Alexandria daily advertiser (Alexandria [Va.]), 1805-12-17 00:00:00

Alexandria Daily Advertiser.
2,000
Vol. VI.]
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 17, 1805.
[No. 1474.
Public Sale.
On FRIDAY next, At 10 o'clock, will be sold at the Vendue Store, RUM
In hds. and bds. French Brandy in pipes, Gin in pipes and bds. Whiskey and Apple Brandy in bds. Sugar in hds. tierces and bds. Chocolate White and brown Soap and Mould and dipt Candles in boxes, Raisins in kegs, boxes and jars, Figs in kegs and frails, Queen's Ware in crates, HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE, &c. Also,
A Variety of DRY GOODS, among which are Cloths, Coatings, Kersemeres, Duffs, Plains, Kerseys, Negro Cottons, Serges, Elasticks, blue Friezes, Calimancoes, Ruffles, Yarn Stockings, Chintzes and Callioes, Irish Linens, Silesia do. Osnaburgs and Ticklenburgs, Muslin and Muslin Handkerchiefs, India Muslins and Table Cloths, Bandanna Handkerchiefs, Colour'd Threads, Hats and sundry other articles.
Philip G. Marsteller.
Nov. 12. 400 barrels Corn, 70 boxes fresh Malt and Bloom Raisins, For Sale, by Mandeville & Jamesson.
December 5. 44 bales GERMAN GOODS, assorted, For Sale, on moderate terms, Lately imported from Bremen by the way of Baltimore. ROBERT YOUNG.
December 7. KILN-DRIED MEAL. 200 barrels of Corn Meal, well dried, and in nice shipping order. Apply to MORDECAI MILLER.
December 9. Bills on Philadelphia, At short sight, In sums to suit purchasers, may be had if immediate application is made to Lawrafon & Fowle.
December 5. JUST RECEIVED, AND FOR SALE, Two boxes Irish Linen—real Calcutta. 50 barrels prime Pork. WM. HODGSON.
November 28. 12 pipes 2d and 3d proof Cognac Brandy 10 hogheads, } New-England Rum. 13 barrels 20 bags Green Coffee 300 lbs single, double, and treble Battle Powder 30 hds. } Muscovado Sugar. 20 bds. 70 boxes old brown Soap. 40 boxes best Havana Segars. With a general assortment of Liquors and Groceries as usual; For sale by Mandeville & Jamesson.
NOTICE.
At a meeting of the President and Directors of the Little River Turnpike Company, at John Gadsby's, in the town of Alexandria, on the 5th December, 1805—Resolved, That the treasurer notify the stockholders in the Little River Turnpike Company, who have not paid up the several calls due from them, that the situation of the work will not admit of further indulgence; and that he cause legal proceedings to be had against all those who fail to make immediate payment—and that he publish this resolution in one of the newspapers of Alexandria, Leesburg, and Winchester. True copy. Levin Powell, President.
Dec. 6. The highest price given for clean Linen Rags, by the Printer of this paper.
For Sale or Charter,  The Staunch fast sailing Brig NANCY about 1400 barrels burthen, Has just had a thorough repair, is well found, and will be at HERPAURN's Wharf, in a day or two.—For inventory or terms apply to John M C Gowan, & Co, City of Washington, or to Lewis Deblois, alexandria. Nov. 20
Mandeville and Jamesson, OFFER FOR SALE, For Cash, Produce, or on the usual Credit; A GENERAL ASSORTMENT OF LIQUORS & GROCERIES, Consisting of Muscovado Sugars, of various qualities. Philadelphia and Alexandria Loaf and Lump ditto.
Jamaica, St. Vincents, and N. E. Rum, Old Jamaica Spirits, for family use, Peach and Apple Brandy, Cognac and Bourdeaux do. Holland and Country Geneva, 70 barrels strong and fine flavored Rye Whiskey. Madeira, Sherry, Old Port, Lisbon, Malaga, and Teneriffe } WINES. 40 cases St. Esteph Medoc Claret, 1 butt old 4th proof Irish Whiskey, 100 cases West Schiedam Gin. A few hogheads of choice Molasses, Tennessee and Georgia Cotton.
Guapowder, Imperial, Hyson, Young Hyson, Souchong, Hyson-skin, and Bohea } TEAS, Very carefully selected from the best cargoes for country trade and family use. Green Coffee, Chocolate, Pearl Barley, Rice, Starch, Fig-blue, Soap, Mustard, Rappie and Scotch Snuff. SPICES—Pimento, Pepper, Cloves, Cassia, Nutmegs and Mace. Ginger, race and ground. Flaxseed and Orleans Indigo, Madder, Copapas, Allum and Brimstone. Patent Shot, assorted, from BB to No. 9. Bar Lead, Hunter's Pipes, Bees Wax, Wrapping Paper, Demijohns, Refined Salt Petre, Chalk, Mould and Dipt Candles. British Gunpowder of various qualities from F to treble baltle. Oct. 18.
Russia Clean Hemp. A few tons of the first quality for sale, by John. G. Ladd. Dec. 2.
TUNIS CRAVEN, Has received by the late arrivals an elegant assortment of GOODS,
—AMONG WHICH ARE— London superfine Cloths and Cambricks, Becket's parent Cords, Do. Waistcoatings, Silks, Mouselins, Florentines, Imperial, clouded and white Marceilles, Toilets, Swandowns, Flannels, rose Blankets, Coatings, Plains, Kerseys, Halfthicks, Lamb's Wool, Worsted, Cotton and Silk Hosiery, Irish & Flanders Sheetings, 4 4 1/2 Irish Linens, Shirting Cotton, Long Lawns, Linen Cambricks, Dimities, Cambricks do. He daily expects an additional assortment of FALL GOODS. Oct. 22.
Printing, in its various branches, handsomely executed at this office.
MAIL LOST!
ON Saturday, 16th November last, was lost from the Mail Stage, somewhere between Occoquan and Alexandria, The Colchester Way-Mail. As this Mail could not have got out of the stage without assistance, and that from design; I will give ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS REWARD, to any person who will inform me who committed the act of throwing the Mail out of the stage on that day. N. ELICOTT. December 10.
Wanted immediately, A quantity of CHESNUT RAILS; For which cash will be given. Apply to J. H. Hooe. December 12.
Disolution of Copartnership.
THE Copartnership hitherto subsisting under the firm of Joseph Riddle & Co. of Alexandria, was dissolved the first instant, by mutual consent: All persons that are indebted to, or that have claims on the same, are requested to come forward and settle, as it is desirable to close the concern as soon as possible. Those whose accounts are of long standing are particularly requested to attend to this notice, and make payments to either of the subscribers. JOSEPH RIDDLE, Of Alexandria. JAMES DALL, Of Baltimore. September 18.
JOSEPH RIDDLE Has Received by the Ceres and other ships lately arrived at Baltimore, a considerable part of his FALL GOODS; Which are now opening at his store in Fairfax Street, and daily expect an additional supply in the United States from Liverpool. September 28.
