Alexandria daily advertiser (Alexandria [Va.]), 1808-04-29 00:00:00

Alexandria Daily Advertiser.
VOL. VIII.
FRIDAY, APRIL 29, 1808.
[No. 2159.]
Sales at Vendue.
On 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.
FOR SALE,
On board the ship Commerce , laying at colonel Ramsay's wharf,
About two thousand bushels Isle of May
S A L T.
Excellent for striking and packing fish, which will be sold in small quantities from on board.
April 5.
GREEN COFFEE.
5000 lb. best Green COFFEE
FOR SALE BY
James Sanderson.
Feb. 13 d
HEMP FOR SALE.
I HAVE on hand, ten tons of the first quality CLEAN COUNTRY HEMP, I wish to sell for cash, or on a time
Bryan Hampson.
December 30.
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. d
A Brick House for Sale.
THE Brick House occupied by Mrs. Nichols, on the north side of Prince-street, between Fairfax and Water-streets, is offered for sale on a liberal credit. For particulars apply to
John C. Vowell.
January 12. 6m
TO RENT,
and possession given on the 14th of November next,
The three story Brick House
On the corner of King and Columbia-streets, now occupied by Mr. John Roberts.—For terms apply to Col. GEORGE DENEALE, living next door, or to the subscriber.
Nicholas Voss,
City of Washington, Oct. 20. dtf
Fifty Dollars Reward.
ELOPED from the service of the subscriber on Thursday night last,
A NEGRO MAN, named ANTHONY, (commonly called TONEY)—He is about 38 years of age, 6 feet high, a likely well looking fellow, formerly a stevedore in Alexandria, his cloaths not known.—Whoever secures him in any jail in Virginia, or the district of Columbia, shall receive a reward of Thirty Dollars , if out of the state of Virginia, or the district of Columbia— FIFTY DOLLARS and all reasonable expenses will be paid if brought home.
William II. Tebbs.
Dumfries, March 12. N. B. Masters of vessels and others are forewarned to harbor or carry him off at their peril.
Twenty Dollars Reward.
RAN AWAY from the Subscriber in the month of January, a Negro Man, called
ABRAHAM.
OF a very slender form about five feet 8 or 9 inches high, thin visage, a stoop in his walk, a down look when spoken to and rather fond of drink.
He was seen lurking in the neighborhood of the Great and Little Falls of Potomac for some time; 'tis believed he crossed at the Great Falls, and is now at work on the great road leading from Baltimore to Fredericktown or that he is in Baltimore.
He acknowledged that he did belong to me but is now entitled to his freedom. The above reward will be given to any person who will apprehend said negro & all reasonable expenses paid.
Peter Wise.
April 1. d
NOTICE
To the Stockholders of the Washington Bridge Company.
IN pursuance of an act of Congress, you are called on by the late commissioners to attend in person or by proxy, at Washington, on the 2d May next, to elect five Directors, a Treasurer and Clerk. I take the liberty thro' his medium to offer myself a candidate as our Clerk. The advantage to the Alexandrians of the clerk residing in Alexandria, as the office is to be kept in Washington, is obvious, and no injury can possibly arise from this arrangement to the Stockholders in the City. It will render unnecessary in case of transfers, that the persons conveying or receiving the conveyance should repair to the clerk's office in the City to have the needful done. True it is, that it may be done by power of attorney; but the trouble and expense attendant thereon is an inconvenience, independent of the necessity of an agent to effect the transfer; whereas the clerk residing in Alexandria might be the means of saving that expense and trouble by keeping a transfer book there.
The lively interest I have taken in the promotion of the Bridge, in which I at present own in my own name and those of others, 146 shares, I flatter myself will entitle me to a preference over any that has no interest therein. I shall be content to receive whatever emolument the service may be deemed worthy of, or as low as any competitor that may be presented for your suffrage.
A. LINDO.
April 14. d
District Court of the U. States,
In and for the District of Columbia.
United States of America,
against
Forty boxes of white clay-
ed Sugar, ten boxes of brown Sugar and ten tons of Logwood.
It is Ordered, By the honorable
WILLIAM CRANCH, chief judge of the district of Columbia, holding the district court of the United States, in and for the district of aforesaid, that Friday the 29th day of April, 1808, be, and the same is hereby appointed, for the trial of the said merchandise, at the Court-house in the town of Alexandria, in the district aforesaid, before a special session of the said court, then and there to be held; and that the substance of the said libel filed against the said merchandise, together with this order, be published, fourteen days before the day hereby appointed for the trial of the same, in the newspaper published in the said town of Alexandria, and be also posted up in the most public manner, for the space of fourteen days before the said day of trial, at the court house in the town of Alexandria, and also at the coffee house in said town.
G. DENEALE,
Clerk. Dist. Court, Dist. Columbia.
The libel in the above case charges, in substance:
That 40 boxes of clayed sugar, 10 boxes of brown sugar and 10 tons of logwood, were imported from Havanna, into the port of Vienna, district of Maryland, in the schooner Seafarer , of Baltimore, Frederic Travers, master, on or about the 20th day of March last; that the said schooner was at the time of importing the said merchandise and for a long time before, a vessel licensed for carrying on the coasting trade; that being so licensed, the said schooner, some time in the month of Dec. last, cleared out from Baltimore for N. Orleans, and proceeded either from Baltimore or from some other port or place within the U. S. on a foreign voyage to Havanna, without having first given up her license to the collector of the district comprehending the port of Baltimore, nor to the collector of any district comprehending the port from which she was about to proceed on such foreign voyage, and without being duly registered by any such collector:—That on such foreign voyage, the said merchandise was imported in the said schooner from Havanna into the said port of Vienna, and here transported into the port and town of Alexandria, where the same was seized by Charles Simms, esq., collector of the customs as forfeited to the U. S.
G. DENEALE, C. C.
April 14. dtf.
Salt and Barrels.
I have for sale at my store near the fishing landing, a quantity of coarse and fine SALT, parcel of empty Barrels, and about 50 Casks a complete order for striking fish.
John G. Ladd.
March 26. d
District Court of the U. States,
In and for the District of Columbia.
United States of America,
against
Four cases of merchandise, containing two piano fortes, two barrel organs, and four music books,
CASE OF Seizure & Libel.
