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Berkeley and Jefferson intelligencer. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va.) 1802-1810, 1805-10-11

ne III the iiatural and ususi eonseoues.
Gee ofthe Incorporate use 81 ardent spi-
rifs.
Death has been slassed among he
conscquerces Of hard drinking. But Il
isnot death from the Immediate hand Sc
the Deity, nor from any az the inssri..
menss ofitwhich were created by him.
Il i death from Shicidf. Yes--thou
poor degraded creature, who art daily
lifting the poisonous bowl 10 Thy lip--
cease % avoid the unkxIloMed rf0und
il which he self.mnrdcred i Inferred,
and wondcrno longer thnt me sur should
shine, the rainfall, aid the gsasa look
green upon his grave thou 1T perpe-
tfzting gradually BY the use 0f ardent
spirits, what he has affected suddenly.
BY opiufh, Of i halter. Considefihk
how many circumstances from slfprise.
or derangemeht, may palIiate his guilt,
or that (unlike youfs) twas nor prece-
adedor accompanied with any otkercFirie,
il i probable his ccndemnation viii be
less than yours 81 The day ofiudsment.p
eAeeN1N1eo8NAeeaA
Among the many advantages arising
from cultivated sentiment, one ofthe 6rst
and most truly valuable, y that delicatc
complaceney Of mind, which leads lie to
consult The feelings Of those with whom
We live, BY showing 1 disposition to gra-
tify them, g far as in our power, and By
avoiding whateserh has q contrary tenden.
cy..
They must, indeed, have attended liz
lie % what passes ii the world who donoe
knowthe importance Of this disposition
who have not observed that the wsntofit
often poisons Tie domestic happiness of
families, whose felicity every other cif-
c.imssahce eoncurs q promote.
Berkeley and Jefferson intelligencer. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va.) 1802-1810, 1805-10-11

The city inspector reports Sc deaths
during the week ending the 25th nltimo.
Nfsv-1 erk Herald.
Berkeley and Jefferson intelligencer. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va.) 1802-1810, 1805-10-11

q Il sad, thar GIBSON GRASoFh.
Esq. Rostmasfey General, died Iaielv az,
Ms seaf n GsnnerGcnt. PouIson. i
Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1805-04-20

thy. the shortest. thought too, could
discern good correspondence between
the length OF every years growth, and the
d,grce OF sickness or heSi;h experienced
the same year.
Since that time, have travelled consi-
derably, and wherever have passed thro'
places which have been subject TO seasons
of uncommon sickness, have made ob.
servations upon the trees, and thiG.s have
found their grow,hs TO correspond well
with The years of sickness. have also
examined The grains of green fslled timber,
which are their annual growth, and found
them widest which grew in years of re-
markable sickness. IT these are a criteri-
on of disease and health, we have = noso.
logical history OF our country, and of eve.
nv particular situation in it, For hundreds
of years back, without depending on ira
ditions or the histories of men: for some
trees are probably hundreds Of years old.
When we look upon a grove, or wilder
ness, We see the RECORDS OF MA
TURE. declaring the happiness and mi.
series of past generations, indicating the
proportions of health and insaIubrity be-
longing 10 the place, and admonishing US
OF the certain mortality of man Cor as
sure as the trees .grozr, there is hoison inhal.
ed by us, To vitia,e our frame and produce
lis eventual dissolution.
cannot conclude without earnestly re.
commenting the planting of trees around
dwelling houses Cor besides their salubri-
~, they are an ornament, and their shade
is most refreshing and comfortable in
summer. Could thsy not otherwise be
obtained, l certainly would give as much
for good set OF trees we'll placed round
house, as for the house itself.
PHILO DENDRON.
Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1805-04-20
FROM rHE POLITICAL OBSERVATORY.
NATURES RECORns.

