Alexandria advertiser and commercial intelligencer (Alexandria [Va.]), 1802-05-17 00:00:00

Public Sale.
On TUESDAY, At ten o'clock, will be sold at the Vendue Store, Rum in hogheads and barrels. Whiskey in barrels, Gin in casks and barrels, Port wine in casks, Molasses in hds. Sugar in hds and bls. White and brown soap in boxes, Chocolate in boxes, Coffee in tierces and bags, Raisins in kegs and boxes. Queens Ware in crates, handsomely assorted,
ALSO, A variety of DRY GOODS,
—AMONG WHICH ARE— Superfine cloth and Kersemeres, Narrow Cloth, and Flannels, Irish Linens, and Osnaburgs, Sail duck of different qualities, Chintzes and Calicoes, Cambric and Cotton shawls, India Mullin and Table Cloaths, Coloured threads and sewing silks, Ribbons, Hats, and A number of other articles. P. G. MARSTELLER, May 16 Vendue Master.
Public Sale.
On TUESDAY next, Will peremptorily be sold at the Vendue Store, Eighty pieces of British Duck, from No. 1 to 7, of good quality. P. G. MARSTELLER, May 15. Vendue Master.
Sales by Auction.
On WEDNESDAY next, At ten o'clock, will be sold at the Auction Room, 4th proof Jamaica Rum in hogheads, Holland Gin in pipes and bls. New England Rum in bls. Port Wine in quarter casks, Lisbon Wine in pipes, Molasses in hds. Sugar in bls. Soap Candles and Chocolate Pepper in bags, Castor Oil in bottles, Fig Blue in kegs.
Together with a large quantity of DRY GOODS,
Among which are Chintzes and Calicoes, Sprigg'd, lappet, jaconet and book muslins and muslin shawls, White and coloured Marseilles and muslinets, Linen and cotton checks, Bandannoes, flags and chequered silk handkerchiefs, Large and small fans, Irish and German linens, Mens and Womens' saddles, A quantity of mens' and womens' shoes. THOMAS MOORE, May 16 Auctioneer.
GERMAN LINENS.
Joseph Riddle & Co. HAVE FOR SALE Best white Ticklenburg, Second qual. do. Brown do. Osnaburgs, Brown Hemp Roll, White do. Hessian do. Brown Holland and Dowlas. ALSO ON HAND, A Quantity of Turk's Island, Isle of May, and Cadiz SALT. December 29. d
FOR SALE, At Cotton and Stewart's
Book Store, Royal street, THE GLOSSER: Satirical Poem—By Giles Julap, of Chotank, Virginia. Price 62 1/2 cents.
Also, Mr. BAYARD'S SPEECH On the Judiciary Bill. April 24. d
For Sale, or to Rent,
THE unexpired lease of a HOUSE and LOT, on Queen street, with a BAKE HOUSE thereon; the lease has 3 year to run. The stand is good for business and is well known, having been occupied for a length of time by a baker. For particulars apply to
THOMAS SIMMS, Prince street. March 20. d
Paper Hangings.
JUST RECEIVED, BY Cotton & Stewart, A large and general assortment of Paper Hangings, consisting of upwards of 40 different patterns with elegant borders. April 7. d
Just Received,
and for sale at this Office, Mr. BAYARD'S SPEECH on the Bill for repealing the late Judiciary Act.
VALUABLE LANDS
In Hardy county, Virginia, for Sale, at Auction.
By virtue of a Deed of Trust from Peter Galt and Susannah his wife, to the subscribers, will be sold at public auction, at the Coffee House in the town of Alexandria, on Monday the 31st day of this present month, at 12 o'clock for ready money,
Two hundred and six acres of LAND, being part of a tract containing 406 acres; lying and being in the county of Hardy, in the state of Virginia, adjoining Robert Denton's land, about two miles from Col. Martin's Front Pond, on the Thorn Bottom. The title of this land is indisputable, and it is said by good judges to be of an excellent quality. HENRY MOORE, Trustee. T. MOORE, Auctioneer. May 10. d12t
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, ALEXANDRIA COUNTY. } TO WIT.
In pursuance of an order of the Circuit Court for the district and county aforesaid, made by consent of parties in the case of the United States; v. s. Robert T. Hose and Co. in chancery, will be exposed to public sale for ready money upon the 19th day of June next, the following valuable property, conveyed in trust to the subscribers by Col. John Fitzgerald, late of this town, deceased, viz:—
A Water Lot commonly called Fitzgerald's Wharf, lying upon the south side of King street and east side of Union street, and bounded by an alley of 30 feet in width, on the south from Union street to the water. On this piece of ground are erected three Brick Warehouses 24 feet 4 inches in front, 42 feet deep and three stories high each—Also, a SAIL LOFT above the up per story 73 feet in length and 42 feet wide upon the floor—all under one roof. Adjoining, and on the east side of this house, is a piece of ground unimproved the whole length of the house, 55 feet deep, terminating on a 22 feet alley, laid out upon the front of the wharf. From the front of the wharf is a pier extended into the river 100 feet by 60 in breadth. Appertaining to the pier is a dock 35 feet wide on the one side and another 25 feet on the other side.