It is Ordered, By the honorable WILLIAM CRANCH, chief judge of the district of Columbia, holding the district court of the United States in and for the district aforesaid, That Friday the 29th day of April, 1808, be, and the same is hereby appointed, for the trial of the said four cases of merchandise, at the court house in the town of Alexandria, in the district aforesaid, before a special session of the said court, then and there to be held; and that the substance of the libel filed against the said four cases of merchandise together with this order, be published, fourteen days before the day hereby appointed for the trial of the same, in the newspaper published in the said town of Alexandria, and be also posted up in the most public manner, for the space of fourteen days before the said day of trial, at the court house, in the town of Alexandria, and also at the coffee house in the said town.
G. DENEALE,
Clerk. Dist. Court Dist. Columbia.
The libel in the above case, charges in substance:
That 4 cases of merchandise, containing 2 piano fortes, 2 barrel organs, and 4 music books, were imported in the ship William & John , Thomas Woodhouse, master, from Liverpool, into the port of Alexandria, and consigned by one Cornelius Ward of Liverpool, to one Joseph Riddle of Alexandria, merchant:—That the said 4 cases of merchandise were, on or about the 19th day of Oct. 1807, entered at the said port of Alexandria; that the same were not invoiced according to the actual cost thereof at the place of exportation, but that the said Cornelius Ward, the exporter, with design to evade a part of the duties thereupon, did make or cause to be made out a FALSE AND FRAUDULENT INVOICE of the said MERCHANDIZE , in which the same was not invoiced according to the actual cost thereof, at the place of exportation, but far below such actual cost; which false invoice was transmitted by the said exporter, to the consignee with directions to produce it at the custom house in Alexandria, as the invoice by which the said 4 cases of merchandise were to be entered; that the said 4 cases of merchandise, for the causes aforesaid, were seized by Charles Simms, esq., collector, as forfeited to the United States.
G. DENEALE, C. C.
April 14. dtf
BRYAN HAMPSON
HAS FOR SALE.
  10 pipes old port  WINES.  100 bags green coffee  TEAS.    5 do. Madeira  150 kegs madder    30 quarter casks Lisbon  50 do. ground ginger    12 do. particular Tenerife  30 do. raisins    15 do. Malaga  1200 lbs. bacon, well cured    15 pipes old cognac brandy  5 kegs salt petre    5 do. 4th proof Holland Gin     5 hhds. 3d proof Anigua rum     1 do. first quality molasses     6 do. green copperas     2 do. alum       20 do. brown sugar       20 bags pimento       15 do. pepper       10 chests young hyson       10 do. hyson skin       5 do. imperial     
A quantity of fine and ground alum salt. At all times he has the first quality flour for mill use on hand—with a number of other articles—all of which he will sell low on his former terms.
JAMES SANDERSON,
Offers, or sale very low,
  25 hogsheads Muscovado Sugar,  Wines.    70 bags green Coffee    15 hogsheads well flavored Rum    pipes Cognac Brandy    12 quarter casks Sherry Wine    12 bales Tennessee Cotton    And as usual    A general assortment of the best Wines    Spirituos Liquors, Teas and Groceries.  
Public Sale.
On FRIDAY next, will be sold, at the Vendue Store,
One trunk of WEARING APPAREL, and one trunk of BOOKS, &c.
P. G. Marsteller.
April 28.
Mechanic Relief Society.
The anniversary meeting of the Mechanic Relief Society, will be held at the old Council Chamber, on Monday 2, at 10 o'clock, forenoon. Punctual attendance is requested.
By order of the President, John Macleod, Sec'y.
April 28.
N. B. Those of the members who choose to partake of the Anniversary Dinner will please leave their names with the secretary.
Dinner on the table at 2 o'clock.
New-York Lottery.
YESTERDAY was the tenth day of drawing—the first drawn ticket is a prize of one thousand dollars—the wheel had gained at the close of the ninth day's drawing 9880 dollars: in consequence of which the tickets have risen in value.—The subscriber has a few tickets and shares at Eight Dollars during the present week; but will be raised to Eight Dollars Fifty Cents on Monday next.—A whole ticket, two halves, or four quarters, given in exchange for ten dollar prizes.
Robert Gray.
April 26.
Libby and Carne,
HAVE JUST RECEIVED, An elegant assortment of Whips, Consisting of Ladies' and gentlemen's Switches, Crops, Carriage Whips, Plain, Buttoned, and Silver-mounted—Also a few dozen Bamboo Canes, which will be sold on moderate terms.
They regularly import every spring & fall, A general assortment of Hardware, a good assortment of which they have now on hand, together with Bar-Iron and Plough Plates, Blistered, Crawley and German Steel, Wro's and Cut Nails, Wool and Cotton Cards, Pot Metal, &c.
April 27.
Epaulets, Lace, Swords & Plumes
JUST RECEIVED AND FOR SALE BY ADAM LYNN,
Who has to Rent,
A TWO STORY BRICK HOUSE, on King street, in a good situation, and neatly fitted for a store.
April 25
S A L T.
2900 bushels Liverpool coarse Salt, just received per the schooner Independent , from Charleston—for sale by
John and Thomas Vowell.
April 22, 1808.
EDUCATION.
JOSEPH COWING respectfully acquaints his friends and the public, that he has engaged as an assistant a gentleman (of good family) from Bern in Switzerland.
Whereby he is enabled to add to the course of instruction pursued in his school: The French, German and Italian Languages—Ancient and Modern History.—Arithmetic, Euclid's Elements, Geography with the use of the Globes and Maps, Trigonometry, Mensuration, Surveying, Navigation and the Lunar Observations, Analytics, Astronomy, &c. &c. Likewise Algebra and Fluxions, with their Applications to the various branches of the Mathematics and Natural Philosophy, will be taught as hitherto by himself at his School in St. Asaph street.
N. B. Those who wish to be instructed in the above Languages, will please to apply, as the number of Pupils will be limited.
April 19.
Lemons by the box,
Lisbon Wine in quarter casks, And about 4000 bushels coarse Salt, Moula Candles in small boxes, of superior quality,
Window Glass in boxes, For Sale, by
Robert T. Hooe & Co.
January 30.

LETTER FROM MR. MONROE TO THE SECRETARY OF STATE, DATED, RICHMOND, February 8, 1808.
Accompanying the message of the President of the U. States, to Congress, on the 22d March.
[CONTINUED.]
