Alexandria advertiser and commercial intelligencer (Alexandria [Va.]), 1801-11-06 00:00:00

Sale by Auction.
On MONDAY next, At 10 o'clock will be sold at the Auction Room, Rum in hhds. and bls. Sugar in bls. Coffee in bags, Raisins in boxes, Soap in do. Tobacco in kegs, Starch in bls. A quantity of Stone Ware, &c.
Also, A quantity of Dry Goods, Consisting of German and Irish Linens, Holland Linens, White Rolls, Hessians, Flannels, Coatings, Blankets, Kerseymeres, Forest Cloths, Broadcloths, Baizes, Calicoes, Checks, Pocket Hankerchiefs, Shawls, Persians, Gloves, Sewing Silks and Threads, Tapes, Silk Hoze, &c. &c. Likewise---without reserve--- Two bales of INDIA GOODS, damaged. H. and T. MOORE, Auctioneers. Nov. 2.
Public Sale.
On TUESDAY, At ten o'clock, will be sold at the Vendue Store, 3d and 4th proof Antigua and Jamaica Rum in hhds. and bls. French Brandy in bls. Holland Gin in bls. Teneriffe Wine in casks, Cordials in bls. Sugar in hhds and bls. Molasses in hhds. Rice in tierces and bls. Soap in boxes, Queens and Earthen Ware in crates, handsomely assorted, 30 boxes Havanna Segars, Cotton in bales---on a credit.
ALSO, A variety of DRY GOODS, AMONG WHICH ARE— Broad and narrow Cloths, Flannels and Planes, Carpets and Carpeting. Irish and German Linens, Worsted and cotton Stockings, Calicoes and Ginghams, A variety of Muslin and Muslin Handkerchiefs and Shawls, Table Cloths, Hats, Boots and Shoes, Hardware, and A number of other articles. P. G. MARSTELLER, Vendue Master. Oct. 22.
Lawrence Owen Has commenced business in King-street, nearly opposite the Washington Tavern, where he has on hand A general assortment of DRY GOODS. Among which are a handsome assortment of London Superfine Cloths, which he will sell low for Cash. October 22.
Just Received, A consignment of strong, well flavored WHISKEY, For Sale by HEWES and MILLER. Nov. 2.
I have for Sale, A quantity of Seine Twine, A few bales excellent Sacking, 1 cask Spanish Whiting, 8, 10, 12 and 20d. Nails. My Fall Goods are received. JOHN JANNEY. 9 mo. 29.
FALL GOODS.
Robert T. Hooe and Co. HAVE RECEIVED, Per ship Orion from Liverpool, and ship Reserve from London, DRY GOODS, suitable to the approaching season, which will be sold on reasonable terms by the piece or package only. They have likewise for Sale, A quantity of German linens, Hardware from Birmingham, Earthen ware in crates, Brown sugar in hhds. and bls. Coffee in bags. Sept. 14.
FALL GOODS.
The Subscriber has received, by the Reserve from London, part of his FALL ASSORTMENT, and is in daily expectation of receiving the balance by the first arrivals from Liverpool. James Wilson. Sept. 12.
FALL GOODS.
JOSEPH RIDDLE & Co. HAVE IMPORTED, In the Reserve from London, and the Aligator from Liverpool, A large and general assortment of FALL GOODS, Which are opening for sale on the usual terms. They have also on hand, A large quantity of ISLE of MAY and TURKS ISLAND SALT, suitable for the Western country, and three bushel Sacks. Oct. 3.
SHREVE & JANNEY HAVE FOR SALE, At their store on Union between Prince and Duke streets, N. England Rum in bls. Molasses in hhds. Sugar in bls. Coffee in bags and bls. Pepper of an excellent quality in bags, Hyson, souchong and bohea tea by the chest, Castile and white soap in boxes, 45 boxes segars of an excellent quality, Fine salt, Mackerel by the barrel, Cod fish by the box, Florence oil in boxes of one doz. each, Fifty barrels and 50 hhds. of Sugar. Also, Ladies' Morocco slippers by the box, Mens' strong do. by the doz. Ravens duck by the piece or bale, A few bales of gurrahs and faigochys, and are in daily expectation of an additional supply. Sept. 14.
FALL GOODS.
William Oxley and Co. HAVE IMPORTED, In the Reserve from London, and Aligator from Liverpool, Part of their Fall Goods, which will be sold very low for cash or approved notes, and a liberal credit will be given to their punctual customers. Oct. 5.
WHEAT.
THE subscriber wishes to purchase a few thousand bushels of good wheat. John M'Kinney, King-street, opposite the Washington Tavern—Who will give Cash for FLAXSEED. Sept. 19.
JOSEPH HIBBERD,
Late from Baltimore, Respectfully informs the public, that he has commenced the Potting Business, at the Pot-House formerly occupied by captain Henry Piercy, where he manufactures, and has for sale at the most reduced prices for cash, by wholesale or retail, a large assortment of coarse Earthen Ware, of the best quality. Orders from the country, or elsewhere, will be punctually attended to, and ware delivered at any wharf or store in town, and, if required, will be packed in crates at the shortest notice. Oct. 13.
SPANISH HIDES.
JUST RECEIVED, 2000 Spanish Hides from Curracoa, and for sale by J. and J. H. TUCKER, Who have in store, A few thousand bushels coarse and fine Salt, Malaga Wine in quarter casks, Loaf and Muscovado Sugar in bls. And excellent Claret in cases of 1 and 2 doz. bottles. Also, A general assortment of Groceries and Carpenters' Tools, as usual. Sept. 12.
By the Levy Court of Baltimore County.
August 12th, 1801. Resolved, That the Inspector of tobacco at Fell's Point in the city of Baltimore, pass no tobacco in hogheads, the size and dimensions of which are not agreeable to the act of Assembly, establishing and fixing the same. "Act of November session, 1789, chapter 26, section 35, and for preventing packing of tobacco in unsizeable casks. Be it enacted, That no tobacco shall be passed or accounted lawful tobacco, except tobacco in parcels, unless the same shall be packed in hogheads not exceeding forty-eight inches in the length or the stave, and seventy inches in the whole diameter with the staves at the crose and bulge; and the owner of tobacco packed in any hoghead of greater dimensions, shall repack the same in sizeable hogheads, as herein before expressed, at his own expence, before the same shall be passed. By order, WM. GIBSON, Clerk. [Oct. 15---1808]
Mrs. COOKE
Returns grateful and warm acknowledgments to the Inhabitants of Alexandria, for the flattering and liberal patronage she has experienced since her arrival, and hopes by unremitting care and attention to her pupils, in some measure to merit a continuance of their confidence. For the further accommodation of the young ladies of Alexandria, Mrs. Cooke will on Monday next, open an Embroidery School separately, for those young ladies who having attained other branches of education, may wish to acquire that useful and truly elegant accomplishment.—Mrs. Cooke having received a well chosen supply of Silks, Chineals, &c. from London, can afford every assistance necessary to her pupils. Nov. 3.
