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for the evening ledger. Messrs. Editors, The following toasts, it appears, were drank by a party stvie i federalists, in Massachusetts, on the fourth of July last : Ift. “ The President of the United States, firft ad miral of the American Gun-Boats—May the death of Arnold, Lawrence, and Sharkcly, (the three seamen killed on board tire frigate Chefjpeake) be to him por tentous, as the gholis to Richard, on the field of Bos worth.” 2d. “ Great-Britain, a splendid constellation of ge nius and of learning !—May Ihe hold Europe balanced in her scales, and neither cause or fuffer domination.” If a subject in that kingdom, styled by those miscreant toasters, a sfilendid constcllaion of genius and of learning” dared to give utterance to such with reference to his king, as are contained in the first of these toasts, his temerity would conduct him to the gallows. But we can feel no astonishment, at this period, at the audacity of those daemons of a British faction,‘when every page in the history of our country presents to our view some record oi l their treasonable doctrines and prac ices. After seeing at one period, that ever re-! markable period, (the reign of terror) the ! chiel magistrate of our country walking arm in arm with the British minister, the execrable Liston, in the streets ot Philadelphia ; famiiiar iy discussing the politics of the day ; con trasting “ the ready wit” of a Uobbett, with “ the coarse ribaldry” of a Duane ; and ridicu ling the sim/ilicity of a detnocratical govern ment —at the very moment too, when the most daring and abominable conspiracy was brought to light, (in which Liston had acted a part) that could possibly be devised against the happiness and indepen dence of this country. After seeing this said chief magistrate sanctioning laws, (originating in the councils of a faction, the open and avow ed admirers ot a British form of government) of the most odious and tyrannical nature—op pressing us with a heavy butihen of unneces sary taxes—gagging the mouths of the friends O', liberty—establishing amongst us the tyran ny of European despots, in the shape of a standing army—and precipitating the coun try into an unnatural war, (in conjunction with the common enemy of mankind) against that very nation who had so generously shed their blood in aiding us to break the fet ters which enslaved us. After seeing /- derat armed mobs parading the streets of our principal cities, assaulting republican citizens, demolishing the presses, and menacing the lives ol republican editors—cherishing and suc couring British emissaries, sent here to disse minate doctrines in favor of B.itish monarchy. I say, after seeing these things, we can now feel no astonishment in the conviction, that a nest dft daemons are to be found, not only in Massachusetts, but in various other parts of the United S'ates, who are capable of giving utterance to such sentiments as those contain ed in the above toasts. Sheltering themselves under the. name of W ashhctoN) these monsters are daiiy per petrating the most abominable crimes against the liberties of the people, and the indepen- j dence of the republic. But their impositions : are too glaring to be concealed any longer; ‘ for it is not a Washingtonian principle to con spire against the liberties and happiness of the < people ; not is it a Washingtonian principle to drink success and applause, in bumpers, to a i tyrant, on the anniversary of that very day ’when our country was declared to be forever ‘ •dissolved from the slavery of his yoke ; nor is j St a. Washingtonian principle to abuse, calum niate and wish the speedy death of the chief magistrate of the nation, whose wisdom and prudence has so eminently contributed to ward rendering us the most free and happy j nation upon earth ; nor is it a Washingtonian ■ ■pr inciple to applaud the outrages committed 1 -upon our country by a licensed horde of British -robbers and assassins, and invite them to the • -perpetration of new insults, by defending the j pr inciples by which their conduct is actuated,; and stigmatising our own government, in re- r Presenting it as weak, pusillanimous and impo- j tent. Yet there is a party, we find, in the ‘ United Slates, who do all these things, and i ■much more beside ; and then assure us, with * the most unblushing effrontry, of their Wash- i •inEtonian firincifiles ! Ye federalists, who respect the constituted authorities, although you differ in opinion as to the measures of government; ye who truly are attached to your country, purge yourselves of the rile wretches who have associated them selves with you ; who have assumed the ap pellation of federalist, and rendered it detesta ble by their crimes. Cobbett called himself a federalist; and for his ardent zeal in the cause •of monarchy, while pursuing his federal labors an this country, some of the British parliament •were anxious to vote him a statue of gold ! 