Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political (Alexandria [Va.]), 1808-08-18 00:00:00

Sales at Vendue.
Every Tuesday and Friday,
WILL BE SOLD
At the Vendue Store, corner of Prince and Water streets.
A Variety of Dry Goods, Groceries, &c.
Particulars of which will be expressed in the bills of the day—All kinds of goods which are on limitation and the prices of which are established, can at any time be viewed and purchased at the lowest limitation and prices.
P. G. Marsteller, v. M.
NOTICE.
THE Co-partnership of Catlett and Fisk, is this day dissolved by mutual consent.
Chs. I. Catlett, Martin Fisk.
The business in future will be transacted by
CHS. I. CATLETT
April 1.
JUST RECEIVED,
And for sale by ROBERT GRAY. A few copies Brown's Dictionary of the BIBLE, 2 vols. octavo, ornamented with Plates. Price 7 dollars, bound and lettered.
July 27.
CLARET, &c.
10 Cases Fine Old Medoc Claret, London Particular Madeira, Marsala or Sicily do. A few Bags Best Soft Shelled Almonds, Spanish Segars, 1st and 2d quality, FOR SALE BY
Joseph Mandeville, Corner of King and Fairfax Streets.
June 27.
Scheme of a Lottery,
For the purpose of raising a sum of money to aid the funds of the Charitable Marine Society of Baltimore.
Table with 3 columns: Prize Amount, Number of Prizes, Total Amount. Includes 1st prize of 5000 Dollars, and subsequent prizes of 2500, 1500, 750, etc.
6168 Prizes-amounting to Dollars. 75,000. 1832 Blank s.—Sum raised including expence, 15,000.
From the above Scheme, it appears that there are less than two blanks to a prize, and that the prizes are to be paid without deduction in this.
The drawing will positively commence on the 24th of next month, and will be completed in ten weeks. Tickets at $5 50 cents, for sale at R. GRAY'S BOOK STORE, where the drawing of all tickets sold by him will be examined free of expence. Prizes in the last New York Lottery taken in payment for tickets in this.
Orders for tickets from the country, enclosing the cash (post-paid) will be punctually attended to, and early information given of their fate.
July 13.
FOR SALE, BY
LEWIS DEBLOIS
At his Store, near Col. Ramsay's wharf, French Brandy, in pipes. Catalonia Wine, in half pipes and quarter casks. New-England Rum, in hogsheads and barrels. Molasses, in hogsheads. Cod-Fish, in boxes. Cider, Potatoes, Beets, and Winter Pears, in barrels. Cheese. Water Vinegar, in hogsheads and pipes.
I want to hire a negro fellow that understands something of gardening as well as farming.
R. T. Hooe.
July 13.
FOR SALE.
I WILL SELL the HOUSE wherein live on the corner of Washington and King streets, on a credit of 12, 15, 18, 21 and 24 months.
Robert Young.
July 13.
WITHERS & SANGSTER,
Inform their friends, that they have just received from New-York and Philadelphia,
A SUPPLY OF Fancy & Summer Goods, Which, with their former stock, render their assortment complete.
They request those who have made memorandums, to call and settle them, as they are determined to sell for cash only.
July 14.
Charitable Marine Society Lottery, Baltimore.
Tickets and shares for sale at R. Gray's book-store, at the following prices: Whole Tickets, $ 5 50. Half do. 3 00. Quarter do. 1 50.
Prizes in the New-York Lottery taken in payment for Ticket in this.
July 18.
JUST RECEIVED, FOR SALE BY
R. GRAY: Clarkson's Portraiture of Quakerism, 3 volumes octavo.
FREAKS OF COLUMBIA; OR, THE REMOVAL OF THE SEAT OF GOVERNMENT, A Farce.
August 11.
LOST THIS MORNING, SOMEWHERE on Fairfax or Prince-streets, A SUM OF MONEY, in Alexandria bank notes, of 5 dollars each: the finder will be handsomely rewarded, by leaving it with the printer.
July 29.
Washington and Alexandria Turnpike Company.
THE Stockholders of the Washington and Alexandria Turnpike Company are hereby notified, that the second instalment of Ten Dollars on each share, is called for by the President and Directors of the said Company, and is required to be paid to Charles Page, Treasurer, in Alexandria, on or before the 26th day of August next, agreeable to an act of Congress, entitled "An act for the establishment of a Turnpike Company in the county of Alexandria, in the district of Columbia."
By order of the Directors, G. Deneale, President.
July 23.
Marshal's Sale.
