Alexandria daily advertiser (Alexandria [Va.]), 1803-10-12 00:00:00

Alexandria Daily Advertiser.
Vol. III.]
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 12, 1803.
[No. 832]
Public Vendue.
On FRIDAY,
At 10 o'clock, will be sold at the Vendue Store, Rum in hogheads and barrels.
 French Brandy in pipes,  Gin in pipes and bds.  Whiskey and Apple Brandy in bds.  Sugar in hds. tierces and bds.  Coffee in tierces and bags,  Chocolate  White and brown Soap } in boxes,  Mould and dip'd Candles }  Raisins in kegs, boxes and jars,  Figs in kegs and frails,  Queens-Ware in crates,  FURNITURE, &c.
ALSO,
A variety of DRY GOODS,
 Among which are,  Cloths, Coatings,  Kerseymeres, Duffles,  Plains and Kerseys,  Negro Cottons, Serges,  Elasticks, blue Friezes,  Calimancoes and Ruffles,  Yarn Stockings,  Chintzes and Calicoes,  Irish Linens, Silesia do.  Osnaburgs and Ticklenburgs,  Muslins and Muslin Hand'fs,  India Muslins and Table Cloths  Bandanna Handkerchiefs,  Coloured Threads, Hats,  And sundry other Articles. 
P. G. MARSTELLER.
October 10.
Sales by Auction.
On SATURDAY,
At 10 o'clock, will be sold at the Vendue Store, the corner of King and Union streets.
 Rum in hds. and barrels,  Whiskey in barrels,  Apple Brandy in barrels,  Gin in casks,  Wine in pipes and quarter casks,  Molasses in hds.  Sugar in hds. and barrels,  White and brown Soap in boxes,  Coffee in casks and bags,  Raisins in kegs and boxes,  Queen's Ware, and 
ALSO,
A variety of DRY GOODS,
 —AMONG WHICH ARE—  Broad Cloths,  Cassimeres,  Kerseymeres,  Coatings,  Halfthicks,  Fearnought,  Blankets,  Planes,  Negro Cottons,  Worsted and other Stockings,  Irish Linens,  Calicoes,  Threads,  Chintzes,  Bedticks,  Osnaburgs,  Sewing Silks,  Muslin and Muslin Handkerchiefs,  India Cottons, &c &c. 
THOS. PATTEN, Auctioneer.
October 10.
BENNETT and WATTS
Have imported in the ship Ann, Capt. Bradford, FALL GOODS, which will be immediately opened and offered for sale on the usual terms.
Sept. 27. d3w
JUST PUBLISHED,
And for sale by
Robert and John Gray,
At their Book Store, King Street, Alexandria,
HISTORY
OF THE
British Expedition to Egypt.
TO WHICH IS SUBJOINED,
A sketch of the present state of that country and its means of defence. Illustrated with maps, and a portrait of Sir
RALPH ABERCROMBIE.
BY ROBERT T. WILSON, Lieutenant Colonel of Cavalry, in his Britannic Majesty's service, and Knight of the Imperial Military Order of Maria Theresa.
September 21. d
Cotton & Stewart,
Have received a considerable addition to their former stock of
BOOKS & STATIONARY.
ALSO,
300 pieces of PAPER HANGINGS of the most modern patterns—now opening and for sale at their Book Store, Royal Street, Alexandria; where country merchants and others may be supplied with every article in their line on the most moderate terms.
August 19. d
For FREIGHT, (Coastways)
The Schooner SEA FLOWER,
ELIZ DOUGHERTY,
Master;
burthen 500 barrels, now lying at the upper side of Prince Street wharf.
Apply to the master on board, or to Daniel M'Clean.
Who has for sale,
Peach Brandy of an excellent quality, soap and candles, mels and prime pork, Philadelphia hoop and bar iron, nail rods and seal leather.
August 23. d
For Freight or Charter,
The Ship CATO,
ELIAZER FREEMAN
Master;
burthen 450 hds. Tobacco, a strong, staunch vessel. Apply to
Lawrafon and Smoot, Robert Young, William Yeaton.
Oct. 6. d
Notice is hereby given,
THAT we intend to petition the next General Assembly of Virginia, for a law to establish a town at the Occoquan Mills, in the county of Prince William, under certain regulations.
Ellicot, Campbell & Wheeler.
Occoquan Mills, Oct. 5. 1803. d
WILLIAM OXLEY
Has received by the Ann from Liverpool and Aspalanta, via Baltimore, from London, FALL GOODS,
which he offers for sale on reasonable terms. Sept. 30. d
JUST ARRIVED,
From St. Petersburg, (Russia.)
The Ship Hunter, Capt. M'Knight: Has on board, and will be landed and exposed for sale in a few days,
The following Cargo:
 Bar Iron, (old Sable) assorted,  First quality clean Hemp,  Do. Sail Duck,  Do. Ravens do.  White and Brown Sheetings,  Broad and narrow Diapers,  Drillings, &c. &c. 
Apply to R. T. Hooe and Co. J. and T. Vowell, Lawrafon and Smoot
N. B.—The Ship Hunter
is intended as a constant trader to Russia, and may be looked for early next fall, with a more general assortment of Russia Goods.
Lawrafon and Smoot.
Oct. 6. d
COTTON & STEWART
HAVE FOR SALE,
Almanacks for 1804,
together with a general assortment of articles in their line, which they will sell by wholesale, at the very lowest prices.
Oct. 5. d
FLAX SEED.
The highest price given for Flax Seed,
A. Smith & Son.
(a 5 d)
Notice.
THE Office of the Marine Insurance Company of Alexandria is removed to the house of Jas. B. Nickolls.
By order of the Board, J. B. NICKOLLS, Sec'y.
N. B. The hours of meeting of the Board are the same as usual, and the time of acceptance is extended to four o'clock.
Insurance Office, Sept. 15. d
The Subscriber
Respectfully informs his friends and the public in general, that he has opened his Store again in Union Street, where he has for sale,
All kinds of GROCERIES,
Rhode Island Cheese and Potatoes, Onions. Corn Meal, together with
Fresh Fruits and Nuts, viz.
Oranges, lemons, limes, tamarinds, raisins, figs, prunes, English walnuts, almonds, and shell barks.
Philadelphia Bottled Cyder of the first quality, excellent fat mackerel by the barrel, and first quality chewing tobacco.
Abel Willis.
Sept. 28. d
For Falmouth and a Market.
The New Ship ANN,
Capt. Bradford,
A few hds. of Tobacco will be taken on FREIGHT, to the address of T. Middleton & Co. London, if immediate application is made to the subscribers, who will make the usual advances on it.
Robert T. Hooe & Co.
Who have received, by late arrivals from Liverpool and London, a general assortment of FALL GOODS,
which will be opened and for sale in a few days.
Sept. 30. d
For Freight or Charter,
The SHIP Fair American,
Capt. Stover,
about two years old, burthen 217 tons. Apply to
Janney & Paton.
Who have received and for sale on board said vessel,
160 tons Plaister of Paris.
For Freight or Charter,
The Schooner RESOLUTION,
Job Simmons, Master;
a complete, staunch vessel, burthen 950 barrels, ready to receive a cargo. Apply to John G. Ladd, at his dwelling house on Prince, between Fairfax and Royal streets.
