Alexandria advertiser and commercial intelligencer (Alexandria [Va.]), 1803-04-25 00:00:00

Public Vendue.
On TUESDAY, 11 o'clock, will be sold at the Vendu Store, Rum in hogheads and barrels, French Brandy in pipes, Gin in pipes and bds.
ALSO, A variety of DRY GOODS, Among which are, Cloths, Coatings, Kerseymeres, Duffs, Plains and Kerseys, Negro Cottons, Serges, Blaticks, blue Friezes, Calimancoes and Russells, Yarn Stockings, Chintzes and Calicoes, Irish Linens, Silesia do., Platillas, Osnaburgs and Ticklenburgs, Mullins and Muslin Hand'is, India Mullins and Table Cloths, Bandanna Handkerchiefs, Silk Stockings, Coloured Threads, Hats, Plated Candlesticks, And sundry other Articles. P. G. MARSTELLER.
April 19.
Sales by Auction.
On WEDNESDAY, At 10 o'clock, will be sold at the Vendue Store, the corner of King and Union streets, Rum in hhds. and barrels, Whiskey in barrels, Apple Brandy in barrels, Gin in casks, Wine in pipes and quarter casks, Molasses in hhds. Sugar in hhds. and barrels, White and brown Soap in boxes, Coffee in casks and bags, Raisins in kegs and boxes, Queen's Ware, and
ALSO, A variety of DRY GOODS. -AMONG WHICH ARE- Broad Cloths, Cassimeres, Kerseys, Coatings, Halfthicks, Fearnought, Blankets, Planes, Negro Cottons, Worsted and other Stockings, Irish Linens, Calicoes, Threads, Chintzes, Bedticks, Oznaburgs, Sewing Silks, Muslin and Muslin Handkerchiefs, India Cottons, &c. &c.
THOS. PATTEN, Auctioneer. April 25.
Notice.
All persons having claims against the estate of William Triplett, of Round-Hill, deceased, are requested to bring them forward for adjustment and payment; and all those indebted to the estate, are respectfully called upon to make immediate payment to the Executors—it being their anxious wish to close all the accounts, and settle with the legatees as soon as possible.
CHARLES LITTLE, GEO. TRIPLETT, } Ex'ors. March 1.
Just Received and for Sale, Sweet Oranges, Lemons, Limes and Cocoa Nuts. Also, A few boxes of excellent Havana SEGARS. J. DYSON. March 18.
Just Published, By Robert & John Gray, And for sale at their Book & Stationary Store in King Street,
THEODORE CYPHON: OR, THE BENEVOLENT JEW.
A Novel, in 2 vols. By GEORGE WALKER, Author of the Vagabond, Three Spaniards, &c. &c.
Price One Dollar and Seventy Five Cents Handsomely bound & lettered.
Also, The Story of Tom Snell. Price 20 cents. April 21.
For Sale.
ONE half of the valuable tracts of LAND, in Stafford county, called Bell Plains and Hickory Bottom, late the property and residence of George Lee Waugh, deceased. Upon the land are an excellent dwelling house, with four rooms on each floor, and passage; a large barn, kitchen, dairy, and smoke house: bounded on one side by Potomac creek, where is an excellent fishery, and abundance of wild fowl in the season. This land will be sold altogether or in lots, as may best suit the purchasers. Any person desirous of viewing it, will be shown Bell Plains, by applying to Mr. Cary Seldon who lives convenient, and the Hickory Bottom tract by Mr. John Sweetman, who can also show all the lines.
If this land is not disposed of by private sale, it will be set up to the highest bidder, at Mr. Estes's tavern in Fredericksburg, on Friday the 6th day of May next, where a plan will be shown to those who wish to purchase.
Two thirds of the purchase money must be paid down. Twelve months credit will be given for the balance, on giving bond with approved security, to bear interest from the date. For other particulars apply to the subscriber, who is authorised by the Devisees to bargain for the same. Gavin Corbin Turberville. King George County, Doegg, } dds April 5, 1803
Fifteen Dollars Reward.
RAN AWAY on Saturday, the 5th of this month, a bright Molatto Man, named STEPHEN; about 28 or 30 years of age: He is about 5 feet 7 or 8 inches high, pleasant countenance, speaks rather slow, but very active and handy at any work; he served an apprenticeship to a weaver, is a good workman at that business, and a remarkable good hand in a brick yard; in short, he is smart at any thing he is set about; he is very fond of spirits of any kind. I cannot describe his dress. He never ran away before, so I expect he has been lured off by some artful villain; if it be the case, and the man can be apprehended, I will give 50 Dollars in his conviction of the theft. ROBERT BOGNESS.