PORK and BEEF.
The subscribers have just received a few barrels of Southern pork and Irish beef, for sale at their warehouse; and are opening an assortment of Woolens & Linen Goods, amongst which, a few bales of Sacking. RICKETTS, NEWTON & Co. Sept. 17.
For Liverpool,
The British BRIG THOMAS, J. Drewry, Master; Burthen about 300 hhds. on her first voyage, and sails well; part of her cargo is engaged. For freight of the remainder, which will be taken on liberal terms, apply to GEO. WORTHINGTON. Alexandria, Nov. 5.
THE SUBSCRIBER,
Contemplating a removal from the District of Columbia, as soon as he can close his out standing concerns, OFFERS FOR SALE, THE FOLLOWING Very valuable Property. One undivided half of a FARM adjoining the Great-Rails of Potomac, on which is a good House, a new Barn, and some excellent Meadow—Also, a FORGE, 50 by 60 feet, covered with tin, and a Coal and Iron House, situated on the Canal made by the Potomac Company, and the right of cutting the wood for 900 years on a large parcel of land adjoining—much of this wood is convenient to the river, and may be readily transported to George-Town, the Federal City, or this place. The other half may be purchased.
Three-Eighths of about eleven
hundred acres of LAND, in Berkeley county, adjoining the lands of the United States, at Keep Tryce Furnace and Harper's Ferry—more than half of it is in wood, and the remainder good farming land. The other five-eighths may also be purchased.
An undivided moiety of 36
Acres of LAND in the Common of Alexandria, and adjoining the town, chiefly under fence of cedar posts and chestnut rails.
A large and handsome Brick
DWELLING HOUSE, 50 by 40 feet, with a brick Stable, Smoke House, and Well of excellent water—The Garden and Yard paled in—The House is not quite finished. It will be sold either in its present state, or finished as may suit the purchaser.
A number of LOTS on the
new wharf, made by Mr. Herbert, Mr. Wilson, and the subscriber, between Fairfax street and the river Potomac; and, also, the division of the said wharf, made from Mr. Thompson's by a 20 feet street.
An undivided half of a LOT
on the west side of Fairfax street, above Queen street, on which the house was burnt last winter. For particulars, with respect to titles and terms, apply to JOHN POTTS. Alexandria, Oct. 17.
A SLEAY.
CAME to the subscriber's dwelling, a few days since, with his milch cow, a red and white HEIFER CALF, supposed to be about 17 or 18 months old. The owner is desired to call immediately, prove property and take her away, as she is very troublesome, being in the habit of sucking the cow, and thereby depriving the owner of her milk—or she will be appraised and sold. THOMAS LOW. Oct. 20.
Ten Dollars Reward.
RAN AWAY from the subscriber, living in Loudoun county, near Israel Lacey's store, a Negro man, named GOWAN, about 28 years of age, five feet 9 or 10 inches high, has a down look, and is very smart with his tongue. Had on and took with him, a blue furtout coat, over and under coat of white kersey, several pair of breeches, which are not particularly recollected, a wool hat, and other articles. Whoever will apprehend said fellow, and secure him in jail, shall receive the above reward, and reasonable charges if brought home. JOHN LEACH. October 22.
FALL GOODS.
CUTHBERT POWELL Has received, per the Eliza, from Liverpool, an Importation of Fall & Winter Goods, which he is now opening at the store lately occupied by Messrs. A. and W. Ramsay, on King-street, and which he offers for sale on moderate terms by the piece or package. Also, 25 Crates Earthen Ware, well assorted. Sept. 29.

Messrs. Printers,
I have read with great pleasure, a series of publications which originally appeared in your paper, under the signature of "A Virginian." The conduct of Mr. Jefferson towards those whom he has driven from office on account of their political opinions—The tendencies of this novel system of persecution and proscription, and the view of the party in their espousal of the election of the present Chief Magistrate, have been fully developed by this able writer.
Although the clear and lucid reasonings of this and other writers upon the subject will make no impression upon the minds of those, who hunting for office, will naturally approve of the dismissal of officers, yet they will be of service in opening the eyes of the honest, but deluded portion of the "sect."
The speeches of Messrs. Madison, Jackson and others, from which extracts have been published, ought to be carefully perused by every citizen of the United States.—Delivered at a time when parties had no existence, when disappointment had not soured the temper of the speakers, and when they were all anxiously employed in ascertaining the true construction of the constitution, and defining the powers of the President, they express the real sentiments of their authors, and if any of these gentlemen should be found among the approvers of the President's conduct, the public will be enabled therefore correctly to appreciate their integrity.
In addition to what has already been published, I must request an insertion in your paper of the subsequent extracts from the letters of Col. Munroe to Col. Pickering, wherein the former asks of the latter, the reasons which induced General Washington to recall him from France. Let it be remembered, that Col. Munroe was not recalled because his political sentiments were different from those of the then President, but because his conduct as the representative of our government had proved him totally unfit for the mission to which he had been appointed—because he had attempted to sacrifice the honor, the dignity, and independence of our country at the shrine of French ambition—that, notwithstanding this, the act of recalling him, was reprobated by most of his party, and the men who are now the loudest in applauding Mr. Jefferson's conduct, were among the first to raise an outcry about the dismissal of their friend Munroe.
A. B.
Extract from Mr. Munroe's letter, dated July 19th, 1797.
"Do you suppose or contend, that the power committed to the executive by the constitution, to remove or censure a public minister, or any other public servant, has authorised it to do, without a sufficient cause? Or that the executive is not accountable to the public and the party injured, for such an act, in like manner as it is accountable for any and every other act it may perform, by virtue of the constitution? Upon what principle is a discrimination founded, which presumes restraints in certain cases, against the abuse of executive power, and leaves that power without restraint in all other cases; And how do you designate, and where draw the line between those two species of power, so opposite in their nature and their character? This doctrine is against the spirit of our constitution, which provides a remedy for every injury? It is against the spirit of elective governments, which considers every public functionary as a public servant: It becomes the meridian of those countries only where the Monarch inherits the territory as his patrimony, and the people who inhabit it as his slaves."
"It was not intended thereby to dispense with the principles of justice, or the unalienable rights of freemen in favor of executive pleasure—on the contrary, it was expected that that pleasure would be exercised at discretion, and that these principles and rights would be invariably observed. It is an incompetent recompence to a person who has been injured by the executive, to be told, that the constitution permits the injury, if the power entrusted was thereby abused, and the principles of the constitution violated. And it is an unbecoming measure in the administration, to defend by the argument of power, what cannot justify at the tribunal of reason and justice."
