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Alexandria Daily Advertiser.
Vol. IV.]
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 1804.
[No. 1101.
Public Sale.
On TUESDAY next, At 10 o'clock, will be sold at the Vendue Store.
RUM
In hds. and bks. French Brandy in pipes, Gin in pipes and bks.
Whiskey and Apple Brandy in bks.
Sugar in hds. tierces and bks.
Chocolate
White and brown Soap and } in boxes,
Mould and dipt Candles }
Raisins in kegs, boxes and jars,
Figs in kegs and jars,
Queen's Ware in crates,
HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE,
&c.—ALSO,
A Variety of DRY GOODS,
among which are
Cloths, Coatings, Kersemeres,
Duffs, Plains, Kettys, Negro Cottons,
Serges, Elastics, blue Friezes,
Calimances, Russels, Yarn Stockings,
Chintzes and Calicoes,
Irish Linens, Silesia do.
Ospaburgs and Ticklenburgs,
Muslin and Muslin Handkerchiefs,
India Muslins and Table Clothes,
Baniana Handkerchiefs,
Columb. Threads, Hats and sundry other articles.
Philip G. Marsteller.
August 29.
ARMINIAN SKELETON.
Subscriptions are received at the Book Store of COTTON and STEWART, for a BOOK entitled,
THE SKELETONS:
Or, the Arminian Anatomized, and The Carnal Preacher Dissected.
In two Parts.
Part I. The Arminian, or doctrine of Universal Charity pursued, taken, examined, tried, condemned, executed, and anatomized.
Part II. The Carnal Preacher Dissected, with comments on several dark passages of scripture. In a series of letters, written at various times to friends in the country.
Conditions, &c. are left at the above Store.
It is the opinion of several respectable clergymen, that the above book contains the ground work and principles of genuine piety, as it manifestly proves, from the scriptures of truth, that the doctrine of free will and universal redemption is unscriptural.
ROBERT and JOHN GRAY
HAVE JUST RECEIVED.
From New-York and Philadelphia,
A NEW
Assortment of Books & Stationary,
among which are the following:
Motherby's Medical Dictionary Lady's Museum, Dablon's Life of Petrarch, Dictionary of Natural History, Ferguson's Astronomy, Touche's Pantheon, Young's Latin Dictionary, Screech's Lexicon, St. Pierre's Studies of Nature, Medical Extracts with plates, Documentation of Buccach, Bionut's Practical Navigator, Federat. Int. Books, Arctis, Simpson's Euclid, Winman's Egypt, quarto, octavo and pocket Bibles, gilt and plain, Morocco Prayer Books, Bell's Surgery, Edinburgh New Dispensary, Bailey's Johnson's, Walker's and Perry's Dictionaries. An elegant assortment of
Paper Hangings, a few choice Violins, Violin Strings and Bows, a complete assortment of German Flutes and Flagelets, and a great variety of other articles which will be advertised in a few days.
July 24.
ROBERT B. JAMESSON,
Offers for Sale,
30,000 lbs. GREEN COFFEE,
8,000 do. Cocoa,
20 hds. Muscovado Sugar,
20 bags of Cotton,
20 puncheons fine flavored St. Croix Rum
20 hds. Molasses,
20 pipes Holland Gin,
30 qr. chests of fresh Teas assorted,
10 pipes London P. Madeira } WINES,
8 do. old Port }
4 do. P. Teneriffe }
15 qr. casks Sherry. and }
4 pipes Brussels }
3 hds. green Copperas,
4 hds. Roll Brimstone,
2 hds. Madder,
2 hds. Allum, and
120 boxes Spanish Segars of different qualities, with most other articles in the Grocery Line.
May 29.
FOR SALE,
The Brig Julia,
Burthen about 900 bks. She is well built of the best materials, fast sail, is completely found and ready to receive a cargo. For terms apply to
Joseph Riddle.
Sept. 8.
FOR SALE,
The Sloop Two Brothers,
(of this port.)
Burthen about twenty five tons, and now in good order. A credit would be given if required, or bartered for wet or dry goods. Apply to
William S. Belt, jun.
Sept. 24.
FOR BOSTON,
The Sch'r SALLY,
JAMES BACON, jun.
MASTER,
will sail in six days, and will take a few barrels freight on low terms. Apply to,
Lawra on & Fowle,
Who have now landing from said Schooner at Lawra on and Smoot's Wharf, and for sale at their store on said Wharf,
50 boxes mould and dipt Candles,
200 Reams Wrapping Paper,
20 bks. Boston Beef,
30 do. do. Bay Mackerel,
20 do. Pork,
Young Hyson Tea.
And a few bks. N. E. Rum.
For New-York and Boston,
The fast sailing, copper bottomed
HARMONY,
Robert S. Hall, master; will be ready to receive FREIGHT in a few days.—Apply as above.
Sept. 8.
For CHARTER,
The fine, new American
Ship ORB,
Captain FARLEY,
About 450 hogheads burthen:
Now lying in Baltimore—will take a cargo to any port in Europe, and can proceed immediately. For terms apply to.
William Hodgson.
Aug.
For Charter to Europe,
The SHIP
WILLIAM and JOHN,
T. Woodhouse, Master:
lying at Col. Ramsay's wharf in complete order, and ready to take in a cargo immediately. Apply to
James Wilson.
Aug. 30.
For Sale or Freight
The Schooner BETSEY,
of New Bedford,
Wesson Howland, Master;
Burthen 75 tons, or about 600 bks 5 years old, well found, and now in good condition for sea. Apply to
John G. Ladd.
Sept. 11.
For Freight or Charter,
To any Port in Europe,
The fine burthenome
Ship COLUMBIA,
Captain HAYDON.
Will flow about four hundred hogheads Tobacco. For terms apply to
Ricketts, Newton and Co.
Sept. 1.
For Freight (Coastwise)
The fast sailing Schooner
SYREN,
Burthen nine hundred barrels,
John Matthews, master.
Now ready to receive a cargo and has good accommodations for passengers.—Apply to
John G. Ladd.
Sept. 10.
Just Published,
And for Sale at this Office—Price 12 1/2 Cents,
THE PRISONER:
A True Narrative.
By PHILIP WILLIAMS,
Now confined in the Dungeon of the Jail of Washington, on a charge of Forgery.