Sept. 22. d
The Ship United States,
Captain FINLEY,
A regular Trader for Liverpool,
will begin to discharge on Monday the 3d inst. and will be ready to receive Freight by the 15th. She has good accommodations for passengers. Apply to Ricketts, Newton & Co.
Who have imported by the above ship, the ship Ann, and by the Atlanta, via Baltimore, an assortment of
Fall Goods.
Also, Queens Ware and Liverpool China in crates and casks; a few bales of Canvas, Coperas in casks, and a few hundred bushels of Coals.
Oct. 1. d
For Sale,
THE SLOOP
Diana, a good tight vessel, carries 3000 bushels, or 600 barrels flour.
ALSO,
The Schooner Leboo,
burthen Five Hundred barrels. Both vessels are lying at our wharf, and will be sold on low terms.
We have received by the sloop Diana, '60 hds. Guadalupe clayed Sugars, of good quality,
And have on hand,
 Jamaica Spirits,  Windward Rum,  Muscovado Sugars, first and second qualities,  Pork, Whiskey, &c. &c. all which will be sold at reasonable prices. 
JOHN & THOS. VOWELL.
Sept. 8. d
FOR SALE,
The Sloop Maria,
will carry 360 or 370 bds. in good order and well found. If not sold in a few days she will take Freight and Passengers to Norfolk.
Also for sale on board said vessel,
193 bds of superfine and fine Flour.
For terms apply to capt. F. O'Meara, at Kirk's wharf, or to Wm. HARTSHORNE, 10th Mo. 5th. d
For Freight or Charter,
(To any port in the West Indies or the U. States)
THE SCH'R DISPATCH,
JOSHUA PREEBLE, Master,
burthen 750 barrels. She is a fine staunch vessel, completely found and ready to receive a cargo immediately.
Apply to the master on board at Gilpin's Wharf, or to
JOSEPH RIDDLE, & Co.
Sept. 7. d
Printing in all its variety executed at this office with neatness and dispatch.
Late Publications,
For Sale by Robert & John Gray, BOOKSELLERS & STATIONERS, KING STREET,
TRAVELS in Upper and Lower Egypt, during the campaign of General Bonaparte in that country: by Vivant Denon, 2 vol. 8vo. price 450 cents, in boards.
History of the British Expedition to Egypt: by Robert T. Wilson, one vol. 8vo. price 250 cents, bound.
Roscoe's Life of Lorenzo de Medici: 3 vol. 8vo. price 675 cents in boards, or 10 dols. bound in calf and gilt.
Parent's Friend, or extracts from the principal works on Education, from the time of Montaigne to the present day: 2 vol. 8vo. price 400 cents, bound.
Public Characters, or Contemporary Biography: containing Memoirs of thirty six of the most conspicuous characters of the present age, price 250 cents, bound.
Domestic Encyclopedia: now publishing by subscription, to be comprised in 3 vol. 8vo. price to subscribers 250 cents, per vol. in boards.
Friend of Women: translated from the French of Bourdier de Villemert, by A. Morrice, price 100 cents.
Washington's Letters on Agriculture, 8vo. 100 cents in boards.
John Bull, or an Englishman's Fire Side: a new and celebrated Comedy, in five acts, by Geo. Colman the Younger, price 25 cents.
R. and J. GRAY
Keep constantly for sale, an extensive assortment of writing paper and blank account books.
Country Merchants
may be supplied with the following articles, by the gross or dozen, on as good terms as they can be purchased in Baltimore or Philadelphia:
Almanacs for the year 1804, school bibles and testaments, Episcopal prayer books, Watts's psalms and hymns, Rippon's, Wesley's and Newton's hymns, New Hymns and Spiritual Songs, Jones's and Entick's pocket dictionaries, Universal Webster's Dilworth's, Columbian and Pearce's spelling books, N. England and Columbian primers, Scott's lessons, Enfield's speaker, Minton's Murray's English reader, Sequel to do. Introduction to Reading, Elop's fables, Athes's grammar, and a great variety of cheap and toy books, Walcken's best British inkpowder for records, inkstands, of various descriptions, red morocco pocket books, sealing wax, wafers, playing cards, bonnet boards, &c. &c.
Also on Hand,
250 reams good wrapping paper, a few kegs printing ink of an excellent quality, a complete assortment of German flutes from 2 to 12 dols. each, violins, violin strings, bows and bridges, instructions for the fife, flute, violin, &c.
Nota Bene —All new American Publications of merit are regularly received by Robt. and John Gray, and may be had at their book store in King Street at the same prices at which they sell were they are published.
District of Columbia, County of Alexandria, ss.
JUNE TERM, 1803.
John Potts, Complainant,
AGAINST
Robert Finley, John Bannatyne, Andrew Buchanan, Jas. Hobkirk and Robt. Buchanan Dunlop, merchants and partners under the firm of Findley, Bannatyne & Co. and Wm. Wilson, Defendants,
In Chancery.
The defendants, Robert Finley, Jno. Bannatyne, Andrew Buchanan, Jas. Hobkirk and Robt. Buchanan Dunlop, not having entered their appearance and given security according to the act of assembly and the rules of this court, and it appearing to the satisfaction of the court, upon affidavit, that the said Robert Finley, John Bannatyne, Andrew Buchanan, James Hobkirk, and Robert Buchanan Dunlop are not inhabitants of this district, on motion of the said complainant, by his counsel, it is ordered, that the said defendants, Robert Finley, John Bannatyne, Andrew Buchanan, James Hobkirk, and Robert Buchanan Dunlop do appear here on the first day of November next, and enter their appearance to the suit and give security for performing the decree of the court; and that the other defendant Wm. Wilson, do not pay away, convey or secrete the debts by him owing to, or the estate or effects in his hands belonging to the said absent defendants, Robert Finley, John Bannatyne, Andrew Buchanan, James Hobkirk and Robert Buchanan Dunlop until the further order or decree of this court; and that a copy of this order be forthwith published for two months successively, in one of the public newspapers published in this county, and that another copy be posted at the front door of the court house of the said county.
A copy—Test, G. DENEALF, S. 10. d2m Clerk

The Subscribers BEING anxious to decline the Mercantile Business, will dispose of their  Stock on Hand, upon advantageous terms, to any person willing to purchase, who will secure the payments in a satisfactory manner.
Thos. L. Washington & Co. N.B. All those indebted to the above firm are requested to make immediate payment, as it is their wish to close the business of the concern with as little delay as possible. Oct. 5. eo
PHILIP WANTON Has imported, per the Ann, from Liverpool, A handsome assortment of  Ironmongery, Cutlery and Sadlery, which will be ready for sale in a few days. 9th Mo. 27. 2aw
JOSEPH RIDDLE and Co. Have Imported, In the ship Ann, from Liverpool, and Atalanta, from London, a handsome assortment of  FALL GOODS, which will be opened in a few days. Oct. 6. eo2m
Stoughton's Bitters. During the present sickly season, the use of STOUGHTON'S BITTERS, (imported from London) will be found of great service, as preventive to disease, especially where there is an infectious atmosphere and a predisposition in the habit to contagion. It eminently braces the constitution, and renovates the whole system. It may be used instead of spirits in water, tea, or other drink. It restores lost appetite, expels worms in children, and, if regularly used during the fall season, will prevent the ague and fever. In short, it only needs to be tried, to convince every one of its great efficacy.
