Norfolk gazette and publick ledger (Norfolk [Va.]), 1809-06-02 00:00:00

NORFOLK GAZETTE AND PUBLICK LEDGER.  SINT HIC ETIAM SUA PRÆMIA LAUDI.
[VOL. V.]
FRIDAY EVENING, JUNE 2, 1809.
NO. 125.
For London, (To sail on the 10th June,) the fine copper fastened and fast sailing Ship POC AHONTAS, Christopher Tompkins, master; a considerable part of her cargo being already engaged, the freight of about 200 hogsheads tobacco and 50 bales cotton is only wanted. Apply to Wilson & Cunningham. May 5.  For Freight or Charter, The Ship FACTOR, Capt. Reynolds, burthen 291 tons. Apply to the master on board, or Christopher Fry. Who offers for Sale, 14 casks STONE LINE, 10,000 HOOPS, and a box of WOOL HATS. April 26.  FOR CHARTER. THE BREMEN BARQUE PATRIOT GROENING, Mathias Probst, master, burthen about 300 tons, in very complete order and almost new. ALSO, The Bremen Barque Bremen, John Conrad Dorman, master, burthen about 280 tons; both ready for a voyage. Apply to Niemeyer & Von Kapff. Who offer for Sale, 20 pieces of a superior quality RUSSIA CANVAS, 60 do. Stout German RAVENS DUCK, and 50 bags St. Domingo COFFEE. April 19.  Wanted, A fast-sailing VESSEL, of 230 to 280 hogsheads burthen. AND One of 250 hlds. burthen. Apply to C. & F. Whittle. Who have for Sale, 600 barrels FLOUR. May 1.  For Freight or Charter, The good Ship AUGUSTA, Capt. James Place, burthen 325 tons, now on her first voyage. Apply to the master, or Christopher Fry. April 28.  For Charter, The Brig MINERVA, Wm. Malcom, master, burthen 211 tons, and 280 hogsheads of tobacco, is in complete order, and is now ready to receive a cargo. Apply to the master on board, or the subscriber WM. PENNOCK. Who offers for Sale, 80 Bundles excellent HAY. May 10.  For Freight or Charter, To the West-Indies, the Schooner ANTELOPE, Capt. Putnam, burthen about nine hundred or a thousand barrels. Apply to Jennings & Roddey. May 25.  For New-Orleans, To sail about the 10th of June, The fast-sailing Sch't JANE, Burthen about 1000 barrels. For freight or passage, apply to Jennings & Roddey. May 25.  Just landing from on board the Schooner Tartar, from Charleston, 120 casks New RICE, and a few bales COTTON, For Sale by Jennings & Roddey. The said Schooner TARTAR, Burthen about 100 tons, new and in complete order for the reception of a cargo, is offered for sale on accommodating terms. Apply as above. May 19.  For Charter, The Ship ALEXANDER, Captain Ballard, Burthen 280 tons, and is in complete order for the reception of a cargo. Warren Ashley. Who has just received, Loaf Sugar in hogsheads and barrels, And a few small boxes Imperial Tea of superior quality. May 17.  For Liverpool, The Ship General Colburn, Capt. Prince, to sail in a few days. For freight of fifty hogsheads, or passage, apply to the master on board, or Moses Myers & Son. Who offer for Sale, Russia and Holland SAIL DUCK. May 15.  For Freight or Charter, The brig John Adams, Andrew Tufts, master, burthen 224 tons, in complete order, and ready to receive a cargo. For terms apply to Capt. Tufts, or N. Heron. Who has for Sale on board the brig, 50,000 feet of Northern Boards, May 15.
For Sale, on our wharf, 15000 bushels blown SALT, principally afloat. 6000 ditto Coarse ditto, 300 sacks ditto: Liverpool, filled. 136 bags St. Domingo COFFEE, 7 hlds. do. SUGAR, 44 bbls. do. do. 65 hlds. St. Kitt's SUGAR, 87 bbls. do. do. 56 hlds. do. MOLASSES, 52 hlds. Jamaica COFFEE, 24 do. do. SUGAR, 121 bags PIMENTO, 380 boxes brown Havana SUGARS, 23 bags do. COFFEE, 27000 feet MAHOGANY, 5 ton LOGWOOD, 3 do. BRAZILETTO, 100 half crates QUEEN'S-WARE, well assorted. 10 hlds. Havana MOLASSES, 10 pipes L. P. MADEIRA, 20 cases superior CLARET, 5 puncheons old Jamaica RUM. Domestic. 1000 hogsheads TOBACCO, 100 barrels PORK, 100 do. TAR, 100 do. PITCH, 200 do. Superior FLOUR, 50 do. WHISKEY, UPLAND COTTON. C. & F. Whittle, Who offer for Charter, The Ship ELIZA, burthen 420 hogsheads Tobacco. March 16.  RACES. Norfolk and Portsmouth Races will commence on WEDNESDAY, the 14th June, at Christian's Field, Norfolk County. First Day. 3 Mile Heats—250 dollars—Entrance 25 dollars. Second Day. 2 Mile Heats—150 dollars—Entrance 15 dollars. New-Market Rules to govern. Third Day. Mile Heats—best 3 in 5—Entrance 10 dollars. Catch on each. Stables and Litter convenient to the ground (free.) Entertainment and Forage on moderate terms. N. B. The Horse or Filly winning at the Bridge Race Field, on the 7th June, is prohibited from running at the above Races. Purses will be hung up. EDWARD NEWMAN. May 22.  DANIEL SANFORD, No. 88, Main-Street, offer for Sale a handsome assortment of Useful and fashionable Goods, Received from Liverpool, via New-York, this spring. Also in Lumber Yard, 50,000 W. O. drawn hhd. } 30,000 do. rough do. } 20,000 do. do. bbl. } 10,000 feet seasoned Pitch Pine Plank, from 2 to 4 inches thick. Wanted Immediately, A quantity of Masts, Spars, and Oak Plank, For which a liberal price will be given. May 19.  FOR RENT, The CHAMBERS over Wood and Hastings's Dry Good Store, (Taylor's buildings,) with a good kitchen, very convenient for a small family. Apply to WOOD & HASTINGS. May 22.  IRISH LINENS. 200 pieces of low priced 3-4 and 7-8 Irish LINENS, For Sale by R. & J. Taylor. May 12.  I have this day taken into Copartnership my eldest Son, and shall in future transact business under the firm of MOSES MYERS & SON. Moses Myers. May 1.  FOR SALE, 40 pun. choice old Demarara RUM, 200 hogsheads MOLASSES, 100,000 wt. Muscovado SUGAR, 200 boxes Havana brown SUGAR, 80 do. do. white do. 6000 bushels Exuma and Cadiz SALT, 150 sacks Liverpool do. 30 cases GLASSWARE, consisting of Tumblers, Decanters, and Wine Glasses, 15 crates QUEENSWARE, consisting principally of Plates and Dishes, 480 pieces CHECKS and LISTADOES, 40 boxes CASTLE SOAP; 14 bales CORKS, GIN in cases, and Gosport RUM. James Young. March 16.  FOR RENT. A Convenient Dwelling House on the Main-Street, near the Bridge, next door to Mrs. Archer. Also, That commodious House on Catharine-street, at present occupied by Mr. James Dykes, ad joining the subscriber; they have excellent gardens, and all convenient out-houses. Also, A very convenient Dwelling-House, just finished, on Commerce-street. For terms apply to James Tucker. August 16.
60 Hogsheads Prime Richmond TOBACCO, Selected particularly for the Irish Market. For sale by C. & F. WHITTLE. May 30.  Bills on London, For Sale by J. & W. Southgate. May 8.  FOR SALE, The Cargo of the Brig Fame, John Stone, Master, from Havana, CONSISTING OF White and Brown Sugar in boxes, Prime Muscovado do. in hogsheads, Prime Green Coffee in bags, and 40 hlds. Molasses. Moses Myers & Son, May 12.  NEW LIVERY STABLES. The Subscriber informs his friends and the publick, that he has taken the large and commodious STABLES, On Mr. Wheeler's Lot, near the United States' Bank, where he purposes having a constant supply of Hay, Corn, Oats, &c. and assures those gentlemen who entrust their horses to his care, that every attention shall be paid to them. Horses taken in by the day, week, month, or year, on reasonable terms, by the publick's most obedient servant, ROBERT RANDOLPH, For many years Stage-Driver between Suffolk and Norfolk. May 31.  WILLIAMSBURG, May 10, 1809. At a meeting of the proprietors of the DISMAL SWAMP COMPANY, held at Suffolk on the 4th of April, an additional dividend of Sixty Dollars on each quarter share was declared; which sum will be paid by a draft from the Managers upon their agent at Suffolk, after the first day of June next; proper vouchers of the rights of the claimants being produced, and subject to any discount the company may have against the claimants. A meeting of the company is to be held annually at Suffolk, on the First Thursday in May; and it is requested the proprietors will be punctual in their attendance, either personally or by their attorneys. John Bracken, Corbin Griffin, James Henderson, } Managers. 3w  DRAWING ACADEMY. MR. PINDER, Informs the publick of Norfolk and its vicinity, that on the 5th of June next, he will open his DRAWING SCHOOL, at No. 17, Catharine-Street, where attendance will be given every day, (Saturday and Sunday excepted) to young gentlemen, from 10 till 12 in the morning, and to young ladies from 4 till 6 in the evening; he will also attend on ladies or gentlemen at their own houses. The young gentlemen desirous to learn the drawing and colouring of Camp or Field Fortifications, will likewise be attended at particular hours. MR. PINDER flatters himself to give full satisfaction to the parents of the students put under his care; nothing shall be omitted on his part to forward their progress. Conditions will be known by applying to him as above, or to Mr. Rochas, Commerce-Street. May 27.  STOLEN On Saturday evening last, the JOLLY BOAT belonging to the Ship Destiny. Her bottom is painted white, her upper part black, yellow and black; stern black, and a split in her stern; pulls with four oars, and has round thwal plus in her stern sheets; there is a new plank in her that is not painted. A liberal reward will be given to any person who will deliver the boat along-side this Ship, now in the Stream, or to Robert Maitland. May 25.  133 boxes white } Havana SUGARS, 143 do. brown } The Cargo of the Brig Louisiana Packet—For Sale by C. & F. Whittle. In Store, 70,000 wt. St. Domingo COFFEE, 200 boxes Raisins, 120 bales Sea Island and Upland Cotton. May 17.  FOR SALE, A neat well finished Fire-Proof DWELLING-HOUSE, situated in Cumberland-Street, and at present occupied by Miss Ellgood. Also, one half of a very valuable Water Property, fronting Elizabeth-River 410 feet, thence towards the shore 900 feet; also, an unimproved Lot, well enclosed, adjoining Capt. John Store's Dwelling-House; and a House and Lot in York-Town, in a very eligible situation for a retail business, being adjacent the Ferry to Gloucester, one end fitted up for a shop. For terms apply to ROBERT GIBSON. Who finding for a long time past his own applications for the collection of his debts in vain, has appointed Mr. Thomas Davis, (who is well acquainted with his accounts) his attorney, with full power and instructions to close said debts as promptly as possible, that he may be enabled to satisfy his creditors. May 8.  ADVERTISEMENT. Wishing to close my present concerns, I solicit those having claims against me to bring them forward on or before the last day of August next, otherwise this notice will be plead in bar against them; all those that are indebted to come forward and settle by bond or otherwise. I will sell low for Cash, or give in payment the following Property:—One third of a HOUSE and LOT of LAND, in fee simple, in Cumberland-Street, adjoining Dr. Barraud's; Fifty Acres of LAND lying in the County of Norfolk, near the Great Bridge, in fee simple; also, a Life Estate in a PLANTATION, lying and being within 6 or 7 miles of Norfolk, and rents for 20 dollars per year. Peter Dalcy, April 28.