JAMES BACON,
AT HIS GROCERY STORE,
King near Washington Street,
He just received from Philadelphia, New-York
&c. an extensive selection of GROCERIES
consisting of
Gunpowder,
Imperial,
Hyson,
Young Hyson,
Hyson Skin,
Peko, Padra,
Pouchong and
Cann's Souchong
Green coffee of superior quality,
Loaf, Lump and Muscovado Sugar,
W. India and Sugar House Molasses,
Choice old Madeira,
Particular Teneriffe,
Sherry,
Brussels,
Lisbon,
Malaga and
Port
Claret in small cases,
Cognac and Barcelona Brandy,
Old Jamaica Spirits,
Antigua,
St. Croix, and
St. Kitts
Beit Holland Gin,
White Wine and Cyder Vinegar,
Best Sallad Oil,
Salt Petre, Allum, Madder, Coperas & Bismuth,
Rose,
Mace, Nutmegs, Cloves and Cassia,
Cayenne and black Pepper,
Allspice, race and ground Ginger,
Fig Blue and Poland Starch,
Dixon's Mustard,
Leiper's and Hamilton's Snuff,
Best Chewing Tobacco,
Spanish Segars,
Pearl Barley and Rice,
Shot assorted,
F and F F Gunpowder,
Single and double Battle do. in papers and
cartridges,
Gun and Pistol Flints,
White and brown Soap,
Mould and dipt Candles, &c. &c.
As he has in a great measure laid
himself out for the supplying of private families
and in consequence thereof takes every pains,
possible in the selection of his goods, to flatter
himself from their superior quality, and the low
prices at which he will dispose of them, to be able
to give satisfaction to those who will please
to favor him with their custom.
June 11.
BENJAMIN SHREVE, Jun.
HAS FOR SALE
At the corner of Prince and Union Streets,
(JUST RECEIVED)
2,800 pieces NANKENS,
165 do. Bandana Handkerchiefs,
2 bales Sannabs,
2 do. Bates,
1 do. Emerys,
1 do. blue Gurabs,
1 do. India Chints,
2 bales Sago
1 bag Hops,
1 bag Hops,
94 Birch Floor Mats,
3 cases and one cask Women's Morocco
and Leather Shoes,
ALSO ON HAND,
Fifteen bales of India Cottons,
Consisting of
5 bales Bofias,
5 do. Emerys,
4 do. Sannabs,
1 do. Cassias,
30 pieces Black Satin,
2 sets Tea China,
Mens coarse, and women's Morocco and leather shoes,
Leiper's Snuff in half bks. and kegs,
1 case Mariner's Compases,
10 coils Cordage, assorted,
24 bags Pepper,
40 bks. Beef No. I. and
A large quantity of red Seal Leather
June 4.
JUST RECEIVED,
And for Sale by the Subscriber,
100 pieces brown Russia Sheetings,
50 do. white do.
100 do. broad Diapers,
125 do. narrow do.
71 do. broad Russia Linens,
100 bolts Russia Duck,
50 do. Ravens do.
2000 pieces Nankens,
10 chests fresh Hyson Tea,
3 tons Cordage assorted.
John G. Ladd,
Robert and John Gray
Have just received,
A SUPPLY of Super Royal,
Royal,
Medium,
Demy,
Folio
Quarto
And Foolscap
July 31.
THE SUBSCRIBER
Has just received from the brig Rachel from Caliz,

Public Sale.
On Tuesday next, at 11 o'clock, will be
sold at the Vendue Store , A LIKELY NEGRO LAD, between eighteen and twenty years of age, an excellent house servant.
Philip G. Marsteller.
Sept. 27.
SHIP UNITED STATES,
(a Regular Trader,)
has just arrived
From LIVERPOOL,
and will be ready to receive
FREIGHT
for that Port, by the 15th of October. The
terms apply to
RICKETTS, NEWTON and Co.
Who have received by said ship, a few bales of WOLLENS, &c. which to- gether with what they have on hand, makes a handsome assortment, and the whole will be sold on a liberal credit at costs and charges.
R. N. and Co.
Sept. 28.
Wanted to Hire,
A NEGRO BOY as a house servant. Ap-
ply to the Printer.
Sept. 25.
A Barkeeper Wanted.
TO a person of good character and capable of keeping accounts, (some else need apply) a liberal salary will be given. Enquire at the Mage and Anchor Tavern , corner of Prince Street.
Sept. 24.
WANTED TO HIRE,
A WHITE or BLACK FEMALE SER-
VANT, about fourteen years of age
Enquire of the Printer.
September 21.
A CARGO
Of coarse LIVERPOOL SALT,
just received and now ready to be delivered
from on board the Columbia , capt. Hay, now
at Harper's Wharf, and for sale by
Ricketts, Newton and Co.
Sept. 1.
JUST RECEIVED,
By the Rachel from Cadiz, and for Sale by the
Subscriber,
48 boxes Muscadel and Bloom
RAISINS,
70 Jars of OLIVES—all in fine order.
T. SIMMS.
Aug. 20.
Just received and for Sale,
A few excellent
Smoked Salmon and nice table
Cod Fish.
A. WILLIS.
Sept. 10.
JUST PUBLISHED.
By ROBERT and JOHN GRAY,
King Street,
AN ELEGANT EDITION OF
THE HOLY BIBLE.
In four handsome Octavo Volumes—Price, well
bound, Ten Dollars.
This edition is now offered to the public as a
specimen of American paper and printing, which
will not suffer by a comparison with any book
printed in this country.
A GOLD MEDAL was given to
Robert Carr, the Printer of this Bible, by the
American Company of Bookbinders, for the best
specimen of Binding exhibited at their annual
meeting at New York last June.
Will be offered for Sale,
To the highest bidder, on the 11th day of Novem-
ber next, if fair, if not the next fair day, at
the Little Falls of Potomac ,
That noted and valuable Shad and
Herring Fishery,
called MIDDLE ROCKS and also one half of
the POT ROCK , and UPPER HERRING
POINT . Half of the purchase money will be
required in hand, and the balance in one year
from the purchase.
Charles L. Broadwater.
Sept. 13.
1803t
FRENCH and ENGLISH
BOARDING SCHOOL,
A: German-Town, six miles from Philadelphia,
By G. DORFEUILLE,
Late from Cape François, where he superintend-
ed an Academy for several years.
As Mr. Dorfeuille and his family
are French, as well as a number of boarders, the
young Americans placed under his care will
have the advantage of joining practice to theory,
by which means only a young man may expect
to learn a language properly.
Young gentlemen are taught Latin,
Greek, Hebrew and French, grammatically;
Mathematics, Book Keeping, History, Geogra-
phy, Writing, Arithmetic, and every other use-
ful and ornamental branch of a polite education.