JUST RECEIVED, And for Sale by the Subscriber, 100 ps. brown Russia Sheetings } Entitled to 100 do. Ravens Duck } Duk. on Ex. 3 bales German Ticklenburgs. 50 bolts Russia Duck 100 barrels Boston Beef 30 do. Tanners Oil 400 casks Stone Lime 100 boxes mould and dipt Tallow Candles 6 pipes old real Cognac Brandy West India and New England Rum And a quantity of Mens, Womens and Childrens SHOES. John G. Ladd. November 16.
TUNIS CRAVEN, HAS FOR SALE Best Havana SEGARS in boxes, And a few Pancheons NEW-ENGLAND RUM. November 13.
Brew-House—Alexandria. I NOW have BEER ready for delivery, of a quality that I expect will please. Thomas Cruse. December 13.
Biscuit Bakers wanted. Two Journeymen BISCUIT BAKERS who are compleat workmen, and can come well recommended for their sobriety and industry, will meet with encouragement on application to the PRINTER hereof. December 14.
TEN DOLLARS Reward. Left the Little-River turnpike road, about the 10th of September last.
A Negro Man named JAGOB, belonging to the heirs of THOMAS MASON, deceased. He is about 30 years of age, well made, about 5 feet 10 inches high, dark complexion, his head tolerably grey. Whoever takes up said Negro and delivers him to me or one of the overseers on the turnpike road, near Alexandria, shall receive the above reward and all reasonable charges, by JOSEPH POWELL, Agent for the Little River Turnpike Company. October 24.
Wanted to Hire, A Negro Girl from 12 to 14 years of age—Apply to the PRINTER. November 12.
PUBLIC SALE.
On MONDAY, the second day of February, 1806, will be sold, on the premises, TRACT OF LAND, situate on the Potomack, in the county of King George adjoining Hooe's ferry, containing 336 acres. On this land is an excellent landing for a fishery, a salt marsh of about 40 acres, from which immense quantities of hay may be cut, and furnishes the best fowling ground of any part of the Potomack in the vicinity. A considerable proportion of the land is in wood, and the arable land on the river is intermixed with fields, which adapts it well to the culture of corn, wheat, tobacco, or cotton. The terms are, one half in hand, or approved bonds on demand; the remainder in twelve months with interest. A deed of trust will be required to secure the payment of the purchase money. Gerard Alexander. December 14.
Five Dollars Reward.
STRAYED from the Subscriber's stable on Friday morning last a light Bay Horse, 4 years old, about 12 hands high, likely shed all round, mane hogged, and tail docked, four black hoofs, and a large belly. He was about ten days since bought of Mr. Joseph Gowman, living near the four mile run. Whoever delivers the said horse to the subscriber, shall receive the above reward, and all reasonable expenses. ISAAC ENTWISTLE. December 2. N. B. wanted from 10 to 1500 bushels of good clean barley, for which a generous price will be given.
NOTICE.
THE subscriber will rent the house on Fairfax Street, near Duke Street, lately occupied by Mr. James H. Hooe. Apply to Mr. John Tucker. —As some person has reported that the house is liable for back rents, the following certificate, from Mr. Nathaniel C. Hunter, (the original proprietor of the lot) who leased the house and lot to me on an annual ground-rent, proves, that there is no truth in the said report. Stephen Cooke.
I hereby acknowledge, to have received all the ground-rents due on a lot, in the town of Alexandria, on Fairfax Street, leased of me by Dr. Stephen Cooke, up to the 3d day of February, 1805. NATHANIEL C. HUNTER. October 1, 1805. (Dec. 10.)
TO RENT,
The Dwelling HOUSE at present occupied by William Sanford—The house is commodious and handsomely situated, with every necessary out house, and has a handsome garden in high cultivation. Apply to Mr. Thomas Preston, or Thomas Sanford. October 25.
TO LET,
A CONVENIENT two-story Brick Dwelling HOUSE, situate on the corner of Duke & St. Asaph Street, lately occupied by RICHARD VITTEY —Apply to THOMAS CLAGGETT November 12.
This is to give Notice,
THAT the subscribers, of Alexandria county in the district of Columbia, have obtained from the Orphans' court of said county letters of administration on the personal estate of Abraham Hewes, late of the county aforesaid, deceased; all persons having claims against the said deceased, are hereby warned to exhibit them, with the vouchers thereof, to the subscribers, on or before the 22d day of May next, or they may by law be excluded from all benefit of said estate. Given under our hands this 22d day of November, 1805. RACHEL HEWES, Adm x . GEORGE DRINKER, } Adm rs . PHINEAS JANNEY, } November 23.
Just Published,
And for Sale by Cotton & Stewart, A Key to Mystery of Iniquity OR AN Address to Men of Candor and lovers of Truth. BY JOHN WEST, Of Fairfax County. This work contains a compendium of ecclesiastical history, accompanied with the author's reflections; proving modern episcopacy to be a usurpation, &c. &c. May 2.

OF THE DEMOCRATS.
In years ago was introduced in this country the most cruel system of taxation that ever disgraced any nation. Those whose long tried and approved patriotism and virtue had obtained for them the offices of government and who upon accepting them had relinquished every other means of subsistence were rudely thrust from their employments and in many instances reduced to indigence and want, because they had exercised with firmness and independence their rights which it was the boast of our glorious revolution to have secured to us.
At the time of the adoption of this system there were not wanting men to expose its iniquity and to predict its result in the ruin of every thing which freemen ought to hold sacred and inviolable. It will be recollected, however, that the opposition to these "doings" of our newly elected magistrates was confined entirely to federal men.
Every good patriot who from the purest and most disinterested motives had espoused a change of men and measures, was loud in commendation of the plans which opened the "doors of public honor and confidence" to their favorite sect. It required not however a spirit of divination to foresee that altho' this system would for a time be a favorite one with that sect, it must in the end be productive of dire schisms among its original friends. They who had approved of it at first because it afforded to each of them a chance of a participation "of the loaves and fishes," could not have been suspected of being so foolishly fond of it, as to continue their support to its authors after every prospect of benefit to themselves had vanished. This no doubt proceeded from the purest patriotism. Having been impelled by their love of virtue and the people to connect their own with the public interest, and each believing himself of all others the most competent to the duties of offices of emolument, it was not to be expected that the unfavored many would be so regardless of their own and the public's good as to submit with patience for any length of time to their own exclusion. An exclusion, which to the honor "of the powers that be," it might be said was less owing to the want of the essential requisites of integrity and ability in the numerous office-hunters, than to the unfortunate circumstance of their being more candidates for office, than there were offices to fill.
