Norfolk gazette and publick ledger (Norfolk [Va.]), 1806-06-27 00:00:00

NORFOLK GAZETTE AND PUBLICK LEDGER.
VOL. II.]
FRIDAY EVENING, JUNE 27, 1806.
[NO. 148.
WHOLESALE PRICE-CURRENT.
Table with columns: ARTICLES, per, From, To, Remarks. Lists prices for various goods like Bacon, Beef, Brandy, Bread, Butter, Candles, Coal, Cocoa, Coffee, Cordage, Cotton, Duck, Flour, Fish, Fustick, Gin, Grain, Hemp, Hides, Indigo, Iron, Logwood, Lead, Meal, Mahogany, Molasses, Pepper, Pimento, Pitch, Pork, Raisins, Rice, Rum, Salt, Soap, Sugar, Tallow, Turpentine, Wax, Wines.
Premiums of Insurance on American Property. To Great-Britain, Ireland, Portugal, and Spain, without the Straits of Gibraltar. 3 1-2 4 1-4. In the Mediterranean, - - - - - 5 6. Madeira, Canaries, Azores, and Cape de Verd Islands, - - - - - 4. British and Neutral Windward Islands from Barbadoes to St. Thomas - - - - - 4. Jamaica and Honduras - - - - - 7 1-2. Porto Rico, - - - - - 4. Havana, - - - - - 4. Cape-Francois, (unarmed) - - - - - illegal voyages. Ports in the Bite of Leogane, - - - - - 4. Ports on the South side of St. Domingo, City of St. Domingo, and places under the authority of France, - - - - - 4. Persia, India, and China, - - - - - 5 1-2. Coasters, - - - - - 2 1-2. Prices of Stocks. Virginia Bank, 3 per cent. above par, little to be had. Norfolk Marine Insurance Company, 10 per cent discount. United States Bank, none in the market. Exchange on London, 4331-3 dollars for 1001 Ster. Ing.
THIS PAPER IS PUBLISHED THREE TIMES A WEEK; PRICE TO SUBSCRIBERS FIVE DOLLARS AND FIFTY CENTS PER ANNUM, PAYABLE IN ADVANCE—SINGLE PAPER TWELVE AND ONE HALF CENTS—ADVERTISEMENTS ARE INSERTED AT THE RATE OF FIFTY CENTS FOR THE FIRST, AND TWENTY FIVE CENTS PER SQUARE FOR EACH SUCCEEDING INSERTION
For Freight or Charter, The new schooner DELIGHT, Burthen 90 tons. Apply to the Captain on board at Frost's wharf, or to John D. Haldane, & co. June 25. 864
For Sale, Freight, or Charter, The Schooner FAIR AMERICAN, Burthen about 300 barrels, now in complete order to receive a cargo. Apply to James Wallace. June 23. 853
For AMSTERDAM, The coppered Ship ALEXANDER, John Roach, master, can take three hundred hogsheads on freight. For terms apply to Moses Myers. June 20. 852
For Sale, or Charter, The good Brig HARRIOT, Capt. Wells, burthen 1000 barrels—can be ready to receive cargo in three days. Apply to the master, or to Christopher Fry. June 20. 847
FOR LIVERPOOL, The fast sailing American SHIP ABERDEEN, Will be ready to receive a cargo in ten days. For freight or passage, apply to J. & W. Southgate. Who have for SALE, on board said Ship, A few thousand bushels Ise of May Salt, which will be sold low if taken from along side. June 16. 836
For Freight, or Charter, To a port in Spain, Portugal, or the West-Indies, The Brig CATHARINE, Capt. Callahan, burthen 1400 barrels, and in a few days will be ready to receive. Apply to Robert Dickson. Who has Stoed, SUGAR in hlds. tierces and barrels, COFFEE in Bags and Casks, RUM: Madeira, Port and Teneriffe WINES and a parcel Chipped LOGWOOD. June 16. 837
For Sale or Charter, The American Ship MINERVA, about 350 hds. burthen, a port direct will be preferred. Apply to Capt. Hall on board, or to Christopher Fry. June 11. 828
FOR LIVERPOOL, The fast sailing American copper bottomed Ship CALEDONIAN, John Dickson, master, one half of her cargo engaged. For freight of the remainder, or passage, (having excellent accommodations) apply to the master, or William Dickson. June 6. 811
For LONDON, Direct, The fine fast sailing Ship ELEANOR, B. Lord, Master, eight months old, and burthen 400 hogsheads. For freight or passage, (having elegant accommodations) apply to captain Lord on board, or to N. HERON. June 6. 814
For Freight or Charter, The good American Ship SUFFOLK, John Thomas, Master, burthen about 330 hogsheads Tobacco, in complete condition to receive a cargo. Apply to T. & W. A. ARMISTEAD. Who are landing on Marsden's wharf, from on board the said ship from Boston, 20 Hlds. and 20 Barrels N. E. RUM, 80 Barrels No. 2 BEEF—50 Boxes Havana SEGARS, entitled to drawback. June 4. 803
For Freight or Charter, The Ship WILLIAM, Capt. Tucker, burthen 400 hds. is now ready to receive a cargo. Apply to Moses Myers. June 4. 804
WANTED TO CHARTER, A SHIP, from 200 to 300 tons burthen, to load with lumber for a port in Jamaica. Apply to Robert Maitland, & Co. May 26. 764
The SHIP ECHO, 300 hogsheads burthen, is offered for sale or charter; she is now ready to receive a cargo. Apply to C. & F. Whittle. Who are landing from on board said Ship a parcel of very First quality SUGARS, in large hogsheads and barrels—In Store, BOTTLED PORTER & ALE, fit for immediate use. April 30. 709
Wanted to Charter, Two or three VESSELS, from 50 to 100 tons burthen, to load at Nixons wharf, N. C. for which a liberal freight will be given. Apply to James M'Clenachan. March 31. 728
FOR SALE, 4 Cases BRITTANIAS, 2 Cases PLATILLAS, 1 Case CREASE, 4 Pales German OZNABURGS, 80 Panches Gosport RUM, 70 Hogsheads Muscovado SUGAR. James Young. June 20. 846
We have received by the brig Summer, from Jamaica, 57 puncheons high proof RUM, 15 Hogsheads M c ASSES—which are offered for Sale on very liberal terms, by Redmon & Frith. ON HAND, A parcel of very good W. Island RUM. June 16. 834
From the Boston Gazette.
MR. KENDALL'S ARTILLERY ELECTION DISCOURSE.
The excellent address of the Rev. Mr. Kendall, which was delivered on the late Anniversary Artillery Election, is now out of the press, and for sale at several bookstores in this town. The following extracts will show the sentiments and national feelings of their patriotic author, and afford, at the same time, a specimen of the dignity and splendour of his style—The work will be read at large with infinite pleasure and satisfaction.
"The only security for national peace is habitual preparation for war. No nation that neglects the one, can long expect, however they deserve to enjoy, the other. Inattention to the means of self defence is the surest way to invite aggression and insult. Ambition and avarice will never fail to improve this negligence and inattention for multiplying their conquests, and extending their dominions. There is no substitute for reasonable and vigorous improvement of the means of national security. In vain shall we look for it in extent of territory. In vain shall we look for it in the number of its inhabitants, or the abundance of their resources. These, so far from discouraging the invader are the very objects that excite his ambition, and accelerate his progress. Tribute may purchase a delay of hostilities, and suspend for a while the threatened insult; but will be found ineffectual for national security. So far from preventing the evil that is dreaded, and producing permanent safety, it tends to increase the danger of exhausting the means, and thereby weakening, if not destroying, the power of self defence. However important and necessary, national virtue may be to national security; yet even this alone, in the present depraved state of the world, will be found an inadequate defence against the violence and rapacity of corrupt, unprincipled men."
"If christianity universally prevailed, if all mankind possessed the principles, and were guided by the spirit of religion, there would be peace on earth, and good will towards men:—We should no longer see the standard nor hear the sound of the trumpet, and the alarm of war. Every man would sit quietly under his vine and under his fig tree, and none would make him afraid. But the period for the accomplishment of these glorious prophecies, so long desired, and so devoutly prayed for, has not yet arrived. And such is human nature without the influence and spirit of this religion, such are the injustice and violence of ambitious and unprincipled men, that nations as well as individuals, may be, and often are, placed under such circumstances, and in such situations, as to render warlike preparations, the cultivation of a military spirit, and skill in the military art, necessary to their very existence. Other nations, besides Judah, have owed the enjoyment of civil and religious liberty, under God, to the height and strength of their walls, and to the spirit, bravery, and martial appearance of their soldiers. Self preservation is the first law of nature; and a regard to this law is perfectly reconcilable with that christian precept, which teaches, "If it be possible as much as lieth in you, live peaceably with all men."
"No one will doubt that the good king of Judah was disposed for peace; and every man must approve and commend the wisdom and policy of the measures he adopted for self defence, when threatened and invaded by a foreign enemy. May it not, therefore, be seasonable and profitable for our American Judah, in the present critical situation of the country, to contemplate the conduct and follow the example of this excellent magistrate—this brave and pious hero? Are we, my fellow citizens, placed beyond the reach of the calamities of other nations? Are there any reasons why we alone should claim exemption from the grasp of usurpation, or the demands of avarice? Is America in no danger from that hostile spirit, which stalks with giant strides through the earth, slaughtering the human race for a victor's fame, and spreading the havoc of war for a tyrant's power? Can we stand at the foot of Vesuvius, and witness the beilings of its fury and the desolation of its lava, and remain unhurt by the ruins? Already has imagination reached the period, (would to heaven it might prove a vision!) when our capes, like Trafalgar, shall be shaken with the thunder of conflicting fleets, and their shores washed with the blood and covered with the spoils of victory. When these United States, like the circles of Germany, shall feel the iron arm of usurpation, and witness the ravages of war. And are we prepared as a nation to defend our territory and to vindicate our rights against foreign aggression and insult? Have we strengthened ourselves effectually by sea and by land? Are our broken walls repaired and improved? Are our principal cities and seaports fortified? Is Millo secure? If we do not strengthen ourselves, what ground have we to ask, or even to expect the aid and protection of Omnipotence? Shall we, like Sampson, quietly sleep in imaginary security, till our enemies plunder us of our strength and then sport with our weakness."