Extract from the letter dated 30th July, 1797.
to restore to us again the solidi-
ty of that principle, which supposes every public officer of the United States (the judges excepted) a menial servant of the president,—a principle which, if established, banishes from the bosom of every such officer all regard for country, every noble and patriotic sentiment, and makes him dependant not upon the integrity and propriety of his own conduct, but upon the personal favor of his superior. If such were the case, what confidence would the people of America repose in any public functionary, since after he gets into office, whatever may have been his character before, he sinks into a machine, and ceases to be a watchful centinel over the public rights and interests. If such were the case, the principles and practice of our free government are departed from, and the most slavish practices of the most slavish governments are introduced in their stead."
By the Last Mails.
Late Foreign Intelligence.
LONDON, September 12.
Accounts from Cadiz state, that 8 or 10,000 French troops are now at Cadiz, where it is expected that 50 or 60,000 more will soon arrive. Various conjectures are formed respecting their destined service. Some apprehend the safety of Spain, while others suppose they are intended to attempt the storming of Gibraltar.
The very numerous emigration into all parts of the American Republic begins to excite among a certain class considerable apprehension: they affect to be seriously alarmed about the dangers which may flow from such an intermixture of foreigners, and pretend that the greater part of them are busily employed in promoting the cause of scepticism and irreligion. Whatever may be the future consequences of these emigrations, we believe the danger is yet wholly ideal, and that the complaint originates from bigotry and prejudice. It is not very easy to conceive that the people who go to America merely in pursuit of means of subsistence should immediately on their arrival set up as apostles of infidelity. It is not true that the majority of emigrants are from the idle and worthless of society: these last find means to prey on their neighbors at home, while the sober and industrious seek in a distant clime that provision which they cannot obtain in their own country.
The East-India Company have received letters from Mr. Baker, their agent at Aleppo, dated the 15th of July containing the substance of private advices received there from Cyprus down to the 7th of the same month:—
"His majesty's ship Diadem had arrived here from the coast of Egypt, and stated, that at the time of their departure a firing of cannon was heard in or near Alexandria; that about a dozen of deserters, who had succeeded in quitting Alexandria in a boat, and repaired on board our fleet, stated the place to be in the greatest distress for want of provisions. That about forty leagues to the westward of Alexandria, his majesty's ships off that place gave chase to four French ships of the line and one frigate, which escaped by the favour of the night and are supposed to be part of Admiral Gantheaume's squadron which it is said, had again sailed from Toulon, reinforced by eight ships of war taken from the king of Naples. That it is supposed, if admiral Gantheaume could not succeed in conveying succour to the French in Egypt, that he would probably surprize the island of Cyprus in order to effect a diversion of our forces in favour of the enemy on the continent of Africa. That the French have lately made a sortie, in which they were repulsed with loss on both sides. This intelligence is confirmed by private advices received at Aleppo, from the camp of the grand vizier. That his majesty's frigate Iphigenia took fire by accident, while crossing, before Alexandria, and was destroyed, but all the crew were happily saved."
Sept. 14.
Some Janissaries, under a leader connected with Pashwan Oglou, have taken Belgrade, deposed the Pacha, and appointed a new one, supposed to be devoted to Pashwan. The authority of the Port in this quarter has received some rude shocks, and Pashwan threatens it more and more. We should not be surprised to see part of the Turkish forces recalled from Egypt, to stop the alarming progress of the Pacha of Widen.
September 15.
The capture of Belgrade, the bulwark of the Turkish empire in Europe, by a corps of Janissaries, commanded by officers in the service of Pashwan Oglou, has produced the greatest sensation at Vienna.—Pashwan Oglou has it now in his power to threaten the capital of Turkey. It is mentioned, as a positive fact, that the Emperor of Germany, by virtue of a secret article in the treaty of Luneville, has promised not to take any measure to stop or hinder the progress of the Pacha of Widen, as long as the latter shall continue to observe the laws of good neighbourhood, and abstain from molesting the Austrian subjects, whether Greeks or Christians.
HAMBURGH, August 28.
The last post from Russia, with the Petersburg letters of the 7th instant, bring authentic intelligence that the French brigadier-general Duroc, who had already had his audience of leave of the Emperor Alexander, suddenly received orders not to quit the Russian capital till the arrival of another minister from France. Count Marrow, the new Russian ambassador destined to go to Paris, will not set out for a month or two on his mission to France, as the courts of Petersburg and Vienna wish first to see what turn the affair of indemnification is likely to take at the Diet of Ratisbon, before they send their new Ambassadors.
Ever since the beginning of the present month, a brisk interchange of State Papers and Notes has taken place between the Regency of Hanover on one side, and Monsieur Dohm, the Prussian Directoral Counsellor and Minister, on the other.—These notes amount to six in number, and they were seconded, in a very spirited manner, by Lord Crayford, at Berlin.—They related to the protracted fray of the Prussian troops in Hanover. They do not appear, however, to have made any impression on the Prussian Cabinet. The Electoral Regency has since given general orders to the Hanoverian subjects not to make any more new contracts with the Prussian troops.
Letters from Copenhagen of the 25th instant, state that the French general and ambassador Macdonald has had a very long conference with the Prince Royal of Denmark, at the termination of which he sent the chief of brigade, Henin, as courier to Paris, with dispatches. Young count Lofwendahl failed the day after for Petersburg with dispatches which are said to relate to Macdonald's measures, and count Bernstorf's mission to London. Another Danish courier followed him with fresh dispatches two days after, and the courier of the cabinet, lieut. Glafs, sailed for England in the Danish brig Sarpem.
RATISBON, Aug. 17.
According to letters from Vienna, the minister of state, count Leimbach, will be sent hither for the chief management of the indemnification business, on the part of the imperial court. The protocol on the last imperial court decree, of the 26th of June, is now open. In the instruction hitherto received by the ministers of some of the principal German courts, it is recommended to transact the final adjustment of the treaty of peace, by means of a deputation from the Diet; others, on the contrary, and among these principally the Ecclesiastical Princes, conjointly with several other members of the empire, will use their influence to effect, that full powers be given to his imperial majesty for finally adjusting the treaty of peace. If the latter should prove to be the declaration of the majority, it is expected that some of the principal courts in the minority will enter protests. For the final adjustment of the treaty of peace, the Elector of Brandenburg proposes Austria and Brandenburg, in particular to be appointed members of the Deputation of the Diet. That court also makes several proposals in what manner that principle of the treaty of Luneville might be carried into execution, according to which those hereditary states, who have lost their possessions on the left banks of the Rhine, may be indemnified by secularizations in the empire. Citizen Bacher, the French Charge d'Affairs, declared, on the 29th ult. in the name of his court, that France observed with concern the tardiness which the execution of the treaty of Luneville had hitherto experienced, with respect to the indemnifications, and that it could not be indifferent to the fate of the hereditary Princes, who, having a claim to compensation, must see their loss increased, and their situation rendered vexatious, by the delay which the indemnification business had met with,
Domestic.
