Alexandria daily advertiser (Alexandria [Va.]), 1805-11-30 00:00:00

Alexandria Daily Advertiser.
Vol. V.]
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 1805.
[No. 1462.
Public Sale.
On TUESDAY next, at 11 o'clock, will be sold at the Vendue Store, RUM
in bds. and bts. French Brandy in pipes, Gin in pipes and bts. Whiskey and Apple Brandy 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, Figs in kegs and frails, Queen's Ware in crates, HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE,
&c. Also, A Variety of DRY GOODS,
among which are Cloths, Coatings, Kersemers, Duffs, Plains, Kerseys, Negro Cottons, Serges, Elastics, blue Friezes, Calimancoes, Russels, Yarn Stockings, Chintzes and Calicoes, Irish Linens, Silesia do. Osnaburgs and Ticklenburgs, Muslin and Muslin Handkerchiefs, India Muslins and Table Clothes, Bandana Handkerchiefs, Colour'd Threads, Hats and sundry other articles.
Philip G. Marsteller.
Nov. 12.
JUST RECEIVED,
AND FOR SALE,
Two boxes Irish Linen—real Cole-
raines.
30 barrels prime Pork.
W.M. HODGSON.
November 28.
12 pipes 2d and 3d proof Cognac
Brandy
10 hogheads, } New-England Rum.
13 barrels }
20 bags Green Coffee
500 lbs single, double, and treble Battle
Powder—
30 bds. } Mucovado Sugars.
20 bds. }
70 boxes old brown Soap.
40 boxes best Havana Segars.
With a general assortment of Liquors and Gro-
ceries as usual; For sale by
Mandeville & Jamesson.
November 16.
HENRY K. MAY,
Has just received and offers for Sale,
5 butts Cape Madeira } Wines.
2 pipes }
10 quarter casks Tenerife }
November 21.
HENRY K. MAY
Has just received and offers for Sale,
46 barrels Mefs Pork.
116 barrels prime ditto.
59 barrels cargo ditto.
IN STORE,
A Few Casks of Young Hyson and Hyson
West India and New England Rum
And a quantity of Meats, Womans and Childrens
SHOES.
John G. Ladd.
November 16.
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, de-
ceased. 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 ever-
sons 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.
The highest price given for
clean Linen Rags, by the Printer.
TUNIS CRAVEN,
Has received by the late arrivals an elegant as-
sortment of
GOODS,
—AMONG WHICH ARE—
London Superfine Cloths | Corded Cambricks, and Cassimeres, | Lace do. Bennett's patent Cords, | Rich Colonade and fi- Do. Waistcoatings, | gured India Muslins Silks, Molekins, Flo- | India and British Book rentines, | do. Imperial, clouded and | Leab Caps & Handker- white Marcellas, | chiefs, Toilets, Swandowns, | Extra Silk Gloves, Flannels, rose Blankets, | Pic Nic Mitts. Coatings, Plains, | Silk Cord and Buttons, Kerseys, Halthicks, | Cambric Buttons, Lamb's Wool, Worsted, | Artificial Flowers and Cotton and Silk Ho- | Wreaths, fiery, | Ostrich Feathers, Irish & Flanders Sheet- | Italian Mantuas, ings, | Fine India Persians, 4 4 1/2 Irish Linens, | Baftas, Mamoedies, Shirting Cotton, | Dowlat, Ticklenburg, Long Lawns, | Osnaburgs, Brown rolls Linen Cambricks, | &c. &c. Dimities, Cambric do.
He daily expects an additional
assortment of FALL GOODS.
Oct. 22. dtf
Mandeville and Jamesson,
OFFER FOR SALE,
For Cash, Produce, or on the usual Credit;
A GENERAL ASSORTMENT OF
LIQUORS & GROCERIES,
Consisting of
Muscovado Sugars, of various qua-
lities.
Philadelphia and Alexandria Loaf and Lump
ditto.
Jamaica, } In bds. &c. St. Vincents, and } N. E. Rum, } Old Jamaica Spirits, for family use, Peach and Apple Brandy, Cognac and Bourdeaux do. Holland and Country Geneva, 70 barrels strong and fine flavored Rye Whis.
key.
Madeira, } Sherry, } Old Port, } Lisbon, } Malaga, } Tenerife } WINES.
40 cases St. Estaph Medoc Claret,
1 butt old 4th proof Irish Whiskey,
100 cases West Schiedam Gin.
A few hogheads of choice Molasses,
Tennessee and Georgia Cotton.
Gunpowder, } Imperial, } Hyson, } Young Hyson, } Souchong, } Hyson-skin, and } Bohea } TEAS.
Very carefully selected from the best cargoes for country trade and family use.
Green Coffee, Chocolate, Pearl Barley, Rice,
Starch, Fig-blue, Soap, Mustard, Rappee and Scotch Snuff.
SPICES—Pimento, Pepper, Cloves, Cassia,
Nutmegs and Mace.
Ginger, race and ground.
Flotant and Orleans Indigo, Madder, Cop-
peras, Allum 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 qual-
ities from F to treble battle.
October 18.
We have just Received
A FEW BOXES OF
CHEWING TOBACCO,
Which is said to be superior in quality to Gaven-
dish—ALSO
Forty barrels of TAR,
Which will be sold low.
Hewes & Miller.
October 30. d
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
Printing, in its various branch-
es, handsomely executed at this office.
For Sale or Charter,
The Stanch fast sailing
Brig NANCY
about 1400 barrels burthen,
Has just had a thorough repair, is well found,
and will be at HEBBURN'S Wharf, in a day or
two,—For inventory or terms apply to
John McGowan, & Co,
City of Washington, or to
Lewis Deblois,
alexandria. dtf
Nov. 20
For Cowes and a Market,
The Ship Ann,
Captain BRADFORD.
A few hogheads tobacco, and
casks or bags of coffee, will be
taken on board at a moderate
freight, and the usual advance-
made if addressed to Messrs. Thomas Middleton
and Co. of London.
Robert T. Hooe & Co.
WHO HAVE FOR SALE,
A good assortment of German Lin-
ens.
Oct. 8. eof.
NOTICE.
ALL persons are hereby forewarned from har-
boring, buying, or hiring, or conveying
out of the town of Alexandria, a Mulatto Man,
named FREDERICK; the said Negro having
been conveyed to me, by a bill of sale, from
Mrs. Elizabeth Ramsay, dated 18th October,
1790. and having continued in my uninterrupted
possession from that time until within a few days
past And as the said Negro, with others, has
been conveyed by me to a trustee for the use and
benefit of James Kennedy, junior, all persons
who shall hire, harbor, buy, or carry the said
Negro out of the town of Alexandria, may ex-
pect to be prosecuted for the same.
