Alexandria daily advertiser (Alexandria [Va.]), 1806-03-19 00:00:00

Alexandria Daily Advertiser.
Vol. VI.]
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 19, 1806.
[No. 1552.
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 kind 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.
Philip G. Marsteller, v. M.
THE SUBSCRIBER
Wants to Charter,
A vessel of about 1500 barrels burthen, for CORK and a MARKET ; to which immediate dispatch will be given—the cargo being all ready to go on board.
James Patton.
WHO HAS FOR SALE,
At his Warehouse, Gowen's wharf , New-York prime Beef and Pork. Also, Southern Pork, of good quality—with a few pipes of old Cognac Brandy. February 12. d
NOTICE.
The commissioners named and authorized by a commission of bankruptcy awarded and issued and now in prosecution against Thos. Moore of Alexandria, intend to meet on the 26th day of this month at four o'clock in the afternoon at John Gadsby's city tavern in the town of Alexandria in order to make a dividend of the estate and effects of the said bankrupt, and to choose a new assignee. When and where the creditors, who have not already proved their debts under the said commission, are hereby required to come prepared to prove the same or they will be excluded the benefit of the said dividend.
Wm Oxley, Assignee diz6th
LOST,
On Wednesday evening last, in or near the town. The outer Case of a WATCH. It is of GOLD , plain and of modern fashion. Five Dollars reward will be given, to any person who will deliver it to the
PRINTER.
February 22. d
JOSEPH RIDDLE
Has Received by the Ceres and other ships lately arrived at Baltimore, a considerable part of his
FALL GOODS;
Which are now opening at his store in Fairfax Street, and daily expects an additional supply in the United States from Liverpool. September 28. d
Dissolution of Copartnership.
THE Copartnership hitherto subsisting under the firm of Joseph Riddle & Co. of Alexandria, was dissolved the first instant, by mutual consent. All persons that are indebted to, or that have claims on the same, are requested to come forward and settle, as it is desirable to close the concern as soon as possible. Those whose accounts are of long standing are particularly requested to attend to this notice, and make payments to either of the subscribers.
JOSEPH RIDDLE, Of Alexandria. JAMES DALL, Of Baltimore.
September 18. tt
TO RENT,
A TWO STORY BRICK HOUSE, situated on St. Asaph street, between King and Prince streets, four doors beyond Mr. Faw's office, now occupied by Mr. Amos Alexander . Possession will be given on the 15th March.—Application to be made to
George Youngs.
February 26.
This day is Published, By COTTON & STEWART, [Price twelve and a half Cents] AN ORATION, Delivered in the Episcopal Church, on the 22d February, 1806.
By Charles F. Mercer: A member of the Washington Society. March 6. d
I want to hire a man who understands something of both Farming and Gardening.
R. T. HOOE.
March 17.
PUBLIC SALE.
By virtue of a deed of trust to the subscriber, will be exposed to sale, on Wednesday, the second day of April next, for ready money, upon the premises, several very valuable LOTS OF GROUND , lying upon Queen , Essex , Water and Union streets, in the town of Alexandria—And immediately after the sale of the Lots, will be exposed to sale, at the coffee-house, for ready money also, (in case by the sale of the Lots the sum required should not be raised) one undivided sixteenth part of a Tract of Land, lying in Spotsylvania county, containing about eighteen thousand acres, known by the name of the Mine Tract .
James Keith, Trustee.
March 12. d.5
TUNIS CRAVEN,
Has received by the late arrivals an elegant assortment of
GOODS,
—AMONG WHICH ARE— London superfine Cloths and Cassimeres, Bennet's patent Cords, Do. Waistcoatings, Silks, Mouselkins, Florentines, Imperial, clouded and white Marcellies, Toilets, Swardowns, Flannels, rose Blankets, Coatings, Plains, Kerseys, Halfthicks, Lamb's Wool, Worsted, Cotton and Silk Hosiery, Irish & Flanders Sheetings, 4 4 Irish Linens, Shirting Cotton, Long Lawns, Linen Cambricks, Dimities, Cambrick do. Corded Cambricks, Lace do. Rich Colonade and figured India Muslins India and British Book do. Lace Caps & Handkerchiefs, Extra Silk Gloves, Pic Nic Mitts, Silk Cord and Buttons, Cambrick Buttons, Artificial Flowers and Wreaths, Ostrich Feathers, Italian Mantuas, Fine India Persians, Batias, Mamoodies, Dowlands, Ticklenburg Osnaburgs, Brown rolls &c. &c.
He daily expects an additional assortment of FALL GOODS.
Oct. 22. dtf
CANDLES AND RUM.
250 boxes Mould and Dipt Candles, of a superior quality 20 barrels New England Rum, Landing from Schooner FAVORITE , Capt. HALE , from Boston, and for sale, by Lawraton & Fowle .
March 12. d
I have received from Madras
(Via New York)
9 Bales of Piece Goods,
CONSISTING OF Long Cloths, Manilla Ginghams, Nicomias and Madras Handkerchiefs. The above goods were selected in Madras by Andrew Smith for Howes and Miller , are entitled to drawback, and will be sold low by the bale.
Mordecai Miller,
Who has in Store,
1200 Spanish Hides, 750 pair of Morocco Shoes, 20 tons Plaster, and 20 trals of Figs.
March 5. d
FOR SALE
1000 bushels Liverpool Fine Salt 1500 do. St. Ubes.
Wm. Hodgson.
Feb. 12. d
JUST RECEIVED,
20 bags best Black Pepper 20 chests Souchong Tea 24 hogsheads best Surinam Molasses 50 barrels Beef.
March 6. d
FOR SALE,
A Negro Woman, who is an excellent house servant, with her two Children; the one male, the other female. Jan. 16. Enquire of the Printer.
Cash, and the highest price given for clean Linen and Cotton Rags, by the Printer of this paper.
I WANT TO EMPLOY A Journeyman Baker; ONE qualified to conduct a bakery in New York, as a Foreman . A single man would be preferred. Application to be made to Mordecai Miller .
March 13. d
FOR SALE,
100 bbls. Muscovado SUGARS . 2000 lbs. prime Finkin Butter . 10 casks Chewing Tobacco . Spinning Cotton, AND A GENERAL ASSORTMENT OF Liquors and Groceries , as usual Mandeville & Jamieson .
February 12. d
HENRY K. MAY
Has received, per Brig Equator , Moore , from New Castle, and offers for Sale, it immediately applied for;
80 casks Red Lead, 28 casks Patent Shot, 18 casks Ingot Lead and 36 sheets Milled do.
December 18. d
CLOVER SEED.
3000 pounds fresh CLOVER SEED , For Sale by John G. Ladd .
February 19. d
JAMES BACON,
A bis 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 Best Green Coffee, Chocolate, of a superior quality.
Madeira, Bufellos, Sherry, Lisbon, Teneriffe, Malaga, and Genuine Old Port
Cognac and Bourdeaux Brandy, Old Jamaica Spirit, for family use, Antigua, St. Croix, St. Vincents, and New-England Rum, Holland Gin, Irish and country Whiskey, Molasses, Wine, and Cider Vinegar, Stoughton's Bitters.
