Alexandria advertiser and commercial intelligencer (Alexandria [Va.]), 1803-01-26 00:00:00

Public Vendue.
On FRIDAY,
at 10 o'clock, will be sold at the Vendue Store,
 Rum in hogheads and barrels.  French Brandy in pipes,  Gin in pipes and bls.  Whiskey and Apple Brandy in bls.  Sugar in hhds. tierces and bls.  Coffee in tierces and bags,  Chocolate  White and brown Soap } in boxes,  Mould and dip'd Candles }  Raisins in kegs, boxes and jars,  Figs in kegs and frails,  Queens Ware in crates,  FURNITURE, &c. 
ALSO,
A variety of DRY GOODS,
Among which are,
 Cloths, Coatings,  Kerseymeres, Duffsils,  Plains and Kerseys,  Negro Cottons, Serges,  Elasticks, blue Friezes,  Calimancoes and Russels,  Yarn Stockings,  Chintzes and Calicoes,  Irish Linens, Silesia do.  Platillas,  Osnaburgs and Ticklenburgs,  Muslins and Mullin Hand'ks,  India Muslins and Table Cloths  Bandanna Handkerchiefs,  Silk Stockings,  Coloured Threads, Hats,  Plated Candlesticks, 
And sundry other Articles.
P. G. MARSTELLER.
January 26.
Sales by Auction.
On SATURDAY,
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,  Osnaburgs,  Sewing Silks,  Mullin and Mullin Handkerchiefs,  India Cottons, &c &c. 
THOS. PATTEN, Auctioneer.
Jan. 26.
MUFFS & TIPPETS.
Just received and for sale by the Sub-scriber,
A FRESH ASSORTMENT OF ELEGANT MUFFS & TIPPETS. THOMAS P. PEARCE.
Jan. 12.
Just received, and landing on Merchants' Wharf, A SMALL CARGO OF TURK'S ISLAND SALT, and one of LIVERPOOL FINE, on very reasonable terms, if taken from on board.
ALSO,
Ten quarter casks of Sherry WINE. For Sale, by
WM. HODGSON.
Jan. 8.
To Rent,
Possession given immediately, A large Brick Warehouse adjoining R. Newton and Co. and a comfortable Dwelling House, on Prince Street. For particulars enquire of RICKETTS, NEWTON & Co. Jan. 18.
JUST RECEIVED, And to be sold at private sale by the sub-scriber,
 Creme de Menthe in bottles,  Creme de Noyeau do.  Creme de Citronelle do.  Creme D'Abinche do.  Essence of Bergamot do.  Do. of Lemon do.  Do. of Thyme do.  Castor Oil of an excellent quality do. 
THOS. PATTEN. Jan. 1.
PSALMODY.
MR. CHARLES DYER proposes, as soon as a sufficient number of scholars can be obtained, to open a school for teaching CHURCH MUSIC. Particulars may be known by applying to Mr. Andrew Jamieson. Jun 3.
JUST RECEIVED, And for Sale by SAMUEL BISHOP, (Price 25 Cents.) PITT & HIS STATUE, A SATIRICAL POEM. By Peter Pindar. Jan. 10.
Ricketts, Newton & Co. Have just received & for Sale, A QUANTITY OF
 Wool & Cotton CARDS,  70 Tons Plaster of Paris,  10 hhds. and 20 barrels Sugar,  10 hhds. Rum,  1000 bushels of Lisbon Salt,  1000 do. Turk's Island do.  100 Reams Post Paper,  50 do. Wrapping do.  1 Cafe Dutch Quills,  20 Boxes Havannah Sugars,  2 hhds. Loaf Sugar,  1 do. Sewing Twine and Shoe Thread,  1 do. fine hacked Flax,  50 boxes brown and Castile Soap,  50 do. dip't Candles,  5 casks fine old Rye Whiskey,  4 do. Apple and Peach Brandy,  Hyson, Hyson Skin, Young Hyson and Imperial TEAS,  50 barrels Pork and Beef,  50 do. Shad and Herring. 
They are giving Cash for Wheat, Flour, Flax-Seed, Rye, Corn, white Peas, black eyed Peas, and have a constant supply of excellent Flour for family use, in bbls. and half barrels, and can furnish a few thousand double bushels Wheat Bran. Dec. 22.
By virtue of a Deed of Trust from John D. Orr to the Subscriber, to secure the payment of a debt due to Colin Auld, will be exposed to Sale, for ready money, on the 1st day of March next, at the Coffee House, in the Town of Alexandria.
A certain Tract of valuable LAND, lying in the county of Prince William, near the Red House, on which the said John D. Orr lately resided, containing 1115 acres, the bounds of which will appear upon reference being had to the said Deed, which is duly recorded in the office of the said county. EDMUND J. LEE. Jan. 15.
SUPERFINE FLOUR, Of a superior quality, manufactured particularly for family use, for sale by JANNEY & PATON. Dec. 18.
Just received and for Sale by JOSEPH DYSON, A QUANTITY OF FRESH ORANGES, By the hundred or smaller quantity. Jan. 19.
By virtue of a Deed of Trust, from Owen Roberts to the subscriber on the third Monday in February next if fair, if not, the next fair day, will be exposed to sale for ready money, on the premises,
One moiety of that LOT of GROUND, in the City of Washington, described in the plan of the city by the number eighteen, in the square number one hundred and sixty eight; fronting fifty nine feet upon the Pennsylvania avenue, and extending back one hundred and seven feet seven inches: Upon the premises is erected a two story brick dwelling house, and the lot is under a mortgage to secure the payment of fifteen hundred dollars, subject to which it will be sold. Also, one moiety of that Lot of Ground in the said city described in the plan be Number ten, in square number two hundred and fifty six, fronting forty eight feet seven inches upon the open area on the Pennsylvania Avenue, upon which there is an unfinished frame Dwelling House. JAMES KEITH. January 18.
The Freeholders & Housekeepers in the Town of Alexandria,
WILL please to take notice, that a POLL will be opened at the court house, in the council chamber, on the 8th day of February next, at 10 o'clock in the forenoon, for the purpose of choosing 12 fit and able men, being Freeholders, to represent the Corporation, as Mayor, Aldermen and Common Councilmen, for the present year.