CONGRESS. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. Thursday, May 25, 1809.  NON-INTERCOURSE ACT. Mr. Livermore said that he did not distinctly hear all that fell from the gentleman from Virginia (Mr. Burwell) but from what he had heard, he apprehended that it was on a subject of great importance. There were many vessels on the coast, which were they to enter our harbours, would fall within the description of the 4th, 5th and 6th sections of the non-intercourse act. From the happy commencement of the settlement of our differences with Great-Britain, he did not believe it was the design of any gentleman that the non-intercourse should be enforced in this particular. He therefore offered a resolution for suspending the act, as given in our list; which was referred to the committee of commerce and manufactures, with leave to report by bill, or otherwise.  Several other petitions were received and referred to the committee of post-offices and post-roads, and to the committee of claims.  DOCTRINE OF LIBELS. Mr. Randolph said that among various topics of difference between the two great contending parties in the United States, during the existence of the administration of Mr. Adams, there had been none perhaps of greater magnitude in the publick estimation than a celebrated act commonly called the sedition act; and there had been none perhaps which had more tended to the downfall and overthrow of the administration under which it was enacted. The question then made by the people of the United States was not whether that law contained a good law of libel or not; whether that clause of the constitution contained in one of its amendments, declaring that congress should make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof, or abridging the freedom of speech or of the press, did not completely foreclose congress, and preclude them from legislating on the subject at all. And (said he) by a very great body of the American people, as I understand, a verdict has been given that congress do not possess the right of passing any act on this subject whatever; and I trust and believe that there will never exist another congress which will have the temerity and hardihood to meddle with the rights of the people and states on this point.  There are some of us, sir, who were members of the house of representatives at the time that the law in question expired. I well recollect, and perhaps you do also, Mr. Speaker, the splendid and beautiful declamation with which a member at that time from South Carolina, (Mr. Harper) exhorted the majority of this house to re-enact that law, on the ground that it would be a shield and protection to them, as going out of power, against their adversaries, into whose hands power was about to be transferred, as the sedition law would allow them to give the truth in evidence, and the common law does not. And he then foretold, what I confess I listened to with the most perfect incredulity, that proceedings for libel would be commenced and carried on in the courts of the United States at common law. Sir, I was not only incredulous myself at that moment, but had the uncharitableness to think that the gentleman himself did not believe in the opinion which he had advanced. I believed it impossible for an administration coming into power on the terms on which the last did, ever to sanction a prosecution at common law for a libel where the truth could not be given in evidence. The doctrine contended for by the federal party, and ably supported by a member (Mr. Bayard) who is now translated to the other house, that the common law of England is the law of the United States, was a doctrine more abhorrent, if possible, to the feelings of the republican party in the United States, than the sedition law itself. For if the sedition law was exceptional because it established a law of libel which permitted the truth to be given in evidence, a fortiori, the common law doctrine, was more so, which not only established a law of libel the more hideous, because the truth was not permitted to be given in evidence, but established the whole system of penal laws in the British books which might be found in relation to the subject. Accordingly the best pens and the ablest minds in the party to which you and I had the honour to belong, were employed in attempting to refute the heresy and against the sedition law. It is unnecessary to call your recollection to the writings of Hortensius, the resolutions of col. J. Taylor, of Caroline, and the still more illustrious report of the present chief magistrate, going to explode the doctrine by irresistible arguments. To this succeeded a tract by a gentleman of no obscure fame, who has rendered himself somewhat conspicuous as a law character, by his commentaries on that great commentator Sir William Blackstone, still going to show that the common law of England was not the law of the United States; that, although it has been adopted by the several states with various modifications, it is no further law than as they have adopted it, and under the limitations made to it by each state—but that as a law of the United States in their federal capacity, it has no validity. Since, if it had, of the different common laws in the United States, which should we adopt? Or should we take the common law of England, of a monarchy, founded upon an hereditary nobility and a great hierarchy, unsuited to the genius of a republican government? But, sir, such unhappy is the difference between men out of power, and men in power, that, if we are to believe the representations made at the last session of Congress, by a member from Connecticut (Mr. Dana) the correctness of which I presume no man would have the hardihood to doubt, prosecutions for libels at common law have been entertained in the courts of the United States against citizens, and consequently have been carried on by the attorneys for the federalists, whenever such prosecutions commenced. Yes, sir, such is the difference between men in power and men out of power, such the difference between profession and practice; and yet, to my infinite surprise, this awful truth, this fact, which never came to my knowledge before, appeared scarcely to excite a sensation either in this assembly or the public, in the men who were then clamorous against the sedition law. Yes, sir, we did excise, and most justly excise, the sedition law. I for one had as thorough a contempt for some of those who fell under its penalties, as the highest who inflicted them. The question was not whether

James Thompson Callender was not an infamous libeller, any more than the famous Mathew question was whether John Wilkes was an infamous character; but it was a question as to the deprivation of the birthright of the citizen in one case, and the subject in the other—and the people wisely discriminated between the persons who were the subjects of prosecution and their own best and dearest interests. We said that Congress had no right to pass any law at all on the subject. It cannot be denied, that if we are to have a federal law of libel, that which permits the truth to be given in evidence is as good as any. It was not to the nature of the law that we objected, but to passing a federal law of libel at all; though indeed, sir, the permission to give the truth in evidence is but an idle mockery when we consider that the officer, whose duty it is to provide an impartial jury, is but the breath of the nostrils of the prosecutor. You ought to recollect that in all cases where the government becomes a party, whether pro or con , you too often have an administration of politics, instead of administration of law and justice. It is true, that the constitution does declare that congress shall make no law abridging the freedom of speech or of the press; but if congress, or the courts below, can at once saddle us with the common law of England, there is no necessity for prohibiting the abridgment of the freedom of speech, or of the press. We know what the common law of England is—an unlimited licence to print, and an almost equally unlimited licence to punish. This restriction of the constitution therefore is wholly nugatory, if the courts are permitted to entertain prosecutions for libels. Sir, that the present chief magistrate of the United States should permit an attorney of the United States to hold his office one second after having commenced a prosecution in a court of common law for a libel, is what I will not believe—for he could not do it without libelling, by that act of omission, the fairest page of the history of his own life, to wit, his celebrated report made in the session of the Virginia assembly, which commenced in December, 1799. But I am willing to have some better security than the disposition of an executive, for what I conceive one of the highest, proudest attributes of American freedom. I know it may be said, as it once was, when the writ of habeas corpus was set at defiance, that for as much as the right is contained in the constitution and supported by it, all legislative provision on that subject would be mere work of supererogation—and yet, sir, who has heard of any recovery under the constitution for the violation of the best, dearest, most invaluable right of a citizen? In fact, take away the writ of habeas corpus to-morrow, and I would not give a pinch of snuff for our constitution; for without it, every man may be imprisoned at pleasure. Government might possibly demand a forced loan, with which, if the citizen did not comply, he might be carried to jail.—There is no free government where this wonderful contrivance, this best hope of man, this sheet anchor of freedom, the writ of habeas corpus is not found. And yet we may be told that, as the freedom of the speech and press is secured by the constitution, all legislative provision on the subject is not merely superfluous, but not respectful to the constitution: And so our citizens are to go on to be prosecuted at common law; and when they get no remedy, they are told their rights are guaranteed by the constitution—but receive no satisfaction.
I therefore think it would be a very wise provision on our part, at this time, to prevent a recurrence of similar cases, guarding against the future by a woful experience, a school in which it is said a fool himself must learn, although he will learn in no other; and, as far as that epithet may be considered as applying to myself, I do most candidly confess that I have been compelled to learn from this school; for when the gentleman from South Carolina uttered that brilliant declamation in order to induce this house to re-enact the sedition law, and hang it over their heads as a shield from prosecution, I really thought it a mere speech for the people, for I had no conception that a court of the United States would ever entertain a prosecution for libel at common law. I therefore submit to you the following resolution, premising, before I conclude, that my object will be, finding the constitution inert on this subject, as it only contains an acknowledgment of the right, to administer wholesome fine and imprisonment to those who shall hereafter undertake to carry on such prosecutions.
Resolved , That a committee be appointed to enquire whether any and what prosecutions have been entertained by the courts of the United States for libels at common law, and to report such provisions as in their opinion may be necessary for securing the freedom of speech and of the press.
