Alexandria advertiser and commercial intelligencer (Alexandria [Va.]), 1802-11-10 00:00:00

Sale by Auction.
On SATURDAY.
At 10 o'clock, will be sold at the Vendue Store, the corner of King and Union Streets.
 Rum in hhds. and barrels,  Whisky in barrels,  Apple Brandy in barrels,  Gin in casks,  Wine in pipes and quarter casks,  Molasses in hhds.  Sugar in hhds. and barrels,  White and brown Soap in boxes,  Coffee in casks and bags,  Raisins in kegs and boxes,  Queens' Ware, and  A variety of DRY GOODS. 
THOS. PATTON, Auctioneer. November 9.
Public Sale.
On FRIDAY,
At ten o'clock, will be sold at the Vendue Store,
 Rum in hogheads and barrels.  Whiskey in barrels,  Gin in casks and barrels,  Port wine in casks,  Molasses in hhds.  Sugar in hhds and bds.  White and brown soap in boxes,  Chocolate in boxes,  Coffee in tierces and bags,  Raisins in kegs and boxes.  Queens Ware in crates, handsomely assorted, 
ALSO, A variety of DRY GOODS,
 —AMONG WHICH ARE—  Superfine cloth and Kersimere,  Narrow Cloth, and Flannels,  Irish Linens, and Oznaburgs,  Sail duck of different qualities,  Chintzes and Calicoes,  Cambric and Cotton shawls,  India Muslin and Table Cloaths,  Coloured threads and fowing silks,  Ribbons, Hats, and  A number of other articles. 
P. G. MARSTELLER, Vendue-Master. November 9.
JANNEY & PATON,
Have just received by the ship Harmony, capt. Crabtree, from Porto Rico, 80 hhds. & 250 barrels first quality Muscovado Sugars,
 Also, on Hand,  Molasses, in hhds.  Grenada and Jamaica Rum, in hhds. and barrels,  Catalonia Wine,  N. England Rum, in hhds. & barrels,  Souchong Tea, of a superior quality,  Brown and Castile Soap,  Mould and dip Candles,  Cogniac Brandy,  Fine and coarse Salt,  Men and women's Shoes,  Queens Ware in crates, assorted,  With a complete assortment of N. Eng. and Russia CORDAGE; East-India and Russia Goods. 
ALSO, 20 Hhds. Berbice Coffee, 40 do. 2d quality Sugar. Oct. 30.
ADVERTISEMENT.
By virtue of a Deed of Trust from Owen Roberts to the Subscriber, will be exposed to Sale, for ready money, on the Premises, on Wednesday the 17th day of November, if fair, if not, then the next fair day,
ONE half of that LOT OF GROUND in the city of Washington, lying in square No. 256, and designated in that square by the No. 10; the moiety intended to be sold front upon the open air on the Pennsylvania Avenue, and joins upon the lot No. 11 in that square, has a front of 24 feet 2 inches and an half, and 83 feet 5 inches deep; upon it is erected a frame Dwelling-House.
JAMES KEITH, Trustee. October 12.
Just received, and for SALE by HENRY K. MAY & CO.
 5 pipes 4th proof FRENCH BRANDY,  8 hhds. and 6 barrels, } N. England Rum. 
Nov. 8. d6t
CUTHBERT POWELL,
In addition to his importations by the several vessels from Liverpool, has just received, per the Industry, from London,
 Superfine Broadcloths, Cassimeres, Irish Linens, Scarlet Cardinals, yarn and worsted Hosiery, Manchester, ladies fashionable Kid Shoes, &c. &c. &c. 
He has also received this day, from New-York,
 Ticklenburgs, Hellans, German Dowlas, and Russia Diaper; all which he offers for Sale by the piece or package, at the lowest prices. Nov. 1. daw 
Public Sale.
In Pursuance of a Deed of Trust from Jesse Taylor, deceased, to the subscriber, made to secure a debt due to the Bank of Alexandria, will be exposed to sale, upon the Premises, on Saturday the 4th day of December next,
Valuable Property.
A LOT of Ground situated at the South West corner of King and Pitt-Streets, extending on Pitt-Street seventy feet, and thirty-three feet eight inches and an half on King Street; forty three feet of this lot on Pitt-Street has a depth of thirty ne feet eight and one half inches, and the remainder at the corner of King and Pitt-Streets has a depth of thirty three feet, eight inches and an half, including the House now occupied by Mr. Edmund Denny.
Terms of sale, one third of the purchase money in six months, one third in twelve months, and the residue in eighteen months.
LUDWELL LEE, Trustee. Nov. 5. dds
ROBERT B. JAMESSON
Has on hand, and offers for sale on the most reasonable terms, at his Store corner of King and Fairfax Streets,
 100 qr. casks of best ENGLISH GUNPOWDER, VIZ: 
F. F. F. Single and Double Battle. Also,
 20 Hhds. 1st quality Muscovado Sugar  10 do. 2d do. do. do.  40 Bags Green Coffee,  15 do Spinning Cotton,  8 Pipes Cogniac Brandy,  Jamaica, Grenada, and New-England Rum,  Holland Gin, and Peach Brandy,  India Arrack, & 6 years old Irish Whiskey,  Loaf Sugar,  Madeira,  Sherry,  Port,  Lisbon,  Catalonia,  Frontiniac,  Payal,  Teneriffe, and  Malaga 
WINES.
Pimento, Nutmegs, Cloves, Mace, Cinnamon, Cassia, Cayenne & Black Pepper, fine Chewing Tobacco, Godfroids warranted Segars, Vanilla Beans, Ground Ginger, short Pipes in kegs and boxes, Glauber Salts, Madder, Copperas, Dixon's Mustard, Capres, Anchovies, Olives, Green Pickles, and Ketchup.
Imperial, } TEAS, } Hyson, } Young-Hyson, } Hyson Skin, and } Souchong } Raisins in boxes and jars, Almonds, Prunes, Mould Candles, White, Brown, and Castile Soap, Starch, Fig Blue, Wrapping Paper, Olive Oil in flasks and black bottles, Noyeau, Demijohns assorted from 3 to 6 gallons, Leiper's and Hamilton's Snuff in bladders and bottles, refined Salt Petre, and a few bags of Pear Barley. Oct. 25. d1m
For Freight or Charter, The BRIGANTINE
WILLIAM,
Burthen 165 Tons, only 18 months old, a staunch good Vessel, will be in perfect order and ready to receive a Cargo in 8 days. Apply to Samuel Cook, Master, on board, or to the Subscriber,
FOR BOSTON, The Schooner
ROME O,
Burthen about 700 bbls. will sail next week. For Freight or Passage apply to Capt. E. Loring, on board, at the County Wharf, or to JOHN G. LADD.
For Sale, on board said Schooner,
A quantity of excellent
NEW CHEESE,
Apply as above. Nov. 2. d
FOR NEW-YORK,
The Schooner
ENTERPRIZE.