GEORGE DRINKER, Town Serjeant.
Alexandria, January 10, 1803. d8F
Madeira Wine.
Ricketts, Newton and Co. Have just received a few pipes of fine London particular, and to be sold cheap. They have also,
One case of elegant OSTRICH FEATHERS; will be sold low by the case. Jan. 18.
COTTON & STEWART
Have just received a large and general assortment of
BOOKS
In the different branches of Literature.
ALMANACS
For 1803.
With a general assortment of Dr. Church's Patent Medicines, Which they offer wholesale or retail to be public at very reduced prices.
Public Sale.
Will be added to Friday's Sales, 6 crates Queens Ware, handsomely assorted, 1 bale Ticklenburgs, Hardware, Raisins, Figs and Almonds, 1 Side Board and 2 pair of Card Tables, &c. P. G. MARSTELLER. Jan. 24.
FOR SALE,
A likely MULATTO GIRL, between fifteen and sixteen years of age, accustomed to wait in the house. Enquire of the Printer hereof. Dec. 23.
FOR SALE,
A likely NEGRO GIRL, about 16 years of age. Apply to the Printer. Dec. 18.
Wanted to Purchase,
A likely NEGRO BOY, from 12 to 18 Years of Age; for one well recommended a generous price will be given. Apply to the Printer. Jan. 3.
For Falmouth and a Market.
The SHIP Governor Strong, (now lying at the Navy Yard) so soon as weather permits will commence loading at this port for Falmouth and a Market. 50 hhds. Tobacco will be taken to the control of Jas. Mackenzie and A. Glennie of London, or on liberty; in the first instance an advance made by
A. HENDERSON and Co.
FOR SALE,
A few qr. casks of Sherry 3 years old, and some bags of Cotton at moderate prices.—Also,
Bills on N. York & London. Jan. 25.
Public Vendue.
On Thursday next, the 27th inst. at seven o'clock, will be sold on Messrs. Hewes and Miller's wharf,
25 hhds. first quality Sugar, at a credit of 90 and 120 days, for approved negotiable notes.
P. G. MARSTELLER. Jan. 25.
THOMAS SIMMS HAS JUST RECEIVED AND FOR SALE,
One hoghead JAMAICA SPIRITS, warranted 7 years old.
ALSO,
Sweet China Oranges,
Salmon in bbls. or less quantity, of a superior quality,
Rhode-Island Cyder, A quantity of excellent Potatoes, Groceries of all kinds. Jan. 19.
For Sale, Freight or Charter,
The good SLOOP New-York Packet, Stephen Barker, Master;
ready to receive a cargo on reasonable terms. Apply to
JOHN G. LADD,
Who has just received by said vessel, 30 hhds. N. E. Rum, 50 bbls. Beef, 10 bbls. Oil, 400 Knives and Cheese, 2 hhds. Loaf Sugar, 5 pipes old 4th proof Cogniac Brandy of an excellent quality. Also,
A small invoice of Window Glass and Hollow Glass. Jan. 6.
Notice
ALL persons having claims against the estate of HENRY ROZER, Esq. late of Notley-Hall, are requested to bring them in for settlement on or before the first of June next.
BENJ'N DULANY, jun. Surviving Executor of H. Rozer, dec'd. January 14, 1803.
WILL BE SOLD,
On the first day of next February, at Notley-Hall, the residence of the late Henry Rozer, Esq.
A fine English BULL, with two COWS of the same breed, remarkable for their size and beauty; this flock was brought in by Richard Parkinson, and esteemed the best in England. A good heifer, with a large quantity of the best seine twine, lately imported, will also be offered for sale on the same day, together with two boats, one of which is a neat row boat, the other calculated for fishing.
Also, one horse CHAISE with Harness complete. Jan. 14.
Clean linen and cotton rags bought at this office.

MESSAGE
FROM THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES,
Transmitting a Report made to him by the Secretary of War, and other information relative to the affairs of the United States, with certain tribes of Indians. Gentlemen of the Senate, and of the House of Representatives,
I enclose a report of the Secretary at War, stating the trading houses established in the Indian territories, the progress which has been made in the course of the last year, in settling and marking boundaries with the different tribes, the purchases of lands recently made from them, and the prospect of further progress in marking boundaries, and in new extinguishments of title in the year to come, for which some appropriations of money will be wanting.
To this I have to add, that when the Indians ceded to us the Salt-springs on the Wabash, they expressed a hope that we would so employ them as to enable them to procure their necessary supplies of salt. Indeed it would be the most proper and acceptable form in which the annuity could be paid which we propose to give them for the cession. These springs might at the same time be rendered eminently serviceable to our western inhabitants, by using them as the means of countervailing the monopolies of the supplies of salt, and of reducing the price in that country to a just level. For these purposes a small appropriation would be necessary to meet the first expences, after which they should support themselves, and repay those advances. These springs are said to possess the advantage of being accompanied with a bed of coal.
TH: JEFFERSON,
January 18, 1803.
A letter from the Secretary of War, dated 17th January, 1803, accompanying a Message from the President of the United States, received the 18th January, 1803.
WAR DEPARTMENT,
17th January 1803.
The President of the United States.
SIR, By treaties held with the Creek and Choctaw nations of Indians in the course of the last year, considerable tracts of land have been obtained, and there is reason to believe that additional cessions may be obtained on reasonable terms from the aforementioned and other Indian nations in the course of the present year.
The boundary line between the state of North-Carolina and the Cherokees, has been completed, and the line between the Natchez territory and the Choctaws, is probably by this time established & marked, in a manner which it is presumed will be satisfactory to the United States, and to the Choctaw nation.
A boundary line has also been agreed on to the tract of land on the Wabash river, including Vincennes, which will soon be run and marked; and likewise the lines around the two tracts on the portage between the head waters of the Wabash and the Miami of the Lake, including fort Wayne. Some measures have been taken for ascertaining the boundaries between the Indians and the white people on the Mississippi, commonly called the Kaskaskia settlements, below the mouth of the Illinois river; but for want of authentic documents, it will probably be necessary to resort to a new convention with the Indian nation for establishing said boundaries, and for procuring some additional cessions for the purpose of affording means for increasing and strengthening that distant and exposed frontier.
