Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political — Alexandria [Va.], 1810-11-22 00:00:00, page 3

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Almndm Dlﬂz .Wisimctfs
. THURSDAY, NOYEMBER 22.
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The th'moasil latelligencer has given us
.resulc of the late cemus in the city ot
ruhingcon. The number of the: inhabi
,is 8620. ln 1807 the number was_
552- ln 1803,1t wa34352. It has been.
{seven years in douþling One make
me slow cucrease of the city has been the
e upon; proposilion to remove the seat of
simmenc. We prcsnme this question
now gone to sleep forevsser Should ic
nasc at the rate it has encreased she
me last years, there wiﬂ ' be in it asi
si 100,000 in fifteen years. Its great
age however must principally depend
its bdcoming a more commcrcial place
present prospects indicate. Georgceown
be and Aicxzmdria below, both fast en
siog, have at present the advan'page of
(ho' Washington is extremely well'situ
;dsor commercc. Men of large com
scial capital only can give it a vigorous
tense in numbch and wbaleh, and such
cr the old establiecd Channels. It is
no near to the sea as Alexandria, nor so
lo the country andthe produce bro't
the Potomac as Georgc-Town.
Edmund Raodolph, Esq. sormeﬂy'Se
tary of Statc,'has issued propoaals for
hfiehing a history of Virginia from iﬂ
'ft Stttlcmtnt tiH the adoption of the con
'tution of the U. S. 'A histqry of Virgi
N'QS published snmessyears ng by John
"Bu'k- for whdchsihe received, or was to
ch 58500. Many ofthe Virginians
_"01 of the most correct taste. Burksi's
'sifal psirinciples and & stile betwixt the
hast and the ﬂowery, rendered him po
37. and for his history the subscription
"W'sslafge. .er. Randolph baﬂrbeeq
'onss sithe besousie this colleccsimg materi
so: a'sissiﬄstory, ignorant of Burk's inten
. *' We imagine his intended history
be fully valuable for the quantity and.
sshave neither I territorial government
:a member in the National Legislaturc.
the want of a terrizorial government
him under many and gibat inconveni
es. Here in Alexandria we have a jail
cclssv 5; set the accommssodation ofswinc
'quitc insecure sisur the safe keeping of
" 'nals. A new one'cannot be built with
um of Congrcssamhorising the Levy ss
'rtos this county to build onc : and "tho' ss
'hour's time is not necessary to be spent
uch house of Congress for the purpose
pming it, Congress cannot, or rather
Huosstssssctfind time to attend to it. This is
touch? the many evils We suﬀ.:r (tom
sinnt-os-ssa tercitorial government. Con
ought immediately to-provissdect for one
perhaps four Senators from each county,
the number of representativcs in pro
inn to the number ofss inhabitants in
courtly,; ctthe zPres'cdesi-nt of- "the7 U. S.
'gthc excem-Zve. "His being so will al
.th jealousy of the states, and satissy
provisions of the constitution, which"
;s such territory of ten miles square shafi
under the ;jursiisd'totion of - Congrc—sc. .
We ought wct-have sia representative-i—n
agress with atlcastthc right of vot'mg.
einhabitants of thc-Diszrict must-exert
mscioexs, and their wishesmayi'bc-accom-ct
iSbedsi
The esid'rcor of the National 'lntenigmcer
erts that the British have towards the
Pmiards-in—Europc " a language otficial"
dlowards the Spaniards in. America " a
Euﬂgc confidential." 'We have been in
med that Mr". ?Jesserson reads one news- .ss
per; this we prcsumc is theintelligcncer.
97 will his feel—i'sings be re—stungct by the re
"f'ssttion of the words of the French mi
sisiYer respecting him ; accusing him of
sin"?! " : language official-and a language
denfial."
With nearly 80,000 souls in the Districc,
Z Extract qsa Letter.
! " LISBON, October 4, 10.
: "With regard to our market, it conti
ndes pretty much the same as heretosore—
Ftuur ts steady and in regular demand,
[grain setches a good price as Well as rice.
, Duty on Flour.—-—From our correspon
!