W.M. WILSON.
November 29. dt
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 desirable 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. dt
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
TUNIS CRAVEN,
HAS FOR SALE
Best Havana SEGARS in boxes,
And a few Pinebeons
NEW-ENGLAND RUM.
November 13. d
TO RENT,
The Dwelling HOUSE at present
occupied by William Sanford—The house is
commodious and handsomely situated, with eve-
ry necessary out house, and has a handsome gar-
den in high cultivation. Apply to
Mr. Thomas Preston, or
Thomas Sanford.
October 25. dtf
TO BE LET,
THE BRICK DWELLING HOUSE, late-
ly 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. 2awtf
NOTICE.
ALL persons having claims against the estate
of Michael Darley, late of this town, de-
ceased, are requested to bring in their accounts,
legally authenticated, for settlement; and all
those indebted to said estate are requested to
make payment to
Caroline Darley, Adm'rx.
November 27. cozi*
The Subscriber has for Sale,
(In addition to his former stock)
APPLES, in barrels
Cranberries in barrels or retail
Large (New-York) Cabbage heads
Rhode Island Potatoes, and Cheese—and a
few boxes of first quality Muskatell Raisins, very
fresh.
A. Willis.
November 26. 61*
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 cred-
it, to punctual customers.
Superfine Cloths and Cassimeres,
Winfur Velveteen,
Patent Cord and Patent Cord Waistcoating,
Fancy Molekins and Florentines,
Silk Plush and Velvets,
Sewing Silk, Twill and Thread,

PARIS, September 22.
Exposition of the reciprocal conduct of France and Austria, since the peace of Luneville. Read by the minister of Exterior Relations.
All Europe knows that during the war, even among the most splendid and decisive triumphs, the Emperor of France constantly wished for peace, that he repeatedly offered it to his enemies, that after compelling them to receive it as a favour, he accorded them conditions far beyond their most flattering hopes, and displayed a moderation more glorious than victory. He felt all the glory acquired by arms, in a just and necessary war; but a glory far more dear to his heart, his first wish, the constant end of all his efforts, is the tranquillity of Europe, the repose and felicity of nations. This end was attained; this wish was fulfilled by the peace of Amiens. Every exertion was made by the Emperor to render it durable. It would have still subsisted, had not the increasing prosperity of France fixed its term.
At first it was interrupted by the arcs, and soon broken by the open perfidy of the Cabinet of St. James. Notwithstanding, peace would still have reigned, had not Europe discerned the true motives of England, amidst the false and frivolous pretences, under which she sought to conceal them.
England dreaded to see the French colonies rising from their ruins, and restored to a state as flourishing as they had once enjoyed; her jealousy wished to annihilate, or at least to arrest in its career, that industry which peace had reanimated in France. She cherished the senseless desire of chasing from the ocean the French flag, which had heretofore been displayed with so much eclat, or at least to reduce it to a condition unworthy of the rank which France held among nations. But these were not the only motives of England. She was led on by that insatiable avidity which made her covet the monopoly of commerce; it was this unbounded pride which made her believe herself the sovereign of the ocean, and which is the sole foundation of the monstrous despotism which she there exercises. The cause which France had to defend, was then the cause of Europe, and it was natural to believe, that neither the intrigues of England, neither the gold she had promised to those who would minister to her ambition, nor her falacious promises, would have engaged in her party the continental powers, and none in truth appeared willing to receive her propositions. Easy as to the dispositions of the continent, the Emperor turned all his thoughts towards maritime war, to maintain which every thing was to be created. Fleets were constructed, harbours formed, camps spread along the shores of the ocean; the Emperor there united the whole strength of his empire, his troops were formed under his eyes to new evolutions, and prepared for new triumphs.
England saw the danger which menaced her. She thought to avert it by crimes, assassins were thrown upon the coast of France; English ministers, near neutral powers, became the agents of a warfare, infamous as atrocious, that of conspiracy and assassination. The Emperor beheld with contempt, those miserable intrigues, and continued to offer peace on the same terms it had been previously made.
This generosity, far from calming, seemed rather to increase the fury of the cabinet of St. James; its answer, clearly shews, that peace was not desired till she had lost the hope of covering the continent with carnage and blood; but in order to accomplish this design, it was not sufficient to associate in her views, a power estranged by its position from the continental system; but having nothing to expect from Prussia whose sentiments were well known, her hope would have proved vain, had Austria remained faithful to her neutrality.
Austria having twice experienced at the issue of two fatal wars, in the treaties of Campo-Formio and Luneville, the generosity France extended a conquered enemy, had not like France, religiously observed her treaties. Notwithstanding formal stipulations, the debt of Venice was not paid, it was even declared annihilated. The Emperor knew that his subjects in Milan and Mantua, experienced but partial justice and that the court of Vienna, in contempt of solemn engagements, made no payments. He knew that the commercial relations of his kingdom of Italy, were interwoven with those of the hereditary states, and that his French and Italian subjects received from Austria a very different treatment from what a state of peace would give them a right to expect. In the
distribution of indemnities in Germany, Austria had been treated with a degree of favour, which should have satisfied her desires, and which surpassed her hopes. However her actions shewed that her ambition was not satisfied; she employed by turns menaces and promises to gain from the petty princes possessions that suited her convenience; it was thus she acquired Lindau upon the Lake of Constance, and the Isle of Menau in the same Lake, thus getting into her hands one of the keys of Switzerland. She gained over by the Tuetonic order, Althausen, which made her mistress of the important post of Rhinau; she thus increased her territory by many acquisitions, and meditated new ones.