In addition to the two factories, or Indian trading houses, heretofore established, it has been considered as advisable to establish four others, one at Detroit, one at Fort Wayne, one at Chik-asaw Bluff, & one with the Choctaws. The surplus of one hundred and fifty thousand dollars, appropriated by an act of Congress, of the 16th of April, 1796, and which had not been applied to the two factories heretofore established, on the frontiers of Georgia and of Tennessee, has been applied to the four other establishments recently made.
From an investigation of the accounts made and reported to Congress at its last session, it was satisfactorily evident, that the funds employed prior to that period had not been diminished, and it is confidently believed that the sum appropriated
to that object, may be employed not only without diminution, but with very great advantage to the public, not in point of commercial profits, but by attaching and securing the friendship and confidence of the natives, which cannot be sufficiently relied on, while their towns and hunting camps are constantly the resort of unprincipled foreign traders, who make every exertion in their power, to withdraw the confidence of the natives from the United States, and to inspire them with jealousies and unfriendly dispositions towards our frontier settlers, our public agents, and the government.
The greatest caution has been observed in selecting the agents for managing the several factories, and in the course of another year, it is presumed, that a satisfactory statement may be made of the state of the funds, and of the effects of their application.
An appropriation of ten thousand dollars* to enable the executive to embrace any favorable opportunity for obtaining any further cession of land from the natives, and a renewal of the act authorizing the establishment of trading houses with the Indians, with a renewal of the appropriation for that object, is submitted to the consideration of Congress.
With respectful consideration,
I am, sir,
Your humble servant,
H. DEARBORN.
* This sum is in addition to the sum in the general estimate.
CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
Wednesday January 19.
Debate on the REPORT of the COMMITTEE on so much of the PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE as relates to NAVY-YARDS and DOCKS.
Mr. Mitchell moved that the house do now resolve itself into a committee of the whole, to consider the report of the select committee, to whom had been referred that part of the President's message which relates to improvements on navy yards, and the construction of a dry dock at the city of Washington.
The motion, after a short conversation, was agreed to, and Mr. J. C. Smith took the chair.
The first resolution was read in the following words—
Resolved, That for securing from waste and loss the timber and other public property on the different navy yards, and towards improving the same for the greater dispatch of business, the Secretary of the Navy, under the direction of the President of the United States, shall cause the requisite buildings and sheds to be erected, and other needful repairs and improvements to be made; and for accomplishing the same dollars are hereby appropriated, to be paid out of any monies in the treasury not otherwise appropriated.
Mr. Mitchell observed, that there would be no need of much argument to convince the committee of the propriety of adopting the proposition before them. There were six navy yards belonging to the nation. There were a quantity of timber and materials for naval preparations on each of them. These had been purchased at great expence, and deposited for future use. By virtue of existing contracts, more timber, particularly that for building the six 74's, was expected.—When collected and delivered at the several places of destination, it ought to be preserved with the greatest care. This timber was of the most precious kind.—
Much of it was live oak from the southern state. The quantity and value of it in the yards at New-York, Portsmouth, Norfolk, Charlestown, Philadelphia and Washington, could be seen in the reports of the Secretary of the Navy. Many of the pieces for keels, stems and stern posts, were very selected and difficult to be procured. That invaluable timber was growing scarce. In the progress of cultivation and the arts, a large number of them had been extirpated, and according to present prospect a time would before long arrive when such materials as we now possess and which are bought and paid for, could not be got for money. Some of these naval articles had already been damaged for want of a seasonable appropriation for the better protection from the weather. The shining of the
sun and the beating of the storms were both injurious to it, & unless their influence was precluded, they would soon render it unfit for the construction of ships. To preserve this timber from the unavoidable decay which awaited it, he hoped a moderate sum of money might be spared from the treasury. The erection of some sheds, covers and buildings fit to shelter these perishable things, would not require a large amount. This was one of the cases in which the expenditure of a small number of dollars would be productive of great and lasting good. To refuse it, would resemble the mistaken economy of the man who, after having built a magnificent house, could not persuade himself to buy a lock for the street door. Mr. M. said he would call the attention of the committee to another subject strictly connected with the one he had just mentioned. Besides the buildings contemplated, he thought there ought to be an allowance of some money towards repairs and improvements on such of the navy-yards as the officer at the head of that department should find it most convenient to employ. A small sum to be expended in levelling ground, in docking out, in erecting cranes, and the like, will greatly contribute to the dispatch of the public business. He could mention a case to evince the good economy of such an appropriation as he asked for. On the navy-yard at New-York, one of the finest and most selected spots on the coast of the Atlantic, some store houses had been begun and were unfinished, and consequently useless. The agent, deprived of the means of finishing them, was obliged to pay a considerable sum yearly for storage in the city of New-York. He believed that an expenditure there equal to one or two years rent, which the nation must unavoidably pay, would finish these magazines and naval depositories, and save the further necessity of paying an extravagant rent. The receiving, overhauling, repairing, and equipping of ships, ordered to that great naval rendezvous, would be promoted, and the public service singularly aided by it. Mr. Mitchell concluded by moving that the blank in the resolution should be filled up with the words "fifty thousand dollars."
Carried, without a division.
The second resolution was then read in the following words.
Resolved, That for preventing rotteness & decay in the ships of the navy, the President of the United States, be, and hereby is authorised, to cause a dry dock, with convenient cannals, locks, machinery and water courses, to be constructed, at or near the public navy yard in the city of Washington; which dock shall be capable of containing twelve frigates, or ships of war, and of preserving them dry and safely sheltered from sun-shine and rain; and that for carrying the same into effect dollars be, and the same hereby are appropriated, to be paid out of any monies in the treasury not otherwise appropriated.
Mr. Mitchell rose, and after observing that the blank in the resolution required filling up with the words "half a million of dollars," a sum larger perhaps than could be spared at this time from the treasury, charged with the redemption of the public debt, moved that the committee rise.