BOSTON, October 26.
Arrived, sch'r Industry, Williams, Rotterdam. Left, ship Lydia, Skinner, Boston, to sail in 14 days; brig George Sprigs, of Baltimore, in dock coppering; ship Fair Virginian, Davis, to sail in 4 days; —, Burdell, Baltimore, 6 days. In coming out, saw a brig entering the harbour, supposed to be an American brig. Spoke Sep. 15, off Scylla, brig Almina, Hussey, from New Bedford for Cowes. Sep. 20, lat. 46, long. 20, parted company with the —, Swayne, for Boston.
Same day, sch'r Ruth, Coffin, Cunana. Left, brig —, Lee, for Boston. Sailed in company brig Adeona, Prescott, of Portsmouth, for Turk's Island; sch'r Delight, for Norfolk. Oct. 3, brig Traveller, Bunker, from Savannah, for Martinique. Oct. 20, on George's, schooner —, Stacy, from Liverpool, for Marblehead. Oct. 9, off Nantucket Shoals, brig Lucy, Baker, of Portland, from St. Martins, failed in Co. with a sch'r from the windward Islands for Wiscasset.
Same day, ship Enterprize, Hearst, Havana; sch'r Harcum, Steel, Windsor, N. S.
NEW-YORK, Nov. 2.
Pleasing Intelligence.
Captain Fitch, of the ship Eugenia, who arrived here on Saturday evening, in 37 days from Malaga, informs, that three days before he failed, Mr. Kirkpatrick, the American consul at Malaga, received a letter from Gibraltar, mentioning the capture of a TRIPOLITAN CORSAIR, of 20 guns, by captain Sterett, of the United States schooner Enterprize, of 14 guns. The letter states, that the action was fought off Malta, and continued for two hours, in which the corsair had upwards of thirty men killed, and a great number wounded; and that the Enterprize had only two men wounded. The Tripolitan was afterwards carried into Malta. This news, we believe, is entitled to full credit; as captain Fitch, the day before he failed, dined with the American consul, who communicated to him this information, and observed, that he received it from an authentic source.
[Since the above was prepared for press, the editors of the New-York Gazette have had the perusal of a letter, of which the following is an extract.]
Extract of a letter from Malaga to a respectable house in this city, dated Sept. 21, 1801.
"The United States sch'r. Enterprize, captain Sterett, has captured a Tripolitan of much superior force, and carried her into Malta. Nearly one half of the crew of the barbarian was killed, and not a man of the other hurt—so says commodore Dale's letter to our consul at Gibraltar."
"The latest news from Egypt mentions, that Alexandria still remains in the hands of the French, but from necessity, must soon fall into the hands of the English."
Our readers are referred to the Marine List of this day, for an account of a bloody action between a Portuguese ship of 26 guns, and a French ship of 28, in which the former had 75 men killed and a great number wounded.
Captain Peter Matriner, who arrived here on Sunday evening in the English ship Little Tom, from Trinidad, informs the editors of this Gazette, that the port of Oronoka is again open to American vessels; and that the Spaniards trade with the port of Trinidad, without interruption. Captain M. has furnished us with the following prices. Sugar, at Trinidad, from 7 to 8 dollars, cocoa 16, hides 2, lignumvitae 15 to 16, and fustick 25.
Entered, ship Little Tom, Halloway, Trinidad; Eugenia, Fitch, Malaga; Portitude, Coffin, London; barque Bekkelkow, Tothammer, Halifax; brig Orion, Hodgson, Falmouth; (Jam.) brig Aurora, Pratt, St. Thomas; brig Argonaut, Hawley, St. Croix; schooner N. York, Zuill, Laguira; schooner Nine Sisters, Kelly, Windsor, (N. S.) sch'r Jane, Emerson, Porto Rico; sch'r Hector, Chamings, Guadalupe; sloop —, Martin, Havana.
Cleared, brig Rising States, Wickham, St. Thomas; Elizabeth Sarah, Prior, Barbadoes; Georgia Packet, Andrews, Trinidad; sch'rs Lady Carlton, Delbrow, St. Johns; Sally, Sterry, Halifax.
The Eugenia, from Malaga, left there,

Sept. 24, the United States frigate George Washington, which arrived the 22d, and the ship Peace and Plenty, from New-York; the brig Silesia, captain Doak, was at Malaga, said to be bound to New-York. The brig S. W. Fitzhugh, of Norfolk; Levant, Bradford, of Bolton, waiting for convoy up the Straits; the brig Morning Star, to sail for this in 3 days; the brig Sally, Howland, for do. Schooner Enterprise, Trueman, for do. brig Susan and Polly, Weir, for Charleston, and brig Jane, of Norfolk. The ship Mary, for this port, and the fchr Hervey, for do. failed ten days before the Eugenia. The fchr Dispatch, Harding, failed 2 days before the Eugenia for this port.
On the 5th of October, in lat. 37, 9, long. 35, 15, captain Fitch, fell in with and was boarded by a Portuguese ship of war, of 26 guns, under jury-masts, very much injured in her hull and rigging; she had been engaged for four hours, with a French ship of 28 guns. The Portuguese had seventy-five men killed, and a great number wounded. The French ship declined the combat. Spoke October 25 in lat. 38, 44, long. 66, 30, brig Mary Caroline, Buchanan, 4 days from Portland for Guadalupe.
PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 3.
Arrived, ship Rose, Jones, Liverpool; fchrs Nancy, Foster, Halifax; Polly, Pendleton, Stonington.
Ship Rose, Jones, failed from Liverpool 10th Sept. in company with the ship Allegheny, Paddock, of and for New-York, and ship Ocean, Howland, of N. Bedford, for New-York. Oct. 17, in lat. 42, 3, long. 63, 29, N. spoke the ship Fame, Trott, of and for Boston, out 7 days from Liverpool. Oct. 20, lat. 39, 35, long. 66, 37, W. spoke the brig Fanny, 4 days out, from N. York to Amsterdam.
Brig N. Jersey, Skellings, from hence to St. Jago de Cuba, is taken and sent to Kingston.
BALTIMORE, November 2.
Arrived Schooner Ariel, captain Belt, 17 days from Cape-Francois.
