city of Washington, has passed the Senate.
On Thursday last, Dr. Eustis called up a resolution which he had before laid on the table, declaring it to be expedient to erect a navy yard adjacent to the ocean, for the reception of the frigates belonging to the United States, on their return from the Mediterranean which on motion of Mr. Dana was referred to a committee of the whole, and made the order for Monday next.
Mr. Purviance offered a resolution for referring the propriety of giving the Dis-
trict of Columbia a local legislature to the Secretaries of State and Treasury and the Attorney General, to report thereon at the next session—Ordered to lie on the table.
NORFOLK, January 18.
It is with sincere regret we state that the privateer, mentioned in our last as having been left engaged with the Ardent, has succeeded in capturing several of the homeward bound fleet of merchantmen from St. Domingo for Baltimore.—Our informant is a sailor who was landed on Wednesday, from on board the Privateer, at Cape Henry. He states that he was on board the schooner Anna-Maria, Bryant, of Baltimore, which was among the vessels taken.—The Ardent succeeded in beating off the privateer, who mistaking her guns (32lb carronades) for wooden ones, ran close alongside and fired into her, but received immediately a discharge of grape and langrage, which killed a great number of her men.—After maintaining a short action she sheared off, and went in chase of the other vessels. She was afterwards beat off by the Lioness and Felicity. He says that she made eight or ten prizes; of which he recollects the names only of the brigs Hunter, Captain Williams, and Philip, Captain Buffington. The ship Ardent he thinks either has foundered or will founder. She was extremely crazy and deeply laden; and must have been much injured in the action, if not by the fire of the privateer, by the weight of her own metal—she was very leaky when she sailed.
The privateer is not a schooner, but a brig, called Le Buonaparte , belonging to Point-Petre, Gaudaloupe, mounting eighteen guns, and had three hundred men on board when she attacked the fleet. She was chased by the Cambrian frigate on Tuesday, but ran her out of sight in a few hours. She is now off the Capes, cruizing for the remainder of the fleet, and for vessels bound outward for St. Domingo.
By an arrival this day from Port-au-Prince, we have a confirmation of the report via New-York, of the intention of Dessalines to march an army against the city of St. Domingo.
Extract of a letter to a gentleman in New-York, dated Cadiz, November 13.
"The news yesterday from the interior of this country is of a very alarming nature. In many places the people are in a state of insurrection.—Want of bread has driven the lower classes to great extremity, and in consequence, to some shocking outrages. In one town the poorer inhabitants have risen in a mob and hanged the governor."
MARTINSBURG, February 1.
□ We are authorised to inform the Citizens of Berkeley, Jefferson and Hampshire Counties, that Maj. JAMES STEPHENSON has consented at the request of a number of his friends, to be a candidate at the ensuing Election for a Representative for this District in the next Congress of the United States.
WILLIAM MOSELEY, Esq. was on the 5th instant by a joint ballot of both houses of the legislature, elected TREASURER of the Commonwealth of Virginia.
The following persons are appointed Cashiers at the offices of discount and deposit of the Bank of Virginia, viz. At Norfolk, THOMAS WILLIAMSON. Petersburg JOHN WILDER. Fredericksburg, WM. ROBERTS.
The Honorable James A. Bayard, took his seat in the Senate of the United States on the 15th ult.
Emperor of Hayti. —The Imperial Crown, intended to be used at the Coronation of the Emperor, JACQUES the first; is according to accounts from Philadelphia, now on board a vessel belonging to that place, frozen up in the Delaware. It is the production of a French manufacturer in Philadelphia, and purchased, as it is said, at the moderate price of a cargo of coffee.
The severe compulsion of the weather has at length obliged the ladies to wear petticoats.
Pink elbows have faded away, in compliance with the season. Where the
colour will fix itself, next, we know not, unless in those complacent families "Where, alas! the absent rose." "Goes to paint the husband's nose."
[Phila. Pap.]