Mr. Rutledge expressed a desire that the committee, previous to rising, should progress in the consideration of the report that gentlemen who were prepared might offer their sentiments.
Mr. Mitchell again rose, and informed the committee, that his motion for the committee to rise did not proceed from any disinclination to discuss the merits of the proposition now before them. And to convince the gentleman of his sincerity in this he withdrew the motion for rising. The history of this project was already very well understood. And the documents printed and exhibited for the information of Congress, had been, almost ever since the session commenced, before the eyes of the members. The contemplated public work was predicated on a paragraph of the President's Message at the opening of the session. To elucidate the matters, beautiful and appropriate drawings of the docks and its locks had been laid before the house. Surveys and estimates had been made by engineers and geometricians, and these had been forwarded for Congressional instruction. Coming before the select committee who reported the resolution, the recommendation was so highly respectable, and the project so plausible, that there was an
unanimous vote in its favor. For his own part, Mr. M. said he was willing to admit the project a feasible one, and for the present he should not dispute it. The warfare with Tripoli was now upon our hands; and we might have other wars. The preservation of the ships of the navy was a great public object. The common mode adopted by nations he believed was to expend a considerable sum of money annually in repairs. Ships could be hove down, or taken into dry docks, and undergo all manner of searching, caulking, coppering, and repairs. In the ordinary mode of taking ships in successively, one dock, capable of containing one ship, would answer for a great number; and each vessel, after being dried, cleared, and overhauled, could be launched again into her element. The present object was somewhat different. It meditated a dry dock, or receptacle, in which twelve large ships could be laid up at once. He did not know how far experience had warranted such an experiment. But he had been told of something of the same kind done in Sweden; and it had been said that Venice had an establishment of a like nature. But the details of information concerning them were far from being so ample and correct as would render them precedents in the present instance. If the object could be accomplished, the advance of the sum required for the work, would put the navy in such a state of preservation, that ships sheltered within the dry dock would remain a great length of time, uninjured by common accidents. With regard to new ships, not launched nor wetted in service, there could be no doubt they might be so covered and protected as to keep as well as furniture in a house. While dry and shaded, there was no question of its ability to remain sound and unchanged. But it was different with ships that had grown foul and water-soaken in the ocean. It was very questionable whether the dampness acquired could ever be so thoroughly dried out as to prevent putrefaction. The water imbibed would not easily quit the planks and timbers, covered as they were with sheathing, copper and ballast. Enough moisture would, he feared, remain there to continue the process of corruption and decay in the wooden work. Such a mass of timber, soaked thro' and thro' would perhaps fall to pieces the faster for being kept a long time out of water. The receptacle would probably be damp, and ventilation imperfect. Septic vapours with moisture would exert their disorganizing powers. The atmospheric heat being greater than the temperature of river water would accelerate the rotting in summer. And the expansive power of ice formed from the imbibed and confined water, might be expected to do no small mischief in winter. When a ship was under water her temperature was more equal, neither so hot in summer nor cold in winter, as bodies above water and consequently less exposed to the causes of decay.
He should not however proceed any further at present on this copious subject; but suspend further remarks until he should hear from the gentlemen who had turned their attention to the project, how this novel and economical proposition presented itself to their understandings, and whether they felt any doubts like those which occupied his own.
(Debate to be continued.)
Alexandria Advertiser.
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 26.
TOWN MEETING.
A numerous and respectable meeting of the inhabitants of the town of Alexandria, was held last evening, pursuant to adjournment, for the purpose of taking into consideration the memorial to be drawn up by the committee appointed on Saturday evening last, when the following memorial was reported by Mr. Charles Lee, and adopted with only two dissenting votes.
To the SENATE and HOUSE of REPRESENTATIVES of the United States of America in Congress assembled, the Memorial and Remonstrance of the inhabitants of the Town of Alexandria
Most Respectfully Shaweth: THAT in pursuance of a public notification from the Mayor of Alexandria, a meeting of the inhabitants was held on the 22d instant, for the purpose of expressing their opinion upon a memorial proposed by the inhabitants of Washington to be presented to Congress, praying that a law

may pass authorizing an election of delegates to a convention in the district, to establish a plan of government for Columbia, if that be their choice, if not, to recommend to Congress such measures as they shall deem promotive of the general welfare: That the meeting was unusually numerous, and their non concurrence with the proposed memorial was expressed with entire unanimity—still, as it is probable the memorial from Washington may be sent to Congress, the inhabitants of Alexandria feel it incumbent upon them to state some of their reasons for differing from their neighbours; in doing which, they will again bring to view what they before represented to Congress at their last session, in their remonstrance upon the same subject.
By continuing the operation of the laws of Virginia and Maryland, in those parts of the district which formerly belonged to the two states respectively—by confirming the charters of incorporation to Alexandria and George Town, and by granting a charter of incorporation to Washington, each possessing sufficient powers of police in most cases, Congress appear to your memorialists to have taken the wisest and most convenient course, and to have placed the district in the most satisfactory condition, which the present state of its population admitted. Under this arrangement there ought to occur but few occasions for the exercise of the legislative power vested by the constitution exclusively in Congress; and, consequently, less of their valuable time will be required to be occupied with the affairs of the district, than if there was a subordinate legislature. A subordinate legislature may be expected to give a great deal of trouble to Congress, by preparing very many laws for their deliberation and approbation, although the laws generally, as now in force, are found to be well suited to our wants and circumstances. Your memorialists do not profess to be entirely satisfied with the present state of their civil concerns, yet they wish to avoid too great innovations, hoping, when the population of the district shall be considerably increased, and experience shall suggest improvements, that they will meet with all reasonable attention from Congress. At present, the inhabitants on the south side of the river Potomac, are anxiously inclined to remain unconnected with those on the north side of the river, under any form of subordinate territorial government.
