Alexandria daily advertiser (Alexandria [Va.]), 1805-07-18 00:00:00

Alexandria Daily Advertiser.
Vol. V.]
THURSDAY, JULY 18, 1805.
[No. 1346.]
Public Sale.
On FRIDAY next, at 10 o'clock, will be sold at the Vendue Store, RUM In hds. and bds. French Brandy in pipes, Gin in pipes and bds. Whiskey and Apple Brandy in bds. Sugar in hds., tierces and bds. Chocolate White and brown Soap and } in boxes, Mould and dipt Candles Raisins in kegs, boxes and jars, Eggs in kegs and frails, Queens' Ware in crates, HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE, &c.—Also, A Variety of DRY GOODS, among which are Cloths, Coatings, Kersemeres, Drapes, Flannels, Kerseys, Negro Cottons, Sage, Elastics, blue Friezes, Calimancoes, Russells, Yarn Stockings, Cheeses and Calicoes, Irish Linens, Silesia do. Dunaburgs and Ticklenburgs, Muslin and Muslin Handkerchiefs, India Muslins and Table Cloths, Bandana Handkerchiefs, Coloured Threads, Hats and sundry other articles. Philip G. Marsteller. Dec. 20.
10 pipes well flavor'd Holland Gin, 60 casks Dutch Linseed Oil, 2 bales German Ticklenburgh 1 case Britannias, 1 do. Platillas Royal, Just Imported from Rotterdam, In the brig Nancy, Spalding, AND FOR SALE BY J. & T. Vowell, WHO HAVE IN STORE, A few pipes old Madeira Wine, fit for immediate use, Three hds. old Grenada Rum, Three casks Clover Seed, Tea pipes 4th proof Spanish Brandy. Cash given for Otter and Mink Skins. April 25. d
JAMES SANDERSON Has received, in addition to his late general sup- plies, which he will sell, by the quantity, ve- ry low, and on liberal credit; 10 pipes 4th proof Cogniac Bran- dy; 4 puncheons second proof Antigua Rum. 20 barrels New England ditto. 5 pipes particular Teneriffe Wine. 12 half pipes do. do. 25 cases claret, 2 and half dozen in each. 9 boxes best London Mustard, 15 dozen each. 6 do. do. Double Gloucester Cheese. 20 hogheads Black Quart Bottles. ALSO, 28 hogheads Virginia TOBAC- CO now in store. May 31. d
BUILDING LOTS. HALF an acre of ground, on the corner of Washington and Duke Streets, will be laid off in lots, to suit applicants, and will be had at a moderate annual rent forever. HEWES & MILLER. June 19. d
This day is Published, And for Sale at ROBERT GRAY'S Book- store, and THIS OFFICE, (PRICE TWENTY-FIVE CENTS.) AN ABSTRACT OF AN APOLOGY, for Renouncing the Jurisdiction OF THE SYNOD OF KENTUCKY. BEING A Compendious View of the GOSPEL, AND A FEW REMARKS ON THE CONFESSION OF FAITH. By Robert Marshall, John Dunlavy, Richard M'Namara, Barton W. Stone, John Thompson. May 2.
A few Copies of the American Gardener, for sale by Robert Gray, in King Street.
Fresh Fruit.
THIS DAY RECEIVED, Per the Schooner Eliza, from New-Providence, A quantity of Pine-Apples, Limes, &c. All in excellent order. John A. Burford. July 11. d  Mandeville & Jamesson Are now landing, and offer for Sale, 10 puncheons high proof Jamaica Rum. 10 hogheads Barbadoes Molasses. 8 hogheads St. Croix Sugars. English F and FF Gunpowder. Philadelphia Loaf Sugars. Patent Shot and Bar-Lead. May 29. d
BEEF AND PORK. We have just received, prime and mess Beef, in barrels and half barrels; prime Pork, in barrels and half barrels—all of excel- lent quality. Hewes & Miller. June 24. d  Mill-Stones & Boulting-Cloths. We want to buy one pair of 4 or 6 and an half feet Cologne Mill Stones. We have one pair of 6 feet Burr Mill-Stones for sale: Also, five hundred dollars worth of Boul- ting-Cloths; which will be sold a bargain, to any body who will take the whole of them. Hewes & Miller. June 20. d
THE SUBSCRIBER, AT HIS GROCERY STORE, King near Washington Street, HAS JUST RECEIVED FROM PHILADELPHIA, &c. &c. —A SUPPLY OF— Fresh teas, particularly selected, 6000 lbs. green coffee, 14 hds. St. Croix and St. Martins sugar, New York and Philadelphia, loaf and lump sugars. Old 4th proof Jamaica Spirits, D. 2d and 3d proof St. Croix rum, Cognac brandy, Holland gin, Whiskey and New England rum, Choice old Madeira, Sherry, Lisbon, Teneriffe, Malaga and Port, Claret in cases, 20 Boxes fresh muscatel raisins, Very best chocolate, Dixon's best mustard, Salad oil, &c. With a general assortment of groce- ries as usual. The whole of which are of a superi- or quality, and will be sold on the most reasona- ble terms. JAMES BACON. May 14. 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 cloth's Kerseymeres and swandowns. Bearskins and fearnoughts Pursuits and callimancoes. Bombazets and wildboras Common and boil'd camblets Silk, cotton, and worsted hosiery. English extra long silk gloves, Silk twist and thread Diaper and common tapes Paper and pound pins White and printed marseilles Laces, edgings and gimps Elegant black and white lace veils Patent do. do. Satin peelong and silk handkerchiefs 4-4, 9-8, and 6-4 Cambrick mufins India Jacquet do. Fustians, buckram, &c. &c. ALSO, A few bales of Negro Caddies, and one trunk silk and cotton silks. January 7. d
For LIVERPOOL, The SHIP WILLIAM, Captain John Bacon; Two hundred and 64 tons burthen, nearly new. Advances, will be made on consignments per this vessel. The freight will be moderate. Apply to William Hodgson. July 2. d
TO RENT, A convenient two-story Brick-house on Wilkes Street, opposite Capt. George Slacum's —For terms apply to, John C. Vowell. July 6. d
LAWRASON & FOWLE Have just received, by the brig Harmony, Robert B. Hall, master, from Boston. 3 bales best Beerboon Gurrahs 3 do. Sewing Twine 2 chests Young Hyson } FRESH TEAS. 5 do. Imperial 20 boxes best Spanish Segars 2 pipes first quality Cognac Brandy 40 barrels N. E. Rum 5 hds. retailing Molasses 7 barrels Sperm. Oil A few boxes Sperm. Candles 40 Boxes brown Soap And a quantity of Plaster Paris. July 6. d
SUGARS. Seventy hds. and } MUSCOVADO SUGAR, Twenty-two bds. Thirty one bags Cocoa, received by sloop Sloop Diana, from Martinico —for sale on reasonable terms by John & Thos. Vowell. WHO HAVE ON HAND Holland Gin of excellent flavor in Pipes, Fourth proof Brandy, Jamaica Rum, Liverpool Fine Salt, 1000 bushels Indian Corn, 1200 do. black-eyed Peas, in good ship- ping order, July 6. d
WANTED TO PURCHASE, About 30,000 White Oak Hoghead & Barrel Staves, Of good quality: Also, A few squared Logs of Walnut. WM. HODGSON. July 5. d