"When life, liberty and property are at stake, there ought to be no question about expense; but only as to the means necessary to secure these inestimable blessings. Whatever may be the price of this security, it is economy to pay it. To refuse, or even to delay payment, is prodigality—it is the wildest extravagance. What American has calculated the worth, and fixed a price upon his wife and children, the liberty of conscience, and the means of subsistence and enjoyment? The expence of a castle to shelter the objects of his affection, in which, to worship his God, and to deposit the comforts of life, is too much. The price of a bolt to fasten the door of his castle, or of a sword to defend it against thieves and robbers, is too dear a purchase. Let him guard against extravagance, and regulate his expences, not by the value of the objects to be defended and the danger to which they are exposed; but by a more fashionable standard, the standard of economy, and the probable degree of popularity attached to his savings."
"In a country where standing armies are viewed with jealousy, where little else than the name excites suspicion and dread, it seems necessary to national security, that some substitute should be found for the purpose of acquiring a knowledge of military tactics. The best substitute perhaps are military schools, or institutions established for the purpose of becoming proficient in military science. They afford an opportunity for creating a defence, next to be relied on to veteran troops. Such institutions, properly regulated, where due regard is paid to character, to order, and discipline—where the spirit and genius of republicanism are cherished and displayed—and especially where respect and reve-
rence are manifested for the institutions of religion; on account of the emulation they excite and the confidence they inspire, deserve and will receive the support and patronage of government—the countenance and encouragement of their country."
"To strengthen the confidence of his fellow citizens, a soldier, besides being acquainted with the military art, must be fired with a love of his country. No man who is not a patriot can be fit for a soldier. Without he be animated with a spirit of patriotism, he has no claim to the confidence of his country. If he should possess this confidence, he would be liable to abuse it by becoming a traitor. But if he be a patriot, "not in word only, nor in tongue, but in deed and in truth," he will always be influenced by a regard for the public good. He will rise superior to any local or party attachments, and never suffer himself to become the dupe or the instrument of a faction. His patriot breast will disdain to harbour a spirit, that would immolate one half of his countrymen with the hope of ruling and reigning with the rest. Equally inimical will he be to that boasted philanthropy, whose colossal strides to fraternize the whole world, are stained with the blood and covered with the victims of all its parts. His benevolence for his kind will never wage war with his affection for his kindred. His friends are the friends of his country, and he is an enemy to those only who are at war with its rights and liberties. The language of his heart is, and the same is inscribed upon every enterprise. "If I forget thee O Jerusalem, let my right hand forget her cunning. If I do not remember thee, let my tongue cleave to the roof of my mouth."
"How great the advantage, how inestimable the privilege, to have magistrates and heroes, who, like Hezekiah, unite the character of the christian and the soldier, and who can wield at once "the sword of the Lord and of Gideon," in defence of their country! Such were the brave and pious f. nders of N. England. Clad in the armour of God, they were not "afraid of the terror by night, nor for the arrow that flieth by day." Shielded by the hope of the gospel, they encountered "perils by their own countrymen, perils in the sea, perils in the wilderness, perils by the heathen, and perils among false brethren," until they got the land in possession, and laid the foundation of a mighty empire in this western world. Such too were those memorable patriots and heroes, who through faith gave birth to our American independence; "out of weakness were made strong, waxed valliant in fight, and turned to flight the armies of the aliens. Such, above all, was the immortal WASHINGTON, who, like the stripping of Israel, sometimes alone and almost without arms, went forth in the name of the Lord of hosts, vanquished the champion of the age and freed America from slavery. Justly might his countrymen have said to him, as the Israelites did to David—"thou art worth ten thousand of us." And such were many of those holy veterans, whose names are enrolled on the records of that military association, whose anniversary we this day celebrate."
NOTICE. The subscriber intending to leave the country for a few months, requests those persons having claims upon him to call on Theo. Armitstead, Esq. for settlement. John Newell, Jun. June 23. 854
Landing this day, from on board the sch'r Richmond, Capt Seaman, 10 Pipes Old Cogniac BRANDY, Which will be sold low by applying to John Brown, Marsden's wharf. June 23. 855
FOR SALE, A quantity of New-York and English SLATE, of superior quality. Reilly & Tunis. June 23. 857
NOTICE. The Subscriber has taken into partnership Mr. Paul Proby, and Mr. Patrick Harmanon. The business in future will be carried on under the firm of Proby, Harmanon, & Co. Thomas H. Parker. May 29. 779
For Rent, The Store, Compting Room & Cellar No. 41, Main-Street, lately occupied by Mr. Wm. McCutchen. Apply to Thomas Willock. March 17. 779
WANTED, A quantity of Spars and Oak Plank, for which, if delivered immediately, a liberal price will be given by Alexander Maclure. June 13. 829
All persons indebted to the estate of the late Wm. Davies, Esq. will please make payment and those to whom the estate is indebted, will please furnish their accounts properly attested, in order that provision may be made for their payment. Portescue Whittle, Adm'r. June 18. 838
I have for SALE, A Negro MAN, about 21 years of age, a Barber by trade. William Lindsay. June 16. 833
Landing at Murray's wharf, from on board the ship Caledonian, 1500 Liverpool filled Sacks of SALT, 109 Crates well assorted EARTHENWARE. For Sale by A. Maclure. June 9. 822
ROBERT GIBSON, Has removed to the Fire-Proof Ware-House in Wide Water-Street, nearly opposite Commerce Street. Feb. 28. 836
The Subscriber having retained half of his Lumber Yard on Calvert's wharf, will have constantly for SALE, Plank, Scantling, & Fire Wood, Frames for Houses, &c. cut and provided on the shortest notice. Thomas H. Parker. Who has for SALE, Two excellent MULES. June 4. 797

THE PUBLICK LEDGER.
TO SHEW THE VERY AGE AND BODY OF THE TIME, HIS FORM AND PRESSURE.
FRIDAY EVENING, JUNE 27, 1806.
MIRANDA.—After so many absurd and contradictory accounts of this person, we are enabled to present our readers with one which may be relied on.
A brig from Barbados went up the bay yesterday from on board of which a passenger forwarded some Barbados papers to a gentleman in this place, who has since favoured us with them, from one of which we find the article respecting Miranda.
This expedition, undertaken with insufficient means, and conducted in the most unskilful manner, and with unaccountable delay, has terminated as might have been expected.
It was reported at Barbados that admiral Cochrane intended to furnish Miranda with some aid, with which he proposed to renew his attempt on the Continent; but this we doubt, because we have been informed from good authority, that if the people were prepared and disposed for a revolution, that Miranda is not a man in whom they have confidence. This was well understood at Trinidad, with which and the Main there is much communication, tho' the nations are at war.
Extract of a letter from a gentleman arrived on Wednesday, and who proceeded up to Baltimore, to a gentleman in this place.
"I left Barbados the 10th inst. (June) Tortola 13th, and St. Thomas the 14th, by the Barbados papers, inclosed you have all the news there. I saw a letter from Admiral Cochrane, dated off Port Royal, Martinique, the 11th inst. to a gentleman at St. Thomas which stated that France had declared war against Sweden and Denmark, and that all vessels under those flags were detained at Guadaloupe and Martinique."
[FROM A CORRESPONDENT.]
Political Views from the Aurora.
The importance which is assumed in these views, has not failed to attract the publick attention, nor to produce a demand for the authorities on which such bold assertions are made. The only answer which the ostensible author, the Editor of the Aurora, has condescended to make, is that the facts stated in these views were from authentic sources.
It was easy to perceive that these essays were strongly marked with French character, and it was so stated in some of the northern papers.
That the Editor of the Aurora has been assisted in these views is very evident, and who that assistant is, the publick will judge from what follows—Lately a certain Mons. Felix Beaujour, was accredited as Consul-General, or general commercial agent for the Imperial Republick of France to the U. S. this Mons. Beaujour, was before, and during a part of the revolution, Consul for France at Salonichi, after his return to France, some time in 1805, he published a work which has been translated into English, entitled "A View of the Commerce of Greece."
Time cannot be devoted to examine all these essays, nor has the writer any but the sixth and seventh numbers before him, which are indeed the only numbers he ever read.
If the sixth and seventh numbers are not written by Mons. Beaujour, his book has been used very freely by Mr. Duane, as it will be shewn from the following extracts:
From the 6th number of the View in the Aurora.
The surface of Greece contains 6150 square leagues, of these Macedonia contains 2000; Epirus from Drilo to the Gulph of Arta, 1700; and the northern part of Greece 2450.
"The population of Macedonia is about 700,000, or 370 to a square league. The country of Zagora (the ancient Helicon) presents the greatest, as the Morea and Epirus present the least, proportion of the population of Greece. In Helicon 613 persons are computed to a square league, in the Morea not more than half that number. Thessaly contains 800,000 persons; but Epirus which double the extent, has only 400,000. Etolia, Phocis and Boetia, have scarcely 200,000; and the population of Attica, does not exceed 20,000. The Morea, whose surface is 1,000 square leagues, has less than 800,000 inhabitants; and the population of the whole of ancient Greece is estimated as short of two millions."
"Macedon, Thessaly, the eastern parts of Phocis and Boetia are fertile countries. The soil of Attica is light, and adapted to the production of barley and olives; but the Morea is susceptible of every species of cultivation—its vales or bottom lands produce wheat, and its mountains abound in pastureage. But Epirus every where mountainous is comparatively sterile."
"The agricultural productions of Macedonia alone are worth all those of the rest of Greece. Production of barley and olives are equally distributed. The Morea, on the contrary, is capable of every species of cultivation; its valleys
don, and so progressively, Epirus, the Morea, Attica, and last of all that part of the Boetia, called Livadia—the rest of Boetia, Phocis, and Locris, have no manufactures.
produce wheat, and its mountains abound in pastureage. Epirus, which is every where intersected by mountains, is, on the contrary, the most barren."