These Bitters may be had, with copious directions, (prepared at the original warehouse in London) in quart bottles at one fourth of the former charge for the same in vials, at R. and J. GRAY's book store, Alexandria, where a bottle is constantly kept open for trial. Also, at A. BUCK's, Fredericksburg. Oct. 3. eo
Wheat Fan & Woven Wire MANUFACTORY, No. 7, BRIDGE STREET, BALTIMORE. The subscribers return sincere thanks to their friends and customers for past favors, and inform them and the public, that they continue to make and have on hand, a general assortment of the various articles in their trade: among which are wheat fans, on the most improved construction; mill screens, rolling and standing; shakes for Indian meal, riddles and sieves for coal, corn, barley, wheat, rye, oats, meal, gunpowder, flax, clover and timothy seeds; wire fates, woven wire for cellar and spring house windows, &c. Orders for the above will be thankfully received and duly attended to by
West and Smith. N. B. For the convenience of customers, Joseph and John Trimble, No. 18, Cheapside, are authorized to receive and execute orders for W. and S. Sept. 19. 1aw7t
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, County of Alexandria, ss.
JUNE TERM, 1803. Elkanah Doolittle, Plaintiff, AGAINST Jacob Harman and Samuel Davis, merchants and partners, late trading under the firm of Harman and Davis, and William Hartshorne, jun. Defendants.
The defendant, Samuel Davis, not having entered his appearance and given security according to the act of assembly and the rules of this court, and it appearing to the satisfaction of the court, upon affidavit, that the said Samuel Davis is not an inhabitant of this District, on motion of the said complainant, by his counsel, it is ordered, that the said defendant, Samuel Davis, do appear here on the first day of November Court next, and enter his appearance to the suit, and give security for performing the decree of the Court, and that the other defendant, William Hartshorne, do not pay away, convey, or secrete the debts by him owing to, or the estate or effects, in his hands belonging, to the said absent defendant, Samuel Davis, until the further order or decree of this court, and that a copy of this order be forthwith published for two months successively in one of the public newspapers published in this county, and that another copy be posted at the front door of the court house of the said county.
A Copy—Test, G. DENEALE, Clerk, S. 21. 1aw2m
For SALE, or RENT, THE STORE I have occupied for sometime past, situated on Prince Street, opposite Col. Hooe's. There is no stand in town more better or eligible calculated for carrying on an extensive wet or dry Good Business. The Cellar perfectly dry, with a door at each end, will hold one thousand barrels of Flour.—Twenty five hundred barrels may be stowed upon the Premises without any inconvenience to the occupant. For terms apply to WILLIAM OXLEY. Sept. 18. eo
LIST OF THE MEMBERS OF THE EIGHTH CONGRESS.
Those in Italic are federal. Those, to whose names an asterisk is affixed are new members.
S E N A T E.  NEW-HAMPSHIRE.  Simon Olcott,  William Humer.  RHODE-ISLAND. Christopher Eilery, * Samuel J. Potter.  MASSACHUSETTS. * John Q. Adams,  Timothy Pickering.  CONNECTICUT.  James Hillhouse,  Uriah Tracy.  VERMONT. Stephen R. Bradley, * Israel Smith.  NEW-YORK. Dewitt Clinton, * Theodorus Baily.  NEW-JERSEY.  Jonathan Dayton,  John Condit.  PENNSYLVANIA. George Logan, * Samuel Maclay.  DELAWARE.  Samuel White,  William H. Wells.  MARYLAND. Robert Wright, * Samuel Smith.  VIRGINIA. Wilson C. Nicholas, * John Taylor.  NORTH-CAROLINA. David Stone, Jesse Franklin,  SOUTH-CAROLINA. Thomas Sumpter, Pierce Butler.  GEORGIA. Abraham Baldwin, James Jackson.  KENTUCKY. John Breckenridge, John Brown.  TENNESSEE.  William Cocke.  OHIO. * John Smith, * Thomas Worthington.
Of the above twenty-four members are democratic, and nine federal; and eleven new members. There is one vacancy for Tennessee, Mr. Anderson's time having expired.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
NEW-HAMPSHIRE.  Samuel Tenney, * Samuel Hunt, * David Hough, * Silas Bettan. * Clifton Clagget.  MASSACHUSETTS. William Eustis,  Samuel Thatcher, * Jacob Crowninshield, Joseph B. Varnum, Phauluel Bishop, * Tompson J. Skinner, * Ebenezer Seaver, Richard Cutts, Seth Hastings, Manasseh Cutler, * William Stedham, Peleg Wadsworth, * Thomas Dwight, * Nahum Mitchell, Lemuel Williams, * Phineas Bruce. (1 deficient.)  RHODE-ISLAND. Joseph Stanton, jun. * Nehemiah Knight.  CONNECTICUT.  John C. Smith,  Roger Griswold,  Benjamin Talmadge,  Samuel W. Dana,  Calvin Goddard,  John Davenport, * Simeon Baldwin.  VERMONT. * Gideon Olin, * Chamberlain, * James Elliot, * Martin Chittenden.  NEW-YORK. John Smith, Samuel L. Mitchell, Philip Van Cortlandt, * Andrew M'Cord, * Daniel C. Verplank, * Beriah Palmer, David Thomas, * Thomas Sammons, * Erastus Root, * John Patterson, * Oliver Phelps, * Joshua Sands.
* Henry W. Livingston, K. K. Van Rensselaer, * George Tibbetts, * Gaylord Griswold, * John Cantine.  N. JERSEY.—Not elected.  PENNSYLVANIA.
* Joseph Clay, * Jacob Richards, Michael Leib, Robert Brown, Isaac Van Horne, * Frederick Conrad, Joseph Heister, * J. Anderson, * John Whitchill, John Smilie, John Stewart, John A. Hanna, * David Bard, Andrew Gregg, * William Findley, * John B. C. Lucas, William Hoge, * John Rhea.
DELAWARE.
Cesar A. Rodney.
MARYLAND.
Joseph H. Nicholson, * William Mac Creery, John Archer, Daniel Heister, * N. R. Moore, Walter Bowie, John Dennis, Thomas Plater, John Campbell.
VIRGINIA.
John Randolph, jun. John Smith, John Clopton, * Thomas M. Randolph, * John W. Eppes, John Dawson, * Joseph Lewis, jun. Edwin Gray, David Holmes, Anthony New, Thomas Claiborne, * Walter Jones, Thomas Newton, jun. Abram Trigg, John Trigg, * Peterson Goodwyn, * James Stephenson, * John G. Jackson, * Thomas Lewis, Mathew Clay, * Thomas Griffin, Philip R. Thompson.
NORTH-CAROLINA.
Nathaniel Macon, Willis Alston, Richard Stanford, * Samuel D. Furviance, * Marmaduke Williams, Thomas Wynns, James Holland, * William Blackledge, * Nathaniel Alexander, * Joseph Winston, * William Kennedy, * James Gillespie.
SOUTH-CAROLINA.
