Alexandria daily advertiser (Alexandria [Va.]), 1805-08-16 00:00:00

Alexandria Daily Advertiser.
Vol. V.]
FRIDAY, AUGUST 16, 1805.
[No. 1372.
Public Sale.
On TUESDAY next, At 10 1/2 o'clock, will be sold at the Vendue Store, RUM In hds. and bls. French Brandy in pipes, Gin in pipes and bds. Whiskey and Apple Brandy in bds. Sugar in hds. tierces and bds. Chocolate White and brown Soap and } in boxes, Mould and dipt Candles Raisins in kegs, boxes and jars, Figs in kegs and frails, Quebec Ware in crates, HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE, &c. —Also, A Variety of DRY GOODS, among which are Cloths, Coatings, Kersemeres, Duffs, Plains, Kerseys, Negro Cottons, Serge, Elaticks, blue Friezes, Cabaneces, Russels, Yarn Stockings, Ghizes and Callicoes, Leith Linens, Silesia do. Dagoburgs and Ticklenburgs, Muslin and Muslin Handkerchiefs, India Muslins and Table Clothes, Bandana Handkerchiefs, Colour'd Threads, Hats and sundry other articles. Philip G. Marsteller. Dec. 20.
10 pipes well flavor'd Holland Gin, 60 casks Dutch Linseed Oil, 42 bales German Ticklenburgh 1 case Britannias, 1 do. Platillas Royal, Just Imported from Rotterdam, In the brig Nancy, Spalding, AND FOR SALE BY J. & T. Vowell, WHO HAVE IN STORE, A few pipes old Madeira Wine, fit for immediate use, Three hds. old Grenada Rum, Three casks Clover Seed, Ten pipes 4th proof Spanish Brandy. Cash given for Otter and Mink Skins. April 25. d
JAMES SANDERSON Has received, in addition to his late general sup- plies, which he will sell, by the quantity, ve- ry low, and on liberal credit; 10 pipes 4th proof Cogniac Bran- dy. 14 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 Cheese. 20 hogheads Black Quart Bottles. ALSO, 28 hogheads Virginia TOBAC- CO now in store. May 31.
JUST RECEIVED, AND FOR SALE, 69 barrels prime pork, 12 barrels pease, suitable for the West India market. Wm. HODGSON. July 3. d
This day is Published, An for Sale at ROBERT GRAY'S Book store, and THIS OFFICE, (PRICE TWENTY-FIVE CENTS.) AN ABSTRACT OF AN APOLOGY, for Renouncing the Jurisdiction OF THE SYNOD OF KENTUCKY. BEING A Compendious View of the GOSPEL, AND A FEW REMARKS ON THE CONFESSION OF FAITH. By Robert Marshall, John Dunlavy, Richard M'Namara, Barton W. Stone, John Thompson. May 2.
A few Copies of the American Gardener , for sale by Robert Gray, in King-street.
The Subscriber Wishes to RENT or SELL, the following Property, on King-street, viz. THE CORNER STORE , lately occupied by himself—the stand is equal to any in town for a retail store, and will be rented very cheap. Also, the HOUSE lately occupied by Doctor Hall; the house is very convenient and in good repair—this also will be rented a bar- gain if applied for immediately. For terms, ap- ply to THOMAS RICHARDS, or in his absence to Mrs. Huston, living on the premises. August 8. dff
BEEF AND PORK. We have just received, prime and mess Beef, in barrels and half barrels; prime Pork, in barrels and half barrels—all of excel- lent quality. Hewes & Miller. June 24. d
Mill Stones & Boulting-Cloths. We want to buy one pair of 4 or 4 and 1/2 feet Cognac Mill Stones.— We have one pair of 6 feet Burr Mill Stones for sale: Also, five hundred dollars worth of Boul- ting-Cloths; which will be sold a bargain, to any body who will take the whole of them. Hewes & Miller. June 20. d
Mandeville & Jamesson Are now landing, and offer for Sale, 10 puncheons high proof Jamaica Rum. 10 hogheads Barbadoes Molasses. 8 hogheads St. Croix Sugars. English F and FF Gunpowder. Philadelphia Loaf Sugars. Patent Shot and Bar-Lead. May 29. d
The subscribers have just received, by the Packet, from Norfolk, 30 barrels prime Beef, 20 do. Pork. Lawrason & Fowle. June 24. d
For Sale, on liberal Credit, 90 hogheads South Potomac Tobacco, Now in store—Also, 4 do. Rappahannock; Suitable for the West India market. James Sanderson. June 20. d
FOR SALE. 20 puncheons Jamaica RUM, LAST YEAR'S CROP, Just received and for Sale on reasonable terms. John & Thos. Vowell. May 9.
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, Cambric White and coloured mufllins, jeans, naukeens and India, book, jaconet sultanas, and mull mull, muf- lins, Colonade and crossbar- Long and short nan- red striped cambric keens, ditto, Blue do. Lace, White and coloured 6-4, Lace shawls, marseilles, Long ditto, Waistcoating, Super brocaded do. 4-4 7-8, Leith lin- English and French silk nens, long lawns, gloves. 4-4 7-8, Shirting cot- Kid ditto, ton, Pic nic mitts, Irish and Flanders sheet- English split straw bon- ing, nets, Platillas, Madrass and bandanna Brittannias, handkerchiefs, Silesias, Bastas, Silk, cotton and thread Mammodies, hosiery, Gurrahs, &c. &c. Diaper table cloths, Napkins, Chintz callicoes and All of which he has determined to sell at the most reduced prices. May 26.