"The agricultural productions of Macedonia alone are worth all those of the rest of Greece. With regard to the productions of industry, they are more equally divided. The most industrious province is Thessaly, then Macedonia, Epirus, the Morea, Attica, and lastly a part of Boetia, known under the name of the country of Livadia. The rest of Boetia, Phocis, & Locris, have no species of manufacture."
This is not the only instance in which Mons. Beaujour has furnished the materials for these numbers, as will appear by a reference to the work and to the Aurora, a few instances will however be given.
From the Aurora. We shall here enumerate the various articles of produce exported from these countries—raw cotton of various kinds—tobacco of different kinds; wheat and other grain; raw silk; sheep's wool of various qualities; bees wax and honey; olives and oil; grapes, vermillion; hare skins, opium, gums and drugs, camels' hair, goats' hair, buffalo hides, tongues, copper, orpiment, harts horn, peltry, galls, box wood, oak, beech, ash, pine, elm, fur, masts, yards; spars of the manufactured kinds; the red cotton of Greece is in great demand in the south of Europe; they have morocco leather of the finest tints, carpets, vests; besides these the general productions of Africa and Asia, & northern Europe, which pass through the Levant, enter into the composition of their exports, from the activity of the Greek and Armenian merchants.
We shall give here a general estimate of the value of the Greek imports & exports, between the various nations of Europe, estimating the current piaster of Italy which circulates in Greece at the value of a Spanish dollar, which is rather above the value in relation to the exchange.
Table with 4 columns: Country, Greek exports (Dolls.), Greek imports (Dolls.), Total (Dolls.). Rows include Germany, France, Italy, Russia, England, Batavia.
It is not intended to say that a writer must not make references to various authors—all that is expected, is, that he will inform his readers, from whence he derives his information. It would be intruding on the columns of the Ledger to furnish further extracts, but if any reader would be at the trouble of comparing the seventh number with Beaujour's Greece, he must conclude that these elaborate essays are of French manufacture.
By the schooner Bellona, from Baltimore, we have received the Telegraph of Tuesday, from which we extract the following:
LATEST FROM LONDON.
Our correspondents at New-York, under date of June 21st, at noon, writes as follows: "This morning arrived here the ship Charles, captain Bennett, from London, and 38 days from Penzance. She brings London papers to the 8th May, which state the official particulars of the capture of admiral Linois, in the Marengo of 80 guns, and the Belle Poule frigate, by admiral Sir John B. Warren. The Marengo and Belle Poule sustained an action of several hours with the London ship of the line and a frigate. The greater part of the treasure obtained by Linois while cruising in the East Indies, is on board the Marengo."
"The king of Sweden, in consequence of hostilities having been commenced against his troops by Prussia, has ordered an embargo to be laid on all Prussian vessels in his ports. The Swedish troops are evacuating Lauenburg, and retiring to Swedish Pomerania, which, it is supposed the Prussians will immediately invade."
Extract of a letter from a gentleman in New-Orleans to his friend in Baltimore, dated May 14, 1806.
DEAR SIR, "To enter into the minutiae of my descent of the western waters, were but to annoy you with a long list of grievances. Suffice it to say that too impatient to wait for a sufficient fresh to float the ships, I embarked on the 30th March on board a large barge, 450 barrels burthen; unusual and extreme low waters retarding our speed, and increasing the distance one fourth, by compelling us to float round 54 islands in the Ohio, and 226 in the Mississippi, that in high waters may be steered from point to point—18 days lying to for head winds, aided by inexperienced and unskilful navigators, placing us twice on sand bars, once on a rock, and times innumerable on planters and sawyers, occasioned by a tedious passage of six weeks."
[Planters are trunks of large trees, immovably fixed by the root in the bottom of the river, appearing perpendicularly about three feet above the surface, when in a middling stage. Sawyers are also bodies of trees less firmly fixed, yielding to the pressure of the current, appearing and disappearing alternately. The rapidity of the Mississippi continually
undermining the banks, causing whole acres to cave in at once, bringing with them the largest forest trees, renders impracticable any attempts at removing these, the principal dangers of the navigation.]
But like philosophers, we profitted by adversity: our detentions enabled us to explore the Indiana territory, Tennessee, Upper and Lower Louisiana, the Mississippi territory and West Florida, to considerable extent. Wild Turkies, ducks, geese, pheasants, pelicans, and paroquets of a beautiful plumage, fell at our deadly shots; and codfish not inferior in quality to our rock, weighing from seventeen to one hundred and twenty three pounds, afforded us a daily repast. The soil of Upper Louisiana is rich beyond conception; in many places it was allowed by Kentuckians to be fine manure for their first rate land, and in that state, except immediately on the banks of water courses, corn and sand command the same price; at Wilkinsonville we saw 40 warriors of the Shawanese, Delawares, Cherokees and Sciouts, painted and equipped for battle, preparing to go to war against the Osage tribe. The poor aborigines, formerly the lords and masters of this extensive and fertile domain, now come on board with the most abject humility, even leaving their hunting knives on shore to exchange bear meat and fresh deer at one dollar the carcase, for flour, whiskey, &c. The condition of the hunters may be injured by this circumstance, their hunting limits, yet it is a quare whether their obtaining the first necessities of life, corn and flour, in exchange for their peltry, is not more than equivalent; certainly the agricultural Indian is greatly benefitted by the introduction of husbandry, spinning and weaving among them. The Creeks and Chickasaws are far advanced in civilization, every farm having spinning wheels and looms. While at the 4th Chickasaw Bluffs, an old Indian squaw of that nation arrived with ten horses loaded with peltry (and driven by her negro slaves) to exchange for maize, &c. at the United States factory; with the product of her farm she trafficks with the hunters, and pays semi-annual visits to the factory.
At this season of the year, the river flows at the rate of 5 miles an hour, and overflows its bank from 8 to 10 leagues on the W. side from Point Coupee, 150 miles above Orleans to Cape Gerardeau, near St. Louis, a distance of near 1000 miles. Its waters are extremely muddy, in high freshes, one eighth being sediment. Above its junction with the Missouri, it is a pure limpid stream; the cause of its muddy appearance remains to be accounted for.
The country gradually declining on each side from the bank and bayous or outlets bursting through every few miles and forming lakes at a short distance from the river, incontestibly prove that it flows on a ridge; in fact, it is perceptible to the naked eye, as you float down, and observe the houses and farms, as it were, beneath you. At the third Bluff, we had an opportunity of ascertaining the correctness of Volney's position, that the stone coal is a cement of rotten trees and decayed leaves. About three feet from the surface of a high bank, lately divided by cavings in, we saw a stratum of coal half formed of a greyish brown, strongly impregnated with sulphur. We also picked up some pieces of pumice stone floating down the river, assuredly implying the existence of Volcanoes at its head waters. From the mouth of the Ohio, to the Walnut hills, 100 miles above Natchez, the country is scarcely inhabited; nothing to amuse but the uninterrupted verdure that cheers the eye; even the bark of the trees is green with the luxuriant wild vine, entwining itself around from the root to the top.
Occasionally, the long Spanish beard, & the beautifully Magnolia flower, growing on a lofty forest tree, affords a pleasing variety to the landscape. From Natchez down, say 300 miles, the river is one broad street, through a delightful village of cotton and sugar plantations; the houses shaded by orange groves, and the planters all extremely wealthy."
Translated from the Danish, for Relf's Philadelphia Gazette.
Experience having convinced me that the commerce with the Revolted Blacks of St. Domingo, has not ceased, notwithstanding the fine of 1000 dollars imposed by lieut. col. commandant Cholten on those who should be convicted of having arrived with cargoes from the ports of St. Domingo, occupied by the blacks, I do find myself under the necessity of putting a stop to the illicit trade, equally dangerous to the colonies as it regards the political situation, as contrary to law; and do therefore decree by these presents, that every Danish vessel arriving at any place whatever at St. Domingo or Hayti, (so called) in the possession of the blacks, and proof being legally made thereof, shall, in addition to the fine of a thousand dollars, which shall be given to the informer, be subjected to confiscation, both vessel and cargo, for the benefit of his majesty.
Given under the Royal Seal, and signed by me at the government house at St. Croix, October 29, 1805.
(Seal) B. F. MUHLENEELS. Gov. Gen. Danish Am. Island
From the Richmond Enquirer.
COMMUNICATION.
In a report in the National Intelligencer of the last day's proceedings of the house of representatives, abounding in misrepresentations, an insinuation is thrown out, in a note to Mr. T. M. Randolph's last observations, that Mr. J. Randolph or some person authorised by him, had disavowed on his part any intention to wound the feelings of Mr. T. M. Randolph. This is utterly untrue. No member of the house of representatives could have been more astonished than Mr. J. Randolph was at the very extraordinary spectacle exhibited on that night by Mr. T. M. Randolph; and nothing short of a specific declaration to that effect could have induced Mr. J. Randolph to believe that Mr. T. M. Randolph's remarks were addressed to him. Accordingly at his request his friend Mr. Garnett waited on T. M. R. and required to be informed whether these observations were intended for his principal. Mr. T. M. R. replied that unless he had supposed some of Mr. J. R.'s expressions pointed particularly at him, he should have thought himself highly culpable in saying what he had; but believing that they were intended for him, he felt himself called on to say something. Mr. T. M. R. having acknowledged that his observations were levelled at Mr. J. R. Mr. Garnett told him that Mr. J. R. expected T. M. R. would meet him. Mr. T. M. R. replied that he was ready to do so, but that if Mr. J. R. would only say that he meant no allusion to him, there was no apology which a man of honour could, or ought to make, which he would not be ready to offer. When Mr. Garnett delivered this message to Mr. J. R. that gentleman observed, that the course which Mr. T. M. R. had chosen to pursue, precluded any sort of declaration or acknowledgment on his part: That Mr. T. M. R. must make reparation commensurate with the injury, aimed at his feelings, or meet him and give him satisfaction. Of these conditions Mr. T. M. R. was immediately apprised by Mr. Garnett, who requested that Mr. T. M. R. would choose some friend with whom Mr. Garnett might converse further on the subject.
