Alexandria advertiser and commercial intelligencer (Alexandria [Va.]), 1803-06-30 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. tierses and bds. Coffee in tierses 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, Kerseymeres, Duffs, Plains and Kerseys, Negro Cottons, Serges, Elastics, blue Friezes, Calimancoes and Russels, Yarn Stockings, Chintzes and Calicoes, Irish Linens, Silesia do. Platillas, Osnaburgs and Ticklenburgs, Muslins and Muslin Hand'fs, India Muslins and Table Cloths Bandanna Handkerchiefs, Coloured Threads, Hats, And sundry other Articles. P. G. MARSTELLER. June 27.
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, Irish Linens, Cashmeres, Calicoes, Kerseys, Threads, Coatings, Chintzes, Halfhicks, Bedticks, Feanought, Oznaburgs, Blankets, Sewing Silks, Planes, Muslin and Muslin Negro Cottons, Handkerchiefs, Worsted and other India Cottons, &c. Stockings, &c. THOS. PATTEN, Auctioneer. June 25.
For Sale,
A TRACT OF LAND
Near the town of Alexandria, adjoining the lands of Charles Alexander and Benjamin Dulany, containing about one hundred and ten acres, being a moiety of a tract called Pearson's tract: Upon this Land are some handsome and commanding prospects of the town and country. It will be sold altogether, or in lots of ten or twenty acres each, as may suit purchasers. The sale will commence upon the land on the thirteenth day of July next. Notes negotiable in the Bank of Alexandria, at sixty days, with good endorsers, will be received in payment.
JOHN WEST, LUD. LEE. June 7. ddf
For Sale,
A handsome FORTE PIANO.
Ap. to THOS. PATTEN. May 24.
JAMES BACON HAS OPENED A Grocery, Tea, Wine and Liquor Store,
In King street, next door but one to Washington street, where he offers for sale, the following genuine articles, viz.
1st, 2d and 3d quality Mufcovado Sugar, Loaf and lump do. Best Green Coffee,
Imperial, Hyson, Young Hyson, Hyson Skin, Psdra Souchong, Souchong and Bohea } Teas, Madeira, Sherry, Teneriffe, Port, Lisbon and Malaga } Wines,
Claret in cases of 1 to 3 dozen, Jamaica, Antigua, and N. E. Rum, Cogniac and Barcelona Brandy, Holland Geneva, 5th proof warranted Irish Whiskey, Country do. Wine and Cyder Vinegar, Best Albany Chocolate, Mould and dip'd Candles, White and brown Soap, Patent Shot assorted, from 1 to 10, Best English Gunpowder, Muscatell Raisins in boxes, Soft shell Almonds, Spinning Cotton, Peppers, black and Cayenne, Pimento, Cloves, Mace, Nutmegs, Cinnamon and Cassia, Durham Mustard, Pickles assorted, Pearl and Scotch Barley, Rice, Madder, Allum, Copperas, Indigo, Glauber Salts, Olive Oil of a superior quality, Godfroid's warranted Segars, Best chewing Tobacco, Snuff in lb. and half lb. bottles, Race and Ground Ginger, Starch and Fig Blue, Pipes in kegs, Demijohns assorted, Wrapping Paper, &c. &c.
He solicits custom from his friends and the public, and not only assures them that he will dispose of his Goods on as good terms as any other house in town, but that he will at all times supply them with the very best articles that can be procured at the different markets. June 24. d
Umbrellas.
Ricketts, Newton & Co. HAVE just received one case of London finished Umbrellas. May 10. d
Jonah Thompson and Son, HAVE IMPORTED
In the ships William & John from London, and United States from Liverpool; Superfine Cloths and Cashmeres, Cambric, jaconet and book Muslins, silk Shawls, cotton Hosiery, Jeannets, Fustians, striped and clouded Nankeens, Corduroys, Velvets and Thicksets, Dimities, fancy Marceilles, Waistcoating, Sewing Silks, Twill and Thread, &c. &c. They are in daily expectation of their assortment of Hardware. May 9. d
WILLIAM OXLEY,
Has received per the William and John, from London, and the United States, from Liverpool,
DRY GOODS,
Suitable for the season, which are now offered for Sale, at his Store in King-Street, upon terms agreeable to the purchasers. May 11. 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 } Wines, Old St. Julian and Medoc Claret in cases of 2 dozen each,
White Wine Vinegar, 4th proof Jamaica Rum, Do. Cogniac Brandy, Holland Gin, Loaf, Lump and Mufcovado Sugar, Sugar House Molasses,
Imperial, Chulan, Hyson, Young Hyson, Hyson Skin, Souchong, Pouchong Souchong, Padra Souchong, Peco Souchong, Bohea } Fresh Teas of the latest Importation.
Green Coffee, Durham and Dixon's Mustard, Cayenne and black Pepper, Allspice, Cinnamon, Cloves, Mace and Nutmegs,
Nantz and Bourdeaux Sallad Oil, Catchup, brandied Fruits and English Pickles,
Olives, Cipers and Anchovies, Prunes, Raisins, and soft shell Almonds, Leiper's Stuff in bottles, Do. best Smoking Tobacco,
Martin's best Spanish Segars, Do. do. of a good quality, Basket Sal; for table use, Georgia Cotton, Martinique Noyeau, Mould and dip'd Candles, Brown and white Soap, 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
JAMES WILSON
Has received by the ship William and John, capt. Woodhouse, from London,
SPRING GOODS,
which will be opened and for sale immediately at his warehouse.
Also—Brown Stout in casks of 6 doz. each. May 5. d
HARDWARE, &c.
BY the United States, the subscriber has received an extensive assortment.
Also, A variety of Tools, Looking Glasses, &c. manufactured in this country. PHILIP WANTON. 4th mo. 9th d
For Sale, or Rent,
A 3 story BRICK HOUSE
on King Street, next door to Bennet and Watts's, and is a good stand for business.