; ofthat city of the 30th uhimo," m which we
)
I September last, which caused considerable
? destruction, ithas been granted by the re
spective authoritiea of the [stand, at the m
3 stance of the adjutancy of that my, that}
Cct-Zange of Tz',-;zc.s-.—From the shbvers'mn
esthe Roman empire to the 14th and 151h
century, women Spent most of their time
alone, almost entire strangers to the jjoys
of social life, and seldom went abroad, but
to be Spectators of such public diversions'St
lamuserﬂents as the fashions of the times
Wovld countenance. ;ssFtaneis the ...first was
the'sirst who 'mtroduced women cn pubhc
days to coast. Before this time noching
was to be seen at the court of—ssEurope but
grey bended politicians, plotting the de
struction of the rights and liberties of man
&
s
( His honor the Intendatsitt received this
morning, a cheque from the treasury-de
partment of the Unitcd States, on the
Branch Battk in this city, sor four thousand
four hundred and s ]} ] -six dallars and ezgh
sst—y two cents, being the amount of General
WADE HAM-PTON'B pay and emolu
ments,since he has beenin the service of
the United States; which .that gentleman
hadliberaily reiinquishcd "m behalf osthc
suﬀerers by the late caiamitous fire. It will
'be recollected, that the general had already
presented sive hundred dallars in cash, to
wards their telics. —C/zarleston Times.
" The B—hip Ocean, M*Pherson, of Phiia
delphia, on her homeward bound voyage
from Canton, Was captured and carried into
the [she of France in April last. She has
been since condemned sor havingbeen spoke
' on her outward bound voyage by the British
srisigate Dromedary.
correettiess of the matter, and the originaii
ty of his reﬂections, the extent of resisiccarch,
the propriety and beauty of stile.
qings—Fed. Rep.
-_V_
nationalsifriendly and neutral vessels, which,
during six months, may carry ﬂour and o
ther provisions to the port ofsiSt. Jago of
Cnba, shall pay only the duty or at,. T,..ss
Cen'. upon the tazisss of this class, which in
formation is given to the public for their
siinforwation and the purposes which may .be
convenient. "
dent at Havana, we have received a paper
"ss-On account of a-recent tempest which ss
happened 10 St. Jago osssCuba, on the 28th :
kind, and-warriors clad in complete armor, ss
elegance'had scarcdy .any existence, and
even cleanliness was hardly-considcred as
laudable. siThe use oslinen was not. known,
and the most delicate of the fair sex, in
those days, wore woollen shists. lo the
timeof si-Heary =Vlll. peers of the realm
brought their wives behind them on horse
bac'k when-they came to town, and in the
same manner took them back to their coun
try-seats,-with hoods of waxed linen over
their heads, wrapped in mantles of cloth, to
secure them.-from the cold. .And in'Paris,
during the reign ofFrancis theFair, to ride
in a twb wheeled cart along the dirty streets
was reckoned a grandeur of so enviablc a
nature,that he prohibited the wives-of his
citizens from enjoying it.; and at that time
wine was only to be had at the .sh0ps of A
pothecaries, where it was sold as a Cordial.
ready to put their plots into execmion.
lnthe thirteenth and fourteenth century ss
",
find nothing of lmportance-but the sollow- .
under American colors, laden with sugar,
cossee, &c., on a-retum-voyage.from 'Bat-a
Via to Baltimorc,'was captured by Domini
ca pccket, and condemned as & drosiit of ad
English Admiralty D-ecz'sz'ons.
Coamur, July 21.
Margaret, Heard master. This ship
m
'The Lyconium new art of Tanning. late
ss lv discoveredby jsi-G Wood and Benjamz'n
H'ood, os'Vcrmont, the sole inventors of
ss the same, for which they have obtained
ss Lettcrs Patcnt srom thc-U. S. embrace the
.following advantages, to wit :
Cast" Skins tanncd in 48 hours,
'UpperLcathcr, in 4- days,
, 'SQlCrLcathcr, ctin 20 days,
ss after the same is fit for the bark ; and wi}!
Imake better leather, with half the cost than
'ics-requstrcd to tan in the old way.-—Waslz
zzzgtaman.