Mr. R. retired and returned soon after with Mr. Coles, to whom Mr. Garnett recapitulated what had passed; Mr. Coles after a short conversation, held part with Mr. T. M. R. joined Mr. Garnett and said, all that Mr. T. M. R. desired was an assurance
that none of Mr. J. R.'s remarks were intended for him, and that he would be willing (in that case) to make any apology that a man of honour could offer. Mr. Garnett replied, that there was no doubt on his mind, or, he believed, of any other spectator, that Mr. T. M. R. had entirely misconceived Mr. J. R.'s expressions; but that after what passed Mr. J. R. would make no statement whatever, and that if Mr. T. M. R. could not reconcile it to himself to make a suitable apology, Mr. J. R. would expect Mr. T. M. R. would meet him either that night (which he preferred) or in the morning. Mr. Coles said he was too much engaged in the publick business at that time to see his friend, but would do it as soon as he could, and let Mr. G. know the result. Mr. Garnett returned with his statement to Mr. J. R. who was in a remote room of the capitol, and then took his seat in the house. In a few minutes afterwards Mr. T. M. R. rose in his place, and said that he had been assured, by several of those who sat near him, that he had acted in what he had before said under a misapprehension of Mr. J. R.'s remarks, which none of them understood as having been intended for him; that under this misapprehension he had acted; it was the sole cause of his saying what he had done, and that he was then persuaded by the assurance of his friends, of his mistake. He regretted very much what he had said, for he had no disposition to wound any gentleman's feelings who did not intend to wound him.
Mr. Garnett immediately went to Mr. J. R. and stated that Mr. T. M. R. had made such an apology in the house, as Mr. Garnett conceived, and as every member said, who mentioned the subject in his hearing (which several did) was proper for Mr. T. M. R. to make, and for Mr. J. R. to receive. Mr. J. R. then requested Mr. Garnett to state to Mr. Coles that he received Mr. T. M. R.'s apology, and had no further commands for that gentleman; which Mr. Garnett did just as the house was about breaking up; and thus the business terminated.
COMMUNICATION.
The Enquirer of the 17th June, contains a statement of the affair between Mr. Thomas Mann Randolph and Mr. John Randolph, on the evening of the last day of the session of Congress; which is as incorrect and unjust as it is haughty in its language and extravagant in the endeavour to exalt Mr. J. R. at the expense of the gentleman, with whom by his habitual disregard of the feelings of others, and carelessness at the moment, he embroiled himself on that occasion. The statement, it is manifest, was neither made nor corrected by a person who had been actually present at one even of the interviews and conversations which took place. It is an account which wears the appearance of being drawn up ex parte, with the view to make those not acquainted with the character of Mr. T. M. R. believe, that a triumph was obtained over him by Mr. J. R. through intimidating means; which all who are acquainted with the former know to be impossible. Can Mr. J. R. have wish; can he even consent to wear a laurel which he is conscious he did not acquire, and which he knows well, it is utterly impossible he ever should obtain the right to wear?
The pacific conduct of Mr. T. M. R. was produced by a conviction, that he was mistaken in supposing Mr. J. R. had addressed offensive words to him, and by the most decided belief that Mr. J. R. was more hurt in mind than irritated at the occurrence, and had a sincere and cool desire for accommodation. The first belief was produced by the language of Mr. Garnett to himself: the second by the conduct of that gentleman at the different interviews, which demonstrated that accommodation was not only his ardent wish, but his object throughout, and by the tenor of the message from Mr. J. R. which was not a challenge under his hand; the thing expected, and which would have instantly stopped all discussion; but such as is stated in the Enquirer.
The evidence of the correctness of the first belief will, no doubt, be given to the publick as soon as the note beneath meets the eye of Mr. Coles. The second must rest upon memory and the candour of Mr. Garnett, if not fully supported by the circumstance state here. That gentleman certainly made all possible exertion, to bring about an accommodation; he kept it steadily in view, and when his hopes of success were for a moment damped, which happened at the conclusion of the first conversation, and about the middle of the second, he shewed not only the strongest sensibility, but much emotion and even great distress of mind. No messages were delivered by him in that spirit, which is endeavoured to be rendered in the communication. That in the seventh period of it, which is said in the eighth to have been given to Mr. T. M. R. at the second interview, was never delivered to him under any such form or manner, nor did Mr. Garnett say that Mr. J. R. would expect reparation or a meeting more than once, which was at the first interview, when the latter was instantly accepted by Mr. T. M. R. who was not then sufficiently satisfied that Mr. J. R. did not mean for him the offensive expressions which he had used in the house. Mr. Garnett, upon being told by Mr. T. M. R. when he demanded an explanation from him at the first interview, that what had been said in the house by him, was addressed to Mr. J. R. and was intended to retaliate for insulting language directed to him by that gentleman, immediately observed that what was said by Mr. J. R. was not intended for Mr. T. M. R.; upon which Mr. T. M. R. replied, that, if so, he had done Mr. J. R. an injury for which he should blame himself much, and would be ready to make any reparation which a man of honour ought to make. The word "culpable" was not used at all by Mr. J. R. Mr. Garnett's authority for such an assertion was not demanded by Mr. T. M. R. for although he came without a line he could not fail to be sufficiently accredited to him. Mr. Garnett may have transcended his authority; his motive and apology, if so, will perhaps be found in his character.
Mr. T. M. R. was confirmed in this belief too, by a plain and natural inference that a call for explanation implied a desire to procure peaceful satisfaction, for as he remembered well, that when he asked leave of the house to reply to the gentleman, Mr. J. R. cried out, he hoped leave would be granted, in a tone and with a manner which produced the excessive warmth, not before felt by Mr. T. M. R. from which his violent language flowed. It did not occur to him that Mr. J. R. could have supposed his expressions to be meant for any other than himself, as it has since appeared he did. Those sentiments operating on the mind of Mr. T. M. R. not counteracted by any previous animosity against Mr. J. R. and greatly strengthened by the regret he felt at the indecorum he had committed before the house, in which he had before maintained a character of moderation, not checked in the least at the moment by any anticipation of the injurious misrepresentations which have been since made of his conduct; those reflections dictated his last observations. The desire on the part of Mr. J. R. to have a hostile meeting, that evening or the next morning, was never hinted to Mr. T. M. R. by any one. The least insinuation of the first would have put fire to every nerve in his body; he has not an acquaintance who would not
* Mr. Isaac A. Coles, of Albemarle county, Virginia, is requested to give answer to the following question, for the satisfaction of the publick: Did not Mr. Garnett assure you that Mr. J. R. did not intend for Mr. T. M. R. the observations he made in the House of Representatives on the evening of the 21st April?

vouch for that. He has always thought that the sword was the only honourable weapon, where there was such personal equality as the case afforded, and a desire to use that weapon alone could have dictated such an offer at a late hour, between 10 and 11 o'clock of one of the darkest nights of the whole year. Mr. Coles gave no hint of such a proposal, nor did he say a word of any arrangement at all between Mr. Garnett and himself. Mr. T. M. R. left that gentleman after the conversation, immediately previous to his last observations in the house, with his mind fully convinced that he had been mistaken, and that the most honourable as well as most honest course he could pursue was the one he did; for he had, just before Mr. Coles came to him, consulted several friends and other members, not those accidentally seated near him, as the communication states, and had been assured by all that he was mistaken. He had not Mr. R's words at all in his recollection, but the impression only they had made on him.
The message, said in the 16th period of the communication to have been sent to Mr. T. M. R. was never delivered. If it had been, when, as it is said the house was rising, the subsequent misrepresentations would perhaps have been completely prevented, by a termination of the affair on the spot, in a way which although Mr. T. M. R. never courts, he has formerly proved himself to be and is still as ready to adopt, when necessary, as Mr. T. M. R. ever can be. It is much more probable that the message which was really sent, has been since rendered in that language, in a moment of passion, than it was given so at that time to Mr. Garnett, who is incapable of bearing one so absurd, or that it should have been suppressed by Mr. Coles, if Mr. Garnett had consented to carry it. Certainly Mr. Coles said no more to Mr. T. M. R. than that he had been informed by Mr. Garnett, that Mr. J. R. expressed perfect satisfaction at the justice which had been done him, to which Mr. Coles added, "you have done what your duty to yourself and the house, as well as justice to Mr. J. R. required of you."
[COMMUNICATION.]
In the Enquirer of the 20th, I perceive that I am called on to say, whether Mr. Garnett did not assure me, that Mr. J. Randolph did not intend for Mr. T. M. Randolph the observations which he made in the house of representatives, on the evening of the 21st of April. In answering this question, I must be permitted to make a statement of what I recollect of the occurrences of that night; a statement, which the justice I owe myself and others forbids me to withhold.
When I was called from the lobby of the house by Mr. T. M. R. he carried me to the head of the stairs, where Mr. Garnett was standing, and there, in the presence of that gentleman, briefly stated what had previously passed between them. In reply to Mr. Garnett's enquiry, whether the observations that Mr. T. M. R. had that evening made in the house, were intended for Mr. J. R. Mr. T. M. R. said, that they were, and that what he had said was intended to retaliate for insulting language, which he supposed had been directed to him by that gentleman; that if Mr. J. R. would assure him that he had no such intention; if he could once be convinced that the observations which had fallen from Mr. J. R. were not intended for him, that then there was no apology which a man of honour could or ought to make, which he was not ready to offer; observing to Mr. Garnett at the same time, that Mr. J. R. had always the other alternative, and that he would meet him at any time. Mr. G. did say then, as he said afterwards, that Mr. J. R.'s observations were not intended for Mr. T. M. R. He did not give it as the declaration of Mr. J. R. but it was delivered in that decided tone, that convinced me that it was not an opinion which Mr. G. had taken up of himself, but that he had the best evidence for it. Some little time after Mr. T. M. R. had retired, Mr. G. and myself had some further conversation, when he left me, as I supposed, for the purpose of conferring with his principal, and knowing of him whether he would make the declaration which Mr. T. M. R. wished. From the whole tenor of Mr. G.'s conversation, there did not remain even a shadow of doubt on my mind, that the affair had originated in mistake; and Mr. T. M. R. himself, when he turned from Mr. G. appeared to me no longer to doubt that he had been improperly applied to himself. Observations which Mr. J. R. meant for another. On ascending the stairs, I met Mr. T. M. R. and mentioned the entire conviction that I felt, that he had been mistaken.