Mr. Dana said perhaps that the resolution, as now expressed, did not go to the whole extent to which the gentleman intended. That prosecutions had been instituted for supposed slanders or for supposed seditious words, was unquestionable. For two, three or four years past, prosecutions of this character had been pending in the circuit court of the United States in the district of Connecticut. That some of the prosecutions attempted to establish the imputation of crime against individuals, and in cases not comprehended under the provisions of the statute so much reprobated under the name of the sedition act, was unquestionable. Prior to the institution of these prosecutions, however, from an apprehension of what might be done by men who had professed much zeal for liberty, but not in practice given stronger instances of regard for it than those who professed less, in the state of Connecticut a bill was introduced into the legislature for securing the freedom of the press. That bill consisted of one section, which was copied from the reprobated sedition act—that very section which provided that the truth should be given in evidence; and it was called an act for securing the freedom of the press. And before any prosecutions were instituted, when only a district judge presided in the court, that judge declared that he should consider the act of the state of Connecticut relative to giving the truth in evidence, as binding on the federal court in that state. This was the opinion of one judge; there was some question how it would be ultimately decided before a full court. Such a law formed a more abundant protection against any persecution which might be directed against individuals under the form of a prosecution, than any professions whatever. In the state of Connecticut (said Mr. Dana) there is one further security—that our jurors are designated by lot. The names of freeholders selected by certain officers in the towns are put into a box, and then selected by lot. There have been seven or eight prosecutions commenced, I scarcely know for what, whether for libelous or seditious words against clergymen, and publick preachers, for words uttered by them; and very considerable expenses have been incurred by them.
But I cannot say that any man ever suffered any further than this; that they were at a very great expense in defending themselves. They had a great security in one respect: that the talents of the bar were against these prosecutions; and there was such a peculiar talent of going backwards in the prosecution, that the suits generally went out of court with a nolle prosequi , from some error in the indictment, some defect in professional skill, or some error in clerkship. The only case in which there seemed to be any possibility of conviction, was one in which a question was made as to the power of the court to take cognizance of the subject. The question was on the prosecution of a printer there for
publishing what had appeared with perfect safety in another state. The judges declared themselves divided in opinion on the question of jurisdiction. That diversity of opinion was certified and the question expected to be brought before the supreme court last February. On applying to the judge I found that the clerk of the circuit court had not forwarded the certificate, and of course the case did not come up here as expected. I suppose that the whole thing will die without any noise. Another reason why the persons in Connecticut were not disposed to make very much noise about it while prosecutions were depending, was that the state was not a large one; that it could not be supposed to be in great favour at the palace. It was supposed, sir, (whether correctly or not I will not undertake to say, but I rather incline to the opinion that it was an erroneous supposition) considering the manner in which appointments were made in that state, and under the belief that it was through the means of certain influential characters that the district attorney did institute those prosecutions with the approbation of the administration of the United States. This was an opinion in the state; and, supposing the influence of the executive to be exerted, they felt that it would be in vain to make much clamour, and rather chose to contend alone against it. As the prosecutions are now at an end, I think it very desirable that the subject should be investigated. As respects the district attorney's not being removed, I do not think that he is much to be censured in this case. I am not certain that he acted altogether on his own opinion. I rather suppose that he was impelled by the influence of certain persons who are generally supposed to have the chief weight in appointments under the United States in that state and who are thereby by some called the council of appointment ; and I suppose that the district attorney could scarcely oppose the will and pleasure of these gentlemen. I very much question, therefore, whether any peculiar degree of fault is to be attributed to him, except his putting the United States to so much expense without ever bringing the question to a decision. This, sir, is about the general state of the business. As it cannot be said that the court has in fact entertained the prosecutions and some of them have been dismissed, the substitution of the word institute instead of entertained , may accomplish the gentleman's wishes.
Mr. Randolph consented to the amendment. (Sketch to be continued.)
Mr. Randolph's resolution having been agreed to without opposition, he laid on the table the following:
Resolved , That provision ought to be made by law to secure the right to an impartial jury, in all cases, civil and criminal, maintained in the courts of the United States.
Monday, May 29. The house were this day principally engaged in discussing one or two points of order.
A few minutes before 12 o'clock, Mr. Randolph moved the consideration of his resolution appropriating the conduct of the president of the United States towards the restoration of harmony and free commercial intercourse with Great-Britain. [This resolution had been refused a consideration on Saturday, by vote of the chair.]
The speaker decided, that agreeably to a custom of the house, one hour in the morning had usually been appropriated to the presentation of communications and petitions, and to the transaction of other ordinary business of the house; that he had some communications to lay before the house from some of the departments; and that, inasmuch as this period of time had not elapsed, the motion of the gentleman from Virginia was not conceived to be in order.
Mr. Randolph appealed from the decision of the chair; and after debate, the question was taken by yeas and nays, and the decision of the chair confirmed. Yeas 77—Nays 48.
The time to which the transaction of extraordinary business was limited, having expired, Mr. Randolph again moved the consideration of his resolution, with the amendment offered by Mr. Bacon.
Mr. J. G. Jackson asked, whether this motion was in order?
The speaker answered, that it was.
The question for considering the resolution and amendment was taken by yeas and nays, as follows:— Yeas 67—Nays 61.
Yeas—Messrs. Baylies, Bassett, Blaisdell, Breckenridge, Campbell, J. C. Chamberlain, Champion, Chittenden, Clay, Cobb, Dana, J. Davenport, jun. Dawson, Ely, Emott, Goldsborough, Gold, Gray, Hale, Heister, Hubbard, Jenkins, Jones, Kenan, Key, Knickerbacker, J. Lewis, jun. Livermore, Livingston, Lyon, Mathews, M'Bryde, Miller, Milnor, Mumford, Nelson, Newbold, Newton, Nicholson, Pearson, B. Pickman, jun. T. Pitkin, jun. Potter, Quincy, Randolph, Richards, Ross, Sammons, Stetson, Stanford, Stanley, Stedman, Stephenson, Sturges, Swoope, Taggart, Tallmadge, Thompson, Upham, Van Horn, Van Rensselaer, Weakley, Wheaton, Wilson—67.
Nays—Messrs. L. J. Alston, Willis, Alston, jun. Anderson, Bacon, Bard, Bibb, Boyd, John Brown, Robert Brown, Burwell, Butler, Calhoun, Cochran, Cox, Crawford, Crist, Cutts, Denning, Desha, Eppes, Findley, Fisk, Franklin, Gannett, Gardner, T. Gholson, jun. Goodwyn, Helms, Holland, Howard, Huffst, Jackson, Johnson, Kennedy, Lyle, Marion, M'Kee, M'Kim, Montgomery, N. R. Moore, T. Moore, Morrow, John Porter, P. B. Porter, Rea, Penn, Rhea, Tenn. Roane, Sage, Sawyer, Say, Seaver, Shaw, Smilie, Smith, Southard, Taylor, Tracy, Troup, Whitehill, Whilman—61.
The motion for an indefinite postponement being still under consideration.
Mr. Dana and Mr. Randolph occupied the floor about a couple of hours.
A message was received from the senate, notifying their concurrence in the bill permitting certain foreign vessels to clear out with domestic or foreign produce to ports with which intercourse is permitted; and stating, that they had appointed on their part a committee of enrolled bills, to act jointly with such committee as the house might appoint on their part.
And then the house adjourned.
Norfolk Drawbridge Company. MAY 23d, 1809.
THE DIRECTORS find it will be for the interest of the Company to adopt a former Regulation, that is, instead of demanding the full legal tolls, the toll keepers shall demand only the former rates from inhabitants of the towns of Portsmouth and Norfolk, going and returning the same day before the hour of 9 o'clock at night, to wit:
4d for a foot Passenger, 9d for a Man and Horse, 1 Gd for a Two Wheel Carriage, 3s. for a Four Wheel do. Luke Wheeler, John Southgate, Robert Mainland, Walter Herron, Christopher Fry.
May 25.
NOTES OF HAND, according to the new form established by the Directors of the Office of Discount and Deposit of the Bank of the United States, for sale at this office.
THE PUBLICK LEDGER. TO SHEW THE VERY AGE AND BODY OF THE TIMES, HIS FORM AND PRESSURE. WEDNESDAY EVENING, JUNE 2, 1809.
Two proclamations, bearing date the 27th of April, 1809, have been published by his excellency Sir George Prevost, Bart. His Britannick Majesty's Lieutenant Governor of Nova-Scotia, &c. the first declaring, that the former Proclamation, permitting certain enumerated articles to be imported into that province, in British and neutral ships, from the United States of America, and from the Azores or Western Islands, will expire on the 20th day of May, 1809; and the second, granting permission to British subjects to import and bring into the ports of Halifax and Shelburne in the said province, from the United States of America, in British ships or vessels, armed and navigated according to law—Scantling, Plank, Staves, Heading, Boards, Shingles, Hoops, or squared Timber of any sort; Horses, Neat Cattle, Sheep, Hogs, Poultry, or Live Stock of any sort; Bread, Biscuit, Flour, Peas, Beans, Potatoes, Wheat, Rice, Oats, Barley, or Grain of any sort; for the space of six months from the before mentioned date of the 27th of April, 1809.
The resolution of Mr. Randolph, appropriating the conduct of the President of the U. States, for the manner in which he has met the advances of the British government, has experienced a side-wind opposition from the only persons, who if they could be consistent, ought not to have opposed such a resolution, unless they did believe that the President's conduct did not merit approbation in the particular instance referred to in the resolution. We have never been friendly to such resolutions, because they produce much party excitement, without answering any good purpose. But it is curious to hear objections come from men, who have encouraged and advocated this course in the state legislatures, even when those legislatures, have approved measures without knowing what they were. To such a pitch, had this adulatory practise arrived, that some of the state legislatures approved the conduct of the late administration in its foreign relations, without knowing from any information which was stated, what had been done.
