Norfolk gazette and publick ledger (Norfolk [Va.]), 1804-11-21 00:00:00

NORFOLK GAZETTE AND PUBLICK LEDGER.
VOL. I.]
WEDNESDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 21, 1804.
[NO. 56.]
FOR SALE, A very superior PILOT BOAT, Just launched, of the following dimensions, 38 Feet 6 inches Straight Rabbt. 15 do. 6 do. Beam. 6 do. Hold. Now lying at Newton's Wharf. For terms apply to Wilson, Cunningham & Co. WHO HAVE IN STORE, 25,000 lb. COFFEE. 20 Tierces Dutch LINSEED OIL. November 16. tf 253
FOR SALE or CHARTER, The good Ship PATSEY, DAVID G. BOWLES, Master, Burthen 370 tons, will carry 600 hogheads Tobacco. For terms apply to the Master on board, or to Moses Myers. Who has for Sale, on board said ship, About 5000 bushels Isle of May SALT. November 12. tf 227
FOR BOURDEAUX, The fast sailing ship SHEFFIELD, Josiah Cowper, Master: Will sail in three weeks, three-fourths of her cargo being engaged. For freight apply to the master on board, or Thomas Willock. November 10. tf 223
FOR FREIGHT OR CHARTER, To Europe or the West-Indies, THE AMERICAN SHIP YORKSHIRE, WILLIAM LEE, Master: About twelve months old—burthen 290 tons, and will be ready for the reception of a cargo in ten days. For terms ap- ply to the Captain on board, or to Warren Ashley. November 8. tf 220
I HAVE FOR CHARTER, THE BRIG ANN & FRANCES, CARPENTER—Burthen 1500 Barrels. AND FOR SALE, THE BRIG TRIALL, Lying at Marsden's Wharf. 320 Boxes HAVANNAH SUGAR. 80 Hogheads HAVANNAH MOLASSES. 18 Tons FUSTICK. 20 Tons CAMPEACHY LOGWOOD. 50 Boxes HAVANNAH SEGARS. Theo. Armistead. November 1. 3w 207
FOR FREIGHT OR CHARTER, THE SHIP OLD TOM, Samuel Davis, master. Burthen 220 hhds. Tobacco or 2000 barrels.—For terms apply to the master on board, or to Jacob Morgan. Who has received by the said ship from Rotterdam and offers for sale, 40 Bales Oznaburgs and Ticklenburgs. 50 Bales Flushing and Dutch Canvas. 50 Pieces Hessian Rolls. 10 Crates Stone Bottles. A quantity of Stone Jugs assorted. Butter Potts in Crates. Chefs of Glass Ware we afforded. Boxes Window Glass do. do. do. do. do. do. do. do. do. 1 Box do. do. do. do. 100 Gin Cases. Liquor Cases of different kinds. All of which articles were carefully selected, and are of the first quality.—Also, 8 Pipes superior quality GIN. October 30. tf 202
FOR LIVERPOOL, The well armed Ship DUNROBIN CASTLE, Expected to sail in all November. Tobacco or Naval Stores will be received on freight, on low terms, say 60s. per hhd. and 9s. per barrel. Apply to Capt. McBride on board, or to Robertson & Brown. October 23. 4w 185
LANDING From the Brig ANN MARIA, from MADEIRA, AND FOR SALE, 5 Pipes, 6 Hhds. } Fine old London P. M. Wine. 8 Qrs. Casks. } Apply to Robert Maitland & Co. WHO WANT TO CHARTER, A vessel of about 1500 barrels, to load for a port in Great Britain. Sept. 1. tf 109
FOR CHARTER, The Ship BRUTUS, JOHN BUNCE, Master:— 236 tons burthen—a stout well built vessel; three years old, and complete- ly found in every respect. She will be ready to re- ceive a cargo in the course of a few days. For terms apply to N. Heron. Sept. 18. tf 142
FOR CHARTER, The excellent new ship ARCTURUS, Samuel Winsor, master: Burthen 300 tons.—She will be ready in three days to receive a cargo. For terms apply to the master on board, or to Moses Myers. Who offers for Sale, on board said ship, 55 SPARS. 10,000 Feet 3 inch PLANK. 28 Barrels Continental RUM. Sept. 8. tf 125
FOR LONDON, THE AMERICAN SHIP DUMERIES, RICHARD BEARD, Master:— To sail about the 20th November, having three-fourths of the cargo engaged. 80 or 100 hhds. tobacco will be taken on freight if offered in time—the terms 4 gui- neas and 5 per cent. Donaldson, Thorburn & Co. October 30. 3w 199
FOR CHERBOURG, THE BRIG FRANKLIN, S. HILL, Master. Burthen about 220 tons—she is a staunch, strong built vessel, and will receive a few hogheads tobacco at a moderate freight. For terms apply to John Newell, jun. October 20. tf 181
FOR CHARTER, The good American Ship SARAH, Abel Rawson, master: Burthen 313 tons; will carry about 430 hhds. tobacco—now in complete order for the reception of a cargo. For terms ap- ply to Richard Blow. WHO HAS FOR SALE, 39 Hhds. Richmond TOBACCO. 13 do. Peterburg do. 200 Bbls. excellent PORK. 80 do. FLOUR. 10 Puncheons Antigua RUM. 20 do. Grenada do. 20 Pipes Holland GIN. A quantity of well cured BACON. Do. HOGS LARD. Do. COARSE SALT. Sept. 11. tf 129
FOR SALE—A BARGAIN. THE SUBSCRIBER, WISHING TO DECLINE THE RETAIL BUSINESS, OFFERS FOR SALE, HIS WHOLE STOCK IN TRADE, AMOUNTING TO ABOUT $20,000.
CONSISTING OF DRY GOODS, Cutlery, Hardware, Cagings, Nails of all sizes, and a number of other articles.—The whole will be sold on very low terms, and a liberal credit will be allowed, on bond with approved security.— Also, the balance of the lease of his Store, equal to any stand in Norfolk, if required. Property in the Borough of Norfolk, or Lands in the neighbouring counties, Publick Securities, &c. will be taken in exchange. For further par- ticulars, apply to James Tucker. Who has for Sale, on very low terms, A VALUABLE TRACT OF LAND, on the South Branch of the Potomac. August 23. tf 97
SALT. Just arrived in the Dunrobin Castle , a Cargo of excellent Liverpool Stoved Salt. To be sold cheap, taken from along side. Apply to Robertson & Brown. Sept. 22. tf 149
FOR SALE, On board the Ship SHEFFIELD , at Willock's Wharf , 1400 BUILDING STONES , hard and of a superior quality. Apply to Josiah Cowper. Sept. 22. tf 131
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT a Petition will be presented to the next General Assembly, praying alterations and amendments to the Act entitled, "An Act to reduce into one, the several acts for regulating Pilots, and ascertaining their fees." October 18. 3w 177
FOR SALE, SUPERFINE and FINE FLOUR, and CROSS-MIDLINGS, by Thomas Ritson. Church-Street, October 27. tf 194
NOW LANDING ON NEWTON'S WHARF, From on board the Ship DART , Captain Pack , from Cadiz , 500 Qrs. Casks SHERRY WINE, of superior quality, and 2000 Buthels SALT. For sale by Richard Bowden & Co. August 9. tf 60
Notice is hereby given that a petition will be presented to the Legislature of Virginia, at its next session, praying that the articles of Flour, Bread, Beef, Pork, Fish, Naval-Stores, and Lumber, shall be inspected at the place of exportation. Sept. 29.
FOR SALE, On board the Brig SARAH , at Commerce-Street Wharf , 8 Barrels OAT MEAL. 3 Hogheads MOLASSES. 5 Barrels BEEF. A quantity of WATER CASKS. A good CAMPOUSE. 1 Chest of MEDICINES. Apply to Captain Brownrigg on board, or to James Dykes & Co. Who have received by the Gosport , from Amsterdam , a parcel of TICKLENBURGS, OZNABURGS, and GLASS WARE, in Boxes. November 16. tf 234
FOR SALE, 50 Puncheons ANTIGUA RUM. 150 Barrels prime NEW YORK } PORK. 500 do. CAROLINA } 150 Half Barrels CRACKERS. 50 Hogheads Peterburg TOBACCO. 43 do. CLARET. 5 Barrels COCOA. 12 Cases NOYEAU.—For sale on liberal terms by C. & F. Whittle. November 6. tf 218 CASH FOR Red and White Oak Hoghead Staves, with a proportion of heading.
