Alexandria daily advertiser (Alexandria [Va.]), 1805-06-07 00:00:00

Alexandria Daily Advertiser.
Vol. V.]
FRIDAY, JUNE 7, 1805.
[No. 1313.]
Public Sale.
On TUESDAY next, at 10 o'clock, will be sold at the Vendue Store, RUM in pipes 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 Kilns in kegs, bcs and jars, Pots in kegs and trays, Queen's Ware in crates, HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE, &c.—Also, A Variety of DRY GOODS, among which are Cloths, Coatings, Kersemeres, Dunn, Plains, Kerseys, Negro Cottons, Serges, Blankets, blue Friezes, Calimancoes, Russells, Yarn Stockings, Chintzes and Calicoes, Irish Linens, Silesia do., Cambricks and Ticklenburgs, Mouselin and Muslin Handkerchiefs, India Muslins and Table Clothes, Babadams Handkerchiefs, Coloured Threads, Hairs and sundry other articles.  Philip G. Marsteller. Dec. 20.
Jonathan & Mahlon Scholfield Have just received, via Philadelphia, a large and general Assortment of DRY GOODS, Suitable to the season—consisting of Irish linens, Irish and Russia dia- dowls, ticklenburgs, oznaburgs, brown shirtings, white platillas, Silesia, sheetings, & etc., assorted; Harlem stripes, cambrick and mouselin, book muslins, colored cam- bricks, laced cambricks, assorted; laced cam- bricks, Beerboon gurrahs, mamodies, fine laces, fine hosiery, and saanahs; muslins India checks, Royal handkerchiefs, long and short yellow nankeens, blue and black ditto, cotton calicoes, assorted; dimities, assorted; mouselins, assorted; India and Italian silks, as- sorted; farcenets and peelongs, assorted; silk, cotton, and thread hosiery, Leghorn bonnets, and kid gloves, with leather ditto, pins, threads, sewing silks, assorted; tans and uttons; and A variety of other Articles, in addition to their former stock, make a very complete assortment: All of which they will sell low for cash, or on notes payable in Alexandria, at 60 days. May 29.
JUST RECEIVED, AND FOR SALE BY THE SUBSCRIBER, First and second quality Russia Duck Short Yellow Nankeens India Cottons Hylon Skin Young Hylon, and } FRESH TEAS. Souchong Burlington Port Whiskey and 300 butts St. Kitts Salt. DANIEL MURGATROYD. May 6.  10 puncheons Jamaica RUM, LAST YEAR'S CROP, received and for Sale on reasonable terms, John & Thos. Vowell. May 9.
BRYAN HAMPSON Has for Sale, 50 quarter-casks of old Lisbon 20 ditto Sherry 20 ditto Malaga 20 ditto Port 10 pipes Teneriffe 50 kegs first quality Madder, 100 do. Copperas, with a quantity of Al- 10 hogheads 31 and 4th proof Rum, 15 barrels New England ditto. 10 kegs Ground Ginger; a quantity of TEAS, and a number of other Goods too tedious to mention. April 26.  A few Copies of the American Gar- for sale by ROBERT GRAY, at his King-street.
For BOSTON, Or any other Port in the United States; The Schooner RANGER, Captain James Crowell; Burthen about 450 barrels, and will be ready in 3 or 4 days. Apply to A. W. Preufs & Co. June 3.
Just Received, Per Brig Harmony, from Boston, by Lawrason & Fowle; Mould and dipt Candles, Fresh Chocolate, A few pipes Holland Gin, and a quantity of Plaister Paris. New-England RUM in barrels. June 1.
BENJAMIN COCKE Has received, and is now opening, a handsome assortment of SPRING GOODS, among which are, Plain and Lace Cambrick Mouselins, Leneau and Colonade do. India mull mull and book do. lace and embroidered mouselin shawls, Chambray muslin, Italian and India silks, ch- calicoes, cambrick and common dimities, lace edging, wreaths, artificial flowers, white plumes, straw bonnets, silk and cotton hosiery, cotton cashmere, marseilles, janes, superfine cloths, pa- tent woollen cord, Irish linen and sheeting, tick- lenburg, dowlas, platillas, hessians, gurrahs, bas- tas, mamodies, &c. 1 case gentlemen's London fashionable HATS. May 31.
NOW LANDING From the brig Maria, captain Carew, and for Sale by LAWRASON & FOWLE, 3000 pieces first chop yellow Nankeens 10 chests hylon & } Entitled to De- hylon skin TEAS } venture. 5 boxes China Bowles, containing 250 bowles each, and will be sold at 30 dollars per box. 20 casks fresh Malaga Raisins 2 pipes 4th proof Barcelona Brandy. Also in store, just received, 10 chests Young Hylon, } TEAS, 9 do. Hylon Skin, } of the latest im- 2 do. Souchong, } portation. 6 bales Beerboon Gurrahs, of the first quality 50 lbs. Nutmegs and Cloves 70 bolts first and second quality Russia Duck 50 do. ditto Ravens do. 70 do. ditto heavy Ravens do. particularly made for ships' top-gallant and crafts sails. 4 pipes choice old Cogniac Brandy 1 half pipe do. particular Madeira Wine 4 pipes Holland Gin Retailing Molasses 60 barrels No. 1 and 2 Beef } Boston inspec- 20 do. Pork } tion, 3 casks Sperm Oil for lamps 40 boxes mould and dipt Candles 50 do. brown Soap 20 boxes fresh Chocolate 10 do. Bristol Fig-blue 3 casks Glauber Salts 1 trunk Ladies Morocco shoes 1 ditto Morocco pocket books Cotton and Morocco Suspenders. May 9.
WILLIAM OXLEY HAS ON HAND, Which he will dispose of on terms advantageous to the purchasers, for cash or notes, The following Articles, viz. Superfine and second cloths Kerseymeres and swandowns Bearskins and fearnoughts Durants and calimancoes Bombazets and wildboros Common and boiled 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 muslins India Jaconet do. Fustians, buckram, &c. &c. ALSO, A few bales of Negro Caddies, and one trunk silk and cotton flings. January 7.
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 R Gunpowder. Philadelphia Loaf Sugars. Patent Shot and Bar-Lead. May 29.