The fact is, that Mr. Randolph's resolution is not opposed upon the principle which might be urged against all such resolutions, but because the president's conduct is not approved by those from whom the opposition proceeds, although they have not candour and independence to openly express their disapprobation. They feel conscious that the president is disposed to terminate misunderstandings which have been injurious to both nations, without producing any good purpose to either.
We see that the papers, who were most zealous in the support of the last administration, labouring with their usual industry, to keep alive the animosity, which a variety of circumstances had produced. It might be asked of those who oppose all accommodation with Great-Britain, what is their object? Do they wish war? If that is their object—it is evident that war must end in peace, and if we can have peace without war, it appears more desirable.—We are persuaded that the administration of Mr. Jefferson, and the men who supported it, would never have come to any accommodation with Great-Britain. Consequently the course which Mr. Madison has taken, is not secretly approved, although it may not be directly opposed.
It is supposed that congress will not rise until after the return of Mr. Coles, the bearer of dispatches from our government for Mr. Armstrong. Mr. Coles went out in the Mentor , that left New York on the 17th or 18th of March, and might arrive in France about the 25th of April. At that juncture, it is most probable that the French emperor had left Paris, to join his army, destined to act against Austria. If this be the case it is not easy to calculate when Mr. Coles may be expected. We do not think that under every appearance, that this gentleman can be expected, with a definitive answer to the communications which would be made by Mr. Armstrong, before the first to the 10th of next month.
The British sloop of war, Rosamond , left our Capes the 26th of April with the correspondence between Mr. Smith and Mr. Erskine, and being a fast-sailing ship of war, would probably reach England in less than thirty days. She would be in England about the 25th of May, and on her arrival, it is supposed, the British envoy extraordinary to the United States, will immediately depart. He may be looked for about the first to the tenth of next month.
Our papers by mail are uncommonly barren of intelligence foreign and domestick. Mr. Randolph's resolution, for the appointment of a committee to enquire into the prosecutions which have been instituted in the Courts of the United States, (upon which the remarks in this day's paper, were made) has been indefinitely postponed. Yeas 69—Nays 50.
From the United States' Gazette.
Mr. Madison as he was.—As the future prosperity of our country must depend upon the sentiments which shall be adopted, and the conduct which shall be pursued by the present administration in regard to the encouragement and protection of commerce, we have thought it expedient to remind our readers of the sentiments which Mr. Madison held upon this subject previous to any party divisions in the country. For this purpose we subjoin several extracts from speeches made by Mr. Madison, in the first congress under the present constitution, in the year 1789, upon the question of laying discriminating duties. Should he be found to hold the same opinions still, and to act in conformity with them, the nation will have cause to rejoice in the change of rulers which has taken place.
The extracts are made from the first volume of Lloyd's Congressional History, for the year 1789. "I consider that an acquisition of maritime strength is essential to this country, if ever we are so unfortunate as to be engaged in war, what but this can defend our towns and cities upon the sea-coast? These parts which are said to be in an undue proportion of the burthen of the additional duty on foreign shipping, are those that will be the most exposed to the operations of a depredatory war, and require the greatest exertions of the union in their defence. If, therefore, some little sacrifice is made by them to obtain this important object, they will be peculiarly rewarded for it in the hour of danger."—Page 121. "We have maritime dangers to guard against, and we can be secured from them no other way, than by having a navy and seamen of our own. These can be obtained only by giving a preference. I admit it is a tax, and a tax upon our produce; but it is a tax we must pay for the national security. I rejoice it is to the interest of the United States that this sacrifice should be made: by it we shall be able to provide the means of defence, and being prepared to repel danger is the most likely way to avoid it. This tax, therefore, may prevent the horrors of a war, and secure to us that respect and attention which we merit."—Page 148. "I do not consider this subject as it respects revenue. My great object is to provide a maritime defence against a maritime danger. I wish, in doing this, that the burthen was equally borne, but I do not think a small disproportion is a sufficient reason for rejecting the measure."—Page 236. "A maritime force is essentially necessary to the United States, and in time of war may be particularly employed in defence of the weaker part.—South-Carolina and Georgia having neither seamen nor shipping, must depend upon the other states for their defence; if therefore the duty will promote this strength, it will render the union respectable and safe, and ultimately favour that interest."—Page 243.
From the Washington Monitor.
The conduct of the honourable John Randolph, at the commencement of the present session of congress, has led me to reflect upon the nature of popularity, upon the means by which it is acquired, and the purposes for which it is used by an aspiring individual in a free government. The result of my reflections has been briefly this; that flattery of the multitude is the mode by which demagogues obtain the favour of the people, and their favour is only another name for popularity; this popularity gives to a man influence, and that influence, cunningly managed, is power.
Whence the various projects of Mr. Randolph at this moment? His endless motions, His active suavity? His new-fashioned adulation of the executive magistrate? The causes are as various as their effects, and give one a strange idea of the versatility of his genius and of the flexibility of his disposition.
Mr. Jefferson has retired to Monticello; the embargo is no more, the prospect of peace is at hand; and ingenuity itself is puzzled for an interesting topic of discussion. Mankind are forever attracted by what is high sounding rather than by what is useful. The promotion of domestic manufactures, the encouragement of roads, and the bridges and colleges, are common subjects, beneficial indeed, but too homely for the brilliant fancy of Mr. Randolph. He therefore retraces his steps, falls back upon old topics, and brings up to our view the victims of prosecutions for libels, the tyranny of judges, the danger to the people from the method of selecting juries, and the terri le despotism of military punishment when extended to the militia! How long will the public ear be abused by the projects of this man? A man, who at the moment he is pouring the oil of praise upon the people, bends the knee in supplication of the chief magistrate.
Exception had been taken in some parts of the union to the common law; Mr. Randolph, therefor denounced the common law; the judges of the federal court had been decreed; Mr. Randolph throws in his mite to assist in pulling them down: packing of juries had been declaimed against; Mr. Randolph extends his paternal attention to that branch of distributive justice: the recent copilation with England has been every where hailed with applause; and Mr. Randolph, that modest patriot, so vigilant, so fearful of presidential influence, hastens to prostrate the representative body at the feet of the executive. What is his object in all this? To regain his popularity; to lead once more the councils of the nation; to ravish the approbation of all descriptions of persons; to tease, to confuse, to overthrow; in short, to do any thing that shall give an echo to his name, and consideration to his person.
I would ask Mr. Randolph, or any of his friends, what positive benefit he has rendered to the nation! Search our statute-book: look at his reports or his speeches, and where shall we find him displaying any legitimate claims to glory? Is the order of things so totally reversed, that the destroyer is a more laudable character than the constructor? What has Mr. Randolph built up? Has he given more solid foundations to liberty? Are the rights of man likely to be more durable by his works? Satirical sallies, impertinent sarcasm, impudent invective, contribute nothing to national wealth or national reputation.—What though he possess the talent of raillery, of rapartee, of the most refined sophistry; are we therefore to greet him as a statesman? The exhibition of these qualities may render him agreeable to an auditory in the gallery, but they add nothing to the stock of legislative knowledge.
The mischief of these Randolphian frivolities is, that they cast a ludicrous complexion over the proceedings of the national legislature. They lead the people to despise the actions of a body, which does not occupy itself in sober seriousness with the publick concerns, but is engaged in the discussion of trifling propositions, which are of no other use than to furnish subjects for the exercise of Mr. Dana's irony, or Mr. Lyon's hobbling garrulity. If Napoleon or king George wished to disgrace our congress, they could not adopt a more effectual mode than that pursued by Mr. Randolph. There is a certain dignity of proceeding, which, whenever the legislative body depart from, it loses half of its importance in the popular estimation. When we listen and hear men say—"Let us go to the Hall and see the fun ," it is truly alarming. The congress is the actual cement of the union; and once it is brought into contempt, or rendered insignificant by lightness of procedure, there is some danger of the political structure's crumbling to pieces. The nation looks to the men of firmness, of spirit, and becoming gravity, both federal and republican, to check this dangerous levity of conduct which Mr. Randolph is introducing either to gratify his vanity, or to promote his own crafty designs.
From the Federal Gazette.
Mr. Hawes. I arrived yesterday, with schooner Minerva , from Charleston. Off the Capes of Virginia, was hailed by the British frigate Melampus , (another frigate in company) who sent a lieutenant and midshipman on board of the schooner. They treated me with politeness, and enquired after a French privateer supposed to be on the coast. After the return of the boarding officer, the commander of the Melampus came in

person aboard of my schooner. He behaved with great politeness, and was very sorry that they had fired several shot a few days before at an American schooner (the Amiable) under an erroneous impression that she was a Frenchman under false colours. The captain of the Melampus assured me upon his honour, that he believed her to be a French privateer, as he had been informed of one on the coast, and this schooner evidently avoided him. I am, sir, well aware that no circumstance, even a known enemy, could justify a ship of any nation at peace with us for firing in a hostile manner within our own jurisdiction; but I do believe, from the gentlemanly conduct of the commander of the Melampus, that he would not knowingly maltreat or insult an American. Sir, I am no Englishman; but I would give every man his due; I was much pleased with the deportment of the British officers while on board the Minerva, and perform a pleasing duty in making publick, through your extensively circulated paper, their correctness and politeness towards me.
Your obedient servant, P. SORENSON, Master of schooner Minerva. Port of Baltimore, May 29, 1809. From the N. Y. Evening Post.
