Norfolk gazette and publick ledger (Norfolk [Va.]), 1809-03-27 00:00:00

NORFOLK GAZETTE AND PUBLICK LEDGER.  SINT HIC ETIAM SUA PREMIA LAUDIS
[VOL. V.
MONDAY EVENING, MARCH 27, 1809.
NO. 102.]
For CHARTER, The Fine Copper Fastened Ship POCAHONTAS, Christopher Tompkins, Master; burthen 380 tons or 450 hogsheads, ready for the reception of a cargo. Apply to Wilson & Cunningham.
For CHARTER, The fine new Brig FRANKLIN, Holder Tallman, Master; burthen 200 tons, now in complete order for the reception of a cargo. Warren Ashley.
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 hhd. do. SUGAR, 44 bbls. do. do. 65 bbls. St. Kitt's SUGAR, 87 bbls. do. do. 56 bbls. do. MOLASSES, 52 hhd. 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. BRAZELETTO, 100 half crates QUEEN'S-WARE, well assorted. 10 hhd. Havana MOLASSES, 10 pipes L. P. MADEIRA, 30 cases superior CLARET, 5 puncheons old Jamaica RUM.
Domestic. 1000 hogsheads TOBACCO, 100 barrels PORK, 100 do. TAR, 100 do. PITCH, 200 do. Superfine FLOUR, 50 do. WHISKEY, UPLAND COTTON. C. & F. Whittle, Who offer for Charter, The Ship ELIZA, burthen 420 hogsheads Tobacco. March 16.
THE SHIP WILLIAM P. JOHNSON, Peter Le Breton, master, burthen 400 hogsheads tobacco, is offered for Charter, and can be ready to receive a cargo in three days. Apply on board, or to Christopher Fry.
FOR SALE, A fine new Pilot-Boat SCHOONER, of 100 tons burthen, will finish rigging in a few days. ALSO,
THE HULL and SPARS, of one about the same size, of similar construction. ALSO,
A full built SCHOONER, of 125 tons, or 1100 barrels; the above vessels now lying at Gorham's wharf. ALSO,
A New Pilot-Boat SCHOONER, of 120 tons burthen, now on the stocks, will be launched in a week. ALSO,
A VESSEL, of 240 tons, of very superior materials and construction, building in Mathews, and can be launched in three weeks. For terms apply to Wilson & Cunningham.
For CHARTER, The Ship CLEOPATRA, John Johnson, master, burthen 576 tons, and will be ready to receive a cargo in a few days. This Ship is almost new and remarkably well built—Apply to the master on board, or the subscriber, William Pennock.
Who has still unengaged, The Ships Jane, Industry, and Courtney. And offers for Sale, 10,000 cubick feet of Pitch PINE Savannah TIMBER, 25 to 35 feet long, and 12 to 15 inches square. 50,000 Rough Hogshead STAVES, 17,000 Drawn Pipe do. 10 Casks HOOKS and THIMBLES, 16 Hogsheads very fine Old TOBACCO, and 93 Boxes Castile SOAP. March 5.
For Sale, or Freight to New-York, The fine new Pilot-built Brig PATRIOT, Richard Pitt, Master, burthen about 180 tons, now ready to receive a cargo. For terms apply to Wilson & Cunningham.
For Sale, The Schooner LYDIA, Burthen about 1000 barrels, AND The Brig NANCY, Burthen from 1300 to 1400 barrels. Both of these vessels are well found; the former now ready to receive a cargo, and the latter will be so in all this week. JAMES YOUNG.
For Freight or Charter, The Schooner CARLTON, James Johnson, master, burthen 1100 barrels. Apply to the master on board, or Wilson & Cunningham.
For Freight or Charter, The American Brig ELIZA, Henry Brown, Master; burthen 200 hogsheads, now ready to receive a cargo. Apply to the master, or C. & F. Whittle.
FOR CHARTER, The Ship General Colburn, burthen 230 tons—A fine new vessel. The Ship POCAHONTAS, Burthen 400 tons. March 20.
AND The Ship ARIADNE, Burthen 350 tons—The two latter are also new vessels, and copper fastened. Moses Myers.
SALT. A quantity of coarse SALT, suited for the fisheries, on board the Ship Jeanie. And Liverpool Blown SALT, on board the Ship Highlander, for sale on accommodating terms, taken from along side. Robert Dickson.
Silk, Cotton, Woollen Dying and Scouring. FRANCES BENIANS, The widow of the late Francis Benians, deceased, respectfully informs her late husband's customers and the publick in general, that since his death she continues to carry on the same business with neatness, punctuality, and dispatch, at the Parish-House in the county of Norfolk, within two miles of the Borough. All orders left at the house of Thomas Knight, Hair-Dresser, Concord-Street, the late residence of Francis Benians, deceased, will be thankfully received, and punctually obeyed, where the charge of any article wanting to be done will be made known. March 28.
PATENT ILLUMINATORS, OR Sky-Lights for Shipping, &c. Giving a more general Light than the common Sky-Light, with one half the expense; and are equally applicable to the state-room, steerage and forecastle, as in the cabin—they are neither liable to break or be damaged by the common traffic of the deck. Apply to E. Sturtevant, Agent.
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 Bouth-street, in good repair, and very pleasantly situated. Apply to John Granbery.
FOR SALE, 40 pun. choice old Demarara RUM, 200 hogsheads MOLASSES, 150,000 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 cases QUEENWARE, consisting principally of Plates and Dishes, 480 pieces CHECKS and LISTADOES, 40 boxes CASTILE SOAP; 14 bales CORKS, GIN in cases, and Gosport RUM. James Young.
For Sale, Afloat, 705 barrels Superfine FLOUR, 345 do. Fine 644 bushels BRAN, SALT loose and in sacks, by A. Maclure.
FOR SALE, In our Ware-House, where the largest vessels can come along side, 15,000 bushels of CORN, 4000 do. do. white, 30 bales Cotton. ALSO, 4000 bushels coarse SALT, 150 sacks Ground Allum do. 45 hogsheads old Antigua Rum, do. Jamaica do. 40 hogsheads Sugar, 60 barrels do. A few casks excellent Port Wine, Coffee in hogsheads, Madeira Wine, 45 cases Earthenware, Tobacco from several inspectors. GEO. MURRAY, & Co.
FOR SALE, Landing on Commerce-Street Wharf, the Cargo of the Spanish Brig General Palafox, from Havana, 280 boxes brown Havana SUGARS, 17 hhd. 85,000 wt. best Green Coffee, 657 bags 85,000 wt. best Green Coffee, And a few boxes SEGARS—For Sale by MOSES MYERS.
FOR SALE, In our Ware-House, where the largest vessels can come along side, 15,000 bushels of CORN, 4000 do. do. white, 30 bales Cotton. ALSO, 4000 bushels coarse SALT, 150 sacks Ground Allum do. 45 hogsheads old Antigua Rum, do. Jamaica do. 40 hogsheads Sugar, 60 barrels do. A few casks excellent Port Wine, Coffee in hogsheads, Madeira Wine, 45 cases Earthenware, Tobacco from several inspectors. GEO. MURRAY, & Co.
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.
According to existing regulations in Sweden, all vessels bound from this country to Sweden or for the Baltic, must be provided with a bill of health by their consuls. It is also necessary to have certificates of the neutrality of the property if bound to Sweden. Francis S. Taylor, Swedish Vice-Consul for the state of Virginia. March 20.
Five Dollars Reward. Strayed a white and brown COW, with short horns and legs. The above reward will be paid to any person who will give information so that she be recovered. Apply to the Printer. March 22.
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 name 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.
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, 22 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.
Landing on Commerce-Street wharf, from on board the British Brig Point Shavers, from Havana, 239 boxes SUGARS, 87 hogsheads Prime Muscovado Sugar, 14 barrels 112 bags GREEN COFFEE—For Sale by Moses Myers.
REMOVAL. The Subscriber informs his friends and the publick that he has removed his Saddle and Harness Manufactory, from No. 22, to No. 11, Church-street, where he continues to make all kinds of SADDLES, COACH and GIG HARNESS, CAPS and HOLSTERS, and generally all other articles belonging to his profession. He returns his thanks to his friends for the encouragement he has received, and hopes from the superiority of his work, to merit a continuance of their custom, and from the publick he expects that additional encouragement (only) which superior workmanship deserves; and he warrants the workmanship of all articles made in his shop to be far superior to any done in Norfolk, and at least equal to any in the United States. As the times have become difficult, it will be necessary for the future, that the cash should come when the work goes out in all cases; the total impossibility of collecting outstanding debts renders this regulation indispensable, it will therefore be strictly adhered to. JOHN SIMPSON.
German Linen for Exportation. NIEMEYER & VON KAPFF, OFFER FOR SALE At their Warehouse in Water-Street, at the corner Maxwell's wharf, for cash, or approved paper only. 54 packages of German Linen, consisting of 140 pieces Osnabricks. 60 pieces Ticklenburgs, 500 pieces White Rolls, 900 Heedens, 80 pieces Hessians, 1 case Platillas, 1 case Shirt Linen, 1 case Sheetings, 1 case Table Cloths, 1 case Bed-Ticking. ALSO, 40 pieces best Russia Canvass, 65 do. Topgallant Duck, 8000 Coffee Bags, 3,500 Gunny Bags, 90 boxes best Spanish Segars, 50 boxes English Pipes, 700 Straws 1-2 pt. Tumblers, 30 do. do. Decanters, 350 pieces excellent Oil Cloth, 350 pieces Paper-Hanging, 3 cases Port-Wine. And at their Store in Main-Street, a great variety of Cutlery and Fancy Articles. Apply as above. Nov. 9.