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 mouselins, jeans, nankeens and India, book, jaconet fustians, and mull mull, muf- Long and short nan- lins, keens, Colonade and crossbar- Blue do. red striped cambrick White and coloured ditto, marseilles, Lace, Wail-coating, 6-4, Lace shawls, 4-4 7-8, Irish lin- Long ditto, ens, long lawns, Super brocaded do. 4-4 7-8, Shirting cot- English and French silk ton, gloves. Irish and Flanders sheet- Kid ditto, ing, Pic nic mitts, Platillas, English split straw bon- Brittanias, nets, Silesias, Madras and bandanna Silk, cotton and thread handkerchiefs, hosiery, Bastas, Diaper table cloths, Mamodies, Napkins, Gurrahs, &c. &c. Chantz calicoes and All of which he has determined to sell at the most reduced prices. May 26.
THE SUBSCRIBERS Are now landing and offer for sale at the store lately occupied by R. B. Jamesson, 20 Bales Prime Upland Cotton, 20 Hds. Muscovado Sugar, 2 Puncheons Irish Whiskey, 15 Puncheons Old, and fine flavored Jamaica Rum, 5 Pipes Holland Gin, 20 Pipes Cogniac Brandy! 30 Qr. Casks of the best Teas, assorted, from bohea to Imperial. 30 Bds. of 1st and 2d quality refined Sugar, 2 Hds. Madder, 4 Hds. Green Coperas, 6 Tierces Roll Brimstone, 2 Hds. Allum, 1 Tierce Glauber Salts, 10 Pipes of Old London Particular Madeira. 5 Pipes of full Bodied Port, 20 Qr. Casks Sherry, 2 Pipes fine Lisbon, 8 Pipes Particular Teneriffe, 30 Qr. Casks Malaga, 50 Casks Claret, 1 Case of Nutmegs, Mace, and Cloves, 5 Bales Cassia, 500 lbs. Pepper, 100 lbs. Pimento, 800 lbs. Ground Ginger, 1000 lbs. Race, do. 200 Boxes Godfroids, (superfine) Segars, in half boxes, 70 Boxes St. Jago, do. 3 Pipes best (French) Vinegar, 10 Bales Almonds, 1 Case Pearl Barley, 15 Hds. Bright Molasses, 15 Boxes Superfine Chocolate, 40 Boxes Mould and Dipt Candles, 30 boxes Brown and White Soap, 100 Boxes Hunters Pipes, 20 boxes of Mustard, 1 Case Cayenne Pepper, Basket Salt, Fine Poland Starch, 100 Demijohns, assorted, 700 lb. Refined Salt Petre, 30 qr. Casks Best English F. Gunpowder, Do. in lb. Papers, Do. in Canisters, 20 Boxes Fig Blue, 3 Seroons fine floatant Indigo, Lieber, and Hamilton's Snuff, 1 Case of Macouba, do. 1 Do. French Rappée. Mandeville & Jamesson. Nov. 30.
PUBLIC SALE. On SATURDAY , 8th instant, at ten o'clock, will be sold, at the late dwelling house of A. Jamesson , deceased, Fairfax-street; A VARIETY OF Household & Kitchen Furniture, &c. P. G. Marsteller. June 5.
PUBLIC SALE. By virtue of a Deed of Trust from John C. Vowell to the subscriber, will be sold, at 12 o'clock, on the first day of July next, at the Coffee House in Alexandria, for ready money. A Lot of Ground on Fairfax-street, On which the new Meeting-house stands, front- ing on Fairfax street 63 feet 1 inch, and extends- ing back 123 feet 5 inches. JOHN DUNLAP. June 5.
PUBLIC SALE. On FRIDAY , the 14th instant, at 10 o'clock, will be offered for sale, on the premises, A Lot of Ground, being part of lots No. 28 and 29, situate at the corner of Fair- fax and Queen-streets, extending 45 feet 8 inch- es on Fairfax, and 123 feet 2 inches on Queen- street; free from all incumbrance. The terms of sale will be—One-half the purchase money in sixty days, and the remainder in six months. June 6.
IRISH LINENS. WILLIAM LADD Has imported from Dublin, (via New-York) a small invoice of IRISH LINENS, Which are well assorted; and will be sold low for cash or on short credit. June 5.
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.
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 fugars. Old 4th proof Jamaica Spirits, Do. 2d and 3d proof St. Croix rum, Cognac brandy, Holland gin, Whiskey and New England rum. Choice old Madeira, } WINES, Sherry, } Lisbon, } Teneriffe, } Malaga and } Port, } Claret in cases, 20 Boxes fresh muscatel raisins, Very best chocolate, Dixon's best mustard, Sallad 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.

Foreign Intelligence received by arrivals at Boston.
LONDON, April 17.
An Opinion of the French plan.
The plan on which Bonaparte now chuses to conduct the war, is sufficiently apparent. He will venture out neither with his fleet nor his flotilla in the face of the British navy. His small and detached squadrons can do more essential mischief by annoying us in different quarters and distracting our attention. He has men in sufficient numbers for any enterprise. He values them only as counters, with which he plays the grand game that that is to make him dictator of the world. When he has detached them for a given purpose, he neither expects nor cares for their safety or their return; all he hopes from them is, that they may do us essential mischief. With this view we have not a doubt, Linois was despatched to the East Indies even before the commencement of the war, but in the expectation of it. Upon the same principles the Rochefort squadron directed its course to the west. Bonaparte has no expectations of making conquests there which he can retain; enough is done if he can distress our commerce, and arm the blacks against us. In pursuance of the same policy he will probably send a reinforcement to the East Indies; he will endeavor to land a force in Egypt: he will then make an attempt or at least a diversion in Ireland; and when we are wearied out with this varied and active warfare, and country drained of its regular troops, and deprived perhaps in part of its protecting fleets, then the Boulogne flotilla, which has never been diminished or dismantled, but is increasing every day, will seize a favorable opportunity of putting to sea, and the grand attempt will be made.
FRENCH NAVY.
Present state and distribution of the naval Force of France.