The difficulty to obtain the accommodation which was yielded in the 12th article was extreme. We labored most earnestly to extend it to other powers, without their consenting to reciprocate it in favor of Great Britain; but that could not be accomplished. The British commissioners urged that as Great Britain predominated at sea, and must lose by the concession in any form, it would be unjust for her to make the concessions in their favor, unless they would allow her the advantage of it. Finding that it was impossible to extend the additional limit to other powers, on other terms, we thought it advisable to adopt the arrangement in respect to them conditionally, putting it in their power to accept or reject it, as they thought fit. We flattered ourselves that as they could not lose by it, they would not refuse their assent to an arrangement by which they might gain, especially as it would prove advantageous to a friendly power. We deemed it highly important to establish the additional limit in favor of the U. S. from the advantage it might afford their commerce within it, and from the effect which the measure seemed likely to produce on the future conduct of the British squadrons on our coast, by whom it could not fail to be considered as a severe censure on the past.
It is readily admitted that more suitable terms might have been adopted to accomplish the object in view. But it ought to be recollected that as the right of jurisdiction imposes of necessity the obligation of protection, without a special exception to it, there was some difficulty in making an arrangement which should secure to the U. S. the advantage which they desired, and at the same time exempt them from the duty incident to it.
To your 6th objection, little need be added to what is stated on the subject of it, in our letter of January 3d, 1807. As the paper of the British commissioners to which it relates, had no sanction whatever from us, as was fully shown by the letter, the objection cannot be said to apply to any part of our conduct. The paper was produced by the decree of the emperor of France, of the 21st November, 1806, and was intended by the British commissioners to operate as a reassertion of right, in their government, not to ratify the treaty, or not to be precluded, under certain circumstances, in case it did ratify it, from adopting such measures, as it might find necessary, to counteract the restrictions imposed by that decree. The exercise of the right reserved was made dependent on the abandonment of the principle of that decree by the French government, or an assurance from the government of the U. S. or such conduct as would be equivalent, that the pretension would not be submitted to by it. We apprized the British commissioners that our government would enter into no engagement whatever, of what it would do, in any case, with another power. Had the treaty been ratified, even without any notice being taken of that paper, it could not have imposed the slightest obligation on the U. S. either to perform any act on their part, or to submit to any on the part of Great Britain. I had supposed, however, in the case of ratification, that we should have been instructed to present to the British government, with the instrument of ratification, a counter declaration to that effect. The whole subject was before our government, with our strong and decided objection to the paper. All that we could do was to transmit it to you, with a correct statement of what had occurred in the negotiation respecting it, which we did. To the government it belonged to take the step which the occasion required, not to us.
Having noticed the objections which are especially stated in your letter of May 20, 1807, and given our view of the several parts of the treaty to which they relate, I shall proceed to make explanatory remarks on the other articles, in order to do justice to the conduct of the American commissioners in regard to them.
ART. 8. You admit that this article is an essential improvement of that on the same subject in the treaty of 1794. It certainly improves it in two important interests: 1st, in that of the navigation of the U. S. and 2d, in that of duties on American productions carried to the British market. The tonnage on American ships in British ports had been raised to
per ton, while that on British ships in the ports of the U. S. was only 50 cents, or 2 1/2 d. per ton; and the duty on the bulky productions of the U. S. in American bottoms, had been raised to such a height, under the countervailing regulations which the treaty allowed, as to secure, in time of peace, the entire carriage of those productions to British vessels, if, indeed, it did not materially affect the price of the articles themselves. What made it more unfortunate was, that the U. S. could not adopt any measure to remedy those evils without committing a direct and palpable violation of the treaty, as they were bound by it not to raise the existing duties higher than they were at the time the treaty was concluded. Those evils would, however, have been completely done away by this article. By it the U. S. would have had a right to raise the duty on British vessels to any height to which the British government might raise it on theirs, a check which could not fail to prove adequate to the object, while they had also a right to give what preference they thought fit to their own vessels, which might be done by reducing the duty on them below the tonnage which was imposed on those of Great Britain. This arrangement secured to the U. S. an advantage which Great Britain could not countervail, as the necessity she is under to avail herself of every resource which she can command to raise revenue for indispensable purposes, renders it impossible for her to make a like discrimination in favor of her own vessels. The inhibition of all discriminating duties, on the productions of the one, and manufactures of the other party, whether they be carried in American or British bottoms, was a stipulation which it was presumed would also prove highly advantageous to the U. S. The pernicious tendency of that principle was known to you, and we were happy to be able to suppress it.
[To be continued.]
CONGRESS.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
FRIDAY, April 22.
On motion of Mr. Blount the house went into committee of the whole, Mr. Storer in the chair, on the bill to erect Plymouth, N. C. into a port of entry, and to change the name of the district of Nanjemoy, &c.
An amendment was added to the bill on motion of Mr. Cuts, including the town of Augusta, in the district of Maine.
The committee rose and reported the bill. Mr. Randolph said he really did not suppose the house had agreed to sit in the evening to transact such important business as this, and therefore moved to adjourn.—Negatived.
The bill before mentioned was ordered to a third reading.
The amendments of the senate to the bill concerning certain post roads in the state of Georgia, and the bill concerning invalid pensions, were taken up and agreed to.
The Speaker had proceeded in reading the bill to authorize the President of the United States to arm and equip the frigates, when Mr. Nelson moved to postpone it till tomorrow.
The reading being called for by a member, the speaker proceeded in reading the bill.
A question of order having been made whether the bill should be read, after the motion of postponement,
The Speaker decided in the affirmative. Mr. Nelson appealed from the speaker's decision and called for the yeas and nays on the appeal.
Mr. Garnett moved to adjourn.—Negatived. After a desultory debate of half an hour on the point of order, in the course of which Mr. Randolph made a motion to adjourn which was negatived 48 to 29.
Mr. Nelson withdrew his appeal. The bill was then read the first time, and on the question stated by the speaker that it do now have a second reading—
Mr. Stanford moved to reject the bill. On motion of Mr. Nicholas the house adjourned.—Half past eight.
Saturday, April 23.
The bill amendatory of the embargo law passed this day by yeas and nays, 70 to 22.
The bill from the senate authorizing and requiring the President to equip all the armed vessels of the United States was, after debate, postponed indefinitely by yeas and nays, 52 to 45.
The house adjourned till 5 o'clock.
FIVE O'CLOCK. The bill to supply the deficit in the appropriations for public buildings in the city of Washington was ordered to a third reading.
Mr. Randolph said the house would recollect that a few days past he had given notice of an intention to move for an enquiry into a certain subject, which intention grew out of a fact which he had then stated to the house as having come to his knowledge. He was happy to have it in his power to state that the difficulty had not arisen from fraud, but from
the circumstance that there were two persons of the same name; and that after a great deal of delay and difficulty the business of the party had been accomplished.