IN pursuance of a decree of the honorable the United States Circuit Court of the district of Columbia, sitting in Alexandria, on an appeal from the District Court of the said district, in a case of seizure and libel, between the United States and forty boxes of White Clayed Sugar, ten boxes of Brown Sugar, and ten tons of Logwood, and Matthew Keene, claimant; will be sold, at public sale, for ready money, on Monday, the 29th day of this month, at the warehouse of George Slatum, in the town of Alexandria, between the hours of eleven and twelve o'clock of the forenoon of that day, the said forty boxes of White Clayed Sugar, ten boxes of Brown Sugar, and ten tons of Logwood.
Daniel Minor, D. M. for Washington Boyd.
August 11.
Cash for Salt-Petre.
I WILL GIVE the best Baltimore, Philadelphia or New-York market price, in cash, for single refined pure country Salt Petre.
A. C. Cazenove.
July 26.
Political.
FOR BOSTON, The Schooner ENTERPRIZE, Capt. Hewes; For freight of 400 barrels, or pass-ge, having good accommodations, apply to
John G. Ladd. Landing, for sale, from said vessel, 45 tons Plaster Paris, 3 tierces Claret Wine, 60 bales Cut Corks, 2500 wt. Glauber's Salt.
July 28.
WANTED,
A WET NURSE, with a fresh breast of milk. None need apply without good recommendations.—Apply to the Printer.
August 5.
JUST RECEIVED, FOR SALE BY R. GRAY, CORINNA; Or, Italy.
By Mad. De STael Holstein.
FATAL REVENGE;
OR, The Family of Montorio. A Romance, by DENNIS JASPER MURPHY. Foundling of Belgrade. A Translation from the French, by WM. JENNINGS.
And the following PLAYS. Castle Spectre. Fox Chase, Stranger, and Ella Rosenberg.
August 4.
NOTICE.
AN election for Overseers of the Poor for that part of the county of Alexandria not included within the limits of the corporation of the town of Alexandria, having been directed by order of the Circuit Court of the district of Columbia, sitting for the county of Alexandria, to take place at the Centre Mills, in the said county, on the second Saturday in the present month—at which time and place the Deputy Marshal attended: but no persons being there, the said election was postponed until SATURDAY next, the 20th instant, at which time and place between the hours of 10 and 2 o'clock, the said election will be held for three fit persons to serve as Overseers of the Poor for that part of the said county which is not included within the limits of the corporation of the town of Alexandria. At which time and place those persons qualified by law to vote, are requested to attend.
Daniel Minor, D. M. For W. Boyd, Marshal. August 15.
FOR SALE,
Or will be exchanged for PROPERTY in this place or neighborhood—
One half or the whole of the LONG GLADES, containing 1350 acres of Land, in the county of Fairfax, on the post road from Alexandria and the city of Washington, 20 miles from the former and 14 from the latter.
On this land is the WHITE HOUSE, half-way between Alexandria and Leesburg. The situation for a public house is inferior to none. A store might be established here to advantage, and the meadow only will pay double the rent.
There is no tract of the same size in the country that is better watered, that has a larger proportion of valuable meadow, nor no one in the state on which Plaster of Paris answers better. Hay meets with as ready sale as at Washington or Alexandria.
There are two Mill Seats, and a good situation for a distillery—the latter is on the road. If not sold in a few days, the White House will be rented, either with 200 or 350 acres of land.
ALSO FOR SALE,
A snug well enclosed FARM, in Loudoun, near Goose-Creek, adjoining the lands of Ludwell Lee, Esq. containing 214 acres.
ALSO, A tract of Land of 350 acres, in the district of Columbia, between 7 & 8 miles from Alexandria and about 4 from Georgetown, or the city of Washington.
More than half this tract is in timber and has a piece of excellent Meadow, bounded for a mile and a half by Four Mile Run.
J. SWIFT. August 17.
meron streets, and fronting on Washington and Columbus streets, 107 feet, with a public alley on one side, and an open space that cannot be built on on the other. For a public situation it is unequalled by any property in Alexandria.
ALSO, A LOT OF GROUND, at the west end, about half a mile from town and fronting on the Little River Turnpike Road, 35 feet, running back 250 feet, more or less. There are improvements on the property adjoining it, on each side.
A handsome LOT OF GROUND, on the George-Town road, about half a mile from town, in a very beautiful situation, containing two acres.
A handsome SQUARE OF GROUND, on Washington and Columbus streets, within one quarter of a mile of town, well enclosed with a post and rail fence, containing something less than two acres.
A half acre LOT on the commons, about the same distance as the last mentioned.