Sept. 13.
2009t
AN ACT
More effectually to diminish the number of DOGS in the town of Alexandria.
WHEREAS the great number of dogs kept in the town of Alexandria has become a public nuisance, and the laws heretofore passed for preventing the evil, have been found inadequate to the end proposed:
Sect. 1. Be it therefore enacted by the Common Council of the town of Alexandria, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same —That a tax of Two Dollars be levied and collected annually, on every animal of the male dog kind kept in the town of Alexandria, and that a tax of Four Dollars be levied and collected, in like manner, on every animal of the female dog kind kept within the said town.
Sect. 2. And be it further enacted. That it shall be the duty of the Constables, some- time in the month of July, yearly, and every year, to take an account of every animal of the dog kind, in the said town, noting the respective districts of the town in which taken, and return an alphabetical list of the owners names to the Clerk of the Council.
Sect. 3. And be it further enacted, — That the owners or harbourers of every animal of the dog kind, shall at all times, when thereto required by the constable a- foresaid, make due return of every such animal by them owned, or which they suf- fer to remain about their houses, on pe- nalty of forfeiting and paying Five Dollars for every refusal; one half to the informer and the other half to the use of the Cor- poration.
Sect. 4. And be it further enacted, That all animals of the dog kind, kept within the town, shall wear a collar about their necks, with the owner's name at length at all times, on penalty of Two Dollars to be paid by the owner or harbourer of said ani- mal; one half to the informer and the other half to the use of the Corporation, to be recovered by warrant before any Magis- trate or the Mayor for the time being; and said animal, not having such collar, shall be forthwith killed or destroyed by the Constables of the town.
Sect. 5. And be it enacted, That the se- veral town Constables, as soon as they shall have returned the list to the Clerk of the Council, and obtained a copy of the same from him, demand the aforesaid tax of Two Dollars, for each male, and Four Dollars for each female animal so returned, and if the said tax is not then paid, or within twenty days thereafter, the said Constable is hereby authorized and directed to levy the same by distress, agreeably to the mode prescribed for collecting other taxes in the said town, and such Constable shall receive a commission of Twenty Five per centum, on all monies received by him, in virtue of this act, in full compensation for taking this list, and collecting and paying over the said money to the Treasurer of the Corporation.
Sect. 6. And be it enacted. That all other acts, concerning Dogs, are hereby repeal- ed; and this act shall commence and be in force from and after the first day of October next.
PASSED in Common Council the 22d
day of September, 1804.
JOHN POTTS, President.
APPROVED, Sept. 24. 1804.
ELISHA G. DICK,
Mayor of Alexandria.
FROM THE (Rich.) ENQUIRER.
ON THE AMERICAN GENIUS.
PART I.
THERE is no country on the face of the globe, to which nature has been more bountiful than to the United States. The felicity of our situation, and the diversified blessings we enjoy, have been the theme of panegyric, until it is no longer possible to ad- vance a new idea, or to modify an old one, so as to give it an appearance of novelty. With- out entering into a minute repetition of those advantages of soil, climate, produc- tions, and remoteness from the Eastern continent, which seem to promise us an eternity of happiness; I shall confine my present remarks to those moral causes, which are intimately connected with the character of a nation.
Europeans have some times accused A- merica of a poverty of genius, and weak- ness of intellect, which place her much be- hind the ancient world; and even the en- lightened Buffon has adopted the idea, that nature is more feeble in her efforts in the western than in the eastern hemisphere.
The charge itself is a proof that Europe- an sagacity is still far from having attained
its perfection. It could only have been dictated by an illiberal preference of the soil on which we have been accidentally cast and a contempt for all other nations, whose habits, manners, and improvements, are not similar to those of our own country. A philanthropist will pause, before he consents to oblige the fairest portion of our earth, and a philosopher will forget that he has any other country than the globe itself, while he pierces with ardent gaze, the mysteries of nature. If we cast our eyes over the map of America, we shall perceive that nature has not merely consult- ed its convenience or happiness, in the dis- tribution of her favors; she has done more; she has put forth all her strength, and erected monuments to her own glory. She has worked on a scale of grandeur and magnificence, before which the boast- ed prodigies of Europe hide their dis- inished heads. Where will Europe shew her Andes which have their snow-capt summits above the clouds? Where are her Amazon and Lapida which would be re- garded as fabulous, did not authentic hi- story attest them? Where will she exhibit lakes like those of Canada, which connect- ed with each other and with the ocean bind all the Northern part of this great contin- ent in one indissoluble commercial chain? The most enthusiastic admirers of Euro- pean excellence must shrink from this comparison; and so far must acknow- ledge that nature is here at least as bold in her sketches and as vigorous in her produc- tions as on the eastern continent.
When these truths present themselves to our mind with irresistible force, are we to conclude that the hand which has lavished such unequalled favors, has penu- riously withheld the more estimable en- dowments of the mind and the heart? has a paradise been given to degenerate souls who are insensible to its charms? Is not the mind of the American sufficiently ex- panded to take in these vast objects in all their magnitude and sublimity? I will not insult my countrymen by addressing the question to them. I perceive a glow of in- dignation on every cheek, and while I write I feel it difficult to suppress my own. But it will be a more instructive task to ex- amine the basis of these exalted pretensions —to pay the just tribute of deference, and homage to European superiority, if it should be established by investigation; or to render to the insulted American the honors which nature has conferred upon him, but which human ignorance has vain- ly endeavored to obscure.
It has been a question of endless specula- tion among the curious, at what time Ame- rica was peopled and whether her inhabi- tants are her own offspring, or emigrants from the old continent. If we were to sup- pose America coeval with the world, and that she became peopled as soon as the other parts of the earth, we may be asked with triumph, upon what principle we are to ac- count for her vast inferiority in intellectual improvement? Why did the adventu- rous bands of enlightened Europe, who first explored our shores find the native Ameri- can, naked, ignorant and ferocious? Up- on the supposition of equal talents and e- qual advantages of soil and of climate, we may be told, that we have a right to expect an equal progression in the arts and sciences in any given time. The same causes must always produce the same effects. If the American genius had been equal to the Eu- ropean, it ought in the same lapse of years to have explored its many sciences, invented as many arts, and humanized and polished manners in an equal degree.