The engrossed bill to erect Plymouth, N. Carolina, a port of entry, and to change the name of the district of Nanjemoy to that of St. Mary's, was read the third time and passed, 56 to 7.
The bill from the senate for the relief of George Hunter, was read the third time and passed.
The engrossed bill in addition to the embargo laws, having been read and the question put, "that the bill pass?"
Mr. Sloan opposed the bill on the ground that it was in its details distressing to the people on the sea coasts, who now patiently acquiesce in the measure of embargo, believing it to be a prudent measure; but who would no doubt become instantly dissatisfied with it.
The question on the passage of the bill was then taken by yeas and nays, and carried, 73 to 26.
Those who voted in the negative on this question are:
Messrs. Boyd, J. Campbell, Culpepper Davenport, Durell, Ely, Gardner, Garner Goldsborough, Kelly, Key, Lewis, Masters, Milner Moseley, Pitkin, Quincy, Randolph, Rowan, Russell, Sloan, Sturgis, Taggart, Talmaige, Van Horne, Van Rensselaer—26
The house then took up the unfinished business of yesterday on the bill to authorize the equipment of the frigates.
Mr. Stanford withdrew his motion for rejection.
The bill was read a second time. Mr. Stanford moved to postpone it indefinitely, and
Mr. D. R. Williams called for the yeas and nays on the motion.
The question having been taken, there were for the postponement 40, against 51.
The bill was then referred to a committee of the whole.
It was made the order of the day for this day.
On motion of Mr. D. R. Williams, who wished it to be immediately decided, if they were to be saddled with this monstrous thing, the house resolved itself into committee of the whole, Mr. W. Alston in the chair on the bill.
Mr. Goldsborough wished to leave a discretionary power with the president of the United States, to call into action all the force of U. States, and therefore moved to strike out the words "and required." Negatived, 41 to 59.
The committee rose and reported the bill. Mr. Milner moved to amend the bill by striking out "and require."
Mr. Goldsborough called for the yeas and nays on the subject.
Mr. Bibb made a motion which superceded that—to postpone the subject indefinitely.
In the course of discussion on this subject in the House and committee of the whole
Mr. D. R. Williams observed that there was a law already in force authorizing the president to keep in employment during peace as many ships as he should think proper. Mr. W. said he had voted against that; but that compared to this bill which contained a positive requisition to the president was but as a mole hill to a mountain. The honorable gentlemen who were the fathers of this navy system, created it to defend commerce. Had we now asked any commerce to defend? It is embargoed. Then why this extravagance? He declared that he found himself at a loss to find a term sufficiently expressive of his abhorrence of a navy: He would go a great deal further to see it burnt, than extinguish the fire; he wished it was burnt, for it was a curse to the country, and never had been any thing else. What would be the expenditure if the President of the United States does what the bill requires? We never had enough money in the treasury to effect the object. The 10,000,000 boasted in the treasury at the commencement of the session would not have been competent; with the embargo system it was absolutely impossible, and they must resort to the old system of internal taxes and loans. He had always voted against these highly federal measures, and thanked his God that he had an opportunity to vote against them again.
Mr. Goldsborough wished to give to the president of the U. S. a discretionary power to call into service our armed vessels to carry into effect our laws. A law had the other day passed for maintaining peace in the ports and harbors; and another this morning amendatory of the embargo law. For these purposes the armed force of the U. States might be necessary.
Wanted to Purchase or Hire, A NEGRO MAN, AND HIS WIFE. THE Man must be acquainted with plantation work, and the woman accustomed to the management of a dairy. None need apply but such as can come well recommended.
ALSO. A BOY from 16 to 20 years of age. Apply to the March 10. PRINTER. law & m.
PETITION.
To the honorable the Commons of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, in Parliament assembled
THE PETITION of the undersigned merchants, manufacturers, and others, of the city of London interested in the trade with the U. S. of America.
HUMBLY SHEWETH,
THAT your petitioners contemplate with the greatest anxiety and apprehension the alarming consequences with which they are threatened from certain orders in council, purporting to be issued "for the protection of the trade and navigation of Great Britain;" but on which, they are induced, after mature consideration, to believe that they must be productive of the most ruinous effects. Your petitioners are duly sensible of the necessity of making every sacrifice of personal interest, to promote the strength and resources of the country in the present extraordinary crisis of public affairs; and if the total change introduced into the whole commercial system of this country, and of the world, by the order in council, could be conducive to so desirable an object; your petitioners, great as their losses must be, would submit without a murmur; but understanding that these orders are principally, if not wholly, recommended by an opinion, that they will prove beneficial to the commercial interests of this country, they feel it to be their duty, humbly to represent their conviction, that this opinion is founded in error; and that if the prayer of their petition be granted, they shall be able to prove, that they must be productive of the most fatal consequences to the interests, not only of your petitioners, but of the commerce and manufactures of the empire at large.
Your petitioners will abstain from enforcing by any details, their apprehensions, that these measures are likely to interrupt our peace with the U. States of America; our intercourse with which, at all times valuable, is infinitely more so since we are excluded from the continent of Europe. To this only remaining branch of our foreign intercourse we must now look for a demand for our manufactures, for many of the most important materials for their support; and for supplies of provisions and naval stores necessary for our subsistence and defence.
Your petitioners feel assured that they will be able to prove to the satisfaction of your honorable house that the neutrality of America has been the means of circulating to a large amount, articles of the produce and manufacture of this country, in the dominions of our numerous enemies, to which we have no direct access:—
That the annual value of British manufactures exported to the U. S. exceeds one million sterling; and
That as our consumption of the produce of that country falls far short of the amount, the only means of paying us must arise from the consumption of the produce of America in other countries, which the operation of the orders in council must interrupt and in some instances totally destroy.
That the people of America even if they remain at peace with us, must by a war demand for their produce, and by the general distress our measures must occasion, be disabled from paying their debts to the country which may be fairly estimated to amount to the enormous sum of 12 millions sterling.
That the neutrality of America so far from being injurious to the other commercial interests of Great Britain has promoted materially their prosperity.
That the produce of our colonies in the W. Indies, of our empire in the east, and of our fisheries on the banks of Newfoundland, has frequently found a foreign market by this means:
That by the destruction of the neutrality of the only remaining neutral state, all possibility of intercourse with the rest of the world being removed, trade cannot possibly be benefited, by must necessarily be annihilated.