   AT BREST.   Guns. Guns.    L'Imperial 120 L'Ulysse 74  Le Republicaine 110 Le Tourville 74  L'Invincible 110 L'Eole 74  L'Alexandre 80 La Revolution 74  Le Foudroyant 80 Le Dix Aout 74  L'Impetueux 74 La Constitution 74  Le Brutus 74 L'Alliance 74  Le Castor 74 Le Batave 74  Le Veteran 74 Le Patriote 74  Le Pelago 74 Le Gauloise 74  Le Conquerant 74   AT TOULON.  Le Formidable 80 L'Atlas 74  L'Indomptable 80 L'Incompatible 24  Le Neptune 80 La Cornelle 18  Le Bucentaure 80 L'Hauteuse 18  L'Annibal 74 Le Rhin 18  Swifts-re 74 La Musiron 18  Berwick 74 L'Ukraine 18  L'Intrepide 74 La Sirene 12  Le Mont Blanc 74 La Themis 12  Le Cipion 74   ON THE STOCKS.  Le Bornee 74 A Frigate.  Le Phaeton 74   AT L'ORIENT.  L'Algeziras 74   ON THE STOCKS.  Le Regulus 74 L'Aude 74  Le Courageux 74 A frigate   AT ROCHEFORT.   (Before the squadron sailed for the West Indies.)  Le Majestueux 120 Le Jamappe 74  Le Magnanime 80 L'Indefatigable 24  Le Suffrein 74 L'Armide 18  Le Lion 74 La Gloire 18   ON THE STOCKS.  La Ville d'Paris 120 L'Ajax 74  L'Achille 74   AT NANTZ.  La President 18   AT CADIZ.  L'Aigle 74   AT FERROL.  Le Heron 74 Lefougeux 74  Le Duguay Trouin 74 L'Aroganate 74  Le Redoubtable 74 La Guerrere 42   In the East Indies.  Le Marengo 84 La Semillante 36  Le Belle Poule 36   In America.  La Sibylle La Milanaise  La Didon  
According to this list the French naval force consists at present of fifty-three ships of the line. The number of frigates and corvettes here specified, amounts to twenty, exclusive of the numerous gun-boats, and other small vessels.
PARIS, April 9.
The emperor, previous to his departure for Italy, committed the direction of the ordinary administration, during his absence, to Cambaceres, arch-chancellor of the empire; this grand dignitary, of course, presides at present in the council of state at Paris, and is invested with the same functions which in similar circumstances he discharged as consul under the consulate. The emperor, however, by retaining near his person many of his ministers and counsellors of state, continues, even whilst on his journey, to be equally attentive to the affairs of government as during his former tours.
ROUEN, March 27.
The decree of his majesty, signifying that the colonial merchandise carried by the vessels of Embden into our ports, shall be seized and confiscated, has been revoked. In consequence of which, the colonial commodities, coming from those ports where we have no agents, are admitted into ours; on condition that they export, in produce of French manufacture, the value of the articles they import. This permission of his majesty is only provisional, until some other order shall be decided upon.
ST. ROCH, March 7.
It is reported that the French government ordered 30,000 troops to enter Portugal immediately.
L'Abbe Alaric is said to be among the persons lately arrested at Paris, charged with being concerned in the new pretended conspiracy.
We learn that M. Batz, deputy for the states of Wirtemburgh, at Vienna, was arrested there upon the requisition of the elector of Wirtemburgh, being accused of a conspiracy, of which it was the object to assassinate the elector, and his principal minister of state.
AMSTERDAM, April 12.
Some inhabitants of the department of Utrecht have petitioned the directory of the state against the new plan of the constitution; and the proprietors of the Utrecht Gazette announced their intention of publishing this petition, but it was forbidden by the magistracy.
At Milan, the trees of liberty have been rooted up; and endeavors were using to destroy every mark serving to recal liberty and anarchy to their recollection.
NEW-YORK, June 4.
FROM FRANCE.
By a passenger in the brig Alliance, from Nantz, the editors of the New-York Gazette have received the following interesting information:
"His majesty the emperor of France and king of Italy left Paris the 28th March for Milan, there to be crowned king: the 25th of May was appointed for the coronation. Previous to his leaving Paris he was pleased to order the long pending American claims to be closed, reserving 3 millions of livres to be applied to any unsubstantiated claims that remained behind: the American minister had given notice to the several American claimants, that he was ready to draw on the American government for the amounts of their respective awards, in such sums as they should chuse, and in francs."
"Mr. Livingston, our late minister to the French court, had returned to Paris from Italy, and with his family was expected at Nantz, in order to embark for New-York in the ship Mississippi, captain H. Skidmore, to sail the 10th or 15th of May."
"The Pope left Paris the 3d of April. Gen. Murat has been created a Prince, and appointed Grand Admiral of France."
"The Toulon Fleet had been out 19 days, when the Alliance sailed."
"Business was extremely dull at Nantz, there was a total stagnation; Colonial Produce pouring in from all parts of America and Lisbon; Coffee was 48 sols, Cotton dull."
"Some warm notes had passed between Mr. Armstrong the American minister, and M. Talleyrand, respecting the conduct of the American Government towards Spain. Dispatches respecting which are brought by the Alliance to the Secretary of State. Imperial Napoleon has told Mr. Armstrong, that the Spanish Government cannot, nor shall not, pay the demands of America at present."
"It was reported that Lucien Bonaparte was arrested in Italy, by order of Napoleon. Some said he was in the Temple at Paris."
"Admiral Bruix, commander of the Imperial Flotilla at Boulogne, and inspector
of the coasts of the ocean, died in Paris the 10th of March of grief; in consequence of a blow in the face from the Emperor, during a private audience at the Tuileries!"
Alexandria Daily Advertiser.
FRIDAY, JUNE 7.
IMPORTANT!
By Capt. M. Neal, of the Three Brothers, arrived from Antigua yesterday, we learn that on the 16th ult. the governor of Antigua had received dispatches from the government of Barbadoes, stating that the combined Spanish & French fleets, consisting of fifty-two sail, has been seen steering westward from the coast of Europe.
[Balt. Fed. Gazette.]
We are sorry to state advices are received in this city of a contagious fever having again appeared and already made great ravages at Malaga and in other ports of Spain; which threaten calamities more fatal than had afflicted Spain in former years--this information we have received from a source the most unquestionable, and think it our duty to publish it, that the proper officers of the several ports of the United States may be apprized of the fact. [Aurora.]
Extract of a letter from a respectable gentleman residing at Kaskaskias, to his correspondent in Marietta, (Ohio) dated the 7th of April.
"The Ojages are likely to be cut up root and branch, by a confederacy of almost all the Indian nations of the west; already blood has been spilt; and large bodies of men are in motion to attack their country. Mr. Van Bibber, with whom you are acquainted, has just returned from the Missouri. He states to me, that about ten days since, a body of about four hundred of the Sacks, crossed at a French village, at which place he was; about fifty miles from the mouth of the river, on their march to attack the Ojages."
The following is a copy of a letter received by the secretary of the navy, from midshipman Ogilvie, commanding officer of gun-boat No. 7, built at New-York:
U. S. Gun Boat, No. 7, New-York, May 31, 1805.
SIR,
I have the honor to transmit for your information, the following account of my transactions, since the 14th instant.