1 defy the genius and talents of a Demosthenes, a Longinus, or a Junius, to pronounce a more pointed and severe satire upon federal princi ples, than is contained in this specimen of par liamentary applause. By this celebrated propo sition, Lngland proclaimed to all the world, that the federalists in America were capa ble of betraying their country, and of selling their birth-right for a mess of British pon idge ; that they could applaud assassination, robbery, treachery and every species of crime, which the British government is capable of commu ting. And will you sanction this declaration by a systematic adherence to those doctrines and principles, upon which it is founded ; bv cherishing and applauding the corruptible doctrines of foreign emissaries, and domestic traitors ? Cullen, (alias Carpenter) Bronson, Coleman, the editor of the Boston Kepcrtorv, and a host of such characters,all style themselves lederalists—and these federalists , are now, at this very moment, abusing and calumniating the best men in America, and applauding the outrages committed upon the property and lives of our citizens, by British pirates. The toas - ing daemons of Massachusetts style themselves federalists , and it we were to judge them by their works, we should unhesitatingly pro nounce them capable of assassination. Be not deluded, fellow-citizen federalists of the Washingtonian school—the views and principles of the Adamites /lifter as widely from the Washingtonian principles, as docs the Jeffersonian from the Briton—this has already been proved, to the satisfaction of every true*American—and the time seems to be ap proaching, when a second proof of this asser tion will be given. TRUTH. August 20, 1807. TO THE EDITOR OF THE NORFOLK LEDGER. Sir—l observed several publications in the Herald, and other prints, calculated to injure my character, and have deemed it only neces sary to say, that L have seen them without con sidering it mv duty to 1 eply, as a court of enquiry will shortly convene for the purpose of investi gating the affair of the Chesapeake and Leop ard, and through that channel the public may expect a correct knowledge of facts ; therefore any publication on my part would be useless and improper. Something more substantial than the mere declarations of the parties con cerned, will be required. Respectfully, I am,sir, your’s, &c. JAMES BARRON. Hampton, August 3. Hypocrisy, at the same time that it is one of the worst vices of human nature, is one of those | which can be the most readily detected. That Berkley was not sincere in his offer to suffer commodore Barron to search the Leop ard for Americans, or that if he was, Humphries disobeyed him, is evl ent from the well known circumstance that all the American seamen which were on board the Leopard, vvete put on board another of the B itish squadron, previous to her proceeding to sea to attack the Chesa peake. I o proffer the liberty of search, when the object sought for has been removed, is a pet feet mockery, but at the same time it is of a piece with the conduct of British officers, who with honor in their mouths are capable of tlie most detestable perfidy. But, had the search been permitted by Hum phi ies, that would afford no excuse at all for the outrage on our flag, ihe “ honorable Geo. C ran field Berkeley” has got either himself or his government into a dilemma, out of which it wid not be easy to escape Balt. Anar. Extrac of a letter from the Havanna , dated July the 15 th, 1807, to a gentleman in l'hi- Icii'c i/t/iia : “ Unfortunately, sir, lam under the disa greeable necessity to inform you that the yel j low fever and black vomit rage violently among the crews of our vessels, and some of die citi zens ol the United States who are now 111 this citv.” i I have not heard that any other class of peo ple than the citizens of the United States have been attainted with this horrid distemper. Whe ther it is owing to their intemperate manner ol living, which has been sometimes canied to excess even here, and in the most fatal season of the year, is what I cannot undertake to say ; but I fear that example and danger will not teach many of my countrymen to be more mo derate even in this critical moment than at any other period.” The watch trade has been doubled in Europe within the lust fifty years. It increases with the progress of civilization, which renders the instrument which shews and divides time near ly as precious as time itself If we may credit a French commercial agent’s account of the trade in the Levant, England, before the inter ruption of her commercial relations with Tur key, used to sell annually 2,000 dozen wa'ch es at Salonica, as many in the Morea, three hundred dozen at Constantinople, four hundred dozen at Smyrna, one hundred and fifty dozen in Syria, two hundred and fifiy dozen in Egypt. Nineteen onto! twenty were silver watches: the gold ones are not easily sold. The average amount of the whole English watch trade in Turkey was valued at 110.0001. sterl. annually. LINES, Inscribed to the ladies of Norfolk, on