FOR SALE, 100 barrels prime Beef, 60 do. Pork, 5 hds. and bbs. continental Rum, 4 bds. Molasses, 2 butts real Holland Gin, 12 casks black eyed Peas, 300 sacks Liverpool fine Salt, 20 boxes Raisins, 1 half pipe and 2 qr. casks London Par- ticular Madeira, 6000 lbs. Coffee, 8 cases felt Hats assorted, suitable to the St. Domingo Market, 50 barrels prime Herrings. WILLIAM HODGSON. July 30. d
JUST RECEIVED, AND FOR SALE, BY JOHN G. LADD, A few barrels black Varnish, do. Pitch, 100 barrels Boston Beef, 50 kegs Raisins Soap and Candles, in boxes, 100 lbs. Nutmeg and Cloves, New Rum, in hogheads and barrels, Three bales Russia brown Sheetings, A parcel of Blocks, Mast-Hoops, Pumps, &c. July 15. d
WANTED TO PURCHASE, About 30,000 White Oak Hoghead & Barrel Staves, Of good quality: Also, A few squared Logs of Walnut. WM. HODGSON. July 5. d
SUGARS. Seventy hds. and } MUSCOVADO SUGAR, Twenty-two bds. } Thirty one bags Cocoa, received by sloop Diana, from Martinico—for sale on reasonable terms by John & Thos. Vowell. WHO HAVE ON HAND Holland Gin of excellent flavor in Pipes, Fourth proof Brandy, Jamaica Rum, Liverpool Fine Salt, 1000 bushels Indian Corn, 1200 do. black-eyed Peas, in good ship- ping order, July 6. d
STOLEN, ABOUT a fortnight ago, TWO SILVER DESERT SPOONS, London make; the letter H engraved on the handles. Whoever can give information by which the Spoons can be recovered, shall receive a reasonable reward, and the full value paid for the detection of the thief. Apply to the Printer. July 17. d
TO RENT, A convenient two-story Brick-house on Wilkes street, opposite Capt. George Slacum's —For terms apply to, John C. Vowell. July 6. d
Mackarel & Whiskey. 110 barrels of MACKAREL just received, per Schooner Hiram, from Rhode Island: ALSO, 35 barrels strong proof RYE WHISKEY— and 30 kegs manufactured James-River TOBAC- CO, warranted good. These articles will be sold low. Apply to John & Thomas Vowell. July 15. 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 spu- rious, and human legislation in the Church to be usurpation, &c. &c. May 3.
The highest price given for clean Linen Rags, by the Printer of
For the West-Indies, The good Sch'r Betty, Burthen 800 barrels; will take a freight for the West Indies. For terms apply to Benjamin Shreve, jun. August 8. d
St. Vincents Rum, Muscovado Sugar, and Spanish Hides, FOR SALE BY Benjamin Shreve, jun. August 5. d
TO LET, A NEAT WELL FINISHED TWO STORY HOUSE, On St. Asaph-street, nearly opposite Ab- raham Faw's office—apply to Hewes & Miller. August 2. d
THE SUBSCRIBER, AT HIS GROCERY STORE, King near Washington Street, HAS JUST RECEIVED FROM PHILADELPHIA, &c. &c. —A SUPPLY OF— Fresh teas, particularly selected, 6000 lbs. green coffee, 14 hds. St. Croix and St. Martin's 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, Sallad oil, &c. With a general assortment of groce- ries as usual. The whole of which are of a superior quality, and will be sold on the most reasona- ble terms. JAMES BACON. May 14. d
LAWRASON & FOWLE Have just received, by the brig Harmony, Robert B. Hall, master, from Boston. 3 bales best Beerboon Gurrahs 3 do. Sewing Twine 2 chests Young Hyson } FRESH TEAS. 5 do. Imperial 20 boxes best Spanish Segars 2 pipes first quality Cognac Brandy 40 barrels N. E. Rum 5 hds. retailing Molasses 7 barrels Sperm. Oil a few boxes Sperm. Candles 40 boxes brown Soap And a quantity of Plaster Paris. July 6. d
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 callimanees Bombazets and wildbores Common and boil'd camblets 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 peeling and silk handkerchiefs 4-4, 9-8, and 6-4 Cambric mufllins India Jaconet do. Fustians, buckram, &c. &c. ALSO, A few bales of Negro Caddies, and one trunk silk and cotton slings. January 7.

OF CONTRASTS.
The soul loves symmetry—she loves contrasts also; this requires explanation. For example—If nature demands that painters and sculptors should preserve a symmetry in the parts of their figures, she requires too on the other hand, that they should make a contrast in their attitudes. One foot set like the other; one member placed just like the other, are insupportable; the reason of which is, that this symmetry makes the attitudes always alike, as we see in the Gothic, which are by that means all alike. Thus there remains no longer any varieties in the productions of art. Moreover nature has not so formed us; she has given us motion, she has not fixed us in our actions and our manners like pagods; and if men thus bound up and constrained are insupportable, what must such productions of art be?
The attitudes then must be contrasted, especially in works of sculpture, which from its natural coldness admits of no fire by force of contrast and situation.
But as I have said that the variety which they have endeavored to put into the Gothic, has given it an uniformity, so it often happens, that the variety which they have endeavored at by means of the contrast, is become a symmetry and a vicious uniformity.
This is perceivable not only in certain works of sculpture and painting; but also in the style of some writers, who in every phrase contrasts the beginning with the end by a continual antithesis, such as St. Augustine and other of the latter Roman writers:—and some modern as Saint Evremont.
The turn of phrase always the same, & always uniform, is extremely displeasing. This perpetual contrast becomes a symmetry, and that effected opposition becomes uniformity.
The mind finds so little variety there that when you have seen one part of the phrase, you always guess the other; you see words that are opposed to one another, but opposed in the same manner; you see a turn in the phrase, but it is always the same.
Many painters have fallen into the fault of making contrasts every where, and without art so that when you see one figure you guess immediately at the disposition of the one that is near it. This continual diversity became something like it: whereas nature, who throws things into disorder, never shews any affectation of continued contrast; not to say that she does not put all bodies in motion, and in a forced motion too, she is more varied than that; she leaves some at rest and gives others different sorts of motion.
Of the pleasures of surprize.
That disposition of the soul which always inclines her to different objects makes her taste all the pleasures that come from surprize; which is a sensation pleasing to the soul, both from the view itself, and from the quickness of the action; for she feels or sees a thing that she did not expect, or in a manner she did not expect.
A thing may surprize us not only as it is marvellous, but also as new, and even unexpected. And in this last case the principal sentiment is joined to an accessory sentiment, founded on the thing's being new or unexpected.
It is from hence that the game of hazard effects us; it lets us see a continual succession of unexpected events.
It is from hence too, that theatrical pieces please us; they shew themselves by degrees, they conceal events till they happen; always preparing for us new cause of surprize, and often strike us in letting us see them, such as we might have foreseen them.
Surprise may be produced by the thing or by the manner of perceiving it; for we see a thing greater or smaller than it really is, or different from what it is, or we see the thing itself, but with an accessory idea that pleases us, such as the difficulty of making it; or the person who made it—or the time when it was made; or the manner in which it was made; or some other circumstance that is joined to it.
Seneca describes the crimes of Nero with a coldness that surprizes us, in making us almost believe that he does not feel the horror of what he is relating:—all at once he changes his style and says, "The universe having suffered this monster for fourteen years at last gave him up." Tale monstrum per quatuor decim annos perpessus terrarum orbis, tandem destituit. This produces in the mind different sorts of surprize; we are surprized at
the change of the authors style; and the discovery of his different way of thinking, and the manner of his telling in so few words, the event of so great a revolution, so that the mind finds a great number of different sentiments that concur to shake her and to compose a pleasure for her.
