Alexandria daily advertiser (Alexandria [Va.]), 1805-07-10 00:00:00

Alexandria Daily Advertiser.
Vol. V.]
WEDNESDAY, JULY 10, 1805.
[No. 1339.
Public Sale.
On FRIDAY next, 10 o'clock, will be sold, at the Vendue Store, RUM 10 hhds. and bls. French Brandy in pipes, Gin in pipes and bls. Whiskey and Apple Brandy in bls. Sugar in hhds. tierces and bls. Chocolate White and brown Soap and } in boxes, Mould and dipt Candles } Raisins in kegs, boxes and jars, Figs in kegs and frails, Queen's Ware in crates, HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE, &c. Also, A Variety of DRY GOODS, among which are Cloths, Coatings, Kersemere, s, Duffs, Plains, Kerseys, Negro Cottons, Serjes, Elastics, blue Friezes, Calimancoes, Russells, Yarn Stockings, Chintzes and Calicoes, Irish Linens, Silesia do. Osaburgs and Ticklenburgs, Muslin and Muslin Handkerchiefs, India Muslins and Table Clothes, Bandanna Handkerchiefs, Coloured Threads, Hats and sundry other articles. Philip G. Marsteller.
Dec. 20. 10 pipes well flaver'd Holland in, 60 casks Dutch Linseed Oil, 2 bales German Ticklenburgh 1 case Britannias, 1 do. Platillas Royal, Just Imported from Rotterdam, In the brig Nancy, Spalding, AND FOR SALE BY J. & T. Vowell, WHO HAVE IN STORE, A few pipes old Madeira Wine, fit for immediate use, Three hhds. old Grenada Rum, Three casks Clover Seed, Ten pipes 4th proof Spanish Brandy. Cash given for Otter and Mink Skins. April 25. d
JAMES SANDERSON Has received, in addition to his late general sup- plies, which he will sell, by the quantity, ve- ry low, and on liberal credit; 10 pipes 4th proof Cogniac Bran- dy. 4 puncheons second proof Antigua Rum. 20 barrels New England ditto. 5 pipes particular Teneriffe Wine. 12 half pipes do. do. do. 25 cases claret, 2 and half dozen in each. 9 boxes best London Mustard, 15 dozen each. 6 do. do. Double Gloucester Cheese. 20 hogheads Black Quart Bottles. ALSO, 28 hogheads Virginia TOBAC- CO now in store. May 31. d
BUILDING LOTS. HALF an acre of ground, on the corner of Washington and Duke Streets, will be laid off in lots, to suit applicants, and will be had at a moderate annual rent forever. HEWES & MILLER. June 19. d
This day is Published, And for Sale at ROBERT GRAY'S Book- store, and this Office, (PRICE TWENTY-FIVE CENTS.) AN ABSTRACT OF AN A P O L O G Y, For Renouncing the Jurisdiction OF THE SYNOD OF KENTUCKY. BEING A Compendious View of the GOSPEL, AND A FEW REMARKS ON THE CONFESSION OF FAITH. By Robert Marshall, John Dunaway, Richard McNemar, Barton W. Stone, John Thompson. May 2.
A few Copies of the American Gardener, for sale by Robert Gray, in King-street.
FOR SALE, The fast-sailing Schooner HARRIOT, Burthen 102 tons, now lying at John Hunter's ship yard. If not sold at private sale said Schooner will be offered at public sale on Wednesday the 10th inst. at 5 o'clock. Apply to GEORGE SLACUM. July 8. d3t
PETER NOWLAND Has just received, via New York, a quantity of Balsamic Butter of Soap, For washing the hands and face, and maintaining the complexion soft, red, and fair, And is likewise Superior to any other for shaving. ALSO A QUANTITY OF Pot Pomatum of the first quality, A few boxes of OTTO OF ROSES &c. &c. From NAPLES, an assortment of Tortoise-shell C O M B S. July 8. d3t
THIS MOMENT RECEIVED, A quantity of Excellent PINE-APPLES. N. B. This fruit is in delightful order for present use, and if applied for soon will be sold on moderate terms. John A. Burford. July 6. d
SUGARS. Seventy hhds. and } MUSCOVADO SUGAR, Twenty-two bbls. } Thirty-one bags Cocoa, received by sloop Sloop Diana, from Martinico—for sale on reasonable terms by John & Thos. Vowell. WHO HAVE ON HAND Holland Gin of excellent flavor in Pipes, Fourth proof Brandy, Jamaica Rum, Liverpool Fine Salt, 1000 bushels Indian Corn, 1200 do. black-eyed Peas, in good ship- ping order, July 6. d
TO RENT, A convenient two-story Brick-house on Wilkes street, opposite Capt. George Slacum's —For terms apply to, John C. Vowell. July 6. d
LAWRASON & FOWLE Have just received, by the brig Harmony , Robert B. Hall, master, from Boston. 3 bales best Beerboon Gurrahs 3 do. Sewing Twine 2 ches Young Hyson } FRESH TEAS. 5 do. Imperial } 20 boxes best Spanish Segars 2 pipes first quality Cogniac Brandy 40 barrels N. E. Rum 5 hhds. retailing Molasses 7 barrels Sperm Oil a few boxes Sperm Candles 40 boxes brown Soap And a quantity of Plaster Paris. July 6
JUST RECEIVED, By Schooner ALERT , from Boston, and for Sale, by FAXON, METCALF & Co. 50 tons Plaster Paris 50 barrels New-England Rum 5 hogheads do. do. 50 barrels No. 1 and 2 Beef 50 do. Pork 6 pipes Holland's Gin 4 do. Cogniac Brandy 100 Reams Wrapping Paper Also, A general assortment of Shoes. July 1. co2w
NOTICE. The subscriber intending shortly to remove to Kentucky, requests all persons having claims against him to bring them forward, pro- perly authenticated, for payment; and all those indebted to him are requested to pay their re- spective accounts previous to the first day of Au- gust next, to him or Mr. James Millan, in Alex- andria. Those failing to comply as above, need not expect any further indulgence. William Millan, Fairfax County, (Virginia) 2aw3w.1aw18tAug. June 10.
