Alexandria advertiser and commercial intelligencer (Alexandria [Va.]), 1803-06-11 00:00:00

Public Vendue.
On TUESDAY,
At 10 o'clock, will be sold at the Vendue Store,
 Rum in hogheads and barrels.  French Brandy in pipes,  Gin in pipes and bds.  Whiskey and Apple Brandy in bds.  Sugar in hds. tierces and bds.  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, Duffs,  Plains and Kersies,  Negro Cottons, Serges,  Elasticks, blue Friezes,  Calimancoes and Russels,  Yarn Stockings,  Chintzes and Calicoes,  Irish Linens, Silesia do.  Platillas,  Osnaburgs and Ticklenburgs,  Muslins and Muslin Hand'fs,  India Muslins and Table Cloths  Bandanna Handkerchiefs,  Coloured Threads, Hats,  And sundry other Articles. 
P. G. MARSTELLER.
June 4.
Sales by Auction.
On WEDNESDAY,
At 10 o'clock, will be sold at the Vendue Store, the corner of King and Union streets.
 Rum in hds. and barrels,  Whiskey in barrels,  Apple Brandy in barrels,  Gin in casks,  Wine in pipes and quarter casks,  Molasses in hds.  Sugar in hds. and barrels,  White and brown Soap in boxes,  Coffee in casks and bags,  Raisins in kegs and boxes,  Queens Ware, and 
ALSO,
A variety of DRY GOODS.
Among which are—
 Broad Cloths,  Cassimeres,  Kersies,  Coatings,  Halfhicks,  Fearnaught,  Blankets,  Planes,  Negro Cottons,  Worsted and other Stockings,  Irish Linens,  Calicoes,  Threads,  Chintzes,  Bedticks,  Osnaburgs,  Sewing Silks,  Muslin and Muslin Handkerchiefs,  India Cottons, &c. &c. 
THOS. PATTEN, Auctioneer.
June 8.
THE SUBSCRIBER
Respectfully informs his friends and the public in general, that he has lately opened a store in Prince, between Fairfax and Union streets, where he intends keeping a constant supply of
PAPER,
of all kinds. His being the manufacturer, enables him to sell on very low terms, either by wholesale or retail. He likewise has on hand, and intends keeping, a large assortment of
Cut Nails & Brads,
of all sizes. The whole of which he now offers for sale at a very low price, for cash, or a short credit to punctual men.
GEO. W. GIBBONS.
Gentlemen favoring him with their orders shall have immediate attention paid them.
The highest price given for clean Linen and Cotton RAGS.
May 27.
R. GRAY
WILL be in New York during the Literary Fair to be held on the 20th June—orders for Books or other articles in their line of business left at R. & J. Gray's Book Store in King Street previous to the above date will be punctually executed.
May 16.
For Sale,
A TRACT OF LAND
Near the town of Alexandria, adjoining the lands of Charles Alexander and Benjamin Dalany, containing about one hundred and ten acres, being a moiety of a tract called Pearson's tract: Upon this Land are some handsome and commanding prospects of the town and country. It will be sold altogether, or in lots of ten or twenty acres each, as may suit purchasers. The sale will commence upon the land on the thirteenth day of July next. Notes negotiable in the Bank of Alexandria, at sixty days, with good endorers, will be received in payment.
JOHN WEST, LUD. LEE.
June 7
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JOSEPH RIDDLE and Co. HAVE IMPORTED SPRING GOODS,
In the William and John from London. They expect an additional assortment by the ship United States from Liverpool. May 5.
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WILLIAM OXLEY,
Has received per the William and John, from London, and the United States, from Liverpool,
DRY GOODS. Suitable for the season, which are now offered for Sale, at his Store in King-Street, upon terms agreeable to the purchasers. May 11.
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For Sale,
Philadelphia Loaf and Lump Sugar, Three pipes old Lisbon Wine, Pennsylvania and Swedish Bar Iron, One pair Burr Mill Stones, 5 feet diameter, One pair Cologne do. about 5 feet.
And at the Mill,
 Shorts and Bran,  Ship Stuff,  Indian Meal,  Rye Meal,  Oats,  Plaster of Paris by the bushel. 
William Hartshorne.
5th Mo. 20.
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Molasses, Almonds, &c.
Twenty hds. retailing Molasses of a very superior quality, Twenty frails fresh Almonds, A quantity of loaf and lump Sugar in hds. & bds.
Ten tierces fresh Rice, received per brig Celia, from N. York, and for sale by J. and T. VOWELL.
They have on hand,
24 hds. St. Kitts Rum, 2d and 3d proof,
100 bds. Pork,
40 do. brown Sugar,
Muscadel and bloom Raisins,
50 tons Plaister,
A few quarter casks
London particular Madeira Wine. May 25.
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Just Received,
And for Sale at the Subscriber's Store, in Union Street,
A parcel of excellent Jamaica
ORANGES & LIMES,
by the barrel. Whoever wishes to have the worth of their money will please to turn the corner.
ABEL WILLIS.
May 24.
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For NEW-YORK,
The fast sailing Schoo-
ner
FRIENDSHIP,
A regular trader.
John Quandrill, Master.
Will sail in the course of a few days. For Freight or Passage, apply to the master on board at Messrs. Lawrason & Smoot's Wharf, or to PHILIP CARE. Union Street.
Who has for Sale,
A quantity of coarse and fine SALT; Shad and Herrings, in barrels; Rum and Sugar in barrels; Gun Powder, &c. Ginger in kegs, &c. June 10.
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FOR CHARTER,
A fine fast sailing
Philadelphia SHIP,
burthen 3500 barrels.
For terms apply to
Wm. I HALL.
June 3.
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For BOSTON,
(To sail early next week.)
The copper bottom fast sailing
Brig Harmony,
ROBERT B. HALL, master.
For freight or passage, having good accommodations, please apply on board—or to
JOHN G. LADD.
50 Tons Plaister Paris,
10 Hogsheads Molasses
June 3.