NOTICE. As I am obliged, by the low state of my health, to decline carrying on business, I will sell my STOCK on hand, consisting of SALEABLE GROCERIES, which will be an object worthy the attention of any person wishing to commence the Grocery Business, as I am inclined to sell the whole on reasonable terms. The purchaser may also obtain the Store now occupied by me, on a reasonable rent from Mr. John McPhail, which is well calculated for extensive business, being fitted for a Store and Dwelling-House, and inferior to no stand in the place. I earnestly request those indebted to me to settle their accounts as soon as possible, so as to enable me to discharge my debts. ANGUS MARTIN.
NOTICE. The Partnership of T. & W. A. ARMISTEAD is this day dissolved by consent of parties. The settlement of its concerns devolves on W. A. ARMISTEAD, who is authorized to grant discharges, and on whom all persons having claims against the Firm, are requested to call. January 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.
For Sale, by the Subscriber, 50,000 weight of Navy BREAD, 20,000 Superior Pilot, do. 3,000 Ship, do. 250 quarter barrels CRACKERS. ALSO, 400,000 well burnt BRICKS, 2,000 bushels STONE LIME. Stephen Harris.
PILOT BREAD of superior quality for family use. Feb. 18.
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 Sausage, No 9, and 37, in 1-2 and 1-4 pound canisters, Violet, Banzin, Windsor and Shaving Soap, Evan's best Crown Laundry, 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.
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. R. 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. 1688, dated Philadelphia, 6th July, 1804 50 payable to Robert Taylor, or bearer, at the Office of Discount and Deposit, at Norfolk. A HANDSOME 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.
BANK NOTES LOST. R. No. 803, U. S. Office Discount and Deposit, Norfolk, payable to Robert Taylor, President, or bearer, and dated 7th October, 1808, for dollars 100 S. 842, ditto 7th October, 1808, for 100 G. 901, ditto 6th January, 1804, for 50
I do certify that the Notes mentioned in the foregoing list, were on the 6th instant enclosed by Mr. Warner L. Wormeley, under cover, sealed with the initials W. L. W. on red wax, and directed to "Doctor Elisha Hall, Fredericksburg," which the letter was put into the package for Fredericksburg, which was made up the night; but the mail not arriving, the bundle (at Mr. Wormeley's request) remained untied till morning, when the package was tied and put into the postman's bag, which was, in the presence of Mr. Wormeley, locked and delivered to the carrier. John Chew, P. M. Urbanna, 26th February, 1809. Middlesex, ss. John Chew, this day made oath before me, a magistrate for said county, to the truth of the above certificate, in due form. Given under my hand the 2d March, 1809. Henry Heffernan. Any person to whom the above Notes, or any of them may be offered, is requested to stop them, and give information to Mr. Warner L. Wormeley, of Urbanna; Dr. Elisha Hall, of Fredericksburg, or Warren Ashley.
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. do.   Three do. 25 do. do.   Four do. 30 do. do.   Five do. 35 do. do.   Six do. 40 do. do.   Seven do. 45 do. do.   Eight do. 50 do. do.   Nine do. 55 do. do.   Ten do. 60 do. do.   Eleven do. 65 do. do.   Twelve do. 70 do. do.   The above premiums will be charged for any sum not exceeding 10,000 dollars in one risk; but a separate sum must in all cases be specified on the ship and another on the cargo. Richard Taylor, Agent.
FOR SALE, The CARGO of the Schooner Cervo, D. Mourande, 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.
NOTICE. The Partnership of T. & W. A. ARMISTEAD is this day dissolved by consent of parties. The settlement of its concerns devolves on W. A. ARMISTEAD, who is authorized to grant discharges, and on whom all persons having claims against the Firm, are requested to call. January 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.
For Sale, by the Subscriber, 50,000 weight of Navy BREAD, 20,000 Superior Pilot, do. 3,000 Ship, do. 250 quarter barrels CRACKERS. ALSO, 400,000 well burnt BRICKS, 2,000 bushels STONE LIME. Stephen Harris.
PILOT BREAD of superior quality for family use. Feb. 18.
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 Sausage, No 9, and 37, in 1-2 and 1-4 pound canisters, Violet, Banzin, Windsor and Shaving Soap, Evan's best Crown Laundry, 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.

ADDRESS To the People of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
[Concluded from our last.]
Fellow-Citizens,
Another and principal cause of our difficulties may be found in the conduct of the administration towards Great Britain and France. It is certainly the misfortune of the party in power, that their professions of strict impartiality towards the belligerent nations have been accompanied by language and conduct which have prevented their being accredited.
That a party existed in this country prior to the conclusion of the late war, which, either from a sense of gratitude or dependence, was disposed to overvalue the part taken by France in our revolution, is not to be denied. It is equally certain, that the present leading members of the ruling party were reported to be the firm confidential friends of the French ministry, and advocates of their policy. It has also uniformly been stated, that these gentlemen or their friends, at the close of the revolutionary war, did insist in congress, conformably to the wishes and suggestions of the French cabinet, that neither the express acknowledgment of our independence by Great Britain, nor our right to the fisheries, nor the possession of the Mississippi, should be indispensable conditions in the proposed treaty of peace. It has also been uniformly stated, without contradiction, that the same persons were of the party which procured instructions to be given to our minister appointed to negotiate the treaty of peace, to act only with the consent and concurrence of the French cabinet in every article of the treaty; and that when our ministers, Adams and Jay, in spite of the perfidious intrigues of Vergennes, obtained from Great Britain the recognition of our independence, secured to us the fisheries which France demanded for herself, preserved a right to the navigation of the Mississippi, and obtained a clear title to the western country, this same party endeavoured in congress to procure a vote of censure against our ministers for this exertion of patriotism and independence.
In the year 1794, this same party, under pretence of securing our rights, proposed a series of resolutions in congress, founded on their favourite policy of coercing Britain by our commercial warfare, but which at that period would have inevitably involved us in a war with her, and in consequence an alliance with France, that would have made us a party in all the wars in which she has been since engaged, and sharers in the fate which has befallen all her allies.
The same party opposed the mission of Mr. Jay to England, and violently condemned the treaty concluded by that minister, which has so greatly contributed to the unparalleled prosperity of this country. And during the whole of the time that the American people were agitated by the first events of the French revolution, and the cabals of the French ministers, they were regarded by those ministers as friendly to France, and charged with having a language official and a language confidential.
At a subsequent period, the same party in the assembly of Virginia, and other legislative bodies, as well as in congress, opposed all defensive measures against France, whose indiscriminate robbing threatened the extermination of our commerce, and whose indignities and outrages towards our public ministers had awakened a sentiment of indignation in all impartial minds.
The same party have permitted the British treaty to expire without attempting to renew it, and have rejected another treaty, framed by their own confidential ministers, which contained a substantial security for our claims to the rights of neutrals, and refused their assent to arrangements which would have obviated the inconveniences and injuries sustained by the impressment of our seamen.
The same party have refused to accept reparation from Great Britain for the outrage committed on the Chesapeake, for reasons of mere punctilio, and thus have preserved unnecessarily this ground of national animosity, and have finally adopted the ruinous system of embargo, which is in substance the same that has been required by the French emperor of his vassal nations, and has received his explicit approbation in official communications to his senate.
If these facts and circumstances were not sufficient to establish the conclusion, that the administration have uniformly inclined to the views and policy of France; their measures and their language, subsequent to the late obnoxious decrees and orders of both belligerents, must remove all doubt upon this subject.
The legislature cannot now attempt an elaborate examination of the documents relative to the negotiation with these powers, which have been submitted to public inspection; nor is it necessary to repeat the inference, which will be found in the reports and memorial which they have adopted.
Let it be conceded, to avoid argument, that the administration have exerted all their skill and power in sincere efforts to preserve our neutrality, but that the mutual injustice of France and Great Britain has at length compelled them to withdraw into a retirement, in which they mean not to remain, and whence they cannot emerge without becoming a party in the war; what is the obvious policy, in the prospect and in the event of such an alternative, which might have been expected, and ought to have been foreseen? Should they consume months and years in piteous moans at a fate too common to neutral nations, or in active preparations to meet it?—Should they content themselves with ineffectives and complaints and menaces against both belligerents, or prepare magazines and fleets and armies to encounter one of them?
That a nation sincerely desirous of neutrality should be forced into a war, is an event always to be deplored, but frequently to be expected. Under this misfortune it is a consolation to have the power of choosing the least formidable enemy, and a duty to make such an election. The situation of the United States and of the world should preclude all hesitation upon their policy, when circumstances shall compel them to an ultimate decision.