Mr. G. now requested to speak with me, and we went into the empty gallery of the senate chamber. He informed me that after what had passed, Mr. J. R. would not say to Mr. T. M. R. that his observations either were, or were not intended for him—and that he would expect Mr. T. M. R. to meet him either that night or in the morning. In the Enquirer of the 17th, it is stated that Mr. G. made the first part of this communication to Mr. T. M. R. before I was introduced to him; but I certainly heard nothing of it until now, and I cannot think that it could have been made, as Mr. G. in the first conversation which I had with him, was not prepared to say whether Mr. J. R. would, or would not make the declaration mentioned above.
My conversation with Mr. G. in the gallery of the senate chamber was not a long one. I suggested to him that Mr. T. M. R. was probably at that time engaged in one of the committee rooms below—that he himself had duties to attend to, and that my own situation was such that I should not have a moment of leisure until the house adjourned; which would probably take place in the course of an hour. He readily consented to the delay, and promised to meet me the moment the house did adjourn, and renew our conversation. Mr. G. while in the gallery of the senate, spoke to me not only as the second of Mr. J. R. but as a man and a gentleman. We mutually expressed our regret at the occurrence which had brought us there, and each of us pledged himself to the other to do whatever was consistent with his own feelings and principles, and the feelings and principles of those for whom we acted, to prevent an affair which was admitted to have originated in mistake, from being carried to any fatal extremity.
I did not see Mr. T. M. R. after his conversation. In passing through the lobby, my attention was arrested by his voice, but the crowd was so great that I did not get near enough to hear what he said—I understood from the conversation around me, that he was making some explanation which his situation required—that it had been whispered in the lobby, that his taking the floor that night was a preconceived plan between him and Mr. Sloan, for the purpose of mortifying Mr. J. R. I did not know until afterwards, that his observations bore at all on the subject that Mr. G. and myself had been discussing. When the house adjourned, Mr. G. met me. He said that he had repeated to Mr. J. R. as nearly as he could remember, the substance of what Mr. T. M. R. had said in the house, and that that gentleman was perfectly satisfied, and had requested me to say so. Mr. G. then took his leave of me and I saw him no more. After searching for some time for Mr. T. M. R. I found him at length, after almost all the members had left the capitol, at his desk. I repeated to him what had passed at the last conversation which I had with Mr. G. I did not mention to him at all, what passed in the gallery of the senate. I hoped and believed that the affair had terminated, and I was unwilling ever again to recall any of the unpleasant feelings to which it had given rise. The explanatory observations of Mr. T. M. R. in the house, as they were repeated to me, under the circumstances and
at the time they were made, were such as met my decided approbation, and I expressed to him the satisfaction which I felt.
I. A. COLES.
FROM A HALIFAX PAPER.
Halifax, ns. On the fourth day of May, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and six, before me the subscriber, one of his majesty's justices of the peace for the county of Halifax, personally appeared Daniel Trask, and William Patterson, jun. of Wiscasset, in the state of Massachusetts, mariners, seamen belonging to the American brig Ranger, John Patterson, master, lately sent into this port for adjudication by his majesty's ship Leader, Henry Whitby, Esq. commander, and made oath—that after the capture of the said brig Ranger by the Leader aforesaid, the deponents were taken on board of her, where they remained about 30 days; that about 30 days after their being on board, a ship hove in sight on the starboard bow, and the Leader immediately made all sail under French colours, firing at the same time all her upper deck guns on the starboard side, in order to bring her to; that the ship which the Leader was in chase of, still continued on her course, upon which the Leader wore round, and fired seven guns under English colours from the larboard side; that the ship immediately bore down, and proved to be the —, an American ship from Charleston, bound to Liverpool in Great Britain; that after the said ship had come under the lee of the Leader, they fired two nine pounders at her, and one of them struck her forward and the other aft; that the captain of the Leader ordered the master of the American ship to lower his yawl, upon which the master replied "that he did not think his yawl would swim;" that he then ordered him to hoist his long-boat, upon which he lowered his yawl, (not being able to put out the long-boat,) in which he came on board the Leader, with two of his seamen, in a very leaky state; that after the American ship was within hail, they continued to fire swivels and small arms from the quarter-deck of the Leader at her, while they were leaving the boat; that the two seamen who came on board with the captain were ordered on the quarter-deck, and a sight of their protections demanded by Henry Whitby, the captain of the Leader; that upon their delivering them into his hands, Daniel Trask, one of the deponents, saw him tear them in pieces, and throw them overboard;—that during the time the captain of the American ship was under examination on the quarter deck of the Leader, a boat was lowered from her and proceeded on board the American ship, and in a short time returned with two of her seamen; that the two seamen who came on board with the captain of the American ship, and whose protections the said Henry Whitby had destroyed in the manner before-mentioned, were detained on board the Leader, and are now on board said ship, that the captain of the American ship, after being detained about three hours on board the Leader, was permitted to go on board his ship in his own yawl with the two men who came on board in the Leader's boat, and immediately made sail.
And the said William Patterson, jun. further saith, that he heard the officers of the Leader say, that the reason given by the American captain why he did not bring to on their first firing at him was their chasing him under French colours, he having English property on board.
DANIEL TRASK.
WILLIAM PATTERSON, jun.
Same day sworn to before me,
JAMES STEWART,
Notary Publick and Justice of Peace.
FROM BARBADOS PAPERS RECEIVED AT THE OFFICE OF THE PUBLIC LEDGER.
BRIDGE-TOWN, (Barbados) May 31. By the American schooner Federal, from Wilmington, arrived here on Wednesday last, the following particulars are obtained of the French squadron under admiral Guillemy:—On the 23d inst, the Federal fell in with the American ship Exchange from the Brazils, bound to Stagg-Harbour, the Master of which informed that he had spoke about the end of April or 1st May, a French squadron consisting of seven sail of the line and one frigate, in lat. 12, 00, S. long 35, 00, W. steering when he left them S. S. W. The master of the Exchange was on board a line of battle ship commanded by Jerome Buonaparte, who gave him a letter for his wife, now in Baltimore. He shewed the American the tract of the squadron pricked off on a chart, from which it appeared, that twenty-four hours previous to the Exchange falling in with them, they had steered N. N. W.; the American therefore thinks they were bound to the northward.
From the foregoing information, our best informed naval officers here, conclude that the enemy's squadron were cruising for our Indianmen and South Sea Whalers.
The enemy at Guadalupe, insidious and daring, has recently been practising a ruse de guerre against the unfortunate but gallant colonists of Dominica, in which, happily, they have however been completely frustrated.—On the 21st inst. his majesty's sloop Dominica, laying off Roseau, the officers (except the master) being all on shore, the crew mutinied, and carried her into Basseterre, Guadalupe. General Erneuf, availing himself of the possession of this vessel to practise a stratagem to annoy our shipping at Dominica, manned her with 60 men, and equipping her with a national schooner and four row-boats, despatched them early the next day, on an expedition under general Hugeneau, to destroy the town and shipping at Roseau. The Wasp sloop of war, with the duke of Montrose packet, laying there at the time, the enemy upon their appearance discovering these vessels, abandoned their enterprise, and endeavoured to escape; but being instantly pursued, the Wasp soon came up with the Dominica and recaptured her (the enemy previously destroying her row-boats,) and the Packet, after an hour's running fight took the schooner.
This account is obtained here by the Lord Lavington mail-boat, from Antigua and Dominica, which sailed from the former for the latter island on the 23d inst. in company with his majesty's ship Northumberland, and on the passage fell in with a frigate, which upon heaving in sight, made a signal to the Northumberland, that induced her to alter her course to the N. E. with all sail set, when they separated.
In addition to the foregoing we are favoured with the following particulars, under date of the 25th inst. from an authentic and highly respectable channel:—
"The Dominica is again in our possession.—On the third morning after her disappearance, she re-appeared close into Roseau Bay, under English colours, in company with a heavy schooner, as a prize, both full of men, soldiers and sailors, from Guadalupe with direction from the general commanding there to use every effort to clear the Roadstead of the valuable sugar ships which are at present in it; but fortunately they were defeated in their intentions by the unexpected presence of the packet, and her convoy, a gun-brig. The latter vessels immediately gave chase, and being assisted by some other cruisers, they happily succeeded in re-capturing the Dominica, and no doubt her consort shared the same fate, as she was seen warmly engaged by the packet, at twilight in the evening, and several men of war at hand."
"The prisoners report, that the mutineers are all
in Gaol at Guadalupe, and that they are immediately to be sent to one of our islands."
"Since writing the above the packet has returned after capturing the schooner, which sustained an obstinate engagement for three quarters of an hour.—Several are killed on the part of the enemy, but no loss on our side; the prisoners amount to upwards of 150, and I understand, a great many officers; but as the mail boat is getting under weigh, I have not time for further particulars."
"We have also re-captured a sloop, prize to the schooner, by volunteers from the shore."
June 3.
Rear-admiral the hon. Sir Alex. Cochrane, K. B. arrived here on Sunday night, from Antigua and Dominica, on board his majesty's ship Northumberland, which has undergone a thorough repair of the damages sustained in the victory off Saint Domingo.
The enemy's schooner Imperial, Mons. Point, Ensigne de Vaisseau, engaged in the late design against the shipping at Dominica (mentioned in our last) was brought in here on Sunday by the Cygnet sloop of war; on board of which arrived the commander of this buccaneering enterprise, whose name we mistated, and now find to be Hortode, & his rank adjutant-general of Guadalupe. Most of the prisoners taken on the above occasion have also arrived here; but we understand that some of them embarked on board of the king's schooners, to be brought here, rose upon the crew with an intent of taking the schooner, but by the gallantry of her commander the prisoners were overcome and secured, not however until some loss was sustained on our part, and the lieutenant of the schooner severely wounded, which obliged him to put into Antigua.