JUST RECEIVED. AND FOR SALE, 69 barrels prime pork, 12 barrels pease, suitable for the West-India market. Wm. HODGSON. July 3. d
The subscribers have just received, by the Packet, from Norfolk, 30 barrels prime Beef, 20 do. Pork. Lawrason & Fowle. June 24. d  For Sale, on liberal Credit, 90 hogheads South Potomac Tobacco, Now in store—Also, 4 do. Kappahannock; Suitable for the West-India market. James Sanderson. June 20. d
FOR SALE. 20 puncheons Jamaica RUM, LAST YEAR'S CROP, Just received and for Sale on reasonable terms. John & Thos. Vowell. May 9. d  GUNPOWDER TEA. A few boxes of the very best quality just received by Mandeville & Jamesson. May 15. d
PUBLIC SALE. On FRIDAY next, at half-past 3 o'clock, in the afternoon, will be sold, on Messrs. Rick- ets and Newton's wharf, The Sloop EAGLE, Burthen 250 barrels. Terms will be made known, at the place of sale. P. G. Marsteller. July 16. d
FOR SALE, On a very liberal credit for approved paper, THE SCHOONER HENRIETTA, A beautiful vessel, in complete order for sea, burthen 550 barrels. For terms apply to RICKETTS, NEWTON & Co. July 13. eozw
Mackarel & Whiskey. 110 barrels of MACKAREL just received, per schooner Hiram, from Rhode Island: ALSO, 35 barrels strong proof RYE WHISKEY— and 30 kegs manufactured James-River TOBAC- CO, warranted good. These articles will be sold low. Apply to John & Thomas Vowell. July 16. d
LOST. On Wednesday, the 10th instant, between the Branch Bank of Washington and Alexandria, A BILL, drawn by Mr. John Proudfit , of Norfolk, on Mr. Butler Cooke , of Wash- ington, for 500 dollars, dated Norfolk, 25th day of June, at 60 days, in my favor; accepted 29th, an endorsed by me. Any person having found this Bill, will be pleased to deposit it at the Branch Bank, in Washington, or deliver it to the subscriber. The payment being stopped, it can be of no use to the finder. William Hodgson. Alexandria, July 13.
POTOMAC COMPANY. NOTICE is hereby given, that the Annual Meeting of the Stockholders of the Pot- omac Company, will be held according to law at the Union Tavern in George Town, on Monday the 5th day of August next, on which occasion a full meeting of the proprietors is requested, when the proceedings of the Board of Directors, toge- ther with the disbursements of the Treasurer since the last general meeting, will then be laid be- fore them for their consideration. By order of the Board, Joseph Carleton, Treasurer Potomac Company. George, July 9. (10) d5A
TUNIS CRAVEN, HAS JUST RECEIVED, An elegant assortment of goods, selected from the latest importations, in Phila- delphia and Baltimore. —AMONG WHICH ARE— Superfine cloths and coloured cambricks, cashmeres, Dimities, Cotton cashmeres, 6-4 9-8, Cambrick White and coloured mufins, jeans, nankens and India, hock, jacquet full ons, and mull mull, muf- Long and short nan- lins, keens, Colonade and crossbar- Blue do. red striped cambricks White and coloured ditto, marseilles, Waistcoating, Lace, 6-4, Lace Shaw's, 4-4 7-8, Irish lin. Long ditto, nens, long lawns, Super brocaded do. 4-4 7-8, Shirting cot- English and French silk ton, gloves. Irish and Flanders shep- Kid ditto, ing, Pic nic mitts, Plattillas, English split straw bon- Britannias, nets, Silesia, Madras and bandana Silk, cotton and thread handkerchiefs, hosiery, Baftas, Diaper table cloths, Mammodies, Napkins, Gurrahs, &c. &c. Chintz calicoes and All of which he has determined to sell at the most reduced prices. May 25.

DUTTON'S ORATION.
We have just received from a friend in Boston, a copy of the Oration delivered there on the July anniversary, by WARREN DUTTON, Esq. the perusal of which has afforded us so much satisfaction, that we think we cannot furnish our readers with any thing more worthy their acceptance than a copious extract from it.
Sound principles, deep reflections, and instructive inference, expressed in a style terse and correct, characterise this production. We are proud to add that we number the author in the list of personal friends.
"Our government is so much founded in opinion, that errors in speculation will frequently produce practical mischiefs. Hence the importance of correct notions, and the utility of exposing prevailing and popular errors. Because the people of these states are enlightened, they have been told that they are all intelligent; because they are virtuous, they have been taught that they have no vices. But while it is said with honest pride, that no people ever existed, whose habits, manners, and opinions, could give such powerful aids to a free government, it ought to be said with equal sincerity, that they are subject to like passions with other men. They consist of the rich and the poor, the simple and the wise, the idle and the industrious, the virtuous and the depraved. They have prejudices which are strong in proportion as they are unreasonable; they have vanity which may be flattered, and passions which may be excited. They are impatient of restraints when they are felt; they are credulous of course, the prey of impostors, liable to sudden impulses, blind in their zeal, and violent in their resentments. These all belong to human nature, and philosophy has not yet found out their cure: till it does, government must be suited to men as they are.
Recently escaped from the grasp of arbitrary power, and still smarting with the pain, the people of this country behold no dangers but in the form of monarchy. The prevailing sentiment is, that the people cannot have too much power, nor the government too little. While it is uncontrolled in their own hands it is harmless, and becomes terrible only when exercised in the form of regular authority. Government is regarded as a matter of convenience, rather than necessity; and as there is little need of any, it may be changed or new modelled without hazard. A revolution, therefore, carries no terrors with it, because it is considered as an experiment, which, like a prescription in medicine, may be safely tried till it succeeds. Such opinions are natural, as they are founded in a just abhorrence of despotism; they are dangerous because they are extreme, and blind us to the approach of evils more palpable, and nearer home.