fthe subject, Mr.. Editor, of this com.
munlcation has not the merit of the nice.,
demonstration, yet il has that of novelty
TO recommend it. 1t was started by tbs
modern improvements which have been
made in physical science, and look upon
1t as grand a!testa!ion Of nature 10 the
truth of the present philosophy.
IL has long been known, that TREES
obtain their growth wholly from the at.
mosphere, or air.--By late discoveries IL
is found that our atmospheric air i. COM
posed of various kinds, or sorts: shall,
not mention the hard, Greek names given
them by philosophers.
1t has also been a.certained, that the
same kind OF air, which produces the ero7vrh
OF trees and vegetables, is the cause of
Sfckness among mankind. Thus purify.
ing substances by emitting great portion
OF certain quality of air, increase ,he
growth OF vegetables, and al The same time
are h,isonous to The human frame. Hence
IN low grounds and near stagoated waters.
where animals and vegetables ore con-
stanily purifying, the weeds, trees, &c.
are always large, and the inhabitants al.
ways sfekiy. And the highest situations
where vegetables obtain but snr1H size.
are the most heaifhy to man.-On IN,
strength of these facls, philosophers have
advised us to plant trees around our dwell.
ings' 10 serve the purpose of sieve or
S,rdiHeT' 10 retain "a themselves that kind
OF air, which, II suffered 10 pass freely to
The dwellers, would produce sickaess.
lived several years in low ooun,rv
near stagnant waters, where the inhah;.
tants were very subje6tlo the drue and f.
yer, and IN several seasons to a billion, 6e.
ger, which proved some years very mortal.
AS pvecaulion, planted thick row of
trees round my house; but before the
growth was sufficient to be Of service, nv.
sell and Iamliy were several times atiack
cd with the fever. After lspse of min.
or ten years, ON observing the progress Of
my trees, when the leaves were of IN tb,
TALL, It occurred to me tina, would ascsr.
lain The grovths Of each year by ezauc;n.
ny the branches and main trunks from Inc.
downwards, and bv corocar;.
'on see whether they would not core.
ipond with the years as they had been ex.
,crienced in point Of sickness and heath
The resuk at once surprized and pleas.
ID me J found an evident difference n
he growlhs--lhat OF the D,oss siekls v-or
vas the fo'sars!--and that oflhe most hal
Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1805-04-20

The friends OF Richard HfRersor, of
Damascoity, are informed that he has
made his escape from the British friga,e
Amelia, at ST.. Kits, and is now in Phi,a-
delphia. He jumped overheard, aad
swan on shore at great risk Of his life
from the Sharks. He left OH board the
irlgate Samuel Shehard, Samuel L,asher6y,
James Kingsley, Martin Fame. and another
man, whose name is no, recol!e ctcd, be-
longing to Salrm-three of whom were
pressed from the brig Cynthia, of this
port, and born in this .own-by the Com
mandcr of the Kings brig Curio, and al
forwards drafted on board the frigate A.
meta at Barbados the l2,h December.
MIR. Wilkerson writes, g that they were
very uneasy at rheir situation, Sc,--but
preferred waiting for their clearance
(Which they expected every day. than to-
run the risk Of swimming ashore, FOR fear
of the sharks" II is unnecessary for US
TO add any thing to excite The Indignation
ofevery American al such outrageous con-
duel by the Officers OF nation with which
we are a, peace, on the Rights and Liber-
ties OF our Citizens--but We trust III God
the day of vengeance is not far distant.
Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1805-04-20
From she Daily .Adverfissr.
COURT or GENERAL SESSIONS.
Tor the city 2f new. York, Itrk 9, 1906.
People OF THE STATE y. BAKER.