That a war with Great Britain would lead to an alliance with France, is beyond dispute; and that this connection must be forever fatal to the liberty and independence of the nation, is obvious to all who are not blinded by partiality and passion. This consideration should be decisive with an American cabinet, admitting all our complaints of British violence and injuries to be perfectly just. But to judge from the measures and language of the partisans of administration, the reverse of this policy is contemplated, if war becomes unavoidable. The whole system of commercial restriction is now, without its original disguise, intended against Great Britain. The warlike measures contemplated and proposed, though not yet adopted, are coupled with menaces against the British colonies and commerce.
The halls of congress and other places, in which the administration preserves a majority, resound with the fulminations of rage and reproach, and revenges against Great Britain and her government, and which the faint murmurs and occasional exclamations against French unkindness are lost almost before they reach the ear.
Of the motives to this conduct on the part of the national government, this legislature can discern no satisfactory solution, but in an habitual and implicit predilection for France. Without pretending to
compare and adjust the respective injuries sustained from the two nations, it cannot be disguised that in some instances our nation has received from Great Britain compensation, in others, offers of atonement, and in all, the language of conciliation and respect; while from France, our immense losses are without retribution, or our remonstrances are neglected with contemptuous silence or answered with aggravating insult. While hostility with Great Britain would expose our country and our commerce in every vulnerable point, and afford no hope of honour or indemnity, a war with France would not be very different from the only state of peace which she is disposed to maintain.
Under these circumstances, can it be contended that the policy is either just or wise, which would dictate either open hostility against Great Britain or a series of irritating measures tending to that state?
Thus, fellow-citizens, has the legislature reluctantly presented you with a general view of the causes which have reduced you to your present calamitous state. But these would have been insufficient, if you and the people of those states whose interests are similar to your's, had remained vigilant for the common welfare.
The present leading men in the southern states, have beheld with jealousy your increasing prosperity, and feel neither respect for your pursuits, nor sensibility for your sufferings; yet it can hardly be supposed that they would willingly drive to extremities a section of the country which they believed to be a united people, who still regard them with fraternal feelings, who claim only a fair attention to their local habits and necessities, and who are willing in any just or necessary cause, to devote their lives and their fortunes to the common defence. They have been deceived. The spirit of proscription, originated with the present administration, has almost wholly driven from the national councils that description of men who are the representatives of your true interests. Their places have been supplied by those who were disposed to flatter the ruling party, and promote their measures and policy. The same spirit of political persecution was introduced into the state governments, and at length in this state openly avowed and displayed in a written treatise, by the present chief magistrate. The novel doctrine of excluding from power and office all who differ in any article of political faith from the great head of the nation, soon became current. The people were dazzled with the delusive glitter of a full treasury, and deafened by clamours excited against those who first provided the means of filling it. Their confidence was withdrawn from their old and tried friends; and the politicians of the south were encouraged to hope, by your own representatives, that if your unanimity did not ensure the popularity of their measures, your divisions would prevent their defeat. Thence their apparent union and enthusiasm in favour of a system which appears to you little short of infatuation. Hence their belief that you will acquiesce in a sacrifice of your vital interests, without a perception of necessity, and plunge into a war with a certainty of ruin.
If for these evils it was in the power of the legislature to devise any temporary remedy, you are sensible that a concurrence from the present executive magistrate of the commonwealth could not be expected. But as the malady is deep, you will still be deceived by trusting to any momentary relief. You must realize and comprehend the nature of your peculiar interests, and by steady, persevering and well concerted efforts, rise into an attitude to promote and preserve them. The farmer must remember that his prosperity is inseparable from that of the merchant, and that there is little affinity between his condition and habits and those of a southern planter. The interests of New-England must be defined, understood, and firmly represented. A perfect intelligence must be cultivated among those states, and a united effort must be made and continued to acquire their just influence in the national government. For this purpose the constitution should be amended, and the provision which gives to holders of slaves a representation equal to that of 600,000 free citizens, should be abolished. Experience proves the injustice, and time will increase the inequality of this principle, the original reason of which has entirely failed.
Other amendments to secure commerce and navigation from a repetition of destructive and insidious theories, are indispensable.
Towards effecting these salutary reforms, or any other which experience may prove to be fair and necessary for the prosperity of the commercial states, the restoration of full and entire confidence to those who feel their necessity, and are anxious to promote them, is the first dictate of wisdom. The legislature are aware that their measures and sentiments will encourage their opponents in propagating the foul imputation of a design to dismember the union. But when did party malice want a theme to excite popular prejudice? When did it have recourse to one more absurd and unfounded? Why should those by whose instrumentality the confederacy was formed, be bent on the destruction of their own work? Why should the disciples of Washington forget the maxims of his government, and the precepts of his school? If the dissolution of the union would be an evil, have the objects of this calumny less at stake than its authors?
Those men and their adherents, who now point out the defects which experience has displayed in the present policy and constitution are those who invited the publick attention to the deficiency of the old confederation. It was at that time their object to strengthen the union; it is not less their object at this time. But as the union itself originated in a spirit of compromise, the administration of the government should be influenced by the same spirit.—If the southern states are disposed to avail themselves of the advantages resulting from our strength and resources for common defence, they must be willing to patronize the interests of navigation and commerce, without which our strength will be weakness. If they wish to appropriate a portion of the publick revenue towards roads, canals, or for the purchase of arms and the improvement of their militia, they must consent that you who purchase your own arms, and have already roads, canals and militia, in most excellent order, shall have another portion of it devoted to a naval protection. If they, in the spirit of chivalry, are ready to rush into an unnecessary and ruinous war with one nation, they must suffer you to pause before you bid an eternal adieu to your independence by an alliance with another.
There is not a greater diversity of interests between them and yourselves than will be found in the distant provinces of all great empires; none, indeed, that a truly national administration cannot reconcile. It is believed too, that many of your southern brethren accord with you in their estimate of the true interests of their country, and are inclined magnanimously to sacrifice local prejudices to national safety and honour. This happy result may be expected, when New-England, faithful to her true interests, shall speak with one voice, and exclude from her councils those, who from misapprehension of those interests, or any other cause, are advocates for the present destructive system. Then, and not till that time, will a temper of mutual accommodation begin to display itself in the measures of government, and a steady, dignified conduct, shield the nation from foreign and domestic dangers. The congress of the United States will no longer be the theatre of base contention and sanguinary threats. The spirit of private combat will no longer be the test of publick spirit and the derivations of vanity
and inexperience will cease to be vented against powerful members of the common union.
It would indeed be a grateful occupation to the legislature to apply an immediate remedy to the evils of which the petitioners complain and which we fear will be aggravated by a continuance of the existing commercial restrictions, or substitutes not less oppressive and fatal, though veiled under new titles. But they are compelled to avow that it is with the people themselves that every efficient plan of redress must originate. While the advocates for British war and the contemners of commerce can exultate upon your divisions, they will advance in their mad and presumptuous course, and rely upon your governors and your representatives to neutralize your opposition to their measures. But when they perceive that you are prepared to break the chains imposed by a fatal and mistaken policy, and that all the constituted authorities of New England are united in sentiment and purpose; when they are sensible that you are able to resist, and that self preservation will make resistance a duty, they will reflect upon your claims and yield to the justice of your pretensions. They will feel that the confederation is intended for the general welfare, and that it is only by paying some regard to this object, we can maintain that union which common interest should make perpetua.
On the contrary, nothing less than a perfect union and intelligence among the eastern states can preserve to them any share of influence in the national government. Without influence they can expect no regard to their interest but are exposed to the effects of a policy, whose object will be to secure power and office, with a view to local and personal aggrandizement, and to make them colonial governments, subject to the worst form of domination, that of one member of a confederacy over another.
The present state of our connection is not far from this condition. The late election of representatives to congress, and the votes for president, plainly demonstrate the disapprobation of the present system by a great majority of the eastern people. Mr. Madison, who was known to favour it, had not a vote in those states, except in Vermont; and recent elections there afford evidence that at this moment he would have none. On the other hand, in the southern states, from the artificial popularity of this fatal system, his majority has been triumphant.
The same division is apparent in congress. The known wishes of the eastern states have been not merely neglected, but rejected with threatenings and contempt.
Politicians of yesterday, from the backwoods and mountains, vie with each other in the language of insult and defiance, and the men whom you delight to honour, and the great majority of those who have the deepest interests at stake, in the welfare of the country, are stigmatized as a corrupt and seditious part of the country. Even when those of your own representatives, who have encouraged this presumptuous conduct by their own countenance, discovering their errors, are desirous to recede, repentance comes too late. Thus under new names, and with the same views, the embargo system is still rivetted on our unhappy country, in spite of the opposition of some of those who appear too late desirous of retrieving their constituents from ruin. Thus a bill has already passed one branch of the legislature, authorising letters of marque and reprisal; a measure calculated either to provoke an open war with Great Britain, or to protract the irritation and controversies subsisting between us. Choose, then, fellow-citizens, between the condition of citizens of a free state, possessing its equal weight and influence in the national government, or that of a colony free in name, but in fact enslaved by sister states.
In Senate, March 1, 1809. Read and accepted. Sent down for concurrence. HARRISON G. OTIS, President. In the House of Representatives, March 2, 1809. Read and concurred. TIMOTHY BIGELOW, Speaker.