NOTICE. THE CO-PARTNERSHIP OF FISK & STEARNS, Ceases this day, in consequence of the death of Mr. STEARNS. All those that have claims against the said firm, are requested to present them to the subscriber, the surviving partner, and receive their money. And all those indebted to the said company are requested to come forward for the immediate ad- justment of the same, as no indulgence can be given. MARTIN FISK. Who informs his friends and customers, that he has returned to his former stand, where he offers FOR SALE,
 50 Barrels new Beef, Boston Inspection.  20 Hogheads First Quality Sugar.  20 do. Second do. do.  Loaf Sugar, in hhds. and bbls.  12 Pips Bourdeaux Brandy.  Madeira, Port, and Malaga, Wines, in pipes and quarter casks.  20 Cases London Porter, 6 doz. each.  20 Chests Hyson, Young-Hyson, and Hyson-Skin Teas— Fresh.  60 Boxes Fresh Chocolate, No. 1 and 2.  50 do. Mould Candles.  50 do. Dipt do.  20 do. Spermaceti do.  150 do. Brown Soap.  50 do. Cheese, first quality, for family use.  50 Casks do. in good shipping order.  50 Boxes Dixon's best Mustard, 3 dozen each.  6 do. Glass Tumblers.  50 Kegs Butter, for family use.  200 Reams Wrapping Paper.  100 do. Writing do.  150 do. Printing do.  150 Casks Wrought Nails, 4d. 6d. 8d. 10d. 12d. 20d. and 24d.  50 do. Cut do. 4d. 6d. 8d. 10d. and 20d.  6 do. Flooring Brads.  Tacks of different sizes.  30 Bags of Pimento.  15 do. White Ginger in the Root.  30 lbs. Nutmegs.  10 do. Mace.  40 do. Cinnamon.  50 do. Cloves.  100 do. Spanish Float-Indigo.  10 Casks Refined Salt-Petre.  Cotton & Wool Cards in Boxes.  3000 lbs. Copperas.  1000 do. Allum.  500 Bags Patent Shot.  50 Kegs F & FF London Glazed Powder.  15 M. Gun Flints.  100 Boxes 8 by 10 London Crown Glass, 50 feet each.  50 Bolts Oznaburgs.  Seine Twine.  50 Kegs London White Lead, ground in Oil.  30 Boxes Tobacco Pipes.  Paint and Sweeping Brushes, of all kinds.  100 Sides Soak Leather.  20 dozen Calf Skins, Grain and Waxed.  10 do. Boot Legs, of the best quality.  Morocco-Skins of all kinds.  1 Trunk of Gentlemen's London made Boots.  1 do. do. do. Shoes.  2 do. Ladies Fancy and White Kid Slips.  20 do. Mens and Womens Leather and Morocco Shoes.  150 Italian Straw Carpets.  100 Small Nova-Scotia Grindstones.  ALSO, A few gross Hot Pressed Playing Cards, of a superior quality. Nov. 12. tf 230
COW-POX.
THOSE persons who wish to avoid catching the Small- Pox which now rages in this Borough, are informed that the subscriber has again succeeded in introducing the Vaccine Infection, and that he now has several arms fit to inoculate from. * * * He has returned to his old shop at the lower end of the new market. George Balfour. Nov. 16. tf 236
LIFE OF WASHINGTON. The Subscribers to the above work, may be furnished with the SECOND VOLUME, on application to JAMES TUCKER. Who has a few numbers of the FIRST AND SECOND VOLUMES, For Sale. November 16. 3 232
LANDING THIS DAY, On Newton's Wharf , from the Brig Orpheus , from Valencia , her Cargo—Consisting of 60 Pipes WINE, 48 do. BRANDY, 34 Frails FIGS, SALT—and A quantity of CORKS. For sale by MOSES MYERS. November 1. tf 206
NORFOLK HOTEL.
THE Subscriber informs his friends and the publick, that he has opened an HOTEL in that convenient house formerly the NAVY TAVERN No. 123 Main-Street, where he hopes by his attention, to give satisfaction to those who may favour him with their company. He will always keep the best liquors: and Private Parties will be furnished with Dinners, Suppers, or Relishes, at the shortest notice. BOARDERS accommodated by the week, month, or year. Henry Benbridge. October 9. tf 170
Received by the Ship OLD TOM , Captain S. Davis , and for sale by the Subscriber, 22 Pipes HOLLAND GIN, of superior quality. R. Gibson. WHO HAS ALSO FOR SALE, London particular MADEIRA WINE, in pipes, hhds. and quarter casks. 12 Hhds. GRENADA RUM. 2 do. JAMAICA do. SUGAR, in hhds. tierces and barrels. COFFEE, in tierces, barrels, and bags. 5000 bushels St. Ubes SALT. Richmond and Frederickburg TOBACCO. MANUFACTURED TOBACCO, in kegs, of ex- cellent quality. PORK and BEEF, NAILS and SPIKES. AXES and HOES, assorted in casks, &c. &c. November 6. 1aw3w 213
WILLIAM HARTSHORNE, JUN. HAS FOR SALE, AN INVOICE OF PINS, NAILS, HOES, SPADES, TEA KETTLES, ENGLISH BEND-LEATHER and BOOT LEGS. 3 Trunks COTTON HOSIERY. A few firkins good BUTTER. ANTIGUA RUM. 4 Patent CORN-SHELLING MACHINES. A Alexandria CRACKERS, in kegs. Philadelphia LOAF SUGAR, in hhds. and bbls. MAHOGANY BEDSTEADS. November 6. e07 217
NOTICE. THE FERRIES across Elizabeth River, will be rented at the Court-House of Norfolk county, on the third Mon- day in November next—petition of which to be given the first day of January thereafter. JAMES BROWN, Sheriff. November 6. tdr 215 FOR SALE, 600 Bushels BARLEY a-float. R. Gibson. November 6. 1aw3w 214
A BOAT FOUND. TAKEN up near Waters's Creek, Warwick county, in October 1803, A BOAT of the following description —Her length on the gunwale is 17 feet, her width 5 feet 6 inches, red bottom with white boot-top, inside, below her seats, red, above them, a lead colour; on the inside of her stern she has large diamonds painted black, and ovals on her stern—seats of the same colour—Her bow and stern-seats have iron knees, her transom and gunwale-knees are iron; she has a ring-bolt in her bow, and an eye-bolt in her stern below the locker. The owner, by proving his property and paying charges, may have her on application to Peter Ridley, Nov. 3. 3w* 211
FOR SALE, 12 Puncheons ANTIGUA RUM. 13 do. GRENADA do. 5 Pipes HOLLAND GIN. 20 do. COUNTRY do. 12 do. FRENCH BRANDY. 2 do. ALICANT do. 22 Qrs. Casks SHERRY WINE. 10 do. MALAGA do. PORT and CLARET WINE, in casks & bottles. 6 Barrels PORK—and about 1000 Dozen PORTER, of my last winters flock, equal to any imported. Joseph Hayes. August 24. tf 96
Mathematical Instruments, &c.
Received by the Ship Suff. R. , Capt. Moore , from London , and for sale by LEVIN DORSEY; At the corner of Fayette and Wide-Water-Streets, Town-Point. ADAM'S Patent Globes, 12 inches diameter, with com- passes in the bottom, very complete. Quadrants, black and red ebony, with single and double ob- servation. Ditto—with tangent screws, 12 inches. Aeromatiek Telescopes, for night and day, on the latest and most improved construction, in a portable size, with sliding sun-shade. Telescopes, of the common kind, for night and day observa- tions, or for day only, of every description. Circumferentors, of the best qualities. Mariner's Campases, in brass and wood. Pocket Campases, in brass, of different sizes. Time Glasses—hour, half hour, 28, and 14 seconds. Gunter's Scales; Brass Dividers; &c. &c. Likewise the following Articles, FOR THE USE OF NAVIGATORS. Hamilton Moore's Epitome and Affixant. General Charts of the Coast of America, from Boston to Pla- delphia. Ditto—Continued, with directions. Ditto—West-Indies, and Demerary, with directions. Ditto—Windward Islands, with do. Ditto—Gulph of Florida, with do. Ditto—Windward Passage, with do. West-India Pilots, with directions. ALSO, A few tons of Baltimore Bar-Iron, assorted, by the ton of less quantity—Composition Bolts and Spikes—Bouches—Car- riage-wheel boxes, of all sizes—all which he will warrant good. N. B. All kinds of MATHEMATICAL INSTRUMENTS re- paired, at the shortest notice. * * * Orders for every species of Brass-Castings received and immediately executed at his foundery, and the work deliver- ed as above. August 7. tf 58
LANDING THIS DAY, On Newton's Wharf , from on board Schooner ELIZA , Capt. Johnson , 60 Puncheons ANTIGUA RUM, FOR SALE BY Wilson, Cunningham & Co. Oct 30. tf 197
FALL GOODS.
WE are now landing from the brig Commerce , from London, an extensive assortment of FALL GOODS, among which, are assorted packages, calculated for the West India market, entitled to drawback; which will be sold at low advance, by Gilliat & Mackinder. August 21. tf 92
ALEXANDER CLARK, Boot and Shoe-maker, At the head of Maxwell's Wharf , Wide Water Street , Has, in addition to those of his own manufactory, received from Philadelphia and New-York, an assortment of the best BOOTS AND SHOES, And intends in future to keep a constant supply. Three boys of respectable connexions, from 12 to 15 years of age, will be taken as apprentices to the above business. Nov. 3. tf 210
OILS, PAINTS & WINDOW GLASS, Of all kinds, colours, and sizes. For sale by N. Gregory, opposite the Market. An ASSISTANT wanted—also, an active YOUTH to be employed in the store.—Liberal wages will be given to TWO ABLE HANDS, to turn a Pain- Mill. July 8. tf 3 3000 bushels coarse SALT a-float, FOR SALE, BY A. Maclure. Nov. 3. tf 209

The Documents submitted by the President to Congress, have, we perceive, led many people astray, who imagined that they confirmed their wishes for an adjustment of our difference with Spain. The President's message, on the opening of the session, is in the same manner calculated to produce an erroneous opinion, in the minds of those who look no farther than the face of things. The dispute is principally concerning what were the limits of Louisiana. This dispute was in a great degree subsequent to the date of the Spanish letters in document No. 1. and, as far as information has yet been obtained, remains in statu quo. If the report of a war between Great-Britain and Spain shall receive a confirmation, this matter will be easily adjusted. A war between Great-Britain and France procured Louisiana, a war between Great-Britain and Spain will secure the possession of it. Thus will Mr. Jefferson in both instances be indebted to the cabinet of Saint James for success. He is, if not the most prudent and prudent, certainly a very fortunate magistrate. But if no war takes place between those two powers, the settlement of the boundary may be long procrastinated, and may yet terminate in hostilities.
