Alexandria advertiser and commercial intelligencer (Alexandria [Va.]), 1802-11-13 00:00:00

Sale by Auction.
On WEDNESDAY, At 10 o'clock, will be sold at the Vendu Store, the corner of King and Union Streets. Rum in hhds. and barrels, Whisky in barrels, Apple Brandy in barrels, Gin in casks, Wine in pipes and quarter casks, Molasses in hhds. Sugar in hhds. and barrels, White and brown Soap in boxes, Coffee in casks and bags, Raisins in kegs and boxes, Queens' Ware, and A variety of DRY GOODS. THOS. PATTON, Auctioneer. November 9.
Public Sale.
On TUESDAY, At ten o'clock, will be sold at the Vendu Store, Rum in hogheads and barrels. Whiskey in barrels, Gin in casks and barrels, Port wine in casks, Molasses in hhds. Sugar in hhds and b's. and brown f.p. in boxes, and in boxes, and bags, and boxes. crates, handsome!
A variety of DRY GOODS.
THOSE WHICH ARE - Superfine cloth and Kersemeres, Narrow Cloths and Flannels, Irish Linens and Gingham, Sail duck of different qualities, Chintzes and Calicoes, Cambric and Cotton Shawls, India Mullin and Table Cloths, Coloured thread and fowing silks, Ribbons, Hats, and A number of other articles. P. G. MARSTEILLER, November 9. Vendue Master.
JANNEY & PATON,
Have just received by the ship Harmony, capt. Crabtree, from Porto Rico, 20 hhds. & 250 barrels first quality Muscovado Sugars, Also, on Hand, Molasses, in hhds. Grenada and Jamaica Rum, in hhds. and barrels, Catalonia Wine, N. England Rum, in hhds. & barrels, Souchong Tea, of a superior quality, Brown and Castile Soap, Mould and dip Candles, Cognac Brandy, Fine and coarse Salt, Men and women's Shoes, Queens Ware in crates, assorted, With a complete assortment of N. England and Russia CORDAGE; East-India and Russia Goods. A L S O, 20 hhds. Berbice Coffee, 40 do. 2d quality Sugar. Oct. 30.
ADVERTISEMENT.
By virtue of a Deed of Trust from Owen Roberts to the Subscriber, will be exposed to Sale, for ready money, on the Premises, on Wednesday the 17th day of November, if fair, if not, then on next fair day, ONE half of that LOT of GROUND in the city of Washington, lying in square No. 256, and designated in that square by the No. 10; the moiety intended to be sold being upon the open air on the Pennsylvania Avenue and joins upon the lot No. 11 in that square, being a front of 24 feet 2 inches and an half, on 97 feet 5 inches deep; upon it is erected a brick Dwelling-House. JAMES KEITH, Trustee. October 13.
Just received, and for SALE by HENRY K. MAY & CO.
Corner of King & Union Streets. 5 pipes 4th proof FRENCH BRANDY, 8 hhds. and 6 barrels, } N. England Rum. Nov. 8. d6t
CUTHBERT POWELL,
In addition to his importations by the several vessels from Liverpool, has just received, per the Industry, from London, Superfine Broadcloths, Cassimeres, Irish Linens, scarlet Cardinals, yarn and worked Hosiery, Manchester, ladies fashionable Kid Shoes, &c. &c. &c. He has also received this day, from New-York, Ticklenburgs, Heffians, German Dowlas, and Russia Diaper; all which he offers for Sale by the piece or package, at the lowest prices. Nov. 1. daw
Public Sale.
In Pursuance of a Deed of Trust from Jesse Taylor, deceased, to the subscriber, made to secure a debt due to the Bank of Alexandria, will be exposed to sale, upon the Premises, on Saturday the 4th day of December next, THE FOLLOWING Valuable Property.
A LOT of Ground situated at the South West corner of King and Pitt-Streets, extending on Pitt-Street seventy feet, and thirty-three feet eight inches and an half on King Street; forty-three feet of this lot on Pitt Street has a depth of 117 feet eight and one half inches, and the remainder at the corner of King & Pitt-Streets has a depth of thirty-three feet, eight inches and an half, including the House now occupied by Mr. Edmund Denny. Terms of sale, one third of the purchase money to be paid in hand in twelve months, and the residue in eighteen months. LUDWELL LEE, Trustee. Nov. 5. d6t
ROBERT B. JAMESSON
Has on hand, and offers for sale on the most reasonable terms, at his Store corner of King and Fairfax Streets, 100 gr. casks of best ENGLISH GUNPOWDER, VIZ: F. F. F. Single and Double Battle. Also, 20 Hhds. 1st quality Muscovado Sugar 10 do. 2d do. do. do. 40 Bags Green Coffee, 15 do Spinning-Cotton, 8 Pipes Cognac Brandy, Jamaica, Grenada, and New-England Rum, Holland Gin, and Peach Brandy, India Arrack, & 6 years old Irish Whiskey, Loaf Sugar, Madeira, Sherry, Port, Lisbon, Catalonia, Frontiniac, Fayal, Teneriffe, and Malaga } WINES. Pimento, Nutmegs, Cloves, Mace, Cinnamon, Cassia, Cayenne & Black Pepper, fine Chewing Tobacco, Godfroids warranted Segars, Vanilla Beans, Ground Ginger, short Pipes in kegs and boxes, Glauber Salts, Madder, Copperas, Dixons Mustard, Capres, Anchovies, Olives, Green Pickles, and Ketchup. Imperial, Hylon, Young Hylon, Hylon Skin, and Souchong } TEAS, Raisins in boxes and jars, Almonds, Prunes, Mould Candles, White, Brown, and Castile Soap, Starch, Fig Blue, Wrapping Paper, Olive Oil in flasks and black bottles, Noyeau, Demijohns assorted from 3 to 6 gallons, Leiper's and Hamilton's Snuff in bladders and bottles, refined Salt Petre, and a few bags of Pear Barley. Oct. 25. dim
JOHN GARDNER LADD,
Has for Sale, Loaf and brown sugars, Rum, Molasses, Coffee, Brandy and Geneva, Sherry, Lisbon, Madeira, and Russia Sheetings and Duck, India Cotton, A few boxes fine and coarse hats, A great variety of Shoes, Cotton and Wool Cards, B. & American Playing Cards, Soap and Candles, Corle and fine Salt, Red Seal Leather, James River manufactured Tobacco, Cordage, Paper, Glass, Alum, Cheese, Codfish, Had, and Herrings, Hylon, Hylon Shulan, Souchong, and Bohea } TEAS. Refined Salt Petre, Coals in barrels, Sweet Oil in boxes, Spermaceti, ditto. Fresh Chocolate in boxes, &c. &c. A few about 50 hhds. Potomac TOBACCO. Nov. 1. d
ADVERTISEMENT.