For Freight or Passage apply to Captain
MITCHEL, or R. B. JAMESSON. Nov. 2. d
For Freight or Charter, The BRIGANTINE
EAGLE,
Burthen 176 tons, 10 months old, an excellent staunch vessel, completely equipped and sails fast.
For Sale on board said Brig,
2500 bushels Liverpool SALT,
and a few chaldrons British Coals.—
Apply to J. G. LADD, or to Captain
Teny on board, at Prince Street wharf. Oct. 29. d
Ten Dollars Reward.
STRAYED from Mount Washington, a yellow and white HOUND DOG, with a bushy Tail, named ROYAL. He had a long Chain about his neck, when he escaped. Whoever will return him to the Subscriber, at Mount Washington, 1 mile this side of George-Town ferry, shall receive the above Reward.
WILLIAM SPENCE. Mount Washington, Nov. 4. d
JOSEPH RIDDLE, & CO.
HAVE received a considerable addition to their assortment per the Industry, capt. M'Kenzie, from London. Nov. 2. d
ROBERT T. HOOE & CO.
Have just imported by the ship Felicity from Liverpool, an assortment of
FALL GOODS,
Which they offer for Sale by the piece or package.—Also, 70 crates STONE WARE, and a quantity of patent LIVERPOOL SALT.
They have also received by the brig Neptune and Schooner Four Brothers.
A few hundred bushels of Lisbon Salt, Lisbon and Calcavello Wines, Fruits, Sweetmeats, &c. &c. all of which they will sell low from on board, if immediate application is made.
They have on hand, a good assortment of
GERMAN LINEN.
October 9. dtf
WILLIAM HODGSON.
Has received by the Brutus, from Liverpool, an assortment of
FALL GOODS.
He has also on hand,
A choice parcel of Grenada Rum, Liverpool fine Salt, bottled London Brown Stout, Porter in casks, 6 doz. each old, Port Wine in bottles, a ton of Sheathing Paper and a quantity of Grindstones. Oct. 25. d
CHARLES F. GRETER,
Tailor & Habit-Maker,
MOST respectfully informs his friends and the public, that he has commenced business in Royal Street, next door to Mr. Mott's Tavern, where he determines that his attention and assiduity shall merit a share of that patronage which he most earnestly solicits, and which shall be executed with fidelity, neatness and dispatch.
Nov. 1. d3teotf
WILLIAM OXLEY,
Has imported in the CATHERINE, BRUTUS and FELICITY from Liverpool, and INDUSTRY from London, a large and general Assortment of
FALL GOODS,
CONSISTING OF
 Superfine, refines and all qualities and colours 6 qrs. & 7 qrs. Cloths, Plaines, Cassimeres, Kersseys, Coatings, Friezces, Kendal Cottons, Half Thicks, white Serges, spotted Swanfkins, Welsh Plains, Swandowns, Toilnets, Rose Blankets, striped Blanketing, Bearskins, Fearnought, Woolen, Worsted, Cotton & silk Hosiery; Scarlet Cloaks; Calicoes, Muslins & Mullin Handkerchiefs; fancy Cords, Fustians, Jeans, Dimities, Bed Ticking, Durants, Calimancoes, Wildbores, Bombazetts, Bombazeens, Camblets, Laces & Edgings; Silk Handkerchiefs, fashionable Straw & Chip Hats, Gimps, white and coloured Threads, &c. &c. 
ALSO,
An Assortment of
Hardware and Cutlery.
Nov. 2. d6teozw
JAMES WILSON,
Has received, by the Industry, from London, an extensive Assortment of
FALL GOODS,
Which will be offered for Sale immediately, by the piece or package.
Also, by the above Vessel,
Seven pipes and 18 hhds. genuine old Port Wine, two years in bottles. Nov. 1. d
FOR SALE,
Two Hundred and Fifty Hhds. of
TOBACCO,
Of which nearly 100 are Maryland, the residue Upper South Potomac; liberal credit will be given on approved paper. A. HENDERSON & CO. Nov. 5. d3teotf
CARVING, GILDING, and VARNISHING.
MRS. RACHEL ATKINS,
OFFERS her grateful acknowledgements to the citizens of Alexandria and the public generally, for the many favors conferred on her in the line of her profession, since her short residence among them, and informs them that she proposes returning to Philadelphia in about two weeks; until her removal she will be happy in executing any orders they may think proper to honor her with.
She has on hand and will sell at reduced prices,
A large and elegant assortment of Prints, Looking-Glasses, & GIRANDOLES. Oct. 29. eo
On the 1st day of December next will be sold to the highest bidder on three months credit at the Dwelling House of the late Nathaniel Fitzhugh of Fairfax County, all his
Household Furniture,
AND STOCK,
OF HORSES, CATTLE, SHEEP, & HOGS, and so many of the SLAVES as shall be necessary to pay the debts due from his estate.
All persons having claims against the said estate are requested to bring them in for adjustment on or before the day of sale—and those who are indebted to the same, to make payment to
WILLIAM LANE, Administrator
With the will annexed of
NATHANIEL FITZHUGH, deceased October 5. 12-8t

THE INDEMNITIES.
Aulic Rescript received by the Electoral Sub-Delegate of Bohemia, 20th of August, and Delivered to the Diet on the 26th.
His royal and imperial majesty, has been just informed by the imperial court of Russia, of the contents of the subjoined declaration, which that court and the French government intended to lay before the extraordinary deputation, convened for the purpose of regulating the points which have not been settled in the treaty of peace of the empire. His majesty does not lose a moment to give the sub-delegate of Bohemia the instructions which, in this unforeseen case, he judges most fit, in conformity with his solemnities and cares constantly directed to the good of the empire. No reproach can be made against his majesty or the Germanic empire, founded upon the delay of the meeting of the extraordinary deputation of the empire. More than nine months have passed since the nomination of that deputation has been notified on the part of his imperial majesty and the empire to the French government, and since that government has been invited to appoint plenipotentiaries to co-operate in its name, and declare its opinion upon the fittest time for the meeting. So far from convening of the deputation being urged upon the part of France, a satisfactory answer never has been given upon the subject.
Neither has the ambassador of his imperial royal majesty been able to obtain from the French government to engage in a preparatory negotiation, with the imperial court, as had been promised by that government before and after the nomination of the extraordinary deputation of the empire. Very far from it, it has always answered in an evasive and dilatory manner to the reiterated requests made to it verbal and written, on the part of the imperial and royal court.
