Alexandria daily advertiser (Alexandria [Va.]), 1803-09-24 00:00:00

Alexandria Daily Advertiser.
Vol. III.]
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 1803.
[No. 867.]
Public Vendue.
On TUESDAY , At 10 o'clock, will be sold at the Vendue Store, Rum in hogheads and barrels, French Brandy in pipes, Gin in pipes and bds. Whiskey and Apple Brandy in bds. Sugar in hds. tierces and bds. Coffee in tierces and bags, Chocolate White and brown Soap } in Boxes, Mould and dip'd Candles } Raisins in kegs, boxes and jars, Figs in kegs and frails, Queens Ware in crates, FURNITURE, &c.
A variety of DRY GOODS,
Among which are, Cloths, Coatings, Kerseymeres, Duffs, Plains and Kersies, Negro Cottons, Serges, Elasticks, blue Friezes, Calimancoes and Russels, Yarn Stockings, Chintzes and Calicoes, Irish Linens, Silesia do. Osnaburgs and Ticklenburgs, Mussins and Mussin Hand'ls, India Mussins and Table Cloths Bandanna Handkerchiefs, Coloured Threads, Hats, And sundry other Articles. P. G. MARSTELLER.
September 20.
FOR SALE, Bills of Exchange on London. Wm. HODGSON.
Sales by Auction.
On WEDNESDAY , At 10 o'clock, will be sold at the Vendue Store, the corner of King and Union Streets. Rum in hds. and barrels, Whiskey in barrels, Apple Brandy in barrels, Gin in casks, Wine in pipes and quarter casks, Molasses in hds. Sugar in hds. and barrels, White and brown Soap in boxes, Coffee in casks and bags, Raisins in kegs and boxes, Queen's Ware, and
A variety of DRY GOODS,
—AMONG WHICH ARE— Broad Cloths, Irish Linens, Cassimeres, Calicoes, Kersies, Threads, Coatings, Chintzes, Halfthicks, Bedticks, Fearnought, Osnaburgs, Blankets, Sewing Silks, Planes, Mussin and Mussin Negro Cottons, Handkerchiefs, Worsted and other India Cottons, &c Stockings, &c.
THOS. PATTEN, Auctioneer.
September 20.
Ricketts, Newton and Co.
Have received and for Sale, A few bales German Linens, 2 trunks calicoes and chintzes, 2 do. hosiery, 10 boxes wool and cotton cards, 5 tresses threads, 30 boxes dip'd and mould candles, 10 hds. molasses, 4 do. Jamaica spirits, 6 do. sugars, 20 barrels prime pork, 50 do. herrings, 20 do. shad, 30 kegs James river tobacco, 100 tons plaster.
They are giving Cash, for wheat, flour, corn, rye, beans and tobacco. August 1. d
Fifteen Dollars Reward.
RAN AWAY from the subscriber, about the 20th day of July last, a Negro boy called SAM, about 18 years of age, 5 feet 4 or 6 inches high, tolerably stout made, with a scar on his upper lip, not quite cured when he left home. I suspect he has obtained a pass, and will endeavor to pass for a freeman. I will give the above reward to any person who will deliver him to me, living within two miles of the Falls Church, Fairfax county, Virginia, or Ten Dollars, if secured in any jail so that I get him again.
C. F. Whiting.
Sept. 2. d
WILLIAM RAMSAY
HAS OPENED A Grocery Store in Prince Street, Next door to Dr. Dick's, Where he intends keeping a general assortment of genuine articles in that line, and now offers for sale on moderate terms,
LONDON particular } Madeira, } Port in casks and bottles, } WINES, Colmenar and Malaga } Old St. Julian and Medoc Claret in cases of 2 dozen each,
White Wine Vinegar, 4th proof Jamaica Rum, Do. Cogniac Brandy, Holland Gin, Loaf, lump and Muscovado Sugar, Sugar House Molasses,
Imperial, } Chulan, } Hyson, } Young Hyson, } Hyson Skin, } Souchoog, } Pouchong Souchoog, } Padra Souchoog, } Peco Souchoog, } Bohea } Fresh Teas of the latest Importations.
Green Coffee, Durham and Dixon's Mustard, Allspice, Cinnamon, Cloves, Mace and Nut-
megs, Nantz and Bourdeaux Sallad Oil, Catchup, brandied Fruits and English Pickles, Olives, Capers and Anchovies, Prunes, Raisins, and soft shell Almonds, Leiper's Snuff in bottles, Do. best Smoking Tobacco, Martin's best Spanish Segars, Basket Salt for table use, Georgia Cotton, Martinique Noyau, Mould and dip'd Candles, Jersey Cheese of an excellent quality, Wrapping Paper, brown and blue, Roll Brimstone, Fig Blue.
To be Rented, And possession given immediately, the dwelling HOUSE above said store. It is now in good re- pair, and well calculated to accommodate a gen- teel family. Apply as above. June 27. d
For Sale,
A healthy, stout, young Negro Woman.— Enquire of the Printer. August 3. d
Robert & John Gray,
King Street, Have just received from N. York, An additional assortment of BOOKS,
of which the following are a part: Dr. Lettome's Hints, designed to promote Beneficence, Temperance and Medical Science, 3 vols. 8vo. boards. Federalist, 2 vols. 8vo. calf gilt; the same in sheep.
Dobson's Life of Petrarch, do. do. Public Characters, or Cotemporary Biography, 8vo. Public Characters, for 1802 and 1803, boards. Adventures of Telemachus, 2 vols. 8vo. calf, gilt. Thompson's Seasons, with fine plates, calf, gilt.
Lady's Monthly Museum, ornamented with beautiful engravings of Fashion for every Month in the Year, 9 vols. 12mo. calf, gilt. German Theatre, 6 vols. calf, gilt. Young Gentleman and Lady's Magazine, 2 vols. 8vo. Lord Kames's Sketches of the History of Man, 4 vols. 12mo. Thalaba, the Destroyer, a metrical romance, by Robert Southey, 2 vols. 12mo.
Thompson's Pictures of Poetry, 12mo. The Enchanted Plants, fine plates, calf, gilt. Pleasure and pains of Memory, do. do. Belles Lettres Repository for 1801, '2 and '3; fine not pressed, ornamented with plates. Gifford's Baviad and Maviad, 12mo. boards. Evan's Essays on the action for money had and received, on the Law of Insurances, and on the Law of Bills of Exchange and Promissory Notes, 8vo.
Taylor's Reports, 8vo. Porcupine's Works, 2 vols. 8vo. Folio, quarto, octavo and pocket Bibles, gilt & plain; common Prayer Books, gilt and plain; Watt's Psalms & Hymns, large and small; do. bound in Morocco. Wallace on Diseases. Townsend's Guide to Health. Brown's Elements of Medicine. John Bell's Anatomy, And a great number of other articles too nume- rous to insert in an advertisement. July 27. d
For Sale,
THE SLOOP Diana, a good tight vessel, carries 3000 bushels, or 600 barrels flour.
ALSO,
The Schooner Leboa, burthen Five Hundred barrels. Both vessels are lying at our wharf, and will be sold on low terms.
We have received by the sloop Diana, 60 hds. Guadalupe clayed Sugars, of good quality,
And have on hand,
Jamaica Spirits, Windward Rum, Muscovado Sugars, first and second qualities, Pork, Whiskey, &c. &c. all which will be sold at reasonable prices.
JOHN & THOS. VOWELL.
Sept. 8. d
For Freight or Charter,
THE SHIP Fair American, Capt. STOVER, about two years old, burthen 217 tons. Apply to
Janney & Paton.
Who have received and for sale on board said vessel, 160 tons Plaister of Paris.