Also—A number of building LOTS on Fairfax Street, near the Presbyterian Meeting House; some on Wolf Street, and on Wilkes Street.
For Sale,
A small HOUSE and LOT
on the East side of Water Street, near the corner of Duke Street. A few bundles of new Hay, Eight Casks of Wrought NAILS, 8d. 10d. and 20d. WM. HARTSHORNE. Alex. 6th mo. 15th. d
For Sale, On Ramsay's Wharf, thirty puncheons of 4th proof Jamaica Rum.
ALSO, The sch'r Nancy, Now lying at said wharf, three years old, as she came from sea. Wm. YEATON. June 28. d
FREIGHT WANTED, COASTWAYS.
The Schooner DOLPHIN, Richard Steelman, Master; Burthen nine hundred barrels, will be ready to receive a cargo in a few days.
For Sale or Freight,
The Schooner SEA FLOWER,
J. Sommers, Master; Burthen five hundred barrels. For further particulars enquire of the masters on board, or to DANIEL M'CLEAN. June 27. d
For Cowes & a Market,
The fine, fast sailing, new Ship America, Isaac Stone, Master, with elegant accommodations for Passengers—will sail on or about the 20th inst. having the greatest part of her cargo on board. For terms apply to the Captain on board. June 18. d
STOP!
Before you "turn the Corner!"
THOMAS SIMMS
Has removed his store from the house he formerly occupied, to the one a few doors higher up, lately occupied by captain Willis, opposite to Roberts & Griffith's, where he has for sale as usual,
A GENERAL ASSORTMENT OF FRUITS and GROCERIES,
AND, 5 Hogheads of West India Rum of a good flavor, Apple Brandy and Whiskey by the barrel, &c. &c. June 21. d
By Virtue of a Deed of Trust to the subscriber, will be exposed on the premises, upon the 11th day of July next,
A piece of Ground lying upon the south side of Duke Street, and west side of Fairfax Street, in the town of Alexandria, extending with Duke Street thirty two feet six inches, and with Fairfax Street thirty two feet six inches, upon this ground is erected a three story brick house. The terms of sale are one third of the purchase money upon the sale, another third in three months, and the remainder in six months; the two last payments to be secured by a trust upon the property, if required, or in such other as will be most satisfactory to the persons now interested in the property. JAMES KEITH, Trustee. June 14. dff
JUST RECEIVED,
And for Sale at this Office, price 37 1/2 cents, A Pamphlet, entitled,
THE CONDUCT OF
Merriwether Jones, In a series of Letters addressed to the Public. By James T. Callender. May 6. d
HATS.
I have just received a few cases of English felt Hats, well assorted, and now for sale. Wm. HODGSON. May 9. d

THE ROSE.
TO SYLVIA.
Sylvia, this blushing flow'r receive, The sweetest May herself can give, Finish'd with all her nicest care, A lively emblem of the fair.
The rose will fade, it hastens to die, And soon must cease to please the eye: So, Sylvia, must thy youthful bloom Meet no remote nor gentle doom. The charms unnumber'd of thy face, Thy mein and ev'ry nameless grace, Resistless age will soon assail, And all the light of beauty fail.
The rose must fade, but still can boast Its grateful fragrance is not lost: So, Sylvia, though the hand of time Banish thy lovely youthful prime, The brighter beauties of thy mind Shall not be lost but more refin'd. Thy sprightly sense, thy feeling heart, Thy manners polish'd without art, Thy smile serene, thy cheerful air, Where innocence and peace appear; These charms shall still, as now, controul Thy own Aspasio's faithful soul.
Notice.
The Bank of Alexandria will be shut on Monday next, being the 4th of July: The notes intended for discount on that day, must be lodged at the Bank on Saturday the 2d July, before 12 o'clock, and all notes falling due at Bank on the 4th July are to be paid on the second.
GURDEN CHAPIN, CASHIER.
June 29. e03t
Washington Society.
THE Members of the Alexandria Washington Society are requested to take notice, that a regular stated meeting of said society will be held at Gadsby's Hotel , on Monday the Fourth of July next, at half past 10 o'clock, A. M. being the Anniversary of American Independence.
The Society will move in procession precisely at 12 o'clock, to the Episcopal Church, where an ORATION will be delivered by one of its members, Dr. William Allen Dangerfield.
G. DENEALE, Secretary.
The Society, with such others as are disposed to partake, will dine at Gadsby's Hotel , at 3 o'clock, for which purpose a subscription paper is lodged at the bar.
June 25.
Musical Society.
The members of the Alexandria Musical Society, are requested to attend a meeting on Wednesday evening at 8 o'clock, in the Masons Hall, for the purpose of selecting pieces to be performed at the Episcopal Church on the 4th July.
June 27.
For Sale, NANKEENS Of the first quality; casks and boxes FRESH RAISINS.
BEN. SHREVE, jun.
June 4.
d
Mr. GENERES
TENDERS his respects to the inhabitants of Alexandria and its vicinity, and informs them his DANCING SCHOOL is discontinued during the warm months, till October, when he will consider himself under obligations to them, for a continuance of the very liberal patronage he has already experienced.
June 28.
e03t
"He that hath ears to hear let him hear."
The following letter is found in the LONDON COURIER of April 28th. It affords us a picture of French Fraternity, drawn at full length by one who felt what he portrayed: it is deserving the attention of every reflecting mind.
[Edit. N. Y. Herald.
"Elague, April 20, 1803.
"AMONGST the countries disturbed by French intrigue, over-run by French arms, vexed by French power, and ruined by French connections, Holland stands the first: and the liberty held out by French emissaries, as an allure to the ambition of the factious, and to the patriotism of the republicans, has been as fatal to our independence as destructive to our commerce.