On Monday the 29th day of this present month, if fair, if not the next fair day, at Redhill, in Fairfax County at the plantation of the late George Hunter, dec'd, will be sold to the highest bidder at a short credit which will be made known on the day of sale. The purchasers giving bonds and approved security,
All the perishable effects of the said deceased, CONSISTING OF EXCELLENT Household & Kitchen Furniture, A number of books, horses, cows, hogs & waggon, cart, farming utensils, &c. Together with a Coach and Harness, In tolerable repair, a watch, and an Eight-Day Clock. The sale will commence at eleven o'clock.
GEORGE BEARD, Administrator. N. B. Any persons who may buy, and fail to give security as above, the things will be sold again at their risk, neither will they be benefitted by the sale. G. B. Nov. 11. d3t-awzww
FOR NEW-YORK,
The Schooner ENTERPRIZE. For Freight or Passage apply to Captain MITCHEL, or R. B. JAMESSON. Nov. 2. d
For Freight or Charter, The Brigantine EAGLE, Burthen 176 tons, 10 months old, an excellent staunch vessel, completely equipped and sails fast. For Sale on board said Brig, 2500 bushels Liverpool SALT, and a few chaldrons British Coals. Apply to J. G. LADD, or to Captain Teny on board, at Prince Street wharf. Oct. 29. d
Ten Dollars Reward.
STRAYED from Mount Washington, a yellow and white HOUND DOG, with a bushy Tail, named ROYAL. He had a long Chain about his neck, when he escaped. Whoever will return him to the Subscriber, at Mount Washington, 1 mile this side of George Town ferry, shall receive the above Reward. WILLIAM SPENCE. Mount Washington, Nov. 4. d
JOSEPH RIDDLE, & Co.
HAVE received a considerable addition to their assortment per the Industry, capt. M'Kenzie, from London. Nov. 2. d
For Freight or Charter,
The new Pilot Boat built Schooner VICTORY, Burthen 106 tons, or 600 barrels, now lying at George Town, and will be at this place next Monday, in complete order to take in a Cargo. A Freight to Charleston (S. C.) would be preferred. Apply to Capt. Samuel Silver, on board, or to BENJAMIN SHREVE, jun. Nov. 12. d
R. T. HOOE & CO.
Have received, by the Brig Industry, from London, THE BALANCE OF THEIR FALL GOODS. Nov. 1. df
WILLIAM OXLEY,
Has imported in the CATHERINE, BRUTUS and FELICITY from Liverpool, and INDUSTRY from London, a large and general Assortment of FALL GOODS, CONSISTING OF Superfine, refines and all qualities and colours 6 qrs. & 7 qrs. Cloths, Plaines, Cassimeres, Kerseys, Coatings, Friezes, Kendal Cottons, Half Thicks, white Serges, spotted Swanlkins, Welsh Plains, Swanlkins, Toiletans, Rose Blankets, Striped Blanketing, Bearkins, Fearnought, Woollen, Worsted, Cotton & silk Hosiery; scarlet Cloaks; Calicoes, Mullins & Mullin Handkerchiefs; fancy Cords, Fustians, Jeans, Dimities, Bed Ticking, Durants, Calimancoes, Wildbores, Bombazets, Bombazens, Camblets, Laces & Edgings; Silk Handkerchiefs, fashionable Straw & Chip Hats, Gimps, white and coloured Threads, &c. &c.
A L S O,
An Assortment of Hardware and Cutlery. Nov. 2. d6t-awzww
JAMES WILSON,
Has received, by the Industry, from London, an extensive Assortment of FALL GOODS, Which will be offered for Sale immediately, by the piece or package. Also, by the above Vessel, Seven pipes and 18 hhds. genuine old Port Wine, two years in bottles. Nov. 1. d
WILLIAM HODGSON.
Has received by the Brutus, from Liverpool, an assortment of FALL GOODS. He has also on hand, A choice parcel of Grenada Rum, Liverpool fine Salt, bottled London Brown Stout, Porter in casks, 6 doz. each old, Port Wine in bottles, a ton of Sheathing Paper and a quantity of Grindstones. Oct. 15. d
ROBERT T. HOOE & CO.
Have just imported by the ship Felicity from Liverpool, an assortment of FALL GOODS, Which they offer for Sale by the piece or package. Also, 70 crates STONE WARE, and a quantity of patent LIVERPOOL SALT. They have also received by the brig Neptune and Schooner Four Brothers. A few hundred bushels of Lisbon Salt, Lisbon and Calcavello Wines, Fruits, Sweetmeats, &c. &c. all of which they will sell low from on board, if immediate application is made. They have on hand, a good assortment of GERMAN LINEN. October 9. dff
POCKET-BOOKS.
COTTON & STEWART, Have just received a handsome assortment of Ladies Pocket-Books & Thread Cases, Gentlemen's Pocket-Books and Asses skin Tablets

THOMAS PAINE'S LETTER TO GEORGE WASHINGTON.
Paris, July 30th, 1796.
AS censure is but awkwardly softened by apology, I shall offer you no apology for this letter. The eventful crisis to which your double politics have conducted the affairs of our country, requires an investigation uncramped by ceremony.
There was a time when the fame of America, moral and political, stood fair and high in the world. The lustre of her revolution extended itself to every individual; and to be a citizen of America gave a title to respect in Europe. The Washington of politics had not then appeared.
At the time I left America (April 1787) the continental convention that formed the federal constitution was on the point of meeting. Since that time new schemes of politics and new distinctions of parties, have arisen. The term Antifederalist has been applied to all those who combated the defects of that constitution, or opposed the measures of your administration. It was only to the absolute necessity of establishing some federal authority, extending equally over all the states, that an instrument, so inconsistent as the present federal constitution is, obtained a suffrage. I would have voted for it myself, had I been in America, or even for a worse rather than have none; provided it contained the means of remedying its defects by the same appeal to the people by which it was to be established. It is always better policy to leave removeable errors to expose themselves, than to hazard too much in contending against them theoretically.