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BORDEAUX CLARET.
JUST RECEIVED,
And for sale by the subscribers, corner of Prince and Water streets, a few casks of
CLARET WINE,
at a reduced price,
JOSIAH FAXON, Co. June 9.
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JAMES WILSON
Has received by the ship William and John, capt. Woodhouse, from London,
SPRING GOODS,
which will be opened and for sale immediately at his warehouse.
Also—Brown Stout in casks of 6 doz. each. May 5.
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HARDWARE, &c.
BY the United States, the subscriber has received an extensive assortment.
Also,
A variety of Tools, Looking Glasses, &c. manufactured in this country.
PHILIP WANTON. 5th mo. 9th
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BROADCLOTHS, CASSIMERES and HOSIERY FOR SALE.
A few packages of superfine broadcloths, Cassimeres and Hosiery, received by the ship United States, on terms highly advantageous to the purchasers.
Apply to Wm. HODGSON. May 9.
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We want to purchase, Five thousand bushels of CORN, for which Cash will be given, if delivered at Cameron Mills.
RICKETTS, NEWTON & Co.
Who have received by the ship United States,
Two trunks Cotton Hosiery, and to be sold on low terms by the package or dozen. May 16.
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JUST RECEIVED,
Thirteen Hundred lbs. dry, well cured
Venison Hams,
A few hundred sweet Oranges of an excellent flavor, fresh Lemons, A few bds. new Pork and Herrings, very good.
Also—Seed Potatoes of an excellent quality by the barrel or bushel.
ALSO,
A few barrels of Apples and fresh Prunes.
Thos. Simms.
April 22.
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R. T. HOOE & Co.
HAVE IMPORTED
In the ship United States from Liverpool, 4d, 6d, 8d, 10d, 12d and 20d. Nails,
 A few casks of Iron Castings, assorted,  Cutlery and Hardware in general,  15 casks of Copperas,  34 casks parent Shot,  Fine and coarse Hats in boxes,  70 pieces of twilled Sacking,  70 boxes Window Glass,  170 kegs of white, Venetian red, yellow and red paints. 
May 9.
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SPANISH HIDES.
1200 Spanish Hides, just received and for sale by
J. & J. H. TUCKER.
ALSO,
By the sloop Friendship, from Barbadoes, 10 hds and 40 bds first quality SUGARS; and from New York, 10 boxes fresh Prunes. May 6.
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Shultz's
CIRCULATING LIBRARY, PRINCE STREET, ALEXANDRIA.
THE Proprietor has just received, and added to his former collection,
Two Hundred Volumes,
 among which are the following, viz.  Shakespeare's Works, Anacharsis's Travels,  Mackenzie and Bligh's Voyages, Cambon's Letters,  Piozzi's Synonymy, Elegant Extracts'  Hoyle's Games, &c. &c. 
Novels & Romances.
 Adulteress, Adelaide, Augusta, Algerine Captive,  Affected Indifference, Abbey La Trappe,  Bampfylde Moore Carew, Count Hohenfeldt,  Charles Almain, Castle Rackrent, Clara and Antonio,  Don Quixote, Danish Massacre, Dorinda,  Doubtful Marriage, Double Surprise,  Dusseldorf, Emilia de Varmont, Emily, Excursion,  Edwy and Edilda, Folcard, Fashionable Follies,  Consalvo, Henrietta Mortimer, Independent,  Innocent Liguine, Jacqueline, Kentish Curate,  Louisa, Monk, Maitre Jacques, Monk of the Grotto,  Platonic Marriage, Peggy Black, Peregrine Pickle, Packet, Ralph Vows, Retribution,  Sophia Biddelley, St. Ruthin's Abbey, Secrecy, Sempronia, Tales, Warwick, Young Widow, &c. &c. 
Subscribers are respectfully informed that Books can only be charged once a day. June 2.
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One Cent Reward.
RAN AWAY from the subscriber, about the middle of the month May, an apprentice boy, 18 years of age, named James Simmons.
The above reward will be paid for apprehending him and delivering him to his master.
GEO. COLEMAN,
Master of the Schooner Sparrow. May 30.
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Notice.
I do hereby forwarn any person from taking an assignment on my note of Twenty Pounds, dated the 3d of February, 1803, of Nichola Grimes, as I am determined not to pay it until compelled by law.
JOHN CONNELLY.
June 9.
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SUBSCRIPTIONS
To the PORT FOLIO, a literary Paper published in Philadelphia, are received by the Editor of this Paper. The terms are Five Dollars per annum, payable in advance.
The Public are respectfully informed that, in consequence of the subscriber's declining business, the PATENT MEDICINES, hitherto sold by him, will in future, by appointment of the proprietor, be kept for sale by Mr. James Kennedy, sen. at his store on King street, and at no other place in Alexandria.
SAM. BISHOP.
June 10.
Public Sale.
On Saturday, the 11th instant, at 3 o'clock P. M. will be sold on the premises,
A three story BRICK HOUSE, on Prince street, between Water & Union streets; the stand equal to any in town.
Also, Several LOTS on Cameron between Royal and Pitt streets. Terms will be made known at the place of sale. P. G. MARSTELLER.
June 6.
FOR RENT,
(Possession may be had immediately)
The subscribers' brick Warehouse and dwelling House, situated on Prince Street, with or without the adjoining Warehouses.
Further description is unnecessary. Those who are inclined, can view the premises and know the terms. WM. HODGSON.
June 10.
For Sale,
100 Barrels of Prime Pork, 10 Hds. Molasses, A quantity of coarse Liverpool and
Also, A few packages of superfine Cloths and Cassimeres by the package, or piece, on very low terms, and 6 cases felt Hats. Wm. HODGSON.
June 10.
For Sale,
one hundred and thirty tons of PLAISTER of PARIS. Wm. I. HALL.
Merchants advised,
June 8
For Sale,
A handsome FORTE PIANO. Apply to THOS. PATTEN.
May 24.
To Rent.