N. B. I forewarn all persons from harboring said fellow at their peril, as in that case they may expect to be prosecuted. Fairfax County, March 22. d
Notice.
The subscribers being appointed agents for delivering Mr. Carey's FAMILY BIBLE in Alexandria, and the country adjacent—this is to inform those who hold subscriptions, that the Bibles are just come to hand, and are now ready for delivery at their book and stationery store in King Street.
R. and J. GRAY. Who have lately received, A large supply of English and American WRITING PAPER, of different qualities, & a good assortment of Latin and English school books, for wholesale and retail. April 9. d
Just received and for Sale by JOSEPH DYSON, A QUANTITY OF FRESH ORANGES, By the hundred or smaller quantity. Jan. 19. d
Notice is hereby given to the Creditors of Thomas Moore, a Bankrupt, that on Wednesday the 30th day of April, 1803, between the hours of three and five o'clock, at the Clerk's Office of Alexandria county, a certificate of discharge will be given to the said bankrupt, unless cause be then and there shown to the contrary, by the said creditors or either of them.
By order of the honorable William Kilty, Chief Judge of the Circuit Court of the District of Columbia, this twelfth day of April, 1803.
G. DENEALE, Clerk. April 13. d30thA
John Gardner Ladd HAS FOR SALE, At his warehouse, Prince street wharf, on very reasonable term, for cash, or approved credit,
Muscovado Sugar in hhds. and barrels, India and Havanna white do. Loaf do. Coffee in bags, W. India and N. England Rum, French Brandy, Holland Gin, Fresh Hyson, Young Hyson, Imperial } TEAS, of the best quality,
India Cottons, Bandanno Handkerchiefs, Russia Dock and Sheetings, 15th Linens, Bar Iron, cotton and wool Cards, Sole Leather, Shoes of all sorts, Pepper, Nutmegs and Cinnamon, Brimstone, Allum and Copperas, Window Glass, Cables and Cordage of all sizes, Wrought and cut Nails, Spermaceti and tallow Candles, Soap, Cheese, Oil, Sherry, Lisbon, Malaga } WINES, A few boxes excellent Claret, A few baskets excellent French Cordial, Boxes of Olives and Capers, Salt, prime and mess Beef, 3 bales hatters' Wool, 5 bts. Verdigrise, A few bags fresh Hops, boxes of Raisins, casks Pearl Ashes, do. Salt Petre,
Manufactured Tobacco, Nova Scotia Grindstones, Rhode Island Lime, 3 boxes Writing Paper, A few pair elegant Looking Glasses, A few packages English Glass Ware, assorted,
Tea table sets of China, Nankenees, Mens' fine and coarse Hats, &c. Also,
A small quantity of COTTON YARN, suited for knitting or weaving, at a much cheaper rate than can be afforded from a common wheel. April 15. d
SALT.
Suitable for the Fisheries, and ENGLISH COAL, for sale on board the barque Henry, Capt. Trotter, just arrived from Liverpool. Apply to R. T. HOOE & Co.
Who have likewise for Sale, A quantity of English Slate for covering houses; Port, Dry Lisbon, & Calvavello Wines in qr. casks; soft shell'd Almonds in bags; Earthen Ware in crates, Stone Ware in crates; London Porter in casks; Pipes in boxes; Marble Slabs for Hearths, and a quantity of Georgia Cotton in bags. March 31. d
Turk's Island Salt. Just received 1600 bushels of Turk's Island SALT, afloat at Irwin's wharf—Also, a few boxes of fresh Prunes for sale by J. and J. H. TUCKER. March 28. d
Public Sale.
WILL BE SOLD, at public auction, on Tuesday the 26th instant, at half past 3 o'clock in the afternoon, at the house of Mr. James Bacon, on Fairfax Street,
A VARIETY OF Household and Kitchen FURNITURE, &c. GEO. YOUNG, Assignee. April 22. d
For NEW-YORK,
The fast sailing Sch'r Friendship, (Intended as a regular Packet) JOHN QUANDRILL, Master; for Freight or Passage apply to the master on board, at Mr. Mathewson's wharf, or to PHILIP CARE, Union Street. April 22. d
JUST RECEIVED,
And for Sale at this Office, price 37 1/2 cents, A Pamphlet, entitled, THE CONDUCT OF
Merrivoe Jones, In a series of Letters addressed to the Public. By James T. Callender. April 22. d
Notice
Is hereby given to the Creditors of Wm. Bell, a Bankrupt, THAT on Saturday the 30th of April, 1803, between the hours of three and four o'clock, at the Clerk's Office of Alexandria county, a certificate of discharge will be given to the said Bankrupt, unless cause be then and there shown to the contrary, by the said creditors or either of them.