I have introduced those observations, not only to mark the general difference between antifederalist and anti constitutionalist, but to preclude the effect, and even the application, of the former of those terms to myself. I declare myself opposed to several matters in the constitution, particularly to the manner in which, what is called the Executive, is formed, and to the long duration of the Senate; and if I live to return to America I will use all my endeavors to have them altered.* I also declare myself opposed to almost the whole of your administration; for I know it to have been deceitful, if not even perfidious, as I shall shew in the course of this letter. But as to the point of consolidating the states into a federal government, it so happens, that the proposition for that purpose came originally from myself. I proposed it in a letter to Chancellor Livingston in the spring of the year 1782, whilst that gentleman was minister for foreign affairs. The five per cent. duty recommended by Congress had then fallen through, having been adopted by some of the states, altered by others, rejected by Rhode Island, and repealed by Virginia after it had been consented to. The proposal in the letter I allude to was to get over the whole of the difficulty at once, by annexing a continental legislative body to Congress; for, in order to have any law of the Union uniform, the case could only be, that either Congress, as it then stood, must frame the law, and the states severally adopt it without alteration, or, the states must elect a Continental Legislature for the purpose. Chancellor Livingston, Robert Morris, Gouverneur Morris and myself had a meeting at the house of Robert Morris on the subject of that letter. There was no diversity of opinion on the proposition for a Continental Legislature. The only difficulty was on the manner of bringing the proposition forward. For my own part, as I considered it as a remedy in reserve, that could be applied at any time, when the states saw themselves wrong enough to be put right (which did not appear to me to be the case at that time) I did not see the propriety of urging it precipitately, and declined being the publisher of it myself. After this account of a fact, the leaders of your party will scarcely have the hardness to apply to me the term of antifederalist. But I can go to a date and to a fact beyond this; for the proposition for electing a Continental Convention to form
* I have always been opposed to the mode of refining government up to an individual, or what is called a single executive. Such a man will always be the chief of a party. A plurality is far better: It combines the mass of a nation better together: And besides this, it is necessary to the manly mind of a republic, that it loses the debasing idea of obeying individuals.
the Continental Government is one of the subjects treated of in the pamphlet Common Sense .
Having thus cleared away a little of the rubbish that might otherwise have lain in my way, I return to the point of time at which the present Federal Constitution and your administration began. It was very well said by an anonymous writer in Philadelphia, about a year before that period, that "thirteen flaves and ne'er a hoop will not make a barrel," and as any kind of hooping the barrel, however defectively executed, would be better than none, it was scarcely possible but that considerable advantages must arise from the federal hooping of the states. It was with pleasure that every sincere friend to America beheld, as the natural effect of union, her rising prosperity; and it was with grief they saw that prosperity mixed, even in the blossom, with the germ of corruption. Monopolies of every kind marked your administration almost in the moment of its commencement. The lands obtained by the revolution were lavished upon partizans; the interest of the disbanded soldier was sold to the speculator; injustice was acted under the pretence of faith; and the chief of the army became the patron of the fraud. From such a beginning what could be expected, but what has happened? A mean and servile submission to the insults of one nation, treachery and ingratitude to another.
Some vices make their approach with such a splendid appearance, that we scarcely know to what class of moral distinctions they belong. They are rather virtues corrupted, than vices originally. But meanness and ingratitude have nothing equivocal in their character. There is not a trait in them that renders them doubtful. They are so originally vice, that they are generated in the dung of other vices, and crawl into existence with the filth upon their back. The fugitives have found protection in you, and the leev-room is their place of rendezvous.
As the Federal Constitution is a copy, not quite so base as the original, of the form of the British government, an imitation of its vices was naturally to be expected. So intimate is the connexion between form and practice , that to adopt the one is to invite the other. Imitation is naturally progressive, and is rapidly so in matters that are vicious.
Soon after the Federal Constitution arrived in England, I received a letter from a female literary correspondent a native of New York, very well mixed with friendship, sentiment and politics. In my answer to that letter, I permitted myself to ramble into the wilderness of imagination, and to anticipate what might hereafter be the condition of America. I had no idea that the picture I then drew was realizing so fast, and still less, that Mr. Washington was hurrying it on. As the extract I allude to, is congenial with the subject I am upon, I here transcribe it.
"You touch me on a very tender point, when you say, that my friends on your side the water cannot be reconciled to the idea of my abandoning America, even for my native England. They are right. I had rather see my horse Button eating the grass of Bordentown or Morrisania, than see all the pomp & shew of Europe."
"A thousand years hence, for I must indulge a few thoughts, perhaps in less, America may be what England now is. The innocence of her character, that won the hearts of all nations in her favour, may found like a romance, and her inimitable virtue as if it had never been. The ruins of that liberty, which thousands bled to obtain, may just furnish materials for a village tale, or extort a sigh from rustic sensibility; whilst the fashionable of that day, enveloped in dissipation, shall decide the principle and deny the fact."
"When we contemplate the fall of empires and the extinction of the nations of the ancient world, we see but little more to excite our regret, than the mouldering ruins of pompous palaces, magnificent monuments, lofty pyramids, and walls and towers of the most costly workmanship: But when the empire of America shall fall, the subject for contemplative sorrow will be infinite by greater than crumbling brass or marble can inspire. It will not then be said, here stood a temple of vast antiquity, here rose a babel of invisible height, or there a palace of sumptuous extravagance; but here, ah, painful thought! the noblest work of human wisdom, the grandest scene of human glory, the fair
"cause of freedom rose & fell. Read this, and then ask, if I forgot America?"
Impressed, as I was, with apprehensions of this kind, I had America constantly in mind in all the publications I afterwards made. The first, and still more the second part of Rights of Man, bear evident marks of this watchfulness; and the Dissertation on First Principles of Government goes more directly to the point than either of the former. I now pass on to other subjects.
It will be supposed by those into whose hands this letter may fall, that I have some personal resentment against you; I will therefore settle this point before I proceed farther.
If I have any resentment, you must acknowledge that I have not been hasty in declaring it; neither would it be now declared (for what are private resentments to the public) if the cause of it did not unite itself as well with your public as private character, and with the motives of your political conduct.
The part I acted in the American revolution is well known; I shall not here repeat it. I know also that had it not been for the aid received from France in men, money and ships, that your cold and un-military conduct, as I shall shew in the course of this letter, would, in all probability, have lost America; at least she would not have been the independent nation she now is. You slept away your time in the field till the finances of the country were completely exhausted, and you have but little share in the glory of the final event. It is time, sir, to speak the undisguised language of historical truth.
Elevated to the chair of the Presidency you assumed the merit of every thing to yourself, and the natural ingratitude of your constitution began to appear. You commenced your presidential career by encouraging and swallowing the grossest adulation, and you travelled America from one end to the other, to put yourself in the way of receiving it. You have as many addresses in your chest as James the II. As to what were your views, for if you are not great enough to have ambition you are little enough to have vanity, they cannot be directly inferred from expressions of your own; but the partizans of your politics have divulged the secret.
John Adams has said (and John, it is known, was always a speller after places and offices, and never thought his little services were highly enough paid) John has said, that as Mr. Washington had no child, that the Presidency should be made hereditary in the family of Lund Washington. John might then have counted upon some sinecure for himself and a provision for his descendants. He did not go so far as to say also, that the Vice-Presidency should be hereditary in the family of John Adams. He prudently left that to stand upon the ground, that one good turn deserves another.*
John Adams is one of those men who never contemplated the origin of government, or comprehended any thing of first principles. If he had, he must have seen that the right to set up and establish hereditary government never did, and never can, exist in any generation, at any time whatever; that it is of the nature of treason; because it is an attempt to take away the rights of all the minors living at that time, and of all succeeding generations. It is of a degree beyond common treason. It is a sin against nature. The equal right of generations is a right fixed in the nature of things. It belongs to the son when of age, as it belonged to the father before him. John Adams would himself deny the right that any former deceased generation could have to decree authoritatively a succession of governors over him, or over his children; and yet he assumes the pretended right, treasonable as it is, of acting it himself. His ignorance is his best excuse.