Their habits, pursuits and views are dissimilar. On the south side of Potomac the inhabitants, being almost universally engaged in some industrious calling, either in commerce, in the arts or in manufactures, wish to pursue it with as little interruption as possible. As they have no inclination to intermeddle with the concerns on the north side of the river, they will the inhabitants of Washington would be satisfied to confine their cares and attentions to their own affairs. In this way much contention and strife may be prevented among the few inhabitants of the district. In this way, a great deal of expense will be avoided, which would be very heavy upon individuals, most of whom have but a bare competence, and many of whom have been drawn to the district rather by the hopes of future advantage, than of present emolument. In this way much trouble will be saved to the national legislature, who will find it requisite only in a few instances to make some amendatory provisions, which experience has suggested or may hereafter point out. Your memorialists regret that any of the time of Congress should be taken up by any unnecessary applications and petitions. This, however, is incident to the right of the people, a right ever to be held sacred, of petitioning those in power for a redress of grievances; and although such applications have not been entirely avoided, your memorialists entertain the hope that the better sense of the inhabitants will prevail over a spirit of dissatisfaction and inquietude. Your memorialists are aware that the present police is capable of amendment, and when they shall have come to an understanding with the country part of Alexandria county, upon a plan of county police, the same shall be made known, so as to give the least possible trouble to your honorable body. In the mean time, relying with confidence on the equity and wisdom of Congress, your memorialists trust the unequivocal expression of respectable a portion of the district, of their dissent to any territorial government, in its present state of population, will receive all due consideration; and that the inhabitants of
one part of the district will not be made subservient, or their interests and happiness sacrificed to the promotion of the views of the other.
CHARLES LEE. THOMAS SWANN. ELISHA C. DICK.
Extract of a letter from a member of Congress to his friend in this town, dated Washington, Jan. 25, 1802.
“Mr. Davis yesterday laid a resolution on the table for concentrating the Public Buildings; on the question of committing the resolution to a select committee, it was carried by a large majority. We are now balloting for the committee—which will employ this day.”
Remarkable Coincidence. —A hundred and fifty years ago Butler wrote his Hudibras to ridicule and expose the zealots of a lawless fanaticism, which distracted England with all the horrors of a civil war, and subjected it to the yoke of a base and despotic usurpation. Of such a poem, it is not surprising to find many passages applicable to the present state of these states, and descriptive of the sordidness, the simulation, the furious revel and grimace, the topsy-turvy intolerance, and misgovernment of the faction which now lords it over America. Its resemblance in those respects to the heroes of Hudibras is too obvious to need pointing out. But in one instance we have discovered something more than mere resemblance, though it cannot be properly called identity. Accidentally taking up the book the other day, we happened to open on the following lines near the close of the 2d Canto in part 3d.
‘And, while the work is carrying on, Be ready listed under DUN , That worthy Patriot, once the Bellows And Tinker-Box of all his Fellows, The activ’s’t member of the Five, As well as the most primitive: Who, for his faithful service then, Is chosen for a Fifth agen: This Worthy, as the World will say, Is paid in specie, his own way, For, moulded to the Life in Clouts, Th’ have pick’d from dung-hills hereabouts, He’s mounted on a Hazil Bavin A cropp’d malignant Baker gave ’em: And to the largest Bon-fire riding, They have roasted Cook already, and Pride in, On whom, in Equipage and State, His scarecrow fellow-members wait, And march in order, two and two, As at Thanksgiving th’ us’d to do; Each in a tattered Talisman, Like vermin in Effigie slain.’
Who is there that did not know these lines are in Hudibras, but would swear that some American imitator of Butler had written them as a sketch of the Clonmel sage, the lying pioneer of democracy, and Mr. Jefferson’s most immaculate protegée Billy Duane, Esquire. The points of agreement are really so curious, that we wonder at not having seen the above extract taken notice of before. In describing one of the vilest instruments of a rabble rout, Butler as by gift of prophecy has, in the first place, hit on the very name of the Aurora printer.
‘Be ready listed under DUN .’ Now it is well understood, that our Duane’s real Irish name is Dun , and that the one he bears in this country is only assumed. In a note to this line in Hudibras we are told, that ‘ Dun at that time was the hangman’s name:’ and reference is made to the following verse in Butler’s Ghost published in 1682.
‘For you yourself to act Squire Dun , Such ignominy ne’er saw the Sun.’ Every one will allow, that the name has lost nothing of its pristine infamy with its present possessor; and if there can be any ‘ignominy, greater than his, it has yet to show itself. But again, ‘That worthy Patriot, once the Bellows , And Tinker-Box of all his Fellows .’
How exact a picture of Paddy Duane, boasting of his ‘elevated ground,’ and filing himself ‘the Organ of the public will.’ He too has been ‘the most primitive’ hireling of a profligate cabal, and may be said now to be
‘The activ’s’t member of the Five,’ supposing the most select group of ministerial partisans to consist of himself, Cheetam, Paine, Smith and Jones. He too has been rewarded for ‘his faithful service,’ and ‘is chosen’ as an annual receiver of 11,000 dollars out of public money. But we pass over small matters to
notice the grand incident in Butler’s face-tious exhibition, as precisely the same with that which is said to have one betokened the guest of Sir John Shore.
‘He’s mounted on a Hazle-Bavin .’ The reader will instantly recollect Callender’s account of Duane ‘mounted on a Calcutta-Pole.’ ‘A Hazel, Bavin ’ means nothing but the kind of stick, on which the knight in Hudibras is represented—‘to the largest bon-fire riding.’ The pole on which Duane was carried by the indian porters may, for aught we know, have been of the very same stuff and quality. It is true he escaped in this world the same fiery destination; and instead of being ‘roasted’ as his great namesake was, he survived his triumphal march at Calcutta perhaps though only for a more exalted end. We had nearly forgot to mention that this whole scene in Hudibras with all its ludicrous particulars is very divertingly displayed, in a London Edition, in a cut designed and executed by Hogarth himself. We recommend it to the man of ‘Corollaries’ to examine, if he can find any likeness between the principal figure of the piece and his own looks on just such an occasion. If he would take the picture out of the book & hang it up in ‘my house’ at Washington, it would not only be highly ornamental and attractive, but it would serve him to retrace in fancy perhaps the most interesting adventure of his earlier days. As a precious memento of the ‘moving accidents’ and ‘hairbreadth escapes’ Mr. Dunn has experienced, it would no doubt be also highly entertaining to his most loving and beloved benefactor President Jefferson.