This reasoning is at first sight specious and imposing; but cannot withstand the test of rigid enquiry. I shall assume the hypothesis most disadvantageous to my position;—that America is as old and has been as long peopled as Europe, Asia or Africa. I shall also make the comparison with the most enlightened part of the old world. When I select Europe for this pur- pose, it ought not however to be forgotten that the arts and sciences have not origina- ted with her, but have sprung up in Asia, from thence have been transplanted to the Southern parts of Europe, and by very slow degrees have spread themselves into more Northern climates. It is also worthy of re- mark, that those countries into which the sciences were first received, where they were most patronized, and flourished with richest luxuriance, are now the gloomy re- sidence of want, ignorance and despotism.
Whoever has observed the progress of the human mind, must have perceived that its first struggles with ignorance are always more painful and difficult, than its subse- quent efforts. The steps by which we as- cend from discovery to discovery, from sci- ence to science, are short, gradual, natu- ral and easy. But to leap at once from ab- solute ignorance even to the humblest ru- diment of knowledge, is indeed an Hercu-
lean task, and more frequently results from lucky accident, than any effort on the mind. This remark, which is here applied to the general progress of mankind in the career of improvement, is exemplified and fully established, by their advances in every particular science. Until the beginning of the eighteenth century, the world had a- dopted the ideas of Aristotle on all meta- physical subjects, and it would have been blasphemy to have doubted their orthodoxy. Locke explored the inlets of the understand- ing, and explained some of its processes; and what has been the consequence? With- in the course of one century a galaxy of il- luminous philosophers have arisen, who seem to have left scarcely any thing to be discovered hereafter. For many ages as- tronomers had vibrated from one absurdity to another, which were all at length swal- lowed up in the vortices of Descartes ; a grea- ter absurdity than all the rest. Newton appeared; recalled the mind from its di- vious eccentric track; gave it a projectile impulse and taught it to move in the orbit of truth. The world has not since produ- ced a Newton; but a thousand humble fol- lowers have arisen, who have carried the science of Astronomy beyond the utmost li- mits, which even his ætherial genius could reach. These examples are sufficient to establish the position, that the first step in the progress of the human mind is the most difficult and that when this is attained, all the rest will naturally follow.
If these propositions are correct, it will follow that when we compare two nations with each other, we should first enquire whether their situations have been equally auspicious to their gaining this first step, and whether no untoward circumstances have occurred to retard their progress a- fterwards. I shall endeavour to shew, that the superiority which Europe has enjoyed over savage America, results, in fact, from the fortuitous circumstances which attend- ed her first settlement, by which she was enabled both to make an early advance in science and to pursue her discoveries to a greater extent.
Greece was inhabited by savage and bar- barous tribes, when the Phœnicians, a peo- ple of Asia, sent forth colonies who took up their abode within her bosom. These colonists carried with them the arts of the mother country, which were indeed very inconsiderable in themselves, but highly important as I have already shown, as they related to the future progress of their pos- sessors. We know but little of Phœnicia, or whether she derived her knowledge from others or gave birth to it herself. But whatever was the mode by which she re- quired it, we may presume that it resulted from nearly the same causes which conspir- ed to preserve, enlarge and ripen it, after it was transferred to the Greeks. As this period is more within the compass of hi- story, our conclusions from it will be more just and accurate, than from any prior era.
The colonists, small in number; sur- rounded by numerous bands of hostile bar- barians; and unable to occupy an extensive territory, contracted themselves within the walls of cities, together with a small mar- gin of land around them. As popula- tion increased this land became insufficient for their support, and hence they were driven to the invention of new arts; hence they resorted to commerce as a mode of procuring subsistence; hence many turned their inquiries into the walks of literature, and gave to Greece her splendid preemi- nence over the nations of antiquity. Greece lost her liberties but retained her science. The barbarians who came to despoil her of her wealth, carried off also a more precious treasure, of whose value they were uncon- scious, the seeds of learning and the sub- lime speculations of ethics, which requir- ed only time to germinate, and mature. The rife flower faded and expired; but its sweets were hoarded up by the industri- ous plunderers, to become the sources of a more permanent delight. The human mind which had flowed like a majestic ri- ver through the favoured soil of Greece, and dispensed its blessings around, now changed its channel, and by this melancholy alluvion, left its ancient bed a naked, dreary and sterile desert. It happened fortunately for Europe that the countries into which literature was introduced after the ruin and subjugation of the Grecian states, were limited like them in extent of territory, abounding in inhabitants, and coextend within the dimensions of single cities. The necessary consequence of populous communities, is, that a division of labor should take place, which infalli- bly leads to excellence in all the arts which embellish human life, as well as in those which minister to the wants of men. The Arcadian scenes of rural life may be the residence of peace, simplicity, innocence, and happiness; but it is in the collision of

towns, that the human energies are called forth, and the human mind swells into gigantic stature. It is in towns that the arts and sciences receive their birth; and there also they are carried to perfection. Rome assumed the wreath of the muses which had been plucked from the brow of Greece—and she in her turn resigned it to the Northern barbarians who have founded the present political societies of Europe. From this rapid review of the progress of learning, it appears that Europe was peculiarly happy, first, in having received the germs of literature from another country; and secondly, in having them deposited in cities, which like hot beds quickened their growth.
The situation of America was the reverse of all this. A country of unbounded extent; possessing every species of wholesome aliment; its forests filled with animals which invite man to the chase; these apparent advantages of nature are the real causes of the retardation of the human intellect in America. None of those causes existed which could compel the American to take the first steps towards improvement; and men are only to be driven from ignorance by the strong arm of necessity.
America it is true was occupied, like ancient Greece by inhospitable and ferocious tribes. But this circumstance could only induce them to remove farther from each other, which an unbounded continent enabled them to perform, without limitation. Nor should it be forgotten, that uniform experience tells us, that there is a certain fascination in the wild and un-restrained state of nature, which would forever deter men from the yoke of civilization did not necessity entame them.
Alexandria Daily Advertiser. SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 29.
Captain Bayton, of the schooner John, who arrived at Norfolk the 25th inst. in 15 days from St. Croix, left there the schr. Leboe, Grafton, of this port.
Accounts from Vermont state there is but little doubt of the re-election of James Elliot, as a member of the House of Representatives of the United States. (Nat. Int.)
On Monday last came on before the Circuit Court, the trial of JACOB RAY and PHILIP WILLIAMS, charged with forging Bank Notes, and passing them knowing them to be forged. The jury on Wednesday brought in a verdict of GUILTY of passing Bank Notes knowing them to be forged. (Ibid.)