A French brig of strong force, from Cayenne, according to the report of several American vessels arrived here, is cruising to windward, and has boarded them from within 100 to 180 miles of the land. She is stated to mount 16 long brass 9's, and to carry 120 men. His majesty's ships Ethalion and Cygnet have both gone to sea, in consequence of this information, and we hope one or other of them may be successful in falling in with her.
There is some report in town of the arrival of a small French squadron at Porto Rico, and it is added, that the admiral has dispatched the Canada and a frigate or two to look after them; but we do not know how far this is correct: if any such report has been received upon authentic grounds, we are confident the vigilance of the admiral will not let them remain long unlooked after.
June 7.
GENERAL MIRANDA.
This celebrated and distinguished officer arrived here this morning on board the American ship Leader, capt. Lewis, in company with his majesty's sloop of war Lilly, which fell in with the Leader on the 26th ult. off Grenada. Gen. Miranda, who had sailed from America in January last on an expedition to give freedom and independence to South America, touched at Jacquemel, and sailed again from thence on the 27th March, in company with the schooners Bacchus and Bee, and arrived near O'Cumana, between Porto-Cavallo and Laguira, on Sunday evening the 27th April; on the following morning the coast being alarmed, the Leader was attacked by two stout guarder costas, one a brig of twenty 12 pounders, and the other a schooner of sixteen 12's, both full of men. The Leader succeeded in beating these off, but the Bacchus and Bee, being in shore endeavouring to land a detachment, were captured, having several confidential officers on board. In consequence of this disaster, and the Leader being in want of water, general Miranda put into Buen-aire, and sailed from thence on the 1st inst. intending for Trinidad, but having fallen in with the Lilly, and received some information from Capt. Campbell of that ship, he proceeded to Grenada, and from thence to this island, probably with a view of conferring with our respective commanders, on the future execution of his laudable enterprise, in which every British subject and free government must wish him the amplest success.
The Bacchus and Bee were two unarmed pilot boat schooners.
The enemy seems again to threaten us with some Naval exploit in these seas; or, as we are more inclined to imagine, to afford our brave seamen another opportunity of discomfiting his maritime plans. A French line of battle ship has appeared in our neighbourhood, and was seen by the Ethalion frigate on the 4th inst. within sight of the island. Without giving direct chase to her, she endeavoured to cut the Ethalion off the land, upon her hauling round the North point; but, unable to effect it, at six in the evening she bore up for Martinique, with all possible sail set. This vessel is supposed, by our best informed naval officers, to be the Regulus, which the enemy has had stationed for some time on the coast of Africa; but from the accustomed triumphs of our navy, others imagine that it may be some more fortunate ship which has escaped from the defeated squadron of admiral Guillemy, who with Jerome Buonaparte, may have fallen in our hands off the coast of Brazil, where they were lately spoke. She was seen on Thursday last by a neutral arrived here this morning, close in with Point Salines.
Gazette Marine Memoranda
ARRIVED.
Sch'r Virginia, Paulson, 33 days from Teneriffe, Wine, Edward Roberts—The sch'r Diana Talbot, Maywell, of this port, sailed from Teneriffe for Liverpool about 20 days before Capt. Paulson.
Sch'r Iris, Russel, 36 days from Teneriffe, Wine & Brandy, Pincheas Dana & Co—May 28, in lat. 25, 30, long. 52, 20, spoke the Luggar-Nancy, from Madeira bound to Providence, out 24 days—supplied me with bread—June 4, lat. 29, 30, long. 57, 40, sch'r Betsey, Folger, 24 days from Isle of May, bound to Nantucket—5th, lat. 30, 15, long. 57, 17, sch'r Deer, Frost, from Wilmington, N. C. bound to the West Indies—7th, lat. 30, 44, long. 59, 53, brig Regulator, Chase and ship Friendship, Little, both from New York, 20 days out, and bound to Curacao—supplied me with a barrel of Flour and water—18th, lat. 36, 50, long. 68, 40, sch'r Traveller, Lovelass, 4 days from New York bound to Trinidad—21st, lat. 37, 25, long. 71, 30, ship Count, Tranton, 2 days from Philadelphia bound to London.
Sch'r Seventy-Six, Wills, 7 days from New York. In Hampton Road bound to Washington, ship Fair Lady, Peterson, 11 days from Bath, with Spars, &c. for Government.
The sch'r Virginia, Blake, and Nancy & Mary, Hubbell, from this Port were at Antigua 4th June.
A CARD.
G. GREEN, M. D.
Encouraged by the success he has met with in several cities of the United States, very respectfully informs the Ladies and Gentlemen of Norfolk and Portsmouth,
That on TUESDAY EVENING, July 1. (By consent of the Wardens) at the Old Episc. Ch. Church, The Analysis of a Lecture upon the
ELIDOURANION;
OR TRANSPARENT ORRERY.
Explaining the Courses, Distances, Situations, Magnitudes, and Motions of the HEAVENLY BODIES. Particulars of which will be given in the Syllabus.
Tickets to be had at A. C. Jordan, & Co's Book Store, No. 2, Market-Square.
To commence precisely at Eight o'Clock.
June 27. 2 858
Sales at Auction.
By order of C. & F. Whittle , on their wharf, will be Sold, on SATURDAY , the 29th inst. precisely at 12 o'Clock, for the benefit of the Owners, Underwriters, and others concerned in the Cargo of the British brig Brothers, put into this port in distress, on a voyage from Kingston, (Jam.) to London, a quantity of Sugars, Coffee, and Pimento.
Terms, Cash Wm. B. Lamb. June 25. 2 866
AUCTION.
On Saturday, 28th inst. at 10 o'Clock, Will be Sold, without reserve, before the New Market, 30,000 lbs. first quality Carracas Cocoa , entitled to Drawback. For all sums over 300 dolls. approved endorsed notes at 4 & 6 months—under 300 dolls. 60 days.
S. Marks, jun. & Co. June 23. 8 866
SALE AT AUCTION.
To be Sold at Auction, on Saturday, the 28th inst. at 12 o'Clock, at Willock's Wharf, The brig CATHARINE , of the Burthen of 198 tons per register, between three and four years old, live oak and cedar built.—Terms 8, 6, and 9 months, for approved Notes.
At the same time, 30 Hhds. & 30 bbls. Martinique Sugar , Entitled to Drawback.
Thomas Willock, V. M. June 9. tds 818
Pursuant to a Deed executed by Michael Coran and Rebecca his wife, whereby certain property therein mentioned, is conveyed to us, the Subscribers, for the purpose of securing the payment of a debt due from him, the said Michael Coran, to Mrs. Elizabeth Whitney,
WILL BE SOLD, Before the Exchange Coffee-House, in the Borough of Northfolk, for ready money, on Monday, 7th day of July next, All that LOT or parcel of LAND,
with its appurtenances, situate, lying, and being in the Borough aforesaid, whereon the said Michael Coran at present lives, and bon as follows, to wit: on the westwardly by Brick Kiln-Street, north by Mrs. Ann Wood's Lot, on the east by the Land of George Finch, and on the south by a sixteen feet lane.
Littleton W. Tazewell, } Trustees. Robt. B. Taylor, } tds 863 June 23.
SPRING GOODS.
LEWIS AUGIER , corner of Market-Square, Has just received per the Schooner Richmond, from New York, the following GOODS:
Brown and White Platillas; Cotton Stockings, open laced clocks and plain; Thread do.; Irish Linen, 7-8 and 4-4; Cotton Suspenders; Embroidered Cambric Handkerchiefs; Fine Linen do.; Mock Madras do.; Real Madras do.; French Faus, black, &c.; India do.; Bombazets; Calimancos; Checks, 3-4 and 2-4; Nuns Thread; Nankeen and coloured Thread; Cotton Cassimere; Marseilles, fashionab.; German Rolls; Laced Cambric Shawls, 6-4; Muslin and Leno Shawls, 4-4 and 6-4; Real and Mock Cambric; Layer Muslin Shawls; Ginghams; Cambric; Cambric Muslin, 7-8, 9-8, and 6-4; Black and coloured Cambric; Blue Muslin Shawls, new fashion; Gurrabs and Cotton Calicoes; Cambric Buttons; Mead do.; assorted; Powder in kegs; Shot and Plums; Elos Cotton; Knives and Forks; Penwits; Bra and Silver Candlesticks; Children's Moro-co Shoes; Ladies' Moro-co do.; Britannias; Blue and Yellow Nankeens; Oil Cloth, &c.
June 27. 3* 857
FOR RENT,
(And immediate possession given) Three Rooms on Commerce & Water-streets. Apply to
John Nelson. June 27. tf 861
One Hundred Dollar Bank Note.
FOUND yesterday in one of the publick rooms at the Eagle-Tavern, a BANK NOTE for One Hundred Dollars. The loser may have it by describing the same, and paying the charges for advertising, by applying to
Thomas Glenn. June 27. 3* 859
Landing this day from on board the sch'rs Iris and Virginia, from Teneriffe, 40 pipes choice Teneriffe WINE. For Sale by
Moses Myers. June 27. tf 860
NOTICE.
There will be a Charity Sermon preached on Sunday, the 29th inst. at 10 o'clock in the morning, at the Methodist Meeting-House, by the Rev. DANIEL ELLERY, for the relief of the Orphans, now under the care of the Female Charitable Society.
June 25. Maria W. O'Grady, Sec'y.
We have for SALE , on our Wharf, Jamaica SUGAR ; do. COFFEE , St. Domingo do.
Jamaica RUM ; Superfine & Fine FLOUR ; White GINGER , PIMENTO ; FRUITS preserved in BRANDY , HERMITAGE in cases of two doz. n.
CLARET in do. do. and in Hogsheads, A few cases Irish LINENS by the package.
Prune PORK ; Petersburg TOBACCO , &c. &c.
C. & F. Whittle. June 23. 6* 861
Last evening was taken from a Negro Man, a Blanket, containing about Fifty Pounds of TOBACCO.
