Alexandria advertiser and commercial intelligencer (Alexandria [Va.]), 1803-09-16 00:00:00

Public Vendue.
On FRIDAY, at 10 o'clock, will be sold at the Vendue Store,
Rum in hogheads and barrels.
 French Brandy in pipes,  Gin in pipes and bds.  Whiskey and Apple Brandy in bds.  Sugar in hds. tierces and bds.  Coffee in tierces and bags,  Chocolate  White and brown Soap } in boxes,  Mould and dip'd Candles }  Raisins in kegs, boxes and jars,  Figs in kegs and frails,  Queens Ware in crates,  FURNITURE, &c. 
A variety of DRY GOODS,
 Among which are,  Cloths, Coatings,  Kerseys, Duffs,  Plains and Kerseys,  Negro Cottons, Serges,  Elasticks, blue Friezes,  Calimancoes and Russels,  Yarn Stockings,  Chintzes and Calicoes,  Irish Linens, Silesia do.  Osnaburgs and Ticklenburgs,  Muslins and Mullin Lland's,  India Muslins and Table Cloths  Bandanna Handkerchiefs,  Coloured Threads, Hats,  And sundry other Articles. 
P. G. MARSTELLER.
September 2.
Sales by Auction.
SATURDAY,
At 10 o'clock, will be sold at the Vendue Store, the corner of King and Union Streets.
Rum in hds. and barrels,
 Whiskey in barrels,  Apple Brandy in barrels,  Gin in casks,  Wine in pipes and quarter casks,  Molasses in hds.  Sugar in hds. and barrels,  White and brown Soap in boxes,  Coffee in casks and bags,  Raisins in kegs and boxes,  Queen's Ware, and 
ALSO, A variety of DRY GOODS.
 Among which are-  Broad Cloths,  Cassimeres,  Kerseys,  Coatings,  Halfthicks,  Fearnought,  Blankets,  Planes,  Negro Cottons,  Worsted and other Stockings,  Irish Linens,  Calicoes,  Threads,  Chintzes,  Bedticks,  Osnaburgs,  Sewing Silks,  Muslin and Muslin Handkerchiefs,  India Cottons, &c &c. 
THOS. PATTEN, Auctioneer.
September 2.
Ricketts, Newton and Co.
Have received and for Sale,
A few bales German Linens,
 2 trunks calicoes and chintzes,  2 do. hosiery,  10 boxes wool and cotton cards,  5 tresses threads,  30 boxes dipp'd and mould candles,  10 hds. molasses,  4 do. Jamaica Spirits,  6 do. sugars,  20 barrels prime pork,  50 do. herrings,  20 do. shad,  30 kegs James river tobacco,  100 tons plaister. 
They are giving Cash, for wheat, flour, corn, rye, beans and tobacco.
August 1. d
Printing in all its variety executed at this office.
For Freight or Charter, The SHIP Fair American, Capt. STOVER, about two years old, burthen 217 tons. Apply to
Janney & Paton. Who have received and for sale on board said vessel, 160 tons Plaister of Paris. Sept. 3. d
For FREIGHT, (Coastways)
The Schooner SEA FLOWER, ELIZ DOUGHTY, Master; burthen 500 barrels, now lying at the upper side of Prince street wharf. Apply to the master on board, or to
Daniel M'Clean. Who has for sale, Peach Brandy of an excellent quality, soap and candles, mess and prime pork, Philadelphia hoop and bar iron, nail rods and soles leather. August 23. d
WILLIAM RAMSAY HAS OPENED A Grocery Store in Prince street, Next door to Dr. Dick's,
Where he intends keeping a general assortment of genuine articles in that line, and now offers for sale on moderate terms, LONDON particular Madeira, Port in casks and bottles, Colmenar and Malaga Old St. Julian and Medoc Claret in cases of 2 dozen each, White Wine Vinegar, 4th proof Jamaica Rum, Do. Cognac Brandy, Holland Gin, Loaf, lump and Muscovado Sugar, Sugar House Molasses,
 Imperial,  Chulan,  Hyson,  Young Hyson,  Hyson Skin,  Souchong,  Pouchong Souchong,  Padra Souchong,  Peco Souchong,  Bohea 
Green Coffee, Durham and Dixon's Mustard, Allspice, Cinnamon, Cloves, Mace and Nutmegs, Nantz and Bourdeaux Sallad Oil, Catchup, brandied Fruits and English Pickles, Olives, Capers and Anchovies, Prunes, Raisins, and soft shell Almonds, Leipser's Snuff in bottles, Do. best Smoaking Tobacco, Martin's best Spanish Segars, Basket Salt for table use, Georgia Cotton, Martinique Noyeau, Mould and dipp'd Candles, Jersey Cheese of an excellent quality, Wrapping Paper, brown and blue, Roll Brimstone, Fig Blue.
To be Rented, And possession given immediately, the dwelling HOUSE above said store. It is now in good repair, and well calculated to accommodate a genteel family. Apply as above. June 27. d
PRINTING INK,
Of an excellent quality, For sale at Mr. Timothy Caldwell's near the West Market, City of Washington.
Who has to let on ground rent, A number of Lots in eligible situations. June 18. 12w3m
Just Received and for sale by the Subscriber,
100 Barrels of Beef and Pork of an excellent quality, 20 boxes of Soap, 10 do. Mould Candles. KENNETH MATHESON. Sept. 7. dim
For Sale,
THE SLOOP DIANA, A good tight vessel, carries 3000 bushels, or 600 barrels flour.
Also,
THE SCH'R LEBON, burthen five Hundred barrels. Both vessels are lying at our wharf, and will be sold on low terms. We have received by the sloop Diana, 60 hds. Guadalupe clayed Sugars of good quality,
And have on hand, Jamaica Spirits, Windward Rum, Muscovado Sugars, first and second qualities, Pork, Whiskey, &c. &c. all which will be sold at reasonable prices. JOHN & THOS. VOWELL. Sept. 8. d
For Freight or Charter,
THE BRIG JOANNA, Moses Wells, Master; burthen about 1,100 barrels. Is a good, staunch vessel and sails well. Apply to the master on board, or to Nathaniel Wattles & Co.
