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Alexandria Daily Advertiser.
Vol. IV.]
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 22, 1804.
[No. 1068.
Public Sale.
On FRIDAY next,
At 10 o'clock, will be sold at the Venue Store,
RUM
 In hds. and bls. French Brandy in pipes,  Gin in pipes and bls.  Whisky and Apple Brandy in bls.  Sugar in hds. tierces and bls.  Chocolate  White and brown Soap and } in boxes,  Mould and dip Candles  Raffias in kegs, boxes and jars,  Flgs in kegs and frails,  Queen's Ware in crates, 
HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE,
&c. Also,
A Variety of DRY GOODS,
 among which are  Cloths, Coatings, Kersemeres,  D. M. Plans, Kerseys, Negro Cottons,  Serges, Blankets, blue Friezes,  Calmances, Ruffles, Yarn Stockings,  Chints and Calicoes,  India Linens, Silesia do.  Coburgs and Ticklenburgs,  Mouselin de laine, Hanke chiefs,  India Muslins and Table Cloths,  Bandanna Handkerchiefs,  Coloured Threads, Hats, and sundry other articles. 
Philip G. Marseller.
August 17.
350 bls. HERRINGS.
For Sale by the Subscribers—350 bls. well cured Herrings; a quantity of second hand Rigging, four new sails for a Brig; a quantity of Blocks and three Anchors.
 30 tierces of Rice,  50 bales Cotton,  1200 lbs. Indigo.  BILLS on Philadelphia and New York.  Ricketts, Newton and Co. 
July 26.
Wanted to Hire,
A servant Woman: For one well acquainted with Cooking, Washing and House Work generally, liberal wages will be given.
Apply to the Printer.
July 16.
Twenty Five Dollars Reward.
RAN AWAY from the subscriber's farm, in the county of Alexandria, district of Columbia, a Mulatto man called NATT COOK, about 6 feet high, between 35 and 40 years of age, long hair which he wears tied, a lock of white hair on the front of his head, a little to the left, a cooper by trade; he has several scars on his arms and wrists, a scar on his back occasioned by a scald, and several marks from a whip; he is very fond of drink and gambling; he took with him a variety of clothes and some cooper's tools. He crossed the Potomac at Georgetown a few days since, and will probably make for Baltimore, as he has been very anxious for some time past to go to sea. I will give the above reward for securing said fellow in any jail, so that I get him again, or thirty dollars, with reasonable charges if brought home. All masters of vessels and others are forewarned harbouring, employing or carrying off said fellow at their peril.
C. F. Whiting.
July 11.
JUST PUBLISHED.
By ROBERT and JOHN GRAY,
King Street,
AN ELEGANT EDITION OF
THE HOLY BIBLE.
In four handsome Octavo Volumes—Price, well bound, Ten Dollars.
This edition is now offered to the public as a specimen of American paper and printing, which will not suffer by a comparison with any book printed in this country.
A GOLD MEDAL was given to Robert Carr, the Printer of this Bible, by the American Company of Booksellers, as the best specimen of Printing exhibited at their annual meeting, at New York last June.
July 31.
JUST RECEIVED,
And for Sale by Rob. and John Gray,
MEMOIRS
OF
The LIFE of Dr. DARWIN.
By Anna Seward.
Price in Boards, 1 dol. 75 cts.
Bound in Sheep, 2 — 00
Calf, gilt, 2 — 50
July 29.
JAMES BACON,
AT HIS GROCERY STORE,
King near Washington Street, Has just received from Philadelphia, New-York &c. an extensive selection of GROCERIES consisting of
 Gunpowder,  Imperial,  Hyson,  Young Hyson,  Hyson Skin,  Peko, Padra,  Pouchong and Com'n Souchong 
TEAS
Of the latest Importation and particularly chosen.
Green coffee of superior quality, Loaf, Lump and Mucovado Sugar, W India and Sugar House Molasses,
 Choice old Madeira,  Particular Teneriffe,  Sherry,  Brussels,  Lisbon,  Malaga and Port 
WINES.
Claret in small cases, Cogniac and Barcelona Brandy, Old Jamaica Spirits, Antigua, St. Croix, and St. Kitts
RUM.
Best Holland Gin, White Wine and Cyder Vinegar, Best Salad Oil, Salt Pece, Allum, Madder, Copers & Brimstone.
 Nutmegs, Cloves and Cassia,  MCayenne and black Pepper,  Alpice, race and ground Ginger,  Fig Blue and Poland Starch,  Dixon's Mustard,  Leiper's and Hamilton's Snuff,  Best Chewing Tobacco,  Spanish Segars,  Pearl Barley and Rice,  Shot assorted,  F and F F Gunpowder,  Single and double Battle do. in papers and canisters,  Gun and Pistols Flints,  White and brown Soap,  Mould and dip Candles, &c. &c. 
As he has in a great measure laid himself out for the supplying of private families, and in consequence thereof taken every pain, possible in the selection of his goods, he flatters himself from their superior quality, and the low prices at which he will dispose of them, to be able to give satisfaction to those who will please to favor him with their custom.
June 11.
BENJAMIN SHREVE, Jun.
HAS FOR SALE At the corner of Prince and Union Streets, (JUST RECEIVED)
 2,800 pieces NANKEENS,  165 do. Bandanno Handkerchiefs,  2 bales Sannabs,  2 do. Baftas,  1 do. Emerys,  1 do. blue Gurrabs,  1 do. India Chintz,  2 sacks Sago  1 bag Hops,  94 Birch Floor Mats,  3 cases and one cask Women's Morocco and Leather Shoes, 
ALSO ON HAND,
Fifteen bales of India Cottons,
 Consisting of  5 bales Baftas,  5 do. Emerys,  4 do. Sannabs,  1 do. Cassans,  50 pieces Black Satin,  2 sets Tea China,  Men's coarse, and women's Morocco and leather shoes,  Leiper's Snuff in half bds. and kegs,  1 case Mariner's Compasses,  10 coils Cordage, assorted,  24 bags Pepper,  40 bds. Beef No. 1. and 
A large quantity of red Soap Leather.
June 4.
To be Rented,
THE HOUSE formerly occupied by the subscriber on Wolfe Street, having every convenience for a genteel family, with a large productive garden; the situation healthy and the house remarkably cool in the summer season. For particulars apply to
John C. Vowell.
June 23.
CASH given for clean Linen and Cotton Rags.
ROBERT B. JAMESSON,
Offers for Sale,
30,000 lbs. GREEN COFFEE,
 8,000 do. Cocoa,  20 hds. Mucovado Sugar,  20 bags of Cotton,  20 punch's fine flavor'd St. Croix Rum,  20 hds. Molasses,  10 pipes Holland Gin,  30 qr. chests of fresh Teas assorted,  10 pipes London P. Madeira  8 do. old Port  4 do. P. Teneriffe  15 qr. casks Sherry. and  4 pipes Brussels  3 hds. green Copperas,  4 hds. Roll Brimstone,  2 hds. Madder,  2 bds. Allum, and  120 boxes Spanish Segars of different qualities, with most other articles in the Grocery Line. 
May 29.