By order of the Honorable William Kilty, Chief Judge of the Circuit Court of the District of Columbia, this sixteenth day of April, 1803. G. DENEALE, Clerk. April 20. d30thA
BRIDGES.
On Tuesday the third of May next, being the second day of Prince William court, at the court house of said county, between the hours of 12 and 4 o'clock, will be let to the lowest bidders
The building of two Bridges, of stone; one over Cedar Run, near Cornwallis's Ford, and the other over Broad Run, near Atwell's Ford. A plan will be shown on the day of sale, by the commissioners. Bond with satisfactory security will be required. Two thousand dollars are now ready subject to the orders of the Commissioners. James Ewell, Thos. Lee, sen. Charles Ewell, Bernard Hooe, jun. } Court Comm'ers. April 8. dds
GOODS for SALE.
TO BE SOLD, By private bargain, before the 8th day of next month, the STOCK OF GOODS, of an extensive and well assorted retail store—the goods imported by the proprietors. Only a small advance on the cost will be required, and liberal credit given upon bond and approved security. Apply to Messrs. Alex. Henderson and Co. Alexandria, or Mr. Brown, Dumfries. April 12. d8thM
To Rent,
From the first day of June next, A two story Brick House on Duke street, well finished and every necessary building annexed to it. Also,
To Let, or for Sale,
A valuable vacant Lot adjoining the Bank, on Cameron street. For terms apply to LAWRENCE HOOFF, sen. April 15. d10t

LATE attempts to stifle free inquiry, and to destroy the liberty of the press, have excited strong and general indignation throughout the country.
In these attempts we have seen magistrates, legislators, and private citizens engaged with a zeal approaching to madness, and in the pursuit of victims for their malice, we have seen the principles of law and decency violated, and the freest scope given to the most revengeful passions. The first magistrate of a great and important state, disregarding the principles and practice of his partisans, and the means by which his own elevation was procured, has publicly advocated proceedings which, in their operation, will prevent all free and full discussion of public measures, and condemn as common libellers, the whole class of republican editors. A distinguished bawler for liberty and equality, an open advocate for the freedom of speech and of the press, has had the impudence to demand, and has obtained, in a Court of Justice, security from the Editor of a public paper to prevent future infractions of law by the publication of libels. Men whose elevated stations have procured for them the appellation of "honorable Gentlemen," have not only refused to hear, but vilely traduced, the defence of a late public officer of high respectability, after having made and published allegations against him derogatory to official character and to private reputation.
The Sedition Law, the nature and principles of which were most grossly and wickedly misrepresented, excited much public indignation. But this law did not prohibit a free discussion of public measures, nor a full examination of public characters. It allowed the utmost latitude of enquiry that an honest man could desire. It operated as a melioration of the strict principles of the common law in regard to libellous publications, and, while it produced security to the government, it clearly pointed out the nature of the offence, and gave to the citizen who was prosecuted, a just acquittal unless falsehood and malice were proved against him. The inquiries of Jurors were confined to the truth of the publication and the intention of its author, and the power of Judges was limited to the imposition of a small fine and a short imprisonment. The lenity of the punishment evinced the humane design of the legislature, and the justice of a law which indulged the freest publication of truth should not have been questioned. Against this law, however, a loud and powerful clamour was excited. It was proclaimed to be an act of injustice and oppression, opposed by the constitution of the country, and in direct hostility to the fundamental principles of the government. The men who thus opposed the continuance of this law, soon rose to the direction of the public affairs. The law was suffered to expire, and those who opposed it as oppressive and tyrannical, have since unblushingly sought security for themselves in the more rigid principles of the common law. Truth is no longer suffered to be given in evidence on a trial for a libel; the offence itself is so vaguely defined, that the conviction of the prosecuted is dependent rather upon the feelings and prejudices of jurors, than upon any known and established principles of law; and the punishment to be inflicted is restricted by no prescribed rule, but is wholly dependent upon the judgment of the court. The person convicted of publishing a libel may, at the discretion of a Judge, be fined in a sum beyond his ability to pay, and sentenced to imprisonment for a time adequate to an expiation of the most enormous offence.
Whence, it is seriously asked, proceeds this unequal distribution of justice? Why are attempts so unprecedented, and so directly opposed by the professions of those who make them, now used to silent republican presses? Have not the men who now administer this government, and those who support these men, again and again challenged their adversaries to appear at the bar of public opinion? Why do they now shrink from this bar, and strike the most deadly blows at the freedom of inquiry?