New Emperours. The Baltimore American of Friday last, enumerates FREDERICK EMPEROUR OF BRANDENBOURG, as one of four Emperours who have sprung up within the present year. We have not before heard of this title; and must conclude that if it has been assumed, the intelligence is contained in some paper which the mail has not yet brought to us. Frederick has as one of his titles Elector of Brandenburg; but why he should resolve to take a superior title from an inferior dominion we cannot perceive. It has been said that Buonaparte threatened the Emperour of Germany, if he persisted in refusing to acknowledge his imperial title, to have the Elector of Brandenburg chosen King of the Romans; which bears nearly the same relation to the Emperour of Germany, which the title Cæsar formerly did to that of Augustus, or Emperour of Rome. It may be that, having been indulged with a distant view of the imperial purple, Frederick was so much pleased with the dazzling splendour of its hue that he has resolved to invest himself with it at all events. And surely he has as good a right to it as his neighbours.
The Hon. Samuel L. Mitchell, at present a member of the House of Representatives, is elected by the Legislature of New-York a Senator of the United States in the room of General Armstrong.
On the 8d inst. the legislature of Rhode-Island chose, as senators in the congress of the United States, general Benjamin Howland, vice Mr. Potter, deceased, and James Fenner, esq. son of governor Fenner, vice Christopher Ellery, esq.
Erratum. We are requested to correct an error that appeared in our last, in the account of the Races—We printed the particulars literally as we received them; but we are informed that Mr. Muraugh's s. h. is not called Muraugh; of his real name we are not informed.
A NEW PAPER.—Proposals have been issued by Mr. William Lyford, for publishing in Staunton , a weekly newspaper with the title of "CANDID REVIEW and STAUNTON WEEKLY REGISTER."—The size is to be the same as that of the Publick Ledger, and the price two dollars per annum, payable half yearly, in advance. The publisher hopes for encouragement to commence about the middle of next month. From the prospectus we extract the following explanation of the Editor's Politicks, which will at the same time afford a very happy idea of his manner of thinking and writing.
"A QUESTION may be made respecting the political complexion of the paper; but this cannot be deemed a matter of much importance: It is hoped and believed, that the day is not distant when the intolerance of party spirit shall entirely subside—when every difference of opinion will not be considered a difference of principle. We may, however, observe, that as we have not received our opinions on morality and religion from GODWIN or PAINE; so we have not learned politicks from those Furies of anarchy and desolation, whose crude theories have dissolved the bands of society and government, and spread terror, confusion and death over some of the fairest countries of Europe; and which have issued, as was naturally to be expected, in the most degrading despotism—in the Old School are taught maxims more wise—more consonant to the nature of man: The Constitution of our own Country is, we apprehend, constructed of such materials....As long as the great outlines of that instrument remain inviolate, so long will America enjoy political Liberty and political Happiness....With these ideas, and under these impressions, we embark in the undertaking."
If any of our friends, who may wish to receive the above publication, will leave their names at this office, they shall be immediately forwarded to the publisher.
SMALL BANK BILLS.—The Legislatures of Massachusetts and Vermont have, by law, prohibited the circulation of bank notes under the value of Five Dollars. A bill is before the Legislature of Connecticut for the like purpose.
Our letters from N. Orleans by the Hiram, capt. Talbert, are to the 7th ult. They announce the continued decrease of the late pestilence. It does not appear that complete tranquillity, under the government of the United States, is immediately to be expected in that colony. The early dissatisfaction of certain French characters, has not been abated by an experience of the benefits of the new administration. Acts of disorder, growing out of a sentiment of repugnance to the American influence, are not unfrequent. It was reported, that the Spaniards, were reinforcing themselves in the Floridas. The catterpillars had been very destructive to the crops throughout the whole country. Ref
THE PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE.—We have hitherto considered the Gun-Boats as subjects of laughter rather than serious discussion; but as they have been noticed by the President, in his message at the commencement of the present session of congress, in a tone of commendation, they force themselves upon us as matters of much greater importance, and lay claim to more "high consideration".
Conceiving that the system of defence which the President recommends to the attention of congress, is not at all calculated to answer the purpose intended; but that, on the contrary, it must prove a source of expense without producing any benefit; we are not unwilling to declare our reasons for the opinion we have more than once advanced: but it must be left to others, who have the power, to arrest the further progress of a system as whimsical as any ever imagined by a mere theorist.
Every measure of defence (and the President considers the Gun Boats with a view to defence alone) should bear a full proportion to the force of the enemy from whom the attack is to be expected. What might constitute a respectable and efficient force in one instance, in another would only excite contempt and derision.
As at present we have no enemy against whose attempts the boats can be of service, we must consider them as they may apply to such possible cases as the present situation of the world brings within the power of conjecture.
It is probable that the idea of creating this species of force, was first suggested to the President by some of our naval officers who have served in the Mediterranean, where they are in general use, and make a formidable portion of the strength of many of the ports along its shores, whether employed for purposes of offence or defence. The nature of that sea, and of the enemy to be contended with, are amongst many reasons which render this species of vessels the best which the christian nations could employ; none of which reasons have any reference to our situation.—The Barbary States (with one or two exceptions) possess no naval force but such as gun boats might resist; nor can they send any fleet of a different description, against those states, which their gun boats may not be able to repel. They are rendered still more necessary by the frequent calms which there occur, and during which vessels capable of being rowed and worked at pleasure, can cruelly annoy any vessel, whose evolutions depend altogether upon the winds. Their utility was greatly experienced by the Spaniards, and their power severely felt by many of the English ships, during the long blockade of Cadiz, by Lord St. Vincent. They possess also another material advantage there, either in attacking or defending; as the shallowness of the African coast is favourable to their small draught of water, by enabling them to advance or retreat to places which larger vessels could not approach.
Such circumstances justify and render necessary the use of such vessels among the powers who inhabit the Mediterranean coasts; but as they do not exist here, the same reasoning will not apply. If this country should ever be involved in a war with a transatlantick nation, it will be with one whose maritime establishments will enable her to carry it to our shores; it will not be presumed that Mr. Jefferson expects such a visit from the Tripolines or Tunisians. Against such an enemy, then, as could make war upon us, of what avail would be any number of Gun Boats which the United States could provide for the exigency? Ask any man of common understanding how many Gun Boats would defend the entrance of the Chesapeake, Sandy Hook, the port of Boston, &c. &c. against a fleet of ships of the line, or even against three or four frigates? Without making any answer he would smile at the absurdity of the question, and at the weakness of those who could place reliance upon such defence.
The President forgets that many of our most important commercial towns are situated upon great navigable waters, which will bear ships of force sufficient to destroy as many gun-boats as their harbours would contain. Thus in the event of any war, those ports, relying for safety upon such protection as those vessels could afford, must become a prey to any armament that might be sent against them.
Hence it is evident that against the only enemy we can reasonably expect to be opposed to, the Gun-Boats will be useless as a bulwark of defence: and they are not contemplated as means of offence. Something of this sort was attempted during our revolutionary war, but was abandoned when brought to the test of a year or two years experience. Congress, and the individual states, caused a number of Row-Gallies to be constructed at the commencement of the war. Their fate is remembered. They were found of no use in deep water, where heavy ships could approach them; and such as were not destroyed by the enemy, were laid up as hulks, to avoid the unnecessary expense incurred by their being kept in commission.
From what has been said it would appear that as "obstacles to naval enterprise" in an enemy they will be useless: they may indeed be obstacles to our naval enterprise, inasmuch as they will consume a considerable portion of our revenue, and take for their equipment those who might be otherwise employed with advantage to themselves and the publick.
In the message of the President we see nothing that can induce us to forego our former opinion, that the present administration, while it wishes to controul naval, is also unfriendly to commercial enterprise. Nothing is proposed for the protection of trade, in which there is any display of a sincere disposition to encourage it. Nothing but an efficient Navy can afford security to trade; and every act of the present executive but evinces more plainly his aversion to that species of national strength. The effects of this aversion will be experienced, whether we may or may not be involved in hostilities, should the present European contest be procrastinated a few years longer.
THE LAY-CURATE.
DISCOURSE III.
WHATSOEVER THINGS WERE WRITTEN AFORETIME WERE WRITTEN FOR OUR LEARNING.
Such is the opinion of the wise and intelligent SAINT PAUL; a writer whose works must be regarded with peculiar attention by every man of taste, and will be perused with advantage by all who seek in what they read for that which may enlighten the mind and improve the heart. The decision of such a consummate judge, both of men and of things, cannot be contemned but by the truly ignorant and unthinking.
Of the productions of antiquity there are none that deserve so great a share of our favour, or should be so thoroughly studied, as that sacred volume from which my texts are taken. In it we find precepts for almost every part of human conduct, laid down and enforced by the authority and the example of supreme wisdom and supreme goodness itself. Woe be to those who think slightingly of the mighty science which it teaches; for it involves the true knowledge of the only source of all truth and all knowledge. To be ignorant of what it contains is indeed a state of most pitiable ignorance; to know and not to practise the duties and observances it inculcates, is a most dangerous contempt of him who has therein condescended to become our instructor; knowing the way there pointed out so clearly, yet obstinately and contumeliously to pursue the opposite, is running into imminent hazard of everlasting perdition; to induce others to reject its wholesome instruction, to deny its author, and spurn at its authority, can from infinite mercy alone hope for forgiveness.
When this most zealous and most instructive of the primitive CURATES, who delivered the maxims of a pure religion, and taught the will, and pleaded the cause, of a just, benevolent, and almighty master, tells the Romans, in this serious manner, that "whatsoever things were written aforetime were written for their learning"; it is easily perceived that he points their notice to those books which contain the precepts of the moral law, foretell the coming of the Saviour in whom he wished them to establish their faith, and relate the history of that chosen people who had been preserved to give him birth.