Mace, Nutmegs, Cloves, Cassia, Pimento, Cayenne and Black Pepper, Rice and Ground Ginger, Backet Salt for table use, Pearl Barley, Gie, Starch, Fig blue, Soap, Mould, Dye and spermaceti Candles, Refined Salt-Petre, Florent 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 Leiper's Snuff, Hunter's Pipes & boxes.
London Mustard, warranted of a superior quality, Dixon's best ditto, Wrapping Paper, Do. njohn's, &c. &c. with generally every article in his line—the whole of which have been selected with care and will be disposed of on the very lowest terms.
December 16. d
NOTICE.
THE subscriber will rent the house on Fairfax street, near Duke street, lately occupied by Mr. James H. Hooe . Apply to Mr. John Tucker .—As some person has reported that the use is liable for back rents, the following certificate, from Mr. Nathaniel C. Hunter , (the original proprietor of the lot) who leased the house and lot to me on an annual ground rent, proves, that there is no truth in the said report.
Stephen Cooke.
I hereby acknowledge, to have received the ground-rents due on a lot, in the town of Alexandria, on Fairfax street, leased of me by Dr. Stephen Cooke , up to the 3d day of February 1805.
NATHANIEL C. HUNTER.
October 1, 1805. (Dec. 12.) law
PUBLIC SALE.
By virtue of a deed of trust from THOMAS RICHARD , to the subscriber, made for the purpose of paying a debt due from the said Rich , and to Robert T. Hooe & Co. will be exposed to Public Sale on the premises, on the 27th day of March next, on a credit of two, four and six months, with approved security, A TRACT OF LAND, whereon the said Thomas Richards now lives, situated in the county of Fairfax on the drains of Great Hunting Creek , containing 80 acres; also five and a half acres adjoining the above TRACT. And on the 28th day of March next, will be sold on the same credit with approved security, at the Coffee House in the town of Alexandria —A PIECE OF GROUND situated in the town of Alexandria , on the west side of Pitt street and to the northward of King street in the said town, this piece of ground has a front of 34 feet on Pitt street, running 44 feet back.
THOMAS SWANN, Trustee.
February 19. 2awtf
CHARLES BENNETT,
Has received and offers for Sale, on low terms, Colored and nuns' threads, Irish stones, Bedstead cambricks, Fashionable lilac purple and other colored Italian crapes, India book muffsies, A general assortment of white piece goods, Bandana handkerchiefs, Long and short India nankeens, first quality, Lenos, plain, figured & tamboured cambrick, French silk hose, and gloves of all colors Men and Women's leather gloves—a handsome assortment, Rich white-farfenet, Calicoes and chinizes, Chambray Muslins, Creas a la Morlaix , brown and white platil, las, Britannias, Ticklenburgs, white and brown, first quality, Russia sheetings and drills, Flanders bed-ticks, Oil cloth, Turkey yarn, Cotton counterpains, Velvet ribbands, 8d. and 10d. flat point nails, Seine twine, Fresh clover seed, Imperial tea, &c. &c.
March 7. 2otw 2awtw 2awtw
NOTICE.
THE subscriber having obtained letters of administration in the county of Alexandria and district of Columbia , on the estate of the said Elizabeth Washington , requests all persons indebted to said estate to make payment to the subscriber, and all those who may have claims against the estate by bond, note, or open account, properly authenticated) to exhibit the same to Mr. John Luke , or to
G. CHAPMAN, jun. Adm'r.
February 26. co12t
ROBERT GRAY,
Bookseller, King street; Has just received from Philadelphia, the following
VALUABLE BOOKS:
A Geographical Dictionary of the United States of North America, by Joseph Scott , author of the United States Gazetteer, &c. &c. Medical Inquiries and Observations, by Benjamin Rush , M. D. The second edition revised and enlarged by the author. Medical and Physical Journal, part 1st of vol. 2d. by Benjamin Smith Barton , M. D. Quincey's Lexicon Physico-Medico improved. Cavell's Complete Treatise on Electricity, in theory and practice, with original Experiments, the 4th edition. Gordon's History of the American Revolution. Putnam's Lives. Davis's Modern Geography. Hutchinson's Xenophon, from the "Classic Press" Wilson's Reports. Dallas's Reports. McKean's Evidence, &c. &c.
ALSO,
A large supply of School Books and Writing-Paper. March 17. d
NOTICE is hereby given that the subscriber has taken letters of administration on the estate of John Fowler , esq. late of Fairfax county, deceased. All persons indebted to the said estate are requested to make payment as soon as possible, and those who have claims against the estate are desired to make them known to the subscriber, in order that he may be enabled to close his administration.
William Deneale.
Fairfax County, March 8. 1aw8t

CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. Wednesday, March 5. BRITISH AFFAIRS.
DEBATE
In committee of the whole on the state of the union—Mr. J. C. Smith in the chair—on the resolution offered by Mr. Gregg.
[CONTINUED.]
Mr. J. Randolph.—I am extremely afraid sir, that so far as it may depend on my acquaintance with details connected with the subject, I have very little right to address you, for in truth I have not yet seen the documents from the treasury, which were called for some time ago to direct the judgment of this house in the decision of the question now before you; and indeed after what I have this day heard I no longer require that document or any other document; indeed I do not know that I ever should have required it, to vote on the resolution of the gentleman from Pennsylvania. If I had entertained any doubts they would have been removed by the style in which the friends of the resolution have this morning discussed it. I am perfectly aware that on entering upon this subject we go into it manacled, handcuffed, and tongue-tied. Gentlemen know that our lips are sealed on subjects of momentous foreign relations, which are indissolubly linked with the present question—and which would serve to throw a great light on it in every respect relevant to it. I will endeavour however to hobble over the subject, as well as my fettered limbs and palsied tongue will enable me to do it.
I am not surprised to hear this resolution discussed by its friends as a war measure. They say, (it is true) that it is not a war measure; but they defend it on principles which would justify none but a war measure, and seem pleased with the idea that it may prove the forerunner of war. If war is necessary; if we have reached that point let us have war. But while I have life I will never consent to these inchoate war measures, which in their commencement breathe nothing but peace, though they plunge us at last into a war. It has been well observed by the gentleman from Penn. behind me, Mr. J. Clay, that the situation of this nation in 1793 was in every respect different from that in which it finds itself in 1806. Let me ask too if the situation of England is not since materially changed? Gentlemen, who it would appear from their language have not got beyond the horn book of politics, talk of our ability to cope with the British navy, and tell us of the war of our revolution. What was the situation of G. Britain then? She was then contending for the empire of the British channel, barely able to maintain a doubtful equality with her enemies, over whom she never gained the superiority until Rodney's victory of the 12th of April. What is her present situation? The combined fleets of France, Spain, and Holland are dissipated, they no longer exist. I am not surprised to hear men advocate these wild opinions, to see them goaded on by a spirit of mercantile avarice, straining their feeble strength to excite the nation to war, when they have reached this stage of infatuation, that we are an over match for Great Britain on the ocean. It is mere waste of time to reason with such persons. They do not deserve any thing like serious refutation. The proper arguments for such statesmen are a strait waistcoat, dark room, wac gruel, and depletion.
It has always appeared to me that there are three points to be considered, & maturely considered before we can be prepared to vote for the resolution of the gentleman from Pennsylvania. First our ability to contend with Great Britain for the right in question. Secondly. The policy of such contest: And Thirdly. In case both these shall be settled affirmatively, the manner in which we can with the greatest effect react upon and annoy our adversary.