WANTED TO PURCHASE, About 30,000 White Oak Hoghead & Barrel Staves, Of good quality: Also, A few squared Logs of Walnut. WM. HODGSON. July 5. d
THE SUBSCRIBER, AT HIS GROCERY STORE, King near Washington Street, HAS JUST RECEIVED FROM PHILADELPHIA, &c. &c. —A SUPPLY OF— Fresh teas, particularly selected, 6000 lbs. green coffee, 14 hhds. St. Croix and St. Martins sugar, New York and Philadelphia, loaf and lump sugars. Old 4th proof Jamaica Spirits, Do. 2d and 3d proof St. Croix rum, Cognac brandy, Holland gin, Whiskey and New England rum, Choice old Madeira, Sherry, Lisbon, Teneriffe, Malaga and Port, Claret in cases, 20 Boxes fresh muscatel raisins, Very best chocolate, Dixon's best mustard, Sallad oil, &c. With a general assortment of groce- ries as usual. The whole of which are of a superi- or quality, and will be sold on the most reasona- ble terms. JAMES BACON. May 14. d
TUNIS CRAVEN, HAS JUST RECEIVED, An elegant assortment of goods, selected from the latest importations, in Phila- delphia and Baltimore. —AMONG WHICH ARE— Superfine cloths and coloured cambricks, cashmeres, Dimities, Cotton cashmeres, 6-4 9-8, Cambric White and coloured muffs, jeans, nankeens and India, book, jaconet luttians, and mull mull, mus- lins, Long and short nan- Colonade and crossbar- keens, red fringed cambric Blue do. ditto, White and coloured Lace, marseilles, 6-4, Lace shawls, Waistcoating, Long ditto, 4-4 7-8, Irish lin. Super brocaded do. nens, long lawns, English and French silk 4-4 7-8, Shirting cot- gloves, ton, Kid ditto, Irish and Flanders sheet- Pic nic mitts, ing, English split straw bon- Platillas, nets, Brittannias, Madras and bandanna Silesias, handkerchiefs, Silk, cotton and thread Baftas, hosiery, Mammodies, Diaper table cloths, Gurrahs, &c. &c. Napkins, Chintz calicoes and All of which he has determined to sell at the most reduced prices. May 26. d
FOR SALE. 20 puncheons Jamaica RUM, LAST YEAR'S CROP, Just received and for Sale on reasonable terms. John & Thos. Vowell. May 9.
Just Published, And for Sale by Cotton & Stewart, A Key to Mystery of Iniquity OR AN Address to Men of Candor and lovers of Truth. By JOHN WEST, Of Fairfax County. This work contains a compendium ecclesiastical history, accompanied with the author's reflections; proving modern episcopacy to be spu- rious, and human legislation in the Church to be usurpation, &c. &c. May 3. d
The Subscriber has just received, via Baltimore, a large supply of TIN PLATE, IN BOXES, Which will be sold cheap for cash or the usual credit. O. P. FINLEY. July 6. 3t
JUST RECEIVED AND FOR SALE, 69 barrels prime pork, 12 barrels pease, suitable for the West India market. WM. HODGSON. July 3. d
For Sale, on liberal Credit, 90 hogheads South Potomac Tobacco, Now in store—Also, 4 do. Rappahannock; Suitable for the West India market. James Sanderfon. June 20. d
Mill-Stones & Boulting-Cloths. We want to buy one pair of 4 or 4 and a half feet Cologne Mill Stones.— We have one pair of 6 feet Burr Mill-Stones for sale: Also, five hundred dollars worth of Boul- ting-Cloths; which will be sold a bargain, to any body who will take the whole of them. Hewes & Miller. June 20. d
BEEF AND PORK. We have just received, prime and mests Beef, in barrels and half barrels; prime Pork, in barrels and half barrels—all of excel- lent quality. Hewes & Miller. June 24. d
The subscribers have just received, by the Packet, from Norfolk, 30 barrels prime Beef, 20 do. Pork. Lawrason & Fowle. June 24. d
Mandeville & Jamesson Are now landing, and offer for Sale, 10 puncheons high proof Jamaica Rum. 10 hogheads Barbadoes Molasses. 8 hogheads St. Croix Sugars. English F and FF Gunpowder. Philadelphia Loaf Sugars. Patent Shot and Bar-Lead. May 29. d
TO LET, (ON WASHINGTON-STREET) The House at present occupied by Joseph Mandeville. Possession may be had early in June next. Apply to Mandeville & Jamesson. May 20. d
WILLIAM OXLEY HAS ON HAND, Which he will dispose of on terms advantageous to the purchasers, for cash or notes, The following Articles, viz. Superfine and second cloths Kersemere and Swan-down Bearskins and fearnoughts Durants and callimancoes Bombazets and wildbores Common and boild camblets Silk, cotton, and worsted hosiery English extra long silk gloves Silk twist and thread Diaper and common tapes Paper and pound pins White and printed marseilles Laces, edgings and gimps Elegant black and white lace veils? Patent do. do. Satin peeling and silk handkerchiefs 4-4, 9-8, and 6-4 Cambric muffs India Jaconet do. Fustians, buckram, &c. &c. ALSO, A few bales of Negro Caddies, and one trunk silk and cotton flings, January 7. d
The highest price given for clean Linen Rags, by the Printer hereof.

Latest Foreign Intelligence.
NEW-YORK, July 6.
The Editors of the New York Gazette, having received by the Cato London papers and Lloyd's List to the 25th May, are enabled this day to lay before their readers, a variety of matter, interesting both to the merchant and politician.
The London papers are nearly filled with remarks respecting the Toulon fleet; the reports of the rout of Lord Nelson; the marauding conduct of the Rochefort squadron in the West Indies; and the debates in Parliament on Lord Melville's case; but we have found and copied several articles which will interest the American reader. [See extracts.]
A courier arrived at Vienna on the 7th of May, with dispatches contradicting the report of a treaty of Alliance having been concluded between England & Russia.
The Dey of Algiers is said to have declared war against Spain.
The news of the sailing of the Brest fleet is contradicted; their late movements was a mere feint, intended to prevent the British from sending a reinforcement to the West-Indies.
It appears that the British are contracting for an immense quantity of shipping for the conveyance of Russian troops. A proposal has, it is said, been made in the north of England for 40,000 tons.
There was a considerable degree of alarm in Ireland, on the 15th May, in consequence of an apprehension that the Toulon and Cadiz fleet intended to make a descent on that country.
LONDON, May 20.
The Hamburgh Mail, due previous to that which arrived on Saturday, was received yesterday. It contains, of course, little intelligence entitled to attention. Private letters brought by the former, repeat, with increased confidence, the rumours of negotiation between France and Russia, for the restoration of general tranquility; but, while we notice these reports, we think it our duty to warn the public that they should be received with the greatest caution.
One of them goes so far as to state the following as the grounds, or basis, on which Bonaparte is willing to enter into negotiation:
 "1. The full recognition of his titles of Emperor of the French and King of Italy.  "2. The solemn guarantee of Great Britain and Russia to maintain himself and his family in the hereditary possession of his dignities and dominions.  "3. The unequivocal resignation, on the part of the Princes of the House of Bourbon, of all rights and claims to the sovereignty of France.  "4. He engages in return to leave Malta in the possession of England; and to cede to the Emperor Alexander and heirs the sovereignty of the Republic of the Seven Islands." 