ALSO, My interest in the lease of a FARM, containing between one and two hundred acres, adjoining the town of Alexandria, in a high state of cultivation, and enclosed with a new post and rail fence. (in one of the enclosures is the Alexandria Jockey Club Race Course) with a large crop of OATS and HAY, which will be sold in the stack or otherwise;—two waggons, four carts, eight ploughs, two double barrows, a large and elegant roller, all of the best construction, six good farm horses, and every other article that can be wanted for a well managed farm, together with 12 choice milch COWS, a fine buffalo BULL, forty head of SHEEP, about fifty head of HOGS of the very best breed that could be procured. Also, some very VALUABLE SLAVES, they should be wanted for the farm.
ALSO, The two fines of STAGES between George Town and Alexandria, with a light HACK & four HORSES.
NOTICE.
All persons having claims against me are requested to bring them forward for settlement; and all persons indebted are desired to make immediate payment, as no longer indulgence can be given, my intended removal rendering it necessary that a full adjustment of all accounts should take place.
JOHN GADSBY. July 25.
Public Sale.
BY virtue of a deed of trust from Alexander Smith to the subscribers, to secure the payment of a sum of money to the bank of Alexandria, will be exposed to sale, on the premises, on Wednesday the 17th day of August next, a piece of ground with the houses and improvements appertaining thereto, lying on the south side of Duke street and west side of Water street, being at the intersection of the streets, extending on Duke street forty feet, on Water street ninety one feet six inches to a ten feet alley—upon a credit of 6, 12, and 18 months, the purchaser giving notes for the several payments negotiable at the bank of Alexandria, with an approved indorser, and a deed of trust upon the property to secure the payment of the notes.
James Keith, sen. James Keith, jun. July 25.

Alexandria Daily Gazette, COMMERCIAL AND POLITICAL.
TICKETS in the Charitable Marine Society Lottery , which commences drawing the 24th of this month, for sale at the office of the Alexandria Daily Gazette , price FIVE DOLLARS and FIFTY CENTS. A regular list of the drawing will be received and information given gratis to those who purchase tickets.
August 9.
ALEXANDRIA THEATRE.
No postponement on account of the weather.
FOR THE BENEFIT OF MR. AND MRS. JEFFERSON.
ON THURSDAY, August 14, 1808, Will be presented an Historical Play (interspersed with Songs) called,
The Surrender of Calais.
(Written by George Coleman, jun.)
ENGLISH.
  Edward 3d, King of England,  Mr. Charnock.    Earl of Harcourt,  Mr. Miller.    Earl of Warwick,  Mr. Jacobs.    Sir Walter Manny,  Mr. Seymour.    Workmen,  Mr. Blissett & Harris.  
Queen Phillippa, Mrs. Francis.
FRENCH.
  Count Ribemont,  Mr. Cons.    Eustace de St. Pierre,  Mr. McKenzie.    La Gloire,  Mr. Jefferson.    John D'Alre,  Mr. Wilmot.    Jacques Wissant,     Pierre Wissant,     (The Patriotic men who devoted themselves to save their country.)
John de Vienne (governor of Calais) Mr. Warren.
Old Man, Mr. Francis.
Serjeant, Mr. Bray.
O'Carrol, Mr. Cross.
Madelon, Mrs. Jefferson, Julia, Mrs. Wilmot.
In act 2d. a Procession and Chorus. The vocal parts by ladies and gentlemen of the company.
END OF THE PLAY,
A PANTOMIMICAL DANCE, CALLED,
Harlequin in the Moon;
OR,
The Village in an Uproar.
  Harlequin,  Mr. Harris.    Conjurer,  Mr. Miller.    Colin, the Cooper,  Mr. Briers.    Heeltap, the Cobler,  Mr. Seymour.    Cabbage, the Taylor,  Mr. Blissett.    Billy Puff, the Barber,  Mr. Jacobs.    Farmer Sturdy,  Mr. Francis.    Bumpkin, the Clown,  Mr. Jefferson.  
  Columbine,  Miss Hunt.    Millener,  Mrs. Jefferson.    Washerwoman,  Mrs. Francis.    Lucy,  Mrs. Seymour.  
In the course of the Pantomime, Mr. Jefferson will sing the Comic Song of GILES SCROGGIN'S GHOST.
To which will be added, a Musical Farce, in two acts, called,
TOO MANY COOKS.
  Old Rivers,  Mr. Francis.    Young Rivers,  Mr. Jacobs.    Freeland,  Mr. Briers.    Bustleton,  Mr. Jefferson.    Barney O'Bother,  Mr. Warren.    Boosey,  Mr. Miller.    Cricketers, Messrs. Blissett, Bray and Cross.
  Laura Freeland,  Mrs. Seymour.    Phoebe,  Mrs. Jefferson.    Katy O'Bother,  Miss Hunt.    Dame Freeland,  Mrs. Francis.  
On Saturday, Messrs. Cross & Charnock's Benefit.
Doors to be open at 6, and performance to begin precisely at a quarter past 7 o'clock.