Your petitioners, feeling, as they do most sensibly with their fellow subjects the pressure of a war in which their commerce has principally been aimed at by the enemy; would fain plead their distress in recommendation of measures inconsistent with the honor and substantial interests of their country; but they humbly rely upon the wisdom of the legislature that this distress shall not be increased by our own errors, and they confidently believe that if they are permitted to illustrate by evidence the facts they have stated, and to explain many others which they shall here refrain from enumerating, they cannot fail to establish the conviction which they are so strongly impressed,

That the orders in council are founded on the most mistaken opinions of the commercial interests of the empire, and must be particularly fatal to those of your petitioners.
Your petitioners therefore pray that they may be heard by themselves or counsel at the bar of this honorable house, and be permitted to produce evidence in support of the allegations of their petition; or that this honorable house will examine into the state and extent of their grievances in a mode which may appear advisable, with a view of affording such relief as this honorable house in its wisdom may think proper.
And your petitioners will ever pray:
NEW-YORK, April 26.
Captain Greene, from the Havanna, informs us, that on the 12th inst. as he was coming out of that port, he saw a British ship and a brig about ten miles to leeward of Havanna, who commenced a heavy fire, which continued for two hours, and which he supposes was directed against the Spanish gun boats who were convoying some droghers from Mariel.
A passenger in the Cuba states, that a short time previous to her sailing a British frigate or a sloop of war, (he does not recollect which) was lost at Cubanas, and the vessel set on fire by the Spaniards before the crew had left her. They were saved, however, by a British brig.
By captain Dany, from Falmouth, Jamaica, the editor of the Mercantile Advertiser has received a file of papers to the 30th of March. Capt. D. informs, that provisions of all kinds were very high and scarce in Jamaica. Flour at Kingston, was 25 dollars per barrel. An embargo was momentarily expected to be laid on all American vessels.
Alexandria Daily Advertiser.
FRIDAY, APRIL 29.
There will be a PUBLIC DINNER at Gadsby's, to day, at three o'clock. The subscription paper is lodged at the bar, where gentlemen wishing to partake will leave their names.
From our latest English accounts, petitions for peace were in circulation for signatures in all the great manufacturing towns in the kingdom. In Manchester and its vicinity the signatures amounted to upwards of 37,000, and in other places to a much greater number.
A gentleman who arrived in London from Copenhagen about the 17th inst. states, that he saw 10,000 French troops in the Isle of Fuen, which is a small island in the Great Belt, on their way to Zealand, and that 20,000 more troops were expected. The whole were to be conveyed across in boats. The same gentleman had been at Helsingburgh and Gotteshburgh since the hostile purpose of Russia was universally understood; and he witnessed no degree of preparation on the part of the Swedes, which would warrant the reports we have had relative to their resolution of resistance.
DISTRESS. —An American vessel originally bound from Savannah to Philadelphia, since the embargo, laden with cotton, had the misfortune to be driven off our coast, and was compelled to make the port of Liverpool, in England, in distress, where, however, her cotton came to an excellent market; and where the vessel has been sold.
At the last dates American vessels were in demand at Liverpool, being taken up on some speculation to Russia.
SENATE.
The following are the Yeas and Nays on the passage of the bill to authorize and require the president of the U. S. to cause to be prepared for service, the frigates & other armed vessels of the U. S.
YEAS —Messrs. Adams, Anderson, Candi, Crawford, Gaillard, Goodrich, Gilman, Gregg, Hallhouse, Howland, Milledge, Mitchell, Picketing, Pope, Reed, Robinson, Smith of Md. Sumner, Thrus ton, Tiffey and White, 21.
NAYS —Messrs. Kitchel, Maclay, Mathewson, Smith of N. Y. and Turner, 5.
The following is a schedule of the papers laid by Mr. Daniel Clark, before the house of representatives on the 25th inst.
Pursuant to a resolution of the house, calling on me for testimony relative to gen. Wilkinson's receipt of money from the Spaniards, I now lay before it some original papers corroborating the statement which I have already given.
No. 1. A translation of a letter in Spanish, from Thomas Power, to Don Thomas Portell, dated at New Madrid, June 27, 1796, and containing the reasons why it was proper for Portell to deliver to Power, without an order in writing from gen. Wilkinson, a sum of money which had been placed, for that purpose, in Portell's hands, by the Spanish government of New Orleans. The original letter is subjoined in the hand writing of Power, with which I am acquainted.
This letter explains the deposition of Mr. Derbigny, and also makes mention of the letters in cypher, from general Wilkinson, to Gayoso, then governor of Natchez, of which a translation in the hand writing of Gayoso, has heretofore been laid before the house. It may be proper to add, that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of Gayoso, in which the translation is written, and that he has been dead more than eight years.
No. 2. A translation of Portell's answer to the foregoing, dated at New Madrid, on the same day, June 27, 1796. The original is subjoined, in the hand writing of Portell, with which I am acquainted.
The object of this correspondence seems to have been to furnish Portell with the means of explaining to his superiors his motives for delivering the money without a written order.
Nos. 3 and 4, are two original letters in the hand writing of Philip Nolan, with which I am acquainted. Nolan was the confidential agent of gen. Wilkinson in 1796, and has been dead several years.
These two papers are stated by Mr. Power to be secret instructions given to him by gen. Wilkinson, after the latter received the money from Portell, mentioned in Nos. 1 and 2.
The instructions, according to Mr. Power's statement, were given in the hand writing of Nolan, as a measure of precaution against the danger of detection. The 640 dollars, of which they make mention, are stated by Mr. Power to be a part of the sum received for gen. Wilkinson of Portell, which Power after his arrival in Kentucky was obliged to use for the expenses of his journey.
No. 5. Is the translation of a letter to the Baron de Carondelet, from Mr. Thomas Power, dated at N. Orleans, May 9, 1797, after his return from Kentucky. The original letter in Spanish is subjoined. It is in Mr. Power's hand writing, with which I am acquainted. It explains the affair of the 640 dollars, mentioned in the secret instructions, Nos. 3 and 4, and refers to, and quotes the instruction of gen. Wilkinson.
No. 6. Is the translation of the Baron de Carondelet's answer to the letter. The answer is in Spanish, and in the handwriting of Don Andree Armisto, secretary to the government, which I know. It is signed by the Baron de Carondelet, with whose signature I am acquainted.
DANIEL CLARK.
From a London Paper of March 23.
Declaration of the Emperor of Russia against Sweden.
PETERSBURG, February 24.