DIED—Yesterday between 12 and 1 o'clock, after a lingering illness, AQUILA JANNEY, (Merchant) aged 45 years, a respectable inhabitant of this town.
[Alex. D. Adv. of Jan. 16.
at the City of Washington, a few days ago, the honorable SAMUEL J. POTTER, one of the members of the Senate of the United States. [Ibid.]
Mediterranean Affairs. —The ministerial prints have shown their zeal for the interest of their employers, mingled with some address, in palming upon the public for splendid victories, what in effect will be found to have been defeats. Availing themselves of the enthusiasm of the people, whose judgment was lost or suspended in admiration of the bravery of their countrymen, the editors of those papers have had the art to delay the investigation of a subject, which, were it closely examined, would considerably augment the mass of disgrace that already loads our deleterious administration.
The war with Tripoli is coeval with the administration of Mr. Jefferson; and has been so conducted, as, in a period of nearly four years, to afford no one solitary instance of advantage; no single circumstance to console the nation for the immense expense it has occasioned: unless we find it in the pride which warms every American bosom when reading the relation of the individual gallantry displayed by his fellow-citizens, wherever it has had an opportunity of being exhibited; a gallantry which proves what might have been accomplished had it been allowed a proper latitude, were it not curbed and repressed by the pusillanimous auspices under which it is condemned to act; a gallantry which gives the assurance that the American name is yet destined to appear with lustre in naval history, maugre all the philosophical whims, of trembling speculators, who would supply our hands with no other weapons than the hoe and the plough share; who would annihilate our commerce and its defence; and convert us into a drivelling nation of cultivators.
It is now clearly ascertained that there has been no want of talents or of courage in those who command and man our little fleets; and if nothing has been hitherto effected, we are obliged to conclude that the fault is in those who, at home, rendered all their talents and their courage useless both to themselves and to their country; whose ambition might desire to obtain the end, but whose niggardly and contemptible economy denied the efficient means.
The force originally sent into the Mediterranean was adequate to no other object than that of exciting the jealousy, contempt, and derision of the Barbary powers; but was altogether insufficient to produce a respectful impression of our strength: while to its physical imbecility was added a moral weakness, in the silly instructions which restrained Commodore Dale from making any assault upon Tripoli, or from capturing any of her cruisers, unless in actual defence of the American trade. This we believe is pretty nearly the amount of his orders; from which if those of Commodore Morris differed, it was only in this, that they gave him the authority, but not the power of doing much injury. Of this the administration were sensible, when to protect their own reputation, they basely sacrificed his.
One of two conclusions must have been adopted by the piratical powers upon the arrival of such a fleet as was first dispatched from the United States, and its immediate conduct—either that the government was incapable of any great exertion, or unwilling, on account of the expense, to employ a greater force. Either of those conclusions must have produced the same effect. Perhaps the latter reason would not have suggested itself to them, although the true one. The force we know was within controul, but the expense was the bugbear that precluded its being resorted to. No one can approve of prodigality in the disbursement of the public treasure; but there is a kind of unsystematic and penurious economy which is infinitely more destructive, and is always attended with disgrace, because its origin is an error or faction, and its progress uniform meanness and deception.—Such is the species of economy openly and pompously boasted of by our present political rulers.
The bad effects of their own system

they have most strikingly evinced—of all the surreptitious means of which they have availed themselves to get into power, none was managed with more successful dexterity than the imputed prodigality of the Federal Administration. On this subject they had committed themselves; and when they got the power into their own hands they were sensible that, to maintain the possession of it, it was necessary either to act, or to seem to act, upon the saving plans which they had held out to the people's view as not only necessary but practicable. Every art of deception has been consequently practised; and the result has been that those affairs which, in order to save expense, required an immediate and a vigorous exertion, have gone on in a crippled, hobbling gait, scarcely marked with one progressive step towards their object; holding up our administration, that 'thing of shreds and patches,' to the contempt of Africa, the ridicule of Europe, and the indignation of America.