A HOUSE on Gibbon street. Possession may be had immediately. Apply to GEORGE N. LYLES.
June 6.
To Rent,
The commodious, three story BUILDING I now occupy. Possession will be given immediately. B. H. HALL, Corner of King and Pitt Streets.
June 9.
For Sale,
NANKEENS
Of the first quality; casks and boxes FRESH RAISINS. BEN. SHREVE, jun.
June 4.
Wanted to Purchase,
A likely NEGRO GIRL from 15 to 20 years of age. For one well recommended a liberal price will be given. Enquire of the Printer.
June 8.
For Hire,
A very valuable HOUSE SERVANT, who can be highly recommended for industry, skill and sobriety. For further information apply to the Printer.
May 30.
Cash given for clean Linen and Cotton Rags.
From the Utica Patriot.
OPPRESSED HUMANITY—(in a snug birth.)
"Shall not fugitives from distress find an asylum, &c."
S O N G.
[TUNE—A cobler there was and he liv'd in a stall.]
I'M a full blooded democrat lately come over, And now my dear honies I'm living in clover, A halter and gibbet, I've left do you see, For a snug little place, in a country that's free, Derry down, down down derry down.
My arrival was honor'd with pointed attention, By many great Nabobs whose names I'll not mention. They cordially took your PAT by the hand, And swore he should live on the fat of the land, Derry down &c.
I heard their palaver, and soon smelt the rat, Said I my dear gent's, I'm a rank democrat; A foe to all government, order and law, And as for my conscience, 'tis not worth a straw, Derry down, &c.
Tom Paine's age of reason they bro't for the Bible, And gave me the book which your Priest's call a libel, A very good book in democracy's lore, And proves to a tittle, the Bible's a bore. Derry down, &c.
So I swore a big oath, to prove true to my trust, For which I believe I shall one day be curst. To write libels and lies is my sole occupation, Damn the friends of good order, and to save the nation. Derry down, &c.
Your democrats here, are indeed wondrous civil, Alien law and such stuff they have blown to the devil; As rich as a nabob, though not worth a groat, A convict can give for a demo his vote. Derry down, &c.
Five thousand a year—'tis excellent wages, For cutting a country, and damning its sages; Indeed my dear honies, whilst democrats reign, We'll fill our pockets, says Paddy DUANE. Derry down, &c.
Once WASHINGTON liv'd 'tis well he's no more, His name was a terror to demos of yore, But blasted his fame—we now merrily sing, Huzza! for our Sage, for our new Peacock king. Derry down, down, derry down.
NEW-JERSEY.
COURTIER.
In yesterday's Courier some cursory observations were made on the letter of DOCTOR BAKER to THOMAS PAINE, with a promise to our readers to canvass that letter a little further. We now proceed to the execution of that promise; and if we know our hearts, with as sincere a disposition, and as determined a resolution as a man can entertain, to adhere to strict impartiality and justice, to give praise where praise is due, with candour, to point out the errors into which the Doctor has fallen, and to censure freely without suffering ourselves to set down aught in malice.
On the face of this letter it should seem that the doctor means to go the right road, but is led astray by that will-o'-the-wisp, party zeal; that he wishes to be a good workman, but unfortunately mistakes his tools; that, to use the words of Major O'FLAHERTY in the play, he intends to fight, but does not know which side he is to be on. That he is a real federal republican, in opinion, and in heart a religious man and a christian, while he advocates, defends, and makes common cause with the enemies, of both; that he abhors that spirit of disorganization, revolution, infidelity and atheism which the masters of France, with the aid of THOMAS PAINE, have evoked from hell for the ruin of the earth, while he ranges on that side in this country, to which the malcontents, traitors and seditious fugitives of the world have flocked, and by which they have been received as brethren, offspring of the same glorious cause—the cause of intemperance and rebellion. In a word that the Doctor is a good man, and, at bottom, attached to the constitution of his country, while he shakes hands with pure democrats—with men who have little less than proclaimed their dislike of that constitution, and defended those who have strained the influence they possess, from the fair use for which it was bestowed if not to destroy that constitution, at least materially to alter it, for the purpose of making that power permanent in themselves; with those who endeavoured to crush it in the shell, and to kill it when it was a chicken, and yet can now condescend to
pick up its eggs and feed upon them; and perhaps (to speak technically to the good Doctor) may at last in a fit of the rabies canina —the morbid voracity of a constitution naturally weak, and stimulated by the acrid gastic juices of ill concocted, unaccustomed repletion, swallow up the whole bird itself, entrails feathers and all.
The Doctor's letter seems to be written from the heart, from the heart in some parts, aiding and reciprocally aided by the understanding; in others, misleading an understanding, which we should suppose not easily misled. Certainly there is an air of sincerity pervades the whole; with all that he has said of TOM PAINE, we must heartily concur, and think that mankind in particular, are largely in his debt for it. And we rejoice to see good men on both sides, joining hands to fling that mischievous man into that obscurity, in which alone he can become innocuous to mankind, or find that last refuge of the wicked, procrastinated repentance.
In times like these, a thousand subordinate errors ought to be overlooked in the person who discloses one inherent master-virtue. To him, who not only by precept, but by open practical example, endeavours to alarm to a sense of their danger a people on the verge of being fatally misguided, to rally them round the standard of Christ, and to rake up the sparks of true religion from the ashes that oppress them, great respect is due: For his noble expressions respecting Mr. PAINE and his principles, therefore, we declare Dr. BAKER has our unfeigned respect, and, we confess it, our gratitude too; and we hope the sentiments which we thus express will not be cheapened in his sight, though we offer a few strictures, with respect indeed, but with freedom also, on the general combination of his letter; and though we say that it astonishes us how a man of such perspicacity as his, could, while there appeared such a correspondence in their conduct, separate the motives of Mr. JEFFERSON from those of Mr. PAINE, so far as to applaud the former, while he justly reprobated the latter.