There is certainly nothing improbable in the three first articles; but in order to give credit to the last, we must believe that Bonaparte is willing to retract the official declaration which he has published to Europe, that the Treaty of Amiens alone can satisfy him.
Malta, we think, he never will, while he has any chance of success in the prosecution of hostilities, consent to yield up to Great Britain.
Whether we consider its relative state, with respect to his new kingdom of Italy, or to his favorite object, the possession of Egypt, it forms a point in negotiation, which he will not give up, but in the hour of defeat and dismay.
MADAME JEROME BONAPARTE.
DEAL, May 19.
Arrived this afternoon, the ship Erin, of and for Baltimore, having on board Madame Bonaparte (late Miss Patterson.) The ship first put into Lisbon, and there landed Jerome, who immediately went off for Paris, ordering the vessel to proceed to Amsterdam, from whence he intended to have conveyed his wife to Paris, thinking, by the time the ship arrived at that place, he should have obtained the requisite leave from his brother; but on the ship's arrival in the Texel, Madame Bonaparte was prevented from going on shore. Madame Bonaparte is attended by her brother, Mr. Patterson, and a female companion. There is also a surgeon on board. The reason of the ship coming into an English port is, that as Madame Bonaparte is very far advanced in pregnancy, her
brother did not think it safe for her to proceed to Baltimore in such a situation. The captain of the ship informs me, that he remained in the Texel a week, and his vessel was placed during that time between a 64 gun ship and a frigate, and row guard boats were kept about the ship during the night. The Dutch admiral behaved with the greatest civility, and very frequently sent provisions from his own table on board. He left the Texel on Friday, at which time there were lying there ready for sea five ships of the line, and a great number of transports, which the captain thinks had no troops on board.
Extract of a letter from Dover, May 21.
"This day, about half past 2 o'clock, the beautiful Madame Jerome Bonaparte received the visits of the most conspicuous persons, both ladies and gentlemen, at this place. Her style and behavior on this occasion displayed an unaffected elegance and dignified composure, which entirely confirmed the favorable impression, which, on her first landing, was immediately made. She was dressed with great simplicity and modesty; on her head she wore no ornament but her hair, seeming to trust completely to that nature, which had, to her, been so bountiful. The company remained a considerable time, each appearing to vie in the offer of attentions. Among many distinguished persons, lady Forbes, the honorable general Hope, Mr. Skelington, &c. &c. were particularly noticed.
"May 22....Madame Jerome Bonaparte has this day experienced a continuation of attentions from the chief inhabitants, the military, &c. The time of her residence here is not yet determined."
MADRID, April 18.
We learn from Algiers, that on the 18th ult. the Dey, about ten o'clock in the morning, being seated on a stone, near the fortification, about two miles from the city, and quite alone, was attacked by four well armed Turks. He was fired upon twice, and received ten wounds from their sabres, by which he lost two fingers of his left hand.
The assassins have been apprehended. The Dey was conveyed to his palace. He is at present out of danger. One of the balls fortunately fell upon a purse which the Dey had in a pocket covering his left breast.
This attempt to murder the Dey is ascribed to the dearth of all sorts of provision, and which he had neglected to remedy.
HAGUE, May 10.
Mr. Berranger, cidevant commissary general of the Batavian government at Surinam, was arrested last Wednesday, by order of the high military court. It is presumed he will be confronted, before this tribunal, with the commandant Battemberg, who capitulated with the enemy for the surrender of the colony of Surinam. Mr. Sautser, cidevant governor of Curraoaa, who delivered up that colony by capitulation to the enemy in 1799, took the oath of allegiance to his Britannic majesty, and remained in his service in the quality of governor of the same colony, is also arrested, and is to be tried before the high military court.
BALTIMORE, July 6.
Arrived, brig Joseph, Beard, from Porto Rico.
Sailed 16th ult in company with schooner Rhoda, for Philadelphia.
Left, ship Lydia, of and for New York, uncertain; brig Wheeler, just arrived from Norfolk; —, Edwards, of Philadelphia, unloaded, and others not recollected.
Heard that there had been several vessels carried into Maragua, the names of which we could not learn.
July 4, off the Capes; spoke a Portuguese brig 72 days from Cape de Verds, bound to Philadelphia.
Captain Gimmell left at Gonaives, 25th June, barque Packet, of Philadelphia; schrs. Samuel and Admiral, of do. brig Mary Louisa, of Norfolk; all loaded and waiting convoy of ship Louisiana, then at Port au Prince.
Schooner Eclipse, Davis of Baltimore, had gone to Petit Gauve or L'Anceveaux.
The Antelope, Gold, and the St. Tammany, of ditto were at L'Anceveaux, waiting for cargoes.
The Stephen, Coward of do. do. The Mohawk, and Eagle, of Norfolk, at Port au Prince, do. captain of the latter dead. The Nonpareil, Matchless and Jane arrived safe at Cape Francois the 16th ult. from Baltimore.
July 8.
Arrived, brig S. W. Boyle from Havana.
Sailed, 28th ult. in company with schrs. Two Brothers, for Georgetown.
Left schrs. Greyhound, and Mary Ann, of Baltimore, just arrived, brig Rover, Carnes, for Boston; next day; schooner Dispatch, Howland for New York in 3 days; brigs Eliza, Borges, do. do; Midas, Bryan, for Boston; bark America, capt. Veacock, for Philadelphia. The ship Comet, M'Neil, of this port for Liverpool to New Orleans, passed Havana 14th June.
LEXINGTON, (Ken.) July 1.
The party of discovery under the command of captains Lewis and Clark, left the mouth of the Missouri on the 19th of May 1804.
An express with dispatches from their winter quarters, which left them on the 14th of April, has returned to St. Louis. By the express letters were received from captain Clark, to his correspondents in Kentucky. A gentleman from Jefferson county has obligingly favored the editor of the Kentucky Gazette, with the following account which he obtained from one of the men who returned with the express, & from letters from some of the party. They fortified themselves in November last, on the bank of the Missouri, sixteen hundred and nine miles from the mouth, by actual measurement, in latitude 47, 21, North; called the Fort Mandane, after a nation of Indians who reside in the neighborhood, and who have been very friendly to them. On their passage up, they were delighted with the beautiful appearance of the country, for about 200 leagues, or to the mouth of the river La Plate, which comes in from the south; after which to their winter quarters, it is described not to be so fertile. The person who brought the dispatches speaks of the opening made by the river, being about one mile wide with high cliffs on each side. The bed of the river occupies about a fourth part of it, the remainder of the bottom entirely composed of coarse sand, covered with cotton wood. The bottom is continually giving way either on one side or the other, and gaining on the opposite side. The cliffs in some places are covered with red cedar, which with the cotton and a few small black ash trees, is the only timber described to be in that country. —From the height, there is not a tree or twig to be seen, as far as the sight can extend, or as they have explored. Out from the river the land goes off perfectly level, with but few exceptions; and their plains covered with grass. They passed the mouths of a number of streams, the most of which had names given by the French. One they have named Floyd's river to perpetuate the name of a young man, of their party, named Charles Floyd, who died much regretted on the 20th August. They represent the Indians to have been friendly, with but a few exceptions. The Soux are the most numerous, are organized in bands bearing different names, move about from place to place, from the banks of the river out to the plains, in pursuit of game and plunder having no fixed place of residence, and in a continual state of warfare.