John Jay has said (and this John was always the sycophant of every thing in power, from Mr. Girard in America to Grenville in England) John Jay has said, that the Senate should have been appointed for life. He would then have been sure of never wanting a lucrative appointment for himself, nor have had any fears about impeachments. These are the disguised traitors that call themselves federalists.†
* Two persons to whom John Adams said this, told me of it. The Sec'y of Mr. Jay was present when it was told to me.
† If Mr. Jay desires to know on what authority I say this, I will give him that authority publicly when he chuses to call for it.
Could I have known to what degree of corruption and perfidy the administrative part of the government in America had descended, I could have been at no loss to have understood the reservedness of Mr. Washington towards me, during my imprisonment in the Luxembourg. There are cases in which silence is a loud language.
I will here explain the cause of my imprisonment, and return to Mr. Washington afterwards.
In the course of that rage, terror and suspicion, which the brutal letter of the Duke of Brunswick first started into existence in France, it happened, that almost every man who was opposed to violence, or who was not violent himself, became suspected. I had constantly been opposed to every thing which was of the nature, or of the appearance of violence; but as I had always done it in a manner that shewed it to be a principle founded in the heart, and not a political manœuvre, it precluded the pretence of accusing me. I was reached, however, under another pretence.
A decree was passed to imprison all persons born in England; but as I was a member of the convention, and had been complimented with the honorary style of citizen of France, as Mr. Washington and some other Americans had been this decree fell short of reaching me. A motion was afterwards made and carried, supported chiefly by Bourbon de l'Oise, for expelling foreigners from the convention. My expulsion being thus effected, the two committees of Public Safety and of General Security, of which Robespierre was dictator, put me in arrestation under the former decree of imprisoning persons born in England. Having thus shown under what pretence the imprisonment was effected, I come to speak of such parts of the case as apply between me and Mr. Washington, either as President or as an individual.
I have always considered that a foreigner, such as I was in fact with respect to France, might be a member of a convention for forming a constitution, without affecting his right of citizenship in the country to which he belongs, but not a member of a government after a constitution is formed; and I have uniformly acted upon this distinction. To be a member of a government requires that a person be in allegiance to that government, and to the country locally. But a constitution being a thing of principle and not of action, and which, after it be formed, is to be referred to the people for their approbation or rejection, does not require allegiance in the persons forming and proposing it; and besides this, it is only to the thing after it be formed and established, and to the country after its governmental character is fixed by the adoption of a constitution, that allegiance can be given. No oath of allegiance or of citizenship was required of the members who composed the convention; there was nothing existing in form to swear allegiance to. If any such condition had been required, I could not, as citizen of America in fact, though citizen of France by compliment, have accepted a seat in the convention.
As my citizenship in America was not altered or diminished, by any thing I had done in Europe (on the contrary it ought to have been considered as strengthened, for it was the American principle of government that I was endeavouring to spread in Europe) and as it is the duty of every government to charge itself with the care of any of its citizens who may happen to fall under an arbitrary persecution abroad, and is also one of the reasons for which ambassadors or ministers are appointed,—it was the duty of the executive department in America to have made at least some enquiries about me, as soon as it heard of my imprisonment. But if this had not been the case, that government owed it to me on every ground and principle of honor and gratitude. Mr. Washington owed it to me on every score of private acquaintance, I will not now say friendship; for it has for some time been known, by those that know him, that he has no friendship; that he is incapable of forming any; he can serve or desert a man or a cause with constitutional indifference, and it is this cold heremphradite faculty that imposed itself upon the world, and was credited for a while by enemies as by friends, for prudence, moderation and impartiality.
Soon after that I was put in arrestation and imprisoned in the Luxembourg, the Americans who were then in Paris went in a body to the bar of the Convention to reclaim me. They were answered by the, then, President, Vadier, who

ince absconded, that I was born in England; and it was signified to them by one of the Committee of Surety General, whom they were referred (I have been told it was Billaud Varennes) that their examination of me was only the act of individuals without any authority from the American government.  A few days after this, all communications from persons imprisoned to any person without the prison was cut off by an order of Police. I neither saw, nor heard from any body for six months; and the only hope that remained to me was, that a new minister would arrive from America to supersede Morris, and that he would be authorised to enquire into the cause of imprisonment. But even this hope, the state to which matters were daily declining, was too remote to have any satisfactory effect, and I contented myself with the thought, that I might be remembered when it would be too late. There is perhaps no condition from which a man conscious of his own uprightness cannot derive consolation; for it is in itself a consolation for him to find that he can bear that condition with calmness and fortitude.
From about the middle of March, 1794, (the fall of Robespierre, 29th July, (of Thermidor) the state of things in the prison was a continued scene of horror. No man could count upon life for twenty hours. To such a pitch of rage and suspicion was Robespierre and his committee arrived, that it seemed as if they feared to give a man to live. Scarcely a night passed but in which ten, twenty, thirty, forty, fifty or more were taken out of the prison, carried before a pretended tribunal in the morning, and guillotined before night. One hundred and sixty-nine were taken out of the Luxembourg in one night in the month of July, and one hundred and sixty of them guillotined. A list of two hundred more, according to the report in the prison, was preparing a few days before Robespierre fell. In this last list I have good reason to believe I was included. A memorandum, in the hand writing of Robespierre, was afterwards produced in the convention, by the committee to whom the papers of Robespierre were referred, in these words:
Demand que Thomas Paine soit décrété d'accusation pour l'insurrection de l'Amérique et que de la France.  Demand that Thomas Paine be decreed of accusation for the insurrection of America as well as of France.
(To be continued.)
NEW YORK, November 9.  Entered, ship John Morgan, Chew, London; sloop Nancy, Rawlins, Edenton, N. C.  Cleared, ship Sukey, Whipple, Cape Francois; brig Recovery, Campbell, Greenock; Van Skab, Smith, St. Croix; Salomon, Van Antwerp, Martinique and a market; schooner Hope, Roach; British Queen, Carpenter, St. Johns.  Arrivals of American vessels at Gibraltar, from the 27th August to the 10th September, inclusive:  Ship William, Butler, 20 days from Marseilles, for Charleston; brig Industry, Wilson, 12 days from Malaga, for do; ship Union, Field, 3 days from Malaga; ship Hannah, Yeardley, 51 days from Wilmington; brig Amphitrite, Sherman, 24 days from Philadelphia; ship Heart of Oak, 5 days from Lisbon for Malaga; ship Federal, Bentham, 43 days from Charleston; brig Minerva, Hughes, 40 days from do; schrs. Hope, Winfield, 2 days from Cadiz; Roebuck, Davis, 95 days from Gloucester, Newfoundland for Marseilles.