Of the different causes which may produce a sentiment.
It must be remarked, that a sentiment is not commonly produced in our soul by one single cause. It is, if I may venture upon the term, a certain dose, which at once produces strength and variety. Genius consists in striking many organs at once; and if the several writers are examined, perhaps it will be seen, that the best, and those who have pleased most, are those who have excited in the soul the greatest number of sensation, at one and the same time.
We love play because it satisfies our avarice; that is to say, our desire of having more; it flatters our vanity by the idea of preference that fortune gives us, and of the attention that others pay to our success.—It satisfies our curiosity, in giving us a spectacle. In short, it gives us the different pleasures of surprize.
OF DELICACY.
Delicate people are those who, to every idea, or to every taste, join many accessory ideas, or many accessory tastes. Gross people have but one sensation; their soul can neither compound nor dissolve; they neither add any thing to, nor take any thing away from what nature gives; whereas delicate people, who are in love, by composition form almost all the pleasures that are to be found in love. Polixene and Apicius carry to their tables, tastes that are unknown to us vulgar eaters: and those who judge the works of wit with taste, have and make to themselves an infinity of sensations that other men are strangers to.
The Je ne scai quoi , in persons and in things, is often an invisible charm, a natural grace, that cannot be defined, and which we have been forced to call the Je ne scai quoi . I take it to be an effect principally founded on surprize; we are touched by being more pleased with a person than we at first expected to be; and we are agreeably surprized to find those faults overcome, which our eyes pointed out to us, but which our hearts no longer acknowledge. This is the reason why ugly women are very often possessed of the graces, and that it is but seldom beautiful women have them. Graces are oftener found in the wit than in the face; for a fine face is seen at once, and scarcely any of it is concealed; but wit shews itself by little and little, just when it chuses, and just as much as it chuses; it can conceal itself, and make its appearance give that sort of surprize which constitutes the graces.
The graces are not so much in the features of the face, as in the manners; for the manners are every instant new, and may every moment create surprize.
Progress of surprize.
What makes the greatest beauty, is when a thing surprizes but moderately at first, but keeps up that surprize, increases it, and at last leads to admiration. The works of Raphael strike but little at first sight; but an extraordinary expression, a strong coloring, an uncommon attitude of a worse painter, seizes us at the first glance, because it is what we have not been used to see. Raphael may be compared to Virgil, and the painters of Venice with their forced attitudes to Lucan: Virgil, more natural, strikes less at first, to strike more forcibly afterwards; Lucan strikes more at first, and affects us less afterwards.
The exact proportion of the famous church of St. Peter, makes it not appear at first so great as it really is; for we do not see immediately where to fix ourselves to judge of its greatness. If it was less in breadth, we should be struck with the length; if it was shorter, we should be struck with its breadth; but as we continue our examination it grows upon the eye, and the astonishment increases. It may be compared to the Pyrenees, where the eye that thinks it sees all at first, discovers mountain behind mountain, and loses itself more and more.
It often happens that our soul feels a pleasure when she has a sentiment that she cannot herself unfold, and that a thing seems to her absolutely different from what it is, which gives her a sentiment of surprize, which she cannot get out of. This is an example of it. It is known that Michael Angelo, seeing the Pantheon, which was the greatest temple at Rome, said he would make one like it, but that he would place it in the air. Upon this model then he made the dome of St. Peter; but he made the pillars so massive, that that dome, which is like a mountain over one's
head, appears light to the eye that considers it. The mind at the time remains uncertain, between what she sees and what she knows, and remains surprized to see a mass at once so vast and so light.
Of the beauties which result from a certain embarrassment of the soul.
The soul is often surprized from not being able to reconcile what she now sees, with what she has seen. There is a great lake in Italy called Lago Maggiore. It is a little sea, whose shores shew nothing but what is entirely savage. Fifteen miles within the lake are two isles of a quarter of a mile round, called the Borromes, which, in my opinion, is of all the world the spot the most delightful; the soul is astonished in the romantic contrast, from a pleasing recollection of the wonders of Romana, where having passed by rocks and a dry country, you find yourself in a fairy land. Contrasts always strike us, because the two things always heighten one another.
These sorts of surprises make the pleasure that is found in all oppositions, in all antitheses, and such like figures. When Florus says, " Sora & Algidum! who would believe it had been formidable to us! Saticula and Corniculum were once provinces. We blush for the Borilians and Virulani, but we triumphed over them. In short, Tibur our suburb, Preneste where our houses of pleasure are, were once the objects of the vows we made at the capitol. " This author, I say, shews us at once the grandeur of the Romans, and the littleness of their beginnings and these two things here raise our wonder.
It may be here remarked, how wide the difference is between the antithesis of ideas, and the antithesis of expression.—The antithesis of expression is never concealed; that of ideas is. One has always the same dress, the other changes when you please. The one is varied, the other is not.
The same Florus, in speaking of the Samnites, says, " Their towns were destroyed, that it is at this day difficult to find the subject of four and twenty triumphs. Ut non facile appareat materia quatuor et viginti triumphorum. " And by the same words that mark the destruction of that people, he lets us see the greatness of their courage and their firmness.
One of the things which pleases us most, is the simple, but it is also the most difficult style, because it is precisely between the noble and the mean; and is so near the mean that it is very difficult to keep always on the brink of it without sometimes falling into it.
The musicians have owned, that the music which is easiest sung is most difficult to compose; a sure proof that our pleasures, and the art which gives them, lie between certain boundaries.
When a thing is shewn us with certain circumstances or accessories which aggrandize it, it appears noble to us. This is more particularly observable in comparisons, where the mind should always gain and never lose; for the comparison should always add something, to shew it in more grandeur, or if it is not grandeur that is required, more fine or more delicate.
When a thing is to be shewn fine, the soul would rather see a manner compared with a manner; an action with an action; than a thing with a thing; as an hero to a lion, a woman to a star, a nimble man to a flag.
Michael Angelo is the master who has thrown something noble into all his subjects. In his famous Bacchus, he has not, like the Flemish painters, shewn a tottering figure, and which is, at it were, in the air; that would be unworthy the majesty of a god: he paints him firm on his legs: but he so happily gives him the gaiety of drunkenness, and such a joy in seeing the liquor run that he pours into his cup, that there is nothing so admirable.
In the passion, that is in the gallery at Florence, he has painted the Virgin standing, who looks upon her crucified Son, without grief, without pity, without regret, without tears. He supposes her instructed in the great mystery, and thereby makes her support with grandeur the light of that death.