On that day I got under way, in company with the United States ship John Adams, and gun boats Nos. 3 and 6, to proceed to the Mediterranean. We kept in company that day and the next; but on the 16th, it came on to blow very fresh in the evening, from E. N. E. sent down top-sail and lower yards, but carrying all other to keep up with the frigate. At 11, we lost sight of the frigate and gun-boats, owing to its being excessively thick and foggy. Next morning, (and for 3 days afterwards) the fog continued; no sail in sight, and a high sea running, we now discovered that in consequence of our carrying a press of sail to keep up with the ship, we had sprung our mast, and found it split from the heel to the partners. I immediately had two strong mouldings clapped on below and an iron band above the partners, hoping it would be sufficient to prevent its going farther; but on the 21st, in lat. 37, 17, long. 65, I found the mast to be so much weakened, and worked so much, (the split having now got five feet above the deck) I was induced to believe that should we get into a heavy sea, we should inevitably lose it. My only alternative now was to return, as I thought the consequences might be much worse were we to lose it in the middle of the ocean.
I cannot express to you, sir, my mortification, at the unfortunate accident, which has thus in some measure defeated your, and I assure you, my wish to join the squadron as early as possible. But I trust I shall yet be there in time to participate in the glory which I am confident our little navy will acquire this summer, against its enemies. Be assured, sir, nothing shall be wanting on my part to forward her refitting; and by the time I can have the honor to hear from you, I shall be again ready for sea.
No. 7, is a very fine vessel and capable of going to any part of the world; she sails well, holds a good wind, is very stiff, and an excellent sea boat.
The other gun boats, I have reason to believe, were separated at the same time with myself, as they were still farther from the ship when I lost sight of her; but there is no doubt of their making their way across in safety.
From the time I determined to return, we experienced nothing but head winds and calms; and from the weakness of the mast, we were obliged to be very tender in carrying sail; indeed, had not the mast been
made of white pine, it never would have been sprung with the sail we were then carrying on it.
I have the honor to be, Sir, with the greatest respect, Your obedient servant, P. S. OGILVIE.
From the Virginia Gazette.
There scarcely appears a single number of the Enquirer with which we are not a Deaborn says, "more or less amused." In the Enquirer of Friday last, the editor indulges himself in some remarks on the deficiencies of the Virginia legislature--and apologizes for the weakness or the blunders of the members in a severe manner.
"To what cause are we to attribute the want of foresight, and the want of zeal which sometimes characterise the proceedings of the Virginia Legislature?"
Having asked these questions, the Enquirer thus proceeds to state the cause of this want of foresight and of zeal.
"A considerable part of these defects is, doubtless to be ascribed to the general habits of the members. Selected as they are every year from the great body of the people, and changing continually from year to year, they must be expected to possess the manners, the political sagacity, and the intellectual energy of their nation. Blessed, however as we are with the means of improving the scientific condition of our country, and delighted as we may be with the bright visions of excellence which await us; still we must admit that our physical condition does not as yet enable us to realise these advantages. Our population is too thinly scattered to admit the establishment of many schools in each neighborhood, and our citizens are generally too poor to be able to board their children from home at some distant and enlightened seminary. Even at such schools the attainments of the instructor are not so extensive and the system of education which he pursues is not so energetic as to promise a very rapid improvement to the pupil. What then is the consequence? Most of our countrymen are debarred from the opportunities of an early instruction, while the progress of the adult is generally arrested by the calls of business or the satisfactions of pleasure. It is certainly no disgrace upon our countrymen to say of them that many of them have been called, like Cincinnatus, from the plough, to fill the honorable office of legislator, but it would have reflected much more honor upon them, if like that illustrious Roman they had possessed the means of acquiring the necessary qualifications."
We have two reasons for quoting this largely: One is, to gratify the reader with the reasons offered for the want of "foresight (or any other sight in many cases) and zeal" of the legislature of the Ancient Dominion; the other is to notice the vicious taste of many writers, who seem extremely solicitous to form a style of writing, but indifferent what manner of sentiments that style may express. The following might be called a well-turned sentence. Selected as they are every year from the great body of the people, and changing continually from year to year, they must be expected to possess the manners, the political sagacity, and the intellectual energy of their nation. Now what is the idea of this sentence? Why this; that coming from the people, they are like the people.
There are many persons who think and say much about a writer's style. How do you like his style? is a question more often asked by many, than what opinion is entertained of the beauty, novelty, force, correctness or utility of his remarks. Milton somewhere prays for "answering style" to his high matter; the reverend ought to be the incessant prayer of some of our stilt gaited writers; they should pray for matter answering their high style. If the language and the sentiments correspond, the language cannot be too high; but when they do not correspond, the disagreement is as disgusting as would be the coronation robes of Napoleon on the back of a baboon.
Give me a little of the dust of that exotic Indian weed, the titillation of which may tingle the papillae that line the surface of the twin caverns of the nasal promontory. 'Twere as well to ask at once for a pinch of snuff. This is the language of one who labours for words. Blest as we are with the soft society of the gentle sex, delightfully enjoying as we sometimes do the pleasurable sweets of their enchanting society through the long happy hours of a winter's eve; should the ill-contrived chimney unfortunately refuse to discharge the smoke; or should the unkind mistress of the house be unhappily addicted to disturbing the harmony of social intercourse by vehement vociferations and frequent fault finding clamours; the disappointment

we would rather prefer undisturbed re- pose couched in the arms of care-killing slumber at home than plagued with a smo- king house and scolding woman abroad. This is the labor of arrangement. This remark is not intended to apply al- together to the Enquirer, though we feel accused of having noticed sometimes a certain affectation in style, a use of lan- guage not lowered to the inefficiency of the stage. But this is wandering. Mr. Ritchie observes with as much cor- rectness as independence, that most of them are debarred from the opportunity of an early instruction, while the progress of the adult is generally arrested by the calls of business or the fascinations of pleasure." This is a lamentable truth. The legislators of Virginia come, it seems, from the plough. They are much like Cincinnatus as the poor cor- poral was like Alexander the great: Phi- lip's great son had one shoulder awry, so had the corporal; but perhaps they differed in other respects as much as the Virginia legislators and old Cincinnatus. Not be- ing blessed with "the necessary qualifica- tions" for legislators, why would it not be saving of money to suffer some of the Virginia Cincinnati to stay at home and till their ploughs instead. Money might be saved, and converted to useful purposes by the establishment of schools, instruct these legislators and give them the necessary qualifications." Mr. Rit- chie says that "most of the members when they enter the capitol are ignorant of the principal subjects that are to be brought before them, ignorant of the princi- pal arguments and facts that are ne- cessary to decide them;" and that when these subjects are thrown into the shape of bills for their discussion, they are preserv- ed in manuscript; they are seldom seen by any but the draughtsmen, the commit- tee and the most active members of the house; the rest know little about them, except what they may casually glean from the rapid reading of the clerk." What an honest picture; and does it not prove the expediency, equal utility and great econo- my of keeping most of the Cincinnati at home, and deputising their ploughs to act for them; for, according to Mr. Ritchie's remarks, there is not a penny to chuse be- tween the utility of the men and the ploughs, and there are many pence to chuse between the expence of keeping and pay- ing the live and the inanimate instruments. The "draughtsmen, committee and few active members," can drive the ploughs as they please. We hope this plan of le- gislative ploughs will be adopted; and some "draughtsman" be appointed the next session to bring in a bill for the pur- pose.