"WBQZÞ
SHIP
Arrived, ship ,Poc'ab-onlas, captain At
well, 89 days from :Liverpool—Salt and
.ZCrates—Lawrason and iFowlc.
Octobcr717, lar. 49, .14,ilongi*.ude_13, 8,
Spoke British schooner Thistle, from Hall
-sax, bound to fFaimouth with despacches.
"October 26, lar. 46, -28,'long. 21, 16, spoke '
ship Mary Arm, Capt. bl'lntosh, ongort
.land, from London, bound to-Charlcston,
out'lsi-S days.
:B this arrival we have London papcrs
msstbcllth-Oct. they are not so lace as by
cthctcsia'rrival at New 'York,
O
!
'_ lasses, from the Havanna was seized by
sithe privatcer Mars. Ship and cargo re
si Ship restored, and cargo as claimed.
- and brandy, from 'Cayennc to Ncw-York,
;.
a boy aged 11 years. The dTSe-zisc com
menccd in his second year, and gradually
encreztscd till a mortification from over dis
tcnsiun of the intcszines terminated his suf
set'ings. The body was opened in The pre
sense of the clirectorsmch several othergcn
tlcmﬀn, and a ball, apparently composed of
earth, resembling :: calcarous marle, taken
from the coion, (me of the lower intcstincs,
We-ighing one pound nine ounces, and in
Circumference measuring —sixteen inches.
As some children have an irrcsistibic de
sire to eat dirt end artsully take every op
portunitysito iss-siclu'ctgca vitiated appetite,it is
fpresumablc this disease was occasioned
from a'habit of ;;sisictfrisiyiug-such pernicious
and inordinate cravings, and that a consi
derzshicsi ct—uzzntity of earth or such like sub
stanccs weretakcn into the stomach.
ac] instant, died of an ectxccasivc and singu
lar enlargt'mrsssvsﬄs- ——-ss .-..Mctuctisimsin t
&c. from Philadclphia to Porto Rice, was
A Chinese production of nature, alter
nately plant and animai, hear: the name of ss
Hias Taa Tam—C/zom 'shisvapchntinn im—
plics, that during the summer, the. plant is
a vegetable, but that at the approach of win
ter, it becomes a worm. The colour is of a
disty yellow.; its length about nine inches,
and the head, body, eyes, lcgs and both
side: of the trunk, are most accuratc in
their form. It: medicinal vnrtues resemhlc
those of the ginseng plant ; it sortifirs che
stomach, and is a grand restorativc osdcbi
litatcd constitutions.
brig laden vsi'ith sugar, coﬀcc, sum, &c. &c.
captured by the: privatccr Ambuscadc', and
carried m Turtola. Curgo restored.
Enterjzrize, Pattcrson master—--This ves— ss
Sci under Amcrican colors, laden with cla- !
rct, brandy, and dry goods from Bordeaux {
to Ncw-York, was captured and-carricd to '
Halisax. Furthcr proof required. ss
from St. Croix to .Philadclphia, was captu
red and carried to Tortola, where the-cnf—
see was condemned. Their lordships rc
storetl the same. _
.}L'Iount ctVt-man, Pcarce mastcr.-—This
Amcrican hr'zg leaden with provisions, wine,
Cara/z'nc, Partridge master.—-sss his ves
86], under American colora, laden with mo
miraltcty, in—the "vice admiralty court of Bar;
badoccts. Sentcnce affirmed. _ "
ﬂlassachusetts, Bunton madM—Thh
American ship from chhorn to Mansre-ss
donia, was captured-bYthe privatcer Eu
dcavor, and carried to Malta. Decrce re
vrraed. Ship restored, and 'rcspondents
condemned in the appeal.
Fair Jmcrican, Dclanc master.—-——-This
Amcrican vessel, laden with salmon, from
Naplcs to Leghorn, was captured by the
privatecr Endeavur, and carried to Malta.
was captured by the Ulonde, and carried to
Antigua. Cargo restored.
.S'a/ct'y, Andel! mssa.s-ter.--This Amcrican
stored. _
War Hawk, siC/zamming master —-This
American ship, laden with cotton, cocoa,
At the York county poor house on the
"NEW ART OF TANNXNG.