Now the gentleman from Massachusetts (Mr. Crowninshield) has settled at a single sweep, to use one of his favorite expressions, on only that we are capable of contending with Great Britain on the ocean, but that we are actually her superior. Whence does the gentleman deduce this inference? Because truly at that time when Great Britain was not mistress of the ocean, when a North was her prime minister, and a Sandwich the first lord of her admiralty, when she was governed by a counting house administration, privateers of this country trespassed on her commerce. So did the cruisers of Dunkirk at that day Suffrein held the mastery of the Indian seas. But what is the case now? Do gentlemen remember the capture of Cornwallis on land because De Grasse maintained the dominion of the ocean? To my mind no position is more clear than that if we go to war with Great Britain, Charleston and Boston, the Chesapeake and the Hudson, will be invested
by British squadrons. Will you call on the count de Grasse to relieve them or shall we apply to admiral Gravina or admiral Villeneuve to raise the blockade? But you have now not only a prospect of gathering glory, and what seems to the gentleman from Massachusetts much dearer, profit, by privateering, but you will be able to make a conquest of Canada and Nova Scotia. Indeed? Then sir we shall catch a Tartar.—I confess however I have no desire to see the Senators and Representatives of the Canadian French, or the tories and refugees of Nova Scotia, sitting on this floor or that of the other house. To see them becoming members of the union and participating equally in our political rights. And upon what other principle would the gentleman from Massachusetts be for incorporating those provinces with us? Or on what other principle could it be done under the constitution? If the gentleman has no other bounty to offer us for going to war, than the incorporation of Canada and Nova Scotia with the United States I am for remaining at peace.
What is the question in dispute? The carrying trade. What part of it? The fair, the honest, and the useful trade that is engaged in carrying our own productions to foreign markets, and bringing back their productions in exchange. No sir. It is that carrying trade which covers enemy's property, and carries the coffee, the sugar and the other West India products to the mother country. No sir, if this great agricultural nation is to be governed by Salem and Boston, New York and Philadelphia, and Baltimore, and Norfolk, and Charleston, let gentlemen come out and say so; and let a committee of public safety be appointed from those towns to carry on the government. I, for one will not mortgage my property and my liberty to carry on this trade. The nation said so seven years ago. I said so then, and I say so now. It is not for the honest carrying trade of America, but for this mushroom, this fungus of war, for a trade which as soon as the nations of Europe are at peace will no longer exist, it is for this that the spirit of avaricious traffic would plunge us into war.
I am forcibly struck on this occasion by the recollection of a remark made by one of the ablest, [if not the honestest] minister that ever England produced.—I mean Sir Robert Walpole, who said that the country gentlemen, (poor weak souls) came up every year to be sheared, that they laid mute and patient whilst their fleeces were taking off—but that if he touched a single bristle of the commercial interest the whole sty was in an uproar. It was indeed shearing the hog—"great cry and little wool."
But we are asked, are we willing to bend the neck to England; to submit to her outrages? No sir, I answer that it will be time enough for us to tell gentlemen what we will do to vindicate the violation of our flag on the ocean, when they shall have told us what they have done, in resentment of the violation of the actual territory of the U. States by Spain; the true territory of the United States, not our new fangled country over the Mississippi, but the good old United States, part of Georgia, of the old thirteen States, where citizens have been taken not from our ships, but from our actual territory. When gentlemen have taken the padlock from our mouths, I shall be ready to tell them what I will do, relative to our dispute with G. Britain, on the law of nations, on contraband, and such stuff.
I have another objection to this course of proceeding. Great Britain when she sees it, will say the American people have great cause of dissatisfaction with Spain. She will see by the documents furnished by the president, that Spain has outraged our territory, pirated upon our commerce and imprisoned our citizens; and she will enquire what we have done? It is true she will receive no answer, but she must know what we have done. She will see that we have not repelled these outrages, nor made any addition to our army and navy, nor even classed the militia. No sir, not one of your militia generals in politics has marshalled a single brigade.
Although I have said it would be time enough to answer the question which gentlemen have put to me when they shall have answered mine, yet as I do not like to prognosticate I will give them an answer now. I never will consent to go to war for that which I cannot protect. I deem it no sacrifice of dignity to say to the Leviathan of the deep—we are unable to contend with you in your own element, but if you come within our actual limits we will shed the last drop of our blood in their defence. In such an event I would feel, not reason, and obey an impulse which
never has—which never can deceive me.
France is at war with England—suppose her power on the continent of Europe no greater than it is on the ocean.—How would she make her enemy feel it? There would be a perfect non-conductor between them. So with the United States and England—she scarcely presents to us a vulnerable point. Her commerce is now carried on for the most part in fleets, where in single ships they are stout and well armed—very different from the state of her trade during the American war, when her merchantmen became the prey of paltry privateers. Great Britain has been too long at war with the three most powerful maritime nations of Europe not to have learnt how to protect her trade. She can afford convoy to it all; she has 8 hundred ships in commission, the navies of her enemies are annihilated. Thus this war has presented the new and curious political spectacle of a regular annual increase, and to an immense amount, of her imports and exports, and tonnage, and revenue, and all the insignia of accumulating wealth whilst in every former war without exception, these have suffered a greater or less diminution—And wherefore?—Because she has driven France, Spain, and Holland from the ocean. Their marine is no more. I verily believe that ten English ships of the line would not decline a meeting with the combined fleets of those nations. I forewarn the gentleman from Massachusetts and his constituents of Salem, that all their golden hopes are vain. I forewarn them of the exposure of their trade beyond the Cape of Good Hope (or now doubling it) the capture and confiscation of their unprotected seaport towns, exposed to contribution or bombardment.—Are we to be legislated into war by a set of men, who in six weeks after its commencement may be compelled to take refuge with us up in the country. And for what? A mere fungus; a mushroom production of war in Europe, which will disappear with the first return of peace; an unfair trade. For is there a man so credulous as to believe that we possess a capital not only equal to what may be called our own proper trade, but large enough also to transmit to the respective parent states the vast and wealthy products of the French, Spanish and Dutch colonies?—'Tis beyond the belief of any rational being But this is not my only objection to entering upon this naval warfare. I am averse to a naval war with any nation whatever. I was opposed to the naval war of the last administration, and I am as ready to oppose a naval war of the present administration should they meditate such a measure. What! shall this great Mammoth of the American forest leave his native element and plunge into the water in a mad contest with the shark. Let him beware that his proboscis is not bitten off in the engagement. Let him stay on shore; and not be excited by the muscles and periwinkles on the strand, or political bears, in a boat to venture on the perils of the deep. Gentlemen say will you not protect your violated rights? And I say why take to water, where you can neither fight nor swim. Look at France; see her vessels stealing from port to port on her own coast; and remember that she is the first military power of the earth, and as a naval people second only to England. Take away the British navy, and France to-morrow is the tyrant of the ocean.