When it became necessary, for the preservation of our natural right freely to navigate the Mediterranean as well as every other sea, to curb the insolence of Tripoli, or to pay a tribute to her, what was the language of government? It was lofty and austere; it breathed the independent spirit of a free state, which disdained to be tributary for that which it could command as its own; and it resolved to assert its privilege by force. These were glorious times; and the fawning language of political sycophancy immediately invested Mr. Jefferson with the extraneous habiliments of a hero; but when he was required to act, he soon demonstrated that he was a hero in words only; the energies of the nation dwindled in his feeble grasp; he recoiled with terror "even from the sounds himself had made;" and at the close of four belligerent years, what is it that he has gained to his country in return for the blood and treasure he has wasted?
As respects the object of the war we are precisely where we found us. As respects the injury done and sustained, we are not so. We have taken a few neutral vessels, one small corsair, and one or two gun boats; we have lost one of our best frigates, and consigned perhaps to perpetual slavery hundreds of our brave and enterprising fellow-citizens; we have made what are called four assaults on the town of Tripoli, frightened some of the eunuchs and women of the seraglio, damaged some of their vessels, lost some of our own, and sacrificed the lives of several of our gallant officers and seamen, in an attempt as extravagant in conception as unsuccessful in result, and which, we are told by the administration itself, is abandoned as for the present impracticable.
Who must bear the blame of this failure? Not the brave Preble: not the small but distinguished number of heroes who fought under his command. They doubtless executed their orders with the zeal and spirit which should mark the character of their country; and were successful as far as the means put into their power could entitle them to succeed. The blame belongs to those who, without regard either to the lives of their countrymen or the honour of their country, could sit down and make calculations upon "the least possible force," at a time when all the force they could command should have been employed, as well to insure a favourable issue, as to save the waste of treasure, and prevent the effusion of blood.
We are fully warranted in all that we have said, or can say, in censure of this miserable war, by the communication which was made, but a few days ago, by Mr. Jefferson to Congress. It is not always that the effect can be taken as a just criterion of the cause which produced it; sometimes events of the greatest magnitude are produced by means in every respect to human judgment inadequate, and sometimes also the best concerted measures are rendered useless by unforeseen occurrences. But we apprehend such a plea cannot be urged in favour of our executive and marine departments.
We will not repeat what we have formerly said on the subject of the waste of time and money occasioned by the mode of equipping the squadron of Commodore Barron. The letter of Mr. O'Brien is a very sufficient comment upon it. After squandering the money of the public in conducting negative hostilities against Tripoli for three years, it was at last determined to do something; and for that purpose five frigates were put in commission, but their departure so long delayed, that they could not reach the place of action until the season of action had passed by, when they might as well
be in the dry-dock at Washington. This reminds us of a quaint distich—
Great Brunswick's Duke with forty thousand men, Marched into France, and then marched out again.
Our fleet has reached the coast of Tripoli just in time to quit it.
It was of the greatest importance that the ships of our squadron should arrive in the Mediterranean, as Mr. Jefferson would express it, "in the least possible time;" but instead of being dispatched as they could have been put in readiness, they were detained until they could all proceed at the same time; which produced another delay, as every novice knows that squadrons or fleets can never make as much expedition as single ships; nor can it be alleged that this measure was necessary for their defence against the arms of an enemy. Had one or two of the frigates arrived in proper time to cooperate with Commodore Preble, we might not have to regret the failure of an enterprise from which we were taught to expect so much; nor to lament the useless sacrifice of the lives of so many of our fellow-citizens.
Let the Admiral and his sapient Naval Secretary reconcile this mismanagement to their vaunted system of economy. Let them inform the people how much money has been expended in the late expedition against Tripoli, which is only not disgraceful to those immediately concerned in it, but is certainly far from reflecting honour upon the American government, or from terrifying the Bashaw into American terms. Let them, in their next financial estimate, state the probable expense in maintaining in the ports of Malta or Sicily, during the winter season, in a state of inaction, a fleet which, had it been sent out at a proper season, might ere now have been at anchor in the ports of the United States, after having accomplished the object of its commission.
