halls wilmington gazette no 7 thursday februarys i 797 . vol i a hall lias for fale documents which accompanied the meflage of trie pr fident of the united states to both houfes ofcongrefs january 19 1797 wright's new and complete life of jesus chhist 4to ornawtntcd with twenty two elegant copper plate en gravings and containing a more complete authentic ample accurate inftruchve univerfal and full account freec 1 from popiqi fuperftition and other errors than was ever before publijhed of ill the real facls relating to the exemplary lite me ritorious fuflerings and triumphant death four glorious redeemer a cafe refpetfing britifh dtbts lately determined in the circuit court of the united statei far north carolina diitrict a supplement to iredell's revifal with and without th privat art he whole forming a complete aflemblajreof all the ads now in force from the let clement of this country to the year 1795 maitinvjuftkek do treatife on the jurifdiction of julhces report of a cafe lately decided in fayetteville superior court of law wherein the following quei dons are difcuflted and fettled viz 1 whe ther in the cafe of a lealed inftrument tinattefted by any fubferibing witnefs the handwriting of the pirty may be admitted in evidence 2 whether an action of debt lies upon filch an inftrument a de'eription of occacock inlet chart of the law of inheritance political die nonary proipedt from the coogrels gal lery addrefs from robert goodloe har per to his con lit uents art of manual de fence together with a variety of blanks printing-office feb 16 letter to mr pinckney minifter plenipo tentiary of the united states to tho french republic continued with thefe difpofitions the emprefs of ruflia in february 1780 made public the principles on which lie would maintain the ccrnmerce of her fubjects it is neceflarjr ht fle to recite only two of them ift that all the effects belonging to fubjetft of the tia lions at war fhould be free on board neu tru il vefiels ; contraband goods excepted id ; that the articles of contraband fhould be regulated by the 10th and 1 1 th articles of he r treary or commerce with gtvat-britain cxi fending the regulations of thole articles to ill the belligerent powers ' to enforce tlie obfervance of thefe prill cif iles flie gave orders for equipping a con fid erable part of her marine in july of the fame ear denmark acced d id the principles of the armed neutrality ata ! entered into a convention with r 11 ilia fol maintaining them aflinning for her rule in determining what articles ihould be del lined contraband her treaty of commerce wil h great-britain concluded the ihhof j«il y 1670 in the third article of this trta ty the defcription of contraband goods i in general terms '* any provifions of war as ibldiers anus machines cannon ifliips or other things of neceflary ufe in war bin by a convention concluded at london online 4th of july 17^0 between great briii iin and denmark " to explalir the treat y of commerce of 1670 between the two powers the articles deemed contra band are particularly enumerated and a moitgthem we fee timber for hip-build ing tar rofin copper in flieets fails hemp and cordage and generally whatever fcrvci dire illy for the ecjuipment of a veflel un wrdr ught iron and fir planks excepted it is 1 4 markablethat thefe are the veiy articles adiii ittcd as contraband in the 18th article of our treaty of commerce with great-britain and for which ailmiflion sir adet declares " f\l the commercial relations between france and the united state are entirely broken on friday the 24th inftant will be fold for the benefit of the underwriter r the brig neptune tjl and all her materials — an in jjayp tentory of which maybefeen upon application to ilei§eil§i wm nutt auctr who has on hand a few kegs gunpowder cheap for cafh february 2 the fubfcribers have five hundred cafks flax seed which they wiflk to freight to goo hooper & co january 19 3 tt vosburgh & ch1lds windfor chair makers from new-yo»k refpe&fully inform the citi zens of north-carolina that they have commenced the above bufinefs on the fouch fide of dock-ltreet near tne wharf vthere may be had windfor chairs of every de*fctip tion highly varnilhed in any colour and ornamented to any paiern ; alfo elegant settees of ten feet in length or under fiiira ble to either halls or piazza •, garden chairs fuitable to arbours a few moments refac tion will convince a difcerniji public how far preferable chairs mull be manufactured in the ftace warranted to be both well made and painted with the beit materials to tliofe that are imported which are always una voidably rubbed and bruited and nine times in ten are bought ut aujlidn they reft their claim to public favour on the practical and experimental knowledge of their profefiion ; and with the large dock of