THE SUBSCRIBER
Intending to leave this place early next fall, offers for sale, on the most reasonable terms, his STOCK on HAND, consisting of a handsome selection of
DRY GOODS
adapted to the present season. All persons having claims against him are requested to present them for settlement, and those indebted to him will be pleased to make payment.
John Horsburgh.
June 12.
FRESH FRUIT
Of a superior quality.
JOHN A. BURFORD,
(Late Joseph Dyson's store, Prince street.)
Has this day received, per the brig
 Neptune, from Lisbon,  LEMONS by the box or smaller quantity,  800 lbs. soft shell'd Almonds,  500 lbs. English Walnuts,  10 boxes of preserved Prunes,  And some Sweet Meats, 
All which are in excellent order, and the best ever brought to this port. Just received, per the brig Joanna, from Newburyport, a few tierces of quality S/FED POTATOES.
July 5.
FRUIT, GROCERIES, &c.
FOR SALE, At the subscriber's Store on Union Street, Forty boxes
LISBON LEMONS,
equal to any ever at this market—West India and New England Rum by the hhd. or barrel; French Brandy in pipes; Sugar in bds. nice Spanish Segars by the box; Salad Oil by the box or bottle; good English Cheese; Olive, for shell'd Almonds by the bale; English Walnuts, Raisins by the box, Prunes, Figs, fresh Limes, Nice Smithfield Bacon Hams, of a small size, &c.
Abel Willis.
July 5.
A Tan Yard for Sale,
Is a good situation in the country, to purchase, Hides or dispose of leather. Enquire of the Printer.
July 16.
FOR SALE.
Twenty-nine kegs of prime Richmond Manufactured Tobacco.
Apply to Wm. OXLEY.
June 18.
PROPOSALS,
For Printing by subscription a comprehensive description of
The Harbour of St. John's,
IN
The Island of Newfoundland.
With the occupation and amusements of the inhabitants; the government and trade of that important British island; concluding with sundry observations in relation to
The Court of Vice Admiralty
Established there—well worthy the attention of those merchants who are shippers to foreign markets.
By a person who resided there three months of the last Winter.
TERMS—The work shall be printed on fine paper, and on delivery, subscribers to pay Four Shillings.
Subscriptions received at this Office.
July 12.
For Freight or Charter,
To EUROPE or the WEST INDIES,
The fine, fast sailing
Brig RACHEL,
JOHN GUTHRIE, Master:
Burthen 1200 bds. in complete order for sea.
Apply to
M'Clean and Winterberry.
Aug. 21.
For Freight or Charter,
To the WEST INDIES,
The Schooner
SPARROW,
GEORGE COLEMAN, Master:
Burthen from 7 to 800 bds. Apply to the master
on board, or to
Marseller and Young.
Aug. 21.
For CHARTER,
The fine, new American
Ship ORB,
Captain FARLEY,
About 450 hogheads burthen.
Now lying in Baltimore—will take a cargo to
any port in Europe, and can proceed immediate-
ly. For terms apply to
William Hodgson.
Aug.
For Freight or Charter to Europe,
The SHIP
WILLIAM and JOHN,
T. Woodhouse, Master:
Expected daily from Jamaica—carries 350 hds.
Tobacco. Apply to
James Wilson.
Aug. 12.
For Freight or Charter,
The Sloop Columbia,
burthen about 500 bds.
Thos. R. Gardner, Master:
Apply to
J. G. LADD.
[Who has for Sale, received per the Sloop,
Fifteen punch ons
High flavoured Jamaica Spirits.
July 16.
The Ship United States,
arrived at Liverpool on the 7th June,
having a passage of 27 days from the
Capes, and was preparing for the re-
ception of FALL GOODS for Alexandria and
George Town. We expect her early in Septem-
ber and will provide a return cargo for Liver-
pool; but if this cannot be accomplished, we
will take FREIGHT for Cowes and a market,
or direct to a port in Holland. We request an
early application in order that we may give her
dispatch as a regular trader.
We want to purchase 30,000 white
oak barrel Staves.
Ricketts, Newton and Co.
Aug. 12.
For NEW-YORK,
The fast sailing Sloop
LITTLE JIM,
Thomas V. Butler, Master:
Burthen about 400 bds. For Freight or Passage,
apply to the captain on board at Merchant's
Wharf, or
Daniel Murgatroyd,
King Street.
Who has for Sale,
Berbon Guirahs,
Nimpooskie Baftas,
Chittabully Baftas,
Champore Baftas,
Jantanna Mamoodys,
Johanna Lawns,
Table Cloths,
4th proof Jamaica Rum,
Country Gin, and
A few bds. N. York Cargo Port.
July 25.
JUST RECEIVED,
And for Sale by the Subscriber,
100 pieces brown Russia Sheeting,
50 do. white do.
100 do. broad Diapers,
125 do. narrow do.
71 do. broad Russia Linens,
100 mts. Russia Duck,
50 do. Ravens do.
1000 pieces Nankeens;
10 chests fresh Hyson Tea,
2 tuns Cordage assorted.
John G. Ladd.
August 3.
Printing executed at this Office with
neatness and dispatch.

Public Sale.
On Thursday next, at four o'clock in the afternoon, will be sold at the dwelling house of M s . PUGH, Fairfax Street, A VARIETY OF Household and Kitchen Furniture, and sundry articles of Groceries. Philip G. Marsteller.
August 20.
Valuable Real Property and Household Furniture, FOR SALE.
I will sell at Public Sale, to the highest bidder, for ready money, on Saturday the 29 th day of September next, that HOUSE and Improvements, at present occupied by my family, with the whole of the LOT on which the said House stands, containing two acres, bounded on the West by Washington Street, and on the North by Oronoko Street. This property is in a very handsome part of the town, and will answer both for a town and country house. Part of the lot is occupied as a garden, which is extensive and in a high state of cultivation.
ALSO,
My Household and Kitchen Furniture—consisting of tables, chairs, beds and bedding, bedsteads, book case, a quantity of books, bureaus, chests of drawers, one Coach and Harness, &c. &c.
This property will positively be sold on that day for what it will bring, to satisfy a debt claimed from me by William Hepburn .
N. B.—The Houses and Lot will be disposed of at private sale, if a reasonable offer should be made for them at any time before the 29 th day of September.
John Dundas.
Aug. 21.
THE SUBSCRIBER
Has just received by the brig Rachel from Cadiz, FRESH LEMONS And Muscadel and Bloom RAISINS, by the box or retail, Very nice, fresh OLIVES by the jar: And from Amsterdam, by the Brother's Return,
REAL HOLLAND GIN, EMPTY GIN CASES, And GLASS WARE assorted.
On Hand, as usual,
Oranges, Limes, Tamarinds, Nuts, Fruit, Spanish Segars (first quality) by the box or retail, with all kind of GROCERIES.
ALSO,
Fine fat Mackerel and Old Codfish, for family use.
Abel Willis.
August 20.
JUST RECEIVED,
By the Rachel from Cadiz, and for Sale by the Subscriber, 48 boxes Muscadel and Bloom RAISINS, 70 Jars of Olives—all in fine order. I. SIMMS.
Aug. 20.