The following declaration has been published here:
Justly indignant at the violence which England has displayed towards the king of Denmark, the emperor of Russia, faithful to his character and to his system of unceasing care for the interests of his empire, notified to the king of Great Britain, that he could not remain insensible of so unjust and unexampled an aggression on a sovereign connected with him by the ties of blood and friendship, and who was the most sincere ally of Russia.
His imperial majesty informed the king of Sweden of his determination by a note, dated the 24th of September last, presented to the Swedish ambassador.
An article of the treaty concluded in 1733, between the empress Catherine and Gustavus III. and another in the treaty of 1800, between the late emperor Paul and the present king of Sweden, contain the reciprocal stipulated agreement to maintain the principle, that the Baltic is a close sea, with the guarantee of its coasting against all acts of his hostility, violence, or vexations whatever; and further, to employ for this purpose all the means in the power of the contracting parties. His imperial majesty referring to these treaties, considers himself not merely authorised, but bound to call upon the king of Sweden for his co-operation against England.
His Swedish majesty did not disavow the obligation imposed upon him by the treaties referred to, but refused all co-operation until the French troops should be re-
moved from the coast, and the ports of Germany opened to English ships. But the question here was the checking of those aggressions which England had commenced, and by which all Europe was disturbed. The emperor demanded from the king of Sweden a co-operation founded on treaties; but his Swedish majesty answered by proposing to delay the execution of the treaty to another period, and by troubling himself with the care of opening the Dutch ports for England. In a word, with rendering himself of service to that England, against which measures of defence ought to have been taken. It would be difficult to find a more striking proof of partiality on the part of the king of Sweden towards Great Britain, than this which he has here given.
His imperial majesty, on the 16th of November, caused a second note to be delivered, in which his Swedish majesty was informed of the rupture between Russia and England.
This note remained two months unanswered, and the answer which was transmitted on the 9th January to his majesty's ministers, was to the same purport as the former.
The emperor is, however, far from regretting his moderation. He is, on the contrary, well pleased to recollect that he has employed every means that remained to him for bringing back his Swedish majesty to the only system of policy which is consistent with the interests of his states; but his imperial majesty owes it at least to his people, and to the security of his dominions, which is to a sovereign the highest of all laws no longer to leave the co-operation of Russia and Sweden a matter of doubt.
Informed that the cabinet of St. James, endeavoring to terrify Denmark into a concurrence with the interests of England, threatened that Swedish troops should occupy Zealand, and that the possession of Norway should be guaranteed to the king of Sweden; assured also that his Swedish majesty, while he left the Russian note unanswered, was secretly negotiating a treaty at London, his imperial majesty perceived that the interests of his empire would be very ill-secured were he to permit his neighbor the king of Sweden, at the commencement of a war between Russia and England, to disguise his well known sentiments of attachment to the latter power, under the appearance of a pretended neutrality. His imperial majesty, therefore, cannot allow the relations of Sweden towards Russia to remain longer in uncertainty. He cannot give his consent to such a neutrality.
His Swedish majesty's intention being therefore no longer doubtful, nothing remained for his imperial majesty but to resort to those measures which Providence has placed in his hands, for no other purpose except that of giving protection and safety to his dominions; and he has deemed it right to notify this intention to the king of Sweden, and to all Europe.
Having thus acquitted himself of that duty, which the safety of his dominions require, his imperial majesty is ready to change the measures he is about to take, to measures of precaution only, if the king of Sweden will, without delay, join Russia and Denmark in shutting the Baltic against England until the conclusion of a maritime peace. He himself invites the king, his brother-in-law, for the last time, and with all the feelings of real friendship, no longer to hesitate in fulfilling his obligations, and in embracing the only system of policy which is consistent with the interests of the northern powers. What has Sweden gained since her king attached himself to England?
Nothing could be more painful to his imperial majesty than to see a rupture take place between Russia and Sweden. But his Swedish majesty has it still in his power to prevent this event by, without delay, resolving to adopt that course which alone can preserve strict union between the two states.
Done at St. Petersburg, Feb. 10, 1808.
For the Alexandria Daily Advertiser.
A HINT.
Extract of the third section of the act of Congress incorporating the Washington Bridge Company.
"And be it further enacted, That when nineteen hundred of the said shares shall be subscribed for, as aforesaid, or as soon after as may be, the said board of commissioners shall call a meeting of the COMPANY, at the city of Washington, by public advertisement in one or more gazettes published in Washington, Alexandria or Georgetown, appointing a fit & convenient time & place of meeting, for the purpose of ELECTING FIVE DIRECTORS, A CLERK AND A TREASURER,
and such other officers, agents and servants, as the said COMPANY may think fit to appoint and for transacting any other business, in pursuance of this act, and appertaining to the nature and objects of the institution of the said COMPANY."
Now if I understand this part of the section of the act aright, I am led to believe that the COMPANY are the Stockholders who have the RIGHT (if they have not surrendered it) of electing their own officers. And yet methinks a report is in currency that TWO of the commissioners from Alexandria, did agree with the commissioners of Washington to quash (in effect) that part of the law for CERTAIN CONSIDERATIONS, to wit; for the deposit of the funds in the bank of Potomac, & for appointing the treasurer in the town of Alexandria. For which considerations they (the TWO commissioners from Alexandria) pledged themselves to the commissioners of Washington to support them in all other pretensions. Now no person will censure the commissioners at Washington for taking to themselves ALL the balance. But as a stockholder of Alexandria, I think I have the right to investigate the conduct of the commissioner, and to examine for myself if the Barter is a fair one, a just one and equivalent to the object surrendered. Suppose 1st the money deposited in the bank of Potomac, where is the great advantage that is to result therefrom if it is not made an object of speculation? None that I can discover; and to be sure no one will say that this money can or ought to be appropriated to other object than the bridge. 2d the appointment of a treasurer in Alexandria, this will be approved, provided, the interest of the bridge is attended to; the character of the candidates the services to be performed, and the compensation for such services, are the next consideration. I think I could name a man of equal standing in society with any other in the town of Alexandria, for capacity and probity, and who can give adequate security to any trust, that would serve the company as treasurer for 3/4 per cent. commission which would be (to calculate the building of the Bridge at $80,000) a compensation of $400. Now if I have not been wrong informed I have learnt that another candidate won't do it under $800 dollars. If this be the case, Stockholders which do you prefer?