As one mode of aggrandisement she feared not to employ the most palpable usurpations, which she sought to conceal under legal forms. It is thus under the pretext of a right of Espave , a right which she had expressly renounced by a treaty, and the exercise of which was incompatible with the resolutions of the Germanic empire, she possessed herself of property, she pretended to believe unappropriated, or free from legitimate claims, although the above resolutions had expressly disposed of such property by the distribution of indemnities; she thus deprived many princes of what had been justly assigned to them, and under pretext of this same right, she carried off from Helvetia considerable property. In Bohemia, she sequestered fiefs belonging to a neighboring prince under pretext of compensation due to the elector of Salzburg of which against all justice she constituted herself the arbitress. She insisted even with menaces on keeping recruiting officers in the Bavarian Provinces, in Franconia and Suabia, and she impeded all in her power the conscription of the electoral army. Abusing prerogatives heretofore appertaining to the Germanic body, but fallen into disuse, she revived them, in order to disturb the exercise of the sovereignty of the neighboring princes in the possessions which had fallen to them by division, and, in the diets to deprive them of the increased influence they gained from these possessions. That resolution of the Empire which was the result of the treaty of Luneville, independently of the distribution of indemnities, had for its object to establish in the centre of Germany an equilibrium, which would insure its independence, and prevent those causes of war and misunderstanding which so often arise in territories adjoining France and Austria; such was the wish of the Germanic Empire, equally dictated by justice, by reason, humanity and a policy conformable to the true interests of Austria herself. It was Austria then, that overthrew resolutions which had been so wisely entered into, when by her acquisitions in Suabia she weakened the barrier that ought to separate her from France, when attempting to interpose between France, and the middle states of Germany, and when by a combined system of sequestrations, pretentions, caresses and menaces, she incessantly tried to gain an influence, exclusive, arbitrary and universal over that part of the Empire, she evidently violated treaties, and each of her acts should be considered as an infraction of the peace. Since the rupture of the treaty of Amiens, Austria has more than once discovered herself partial to England, she acknowledged in fact, the pretended right of blockade which England had dared to arrogate to herself; she suffered without complaint or remonstrance the neutrality of her flag to be continually violated, to the obvious detriment of France. All these facts were known to the Emperor, many of them excited his solicitude, and they were just motives for war; but from the love of peace, the Emperor abstained from all complaint. The court of Vienna received from him only new testimonies of deference, and he carefully avoided whatever might give the slightest umbrage to Austria.
When called to Milan by the wishes of the people of Italy, troops were assembled, camps were formed, with the sole view, however, of mingling military pomp with religious and political solemnities and rites; the Emperor acknowledged also that he felt considerable pleasure at seeing his companions in arms, on ground consecrated by victory; but apprehensive of giving the court of Vienna any disquietude, he assured it of his pacific intentions, declaring that the camps which had been formed should be broken up at the end of a few days, which promise he punctually fulfilled.
Austria replied by protestations equally amicable and pacific, and the Emperor quitted Italy with the pleasing persuasion that the peace of the continent would be maintained. What was his astonishment, when scarcely arrived in France, and at
Boulogne, hastening the preparations for an expedition which he was on the eve of effecting, he received from all parts the news that the Austrian army was in motion, and proceeding with forced marches along the Adige in the Tyrolese, and upon the bank of the Inn; that they were collecting magazines, fabricating arms, levying horses, fortifying the passages of the Tyrolese, and Venice, and that in short they were making preparations which announced war.
The emperor could not at first believe that Austria seriously wished for war; that she would encounter new hazards, or condemn to new calamities a nation, harassed by so many defeats, and exhausted by so many sacrifices. Twice having the power to detach from the house of Austria the half of its hereditary estates, far from diminishing, he had increased her power. If he did not count upon her gratitude, he had at least depended upon her loyalty. He had given her the highest mark of confidence which he could bestow, by leaving his continental frontiers unarmed. He believed her incapable of abusing this confidence, because in like circumstances he felt that he himself would have been so—Suspicion cannot enter into generous hearts, nor find a place in reflecting minds.
The emperor, relying upon these favorable presumptions, openly manifested how much he wished them realized. The court of Vienna neglected nothing to prolong the illusion: She multiplied her pacific declarations; she authorised her ambassador to make the most positive assurances; she sought in fine, either by plausible explanations or formal denials, to dissipate the suspicion to which her measures might give rise. Hostile preparations, however, every day increasing in activity and extent, it became more difficult to justify them. The emperor ordered that count Philip de Cobentzel, ambassador from Vienna, should be invited to new conferences; and that the correspondence of the diplomatic and commercial agents of his majesty should be communicated to him. Four successive days count de Cobentzel waited on the minister of exterior relations, and showed him dispatches previously received, and those which successively arrived from all parts of Germany and Italy. The cabinets of Europe can show few examples in their archives of such communications, made under circumstances of so suspicious a nature. The emperor could not give a more convincing proof of his good faith; he could not carry further his loyalty and delicacy. The ambassador from Vienna received the most positive and incontestible information from all quarters of the approaching rupture, preparations for which were carefully concealed.
How could he explain this? For till this moment pacific intentions had been professed by his court both at Paris and Vienna; though upon his frontiers warlike measures had been openly organized. The emperor, however, still retained hopes of reconciliation. He persuaded himself that Austria might be under foreign influence—he resolved to make every effort in his power to convince her of her true interests: he represented to her that if she wished not for war, all her preparations were without an object, since all her neighbors were at peace; and that she would be unintentionally serving the English party, by making a diversion in its favor not less powerful and more injurious to France than an avowed war. If she wished for war, he would lay before her its probable effects. Superior to these considerations by which weak minds are influenced, he did not conceal that he deprecated war. After so many battles fought in the three quarters of the old world, he could not fear danger, so often braved and so often surmounted; but he feared war on account of the blood it would cause to be shed; on account of the numerous victims it would cost Europe, and from, perhaps, an excessive love of peace. He conjured Austria to discontinue those preparations, which, in the present state of Europe, and in the peculiar situation of France, could be considered only as a declaration of war; and a connexion between her and England. And further, he desired that similar representations should be addressed to the court of Vienna by all its neighbors, who, though unconcerned in the causes of the war, it was to be feared would be its victims. The conduct of the court of Vienna every day lessened his hopes; far from discontinuing her preparations, she augmented them; she alarmed by her armaments the people of Bavaria and Suabia; and the Helvetians were terrified lest the repose which they had obtained by the act of mediation, should be torn from them. All invoked France as their support—as the guarantee of their rights. However, she still dissimulated, and as a pledge of her
pacific intentions, she offered a sort of intervention which it is difficult to characterize, but which, judging from its obvious intention, must be regarded as idle and puerile. The emperor of Russia had demanded passports for one of his chamberlains, whom he meant to send to Paris; the emperor knew not the views of the cabinet of Petersburg; they were not officially communicated; but always ready to seize on every thing that might produce a reconciliation, he had granted the passports without delay or explanation. All Europe knows the return for his compliance. The emperor afterwards learned by indirect means, that the design of the court of Russia had been to try, by conferences, an extraordinary species of negotiation at Paris, according to which she would have at the same time stipulated for England (from whom she alleged she had received full powers; proving to what a degree England counted on her aid) and have negotiated on her own account; so that mediatrix in name, she would in fact have been a party. Such was the end of the mediation which Russia had projected, and which she afterwards renounced, because on reflection she perceived its inconvenience. It was precisely this same mediation, which the good offices of Austria attempted to revive. It was not, indeed, likely, that France would place herself in a situation in which her real enemies, under the imposing name of mediators, should flatter themselves with prescribing a rigorous and violent rule of conduct. But the cabinet of Vienna, without expecting these good offices would be accepted, found an advantage in offering them, by continuing to deceive France; thereby making her lose that time which she herself gained.