The owner on proving property, and paying for this advertisement, shall receive the above on application to
P. Marchant, Warren's wharf. June 25. 3* 862
80 Pun. high proof Jamaica RUM , Landing this day from on board sch'y Maryland Mary, from Kingston—For Sale by
C. & F. Whittle. June 25. 6* 867
For Sale, or Rent,
A PLANTATION , situated on Hampton Creek, consisting of about 300 acres, being the property of Mr. W. Bouch has long resided. It possesses all the necessary buildings for the convenience of a family, or agricultural purposes. There are some valuable orchards, one particularly of apples, is considered more productive than any other in that part of the country. There is also a Windmill most eligibly situated.—For particulars, application may be made to Mr. G. Hope, Hampton, Mr. John Dunn, Norfolk, or the Subscriber in Richmond, who will give immediate possession.
James D. M'Caw. June 25. 2m 860
FOR SALE,
The CARGO of the Brig Hannah, Captain Knapp, from Port Cavaana—consisting of 214 hhds. & 60 tierces prime Molasses.
T. & W. A. Armistead, Manders wharf. June 25. 3* 860

GERMAN GOODS.
JOHN C. NIEMEYER,
Offers for Sale the following GOODS, for Cash or on convenient credit, for approved Bills only, viz.
 5000 Bags 2 & 3 bushels, loose and in bales,  6000 East-India Gunny Bags,  330 pieces Hessian and brown Rolls,  325 pieces white Rolls, of four qualities,  140 pieces Ticklenburgs and Osnaburgs,  160 pieces Platillas, white and brown,  15 pieces Downlas,  20 do. Chocks,  40 do. Britannias,  40 do. Rouans,  45 do. best Flemish Sheetings,  20 do. fine Bed ticking, 2 yards wide,  24 do. Matras Ticking,  18 do. German Canvas,  15 do. do. Shirt Linen, 43 yards each, from 65 to 110 dolls. per piece,  14 do. do. 37 yds each, at 35 to 75 dolls. per piece,  240 do. Velvet Ribbons, assorted,  40 boxes English crown window Glass,  70 do. Baltimore window Glass assorted, at the manufactory prices, for cash,  2000 wt Lamb's Wool, superior quality,  5000 doz. German Phials, very cheap,  5000 bunches red Cane Beads, 
Also a complete assortment of the following Articles, viz.
 Fifty assorted Trunks, Oil Cloth, Coffee Mills, German Razor Boxes, Morocco Shaving Cases, do. Pocket Books, do. Sugar Boxes, Spectacle Cases, Windsor Soap, Hand Lanthorns, best Tortoise Shell Combs, Ivory & Horn do. fine Razors & Penknives, Pocket Knives of all kinds, Knives and Forks, Snuffers very elegant, Brass Candlesticks, Coffee Toasters, Shoe Brushes, Cloth do. Mill Saws, Frying Pans, Shovels, Tongs, and Pokers, Fish Hooks, Table Mats, Battle Doors and Bells, Bell Metal Kettles, Waffle Irons, Water Irons, German Lace & Thread, Bird Cages & Baskets, Black Silk Velvet, 2000 Agate Flints, Jewellery and Crystal Beeds, Toilet Looking Glasses, common do. assorted, Snuff Boxes, Umbrellas, Plush for Saddles, Passage Lamps, Chamber Lamps and Wicks, Backgammon Tables, 800 Dice, elegant Chess Men, and Cribbage Boards. 
Apply as above. May 16. 744
SPRING GOODS.
COCKE AND SANFORD,
No. 40, Main-Street, have received per the Ships Two Brothers from Liverpool, and Dumfries from London, an extensive assortment of
SPRING GOODS,
 Irish Linens assorted, 5-4 and 6-4 Sheetings, French Cambricks and Long Lawns, Fine Pocket Handkerchiefs, 7-8 and 3-4 quarter Diapers, Table Cloths, Chambray Muslin, Cambric do., Cambric Dimities, Furniture do., Fashionable Shawls, Lace Veils, Black net Shawls, Superfine Cloths and Cassimere, Cotton Cassimeres and Grandrells, Umbrellas and Parasols, Kid Shoes, Hats assorted, in cases, Seine Twine, Osnaburgs and Hempen Rolls, Cotton and Silk Hosiery, Checks and Stripes, Calicoes and Ginghams, Fashionable Waistcoating, White and coloured Janes, Powder, Shot, &c. &c. 
ON HAND, Yellow NANKKEENS, first chop, B-boom GURRAHS—and 6000 wt. BACON, April 23. 2m 695
D. R. WADDEY, & Co.
Have just received per the Ship Dumfries, from London, an additional assortment of
SHIP CHANDLERY,
Among which are a large quantity of BNTING, broad and narrow, of every colour, which they offer for Sale.
ALSO ON HAND, Teneriffe WINE, Holland & Country GIN, 4th Proof Cognac BRANDY, of superior quality, Hibbert's Brown STOUT, in cases of 6 & 12 dozen, Double Gloucester CHEESE, Old L. P. Madeira WINE, fit for immediate use, Muscavado SUGAR, in hds. and bbls.—LOAF do. in do. N. E. RUM and WHISKEY. May 5. tf 718
SPRING GOODS.
RICHARD TAYLOR,
Has received by the Ship Dumfries, from London, a handsome assortment of
Spring and Summer GOODS,
which he offers for Sale by wholesale and retail, for Cash or approved paper. April 25. 2m 696
Landing on Gibson's Wharf, from on board the Schooner Catherine Shepherd, Capt. Webb, from Surinam, a choice CARGO of
MOLASSES in hogsheads and tierses, And from on board the ship Union, Capt. Buck, from Antigua, Antigua RUM of superior quality. In Store, Tobago RUM, Madeira and Teneriffe WINE, 7 years old; Medoc CLARET in cases of 1 dozen each; A few kegs Hog's LARD, &c. Harrison Allmand. tf 704
April 28. 135,000 wt. Prime Green COFFEE, Landing this day on our wharf, for sale on liberal terms. C. & F. Whittle. 663
April 16. Landing from on board the ship Sheffield, and for Sale by the Subscribers, on their Wharf,
282 Hogsheads CLARET,
 50 Cases do.  6 do. BURGUNDY.  96 do. HERMITAGE.  63 do. Sallad OIL.  25 do. Preserved FRUITS.  25 do. OLIVES and ANCHOVIES—All of very superior quality, and entitled to draw back. 
C. & F. Whittle. March 24. tf 604
FRESH TEAS.
Just received from Philadelphia, in whole, half, and quarter chests,
TEAS.
Imperial, Hyson, and Young Hyson. all of this Spring importation, and we warrant them of the very first quality imported, by wholesale or retail.
Fisk & Cullett. Who have this day landing.
75 tierces choice NEW RICE, in whole and half tierces. April 21. M 683
SECOND CLASS.
SCHEME OF A LOTTERY,
For the Benefit of WILLIAM AND MARY COLLEGE.
  5,938 Tickets at 10 dolls. each, dolls. 59,380   4,685 do. at 15 do. do. 70,275   10,623 129,655   Deduct loss on 2000 Tickets renewed, 4,500  Dolls. 125,155
To float in the wheel, and come out as chance may direct.
  2 Prizes of 5000 Dollars, each, Dolls. 10,000   4 do. 2000 do. 8,000   16 do. 1000 do. 16,000   16 do. 500 do. 8,000   32 do. 200 do. 6,400   160 do. 100 do. 16,000   232 do. 50 do. 11,600   750 do. 20 do. 15,000   1 do. last drawn, a Prize 20,000 
  1 Prize first drawn, after 1000 Tickets are out, 500   1 do. 2000 500   1 do. 3000 500   1 do. 4000 500   1 do. 5000 500   1 do. 6000 500   1 do. 7000 10,000   1 do. 8000 500   1 do. 9000 500   1 do. last drawn, a Prize 20,000   1223 Prizes. Dolls. 125,000 9400 Blanks.
The superiority of this Scheme to the one first proposed, is so obvious, that little need be said in recommendation of it. Those inclined to adventure, will see that their chance for obtaining prizes is greatly increased; that pending the drawing, their small prizes may be immediately invested in other tickets, thereby giving them a chance for prizes of considerable magnitude. To those who have drawn prizes of 15 dollars, in the First Class, as well as to those who have drawn blanks, information is now given, that the prizes may at their own option be renewed by tickets in this Class, and their blanks also, but upon the payment in the latter case of 10 dollars with each blank, provided such prizes and blanks, with the cash, be remitted free of postage, to Robt. Greenhow, merchant, in Williamsburg, agent and treasurer, or to William Newsom, Post-Master, in Norfolk, previous to the commencement of the drawing, after which period no renewal will be made. When to the prospect of individual advantage that may result to each adventurer, is added the patriotic reasons which induced the legislature to authorise this Lottery, it is ardently hoped that the disposition of tickets, will soon enable the commissioners to certify, that the drawing has commenced; which event, the agent assures the public, shall be expedited by every means in his power.
Robt. Greenhow, Ag't & Treasurer. June 18. tf 842
Fresh supplies of Drugs & Medicines,
Have just been received by
FREDERICK HERRMAN, & SON,
For the Ship Protege, from London, and Herald from Liverpool.—Also, an assortment of
SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS.
A great variety of
GENUINE PATENT MEDICINES.
All sorts of
GLASS AND SHOP FURNITURE,
And a prime collection of VALUABLE PERFUMES, including OTTER of ROSES from Barbary.
Importing regularly twice a year from the most respectable Druggists in Europe, we assure those who favour us with their orders, that the strictest attention will be paid to furnish them with articles of the best quality, and on the most reasonable terms.
*** PERRY'S and LETTSON'S Golden Antiphlogistic PILLS; CHURCHES and J. K. READ'S COUGH DROPS for Sale—MEDICINE CHESTS as usual. June 16. tf 835
CUT-NAIL MANUFACTORY.