This brings me to the second point.—How far is it politic in the United States to throw their weight into the scale of France at this moment; from whatever motive to aid the views of her gigantic ambition; to make her mistress of the sea and land; to jeopardize the liberties of mankind. Sir, you may help to crush G. Britain, you may assist in breaking down her naval dominion; but you cannot succeed to it. The iron sceptre of the ocean will pass into his hands who wears the iron crown of the land. You may then expect a new code of maritime law. Where will you look for redress? I can tell the gentleman from Massachusetts, that there is nothing in his rule of three that will save us, even although he should out-do himself and exceed the financial ingenuity which he so memorably displayed on a recent occasion. No, sir—Let the battle of Actium be once fought and the whole line of sea coast will be at the mercy of the conqueror. The Atlantic, deep and wide as it is, will prove just as good a barrier against his ambition if directed against you, as the Mediterranean to the power of the Caesars. Do I mean (when I say so) to crouch to the invader? No; I will meet him at the water's edge, and fight every inch of ground from thence to the mountains, from the mountains to the Mississippi. But after tamely submitting to an out-
rage on your domicile, will you bally and look big at an insult on your flag 3,000 miles off?
But, sir, I have a yet more cogent reason against going to war for the honor of the flag in the narrow seas or any other maritime punctilio. It springs from my attachment to the principles of the government under which I live. I declare in the face of day that this government was not instituted for the purpose of offensive war. No. It was framed (to use its own words) for the common defence and the general welfare, which are inconsistent with offensive war. I call that offensive war which goes out of our jurisdiction and limits for the attainment or protection of objects not within those limits or jurisdiction. As in 1798 I was opposed to this species of warfare, because I believed it would raze the constitution to the very foundation, so in 1806 I am opposed to it, and on the same grounds. No sooner do you put the constitution to this use, to a test which it is by no means calculated to endure, than its incompetency to such purposes becomes manifest and apparent to all. I fear if you go into a foreign war for a circuitous unfair carrying trade you will come out without your constitution. Have not you contractors enough yet in this house? Or do you want to be over-run and devoured by commissaries and all the vermin of contract. I fear, sir, that what are called the energy men will rise up again—men who will burn the parchment. We shall be told that our government is too free; or as they would say weak and inefficient. Much virtue, sir, in terms. That we must give the president power to call forth the resources of the nation; that is to filch the last shilling from our pockets, to drain the last drop of blood from our veins. I am against giving this power to any man be he who he may. The American people must either withhold this power or resign their liberties. There is no other alternative. Nothing but the most imperious necessity will justify such a grant; and is there a powerful enemy at our doors? You may begin with a first consul; from that Chrysalis state he soon becomes an emperor. You have your choice. It depends upon your election whether you will be a free, happy, and united people at home, or the light of your executive majesty shall beam across the Atlantic in one general blaze of the public liberty.
For my part I never will go to war but in self defence. I have no desire for conquest; no ambition to possess Nova Scotia: I hold the liberties of this people at a higher rate. Much more am I indisposed to war, when among the first means for carrying it on I see gentlemen propose the confiscation of debts due by government to individuals. Does a bona fide creditor know who holds his paper? Dare any honest man ask himself the question? 'Tis hard to say whether such principles are more detestably dishonest than they are weak and foolish. What, sir, will you go about with proposals for opening a loan in one hand, and a sponge for the national debt in the other. 'If on a late occasion you could not borrow at a less rate of interest than 8 per cent. when the government avowed that they would pay the last shilling of the public ability, at what price do you expect to raise money without an avowal of these nefarious opinions.—God help you! if these are your ways and means for carrying on war; if your finances are in the hands of such a chancellor of the exchequer. Because a man can make an observation and keep a log-book and a reckoning, can navigate a cock boat to the West Indies and the East, shall he aspire to navigate the great vessel of state to stand at the helm of public councils? Ne sutor ultra crepidam. What are you going to war for? For the carrying trade. Already you possess seven eighths of it. What is the object in dispute? The fair honest trade that exchanges the product of our soil for foreign articles for home consumption? Not at all. You are called upon to sacrifice this necessary branch of your navigation and the great agricultural interest, whose hand-maid it is: to jeopardize your best interests for a circuitous commerce, for the fraudulent protection of belligerent property under your neutral flag. Will you be goaded by the dreaming calculations of insatiate avarice to stand your all for the protection of this trade? I do speak of the probable effects of war on the price of our produce. Severely as we must feel, we may scuffle through it. I speak of its reaction on the constitution. You may go to war for this excrescence of the carrying trade; and make peace at the expence of the constitution. Your executive will lord it over you, and you must make the best terms with the conqueror that you can.

But the gentleman from Pennsylvania (Mr. Gregg) tells you that he is for acting in this, as in all things, uninfluenced by the opinion of any minister whatever, foreign or domestic. On this point I am willing to meet the gentleman, and unwilling to be dictated to by any minister at home or abroad. Is he willing to act on the same independent footing? I have before protested, and I again protest against secret, irresponsible, over-riding influence. The first question I asked when I saw the gentleman's resolution was, "is this a measure of the cabinet?—Not of an open declared cabinet, but of an invisible, inscrutable, unconstitutional cabinet—without responsibility, unknown to the constitution. I speak of backstairs influence—of men, who bring messages to this house, which, although they do not appear on the journals, govern its decisions. Sir, the first question that I asked on the subject of British relations was, what is the opinion of the cabinet? What measures will they recommend to Congress? (Well knowing that whatever measures we might take they must execute them—and therefore that we should have their opinion on the subject)—My answer was (and from a cabinet minister too) "there is no longer any cabinet." Subsequent circumstances, Sir, have given me a personal knowledge of the fact. It needs no comment.
(To be continued.) BY THIS DAY'S MAIL. NEW YORK, March 15. In the present dearth of European intelligence the following articles, which we have copied from our late French papers, and which principally relate to events subsequent to the Great Battle, will not be found altogether uninteresting.
PRUSSIA. Berlin, December 1. Our garrison and that of Prussia have received orders to hold themselves in readiness to march for the 5th instant; but the generals of the first rank say that no movement will take place, before intelligence is received of the result of the decisive battle which cannot fail to take place in a few days, between the Russian and French armies. 3d. This day's Court Gazette, contains the following article dated Olmutz, November 27. "The Grand Duke Constantine arrived here the day before yesterday; yesterday the corps of the army under his orders defiled before our fortress and repaired to the Russian Camp, which was still at Olschau. The French army, whose advanced posts penetrated a few days since within four leagues of Olmutz, is now on its retreat: The combined Russian and Austrian armies are marching forward; their head quarters are at Promitz and the advanced guard of Prince Pangration is already at Vischau. The first column of general Michelson's army will arrive this day at Troppau; it is expected here the day after to-morrow." These details are so much the more curious at present, as they prove to the enemy the scheme that was laid for him. He looked on the retreat as a positive one, and boasted of it a little too early.
GERMANY. Ulm, December 14. A contribution of 400,000 francs has been laid on the Austrian possessions in Suabia, to be paid in three instalments, into the chest of the Paymaster general of the French army. A second contribution, payable every month is fixed at 80,000 fr. per month, to begin from the 6th December. Letters from the Head Quarters at Brunn, of the 24th November, state that the junction of the Grand French Army with the army of Italy has taken place; they add that the right wing of the French army is supported by the Adriatic sea, and the left by Bohemia and the fortress of Brunn in Moravia: there is not in the intervals of their line or on their rear, a single fortified town or body of the enemy which threatens them, and it is their intention to establish a communication between the fortresses of the Tyrol and those on the Inn and in Moravia.