We have no doubt that if a chance of effecting any thing presents itself to Commodore Barron, he will avail himself of it: but such a circumstance, rather to be hoped for than expected, will not invalidate any of those objections which we have suggested, but will rather strengthen them. It will prove that the same thing might have been effected long ago, and with a saving of money, of blood, and of honour. The ships of war, says Mr. O'Brien, can do nothing without the gun-boats and bombards, and the season is too far advanced for them to remain on that dangerous coast. Let us not, therefore, flatter ourselves that, deprived of the means of doing anything, Capt. Barron is to effect miracles. For whatever he may do little praise can be assumed by the warriors at Washington—"If he succeeds the merit's all his own."
Our readers may, if they think proper, make a short comparison between the conduct of the present war against the petty and despicable pirates of Tripoli, and of the war, under Mr. Adams, against another nation of pirates, the Great, Terrible and Invincible Republic of France. When the aggressions on our trade, on the part of the French, were carried to such lengths as to be no longer sufferable, the administration of the United States was not deterred by the very considerable force which France had in the West Indies, nor by the awful terror of her name in Europe, from adopting effectual measures to curb and to punish her insolence. All the strength which it could command, was immediately put in commission; and a tone of dignified resentment, was backed by a force active and respectable. The consequence was instantaneously experienced by our trade; one proof of which was that premiums for insurance to and from the West Indies, which had been, on the single outward or homeward risk, as high as twenty per cent. perhaps higher, in less than four months fell to seven and one half per cent; in some places perhaps to less.
This manly and energetic conduct produced in a very short time the end for which it was chosen. The mighty republic soon discovered that it could derive neither profit nor glory from a contest with a nation resolved to risk every thing rather than its reputation; whose councils were influenced by a spirit of independence panting with indignant resentment of its wrongs; and governed by men capable of calling forth, and of giving a proper direction to its resources. Contrast this with the war against Tripoli—a poor dependency, with only one harbour, from which it could not send to sea, in all its corsairs, two hundred guns of every different size. Yet to reduce this insignificant power to terms
has already consumed four years, and several millions of dollars, without affording the most remote prospect of a time when the object may be effected.
For the purpose of effectually chastising Tripoli, as well as for the more important purpose of impressing the other piratical states with a respectful idea of our power; the measures pursued by the government should have been from the first decisive, and the force employed, the greatest that could have been commanded. This perhaps would have been the case but for one reason—economy.—An expedition thus conducted, would have cost a large sum of money; which would have looked but ill in Mr. Gallatin's first financial reports. But now how is it? That expenditure which would have brought hostilities to a close in the first year, has, we will venture to assert, been far exceeded in maintaining Mr. Jefferson's "least possible force" for four years; and the whole operations of the war are to be commenced de novo . Thus much for economy: but what is to be said on the score of honour? Had a respectable navy been immediately sent against Tripoli, the Bashaw would have been astonished, or forced, into terms; and the fame of the American arms would have terrified the neighbouring states.—But by four years procrastination the enemy has gained confidence in himself, learned to despise and resist us: and, to crown all, by an abortive attempt to bombard his capital we have given him such an opinion of our incapability to injure him, as may postpone the period of peace yet many years, if not add to the number of our foes.
Thus stands our affairs in that part of the world. Policy ought to have forbidden any assault on Tripoli until it could have been done with some hopes of success. Being the first attempt of the kind made by the United States, all the chances and consequences of discomfiture ought to have been well weighed.—The measure and its result prove, that though Mr. Jefferson may be well qualified (and that he is so we are not at all inclined to doubt) to conduct a domestic war between parties, and to direct all the virulent energies of the Democratic Newspapers in America, he possesses but very few of those talents necessary to manage a foreign war between nations, and is but meanly calculated to cover the nation he rules with any thing resembling military glory. Let the cobbler stick to his last.