For the Alexandria Daily Advertiser. MAXIMS AND DETACHED THOUGHTS. (Continued.)
Let it be remembered in planning the fabric of happiness, that the foundation be laid by wisdom, the structure will unavoidably fall to the ground. There is a strange malignity in bad company, I have while in Egypt, learned to swear by the life of Pharaoh. A good disposition finds a superlative pleasure in returning good for evil, whereas a man of impolitic temper experiences more real sufferings from the rancour of his own heart, than in the power of his greatest enemy to inflict. Some minds possess a transient feignibility; the visible distress of another feels the heart with commiseration, and prompts to immediate kindness; but all evaporates with the next casual incident of the day. If you are a man, in choosing a companion for life, prefer good sense and a good disposition, be his beauty or wealth: the former will govern your household with propriety, if not elegance, and united with the latter, will make your fire-side all complacency, and your home desirable.—If a woman, let mind supersede all other considerations. Sympathia mentis suaserat unguentorum omnium est Sweetissimum. Industry and economy are the best of all patronymies, and may be said with propriety to be handmaids to the graces; while sloth and prodigality are the bane of families, and lead to unmerited poverty. That love which produces the same effects as hatred cannot differ widely from it in quality. Read the scriptures with humility and a desire to learn, without questioning their divine origin; what finite reason cannot comprehend are subjects to exercise our faith. Best assured you are secure in the friendship of
that man, by whom you are sought when forsaken by the world, and who concurs cheerfully to bear conually on your account. How often is debility of mind, and even badness of heart concealed under a splendid exterior! The first of the species often wants sincerity, and without it every other qualification is rather a blemish than a virtue or excellence. Sincerity operates in the moral, somewhat like the sun in the natural world, and produces the most effects on the human heart, which he sees in insinuating objects. In that bosom where sincerity prevails, all the selfish and benevolent virtues flourish abundantly, while their foreign others, and all their odious fragrance.
That kind of debility which renders a man weak, may in itself be placed in a list of virtues, if it be accompanied by fortitude and benevolence, but representing the virtues and vice, it becomes truly contemptible. True filial piety, understanding benefits in a willing manner, to be exactly informed how all things are managed, which are subservient to human life, for on which the greater part are grounded. The heart grand beneath the pressure of affliction, but was acquainted with the trials of the world, springs forward with the elasticity of a bow to embrace aught that promises a respite from suffering, but on finding it a shadowy appearance, shrinks back relating to its former flame. Deceit discovers a little mind, which is incapable of rising to comprehensive views of conduct. It is the resource of one who wants courage to avow his delicts or to redress them.
The Thermometer. —An article has appeared in the transactions of the American Philosophical Society, tending to prove that the change in the thermometer, always indicates an approach to land. The following is an extract from it:
“On the 22d of August, late in the evening, the water fell in temperature four degrees to 64; on the next day at noon, having fallen to 62, and suspecting that we might be in soundings, though no alteration had taken place in the colour of the water, I induced the captain to sound, but no bottom was found at 140 fathom; on the 24th it will appear by the chart to have fallen to 58 and on the 25th to 55, about which time we were undoubtedly on Jaquet, or False Bank, and on the 26th having fallen to 51 at eight A. M. and assumed a green grass, I was desirous of sounding again, but in consequence of the ill success attending our former attempt, and not yet placing any reliance on the thermometer, the captain was unwilling to lose time in sounding, supposing that we were only approaching Jaquet or False Bank; but the next day having spoke a banker, he informed us that we were on the Grand Bank, and that Cape Race bore W. N. W. 150 miles. Upon sounding at noon we struck the ground at 37 fathoms. Here let me remark, that our reckonings, as shewn on the chart as been well kept, and that the thermometer has with great precision indicated our situation; on the 21st at noon, in a supposed branch of the Gulph Stream 72.—22d. approaching Jaquet Bank, and at no great distance from it, 68.—23. still nearer 62.—24th. on the edge of the Bank 58.—25th. on Jaquet Bank 55.—26th. on the Grand Bank 52. Thus at this season of the year is there a difference of 20 degrees of the thermometer between the water on the Bank, and in same latitude in the ocean, yet far to the east of it.
“Our captain, a sensible and observing man, as well as a very experienced mariner, struck with the regular gradation of the thermometer on the approach of the Bank, and convinced of its having pointed it out long before he had suspected his arrival upon it, from this time paid much attention to the thermometer. He found, as I had foretold, that it would equally, show by the rise, when we had quitted the bank, and observed that as it would still more accurately define the limits of the Gulf Stream, as it was hotter than any other part of the ocean, he might with great advantage make his passage to New York in longitude 69, in about nine days from quitting the banks and every day performed nearly equal and good days work.
“In this course from Newfoundland the Thermometer indicated, every where, the approach to danger; on the 5th of September, the vicinity of Sable Island Banks caused a fall of 70; and on the 7th, a bank not marked in any chart I have seen, caused a fall of 11. Upon sounding on this bank the ground was struck in 55 fathom, fine white sand, with some specks of red and black. Captain Allyn was so much pleased with the accuracy of the thermometer, and with the security in which he had sailed for some time in consequence of it, & so clearly perceived the advantage to be derived from it in many instances, that he declared he would never more go to sea without one.
“The tract of the Fair American appears to have been very near to Jaquet Island, which in Governor Pownall's chart is mark-
ed as very doubtful; a good look out for it was kept for several days, but with no effect: this may so far tend to confirm the suspicion of non-existence. “The journal from America to England, does little more than confirm the previous observations made in this track; the thermometer fell no less than 20 degrees on passing to the south-east of Newfoundland, and rose again nine degrees in the same longitude, where, in our outward bound voyage, we supposed ourselves to be crossing a branch of the Gulf Stream. The fall from hence of the thermometer, as the coast of Europe is approached, is very remarkable and uniform.”
