Alexandria daily advertiser (Alexandria [Va.]), 1806-05-24 00:00:00

Alexandria Daily Advertiser.
VOL. VI.]
SATURDAY, MAY 24, 1806.
[No. 1609.]
SALES AT VENDUE.
On every Tuesday and Friday , WILL BE SOLD, At the Vendue-Store, Corner of Prince and Water streets, 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 li- quidation and prices.
Philip G. Marsteller, v. m.
FOR SALE
The Schooner
HENRIETTA,
Burthen about 500 barrels; she is a fine staunch vessel, almost new and ready for sea.
For terms, apply to
Cuthbert Powell.
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May 21.
Plaister Paris & Lime—afloat.
 100 tons Plaister Paris,  70 casks Lime,  On board Brig Nancy , Captain Hall,  AND FOR SALE BY  Lawrason & Fowle,  Who have also received by said Brig , Schooner  Dove , and Packet , from Baltimore,  30 boxes Cod Fish  70 do. Mould and Dipt Candles  120 do. Half Boxes Brown Soap  1 Bale Beerbottles Guirrahs  Imperial, } TEAS,  Young Hyson } of the latest importations.  20 barrels N. E. Rum  75 casks Bellona Gunpowder  10 cases Fig Blue  In Store,  Prime Beef and Pork  Ruffs and Ravees Duck  Young Hyson and Hyson Skin Teas  Muscovado Sugar  Casks Claret and Madeira Wine  100 Boxes Mould and Dipt Candles  50 do. Chocolate, &c. &c. 
For Freight,
The Brig NANCY ,
R. B. HALL, Master;
Burthen about 1200 barrels. She is in good order and will be ready to receive a cargo in three days.
Apply as above.
May 27.
MATHEW EAKIN,
Respectfully informs his friends, and the public in general, that
HE HAS COMMENCED MAKING
ICE CREAMS,
For the season—he has also
A few bushels of ICE for Sale.
ON HAND,
 Twenty frails soft shelled Almonds,  50 do. Figs, of a superior quality, fresh Oranges  Lemons and English Walnuts, Anchovies and  Olive, by the bottle and box, fresh Muscadel  Raisins, in boxes, a quantity of fresh Citrons,  and Sweet Meats, in boxes, Salad Oil and Lisbon  Butters, 300 bottles Martinique Cordials, and  a general assortment of CONFECTIONARY,  as usual. 
May 6.
BOTTLED BEER.
To Morrow morning, at 9 o'clock, and, if encou-
raged, each succeeding morning,
A dray with BOTTLED BEER
will go about town:
When the citizens may supply themselves with
that wholesome beverage at six pence per bottle,
to be paid for on delivery.
Orders from the country and shipping or-
ders will be executed on the shortest notice.—
Apply to
T. CRUSE.
May 8.
FRESH TEAS.
Now landing from on board the brig Harmony
from New York.
12 chests Young Hyson, } Of the latest
5 do. Hyson, } Importation.
10 do. Hyson Skin, }
Which will be sold on very mode-
rate terms by
James Sanderson.
April 21.
PUBLIC SALE.
By virtue of a decree of the hon. the Circuit Court of the District of Columbia, for the County of Alexandria, made between Richard Prince, compt. and the heirs and representative of Robert McCrea, deceased, defendants, will be sold, at Public Sale, on Saturday the 14 th day of June, at the Coffee House, in Alexandria, a credit of six months: One moiety of an an- nual ground rent, of 114 dollars upon a lot in Union street, leased to Thomas Crandle, on which there is erected a three story brick house also, one moiety of an annual ground rent of 40 dollars, on a lot leased to Michael Thom, in Wales's Alley, now the property of Samuel Ni- chols, on which there is improvements; also on a credit of six and twelve months, one moiety of a lot of ground on Pitt street, fronting 46 feet and running back 123 feet 5 inches, security will be required on the above property for the pay- ment of the purchase money.
G. Deneale, Commissioner.
May 20.
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FOR SALE,
By the subscribers,
Mould Candles, of a very superior
 quality, by the box  Window Glass, of different sizes  Bucellos Wine, in quarter casks  Lisbon Salt, and Willow Carpets  German Linens, of different descriptions. 