At length, putting aside the mask, Austria in a backward reply, manifested by her language what she had previously announced by her preparations. To exculpation she opposed accusations; she made herself the apologist of England, and announcing that she had opened her territory to two Russian armies, she boldly avowed her concert with Russia on the side of England. This reply of the court of Vienna, full, at the same time, of injurious allegations and menaces, was calculated to excite the indignation of the emperor; but through this menacing and injurious language, he thought he perceived the possibility of a reconciliation, and therefore sacrificed his natural spirit to considerations all powerful to his heart.
The interest of his people, that of his allies, and that of Germany, about to become the theatre of war; the desire, too, of doing something in correspondence with the sentiments of a prince, who, repelling with praiseworthy firmness the insinuations, the entreaties, the reiterated offers of England, and of those seduced by her, had shown himself always ready to concur, by his good offices, either in the re-establishment or maintenance of peace; all those motives induced the emperor to silence his just resentment, and determined him to demand of the court of Vienna explanations which might be made the basis of negotiation. He ordered the minister of exterior relations to prepare a note to this effect. The courier who was to carry it, was just departing when the emperor was advised of the invasion of Bavaria.
The elector of Bavaria had been summoned to join his army to that of Austria & as if his refusal to make a common cause with Austria, from whom he had received nothing but injury, against France from whom he had received benefits only, had been considered by the court of Vienna as a just cause of war, the Austrian army without any previous declaration, and in contempt of the duties which the character of the emperor of Germany imposed on the emperor of Austria; in contempt of the Germanic constitution, of the Germanic empire itself, in contempt of the most sacred rights, had passed the Inn and invaded Bavaria, then in the full enjoyment of peace.
After such an act on the part of the court of Vienna, the emperor could have nothing more to ask of it. It became evident that even the congress, proposed with such an imperious tone, and with views so visibly hostile to France, was only a new snare laid for her faith, that Austria irrevocably decided upon war, would not return to pacific views, and that she was even no longer free to return to them. The exchange of all places evidently proved that a part of the sums granted to the English ministry, to serve their ends upon the continent, was arrived at its destination, and the power which had thus trafficked with her alliance, could no longer spare the blood of her subjects, the price of which she had just received.
All further explanations with the Court of Vienna being thus become unattainable,

the way of arms is henceforward the only one compatible with honor.
Let England applaud herself upon having at length found allies; let her rejoice that blood is about to flow upon the continent; let her flatter herself that her own will be spared; let her hope to find her safety in the discord of other states; her joy will be of short duration, her hopes will be vain, and the day is not far distant when the rights of nations will be at length avenged.
The emperor obliged to repel an unjust aggression, which he has in vain endeavoured to prevent, has been constrained to suspend the execution of his first designs. He has withdrawn from the sores of the ocean those veteran bands so often victorious, at whose head he marches. He will not lay down his arms before he has obtained full and entire satisfaction; and complete security as well for his own states as for those of his allies."
NEW YORK, November 26.
The anniversary of the evacuation of the city of New York by the British troops was celebrated yesterday with more than the accustomed demonstration of joy. General Morton's brigade of artillery, consisting of the 1st and 2d regiments commanded by lieutenant colonels Curtenius, and Swartwout; colonel Van Zandt's legion of infantry and several troops of horse, the whole under the command of brigadier general Morton, assembled on the battery, where they went through the usual military evolutions with much precision and made a most brilliant appearance. They were received by Major General Stevens, and by the French general Moreau whose reception was such as must be grateful to the feelings of the illustrious exile, and was highly honorable to the humanity and public spirit of our citizens. A grand dinner was given in the afternoon at Lovett's hotel by the officers of the several regiments, and the hero of Hohenlinden was amongst the guests.
We noticed yesterday that the ship Bath was below in a short passage from Liverpool. She had not got up at a late hour last evening; but she had been boarded on Thursday by the boat of the brig Georgia Packet, and captain Cornwall had the good fortune to procure from her a London paper of the 28th of September, with which he has politely favoured the editor of the Mercantile Advertiser, and from which the following articles are copied.
LONDON, September 28.
Letters from our fleet off Cadiz state that a serious affair has taken place between the French and Spaniards at Cadiz, in which a number of lives were lost on both sides. The Spaniards are represented as nearly in a starving state.
The first fruits of the declaration made by Austria is, that the elector of Bavaria, has joined the confederacy. He had either been cajoled by promises or constrained by fear, to enter into a treaty with Bonaparte, whose great object it was to possess himself of the Venetian territory, and of every thing that Austria had acquired in the Adriatic.
The scheme was most extensive, and if it had succeeded, would have added most important strength to the maritime power of France; but it would have laid Austria forever at its mercy. To accomplish his object however it was necessary for Bonaparte to tempt the Elector of Bavaria to an exchange of territory, that he might thereby have a compensation to offer the emperor, and we are assured that up to the very moment of the explosion, he conceived that he was making progress in his plan. He was caught therefore in the plot and the whole is now unravelled. The elector of Bavaria has ordered his army amounting perhaps to between 20 and 30,000 men to join the Austrians; and he has received a complete guarantee for the safety of his dominions.
The general preparation for war, and the certainty that the funds for its maintenance must come from England, have more and more tended to lower the exchange; but it is certain that though great subsidies are agreed upon, we are better prepared than at the commencement of the last war, to sustain the shock. The whole of the dollars seized from the Spaniards were purchased by the government, and are now packed up, ready to be transmitted to Hamburg, for the purpose of keeping up the exchange; and while the money lasts, it will certainly have the effect.