Symptoms of disaffection and "opprobrium" to the dominant party in several of the democratic states have for some time past been manifested. In Pennsylvania, however, the state which may boast of having been the first to adopt and practice the system of persecution for opinion's sake , under the auspices of governor M c Kean, a faction composed of his former supporters organized and in formidable phalanx have lately made a most decided stand against his re-election, and in their infuriate zeal to hurry him from office, have equally forgotten all respect for the characters of their enemies and for the immaculate virtues of their "little band." They declared him unworthy of public favor because of offences which they had known him to have committed before his first election by themselves. They proclaim him to have been an aristocrat and the enemy of liberty at the very time that each of them was industrious in recommending him to the people as the best of patriots and of republicans.
Notwithstanding all this opposition and abuse Governor M c Kean, has been re-elected to the chief magistracy of the state of Pennsylvania. The people have shown themselves unwilling to trust those who by their own confession, had before practised upon them the grossest deceptions, and who had connected with the downfall of M c Kean and his party, the demolition of the state government and some of its old and valuable establishments. Thus out of the party which in former times had thought and acted, in the most perfect union had arisen a faction more rancorous in its enmity to the ruling power of the state than they had formerly been to the federalists. They have however been weighed in the balance and found wanting. The public suffrage has pronounced them to be unworthy of public confidence.
In perfect consistency with his former system, it seems that the governor since his re-election, has been employed in appointing his new favorites to the offices, which were held by the late deserters from his standard and has commenced against them a system of persecution similar to that of which they themselves approved
and profited by when practised towards poor federalists. What is the result? These men, who formerly approved of it, and who in order to get into office, declared that no man hostile to the administration, ought to be allowed to hold a public employment, now that their own system is made to affect the interests of themselves and their party, have the shameless effrontery to reproach its authors with the crimes of tyranny and insolence.
If as was formerly maintained by these pretended patriots a dismissal from office is a rightful consequence of opposition to the election of those in whom is vested the disposal of offices then unquestionably M c Kean is correct, in his present procedure, and those wretches, who have become so clamorous against him ought patiently to acquiesce under the operation of what may be called their own system. But with these people "tempora mutantur," and as they are not much encumbered with that unfashionable thing called principle , they have very easily accommodated their opinions to the change of times and circumstances. Their adherence to principle is found to be nothing more nor less, than a greedy thirst for the advancement of their own, at the expense of every interest of society.
The federalists may now amuse themselves in reading billingsgate abuse which in the public prints is now poured out by these fugitive incendiaries, against their former dear friends.—Nor ought it to excite surprise, that they are now making use of those very arguments against the persecutions of M c Kean, which when formerly urged by federal men, they were wont to treat with contempt. They are at length, it would seem, convinced of the correctness of federal reasoning. It is however to be regretted that their conviction has come too late to be of any benefit to the country.
The long experience we have had of the blindness and perverseness of our people forbids a hope that they will profit by the passing events. Else surely, after the proofs which these alien patriots, (to whom in a moment of infatuation, they have surrendered themselves) have furnished of their shameful selfishness, and abandonment of every moral virtue, they could not hesitate to turn from the error of their ways and to denounce the men who at present influence and direct their councils.
For ourselves, we have not abandoned one iota of our former creed upon the subject of political persecution, and although we are in some measure pleased at finding that these men are now suffering by their own system, and think that the hostility manifested by them to the constitution under which they hold their offices furnish a better pretext for their removal, than any which was to be found in the conduct and principles of the federalists, we are still ready to declare, that the dismissal of a public officer from office, without any charge of official misconduct, and merely upon the ground of discrepancy of political opinion, with those in power, is a disgraceful departure from every principle of republican liberty, and that a perseverance in such a system must result in the destruction of every right and blessing of freedom.
EXTRACTS FROM THE JOURNAL OF THE HOUSE OF DELEGATES OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA.
Saturday, December 7th, 1805. Ordered, That Messrs. Summers, Kemp and Evans, (Ohio) be added to the committee for Courts of justice, and Mr. Barker to the committee of Claims.
A letter from Hugh Holmes, esq. was received (announcing his resignation of the Speaker's chair) in the following words:
Gentlemen of the House of Delegates of Virginia,
The exchange of public honours constitutionally incapable of uniting in one person, being placed in my opinion by the voice of a majority of the Legislature on yesterday, by my election to a seat in the judiciary, I have deemed it proper to notify the House of Delegates, that I resign to them in the office of Speaker, with which they were pleased to honor me at the commencement of their session, intending to accept the last appointment, and thereby to disqualify myself from holding a seat in the Legislature. This determination although the result of the best advice, as well as my own reflections on the propriety of the act, is still at hostility with the feelings of my heart; they dictate a different course, but obedience to them must always yield to principle, and I trust be justified by those who are partial to my services in the chair. The constitution holds sacred the division
of power, and strongly inculcates the principle that the Executive, Legislative and Judicial Authority should be separate and distinct; would it then be correct in principle, that he who had been chosen to expound laws, should also aid and assist as a legislator in making laws? Time will not permit me to detail the many examples of delicacy which might occur in the course of a session, now only at its commencement; and although I hold the rule of the house as a just exposition of the constitution, (at least there is nothing in the latter forbidding the same) yet consistency in the construction of this character, in adhering to its genius and spirit, is what I wish to preserve to the House of Delegates and myself.—Great injustice will be done to purity of motives, if on the one hand any gentleman should suppose me ungrateful by deserting from a duty so honorably assigned; or on the other hand, that I am tenacious of accumulated honours, and adhere with indelicate pertinacity to all within my reach. In taking leave of you, gentlemen, I must be permitted to add, that the cold forms of respect in official communications at this moment are refused by my feelings; it is more than respect which I feel for the Legislature of Virginia. In this my political exit, I am about to part with friends; and to all, I bequeath the only legacy within my gift, good wishes for every individual, prosperity to their legislative labours, with happiness here and hereafter.
HUGH HOLMES.
December 7th, 1805.
On Saturday Peter Johnston, esq. was appointed Speaker of the House of Delegates, in the room of Hugh Holmes, esq.
After which the legislature proceeded by joint ballot of both Houses to the choice of a governor for one year—and on counting the ballots there appeared a majority in favour of Wm. H Cabell, esq.
STATE OF THE BALLOT.
For William H. Cabell, 98 Alexander McRae, 90
On the same day the legislature appointed Peter Johnston, esq. a Brigadier General, in the room of brigadier gen. John D. Scott, resigned.
NEW-YORK, Dec. 14.
Arrived, ship Samuel Jackson, Myrick, from Amsterdam and the Downs, 39 days from the latter. Oct. 9, was carried into the Downs by the Kings brig Pursuer, lieutenant Sebril, and detained two days after being very ill treated, and threatened with corporal punishment. In long. 15. lat 48, was boarded by a British frigate, had John Flancy (an American Seaman) pressed, and wanted to take two more. October 18, in lat 48 long 15, spoke brig Clio, Boyd, of Philadelphia, from Lisbon for London. 26th, in lat 49 long 33 spoke brig Virginia, Jennings, of Marblehead, out 15 days from Bilbao. Nov. 14, lat 34 10 long 61, spoke brig Sally, Cottle, 48 days from Liverpool for New York. 18th, lat 34 30 long 64, spoke ship Indian Chief 107 days from the Isle of France for Portsmouth. Capt. M. left at Amsterdam October 5, ship Atlantic, Russel, for Philadelphia; Perseverance, Swaine, New York, to sail 12th; Messenger, Buffington, Salem, 5th; Portsmouth, Lewis, India; Richmond Noble do. Montezuma, Da-shields, do. Eagle, Norman, New York; Briggs William and Mary, Easterby, Charleston; Respect, March, Newburyport; Ezra & Daniel, Hall, St. Ubes; and ten sail more of which he could not procure the names. He says, he called on the several masters, who informed him they had been so long in port that they had forgotten the names of their vessels.