As to the new negotiation, proposed, at the end of the last year, by his majesty the emperor of Russia, to take place in concert at Paris, his majesty has adhered, in the most friendly manner, to that proposition; but notwithstanding that, his ambassador has neither been called to that negotiation, nor been in any way informed of its progress and result. After such proceedings his majesty thinks that the meeting of the deputies of the empire, whether more or less tardy, cannot be a well founded motive to restrain the right which the emperor and the empire, as principal contracting parties in the treaty of peace, of Lunéville, possess, and have formally reserved to themselves, to immediately treat upon and regulate the business of indemnities, as also all the other points which go to the completion of the said treaty of peace. His majesty, on the contrary, is perfectly assured that the two powers above mentioned, entertaining a just respect for the inviolable rights of an independent state, such as is the Germanic body, will not disavow in practice this first and principal attribution of independence. That it may be seen how well his majesty is founded in reckoning upon the justice of the two powers, he will give to the empire a consoling explanation, by communicating to it the official assurance which was given to his ambassador to Paris, by M. Talleyrand, minister for foreign affairs. The following is word for word that assurance as the ambassador has reported it; "You may be assured that we have only agreed with Russia what propositions to make to you. We cannot even call this a plan. It is but a simple project, which we submit to the consideration of the diet, as the means which appeared to us the best calculated to satisfy all parties as much as that is possible. It will be proposed as a counsel, and by no means as a tone of authority, or with an air of a disposition to force the thing."
He is confirmed, therefore, by this, that when even these powers may deem their counsels and friendly interference necessary for the arrangement of such a complicated business, they do not therefore in any wise intend to dispute the power and right of the Germanic empire to regulate by itself the claims to indemnities, as well as so many other points which nearly concern its constitution, and on which depends its welfare or its decline.
In this assurance his majesty charges his electoral sub-delegate of Bohemia to interfere as far as he is competent, in order that the extraordinary deputation already
assembled, open without delay its sittings in the constitutional form; that it enter into a negotiation conformable to the treaties with the French plenipotentiary and with the intervention and co-operation of the minister of Russia; and that it declare to these two plenipotentiaries, in the name of the empire, the confidence which the Germanic empire has in the equitable views of the two powers, adding therefore the assurance that the deputation will take their friendly propositions into consideration. The electoral sub-delegate of Bohemia is also charged to communicate those sentiments of his majesty to the plenipotentiaries of France and Russia; adding that though according to the laws of the empire, the deputation cannot be restrained even by the head of the empire within a peremptory term, yet that his majesty, in his quality of king and elector of Bohemia, will accelerate, as much as possible, the termination of the points which are to constitute the completion of the peace."
From the European Magazine.
Convenience of a learned Wife, Sir,
There has been a great deal of debate and much shedding of ink in the learned world, for some time past, respecting the rank that women ought to hold in the scale of creation. Some four old batchelors have thought, with Sir Anthony Absolute in the play, that women may be taught their letters, but should never learn their mischievous combinations; others, of a softer mould, have in a manner depressed, while they exalted them, by bursting forth into rapturous eulogiums on their amiable virtues, which they would at the same time confine to the kitchen and nursery; while a third sort, with more liberality than the other, have contended that literature alone exalts the female character, & that every step a woman mounts in the ladder of learning, makes her more eminent in excellence:
"Videto que virum volitare per ora."
Among the votaries of the third sect, I beg leave to enrol my name. I began life with a determination to run counter to the established usage of mankind, in the choice of a wife, for I sighed when I reflected on the slavish subjection in which man detains his injured helpmate, in defiance of reason and in contempt of humanity; I burnt with all the zeal of a Don Quixotte, to fight the battles of this last & fairest work of nature, and resolved to shew the world that I felt what I expressed, by drawing some deserving female from humble life; by providing her with books in the learned languages, superintending her education with scrupulous anxiety, and, at a fit period, leading her to the altar, crowned with never fading flowers of sagacity and erudition. This grand scheme I immediately put in practice, in the following manner:
You must know, Sir, there is a small shop opposite my study window, which professes to sell ginger-bread, earthen-ware, gilt paper, peg-tops, and treacle. To this house of miscellaneous fame, I had been accustomed to see a little girl come two or three times a week, and generally return with a handful of ginger-bread. This did not at first appear very extraordinary, till I observed the ginger-bread to be decorated with the letters of the alphabet, which the sagacious infant devoured more with her eyes than her teeth. This pleased me; it seemed an earnest of future literary greatness, and immediately determined me to gain some acquaintance with the damsel, in order to find whether at some future period she was likely to answer my matrimonial speculation. In a few days I found out her abode, and waited on her mother, an industrious washerwoman in the neighbourhood; told her my tale, to which she "did seriously incline;" and ended, by requesting that she would put her daughter under my tuition. The old woman thankfully accepted the offer, assuring me that her daughter was one of the cutest girls in the whole street; and having called her in, and acquainted her with the subject of our conference, I had the satisfaction to find that she expressed an entire readiness to submit to my instructions. We accordingly departed, hand in hand. Little Phoebe (for so she was called) immediately entered upon her course of lectures, with an alacrity that both surprised and pleased me. She learned to read even quicker than madame de Genlis's infant prodigies; soon became acquainted with a large proportion of English literature; and in the course of a few
years was mistress of the French, Italian, Greek and Latin languages.
The first talent on which my wife piqued herself was high spirit. The tame acquaintance of Mrs. Shandy she utterly despised, and indeed gave numerous and forcible proofs of the contrary extreme. For instance, she spoiled me a famous edition of Pope's works, by throwing a volume into the fire; in which the author had stigmatized some lady in those words: "No ass more meek, no ass more obdurate." She next tore the cover from a volume of Swift's Letters because, he called her sex a race hardly above monkeys. Her third stretch of prerogative was displayed, by throwing Congreve's play out of the window, because in one of them he had declared,
"That women are like tricks by flight of hand,"
"Which to admire, we should not understand."
I now considered the time as having arrived, which fate had fixed for by marriage. Phoebe made no objection; a licence was obtained; and Dr. Stedfast & Phoebe Morris were introduced to the public, as husband and wife. My pleasure did not, like that of many others, end with the honey moon, but received a daily accession of delight; for surely no woman, since the time of queen Elizabeth, was ever possessed of such rare and valuable virtues. The common failing of common women were unknown to Phoebe: her lofty mind "towered above her sex," and displayed such a collection of singular endowments as conscious as I am of my inability properly to display, I cannot resist the temptation of endeavoring to describe.
Nay, she proceeded so far as to send an elegant edition of Orlando Furioso to the pastry cook, because Ariosto expressed a wish that Angelica had fallen a sacrifice to the frenzy of Orlando; and actually banished poor Virgil from the house, because he had given her sex a neuter gender, and inveighed against them as "varium et mutabile." These diminutions of my liberty, only served to increase my admiration for my wife, as I considered them fresh proofs of that independent spirit, which is so necessary to enable a woman to bear up against our encroaching sex, and is so rare to be met with, in our squeamish days.
The next quality in my catalogue, for which I have to compliment my Phoebe, is her contempt of dress. It is a notorious fact, that many women ruin their husbands merely in silk, lace and muslins. My spouse is so far from running into extravagance in these articles, that I verily believe she has not two yards of either in her possession. Her general dress is a linen robe, floating loosely about, and fastened at the breast with a Roman fibula. In this robe, and an old pair of sandals, she is accustomed to wander through the woods, or by the side of some purling stream, with all the solemnity of an antique sage.