Wm. HERBERT, Jno. C. HERBERT, } Trustees. May 8. d12t
In obedience to a Decree of the Court of Alexandria county, of Monday the 17th day of May next, in fair, if not the next fair day, will be offered for sale on the premises, upon a Credit of 6 and 12 months, upon notes with approved indorsers, negotiable at the Bank of Alexandria,
A Lot of Ground,
Containing half an acre, lying upon the east side of Alfred street and south side of Cameron street, in the town of Alexandria, extending on Alfred street 176 feet 7 inches, upon Cameron street 123 feet 5 inches. There are a convenient two story frame dwelling house, with a kitchen and other out houses upon the lot, which now rent for £. 50 per annum. The lot is subject to an annual rent of £. 15. As the lot is large it will be laid off into smaller divisions, and sold either in those divisions, or altogether, as will be most agreeable to those inclined to purchase. This sale is made to satisfy a debt due from Thomas Richards to Thompson and Veitch.
JAMES KEITH, JOHN JANNEY, JOHN DUNLAP, } Com'rs. April 16. d34t
WILLIAM LOWRY HAS REMOVED FROM GEORGETOWN TO ALEXANDRIA, AND IMPORTED By the ship Tyson, from Liverpool, via Baltimore, and now opening for sale, at the store lately occupied by John Ramsey, King street,
A quantity of EARTHEN WARE, in crates assorted. Also,
A quantity of Dry Goods, suitable for the season, and is in daily expectation of receiving an additional supply of those articles by the first arrivals from Britain. Country storekeepers and others will find it their interest in giving him a call, as he is determined to sell on the most reasonable terms. April 30. d
John Gardner Ladd
Has lately received for sale at his Warehouse, Prince street Wharf,
Russia Sheetings, Russia and Ravens Duck And India Cotton German Linens and one trunk sewing Silks and Ribbons, A few pair handsome Looking Glasses in gilt and mahogany frames, Two bales of Paper Hangings, A great variety of mens, womens and childrens' shoes, coarse and fine,
Hyson, Young Hyson and Souchong Tea table sets of China in boxes, Cotton, wool and playing Cards, Holland and country Gin of the best quality in pipes, W. India, and N. England Rum, Molasses & Sugars Coffee in bags, Spinning Cotton, Butter in firkins, Beef and Pork in bls. and half bls. Spermaceti and tallow Candles, White and brown Soap, Chocolate of the best and common sort, Cheese of an extraordinary fine quality, Shad, Herrings and dried Cod Fish, A quantity of red Seal Leather, Fresh Raisins and Figs in casks, Lemons in boxes, Pepper, Allspice, Nutmegs, Almonds, and a small quantity of fresh Hops, &c. About 30 tons of Lignumvitae. March 13. d
I have just received and offer for sale SACKINGS and OSNABURGS in bales, and FELT HATS in boxes—also, one ton SHEATHING PAPER. W. HODGSON. April 7. d
T. SIMMS
Has just received and offers for sale, at the lower end of Prince street, 15 jars best quality Tamarinds, And a quantity of Fresh Limes and Lemons. April 27. d
FOR SALE,
A Negro Man, about 25 or 26 years of age—accustomed to house work and waiting at table—being strong and active he may be otherwise employed at the pleasure of the purchaser. Apply to the printer. March 29. d
Calumny Deceived and Exposed
JUST PUBLISHED, And for sale at this office, price 12 1/2 cents, OBSERVATIONS
AND DOCUMENTS, Relative to a Calumny circulated By JOHN BROWN,
A member of the Senate of the United States, from Kentucky, To the prejudice of ELISHA I. HALL, of Frederick county, Virginia. April 24. d
Just received and for Sale at this office—Price One Dollar,
DEBATES
In the Senate of the United States, on the bill for repealing the late JUDICIARY LAW. May 10.
Ship General Hunter,
CAPTAIN ADAMSON, Arrived yesterday from Liverpool with a cargo of excellent SALT
For the Fisheries. Also, A FEW
Crates of Liverpool Earthen Ware.
We will sell this cargo on moderate terms for ready cash, or notes negotiable in the Bank of Alexandria at 60 days.
The ship will take in freight for Liverpool. R. T. HOOE, & Co. April 8. d
In the case of James Gillies, a Bankrupt.