NEW-YORK, March 17. Foreigners look out. —We understand that the naval officer of this port, assisted by the humane capt. Marriner , of African memory, seized in the course of last week, nearly all the Swedish and Spanish vessels in port, under suspicion that they were once American bottoms, and had evaded the embargo laws. It would seem these gentlemen office-holders, with their gang of spies and informers, who are fattening on the loaves and fishes of presidential favour, at the expense of a suffering community, think they have a right to seize, a-la-Buonaparte, under the embargo laws, not only the property of the citizens of the United States, but that of every foreigner who may chance to come into our country, and condemn it for the benefit of the republic, that is, for themselves. The following affidavit will shew what base tricks and stratagems they have recourse to, for the purpose of inducing the poor sailors to swear to the point, and furnish them with the means to leap upon their prey.
AFFIDAVIT.
City of New-York, ss.
Richard Ketcham of the city of New-York, mariner, being duly sworn doth depose and say, that some time previous to the 12th day of February last past, he shipped at St. Bartholomew as a seaman on board the schooner Harriet , capt. Marshall, bound on a voyage from thence to the port of New-York, and sailed from thence on or about the day above mentioned. That the said schooner is a Swedish vessel, sailed under Swedish colours, and is commanded by a Swedish master.—That the said schooner arrived off Sandy Hook on the 5th day of March instant, and in the afternoon of that day was fired at, and brought to, by the revenue cutter, capt. Marriner , belonging to the port of New-York.—That she was then boarded and taken possession of by the cutter, and a prize master and two men remained on board of her.—That the deponent was ordered and compelled by the boarding officer to leave his own vessel and go on board the cutter, where he remained until the next day, when she came into port and discharged the deponent.—That while he so remained on board the cutter, the commander and some of his subaltern officers, made him various offers and divers persuasions to induce him to make some disclosures or admissions, whereby it might appear that the said schooner had violated the embargo laws: and that to this end, he was repeatedly offered by the said commander and some of his officers, a share in the prize money, in case the said schooner and her cargo should be condemned, and also three hundred dollars in money, and a birth on board of the said cutter.
his RICHARD KETCHAM. mark.
Sworn the 7th day of March, 1809, before me, GEO. W. STRONG, Notary Publick.
LATEST FROM EUROPE.
The Paris papers ( Journal du Soir ) of the 24th, 25th, and 26th December, contain the 17th, 18th, and 19th bulletins of the grand army in Spain—all the preceding bulletins having already reached us thro' former channels. We had them down to the 16th, by the Dispatch ship Union , arrived at Philadelphia. The bulletins now before us, contain nothing of moment. The last of them is dated Madrid, on the 13th of December, and gives an account of the surrender of Rosas, with 2000 prisoners. The substance of these bulletins will be seen below. That
part which we have not given, is entirely uninteresting; rather disgusting gasconade.
We also understand from the passengers in the Batavian , that the bulletins from the grand army in Spain, were considered by the enlightened part of the nation, as mere fabrications, intended to amuse the ignorant. It was known at Rochelle that the French army made three different attacks on Madrid, and suffered immense loss, before it surrendered. The roads from Spain into France were continually crowded with waggons of sick and wounded prisoners had not lost less than 100,000 men since he commenced hostilities against Spain. So unpopular was the present war in France, and such was the general distress, that the best informed people were seriously apprehensive of another revolution.
Our informants further add, that the story about the destruction of the English troops, was a mere fabrication, said to be founded on a letter from Bayonne.
It must be extremely mortifying to every American, and must rouse the enmity of every man, who has the least pretensions to American feelings, to hear of the cruelties practised upon our fellow-citizens in France, whom chance has thrown upon their shores.
We learn from captain Lindsay, who came home passenger in the Batavian , (and we have heard it before) that the crews of all American vessels detained in France, are imprisoned, and are released only on condition of their entering on board French ships of war. We have seen a letter from a young gentleman of this city, who went out chief mate of the ship Holland Trader , capt. Sinclair . He states, that he was still in prison at Rochefort, and allowed nothing to subsist on but bread and water!
It will recur to our readers that capt. Sinclair , the commander of the Holland Trader , was also imprisoned in France; and that he made his escape in disguise, got on board the ship Bordeaux , and arrived some time since at Philadelphia—and, it is a pleasing reflection, that he is now with his family in this city—his escape had so incensed the French, that immediately after it was discovered that he had gone off, 12,000 francs reward was offered by the government for his apprehension!
We learn from another passenger, that Buonaparte, by a decree, dated the 6th October last, (but which was not, till lately published) has declared Tunis a free port, permitting Tunisian vessels, on paying a small duty, to enter the ports of his imperial majesty. The Milan and Berlin decrees are thus declared not in force towards Tunis.
The articles which follow, are translated, summarily, from a file of Paris papers, down to the 27th of December:
EXTRACTS.
The 17th bulletin, is dated Madrid, December 10, mentions a few trifling skirmishes on the road to Saragossa and V. encia, between the duke of Istria and the patriots. The Spanish beaten at Tudela, and a Catedral, and abandoned by its generals, the greater part of its officers and privates was reduced to 6000 men, between the 5th and 6th of December. On the 8th at midnight, a Spanish corps, protecting the escape of the enemy, was closely pursued, and 1000 prisoners taken—the remainder were dispersed in the mountains of Cuenca. On the 28th November, the town of Rosas, was summoned to surrender, but no answer returned.
The 18th bulletin is dated Madrid, Dec. 12. This bulletin commences with a disgraceful pPhillipick against the central Junta, and an infamous libel aspersing the character of Florida Blanca, and Lorenzo Calvo, called a humble grocer of Saragossa, who, in a few months, had the title of Excellency; and one Tilly, formerly condemned to the galleys for theft, younger brother of the noted German, who acted a celebrated part under Robespierre, in the reign of terror. These men are said to govern, exclusively, the Junta.
When on the 11th, the general of division Lasalle, in pursuit of the enemy, had arrived at Talavera de la Reina, where the English had remained in triumph ten days before, announcing their intention to succour the capital, a frightful spectacle presented itself to the eyes of the French. A dead body dressed in the uniform of a Spanish general, was suspended on a gallows, pierced with a thousand balls. It was gen. Don Benito St. Juan, whom his soldiers, in their panic terror, and to cover with a pretext, their cowardice, had thus disgracefully sacrificed. They stopped at Talavera, only to take breath and torture their unfortunate General, who during a whole day, gave employment to their atrocious barbarity.
Talavera is a beautiful town, situated in a valley on the Tagus, and in a fertile country. His majesty has appointed the Polish col. Konopka, a commandant of the legion of honour.
The 19th bulletin is dated Madrid, Dec. 13. It mentions the surrender of Rosas on the 6th of Dec. with 2000 prisoners. That six British ships of the line, in the harbour had it not in their power to save the garrison. The Italian troops distinguished themselves during the siege. The Spanish troops continue to disperse in every quarter, and the new levies are daily compelled to return to their homes. The month of December resembled the spring. The emperor during this delightful season, remains in the country, a league from Madrid.
At a sitting of the municipal body of Madrid, the 9th of December, the Corregidor, presented a most bombastick and fulsome address to his imperial and Royal Majesty, imploring in the most abject and servile manner, the protection of the conqueror Napoleon, for the citizens of Madrid generally—also, his Imperial pardon for all the inhabitants of the city and country, who have borne arms against the French.
His majesty answered, that their condition would be prosperous and happy, if the inhabitants adhered, with good faith, to the constitution, and acknowledged with sincerity, Don Joseph Napoleon the First, for their lawful king; but in the contrary case, Spain should become a province of France.
Here follows a decree of his majesty, dated the 12th of Dec. at the camp of Madrid, consisting of twenty articles—the object of which is, principally to relieve the poorer classes of society from burthensome taxes and personal services. By articles 1 and 2, the taxes called Service and Colonate , are abolished in all the states composing the Duchy of Berg and Cleves. The cloé-vant Serfs , as well as the other inhabitants of said Duchy, are to enjoy civil rights in all their plenitude.
By article 3, are abolished, the duty of Domesticity —the duty of manumission , and enfranchisement —the mortuary duty —the corvées — manual transport , and all other personal services, &c. &c.
A Decree of the emperor Napoleon, dated at the camp at Madrid, 15th Dec. prohibits the alienation of different branches of taxes, and orders the holders of rights and titles to such impositions, to pay the same into the royal treasury.
Another Decree of the same date, abolishes throughout Spain all judiciary tribunals of the Lordes .
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.

In our last we commenced, and in this paper we conclude the address of the Legislature of Massachusetts to the people of that state. We cannot permit this important document to pass without recommending it to the perusal of our readers, as containing an able exposition of our national concerns.---What effect it will produce upon those to whom it is particularly addressed, will be discoverable in the approaching elections. We feel confident that these criteria, will prove that a complete revolution has taken place in the opinions and sentiments of the people of that important member of the union.
The Washington Monitor of Tuesday, in giving a synopsis of the late foreign intelligence, says:
"M. Dashkoff, who had been appointed charge-d'affaires, and consul-general, by the emperor of Russia, to reside near the American government, was at Paris about the 15th of December, "intending to depart in about six weeks for Washington."
