Alexandria daily advertiser (Alexandria [Va.]), 1805-06-10 00:00:00

Alexandria Daily Advertiser.
Vol. V.]
MONDAY, JUNE 10, 1805.
[No. 1315.]
Public Sale.
On TUESDAY next, At 11 o'clock, will be sold at the Vendue Store, RUM In bds. and bks. French Brandy in pipes, Gin in pipes and bks. Whiskey and Apple Brandy in bks. Sugar in bds. tierses and bks. Chocolate White and brown Soap and } in boxes, Mould and dipt Candles Raisins in kegs, boxes and jars, Figs in kegs and frails, Queen's Ware in crates, HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE, &c. Also, A Variety of DRY GOODS, among which are Cloths, Coatings, Kersemere, Duffs, Plains, Kersies, Negro Cottons, Serge, Elastics, blue Friezes, Calimacoo, Russels, Yarn Stockings, Chintzes and Callicoes, Irish Linens, Silesia do. Osnaburgs and Ticklenburgs, Muslin and Mustin Handkerchiefs, India Muslins and Table Clothes, Bandana Handkerchiefs, Colored Threads, Hats and sundry other articles.
Philip G. Marsteller.
Dec. 20.
BENJAMIN COCKE
Has received, and is now opening, a handsome assortment of SPRING GOODS , among which are, Plain and Lace Cambrick Muslins, Linen and Colonade do. India mull-mull and book do. lace and embroidered muslin shawls, Chambray muslin, Italian and India silks, chintz, calicoes, cambrick and common dimities, lace edging, wreaths, artificial flowers, white plumes, new bonnets, silk and cotton hosiery, cotton calicoes, marseilles, janes, superfine cloths, pa- rent woollen cord, Irish linen and sheeting, tick- enburg, dowlas, platillas, beffians, gurrahs, bas- tam, mamoodies, &c. 1 case gentlemen's London fashionable HATS. May 31. d2w
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.
10 pipes well flavor'd Holland
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 bds. old Grenada Rum,
Three casks Clover Seed,
Ten pipes 4th proof Spanish Brandy.
Cash given for Otter and
Mink Skins.
April 25. d
15900 wt. GREEN COFFE,
Of a very superior quality;
FOR SALE by
William Bartleman.
May 10. d
Just Published,
And for Sale by Cotton & Stewart,
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 spu-
rious, and human legislation in the Church to be
unscriptural, &c. &c.
The highest price given for clean
Woolen Rags, by the Printer hereof.
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. d
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- pers, dowlas, ticklenburgs, oznaburgs, brown Hollands, white platillas, Silesias, thestings, checks, assorted; Harlem stripes, cambrick and jacquet muslins, book muslins, colored cam- bricks, laced cambricks, assorted; laced cam- brick shawls, Beerboon gurrahs, mamoodies, fine coffees, fine bastas, and fannabs; muslins India chintz, India checks, Romal handkerchiefs, long and short yellow nankeens, blue and black ditto, Cotton calimeres, assorted; dimities, assorted; Marseilles, assorted; India and Italian silks, as- sorted; sarconets and peelongs, assorted; silk, cotton, and thread hosiery, Leghorn bonnets, silk and kid gloves, wash leather ditto, pins, tapes, threads, sewing silks, assorted; fans and buttons; 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 good notes payable in Alexandria, at 60 days. May 29.
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. do. 25 cases claret, 2 and half dozen in each. 9 boxes best London Mustard, 15 dozen each. 6 do. do. Double Gloucester Chees. 20 hogheads Black Quart Bottles.
ALSO, 28 hogheads Virginia TOBAC- CO now in store. May 31. 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 bds. St. Croix and St. Martins sugar, New York and Philadelphia, loaf and lump sugars.
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, 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 Mandeville & Jameffon 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.