It is, however, by no means unlikely that the king of Prussia may yet offer his mediation; which after the Official Papers of the two Imperial Courts of Russia and Austria, cannot be refused. If Bonaparte feel
himself weak, he will no doubt try this stratagem; for, with all his ambition, he would willingly give up the iron crown of Lombardy to retain the golden diadem of France. It must be to him a perilous contest. It deprives him in the outset of all his external sources of revenue. He can no longer spread over, and quarter his armies upon the countries he has overrun; and he has for many months past been exhausting his own treasury in naval preparations, which are now useless to him. The enthusiasm of liberty he has himself annihilated in France, and he cannot, therefore, expect to raise the people in his cause. All fear of disturbance in the enjoyment of their property will be dissipated by the Proclamations of Austria; and we should not therefore, be surprised to see his proud spirit stoop to negotiation, as the means of indemnity for past, and security for the future.
In the hope that the Emperor of Russia may be able to find in the Baltic a sufficient number of transports, of one kind or another, to send a body of troops to England before the frost sets in, orders have been given at our ports to prepare for their reception. They would be instantly joined by such troops as we can spare, and forwarded on an important expedition.
DOVER, Sept. 27.
The American schooner, the Enza and Katy, detained by the boats of the Ariadne frigate, as mentioned in a former letter, has came into the inner harbour; it is expected, that not only the cargo, which is sugar and coffee but the vessel will be condemned as enemy's property.
From a London paper of September 29, received by the ship Bath.
It was reported this morning, that another power has declared against France—the elector of Hesse Cassel, whose troops are to be taken into English pay. If that be the fact, it is decisive of the sentiments of Prussia, without whose concurrence, a power situated so near her territories would not have taken so decisive a step. But we do not guarantee the truth of the rumor.
The report of an immediate dissolution of parliament was again revived yesterday; and it was even stated, that a proclamation to that effect had either received, or was about to receive the royal signature. We deem it necessary to notice this rumor, from the general circulation which it obtained last night, without presuming to vouch for the accuracy of the statement.
Admiral Villeneuve has been recalled to Paris, to have his conduct on the 22d July investigated by a court martial.
The following are said to be the state & destination of the armies which Bonaparte was to set immediately in motion against the combined powers: The grand army is to consist of one hundred and fifty thousand men; Bonaparte is to be the commander in chief, and under him Berthier: the centre is to be given to Louis Bonaparte, right wing to Oudinot; and the left to Marmont. This army is to act in Germany & Switzerland. The army of Italy is to consist of 120,000 men; Jourdan is to command the centre, St. Cyr the right, and Massena the left wing. An army of 50 000 men, under Augereau is stated to be on its march as auxiliaries to Spain, and to keep Portugal in subjection. The army of reserve is to consist of 80,000 men, under the command of Soult and D'Avoust. The army of England and Holland is to consist of 50 000 men, under the command of Ney and Benhomnie.
Several thousand tons, certainly not less than 12,000 tons of transports, have been held at the disposal of Russia in the Mediterranean, for a length of time past.
We understand that a Russian squadron of six or seven sail of the line, is expected to join our fleet in the North seas.
Arrived last night, the ship Live Oak, Thomas, in 51 days from Bordeaux.
Sailed in company the brig Tuley for New York, and brig George, Paul, of Kennebeck, for St. Bartholomews. Spoke November 11, in lat. 39, 50, long. 72, the schooner Phoenix, Maxwell, 8 days from Baltimore for Portland. On the 24th November captain Thomas experienced a severe gale, which carried away the foreyard and split several sails.
The ship Eliza Ann, Thompson, in 83 days from Amsterdam.
Spoke October 15, in lat. 45, 12, long. 39, 30, ship Hetty, Russell, 29 days from Liverpool for Alexandria. 20th, in lat. 42, 13, long. 51, ship Mary, Thompson, from Quebec, for Madeira. November 23, in lat. 39, 30, long. 72, brig Cyrus, Daggett, from Philadelphia for Boston.
PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 28.
Yesterday arrived, the brig Sally and Jenny, Captain Hunt, 22 days from Antigua, and in
forms, that the cargo of the ship Clyde, Nichols of New-York, from Guadalupe, was condemned; and that the Schooner Nancy, of New Orleans, from Bordeaux, was brought in for adjudication, as were the sloop Capt. Reed, from Norfolk, and a Schooner belonging to the Continent, but to what part not recollected.
The Eliza, Captain Hunt, from this port, for the West Indies, on the 3d of October, in the Gulph Stream, at 4 o'clock, A. M. met with a violent gale of wind, in which she sprung her mainmast, and carried away her boom, and obliged them for the preservation of the crew to throw overboard her deckload, consisting of staves and heading; after which the weather moderating she stood for and arrived at Antigua on the 15th of October, where she was obliged to fell and repair.
BALTIMORE, Nov. 28.
Arrived, ship Carlisle, Gibson, from Varel.
Left in the River Jade September 19, ships North America, Vickers, of of Baltimore discharging; United States, Bounds, of do. not begun to discharge; Lovely Ann, Gardner do. do. Mary, Waite, Portland taking in ballast for Gothenburg, Sampson, Monroe, of New Orleans, sold. September 25, off Beachy Head, passed the ship Suffolk, of Richmond, bound up. Coming through the North Sea and Channel, was brought to several times by the British cruisers and treated politely. September 30, lat. 49, 9, N long. 11, 6, W. spoke ship John, of Philadelphia, 49 days from Charleston, for Anwerp. The captain after asking us when we left the land, and desiring us to report his ship, informed us that he saw the French fleet two days before, standing to the northward, bound for Ireland, and that he was brought to and boarded by one of the fleet.
October 13, lat. 46, 20, long. 33, 24, spoke ship Columbia, 16 days from Glasgow, for Charleston, all well. November 8, lat. 32, 52 N. long. 55, 30, W. spoke ship Tippoo Saib, 29 days from Liverpool for Savannah. November 18, lat. 34, long. 73, spoke a Schooner 56 hours out bound to St. Jago, blowing hard could not learn her name. Came up the bay in company with two of the United States frigates and a public armed brig, bound up the Potomac. On the 29th September, captain Gibson spoke a British frigate, who informed that the English had landed 50 000 men in Holland, and asked captain G. if he had met the expedition, or if the news had reached Varel previous to his leaving that place.
[Our last British accounts are to the 24th September, and do not mention even the sailing of the grand expedition for the continent, so that we can give no credit to the account received from the British frigate, by captain Gibson.]
Alexandria Daily Advertiser.
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 30.
Extract of a letter from Honduras, dated September 19th, 1805.