Julio Romano, in his chamber of giants at Mantua, where he represents Jupiter throwing down his thunder on them, lets us see all the gods affrighted; but Juno is near Jupiter; with an assured air she points out to him a giant, against whom he ought to launch his thunder; by this he gives her an air of grandeur, that the other gods have not. The nearer they are to Jupiter, the more assured they are; and that is very natural, for in a battle, the fear ceases near him who has the advantage.
Alexandria, August 2d, 1805.
ORDERED, That the Stock-holders in the Little River Turnpike Company do and are hereby required to pay to the Treasurer of said company Ten Dollars on each share by them respectively subscribed, on the 1st day of November next ensuing the date hereof.
Jonah Thompson, Treasurer.
ANTHONY CAMPBELL.
Our readers will probably recollect the man from the circumstance of his having taken from the treasury department, in which he was a clerk, in violation of his duty and his oath, certain books of accounts, and in concert with Duane, making partial extracts therefrom of charges against Col. Pickering, for the purpose of impressing upon the public a belief that that officer held in his hands large sums of the public money unaccounted for.
This service rendered by Campbell to Mr. Jefferson's interest, though known to have been in direct violation of his duty and his oath, secured the smiles of presidential favor; and soon after that man came into power, Campbell repaired to Washington to demand his reward. It was probably thought not prudent by the president again to place him in a situation whose trust he had already betrayed, and therefore he gave him (reposing special trust and confidence in his integrity) a commission in the army. We have seen the result of this appointment. Likemany others which Mr. Jefferson has made, has turned out, as it ought, to the disgrace of him and his party. Such, however, and ever will be the consequence of that mean and illiberal policy, which persecutes good men for their political sentiments and exalts to public employment villains who flatter and deceive.
Extract of a letter from an officer at Louis, to a gentleman in Bridgetown, Jersey, dated Jan. 22, 1805.
"Our commanding officer has at length returned from Fort Massac, where he has resided during his absence as president of a general court martial, and where captain L. and Dr. S. were tried on charges made by the noted Anthony Campbell. The determination of the court as yet is unknown but poor Anthony was arrested on the charge with stealing books, the charge substantiated, and the court so favorable that they permitted him to resign, and the president has been requested to accept his resignation."
PHILADELPHIA, August 13.
The London Times, of the 24th Jun contains the following remarks on the union of the Ligurian republic with the French empire.
"That which every one expected, who has watched the ambition and policy of Bonaparte, as to what has regarded the states of Italy, has come to pass; he has united the Ligurian republic, or Genoa, not with his kingdom of Italy, but with the French empire! How far this union is in the spirit of those principles which he advanced, when he deigned to accept the sovereignty of the kingdom of Italy, the powers of the continent, who are the most interested in the event, are the best enabled to judge. There is, however, one striking difference in these two unions, a difference, certainly more in name than effect, which certainly cannot escape the most superficial observer. The kingdom of Italy, by its fundamental constitution, cannot, after the demise of Bonaparte, fall under the sovereignty of the same person who wears the crown of France; the Ligurian republic is absolutely incorporated with, and becomes part and parcel of the French empire. What the policy or caprice might have been, which has given rise to those different tenures, it is not worth while to enquire; nor are the conditions which he has been pleased to impose upon himself, likely to allay the jealousy of Austria, for Naples."
"From the moment that he became President of the Italian republic, his gigantic views to the ultimate sovereignty of the whole of Italy, were clearly revealed; but we did not expect that he would have proceeded so rapidly to the accomplishment of his purpose. There is in the circumstances of this union, as well as in all its preliminaries and details, a character peculiarly hostile to this country, and insulting in no small degree, to the court of Vienna. The note of the Ligurian Senate, presented to the representative of his Imperial Majesty, seems to have been transmitted more for purposes of offence, than diplomatic communication. The Austrian plenipotentiary is cashiered and dismissed, even before the union is proposed, with as much indifference as the Emperor of the French would one of his military lacquies. The refusal of G. Britain to acknowledge the Ligurian republic, is the principal reason assigned for incorporating the latter State with the French Empire. How this motive can satisfy Austria, or any power interested in the fate of Italy, or the rest of Europe, is not easy to conceive."

the state of Europe, it is impossible to conjecture. Genoa, under the protection of the French flag, is indeed, to be put out of the list of the States of Barbary and their depredations; but in return, the marine of Genoa, becomes the disposable property of France. A thinner mask was never used to hide the depravity of ambition and injustice, and that most galling part of it, the insult it offers to the prostrate and afflicted."
August 14. Yesterday arrived, the brig Sally and Jenny, Hunt, from Barbadoes. On the 30th ult. in lat. 25, long. 68, at 7 o'clock in the evening, was brought too by a shot from a French privateer schooner of one or two guns, who ordered the boat on board with the papers. A barque rigged ship and a large single decked brig being in company, prizes to the schooner. The privateers boat was put out, and four men came on board the brig, and searched every part of her, in a very particular manner, bundling up every paper and all the letters, and sent them on board the privateer; the captain declaring he should detain captain Hunt on board all night. The papers belonging to the vessel were first examined; the letters were then looked over, breaking open and examining every one that had the appearance of business; such as had bills or accounts were detained, and all the Baltimore letters. The privateersmen declaring the Baltimoreans coquans . After detaining captain Hunt until ten o'clock at night—then demanding two oars, and some bottles of wine, which they received, their boat left the brig, and captain H. was allowed to return, in his own boat, with his papers, and such letters as they did not detain. The prize brig was bound to New-York, with a freight from some of the Windward Islands belonging to Boston. The barque was a high, full built vessel, probably from London to Baltimore. The privateer was from St. Domingo. Same day, spoke the schooner Highland, bound to St. Jago.
Yesterday arrived the brig Mercury, captain Doiby, from Port Antonio (Jamaica) which he left July 15, and has furnished us with a file of papers, but they contain nothing worth extracting. He informs that the schooner Thomas, Sparks, of and for New-York, was to sail from Mangneiel, on or about the 30th of July. Captain D. on the 2d of August, in lat. 24, 48, off Carrisford Reef, spoke ship South Carolina, captain Sandford, from New-Orleans for Cherburgh, out 6 days, all well, and on the 8th, in lat. 35, 36 long. 74, 30, spoke ship Mary, from Charleston for France.
We feel much pleasure in stating the arrival here on Saturday last, in the Hercules from Liverpool of Mr. James Kersey, a respectable minister of the Gospel in the society of Friends. Mr. Kersey has been on a religious visit to the friends in England and Ireland. He is in good health.