JUST RECEIVED, AND FOR SALE BY THE SUBSCRIBER, First and second quality Russia Duck Short Yellow Nankeens India Cottons Hyson Skin Young Hyson, and } FRESH TEAS. Souchong Burlington Pork Whiskey and 300 bushels St. Kitts Salt. DANIEL MURGATROYD. May 6, d
20 puncheons Jamaica RUM, LAST YEAR'S CROP, Just received and for Sale on reasonable terms, John & Thos. Vowell. May 9. d
NOW LANDING From the brig Maria, captain Carew, and for Sale by LAWRASON & FOWLE, 3000 pieces first chop yellow Nankeens 10 chests hyson & } Entitled to De- hyson skin TEAS } buncture. 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 Hyson, } TEAS, 9 do. Hyson 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. d
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 muslins, jeans, nankeens and India, book, jacquet fustians, and mull-mull, mus- Long and short nan- lins, keens, Colonade and crossbar- Blue do. red fringed cambrick White and coloured ditto, marseilles, Lace, Waistcoating, 6.4, Lace shawls, 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 sheet- Kid ditto, ing, Pic nic mitts, Platillas, English split straw bon- Britannias, nets, Silesias, Madrass and bandanna Silk, cotton and thread handkerchiefs, hosiery, Bastas, Diaper table cloths, Mamoodies, Napkins, Gurrahs, &c. &c. Chintz calicoes and All of which he has determined to sell at the most reduced prices. May 26. d
C H E E S E.
EXCELLENT first quality Duo- ble Gloucester Cheese, just re- ceived per ship United States and for sale by ABEL WILLIS. June 1. e06
Valuable Property for Sale. The subscriber being desirous of removing to the western country, offers for sale, the following Tracts of LAND, in Fairfax county, Vir- ginia, viz.
The Tract on which he resides, con- taining about 740 acres, 5 miles below Alexan- dria, and within one mile of Potomac river, in an agreeable neighborhood; the situation plea- sant and remarkably healthy; the land level and well adapted to the production of Indian corn, wheat, and other small grain. The im- provements are, a large and commodious dwell- ing house, two stories high, 54 feet long and 35 feet wide, with four rooms and a passage on a floor, a piazza nine feet wide on each front, the full length of the house, and an excellent cellar under the whole house divided into four rooms and a passage; a good kitchen, meat- house, dairy, ice-house, and every other neces- sary building, all in good repair, with a well of excellent water; a good garden, apple & peach orchard, and about 40 acres of excellent timothy meadow, and as much more may be made at a very small expence: Also, an overseer's house, negro quarters, a granary, &c.
One other Tract, containing about 1250 acres, 6 miles below Alexandria, divided into two farms sufficient to work 9 or 10 hands on each: The buildings on these farms consist only of overseer's houses, negro quarters, gran- aries, &c. There are 40 or 50 acres of good ti- mothy meadow well enclosed, and a great deal more may be made at a trifling expence; the land very level and fertile, with an abundance of timber. This tract is allowed, by those who know it well, to be equal, if not superior, to any tract of the same extent in this part of the country. It will be sold entire, or divided, as may be found most convenient.
One other Tract near the last men- tioned one, containing 402 acres, rented to te- nants at will; a considerable portion of which is level and the soil good. There are on it, two or three beautiful and commanding situations for buildings, and a meadow from which one of the tenants takes from 15 to 20 tons of hay a year.
Another Tract, of about 325 Acres, 9 or 10 miles below Alexandria, through which the stage road leading from thence to Richmond passes: This would be an excellent stand for a tavern, there being none at this time between Alexandria and Colchester, a distance of 16 or 18 miles: Also,
One other Tract near the last, con- taining about 400 acres. Both the last menti- oned tracts are likewise rented to tenants at will; they produce good corn, wheat, and other small grain, and there is on each of them a con- siderable quantity of excellent timothy meadow in good order, from which the tenants sell a great deal of hay. For terms, apply to the subscri- ber, five miles below Alexandria. Thomson Mason. May 22. iaw6it
WILLIAM OXLEY
HAS ON HAND, Which he will dispose of on terms advantageous to the purchasers, for cash or notes, The following Articles, viz.
Superfine and second cloths Kersemere and swandowns Bearkins and fearnoughts Durants and callimancoes Bombazets and wildbore Common and boi'd cambelts Silk, cotton, and worsted hosiery English extra long silk gloves Silk twill and thread Diaper and common tapes Paper and pound pins White and printed 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 Jacquet do. Fustians, buckram, &c. &c. ALSO, A few bales of Negro Caddies, and one trunk silk and cotton silks. January 7. 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 & Jameffon. May 20. d
Wants a Place, in a Store, A young man, pretty well acquaint- ed with business. Enquire of the Printer. May 28.

