Alexandria daily advertiser (Alexandria [Va.]), 1805-02-27 00:00:00

Alexandria Daily Advertiser.
Vol. V.]
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 1805.
[No. 1227.]
Public Sale.
On FRIDAY next, At 10 o'clock, will be sold at the Vendue Store,
RUM
In hhds. and bds. French Brandy in pipes, Gin in pipes and bds. Whiskey and Apple Brandy in bds. Sugar in hhds. tierces and bds. 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, Kersemere, Duffs, Plains, Kerseys, Negro Cottons, Seres, Blankets, blue Friezes, Calimancos, Rodes, Yam Stockings, Chintzes and Calicoes, Irish Linens, Silesia do. Osnaburgs and Ticklenburgs, Muslin and Muslin Handkerchiefs, India Muslins and Table Clothes, Bandana Handkerchiefs, Colour'd Threads, Hats and sundry other articles.
Philip G. Marsteller.
Dec 20.
TANNERS OIL.
30 bbls. best Brown Tanners Oil, For Sale by LAWRASON & FOWLE.
Also on hand,
A few hhds. retailing Molasses, Hogheads and barrels Muscovado sugar, Mould Candles, Soap No. 1 and 2, New Beer, Boston inspection, Mackerel, Russia and Ravens Duck, Sewing Twine Sheathing Paper, Sonchong Tea, and And a few boxes fresh Chocolate. Jan. 8. d
FOR SALE,
On board the sloop COLUMBIA, at A. and E. JANNEY's wharf;
New-England Rum, in hogheads, tierces and barrels. Sweet Cyder, in barrels. Potatoes. 70 barrels Boston Beef. Few boxes Sweet Oil, in flasks, Boxes of Shoes, &c. &c. &c.
Said sloop is offered for sale, freight, or charter. Apply to Captain Gardner, on board, or to JOHN C. LADD. January 12. d
MISCELLANEOUS POETRY,
selected generally from the most entertaining and instructive writings of the British poets. (By the Rev. THOMAS DAVIS.)
In two Volumes, Octavo.
Price two and an half Dollars.
Sold by Robert Gray, & the Author,
A gentleman well known in Philadelphia, and who is greatly respected as a clergyman and justly esteemed as a man of letters, has given the following opinion of this selection:
"The two volumes of Select Poetry, form a valuable contribution to the stock of English literature. I really consider the work as the best compilation now extant. The selections and arrangements evince the taste of a correct and benevolent mind, the judgment of a sound and polished mind, the judgment of a sound and benevolent mind, and that degree of criticism which can only be acquired by extensive reading and scholastic acquirements." February 4. d
COTTON & STEWART, HAVE FOR SALE,
A few Copies of the Works of Wm. SMITH, D. D.
Late Provost of the College and Academy of Philadelphia.—Also,
THE AMERICAN GARDNER,
CONTAINING Ample directions for working a kitchen garden every month in the year; and copious instructions, for the calculation of Flower Gardens, Vineyards, and Nurseries, Hop Yards, Green Houses, and Hot Houses.
By Gardiner and Hepburn, Late Gardeners to Gov. Mercer and Gen. Mason. Feb. 1. d
For Sale by the Subscribers,
Muscovado sugar in hhds.
Green Coffee in tierces
Antigua & Tobago rum in hhds.
Cognac Brandy in pipes
AND A FEW
Barrels of Prime BEEF.
Nathaniel Wattles, & Co.
Jan. 24. d
Benjamin Shreve, Jun. HAS FOR SALE,
Twelve bales of INDIA COTTONS
CONSISTING OF 3 bales Bithwa Emery 2 do. Coomortally Sannah 1 do. Jallapore do. 1 do. Scerpore Batiah 1 do. Collypatty do. 2 do. Cogmary Coffah 1 do. Johannah do. 1 do. Donecatter Chintz, and 3 cases Bandanna Handkerchiefs 2 bales Sago 3 chests Hyson Tea 32 pieces Russia Sheerings 9 do. Ravens Duck 15 bags Black Pepper 1 case Wool Hats Mens coarse and fine Shoes Womens and childrens Morocco do. Sole and Upper Leather A few Coils Cordage Snuff in half barrels and kegs 3 pipes 4th proof Cognac Brandy 2 hhds. Armagnac do. 5 hhds. and 12 barrels Sugar 25 bbls. Beef, Salem inspection 6 do. best brown TANNER'S OIL. January 1. d
WILLIAM OXLEY
HAS ON HAND, Which he will dispose of on terms advantageous to the purchasers, for cash or notes, The following Articles, viz.
Superfine and second cloths Kersemere and swandowns Bearkins and fearnoughts Durants and callimancos Bombazets and wildbores Common and boild cambelts Silk, cotton, and worsted hosiery English extra long silk gloves Silk twill and thread Diaper and common tapes Paper and pound pins White and printed marceilles Laces, edgings and gimps Elegant black and white lace veils Patent do. do. Satin peeling and silk handkerchiefs 4-4, 9-8, and 6-4 Cambric muffs India Jacomet do. Fustians, buckram, &c. &c. ALSO, A few bales of Negro Caddies, and one trunk silk and cotton flings. January 7. d
Notice.
The Subscriber intending to leave Alexandria, requests those who are indebted to him to make payment of their accounts by the 1st of next month.
Thos. Semmes. Feb. 11. d
LAND FOR SALE.
I WISH to sell sixty or seventy acres of LAND, lying on the main turnpike road, about two miles from the Alexandria market house; on which place there is a square log cabin. This place in point of situation, is inferior to none on said road; it has also an excellent never failing spring of water. For further particulars please apply to the subscriber living near the Cameron mills.
William Turner. January 2. eo
SEINE-TWINE,
FOR SALE, by John Ramsay February 15. eo
Cash, and the highest price given for clean linen and cotton RAGS, by the Printer of this paper.
THE SUBSCRIBERS
Are now landing and offer for sale
at the store lately occupied by R. B. Jamesson
20 Bales Prime Upland Cotton,
20 Hhds. Muscovado Sugar,
2 Puncheons Reth Whiskey,
15 Puncheons Old, and fine flavored Jamaica
Rum,
5 Pipes Holland Gin,
20 Pipes Cognac Brandy
30 Qr. Chells of the best Teas, assorted, from bohea to Imperial.
30 Bbls. of 1st and 2d quality refined Sugar.
2 Hhds. Madeira,
4 Hhds. Green Coperas,
6 Tierces Roll Emultone,
2 Hhds. Allum,
1 Tierce Glauber Salts,
10 Pipes of Old London Particular Madeira
5 Pipes of full Bodied Port,
20 Qr. Casks Sherry,
2 Pipes fine Lisbon,
8 Pipes Particular Teneriffe,
30 Qr. Casks Malaga,
50 Casks Claret,
1 Case of Nutmegs, Mace, and Cloves,
5 Bales Caffia,
500 lbs. Pepper,
100 lbs. Pimento,
800 lbs. Ground Ginger,
1000 lbs. Rice, do.