"About three months ago, severe gales of wind, materially injured most of the Provision Grounds, and induced the Magistrates and People at a public Meeting to address H. M. Superintendent for the opening of the port, to the American vessels. They were answered that their application should be directly forwarded (by the man of war then sailing) to the Governor of Jamaica, with Colonel Gordon's concurring the opinion of the propriety of the measure; but as the ship was to cruise some time, no answer has arrived. On the 28th of last month, a hurricane, effectually completed an almost total loss of all and every species of Bread kind; the Magistrates in a warm and spirited address again solicited an immediate intercourse with America; pointed out the real distress of the settlement and such an exhausted state of the stores, that not one barrel of flour was to be purchased at Belize. The Colonel in return acknowledged and lamented the state of the settlement, promised every alleviation in his power, and assured the Magistrates of his not entertaining the least doubt of a full and speedy compliance with their requisitions, not only from the urgency of the case but also from his representations and zealous recommendations; but though a refusal is not in the least apprehended, yet the delay may most seriously affect the settlement: at any rate we look for speculators, as the neutral vessels may now take off what quantity of logwood they please, and there is every reason to believe that the restrictions hitherto prevailing with respect to the size of mahogany, will be removed."
Extract of a letter received from St. Pierre, (Mart.) dated October 26.
"We yesterday received the unpleasant news of the capital town (Calliers) of St. Lucia, being entirely destroyed by fire—the loss has been very great; the flames spread with so much fury and quickness, that most people lost all their furniture, not even saving their plate."
In September it was very sickly at Barbadoes, on board the shipping. Forty-seven of the crew of the Atlas, of 74 guns, died within a fortnight. The Atlas sailed from Jamaica in company with the three ships of the line, which put into Halifax, in consequence of the damage they sustained in a gale of wind. She was with them in that gale, but separated immediately afterwards and proceeded to Barbadoes.
It is a remarkable coincidence of circumstances, that the Royal George, Duke of York, and Prince of Wales packets, should be captured by the enemy, without the intervention of one of any other name; and that the Prince of Wales should have been captured on the birth-day of his Royal Highness, the 12th of August.
More Confusion!
A letter by last mail from Richmond, says, "The Court of Appeals have decided, that the Lottery for the Benefit of William and Mary College, should be re-drawn."
[Norfolk paper.]
From the New England Palladium.
LIGHT & SOUND.
Those who are habituated to the use of artillery, are able to judge accurately of the direction in which a cannon is fired, by comparing with each other the 2 flashes of powder. The one from the muzzle, the other from the touch hole. The ball always going on the contrary side from that on which the flash from the touch hole is seen. They stand on a wall or fortification, and observing the fire of the distant cannon say, this ball goes to the right—that to the left. But that well pointed one (where the flashes are in a line with each other) strikes the spot, from which they take care to leap, as soon as they see the flash. The ball passes through the air at the rate of three miles in a second, but the light of the burning powder is conveyed to the eye at the rate of 198 000 miles in one second. Therefore, they have time to see the flash, and to get out of the direction, before the arrival of the ball, which would kill them before they could hear the report of the gun; which report moves only at the rate of a quarter of a mile in one second. In thunder storms, the burning vapor, which constitutes the flash, explodes before the clap commences.
The flash is conveyed to us at the rate of 198 000 miles in a second, but the thunder-clap creeps on at the rate of 18 miles in a minute. Hence when we hear the thunder, we know we are safe from that explosion of vapour, which must have passed off from us before the arrival of the thunder, and, by this comparative calculation, of light and sound the thunder cloud is computed to be distant about one mile; when we see the lightning five seconds before we hear the thunder.
6000 weight of COFFEE; For sale, by Roberts & Griffith.
November 30. d4t
This is to give Notice,
THAT the subscriber, of Alexandria county, hath obtained from the Orphans' Court, of the said county, in the district of Columbia, letters of administration on the personal estate of John Bowling, late of the said county, deceased; all persons having claims against the said deceased, are hereby warned to exhibit the same with the vouchers thereof, to the subscriber, at or before the first day of June next, they may otherwise by law be excluded from all benefit of the said estate.
Elizabeth Bowling.
November 30. fnd&w
The Household Furniture, belonging to the estate of the above named John Bowling, deceased, will be sold, at public sale, for ready money, at the house of the late John Bowling, in King Street, Alexandria, on WEDNESDAY the 4th day of December next. The sale to begin at 10 o'clock in the forenoon.
NOTICE.
ALL persons indebted to the estate of Genl. George Washington, are requested to make immediate payment, as no further indulgence can be given—it is hoped this notice will be attended to, otherwise suits will be commenced in two months from this date.
The Executors.
November 8. eoim
Wanted to Hire, A Negro Girl from 12 to 14 of age—Apply to the Nov. 12

FRENCH LANGUAGE.
Mr. GENERES,
HAS the honor to inform the ladies and gentlemen of Alexandria, that he will teach the French language, grammatically, at his house, in Prince Street. The terms of tuition will be made known by applying to him. He will attend also in private families.
November 28
eo3t
FINAL DIVIDEND.
THE Commissioners in a commission of bankrupt awarded and issued forth against John Gill, of Baltimore, merchant, intend to meet on the sixteenth day of December next, at four o'clock in the afternoon, at the office John Caldwell, Esquire, No. 18, North Calvert Street, in the city of Baltimore, in order to make a final Dividend of the estate and effects of the said bankrupt; when and where the creditors, who have not already proved their debts, are to come prepared to prove the same, or they will be excluded the benefit of said dividend; and all claims not then proved will be disallowed.
JAMES H. HOOE, } Assignees, WM. MAC CREERY, } Nov. 15. (28) d16t
PUBLIC SALE.
On Tuesday the third of December (if fair, if not the next fair day) will be sold to the highest bidder, at the plantation of the late SAMUEL ADAMS, deceased, near the Little Falls of Potomac, FOR READY MONEY, Ten or twelve valuable Horses, All the Stock of SHEEP, CATTLE AND HOGS, THREE WAGGONS, ONE GARI, and all the PLANTATION UTENSILS. A set of Blacksmith's tools; one Copper Still, with various other articles too tedious to mention.
Hannah Adams, Adm'trix, Fairfax County, Nov. 12. 21w6t
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, 220 weight each. Venetian Red, in casks, 200 do. each. Spanish Whiting, by the hogshead or in smaller quantities. Spanish Brown, ground in oil, in kegs 1.4 cwt each, or dry. Vermilion, 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 punctilious customers. He will put up, if required, Medical Chefts for the use of private families or for sea, accompanied with plain and suitable directions.
A. Sanderson.
October 22. 1aw
A good Blacksmith wanted.
To be rented, for one or more years, An excellent stand for a Blacksmith and Tavern. There is on the premises two new houses, with a smith's shop and tools and a good garden enclosed, and the tenant may be accommodated with a few acres more if required—possession to be given the first day of January next. A person who can come well recommended will meet with good encouragement. Apply to
JOHN BALL.