Feeble, indeed, would be the aid which a mere LAY-CURATE could impart to so skilful a champion as SAINT PAUL, in so great a cause: yet such support as he could give he would most willingly contribute. Rigid divines may deem it unworthy of their calling, to give any other reason why the ancient scriptures should be diligently studied, than merely because they are, by men of moral sense, universally considered as containing the word, and being the inspired work of God. To me they appear, for various other reasons, of such real and intrinsic value, that to treat them with levity or even neglect, must inevitably mark the person who does so, as one incapable of judging or of relishing the most precious and legitimate beauties of literature. Written by so many different persons, (though all with one view, to assert the just omnipotence of God) it is not going too far to say, that they contain the most pleasing specimens extant of almost every different species of composition.
If I merely resort to the scriptures to find entertainment and instruction, in things appertaining to this world without any reference to a future, whatever may be the immediate bias of my mind, can I be at a loss for gratification? Do I wish to consult the Epic poet, the Didactic moralist, or the grave legislator? I have before me the most glorious, the most luminous, and the most sublime of all writers, Moses. Is history the object of my study? The authors of the books immediately following afford examples of a manner of detailing events which, even at this day, stands unrivalled. If in Dramatick or Lyrick works I seek for recreation, in whose volumes can I find it more instructive, than in those of the authors of the book of Job, and the Psalms of David, or in the glowing productions of the Prophets?—Whatever may be the momentary incitement to consult this immortal volume, no breast in which there is sensibility or discernment can quit it unsatisfied. I may pity, but God forbid that I should envy, those who can take it up or lay it down with indifference.
When the LAY-CURATE quotes the words of the Apostle, and seeks to persuade his readers that "whatsoever things were written aforetime were written for our learning", he would extend his views farther; and would endeavour to persuade them that it is intended also to inculcate the necessity of improving our minds, by an acquaintance with all the beauties which abound in the writings the ancients.
To improve most by the writings of those who have lived aforetime, one thing very requisite is, in early years, to acquire a full knowledge of the different languages in which they have written. This I am well aware is by many considered as superfluous; and, according to them, the time spent in obtaining such knowledge is so much time wasted, in a life which nature has rendered almost too succinct for other purposes. To know and speak their own language is, in their opinion, to know all that is necessary.
But to such a reason thus might be objected the insuperable difficulty of acquiring a thorough knowledge of any modern language, without being more or less acquainted with those from which it has been derived: and it might also be added, from experience, that the more intimate we are with the parents, the more extensive will be the authority and command possessed over the descendent.
It is only in the years of adolescence that a knowledge of ancient languages can be acquired, to such extent as to entitle the person to the appellation of a scholar, or to a place among men of
learning. The ductility of youth, and the absence of all those cares which occupy a state of puberty, so peculiarly designate that as the season for imprinting on the memory the detailed principles of a strange language, that to neglect it then, is to abandon all hopes of ever attaining it to any degree of perfection. Nor can it be allowed that the time thus disposed of is time misapplied. Youth, from the period when letters begin to be taught until that in which it exhibits a capacity to undertake the labours of a profession, can in no other way be so well employed; indeed has few ways besides of employing itself which are not prejudicial both to moral and to physical health.
For whatever profession the man may be intended, the youth should be well prepared, by a regular initiation into the mysteries of ancient learning; by which he will be enabled to study, in their original state, all the sciences which are now deemed of consequence, either in the education of the gentleman or the man of business.
Is he designed to be the minister of the word of God? To be able to understand the sacred authors in their own language, to judge whether that from which he is appointed to deal out instruction is a correct version, and to read in their own words the arguments of the first polemicks, are indispensable qualifications. Is it intended that he should expound the laws of his country, and defend the cause of the oppressed before the judgment seat? The best examples of forensic eloquence, after which he should discipline his mind and model his style, is found in the proceedings of the Roman forum. Is it the wish of the parent to see his son, invested with legislative or executive authority, stand forth as the political guardian of his country's liberties? The knowledge of politicks is entirely derived from the ancients; and before he should dare to assume the character of a politician, the works of such men as Plato, Xenophon, Demosthenes, and many others, but above all Aristotle, who may now be called the father of political science, should be familiarly known to him. In short, whether in poetry, history, politicks, divinity, or in whatever department of belles-letters, arts, or sciences, it may be his ambition to excel, that excellence cannot be attained without a knowledge of those things which were written aforetime for our instruction.
Put all are not thus qualified for the study of those necessary works. The time when learning should have been received has been suffered to pass by unimproved, and cannot now be recalled. They may be ambitious to study and to learn, but other important cares occupy the mind and render application impossible. By such, and by such only, can the want of learning be fully estimated.
To those who stand in this unfortunate predicament, the LAY-CURATE would still repeat the words of Saint Paul, and remind them, nevertheless, that "whatsoever things were written aforetime were written for their learning": and he would admonish them not to neglect study while there is yet time. There is still a way open to them. Though the direct road to eminence in literature may not have been discovered to them, there is a by-path in which they may walk with safety and with honour: though the principal gate to the temple of knowledge has been shut against them, yet while the postern remains unfolded let them not neglect to enter.
Reading novels and plays, however proper as an occasional amusement, gives but little instruction or improvement to the mind. A man should be ashamed to devote his leisure to the perusal of such things as neither enlarge his comprehension, extend his views, correct his taste, nor enhance the stock of useful information of which he may be already possessed. This is not the end for which the faculties of retention and ratiocination were benevolently conferred upon him. They were given that they might be cultivated and improved for the benefit of himself and of society. On the means chosen to effect this purpose too much care and circumspection cannot be employed. Useful instruction is not to be derived from every visionary and incendiary theorist of these latter days. Philosophy and Morality are not taught by a Voltaire and a Godwin, nor are Politicks and Religion to be learnt from a Boulanger and a Paine.
In true Religion there is one book appointed to instruct us, knowing which thoroughly, if we err it cannot be the error of ignorance. But for other knowledge and other sciences we must resort to other sources. In the ancient historian, the ancient philosopher, and the ancient politician, we must search for correct information respecting what was transacted and known in former times. Be not discouraged, reader, though the language of the Academics of Athens or the Patricians of Rome be utterly unknown to you. The best works of their best authors are within your reach, faithfully translated for your benefit. Throw your novels aside; resort to those; read them diligently; imprint them strongly on your memory; exercise upon them all the powers of your mind; which being thence stored with first principles, and qualified to estimate the solid as well as the flimsy theories of modern writers, will at once perceive and acknowledge, that Saint Paul has strong reasons, and worthy motives, for exciting us to the study of ancient authors, by assuring us that "whatsoever things were written aforetime were written for our learning."
A LAY-CURATE
FROM THE HERALD.
Extract of a letter from Washington, to the Editors, dated the 15th inst.
"Gun Boat No. 2, went from this very lately for Charleston—I was on board of her. She is a schooner of 75 feet upon deck, greatest breadth of beam 18 feet; draws 6 feet water aft, and 4 forward. The sheer runs very strait forward, and has a foremast equal to a brig of double her burthen, and the other spars in proportion. She certainly cannot stand any thing of a sea, and if her bow is once got under a wave, that 32 pounder in her beam, will make her shake and go down. There are 45 persons on board,

not one of which expect ever to reach Charleston. This makes good the President's recommendation in his communication to Congress, "to encrase their number on account of the economy of their maintenance." For if Gun-Boat No. 2, with all her hands should be lost this winter, there will be 45 men's pay and provisions saved, in the loss of one boat only. This every man must allow to be economy in the strictest sense of the word: But we have a great deal of money in the treasury, and by these means we shall keep part of it there longer than was contemplated. J. C. Randolph early in the session went on the Chase to hunt down a Judge , but he lost the scent and was obliged to try back, as sportsmen say; for he did not know whether the Articles of Impeachment were before the committee of unfinished business, or whether they were to begin de novo ; so that Jackey was lost in the woods."
NEW CROSS READING. It is thought that the Middlesex Election has run away with cash and notes to a considerable amount.
The new Emperor still continues to inspect the preparations for invasion—small hopes are entertained of his recovery.
The tragedy of Othello was last night performed by a party of amateurs—and run over and mangled in a dreadful manner.
A French 74 lately attacked one of our fishing smacks—no cause can be assigned for this rash action.
Captain B.'s dispute with Major C. is said to have originated in a house of ill fame—where he had been for the recovery of his health.
A poor tradesman has lately had the misfortune to be visited by several people of fashion.
In consequence of the rapid sale of Packwood's razor strops—a gentleman cut his throat in a most alarming manner.
The drubbing Lincoln received from our merchant ships in a late engagement is—to be continued in our next.
Among the arrivals at Bath, are two eminent physicians—the following is a list of the killed and wounded.
The flame of an amorous Duke for a certain fair Syren—was extinguished without doing any material injury.
Mr. Ptz is said to have settled the Ways and Means for another ten years war—which he performed with apparent ease in two hours and twenty minutes.
LIFE PRESERVER. An experiment was tried yesterday on the River, to ascertain the utility of this invention, which is intended not only to preserve the lives of those who wear it, but to enable them, from the buoyancy it affords them in the water, to give relief to others who may be in danger of drowning, and that without hazard to themselves.