We doubt not the correctness with which the Enquirer has depicted in a few bold strokes the majority of the Virginia legis- lature; Pennsylvania and Maryland are in about the same situation, and the causes are the same. Aristocrats, under the name of republicans and friends of the people, have deceived the people at large, and caused them to turn from office and from the legislature the best and the most able cha- racters, to make room for themselves.— Such has been the case in this state; such in Pennsylvania, Maryland, and in the U- nited States at large, with respect to nat- ional officers and legislators. We admire the ingenuousness with which Mr. Ritchie speaks of the majority of the legislature. We have said, and we repeat it, that we do not intend to be severe upon the Enquirer, but treat it always with delicacy, till (if such time, which heaven forbid should ever come) till we say, there appears to us no hopes of its repentance and consequent reformation. The blunt honest- y that here appears leads us to hope that the Enquirer is hereafter to be directed by an independent and truly patriotic spirit.— If so, we shall rejoice. The manner in which Mr. Ritchie speaks of the legislators of the state, (and the same may be said of its delegation to con- gress) has nothing to do with abuse or ca- lumny. The truth can seldom be abused; not the necessary exposition of truths can ever be "abuse"; and what is said of our state Solomons is a necessary exposition of truth. The exposition is necessary for se- veral purposes. It is necessary to let the people at large know what their rulers are, that they may see the dignity and reputa- tion of the legislative body from contempt; and that they may increase the welfare of the state at large, by turning out the un- worthy and putting the meritorious in their places.
The legislature will ever want dignity, and will ever seek more their own popula- rity than the public good, until the people at large, throwing aside the improper dis- tinctions of Federalists and Republicans
shall be solicitous only to find and honor with a seat in the legislature, men of ca- pacity, fidelity and virtue. When this will be we know not. The leading De- mocrats in this state, (and it is so in the states generally) fear nothing more than they fear, strictly speaking, being found out; they fear the people will discover them to be, what in truth they are, aristocrats, ambitious men, fond of power and pelf, who have gained, and who hope to conti- nue their authority, by belying the charac- ters and the views of the federalists gene- rally from General Washington downward. —They constantly cry out the necessity of preserving from the wicked claws of the federalists their republican principles and institutions; and they cry out with so much warmth and zeal, that, if their views were not well known to be centred in their own aggrandizement, some of the federalists might be deceived. The people are deceived, and that is fully sufficient for them: but having gained a compleat triumph over the federalists, having, as they apprehend, nothing to fear from them, they are now quarrelling among themselves for the booty, for the loaves and fishes; and in these quarrels they discover so plainly the views by which they have all along been actuated, that the people are beginning to discover the exact amount of their patriotism, which is next to no a- mount at all. The federalists and the moderate men of the other party are un- nerving; we shall all come right again bye and bye: Virginia will exhibit good politi- cal examples in a few years. The Robes- perian party (such we call the vindictive and violent) will not succeed.
Mr. Ritchie recommends [that the legis- lators may know what they are about in future] that the bills should be printed as in congress previous to discussion. We strongly suspect a little republican self-in- terest in this recommendation. What would the printer for the house get by this business? However, whether self-in- terested or disinterested, the recommenda- tion is a good one, and ought to be followed, as it respects many of the im- portant bills every session before the le- gislature. There being so many who have been "debarred from the opportunity of early instruction," and not naturally of a capacity to comprehend at a glance all the bearings and views of a bill; there being so many (almost all, according to the En- quirer) who are "ignorant of the principal facts and arguments necessary to decide;" who "know little about them, except what they casually glean from the rapid reading of the clerk," it is certainly a matter of importance that bills should be printed. Such a method would get the legislature into a habit, a very desirable one, of know- ing what they are doing.
From the New-York Evening Post. No. I. Tempora Mutantur.
Mr. Editor, WE feel a melancholy pleasure in the retrospect of the past, when it is seen through the gloom of the present moment. It is with such a sentiment and such alone, that I turn from the existing state of things in this country, to the contemplation of days that have been; when America could boast of unanimity and virtue in her citi- zens, of wisdom and vigour in her councils, when erudition was not yet considered a crime, nor judicial independence a prelude to impeachment.
The days have been when a polite edu- cation was ranked among the highest claims to official distinction. But literature must now hide amid her own groves. Learning has been declared dangerous.* And so it is; but it is dangerous only to the political machinist, when the ignorant are his in- struments. The keen eye of intelligence would watch too narrowly his motives; the eloquence of her voice would arrest the progress of his designs.
The days have been when our political theatre could boast of statesmen and of po- liticians whom the world can scarce rival; but alas! they have either fallen victims to a magnanimous consistency or are regret- ting in retirement, events which they have vainly struggled to procrastinate. They wisely keep aloof from an infatuation which they cannot conquer, and from councils in which they cannot mingle without a stain. One indeed who held a towering altitude,
* See a letter from a member of the Penn- sylvania Legislature to his constituents and also Mr. Randolph's speech at the trial of Judge Chase, in which Mr. R. (who may be supposed to speak the sentiments of his party) urges as the strong- est ground for the impeachment of the venerable Judge, his superior learning, and his extensive acquaintance with the law.
who stood in pre-eminence, in greatness and in virtue, has fallen beneath the hand of a base assassin.
There was a day, when an independent judiciary offered to the injured, an appeal superior to bribery or prejudice; an appeal which power could not appal, nor intrigue defeat; a tribunal which constitutes the last resource of the wronged; the noblest and best criterion of equal justice. But alas! this beautiful and consistent structure, lies mingled with the wreck of innovation.