William Butler,  Thomas Lowndes, Richard Winn, * Levi Carney, Thomas Moore, * Wade Hampton, * John Earle, Benjamin Huger.
GEORGIA.
David Merriweather, Peter Early, * Saml. Hammond, (1 deficient.)
KENTUCKY.
John Fowler, * Matthew Walton, * John Boyle, * Thomas Sandford, * G. M. Bedinger, * Matthew Lyon.
TENNESSEE.
William Dickson, * Geo. Wash. Campbell, * John Rhea.
OHIO.
* Jeremiah Morrow.  MISSISSIPPI TERRITORY. * William Lattimore, Del.
Of the above, ninety-six members are democratic, and thirty-eight federal, and sixty-eight are new members.
The votes in 55 towns in Connecticut, for National Representatives, were for Simon Baldwin , the federal candidate, 6481, for William Hart , the democratic candidate, 3160. (Nat. Int.)
Notice.
DURING my absence from this place, Joseph Gilpin is empowered to transact my business. Benjamin Shreve, jun.
THE MORALIST.—No. XI.
HOPE.
Where silent woods there dreary shade extend, And give new horrors to the gloom of night, If chance the swain his faltering footsteps bend, In terror pausing, to some friendly light, How gladome beats his heart, when thro' the glade, Piercing the clouds, he sees the Moon's mild ray, Onward he springs, with light and vig'rous tread, And hails the empress of the fainter day.— Thus while thro' life's uncertain paths I rove, Should dark despondence spread the gathering gloom, May Hope's fond lustre, streaming from above, Dispel the bodings of a mournful doom; And when sad symptoms mark my parting breath, May Hope's benignant beam illum the vale of death.
HOPE, says Dr. Johnson, is the chief blessing of man, and that hope only is rational of which we are certain that it cannot deceive.
Hope is necessary in every condition. The miseries of poverty, of sickness, of captivity, would, without this comfort, be unsupportable; nor does it appear that the happiest lot of terrestrial existence can set us above the want of this general blessing; or that life, when the gifts of nature and fortune are accumulated upon it, would not still be wretched, were it not elevated and delighted by the expectation of some new possession, or some enjoyment yet behind, by which the wish shall be at last satisfied, and the heart filled up to the utmost extent. Yet hope is very fallacious, and promises what it seldom gives; but its promises are more valuable than the gifts of fortune, and it seldom frustrates us without assuring us of recompensing the delay by a great bounty.
The understanding of a man, naturally sanguine, may easily be vitiated by the luxurious indulgence of hope, however necessary to the production of every thing great or excellent, as some plants are destroyed by too open an exposure to that sun which gives life and beauty to the vegetable world.
On the bed of sickness, what is our greatest comfort? Hope—that we shall recover to prolong, a little longer, the passage of life; or, should God will it otherwise, that we are prepared to appear before him in the world to come: for where there is no hope, there can be no endeavour, and without it there can be no caution.
It is seldom that we find men or places such as we expect them. He that has pictured a prospect upon his fancy, will receive little pleasure from his eyes—he that has anticipated the conversation of a wit, will wonder to what prejudice he owes his reputation. Yet it is necessary to hope, though hope should always be deluded; for hope itself is happiness, and its frustrations however frequent, are yet less dreadful than its extinction.
“Our powers owe much of their energy to our hopes; possunt quid posse videntur.” Sweet Hope! that still with fond delusive dreams, Cheer'st the sad heart surcharged with grief and care, My anguish'd mind longs for those healing streams Which flow from thee, and charm beyond com- pare.
O deign to visit then my lonely cell, And breathe thy influence on my wearied soul; Come, pleasing flatterer, and smiling tell, That yet my hours in happiness may roll; That fortune's copious tide again shall flow; That friends shall smile, and enemies repent; That as in years I shall in wisdom grow, And find each moment crown'd with sweet content.
To the Editor of the Alexandria Advertiser.
SIR, Observing lately several pleasing essays in your Paper, denominated Fragments , and being myself an admirer of that species of writing, I send you an ancient morcean taken from an old English publication, and which I doubt not will be as agreeable to your readers, as it proved to Your constant reader, J.
THE TEARS OF DERVIN.
An Ancient Fragment.
Stately was the youthful Dervin the descendant of Goran, as the brown Oak on the Tremeer, and boldness like the Lion in his cave, dwelt in his heart.
Mora the beautiful daughter of Penleven, caught his eye; long were her tiesses, and like the rose blushed her cheek; fragrant and white as the lilly of the green vale was her bosom, and softer than the plume on the Swan's neck.
At the shrill summons of the lark, did they leave their hamlets, and together on the hills of Tregare, eyed the first beam of the morning; at even tide by the pale ray of the moon, did they wander through the vale of Penlevin, listened to the note of the lovely nightingale, and breathed

the sweet love talte in the twilight groves of Rosmer.
Daughter of innocence! cried the youth, when wilt thou be mine, and suffer happiness to beam on my soul? When I gaze on thy beauties, quick leaps my alarmed heart. Ah! soon wilt thou make me blest?
The sweet blush of innocence glowed on the cheek of the daughter of Pentetren, and consent- ing silence dwelt on her lips — but never, ah! never, were they to join! Sickness clouded the eye of the virgin, and the crimson of the new dawn fainted on her cheek; she hung her head like the flower in the rain, and sunk on the phil- low, like the ripe ear of corn before the sickle and the reaper.
Her hand gently clasped the hand of her be- loved Dervin, her bosom heaved like the swell- ing wave, and while vision performed its office, she stood her eye on the delight of her soul.
She raised her languid head, to kiss the wet cheek of her lover, when death struck her to the heart; she fell back—her glassy eye closed—and her last breath sighed the name of Dervin.
Pillar of my existence! exclaimed the frantic Dervin, with his lips on the pale hand of the dead—I will follow thee! stay awhile thy gentle spirit for the accompanying spirit of Der- vin.
He wept—the valiant Dervin wept as a child, though brave as a Lion that roams o'er the Desart. Though he feared not the reddening glare of the Wolf's eye—though his arm slew the giant Bali'l, and left him to rot like a dead dog in the moun- tain; the tears coursed his cheek, like a torrent on the hills brow—dim shone his large rolling eye, as the hazy moon in a storm; and his heart dis- solved like the snow in the sun beam.
Nor was the gallant youth ashamed to weep; for compassion is the sister of magnanimity; and pity is a kin to love.
Mora lies in her tomb; the bleak winds whistle over her; and the worm riots on her beauty.
Her cold ear listens not to the sighs of Dervin, who laments over her green turf; nor perceives her dim eye the wild emotion of the youth who lived, but for her.
He falls prostrate on her grave; he complains of the duration of life; he calls on the shade of his departed Mora—he dies.
Dervin sleeps by the side of his beloved Mora, while the village swains and damsels annually strew flowers on their grave, and learn the lesson of constancy from their pure example.
From the BALANCE.
THE PETITION OF LIBERTY, PATRIOTISM AND REPUBLICANISM.