WASHINGTON CITY, Dec. 13.
The supplementary documents communicated to congress by the president, are equally interesting with those previously delivered; in one point of view in particular. They announce a misconduct on the part of the agents of Spain on our frontiers that calls for vigorous retribution.—It is sincerely to be hoped that these outrages are either unauthorised or that their recurrence in future will be prevented by the mother country.—Should this be the case our own government will be under the necessity, however painful, of commanding an observance of that conduct which an independent nation has a right to claim.
As we purpose giving all these documents in detail, we shall only offer a concise notice of them at present.
The first papers furnish sundry statements of violences committed by Spaniards and Spanish officers on Americans. A letter from Governor Claiborne, with accompanying documents, shews that the Spaniards have exacted duties at the Mobile, on the passage of the property of the United States, and that this is in consequence of royal orders. Letters from general Wilkinson, dated New Orleans, from December 27, 1803, to April
25, 1804, follow, relative to the residence of Spanish officers in Louisiana.
A letter from captain Turner to general Wilkinson, dated August 1, 1804, at Natchitoches, says,
"Since I last wrote, nothing of much importance has transpired. Our neighbours still keep up that sort of conduct towards us which a state of war alone would justify. Every person who goes from here is strictly examined and searched and all letters found in their possession are broken open and perused with an expectation of finding them big with treason, stratagems and crimes."
Letters from this date down to the 30th October, 1805, give accounts of the establishment of a number of military posts by the Spanish, and of their efforts to foment a spirit of insubordination and hostility to the United States among the inhabitants of Louisiana; of which the following quotations are specimens:
"Within these two days, says captain Turner, I have received information that the Spaniards have ably lured themselves, both at Matagordo, and the Ocoquizaes. They came by sea, and immediately commenced fortifying. The informer is an Indian chief of the Choctaws, who says, that a warrior of his nation, who has been hunting with the Carankuas, on the bay of St. Bernard, has returned loaded with Spanish presents and earefies; and says, that the commanding officer told him, that he and his people had better abandon the Americans, and come under the protection of the Spaniards, who would never forsake their old friends; and bid him witness their present proceeding, giving him to understand that it was only preparatory to their taking possession of the country again, which would not long remain in the hands of the Americans, as they meant to edge themselves along till they got to Orleans."
"Great pains, says Dr. Silby, are certainly taken by people living here, and strangers passing through the country to and from Mexico, to fressen and keep alive the report and belief, that this part of the country is not long to remain in the hands of the United States."
"The day before yesterday the baron Bastrop, an intimate acquaintance of the marquis de Casa Calvo, passed through this place from Orleans on his way to Mexico, or that way; he took great pains to circulate the report, and to tell all the inhabitants he spoke with, that country would ere long be again under the government of Spain. He speaks French, English and Spanish. Affurances of that kind from a character like the baron, make a strong impression upon the minds of the uninformed inhabitants."
Alexandria Daily Advertiser.
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 17.
A BLOODLESS VICTORY.
The following intelligence was communicated in a letter to the Editors of the Bolton Gazette, dated at Salem on Saturday last.
"The Messenger, Capt. Buffington, arrived here last evening from Amsterdam. Left the city on the 20th and the Texel on the 22d October. At the Texel he received the Amsterdam papers, from which was read to him an account that Bonaparte had surrounded and taken prisoners, 30,000 Austrians. There was no account of any battle from which this event resulted. You will therefore perceive, that though it is probable the hostile armies have come into contact, this must be a very imperfect account of the circumstance."
No further particulars have reached us of this novel and strange event. Bolton Gazette.
Philadelphia, Dec. 1.
INTERESTING DECREE.
We are informed, that Gen. Ferrand, of the city of St. Domingo, has recently issued a proclamation, in which he gives the names of the American vessels, captains, owners, and shippers, who have carried on a trade with the blacks of St. Domingo, and orders his privaters to bring in for confiscation, every such vessel, or others, belonging to, or having on board any article, even the most trifling, the property of the said captains, owners, or shippers. This decree is intended to operate to the seizure and condemnation of any vessel or property on the high seas, belonging to Americans, who have in any way traded with the revolted negroes of Hispaniola. We shall endeavor to procure a copy of it for our next.
We are indebted to the politeness of a commercial friend, for the following interesting letter from Captain Lloyd Jones, of this port, dated Bourdeaux, October 13:
"I have the pleasure to inform you of a safe arrival here, after a tedious and barren voyage. We were in the bay for some time beating from Fimister to the British Channel and were boarded several times and examined in the strictest manner. They were very near taking my passengers out, and would have done I believe, had they been young men. They demanded the accounts of the ship's last voyage and were much more particular than I ever knew them; but conducted with the greatest politeness."
I was also boarded by the Guernsey men, experienced the same kind of treatment. Last frigate which boarded us, was the...

Port of Alexandria.
ARRIVED
Brig Equator, captain Moore, 60 days from New-Castle (Eng.)—Glassware—H. Smith.
Spoke ship Charleston, of New York, 46 days from Liverpool—Ship Hero, of Bluehill, 72 days from Liverpool, bound to Boston, and had bore up for the West-Indies.
Arrived, schooner Betsy, captain Blunt, 17 days from Exuma—Salt—P. Janney & B. Shreve, jun.
Also, schooner Alert, captain Dye, from Barbadoes, via St. Bartholomews—Ballast—Jonah Thompson & Son.
Also, brig Economy, captain Smith, R. Island—India Goods and northern produce—captain.
The ship Leonidas, captain McKenzie, of New York, from Liverpool, with salt, is below.
NINTH CONGRESS, OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
FRIDAY, December 13.
Mr. Crowninshield from the committee of commerce and manufactures, to whom was yesterday referred the petition relative to a vessel at Norfolk reported a bill for the relief of Theodorick Armstead, which was referred to a committee of the whole to-day.
The bill authorises the collector at Norfolk, to admit to entry twelve hundred demi-johns of brandy imported by T. Armstead in the brig George from the island of Teneriffe.
The house immediately went into a committee of the whole—Mr. Varum in the chair.
Mr. Newton, fully explained the peculiar circumstances of this case, and called for the reading of the documents relative to it: from which it appeared that some time since the owner of the brig George hired her to go to Teneriffe, where he took a cargo for the Havana; hearing subsequently of the late British orders, he thought it prudent to return to Norfolk, where he now lies; but owing to the revenue laws of the United States, he is prohibited from entering brandy in quantities as small as those contained in demi-johns. He therefore asks permission to land these articles, on paying the usual duties.