Who have for sale, Sugar in hds. and bds. Rum in hds. Molasses in do. Georgia upland Cotton in bales. Anewit 15. d
For Sale or Charter,
THE SHIP BELVIDERE, lying at Thompson's wharf, burthen 257 tons. For terms apply to Samuel Craig. July 21. eo
The Ship United States,
Capt. FINLEY, A constant Trader, arrived at Liverpool on the 9th of July, after a passage of twenty six days, we expect her to arrive here in all this month, and are desirous of engaging some FREIGHT, so as not to detain her long in port. For Freight or Passage be pleased to apply to Ricketts, Newton & Co. Sept. 2. d
For Freight or Charter,
(To any port in the West Indies or United States)
THE SCH'R DISPATCH, JOSHUA PREBBLE, Master, burthen 750 barrels. She is a fine staunch vessel, completely found and ready to receive a cargo immediately. Apply to the master on board, at Gilpin's Wharf, or to JOSEPH RIDDLE, & Co. Sept. 7. d
Freight Wanted.
THE SCH'R REBECCA will take from five to six hundred barrels freight, for any island in the West Indies. For terms apply at Hewes and Miller's Counting Room. September 5. d
Valuable Property for Sale.
In pursuance of a Decree of Alexandria county court, in the district of Columbia at the last June term; and the last will and testament of Lewis Hopkins, deceased,
Will be sold at Public Auction, to the highest bidder, for ready money, on Thursday the 22d day of September next, if fair, if not the next fair day, at the house of Francis Daniel, at the Little Falls, all the REAL ESTATE of the said Lewis Hopkins, to wit:
One undivided third part of 207 acres of LAND, in the said district, near the said Little Falls, upon which are Merchant's Mills, with three pair of French Burr Mill Stones, and every necessary and convenient machinery for manufacturing flour to the best advantage; also a Brewery and Distillery, Miller's House, a Brewer and Distiller's House, and sundry other improvements. This property will be shown to any person who may incline to purchase it, by the said Francis Daniel, at any time before the day of sale.
A tract of LAND in Fairfax county, about three miles from the said Little Falls, containing 207 acres, upon which is a dwelling house, in which Mrs. Susan Wren lives, and sundry other improvements; about two thirds of this land are cleared, and the remainder in wood; it is good farming land. Mr. William Waters, who lives near it, will show this land to any person or persons who may incline to purchase it, at any time previous to the sale.
Mrs. Susan Wren, who was the widow of the said Lewis Hopkins, has a right of dower in the aforesaid property.
The Sale will commence at twelve o'clock.
Phil. R. Fendall, Robert Young, Wm. Waters, } Ex'ors. August 18. d
VALUABLE LANDS FOR SALE.
By virtue of a Deed of Trust executed by Henry Lee to the subscriber, for securing a debt due from said Henry Lee, to Wm. Ludwell Lee, deceased, the following tracts of Land will be Sold at public Auction,
for ready money, at the times and places hereafter mentioned, that is to say:
One tract containing 2800 acres, called Hollis's Marsh, lying in the county of Westmoreland, adjoining the Stafford estate, and bordering on the Potomac river.
One other tract containing 500 acres lying in the county of Fairfax, at the mouth of Difficult run, on the west side thereof, and bounded by the Potomac river at the Great Falls.
One other tract containing 1600 acres, together with a moiety of a MILL, lying in Frederick county, where the said tract is called and known by the name of Buffalo Marsh.
These tracts will be sold on the respective premises: The 1st on the 28th of September; the 2d on the 6th of October, and the 3d on the 13th of October next.
The above tracts will be laid off and sold in smaller parcels, if the title papers can be obtained in time to enable the subscriber to have them divided.
(Signed)
Byshrod Washington. August 10. d13thO
Just Received,
10 chests Bohea, 8 do. Souchong } TEAS of late importations and excellent quality.
Apply next door below Col. Gilpin's, in King street, to
John Potts. Sept. 1. d3t 2aw

EPIGRAM On the varieties of Bacchus. First in the grape, the wine's red hue, Next in the bottle glows; But last, and most, and longest too, O drunkard, on thy nose.
Land for Sale.
I wish to sell from a thousand to twelve hundred acres of good Farming Land, in the county of Fairfax, on the waters of Pope's Head and Jonnymore runs.
This land will either be sold together or in separate parcels, as may be agreed on. It is well situated for the disposal of produce, being within twenty miles of Alexandria, and thirteen of the Occoquan Mills.
Any person, wishing to purchase, may know the terms by applying to the subscriber near Dumfries.
John Gibson.
Sept. 13.
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To be Rented,
For a term of years or forever, TWENTY FIVE LOTS of FIVE ACRES
each, situated within a mile and an half of the town of Alexandria, and five from the City of Washington. The situation of the ground is elevated, the soil good and susceptible of high cultivation, the air salubrious, and the prospect of three rising cities, of the river Potomac, and the adjacent country in the highest degree beautiful and picturesque.
ALSO,
A few handsome situations on the Leesburg road.
Particulars will be made known on application to
CH. ALEXANDER,
Sept. 14.
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Frederick Kemmelmyer, LIMNER,
Respectfully informs the public that he has opened a Drawing School next door to Col. Hooe's, (Water street,) where he will instruct young Ladies and Gentlemen in drawing and painting in Water Colours and Crayons every day in the week, except Saturday. Hours of attendance for young Ladies from twelve to one, and gentlemen from 6 to 7 o'clock in the forenoon.
He also,
Professes Portrait Painting in Oil and Crayons, and all other branches belonging to the art of painting except house painting.
Likewise,
Guilds looking glasses and picture frames in the best and nearest manner possible.
August 31.
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For Sale,
A handsome FARM,
Three miles from Alexandria, partly lying on the main road that leads to Colchester, containing one hundred and twenty-five acres, handsomely improved, and pleasantly situated; on the premises are a neat dwelling house, a kitchen adjoining, dairy, an excellent well of water, and a barn 60 feet long, together with a general collection of choice fruit trees. The situation as a country seat is well adapted for the residence of any person who may buy it, and will be sold on moderate terms by the proprietor.
THOS. RICHARDS.
Sent. 5.
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Fifteen Dollars Reward.
RAN AWAY from the subscriber, about the 20th day of July last, a Negro boy called SAM, about 18 years of age, 5 feet 4 or 6 inches high, tolerably stout made, with a scar on his upper lip, not quite cured when he left home. I suspect he has obtained a pass, and will endeavor to pass for a freeman. I will give the above reward to any person who will deliver him to me, living within two miles of the Falls Church, Fairfax county, Virginia, or Ten Dollars, if secured in any jail so that I get him again.