PEOPLE OF THE STATE U. BAKER.
This was an indictment against the de.
PENDANT for an assault and battery, CON.
milted OH the body Of a certain Mrs. Hat
field and the only witness called in SUP
port Of the prosecution was the lady her
self, who was the subject OF this assault.
She stated that her husband is person
who takes in meat to smoke and that on
certain day, the defendant called at her
house when her husband was from home.
and after informing her that lie had Ief,
two hams there 10 be smoked, begged TO
have them ifihey were sufficiently cured
she replied, that she really did not know
them from many others. but lighted can
lie & went with the defendant Iothe smoke
house, that he might point them out
lie could not and agreed TO call for them
again, when her husband should be at
ZONE. On their return to the house, she
,egged the defendant TO sit down, which
Ie did. AfIer short conversation nc rose
~ s. said he must no. She rose also, with
Ter knitting in her hand. He told her he
would call again for the hams, but as he had
lieady called three times on this business,
ie thought ne ought to have three hsses
Jpon which he put one hand around her
eek, and the otbec in her bosom tha, |
iruggle ensucd,. in which he threw her |
N a bsG which was in the room bn, in 7
of the resistance she made I
'e Ter her. lie then begged that she
Fouid mol tell her husband OF what had
Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1805-04-20
PHILADELPHIA, April u.

Two vessels have in The course Of the
present week arrived from Point Petre,
Guadaioupe, one of which, whilst lying
there, lost three and the other ul their
crews with the yelioso .feUer, which it
seems existed with symptoms Of great vie
raience. The vessels, before reaching a.
ny wharf, were remanded to the Lazaret-
10 10 receive the proper recess Of puhi6-
cation. The occurrence Of the malady at
'nis early season, and the increase of dis
ease always attendant OH hostile arma-
ments, such are now in the Wes,-Indies,
VIII require continuance ofihe most ac-
tive vigilance from the board of health.
Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1805-04-20

commodore, tits wln known, ins.sntiy s;.s.
led from, Carlisle Bay upon The recap. Us
intelligence OF the iicpch fleets ARRIVAL ne
Martinique, and aitho' W have not heatL
any psrucular accu,n, of his p'ocee,.ngs
sincc-his departure, we cannot hesitate IL.
a,,rbn'c 10 him. such judicious dssa,
sal OF his very inferior force, as sh..l az
all events preserve TO him unsul.ied, Ina,
high character which has insepa, abiy al.
tended his career of naval Enterprise.
Two Transports, the Brook aud British
Hero, from Cork, arrived this morning:
they are part of the expected feet fionl
thence, which sailed on the 9Th January
under convoy of the Proselyte and Dryad
frisaies, and q brig. On the 9th ult. the a
bove transports parted from the fleet in
the gale they have about 800 men ON
board, part of a reinforcement OF troops,
composed OF the 18th, 56;h and 9th rcri-
ments, amounting to about 100 men.
Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1805-04-20

passed; that she tsId HIN 7" be was
rood for nothing fellow and asked him
,r he was not the same Baker who had ia
ken some girls sieigan"s lasi "ioter,
and treated them so ruieiy." 10 which
he made no reply, bu, lei: The house I'M
me diately. On this sae went up stairs
! 10 a family tha, occupied the second sto
~ ofthe house, aid made some eoqiiry
Iofti,sm respecting the defendant. Being
cross examined, she said she made no
ou,cry when Baker kissed her; that she
said nothing OF the matter TO the women
upstairs, but informed her husband of the
circumstance US soon rs he returned home
in the evening.
The Counsel for the defendant enoui-
red whether her husband had offered 10
compromise this matter, and hush il up
It the defendant. would pay him l5o dol
lars; but if this proposition was rejected,
that he would prosecute him for the as
sault, sc. The court having over ruled
the question as improper, the counsel, for
the defendant, contendcd that his client
ought not TO be convicted on this indicl-
men,, since it was evident that the whole
was mere piece OF 6adinage, & not intend
ed as an insult on the prosecutrix-That
1t was clear from her asking him to sit
down, and after he had kiss'd her" whe-
Their he was not the same Baker who
treated some girls rudely last winter"-
from her not saying word tn the wo-
men up stairs the moment after the affair
had happened--From her making no out
cry when the defendant kissed her-In
short from her whole demeanor there was
nothing that bespoke an in;nlfed woman,
and the husband offering TO make the mat
ter up on the payment Of round sum OF
money, shows tina, he did not feel The in.
suit very deeply, but meant to make q
neatJo6 oft. The Counsel declared, that
with so pretty face aud with such fin2
pair of coral lips as The witness possessed
he did not wonder if any man should wish
to kiss her; and really if lady with such
charms were TO give man encoura ge.
men,, and he did not endeavor to obtain
a kiss, he deserved for thar offence him.
self to be indicted; but if every young
fellow in town were to be brought to the
bar for kissing the girls, he thought eve
ry sleighing season would make plenty OF
D~'~'''NSS N'e ~ sD~bNiNiiSb VI Tie OAR
Upon the whole, under the circumstance
OF the present case he trusted the Jury
would acqui, his client.
The Attorney General was of different
opinion. He though: the defendant gull.
~ of ve'y rude attack on his neighbor's
wife that it was an incident calculated e
rouse the most vindictive passions of the
human heart; that the husband, had he
come in at the moment oflhe assault, would
have been justified in giving the defendan,
the most severe chastisement--that Mr.
aash DIS offering 10 settle the matter wa.
a proof OF his moderation, and was mea
sure which the law authorised. AS to III,
fact, however, of the assault and bate
ry, that was clear aud The Jury wer,
bound to convici he defendant.
The court charged the jury to the sam
effect; who after a few minutes consuI.a
ton, returned verdict of gu hy.
Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1805-04-20
RALEIGH, IN. C., anr;, *