Mr. Macon, the Speaker, expressed his opinion of the incorrectness of the course pursued on this occasion; on which the committee of commerce and manufactures contrary to the usual practice of the house, had reported a bill without assigning their reasons in an accompanying report. He wished that such a report might be made, and that it might stand as a precedent, in case other applications should be made to shew the peculiar grounds on which the house acted. It was further his wish that there had been a bill embracing the general principle involved in this case, in preference to one making a special provision. That a detailed report might be made, he moved that the committee should rise, in order to make way for a new motion to re-commit the bill to the committee of commerce and manufactures.
Mr. Newton opposed this motion. He represented the case as extremely hard; — that the facts were all before the house and were indisputable; that the vessel had been detained since October—that nothing was asked but what was perfectly fair; that the necessity of making the request arose from orders recently issued by a king, who though he could do no wrong to his own subjects, practised great injuries on American citizens. With regard to the general principle, a diversity of opinion, he said existed in the committee of commerce and manufactures, and to wait until this should be decided might involve great and injurious delay. As to one suggestion of the honorable speaker, it would be easily obviated by the documents then in the possession of the house, remaining on file, which would clearly discriminate this case from all others which might hereafter come before them.
Mr. J. Clay allowed that this was a hard case, but doubted much whether it was sound policy in the government to recognise a high insurance, which was demanded in this instance on the exportation of the brandies, as a sufficient ground for allowing them to be landed, in contravention of a principle of the revenue system. He remarked that this case did not arise from any fault of the American government, but
from the aggression committed on our rights by a government who made their own interest the rule of their conduct towards other nations. He concluded by concurring with the Speaker in the course recommended by him.
Mr. Crowninshield, hoped the committee would not rise. The prayer of the petitioner was very reasonable. All he asked was to land his goods on paying the legal duties on them. He passed over the ground taken by Mr. Newton, and added that if the owner of the goods were driven by a denial of the indulgence he asked, to export his goods, they might be seized under the plundering order of his Britannic majesty, and both goods and duties be lost.
Mr. C. said that in the committee of commerce and manufactures he had been in favor of reporting a bill for making a general provision; but that having been overruled in this point, the members of the committee not having made up their minds on its propriety, it became his duty to make a special report, in which he heartily concurred. He could not conceive why the entry of brandy and several other articles should be refused, unless imported in vessels of a particular size, while other articles of greater value in proportion to their bulk were admitted without restriction.
On the rising of the committee a division took place: Ayes 56: Noes 47.
The committee rose, reported that they had made progress, and asked leave to sit again.
Leave being denied, on the motion of Mr. J. Clay the bill was recommitted to the committee of commerce and manufactures.
IN SENATE, December 6.
The President communicated the following letter and report:
Navy Department, 5th December.
SIR,
IN obedience to the resolution of the senate of this day, requiring the secretary of the navy "to lay before the senate, the reasons why an additional appropriation is required for the naval service for the current year," I have the honor to state,
That out of the sum appropriated for the support of the navy, for the year 1805, the sum of 312,370 dollars has been paid for extra expenses, not contemplated in my estimate for that year. Statement A gives a view of these expenses.
The sum of 287,630 dollars has moreover, been paid out of the money appropriated for the support of the navy, for the year 1805, for expenses incurred during the year 1804, by the squadron fitted out under the act, entitled "An act further to protect the commerce and seamen of the United States against the barbarous powers," and by commodore Preble in his preparatory arrangements for attacking Tripoli. With respect to these last mentioned expenses, it may be proper to observe that there existed at the time they were incurred an adequate appropriation, made by the act under which they were authorised, to pay them, if payment had been necessary during the year 1804; but it was not necessary to pay them until the year 1805; and as the appropriation made by the act above referred to, was not, agreeably to the treasury construction, subject to my order, at the time that payment of these expenses was required, they were paid out of the money appropriated for the support of the navy for the year 1805.
From the preceding statement it appears that the following sums have been paid out of the money appropriated for the support of the navy for the year 1805; for expenses not contemplated in my estimate for that year, viz.
  Dollars.   For extra expenses incurred during the year 1805, as per statement A, 312,370   For expenses incurred during the year 1804, explained above 287,630   Constituting a total of, 600,000   Which is the existing deficiency. 
Respectfully submitted.
ROBERT SMITH.
[A.]
Estimate of the extra expenses of the Navy Department, incurred during the year 1805.
  Dolls.   For vessels and gun boats captured and put into commission in the Mediterranean, by the commanding officer, 32,000 
For building the two vessels of war, authorised by the act, entitled "An act further to protect the commerce and seamen of the United States against the Barbary powers," by which act an adequate appropriation was made,
subject to my order after the close of the year 1804, 63,120
For expenditures under the resolution of congress, of the 27th November, 1804, voting a sword to capt. Decatur, and two month's extra pay to each of the officers of the ketch Intrepid, for which no appropriation was made, 2,000
For expenditures under the resolution of congress, of the 3d of March, 1805, voting a medal to commodore Preble, a sword to each of the commissioned officers, and midshipmen, who distinguished themselves in the attacks against Tripoli, and one month's extra pay to each of the petty officers, seamen and marines of commodore Preble's squadron, for which no appropriation was made, 20,000
For six month's service of the frigate the Adams, 23,000 dolls. and four month's service of the brig Hornet, 16,500 dolls. which vessels were put into commission for the protection of our commerce on the coast, 39,500
For nine month's service of 8 gun-boats, having only men enough to navigate them across the Atlantic, 35,000
For two bombards, purchased and fitted out by commodore Preble, and seven month's service, 47,000
For nine month's service of 400 extra men, sent out in the John Adams, to the Mediterranean, 63,750
For bounty to seamen, which we were obliged to give to induce them to enter the service, the pay in the merchant service, being extravagantly high, 10,000
Dolls. 312,370
NOTICE.
IN obedience to a law of the Corporation for "regulating waggens, draymen and cartmen," I hereby give notice to all those concerned, that from and after this date, they are to arrange themselves in Royal-street, between King-street and the pump opposite the market square, taking care to leave the passage into the horse yard unobstructed—and on Fairfax-street from the clerk's office to the jail.
John Longden, Clerk of the Market.
December 17. 3t
PUBLIC NOTICE.
WHEREAS Samuel Craig has advertised, in my name, property in the town of Centreville, in Fairfax county, Virginia, as a trustee for the disposal thereof on the 10th day of January next ensuing: I hereby caution any and every person, from purchasing said property in my name, as the circumstances in which it is now involved absolutely requires this attention.
P. Wanton.
December 17. 3t
English & Mathematical School.