WHEREAS a commission of bankruptcy was duly awarded and issued against James Gillies, of the town of Alexandria, in the district of Columbia, by the name and the description of James Gillies, on the 6th day of May, in the year of our lord, one thousand eight hundred and two: And whereas the commissioners in and by the said commission named and authorised, have declared him to be a bankrupt; the said commissioners do hereby summon and require the said James Gillies personally to be and appear before the commissioners, in the said commission named, on Thursday the 13th day of this present month; on Thursday the 3d day of June next, and on Friday the 18th day of the same month, at Gadby's Tavern in Alexandria, at 3 o'clock in the afternoon of each day, then and there to be examined, and to make a full and true discovery and disclosure of all his estate and effects according to the directions of the act of Congress, entitled, "An act to establish an uniform system of bankruptcy throughout the United States," at either of which meetings the creditors of said bankrupt may attend to prove the same, and those who are indebted to the said bankrupt, or have effects of any kind in their hands belonging to him, are not to pay away or secrete the same.
JAMES KEITH, J. C. HERBERT, J. B. NICKOLS, } Commissioners. HENRY MOORE, Teste, Secretary to the commissioners. May 8. d
Cash given for rags.

The statements of the accountants although they exhibit balances apparently unaccounted for, to a large amount, will likewise show that accounts have been rendered for a considerable portion, which are in a train of settlement but not finally closed.
The late hour at which the voluminous documents accompanying the report were received by the committee (upon the 9th of April) and the labor necessary to investigate such a mass of accounts, and of advances unaccounted for particularly in the war and navy departments, embracing an expenditure of 20 millions dollars, have rendered it impossible for the committee consistently with the attention to their other duties, to form their opinion as to the manner in which the sum has been expended. But from the partial view which they have taken, they beg leave to present some facts and principles which they believe to be worthy of the notice of congress.
There are two previous requisites which are necessary to justify the expenditure of public money, and without which no legal expenditure can be made. First that the expenditure for the object to which it is applied should be authorized by law; and secondly, that an appropriation should have been made to cover that authorized expenditure. In the war and navy departments, this rule does not appear to have been strictly adhered to in all cases; but for the reasons above assigned, the committee have been unable to ascertain, how far it has been departed from. The most prominent instances which have yet presented themselves, are herewith stated:
By an act passed on the twenty-fifth day of February, in the year 1799, authority was given to the President of the United States, to cause to be built six ships of war to be armed with, and to carry not less than 74 guns each, and to build or purchase six sloops of war to be armed with 18 guns each. In part of the necessary expenditures for these objects, a sum not exceeding one million of dollars was appropriated by the same law. And by another act passed on the same day, it was declared that two docks should be erected in suitable places, under the direction of the president of the U. S. for the convenience of repairing the public ships, and the sum of 50,000 dols. was appropriated for that purpose, and by another act passed on the same day, the sum of 200,000 dollars was appropriated to be laid out in the purchase of growing or other timber, or of lands on which timber is growing suitable for the navy, and to cause the proper measures to be taken to have the same preserved for the future use of the navy. Under this authority only, the then secretary of the navy expended the sum of 135,849 dollars 92 cents in the purchase of six navy yards at Portsmouth, Charlestown, (Msf.) New-York, Philadelphia, Gosport, (Vir.) and the City of Washington. For this expenditure the committee conceive that no authority was given by law, nor any appropriation made except for the two docks abovementioned, as the sum of one mil'n dols. was appropriated by the act of '99 for building or purchasing the ships only, and the sum of 200,000 dollars for the purchase of timber. As public ships of war had been before built under a similar authority for the use of the United States, at private yards, and as congress, did, at the same time that they authorized the building or purchasing the ships, provide for the erection of two docks only, the committee are of opinion, that four of the navy yards were purchased without authority, and the money misapplied which was paid for them.
In the war department likewise appears to have been a transaction equally unauthorized. In the year a pile of buildings was commenced under the direction of the then secretary of war, on the banks of the Schuylkill near the city of Philadelphia, which have since been carried on in a manner highly expensive. These buildings have been called a Laboratory, and although yet in an unfinished state, has already cost the United States 152,608 dollars and five cents, which sum have been paid out of the appropriations heretofore made for the quarter master's department. The committee are of opinion that this expenditure of money could not be justified at any time, but more particularly at a moment when the U. States were borrowing money at a high rate of interest to meet objects which the legislature considered as necessary, and had sanctioned by law.
