Alexandria advertiser and commercial intelligencer (Alexandria [Va.]), 1802-06-22 00:00:00

Public Sale.
On FRIDAY, At ten o'clock, will be sold at the Vendue Store, Rum in hogheads and barrels. Whiskey in barrels, Gin in casks and barrels, Port wine in casks, Molasses in hds. Sugar in hds and bls. White and brown soap in boxes, Chocolate in boxes, Coffee in tiers and bags, Raisins in kegs and boxes. Queens Ware in crates, handsomely assorted,
ALSO, A variety of DRY GOODS,
—AMONG WHICH ARE— Superfine cloth and Kersemers, Narrow Cloth, and Flannels, Irish Linens, and Osnaburgs, Sail duck of different qualities, Chintzes and Calicoes, Cambric and Cotton shawls, India Muslin and Table Cloaths, Coloured threads and fowing silks, Ribbons, Hats, and A number of other articles. P. G. MARSTELLER, Vendue-Master. June 22
Sales by Auction.
On WEDNESDAY next, At ten o'clock, will be Sold at the Auction Room,
4th proof Jamaica Rum in hogheads, Holland Gin in pipes and bls. New-England Rum in bls. Port Wine in quarter casks, Lisbon Wine in pipes, Molasses in hds. Sugar in bls. Soap Candles and Chocolate in boxes, Pepper in bags, Castor Oil in bottles, Fig Blue in kegs.
Together with a large quantity of DRY GOODS,
Among which are Chintzes and Calicoes, Sprig'd, Japet, Jacquet and book muslins and muslin shawls, White and coloured Marseilles and muslinets, Linen and cotton checks, Bandannoes, flags and chequered silk handkerchiefs, Large and small fans, Irish and German linens, Mens and Womens' faddles, A quantity of mens' and womens' shoes. THOMAS MOORE, Auctioneer. June 19
SPRING GOODS.
WILLIAM OXLEY
Has received per the Paul Seiman, via Baltimore, and Union, capt. Woodhouse, from London,
A supply of suitable GOODS for the season, which are now opening and will be sold low by the package or piece, and he is in daily expectation of receiving further supplies.
N. B. He has also for sale, China in boxes and Sadlery. May 19. d
SPRING GOODS.
JOSEPH RIDDLE & Co.
Have imported in the brig Union, captain Woodhouse, from London, a general assortment of goods suitable for the present season, which they offer for sale on reasonable terms, by the piece or package. May 18. d
Clean linen and cotton rags bought at this office.
FOR SALE,
On the 16th day of August next, at the Red House, in Prince William county, by the Trustees of the late Gen. Nelson, About 3000 acres of LAND, lying in the counties of Prince William and Loudoun, near the said Red House. Terms of payment as follows. One fourth part of the purchase money to be paid on the first day of January, 1803, and the other three fourth parts thereof to be paid at three subsequent annual payments.—Bonds, with approved security, to be given by the purchasers at the time of sale, and interest thereon to be paid at the rate of six per cent. from the first day January, 1803. If the first payment of the purchase money be not punctually made, the land to be again exposed to sale, by the subscribers for ready money; if the land should not then sell for the full amount of the said purchase money, the purchaser or purchasers to be accountable upon their bonds for the deficiency. If the first payment be punctually made, title will be given to the purchasers, and deeds of trust must be executed by them for securing the future payments, which deeds of trust will be acted upon, and the lands exposed to sale for ready money, by the trustees, for the full amount of the whole bonds, by virtue of the deeds of trust, if any one of the future annual payments be not punctually made.
The lands will be laid off in lots to suit purchasers, who will have the right of feeding them after the 20th day of August next. NATHANIEL BURWELL, THOMAS NELSON, jun. Surviving Trustees of Gen. Thomas Nelson, deceased. June 14. ddf
FOR SALE,
That well situated and commodious BRICK HOUSE, ON CAMERON-STREET, Now in the occupation of Capt. Dan-gerfield.—The house is convenient and well built, consisting of eight rooms, well finished, a full story and a half kitchen, nursery and lodging rooms above the same, a stable & other conveniences on the lot, which is 25 feet front and 176 feet 7 inches deep.
Also, two other LOTS adjoining the same, 25 feet front and 100 feet deep, to a ten feet alley, whereon there is built, on each a back building one and a half story high, four rooms in each.
Also, the corner LOT adjoining the same, on Cameron and Washington streets, unimproved, 55 by 47 feet, with convenient ground for stabling, &c. on the said ten feet alley.
I will also sell, that whole square with five frame houses thereon, either in lots from 36 to 25 front by 100 and 110 feet deep, on the whole square, as may best suit the purchasers, it being pleasantly situated on Oronoco, Alfred, Patrick & Pendleton-streets, known by the name of the George Town Turnpike, laying between John Dundas and John Potts, Esqr's. houses. No further particulars is necessary to be given, as those who are inclined to purchase will view the premises. A great part of the purchase can be taken in Groceries and Dry Goods, and the remainder by instalments, by giving security or bank stock.—Apply to Mr. Philip G. Marsteller, or to the subscriber, Goose Creek, Loudoun.—If not sold by private bargain, they will be exposed to sale on Thursday, the 24th instant.—good warranted deeds will be made for the whole on the completion of the payments. JOHN BOGUE. June 14. ddf
FOR SALE,
About 1100 bushels Liverpool fine Salt, 300 do. Lisbon. WM. HODGSON. May 19. d
FOR SALE,
In fee simple or Ground Rent.
By Public Auction, on the premises, on Wednesday the 23d day of the present month, if not previously sold by private contract,
Half an acre of Ground in town, situate on the north side of Prince and West side of Washington streets: Beginning at the intersection of said streets, fronting Washington 176 feet 7 inches, and on Prince street 123 feet 6 inches.
The ground is laid off in convenient building lots. On one of which is a very good dwelling house, now under rent to James M'Clenahan
Washington is the most spacious street in town, and will most probably become the centre. This ground has the advantage of laying between the two principal streets leading from the country; a circumstance of much importance, to those who are desirous of purchasing. Apply to Ricketts, Newton & Co.
OR William Hodgson. June 2. ddf
LAND FOR SALE.