For FREIGHT, (Coastways)
THE Schooner SEA FLOWER, ELBY DOUGHTY, Master; burthen 500 barrels, now lying at the upper side of Prince street wharf.— Apply to the master on board, or to Daniel M'Clean.
Who has for sale,
Peach Brandy of an excellent qua- lity, soap and candles, mess and prime pork, Phi- ladelphia hoop and bar iron, nail rods and foal leather. August 23. d
The Ship United States,
Capt. FINLEY, A constant Trader, arrived at Liverpool on the 9th of July, after a passage of twenty six days, we expect her to arrive here in all this month, and are desirous of en- gaging some FREIGHT, so as not to detain her long in port. For Freight or Passage be pleased to apply to Ricketts, Newton & Co. Sept. 2. d
For Freight or Charter,
(To any port in the West Indies or the U. States)
THE SCH'R DISPATCH,
JOSHUA FREEBLE, Master, burthen 750 barrels. She is a fine staunch vessel, completely found and ready to receive a cargo immediately. Apply to the master on board at Gilpin's Wharf, or to JOSEPH RIDDLE, & Co. Sept. 7. d
MUSCOVADO SUGAR.
THE subscribers have received, per the sch'r Leboa, and offer for sale on reasonable terms, 5 hds. } First quality 19 tierces, } Guadalupe Sugar. 79 bds. }
They have also on hand,
20 puncheons 4th proof Jamaica Spirits, 12 do. do. St. Kitts Rum, Whiskey in tierces and bds. And a parcel of St. Martin's Salt. J. and T. Vowell. August 26. d
Ten Dollars Reward.
RAN AWAY from the subscriber, on the 19th of July, a negro man named
MOSES:
he is a tall boney man, about 6 feet high, not very fleshy, has a remarkable scar across the middle of his nose, his hair long and strait for that of a Negro, though not tied. He has been several times seen calking about Alexandria. Any person who will deliver me the said Ne- gro, or secure him and give me information thereof, shall receive the above reward. AUG: J. SMITH. Fairfax County, Aug. 3. eo
Cash given for clean linen and cotton rags. August 19
JUST PUBLISHED,
And for sale by Robert and John Gray, At their Book Store, King Street, Alexandria, HISTORY
OF THE
British Expedition to Egypt. TO WHICH IS SUBJOINED, A sketch of the present state of that country and its means of defence. Illustrated with maps, and a portrait of Sir
RALPH ABERCROMBIE.
BY ROBERT T. WILSON,
Lieutenant Colonel of Cavalry, in his Bri- tannic Majesty's service, and Knight of the Imperial Military Order of Maria Theresa.
September 21. d
For Sale,
A handsome FARM,
Three miles from Alexandria, partly lying on the main road that leads to Colchester, containing one hundred and twenty five acres, handsomely improved, and pleasantly situated; on the pre- mises are a neat dwelling house, a kitchen ad- joining, dairy, an excellent well of water, and a barn 60 feet long, together with a general collec- tion of choice fruit trees. The situation as a coun- try seat is well adapted for the residence of any person who may buy it, and will be sold on mode- rate terms by the proprietor. THOS. RICHARDS. Sept. 5. d
Public Sale.
On Wednesday the 12th of October, 1803, if fair, if not the next fair day, will be sold at public sales, to the highest bidder, at Raspberry Plain, the dwelling of the late Stephens T. Mason, Esq.
SUNDRY SLAVES.
consisting of likely and valuable Men, Wo- men and Children, sundry Horses, Cattle, Mules and Asses. The terms of sale will be; for all sums over ten dollars nine months credit will be given upon the Purchaser's giving bond and ap- proved security: for all sums under ten dollars, in the whole by one purchaser the cash must be paid. Any claim against the late S. T. Mason previously shown to and admitted by the Execu- tor as just, will be received in payment for arti- cles so bid for and in the things purchased a pro- per discount made from the sum bid to make the payment equal to Cash. JOHN T. MASON, Executor of S. T. MASON.
ALL persons having any claims against the late Stephens T. Mason, Esq. are desired to bring them in to the subscriber living in George Town, to Major Armistead Long, living in Leesburg, to Armistead T. Mason the son of the deceased, residing at his late dwelling, or to A- braham B. T. Mason, living in Loudoun County, properly and legally authenticated, that mea- sures may be taken for the adjustment thereof.
The subscriber will sell one thousand acres of land situate near Little River in Loudoun Coun- ty, it being the land lately purchased by the de- ceased S. T. Mason of James Mercer's repre- sentatives; the land is of good quality, more than two thirds of it uncleared and heavily tim- bered. The terms will be made to suit purchasers, and claims against the deceased's property authen- ticated and admitted to be just will be received in payment by JOHN T. MASON, Ex. of S. T. Mason. Sept. 5. eo4v
VALUABLE LANDS
FOR SALE.
By virtue of a Deed of Trust executed by Henry Lee to the subscriber, for securing a debt due from said Henry Lee, to Wm. Lud- well Lee, deceased, the following tracts of Land will be
Sold at public Auction,
for ready money, at the times and places here- after mentioned, that is to say:
One Tract containing 2,800 acres called Hollis's Marsh, lying in the county of Westmoreland, adjoining the Stafford estate, and bordering on the Potomac river.
One other Tract containing 500 acres lying in the county of Fairfax, at the mouth of Difficult run, on the west side thereof, and bounded by the Potomac river at the Great Falls.
One other tract containing 1600 acres, together with a moiety of a MILL, lying in Frederick county, where the said tract is called and known by the name of Buffalo Marsh.
These tracts will be sold on the respective pre- mises: The 1st on the 28th of September; the 2d on the 6th of October, and the 3d on the 13th of October next.
The above tracts will be laid off and sold in smaller parcels, if the title papers can be obtained in time to enable the subscriber to have them divided. Bushrod Washington. August 19. d13thQ

For Freight or Charter, To any Port in Europe, (the Baltic and Mediterranean excepted.) The Ship ANN, CHAS. BRADFORD, Master; burthen 232 tons, just off her first voyage, in complete order and will be ready to receive a cargo in a few days. For terms apply to the master on board, at King street wharf, or Thomas Irwin.
The Owners and Consignees of merchandise, on board the above ship, are requested to make immediate application for the same; such as do not, may be assured they will be landed and stored for their accounts. Sept. 23. d7 1/2
For Freight or Charter, The Schooner RESOLUTION, Job Simmons, Master; complete, staunch vessel, burthen 950 barrels, ready to receive a cargo. Apply to John G. Ladd, at his dwelling house on Prince, between Fairfax and Royal streets. Sept. 22. d
Just Received, 10 chests Bohea, } TEAS 8 do. Souchong } of late importations and excellent quality. Apply next door below Col. Gilpin's, in King street, to John Potts. Sept. 1. d3 2aw
The last Notice. HAVING before cautioned all persons from dealing with or crediting my wife, Peggy Trammell Smallwood, I now, for the last time, repeat it; and shall not, from this date, consider myself accountable for any debt she may henceforth contract. Sampson Trammell Smallwood. Sept. 23. 3 1/2
The Marine Insurance Association continue to meet at their office every day from 12 till 2 o'clock. Wm. Groverman, Broker. Sept. 22. d3 1/2
Notice. DURING my absence from this place, Joseph Gilpin is empowered to transact my business. Benjamin Shreve, jun. Sept. 19. d
FLAX SEED. The highest price given for Flax Seed. A. Smith & Son. (a 5 d)
During the present sickly season, the use of STOUGHTON'S BITTERS will be found of the greatest service; by fortifying the constitution against contagion, and by bracing the system. It may be used instead of ardent spirits, mixed with a glass of water, tea or other beverage. It is also one of the best preventives against the ague and fever, restores lost appetite, expels worms in children, and cures the windy cholick. These Bitters may be had, with copious directions, in quart bottles, from the original warehouse in London, at one fourth part of the former charge in vials, at Robert & John Gray's book store, Alexandria. Sept. 20. eozt
Notice. THE Office of the Marine Insurance Company of Alexandria is removed to the house of Jas. B. Nickolls. By order of the Board, J. B. NICKOLLS, Sec'y.
