Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political — Alexandria [Va.], 1810-10-02 00:00:00, page 3

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TUESDAY, OCTOBER 2.
_'sis ' -ssr-*
'ss 'sslsi'bt body of a drmmed man was found
11ka up, by Thomas Lindsqy, on the Z
,siofsiWarburton, near the Fort, on Sa- s
Why she 29£h of Septcmbcr—and the \
' er and ]ury fdund a verdict that he :
his 1ti by bring much beat about the 5
and had. A middle size man abouc 2
infect sunrinches high, ssi'mrt black hair ; "
Þgd in : Russia Shecting crowscrs and si
.,iped canon shirt. ;
[? The Ediwrs of the National lntcl- ;
sisigﬄer, Washingtop, and Indcpcndcnt '
, Amzrican, Gcrgctown, are rcqucchd to in. ?
xiv.-above paragraph. jct
. _. icksiMB mispsiWct lZsi-sii'siprfomjd:
ct—Msict? '— dsiffizule in any War In which he
!
wizyss—Thcre rcsides in Fairfax} ct
Myctbout 5 miles !rom this place, a ]:
by the music of P/zilip Peter Sc,/zall .
" nearly cnc hundred and seven years of
gr.
The writer of this article was convereihg
My: gcndcman in the street, when the }
gnalcm'cn observed, ** there comes old
Small, who us above 100 years old, -" lccsi
astop him and ask him his age , hc win '
kll it for : pint of wine." He was then
si'ctalking with a firm quick sctcp at the rate
dabout four m'aics an hour Wth nen
lich us he: was accepted with " How are
yon old man .
OUMM. Hoh, pretty well. \Vhat do
)"qu tail me old for ? ! shalt be old fifty
[canto come.
Questim. Pray how old fire you?
0!!! Man. That's none of your business.
Um'smy business. But l'd tell you for a !
finzofwinc.
{zems-"an. Why a pint of wine is too
nued for you. \- 'c'll give you as much as
Mwish to drink. \Vhat is your rage ?
Wd Man. Give me ssiome wine sitsist. l
habom near Manheim [mentisiuning (he
hmcohhe p! let] 10 1 O"3, in the h zllidays,
inlie [all of th: )ear._ My suthcr was a
blues and ( am a miller, and alw 3) 5 have
ssbfi'n and alwactxs shzll follow it. I was a
Whichsshe was engaged.) I was married,
'ld when l was 26 I came: to Philadclphia.
Duct Parchr. a wbacconist, came with
"- He lived insi Psiniladrlphia, iri a little
Woulhc uutsicic the town. About 50
3"?! afterwards ! was in Philadcsilphia ;
"(1 Pcmsis house was in the middle of the:
w'sssi 00 3 great street, instead of being in
?" w'Wls where I left him. He was rich
.,lWho ss bctctoshrg engaged, "nor been
\ mistake" in his calmlazions. His ar
, ", assign out of Porsimgal in Scptem
07 ; Bctmpaftc told hisfsemtc that
Octssd'sslsmo H-rh ; my wife: has been dead
sirsI-"fars. She was one year younger
sisi I- Sac was 101 when she died. I was
dsictsi'sid again in a year. I always love the
Y-"Zs. (
\
Phtwas g}
.ZJ RMhIS eagks on th; walls of
sin] . . _ =
Y'O'si p! hct: sirscof she year 1809; :
ad to see me;
Q'lmtion. \Vsihat Was Aleiandria when
Mfirsc knzw it ?
Old Man.
No.
'ihk 2 8
Hmian under Prince [in ssche reign of
Georg-shctl ]. "ere he related skirmishcs [
-—r
W before &
wpapcss szy, that he has ordctcd Mas
go be xhcre before the first of ]wxssnsy, .
{Wssn- Had you no children brsi your
si' 'ss' : Z- -
am
ctt most c'mzdrcn than I want., They
she. Mymsslll'is gone. ] want lo
dnew one. The.)- won,: help me. -- ]
ss 'bsisid my miklagaic. "
siss'ssMu'ssl- My first wife had nine or ten.
, ,
"xlctmtwn. ls your wzsc alive ?
lf')
"T
TO! :\ blan new wise.
Ufﬂzsim,
Thz-n: was 001y one housc.—NOW
sea: town.
