Alexandria daily advertiser (Alexandria [Va.]), 1805-11-05 00:00:00

Alexandria Daily Advertiser.
Vol. V.]
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 1805.
[No. 1420.]
Public Sale.
On FRIDAY next, at 10 o'clock, will be sold at the Vendue Store, RUM In bbls. and bts. French Brandy in pipes, in pipes and bts. Whiskey and Apple Bandy in bts. Sugar in bds. tierces and bts. Chocolate White and brown Soap and } in boxes, Mould and dipt Candles Raisins in kegs, boxes and jars, Eggs in kegs and trais, Queen's Ware in crates, HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE, &c.—Also, A Variety of DRY GOODS, among which are Cloths, Coatings, Kersemeres, Dills, Plains, Kerseys, Negro Cottons, Bergs, Elastics, blue Friezes, Calimancoes, Russells, Yarn Stockings, Chintzes and Calicoes, Irish Linens, Silesia do. Osnaburgs and Ticklenburgs, Muslin and Muslin Handkerchiefs, India Muslins and Table Clothes, Bandana Handkerchiefs, Colord Threads, Hats and sundry other goods. Philip G. Marshall.
FALL GOODS. CUTHBERT POWELL, Imported per the United States, from Li- verpool, FALL GOODS. October 16. ed1w22w2t
Douglass & Mandeville, Lower end of KING STREET, OFFER FOR SALE Jamaica, } RUM, Antigua, } In hogheads and barrels. St. Croix, & } N. England } French Brandy, } In Pipes. Holland Gin, } Loaf, } SUGAR, in bds. and bbls. Lump & } Brown } Whiskey & } In Tierces and barrels. Whiskey Bounce, } Liverpool blown, } SALT, Limington, } In Sacks and Bulk. Cádiz & } Lithon } Butter in Firkins, Plaster of Paris, A quantity of Rhode Island Cheese, Malaga Wine in quarter casks, Molasses in hogheads, Candles and Soap in boxes, Coffee in bags, Havana Honey in casks, Do. Sugars in boxes, Pepper and Pimento in bags, Imperial, } Hyson, } TEAS, in qr. chests. Young Hyson, } Hyson Skin & } Souchong } Wrapping paper, FF. Gunpowder in casks, Richmond Tobacco in kegs, Beef in barrels.
ALSO 100 bbls. Inspected Herrings & Shad. New Wheat Flour in barrels and half barrels, selected for family use. We want to purchase 1000 bushels of OATS. October 14. dtw12w4t  We have just Received A FEW BOXES OF CHEWING TOBACCO, Which is said to be superior in quality to Caven- dish—Also Forty barrels of TAR, Which will be sold low. Hewes & Miller. October 30. d
JUST RECEIVED, And for sale, Fifty barrels PRIME PORK. William Hodgson. October 30. d
WANTED, A MALE or FEMALE servant, accus- tomed to Cooking. Apply to the PRINTER. Sept. 28. d
Bellona Gunpowder and Soa- Leather.
50 casks Bellona Gunpowder 100 sides red Soa Leather New England Rum, and a few hogheads St. Vincent Molasses, of a very superior quality for retailing; Just received and for Sale, by Lawrason & Fowle. October 29. d
FOR SALE. Eight cases low priced FELT HATS, One box IRISH LINENS, real Coltrains, Ninety barrels BEEF, Two pipes HOLLAND GIN, One half pipe } LONDON PAR. Two qr. do. } TULAR MADEIRA, And a few Sacks of Liverpool STOVED SALT. William Hodgson. October 2. d
Dissolution of Copartnership.
THE Copartnership hitherto subsisting under the firm of Joseph Riddle & Co. of Alexandria, was dissolved the first instant, by mutual con- sent. All persons that are indebted to, or that have claims on the same, are requested to come forward and settle, as it is desir'd to close the concern as soon as possible. Those whose ac- counts are of long standing are particularly re- quested to attend to this notice, and make payments to either of the subscribers. JOSEPH RIDDLE, Of Alexandria. JAMES DALL, Of Baltimore. September 18. tt
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 expects an additional supply in the United States from Liverpool. September 23. d
Mandeville and Jamesson, OFFER FOR SALE, For Cash, P. d. or on the usual Credit; A GENERAL ASSORTMENT OF LIQUORS & GROCERIES, Consisting of Muscovado Sugars, of various qua- lities. Philadelphia and Alexandria Loaf and Lump ditto. Jamaica, } St. Vincents, and } In bds. &c. 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 Whis- key.
Madeira, } Sherry, } Old Port, } WINES. Lithon, } Malaga, and } Teneriffe } 40 cases St. Estaph Medoc Claret, 1 bottle and 4th proof Irish Whiskey, 100 cases West Schiedam Gin. A few hogheads of choice Molasses, Tennessee and Georgia Cotton. GUNPOWDER, Imperial, } Hyson, } TEAS, Young Hyson, } Very carefully selected Souchong, } from the best cargoes for Hyson skin, and } country trade and family Bohea } use. Green Coffee, Chocolate, Pearl Barley, Rice, Starch, Fig. Blue, Soap, Mustard, Rappée and Scotch Snuff. SPICES —Pimento, Pepper, Cloves, Cassia, Nutmegs and Mace. Ginger, race and ground. Flotant and Orleans Indigo, Madder, Cop- peras, Alum and Brimstone. Patent Shot, assorted, from BB to No. 9. Bar Lead, Hunter's Pipes, Bees Wax, Wrap- ping Paper, Demijohns, Refined Salt Petre, Chalk; Mould and Dipt Candles. British Gunpowder of various sizes, &c. &c. October 18.
JUST RECEIVED, AND FOR SALE, Twenty cases Claret. William Hodgson. October 16. d
TUNIS CRAVEN, Has received by the late arrivals an elegant as- sortment of GOODS, —AMONG WHICH ARE— London, superfine Cloths and Cambricks, and Cambricks, } Lace do. } Bennett's patent Cords, } Rich Colonade and fi- Do. Waistcoatings, } gured India Muslins Silks, Mouselins, Flo- } India and British Book rentines, } do. Imperial, clouded and } Lace Caps & Handker- white Markilles, } chiefs. Toilnests, Swandowns, } Extra Silk Gloves, Flannels, rose Blankets, } Pic Nic Muts. Coatings, Plains, } Silk Cord and Buttons, Kerseys, Halfthicks, } Cambric Buttons, Lamb's Wool, Worsted, } Artificial Flowers and Cotton and Silk Ho- } Wreaths, siery, } Ornrich Feathers, Irish & Flanders Sheet- } Italian Mantua, ings, } Fine India Persians, 4 4 1/2 Irish Linens, } Bastas, Mamoodies, Shirting Cotton, } Dowlas, Ticklenburgs, Long Lawns, } Osnaburgs, Brown rolls Linen Cambricks, } &c. &c. Dimities, Cambric do. He daily expects an additional assortment of FALL GOODS. Oct. 22. dit.
NORFOLK PACKET.