CLERMONT,
THE place where the Rev. Mr. Davis lately lived, about four miles from Alexandria, will be leased to a good tenant who will keep the place in good repair, and comply with the terms of the lease; to such a tenant I will lease the place for fourteen years from January next. The house will be put in good repair for the reception of a careful tenant, and none else need apply.
Any person who wishes to become the tenant will call on the subscriber who will show the place.
This place is handsomely situated, having a good view of Alexandria from the house, and a very large meadow about two hundred yards below, excellent well water and two good springs, with an ice house and every convenience necessary for a gentleman farmer. For terms apply to B. Dulany.
N. B. The dwelling has twelve rooms in it and two passages. Shuter's Hill, Aug. 17.
THE PARTNERSHIP OF
Thos. Clagett and Thos. H. Clagett, Late traders under the firm of Thomas Clagett and Co. expired on the first day of the present month. All those having claims against them are requested to bring them in, and all those indebted to them are also requested to make immediate payment to Thomas Clagett, who is fully empowered to settle the same.
Thomas Clagett, Thomas Henry Clagett.
Jan. 10, 1804 (A13) saw 3 T
For Sale, at Ravensworth,
A few likely, young NEGROES.
ALSO,
Mares and Colts, equal in blood to any in America, and about thirty head of Sheep.
John Bowen,
Agent for Wm. Fitzhugh.
Aug. 17.
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From the BOSTON CENTINEL.
Review of Jefferson's Administration.
Wealth is the nerve of national power. In conflicts between kingdoms it is the source of recruiting armies, whose ranks are thinned by slaughter and disease. It not only conquers by land, but it opens the empire of the ocean. Must it not then excite surprise and regret, to see Mr. Jefferson, lavishing the treasure of the nation, the only sure defence against the disposition, or the actual encroachment of ambitious and domineering states? Nor is it matter of less surprise, to see this treasure applied to strengthen our enemies, expended on a ship of a people, who have recently shown their total disregard of the laws of nations and the principles of justice, by wantonly stripping us of millions and refusing redress. Almost thirty three thousand dollars were expended to repair the Berceau, a French vessel, whose original cost is stated at little more than thirteen thousand. No law, treaty, or national compact imposed any obligation for such singular and unprecedented conduct.
To prove the expenditure of money on the Berceau by order of the executive, and the manner in which she was repaired, we shall give extracts of a letter of Samuel Brown, Navy Agent, to the Secretary of the Navy, dated Boston, October 31, 1801.
SIR—I now enclose an account of the repairs made on, and the supplies furnished to the French national corvette, Le Berceau, agreeably to your instructions of the 2d April last, amounting to 32,839 dolls. 54 cents.
"You have directed to be stated the precise condition Le Berceau was in as to her equipment of every kind on the delivery to the officers, appointed on the part of the French Republic, to receive her. On the 23d of June she was formally delivered up—but as many of the supplies were necessarily made after that time, I conceive the object intended would not be embraced by stating her condition at that period. I think there is no better way of ascertaining repairs and supplies, she received at public expence, and the condition of her equipment at the termination of the supplies than by reference to the account, which I hope you will think to be sufficiently explanatory. But it may not be amiss to make some general observations on the subject. I shall therefore say that the best shipwrights, blacksmiths, caulkers, joiners, mastmakers, riggers, and other workmen in this place were employed on the repairs; that their work was well executed, and the materials furnished for the purpose, were of the best kind. That wherever the copper on her bottom appeared to have received an injury it was repaired with new. In these respects there cannot be a doubt of her being placed in a better condition than she was in at the period immediately anterior to the action with the Boston. Her masts, bowsprit & spars, tops and caps were all new, and made in the best and most substantial manner. Her shrouds, stays and cordage were all new, and of the best quality, being made of the finest yarns, excepting about four tons of the latter. She was furnished with a new cable of eighteen inches, one hundred and twenty fathoms in length, and amply supplied with spare cordage. In addition to upwards of thirty sails, that were saved from the wreck, which were put in good order, she was furnished with a complete new set of sails, made of the best duck. Her condition, as to her masts, spars, shrouds, stays and sails, was doubtless made much better by the repairs, than at the period referred to above."
"Her supply of blocks and block work was ample. She was furnished with a new barge, and her other boats were all repaired & she was abundantly supplied with water casks."
"Her cabin was sufficiently furnished with tables, desks, chairs, crockery ware and other furniture. In these respects there cannot be a doubt, she was also placed in a better condition, than she was in at the period referred to."
"She was furnished with beef, pork, bread beans, rice, flour, oil, rum, wine and other stores, which were of the best kind for a voyage of three months."
Here then we have one instance of the expenditure of money by the direction of the President, required by no treaty, authorised by no law, and in violation of the Constitution. Indeed the government have manifested a consciousness of wrong by defending this waste of public money in no less than four different ways. At one time we are told our convention with France required it; at another that it was justified by the principles of reason and maxims of sound policy; at a third it is falsely and unblushingly asserted that
these repairs were ordered by the preceding administration, and at a fourth that the Berceau was considered, and repaired as an American vessel. These several modes of defence require a short examination.
In the convention with France was a provision, that the ships of both nations taken after the time of the ratification of it, should be mutually restored. Allowing then a construction of this convention, requiring the restoration of the Berceau in the state in which it was in at the commencement of the battle with the Boston, whence was derived the power to place it in a better condition than at that period? Neither this treaty nor any law passed on the subject, gave such a power. Yet an agent of government expressly informs, that her state of repair on delivery was better, than immediately anterior to the time of capture—Her cabin was filled with the furniture of luxury. Her stores were such as are seen only on the splendid table. The best workmen and the best materials were alone fit, to strengthen and decorate a ship belonging to a nation of pirates. The administration were not only laying open the breasts of the country, but directing the dagger with which an enemy desired to pierce it. The words of the treaty however do not admit of such a construction. It would be criminalizing ourselves. If admitted a defensive war carried on to save our seamen from captivity, and our property from destruction, must be pronounced unjustifiable. It is even a misfortune to take the ships of an enemy, because if we conquer we must make compensation; if conquered we must be compensated. An equality of right however demanded the reparation of the Boston by France, if it required that of the Berceau by America. The truth is Bonaparte could claim nothing more by the treaty, than the restoration of the vessel, shattered as it was when it first came into our possession. The thirty two thousand dollars which were expended on it, can only be placed to the account of the partiality and overflowing affection for France, which have ever characterized Mr. Jefferson.