The committee beg leave likewise to refer to an important principle formerly settled by the executive, and actually practised upon in the war department, in relation to the expenditure of public money, which they deem improper in a government like ours, where taxes cannot be imposed but by public consent, and where monies arising from those taxes cannot be disbursed but upon the authority of a law previously passed by the representatives of the nation. By an act passed on the 9th of February in the year 1793, the president is directed to cause the monies drawn from the treasury, for the purpose of intercourse with foreign nations, to be settled, by causing the same to be accounted for specifically in all cases wherein the expenditure thereof may, in his judgment, be made public; and by making a certificate or certificates, or causing the secretary of state to make a certificate of the amount of such expenditure, as he may think it advisable not to specify; and such certificates are to be taken as sufficient vouchers for the sums expressed to have been expended. The policy of this law the committee do not intend to question, but it is clear that it extends only to cases of compensation for what are usually termed "secret services" that may be rendered to the U. States in their intercourse with foreign nations. The section above recited has been engrafted into two laws passed in the respective years of 1798 and 1800, but in every law on the subject, it has been confined to foreign intercourse and in the act of 1800 is further limited to the contingent expenses only of foreign intercourse. It has not, therefore, been without considerable surprise that the committee have seen the same principle applied to the expenditures of the war department.
In the instructions given by the secretary of war to the accountant of the war department, in his letter of the 28th of Dec. 1797, herewith reported and marked L, a rule is positively laid down, that expenditures for the secret services rendered in relation to the duties of the war department are to be admitted. And on the 20th day of December, in the year 1799, the secretary of the treasury made a report on this subject to the president of the United States (subjoined and marked M) in which the principle is again recognized as applicable to the departments of state, war and navy. On the subsequent day the president accordingly signed two certificates as vouchers for monies said to have been expended in relation to the duties of the war department, which certificates are annexed to this report, and are marked N. and O. The committee entertain no doubt as to the illegality of this measure, as it is authorized by no law whatsoever, and they had flattered themselves that the federal government required no services of any nature which ought to be concealed from the officers of the treasury, or from the legislature. They consider these facts as coming properly under the head of expenditures, not authorized by law.
Two other cases of exceptionable expenditure in the war department, have been sufficiently examined to warrant a report upon them. The first relates to an appointment conferred by the late president on Uriah Tracy, Esquire, in the summer of the year 1800, while he was a member of the Senate of the United States: The second relates to a payment made, from the contingent fund of the war department to Mrs. Ariana French of George-Town, in the month of July, 1800: neither of these are very extensive in amount, but both deemed important for the precedents they may hereafter furnish.
It appears, from a document herewith exhibited and marked P, that Mr. Tracy was appointed "to visit and examine into the state of the garrisons, Indian trading houses, factories, &c. in the N. W. Territory, on the Mississippi, and on the frontiers of Tennessee and Georgia;" and that Mr. Tracy, received for this service the sum of one thousand nine hundred and eighty-five dollars and five cents; seven hundred and fifty three dollars and five cents being for travelling and other incidental expenses, and twelve hundred and thirty two dollars for his compensation, from the 16th of June to the 16th of November, in the year 1800, at 8 dollars per day. From the account exhibited by Mr. Tracy for his expenses, it will be seen that during these 5 months he visited Pittsburg, Presque Isle, Niagra, Detroit, and Michillimackinack but did not fulfil the other objects of his mission.
The committee cannot forbear to remark, that Mr. Tracy's acceptance of
this appointment, has the appearance at least of inconsistency with that part of the constitution which provides, that "no person holding an office under the United States, shall be a member of either house of Congress." Mr. Tracy was at the time of receiving the appointment, during the whole of its continuance, and has ever since been a member of the senate of the United States; and from an inspection of the pay roll of the senate, the committee find that for the last seventeen days of the five months of his service, under the above appointment, he not only has his expenses borne by the public to a considerable amount, and received likewise eight dollars per day, but that he at the same time received, as a member of the senate, six dollars per day for travelling from Litchfield, in Connecticut, to the seat of government; a distance of three hundred and forty-four miles—twenty miles being allowed for travelling one day.
James M'Henry, esq. former secretary of war, resigned that office, it is believed, in the month of May, 1800, and the document marked R. hereto annexed, shews that in the month of April preceding, Mrs. Ariana French leased a house to him for one year, to commence from the first of June following; that an award was made between the parties, by which it was declared, that Mr. M'Henry should pay to Mrs. French two hundred and eight dollars and ninety five cents, for damages sustained by her, by reason of his not occupying her house agreeably to the contract, and that in conformity to the opinions of the secretary of the treasury and the secretary of the navy, and by the direction of the secretary of war, this sum was paid to Mrs. French out of the fund for defraying the contingent expenses of the war department.
Upon the whole, the committee are of opinion that considerable sums of public money have been greatly misapplied, and that much expense has been incurred without any legal authority; but for the reasons before assigned, it has been impossible for them to make a complete investigation. Nor do they believe that an investigation entirely satisfactory, can be made, unless the house should think proper to appoint a committee for this purpose to sit during the recess, with directions to make a report to the next session of congress.