The good people of the state of Connecticut, have hitherto resisted with firmness the deceptive arts of faction, bent on her destruction; they have as yet, faithfully adhered to the wise systems of their fathers, which, for republican simplicity in their organization, and for virtuous patriotism in their execution, are without a parallel in the United States. Under the influence of mild and wholesome laws, their prosperity has been unexampled, and they have eminently enjoyed in the purity of their principles, the rich blessings of civil and religious liberty. The sages and patriots of this little state, directed by no motive but the public good, influenced by no views but the honor and happiness of the state, have directed its councils and exerted its energies, to the completion of objects worthy a government truly republican, enlightened and free. In no state in the union, have establishments for the education of youth, and the cause of God and his religion, been better attended to and supported. In no state in the union, have more wise, wholesome laws for the promotion of virtue and the suppression of vice and immorality, been enacted or better executed. In no state in the union, are the manners, customs and habits of the people, more pure, virtuous or republican. And in its fiscal arrangements and concerns, no state in the union has exerted itself with more zeal and success. Yet she has within her bosom, those who would destroy the fair fabric of her liberties, and level with the dust, every vestige of her greatness.—She has within her bosom a faction, headed by wicked and unprincipled men, whose hope is ruin, whose object is power. In the course of their machinations, and as their dernier resort, these demagogues of the party are now attempting to deceive the people into a belief, that they have no constitutional form of government; that the stability of their government and the prosperity of the state, give the “he direct” to their iniquitous insinuations. To a disinterested observer, a fair contrast of the characters of the men who now, by the free and frequent voices of their constituents, bear rule in the state, with those who would wish to bear rule by base deception and vile intrigue, the cause of this faction will appear base, dishonorable and ruinous. Men destitute of private virtue, claim with ill grace the character of patriots. Greene and Cataline, were never more strongly marked; one for his private and public virtues; the other for his wickedness, baseness and crimes; nor is the contrast greater, than between the leading characters of the Federalists in the state of Connecticut, and the disorganizing demagogues of the democratic faction. (Utica Patriot.)
Dr. Moodle, of Bath, has tried, with the greatest success, the aqua kali puri (elixir laxi  vitium Japoniarum ) in the case of a woman who had been bitten by a viper, and who was apparently in a dying condition. A spoonful was at first administered in water, every three or four hours, and afterward every six hours: she was relieved after the first dose, and in four days was perfectly restored to health. The Doctor further observes, that when persons are bitten by animals whose venom is highly deleterious, the progress of the disorder may be stopped, and the person saved, by the free administration of the laxi vitium Japoniarum . Hence all, if any of the strong mineral acids should fall on any part of the body, the immediate application of the substance will prevent them from doing further mischief. O, if a person should accidentally swallow any of the mineral acids, or hydro-genus muriaticus, or any other corroding salt, which an alkali will decompose, a speedy exhibition of a solution of the alkaline salts, in proper doses, affords the most likely means of relief, and of preventing the fatal effects.
A most Extraordinary Overgrowth. Captain Andrews, who arrived at Salem on the 20th inst. in 54 days from Eckwarden, brings no news of a political nature, but has furnished the following description of a child of most uncommon bulk, whom he saw at Oldenburg. It was a girl, in the sixth year of her age. She weighed 165 pounds English weight. Her height was 4 feet 2 inches; she measured round the
waist 4 feet 1 inch; the circumference of her head was two feet four inches; just above her wrist, 11 inches round; the calf of her leg, 1 foot 5 inches. It was with great difficulty she could walk across the room, and appeared to be very much distressed for breath; and her frame seemed scarcely able to sustain such a load of flesh. Her mother was a very small woman, and has had several children. She said that a gentleman had offered her 1500l. sterling for the loan of the child for a twelve month, to carry to England as a sight. She had been carried to Hamburg and Bremen, with her mother, and exhibited in those cities. The above description may be depended upon, as captain Andrews was so struck with her appearance that he was at the trouble of taking the dimensions himself.
The German Prince Esterhazy has the largest flocks of sheep possessed by any one person in any part of the world. His Highness attended the Woburn sheep-shearing in 1804, when he asked the Duke of Bedford, “of what number his flock consisted?” His Grace replied “600”—“what number of shepherds?” The answer was “one.” “Probably,” says the Duke, “your Highness may have a flock on your estate?” “Yes,” replied the illustrious foreigner, “I have in Germany; it consists of 150,000 sheep and for the due management of which I keep 600 shepherds!”
A fashionable young countess asking a young nobleman which he thought the prettiest flower roses or tulips? he replied with great gallantry, “Your ladyship's roses before all the roses in the world.”
It is the wish of the Editor of the NATIONAL INTELLIGENCER to engage an individual well qualified to Report the Debates of Congress. Immediate application, with the terms that will be agreeable, is requested.
Editors of Papers are requested to insert this advertisement a few times.
DIED, on Saturday the 15th inst. Major THOMAS LEWIS, of Greenbrier county.
PUBLIC SALE.
On Wednesday next, at 11 o'clock, when the Plan is fixed. A HOUSE AND LOT on King Street, lying between D and D'vay's—The lot fronts on King Street 24 feet, and on D'vay's 100 feet to a 100 ft. alley; it is a good lot, and near the City Hall. Terms, &c. will be made known at the place of sale. Philip G. Morfitt.
THE SHIP WILLIAM & JOHN, will sail on Tuesday the 7th of October for COWES (Bight) — 100 tons — 6 or 8 PASSENGERS. Application to be made to captain Woodhouse on board, lying at Ramsay's wharf, or James Wilson.
ENGLISH and GERMAN Almanacs, For the Year 1805, for sale by the gross or dozen, at Robert and John Gray's Bookstore, King Street.
Difficult of Columbia—To Wit: WHEREAS William Follin by his petition in writing applied to the Hon. Nicholas Fitzgerald, one of the Assistant Judges of the Circuit Court of the District of Columbia, to be admitted to the benefit of the act of Congress for the relief of insolvent debtors within the District aforesaid, has stated therein that he is now in actual confinement in the jail of the county of Alexandria, at the suit of J. W. and S. Leonard and Company, and that being unable to discharge said Leonard and Co's claim, with others against him has offered to deliver up, for the use of his creditors, all his property real, personal and mixed; Notice is therefore given to the creditors of the said William Follin, to attend at the Court House in the town of Alexandria, on Tuesday the 2d of October next, between the hours of 10 o'clock in the forenoon, and 2 o'clock in the evening of that day, to show cause why said prisoner shall not be discharged according to law. By Order. G. DENEALE, c. c.
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LATELY PUBLISHED, And for Sale by ROBERT and JOHN GRAY, THE HISTORY OF THE WARS, Which arose out of the French Revolution: which is prefixed a Review of the Causes of that Event. By Alexander Stephens, Esq. Of the Honorable Society of the Middle Temple. Two Vols. Octavo. Price to Subscribers 5 dols. N. B. After the 20th of this month the price will be raised to 6 dols.
Just received, The fifth volume of Select Plays. Subscribers will please to send for their copies. July 14.