When a chief magistrate condescends to explain any measure of his administration, the possession of complete information gives a nation a right to expect a satisfactory defence. So far from referring to the treaty, or law, authorizing an expenditure of money on the Berceau, the president, with more sincerity than his supporters, and with less distrust of his party, justifies the transaction on principles of reason and policy. In a message, in April 1802, to the House of Representatives, requesting information concerning this vessel, he says: "I now transmit the papers, desired in your resolution of the sixth instant.—Those respecting the Berceau will sufficiently explain themselves. The officer charged with her repairs, states in his letter received August 27, 1801, that he had been led by circumstances, which he explains, to go considerably beyond his orders. In questions between nations, who have no common umpire but reason, something must often be yielded of mutual opinion to enable them to meet in a common point." Had we not before arrived in that common point, in which France could meet us?—Must a large sum be expended on the Berceau in addition to thirty millions of dollars, to strengthen the ties of friendship, and produce a mutual sentiment of harmony? What equivalent have we received from the magnanimous republic for all these marks of affection, more grateful than simple condescension? She has not even repaired the Boston. She has only insulted our petitions for redress. A subordinate officer, confiding in the inclination of the executive for justification, could go considerably beyond his orders, in adding to the power of an inveterate foe. Though Mr. Jefferson may feel willing to be a viceroy of Bonaparte; yet, I trust, the spirit which animated Americans, when achieving their independence, is not so broken nor their national pride so humbled by the insults they have received, that they are prepared to become a colony to France.
A third kind of defence for repairing the Berceau is, that it was done in pursuance of the orders of the preceding administration. No less an officer than the Attorney General, had the effrontery to make the assertion. How consistent it was with truth, a letter from Mr. Stoddert, then Secretary of the Navy, to S. Higgison and Co. dated December 19. 1800, will determine. "I have the honor to request, that you will cause the French ship, Le Berceau, to be purchased for the United States, and afterwards have her placed, where she will be secure, with just as many men on board, as will be necessary to take care of her. Make no Repairs." Regard for the reputation of the government, if not for his own, ought
to have restrained the Attorney General from a direct violation of truth, to avoid the public odium, which he knew must attach to conduct, so inimical to the interest of the country.
The last attempt to continue the confederence of the people in the present rulers is a report of Robert Smith, Secretary of the Navy, to congress: in which, on the 6th of February, 1802, he says, "the corvette Berceau being the property of the United States, the expences of repairing her were defrayed out of the fund, appropriated to the expense of repairing the public ships of the United States." Unfortunately however for this statement a brother of the present Secretary, S. Smith, on the 20th of March preceding, then acting as secretary wrote to S. Higgison, and Co. that "the French national ship, the Berceau, is to be restored under the treaty. You will please to cause her to be delivered with all her guns, ammunition, apparel, and every thing belonging to her, to the order of Mr. Pichon, when such order shall appear." Thus is this defence as groundless as the others. To assume so many modes of it is evidence, that the action cannot be justified. Indeed from the preceding facts we have a right to infer, that Mr. Jefferson has betrayed the interest of the nation, and directly violated the constitution, by expending an enormous sum without any appropriation for the same by law, on the vessel of a people, who had not only robbed us of millions, but threatened our independence.
HUME.
KINGSTON, (Jam.) July 14.
The American Schooner Linnet, from Barbadoes, bound to Alexandria, taken by a French privateer, and recaptured by the Mermaid frigate, arrived yesterday.
BALTIMORE, August 18.
Arrived, the English sloop Polly, Joel, 20 days from Cape Francois, via Turks Island. Left at Cape Francois ship Pilgrim, Gibson, of Philadelphia in five weeks; sch'r Beaver, of do. in company with the Pilgrim; brig Mary, West, in 15 days for Baltimore; schooner Experiment, Davis of Baltimore, to sail with the Pilgrim; schooner Nancy, Brandt, in 15 days for Alexandria; brig Sea Flower, of Boston, taken by the French, retaken by the Indegenes, and brought in about 10th July, waiting convoy; ship Governor Sumner, Fredwell, Boston; schooner William King, Nellage, Newburyport; sch'r Fairplay, of New York, taken off Monte Christie, by the French, recaptured by the Indegenes and brought in. The said sch'r sailed from Cape Francois for Gonaives, in company with brig Happy Couple, Story, of New York, and would wait for her convoy homeward. Another schooner was taken by the same privateer that took the Fairplay, but knows not where she was sent to. The brig ——, Nash, of Boston, was taken at the same time the schooner was, but was re-captured and brought into the Cape. Left at Turks Island, schooner ——, Hutchins, of Baltimore, to sail in 2 days.
A French privateer, of 5 guns (one brass 18 and four 6's) and upwards of 100 men, was captured and brought into Turks Island, 2 days before the Polly left it.
Arrived, brig Sally, captain N. Williams, from Boston.
Six leagues off the Capes saw a wreck, her mast heads just out of water; seemed to be a schooner; but blowing fresh could not go near her.
Aug. 19.
Arrived ship Friendship, Chapell, 17 days from St. Peters, Martinique. Left there second inst. schooner Delight, Hampstead, for New London, in 5 days; brig Friendship, Ingraham, for New York in 6 days; sloop Hero, Campbell, for Newburyport, sailed the 30th ult. schooner two Brothers, Manning, for George Town, in 10 days; schooner Hazard, Larden, for Salem, in 10 days; schooner Happy, Williams, for Portsmouth, in 2 days; Dolphin, Trippy, for do. in 5 days; brig Nonpareil, Siddleman, for Newbern, in 3 days; sloop Cato, Ferguson, for Edenton, and a number of others, to the number of 50 or 60 sail. Brig Betsey, Savage, sailed 28 July, and sir Marlborough, Wheat, 29. Spoke nothing on the passage. On Monday last 15 miles southward of Cape Henry, saw a black clump schooner ashore, her mainmast gone, could learn nothing more concerning her. Markets bad.—Flour eight dollars. Produce scarce—coffee none. Vessels arriving daily.
Also Spanish schooner Nostra Señora Luz Cosguia, 39 days from Campeachy. Left no American vessels there. Schooner ——, Johnson of Philadelphia, sailed a few days before for Sival, with a

cargo of corn. The day they sailed they were brought too by a French privateer, who had with her the brig dispatch of New Orleans, bound to Belfast, loaded with cotton and logwood. They put the captain William Harding of Boston, mate and supercargo on board the schooner, and permitted her to proceed. They touched at the Havana and put the brig's people ashore. Spoke two schooners from New Orleans bound to Philadelphia.
Also Spanish ship Santa Casitano, Cadiz, 33 days from Cadiz and 44 from Toulon. Left at Teneriffe July 6, an American ship and brig, names unknown. Also, brig Betsey and Peggy, Holden ten days from Savannah.
Also ship Susanna, Forrester, from Charleston.
Also sch. from Boston and one from Nantucket.
Below, ship Six Sister, Gorton from Liverpool and Sally, Breman from Ferrol, both long passages.
August 20.
Arrived schooner Tartar, Davidson, 20 days from Jaquemell. Left there, brig Orion, Pearice; schooner Chesapeake, Hurst; Hetty, Stanly, and Severn, Durkee, all of Baltimore. The schooner Cox, of Philadelphia, brig Telemachus, Fairfield, and ship John Bullock, of Salem, had arrived at Jaquemell, and sailed for Aux Cayes. In lat. 32, N. long. 74, was chased by a privateer pilot boat schooner; the wind being light, they made use of a number of sweeps, and had an American Jack flying. They chased us for 6 hours, but we got off by superior sailing. American produce low. Coffee on the rise.