200 Boxes Gudiroids, (superfine) Segars, in half boxes,
70 Boxes St. Jago, do.
3 Pipes best (French) Vinegar,
10 Bales Almonds,
1 Cask Pearl Barley,
15 Hhds. Bright Molasses,
15 Boxes Superfine Chocolate,
40 Boxes Mould and Dipt Candles,
30 Boxes Brown and White Soap,
100 Boxes Hunters Pipes,
20 boxes of Mustard,
1 Case Cayenne Pepper,
Basket Salt,
Fine Poland Starch,
100 Demijohns, assorted,
700 lb. Refined Salt Petre,
30 qr. Casks Best English F. Gunpowder,
Do. in lb. Papers,
Do. in Canisters,
20 Boxes Fig Blue,
3 Seroons fine Rotant Indigo,
Lieper, and Hamilton's Snuff,
1 Case of Macouba, do.
1 Do. French Rappee.
Mandeville & Jamesson. Nov. 30. d
JAMES SANDERSON,
Has just received the following articles,
12 Pipes London P. Madeira
Wine, of a superior quality,
Old Port Wine in hhds. qr. Casks and Bottles
Burgundy in Bottles,
Sherry in qr. Casks,
Cognac Brandy,
Jamaica Spirits,
Holland Gin,
Peach Brandy, very old,
Whiskey,
Loaf, and Muscovado Sugars,
Imperial,
Hyson,
Young Hyson,
Hyson Skin,
Cloves, Nutmegs, Mace,
Allspice, Black Pepper,
Ground Ginger, Salt Peter,
Soap by the box,
British Sail Canvas,
Russia Duck, first quality,
German Ticklenburgs, and Osnaburgs,
Coarse Hats in cases,
Juniper Berries in bags,
Stone Ware,
5 qr. Casks English Battle Gun Powder, in pound papers sealed,
1 Large ScalBeam with Box Ends,
And Scales complete of a superior quality.
A few bags of first quality GREEN
COFFEE. Nov. 8. d
For Sale, by the Subscriber,
A few tierces excellent Rice.
Six hhds best retailing Molasses.
Sixteen hhds. Surinam Sugars.
A few hundred bushels of coarse
Salt. Dec. 17. J. G. Ladd.
AMERICAN GARDENER.
A FEW COPIES FOR SALE, BY
ROBERT GRAY, King-street.
February 9. d
TUNIS CRAVEN
Has just received the Philadelphia assortment of
GOODS,
suitable to the present season
—AMONG WHICH ARE—
Best London Superfine and second Cloths, Cassimeres, frizes, Coatings, Bearkins, Plains, Surges & Flannels, Mole Skin, Toilenett, Swansdown, and Mar. feils, Velvet, Constitution, Hunting, and Genoa, Coats, 1 & 2 Irish Linen, Shirting Cotton, long Lawn, Estapaloes, Britannias White, and Brown, Plattillas, Creas, Dowlas, Ticklenburgs, Osnaburgs and Hessian, Worsted, Cotton, & Silk Hosiery, Rose, and Duffell Blankets, Chintz's, Calicoes, & Colored Cambrics, do. do. Furniture, Ladies Patent Cloth Linen, & Cotton Cambric, Cambric, Jacomett, Mull Mull, & Book Mullin, do. Tamboured, and Sprigged, Lace Cambrics, Harnished and Flushed Shawls, Camels Hair, do. India Book Mullin, Handkerchiefs, Black Laces, Veils, Edgings, Laces, Imperial, and Pic Nic Mitts, Extra Long Silk & Wash Leather Gloves, Italian Waid Silks, Cana bray, do. Marking & Sewing Silk, Silk Cords, and Tassels, Ostrich Feathers, Artificial Flowers, and Ribbons, Tambouring Cotton, Fringed & Plain, Cotton Counterpins, Baftas, Emeries, Gun-nabs, &c.
Also—By wholesale,
2 Cases Chintzes and Calicoes
At very reduced prices.
Nov. 13. d
JAMES BACON, AT HIS GROCERY STORE,
King near Washington Street,
Has just received from Philadelphia, New-York &c. an extensive lot of GROCERIES consisting of
Gunpowder, Imperial, Hyson, Young Hyson, Hyson Skin, Peko, Pada, Pouchong and Com'n Pouchong
TEAS
Of the latest Importation and particularly chosen.
Green coffee of superior quality, Loaf, Lump and Muscovado Sugar, W. India and Sugar House Molasses,
Choice old Madeira, Particular Teneriffe,
Sherry, Brufle, Lisbon, Malaga and Port
WINES.
Claret in small cases, Cogniac and Barcelona Brandy,
Old Jamaica Spirits, Antigua, St. Croix, and St. Kitts
RUM.
Best Holland Gin, White Wine and Cyder Vinegar, Best Sallad Oil, Salt Petre, Allum, Madder, Coperas & Brimstone.
Mace, Nutmegs, Cloves and Caffia,
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 Gunpowder,
Gun and Pistols Flints,
Single and double Battle do. in papers
canisters,
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 taken every pains possible in the selection of his goods, he flatters 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. d
A FEW TICKETS in the Third Class of the Lottery for the promotion of Literature in the State of New-York, for Sale by the printer hereof. Prizes in the Second Class will be taken in exchange. December 27.

For Charleston, (S. C.)
THE BRIG
ECONOMY,
Will sail in all the present week. For freight or passage, (having good accommodations) apply to Elisha P. Smith , master on board, at Harper's wharf; or, to
John G. Ladd.
February 26.
For Sale—or Freight,
The fine sloop
MONTEZUMA,
Sixty two tons burden, two years old, newly built, with complete accommodations for passengers, and an exceeding fast sailer—Please apply to Captain Thomas Baker , on board at Prince Street wharf, or to the subscriber,
John G. Ladd.
February 22.
Public Sale.
On Friday next, will be Sold, at the Vendue Store,
A LIKELY NEGRO GIRL, accustomed to house work; she has about 14 years to serve and her offspring to serve until they are 25 years of age. A credit of 30 and 60 days will be given.
P. G. Marsteller.
February 26.
JUST RECEIVED,
AND FOR SALE,
300 Boxes Nova-Scotia Herrings.
Matthew Eakin.
February 26.
SEINE-TWINE,
FOR SALE, by
James Sanderson.
February 26.
FOR SALE.
80 bbls. Patuxent TOBACCO,
FIRST QUALITY,
18 do. George-Town Inspection.
APPLY TO
William Oxley.
February 22.
Benjamin Shreve, junior,
Has just received, per Schooner Dove, Captain
Thomas from Portland,
AND FOR SALE,
94 barrels New-England Rum,
12 highballs retailing Molasses
1 pipe London particular Madeira Wine,
10 barrels pickled Pollock.
February 25.
This day landing,
From Brig HARMONY, at Lawrason's wharf,
and for sale, by
LAWRASON & FOWLE,
on said wharf;
10 bales Beerboon gurrahs
22 chests young hysen
2 do. imperial
2 do. soucough
6 half chests do. of a
superior quality,
TEAS,
of the latest importations.
New-England Rum, in hogsheads
15 bbls. retailing Molasses
3 pipes oil proof Cognac Brandy
1 half pipe old London particular Madeira
Wine
90 boxes mould and dibt Candles
10 do. brown Soap
25 do. fresh Chocolate
70 bbls. Boston prime Beef
20 do. do. do. Pork
8 casks winter strained Sperm
6 do. whale
OIL.