THE SLOOP MONTEZUMA, Capt. Palmer, will sail for Nor- folk on Tuesday next—for freight or passage please apply to the Captain, on board, at Hewes & Miller's wharf. November 2. 3t
For Liverpool, direct, The fast-sailing SHIP WILLIAM AND JOHN, Thomas Woodhouse, Master; Intended as a constant trader. For freight or passage, (having excellent accommodations) apply to the Master on board, or to JAMES PATTON. October 12. 12w
FOR LIVERPOOL—(Direct.) THE SHIP UNITED STATES, An established REGULAR TRADER. A part of her Cargo being ready, the remain- der will be taken on moderate terms.—For freight or passage, apply to Ricketts, Newton & Co. October 15. d
For Amsterdam—Direct. THE SHIP ALEXANDRIA, Capt. William Weston, Will commence loading in two days, Three Hundred hogheads Tobacco, of her cargo being ready, the remainder and small freight will be taken on moderate terms, with liberty of con- signment, or if consigned to W. & J. Willink, a liberal advance will be made in Bills on Lon- don or Amsterdam, or Cash at the Baltimore ex- change. Apply to Washington Bowie, George Town, or Lawrason & Fowle, Alexandria. October 8. d
For Sale, on a liberal credit, The Schooner FAIR AMERICAN, Burthen about 70 tons or 500 barrels, between 4 and 5 years old, sails fast, and is in complete order to receive a cargo. For terms apply to James Bacon, Corner of King and Washington streets. October 22. d
For Freight, or Charter, THE NEW SHIP RHODA & BETSEY ELIAS TENNT, MASTER; Burthen 230 tons, she has per- formed only one voyage to Europe, is now in perfect staunch order, commo- dious for passengers and a first rate sailer, ready to be ordered here in a few days, on application to John G. Ladd. September 24. d
JUST RECEIVED, AND FOR SALE, Twenty cases Claret. William Hodgson. October 16. d
TUNIS CRAVEN, Has received by the late arrivals an elegant as- sortment of GOODS, —AMONG WHICH ARE— London, superfine Cloths and Cambricks, and Cambricks, } Lace do. } Bennett's patent Cords, } Rich Colonade and fi- Do. Waistcoatings, } gured India Muslins Silks, Mouselins, Flo- } India and British Book rentines, } do. Imperial, clouded and } Lace Caps & Handker- white Markilles, } chiefs. Toilnests, Swandowns, } Extra Silk Gloves, Flannels, rose Blankets, } Pic Nic Muts. Coatings, Plains, } Silk Cord and Buttons, Kerseys, Halfthicks, } Cambric Buttons, Lamb's Wool, Worsted, } Artificial Flowers and Cotton and Silk Ho- } Wreaths, siery, } Ornrich Feathers, Irish & Flanders Sheet- } Italian Mantua, ings, } Fine India Persians, 4 4 1/2 Irish Linens, } Bastas, Mamoodies, Shirting Cotton, } Dowlas, Ticklenburgs, Long Lawns, } Osnaburgs, Brown rolls Linen Cambricks, } &c. &c. Dimities, Cambric do. He daily expects an additional assortment of FALL GOODS. Oct. 22. dit.
For Sale, or Freight,
To any Port in the United States, or to the West-Indies, The new Staunch BRIG RISING STATES, John Jenckes, Master; Now at Harper's Wharf, having excellent ac- commodations for Freight, or Passage. Apply to the Master on board, or to John G. Ladd. November 4. d
Pine a Point Oysters.
The Subscribers, RESPECTFULLY inform their friends, and the public in general, that they have this day received, A Cargo of large Pine a Point OYSTERS, Which they will sell by the bushel, or prepared in the best manner at their house, corner of Duke and Water streets. Bogan & Shuck. November 4. d3t
Porter, Ale & Beer.
THE Subscriber informs his friends that he has opened A House of Entertainment next to Mr. Hugh Smith's ware house on King Street—Where he will keep a constant supply of Malt Liquors, bottled and draught, from the best Breweries of Philadelphia—Good accomodations for private parties—OYSTERS—BEEF STEAK— RELISHES, &c. John Macleod. N. B. Wanted a smart, live lad of a char- acter. Call given for empty Bottles. Nov. 4. d3t.
Notice to Farmers.
THE Executors of the late John O'Donnell , of Baltimore county, in the State of Mary- land, propose to offer at PUBLIC SALE, to the best bidders at Catonsville , in the vicinity of Baltimore city, on WEDNESDAY the 20th day of November next— A large and valuable stock of horn- ed Cattle and Horses.
The cattle consist of several bulls and cows, imported from Europe, of their increase unmix- ed, and of others mixed with chosen cattle of this country; offering to the breeder an oppor- tunity of supplying himself with a stock superior to any in this country, as the original were se- lected by the best judges in England, Ireland and Holland. The horses consist of several approved import- ed studs and mares of high pedigree, of their in- crease unmixed, and of others mixed with the best species of this country, with some farm or working horses. ALSO, About seventy Negroes, Men, women and children. Fifty sheep, wag- gons, carts, ploughs, implements of husbandry, household furniture, and sundry other articles. The sale will commence at ten o'clock, when the terms will be made known. Baltimore, October 31. dtds
BUENOS-AYRES HIDES
FOR SALE. WE have just received 575 large HIDES, which will be sold low for cash or short credit. Also, A few tierces of RICE and bbls. of PORK. Hewes & Miller. October 24. d
JONAH THOMPSON & SON
Have Imported in the United States, from Li- verpool, a part of their FALL GOODS, And daily expect the remainder via Baltimore. October 17. d.
Wanted to Purchase,
50 well seasoned Locust or Cedar Posts, and 250 stout Chestnut RAILS. Apply to the Printer. Aug. 19.
FOR SALE,
A likely NEGRO BOY, about 12 or 13 years old. Enquire of the Printer. September 12. d. The highest price given for clean Linen Rags, by the Printer of his paper.

From the PARIS ARGUS.
MINISTRY OF THE MARINE.
Extract of a report of the Siege of Santo Domingo, and some events which precede it, addressed to his excellency the minister of the marine and of the colonies by general Ferrand.
(Concluded.)
Head-Quarters of Santo Domingo, 20th Germinal year 14.
On the 4th Germinal a brig arrived from St. Thomas, commanded by the brave captain Cottin, an old French privateer captain, who by his conduct in the war against the English, merited five and twenty years since, a sword and a pension from the government. He brought the confirmation of a French squadron being at the windward islands, and added that another squadron under the orders of adm. Gantheaume had set sail from Brest in order to take Jamaica. In consequence of this good intelligence, I order a salvo of thirteen guns to be fired from the Bastion of la Conception, which was answered in the road from the Amelia schooner firing a 16 pounder. This sign of rejoicing appeared to disturb, the enemy for a short time.
On the 6th at half past three in the afternoon, the warning bell from the tower of la Force, announced ten sail in sight. I had then no doubt of their being the French squadron; our joy became general. An hour afterwards the squadron approached so near that we could not be deceived; it made sail towards the port in the order of battle. It was decied from the different forts of the brigands.