Also, ship Six Sisters, Corten, 100 days from Liverpool. May 9, lat. 50, long. 13, was boarded by an English frigate, supposed the Triton, who pressed two of her hands, both Americans. 15th spoke the French privateer Venus, from Nantz, who obliged captain G. to go on board in a very heavy sea, and dismissed him after two hours. 20th lat. 47, long. 24, was boarded by the Spitfire sloop of war and treated politely. June 3, spoke Boyne, from Cowes for Boston. July 5, ship Cornelia, from Charleston, for Greenock. 27th, ship Union, Servia, from Norfolk to Glasgow.
Alexandria Daily Advertiser.
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 22.
Corporation of Alexandria, ss.
HEREBY make known, that by a return this day received, under the hands and seals of the Commissioners appointed to superintend an election in the Third Ward, for the purpose of electing a person to represent said Ward in the Common Council of Alexandria, it appears that PHINEAS JANNEY is duly elected.
GIVEN under my hand, this 21st day of August, 1804.
ELISHA C. DICK, Mayor of Alexandria.
It is now ascertained that our Cabinet has adopted a plan, which cannot fail to give effectual safety to the coast, and protection to the commerce of the U. States!!
The project is a line of gun boats, each mounting a heavy piece of ordnance, besides patareroes, to be stationed at proper distances, from the bay of Passamaquoddy to the mouth of the Mississippi—and such is the forwardness of the plan, that it is expected one boat will be moored off Charleston bar before the winter sets in, and another anchored off the Balise by the first of April next.
In settling this important and interesting scheme of defence, there were several obstacles to be encountered, which nothing short of the wisdom and decision of our Cabinet could have surmounted. One difficulty arose on the suggestion of the Foreign Secretary, that Spain might take umbrage at our placing a vessel in a situation so near the Moro Castle, (the War Minister having previously stated, that altho' the range of a 32 pounder, the calibre of the boat's guns, might not exceed five thousand feet, yet the random of the same ordnance might be five thousand miles, "MORE OR LESS.") This difficulty was, however, got rid of, by a determination to send the Diplomatic Hack with another outfit of eighteen thousand dollars, to assure the Court of Madrid that nothing hostile was intended by the measure against the Hapsburgs.
This assurance perhaps was thought the more necessary, as recent information led to doubts of the disposition of that Court towards us—and of which an unequivocal specimen is said to be given in the rejection of the Convention.
A more serious objection was started to the plan, by the Marine Secretary, who thought the gun boats would be liable to be taken in reverse by detachments of the enemy's dragoons—but this objection was happily removed by the President of the Board, who suggested the erection of a telegraphe on "Carter's Mountain" to announce their approach.
And so the scheme was adopted, nem. con. Phila. Register.
Extract of a letter from a gentleman in Spain, to his correspondent in this city.
Cadiz, June 12th, 1804.
"I have now the pleasure to address you for the last time previous to my departure from Europe."
"If our mutual friend Don Carlos is not now completely ashamed of himself, it must be because he has no shame in him; for the nett proceeds of his vaunted suaver in modo, viz: the convention, has vanished—Cevallos has refused to ratify it, as he says that "circumstances are so altered by the accession of Louisiana, that he cannot ratify it in its present state," and on the 5th instant he positively declined it, and this will be probably the first account of it which will reach the United States. If things are to go on in this way I would rather be considered an Algerine than an American."
"I thought it was humiliating enough to have agreed to the convention with the exclusion of French captures; but I suppose the Spaniards thought they had been too indulgent to a nation which had so long and completely lost sight of its own dignity and the interest of its citizens—I believe I am the only person in Cadiz acquainted with this circumstance."
Extract from another letter.
Madrid, June 20th, 1804.
"The treaty I am sorry to say has not yet been ratified by this government so that my hopes on that score are at an end."
"If our government does not take some decisive steps, we shall never get a shilling from the Spaniards."
The above extracts are from letters written by very intelligent gentlemen.
The blessed effects of the Louisiana business begin to shew themselves:
In remonstrances from the inhabitants of that country to our government; and, In the rejection of the Convention lately entered into by our minister at Madrid, with the Spanish government.
The specific reason given by Don Cevallos, the Spanish Minister, for refusing to ratify the Convention was, that "the accession of Louisiana had so varied the relations of Spain and the United States that he could not ratify the Convention."
Our warlike cabinet are on the horns of another dilemma—The British have demanded the restoration of the ship Eugenia lately captured by the British ship Leander and recaptured by a fishing smack, armed for that purpose.
Extract of a letter from a gentleman at Wythe Court-House, (Virginia) to his friend in Frederick-Town, (Md.) dated July 30, 1804.
"We have for 12 days been clouded with a dark smoke, and this day I was informed by a gentleman from Kentucky that the Clinch Mountain had sunk for many miles to the depth of 50 feet; after which clouds of smoke issued therefrom, so that the inhabitants at the distance of 20 miles from the place were not able to discover an object at 20 feet distance. This, I suppose, was occasioned by the burning of the stone coal which is in the mountain."
Capt. Lathrop, arrived at Boston, from Antwerp mentions a report which had spread there just previous to his sailing, (June 23.) That the populace of Paris had assembled, demanded the release of Moreau, and discovered other symptoms of disloyalty to the new Emperor.
It is said, that M c Jerome Bonaparte, some time since received a letter from his brother, the Emperor of France, in which he says, "I have sent you two frigates: If you return, come alone; if you tarry expect no promotion." We do not vouch for this, but we receive it as fact, and that in consequence M c Bonaparte has determined to reside in the United States, with his lady.
Centinel.
French National Order. —The report of a National Order being instituted by the Emperor at his Coronation continues to be circulated, with several additions and improvements, though we are certain that nothing on this subject has yet been determined upon. Some say it is to be entirely a military order; others that every member of the legion of honor is to be a knight
of it; others again, that it will contain certain gradations of commanders, with the grand cross;—commanders with the small cross, knights of the grand cross and the small one; the latter are to wear their order as the former knights of St. Lewis, in their button holes. The ribbons are not as formerly to be red or blue, but tri-colored. Some pretend that the Empress will, at the same time, institute an order for ladies, called the order of friendship and fidelity, which will be the reward of those females of all ranks, who, during the revolution, have shown friendship, fidelity, or courage, in defending or attending their persecuted husbands, parents, and relatives; and that, at a period when such conduct was more exposed to dangers, that that of those of the other sex, who braved the mouths of cannon, or the points of bayonets.
(Clef de Cabinet.)
The French people. —If the faction at Paris which directs the destinies of the nation can promptly be called the people—from tygers appear to have become as tame as lap dogs. They do not seem able to recollect, that General Moreau the idol of the Revolution, has been impeached, tried and imprisoned for the self same act which has immortalized general Bonaparte, viz: that of overthrowing a government which he disliked, and governing in his stead. But Moreau is execrated, while Bonaparte is surfeited with flattery and homage. Such are the weak materials of which the enlightened people are made; and they who trust in them "swim with fins of lead."
How long is the reign of Napoleon I—Emperor of the French to continue? Is a question frequently asked. The answer is not easy; but we see nothing in our French papers which looks like dissatisfaction with the new order of things, or like disloyalty. The incense offered to the throne of Bonaparte appears equally as pure as that burnt at the altar of the Bourbons; and the new and gorgeous titles appear to sit easy on the wearers.