The committee deem it their duty to observe, that appropriations for the contingencies of the war and navy departments are, at all times, liable to abuse, not only from the very large sums usually appropriated therefor, but also from the impracticability of specifying by law, the precise object to which such sums are applicable; and the committee are of opinion, that giving publicity to the accounts of the expenditures of monies appropriated for contingencies, would have the most direct tendency to correct the latitude of construction formerly exercised in that respect, by the heads of those departments to promote economy in, and attach a proper degree of confidence to the future proceedings in those departments. And the committee can discern no possible inconvenience in a disclosure of that nature, since they believe that there is no necessity nor propriety for applying the principle of secret money to either of those departments; and at least, it ought to be so considered until it should be otherwise determined by law.
The committee are therefore of opinion, that a clause to this effect ought to be inserted in the bill already reported by them, respecting the accountability of public officers.
For other arrangements which appear to be necessary to "promote economy, enforce adherence to legislative restrictions, and secure the accountability of persons entrusted with public money," they refer to the bill reported by them during the present session, to provide for the due application of public money, and to secure the accountability of persons entrusted therewith, and also to the communication of the secretary of the treasury, made to them on the 2d day of March last.
All which is respectfully submitted.
AN ACT Additional to, and amendatory of, an act entitled "And an act concerning the District of Columbia."
Sec. 1. BE it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, That the circuit court of the county of
Washington, in the territory of Columbia, shall have power to proceed in all common law and chancery causes which now are or hereafter shall be instituted before it, in which either of the parties reside without the said territory, in the same way that non-residents are proceeded against in the general court or in the court of chancery in the state of Maryland.
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the circuit court of the county of Alexandria in the district of Columbia, shall have power to proceed in all common law and chancery causes which now are or hereafter shall be instituted before it, in which either of the parties are non-residents of said district of Columbia, in the same way, and under the same regulations observed by the district court, or by the high court of chancery in Virginia, in proceeding against non-residents.
Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That the courts for the counties of Alexandria and Washington, shall hereafter be held at the periods following, viz.—for the county of Alexandria on the fourth Monday of June and November, and for the county of Washington on the fourth Monday of July and December, in each year; and all process heretofore issued from the offices of the said courts, and not yet returned, shall be returnable to the first day of the sessions of the said courts, respectively, and all causes now depending in the same shall stand adjourned and continued over to the next sessions of the said courts, as established by this act. And the said courts are hereby invested with the same power of holding adjourned sessions that are exercised by the courts of Maryland.
Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That no capias ad satisfaciendum shall hereafter issue on any judgment rendered by a single magistrate, or in any case, where the judgment, exclusive of costs, shall not exceed twenty dollars; but that in such cases execution shall be only on the goods and chattels of the debtor, and shall issue by order of the justice who may have taken cognizance of the action, from the clerk's office, and shall be returnable thereto. That all such executions be returnable on the first Monday in every month; and that the same, and also the warrant to bring the party before the justice, be directed to one of the constables, whose duty it shall be to obey the same: That each of the said constables shall give bond with one sufficient security to be approved of by any one of the district judges, for the faithful execution of the duties of his office in the sum of five hundred dollars. The clerk's fees for issuing and filing the return of every such execution, shall be twenty-five cents; the constable's fees for return and service, shall be fifty cents; and that a commission of eight per cent be allowed the constable for every sum thereon by him levied.
Sec. 5. And be it further enacted, That so much of the original act to which this is a further supplement, as confines the jurisdiction of the courts of this territory to cases between parties who are inhabitants or residents within the same shall not be construed to extend to any case where, by the laws of Maryland & Virginia, respectively, attachments may issue to affect the property of absconding debtors, or others having property within the district, and whose persons are not answerable to the process of the court.
Sec. 6. And be it further enacted, That the taxes to be levied in the county of Alexandria, shall hereafter be assessed by the justices of the peace of the said county, and the poor of the town and the poor of the county of Alexandria, shall be provided for, respectively, in like manner; as the county and corporation courts were authorized to do by the laws of Virginia, as they stood in force within the said county, on the first Monday of December, in the year one thousand eight hundred.
Sec. 7. And be it further enacted, That no part of the laws of Virginia or Maryland, declared by an act of congress, passed the twenty-seventh day of February, one thousand eight hundred and one, "concerning the district of Columbia," to be in force within the said district, shall ever be construed so as to prohibit the owners of slaves to hire them within, or to remove them to the said district, in the same way as was practised prior to the passage of the above recited act.