Mr. B. Green supercargo of the Ariel has kindly furnished us with the following intelligence:—
On our passage through the Key, were boarded by two Providence privateers, who brought us to a shot each, examined our papers, and treated us politely. The captain informed us that the Schooner Nestor, of Baltimore, ran aground on the south-east reef of Maraguana; the captain and crew saved on the island, the cargo taken out by the wreckers, and carried into Nassau N. P. September 23, in lat. 26, 8, N. long 73, 53, W. spoke 2 brigs in company from Port Republican, 11 days out, bound to Portland.
Left there brig Ann, Vinson, of Baltimore; Melvin, Garton, Philadelphia; Noah's Ark, Reynolds, Norfolk; Morgan Ratler, Kent, Plymouth; Polly, Simmonds, Boston; Elizabeth Coats, Hodge, Newburyport; fchrs. Evelina, Holmes, Baltimore; Sally, Proctor, Salem; Rover, Reed, New-York; Fox, Brown, Boston; Clarissa and Eliza, Reed, Boston; Rising Sun, Waren, Charleston, S. C. Polly, Low, Wilmington, N. C. Two Brothers, King, Wilmington, D. Carolina, Benson, Baltimore; Lightning, Davis, do. Eliza, Coy, Wilmington, D. Sloop, Dove, Thompson, Newbern, N. C.
Alexandria Advertiser.
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 6.
Mr. Richard Robotham, of Hudson, state of New-York, has invented a Machine which promises to be of great utility, called "A Patent Air Pump Ventilator, for the use of Ships, Mines, Prisons, Hospitals, &c."—He proposes disposing of patent rights on the following terms: For every vessel of one hundred tons or under, Ten Dollars; and for every vessel of one hundred tons or over, Ten Cents per ton. A description, together with a drawing of the Machine may be seen at this office.
TRIAL OF CAPT. LITTLE.
We present our readers with the sentence of the Court Martial in the affair of capt. Little, and the letter of the secretary of the Navy approving the same. The defence made by captain Little's counsel, Mr. Oais, containing a statement of the evidence which was not disputed at the time of trial, we shall give to-morrow.
Sentence of the Court Martial pronounced in the trial of Capt. GEORGE LITTLE.
The Court, having heard all the evidence, and prisoner's defence, and maturely and seriously considered the whole, are unanimously of opinion, that the charges are malicious and ill-founded.
The Court do, therefore, unanimously and honorably acquit the said Captain GEORGE LITTLE of the several articles contained in the charge against him; and he is hereby fully and honorably acquitted accordingly.
Dated on board the Constitution, September 7, 1801.
Signed, S. NICHOLSON, President. SILAS TALBOT, STEPHEN DECATUR, ALEXANDER MURRAY, EDWARD PREBLE, JOHN MULLOOWNY, THOMAS ROBINSON, HUGH G. CAMPBELL, CYRUS TALBOT.
GEORGE BLAKE, acting as Judge Advocate on the occasion.
NAVY DEPARTMENT, Sep. 25, 1801.
The Act of Congress for the better government of the Navy of the U. States, declares, that no person of the navy shall pillage prisoners on board a prize, on pain of such punishment as a Court Martial shall adjudge. In the foregoing case, among several unimportant informal allegations, there is a charge of pillage exhibited against Capt. Little, and it was for the trial of this charge, principally, that the Court Martial was constituted. Not only the honor of the Nation, but the honor of this officer, was deeply implicated, and therefore, called for such a solemn investigation. In this trial, it was the government that was the party prosecuting. The prisoners were only as the informing witnesses in a criminal prosecution. The prisoners, in legal contemplation, are not, neither were they, in the contemplation of government, considered parties. They could not have been in any degree benefited by a sentence against Capt. Little; because a Court Martial is not competent to decree a restoration of any property alleged to have been pillaged. It is only competent in such a trial, to pass sentence of acquittal or punishment.
The evidence adduced in this trial clearly proves, that the prisoners on board the prize have been pillaged. It is apparent, that watches, rings and buckles, constituting a part of the dress of the prisoners, have been pillaged from them by some persons belonging to the Boston frigate; that these articles, at the time of taking them, were not deemed, even by the persons who took them, lawful prize; that they were not reported to the officers of the admiralty court as prize to be adjudicated and condemned; that they have not at any time since, been produced; and that no kind of satisfactory information has yet been given respecting them. But from the face of the proceedings of the Court Martial, it does appear, that the orders issued by capt. Little were perfectly correct and legal; that he was not, in any degree, a party in this mean and disgraceful pillage, and that the charge against him has no evidence, positive, or presumptive, to support it. I, therefore, do approve, of the sentence of acquittal pronounced by the Court Martial on his trial. RT. SMITH. Secretary of the Navy.
The foregoing are true copies from the originals on file in the Navy Department.
CH. W. GOLDSBOROUGH.
Accounts from New-Jersey, state, that Joseph Bloomfield, Esq. of Burlington, is chosen Governor of that state.
"The Sun," a paper printed at Pittsburgh, (Mass.) contains the following paragraph:—
"As neither President Adams, nor his political friends or enemies probably expect that he will ever again be a candidate for the Presidency, there ought to be a general consent to let him repose in quiet. It is unmanly to attack him in his retirement. His honesty and patriotism are admitted by the candid of all parties."
"The Sun," has hitherto been loud in its slanders against the old administration; and has frequently, since Mr. Jefferson's election, indulged in the most virulent and acrimonious railings against Mr. Adams. What then shall we think of the above paragraph? When reduced to plain American language, it stands thus:—Mr. Adams, while he was in office, or was a candidate for office, was a fair mark for all
the slander, calumny and abuse that could be poured forth against him; but now that he is out of office, he may "repose in quiet." When he was in an elevated situation, to attack him was noble and heroic; but now that he is driven into retirement, the same thing is quite "unmanly." When he was President of the United States, or a candidate for that office, he was a tory, an aristocrat, a monarchist, a tyrant, a "hoary-headed villain;" but now that he is a private citizen, "his honesty and patriotism are admitted by the candid of all parties." When he was up, it was proper to pull him down; but now that he is down, and never "expects" to rise, why—LET HIM ALONE—LET HIM ALONE.
These remarks are not dictated by any ill-will towards the printer of "the Sun." While he honestly maintains his sentiments, he will be applauded by every candid man. But he very much endangers his reputation as an editor, when he acknowledges that the same man has honesty and patriotism, whom a few months since, he frequently asserted was destitute of both; and when he also makes the "precious confession" that he vilified Mr. Adams while a candidate for office, merely to answr party purposes. There is no time when the public so much require true information with respect to a man's character, as when he is a candidate for office. It is therefore ungenerous to the people, and unjust to the candidate, to defame him when in that situation. On the whole, we think the printer of "the Sun" in this instance, has been over-candid. He has almost "let the cat out of the bag."
Balance.