The time has been when firmness not com- pliance, was the virtue of the statesman. When his dictates were moulded in jus- tice, and enforced by power; and when the laws were respected and obeyed, for they were sanctioned by his authority. But in these gender days of philosophic refinement, decision would assume the hide- ousness of despotism. That firmness which rises superior to popularity in the main- tenance of national right, and which pur- sues without a dread of the resentment of the people, the path which their interests dictate would be deemed, as the child of a fevered fancy; the horrid abortion of an aristocratic brain.
The day has been, when pecuniary pro- vision was on every occasion such as be- came the dignity of the government, and such as should meet the utmost demands of probable exigence. Oeconomy has now become the idol of the day. A starving oeconomy which has no motive but present popularity; no object but present gain at the expence of public expedience. An oeconomy from which is banished every thing held wise or honorable with men. An oeconomy which calculates nothing but peace, and yet defeats itself by its narrow provisions for the future. An oeconomy, in short, which suffers our fellow citizens to languish in the dungeons of Tripoli, unnoticed and unthought of; while it la- vishes millions on the resentments of party zeal, or in the acquisition of a vast and worse than useless territory. An oecono- my which, instead of providing means adequate to measures, and force which may "put resistance out of the question," dispatches a few brave hundreds to fall in an unequal contest; or at best to retire covered with laurels, but not with victory, and leaving behind them the object of their warfare wholly unattained; their enemy somewhat dispirited indeed, but not de- stroyed; an enemy whom they may yet teach by their example to conquer. How mad, how infatuated is the policy which thus sacrifices the aggregate, to serve in the detail! How feeble, how despicable is the government which thus temporises in the vindication of its rights?
LEONIDAS.
From Nantucket, May 20. The following article was found in a junk bottle, taken up at the southward of the Vineyard, by one of the pilot boats, on the 9th inst. The bottle in which it was found was ballasted with six ounces of lead balls, and had a staff made fast to it with a piece of a silk handkerchief serv- ed through as a flag:
"French National ship Silence, April 10th 1805."
"One of his Britannic Majesty's sub- jects, confined as a prisoner on board this ship, embraces this mode of communicat- ing information to his countrymen (being the only means left in his power) hoping that it may prove successful; if it should even fall into the hands of any of our A- merican well-wishers, they no doubt will make it public; that a valuable Spanish ship, with an immense quantity of specie, bound to Cadiz, would leave the Havana about the 1st of this month. Such a prize is certainly worthy the attention of any of his majesty's ships on this stati- on, looking after—the Spanish vessels force is only 16 guns, and but indifferently equipped."
THOS. BURK."
From the BALANCE.
NO serious and attentive reader can look on a page of Young's "Night Thoughts," without finding a striking and moral lesson. The following lines have been read and quoted until they are familiar to almost every person; still they may be again quoted and again read, and they will still be found to furnish new food for reflec- tion:
"The bell strikes ONE. We take no note of time. But from its loss. To give it then a tongue Is wise in man. As if an angel spoke. I feel the solemn sound. If heard aright, It is the Knell of my departed hours. Where are they? With the years beyond the flood. It is the signal that demands dispatch."
A clock, morally considered, is, per- haps, one of the most useful monitors that the genius of man can furnish. Look at it—you behold the progress of time. Hear
it strike—you are told another hour is gone. What is the age of man? At best but a few years. Years are composed of days: days of hours: hours of minutes: minutes of seconds. Man's life is made up of seconds: a single second is all that separates him from eternity! Look at yon- der clock! How fast these seconds suc- ceed each other! How rapidly they come and go! yet every one that passes shortens life. Therefore, man, be diligent. MENTOR.
AN old gentleman, (whose father at- tended more to learning his son the me- thod of accumulating riches than know- ledge,) lived some time in a town in this state. From application and industry he had amassed a property of about twenty thousand dollars, although not able to read or write, he never hired a clerk, but had always been in the habit of keeping his own books. He had invented some few charac- ters, for the purpose of conveying his i- deas to himself and others, they were form- ed as nearly similar to the shape of the article sold, as the nature of the circumstance would admit. One day a customer of his called on him for the purpose of settling his account; the book of hieroglyphicks was handed down, and our merchant com- menced with "such a time you had a gal- lon of rum, and such a time a pound of tea; such a time a galon of molasses, and such a time a cheese." Stop there says the customer, "I never had a cheese of you or any other person, I make my own cheese." "You certainly have had it," says the mer- chant, "it is down in my book." The o- ther denied ever having purchased an arti- cle of that kind. After a sufficient number of pro's and con's, upon recollection he in- formed him he believed he had purchased a grindstone about that time. "Tis the very thing said the merchant, and I must have forgotten to put THE HOLE IN THE MIDDLE." (Boston Paper)
MARRIED last evening, by the Rev. James Muir, Captain JOHN HARPER, to Miss SARAH DAVIS, both of this place.
The reader will please to make the fol- lowing corrections in Mr. Ratcliffe's Address, published in the Alexandria Advertiser, of Tues- day and Wednesday last.
Tuesday. First column, 38th line, for coun- try, read county. Same column, 90th line, for little pay, read settle and pay. Second column, 9th line, for, from my father to George Sum- mers, read, from my father and to George Sum- mers. Same column, 96th line, for Sunday, read Sunday. Third column, 67th line, for know- ingly, read nominally. Same column, 106th line for taking, read seeking. Fourth column, 39th line, for 130, read 301. Fifth column, 63d, 77th, and 90th lines, for 331, read 335.
Wednesday. First column, 47th line, for 1606, read 1786. Same column, 112th and 113th lines, for 1796, read 1773. Third column, 19th line, for decide, read divide.
PUBLIC SALE.
On SATURDAY, 8th instant, at ten o'clock, will be sold, at the late dwelling house of A. Furney, deceased, Fairfax-street;
A VARIETY OF Household & Kitchen Furniture, &c. And immediately after, on E. Furney's wharf, THE SCHOONER H E B E, In complete order. P. G. Marsteller.
June 6.
For Tonningen, Or HAMBURG if not blockaded, the Schooner THREE SISTERS, captain CHARLES RICH,
A strong substantial vessel, she has two thirds of her freight engaged, and is ready to take in her cargo.
For the remainder of freight, or passage apply to the captain on board at King street wharf or to
A. W. Preufs Co. Where any vessel bound to the Havana may hear of freight. June 7. d.
A POINTER LOST.
Missed, from the Union Tavern, in George- Town, on the 20th ultimo,
A WHITE POINTER PUPPY, about six months old, brown spots on his right ear and over his left ear—Had on a brass collar with the subscriber's name. Whoever will deliver said dog to me at the Union Tavern a- foresaid, or give any information so that I may recover him, shall receive Five Dollars reward. P. Vallett.