The Newbern Bank will go into opera
'ion as soon as the proper materials for
printing the Bank Noes can be procured
from the norihward. The shares would
all OF them have been disposed of on the
Gay the cooks were opened, had not the
commissioners desired to have them kept
ope"' 20 give opportunity 10 persons resi-
Ding at distance, and whose business
would bring them TO the Federal Court,
an opportunity to become subscribers.
his was complied with and The next day
'he subscription was filed. Twelve thou
sand I'VE hundred dollars were actually re-
ceiVed on account Of The subscription for
The Capital Stock of the Bank.
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faox gas .NArl3s4L IsrslLrcsscza.

From TIE .NlTI0NAL INTGLLIcE NcER.
eEAGAcTz2lsTIcs or THE TIMES.
Prom.ie, as a's 0. jeef Of urinary in'hor-
g -cncr, i7su'utions for The genera! diffusion
" If kaoIp'sdSe. Ia hrQtornoa as ne struc-
sure 9fa government giues force 10 fu5Ac
j." e.iiinios, ia is essential t4a. hg6lc otiaion
g S.iouid BE- elightened."
NVashington's Farewell Address.
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fort, are gore TO the Weft-Indies they had
about thirteen hundred troops ON beard.
1t has been coniee,ured in coniequence of
letter, received Yesterday from Malaga, that
Lord Melton has pailed the Streights, and block
AIDED Cadiz.
The notification mentioned in this letter was,
we have every rcafon to believe, in comic
quencc OF the official notice of our Gazette.
We have intelligence from Cadiz of the soth
ultimc, which takes not the leaf notice of any
fquadron being off that port, and we have not
heard that any official intelligence has been
received Of Lord Neifon's having paiied The
Streights.
The more we reflect upon the de6gns of the
French, upon which the curious intercepted
correspondence lately publlhed, has thrown
iuch itrong light, the more we are convinced,
that an attack upon our Indian fettlements, is
one OF their great objects. Some private let
tiers received within day or two from France,
frengthen our opinion. They Gate in po!itive
terms, that in certain latitude, the combined
fleets were to feparate, and that feven fail OF
the line were to be detached to the Eait-Indies
with 5000 troops Oh board.
Lord Keith has left town from RaJnf-ate
to refume the command of the Hips OF Bou
logne.
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TO BE SOLD,