TO the dread Majesty of the Sovereign People, the petition of the undersigned humbly sheweth; that we, your petitioners, had greatly signalized ourselves and were supposed to have acquired immortal honor, during the revolution in this country; and that we have ever since demeaned ourselves virtuously, strictly adhering to the great principles of social order, opposing every species of tyranny, on one hand, and all kinds of licentiousness, on the other, and uniformly seeking the general good. When Warren fell, we were stand- ing by his side, and his dying eyes were affection- ately fixed on us. The gallant Montgomery we attended to the plains of Abram, and in our arms we supported the hero, in his last moments.—With the great Washington, both in the Mar- kes, and afterward in the cabinet, we were do- mesticated: in tents of the immortal Green, and of Lincoln, the brave Christian soldier, we were per- fectly at home. Peyton Randolph, Benjamin Franklin, John Adams, John Jay, Henry Lan- rens, Governor Livingston, Governor Trumbull, Roger Sherman, and divers others, of prime note, were among our most familiar associates; their friendship and caresses were sincere, and did us honor. While mentioning the respectability of our former connections, we are constrained, in justice to ourselves, solemnly to avow the purity of our own motives, and the integrity of our con- duct; and that we have never sought private emoluments at the expense of the public interests, nor have been seen in the train of dark plotting ambition: yet we are stigmatized, at home and abroad, as cheats and swindlers.
We, your petitioners, beg leave respectfully to represent, that, tho' guileless and well deserving ourselves, we are suffering the loss of character and the pains of cruel mockings, from the atro- cious conduct of those, we have presumed to coun- terfeit our persons and to call ourselves by our names;—that there has been a combination of wicked men, to disparage us; that the ambitious and darkly designing have prostituted our names for the furtherance of their nefarious purposes, while the licentiousness, and behauched, who are aiming to subvert the venerable institu- tions, as well of religion, as of society, pre- tend that they have imbibed their principles in our school;—and that, scape-goat like, we are thus made to bear horrible inquiries, not our- own.—We are constrained to declare before your dread Majesty that swarms of impostors and cunning knaves begun this imposition, on the other side of the Atlantic, by assuming the names and wearing the liveries of your petitioners, for the vilest of purposes.—With unavailing indignation did we here the atheists, the blasphemers and fel- lons of France, yelling their prais and declaring themselves our disciples. With unavailing indig- nation did we behold the blood of men, women and innocent children, shed under the pretence of our solemn sanction, and flowing in a thousand streams. With deep felt horror, did we witness cruelties innumerable and unutterable, acted in our
names, and the cause of slavery and universal domination advanced by our authority. Not to dwell longer on the unmerited disgraces we have suffered abroad, we supplicate your attention to the disgraces, which, from manifold arts of knavery, are accumulating upon us even in this country.
Even here, our names are assumed and our garbs are worn, with a manifest view to swin- dle the public. Men the most arbitrary, both in temper and principles, make boisterous profes- sions of friendship towards us; and cunningly nickname our veteran champions and tried friends, to render them odious. Judases betray us with a kiss. Hungry seekers of offices for which they are totally unfit, equally bepraise and disparage us. Crafty cheats and impostors, by their loud affected zeal, and under cover of a pretended al- liance with us, impse on the weak and credu- lous, and thrust back and overtop real merit.— Thus, for no kind of fault of ours, we are suf- fering a foul and increasing degradation, which, according to the present course of things, must soon terminate in universal scorn and contempt. Direful are our presages, that, after all our ser- vices to mankind and to this country in particu- lar, we shall soon be considered as vagabonds and cheats, and be banished the realm; and our pain- ful apprehensions on this head are coupled with the despairing consideration, that if banished from this country, we can have no asylum under the sun; and that, over the whole wide world, eve- ry door will be shut against us.
To you, the Sovereign People, we have, with great humility, exposed our pitiable case: from you only can we hope for redress. Deign, most puissant, to cast a look of benignity toward your humble supplicants; and to use such speedy and efficacious measures as your sovereign wisdom shall suggest, for preventing our indelible disgrace and eternal exile, and for restoring us to the re- spectable rank which we had formerly the honour of holding; and we, your petitioners, &c.
(Signed) LIBERTY, PATRIOTISM, REPUBLICANISM.
NEW YORK, October 7.
Yesterday arrived ship Maryland, capt. Wick- ham, in 31 days from London. By her we have received a regular file of the Morning Herald to the 31st August. We are also indebted to capt. Wickham, and a friend in town, for a regular file of the Morning Post to the 1st of September, inclusive, and Lloyd's List to the 30th of August. In these papers the affairs of Ireland still make a considerable figure, arrests were daily taking place, and on the 23d of August an immense depot of Military Stores was discovered in Dublin, among which were, it is said, 34,000 pikes, 42,000 rounds of musket ball cartridges, tied up in parcels of 20 each, and 4 flints attached to each parcel, 246 hand grenades, boxes and bottles of powder, and almost every thing necessary for an army. A Hamburg vessel had been seized at Droghead, and the captain and crew made prisoners, in consequence of 300 stand of arms of foreign manufac- ture being discovered in the neighbourhood, sup- posed to have been landed from her. It would appear that the volunteer corps in Britain were too numerous, the services of some of them had been rejected, and great dissatisfaction prevailed in consequence. The communication with the continent was very uncertain, as the French took every precaution to prevent the situation of their country from being known abroad. It appears, however, that their exertions continue increasing in proportion to the difficulties they expect to encounter; a number of ships of war were build- ing the different ports of France, and every en- deavour using to render their marine respectable. Two bankers had been sent to the Temple for giving bills of exchange on Hamburg and Frank- fort for 3,000,000 of livres, destined for the use of Louis XVIII, subscribed by some royalists in France since his refusal to resign his right to the throne of France was known.
In the Mediterranean capt. Gourdon, com- manding a division of French frigates, captured on the 15th August, about 12 leagues from Cape Si- circ, an English corvette, a brig and two pinks. These four vessels arrived at Toulon on the 15th. A counter expedition from G. Britain against France is also strongly talked of. Plots and con- spiracies in France against the First Consul are also mentioned, but shewn to be without foundation. Russia and Prussia continue undecided. Spain is still neutral. Ireland is in a state of suppressed commotion, that shews itself daily, and is only prevented by powerful exertion, from breaking into open and terrible insurrection.
Mr. G. W. Ervine, our Consul at London, was presented to the King on the 31st August at the royal levee, by Mr. Munro.
PHILADELPHIA, October 8.
Arrived ship Prudence, Arundel, London; brig Mary, Brown, Dublin; sloop Hiland, Hand, Norfolk.
Arrived at the Lazaretto.
Ship Castor, Jamaica; brig Franklin, Grenada; schooner Thetis, St. Thomas; Amity, do. sloop Mary, do.
Cleared, schooner Fly, Norris, Cayenne; sloop Alauit, Cook, Boston; Patty, Newton, Norfolk; Arrivals out from Philadelphia.
Brig Mary, Webb, at Currao; Favorite, Ridge, Genoa.
Schooner Eliza and Katy, Gardner, Gaudaloupe, originally for Barbadoes.
Schooner Frances Lewis, Evans, from hence, for Jamaica, is sent into Port Republican, by a French national cruiser.
Brig Polly, Muller, of and for Philadelphia,
sailed from St. Thomas, the day before Amity, which arrived at the Lazaretto on Saturday.