What sanctity of character belongs to the men who now manage the political concerns of the country, which did not belong to those who once filled the places of power and trust? Has a change of rulers produced a change in the eternal
principles of justice? Does political elevation clothe its possessor with a coat of mail against which reason and argument shall not be directed? And shall those complain of reason and argument, the weapons of whose warfare have been the grossest falsehood, and the most malicious slander? Shall the common libeller be heard in his demand, that not even the truth shall be told of him? And shall the professed advocates for the freedom of the press, be regarded with reverence, when they employ violence and injustice to silence the presses of their opponents? Are the claims to respect and confidence which are now exhibited, more to be regarded than were those which appeared in the days of our beloved Washington? Do the virtues, talents and patriotism of that same Washington, of Adams, of Jay, of Ellsworth, of Pinckney, of King, of Ames, of Pickering, of Hamilton, of Marshall, or of Dexter, fade in the comparison with those which are now presented in the persons of the sage of Monticello, the Genevan Secretary, or with those of our recently appointed Envoy to France, those of Mr. Charles Pinckney, or those of the Worcester Farmer?
Is the silly vanity, boyish petulance, disgusting presumption, and aristocratic pride of that contraction of a man, Randolph , more to be honoured, valued, and respected, than the extensive knowledge, the comprehensive mind, the discriminating judgment, the clear, close and conclusive reasoning of Griswold ? Is the splenetic, malignant, scowling, and defamatory Giles more attic, more terse, more ethereal, more terrible in debate than Bayard ? Is the shrewd Eustice , the spermaceti Dawson , the gaseous Doctor , the syllogistic Bacon , the half reasoning Davis , and the smirking, blundering, gabbling Smith , equal to him, whose wit and eloquence could make a Dumb Legislature speak, and a Randolph scold ? Is the fat, waddling, unwieldy Senatorial grunter of speeches, borrowed from the presidential store, more vivid, more various, more interesting, more convincing than the rhetoric of Morris ? Is the dull, muddy, deleterious harangue of Breckenridge comparable to the deep, clear, full and resistless arguments of Tracy , or Ross ? Is the frothy, the babbling, the monotonous, the shapeless, the nameless nothings that proceed from a Wright , to be weighed against the just observations, and sound sense of honest Howard .
Has the present Secretary of State more energy of character, more knowledge of men, more information relative to foreign nations, more correct views of the interest of his country, than the man upon whom malice and democracy and power have emptied the vials of their wrath? Has the present Secretary of the Treasury more financial skill, more extensive, or minute acquaintance with the various objects, susceptible of impost, a superior faculty to equalise taxes, and to render them agents in promoting the general industry and wealth of the Country, than has been evinced in the administration of Hamilton or Wolcott ? Has the present Secretary of war "more or less" talents, knowledge, and genius, for a war minister, than Mr. M'Henry ? Has Mr. Smith discovered more ability and information, necessary for well conducting the naval department, than Mr. Stoddart !
To which of these men, are the people most indebted? which of them will history select, as the founders of their country's greatness, as the firmest supporters of its rights in adversity, and as the ablest statesmen of the times, and as having been the most basely delamed, slandered, and calumniated?
It is the acts of great men, by which history chiefly distinguishes them, and by which they are best known to posterity. Let us anticipate the picture which history will present to posterity, and the sentence it will pronounce upon the public characters of the present day.
On one side of this picture, we behold a set of men, of nice honour, great talents, and unimpeached integrity, with a most virtuous and highly renowned chief at their head, entering upon a laborious, delicate, perplexing, arduous, and difficult undertaking. This work being finished, the same great man appears to preside over the councils of the nation. A new state of things arises out of disorder and confusion, public and private distress. The great debt of Independence is funded, and its gradual and final extinction effectually provided for. National judicatures are erected, a revenue system is formed, and a revenue commensurate to existing wants
and capable of easy extension, in the event of those casualties from which no nation can be secure is collected. An Indian war is successfully terminated; the boundaries for new settlements greatly enlarged; an evacuation of our military posts and country, held by Great Britain and Spain, obtained; two insurrections happily quelled; peace made with the Barbary powers; and our enslaved citizens, restored to liberty and their country. The intrigues of Genet and a French Directory, to mislead our citizens and embroil us in war, have been detected and discomfited; the honor of the United States has been nobly maintained on the Ocean; the commerce extended; the national wealth increased; agriculture made more flourishing; and the wealth of mechanics, has been augmented. The energy of our councils and the warlike preparations to maintain them, have caused our rights as a nation to be every where respected. The Treasury has been made to overflow; the people have not been "embarrassed by too much regulation, nor oppressed by fiscal exaction." The mouth of labour has been every where satisfied, & no poverty seen in the land.