Edward Hackley & Wm. Ramsay,
HAVING THIS DAY Entered into partnership under the firm of Hack- ley and Ramsay , offer for sale at their Store, corner of King and Pitt Streets, near the Wash- ington Tavern, a general assortment of Wines, Spirituous Liquors, Gre- ceries, &c. Warranted Genuine, viz:
London particular Madeira, } in pipes and half do. } Lisbon, } Columbia and } Malaga } Part of an excellent quality in bottles, Medoc Claret, in cases of two doz. Loaf, lump and Muscovado Sugars, Syrup and Molasses, London bottled Porter, Jamaica and Antigua Rum, Holland and country Gin, Cognac and Barcelona Brandy, White Wine Vinegar, Philadelphia and Albany Chocolate, Fig Blue, Manders, Copiers, Brimstone, St. Peter and Allbee, English and country Soap, &c. Shoe, assorted, Georgia Cotton, Imperial, Hyson Chulang, } Hyson, } Young Hyson, } Hyson Skin, } and } Souchong, assorted } Best Green Coffee, Spices of every kind, Ducham and Dixon's Mackerel, Leiper's Snuff, Spanish Segars of a good quality, Basket Salt for table use, Pipes in boxes, Wrapping Paper, Belt Salt Oil, Stoughton's Bitters, Olives, Soal Leather, Demijohns, Rice and Barley, &c. &c. June 4. d6reo
WILLIAM RAMSAY BEING anxious to close his former business, requests all those who are indebted to him to settle their accounts as early as possible, and those who have claims against him will please present them for adjustment.
TO RENT, The Dwelling House and Store in Prince Street one door east of the house occupied by Dr. E. C. Dick, they are both in good repair. Possession may be had immediately. Apply as above. June 4. d6reo
TO BE SOLD, ON Thursday the 27th day of September next on the premises, to the highest bidder, if no disposed of by private sale before that day, The TRACT of LAND
whereon I now live, in Fairfax county, Virginia, on Potomac Creek, containing five hundred and twenty acres; the situation is agreeable and ve- ry healthy; there is on it an excellent mill seat, on the above mentioned Creek, with an inexhausti- ble quantity of excellent grey limestone, and an abundance of good red and white oak, poplar and hickory timber, to erect the dam and necessary buildings, on the spot; there is on this Creek, which washes the tract for about two miles, a ve- ry considerable portion of the first quality mea- dow land, and a quantity of fresh and salt open- ed and nearly half the tract is in corn. It is situ- ated about twenty miles from George Town and Washington, and the same distance from Alexan- dria and Dumfries, and is justly considered the best piece of forest land in the country. The terms of payment will be, one third paid down, one third in eighteen months, and the other third in three years; an indubitable title will be made the purchaser, and the public are assured that the sale will take place, if not privately disposed of before the day of sale, as I am determined to remove to the state of Kentucky this fall.
ALSO, On the same day and place, will be sold, all my STOCK of every kind, plantation utensils, household and kitchen furniture, and present crop now on hand, for ready money. Thomas Pollard. Aug. 22. euds
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Scheme of a Lottery, To build an Academy in the City of Richmond.     1 Prize, last drawn ticket having a blank to its number, Dolls.    1 do 20,000  1 do 10,000  1 do 5,000  5 do of 1,000 make 5,000  10 do of 500 5,000  20 do of 200 4,000  40 do of 100 4,000  100 do of 50 5,000  250 do of 20 7,500  420 do of 15 10,500  1,500 do of 10 15,000  3,000 do of 5 15,000  1 first drawn ticket after 1000 having a blank to its number, 250  2 do after 2,000 do 250  1 do after 3,000 do 250  1 do after 4,000 do 250  1 do after 5,000 do 500  1 do after 6,000 do 500  1 do after 8,000 do 500  1 do after 10,000 do 500  1 do after 12,000 do 500  1 do after 13,000 do 500  1 do after 14,000 do 1,000  5,325 prizes 150,000  4,675 blanks—net two to a prize.  
15,000 tickets at 10 dollars each, 150,000 N. B. Prizes subjected to a deduction of fifteen per cent.
This Lottery has been authorized by the le- gislature of Virginia, for the laudable purpose of erecting a Seminary of learning in or near the metropolis of this state. With this view it is contemplated to raise 20,000 dollars, and 2,500 dollars in addition, for defraying the expenses at- tendant on drawing the lottery. Citizens of the city respectively have been selected as trustees, and they have pledged themselves to use their ut- most exertions to carry it into effect. The scheme has the advantage of giving to each adventurer's chance for some very large prizes, whilst the pro- portion of prizes to blanks, is so great as to in- vite the friends of the intended institution to par- ticipate in the lottery, with very little risk of their becoming losers. The treasurer of this lottery is to be appointed to receive the money for the tickets as they are sold, and to pay the amount of the prizes to fortunate adventurers. It is believ- ed that the above considerations will induce a ra- pid sale of the tickets, and the drawing will com- mence as soon as a sufficient number shall be sold to authorize it—which it is believed will be on the second Monday in December next. Richmond, Jan. 31, 1804. eo
Tickets to be had of Robert Pollard, Dr. J. Breckenborough, sen. Wm. Price, (Reg.) Samuel Pleasants, Jun. and Wm. Pritchard.
Land for Sale. WE wish to sell a tract of LAND containing between four and five hundred acres, situated on the Potomac, in Fairfax county, about 3 miles from town, and adjoining General Thompson Ma- nors. This property in point of elegance of situation, is excelled by none, and will be sold low for cash or on a short credit. Walter S. Alexander, John Luke. For the heirs of Phil. Alexander, deceased. August 13 eo
TO LET, A two story BRICK HOUSE on King, be- tween Pitt and St. Asaph Streets, in a good situ- ation for a retail store.—Also, a one story HOUSE on St. Asaph, between King and Prince Streets, and a STORE on King, at the corner of Royal Street. For terms apply to Adam Lynn. Who has just received, A case of GUNS, and a few pair of Gilt frame pier LOOKING GLASSES, DRESS- ING GLASSES, &c. &c. &c. Aug. 24. eo
This is to give Notice, THAT the subscribers of the county of Alex- andria, have obtained from the Orphans' Court of the county aforesaid, in the District of Colum- bia, Letters of Administration on the personal estate of Joseph Dyson, late of the said county, deceased. All persons having claims against the deceased, are hereby warned to exhibit the same, with the vouchers thereof to the subscribers, at or before the third day of March next, they may otherwise by law be excluded from all benefit of the said estate. GIVEN under our hands this third day of September, 1804. John A. Burford, Hannah Burford, Administrators and Administratrix of Joseph Dy- son, deceased.