reading in the niws-fia/ier,s their fiatriotic offer to make cartridge -s for the vo unteers. For vou, fair nymrhs, the hard attunes his lyre, To ling unbid, the fame your deeds require, As wide they tpread throughout Columbia’s plains, While just resentment fires her injur’d swans. If ravifh’d Helen wak’d ea> h Grecian’s rage, And Gods themselves in horrid war t’engage : If young Brifeis, forcib y efpous’d The great Achilles’ dreaded wrath arous'd: If th Te the distant nations urg’d to fight; Say (hall not w e defend our native right ? Our native land, where thousand nymphs reside, As fair as Helen,or Pelides’ bride: Yes, lovely dames, unnumbered bands await, To guard your persons, and proteift the state ; Prepar’d to go where war’s hoarse thunder roars, And drive the lawless plunri’rers from our lhores. What other cares a soldier’s heart (hould {way, When beauty calls—and honor leads the way ? Accept, ye fair, the bard’s unpolilhed drain, Who ne’er was number’d in the mufe’s train ! A noble theme his artless lines pursue; ’Pis due his country, virtue,and to YOU. Roxbury, July 16, 1807. ROLLA, Savannah, THURSDAY EVENING, AUGUST 20, 1807. Wv 1 Wl'l V ,~y TJ ~ m ’- j General (dark, by orders from the executive j of Georgia, has commanded the officers of the Ist 2d and 3d b.igades of tlie 3d division, to hold themselves in readiness. —Augusta Chi', 7l, Louisville, 14th of August, 1807. Sir—Vv ith pleasure 1 transmit you, here with enclosed, copies ol the resolutions enter ed into by the citizens of the town of Louisville, and the county ol lcflerson, expressive of their indignation at tlie late outrages committed by the British ship ot war Leopard, 011 the United States frigate Chesapeake; and of their deter mination to co-operate with their fellow-citizens oti the sea-board, in repelling British uggies- SlOllS. I have the honor to be, Sir, your most obedient servant, J. MLRIWLiHER. To the Mayor of Savannah. A number of the citizens of the town of Lou isville, and its vicinity, convened at the State- House, on Fi id-ay me 31st of July, 1807, tor the purpose ol taking under consideration the Lwless outrage lately committed by the British ship Leopard, on the Untied States ftigale Chesapeake. Captain James Meriwether was unanimously called to the chair, and James Bozeman, Esq. appointed secretary. On motion, Resolved , That major John Berrien, Mr. David M-C ormick, colom! George M. Tyoup, colonel Liuleberry Bostick, colonel Abner Hammond, doctoi Michael Burke and Thomas Hancock, Esq’rs. be a committee to draft and report to an adjourned meeting, on Saturday the Bth ol August next, such resolutions as they may mink proper on tlie occasion. Resolved , I hat the citizens ot Jefferson coun ty, be, and they aie hereby invited to attend. 1 he meeting then adjourned till Saturday the Blh oi August next at 1 2 o’clock. J FIERI WEI HER, Chairman. Attest— James Bozeman, Secretary. I lie citizens of the town of Louisville, and county ol Jefferson, having met at the State- House, on Saturday the Bth day of August, 1807, agreeably to adjournment, the minutes of the former meeting were read, when the commit tee appointed to draft resolutions, expressive ol the feelings and sentiments of the citizens, relative to tlie late outrages committed on the American flag by the ship of war Leopard, re ported—and the said import being read, and maturely considered, w as unanimously adopted in the following words : The people at and in the vicinity of the seat of government of the stale of Georgia, view ing w ith emotions ot horror and indignation the late barbarous attack 011 the sovereignty and independence of their country, have assembled to participate 111 tlie expression of that com mon feeling, which, from the extremities to tlie centre ot the union, agitates and unites all orders of the community This outrage, un precedented 111 history, and almost unanticipat ed by the law ot nations, has consummated those acts oi British insolence with which our nation, from its inlancy to the present day has been unceasingly provoked. Measuring our courage by our forbearance, Britain has been growing wild in her enormi ties, until, to the long list of her offences, she has added the most atrocious and cowardly murders, i lie blood ot our innocent country men, shed coldly, without the semblance of justice, in timcol peace, and with ail the parade and solemnity of war, calls from the grave for atonement. l lie gieat rules which nature, approved by usage, lias ordained lor the social intercourse of civilized communities, have been disregard ed ; the law ot the savage has been adopted in all the exccssiveness of its inhumanity ; and that peace winch has invigorated and raised us front tlie cradle to .the strength of manhood, so dearly cherished and so anxiously maintain ed, is wrested lioin us by the sword—it can no longer be preserved on terms which render its preservation valuable—it cannot, it vviil tot he preserved at the expense of out honor. Where fore, Resolved , That