C. F. Whiting.
Sept. 2.
d
A Warehouse to Let.
I will rent my Warehouse, situate on King street, adjoining the mansion house in which I live, opposite Mr. J. Kincaid's. Possession may be had immediately. It is very convenient for a Grocery store, or a Flour Merchant. For terms apply to P. MARSTELLER.
June 2.
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For the Alexandria Advertiser.
Serious evils arise from the erroneous calculations of mankind: by them the too sanguine merchant is often ruined, and the wretched gamester brought to the acme of desperation. But these ills are not to be compared to the soul-destroying mischiefs which result from miscalculating our time in this world, and which produces that lassitude and inanity, with regard to futurity, which are but too apparent amongst the far greater part of mankind. Pecuniary considerations are as light as air, when set in competition with the concerns of eternity.
"Let time appear a moment, as it is, And let eternity's full orb at once, Turn on my soul, and strike it into "heav'n" How must a spirit, late escap'd from "earth, The truth of things new-blazing in its "eye, Look back, astonish'd on the ways of "men, Whose lives' whole drift is to forget their "graves!"
In the fleeting things of time loss to one proves gain to another. Thus while the merchant, by the quarrels of the old world, and the English and French shooting each other, is increasing his wealth; the banker, who discounts 100,000 dolls. per week, at 6 per cent. of the merchants' paper by taking the 100th part of the sum for 60 days discount, gains by mis-calculation , upwards of 4000 dolls. per annum, to which the laws of his country give him no right : and the lucky gamester pockets his unfortunate opponents money without remorse, with this talvo for his conscience, that the same would be done to him, if placed by chance in the power of his adversary.
I have been lead into the preceding and subsequent reflections from reading De Moivre and Price's treatises on chances and life annuities—Pretty books! the rigid Christian will exclaim, for a Sunday evening's exercise—but from these various facts appear which ought to stimulate us to a just sense of our duty and a proper application of our time.
In the city of London one half , and in the large towns of America one third of the children die under three years of age, and in some places a larger proportion.
According to Kerseboom's Table of Observations, but a fourteenth part of all that are born live to 80.
In the large towns of Europe, it has been pretty accurately ascertained, that about a 25th part of all the inhabitants above 15 die every year.
The probability that a person aged 35 shall attain to 50 is as 17 to 7. The probability a person of this age shall attain to 60, or live 25 years, is nearly an even chance.
Out of 200 persons, all 40 years of age about 5 may be expected to die in a year.
A marriage between two persons, both 25, will not probably last longer than 17 years; nor a marriage between two persons, both 30, longer than 16 years—such marriages it is true may last possibly 30 or 40 years; but this circumstance is more than balanced by the fact that no less possible , they may not last one year .
The odds that the woman shall survive in marriage and not the man, is not less than 3 to 2.
The age of 86 may be considered as the utmost probable extent of human life: But the days of such men, says Solomon, are full of trouble.
Say ye who know the ills which wait, Attendant on this fleeting state, When o'er the teeming dewy meed The nibbling cattle, well-pleased, feed, When od'rous flow'r's their fragrance fling, When pinion'd tribes enraptured sing, When silken soft the zephyrs blow, Can man, poor man! feel poignant woe? Yes, truly, at this very hour, Beneath disease's baneful pow'r, Undeciv'd by pleasure's bait, Thousands mourn their hapless state. But know this pious truth, O man! Whose life is grief, whose age, a span, When trouble makes frail nature groan, The soul's true value best is known.
Now flutt'ring in the prime of May, The gay coquettes their charms display; Of silky men, and regal gait, Great Madam slowly steps in state; And Master struts with little Miss; All cheer'd by some ideal bliss: But happiest of the happy train, Are they who taught, in school of pain In early life, to view serene, The phantoms of this fleeting scene;
Whether pain or pleasure sway The sceptre of the short liv'd day.
Look around and view the Bee Humming o'er the daisied lee, And sucking sweetness from each flow'r, To fill her luscious waxen bow'r, Ere the pink its fragrance sheeds, Or the jacinths hang their heads: Then, O man! improve the day, While youth and vigour bear the sway, Ere the sharp autumnal air Fovial summer's sweets impair.
Alexandria, Sept. 11.
For the Alexandria Advertiser.
Cure for the Bite of a Mad Dog.
At this season of the year, and more particularly during the present drought, it may be expected that the canine species will be very subject to the hydrophobia.
The following receipt has been found in Europe, an antidote to this dreadful poison. It is given on the authority of Sir George Cobb, who brought it from Tonquin, and is reported, in most cases, to be infallible.
Take twenty four grains of native cinnabar, the like quantity of factitious cinnabar, and fifteen grains of musk.—Grind these together into a very fine powder, and put it into a small tea cup of arrack, rum or brandy: let it be well mixed, and give it to the person bit, as soon as possible—a second dose of the same must be repeated thirty days afterwards, and a third may be taken in thirty days more. But if symptoms of madness appear, they must take one of the above doses immediately, and a second in an hour after; and if wanted, a third must be given a few hours afterwards. The above receipt is calculated, for a full grown person, to children smaller doses, in proportion to their ages. This medicine has been given to hundreds with success. If, in the madness, they cannot take it in liquid, make it up into a bolus with honey: after the first two doses, let it be repeated every three or four hours, till the patient be recovered."
From the Albany Centinel.
TO INFIDELS.
That infidelity and scepticism are perfectly harmless, and that infidels and sceptics are inoffensive men, has been frequently, and, I think, very rashly asserted. I think the reasonings of Beattie on this subject are conclusive, and sufficient to convince any reasonable man, that " Atheism and Deism are not perfectly neutral. " Will you give the following extract from the writings of that judicious author a place in your paper.
EXTRACT.