By virtue of a power in me vested, will be sold at public auction before the door of Prince William court-house in the town of Dumfries, on the first Monday in July next at 12 o'clock, for cash, that valuable TRACT OF LAND, situate in the same county near Bacon Race meeting-house, containing about five hundred acres, part of a seven hundred acre patent granted to James Peake, and which five hundred acres of land was lately the property of Isaac M'Pherston, under a purchase made of Thomas Swan of Alexandria. ABRAM HEWES. June 8. ddf
Just received from Norfolk, and for sale by the subscriber,
Fresh Lemons by the box or retail; excellent soft shell'd almonds and oranges; muskadel raisins; double and single Glo'ster cheese, tamarinds, &c. &c. with 700 bushels of Lisbon Salt. ABEL WILLIS. May 4. d
In obedience to a Decree of
the Court of Alexandria County, on Saturday the 17th day of July next, if fair, if not the next fair day, will be offered for sale on the premises, upon a credit that will be then made known, for notes with approved indorsers, negotiable at the Bank of Alexandria,
A Lot of Ground,
Containing half an acre, lying upon the east side of Alfred street and south side of Cameron street, in the town of Alexandria, extending on Alfred street 176 feet 7 inches, upon Cameron street 123 feet 5 inches. There are a convenient two story frame dwelling house, with a kitchen and other out houses upon the lot, which now rent for £. 50 per annum. The lot is subject to an annual rent of £. 15. As the lot is large it will be laid off into smaller divisions, and sold either in these divisions, or altogether, as will be most agreeable to those inclined to purchase. This sale is made to satisfy a debt due from Thomas Richards to Thompson and Veitch. JAMES KEITH, JOHN JANNEY, JOHN DUNLAP, } Com'rs. June 17. ddf
FOR SALE,
Two large superb LOOKING GLASSES, just imported from LONDON, One plate measuring 103 by 40 inches, The other 84 by 40 do. with suitable ornaments. Apply to William Hodgson. May 31. d
Summer Establishment.
MAIL PILOT
Will in future leave the Washington tavern, Alexandria, every morning at five o'clock, and arrive at John H. Barney's, at the Columbian Inn, George Town, to breakfast at 7 o'clock, and then proceed on to Baltimore, where it will arrive at five o'clock in the evening, at Mr. Peck's Columbian Inn, and regularly on to Philadelphia, so that persons travelling in this line may be sure of no hindrance on their way.
Being provided with as good horses and carriages as any on the road, we solicit a share of public patronage, & confidently expect that such as favor this stage with their custom, will find the accommodations equal, if not superior, to those provided by any others.
Returning, it leaves Baltimore every morning at 6 o'clock, and arrives at Alexandria the same evening.
Seats for Alexandria, taken at George Town at J. H. Barney's stage office. PETER HEISKEL, J. H. BARNEY, June 7. 2aw4w
Furniture by Auction.
On Wednesday the 30th inst. will be sold at the house now occupied by Mr. David Easton, a variety of Household and Kitchen Furniture.
THOMAS MOORE, Auctioneer. June 21.
TUITION.
"'Tis education forms the common mind, "Just as the twig is bent the tree's inclined."
THE subscriber purposes opening a Seminary for Young Ladies, on Monday the 28th of this month, in the first room of Mrs. Fletcher's house, on the south side of Prince-street between Pitt and St. Asaph's-street, where will be taught Reading, Penmanship, English Grammar, Geography, &c. JOHN WHITEHEAD.
N. B. The terms will be Four Dollars per quarter, and One Dollar entrance; the entrance money to be paid when the pupil commences. June 21. d
R. and J. GRAY,
Have received a NARRATIVE of the Suppression by col. Burr, of the History of John Adams, late President of the United States. Price 50 cents. June 21.
Fifty bls. of PORK for sale by WM. HARTSHORNE.
I will give Ten Dollars reward to any person who will give information of the thief or thieves who broke open my warehouse on Kirk's wharf, a few nights ago, and stole one barrel of pork from thence, provided the proof is sufficient to convict the thief. W. H. 5 mo. 14. d
Ricketts, Newton and Co.
Have just received,
Hyson, Hyson Skin, Young Hyson and Imperial } TEAS, Nankeens,
Bandanno hfs. and Numhums, German and British osnaburgs, Ticklenburgs, Loaf and lump sugars, Jamaica sugar in hds. and bls. Molasses, Jamaica spirits,
And a quantity of Shad and Herrings in barrels, May 3

OF LOUISIANA.
LETTER I.
The cession of Louisiana to France has been the subject of great uneasiness to many of our fellow-citizens. They seem to think themselves in danger of a fraternal hug, such as that by which Hercules is said to have embraced Anteus. We have seen a publication in one of the Paris gazettes, that is very explicit on this subject. The object of France, as the writer alleges, is to curb the United States, and prevent them from becoming too powerful in America. We observe also that Mr. Windham, in the British Parliament among other objections to the late treaty of peace, complains that it places the United States "with a serpent at their feet"—Louisiana being ceded to the French.
Having viewed this subject in different points of light, I have formed an opinion very different from that which seems to prevail. I do not think that we shall be crushed by the vicinity of the French in Louisiana; nor do I think that we shall be materially injured by their attempts to restrain our settlements. On the contrary, I deem it probable, and nearly certain that we shall be profited by their malevolence. Our fellow citizens at present, are scattered over too large a tract of country—every measure that may tend to compress our population will operate in our favor. It must be granted that while we have vacant land, upon which we can extend our settlements, we never shall be able to take ourselves effectually to useful and necessary manufactures; we never shall exchange the axe and the plough for the loom and the anvil. While we have plenty of vacant land, we shall import from England or France our clothing, and the very arms with which we should protect our property. In such a state of dependence we are profitable to both these nations. When land becomes dear and scarce in the United States, we shall be able to take ourselves to manufactures for we have all the necessary materials in great perfection.
I believe it is not conjectured that the French are going to drive us from our present settlements, or to claim the lands that are ours by treaty. They propose, as they allege, to prevent us from extending further to the westward—They will prevent us from covering too much ground—they will compel us to form a thick settlement; a circumstance that is favorable to instruction and civilization.
Let us calculate the effect of this measure, so far as it is the subject of political arithmetic. The lands that are in some measure settled, and the vacant lands which are ours by treaty, cannot be estimated at less than 701,000 square miles. This would afford comfortable support to 85 millions of people, at the moderate allowance of 50 inhabitants to a square mile. Thirty-five millions of people living in the same country, speaking the same language, governed by the same laws, and accustomed to the use of arms—what have they to fear from a neighbouring and a southern colony, or from a nation 3000 miles distant? It is a shame to speak of danger.
I will suppose the worst that is like to happen to the citizens of the United States.