I shall conclude by offering you the following ticket,
Thomas Vowell, and } Directors. William Harper, }
Chas. Page, [cashier of the bank of Potomac] for treasurer, and
A. Lindo, for clerk;
Which ticket I am authorised to say will be backed by a number of voters.
A friend to Individual rights.
Jamaica Rum.
Twenty hogsheads high proof SPIRITS, will be sold at auction, to-morrow, at twelve o'clock, at Vowell's wharf, on liberal credit, for approved endorsed notes.
P. G. Marsteller,
April 29.
For BOSTON, Or any Port to the Northward, The Sloop
WOLCOTT, WOLCOTT PRATT, Master; Will be dispatched as soon as possible. For freight or passage, having excellent accommodations, apply to the Master on board at Harper's wharf.
April 29.
To Hire for one Year, A Young, Active, NEGRO MAN; Capable of the duties of a Waiter or House-Servant.
ENQUIRE OF THE PRINTER.
April 29.
Saturday next being a muster day in course, the Volunteer Company of Alexandria are hereby notified to appear at the Court House square at three o'clock P. M. armed and accoutered. All delinquents will be reported. By order.
WM. F. GRAY, 1st Ser't.
April 28.
GERMAN LINENS.
I HAVE ON HAND, TWENTY bales and boxes, well bought German Linens, which will be disposed of on moderate terms, for negotiable paper.
Joseph Riddle.
April 19.
IN COMMON COUNCIL, April 21, 1808.
Ordered.
THAT Thomas Herbert, Matthew Sexsmith and Daniel Macleod, be commissioners to hold an election on Monday the second day of May, at the Council Chamber, for a member of the Common Council for ward no. 2, in place of John Sutton, not eligible.
Test.
James M. McRea, C. C.
April 23.
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Printing in its various branches, neatly executed at this office.

TO RENT, A BRICK HOUSE, on Prince-street, now occupied by James Douglass. For terms apply to
Mary Fletcher.
April 22.
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ROBERT GRAY, Bookseller and Stationer, King-street, Alexandria, offers for sale, wholesale or retail,
The following BOOKS:  100 American Preceptor  100 Columbian Orator  36 Dwight's Geography  12 Eutropius  24 Jess's Tutors' Assistant  50 School Testaments  86 Webster's Selections  12 Webster's Mercantile Arithmetic  800 Murray's English Reader  1000 Introduction to Reading  15 Mair's Caesar  25 Erasmus  100 Philadelphia Latin Grammar  20 Rudeman's Rudiments  100 Scott's Lesson's  250 Ashe's Grammar  12 Eutropius  36 Entick's Dictionary  25 Jones's Dictionary  50 Ramsay's Life of Washington  7 Guthrie's Geography, 2 vols. quarto, with a Folio Atlas  36 School Bibles  25 Family do. assorted  4 Bibles, octavo, with Camie's Notes  12 Horace Delphini  12 Virgil do.  12 Ovid do.  12 Caesar's do.  12 Sallust's do.  12 Leunden's Greek and Latin Testament  6 Cicero Delphini  6 Juvenal do.  6 Terrence do.  12 Bowditch's Practical Navigator  22 Universal History, abridged, for the use of Schools  24 Morse's Geography, abridged  12 Goldsmith's England, abridged  12 Rome, abridged  10 History of America  500 Dilworth's Spelling Book  100 Webster's do.  100 Universal do.  50 Columbian do.  72 Murray's do.  10 Misses Magazine. 
And a variety of Books in the different departments of Literature and Science.
April 15.
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SALT, &c.
 TURK'S Island, } SALT.  St. Ubes, }  Ground Allum. }  & Liverpool fine, }  SUGAR in hhds. and barrels.  COFFEE, by tierce or bag.  Imperial and } TEA.  Young Hyson }  N. E. RUM, in barrels.  WHISKEY, in do.  FISH in barrels, &c. &c. &c. 
FOR SALE BY
A. LINDO.
N. B. Family FLOUR as usual. March 13. 2awtf.
TO RENT.
THE subscriber offers to rent for one or more years, adjoining the place whereon he now lives, a Blacksmith's shop, with a complete set of Tools, a Dwellin g House in comfortable condition, calculated for a family, together with between three and four acres of very rich land.—From several years experience, I can with truth declare, that there can be no better stand for a blacksmith than the one now offered to let.
Thomas B. Moreland.
Maryland, Broad-Creek, } lawtf December 9—(15.) }
N. B. If I don't rent the fine stand, I will give good wages to a young man, or a man with a family. T. B. M
Ten Dollars Reward.
RAN AWAY from the subscriber on the 20th of April inst, a NEGRO WOMAN, named MOLLY:
She is a low stout-made woman, about 23 years of age, has a down look, yellow complexion, had on a homespun mixed habit, white stockings and coarse shoes. She has a husband living with Judge Fitzhugh in Alexandria and it is supposed she is harbored somewhere in town. Whoever takes up and secures her, so that I get her again shall receive the above reward and reasonable charges if brought home.
John Bowen, Prince William county near Hay-market.
Masters of vessels and others are forewarned against harboring employing or carrying her off.
April 26.
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FOR SALE,
 Spanish HIDES,  White and Brown clayed SUGARS in bags,  Muscavado SUGARS in hhds. & bks.  Green COFFEE in bags,  Madeira WINE,  London particular market do. in pipes, half pipes and qr. ca ks.  Catalonia do. in qr. casks  Castile SOAP in boxes,  Best Spanish SEGARS,  A few tons of LOGWOOD. 
Nath. Wattles, & Co.
Feb. 26.
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NOTICE.
THE COMMISSIONERS,
APPOINTED by the act of Congress, "entitled an act authorising the erection of a BRIDGE over the river Potomac, within the District of Columbia," hereby give notice, that a meeting of the Stockholders of the Washington Bridge Company, agreeably to the directions of the said act, will be held at Stelley's Hotel in the city of Washington, on Monday the 2d of May between 10 o'clock A. M. and 3 P. M. for the purpose of electing five Directors, a Clerk and a Treasurer, and such other officers, agents and servants, as the said Company may think fit to appoint, and for transacting any other business, in pursuance of the said act, and appertaining to the nature and objects of the institution of said Company.
By order of the Commissioners,
ROBERT BRENT.
Chairman.
Form of a Proxy.
I hereby empower _____ to give as many votes in my name for the officers of the Washington Bridge Company, at the ensuing election as I hold shares, and to transact during the same such other business as may be necessary.
Given under my hand this _____ day of _____
Witness, _____ cot2M. April 12.