BALTIMORE, August 14. Arrived the brig Telemachus, Poor, 13 days from Martinique. Sailed the 30th ult. Left a pilot boat sch. belong to Baltimore, at St. Pierres, name unknown. The ship Clarissa, Richards, of and for Philadelphia, sailed in company with them. Left many privateers, names unknown. On the 8th inst. lat. 34, long. 71, spoke the brig Alexandria, of and from Philadelphia, for Guadaloupe. On the 4th instant, passed a very large fleet, in lat. 23, long. 64, a number of them appeared to be ships of the line and frigates, they were steering due south, shewed no colours, none of them attempted to chase the brig. Two days after spoke a ship from Guadalupe for N. Carolina, who said he run through the fleet without being hailed or spoken by any of them; the fleet he said was upwards of 100 sail, mostly ships of the line and frigates, a few appeared to be transports. Saw a brig coming in the capes which the pilot supposed to be the brig Sally, Law of Baltimore.
Alexandria Daily Advertiser. FRIDAY, August 16. Louisiana Curiosities. —Yesterday the Prairie dog and Mag pie sent by captain Lewis, arrived at the city of Washington. The latter is precisely the Mag pie of Europe; but how Mr. Lewis, or any one in the least acquainted with classing in Zoology, came to call the ground fox squirrel a dog, it is indeed difficult to imagine—it is precisely in shape, size, color, in the choice of its food, and its manner of feeding by sitting up and turning handily its paws, &c. in its paws, a fox squirrel; but it
has lost part of the hair from its tail on the journey, if the hair was ever as long as usual in this species of squirrel, and this is the only novelty about it.
We are extremely happy in stating that Mr. Peter, the gentleman that was shot and robbed on the 30th ult. in the neighborhood of this town (see advertisement) is now in a very fair way to recover. He was yesterday so well as to be removed from Mr. Swift's house to the county wharf, where he was received by Mr. Custis, and placed on a bed under an awning in his elegant ten oared barge, and arrived at George-Town about 12 o'clock.
We sincerely wish him a speedy recovery, and that the ruffian who shot him will meet the punishment due to his crimes.
Extract of a letter from CHARLES PINCKNEY, Esq. late American minister at Madrid, dated at Aranjuez, six miles from Madrid, May 4.
"It is now five months since Mr. Monroe and myself have been deeply and closely engaged in arranging some very important concerns, and which are now nearly closing. In August last, I was ready to leave this country, having resigned my appointment as minister here; the malignant disorder which then made its appearance, prevented my departure, either by land or water, as cordons of troops were placed round the sea ports, and all intercourse was prohibited between France and Portugal and this country. As soon as these impediments were removed, Mr. Monroe arrived with a new special commission to himself and me; as it was joint and the dearest interests of our country were involved, I was obliged in honor to remain, although it was extremely inconvenient to me in my affairs. You may expect me now in a very short time, as the special commission is now closing, and every moment's stay here is contrary to my wishes, and most ardent desire to be at home."
SHOCKING MURDER!!!
Extract of a letter from a gentleman in Jamesville, (S. C.) to the editor of the Courier.
"On Monday the 29th ult. about four o'clock in the afternoon, Mr. Thomas Maples was shot near his dwelling house, on the High Hills of Santee, by his eldest son Richard Maples, about twenty three years of age, who had secreted himself in the gin-house, for that express purpose. This atrocious youth in whom every principle of humanity seems to be extinct, had loaded his rifle with three large buck shot; saw his father coming from his dwelling house, and waited in his concealment till he had got fourteen paces past the gin-house, then deliberately took aim, through a crevice between the logs of the house, (horrible to relate) at his father! The shot penetrated his back and came out through his breast."
"A jury of inquest was summoned early on the day following. The murderer confessed his crime, and made some trivial excuses for his conduct. He was committed to Camden gaol, together with his mother and brother, who were charged as accessaries to the murder."
"Mr. Maples was one of the oldest settlers in his neighborhood, and always supported the character of an honest, industrious and good man."
Col. Meigs, it is said, has received a letter from General Robertson, stating that the Chickasaws had treated for the lands on Duck and Elk rivers. It was Col. Meigs's opinion that the Cherokees would give up on good terms all the land they now claim on the north side of Tennessee river.
An article from Genoa, of the 4th June, says, "Jerome Bonaparte, commanding the frigate Pomona, and two brigs, are cruising before this road. The Pomona is a very fine ship, built in our port."
POLITICAL ESSAYS
On the essential and distinctive qualities of Democracies and Republics, with reference to the Constitution of the United States.
FROM THE BALTIMORE REPUBLICAN, OR ANTI-DEMOCRAT.
ESSAY I.
It will be remembered that we lately republished from a Virginia paper of 1794, some remarks on the nature of our federal constitution; tending to prove, that, although it partakes of the principles of the three forms of government, the democratic, aristocratic, and monarchic, yet that it belongs not to any one of them, and in particular, that it is not a democracy. The object of the writer appears to have been to convince that party which began to assume the name of democratic, that as applying to our constitution, the title was ill
chosen; in as much as it substituted for the actual government of the country merely one of its originating principles. In this we so fully coincided that we considered the arguments in support of such an intention well deserving a republican.
In the Aurora, a paper published in Philadelphia by Mr. Duane, of the 14th of June 1802, it is attempted to be proven that the article alluded to (which is subsequently denominated, 'a flaming but treasonable attack upon the American forms of government') has totally mistaken the nature of our federal and state constitutions, which are asserted to be in every respect complete and perfect democracies, according to the favorite dogma of the party to which that paper is an oracle. In the National Intelligencer a paper published at the seat of government, and next in authority to the Aurora, it is asserted that liberty does not flow from good laws, but good laws proceed from liberty. Which, if meaning any thing must refer liberty to that state of nature, wherein man is unconfined by any law, not to that state of civil society where man's rights and liberties are secured by laws enacted by, and obligatory on that society. These are the opinions intended to be implanted as sacred truths in the public mind, by those whose interest and wish appear to confound all the barriers of civil order, and subvert the constitution of our country by giving it a false definition, and by forcing the deluded people of the state to believe themselves not the subjects but the masters of the law. These are the sentiments and doctrines which it is the duty of every well meaning citizen to combat and destroy.
That the goodness or badness of the laws constitutes freedom or slavery in a state, is a position which those who contradict have only involved themselves in absurdity by opposing; which can scarcely be made clearer by demonstration; which argument only tends to perplex; and to which the general understanding of mankind immediately and involuntarily assents. And the only reason why a republican is preferable to any other form of government, is, that it gives the great promise of just and equal laws, and of their fair and impartial administration.