Frankfort, 8th December. The elector of Wirtemberg has communicated to the states of his territories the articles of the treaty of alliance concluded on the 4th October, between H. M. the emperor of the French and H. S. E. H. This treaty is to the following tenor: "H. M. the emperor of the French, king of Italy, guarantees to H. H. the elector of Wirtemberg the independence and integrity of all his states, with the rights and prerogatives which the electoral house is now
in possession of, and such as they were determined by the treaty of peace of Lunéville and by the general recess of the deputation of the empire. H. E. H. engages on his side to furnish to the French army a body of from 8 to 10,000 men, consisting of 1000 mounted cavalry, and from 7 to 8000 infantry. Four secret articles are annexed to this treaty. The communication of these articles has not yet been made known to the provincial states.
Munich, December 2. General Massena is now at Leybach. The archduke Charles has arrived with his army on the frontiers of Hungary. December 5. All the secretaries, clerks, &c. of his excellency M. de Talleyrand Perigord, minister of foreign affairs to the emperor Napoleon, arrived here the day before yesterday. It is presumed that his excellency will not be long in following them, and that our town will be at once the centre of the most important negotiations, and the theatre of the most memorable events. A few days since a Gazette in the north of Germany published for three days following, this article: "Prussia has a population of 8,000,000 souls, 160,000 of whom can take the field." Another German paper then printed, for three days following this article: "Austria had a population of 24,000,000 souls; she had an army of 410,000 men, of whom 280,000 had taken the field; and this formidable power has fallen, in seven weeks, under the blows of the emperor Napoleon."
Hanover, 4th December. Two columns of Russian infantry, one of 1900 and the other of 1200 men arrived here this day. They are to march immediately for the siege of Hameln. The Russian head quarters will be established at Hanover. The colonel, M. de Cornberg, is attached to the Russian army. A Swedish division is arrived at Harbourg from Lunebourg. The other troops of that nation stationed at Pomerania were to begin their march on the 4th, 5th, and 6th of this month. The king of Sweden was to follow on the 7th, with his staff.
Moravia, November 27. The Imperial treasure of Austria has been transferred under a strong escort to Treschen.
FRENCH EMPIRE. Genoa, December 6. A new army is forming at Boulogna, to which is to be united all the corps of reserve left in the 27th military division. It will, it is said, march to Battaglione, where the different corps which compose it will learn their further destination. It is presumed that they will observe the motions of the Anglo Russians who have landed at Naples. Letters from Anconia state, that 5 or 600 Russians have also landed on the coast of Fermo.
Mentz, December 7. The division of the advanced guard of the 2d corps of the army of reserve, commanded by general Lorge, set out a few days ago for Juliers. The Gallo Batavian column, consisting of the regiment of Saxe Gotha, of the 18th regiment of light infantry, of the 6th of hussars and of the 8th of light infantry, are also set off to day for Nimeguen. Another division of the advanced guard of the reserve of Strasburg, commanded by general Leval, is on its march for the same destination, as also several other corps now on their way from the interior. The army intended to cover Holland is estimated at 60,000 men.
Strasburgh, December 10. All the high roads from Mayence to Strasburgh, &c. are covered with the reserve of the conscripts of the last five years. As soon as they arrive at their place of destination they are clothed, armed, and exercised in military tactics. This class of conscripts appear destined to form the aimies of reserve which are now organizing. As the two new classes of conscription, the young men who compose them serve to fill up the vacancies in the active army, and to reinforce the regiments and battalions of the different armies.
Paris, December 17. His imperial highness Prince Louis set off for Antwerp on the 7th, with the whole of his suite, and Generals Collaud, Clozel, Lagrange, &c. for Breda, where the head quarters of the army of the north will be established. Fifteen hundred grenadiers, young, well equipped and of a very handsome appearance, passed through Beauvais on the 10th instant, to repair to the army of the north, and burn with ardor to meet the Anglo Russians.
General Oudinot, whose wounds had obliged him to be absent from the army for a short time, has resumed the command of the grenadiers. It was on the 26th November that the Emperor of Russia arrived at Olmutz, where he was received with the firing of cannon and the acclamation of the Austrians, who regarded him as a liberator. It was on the 2d December that the great battle of Austerlitz took place; and on the 4th of the same month the Emperor of Russia obtained leave to quit Olmutz to return to his states. Thus, in 8 days, his arrival, his departure, and the fate of Europe have been decided.
Alexandria Daily Advertiser. WEDNESDAY, MARCH 19.
Duncan M'Farland. The Richmond Enquirer, now and then, puts on such an air of honesty, that it requires considerable watchfulness to guard against his deceptions. He never commences with affected candor, but he ends with positive falsehood. A short time since, he amused his readers, with an article concerning Duncan M'Farland, in which, after acknowledging the worthlessness of Duncan, he says, "The republicans are as much disgusted with the alleged vices of Duncan M'Farland as their federal opponents. They hold in an abhorrence not inferior to theirs, the character of a beggar, a forger, and a perjurer." And then he attempts to show that Duncan obtained his election by a federal trick. We cannot tell how much the democrats are disgusted with, nor how much they abhor Duncan's crimes; but we know, and the Enquirer must also know, that their papers, from the Aurora to the Bee, have advocated and defended him, since his confinement for forgery and perjury. The only trick made use of by the federalists, to put Duncan in office, was, a complete exposition of his character in the public prints. Does the Enquirer mean to say, that it is only necessary for the federalists to prove a man a rascal, to ensure him the suffrages of the democrats?
[Balance.] NAVY DEPARTMENT. March 4, 1805. SIR, In obedience to the resolution of the house of representatives of the 5th ult. requiring the secretary of the navy to inform the house "of the nature and extent of the services rendered to the captive crew of the frigate Philadelphia, by the Danish consul at Tripoli," I herewith enclose a copy of a letter from capt. Baineridge to me, which affords all the information in my possession upon the subject. Respectfully submitted, R. SMITH. The honorable Speaker of the house of representatives of the U. S.
COPY. New York, February 12, 1806. SIR, In compliance with your letter of the 6th inst. which this day came to hand, I hasten to detail the services rendered to the crew of the United States late frigate Philadelphia, while in captivity at Tripoli, by Nicholas C. Nissen, esquire, his Danish majesty's consul, residing there.
In consequence of the mode of imprisonment it was impossible for the officers to procure the necessary articles of subsistence, they were therefore necessitated to receive their daily provision, &c. thro' another channel. Mr. Nissen generously offered his services to obtain our necessary supplies, which he did, in the most faithful manner for 19 months and 3 days, the period of our captivity, and at times when the funds placed at my command in Tripoli, were expended, he continued our daily supply, by his own means, until ours were received by the commodore of the Mediterranean squadron, or George Davis, esquire, charge of affairs at Tunis, to whom we are greatly indebted.
Had it not been for the friendly aid of consul Nissen we should not have received our subsistence in so regular a manner as we did, and should have been exposed, at a great expence to the impositions of the lowest class of our enemy. His attentions were not confined solely to the officers, but were equally extended to the seamen and soldiers.