The third virtue which Phoebe boasts is chastity. This you will acknowledge is no bad quality in a wife. With what rapture have I heard her read Ariosto's account of ancient Amazons, and Haley's dissertation on the ancient maidens of this country! She has completely cleared my house of every female with a tolerable countenance, that I may be kept out of temptation; inasmuch that I may challenge the whole country to produce such a race of scare crows. I have already told of the ravages she has made in my library; but I forgot to mention, that she has insisted on my parting with a volume of Greek poems, because there was a mention of contraband goods on board, which was no other than that famous Ode of Sappho, beginning
Phaintetal moi keinos ifos theoisin.
merely because the expressions were not reconcileable to her ideas of decorum.
Thus, Sir, I have endeavoured to give you a faint sketch of the numerous virtues of my Phoebe; owing, no doubt, to the learned education I have bestowed upon her. Her particular traits of character, her impromptus, bon mots, &c. I shall leave to some future, and more able Biographer to describe. But candor obliges me to confess, that this blaze of excellence does not seem quite congenial to the feelings of those who frequent my house. The majority of my acquaintance, not being men of very profound erudition, endeavor as much as they can to keep out of her way; for she has an odd custom of putting questions, which their capacities
are not always equal to answering. She once frightened Mr. Simper, the dancing clergyman, from my table, by some inquiry relative to the plusquam perfectum of a Greek verb; and no longer ago than yesterday, while Sam Sweetwort, the brewer, was entertaining the company with a description of his phaeton and four, Phoebe stopt him short in the middle of his harangue by the following lines from Ovid
Aureus axis erat, temo aureus, aurea summae Curvatura rotae; radiorum argenteus ordo.
Per juga chrysolithi, positaque ex ordine gemmae
Clara repercussa reddebant lumina Phoebe.
Such, Sir, are the various advantages to be derived from marrying a learned woman, advantages which none but a philosopher can properly estimate, and which none but a philosopher should endeavor to secure. For it might possibly happen, that a man of confined education would not, for the sake of distant and speculative advantages, willingly forego the common routine of domestic comfort. Such a man might think his wife better employed in making custards than in making syllogisms; in pickling cucumbers than in extracting the square root. He might allow a woman a proper degree of spirit, without wishing to tear her husband's books, or his ears; and if he were extremely precise, might assert the propriety of preserving her reputation for chastity, without banishing her husband a mensa et thoro .
I am, &c.
GABRIEL STEDFAST.
PARIS, Sept. 4.
NATIONAL INSTITUTE.
In the sitting of the 5th of August, citizen Monge gave an account of the discovery made by citizen Laborde, during his travels in Spain, of certain Mosaic Representations, in the ancient city of Italica. They are far superior to any of those that have been handed down to us from antiquity.
They contain an accurate description of a circus and a chariot race. The circus is surrounded by the busts of the Muses, three of which are unfortunately broken. The ravages, however, have not extended over the whole circus, which in every respect resembles that of Caracalla. Citizen Laborde will shortly publish an account of the various monuments of antiquity which he discovered in Spain; and give a particular description of Italica, which was the birth place of Trajan, Adrian, Theodosius the Great, Silus Italicus, and Cornelius, who was a Centurion of a Cohort, called Cohors Italica , who is spoken of in the Acts of the Apostles, and who first embraced the Christian Religion. The author treats largely of the ancient circus, of the Procession, the Place of the Praetor, the Gaals, the Race Course, and the ornaments of the Circus; he compares it with the Hippodrome horse race course of Olympus, which has been described by the learned Bartholemi.
Long accounts have already been given of the factions of the circus, & the bloody quarrel which they gave rise to at Rome, and Constantinople, under the Emperors. But no ancient monuments, except the Mosaics, have ever given the particular colours by which they were distinguished. Here are to be seen the green faction and the red faction ( flava et purpurea ). The dress of the horsemen and charioteers are faithfully described; and in the Mosaic of Italica is to be observed, for the first time, the seasons distinguished by their respective colours. The Genius of Spring, which holds in its hand a bird, wears a green mantle; the Genius of Summer carries a basket full of fruit, and is clothed with a robe of a red colour; the Genius of Winter is nearly destroyed; but it can easily be perceived that it was clothed in white, that it carried a hare in its hand, and a quiver on its back.
To this explanation of the Mosaic of Italica, the Author has added his researches concerning the paintings in Mosaic, among the Ancients, and the monuments of that kind which have not yet been published. He has traversed France, England, Switzerland, Germany, Italy and Spain, and gives an account of the Mosaics he has discovered there. Rome alone contains as much of them as are to be found in the rest of Europe. Laborde's work contains a plate of the designs of the Mosaics of Italica. His work, upon the whole, is a most valuable acquisition to antiquarians.

A Trait of Revolutionary Diplomacy. ROBESPIERE, whose hawk-eye glanced death upon every one that incurred the slightest suspicion of being able to thwart his ambitious schemes, contented himself with carefully watching Sieyes. The latter, to avoid the iron arm of the tyrant, under which every thing bowed, withdrew himself from all concern in public affairs, and observed a rigorous silence.
The tyrant made use of all the means in his power to discover traces of what Sieyes might have written; he had recourse to the opening of letters; that dishonorable practice so commodiously employed by despotism, under the pretext of reasons of State, to explore the secrets of individuals; an arbitrary measure, in which Robespierre had many predecessors, and finds many imitators. All letters addressed to the suspected malcontent were opened by order of the Dictator. Sieyes, in conversation with a German friend, had expressed a wish to have some insight into Kant's new system of Philosophy. This friend had written to his brother, a man of letters in one of the German Universities, who, as he could express philosophical ideas with more facility in Latin than in French, traced in the former language a sketch of the principles of Kant's system, and directed it in a letter to Sieyes. The letter reached Paris, and was opened at the bureau of the Police. "A Latin letter, consisting of several sheets, to Sieyes—and from an enemy's country! secrets are concealed in it: perhaps even the plan of a conspiracy."
Thus thought the penetrating Diplomacy and the important letter passed to the Revolutionary Committee. This council of high wisdom examined it, comprehended nothing, and despised the language of pedants. They summoned the most able school-masters, who repeatedly read and disputed for a long time on the contents of this singular epistle. The words they could easily translate, but they could not comprehend the meaning. One of the company exclaimed, "these characters deceive us; I here perceive the cypher of a dangerous secret."
At last, in the minority of this Areopagus, one sage was found, who was able to translate some passages intelligibly, and the great secret was discovered. It was proved that the letter contained no counter-revolutionary plan, but that the philosophical language was new, the meaning difficult of comprehension, and the matter very obscure.
The following article is taken from the proceedings of the National Institute of France: C. Decondole's experiments relative to the influence of light upon certain vegetables.