A few bbls. brown Tanners'
2 trunks ladies' Morocco Shoes
1 do. of Morocco Pocket Books, Cotton
and Morocco Sufenders
1 do. of sack and fire Combs.
ON HAND,
A few pieces of first quality Russia and heavy
Ravens Duck, Sewing Twine, &c.
February 15.
A Wet Nurse Wanted.
A WOMAN with a good breast of Milk that can have good recommendations, will hear of an advantageous situation by applying to The Printer .
February 22.
NOTICE.
The person who took from my door, on Saturday evening last, a SMALL LADDER , is requested to return it, and not take such liberties with my property in future. Any person having a fire bucket, marked John Wye, City Tavern, No. 2. is requested to take care of it and inform me.
John Gadsby.
February 21.
Congress of the United States.
House of Representatives.
MONDAY, February 18.
The house resolved itself into a committee of the whole and attended the trial of Samuel Chase, and after some time spent therein, the committee returned and Mr. Speaker having resumed the chair.
Mr. Varnum reported, that the committee had attended the trial, and that a farther progress had been made therein.
The committee of claims requested and obtained leave to sit during the sitting of the house.
Mr. Dana from the committee of claims made a report on the petition of Return J. Meigs, jun. which was referred to a committee of the whole house on Wednesday next.
Petitions from Thomas Avery of Colrain (Mass.) and Duncan Campbell, of New-York , were presented to the house and referred to the committee of claims.
Mr. R. Griswold moved that a committee be appointed to join with such committee as the senate may appoint to consider and report what business is necessary to be done by congress in the present session. Agreed to.
Ordered, that Mr. R. Griswold, Mr. J. Clay, Mr. Blackledge, Mr. Huger, and Mr. N. R. Moore, be appointed the committee on the part of this house.
The house again took into consideration the bill authorising the secretary at war to issue a military land warrant, &c. and after being amended it was ordered to be engrossed with the amendments, for a third reading to-morrow.
Ordered, That the committee of claims be discharged from the consideration of the petitions of John M'Fadon, &c. and that they be referred to the committee of commerce and manufactures.
A message was received from the Senate notifying that they have agreed to the resolution of the house for the appointment of a committee to wait on the president of the United States, and to inform him of his re-election, and that they have appointed a committee on their part.
The house, according to the order of the day, resolved itself into a committee of the whole,
Mr. Gregg in the chair, On the bill for the relief of Phil. Nicklin and Robert E. Griffith , and after some debate thereon, the committee rose, reported progress, and asked leave to sit again, which being refused them by the house.
The bill was recommitted to the committee of commerce and manufactures. Adjourned.
TUESDAY, February 19.
Mr. Nicholson from the committee appointed to wait on the president of the U. States and to inform him of his re-election, reported that they had performed the duty assigned to them.
The house resolved itself into a committee of the whole and attended the trial of Samuel Chase, and after some time spent therein, the committee returned, and Mr. Speaker having resumed the chair.
Mr. Varnum reported that the committee had attended the said trial and that a farther progress had been made therein.
Mr. Newton reported a bill to alter and establish certain post roads, which was read the first and second time and committed to a committee of the whole house to-morrow.
A petition was presented from sundry freeholders and inhabitants of Portsmouth, Virginia, praying the consent of congress to an act of the legislature of Virginia for the erection of a bridge across the northern branch of Elizabeth river, &c.
Referred to Mr. Newton, Mr. Wynns, Mr. Dennis, Mr. Gray, and Mr. Varnum.
An engrossed bill authorising the secretary at war to issue military land warrants was read the third time and passed.
A message was received from the senate, notifying that they have passed the bill providing for the government of the territory of Orleans.
The said bill was read the first and second time and committed to a committee of the whole house to-morrow.
Ordered that the petition of sundry inhabitants of the district of Waldoborough (Mass.) be referred to the committee of commerce and manufactures.
The house, according to the order of the day, resolved into a committee of the whole,
Mr. Gregg in the chair,
On the report of the committee of claims on the memorial of Richard Taylor , and after some time spent therein, the committee rose and reported the following resolution, which received the concurrence of the house.
Resolved, that the prayer of the memorial of Richard Taylor is reasonable and ought to be granted.
Ordered that the committee of claims have leave to bring in a bill pursuant to the said resolution.
The order of the day being called for on the bill to make Plymouth, in North Carolina a port of entry,
When A motion was made to postpone it till the third of March next, and the question being put it was agreed to.
Mr. Thomas presented a bill supplementary to the act regulating the grants of land appropriated for the refugees from the British provinces of Canada, and Nova-Scotia, which was read the first and second time and committed to a committee of the whole House, to-morrow.
Mr. Dana from the committee of Claims presented a bill for the relief of Richard Taylor , which was read the first and second time and committed to a committee of the whole House, to-morrow.
Mr. Dana also presented a bill for the relief of William A. Barron , which was read a first and second time and committed to a committee of the whole House, to-morrow.
A petition was presented from Isaac Sears of Kinsale, (Mass.) and referred to the committee of claims.
Mr. Eppes, from the committee to whom was recommitted the bill further to extinguish the debts due from the United States, made a report, which was ordered to lie on the table.
Ordered, that the committee last mentioned be discharged from the consideration of the petitions and memorials of Edmund Brook, John Chamberlain, Eli Elmer, and Moses Young , and that they be severally referred to the committee of Claims. Adjourned.
WEDNESDAY, Feb. 20.
The House resolved itself into a committee of the whole, and attended the trial of Samuel Chase, and after some time spent therein, the committee returned, and Mr. Speaker having resumed the chair.
Mr. Varnum reported, that the committee had attended the said trial, and that a farther progress had been made therein.
A message in writing was received from the President of the United States as follows:
To the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States
I communicate for the information of Congress a letter of Sept. 18th, from Commodore Preble , giving a detailed account of the transactions of the vessels under his command from July the 9th to the 10th Sept. last past.
The energy and judgment displayed by this excellent officer through the whole course of the service lately confided to him and the zeal and bravery of his officers and men in the several prizes executed by them, cannot fail to give high satisfaction to Congress and their country, of whom they have deserved well.
TH: JEFFERSON.
February 20th, 1805. The said message and the papers transmitted therewith, were referred to Mr. Varnum, Mr. J. Clay, Mr. M'Creery, Mr. Dana, and Mr. Lowndes.
The Speaker laid before the house a letter from the secretary of the treasury, transmitting a statement exhibiting the amount of duties and drawbacks on goods, wares and merchandise, imported into the United States, and exported therefrom, during the years 1801, 1802 and 1803, which were read, and ordered to lie on the table.
A petition was presented from sundry inhabitants of Pennsylvania, praying for the establishment of a post road from Norristown , by the way of Plymouth , &c. to Lancaster .
Referred to the committee on Post offices and Post roads.
Mr. Holland reported a bill to authorise the leasing the public lands in the City of Washington, which was read the first and second time, and committed to a committee of the whole house on Saturday next.
The committee of the whole House was discharged from the farther consideration of the bill for the relief of the sufferers by fire in the City of New-York, and it was committed, with the amendment reported thereto, to the committee of commerce and manufactures.
A message was received from the Senate that they have agreed to the resolution of this House for the appointment of a joint committee to consider and report what business is necessary to be done during the present session, and that they
have appointed a committee on their part. Mr. Dana from the committee of claims, made a report on the case of the Danish Brigantine Henick , which was read and ordered to be referred to a committee of the whole House, to-morrow.