[Fredericktown Herald.]
CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES.
House of Representatives.
Friday, January 21.
An engrossed bill for incorporating an Insurance Company in the city of Washington was read a third time and passed. Ayes 32, noes 28.
An engrossed bill for the relief of Hugh Alexander was read a third time and passed.
The house went into committee of the whole on the bill amendatory of the act to incorporate the city of Washington. Mr. J. C. Smith in the chair.
Several amendments were made, when the committee rose and reported the bill, which was postponed till Monday next.
On motion of Mr. Dennis the house took into consideration a resolution, laid some time since on the table, for the appointment of a committee to enquire into the expediency of continuing the Mint at Philadelphia, and to enquire what alterations or improvements can be made in that establishment.
Mr. Dennis observed that the present law would expire on the third day of March next. It was time, therefore, to take an order on the subject. He thought the enquiry proposed by the resolution a very proper one. If the result of such enquiry were that important improvements could be made, he should vote for the continuance of the institution; if otherwise he should vote for its entire abolition.
The resolution was carried. Ayes 45, and a committee of five appointed.
The house resolved itself into a committee of the whole—Mr. J. C. Smith in the chair—on the report of the committee appointed on the 7th instant, to consider whether any, and if any, what alterations are necessary in the military establishment of the United States, as follows:
The committee appointed on the 7th instant, to consider whether any, and if any, what alterations are necessary in the military establishment of the United States, ask leave to submit the following resolutions to the consideration of the house.
Resolved , That there be added to the regiment of artillery, two teachers of music, whose pay, rations, and cloathing shall be the same as is by law allowed to the teachers of music in the regiment of infantry.
Resolved , That the President of the U. States be authorized to appoint one teacher of the French language, and one teacher of drawing, to be attached to the corps of engineers, whose compensation shall not exceed the pay and emoluments of a captain.
Resolved , That the commanding officer of the corps of engineers be authorized to enlist for a term not less than
three years, one artificer and eighteen men, to aid in making practical experiments, and for other purposes, to receive the same pay, rations, and clothing, as are allowed to the artificers and privates in the army of the United States, and the same bounty when enlisted for five years, and to be subject to the rules and articles of war.
Resolved , That the President of the U. States be authorized to allow to the paymaster of the army, the adjutant and inspector of the army, and the military agent at Philadelphia, such sums each for clerk hire, as their respective duties may, in his opinion, reasonably require.
The first resolution was agreed to. Ayes 36, noes 21.
The second resolution was agreed to. Ayes 42, noes 17.
The 3d resolution was agreed to without a division.
The fourth resolution was opposed by Mr. Gregg, on the ground that the discretion thereby vested in the President of the U. States was improper; and that if an appropriation for the clerk hire of the officers therein named was necessary, it ought to be made and defined by law.
On the question being put, the resolution was disagreed to. Ayes 25.
The committee rose and reported the resolutions agreed to.
The house immediately took up the report, when Mr. Randolph remarked that notwithstanding the importance of the business before the house, there was scarcely a quorum within the bar, in consequence probably of the intense cold. As he was averse to interesting business being thus conducted, he moved that the house adjourn.
Carried, ayes 43, noes 33.
ANECDOLE.
A number of students happening one evening to meet at an inn, the conversation chanced to turn upon the inequality with which fortune bestowed her favors. Each, in his turn, giving some recent example of the instability of fortune; the conversation went on with mutual satisfaction, till one being desirous to shew the purity of his principles, and withal, his improvement in the fashionable (I had almost said absurd) mode of pronunciation, observed, that “the most splendid forchin was nothing without virchue.” This for a time, put a stop to the conversation. At length another happening to be a little conceited, and being unwilling to be out done, replied, “I ever consider myself the most forchinate when I find most opportunities of relieving the unfouchunate. In all my advenchurs nothing so immediately attracts my attention as a fellow creachur pressed under perpetual frowns of misforchin. The gratichude of those whom I relieve becomes a source of sucher blifs, and produces a degree of quiechude ever resulting from a rectichude of conduct; & enables me to bid defiance to the frowns of misforchin—or if she frown, enables me to bare up with fortichude. Although the many gracchuties may lessen the mans income, yet habitcheal benevolence produces incheutive esteem which every good man is anxious to deserve and which will have a tendency to machure those latent seeds of virchue, which I believe are planted in every yuman breast. Of what service is the most refined literature to a man if it produce not benevolence, nor teach him to be virchuous? What if he be able to tell the littichude and longichude of the north pole! What if he can account for all the phenomena of nachure? What if he know the scripchure, and understand all the mysteries of the Jewish richual? I say of wkat service is all this to a man, while his heart is hard to the poor? Who churns his back upon distress; and whose most pleasing chune is the voice of the distressed widow and the cries of the helpless orphan! Yes, I repeat it, he churns his back on distress? Can such a man deserve the smiles of forchin? Can virchue, fortichude, gratichude or quiechude dwell with that man who is a stranger to rectichude?”
“Faith, says one, who had been standing tip-toe all the while, our brother has spoken an excellent oration; but he has chaw’d it unmercifully.”
[Albany Cent.]
Public Sale.
On Friday next, will be Sold at the Vende Store,
A quantity of COFFEE in casks and bags.
P. G. MARSTELLER,
January 20.

CARVING, GILDING, and VARNISHING.
MRS. RACHEL ATKINS, (From Philadelphia)
In Prince-street, between Fairfax and Water-Streets, next door to Dr. Dick's in the house lately occupied by GROVE WRIGHT:
Respectfully informs the citizens of Alexandria that she intends residing here for a few months, and will be happy in executing any orders in the above branches of business. She regilds and varnishes old frames so as to make them appear like new—and likewise varnishes them with a particular kind of varnish that will bear washing.
She has on hand,
A large and elegant assortment of Prints, Looking-Glasses, & GIRANDOLES.
to every description, which will be sold at the lowest terms for cash.
Orders from distance will be punctually attended.