"Though he (the sceptic) were to content himself with urging objections, without seeking to lay down any principles of his own, which, however, is a degree of moderation that no sceptic ever yet arrived at, we would not on that account pronounce him an inoffensive man. If his objections have ever weakened the moral or religious belief of any one person, he has injured that person in his dearest and most important concerns. They who know the value of true religion, and have had any opportunity of observing its effects on themselves or others, need not be told, how dreadful to a sensible mind it is to be staggered in its faith by the cavils of the infidel. Every person of common humanity, who knows any thing of the heart of man, would shudder at the thought of infusing scepticism into the pious Christian. Suppose the Christian to retain his faith in spite of all objections; yet the confusion of these cannot fail to distress him; and a habit of doubting once begun, may to the latest hour of life prove fatal to his peace of mind. Let no one mistake or misrepresent me; I am not speaking of those points of doctrine which rational believers allow to be indifferent: I speak of those great and most essential articles of faith; the existence of a Deity, infinitely wise, beneficent and powerful; the certainty of a future state of retribution; and the divine authority of the gospel. —These are the articles which some late authors labour with all their might to overturn; and these are the articles which every person who loves virtue and mankind would wish to see ardently and zealously defended. It is bigotry; I would not part with it for a thousand words; I congratulate the man who is possessed of it; for, amidst all the vicissitudes and calami-
ties of the present state, that man enjoys an inexhaustible fund of consolation, of which it is not in the power of fortune to deprive him. Calamities did I say?—The evils of a very short life will not be accounted such by him who has a near and certain prospect of a happy eternity. Will it be said, that the firm belief of these divine truths did ever give rise to ill nature or persecution? It will not be said by any person who is at all acquainted with history, or the human mind. Of such belief, when sincere and undebased by criminal passions, meekness, benevolence, and forgiveness, are the natural and necessary effects. There is not a book on earth so favorable to all the kind, and all the sublime affections, or so unfriendly to hatred and persecution, to tyranny, injustice, and every sort of malevolence, as that very gospel against which our sceptics entertain such a rancorous antipathy. Of this they cannot be ignorant, if they have ever read it; for it breathes nothing throughout but mercy, benevolence and peace. If they have not read it, they and their prejudices are as far below our contempt, as any thing so hateful can be: if they have, their pretended concern for the rights of mankind is all hypocrisy and a lie. Nor need they attempt to frame an answer to this acquiescence, till they have proved, that the morality of the gospel is faulty or imperfect; that virtue is not useful to individuals, nor beneficial to society; that the evils of life are most effectually alleviated, is a much more encouraging prospect to virtue, than the certain view of eternal happiness; that nothing is a greater check to vice, than a firm persuasion that no punishment awaits it; and that it is a consideration full of misery to a good man, when weeping on the grave of a beloved friend, to reflect that they shall soon meet again in a better state, never to part any more. Till the teacher of infidelity have proved these points, or renounced their pretensions to universal patriotism, their character is polluted with all the infamy that can be implied in the appellation of liar and hypocrite."
NEW YORK, Sept. 12.
London and Liverpool papers to the 18th of July, were received at the office of the Daily Advertiser last evening, 6 days later than our last advices, by the ship Merchant. capt. Lord, in 42 days from Liverpool: The following is the most important intelligence they contain.
REBELLION IN IRELAND.
LIVERPOOL, July 28.
Copy of a letter from Dublin dated Sunday, 11 o'clock, 24th current.
To a Merchant in this town.
"Dear Sir,
"You will be shocked to hear that we are at this moment in a more alarming situation than at any period during the unfortunate rebellion: At an early hour yesterday evening, a variety of inflammatory proclamations were distributed in every part of the town, calling on people to unite as before, in opposition to English oppression, &c. and at so earlier an hour as eight o'clock, a large party forced into the Lord Mayor's, and seized all the arms and pikes which were in the house, and about 10 o'clock a general engagement took place in the neighbourhood of James street, Thomas street and every part of the liberty. Lord Kilwarden (the Chief Justice of the King's Bench) coming into town about 9 o'clock was forced out of his carriage in James street, with his nephew and were both killed by pikes.
"Col. Brown of the 21st, and a few more officers, and several of the soldiery and yeomen have unfortunately been killed, together with a great number who appear of the very lowest order. But what is the most alarming, is that their plots have been carried on with such secrecy that they are not yet discovered, notwithstanding several prisoners were taken. Mr. Clark, of Palmeston, cotton manufacturer, was shot on Arran Quay, at 8 o'clock in the evening: and it appears there were several parties collecting in different parts of the town at a very early hour. They Privy Council has been sitting at the castle these two hours past and it is expected martial law will be proclaimed immediately. There are several gallows's erected in different parts of the town, and the executions it is supposed will be innumerable, as there are about 100 prisoners taken. They do not seem to have any leaders of consequence; the only one taken is a man of the name of McCabe, a publican, at whose house there has been got about 1000 pikes and 600

ounds of ball cartridge. We have not yet heard of any disturbance in the country, and all the coaches have arrived this morning.
"The situation of the city is most awful. The drums beat to arms at ten o'clock at night and continued until 12, when almost every citizen was under arms. The engagement continued until 4 o'clock and within these two hours two of the 62d regiment have been killed in the neighbourhood of the Royal Hospital."
From the Hibernian Journal , dated Monday, July 25.
On Saturday evening last, government having had intimation that a depot of pikes and other engines of destruction, had been made by a newly organized horde of insurgents in the vicinity of Bridgefoot street, a detachment of cavalry had been ordered by gen. Dunn from the barracks, which were joined by a company of yeomen infantry, part of the Liberty Rangers, now under the command of the Earl of Meath, having arrived at the spot where their instructions directed them, after a skirmish of a few minutes with the populace, in which a few lives were lost, a great number of pikes were found, also several combustibles, parcels of nails, fragments of iron, glass compost clay, oakum and other materials.
With these were discovered a number of deal tark, in pieces of various lengths, from 7 to 15 feet in length, with a circular cavity in each of about three inches diameter, filled with gunpowder, to each aperture was applied a wooden plug, with a handle and vent hole, or receptacle for a fuze appeared on the upper surface of the timber about the middle: This machine was supposed to have been intended to aid the projected operations of setting fire to Dublin Barracks. Several kegs of powder were discovered, with parcels made of four musket balls in each, and a tin tube of about two inches long, through which fire was designed to have been communicated to whatever vehicle was constructed to discharge them.