[PUBLIC LEDGER.]
Tribute.—Mr. Joseph Israel, Midshipman, whose name appears in the account of the late heroic and glorious devotion off Tripoli, was from Washington county, Maryland, an orphan under the kindly care of his uncle Mr. Elie Williams, and a youth whose ingenious, manly and enterprising spirit afforded a promise of honourable promotion, but for his early and gallant sacrifice. [F.T. Herald.]
A plain and short road to a good destiny.
"Be studious, and you will be learned. Be industrious and frugal and you will be rich. Be sober and temperate, and you will be healthy. Be virtuous, and you will be happy."
PURSUANT to a deed of trust from John Sufferance and Catherine his wife, to the subscriber, will be sold on the premises, at auction, to the highest bidder, on Saturday the second day of March next,
A Lot of Ground,
Lyings on Martin Street, in the town of Martinsburg and County of Berkeley, known and distinguished in the general plan of said town by No. 161, for the purpose of discharging a debt with the interest, &c. thereon, due from the said Sufferance to Col. William Clemm of Baltimore. The said lot is well improved.
ELISHA BOYD, Trustee. February 1, 1805.
NOTICE.
BY virtue of a deed of trust, to us executed by Matthew Whiting, we shall proceed to sell at public auction, at the Mansion house of the late William Henshaw, deceased, on the 28th day of March next, for cash, one Negro boy named Prince, the property of the said Whiting. Due attendance will be given by
ADAM S. HENSHAW, WASHINGTON HENSHAW. Berkeley County, January 18, 1805.
INFORMATION.
THOSE indebted to the subscriber are requested to make payment by the 25th instant, as he has a number of small debts in the country at a considerable distance which are inconvenient for him to send after.—Every person neglecting the payment of such debt or debts, against the time above mentioned, are assured that their accounts will be put in a course of law for collection.
LUCAS S. GIBBS, M. D. Martinsburg, February 1, 1805.
FOR SALE.
Pursuant to the last will and testament of Robert Creighton, dec'd, a valuable
Tract of Land,
Lying in the County of Berkeley and State of Virginia, three miles from the town of Martinsburg, on the road leading to Williamsport, eighty-five miles from the City of Baltimore, seventy-five from the City of Washington, and eighty miles from the town of Alexandria—containing six-hundred acres, one half cleared and under good fence, the balance well clothed with timber: There are on said land a number of never failing springs, and a sufficient quantity of Meadow: This Tract would suit well to be divided, as there are two Dwelling Houses, two Double Barns, and two Orchards of choice Fruit. It lies five miles from the river Potomac, the navigation of said river is now completed, produce may be conveyed down the river to the City of Washington and to the town of Alexandria at a small expense. For terms apply to William Riddle, of the town of Martinsburg. A good title will be made the purchaser by
WILLIAM RIDDLE, } Ex's. and Wm. CREIGHTON, Martinsburg, February 1, 1805.
FOR SALE,
A VERY VALUABLE
Negro Man,
about 30 years old, remarkably strong, healthy, and well acquainted with every branch of Farming business. For further particulars inquire of the Printer. February 1, 1805.
Farm & Stillhouse
TO BE LET.
THE subscriber has a Tenement to let, containing about 100 acres of cleared Land, on which there is a small Stillhouse with over-head water. The present tenant has seeded about 40 acres of small grain, which he will dispose of at a fair valuation. No person need apply who is not capable of carrying on the distilling business, and can come recommended.
RAWLEIGH COLSTON. February 1, 1805.
TO BE RENTED,
For one, two, or three years, the
PLANTATION
On which I now live, containing 226 acres of good Land, 160 acres of which are cleared, and in good farming condition; there are on the premises a convenient Dwelling House, Kitchen, good Stables, and other necessary out houses, with an excellent Orchard. Possession will be given in March next, clear of any incumbrance. For terms apply to the subscriber living on the premises, five miles from Martinsburg, and five from Shepherd's-Town, in Berkeley County.