Mr. Dana, from the same committee made a report on the petition of Oliver Pollock , which was referred to a committee of the whole House to-morrow.
Mr. Dana also made a report on the petition of George Little which was referred to a committee of the whole House to-morrow.
A petition was presented from David Lewis of Washington county, (Rhode Island) which was referred to the committee of claims.
On motion, Resolved, That a committee be appointed to enquire whether any and what provision is necessary, to extend to all parties interested therein, the benefits of bonds given by Marshals for the faithful performance of the duties of their office.
Mr. Baldwin, Mr. Dawson, and Mr. Nelson, were appointed, said committee.
Ordered, That the committee of the whole House, be discharged from the farther consideration of the report of the committee of claims, on the petition of Frances Menzies .
The House then took into consideration the said report and the resolution therein contained, to wit.
Resolved, That Francis Mentges have leave to wit draw his petition, together with the papers accompanying the same.
And on the question, will the House agree to the said resolution.
It was resolved in the affirmative.
Mr. Crowninshield from the committee of commerce and manufactures, made a report on the petition of Simon Phillips , which was referred to a committee of the whole House, to-morrow.
Mr. Crowninshield from the same committee, to whom was re-committed, the bill for the relief of Philip Nicklin , and R. E. Griffith , reported the same with amendment, and also a detailed statement of facts in relation to the said claim, which together with the bill, was committed to a committee of the whole House, to-morrow.
Adjourned.
THURSDAY, Feb. 21.
The House met pursuant to adjournment, but a quorum not being formed. The House adjourned until half past two, P. M.
Halt past two, P. M.
The House again met, pursuant to adjournment, when.
On motion made and seconded.
The House adjourned until to-morrow morning, to o'clock.
FRIDAY, January 22.
Mr. J. Clay from the committee of ways and means reported their agreement to the amendments of the Senate to the bill making appropriations for the support of government for the year 1805; whereupon,
The bill, with the amendments, were committed to a committee of the whole House, this day.
The Speaker laid before the House, a letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting an account of the receipts and expenditures of the United States for the year 1803, with a letter from the Register of the Treasury thereon, which were ordered to lie on the table.
A message was received from the Senate, notifying, that they have passed the bill amendatory of the act to lay and collect a direct tax within the United States.
The Speaker laid before the House a letter from the Secretary of State, accompanied with a list of the names of persons who have invented any new or useful art, machine, or manufacture, &c. which were ordered to lie on the table.
Mr. J. Clay made a report on the petition of Anthony Benezet , which was ordered to lie on the table.
A memorial was presented from sundry inhabitants of the county of Brooke , in Virginia , and of Washington county, Pennsylvania , which was referred to the committee of the whole house, to whom were committed the bill making provision for the application of the money heretofore appropriated to the laying out and making public roads leading from the navigable waters emptying into the Atlantic and to the Ohio river.
A petition was presented from sundry inhabitants, masters, and owners of sloops and vessels, navigating between the city of Albany and the port of New-York , &c. which was referred to the committee of the whole house, to whom was committed the bill making appropriations for the support of government for the year 1805.
The House resolved itself into a committee of the whole and attended the trial of Samuel Chase , and after some time spent therein, the committee returned and Mr. Speaker, having resumed the chair.
Mr. Varnum reported, that the committee had attended the said trial, and that a farther progress had been made therein.
Adjourned.
FOR HIRE,
A FLEW
Negro BOYS AND GIRLS,
Apply to the Printer.
February 12.
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MARRIED, last evening by the Rev. Dr. Muir, Mr. Andrew Lyon, to Miss Mary Massey, formerly of St. Mary's County (Maryland.)
Death of the Bishop of Arras.—The venerable Bishop of Arras, (says a late Philadelphia newspaper) whose eminent virtues have long rendered him a prime object of Bonaparte's hatred, died, in December last, in London, after a tedious illness of twelve months, in the 72d year of his age. His unaffected piety, and truly amiable and gentlemanly manners, obtained for him the respect and veneration of all who knew him, and his death is universally and seriously regretted.
About three weeks ago, the academy at Fallows, (New Jersey) together with the books, belonging to it, were destroyed by fire.
By letters received in Philadelphia, from the Mediterranean, we learn that, a duel took place between Mr. Dehart of New Jersey, and Mr. Nicholson of Maryland, both officers in the American squadron. The third fire proved fatal to Mr. Nicholson. He was shot through the head and died instantly.
Melancholy Catastrophe.
We have seldom heard of a circumstance so distressing as the following, which we copy from a Philadelphia paper of the 6th instant:
A Mr. Minchin and his wife went about six weeks ago to the city of Washington, leaving three small children, his mother-in-law, and a young woman a relation. A young gentleman was also in the family as a boarder. On Thursday morning last, Mrs. Gordon, the mother-in-law, baked some buckwheat cakes for breakfast, and the children being present, she gave them the one which was first baked. Not long after, they were seized with a violent vomiting and the rest of the family, except Mrs. G. who had begun their breakfast were taken in the same manner. The vomiting was extreme, and as they expressed it, such a heart-sickness came on them, that they had but sufficient strength left to go to their beds, whither the children were also taken. Immediately after which Mrs. G. was also seized in the same violent manner, though she had not eaten of the cakes, but attributes it to the peculiar disagreeable smell which arose from the first one while baking it. She also was obliged instantly to go to bed where the whole family continued vomiting with scarcely any intermission, and in this deplorable situation they lay till evening, without being able to call for assistance, & unknown to the neighbours. In the evening a young man, a son of Mrs. G. accidentally went to the house, and found them in the above deplorable condition. Assistance and medical aid were immediately procured. The oldest child a fine boy of six years, languished in excruciating agonies till Saturday evening, when he died. Purple spots appeared on the face and neck. The youngest child of three years old, is yet alive, but small hopes are entertained of his recovery. The grown persons of the family and another child are out of danger, though still weak. Mrs. G.'s son, after discovering their situation, and after assistance was procured, had the curiosity to eat a small piece of the buckwheat cake, which was still remaining. It had a disagreeable acid taste, and in about three minutes after he swallowed it, he says his strength failed him, his head ached, and he began to vomit.
The above is a simple statement of facts as related by the family. With respect to the poison, for poison it undoubtedly must have been, which produced this shocking catastrophe, we are left entirely in the dark. The family seem inclined to believe it must have been in the buckwheat meal, but whether from any portion of it having been damaged, or whatever cause, they are unable to determine. Cakes had been made out of the same meal at three or four different times previous to this, and the family experienced no ill effects from using them. They describe their throats to have been much corroded with the vomiting.
From the Register.
It is said that a resolution is now before the Senate of the United States, for interdicting the trade between the U. States, and the island of St. Domingo.
It may be of importance to our citizens to know, whether this resolution, should it pass into a law, will annul the permission, to carry on that trade, which have been, or may hereafter be granted, special grants, by the minister of France. It cannot surely be the wish of the national
legislature, to pass a law, whose only operation will be to transfer a portion of the profits, of the trade with the island of St. Domingo, from the industrious American merchant, to the foreign minister, or his favorites.