we repose the highest confi dence in the President of (he United States, by whose wisdom and patriotism wcdoubt notour country will be restored to tb t dignity and tank among the nations, from which the perfid ious policy of our enemy lias attempted lo de grade us. Resolved , That we will support with our lives and fortunes su< h measures as the gov vernment may adopt, for the vindication of the national rights and reparation of the national honor. Resolved , 1 hat we highly approve the spir ited and patriotic resolutions adopted by our fellow-citizens on the sea board, whom we will be prepared to co-operate with in repelling Bri tish aggression. Resolved , ( hat copies of the foregoing reso lutions be transmitted to the President of the United States, to the Mayor and Corresponding Committee of Savannah, and that a copy be pre sented to his excellency the Governor. On motion, Resolved , 1 hat the eh firman he requested to transmit copies ol the foregoing resolutions, and that the same he published in the Louisville Gazette. J MERIW L I HER, Chairman. Attest— -James Bozeman, & ecreturj. Commodore Barron, it is said, is confined at Little York, by the wound in his leg, which has become very painful. rORT OF SAVANNAH CLEARED. Frig Sea-111 and, Bennett, New-Yotk I sclir. luiwaui Preb e, Southerland, holloa ——— Harriet, fv.‘Lean, Charleston Mary, Weft, ditto. Prices Current Savannah. Corn too cents. Cotton, Sea-Island 37 .Upland* 18 to 20 1 > our S7 75 to 8,00 dull. Lice ------------- 350 no sale. Rum, Jam. - -- -- -- -- y 8 to 100 Brandy Cogniac 87-2 to too 1 obacco - 5 50 to 7,00 Sugar, biown 8 to y.OO Loaf 22 to'24 N”ap 12-2 to 15 Brigade Orders. JN PURSUANCE of division orders of the 26'h July, the Brigadier-General of the tiist brigade orders the respective lieutenant-colo nels under bis command, to have their regi ments and battalions under arms at their usual places of parade, on the day of , next, by the hour of H o’clock of that day, and are hereby ordered to inspect and correctly as certain the state and situation of the arms, am munition and accoutrements of the respective regiments, battalions and volunteer corps ; and they are further ordered to make such arrange ments, that their regiments or battalions can, 011 the’ shortest notice, be brought to the sup. .port of the others in case of an attack, or in carrying the provisions of the proclamation of the President of the United States into effect. 1 lie Brigadier-General enjoins— most se riously enjoins every officer and soldier to fa milial ise himself with his dutv as such, and to appear with their arms and equipments in complete order, ready to take the field, should it he required, in support of their country’s rights. 1 On the efficiency of those means, depends the honor , life, liberty and fortune of a free and independent people, whose courage and pat riotism cannot be questioned. Officers acting under these orders will lie vi- Igilaiit in impressing on the minds of those un der their control, the expediency of a general “ turn-out ,” and as being indicative of their 1 readiness and willingness to execute, with avi |i dity, the voluntary offer of their services to 1 their country. By order of Brig. Gen. J ( H tt Fi.oyd. ARCHIBALD CLARK, Aid-de-camp, t Camden County, August 13, 1807. pd] (U° I announce myself a Candidate j! for the Office of CLERK of the MAYOR’S COURT * andfoheit the fufhage.of my fellow citizens, at the en tiling eteition. William Blotrp-. August 20. ’go Just Received, 3000 bushels CORN Half barrels FLOUR For sale low for cash. Jolm Alex. Hunter. Augti ft 20 B 90 “Tor salk, ‘ While Ilavanna SUGARS in boxes, Spanish SE< IARS, first chop, in boxes, S W F.L 1 OIL, in baskets. C. H. Fisher. August io. M ( J 0 Administrator’s Sale. wti.L BE SOLD, On Saturday, the 19ih ot September next, At the house of the fobferiber, A LI. the HOULEHOLD and KITCHBN fur. I \ NITURE of the late Mr. Anne Maxwell, de cealed. Conditions, Cafti. Sale to commence at 1 1 o’clock. Jolm Floyd, Adm'r. Camden County, \ Augull 6, 1807- J 90 CITY MARSHAL’S SALF~ Will he sold, on Tuesday the first Sept. n<-xt, At he Court Fi- uf\ in th s ci’y, b tween the hours of ten and thre* t clock, Allorte, Sadd<e and Bridie ; levied on as thrs property of Stephen Achori, to iVisf> a ft no impeded by the corporation. Conditions Chfh Charles Cope, c. yi. Aug uft 19 yn. NOTIC F.” ALL persons indebted to the estate of the fate Mrs* Anne Max we 11, deceased, are desired to make immediate payment; and all thole who have any just demands laid estate are requested to reudtc them in to the subscriber agreeable to law. John Floyd, Adm'r. Camden County, J Augult 3, 1807. 5 J ° 5 Dollars for old Dick, ABOUT SO year* of age, 5 feet 8 or <1 inche. high marked with the frnall-pox, the fore finger on (h right hand flraight, so that he cannot fund it. The above rewatd will be paid on fi curing him in jai , by application to Kicharu Morel. John Cashen. N. B. He wasfeen in Savannah on Friday last. August 20. m. 90