N. B. The hours of meeting of the Board are the same as usual, and the time of acceptance is extended to four o'clock. Insurance Office, Sept. 15. d
Land for Sale. I wish to sell from a thousand to twelve hundred acres of good Farming Land, in the county of Fairfax, on the waters of Pope's Head and Jonymore runs. This land will either be sold together or in separate parcels, as may be agreed on. It is well situated for the disposal of produce, being within twenty miles of Alexandria, and thirteen of the Occoquan Mills. Any person, wishing to purchase, may know the terms by applying to the subscriber near Dumfries. John Gibson. Sept. 13. d6w
Hay Market Races. THE Hay Market Jockey Club will commence on the 3d day of October, being the first Monday in said month, and will continue three days: the first day four miles heats, the second day three mile heats, and the third two mile heats, free for any horse, mare or gelding, agreeably to the rules of the Frederickburg Jockey Club. W. I. WASHINGTON, Sept. 9. 1aw 3w 1/2 Sec'ty.
For Sale AT THE VENDUE STORE, A few boxes Essence of Spruce, with directions how to make the Beer. THOS. PATTEN. June 4. d
FROM THE BALANCE. No. V. A comparative view of the disadvantages and benefits, which would probably accrue to the United States from an enlargement of their territorial limits by the purchase of either LOUISIANA or THE FLORIDAS.
The vast region of Louisiana, were it freely given to the United States, on condition of their taking vigorous measures for its speedy settlement, would, in respect to the particular interests of the Eastern and Middle States, prove a baneful gift.* It would check the growth of their population; it would drain away their men and their money; it would increase the scarcity of labourers; it would reduce the value of their real estates; and, in almost every respect, it would injure their agricultural and manufacturing interests; at the same time, it would tend to lessen, and finally to destroy their political weight in the general scale.
Mr. Livingston uses the following conclusive and forcible reasoning on this subject with the French government. "If it be the free class that is to be mustered by emigrations from France, it will be composed of that class of the people, which not only could support themselves in France, but besides, increase the national riches by their industry. For France is not overburthened by her population; and consequently every emigration will form a vacuum somewhere, or abandon some useful branch, which will no longer be carried on. The emigrant carries away with him a portion of the general good, in the mass of the productive labour of the mother country; he also carries away with him a portion of the capital, for he never goes with empty hands."
This reasoning applies with more than treble force, in exposing the injurious and fatal consequences of large emigrations from the Eastern and Middle States of the Union. Already they have felt the mischiefs of such emigrations. Immense multitudes have already emigrated toward the waters of the Mississippi and the Ohio. Almost every man among those multitudes took off money with him; and some of them large sums. Their capitals are wanted at home; and the aggregate mass of their productive industry is wanted still more. Labourers are scarcer even than money; farming labour is now dearer than it was in times past, when money was much plentier, and land-produce much higher. This has operated as a heavy discouragement upon agriculture. I am credibly informed that, even in Connecticut, there are farms, which, this very year, lie entirely or almost uncultivated for want of labourers: indeed it is a fact, that at the present rates of land-produce and of labour, the produce of a middling farm would but little more than pay for the work, which necessity requires to be done upon it. This great and serious evil would be much increased by settling Louisiana. It would open fresh drains upon the inhabitants of the old States. The rage of emigration from the East towards the Western waters had begun to subside; but attempts to settle Louisiana would revive it and carry it to a greater extent than ever. Louisiana sold by government to companies of land-jobbers, would rouse to action fresh hosts of speculators. Every cunning and every seductive art would be used to allure men from home and to win their money. The exemption from taxes, the mildness of the climate, the cheapness and richness of the lands, together with other favourable circumstances, would be painted in glaring colours. That region would be represented as the garden of America, as possessing the charms of Eden; such exertions of cunning speculators, traversing the whole country to sell their lands, could not fail of succeeding. Enterprising young men would emigrate to a country, that should promise them wealth on the easiest terms. Monied men would invest a part of their capital in this new land of speculation, or perhaps would go personally, carrying with them all their fortunes, and drawing after them numbers of their dependants, neighbours and acquaintances. The sons of labour and toil, who get their living by the sweat of their faces, and are the most necessary and useful members of society, would be allured away to the land that "flows with milk and honey," and that will pour its rich productions almost spontaneously into the garners of its possessors. Thus there would be a drain of the monied, the enterprising and the industrious classes of people; and the scarcity of money, and what is worse, the scarcity of labour, would be greatly increased. These are not the dreams of fancy: they are serious and alarming events, which the settling of Louisiana would, in some degree, most certainly produce.
* Whenever the Middle States are mentioned in these essays, the writer means only the States of New-York, New-Jersey, Delaware, and that part of Pennsylvania which lies East of the Alleghany mountains.
Nor would any of the States be more injuriously affected by the opening of new drains for vast emigrations toward and even beyond the Mississippi, than the State of New-York. This State, were it as populous as France, would contain considerable more people than there now are in the whole Union. Its lands are excellent; and it possesses superior advantages for water carriage. "Such is the intersection of the whole State, by the Hudson and its branches, and by the branches of the Delaware, the Susquehannah, and other rivers, that there are few places, throughout its whole extent, that are more than fifteen or twenty miles from some boatable or navigable stream." This State is now mostly a wilderness. The only very considerable settlements therein, till within a few years, are Long-Island, and also two long and narrow strips of land, each about twenty miles wide, extending Northward from the city of New-York, on either side of the Hudson. Most of the country towns, even in the neighborhood of the Hudson, are so thinly settled that very little of their lands, through scarcity of laborers, is brought into high cultivation; and much is still uncultivated and useless; in the mean time, the dispersed situation of the inhabitants, or the remoteness of neighbours from each other, renders good schools at convenient distances, totally impracticable. This last circumstance is a very serious evil, especially in a free republican country. Lately, on the Mohawk river, and into the Genessee country, forming an oblong bearing West and South West from Albany, population has extended with such rapidity, and has been attended with such improvements in cultivation and in buildings, as perhaps no other portion of the globe ever witnessed, in so short a time. There has been a most favorable prospect of speedily turning the residue of that vast wilderness, whose soil is exceedingly luxuriant, into fruitful fields.
Attempts to settle Louisiana would cloud this prospect; the lures held out from that quarter would prove irresistible. Much money would be employed in speculating there which otherwise might be employed in promoting useful improvements here. Many industrious families would emigrate beyond the Mississippi, who, but for the newly opened source of land speculation, might help to fill up the vast "vacuums" in this State. The injurious consequences are so plain, that it is needless to particularize them.
There is another important consideration growing out of this subject, and directly affecting the interests of the Eastern and Middle States, which, as it might be invidious to urge it, I shall but slightly notice. The seat of empire, in the United States, is drawing fast towards the Western waters; there, as its centre, it must ultimately fix. It was remarked in the first of these essays, on the authority of Dr. Morse, that the river Mississippi, together with its Eastern branches, waters five-eighths of the United States. Three States, within a very few years, have risen into existence on the banks of the Mississippi and the Ohio; another state, it is expected, will soon be received into the Union; others still, at no great distance of time, may succeed. If an immense region, West of the Mississippi, should be annexed to the Union, and measures should be used, under the patronage of government, to settle it, several States might quickly grow up there. In such an event, the men of the East, while they would inevitably experience the diminution and almost total loss of their political weight and consequence, might still, perhaps, console themselves by recounting the valorous deeds of their fathers, in achieving our national independence.