At twelve o'clock at noon, six persons who had previously had the machines girthed on, leaped out of their boats opposite Parliament stairs, above Westminster-bridge, and afforded a very curious sight to the spectators, the body being in a perpendicular position, the head and upper part of the shoulders only appearing above the water. In this state, their arms, legs, and all their limbs being at perfect liberty, they went down with the tide through Black-fool's-bridge, surrounded by a great number of boats; they went through the middle of the stream, until they passed Strand-bridge, where they came closer on the shore: they then came abreast of the Temple, where they again put off, which they did with no further trouble than a trifling steerage with their hands.
The machine is very simple in contrivance, being composed of eight divisions, each made of strong sheet copper, firmly soldered and japanned, much on the principle of the balls used to float on cisterns: these are connected by straps, and when the machine is put on, the lower girt fastens round the chest; from thence it is rolled up over the breast, but not higher than the arm-pits; from the upper part straps go over the shoulders, and are secured to the girt round the chest. When on, it has much the appearance in shape of a horse's collar the large end downwards. It is very safe, because if even two or three of the divisions should by any accident, but which is hardly possible, lose their wind and take water, there will still be buoy enough to keep up the body.
A numerous concourse of spectators, on land and water, appeared very highly pleased with the experiment, which met with complete success.
DROWNED PERSONS. A writer in a late London paper, cautions the publick against a practice very prevalent in cases of drowned persons, and which he considers as undoubtedly obstructive of their recovery, viz. that of holding up apparently drowned persons by the heels—"The Humane Society," says he, "from its earliest establishment, have laboured to prevent such steps being taken; as water is not admitted into the lungs, suspension cannot be beneficial. The writer for more than 50 years, has endeavoured to convince all ranks of people that employing salt, rolling on a barrel or holding bodies up by the heels, have been productive of the premature death of vast numbers. It is ardently hoped that such certain modes of destruction will in no instance be pursued in future."
BIRTH-DAY OF ADAMS. Boston, Nov. 1.
On Tuesday 30th October, a number of the young gentlemen of this town, dined at Concert-Hall in commemoration of the anniversary of the birth day of the Hon. JOHN ADAMS, late president of the United States. After dinner they were honoured by a visit from Major General Eliot, and his suite, Brigadier Gen. Winslow, and several officers of the legionary brigade, and the officers of the independent company of cadets. The hon. Messrs. Otis, D. Davis, and Quincy, Col. T. H. Perkins, and several other respectable gentlemen also honoured them by their presence for a short time in the afternoon. The following toasts were drawn from the occasion.
 1. JOHN ADAMS, it is his birth day . Posterity will record his virtues and services; we will proudly rejoice that he yet lives.  2. Governor Strong, who strengthened government by enfeebling party.  3. Our National Administration the Pabulum of Democracy; strange tongues , are heard in our national councils.  4. The memory of WASHINGTON; the Sun of glory beaming on his tomb, exhaled the perfidious tear that would have poisoned his laurels.  5. New-England; may her proud spirit while it throws back defiance to the menaces of power, never be conquered by the promises of Philosophy .  6. The fifth of November; may all the satelettes of Virginia be then in eclipse , and the moon of democracy set, never again to shed its maniac influence on New-England.  7. The Quicksands of Europe , the inmates of America; safe from the pursuits of justice, they have found how profitable it is to be free from the suspicion of virtue.  8. Tom Paine, the Beast of infidelity ; when our political Moses retired into the Mount, and the people murmured, the man whom he left to rule over them gave them this Calf .  9. Our Judiciary, like Mount Sinai , too holy to be touched. 
 10. Commerce, the support of the arts, the source of refinement, and the nursery of science.  11. National honour—may it never again be entered on the books of the national Treasury; and may what remains of it be the last article offered at market by the Statesmen trading at Washington.  12. Delaware and Virginia—David and Goliath. (After the Hon. Mr. Otis had retired.)  13. Harrison Gray Otis—The eloquent supporter of the best interests of his country.  14. Publick Defaulters —In their flight to Louisiana may they never, like Lot's wife, look back, lest a new mountain of Salt should sprout up in the wilderness.  15. The Hero of Carter's Mountain ; may all the enemies of New England be as brave as he.  16. The Militia of Massachusetts; may those officers, who would undermine its discipline, never enjoy its honours, nor receive the protection of its arms.  17. The Emperor of Louisiana who has done with one Gun Boat, what the Emperor of the Gauls cannot do with a million — effected a Landing . 
VOLUNTEERS. The Hon. Rufus King, whose talents and prudence have preserved the best interests of his country; may he receive ample reward in the confidence of its best citizens. The Hon. George Cabot—may the times again be worthy of such a man. The Hon. Fisher Ames, whose eloquence is soft as the Thistle's down, piercing as its thorns. The American Aristides —the ostracism can never tarnish the glory of which it is jealous. (After Mr. Quincy had retired.) The Hon. Josiah Quincy, an able and upright Senator; may he receive that support on the fifth of November, to which his talents, his virtues, and respectability entitle him. The best Servants of our national administration—those who will neither die nor resign. Squire Scawer —when an Ox puts his own head into the yoke, may his masters be ready to pin him in.
DARING VILLAINY!!
From the Poughkeepsie Journal of the 6th instant. 250 DOLLARS REWARD. We the undersigned Magistrates and Trustees of the village of Poughkeepsie, together with the Citizens of the town, having been convened to take into consideration two incendiary letters to one of our inhabitants, which are as follows:— [LETTER I.] 8th October, 1804. SIR, "You are hereby requested to go to a high rocky point, in one week from this date, down the river, about half way to the long point from your house, on the south side, there is an old sick fence, near the shore, you will see a stake stuck up, and will there find a small heap of stones, in that heap you are to put two hundred and fifty dollars in bank bills, put it in a snuff, or a tobacco box, so as to keep it from the weather. You must certainly comply with this order, if you do not, your buildings are doomed to destruction. And you are farther ordered not to mention this to any person or friend, nor to attempt to discover who we are, by watching that spot, after the receipt of this, and also when you have done what is here demanded, if any person is discovered by us, or if we hear that we will be in danger of discovery in going to the spot, you may depend we will, at the risque of our lives, accomplish what we here have mentioned, and if any of your neighbours, or any other one is seen watching that spot, they shall suffer with you before we leave this county. You are not the first that has been obliged to pay for signing a certain petition, and you will not be the last in your town. A. B. C. D. & E. Henry A. Livingston, Esq."
[LETTER II.] 29th October. SIR, "The good look out we have kept, and have seen your movements, was certain they were to detect, not to comply with our request, has been the reason of our not coming near the spot, we must again trouble you for the last time in this manner, by requesting you to go more than half way from the last place to the long point, on looking up the bank you will see a stake stuck up with the bark cut near the top, on the bank you will there find a flat stone, put under it what we before desired. If it had not been for the unfavourable weather last week you would now be well convinced that we were able to accomplish what we mention; two of us has thought proper, and it has been agreed to, to make this second request, and further to convince you how easy it was to accomplish with the means we have procured to do it; if you will take the trouble to go to the stone wall by the 80 mile stone on the inside, you will there find a small sample*, with them and a good wind and under cover, at certain places about your house, we could have done the business, and in no danger of a shot from you, if you put to this trouble reflect a moment what the consequences will be; if you or your paltry guard attempt to come from under cover to remove our salamanders, or come near us, we shall be so prepared to make you or them take shelter quickly. If you think of doing what we have requested, draw the stake out and lay it on the bank, that it may be seen from the river, as we shall not go near it till we leave this place, which may be in three days from the date; if your intentions are to the contrary, leave it standing, show your spunk and we will ours; but not at present, as you might be better prepared than you have been; if you draw the stake let there be no deception, if we discover any movements remember your person shall suffer for it. When you find the stake, fifteen paces east you will find a flat stone on it, under it you know what to put, it is by a small sapping with four spots on it. Remember you have been in our power in the woods twice, if you again place yourself in the same situation, abide the consequences. A. B. C. D. & E. H. A. L. N. B. By a clear spot where the wood has been thrown down.
We therefore, unanimously reprobating the wicked plan disclosed in the above letters, do offer the reward of TWO HUNDRED AND FIFTY DOLLARS to any person or persons who shall expose its author or authors, in such manner as they shall be brought to punishment, and should any of the associates give the necessary information, their names shall be concealed, they shall be exempt, from any consequences, and shall receive the said reward.
The persons attending the meeting unanimously resolved to pursue all proper measures in relieving their respectable neighbour from the extraordinary attempt upon him. In testimony of which we hereunto affix our signatures, Dated November 3d, 1804.
 WILLIAM EMOT, } Magistrates.  PETER R. MAISON, }  TEUNIL TAPPEN, }  THOMAS NELSON, }  RICHARD EVERIT, }  PETER R. MAISON, } Trustees.  JOHN SAYRS, }  JOHN FORBES, } 
* The places mentioned in these letters have been found, on examination, to answer the description, and also the sample spoken of, which is an arrow pointed with iron, in the form of a gimblet, around which is a tin tube containing nitre and other combustibles.
SINGULAR LETTER OF RESIGNATION. NASHVILLE, AUG. 27, 1804.
SIR, THE general assembly of the state of Tennessee, at September session, 1803, in their wisdom thought proper to nominate and appoint their unworthy servant to the high and important office of conservator of the Peace of the county of Davidson. In obedience to the sovereign will of the people, as emanating through that enlightened body, I accepted the appointment, under the impression, that as a legal character, I could render service to my country in the Judiciary. But that wise body, did, before, at, and since the time of my appointment, appoint others to the same dignified and high office, who were men wanting in legal talents, and many of them common sense; and there is now a majority of the Justices of this county of the last description.—Hence, few decisions, in the county court, are made in conformity with the sound principles of law, or equity.—By reason whereof, and because, from my native inaccessible disposition, I cannot keep the peace myself, but frequently fail, ingnis et calcibus , upon many of the good citizens of the state, I have thought proper to resign the high powers delegated to me by that honourable body, into the hands of those who gave them, I mean, the sovereign, free, and enlightened people of Tennessee. You will therefore do me the honour to communicate the contents of this letter to his Excellency the Governor, who will consider my official functions as a justice of the peace for Davidson county as ceasing from the day of the date hereof.