To aid the cause of virtue and religion. "TIME is money," as the sage Dr. Franklin observed: minutes are cents, hours are dollars and days are guineas.—Now a money-wise man is careful even of his cents, and will not throw them away for nothing; and he is careful especially of his dollars and guineas, for he knows that if he squanders them away, bankruptcy and ruin must ensue. And so, a good husband of time is careful not to waste minutes; and much less will he needlessly waste hours and days.
On the other hand, the spendthrift heir to an estate, that knows nothing of the trouble of getting, values not an handful of cents, and carelessly throws away even dollars and guineas. The young spendthrift thinks that the fountain will never dry; but soon finds his mistake.—His estate, however large, is dissipated before he is aware of it, and he finds himself ingulphed in poverty and wretchedness.
There are also spendthrifts of time as well as of money. "There is time enough before us," these spendthrifts say, "there is time enough: for to-morrow will be as this day and much more abundantly." And so they heedlessly waste days and years, till at length, and before they think of it, old age wrinkles their brow, or death stops their career: and lo! their time is gone and they have done nothing to the purpose. They have wasted their Lord's money, that is, Time, and are bankrupts indeed.
Time is more than money. Lost money may be found or re-earned, but "lost time is never found again." No money will purchase it, no prayers will bring it back. Titus, the wise Emperor of Rome, reflecting one evening, that he had not employed himself usefully the day preceding, exclaimed in a mournful tone, "I have lost a day."—What a heavy loss! A day is no inconsiderable part of a man's life, and the loss of a day may be irreparable. But fools do not feel this loss, till it is too late. They scarcely spend a thought upon the worth of time, till it has been wholly wasted, and then they mourn at last and say, "How have we hated instruction and despised reproof!" When a man sighs, as Titus did, at the loss of a day, it is a mark of wisdom; especially if he take care to double his diligence the next day.
There is much to do, and the time to do it in is short: therefore it is the best advice, that was given by the wise man, Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with all thy might."
BALANCE.
FROM THE BALANCE.
THERE are two opposite sets of political writers in this country, which may be called the Antipodes to its real dignity and interest, as well as to each other; I mean the zealous and devoted partisans
both of France and Great-Britain. If you should peruse some newspapers, which it is needless for me to name, and should observe their general spirit and tenor for years past, you would find them from the beginning to the end of the chapter, singing "Ca iras" to the honor of France. And, if you look into some of the opposite papers, you perceive the same strain of eulogy upon Britain: in the mean time both sides seem to agree in prostrating the dignity of the United States at the feet of those foreign nations, whose causes they have respectively espoused. Such a line of conduct is not strange in foreigners: this is not their country, and if the whole of the United States were to be sunk by an earthquake, they would regret it just as much, as if the same thing should happen to Japan.
Europe has been like a furnace seven times heated; and emigrants from thence come over with passions, prejudices and partialities inflamed in the highest degree, some for France and others for Britain.—Of consequence such emigrants as become knights of the quill, or editors of newspapers, must be expected to write under influence of those violent impressions which they receive in their own country. With them, one or the other of the great nations is the standard of political excellence, while united America is viewed through their optics as an insignificant satellite, made to revolve round the European luminary. All this is natural; and such imported empirics, are perhaps less culpable than our own citizens be, who purchase and swallow their nostrums. But when native Americans, and men of talents too, are seen devoted to a foreign nation (no matter which;) and in the mean time catch at every occasion to pour contempt upon the country which gave them birth, we indignantly blush at their conduct.
Let the hand be withered, that would plume either the British crown or the French cap with a feather plucked from the American Eagle. In the name of reason, what benefit could accrue to mankind from the further aggrandizement of Britain or France? The safety of minor nations consists in the rivalry and equipoise of those gigantic empires: whereas, if one of them should subdue the other, the conquering nation would give law to the world. It would bestride the earth like a vast Colossus, and other nations would stand like pigmies between its feet.
Shall Americans, then, throw up their caps and exult, whenever one or the other of those proud aspiring nations gains a victory?—When the corse of thousands of poor wretches, who are reluctantly dragged into the service, are strown over the fields of battle or immersed in the sea, shall we shout because a foreign general or admiral has gained honour by the action? Are we so stupid as to think that a trophy gained by a Buonaparte or a Nelson is a feather in our cap?—Away with such foolish and servile attachments. Let Britain live, that it may check the ambition of France; let France also live, that it may check the ambition of Britain: and let us be Americans, and respect our own constitution, and seek the welfare of our own nation, and mind our own business.—"To your tents, O Israel."
JONATHAN.
PORT OF ALEXANDRIA.
ARRIVED, Schr. Atlantic, Odell, Havannah. Sloop, Caroline, Butler, Boston. CLEARED, Schr. Eliza, White, Charleston; Sea Flower, Somers, do.
Sale by Auction.
TO-MORROW, at ten o'clock, will positively be sold at the Auction Room, One cafe SILESIAS, Containing 36 pieces.
Also, A good second hand Chariot. with Harness complete. H. and T. MOORE, Nov. 6. Auctioneers.
NOTICE.
A Regimental Court of Inquiry will be held at the Court-House in Alexandria, TO-MORROW, at 10 o'clock, for the purpose of remitting any fines improperly imposed for neglect of militia duty in the 106th regiment, for the present year, where all those having excuses to offer are requested to attend.
By order of the Commandant. J. A. STEWART, Adj't. Alex. Nov. 6.

Valuable Property for Sale,
At the little Falls of Potomack, About three miles from George-Town and the City of Washington, and ten from Alexandria.
172 acres of Land, upon which are a dwelling house and sundry other improvements, several stone quarries and fish stands, and two vacant mill seats.
Two undivided third parts of 7 acres of Land, upon which are a merchant mill, with three pair of French burr mill stones and every necessary, complete, for manufacturing flour to the best advantage, and with as little manual labor as possible; a brewery and distillery, a granary, a miller's house, a brewer's house, cooper's shop, &c. and a vacant mill seat.
Two undivided third parts of 200 acres of land, adjoining the 7 acres and 172 acres abovementioned, upon which here are several stone quarries and fish stands.
The purchaser of the above property, will have an assignment of a lease for the other undivided third part, of which there will be 6 years to come from the first day of September next.
The stone on the above lands is equal in goodness to any, and superior to most foundation stone on the river—wheels of any burthen that can go to George-Town, can go up to the mill and stone quarries.
Any person or persons, who may incline to purchase, will of course view the premises, therefore it is not thought necessary to be more particular.
For terms apply to Gen. Uriah Forrest, at George-Town, or to
PHILIP R. FENDALL, Alexandria.
June 29.