CALCULATOR.
Late Foreign Intelligence, Received by the ship Diana, captain Howey, arrived at Baltimore, on Monday last, in 39 days from Cork.
CORK, August 4. ROMAN CATHOLICS.
The following has been sent by the titular archbishop of the diocese of Dublin to the different parochial clergymen of the Catholic religion:
Reverend Sirs, The following exhortation is to be read in the respective chapels, and otherwise communicated as generally as possible, during a fortnight from this date, and so long after as you may respectively deem expedient. Relying on your experienced loyalty, I have no doubt of your exertions in promoting peace and good order, and preventing any attempt to disturb either. I remain, With perfect regard, Reverend Sirs, Your very humble servant in Christ, Dublin, Sunday, July 24, 1803.
"Dear Christians," Our inexpressible concern at the rebellious outrages in this city during last night, is only equalled by our surprise and astonishment at their having taken place, when we flattered ourselves that a returning sense of religious duties, and the effectual prevention of a repetition of them, have cannot forget our frequent exhortations to a loyal and peaceful demeanor, nor our repeated instructions on the religious obligation of allegiance to the king, obedience to the laws, and respect to all those constituted by Divine Providence to govern us, so forcibly enjoined by our Divine Redeemer and his apostles, and constantly exemplified in the submissive conduct of all good Christians under every form of established government, whether administered by Infidel, Mahometan, or Christian rulers of any denomination. You cannot plead ignorance of these principles of the Catholic religion, in justification or extenuation of any deviation from the observance of them, which is still more inexcusable and aggravated by the ingratitude of such Roman Catholics as are or may be concerned in the recent or any other rebellious proceedings, or connected with any seditions associates, after the many great benefits conferred on their body in this kingdom, during his majesty's auspicious reign. Has his excellency Earl Harwicke, the present chief governor of this kingdom, provoked discontent, or excited jealousies? Far otherwise. Conciliation has been the most prominent feature of his excellency's mild administration. Has not the munificent attention of his excellency and his amiable consort, to the manufacturing poor, and the charitable institutions in this city, merited a return of gratitude and affection to their excellencies, instead of outrageous contempt of his authority and of the laws? To what principle then, can we ascribe the horrid rebellious scenes of last night? It would be difficult to particularize it; then, if we were not acquainted with the too successful endeavors of modern French writers and legislators usurping the title of philosophers, which they disgrace by mistating the rights, and disgracing the duties of man, in their infidel and seditious publications. The promises of an undefined equality, and of liberty to be licentious, held out by those constitution-makers, impose on the ignorant and the credulous, who insensibly become familiarized with guilt, and perpetrate the greatest crimes without remorse, under the pretence of establishing a free government. What has been the consequences of such doctrines & practices in France? We shudder at the recollection of the authorised treasons, murders, private assassinations, sacrileges, rapine, enormities of all kinds, committed in the name of the sovereign people to destroy the monarchy: which after a frightful anarchy, is succeeded by a more absolute and arbitrary government, maintaining its authority by military despotism. Such is the boasted freedom of that once happy people!
"Is it by them you hope to be protected? What greater reason have you to expect freedom from slaves than Holland, Switzerland, Belgium, Milan, Piedmont, Savoy, and other states, formerly enjoying the blessings of civilized society under their regular governments in peace and security, but now degraded to the condition of conquered provinces by the alluring and deceitful promises of France, and groaning under all the evils of French fraternity? Do not, dear Christians, be likewise deceived."
"Be unanimous in resisting foreign invasion and aggression, from whatever enemy it may be attempted. Preserve your honor by evincing that loyalty which our holy religion inculcates. Fear God, honor the king—obey and respect your superiors of every description. Be subject to higher powers—for there is no power but from God—and those that are, are ordained of God—therefore, he that resisteth the power, resisteth the ordinance of God—and they that resist, purchase to themselves damnation. Wherefore be subject of necessity, not only for wrath, but also for conscience sake."
"Such, dear Christians, is the doctrine of the Catholic church, recorded in holy writ, and expressly taught in your catechism. The exercise of your religion, your persons, and property are protected by the laws. Avoid, then, all combinations, all associations, clubs or meetings tending to subvert or violate them, or to weaken your allegiance to our beloved sovereign, who does not carry the sword in vain; for he is minister of God, and avenger to execute wrath upon him that doeth evil. Let the untimely fate of the wicked or deluded abettors of rebellion, and even of the many innocent who have suffered, and most unfortunately suffer during the progress of rebellion deter you from associating with the seditious of any description, and much more from assisting or encouraging them in their rebellious practices and views, which if successful even for a day, would ruin your country."
"Above all, dear Christians, let the fate of your immortal souls be constantly in your contemplation. Secure to yourselves, with the assistance of divine grace, an eternity of bliss, by observing the commandments of God, and the precepts of the church, which enjoins allegiance to the king, obedience and respect to superiors. We cannot too strongly enforce these duties in the present times. Remember that the violation or neglect of them, if unrepented of, will subject you to calamities in this life, and endless punishment in the next. May the Lord of his mercy avert these dreadful evils!—Amen."
"J. T. TROY." August 8. A PROCLAMATION, BY THE Lord Lieutenant and Council of Ireland. HARDWICKE, In pursuance of an act passed on the twenty

ninth day of July last, for the suppression of the rebellion now existing in Ireland.
His excellency the lord lieutenant has issued his orders to the officers commanding his majesty's forces, to take the most vigorous and effectual measures for suppressing the said rebellion which shall appear to be necessary for the public safety, and for the safety and protection of the persons and properties of his majesty's peaceable and loyal subjects and to punish all persons acting, aiding, or in any manner assisting in the said rebellion, or maliciously attacking or injuring the persons or properties of his majesty's loyal subjects in pursuance of the same, by Martial Law , either by death or otherwise, as to them shall seem expedient, for the punishment and suppression of all rebels in the several districts, and to arrest and detain into custody all persons engaged in such rebellion, or suspected thereof, and to cause all persons so arrested and detained in custody to be brought to trial in a summary manner by court martial , to be assembled and constituted as in his excellency's said orders, particularly expressed for all offences committed in furtherance of the said rebellion, whether such persons shall have been taken in open arms against his majesty, or shall have been otherwise concerned in the said rebellion, or in aiding or in any manner assisting the same, and to execute the sentence of all such court martial , whether of death or otherwise, and to do all other acts necessary for such several purposes.
And we the lord lieutenant and council of Ireland do hereby, in pursuance of the said act, strictly enjoin and command all his majesty's subjects in every part of Ireland to aid and assist, to the utmost of their power, the due execution of the orders so issued by his excellency, the lord lieutenant in pursuance of the said act.
Given in the council chamber, in Dublin, the first day of August, 1803.
August 9.
On the motion of Mr. Curry, on Tuesday, the house went into a committee on the Irish navigation acts. Resolutions were agreed to for permitting the importation of naval stores in neutral bottoms, and several other articles usually imported into Ireland: also for prohibiting the exportation of copper.
The vigorous mind of Mr. Pitt will not allow him to stand idle, when his country demands his assistance: he is now employed in raising at the Cinque ports, a brigade of three regiments of 600 men each, which he will command in person.
PRIVATE LETTER,
Paris, July 26.
It was yesterday whispered, in the circle of Cambacérès, that, at the formal demand of the French ambassador, the Spanish court had laid an embargo on all British ships, and a sequestration on all British property, and that general Lafles had received orders to leave Lisbon in 48 hours, should the regent of Portugal not consent to take French garrisons into his principal sea ports. I could not trace the source of this rumor to any person of consequence. It may have originated from the frequency of couriers between Spain, Portugal and France, and the probability that such transactions have taken place.