"Since 1795, when we began to feel the curse of French fraternity, we are become a beggared, enslaved, degraded and debased people, without public spirit, public virtue, or private worth, seeing with the same indifference and phlegm the misery of our countrymen around us, as the insulting luxury of our tyrants, who, not satisfied with the plunder of our property, debauch our wives, seduce our daughters, and pervert the principles of our sons. By their scandalous example, and by their depraved conduct, they have outraged or destroyed the moral and religious notions of all classes of society; our hospitals, our prisons are crowded; and more crimes have been committed in our country these last eight years, than the fifty years preceding.
"Since the French first entered our territory, we have been more or less burthened with their troops, but never entirely free from them; because no sooner have we clothed, armed, and paid one division going to Flanders, than another has succeeded, coming down the Rhine in rags, without arms, and without money; Holland has not only been the magazine, the arsenal, and the treasury of France, but during the campaigns in Germany, its hospital; most of its sick and wounded were sent here by water, to be cured at our expence, in our houses, our public hospitals not being sufficient to contain them.
"Not satisfied with those fraternal transactions, our French brothers, under the appellation of friendly loans, favourable treaties, and patriotic donations, have laid our different governments under continual contributions.
"We have paid for getting rid of the French troops, we have paid for getting them back, and again paid for getting rid of them; we have paid for having them reduced, diminished or augmented; we have paid to avoid revolutionary requisitions; we have paid to avoid forced contributions; we have paid to prevent military executions: we have paid millions in bribes to French directors, to French ministers, to French generals, to French agents, to French commissaries, to French secretaries, and to their pack of courtiers, clerks, valets and footmen.
"We have paid to the French Jacobin faction for changing our government, we have paid the French moderate faction for changing it again: we have, in six years, paid for the change of Three Constitutions! and not long ago we were asked to pay for changing a fourth. Our government may make out its budget, but not before the last Dutchman has paid his last ducat, can it fix what French rapacity may exact, and French tyranny extort. Our French alliance has cost us more in eight years, than all the glorious wars under William III. and the wars to the peace of Utrecht.
"If what we have paid proves our former riches and our former resources, the disappearance of gold, the scarcity of silver, the decline of our manufactures, the decrease of our trade, & the uncommon poverty of our people, prove our riches gone, and our resources exhausted; should France continue to injure our commerce, mock our independence, and plunder our property, we shall in a short time become as burthensome an ally to France, as France has been oppressive to us.
"Our population reduced, and the Seven Provinces do not contain above two millions of inhabitants, who pay more taxes than twelve millions of Frenchmen; many therefore think the French policy is to force us by despair to demand, what despair only can force us to demand, and incorporation with France.
"If all the nations of Europe have
acknowledged our independence, not one has resented the continual violation of it; and whatever the ignorant or the interested say to the contrary, it was not because England kept the Cape and Goree that 20,000 Frenchmen were poured into our country, but because our government wished to ascertain its independence by an application to the courts of St. Petersburg and Berlin to guarantee our neutrality in case of a new war, the court of St. James's having promised to respect our independence; and even our patriots are now obliged to confess that when Bonaparte ordered Flushing in a state of siege, it was moderation and generosity in the British Government not to order its cruisers to capture and detain our men of war or merchantmen.
"Was not the antient Batavian patriotism changed into modern Gallician Egotism, we might yet make an effort, if not to be entirely free, at least nor to be longer such contemptible French tools; but in the common ruin of our liberties and fortunes, we all think how to save ourselves, none what the honor of our nation, and the preservation of our country demanded; we tremble at the arrival of each French courier, not for the Batavian Republic, but for our own individual selves; and so prepared are we for French violence, and so accustomed to French oppression, that many thought it an act of liberality, that the decree which declared Flushing in a state of siege, did not declare the Bank of Amsterdam in a state of requisition, and that the twenty thousand French troops occupying our strong frontier towns, were not quartered at discretion on the inhabitants here, at Amsterdam and Rotterdam.
"We know we have nothing to hope from the Court of Berlin but we expect with anxiety the answer of the court of St. Petersburg. Should the magnanimous Alexander not assist us to throw off the Gallician yoke, or to lighten our Gallician fetters, and a new war breaks out, we are entirely undone, and the last, the only resource left is to cease to be a nation.
"Believe me, the contents of this letter are far from being exaggerated, and indeed exaggeration is impossible, where the reality surpasses the possibility of narration. May the example of Holland be a warning to States yet free and independent! Deceived by French promises, disunited by French plots, and duped by French treachery, we have lost the independence our ancestors [achieved]; and in exchange for the liberty left us by our forefathers, we bequeath to our posterity a slavery, so much the more disgraceful, as it was imposed without a struggle, and nearly without resistance."
"This picture would be incomplete, did we not group with it the fate of those other nations in Europe who have been so ready to throw themselves into the fatal embrace of France. The tout ensemble will give us a very correct view of the certain & natural consequence of French principles, wherever they are permitted to obtain.
"Geneva owes its ruin to a peace with France. Without the least excuse in the world, in the year 1792, the French marched an army against this little republic, and surrounded the city. The Genevese having called in their neighbours the Swiss, to their assistance, were in a situation to defend themselves, and expressed their determination to do it. The Convention (ever as base as it was bloody,) finding this to be the case wheedled them into a negotiation. A treaty was made, according to which the Swiss were to be sent away, and the French army was to retire. The army did retire; but when the Swiss were gone, the villains of the Convention annulled the treaty; their army advanced, entered the city, and were joined by numbers of traitors. All the blessings of a French revolution began. The rich were plundered, some of them put to death others to flight; the poor little state became a province of France, and from ease, opulence, and independence, fell to the lowest degrees of misery and vassalage.
"Genoa, by yielding to demand after demand, by paying tribute, and by swallowing humiliation upon humiliation, thought to escape the general wreck: but no; a revolution has been effected at Geneva, and followed by similar consequences.