LLOYD'S LIST, September 14-24.  Gravesend, Arrived, John Adams, Parrot, Savannah. Falmouth, arrived, Lady Hobart Packet, N. York, three weeks from Halifax. Dover arrived, William & Henry, North Carolina. Calais, arrived, Patty, Hastings, N. York. Lisbon, arrived, Antelope, Clark, New York; Lydia, Stenson, Philadelphia. Hambro, arrived, Maria, Meyer, Charleston. Texel, arrived, Flora, Joy, Virginia.  17th-Liverpool, arrived, Michael Windsor, Windsor, Boston. Cowes, arrived, Mary, Crockett, Virginia; Oliver, Norman, Baltimore. Clyde, arrived, Factor, Caldwell, New York; Draper, Taylor, do. Madeira, arrived, Amphion, Staver, Philadelphia; Dolphin, Mitchell, do; Alert, Larson, do; Edmund, White, Boston; Luna, Allen, New York; Commerce, Baldwin, Virginia.
Bremen, arrived, Hamilton, Vicker, Baltimore.  21st. Gravesend, arrived, Shepherd, Wells, Virginia; William & Henry, Wilmington. Portsmouth, arrived, Coora, Hutchins, Baltimore. Newcastle, arrived, Niger, Baker, Virginia. Nantes arrived, Juno, Le Hubby, Virginia. Gibraltar, arrived, Factor, Maxil New York; Diana, Duplex, do; Hannah White, Virginia; Courtney, Friar, do. Copenhagen, arrived, Burgess, North America; Socob, do; Hathaway, do; Sayrood, do; Johnson, do. Petersburg, arrived, Charleston, Wyer, New York. Bremen, arrived, Thetis, Wunburg, Baltimore; Penrose, Arnold, Boston. Barcelona, arrived, Canton, New York.  24th. Gravesend, arrived, Christopher, M'Gad, Virginia. Portsmouth, failed, George, Bowles, Boston. Falmouth, arrived, Active, M'Dough, Wilmington. Clyde, failed, Margaret, Miller, Boston. Bordeaux, arrived, Industry, Bowen, New York. Havre, arrived, Peter, Thomas, New York. Gibraltar, arrived, Ann, Virginia. Vile, arrived, Vigilant, Meyer, New York; Commerce, Cogshill, do.
The Minerva, Dalingo, of Brett, foundered at sea the 25th August; crew saved in the Fanny, arrived at Havre from New York.
Arrived since our last.  Ship John Morgan, Chew, 43 days from London. Let at London, ship Aurora, of and for this port, to sail in all September. Oct. 27th, off the Banks of Newfoundland, carried away our main topmast with the loss of sails, rigging, &c. in a violent gale of wind from the N.W. which continued three hours.
Sloop Nancy, Rawlins, 7 days from Edenton, N. C. Off the Capes of Virginia, spoke Schooner Polly, (could not learn her captain's name) bound from Antigua to Baltimore, with her mainmast gone.
PHILADELPHIA, November 10.  Extract of a letter from Malaga, dated September 30th, 1802, to a gentleman in this city.
"We experienced a violent storm on the 22nd and 23rd instant, accompanied with such a considerable fall of rain, that half of the town was in a manner inundated. The supply of Raisins this year to your city and every other market in the union, is trifling; consequently we are persuaded good prices must be supported, and particularly as here they are already up to seven and a half dollars per keg. The crop has been one third reduced by the rain mentioned above—fine fruits have also considerably augmented, and there are few Muscats particularly to be met with."
Exported from the port of Philadelphia, from the 1st July to the 30th Sept. 1802 taken from the outward entries in the Custom-House.   39 630 barrels flour  3,491 half do  572 barrels middlings  946 barrels rye flour  989 hhds Indian meal  3,147 barrels do  52 half do 
Yesterday arrived brig Samuel, captain Tubbs, from Malaga, which he left the 2d of October, & on the 3d, off the rock of Gibraltar, spoke the U. S. frigate Adams, on a cruise, all well.
Capt. Tubbs left at Malaga, the schr. Hope, Winfield, of this port, to sail in 2 weeks; the ship Arab, of Salem, and several other Americans not recollected.
Ship Active, M'Dougal, from hence, has arrived at Falmouth via Havre.  The London Gazette announces an Order of Council directing that vessels from Philadelphia and Baltimore, be subject to the ordinary quarantine, excepting in cases where any of the crew or passengers may have died on the passage, in which case the clothes, &c. of the deceased, are to be burned or sunk in the sea, and the vessel to perform quarantine in Standgate creek.
The average price of Sugar computed from the returns made for the week ending the 15th of September, was 34s 6d per cwt. exclusive of the Duty or Customs paid or payable there on the importation into Great Britain.
Extract of a letter from Isaac Cox Barnet lately appointed Commercial Agent for the United States, at Antwerp, dated Bordeaux. Sept. 30, 1802, to a friend in New York.
"I shall leave this the day after to-morrow for my new residence, (Antwerp) where, besides the agency which the President has been pleased to confer on me, I
shall form a new commercial establishment, and shall be happy to attend to you and your friends' orders in the commission line. Please to make this public till I arrive, and can send out circulars.
Extract of a letter from a respectable house in Paris, under date of 15th September, 1802.
"There is every appearance of American claims being settled one way or another; and that before a long time elapses. I am assured that some for the years 3, 4, and 5, have been offered 50 per cent. for, by speculators—and enquiries has been made to myself, if I had any to sell. On these conditions, I have given in to be liquidated all I had in this way, and expect to be funded at 5 per cent per year. I have about 100,000 livres worth of Gen. Le Clerc's bills on this Government I am promised payment in a most positive manner; they fail due the day after to-morrow.
Alexandria Advertiser.
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 13.
We this day commence the publication of Paine's infamous letter to Gen. Washington, and recommend it to the serious perusal of every friend to this country.
A Letter-Box is affixed to the Front Door of the Office of the Alexandria Advertiser, for the reception of communications, Political, Commercial and Moral.
For the information of those interested in British spoiliations, we publish the following Extract of a letter from the American Agent in London, to Mr. ELISHA HART, of Saybrook, dated
London September 1st, 1802.  "I am happy to inform you that the Board of Commissioners have decided your case of the Schooner Polly, Stillman, in your favor.