ALSO,
100 hhds. Maryland and Virginia Tobacco, part of which is well suited to the West India markets.
R. T. Hooe & Co.
May 12.
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JOHN WATTS,
ALEXANDRIA;
Has just received, per the William Murdoch, (via Baltimore) from London, a complete as- sortment of
SPRING GOODS,
Which he will sell low for cash, or to punctual customers, viz.
 Gentlemens' Silk and Cotton Hose  do. Silk and Leather Gloves  Ladies' Silk and Cotton Hose  Do. Silk and Leather Gloves  Silk and Cotton Chambray Muslins  3 8, 7 8, and 9 8 undressed Ginghams  Figured and plain Jacquet Cambricks  Plain and figured Jacquet Muslin  India Book Muslin  White and colored Cambricks  Plain and figured Leno Muslin  Leno Shawls and Veils  Italian Crapes and Lutestrings  London Chintzes and Calicoes  White and colored Jean  Cambric Dimities  First chop Long Nankeens  Marseilles Jean and Muslinet Waistcoating  Brown and Scarlet Bandances  Real Madrass Hankerchiefs  3 4, 4 4, and 8 4 Damask Shawls  Diaper Table Cloths  Russia Sheeting  White and brown Sheetings  superfine Cloths and Cassimeres  2 pieces Salisbury Cloth  3 bales India Goods  7-8 and 4 4 Irish Linens  White and brown Platillas  Umbrellas and Parasols  German Ticklenburgs  White and brown Rolls  Bed Ticking  Apron and Shirting Checks  Waldron's Glass and Cradling Scythes  Weeding Hoes assorted in casks  Gentlemens' best London Hats, &c. &c. 
May 6.
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TO RENT,
And possession will be given the 20th May, A TWO STORY FRAME HOUSE, situ- ate on Fairfax street, lately occupied by Mr. Davis, shoemaker. The stand is good, and having been occupied for a length of time by a person eminent in his business, renders it an eli- gible situation for a person of that business. For terms apply to
Thomas Irwin, or John Adam.
May 3.
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JUST RECEIVED,
And for Sale by
ROBERT GRAY,
THE SECOND VOLUME OF
CHASE'S TRIAL.
Price to subscribers Two Dollars Fifty Cents for the second volume—To non-subscribers Five Dollars the lett.
May 22.
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Wanted to Purchase,
A FEMALE HOUSE SERVANT, who can come well recommended—from 20 to 25 years of age.
Apply to the Printer.
April 3.
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CHARLES BENNETT,
Has imported per the Ship William and John , Captain Woodhouse, arrived here, and Willi- am Murdoch , via Baltimore, and offers for Sale, on the usual terms,
A GENERAL ASSORTMENT OF
SPRING GOODS,
VIZ.
 SUPERFINE Cloths and Kerseymeres  Waistcoating, Dimities, India jeans  Cotton Kerseymeres, Grandmilles & Nankeens  Silk, Cotton, and thread Hosiery—among which are a few dozen of extra fine  Black, white, and lead Pic Nic Silk Gloves  White and colored Cambricks, Sarsenet do.  Silk and Cotton Chambrays, plain, figured and embossed  Printed, Cotton, and Linen Handkerchiefs— amongst the latter a few dozen Superfine White  Common and Superfine Shirting Cottons  Silk Cords, Cambric Buttons, Artificial Wreaths and Flowers  White and black Lace Veils, Leno do. 5 4, and 6 4 Shawls  Leno and Cambric Worked Muslins  Sewing Twine and Shoe Thread  Best English Flax, Common do.  Nails, Hoes, Spades  Cradling and Grass Scythes, &c. &c. 
May 9.
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WILL BE LANDED,
THIS DAY,
At Hervey and Miller's wharf,
The Cargo of the Sloop President ,
From Guadalupe—consisting of
Prime Green Coffee & Sugar:
Which will be sold low if immediate applica- tion is made to
Mordecai Miller.
May 17.
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The Sloop President,
Will be sold low, if immediate application is made to
M. M.
O. P. FINLEY,
FAIRFAX STREET;
Has imported in the William and John , Captain Woodhouse,
A large and general assortment of
Hardware, Cutlery, Saddlery,
&c.