PUBLIC SALE. On WEDNESDAY , the 12th of June, will be sold, at the dwelling-house of Mr. Mills, in King-street, A GREAT VARIETY OF Elegant Household and Kitchen Furniture, &c. P. G. Marsteller. June 8. df
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 Fairfax and Queen-streets, extending 45 feet 8 inches on Fairfax, and 123 feet 2 inches on Queen-street; free from all encumbrance. The terms of sale will be—One-half the purchase money in sixty days, and the remainder in six months. June 6. d7t
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, fronting on Fairfax Street 69 feet 1 inch, and extending back 123 feet 5 inches. JOHN DUNLAP. June 5. dt1tjy
JUST RECEIVED, By the Norfolk packet, captain JOHNSTON, 160 bags Fine Liverpool SALT. A few tierces STONE-LIME, FOR SALE. William Hodgson. June 8. d.
TO BE HIRED, BY THE YEAR OR MONTH; A smart, active Negro Boy, About 14 years of age. Apply to the Printer. June 8. eo
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 eye—had on a brass collar with the subscriber's name scratched. Whoever will deliver said dog to me at the Union Tavern aforesaid, or give any information so that I may recover him, shall receive Five Dollars reward. P. Vallett. June 7. d6t
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 Ruffia and Ravens Duck. May 28. d
I HAVE, FOR SALE, One case of well bought 7-8 Irish, assorted prices, on low terms. 6,000 wt. prime Coffee, in bags. 300 barrels Herrings, And a few tierces Stone Lime. William Hodgson. May 31. d6t
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 Havanna may hear of freight. June 7. d.
This day is Published, And for Sale at ROBERT GRAY'S Bookstore, and THIS OFFICE, (PRICE TWENTY-FIVE CENTS.) AN ABSTRACT
OF AN A P O L O G Y, For Renouncing the Jurisdiction OF THE SYNOD OF KENTUCKY. BRING A Compendious View of the GOSPEL, AND A FEW REMARKS ON THE CONFESSION OF FAITH. By Robert Marshall, John Dunlavy, Richard M c Nemar, Barton W. Stone, John Thompson. May 2.
From the Repertory.
Reflections on the war in Europe.
Twelve years ago the war that was kindled by the French revolution was represented to be exclusively worthy of the attention of Americans. While the French were pulling down their government nothing seemed so fine as their very worst conduct, to the party who were leagued together to pull down our own. They called our eyes to the banks of the Rhine where the battles of liberty, as they were fools enough to say, were fighting; and we roared with joy because Picnegro took Amsterdam and made the Dutch as free as the West India negroes.
This sort of noise is a good deal hushed, for two reasons; one is, the jacobins have got their object and our government is down. Another reason is, the mask of French hypocrisy has dropped off or is so torn in their scuffles, that we can plainly see the knaves' faces of their liberty-loving demagogues. French examples are not now quoted, now when they are most instructive, because they really in some degree alarm and deter the dupes whom they lead. Asses trot the better in dangerous roads for wearing their blinders. Hence it is that our lords and masters of Virginia affect to dislike all discussions of the political probabilities of the war, & to consider our curiosity as useless and badly directed. Our lazy masters are, in fact, so engrossed with the care of governing us for their own exclusive benefit, that they have not much relish for any other reflections; and besides all other considerations, Mr. Jefferson and his cabinet have a mortal dread of the power of Bonaparte, which has not been in the least abated by their experienced necessity since the purchase of Louisiana, to court and flatter him. They are quaking with fear that he will require from them more assistance than they dare either to give or refuse him. They have yielded the point with regard to the trade with St. Domingo with as much poverty of spirit as might be expected from the hero of Carter's Mountain; and our seamen will be whipped and buried in dungeons or tucked up at the yard arm, as the great nation may by its emperor think fit to decree. The trade is not denied to be lawful, yet its interdiction is better, no doubt our patriots will say, than a war.
We have seen too how quarrelsome an act Mr. Samuel Smith was disposed to get passed for the protection of our seamen; that is of British seamen who were to be forcibly protected when they had deserted to our vessels.
In all this and in every thing else, the power of Bonaparte crosses the Atlantic. It is childish to enquire what harm do we suffer by his making himself king of Italy. We answer, by his power he makes himself the king of terrors to Mr. Jefferson; and if we are not embroiled with England to please him, it is because, afraid as our brave rulers are of Bonaparte, they are still more afraid of getting into a war with England, that would instantly smash their popularity to atoms.