A suit of green uniform, with gold spaulets and a splendid embroidery was also found, and several papers, by which the train of operations fixed by those deluded people, was discovered and will doubtless be prevented. Among the melancholy disasters of the night might be reckoned the murder of Lord Kilwarden, chief Justice of the court of King's Bench, and the Rev. Arthur Wolfe, his nephew, who accompanied him with the ladies of his lordship's family, in a carriage to town. The wound he received was a large lacerated one in the side, having the appearance of being inflicted by a shot from a blunderbuss.
A privy council have been sitting yesterday at the Castle, and did not break up until a late hour last night: a proclamation, offering a reward of 1000l. for the discovery of the murderers of Lord Kilwarden, and the Rev. Arthur Wolfe, had been issued, upwards of one hundred prisoners had been lodged yesterday in the new Prevot in the barracks. A printed notice from the lord Mayor and board of magistrates was yesterday handed about, apprizing the citizens of Dublin, that from the recent disturbances, they feel it incumbent on them to reinforce the insurrection Act pursuant to which it became penal during the last rebellion, for any citizen not on military duty, to be out later than eight o'clock in the evening.
The following is a copy of the letter which Mr. Forbes, consul of the United States in Hamburg, sent to the captains of his nation:
Hamburg July 11.
"SIR, "The blockade of the Elbe by the English, has been officially announced to the government of this city. In so serious a crisis as the present, it is of consequence to the interest of our owners most strictly to observe, not only the laws as they have been acknowledged by their respective nations, but also those laws as they have been laid down by the principal maritime powers. I therefore advise you not to take any more goods on board; to procure the best certificates, that what you have already loaded has been shipped and loaded before the blockade of the Elbe was known, and to hasten your departure as much as possible.
"I am, &c.
JOHN FORBES."
BALTIMORE Sept. 13.
Arrived, schr. Edith and Polly, capt.
Newcomb, 15 days from St. Kitts and 13 from St. Eustatia. Two American vessels were driven on shore at St. Kitts; one belonging to North Carolina, got off; the other a northern sloop, was lost. Aug. 23, was taken by an English privateer, and carried into Sandy Point, St. Kitts, and detained 36 hours, with abusive treatment.
Arrived brig Two Friends, capt. Williams, 30 days from Trinidad and 21 from St. Thomas's; schrs. Roby, Martin, 8 days from Charleston; Mary, capt. Porter, 15 days from St. Lucie, the capt. left there; brigs Juno, Griffin, of and for Newbern, in 6 days; Essequibo Packet, Dollive, of and for Edenton, next day; schr. Edward and Edmond, Weacock, of and for Philadelphia; sloop Susan, Hodge, of and for Newburyport: Saw a schr. without a main boom and after yards, standing for Newpoint Comfort, day before yesterday.
Arrived, schr. Flag, capt. Reeves, 13 days from St. Thomas. Left there, schrs. Chance, Smith, of Baltimore; Susannah, Hays, of do. bound to Martinique; Johns, of do. to sail it 2 days; brigs Ruby, Jenny, of do. Alexandria, Dye, Alexandria.
The schr. Pemonia, Watts, of Baltimore, from Guadaloupe for N. Carolina, was spoken off the Capes, dismasted; intended to go to Norfolk.
Alexandria Advertiser.
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 16.
HEALTH OFFICE,
SEPTEMBER 16.
The Board of Health report 7 new cases, and one death of the prevailing fever, for the last 24 hours ending this morning at 10 o'clock.
S. SNOWDEN, Sec'y.
The Committee acknowledge with satisfaction, the receipt of FIFTY DOLLARS, from Nicholas Fitzhugh, Esq. as a donation for the use of the poor of the town.
S. SNOWDEN, Sec'y.
The following section from an act of the Corporation "For establishing, perpetuating, and regulating the streets;" &c. &c. is published for the information of the citizens generally, whom, it is hoped, will give due attention to its provision:
"SECTION 11. The persons living on paved streets, shall clean the footways and gutters of such parts of the said streets as shall be opposite to the property they occupy, and shall sweep half-way across such streets at least three times a week, and shall moreover wash such footways every Saturday from the first day of May to the last day of September, unless prevented by the weather. Any inhabitant who shall not perform the said duties, shall, for every neglect, forfeit and pay 50 Cents."
The preparation making to enlarge the Advertiser, necessarily obliges us to miss tomorrow's publication.
THE MORALIST.
The Essays which may be attempted, under this head, in the Alexandria Advertiser, we have endeavored to adapt to the taste of such of our readers as have already requested a little gravity, by way of relief to political subjects. We are further led to this subject from a wish, for a while, to thus employ the room generally filled with lighter articles—this reason will to others, of our readers, appear obvious. We hope for assistance; and in order to anticipate the garbling of the critic we acknowledge and trust that the subject will warrant our borrowing a little, occasionally, from writers on morality and natural philosophy.
"Be virtuous ends pursued by virtuous means,"
"Nor think th' intention sanctified the deed."
Noble deeds always spring from a noble spirit. Dignity of mind aim at dignity in action—the greatest of both is to intend good, and to do good—to love virtue and to practise it. These are truly noble attributes.
Men worship God because they conceive
he is good—'tis goodness then that men adore, and, therefore, goodness to men is holiness; the beginning of it is to intend and endeavour to do well, and if good ends be proposed, good effects will be produced. If we cannot make all mankind honest and virtuous, let us make as many as we can, and begin with ourselves.—This is setting out with our face towards peace and happiness. By contemplating the nature of morality, which includes all virtue in heart and life, we shall better know and esteem it.
He who desires no virtue in his companion, has no virtue in himself. Hence, when the wealthy and the dissolute connect themselves with indigent companions, for their powers of entertainment, their friendship amounts to little more than paying the reckoning for them.—They only desire to drink and laugh; their fondness is without benevolence, and their familiarity without friendship.
He that would govern his actions by the laws of virtue, must regulate his thoughts by the laws of reason; he must keep guilt from the recesses of his heart, and remember that the pleasures of fancy and the emotion of desire, are more dangerous as they are more hidden, since they escape the awe of observation, and operate equally in every situation, without the concurrence of external opportunities.
He that tries to recommend and defend virtue, can never enter into a better cause. Let the motives to hate vice and love virtue, be the consideration of such effects as are necessarily connected with their nature, such as they produce internally on our minds, and externally in our worldly affairs.
Morality has its root in the heart, and its fruit in actions; it includes the science of good policy—the art of governing nations, societies, families, and each individual government of himself.