It is true, the original of the Imperial family is obscure; but history assures us, that this circumstance is no bar to longevity of power, or extent of immortality. "The Parthen kingdom lasted nearly 500 years in the family of Astases, an obscure man, whom the troubles of the times threw into the sovereignty. A potter's son of Syracuse, became by chance, its tyrant. The son of a hair dresser, by intrigue and murder, attained the crown of Ganganides.—Bala, a petty shop keeper, succeeded Demetrius on the throne of Syria. Antipater, Amasis, Codomanus and Artexerxes, from common soldiers, became sovereigns of Macedon, Egypt and Persia. We could quote a thousand other instances in which fortune sacrificed hereditary right to her caprice, and in which, as if ashamed to acknowledge the imprudence of her choice, she persevered, and gave perpetuity to her error."
(Boston Centinel.)
FRENCH TRIAL.
(From Journal des Tribunaux.)
Jacques Nottier, an invalid aged 25, having lost his right leg in the service of the Republic, appeared on the 16th Ventose, before the criminal tribunal of the department of the Seine, accused of having married within these last eight months, three different women, Maria Dabaub, Maria Bertraud, and Louisa Perrani, who were all present and proved their acts of marriage, before the 2d, 4th and 9th municipalities of Paris. During the trial it came out, that the Prisoner had made it for years a regular practice to marry a new wife whenever he went with his regiment; and to the knowledge of his own brother he had already fourteen French wives alive, besides one Italian, one Swiss, and two Dutch women who had been married to him in these countries, when in garrison, or encamped there. Before he was eighteen he had been divorced, according to the laws of the Republic, from five wives, not included in the above number, by whom he had six children; and the three wives now before the tribunal all declared themselves to be in a state of pregnancy by him. Being asked by the public accuser if he had many children with the other women not present, though known to be married to him? he answered very coolly, "I had at least one with each woman, and I believe that I have as many children alive as I can count years."
He offered to give the names and places of residence of as many wives as he could remember to have married; and gave in the names of eleven in eleven different departments. To gain time to inquire after these women, the Commissary of Government
proposed, and the tribunal consented, to put off this trial until the 6th Germinal, on which day, eight of those women, each with a child, came before the tribunal, and identified their faithless husband, who had the impudence to declare, that if he had been Grand Sultan, he should have kept them all in his Seraglio, as he loved them all with the same affection. After a trial of three hours, he was found guilty of Bigamy, and condemned to be punished with a fortnight's imprisonment, and to regard Anna Varois, whom he had married nine years ago, as his only wife. To this he refused to assent, saying, that instead of punishment, he deserved a reward; and that many persons had been made Members of the Legion of Honour for less patriotic deeds than his, and that he intended of petition to the First Consul for obtaining permission to chuse his own wife among his own wives.
FRESH FRUIT.
JOHN A. BURFORD,
(Late Dyson's Store,) Prince Street, has this day received, per brig Rachel from Cadiz, brig Brothers Return from Amsterdam, and left Sparrow from Antigua,
4000 lbs. soft shell'd Almonds, 3000 Oranges,
30 bts. Lemons, packed in their natural foil, 49 boxes Muscatel and Bloom Raisins, by the box or retail,
Fresh Lemons, Cherry Wine of a superior quality, And real Holland Gin.
Has always on Hand, A general Assortment of GROCERIES, DRY GOODS, &c.
The above articles are all in fine order, and of an excellent quality.
Aug. 22.
A Farm Wanted.
THE subscriber wishes to purchase a FARM of moderate size, possessed of useful improvements and natural advantages, in either of the counties of Fairfax, Prince William, Loudoun or Fauquier; for which payment will be made in hand.
Francis L. Lee.
Aug. 22.
TO BE SOLD,
ON Thursday the 27th day of September next, on the premises, to the highest bidder, if not disposed of by private sale before that day,
THE TRACT OF LAND
whereon I now live, in Fairfax county, Virginia, on Pope's Head Creek, containing five hundred and fifty acres; the situation is agreeable and very healthy; there is on it an excellent mill seat, on the abovenamed Creek, with an inexhaustible quantity of excellent grey free stone, and an abundance of good red and white oak, poplar and hickory timber, to erect the dam and necessary buildings, on the spot; there is on this Creek, which washes the tract for about two miles, a very considerable portion of the first quality meadow land, and a quantity of fresh land just opened and nearly half the tract is to cut. It is situated about twenty miles from George Town and Washington, and the same distance from Alexandria and Danairies, and is justly considered the best piece of forest land in the county. The terms of payment will be, one third paid down, one third in eighteen months, and the other third in three years; an indisputable title will be made the purchaser, and the public are assured that the sale will take place, if not privately disposed of before the day of sale, as I am determined to remove to the State of Kentucky this fall.
ALSO,
On the same day and place, will be sold, all my STOCK of every kind, plantation utensils, household and kitchen furniture, and present crop now on hand, for ready money.
Thomas Pollard.
Aug. 22.
District of Columbia—to wit:
WHEREAS Samuel Cooper has this day by his petition in writing, applied to the Hon. Nicholas Fitzhugh, one of the Assistant Judges of the Circuit Court of the District of Columbia, to be admitted to the benefit of the act of Congress, for the relief of Insolvent Debtors within the district aforesaid, and has stated therein, that he is now in actual confinement in the jail bounds of the county of Alexandria, at the suit of Michael Riley, and that being unable to discharge said Riley's claim, with others against him, has offered to deliver up, for the use of his creditors, all his property, real, personal and mixed—Notice is therefore given, to the creditors of the said Samuel Cooper, to attend at the Court House in the town of Alexandria, on Saturday the 25th instant, between the hours of eleven o'clock in the forenoon and four o'clock in the evening of that day, to show cause why said prisoner should not be discharged according to law.
By Order,
G. Deneale, c. c.
August 22.
CASH given for clean Linen and Cotton Rags.

ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION OF The Bank of Potomac.
To all whom these presents shall come, or in anywise concern.
BE IT KNOWN, And it is hereby proclaimed, that we the subscribers, associating together have formed a company or limited partnership, and do mutually agree with each other, and hereby bind ourselves to conduct the business of the company, under the name and title of "The President and Directors of the Bank of Potomac," and conformably to the rules and regulations herein after specified.
ARTICLE 1. The copartnership shall be, and continue for the term of twenty one years, from and after the opening of the subscription, unless a charter is sooner obtained; but the proprietors of two thirds of the Capital Stock of the Company, may by their concurring votes at a general meeting, be called for that express purpose, dissolve the same at any prior period.
ART. 2. The capital stock of the company shall consist of Five Hundred Thousand Dollars, money of the United States; to be divided into shares of One Hundred Dollars each, and to be paid in the manner following, that is to say; twenty dollars on each share to be paid at the time of subscribing, thirty dollars in ninety days after the opening of the subscription, twenty five dollars in one hundred and fifty days thereafter, and the remaining twenty five dollars in two hundred & ten days; and a failure to make punctually any payment after the first, shall incur a forfeiture of all that shall have been previously paid on such share.
ART. 3. The copartnership shall transact its business in the Town of Alexandria; or in Virginia within one mile therefrom, provided, a charter should at any time be obtained from the state of Virginia; and shall commence its operations as soon as the payment of the second installment as circumstances will permit.