Another popular error connected with this is, that the power of the people is their liberty, or that whatever they can do they have a right to do. It is true, that every man has a right, by honest industry, to grow as rich and as learned as his neighbor; but every man has not the disposition or ability. Hence distinctions will exist, which are entitled to equal protection; but indolence and vice say, are not all men equal, and are we not poor? The member of Congress from Pennsylvania, in his late address to his constituents, observes, that he has now returned to his plough, and shall use his best endeavors to prevent all rich men and men of talents from being elected to office. If such sentiments prevail, neither the rich nor the wise can long hope to remain in peaceful obscurity; the property of the one will be confiscated, and the other driven into exile. The opinion is not new, but not the less dangerous for that reason. It is in the very spirit of Jack Cade's project for reformation, of agrarian laws and national decrees.
Liberty is not the creature of a day, nor can it be secured by merely making a new constitution or altering an old one. It is to the political body what health is to the natural: the effect of a well adjusted system. It is the result of the moral sense or religious conscience of men, operating upon their thoughts and desires; of known laws wisely made, and administered uniformly, without fear or partiality, supported in the last resort by the arm of government. Factions will exist, lawful authority will be resisted; there then must be a power which can be relied upon for the protection of rights, the suppression of insurrections, and the resistance of popular delusion. This security, without which there can be no liberty, ought not to rest upon the influ-
ence or popularity of any one man, however great or good.
The demagogue who collects five hundred followers, by abusing their credulity, or feeding their vanity, is to the extent of his power a despot. It is true he is satisfied with the name of servant, and leaves to them all the titles of sovereignty; still he is the rival of the government, and receives his orders like a chieftain, and receives an obedience as prompt as it is blind. If he seeks office, his followers are immediately put to their tasks. One is employed to rub out the spots in his reputation. He is soon fitted and furnished to his station, and must preserve it by the same means he used to acquire it. He is therefore a demagogue in office more dangerous than before, in proportion as the empire of hypocrisy is enlarged, and the means of spreading popular delusions multiplied. He opens his great ware-house of corruption where reputation is bought and sold, and thankfully receives the offerings of the pillory and the jail. He becomes of course hostile to all subordination and just authority; the enemy of that liberty which permits every man to sit under his own vine and fig tree without fear of molestation.
Such is the tremendous difference between democracy and republicanism. The abuse of language or the substitution of names for realities is one of the most successful instruments ever wielded in the demolition of governments.
We must never forget, says Mirabeau, the ablest of the revolutionary leaders, that words are things; and surely it can never be forgotten, while memory holds her seat or history is useful to her charge. If experience made the world wiser it might be useful to compile a dictionary, containing a number of names and phrases, with the revolutionary explanations, designed particularly for the information of free governments. Opening this book and looking at the words "economy," we might read this explanation. A word used by demagogues, in and out of office, to delude the multitude; the art of growing rich without revenue and strong without force, also the maintenance of courts without judges; the science of preventing war by tameness and submission, or a willingness to pay for what is its own, provided the expence of fighting for it can be saved; in fine, a disposition to save every thing but what is worth saving, or the exchange of national honor for innumerable tracts of wilderness, 'political toleration,' or equal and exact justice to all men; a phrase often used by men now in office, to gain the confidence of the credulous, and dissipate the fears of those who can be made easy by their hopes, also the punishment of political heresy. 'Aristocrat' or 'federalist,' a term of reproach applied to the ablest and most virtuous men of the country, to render them unpopular. 'Independent judiciary,' a phrase not to be found in this dictionary.
(To be continued.)
Description of POMPEY'S PILLAR, in the neighbourhood of Alexandria, in Egypt, and an Anecdote of some English Sea Officers there. From Irwin's Voyage up the Red Sea.
IN the afternoon a large party of us sailed out to take a view of Pompey's Pillar, the theme of the present age, and the admiration of past times! Besides my companions and myself, we were joined, by the two English commanders of the ships in the harbour, and monsieur Meillon, and some young gentlemen of the French factory. We mounted the first asses that presented themselves for hire, and attended by our Janizary, took the course we pursued yesterday. We left the convention on our right; and presently came among broken arches and long pavements, which are the remains of an aqueduct. Several towers reared up their dismantled heads on each side of us, whose appearance pronounces them to have been posts of great importance and strength. A number of stately pillars next engaged our attention. They are placed in two parallel lines, and seem to have formerly supported some magnificent portico. The pillars are of granite, or thebaic marble, and about thirty feet high, of a single stone; and we counted no less than thirty of them still standing. But however choice these columns might be in any other place, they were but soils to the pillar which now appeared before us. We had been buried amid the ruins and the hills of sand, which the winds have thrown up, when, leaving the city by the gate of Roseto, we came unexpectedly upon the Pillar. It is impossible to tell which is most worthy of admiration, the height, the workmanship, or the condition of this Pillar. By the best ac-
counts we can obtain, it is an hundred and ten feet high. The shaft, which is of a single stone of granite, is ninety feet, and the pedestal is twenty feet more. It is of the Corinthian order, which gives a beautiful dignity to its simplicity, rarely to be met with in modern architecture. It has suffered little or no injury from time. The polish upon the shaft has wonderfully withstood the buffeting of the tempest; and it promises to hand down a patriot name to the latest posterity of the ignorant native, who has no other trace of the fame of Pompey! The pedestal has been somewhat damaged by the instruments of travellers, who are curious to possess a relic of this antiquity; and one of the volutes of the column was immaturely brought down about four years ago, by a prank of some English captains, which is too ludicrous to pass over.
These jolly sons of Neptune had been pushing about the cannon on board one of the ships in the harbor, until a strange freak entered into one of their brains. The eccentricity of the thought occasioned it immediately to be adopted; and its apparent impossibility was but a spur for putting it into execution. The boat was ordered, and with proper implement for the attempt, these enterprising heroes pushed ashore, to drink a bowl of punch on the top of Pompey's Pillar! At the spot they arrived; and many contrivances were proposed to accomplish the desired point. But their labor was vain; and they began to despair of success, when the genius who struck out the frolic, happily suggested the means of performing it. A man was despatched to the city for a paper kite. The inhabitants were by this time apprized of what was going forward, and flocked in crowds to be witnesses of the address and boldness of the English. The governor of Alexandria was told that these seamen were about to pull down Pompey's Pillar. But whether he gave them credit for their respect to the Roman warrior, or to the Turkish government, he left them to themselves, and politely answered, that the English were too great patriots to injure the remains of Pompey. He knew little, however, of the disposition of the people who were engaged in this undertaking. Had the Turkish empire rose in opposition, it would not, perhaps at that moment have deterred them. The kite was brought, and flown so directly over the pillar, that when it fell on the other side, the string lodged upon the capital. The chief obstacle was now overcome. A two inch-rope was tied to one end of the string, and drawn over the pillar by the end to which the kite was affixed. By this rope one of the seamen ascended to the top, and in less than an hour a kind of shroud was constructed, by which the whole company went up, and drank their punch amid the shouts of the astonished multitude. To the eye below, the capital of the pillar does not appear capable of holding more than one man upon it; but our seamen found it could contain no less than eight persons very conveniently. It is astonishing that no accident befel these mad-caps, in a situation so elevated, that would have turned a landman giddy in his sober senses. The only detriment which the pillar received, was the loss of the volute before mentioned; which came down with a thundering sound, and was carried to England by one of the captains as a present to a lady who commissioned him for a piece of the pillar. The discovery which they made, amply compensated for this mischief; as without their evidence the world would not have known at this hour, that there was originally a statue upon this pillar, one foot and ankle of which are still remaining. The statue was, probably of Pompey himself; and must have been of a gigantic size, to have appeared of a man's proportion at so great a height.