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I do hereby certify that Dr. Stewart, by his agent Jesse Scott, brought before me Abraham Faw, one of the Justices of Peace for said county, as an estray trespassing on his premises, a small brindle BULL, two years old last spring, a crop in the left ear and a hole in the right, and the end of his tail white. Appraised to six dollars.
Given under my hand this 30th day of October, 1801.
A. FAW.
The above notice is given, That whosoever has lost said bull, may have him again by applying to the subscriber, on Dr. Stewart's farm, between Alexandria and George-Town, on proving property and paying charges.
JESSE SCOTT.
Oct. 31.
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VALUABLE LOTS FOR SALE.
Five Lots on Duke Street, near the corner of Pitt Street, four of them 26 feet front, the other 25 feet 6 inches, by 102 feet deep: one of them corners on the street, another on an alley 18 feet wide, and all of them have an outlet to an alley 10 feet wide, on the south end.—The price will be moderate and the terms of payment easy, only one fifth of the purchase money to be paid down, one half the remainder in 6 months and the other in twelve months from the sale, with legal interest for the same.
If not sold in a private way, before the 16th day of 12 mo. next, they will then be sold at public sale to the highest bidder.
Wm. HARTSHORNE, } Attorneys NICHOLAS SLUBEY, } of Elizabeth Donaldson.
10 mo. 2.
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FEDERAL CITY.
For the information of strangers resorting thereto, with a view of purchasing property therein, the subscriber has made himself acquainted with the value of Lots, and will investigate the titles.
Lots in various parts of the City for sale or lease.
Several large and elegant brick Houses for sale. Several valuable estates in the country to exchange for property in Washington or Alexandria.
Business transacted at the public offices, and elsewhere in the District of Columbia, on commission. Letters, post paid, duly attended to.
ROBT. W. PEACOCK,
Attorney at Law and Conveyancer.
Office near the corner of F and 14th street, City of Washington.
JUST RECEIVED, COARSE WOOLLENS,
Consisting of Nap'd cottons, half thick, pladdings, striped blankets and kersey duffils.—For sale on very moderate terms by the package, on the usual credit.
Wm. HODGSON.
Oct. 6.
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CHINA.
JAMES BACON
Has received from Philadelphia, a consignment of
INDIA CHINA,
Consisting of Blue and white Dining Sets, 170 pieces, Evening Tea Sets from 49 to 64 do. Nankien Breakfast Sets, Bowls, Cake Plates, &c. which he will dispose of on very low terms for cash.
Being about to quit the DRY GOODS business, he will dispose of the remainder of his stock in that line, considerably under first cost.
Oct. 26.
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Thompson and Veitch
Have received by the brig Commerce, capt. Baldwin, from England,
A Consignment of a Quantity of DRY GOODS,
Amongst which are, Printed calicoes and chintzes, Mullins of various kinds, Plain and figured cambric, Mullinets and dimities, Irish linens and table linens, Shawls, hosiery and ribbons, Blanketing, serges, &c. &c.
Being desirous of closing the sales speedily, the above goods will be sold unusually low, for cash, produce or notes at a short date.
Aug. 7.
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VALUABLE LOTS, AND GROUND RENTS
In the town of Alexandria, for Sale.
WILL BE SOLD, at Public Auction, on the premises, on the second Monday in November next, the following valuable Lots in the town of Alexandria, viz.
One LOT situate on the east side of Fairfax Street and south side of King Street, fronting on Fairfax Street 82 feet, and on King Street 80 feet 6 inches, bounded on the south by an alley. This lot is one of the best situations in the town of Alexandria for business, and has on it a large and convenient store and dwelling house.
One other LOT situate on the south side of King Street, between Water and Union Streets, fronting on King Street 66 feet, and extending back 117 feet to an alley.
And one other LOT on the west side of Water Street, fronting on Water Street 82 feet, extending back 93 feet 5 inches to an alley, and is bounded on the north by an alley.
Also, The following GROUND RENTS in fee, viz.
A Rent of two hundred and two dollars and an half, granted by John Jencks, Olney Windsor, Jos. Jencks and Crawford Jencks, to John Fitzgerald, late dec'd, his heirs and assigns forever, issuing out of and charged on two lots of ground on the east side of Water Street and south side of King Street.
And one other Rent of twenty one pounds, current money of Virginia, granted by Benjamin Langston to the said John Fitzgerald, his heirs and assigns forever, issuing out of and charged on a lot of ground on the south side of King Street, between Water and Union Streets, which several lots and ground rents, were conveyed by said John Fitzgerald to the subscribers.
One fourth of the purchase money will be required in cash, and notes, well endorsed, negotiable in the bank of Alexandria, or in any of the banks of Baltimore, or in the bank of Columbia, payable in thirty, sixty and ninety days, will be taken for the residue.
Wallace, Johnson & Muir. Sept. 3. 1aw 4w. ddts
Wants Employment,
A PERSON lately from Europe—he would act as a servant to a gentleman's demesne or plantation. A line directed to A. B. Dumfries, Virginia, will be attended to.
October 12. 2aw 2w
COTTON & STEWART
Have received, a large and general ASSORTMENT of BOOKS IN THE DIFFERENT BRANCHES OF POLITE LITERATURE;
Amongst which, are the following: JEFFERSON'S Notes on Virginia, hot press'd. Ed. Kitchener's Plays, 2 vols. Ladies' Musical Magazine, Park's Travels, Stewart's View of Society, Chesterfield's Letters, 4 vols. Cullen's Practice of Physic, Wallis on Health, Paley's Philosophy, 2 vols. Gibbon's Surveying, Moore's Navigation, by Blunt, Burns's Poems, Millot's Ancient History, 2 vols. Practical Education, 2 vols. Beauties of St. Pierre, Buchanan's Family Physician, Fox's Book of Martyrs, 2 vols. Lee's Memoirs, British State Trials, Robinson's Admiralty Reports, 3 vols. (to be continued) Gentleman and Lady's Preceptor, 2 vols. Hunter, on the Blood, 2 vols. Caldwell's Memoirs, Willich's Lectures, Martin's Law of Nations, Vattel's Ditto, Newton on the Prophecies, 2 vols. Edinburgh Dispensatory, Elegant Extracts, Constitutions, Zimmerman on Solitude, Ditto on National Pride, Blackstone's Commentaries, 4 vols. Collection of Barres, 6 vols. Polite Education, Took's Pantheon, Junius's Letters, 2 vols. Guthrie's Geography, Knox's Education, 2 vols. Ditto Essays, 2 vols. Colligan's Travels, Cook's Voyages, 4 vols. Damberger's Travels, &c. &c.
NOVELS.