This subject is, therefore, of the most extensive and important nature. It leads us to contemplate and understand the nature of man—to learn and practise a life of rectitude—to be devout in all Christian exercises.
(To be continued.)
Dr. Aikin in his historical account of the invasion of Egypt gives us the following paragraph respecting the commencement of that invasion. In Egypt "The Bays were but indifferent subjects, and the actual possession of Egypt by the Porte little more than nominal: on this foundation it is said to have been proposed to negotiate for an admission, more or less unqualified, of the power of France into that country, where, in military and civil authority, it should take the place of the Bays; while, like these but more faithfully, it should render the stipulated tribute, and acknowledge the supremacy of the Mufti, and the sovereignty of the Sultan. In this broad proposition several modifications might be introduced, and perhaps were intended to exist from the first; but something more plausible, more really consonant with the interests of the Porte must surely have been designed: or the expectation of acquiescence must have been grounded upon an idea of its moral, or at least physical imbecility: it could never be thought that the Sultan could rely upon the continuance of tribute from a power superior to himself, or that he could think France a better neighbour than the Bays; and arguments might easily have been brought forward more respectful to his understanding. A further consideration of these arguments is impracticable within the limits of the present sketch; but of whatever nature they were, it has been rumoured that they were agreeable to a party in the divan, which, rather than the Sultan, governs the Ottoman Empire, and the conduct of that government in the actual event of the invasion, accorded, it will be found, with this supposition. In Egypt it was intended to represent the arrival of the French army as a transaction equally favorable to the interests of the Sultan and its inhabitants, and hostile only to the Bays: the Bays, rebellious to the one and oppressive to the other.
"The command was given to General Bonaparte. In Bonaparte the republic had a citizen whose character the soldier formed but an ingredient. He was hitherto publicly known for little besides military capacity, or perhaps good fortune. His enemies proud of fighting with pigmies spoke of him with contempt. He was however a lover of the arts, a scholar and a statesman. Possessed of ascendancy over those whom he was concerned, he had at hi
disposal the arrangements of this expedition; and he went out from France rather a sovereign than a general. The colour of his mind was reflected in the whole armament. Learning and science were engaged with arms. He regarded that of the bayonet as the worst and least of conquests. It was only by spreading civilization, and assimilating manners, that he hoped to retain Egypt; and, preparing to put in practice all that theory could suggest for this purpose, he invited men of knowledge and genius in every pursuit to be his companions. Sensible, also, of the valuable discoveries to be made in Egypt, he prepared in like manner to bring back those to Europe.
"The military force, when the several detachments were united, consisted of nearly forty thousand men, and the list of artists, men of letters, and those of science, contains the following numbers and departments: in geometry 8, astronomy 4, in general mechanics 14 in watch-making 2, in chemistry 8, in mineralogy 5, in botany 3, in zoology 5, in surgery 6, in pharmacy 3, in antiquities 2, in architecture 4, in drawing 5, in engineering 19, in geography 18, in printing 15. In conformity with the various objects attending in this assemblage of persons, the implements of war were accompanied with those of science.
"Though nothing could be more public than the collecting this armament, its destination was kept a profound secret."
APHORISM.
He who writes with insolence, when anonymous and unknown, and speaks with timidity in the presence of the good; seems to be closely allied to baseness.
(Lowater.)
A singular instance of salubrity of climate.
The Parish of Presteign, in Radnorshire, in Wales, embraces a circle of nineteen miles. The burials on an average of seven years, are only twenty six persons a year; and that of births for the same time forty two. And of the burials upwards of eighteen of the twenty six were of persons from eighty to one hundred years old. It would not be amiss if all Jacobins, Deists, and Atheists would go there. They might gain time to mend and repent, or at least bilk their old father CLOVENFOOT of so many year's possession of them.
Courier.
Notice.
THE Office of the Marine Insurance Company of Alexandria is removed to the house of James B. Nickolls.
By order of the Board,
J. B. KICKOLLS, Sec'y.
Insurance Office. Sept. 15. 2aw3t
Fresh Fruit.
The subscriber has for sale at his dwelling in Pitt Street, between King & Cameron Streets,
Limes, Lemons, Oranges,
WITH OTHER
FRUITS, NUTS, &c. &c.
THOMAS SIMMS.
Sept. 14. d
Little River Turnpike Company.
THE Stockholders are called upon to make another payment of Ten per cent. upon each share by them held. Some of the subscribers having been remiss in making their payments, renders this call at present necessary—measures will be immediately taken to compel those who are now in arrear, to pay up their balances. Payments are to be made to the subscriber, at this place, who is authorised to receive the same.
By order of the President and Directors.
William Hartshorne,
Treasurer.
Alexandria, 9th Mo. 3d. comm
For Sale,
A healthy, stout, young Negro Woman. Enquire of the Printer.
August 3. d
R. and J. GRAY,
Have just received a large supply of Writing Paper & Quills.
August 11. d
FLAX SEED.
The highest price given for Flax Seed.
A. Smith & Son.
(a 5d)
Printing in all its variety executed at this office with neatness and dispatch.
VITT. ny months R. H. 2aw3t pany. p-to make each share

Public Sale.
On Wednesday the 12th of October, 1803, if fair, if not the next fair day, will be sold at public sale, to the highest bidder, at Raspberry Plain, the dwelling of the late Stephens T. Mason, Esq.
SUNDRY SLAVES.
consisting of likely and valuable Men, Women and Children, sundry Horses, Cattle, Mules and Asses. The terms of sale will be; for all sums over ten dollars nine months credit will be given upon the Purchaser's giving bond and approved security: for all sums under ten dollars, in the whole by one purchaser the cash must be paid. Any claim against the late S. T. Mason previously shown to and admitted by the Executor as just, will be received in payment for articles so bid for and in the things purchased a proper discount made from the sum bid to make the payment equal to Cash.
JOHN T. MASON, Executor of S. T. MASON.
ALL persons having any claims against the late Stephens T. Mason, Esq. are desired to bring them in to the subscriber living in George Town, to Major Armstead Long, living in Leesburg, to Armstead T. Mason the son of the deceased, residing at his late dwelling, or to Abraham B. T. Mason, living in Loudoun County, properly and legally authenticated, that measures may be taken for the adjustment thereof.