Let no person that remembers Mr. Madison's famous commercial resolutions, in which he proposed to fight for France by a war of regulations, let no such person deny the effective and dangerous influence of the preponderant power of France on the peace and safety, the honor and let us add, the honesty of our government. Forbe it remembered also, the ever to be abhorred project of confiscating British debts grew out of the same passion for France and hostility to England.
Nor is the loss of that silly fondness a security for spirited and independent counsels in America. Our rulers are of a soft and character to act from their fears, and their fear is a much more steady cause of action than their love. Of course we are to expect that the vast power of France will not cease to manifest itself to the injury of our trade, to the oppression of our brave seamen and to the infinite disgrace of the government that abandons them.
Let us then dare to survey this huge Colossus about whose legs we have the honor to creep.
There was a time when the people of France were really infatuated with the notion of republican liberty. They say themselves it was a delusion, and has passed away. But it lasted long enough to break down and destroy every thing in France that was not military; and by its contagion in Germany, Holland, Switzerland and Italy, to enfeeble and divide all the force that ought to have resisted France. The conquests of France have flattered the national vanity, and by accumulating the spoils of so many nations to fill up the
void that was made by the destruction of commercial and manufacturing capital. Instead of the opulence of the crowded mart or busy workshop, the country was filled like the camp of Attila or Tamerlane, with spoils and trophies. The naval superiority of the British, by destroying their trade, has contributed to decide and prolong this exclusively military character of the French.
We are then to view France as a political phenomenon, not less tremendous by her having renounced every trade but that of a conqueror, than by her colossal size. Like the old Romans, and indeed like every other nation intoxicated with a passion for conquest, the French are completely military, and their ardor is a kind of fanaticism such as made the successors of Mahomet the monarchs of the East.
The Romans in like manner contended, for almost five centuries, with the petty nations of Italy, their equals in valor, their inferiors only in discipline. In this hardy school, they were trained for conquest. But after they had gained the dominion of Italy, they never again contended with their equals. The Carthaginians, though sustained for sixteen years by the transcendent genius of Hannibal, were almost equally enfeebled by their spirit of commerce and their spirit of faction. The Macedonians, like the modern Prussians, had a fine army, a full treasury, and a state of but moderate extent, hemmed in by jealous, hostile neighbors. In conquering them and the rest of Greece, the Romans found the Etolians and some of her states ready to accept chains, and to impose them on their countrymen. The light of Greece, the most resplendent the world ever saw, was quenched with its liberty. Egypt was so sunk in vice, that it fell without a contest. Antiochus the great king of Syria, had an infinite number of men, few soldiers. The glory and the spoils of his conquest were greater than its difficulty. Gaul, the modern France, was filled with barbarians, who had not the sense nor perhaps the power to unite against Caesar, and they fell in succession. Spain resisted longer and more desperately, but not as a nation combined to resist an invader, but by endless partial insurrections to throw off its chains.
The power of Mithridates was too recently formed, and composed of states too near barbarism to contend with Rome; yet for many years he proved her most dreaded foe.
Thus it was that the chief difficulties in conquering the old world, were really surmounted before Rome was known to have formed the design, or perhaps was conscious she had it to undertake.
France in like manner, has been for many centuries exercised in arms. She has had to contend with all her neighbors her equals in valor, her inferiors in military institutions and spirit. Thus a nation has been educated for the conquest of the world. Spain, once her superior, is now her vassal. Austria, her rival, is chained to a prison floor by her hatred of Prussia, her dread of France, and perhaps her still greater dread of Russia. Fear and policy will both make her subservient to Bonaparte, unless he should prefer the active assistance of Prussia to that of Austria. He seems to have the best grounds to expect that if Russia should be his enemy, he will have one of the other two for an ally. On this supposition, we can scarcely conceive of an efficient alliance against France on the continent of Europe. While its numerous States were independent, and the safety of each was the care of all, the ambition of France was more troublesome than formidable. In this school of policy and arms, this gymnasium in which all strenuously contended and in turns excelled. France like a prize fighter acquired the hardness, the dexterity and the force that have made her the victor. The revolution has suddenly opened her eyes to contemplate her situation, and all her ardor is awakened by perceiving that already more than half her ambitious work is done. Less fighting, less hazard than her rival, ships with the house of Austria, have cost the Bourbons, will make her mistress of Europe from the Baltic to the Hellespont. With sixty millions of people in France and its dependencies, half the population of the Roman Empire under Trajan, she has twice the force. The Russians like the ancient Parthians are her only enemies on land and they are too distant to be formidable.