This appointment on the part of the Emperor of Russia, has no doubt been made in consequence of Mr. Jefferson's extra appointment of Mr. Short, and who was rejected by the Senate. Although it does not appear that the political relations of our country require a minister near the court of Russia, any understanding with that power, is an occurrence which it is both the interest and duty of our government to prevent. The Russian government will learn with just astonishment, that after having appointed a minister in return for our civility, our minister is immediately recalled, or what is the same, his functions suspended. It will not be easy to satisfy the Russian government upon this head, to whom it will appear, from want of a correct understanding of our institutions, an affront. Whatever mischiefs may result, may be justly charged to the conduct of the late chief magistrate, who appeared to consider the Senate, as a body, whose advice and consent were not necessary in matters of foreign intercourse.
CAYENNE. It is some time since, that a rumour reached this country, that this colony had surrendered to the united forces of Great Britain and Portugal, the rumour was not then credited, but is now confirmed by the capitulation which will be found in this day's Ledger.
Guadaloupe, may now be considered, as the only possession of France in the western world, and how long that will be able to resist the joint operations of our non-intercourse, and the British arms, it is impossible to say. We think it probable that it will fall in a few months, for when the attention of the British marine, is directed to that island only, it will be extremely difficult, if not impossible to procure the necessary supplies, to enable a successful resistance. "Ships, Colonies, and Commerce," have been promised by the emperor of France, more than a hundred times, to his slaves, but according to present appearances that promise will not be very soon complied with.
PHILADELPHIA, March 16.
Gideon Olmstead's case—On Friday last, a long and luminous report on this case, drawn up by Mr. C. Smith, was read in the house of representatives of this state, and made the order for Thursday next. The following resolutions were attached to it.
Resolved by the senate and house of representatives of the commonwealth of Pennsylvania, &c. That as a member of the federal union, the legislature of Pennsylvania acknowledges the supremacy, and will cheerfully submit to the authority of the general government, as far as that authority is delegated by the constitution of the United States. But, whilst they yield to this authority, when exercised within constitutional limits they trust they will not be considered as acting hostile to the general government when, as guardians of the state rights, they cannot permit an infringement of those rights, by an unconstitutional exercise of power in the United States' courts.
Resolved, That in a government like that of the United States, where there are powers granted to the general government, and rights reserved to the states, it is impossible for the imperfection of language to define the limits of each, that difficulties should arise; from a collision of power; and it is to be lamented, that no provision is made in the constitution, for determining disputes between the general and state government, by an impartial tribunal, when such cases occur.
Resolved, That, from the construction the United States' courts give to their powers, the harmony of the states, if they resist encroachments on their rights, will frequently be interrupted; and if, to prevent this evil, they should on all occasions, yield to stretches of power, the reserved rights of the states, will depend on the arbitrary power of the courts.
Resolved, That should the independence of the states, as secured by the constitution, be destroyed, the liberties of the people, in so extensive a country, cannot long survive. To suffer the United States' courts to decide on state rights, will, from a bias in favour of power, necessarily destroy the federal part of our government; and whenever the government of the United States becomes consolidated, we may learn, from the history of nations, what will be the event.
To prevent the balance, between the general and state governments, from being destroyed, and the harmony of the states from being interrupted;
Resolved, That our senators in congress be instructed, and our representatives requested, to use their influence to procure an amendment to the constitution of the United States, that an impartial tribunal may be established to determine disputes between the general and state governments, and that they be further instructed to use their endeavours, that in the mean while such arrangements may be made between the government of the union and of this state, as will put an end to existing difficulties.
Resolved, That the governor be requested to transmit a copy of these resolutions, together with the foregoing statement, to the executive of the United States, to be laid before congress at their next session; and that he be authorized and directed to correspond with the President on the subject in controversy, and to agree to such arrangements as may be in the power of the executive to make, or congress may make, either by the appointment of commissioners or otherwise, for settling the difficulties.
March 20. Yesterday arrived the ship Linnet, capt. White, 9 days from Bermuda; at which time, no British packet had arrived since the November packet, some time arrived at New-York. The French frigate taken by the British frigates Horatio and Driver, as mentioned in our paper of the 7th inst. was arrived at Bermuda, with the loss of all her masts. The people of Bermuda were in great distress for want of flour. A schooner from New-York loaded with flour blown off this coast, was obliged to sell her cargo at the low price of 5 half Joes, or 40 dollars per barrel.
Extract of a letter dated ROCHELLE, Dec. 27, 1808. "Dear Brother, The --- was bound to Charante; we arrived at the Isle of Rhe, was brought to by the pilot, and the captain went on shore with four hands in the boat ---On our arrival we were separated from the captain, and ordered to speak to no person---I remained there 36 days without a shift of clothes, and nothing to sleep on but a little loose straw. From thence I was brought to this prison, and from the city prison to the hospital prison, where I now remain, and thank God, as well as could be expected, after having the fever three times. "I have been a prisoner upwards of three months, and shall remain so until the captain pays 120 dollars for me," he has wrote to England for money, but God knows when he will get it, or whether his letter will reach England. "If you have a good opportunity I beg you would send me some money to liberate me before a war breaks out."
* More than the ransom of a slave to the Algerines; and yet senator Giles can dwell with rapture on the conduct of France towards this country. (Register.)
NEW-YORK, March 15. A SPLENDID ENTERTAINMENT, in honour of the Minority in Congress, was given yesterday at the Tontine Coffee House.---Cornelius Ray, Esq. presided; and Richard Varick, Esq. and General Stevens, officiated as Vice-Presidents. The room was elegantly decorated with portraits and emblematic paintings; among the former, the portraits of Washington and Hamilton held the most conspicuous stations. In the centre of the room was a pillar, with the figures '76, inscribed on each of the four sides; bearing a gold eagle on the top; and supported by the Genius of America, Europe, Asia, and Africa.
As it was understood that the hon. Mr. Pickering, the hon. Mr. Hillhouse, and other eastern members were on their passage from Amboy to this city, the Dinner was delayed until 6 o'clock. About half an hour after the company were seated at the tables, their distinguished guests were announced at the door, and were conducted to the head of the room, amidst the musick of the band and the animated cheers of the assembly.
Soon after the arrival of the guests, a curtain which had been extended on the front of the room was withdrawn, exhibiting to the surprize and admiration of the company, a large and elegant emblematic painting, [executed by Mr. Holland,] of which the following are the outlines:
In the centre, the figure of Commerce, on the righthand the Federal Ship WASHINGTON, taking in a cargo---in the foreground two boys, one bearing a Cornu copia, the other receiving from it the fruits of the earth---in the background, a beautiful and distinct landscape, representing Agriculture---on the top of the whole piece, the American eagle hovering over the figure of Commerce, bearing in his mouth a scroll with the following appropriate inscription:
"I am not the advocate of wrong doers, to whatever country they may belong---whether Emperors or kings, or the Administrators of a Republic; JUSTICE is my aim---TRUTH is my guide; and wherever she points the way, I shall not fear to go."
The above is a quotation from one of Mr. Pickering's able speeches in the national senate against the embargo system, wherein he proves with the spirit of a patriot and the wisdom of a Solon, the deleterious French influence which had poisoned our publick councils and laid prostrate the honour and prosperity of our degraded country.
Among the members of congress present, were Mr. Dana, Mr. Davenport of Connecticut, Mr. Livermore of Massachusetts, and Mr. Gardener and Mr. Livingston of this state.
The greatest harmony and hilarity prevailed throughout the entertainment. The dinner was excellent, and served in the best style. The music was unusually good; a number of appropriate songs were sung; and after the regular toasts were drunk, the following, among other Volunteers were given:---
By Col. Pickering.—Lines to property, but no distinction of interests or limits to affection and principle between New England and New York.
By Mr. Hillhouse.—The permanent Union of these States.
By Mr. Davenport.—An infinite number of slaves not equal to the Unit of a Freeman—an axiom in a government by representatives.
By Mr. Dana.—The Union of Americans on American principles.
By Mr. Gardener, after Mr. Pickering retired. —TROTHY PICKERING.—A rock on which the storm may beat, BUT IN VAIN.
By Robert Le Roy Livingston.—The Spirit of Seventy Six—It appears before us in manly characters—before it ceases to exist, may it appear in blood.
March 18. Capt. Speck, who arrived here yesterday, informs, that he passed Fort Bourbon, Martinique, on the 20th inst. in the night—and that during the whole of the night, and the next day, he heard a very heavy cannonading. It is already known that the British troops landed at Martinique on the 29th of January—and that, before the 6th of February, they had possession of the Island, except Fort Bourbon, which place it would appear, from captain Speck's statement, held out as late as the 20th of last month. The calculation of the British commanders was, that it would take about four weeks to get possession of this strongest fort.
On the 21st, captain Speck spoke a frigate, and learned, that the British had been constantly pouring in shots and shells for several days, from five or six batteries which they had erected for the purpose—and the opinion was, that the French could not hold it more than two or three days longer, as the water pipes which led into the fort, had been cut, thereby destroying the means of a supply of water.