Which he will dispose of by wholesale and re- tail, on the accustomed terms to punctual cus- tomers.
May 15.
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JUST IMPORTED,
Per ship WILLIAM MURDOCH, from London,
SPRING GOODS,
Amongst which are
 Printed Calicoes and Cambricks,  Narrow cord, tape stripe, and cambric dimities,  Cotton chambray, and chambray muslins,  Plain and figured Italian sarsenets,  Plain jacquet and cambric muslins,  A great variety of fashionable fancy muslins,  shawls, veils, and handkerchiefs,  Hosiery, silk gloves, &c. &c. 
FOR SALE BY
Richard Veitch & Co.
May 13.
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N. B. Many of the above GOODS are in suitable packages for the West India market, and noted to Drawback.
Colston and Turner,
Have received from New York, and are now opening at their Linen Store , on Royal street, opposite Mr. James Russell's,
AN ASSORTMENT OF
Irish Linens, Diaper Table Cloths,
brown Holland, Platillas, and Ticklenburgs.
And daily expect,
Diapers, Checks, Hempens, Dow-
las, Sheetings, Threads, &c.
Also for Sale,
A few chests of Imperial and Hyson
Teas, of the latest importations—and 50 sacks of Liverpool Salt.
May 9.
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T. CRAVEN has removed his Store, next door to Mott's tavern ; where he offers for Sale a general assortment of
DRY GOODS,
And daily expects a further Supply.
April 3.
PUBLIC SALE.
By virtue of a deed of trust from Daniel McCarty to the subscribers, to secure the pay- ment of a sum of money due from the said Daniel McCarty to Jonathan and Mahlon Schofield, will be sold at public auction, on the premises, to the highest bidders, for ready money, on the 31st day of this present month, part of that Tract of land called Mount Air , whereon the said McCarty now lives, lying upon Ac- cotique Creek , in the county of Faithfax , adjoining Gardner's Mill Land , distant about 11 or 12 miles from Alexandria. The sale to commence at 12 o'clock.
Phineas Janney,
Andrew Schofield.
May 7.
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TUNIS CRAVEN,
Has just received by the latest arrivals a hand-
some assortment of
SPRING GOODS,
—AMONG WHICH ARE—
 Colonade Mull Muslins  Diagonal lined and piquet  ditto  Cut-gauze, japanned and  honey-comb do.  Plain and figured Leno  Piquet craps  Plain cambric, jacquet and  mull muslins  Plain & colored hair cord-  ed cambric  India & British book mus-  lin  Do. do. handkerchiefs  Leno veils  Lace cambric and rem-  bored mull shawls  Honey-comb and imperial  ditto do.  Undressed ginghams, chintz  and caicoes  Silk and cotton chambrays  Italian Mantuas  Ribands  Italian sewing silk  Silk and cotton hosiery  Ladies' extra long silk and  kid gloves  Habie do.  York tanned do.  Pic nic mits  Mens' gloves  Adolph cotton in boxes  Wood's superior cloths &c.  calimeres  Marseilles waistcoating  Nankeens  4-4 and 7-8 with linen  shirting cotton  Long lawns  Linens Cambricks  Umbrellas  Bandanna handkerchiefs  Platillas  Dowlas  Cross  Ticklenburgh  Oluburghs and rolls  Baltas  Gurrabs and  Solampours. 
ALSO,
FRESH TEAS,
Of a superior quality, in small Leaden canisters and
by the pound.
May 6.
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PUBLIC SALE.
PURSUANT to a decree of the superior court of chancery, held at Richmond, will be ex- posed to sale, TWO TRACTS OF LAND , in the county of Loudoun, the property of Tho- mas Atwood Digges, Esq. One called the Valley Tract , containing about 1697 acres, lying about three miles from Leesburg—the other called the Green Hill Tract , lying on the Potomac river, near the Blue Ridge , and supposed to contain about 1940 acres. These lands are to be sold for the purpose of raising the sum of about six thousand dollars, due from the said Thomas A. Digges to certain creditors in the decree mention- ed. The sale will be made to the highest bid- der for ready money, and will commence on the 13th day of June next, in the town of Leesburg, and county of Loudoun.