The first object of the author was to ascertain the influence of light upon the sleep of leaves and flowers. As the regular vicissitudes of day and night appeared to be the chief cause of the great difficulty of such an enquiry, the author was of opinion that this might be obviated by exposing the vegetables to an artificial light, either constant or variously combined. For this purpose he placed six lamps in a dark cellar, and disposed them so that the plants which they illuminated should remain in a temperature not exceeding 66° Fahr. and protected from the smoke. These six lamps were equal to 54 candles. The results of these experiments are curious. Mustard & cress seeds sown & raised by this artificial light became sensibly greener, but their stalks were somewhat longer than in the open air. Leaves of different plants, put under water in lamp-light, gave no oxygen gas during twenty-four hours, and afterwards they decayed and gave a deleterious air. This result might be expected, since it is well known, that plants give no oxygen in the shade, and the light of six lamps cannot equal that of sun-shine. The night-blooming Cereus ( mirabilis jalapa ) exposed to the artificial light for three days continued to open in the evening and shut in the morning as usual; the same happened even in total darkness; but on being exposed to the lamps during the day, they at first became somewhat irregular in the times of expanding and closing, and on the second day they opened in the morning and shut in the evening. The convolvulus purpureus , which in common opens at ten in the evening, on exposure to lamp-light, opened at ten as usual on the first day, but at five on the succeeding day. The esembyantherum ( hibiscus ), exposed to the lamp-light during the night, and to darkness in the
day-time, came to open in the morning and close in the evening. Several extensive plants, exposed for three days to continual lamp-light, opened and closed each day two hours sooner than on the preceding day; whence it appears, that a continuance of this light has hastened their movements instead of retarding them. Exposed to light during the night, and to darkness in the day-time, their progress became irregular for two days, and then they came regular to open in the evening and shut in the morning. Total darkness did not derange their mutual movements, but a heat of 80° to 100° Fahr. retarded them. A heat of 116° rendered them sickly, and for two days deprived them of their sensibility to the touch.
FROM LATE LONDON PAPERS.
The following beautiful Lines, engraved on a Stone, afterwards found to be over the burial place of Prince Henry, the son of James the First, without any name upon it, though written in the quaint style of those times, must be admired by every lover of true poetical genius.
Reader hence! and ask not me, Whose these sacred ashes be? I purposely it is conceal'd; For the precious name reveal'd, All that read would fadly sigh, Melt themselves to tears, and die. In this marble basket lies, A matchless jewel—heaven's prize; Which Nature, in the world's disdain, Just shew'd and then put up again.
When we were at peace with France under the reign of the Bourbons, was such a thing ever heard of as that peace was a reason against uttering the most unqualified disapprobation of the Government of France? It was a favorite theme in those days, to compare the British and the French Governments, and most certainly our writers never spread the latter. Nobody ever dreamt, as the writer in the Monitor seems to insinuate, that such animadversions could effect the peace between the two countries. But, "the Child and Champion of Jacobinism" will not permit so much freedom of the press, as the Bourbons even!
It seems the Emperor has been taken by surprize, and outwitted by his brother the King of Prussia; for it is evidently against him that the Imperial Rescript is directed. The plain statement of the case is this: The King of Prussia was in such a hurry to take possession of his share in the plunder, that his troops were already advancing and taking their positions, whence, at the word of command, they might spring on their prey. The Emperor of Germany, jealous that the King had thus stolen a march upon him, addresses all the states in the most paternal language, and requests they will all keep their respective places until he is ready to shew them the road. This is indeed the true history of the Rescript, and it reminds us of a Cornish Parson on the sea coast, who, when about to commence his sermon, heard a voice cry out "wreck," and saw all his parishioners quit their pews to share in the plunder. He immediately apostrophized his flock in the following words: "My Christian Brethren! I have a word or two of great importance to say to you," (while uttering these expressions, he gently descended from the Pulpit, and advanced to the Church door,)—"Let us all start fairly."
On Monday an old man so debilitated, that he was obliged to be conveyed on an ass, was united at the altar of St. Alphaig's church, Canterbury, to a damsel of his own age.
Some interesting experiments have been lately made in the Deaf and Dumb Institute at Paris to ascertain whether the impressions made on the deaf and dumb, by the firing of cannon, the ringing of bells, &c. were produced merely by the violent concussions of the air. The experiments made by Beyer on this subject, leave no doubt respecting this problem. Of one person, it was observed, that a single tone made no impression upon him, and it was necessary to repeat several times before he was sensible of it, and able to distinguish it; from which it was inferred, that it would be necessary for this young man to learn to hear, as persons born blind who recover their sight by a surgical operation, must gradually learn to see and distinguish objects.
PRINCE HENRY OF PRUSSIA. This Prince was born in 1726, on the 18th of January, a day which has been solemnized during a century, as the Anniversary of the Prussian Kingdom. He made
his first campaign in his sixteenth year, accompanying the Royal Army as a Colonel, in 1742, into Moravia, and being soon after present at the victory of Chotusitz. In the seven years war, where he commanded the second army, he distinguished himself in a manner which procured him the unqualified approbation of his great brother, the blessings of the Prussian dominions, and the admiration of all Europe. What is so universally known needs only to be hinted at. In the war concerning the Batavian succession, he again commanded the second army, and penetrated from Saxony into Bohemia. In 1777 he travelled to Stockholm, and thence to Petersburg, whence he returned to Berlin with the Great Duke (afterwards Emperor) Paul. In 1780 he went to Spa, where he had a conference with the Emperor Joseph, and he afterwards visited France.
Wherever he went he gained the love and admiration of all who had the happiness to know him; for his character was not only ennobled and exalted by warlike virtues and political penetration, but refined by miscellaneous knowledge of every kind, by a taste for science and the fine arts: and the Hero dreaded in the field, was admired in the society of genius and learning, as the most polished and cheerful companion. His brilliant court was an assemblage of noble and ingenious persons, both from abroad and at home. He was a great connoisseur in music, and had an admirable band of musicians for the chapel, and an excellent company of French comedians. He bestowed much taste and magnificence in embellishing Sanssouci, presented to him by his brother after the peace of Hubertusberg. This romantic situation favored the happiest improvements, and the monuments he has erected in the gardens to the memory of many of his deserving cotemporaries, are the fairest monuments of his own feeling heart. Frederick the Great said of him, that he had not committed a single fault throughout the whole seven years war. Prince Henry was married to her Serene Highness the Princess Wilhelmina daughter of Maximilian, Landgrave of Hesse Cassel, and the marriage was consummated at Charlottenburg, June 25, 1752. As an honor to his memory, the King has ordered that all officers shall wear a crape on their arm for a fortnight. The Court is also gone into mourning for the same time.
Alexandria Advertiser.
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 10.
WORTHY OF IMITATION.
We understand that on the arrival of T. Paine in George-Town on Sunday evening last, (about the usual time for the supper to be served up at the Tavern, where he stopt) the landlord ushered him into the supper room with the formal introduction of "gentlemen this is Mr. Thomas Paine, author of Common Sense, The Crisis, Age of REASON, &c." when the company almost to a man rose from the table, and one of them in the name of the rest, called the landlord aside and informed him if Mr. Paine was permitted to stay in his house, they should consider it as their passport to quit it—When the landlord rather than lose a number of gentlemen, whispered in the ear of Mr. Jefferson's affectionate friend that it would be somewhat inconvenient for him to accommodate him, and requested he would seek other quarters, which he was constrained to do.