Sec. 8. And be it further enacted, That so much of two acts of congress, the one passed on the twenty-seventh day of February, one thousand eight hundred and one, entitled "An act concerning the district

Robert B. Jamesson,  Offers for Sale an assortment of Liquors and Groceries, consisting of  Fresh Teas, loaf and Muscovado sugars, Madeira, Sherry, Port, Lisbon, Malaga and Teneriffe } Wines, Jamaica, W. Island and N. England } Rum, Cognac and Barcelona } BRANDY, Holland Gin, Whiskey, Pimento, Mace, Nutmegs, Cloves, Calfia, Cayenne and black Pepper, Short pipes in kegs and boxes, White and brown Soap, Starch, Fig Blue, Race and ground Ginger, Wine and Cyder Vinegar, Indigo, Madder, Copperas, Allum, roll Brimstone and refined Salt Petre, Mustard, Fruits in Brandy, Pickles, Mould Candles, Demijohns assorted, Raisins in kegs and boxes, Currants, Soft shell'd Almonds, Best Albany and common Chocolate, Leiper's and Hamilton's Snuff, assorted in kegs and bladders, Green and Batavia Coffee, Spinning Cotton, Sweet Oil in flasks and black bottles, Patent Shot, from No. 9 to BB, Spanish Segars in boxes of 500 to 1000, Godfried's first quality, Gunpowder, F and FF, sealed pound papers, and treble Battle in canisters. ALSO, Twenty cases Medoc Claret of a very superior quality, AND A consignment of 30 hlids. J. Noble and Co's best bottled  Porter & Brown Stout. May 5. eom
A Card. Charles H. Simmons, respectfully begs leave to present his grateful acknowledgments to the Mayor and Commonality of Alexandria, for their legal sanction and individual support, to his plan for the publication of a Directory, &c. and also to those gentlemen who liberally subscribed thereto. He is, however, under the unpleasant necessity of informing them, that the little encouragement given, in the early stage of the business, being quite inadequate to its completion, independent of any pecuniary compensation to the Editor, he is obliged to relinquish a continuance of the undertaking. May 10. 3teo
JUST PUBLISHED, AND FOR SALE By Cotton & Stewart,  Price Fifty Cents.   For the use of Christians generally, but more particularly adapted to those of the  METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH: With the addition of a great number of new Hymns, many of which have never been published before, and others selected from late publications of merit. It is expected this will be found to be a much improved edition of Spiritual Songs, peculiarly calculated for all those whose wish is to praise the Great Creator of all things, in the language of a renovated heart or true Christian spirit. April 8
FOR SALE, At R. and J. Gray's Book Store, King street,  THE GLOSSER: A Satirical Poem—by Giles Julap, of Chotank, Virginia. Price 62 1/2 cents. Also,  Mr. BAYARD'S SPEECH On the Judiciary Bill. 25 cents. Clerical Candidates. Price 25 cents. And an Essay on the Mineral qualities of the Sweet Springs of Virginia. By Dr. John Baltzel. Price 25 cents. April 24. d  Just received from Norfolk, and for sale by the subscriber, Fresh Lemons by the box or retail; excellent soft shell'd almonds and oranges; muskadel raisins; double and single Glo'ster cheese, tamarinds, &c. &c. with 700 bushels of Lisbon Salt. ABEL WILLIS. May 4. d
William Hartshorne  Has for Sale at his Mill, or in Alexandria,  Plaster of Paris by the ton, or ready ground by the bushel, Indian Meal and Rye Meal, bolted or unbolted, Corn, or any other grain, ground for toll at the mill.  At his store in town,  Hay in bundles, Corn by the bushel, Loaf and lump Sugar by the hoghead or barrel, First and second quality James River Tobacco, in kegs, A few very good Mill Spindles, Two good Scale Beams. Three boxes 8 by 10 Window Glass, A few barrels of Tar, James River Coal.  For Sale, A number of valuable Lots in town, A small House on a lot of 28 feet front on Water Street, next door to Major Muncaster's.  Also, for Sale or Rent,  A valuable Brick House on King street, now in the tenure of Thomas Cruse. 3d mo. 1. d
Philadelphia Bar Iron, A few tons just arrived by capt. Hand, and if the subscriber meets with encouragement in the sale, he will endeavor to keep a constant supply of it. He has three boxes of  WINDOW GLASS, 10 by 8, And  COARSE SALT, fit for the fisheries, to sell. A Lot or two to rent for five years, in the Gut, near the Spring where a tan yard was once begun. Wm. Hartshorne. 5th mo. 3d. d
Ricketts, Newton and Co.  Have just received, Hyson, Hyson Skin, Young Hyson and Imperial } TEAS, Nanneens, Bandanno hlfs. and humbergs, German and British osnaburgs, Ticklenburgs, Loaf and lump sugars, Jamaica sugar in hlfs. and bls. Molasses, Jamaica spirits, And a quantity of Shad and Herrings in barrels. May 3. d
BENNETT & WATTS  HAVE RECEIVED,  By the George and Paul Sieman, via Baltimore—a part of their  SPRING GOODS, which they are now opening for sale. They daily expect the remainder of their goods by the Union from London, and the United States from Liverpool. May 1. d2w eozw 2aw 2w  Wanted Immediately, A white or black woman, to do the house-work in a small family.—Enquire of the Printers. May 10. d  ADVERTISEMENT.