Arrived on Saturday, the ship Prudence, Arun- del from London. Captain A. left the Downs on the 1st September in company with the ship Wil- iam and John of Norfolk for Barcelona. The Julia for New York, was expected to sail from Downs about the 4th September.
Captain Arundel was boarded on the passage by several British men of war and treated polite- ly.
The latest papers on board the Prudence, are only to the 27d August inclusive.
Vessels spoke by the ship Thomas, of Philadel- phia, capt. Wilson, on her voyage from Li- verpool to this port.
Aug. 14th, brig Polly, Purcell, of Boston, from New Orleans, bound to Liverpool; 17th, brig Filippo, —, of N. Y. from N. Y. bound to Liverpool, same day, the British fri- gate Egyptian, Flemming, on a cruise; 21st, 2 English sloops of war on a cruise; 22d, the privateer-schr. Mary Ann, Brooks, of Pool, on a cruise.
Sept. 8th, Edmond, White, of Boston, from Boston, bound to London. Same day, Black Ri- ver, Collet, of N. Y. from Bristol bound to N. Y. 9th, Fanny, Brown, of N. Y. from Greenock, bound to N. Y. 23d, Rachel, Heel, of Alexan- dria, from Baltimore, bound to Lisbon.
Alexandria Daily Advertiser.
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 12.
HEALTH OFFICE,
OCTOBER 12.
The Committee of Health report four deaths for the 24 hours ending this morn- ing at 10 o'clock.
They acknowledge, with gratitude, the receipt of Twenty Dollars from an absent citizen, and Ten Dollars from Mr. Josiah Faxon, for the use of the distressed and numerous poor of this place.
The committee being sensibly concerned at the fatal effects which come under their notice daily, and which are evidently pro- duced by the prevailing terror now operat- ing on the minds of a great proportion of their fellow-citizens, and which has impell- ed them in many instances to a desertion of persons afflicted with disease of almost any species, the consequences of which con- duct is shocking to the feelings of humanity:—The committee cannot therefore refrain from thus noticing the unhappy effects of such procedure; and from earnestly recom- mending to those who labour under fearful impressions, and cannot remedy them, ei- ther to leave the Town or to be more re- served in the communication of their fears to others, as measures the most proper to be pursued at the present distressful peri- od.* At the same time, for the consol- ation, and confidence, of all those residents who feel not so terribly impressed, the com- mittee beg leave to solicit their attention generally, to what cannot be unknown to several of them individually, viz. That the committee, who have visited in almost eve- ry House in Town, where any person has either been sick, or died, are living proofs (and ought they think to be convincing) that the prevailing disorder is not so contagious, as it is generally believed to be; this cir- cumstance of itself, ought they think, to calm the fears of the timorous, and induce an attention to those, who either are, or may be, taken sick, and prove an allevia- tion of their sufferings from all those in health, whether friends, relatives, or neigh- bours, to distressed humanity.
* This observation is more particularly intend- ed for and recommended to the attention of the aged, the respectable and observing part of the community.
ANDREW JAMIESON, Chairman.
Extract of a letter from Copenhagen, dated July 24, 1803, to a gentleman in Salem.
"The English are detested in this place by all classes of people. A few days ago, an Ame- rican supercargo of a ship entered one of the bat- teries. They immediately took him to the guard house (supposing him to be an Englishman) and were preparing to put him in irons, but on being convinced of his being an American, they im- mediately set him at Liberty, asking pardon for treating him in that manner, saying they suppos- ed him to be an Englishman."
A New Catechism for the Ladies.
Q. For what end did you come into the world?
A. To get a husband.
Q. What is the way to get a husband?
A. To dress, dance, chat, play, and go to all public places, except to church.
Q. What is the duty of a husband?
A. To please a wife.
Q. What is the duty of a wife?
A. To please herself, if she can.
Q. What are the other duties of a fine lady?
A. To be deaf to the voice of duns—to the entreaties of the poor: dumb to a husband's chidings, and blind to country cousins.
THE SWISS EMIGRANT.
FAREWELL, farewell, my native land, A long farewell to life and thee! On the last rock I lingering stand, Thy last rude rock how dear to me!
Once more I view thy vallies fair, But dimly view, with tearful eye; Once more I breathe thy healthful air, But breathe it in how deep a sigh!
Ye vales with downy verdure spread, Ye groves that drink the sparkling stream, As bursting from the mountain's head Its foaming waves in silver gleam;
Ye lakes that catch the golden beam That floods with fire yon peak of snow, As evening vap urs bluely stream And stilly roll their volumes slow;
Scenes, on this bursting heart impress'd By ev'ry thrill of joy, of woe; The bliss of childhood's vacant breast, Of warmer youth's impassion'd glow;
The tears by filial duty shed Upon the low, the peaceful tomb; Where sleep, too blest, the rev'rend dead, Unconscious of their country's doom.
Say! can Helvetia's patriot child, A wretched exile, bear to roam, Nor sink upon the lonely wild, Nor die to leave his native home?
His native home!—no home has he— He scorns in servile yoke to bow, He scorns the land no longer free, Alas—he has no country now!
Ye snow clad Alps whose mighty mound, Great Nature's adamantine wall, In vain opposed your awful bound To check the prone descending Gaul;
What Hunter now with dearing leaps Shall chase the Ibex o'er your rocks, Who clothe with vines your craggy steeps, Who guard from wolves your rambling flocks?
While low the free born sons of toil Lie sunk amid the slaughter'd brave, To freedom true, the stubborn soil Shall pine, and starve the puny slave,
Spoilers, who pour'd your rav'ning bands To gorge on Latium's fertile plains, And fill'd your gold rapacious hands From regal domes and sculptur'd fanes,
What seek ye here? Our niggard earth, Nor gold, nor sculptur'd trophies owns; Our wealth was peace, and guileless mirth, Our trophies are our tyrant's bones!
Burst not my heart, as dimly swell MORA's proud glories on my view; Heroic scenes, a long farewell, I fly from madness and from you!
Thou vanquish'd land once proud and free, Where first this fleeting breath I drew; This heart must ever beat for thee, In absence near—in misery true!
DIED—on Monday evening last Mr. Jacob Ressler, tallow-chandler, an old and respectable inhabitant of this town.
Same day Mrs. Esia Sabina Swoope, relict of Mr. Michael Swoope, late Merchant of this place.
Yesterday Mrs. Davidson, wife of Capt. James Davidson.
Mrs. Campbell, consort of Capt. James Campbell.
The Marine Insurance Association continue to meet at their office every day from 22 till 2 o'clock.
Wm. Groverman, Broker.
Oct. 12.
A Journeyman Currier WANTED.
A person of the above profession,—a com- plete workman, will meet with encouragement by applying to
George Heiskell, Fredericksburg.
Oct. 8.
FOR SALE,
A handsome PIANO FORTE, warranted.— Apply to BELL and WRAY. Sept. 27.
To Let,
THE frame Warehouse on King Street, two doors above Pitt Street, now occupied by Am- brose Vaille. Possession will be given on the 27th of this month—apply, in the absence of the subscriber, to Col. Dennis Ramsey.
R. I. TAYLOR.
August 10.