AT the request of several of my friends, I respectfully inform the citizens of Alexandria what branches of literature are taught in this Seminary, viz. Reading, Writing, and English Grammar; Arithmetic and Book-keeping; Euclid's Elements, Geometry, Trigonometry, Mensuration, Surveying and Navigation; Geography, History, &c. in the modern style.—The teacher, from his experience in the profession, hopes to obtain a complete share of public patronage—his number of pupils are limited to forty, with an assistant.
L. Janney.
N. B. The tutor has taught some of the first English schools in the interior parts of Pennsylvania, and nine years in the city of Baltimore, previous to his removal to this town. St. Asaph street, near Prince. 18th mo. 17th. 203t
DOUGLASS & MANDEVILLE, KING-STREET,
 Have just received and offer for Sale,  7000 lbs net. Green Coffee  2500 bushels Coarse and Fine Salt  20000 wt Cheese, some of a superior quality  1000 bushels Oats  200 barrels inspected Herring  10 hogheads West-India Rum  10 do. New-England Rum  40 boxes Candles  10 hogheads Brown Sugar  20 barrels New-England Rum  20 do. Whiskey  5 pipes French Brandy  3 do. Holland Gin; 
With a number of other Articles in the Grocery Line.
Being about to close our business, we will dispose of the above articles at a reduced price.
FOR RENT,
The FLOUR STORE, upper end of King-street, lately occupied by Messrs. Richard and Sons. For terms apply to Joseph Mardeville, jun.
they had orders to capture all American vessels coming direct from one port of enemy to another, and to detain even those that had been to the West-Indies or to France and from thence to the United States, for a fresh clearance, without discharging their cargoes in the United States, and even if the same vessel was the transporter of her own cargo to this country.
September 21, long. 25, W. lat. 44, 20, N. like the ship Young Elias, of Philadelphia, and to Amsterdam, out 35 days, who informed that she had shifted her cargo in a very heavy sea, but had not received any other damage. "Off Cape Finistre, I was boarded by seven of the blockading squadron, which were dispatched to cruise for five sail of French ships, which they understood had captured the British homeward bound West India fleet. Sir Richard Strong commanded this squadron and intended, if they did not fall in with the enemy in a day or two, to proceed to the West-Indies."
[The following interesting article, extracted from the "Gazette d'Haiti," although of a date anterior to the late report of a revolt in that island, furnishes a convincing proof that there is little probability of an event of that kind soon taking place. If we may credit this panegyrist of the Sable Emperor, his government appears as well founded, and as likely to continue, as that of his brother Napoleon. We are of opinion that the report must have originated from some intended commercial speculation.]
(Relf's Phil. Gazette.)
Translated for the Philadelphia Gazette.
"CAPE FRANCIS, Aug. 21, 1805. The organization of the branches of the government of the Empire, is nearly completed: many Imperial decrees and ministerial orders have already been published; every thing revives, every thing takes a new and permanent form; in fine, we approach the period of a happy prosperity. The residence of his Majesty, at this place, affords us daily proof of his indefatigable application to business, and of his paternal solicitude for the happiness of his subjects. The organization of the army, the division of the territory, the restoration of culture, the regulation of the government, have all been equally attended to; nothing has been omitted or forgotten. Thanks to the labors of our Sovereign, thanks to His devotedness to the happiness of his subjects, we have a constitution and a code of laws which insure our political existence; each citizen, instructed in his duty, will for the future, have no excuse for evading it. The influence of one man has alone produced this happy state of things.—In spite of the misfortunes which preceded the independence of Haiti, this island still finds itself in a state sufficiently flourishing, to warrant the idea of its future greatness, and of the immense resources which are justly expected from it, by a wise and enlightened administration. The merchants of neutral nations who have heretofore arrived in our ports for the purposes of commerce, have always found a sufficiency of produce to exchange for their merchandise; and the prospect of an abundant harvest, offers us the means, in a short time, of carrying on a still more extensive trade. The organization of the army, by discharging its useless or expensive members, diminishes the expenses of the state, and restores many useful hands to agriculture; a circumstance, in our present situation, of immense advantage."
The public revenues have hitherto, been adequate to all the expenses of government; and its payments have been made with the utmost punctuality, notwithstanding the numerous appropriations, of every kind, which were necessary to place it in a respectable state of defence.
It would hardly be believed, that in the short space of time which has elapsed since the Independence of this Empire, more than 60,000 soldiers have been armed and equipped without the aid of a single loan, and solely from the resources of the country itself. If, at a period of extreme embarrassment, the consequence of an abandonment of civilization, which was rendered necessary by the war, the government has been enabled to support itself, what may we not reasonably expect from that state of prosperity, to which laws accommodated to the country, give us the hope of attaining. No state has ever acquired its independence, as this has done, without exceeding its finances. The credit of the government has always been supported, and in a little time its revenues will enable it to provide resources against future exigencies. This astonishing view of our situation will appear still more striking, when it is known that there exist no tax, except that of one fourth of the produce derived from cultivation, a tax which is solely born by the owner or renter of a farm, and which can never be unequal-ly distributed. It is true that the domains of the state are immense indeed, and that the rents of these alone, far surpass the revenues of certain European states, without taking into the calculation, the custom house receipts, which form a branch of continually increasing revenue to the government, and which, in proportion as it increases, affords a pleasing prospect of the prosperity of commerce, and of the opulence of our citizens."
TO BE LET,
THE BRICK DWELLING-HOUSE, lately occupied by Thomas Matthews—Likewise, the HOUSE and LOT occupied by the subscriber—who has four elegant EIGHT DAY CLOCKS for sale. E. JANNEY.

Valuable Lands and Negroes FOR SALE.
THE Subscriber desirous of disposing of his distant property, so as to bring his affairs more within his reach and management, offers for sale the following lands and negroes, at prices so reduced as to claim the attention of persons willing to invest money in such property, viz.
CHATHAM, that elegant and highly improved seat on the banks of the Rappahannock River, directly opposite the town of Fredericksburg, containing about eleven hundred acres, four hundred of which are in wood, and valuable timber, the rest in cultivation, and pleasure grounds—The land in tillage is level, a considerable part of it has been highly manured, and the whole of it well adapted to the culture of grain, small grain, and Indian corn, as the crop now growing will attest. The house and offices are of brick, and on a large and handsome scale, with a garden in front containing four acres, laid off with taste and well planted with the choicest fruit trees, now in full bearing, and ornamented with forest trees and shrubs of almost every description. There is on the estate adjoining the river, a grist-mill built of free stone, containing the modern machinery and two pair of stones, one of them French Burrs. It commands a large country custom, is well situated for merchant business, and has rented for five hundred dollars per annum exclusive of all the grain of the farm hopper free, which is equal to three hundred dollars more. There are all necessary out houses, for either convenience or luxury, such as ice-house, spring-house, barn, stable, offices, &c. &c. With all these advantages and expensive improvements, this property is offered at a price which the lands alone ought to command. There are also some valuable fisheries, and quarries of free stone on this estate.