Such, fellow citizens, is the reception this Elephant of democracy received at a neighboring town, and I trust we shall not be in any manner backward in requiting his superior exertions in the inglorious cause of infidelity , if he should see proper to honor or rather dishonor this town with his presence.
COMMUNICATION.
It is said Paine could get but one man in all George-Town, to walk with him to the President's house, and that one notorious for professing deistical tenets; a tolerable clever couple to spend an hour with the philosopher of Monticello, to be sure! No doubt it gave the President an appetite for his dinner, and the provisions must have had an additional zest from the supreme felicity Mr. Jefferson felt at having his worthy friend at the same table with him. It is not known whether he invited his companion or not; but it is believed—he did not.
Nothing under heaven is more true
than that the sentiments and dispositions of a private man suffer no change in his translation to political eminence. Elevation may magnify by securing his character, or it may seem to cure, by concealing for the moment, his foibles; but upon approach you may always discover his meanness or magnanimity, as it flourished in retirement, so flourishing at the head of empire—Washington in the bosom of his family was liberal, dignified, resolute, and the model of self-command. In the government of the United States was his liberality seen to diminish, did his dignity fall, was his resoluteness shaken or his composure disturbed? Was not his administration the image of his private character, the digest of his private virtues; Franklin, in private life, forever inculcated the saving grace, and worked up his cunning into every possible shape for family use.—How was he in public? The same penny-wise economist, the same acute doubling, intriguing jesuit. And who is this wretch who would hurl to perdition, by his public writings the religion and government of all the civilized world? Why it is Paine, infamous thro' twenty years for the profligacy of his private life, and who now a hoary and passed libertine divides his hours between blasphemy and intoxication. What happy conclusion are Americans to draw from this fact? They will have a government like a mouse-trap, to let all in, and none out; because, forsooth, their President has made such of old time in his nick-nackery; and they are to have snips which will sail out of the dock at Washington, and operate without men; like his chair at Monticello. They believe him ingenious, because they have never heard of any administration like his; when in fact it is the admiration of every quibble in his tool box: and they credit him for economy in saving public money, when he is a vile spirit of avarice, which hates spending for its own sake, and which in denying Callender two hundred dollars from the privy purse, violated the constitution, and exposed to the world the public officer with all his private vices. What a lovely gestion of affairs! ( Gaz. U. S. )
Public Sale.
On Friday the 12th inst. at 3 o'Clock,
P. M. will positively be sold,
The three-story BRICK-HOUSE adjoining Messrs. Ricketts, Newton & Co's. Warehouse, on Fairfax street.
And, at the same time will be sold,
About 5 ACRES of LAND, on the Commons.
PHILIP G. MARSTELLER.
Nov. 10.
Ten Dollars Reward.
RAN AWAY from the Subscriber, about the 3d of November inst. a MULATTO BOY, named LEE, 16 or 17 years of age; had on and took with him a great variety of clothes, among which were a number belonging to his master, which will not fit him very well, a particular description of them cannot be given. The above Reward will be paid to any person who will apprehend the above runaway and confine him so that I get him again, and reasonable charges if brought home.
JOSEPH LEWIS, jun.
Clifton, Loudon county, Va.
Nov. 10.
1aw3t
NOTICE.
WHEREAS Capt. John Hand, master of the sloop Hiland , did on or about the 16th day of March, in the year 1801, receive on board said vessel, 11 CHESTS of TEA, shipped by Messrs. Cranston, Alexander & Co. merchants, residing in Philadelphia, and consigned to me, among which there was one Chest of Imperial Tea, which fell short in the weight two pounds, and at the same time I charged the said John Hand for Tea taken out of said Chest to that amount, which I did thro' heat of passion; and I now come forward for the satisfaction of Capt. Hand, to shew that he is a man for whom I have the greatest veneration, and I believe that his public as well as private character is unimpeachable and am truly sorry that I should ever have implicated him in so serious a charge.
THOMAS CRUSE.
Nov. 10.
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Cash given for rags at this office.

To be LET,
For one or more Years,
THE house now in the tenure of Mr. Thomas Clagget, situated on Queen street near Washington street, and opposite Mr. John Wife's new house, the situation is high and healthy.—For terms apply to THOMAS IRWIN.
Wanted to purchase,
1,500 or 2,000 Chesapeake Rails, for which Cash and a generous Price will be given. Apply as above.
Oct. 26. eo
BENNET & WATTS,
Have imported in the Industry, Capt. M'Kenzie, from London,
Superfine Cloths and Kerseymeres,
West of England Swan-downs, Yarn, worsted and Silk Hosiery, Lutestrings, Pelongs and Persians, Fancy Florentines and Sattins, Collar Velvet, Muffs and Tippets, Threads, Tapes and Bobbins, China, Sattin and Sarsanette Ribons, Muslins, Laces and Edgings, Veils, &c.
Ingram Yorkshire Carpets, Furniture Fringes, Cords & Tassels, Dimities, And Irons, Tongs and Shovels, Shad, Herring and Sail Twine, Nov. 1. eo3w
M'CARA and FRIDGE
Have just opened a WHOLESALE STORE, in King street, opposite SNOWDEN'S PRINTING OFFICE, where they have a large and general Assortment of MERCHANDIZE, which they will sell low for Cash or approved Notes, at 60 days;
—CONSISTING OF—
Coarse and fine cloths, coatings, blankets, flannels, corduroys, thicksets, fustians, calimancoes, checks, British muslins of every description, silk handkerchiefs, ribbons, pelong sattins, romals, policates, thread laces and edgings, cottons and chintzes, shawls, fancy pocket handkerchiefs, dimities, Irish linens, brown Hollands, toillets, cotton hosiery, sewing silks, table cloths; threads, white and coloured, by the pound or package; hats in cases assorted; knives and forks, scifars, &c. &c. &c.
They will receive a further supply of GOODS by the early Fall vessels.
To LET, the House in King street lately occupied by Mr. McCulloch. Apply as above. Sept. 17. eo2m
NOTICE.
The LAND advertised for sale by me on the 1st of October last past, is unavoidably postponed until the second Monday in November next, when it will positively be sold to the highest bidder.
GEORGE CHAPMAN.
Oct. 16.
TO LET,
A THREE-STORY
BRICK HOUSE,
On Prince, between Fairfax and Union Streets, adjoining the Store of William Hodgson. Apply to
JOHN HARPER.
October 6. eo
For Cowes and a Market,
THE AMERICAN SHIP
FELICITY,
Captain REED.
She is expected to sail in all next month, the greater part of her cargo being engaged. From 50 to 100 hhds. Tobacco will be received on Freight, if immediate application is made, and a liberal advance made to those who consign to THOMAS MIDDLETON & Co. of London.