There appeared to be considerable movement in their line; and I entertained no doubt but that the sudden sight of the squadron must have caused them much trouble and irritation. I resolved to take advantage of it, in order to oblige them to fall back and raise the siege, by making a vigorous attack on them. In consequence of this determination I gave orders to the chief of the Brigade Baron to hold himself in readiness to march at five in the afternoon, at the head of four hundred and fifty men, and penetrate to the left of the enemy's entrenchments.
At five o'clock the Commet and Sava-nah gates were thrown open. The chief of brigade Baron, having under him the chief of Battalion Coillot of the 97th, marched out the first, the chief of squadron Aussenac, followed by the chief of battalion Ruiz marched next the troops of the line headed the two columns. The commandant Baron directed his march to the position of St. Carlos, to the assistance of which the enemy sent a considerable body of troops. At the same time the chief of the squadron Aussenac, marching along the shore made a brisk attack on the right flank of the line of the Gabbions, supported on the road side by fort St. Jerome, penetrated it in spite of the obstinate resistance of the brigands who defended it, and after a very bloody contest in which he charged them several times with the bayonet, they were forced to abandon that part of their entrenchments and to take refuge in the woods. In the meantime the chief of brigade Baron, continued to make a firm stand under a terrible shower of musketry, he was supported by the artillery of the place wherever it could play without injuring our troops. In the midst of this formidable noise, it was one of the finest sights ever beheld, to see at one hundred toises distant from the fort of Saint Gilles, in front of the points where the troops were fighting, the whole squadron of rear admiral Missiessy witnesses of this glorious sortie.
At eight in the evening I received packages from rear admiral Missiessy and the general in chief Lagrange, which informed me of their intention, the following day to land a body of troops and a supply of ammunition.
The night passed over tranquilly; the squadron beating up and down the road.
On the 7th, in the morning, the fire of the brigands had slackened considerably.
At eight general Lagrange, general Claparede and their staff came on shore. I took a pleasure in walking with them round the place, pointing out to them the enemy's works: this done, after landing the reinforcement of troops, &c. they re-embarked on board the squadron with set sail the same evening.
Not the least noise was heard in the enemy's entrenchment during the night, and this led me to suspect he had begun a retreat.
On the 8th early in the morning, we found that our suspicions on the preceding evening were well founded. A young man of colour of the name of Sterling,
an inferior officer in the colonial legion, who was thought to have been killed on the 8th Ventose, at the affair of Puerto, appeared at the gate du Comet, and demanded admittance; he informed us of the departure of the brigands. I ordered him to be let in and brought before me; from him I learned that the brigands had spared his life, and made him enter their guides; and having under this title always remained at head quarters, he knew every thing that passed in their army during the siege. He related that the brigand forces encamped before Santo Domingo, both in infantry and cavalry, amounted to 13,000 men, including the 3000 stationed on the other side of the Ozama; that their chief had all his followers with him, which was in my opinion very probable, the barbarian being too mistrustful and jealous to leave commanders and forces behind him, who at a great distance might probably have caused him much apprehension. This officer likewise stated, that the brigands had 600 men killed, and nearly 1300 wounded during the 22 days they remained encamped before the place; they had sent their wounded off a few days before for the French part of the Island; and in this statement was not comprised a great number whom the Spaniards had killed in the woods, when they left the main body of their army, in order to pillage their country.
The brigand chief, on the day we made our last sortie, had taken the French for an English squadron, which had come for the purpose of summoning me to evacuate the place; this determined him to stand firm, and it was not till the following morning that he was convinced of the truth, when he saw soldiers, arms and stores landed. Finding the place thus surrounded, he lost courage, and issued orders for the retreat of his army, which began the same evening between eleven and twelve o'clock at night; his column took the route of Azua whilst another proceeded to Saint Yago. He gave out on taking his departure, that he would soon return with sufficient forces.
I was resolved not to omit the good opportunity presented me by his retreat towards Azua, and entertaining no doubt but that one of his columns would march along the shore of the bay of Ocoa: I immediately sent thither, the schooner le Département du Nord, with directions to cast anchor at some cables length from the shore, to pour grape shot on the brigands as soon as they should come up. My expectations were not disappointed; on the 10th, at seven in the morning, a column of brigands made their appearance and marched along the beach in security, at that moment the twelve pounders from the Département du Nord opened a murderous fire upon them, killed vast numbers, made the rest fall back and abandoned upwards of 600 animals, and all the booty they had taken and were carrying off.
At two I sent out reconnoitering parties of dragoons to a league's distance, on the roads of Azua, Saint Yago and Galindo. According to their report, which fully confirmed the retreat of the brigands, 1200 of the Spanish militia were marched out to destroy the gabbions of their entrenchments. We were then able to judge of the strength of their works, and of the wonderful celerity with which they had finished them. Each of these gabbions was six feet high and four feet and an half in diameter on the basis; each line had three gabbions in thickness, and five in those parts the most exposed to our artillery.
On the 9th and 10th Germinal, in the morning, I sent out to reconnoitre, to the distance of eight or ten leagues upon every road; the result left no doubt of the retreat of the brigands, who fled rather precipitately, pursued by a panic terror. The Spaniards who lay in ambush, fell on them whenever an opportunity presented itself, and so effectually, that no less than two hundred remained in the mire at Bigual. I cannot but deplore the atrocities of every description which they committed in their retreat; their footsteps were marked by fire and murders; no crime was scropled by them; they called on the inhabitants with words of peace to sacrifice them more successfully to their rage. The chief of the brigands, in his retreat, informed the inhabitants of St. John and Noyba, that having taken Santo Domingo, he was returning into the French part, and that, in his road he should be happy to review and give them proofs of his attachment; these credulous inhabitants believed him; they quitted the woods and gave themselves up to death. The other brigand chief did the same to the inhabitants of Cotay, deceived by their curate, who a traitor to the government, had sought to make his parishioners commit the same treason as himself.
The chief who commanded the brigands of the first column, caused the boroughs of Bany, Azua,
Neyba an Saint Jean, to be burnt immediate-ly.
The chief of the second column set fire to those of Colay, of la Veyga, and ordered the town of St. Yago to be demolished.
Such, Monseigneur, are the monitors which the justice of the French empire must pursue and annihilate to the very last, if its intention be ever to restore this magnificent colony.
M. Gaillard, a physician, whom the brigands had detained among them at the time of the evacuation of the Cape, and whom one of their chiefs had brought with him to the siege of Santo Domingo, found means to escape during the retreat of the brigands; and arrived in the town on the 14th. He confirmed that the brigands were to the number of 18000 armed men; that they had between 6 and 7 hundred men killed before Santo Domingo, and 12 or 1300 wounded; that all the brigands or mulatto chiefs had assisted at the siege; that when the French squadron made its appearance on the 6th Germinal, the brigands took it for an English squadron which came to offer its ships to the garrison for the purpose of evacuating; and that they were only undeceived next day by the landing of the troops and stores; that the chiefs assembled and ordered a retreat, saying that nothing forced them to raise the siege, but that they wished to preserve their soldiers for another time. He informed me also that their project, had the town capitulated, was to grant without reserve all the articles demanded; but once admitted within the walls, to massacre the whole of the inhabitants without distinction. Their army was afterwards to quit the place, except the men necessary for the total demolition of the town, for the massacre of the white and free Spaniards in the country; and to carry into the French part the remainder of the slaves and animals.