There are circumstances in this story which might give it an air of fiction, were it not demonstrated beyond all doubt. Besides the testimony of many eye witnesses the adventurers themselves have left us a token of the fact, by the initials of their names, which are very legible in black paint just beneath the capital.
HOGARTH.
Mr. Hogarth used to tell a story of his being once in company with several artists, who were boasting of uncommon works each had executed. One in particular, said he had written a volume in folio with a single pen which he had mended 199 times. Another declared he had finished an Equestrian Statue with only a broken knife for a chisel, and a rolling pin for a mallet. A third stated, he had engraved a copper-plate with no other tool than a rusty nail. "I told them," said Hogarth, "that I once painted a Sacred History piece with one color, which was neither heightened nor lowered; making
the background shades, &c. with one altered color." The company expressed their astonishment, and begged he would relate the method of completing his performance. Hogarth thus informed them.
"I was sent for by sir Thomas Thompson, a man of singular disposition, to paint his stair-case with some sacred historical piece, applicable to a circumstance which happened to him once: which was his being at sea, when he was pursued and taken by some Algerine pirates. I asked him what he thought of the Egyptians pursuing the children of Israel 'taro' the red sea?"
"Egad," said sir Thomas, "a lucky thought. Well, my dear friend, begin it as soon as possible. But stay, stay! hold! What is your price? I always like to make a bargain with you gentlemen of the brush."
"Dear Sir," answered Hogarth, "I can give no answer to that until I have finished. I shall not be unreasonable; you will pay me, I dare say, as an artist."
"Hey, egad, that you may depend on," said the baronet; "but stay, stay! hold! I can't think of exceeding 10 guineas."
Hogarth, piqued to have his talents so under valued, accepted the terms on condition that five of the ten pieces should be paid in advance. The five guineas were paid, and the painter desired to begin immediately.
Hogarth rose early the next morning and took with him some common red paint, with which single color he covered the stair case from top to bottom. He then went to sir Thomas's chamber, and knocked at the door. The awakened knight asked—"Hey! Who's there."
"Hogarth," answered the painter. "Well! what do you want?" said sir Thomas.
"The job is done, sir Thomas," said Hogarth.
"Done?" asked the other. "Hey the devil! no, sure! The stair case done already! Hold, hey—stay, stay! Let me get on my morning gown—done—hey—what, a week's work done in a—hey. Stay, stay!"
The knight hobbled out of his chamber as fast as his gouty legs would permit; and rubbing his eyes, cried out—
"What the d—l have we here?"
"The red sea, sir," Hogarth answered.
"The red sea!" said the astonished knight.
"Hey! Stay, stay! Hold! hold! But where the d—l are the children of Israel?"
"They are all gone over," said the painter.
"They are all gone over," are they?" sir Thomas repeated. "Hey! stay, stay! hold, hold! but, zounds, where are the Egyptians?"
"They are all drowned, sir Thomas," said Hogarth, who was considerably pleased to have thus so properly chastised the illiberal treatment which he had received.
[Lewis' Comic Sketches.]
SNUFF.—By SOUTHEY.
A delicate pinch! oh how it tingles up The titillated nose; and fills the eyes And breath, till in one comfortable sneeze, The full collected pleasure bursts at last! Most rare Columbus! thou shalt be for this The only Christopher in my calendar. Why, but for thee, the uses of the nose Were half unknown, and its capacity Of joy. The summer gale that from the heath, At mid noon glittering with the golden furze, Bears its balsamic odour but provokes, Not satisfies the sense; and all the flowers, That with their ethereal fragrance tempt, And disappoint, bloom for so short a space, That half the year the nostrils would keep Lent, But that the kind Tobaccoist admits No winter in his work; when Nature sleeps, His wheels roll on, and still administer A plenitude of joy, a tangible smell.
What is Peru and those Golcondan mines To the VIRGINIA? miserable realms, They furnish gold for knaves, and gems for fools, But these are common comforts! to omit Pipe panegyric and tobacco praise, Think what the general joy the snuff-box gives Europe; and, far above Pizarro's name, Write RALEIGH in thy records of renown! Him let the school boy bless, if he behold His master's box produc'd, for when he sees The thumb and finger of authority Stuff up the nostrils; when hat, head and wig Shake all; when, on the waistcoat black, the dust Or drop falls brown, soon shall the brow severe, Relax, and from viluperative lips Words, that of birch remind not, sounds of prairie, And jokes, that must be laughed at, shall proceed.
Adventurers in Lottery No. 3, for the Encouragement of Literature, may know the fate of their Tickets, on application to the Printer, and paying 12 and half cents for each ticket. July 15.

Melancholy Accident.—Yesterday afternoon four persons were killed by lightning on board a small vessel in Occoquan Creek, near the mills—
THE Public are respectfully notified, that Mr. O'Kelley is again to preach in the new Meeting-House, on Fairfax-street, next Saturday evening, at early candle-light—and on Sunday morning, at 11 o'clock.
By a circular letter from the secretary of state, dated on the 12th July 1805, the consuls and commercial agents of the United States are instructed to forbear to issue any certificate whatever relative to purchases of foreign vessels by citizens of the United States, except to such persons as may satisfy the consuls and commercial agents, that the purchase was made without knowing this alteration in their instructions—and that they are also restrained from allowing the exception itself after the expiration of two months from the date of the advertisement they are directed to publish of this instruction.
THE COUNTRY PARSON. BEWARE OF AN IDLER.
A hungry wolf is not more dangerous to a flock of sheep, nor a cat to a mouse, than an IDLE man is to the industry of a neighborhood.
A pleasant story is told of a fellow who went into a town market and placing himself in the centre thereof that he might be seen by the butchers, began to gape wide with his jaws and yawn, in a formal manner, (which so great is the power of sympathy) that the whole of the butchers, as they stood at their stalls, began to gape and yawn in concert.