Nov. 15. eo
ADAM LYNN
Has just received,
A HANDSOME ASSORTMENT OF
Jewelry, plated, Japaned & fancy GOODS, of a superior quality, and of the newest Patterns,
CONSISTING OF
Gold Lockets, Rings, Ear-Rings, Bracelets, Watch Keys, Seals; pearl Rings, Bracelets, &c. plated Urns, Tea Pots, Castors, Candlesticks, &c. Japaned Urns; Tea Trays and Bread Baskets; gilt Necklaces, Brooches, Bracelets, Watch Keys, Seals, Chains, &c. Knives & Forks, Penknives, Razors, Scissors; Paints in boxes; marking Types in boxes complete; Snuff Boxes; plated & steel Spurs; gold and silver Epaulettes; Lace Cord, Thread, Spangles, Pearls, silver Thimbles, Tooth Picks & Pencil Cases, with a number of other articles.
He has also for Sale,
Watchmakers Materials, and gilt and common Watch Keys, by the dozen, and Crucibles.
He manufactures, as usual, all kinds of Gold and Silver Work, to any pattern.
Nov. 24. dr3000
WM. HARTSHORNE,
Has for Sale at his store on Col. Hood's Wharf,
2 Pipes London Market Madeira Wine, four years old, 1 Pair Burr Mill Stones, five feet diameter 1000 Bushels Lisbon Salt, first quality, 15 Tons Swedish Bar Iron, fine drawn, 18 Tons Philad. do. First quality Brown Sugar by the hogshead and barrel,
Philadelphia Lump and Loaf Sugar by the hogshead and barrel, part in loaves not more than 6 lbs. each,
Haifter of Paris by the ton or bushel,
Tobacco in kegs,
A few barrels of new Pork and Beef,
Hay in bundles about 200 lbs. each,
For Sale, or Rent,
A few Lots in good situations on Fairfax, Wilkes, Prince and Washington Streets.
Also, for Sale,
A three story Brick House, on King, near Fairfax Street, a very good stand for business.
Wanted,
Two or three JOURNEYMEN COOPERS, to whom good wages and constant employ will be given at his mill.
Dec. 18. d
FOR SALE,
THE LOT with the HOUSE thereon, at the south east corner of Cameron and Alfred Streets, late the Property of Thomas Richards. Also several vacant LOTS adjoining thereto on Alfred Street, between Cameron and King Streets. The House is pleasantly situated and in good order for the accommodation of a Family. If not sold before the 1st of November, it will then be rented.
WILLIAM CRAIK.
For freight or Charter,
The Schooner
SPARROW
Captain COLEMAN,
burthen upwards of 700 barrels. For terms apply to the captain on board, or to
MARSTELLER and YOUNG.
Jan. 14. eo
Private Boarding.
The subscriber will accommodate 5 or 6 gentlemen as BOARDERS, on moderate terms, either by the week, month or year.
FRANCIS CRACROFT.
Fairfax Street, Jan. 15. eo2w
Just received, and for Sale by ABEL WILLIS,
A FRESH SUPPLY OF Rhode-Island CHEESE, Apples, Crab Cyder, by the barrel, of the first quality, Cranberries, Sweet Oranges, Lemons, by the box, Bell Rhode Island Potatoes, Mackerel, by the barrel, together with a general assortment of GROCERIES and NUTS.
POSTPONEMENT.
THE Sale of the Land in the county of Loudoun, belonging to the estate of George Carter, deceased, was unavoidably postponed, owing to the indisposition and consequent absence of one of the Executors. It will now certainly take place on Thursday the seventh of April next, at the town of Leesburg, and on the same terms formerly advertised.
LANDON CARTER, jun. } Executors. THOMAS L. LEE, } Jan. 24. 2aw18t
Wanted to Purchase,
Three or four young NEGRO MEN, for which a generous price in cash will be given. They are not intended for the Bacon Man, or to be kept slaves for life. Apply to the Printer.
Dec. 28. eo1t
TIMBER
Wanted for Cash on delivery.
THE Directors for building a Bridge over the Eastern Branch, at the City of Washington, will contract for timber of the following kinds and scantlings, viz.
  80 pieces white oak 34" long to be 14 in. by 14 200 do. 42 8 10   400 do. 12 8 10   80 piles do. 18 14 14   20 do. do. 20 14 14   20 do. do. 30 15 15   32 do. do. 28 14 14   40 do. do. 18 14 14   60 do. do. 40 15 15   36 do. do. 26 14 14   40 pcs. white or black oak, 38 12 12   80 do. do. 24 12 12   80 do. do. 12 12 13   480 pcs. white oak 10 5 7   480 do. do. 12 5 7 
The piles will be required square only, 15 feet from the butts, and may taper to 10 inches square at the small end.
The timber must be out before the first of March, and delivered in April. Proposals for contracts will be received until the 25th day of January next, by
WM. BRENT, Sec'y.
Dec. 31. eo2t
To Rent,
A very convenient dwelling HOUSE, near the lower end of Royal Street, lately occupied by Mr. Edmonds.
Also, to Sell or Rent,
A LOT on the upper part of Royal Street, lately occupied by Mr. C. Jones. The lot is 26 feet 4 inches front, and 123 feet 4 inches deep, with a 6 feet alley adjoining. There are on the premises two large sheds with lofts, and a blacksmiths' shop suitable for a coachmaker.
JOHN T. BROOKS.
Jan. 17. eo1t
A WAREHOUSE for SALE.
By virtue of a deed of trust from William Hunter, Sen. deceased, to the subscriber bearing date the 9th day of February, in the year 1791, duly recorded in the court of Fairfax County, made to secure the payment of four hundred and fifty Pounds three shillings & sixpence, lawful money, of Virginia, due unto John Hopkins, with legal interest from the date of said deed, will be sold at Public Auction, for ready money, to the highest and best bidder, on Wednesday the 25th day of January next, at 12 o'clock, at the Coffee-House, in the town of Alexandria.
All that frame Warehouse, situated on the west side of Union Street and built on part of the wharf sold by John Allison to Wm. Hunter, jun. The warehouse will be sold without the land whereon it is erected, and the purchaser will of course be bound to remove the house or buy the land of the present proprietor thereof. Those who are inclined to purchase the warehouse may view and examine it upon application to the subscriber.