Mr. Gaillard detailed to me all the cruelties the brigands had exercised in the country, and spoke to me of the discontent of a portion of the brigands and of the jealousy of their chief against Christophe, who, of his own accord, is often very beautiful to the brigands under his orders. He added, that previous to their departure from the French part of Santo Domingo, the mulatto Martial Bahia had arrived at the Cape, bringing with him a number of workmen, and had offered to make a thousand pounds of powder a day, with only the local means. That the Americans incessantly meet all the wants of the brigands, traffic with them armed, which is confirmed by a letter of Laterre d'Orly, commandant of Samana, of the 16th March, in which he announces to me that the French privateer the Heureuse Rencontre declared to him she had taken in with an American convoy of 14 sail coming out of the Cape, and another of the same number of 22 sail coming out of Port au Prince, all armed and escorted by large ships strongly armed. Mr. Gaillard denounced to me a Frenchman, called Brunel, who had the infamy to espouse a negress, and who is at this day the public agent of the brigands at Philadelphia, executing their commissions, informing them in time of the operations of the French government, and exciting them to maintain themselves in their revolt.
Such, Monseigneur, are the details of an event too important for the colony of St. Domingo, to be read by your excellency without interest, and for the troops under my command not to receive from you marks of personal satisfaction. There is not a single corps, not a soldier, not an officer but I have infinite cause to be satisfied with.
Present, Monseigneur, this act of our devotion and of our military fortune to him who now reigns so gloriously over the French. The army of St. Domingo will be proud if he condescends to applaud their conduct. It is very flattering for me, in sending to him, by the Captain-aid-de-camp Castle, the congratulations of the people, and of the army upon his happy accession to the empire, to be able to add for a bouquet, a memorable success; as if it were only victories that had the right to ally themselves with the name of so illustrious a hero and so powerful a monarch, who has created a new age MONSEIGNEUR.
I have the honor to be with profound respect, the devoted servant of your Excellency.
FERRAND.
FREDERICKSBURG, October 28.
On Saturday last, about 11 o'clock, departed this life, after an illness of about 8 weeks, in this town, the honorable JOSEPH JONES, one of the judges of the district courts of Virginia, aged 78. In the character of this truly excellent man were combined the tender sensibilities and ennobling virtues of the human heart—with strong powers of the mind his judicial conduct was regarded as the most upright and praiseworthy. Frank, affable, humane and benevolent; he imperceptibly won the affections of his acquaintance—he was steadfast in principle, sound in judgment and faithful in friendship; but friendship is unable to delineate a character which panegyrics could scarcely portray. By the unrelenting hand of death the public and society have sustained an irreparable loss, but he whose demise is so sincerely lamented and sensibly felt, is now supremely happy; placed above the reach of every earthly woe, and rejoicing among the spirits of the just made perfect.—
"Go aged sage and repossess thy head, In peaceful slumbers with the honor'd dead; Go gentle spirit and ascend above,"
Go dwell with saints in everlasting love; Thy toils now o'er, thy debt of nature paid, Receive this tribute to thy faded shade; Go, reap with them an everlasting crown, Fair heaven's reward to virtue and renown.
WILMINGTON (N. C.) Oct. 15.
The brig Amazon, of Newbury port captain Brown, sailed from this port on the first inst. bound to Barbadoes, and on the 12th returned, after having met with the most untoward accident and providential escape we ever remember to have noticed. Captain Brown's skill and presence of mind during the whole of this trying scene, of which the following is an accurate statement, is highly deserving of praise:
October 1, at 7 A. M. weighed anchor at fort Johnson, and went over the bar with the wind E. N. E. and blowing fresh; at ten o'clock the wind hauled to N. E. still increasing, we shortened sail as necessity required; the weather looking very dirty, at three P. M. freed the pump and found the vessel tight; at half past five we reefed the foresail, and at six hove too under the same, it then blowing a heavy gale and the sea running high in the gulph; at half past six finding that the vessel would not lie too, under reefed foresail, we handed it and set the Balance mainsail, and put two hands to the pump; at near seven discovered the water over the cabin floor, we immediately hauled down the mainsail and got the vessel before the wind; in a few minutes we found the water casks and every thing afloat in the cabin, which rendered it out of power to save the books, quadrants, provisions, clothes or any thing else—the cabin being full of water all our hands were employed in throwing over the deck load.—We scudded S. W. under bare poles till twelve P. M. our candle being then expended we were obliged to keep her before the wind and the sea through the night, the wind veering from N. E. to N. W. in heavy squalls, attended with rain; at 5 we perceived one of our larboard dead lights half way up, which was occasioned by the pressure of the sea, and some of the clothes washing out of the same. At 8 P. M. lost our boat over the stern by the violence of the sea; at ten lost the hauser it being entangled with some of the lumber going over board.
Oct 2, a strong breeze and high sea from the northward with rain, were obliged to keep the vessel before the wind, she still being full of water and scudding under bare poles, two men sick.
October 3, wind at N. W. and moderate, but still scudding under bare poles; we found most of the wedges had worked out of the masts in the gale; the main hatches had sprung a little, and the fore scuttle gone, which we conceived to be owing to the pressure of the water in the hold. At 12 P. M. John Williams departed this life, and in the morning we committed his body to the deep—one man still sick. October 4, moderate breezes and fair weather, the vessel still before the wind, all hands were turned to pumping and bailing; in the evening found we had gained considerably on her; got some shingles and wedged the masts, likewise secured the fore scuttle and main hatch as well as we could. October 5, fresh breezes from the northward with heavy sea, we found the water gained on us, the cabin being nearly full, and all hands pumping and bailing; at 6 P. M. found we gained on her; at 7 A. M. the wind hauled S. E. we then thought proper to stand in for the continent, for the preservation of the vessel and our lives, having lost the register and all other papers. On the 8th got out of the gulph and on the 9th at 4 A. M. got soundings in 25 fathom water.—
On the 10th we spoke the ship Eliza, from Liverpool bound to Savannah, but she could give us no relief, having lost her boats and we not being able to hoist out our own, the passengers however, used every exertion to throw some biscuit on board, but finding the attempt fruitless, captain Brown desired them to desist; the captain of the ship informed us that Cape Romain bore N. W. by W. 6 or 7 leagues; we immediately hauled our wind and at 5 P. M. saw Cape Romain bearing W. N. W. 4 or 5 leagues distant. All hands still pumping, at 6 P. M. to our great joy the pump sucked. At 8 A. M. a breeze sprung up from S. E. and we shaped our course for Cape Fear, and on the 11th we made the light house bearing E. N. E. at 1 P. M. got a pilot, and at 4 came to anchor at Fort Johnston.