The tale, whether true or false, is explanatory of the influence of an IDLER on those within his sphere. The industrious citizen, who views his neighbor lolling indolently on his porch, begins immediately to draw envious comparisons. "Behold," saith he, "mine is a life of labor; I toil; and I sweat; but yonder man, who is not richer than I am, pleasantly passeth away his time, suffering the cares and inquietudes of the world from him with smoke from a cigar, or an old tobacco pipe; I will go and do likewise." Foolish man thou hadst better not.
In the midst of summer, when the meridional rays of the sun oppress by their intense heat the whole animal creation, who is there that has not experienced the attractive power of an idler as he loiters in the shade? "Lo!" crieth one, "there is Laurence seated under the shadow of yonder building; doubtless it is a cool and refreshing place; come let us go and sit with Laurence." Friend if thou valuest life, thou hadst better mind thy business; and pursue an object more estimable than pleasure and ease; some thing that will be profitable to thyself, to thy family, thy friends, or the public.
Attracting by his evil example a circle of disciples around him, the idler becomes an important personage. He is the instrument of Vice and worketh wonders: The group whom the evil influence of his idleness hath collected together, amuse themselves with trifles; serious and weighty topics of discourse are too burthensome for their minds; squibs, cranks, and legends are only palatable. When the chief idler hath spread himself upon the portico, Nathan the carpenter spying him leaveth his work, and flies to him just to have a little chat: Then comes David, the smith, and Ephraim, the hatter; and Barnaby, the scribe. The tale passeth round, and every one is merry. Meanwhile the sun journeyeth to the west, and the work of Nathan, and David, and Ephraim, and Barnaby, is neglected; and when called for, it is unfinished. Verily if they continue under the enchantment of the idler, poverty will overtake them.
The idler is generally mischievous: He playeth off tricks, and is always contriving stratagems to render some one ridiculous in order that he may have a subject for merriment: He gathereth on his memory the tale of the day, and retaieth it in scraps to regale his companions. A joke is his supreme delight: and ribaldry his highest diversion.
Wherever these idlers abound health, wealth & virtuous morals decay. Their withering corrupt youth, and lead very often to drunkenness.
Kull many an honest citizen has fallen a prey to the vicious practices of an idler.
Beware of him therefore; for his is the road to poverty, and the path that leadeth to misery.
But think not my brethren that the country parson is a foe to recreation. Oh! no. It is salutary to the son of industry. There are times and seasons for pleasure and for past time, which should not be neglected. It is wholesome to the mind, as well as to the body, to indulge them occasionally, in decorous playfulness & innocent diversion.
(Charles. Times.)
The following SONG was sung at Portsmouth, (New-Hampshire) at the late celebration of American Independence, and repeated with enthusiasm;—
THE HOBBIES PARODIED.
THAT each has his Hobby, we're not now learn, The doctrine's authentic, we have it in Sterne. His hobby was wit, humor, pathos combin'd, Uncle Toby rode foremost, and Trim jogg'd behind.
All on Hobbies, &c.
Great Washington's hobby, from first dawning youth, Was virtue, and valor, and wisdom, and truth. While Jefferson's hobby; on Chesterfield's plan, Was to rise in the Statesman, but sink in the Man.
That's his Hobby, &c.
Sage Adams's hobby was science profound, With a just rule to measure, and plummet to sound. In pursuit of true wisdom, despising fatigue, For a courtier too honest, too frank for intrigue. His Wisdom's our Hobby.
Jay's hobby was Country; he ne'er would forsake her, As wise as old Plato, and plain as a Quaker. Burnt, for treaties, in effigy, slander'd his fame, Like the Phœnix more vig'rous, he rose from the flame. His Country's his Hobby.
Franklin's hobby was lightning rods, thunder and fire, How he joy'd to bestride the electrical wire! When Oppression's bolts threw Freedom's sons to disjoint, He repelld the Explosion, and stuck to the point. That was his Hobby.
Britain's hobby her Navy, the nation to awe, Curb the tyrant of France, and to ocean give law. Napoleon's hobby is policy fly, And his empire (like Satan) is built on a lie. Power's his Hobby.
The various departments of State have their hobbies, To please their dumb Idols, the principal job is. D—n's hobby's to end each report with a guess, And to ward all exceptions, concludes m're or less. That's his Hobby.
The Jacobins hobby to lie without shame, When probity better would answer their aim. Should they happen to blunder on truth by mistake, They start, and turn pale, as if hit by a snake. Lying's their Hobby.
The Federalists' hobby to talk, not to act is, In theory perfect, deficient in practice. Like the victim at Gaza, they sleep without fear, And permit the Philistines their tresses to shear. That's their Hobby.
Joby Randolph's lame hobby's the President's chair, And he capers like mad on his wind-broken mare. His Sire's was the hobby! a finer ne'er man saw, Whom the fop's no more like than a hog to a hand-saw. Poor lame Hobby.
Gilman's hobby, thro' life, was to act well his part, From this law no temptation could make him depart. All the wise and the good, who beheld his just rule, Hail with blessings this pupil of Washington's School. He's their Hobby.
Our General Court's hobby's to choose something new, They've chose a new Clerk, a new Secretary too. Their new Gov'nor to honor, with triumph we're told, They've chose a new door-keeper—turn'd out the old. That's their Hobby.
Connecticut's hobby's to manage the beast, Of all states in the Union corrupted the least, Massachusetts' fine hobby still canters, along, With ease and with grace; for the charger is Strong. Strong's their Hobby.
Our hobby's New-England, who ne'er like a ninny, Will submit to the nod of slave-making Virginia. 'Till Tom's doughty gun boats and Matt's sword en lance, Capture's Britain's whole navy, and conquers all France. New England's our Hobby.
From the CONNECTICUT GAZETTE.
[ORIGINAL.]
By R. D. junr.—second officer on board ship Iris. Occasioned by seeing a number of mountainous Islands of ice.*
Long let the unlettered muse presume to sing, And tell the tale; as constant as the song Pluck some fond laurel, to that Goddess bring Who bore our barque in safety all along.
Thus 'twas the hour, nor had our sun yet crown'd Yon horizon, or chas'd Aurora's dawn, Hark! from aloft, attend the fault'ring sound, "An island, huge, to leeward just has gone.
"How does it bear? Two points on the lee bow; "Spring well your luff, brave boys and nothing off. "Brace up, my lads, fast gather aft, and now "A sharp look out on deck and 'loft."
Again a voice invades the ardent ear, From the fore-topsail-yard proceeds the sound, "A lofty isle to windward doth appear, "And swiftly, with the wind is bearing down."
New vapors rise, thick fogs obscure the scene, And exhalations darken all the air; Nought but one expiant hope to intervene, 'Twixt which and fate might passion claim a tear.
"For who to dumb forgetfulness a prey" Could his fond passion to dire fate resign, Where Celia's voice, could ne'er exalt the day, Nor bring one wreath to deck the muse's shrine.