ii. Pa5hi Penvs, at G99,s !Ysei, in fl.arl; ia. on
Al'n'':y tie l6b DAY Of S9t.ar5es, at 2 oo.k, ..
aoor;
4 II. that TRACT OF LAND, late pr-bv
[ Thornton, Equire's, iituated in Northu,n
beriand county, Virginia, lying mn,e diately on
the Potomac River The following telcrp;ion Is
given OF this property by perfons well acsua;a;eI
with tt 1t contains 2,5OC acres, 200 acre. o.
which are the mo valuable low grounds on the rvsy
between $ and 400 heavily timbe-et,, and th.
remainder very high land, extremely productive The
io OF this tract equal to any IN thc Gate for the cul
tvation OF oorn wheel, tobacco, timothy, and fiuau
gram oil all kinds On this trace are large conlrio-
d'ouS Brick Nianii"n Houfe and two Offices 4 Large
Br!ck Stable, Valuable Barn, Cow Houfe, and mani
other out-houies. The Orchards and Garden contain
variety OF valuable fruit trees, and the waters hort
with excellent film and oyfers 1t IS t,ua,ed about
days iai from Baltimore, Alexandra, and Norfoll
There are good mill fea,s for grin and faw mills
on the eltate and plenty ofcear aud chelnus timber
tor which an excellent market may BE found at tho
City of Warrington"
The terms of fale srsone-four,h cath, fourth
III one year, onetourth III 3 months and the reG,,ue
IN two years from the day of fate. The payments 70
be ieeured by bonds with mortgages on the prenl.s
and to be on intereit from the day oflale.
For iurtEer information, application may De made
III behalf of the tnbfcriber, Thomas Robinfon. TO
Richard Peters, Jun. attorney at law, in the citv of
Philadelphia, TO William Lewis, in the fame CITY
(PniladePhia)
THOMAS ROBINSON.
W. LEWIS.
July oS epI5S.
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FOR SALE,
valuable TRACT of L.AND
(rtf.

HAT valuable TRACT of LAND, in the
Z county OF King z Qaeen late the property
of VIM. Campbell, decd. called the Taylor. Bridge
Tract; containing about four hundred acres, lar,
proportion of which is rich low ground, abundaaiy
tocked with good timber, and well adapted 10 the
cultivation of grain 1t will be fold on the premifes,
on the fifth OF September, if fair, if not, the next
lair day, and may be divided to accommodate pur
ehaiers, credit of .ix, twelve, and eiorte.n
months. Bonds with approved facrrity, to bear
ntereit from the date, if not puncually paid tooe
ther with alien on the land, will be regaeied.
VIM. & Willy CAMPBELL, Exe'rs.
King & Queen, July l2. (eFsw1
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~ T-s
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LONDON, May 81.