ART. 4. The subscription shall be opened in Alexandria, on Wednesday the fifth day of September next, for the whole stock of the company, under the direction of
Elisha Janney, Cuthbert Powell, William Fitzhugh, William Hartshorne, Thomas Swann, Thomas Vorwell, Charles Lee, Jacob Hoffman, Joseph Riddle, James H. Hoog, William Hodgson, Robert Young, Phineas Janney, James Keith, Jun. James Patton.
or a majority of them. And the commissioners aforesaid, shall open the subscription books at ten o'clock, A. M. and they shall continue open until four o'clock, P. M. and shall remain open between those hours for one day at least, and for the term of three days unless sooner filled: And if it should happen that more than the stipulated number of shares should be subscribed on the first day, then the Commissioners at their aid to apportion them among the subscribers, by deducting from the highest subscriptions, until they are reduced to the proper number, or if more persons subscribe than there are shares, the Commissioners are to cast lots to decide to whom they shall be long. But no person or persons, bodies corporate or otherwise, shall be permitted to subscribe on the first day of opening the books, for more than twenty shares; and if the stock be not all taken the first day, the books shall remain open on the second day, on the same terms as on the first; but if the subscription be not filled on the second day, then the Commissioners may permit any person or persons, bodies corporate or otherwise, to subscribe for any number of shares until the whole number is complete.
with the original subscription, shall be deemed good evidence of the quantity of stock to which each subscriber shall be entitled in this company.
Art. 5. The affairs of the company shall be conducted by Twelve Directors, and a President, whose place if chosen from among their number, shall be supplied by that body; and six of the Directors with the President shall form a board or quorum, for transacting all the business of the company; ordinary discounts may be done by the President, and any five of the Directors.
Art. 6. A general meeting of the Stockholders of the Company shall be held on the second Monday in November in every year, (except the present) at such place as the Board of Directors shall appoint, by giving four weeks notice in one or more of the newspapers of Alexandria, for the purpose of electing Directors for the ensuing year, who shall take their seats at the board the succeeding day, and immediately proceed to elect the President.
Art. 7. The board of directors are hereby fully empowered to make, revise, alter, or annul all such rules, orders, bye laws and regulations for the government of the company, and that of their officers, servants and affairs, as they, or a majority of them, shall, from time to time, think expedient, not inconsistent with law or these articles of association, and to use, employ, and dispose of the joint stock, funds or property of the said company (subject only to the restrictions herein after mentioned) as to them, or a majority of them, may seem expedient.
Art. 8. All bills, bonds, notes and every contract and engagement on behalf of the company for the payment of money, shall be signed by the President and countersigned or attested by the Cashier of the Company; and the funds of the company shall in no case be held responsible for any contract or engagement whatever unless the same shall be so signed and countersigned or attested as aforesaid.
Art. 9. The books, papers, correspondence and funds of the company shall at all times be subject to the inspection of the Directors.
Art. 10. The said Board of Directors shall have power to appoint a Cashier and all other officers and servants for executing the business of the company, and to establish the compensation to be paid to the President and all other officers and servants of the company respectively, and which, together with all other necessary expences, shall be defrayed out of the funds of the company.
Art. 11. A majority of the Directors shall have power to call a general meeting of the Stockholders for the purposes relative to the concerns of the company, by giving at least 6 weeks notice in one or more of the newspapers of the town, specifying in such notice the object or objects of such meeting.
Art. 12. The shares of capital stock at any time owned by any individual stockholder shall be transferable on the books of the company according to such rules as may conformably to law, be established in that behalf by the Board of Directors; but all debts actually due and payable to the company (days of grace for payment being paid) by a Stockholder requesting a transfer, must be satisfied before such a transfer shall be made, unless the Board of Directors shall direct to the contrary.
Art. 13. No transfer of stock in this company shall be considered as binding upon the company, unless made in a book or books to be kept for that purpose by the company, and it is further expressly agreed and declared that any Stockholder who shall transfer in manner aforesaid, all his stock or shares in this company to any other person or persons whatever, shall thereupon cease to be a member of this company; and that any person or persons whatever who shall accept a transfer of any stock or share in this company shall thereupon become and be a member of this company, according to these articles of association.
Art. 14. It is hereby expressly and explicitly declared to be the object and intention of the persons who associate under the name or sum of "The President and Directors of the Bank of Potomac" that the joint stock or property of the said company (exclusive of dividends to be made in the manner herein after mentioned) shall alone be responsible for the debts and engagements of the said company; and that no person who shall or may deal with this company, or to whom they shall or may become in any wise indebted, shall on any pretence whatever have recourse against the separate property of any present or future member of this company, or against their persons, excepting the officers and servants of said company in regard to the faithful discharge of their respective duties in the conduct of the affairs and administration of the funds of said company; but all persons accepting any bond, bill, or note, or other contract of this company, signed by the President and countersigned by the Cashier of the company for the time being, or dealing with it in any other manner, whatsoever, thereby respectively give credit to the said joint stock or property of the said company, and thereby respectively disavow having recourse on any present or future member of this company, (excepting as before mentioned) — And all suits to be brought against this company (if any shall be) shall be brought against the President for the time being, and in case of his death or removal from office, pending any such suit against him, measures shall be taken at the expence of the company for substituting his successor in office as a defendant, so that persons having claims against the company may not be prejudiced or delayed by that event; or if the person suing shall go on against the person first named as defendant (notwithstanding his death or removal from office) this company shall take no advantage, by writ of error or otherwise, of such proceeding on that account; and all recovery had, in manner aforesaid, shall be concurred upon the Company, so far as to render the Company's said joint stock or property liable thereby, and no further; and the Company shall immediately pay the amount of such recovery out of their joint stock, but not otherwise. And in case of any suit at law, the President shall sign his appearance upon the writ, or file common bail thereto; it being expressly understood and declared, that all persons dealing with said Company, agree to these terms and are bound thereby.
In witness whereof—
recourse against the separate property of any present or future member of this company, or against their persons, excepting the officers and servants of said company in regard to the faithful discharge of their respective duties in the conduct of the affairs and administration of the funds of said company; but all persons accepting any bond, bill, or note, or other contract of this company, signed by the President and countersigned by the Cashier of the company for the time being, or dealing with it in any other manner, whatsoever, thereby respectively give credit to the said joint stock or property of the said company, and thereby respectively disavow having recourse on any present or future member of this company, (excepting as before mentioned) — And all suits to be brought against this company (if any shall be) shall be brought against the President for the time being, and in case of his death or removal from office, pending any such suit against him, measures shall be taken at the expence of the company for substituting his successor in office as a defendant, so that persons having claims against the company may not be prejudiced or delayed by that event; or if the person suing shall go on against the person first named as defendant (notwithstanding his death or removal from office) this company shall take no advantage, by writ of error or otherwise, of such proceeding on that account; and all recovery had, in manner aforesaid, shall be concurred upon the Company, so far as to render the Company's said joint stock or property liable thereby, and no further; and the Company shall immediately pay the amount of such recovery out of their joint stock, but not otherwise. And in case of any suit at law, the President shall sign his appearance upon the writ, or file common bail thereto; it being expressly understood and declared, that all persons dealing with said Company, agree to these terms and are bound thereby.