PRICES CURRENT—LONDON, Sept 21.   Ashes, Pot, Amer. cwt. 19s to 1/ 10s 6d  Pearl, 1/ 1s to 1/ 2s  Castor, New England, lb. 7s to 8s 9d  Coffee, fine, cwt. 5/ 10s to 6/  Good, 4/ 15s to 5/  Middling, 4/ 15s to 4/ 16s  Cotton, St. Domingo, lb. 15 3/4 to 18 10d  Georgia and S. Carolina, 1s to 2s 8d  Flour, Amer. fine, bbl. 1/ 6s to 2/ 10s  superfine, 1/ 8s to 1/ 15s  Hides, Buenos Ayres, lb. 7d to 8d  Indigo, New Orleans, uncertain  Carolina, none  Iron, pig, American none  Shot, ton, 37/ to 37/ 10s  Logwood, Campeachy, ton, 16/ 15s to 17/ 10s  Honduras, chipt, 13/ to 14/ 15s  unchipt, 8/ to 9/  Mahogany, Honduras, ft. 10d to 1s 9d  Jamaica, 9d to 2s  Hispaniola, 1s 2d to 2s 3d  Pitch American, cwt. 11s to 12s  Rosin, Black, American, cwt. 1/ to 1/ 2s  Yellow, 1/ 2s to 1/ 4s  Skins, Deer, in hair, 1s to 12s 6d  Stayes, Amer. pipe, per, 1200, 20/ to 24/  bhd. 12/ to 18/ 10s  barrel, 6/ to 9/ 5s  Sugar Jamaica, cwt. 2/ 8s to 3/ 10s  Havanna, white 2/ 9s to 3/ 2s  brown, 1/ 11s to 2/ 5s  Tar, American, bbl. 1/ to 1/ 1s  Timber, Amer. Oak, load, 6/ 5s to 6/ 15s  Plank, 6/ 10s to 7/ 5s  Pine, 4/ 5s to 4/ 10s  Plank, 10/ 10s to 13/  Tobacco Maryland, Yellow, lb. 9d to 12 3/4  Middling Brown, 5 3/4 to 8d  Long Leaf, 3d to 5 3/4  Virginia, York River, 3 3/4 to 6 3/4  James River, 3d to 5 3/4  Strip Leaf, 4 3/4 to 6 3/4  Rappahannock, 2 1/2 to 5d  Carolina, 2 3/4 to 4 1/4  South Potomac, 2 1/2 to 4 1/2  Georgia, 2 1/2 to 4 3/4 
PRICE CURRENT at BOURDEAUX, 30th September.
 Ashes, pot and pearl, 35 to 40s. per cwt. dull.  Beef, mess, 85 to 95s. per bbl. in demand.  Prime, 70 to 75f. do. do.  Cargo, 65 to 70f. do. do. 
 Codfish, dry, 45 to 50f. per cwt. Duty amounts to a prohibition.  Green, 30 to 35f. do.  Cotton, Georgia, Sea Island, 200 to 222f. per cwt. dull, but not abundant.  Upland, 140 to 150f. do. do.  Louisiana, do. to do.  Flour, Amer. 40 to 42f. in demand for Spain.  Indigo, Louisiana, 7 to 10f. do.  Carolina, 4 to 5f. do.  Logwood, Campeachy, 12 to 15f. per cwt. flow.  Nankeens, 6 to 7f. per piece.  Oil, whale, 56 to 60f. per bbl.  Spermaceci, 65 to 70f.  Pepper 1f, 50s. to 1f. 70s. rising.  Pork, 100f. per barrel.  Tobacco, Virg. 20 to 35f. per cwt.  Caro. & Geog. 30 to 45f. steady price.  Maryland, 30 to 60f. price. 
From the Gazette of the United States TO TOM PAINE
Detested reptile! wherefore hait thou come, To add new evils to our groaning land? To some wild desert let thy carcase roam, Where naught can wither by thy blasting hand.  Has Europe, weary of thy daily crimes, Disgorged thee wretch! corrupting and corrupt? Art thou too vile e'en for her blood stained times? That thus you leave her sudden and abrupt.
When the high billows raised thee towards thy God, Didst thou not tremble at his awful frown? And when again you sunk into the flood, Did Hell not gape terrific and profound?
In that dread hour thy foul no comfort knew; No pleasing hope was found within thy breast. For there a storm of terrors loudly blew, Compared with which the Ocean was at rest.
Thy friend with all his power who called thee here, Could then no joy, no moment's ease impart; You e'en forgot the rapture, now so dear, To meet in him a kind congenial heart.
Now safe on shore again your spirits rise; Again your power of blasphemy employ: Hurl bold defiance both to earth and skies, And church and state with frantic zeal destroy.
But first to Monticello bend your way; Drink wise instruction from the best of men; Then to thy goddess Reason with him pray; And rush forth from his philosophic den.
But still to bear the curses that pursue, And shut thine ears against the hissing crowd; Use thy good friend, so often tried, so true: Here Rum is cheap and Drunkenness allow'd.
In the dark hour that brought thee to our shore, The shade of Washington did awful fowl— Hence, gloomy monster! curse mankind no more, Thy person filthy as thy foul is foul.
When life's electric spark shall quit thy frame, Myriads of devils wait to seize their prey With shouts and yell they loudly call thy name, Then bear thee to thy destined doom away.
TO LET,
A convenient Dwelling-House for a small Family; situated on Duke-street, near the corner of Water street. The House is completely furnished with a convenient Kitchen and other out Houses. For further particulars apply to the Subscriber at Mott's Tavern, or to Charles M'Knight, Fairfax street.
WILLIAM MITCHELL. Nov. 13.
WM. HARTSHORNE
Has for Sale, The first quality of Lisbon and ground Allum SALT.
Also, a few yards superfine Bolting Cloth, and Meis Beet, in half barrels, and a pair of BURR STONES. N. B. He gives Cash for Wheat at his Mill, or in town. 11th Mo. 13.
NOTICE.
WHEREAS LUCY BROWN has absconded from my bed and board without sufficient cause, these are to forewarn all persons whomsoever from harbouring or trusting her on my account.
JOSEPH BROWN. Nov. 13. d31 1/2
For Freight or Charter to Europe.
THE CAPITAL SHIP GOVERNOR STRONG. This ship is expected in the Eastern Branch, and will be ready to take a freight for any port in Europe early in September. She is staunch and well built, carries upwards of 408 tons, stows tobacco and flour to the greatest advantage, sails well, and is but 10 months old. Apply to W. HARTSHORNE, Junr. Norfolk, JOHN JANNEY, Alexandria, CHAS. MINIFIE, on the E. Branch. Washington, September 2, 2aw

THOMAS SIMMS, Has received by the brig Neptune and Adieu , Fresh Oranges, by the box, Do. Lemons, do. Soft shelled Almonds, by the peck, Filberts, by the peck, Sweet Oil, by the bottle. He has also for Sale, Best Derry Mustard, by the bottle, Dipt and mould Candles, by the box, Loaf and brown Sugar, Olives, Anchovies and Capers, by the bottle, English Walnuts, Best Spanish Segars, Raisins, by the jar, Coffee, by the bag. Likewise, a quantity of best NEW-ENGLAND CHEESE, a general assortment of GROCERIES, and a few hundred Barrels of excellent POTATOES. Nov. 1. d
William Hartshorne, At his Store, on col. Hove's Wharf , has for Sale, Pennsylvania & Swedish bar Iron, Philadelphia lump and loaf Sugar by the hhd. or barrel, Brown Sugar of the first quality, by the barrel or hhd. Fine Salt, in sacks, Coarse Salt by the bushel, Old Corn, Tar, Plaster of Paris, by the bushel, James River Coal, Tobacco, in kegs, Hay in bundles, about 200 each, A few Lots in good situations on Fairfax, Wilks, Prince and Washington streets, Sale or Rent.—Also for Sale, a three-story Brick House, on King near Fairfax street, a very good stand for business. 10th Mo. 11th, 1802.