Boarding-House Opened,
By the Subscriber, in Prince-street, In the house lately occupied by Thomas Pat-ton, between the dwelling house of Dr. Dick and Mr. Hodgson's store—where a few genteel boarders may be accommodated—with or without lodging. Apply to
William King.
Nov. 1

TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 5.
Married on Sunday last at George-town by the Rev. Mr. Sayres, Mr. John Gadsby to Miss Margaret M. Laughlin.
The ship Portland, formerly of Boston, Cap. Meilin, is said to have been cut off at the Friendly Islands, in the Pacific Ocean. The accident is supposed to have happened about 18 months since. The Portland left Batavia nearly three years ago, when the Dutch government, having claims on the ship, wished to detain her. Captain Meilin, proceeded to the Isle of France, the Cape of Good Hope, and then passed round Cape Horn, and touched at the Friendly Islands. Upon the boats landing, the natives suddenly seized her with the crew, and then got a Malay woman, who was seen on the islands by a Malay which sailed from Manila under American colours. This ship lost her boat's crew there, and came near being captured by the islanders who made a desperate attempt against her. The account of the loss of the Portland is given on the authority of the Malay woman. Vessels touching at any of the islands in the great Southern Ocean, ought to be always on their guard against the designs of the natives.
We are informed that 3 Seamen were yesterday impressed from the British ship Hamilton, while lying at quarantine in this harbour, by an officer from the sloop of war Potosi.—Is this right?
[Charleston Courier.]
Capt. White from St. Jago, informs that a few days before he sailed, a new Baltimore schooner was brought in by capt. Hughes, of Philadelphia, which he had picked up at sea nearly full of water; but which by great exertion, he succeeded in getting into port. On pumping her a number of auger holes were found bored in her bottom—this led to a suspicion that all was not fair; and her captain who had previously arrived at St. Jago, was arrested. On enquiry it appeared that he sailed from Baltimore with an assorted cargo of Dry Goods, a great part of which he landed at a bye port near St. Jago—the day after putting to sea again the water gained upon them so fast, by advice of the captain, the crew deserted the vessel, supposing her in a sinking state, took to their boat and arrived at St. Jago. The criminality of the captain was established beyond doubt. His name is Johns.
[Ibid.]
Captain Cox, who arrived yesterday from Bermuda, furnished us with the following account of an exploit of singular address and enterprize. A government schooner of 14 guns completely fitted and provisioned for a cruise of six months was lying in the port of St. Georges. On account of some circumstance it became necessary to put the master of a French privateer and 45 of his men on board the ship. They were confined in irons, and a corporal's guard was put over them. The officers of the schooner were mostly on shore, and the lieutenant commanding dined on shore. The master of the privateer took this opportunity to overpower the guard & free men on board, whom he confined below, and then dressing himself in the uniform of the lieutenant, and disguising his men, he got the schooner under way, and passed the batteries without interruption, and giving three cheers when he turned the point out of reach of the guns, he proceeded on a cruise, with a stronger vessel than he had lost, and one more completely fitted. The situation of the harbor, on account of the number of forts and cannon mounted in different parts of the harbor, and the difficulty of the navigation of the channel in some places not more than two hundred feet wide, rendered this a hazardous undertaking in open day. The Frenchman owes we understand his success to the strict discipline of the guard having charge of a piece of cannon at one of the harbor posts. One person only had discovered the Frenchmen in this business, who went with all speed to the guard and told them the circumstance, requesting them to fire and alarm the forts below, but this the guard refused, alleging that they were ordered never to fire, but by the orders of the commandant; before the commandant could be found the Frenchman was clear of the port.
[Norfolk paper.]
COMMERCIAL.
Extract of a letter from Mr. Williams, dated London, Aug. 23, to a gentleman in Newburyport.
"I am sorry to acquaint you that the captors have libelled the Huntress and cargo. I have given a claim for the whole, and the vessel and such parts of the cargo as were bought in the United States by the shippers, must be acquitted. What will be the fate of the goods (if any) imported from the enemy's colonies by the shippers, is not known. No case of that description having been yet decided.
The government has not given a final answer to Mr. Monroe's remonstrances against the late captures. The court of admiralty will sit in about four weeks."
The following information has been received at the Danish Consulate Office, and is now published for the Government of the concerned.
"As the same danger with which vessels proceeding from the United States to Danish ports are liable to threaten the public state of health, in no less degree exists with those bound to other ports on the Baltic, His Majesty's Government has invited the neighboring powers to adopt similar precautions with vessels bound from the United States to any of their respective ports, as by the Royal Ordinance of 15th May last, has been prescribed for Danish vessels as well as others proceeding from the United States for any Danish port. It has in consequence thereof, been agreed between his Majesty's Government and the Governments of Sweden, Russia and Prussia, that Consular certificates shall henceforth be furnished either by Danish Consuls or Vice Consuls, where these powers themselves have no commercial agents or by their vice versa where no Danish Consul or Vice Consul reside. Any vessel therefore to whatever nation it may belong, which after public notice has been given of this arrangement, shall proceed from the U. S. to any Danish port, or to any port on the Baltic, without being provided with a Consular certificate of health, will absolutely on its arrival at the Sound or at its port of destination, if not bound to the Baltic, be subjected to quarantine for a longer or shorter time according to circumstances, even if it should be provided with clean bills of health from the respective authorities."
IMPORTANT TO FARMERS.
A pamphlet has just appeared published by Thomas Dobson, of Philadelphia, which gives a history of the FLY that has been so destructive to the grain in many parts of the country within these few years. He calls it the Wheat Moth or Virginia Fly. The pamphlet concludes with the following method for arresting the progress of that destructive insect.
To preserve the grain from further injury after it is reaped, it should be threshed out as soon as possible, as such part of it as is wished to preserve either for seed or grinding should be dried in an oven or kiln, in which the heat should be strong enough to kill the caterpillars without destroying the vegetative principles. This will be effected by 124 degrees of heat of Fahrenheit's thermometer.—For the seed grain may be better prepared by being soaked in a strong lye of wood ashes and quicklime, heated to such a degree that the finger can just bear it. Let the grain continue in a basket, be stirred in this lye, and the grain skimmed off that floats on the surface. When it has been thus soaked for about two minutes, the basket which contains it should then be lifted up and suspended by two poles till the lye is strained off. The grain should then be spread very thin on a floor to dry, when a second basket full is prepared in the same manner. When thus steeped and well dried, will keep a year, and continue fit for sowing."
[Barometer.]
FROM THE ÆGIS.
AGRICULTURAL.
"News from the Farm."
Agriculture is the great art of all arts. It is this which supports, invigorates and renders useful every other art. The farmer may, with peculiar emphasis, be stiled the lord of the lower creation. The fields and meadows with all their rich and beautiful productions are his, and he is the original possessor of the groves and forests. The cattle upon the thousand hills are his, and the birds of heaven feed at the table spread by him. Not only the inferior creation, but even his own species are, eventually subject to his will. Every other class of men, from the cottage to the throne, depend for the "staff of life" upon the grand, ennobling and heaven born art of cultivating the earth.