The gentleman who bro't the resolution forward ought to inform himself, at the fountain head, whether such permissions as above stated, were ever issued by Mr. Turreau. It is full time that the interests of our citizens should be understood and protected... To explain and defend them, is a paramount duty. D.
From the United States' Gazette.
Mr. Crowninshield. So far as we have been able to judge, the proposition which has been laid before congress by Mr. Crowninshield, to provide more effectually for the protection of American seamen, and to countervail the restrictions imposed upon our commerce by foreign nations, has met with very general approbation thro' out the United States. Every thinking and well informed man has long been sensible of the necessity of some such provision; but we had almost despaired of ever seeing them originated under the present administration. However, as one democrat has at length dared to bring forward a measure not dictated by the cabinet; and that too a measure of immense importance to the commerce and revenues of the country, have some ground for hoping that the proposition will not prove a mere abortion, but that our commercial interests, through his exertions, may at length come to be considered as deserving some regard, especially if commerce should continue to be saddled with the whole revenues of the government.
As Mr. Crowninshield is of the Jefferson school and yet has ventured to introduce a proposition by which Virginia and the Virginia faction are not to be exclusively benefited, we are encouraged to recommend to his consideration some other points which we deem interesting to the nation.
We are now pretty well assured that Spain has been drawn into the vortex of European war. Strong reasons exist for expecting that Sweden and Denmark will soon follow. The United States will then be the only commercial nation which will remain neutral; of course a very extensive field will be open for our enterprise, and immense advantages will accrue to the country, provided government will take such measures as effectually to protect the fair trader, and at the same time to convince the belligerent powers that we resolve to sustain ourselves upon the high ground of honourable neutrality.
For this purpose it is of pressing importance, during the present session of Congress, there should be a plain and explicit declaration of what will be considered as constituting the rights of a neutral nation, in order that every merchant and every master of a vessel may know precisely how far he may depend upon the protection of his government, and for what acts his property will be abandoned to seizure and confiscation. For our government to take no settled position upon subjects of such material moment, and to leave controverted points in the laws of nations to be determined to our disadvantage and to the subversion of our rights, according to the varying interests or caprices of foreign powers, argues a degree of cowardice or of imbecility disgraceful to a sovereign and independent nation. Let our government then boldly avow the principles upon which they will act, and, by so doing, proclaim to the world their determination to protect with the whole power of the government, such citizens as shall keep within the limits prescribed, but to abandon to their merited fate such as shall wantonly transgress them.
Some new regulations on the subject of covering belligerent property are already very necessary to the general prosperity of our commerce, and will soon become much more so, should the war in Europe extend to nations who are as yet neutral. Essential benefit as we apprehend would result from a law at once defining our neutral rights, and directing the several collectors of the customs to require satisfactory proofs of the ownership of all cargoes outward and inward, and enjoining upon them to seize for the benefit of the United States, all such as should be found fraudulently covered. Such a regulation would effectually cut up by the roots the pernicious practice of covering belligerents' property; a practice which more than any other, tends to embroil a neutral nation with the contending parties, and one which has hitherto proved very injurious, to the general prosperity of commerce, and profitable only to a few individuals. The effect has been to destroy all confidence in the truth of our custom-house papers;
to render every neutral vessel however fair her papers might appear an object of suspicion to the belligerents; and consequently of capture and detention. Before the close of the last war, scarcely an American vessel was stopped by a belligerent which was not detained and carried into port for adjudication: and the number of instances in which enemy's property was found upon investigation to be fraudulently covered, and in which the cargoes were consequently forfeited to the captors, was so great as to render it the interest of the cruisers to practise in this manner. We need not enlarge upon the evils and losses to which the fair trader is necessarily subjected by such a practice; nor need we attempt to prove that the great body of our merchants, who are confessedly as fair and upright in their transactions as any in the world, sustain damage by such vexatious detentions and trials, which is vastly more than equivalent to the paltry and fraudulent gains of those few who succeed in carrying on an illicit commerce by escaping capture.
If our citizens choose to risk the exportation of arms, ammunition and other articles contraband of war, to the ports of one of the belligerents, or to become the carriers of belligerent's property, let the nature of the cargo and its destination be fully and honestly exhibited in the ship's papers. If she escape capture it is well: but if she fall into the hands of a cruiser it will be instantly seen that she is a fair and lawful prize, and out of the protection of the U. S.
No doubt, therefore, can be entertained that policy, as well as morality demands an interference of the government upon this subject. Such a law as we contemplate would effectually remove the evil by convincing the belligerents of the correctness and purity of our custom-house papers, which, when found so would be duly respected by the cruisers of belligerent nations; our trade would flourish; our insurance would be moderate; our neutrality would be safe from violation; and our character for honesty and fair dealing would become respectable and respected. Government would then have it in their power to say to all nations, "We will cordially join hands with you in preventing our citizens from taking advantage of your conventions, to carry on an irregular and unlawful commerce. For this purpose, every cargo to or from our ports is strictly examined under our authority, and if fraud be discovered the property is seized, and confiscated for our benefit. You are therefore bound to respect our custom-house papers, and if you find them clear, to let the vessel pursue her voyage without molestation; for they carry with them the sanction of government, as to the truth of the statements which they contain, and the power of government will be exerted if necessary, to compel you to respect them. We know from our own investigation, that the commerce which our citizens are carrying on is fair and lawful; and we therefore determine to protect them in the prosecution of it at all hazards."
Such an attitude would be honorable to the government, and would command the respect of those nations who now insult us, and spit upon us with impunity in our very harbours. If government could be prevailed upon at once to take this broad ground of honesty, which according to the maxim of the old school, is always in the end the best policy, congress need not trouble their heads any longer with that clearance bill, which appears to have given them so much vexation, and which is at best but merely lopping off an inconsiderable branch of the great evil, while the trunk and roots are left untouched in all their strength and vigor.
CATHOLIC CATHEDRAL CHURCH LOTTERY.
Thirty-sixth Day's Drawing.
500 tickets were drawn this day, among which were the following prizes.
Prize of Two Hundred Dollars.
No. 17,400.
Prizes of One Hundred Dollars.
Nos. 4,858 9,257 9,271 9,194 3,534 4,786.
Prizes of Fifty Dollars.
Nos. 8,809 19,283 7,156 4,591 20,657 13,094 11,597.
Prizes of Twenty-five Dollars.
Nos. 6,516 16,541 20,798 6,245 6,335 249 11,448.
70 of 20, and 120 of 15.
Gain of the wheel this day 480 dollars.
Adjourned till Tuesday, at half past nine o'clock; when the first drawn blank after 300 tickets, will be entitled to 300 dollars.
NEW-YORK, Feb. 23.
A letter from Providence, R. I. dated the 15th inst. mentions, that there had been a very high fresh there, which had done considerable damage. The tide rose a foot higher than it was ever known before; and several stores on the wharves, filled with lime, were set on fire.
SWINDLING.
A recent instance of swindling has occurred in the city, which, both for the purpose of exposing a scoundrel & putting the public on their guard against him ought not to pass unnoticed. A person calling himself J. Barclay Croker, and who says that he comes from a house in London, has lately advertised himself into public notice as a Goldsmith, Jeweller, &c. and has so far imposed on the public as to possess himself of many valuable articles in the line of his pretended profession. Suspecting, as it seems, that he could not continue his nefarious practices longer without discovery, he clandestinely left his lodgings on Sunday last, and has not since been heard of. Some circumstances lead to conjecture that he has gone to Norfolk or Richmond. In order to apprise the public of their danger, printers especially in the southern states, would do well to mention the fact.