Hush'd is the wind, yet undulates the wave To raise the passion and suspend the theme. When solitude might claim a wat'ry grave, Nor fate presume to grasp one pleasing dream.
The appearance of these huge masses of congealed waters, when reflected upon by the rays of the sun, at first described from aloft, is truly wonderful. A sensible change takes place in the atmosphere on their approach to leeward—the air is impregnated with frost, and the winds that pass over them with acute and searching chills; while an unpleasant sensation unavoidably possesses the mind, on account of their desolate appearance—knowing our irremovable fate should we perchance run foul of them. No less does the apparent scene change than the weather: On first view of them, in lowry weather, they appear like a mountainous concave of land; and, if thick and hazy, like a heavy suspended fog bank—and possess variegated hues, as the fluids pass to and from them. The majority of ships, in crossing the Atlantic, about mid-summer, from the north of Europe, bound to the United States, keep well to the northward, chancing there to catch more favorable and constant winds, little apprized of being molested with islands of ice at that season of the year. On the meridians, from 34 to 41 west, and in the parallels, from 42 to 52 north, they are mostly seen by ships from Europe; where they drift, unmolested, from those immense and frozen regions in the north, whence they originate. There was scarcely an arrival at Amsterdam from the United States from the middle of April to that of May last, but was more or less impeded by the ice; and it is doubtful whether many whose long looked for arrival at that place was almost despaired of, have not fallen victims to this phenomenon.
The summit of the largest of these islands, appears from 70 to 90 feet above the surface of the sea, and it is conjectured ere is a treble proportion suppressed beneath the surface; so that the diameter of largest mast amount to 360 feet.
Yet shall philosophy resume the strain, Teach the bold sea boy to disown a fear, The humble mase all hardships to disdain, As yet they trust some favored gale is near.
Now from the southern sky cleers up the air, Whispers the breeze, and chants the swelling gales, All hands on deck with cheerful speed repair, Brace round the yards, & trim the spreading sails.
As cleers the sky, the isle which first we saw To windward, dire, just pass'd astern and gone With pleasing hope we view; yet oft an awe Steals o'er the breast to damp the extatic dawn.
As swells the breeze, crow'd on, and quick we're o'er That trackless waste where desolation's spread A lost inmate, yet baleful pow'r To crush fond hope, a mansion of the dead.
The fond top-gallant boy, long shall he tell Unto the partner of his youthful days, Feats that will o'er some heavy task dispel And wake an octave to the muse's lays.
From the AMERICAN MUSEUM.
Receipts for preserving Turnips from insects.
Turnips are so frequently destroyed by a small fly, which feeds on them while young, that farmers are, in a great measure deterred from attempting to cultivate that valuable root. The following receipts, to prevent the ravages of that destructive insect, having been published in Europe; he pleased to insert them in your Museum; for the benefit of that very useful class of citizens, the yeomanry of the country.
PHILIP SCHUYLER.
RECEIPT 1st. To a quart of turnip seed add one ounce of brimstone finely powdered; put both into a bottle large enough to afford room to shake them well together every day, for four or five days previous to sowing, keeping the bottle well corked.
RECEIPT 2d. Take such a quantity of elder leaves, as when bruised, will yield juice sufficient to cover the turnip seed you intend to sow, in which let it soak about twelve hours; the next day, mix it with the bruised leaves and sow altogether.
If turnip seed is sowed while it rains, it does not require to be harrowed in, and the young plants shoot so strongly, that they soon gain strength.
PROCLAMATION.
By JONAH THOMPSON, Mayor of Alexandria.
IT is hereby made known to the people of Alexandria, that the Commissioners for superintending the election in the first ward for two members of the Common Council, in the place of Alexander Smith and Jacob Hoffman (resigned) have by their return declared Thomas Preston and Mordecai Miller duly elected members of the Common Council of Alexandria; and that the commissioners for superintending the election in the fourth ward for two members of the common council, in the place of Robert Young and Mathew Robinson, resigned, have, by their return, declared John Korn and Ezra Kinsey duly elected members of the common council of Alexandria.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand this 18th day July, 1805. JONAH THOMPSON.
Will sail for PHILADELPHIA, in a few days.
The fast sailing Schooner FEDERALIST, now laving at Merchants wharf; and will take a freight on reasonable terms, if immediate application is made to the Captain on board, or William J. Hall. July 18.
The subscriber wishes to LEASE, FOR A TERM OF YEARS, HIS TWO FARMS.
IN Fairfax county, near the Fall's Church, about 12 miles from Alexandria, and about the same distance from George Town—Each farm contains between four and five hundred acres. The lease may have possession in November next, and can be furnished on the premises with what quantity of Indian corn he may deem necessary, at the market price. BENJAMIN DULANY. July 18.

FRUIT.
The cargo of Fruit, Pine-Apples and Lemons, advertised for sale, on board the Schooner Eliza, Capt. Butler, is unloaded and put in A. Willis's store, an account of the lay days being over—where every body can get supplied on the same terms as on board the vessel.
A. WILLIS.
JUST RECEIVED,
AND FOR SALE, BY JOHN G. LADD, A few barrels black Varnish, do. Pitch,
100 barrels Boston Beef, 50 kegs Raisins, Soap and Candles, in boxes, 100 lbs. Nutmeg and Cloves, New Rum, in hogheads and barrels, Three bales Russia brown sheetings, A parcel of Blocks, Mat-Hoops, Pumps, &c. July 15.
DOCTOR HALL has removed to the house formerly occupied by John Overall as a tavern; where he hopes, by an attention to the duties of his profession, to merit a continuance of confidence. July 13.
The small house he lately occupied as a shop is to rent: possession will be given immediately.
LANDS FOR RENT.
I will rent, of my estate in Caroline county, 5000 acres, for a term of 7 years. A considerable part of this land lies immediately on the Mattaponny river, and will produce five barrels of corn per acre; 'tis generally in good condition for farming; the low grounds of which are in meadow, and are perhaps equal to any in the State.
I will likewise rent, for the same term, Two thousand acres in the county of Orange, adjoining the Court-house. This is well known for producing fine tobacco.—For further particulars enquire of
JOHN BAYLOR,
New Market, near the Bowling Green July 9.
NOTICE.
The subscriber intending shortly to remove to Kentucky, requests all persons having claims against him to bring them forward, properly authenticated, for payment; and all those indebted to him are requested to pay their respective accounts previous to the first day of August next, to him or Mr. James Millan, in Alexandria. Those failing to comply as above, need not expect any further indulgence.
William Millan, Fairfax County, (Virginia) 2aw3w. raw 11t Aug.