I am, respectfully, your obedient servant. I. A. PARKER. William Maclin, Esq. Sec'y, } for the State of Tennessee. }
A friend has politely handed the (London) Christian Observer of August, from which we have copied the following excellent remarks relative to the late unhappy duel.
[New-York Daily Advertiser.] Having stated the leading particulars of the cause and consequences of the meeting, the writer proceeds thus:
These are the main particulars of this unhappy affair, as they are narrated in the American newspapers. On the perusal of them it is scarcely possible not to feel shocked at beholding the second magistrate of a great country countenanced and assisted, in a flagrant and premeditated violation of the law, by one of the judges. What respect can the people, in general, be supposed to entertain for the laws, when they are thus deliberately violated by those whose paramount duty it is to cause them to be respected, and to punish those who disobey them? Suppose it possible, that the example which these gentlemen have given were to be generally followed; and that even the common people should think it right each to avenge his own quarrel in a similar manner; with what propriety could Judge Pendleton condemn to death the man who had taken the life of his neighbour, or President Burr sign the warrant for his execution? Or with what propriety can a government, professing to be impartial in the administration of the laws, interpose its authority to punish such proceedings in the lower classes of the people, while they overlook similar crimes among the higher classes, and even decorate with the most splendid funeral honours the man who has given a sanction to such crimes, by the weight of his influence and example?
We do not wish to reflect with severity on the conduct of the deceased. He himself acknowledged it to be criminal, and professed to repent of it. Dubious and equivocal as a death-bed repentance must ever be, it is still a matter of satisfaction to witness, in those who are standing on the border of the grave, any solicitude about their eternal state, and General Hamilton has, at least, borne a testimony to christianity which may be of use to the living.
We think it right, however, to advert to the principle which General Hamilton avows to have influenced him to commit the crime which shortened his life. He knew duelling to be usefulness to Society would be destroyed if he did not violate this law.—Here we have a striking illustration of the mischievous tendency of that principle of utility, which makes this world our end, and constituting man the judge of expediency, pronounces no law of his Maker to be so rigid as not to bend to exceptions. What is now become of that usefulness to society , for which General Hamilton chose to sacrifice the claims of conscience and the favour of his God! Let us even look to the immediate misery which his rash act has occasioned—a wife bending under the anguish of a broken heart; children deprived of their natural protector, and left, perhaps, to languish in poverty—and we must be convinced of the miserable fatuity of those sophistical reasonings by which man would persuade himself that he is wiser than God.
It is true that the Grand Jury of New-York has declared Mr. Pendleton to have been accessory to the murder of Gen. Hamilton; but the American reader need not be told that he was not so with a view to aid the commission of murder—that he was not at the time a Judge—and that Mr. Burr has no legal authority to sign death warrants. (Ledger.)
PRINCE OF WALES'S BIRTH DAY. Windsor, Saturday, Aug. 12.
This being the birth day of his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, their Majesties and the Royal Family received the compliments of the Nobility and Gentry on the happy occasion. The Union Flag was flying the whole day on the top of the Round Tower.
The morning had a lowering appearance, and some smart showers fell, but were soon over, and the afternoon was fair and inviting.
Between seven and eight o'clock in the evening, his Majesty, accompanied by the Queen and Princesses, walked on the Terrace, which was crowded with all the Nobility and Gentry in the neighbourhood, and people, in short, of every description, eager to have a view of their beloved Sovereign, and to be perfectly satisfied—as they were—by their own observation, of his complete recovery.
His Majesty was in excellent spirits, and conversed with many distinguished characters with much familiarity and humour. His memory appears to be as vigorous and correct as ever; for along two lines of considerable length which were formed by his subjects, one on each side of the walk, he spoke to almost all those who were in the front, and who had been formerly introduced to him, addressing them each by name.
The Queen was equally condescending, and conversed with several of the Ladies and Gentlemen with much ease and familiarity.
An observation of his Majesty in addressing a certain Lady, is worthy of being mentioned. The subject was Scandal . "Every one (said his Majesty) has two balances, one for weighing his own character, and another for weighing those of others." Observing a fine coat upon a certain opulent taylor, his Majesty addressed him, and remarked—"The French say, the coat makes the man —"L'habit fait l'homme;"—"but we must say the contrary of you,—"L'homme fait l'habit."—"The Man makes the coat; and yet common report states, that it requires nine tailors to make one man!"—This happy jeu d'esprit afforded much delight to the person to whom it was addressed, and among the company was the general talk and merriment of the evening.
His Majesty addressed himself with equal good humour to many others, and particularly complimented Lord Boston on his strict attention to his professional duties as a soldier.
Among the company present were Lords Uxbridge, Camden, Huntly, St. Helen's, Hawkesbury, Castlecragh, and Rosslyn. The beautiful Lady Castlereagh, was also there, along with the charming Lady Selina Stewart, who is under her protection.—We scarcely ever observed a more finished beauty than the latter, whose looks, shape and motion, seemed to fascinate every beholder. The keen glance, yet pleasing languour, of her soft blue eye is irresistible. The short petticoat displayed the pink stockings and ancles of the finest shape. Her arms were bare almost to the shoulder, and both for polish, shape and whiteness, are perhaps unqualified. Lady Castlereagh and she might be compared to Calypso and her Nymph, who enslaved Telemachus . The Goddess is taller, and more majestick; the Nymph is more soft and fascinating.
The King retired from the Terrace about eight o'clock, leaving a feeling of mingled affection, respect, and joy, in the company—affection, for his condescensions, respect for his virtues and station, and joy at the assurance of his perfect recovery. These happy tidings will be received with much exultation by all ranks in every part of the Country.
 METEOROLOGICAL JOURNAL, From 1st to 15th November.    Days. Week. Weather. Winds. Velocity. Barometer. Thermometer.   Morn. Aftr. Morn. Aftr. Morn. Aftr. Morn. Aftr. Morn. Aftr.     Thursday. 1 Fair. Fair. N E N E 1 1 30.45 30.44 50 60   Friday. 2 Fair. Fair. S S W S S W 1 1 30.40 30.40 52 62   Saturday. 3 Fair. Fair. N W N W 1 1 30.38 30.40 55 65   Sunday. 4 Fair. Fair. N W N W 1 1 30.35 30.35 56 66   Monday. 5 Fair. Fair. N W N W 1 1 30.35 30.35 56 66   Tuesday. 6 Fair. Fair. N W N W 1 1 30.35 30.35 56 66   Wednesday. 7 Fair. Fair. N W N W 1 1 30.35 30.35 56 66   Thursday. 8 Fair. Fair. N E N E 1 1 30.35 30.35 56 66   Friday. 9 Fair. Fair. S E S E 1 1 30.30 30.30 57 67   Saturday. 10 Fair. Fair. S S W S S W 1 1 30.30 30.30 57 67   Sunday. 11 Fair. Fair. S S W S S W 1 1 30.30 30.30 57 67   Monday. 12 Fair. Fair. S S W S S W 1 1 30.30 30.30 57 67   Tuesday. 13 Fair. Fair. N W N W 1 1 30.30 30.30 57 67   Wednesday. 14 Fair. Fair. N W N W 1 1 30.30 30.30 57 67   Thursday. 15 Fair. Fair. N E N E 1 1 30.30 30.30 57 67    EXPLANATION.—This Journal is marked at sun rise, and at three o'clock.—The velocity of the wind is graduated from ten degrees down.
Gazette Marine Memoranda.
ARRIVED. British ship Rochdale , Bloor, 35 days from Tobago, Sugar and Rum, Robertson and Brown. British Galliot Ann Eliza , Ball, 40 days from St. Lucia, Sugar, to order. Ship Nancy , captain John Jones, of Baltimore, sailed from St. Jago de Cuba, October 19, with eighteen passengers.—On the 14th inst. in a gale of wind she struck on Currituck shoals—all the passengers and crew got on shore, and a large portion of the cargo will be saved.
CUSTOM-HOUSE—ENTERED.
Schooner Mars , James, St. Vincent's. CLEARED. Brig Rover , Watt, Cadiz. Schooner Virginia , Hudgins, Antigua. Eliza, Gilbert, Antigua. Sloop Planter , Ash, Petersburg.
FOR SALE. 160 Hhds. Petersburg TOBACCO. Part of which is afloat.
A. Maclure. Nov. 21. tf 242
NOW LANDING On Maxwell's Wharf , from on board the Schooner SEAMAN , Capt. Seaman, from New-York.
A CHOICE PARCEL OF OLD COGNAC BRANDY, and a few casks of DUTCH LINSEED OIL. Which will be sold low, by applying to John Brown, Rothery's Wharf November 19. tf 227
CHEAP GOODS.
JUST ARRIVED FROM NEW-YORK, AND FOR SALE AT MRS. HUNTS, TALBOT ROW.