Alexandria.— that was Bell
Have you any children ?
_
si OuManssNo. She? m aii okl gi'ri: shess
' was 45 when l (named her; ' si
-Qssuestian. Hssowﬂtave. you Rived ! 4
Old fiIan. l eat and drink any thing.—— T
Before l came to this country I drank half
: gallon of wine a day; but never was
drunk with wine. Sometimes I drink la
dies' drink : vhisky & water, sweet, sweet.
Sometimes l eat a great meal, and eat no
more for two or three days,ouly drink milk
or water.
Questian. Was you never sick ?
be repealcd, when the Bcrlin and LIilasim'
l(lame!.- ceased to be in: form
Straining from animal food ; another, in the
W'etit lndi-si-s, from an execssivc USc of sac
charinc aiimcnt; anochsi-z from spare diet; !
another from totally abstaining from any
species of alchohol; another from natural ;
chccrfulncssss; another from labor; another
srom sedcntary case; one: from saw animal
sossod, Str. &c. There is no complete sold
tion of the cattsc of longevity. If the na
tural organiz'ation be good. temperance 'And
reg'ularity in all things, chccrsulncas us spi
rits and moderate cXc-rcise, arc probably:
the more general causes of long lisc._
ganization nor the diet and regimcn. In
examining & list 'os nearly 150 persons who
have excecdrd a century, it will be found
that their longcvity is attributcd to very
diﬀerent causes. One supposed it occa
sioned by eating saw eggs ; another by ab—
A Publzsic Lean,.si—Vlc undchtand that a'
Loan has been obtained by governmenz
from the Bank of the Unilcd Statcs, for
3\750,000 dullars; pursuant to an act off,
Cungrcss passed the last scssiofi, authoris- ;
mg thc Prcsificht to borrow a sum tsimc ex- ss;
ceeding 8,000,000." Th'c money bulrbvvcd ;
is to bear an interest bssix pclsi ceot. per an- ;
num, and to be rcimburs-f-d ohss the: sun ofsi
Decembsi-r 1811 ; UnlcSS Congress 'shsiallss re
sme to grant & charcer to the bank of the:
Uniced Statcs ; in which case the Sum loan
cd is to be: .rcimbu'rscd within three months'?
after the: bank shall demand the same ! !—
Spirit '76.
, _ Nsw Yonx. Seþt. 29. __
WLa'testfro'm England. Captain Taylor
of the Shlp Frances, who arrived yesterday," -
in 27 days sr0m*Grecnock,' has, as usual,
brought later news than any preceding ar
rival. He has politely savo'redthe editors
of the New York Gazcttc with a filc ofche
London Councr to the evening Of the 251h
ult. inclusivc, ahd Greenock papers to the
SOLh. These papers do not containsi any
thing later from Porlugal than" we. hav; 31. !
ready received from that quarter ; and, ad :
they are almost silcn't on the subject of the}:
British orders 'm' counczl, possess but little
interest. ss . _ ._.
It was expected the Bnush orders woiﬂd {
not used spcctaclcs for reading till 4- years
ago. His double teeth Wcst all gone: 7 or
8 soretccth of the under jaw remained; bttt
his gums served him very well for maStica
tion. His hair is the onlv evidence of his
extreme age; that of his nead and whisk
ers long and white. He is about 5 scec :3
inches in height, his head crcct as any per
son's. His memory, he says; ruzhcr fails
him withinla few years.}{c remembcrs Better
transactions of 90 years ago than thou of
Among the: causes of longet'ity Vfillich
mentions a constitutional nptitude to long
life, no: aicogcthcr depending on the or
ten years past. He was quite sacctious and
talkative; and after spending half an hour,
and drinking several glasszs of wine, hc
retired, expressing a Strong wishthat We
should come and see him.
Old Man. No : only rhcumalism or some
such once: "in a while, so that ! cau'c put my
hand to my head: but not much—ss-Somc
times I have a little pain, but I pray God
heartily, and it is gone in a minute.
.Qzctcstion. You expect to live these twen
ty years, do you not?
Old ﬂIan. Twenty; yea a hundred, just
as well as not: I can mount & horse as quick
as you, walk as far.