No government, merely for its form, is to be made the object of reverence or of attachment; as no idol of a certain shape is to be regarded as peculiarly the symbol of the supreme being. To constitute the utility of a political system, as well as the excellence of a religious one, we must calculate, in both cases, whether they answer the purposes for which they were instituted: whether in the one instance it produces temporal prosperity, in the other points the way to eternal happiness. This is the true criterion of a good government: and no doubt can be entertained that, as the character of one nation differs from another, so should its government. Can a Frenchman enjoy rational liberty; or an American tamely crouch under despotism? Would the spirit of an English constitution be productive of aught but anarchy and confusion in the plains of Asia? or the institutes of Timur suit the refined manners of civilized Europe?
They, then, who, in their chimerical projects, have talked of revolutionizing the world to one great scheme of fraternity, have only shown themselves madmen or fools. Nations must differ on the great subjects of politics and religion. Una lex Romæ, una Athenis. And to undertake to establish an universal system, which is to subjugate the mind and body, is as Quixotic as the hope of shackling the tempest; or, by commanding the waves to stillness, to hush the rages of the sea.
There is little doubt that the constitution of the United States is the best system of theory in existence; but they who call themselves its only friends, appear least to understand its nature. Their devotion has been addressed to the temple, not to the divinity which inhabits it. Or if they have felt any religious inspiration, it has been for a fictitious Deity, a fabled God, with all the attributes of a blood thirsty Moluch, whom they have introduced into the sacred fane, and worshipped under the title of DEMOCRACY!!! In their sentiment, no one but him who joins in their unhallowed rites, should be permitted to kneel before its altar, and bless the guardian of his country. Intolerance has ever followed superstition. Having taken on themselves the exclusive privilege of being right, they excommunicate and persecute all who dare to differ from them in the interpretation of that which is the common right and property of all.
But although the Editor of this paper may bring a falling house upon his head, whenever he
* This is the first time we have heard of this species of constructive treason against the United States: the first time we have heard that war could be levied by the mere efforts of the pen. The advocates of democracy have, however, made more discoveries equally or even more wonderful.
offers an opinion on the true nature of government, or endeavors to support the constitution of his country, by preventing, as far as the weakness of an inconsiderable advocate will allow, gross misrepresentation and abuse; though democracy yell, and malignity slander, he will persevere in what he considers to be his duty; and, as long as he is favored by the protection of the laws, raise his voice to expose doctrines of the most destructive tendency; which he who does not resist, in some measure subscribes to the ruin of social order.
Remarkable inscription on a Grave Stone.
At a burying place called Abade in the county of Donegall, in Ireland, there was lately dug up a piece of flat stone three feet by two, the device on which was a figure of death, with a bow and arrow, shooting at a woman with a boy in her arms, and underneath was an inscription in Irish characters, of which the following is a translation:
"Here are deposited, with the design of mingling them with the parent earth from which the mortal part came, a mother who loved her son to the destruction of his death. She clasped him to her bosom with all the joy of a parent, the pulse of whose heart beat with maternal affection; and in the very moment whilst the gladness of joy danced in the pupil of the boy's eyes, and the mother's bosom swelled with transport; death's arrow, in a flash of lightning, pierced them both in a vital part, and totally dissolving the entrails of the son, without injuring his skin, and burning to a cinder the liver of the mother, sent them out of this world at one and the same moment of time, in the year 1343."
SHIP NEWS. Port of Alexandria.
ARRIVED, Brig Friendship, captain Brookes, 21 days from Trinidad—Sugar—R. T. Hoob & Co.
August 2, lat. 20, 48, long. 64, 30, fell in with a large fleet of merchantmen bound to England, under convoy of a number of men of war—supposed them to be Nelson's fleet.
Schooner Friendship, Cranston, Rhode Island—Rum and molasses—S. Carr.
Schr. Fair American, Debuts, Martinique—Sugars—P. G. Marsteller.
The schr. Rachael is below, from Barbadoes, with German passengers.
Spring-Garden Theatre.
The public are respectfully informed that a detachment of the Philadelphia Company purpose opening the Spring-Garden Theatre for 12 nights.
(THE FIFTH NIGHT.)
ON SATURDAY EVENING will be performed the celebrated COMEDY, of
JOHN BULL; OR, An Englishman's Fireside. (Written by George Coleman, Esq. author of Mountaineers , Poor Gent-man.)
Peregrine, Mr. McKenzie, Sir Simon Rochdale, Francis, Frank Rochdale, Cain, The Hon. Tom Shuffleton, Wood, Job Thornberry, Jefferson, John Burr, Seymour, Dennis Brulgruddery, Blisset, Dan, Poe, John, Master Harris. Lady Caroline Braymore, Mrs. Jefferson, Mrs. Brulgruddery, Francis, Mary Thornberry, Wood.
To which will be added the FARCE, of the
SULTAN;
OR,
A PEEP INTO THE SERAGLIO.
Solyman, (the SULTAN) Mr. McKenzie, Olmyn, Jefferson, Grand Carver, Seymour. Guards, &c.
Elmira, Mrs. Jefferson, Imine, (with songs) Seymour, Roxalana, Wood.
In Act Second, A CHARACTERISTIC DANCE, BY CHILDREN.
Composed by Mr. FRANCIS.
The Doors to be opened at 6, and the performance to begin precisely at 7.
Admittance One Dollar.
Tickets to be had at Mr. GAUDBY's bar, and at the THEATRE.
Should the weather prove unfavorable, the entertainments will be postponed until the first fair evening.
August 16.

PUBLIC SALE.
On SATURDAY , 17th of August, will be Sold, at Public Auction, The fine new Brig JOHN, Burthen 121 tons, & carries 950 barrels.
And immediately after, The Brig ENTERPRIZE, Burthen 160 tons, carries 1450 barrels. A credit of 9 and 12 months will be given. P. G. Marteller. August 14.
FOR SALE, IN PRINCE WILLIAM COUNTY, Neabsco Furnace, and its Appendages, with 4 or 5000 acres of Land adjoining,
NEAR the town of Dumfries, and within four miles of the Potomac. The soil is generally adapted to the produce of small grain—and, it is too considerable for one purchaser, will be laid off in lots suitable for small farms. A description of the land is thought unnecessary, as those wishing to purchase will, no doubt, first view it. The payments required will be one-third cash, and the balance in two annual instalments, to be secured by a mortgage on the land, and no deed will be made until the last payment is complied with. Any person wishing to purchase, may know the terms by applying to Mr. Thomas T. Page, living near the premises; who is fully authorised by me, to sell the whole or any part.
John Tayloe. Mount Airy, August 12. N. B. A valuable Mine Bank, in Maryland, may be had with the Furnace.
NOTICE.