The subscriber will sell one thousand acres of land situate near Little River in Loudoun County, it being the land lately purchased by the deceased S. T. Mason of James Mercer's representatives; the land is of good quality, more than two thirds of it uncultivated and heavily timbered. The terms will be made to suit purchasers, and claims against the deceased's property authenticated and admitted to be just will be received in payment by
JOHN T. MASON, Ex. of S. T. Mason.
Sept. 5. 2aw3w
Twenty Dollars Reward.
RAN AWAY from the Subscriber, living in Charles County, Maryland, near Bryan Town, on the 26th day of last month, a Negro Man named RALPH, between twenty three and twenty four years of age, well made, of a middle height, and of a black complexion; when spoken to he is apt to laugh and then shew a wide mouth with a full set of white teeth; one of his eyes is defective, occasioned by a corn stalk when a child, at times he keeps that eye shut, as he cannot see very well out of it, on examination you will observe that the ball of said eye is glassified. He had on when he went off an oznaburg shirt, a pair of trowsers, of rolls, a hat about half worn he also took with him all his Sunday clothes, among which is a pair of boots, as to his other clothing I am not able to relate the particulars, he was seen on the same day that he went off by one of my neighbours, with a budget on his back, travelling the road upwards, towards Piscataway, its probable that he will endeavour to get into the City of Washington or George town, or to Virginia, perhaps he may change his dress and name, and endeavour to pass as a freeman. Whoever will take up the said negro and secure him in any jail, so that I get him again shall receive the above reward and all reasonable charges if brought home.
IGNATIUS MIDDLETON.
September 5. 1aw3t
Valuable Property for Sale.
In pursuance of a Decree of the United States of the District of Columbia, at the last term, held for the county of Alexandria, will be sold at public auction, to the highest bidder, for ready money, on the 24th inst. in the premises.
Two unimproved Lots, or parcels of ground subject to a rent of £13:6:8 per annum, situate, lying, and being on the west side of Water Street, and south side of Franklin Street, in the town of Alexandria.
The sale to commence at 3 o'clock in the afternoon.
Sam. Craig, } Com'rs. Elisba Janney, } P. G. Marsteller, }
Sept. 3. 2aw3w
Cash given for clean linen and cotton rags.
J. and J. H. TUCKER, HAVE FOR SALE,
3000 bushels coarse SALT, 20 qr. casks Malaga Wine, 30 bls. prime Herrings, 10 hhd., 1st and 2d quality Sugar, 30 bls. do. do. and GROCERIES as usual. Sept. 6. 2aw3w
District of Columbia, County of Alexandria, ss. JUNE TERM, 1803.
George Deneale, administrator of Edward Deneale, dec'd, complainant, against, John Mease, brother and heir at law of Robert Mease, deceased, Nathaniel Durkee and Catharine his wife, Rebecca Allison, James M. M'Rea, William M'Rea, Margaret M'Rea, Jn. M'Rea, Robert M'Rea, Nancy Allison M'Rea, Henry L. M'Rea, and Allison M'Rea, heirs and devisees of Robert M'Rea, deceased, and Agnes M'Rea and Robert M'Rea, surviving executors of R. M'Rea, deceased, defendants,
The defendants John Mease, Nathaniel Durkee and Catharine his wife Rebecca Allison, Wm. M'Rea, Margaret M'Rea, Robert M'Rea, Nancy Allison M'Rea, Henry Lyles M'Rea, and Allison M'Rea, not having entered their appearance, and given security according to the rules of this court, and it appearing to the satisfaction of the court, that they are not inhabitants of this district, on motion of said complainant, by his counsel, it is ordered, that the said defendants do appear here on the first day of November term next, and answer the plaintiff's bill; and that a copy of this order be forthwith inserted in one of the public newspapers published in this county, for two months successively, and that another copy be posted at the door of the court house of the said county.
A copy, Test, G. DENEALE, (SS 1aw2m) Clerk.
BELL & WRAY, Respectfully inform the citizens of Alexandria, and the public in general, that they have received, and offer for Sale, at the house lately occupied by Dr. Hall, opposite Mr. Randolph Mott's Tavern, (formerly Mr. Heiskell's) a neat assortment of
DRY GOODS,
Suitable to the season, consisting of Cloths, Cassimeres, Marcellas, King and Queens Cords, Irish Linens, Plaidas, Ticklenburgs, Hessians, Osnaburgs, Chintzes, Calicoes, Dimities, coloured & white Cambric, tamboured and lappet Muslins, Kid and Morocco Shoes, Court, York & High Heels, with a variety of other articles, too tedious to enumerate, which they are enabled to sell at the most reduced prices for cash or country produce.
Sept. 9. 2aw3m
Leonard-Town Jockey Club RACES.
ON the third Tuesday in October next, a Purse of forty guineas, will be run for, over a handsome course, at Leonard Town, the four mile heats. And on Wednesday the following day a Purse of twenty guineas, will be run for over the same course, the two mile heats agreeable to the rules of the Leonard Town Jockey Club.
Sept. 8. 1aw7w
Hay Market Races.
THE Hay Market Jockey Club will commence on the 3d day of October, being the first Monday in said month, and will continue three days: the first day four mile heats, the second day three mile heats, and the third two mile heats, free for any horse, mare or gelding, agreeably to the rules of the Frederickburg Jockey Club. W. I. WASHINGTON.
Sept. 9. 1aw3w Sec'ry.
The Lands
of George Carter, deceased, in the county of Loudoun, and formerly advertised for sale, not being entirely disposed of,
Notice is hereby given, that the residue of those lands will be exposed to sale at Leesburg on Thursday the 15th of September next, and the sales will be continued if necessary from day to day until the whole is disposed of—The terms of sale will be the same as heretofore advertised.
Aug 29. The Executors. 12w
For Sale, by ROBERT & JOHN GRAY, WHEATON'S GENUINE PATENT JAUNDICE BITTERS,
A MEDICINE extremely useful when Jaundicy and Billious Complaints are so prevalent among the citizens of America and the West Indies.—They are a useful and efficacious Medicine for curing Jaundicy and Billious disorders, and removing that sinking, faint, distressed feeling at the stomach, difficulty of breathing, loss of appetite, and sleepy, dull heaviness in the forepart of the day, weakness and trembling of the limbs, dizziness of the head, and yellowness of countenance, complaints so common to jaundicy and billious people.