Thomas Swain,
W. C. Selden, } Commissioners.
April 22.
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THE Subscriber and possessor of the above advertised Lands thinks it proper to warn any person who may incline to purchase under the above decree (which was obtained in the most secret manner and totally unknown to him) that he will not give, or aid in any manner the procuring a title to perfect such sale; the attempt to which is a vague and ill-tempered effort.
Thomas A. Digges.
April 24.
The public are notified, and all persons are cautioned, against purchasing certain lands in Loudoun county, Virginia, decreed by the su- perior court of Chancery, to be sold as the property of Thomas Atwood Digges, and advertised by the com- missioners, Swain and Selden, to be sold at Leesburg on the 13th day of June next; the fee of said estate being clearly vested in and belonging to William Dudley Digges, of Maryland, an infant under age.
ROBERT BRENT, attorney in fact
for the estate of William Dudley
Digges.
City of Washington, April 28.
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NOTICE.
By virtue of a deed of trust from Michael Steiber to James D. Westcott & the sub- scribers, to secure the payment of a sum of money, &c. due from the said Michael Steiber to Jacob Geiger, will be exposed to sale, at public auction, for ready money, upon the premises, on THURSDAY , the 29th day of May instant, a LOT OF GROUND , situate on the east side of Royal street, between King and Prince streets, in the town of Alexandria, fronting on Royal- street 36 feet and extending backwards 103 feet 5 inches; upon which are erected two good Frame Houses and Back Buildings. This Lot is subject to a ground rent of ninety dollars per annum.
JOHN LONGDEN.

BOSTON, May 15:
Further from the continent of Europe.
In addition to the articles of intelligence given in our foreign department from the London papers received by the way of New Bedford we are enabled to subjoin the following. From Dutch papers, as late as March 29, received at this place, by the Eliza and Mary, captain Starr, from Rotterdam:
Constantinople, February 12.
M. le Roux, who had been dispatched hither by the minister Talleyrand, to communicate the event of peace between France and Austria, was also charged to remind the Porte of recognizing the imperial dignity of Napoleon, which he has performed so successfully, that the Porte has already made a declaration in which is included the formal recognition of Napoleon as emperor of the French and king of Italy. The Porte has dispatched Attif Effendi to Haled Effendi at Paris, with this declaration, the latter of whom, ever since the refusal of the Porte to recognize the emperor, has resided here in an individual capacity, but will now resume the rank of Turkish ambassador in Paris.
The Russian ambassador, count Italinsky, has delivered a protest against this measure, in which, among other observations, he demonstrates, that this change, in the conduct of the Porte, is repugnant to the alliance recently renewed with Russia. He has dispatched a courier on this subject to Petersburg, and the English ambassador has also sent a courier to his court with this very important intelligence.
Rome, March 3.
The king of Naples has commanded the inhabitants of Calabria to lay down their arms; and at the same time issued orders for the evacuation of that province. The whole Neapolitan army is to assemble in Sicily.
It is said, that the marshal Massena will be appointed governor of the two Calabrias; and that general St. Cyr will have the command of the army under the immediate orders of his imperial highness Prince Joseph.
On the 28th ultimo, the ministers of the French government took possession of the Farnese palace, and other edifices in this city, belonging to the court of Naples.
Milan, March 14.
His majesty the emperor and king has issued orders for putting the troops in the kingdom of Italy on the peace establishment.
Vienna, March 12.
General Andreossy has communicated to our cabinet, that his imperial majesty the emperor of France, has a new appointed M. de la Rochefoucauld his ambassador at this court. He is expected to arrive here in the course of a fortnight.
Augsburg, March 15.
About 14,000 men belonging to the corps of marshal Soult, are arrived at Landshut, and its neighborhood. These are the last troops of the grand French army. We shortly expect the last transport of Austrian artillery which is to be conveyed to France.
Stutgard March 18.
On the 15th instant the first transport of Austrian prisoners of war, from France, arrived at Tuttlingen, escorted by the troops of Furtenburg.
Frankfort, March 18.
On the 16th instant general Rapp, adjutant of the emperor Napoleon, passed through this city on his road to Berlin.