ROBERT T. HOOE & CO.
Oct. 29. eo4f
Wanted to Hire immediately, A WOMAN to do the Cooking and Washing of a small Family. Apply to the Printer. Nov. 8. eo3t
Alexandria Circulating Library.
THE Proprietor respectfully informs his Patrons and the public, that the LIBRARY will be opened on the 1st day of December next, containing a variety of the newest and most celebrated Authors, in History, Lives, Voyages, Travels, Novels, Romances, &c. A Catalogue is now preparing and will be delivered a few days previous to the opening of the Library, and the conditions made known.
C. SHUTZ, Prince, near Water street.
Nov. 2.
Cash given for rags at this office.
SAMUEL BISHOP,
BOOKSELLER, & STATIONER.
Respectfully informs the Public that he has received from Lee & Co's Patent and Family Medicine Store, Baltimore, a fresh assortment of the following Valuable Medicines,
Which are in high esteem and general use throughout the United States, many of them being sold cheaper than the drugs of which they are compounded, could be purchased at a retail Store.
TAKE NOTICE,
That S. Bishop is appointed the ONLY Agent for Alexandria.
Dr. HAMILTON'S ELIXIR, A sovereign remedy for Colds, Obsolete Coughs, Asthmas, Catarrhs, Sore Throats, and Approaching Consumptions.
To parents who may have children afflicted with the HOOPING COUGH.
This discovery is of the first magnitude, as it is an immediate relief, checks the progress, and in a short time entirely removes the most cruel disorder to which children are liable—the Elixir is so perfectly agreeable and the dose so small, that no difficulty arises in taking it.
From LUTHER MARTIN, Esq. Attorney-General of the State of Maryland.
Gentlemen, I comply with your request in stating my opinion of Hamilton's Elixir. It has been used in my family for two or three years past, with uniform success, whenever colds, coughs, or similar complaints have rendered medicine necessary. I have myself found it an excellent and agreeable remedy for a very painful and troublesome affection of the breast, accompanied with soreness and with obstructed and difficult breathing.
On these accounts I do not hesitate to recommend Hamilton's Elixir, as a valuable medicine, and deserving public attention.
LUTHER MARTIN.
Mr. Abijah Henly, Bridge-Street, Baltimore, was cured by one bottle of Hamilton's Elixir of a very complicated disorder, occasioned by a severe cold caught several months ago. He breathed with the greatest difficulty, and was often thrown into weakening sweats when he attempted to walk any distance, and his voice would frequently fail in such a degree that he could only attempt to whisper, he has been upwards of six weeks without a return of his complaints, and desires to give this public testimony in favour of this invaluable medicine.
Dr. Hamilton's
GRAND RESTORATIVE, Is recommended as an invaluable medicine, for the speedy relief and permanent cure of the various complaints which result from dissipated pleasures—juvenile indiscretions—residence in climates unfavourable to the constitution—the immoderate use of tea, frequent intoxication, or any other destructive intemperance—the unskillful or excessive use of mercury—the diseases peculiar to females, at a certain period of life—bad lyings in, &c. &c.
And is proved by long and extensive experience to be absolutely unparalleled in the cure of Nervous disorders, Consumption, Loss of Spirits, Loss of appetite, Impurity of the blood, Hysterical affections, Inward weakness, Seminal weakness, Fluor albus, (or whites) Barrenness, Violent cramps in the stomach and back, Indigestion, Flatulency, Gout in the stomach, Pains in the limbs, Relaxations, Involuntary emissions, Obsolete gleet, Impotency, &c. &c. In cases of extremity, where the long prevalence and obstinacy of disease has brought on a general impoverishment of the system, excessive debility of the whole frame, and a wasting of the flesh, which no nourishment or cordial could repair a perseverance in the use of this medicine has performed the most astonishing cures.
HAMILTON'S ESSENCE and EXTRACT of MUSTARD,
A safe and effectual remedy for gout, rheumatism, palsy, sprains, bruises, pains in the face and neck, &c. And has performed more cures in the above complaints than all the other medicines ever before made public.
From Dr. Weatherburn, Wythe county, Virginia.
Gentlemen, I purchased at your shop the preparations you call Hamilton's Essence, or Extract of Mustard, which I believe has perfectly removed a chronic rheumatism (of that kind named sciatica, or of the hip joint) under which I had laboured for a long time, and which had baffled every article in the Materia Medica, and every mode of treatment received into practice for the cure of this obstinate disease. If you think this letter useful you are at liberty to make it public. Yours, &c. P. WEATHERBURN.
John Hoover, rope-maker, South Second Street, between Mary and Christian-Street, Philadelphia, voluntarily maketh oath as follows, namely, that his wife, Mary Hoover, was so severely afflicted with a violent rheumatism, very dangerously situated, the consequence of a severe cold after lying in, as to be confined to her bed for several weeks, and was at length reduced to the melancholy apprehension of remaining a cripple for life, notwithstanding the most respectable medical advice was followed, and every probable remedy attempted: when seeing several cases of cures performed by Hamilton's Essence and Extract of Mustard, they were procured from Mr. Birch, No. 17, South Second-Street. The first application enabled her to walk across the room, and the use of one bottle restored her to her usual state of health and strength. JOHN HOOVER
Sworn and subscribed before Ebenezer Ferguson, Esq. one of the justices of the peace for Philadelphia County.
HAMILTON'S
WORM DESTROYING LOZENGES. Which have within four years past cured upwards of one hundred and twenty thousand persons of both sexes, of every age, and in every situation, of various dangerous complaints arising from worms, and form obstructions or foulness in the stomach and bowels.
This medicine bears no analogy whatever of similar title, so commonly complained of as operating with violence; on the contrary, a particular excellence of this remedy is its being suited to every age and constitution; contains nothing but what is perfectly innocent, and is so mild in its operation that it cannot injure the most delicate pregnant lady, or the tenderest infant of a week old, should no worms exist in the body; but will, without pain or griping, cleanse the stomach and bowels of whatever is foul or offensive, and thereby prevent the production of worms and many fatal disorders, They are particularly efficacious in carrying off all gross humours and eruptions; feverish and bilious complaints, and are the safest and mildest purgative that can be used on any occasion. Description of Worms, and the symptoms by which they are known.
Worms which infest the human body, are chiefly of four kinds, viz. the Terec or large round worm, the Ascarides, or small maw worm, the Cucurbitina, or short, flat, white worm, and lastly, the Tania, or tape worm, so called from its resemblance to tape; this is often many yards long, and is full of joints—it is most hurtful, and most difficult to cure.
Among the symptoms attending worms, are disagreeable breath, especially in the morning—Bad and corrupted gums—itching in the nose and about the seat—Convulsions and epileptic fits, and sometimes privation of speech—Staring and grinding of the teeth in sleep—Irregular appetite, sometimes loathing food, and sometimes voracious—Purging, with slimy and foetid stools—Vomiting—Large and hard belly—Pains and sickness at the stomach—Pains in the head and thighs, with lowness of spirits—Slow fever, with small and irregular pulse—A dry cough—Excessive thirst—Sometimes pale and unhealthy countenance, and sometimes the face bloated and flushed.