June 7. d.

REMOVAL.
JAMES RUSSEL,
Has removed his Store to Royal Street , in part of the Old Exchange Tavern House , one door north of Carter's ; where he has just opened a fresh supply of
German & East-India Goods,
Prints, Dimities, Checks, Irish Linens, &c. &c. which he will sell by the piece, low, for cash, or on a short credit.
May 2. N. B. I will let, for four years, the BRICK HOUSE I have just left, on Fairfax-street . J. R.
Just received and for Sale, By LAWRASON AND FOWLE , 5 bales Beerboon Gurrahs, of the first quality, entitled to Debenture. 25 boxes fresh Chocolate.
Also, A quantity of first and second quality Russia and Ravens Duck . May 28. d
10 pipes well flavor'd Holland Gin .
60 casks Dutch Linseed Oil , 2 bales German Ticklenburgh , 1 case Britannias , 1 doz. Placillas 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 hhs. old Grenada Rum , Three casks Clover Seed , Ten pipes 4th proof Spanish Brandy .
Cash given for Otter and Mink Skins . April 25. d
TO LET,
(On WASHINGTON-STREET ) The House at present occupied by Joseph Mandeville . Possession may be had early in June next. Apply to Mandeville & Jamesson . May 20. d
15000 wt. GREEN COFFEE,
Of a very superior quality; FOR SALE, by William Bartleman . May 10. d
Wants a Place, in a Store, A young man, pretty well acquainted with business. Enquire of the Printer . May 28. d
Fresh Supply of FRUIT.
This day Received, Per Schooner CITIZEN , from St. Kitts , ORANGES , of an excellent quality and remarkable large. Lemons and Limes, in fine order. Cocoa Nuts. Tamarinds, &c. John A. Burford. May 10. d
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 ecclesiastical history, accompanied with the author's reflections; proving modern episcopacy to be spurious, and human legislation in the Church to be usurpation, &c. &c. May 3. d
EIGHT DOLLARS Reward.
RAN AWAY, from the subscriber, living in Leesburg , Loudoun county, Virginia, on the 16th April last,
A MULATTO BOY , named LEW , or LEWIS , 20 years old, about 5 feet 8 or 9 inches high, slender made, big jointed, large feet, fond of gaming, and a great talker. Had on, when he went away a mixt grey cloth coarse, white cassimere jacket, blue cloth overalls, ozanburg shirt, and a round hat. He was seen at the Wharf , in Alexandria on Sunday the 21st April. All masters of vessels and others are forwarded against carrying him off at their peril. Whoever will apprehend said boy, and deliver him to me, or secure him in any jail so that I get him again, shall receive the above reward and all reasonable expenses paid. William Taylor. May 6. d
The highest price given for clean Linen Rags , by the Printer hereof.
EXCELLENT first quality Double Gloucester Cheese , just received per ship United States and for sale by
ABEL WILLIS.
June 1. e06
I HAVE, FOR SALE, One case of well bought 7-8 Irish , 6,000 wt. prime Coffee , in bags. 300 barrels Herrings , And a few tierces Stone Lime . William Hodgson. May 31. d
DOUGLASS & MANDEVILLE. King-street,
Have just received and offer for Sale, 20 hhds. 1st. & 2d. quality brown SUGAR ,
20 ditto Barbadoes Molasses , 10 ditto 4th proof Jamaica Rum , 10 hhds. Philadelphia Rye Whiskey , 5 do. N. York Lump and Loaf Sugar , 5 pipes Holland Gin , 7000 lbs. Green Coffee , 6000 wt. excellent Cheese , 20 casks Raisins , 40 boxes do. 100 gallons Havanna Honey , Fresh Teas, Fine and coarse SALT , &c. ALSO
700 bbls. SHAD & HERRINGS. May 16. d
O. P. FINLEY,
Has received per the United States , just from Liverpool , an extensive assortment of HARD WARE, IRONMONGERY, CUTLERY , &c. which he will dispose of on very reasonable terms:—
40 doz. Wheat Scythes , 25 do. Sickles , 20 do. Spades , 23 do. Shovels , 90 faggots Crowley's Steel , A few tons of Patent Shot , 40 or 50 doz. broad and narrow Hoes . A few casks 6d. 8d. 10d. 12d. 20d. 30d. wrought nails fine drawn. May 23. d
GERMAN LINENS.
THE subscribers have received by the ship Hero , captain Cole , from Bremen , and offer for sale, on reasonable terms, for approved negotiable paper;
—AN ASSORTMENT OF— GERMAN LINENS. —THEY HAVE RIKEWISE— WINDOW GLASS , of various sizes. R. T. Hooe, & co. May 23. edtf
SPRING GOODS
Just received, per ship Carlisle , from LONDON , and for sale, by the subscribers: Amongst which are—
Elegant and fashionable muslin shawls ; plain and colored mull , pique , calocade , loom japan , japan laced , fine lappet , plain and laced cambric , jaconet and book mullins ; cambric dimities ; leno ; Italian farcenets ; plain India and narrow corded dimities ; nankeens ; jeans ; crossovers ; quiltings ; right printed cambrics ; calicoes ; chintzes , &c. &c. Many of these goods are in packages suitable for the West-India market—entitled to drawback. R. Veitch & Co. May 15. d
GUNPOWDER TEA.
A few boxes of the very best quality just received by Mandeville & Jamesson . May 15. d
TO LET,
For one or more years, The white Warehouse, on King-street , near Col. Ramsay's wharf . The situation for business equal to any in town. Apply to JOSEPH RIDDLE & Co. March 29. 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 Dunlany, Richard M'Nemar, Barton W. Stone, John Thompson. May 2. d
The subscriber wishes to dispose of THE HOUSE AND LOT he at present occupies, at the corner of King and Columbus streets : Likewise, a New Store, or Warehouse he has lately erected on Columbus Street , with all other improvements on the lots. The house is well finished, with a good store in front, calculated for the wet or dry goods business, and an excellent stand for either, with a number of well finished rooms, and every convenience necessary to accommodate a genteel family, with good dry cellars under the house.
If the above property is not disposed of before the 20th day of June instant, it will, on that day, be offered at Public Sale , to the highest bidder, at 4 o'clock in the afternoon. Any person inclined to purchase, will please to view the premises previous to the day of sale.
The above Property will be sold on a long credit. Robert Smith. June 5. co7t
PUBLIC SALE.