Lost at the late Fire,
A fire Bucket painted red and inscribed 'Frank- lin Fire Society, Wm. Ladd, 1792.' Whoever will return it to the subscriber shall be liberally rewarded. J. G. LADD.

I have just received, and offer for sale on reasonable terms, TEN BALES EAST INDIA GOODS , consisting of Gauripore Sannahs, Alibad Emerty, Seepure Bafuahs, Mugga Mamoodys, Lucipore do. Beerboon Gurrahs, Chittabully do. Barrapooty, Brown do. Bandanna Hhfs. Benjamin Shreve, jun. August 1.
WILLIAM RAMSAY HAS OPENED A Grocery Store in Prince Street , Next door to Dr. Dick's, Where he intends keeping a general assortment of genuine articles in that line, and now offers for sale on moderate terms,  LONDON particular Madeira, Port in casks and bottles, Colmenar and Malaga, Old St. Julian and Medoc Claret in cases of 2 dozen each, White Wine Vinegar, 4th proof Jamaica Rum, Do. Cogniac Brandy, Holland Gin, Loaf, Lump and Muscovado Sugar, Sugar House Molasses, Imperial, Chulan, Hyslop, Young Hyslop, Hyslop Skin, Souchong, Pouchong, Souchong, Padoa Souchong, Peco Souchong, Bohea  WINES, Green Coffee, Durham and Dixon's Mustard, Alfice, Cinnamon, Cloves, Mace and Nutmegs, Nantz and Bourdeaux Sallad Oil, Catchup, brandied Fruits and English Pickles, Olives, Capers and Anchovies, Prunes, Raisins, and soft shell Almonds, Leiper's Snuff in bottles, Do. best Smoking Tobacco, Martin's best Spanish Segars, Basket Salt for table use, Georgia Cotton, Martinique Noyeau, Mould and dipp'd Candles, Jersey Cheese of an excellent quality, Wrapping Paper, brown and blue, Roll Brimstone, Fig Blue.  To be Rented, And possession given immediately, the dwelling HOUSE above said store. It is now in good repair, and well calculated to accommodate a genteel family. Apply as above. June 27
Ricketts, Newton and Co. Have received and for Sale, A few bales German Linens , 2 trunks calicoes and chintzes, 2 do. hosiery, 10 boxes wool and cotton cards, 5 tresses threads, 30 boxes dipp'd and mould candles, 10 hhds. molasses, 4 do. Jamaica spirits, 6 do. sugars, 20 barrels prime pork, 50 do. herrings, 20 do. shad, 30 kegs James river tobacco, 100 tons plaister. They are giving Cash, for wheat, flour, corn, rye, beans and tobacco. August 1.
BELL & WRAY , Respectfully inform the citizens of Alexandria, and the public in general, that they have received, and offer for Sale, at the house lately occupied by Dr. Hall, opposite Mr. Randolph Mott's Tavern (formerly Mr. Heiskell's) a neat assortment of DRY GOODS , Suitable to the season, consisting of Cloths, Cambrics, Marseilles, King and Queens Cords, Irish Linens, Platillas, Ticklenburgs, Hessians, Osna-burgs, Chintzes, Calicoes, Dimities, coloured and white Cambric, tamboured and lappet Muffins, Kid and Morocco Shoes, Court, York and High Heels, with a variety of other articles, too tedious to enumerate, which they are enabled to sell at the most reduced prices for cash or country produce. Sept. 9.
Ten Dollars Reward. LOST on Saturday last, between Geo. Town and Mr. Wm. Fitzhugh's, of Rovenworth, a Blue Morocco Pocket Book, there were in it, as well as is remembered, Two Hundred and Sixty Dollars in bank notes, a bond for 25 pounds, and some other papers of no import to any one but the subscriber, who will on its restoration pay the above reward; or it will be paid by the Printer if delivered to him. Burwell Bassett. Sept. 23.
For Sale or Charter, The SHIP BELVIDERE , lying at Thompson's wharf, burthen 257 tons. For terms apply to Samuel Craig. July 21.
MUSCOVADO SUGAR. THE subscribers have received, per the sch le Leboo, and offer for sale on reasonable terms, 5 hhds. } First quality 19 tierces, } Guadalupe Sugar. 79 bhs. They have also on hand, 20 puncheons 4th proof Jamaica Spirits, 12 do. do. St. Kitts Rum, Whiskey in tierces and bhs. And a parcel of St. Martins Salt. J. and T. Vowell. August 26.
Just Received and for sale by the Subscriber, 36 Pipes Holland Gin, of the best quality and flavor, A quantity of Sole Leather, 100 Cheeses, 10 hhds Muscovado Sugar, Beef and Pork, C. arse Salt, &c. J. G. LADD. September 7.
Frederick Kemelmyer, LIMNER, Respectfully informs the public that he has opened a Drawing School next door to Colonel Hoos's, (Water Street,) where he will instruct young Ladies and Gentlemen in drawing and painting in Water Colours and Crayons every day in the week, except Saturday. Hours of attendance for young Ladies from twelve to one, and gentlemen from 6 to 7 o'clock in the forenoon. He also, Professes Portrait Painting in Oil and Crayons, and all other branches belonging to the art of painting except house painting. Likewise, Guilds looking glasses and picture frames in the best and neatest manner possible. August 31.
Just Received, 10 chefts Bohea, 8 do. Souchong } TEAS of late importations and excellent quality. Apply next door below Col. Gilpin's, in King Street, to John Potts. Sept. 7.
Washington Tavern. RANDOLPH MOTT Has removed to the house lately occupied by Mr. PETER HEISKELL, sign of General Washington , Where he continues to keep a House of ENTERTAINMENT for Travellers & others. He returns his sincere thanks to his friends for their former custom, and hopes from his attention to business to merit and receive a continuance of the patronage of a liberal public. August 8.
Notice. ALL persons having claims against the estate of William Triplett, of Round Hill, deceased, are requested to bring them for ward for adjustment and payment; and all those indebted to the estate are respectively called upon to make immediate payment to the Executors—it being their anxious wish to close all the accounts, and settle with the legatees as soon as possible. Charles Little, } Ex'rs. Geo. Triplett, } July 7.
Ten Dollars Reward. RAN AWAY from the plantation of Lawrence Lewis, esq. Fairfax county, on Friday the 19th inst. a Negro man named PETER : He is about 22 years of age, 5 feet 8 or 10 inches high, rather slender made, very dark complexion; has a large scar on one of his legs, occasioned by the cut of a scythe the last harvest, the wound not perfectly cured: his clothes not recollected, but believe nothing more than a common Negro cotton jacket and trowsers. He was seen in Alexandria last Saturday, and it is supposed he is now in that place. All masters of vessels and others are cautioned against harboring or giving off said fellow at their peril. The above reward will be given for securing him in any jail so that I get him again, or upon delivering him to the subscriber, with all reasonable charges paid. Roger Farrell, Manager. August 24.
Hay Market Races. THE Hay Market Jockey Club will commence on the 3d day of October, being the first Monday in said month, and will continue three days: the first day four miles heats, the second day three mile heats, and the third two mile heats, free for any horse, mare or gelding, agreeably to the rules of the Frederickburg Jockey Club. W. I. WASHINGTON. Sept. 9.