Also, a tract of land generally called Clark's, about two miles below Chatham, on the north bank of the Rappahannock river, and within view of the town of Fredericksburg, containing upwards of four hundred acres. About one hundred and twenty acres of this tract is Rappahannock river bottom in cultivation, and is well adapted to Indian corn, small grain, &c. the residue is in wood, surrounding a height, which furnishes a beautiful site for building.
Also, a tract of land in Stafford county, adjoining Stafford court house, containing upwards of twelve hundred acres. This is good farming land, and has several tenants on it.
Also, a tract of land in Westmoreland and Richmond counties, containing upwards of two thousand acres, on which there are also several tenants. These two last mentioned tracts of land will be sold in small tenements, or in entire tracts, as may best suit the wishes of purchasers.
Also, a tract of land called Boyd's Hole, containing about one hundred and fifty acres, on the banks of the Potomac, in King George county, on which there are a comfortable dwelling house, store and tobacco inspection ware house. Few situations combine more advantages, it being an excellent stand for a store, ferry and tavern, the two first of which are at present kept there. The houses have lately been put in good repair, and the buildings alone will rent for three hundred dollars a year. The land is good in quality, and the situation abounds in fish, oysters and wild owl.
Also, a valuable Scite for a Mill, with 50 acres of Land adjoining, in King George county, and not far distant from the last mentioned tract. There has been a mill here for many years which has lately gone to decay, the dam is substantial and entire, and the situation for a country mill not equalled in that neighborhood, commanding a very extensive custom; the land is covered with cedar, which alone renders it very valuable.
Also, several Lots and Houses in the town of Fredericksburg.
Likewise, about two hundred and thirty NEGROES, of different ages, sizes and description. A sale of them by families will be preferred; to effect this they will be offered at a reduced price. As a part of these Negroes are at present attached to the Chatham estate, the purchaser of that property may be accommodated with any number of them, as well as stock at every description.
Bank Stock of any of the Banks in Virginia, Maryland, or the district of Columbia, will be received in payment for any part of this property at a fair price, and bargains will be given, as the subscriber unable to attend to property so distant, is anxious to convert it into stock.
He will also rent a number of FARMS on his Ravensworth estate, containing from 2 to 400 acres each, on encouraging terms, to good farmers. They lay from eight to ten miles distant from Alexandria, George Town, and the City of Washington, and convenient to the turnpike road now building from Alexandria to the upper country.
William Fitzhugh.
October 10.
A NEW NOVEL.
Just Published, by COTTOM and STEWART, and for Sale, at their Store. [Price One Dollar 75 Cents.]
Fleetwood:
OR
The New Man of Feeling.
By William G. COOPER.
September 18.
For Sale or Freight
The Schooner BETSEY,
Burthen eight hundred barrels; Was built in eighteen hundred and two—And is without exception the best Schooner belonging to the port—for terms apply to Benjamin Shreve, jun. dist.
Dec. 14
JUST RECEIVED,
9 boxes—containing 500 pieces Platillas, 500 do. Britannias, Entitled to drawback on exportation. ALSO, 30 bbls and 5 hhd New Rum; For Sale, by John G. Ladd.
December 13.
NOTICE.
AT a meeting of the President and Directors of the Little River Turnpike Company, at the house of John Gadsby, in the town of Alexandria, December the 4th, 1805—
Ordered, That the Stockholders in the Little River Turnpike Company do, and they are hereby required to pay to the Treasurer of said Company ten dollars on each share by them respectively subscribed, on the first day of February, 1806—and the further sum of ten dollars on each of their shares, on the first day of May—and the further sum of ten dollars on each of their shares, on the first day of July—and the further sum of ten dollars on each of their shares, on the first day of September—and the further sum of ten dollars on each of their shares, on the first day of November next ensuing the date hereof.
Jonah Thompson, Treasurer. December 13.
Centreville Academy.
ON the 2d day of January next, an ACADEMY will be opened in this place for the reception of Students, under the direction of the Reverend Mr. SNYDER, assisted by one or more Ushers.
This Gentleman has conducted different Academies for the space of several years past, with great credit: his deportment is consonant to his station, and to the accomplishments of a scholar he adds the happy facility of exciting in his pupils the symptoms of literary genius, and to cultivate their mental improvements.
In this institution will be taught the Latin and Greek Languages: the English language grammatically: Geography, History, Elocution; the various branches of the Mathematics; Writing; Arithmetic and Book-keeping.
There are few places in our country more advantageously situated for an institution of this nature, than this—Its situation is very elevated and the air salubrious; and in the centre of a remarkably healthy neighborhood; the necessaries of life are cheap and may easily be procured. The strictest attention will be paid to the morals of the Students both in and out of school.
The terms of tuition will be; for the Latin and Greek languages, including Geography, &c. 25 dollars; for the Mathematics 20 dollars; Reading, Writing, and Arithmetic, 14 dollars per annum, paid quarterly in advance. A small contribution will be required from each pupil for the purchase of fire-wood.
Centreville, Dec. 14. A good Blacksmith wanted.
To be rented, for one or more years,
AN excellent stand for a Blacksmith and Tavern. There is on the premises two new houses, with a smith's shop and tools and a good garden enclosed, and the tenant may be accommodated with a few acres more if required—possession to be given the first day of January next. A person who can come well recommended will meet with good encouragement. Apply to JOHN BALL.
Alexandria County, district of Columbia, Nov. 22. COUNTY of ALEXANDRIA.
November 16, 1805.
WAS taken up and committed to the jail of this county, a Negro Lad who calls himself MOSES. He says he was born of a free woman in Bladensburg, state of Maryland, and was sold at the sale of a Mr. Ross, of Bladensburg, to a Mr. Smith and a Mr. Green of New Orleans, and that he was persuaded to leave there by a Mr. Marshall, on pretence of getting him his freedom, and was brought to New York, and from there was sent to Alexandria, in the care of a Mr. Spencer, until the arrival of Mr. Marshall, who pretended to be his master, and left him in the care of Mr. John Gadsby, of Alexandria—The owner, if he has any, is requested to come and prove his property, pay charges and take him away, otherwise he will be disposed of as the law directs.
November 22. J. Campbell, Jailor.
This Mr. Marshall drew a draft on the Honorable John Marshall, Chief Judge of the United States, which was protested as a forgery. It was in favor of some gentlemen in New York,
FOR SALE, A valuable NEGRO MAN, About 35 years of age. Apply to the Printer. November 29.
ROBERT GRAY,
BOOKSELLER, KING-STREET.
HAS IN THE PRESS,
And will be published in about two weeks, in a beautiful octavo volume, on fine wove medium paper, neatly bound and lettered, price Two Dollars, a new and very highly interesting work, ENTITLED
A NORTHERN SUMMER;
OR,
Travels Round the Baltic,
Through Denmark, Sweden, Russia, Prussia, and part of Germany, in the year 1804.
By JOHN CARR, Esq.
Author of the STRANGER IN FRANCE, &c. &c. On hand the following Valuable Books, Debates of the Virginia Convention on the adoption of the Federal Government.