What do we perceive, on the other side of the picture? a group of figures, behind which appear the head of a tall thin man, and the body of a little man, half seen and half concealed. These are the men who opposed the funding of the public debt, which restored the credit of the nation, and which acting almost instantaneously as so much circulating medium, gave a new spring to commerce and industry. These are the men who opposed the revenue system in its most important branches, to which the country owes its overflowing treasury, and the means of extinguishing the public debt. These are the men who opposed the measures which induced Great Britain and Spain to yield up to the United States its territory, which enabled government to erect two new states, which opened a new source of revenue from the sales of land, and made room for an increased population. These are the men who condemned the measures taken by the government to quell two insurrections, which restored to the union internal tranquility, and every where obedience to, and a due execution of, the laws. These are the men who opposed and condemned the councils adopted and pursued by the executive, to defeat the projects of Genet and his employers, to save the United States from a war with England, and a perpetual alliance, offensive, and defensive, with France. These are the men who resisted and deprecated the building of ships of war, and the limited hostilities waged against France, which afforded protection to trade, humbled the pride of the directory and broke asunder the chains which had bound the United States to France. These are the men who opposed, and condemned, the warlike aspect given to the United States, which secured what ought to rank highest in the estimation of every American— their rights, their honor and their independence!
We have need of patience while engaged in the contemplation of these events. The man whose head appears above his fellow men, and he who is but half seen, were the first who established a newspaper, having for its object to vilify the government, its members and its measures. These two individuals, the one by advancing money and furnishing information, the other by purchasing a number of copies and distributing them, made themselves principals in the most libellous, defamatory, and abusive work, against the government and its members, ever published in any age or country.
A most profligate libeller from a foreign country has called General Washington a murderer and a legalizer of corruption. The same being has selected and employed for the abuse of Mr. Adams the vilest phrases and most obnoxious epithets. He has represented those who composed the late administrations, as men the most vicious and abandoned; guilty of fraud and corruption; bribed by a foreign court to betray the interests of their country; public plunderers, defaulters, and incendiaries. He has acknowledged, that he was retained in Philadelphia, and paid by
* When the bill which laid the foundation of our little navy was under consideration in the House of Representatives, Mr. Giles in his speech in opposition to the bill said "if the bill must pass, thank God the trees are growing of which this navy is to be built."
the tall chieftan of the party, for his paragraphs in the Aurora , at a certain price per month. This hired foreigner, this libeller by his own confession, with a noted blasphemer, and a vile purloiner of private letters, occasionally eat at the table, with both the great and little man, while, with malignant slander, they pursue the departed benefactors of our country to their graves, & the living into their retirements. But still they have not stopped here. The abuse and calumny of public newspapers were deemed insufficient to destroy the characters of these men. Presidential messages, legislative speeches, and official reports have teemed with false and malignant charges and unfounded insinuations against the fair fame of men to whom our country is indebted for its glory and independence.
Ponder! I beseech you, my fellow citizens, upon these things. Think freely, and speak boldly what you think. The times require it. Gratitude for important services rendered you demand it. You have witnessed, during a period of more than twelve years, the most infamous slander and reproaches heaped upon the men, to whom, under providence, your country is chiefly indebted for its prosperity; for the blessings of peace, and internal tranquility; for its overflowing treasury; for the means which have been provided for extinguishing your public debt; for your national armories, foundaries, arsenals, and other important preparations for the defence of our country, and to preserve peace on our frontiers; and for a respectable naval establishment, to protect our trade against the Barbary powers, and our seamen and citizens from slavery.
What do you further witness? The calumniators of these men, are now labouring to silence your republican presses, and to stifle free enquiry. Now that detection advances upon them, in all its terrors, the defamers preach against defamation, the libellers against libels. * What think you of such men? Look at their countenances, like the mole, they would bury themselves in the earth. They tremble at the approach of truth, like the sensitive plant at the touch of man. They seek safety from pursuit in the pale of an office, like the Italian assassin in the sanctuary of a church. They cower and groan, like Thirskes , the vile calumniator of heroes, at the merited chastisement which has at length overtaken them.
VINDICATOR.
* See Governor M'Kean's address to the legislature of Pennsylvania. The resolutions moved by (I believe) Larker Smith in the Virginia Assembly, and the proceedings of Mr. Hay, of Virginia, relative to Callender, &c. See also the prosecution conducted by Ambrose Spencer, attorney general of New York, against Henry Croswell, Editor of "The Balance."
BOSTON, April 18.
A very severe storm of hail and snow commenced on Friday night last, and continued, with some intermission of excess, until last evening. The wind during the first night of the storm, blew very fresh from N. E. and we fear has proved destructive to the shipping which were unfortunately within the bay, at that time, though we are happy to add, that no intelligence has been received to corroborate our fears. The depth of snow and severity of the storm, was nearly equal to any which we have experienced the winter past.