Suddenly on Sunday night the patroles of the Fauxbourgs St. Antoine and St. Marceau, were doubled, and many persons notorious in our revolutionary annals, were arrested—Santerre, Paris, Tallien and Serjeant, are said to be in the prison La Force; the present of police is reported to have discovered jacobin plots. Not to excite any suspicion or alarm, Cambacérès had yesterday his usual circle, but he has sent a courier to Brussels to hasten Bonaparte's return. General Junot and the police are unusually vigilant and severe in their measures of safety.
BELFAST, Aug. 5.
At a numerous meeting of the inhabitants of the town and neighborhood of Belfast, convened yesterday, by the sovereign, for the purpose of examining in public the present situation of this part of the kingdom, and of assuring government of their determined resolution to support the constitution, and suppress all disorder.
EDWARD MAY, Esq.
sovereign, in the chair,
The following resolutions were proposed, and unanimously agreed to:
Resolved, That we view with horror, a late attempt to disturb the peace of Ireland; and not only to plunge this country into a civil war, but to introduce into it the dreadful system of assassination.
That we will exert every nerve in support of his majesty's government, and of our happy constitution: and that we will use the utmost diligence in bringing to immediate punishment, such persons as have attempted, or may attempt in future to disturb the peace, or violate the laws of the empire.
That we have great satisfaction in congratulating our countrymen, that it clearly appears from every enquiry made by the magistrates, collectively and individually, that the late nefarious attempts to excite a disturbance in the North of Ireland were made by a few French emissaries, who were not able, in the whole province of Ulster, even among the very lowest orders of the people, to collect more than a despicable number of insignificant traitors. That we have a pride in avowing this fact, in order to prove to our enemies how unanimously we are resolved to oppose them and to convince our friends and fellow subjects, that while we are united in the glorious cause of defending our king, our country, & its invaluable constitution, the British empire must retain its consequence, and remain invulnerable against the open attacks or the insidious arts of France.
The sovereign having left the chair and the reverend William Bristow called to it, it was proposed, and unanimously resolved,
That the thanks of the meeting be given to the sovereign, for convening the meeting, and for his proper conduct in the chair.
BOSTON, September 16.
Captain Rich, from London, has favored us with files of the papers of that city to Aug. 5. We copy such articles as time and our limits will permit.
BERLIN, July 26.
INTERESTING.
Bonaparte's emissaries labor night and day to bring about an armed neutrality against England; they offer to make electors, kings; and kings, emperors.
Since last March, Bonaparte has offered Malta to the Emperor of Russia, and Hanover to his brother in law, the duke of Mecklenburg, whom he would create an elector; and the elector of Bavaria, another brother in law, he intended to nominate a king. When Russia refused these great offers, Hanover was proposed to Prussia, with the Imperial city of Bremen, and the Imperial crown; Hamburg and Lubeck have been offered to Denmark, in return for the island of Bornholm, ceded to Sweden in exchange for Swedish Pomerania, given to the prince bishop of Lubeck. Such are, at least the reports of Bonaparte's intent to revolutionize the north of Europe, in the same manner he has already done the south, that, as Talleyrand has said, not a prince should survive upon the continent, whose existence was not more or less connected with the existence of the Corsican.
Those are not the absurd speculations of an individual, but the common topic of conversation in the ministerial circles here.
When the news of the blockade of the Elbe arrived here, I heard one of our ministers say at the Casino, that this blockade should procure the prince of Orange Hanover—and that by it, the elector of Hanover would pay the debts due by the king of England to the Stadtholder of Holland. The shutting up the Elbe caused here a very great surprise, so much the more so, as it was a measure our wise and loyal minister, Haugwitz, had not foreseen; and the arrival of several deputations of merchants from Magdeburg, and from other places along the Elbe, with complaints of sufferings, and predictions of ruin, have forced his master to change his opinion of his infallible minister's infallibility. Count de S——, his rival, has taken care to publish an anonymous account of the Prussian trade by the Elbe, and the probable loss by a twelve month blockade, which he estimates to be greater than four years profits of all the Prussian trade together.
It is said, the emperor of Russia has, in a letter to our king, strongly disapproved the pretension and conduct of the Corsican, in Switzerland, Holland and Hanover; and asserted, "that the time was come, when legitimate sovereigns could no longer, with activity and safety, remain upon their thrones, undermined or undermining by a revolutionary usurpation; that a plan was to be settled how to unite all princes, to fix and point out to the Corsican, the pillars of Hercules."
What answer our too good king has given, is yet unknown; but all loyal men know beforehand, and with regret, that as long as some of our ministers remain in place, France will continue to govern Europe, in the manner they govern Prussia; and Spendau, as well as the temple, will continue to silence all complaints, or to bury all complainants.
Every day for this last fortnight, couriers have arrived from Russia, Austria and France, and others have been dispatched to these countries; and the Russian, Austrian and French ministers, have frequent conferences with your ministers.—Yesterday the English and Spanish ministers were invited to join in a conference with the other three ministers, at count de Haugwitz's, where they continued for four hours, and in the afternoon sent dispatches to their respective Courts.
It is reported, the city of Hamburg has offered twenty millions of livres to France, to evacuate the banks of the Elbe; and that Bremen has offered six millions for not troubling the navigation of the Weser.
NEW YORK, September 21.
Extract of a Letter from John M. Forbes, Esq. American Consul at Hamburg, to a Commercial house in this city, dated July 20th.
"The navigation of the Elbe being at present impeded by blockade, our market must be supplied through other channels, and of these the most convenient in every point of view is the port of Lubeck. From this port heavy goods may be brought to this city very conveniently by the river Steckenitz, and lighter goods may be transported at a very small expence by land. The harbour of Travemunde, where large vessels generally unload, is perfectly safe; and vessels drawing no more than ten feet water can come quite up to the city of Lubeck. The whole charges of receiving and forwarding goods to this place, including duties paid at the sound, do not amount on an average to two per cent. and the State and Admiralty duties payable on importations by the Elbe, and saved on most articles by the manner now adopted, exceed this rate. Thus it is presumed goods may be got here at nearly the same expence, except difference of sea freight and insurance, as by the Elbe. Lubeck possesses another great advantage in the supply of Russian goods, which are always to be procured at prices very little advanced, and sometimes, (as has lately been the case) even lower than at St. Petersburg. Under these circumstances, although I have no idea that the blockade of our river can be of long duration, to have thought it prudent to make an arrangement with Messrs Schmidt and Plessing, to receive and forward any goods which may be consigned to me. They have very respectable connections, and transact business with as much reputation as any house in that city. I
have also agents at Tonningen and at Bremen; so that property consigned to me, and coming to either of these ports, will be duly protected. I shall also be able to give it my personal attention."
Arrived, ship Brothers, Hall, Liverpool; Neptune, Center, Sumatra; brigs Peggy, Dickenson, Antigua; Dyett, Sanford, New Orleans; Barbary, Pude, Trinidad; Ceres, Tucker, Antigua; schr. Hope, ——, Philadelphia; Fair Trader, Waterbury, Edenton.
The American ship Union, Menshaw, from Lisbon, arrived at Falmouth, on the first of August.
The American brig Leopard, Shaw, from Philadelphia, bound to Bremen, is captured by the British privateer Endeavour, and carried into Falmouth.
