Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political — Alexandria [Va.], 1810-09-26 00:00:00, page 3

act, 5'ctctlssng betim- hit- about 10 o'elosick.
sisihsiffimuof thizsstovm were" damned ;
'a the"? of ire: It began in : cooper's ]
the wharvea adjoining -Union :
M 'A workman, leaving a candle burnct
. si, si shdp, went out for a handsul of
," ct si'siOn his return he discovered that ct
ss le-bad'ssfalien among some shavings.
' of fire was immediately circulated,
Wififigdjaceot materials were of so com- si
bsisisigbhanamreit was found impossible to
Mctss progress of the fire; which raged ;
61] (1le .two o'cloch'besnre the inhabit
sisi were ablr: to contrnul it. Every builfl
be'n burnt in the square, lying on Union
sin,; and extending from Duke to Prince
W bovderiog on the river; The houses
"ossiUniort street several times caught :
si". bsimby the great andimminrmlydan- '
rW exertiom of several inhabitants it
"; extinguished, and the destruction _ of
perhapl an' hundred houses pretfcmed.—_
There wassi no wind till after 12 osi'clock, ,
sim brceze .sprang up bearing the ﬂame: _
totheriver. si - si ;
Tsisictrsinmzsig is list sis the huildings and I;
:mghcaleulation of the property destroy- !
ed:
CrZY. George Gilpin, 2 wooden si
house;, s 2900 :
si; We pretend not to exacmess in these cal
Fculztiotu. Probably the'ss es:imations siare
mdmated; and the sin: little short of
WOOO. Vezy litle of the property was
unsured.
'A report that one of the stores contain
ed alarge quantity of powder, tho' erro
WW— prevented the saving of considera
Ue Pﬄperty, and consiclrmhlv checked the
'tertions of the sscitizcns for some time.—
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fix'd" Of a letter from Hambung'h, (lated =
200': .7079. to a merchant in Nsiorsol/E. , *
si You Will have heard some time ago, of .
si FTP'U—lc of the ships ]mngcne, Georgia '
siW-ts. andctHcsizrald, carried into Copcnha
?" bY_Danishssprivaceer5, and the R-.-dneY
Wccthsis by a French privateer, all wait
mnsial- ! am sorry to inform you that
ss she '"58 Hibemia. caþt. Boush. has also :
been mered. and carried into {Christain- ss
Why 3 Norwegian pl intern
home, 1,500 ,
Thomas Preston. 2 brick, 3 wood
en houses an'] lumber-yard, 6, Us)
George Cnnjell, 1 dthlling house, 50-1)
Thomas White, blac ksmitﬀs she;:
and gmccry, , 500
Ri'ckct's & Newton, wooden ware
house, 1 SOO
B'Pj- Riskets, bakc hﬂnssseu 3,0()O si
I-R T. Giipin, old stone house, 1,0UO_
LNrrnce Hill, cooper's shop, " 800
]th Dsssi-an, wooden warehnuse, 3,00')
Mordecat Miller, wooden ware
Gmrgf Sln'um, 1 war-hassshosi 15.000 ,
Aothony P. Gover, 1 warehnuse, ' 2,000 &
]":ncob Lrap, ! store and_dwcli- ]
ing hUUSC, _ 3,000 1
]dmrt Latvrason and anrnson &
Fowle,1brtcksiand frame wart- !
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houses. ' ' 21,000 ;
Harper & Davis. !ttmber—yard and ct
Ship-rhsndlery, 12.000 ]
.NOlms werelost, and little personal in
]si"? received. .
sssrherc are about 50 American vessels 1.