Did the farmer duly consider the importance of his place and calling; did he properly estimate the opportunities and ad-
vantages he enjoys; instead of being passed by or neglected on account of an supposed meanness in his employment, he would be sought out and even courted by all ranks of men. "He should stand before kings; he should not stand before mean men." He should be the first in council, the first in the field, and the first in the hearts of his countrymen.
And as agriculture is the most excellent, so it is the most ancient of all arts. Even in the beginning of the world, as soon as man was created, he was put into the garden of Eden, to "dress and to keep it"; from which it is plain that a life of industry and labor, is not inconsistent even with perfect happiness.
To check the growth of "thorns and thistles" which the earth, under its original curse, spontaneously yields, and to assist in bringing to maturity the various productions of plants and flowers committed to its bosom, is the employment of the husbandman.
"Delightful task, to rear the tender plant, And let the springing blade begin to shoot."
I pity the poor besotted creature, who fancies that happiness is only to be found in idleness; I pity the poor ignorant wretch who thinks manual labor degrading to him. "Idleness," says Solomon, "shall clothe a man in rags; but he that tilleth his land shall have plenty of bread."
Ancient Rome, in the zenith of her prosperity and glory, boasted not of abler statesmen or generals, than were found among the cultivators of the soil. Her best soldiers and her best legislators, came from the plough; among her yeomanry was found the man who alone could guide her councils to safety and her armies to victory.
In our own free and happy land agriculture is held in high estimation and is rapidly improving. To mention no other, Washington on the glory of America was a farmer. The fields and orchards of Mount Vernon bear witness, that their illustrious possessor, was the friend and promoter of agriculture. Happy for us that an art so congenial has been so highly encouraged & patronized.
The farmer it is confessed is compelled to "bear the burthen and heat of the day." But he is probably more than compensated for this, by the great share of contentment, health and independence, which are exclusively his lot.
"For him the earth a thousand dainties brings, For him health gushes from a thousand springs; Winds blow to fan him, suns to light him rise; His footstool earth, this canopy the skies."
From the Hanover (N. H.) Gazette. A CURIOLUS FACT, For the speculation of Philosophic and Meteoric Geniuses.
Many conjectures have been made as to the natural cause of the Aurora Borealis. Some have conjectured that its cause might be volcanoes, or burning mountains in the northern regions; some that it might be caused by the reflections of the light of the sun from the regions of ice towards the northern pole; but more generally and more probably, that it is effected by some mysterious operation of the electric fluid—any how, the following may be relied upon as a fact. On Sunday evening the 15th of September last, between seven and eight o'clock in the evening, from the windows of the Rev. Mr. Graft's house, in Hartford, Vermont, we noticed the Aurora Borealis, the bottom of it elevated but a few degrees above the horizon, lay in a regular line, very bright, and not much wider than the rainbow; above that, in several places, streams shot up towards the zenith as usual. We had not viewed it long before we observed that the eastern part of it had settled so low as actually to be between us and the high land on the north side of White River, the height at the distance from us perhaps of about one mile and a half.
The Meteor, we apprehend, most be nearly perpendicular to White River, and distant perhaps about half of a mile. It would have gratified our curiosity, could some of us have been on the height beyond White River, to have made our observations upon it, as it must have been between us. This we certainly concluded, however, that it would be needless for us to go to the North Pole for it. There had been considerable rain the preceding day, the air was warm, and some fog towards evening lay along upon White River, and the luminous meteor rather appeared to be intermingled in the fog.
(Signed by) ISAIAH POTTER, THOMAS CROSS, and IGNATIUS THOMPSON.
The language of the Aurora, since the result of the late Election in Pennsylvania has been known, though not loud nor commanding, still breathes a spirit of malignity and revenge, that assimilates itself to the character of those early democrats whom MILTON's imagination made immortal by their rebellion against heaven:
What tho' the field be lost! All is not lost; th' unconquerable will, And study of revenge, eternal hate, And never to acknowledge a master, even in the event, Thru' hope of future conquest, and full hope, We may with more successful hope resolve
To wage by force or guile eternal war Irreconcilable, to our grand foe Who now triumphs.
—So spake the apostate angel, who in Pains, Vaunting aloud, but rack'd with deep despair.
To be weak is miserable, Doing or suffering. But of this be sure, To do aught good never will be our task, But ever to do all our sole delight.
CAPTAIN O'MEARA'S Packet will sail for Norfolk on Wednesday next, positively.
Nov. 4.
NORFOLK PACKET. THE SLOOP MONTEZUMA, Capt. Palmer, will sail for Norfolk TOMORROW,—for freight or passage please apply to the Captain, on board, at Hewes & Miller's wharf. November 5.
PUBLIC SALE.
On SATURDAY next, at four o'clock in the afternoon will be sold on the premises, A Convenient two story Frame Dwelling-house with a kitchen and lot of ground
Twenty five feet front, and running back upwards of 100 feet to a ten feet alley; situate on Columbus Street, between Duke and Wolfe Streets, P. G. Mansfield.
Nov. 5.
One Hundred Dollars Reward.
Ran away from the subscriber on the night of the 2d instant, two negro fellows, GERARD & PETER,
Gerard is about 22 years old, 5 feet 10 or 11 inches high, complexion not very dark, has very thick lips, stoops in his walk, is remarkable knock kneed, & his ankles very large and have the appearance of being much swollen, he is by trade a blacksmith and very active at any other work.
PETER is about the same age, about six feet high, complexion rather light, long wool, walks very erect, is a very spruce fellow, and will, no doubt, pass himself as a free man—the clothes they wore and carried are not known, but it is supposed they will appear in better than negroes generally do, as they left all their common clothes at home. If found out of the state the above reward will be given, if found in the state Forty Dollars, and if in the county Twenty, or half for either.
W'M ALEXANDER, Prince William county, Virginia.
November 5.
CHEESE.
3000 lbs. CHEESE now landing from on board the Sloop PACKET from Bolton. And for Sale by Lawrafon & Fowle.
November 5.
LANDING,
From the Sloop PACKET, Captain Newcomb Spermaceti strained Oil, of nice quality, for lamps.
Mould and dipped Tallow Candles, A quantity of Cheese, A few boxes Gunpowder, Young Hylas and Hylas skin Teas, Boxes Lemons, and pipes P. & Wine, FOR SALE, by John G. Ladd.
November 5.
Mechanic Relief Society.
THE Members of the above society will please to observe, that a stated meeting will be held at HODGKIN's tavern, on WEDNESDAY the 6th of November at 6 o'clock in the evening.
Jno. V. Thomas, Sec'y.
Nov. 5.
ROBERTS & GRIFFITH
Have received, in addition to their usual assortment.
The following Articles:
20 puncheons Jamaica and Windward Island Spirits. 50 quarter-casks Sherry, Lisbon, and Malaga Wines. A few pipes Bourdeaux Brandy. 5 tons Patent Shot, assorted. 30 quarter-casks double F Gunpowder. 15 chests Peas, assorted. 15 bags Pepper. 10 doz. Pimento. 60 boxes Brown Soap, &c. &c. &c. October 25. 2aw3w
A NEW NOVEL.