The subscriber will offer, at PUBLIC SALE , at Mr. GEORGE WILLIAMS's tavern, in the town of Dumfries , on the first Monday in July, (being the 1st of the month) that VALUABLE PROPERTY , known by the name of
CLIFTON-MILL,
WITHIN two and an half miles of Dumfries , on the waters of Quantico , which is as constant a stream as any in this part of the country, and in an exceedingly healthy situation; very conveniently situated to a fine wheat country, not being more than half a mile out of the way (in going to Dumfries ) from the main road leading from Fauquier court house , Centerville , &c. (and thought by some not any out of the way at all) and a very good road to it; together with from 90 to 100 acres of land, the greatest part of which is well wooded; the Mill is an overthor, with a wheel of 20 feet 9 inches and 4 feet head, with 2 pair of stones, 1 pair of French burrs of 5 feet, the other of Cologne, with every apparatus necessary for carrying on merchant business to the best advantage. The Mill-House is 50 feet long by 27 feet wide, 2 stories high, together with a barn, stable, cow-house and lumber house convenient to the Mill, a convenient Dwelling-House not quite finished, with a Kitchen, Meat and Corn-House all of which have been built within eight or nine years past: There is on this place a thriving young Peach Orchard . ALSO,
At the same time and place, will be offered for Sale,
A small PLANTATION , containing from 120 to 130 acres, adjoining, and being part of the above tract of land. There is on this place a small Dwelling House, Kitchen & Meat House—also a very thriving young Peach Orchard , with other Fruit Trees.
The situation of this property must render it a desirable acquisition to any person inclined to engage in this line of business, particularly as it is situated so near tide water. It is deemed unnecessary to say any thing more respecting the premises, as it is presumed any person inclined to purchase will wish to see them. The subscriber will show the property; or, if he be absent, Mr. James G. Evans , living thereon, will attend. Nothing would induce me to part with this valuable property, but some pressing demands which I am anxious to discharge. The Conditions of the Sale will be—
One-half of the purchase money in hand, the other half in 9 or 18 months, bearing interest from the day of sale; approved security will be required. Possession will be given of the Mill, &c. immediately, and the Land as soon as the crop is off; and the latter place on Christmas next. JOHN SOWDEN. May 23. zawulf
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 feet on King-street , and running back 100 feet to a 12 feet alley.—The situation of this property is such (being in one of the most thriving parts of the town) as to make the possession of it very desirable to any one 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 Clover 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 Norley 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. eo
NOTICE.
The co-partnership of the subscriber under the firm of JOSIAH FAXON & Co. dissolved by mutual consent on the sixteenth instant.
Joseph Baxter, jun. Josiah Faxon.
All persons indebted to the late firm are requested to make immediate payment; and those to whom they are indebted will please on Faxon, Metcalf & Co. corner of Prince & Water streets , and receive their dues, by which the business will be continued.
Joseph Baxter, Jun. Josiah Faxon, Dwight Metcalf. May 24. e02w
The Subscribers offer for Sale
50 bbls. Botton No. 1 and 2 Pork 50 do. do. No. 1 and 2 Beef 6 hhds. New England Rum 30 bbls. do. do. 6 pipes Holland Gin 4 pipes first proof French Brandy 1 do. fourth do. 10 hhds. Molasses 100 reams Wrapping Paper 50 boxes Mould Candles 20 do. dpt do. 30 do. Brown Soap
And a general assortment of SHOES , just received, which will be disposed of on moderate terms, for cash or approved notes. Faxon, Metcalf & Co. May 24. e02w
Just received and for Sale
By JOHN GRAY , At his ROCK & STATIONARY STORE King-street, opposite the old Eagle Tavern , 70 reams writing PAPER —also 10 reams Tea ditto.
The following Books in addition to his former stock: Family Bibles 4to. and 8vo.; Darwin's Botanic Garden ; Harvey's Medicines ; Bonycastle's Algebra ; Mr. Ives' Cookery ; Anecdotes of Modern Philosophers ; Roderick Random ; Hudibras ; Caleb Williams ; Gulliver's Travels ; Humphrey Clinker ; Clarissa ; Poems ; Gil Blas ; Ferguson's Astronomy ; Lempriere's Classical Dictionary ; Clark's Soliloquy ; Nepos ; Tooke's Pantheon ; Vattel's Law of Nations ; Mayor's Natural History ; Torr's Jones ; Johnson's 8vo. and pocket Dictionaries ; Conductor Generalis ; Simpson's Euclid ; Gibbon's Surveying ; Montesquieu's Spirit of Law ; Smith's Wealth of Nations ; Sorrow's of Werther ; Shakespeare's works 8vo.; Pilgrim's Progress ; John Newton's works 9 vols.
STATIONARY.
Slates and pencils, Dutch and Irish quills, pens in boxes, gold leaf, Goulet's scales , sand and sand boxes, files, fluted and plain glassed japan'd inkstands, counting house files and pens, binders, bandbox and bonnet palleboards, blue and red lead pencils, black and red sealing wax, ink and ink powder, playing and blank cards, black and red Morocco pocket books , blank books, assorted, Roman & common violin strings and a general assortment of school books—the whole of which will be disposed of on the most reasonable terms for cash. May 13. e01t
Intending to remove from this place in the course of the ensuing summer, I will dispose of the whole of my STOCK , considerably below the usual selling prices. John Gray.
Union Cheap Bread Manufactory,
Opposite the Market, Adjoining James S. Scott's , Royal-street, ALEXANDRIA—
By WILLIAM LOVELL,
Who begs leave to inform the Ladies, Gentlemen, and the Public in general, in this town, that on Wednesday, the first of May, he will commence baking; where they may be supplied with BREAD of the first quality and found baked—on such terms never before offered in this place—as follows:
THE eighteen penny loaf for 20 cents, nine penny loaf for 10 cents, four penny loaf for 5 cents; and, for the convenience of those whose family or circumstances will not admit of LARGE BREAD , he will make the three penny loaf two ounces heavier than the weight fixed by the Clerk of the Market , as directed by the Corporation ; so that the labouring man will be served on as good terms as the merchant. The BEST SUPERFINE FLOUR for house keeping at seven cents per pound, or fifteen pounds for a dollar. These Ladies and Gentlemen who wish to be regularly supplied at their own houses, will be obliging enough to send a line as above, which will be attended to, Great allowance to sellers of Bread . To prevent any misunderstanding the above terms are CASH , unless where stated credits are agreed on, and those are expected to be regularly paid—the prices being small.
N. B. To Taverns, Boarding houses, and large families, there will be an additional saving of ten per cent. in buying LARGE LOAVES in preference to SMALL . April 30.
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