t"ned in the diﬀerent ports us Denmark,
""! have been condemned in the first
(Am, 00 themogt ridiculous ground: ln
ds (so!!! what [saw in Cupenhagcn, ve-"si
. "7 m! Escap: ; (me does not know who
ÞWY 10. for guislance ; merchnmssissjudg
ss'fnd Mark: sus'þcctcd to bsi: directiy or
T'thlyintelsisic'ned in the privateprs. The ss
ct-ﬂt have been released were obliged to ]
{7 {Wesibuudred' d'ollan sito che cgpsiggzcsss
si'ﬀ'issi Wlsiisslssndlhc c'xsspcuces of thcss
]obsso G. Ladd, ! large warehotzse ?
suit of goods, 100,000
Markets at Cumana dull—Flour 11 dol- '
Hams 12 ceots pcr lb. ss
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"To do fit}, tfiefictnd ]! come unegulariect
tyiu their paper}, such as supercargsibes
names being on the bill of lading endin
voic'e. and not on the roll of equipagc , or
the Medctiterrannean pass, dared 1809,'iu
place of 1810, or something equally frivo
; lous.
] " They are not ashamed to make suppo
ﬀ sitiomand-conjecture the'basis of sentenccs;
in fact, suspicion is condemnation. Of late
there is a commission named, with. the a
vowed object to examine ships papers ; and
is clear, they are to go on,- without exami
nation of the court.ss Some coming from
Ruasia have passed that way, but for my
part I have not much confidence : lbelieve
it is a drcny for about 100 Ame rican ves- ss
over Europe."
yoursds. To mztke' Others chp you know
you must first weep ynut'sds; and cherrshre
you must tell it with as grave an air, as se
rious a tom: as that of a histnrian.
3. Tell :! lie with eis muss-h generality es
possibtc; shun, as far as you can, all the
accompaniments ol names, times, places.
circumstances. The more g-ctar tak, the less
capable- of drtectsittm. __
4. Never {tsill the samelie too often. but
always "have :! fresh stock at hand."
Asthtse axiums wcrc first punlisht-d in
Rit'hmtmd. Vitginizt, who knows but thcss;
" Restrictions on the trade in this quar
ter arc almost continually multiplying, the
Danish government have shut all their purts '
in the North Sea to our ﬂag, yet this
change has had Very little eﬀect on prices
at Altona, sugar is the only article which
leaVes a pr- fit. The Russian pvsll are o
verssstoc he! with every kind of produce.-— - si
In the Prussian ports, sugar, cotton, and
dry goods answer still, but tobacco, rice,_
indigo, pepper and coﬀee are low, though
better than in Dcnmaisik. Tea is a drug al}
leading democrattc paper has publibhed " a
short treatise on political ]) ing," which he:
drdicates to the fcderul printers in the U
nite'd States, in thetrue spirit of chivalry,
by which a cavalier freely oﬀers his enemy
With afl the confidence of experience, this
Mr. Erquirer then lays down. among ma
nv similar, the following "AXlOMS."
. " 1. The truth should never be told
where a He would answer the purposcsshus
the people will soon he incapable of know
ing a lie from the truth ; and then the busi
ness is dune.
friend 7. T. Callendcr. before he wmsic th:
Prospwt bq/brc us? W'c- hate understood
Csitllsindrr's lamuuocrunk Was left in that
ctt_v.-—Bos. Rrþ.
ln one month, from the 14th Innuass-y to
the l4-th Fsi-hruary lust, there wcte m luSS
than 1000 shotks uscat'thquztkc 'm hunga
rv. Three [warned men Were sent to dis—
may be cOpied sr-ctm original instrucxhrs si
furnished by the sage- ol Munticcllo to h'es -
Cover the cause. who reported the Ccntre
of the concmssion to be in the vici'ttity of
the mountain oi CZbkzl.
the ve-rv ktnd of weppoh he uses himself}
sels now at Gottenburg, bound up the Bal- ss
tic, but afraid to proceed.