Ricketts, Newton & Co. Have received and for Sale, 220 pieces Bandanna Handkerchiefs, 50 do. Russia Sheeting, 40 bales Cotton, 40 barrels and 10 hds. Mucovado Sugars, 50 boxes brown Soap, 50 do. Coffee do. 50 do. Candles, 30 do. Chocolate, 2 hds. Loaf Sugars, 7 hds. Antigua Rum, 1 hhd. clean Molasses, 1 ton Rhode Island Cheese, 7 Boxes Wool and Cotton Cards, A few pipes and half pipes of Vidona Wines, of superior quality, Hyson, Young Hyson, Imperial and Hyson skin Teas, 100 reams Wrapping Paper, 200 do. Writing Paper, A handsome assortment of Prints and Irish Linens—a large quantity of Bed-Cords and Plough Lines. They have to RENT, The WARE HOUSE lately occupied by Mr. John Janney, adjoining their Brick Store, and a comfortable Dwelling-house on Prince street, lately occupied by Mr. Thomas Mathews. For particulars enquire as above. October 15.
SAMUEL BISHOP Has received a large supply of Hot Pressed AND OTHER PLAYING CARDS, of various qualities: which he offers by the quantity or retail, at very moderate prices. October 11. eo
NEW MUSIC. COTTON & STEWART, BOOKSELLERS, ROYAL STREET, Have just received a large collection of NEW MUSIC and MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS. Consisting of B. & C. Clarinets, German Flutes, Octave Flutes and Flutes, &c., all of which they offer for sale on reasonable terms. Nov. 2. d
Just received and for Sale by the Subscriber, Fresh Lemons by the box, Filberts, Almonds and English Walnuts, Large sweet Oranges and Tamarinds, Chestnut Nuts, best J. Raisins, Rhode Island Apples, Loaf and brown Sugar, 1100 lb. excellent N. England Cheese, and a quantity of good BACON. A. WILLIS. Nov. 4. d
ALMANACS for the Year 1803. R. & J. GRAY Have just received a supply of ALMANACS, for the Year 1803; and have on hand, a large assortment of Writing Paper, Bonnet Boards, School and Family Bibles, Testaments, Spelling-Books, Inkpowder, Playing Cards, &c. &c. October 7. d
THE Subscribers having established a House at Alexandria, to transact Business under the Firm of JOHN W. & S. LEONARD & CO. beg leave to solicit the patronage of their Friends. They now offer for Sale, at their Store, on Merchants' wharf, 100 tons Plaster of Paris, 10 hds. Aux Cayes Molasses, 4 tons Cordage, assorted, 12 barrels Mess Beef, first quality, 13 kegs Rapee Snuff, 40 white oak Shooks, 1 trunk of Umbrellas, 300 baskets best Havanna Segars, With sundry other articles. JOHN W. LEONARD, SAMUEL LEONARD, WILLIAM EXLEY. Nov. 5. eo
Lands in Kentucky. To be sold by Public Sale at the Tontine Coffee-Room, New York, on the 2d day of December next, at 12 o'clock, noon. Eleven thousand acres of land in one or more lots; laying in the county of Fayette, state of Kentucky about 30 miles from Lexington and Frankfort, 20 miles south east of the Ohio River and adjacent to the public road between the two Maima Rivers and several rising settlements. The soil generally good, well watered and timber of various descriptions. These lands within 15 miles of Main Leeking and Kentucky rivers, both navigable two to three hundred miles above the extremity of the lands. Also, To be sold at the same time and place as the above, another TRACT of LAND of nine thousand acres, in one or more lots, in the county of Fayette, state of Kentucky, nearly the same distance from Lexington, Frankfort and the Ohio Rivers, as the foregoing tract, and lays between the former and Main Leeking river, distant from the latter only a few miles. The soil is in general good, well watered and timber of different kinds, and as the former tract, in the neighborhood of the settled parts of Kentucky, and opposite a Jersey settlement. The grants by Edmund Randolph, Esq. in 1787 and 1788, and the title deeds are clear and indisputable. As these lands are to be disposed of for behalf of creditors, they will be positively sold to the highest bidder, for approved notes at two and three months. Capt. Fowler or Mr. James Masteron of Lexington; Mr. George Brook, Clerk of Woodford county; or major John Lee near Frankfort will point out the lands. For further information and an accurate plan of the lands, apply to John & Charles Wilkes Esqrs. or Lewis Simond Esq. New York, or to Mr. Brown, Dumfries, Virginia. October 1. eo
Five Dollars Reward. STRAYED from Gill's pasture, near Alexandria, two or three weeks since, a handsome SORREL COLT, 3 years old, 13 or 14 hands high, with a switch tail, and has never been shod. The above Reward will be paid to any person that will deliver him to me in Alexandria, and reasonable charges. JOHN LOWRY, eo Nov. 9.
Just Received, And for sale by the Subscriber, at his Store corner of Prince and Union streets, 15 Pipes Madeira Wine, 10 do. 4th proof Brandy, 5 do. New England Rum, 2 do. Holland Gin, 3 Quarter casks Catalonia red Wine, 3 Kegs Aniseed Cordial, 14 Boxes Candles, Sugar in hds. and barrels, Coffee and Pepper in bags, Hysonkin and Souchong Tea, Jamaica Rum and Malaga Wine, Raisins in kegs and boxes, Leiper's Snuff in half barrels and kegs, Men's earcuffs and fine Shirts, Women's Morocco and fancy kid do. And eight Bales of INDIA GOODS, consisting of Mamoodies, Emeries, Guzziniah, Moheena, Gungies, Checks and Calicoes, and a few pieces China and large Hankerchiefs, and Ravens Duck. A large quantity of RED SOAL-LEATHER, and a few barrels Tanner's best brown OIL. BENJ. SHREVE, jun. Oct. 21. eo
BEEF. A few Barrels of good BEEF (lately packed) just received and for sale by BENJAMIN SHREVE, jun. October 14. d
CARVING, GILDING, and VARNISHING. Mrs. RACHEL ATKINS, OFFERS her grateful acknowledgements to the citizens of Alexandria and the public generally, for the many favors conferred on her in the line of her profession, since her short residence among them, and informs them that she proposes returning to Philadelphia in about two weeks; until her removal she will be happy in executing any orders they may think proper to honor her with. She has on hand and will sell at reduced prices, A large and elegant assortment of Prints, Looking-Glasses, & GIRANDOLES. Oct. 29. eo
A PROPOSAL BY SAMUEL BISHOP For publishing by Subscription, LETTERS ON THE Elementary Principles OF EDUCATION. By Elizabeth Hamilton, Author of the "Memoirs of Modern Philosophers," &c.