We are aware that there are many men, good men too, and in other respects, wife, who will ask, what have the religious opinions of any man to do with the people, or the people with them? Let there be no wits admitters or witting deists, and there would be few deists. Let wisdom and piety turn, or rather let it be once considered wisdom and piety to turn with indignant contempt from the presumptuous dogmas (reasonings they are called, God wot!) of proud, petulant atheists, and they would be found to vanish like mist before the sun. With respect to Mr. Paine, we think that the enormous mischiefs, which his political principles have done in Europe, will in some measure, be counterbalanced by the service he has done to christianity. His Age of Reason will in some sort, atone for his Rights of Man; and, as next to the applause of good men, the hatred of the wicked is the greatest praise, so the hostility of Mr. Paine, and of all men like him, (so far as their talents may go) must be of great advantage to the object of it. Public opinion is now doing its office. Sentence is passed upon that offender, and he can do no more mischief, unless to himself, by infusing the venom intended for others into his own vitals, and, like the Tarantula, killing himself to death.
But if there should be a person in the union, possessing the same principles, and possessing at the same time more art to conceal, more discretion to manage, and a more just sense of the danger of propagating them. If that person should be of the description I have already given, of rank, quality, conspicuity and popular favour, to make his hint go as far as the word of another; if without incurring the odium of openly preaching, he privately encourages, patronizes, winks at, or even refrains from censuring those who do; if from circumstances, he can carry more wicked disbelief by an inuendo, than another could by pious conviction, by argument, or proof of holy writ, and with a jest make a breach in the bulwarks of our holy faith, which a conclave of Divines would not afterwards be able to repair with a volume of syllogisms; then we ask, is not such a man more justly an object of suspicion and censure to Doctor BAKER, and men who, like the Doctor, are christians? Is he not in reality and effect more dangerous and noxious to a christian society
not, alas, every day see things of the most evidently absurd, foolish, wicked, and pernicious nature stalking proudly through life; nay, into our very churches, under the sanction of fashion and custom, while the most obvious truths which religion sanctions, and reason recommends, are thrust out of sight to make way for them?
We never, therefore, can be brought to believe, and we overrate Doctor BAKER very much, if, when he has duly considered it he will believe that even the bare act of the mind; the naked opinion of considerable men; though but obscurely disclosed, are unimportant in society. As sure as the child acquires by imitation the manners of the parent in whose bosom it is bred, so sure will the examples of the higher be imitated by the inferior classes of knowledge; it is no slight matter, therefore, what a great man says or does. It cannot be unproductive. Good or evil, in a greater or less degree, it must produce; and it is for this reason chiefly, (there are other reasons besides) why in the selection of principal men, of national or corporate leaders, or of officers of conspicuity, reference should always be had to the private character of the person proposed, and why, before his talents for the service of men, are inquired into, this question should first be asked and resolved: "Does he serve God?"
For fear of being either purposely or otherwise misunderstood, we repeat, that nothing is farther from our minds than the notion that religious opinion ought to be subjected to civil coercion, or the secular arm brought in aid of the management of spiritual concerns. But there is a tribunal of which the world is more afraid, and which seldom fails to accomplish its purposes better than any court of civil law; one paramount in effect to all human tribunals. Vices which could not be feared, have been discountenanced—which could not be made to tremble, have been made to pay the homage of hypocrisy to virtue. The brow of public displeasure is often found more awful than the gaol or the gibbet, and over the guilt of infidelity, would certainly exercise most potent and effective coercion, since nineteen times out of twenty, that vice is rooted in mere weak, shabby vanity, which must soon wither under the blast of the scorn and derision. Let there be no wits admitters or witting deists, and there would be few deists. Let wisdom and piety turn, or rather let it be once considered wisdom and piety to turn with indignant contempt from the presumptuous dogmas (reasonings they are called, God wot!) of proud, petulant atheists, and they would be found to vanish like mist before the sun.
With respect to Mr. Paine, we think that the enormous mischiefs, which his political principles have done in Europe, will in some measure, be counterbalanced by the service he has done to christianity. His Age of Reason will in some sort, atone for his Rights of Man; and, as next to the applause of good men, the hatred of the wicked is the greatest praise, so the hostility of Mr. Paine, and of all men like him, (so far as their talents may go) must be of great advantage to the object of it. Public opinion is now doing its office. Sentence is passed upon that offender, and he can do no more mischief, unless to himself, by infusing the venom intended for others into his own vitals, and, like the Tarantula, killing himself to death.
But if there should be a person in the union, possessing the same principles, and possessing at the same time more art to conceal, more discretion to manage, and a more just sense of the danger of propagating them. If that person should be of the description I have already given, of rank, quality, conspicuity and popular favour, to make his hint go as far as the word of another; if without incurring the odium of openly preaching, he privately encourages, patronizes, winks at, or even refrains from censuring those who do; if from circumstances, he can carry more wicked disbelief by an inuendo, than another could by pious conviction, by argument, or proof of holy writ, and with a jest make a breach in the bulwarks of our holy faith, which a conclave of Divines would not afterwards be able to repair with a volume of syllogisms; then we ask, is not such a man more justly an object of suspicion and censure to Doctor BAKER, and men who, like the Doctor, are christians? Is he not in reality and effect more dangerous and noxious to a christian society

that Mr. THOMAS PATINE ever was, or of course ever can be? And would not our readers think it an extraordinary anomaly, an unaccountable phenomenon in the human mind, if they should find such a man panegyricized by the Doctor, in the very letter in which he discloses principles of religion and sound policy, so truly honourable to his heart and to his understanding.
[To be continued.]
NEW YORK, June 8.
The verbal news from Havre, by the brig Mary, capt. Moulton, arrived here yesterday, is to the 28th of April, and papers to the 27th. The papers, however, are entirely silent on the subject of peace or war. But capt. Moulton informs us, that the most active hostile preparations were still going on; and that the most prevalent opinion at Havre was, that WAR would soon commence. An impress of seamen had taken place, and a number of gun boats were in readiness to defend their sea ports.