Persons afflicted with any of the above symptoms, should have immediate recourse to HAMILTON'S WORM DESTROYING LOZENGES, which have been constantly attended with success in all complaints similar to those above described.
A dose of this medicine given occasionally during the warm season, will effectually prevent the vomiting and purging of children, a dreadful disorder which annually destroys thousands of the infant part of our cities. It is likewise the mildest and most certain remedy known and has restored to health and strength a great number when in an advanced stage of this fatal complaint. Particular and plain instructions are given for every part of the necessary treatment in such cases.
Children generally take this medicine with eagerness; having a pleasing appearance, and an agreeable taste.
CASES OF CURES.
(Selected from thousands) the authenticity of which any person may ascertain, either by letter or personal application.
TAPE-WORM.
Mr. SAMUEL FULLER, Inn-keeper, on the Harford road, ten miles from Baltimore, began about 20 months ago to be grievously afflicted with a tape worm, which increased fast in size and strength, so as to excite the most horrid sensations by its writhing motions and intolerable pains, resembling the gnawing and tearing of his bowels, which deprived him of his necessary sleep, and caused such dreadful apprehensions as cannot be conceived but by one in a similar situation—his appetite wasted rapidly, and with that his strength, so that he was unable to attend to any business—when he heard of some excellent cures performed by Hamilton's worm lozenges, he took a large dose, which brought away about FOUR YARDS of the worm (now in the possession of Lee & Co.)—but a renewal of his pains soon convinced him that this monstrous reptile had recovered its first vigour—Application was made to Lee & Co. for more of their medicine, with their advice—from which resulted the total expulsion of his formidable enemy, in several pieces, which he supposed to be SIX or EIGHT YARDS more. A few months have since elapsed, and Mr. Fuller is now in perfect health. The above facts are well known to a numerous circle of his neighbours, and himself will gratify any who may wish to make further inquiries on the subject. Although Hamilton's worm lozenges produce such powerful effects, when necessary, yet they are perfectly innocent and mild in their operation on the human body, even taken in large doses, as Mr. Fuller will testify—their particular mildness is abundantly evident in innumerable cures of infants.
Communicated by Dr. John Spangler, York-town, Pennsylvania.
Letter from the reverend Mr. JOHN MOLTHER, minister of the Moravian church, in York-town.
York, January 4th, 1802.
Dear Sir, Dr. Hamilton's lozenges have been recommended to me as a very adequate means for the cure of children afflicted with worms, I procured a box for the use of my family, to try, whether by means of this medicine, I might be enabled to gain a point, which, to accomplish, different other means had proved abortive. My eldest boy had a very sickly appearance, was very restless at night, grew leaner from time to time; in short, he seemed to be in a precarious state of health, which would yield to none of the medicines administered, until I gave him two doses of lozenges, agreeably to the directions, which carried off a substance to all appearance a mucus, but upon close inspection quite replete with very small living animals. Not one of the
sort of worms which usually afflict children came from him. Since that period he grew remarkably better in health, and though lean, has got a fresh and lively complexion. Upon different occasions I have used this medicine as a purging substitute, and found it to answer exceedingly well, without bringing on belly-ache, or any of those disagreeable sensations, so often occasioned by purging medicines. Upon the whole, I judge this medicine to be, besides its main object, one of the most salutary means for restoring lost appetite, and promoting a proper state of digestion, by carrying off that bilious substance, which engenders so much indisposition both among children and adults.
I am, Sir, your most obedient servant, JOHN MOLTHER.
Dr. HAHN'S TRUE and GENUINE GERMAN CORN PLAISTER.
An infallible remedy for corns, speedily removing them, root and branch, without giving pain.
THE GENUINE PERSIAN LOTION,
So celebrated among the fashionable throughout Europe, as an invaluable cosmetic, perfectly innocent and safe, free from corrosive and repellent minerals (the basis of other lotions) and of unparalleled efficacy in preventing and removing blemishes in the face and skin of every kind, particularly freckles, pimples, inflammatory redness, scurfs, tatters, ring worms, lun turns, prickly heat, &c.
The Persian Lotion operates mildly, without impeding that natural, insensible perspiration which is essential to health. Yet its salutary effects are speedy and permanent, rendering the skin delicately soft and clear, improving the complexion, and restoring the bloom of youth. Never failing to render an ordinary countenance beautiful, and an handsome one more so.
THE RESTORATIVE POWDER for the TEETH and GUMS.
This excellent preparation comforts and strengthens the gums, preserves the enamel from decay, and cleanses and whitens the teeth, by absorbing all that acrimonious slime & foulness, which suffered to accumulate, never fails to injure and finally ruin them.
Dr. HAHN'S GENUINE EYE WATER.
A sovereign remedy for all diseases of the eye, whether the effect of natural weakness or of accident, defluxions of rheum, dullness, itching and films on the eyes, never failing to cure those maladies which frequently succeed the small pox, measles and fevers, and wonderfully strengthening a weak sight. Hundreds have experienced its excellent virtues, when nearly deprived of sight.
TOOTH ACH DROPS.
The only remedy yet discovered which gives immediate and lasting relief in the most severe instances.
THE SOVEREIGN OINTMENT for the ITCH,
Which is warranted an infallible remedy at one application, and may be used with perfect safety by pregnant women, or on infants a week old, not containing a particle of mercury, or any other dangerous ingredient whatever, and is not accompanied with that tormenting smart which attends the application of other remedies.
THE ANODYNE ELIXIR.
For the cure of every kind of head-ache.
INDIAN VEGETABLE SPECIFIC.
A safe and speedy remedy for the venereal disease.
"An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure."
For the prevention and cure of bilious and malignant fevers.
IS RECOMMENDED
Dr. HAHN'S ANTI-BILIOUS PILLS.
The operation of these pills is perfectly mild, is as to be used with safety by persons in every situation, and of every age.
They are excellently adapted to carry off superfluous bile, and prevent its morbid secretions—to restore and amend the appetite—to procure a free perspiration, and thereby prevent colds, which are often attended with fatal consequences—a dose never fails to remove a cold, if taken on its first appearance. They are celebrated for removing habitual costiveness—sickness at the stomach, and severe head ache—and ought to be taken by all persons on a change of climate.
Sold likewise by S. Pleasants, Richmond; Ross and Douglass, Petersburg; T. Green, Fredericksburgh; G. Purdie, Smithfield; M. Jones, Suffolk; Dr. Miller, Winchester; R. Green, how, Williamsburg; and J. Shaw, Leesburg.
COTTON & STEWART
Have just received a large and general assortment of
BOOKS
In the different branches of Literature.
ALMANACS
For 1803,
With a general assortment of Dr. Church's Patent Medicines, Which they offer wholesale or retail to the public at very reduced prices. October 12.
PRINTED DAILY BY S. SNOWDEN.