"Hamburg, Bremen and Lubeck, though so remote, have not been able to avoid the outstretched arm of French rapacity and power; but have been compelled as the price of peace, to pay a tribute of several millions; in return for
which, they are hourly threatened with final subversion and total ruin.
"Venice made peace with the French, and thereby gave them an opportunity of displaying the treacherousness of their character in its fullest glare. After deluding the people of this State with the hopes of liberty, equality and independence, they pillaged the city of its treasures, destroyed its most splendid institutions and costly ornaments, and levelled the pride of ages with the dust. They took possession of its most valuable Islands, plundered it of its navy, beat and murdered hundreds of its inhabitants in mere whim and caprice, and finished their perfidious work by delivering up the miserable people to the government of a stranger and of a monarch, whom they had always affected to consider as one of the greatest enemies of liberty, and whom they had, in their decrees and proclamations, a thousand times stiled a despot.
"Switzerland closes the awful lesson. This republic was, like the United States, a federative one. It had long been equally the admiration of the historian and the civilian, and not unfrequently the subject of the Muse's praise. Yet, by peace with France, this much admired Republic has been torn up, root and branch. Switzerland, basely forgetting the murder of the King's guards on the 10th of August, officiously came forward the first state in Europe, to acknowledge the Republic of France. The Swiss observed what they called a neutrality, but it was vilely insincere, always operating in favor of the French. When these latter had swallowed up the neighbouring countries, they quarreled with the Swiss. They ordered them to send away the English Ambassador, which would have been done, had he not spared them the disgrace by retiring. They were next ordered to banish the emigrants; they negotiated and complied. Now there was no ground of quarrel left; an insurrection was therefore excited, and the generous French marched in their army to protect the poor oppressed Insurgents! In short, the Helvetic Union was now told that they must change their constitution. They negotiated, but still the enemy approached. The legislators met; they offered to make some alterations. These would not do. They must receive a constitution from Paris. They refused, and collected their army; but, still indecisive, they ordered their army not to act. At last, while they were still debating, came the French sans-culottes, and disperses them at the point of the bayonet. The Swiss army was found; the people were brave and active; but what, with such governors, were they to do against ten times their force? They rushed on the enemy's cannon, and were blown to pieces by thousands. The women fought by the sides of their husbands; no less than eight hundred of them expired under the sabres of the bloody French. With these gallant females the liberty of Switzerland groaned out its last.
"Thus Americans have all the republics of Europe, for their endeavoring to conciliate with France, for their tame submission to injury and insult; for their whining, cringing and crawling for peace, been finally rewarded by the subversion of their governments, by the loss of their property, by the massacre of their people, by being reduced to the last degree of national wretchedness and disgrace, and by being rendered the scorn and contempt of the universe."
The above extract is from a popular and authentic work which was published here in the year 1798. And now permit me to ask who does not remember the curvettings and shoutings with which our own democrats in 1795 received the news of the subjugation of these unhappy countries by France? How did they congratulate each other with smiles and handshakings at all the corners of the streets at the diffusion of French principles, and the extension of French fraternity? They hoped and trusted, that it would not be long before the blessings of liberty and equality would reach our shores and bind us all in one common cause. And had the policy of that party been at that time adopted, who does not shudder when he perceives what, before this hour, would have been our fate? Let it be remembered that it was owing to the prudence of a Washington, supported by his (at that time) overawing popularity, enforced by the talents of a Hamilton, that this frightful calamity was averted. And for this the first has been called a robber, a traitor, and a murderer, in our public prints;

has been loaded with every disappointed rage of impo- could invent. ful should we be to that gra- cence who disappointeth the of the crafty , that those whose theories and short sighted views thus have involved us in inextrica- calamities and irretrievable ruin, not have been permitted to mount power till the season to mischief is at in some measure over? Sill must we "Such men are dangerous."
NEW YORK, June 24. Literary Fair —The third meeting of the American Company of Booksellers, which commenced on Monday last, will be closed this day. The number of book- llers assembled is very considerable.— There are members present from Boston, Hartford, New Haven, Norwich, Troy, Albany, New York, Elizabethtown, Philadelphia, Harrisburg, Wilmington, Baltimore, Alexandria and Richmond. Business to a very large amount, proba- bly above 150,000 dollars, has been done. And it is now reduced to a certainty that the fair will prove as highly beneficial to the public and the persons concerned in the book-selling, and all the arts and ma- nufactures depending upon it, as its most sanguine patrons anticipated from the commencement. The style of printing is greatly improved, and books of greater cost and higher reputation are now ma- nufactured. It deserves to be mentioned, as, perhaps an example instance of the rapid progress of settlement, that at Troy, which twenty years ago was little more than a wilderness there has been printed by G. Penniman and Co. an edition of Sheridan's Lectures, and of Haler's Phy- siology allowed by competent judges to be equal to any British editions. The same gentlemen are about to print Bell's Surgery from the best London edition. These facts, and numerous other of simi- lar import irresistibly prove the compe- tence of American artists and manufactur- ers to supply American consumption.
Literary Fair .—On Friday last, the members of the American Literary Fair celebrated their origin at N. York. The party, amounting to upwards of forty, sa- down to an elegant dinner, at 3 o'clock. The utmost good humour and hilarity pre- vailed. We have been able to obtain but a part of the toasts drank on this oc- casion of which the following is a copy.
The Pres. May those who pervert it to the destruction of morals reap a plenti- ful harvest of shame and disgrace. The American Youth. May they pre- fer the lasting pleasures of refined litera- ture, to the evanescent enjoyments of fashionable dissipation.
The American Fair. May an honest heart, and a cultivated mind, be ever the best introduction to their favour and at- fection.
The City of New York. May its pro- tection of literature keep pace with its commercial advancement.
The Booksellers of the United States. May they never suffer the American lite- rati to feel the chilling influence of parsi- mony or illiberality.
The American Literary Fair. May it become as useful as the celebrated Litera- ry Fair of Germany.