Arrived at Liverpool, August 1st to 4th, ships Nancy, Brown, Richmond, Virg. 33 days; President, H. yt. Massachusetts; Triton, Carberry, New York; Seven Sisters, Child, Wilmington, North Carolina; Columbus, Burger, New Orleans; Hiram, French, do. Mercury, M'Rea, Massachusetts; Baltic, Blunt, Charleston; Mentor, Gibbs, of New Bedford, to sail the last of August for New York; James, Chandler, Mississippi; Juliana, Clark, Virginia; Trio, Fram, Mississippi; Brothers, Rising, Charleston; Venus, Oakman, Massachusetts; Sally, Ray, New York; Mars, Rogers, do. Liverpool Packet, Waite, do. Two Pollies, M'Laughlin, Boston; Spanish Lady, Vanneman, New Orleans; Mary, Simonton, do.
The schr. Eagle, Wood, has arrived at Trinidad from this port. On her passage was boarded by a French privateer, and treated politely.
Alexandria Daily Advertiser.
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 24.
Subscribers in town are informed that their papers will be delivered at their houses on Monday, as usual.
HEALTH-OFFICE,
SEPTEMBER 24.
The Board of health report four deaths for the 24 hours ending this morning at 10 o'clock.
S. SNOWDEN, Sec'y.
Friday, September 23.
The experience of this morning has tended to impress upon the minds of the Board of Health, the importance of a strict attention to the notice lately given by them—that the absent citizens should send in and deposit their Fire Buckets, either at the Court House or at one of the Engine Houses, that they may be had in case of necessity.
All absent citizens are, therefore, requested to pay particular attention to this notice.
A. JAMIESON, Chairman.
S. SNOWDEN, Sec'y.
The brig George, Taylor, cleared out from Charleston for this port on the 13th instant.
The Court of Appeals in London, on the 3d of August, reversed the sentence of condemnation, and admitted the claim for vessel and cargo, of the ship Essex, Orne, of Saleis, condemned at New Providence, in October 1800.
The Light House on Clark's Point, at the entrance of the harbour of New Bedford, has been entirely consumed by fire. No judgment has yet been formed of the cause.
Extract of a letter from an American gentleman in London, under date of August 4, 1803.
"London and Westminster will have 100,000 troops. There are at least that number exercised four hours every day. The public squares and church yards in many parishes are occupied for the purpose of training them. In three months this country will have an effective force of one million of men. If France does not attack very soon, her own sea port towns will be laid waste. They already talk of forming an army of France, to meet that of England upon the continent. This force will not be less than 200,000, and mostly volunteers. Let the invasion be on which side it may, the conflict will be dreadful."
It has been reported that a certain Great Man wishes to shake off Gallatin Paine Duane and Cheetham & that he has almost accomplished it as to the three last. He begins to wish to manage his own affairs in his own way, undisturbed by too much regulation. But the Genevan  mar plot is too strongly fixed in popularity to be influenced by hints or nods. The Great Man ought to have thought of this before he connected his character and popularity with fugitives from the justice of other countries. But as he seems to be in a dilemma, the following anecdote is offered to his consideration, as an excellent precedent.
The late duke of Orleans, of France, suspecting that his treasurer had squandered his money, gave him notice that, on a certain day, he should call upon him for a settlement. The treasurer immediately exerted himself among his friends, and obtained, by loans, as much money as was necessary to make up all deficiencies. The Duke was punctual to the time. The treasurer, satisfied that all the money was in the boxes, rendered the key to the Duke; he received them, put them in his
pocket, and dismissed the treasurer from his service. How it fared with the friends of the treasurer has not been told.
If the Great Man should act in the same way with the Genevan , 'tis likely that a considerable embarrassment would be produced among the agents. We shall say nothing in particular concerning one of them, who does not live a thousand miles from Baltimore. He is so plain a man; so humble a man; so meek a man. He possesses so much urbanity; so much kindness; and so much candor. He is so unambitious; and, in all things, has the meum and tuum so constantly before him; that a man must be scepticism itself, who could doubt, who could suggest a doubt, who could allow himself to think, that this particular agent could not at a moment's warning, throw open his books, unlock his chest, and allow the most accurate calculator to go to work.
The Great Man, however, by adopting this plan, might save the public from future losses; and would also make some atonement for having prostituted the fame of his country, by having descended into the very ditches of society in search of agents and confidants; some of whom, in contempt of decency, and the most common regard to the rights and feelings of society.
(Anti Democrat.)
The following account of a most horrid and deliberate murder is extracted from the "ADLER" (Eagle) a German paper published at Reading Pennsylvania.
Early on Sunday the 26th ult. Elizabeth Yetter who resided in the house of Frederick Beacker, in Beaverdam township Northumberland county, went into a Neighbouring wood and brought forth a female child, immediately after its birth she took a twig of pine wood with which she violently struck the child on the head. She believed the child to be dead, and concealed it in a hollow tree; however as she was leaving the place the child cried; the cries of innocence had no effect on the adamant heart of its cruel mother. Immediately after breakfast she sharpened her penknife, and said she was going into the wood with her young son, about 5 years of age to make a chestnut pipe. The wife of Philip E. Verhast accompanied her and her son, and endeavored to persuade her to return; which she however refused. As Mrs. E. entertained a suspicion of her being pregnant she questioned her on the subject; she solemnly declared it not to be the case. The mother and the child being left alone, went to the hollow tree, in which the new born infant lay concealed, the mother drew it therefrom, to execute her diabolical intention of cutting the child's throat when her little son threw himself round the neck of his mother and begged her "not to kill the pretty baby." Deaf to his prayers and the sympathies of humanity, the unfeeling mother cut the neck of the child in such a manner, as almost severed its head from its body.
Four persons who had been in search of her were led by her to the place where she had buried her child. She put it into her apron and carried it into Beacker's house, from thence, accompanied by those persons into the house of Mr. Bowen'sock, from which place she absconded, on Tuesday the 28th ult. and has not been heard of since. On the same day a Coroner's jury sat, and heard upon oath, George Schillam and his wife, to whom, besides many others, what has been related, was confessed by Elizabeth Yetter.
The verdict was— Wilful murder.
PRICES CURRENT AT HAMBURG, July 26. In Dollars and Cents.
Tobacco, lb. York and James River, 11 to 20 cents; Rappahannock, 11 to 13; Maryland, fine yellow, none at market, but would readily sell at 27 or 28 cents; fine coloured 15 to 21, ordinary 13 to 15, common 11 to 13.
Coffee, Moka, none, 38 nominal; Martinique, fine, 37 cents, middling, 35 1-4, St. Domingo fine, 35 1-2 to 37, Triage 30 to 31 3-4.
Rice, cvt. South-Carolina, 9. 75, to 10. 10.
Cotton, St. Domingo, 40 to 42c. Surinam, 54 to 55.
Ginger, White, 22 to 24c.
Cochineal, c. 56c.
Rum, per 60 galls. 40 to 44d.
Sugars, Refined, 23 to 25c. middling 21 to 22, ordinary 20 to 21, inferior sorts from 16 to 19.
Indigo, St. Domingo, 2. 50c. to 2. 75c. East-Indies, 2. 66c. to 3d. other sorts, from 2 to 2. 66c.
Logwood, ton, 100 to 105d. Yellow Wood, 70d.
Pepper, 25 to 27c.
Hening's New Virginia Justice, CONTAINING
The Duties of a Justice of Peace, &c. together with a variety of useful precedents, adapted to the laws now in force. Also, forms of conveyancing, such as deeds of bargain and sale, lease and release, mortgage, trust, &c. for sale by John V. Thomas, Bookseller, King Street.
Sept. 19. 60 3/4
PRINTING INK, Of an excellent quality,
For sale at Mr. Timothy Caldwell's near the West Market, City of Washington.
Who has to let on ground rent, A number of Lots in eligible situations.
June 18. 12W3m

NEW PUBLICATIONS, FOR SALE BY ROBERT & JOHN GRAY, Booksellers & Stationers, KING STREET.