A single letter for our Secretary of state was received by the above vessel, which, the Commercial Advertiser says, is from Mr. Monroe.
There is, it is said, a letter by the Mary from Mr. Livingston, our Minister at Paris, as late as the 27th April, in which he gives it as his opinion, that a WAR will speedily take place.
We have been favored by a commercial friend, with a Havre Price Current, of the 28th of April; from which we have made some extracts. A letter from a respectable house at Havre, of the same date, mentions, that "All sorts of East and W. India produce is in great demand, and sells quickly at the prices quoted. Upwards of 15,000 bales short staple cotton have been sold here since September last, and still the demand for this article is great. Pot ashes, fish oil, and every kind of dyewood sells briskly at the prices quoted."
Price Current at Havre, April 28, 1803. (In livres and sous.)
  Pot ashes, Amer. cwt. 43 } demand   Pearl, do. 47   Cocoa, Island, 27 } quick sale   Coffee, St. Dom. 31 1/2 32 1/2   Do. Bourbon, 32   Do. Java, 30 1/2   Cotton, upland Geo. 34 steady   Flour Amer. bbl. 45 dull   Indigo, Guatemala } 14 a 15 steady   Flor.   Nankeens, short piece 6 15   Whale oil, pot 38 } great adv.   Sperm. do. 53   Pepper, heavy black 34 dull   Rice, Carolina, hund. 45 demand   Sugar, white Hav. do. 105 a 120 steady   Do. brown 75 80 do.   Tobac. Virg. hund. 75 85 do.   Bees wax, lb 42 steady   Mahogany, 34 36 do.   Exchange on London, at 60 days 24 6. 
PHILADELPHIA. June 9.
Extract of a letter from a respectable house in Lisbon, dated April 26th, to a Merchant in this city.
"The favorable appearance of our Market for Provisions, at the time we wrote you last, has entirely disappeared. The direct Importations from America had begun to affect our Prices, which would probably have declined something more from this cause alone, but they have been completely brought down by the unexpected Importation of a number of Cargoes, of both Flour and wheat from England, and the arrival of several others from different Ports of Spain, both to the north and south, where the markets are equally, and in some of them more overstocked than ours. We note you our present rates: a favorable change in which can only be expected, should the war, which appears more than likely, actually break out. Even then we do not think the effect upon our prices, would be very sudden, as the stock on hand, particularly Flour, is great, and the prospect of our coming crop tolerably favorable."
Flour offered at 7 dolls. per bbl. but purchasers will not give more than 6.
Wheat, 1 50 per bushel, little demand.
Indian corn, 80 cents do. If the importations are not too abundant, will probably rise a little.
  Pork, 22 to 24 Per bl. small   Beef, 12 15 parcels.   Pipe staves 70 to 75 per 1200, Dull.   Barrel do. 18 20 
Alexandria Advertiser.
SATURDAY, JUNE 11.
On Saturday last Col. John Taylor, of Caroline, was unanimously chosen by the Executive Council of Virginia, to supply the vacancy of a Senator from that state, to the Senate of the United States, occasioned by the death of S. T. Maion.
[Examiner.]
ADDRESS
Of the French Inhabitants of New Orleans, to Laussat, Colonial Prefect, in answer to his proclamation of the 6th Germinal, 11th year.
CITIZEN PREFECT, France has done justice to our opinion, by believing in the unalterable attachment which we have preserved for her. Thirty four years reign of a foreign power have not weakened in our minds the close love of our native land, and now in returning under her flag, our joy is equal to the sorrow we felt when forced to separate from her. Happy the natives of Louisiana who have lived long enough to be witnesses to this reunion, which they have never ceased to desire, and which is the accomplishment of their dearest wishes. In an age so pregnant with astonishing events, no doubt there have happened things of greater magnitude, more imposing, and more memorable; but nothing perhaps offers so interesting, so moving a scene, as that of victorious and triumphant France holding out her protecting arm to children that had been torn from her breast by weakness and prevarication, and offering to share with them the fruits of a glorious peace, which terminated in so brilliant a manner, the most bloody and most terrible of revolutions. You have signalized, citizen prefect, the return of the French government, by a genuine proof of her benevolent views. Your proclamation of the sixth of this month, by which you announce them, has penetrated us with gratitude for her paternal care. The first favours of the republic are felt, the happy choice of the chief which she places at our head, the honorable reputation of whom has already reached us; the chosen troops which she sends to guard our homes, are certain presages of the happiness and prosperity she is preparing for us. We offer to her in return our submission, our obedience, and our love; and we swear to prove ourselves deserving her name. She would probably place less value on the homage of our fidelity, if she saw us leave, without any symptoms of sorrow, the sovereign who has loaded us with favours, during the time he has reigned over us.
That culpable indifference does not exist in our hearts; the regret of losing him occupies a place with the joy of returning to our native country; and it is by retaining an eternal remembrance of his goodness, that we mean to show ourselves worthy of the favours and attachment of the French Republic.
New Orleans, the — Germinal, 11th year.
(Signed by a number of the principal inhabitants.)
AN ADDRESS
From a number of Federal Gentlemen, of the District of Salisbury, to
ARCHIBALD HENDERSON Esq.
To the Hon ARCHIBALD HENDERSON, late Representative of the district composed of the counties of Rowan, Iredell, Mecklenburg, Cabarrus and Montgomery, in the Congress of the United States—
To a patriot, the most grateful reward is the approbation of his constituents; we think it our duty as your constituents, thus to reward you. Your virtuous and dignified exertions for the respectability and happiness of our country, and for the support of its inestimable constitution, make that duty agreeable to us, while it is but justice to you.
We therefore, in the plain undisguised language of freemen, declare that your conduct during the four years which you have devoted to our service in the supreme legislature, commands our unlimited approbation: and for ourselves and our common country, we sincerely lament that the more immediate forcible private obligations to your family, should deprive us and it of the future benefit of your talents and virtues at this eventful period—we congratulate you on the confidence which those virtues and talents have established in the minds of the wise and the good—
and cordially with you that uninterrupted peace and happiness in your retirement, which dignified virtue merits.