Just Published, by COTTON and STEWART, and for Sale at their store [PRICE ONE DOLLAR 75 CENTS.]
Fleetwood:
OR,
The NEW MAN OF FEELING.
By WILLIAM GODWIN.
September 18.

TO LET,  THE Warehouse on King street, at present occupied by the subscriber. Possession may be had the 20th of this present month. Phineas Janney. 11th month 2d. d3t
PUBLIC SALE. BY virtue of a deed of trust from James Davidson to the subscriber, for securing the payment of thirteen hundred dollars to Joseph Thomas and Josiah Faxon, will be exposed to PUBLIC SALE, to the highest bidder, for ready money on the premises, on WEDNESDAY the 13th of November next, at 4 o'clock in the afternoon, a HOUSE and LOT, on Prince street, between Water and Fairfax streets, lately occupied by the said James Davidson as a tavern. The house is large and commodious, and is in a part of the town well calculated for business of any kind—and the sale will positively take place. G. Deneale, Trustee. October 24. d3t
Valuable Lands for Sale. BY virtue of a deed of trust executed by Henry Lee to the subscriber, for securing a debt due from the said Henry Lee, to William Ludwell Lee, deceased, the following TRACT of LAND will be sold at Public Auction, on the premises, on Monday, the 25th day of November, ensuing, for ready money; 2,800 acres, called Hollis's Marsh, lying in the county of Westmoreland, and state of Virginia, adjoining the Stratford estate, and bordering on the Potomac river. (Signed) Bushrod Washington. Mount Vernon, Oct. 17. d27t
FOR SALE, IN PRINCE WILLIAM COUNTY, Neabsco Furnace, and its Appendages, with 4 or 5000 acres of Land adjoining, NEAR the town of Dumfries, and within four miles of the Potomac. The soil is generally adapted to the produce of small grain—and, if too considerable for one purchaser, will be laid off in lots suitable for small farms. A description of the land is thought unnecessary, as those wishing to purchase will, no doubt, first view it. The payments required will be one-third cash, and the balance in two annual instalments, to be secured by a mortgage on the land, and no deed will be made until the last payment is complied with. Any person wishing to purchase, may know the terms by applying to Mr. Thomas F. Page, living near the premises; who is fully authorised by me, to sell the whole or any part. John Tayloe. Mount Airy, August 12. 23m N. B. A valuable Mine Bank, Maryland, may be had with the Furnace.
The Subscriber Wishes to RENT or SELL, the following Property, on King street, viz. THE CORNER STORE, lately occupied by himself—the stand is equal to any in town for a retail store, and will be rented very cheap. Also, the HOUSE lately occupied by Doctor Hall; the house is very convenient and in good repair—this also will be rented a bargain if applied for immediately. For terms, apply to THOMAS RICHARDS, or in his absence to Mrs. Huston, living on the premises. August 8. d3t
Ten Dollars Reward. Strayed or Stolen, from the commons of this place, on Sunday the 19th inst. A large bright BAY HORSE, five years old, a star in his forehead, four white feet, branded on one of his buttocks, though not recollected which; a mark from the cut of a waggon whip across his buttock; also, some lumps on his back, occasioned by a saddle. The above reward will be given to any person who will deliver the horse to the subscriber, or give such information as he may be recovered. Wm. T. Colston. October 28. d
TEN DOLLARS Reward Left the Little-River turnpike road, about the 10th of September last, A Negro Man named JACOB, belonging to the heirs of THOMAS MASON, deceased. He is about 50 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. d3t Printing, in its various branches, handsomely executed at this office.
To be Sold at Public Auction, For ready money, On Tuesday, the 5th day of November next, between the hours of eleven and two of that day, at the door of the Coffee House in the city of Alexandria— FOUR acres and seven-eights of an acre of ground, contiguous to the town of Alexandria, formerly conveyed to James Wilson, merchant, lately deceased; or so much thereof as will be sufficient to answer the purpose of paying the charges of such sale, and also the sum of fourteen hundred and seventy six dollars and sixty eight cents, the amount of two promissory notes, due to Nathaniel Pendleton, from the said Wilson, and also such interest as may be then due thereon; pursuant to a deed of trust to us the subscribers for that purpose, recorded in the office of the Circuit Court for the District of Columbia, in the country of Alexandria, 16th July, 1805.
CHARLES SIMMS, GEORGE DENEALE, EDMUND I. LEE. October 7. 2 wds
PUBLIC SALE. The Subscriber having removed into the state of Maryland, will offer for Sale, on the 27th day of November next, if fair, if not the next fair day: All the Stock, of every description, upon his farm near this town: ALSO, A number of valuable Negroes, for a term of years. Terms made known on the day of sale. He will sell or rent said Farm on very advantageous terms. John Carlyle Herbert. October 7. 1aw:20 hNov.1d1f
ROBERT GRAY Has just received from the Manufactory in Boston, Fourteen boxes Playing-Cards; Which he offers for sale very low for cash, by the box or dozen ALSO, ON HAND, An extensive assortment of Books and Stationary. N. B. Country merchants, public and private libraries, and public schools, supplied on very low terms. October 7. d3taraw1m
To Proprietors of Land in Tennessee and Kentucky: THE subscriber will, about the first of January next, set out for Nashville, in the state of Tennessee, where he intends to reside and to engage in the practice of the law. Persons holding lands or having business of any kind to transact, either in Tennessee or Kentucky, are informed that he will undertake to visit lands in either of these states, to ascertain their quality and value, to have the taxes on them regularly paid, and to execute any sort of agency which will not require an absence of more than three or four weeks from the place of his residence. Those who think proper to employ him may rely upon his paying a diligent attention to the business committed to his care. Letters addressed to him in Fredericksburg, will be duly attended to, or he may be seen at General Minor's office until the 15th of December next. HENRY MINOR. Fredericksburg, Oct. 13. (22) 1aw4w
A Sale of Land by Auction. DESIROUS of paying some debts which the shortness of my crops the last and present year has prevented me from doing, I will sell, at public auction, on the third MONDAY in next month, at Fairfax Court House, at one o'clock in the afternoon, a TRACT of LAND in Prince William, laying on Bell Run, near its confluence with Occoquan; contains, by patent, 260 acres. The terms of sale will be—One-half the money in hand, when a deed with a general warranty to the purchaser will be made—the other half in a year or bond with interest from its date. As a security for the last payment a mortgage on the land will be required. Such as incline to purchase will, no doubt, view the land, which will be shown by a Mr. Thomas and Jesse Woodward and a Mr. Stuart, who are tenants on the premises. T. BLACKBURN. Rippon-Lodge, October 9. 1aw1d1f