Captain Speck, who arrived here yesterday, positively favoured the editors of the New-York Gazette with the Barbadoes Mercury, of the 7th ult. containing the following
CAPITULATION Proposed by Victor Hugues, commander in chief of Cayenne and French Guyana—and accepted by James Lucas Yeo, Post Captain in H. B. M. service, commanding the combined English and Portuguese naval forces and Manuel Marques, knight of the military orders of St. Benoit d'Aviz, lieut. col. ingénieur and director of the corps of artillery of Para, commanding the advanced army of the Portuguese. Although the advanced posts have been carried;
is reduced with his garrison to the town, he owes it to those sentiments of honour which have always distinguished him—to the valour and good conduct of the officers and soldiers under his command—to the attachment of the inhabitants of the colony to his majesty the emperor and king—to declare publicly, that he surrenders less to the force than to the destructive system of liberating all the slaves who should join the enemy, and of burning all the plantations and posts where there should be any resistance.
The commissioner of the emperor commanding in chief, after having witnessed the burning of several plantations, particularly his own, the most considerable of the colony, had attributed it at first to the casualties of war; and the disorganization of the gangs, and the liberation of the slaves, appeared to him a momentary measure; but being assured in writing, that the English and Portuguese officers acted in virtue of the orders of his royal highness the Prince Regent, and wishing to save the colony from total destruction, and to preserve his august master's subjects, who had given him so many proofs of their attachment and fidelity, the commissioner of his imperial and royal majesty surrenders the colony to the forces of his royal highness the Prince Regent on the following conditions:
 Article 1. The garrison shall march out with their arms and baggage and all the honours of war; the officers shall retain their side arms, and those of the staff their horses; the garrison shall lay down their arms, and engage not to serve against his royal highness and his allies during one year.  2. Vessels shall be furnished at the expense of his highness the Prince Regent, to carry the garrison, the officers civil and military, and all those employed in the service, with their families and effects direct to France with as little delay as possible.  3. A convenient vessel shall be furnished to convey to France the commissioner of the emperor commanding in chief, his family, his officers, his suite, and effects; the chief of the administration of the finances, the commander of the troops, the inspector and the commandant of artillery, with their families.  4. A convenient delay shall be granted to the officers who have property in the colony to settle their affairs.  5. The arsenals, batteries, and every thing belonging to the artillery, the small arms and powder magazines, and the provision stores shall be given up by inventory, and in the state in which they now are, and the same shall be pointed out.  6. The slaves on both sides shall be disarmed, and sent to their respective plantations.  The French negroes whom the commanders by sea and land of his royal highness the prince regent have engaged for the service during the war, and to whom in virtue of their orders they have given their freedom, shall be sent out of the colony as they can only remain there in future an object of trouble and dissension.  The commanders engage, as they have promised, to solicit from his royal highness the prince regent the replacing of those slaves as an indemnity in favour of the inhabitants to whom they belong.  7. The papers, plans and other articles belonging to the engineer department, shall be equally given up.  8. The sick and wounded who are obliged to remain in the colony may leave it, with all that belongs to them, as soon as they are in a situation to do so; in the mean time they shall be treated as they have been hitherto.  Private property, of whatever nature or description, shall be respected, and the inhabitants may dispose of it as heretofore.  10. The inhabitants of the colony shall preserve their properties and may reside there, conforming to the orders and forms established by the sovereign under which they remain; they shall be at liberty to sell their properties and retire whenever it may suit them, without any obstacle.  11. The civil laws known in France under the title of the Napoleon Code, and in force in the colony, shall be observed and executed until the peace between the two nations; the magistrates shall only decide on the interests of individuals, and differences connected with them in virtue of the said laws.  12. The debts acknowledged by individuals during or previous to the time fixed by the preceding article, shall be enacted agreeably to the basis determined by the same article.  13. The papers concerning the controul and matriculation of the troops shall be carried away by the quarter master.  14. Desirous of preserving the spice plantation called La Gabrielle in all its splendour and agriculture, it is stipulated, that neither it nor any of the plantation trees or plants, shall be destroyed, but that it shall be preserved in the state in which it is given up to the commanders of his royal highness the prince regent.  15. All the papers of the stores of inspection of the customs, or of any responsibility whatever, shall be deposited in the secretary's office, or in any other place that may be agreed on, to be referred to when there is occasion—the whole shall be under the seal of the two governments, and at the disposal of his imperial and royal majesty.  16. The present capitulation shall be written in the three languages, and signed by the three officers stipulating. 
At the advanced posts of Bourde, Jan. 12, 1809. (Signed) Victor Hugues, James Lucas Yeo, Manuel Marques.
PROCLAMATION Of Buonaparte to the Spanish Nation.
SPANIARDS, You have been blinded by perfidious men. They have seduced you to take up arms, and drawn you into a foolish and senseless warfare. Is there one among you, who in reflecting for a moment upon what has passed, will not soon be convinced that you have been the tools of the eternal enemy of the continent, and who rejoice to see shed the blood of the Spanish and the blood of the French? What will be the result of a protracted campaign? An unfinished war in the kingdom—and a long anxiety as to the fate of your property and your lives.
In less than a month you have been delivered up to all the anguish of a popular faction. The defeat of your armies has been an affair of some marches only. I have entered into Madrid. The rights of war will authorize me to give a terrible example, and to wash in your blood the outrages against me and my nation. I have only listened to forgiveness.
Those men only that are inventors of all our evils shall be punished. I will soon chase from the Peninsula, the English army who have been sent to Spain, not for your aid, but to influence you with a false confidence, and to mislead you. I have told you in my proclamation of the 2d June, that I would be your regenerator.
To the rights which have been ceded to me by the Princes of the last dynasty, you have added to me the right of conquest. Nothing will change my disposition. I will approve of what have been your generous efforts.
I would tell you that your enemies have not consulted your interest—they have dissimulated to you the true state of things. Spurnards—your destiny is in your own hands—Throw away the poison the English have scattered among you, that your king may be certain of your happiness.
happier than you ever have been! All those who oppose your prosperity and your grandeur, I have destroyed, and have broken the shackles which weighed down the people. I have given you a liberal constitution, in the room of an absolute monarchy. I give you one temperate and suitable to your habits. It depends on you to say whether that constitution shall be your law.
But if all my efforts are ineffectual—and if I find you unworthy of my confidence, I will treat you only as prisoners conquered, and place my brother on another throne. I will put the crown of Spain on my own head—and I will be respected even by the worst, for God has given me the power and the disposition necessary to surmount all obstacles.
In our Imperial Camp, at Madrid, 7th December, 1808. NAPOLEON.
CAPTURE OF MARTINIQUE. CHARLESTON, March 20.
Capt. Mss, arrived last evening in 11 days from St. Bartholomews, informs us, that shortly before he left that place certain intelligence had been received of the surrender of the island of Martinique to the British arms. It is stated, that early in the month of February the British carried, by storm, the important post of Windmill-Hill, which in some measure commands Fort Bourbon—the old batteries at this place were strengthened and new ones thrown up—on the 14th of February these batteries were opened upon the fort, and on the 25th the French commander capitulated. It is also stated, that the surrender of the fort was accelerated by the accidental explosion of the powder magazine, which also destroyed the water cistern. The British troops were commanded by gen. Beckwith. There was but one French frigate at Fort Royal, and she was destroyed before the surrender of the place; her commander had been previously killed by the explosion of a bomb. A sloop of war was immediately dispatched for England with an account of the surrender of the island. The Diomond frigate had arrived at St. Christopher in a short passage from Cadiz; it was reported that the British and Spanish had defeated the French, and retaken Madrid, but nothing certain had transpired. It was also reported that the Rochfort squadron were at sea.
ST. JOHN'S, (Antigua) Feb. 14.
Various accounts relative to the invasion of Martinique, have been received here during the last week, by opportunities from the southward. These however, are by no means so circumstantial or connected as could have been wished; and it is not without some trouble, that we have been able to collect the following concise statement, which we have endeavoured to make as regular and intelligible as the obscurity or deficiency of the report would permit.
The British troops, being formed into two divisions, were disembarked on the 29th ult. without opposition, the one under the command of Sir G. Prevost, who was accompanied by the commander in chief, gen. Beckwith, at Bay Robert, or as some accounts state, at Galion Bay, and the second under gen. Maitland, at St. Luce or St. Anne's, both small towns in a bay to the southward of Fort Royal Harbour. The first division, upon landing took possession of Trinite; and a detachment was marched from thence across the country, to subdue the town of St. Pierre, which surrendered on the morning of the 8th inst. probably with little or no resistance, the regular troops of the enemy being all concentrated in Fort Bourbon and its vicinity. The main body, in the mean time, moved on to Lamentin, in order to form a junction there with the corps, which landed at St. Luce.
From the second division likewise, a small corps was detached, with heavy artillery and mortars to reduce Pidgeon Island. Two batteries, mounting two 24 pounders and three mortars, opened upon this fort, on the evening of the 3d, from some of which the fire was continued during the whole night. At 7 o'clock, the following morning, a white flag was displayed by the garrison, and at 8 the imperial colours were hauled down. Throughout this attack no more than three shells and two cannon shot were returned by the enemy.