On enquiring of his eye-sight, hearing,
&c. he said that hiscthcaring, as evidently
appeared, was butliltlc impaircd. He had
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Il U. l\"G bccn engaged in the tuitissn of
ynmh for some years past, purposes to open
:: school on Mo\x;'1a) lhc 8 !) "mst. ior the in
stluction os)oung La ics in the sollusix'ving
bxnnchcs ofli' ElMUlC, vz :. R- acting, Writ
ing, English (}mmmm,A1ithmctic, (Leo
gruphy, Histoxy os .\'-.uionsct.,ss.\"si-tunul History.
Belle Lcttles and Music—msiqc hcu uith Em
broiduy, T umbo n, Msixl;i:1g,\V Olking
Maps. plain work, &si. &c.
'} erms oftu tion may be know n hy app! .")
ing to Mzs Dunlap, ( ] po osite Zvlv. Plummel' s
stoze at the he xd of King sncct.
()(tobe1 2. ss (]
Was taken out of the lublcn- i
ber'z house on the night of the late fire. and _
supposed to be misLud, one large 'l'RUNK. si'
containing bed clothes. due !Il'Csssilt coat, um] ss
one Martin' Skin Muss—Alctt—cto, one small ,
hair Trunk; containing theso'xieuf'mz cloth; :
ing, \'iz onebluck Sﬂk gmsim, one lead co- !
loz'cd do one [Urple cruped do. one long ;
black Szsinin cloak, trirsimu—d with lace, and!
seven yards Os changeable Silk ; a few pair .si
sins Stockings, and sundry other clothing not ! '
recallected. _ _ si . , si
_ Any person ivho may have found the above '
mentioned articles, or any part ofthem. will '
be lifzcmllctv rewarded. and receive my sincerc ss
thanks, on returning the Sunne to me. ss ;
__ _ _ ]acob Leap. :
Octobelsi' 2.- sc. !.
5— - -_si— - 'sict—si *___ ' ' -.--**1,
By vlrtue of a deed of trust
from Richard And to the subscriber, to se
cure the payment of a certain sum of money ;
to John MssCobb, will be exposed to sale for ;
ready money, on the respective premisesmn
T/mrsday the 25th day of this [zresent month,
a Rent Chsiarge of 33 silver dollars anssd bne
third of a dolsilar, issuing out of a' sspiece of
ground ,lying upon ct_the (West side of Watersi
Street and to the nozsithWard of Dukesireet,"
granted by DaVid Arell to Lssweston, Subject
to the ,dowet' of ctPhwbe Moore; refict of (he
said DaVid therein-sials'o a xsient charge es ten
poundsis ten shillin'gsis', siissuing_oi1t_0f asipie'ce
{)s ground lying also' On' the ssvestpiqebf _Wa_-si
ter Sireet & to' the northward of Du_ke—s;reetsi,'_
granted by Samtxel Arell untd Absalpn'l' 'W'xo'e'
Subject also .tb' the dower of she said Phcbe
ther'cifi. _ _ __ , . _ ss .
]ames KClth.
, ZMTT'
HE Cleciimzs ('sit JZPHlS' Uouglass on the
ltth ot Jul) 13 &, hi: 0 subsuioed his
rc! e se plc inuniy to U e si: suict) us Noxcm
be! in thsixlyeau , 11: 0 lsiqui ed to exhihit meu
claims duly authclltlcuh: I to the subzsinhcxs
on or beloxc the first day of J..num) next,
ple. parzato ) to & diviclcnd. No imucst will
be allowed after the luh m ju ) 1834.
.
The harvest in England bad turned out
much better than was apedcd, but the de
m_and_ for the armics abroal kept up the—
'pthcs.
N O T I C E.
THE Stock'i-xohcr_S in thc' \\ ushinglon Ca
nul Cumpuny. :.re licrcisiy notified. usixc tue
scvcnzlz instainzem ol !fcn Dnlsisisiu's on each
share, puysibze on the 4Lh day of Mvem ,e'z'
next, & the eighth instalmcﬂt us sism Duusiu's
(jncuch snarc pctyctule on the 16221 day of
Novembu ncm, are cssdlecl for by the Board
Os Uireczors ; to be [mid ad Sumucl Eiliot, jr.
(zeasuxcr.