Rtnnom, Of Peaer.-The Hamburger mail OF
the Gift arrived Yesterday. 1t is confidently re-
ported, that the milton of nj. Novofilzof to
Bonaparte has for its object the reltoration OF
general tranquility, and that the conditions
with which he is charged, are to he propoieti
on the joint part of Rutiia and Grcat-Britain-
Should The Emperor Napoleon be in Italy or
the arrival of the Rui,ian miniGer at Paris, Ii is
aiierted that he will proceed to Italy.
| DctssfveoperafionJ.-- thenaval officers at.
tachcd to ignaI potts, fea fencihles, sc. have
received orders to hold thomfelveS in readiness
for emoar.atiou, in cafe circumstances !houid
occur to render their fervice on board ncccf.a-
ry.
| May 90.
Ne1ytomadlaad Fee. .nken.-It iswith extreme
regret we have toin!orm our readers of the cap
ture OF the greater part of the outward bound
convoy for Newfoundland. The particulars of
this event are given il the followingletters which
were received IN Town yelterday:
| Cork, May ell am concerned to inform
you, that the Newfoundland fleet which failed
hence the 9th infant, with convoy, being met
by French frigate, were all burnt or captured
two of them were taken by the Topaze and
Roiarira, off the north wet coat of Ireland. 4
Spaniih corvette, of 30 guns, has been taken by
the Topaze. She had captured the Young Will
liam, Of London, Capt. Young from Cork to
Waterford, with fpirits and porter"
French Lazv5 in Misunderstanding to pri-
vate letters from Rotterdam of the 25th infant,
meainres of increafed feverity were about to be
adopted, under the aufpccs Of Mr.. Schimmel-
penninck, for cutting Of! all commercial inter
courfe between Holland and this coun.
try. A proclamation upon this fubieet was ex-
peeted to be iilued by the government on the
| goth.
May 2s.
In fubfequent column we have givenin an alb
ttract of the report ofthc committee the houfe
! OF commons to whom was referred the con-
federation of certain parts of the tenth report of
| the commflioners for naval enquiry. Ii was
prefented yeferday evening by MIR. Leyccfer,
the chairman of the committee, and ordered
to be printed. On the motion for the latter
! proceeding, Mr.. Whitehead gave notice of his
| intention to bring forward on Thurfday fen.
night, a motion for the impeachment of
Lord Melville, and alto certain re(olutons
| relative to the conduit of the chancel-
lor of the exchequer, in the cafe of that no.
| bleman.
SpanjB DoAar5.-Tbe accounts of the En-
| glifh merchants having claims on the court of
| Madrid for balances due and detained in the
bank OF that city at the commencement of the
Taft war, are ihortly expected to be put in a
| fate of payment with intereft We hear the
! payment is to be made out of that part of the
, fpecie afcertained to be the immediate property
| ofthe Spanih government, which was detain-
| ed previous to the declaration of the war with
Spain, mott of which is now fafely lodged in
| the bank of England. The claims, we under
| ftand, amount TO about soo,oool.
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II is reported, tha. fouic meetings OF diiat-
treted peiiors Qonle fay OF fevera! thouiand)
have bcco lately obfervcd in tue county OF Nil
dare, Ireland.
The Paris Moniteur Jays, that " an ambaiia-
dor from tic king of Per6a had arrived at Con-
fantinople - complain ofthe conduct ct Three
Tails, who retufed to fuppiy with proviGons
pcriian army OF 10000 men, who were puriu-
ing the Ruiiians, while he had granted fupplies
to the Ruiians." The Moniteur adds, " the
ambaHador cannot obtain any thing from cor
rupt and euervated Divan, who fcerl to be the
only peifons in the world that do not lee or
dare to- look at the fate which a;tendi Turkey !:
they dread TO perceive that empire haiten to its
ruin, and that thofe Ottomans, formerly 10
proud and brave, are on the eve of pefi:hing
without the honor of war, 10 much are they
prsHed and furrounded by the Ru;;ians."
Bonararte in anfwering tine addreis of the
people OF Milan, and fpeakinc OF Italy, fays--
COD has given me good iword to fcatter its
enemies
BY ?uf-pafte official report in the Paris pa
pers OF the proceedings of the Rochefort fquad-
ron IN the w. Indies, it appears that the Brtiil.
vetes TENT into Martinique, and fold, produced
loo,oool. and that many had been fent in, but
not iold; great number had been fent to
Gaudaloupe. They left at Gaudaoupe and
Martinique about 5000 troops or the line, and
as many militia, pleniifuly fupplied with am
nunition-Their lofs in all thcic expeditions is
Rated az so men. The total force of the fquad-
ron on board was $500.
| The king of Sweden has declared Stralfund a
free port for the importation of Dritifh manu-
features.
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DOCTOR WILSON

II AS removed his Apothecary Shop to the lower
4 l. floor OF the Be Tavern, where he has gene
raj iupply of
lzEDICINES, PRINTS, e. OTHER dR1L.
Giles IN THE APOTYECfR1- LINE.
He takes the liberty to obicrvc, that he has no, an
article OF medicine but fuch as he uiss in his own
practice.
Physicians, merchants and others, who may be
pleaied to Patronize him, ihall be fuppied OH the
mot reduced terms
~ Perfons Of needy circumstances, by paving
the retail prices OF his medicines, will be preicribed
FOR gratis.
May 81. (rtf