The union of the two grand divisions of our troops having been effected at Lamentin, according to the plan laid down, gen. Prevost without loss of time advanced with his division to s. in Windmill Hill, or, as it is sometimes called, the camp above Bourbon, a fortified post between this latter place and the position occupied by the British army, from whence, therefore, it was necessary to dislodge the enemy, before the principal fortress could be invested.
The French defended its station with the most determined bravery, and in the commencement of the action, threw some of the assailants into confusion. They were however quickly rallied, and led instantly to the charge by their gallant general in person. After great slaughter on both sides, the British succeeded in getting possession of the height. Our loss is said to be about 400 men, and that of the enemy upwards of 700. These numbers it is supposed, comprise the wounded as well as killed. Nothing is reported concerning the remainder of the French, whether they were made prisoners or escaped into Fort Bourbon. We have to lament, upon this occasion, besides the slaughter of so many brave privates, the deaths of major Maxwell and captain Taylor—Colonel Pakenham was wounded in the neck, captain Gledstones of the third West India Regiment, badly wounded in three places. It is likewise a subject of regret, that among the slain on the French side were 50 of the St. Pierre's militia, many of them, no doubt, men of family, old and respectable inhabitants. These courageous, but unhappy men are greatly to be pitied, compelled as they have been to take up arms in support of a Tyrant, whom they most probably detest, and in resistance to a government, whose benefit they have already enjoyed, and whose return we are persuaded, they would have hailed with real satisfaction.
Fort Edward and the town of Fort Royal having been abandoned by the enemy were occupied by our troops on Monday night the 6th. Thus is the whole colony of Martinique reduced under the power of the British except Fort Bourbon. But this we fear will be no easy or speedy conquest, although no doubt can exist of our ultimate success. For Villaret who is considered an excellent officer, has declared his resolution to defend the place to the last extremity, and is said to have supplied it with stores sufficient for a siege of some months.
PORT OF NORFOLK AND PORTSMOUTH.
CUSTOM-HOUSE—EXTEND. Sch'r Madison, Gould, Baltimore. CLEARED. Swedish ship Charles, Childs, Amelia Island. American ship Orion, Vickery, St. Jago. Sch'r President, Walker, Baltimore.
COTTON at AUCTION.
On Wednesday 12th April next at 10 o'clock, at Pennock's Stores in Gosport, 463 bales COTTON, for the benefit of the owners, underwriters or others concerned in the Cargo of the Ship Cleopatra, captain Johnston, from Charleston, damaged by having remained so long on board the ship, and is sold by the recommendation of the surveyors per order of the captain.

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 fairness, candour and liberality, which will justly entitle it to the confidence and patronage of the public.
No insured person will be liable to make good the losses of others; but in case of fire, the insurer 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 Manufactures 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 insurances on the same property, shall give notice thereof in writing, at the Company's Office, before, or at the time of the execution of the Policy; and persons who, after insuring property with this Company, have insurance made on the same property elsewhere, shall, with all reasonable diligence, notify the same in writing at the Office of the Company, and have the same endorsed on the policy, or otherwise acknowledged in writing; in default whereof, the Policy shall cease, and be of no effect: and in case of loss, each party insuring shall be liable to the payment of a ratable proportion of the loss or damage which may be sustained.  VII. No loss or damage by fire will be paid, that may happen or take place in consequence of any invasion, civil commotion, riot, or military or usurped power whatever.  VIII. Books of Accounts, Written Securities, Notes, Bills, Bonds, Deeds, Ready Money, or Bullion, cannot be insured.  IX. Jewels, Plate, Medals, or other Curiosities, Paintings and Sculptures, are not included in any insurance; unless such articles are specified in the policy.  X. All persons insured by this Company, sustaining any loss or damage by fire, are forthwith to give notice to the Company, and as soon after as possible, to deliver in as particular an account of their loss or damage, signed, with their own hands, as the nature of the case will admit of, and make proof of the same by their oath or affirmation, and by their books of accounts, and other proper vouchers, as shall be reasonably required: and shall make oath, whether any and what other insurance is made on the same property; and shall procure a certificate, under the hand of a magistrate, notary public, or clergyman, most contiguous to the spot where the fire happened, and not concerned in such loss, that they are acquainted with the character and circumstances of the person or persons insured; and to know, or very likely believe, that he, she, or they, really, and by just title, and without fraud or evil practice, have sustained by such fire, loss and damage to the amount therein mentioned; and that such affidavits and certificates are produced, the loss shall 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 19.
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 19.
Norfolk Borough: At a Hastings Court held the 27th day of February, 1809. THOMAS HOLLIDAY, Compt. against WILLIAM SMELLY, LITTLETON W. TAZEWELL and PETER DALEY, Defs. In Chancery.
THE defendant William Smelly not having entered his appearance and given security according to the act of assembly and the rules of this court, and it appearing to the satisfaction of the court that he is not an inhabitant of this commonwealth: On the motion of the complainant by his counsel, it is ordered that the said defendant William Smelly, do appear here on the fourth Monday in May next, and answer the bill of the complainant, and that a copy of this order be forthwith inserted in one of the newspapers printed in this Borough for eight weeks successively, and posted at the front door of the courthouse of said Borough; and it is further ordered that the defendants Littleton W. Tazewell and Peter Daley, who have effects of the said William Smelly in their hands, do not pay, convey away or secret such effects, but retain them until the further order or decree of this court. A Copy,—Teste, Wm. Sharp, c. c.
Norfolk Borough: At a Hastings Court held the 27th day of February, 1809. Richard Gernon, Complaintant, against William and Anthony M. Buckley, and Shanks and Binford, Defs. In Chancery.
THE defendants William and Anthony M. Buckley, not having entered their appearance, and given security according to the act of assembly and the rules of this court, and it appearing to the satisfaction of the court that they are not inhabitants of the commonwealth: On the motion of the complainant by his counsel, it is ordered that the said defendants William and Anthony M. Buckley, do appear here on the fourth Monday in May next, and answer the bill of the complainant, and that a copy of this order be forthwith inserted in one of the newspapers printed in this Borough for eight weeks successively, and posted at the front door of the courthouse of said Borough; and it is further ordered that the defendants Shanks and Binford, who have effects of the said William and Anthony M. Buckley in their hands, do not pay, convey away or secret such effects, but retain them until the further order or decree of this court. A Copy,—Teste, Wm. Sharp, c. c.
Norfolk Borough: At a Hastings Court held the 27th day of February, 1809. THEODORICK ARMISTEAD, Compt. against NICHOLAS PETERSON and CHRISTOPHER FRY, Defs. In Chancery.
THE defendant Nicholas Peterson, not having entered his appearance and given security according to the act of assembly and the rules of this court, and it appearing to the satisfaction of the court that he is not an inhabitant of this commonwealth: On the motion of the complainant by his counsel, it is ordered that the said defendant Nicholas Peterson do appear here on the fourth Monday in May next, and answer the bill of the complainant, and that a copy of this order be forthwith inserted in one of the newspapers printed in this Borough for eight weeks successively, and posted at the front door of the courthouse of said Borough; and it is further ordered that the defendant Christopher Fry, who hath effects of the said Nicholas Peterson in his hands, do not pay, convey away or secret such effects, but retain the same until the further order or decree of this court. A Copy,—Teste, Wm. Sharp, c. c.
Norfolk Borough: At a Hastings Court held the 27th day of February, 1809. JOHN WALLACE, Compt. against JAMES BROWN, & Co. of Philadelphia, and ALEXANDER MACLURE, Defs. In Chancery.
THE defendants James Brown, & Co. not having entered their appearance and given security according to the act of assembly and the rules of this court, and it appearing to the satisfaction of the court that they are not inhabitants of this commonwealth: On the motion of the complainant by his counsel, it is ordered that the said defendants James Brown, & Co. do appear here on the fourth Monday in May next, and answer the bill of the complainant, and that a copy of this order be forthwith inserted in one of the newspapers printed in this Borough for eight weeks successively, and posted at the front door of the courthouse of said Borough; and it is further ordered that the defendant Alexander MacLure, who hath effects of the said James Brown, & Co. in his hands, do not pay, convey away or secret such effects, but retain them until the further order or decree of this court. A Copy,—Teste, Wm. Sharp, c. c.
Norfolk Borough: At a Hastings Court held the 27th day of February, 1809. STEPHEN G. WILLS, Compt. against JONATHAN LAYCOCKS and PETERSON BROWN, administrators, &c. of John D. White, deceased, and WARREN ASHLEY, Defs. In Chancery.
THE defendants Jonathan Laycocks and Peterson Brown, not having entered their appearance and given security according to the act of assembly and the rules of this court, and it appearing to the satisfaction of the court that they are not inhabitants of this commonwealth: On the motion of the complainant by his counsel, it is ordered that the said defendants Jonathan Laycocks and Peterson Brown, do appear here on the fourth Monday in May next, and answer the bill of the complainant, and that a copy of this order be forthwith inserted in one of the newspapers printed in this Borough for eight weeks successively, and posted at the front door of the courthouse of said Borough; and it is further ordered that the defendant Warren Ashley, who hath effects of the said Jonathan Laycocks and Peterson Brown, administrators as aforesaid, in his hands, do not pay, convey away, or secret such effects, but retain them until the further order or decree of this court. A Copy,—Teste, Wm. Sharp, c. c.