THE Friend of Women: translated from the French of Bourdier de Villemert, by Alexander Morrice, price one dollar.
The Marriage Promise: a Comedy in five acts, as performed at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, by John Till Allingham, 25 cents.
Domestic Encyclopedia, vol. 2nd. price to subscribers 2 dols. 50 cents per vol. in boards.
Public Characters, or Contemporary Biography: containing Memoirs of thirty six of the most conspicuous characters of the present age. Price 2 dols. 25 cents in boards, 2 dols. 50 cents bound.
Travels in Upper and Lower Egypt, during the campaigns of Gen. Bonaparte, in that country, and published under his immediate patronage, by Vivant Denon, translated from the French—to which is prefixed an historical account of the invasion of Egypt by the French, by Arthur Akin, embellished with numerous engravings, 2 vols. 8vo. Price 4 dols. 50 cents in boards, or 5 dols. bound.
Roscoe's Life of Lorenzo de Medici, 3 vols. boards. Price 6 dols. 75 cents.
John Bull; or an Englishman's Fire Side, a new and celebrated Comedy, in five acts, by George Coleman, the younger. Price 25 cents. August 12. eo
Wheat Fan & Woven Wire MANUFACTORY,
No. 7, BRIDGE STREET, BALTIMORE. The subscribers return sincere thanks to their friends and customers for past favors, and inform them and the public, that they continue to make and have on hand, a general assortment of the various articles in their trade: among which are wheat fans, on the most improved construction; mill screens, rolling and standing; shakers for Indian meal, riddles and sieves for coal, corn, barley, wheat, rye, oats, meal, gunpowder, flax, clover and timothy seeds; wire fans, woven wire for cellar and spring house windows, &c. Orders for the above will be thankfully received and duly attended to by
West and Smith.
N. B. For the convenience of customers, Joseph and John Trimble, No. 18, Cheapside, are authorized to receive and execute orders for
W. and S. Sept. 19. iaw7:
Twenty Dollars Reward.
RAN AWAY from the Subscriber, living in Charles County, Maryland, near Bryan Town, on the 26th day of last month, a Negro Man named R A L P H, between twenty three and twenty four years of age, well made, of a middle height, and of a black complexion; when spoken to he is apt to laugh and then shews a wide mouth with a full set of white teeth; one of his eyes is defective, occasioned by a corn-stalk when a child, at times he keeps that eye shut, as he cannot see very well out of it, on examination you will observe that the ball of said eye is glassified. He had on when he went off an ozanburg shirt, a pair of trowsers, of rolls, a hat about half worn he also took with him all his Sunday clothes, among which is a pair of boots, as to his other clothing I am not able to relate the particulars, he was seen on the same day that he went off by one of my neighbours, with a budget on his back, travelling the road upwards, towards Piscataway, its probable that he will endeavour to get into the City of Washington or George town, or to Virginia, perhaps he may change his dress and name, and endeavour to pass as a freeman. Whoever will take up the said negro and secure him in any jail, so that I get him again shall receive the above reward and all reasonable charges it brought home. IGNATIUS MIDDLETON. September 5. iaw31:
Twenty Dollars Reward.
RAN AWAY on the 4th inst. a Negro Man by the name of TOM, about 5 feet 10 or 11 inches high; he has a white spot on one side of his head, about the size of a dollar, which he may attempt to conceal; he has a very great impediment in his speech when he attempts to speak.—The above described fellow is about 25 years of age, and is very frail and handsomely made. His clothes cannot well be described, as he lived in Col. Martellers family, who were very liberal to him; he had either one or two watches with him when he left home; he can read and I believe write a little. The above reward will be given to any person who may apprehend and secure the said negro in any jail within the United States, and all reasonable charges paid if brought home. There were two other fellows left town in company with him.
RICHARD HEWITT.
N. B. This fellow has, for many months past, attended at the Vendue-Store. R. H. Sept. 6. iaw3:
FOR SALE, or RENT,
THE STORE I have occupied for sometime past, situated on Prince Street, opposite Col. Hove's. There is no stand in town more better or eligible calculated for carrying on an extensive wet or dry Good Business. The Cellar perfectly dry, with a door at each end, will hold one thousand barrels of Flour.—Twenty five hundred barrels may be stowed upon the Premises without any inconvenience to the occupant. For terms apply to WILLIAM OXLEY. Sept. 18. eo
COTTON & STEWART HAVE JUST RECEIVED An additional ASSORTMENT of the following Valuable Patent Medicines, from Dr. Church's Dispensary, NEW-YORK:
   Cents.    Vegetable Lotion, 75  Tooth Ache Tincture, 100  Antibilious Pills, 50  Womxn Lozenges, 50  Itch Ointment, 75  Analeptic Female Pills, 50  Restorative Balsam Pills, 100  Eye Salve, 50  Specific Pills, 50  Cough Drops, 100  Corn Plaster, 50  Hooper's Female Pills, 25  British Oil, 25  Essence of Mustard, 75  Pectoral Pills, 37 1/2  Botanical Tea, 100  Stoughton's Elixir, 25  Anderson's Pills, 25  Turlington's Balsam, 31  Extract of Mustard, 75  Sensitive Pills, 37 1/2  Antispasmodic Elixir, 200  
The above articles are sold by the bottle, box and package at the prices affixed to them, with a considerable allowance to those who buy to sell again. Directions for using, and certificates of cures made by them, gratis. Sept. 7. iaw
By Authority.
SCHEME OF A LOTTERY, TO BUILD A Catholic Cathedral Church, In the City of Baltimore.
   1 Prize of 20,000   1 do. 10,000   2 do. 5000 are 10,000   5 do. 1000 5000   10 do. 500 5000   25 do. 200 5000   200 do. 100 20,000   200 do. 50 10,000   200 do. 25 5000   2500 do. 20 50,000   4000 do. 15 60,000   1st dr. ticket after 2000 500 Having a Blank to its Number   1st do. 4000 500   1st do. 6000 500   1st do. 8000 500   1st do. 10,000 500   1st do. 12,000 500   1st do. 15,000 500   1st do. 18,000 500   1st do. 20,000 2000   1 last drawn ticket which may have a Blank to its Number, 4000  
7154 Prizes, 210,000 13846 Blanks—not 2 to a prize.
21,000 Tickets at 10 dols. each, 210,000 The laudable purpose of this lottery, the many very valuable prizes offered, and there not being two blanks to a prize, are considerations which give the Managers reason to hope for a rapid sale of the tickets. The drawing will commence as soon as a sufficient number of Tickets shall be sold to authorize it: and thirty days after the completion of the drawing, the prizes will be paid to the fortunate adventurers; subject to a deduction of Fifteen per cent. Such prizes as shall not be demanded within twelve months after the drawing is finished, shall be considered as relinquished for the benefit of the Church. Tickets to be had of the Managers, or of such persons as may be appointed by them.
Right Rev. Bishop Carroll, Rev. Francis Beaton, Messrs. David Williamson, Robert Walsh, Chas. Ghegniere, Patrick Bennet, Arnold Livers, Luke Tiernan, F. I. Mitchell, Managers.
Tickets in the above lottery to be had at the store of T. L. Walthington and Co. Fairfax street, Alexandria. August 13. iaw
Five Dollars Reward.
RAN AWAY from the subscriber on the 1st of July last, a negro woman named B E C K, about 20 years of age, pretty lusty, of a yellowish complexion; supposed to be secreted by Henry Peake's negro man Ben, who has a numerous acquaintance in Alexandria, and may have conveyed her there.
Whoever takes up said negro and delivers her to me, (living on Occoquan, Davis's Road, Prince Wm. County,) shall receive the above reward, and, if out of the county, reasonable expenses for bringing her home. It is supposed she is with child. William Davis. August 27. eorm
A Gardner Wanted.