"The Pleasures of Memory," and "The Key to Paradise" to the fair and honorable bookseller; the "Pains of Memory," and "The Scourge of Con- science," to the unfair and dishonorable.
Peace to the world. The best friend to the literature of the world.
The Third Monday in June, 1804. May the pleasures and advantages we an- ticipate in meeting at that time be fully realized.
VOLUNTEER. By Mr. Samuel Relf, of Philadelphia, attending by invitation. The Booksel- lers and Printers of the U. States. May their faces, the title page of their hearts, never be mackled by the tympan of diffi- mulation.
NORFOLK, June 25. Arrived, the ship Minerva, Captain Carrick, from Greenock. Ship Eliza, captain Bizzell, 39 days from St. Sebastians. Ship Roba and Be sey, capt. Richard- son, 60 days from Nantz.
Printing in all its variety exe- cuted at this office.
Alexandria Advertiser.
THURSDAY, JUNE 30.
Letters of a late date were yesterday morning received in town (Philadelphia) from Spain which mention that at the moment when it was expected that hostilities would commence between Britain and France, Lord Malmesbury was ordered to Paris to take the place of Lord Whit- worth. It is therefore presumed that the negotiation has assumed some new forms.
We have not been able to see these let- ters and therefore cannot be particular as to dates and circumstances; but what we have mentioned may be relied upon as substantially correct. (Gas. U. S.)
MR. MONROE AND HIS MISSIONS.
Esso perpetua! shall be our perpetual ejaculation to the liberty of the press. Even with its abuses it is the all-in-all of human freedom. In regulating it, no bounds should be set to matter of argu- ment, or opinion. Because, from those, in their fullest extent, much good, and little evil, can arise. Besides, the limits are not possible to be drawn by the mind, nor if they were drawn to be defined and pinned down to certainty, with the preci- sion necessary for the restrictive rules of law. There is however, one way in which the press might be subjected to re- straint with infinite advantage to the cause of morality, private right, and pub- lic polity. Let all statements of facts be subjected to the test of evidence, and let the law fix a penalty upon every false statement of facts that is not qualified by an acknowledgement of its uncertainty. The public then could only be deluded by false reasonings, which might again be easily combat, and thus private cha- racter would be delivered from the calum- nies of assassins, and the cause of morality and truth served by the rejection of that worst poison of the general heart—flan- der.
The misstatement of facts has, in Ame- rica, now risen to an excess unknown in any age or country. And the public mind is so tainted, that it reads, and perhaps laughs, at the calumny which it knows to be false, as at a passage in a play or a no- vel. Are they aware where this must end? We fear they are not. Among those falsehoods which pass current, we may reckon the following.
The misconduct of Mr. Monroe, the TWO MILTON MISSIONARY, when on a former embassy to France, had often been the subject of public reprobation. And since this, his new jaunt to Paris has been freely commented on. The democratic writers, regardless as usual of fact, roundly deny the charge, and of one them in a northern paper, says:
"It appears that in the year 1794, Mr. Monroe, then acting as American minister in France, was asked by one of the diplomatic members of the committee of public safety, whether he thought they could obtain by loan, of the United States, or within the same, a sum of money to aid them in their present war. To this Mr. Monroe, knowing that it was a question that did not come within his instructions to give an answer, very properly refer- red the committee for answer to his admin- istration."
Now it happens, unfortunately for those gentlemen, and fortunately for the cause of truth, that the text on which the fede- ral comments were founded, is Mr. Mon- roe's own letter, of the 20th of Novem- ber, 1794, to the then Secretary of State, in which he writes as follows:
"I was invited by the diplomatic members of the committee of public safe- ty, to a conference on a new topic: I was informed it was their intention to press the war against England in particular, but that they were distressed for funds, and asked could any aid be obtained from the U. States? I told them I was satisfied if it was in their power, it would be render- ed."
And in a diplomatic correspondence sub- sequent to that, he says,
"It is the wish of the French Repub- lic to obtain, by loan a sum of money from the United States of America to enable it to prosecute the war."
"This is to be expected from three sources; the general government, the state governments, and from individuals."
"The French cause and the French na- tion are greatly regarded in America, and I am persuaded some money may be ob- tained, and perhaps a very respectable sum
from the three sources above mentioned."
"I sincerely wish we may assist them if possible, and am persuaded the people would cheerfully bear a tax, the product of which was to be applied to the French Republic," and then tells the committee of public safety, that "the sum which might be raised in America, would in his judgment, be considerable."
Thus we find, not only that the charge of misconduct against Mr. MONROE was true, and that he would, but for the vi- gour, spirit and wisdom of WASHINGTON, have wasted the public money, made his country tributary to France, and, by a breach of neutrality, amounting to an act of hostility, embroiled this country in a war with England, and all the party now in power wished to do. But all this is denied in downright set terms by the ve- racious democrats—and our oeconomical and pacific President can send on a new mission, connected with the expenditure of national money, the same man who attempted to waite it, and foster and pa- tronize the man who had gone so far in the way of involving this country in a war.
Is this, or is it not, proof positive that those persons are persuaded that the peo- ple will swallow any assertion, however glaringly and greatly false, which comes to them through the channels of the demo- cratic prints—and that in the bestowing of offices of trust or emolument, the con- sideration now is not, " what are his ta- lents and worth ," but " on which side does he vote ."
Talk of the corruption of the British government after this, ye demos, if you can—but we forget—you can talk any thing. (Courier.)
PORT OF ALEXANDRIA.
ARRIVED, Ship Fabius Farrell, Rotterdam Schooner Hope, New York John, Barnstable Potomac, Baltimore Sloop Harriot, Norfolk Mary, New York Maria, Norfolk
CLEARED, Schooner Philip, Mills, Martinique Eliza, Fredericksburg Lomend, George Town Henrietta, Savannah Sloop Bessey, Nomani.