PUBLIC SALE.
Will be added to FRIDAY'S Sales, New-England RUM, in hogheads & barrels.
Philip G. Marsteller.
February 27.
LEASE FOR SALE.
I will, on SATURDAY, the 6th of March, offer for Sale, on the premises,
The remainder of my Lease of Sumner Hill, (being four years) to the highest bidder, for so much per year.
The Fishing-Landing will be let, separate from the house, garden, and plantation.
JOHN WISE.
February 27.
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NOTICE.
In the month of March next, the sum of Two Hundred and Sixteen Dollars, will become due for two years rent of the lot on which the New Theatre is built. The Stockholders are therefore informed, that unless some provision is made for the payment of that sum, the subscriber will proceed to re-enter, under the authority of the deed of lease.
SARAH PORTER.
February 27.
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Young Ladies' BOARDING & DAY SCHOOL.
MRS. O'KELLY,
Respectfully informs the INHABITANTS of ALEXANDRIA,
That she will commence the TUITION of YOUNG LADIES' on Monday, the 4th instant, in King-Street, opposite the Washington tavern.
February 27.
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A Servant wanted.
CASH will be given for a Servant who can be recommended for sobriety and carefulness, and who has been accustomed to the management of noses. None else need apply to the Printer.
February 27.
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NOTICE.
Having occasion to be absent from this place for some months, I hereby request all persons who are indebted to the different Bankrupt Estates, and Agencies under my direction, to make immediate payment of their respective debts to Mr. JAMES SANDERSON, who is fully authorised to receive and grant acquittances for the same. All accounts appertaining to these estates, not discharged by the first day of April next, shall be then lodged with Robert I. Taylor, Esquire, for suit.
John M c Iver.
February 22.
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Resin Hyatt & James Valliant, (Runaway Sailors.)
Twenty Dollars Reward.
RAN AWAY from the ship ANN, Captain BRADFORD, on Saturday last, (after receiving THREE MONTHS ADVANCE) Resin Hyatt and James Valliant, both sailors. Hyatt is about 24 years of age, fair complexion, short light hair and large stature. Valliant is about 25 years of age, fair complexion, long light hair, about 5 feet 5 inches high.
Whoever will apprehend and return the said men to D. BRITLINGHAM, and B. BRADY, shall receive a reward of Twenty Dollars. February 25.

JAMES KENNEDY, sen.
King Street,
Respectfully informs the Public that he has received, from Lee & Co's Patent and Family Medicine Store, New York, a fresh assortment of the following
Valuable Medicines,
Which are in high esteem and general use throughout the United States, many of them being sold cheaper than the drugs of which they are compounded could be purchased at a retail Store.
TAKE NOTICE,
That J. Kennedy, sen. is appointed the ONLY Agent for Alexandria.
Dr. HAMILTON'S ELIXIR,
A sovereign remedy for Colds, Catarrhs, Coughs Asthma, Catarrhs, Sore Throats, and Approaching Consumption.
To parents who may have children affected with the HOOPING COUGH.
This discovery is of the first magnitude, as it is an immediate relief, checks the progress, and in a short time entirely removes the most cruel disorder to which children are liable—the Elixir is so perfectly agreeable and the dose so small, that no difficulty arises in taking it.
From LUTHER MARTIN, Esq. Attorney-General of the State of Maryland.
Gentlemen,
I comply with your request in stating my opinion of Hamilton's Elixir. It has been used in my family for two or three years past, with uniform success, whenever colds, coughs, or similar complaints have rendered medicine necessary. I have myself found it an excellent and agreeable remedy for a very painful and troublesome affection of the breast, accompanied with soreness and with obstructed and difficult breathing.
On these accounts I do not hesitate to recommend Hamilton's Elixir, as a valuable medicine, and deserving public attention.
LUTHER MARTIN.
Mr. Abijah Henly, Bridge-Street, Baltimore, was cured by one bottle of Hamilton's Elixir of a very complicated disorder, occasioned by a severe cold caught several months ago. He breathed with the greatest difficulty, and was often thrown into weakening sweats when he attempted to walk any distance, and his voice would frequently fail in such a degree that he could only attempt to whisper, he has been upwards of six weeks without a return of his complaints, and desires to give this public testimony in favour of this invaluable medicine.
Dr. Hamilton's GRAND RESTORATIVE,
Is recommended as an invaluable medicine, for the speedy relief and permanent cure of the various complaints which result from dissipated pleasures—juvenile indiscretions—residence in climates unfavourable to the constitution—the immoderate use of tea, frequent intoxication, or any other destructive intemperance—the unskillful or excessive use of mercury—the diseases peculiar to females, at a certain period of life—bad lying in, &c. &c.
And is proved by long and extensive experience to be absolutely unparalleled in the cure of
 Nervous disorders, Violent cramps in the  Consumptions, Stomach and back,  Lowness of spirits, Indigestion,  Loss of appetite, Melancholy,  Impurity of the blood, Gout in the stomach,  Hysterical affections, Pains in the limbs,  Inward weak-knees, Relaxations,  Seminal weaknesses, Involuntary emissions,  Fluor albus, (or whites) Obstinate gleet,  Barrenness, Impotency, &c. &c. 
In cases of extremity, where the long prevalence and frequency of disease has brought on a general impoverishment of the system, excessive debility of the whole frame, and a wasting of the flesh, which no nourishment or cordial could repair a perseverance in the use of this medicine has performed the most astonishing cures.
HAMILTON'S ESSENCE AND EXTRACT OF MUSTARD,
A safe and effectual remedy for gout, rheumatism, palsies, sprains, bruises, pains in the face and neck, &c. and has performed more cures in the above complaint than all the other medicines ever before made public.
From Dr. Weatherburn, Wythe county, Virginia.
Gentlemen,
I purchased at your shop the preparations you call Hamilton's Essence, or Extract of Mustard, which I believe has perfectly removed a chronic rheumatism (of that kind named sciatica, or of the hip joint) under which I had laboured for a long time, and which had baffled every article in the Materia Medica, and every mode of treatment received into practice for the cure of this obstinate disease. If you think this letter useful you are at liberty to make it public.
Yours, &c.
P. WEATHERBURN.
John Hoover, rope-maker, South Second Street, between Mary and Christian Streets, Philadelphia, voluntarily maketh oath as follows, namely, that his wife Mary Hoover, was so severely afflicted with a violent rheumatism, very dangerously situated, the consequence of a severe cold after lying in, as to be confined to her bed for several weeks, and was at length reduced to the melancholy apprehension of remaining a cripple for life, notwithstanding the most respectable medical advice was followed, and every probable remedy attempted; when seeing several cases of cures performed by Hamilton's Essence and Extract of Mustard, they were procured from Mr. Birch, No. 17, South Second Street. The first application enabled her to walk across the room, and the use of one bottle restored her to her usual state of health and strength.
JOHN HOOVER.
Sworn and subscribed before Ebenezer Forster, Esq. one of the Justices of the peace for Philadelphia County.
HAMILTON'S WORM DESTROYING LOZENGES.