The French West Indies will be supplied with lumber and provisions from Louisiana, and the European market will be glutted with tobacco and cotton from these new colonies: In that case we must eat our own provisions and burn our own timber; but we must at the same time fabricate our own clothing and arms, for we shall not be able to buy them at a foreign market. This would be a fortunate change, for it would make us more capable of repelling insults; and we should in a little time, be animated with a spirit that we do not now possess in a sufficient degree—the independent spirit of a nation. It would produce a greater harmony of opinion among our fellow citizens, but it would not increase our love of foreigners nor our attachment to other nations.
Whatever our political opinions may be at present—whether we are called republicans, democrats, aristocrats or federalists we shall soon discover, that friendship among nations is not more substantial than the shadow of a ghost. The Parisian writer candidly admits, that the politics of Jefferson are less crooked than those of Adams; but France is not to be less jea-
lous of the Americans, or less active in checking their settlements on that account; for we have an elective government. In other words—We should be kicked because we are free. The system of coercion that is projected by the French Government, will teach us in a few years to know those people much better than we do at present. When they shall have taken possession of the two Floridas, for these colonies submit to the fate of Louisiana)—when they shall have transported the most refractory slaves from St. Domingo to St. Augustine or the river St. Mary for the improvement of slaves in Georgia;—when they have made some progress in the culture of cotton and tobacco, and have infused the usual spirit into the Creek and other neighboring Indians, we shall be ready to speak of them as they deserve.
Of the latent claims of France, or their ideas of the proper limits of Louisiana, I may speak on a future occasion.
ULYSSES.
To the Editor of the New-York Daily Advertiser.
SIR,  A writer, under the signature of Ulysses, in the New-York Gazette of the 14th, has presented himself to the Public, on the subject of the late cession of Louisiana to the French, in a letter designated No. 1. He promises to give the true boundary of Louisiana, in some future number, and to endeavor to prove to Americans, that the cession of Louisiana must be viewed in an agreeable, rather than unpleasant point of light; as it will tend to check emigration from the Atlantic States, and change the manners and habits of our people, from the pursuits of agriculture to manufactures; that our people are too widely extending themselves, and ought to be kept in narrower bounds; and that the territory, at present within the limits of the United States, should first be fully peopled, so as to allow 50 inhabitants to a square mile.—Would Ulysses, to promote his private views, cramp the genius of a nation, and persuade the people of the United States, that the serpent, which Mr. Windham, in the British Parliament, considers as being placed at the feet of the United States, by Louisiana being ceded to France, will not injure us, when we feel its venomous fangs piercing our sides? for shame Ulysses! blush at your hasty opinions, insulting to our nation, and derogatory to the dignity of our government.
You declare the object of France, (and you applaud the object,) is to curb the United States, and prevent them from becoming too powerful in America. You say when they have taken possession of the two Floridas (for these colonies submit to the fate of Louisiana) when they shall have transported the most refractory slaves from St. Domingo to St. Augustine, or the River St. Mary, for the improvement of the slaves of Georgia, the Carolinas, Virginia and Maryland; when they shall have the same progress in the culture of cotton and tobacco, and shall have infused the usual spirit into the Creeks and other neighbouring Indians, we shall then be ready to speak of them as they deserve. Will Ulysses advise his countrymen to wait till then! Will he advise the Elephant to move calmly into the toils prepared for him, and wait until the hunters have encircled him with their snares, and have entangled him with their nooses before he makes any exertions for his freedom and independence? Forbid it, Heaven, forbid it, Justice and Virtue.
"Not he that Thunders from the ariel bow" "Not Jove himself, upon the past has power."
Rather Ulysses let us rouse the appalled spirits of our countrymen, and with firm battalions march and support our western boundary. Let the French occupy Louisiana west of the Mississippi, and let them enjoy all the sweets of its mild climate and luxuriant fields; but let us recollect, that the power which ceded Louisiana to them, ceded to us, the freedom of the navigation of the Mississippi. Great-Britain has also declared its water equally free and open to the citizens and subjects of our respective governments. Are these rights acknowledged by the French? No.—They come not to advocate our rights, but expressly to check our growth. Would not Ulysses rather head his southern battalions and take possession of the Floridas, St. Augustine and New-Orleans, and thus keep the key of a navigation, the right of which has been acknowledged by two powerful nations, rather than supinely wait the influence of the manner and habits
of the refractory slaves of St. Domingo, on the slaves of the southern and middle states? Lay aside your pen Ulysses, or touch subjects less galling to the ears of your insulted countrymen.
If you do touch, as you promise in a future number, on the latent claims of France, and their ideas of the proper limits of Louisiana, do it to warn your countrymen of the insult that is offered to them, and the dangers they will be exposed to, if possession be taken of that country, without previous explanation on the part of their government; for let us all remember, that Spanish Louisiana is bounded by the Mississippi on the east, by the Gulph of Mexico, on the south; by New Mexico on the west, and runs indefinitely north. But under the French government, Louisiana included both sides of the Mississippi, from its mouth to the Illinois and back from the river, east and west indefinitely, and that Detroit was considered as an appendage of Louisiana.
ACHILLES.
REPUBLIC OF THE SEVEN ISLES.
Palermo, March 3.
The last letters from Corfu have brought the intelligence that the Seven United Isles having been subjected to the Porte, the latter, in virtue of a convention with the Emperor of Russia, had sent to Corfu a Turkish Commandant with a small suite.
The Corfots, finding themselves governed by the Nobles, on the aristocratic footing, would not suffer that domination; the people removed the Senate and all the Magistrates; they also disbanded the regiments, and pretended even to govern themselves democratically. This intelligence having reached the other Isles, they followed the example of Corfu.
Paul the First had sent the Count d'Orio his Counsellor of State and Commander of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem, to occupy in that Republic the post of Prince. Prince Teotochi, who filled a similar post to the satisfaction of the people, having learned that Count d'Orio had arrived at Brindili, on his way to Corfu, made a speech to the people, inviting them not to accept of a foreigner in such dignity, and particularly the Venetian Nobles. Count d'Orio is one.
The Count, from the badness of the season, remaining two months in the Vallous. Having at last arrived at Corfu, he was informed of a decision of the people, declaring that no military honors should be paid him; that no person should take off his hat to him as he passed, and that no one should go to compliment him.
Count d'Orio went in grand uniform to kiss the body of St. Spiridion in consequence of his safe arrival. The gates of the church of St. Spiridion were shut against him.
Count Metaxa having gone to pay him a visit, was arrested as soon as he left the Count d'Orio's house; he was afterwards banished, with his whole family, and all his estate confiscated.
The nobility are seldom seen and are continually menaced by the people. The five brothers, Tagara, rich and powerful, have been taken up, under pretence of meditating a plot against the people, & when this account came from Corfu, the shooting of the brothers was talked of.