The other states of Europe, England excepted, are more than half subdued by their divisions and their fears.
It is absurd to suppose that this power, so tremendous to every lover of his country, will be inert for want of pecuniary resources. The Dutch and Italians sow and the French reap. Sic vos non vobis fertis
aratra boves. Old Rome, after the conquest of Macedonia, subsisted for more than a hundred years by tributes without taxes. Mahomet, Genghis Khan and Tamerlane did not stop to ask their collectors of taxes whether they should conquer Asia.
Nor will the people of France grow weary or ashamed of their yoke and rise to throw it off. They are nothing, the army is every thing. Besides they are really proud of the glory of their master and from their very souls rejoice in the distinction of their chains.
The revolution like a whirlwind, has swept all the ancient hierarchy, nobility, and land proprietors, away—and the new race have an interest to maintain the new establishments of the usurpation. Did the populace of Rome ever shift their government because an usurper had obtained the people by money or by blood? No, as soon as men perceive that there is a force superior to their own, they desist from making any efforts against it. The proud Romans were as passive in the yoke as the Dutch are now.
The destinies of the civilized world then obviously depend on their ability to resist this new Roman domination. Russia has no fears of being subjugated, and for that very reason will act with less zeal and less faithfulness in what ought to be the common cause against France. She will pursue the projects of her ambition which seek aggrandizement in the south of Europe, and as a naval power. Hence it is to be feared her coalition with England will not be cordial enough to be successful; and the only sort of success that is of any moment in this discussion is the reduction of the power of France. Russia aspires to an influence in the German empire, which cannot fail to alarm & disgust both Prussia and Austria, & hence it was that she lately interfered in the affair of the German indemnities. She also seeks a footing in the Mediterranean preparatory to her designs against the Turks. It was on this account that she wished to occupy Malta, and that she now fills Corfu with her troops. These are selfish and dangerous schemes which England cannot second or approve.
If nevertheless Russia should obtain of Prussia and Austria that the one should be neutral, and the other an associate against France, a continental war is to be expected. In case English money and an English army should tempt them to become one of her allies, Bonaparte would find their supremacy again in hazard.
But England, the great adversary of France, cannot become a military nation in the sense the French are, not, it is to be feared, in the degree that the crisis absolutely requires she should. Her commerce binds her in golden fetters. An artisan or a farmer is worth probably 100 pounds sterling to the nation. To make such men soldiers great bounties must be paid and great sacrifices must be suffered. To feed and provide an English army is also very expensive. Want and military fanaticism crowd the ranks of Bonaparte, and their enemies or their allies provide their subsistence. Unfortunately too Mr. Pitt yielded to the pressure of the moment, and accepted the delusive services of his half million volunteers. It is impossible he should think these men of buckram fit to withstand these men of steel, if they should invade the island.
In times of great danger popular notions are often worse than frivolous. The volunteer force is factious, expensive, and useless, as every soldier knows. But it is worse. It has made the nation unmanageable, puffed them up with a vain dependence on the show of force, a shew as empty as the army of Ceres made, & made their rulers afraid to impose, and the people unwilling to bear the necessary burdens of real soldiership. The strength of a modern state at war consists in its soldiers, not in the trappings of the peaceable apprentices, who are arrayed in scarlet to act the comedy of an army. England consumes its men and means to act this comedy, and is thus chained down to the expense and the despair of a defensive system.
Had she an efficient disposable army of one hundred thousand men, one third of whom could be employed in expeditions in co-operation with continental allies, the cause of Europe and of the civilized world would not be quite desperate. If the enslaved nations would exert half as much force to recover their liberty as the French will make them employ to subjugate the yet unconquered states, the contest against France might be renewed with hopes of advantage.
Let not the men in power in America deceive themselves. If Bonaparte prevails, they will be his vassals even more signally than they are at present. The

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.
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O. P. FINLEY,
Has received per the United States, just from Liverpool, an extensive assortment of HARDWARE, 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.
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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.
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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, calomade, loom japan, japan lappet, plain and laced cambrick, jacquet and book muslins; cambric dimities; leno; Italian farisnets; 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 & Jameffon.
May 15.