For New-York & R. Island,
The staunch, new Sch'r JOHN, Thomas Sherrick, Master; To sail in a few days. For FREIGHT apply to the master on board, or to J. W. and S. LEONARD and Co. Merchants' Whart, June 30. dgt
Public Sale.
On Friday next will be sold at the Vendue Store, on a credit of 90 days, for approved negotiable notes, 25 Crates QUEENS WARE, Handsomely assorted. P. G. MARSTELLER. June 27.
Public Vendue.
On Thursday the 7th day of July, at half past 10 o'clock, will be sold on the premises,
A HANDSOME LOT of GROUND, Situate on St. Asaph street, between King and Cameron streets, 25 feet front, and in depth 114 feet, to a 10 foot alley, at a credit of 3, 6 and 9 months. P. G. MARSTELLER. June 25.
For Sale,
Philadelphia Loaf and Lump Sugar, Three pipes old Lisbon Wine, Pennsylvania and Swedish Bar Iron, One pair Burr Mill Stones, 5 feet dia- meter, One pair Cologne do. about 5 feet. And at the Mill, Shorts and Bran, Ship Stuff, Indian Meal, Rye Meal, Oats, Plaster of Paris by the bushel. William Hartshorne. 5th Mo. 20. d
For Liverpool—Direct.
The SHIP FABIUS,
Capt. Thomas Farrell, Will sail with all possible dispatch, having the greatest part of her cargo engaged. For freight, apply immediately to Wm. HODGSON.
Who will make liberal advances on consignments by this vessel, to the addres- of Messrs. Hannay & Logan, of Liver- pool.
June 30. d
Robert and John Gray
HAVE JUST RECEIVED A SUPPLY OF Family & Patent Medicines,
—CONSISTING OF— Chambaud's Antasthmatic Lo- zenges; Ague and Fever Drops; Antibil- lious Pills; Anodyne Essence for Head Ache; Reanimating Solar Tincture; Dr. Bardwell's genuine Eye Water; Atkinson's Essence of Mustard; Scotch Ointment for the Itch; Tooth Ach Drops; Aromatic Lozenges; Essence of the Woods, &c. &c.
SPRING PHYSIC.
DR. HUNTER's Anti Billious Pills are un- questionably proved by ample experience to be the most effectual remedy, at the same time the most innocent, pleasant, and convenient me- dicine for the cure of scurvy, scorbatic eruptions, leprosy, and other disorders originating from a corruptive state of the blood. The remarkable cure of Mr. Ellison, of Albany, who had been twelve years tormented with a most distressing scorbatic complaint, as also that of Thomas Johnson, a labouring man, in the service of Mr. Van Rensselaer, who was afflicted with a most horrid leprosy, must have convinced every one who has read the particulars of these cases, be- sides which, a variety of proofs of their efficacy, authenticated by persons of character and re- spectability are open to the examination of eve- ry inquirer. These must naturally be supposed to have their due weight, and supercede the necessity of any further comment from the Pro- prietor, yet, he presumes to assert, that the real merits of this vegetable preparation will, on a fair trial, plead more forcible its own recom- mendation than any thing which can be said of it, Where also may be had,
Atkinson's Worm destroying Lozenges.— These Lozenges not only destroy worms where they exist, but effectually prevent their return. Those families who have followed Dr. Atkin- son's advice, and used them in the Spring and Fall among their children, as their common phy- sic, have now the happiness to find those children, which appeared sickly and consump- tive, in the bloom of health, being entirely de- livered from those dreadful vermin. Sparta, Mount Pleasant, March 27, 1803.
We hereby certify, that our daughter, about 4 years of age, has been very unwell and in a bad state of health for these last two years. We always suspected that she had worms, and had given her several worm medicines, without any good effect, so that we despaired raising her till of late. Hearing of some surprising cures being performed by Atkinson's worm destroying lo- zenges, we purchased a packet of them, and administered them according to the directions. The first dose brought away only one worm, and with it a quantity of slimy, offensive mat- ter; the second brought away four monstrous thick worms nearly half a yard in length; and the third dose, a large quantity of a slimy, of- fensive matter. The vomiting and purging, with which she was frequently troubled have ceased—her appetite has become regular, and has over since enjoyed a perfect state of health, for which we are entirely indebted to this ex- cellent medicine.
DR. BARDWELL'S
Re-animating Solar Tincture, or Pabulum of Life,
Of the cure of Consumption and Asthma, Disorders in the Stomach and Bowels, Convul- sions, Cholick and Dentistry.
Cautious in investigation, and attentive en- quiry into the nature and laws of the animal economy, having long confirmed an opinion in the mind of the inventor, that all the maladies abovementioned, derive their origin from the same cause, indirect debility, or consequent weakness, the analogy of their source, by a na- tural inference suggested the idea of their remov- al by the same means; the result was the dis- covery of the Re-animating Solar Tincture, which after having been employed in thousands of instances, with the most unexampled and aston- ishing success, has obtained the warmest appro- bation of characters of the first respectability, both in and out of the profession; the proprie- tors can confidently recommend, as one of the most certain, efficacious, and pleasant remedies ever discovered by man or offered to the world.
Price 1 dollar, and 1 dollar 50 cents per bot- tle. The large bottle contains nearly two of the small. Copious Directions for their use are sealed up with each bottle.
Specific Drops for Deafness.
FOR many years have these drops been used with amazing success, in DEAFNESS & HARD- NESS of HEARING. Those who are unac- quainted with the great relief afforded by this valuable medicine, are earnestly recommended to a trial. Few are the cases in which it has not been of great service, and very often perfected a complete cure.
Copious directions for the use of the Specific Drops for Deafness are sealed up with each bot- tle. Price one dollar.

R. T. HOOE & Co.
HAVE IMPORTED
In the ship United States from Liverpool, 4d, 6d, 8d, 10d, 12d and 20d.