The people wish that the Grand Council should consist of 46 individuals, few of whom should be Noble; but that there should be one Deputy from the people and one from each town. The Council to elect its President for a limited time. It is desired that the Parliament of the people should be established in the country, and it is supposed that this has already been done.
On the 21st January there were three English frigates in the port; when they appeared the people began to be more calm.
The seven Isles, Corfu, Cephalonia, Zante, Corigo, Maure, Ithaca, &c. lying along the coast of Albania and the Morea, were for centuries dependent on the republic of Venice, now to the shades of departed Empires gone down. During the revolutionary war, they fell into the hands of the French, from which, in diplomatic phraseology, they were delivered by the united fleets of Russia and the Sublime Porte, aided by the Supreme Arbiter of victory. By the Convention of the 21st of March, 1800, between Russia and the Porte, these Islands were erected into a republic, to be governed by the notables of the country, under the vassalage and protection of the Porte. This
republic is likewise acknowledged in the treaty of Amiens. Among the extraordinary events of the late war, may be reckoned the establishment of the Republic of the seven Isles, under the auspices of the kingdom of Great Britain, and the conversion of the Dukedom of Tuscany into a kingdom, by the influence of the Republic of France.
Corfu, is about 15 leagues long and 8 wide, anciently known by the name of Scheria, Phaeacia, Corcyra and Drepano, "where never science reared her laurelled head." In the best days of Greece, the Corcyrians formed a powerful republic, "a proud unpolished race." In succeeding times it belonged to the king of Naples, was afterwards sold for 30,000 ducats to the Venetians, who maintained a fleet of galleys in the port, with a strong garrison to defend this and the neighboring islands. This island contains about 50,000 souls, and was divided into 4 bailiwicks. The air healthy, the lands fertile, and the fruits excellent. Oranges, citrons, the most delicious grapes, honey, wax and oil, are exceedingly abundant. There are some places mountainous and barren, and good water is scarce; salt forms a great part of its riches. The capital has always borne the name of the island, is the see of an archbishop, is well fortified, has a good harbor, and enjoys a considerable degree of trade.
Cephalonia lies opposite the gulph of Lepanto, celebrated for the famous naval victory which Don John of Austria in the year 1572, obtained over the Turkish fleet, and in which the inimitable Cervantes lost his hand and part of his left arm. This island is about 40 miles long, and from 10 to 29 in breadth. It was anciently called Samos and Epianus Melancho. It was subject to the Venetians from the year 1449, until the late war. The chief articles of commerce are oil, Muscadine wine, and a species of grapes called currants. The air is very warm, the trees are covered with flowers all the winter, and bear ripe fruit twice a year, in April and November. Corn is sowed in the winter and reaped in June. The capital is called after the island, is the see of a bishop, united to Zante. This town was much damaged by an earthquake in the year 1766.
Zante is about 12 miles in length and six in breadth. This island produces excellent wine, currants, olives, figs, melons, peaches and other choice fruits; towards the end the island is in general mountainous, but level in the interior parts. It is much subject to earthquakes. The capital is called Zante, in which the Greeks have 40 churches, besides convents and a Bishop. The catholics have 3 convents with a bishop in union with Cephalonia.
Cerigo, formerly the well known Sythera, is separated from the southern part of the Morea by a narrow strait; it is dry and mountainous, about 7 leagues in circumference, producing neither corn, wine, nor oil sufficient for the inhabitants; yet some of the vallies are fertile; sheep, hares, quails, turtles and falcons are abundant. It has chiefly served as a rendezvous for pirates.
St. Maure or Maura, formerly Leucadia.—This Island was anciently a peninsula, connected with the continent of Arkanania; But the Carthaginians, or according to others, the Corinthians, severed it, inasmuch, that betwixt the island and the continent, there is a channel about 50 paces broad. It produces a great plenty of game, wine, oil, citrons, pomegranates, almonds and other fruits with fine pastures. The inhabitants are Greeks, subject to a Bishop. In this island were formerly three considerable towns, with a most magnificent temple of Venus. The town of St. Maura, which gives name to the island, contains about 9000 inhabitants; and being situated in the water, and defended by walls and towers, is so fortified, that there is no convenient approach to it, either by land or water. In 1472, the Turks dispossessed the Grecian empire of the town and island. In 1502, the Venetians made themselves master of it, but afterwards surrendered it again to the Turks, and in 1684 recovered it from them. In 1715, the town and island fell a second time into the hands of the Turks; But the succeeding year the Venetians drove them out and kept possession until the late French revolution.
Ithaca, corrupted in modern times to Jathaco, according to Pliny, is about 25 miles in circumference, but actually only 8. Who has not heard of Ithaca, the

kingdom of Ulysses, immortalized by Homer:
My native soil, is Ithaca the fair Where fair Neritus waves his woods in air; Duichiam, Same, and Zacynthos crown'd With shady mountains, spread their isles around. Low lies our isle, yet blest in fruitful stores, Strong are her sons, tho' rocky are her shores; And none, or none so lovely to my light, Of all the lands that heav'n o'erspread with light.
So sang Ulysses when he discovered himself to the Phoenicians. Few passages in ancient or modern poetry more strongly interest the classic mind.
"There is an island over against Ar-cania in the west of Ithaca, called Leucas, from a white rock standing in it; this rock was famous in antiquity, because lovers in despair threw themselves from the top of it into the ocean; it was called the Lover's Leap." Quere—Has it ever been frequented in modern times?
Ovid in his epistles mentions this Leucadian rock:
O you that love in vain, Fly hence and seek the fair Leucadian main; There stands a rock, from whose impending steep, Apollo's fane survey's the rising deep; There injured lovers leaping from above, Their flames extinguish, and forget to love. [N. Y. D. Adv.]
NEW-YORK, June 19.
The London papers received at the office of the MERCANTILE ADVERTISER by the ship John from Liverpool are to this evening of the 5th of May.—They contain nothing of political or commercial importance. The following are the principal articles:
LONDON, May 5.
We received this morning the Paris papers to the 3d inst. The Moniteur is filled with discussions, which, though they may be of much importance to France, are of little interest to this country. The legislative Body has adopted the code of public instruction by a majority of 251 to 27. An amnesty has been proposed to be granted to all deserters, anterior to the 1st Floreal, year 10 (March 21, 1802.) The tribunal is occupied with the discussion of the financial plans proposed by the budget. The proposition for continuing the direct and indirect contributions for the service of the present year has been agreed to. It has also been proposed to accede to the establishment of the African Company.