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  Lisbon } Malaga  Malaga } Teneriffe & Corsica  Teneriffe & Corsica } WINES. 
Old St. Estephe Medoc laret, in cases of 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 whiskey, very old  70 barrels Pennsylvania rye whiskey  Cider in barrels  White wine and Cider vinegar  Florence oil in flasks  2 hogsheads Havanna honey  15 do. choice retailing molasses 
 Gunpowder } Imperial  Imperial } Hyson  Hyson } Young Hyson  Young Hyson } Hyson-Skin and Souchong  Hyson-Skin and Souchong } TEAS of good quality 
 Muscavado 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; pinen 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; floutant 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; brandywine gunpowder; Harvey's gunpowder, [the only real British battle powder] from F to treble sealed, chewing tobacco; best Havanna segars. 
 Muscavate and bloom raisins in boxes.  Sun raisins in casks.  Zante currants; prunes; soft shelled almonds. 
A few boxes excellent pickles, each one 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.
Washington Tavern.
ALEXANDER GORDON,
Respectfully informe his FRIENDS and the PUBLIC in general,
THAT he has taken the house lately occupied by RANDOLPH MOTT, ank known by the name of the Washington Tavern, and has provided himself with choice liquors, good beds, and is prepared to accommodate customers the best manner, and has a careful and attentive hostler; he solicits a portion of public patronage.
March 18.
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This is to give Notice,
That the subscriber, of Alexandria county, in the district of Columbia, hath obtained from the Orphans' Court of said county letters testamentary on the estate of Joseph Marie Perrin, late of the county aforesaid deceased; all persons having claims against the said deceased are hereby warned to exhibit them, with the vouchers thereof, to the subscriber, on or before the 25th day of September next, or they may by law be excluded from all benefit to said estate; and those indebted thereto are required to make immediate payment.—Given under my hand this 25th day of March, 1808.
Mathurin Perrin, Ex'r.
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March 25.
Mount-Washington for Sale.
I will sell my FARM in Fairfax county, and give immediate possession. It is less than three miles from Alexandria, and six from the George-Town ferry—the distance from the projected bridge will be less—the house stands on an elevated hill, and over, looks the City, Alexandria, the river, with the shore, and hills of Maryland. The house which I erected, and is nearly finished, consists of a center house two stories high, and wings of one, joined to it, by circular corridors, the north wing contains 2 small rooms, the front of it, and the corridor adjoining, intended for a green house, this leads to a drawing room—a dining room separated from it by the passage and stair-case, is next to the south corridor which contains 3 closets, and leads to the kitchen—two small rooms in this wing with the kitchen—a pump of excellent water at the door. The second story of the center house contains 3 chambers and a dressing room, with fire places—a large closet adjoins the dining room—one of the same size opens on the stair case, both fitted up with shelves—a store room in the garret, and cupulo on the house top, from whence is seen a delightful, variegated landscape, completes the description of the mansion house. A neat cottage accommodates laborers, and there are stables, a carriage house, and ice house; the farm contains 103 acres, 70 enclosed and cultivated, the rest in wood; this place boasts the finest collection of fruit that I have seen, besides every other sort; the list given to me was 800 apples, 800 peaches, and 300 cherry trees; I have added several hundred of the best kinds.—The garden consists of 12 large squares, the soil enriched and borders filled with fruit trees, and bushes; it is surrounded by a live cedar hedge, which also extends on each side of the house: the former proprietor possessed much taste, and collected many ornamental trees and shrubs, which are judiciously disposed about the grounds. The soil is suitable for grass, and the portion of ground devoted to timothy and clover, yield an abundant crop; it produced good wheat and oats last year, and I think with small expence may be rendered productive. Those who wish a residence, where health will be preserved, and convenience of intercourse with Alexandria, George-Town, and the seat of government, will find all combined in Mount-Washington. I will show the premises and impart the terms of sale, upon applications by letters directed to the Post-Office, Alexandria. ELIZA P. LAW.
ALSO FOR SALE,
Farming implements, an ox cart, two bar-shear ploughs with harness, one shovel do. one iron toothed harrow, two scythes and cradles, spades, picks, &c March 15.
State Lottery, New-York.
For the promotion of Literature, and for other purposes, positively commences drawing ON THE
First Tuesday in April next.
Payment of prizes guaranteed by the State Legislature.
HIGHEST PRIZES.
 1 $25,000  1 10,000  2 5,000  4 2,000  7 1,000 
And a very considerable number of inferior prizes—less than two blanks to a prize.
Tickets and Shares at the rate of Eight Dollars, for sale at R. Gray's book store.
N. B. The price will be raised as the drawing proceeds. April 2.
ALMANACS for 1808,
Just published and for sale, by
Cotton and Stewart.
HORWELL'S
Celebrated Patent Suspender, FOR ease, elegance, strength, &c. far exceeds any in use. To be had wholesale and retail, at the manufactory, lower end of Prince-street, Alexandria.
Wholesale purchasers may be supplied on advantageous terms.
Richard Horwell
March 25
The American Artillerists Companion, OR
ELEMENTS OF ARTILLERY, BY LOUIS DE TOUSARD, Late Lieut. col. commandant of the 2d reg. and inspector of artillery of the U. S. No 1st and 2d of the above work
FOR SALE BY
R. GRAY.
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  Cider Vinegar, in hogsheads and pipes  March 9. 
JOHN G. LADD,
HAS FOR SALE,
30 bales German Linens, consisting of brown and white Rolls, flaxen Osnaburghs, hempen Ticklenburghs, Burlaps, and Checks and Stripes.
 1000 pieces Nankien  Russia Sheeting and Duck  1 bale Writing Paper  50 bags of black Pepper of the best quality, and will be sold very low  Sugars and Coffee  40 hhds Molasses  1 pipe port Wine  10 do. Holland Gin  5 do. French Brandy  7 do. Jamaica Spirits. 
A quantity of soot Leather, Shoes, Spermaciti and Tallow Candles, Cheese, &c. &c. April 7.
JAMES BACON,
At his GROCERY STORE, on King-street, has in addition to his former stock, added
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 } WINES. 
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, pearl barley, rice, starch, fig blue, soap, mottled dip and spermaceti candles, refined salt-petre, floutant indigo, allum, copperas, madder, brimstone, spinning cotton, patent shot all sizes, best english and country made gunpowder, segars and smoking tobacco, very best c. & wing tobacco.
Hamilton and Leiper's snuff, Hunter's pipes, 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 at the very lowest terms
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