Admittance—box one dollar, pit seventy five cents, gallery fifty cents.
Box Tickets to be had at the bar of Mr. Gadsby's hotel, and at the office of the Daily Gazette.
Printing in its various branches executed with accuracy and dispatch.
PROCLAMATION OF THE SUPREME COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENT AT SEVILLE—CONCLUDED.
Translated for the N. Y. Evening Post.
The emperor convokes the nation to his presence; he chuses such deputies as he thinks proper; he arbitrarily designates the mode of electing others to treat in a foreign country respecting the most sacred concerns of the nation, when he himself has publicly censured as criminal and contrary to the rights of sovereignty, a private and respectable letter written to him by Ferdinand VII, when he was prince, to write which perhaps he was instigated by the very foreigner who now pretends to impute it to him as a crime. It is in fact a crime and an act of rebellion in an independent nation to obey a foreign prince, and to discuss in his presence and under his control, her most important interests, and Seville, nor no Spaniard will ever be so lost to shame and so destitute of loyalty as to commit such manifest and atrocious rebellion; even slaves would not be capable of staining themselves by conduct so vile and infamous.
He has taken a thousand unworthy means to deceive us; he daily disseminates seditious libels to mislead public opinion, in which professing respect to the laws and religion he tramples upon, ridicules and insults both; he omits no means however infamous to place upon our necks an iron yoke and make us his slaves; his audacity and falsehood have risen to such a degree as even to publish in one of his journals that he is united with and favored by the supreme pontiff and vicar of Jesus Christ, when it is notorious, and Europe and even barbarous nations who have respected his dignity know, that he holds him in a state of the most heavy oppression; he has despoiled him of his estates; he has caused his cardinals to leave him, as the Pope himself states by violence alone, and for the purpose of preventing him from exercising the direction and government of the whole church, which the Pope possesses by the authority and command of our divine saviour Jesus Christ.
SPANIARDS,
All this imperiously call upon us to unite and prevent such atrocious attempts. There is no revolution in Spain. We declare war against no one, and we only endeavor to defend what is most sacred against him who under the pretext of alliance and friendship has snatched it from us, and who unless we contend with him we have reason to fear will deprive us of laws, of monarchs and of religion. Let us then sacrifice every thing in so just a cause, and if we must loose every thing, let it be in battle and like generous men.
Let us then all unite; the people throughout Spain are ready to take up arms; let the most intelligent men of all the provinces be convened that public opinion may be preserved; and to refute those libels replete with insolence and atrocious falsehoods. Let us all fight, each one in his own way, and let the church of Spain incessantly implore the god of armies, whose protection, the evident justice of our cause insures.
And what have you to fear? There is not
in Spain a sufficient number of the enemy's troops to intimidate us. What troops there are, are composed of different nations, obliged by force to serve, and who ardently desire to break the chains which have been imposed on them. The situations which they have taken are those most suitable to conquer and destroy them. They are besides weak and dismayed, because the consciousness of his own wickedness, makes the most valiant man a coward.
All Europe will applaud our efforts with the highest satisfaction and will hasten to assist us. Italy, Germany, the whole North, which suffers under the iron despotism of that nation, will eagerly improve the fortunate opportunity which Spain presents to emancipate themselves and recover their liberty, their laws, their monarchs, and every thing of which the hand of violence has deprived them. France herself will hasten to avoid the infamy which would cover her should she be forced to be the instrument of such horrible perfidies. No, she will not spill her blood in so vile a cause. She has suffered enough in the expectation of a peace and happiness which will never arrive, until she will be under the empire of reason, of religion, of the laws, and until the rights of other nations shall be respected and preserved.
SPANIARDS,
Your country with all that you possess, your laws, your liberty, your kings, your holy religion, and the hopes of eternal life, which that religion alone promises and can procure to you and your descendants, are in manifest, in near, and in imminent danger.
Seville, 29th May, 1808.
By order of the supreme council of government,
DON JUAN BAUTISTA ESTELLER, First Secretary.
DON JUAN PARDO, Second Sec'ry.
A true copy.
Cadiz, 2d June, 1808.
DON GONZALO DE ARAMENDI, First Secretary.
DON ALFONSO MARIA XIMENEZ, Second Sec'ry.
Seville, June 1.—By a letter received from Madrid from a person of respectability, we learn that on the 26th of May a council was held in that city the whole evening, and even until the next day; that dispatches arrived from the provinces of Valencia, Aragon, Old Castile and Gallicia, declaring war against the French. The prince of Berg left the city, and it is said in the house called Monclova, that there are no longer any grand reviews of the French troops, and that every day their force diminishes. Surely God, who has always combated for his people, has not forgotten how to conquer his enemies.