AN ASSORTMENT OF SUPERFINE and Fine Cloths, Cassimeres, Brown Linen, Calicoes, Shirting Mullin, Calimancoes, Worsted Hose, Fur-Silk Gloves, Blue and White Pulicat and Madras Handkerchiefs, Silk, Satin, and Black Moles, 6-4 Fanny Silk Shawls, Barcelona ditto, Camel's Hair ditto, Black Sewing-Silk, Edgings, Silk Waistcoat Patterns, Whitechappel Needles and Pins, Ferratons, Red Morocco Pocket-Books, Fine Razors, Children's Caps, Silk Suspenders. AND AN ASSORTMENT OF Jewellery, Razor Strops, Matrafles, Syringes, &c. November 19. tf 238
TO LET For one or more years,
SEVERAL Tenements in the Town of Portsmouth, advantageously situated.—ALSO, A Store House, near the Market.
A GARDNER Who can come well recommended, will find immediate employment by applying to
William Leigh. November 19. tf 240
CASH WILL BE GIVEN FOR WHEAT, PEASE, AND FLAX-SEED, By the Subscriber, at his warehouse on Marsden's wharf.
THEO. ARMISTEAD. November 19. tf 241
COLOGNE MILL-STONES.
THE SUBSCRIBERS HAVE COLOGNE MILL-STONES, of all dimensions, from Hand-Mill-Stones of 22 inches, to those of 4 feet 8 inches, of the best quality.—ALSO, BAR and ROD IRON, and STEEL, of all kinds. Jesse Hollingsworth & Son. Baltimore, Aug. 15. tf 77
Gould's Packet will sail for Baltimore TO-MORROW, weather permitting. Nov. 21.

DEPARTMENT OF MISCELLANY.
SOME ACCOUNT OF THE BREBES AND COUNTRY MOORS, From Chenier's present state of the Empire of Morocco.
"We should divide the different tribes that people this empire into two principal classes; that is to say, the Brebes and the Moors. I shall not dwell upon the signification of the name Brebes, which the mountaineers have acquired and preserved; conjectures only can be formed on the subject, the uncertainty concerning the origin of these people, and the epocha of their first settlements, being considered.
"The Brebes, as well as the Moors, no doubt, adopted the Mahometan religion, analogous as it was to their manners and chief customs, on the first invasion of the Arabs; but they are ignorant and little faithful to its precepts, except to that which inspires them with a hatred for other religions. Mahometanism has not effaced the ancient habits and prejudices of these people, for they eat swine's flesh, and, in those places where there are vineyards, drink wine; and good reason why, say they, we make it ourselves. In the southern parts of Mount Atlas they put it into earthen jars, the better to preserve it, and into barrels made from the trunks of hollow trees, the butts of which they spread over with pitch, keep it in caverns, and even in water. In the province of Rif, towards the north, they give it a slight boiling, which deprives it of its fumes, and makes it less intoxicating: they, perhaps, also think, that this renders it congenial to the spirit of the Koran.
"Buried in their mountains, the Brebes maintain their resentment against the Moors, whom, confounding them with the Arabs, they regard as usurpers. In these asylums they contract a ferocity of character, and strength of body, which render them more proper for war and labour than the Moors of the plain in general are; the independence they profess imparts more of character to their countenance; but it is necessary to have lived long among these nations to perceive the difference. Subjected to the emperor of Morocco by religious prejudices, they shake off his authority whenever they think proper, and, entrenched as they are in their mountains, to attack and vanquish them is difficult.
"The Brebes have a language of their own, and never marry but among each other. They have tribes or Castes among them who are exceedingly powerful, both by their number and courage. Such are those of Gomera on the borders of Rif, of Gayora towards Fez, of Timoor, extending along mount Atlas from Mequinez to Tedda, of Shavoya from Tedda to Dyquella, and of Mishboya from Morocco to the south. The emperor of Morocco keeps the children of the chiefs of these tribes at court as hostages for their fidelity.
"The Brebes have no distinction of dress; they are always clothed in woollen like the Moors; and, though they inhabit mountains, seldom wear caps. These mountaineers, as well as their wives, have exceedingly fine teeth, and shew signs of vigour, which distinguish them from the other tribes. It is common for them to hunt lions and tigers, and the very mothers have a custom of decorating their children with a tiger's claw, or the remnant of a lion's hide on the head, thinking that by this means they acquire strength and courage. The same kind of superstition, no doubt, occasions young wives to get their husbands these sorts of amulets. The Brebes and the Shella having a language common to themselves, and unknown to the Moors, must both have had the same origin, notwithstanding the difference there is in their mode of life. The Shella live on the frontiers of the empire toward the south; their population is by no means so great as that of the Brebes, nor are they so ferocious; they do not marry with other tribes; and, though they practice many superstitious rites, they are faithful observers of their religion.
"After the Brebes, who are considerably populous, I shall speak of the Moors, the greatest number of whom are extended over the country, and the remainder inhabit the cities.
"The former, that is, the Moors of the country, live in tents, and have fresh encampments every year, to give rest to the land, and obtain fresh pasture; but they are not allowed to remove, without having first informed their governor. Like the ancient Arabs, they are entirely addicted to a country life. Their encampments, which they call Douhars, composed of numerous tents, form a crescent, somewhat narrowed toward the end, or else are erected in two parallel lines; and their flocks and herds returning from pasture, occupy the centre. They sometimes close the entrance of the douhars with thorn faggots, but set no other guard than a number of dogs, which bark unceasingly at the approach of a stranger. Each douhar has its chief, who is subordinate to a still superior officer, appointed to superintend and govern a number of these encampments; and many of these lesser divisions are again reunited under the government of a bashaw; some of whom have a thousand douhars under their command.
"The tents of the Moors are somewhat of a conick form, are seldom more than eight or ten feet high in the centre, and from twenty to five and twenty in length. Like those of the remotest antiquity, their figure is that of a ship overset, the keel of which is only seen. These tents are made of twine, composed of goat's hair, camel's wool, and the leaves of the wild palm, so that they keep out water; but, being black, they produce a disagreeable effect at a distant view.
"The Moors in camp live in the utmost simplicity, and present a faithful picture of the earth's inhabitants in the first ages. Education, the temperance of the climate, and the rigour of the government, diminish the wants of these people, who find in their own provinces, and the milk and wool of their flocks every thing necessary for their food and cloathing. It is their custom to have several wives, a luxury less felt among people who have few wants than among those who have many; it is even advantageous to economy, the women having charge of all domestic affairs. Beneath their ill-secured tents, they are employed in milking their cows, to supply their daily wants, and, when the milk is in abundance, they make butter. They sort and sift their wheat and barley, gather vegetables, and daily grind flour with a mill composed of two round stones, eighteen inches in diameter; in the upper one of which a handle is fixed while it turns on an axle, which projects from that beneath. They daily make bread, which they bake well, or ill, as it happens, between two earthen plates, and very often on the ground heated by fire.
"Their common food is cooscoosoo, a paste made of flour in the form of small grains, in the manner of Italian pastes. This cooscoosoo they dress by the vapour of broth in a round dish, with holes like a colander, and that is fixed in the kettle in which they boil their meat. The cooscoosoo, contained in this deep plate, or colander, is slowly softened, and prepared by the vapour of the broth, with which they take care to moisten it occasionally.
"Simple as this food is, it is very nourishing, and also very agreeable, when those habitual prejudices are overcome which each nation has for its own customs, and which cannot be eradicated but by an intercourse with other nations. The common people eat their cooscoosoo with milk or mutton indifferently; but those more at their ease, as the governors of provinces, or their lieutenants, who live in the cen-
tre of their encampments, have it dressed by a rich broth made with mutton, poultry, and pigeons, or hedge-hogs, and mix it afterward with fresh butter. "These officers receive strangers in their camps with like cordiality to that with which the guests of Jacob and Laban were received. They kill a sheep on their arrival, which they immediately put to the spit; and, if they have not a spit ready, a wooden one is made; when roasted by a very quick fire, and served up in a wooden platter, their mutton looks and eats exceedingly well. I have often been present at similar repasts, the simplicity of which I respected. I imagined myself in a dream, and transported under the tents of the patriarchs.
"The employment of the women is also to prepare their wool, spin, and weave in looms, hung lengthways in their tents. These looms are formed by a list of an ell and a half long, to which the threads of the warp are fixed at one end, and at the other on a roller of equal length; the weight of which, being suspended, keeps them stretched. The threads of the warp are so long as to be readily intersected. Instead of shuttles, the women pass the thread of the wool through the warp with their fingers, and with an iron comb, having a handle, press the wool to give a body to their cloth. Each piece, of about five ells long, and an ell and a half wide, is called a haick; it receives neither dressing, milling, nor dying, but is immediately fit for use; it is the constant dress of the Moors of the country, is without seam, and incapable of varying according to the caprices of fashion. When dirty, it is washed; the Moor is wrapped up in it day and night, and this haick is the living model of the drapery of the ancients.
"The country Moors wear only their woollen stuffs, without shirts or drawers, linen among these nations being an article of luxury known only to the court and city. The wardrobe of a country Moor, who is in easy circumstances, consists in a haick for summer, another for winter, a cape, a red cap, and a pair of slippers. The common people, both of country and town, wear a kind of tunick of white, grey, or mixed woollen cloth, which descends half way down the leg, with large sleeves and a cape, much resembling the dress of the Carthusian friars.
"The country women likewise wear only a haick tied round their waist, the folds of which, covering the neck and shoulders, are fastened by silver clasps. The finery of which the country women are most desirous are large ear-rings, made in the shape of a crescent, or silver rings with bracelets, and rings for the small of the leg. These they wear, amidst all their employments, less from vanity than because they know not the use of drawers, or chests, in which to lay them up. They also wear necklaces of small coloured glass beads, or clove grains strung on a silken thread.