As the method of preparing Copal Varnish is generally kept secret by those who are acquainted with it, and as a tradesman who is desirous of knowing it, is obliged to give sometimes an hundred dollars to another to let him into the secret, and that upon condition of not imparting it to any one else. The following, to some, may not be unacceptable.
To make Amber or Copal Varnish— Take of white rosin four drachms, melt it over a fire in a glazed vessel, after which put in two ounces of the whitest amber you can get, finely powdered; this last is to be put in gradually, stirring it all the while with a small stick, over a gentle fire, till it dissolves, pouring in now and then a little oil of turpentine, as you find it growing stiff, and continue this till your amber is melted. When the varnish has been thus made, pour it into a coarse linen bag and press it between two hot boards of oak, or flat plates of iron. Great care

Ricketts, Newton and Co.
Have for Sale, 50 boxes Segars, 2 bales Muslins, 6 pipes old Madeira Wine, 5 rees's Threads, 100 pieces Bandanoes, 10 bales Cotton, 1 trunk low priced Calicoes, 2 butts French Brandy, 50 boxes Soap and Candles, 4 boxes Wool and Cotton Cards, 50 kegs Tobacco (James river) 20 bis. Beef and Pork, 10 hhds. Sugar, 10 tons Swedish Iron, 20 boxes Chocolate, 100 reams Wrapping Paper, 100 do. Writing do. French and Nova Scotia Plaister, Lisbon and Turk's Island Salt. A large quantity of Bran to be sold very cheap, if taken away soon. They are giving Cash for Wheat, Flour, Corn, Rye and Tobacco, April 2. d
For Sale, Forty barrels new Beef, Five bis. Pork, Fine and coarse Salt, First quality Sugar in bis. Phila. loaf and lump Sugar in hhds and bis. Three pipes old Lisbon Wine, Pennsylvania and Swedish Bar Iron, One pair Bur Mill Stones, 5 feet diameter, One pair Cologne do. about 5 feet. And at the Mill, Shorts and Bran, Indian Meal, Rye Meal, Seed Oats, Plaster of Paris by the bushel. William Hartshorne. 4th Mch. 5. d
PROPOSALS For Publishing by Subscription, MODERN GEOGRAPHY. A DESCRIPTION OF THE EMPIRES, KINGDOMS, STATES, AND COLONIES, [WITH THE OCEANS, SEAS, AND ISLES, IN ALL PARTS OF THE WORLD; Including the most recent discoveries and political alterations, digested on a new plan. BY JOHN PINKERTON. THE ASTRONOMICAL INTRODUCTION BY THE REV. S. VINCE, A. M. F. R. S. And plumian professor of astronomy, and experimental philosophy, in the University of Cambridge. WITH NUMEROUS MAPS, Drawn under the direction, and with the latest improvements, of Arrowsmith, and engraved by the best artists. CONDITIONS. The work will be comprised in two octavo volumes, of about 800 pages each, and a quarto Atlas, containing all the Maps. It will be printed on a fine paper and new type. The price to subscribers will be nine dollars, neatly bound and lettered. Each volume will be delivered as soon as finished, and no money required until the delivery. It will be put to press as soon as four hundred subscribers are obtained. Those gentlemen who may be desirous of promoting the circulation of this important work, may have one copy gratis, by procuring and accounting for the subscription of six. In order to produce an immediate encouragement to the undertaking, the sum at which subscribers will receive their books is considerably under that which will be charged to non-subscribers. Subscribers received by ROBERT and JOHN GRAY , King-Street, where a specimen of the work may be seen. Alex. Feb. 28. d
Just received, and for Sale, By Robert and John Gray, [Price 25 Cents] Negro Slavery Unjustifiable. A SERMON. By Alex. M'Leod , A. M. Pastor of the reformed Congregation, in the City of New-York. Feb. 5. d
Just received and for Sale by the subscriber, a quantity of Nova-Scotia Grindstones, of best grit and quality. Also, A few boxes N. Scotia smoked HERRINGS. Wm. HODGSON. April 2. d
T. SIMMS—has for Sale, SALT, For the fisheries; some excellent Bacon, and first quality Segars. March 22. d
Medical Electricity. The subscriber having appropriated a room for an electrifying apparatus is applying it to medical uses, for the relief of GOUT, RHEUMATISM, SCROPHULA, and all CHRONIC, SCORBUTIC and PARALYTIC AFFECTIONS; OBSTRUCTIONS, SWELLINGS and HARDNESS of the LIVER and SPLEEN, &c. DISEASES OF THE EYES, DEAFNESS, &c. &c. In Surgery, to all CONTRACTIONS, SWELLINGS, SPRAINS and TUMORS. In WHITE SWELLINGS of the joints a certain relief may be expected; numbers having been restored to the use of the limb, in desperate cases. Wasting of Muscles, and other accidents. Attention will be paid gratis to those who need it. To all others a reasonable charge, but no accounts kept. Time 5 o'clock in the afternoon. CH: DOUGLASS, Prince street, next house to Mr. James Keith, jun. April 20. e6t
