Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political — Alexandria [Va.], 1810-08-10 00:00:00, page 2

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F _ THE creditors of the house of Llingman
? and iM-Gaw, who'have neglected to forward
,} "their claims, as_ was requested in a former ad
Esi-ss vertisementsssiasslze particularly desired to trans
Þzmi'c them (luly'ss'authenticated, to George VV
Strong, Counsellorsiat Law, NewYorkzbefOPe
{Je-the And of Anghctstsi, inst. as the demands not
Pforwarded by that time, will be necessarily
{ss'ss-si-ctexcludedsromss actdividend in the only proper
'sisisi' tysi which ctresisimoins for the creditors. and which
: it. _is the wiSh of the party advertising should
tsi b'csi-appsiropr'tated for the bencsit osall.
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si. HE suhscriberrospectctsnlly informs the
Ect ] public, that he haslound it necessary to
ss altersihis plan ol' giving Baths by fixing parti
cular days when persons may be accommo- ss
, , (lated with either/rot or cold Baths.
if - In future he will be prepared on VVcdncs
fsisidey, Friday and Sunday in each week, to ac
' commoddte such as may favor him with their
custom. On VVedncsd-cty And Friday from 6
_ oss'clock-in the morning-; through the day—and
ss do Simduy till ]] o clock Persons engaging
dare-& baths can be accommooatcd any other
day on giving notice. *
Fredertck Shuck.
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ss'sictPUL-5E 'l- BOOK containing- one five doli 11
si sinssoki an oxclu firm D. Dulm1),Esq Shuter' s
siHiil, on R. V enc 1, Alexandxia, lot 62 clolls.
60 (imitactdalesii Auzzust [, 1810 ; two accounts
transferred from lsnac Lum to me, on Mi.
Steele and l\i1sis.Dowssny, City of W'zshington,
'ﬀ .thcir date not iwsiccoliccted they we1e about
__ Juno, iSDQ—ansid othe1 pape1s of no use to
sictanysisi but the owner. T here was in the inta—
' blemre the the outlincs of thlec 01 sum Rev.
I' ly authorised to settle 111) business.
'a - , -- Richard H. Litle.
ASjsissG Weened a Dmggist Stone in King \
stre besitwcen Mi Hodgsikin' s 'l'zctiverni
fand: le- &?ng store, whem he oﬂ'crs so: ss
si siule; 5 When! si mpnt of
- 35 F 1" .' {Medicines.
" 1? Tic 'lkmise continues his wholcsalc and
si ct . LDWW—ssict Stofe on Fairfax sticsset, next
sisi w To Mlss-si. John Liody' s, and opposite Mr.
sictcts Hampfiﬂn 8; Where orders emnmed
ss-7w ssgzﬂu]! becxccutcd on the most reasoh
.=-;- arms.
chased the stuck of Jesse Talbott, oﬀers for
sale. at his sishop on Fairfax-sueet, near the
ct-corncr of King street, & general assortment
of DRUCS, ME'DlClNES, SPICES, &c.
' ' whichsi'he can recommend jbr their purity. A
share of the pationagc of his fliends and the
sspgblic 15 iespeccfully so.- 'icited.
'-"Divine* s faces, with the heads of the ir ser
sssi — ctFRIDAY, AUGUST to.
5}; Lay? on Tyesdsiay evenmg,
__si'_ss_si.- ctsiNﬀtfief-theasstre orssonlthe way from thence,
ssssctctss-sictssssjsisi'asijQQLD BR ACELE'l', w'ith Hair, and
j liklettsierssi GssssA in gold on the top. It is in
Fsit'sshesijssþeasit'agon form, ct_and a piece ol scarlet rib
.ffifon Sewetl tsio?it.*sictctA handsome reward is of,
;ssisiferedsito,'any one. who shall leave it with Mr.
sissSnowben; ' t '
ifsisissctss' ct'Augssdsigt 9. ss _ St
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ss-ss'mons. \Vhoc'vc1* finds it and deliveis it to
me, with or without the five dolial note, shall
ctbe' rewarded for thei1 tiouble.
. RObert Cray, Taylar.
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\ _ "Ordersfrom .the country wzll .
si be cxsiecuted on moderate terms, .and at a short
*mssm'ce. Physicians and family prescriptions
' ;pu't iip-wz'tlz accurucy. "
R. H. L.
sinsictgsssenleci their aceonnts, will oblige me by
paying them to Richard [I. I i: le, who is du
TI'iZLssLAM HARPER, Juisssi."
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Philadsilphla SUMMER ALE
mcasks.