These were the most troublesome Indians to the party of discovery, as they expressed jealousy, least they would supply their enemies higher up with arms, &c. The higher up they went, the more friendly they found the savages, and the better armed. They have a more regular trade with the North West Company, and the Hudson bay company; which supplies come to them by the way of Lake Winnepeck. The Mandanes cultivate corn, which is of a small kind, from whom the party was supplied during the winter, and their hunters kept them in abundance of meat.
Buffaloes are said to be in great numbers, and of large size. Two description of deer are described; those resembling the common kind of this country being larger, and the tails 18 inches long, and the hair much longer on their bodies; the other kind having a black tail. Elks and goats are numerous. The grouse, prairie hen are in plenty; and before the closing of the river in the fall, water fowls in abundance. Fish scarce, and those principally of the cat kind. Some of the white bear skins had been brought to the fort by visiting Indians from higher up; but the party had seen none of those animals. The Indians keep horses, which are used entirely for the chase, and in war.
From such information as they have received of the country above there, it is about 600 miles to the great falls, which are made by a ledge of mountains, called Rocky Mountain, in which it is presumed the Missouri terminates. At their winter quarters the river is nearly a quarter of a mile wide;
is equally as muddy as at its mouth, and has continued its rapidity with very little alteration, as high as they have gone, but it has become considerably more shallow, so that they will not be able to take their large barge any higher. From what information they have obtained of the course of the upper part of the river, the most are at the northwardly part. From where they wintered to the falls, is nearly a south course. The description given by Mr. M'Kenzie, of the head waters of the river, is accurate.
They have sent on to the president of the United States, an accurate journal, with a map of the country through which they passed.
Six of the party were sent back; the party now consists of 28 men, exclusive of the two officers. They have enjoyed perfect health, not one having been sick, except the unfortunate young man before mentioned, and he was taken off in a few hours with a cramp in his stomach. The greatest friendship has existed with the party; and the men who have returned, speak in the highest terms of the humanity, and uncommon pains and attention of both the captains, Lewis and Clark, towards the whole of them; and that they left them in good spirits, fully convinced that they would winter on the Pacific Ocean.
They were told of six nations of Indians, they would have to pass, before they would arrive at the falls, from only one of which they apprehend any difficulty; they are called the Snake tribe, and reside high up.
Curiosities of different kinds; live beasts, birds, several boxes of minerals, a pair of uncommon ram's horns, from the rocky mountain, scions of a new discovered berry, called the buffalo berry, &c. have been brought on by the returned party, and deposited with the commanding officer at St. Louis, to be sent by him to the president.
We expect in a few days further particulars relative to this interesting voyage.
Alexandria Daily Advertiser.
WEDNESDAY, JULY 10.
Yesterday evening departed this life Mr. James Wilson, Merchant, aged 38 years. His friends and acquaintances are invited to attend his funeral from his own house, this evening at half past five o'clock.
The Brethren of Lodge No. 22, will please meet at their Lodge-Room, this evening, at half past five o'clock, for the purpose of attending the funeral of their deceased Brother James Wilson.
By order of the Master, D. MURCATROYD, Sec'y.
10th July.
Extract of a letter from a merchant in Antigua to another in New York, dated June 17.
"The constant alarm we have been in, first from the Rochefort squadron and since by the Toulon fleet, has put a stop to every kind of business, as we are obliged to send all our books, papers, and valuables into the country. The arrival of admiral Cochrane occasioned the Rochefort squadron to quit these islands; and the arrival of Lord Nelson, with twelve sail of the line has driven away admiral Villeneuve with twenty one sail. Although not attacked we have suffered more than the other islands, as our homeward convoy sailed from hence on the 8th, and were all captured on the 9th by a combined squadron. Lord Nelson arrived on the 12th, and sailed the 13th, in pursuit of them. Notwithstanding the odds, the French fleet is so badly manned, that his lordship will venture to attack them. We suppose our captured ships will be sent to Porto Rico.
The following very judicious remarks are extracted from a letter, received by the editor, six or eight months, since from a worthy friend then in Havana. They were not written for the public, but surely such sound sense, conveyed in an easy, epistolary style cannot fail to please.
(Boston Repertory.)
POLITICS.