Notice. ALL persons having claims against FRANCIS H. ROZER, Esq. deceased, of Notley Hall, are desired to bring them in properly authenticated; and those owing the estate, are requested to make immediate payment to the subscriber, who is authorised to settle the same. THOMAS L. WASHINGTON, Alexandria. Feb. 18. ro
PUBLIC SALE. On THURSDAY the 5th May next, will be sold on the premises, SEVERAL HANDSOME Building Lots of Ground, in fee simple, situate on Fairfax and Gibbon streets. Terms, &c. will be made known at the place of sale. P. G. MARSTELLER. April 18. eods
Italian Chimney Pieces and Chimney Ornaments. A few handsome Italian Marble Chimney Pieces, with Jams and Alabaster Chimney Ornaments, executed in the best style of neatness and elegance, for sale very cheap at the warehouse facing Mr. Young's, King street. Also, Sweet Oil in boxes of an excellent quality, 1000 bushels Lisbon Salt. D. MURGATROYD. April 19. e3t
Thirty Dollars Reward. STOLEN from the subscriber, in the City of Washington, on Monday evening last, the 21st inst. a handsome, well made, dark sorrel Mare, with a saddle and bridle: The mare is about 14 1/2 hands high, about 6 years old, has a small white spot behind the right ear under the bridle, some white upon one of her hind legs. A man (with evident signs of guilt) crossed George Town Ferry and rode off post haste, and was traced near Colchester the same evening. The above reward will be given on delivery of the mare and thiet, or Fifteen Dollars, for the mare. EBENEZER NESMITH, near the Navy Yard. City of Washington, March 25. en
VALUABLE PROPERTY, For Sale or Rent. THOSE two three story BRICK HOUSES on the corner of King and Columbus streets. They will be sold separate or together, as may be preferred, or they may be rented for one or more years. Apply to THOMAS PATTEN. Dec. 29. eo
Spring Goods. THE subscriber has just imported an assortment of SPRING GOODS, consisting of printed calicoes and cotton cambricks, cambricks and muslins, silk shawls and handkerchiefs, silk waistcoatings, florentines and collar velvet, diapers, diaper and damask table cloths, table and tea napkins, cord'd and India dimities, superfine jeans, Merseilles quilting, 7-8 and 11-8 cotton checks, 9-8 striped do. superfine cloths and cassimeres, cotton and thread hose, counterpanes, Merseilles bed quilts, brown holland, 7 8 and 4 4 Irish linens, nuns, colour'd 3 chord and shoe threads—old port wine in bottles. Spades, shovels, common and German shovels, broad hoes, sad irons, seine twine, fishing, deep sea and plough lines, felt hats in cases, sheathing, wrapping and tea paper, single and double matresses, &c. Which he now offers for sale at his store, the corner of Fairfax and King streets, for cash, approved notes, or the usual credit to punctual men. JAS. SANDERSON. April 16. eo
For SALE, or RENT, THE STORE I have occupied for sometime past, situated on Prince street, opposite Col. Hooe's. There is on stand in town more eligible or better calculated for carrying on an extensive wet or dry Good Business. The Cellar perfectly dry, with a door at each end, will hold one thousand barrels of Flour.—Twenty-five hundred barrels may be stored upon the Premises without any inconvenience to the occupant. For terms apply to WILLIAM OXLEY. December 7. eo
J. & JAS. H. TUCKER, Have for Sale, 14 Hhds. first quality, Muscavado Sugar, 25 Bbis. do. do. 25 Bags green Coffee, 1200 Bushels coarse Salt, 500 Spanish Hides, 1000 Hanks Seine Twine, And a general assortment of GROCERIES. N. B. Cash given for Indian Corn. Jan. 31. eo
Mrs. COOKE, Has the honor of informing her friends, and the inhabitants in general, of Alexandria and its vicinity, that she has opened a School for young Ladies, next door to the corner of Prince and Washington streets, and hopes to experience a continuance of the liberal and generous patronage, which she has hitherto received, and of which she will ever make it her study to be thought deserving. Mrs. Cooke purposed to engage a select number of Pupils, for whom, when complete, she will procure Teachers of approved abilities to perfect them in those branches of literature, which their parents or guardians may wish them to attain. Young Ladies, residing at a distance from School, boarded by the day or week during the warm season. A few yearly boarders will be received on moderate terms, to be made known at the school. April 13. 2aw 3m
Wanted to Hire Immediately, ABOUT 40 hands, 12 hewers and 8 waggons and teams. Employment may be had 3 months, or more, by application to J. and M. Scholfield, Alexandria, Issachar Scholfield, Walter or Wm. Lindsey, near Colchester, or Henry Woodrow, at Aquia. N. B. Hands are to bring axes and hewers broad axes. Feb. 7. 2aw
Notice. ALL persons having claims on the estate of the late Mrs. Martha Washington, are requested to exhibit their accounts properly proved; and those persons indebted to the said estate are desired to make immediate payment. THOMAS PETER, Acting Executor. March 3. 2aw
Cash given for clean linen and cotton rags.