Nails,
A few casks of Iron Castings, assorted Cutlery and Hardware in general, 15 casks of Copperas, 34 casks patent Shot, Fine and coarse Hats in boxes, 70 pieces of twilled Sacking, 70 boxes Window Glass, 170 kegs of white, Venetian red, yellow and red paints.
May 9. eo
JUST PUBLISHED,
By COTTON & STEWART,
AND FOR SALE
At their Bookstore, and the Bookstore of
J. V. Thomas,
(PRICE ONE DOLLAR,)
LETTERS
FROM HIS EXCELLENCY
Gen. GEO. WASHINGTON,
TO
Sir ARTHUR YOUNG,
AND
Sir J. SINCLAIR, Bart.
ON
AGRICULTURE,
AND
OTHER INTERESTING TOPICS.
Few works have been published in America, that claim the agriculturalist's attention more than this. Added to its own experiments, opinions and calculations, it contains those of the most eminent farmers in the middle states; collected from them by himself, and transmitted to the British Board of Agriculture of which he was an honorary member.
April 25. d
Just Received,
By the sloop George , capt. Butler, from Norfolk,
A parcel of fresh LEMONS, by the box or smaller quantity.
Abel Willis.
June 25. d
JOSEPH RIDDLE and Co.
HAVE IMPORTED
SPRING GOODS,
In the William and John from London. They expect an additional assortment by the ship United States from Liverpool. May 5. d
John Gardner Ladd
HAS FOR SALE,
At his Warehouse, Prince Street Wharf,
Loaf and brown Sugars, West India and N. England Rum, Coffee, Chocolate, fresh Teas, New Rice, white and brown Soap, Spermaceti and tallow Candles, Seal Leather, Beef and Pork, Lamp and Tanners' Oil, French Brandy and Holland Gin, Few boxes excellent Claret, Bar Iron, Stone Lime, New Herrings and Shad, A few bds. good Vinegar, Cables and Cordage of all sizes, Russia and ravens Duck, India Cottons, Nankeen, Bandanna Handkerchiefs, Irish Linens, German do. Pepper, Cinnamon, Nutmegs, Ginger, Allum, Copperas, Brimstone, Cotton, Wool and Playing Cards, Wrought and cut Nails, A few boxes Olives, Capers and Sweet Oil, Writing Paper, Mens' fine and coarse Hats, &c. June 2. d
Thirty Dollars Reward.
STOLEN from the subscriber, in the City of Washington, on Monday evening last, the 21st inst. a handsome, well made, dark sorrel Mare, with a saddle and bridle: The mare is about 14 1/2 hands high, about 6 years old, has a small white spot behind the right ear under the bridle, some white upon one of her hind legs. A man (with evident signs of guilt) crossed George Town Ferry and rode off post haste, and was traced near Colchester the same evening.
The above reward will be given on delivery of the mare and thief, or fifteen Dollars for the mare.
EBENEZER NESMITH,
near the Navy Yard.
City of Washington,
March 25. eo
ISAAC KELL,
Plumber,
COPPERSMITH and TIN PLATE WORKER,
King Street, two doors below Mr. Peter
Sherron's,
HAVING commenced business in the above line, thankful for past favors, he respectfully solicits a continuance of the patronage of the public.
Wanted,
One Journeyman Tinman, and 2 boys of good character as apprentices. June 22. eo12t
SPANISH HIDES.
1200 Spanish Hides, just received and for sale by
J. & J. H. TUCKER.
ALSO,
By the sloop Friendship , from Barbadoes, 10 hhds and 40 bbls first quality SUGARS; and from New York, 10 boxes fresh Prunes. A general assortment of Groceries as usual. May 6. eo
For Sale—on a Credit
of 6 and 9 months, One hundred and fifty hogheads of Prime Tobacco, Potomac and Rappahannock Inspections.
Three Shares
in the Potomac Canal Company.
For Sale & Rent,
Several Houses, Warehouses, and Lots in the town of Alexandria. Apply to Wm. GROVERMAN.
Who will give the highest Cash price for Alexandria and Columbia Bank Shares. June 23. 2aw3
For Sale,
20 bales good COTTON, short staple,
A few qr. casks SHERRY, of superior quality,
Also,
Bills on London & New York.
A. HENDERSON, & Co. June 16. d3teost
BORDEAUX CLARET.
JUST RECEIVED,
And for sale by the subscribers, corner of Prince and Water streets, a few casks of
CLARET WINE,
at a reduced price,
JOSIAH FAXON, Co. June 9. eo2w
For Sale,
100 Barrels of Prime Pork, 10 Hhds. Molasses,
A quantity of coarse Liverpool and Cadiz Salt,
Nova Scotia & English Grindstones.
Also—A few packages of superfine Cloths and Calimeres by the package, or piece, on very low terms, and 6 cases felt Hats. Wm. HODGSON. June 10. d
Pasturage.
THE subscriber has about 15 acres of Land, adjoining Hunting Creek, under good enclosure, with a water fence, where HORSES and CATTLE will be taken on pasturage.
ALEX. HENDERSON. June 11. eo
Notice,
In the matter of Josiah Watson, A BANKRUPT.
The subscriber being duly appointed sole Assignee of the Estate and Effects of the said Josiah Watson, all persons indebted to the said Bankrupt, or that have any of his effects in their custody or possession, are hereby requested to pay and deliver the same forthwith to the subscriber, or to such person or persons only as may by him be duly authorised to receive the same.
JOHN M'IVER, June 3. eo1m
FOR RENT,
(Possession may be had immediately)
The subscribers' brick Warehouse and dwelling House, situated on Prince Street, with or without the adjoining Warehouses.
Further description is unnecessary. Those who are inclined, can view the premises and know the terms.
WM. HODGSON. June 10. d
Little River Turnpike Company.