From the N. Y. Commercial Advertiser.
The Ship Beaver and the Mandarin.
The public attention is particularly invited to a transaction of a most extraordinary complexion.
A first rate merchant's ship, which will be navigated by about thirty seamen, is preparing for sea, and is expected to proceed on a voyage to Canton, in a few days, under a special permission from the president of the United States.
The ostensible object of this voyage is to carry home a person who is said to be a Mandarin of China.
It is, however, well known that the person for whom the permission has been obtained, is no Mandarin; is not even a licensed or security merchant:—that his departure from China was contrary to the laws of that country; that if he arrives in China, he will be put on shore privately, and that the obscurity of his condition in life, affords him the only chance he has of avoiding punishment.
It is also believed, that the owner of the ship, would not accept all the property of all the Chinese in this country as a compensation for the voyage, and it is known that he has offered to contract for bringing home goods on freight.
Whatever may have been the motive of the president in granting the permission, it is therefore certain, that the object of the owner of the ship is to make a China voyage, at a time when other merchants are restrained by the embargo.
The time of granting this permission is remarkable:—It is when a general embargo is imposed on all commerce with our nearest neighbors; when the exchange of domestic produce with Canada, New Brunswick and the Floridas is interdicted by an armed force—when the intercourse of our citizens in our own bays rivers and harbours, in small boats, incapable of a sea voyage, is subject to the most rigorous control of the Custom House; nay more; this permission is to
go into effect, when, on account of some new and unknown political necessity, all other permissions which have not been carried into effect, are rescinded: the ship is one of the most valuable; the number of men exposed to peril the greatest in any merchant's service; and the voyage, not to the West Indies, but the Antipodes.
If the government has been surprised on the permission obtained by any misrepresentation, the error can yet be corrected, or if the transaction can be vindicated, an honor of the administration and the repetition of all concerned require that an explanation be made.
Fellow-citizens, let us observe the progress of this affair; if the trade is safe it can be prosecuted consistently with the public interests, let all who are willing, engage in it; otherwise, let all be restrained; there be an embargo, or no embargo; let us not countenance partial dispensations from the operation of general laws.
At Newburyport a very full and respectable meeting was held on the 9th instant, for the purpose of petitioning the president to suspend the embargo; and after some debate the following petition was agreed upon unanimously, and signed in behalf of the town.
THE PETITION.
To THOMAS JEFFERSON, President of the United States of America.
The Petition of the inhabitants of Newburyport, in legal town meeting assembled,
RESPECTFULLY REPRESENTS,
THAT they have severely suffered from the operation of the laws laying and enforcing an embargo on all ships and vessels in the ports and harbors of the United States, not only in common with their fellow citizens throughout the union, but peculiarly from their local situation, their large interest in shipping and merchandise, their dependence on commerce and the perishable nature of their exports. They flatter themselves that they are, and ever will be, ready to manifest their patriotism in making every necessary sacrifice for the benefit of their country, and they have yielded to these laws unlimited respect and submission, whatever differences of opinion may have existed, as to their expediency or constitutionality. But so distressing are the embarrassments produced by the embargo, that they cannot contemplate its continuance without serious and alarming apprehensions. It is surely less to detail to your excellency the various evils that must result from a total suspension of commerce to a people long habituated to maritime trade and enterprise, whose resource depend no less on the ocean than the land, and whose shipping and commerce are thus left to waste and perish on their hands, not only to the immense loss of property, but in some instances the danger of health and life. Feeling, as your petitioners do, the accumulating pressure of these evils and confident that your excellency is disposed, so far as you are constitutionally authorized, to grant them relief, they are happy to find that by the laws of the U. States it appears to be within your power to suspend the Embargo in whole or in part whenever events in Europe may, in your opinion, render it safe and expedient. Your petitioners rejoice in the belief that such events have now taken place. They also rejoice that these events are of a nature so honorable to humanity, and so propitious to the freedom and independence of nations—Spain is emancipated, and has asserted her ancient dignity and independence, with a spirit and resolution, that promise success to her glorious exertions. An immediate peace of course takes place between that nation and Great Britain; and Spain, with her immense colonies, to which we may now add Portugal and her dependencies, will now invite to a commerce, interdicted by no decrees of the belligerents; a commerce beyond example important to America, which if opened to them, would furnish a ready and most lucrative market for their surplus and perishable commodities; which would afford them a relief from present sufferings, and a source of incalculable future benefits, and which if now neglected by them, may be seized and enjoyed by others to their perpetual exclusion.