materials they now pofibfs wili be able to execute any orders with elegance and difpatch they are determined to m e it their ftudy to pleafe and do juftice to all n b old chairs repaired and painted in fuch a manner as to be both neat and dura ble for sale a t'ratt of land in ghatham ounty on haw.river confiding of 450 jtcres finely timbered and watered with a good houfe and out-houfe ftable and a good flat at a valuable ferry commonly called clark's ferry on the main road from fayetreville to hillfborough it has a na taral fine mill fey the race about half done the dam and tuodgate finilhcd tim ber for the law mill is hewed and at tht ipot fome of the grift mill timber is got and thirtf thoufand bricks at the place the neighbourhood is a plentiful wheat ountry where a good mill is abfolutely wanting as the creek mill in a dry feafoa annot grind neither do they grind firft quality flour and 00 oppofition on the river within iixteen miles h is alfo a good fuu tion for a diftillery much more could be faid with regard to its favourable fituatioa f»r a mill.-7-a credit will be given for particulars apply to henry lewis lutterleh chatham county or to edward jones elq attorney at law wilming ton february <). 6 am for private sale a negro wench and child -« the wench is a complete cook waftire and irsner apply to thomts fitzgerald february p 6 i will be obliged to the per ion who borrowed of me the fecond volume f elegant extract in prole printed in london 1 704 to return it fpeedily robert harlcy february 2 7 wanied to hire a ferrant womatt who url derftands hnufe work and oan come well recommended for her k juofty apply at the printing-office february 16 february 1 • in latt week's gazette for london read new york jtut it is further to be noticed that this coii vention between rufliu and denmark coii luded in the tnidft of the american r:ii for maintaining the principles of the art ted neutrality and to which oiher euro pe a n poweri acceded is explicitly declared in i he ninth article to have been concluded ami agreed on for the time that war fhould ia9c ;| though it was to ferve at a bafis to fu tul e engagements which circuinftances might render ueceflary on account of new naval wars in europe and with the latter irihw the king sweden ntanifefted the ur n»o(l folicitude left the war mould be doled without the intervention of the neutral powers he therefore was urgent that the eliiprefs with all the parties to the maritime convention " \. fhou!<l propofe to the belli gerent powers the eftablifliing of a congrefs in which th different concerns both of the powers at war and of the neutral ftates fliould be examined and terminated and thefe concerns he afterwards mentionfjo be " the pacification and the fettling a mari time code of lawg ; objeds truly important and meriting all the folicitude manifeftedoii the occalions by the king but thefe tteps of the king ofswedeh ferve as additional proofs that the principles of the armed neutrality were not confidered by the parties to the maritime convention as faniflioned by the cxilling law of nations for permanently to eftaulifh thole afl'umed principles by introducing them into a ma ritime code was obvioufly the influential motive with the king for defiring a congrefs at which fuch a code might be fettled with the aflent of all the nations of europe but this project did not fucceed ; no congrefs was formed i the belligerent powers made peace boot and shoe manufa&ory the fiibfcriber relpedfully in forms his friends and the public that his bu finefs will be carried on in every branch in a more excenfive line than hitherto having got a frefh fupply of leather of the belt quality from iie nortliwaid — alfo as com plete workmen as any in ihe ftate he is grateful for paft favors fo liberally given him and folicits a continuance no farther than attention to pleafc together with good work may claim g chace who will take as apprentices two boys either white or black of good morals february 2 3 to the publtc tlic fubferiber intends to lfcavd this late as foou at his affairs can he fettled therefore gives notice to all perfona with whom he has had dealings that a fpecdy fettlement is necefiary to be made he is ready todifchargeall debts and juft balances that any perfou may have againft him thofe who may be indebted to him are re queued refpectively td make payment with out delay ail thofe who have hill remains in his hop watches silver vrork or jewelry are particularly requeited to call or fend for the fame the aibfcriber will ever with pleafore re tain the remembrance of thofe citizens who have fur many years honored him with their friendship and favored him with their cultoiu d lambcrtoz february t • hift armed neutrality page 77 f marten's treatife vol a j>a$e 103 armed neutrality p:'£esi47 — 1 c oj