Wsi Those persons who have
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.si/lT THE VEADUE SlORE,
? ' ]esse Talbott.
ssssGth mo. Ilst.
fires dum
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New York, August 1—3 ss dIW.
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.Chgoalieqd'slione—z-ln the vast, range of
biographical history, irom sithe ea'riiest peri- '
od down .to the present time, there never
perhaps, has- been fotmd a cembination of '
events so remarkable—an assumption of
charsiicter so various,-and in many cases di
rectiy opposite, as in the life of this extra
ordinary personage. Aster having sustain
ed for the firSt fifty years, and in the most
distinguished manner, the characters of a
scholar, : soidier and a statesman, we sud
denly a nd unexpectedly find M. D'Eon as
suming the dress, and apparently with great
reluctan ce submittin'g to be taken for a wo
man ; and it is not till upwards of 30 years
afterwards, that, on his death-bed, are ve-'
rified beyond the possibility of doubt, his
claims to the personal as well as mental dis
tinctions of a man. As some account of
the principal events which have marked the
life" of this mysterious being, may not be
cunacceptable to-sithe public, the "following
" brief- sketch- isss submitted, and'its authenti
city may be relied upon? :-- ;
" Charles Genevien Louise Auguste'
Andree Timothee D'Eon de Beaumont,
was born at Tonnere, in Burgundy, on thesi
27th October, 1727, of an ancient samily.
He received his education at the College
Mazarin, at Paris. After the death of his
father, he was patronized by the prince of
Conti, and was presented by Louis XV.
with a cornetsicy of dragoons. ct
" In the year 1755, he was employed un
der the chevalier Douglas, in transacting a
negociation of a most delicate and import
? ant nature at the court of St. Petersburghsi
which by their means was reconciled to'
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; known to have lniXed itself on most occa
Jsions with political events. Not that-the
; manners or deportment of D'Enn were ei
l ther harsh or forbidding towards Women,
but the extreme caution with which he al- 7
ways avoided any private or particular in- ]
tercourse with them, gave strength to the
doubts excited as to his sex. And Other
circumstances concurring (the detail of
which our present limits forbid) at this time
to place the sexual claim of D'Eon, as a
woman, on the most ahsolute snoting of
proof, both in France and England, he as
sumed the female dress, and from the year
1777 down to his death was universally re
garded as a woman. The firsr few years
after this metamnrphosis were passed by
M. D'Eon in France, where, is the merits
of the newly estahlished demoiselle are to
be estimated by the reception she met at
the court of Louis XVI. and the expres.
sions of esteem made to her by almost eve
ry person in the kingdom—she was deServ
ing of the highest praise. About the year
1785, M. D'Eon returned to England,
where he has resided ever since.
" In the year 1777, We find such strong
doubte entertained of his sex as to produce
ere to a large amount, and a curious tri
al before lord Mansfield."
lt is now evident that the,-fraud of thei
gambling pol—icies- was the result of a direct :
conspiracy, to which the chevalier himself ;
must have been a party. On the above tri- .
al it was sworn by M. de Morande and M..
le Goux, on the testimony of secular de-Fss
monstration, that the chevalier Was a fc-Z
male. He aﬀected to quarrelwith M. del
Morandesor the discotery, but finally go.?
quiesced in the falsehood, and put on thei
female habit. The verdict on. the case tri
ed was afterwards Set aside, Upon the act
requiring an interest in cases of assurance
'forlife. But many thousand pounds were
;paiid by. gentlemen, who considered the
' debte as-debts of honor. It now becomes a
question, whether in point of" honor the
, . . C-sssssiuctto' si---:.ssau, Ls]
Ma woman, and in addition to certain se
France. i
" The chevalier at the time of his first:
coming over to England, was captain ofT
dragoons in the French service, and secre- \
tary to the duke de Nivernois, in which
character he behaved so much to the duke's
satisfaction, that that nobleman, upon his
departure for France, got M. D'Eon ap
pointed minister plenipOtentiary in his soon-..
ln this situation he remained until super
ceded by the count de Guerchy.
" From this period and] the death of
Louis XV. M. D'Eun cominued to resid
in England, descitute of any official charac
ter, but honored with the noxice and friend
ship of the most distinguished persons in
this country. And here ws enter Upon a
circumscance of D'Eon's life now rendcted
as mysterious in its origin, as it is wonder
lul in its successful concealment for many
minine appearances in his voice and person ss
still stronger surmise was indulged, e8pcci:*
ally at Petersburg, on account of the total
indiﬀerence, and even aversion as to all as
fairs of g..llantry constantly exhibited by
D'Eon towards the females of that volup
tuous court, where amorous intrigue is well
ﬂuffisi-tsswdctﬄi
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Art. 1. The line of two thousand roris,
established bv our decree of the 25th May,
1809, No. 25, and further described in our
decree of the Zd November, 1809. No.