TO BE LET,
The HOUSE on Fairfax-street now occupied by Mr. James H. Hooe. Possession will be given on the first of July. Apply to Mr. John Tucker, at Alexandria. The valuable LOTS on King, Columbus, and Washington streets; the LOTS on the Mall, lately advertised for sale; or any other Lots belonging to the subscriber, for sale by him, on reasonable growth.
Stephen Cooke.
Leesburg, May 23.
Just Published,
And for Sale by Cotton & Stewart, A Key to Mystery of Iniquity OR AN Address to Men of Candor and lovers of Truth.
By JOHN WEST, Of Fairfax County
This work contains a compendium of ecclesiastical history, accompanied with the author's reflections; proving modern episcopacy to be four-scorps, and human legislation in the Church to be usurpation, &c. &c. May 3.
Twenty Dollars Reward.
RAN AWAY; from the subscriber, on the 7th of July,
A Negro Man, named LIGE;
He is an able strong fellow, large bulky head, green eyes, much pitted with the small-pox, very black, has a scar on his cheek, remarkable bad countenance, fond of company and strong drink. It is presumed that he is harbored by the free negroes of this town, or gone to Dumfries where he was raised. It taken within the neighborhood of Alexandria, I will pay TEN DOLLARS, and Three Shillings, for every mile that he may be taken from town, and reasonable charges paid until it amounts to Twenty Dollars.
Reuben Johnston.
July 10. N. B. He follows the sea-faring business.
VALUABLE FAMILY MEDICINES,
Just received direct from the Patentees, and FOR SALE BY JAMES KENNEDY, JUN.
DRUGGIST;
The following Valuable Medicines:
Dr. Rawson's Anti-Bilious and
Stomachal Bitters.
PREPARED BY
THOMAS H. RAWSON,
Member of the Connecticut Medical Society.
THESE Bitters have undoubtedly had the most rapid sale of any Patent Medicine ever before discovered, and are justly appreciated for their singular and uncommon virtues for restoring weak and decayed constitutions, and all that train of complicated complaints so common in the spring and fall seasons, such as intermittent Fevers and Agues, long Autumnal Fevers, Dysenteries, &c. They are also a very pleasant bitter for common use, and where they are known they have taken the place and superceded the use of all other bitters in public houses as well as in private families.—Price 50 cents a box.
Dr. Lee's (Windham) Biliary Pills.
THE great sale and increasing demand for these valuable pills for these twelve years past, bespeak their intrinsic worth. They have proved singularly efficacious in Biliary and Yellow Fevers, Jaundices, Head Aches, Dysenteries, Biliary Colic, Colicwinds, Female complaints, &c.
The very great demand and high esteem in which these pills are held throughout the United States and the West Indies, has induced many to counterfeit them; the purchaser is requested to observe that the name of Samuel Lee, jun. (the patentee) is affixed to each bill of directions, in his own hand writing, or they will not be genuine. Price 50 cents a box.
Dr. Rawson's Itch Ointment.
A certain and safe application for that disagreeable complaint called the ITCH. Price 42 cents a box.
Dr. Rawson's Anti Biliary Pills, or Family Physic.
The extraordinary celebrity these pills have gained, the universal demand for them and esteem in which they are held by medical men of the first eminence, are sufficient testimonials of their intrinsic worth. In great colds and sudden attacks of disorders, an early use of these pills often produces the happiest effects, and taken once in eight or ten days in cases of indigestion, headache, dizziness, pains in the stomach and bowels, dysenteries, diarrhoeas, dropsies, &c. and a liberal use of my anti biliary bitters in the intermediate time has relieved patients almost to a miracle.—Price 25 cents a box.
Thompson's Aromatic Tooth Paste.
For the scurvy in the teeth and gums, and for whitening and preserving the teeth. It likewise takes off all disagreeable smells from the breath, which generally arises from scorbutic gums and bad teeth. This paste is much in use, and highly esteemed by all those who value the preservation of their teeth; it may be applied at all times with the greatest safety. It is neatly put up in pewter boxes with paper directions. Price 50 cents a box.
Dr. Rawson's Worm Powders.
A medicine which for efficacy and safety in its operation stands unrivalled. The most authenticated proofs and respectable authorities of its astonishing virtues, and surprising effects, in extreme and alarming cases of worms, may be seen at the place of sale. Price 50 cents a packet.
Dr. Cooley's Vegetable Elixir; Or Cough Drops,
For Coughs, Colds, Asthmas, spitting of blood, and all diseases of the lungs. Its merits stands unrivalled. Price 50 cents a bottle.
Dr. Cooley's Rheumatic Pills.
Price 50 cents a box.
Hinkley's Infallible remedy for the Piles.
Price 50 Cents a Box. Very particular directions accompanying each of these valuable medicines.
He has likewise for Sale,
A general assortment of Drugs, Patent Medicines, Shop furniture and Vials; a few hand some Hall Lamps; Indian Shades; proof vials; Essence of Sarsaparilla; Patent Blacking; Madeira and Sherry wine; black bottles in hogheads; Paints ground in oil; and a few barrels Flaxseed Oil, which he will sell on reasonable terms for cash, or to punctual customers on a short credit.
A generous allowance will be made to those who purchase the above Medicines by the dozen. March 27.
JUST RECEIVED,
And for Sale by JOHN GRAY, At his Book Store, King-street, Report of the Trial of the Hon. SAMUEL CHASE:
Taken in short hand by Charles Evans—and the Arguments of Counsel , revised by them from a manuscript.
A general assortment of Stationary and School-Books for sale as above. July 15.
PHILADELPHIA, JULY 1, 1805.
Polygraphick Painting.
THIS art, so long kept a secret and exclusively practiced by the Polygraphick Society in London, is now in the possession of a Citizen of the United States lately arrived from Europe; who proposes to execute by subscription, two hundred copies from an original Allegorical Painting in the Shakespeare Gallery, New-York, by permission of the Proprietor: being
A PORTRAIT OF WASHINGTON,
Supported by LIBERTY, VIRTUE, and JUSTICE. VIRTUE is holding the emblem of the reward he merited. In the right of the piece, AMERICA, characterised as an Ab-original, is seated in a pensive posture, lamenting her loss. In the left is PAINTING turned to HISTORY, for a subject worthy of her art, who is supposed to answer, "There is none more worthy than Washington."
The whole forming a more emblematical tribute to the memory of that great man, than has yet been offered to the public.
To those who esteem his public services and his private worth, and to the patrons of improvements in the fine arts, this work is dedicated. Such as are already furnished with different engravings on this subject, will, it is hoped, still find room for the present undertaking, when they consider, that it will be a PAINTING, and the design new, executed by a process, which renders it more durable than oil paintings—that it requires no glass—that while their prints contain, perhaps a faint resemblance only, this work affords a correct likeness, with the addition of six beautiful allegorical figures.—The price also is reduced so as to leave, comparative merits, no object.