JOHN MORGAN. February 1, 1805.
STRAY STEER.
CAME to the subscriber's Plantation some time ago, an estray STEER of a brindle colour with white spots marked in the right ear with a swallow-fork, and a piece cut out of the under side of the left, supposed to be three and a half, or four years old, and valued at nine dollars. The owner is requested to prove property, pay charges and take him away.
SAMUEL KENNEDY. Berkeley County, February 1, 1805.

ON A PRINTING HOUSE.
THIS World's a Printing House , in which enclosure, Each soul's a Sheet , form'd by the great Composer ; Our thoughts and deeds are Types of various sizes, Which Christ corrects, and Heav'n the whole revises ; Death is the Printing-Press , from which being driv'n, We're gather'd sheet by sheet and bound for Heav'n .
MORAL.
Religion never to be treated with levity.
IMPRESS your minds with reverence for all that is sacred. Let no wantonness of youthful spirits, no compliance with the intemperate mirth of others, ever betray you into profane sallies.— Besides the guilt which is thereby incurred, nothing gives a more odious appearance of petulance and presumption to youth, than the affectation of treating religion with levity. Instead of being an evidence of superior understanding, it discovers a pert and shallow mind; which, vain of the first smatterings of knowledge, presumes to make light of what the rest of mankind revere. At the same time, you are not to imagine, that when exhorted to be religious, you are called upon to become more formal and solemn in your manners than others of the same years; or to erect yourselves into supercilious reprovers of those around you. The spirit of true religion breathes gentleness and affability. It gives a native unaffected ease to the behavior. It is social, kind, and cheerful; far removed from that gloomy and illiberal superstition which clouds the brow, sharpens the temper, dejects the spirit, and teaches men to fit themselves for another world, by neglecting the concerns of this. Let your religion, on the contrary, connect preparation for heaven with an honourable discharge of the duties of active life. Of such religion discover, on every proper occasion, that you are not ashamed; but avoid making any unnecessary ostentation of it before the world.
The subscriber will sell on advantageous terms to the purchaser, all his stock of
GOODS
on hand,
Which, if not disposed of before the 16th day of February next, he will then offer at public sale.
JAMES ANDERSON. Martinsburg, January 23, 1805.
J. ANDERSON requests ALL those indebted to him to make immediate payment, as no longer indulgence can possibly be given.
NOTICE!
THE subscriber being determined to settle up his outstanding accounts, requests those indebted to him to call and pay off their bills, or give their notes for the amount. Those who fail to comply, need expect no indulgence.
THOMAS PATTERSON. Martinsburg, January 25, 1805.
To be Let,
BETWEEN this and the eighth day of February next, at the late dwelling plantation of Angus McDonald, deceased, on Potomac river, about ten miles below Old-Town, for one or more years, a Tract of Land, consisting of about 55 acres of good bottom and about 140 acres of upland, of second bottom, cleared, with three good Sugar Camps—a large proportion of the upland is sowed down in Wheat and Rye; if it is not rented before the 8th day of February, it will on that day be let to the highest bidder. Also, on the same day and at the same place, SEVEN SLAVES , to hire for one year.
DANIEL FETTER, Adm'r. January 25, 1805.
PRINTING,
In all its variety, executed at this Office with correctness and expedition.
VALUABLE PROPERTY,
For Sale or to be Rented.