I will sell the plantation on which I now live containing 112 1/2 acres. This land is in a high state of cultivation, the soil well adapted for the culture of small grain, Corn or Tobacco; is exceedingly well watered with never-failing springs, one of sulphur, and two pleasant streams passing through it—there are on the premises a convenient store, dwelling house and a good log kitchen adjoining large new barn, tann-house and yard what other necessary houses. About one half of this land is cleared and under good fencing. There is on the premises a young bearing orchard of choice fruit-trees, a small meadow fit for the scythe, and ten or twelve acres more may be made; these lands are situated in a healthy neighborhood, convenient to several merchant mills, and within one mile of the turnpike road leading from Snickers's Gap to Alexandria, and about 8 miles from said Gap. Possession will be given immediately, or in the fall next, which ever best suits the purchaser, and an indisputable title will be given upon the payment of the purchase money. THOMAS GREEN. April 9. iawtf
FRANCIS MAURICE,  Professor of the French Language, Music, and Dancing, From New-Hampshire, Rhode-Island, and Massachusetts Colleges and Academies, now at the city of Washington, Proposes to teach those beautiful accomplishments in the town of Alexandria and its vicinity, if there appear sufficient encouragement.  Conditions. French Grammar will be taught twice a week, and Dancing the same, every Tuesday and Thursday, from 4 o'clock to 9, through the season, and French Language, Wednesdays and Saturdays, in the morning from 7 to 12 for the Ladies, and from 2 to 7 o'clock for gentlemen—15 dollars only for each scholar per quarter. N. B. Those who will attend both instructions will pay only 24 dollars per quarter: half to be paid at entrance, and the remainder at the end of the quarter. Subscribers received at this office. May 5. iaw 3w
Denny and Powell  Have for sale, at their Grocery and Flour Store, King street, opposite Mr. Peter Heiskell's Tavern, Imperial, Young Hyson, Hyson Skin and Souchong } TEAS, Jamaica Spirits by the bhd. or barrel, Holland Gin, do. Rum, do. Whiskey, do. Molasses, do. Loaf Sugar, do. Brown do. do. Coffee, Cotton, Pepper, Rice } by the bag, Candles by the box, Wool and Cotton Cards, Sifters, Red Turkey Cotton, Nanneens, Stone Ware, German and Russia Linens, India Muslins, Salt of various kinds, Wrapping Paper, Soap and Chocolate by the box, Snuff, Cheese, Bandanno Handkerchiefs, A small assortment of Hardware. The above articles will be sold low for Cash or Country Produce. Cash given for Flour. May 5. iaw
To the Citizens of Prince William County. TAKE NOTICE, that there will be a petition presented to the next General Assembly of Virginia, for the purpose of moving the County Court from Dumfries to the centre of the county. May 1. iaw 4w
Notice. THE PUBLIC are respectfully informed, that BOOKS of SUBSCRIPTION for Shares in the Alleghany Turnpike Road, are opened at the office of Col. Francis Deakins, in George-Town, and at the compting house of Mr. William Hartshorne, in the town of Alexandria, where those inclined to subscribe for shares will please to apply. The acts of the Assemblies of Maryland and Virginia, for incorporating "a Company for establishing a Turnpike Road from the Burnt Mill, about a mile below George's creek, on the Potomack river, to the nearest western navigation," may be seen at either of the abovementioned places. March 4. iaw
By order of the Orphan's Court in and for the county of Washington, District of Columbia. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, THAT all persons having claims against GUSTAVUS SCOTT, late of said County deceased, are hereby warned and required to exhibit the same, with the vouchers thereof, to the subscriber at or before the first day of June next, they may otherwise by law, be excluded from all benefit of the said estate. ELIAS B. CALDWELL, Adm'r C. T. A. Georgetown, March 29. iaw 2m  Printing in all its variety, executed at this office, with neatness and dispatch.