12—within which limits, with the excep
tion of certain places therein mentioned,
and the town of the Hague, are prohibited
all magazines, depots or warehouses of co
lonial 'goods and English manufactures, on
articlcs held to be such according to the pro
clamation ofthe let of May, 1805—45 ex
tended to the distance of HVE THOUSAND
rods from the sea coasts. All unlicensed
magazines found within the former space,
sisliall be put under squestration, _to be die
.
ss the 84th year of his age.
Upon the report of our minister of si
nance, of the 215t of May, 1810, &c. We
have decreed, and hereby decree :
sumsis'OUght not to be refunded, as we pre- i
sum;- there is no prescriptian' " in deb'ts of -
honor. si - ' ct
SinCe the year 1778, little has been heard —
ofthe'chevalier.ss, The French revolutiou,
fatal to so many establishments, deprived
him also of a pension granted by Louis
XVth, and confirmed by his successor. For
a few subsequent years the sale of part of
his eﬀects, and the prosits of a public senc
ing exhibition in various parts of the Unit
ed Kingdom, enabled M. D*Eon to subsist
with decency, but the increasing weight of
age, ct and -'nfirmities gradually renderedl
him incapable of these exertions and for
many years [;ast he has been struggling
with poverty and disrress. '
For these two years past M. DssEon
scarcely ever quitted his bed, though it was
only within these few months that he has
laid aside the pen. His health gradually
grew weaker and at length an extreme state
of debility ensued, which terminated in his
death on Monday se'night, about 10 ossclock.
It was not till after his decease that ma—
_dame Cole, the old and respected friend of
sithe chevalier, whose fortunes or rather mis
fortunes, she had shared for many years,on
siperforming the last sad office to her friend,
of laying out the corpse, found it was that
of a man. After the first surprise had sub
sided, the discovery the next morning was
communicated to some ofthe chevalier's in
ftimate friends, Who judged that it would be
" proper to asce rtain all points relative (O so
singular an occurrence ; and accordingl) [on
Wednesday last in the pres ence of the Pete
EliZE', who had attended the: chevalicr in
his last illness, Mr. Wilson the prosessor
'of anatomy, Mr. Ring, and Mr. Bur.on,
two respectahle f-surgeons, sir Sidney Smith,
: the hon. Mr. Littleton, the honorahle Mr.
zDouglas, Mr. Hoskins. a respectable soli—
\citor, Mr. Richardson, book-sellt-r osCorn
ss Hill : the body was examined, and proved
ss beyond a doubt, by the certisicate of Mr.
' T. C0peland, the surgeon to be a male---——
si' That all doubt of the identity of the person
1; might be remOVed, some persons of the first
? re5pectability were called upon who gave
their positive testimony that the person
then before them was the same who had al
ways passed for the chevalier or the cheva
Louis Napoleon, by the Grace of God and"
the Conscitution of the Kingdom, King
of Holland, and Constable of France.
The declaration now made of the sex of
this generally supposed female characzer, is
likely to give rise to several actions for the
recovery of the sums unjustly paid by the
various underwriters on the faith given to a
Certificate, after an examination of surgeons
83 years ago; several of these duped pay
masters being still alive to reclaim such
sums, and many of the paye-es also remain
ing in existence to answer such demands of
re-payment. lt may be remembered, that
immediately after this pecuniary specula
tion was decided, the Chevalier assumed ?
the female habit; which- to keep up the im
posture, was worn to the day of his death.
!
ha ,LXQCLQYXQQS-"Wifﬄdvlctxctllsszlss lealso ulss
many hundreds ofthe most distinguish (l
ofthe metropolis. His highness the duke
of Gloucester, and several other persons of
distinction were among the number. It
lies in a handsome oak coﬄn, covered with
black cloch, and a black velvet cross on the
lid, at the house of Mrs. Cole, in New
Millman-street, to Whose benevolent kind
ness and attention, the chevalier was in
debted for the principal comforts of his lat
ter days. A cast was taken from the face ;
on Friday. It is proposed to inter the bo
dy in St. P'ancras church yard the day after
to-morrow. The chevalier had completed
lier D'Eon.
ctM. D'Eon has left two if not three ne
phews, of the name of O*Gonman, related
also, we believe, to the noble family of
Thomond, in lreland. None of those gen
tlemen are however in England at this time.