I wish to employ a man who is qualified to undertake the management and cultivation of a large Garden and seventy acres of land, in the neighbourhood of Alexandria. James Craik.
For Sale or Charter, The SHIP BELVIDERE, lying at Thompson's wharf, burthen 257 tons. For terms apply to Samuel Craig. July 21. eo
Merchant's Attend! THE subscriber will sell, on low terms and easy payments, a LOT OF GROUND in the town of Port Tobacco, on which there are a small dwelling house and kitchen, a large two story store house and a convenient granary and stable in one of the best stands for the retail wet and dry goods business. If not sold by the 15th of October next, it will be exposed to public sale on that day. Mr. John E. Ford will contract for and shew the premises, on application, at any time previous to the day of sale. An indisputable title will be made by John M'Clenachan. Mount Air, Sept. 20. eo2w
Fifty Dollars Reward.
Strayed or was Stolen from the subscriber's waggon, near the Thorough Fair Mill, P. W. county, on the 12th inst. a bright bay Mare, 14 1/2 hands high, with a small blaze in her face, both hind feet white, long hair in her mane and tail, and supposed to be with foal, ten years old last spring. The above reward will be given for the mare and thief, if he be convicted, or five dollars for the mare. John M'Clenachan. Mount Air, Sept. 20. eo2w
Just Received and for sale by the Subscriber, 36 Pipes Holland Gin, of the best quality and flavor, A quantity of Sole Leather, 100 Cheeses, A few bales India Cottons, 10 hds Muscovado Sugar, Beef and Pork, Coarse Salt, &c. J. G. LADD. September 7. d
Leonard-Town Jockey Club RACES.
ON the third Tuesday in October next, a Purse of forty guineas, will be run for, over a handsome course, at Leonard Town, the four mile heats. And on Wednesday the following day a Purse of twenty guineas, will be run for over the same course, the two mile heats agreeable to the rules of the Leonard Town Jockey Club. Sept. 8. iaw7w.
BELL & WRAY, Respectfully inform the citizens of Alexandria, and the public in general, that they have received, and offer for sale, at the house lately occupied by Dr. Hall, opposite Mr. Randolph Mott's Tavern, (formerly Mr. Heiskell's) a neat assortment of
DRY GOODS,
Suitable to the season, consisting of Cloths, Cashmeres, Marseilles, King and Queens Cords, Irish Linens, Platillas, Ticklenburgs, Hessians, Osnaburgs, Chintzes, Calicoes, Dimities, coloured and white Cambricks, tamboured and lappet Mullins, Kid and Morocco Shoes, Court, York and High Heels, with a variety of other articles, too tedious to enumerate, which they are enabled to sell at the most reduced prices for cash or country produce. Sept. 9. iaw3m
Cotton & Stewart, Have received a considerable addition to their former stock of BOOKS & STATIONARY.
ALSO, 500 pieces of PAPER HANGINGS of the most modern patterns—now opening and for sale at their Book Store, Royal Street, Alexandria; where country merchants and others may be supplied with every article in their line on the most moderate terms. August 19. d
Fresh Fruit.
The subscriber has for sale at his dwelling in Pitt Street, between King & Cameron Streets, Limes, Lemons, Oranges, WITH OTHER FRUITS, NUTS, &c. &c. THOMAS SIMMS.
Valuable Property for Sale. In pursuance of a Decree of the United States of the District of Columbia, at the last term, held for the county of Alexandria, will be sold at public auction, to the highest bidder, for ready money, on the 24th inst. on the premises,
Two unimproved Lots, or parcels of ground subject to a rent of £.13: 6: 0 per annum, situate, lying, and being on the west side of Water street, and south side of Franklin street, in the town of Alexandria. The sale to commence at 3 o'clock in the afternoon.
Sam. Craig, Elisha Janney, P. G. Marteller, Com'rs. Sept. 3. iaw3t
Printing in all its variety executed at this office with neatness and dispatch.
District of Columbia, County of Alexandria, ss. JUNE TERM, 1803. John Potts, Complainant, AGAINST Robert Finley, John Bannatyne, Andrew Buchanan, Jas. Hobkirk and Robt. Buchanan Dunlop, merchants and partners under the firm of Findley, Bannatyne & Co. and Wm. Wilson, Defendants.
The defendants, Robert Finley, John Bannatyne, Andrew Buchanan, Jas. Hobkirk and Robt. Buchanan Dunlop, not having entered their appearance and given security according to the act of assembly and the rules of this court, and it appearing to the satisfaction of the court, upon affidavit, that the said Robert Finley, John Bannatyne, Andrew Buchanan, James Hobkirk, and Robert Buchanan Dunlop are not inhabitants of this district, on motion of the said complainant, by his counsel, it is ordered, that the said defendants, Robert Finley, John Bannatyne, Andrew Buchanan, James Hobkirk, and Robert Buchanan Dunlop do appear here on the first day of November next, and enter their appearance to that suit and give security for performing the decree of the court; and that the other defendants Wm. Wilson, do not pay away, convey or secrete the debts by him owing to, or the estate or effects in his hands belonging to the said absent defendants, Robert Finley, John Bannatyne, Andrew Buchanan, James Hobkirk and Robert Buchanan Dunlop until the further order or decree of this court; and that a copy of this order be forthwith published for two months successively, in one of the public newspapers published in this country, and that another copy be posted at the front door of the court house of the said county. A copy—Test, G. DENEALE, S 20. d2m Clerk.
A Miller Wanted.
A man who is qualified to conduct the business of a Merchant Mill, who can come well recommended for his honesty, sobriety, skill in manufacturing flour, and attention to business, may have a birth, and liberal wages by applying to me.
A man with a small family who would keep house and board himself would be preferred, with such a person I would either stipulate for a certain salary, or interest him in the business by giving him a part of the profits. If he had money he wished to employ in that way he might have an opportunity of doing so, and receive in proportion to his Stock. JAMES DOUGLASS. Falls Difficult, Sept. 19, 1803. iaw3w
Just Received, And for sale by the subscriber, China Oranges, Limes & Lemons, Rhode Island Cheese, Cocoa Nuts, Smithfield Bacon Hams, Tammarinds, and fresh English Walnuts by the frail. Philadelphia bottled Cyder by the barrel or bottle. A. WILLIS.
Just Published, And for Sale at this office—price 50 cents, A TREATISE On Practical Farming: Embracing particularly the following subjects viz. The use of Plaster of Paris, with Directions for using it; and general Observations on the use of other Manures. On deep Ploughing; thick Sowing of Grain; method of preventing Fruit Trees from Decaying, and Farming in General. By John A. Binn, Of Loudoun County, Virginia, Farmer. May 31. 2aw
JUST PUBLISHED, AND FOR SALE, By Robert & John Gray, King Street, The PARENTS FRIEND,
or Extracts from the principal works on Education, from the time of Montaigne to the present day, methodized and arranged with observations and notes by the editor, 2 vol. 8vo. Price Four Dollars handsomely bound. August 27. d
For Sale or Lease, A Lot of Ground on King street, two doors from Columbus street, fronting on King street 23 feet and running back 100 feet. It is allowed to be as valuable a lot as any in town that is unimproved: it will be disposed of on very moderate terms. For further particulars apply to the Printer, or to Mr. Wm. Gore nearly opposite the said lot. ROBT. SMITH. July 18. iaw
To Let, THE frame Warehouse on King street, two doors above Pitt Street, now occupied by Ambrase Vasse. Possession will be given on the 27th of this month—apply, in the absence of the subscriber, to Col. Dennis Ramsey. R. I. TAYLOR. August 15. eo