Alexandria County, district of Columbia, Nov. 22. 1aw7d
WOOD.
A quantity of excellent Firewood will be sold by the acre as it stands in the Forest of Washington, 4 and an half miles from Alexandria. Those, desirous of being supplied during the winter, may let it remain upon the estate till the first of March. Apply to
John Ball, Agent.
Arlington, Nov. 8. 1aw3w
This is to give Notice,
THAT the subscriber, of Alexandria county, has obtained from the Orphans' Court of the said county in the district of Columbia, letters of administration on the personal estate of James A. Sutton, late of the said county, deceased; all persons having claims against the said deceased, are hereby warned to exhibit the same with the vouchers thereof, to the subscriber, at or before the 12th day of May next, they may otherwise by law be excluded from all benefit of the said estate.
John Sutton, Adm'r.
November 14. 2aw4w
All person indebted to the said deceased, are to make immediate payment to the subscriber.
FOR SALE,
THAT well known, valuable and highly improved FARM, whereon the subscriber resides, called SALISBURY; situate on the Main Road leading from Alexandria to Winchester, about twenty-five miles from the former, and the same distance from Georgetown and the city of Washington.
This Farm contains 1,600 acres of LAND, one third of which is in Wood, the residue enclosed and in good order for farming or grazing upon an extensive scale. There is now about 40 acres of Timothy meadow made, and in prime order, and 200 more might be easily made upon a soil admirably adapted to grass. The Land generally produces corn, wheat and tobacco well, but as a Grazing Farm, it is perhaps exceeded by none on the East side of the Blue Ridge.
The improvements are such as would accommodate a Gentleman Farmer or Grazier, with a large family—consisting of a well built Mansion House, with a dining room, drawing room and eight chambers, closets, cellars, &c. Kitchen, Servants Hall, Smoke house, Dairy, Ice house, Overseer's house, Poultry houses, a good well of Water, Stables sufficient to contain 30 or 40 Horses, a Corn house, large Barn, &c. &c. all of which at a small expense might be put into complete order. There is also upon the Farm extensive Orchards of Apples, and Peaches of the best kinds of Fruit.
The Subscriber intending to remove to the State of Tennessee, is induced to offer for Sale this Valuable Property, for which on receiving one-third of the purchase money in hand, he will make the payment of the balance convenient to the purchaser.
Charles I. Love.
November 18.
2aw7d
FOR SALE,
A TRACT OF AN
A TRACT OF LAND, CONTAINING 1425 acres, on the Ohio river, in Mason county, situated about an equal distance from the Little and Great Kanawha. The late general George Washington in his will, when mentioning this, together with several other tracts devised to his relatives, says "these several tracts of land are of the first quality on the Ohio river, where they are situated, being almost, if not altogether, river bottoms." It is deemed unnecessary to be more particular respecting the quality of the land, as it is presumed no one will be disposed to purchase without making further enquiry or seeing it. I will receive in payment one third cash, and the remainder in Goods if more agreeable to the purchaser. The Land will be shown by Mr. Robert McKee, Surveyor of the above mentioned county, and the terms of Sale made known by application to Nic. Fitzhugh, Esq. in Alexandria, or the subscriber in King George County.
Burritt Ashton, Jrn.
November 18.
1aw3d
KENTUCKY LANDS.
The Subscriber has FOR SALE, 53,500 ACRES of Land in Harden county, Kentucky, binding for 20 miles on the western shore of Knokeolin, and lying about 25 miles from Harden court house. Knokeolin is navigable from the land into Green river, and is the best fish stream in Kentucky.
This land, though near the Barrens, is well wooded, and remarkably well watered. The outlines include 70,000 acres, but there are 16 or 17,000 acres of elder surveys within the lines, which are accurately laid down by actual survey made three years ago, for the purpose of ascertaining interferences. There is no land in Kentucky more free from dispute than the quantity offered for sale. On these elder surveys there are two mills and many families, and on the subscriber's land there are about a dozen families, desirous of buying their settlements, and he has reason to believe 100 families more would have purchased and settled on the land in the present year, had it suited his affairs to have sold out in single parcels; that part of the country possessing health, and many local advantages, and being near the centre of the State.
Samuel Turner of this town, knows this land well, and will take the trouble to give a just description of its quality, to those who may desire it.
This land, if applied for prior to the 20th December, will be sold at 50 cents per acre, on bond with interest, payable in 1, 2, 3 & 4 years. If the bonds be satisfactorily secured, unquestionable title will at once be given for the land.
BEN. STODDERT.
Geor. Town, November 15. eo4w
This day is Published, An for Sale at ROBERT GRAY'S Book store, and this Office, (PRICE TWENTY-FIVE CENTS.)
AN ABSTRACT OF AN APOLOGY, For Renouncing the Jurisdiction OF THE SYNOD OF KENTUCKY.
BEING A Compendious View of the GOSPEL, AND A FEW REMARKS ON THE CONFESSION OF FAITH.
By Robert Marshall, John Dunlap, Richard McNemar, Barton W. Stone, John Thompson. May 2.
VALUABLE FAMILY MEDICINES.
Just received direct from the Patentees, and FOR SALE BY JAMES KENNEDY, JUN. DRUGGIST; The following Valuable Medicines:
Dr. Rawson's Anti-Bilious and Stomachal Bitters.
PREPARED BY THOMAS H. RAWSON, Member of the Connecticut Medical Society.
THESE Bitters have undoubtedly had the most rapid sale of any Patent Medicine ever before discovered, and are justly appreciated for their singular and uncommon virtues for restoring weak and decayed constitutions, and all that train of complicated complaints so common in the spring and fall seasons, such as intermittant Fevers and Agues, long Autumnal Fevers, Dysenteries, &c. They are also a very pleasant bitter for common use, and where they are known they have taken the place and superceded the use of all other bitters in public houses as well as in private families.—Price 50 cents a box.
Dr. Lee's (Windham) Bilious Pills.
THE great sale and increasing demand for these valuable pills for these twelve years past, bespeak their intrinsic worth. They have proved singularly efficacious in Bilious and Yellow fevers, Jaundice, Head Aches, Dysenteries, Bilious Cholic, Coliciveneis, Female complaints, &c. The very great demand and high esteem in which these pills are held throughout the United States and the West Indies, has induced many to counterfeit them; the purchaser is requested to observe that the name of Samuel Lee, Jan. (the patentee) is affixed to each bill of directions, in his own hand writing, or they will not be genuine. Price 50 cents a box.