WM. HODGSON.
Dec. 17. 2awds
Extract from an Act of the Corporation of Alexandria for the Extinguishment of Fire.
Sec. 7. If any person who shall be present at any fire shall neglect or refuse to obey the order or directions of any officer, who shall be appointed by any fire company now established, or which may be hereafter established, knowing him to be an officer, such person shall forfeit and pay the sum of Five Dollars: Provided, the name of such officer shall have been first published in one of the public papers printed in the town.
At a meeting of the Friendship Fire Company, held at Mr. Mottr's Tavern, January 10, 1803, the following officers have been elected for the present year, viz.
  Aaron Hewes, 1st Commanders.   John Hunter, 2d   William Paton, 3d Subordinate Directors.   Walner Blunt,   John Longden, Regulators.   William Halley,   Joseph Thornton, Trustees.   James M'Guire,   Charles M'Knight,   Matthew Robinson,   Ebenezer Evans,   John Morris,   Peter Price,   Jan. 10. eo3t 
Ladies and Gentlemen's Shoes and Slippers.
SAMUEL CLARK,
Next door to Peter Sherron's, Has just received and now opening, a fresh and beautiful variety of Shoes & Slippers, Kid and Morocco, of every description, Gentlemen's dancing Pumps, (Morocco) and fine Shoes. Misses black and coloured Morocco and Leather Slippers, Boys fine and common Shoes and Pumps, Childrens red Morocco and Leather Shoes, and 100 pair Negroes, large size, coarse Shoes, which he offers for sale at the following retail prices, viz.
  Ladies Kid 7 6 9 10 6   Black Morocco 6 6 9 7 6   Coloured do. 6 9 7 6 3   Leather Slippers 5 3 6 8   Mens best qua. 9 10 8 12   Mens Morocco Pumps 9 8 10   Childrens Shoes and Slippers in proportion.   Jan. 18. eo 
ALSO,
  For Cash or Barter for Flour, Boston packed.   30 bis. best No. 1 Beef   20 half do. Mts. do.   30 bis. Mackerell   Jan. 18. eo 
NOTICE.
Will positively be Sold, at Public Sale on the premises, the first day of April if fair, if not the next fair day thereafter,
A tract of LAND in the county of Loudoun, on Goose Creek, near the Mill formerly owned by Col. Simon Toplett, containing 500 acres, a considerable part of which is in Wood; formerly the property of Augustine Love, and by him conveyed to Alexander Gordon, and by said Gordon conveyed to the subscribers for the benefit of his creditors. One fifth of the purchase money to be paid on the day of sale, two fifths in twelve months, and the remaining two fifths in eighteen months from the day of sale; for which payments approved security will be required.
JONAH THOMPSON, BENJ. COMEGYS, JACOB HOFFMAN.
Jan. 18. eo4s
TO LET,
A CONVENIENT Two Story HOUSE, with a good Kitchen and Smoke House adjoining. Also, a Stable for two horses &c. &c. with a well improved garden of half an acre.
The situation is very pleasant, having a fine prospect of the river. For particular enquiry of the Printer.
Jan. 14. eo
FOR SALE,
SIXTY NEGROES that have been well treated and brought up, of all ages and both sexes; house servants & mechanics, but mostly plantation Negroes. Information may be had by applying to the Printer hereof.
Dec. 6. eo1t
Cain given for rags
A PROPOSAL BY SAMUEL BISHOP For publishing by Subscription, LETTERS
ON THE Elementary Principles OF EDUCATION.
By Elizabeth Hamilton, Author of the "Memoirs of Modern Philosophers," &c.
CONDITIONS.
I. The Work shall be comprised in two Duodecimo volumes, of about 450 pages each, & shall be printed in the best manner, on fine Paper, and new Type.
II. The price will be one Dollar per volume in boards, payable on delivery.
* A very considerable number of Copies being already subscribed for, the work will be put to Press, and finished without delay.
Subscription received by the Publishers
THE SUBSCRIBER
Has imported from London, in addition to his former assortment,
A GENERAL ASSORTMENT OF rugs, Patent Medicines, Dye Stuffs, Paints & Garden Seeds.
THE latter consist of early Marrow Peas, early York Cabbage, Cauliflower, and Celery, &c. &c.
He has also on hand,
Best bloom Raisins in boxes, Olives and Anchovies in do. Madeira, Port, Sherry, and Lisbon Wine in casks and bottles, warranted of good quality, which he will sell low for cash, or to punctual customers on a short credit.
JAMES KENNEDY, jun.
N. B. He expects daily to receive a general assortment of Shop Furniture and Vials.
Jan. 17. 2aw7t
JOHN M'KINNEY
Has just received, and for sale on moderate terms,
10 tons well assorted Bar Iron, Sugar in hds. and bls.
French Brandy in pipes, Coffee, Herrings, &c. &c.
Jan. 7. d2t12w
Valuable Property for Sale
At the little Falls of Potomac About three miles from George-Town and the City of Washington, and ten from Alexandria.
172 acres of Land, upon which are a dwelling house and sundry other improvements, several stone quarries and fish ponds, and two vacant mill seats.
Two undivided third parts of 9 acres of Land, upon which are a merchant mill, with three pair of French burr mill stones and every necessary complete, for manufacturing flour to the best advantage, and with as little manual labor as possible; a brewery and distiller, a granary, a miller's house, a brewer's house, cooper's shop, &c. and a vacant mill seat.
Two undivided third parts of 200 acres of land, adjoining the 7 acres and 172 acres above mentioned, upon which here are several stone quarries and fish ponds.
The purchaser of the above property, will have an assignment of a lease for the other undivided third part, of which here will be 6 years to come from the first day of September next.
The stone on the above lands is equal in goodness to any, and superior to most foundation stone on the river—so as a any burthen that can go to George-Town, can go up to the mill and stone quarries.
Any person or persons, who may incline to purchase, will of course view the premises, therefore it is not thought necessary to be more particular.
For terms apply to Gen. Uriah Forrest at George-Town, or to
PHILIP R. FENDALL, Alexandria.
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
PRINTED DAILY BY S. SNOWDEN.