The celebrated Kchcbue, who had edit- :
ed a paper, called the But, in Gcrctinanv,
has been cumpvilcd for some rcmuks un Ncta
polron, 'and the pv-acc: os Viennn, to dis
cnncinuc it ; an'l was about repairing lo si,
England to continue the publicazion of an ]
imparxialjournul. ' sss
A quarter master, who de'serted from
thesiFrcnch service in conm qumcc of being
degradcd, itia said, has put himself at lhc ,
head of bctnreen four and sue hundred:
Spaniards, and descncrs from the French '
army; and with that force he occunics'ssie- .
veral passes on the sond bchccn Burgnsi
and Vinoria, and has bren very successful
in cuttingpﬀ convoys and in interccpcing
communication: of every description. This
uarccr—masccr, who was a member of the
chion of Honor, and is described as a
man of great courage and cnzsicrprize, has,
for months, eluded chc vigilancc of strong
parties sent to arrest him; and thqctugh 'a
reward of 20,000 livres has been oﬀered for
his had, no one has been base enough to
betray him. si !
At ; dayschool in the country the follow
ing notice appears :_—** Reading and work. '
ing taachcd here at faurpence a week.—
7nctnnr .ssn/liuc mhn learn. manners [BULQ nal!
2. Alwat's tell a lie tctzs if you believed it
The editor osthe—lsiivchmond Enquirer, :! si
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i There seems to have been a very unequal
(liscributinn of wives anmng the Bonaparcc
family .]srome has had two: Napulc-OD cwo
; and a )hals, and Louis hue half of um:
si The p1 mcess ot Lvnns, and another dil
ti'nguished female, died in Paris in consc- ,
qu-si-nce of she wounds received in the. cun- ,
fiagration nf'chc Austrinn ministcn's house. :
The American shipping in the harbor of
Cnpcnhagcn fired & salutc on the 4xh osju
ly. in honor of their country's lndcpend
encc.
On the 20: 11 Of ]une, the Sunday asket
thc am valni thccmprror at Paris, there
were distributed to the people of that C' Mr.) ,
at the El)sinn Ficlds, 144— buus of wine,
6000 pieces of eatablcs anu' 6000 loaves of
bread. ,
, ..si..A note (2 coucccsirfciz) we uuderscaod has
Dczparud lhls list: no chnrsday' chn
ing last, us a lingering illne-ss. at the real
dsi-nce of her bwthc-r,'Mr. Ioaeph Ncwmn,
ncrzr Lcsisburg. Londoun county, Mrs.
MAmz—H VVXSE, consurc of Mr. Gosge
!!ss'zsise, s-f Alzingdun. near Alrxandrin. She
:sssia' hast a discmsisolate husband and three
smbll (hifdrcn m lament the. irrrparabk loss
of our of the best of wives ;md mush-rls.
to the situation of a house at. the lowsir end
of Water street, the: property of— ; thc
superintcndant us puliCc r presencing it as a
nuiszmce—and report at the next weeting of
councﬂ.
Extract from the minutcs.
Bulldmg Lots.
HE Subscriber will sell or rent several
valuable BUILDlNG LOTS, Situatcd
on Washington, St. Asaph & Princess strects.
Any person disposed to purchase can know
the terms qn application to Mr. William Her
bert. jun. who willsishew the pre'miscs in my
absence. - _ _
- Camlllus Grgffith.
August 7 . ootlazzwst
Langevfty.——A Dublin newspapcr of May
10, has the: foHowing parngmph :-—A few
(] siys ago, two old mrn Went on board ;
Whitrhavcn vesissei at Georgc 's quay to ;nv
chase (nal. One of them had a lit:]: boy
by the hand, apparently about three or lour
years old. " This (observed the captain)
is your graudsnn, l suppose."—" Nay (re
plird she. former) he is my son." Your
Sun !"—-—" Yrs, and that Old fellnw there i]
anosihfr of my ,snns ; but there is a diﬀer
ence ossmenty grow: in (heir agrs !" This
turned out to be the ssixct—thc father is :
lzzma'rc-d, and, about four years ago hc mar
ried a gir-lct/os twenty two, by whom he had
the- yearv'sig-ssc child !"