Consul Nissen was the first christian we saw after landing on the shore of Africa, and he met us the very evening of our misfortune, with the philanthropy of a man of feeling, and immediately administered to our wants by sending provisions and bedding from his house, and ameliorated, as much as possible, our truly unpleasant situation. I cannot, in justice to his attention, omit mentioning a circumstance which shews the lively interest he took in our situation,
and the hazard he ran to serve us: When commodore Prebble attacked Tripoli, Mr. Nissen's house was as much exposed as any in the town, and himself in danger from the bombardment. I solicited him frequently to leave his dangerous situation, and retire to the gardens where the consuls were: he requested me not to implore him more to leave the town, for he preferred running the risks of the shot and shells from our squadron, and attending to our wants and subsistence, to resorting to the gardens. In thus pursuing the dictates of a feeling mind he was very near losing his life by a shot from the Constitution. Had he not acted in this friendly manner towards us it is very probable we should have been several days without provision, as the enemy were occupied and exasperated.
I have, sir, detailed to you generally the services rendered to the officers and crew of the Philadelphia, at Tripoli, by Nicholas C. Nissen, esquire, but it is impossible for me to convey a just sense of them. Nothing but a perfect acquaintance with our situation, and the aid we received, can truly estimate the services rendered. I have the honor to be, sir, &c. (Signed) WM: BAINERIDGE. Hon. Robert Smith, Secretary of the Navy.
ASSIZE OF BREAD. The 3d. Loaf to weigh 15 ounces. JOHN LONGDEN, C. M. March 19
Union Cheap Bread Manufactory. THE subscriber, impressed with a lively sense of gratitude, for the liberal patronage he has hitherto experienced from the citizens of Alexandria, begs leave to return his sincere thanks for the same; and respectfully informs the public, that he has commenced business in that commodious and central stand, on Royal street, lately in the occupancy of Mr. Lovell; where he intends carrying on the Loaf Bread Baking business extensively, and flatters himself from his knowledge and experience in the above business, to render general satisfaction. His present assize of bread is as follows:—The 20 cent loaf, 5 lbs—10 cent loaf, 2 1/2 lbs—5 cent loaf, 1 1/4 lbs—and the 3 penny loaf 1 lb—made of choice superfine flour. Edward Lee. March 16, 12W4W
The Schooner HARMONY, Capt. ROBERTS, Will sail for New York, on Wed. next morning. For freight or passage apply to the Master on board, or to John Tucker. March 17.
Postponement. The sale of the Lot of Ground, advertised by the subscriber to take place this day, at the Coffee House, is postponed till TUESDAY next, at one o'clock, at the same place. John Dunlap, Trustee. February 15.
PUBLIC SALE. Pursuant to a deed of trust given to the subscribers by a certain John Withers, to secure the payment of a debt due by said Withers unto Jonathan and M. Schufeld, will be sold, by Public Auction, for cash, at the Coffee House, in Alexandria, on the 23d of this instant, at 3 o'clock in the afternoon, The two following Tracts of Land, viz. One, containing 103, and the other 26 acres, adjoining each other, and are from 2 to 4 miles from the town of Alexandria, in the county of Fairfax, and state of Virginia. The aforesaid land lies on the old Leesburg road, adjoining the lands of Captain Slacum, Benjamin Dulany, and Carlisle Whiting. This land is mostly covered with wood of a small growth and affords a handsome prospect. Andrew Scholfeld, Thomas Cook. March 18. df
NOTICE. TO those who are indebted to the subscriber on account of the concern of Powell and Denney, as well as Denney and Powell, that all who do not pay off their notes or accounts or give their bonds with security, on or before the first day of May next, their notes and accounts will be put into the hands of an attorney indiscriminately. Mr. LEVEN POWELL, jun. of Middlebury, is authorized to settle and receive the debts due on account of that concern, should any apply there in preference to the subscriber in this place. Edmund Denney. January 30. 12W

JAMES KENNEDY, SEN. KING-STREET,
RESPECTFULLY informs the public that he has received, from LEE & Co's Patent and Family Medicine Store, New-York, a fresh assortment of the following
Valuable Medicines,
Which are in high esteem and general use throughout the United States, many of them being sold cheaper than the drugs of which they are compounded could be purchased at a retail store.
TAKE NOTICE
That J. Kennedy, Sen. is appointed the only agent for ALEXANDRIA.
DR. HAMILTON'S ELIXIR,
A sovereign remedy for Colds, Obstinate Coughs, Asthma, Catarrhs, Sore Throats, and approaching Consumption.
To Parents who may have children afflicted with the HOOPING COUGH,
This discovery is of the first magnitude, as it is an immediate relief, checks the progress, and in a short time entirely removes the most cruel disorder to which children are liable. The Elixir is so perfectly agreeable and the dose so small that no difficulty arises in taking it.
From LUTHER MARTIN, Esq. Attorney-General of the state of Maryland.
Gentlemen, I comply with your request in stating my opinion of Hamilton's Elixir. It has been used in my family for two or three years past, with uniform success, whenever colds, coughs, or similar complaints have rendered medicine necessary. I have myself found it an excellent and agreeable remedy for a very painful and troublesome affection of the breast, accompanied with soreness and with obstructed and difficult breathing. On these accounts I do not hesitate to recommend Hamilton's Elixir, as a valuable medicine, and deserving public attention.
LUTHER MARTIN.
Mr. Abijah Henry, Bridge-Street, Baltimore, was cured by one bottle of Hamilton's Elixir of a very complicated disorder, occasioned by a severe cold caught several months ago. He breathed with the greatest difficulty, and was often thrown into weakening sweats when he attempted to walk any distance, and his voice would frequently fail in such a degree that he could only attempt to whisper: he has been upwards of six weeks without a return of his complaints and desires to give this public testimony in favor of his invaluable medicine.
Dr. Hamilton's GRAND RESTORATIVE,
Is recommended as an invaluable medicine, for the speedy relief and permanent cure of the various complaints which result from dissipated pleasures—juvenile indiscretions—residence in climates unfavorable to the constitution—the immoderate use of tea, frequent intoxication, or any other destructive intemperance—the unskillful or excessive use of mercury—the diseases peculiar to females at a certain period of life—bad lyings in, &c. &c.
And is proved by long and extensive experience to be absolutely unparalleled in the cure of
  Nervous Disorders,  Violent cramps in the stomach and back,    Consumptions,  Indigestion,    Lowness of spirits,  Melancholy,    Loss of appetite,  Gout in the stomach,    Impurity of the blood,  Pains in the limbs,    Hysterical affections,  Relaxations,    Inward weaknesses,  Involuntary emissions,    Seminal weaknesses,  Obstinate gleet,    Fluoribus (or whites)  Impotency, &c. &c.    Barrenness,   
In cases of extremity, where the long prevalence and obstinacy of disease has brought on a general impoverishment of the system, excessive debility of the whole frame, and a wasting of the flesh, which no nourishment or cordial could repair, a perseverance in the use of this medicine has performed the most astonishing cures.
HAMILTON'S ESSENCE AND EXTRACT OF MUSTARD,
A safe and effectual remedy for gout, rheumatism, palsy, sprains, bruises, pains in the face and neck, &c. And has performed more cures in the above complaint than all the other medicines ever before made public.
From Dr. Weatherburn, Wythe county, Virginia.
GENTLEMEN, I purchased at your shop the preparations you call Hamilton's Essence, or Extract of Mustard, which I believe has perfectly removed a chronic rheumatism (of that kind named sciatica, or of the hip joint) under which I had labored for a long time, and which had baffled every article in the Materia Medica, and every mode of treatment received into practice for the cure of this obstinate disease. If you think this letter useful you are at liberty to make it public.