Public Sael. Will be sold to the highest bidder, without reserve, on Thursday the 28th day of April, at 3 o'clock in the afternoon, Sundry Building Lots, SITUATED on the corner of Washington and Cameron streets, with sundry Buildings thereon; at which time the pavement will be completed round the said lots. Also, That whole square, with five framed HOUSES thereon, either in lots from 36 to 25 feet front by 100 and 110 feet deep; a fifteen feet alley to each lot, or the whole square, as may best suit the purchasers. It is pleasantly situated on Oronoco Alfred, Patrick, and Pendleton streets, laying between John Dundas and John Potts, Esquires, houses. A part of the purchase can be taken in goods, the terms of payment will be more particularly made known on the day of Sale. JOHN BOGUE. April 6. eo. ds.
BENJAMIN SHREVE, Jun. Has for Sale on low terms, at his store, corner of Prince and Union streets, 1700 bushels Cadiz SALT, First quality Ruffs Cordage, assorted, Old Sable Iron, Sugar in hhds. and barrels, Pepper and Calla, Boxes fresh Raisins. Sherry, Malaga, and } WINES. Catalonia } Barcelona Brandy, Hyson Skin, and Souchong Teas, Bales India Cottons, Checks and Calicoes, Chiga and Longee romal Handkerchiefs, A few pieces Scotch Osnaburgs Mould and dip Candles, Red Seal Leather, A few pieces elegant Furniture. March 17. eo
A great bargain in Land. Will be sold at the Coffee House in Alexandria, on Wednesday the 1st of June next, A valuable tract of Land lying on the waters of the Occoquan River, about three miles from Mr. Ellicott's Mills; containing five hundred and twenty six acres, as by Deed of a General Warranty bearing date of the 11th February, 1802, from the late Charles Turner to the subscribers. This Land is well adapted to corn, wheat and tobacco, and is well timbered of the growth of oak, hickory, and poplar; and the improvements are a comfortable dwelling house, kitchen, smoke house, stables, &c. &c. with several fine springs of water, together with a fine well, wishing young orchard of peach and apple trees, and the situation considered remarkably healthy. Any person wishing to view the land, may be shown it by applying to Edward Washington Esquire, who now has it in possession, until Christmas next, when it will be delivered up to the purchaser. The advantage of cutting Cord Wood from this land is very great, there being a great abundance and navigation near at hand. The terms of sale will be for approved paper, payment at two, four and six months. WM. NEWTON, } Trustees. J. MUNCASTER, } HEZ. SMOOT, } March 5. 2aw
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, County of Alexandria, ss. NOVEMBER TERM, 1802. Alexander & Allison, comp. } against Jacob Harman & W. Davis, } In Clancery. trading under the Firm of } Harman & Davis, Wm. } Mitchell & Robert Brown } Jameson. } defis.
This suit abates as to the plain-tiff Alexander; and the defendants Harman and Davis, not having entered their appearance and given security according to the act of assembly and the rules of this court, and it appearing to the satisfaction of the court upon affidavit, that the said Harman and Davis are not inhabitants of this district, on motion of said complainant, by his counsel, it is ordered, that the said defendants, Harman and Davis, do appear here on the first day of June court next, and enter their appearance to this suit, and give security for performing the decrees of the court; and that the other defendants, Wm. Mitchell and Robert Brown Jameson do not pay away, convey, or secrete the debts by them owing to, or the estate or effects in their hands belonging to the said absent defendants Harman and Davis, until the further order or decree of this court; and that a copy of this order be forthwith published for two months successively, in one of the public newspapers published in this county; and that another copy be posted at the front door of the Court House of the said county. A copy, Test, G. DENEALE, March 10. 1aw 2m Clerk Cash given for rags. PRINTED DAILY BY S. SNOWDEN.