The Armenian, 2 vols. Montalbert, 2 vols. Antoinette, Tales of Wonder, (by Levis) 2 vols. My Uncle Thomas, 2 vols. Jack Smith, Spirit of the Castle, Arthur Mervyn, 2 vols. Clara Howard, Ormond, Weiland, Maid of the Hamlet, Vagabond, Sailor Boy, Athlin and Dimbayne, Romance of the Forest, 2 vols. Mysteries of Udolpho, 3 vols. Louisa, Julia and the Baron, Chast Sier, Tale of the Times, 2 vols. Camilla, 5 vols. Evelina, 2 vols. Monk, 2 vols. Family of Ortenburg, Negro, 2 vols. Black Valley, Ellen and Mordaunt, 2 vols. George Barnwell, Mountain Cottager, Children of the Abbey, 2 vols. Roschford Family, Darcy, Emilia de Varnont, Oakindale Abbey, The Fair Impostor, 3 vols. Edelfrida, 4 vols. Count de Maensfern, 3 vols. Henrietta Mortimer, 2 vols. Fashionable Daughter, Count Gleichen, Emma Dorville, Scotch Heiress, 3 vols. Miss Burnmore, 2 vols. Advertisement for a Husband, 2 vols. Wandering Wanderer, 2 vols. Cornelia Sedley, 4 vols. Tom Jones, 3 vols. Edward, by Moore, 2 vols. Mordaunt, by Ditto, 2 vols. Reuben Ratchell, Girl of the Mountains, 2 vols. Myrtle Cottager, &c. &c.
ALSO,
Bibles, Testaments, Psalters, Common Prayer Books; Dilworth, Webster, Universal, Pearce, London, and Rational Spelling Books, Primers, and a large collection of Histories and Childrens' Books, Writing and Letter Paper, and Paper Hangings, Wafers, Quills, Ink Powder, Violin Strings, Playing Cards, Song Books, and Blank Books, &c. &c.
ALMANACS for the year 1802, by the gross, dozen, or single. Country Shopkeepers supplied on the lowest terms.
October 29.
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50 Dollars Reward.
STRAYED or stolen from the subscriber's pasture, (near the seat of the late Mr. Madam, and about 4 miles from this town) on Thursday night, the 10th instant, two GELDINGS, one of them a bright bay, about 15 hands high, has a hanging mane and switch tail, a star and small blaze or snip down to or near his nose, branded on one of his thighs, but which is not recollection, thus, O.; he trots well and very easy in a slow travelling gait, and was good before.
The other a bright sorrel, about 14 hands high, a short made horse, has a banging mane and switch tail, a white spot upon his back, occasioned by the saddle, trots hard, and drags his hind feet, by which they are much worn, holds his head high when mounted, has bad the glanders for some time, but is almost well; he was good before, but had lost one of his shoes.
Whoever delivers the said horses to the subscriber, shall receive 20 dollars reward, or 10 dollars for either of them. If the Horses were stolen, which is more than probable, the person stopping and securing the thief, so that he may be convicted, shall receive a reward of 30 dollars upon his being convicted for stealing the aforesaid horses, or either of them.
PHILIP R. FENDALL.
Alexandria, 12th Sept. 1801. d
WILL BE SOLD,
On the premises, the 12th day of November, on a credit of 12 months, purchaser giving bond, with approved security,
The remainder of the JACKS and JENNETTS on the estate of the late General Washington, deceased, together with fifty head of young CATTLE, and about one hundred SHEEP, amongst these cattle butchers may be supplied with some excellent beef and mutton. Also,
Will be offered for sale, on the same terms, two beautiful three year old FILLIES; pedigrees of which will be shown on the day of sale.
THE EXECUTORS.
Mount-Vernon, Oct. 8. dds
Cash given for Rags at this office.
JOHN G. LADD
HAS FOR SALE,
Coarse and fine salt, Russia sheeting and Duck, Wett India and N. E. rum, Molasses, Sugar and Coffee, Hyson, hyson skin, Teas of the best quality, Souchon and bohea, A few casks Madeira wine, Do. bis, beef, Mould and dipt candles, 7 by 9 window glass, Soap, cheese and lard, Men and womens' shoes, Writing and wrapping paper, Cotton and wool in bags, 1 box linen checks, 1 do. playing cards, 1 do. Dutch quills, Sewing twine, A few crates and boxes glass ware, Pepper, nutmegs, allspice, allum, Plaister of Paris, &c. &c.
Oct. 14.
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Dancing Academy.
MR. LONGER
Informs the Ladies and Gentlemen of Alexandria, and its environs, that he is about re-assuming his tuition in this town, and will open his school on or about the middle of next month, where he will teach, as usual, all the dances at present in fashion, with the greatest variety of figures he will be able to procure.
Mr. L. hopes that from his thorough knowledge of the art, and his success in teaching, which have been fully proved by the unusual progress his scholars have made in it, will insure him the encouragement of the citizens of Alexandria. He thinks it useful to remind of the perfect order and utmost decorum that has hitherto prevailed in his academy; he will only say, that the same will be continued as much as lays in his power.
PRICE OF TUITION
TEN DOLLARS per quarter, consisting of twenty four days—there will be some deduction in the price to those scholars who were under his tuition last winter—one half paid in advance.
Mr. L. also informs that he will open Night School
for the accommodation of those young gentlemen who cannot attend in the day. Price of Tuition Eight Dollars per quarter, consisting of twenty four nights.
More particular notice will be given as at the precise day of beginning.
Private Tuition attended to.
Oct. 21.
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Valuable Property for Sale.
On Monday the 2d day of November next, at 11 o'clock, at Rhode's tavern, in the City of Washington, pursuant to a decree of the Chancellor of Maryland, I shall expose at
PUBLIC SALE,
All the real ESTATE, in the City of Washington, or Territory of Columbia, which did belong to Thomas Johnson, late of the said City, deceased, viz.
Lot No. 4, in square No. 253, fronting on F street, on which are erected a convenient Dwelling-House and Kitchen, with convenient out houses, and is now in the occupation of Mrs. Johnson; Lot No. 20, in the same square, fronting on G street, and Lots No. 13 and 14 in square No. 289, also fronting on G street, and one hundred and fifty acres of Land, near the City of Washington, on the road from thence to Bladensburg.
The purchaser or purchasers to give bond for the payment of the purchase money, with interest, in two equal annual payments from the day of sale; and on receipt of the purchase money, the trustee will, by a good deed, convey the said property agreeably to the aforesaid decree.
Wm. MARBURY, Trustee.
Sept. 30.
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To Rent,
And possession given the 22d day of November next,
That valuable stand situated on the main road between Colchester and Alexandria, where Samuel Devaughn now lives. Any person inclined to rent may know the terms by applying to the subscriber living near the premises.
Wm. TRIPLETT, sen.
Sept. 28.
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PRINTED DAILY BY S. SNOWDEN & Co. KING STREET a few doors above the WASHINGTON TAVERN.