We understand that the deputation sent over to Paris by the planters of this country interested in the Colonies given back to France, have experienced a very polite reception. Several points of detail, by which their situation and the management of their property will be relieved from considerable inconveniences have been conceded to them; but they have not been encouraged to expect that they will obtain any facilities inconsistent with the close system which France will adopt with regard to her Colonies. It is not supposed that they will be allowed in any manner to send their produce to the market of this country beyond the time stipulated by treaty.
Private intelligence from Paris states, that the French Government is occupied with the subject of a navigation Act.—Our readers would see in the important manifesto from the Mercure de France , in our paper of yesterday, the observation that "the French and their Allies will not fall into the snare of a new Treaty of Commerce, and they may one day have it their Act of Navigation." It is extremely probable, therefore, that the French Government will adopt the most vigorous measures to secure their whole Foreign and Colonial Trade to their own shipping.
The Court of Vienna have demanded of the Porte a recompense for the diamonds stolen from a courier from that place to Constantinople, in January last.
Price of stock this day at one o'clock, Cons. 76 3/4 ditto Account, 76 3/4 78—Om-nium 3 3/4.
Captain Cleark of the schooner Lion , from Santo Domingo, informs that the American Consul at that port had been ordered to repair to Cape Francois, to know whether Gen. Le Clerc would acknowledge him in the capacity which he had hitherto exercised; and having learnt that Mr. Lear was dismissed, he applied for and obtained a passport for America. It was expected he would take his departure in the pilot-boat Perseverance , captain Clarke. It further informs that the French frigates off St. Domingo carrying in all American vessels, their cargoes are sold by the Government,
and payment made in bills on the First Consul. In the Lion came a passenger who is said to be one of Toussaint's Aides-de-Camp.
A gentleman who arrived in town yesterday from Cape Francois, via New-London, reports that when he left the Cape, which was on the 4th instant, the island was perfectly tranquil. No action had taken place since General Le Clerc's conference with Toussaint. The latter had not retired on his plantation, but had returned to his head-quarters at Plaisance, where the interchange of couriers between him and Le Clerc was frequent. An advice-boat had arrived at the Cape from France, with dispatches from the French Government, announcing that the fleet under Admiral Gantheaume, haing 10,000 troops on board, was on the eve of sailing, and might be expected to arrive about the same time as the vessel which brought the intelligence.
Extract of letter to a respectable commercial house in this city, dated St. Pierre's, Martinique, May 14th, 1802.
The markets here are rather dull just now, on account of the English preparing to evacuate the Island but expect to find a much better at St. Croix, for which place we sail to day. We have dreadfull accounts from Guadalupe. The French troops have been landed there this fortnight, without being able to obtain possession of the principal fort, nor is it expected they can, without the assistance of the English. Last night I witnessed the execution of a negro here for murder; and to morrow, I understand, six are to be burned alive for poisoning their master, mistress, &c."
Entered, ships Acteon , Robley, Hull; John , Whippy, Liverpool; brigs Francis Nixon, Thompson, Cadiz; Ceres , Tucker, Antigua; Moses Gill , Pateron, Greenock; schr. Lyon , Clarke, Santo Domingo.
Cleared, ships Brothers , Hall, Liverpool; Eagle , Thompson, Belfast; Orian , Smith, Liverpool; Reserve , Moncrieff, West-Indies; Fanny Almira, Whittesey, Havre de Grace; schr. Alert , Leopold, Leghorn; President, Clinton, Barbadoes. The sloop Morning Star , Milward, of this port, arrived at Port Republican, from Charleston, in 20 days.
Arrived since our last.
Ship John , Whippy, from Liverpool. Left there, ship America , Sherry, for this port in a few days; ship Ontario , Gardner, for Savannah. Spoke, May 15, lat. 49, 29, long. 19, brig Delight , from N. York, for Amsterdam, out 34 days. June 6, lat. 41, 59, long. 61, ship American , from Boston, for Teneriffe, out 5 days.
The English ship Acteon , Robley from Hull. Spoke, June 3, lat. 41 6, long. 57 ship Mars , of Philadelphia, for Oporto, out 3 days.
Schr. Lyon , Clark, from Santo Domingo. Sailed, the day before the Lyon , the brigantine Diana , of New-Bedford, for New-York; the Betsey and Polly , of New-Haven, and the Diana , of Middletown, Con. Left there, the schr. Two Friends , Morton, of Beverly, bound to Cape Francois, and from thence to this port; schr. Iris , Thornton, for Baltimore; schr. Three Friends , of Boston; schr. Lydia , of New-York; sloop Friendship , Saunders, bound to the leeward islands, and a number of other American vessels.
Brig Ceres , Tucker, from Antigua. June 12, lat. 34, long. 70, spoke brig Mary , Hall, (belonging to Charles Smith) out 12 days from New-York, bound to Jamaica. Flour at Antigua 24 dollars, pork 22, beef 16 to 18, per bbl. and very scarce.
Brig Francis Nixon , Thompson, from Cadiz. April 28, spoke a French ship from Cayenne, bound to France. May 28, spoke a Portuguese ship, bound to Lisbon, 80 days out. 30th, spoke ship Jane , from Halifax to Martinique, 19 days out. June 16, spoke ship Carolina , of and from Philadelphia to Oporto, out 3 days.
Brig Moses Gill , Pateron, from Greenock. May 25, lat. 44, long. 34, spoke brig Leopold , of and from Salem bound to Bilboa, out 22 days. June 1st, lat. 42, long. 51 30, spoke brig Yarico , Stephens of and from Rhode-Island, bound to Amsterdam. 6th, spoke ship Minerva , Folger, of and from Salem, bound to Amsterdam. The ship Washington , and ship Draper were to sail from Greenock in 14 days after the Moses Gill .
CHAPTER OF BLUNDERS.
We have had frequent occasion to remark up-
on the blunders of the present administration, and its supporters—blunders which shew the men to be as deficient in industry and talents, as their policy is destitute of wisdom. We add another blunder to the catalogue, and request their wise heads to reconcile contradictions, or rather to perform impossibilities: The old law for securing to inventors and authors the benefit of their discoveries and original works, makes it requisite that an author should, before publication, deposit a printed copy of the title page of his book, in the office of the clerk of the district court, which is directed to be recorded, and a copy of record published in a newspaper four weeks. A supplementary act, passed the last session of Congress, makes it requisite, in addition to the steps to be taken under the former act, to procure a copy of the record, and insert it at full length, in the title page, or in the page immediately following. Now we beg leave to inquire, how the printed title page of a book can be lodged in an office, and recorded, and a copy of that record printed on the title page or the back of it.—This must be done by hocus pocus —It seems very much to resemble a man's seeing a boat on the opposite side of a river, and being obliged to fetch it, before he can cross the stream. The Aurora man, however will wisely solve the difficulty, by telling the world, that the new act does not take place till January next; and in the mean time it may be amended.