The subscriber, administrator to the estate and effects of Eugene Hanly , deceased, requests all persons who have claims against the estate, to bring them forward, legally authenticated, for settlement; and those indebted will please to make immediate payment. William Oxley. August 14.
NOTICE.
BATTALION Courts of Enquiry, for the first and second Battalions of the second Legion of Militia of the district of Columbia, will be held at the court-house, on Saturday the 17th instant, at 10 o'clock, A. M. for the assessment of Fines for non-attendance at the musters in May, June, July, and August, 1805. August 14.
THE SUBSCRIBERS, HAVE RECEIVED,
A considerable addition to their stock, forming an extensive assortment of the best articles in their line of business.
—THEY HAVE FOR SALE—
Madeira, Sherry, Lisbon, Teneriffe, Malaga and Port, } Wines of the first quality and in fine order. St. Estephe Medoc Claret, in cases of one and two dozen. Cognac Brandy, old Peach do. Jamaica and Antigua Rum, very old Jamaica Spirit, for family use, Continental Rum, 70 barrels Pennsylvania Rye Whiskey, old Irish Whiskey, Molasses. Gunpowder Imperial Hyson Young Hyson Hyson Skin Souchong } carefully chosen of the freshest and best qualities for family use. Philadelphia and Alexandria loaf and lump Sugars, Mucovado Sugars, Coffee, Tennessee and Upland Georgia Cotton, Rice, Mace, Nutmegs, Cloves, Cassia, Pepper, Pimento, race and ground Ginger, Mustard, pearl Barley, Starch, Fig Blue, Flotant & Orleans Indigo, Madder, Copperas, Bees Wax, Hunter's pipes in boxes, Snuff in bladders and bottles, wrapping Paper, Havana Segars, British Gunpowder, Patent Shot, Bar Lead, refined Saltpetre, Brimstone, Allum, Chalk, Soap, Mould and Dips Candles, Demijohns, &c. Mandeville & Jamesson. August 10.
IRISH WHISKEY.
The subscriber has on hand about 1500 gallons WHISKEY, made last Christmas from malted barley, which is of an excellent quality. It is now offered for sale to private families, by the gallon, at four shillings and sixpence, or by the barrel at four shillings and threepence—at his house near the brewhouse. THOMAS CRUSE. Alexandria, August 1.
N. B. The few that have drank of this Whiskey give it the preference to Brandy. There is no doubt of its being a wholesome spirit. Its being manufactured in the town, should be a farther recommendation to the citizens.
FOR SALE,
(Or Freight to the Northward.) The last Sailing BRIG, ECONOMY, ELISHA P. SMITH, MASTER.
For terms, apply to the Master on board, lay up at Harper's wharf, or to
JOHN G. LADD; Who has on board FOR SALE, 20 bbls. Prime Pork, 90 bbls. Herrings, branded for country. 9 Boxes Spermaceti Candles, 2 Bags Hops. Apply as Above. August 5.
NOTICE.
THE inhabitants of the county of Fairfax, are requested to meet at the tavern of John Gooding , at the old turnpike gate, on SATURDAY the 17th instant, at twelve o'clock; to take into consideration the propriety of applying to the legislature, at the ensuing session, for a Branch of the Bank of Virginia to be established in the vicinity of Alexandria. August 2.
SPANISH SEGARS.
Just received, and for Sale, a few Boxes. SPANISH SEGARS. T. CRAVEN. August 10. Just Received, And for sale by the Subscriber, 1 case black tallies 1 do. bandanoes, red and brown 20 barrels pork Essence of spruce in jars A large scale beam, bottoms and weights, complete. JOHN G. LADD. August 10.
LAND for SALE.
I have about 1000 acres of Land, equal to any in the state of Kentucky, lying near Lexington, which I will sell a great bargain; the title indisputable, and an old military one. The terms of the sale will be made low, and a very lengthy credit given on a considerable part of the purchase money. Those gentlemen who intend to settle in the state, and who wish to purchase, may find it their interest to call upon me. I have the certificate of the hon. John Brackenridge , Esq. and others, shewing the title, situation, quality, quantity and value of this property. John Luke. August 5.
Six Cents Reward.
RAN AWAY from the subscriber on Monday last a bright mulatto girl known by the name of Eliza , and bound by the name of Malinda Willenden : She is about 17 years old: Had on when she went away a calico gown dyed black since it was made. Whoever delivers the said girl to me shall receive the above reward and no charges paid. All persons are forewarned harboring her at their peril. It is supposed she has gone to George-Town or the City of Washington. LOUDON CAMPBELL. August 14.
Forty Dollars Reward,
For apprehending and securing in any gaol in the United States, so that I get him again, Negro ABNER;
HE is a stout, strong, and active fellow; understands plantation business well and is a good shoemaker; he is about 32 years old, about 5 feet 9 or 10 inches high; he has some old scars from a whip which he received seven or eight years ago for running away; he has been my property ever since and I do not recollect that he has ever been corrected since, although often deserved it; he has a mother in Fauquier county, Virginia, the property of Mr. John Brumbaugh, and I have been informed he was seen on the road enquiring for said place, with a pass setting forth that he was a free man, and my name affixed to some of them, all of which are forgeries; and I will give a farther reward of Forty Dollars to any person that will inform me of the person or persons guilty of the forgery, provided they are convicted of the same. The above slave went off 28th July, 1805. THOMAS WEST, One mile from Alexandria August 14.
For Sale—or to Let,
THE DWELLING HOUSE which I now occupy, on Royal-street. As I am going to remove, possession may be had the first day of August. JOSEPH SMITH. July 22.
PUBLIC SALE.
Pursuant to a decree of the Circuit Court of the district of Columbia for the county of Alexandria, will be Sold at Public Auction, for ready money, on the 20th day of September next, on the premises—
A HOUSE & LOT, with the Appurtenances, in the town of Alexandria.
Late the property and place of residence of JOSEPH CAREY, deceased.
The property will be sold free from any incumbrance, and the title will be conveyed by the Marshal to the purchaser under the direction of the Court.
Daniel C. Brent, Marshal District of Columbia. Marshal's Office, Alexandria, 12th August, 1805.
NOTICE.
THE administration of the estate of JAMES WILSON , deceased, having been committed to the Subscribers by the Orphans' Court of the county of Alexandria, they hereby require all those indebted to the said estate to make immediate payment of their respective debts; and those who have claims against the estate, to exhibit them as early as possible, properly authenticated. Eliza Wilson, R. I. Taylor. August 12.
LANDS FOR RENT.
I will rent, of my estate in Caroline county, 5000 acres, for a term of 7 years. A considerable part of this land lies immediately on the Mattaponi river, and will produce five barrels of corn per acre; 'tis generally in good condition for farming; the low grounds some of which are in meadow, and are perhaps equal or a y in the state.