ON this interesting and highly important branch of science, several valuable works have, within a few years, been presented to the public, among which the above, as it is the most recent, is so it pre-eminently deserves. Led by her judgment into an inquiry concerning the nature of the active powers, and intellectual faculties of the human mind, Mrs. Hamilton has developed those powers and faculties with a perspicuity and ability which while it arrests the attention of those who have most successfully studied these subjects, must render a competent knowledge of them familiar to the most ordinary capacity. The superficial and frivolous education engendered by the modern system of education, have been long, and justly, a subject of complaint; but the particular evils by which these serious evils have been produced, were hitherto but imperfectly known, or little attended to. To trace these evils to their source, and to point out the proper remedy, is the ultimate object to which the meritorious efforts of this Author have been directed; and in these efforts she has, it is believed, succeeded beyond the most sanguine expectation. Such indeed, is the importance of the inquiries which form the subject of this work, and the great success with which these inquiries have been pursued, that the important consequences to society may reasonably be expected to result from the present publication. To all it is interesting in a very high degree, but to mothers of families, and others engaged in the formation of the minds of children and youth, it will prove an acquisition truly invaluable.
The rapid sale of two impressions of this work in England, sufficiently evinces the high estimation in which it is held. An American edition—equal to, and at little more than half the price of the British edition—is now offered to the patronage of the American public; by whom it will, it is believed, be justly appreciated. [An Extract from the above Work.] From one of the writers on education it would appear, that it is only to people of rank and fortune that education is a matter of any importance. By such alone can the systems that are generally proposed, be adopted. To such, therefore, and we believe them to be exclusively addressed. To make fine ladies and finished gentlemen forms no part of my plan, which has for its object the inculcation of the passions, the direction of the affections, and the cultivation of the faculties that are common to the whole human race. The price of the British edition, is fifteen shillings, Sterling, in boards.
CONDITIONS. I. The Work shall be comprised in two Duodecimo volumes, of about 450 pages each, & shall be printed in the best manner, on a fine Paper, and new Type. II. The price will be one Dollar per volume in boards, payable on delivery. *** A very considerable number of Copies being already subscribed for, the work shall be put to Press, and finished without delay. Subscriptions received by the Publisher. Sept. 1.
On the 1st day of December next will be sold to the highest bidder on three months credit at the Dwelling House of the late Nathaniel Fitzhugh of Fairfax County, all his Household Furniture, AND STOCK, OF HORSES, CATTLE, SHEEP, & HOGS, and so many of the SLAVES as shall be necessary to pay the debts due from his estate. All persons having claims against the said estate are requested to bring them in for adjustment on or before the day of sale—and those who are indebted to the same, to make payment to WILLIAM LANE, Administrator, With the will annexed of NATHANIEL FITZHUGH, deceased October 5. r w b
CARVING, GILDING, and VARNISHING. Mrs. RACHEL ATKINS, OFFERS her grateful acknowledgements to the citizens of Alexandria and the public generally, for the many favors conferred on her in the line of her profession, since her short residence among them, and informs them that she proposes returning to Philadelphia in about two weeks; until her removal she will be happy in executing any orders they may think proper to honor her with. She has on hand and will sell at reduced prices, A large and elegant assortment of Prints, Looking-Glasses, & GIRANDOLES. Oct. 29. eo
The subscribers authorised by the Will of the late George Carr, of Stafford County, will sell at Public Auction, on the first Monday of December next, in the town of Leesburg, his TRACT OF LAND, Lying on both sides of Goose Creek, in this County, and running from thence to the said town; containing about five thousand acres, most of which has been laid off in lots, and since leased for lives or a term of years; from the peculiarly eligible situation of this land, and its great fitness for the improving share of agriculture that is taking place in this neighborhood, it is hoped that it will be an object worth the attention of those who wish to vest their money in landed property; one third of the purchase money will be required on the day of sale, the remaining two thirds to be paid by two annual installments; six per cents of the Stock of the U. States will be taken in payment for one half of the two delayed installments, at its current value, in the principal commercial towns, or bonds with good personal security and mortgages will be required to secure the payments. Mr. John Mathias, living in Leesburg, and surveyor of this County, has a plan of the land and will survey or show any part of it to those who wish it, they paying his expenses for so doing. LANDON CARTER, Junr. THOMAS L. LEE. Loudoun County, August 20. eo
To be Rented, The House in which I now live, of which I have a lease for upwards of three years from this time; the situation is eligible and the House commodious. For terms apply to J. B. NICKOLLS. Fairfax street, June 19. eo
ADVERTISEMENT. On Thursday the 18th day of November, if fair, if not the next fair day, will be exposed to Sale, upon the Premises, in the town of Alexandria, the following parcels of Ground, late the property of John Fitzgerald, deceased sold pursuant to the directions of his Will for the payment of his debts, One parcel of Land lying upon the east side of Union street, and to the north of Wilkes street, being a wharf or made ground, upon which there is a Frame Warehouse; it will be either sold together or laid off into convenient Lots to accommodate purchasers. This Ground is subject to an annual rent of 91. 17s. 6d. One half of a Brewery, commonly called Wales' Brewery, with all the necessary implements and utensils for carrying on that business, and the Ground appertaining to the same. The whole of the Brewery is now under a lease of six hundred dollars per annum. Also a piece of Ground immediately adjoining upon the Brewery, fronting upon Water street, and a twenty feet Alley running with Water it is about forty feet, and with the Alley one hundred and fifty feet. Also, another piece of Ground fronting upon Wolfe and St. Asaph streets; this will be laid off into convenient Lots.
A piece of Ground lying upon the south side of King street, fronting thereon upon twenty-two feet, and extending eighty-two feet to a twelve feet Alley, upon which is erected a two story Brick House and a Frame Warehouse. On the same day, if there be sufficient time after the sales of the above Property, if not, on the next day, will be exposed to Sale, also on the Premises, A small TRACT of LAND, Contiguous to the town, containing 37 Acres. This is subdivided and will be sold in small parcels, containing from 4 to 6 acres. The terms of the Sale are, one fourth of the purchase money in hand, another fourth in six months, another fourth in twelve months, and the last in eighteen months. The Lands will be conveyed upon payment of the fourth of the Purchase Money, the subsequent payments must be secured by Trusts upon the same conveyed. THOMAS A. DIGGES, JAMES KEITH, Admin Ex'rs of J. Fitzgerald, deceased Oct. 20.
The Subscriber has received, 12,000 lb. Green Coffee, entitled to drawback, and 18 bales of Cotton, which he will sell low. He has also for Sale, Molasses of the first quality, and A few hds. of Sugar. ROBERT YOUNG. October 13. eo
Clean linen and cotton rags bought at this office. PRINTED DAILY BY S. SNOWDEN.