Your petitioners cannot deny themselves the pleasure of congratulating your excellency on the pleasing opportunity which you now have of restoring your suffering countrymen to the blessings of commerce; and at the same time putting it in their power to indulge their sympathies for a gallant people nobly struggling against oppression, and who were among the first to afford them assistance in their own struggles for national independence.
Your petitioners, therefore, pray your excellency, in pursuance of the powers vested in you by the Congress of the U. States, to suspend the operation of the Embargo,

least, so far as immediately to admit a free intercourse with Spain and Portugal, and their respective colonial dependencies.—And as a duty bound will ever pray.
BURLINGTON, (Ver.) August 5.
Melancholy Event. —We have to record a very melancholy event, which took place in this vicinity on Wednesday last. A Revenue Cutter from the lines commanded by Lieut. Farrington, with a sergeant and twelve privates, was dispatched by the Collector of the Customs in pursuit of a large batteau, called the Black Snake, owned by persons near the lines, well known there to have been some time employed in smuggling.—The Cutter pursued her up Onion river, where she was found and taken possession of by Lieut. Farrington, while her crew, who were armed stood on the bank of the river and threatened to fire on the first man who attempted to go on board. The Black Snake was manned by a part of the crew of the Cutter, who proceeded with her down the river, while the smugglers repeatedly declared they should never take her out of the river alive. They had not gone more than 150 rods, before they were fired on from the shore, through the bushes, and one man on board the Cutter, by the name of Elias Drake, was shot through the head and immediately expired. Several shots more were made, when the lieutenant ordered his men to steer for the shore.
Scarcely had they landed when the whole contents of a large gun, called a wall piece, about ten feet in length, carrying 16 ounce balls, was discharged upon them, which proved fatal to Asa Marsh, another of the crew of the Cutter and Mr. Jonas Omsby, an inhabitant of this town, who returning from his work, happened to be present at this unfortunate moment. The lieutenant also received a ball through his left arm and was slightly wounded in his head. By the spirited exertions of the people of this village, eight persons are apprehended and are safely lodged in the common gaol which is guarded by a detachment from the town militia. A jury of inquest was immediately summoned, who after a view of the bodies and a careful examination of witnesses, returned their inquisition that the deceased came to their death by WILFUL MURDER . Two of the persons apprehended will probably make it appear that they were not concerned in this horrid transaction.
An examination of the prisoners has not taken place. As soon as an enquiry is made the public will have a minute detail of the facts; in the mean time, it is hoped that all opinion will be suspended. There are four of these desperadoes who have not yet been taken, but the greatest exertions are making to apprehend them.
Just as this paper was going to press captain Harmar, and a detachment of soldiers from the lines, arrived here with a person called captain Peas, one of the crew of the Black Snake. He was apprehended on Hogg island.
We learn that a sloop loaded with 69 barrels of powder, was taken near the lines, the day before yesterday.
Alexandria Daily Gazette.
THURSDAY, AUGUST 18.
The Spanish Consuls in the United States will probably soon have new commissions to present to the President to request Equators. What course will our Executive take?
[ Easton Paper. ]
It is very probable that before long, an Ambassador from the Junta in Spain will arrive in the U. States. "Spain was the first nation which admitted American vessels and their prizes into her ports, after the commencement of our revolution." Three millions were then contending here for the right of self-government—now twelve millions are contending for the same right there.
[ Ibid. ]
COMMUNICATION.
Question for the consideration of constitutional republicans.
In the 9th section of the constitution of the U. States, it is declared, "that no person holding any office of profit or trust under the United States, shall without the consent of congress, accept of present, emolument, office, or title of any kind whatever, from any king, prince or foreign state."
Was not Mr. Jefferson's acceptance of the title and privileges conferred on himself and Mr. Madison in the year '93 from the French national convention, of "naturalized French citizens;" a violation of this article of the constitution? Can these gentlemen now be considered otherwise than as subjects of the French emperor? Time has discovered that this provision in the constitution was wisely intended to guard against foreign in-
fluence, but it appears to be disregarded even by the Apostles of Democracy. Think of this and Spanish pensions .
[ U. S. Gaz. ]
SPANISH REVOLUTION confirmed by accounts from different quarters. It will be observed, that the last arrival from England, brought no intelligence from Spain so late as was received at Norfolk.]
Extract of a letter from St. Cruz, Teneriffe, 3d July, 1808.
"A Spanish frigate and schooner arrived this morning, with the glorious news that Spain has risen en masse, and that 300,000 men are under arms. The French army in the different provinces are cut off from every retreat to their own country. No quarter is either given or received. 12,000 men in the castle of Monjoye were attacked by the Catalonians who were repulsed with great slaughter. The French offered to surrender—the answer of the Catalonians was, to take up their arms and defend themselves, for they would give no quarters. They were all killed as were 13,000 Catalonians. The same destructive war is carried on in all the provinces. The council of the kingdom have met at Seville, with the minister Saavedra at their head. Generals had offered their services, and armies were marching in all directions. Every province has published similar resolutions to those of Seville. A letter was received from young Ferdinand, that he had made up his mind to die for his subjects, and requested they would remember his last request—and if he perished, that his loyal subjects would continue their allegiance to his august house, and never forget the perfidy of Bonaparte."