By oxder of the Bom !.
past 11 u'clasik, and appsi-de to be an cu
gugcmcm on laud. Shunly after the firiug
cummcncul swcn sun: (as ws>cls Wert: accu
standing in. About 11 o'cluck ehrcc of
ncm retumcd. Cassptam Austin sinctnxs the
ozhcr 4 msirc captured us omcrwnasi gemm
cd. When (he ihrcc wcrsi: siummsi; um, um:
ot (he þurcs opcnsid a hmvy (m; un Lnsim.
that an the: ports on the Spilnisb Main Were si
declared in a state u! bluckzidc by 'thc go- ?
Ausxin, Of the sch'r_D.assiti, arrived here o_n
Saturday sshom La Gua'yni, in 27 days, siin
forms that in cvqngcqumcc osSancasithav
ing declared itself independint, ssan siuncom
mon cXprcsssiwn of rejoicing took place at
La Guayra, Carracassi. and throughout all
the couutuy. An English vessel arrived at
La Guuyra, the ca'ptain of ivhich informed
vcmmcnzs uisithc Spanish isﬀ-ands, and music
cru'an {us all VCSSciS brssmnd't'o or fwm these:
pums, whi-h had bccn Juchasﬂd izldC-ptdd
cut. ln conscquﬄcc Jzsi {which insur
mazion, xhc Dash, instead of cummsig thro'
m: Bloua passzgc, to uvLid danger came
round cap: lecron. The Dash siwzis be
anumbcr ol privatcers Werfi: fixing ouc asic si
calmcd oﬀ capc NlChOla Mole: the whom ,
day—ac day hghc captuin A. hand to (X* fsi
cessctxvc firing, which cuxsisilmctucd umsiu hazi '
Puno Rico and cicy ol'Sjmxsso siD-omixigo, to ;
__October 2.
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'Lctatest ﬂ-om Lsia buayra, Effc-si-Cdptash ?
Octoberz.
N O T I C E.
Octbber 23
MA RIf'x ANNE DUNLAP,
E. B. Caldwell, 'P'r.
Robertl.'sayl:1ct*
Wi Hiam Ne'xxct'ton.
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Remaining in ""
(COL) -'
Thomas si'A' si
'Walkcr Arms).
Charles Alexan
Lewis Armslea
si Wusiain 'Bryan, 'Jaines "H. 'Blsiasike, "Allefi
ssBeak, 'Ellender Beell, "Eliz'aibeih'BrdWH, Ma;
ria Blew'sdrd, Charles gan.
, ctAslsiursiy Crenshaw,.'James _Ca'l_*telr, ctRbBex-c
Chbry, siJohn Ctssssry, \Valter CoiesssEsq7 Geo,
Collins, G. W. Cm'sinjlohsin Bi'own ssCiming',
Patrick Cossuu's, 'Andkesiw Cusitlcr, Tunis Cra_
y'cn. 'Frcsifdcirick siH. Chapsiman', 'L'akfre'nctc'osi ,
Crystsidl. silss)
- RichardssFiizhugh,ctDsi-LVid Farl!1ingsi, Fell;
dinando Fairsctctzi, licv. Hen'ky sil'ssowler', Ro,
'bcl't Foster, Daniel Forgic. '
- . -- 'G' -- - '- : - .
George Crahani,'Jesssic Grccfi,'Eliss'21bcth'
CoooWin. ;
H
Mr Moosirc, Foeessph Milburn, 5, Richmsid
Pv'lucke'y, Jsiimcs Mctckciiunncn, ?, L'r-siusi'gisis
(;. M-AC), '4, Biliy Mzson, d'amesil Msioon,
Juscph Mahomcy, W'iiuum M'iiiiJe,'Jolii\
Maximus, \\ iliium Mi !! :r. Gcbrgc Moiirch,
sssiCaptain Samuel S. Nurcll, "J- 'Ndsiii'se, 7},
Churics ;]. Nourse. .
DsimiciR. Penn, Apson Pottsst'ssj, Actlcxandc'r
I'lctcidc, Jusimcs Parks, Jolui Pctrincisi,'10hu
chsiry, Mr's.siPruc.—e, si4
.. ss . P -
Step .ch. Rui'zcil, 2, Jaines M. Robert—
son, 2. ] mes Ru: h, John Rennasiid, Coateass
Rid rewzr . si.