FOR SALE, My Tract of Land, lying in the county of Loudoun, and bounding on the Sugar Land Run: containing two thousand and seven hundred and sixty four acres. I will accommodate purchasers in parcels less than the whole. I will not enter into any description of the land, supposing that persons desirous of purchasing, will inform themselves on the spot, by taking a view of the premises. Possession can be given on new year's day, in the year 1806, to any one who makes a bargain before the 15th September, after which time tenants will be fixed, and the possession though at the same time as in the other case, will be encumbered with them. For terms application may be made to Thomas L. Lee, of the county, General John Minor, Fredericksburg, and the subscriber living in the county of King George. LANDON CARTER. Cleve, August 1. 1aw
Valuable Property for Sale. I will sell, either for cash, or on a liberal credit, the following VALUABLE PROPERTY in Alexandria: ONE half-acre LOT, on Cameron street, with a neat two story frame dwelling-house thereon, with four rooms on a floor, a stone walled cellar with two apartments in it, and a kitchen adjoining; part of said lot is neatly pailed in and manured for a garden. Also, one half-acre LOT adjoining the above, with four small tenements on the same. As the houses stand off the street they leave all the front to be built on. Also, one half-acre LOT on Prince street, with a small frame dwelling house on the same; the house standing back on the lot leaves yet all the front to be built on. The whole lot is under good lease and subject to a light ground rent. Also, about fifty feet of ground, fronting on Royal street, with three small tenements adjoining the dwellings of Doctor Rose and John Sutton, Esq., in fee simple. Any person may know the terms by applying to Messrs. Douglass and Manderville, in Alexandria, or to the subscriber, by letter, at Concord, Sussex county, state of Delaware. Jesse Green. November 2. 12w5w
Alexandria County, ss. I DO HEREBY CERTIFY, That William Bowling this day brought before me ABRAHAM FAW, a Justice of Peace for said county, a small BAY MARE by him taken up as a trespassing estray. She is about thirteen or thirteen and a half hands high, some white saddle spots on her back, and appears to be about six years old, appraised at Twenty five Dollars. Given under my hand this twenty-fifth day of October, 1805. A. FAW. The owner of the aforesaid estray is desired to come, prove property, pay charges and take her away from the subscriber, living about two miles from Alexandria. William Bowling. October 26. 1aw3t
TAVERN & OYSTER-HOUSE. THE subscriber respectfully informs her friends and the public at large that she has opened a Tavern & Oyster House on Union street—Having good accommodations, and a number of private apartments, where gentlemen may regale themselves on the good things of this life—the flatters herself by the assistance of her son-in-law, that she will be able to give universal satisfaction—Liquors of the first quality will be laid in, and every attention paid by Margaret Myers. N. B. She has as usual PORTER AND ALE. October 16. 1aw
Notice is hereby given the Stockholders in the Bank of Potomac, that an election for twelve Directors for the ensuing year, will be held at the court-house, in the town of Alexandria, on MONDAY, the 11th day of November next. By order of the President and Directors, Charles Page, Cashier. October 7. 31aw
To be HIRED or SOLD, For a term of years. A NUMBER of valuable NEGROES—men, women, boys and girls—a majority of them have been accustomed to labor on a farm. Apply to the Printer. September 10. 11w
House and Lot for Sale. I WISH to sell, my BRICK HOUSE and LOT, on King Street, between Pitt and St. Asaph street—Dry Goods will be taken in payment. As the situation is central, and the house nearly new, and sufficient to accommodate a large family, and completely fitted up for a store in front, with other convenient houses back, I think it need not be far more, because whoever may wish to purchase will see and judge for themselves. If not sold in a few days, I will rent said property for one or more years as can be agreed on. William Halley. October 21. 2aw
NOTICE. BY authority of a deed of trust from William Mitchell, deceased, to the subscribers for the benefit of Samuel Craig, we shall on the second Monday in November next, (eleventh) expose to sale at public auction, a lot situated on the south side of Duke street, and to the westward of Water street, in the town of Alexandria, extending in front on Duke street, twenty seven feet ten inches, in depth, ninety one feet six inches to a ten feet alley. On the back part of the lot is a well built and well finished two story brick house, and a strong one story frame ware house in front. A part of the money will be expected down, and a credit given for the balance, particulars will be made known on the day of sale. Cleon Moore, } Trustees. Chas. M'Knight, } October 7. 2awthweds
JOHN WATTS, Fairfax-street, opposite Mr. John Janney's, has received via Baltimore, A Handsome assortment of  FALL & WINTER GOODS, Which he will sell low for cash, or on short credit, to punctual customers. Superfine Cloths and Cassimers, Winfor Velveteen, Patent Cord and Patent Cord Waistcoating, Fancy Moleskins and Florentines, Silk Plush and Velvets, Sewing Silk, Twist and Thread, Leno and Dragonna Mull Cloaks, Gentlemen's White and Black Silk Hose, Do. do. do. Gloves, Do. do. do. Spun Do. York Fur and Dorothie do. Ladies' White and Black Hose, Do. Extra long Silk Gloves and Mitts, Do. do. Work, Leather & Riding Gloves, Sattins, Lute strings and Perians, Lutestring and Sattin Ribbons, Laces and Edgings, London Hats. Rose and Duffel Blankets, Silk Rugs and Caddows, Carpets and Carpeting, German Osnabrigs, Dowlasses and Bedtickings, Silk and Cotton Suspenders, Imperial and Young Hylon Teas, Clover Seed and Seine Twine, &c. &c. Oct. 21. end.
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 of MEDICINES, Lately imported from APOTHECARY'S HALL, LONDON—together with the following PAINTS: White Lead, ground in oil, and dry, in kegs, 1.4 cwt each. Red Lead in kegs, 200 weight each. Venetian Red, in casks, 200 do. each. Spanish Whiting, by the hoghead or in smaller quantities. Spanish Brown, ground in oil, in kegs 1.4 cwt each, or dry. Vermillion, Prussian Blue, No. 1 and 2, and 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 for cash, or on a credit to punctual customers. He will put up, if required, Medical Chefs for the use of private families or for sea, accompanied with plain and suitable directions. A. Sanderson. October 22. eo
PUBLIC SALE. PURSUANT to Deeds of Trust from Philip Wanton to the subscriber will be sold on the premises, at public auction, at 11 o'clock, A. M. on the 5th day of October, ensuing, Six Lots of Ground, Handsomely situated on Stump Hill, about two miles west from Alexandria, described in the plat of said tract by the numbers 18, 19, 20, 23, 24, and 25, lying in one body, and containing about 36 acres, being subject to pay of the original purchase money two instalments due 2d January and 2d July past, in amount 597 13-100 dollars—The terms of trust are CASH; but some credit will be allowed on satisfactory security. In like manner, will be Sold, In the town of Centreville, 25 miles from Alexandria, at 11 o'clock, on the 12th day of October next, A valuable Lot of Ground, together with the improvements thereon; consisting of a good Frame Dwelling-House, a Tannery of Vats, Bark-House, &c. convenient for the tanning business. Samuel Craig, Trustee. September 2. col
The sale of the above Lots on Stump-Hill is postponed till further notice. S. CRAIG. October 5.
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. do1.00
TO BE LET, THE BRICK DWELLING-HOUSE, lately occupied by Thomas Matthews—Like wife, the HOUSE and LOT occupied by the subscriber—who has four elegant EIGHT DAY CLOCKS for sale. E. JANNEY. 10th month, 25th. 2aw1f