THE ANSWER.
With you, gentlemen, I think that the most grateful reward which can be offered to a representative, is the approbation of his constituents. It is not necessary to add, that I receive this testimonial of your approbation of my political conduct, with the most heartfelt pleasure.
The four years which I have had the honor to serve you in the supreme councils of the nation, will form a memorable epoch in the history of American affairs.
During this period, the administration of the government passed from those, who by their efforts, and their struggles, their care and energy, their wisdom and their perseverance, gave character and credit to the nation at home and abroad, into the hands of those who were not unfriendly to our constitution, but had carried on unceasing hostility to all the great measures adopted and pursued by their predecessors in power. I am free to declare that in my opinion the policy which now directs the government will eventuate neither in its interest, honor or dignity. Impressed with this belief, I have thought it my duty to oppose it, and cannot but feel myself happy in meeting your concurrence.
Nothing which has been done by the present rulers, excited so much alarm as the act to repeal the judicial establishment. It was not believed that a majority of congress, whether from design or error, would have lent their aid to a palpable violation of the national compact in that article which of all others is the most essential to the efficiency and stability of government, to the security of property, to the safety and liberty of persons. When it was found that this breach was seriously contemplated, the federalists thought it their duty to make a stand to save the constitution, the victory of the majority was complete, and they have triumphed over the liberty of the people; for I seriously believe, that, if the construction is to prevail, there is no political liberty in the U. States.
I pray you, gentlemen, to accept my sincere acknowledgements, for this your friendly attention, and be assured I reciprocate your wishes for peace and happiness.
A. HENDERSON.
Salisbury May 20, 1803.
While war is expected in Europe, the friends of mankind are enquiring into the means of preserving life with the greatest comfort, and in the full length of it.— "Sir John Sinclair," says the excellent Medical Repository, of New York, "in his Essay on Longevity, wishes the following questions to have an extensive circulation, and invites all persons, as far as their experience and observation will admit, to answer them with minuteness and accuracy:
 1. What is the effect of the climate in which you reside, on the health and longevity of the human race?  2. What form is reckoned most conducive to health and longevity?  3. Is it found, that being descended from young and from healthy parents, is essential for good health and old age?  4. Is it found, that health and old age depend much on the disposition or temper of the individual?  5. Is there any perceptible difference in consequence of situation in life?  6. What professions are reckoned favorable to longevity, or otherwise?  7. Are exercise and moderate labour found necessary for preserving health and long life?  8. Have the long lived, in general, been in the married state?  9. Has the greatest proportion of the long lived consisted of males or females?  10. Have there been any instances of persons renewing their age, getting new teeth, new hair, &c.  11. What are the other circumstances tending to promote long life?  12. What is the effect of diet on health and longevity?  13. What are the effects of cloathing?  14. What the effect of habitation, and difference of living in town or country?  15. What are the effects of habits and customs, in regard to early rising, bathing, regular meals, regular sleep; and, in particular, what are those minute circumstances on which it is supposed that health and longevity principally depend?  16. What are the rules regarding medi- 
cine which are accounted the most useful and salutary?
17. What are the most remarkable instances of longevity, and how are they authenticated?
18. What are the rules adopted by those who have attained great age?
19. Have any tables of longevity been drawn up in your neighbourhood, and do they agree, &c.
20. Do any additional observations or particulars occur to you on the subject of health and longevity?"
These are not questions of mere curiosity. The love of life will determine every man, at some time of his life, to make some observations on them all. It will not then be less important to answer these questions, when proposed by a great man, than to one's self in the enquiry after happiness. Nor is a large portion of this useful knowledge difficult to obtain. If many, when asked to report for future records, may seem to disown any knowledge of this kind, yet in familiar life and conversation, no man is willing to be thought an entire stranger to these questions or their answers. To record these opinions and facts, will render them more sure for our own use, and of more certain benefit to mankind.
[Salem Register.]
Cure for the bite of a mad dog, or sting of any poisonous serpent.
Cover the wound with fresh earth or snuff to imbibe the saliva of the animal, and then wash it with water; at the same time warm half a pound of butter in four times as much vinegar, and when the wound is cleansed, apply a compress, of linnen steeped, in the above mixture, and moisten it very often for nine days, after which you may remove the compress, and cure the wound in the usual way. During the time the vinegar is used externally, it must be used internally, by taking it in doses of an ounce and a half wormed with a little fresh butter four times each day. The patient's common drink must be water for at least 15 days, or water with vinegar or juice of citron. He must abstain from the use of ardent spirits or exercise to prevent irritability.
For BOSTON,
The SCHOONER PRESIDENT, William V. Lynch, Master's To sail in all next week. For Freight or Passage apply to the master on board, at Merchants' wharf, or to HENRY K. MAY & Co. Who have landing and for sale, from said Schooner, 130 tons Plaister of Paris. June 11. d
Pasturage.
THE subscriber has about 15 acres of Land, adjoining Hunting Creek, under good enclosure, with a water fence, where HORSES and CATTLE will be taken on pasturage.
ALEX. HENDERSON.
June 11. eo
Removal.
THE subscriber has removed from King street, to the Brick House in Prince street, between Washington and St. Asaph streets, lately occupied by Mr. Mills.
James Gillies.
June 11. eo3t
Five Dollars Reward.
RAN AWAY from the subscriber on Tuesday the 31st of May last, a negro man named
JAMES;
he is about five feet one or two inches high, dark complexion, his fore teeth out above and below—had on and took with him a pair of white linen overalls, a white shirt and waistcoat, an old felt hat, and new great coat of dark grey cloth, his other clothing is not recollected, and it is probable, he may change what he took with him. I will give the above reward to any person that will apprehend said negro, and secure him in any jail so that I get him again, or will pay reasonable expenses if brought home, besides what the law allows.
DANIEL JOHN.