"We, who believe that events have received a form and direction immutable by man, though man be the instrument of working them to that particular form and direction, let us not fix a charge of injustice upon the most high, nor that of folly upon ourselves, by complaining of our lot. If we are to go the way of republics, so be it; though I will indulge the hope that we may be an exception. I see little grounds, how-

ever, for such hope. Our salvation, if any, lies in the precipitancy of the conspirators, who in their career preserve no measures of consistency or moderation. It is now confirmed that the Louisiana remonstrance is a subject unworthy of notice, and ought not to be suffered to meet the consideration of congress. I do mention it as a matter of surprise that the people are held in contempt by their favorites; I am only surprised at the early period and flagrant manner in which that contempt is expressed. Part of a republican nation complaining that they are aggrieved and praying to be redressed, are told in plain terms that they are sought not to be heard. And it is in the power of a popular government, that those men who would now deny a hearing to the people are the same who have hitherto affected to maintain the right of a people to question their rulers in all cases whatever. Even language like this will be received without indignation. We have seen that a free people, however spirited, may be flattered out of their senses; that they will ultimately submit to be shackled by their masters before they can be made to believe that they are deceived. We have seen that to have been the course and event of all popular governments that ever existed, ours yet excepted. But we are told, tho' with the color of truth, that ours is unlike all others; we are told too, and made to believe it, that our enlightened minds will certainly discover mischief, which may be plotting. It is upon this vain belief of our discernment that the conspirators calculate to work our ruin. Whether the people of Louisiana have grounds for remonstrance, the people have yet to learn. As the remonstrance, itself is an appeal to our justice & to our passions & carries upon the face of it this certainty—that the people are really aggrieved, or they are really disposed to be easily, if Mr. Jefferson by an oppressive form of government has given them cause of complaint. It is incumbent on him to reconcile an act of oppression with his desire of freedom for the people. If they complain without a cause, he must show that he had not foreseen their character; or why an unruly people was taken into the nation. I cannot but compare what Mr. Jefferson now is, with what he was and might have been. Never will a man ascend to the presidency of the American republic under such auspices, as did Mr. Jefferson. There was already a route marked out and travelled by the great Washington; that route one part of the nation wished him to take as being in their view the most eligible. The other part of the nation (for I do not reckon a few aliens,) would have approved that route as readily as any other, for they required no other evidence of the propriety of his measures but that he had chosen them. That route he did not take. The character of this man is a subject of curious speculation not that he is impelled by uncommon motives, but that he is impelled by no conciliatory motive against the assemblage of all motives. It is in the destiny of this man to tumble without impediments, and blunder in mid day. Whatever he had adopted has been the means of bringing him into open shame. The introduction of new officers to work wonders, has resulted in weakness of public functions and national disgrace; economy ending in waste; a navy declared to be useless is reduced to nothing at a time when it is required in its full force; a revolution approved, patronized, and promised to end in freedom, stops at a point of dreadful tyranny; professions of unity are believed by nations to be but the notes of fear; wherefore we are insulted without ceremony, and our chief magistrate despised with moderation in consideration of incapacity. * * * I have said that whatever measure Mr. Jefferson has adopted, has been the means of bringing him to open shame. Though I cannot in truth, change the terms of the position, I am willing to soften the import of it, by affirming that I do not mean thereby to lay upon Mr. Jefferson any charge of criminality, for it does not by any means appear that his incapacity is not superior to his enemy of the former administration, and very possibly he may have acted on pure motives; but I do mean to affirm, that from the commencement of his administration his measures have been the means of lessening his reputation at home and abroad: that the consideration in which his abilities are now held, compared with that in which they were held, would excite in any man, not bereft of his faculties, a sensation of shame. His re-election proves nothing in relation to the consideration in which his abilities are now held by those who have had a full view of his character. It is evident that his advocates have a deciding influence upon the minds of the people, and that they for some reasons have
thought proper to continue him in the chair, but it does not prove that his abilities are not held in contempt by these advocates. But judging from my own observations, I do not think so meanly of his abilities. His reputation has been much above the level of his genius; it is now something below. Nature designed him for an ingenious inquirer. He reasons very prettily upon physics, and would preside with some dignity over a province of skepticks, provided there was no other province on earth. But the president of a great nation, in the present order of things, ought to possess somewhat of the spirit of a warrior: even to know a little of the theory of war might be expedient. Mr. Jefferson's warmest panegyrists do not pretend he has gone further in that science than the method of retreat. We have as great proof of his magnanimity as a consummate patience of insults can give, and he has left us to judge of his capacity in politics by his resource in blunders.
As to the quality of his heart, much has been said on both sides; all-trying history will inform posterity on that point. If he has acted a double part with the character of Washington, if he paid Callender no more than one hundred dollars to lie without intermission, if he has turned out of office men unexceptionable, and received renegados, to gratify personal revenge, if he has invaded the constitution with malice prepense, if the combined sense of friendship and honor is inferior to his libidinous sense—I shall not scruple to affirm that his name will never be forgotten, and the only act in his power, that can add lustre to his immortality, is to supplicate God, that it may never be remembered."
AMUSEMENT, At the expence of Lord Melville & Co. FROM LONDON PAPERS. PICTURE GALLERY.
Most of the artists have sent in their works for this year's public exhibition, and the hanging committee are busily employed in arranging them according to their respective merits. Having obtained admission to the gallery, we this day present our readers with the first number of a series of our account of the most distinguished pieces.
No. 1. A full length portrait of sir Francis Bacon, lord Verulam, by V. Melville, R. A. and A. S. S. His lordship is drawn seated at his table, counting his money bags, while one of his servants is seen filching the guineas, and trotting off with them to his banker. The outline is bold, but the colouring is coarse, and the light and shade are injudiciously contrasted. There is a palpable error in the costume, which is Caledonian, as is also the cast of his lordship's features.
No. 11. A portrait of Alexander the Great, by Mr. Wellesley, R. A. The hero is not drawn, as we usually find him represented, visiting the camp of Darius, or the temple of Jupiter Ammon, killing Clytus, or feasting and firing a town with Thais. He is mounted on his favorite steed Bucephalus, capering and prancing over the directors of a certain company, who are sprawling under his feet, and crying out for mercy. At first glance, this painting has something the air of St. George and the Dragon; but, upon an attentive view, we recognize, in both the horse and the rider, a great deal of the expression of Don Quixotte and Rosinante. This piece is finely painted, but we think there is too much glare and glitter in the colors. There is also a palpable anachronism in the design; some thousands of years having intervened between the time of Alexander the Great and the establishment of the company in question.
No. 20. Julio , by M. Sproat, Academician. This is a full length portrait of this interesting deaf and dumb youth, from the favorite play of Deaf and Dumb . The person of Julio is liable to the objection made by the critics to the portrait at Drury lane Theatre; it is too stiff and too old. The attitude and expression of the Abbe De L' Epee are bad. He looks more like one of the Commissioners of Naval Enquiry, lamenting that he cannot teach the boy to speak, than the philanthropical Preceptor rejoicing in the success of his art. The expression of Julio is also very defective. His countenance betrays no joy at the triumph of right over injustice, and the restoration of property to the injured owner. Most assuredly it was not the elegant Miss De Camp, but some stiff broker of the Stock Exchange, who sat for this portrait. The piece, however, is not without interest and the drawing is upon a very large scale.
No. 24. A stud, comprising only two horses, the joint production of C. Ponson-
by, and G. Canning, Royal Artists. The two horses are Treasurer and Patriot . Treasurer appears to have been lately tied up to the rack and manger, and, as if just loosened from a long fast, to be greedily devouring his oats. He is kicking, flinging, and biting, to such an excess, that his groom seems afraid to approach his sides with the curry comb. Patriot is a fine blooded horse of great bone and sinew; he views Treasurer with great contempt from an opposite stall.
PUBLIC THEATRICALS.
NATIONAL THEATRE. A new-piece entitled The Tenth Report , is in preparation and will shortly be produced at this Theatre. It was originally intended by the author for a farce, but being lately submitted to the examination of some shrewd critics, they thought the fable and incidents more in the way of Tragedy . The piece has been got up at great expence, and reflects much credit to the liberality of the managers.—The scenery is very grand, but it betrays marks of DIRTY HANDS.
End of the 1st. Act, a Scottish Strathspey to the tune of Money in both pockets , by Viscount M—— and Mr. T——r. The following extract may serve as a specimen of the dialogue.