"The frigate goes to Vera Cruz, and the schooner to Buenos Ayres. The letter carries out a general, as no confidence can be put in the present governor [Liniers] who is a Frenchman. The governor of Cadiz was torn in pieces by the enraged populace, for having had the weakness to accept a commission under Murat, the brother in law of Bonaparte. The Spanish officers have joined the English cockade to theirs, in expression of their union. This town exhibits a scene of which you can form no idea. All is in motion—with a continued huzza of Viva Ferdinand the 7th, and death to his enemies!"
"An armistice with the English commanders off Cadiz has been concluded; and envoys had sailed for London, to make an offensive and defensive alliance. The governor of Gibraltar has sent them men, arms and ammunition, also a seasonable supply of hard dollars."
Extract of a letter from Cadiz, dated the 20th June, received via Teneriffe.
"The whole of Spain is in arms, one general cry of vengeance pervades the mass of Spaniards. From every quarter are received accounts of the country people flying to arms—it is in short a popular, patriotic, and simultaneous movement from one end of Spain to the other—not a Frenchman found in arms will be left alive. We have just received a courier from Grenada—every eye flashes indignation—notwithstanding this apparently popular phrenzy, the greatest order is maintained, and the most systematic plans are deliberately entered into. The army of Grenada is put under the command of gen. Reading and major general Abadia, who occupy the Gargantas of Sierra Morena in St. Helena. From every appearance we shall soon be rid of the French—for nothing can withstand the irresistible powers of our arms."
Discourse on SUICIDE.
ON FRIDAY NIGHT, at half after seven o'clock,
J. OGILVIE
WILL deliver in the Court House, a Discourse on SUICIDE, being the last he will pronounce in Alexandria.
The Recitations will be an ELEGY by Shenstone, a DIALOGUE in Jane Shore and Rolla's ADDRESS to the Peruvian Soldiers.
August 18.
P. S. Tickets of admission, Half a Dollar each, may be had at the door.
To be Let,
THE HOUSE lately occupied by Benj'n. Dulany, esq, in a healthy and pleasant situation. Immediate possession may be had.
Jonathan Mandeville.
August 18
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FOR SALE,
My SEAT in King George county. It lies on the head of one of the branches of Machodock creek, between four and five miles below King George court house, and on the main road leading from Fredericksburg to Mattox Bridge. The situation is healthy, affords fine water, embraces the great advantages of proximity to the court house of the county, church, mills, tobacco inspections, navigations, fish, fowl, oysters, &c. enjoys respectable neighbors and genteel society; and from its central position between Potomac and Rappahannock, thereby commanding the benefit of both these rivers, is particularly well suited to the business of any gentleman of profession. Wherefore it will be sold either with as much land as will afford a competent support of wood and water, with the improvements alone, or with between four and five hundred acres, as shall be most convenient to the purchaser; and possession can be had on
WILL BE PUBLISHED
IN A PAMPHLET AT THIS OFFICE IN A SHORT TIME; AN ADDRESS
TO THE PEOPLE OF THE U. STATES, ON THE IMPORTANCE OF ENCOURAGING AGRICULTURE & DOMESTIC MANUFACTURES:
Tending to shew that by a due encouragement of these essential interests, the nation will be rendered more respectable abroad and more prosperous at home.
TOGETHER WITH AN ACCOUNT OF The Improvements in Sheep at Arlington,
The native Sheep of Smith's Island; and the plans proposed of extending this valuable race of animals, for the benefit of the country at large:
By GEORGE W. P. CUSTIS Esq. of Arlington House, in the District of Columbia.
AT a time when the energies of the nation seem awakened to the state of our foreign and domestic concerns, we conceive that the important interests of Agriculture and Manufactures should meet with a considerable share of the public discussion. Certain it is, that at no period of our political history could these national subjects excite more interest or be more properly urged to the notice of the public mind. The unsettled and impending appearance of our foreign affairs, and the present disturbed state of the European world, renders it doubly necessary for the citizens of America to cherish and promote their domestic policy, whereby they may derive those resources which are now obtained from abroad and create wealth and industry within themselves. Too long have these important and patriotic interests been neglected. The nation now feels their want, and we trust will duly provide for their support. Government, hitherto engaged in other concerns, will now cherish those domestic institutions, which will preserve the nation's dignity and promote the people's welfare.