Which have within four years past cured upwards of one hundred and twenty thousand persons of both sexes, of every age, and in every situation, of various dangerous complaints arising from worms, and form obstructions or bowels in the stomach and bowels.
This medicine bears no analogy whatever of similar title, so commonly complained of as operating with violence on the contrary, particular excellence of this remedy is its being suited to every age and condition; contains nothing but what is perfectly innocent, and is so mild in its operation that it cannot injure the most delicate pregnant lady, or the tenderest Infant of a week old should no worms exist in the body, yet will without pain or griping, cleanse the stomach and bowels of whatever is foul or offensive, and thereby prevent the production of worms and many fatal disorders. They are particularly efficacious in carrying off all gross humors and corruptions; feverish and bilious complaints, and the safest and mildest purgative that can be used on the occasion.
Description of Worms, & the symptoms by which they are known.
Worms which infest the human body, are chiefly of four kinds, viz. the Tapes or large round worms, the Alcaidres, or small maw worm, the Cucurbitina, or short, flat, white worm, and lastly, the Tania, or tape worm, so called from its resemblance to tape; this is often many yards long, and is full of joints—it is most hurtful, and most difficult to cure.
Among the symptoms attending worms, are disagreeable breath, especially in the morning—Bad and corrupted gums—itching in the nose and about the feet—Convulsions and epileptic fits, and sometimes privation of speech—Starting and grinding of the teeth in sleep—Irregular appetite, sometimes loathing food, and sometimes voracious—Purging, with slimy and fetid stools—Vomiting—Large and hard belly—Pains and tickness at the stomach—Pains in the head and thighs, with lowness of spirits—Slow fever, with small and irregular pulse—A dry cough—Excessive thirst—Sometimes pale and unhealthy countenance, and sometimes the face bloated and flushed. Persons affected with any of the above symptoms should have immediate recourse to HAMILTON'S WORM DESTROYING LOZENGES, which have been constantly attended with success in all complaints similar to those above described.
A dose of this medicine given occasionally during the warm season, will effectually prevent the vomiting and purging of children, a dreadful disorder which annually destroys thousands of the infant part of our cities. It is likewise the mildest and most certain remedy known as has restored to health and strength a great number who in an advanced stage of this fatal complaint. Particular and plain instructions are given for every part of the necessary treatment in such cases.
Children generally take this medicine with eagerness, having a pleasing appearance, and an agreeable taste.
CASES OF CURES—by Hamilton's Worm Destroying Lozenges.
(Selected from thousands) the authenticity of which any person may ascertain, either by letter or personal application.
TAPE WORM.
Mr. SAMUEL FULLER, Inn-keeper, on the Harford road, ten miles from Baltimore, began about 10 months ago to be grievously afflicted with a tape worm, which increased fast in size and strength, so as to excite the most horrid sensations by its writhing motions and intolerable pains, resembling the gnawing and tearing of his bowels, which deprived him of his necessary sleep, and caused such dreadful apprehensions as cannot be conceived but by one in a similar situation—his appetite waned rapidly, and with that his strength, so that he was unable to attend to any business—when he heard of some excellent cures performed by Hamilton's worm lozenges, he took a large dose, which brought away about FOUR YARDS of the worm (now in the possession of Lee & Co.)—but a renewal of his pains soon convinced him that this monstrous reptile had recovered its first vigour—Application was made to Lee & Co. for more of their medicine, with their advice—from which resulted the total expulsion of his formidable enemy, in several pieces, which he supposed to be SIX or EIGHT YARDS in length. A few months have since elapsed, and Mr. Fuller is now in perfect health. The above facts are well known to a numerous circle of his neighbours, and himself will testify any who may wish to make further inquiries on the subject. Although Hamilton's worm lozenges produce such powerful effects, when necessary, yet they are perfectly innocent and mild in their operation on the human body, even taken in large doses, as Mr. Fuller will testify—their particular mildness is abundantly evident in innumerable cures of infants.
Communicated by Dr. John Spangler, Yorktown, Pennsylvania.
Letter from the reverend Mr. JOHN MOLTHER minister of the Moravian church, in Yorktown.
York, January 4th, 1802.
Dear Sir, Dr. Hamilton's lozenges have been recommended to me as a very adequate means for the cure of children afflicted with worms. I procured a box for the use of my family, to try, whether by means of this medicine, I might be enabled to gain a point, which, to accomplish, different other means had proved abortive. My eldest boy had a very sickly appearance, was very restless at night grew leaner from time to time; in short, he seemed to be in a precarious state of health, which would yield to none of the medicines administered, until I gave him two doses of lozenges, agreeably to the directions, which carried off a quantity to all appearance a most monstrous but upon close inspection it proved with very small living animals. Not one of that sort of worms which usually afflict children came from him. Since that period he grew remarkably better in health, and though lean, has got a fresh and lively complexion. Upon different occasions I have used this medicine as a purging substitute, and found it to answer exceedingly well, without bringing on belly-ache, or any of those disagreeable sensations, so often occasioned by purging medicines. Upon the whole I judge this medicine to be, besides its main object, one of the most salutary means for restoring lost appetite, and promoting a proper state of digestion, by carrying off that bilious substance, which engenders so much indisposition both among children and adults.
I am, Sir, your most obedient servant, JOHN MOLTHER.
Dr. HAHN'S TRUE AND GENUINE GERMAN CORN PLAISTER.
An infallible remedy for corns, speedily removing them root and branch, without giving pain.
THE GENUINE PERSIAN LOTION,
So celebrated among the fashionable throughout Europe, as an invaluable cosmetic perfectly innocent and safe, free from corrosive and repellent minerals (the basis of other lotions) and of unparalleled efficacy in preventing and removing blemishes in the face and skin of every kind, particularly freckles, pimples, inflammatory redness, leucis, tetter, ring worms, sun burns, prickly heat, &c.
The Persian Lotion operates mildly, without impeding that natural, insensible perspiration which is essential to health. Yet its salutary effects are speedy and permanent, rendering the skin delicately soft and clear, improving the complexion, and restoring the bloom of youth. Never failing to render an ordinary countenance beautiful, and an handsome one more so.
THE RESTORATIVE POWDER for the TEETH and GUMS.
This excellent preparation comforts and strengthens the gums, preserves the enamel from decay, and cleanses and whitens the teeth, by absorbing all that acrimonious slime and foulness, which suffered to accumulate, never fails to injure and finally ruin them.
Dr. HAHN'S GENUINE EYE-WATER.
A sovereign remedy for all diseases of the eyes, whether the effect of natural weakness or of accident, defluxions of rheum, dullness, itching and films on the eyes, never failing to cure those maladies which frequently succeed the small-pox, measles and fevers, and wonderfully strengthening a weak sight. Hundreds have experienced its excellent virtues, when nearly deprived of light.
TOOTH ACHE DROPS.
The only remedy yet discovered which gives immediate and lasting relief in the most severe instances. The SOVEREIGN OINTMENT for the ITCH, Which is warranted infallible remedy at one application, and may be used with perfect safety on pregnant women or on infants a week old, containing not a particle of mercury, or any other dangerous ingredient whatever, and is not accompanied with that tormenting smell, which attends the application of other remedies.
THE ANODYNE ELIXIR.