ACT I.—SCENE II. Enter Mrs. Busy and Mr. Buz. Mrs. Busy—Mercy on me, the Tenth Report, I hear of nothing but the Tenth Report. The invasion and Bonaparte are both laid aside for the Tenth Report.—Surely we cannot have lived so long in the commercial and fashionable world, to be told now for the first time of the Tenth Report. I was last evening at a party in the west end of the town, where I am certain I could not have heard of fewer than five hundred reports. Let me see, Eve intrigued with the serpent; that was the first report; and most assuredly, if Adam had any friends or neighbors, he must have heard more than the tenth report before he left paradise.
Mr. Buz—Pshaw! Mrs. Busy, what are you about? The Tenth Report is a Catamaran. 'Tis a blunderbuss of enormous calibre. It contains a charge of many thousand pounds. A Noble Viscount, who has distinguished himself in the navy department, and was present in the attack upon the Boulogne flotilla, declares he dreads its explosion more than the thunder of all the batteries in France.
Enter Mr. CUNNING. Serjeant Canning—Scandal and Catamarans. The Tenth Report is a libel, it is a bill of Indictment against the honestest man in the country. It contains the most unwarrantable charges. It contains such counts—
Mr. Buz—Aye, and such discounts as will puzzle your arithmetic. Enter M——K SPR——T, a deaf and dumb boy. he beckons the parties away. [Exeunt omnes.]
ERRATUM. In Mr. Lee's Oration, published yesterday, 1st column, 20th line from the top, for content, read contest . 22d line, for emulation, read emulation . 29th line, for breast, read heart . 57th line, for studious to shun the conflict, read studious to shun the fatal conflict . 102d line, for prote an , read PROTEAN . 2d column, 17th line, for price read prize . 3d column, 71st line, for bending read unbending . 100th line, for heroic, read historic . 107th line for their, read our .
SHIP NEWS. Port of Alexandria.
Arrived, brig Harmony , Hall, Boston, Plaster—Lawrason & Fowle. Barque Hazard , Kimble, Salem; Lumber and Beef—James Patton.
AN ACT, Providing a REVENUE for the year 1805, and regulating the mode of COLLECTION.
SECT. 1. BE it enacted , by the Common Council of Alexandria, That the following taxes be levied upon the people and property of the town, to meet the current expences of the present year—that is to say: On all houses and lots at the rate of fifty cents on every hundred dollars of their assessed value; on every four wheeled riding carriage six dollars; on every chair, fulkay, or two wheeled riding carriage three dollars; on every horse one dollar and fifty cents; on every tavern licence twelve dollars; on every male, titheable, two dollars; on every cart and dray three dollars; and on every cow fifty cents. SECT. 2. Be it further enacted , that to meet the local expenditures of the several districts of
the town, the following tax be levied in addition to the foregoing—that is to say: For the southern district, upon all houses and lots within said district at the rate of fifteen cents upon each hundred dollars of the assessed value of the same; and for the northern district, upon all houses and lots within said district, at the rate of ten cents upon each hundred dollars of the assessed value of the same.
SECT. 3. Be it further enacted , That the collector for the corporation be allowed, on all monies collected by him under this law, and paid over to the treasurer a commission of four per cent.
SECT. 4. Be it further enacted , That an act passed the 22d day of June, 1804, entitled "An act for amending an act, entitled an act for raising a revenue," &c. be and the same is hereby repealed.
SECT. 5. And be it further enacted , That the collector do proceed immediately to collect as well the aforesaid taxes as all others yet due and in arrear and coming due, and do distrain for the same if necessary; and that on the fourth Monday in October next, he do render an account to Council, how he has proceeded in such collection, noting what taxes he has not been able to collect, and the impediments that may have prevented such collection.
SECT. 6. And be it further enacted , That the collector shall not hereafter discount with any person whatever, any sum or sums of money due from the corporation, except with such persons to whom such debt or debts may have been originally contracted, and in whole name the order for payment originally issued; but the collector shall proceed to collect, in money, and pay over to the treasurer all taxes due or coming due without making or allowing any reduction or discount for or on account of any offsetment or transference whatsoever of any claim upon the corporation.
Passed in Common Council, the 6th day of July, one thousand eight hundred and five. HENRY ROSE, President. Approved, July 8, 1805. JONAH THOMPSON, Mayor.
POTOMAC COMPANY.
NOTICE is hereby given, that the Annual Meeting of the Stockholders of the Potomac Company, will be held according to law at the Union Tavern in George Town, on Monday the 5th day of August next, on which occasion a full meeting of the proprietors is requested, when the proceedings of the Board of Directors, together with the disbursements of the Treasurer since the last general meeting, will then be laid before them for their consideration.
By order of the Board, Joseph Carleton, Treasurer Potomac Company. George Town, July 9. (10) d5A
For Freight or Charter, To any Port in the United States, or the West-Indies, The fast sailing Schooner DULY ANN, John Jackson, Master, carries about five hundred barrels, in complete order to receive a cargo. Apply to the master on board, at Conway's wharf. July 10. e03t
NOTICE. CONCERT HALL, Boston, May, 1805.
THE Subscriber respectfully informs his Friends and the Public, and those Gentlemen of the Southern States who may visit this part of the Continent during the Summer season, that the House known by the name of Concert Hall , situate in a very central and pleasant part of the town, (corner of Court and Hanover, streets) has been fitted up at a very great expence with the genteel accommodation. Those Gentlemen who may wish for Boarding and Lodging, it is presumed cannot find a more eligible and convenient House, or a more graceful reception than from the present occupant of Concert Hall , whose affability to serve them shall exceed the liberality of their patronage. T. WHITCOMB. 22W3m2.

VALUABLE FAMILY MEDICINES.
Just received direct from the Patentees, and FOR SALE BY JAMES KENNEDY, JUN. DRUGGIST;
The following Valuable Medicines: Dr. Rawson's Anti-Bilious and Stomachal Bitters. PREPARED BY THOMAS H. RAWSON, Member of the Connecticut Medical Society.
THESE Bitters have undoubtedly had the most rapid sale of any Patent Medicine ever before discovered, and are justly appreciated for their singular and uncommon virtues for restoring weak and decayed constitutions, and all that train of complicated complaints so common in the spring and fall seasons, such as intermittant Fevers and Agues, long Autumnal Fevers, Dysenteries, &c. They are also a very pleasant bitter for common use, and where they are known they have taken the place and superseded the use of all other bitters in public houses as well as in private families.—Price 50 cents a box.
Dr. Lee's (Windham) Biliious Pills. THE great sale and increasing demand for these valuable pills for these twelve years past, bespeak their intrinsic worth. They have proved singularly efficacious in Bilious and Yellow fevers, Jaundice, Head Aches, Dysenteries, Biliious Cholic, Costiveness, Female complaints, &c.