Pinkerton's Modern Geography, two large octavo volumes, and a beautiful quarto Atlas, containing sixty-three Maps.
Blackstone's Commentaries, (Judge Tucker) five volumes.
Bacon's abridgement of the Law, 7 vols. octavo. Viner's abridgement of the Law, in 28 octavo volumes bound in calf, London edition.
Hening's New Virginia Justice. Revised Code of the Laws of Virginia.
Marshall on Insurance. Park on ditto.
Gibbon's Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, twelve volumes octavo, London edition.
Same Book Philadelphia edition, in eight vols.
Domestic Encyclopedia, five volumes octavo.
Holy Bible, in four volumes octavo, printed on fine wove paper with an elegant type.
Anacharsis's Travels, four volumes octavo.
Gillies Greece, four volumes octavo.
History of England, by Hume, Smollett, and others, 12 volumes octavo, the two last contain the History of the American Revolution.
Edward's History of the West Indies, a new edition published by subscription, three volumes are received.
Commercial Dictionary, three volumes octavo.
Buyer on the Diseases of the Bones, 1 vol. 8vo.
Dictionary of Commerce, one vol. octavo, just published.
Robertson's History of Charles the 5th of America.
Johnson's English Dictionary, improved by the addition of Walker's Standard of pronunciation. British Classics thirty-nine volumes 12mo. bound in calf.
Volney's View of the United States.
British Spy, (Letters of)
Curtius Letters.
Bell's Surgery, 7 vols. 8vo. bound in calf.
Medical Extracts, 5 vols. octavo, calf and gilt.
Rollin's Ancient History, 10 vols. 12mo.
Plutarch's Lives, 6 vols. 12mo. &c. &c.
R. GRAY,
Keeps constantly for Sale,
An extensive assortment of Latin and English School Books, writing paper, playing cards by the gross, dozen or single pack; paper hangings; bandbox and bonnet boards; blank books of various sizes ready made, or made to any given pattern at a short notice, ruled with faint lines, bound with Spring backs, or Russia banded; common and pocket almanacks, for the year one thousand eight hundred and six. December 2.
N. B. Dr. Ree's Encyclopaedia will be put to press in about two weeks, those who wish to possess this valuable work at a moderate price, had best leave their names with the subscriber as soon as possible, as the price will probably be raised after the publication of the first volume.
Robert Gray.
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, letters of administration on the personal estate of John Bowling, 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 first day of June next, they may otherwise by law be excluded from all benefit of said estate.
Elizabeth Bowling. December 7.
I wish to employ a Man
To manage a small Farm at the mouth of Hunting Creek, near Alexandria. A person capable of conducting a large garden would be preferred.
James Craik. December 8.
This day is Published,
For Sale at ROBERT GRAY'S Bookstore, and this OFFICE, (PRICE TWENTY-FIVE CENTS.) AN ABSTRACT
OF AN
APOLOGY
For Renouncing the Jurisdiction OF THE SYNOD OF KENTUCKY.
BEING
A Compendious View of the GOSPEL, AND A FEW REMARKS ON THE CONFESSION OF FAITH. By Robert Marshall, John Dunlavy, Richard M. Newman, Barton W. Stone, John Thompson.
For Freight or Charter
To Europe or the West-Indies,
THE BRIG
EQUATOR,
Henry Moore, Master;
Burthen 230 bds. For terms apply to the master on board, or to
HUGH SMITH. Dec. 16.
JAMES BACON,
At his GROCERY STORE, on King street, has in addition to his former stock, added
A fresh Supply of Genuine Articles in
the Grocery Line;
Which makes his assortment complete.
He now offers for sale, on his usual low terms,
Muscovado Sugars, of various qualities,
Loaf and Lump ditto,
Gunpowder,
Imperial,
Hyson,
Young Hyson,
Hyson-Skin, and
Souchong
Best Green Coffee,
Chocolate, of a superior quality.
Madeira,
Bufellos,
Sherry,
Lisbon,
Teneriffe,
Malaga, and
Genuine Old Port.
Cognac and Bourdeaux Brandy,
Old Jamaica Spirit, for family use,
Antigua, St. Croix, St. Vincents, and New
England Rum,
Holland Gin,
Irish and country Whiskey,
Molasses, Wine, and Cider Vinegar,
Stoughton's Bitters.
Mace, Nutmegs, Cloves, Cassia, Pimento,
Cayenne and Black Pepper, Race and Ground
Ginger, Basket Salt for table use, Pearl Barley,
Rice, Starch, Fig-blue, Soap, Mould, Dip and
Spermaceti Candles, Refined Salt, Petre, Flower
Indigo, Allum, Copperas, Madder, Brimstone,
Spinning Cotton, Patent Shot, all sizes, best
English and country-made Gunpowder, Segar,
and Smoking Tobacco, very best Chawing Tobacco.
Hamilton and Leiper's Snuff, Hume's Pipe in boxes.
London Mustard, warranted of a superior quality,
Dixon's best ditto, Wrapping Paper, De
mijohn's, &c. &c. with generally every article in his line—the whole of which have been selected with care and will be disposed of on the very lowest terms.
December 16.
NOTICE.
The Creditors of Spencer Cooper
are hereby requested to meet on Friday the 20th inst.
on Keith's wharf, where I intend to give up my property, as I find it out of power to pay them, and expect to leave town shortly.
Spencer Cooper. Alexandria 16th Dec. 1805.
PUBLIC SALE.
PURSUANT to a deed of trust, bearing date
the 26th day of September, 1804, from Philip Wanton to the subscriber, for the purchase therein mentioned, will be sold, to the highest bidder, on the premises, on THURSDAY the 2d day of January, 1806,
A valuable Frame Dwelling-House and Lot of Ground, with a Tannery thereon, in the town of Centreville, now in the occupation of Mr. Daniel Harrington. A liberal credit will be allowed, which will be particularly advertised at the place and time of sale.
Samuel Craig, Trustee. December 6.
Drugs and Medicines.
The subscriber has for SALE, at his Shop on the north side of King street, between Fairfax and Royal-streets,
A large and general Assortment
MEDICINES,
Lately imported from Apothecary's Hall, London—together with the following
PAINTS:
White Lead, ground in oil, and dry, in kegs, 14 cwt each.
Red Lead in kegs, 200 weight each.
Venetian Red, in casks, 200 lb. each.
Spanish Whiting, by the hoghead or in smaller quantities.
Spanish Brown, ground in oil, in kegs, 14 cwt each, or dry.
Vermilion, Prussian Blue, No. 1 and 2, Patent Yellow.
Also, a variety of the most celebrated Patent Medicines now in use. With a few boxes of COLORS of different sizes.
The above articles will be sold very low cash, or on a credit to punctual customers. He will put up, if required, Medical Chests for the use of private families or for sea, accompanied with plain and suitable directions.
A. Sanderford. October 22.
PRINTED DAILY
BY SAMUEL SNOWDEN.