Also removing constipation of the bowels, obstructions of urine, cholicy complaints, pukings and purgings, indigestion, sick head-ache, rheumatic complaints, &c. (which arise from a collection of four, billious matter in the stomach) and at length restoring the constitution to strength and vigor.
They are also found very useful to carry off worms, and cure rickety children, and may be used with safety in all constitutions, ages and sexes.
The many cures that have been effected in New England, by the above medicine, (as may be seen in the bills) prevent the necessity of further recommendation.
LIKEWISE,
Wheaton's Patent Itch Ointment.
The only medicine in the world which will certainly cure the ITCH, without having in it any thing either dangerous or disagreeable; it being composed mostly of ingredients never before discovered or used in that disorder. One box cures a person, and there need be no washing after the use of it, as the skin is generally left cleaner and smoother after the use of it than before.
August 2. 2aw6m
Robert & John Gray, King Street,
Have just received from N. York, An additional assortment of BOOKS,
of which the following are a part: Dr. Lettsome's Hints, designed to promote Beneficence, Temperance and Medical Science, 3 vols. 8vo. boards. Federalist, 2 vols. 8vo. calf gilt; the same in sheep.
Dobson's Life of Petrarch, do. do.
Public Characters, or Cotemporary Biography, 8vo.
Public Characters, for 1802 and 1803, boards.
Adventures of Telemachus, 2 vols. 8vo. calf, gilt.
Thompson's Seasons, with fine plates, calf, gilt.
Lady's Monthly Museum, ornamented with beautiful engravings of Fashion for every Month in the Year, 9 vols. 12mo. calf, gilt.
German Theatre, 6 vols. calf, gilt
Young Gentleman and Lady's Magazine, 2 vols. 8vo.
Lord Kames's Sketches of the History of Man, 4 vols. 12mo.
Thalaba, the Destroyer, a metrical romance, by Robert Southey, 2 vols. 12mo.
Thompson's Pictures of Poetry, 12mo.
The Enchanted Plants, fine plates, calf, gilt.
Pleasure and pains of Memory, do. do.
Belles Lettres Repository for 1801, '2 and '3; fine hot pressed, ornamented with plates.
Gifford's Baviad and Maviad, 12mo. boards.
Evans's Essays on the action for money had and received, on the Law of Insurance, and on the Law of Bills of Exchange and Promissory Notes, 8vo.
Taylor's Reports, 8vo.
Porcupine's Works, 2 vols. 8vo.
Folio, quarto, octavo and pocket Bibles, gilt and plain; common Prayer Books, gilt and plain; Watt's Psalms & Hymns, large and small; do. bound in Morocco. Wallace on Diseases.
Townsend's Guide to Health.
Brown's Elements of Medicine.
John Bell's Anatomy.
And a great number of other articles too numerous to insert in an advertisement. July 27. d
FOR SALE, Bills of Exchange on London. Wm. HODGSON.
MUSCOVADO SUGAR.
THE subscribers have received, per the sch'r Leboon, and offer for sale on reasonable terms,
5 hhds. } First quality 19 tierces, } Guadalupe Sugar. 79 bis.
They have also on hand, 20 puncheons 4th proof Jamaica Spirits, 12 do. do. St. Kitts Rum, Whiskey in tierces and bis.
And a parcel of St. Martins Salt.
J. and T. Vowell.
August 26. d
NEW PUBLICATIONS, FOR SALE BY ROBERT & JOHN GRAY, Booksellers & Stationers, KING-STREET.
THE Friend of Women: translated from the French of Bourdier de Villermont, by Alexander Morrice, price one dollar.
The Marriage Promise: a Comedy in five acts, as performed at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, by John Till Allingham, 25 cents.
Domestic Encyclopedia, vol. 2nd, price to subscribers 2 dols. 50 cents per vol. in boards.
Public Characters, or Cotemporary Biography: containing Memoirs of thirty six of the most conspicuous characters of the present age. Price 2 dol. 25 cents in boards, 2 dol. 50 cents bound.
Travels in Upper and Lower Egypt, during the campaigns of Gen. Bonaparte, in that country, and published under his immediate patronage, by Vivant Denon, translated from the French—to which is prefixed an historical account of the invasion of Egypt by the French, by Arthur Akin, embellished with numerous engravings, 2 vols. 8vo. Price 4 dols. 50 cents in boards, or 5 dols. bound.
Roscoe's Life of Lorenzo de Medici, 3 vols. boards. Price 6 dols. 75 cents.
John Bull; or an Englishman's Fire Side, a new and celebrated Comedy, in five acts, by George Colleman, the younger. Price 25 cents.
August 12. eo
Ten Dollars Reward.
RAN AWAY from the plantation of Lawrence Lewis, esq. Fairfax county, on Friday the 19th inst. a Negro man named PETER:
He is about 22 years of age, 5 feet 8 or 10 inches high, rather slender made, very dark complexion; has a large scar on one of his legs, occasioned by the cut of a scythe last harvest, the wound not perfectly cured: his clothes not recollected, but believe nothing more than a common Negro cotton jacket and trowsers. He was seen in Alexandria last Saturday, and it is supposed he is now in that place. All masters of vessels and others are cautioned against harboring or carrying off said fellow at their peril. The above reward will be given for securing him in any jail so that I get him again, or upon delivering him to the subscriber, with all reasonable charges paid.
Roger Farrell, Manager.
August 24. eo
Five Dollars Reward.
RAN AWAY from the subscriber on the 1st of July last, a negro woman named BECK,
about 20 years of age, pretty lusty, of a yellowish complexion; supposed to be secreted by Henry Peake's negro man Ben, who has a numerous acquaintance in Alexandria, and may have conveyed her there.
Whoever takes up said negro and delivers her to me, (living on Occoquan, Davis's Feard, Prince Wm. County,) shall receive the above reward, and, if out of the county, reasonable expenses for bringing her home. It is supposed she is with child.
William Davis.
August 27. eoim
Just Received, And for sale by the subscriber, China Oranges, Limes & Lemons, Rhode Island Cheeses, Cocoa Nuts, Smithfield Bacon Hams, Tammarinds, and fresh English Walnuts by the frail.
Philadelphia bottled Cyder by the barrel or bottle A. WILLIS. d
August 31. d
PRINTED DAILY BY S. SNOWDEN.