Yours, &c. W. WEATHERBURN.
John Hoover, rope maker, South Second Street, between Mary and Christian Streets, Philadelphia, voluntarily maketh oath as follows, namely,
That his wife, Mary Hoover, was so severely afflicted with a violent rheumatism, very dangerously situated the consequence of a severe cold after lying in, as to be confined to her bed for several weeks, and was at length reduced to the melancholy apprehension of remaining a cripple for life, notwithstanding the most respectable medical advice was followed, and every probable remedy attempted: when seeing several cases of cures performed by Hamilton's Essence and Extract of Mustard, they were procured from Mr. Birch, No. 17, South Second Street. The first application enabled her to walk across the room, and the use of one bottle restored her to her usual state of health and strength.
JOHN HOOVER.
Sworn and subscribed before EBENEZER FERGUSON, Esq. One of the justices of the peace for Philadelphia county.
HAMILTON'S WORM DESTROYING LOZENGES,
Which have within four years past cured upwards of one hundred and twenty thousand persons of both sexes, of every age, and in every situation, of various dangerous complaints arising from worms, and from obstructions or torpor in the stomach and bowels.
This medicine bears no analogy whatever of similar style, is commonly complained of as operating with violence, on the to every age and con excellency and of this being suited contrary, a particular situation, and also its concerns nothing but what is perfectly innocent, and so mild in its operation that it cannot injure the most delicate pregnant lady, or the tenderest infant of a week old should no worms exist in the body, but will, without pain or griping, cleanse the stomach and bowels of whatever is foul or offensive, and thereby prevent the production of worms and many fatal disorders. They are particularly efficacious in carrying off all gross humors and corruptions; feverish and bilious complaints, and the safest and mildest purgative that can be used on the occasion.
Description of Worms, and the symptoms by which they are known.
Worms which infest the human body, are chiefly of four kinds, viz. the Terec or large round worm, the Ascarides, or small maw worm, the Cucurbitina, or short flat, white worm, and lastly, the Tania or tape worm so called from its resemblance to tape; this is often many yards long, and is full of joints—it is most hurtful and most difficult to cure.
Among the symptoms attending worms, are disagreeable breath, especially in the morning—Bad and corrupted gums—itching in the nose and about the feet—Convulsions and epileptic fits, and sometimes privation of speech—Starting and grinding of the teeth in sleep—Irregular appetite, sometimes loathing food, and sometimes voracious—Purging, with slimy and foetid stools—Vomiting—Large and hard belly—Pains and sickness at the stomach—Pains in the head and thighs, with lowness of spirits—Slow fever, with small and irregular pulse—A dry cough—Excessive thirst—Sometimes pale and unhealthy countenance, and sometimes the face bloated and flushed.
Persons afflicted with any of the above symptoms should have immediate recourse to Hamilton's worm destroying lozenges, which have been constantly attended with success in all complaints similar to those above described.
A dose of this medicine given occasionally during the warm season will effectually prevent the vomiting and purging of children, a dreadful disorder which annually destroys thousands of the infant part of our cities. It is likewise the mildest and most certain remedy known and has restored to health and strength a great number when in advanced stages of this fatal complaint. Particular and plain instructions are given for every part of the necessary treatment in such cases.
Children generally take this medicine with eagerness, having a pleasing appearance, and an agreeable taste.
CASES OF CURES—
By Hamilton's WORM DESTROYING LOZENGES, (Selected from thousands) the authenticity of which any person may ascertain either by letter or personal application.
TAPE WORM.
MR. SAMUEL FULLER, Inn keeper, on the Harford road, ten miles from Baltimore, began about twenty months ago to be grievously afflicted with a tape worm, which increased fast in size and strength, so as to excite the most horrid sensations by his writhing motions and intolerable pains, resembling the gnawing and tearing of his bowels, which deprived him of his necessary sleep, and caused such dreadful apprehensions as cannot be conceived but by one in a similar situation—his appetite wasted rapidly, and with that his strength, so that he was unable to attend to any business—when he heard of some excellent cures performed by Hamilton's worm lozenges, he took a large dose, which brought away a bout FOUR YARDS of the worm (now in the possession of Lee, & Co.) but a renewal of his pains soon convinced him that this monstrous reptile had recovered its first vigor—Application was made to Lee & Co. for more of their medicine, with their advice, from which resulted the total expulsion of his formidable enemy, in several pieces, which he supposed to be SIX or EIGHT YARDS more. A few months have since elapsed, and Mr. Fuller is now in perfect health. The above facts are well known to a numerous circle of his neighbors, and himself will gratify any who may wish to make further inquiries on the subject. Although Hamilton's worm lozenges produce such powerful effects, when necessary, yet they are perfectly innocent and mild in their operation on the human body, even taken in large doses, as Mr. Fuller will testify—their particular mildness is abundantly evident in innumerable cures of infants.
Communicated by Dr. John Spangler, York town, Pennsylvania.
Letter from the reverend Mr. JOHN MOLTHER minister of the Moravian church, in York town. York, January 4th, 1802.
DEAR SIR,
Dr. Hamilton's lozenges have been recommended to me as a very adequate means for the cure of children afflicted with worms. I procured a box for the use of my family, to try whether by means of this medicine I might be enabled to gain a point, which, to accomplish, different other means had proved abortive. My eldest boy had a very sickly appearance, was very restless at night, grew leaner from time to time; in short, he seemed to be in a precarious state of health, which would yield to none of the medicines administered, until I gave him two doses of lozenges, agreeably to the directions, which carried off a substance to all appearance a mere mucus but upon close inspection quite replete with very small living animals. Not one of that sort of worms which usually afflict children came from him. Since that period he grew remarkably better in health, and though lean, has got a fresh and lively complexion. Upon different occasions, I have used this medicine as a purging substitute, and found it to answer exceedingly well, without bringing on belly ache, or any other disagreeable sensations, to often occasioned by purging medicines. Upon the which I judge this medicine to be, besides its main object, one of the most salutary means for restoring lost appetite, and promoting a proper state of digestion, by carrying off that bilious substance, which engenders so much indisposition both among children and adults.
I am, Sir, your most obedient servant, JOHN MOLTHER.
Dr. Hahn's true and genuine German Corn Plaister.
An infallible remedy for corns, speedily removing them root and branch, without giving pain.
The genuine Persian Lotion,
So celebrated among the fashionable throughout Europe, as an invaluable cosmetic perfectly innocent and safe, free from corrosive and repellent minerals (the basis of other lotions) and of unparallelled efficacy in preventing and removing blemishes in the face and skin of every kind, particularly freckles, pimples, inflammatory redness, scurfs, tatters, rings worms, yun burns, prickle heat, &c.
The Persian Lotion operates mildly, without impeding that natural, insensible perspiration, which is so essential to health. Yet its salutary effects are speedy and permanent, rendering the skin delicately soft and clear, improving the complexion, and restoring the bloom of youth. Never failing to render an ordinary countenance beautiful, and an handsome one more so.
The Restorative Powder for the Teeth and Gums.
This excellent preparation comforts & strengthens the gums, preserves the enamel from decay, and cleanses and whitens the teeth, by absorbing all that acrimonious slime and foulness, which suffered to accumulate, never fails to injure and finally ruin them.
Dr. Hahn's genuine Eye-Water.