By Authority. SCHEME OF A LOTTERY, TO BUILD A Catholic Cathedral Church, In the City of Baltimore.    1 Prize of 20,000   1 do. 10,000   2 do. 5000 are 10,000   5 do. 1000 5000   10 do. 500 5000   25 do. 200 5000   200 do. 100 20,000   200 do. 50 10,000   200 do. 25 5000   2500 do. 20 50,000   4000 do. 15 60,000   1st dr. ticket after 2000 500   1st do. 4000 500   1st do. 6000 500   1st do. 8000 500   1st do. 10,000 500   1st do. 12,000 500   1st do. 15,000 500   1st do. 18,000 500   1st do. 20,000 2000   1 last drawn ticket which may have a Blank to its Number, 4000   7154 Prizes, 210,000 13846 Blanks—not 2 to a prize.
21,000 Tickets at 10 dols. each, 210,000 The laudable purpose of this lottery, the many very valuable prizes offered, and there not being two blanks to a prize, are considerations which give the Managers reason to hope for a rapid sale of the tickets. The drawing will commence as soon as a sufficient number of Tickets shall be sold to authorize it: and thirty days after the completion of the drawing, the prizes will be paid to the fortunate adventurers; subject to a deduction of Fifteen per cent. Such prizes as shall not be demanded within twelve months after the drawing is finished, shall be considered as relinquished for the benefit of the Church. Tickets to be had of the Managers, or of such persons as may be appointed by them. Right Rev. Bishop Carroll, Rev. Francis Beaufort, Messrs. David Williamson, Robert Walsh, Chas. Ghequiere, Patrick Bennet, Arnold Livers, Luke Tiernan, F. I. Mitchell } Managers. Tickets in the above lottery to be had at the store of T. L. Washington and Co. Fairfax street, Alexandria. August 13.
Ten Dollars Reward. RAN AWAY from the Subscriber on Sunday the 14th inst. an apprentice boy to the Coopers trade, named MICHAEL FOLEY, between 18 and 19 years old, about 5 feet 4 inches high, dark straight hair, and has a remarkable down cast sheepish look. Being born in the west of Ireland he will be easily discovered by his dialect. Had on when he absconded, a nankien upper jacket, thickset waistcoat, new ticklenburg trowsers and a new wool hat, but took other clothes with him. It is supposed he has gone towards Baltimore. If taken up 20 miles from Alexandria I will pay 15 dollars, and if more than 50 miles 20 dollars reward and all reasonable charges. CHAS. JAMIESON. August 15.
Strayed or Stolen, FROM the common of Alexandria, five or six weeks ago, a small red MILCH COW, with narrow horns. She has a white streak under her throat, and one on her back; has a very long tail, with a little white on the end of it. Whoever may have taken up, or observed the same, and will return her to the subscriber in Alexandria, or give information where she may be found shall be generously rewarded for their trouble. RUTH SPEARS. October 8.
Valuable Property for Sale. In pursuance of a Decree of the United States of the District of Columbia, at the last term, held for the county of Alexandria, will be sold at public auction, to the highest bidder, for ready money, on the 24th inst. on the premises, Two unimproved Lots, or parcels of ground subject to a rent of £.13. 6: 0 per annum, situate, lying, and being on the west side of Water street, and south side of Franklin street, in the town of Alexandria. The sale to commence at 3 o'clock in the afternoon. Sam. Craig, Elisha Janney, P. G. Marsteller, } Com'rs. Sept. 3.
The sale of the above property is postponed to Saturday October 22d, at 3 o'clock in the afternoon. Sept. 27.
Printing in all its variety executed at this office. PRINTED DAILY BY S. SNOWDEN.
For Freight or Charter, To EUROPE or the W. INDIES, The Ship Maria , SAMUEL JOHNSON, Master, Burthen 1600 bhs. Now in complete order for a voyage. For term apply to said master on board, lying in the stream, or to J. G. LADD, at his dwelling house on Prince between Fairfax and Royal streets. For sale on board said ship, 250 casks R. I. Lime, 100 bushels Potatoes, Few bales India Cottons. Oct. 10.
The Sale of the property advertised on the 18th of August last by us, in pursuance of the decree of the circuit court of the district of Columbia, for the county of Alexandria, at the last June term of the said court, and in pursuance of the last will and testament of Lewis Hopkins, deceased, to take place on this day at the house of Francis Daniel, at the Little Falls of the Potomac, is unavoidably postponed until Thursday the 10th day of November next, at which place and on which day, if fair, if not the next fair day, will positively be sold by us, at public auction, to the highest bidder for ready money.
The following Property, viz. One undivided third part of 207 acres of Land, in the said district, near the said Little Falls, upon which are Merchant Mills, with three pair of French burr mill stones, and every necessary and convenient machinery for manufacturing flour to the best advantage; also a brewery and distillery, miller's house, a brewer and distiller's house and sundry other improvements. This property will be shewn to any person who may incline to purchase it, by the said Francis Daniel, at any time before the sale. A tract of Land in Fairfax county, about three miles from the said Little Falls, containing 207 acres, upon which is a dwelling house, in which Mrs. Susan Wren lives, and sundry other improvements; about two thirds of this land are cleared, and the remainder in wood; it is good farming land. Mr. William Waters, who lives near it, will shew this land to any person or persons who may incline to purchase it, at any time previous to the sale. Mrs. Susan Wren, who was the widow of the said Lewis Hopkins, has a right of dower in the aforesaid property. The sale will commence at twelve o'clock. Philip R. Fendall, Robert Young, William Waters } Ex'ors. Sept. 29.
VALUABLE LANDS FOR SALE. By virtue of a Deed of Trust executed by Henry Lee to the subscriber, for securing a debt due from said Henry Lee, to Wm. Ludwell Lee, deceased, the following tracts of Land will be Sold at public Auction, for ready money, at the times and places hereafter mentioned, that is to say: One Tract containing 2,800 acres called Hollis's Marsh, lying in the county of Westmoreland, adjoining the Stafford estate, and bordering on the Potomac river. One other Tract containing 500 acres lying in the county of Fairfax, at the mouth of Difficult run, on the west side thereof, and bounded by the Potomac river at the Great Falls. One other tract containing 1600 acres, together with a moiety of a MILL, lying in Frederick county, where the said tract is called and known by the name of Buffalo Marsh. These tracts will be sold on the respective premises: The 1st on the 28th of September; the 2d on the 6th of October, and the 3d on the 13th of October next. The above tracts will be laid off and sold in smaller parcels, if the title papers can be obtained in time to enable the subscriber to have them divided. Bushrod Washington. August 19.
The sale of the Lands above advertised is for the present postponed. October 10.
Land for Sale. I wish to sell from a thousand to twelve hundred acres of good Farming Land, in the county of Fairfax, on the waters of Pope's Head and Jonesmore runs. This land will either be sold together or in separate parcels, as may be agreed on. It is well situated for the disposal of produce, being within twenty miles of Alexandria, and thirteen of the Occoquan Mills. Any person, wishing to purchase, may know the terms by applying to the subscriber near Dumfries. John Gibson. Sept. 13.
For Sale, A healthy, stout, young Negro Woman—Enquire of the Printer. John Gibson. Sept. 13.
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