R. & J. GRAY  Have for Sale, wholesale and retail, at their Book and Stationary Store, in King street, between Royal and Fairfax streets, the following articles, on which a liberal deduction will be made to those who purchase to sell again:  Novels, Romances, &c. THE Beggar Girl, a novel in three vols. by Mrs. Bennet; Devalcourt, by do. Girl of the Mountains, a novel in 2 vols. by Mrs. Parton; St. Leon, or a Tale of the XVIII Century, a novel in 2 vols. by Wm. Godwin; Children of the Abbey, a tale, 4 vols. bound in 2, by Regina Maria Roche; Vicar of Lindwood, 2 vols. in one, by do. Maid of the Hamlet, 2 vols. in one, by do. Nocturnal Visit, a novel in 2 vols. by do. Spite of the Castle, by William C. Proby, Vagabond, by George Walker; Mordaunt, by Dr. Moore; The Armenian, or Ghost of Scit, a novel founded on facts, 2 vols. from the German of Schiller, Charlotte Temple, a Tale of Truth, by Mrs. Rowson; 2 vols. in one, Adventures of Gwendetta di Lucca, the Abbess, a romance by H. Ireland, the avowed author of the Shakerley papers, &c. &c. in 3 vols. the Fool of Quality, or the History of Henry Earl of Moreland, in 3 vols. by Mr. Brooke; Royal Captives, a Fragment of Secret History, by Ann Yearley, a Tale of the Times, a novel by the author of the Caliph's Story, in 2 vols.
Miscellanies. Epitome of the History of Europe from the reign of Charlemagne to the beginning of the reign of George III. 8vo. Beauties of Nature delineated, or Philosophical and Pious Contemplations on the Works of Nature, and the seasons of the Year, selected from Hutton's Reflections, Life and Writings of the late Dr. Benjamin Franklin, Papple's Farrier, Blossoms of Morality, Sandford and Merton, Confirmations of the United States with the latest amendments, to which are prefixed, the Declaration of Independence and the Federal Constitution with the amendments; Junius's Letters, complete in one vol. with a copious Index; Letters of Theophrastus, with an Appendix, containing a character of Dr. Franklin, and Remarks on his Life, written by himself; Vocal Medley, a new Collection of fashionable, modern Songs; American Songster; Patrick Medley; Watts's Hymns and Hymns; Methodist Hymns and Spiritual Songs; Newton's Oney Hymns; Common Prayer Books in plain and Morocco binding.
School Books. Bibles, Testaments, Scott's Lessons, Murny's English Reader; Introduction to the English Reader; Sequel to do. Young Gentleman and Ladies' Monitor; Enrick's Dictionary; Plummer's Columbian Orator; Webster's Institutes, comprising his Spelling Book, or 1st part, Grammar 2d part, and Selection in Reading, or 3d part; Dilworth's Spelling Book; Columbian do. Child's Guide; American Primer; Columbian do. Do. Lowth's English Grammar; Ash's Introduction to do. Philadelphia Latin do. Clark's Introduction to Latin; Mair's, do. do. Clarke's Grammar; do. Corderii; Rudiman's Rudiments of the Latin Tongue; American Tutor's Assistant, Dilworth's Scholmaster's do. Mrs. Barbauld's Lessons and Hymns for Children; Juvenile Magazine to be continued monthly.
Chap Books. Prompter; Aladdin, or the Wonderful Lamp; Mother Goose's Tales; Trojan War, Gillette Reviv'd; Laugh and be Fat; Hocus Pocus; Divine Emblems; Letter Writer; Spanish Rogue; Religious Courtship; Conquest of Mexico; Buck's Companion; Youthful Jester's Cheap Repository.
Stationary. Lead Inkstands with glass holders; Pocket do. Morocco Pocket Books assorted; Playing Cards; red and black Inkpowder; Wafers by the pound or oz. Letter Paper of different qualities; Foolscap writing paper; Quills and Slates, lead and slate Pencils; and a general assortment of
Blank Books, consisting of Ledgers, Journals, Day Books, Day-voices, Waste and Cash Books, Cyphering and Copy Books; Copper plate Copy Lines large and small hand.
Bookbinding, Of every description, executed with neatness and dispatch. Merchants' account books ruled and bound to any pattern at the shortest notice.
Wanted, One or two boys of good connection, between 12 and 14 years of age, as apprentices to the book-binding business. April 20. d  Circulating Library. THE subscriber respectfully informs the ladies and gentlemen of Alexandria and its vicinity, that (should an adequate number offer) he intends to establish a Circulating Library, containing a large and well chosen selection of Books, of the most approved authors, in History, Novels, Romances, Voyages, Travels, Poetry, Plays, &c. The books will be hired out by the year, quarter or month, on the following TERMS: For one year, - - - - - 5 00 one quarter, - - - - - 1 50 one month, - - - - - 75 Those who are willing to promote the undertaking, are requested to leave their names with the subscriber, in Prince street, 3 doors above Water street, in order that a catalogue may be prepared, and arrangements made for opening the Library as soon as possible. C. SNOWDEN May 11. iaw 3w  PRINTED DAILY BY  S. SNOWDEN & Co.