Part of Alexandria.
'YORK. (Pcnn.) chembn 10.
.S'INGULAR CASE.
" ct (
lNEWS
Alexandria Countsiy, 53.
3 ABRAHAM FAVV, one of the Justices
'si of Pcacc for said connty, do ccrtisy, that
! William H. Washinqcon, of tho county asi
[ foresaid, brought before me :- Horsc, tres
z'pasaing on his enclosure, of the following
description, to wit : One Bay Horsc, about 9
years old, about 14 [Ends high, a small star
in his "forehead, shod all round. no other
brand--or mark, valucd at Thirty Dollarcts.._
Givcn under my hand and sea! this.?lst day
of_Novembcr, leo.
A. Fa-w.
[= ;- AVE just received by the ship Ten
, 5 " Brothers :! further supply of HARD
VVARE; among which are, fire somlors, coal
3-hods and scoops, cindbr shovels, sheet iron,
si-mcn's woman's and bDYS' saddle trees, srying
pains and sadirons. They hourly expect by
jan arrival .from siBaitimorc acquamity of
' brass ansil placed commode handlcs, and but
tons of the neWcst fashions, and from New
.York some pipc-Frankiin StOYc-s.
Nov..22. -d3t
The owner of said Estray IS
requcated to come, prove property, pay
charges and take him away from the :ubscri—
bcr's, about four miles from Alexandria, near
Alexandcr'f l.}land. _
William H. Washmgton.
November 22; ;?
!
'— - , , zx'rznssso - _ __
, -'_Sloop Montezuma, Palmerz N-zrsolk—dun
, driesss—to' si Ncwwsin Kpsicne, C. "l. Cuﬂeu "and
YM. Miller. - - _ ._ - -
ct Slqop Unity, Hand, Philadclphla—wmteg
o' siods—dissercnt ffirchams. .
* CLEARED; _ ct
Schooncr Madisonean, Sturges, New-York
--siby the master.
- B'rig George VVashington, Sheldon, Pro
id encc—do.
V . *
; 61? A (flzarz'ty Sennon will be
,- preached' nextLord's Day, by
' the Re—v, Dr. Mw'r, in thesi-Pres—
b terian Church. 'The a-mount
o 'whatmasiy be collected on the .
occasion, to be applied for the _
? relief of the Issfssoor of all ;densiomi
_ nations.
] Nossvssember 22.
] X
! 32? The Members .o'st'he St.
'Andrew's Socz'ety, are requestedct
;ssto walk in procession from the
}.C0urt-house to the Presbyccrian
z Church—to assemble atthe LOU
,,insig-of the Bell.
? November 22.
--u:®:..—'
63- Falmer's Pac'ket-wsiii'l szrisil
for Norsolk on Saturday morn
ing Wind .and weather permit.
simg.
Nov. 21.
?
siss Z;_. csszssssﬀf
sitst rate vessel and will be xc (ed) to receive
a cargo in tcn da) :. Apply to
:Lawrason and Fowle,
Hsssi'lza hewe for sale t/si e Carga as said S/zf/z,
- ("anszstmg' aj
'ls),000 bu hcls coarse, and 400 sacks fine
Liverpool SALT
Novcmbcr 22.
_ (;ENTL-E-MENS- & LAD-IES'
'POCKET A'L MA NACS
FOR ]811,
In plain and Moxocco Bindings, ale just rc
ceived.
'I HERE will be exposed to- sale, at
the Stalls of Mcssrs. Zimmerman &,
;Hooﬀ and h'cineman, .on Saturday
morning nexc, she largest and fand}
,Becfcvcr oﬀered in We Alexandria
Market.
Novembcr 22.
..d L 8 0,
'A' sow ossf Arrowsmith's beautiful MAIP of
the XVORLD, on Canvas and Rollers.
fron SALx BY
James Kennedy, Sen.
.;Bcobselie'r, King street.
.Novcmbcr 22. dzw
w
10 z/ze Lovers of Roactst 156ssi's
;L IBBY &? CA'RNE
For FRELGH'R
T/ze substantml anr/J'ast 85!!!ng
; SHIP
.POCAHUN TAS,