Menasses Gap, Fauquier county, June 11. dzjt
Printing in all its variety executed at this office with neatness and dispatch.

Cucker's Blackstone.
GENTLEMEN, in any part of Virginia who have subscription papers in their hands, are earnestly requested to send them immediately by post to the publishers in Philadelphia—the work is in great forwardness, and will it is presumed, be ready for delivery early in the fall; before which time it will be the interest of those who intend to subscribe to leave their names with the publishers.
Since the prospectus was first issued Judge Cucker has made a selection of the most applicable of Mr. Christian's Notes, which will be printed under their proper references.
May 13. eoim
THE SUBSCRIBERS HAVE COMMENCED
The BOOT and SHOE MAKING BUSINESS, In Prince Street, a few doors West of the Post Office,
Where they intend carrying it on in its various branches. Those who may please to favor them with their custom may rely upon their paying strict attention to have their work faithfully and neatly executed.
MOSES & JACOB JANNEY.
Two or three Lads will be taken as Apprentices.
June 7. eo
Brush Manufactory,
In King Street, next door to Mr. Peter Wife's.
THE subscribers respectfully inform the public, that they have on hand a general assortment of
BRUSHES,
which they warrant to be equal to any manufactured in America, or imported, and which they are determined to sell as low as they can be bought in Philadelphia, Baltimore, or elsewhere. Town or country merchants may be supplied with large or small quantities as may best suit them. Orders from the adjacent towns, for articles in their line, will be thankfully received, and attended to with punctuality and dispatch.
Findlay & Shakes.
N. B. They have Cowskin Whips by the gross or dozen, Currycombs. Likewise one cask of SADLERY, well assorted, which they will sell much lower than it can be bought elsewhere in Alexandria.
June 1. eo
JUST PUBLISHED, By COTTON & STEWART, AND FOR SALE
At their Bookstore, and the Bookstore of J. V. Thomas, (PRICE ONE DOLLAR,)
LETTERS
FROM HIS EXCELLENCY Gen. GEO. WASHINGTON, TO Sir ARTHUR YOUNG, AND Sir J. SINCLAIR, Bart.
ON AGRICULTURE,
AND OTHER INTERESTING TOPICS. Few works have been published in America, that claim the agriculturist's attention more than this. Added to his own experiments, opinions and calculations, it contains those of the most eminent farmers in the middle states; collected from them by himself, and transmitted to the British Board of Agriculture of which he was an honorary member.
April 25. d
Notice.
ALL persons having claims on the estate of the late Mrs. Martha Washington, are requested to exhibit their accounts properly proved; and those persons indebted to the said estate are desired to make immediate payment.
THOMAS PETER,
Acting Executor.
March 3. z2w
A Warehouse to Let.
I will rent my Warehouse, situate on King Street, adjoining the mansion house in which I live, opposite Mr. J. Kincaid's. Possession may be had immediately. It is very convenient for a Grocery store, or a Flour Merchant. For terms apply to
P. MARSTELLER.
June 2. eo
ADAM LYNN, Jeweller, OPPOSITE MR. MOTT'S TAVERN, KING STREET, HAS JUST RECEIVED
A few elegant japanned TEA & COFFEE URNS. Also, Tea Trays in sets; Tea Caddies; Bread Trays; Knife Trays; Snuffers and Trays; Knives and Forks; Pensives; Scissors; Gold Lockets; Breast Pins; Rings; Ear Rings; Pearl Bracelets; Necklaces and Neck Chains of the newest patterns; gilt, plated and steel mounted Swords; silver and gold Epau lets; Dirks; Horseman's Caps; Holsters and Sword Belts of a superior quality, with a variety of
Plated and Fancy Goods. AND A HANDSOME ASSORTMENT OF Gold & Silver Watches, the whole of which will be sold very low.
Wanted,
A Journeyman Silvermith who understands the business well, to whom constant employment will be given; or if it could be made to suit, would be taken as a partner in the gold and silversmith business. May 28. eo
The whole of the property of John Fitzgerald, advertised for sale on the 21st ult. could not on that or the succeeding day be set up, owing to previous engagements of the Vendue Master; it was then concluded as most eligible to postpone the sale of the residue until the 19th day of May, (inst.) There remain the Distillery, the piece of ground upon Wolfe and St. Asaph streets, and the tract of Land in the vicinity of the town, which will on that day be exposed to sale on the terms formerly advertised.
THOS. A. DIGGES, } Acting JAMES KEITH, } Executors. May 2, eo
One of the Executors being obliged to attend the General Court in Annapolis, on the day appointed for the sale, a further postponement becomes necessary. Thursday the 23d day of June is appointed when the sale will certainly take place. May 16.
WAS LOST,
On the road between Round Hill and Col. Charles Little's, on the night of this present inst. a small BUNDLE of PAPERS, amongst which was a Tobacco Note on Colchester Warehouse, marked and numbered as follows: viz. COL. No. 16, 1103, 103, 1000, issued in the subscriber's name, and signed Coulter and Bayley. Also, one Bond from Henson Williams and Thomas Davis for fifteen pounds due me last Christmas, and one note from David Davis to me, due at the same time for fifteen dollars, with sundry other papers of no value to any other person but myself, together with an Eagle in gold. Whoever has found the same, and will deliver them to me, near Colchester, shall be welcome to the cash above-mentioned.
WILLIAM TRIPLETT. May 26. 3w
Just Received AND FOR SALE BY ROBERT & JNO. GRAY, King Street, BROAD GRINS:
Comprising with new additional Tales in verse, those formerly published under the title of "My Night Gown and Slippers." By GEORGE COLMAN, the younger Author of the "Poor Gentleman," &c. Also, a new edition of THE FARMER'S BOY, By ROBERT BLOOMFIELD. Price 75 Cents each. May 23. d
Just Published,
By Robert & John Gray, And for sale at their Book & Stationary Store in King Street,
THEODORE CYPHON:
OR,
THE BENEVOLENT JEW.