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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 first order. Cocoa Nuts, Tamarinds, &c.
John A. Burford.
May 10.
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REMOVAL.
JAMES RUSSEL,
Has removed his Store to Royal Street, in part of the OLD EAGLE FARMER HOUSE, one door north of King Street; 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.
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N. B. I will let, for four years, the BRICK HOUSE I have just left, on Fairfax Street.
J. R.
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.
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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 Eumfries, on the waters of Quantico, which is a constant stream as any in this part of the country, and in an exceeding 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 overshot, 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, cowhouse 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.
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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 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 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 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.
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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 coat, white cassimere jacket, blue cloth overalls, ozanburg shirt, and a round hat. He was seen at the fifth 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.
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NOTICE.
The co-partnership of the subscribers under the firm of JOSIAH FAXON & Co. was dissolved by mutual consent on the fifteenth instant.
Joseph Baxter, jun. Josiah Faxon.
All persons indebted to the late firm are requested to make immediate payment; and all those to whom they are indebted will please call on Faxon, Metcalf & Co. corner of Prince and Water Streets, and receive their dues, by whom the business will be continued.
Joseph Baxter, Jun. Josiah Faxon, Dwight Metcalf.
May 24.
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The Subscribers offer for Sale,
50 bbls. Boston 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. dipp 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.
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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.
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The Subscriber respectfully informs the public, that he continues to run his
STAGES
From George-Town to Port-Tobacco:
The Stages will leave the Indian King Tavern in Georgetown on Mondays and Fridays at 4 o'clock in the morning, and will call at Moore's Ferry, opposite Alexandria, at 7 o'clock, and arrive at Port Tobacco at 2 o'clock. Returning, will leave Port Tobacco on Tuesdays and Saturdays and call at Moore's Ferry at 10 o'clock, and arrive in Georgetown at 2 o'clock. Good Stages and Horses, and careful drivers are provided.
Ladies and Gentlemen travelling to Alexandria from the City or Georgetown, may be accommodated with a good stage and horses on the above days; this accommodation will be in readiness on the second Monday in June next.
Joseph Semmes.
Georgetown, May 23, 1805,
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NOTICE.
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 Thomas Hodgkins, late of the County aforesaid, deceased, all persons having claims against said deceased, are hereby warned to exhibit them with the vouchers thereof, to the administrator, on or before the 22d day of November next, otherwise they may by law be excluded from all benefit of said estate.
Given under my hand, this 22d day of May 1805.
ELISHA JEWELL, Administrator.
May 22.
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N. B. All persons indebted to the above estate, are requested to make immediate payment to the administrator.
Sixty Dollars Reward.
RAN AWAY, from the subscriber, living in Wilkes county, North Carolina,
Two NEGRO-MEN, viz.
BEN, a stout made, yellow man, 35 years of age; was purchased of John Linton, of Dumfries.
SAM—is a stout made black man, 35 years of age—his clothing was of coarse flannel cloth; He was purchased of Mr. Jacobs, of Dumfries.
The above reward will be paid if secured so that we get them again, or in proportion for either.
ABNER WILBORN, JOHN BROWN.
June 1.
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N. B. They ran away on the 25th of March last.
VALUABLE FAMILY MEDICINES.
Just received direct from the Patentees, 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 intermitting 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 superseded the use of all other bitters in public houses as well as private families.—Price 50 cents a box.
Dr. Lee's (Windham) Billious Pills,
THE great sale and increasing demand for these valuable pills for three twelve years past, will speak their intrinsic worth. They have proved singularly efficacious in Billious and Yellow Fevers, Jaundice, Head Aches, Dysenteries, Bilious Cholics, Colic-ventus, 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 25 cents a box.
Dr. Rawson's Anti-Bilious Pills, or, Family Physic.
The extraordinary celebrity these pills have gained, the universal demand for them and others in which they are held by medical men of the first eminence, are sufficient testimonials of their intrinsic worth. In great colics 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, dyspepsia, pains in the stomach and bowels, dysenteries, diarrhoeas, dropsies, &c. and a liberal use of my anti-bilious bitters in the intermitting 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 25 cents a box.
Dr. Rawson's Worm Powders.
A medicine which for efficacy and safety in 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 stand 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 Spruce; Patent Blacking; Madeira and Sherry wine; black bottles in high heads; 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.
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PRINTED DAILY BY S. SNOWDEN.