Of the merits of the little work we are about to issue to the public, it is not our province to decide, but of the advantages to be derived from its sale we would beg leave to say every thing which a disinterested exertion in the cause of Domestic Manufacture justly demands—And as the profits of this work, after the expenses of publication are paid, will be solely devoted to the purposes of the Arlington Institution, we may hope and confidently expect a liberal patronage from a discerning and patriotic community.
EDITOR.
Printers in the U. States will please to give this advertisement an insertion in their respective papers, and such as demand it will be paid at this office. Booksellers supplied on liberal terms, and all orders will be punctually attended to.
Alex. 18th June, 1808.
Wines for Sale.
I HAVE FOR SALE,
 6 pipes old London Particular Madeira WINE.  4 ditto new ditto ditto.  6 ditto old Port.  25 quarter casks Malaga.  50 quarter casks Lisbon.  20 boxes brown Soap.  50 ditto Mould Candles. 
JAMES BACON,
At the GROCERY STORE, on King street, has received in addition to his former stock, A fresh Supply of Genuine Articles in the Grocery Line Which makes his assortment complete. He now offers for sale, on his usual low terms, Muscovado Sugars, of various qualities,
 Loaf and Lump ditto,  Gunpowder, Imperial, Hyson, Young Hyson, Hyson-Skin, and Souchong } TEAS, particularly selected for family use.  Best green Coffee,  Chocolate, of a superior quality,  Madeira, Busellos, Sherry, Lisbon, Teneriffe, Malaga, and Genuine old Port } WINE.  Cognac and Bourdeaux Brandy,  Old Jamaica Spirit, for family use,  Antigua, St. Croix, St. Vincents, and New England Rum,  Holland Gin,  Irish and country Whisky,  Molasses, Wine, and Cider Vinegar,  Stoughton's Bitters,  Mace, nutmegs, cloves, cassia, pimento,  Cayenne and black pepper, race and ground,  Ginger, basket salt for table use, dean barley rice, starch, fig blue, soap, mould, dipt and spermaceti candles, refined salt-petre, flotan indigo, allum, copperas, madder, brimstone spinning cotton, patent shot all sizes, best english and country made gunpowder, segars and smoking tobacco, very best chewing tobacco.  Hamilton and Leipor's snuff, Hunter's pipe in boxes.  London mustard, warranted of a superior quality, Dixon's best ditto, wrapping paper demijohn's, &c. &c. with generally every article in his line—the whole of which have been collected with care, and will be disposed of on the very lowest terms 
Joseph Mandeville
CORNER OF KING AND FAIRFAX STREETS, ALEXANDRIA:
HAS FOR SALE,
An assortment of WINES, LIQUORS, GROCERIES, &c. Consisting of
 MADEIRA  Port  Sherry  Lisbon  Malaga  Teneriffe & Corsica } WINES. 
Cld St. Estephe Medoc laret, in cask or one dozen
 A few dozen fine old frontinac  Ditto do. best wine bitters  Jamaica and West-India rum  New-England do.  Cogniac, Bourdeaux and Naples brandy  Holland and country gin  Schiedam gin in cases  Irish whisky, very old  70 barrels Pennsylvania rye } whisky  Cider in barrels  White wine and Cider vinegar  Florence oil in flasks  2 hogsheads Havanna honey  15 do. choice retailing molasses 
 Gunpowder  Imperial  Hyson  Young Hyson  Hyson-Skin and Souchong } TEAS of good quality 
 Muscovado sugars, different qualities  Bengal white do.  Loaf and lump sugars, Philadelphia, Baltimore and Alexandria.  Leiper's, Garrett's, and Hamilton's snuff in bottles and bladders.  Macuba and rapee do.  Clover-seed, (Penn. warranted)  Mace; nutmegs; cloves; cassia; pimento; to; pepper; ginger, race and ground; Cayenne pepper; refined salt-petre.  Coffee; chocolate; rice; pearl barley; London and Philadelphia mustard; basket salt; starch; fig blue; flotan indigo; Georgia and Tennessee cotton; flax; wool; madder; copperas; allum; brimstone; chalk; pipes in boxes; wrapping paper and twine; traces; bed cords; leading lines; demijohns; gin cases; patent shot; brandy wine gunpowder; Harver's gunpowder, [the only real fish battle powder] from F to treble seal.  chewing tobacco; best Havanna segars.  Muscatel and bloom raisins in boxes.  Sun raisins in casks.  Zante currants; prunes; soft shelled almonds.  A few boxes excellent pickles, each dozen bottles assorted; capers, olives and anchovies, for sale by the box.  A quantity of clean good allum salt suitable for the fishery, &c. &c. 
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