Dr. Rawson's Itch Ointment.
A certain and safe application for that disagreeable complaint called the ITCH. Price 42 cents a box.
Dr. Rawson's Anti Bilious Pills, or Family Phyic.
The extraordinary celebrity these pills have gained, the universal demand for them and esteem of which they are held by medical men of the first eminence, are sufficient testimonials of their intrinsic worth. In great colds and sudden attacks of disorders, an early use of these pills often produces the happiest effects, and taken once in eight or ten days in cases of indigestion, headaches, dizziness, pains in the stomach and bowels, dysenteries, diarrhoeas, dropsies, &c. and a liberal use of my anti bilious bitters in the intermediate time has relieved patients almost to a miracle—price 25 cents a box.
Thompson's Aromatic Tooth Paste.
For the scurvy in the teeth and gums, and for whitening and preserving the teeth. It likewise takes off all disagreeable smells from the breath, which generally arises from scorbutic gums and bad teeth. This paste is much in use, and highly esteemed by all those who value the preservation of their teeth, it may be applied at all times with the greatest safety. It is neatly put up in pewter boxes with paper directions. Price 50 cents a box.
Dr. Rawson's Worm Powders.
A medicine which for efficacy and safety in its operation stands unrivalled. The most authenticated proofs and respectable authorities of its astonishing virtues, and surprising effects, in extreme and alarming cases of worms, may be seen at the place of sale. Price 50 cents a packet.
Dr. Cooley's Vegetable Elixir; or Cough Drops;
For Coughs, Colds, Asthmas, spitting of blood, and all diseases of the lungs. Its merits stands unrivalled. Price 50 cents a bottle.
Dr. Cooley's Rheumatic Pills.
Price 50 cents a box.
Hinkley's Infallible remedy for the Piles.
Price 50 Cents a Box. Very particular directions accompanying each of these valuable medicines.
He has likewise for Sale,
A general assortment of Drugs, Patent Medicines, Shop furniture and Vials; a few handsome Hall Lamps; Indian Shades; proof vials, Essence of Spruce; Patent Blacking; Madeira and Sherry wine; black bottles in hogsheads; Paints ground in oil; and a few barrels Flaxseed Oil, which he will sell on reasonable terms or cash, or to punctilious customers on a short credit.
A generous allowance will be made to those who purchase the above Medicines by the dozen.
March 27. 2aw
Valuable Lands and Negroes FOR SALE.
THE Subscriber desirous of disposing of his distant property, so as to bring his affairs more within his reach and management, offers for sale the following lands and negroes, at prices so reduced as to claim the attention of persons willing to invest money in such property, viz.
CHATHAM, that elegant and highly improved seat on the banks of the Rappahannock River, directly opposite the town of Fredericksburg, containing about eleven hundred acres, four hundred of which are in wood, and valuable timber, the rest in cultivation, and pleasure grounds. The land in tillage is level, a considerable part of it has been highly manured, and the whole of it well adapted to the culture of grass, small grain, and Indian corn, as the crop now growing will attest. The house and offices are of brick, and on a large and handsome scale, with a garden in front containing four acres, laid off with taste and well planted with the choicest fruit trees, now in full bearing, and ornamented with forest trees and shrubs of almost every description. There is on the estate adjoining the river, a gristmill built of free stone, containing the modern machinery and two pair of stones, one of them French Burrs. It commands a large country custom, is well situated for merchant business, and has rented for five hundred dollars per annum exclusive of all the grain of the farm hopper free, which is equal to three hundred dollars more. There are all necessary out houses, for either convenience or luxury, such as ice-house, spring-house, barn, stable, offices, &c. &c. With all these advantages and expensive improvements, this property is offered at a price which the lands alone ought to command. There are also some valuable fisheries, and quarries of free stone on this estate.
Also, a tract of land generally called Clark's, about two miles below Chatham, on the south bank of the Rappahannock river, and within view of the town of Fredericksburg, containing upwards of four hundred acres. About one hundred and twenty acres of this tract is Rappahannock river bottom in cultivation, and is well adapted to Indian corn, small grain, &c. the residue is in wood, surrounding a height, which furnishes a beautiful site for building.
Also, a tract of land in Stafford county, adjoining Stafford court house, containing upwards of twelve hundred acres. This is good farming land, and has several tenants on it.
Also, a tract of land in Westmoreland and Richmond counties, containing upwards of two thousand acres, on which there are also several tenants. These two last mentioned tracts of land will be sold in small tenements, or in entire tracts, as may best suit the wishes of purchasers.
Also, a tract of land called Boyd's Hole, containing about one hundred and fifty acres, on the banks of the Potomac, in King George county, on which there are a comfortable dwelling house, store and tobacco inspection ware house. Few situations combine more advantages, it being an excellent stand for a store, ferry and tavern, the two first of which are at present kept there. The houses have lately been put in good repair, and the buildings alone will rent for three hundred dollars a year. The land is good in quality, and the situation abounds in fish, oysters and wild fowl.
Also, a valuable Site for a Mill, with 50 acres of Land adjoining, in King George county, and not far distant from the last mentioned tract. There has been a mill here for many years which has lately gone to decay, the dam is substantial and entire, and the situation for a country mill not equalled in that neighborhood, commanding a very extensive custom; the land is covered with cedar, which alone renders it very valuable.
Also, several Lots and Houses in the town of Fredericksburg.
Likewise, about two hundred and thirty NEGROES, of different ages, sizes and description. A sale of them by families will be preferred; to effect this they will be offered at a reduced price. As a part of these Negroes are at present attached to the Chatham estate, the purchaser of that property may be accommodated with any number of them as well as stock of every description.
Bank Stock of any of the Banks in Virginia, Maryland, or the district of Columbia, will be received in payment for any part of this property at a fair price, and bargains will be given, as the subscriber unable to attend to property so distant, is anxious to convert it into stock.
He will also rent a number of FARMS on his Ravensworth estate, containing from 2 to 400 acres each, on encouraging terms, to good farmers. They lay from eight to ten miles distant from Alexandria, George Town, and the City of Washington, and convenient to the turnpike road now building from Alexandria to the upper country.
William Fitzhugh.
October 10. 2aw
TO LET,
A CONVENIENT two-story Brick Dwelling HOUSE, situate on the corner of Duke & St. Asaph Street, lately occupied by RICHARD VEITCH—Apply to
THOMAS CLAGGETT
November 12. eo