" g-r-zsi Hss—Wwvss ssssrcsszss-sifzsi-sisir"
IN CUMMON COUNClL,
siS'cptcmbessr 21, 1810.
Of'drfcsicl, That she cullstablcs and other
(ffiscl's o! the corporalion, arc required w
e-ntss-sixc-c so much of the laws ofthc corpora
9:- 3 sins r- apccla [see ncgrors and people of
sin 'ss. and she s'oppage of the intcrscction
(.sitsi S'I'esitls by wagguns, and that the said
laws Zxr pubiishcd.
C'ssi-si'cred, thar (Wenty ds Hars be appropri
arufiss out osthe sunds of th: Zd wazd to re
pair !hr grave! part of VVashington-street
bc-twevn Q-sslc-cn and Mon! mmcsy strrcis.
Orc/ered, That Thomas izuwrason, Tizo
m-sizs Prcsmn. and 'Wisham Rhodrs. be a
rommitt-sic for the purpose oscxumining iil- ss'
FOR SALE,
On boweﬂhpﬂwþ Ruifz'c lying at Isaocsss
si n'had: _
120 busfsiels Potatocs, and
40 barrch Appius
Apply to the n'aztc'r on beard.
Scpt. 22
made us appearance at the Back, purport
ing to be & five dollar note of the said bank,
No. 218*.', A 5 dollan, dared Sth. of ]uly,
1806, H. Urquhart, paycc, ]oshua Pmts,
Cashicr, ]. C. \\ ris-hc, president. The:
paper of the counterhic nute is thinner and
of a darker hUe- than that (s the real note" .
The engraving is w-cll executcd : The sig
nature: of the paycc, cashier and precident,
are well imitatrd, that ofthc president in
particular. The counterfeit note is shorter
than the real note, which readily detect: it
on examioatiuu.
mm: ma—XZLS—o— - ;.mw W
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Juct-recci'vcd for sale by
lamp: Knnnedv. Sen.
Ran! ]" Cape Pearsi notes, c0!mtc_&isited-'si
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A Niw NOVEL, _
- ENTXTLED. .
The Sailor's Fncndshlp;
OR,
The Soldier's Love.
-—PRICE ONE DULLAR—
ADA 31 LYNN, (3. c.
si.
Lsi 'si.
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H E suhocrihc rs having entered into
partnership tor the purpose of making
ﬂwt/um ryjbr cardmg and zest/"nuing gf COZ'o
.TUJV', lake; this method of inlozmsimsi; the pub
lic generally, that ordets in 'the above bodi
nesssiwil] he ,thankfully recciwed, and suicUy
attended to, at the foliowing prices, tiz. '
Far large 'Esmlzlishments.
Cat'cfing l-ssrames, (single) enclosive of the
cards, 22 inches wide,- one bt-er-ket and two
finishers. each [50 doilare—lsscur liuutlctn a" and
fifty delz'ars. '
Catdmg F—rames, (double) exclusive of
cards, 22 inches widc—T/zrcc l.uudrcd do].
lere. ' ,
meing and Roving Heac's, 30 dollare
per head, 8 heads for each set. of cardin
iraniesis— 'l wo [lundﬂ-d arou'jbrly (Fol/(n :.
'l'hrosda'e lsi'z'umes, with Delauare Spin
dlcs, from 48 to 96 spindlez, at 6 ('mHBH-T per
spindie ; from 24 to 56 spindies, at 1 what!
per epindlc;
Far Dscctesfic 'PWPOSM
Carding Frtmcs, wish cards {2 inches
ulsiie, ahdvroving (woes supposed 10 be sa
pable of preparing 8 01' ten pounds Ol cotton
per day" One lundred and jbrt 3, jzvc dmlcrctc.
])mo, 9 inches wide, to prepate .G penuds
-—-_'jnc hands ed and t/zcrsy (lodam. "
him). 6' inches Wide, to prepare 3 pounds
....Onc Ham/rcd audfistcm m-t'larc.