A HOUSE and LOT, situate in Charles-Town, Jefferson County, near the Court-House and adjoining the Public-Square. The Building is of frame neatly weather-boarded and painted white, two stories high, three rooms on the lower floor and four on the upper, and all handsomely finished; a large Kitchen, Meat-House, and convenient Stable; in front of the House a spacious yard handsomely ornamented with Lombardy Poplars and other trees, and in part enclosed by an excellent stone wall. Extraordinary labour has been bestowed on the Garden, about the one half of it has been dug to the depth of three feet, all the rocks taken out, filled up again with earth, and completely enclosed with a stone wall. This Property is in itself well calculated to suit either a private family, or one who wishes to keep a House of Public Entertainment, its situation in this respect is not equalled by any in the County, and if kept by a genteel person must command at least an equal share of the public business in this place.
Also to be sold,
On the first day of next month, a variety of Medical and other Books—also, a quantity of Household Furniture, consisting of Tables, Sideboards, Book-Case and Desk, Bureau, Chairs, China Ware, a Set of Tea Spoons and Table Spoons, a ten-plate Stove, and Kitchen Furniture, with a number of articles unnecessary to enumerate. The sale will begin precisely at ten o'clock, when the conditions of the sale will be made known, and due attendance given by
ALEXANDER SANDERSON. Charles-Town, January 25, 1805.
NOTICE!
ALL persons indebted to the subscriber, either by bond, note, or open account, are requested to come forward and settle their respective dues, on or before the first day of April next, otherwise they will be put into the hands of an Attorney at Law for collection.—No longer indulgence can or will be given after the first day of April next.
JAMES TOOLE. Darkesville, January 25, 1805.
FOR SALE,
A PLANTATION, containing about 180 acres, about 100 of which are cleared; there is a convenient Dwelling House and Kitchen and a good Barn on the premises; near the House is a Well thirty feet deep, which never goes dry when kept clean; on one part of the Plantation there is a large and excellent Spring.—The Land is of a superior quality; it lies on the road leading from Martinsburg to Boyd's Ferry, and is about six miles from the former place.—If it is not sold before the first day of April next, it will be rented for one year. For terms apply on the premises, or to the subscriber in Martinsburg.
IGNATIUS PRICE. January 25, 1805.
To be Sold,
ONE House and Lot, No. 26, in the Main Street, Shepherd's-Town, in front 69 feet, and 206 back to the alley. Likewise, one Out Lot, corner to Lot No. 3, containing 4 acres 152 poles, under good fence. Any person wishing to purchase said property, by applying to Mr. Ebborts, tavern keeper in said town, will be shewn the Lots and boundaries. The House and Lot will be sold separate from the Out Lot if the purchasers choose it. The terms will be made known by applying to the subscriber, living at the Sulphur Spring, Berkeley County.
JOSEPH MINGHINI. January 25, 1805.
CAME to the plantation of the subscriber (Sulphur Spring on Opecon Creek) on the 20th instant, one dark bay MARE , and one bright bay HORSE , newly shod all round. The owner may have them again by proving property and paying charges.
JOSEPH MINGHINI. January 25, 1805.
N O T I C E.
THE subscriber being extremely anxious to close the business finalty of the old concern of James S. Lane, & Co. earnestly requests all those indebted to said concern, to discharge their respective balances, on or before the first day of April next, as he is positively determined (without respect to persons) to put all bonds, notes and accounts, which remain unpaid on that day, into the hands of an Attorney at Law. It is now upwards of fifteen months since the dissolution of the partnership, and no longer indulgence can or will be given, after the first day of April next.
He will receive Tobacco, Flour, Corn, Wheat, Rye, Oats and Flax-Seed in payment, which will prevent the common excuse, the want of money.
JAMES S. LANE. Shepherd's-Town, } January 18, 1805. }
TAKEN up by the subscriber on the 23rd of November last, a sorrel Horse, with both hind feet white, about fifteen hands high, is blind in the right eye, between 13 and 14 years old, is a natural trotter, shod before, has never been docked—Appraised to 30 dollars. The owner is desired to prove property, pay charges and take him away.