Art. 15. Dividends of the profits of the Company, or so much of said profits as shall be deemed expedient and proper, shall be declared half yearly in the first week in May and November, in each year; the amount of said dividend shall, from time to time, be determined by the Board of Directors, at a meeting held for that purpose, and shall in no case exceed the amount of the net profits actually acquired by the Company, so that the capital stock of the said Company shall never be impaired by dividends; but the Directors shall be at liberty to retain at least one per cent upon the capital as a fund for future contingencies.
Art. 16. If the said Directors shall at any time wilfully and knowingly, make or declare any dividend which shall impair the said capital stock, all the Directors present at the making, or declaring, of said dividend and consenting thereto, shall be liable in their individual capacities to the Company, for the amount or proportion of said capital stock, so divided by the said Directors; and each Director who shall be present at the making or declaring such dividend, shall be deemed to have consented thereto, unless he shall immediately enter in writing his dissent on the minutes of the proceedings of the board, and give public notice to the Stockholders, that such dividend has been declared.
Art. 17. These articles of agreement shall be published in two newspapers in the Town of Alexandria, for one month; and for the further information of all persons who may transact business with, or in any manner give credit to said Company, every bond, bill, note, or other instrument or contract, by the said Company, or on behalf of the said Company, shall be specially declared, in such form as the Board of Directors shall prescribe, that payment shall be made out of the joint funds of the Bank of Potomac according to the present articles of association, and not otherwise. A copy of the 14th article of this association shall be inserted in the Bank Book of every person depositing money, or other valuable property with the Company for safe keeping, or a printed copy shall be delivered to every such person, before any such deposit shall be received from him. And it is hereby expressly declared, that no engagement can legally be made in the name of said Company, unless it contain a limitation or restriction to the effect above recited; and the Company hereby expressly disavow all responsibility for any debt or engagement, which may be made in their name, not containing a limitation or restriction to the effect aforesaid.
Art. 18. The Company shall in no case be owners of any ships or vessels, or directly or indirectly, be concerned in trade, or the importation or exportation, purchase or sale of any goods, wares, or merchandise whatever, (bills of exchange, and bullion only excepted) and except such ships, vessels, goods, wares, or merchandise, shall be truly pledged to them by way of security for debts due, owing or growing due to the said Company, or purchased by them to secure such debts due to the said Company.
Art. 19. If any vacancy shall at any time happen among the Directors by death, resignation, or otherwise, the residue of the Directors for the time being, shall elect a Director to fill the vacancy.
Art. 20. The Company shall not purchase or hold any lands, tenements, or other real estates, other than what may be necessary for the convenient transaction of its business, unless such lands, tenements, and real estates, shall have been heretofore mortgaged to the Company, by way of security, or conveyed to it in satisfaction of debts previously contracted in the course of dealings, or purchased to secure debts contracted with or due to the said Company, and in every instance in which the Company may become owners or claimants of lands, tenements, or real estates, the Board of Directors are empowered to sell or dispose of the same, in such manner as they may deem beneficial for the Company.
Art. 21. Any number of Stockholders, not less than forty, who together shall be proprietors of five hundred shares, may, for any purpose relative to the institution, at any time, apply to the President and Directors to call a general meeting of the Stockholders; and if by them refused, the said number of Stockholders, proprietors of not less than the number of shares aforesaid, shall have power to call a general meeting of the Stockholders, giving at least 60 days notice in one or more of the public newspapers of the town of Alexandria, specifying in such notice the object or objects of such call.
Art. 22. Immediately on the dissolution of this association, or upon the effectual measures shall be taken by the Directors then existing, for closing all the concerns of the Company, and for dividing the capital and profits which may remain among the Stockholders, in proportion to their respective interests.
In witness whereof— Notice.—The Commissioners above named will open the Subscription Books.
at the Court House in the town of Alexandria, on the 5th of September next, agreeably to the aforesaid articles of association.
The payments will be received either in specie or the notes of the Bank of the United States and its various branches, or in the notes of any of the Banks, from New York to Norfolk, inclusive.
July 30. Robert and John Gray Have just received, A SUPPLY of Super Royal, Koyal, Medium, Demy, Folio and Quarto Post And Foolscap WRITING PAPER.
This is to give Notice, THAT the subscriber of Alexandria county, hath obtained from the Orphans' Court of the said county, in the District of Columbia, administration on the personal estate of Charles Jamieson, late of the said county, deceased. All persons having claims against the said deceased, are hereby warned to exhibit the same with the vouchers thereof to the subscriber, at or before the seventeenth day of January next, they may otherwise by law be excluded from all benefit of the said estate. Given under my hand this seventeenth day of July, 1804. Andrew Jamieson, Administrator of Chas. Jamieson. N. B. All persons indebted to the said estate are hereby required to make immediate payment to the above named administrator. July 17.
Land for Sale. WE wish to sell a tract of LAND containing between four and five hundred acres, situated on the Potomac, in Fairfax county, about 3 miles from town, and adjoining General Thomson's farm. This property, in point of elegance of situation, is exceeded by none, and will be sold low for cash or on a short credit. Walter S. Alexander, John Luke, For the heirs of Phil. Alexander, deceased. August 13.
For Sale, or to Let, THAT beautiful seat whereon the subscriber now lives, about one mile from the town of Alexandria. The house contains four rooms, which are erected a good dwelling, with piazzas round the first and second stories, a hall and carriage house, stable, &c. &c. There are also pertaining to the premises, an orchard, two springs of good water, and a summer and winter fishery. The ground is under fencing, and the greater part set in cover, about 40 bearing cherry and peach trees thereon. For terms apply to the subscriber on the premises, or at the corner of the Diagonal street. John Duff. July 24.
JAMES SANDERSON, At his store the corner of King and Fairfax streets, OFFERS FOR SALE, The following articles of the best quality: London P. Madeira Wine pipes and quarter cakes, Old Sherry in quarter cakes, Dry Lisbon do. Old Port in bottles, Cognac Brandy, Jamaica Spirit, Holland Gin, Whiskey, Loaf Sugar, British Sail Canvas, Nos. 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 and Russia do. first quality, Juniper Berries in bags, Coarse Hats in cases, Pickle and Preserving Pots, Jugs, &c. Aug. 8.
OLD FRUIT STORE. The Advertiser has for Sale, at his Store Prince Street, a variety of Fruit—Nuts—Groceries, &c. VIZ. Fresh LEMONS—imported in brig Neptune direct from Lisbon; Oranges, Figs, Raisins, preserved Peaches, &c. &c. Soft shell'd Almonds, English Walnuts, &c. Holland Gin of a superior quality, Cognac Brandy, W. I. and country Rum, Madeira and Tenerife Wine, loaf, lump and coarse Sugar, Molasses, best Green Coffee, Teas of different qualities, &c. Smithfield Bacon Hams, Venison, Snad and Herrings, (intended for family use, and put up with particular attention) Codfish, Macke &c. &c. Thomas Simms. July 9.
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