Di'to, 4 inches mue. to prepare me and
a half or two pmmds— Cne lctmctdrrn' dol/ru-s.
Delctware dpinnetsis, with 6 spindlc.s—-1-'ur
ty e'g/zt doI/arc
[35 All kinds of TUR NlNC done on the
shortest notice and in the nestcst n-anuer.
Gregg tsf Hsald,
Alexandria. FaiJctx, between Prince
and Duke st'szcts, in part of the
house ec 'tlpi-ssd by E. P. Yaylar,
coacl-simakssr. *
Septcmber 96 , e03t
Superfine \ el'ow Bark.
Tlus. vow UL—LR, ccusistmg which of
the Extractive ntdlt! ramt rezms us portion of
the bsisixk, wherein its virtt-e 2 :: mechciue is
kz-own to teside,' is separated in ; degree
from the hard fifzrous ;.n : utter useh a part:
i t manufuctuning. It will. thetcsosic, be
found prc-scrabPe, on account of ire purity,
strength, fi:eness, and the sum" quanli'y
required. to any other sum in which the
bz-sirk [1 5 hithetto been generaily used.
"she superiority of this bark will he parti
culzﬂy nsiznilest in the treatme. !. of those
siiiscsises in which, on account of an humble
state 0' the stomach and bowe: s, ;he requi—
siitetluantity ol'the imt-crft-ctly grtunti bark
m c'ssmmon the csinnsit be az'mi i—tcrcd ; and
as any of the hatcry or spi: tuutcts pr-ctpam—
tions we well know: to he meﬂcctuul in m..
gent cases, it is pz-esiumcd that the present
form wilt prove generally acceptable.
The propt'ietot' thinks it unnecessary to
oﬀer any.- apolr—gy Lo those us his medical blse
ti-rcn to whom he is persouail) known; When
he recommend: to them in patdCMﬂl' his"
elegant powder osbatk ; singe many ot th fix
h.tVCg in common With nnn, hat. so frt
ahd painful occasion, iLF the course ot
practiu e, to dt-p are the want or" so des _
& form ofu=in5 thati zestimab : remedy: and
so suuy ia hc assured of us supezsiiorgfficacy,
from numerous psioossot its effects, that he
oﬀcrs it to the ssitculty in general, withouc
fearing the imputation os imposition.
Pmuuuun AND DUT 0? 87 si
CLARK sisANsi-URD, M. D.
Grernu-z'ch, ('onnc-m'cut. la,,siB.
[? The above artiele is put up in par;
cels of diﬀerent time to accommodute por
chactsers ; and is eold by fames Kenncdy, sen
Lodkscller, King street.
Sept. 26 23w__
_ TO RENT ..
THE WAREHOUSE on Prince street,.t
present occupied by Jolm Roberts as a grace
ry store ; for which purpose it has been used
1 number of years, and is an excellent stand
soreither Wholesale or Bet-dil business. Peo
5ezsicn may be had the in of Cctaber next.
Six Cenu Reward. _
EFT the service of the subscriber on Fa
nu-siday, the lsth instant, a bound gid,
named .Mmcy Ficldinjr. Whoever takes up
paid girl and accurea her to.:he owner, shall
Þeceive the above reward.
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On Friday next will be cold without rMe
at_ the Vendu'e Ston, on a crcai: osfic and
90 days,]or n/sijorcvcd mdorsed negonao/e \
notrs: "
APPLY To
John MfPherson & Son.
Se ptcmber 12. ____fg___
ijzjcssnber 26. _____ss__
(mdzrssssg 8 .(ffiz'nm'izsig
M Ass c H 1 u :; R yct
1" trunk Furmssture Calicoes,
] do. sine superfiuc Cmssicoes,
l_do plate do.
] do. bronn cossuonss and dral: Cz szime'les,
1 .do. plate Calicoes, Cloths. Pins, &c.
Public Salc.
P.ssG. Marjteltcr.
Cbnles Stone: '
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