A sovereign remedy for all diseases of the eyes, whether the effect of natural weakness or of accident, defluxions of rheum, dullness, itching, red films on the eyes, never failing to cure those mals, ladies which frequently succeed the small pox, measles and fevers, and wonderfully strengthening a weak sight. Hundreds have experienced its excellent virtues, when nearly deprived of sight.
Tooth Ache Drops.
The only remedy yet discovered which gives immediate and lasting relief in the most severe instances.
The sovereign Ointment for the Itch.
Which is warranted an infallible remedy at one application, and may be used with perfect safety on pregnant women or on infants a week old, containing not a particle of mercury, or any other dangerous ingredient whatever, and is not accompanied with that tormenting smell, which attends the application of other remedies.
The Anodyne Elixir.
For the cure of every kind of head ache.
Indian Vegetable Specific.
A safe and speedy remedy for the venereal disease. "An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure."
For the prevention and cure of bilious and malignant fevers,
RECOMMENDED
Dr. Hahn's Anti-Bilious Pills,
The operation of these pills is perfectly mild, so as to be used with safety by persons in every situation, and of every age.
They are excellently adapted to carry off superfluous bile, and prevent its morbid secretions; to restore and amend the appetite: to procure a free perspiration, and thereby prevent colds, which are often attended with fatal consequences; a dose never fails to remove a cold, if taken on its first appearance. They are celebrated for removing habitual costiveness; sickness at the stomach, and severe head ache; and ought to be taken by all persons on a change of climate.
Sold likewise by S. Pleasants, Richmond; Ross and Douglass, Petersburg; T. Green, Fredericksburgh; G. Purdie, Smithfield; M. Jones, Suffolk; Dr. Miller, Winchester; R. Greenhow, Williamsburgh; and J. Shaw, Leesburg. September 4. raw
NEW PLAYS,
For Sale by ROBERT GRAY, Bookseller, King Street.
 The Ocean Spectre, an entire new, grand Melo Drama in five acts.  The Venetian Outlaw, a Drama in five acts.  The Sixty-third Letter a Musical Farce.  The Will for the Deed, a Comedy in three acts, by Thomas Dibden.  Too Many Cooks, a Musical Farce in two acts, by J. Kennedy, author of Raising the Wind, Macrimony, &c. &c.  Family Quarrels, a Comic Opera, in three acts, by T. Dibden. 
ON HAND
 Carr's Northern Summer.  Stranger in France.  Wakefield's Family Tour, through Great Britain and Ireland.  Pennsylvania Farmer.  Gifford's residence in France.  Mayor's Voyages and Travels, twenty-four vols. (calf)  Universal History, twenty-five vols. (boards)  Select British Classics, thirty-nine vols. (Calf)  Anacharsis Travels, four vols. (calf and gilt)  Pinkerton's Modern Geography, two vols and Atlas.  Tindal's continuation of the History of England, from the Revolution to the accession of King George the second, two volumes, folio.  Gibbon's decline and fall of the Roman Empire.  Furzason's Rome.  Rollin's Ancient History, ten vols. with maps and plates.  Hooke's translation of Orlando Furioso, from the Italian, of Ludovico Ariosto, five vols. (calf gilt)  Revised Code of Virginia Laws.  Debates of the Virginia Convention, on the adoption of the Federal Constitution.  Hening's New Virginia Justice.  Letters of Curtius, by John Thompson, of Petersburg.  Letters of the British Spy.  Memoirs of the Life and Writings of Dr. Darwin.  Darwin's Temple of Nature.  An extensive assortment of English and Latin School Books, Blank account books, Playing Cards, Paper Hangings, Stationary, &c. &c. 
N. B. Book-binding of every description done at a short notice and on reasonable terms February 24
LAND FOR SALE.
Will be Sold, to the highest bidder, on MONDAY, the 19th day of May next, at 11 o'clock, Market, (being the first day of the next circuit court to be held there)
TWO hundred acres of LAND, more or less, known by the name of Greenwicks, lying in the county of Prince William, ten miles from Hay Market, on the road leading from thence to Fredericksburg and the Caravan's.—The back road from the city of Washington to the southern states also runs through the land, which renders it an eligible stand for a tavern, it is also a good stand for a store. There are several houses, with a well of excellent water on this land, which lies well for cultivation, and has a considerable quantity of wood on it. The Plaister of Paris also appears well adapted to the soil, as I raised fine crops from the application of that manure only. The terms of sale will be—One third of the purchase money in 6 months, one third in 12 months, and the remaining third in 18 months from the day of sale; the purchaser giving bond and approved security for the payment thereof. Possession will be given immediately to the purchaser, and a good title made on receipt of the first payment.
Bertand Ewell. February 17. raw
Musical Instrument Manufactory, In Prince, near Water Street, Alexandria.
THE subscriber begs leave to inform his friends and the public in general, that he still carries on the business of making and repairing Instruments; and has for sale, Piano Fortes, plain and additional key'd Violins, &c. on reasonable terms; also offers his services for tuning and regulating the different Instruments, but thinks proper to inform the public his terms for tuning, so that there may be no misunderstanding hereafter, viz.
  For tuning a Grand Piano Forte,  2 00    Do. Harpsichord,  2 00    If quilling do.  5 00    square Pianos, (imported)  1 50    Do. Do. American manufacture,  1 00    Strings, and other repairs, besides tuning—  extra charge.  
If called on to go in the country—additional charge, according to the time and distance.
As it is troublesome breaking and calling for such trifles, the subscriber hopes that those that employ him, will not think hard of it, to pay the cash as soon as the job is completed. John Sellers. March 8. raw
For SALE or to RENT.
I will Sell or Rent the following VALUABLE PROPERTY in Alexandria and its vicinity, viz.
20 Acres of Land, situated on the north side of the turnpike road leading to Little River, one mile from the corporation of Alexandria; about 14 acres are enclosed. There is on the premises a good dwelling house 24 feet by 18, two stories high, with a kitchen and cellar underneath, granary, stable, and cow-house, with a good garden. The land is adapted for grass, corn, or small grain. This place may be well worth the attention of the gardener, butcher, tanner, or distiller; as there is a never-failing branch of water runs through the centre of the land and close to the dwelling: it is remarkable for good air and a healthy situation.
A Lot of Land, on the south side of Duke-Street, in Well End, not far from the stone bridge; containing three fourths of an acre, with the privilege of taking in part of the streets till called for, (now enclosed.) This lot corners on Duke and George Streets, running back to Wolfe Street. The improvements on said lot are a two story framed house, 24 feet by 18, kitchen 16 feet by 12, bake house 28 feet by 12, built with brick, stable hip roofed, capable of containing six horses, a double brick built necessary with a pigeon house on the roof all well finished and in good repair, with a pump of good water in the yard; back of the yard there is an excellent garden well pailed and in good cultivation; in short there is every convenience for a genteel family: I will sell my Right, on the lower end of Prince Street, in Alexandria, now occupied by Mr. John Limerick. For further particulars apply to the subscriber living at Well End. Michael O'Meara. January 25. raw
NOTICE.
All persons having any claims against the estate of Ignatius Wheeler, late of Fairfax county, Virginia, deceased, are requested to bring in their accounts, and all those indebted to said estate, are requested to come forward and settle their accounts by the first day of May, no longer indulgence can be given. Ignatius Wheeler, jun. Administrator. February 21.
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