In the illusory Decree of the King of Holland and Constable of France, may be seen the same deadly hostility to neutral rights which marks the policy of his master, the Emperor. The great feature which distinguishes such unfriendly dispositions to neutrals is perceptible in the interdiction to their vessels an entrance into his ports, should they have visited England from choice or necessity. This arbitrary invasion of our dearest rights calls forth feelings of indignation, which, should we choose to suppress, ought by no means to allay our suspicions and our circumspection. Among the enumerated articles allowed to be imported, we do not find Sugar, Coffee or Cotton. What is not expressly admitted, is prohibited by a provision of the last decree, which confirms all former restrictions. Now it is well known that all importations were strictly inhibited, and that the having been visited or spoken by a British cruiser, were just causes of confiscation. The rigorous and unjust provisions of those pernicious decrees are confirmed by the one just received. What security then have we in committing our property to the mercy of a government which is as arbitrary and capricious as it is unjust? Let not our confidence in Buonaparte lead us too far. His policy is far from being either commercial or pacific. Having no colonies of his own, he knows that all West or East-India produce must come from the dependencies of countries with whom he is at war. This must, either immediately or remotely, be advantageous to his great enemy, whose existence depends on trade. As a military conqueror, possessed of unlimited power from the devotion of the armies to his views, his policy is to change the habits of all the continental nations from manufacturing and commercial into warlike purposes. Mr. Madison has taken his own ground. He has magnanimously stamped under foot the deleterious dogmas of Jefferson, the honour of the nation is pledged to Great-Britain to continue our Non-Inter-course with France, until the tyrant of Europe rescinds in toto his atrocious decrees against neutral commerce.
Let us not then rest contented with deceptive, half-way measures, such as those offered by the vassal-king of Holland. Before we can consent to trade with France, or admit her productions or manufactures into the United States, the Berlin, Milan, and Bayonne decrees must be formally, totally and explicitly done away. The great question is then, will Buonaparte do this, or will he let loose his privateers? That he will pursue the latter course, appears to us evident, on every view of his haughty, arrogant temper, as well as the policy of encouraging his military maxim, and through it of annoying the commerce of the world, all of which he well knows must ultimately centre in and be advantageous to England. She is the grand pivot on which turns the trade of the universe with its multifarious ramifications, and to weaken and finally destroy her is the unceasing object of his cares and wishes.
A MERCHANT. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting a general view of the state and disposition of the vessels belonging to the Navy of the United States, and of the Gun Boats. May 25th, 1809. Ordered to lie on the table.
NAVY DEPARTMENT, May 24th, 1809. SIR, I have the honour of transmitting to you herewith, to be laid before the house of representatives, the enclosed paper marked A, which will afford a general view of the state and disposition, at this time, of the vessels belonging to the navy of the United States and the gun boats.
It appears proper here to observe, for the information of the house of representatives, that the frigates Constitution and Chesapeake, the ship Wasp, the brigs Hornet and Argus, and the sloops Revenge and Enterprise, were in commission prior to the passage of the act, entitled "An act authorising the employment of an additional naval force," passed 21st January, 1809; and that the frigates President, United States and Essex, the corvette John Adams, the brigs Siren, Vixen and Nautilus, and the cutter Ferret, have been put in commission since the passing of that law, agreeably to its provisions; that the frigates United States and Essex, and the corvette John Adams have had such thorough repair and improvement, that practical gentlemen pronounce them to be, at this time, better and more efficient vessels than they were when originally launched; and that the frigate President is now undergoing a thorough repair which is nearly completed, and being repaired under the advantages afforded by extensive experience, she will be, in all respects, greatly superior to what she was when first launched.
Respectfully submitted, PAUL HAMILTON. The hon. Joseph B. Varnum, Speaker of the house of Representatives.
(A.) EXHIBIT, showing the state and disposition, at this time, of the vessels belonging to the Navy of the U. States, and of the gun-boats.
Frigates Constitution, at New-York; United States, at Norfolk; Chesapeake, at Boston; Essex, at Norfolk; all officered, manned, victualled, and in other respects prepared for service. Corvette John Adams, at Baltimore; officered & nearly manned and prepared. Frigate President, at Washington; officered, and nearly manned—will be ready for service in July. Ship Wasp, at Philadelphia; in all respects prepared for service. Brig Hornet, at Norfolk, do. do. Argus, at New-York, do. do. Siren, gone to France, do. do. Vixen, at Charleston, do. do. Sch'r Revenge, at New-York, do. do. Sch'r Enterprise, at Norfolk; officered, victualled, and completely repaired, and nearly manned. Brig Nautilus, at Washington; cutter Ferret, do. both preparing for service, but recruiting orders not issued. Frigates Congress, Constellation, New-York, A-
dams, and Boston, at the Navy Yard, Washington; require repairs.
GUN-BOATS. 24 Gun-Boats at New-Orleans; orders given to reduce their crews to the number required for their navigation and safety. 13 do. at Charleston 21 do. Norfolk. 10 do. Baltimore. 20 do. Philadelphia. 52 do. New-York. 2 do. Westerly, R. I. 2 do. Norwich, Ct. 4 do. Wilmington, N. C. 1 do. Boston. 9 do. Portland, Maine. 1 do. Lake Ontario. 2 do. Lake Champlain. 9 do. Washington, in the yard without expense.
PHILADELPHIA, May 29. On Thursday last a parcel of the democrats of this city and the neighbourhood, with the mayor of the city at their head, gave a public dinner to Michael Bright and his comrades in consequence of their insurrection against the government of the United States. The only thing worthy of notice in regard to this dinner is a letter from Simon Snyder, the governor of Pennsylvania, which was read upon the occasion. We subjoin the letter without a comment.
"General MICHAEL BRIGHT and men, for their manly, dignified and patriotic conduct, in defending the just rights of the state against judicial usurpation, have my full and entire approbation, and I am confident, that of the legislature and people of Pennsylvania, and of every independent citizen of the United States."
"The General's patriotism evinced in early life during our revolutionary struggle, has secured him the esteem of every whig of '76, and must command the admiration of all their descendants who dare, in these days of judicial dictation, to appreciate rational liberty, fixed by known laws. To perpetuate his republican virtues—to render his name immortal, it but remains to immolate him on the altar of judicial vengeance."
"I want words to express fully the high consideration I have for him and those who, in obedience to the law, participated with him in the honour of defending the local state sovereignty in the case of Olmsted—Let it suffice to say, that I should deem it an honour, could I call the least worthy of them brother."
SIMON SNYDER. Selins' Grove, May 15, 1809."
If Simon Snyder really entertains the sentiments expressed in his letter this day published, what a pitiful, spiritless creature must he be for a governor who tamely gave up such "just rights of the state" to "judicial usurpation" without a single effort to maintain them longer than it could be done without any appearance of DANGER.—U. S. Gaz.
BALTIMORE, May 29. Tunis.—A new danger to commerce will arise from its being carried on with Tunis, as an entrepot for the supply of France. The Bey of that Regency will no doubt feel his avarice excited by the sight of such valuable property; and he may not be contented without some endeavour to satiate it. Whether, in this case, it will terminate in demands to be made upon the government, or whether he will lay his hands directly upon American property, must depend upon the pre-eminence of caprice or treacherous cunning, the almost exclusive stimulants to action consulted by barbarian despots.
After the protracting and expensive management of the late war with Tripoli, we can expect no repressive effect to be produced by the awe inspired by our navy.
An article in the treaty with Tunis, which authorizes the Bey to make use of American vessels, when he may stand in need of them, has heretofore been used by him to the injury of the owner, and possibly may be again. His courtiers have only to hatch a commercial adventure, and fix upon the American vessel to carry it on for them. The Bey then intervenes and requires her under the treaty. (North Amer.)
Gazette Marine Memoranda.
ARRIVED. Brig Franklin, Tallman, 11 days from St. Bartholomews, Ballast, Warren Ashley.—Sailed in company with ship Rebecca, Baxter, of Salem for New-York. Spoke May 28, in lat. 31, 49, long. 71; brig John, of and from Alexandria, bound to St. Jago-de-Cuba, 6 days out—schooner Seaflower, from Alexandria, bound to New-Orleans—31st, off Hatteras, ship Amelia, of and from Charleston, bound to New-York, 2 days out—Left the brig Virginia, Waughop, to sail next day for Norfolk; sch'r Fandango, Gay, of and from this port—and about 230 others—Markets dull—Flour from 9 to 10 dollars.
Spanish brig St. Antonio, Del Gardo, 11 days from Matanzas, Sugar, Coffee and Molasses, T. Armistead.—Left ship Francis Augustus, of New-Port, discharging—Barque Circle, Cross, of New-Berypport—Brigs Robert, of Boston; James, of Warren, R. I.; Traveller, Parrot, of Portland—Schooner Seaflower, of Baltimore—Sloops Molly, of Philadelphia; Caroline, of Providence, R. I.—Spoke, May 22, in lat. 27, 06, long. 80, 20, brig Eliza, Green, from Havana bound to New-York, 3 days out.
Brig Catharine, Curtis, 3 days from Philadelphia. Ship John, Strange, 6 days from Newport, R. I. Sch'r Helen, Pearson, 5 days from Philadelphia.
PORT OF NORFOLK AND PORTSMOUTH.
CUSTOM-HOUSE—ENTERED. Brig Eliza Henry, Butler, New-York. St. Antonio, Del Gardo, Matanzas. Sch'r Fair Trader, Van Name, do. Antelope, Hamilton, do. Norfolk, Deagle, Baltimore. Elizabeth, Gage, Boston. Helen, Pears-m, Philadelphia. Sloop Connecticut, Cann, New-York. Windham, Vail, New-London. Manhattan, Peake, Boston. Sully, Winant, Perth Amboy.
CLEARED. Ship General Colburn, Prince, Gottenburg. Sch'r Caroline, Bayton, St. Bartholomews. Hiram, Bray, Lambert. Amelia Ann, Hall, St. Bartholomews. Eagle, Van Name, Perth Amboy. Sloop Phebe, Kelly, New-York.
ICE. A. LINDSAY, Begs leave to inform his old customers in particular, and the publick in general, that he has a large quantity of CLEAN ICE, ready to be delivered at their respective houses every day, and at his usual low prices, as soon as the weather is warm enough to require it. Limerick, May 30.
NORFOLK THEATRE.