All persons indebted to the said es- tate, are requested to make immediate payment to the above named Administrator and Admini- stratrix. Sep. 3. cow3
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PROPOSALS, FOR PUBLISHING BY SUBSCRIPTION, THE TRAVELS OF Anacharsis the Younger, IN GREECE: During the middle of the fourth Century, before the Christian Era, With copious Notes and References. BY THE ABBE BARTHELEMY, Keeper of the Medals in the Cabinet of the King of France, and Member of the Royal Academy of Inscriptions and Belles Lettres. Translated from the French.
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THE work now offered to the American read- er exhibits a complete view of the antiquities manners, customs, religious ceremonies, laws, arts, and literature of ancient Greece, at the peri- od of its greatest splendor. A knowledge of these has hitherto been only attainable by a labo- rious perusal of writers who have been little soli- citous to join entertainment with instruction. The Travels of Anacharsis, on the contrary, are so written, that the reader may frequently be induced to imagine he is perusing a work of mere amusement, invention, and fancy; till his eye glances to the bottom of the page, when he per- ceives there is scarcely a sentence, and not a single fact or circumstance, but is supported by the authority of some ancient author. The a- mazing number of these quotations may, perhaps at first sight, seem to have been unnecessary, and to have more the appearance of a parade of erudition, than to be of any real utility: but it is to be remembered that, at the same time that they must be highly acceptable to the man of real learning, by enabling him to refer immediate- ly to the original author, they are extremely useful, nay, we may say, absolutely necessary, even to such readers as can never be supposed to have any intention to consult the authorities quot- ed; as they clearly show that such an idea, or such a circumstance, is not merely a decoration or the offspring of the offspring of the fancy of the author, but immediately taken from some ancient writer, and therefore perfectly accordant to the general scope and plan of the work.
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HAVE JUST RECEIVED A large supply of Dr. Stoughton's GENUINE BITTERS,
THE happy effects, and superior efficacy of these bitters, can be testified by hundreds in A- lexandria and its neighbourhood, during the pre- ailing sickness last summer. We believe that every person, who then persevered in regularly taking them, resisted the attacks of the fever. They brace the constitution, create appetite, as- sist digestion, and relieve the cholic; in short, in all complaints of the stomach and bowels they have been proved to be eminently efficacious. Hence, they resist malignant fevers, and are a preventive to the ague. A course of these bit- ters, begun now, may prove highly beneficial, as they will gradually prepare the system to undergo the danger of a sickly summer.
There are many counterfeits. Purchasers will please to observe that the genuine Stoughton's Bitters are sealed with the first letter of the Doc- tor's surname, and full directions pasted on each bottle. Tavern keepers and liquor stores, will find it to their advantage to use them, as from superior strength alone they may be considered to cost no more than the trash so often imposed upon them. They are also sold by Rapine, Conrad and Co. Capitol Hill, City of Washington; Mr. Marsh, George Town, and Mr. A. Buck, Fre- derickburg. Also just received, ESSENCE OF SPRUCE.
Beer made with this article, is well known to be the most wholesome and least expensive mixed beverage for the summer season.
Alexandria Bank Shares FOR SALE—apply to James Patton.
JUST RECEIVED, And for Sale by Rob. and John Gray, MEMOIRS OF The LIFE of Dr. DARWIN. By Anna Seward. Price in boards, 1 dol. 75 cts. Bound in Sheep, 2 — 00 Calf, gilt, 2 — 50
Notice is hereby given, That on the first day of Hay Market District Court, will be offered for sale, at Hay Market, for Cash, about sixty head of HORNED CATTLE. They will consist of barren and milch cows, male and female, yearlings &c.
Edward Carter, of Prince William, d2 22wgt
350 bls. HERRINGS. For Sale by the Subscribers—350 bls. well cured Herrings; a quantity of second hand Rigging, four new sails for a Brig; a quan- tity of Blocks and three Anchors. 30 tiers of Rice, 50 bales Cotton, 1200 lbs. Indigo. BILLS on Philadelphia and New York; Ricketts, Newton and Co. July 26 d
FRESH FRUIT Of a superior quality JOHN A. BURFORD, (Late Joseph Dyson's store, Prince street.) Has this day received, per the brig Neptune, from Lisbon,
ONS by the box or smaller quantity, LEMONS soft shelled Almonds, 800 lbs. English Walnuts, 500 lbs. of preserved Fruits, 10 box and some Sweet Meats, are in excellent order, and the best All which ever brought to this port. Just received, per the brig Jo- annah, from Newburyport, a few tiers of first quality SEED POTATOES. July 5. d
PURSUANT To a Deed of Trust from Samuel Poston, to the subscriber, will be exposed to sale, for ready money, at the Coffee House in the town of Alexandria, on the sixteenth day of October next,
Two Tracts of Land, Lying on the north river of Occoquan, in the county of Hampshire, containing four hundred and thirty one acres; the sale will commence at 12 o'clock in the day. James Keith. September 4. 1w4wt
A Farm Wanted. THE subscriber wishes to purchase a FARM of moderate size, possessed of useful improvements and natural advantages, in either of the counties of Fairfax, Prince William, Loudoun or Fau- quier; for which payment will be made in hand. Francis L. Lee. Aug. 22. 2w4wt
Notice is hereby given, THAT a deed of trust has been executed to the subscribers, by William and Samuel Gordon, (late merchants of Dumfries) of all their real and personal property, for the benefit of their creditors: All persons having claims against them are required to exhibit their accounts, on or be- fore the first day of November next, otherwise they will be excluded from the benefit of a divi- dend which will then be made. James Muschett, George Smith. Dumfries, Sept. 14. 1w4wt
JUST RECEIVED, A quantity of Cut Nails & Brads OF EVERY SIZE, from several of the best manufactories, which will be sold low. P. WANTON.
A small HOUSE to rent—en- quire as above. 9th Mo. 5. 1w4wt
VALUABLE PROPERTY FOR SALE. On the sixth day of November next, if fair, if not on the next fair day, on the premises, at the intersection of Water and Wolfe Streets in the town of Alexandria, SUNDRY LOTS, with some improvements, belonging to the heirs of Johnathan Hall, deceased. A small part of the purchase money will be required on making a good title; for the remainder a liberal credit will be given. By order of the Heirs. George Gilpin. Sept. 5. 1w4wt
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