"Beside these embellishments, the country women, to make themselves more beautiful, paint the skin of their face, bosom, and almost of their whole body, with the forms of flowers and ornaments. These impressions are made with needles, in which are the points of needles that slightly raise the skin, under which a blue colour is inserted, or gunpowder pulverized, which is never effaced. The custom is exceedingly ancient, and has been common to numerous nations in Tartary, Asia, the southern parts of Europe, and, perhaps, over the whole earth. It is not, however, general to all the Moorish tribes, the women of some of which bear on the forehead, or on the chin, a cross impearled at the four ends, or else the same cross as if pendent from a chain, the figure of which, traced round the neck, descends to the bosom. These tribes are probably descendants of those who formerly were subjected to the Christians of Africa, and who, to avoid paying taxes like the Moors, thus imprinted crosses upon their skins that they might pass for Christians. Thus custom, which originally might serve to distinguish tribes by their religion, or from each other, afterward became a mode of decoration, that was habitually retained, after all remembrance of its origin was effaced.
"The country Moors regard their wives less as companions than as slaves, destined to labour; tilling the ground excepted, they have the care of every thing; and I may add, to the disgrace of humanity, that in certain poor parts women are seen with a mule, an ass, or some other animal, drawing the plough. When the Moors remove their douhars, or encampments, the men, all seated on the ground in a circle, with their elbows on their knees, converse together, while the women take down the tents, pack up the effects, and load their camels, or oxen; the old afterward carry bundles, and the young their children upon their backs in blankets tied round the waist. In the southern parts the women are also obliged to look after the horses, clean, saddle, and bridle them, while the husband, always despotick in these climates, commands, and seems only born to be obeyed.
"The country women walk unveiled; their skin is tanned, nor can they make absolute pretensions to beauty. In some places, however, they paint their cheeks, and every where stain their hair, their feet, and their finger's ends, with an herb called henna, which produces a deep saffron colour. This must have been an ancient custom among the nations of Asia. Abu-Beker stained his eyebrows and beard of the same colour, and he has been imitated by many of his successors. A reverence for religion might have introduced the custom, which the women afterward made ornamental. It may, however, seem more probable that the custom of painting the beard and hair, or plucking it up by the roots, and shaving the head in warm countries, first originated in cleanliness, for the same reason as combs are used in those countries where the hair is worn.
"The marriage-ceremonies of the Moors, who live in tents, much resemble those of the cities; a description of which will be seen in its place. The nuptials of the douhar are in general more gay and splendid, and they carefully invite passing strangers, that they may contribute to the expense of the festival; and in this they are more interested than hospitable.
"The tribes dispersed over the country usually confine their marriages each within itself, seldom intermarrying with other tribes. They are always embroiled by their prejudices, which descend from generation to generation, or which, feebly slumbering, awake if a camel happen to be lost, or on the least dispute concerning pastureage, or wells of water. Intermarriages among these tribes, far from producing harmony, have often given birth to scenes so tragical as scarcely to be believed among other nations; such as men murdered by their wives, or women slaughtered by their husbands, to revenge national quarrels between their different tribes.
"Their children, however numerous, are no incumbrance to the parent, for, as soon as able, they are put to work; they keep the flocks, carry wood, assist in tilling the ground, and gathering the harvest. In the evening, when they return from their day's labour, all the children of the douhar assemble in a common tent, where the iman, who himself can scarcely spell, teaches them to read some lessons in the Koran, transcribed on boards, and instructs them in their religion by the light of a fire made of straw, underwood, and cow-dung, dried in the sun. The heat is most felt in the inland parts of the country, and there children, of both sexes, often run naked till they are nine or ten years old.
Wanted to hire by the year, An active Negro or Mulatto Man, who has a good character for sobriety, docility and attention. Enquire at the office of the Ledger.
STORAGE. THE Subscriber will receive Goods on Storage, at his convenient Fire Proof Store, on Marsden's Wharf. William Hartsborne, Jun. Oct. 18. tf
LIVERPOOL SALT. QUEEN'S WARE, in Crates well afforded. DUFFEL BLANKETS, in small Bales. 10 and 20d. Flat Pointed NAILS, in Casks—and LIVERPOOL COAL. Taken from along side the ship Jane, Capt. Colley, will be sold low. Apply to William Pennock.
WHO OFFERS FOR SALE, 114 Puncheons Jamaica RUM. Imported in the Sarah, Capt. Herbert. October 23. tf 187
LANDING THIS DAY ON WARREN'S WHARF, 113 Tierces RICE. 10 Hogheads SUGAR. 10 do. MOLASSES. For Sale by Warren Ashley. August 2. tf 53
Will be landed this day on Newton's Wharf, from on board the Schooner Ann Eliza, Capt. Smith, from Aux-Cayes, 75,000 wt. GREEN COFFEE. For sale by Wilson, Cunningham & Co. August 21. tf 86
NOW LANDING From on board the Brig Maria, Robert Hutton, master, from Barbary, 30 Pipes Old COGNAC BRANDY, fit for immediate use. 211 Hhds. CLARET, fit for the West India Market. 100 Cases, do. do. 50 do. Vin de Grave. 500 DEMIJOHNS. 2 Trunks of Silk Stockings, Silk and Kid Gloves and Fans. For sale by William Pennock. Sept. 1. tf 115
FOR SALE,
New-York BEEF and PORK. ALSO, 200 barrels Smithfield PORK. Robert Gibson. July 17, 1804. tf 17
RANAWAY from the Subscriber, living in Raleigh, on the night of the 23d of October last, a Negro Boy named SAM, about 13 years old, 5 feet 7, well built, of a good countenance, flutters very much when speaking. He has with him a blue cloth coat, without pocket flaps. It is expected he is now in Peterburg, as he was taken up on the 29th of October, at Mr. Parham's, 30 miles this side of Peterburg on the road from Hicks's Ford, and made his escape. He will likely aim for Norfolk, and endeavour to get on board some vessel. Masters of vessels, as well as other persons, are forewarned from harbouring or taking him away. I will give a generous reward, and pay all reasonable expenses to any person who will bring him to me, or secure him in any jail so that I may get him again. Henry H. Cooke. Raleigh, North-Carolina, Nov. 6, 1804. 3 226
FOR SALE, 20 Barrels Fine FLOUR afloat. John Cox. Gosport, Nov. 12. tf 229
Received by the Ship Gosport, from Amsterdam, and for sale by the Subscriber, 12 Bales TICKLENBURG. 5 Cases PLATILLAS. 4 Cases BRITTANNIAS. 2 Cases BYLWELD LINEN. He has also for Sale, 12 Puncheons choice Demerara SPIRIT. 100 do. Gosport RUM. 5,000 lb. PIMENTO. James Young. November 10. 2w 224
LANDING THIS DAY On Newton's Wharf, from on board the Ship Gosport, M. M. Deschamps, from Amsterdam, CONSISTING OF A CHOICE ASSORTMENT OF SWEDISH IRON. NAIL RODS. RUSSIA & RAVENS DUCK. LINENS afforded, and A few Hogheads CLARET. For sale by Moses Myers. November 10. tf 225
THIS DAY Will commence landing, on Newton's Wharf, the Cargo of the Swedish Brig NICANOR, E. LUNBERG, Master, from Gottenburg, CONSISTING OF A CHOICE ASSORTMENT OF SWEDISH IRON. NAIL RODS. RUSSIA & RAVENS DUCK. LINENS afforded, and A few Hogheads CLARET. For sale by Moses Myers. Sept. 15. tf 138
NOW LANDING From on board the Schooner LYDIA, Capt. Livingston, from Antigua 116 Puncheons RUM. For sale by William Pennock. WHO WANTS TO PURCHASE, RED AND WHITE OAK STAVES—and 22 INCH SHINGLES. November 5. tf 221
WANTED IMMEDIATELY, A QUANTITY OF Red and White Oak Drawn Staves, for which cash will be given. ALSO, White and Pitch Pine Merchantable Boards. ROBERT MAITLAND & Co. Sept. 27. tf 157
WE HAVE FOR SALE, 1,000 Barrels TURPENTINE. 1,000 do. TAR. 100,000 Red and White Oak Hhd. STAVES—and 8 Pipes of BRANDY. Gilliat & Mackinder. November 8. tf 222
LANDING Town Point, out of the Brig Many LOUISA, from St. Thomas, A Parcel of Choice SUGAR. In hogheads, tierces and barrels, for sale—also, From on board the Maria, Capt. Hutton, from BORDEAUX. 50 Cases, CLARET, of superior quality. 48 Casks, 100 Pipes high proof BRANDY, which will be sold on liberal terms, by Robertson & Brown. Sept. 1. tf 114
FALL AND WINTER GOODS. THE SUBSCRIBER Has received by the Brig COMMERCE, from LONDON, and Ship BRITIS, from LIVERPOOL, A GENERAL ASSORTMENT OF FALL AND WINTER GOODS, which he offers for sale, by Wholesale or Retail, on moderate terms. Richard Taylor. ALSO—A FEW BALES BEST TWILLED SACKING. Sept. 22. tf 150
JUST RECEIVED, By the ship Roba & Betsey, Capt. Richardson, from London, and for sale by the Subscriber, A LARGE SUPPLY OF DRUGS AND MEDICINES, of all kinds. Patent Medicine, Perfumery, &c. &c. Also received by the ship Almirante, Capt. Stover, A LARGE ASSORTMENT OF SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS, Consisting of Amputating, Trepanning, Cupping, Midwifery, Tooth of different sorts, Crown and Common Lancets, and Surgical Pocket Instruments, &c. &c. HARDHAM'S SNUFF, No. 2. Also, by the ship Olive Branch, Capt. Le Breton, from Bristol, A LARGE & EXTENSIVE ASSORTMENT OF GLASS & FURNITURE, For Apothecary's and Practitioner's Shops.
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