THIS EVENING, June the 2d. Will be presented, (for the first time here) a Grand Melo Drama, called TEKELI; OR, THE SIEGE OF MONTGATZ. With new Scenery and Decorations. HUNGARIANS—Count Tekeli, Mr. Young; Wolf (his friend) Mr. Fox; Countess (the Miller) Mr. Green; Isadora, Mr. Spear; Frank, Mr. Ut; Officers, Messrs. Clough, Byrne, & Citizens, &c.—ALEXINA, Mrs. Placide; Christine, Mrs. Young—AUSTRIANS, Count Caraffa, (the General) Mr. Clark; Edmond, (his lieutenant) Mr. Foster; Bas de Fer and Maurice, (Soldiers) Messrs. West and Ringwood—Dancers, Miss Placide, Miss J. Placide, Master H. Placide.
In Act I. A Forest, in which the disguised Tekeli and Wolf escape from the Austrian Soldiers.
In Act II. The inside of the Mill of Keben, with a Bridge across the Torza in the back ground.
In Act III. A view inside of the fortress of Montgatz, changes to the ramparts, with a grand battle between the Hungarians and Austrians, in which Tekeli assisted by Alexina, who in single combat vanquishes an Austrian officer, is victorious, and Montgatz saved.
To which will be added, a much admired Farce, in three Acts, called
THE LYAR. Young Wilding, Mr. Green; Old Wilding, Mr. Clark; Sir James Elliot, Mr. Spear; Pappilion, Mr. Fox; John, Mr. Byrne.—Miss Gauthan, Mrs. Placide; Miss Godfrey, Mrs. Young; Kitty, Mrs. Clark.
Doors to be opened at 6, and the curtain to rise precisely at 7 o'clock.
Tickets to be had at the Office of the Theatre.
Subscribers will please send as usual to Mrs. West for their Tickets.
For Freight or Charter, The new Brig Franklin, Captain Tallman, burthen 200 tons; she will be ready for the reception of a cargo in a few days. WARREN ASHLEY.
June 2.
For Charter, The elegant new Ship HERALD, Spencer Drummond, master, burthen 317 tons. Apply to Richard Drummond & Co. or Moses Myers & Son. June 2.
A Freight wanted for the Sloop CONNECTICUT, About 600 barrels burthen, for Matinique. Apply to Captain Appleby on board, or to Christopher Fry. June 2.
For Sale, Freight, or Charter, The fast-sailing Ship MINERVA, J. Given, master, 255 tons burthen, two years old, and well fitted in every respect, and ready for the reception of a cargo. For terms apply to N. HERON. May 31.
The British Ship AURORA, for Liverpool, Commences loading this day, and will sail as soon after the 10th June as circumstances will permit; one half of her freight is already engaged, for the balance apply immediately to C. & F. WHITTLE.
Who want a SHIP, of 350 tons, to load at Charleston for Europe. May 30.
For Freight or Charter, The Ship EXETER, Daniel Bray, Master, Burthen 291 tons, is in excellent order, and ready to receive a cargo.
ALSO, The Schooner MINDWELL, Eben. R. Brush, master, burthen 118 tons, will take part of a freight for the West-Indies.
Moses Myers & Son. Who offer for Sale, A few bales Sea-Island and Upland COTTON, And sixty bds. prime Richmond TOBACCO. May 30.
Freights are wanted for The Brig Mount Vernon, Captain Weaver, burthen 187 tons. Brig HERMAN, Capt. Fowler, Burthen 159 tons.
BRIG MARY ANN, Burthen 80 tons. For terms, apply to the masters on board, or CHRISTOPHER FRY. May 30.
For Liverpool, The British Ship JEANIE, Capt. M'Kinzie, Having considerable part of her cargo engaged, will sail in all June. For freight or passage, apply to Robert Pollock, Petersburg, to the master, or ROBERT DICKSON.
Wanted, A few thousand Rough Hogshead and Barrel STAVES. May 30.
For Freight or Charter, The well known Ship TWO BROTHERS, William Harrington, master, 317 tons burthen, in complete order for the reception of a cargo. For terms apply to N. HERON.
Who has for Sale on board the said Ship, A quantity of Masts and Spars. May 30.
For Freight or Charter, The Schooner Carlton , James Johnson, master, will be ready in a few days for the reception of a cargo. Apply to Wilson and Cunningham.
JAMES JOHNSON. May 27.
For Liverpool, The fine new Ship Justina , Edward Hume, Master, Having a considerable part of her freight engaged, for the balance, apply to
A. MACLURE. May 12.
For a Port in Ireland, the fast-sailing copper-bottomed Ship DESTINY, Captain Barnard, to sail the 10th June; has good accommodations. For passage only, apply to the captain on board, or
Robert Maitland. May 12.
For Freight or Charter, The substantial and fast-sailing Brig's PALLAS, Ephraim Willcox, master, burthen 242 tons, or 300 bds. tobacco; she is double decked, sheathed, and newly grouted. The port of Liverpool would be preferred, and she is now ready to receive a cargo. For terms apply to Captain Willcox, or
N. HERON. May 3.
For Freight or Charter, The good Brig JUNO, Jacob Greenleaf, master, burthen 197 tons, in good order and ready to receive a cargo. For terms apply to the master on board at Frost's wharf, or William Dickson. May 22.
For Liverpool, The fast sailing Ship Rodney , Capt. H.vey, wants sixty hogsheads on freight, and will take passengers. Apply to the captain on board, or
Moses Myers & Son. May 18.
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Mr. Drott, Philadelphia, July 15th, 1807.
Certificate of Mr. George Stokes, South Water Street, Philadelphia.
SIR—For the benefit of the afflicted, I think proper to inform you that Dr. Robertson's Elixir of Health, has been to me, of the most essential service. I had been a long time afflicted with a pain in my Stomach, and continual head-aches, attended with a fickness at the Stomach, which brought on a vomiting and lax, which continued on the until I became in a very weak state, without being able to get any relief, until I tried one bottle of Dr. Robertson's Elixir of Health, which entirely cured my disorder, except a weariness and want of appetite, for which I have since taken Dr. Robertson's Stomachick Wine Bitters, which quite restored my strength and appetite, and I now enjoy better health than I experienced for many months before. As I consider your medicine to have been the means of saving my life, I solicit you to publish my case for the benefit of others, who by abiding by the directions given with your invaluable medicine, will embrace the same means by which I have been happily effected my recovery.
I am, Sir, your obedient servant, GEORGE STOKES. Mr. Drott. Philadelphia, August 1, 1807.
ADDITIONAL CERTIFICATES. Of Mr. John T. Solomon, Sixth near Race-Street, Philadelphia.
SIR—For the good of the publick and benefit of the afflicted, I think proper to inform you, that having laboured for upwards of six months, under a very bad cough, attended with a difficulty of breathing, pain in my head and side, and a fickness at my Stomach; having lost all appetite, I became so very much reduced in my strength as to be unable to walk. I was confined in a consumption, and given up for a lost man. In this hopeless situation I had recourse to Dr. Robertson's Stomachick Elixir of Health, and in my first acknowledgment, before I had taken one bottle, found myself very much relieved. I experienced a great quantity of phlegm, which has eased me of one of the most violent coughs that ever man had; I have taken 2 bottles every since, and now find myself completely recovered, and shall certainly, for the benefit of others, recommend it as far as I can, believing it to be a most excellent medicine in the above complaint.
I am, Sir, with great respect, Your obliged humble servant, JOHN T. SOLOMON.
Mr. T. W. Drott. August 22.
The above Medicine is sold at the following places: prior, T. W. Drott, No. 11, North Second-Street, Philadelphia; and by appointment at BONSALL & COMPANY'S Book Store, Norfolk; and at SOMERVELL & COMPANY'S, Petersburg. May 12.

Eagle Fire Company of New-York.
Office of the Company, No. 59, Wall-Street.
PROPOSALS
For Insuring Houses, Buildings, Stores, Ships in Harbour, Goods, Wares, and Merchandise, FROM LOSS OR DAMAGE BY FIRE.
THE Legislature of the state of New-York, having incorporated the Eagle Fire Company of New-York, with a capital of five hundred thousand dollars, (with the liberty of increasing the same, if the business of the company should require it, to one million of dollars,) for the sole purpose of insuring buildings, and every kind of personal property from loss or damage by FIRE; and the capital of five hundred thousand dollars having all been paid, or secured to be paid, according to law: the directors feel a particular satisfaction in offering to their fellow-citizens, throughout the United States, the means of security against that kind of loss which frequently, in an UNEXPECTED MOMENT, involves in destruction the earnings of a life of industry and frugality, and reduces the independent and affluent, together with their families, to poverty and distress. To provide an additional guard against calamities of this nature, has been the primary motive of this INSTITUTION: and the directors engage to conduct its concerns, with a fairness, candour and liberality, which will justly entitle it to the confidence and patronage of the publick.
* * * No insured person will be liable to make good the losses of others; but in case of fire, the sufferer will be fully indemnified. The Company also make good losses on property burnt by lightning.
Classes of Hazards, and Rates of Annual Premiums for Insurance against Fire.
No. I.
HAZARDS OF THE FIRST CLASS.
Brick or Stone buildings, covered with slate, tiles, or metal. Goods hazardous, and not hazardous, contained in such buildings. 62 1-2 cents per 100 dollars per annum, for sums not exceeding 10,000 dollars in one risk.
No. II.
HAZARDS OF THE SECOND CLASS.
Brick or Stone buildings, covered with wood. Goods hazardous, and not hazardous, contained in such buildings. 93 3-4 cents per 100 dollars per annum, for sums not exceeding 10,000 dollars in one risk.
No. III.
HAZARDS OF THE THIRD CLASS.
Buildings, the sides of which are part of brick or stone, and part of wood. Goods hazardous, and not hazardous, contained in such buildings. 125 cents per 100 dollars per annum, for sums not exceeding 10,000 dollars in one risk.
No. IV.
HAZARDS OF THE FOURTH CLASS.
Buildings, the sides of which are entirely of wood. Goods hazardous, and not hazardous, contained in such buildings. 187 1-2 cents per 100 dollars per annum, for sums not exceeding 10,000 dollars in one risk. Ships in Port, or their Cargoes, Ships Repairing or Building, may be insured against Fire.