A RENDEZVOUS Is opened in Norfolk for the United States Schooner Enterprise. February 22.
DR. ROBERTSON'S Celebrated Stomachick Elixir of Health. Which has proved by experience, to be the most valuable medicine, ever yet offered to the publick for curing the Gout, Cramp, and wind in the Stomach: also a certain cure for the Dysentery, or Bloody Flux, Cholera Morbus, severe Gripings, and all other diseases of the bowels, a dose never fails to remove a cold if taken from after its first appearance. It is also celebrated for carrying off superfluous bile, removing habitual costiveness, sickness at the Stomach, severe head ache, &c. &c. The following certificates are selected from the many respectable ones lately received by the proprietor, and are now in his possession.
Certificate of Mr. William Julion, carpenter and builder, No. 69, South Fifth-Street, Philadelphia. SIR—My wife to promote the interest of superior merit, and to afford consolation to the afflicted, induces me to request you will say my case before the publick, as an incontrovertible proof of the astonishing efficacy of Dr. Robertson's invaluable Stomachick Elixir of Health. I do hereby certify, that I was seized most violently with the dysentery, or bloody flux, which reduced me so much that I was confined to my bed, and became so weak that I could not move without assistance. My situation at that time became seriously alarming, as no relief could be obtained, I was given over, and even death would have been desirable to me, had not a friend of mine, who by chance called to see me, who had just recovered from a similar complaint, though not so severe as mine. He informed me that he was cured by taking Dr. Robertson's Stomachick Elixir of Health, and advised me to send to you for a bottle. I immediately did so, and by following your instructions given with the bottle, before I had taken half a bottle, I found myself much relieved, and my disorder greatly abated, and by continuing to take it, in one week I was able to walk out, and in less than a fortnight was able to attend to my business.
I therefore recommend every family to be provided with this invaluable medicine, particularly those who live at a distance from the country, where assistance cannot be immediately obtained. As I am convinced that Dr. Robertson's Stomachick Elixir of Health, is the most effectual remedy in the world, I have since recommended it to several of my friends in similar complaints, who have always been relieved immediately after taking it. Should any person with to be more fully convinced of my case, I will with pleasure explain it to them by applying to me. I am with a due sense of the benefit I have received thro' the efficacy of your medicine, Sir, your humble servant, WM. JULION.
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-ache, attended with a sickness at the stomach, which brought on a vomiting and lax, which continued on me 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 weakness 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 medicines 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 medicines, will embrace the same means by which I have happily effected my recovery. I am, Sir, your obedient servant, GEORGE STOKES.
Certificate 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, pains in my breast and side, and a sickness at my stomach; having lost all appetite, I became so very much reduced in my strength as to be unable to walk. I was considered 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 to my great astonishment, before I had taken one bottle, found myself very much relieved. I expectorated a great quantity of phlegm, which has eased me of one of the most violent coughs that ever man had; I have taken it regularly ever since, and now find myself completely recovered, and shall certainly, for the benefit received, recommend it as far as I can, believing it to be a most efficacious medicine in the above complaint. I am, Sir, with great respect, Your obliged humble servant, JOHN T. SOLOMON.
Certificate of Mr. John Lee, Philadelphia. DEAR SIR—By the administration of Dr. Robertson's Elixir of Health, and that the publick may be acquainted with the good effect I have received from it, I wish you to publish the following: About a fortnight ago I was seized with the influenza, or a violent cold attended with a pain in my limbs, and a violent cough, which settled on my lungs, and having been for some time before in a weakly state, I expected a consumption must soon have followed, had I not been advised to try Dr. Robertson's Elixir of Health, which has effectually removed my complaint, and I now feel better health than I have for some time before. It is impossible to say too much in favour of this invaluable medicine, as I am clearly convinced it is the most efficacious remedy ever offered to the publick, in the above complaint. I am, Sir, your obliged servant, JOHN LEE.
Certificate of General Ridgely of Hampton. I certify that having received a blow on my knee, which induced feverish pain and swelling, I was advised to apply to Dr. Tissot's Gout and Rheumatick Drops, and on bathing the part with them only a few times, agreeably to the directions, they effected a perfect cure. Another time my wife was affected with rheumatism to such a degree, as to render my hand for the time useless, when on application of the same remedy in like manner, the disorder in the course of twenty-four hours was entirely removed. I therefore, from the experience I have had of the efficacy of said medicine, consider it a beneficent act to recommend it in similar cases to others. (Signed) C. RIDGELY, of Hampton.
Certificate of John Gibson, Esq. one of the Directors of the Farmers' Bank of Maryland. I certify that about a year since, my foot received an injury by a fall; in a few hours after it was affected with a most excruciating pain, so that I was unable to walk, with crutches. I was apprehensive that this accident would induce a severe fit of the gout, with which I had been frequently attacked. In this situation one of my friends highly recommended and earnestly advised me to apply Dr. Tissot's Gout and Rheumatick Drops; I immediately procured them and made the application; in less than three hours the pain entirely abated, which had been so severe, as to deprive me of sleep for several nights. By a few further applications, a perfect cure succeeded. I have frequently since in other cases, both used them myself, and recommended them to others with invariable success. (Signed) JOHN GIBSON.
Certificate of Mrs. Mary Taylor. I, Mary Taylor, No. 135, Plumb Street, Philadelphia, aged upwards of seventy years, having been afflicted with very violent rheumatick pains for more than eight years, being recommended to apply Dr. Tissot's Gout and Rheumatick Drops, on only using half a bottle every rheumatick affection was completely removed, and I have continued free from all pain ever since; as witness my hand. MARY TAYLOR.
The above drops are sold wholesale and retail only by BONSAL, CONRAD, & Co. Norfolk. ALSO, DR. ROBERTSON'S Patent Stomachick Wine Bitters. Celebrated and well known for their superior qualities in restoring weak constitutions, destroying Worms, cleansing and strengthening, giving a proper tone to the stomach, and increasing the appetite—a frequent use of them is a certain preventative against those complaints so common in the spring and fall. Such as intermitting fevers, agues, autumnal fevers, dysenteries, &c. &c. They are particularly serviceable to those who make long sea-voyages, and are exposed to unhealthy climates, as a powerful preservative against contagious disorders.
PRO BONO PUBLICO. Patent Water-Proof Brunswick Blacking, prepared with oil, which softens, preserves, and beautifies the leather. Words cannot set forth its just praise, nor can its transcendent qualities be truly known, but by experience; it is especially calculated for, and particularly recommended to sportsmen and gentlemen who are exposed much to the wet—Also for cleaning Harness, as it will effectually prevent the water from penetrating, preserve the leather from cracking, and render it supple and pleasant to the very last, giving it also a beautiful jet black gloss, a proof of which may be seen at the warehouse. The above Blacking is prepared and sold only by T. W. DYOTT, at his Medical Warehouse, No. 11, North Second Street, Philadelphia; sold also by his appointment, at BONSAL, CONRAD, & Co's Book Store, Norfolk; and at SOMERVELL & CONRAD'S, Petersburg.
Where also may be had, The IMPERIAL WASH, And new invented LIQUID, For taking out stains, and preserving the quality and colour of saddles, and tops of boots. May 20. lawly
Boot and Shoe Manufactory. SAMUEL COLEMAN, Opposite the Market, (westward) has received by captain Hand, from Philadelphia, a quantity of the Highest Priced Boot Legs, Vamps, Tops, and other Materials, for his Factory—He has also Sole Leather, which has been in tan seven years; with these, the best workmen he can get, and the greatest care and punctuality, he believes the people of this place and its vicinity, may be as well served as by any factory in the union. His Stock at present is as good as this country can furnish, and he intends to use no other kind, the price of course must be higher, and when the Boots go the money must come, having found in a number of instances that a few days means six or twelve months, and an application even then for the money is ample cause of enmity. He has on hand a large assortment of BOOTS and SHOES. ALSO, SALT, LONDON PORTER, &c. &c. Fresh SHOES from New-York for Ladies, of red, green, and black Morocco, with 1, 2, and 3 ties. JOURNEYMEN WANTED. The best Boot and Shoe Makers, not only such as can, but such as will do the best work in all cases, may meet with as much encouragement in my factory, as in any in this state, for any state in the union north of this. October 3.
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. It 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.
SPANISH HIDES. One Thousand SPANISH HIDES,—For Sale, by Wm. Plume, & Co. January 23.
At a Meeting of the Proprietors of the Dismal Swamp Company, held at Williamsburg on the 19th ultimo, a Dividend of TWO HUNDRED DOLLARS on each quarter share was declared; which sum will be paid by a draught from the Managers upon their agent at Suffolk, after the first of March next; proper vouchers of the right 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 Tuesday in May, and it is requested the proprietors will be punctual in their attendance, either personally or by their attorneys. William Nelson, John Bracken, Curbin Griffin, Jas. Henderson, Managers. February 2d. law3m
NORFOLK: PUBLISHED THREE TIMES A-WEEK, BY WILLIAM DAVIS, FOR THE PROPRIETOR, Opposite the Exchange Coffee-House. Price Six Dollars Yearly, in advance.