Alexandria Advertiser.
TUESDAY, JUNE 22.
On the 17th arrived at Baltimore, the sloop of war Courier , capt. Mountfort, a French national ship, from L'Orient, which place she left on the 28th of April; the commander arrived in Washington on Sunday last.
We learn that the object of this vessel's coming here was to apprise admiral Villaret of his being appointed governor of Martinique, with directions to repair to Guadalupe and remain there till Martinique should be surrendered.
The Courier brings no news from France. Nat. In.
Thomas Jefferson, President of the United States of America, To all whom it may concern:—
The Citizen SOTIN, having produced to me his commission, I do hereby recognize him as Commissary of Commercial Relations of the French Republic for the state of Georgia, to reside at Savannah, and declare him free to exercise such functions, powers and privileges, as are allowed to similar agents of the most favored nations.
In Testimony whereof I have caused these letters to be made patent and the seal of the United States to be hereunto affixed.
GIVEN under my hand at the City of Washington, the fifteenth day of June in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and two, and of the Independence of the United States of America the twenty-sixth.
TH: JEFFERSON.
By the President, JAMES MADISON, Secretary of State.
Thomas Jefferson, President of the United States of America, To all whom it may concern:—
The Citizen JOSEPH MARIE LEQUINO KERBLAY, having produced to me his commission, I do hereby recognize him as Commissary of Commercial Relations of the French Republic for the state of Rhode Island, to reside at Newport, and declare him free to exercise such functions, powers and privileges, as are allowed to similar agents of the most favored nations.
In testimony whereof I have caused these letters to be made patent and the seal of the United States to be hereunto affixed.
GIVEN under my hand at the City of Washington, the 15th day of June in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and two, and of the Independence of the United States of America the twenty-sixth.
TH: JEFFERSON.
By the President, JAMES MADISON, Secretary of State.
NO person bows with more reverence before the majesty of the people, than does the writer of this. The will of the people, constitutionally expressed, is, and I hope ever will be, the Supreme law of the United States. But there is a kind of popular phrenzy which is more to be dreaded than the sword of a tyrant; and a species of fawning adulation at the shrine of popularity, which is more to be despised than servile cringing at the footstool of royalty.
When a thirst for popularity so far gains the ascendancy in a free and independent
nation, as to pervade every branch of its government, there is great danger that the constitution of such nation will fall a prey to party-spirit and contention. That this is at present the case in America, will clearly appear, on examining some of the recent measures of our administration.
The question with our rulers of late has not been, Is this or that measure right, just or reasonable? but, Will this or that measure gain us popularity? has been the only enquiry. The best interests of the people have been sacrificed, while the popular yearn has been tickled with fascinating sounds. The conduct of our statesmen, have resembled that of the dashing retailer, whose windows are filled with goods, while his shelves are totally empty.
Mr. Jefferson's inaugural speech was well calculated to gain popularity, because the sentiments contained in it, were such as to extort applause even from his enemies. But would not Mr. Jefferson have done himself more honor by candidly marking out a line of conduct which he meant to pursue, than by making promises which he had no disposition to fulfil? Had he frankly declared, at his first setting out, that one half of the people of the United States, were a set of political heretics, over whose heads he might brandish the rod of persecution, he might, perhaps have suffered the loss of a little fleeting popularity; but he would not thereby have endangered his veracity.
The ruling sect in Congress, could have had no other object in view in destroying the old judiciary system, than popularity; for they were not ignorant that a system equally good could not be adopted without as great expence: Yet while some few had the candor to acknowledge that the expence of the system was of no consequence, the impudent and designing pretended that their only aim was to rid the people of their burthens.—Fearing that the measure, if left to itself, would have a tendency rather to diminish than increase their popularity, certain members of Congress wrote delusive addresses to their constituents, in which the salaries of the displaced judges were set down as clear savings, while the extra expences attending the new judicial system were totally omitted.
The repealing of the internal taxes, carried with it a fascinating found.—The measure in name, was a charming trap to catch popularity. But could the advocates of that measure have been sincere in their professions of regard for the people, when they abolish the tax on coaches, and permitted the duty on salt to remain?
To mention every instance in which our rulers have attempted to purchase popularity at the expence of principle, would detain me too long from my plough. But there is one more which is too glaring and barefaced to be omitted. A law was past during the late session of congress, entitled "An act making provision for the payment of the whole public debt." Now, my fellow farmers, what opinion would you naturally form of a law bearing such a delightful title? Should you not expect to find in it some means provided for the payment of the public debt? Most certainly. What then, must be your surprise, when you find not a syllable in the law which conforms in the least degree with the title? What must be your indignation, when you discover that the framers of the law aimed, by means of a false title to impose upon your credulity? In what manner does the law provide for the discharge of the whole debt? It merely authorises a re-loan of money for its payment! Alas! alas! to what despicable shifts have our popularity-loving rulers been driven.
A PLOUGHMAN.
Balance.) At bis Dese.
PORT OF ALEXANDRIA.
ARRIVED.
Sloop Dianna , Allen, New-York; Schr. President , Fairfax, Baltimore; Polly and Sally , Keith, do.
CLEARED.
Schr Sukey , Howes, Salem; Sloop Parragon , Dickerson, St. Vincents; Polly, Tuzo, Martinique.
For Private Sale.
The whole of my property situated on Princess street, in the Town of Alexandria, consisting of 4 good dwelling houses with sufficient lots attached to each.—They will be sold together or separate as may suit persons inclined to purchase.—For terms apply on the premises to
HENRY M'CUE.
June 22.