THE STOCKHOLDERS are called on to pay to William Hartshorne, Treasurer of said company, TEN DOLLARS on each share by them held, on or before the 20th day of next month.
By Order of the Directors.
WM. HARTSHORNE,
Treasurer. 2aw 2oj
6th Mo. 17.
Douglass & Mandeville,
King Street,
Have just received and for Sale,
150 tons Plaster of Paris.
Persons having water carriage for this article, will find an advantage in purchasing from us, as the greater part is now laying on the wharf.
ALSO,
A few hhds. retailing Molasses of an excellent quality. June 17. eo6t
Just Received,
A quantity of fresh Oranges and Lemons, and some excellent
Seed Potatoes,
of a new kind, commonly called Pinkeyed, for sale by
J. DYSON. May 30. d
Just received from Norfolk,
a parcel of first quality Smithfield Salt-petred HAMS, Suitable for family use. They weigh from 8 to 12 lbs. each.
ABEL WILLIS. June 27. d
JOSEPH BILLING,
ORGAN BUILDER & PIANO FORTE MAKER,
Opposite Mr. Robert Young's store, lower end of King Street, Alexandria,
Most respectfully informs the Ladies and Gentlemen of this place that he makes Church, Chamber, and Barrel Organs, organized Piano Fortes, and Piano Fortes of all qualities.
He hopes that the stability of his work, and the moderation of his charges, will gain him the patronage of the public.
Repairs and tunes in town and country. June 24. 1aw3t
Molasses, Almonds, &c.
Twenty hhds. retailing Molasses of a very superior quality,
Twenty trais fresh Almonds,
A quantity of loaf and lump Sugar in hhds. & bds.
Ten tierces fresh Rice, received per brig Celia , from N. York, and for sale by
J. and T. VOWELL. June 25. eo2w
They have on hand,
24 hhds. St. Kitts Rum, 2d and 3d proof,
100 bds. Pork,
40 do. brown Sugar,
Muscadel and bloom Raisins,
50 tons Plaster,
A new quarter casks
London particular Madeira Wine. May 25. eo2w
Mrs. COOKE,
Has the honor of informing her friends, and the inhabitants in general, of Alexandria and its vicinity, that she has opened a School for young Ladies, next door to the corner of Prince and Washington streets, and hopes to experience a continuance of the liberal and generous patronage, which she has hitherto received, and of which she will ever make it her study to be thought deserving.
Mrs. Cooke purposed to engage a select number of Pupils, for whom, when complete, she will procure Teachers of approved abilities to perfect them in those branches of literature, which their parents or guardians may wish them to attain.
Young Ladies, residing at a distance from School, boarded by the day or week during the warm season. A few yearly boarders will be received on moderate terms, to be made known at the school. April 13. 2aw3m
Take Notice.
WHEREAS Margaret Dickson, my wife, did sometime in the year 1802,elope from my bed & board, this, therefore, is to inform the public, that I make a virtue of necessity, and claim the reward merited by my calm submission, in declaring myself not responsible for any debt which she may have contracted, or shall contract. Wm. DICKSON. June 27. 3t
PRINTING I
Of an excellent quality, For sale at Mr. Timothy's, near the West Market City of ton.
Who has to let on ground rent, A number of Lots in eligi situations. June 18. 1aw3n
Ricketts, Newton and Co.
Have for Sale,
50 boxes Segars, 6 pipes old Madera Wine, 5 tref's Threads, 100 pieces Bandanoes, 10 bales Cotton, 1 trunk low priced Callicoes, 2 butts French Brandy, 50 boxes Soap and Candles, 4 boxes Wool and Cotton Cards, 50 kegs Tobacco (James river) 20 bds. Beef and Pork, 10 hhds. Sugar, 10 tons Swedish Iron, 20 boxes Chocolate, 100 reams Wrapping Paper, 100 do. Writing do. French and Nova Scotia Plaster, Lisbon and Turk's Island Salt.
A large quantity of Bran to be sold very cheap, if taken away soon.
They are giving Cash for Wheat, Flour, Corn, Rye and Tobacco, April 2. d
Just Published,
By Robert & John Gray, And for sale at their Book & Stationary Store in King Street,
THEODORE CYPHON:
OR,
THE BENEVOLENT JEW.
A Novel, in 2 vols.
By GEORGE WALKER, Author of the Vagabond, Three Spaniards, &c. &c.
Price One Dollar and Seventy Five Cents Handsomely bound & lettered. Also,
The Story of Tom Snell.
Price 20 cents. April 21. d
JUST RECEIVED
And for Sale,
By Robert & John Gray,
King Street,
A LETTER,
To JOSEPH PRIESTLY,
L. L. D. F. R. S. &c. &c.
In Answer to his Performance,
entitled,
Socrates and Jesus Compared.
By John Blair Linn, A. M.
Price 62 1/2 Cents. ALSO,
Just received and ready to be delivered to subscribers, the 1st vol. of THE DOMESTIC ENCYCLOPEDIA. May 10. d
JUST PUBLISHED,
And for sale by
ROBERT & JOHN GRAY,
King Street,
A NEW EDITION OF
ENFIELD'S SPEAKER
OR,
MISCELLANEOUS PIECES,
Selected from the best English writers, and disposed under proper heads, with a view to facilitate the improvement of youth in reading and speaking. To which is prefixed an essay on
ELOCUTION,
Price 87 1/2 cts. handsomely bound and lettered. Just Received
AND FOR SALE BY
ROBERT & JNO. GRAY,
King Street,
BROAD GRINS:
Comprising with new additional Tales in verse, those formerly published under the title of
"My Night Gown and Slippers."
By GEORGE COLMAN, the younger
Author of the "Poor Gentleman," &c. Also, a new edition of
THE FARMER'S BOY,
By ROBERT BLOOMFIELD.
Price 75 Cents each. May 23. d
Cash given for rags.
PRINTED DAILY BY
S. SNOWDEN.