SIMON MOON. Middle Creek, Berkeley } County, January 18, 1805. }
The last Notice
IS hereby given to those persons indebted to the estate of Joseph Park, deceased, that if their several accounts and obligations are not paid up by the 15th of March next, they will be put into the hands of an Attorney for collection, without respect to persons—and all those who have any demands against the estate, are requested to bring them in for payment to
WILLIAM WILSON, Acting Administrator. Prospect-Hill, November 30, 1804.
Dr. J. P. Harris
Has just received, in addition to a very large and extensive assortment of
Drugs, Medicine, & Paints,
a considerable quantity of West-India Fruit, such as ORANGES, LEMONS and RAISONS, and Confection of almost every kind.
He has also on hand a quantity of the best PERUVIAN BARK.
He earnestly requests all who are indebted to him, to come forward and discharge their accounts. Those who fail to do so, by the 1st of January next, need expect no further indulgence.
A Miller.
WANTED immediately, a MILLER to attend a Merchant Mill. One without a family will be preferred. Inquire of the Printer. January 4, 1805.
Patterson's Old MILL.
THE subscriber respectfully informs his customers and the public, that he has got the above Mill in complete order for grinding, and that he will stand accountable for the inspection of all Superfine Flour manufactured at it.
ROBERT CHRISTY. January 4, 1805.
ALL persons indebted to the subscriber, by bond, note, or book account, are requested to come in by the 1st of March next, and discharge what may be due.—As he is positively determined to close all his accounts by that time, no person need look for any longer indulgence.
ABRAHAM GORRELL. November 30, 1804.
EDWARD MARQUAM.
CABINET MAKER,
RETURNS his sincere thanks to the public for the great encouragement he has met with since he commenced business in Shepherd's-Town; and as he intends continuing his business in said town, in a frame house nearly opposite to Mr. John Baker's, has provided himself with a sufficient stock of Mahogany, Walnut, &c. He begs leave to assure those who may favour him with their custom, that nothing on his part shall be wanting to merit their approbation. Having acquired his profession in Europe, and carried on business in Baltimore for a considerable time, he flatters himself that he will be able to give general satisfaction: He manufactures in the neatest manner, and on the newest and most approved plans, all kinds of Cabinet work, such as Secretaries, Bureaus, Bedsteads, Sophas, Easy Chairs, Heart-back, ditto, &c. &c. all kinds of Window and Bed Cornices, and all kinds of Carving, Fluting and Fret-work; also, Electrifying Machines, suitable for Physicians or private families.
Shepherd's-Town, Dec. 21, 1804.
Winter Goods and Groceries.
THE SUBSCRIBER Has just received and finished opening, (part from Philadelphia and part from Baltimore,) a very large supply of
Choice Winter Goods and Groceries,
Which, in addition to his former stock, makes his assortment more complete than ever, consisting of almost every article in the Dry Goods and Grocery line, too numerous to particularise—all which he begs leave to offer his friends and the public in general, at the most reduced prices for CASH or COUNTRY PRODUCE , or on the usual credit to punctual customers.
WARRANTED
Bolting Cloths,
Superfine, Common and Midling, of the first quality, for sale on the usual terms.
N. B. He offers the highest price in Cash, for Wheat, Rye, Corn, Oats, or Flax-Seed.
With the greatest esteem, He remains the public's obt. and humbl. servt.
PHILIP NADEBOUSCH. Martinsburg, January 11, 1805.
The subscriber has just received, and always intends keeping for sale, a number of Silver
WATCHES,
of various kinds and prices.
He has also for sale,
A great variety of WATCH CHAINS, SEALS and KEYS.
REES BRANSON. Martinsburg, 4th 1st month, 1805.
CASH
Given for clean Linen and Cotton
RAGS.
At the Office of the INTELLIGENCER.
The following BLANKS , printed with NEW and ELEGANT TYPE, are always kept for sale at this Office: DEEDS, Common BONDS, Apprentices INDENTURES, Promissory NOTES, &c. &c. &c.
MARTINSBURG, Berkeley County Virginia; Printed and published by JOHN ALBURTIS.
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