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Robert T. Hooe & Co. HAVE RECEIVED A further supply of DRY GOODS , By the ship United States , from Liver- pool, consisting of fine and coarse Hats, well assorted in boxes, a few trunks of Stuff, &c. Also, a large quantity of Earthen  Ware , in crates, which, in addition to their stock on hand, forms a very complete assort- ment of that article, and which will be sold unusually low. Also, a quantity of coarse SALT , Fine salt in sacks of 4 bushels each; 100 boxes Pipes; broad and narrow Hoes assorted in casks—and a consignment of  IRISH LINENS , purchased in England for ready money, which will be sold on very low terms for good paper. May 31. d
WILLIAM LOWRY HAS REMOVED FROM GEORGETOWN TO ALEXANDRIA, AND IMPORTED By the ship Tyson , from Liverpool, via Baltimore, and now opening for sale, at the store lately occupied by John Ramsey, King-street. A quantity of  EARTHEN WARE , in crates assorted. Also, A quantity of Dry Goods, suitable for the season, and is in daily ex- pectation of receiving an additional supply of those articles by the first arrivals from Britain. Country storekeepers and others will find it their interest in giving him a call, as he is determined to sell on the most reasonable terms. April 30. d
LAND FOR SALE. On Saturday the 10th day of July next, will be sold, on the premises, by virtue and in pursuance of a decree of the coun- ty court of Fairfax, made by consent of parties at July Court, in the year 1801, in a suit brought on the chancery side of the said court, By Wm. Whitcroft, Josiah  W. King, Letitia King,  Henry Whitcroft, Sarah  Whitcroft, Thos. Munroe,  Frances Munroe, Alexan-  der Kerr, Ann Kerr, and  Catharine Whitcroft, ad-  ministrators and heirs at  law, of Wm. Whitcroft,  dec'd, Against Josiah Watson and  Jane his wife, and Jas. Watson, Complainants, } Defd'ts. } We the subscribers, com- missioners in and by the said decree com- missioned and named, shall proceed to ex- pose to public sale by auction for ready money, all that tract or parcel land lying in the county of Fairfax, about two or three miles from Alexandria, between the turn- pike and Colchester roads, and touching on both of those roads, with Cameron and South Runs flowing through it, contain- ing between five and six hundred acres, mortgaged by Josiah Watson to William Whitcroft, deceased, which mortgage is filed among the papers in the said suit. The above land will be sold either in parcels or altogether as may be found most suit- able on the day of sale; a satisfactory ex- hibition of the title will be ready for the inspection of all concerned by the day of sale, and those disposed to purchase, are referred for more particular information to the proceedings and decree in the said suit to Mr. Josiah Watson, in the town of A- lexandria, or to either of the subscribers. WM. HARTSHORNE, NICHOLAS FITZHUGH, WM. PAYNE. P. S. The sale of the above land, ad- vertised for Friday the 18th of June, was unavoidably postponed to Saturday the 10th day of July next, on account of bad wea- ther & the non-attendance of two of the commissioners. A plat of the above land, according to actual survey, may be seen, at any time at the Coffee-House in Alexandria. June 19. eosf
To be Rented, The House in which I now live, of which I have a lease for upwards of three years from this time; the situa- tion is eligible and the House commodious. For terms apply to J. B. NICKOLLS. Fairfax-street, June 19. eo
Robert T. Hooe & Co. Have received by the brig UNION , from LONDON—a great part of their  SPRING GOODS , and are daily expecting the balance by the ship United States from Liverpool. They have likewise for sale, Rum in hogsheads, Sugar in hds. and barrels, An extensive assortment of Liverpool Earthen Ware in crates, German Osnaburgs. May 18. d Just received from the Havana, 30 boxes first quality  SEGARS , A quantity of fresh PINE APPLES , Tamarinds and soft shell'd Almonds. THOS. SIMMS. June 10. d  Forty Dollars Reward. Stop the Villain!
Ran away from the subscriber in the month of December last, a likely Negro man, named BEN , 26 years of age, of a dark complexion, 5 feet 9 or 10 inches high; has a small scar under one of his eyes (which not recollected) also a large one on his breast, occasioned by a burn when a child, and has lost two of his fore teeth. His clothing is unknown to me, as he has been hired to Mr. John Hodg- kin, of Alexandria, for three years past as a ferry man, and believe him to be har- bored in or about Alexandria or the city of Washington, by a brother of his (nam- ed Helson ) who also served the said Hodg- kin as a ferry-man at the same time, and whom the said Hodgkin has lately eman- cipated. The above reward will be paid to any person who delivers me the above described villain in the town of Colches- ter, or Thirty Dollars , if secured in any jail in Maryland or Virginia. All masters of vessels and others are for- bid to harbor or carry off said fellow at their peril.
JOHN H. MANLEY. Colchester, May 31. eosw  SUBSCRIPTIONS FOR  The Turnpike Road from Alexan-  dria to Little River , in Loudoun county, will be received by William Hartshorne for himself and John Thomas Ricketts, in Alexandria—Israel Lacy and Burr Powell in Loudoun; David Hunter and William Riddle in Berkley; Thomas Hammond and Matthew Frame in Jefferson; Bushrod Taylor and Wm. Davidson in Frederick; Samuel Crowdsom and William Stienberger in Shenandoah. This being a business in which the com- munity may be greatly benefited, and as it has only this day come into my hands, I have undertaken to publish without con- sulting the other commissioners as they are all at a distance. The law is with me and I doubt not will be shewn by the other commissioners, to any person ap- plying. The law requires Ten Dollars to be paid at the time of subscribing; the remaining sum of Ninety Dollars , on each share, is to be paid in dividends, as called for by the President and Directors, to be chosen by the stockholders. WM. HARTSHORNE. April 20. eo  GUNPOWDER.  Baltimore Bellona Gunpowder , by the quarter cask. Also,  Refined Salt Petre , by the quar- ter cwt. or larger quantity. A constant supply of those articles from the Manufac- tory, will be kept for sale on the lowest terms, by LAWRASON & SMOOT. April 8. eosm
Was taken up and committed to this jail, as a runaway, a Negro man who calls himself ISAAC , and says he belongs to a Mr. Henry Griffith , of Lou- don county, near the Red-House: he is about 40 years of age, of a low stature, and slim made: had on an old brown coat, jacket and breeches of negro cotton. The owner is requested to come, prove proper- ty, pay charges, and take him away— otherwise he will be disposed of as the law directs. JAMES CAMPBELL, May 15. raw Jailer. Two thousand pieces first qua- lity NANKEENS , just received and for sale by Janney & Paton.
JUST RECEIVED, AND FOR SALE BY  SAMUEL BISHOP, THE  LIFE OF BUONAPARTE, from his birth to the Peace of Luneville: TO WHICH ARE ADDED, Anecdotes of the different Campaigns, Speeches, Traits of Character, &c. of that celebrated personage.
VOYAGES, From Montreal, on the River St. Lau- rence, through the Continent of North America, in the year 1789 and 1793. With a preliminary account Of the rise, progress and present state of  The Fur Trade, of that country. Illustrated with Maps. By Sir Alexander Mackenzie.