The body of this extraordinary character
junc- 15. ]
DECREE;
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il'sill ;"
A FOR SALE, "si
[ ?- second hand Coachee with HW .
- cn the Slst, having ds'serted, in consc
quence, as he said, of hat-int; been pro
VOkt'd to cut down his so;)erior officer while
on duty. This officer stated, that Massem
hadjoined the French army with 'reinlorce
ments, which made the entire number u
der his command along the srontier amoui
to 80,000, or from that to 84,000 men;
and had his head-quarters a-ZSalamanca:
but that this force, however sormidahlc in
collective numbers, was not held adrquart
to the invasion of Portugal. The informa
tion given by spies and deserters, must al
ways be received with distrust; but asit
ss was a known fact that the collection and
conveyance of supplies was matter of cl
treme difficulty and insccurity in a couutsl
when: the French could be said to be mas
ters only of the surface they occupied byi
military force; and where their conv075
and foraging parties were constantly ansWl"
ed by the peasantx, who cut oﬀ all strassZ'
glers, it was thought thar not more thctsi
halfthe tocal number under Massena would,
attempt to enter Portugal with a chancﬄ
subsistence, and with the assurance oftent
ing azsufficient force to keep the Spaniardf
in awe; and from this conviction lord Wsssl'
lmgton kept his position, not thinkisis "
adviseable to advance nor necessary (0 sc'
treat.
E. P. TAYLOR, _
ESPECTEULLY inlorms his snch3
and the public, that he contin'ﬂzs .10
carry on the Coac/z-making Busz'nc'ss in _a 1
various branches, at the shop in Fassssisict
street, formerly occupied by Rlzea and 'TctF'
or, where all orders in his line of busm
will be strictly attended
From an estublishment of three Ye
the above line of business he is able to
as & proof of his Workmanship, he has!"
vouchers. þiﬄ
Gentlemen who may please to save! inct
with their orders for Carriages of .3117' ctsi
or description, may depend on having th
work executed with neatness and ztrcs'g'ct'y
.N- B. Alxl kinds of Carriages and Hassidss
es made and repaired with neatness an
patch.
S-zveral inr'orrect stareth-ents, wept-uttng
the relative Situation of the Bii-islt and
French forces on the li'ontiers of Porringii.
having appeared in the morning papers, !"
have enquired particularly into the facts,&
' have collected the following details, which
may be relied on as unthc-ntie :
Lettet's from loud W'eliittgton's camp :!
Celcrico, dated the 23tl ult. state, thall
(Each-making, in all its variou5
Branches.
posed of in such manners:-s shall lie {sink _
proqctided.- , ' "
2. The proprietors of sssuchsi magazzn
lying between the distance (at tWO tin,-Us "
and that of five thousand rods lient ;le
coasts shall be at liberty to clear and (mia
oﬀ the same, within the space ui 2}..th
"days, under the authority of inlsissssd Per.
mits.
3. Alllicenced retail dealers shall deliver
in at the nearest office of the (lit'ectorb
water, a special declnration in writing of
their stock in hand.
4. The necessary suﬀerances shall be dsi
livered to the retail dealers, to sscertainshss.
colonial goodsctssand manul'ncturt-s which she
may have on' hand, in Order tu can- ,
their trade. This stock shall be "RUlkttd
by the average osthe extent ostheir licensu
and the antuunt of tittzlt' 'payntent to the
weigh-house tax, in 1856 they are rated
thereto. The quantity, however, Shalljn
no case exceed one third at the anuuz]
sales.
5. The local autho:ities shall, within the
shortest possible period transmit to the dg.
rector general of the Middeien te Wsizct
lists of the licensed shop keepers Within,
their respective districts, dealing in Ctiltmi.
al commodit-ies and munusactures, with;
statement of the sum' they are rated at, to
the weigh house tax, which statcment they
are empowered to demand of the receivt:
or collectur of the Middelen te Lunde.
The said lists are to be accompanied with
such remarks as tend to make the directot.
general more particularly acquainted with
their local interests in this respect.
6. The present decrce shall be published
in the bulletin ofour laws.
7. Out minister ot' sins-tuce, justice and
police, and also the direcmr of the Middc.
len te \Vater, are charged with the (:chu
tion of the present decree.
Given at our palace at Haarlcm, this
24th day Of lVlactv, in the year 1810, and
our reign the sisth.
(Signcd)
LOUIS NAPOLEON.
Frenss h siffisﬄ' hearinsx the cross of the La
gton Os Honor, arrived at the British camp
juste 18
ars 13
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and,