This manner of classing hazards will give a general idea of the rates of insurance, but there will necessarily be an increase of premium in all cases where the local situation, and other circumstances, increase the risk: such as joining, or being contiguous to wooden buildings, or buildings occupied in carrying on hazardous business—distance from water—no engines or firemen in the town or place. &c. &c. The premiums may also, in some cases, be reduced on wooden buildings in the country, when standing single or detached, or attended with circumstances of peculiar security:—But in all cases, if the sum to be insured ON OR IN the same building exceeds 10,000 dollars, an additional premium will be required. Soap-Boilers, Tallow Chandlers, Brewers, Malsters, Bakers, Rope Makers, Sugar Refiners, Distillers, Chemists, Varnish Makers, Stable Keepers, Tavern Keepers, China, Glass, or Earthenware Sellers, Oil and Colourmen, Turpentine Works, Paper Mills, Printing Houses, Coopers, Carpenters, Cabinet Makers, Coach Makers, Boat Builders, Ship Chandlers, Apothecaries, Theatres, Mills and Machinery, and all Manufactories that use Fire Heat, are deemed extra hazardous, and must be particularly described in the policy; and for all such risks an additional premium will be required.
Conditions of Insurance.
I. All applications for insurance must be made at the office of the company, in writing; and the subject offered for insurance accurately described.
II. If the property offered for insurance is within the district of a surveyor of this company, he will examine and report thereon; but if not within any such district, then the applicant must himself furnish an accurate and just description thereof, viz. of what materials each building is constructed; whether occupied as private dwellings, or how otherwise; where situated; the name of the present occupiers; how situated with respect to other buildings. And in the insurance of goods, wares and merchandise, the place where the same are deposited, is to be described; also, whether such goods are of the kind denominated hazardous, and whether any manufactory is carried on in the premises, all which is to be certified and attested in such manner as the nature of the case may admit. And if any person or persons shall insure his or their buildings or goods, and shall cause them to be described in the policy otherwise than they really are, so as the same be charged at a lower premium than is herein proposed; or if such description be false, or fraudulent, such insurance will be void and of no effect.
III. Goods held in trust, or on commission, are to be declared as such; otherwise the policy will not extend to cover such property.
IV. Every Policy of Insurance, made by this Company, shall be sealed with its seal, and signed by the President and Secretary; and the person for whose interest the insurance is made, must be declared and named therein; nor can any Policy, or interest therein, be assigned but by consent of the Company, expressed by endorsement made thereon.
V. No Insurance will be considered as made or binding, until the Premium is paid.
VI. Persons insuring Property with this Company, and who have already made other Insurance on the same property, shall give notice thereof in writing, at the Company's Office, before, or at the time of the execution of the Policy: good persons who, after insuring Property with this Company, have Insurance made on the same property elsewhere, shall, with all reasonable diligence, notify the same in writing at the Office of the Company, and have the same endorsed on the policy, or otherwise acknowledged in writing; in default whereof, the Policy shall be void, and of no effect: and in case of loss, each party insuring shall be liable to the payment of a ratable proportion of the loss or damage which may be sustained.
VII. No loss or damage by fire will be paid, that may happen or take place in consequence of any invasion, civil commotion, riot, or military or usurped power whatever.
VIII. Books of Accounts, Written Securities, Notes, Bills, Bonds, Deeds, Ready Money, or Bullion, cannot be insured.
IX. Jewels, Plate, Medals, or other Curiosities, Paintings and Sculptures, are not included in any insurance, unless such articles are specified in the policy.
X. All persons insured by this Company, sustaining any loss or damage by fire, are forthwith to give notice to the Company, and as soon after as possible, to deliver in as particular an account of their loss or damage, signed with their own hands, as the nature of the case will admit of, and make proof of the same by their oath or affirmation, and by their books of accounts, and other proper vouchers, as shall be reasonably required; and shall make oath, whether any and what other insurance is made on the same property; and shall procure a certificate, under the hand of a registrar, notary public, or clergyman, most contiguous to the spot where the fire happened, and not concealed in such loss, (if they are acquainted with the character and circumstances of the person or persons insured; and do know, or very likely believe, that he, she, or they, really, and by misfortune, and without fraud or evil practice, have sustained by such fire, loss and damage to the amount therein mentioned; and until such affidavit and certificate are produced, the loss shall not be payable:—Also, if there appear any fraud, or
false swearing, the claimant shall forfeit his claim to restitution or payment, by virtue of his policy.
XI. In case any difference shall arise, touching any loss or damage, it may be submitted to the judgment of Arbitrators, indifferently chosen, whose award in writing shall be binding on the parties: And when any loss or damage shall happen, the company shall pay for the same, in sixty days, after the loss shall have been ascertained and proved, without allowance of discount, fees, or any deduction whatever.
XII. Insurance may be made for seven years, by paying the premium for six years, and for a less number of years than seven, a reasonable discount will be allowed.
The Subscriber being appointed Surveyor for the Eagle Fire Company, upon application, will survey, and value, such buildings, (or property contained therein) upon which Insurance may be required. Francis Foster, Church-Street, Norfolk. Feb 13.
Norfolk & Portsmouth Jockey Club RACES,
Over the New Ditched-in Course, will commence on WEDNESDAY, the 7th of June, free for any Horse, &c.—New-Market Rules.
First Day.
A Purse of 400 Dollars—Four Mile Heats—Money put up.
Second Day.
The Ladies' Purse of 100 dollars—One mile heats—the best three in five, with catch weights—15 dollars entrance.
Third Day.
The Proprietor's Purse of 200 Dollars—two mile heats—10 dollars entrance.
Fourth Day.
A Handy Cap Purse. Good Stables and Litter near the ground found gratis, and every kind of Forage at the lowest price. The ground is considerably improved since the fall, and is equal to any course on the continent. Racers and their Horses will be free of toll. Entrance to be made with the Treasurer at the Exchange, in the usual way.
The Treasurer. April 21.
Just Landed, 104 barrels Muscovado SUGAR,
10 boxes clayed do. 150 barrels Old Rye Whiskey, do. 150 do. Alexandria superfine Flour, do. 200 do. Middlings—For Sale by Jennings & Roddey. Who offers for RENT, A Dwelling-House with five Rooms, pleasantly situated in the fields. May 17.
Boot and Shoe Manufactory.
SAMUEL COLEMAN, Opposite the Market, (westward) has received by captain Lewis, on Monday last from Philadelphia, a large quantity of the best
Boot Legs, Vamps, Tops, &c.
that has (probably) ever been in Norfolk. With the Philadelphia Upper Leather for Boots—the choice of Seal and other Leather here—good workmanship—great attention—no disappointments—a regular bred foreman—and a tolerable supervisor—He has already furnished and will continue to furnish, better Boots and Shoes and better treatment to customers than has been rendered here by any person in this way; on these conditions only he expects custom. He has now from Baltimore, &c. three good HANDS for Ladies' Work, and a good flock of KID and MOROCCO; all the materials and workmanship shall be good, or an allowance made for that which is not; but the greatly increased price of all the materials, and the high price of labour in this way, will not admit of the Shoes being sold at the price of the run-work, generally offered for sale here. He is now getting almost all kinds of Boots & Shoes made. The advantage of getting Boots & Shoes made in the place of good materials and workmanship, where the responsibility of the manufacturer is bound, is too obvious not to be seen except by those who have eyes and will not see. He has on hand a large assortment of Boots, where gentlemen may be fitted at any time, with a certainty of getting such as are good, as he has no run work done, and a large assortment of Shoes of nearly all kinds. His terms are cash only.
A LEASE
For the eligible PROPERTY
he now occupies is to be disposed of—it has about three and an half years to run. April 13.
Niemeyer and Von Kapff,
Offer for Sale at their Warehouse, in Water-Street, for Cash or approved Paper only, the following
GERMAN LINENS,
  650 pieces SACKING,  35 pieces SHIRT LINEN,    200 do OCKENBURGS  45 do. fine SHEETING,    450 do WHITE ROLLS,  70 do TABLE CLOTHS,    80 do HESSIAN do.  30 do. BED TICKING,    30 do. fine PLATILLAS,  65 do. STOUT RAVENS DUCK.    ALSO, 11,000 BAGS of different sizes and qualities. 110 boxes Spanish SEGARS, 40 do. Crown GLASS, 150 do. English PIPES, 5 gross empty BOTTLES, 600 do. CORKS, 100 wt. Bottling WIRE, 20 gross Cowskin WHIPS, 600 wt. GLUE, 100 wt. Osnaburg THREAD 500 Sacks half pint and gilt
  TUMBLERS,  160 dozen half pint DECAN-    TERS,  120 dozen WINE GLASSES    100 pair WAFFLE IRONS,  350 pieces PAPER HANG-    ING,  100 pieces OIL CLOTH,    4 cases PORT WINE.     And at their Store in Main-Street, Looking Glasses, Glassware, Cutlery, and fancy Articles. We will take in barter, about 25,000 wt. of Green Coffee. March 29.
JOHN PENDRED'S Boot and Shoe Manufactory, No. 70, MAIN-STREET.
The publick are respectfully informed, that he has furnished himself with a quantity of the choicest materials in his line of business, and has in his employ some of the best workmen in the borough, and having been long experienced in the business himself, his factory will not be conducted by proxy; he therefore hopes to merit the patronage of the gentlemen of Norfolk and its vicinity, and assures them that no pains shall be wanting on his part to give satisfaction to those who favour him with their commands. N. B. Orders for Double Backstrops, single do. and Coasters, executed with the greatest dispatch. August 11.
SPANISH HIDES,
One Thousand SPANISH HIDES,—For Sale, by Wm. Plume, & Co. January 23.
Green Coffee and Loaf Sugar. 20,000 lb. choice Green COFFEE 8,000 do. first quality Philadelphia Loaf SUGAR. For Sale on reasonable terms by Donaldson, Thorburn, & Co. March 22.
FOR SALE, 40-Sacks JUNIPER BERRIES. James Young. April 26.
WANTED, Rough Oak bbl. and hhd. STAVES, of the best quality, for which Cash will be given, Robert Maitland. April 25.