The very great demand and high esteem in which these pills are held throughout the United States and the West Indies, has induced many to counterfeit them; the purchaser is requested to observe that the name of Samuel Lee, jun. (the patentee) is affixed to each bill of directions, in his own hand writing, or they will not be genuine. Price 50 cents a box.
Dr. Rawson's Itch Ointment.
A certain and safe application for that disagreeable complaint called the ITCH. Price 42 cents a box.
Dr. Rawson's Anti Biliious Pills, or, Family Phyfic.
The extraordinary celebrity these pills have gained, the universal demand for them and esteem in which they are held by medical men of the first eminence, are sufficient testimonials of their intrinsic worth. In great colds and sudden attacks of disorders, an early use of these pills often produces the happiest effects, and taken once in eight or ten days in cases of indigestion, headaches, diziness, pains in the stomach and bowels, dysenteries, diarrhoeas, dropsies, &c. and a liberal use of my anti biliious bitters in the intermediate time has relieved patients almost to a miracle.—price 25 cents a box.
Thompson's Aromatic Tooth Paste.
For the scurvy in the teeth and gums, and for whitening and preserving the teeth. It likewise takes off all disagreeable smells from the breath, which generally arises from scorbutic gums and bad teeth. This paste is much in use, and highly esteemed by all those who value the preservation of their teeth, it may be applied at all times with the greatest safety. It is neatly put up in
Hinkley's Infallible remedy for the Piles.
Price 50 Cents A Box. Very particular directions accompanying each of these valuable medicines.
He has likewise for Sale,
A general assortment of Drugs, Patent Medicines, Shop furniture and Vials; a few hand some Hall Lamps; Indian Shades; proof vials; Essence of Spruce; Patent Blacking; Madeira and Sherry wine; black bottles in bogheads; Paints ground in oil; and a few barrels Flaxseed Oil, which he will sell on reasonable terms for cash, or to punctual customers on a short credit.
A generous allowance will be made to those who purchase the above Medicines by the dozen.
March 27. 2aw
For LIVERPOOL,
The SHIP WILLIAM, Captain John Bacon;
Two hundred and 64 tons burthen, nearly new. Advances, will be made on consignments per this vessel. The freight will be moderate. Apply to
William Hodgson.
July 2. d
CAUTION.
ALL persons are cautioned against purchasing a HORSE advertised for sale by the Marshal of the District of Columbia, as he is not my property.
DANIEL McCARTY.
July 8. 3t.
PUBLIC SALE.
AGREEABLE to an order of the Worshipful Court of Fairfax county, made at March term, 1805, we the subscribers will offer for sale, on the 3d day of August next, at the house of William Jacobs, in said county, our likely Virginia born slaves for cash; belonging to the estate of John Hampton jun. deceased; for the purpose of making a division amongst the heirs of the deceased.
THOMAS POLLARD, jun. } Com'rs. RICHARD SIMPSON, WILLIAM SAMPSON, June 15. 2awtf
TO RENT,
And immediate possession given, A CONVENIENT and very pleasant situated dwelling house on Fairfax street, accommodated with a large garden. For terms apply to JOHN LLOYD. June 19. d3t costf
GUNPOWDER TEA.
A few boxes of the very best quality just received by Mandeville & Jamesson. May 15. d
Notice is hereby Given,
That in pursuance of an act of Assembly, of the Commonwealth of Virginia, establishing a Town at the Court-house of this County, on the lands of Richard Ratcliffe, by the name of Providence. We the subscribers, trustees therein named, will proceed to sell at PUBLIC AUCTION, on Monday the 19th day of August next, (being the first day of August court) the several LOTS in the said town, as laid out, condemned, and directed to be sold by the said act—A plan of which will be shewn, and the terms made known on the day of sale.
Charles Little, W. Payne, Richard Fitzhugh, Daniel McChichester, Francis Coffer, Richard Bland Lee, John C. Hunter, William Middleton.
Fairfax County the 2d day of July, 1805. (5) e019A.
FOR SALE,
Or to Let, for a Term of Years, or on Ground-Rent for ever, Four valuable Lots, on the south side of King-street, between Fayette and Henry-streets; each lot fronting 20 feet on King-street, and running back 100 feet to a 12 feet alley.—The situation of this property is such (being in one of the most thriving parts of the town) as to make the possession of it very desirable to any person having money to purchase, more especially to dealers in country produce.
Also, for Sale,
A House and Lot, on the south side of King street, near Washington street, and opposite the store of Mr. James Bacon. This situation is equal to any in town for business.
Likewise to Let, for the term of ten years, An half-acre Lot on Duke and Pitt streets, most eligibly situated for a Garden or Clover Lot, for which purpose only it would be rented. As manure has been thrown up in heaps upon it for several years the ground cannot but be as rich as could be wished. For terms apply to Mr. James Bacon, on King, near Washington street, or to the subscriber, at Nutley Hall, opposite to Alexandria.
Thos. L. Washington.
N. B. To Hire by the month,
A very likely active BOY,
About 15 years old, who has from a child been accustomed to wait in the house, provided immediate application is made as above.
May 3. eo
A Servant wanted.
CASH will be given for a Servant who can be recommended for sobriety and carelessness, and who has been accustomed to the management of horses. None else need apply to the Printer.
June 27. eolm
RACING.
WILL be run for, on FRIDAY next, at the Race-Course adjoining Alexandria—at three o'clock, an Elegant Bridle and Martingale —free for any saddle-horse—At four o'clock, a match race will be run for One Hundred Dollars —At two o'clock, on SATURDAY , a Saddle, Bridle, and Martingale —free for any horse that never turned a pole.
John Hodgkins, Keeper of the Course. 3t
July 6. 3t
Notice is hereby given,
To the Stockholders of the Bank of Alexandria,
THAT a dividend of 4 per cent. on the capital stock of said Bank for the half year, ending this day, is declared, and will be ready to be paid to them or their representatives, on Friday next the 5th instant.
By order of the President and Directors, GURDEN CHAPIN, Cashier. July 2. 3w3taw
J. WILLIAM PFALTZ, Clock & Watch-maker,
Opposite JOSEPH RIDDLE and Cos. Fairfax street;
Offers his service to his friends and the public in general, in the above line—having served his time in Switzerland, and afterwards worked in London and Paris, hopes, from shi experience, to be able to render general satisfaction to those who may favor him with their custom. He repairs all kinds of horizontal, repeating and common watches and clocks.