A Novel, in 2 vols. By GEORGE WALKER, Author of the Vagabond, Three Spaniards, &c. &c.
Price One Dollar and Seventy-Five Cents Handsomely bound & lettered.
Also,
The Story of Tom Snell.
Price 20 cents.
April 21. d
Just Published,
And for Sale at this office—price 50 cents,
A TREATISE
On Practical Farming: Embracing particularly the following subjects, viz.
The use of Plaister of Paris, with Directions for using it; and general Observations on the use of other Manures.
On deep Ploughing; thick Sowing of Grain; method of preventing Fruit Trees from Decaying, and Farming in General.
By John A. Binns, Of Loudoun County, Virginia, Farmer. May 31. z2w
JUST PUBLISHED,
And for sale by ROBERT & JOHN GRAY, King Street,
A NEW EDITION OF ENFIELD'S SPEAKER
OR,
MISCELLANEOUS PIECES,
Selected from the best English writers, and disposed under proper heads, with a view to facilitate the improvement of youth in reading and speaking. To which is prefixed an essay on
ELOCUTION,
Price 87 1/2 cts. handsomely bound and lettered. May 14. d
JUST RECEIVED,
And for Sale at this Office, price 37 1/2 cents,
A Pamphlet, entitled, THE CONDUCT
OF
Merriwether Jones,
In a series of Letters addressed to the Public. By James T. Callender. May 6. d
JUST RECEIVED
And for Sale, By Robert & John Gray, King Street,
A LETTER,
To JOSEPH PRIESTLY, L. L. D. F. R. S. &c. &c.
In Answer to his Performance, entitled,
Socrates and Jesus Compared.
By John Blair Linn, A. M. Price 62 1/2 Cents.
ALSO,
Just received and ready to be delivered to subscribers, the 11th vol. of THE DOMESTIC ENCYCLOPEDIA. May 10. d
VALUABLE PROPERTY,
For Sale or Rent.
THE three story BRICK HOUSE on the corner of King and Columbus streets.
THOMAS PATTEN. Dec. 29. eo
Thirty Dollars Reward.
STOLEN from the subscriber, in the City of Washington, on Monday evening last, the 21st inst. a handsome, well made, dark sorrel Mare, with a saddle and bridle: The mare is about 14 1/2 hands high, about 6 years old, has a small white spot behind the right ear under the bridle, some white upon one of her hind legs. A man (with evident signs of guilt) crossed George Town Ferry and rode off post haste, and was traced near Colchester the same evening.
The above reward will be given on delivery of the mare and thief, or Fifteen Dollars for the mare.
EBENEZER NESMITH,
near the Navy Yard.
City of Washington, March 25. eo
THE SUBSCRIBER
Has for sale at his store, opposite Dean and Gardner's, Union Street,
The following Articles:
RUM of different kinds, Holland Gin, French Brandy, Whiskey and Wines, Loaf and brown Sugar, Best green Coffee, Chocolate, Hyson and Young Hyson Teas, Tammarins, fresh Rice, Muscadel Raisins by the box, Fresh Figs, China Oranges, Lemons and Limes, Rhode Island Cheese, Mens' Shoes of an excellent quality, Salmon in kegs, Fine Rhode Island Potatoes, Cavendish's Tobacco, Best Havannah Segars, Shad and Herrings by the bl. Good firkin Butter, Soap and Candles, and a general assortment GLASS and CROCKERY WARE. Just received one hhd.
FRESH LEMON JUICE,
which he offers for sale on very moderate terms, by the gallon or smaller quantity, ABEL WILLIS. May 19. d
Ricketts, Newton and Co.
Have for Sale,
50 boxes Segars, 2 bales Muslins, 6 pipes old Madera Wine, 5 tress's Threads, 100 pieces Bandanoes, 10 bales Cotton, 1 trunk low pric'd Callicoos, 2 butts French Brandy, 50 boxes Soap and Candles, 4 boxes Wool and Cotton Cards, 50 kegs Tobacco (James river) 20 bls. Beef and Pork, 10 hds. Sugar, 10 tons Swedish Iron, 20 boxes Chocolate, 100 reams Wrapping Paper, 100 do. Writing do. French and Nova Scotia Plaister, Lisbon and Turk's Island Salt. A large quantity of Bran to be sold very cheap, if taken away soon.
They are giving Cash for Wheat, Flour, Corn, Rye and Tobacco, April 2. d
John Gardner Ladd
HAS FOR SALE,
At his Warehouse, Prince Street Wharf
Loaf and brown Sugars, West India and N. England Rum, Coffee, Chocolate, fresh Teas, New Rice, white and brown Soap, Spermaceti and tallow Candles, Seal Leather, Beef and Pork, Lamp and Tanners' Oil, French Brandy and Holland Gin, Few boxes excellent Claret, Bar Iron, stone Lime, New Herrings and Shad, A few bls. good Vinegar, Cables and Cordage of all sizes, Russia and ravens Duck, India Cottons, Nankeens, Bandanna Handkerchiefs, Irish Linens, German do. Pepper, Cinnamon, Nutmegs, Ginger, Allom, Copperas, Brimstone, Cotton, Wool and Playing Cards, Wrought and cut Nails, A few boxes Olives, Capers and Sweet Oil, Writing Paper, Mens' fine and coarse Hats, &c. June 2. d
Jonah Thompson and Son, HAVE IMPORTED
In the ships William & John from London, and United States from Liverpool; Superfine Cloths and Cassimeres, Cambric, jacquet and book Muslins, silk Shawls, cotton Hosiery, Jeannets, Fustians, striped and clouded Nankeens, Corduroys, Velvets and Thicksets, Dimities, fancy Marceilles, Waistcoating, Sewing Silks, Twist and Thread, &c. &c. They are in daily expectation of their assortment of Hardware. May 0. d
For Sale,
At my warehouse on Prince Street, 20 hds. Molasses, 100 bls. Pork—just received. Wm. HODGSON. May 14. d
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