For the cure of every kind of head-ache. INDIAN VEGETABLE SPECIFIC.
A safe and speedy remedy for the venereal disease. "An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure."
For the prevention and cure of bilious and malignant fevers.
IS RECOMMENDED
Dr. HAHN'S ANTI-BILLIOUS PILLS. The operation of these pills is perfectly mild, so as to be used with safety by persons in every situation, and of every age.
They are excellently adapted to carry off superfluous bile, and prevent its morbid secretions—to restore and amend the appetite—to procure a free perspiration, and thereby prevent colds, which are often attended with fatal consequences—dose never fails to remove a cold, if taken on its first appearance. They are celebrated for removing habitual costiveness—sickness at the stomach, and severe head ach—and ought to be taken by all persons on a change of climate.
Sold likewise by S. Pleasants Richmond; Ross and Douglass, Petersburg; T. Green, Fredericksburgh; G. Purdie, Smithfield; M. Jones, Suffolk; Dr. Miller, Winchester; R. Greenhow, Williamsburg; and J. Shaw, Leesburg.
FOR SALE.
2000 bushels of Liverpool SALT, now ready for delivery at Merchant's Wharf. William Hodgson. February 29.
WILLIAM HODGSON HAS RECEIVED, & OFFERS FOR SALE, 160 pieces twilled Sacking, and 3 cases Cotton Hosiery, well assorted.
NOTICE.
THOSE citizens who have not paid their Corporation Taxes, are earnestly requested to pay the same to the subscriber, on or before the 25th day of this month; otherwise their names will appear on the public delinquent list. George Drinker, Collector. February 8.
NOTICE.
WE the executors of Mr. William Triplett, and administrators of Capt. Thomas Triplett, deceased, GIVE NOTICE to all indebted to the said estates, by bond, note, or open account, for transactions with them in their life time, and also to them who became purchasers, at the sale of their estates; to come forward and make payment by the 18th day of March next; otherwise their bonds, notes, and accounts, will, immediately after that day be put in suit without discrimination. It is therefore hoped this notice will be strictly attended to, as we shall then proceed to divide the estate of Captain Thomas Triplett amongst his heirs, to settle with the court, and close our administration without loss of time. Such of the legatees of William Triplett, as purchased over their proportion of the estate, will be prepared for settlement at the same time; we being very anxious to settle and finish that business also.
Charles Little, & Geo. Triplett. EXECUTORS of WILLIAM TRIPLETT and Administrators of THOMAS TRIPLETT. February 20.
IN COMMON COUNCIL,
5th February, 1805.
ORDERED, That public notice be given, that proposals will be received from persons desirous of undertaking the furniture of the NEW POOR HOUSE; the proposals to be lodged with the Clerk of the Council previous to the first Tuesday in March next.
Ordered, That Thomas Vowell and Jonah Thompson, Thomas Irwin and John Janney, be a committee to examine and settle the public accounts for the present year.
Ordered, That the following persons be appointed commissioners for superintending the elections to be held in the several wards of the town, on Tuesday, the 5th day of March next, for the choice of members of the Common Council, for the ensuing year, viz.
 Samuel Harper, John Hunter, and George Slacum, } for the first ward.  John C. Herbert, Joseph Riddle, and James McGuire, } for the second ward.  John Durdan, William Reilly, and John McKinney, } for the third ward.  Able Janney, Isaac Gibson, and Thomas Cook, } for the fourth ward. 
The election for the first ward to be held at James Davidson's tavern, on Prince Street.
For the second ward, at the court house.
For the third ward, at John Hodgkin's tavern, on King Street.
For the fourth ward, at Mr. May's house, opposite Thomas Cook's, on Prince Street.
Test. JAMES M. McREA, C. C. Clerk.
House and Lot for Sale.
FOR SALE,
THAT most pleasant situated HOUSE and LOT, lately occupied by John Duff, on Hunting-Creek, about half a mile from Alexandria. There is on the premises a good garden and stable, and in short every convenience for the residence of a genteel family. If this property be not sold at private sale, before the first day of April, 1805, it will be sold at public sale. A long credit will be given for the greater part of the purchase money. The terms will be made known on the day of sale. The said property will be sold on the premises. There is an ice-house, and a good fishing there. February 23. 22W 18 A.
Advertisement.
PUBLIC SALE.
Pursuant to deeds of trust made to the subscriber, by PHILIP WANTON, and Mary, his wife, for the purpose therein mentioned, a sale will positively be made, on the premises, of the following PROPERTY, to the highest bidder, for cash, on WEDNESDAY, the 20th day of March ensuing;
A valuable Lot of Ground, on King, between Alfred and Columbia Streets, in the town of Alexandria, fronting on the south side of King Street 31 feet 8 and half inches, and running back 140 feet deep. On this lot there is a small ground rent.
A Lot of two acres, about 6 miles west of Alexandria, near the turnpike, and elevated and beautiful situation; whereon is lately erected a neat frame dwelling house, 16 by 32 feet, containing two rooms, and a passage on the floor one and a half story high—part of this ground is enclosed with post and rail fence.
The sale will commence on the King Street lot, at two o'clock, P. M. of said day, if the weather should not prevent; otherwise the next fair day.
ALSO,
To be Sold, at Private Sale,
FOR THE PURPOSE AFORESAID. A comfortable Frame Dwelling-House and Lot, together with a Tan-yard, Vats, Bark House, &c. conveniently situated for business, in the town of Centreville 25 miles from Alexandria, at present occupied by Mr. Daniel Harrington, who will show the premises. Some credit will be allowed on this property, and a satisfactory title made to the whole, by Samuel Craig, Trustee. January 29. 22W 18 A.
VALUABLE PROPERTY.
FOR SALE,
A House and Lot, on Water-Street, between Wolfe and Wilkes Street; 40 feet front on Water Street, running back 88 feet to a 12 feet alley; Also,
A Lot, on Duke Street, between Water and Union Streets; 25 and an half feet front on Duke Street, running back 76 feet to an alley. This property will be sold on a short credit, for good negotiable paper, and a title clear of all incumbrance will be made, when the purchase money is paid. Apply to Mr. Ellis Price, who will show the property and make known the terms. William Jackson. Nanjemoy, (Maryland) Feb. 7. 22W 18 A.
For Sale, or Rent for a term of years, or exchange for good well improved property in the town of Alexandria, THE ESTATE on which the subscriber at present resides; it contains 830 acres of LAND, part of which is in high cultivation, situate on the new turnpike road, distant 6 miles from Alexandria, about 30 acres of meadow, abundance of clover to the feyths, a quantity of choice fruit, well watered and has a considerable proportion of wood land. The improvements (which are mostly new) consist of a good convenient Dwelling House and all the necessary out-houses, a Barn 85 by 42 1/2 feet, the outside of which is brick, covered with cypress shingles; stables for 20 horses and 40 cows. Also, a good GRIST MILL, about 150 yards from the door. For particulars apply to AUG. J. SMITH. December 28. 22W 18 A.
FOR SALE,
A likely Mulatto Girl, about seventeen years of age, and one who has been accustomed to house-work and nursing children. For terms apply to the Printer. February 20. 22W 18 A.
A Gentleman of good character, and qualified to instruct an English School, may get an advantageous situation by application to the teacher of the Academy in this town. February 12. 22W 18 A.
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