I will likewise Rent, for the same term, Two thousand acres in the county of Orange, adjoining the Court-house. This and is well known for producing fine tobacco.—For further particulars enquire of
JOHN BAYLOR, New Market, near the Bowling Green. July 9.
Polygraphick Painting.
THIS art, so long kept a secret and exclusively practiced by the Polygraphick Society in London, is now in the possession of a Citizen of the United States lately arrived from Europe; who proposes to execute by subscription, two hundred copies from an original Allegorical Painting in the Shakespeare Gallery, New-York, by permission of the Proprietor: being
A PORTRAIT OF WASHINGTON,
Supported by LIBERTY, VIRTUE, and JUSTICE. VIRTUE is holding the emblem of the reward he merited. In the right of the piece, AMERICA, characterised as an Ab-original, is seated in a pensive posture, lamenting her loss. In the left is PAINTING turned to HISTORY, for a subject worthy of her art, who is supposed to answer,
"There is none more worthy than Washington."
The whole forming a more emblematical tribute to the memory of that great man, than has yet been offered to the public.
To those who esteem his public services and his private worth, and to the patrons of improvements in the fine arts, this work is dedicated. Such as are already furnished with different engravings on this subject, will, it is hoped, still find room for the present undertaking, when they consider, that it will be a PAINTING, and the design new, executed by a process, which renders it more durable than oil paintings—that it requires no glass—that while their prints contain, perhaps a faint resemblance only, this work affords a correct likeness, with the addition of six beautiful allegorical figures.—The price also is reduced so as to leave, comparative merits, no object.
Subscriptions, at Eight Dollars each, payable on delivery, (which is little more than the price of an engraving of the same size) are received by Conrad & Co. Booksellers, Philadelphia; Robert Gray, Alexandria; Rapine, Conrad and Co. Capitol-hill City of Washington; and generally by Booksellers throughout the Union; who will please to return their Subscription papers to Conrad and Co. Philadelphia, previous to the first of November next, when the work will be ready for delivery.
Frames will be procured, of any pattern, if required, on the most moderate terms.
IT IS ALSO PROPOSED TO EXECUTE A PORTRAITS
Of Mr. and Mrs. Washington, On a smaller scale, 15 inches by 12; executed by the same process, and will be ready for delivery at the same time, on subscriptions of Four Dollars and Fifty Cents each, including a Gilt Frame. It is a principal aim of this work, to produce the most correct likenesses of this amiable couple.
One of the Paintings is now to be seen at Mr. Gadsby's Hotel, for a few days, who will receive subscriptions. As this copy is ordered to be sent to Richmond soon, another will be forwarded, if subscribers offer, to Robert Gray's, King Street Alexandria, with whom subscribers may also enter their names.
The Artist presumes that the secret art of Polygraphick Painting is known only to himself in the United States; having travelled from the Carolinas to Massachusetts without finding a master of it. By this art, original paintings may be multiplied, so as to render it difficult to point out the difference. The Polygraphick picture, of the two, when compared together, is the most brilliant, and the nature of the process cannot fail rendering it more durable. In fine the whole is so exact and beautiful a copy, that the mind is lost in conjecture as to the method in which it is executed. July 3.
Notice is hereby Given,
That in pursuance of an act of Assembly, of the Commonwealth of Virginia, entitled, An act, to incorporate a Town at the Court-house of this County, on the lands of Richard Ratcliffe , by the names therein named, will proceed to sell at Public Auction, on Monday the 19th day of August next, (being the first day of August court) several LOTS in the said town, as laid out, and deemed, and directed to be sold by the said act. A plan of which will be shewn, and the terms made known on the day of sale.
Charles Little, W. Payne, Richard Fitzhugh, Daniel McChesney, Francis Coffey, Richard Bland Lee, John C. Hunter, William Middleton.
Fairfax County the 2d day of July, 1805. (5) 2019A.
FOR SALE,
A HEALTHY, active, honest, industrious NEGRO WENCH —well qualified for a house servant—with or without her female child about 5 years of age. Apply to the Printer. August 15.
STRAY HORSE.
Taken up, by the subscriber, in Prince William County, on Cedar Run, a horse, of a sorrel colour, about 14 hands high, left hind foot white, blaze face, curved tail and a lone bob, branded I F on the left thigh, and appraised to forty-five dollars. The owner is desired to come, prove property, pay charges, and take him away. John Thornton Fitzhugh. August 15.
Alexander Gordon,
Formerly Tavern keeper at Woodbridge;
TAKES the liberty of informing the Public, that he has opened a HOUSE OF ENTERTAINMENT at the Occoquan Mills—where he solicits the patronage of his friends and hopes for the encouragement of the public. He begs leave to inform those who may please to favor him with their custom, that his house is commodious, his stables good, and shall be well kept; that he is furnished with a good assortment of liquors, and that in the different duties of an inn-keeper, his exertions to please shall be unremitted.
He hopes that his house will be found a convenient stand for travellers, being a moderate stage from Alexandria or Dumfries; and from the great labor and expense that has been bestowed by Mr. Ellicott, in making a new road leading by this place of unequalled firmness and excellence, he has no doubt but that the route by Occoquan, needs only to be known to entitle it to a decided preference to that by Colchester, and more particularly it will accommodate those travelling from Fauquier, Culpepper, and Orange to Alexandria and the Federal City. A view of the different works at Occoquan, will also be amusing to the stranger who has an hour to spare. August 23.
EDUCATION.
H. WILBAR.
Begs leave respectfully to inform the inhabitants of Alexandria and its vicinity (that at the request of many of his friends) has reduced his terms of tuition to five dollars per quarter, and one dollars entrance.
HE will have some vacant hours which he proposes filling up in private teaching. For terms apply at his academy, opposite the house of Mr. John Kincaid, King Street, where he has for sale a quantity of excellent PENS, fitted for the use of young ladies, others for the Compting-house.
The store and lower part of the house he occupies to rent very cheap. August 5.
An Overseer wanted.
I WILL give liberal wages to a young man acquainted with FARMING, who can (from respectable sources) bring vouchers for character. Application may be made me at the place or at my farm two miles from Centreville, it done in the course of a few weeks. THOMAS BLACKBURN, jun. Rippon Lodge, August 7.
NEW NAIL STORE.
An assortment of Cut Nails, Flooring Brads, Sprigs and Tacks, of a superior quality, for sale on very moderate terms, by the cask or smaller quantity, at his store in King-street, a few doors above Washington street, on the south side. Reuben Jefferis. August 12.