EPHRAIM WELCH,
No. 88, MAIN-STREET,
WITH gratitude acknowledges the liberal encouragement the citizens of Norfolk, Portsmouth, and the Public have been pleased to offer since the introduction of his Nail Manufactory in this Borough, and informs them that he has erected all his Machines new, which are very considerably improved, and continues to manufacture the best quality—And has on hand for SALE, a constant supply of
Patent NAILS and BRADS,
Which is cut length ways of the hoop, and to accommodate his customers, has thought proper to reduce the prices as follows, by the keg for Cash, viz.
  8d. 10d. 12d. and 20d. Nails at 7d. 1-2 per lb. 8d. 10d. 12d. and 20d. Brads at 7d. 1-2 per lb.   6d. Nails at 9d. 1-2 per lb. 6d. Brads at 9d. 1-2 per lb.   Sheathing Nails at 7d. 1-2 per lb. Sheathing Brads at 7d. 1-2 per lb.   6d. Brads at 4s. 6d. per M. 4d. do. at 2s. 9d. per M.   4d. do. at 2s. 9d. per M. 3d. do. at 2s. 3d. per M.   3d. do. at 2s. 3d. per M. 4d. Nails at 2s. 9d. per M.   2d. and 2d. do. at 2s. 3d. per M. 
ALSO FOR SALE,
Crowley and German Steel Hoop IRON—Nail Machines made and warranted good, on short notice. N. B. All of the Nails, Brads, and Articles, sold at the Manufactory. June 16. tf 831
The Subscribers offer for SALE,
500,000 shingle Shingles; 400,000 building do. 20,000 three feet do. 30,000 Cypress PALES, 5,000 Cedar and Clinquapin POSTS, 40,000 White Oak drawn and rough hogshead STAVES. ALSO, IN STORE,
W. I. and N. E. RUM, in hds. & bbls. MOLASSES in hds.; SUGAR in hds. & barrels, Superfine FLOUR in bbls.; TOBACCO in kegs, 80 barrels HERRINGS. Proby, Harmanson, & Co. May 30. tf 780
SPRING GOODS.
GILLIAT AND MACKINDER, Have received per the Ship Dumfries, from London, their
Supply of Spring GOODS,
which consist of a general and well selected assortment. Also, a fresh supply of
Ladies' fashionable Kid SHOES.
April 20. tf 698
FOR SALE,
3000 Pieces Yellow NANKKEEN,
11 Boxes Imperial TEA, 6 Chests Hyson do. The above of the best quality and entitled to drawback. Apply to
Robert Maitland & Co.
WHO HAVE ON HAND,
Hibbert's best bottled Porter and Brown Stout. Also,
Old L. P. Madeira Wine, fit for immediate use. March 2. tf 560
IRISH LINENS, &c.
The Subscriber has received from Dublin, by the Ship Intrepid, a choice assortment of
Irish Linens, Sheeting, Diapers, &c. which he offers for Sale on moderate terms. Richard Taylor. May 10. 2m 747
FOR SALE,
The HOUSE and appurtenances adjoining
Mr. Robert Boush's, and at present occupied by Mr. Alexander Wilson—Part of the purchase money must be paid down, and the remainder secured by a deed of trust upon the property, payable at 6, 9, and 12 months. The House is under lease to the present proprietor until April next. Theo. Armistead. June 9. 2w 820
ROBERT MAITLAND, & Co.
HAVE IN STORE FOR SALE,
14 Pipes Pierpont's New-York Anchor
GIN, of a superior quality, 10 Chests Young Hyson TEA; 4 chests Hyson do. 2000 Pieces Yellow NANKKEEN, first chop, 10 Pipes French BRANDY; 72 doz. CLARET in cases, 2 Hds. Lump SUGAR; 8 hds. West India RUM, Hibbert's Bottled PORTER, and Brown STOUT, and choice old Madeira WINE, in pipes, hds. and qt. casks. June 11. 6w 827
BRITISH CONSUL'S OFFICE,
Norfolk, Virg. Jan. 18, 1806, HIS Britannick Majesty's Consul to the State of Virginia, in consequence of instructions by him received from his government, takes this method of communicating to such officers on the British half-pay establishment, as are resident within his district, the following Notice from the Army Pay-Office, in London, in respect to the form of the Certificate required from British half-pay Officers, by whom it is highly essential that the regulations therein specified should be strictly complied with. John Hamilton, Consul. PAY-OFFICE, Horse-Guards, August 28, 1805.
NOTICE
is hereby given by direction of the right honourable the Pay-Master General of his majesty's forces, that the affidavits of Officers on half-pay and military allowances, who reside in the United States of America, commencing subsequently to the twenty-fourth day of December 1805, will not be passed at this office, unless the officer's place of residence, and at the county, district, or place for which the magistrate acts, before whom the said affidavit is made, (the county of whom must be certified by the British Consul, if any shall be resident in the province or state, or by the governor, chief justice, or some other person in authority in the government thereof,) are therein specified, agreeable to the undermentioned form.
D'Arnaud Thomas, Accountant.
A. B. maketh oath, that he had not between the twenty-fourth day of _____ and the twenty-fifth day of _____ any other place, or employment of profit, civil or military, under his majesty besides his allowance of half pay, (or his military allowance, as the case may be) as a reduced _____ in { the Officer to sign his name here, together with his place of residence.
Sworn before me at _____ this _____ day of _____ in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and _____ The Magistrate to sign his name here, and the county or place for which he acts.
N. B. Chaplains must insert in their affidavits the following word between the words "Majesty," and "besides," viz "or any Ecclesiastical Benefice in Great-Britain or Ireland." No alterations or interlineations of any sort will be allowed to be made in the above mentioned affidavit. January 20. tf 446
30 Pipes Country GIN,
10 do. real Cognac BRANDY, 20 Puncheons W. I. RUM, 15 Quarter Casks Old Sherry WINE, 30 Barrels WHISKEY, 3 Hogsheads Apple BRANDY, 50 Boxes PETPET, 50 Boxes Mould CANDLES, 30 do. Dipped do. 2 Bales Fine CASSAS, 5 do. Beerboom GURRAHS—For Sale at reduced prices by S. Marks, jun. & Co. tf 631
One Hundred Dollars Reward.
WILL be given, to white or black, that will deliver to me dead or alive, a negro named DAVEY, who runs away from me on the 5th instant. He is about 5 feet 9 inches high, very black, well made, and very active, with a full face, and speaks pretty well when spoken to. He has been a servant to a family as a carriage driver, and has been lately put to the shipcarpenter's and caulker's trade, and works well at the latter. As he is a lazy fellow, he no doubt, will attempt to live with some person as a servant. He made an attempt to run away from his former master, and made for the northward, but was apprehended in Virginia, where he is well acquainted, particularly in the towns, and I have no doubt but his intention is again to get off to the northward, either by land or water. I recollect a very notable white speck on his two upper middle fore teeth, which will be discovered on examination. He may have other marks for what I know, not having owned him more than four years. I cannot describe any particular ones about him, but make no doubt he has scars, as he has been whipped before I purchased him. He is very fond of spirits, and will get drunk when he has an opportunity; plays cards, and is much given to roguery. He wore off with him blue negro cotton clothing, and had second hand clothing; but no doubt he will change both his clothing and his name, as he is an artful fellow; and if taken, will fight; and when taken, if not well secured, will make his escape. I do hereby forwarn all masters of vessels and others from harbouring or carrying him off at their peril. The above reward, and all travelling expenses, will be paid, if the distance exceeds 75 miles. John Drew, Pr. Fort-Tombstone, near Edenton March 17. tf 587
BRITISH CONSUL'S OFFICE,
Norfolk, Virginia, August 31, 1805. HIS Britannick Majesty's Consul to the State of Virginia, in consequence of instructions by him received from his government, hereby gives notice, to the merchants concerned in the trade to His Majesty's Dominions, that according to the terms of the Act of the 37th of the King C. 97, no British Built vessel captured by His Majesty's enemies, afterwards purchased by citizens of the United States, and sailing under a Sea Letter can be admitted to entry under the said Act, as an American vessel. John Hamilton. 114
I wish to Purchase,
Six or Eight Negro BOYS,
from 15 to 18 years of age. Thomas Warren. April 15. tf 661
FOR SALE to the Subscribers, a general assortment of
Ship Chandlery, Cordage, and Cables,
8, 9, 10, 11, and 12 inches; English PAINTS and OILS, Sheathing PAPER, BAR IRON, TOBACCO, Richmond Inspection; FLOUR, PORK, Prime and Cargo, New-York Inspection, 200 GIL. CASES; 20 Boxes SUGAR. They have also on hand, an extensive and good assortment of
GROCERIES.
Noble, Arbuthnot, & Co. March 31. tf 623
FOR SALE,
My LANDS, in Greensville County,
containing by survey one thousand and seventy acres, more or less, and lies about eight miles above Belfield. There is a good Dwelling-House 32 by 26 feet, with four rooms and fire places to them below, and four rooms above stairs; also, convenient Out-Houses for a family. It is a pleasant, high, and healthy situation, convenient to several Mills, the Camp Meeting-House, and in a good neighbourhood. The premises may be viewed at any time—the terms will be moderate, and made known on application to the Subscriber on the premises, who wishes early application to be made by those inclined to purchase the same. Peter Peiham. Greensville County, May 30. 4w 776
FOR SALE by the Subscriber, at his Bake-
House, on Commerce-Street,
500 Barrels Navy BREAD,
200 do. Superior Pilot do. 100 do. Ship do. All of which will be sold on reasonable terms, or exchanged for West-India produce. Stephen Harris. PILOT BREAD in half barrels of a superior quality, for Sale as above. March 26. tf 614
FOR RENT,
The three large and commodious Ware-
Houses on the lower end of Gibson's Wharf—Possession may be had immediately, by applying to John Southgate, or William Dickson. Feb. 26. tf 534
NEW CUT-NAIL MANUFACTORY,
ON TOWN POINT, A small distance below County Wharf, Wide Water Street. THE Subscriber has, at a considerable expense, fitted up, in addition to his other business, a complete set of machinery, adequate to finish 500 to 600 lbs. of Nails daily. He is also provided with a good stock of Iron; and with a sufficient number of skillful workmen. He has on hand a constant supply of