!: Y S
ssctC L. Sems. Bazil Spaiciing, o, John C_si.
Soucrs, Lewis d'p 'lly, Abijah sisihepmd, A..
brain Shnckicshrsid benjamin Scuucstzcct.
chsosin Simpson, Mr. C. Scuisiia, Pauaclcsit
Spc-sizs, W iliiun B. Sco t, . l'liiiiþ Studic",
Bcnjamin Slncw, Ebcnczcz P. Stc. ges.
T. . __
Isaac Tenngsi', Cr Stophsssn chilssins, Hensirf
S. Tumel, !:hn lsiruislcr, \*'.villixm lhomsip
spn. 2, Sumucl iuylor, Janc 11mmton,Ma
ly 'laylo'r. ._ss
\-V. -
'lhomsias \\ oodhouse, Mrs. fiilson, Bush—
mcl\\ ashinjrtcn J- 6, Rcv .\l l..Q\Vccms',
M' Kcnzie \Vh'tc', George \V. \V\a*.r. Ja—
scph ?. \\ ccks, Audicw Wﬂd, Jocl \\ Lad,
2, 'lhomas \Vest -.
Y ..
Henry D Xctc'siitcs, ?, RobertXtasies,Samu
'cl Yopsip. _.
C'c6rgc Cilpirsiisi. ?. M.
Domesiic siManusaEturc Company. ,,
ss The ninth 'and silast instalmencof
One Dollar on each ssihulc oi' stock of the;
Domsiestic L-iandsuptin'e ('cssmpanyof Alcxsz
driact becomes, (she and puyzsiblc nn Tucsday,
the 'ld daysiof Obtc-b'cr next, at their ware.."
house on King strcctsi—C'erlisicatcs os stock"
will yhen be ready for dckivcx'y agreeable 16
the Order Of the Board of Dircctors, sub—j
joined; ssct ctss . , -
John Ma'cLsieod, Agmt;
At & Bdard of Directors 'of the; Do:
mestic Manufacturc Company of Alezsican'f
dria, held at their wardhduse, SsscptbnshCr 8,"
1810,siss. sisssssssisiss. _
Ordered, Thatthc ssstocctkholdch of thisssctins
stitutioctn þe notifiedthrough ,thcte rsinedium tis
ihe iniwspapecct of this town spy. two weeks
previous to the daysi' of paymEnt' of 'the_las_t in
;talzssnent of _sxbssek,'.,that sscertificates of steel:
Will be f'siLady {qr deliveiyjo _tcth<'_)sc who will
then & {vithfix ths) days thereafter pay up xhqa
whþlsi _0ctf ,tlheir insistdlmcnts', and ctthat ;hqu
sailingtqcomply will be [excluded from se;
ceiving at? part of the dividends.
( !gnfd), -, . ss .- _. ,,
, ss ]ohn M'Kmney, Chairmam
Scteptcm'bex _18; -- &):de
Kdam King & Uo. Bctsey Kimer. si!
Robext Lann6n, Hillizir} Lasingtxz, lcnii
'Lambert 3: Co. ]. XV. and & [i.conctid. Chs.
Lowes, Monsicur F. Booy de Leciusi', Esiipha
let Lcﬀcugsswell, Henry Lcc, ji. daily Lce',
'Rusaunsix Lous.
V.]
tle Anderson, z.
. nesjctffiinsinu'misiy,ss'soun-nussey, 'ssia'mp'sah- '
Darrcll, Thomas Diggsct Chmsilc's \V. siDchsi
nisun, 2, Gcokgc F. Drsiake.
R. \V. Harwood, Capt- siBcnjsiYm'Zn Hoissi-si
land. 3, .luhn Hiiwn _ Aex-ctndcr Henderson "
and (0 :2, (3, \V. liunsitersijshim Humcr, (of
A ) John lssiu-mcy, siJohn HosburgbsJqpthsi
I-lounsizs, John Horslcyss chlsi'y [liart, John
Hsi-mlcrsiou, George .].Hz'un, "William Haysi?
mm. ;
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Ro'1crt Lsimcison, \Villiam Jesscrs,siPhinc_'J
husis Jctnncy, Sumucl Jcpson, Ueuuis Msiloim-si
sum. \'
'Hemsiy El'di'idgd, tiger & Taildr, 5.
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