DR. MAVOR'S Collection of Voyages & Travels. Subscribers are respectfully informed, that the 1st, 2d, and 3d vols. of the above work are now ready for delivery. ALSO, By the snow Thomas, from Liverpool, an extensive assortment of  POCKET BOOKS , Thread Cafes, &c. which are offered, wholesale and retail, at very low prices. June 19. eosf
In pursuance of a Deed of  Trust from Joseph Cary to the subscrib-  ers, for the purposes therein mentioned,  will be sold at Public Auction, at the  Coffee House of Alexandria, on Monday  the 28th day of June next, (being the  first day of the meeting of the court of  Alexandria county,) at the hour of ele-  ven o'clock in the forenoon, all the said  Joseph Cary's right, title and interest in  and to the following real property, viz. 50,000 acres of Land in Ran- dolph county, being the said Cary's moiety of a tract containing 100,000 acres, patented in his own name. This tract lays on each side of Cheat River and contiguous to the main road leading from Moorefield to Randolph court-house.
495 acres of Land in Harrison county, situate on the waters of Cheat River, be- ing the said Cary's moiety of a tract containing 990 acres, patented in the name of Patrick Mur- ray and founded on a settlement right.
482 1/2 acres of Land in the last mentioned county, being said Cary's moiety of a tract containing 965 acres, patented also in the name of Patrick Murray, and founded on a set- tlement right. This tract lays on the east side of Tyger's Valley River, and binds thereon about one half mile below the mouth of Leading Creek.
2500 acres of land in Lincoln county, state of Kentucky, situate on the waters of Straight Creek, being the said Cary's moiety of a tract containing 5000 acres.
10,000 acres of land in Ken- tucky county, situate on Gauley River, being the said Cary's moiety of a tract containing 20,000 acres, patented in the name of Thomas Williams.
A brick house with a lot in the Town of Alexandria, situate on Wolf-street, now occupied by the said Cary, subject to an incumbrance which will be made known at the time of sale. Terms of sale will be one third payable in six months, one third in twelve months, and the re- maining one third in eighteen months.—Bonds with approved security will be required of the purchasers.
Such of the creditors of Joseph Carey as may be disposed to attend the sale are notified that their respective claims will be admitted in pay- ment for said lands, provided such claims are lodged with us and approved of at least 20 days before the day of sale. JOHN FOSTER, } Trustees. GEO. DENEALE } May 28. rawf
Cuthbert Powell Has received per the Union , capt. Wood-  bouse from London, A handsome Assortment of  SPRING GOODS , which he offers for sale, by the piece or package, at his store on King street, on the most moderate terms, Amongst which are, Superfine cloths and calimeres, Irish linens, sheetings, Bedticks, Osnaburgs, Silk, cotton and thread hosiery, Chintzes, calicoes, ginghams, Muslins, long lawns, dimities, Jeans, quiltings, &c. &c. Also, Best grain seythes, Buttons, pins, and needles, A few elegant guns, Ladies' fashionable kid shoes, &c. &c. May 18. d12t2aw3w
Printing in all its variety exe- cuted at this office.
PROPOSALS, Respectfully submitted to the consideration of the citizens of the District of Colum- bia, and the public generally, for pub- lishing by subscription in George Town. A WEEKLY NEWSPAPER, TO BE ENTITLED  The Ohio. By B. PARKS and Co.
IT is within the plan of the Editors of this paper, that its contents shall consist of a compound of various ingredients—news, po- litics, news, polite literature; with whatever else may seem most promotive of public good, and conduce towards general usefulness. No where, perhaps, have the beneficial effects of periodical publications been more generally felt, or duly appreciated, than in this country and no where, we believe, their abilities might be more justly deprecated; but such is the close affi- nity between their good and bad consequences, be- tween the liberty and licentiousness of the press, that the most experienced of our political fuge- ons have uniformly been apprehensive of attempt- ing an excision of the one, lest they might give a mortal wound to the other. Being an evil with- out a remedy, it shall be our peculiar care not to contribute to its aggravation.
The temper of the times require an avowal of the Editors' political creed. On this head they will be candid and sincere.—They are unequiv- ocally federal.—Believing, without calling into question the views of the present, that the former administrations pursued the best policy that could be devised, for securing the peace and happiness, and promoting the true interests of this country, they declare it their intention, at all times, to advocate measures producing those desirable consequences.
We have ever held the conduct of many of the opposers of the former administrations, in their newspaper publications, in the utmost, and we think, merited contempt. Wilful misrepre- sentations may deceive for a while, and thereby fur- ther the views of those who employ such means; but it is not by resorting to them, that we hope or intend to promote our own interest, much less that of the public. Towards our political op- ponents we will do as we would be done by— consequently, not attempt to repel the reiterated calumnies, yet heaped upon those no longer in power, by a recitation of slander on those who now hold the helm of our political barque. Time will shew who best understood their coun- try's interest, and will bring with it the most ample justification of the views of those to whom under Providence we have been, and are in- debted for our present prosperity and tranquility.
Private disputes and personalities shall always be excluded. To this promise the Editors pledge themselves they will religiously adhere. The papers published at present in the District, being devoted almost entirely to one subject, Po- litics, the Editors entertain a hope that THE  OHIO , conducted on liberal principles, and con- taining a greater diversity of matter, will meet with public countenance; which they respectfully solicit.
CONDITIONS. This paper will be published every Thursday morning, in a quarto form, and on a sheet of royal size, which will form a handsome volume, annually, of 416 pages, printed with a new and elegant type. The price to subscribers will be Two Dollars and Fifty Cents, payable on the receipt of the first number. It will be delivered at the dwellings of subscribers in Alexandria, every evening of the day of publication, free of any addi- tional expence.
The subscriber informs his friends in Alexandria, and for- mer patrons of the "Columbian Mirror," that he is concerned in the intended publication abovement- tioned, and will, in the course of a day or two, wait upon those in town for their signatures. ELLIS PRICE. Alex. June 14.
RICHARD VEITCH Has imported by the brig Union , captain  Woodhouse , from London, and offers for sale, by the piece or package, at his warehouse on King street, A general Assortment of  SPRING GOODS , Amongst which are, Superfine Mens' and Ladies' Cloths and Cassimeres, Fashionable Buttons, and Waistcoats, Irish linens, 5-4 sheetings, and diaper, Osnaburgs, housewife and Lancashire dowlass, Printed calicoes, chintzes, and dimi- ties, Ticks, checks, stripes, stuffs, and Scotch gauze, Cambric, jaconet and other fancy mus- lins, Cotton and thread hosiery, and ladies' gloves, Color'd crapes, and figured sarinets, Fashionable cotton trimmings, girdles, ribbons, silk handkerchiefs, One case bonnets, &c. &c.
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