Has also on hand, and offers for Sale,
A handsome assortment of Jewellery, finished in the newest style. June 20. 2aw 3wtf
FOR SALE,
250 Acres of Land, in the district of Columbia, about 5 miles from Alexandria and 2 from George. Town: A large proportion is woodland of a good quality, abounding with good springs and handsome situations. I would lay off this land to accommodate those who may wish to buy from two acre lots to twenty, or sell it altogether. A small part of the purchase money will be required; and for the balance a liberal credit will be given. Any person wishing to buy, may be shewn the land by William Snellum, who resides upon it; and leave their names with Mr. John Gadby, of Alexandria.
Sundry Lots may be had on ground rent, upon Duke-street, adjoining to Mr. Jacob Shuck's. G. CHAPMAN. June 13. 1awtf
To be Rented, for One Year, (By the Subscribers)
A valuable Merchant-Mill, near the Little Falls of Potomac, with three pair French Burr Millstones, and every necessary machine complete for manufacturing flour, to the best advantage, and with as little manual labor as possible. Also,
A Brewery, Granary, Millers' and Brewers', Houses, Coopers Shop, &c. For terms apply to Edmund I. Lee, esq. in Alexandria.
Wm. HERBERT, R. B. LEE, Thos. SWANN, Wm. B. PAGE, Trustees of Philip R. Fendall, deceased. May 7. eodtf.
Union Cheap Bread Manufactory.
Opposite the Market, Adjoining James S. Scott's, Royal street—ALEXANDRIA—
By WILLIAM LOVELL,
Who begs leave to inform the Ladies, Gentlemen, and the Public in general, in this town, that on Wednesday, the first of May, he will commence baking; where they may be supplied with BREAD of the first quality and found baked, on such terms never before offered in this place; as follows:
THE eighteen penny loaf for 20 cents, nine penny loaf for 10 cents, four pence half penny loaf for 5 cents; and, for the convenience of those whose family or circumstances will not admit of LARGE BREAD, he will make the three penny loaf two ounces heavier than the weight fixed by the Clerk of the Market, as directed by the Corporation; so that the labouring man will be served on as good terms as the merchant. The BEST SUPERFINE FLOUR for house keeping at seven cents per pound, or fifteen pounds for a dollar. Those Ladies and Gentlemen who wish to be regularly supplied at their own houses, will be obliging enough to send a line as above, which will be attended to. Great allowance to sellers of Bread. To prevent any misunderstanding the above terms are CASH, unless where stated credits are agreed on, and those are expected to be regularly paid—the profits being small.
N. B. To Taverns, Boarding-houses, and large families, there will be an additional saving of ten per cent. in buying LARGE LOAVES in preference to SMALL. April 30. d
FOR SALE.
The fast sailing Schooner HARRIOT (now lying at Dunlop's Wharf) burthen about four hundred and fifty barrels, two years old, sails remarkably fast, and is well calculated for a packet, has excellent accommodations. For terms apply to William Bell.
On board, or at A. Willy's next, the will on that day at 11 o'clock, be offered at public auction, when the terms of sale will be made known. July 9. d2t
For Norfolk & Richmond,
The Sloop Harriot, Will sail on Friday next. Freight or passage apply to Captain Thomas Edwards, on board, John and Thomas Vowell's wharf. July 9. d2t
For NEW-YORK,
The Schooner Nancy, Capt. NATHAN FELLOWS, Will carry 750 barrels, and with all possible expedition. For freight or passage please apply to Capt. Fellows, or to Daniel McClean. July 9. d
PHILADELPHIA, JULY 1, 1805. Polygraphick Painting.
THIS art, so long kept a secret and exclusively practised by the Polygraphick Society in London, is now in the possession of a Citizen of the United States lately arrived from Europe; who proposes to execute by subscription, two hundred copies from an original Allegorical Painting in the Shakespeare Gallery, New York, by permission of the Proprietor; being
A PORTRAIT OF WASHINGTON,
supported by LIBERTY, VIRTUE, and JUSTICE. VIRTUE is holding the emblem of the reward he merited. In the right of the piece, AMERICA, characterised as an Ab-original, is seated in a pensive posture lamenting her loss. In the left is PAINTING turned to HISTORY, for a subject worthy of her art, who is supposed to answer,
"There is none more worthy than Washington." The whole forming a more emblematical tribute to the memory of that great man, than has yet been offered to the public.
To those who esteem his public services and his private worth, and to the patrons of improvements in the arts, this work is dedicated. Such as are already furnished with different engravings on this subject, it is hoped, will find room for the present undertaking when they consider, that it will be a PAINTING, as the design new, executed by a process, which renders it more durable than oil paintings—that it requires a glass—shut while their prints contain, perhaps a faint resemblance only, this work affords a correct likeness, with the addition of six beautiful allegorical figures. The price also is reduced so as to leave, comparative merits, no object.
Subscriptions, at Eight Dollars each, payable on delivery, (which is little more than the price of an engraving of the same size) are received by Conrad & Co. Bookellers, Philadelphia; Robert Gray, Alexandria; Rapine, Conrad and Co. Capitol-hill City of Washington; and generally by Bookellers throughout the Union; who will please to return their Subscription papers to Conrad and Co. Philadelphia, previous to the first of November next, when the work will be ready for delivery.
Frames will be procured, of any pattern, if required on the most moderate terms.
IT IS ALSO PROPOSED TO EXECUTE PORTRAITS
Of Mr. and Mrs. Washington, On a smaller scale, 15 inches by 12; executed by the same process, and will be ready for delivery at the same time, on subscriptions of Four Dollars and Fifty Cents each, including a Gilt Frame. It is a principal aim of this work, to produce the most correct likenesses of this amiable couple,
One of the Paintings is now to be seen at Mr. Gadsby's Hotel, for a few days, who will receive subscriptions. As this copy is ordered to be sent to Richmond soon, another will be forwarded, if subscribers offer, to Robert Gray's, King street Alexandria, with whom subscribers may also enter their names.
The Artist presumes that the secret art of Polygraphick Painting is known only to himself in the United States; having travelled from the Carolinas to Massachusetts without finding a master of it. By this art, original paintings may be multiplied, so as to render it difficult to point out the difference. The Polygraphick picture, of the two, when compared together, is the most brilliant, and the nature of the process cannot fail rendering it more durable. In fine the whole is so exact and beautiful a copy, that the mind is lost in conjecture as to the method in which it is executed. July 3.
Twenty Dollars Reward.
RAN AWAY, from the subscriber, a Mulatto Man—a slave—named
S A I;
ABOUT 5 feet 10 inches high, 35 years old—who is a good kitchen gardener, and also a good shoemaker—he is fond of liquor, and lips when speaking. The above reward will be paid on apprehending and confining the above named runaway so that his owner may get him again, and reasonable charges if brought to
HARRIET L. MAUND,
Nomony Hall, Westmoreland County; or GEORGE CARTER, Oatlands, near Leesburg, (Vir.) June 27. e012t
PRINTED DAILY, BY S. S N O W D E N.