Just Received, A few bales very fine India Cottons, suitable for Sheetings, Nankenees of superior quality; Bandanna Handkerchiefs, Sewing Silks; Russia Sheetings, &c. For Sale by Wood & Hastings. May 3.
TAKE NOTICE, That we have applied to the President and Directors for the renewal of SIX NOTES of the Bank of the United States, at Norfolk, the one moiety whereof is lost, viz B. No 4082, dated Philadelphia, 2d June, 1800—dollars 50 C. 3820, dated Philadelphia, 2d June, 1800 50 E. 727, dated Philadelphia, 6th Jan. 1804 50 F. 819, dated Philadelphia, 6th Jan. 1804 50 F. 922, dated Philadelphia, 6th Jan. 1804 50 F. 1658, dated Philadelphia, 6th July, 1804 50 payable to Robert Taylor, or bearer, at the Office of Discount and Deposit, at Norfolk. A MANDATORY REWARD will be given to any person who may have found the counterparts of the above Notes, and will deliver them to us. MACKINDER & WHITE. March 10.
Twenty Dollars For the apprehension of SAM, a negro man the property of the late Dr. Anthony T. Dixon, of Charles City, who broke prison in September last, and has been in Norfolk with a counterfeit pass, under the hand of his mistress, Ann Dixon; he has been seen in York and Hampton, and in all probability is in one of those places. He is tall and slim, very black, stoops forward, and moves rapidly. John Tyler. Richmond, March 16.
RUSSIA and RAVENS DUCK of the very first quality, for Sale by C. & F. Whittle. April 15.
FOR SALE, The CARGO of the Schooner Cervo, D. Mowrande, Master, from St. Jago de Cuba, COFFEE, in barrels and bags, of the first quality. SEGARS, in boxes— Now Landing at Commerce-Street Wharf. John Granbery. January 23.
A BARGAIN OFFERED, In a fine and Valuable FARM, in the County of Princess Anne. THE Subscriber is disposed to sell his Plantation called LEVEL GREEN, situated in the county of Princess Anne. It contains about 500 acres; and, as it may be advantageously divided into two or three Farms, the subscriber will accommodate a purchaser, in selling either the whole or a part. He will also give a long credit. This tract of Land is certainly the most desirable in the county, lying on the Eastern branch of Elizabeth River, and distant from Norfolk Market only five or six miles by water, and 8 or 9 by land. The soil is excellent, about one half of the tract being cleared land, and fit for immediate culture; the other heavily timbered with Oak, Pine, Ash, and Hickory. He has also the advantage of several good landings—Any one disposed to view the land, and to purchase, may apply, in the absence of the subscriber, to JAMES ROBINSON, or JOHN READ, who reside in the neighbourhood. Tully Robinson. Dec 7.
THE SUBSCRIBER Wishes to Sell, and will Sell or Rent on moderate terms, That very excellent Wharf and Lot, in the town of Gosport, at present occupied by William Smith; the Wharf, Ware-Houses, and Dwelling-House are all in good repair. Thirteen Lots in the Town of Suffolk; And the following Property in Norfolk, Two good Fire-Proof Warehouses on the Eastern side of Commerce-Street, Nos. 4 and 6. Two Dwelling-Houses and Lots on Boush-street, in good repair, and very pleasantly situated Apply to John Granbery. September 14.
NOTICE. The Partnership of T. & W. A. ARMISTEAD is this day dissolved by consent of parties. The settlement of its concerns devolve on W. A. ARMISTEAD, who is authorised to grant discharges, and on whom all persons having claims against the Firm, are requested to call. January 3. W. A. Armistead and George Kelly, have entered into Co-partnership. Their business will be conducted under the Firm of ARMISTEAD & KELLY. January 16.
MACKINDER & WHITE, Offer for Sale for Cash or approved Notes, 2,500 barrels NAVAL STORES, 3,500 bushels coarse SALT, 2,500 bushels INDIAN CORN, 1,250 barrels Superfine FLOUR, 130 bales Georgia Upland COTTON, 28 do. New-Orleans do. 100 barrels Smithfield and Carolina PORK, 54 crates well assorted EARTHENWARE, 40 chests and 20 boxes Hyson & Young Hyson TEA —ALSO— A general assortment of Dry Goods. September 27.
Portsmouth Sugar-House. The present Proprietors of this establishment finding a larger capital necessary to carry it on successfully than they have in their power to devote, are disposed to sell it in whole or in part, as shall best please the purchaser, and will give a great bargain to any one inclined to buy. The House is competent to the refining of 300 hogsheads raw Sugar a year; the consumption of leaf may be judged of by the result of an accurate inquiry, made with a view to ascertain the fact, that the towns of Richmond, Petersburg, and Fredericksburg alone, in all Virginia, and holding their relations in trade immediately with Norfolk, consume or afford vent for an aggregate quantity of at least 900 hogsheads Loaf Sugar a year; to say nothing of the consumption of the town of Norfolk itself, inferior to neither of the others, and where too, from its immediate intercourse with the West Indies, the raw material has always hitherto been plenty and upon terms as cheap, often cheaper than at other ports north of this upon the continent. For further information apply to Campbell & Wheeler. May 3.
The Subscribers HAVE PURCHASED the Stock in TRADE of Mr. EDWARD CLARKE, and taken that well known Stand under the EAGLE TAVERN, lately occupied by him, where, in addition, they offer for Sale, for Cash only, A GENERAL ASSORTMENT OF GROCERIES, AMONG WHICH ARE, Old Rum, Holland Gin, Country do. Cognac Brandy, Apple do. N. E. Rum, Whiskey, Port Wine in bottles, Beef and Pork, Split Herrings, Bacon and Venison Hams, Brown Sugar, Leaf do. Coffee, Imperial, Hyson, and Young Hyson Tea, Soap and Candles, Chocolate, No. 1, 2, 3 Mustard, Manufactured Tobacco, Spanish Segars, 100 Straws half pint Tumblers, Wrapping, Writing, and Printing Paper, A few Bales Upland Cotton.
ALSO, Hardware & Ironmongery, Consisting of Brass and Iron Plate Door Locks, Hinges and Screws, Knob Latches, Screw Augers, Shingling Hatchets, Masons' Tools, Plastering do. Shovels and Spades, Dutch Ovens, Spiders, Skillets, Griddles, And Irons, Garden and Weeding Hoes, They also offer for Sale, on accommodating terms, That valuable & well known FARM, called FAIRFIELD, only 3 miles from the Borough, containing 285 Acres, adjoining the lands of Dr. James Taylor, and Mr. William Colley, on Tanner's Creek, well timbered, and highly improved, with a large two story Dwelling, and all necessary Out Houses. ALSO, A two story Frame HOUSE, in Bank Street, 28 by 30 feet, with two Tenements above, and Grocery Shops below. LIKewise, A large two-story Brick Building at the intersection of Little Water-street and Rothery's Lane, 32 by 50 feet, calculated for two families and Grocery Stores. AND Two or three likely NEGROES. J. R. & James Rhodes. May 15.
SPRING GOODS. WOOD and HASTINGS, Have just received a small supply of SEASONABLE GOODS, among which are, 4-4 Irish LINENS, part extra fine, 4-4 and 6-4 Cotton Cambricks, 7-8 and 4-4 Cotton Shirting, Superfine and common Calicoes, Ginghams; Madras Handkerchiefs, Fine Corded and Fancy Dimities, Mens' and Womens' Cotton Hose; do. Silk do. Cotton Umbrellas; White Jeans, part very fine, Royal Cord and other fashionable Vestings, Plain and Fancy Muslins, Elegant worked Muslin Short Dresses; Seer Suckers, Nankenees; Kid Gloves; Mens' Buckskin do. BROAD CLOTHS. Best Superfine Black, Blue, Olive, Brown, Bottle Green, Drab, Mixed, &c. Broad Cloths; middling and common do. One case Gentlemens' Silk Plush Hats. The above with our Goods on hand, comprise a very hard assortment, and will be sold at low prices for Cash. April 7.
FOR RENT, The STORE fronting the Old Market Place, at present occupied by Mr. Sturtevant. Apply to Wood & Hastings, or Robert Taylor. May 8. FOR RENT, That large and commodious Three Story Fire Proof House, on Wide Water-Street, at the head of Rothery's wharf, lately occupied by Messrs. Noble and Arbuthnott & Co. as a Shipchandlery Store. Apply to Lillias M'Pherson. May 12.
Richard Jeffrey & Co. No. 66, Main-street, corner of Bank-Street, have just received from London, per the ship Planter, An assortment of MEDICINES, of the first quality. Also, a few hundred weight refined Salt Petre, Hardham's Snuff, No. 9, and 37, in 1-2 and 1-4 pound canisters, Violet, Benzoin, Windsor and Shaving Soap, Evan's best Crown Lanters, Tooth Brushes of superior kind, Refined Liquorice, &c. They have on hand, and are in daily expectation of receiving from Amsterdam, all kinds of GLASS WARE, suitable to Apothecaries. MEDICINE CHESTS for ships and family use, with printed directions, put up as usual.
Phenix Fire Office No. 13, MARKET-SQUARE, NORFOLK. INSURANCE UPON SHIPS. NOTICE is hereby given that the following premiums only, will henceforward be charged by this company for insurance from fire upon Ships, Vessels, and all Water Crafts, and also upon Cargo on board, in the seaports and rivers of Virginia and North-Carolina. One month 12 1/2 cents per $100 Two do. 20 do. Three do. 25 do. Four do. 30 do. Five do. 35 do. Six do. 40 do. Seven do. 45 do. Eight do. 50 do. Nine do. 55 do. Ten do. 60 do. Eleven do. 65 do. Twelve do. 70 do. The above premiums will be charged for any sum not exceeding 40,000 dollars in one risk; but a separate sum must in all cases be specified on the ship and another on the cargo. Richard Taylor, Agent.
NORFOLK: PUBLISHED THREE TIMES A-WEEK, BY WILLIAM DAVIS, FOR THE PROPRIETOR, Opposite the Exchange Coffee-House. Price Six Dollars Yearly, in advance.