Subscriptions, at Eight Dollars each, payable on delivery, (which is little more than the price of an engraving of the same size) are received by Conrad & Co. Booksellers, Philadelphia; Robert Gray, Alexandria; Rapine, Conrad and Co. Capitol-hill City of Washington; and generally by Booksellers throughout the Union; who will please to return their Subscription papers to Conrad and Co. Philadelphia, previous to the first of November next, when the work will be ready for delivery.
Frames will be procured, of any pattern, if required—on the most moderate terms.
IT IS ALSO PROPOSED TO EXECUTE PORTRAITS
Of Mr. and Mrs. Washington, On a smaller scale, 15 inches by 12; executed by the same process, and will be ready for delivery at the same time, on subscriptions of Four Dollars and Fifty Cents each, including a Gilt Frame. It is a principal aim of this work, to produce the most correct likenesses of this amiable couple.
One of the Paintings is now to be seen at Mr. Gadsby's Hotel, for a few days, who will receive subscriptions. As this copy is ordered to be sent to Richmond soon, another will be forwarded, if subscribers offer, to Robert Gray's, King street Alexandria, with whom subscribers may also enter their names.
The Artist presumes that the secret art of Polygraphick Painting is known only to himself in the U. States; having travelled from the Carolinas to Massachusetts without finding a master of it. By this art, original paintings may be multiplied, so as to render it difficult to point out the difference. The Polygraphick picture, of the two, when compared together, is the most brilliant, and the nature of the process cannot fail rendering it more durable. In fine the whole is so exact and beautiful a copy, that the mind is lost in conjecture as to the method in which it is executed. July 3.
FOR SALE,
250 Acres of Land, in the district of Columbia, about 5 miles from Alexandria and 2 from George Town: A large proportion is wood-land of a good quality, abounding with good springs and handsome situations. I would lay off this land to accommodate those who may wish to buy from two acre lots to twenty, or sell it altogether. A small part of the purchase money will be required; and for the balance a liberal credit will be given. Any person wishing to buy, may be shown the land by William Snellum , who resides upon it; and leave their names with Mr. John Gadsby, of Alexandria.
Sundry Lots may be had on ground rent, upon Duke-street, adjoining to Mr. Jacob Shuck's. G. CHAPMAN. June 13.
Musical Instrument & Cabinet MANUFACTORY,
In Prince, near Water street, ALEXANDRIA, BY JOHN SELLERS;
WHO begs leave to inform the ladies and gentlemen of Alexandria and the adjacent towns and country, that he builds and repairs church, chamber, and barrel Organs; also makes and repairs Harpsichords, Piano Fortes, organized and plain, and has on hand, for sale Violins, Flutes, Fifes, Reeds, Strings, &c. an assortment of Music, consisting of Songs, Sonatas, Duets, instructions for the different instruments. He also offers his services for tuning the above instruments on reasonable terms. Any orders left at the above place will be thankfully received and punctually attended to.
A steady Cabinet Maker, being a good workman, will meet with encouragement by applying at the above place. May 6.
20 Dollars Reward.
ABSCONDED from the subscriber's house, near town, on Monday last, a NEGRO MAN, named REUBEN,
STRONG built, perfectly black, long hair and addicted to drinking—His dress a tickle-burg jacket and trowsers; he had, however, other clothes.
He is well known in this neighborhood, having long been a stage driver, particularly between Colchester and this place.
It taken in or near town a reasonable reward will be given, if 50 miles from home Twenty Dollars, and proportionable for a less distance.
Masters of vessels and others are cautioned against taking off or harboring him. W'M HODGSON. Alexandria, July 17.
STOLEN,
ABOUT a fortnight ago, TWO SILVER DESERT SPOONS, London make; the letter H engraved on the handles. Whoever can give information by which the Spoons can be recovered, shall receive a reasonable reward, and the full value paid for the detection of the thief. Apply to the Printer. July 17.
PUBLIC SALE.
AGREABLE to an order of the Worshipsful Court of Fairfax county, made at March term, 1805, we the subscribers will offer for sale, on the 3d day of August next, at the house of William Jacobs , in Gil county, our likely Virginia born slaves for sale belonging to the estate of John Hampton jun. deceased, for the purpose of making a division amongst the heirs of the deceased.
THOMAS POLLARD, jun. } Comrs. RICHARD SIMPSON, } WILLIAM SIMPSON, } June 15.
To be Rented, for One Year,
(By the Subscribers) A valuable Merchant-Mill, near the Little Falls of Potomac, with three pair French Burr Millstones, and every necessary machine complete for manufacturing flour, to the best advantage, and with as little manual labor as possible. Also,
A Brewery, Granary, Millers and Brewers, Houses, Coopers Shops, &c. For terms apply to Edmund I. Lee esq. in Alexandria.
Wm. HERBERT, } Trustees of Phoebe R. Fendall, deceased. R. B. LEE, Thos. SWANN, Wm. B. PAGE, May 7.
FOR SALE,
Or to Let, for a Term of Years, or on Ground-Rent for ever,
Four valuable Lots, on the south side of King-street, between Fayette and Henry streets; each lot fronting 20 cct on King-street, and running back 100 feet to a 12 feet alley. The situation of this property is such (being one of the most thriving parts of the town) as to make the possession of it very desirable to any person having money to purchase, more especially to dealers in country produce.
Also, for Sale,
A House and Lot, on the south side of King-street, near Washington street, and opposite the store of Mr. James Bacon. This situation is equal to any in town for business.
Likewise to Let, for the term of ten years,
An half-acre Lot on Duke and Pitt streets, most eligibly situated for a Garden or Cloyer Lot, for which purpose only it would be rented. As manure has been thrown up in heaps upon it for several years the ground cannot but be as rich as could be wished. For terms apply to Mr. James Bacon, on King, near Washington street, or to the subscriber, at Notley Hall, opposite to Alexandria.
Thos. L. Washington.
N. B. To Hire by the month,
A very likely active BOY,
About 15 years old, who has from a child been accustomed to wait in the house, provided immediate application is made as above. May 3.
This is to give Notice,
THAT the subscriber, of Alexandria county, in the district of Columbia, hath obtained from the Orphans' Court of said county, letters of Administration on the personal estate of William Ramsay Wilson , late of the county aforesaid deceased: All persons having claims against the said deceased, are hereby warned to exhibit the same with the vouchers thereof, to the subscriber, on or before the 26th day of December next; they may otherwise by law be excluded from all benefit of the said estate.
Given under my hand, this 26th day of June, 1805.
William Ramsay, Adm'r.
N. B. All persons indebted to the above estate are requested to make immediate payment to the administrator. 2aw3w