According to some German journals, the formal occupation of Hanover by Prussia will shortly take place. The same paper also makes mention of a disposition, according to which, Swedish Pomerania, including the island of Rugen, is to be ceded to Prussia in lieu of a considerable sum of money.
Accounts from Hungary say, that the Russian army posted on the frontiers, consists of no less than 300,000 men; and add, that a new recruiting has been commanded in Russia.
Paris, March 23.
The Moniteur of to-day contains the following article:
"The French troops will, on the 1st of April, be put on the peace establishment."
"The three flying armies, which had been formed at Alexandria, Rennes, and Poitiers, are dissolved; and the national guards, who had been put in requisition,
returned to their homes two months since: "The corps of reserve, commanded by the marshal and senators Kellerman and Lefebvre, are dissolved."
"The emperor has caused his satisfaction to be imparted to those two marshals, at the zeal which they manifested in the exercise of their functions."
"In this manner are all our armies putting on the peace establishment; and we hear that the greatest part of our troops which have been in Germany, will have passed the Rhine before the end of April."
The mission of count Haugwitz being terminated, he is on the point of returning to Berlin; and it is said will to-day take his audience of leave of the emperor.
It is said that the fate of Swedish Pomerania is fixed; and that it will be shortly occupied by Prussian troops.
Further Selections from London papers by the ship Robert Burns, arrived at New York.
HOLLAND.
Dordrecht, March 29.
We learn from Paris, under date of the 25th, that the minister of marine had left that city to inspect the whole line of coast upon the Channel, and to animate, by his presence, the preparations in the French sea ports.
Hague, March 22.
The decision of the alteration in our government is now at hand. On Wednesday the secretary of our ambassador at Paris, arrived here as a courier with dispatches, and admiral Verheul is expected back from Paris in a few days. Yesterday a yacht left Rotterdam in order to wait for him at Moordyk. The report that a French prince is to be placed at the head of our government still increases, but nothing farther is known on the subject.
Our funds are falling very fast. The Batavian restrictions, payable after peace, which on last post day stood at 53 1-2, are now fallen to 48 1-2.
Dorsten, March 23.
The seizures of the French in Westphalia, follow each other very rapidly. It is certain that the principalities of Munster and Paderborn will be, in the first places, occupied by French troops, and afterwards will be given to certain princes as indemnifications.
Prussia, it is said, will be compelled to draw back her limits to behind the Weser.
GERMANY.
Wesel, March 26.
At length the future condition of these countries is no longer a secret. The emperor's brother in law prince Murat, is to govern Cleves and Berg. The following proclamation to this effect was published yesterday:
"Napoleon, by the Grace of God and the constitution, emperor of the French, king of Italy, &c."
"Their majesties the kings of Prussia having ceded to us the duchy of Cleves and Berg, with their full sovereignty, rights, titles and prerogatives, and agreed to the transfer of each of those duchies in their present state, in favor of a French prince, the object of our election, we transfer the said duchies, with their rights, titles, and prerogatives, in the condition we received them, to prince Joachim, our well beloved brother, to be by him possessed in their full extent, as duke of Cleves and Berg, and to descend to his legitimate heirs male forever, in the order of seniority, to the perpetual exclusion of the females and their descendants."
"But provided that the male heirs, which God avert, should become extinct, the said duchies of Cleves and Berg, with all their rights, titles, and prerogatives, shall revert to our male descendants natural and legitimate, or in failure thereof, to those of our brother Joseph, or otherwise to those of our brother prince Louis; as the duchies of Cleves and Berg can in no case whatever be united to our Imperial Crown."
"As the excellent qualifications of this prince have been the principal motive of our choice, from a persuasion of the benefits which will result from them to the inhabitants of Berg and Cleves, so we cherish the hope that the fidelity of the inhabitants will continue to insure the esteem they enjoyed under their former masters, and that they will merit the attention of the new sovereign and our Imperial protection."
"Given at our Palace of the Thuilleries, March 25."
(Signed)
"NAPOLEON."
BY THIS DAY'S MAIL.
NEW YORK, May 21.
Foreign Intelligence.
The ship Mary Ann left Bordeaux on the 20th April; Paris papers of the 12th, and a regular file of Bordeaux papers to the 16th of that month, inclusive, are received at the office of the Mercantile Advertiser. Notwithstanding gigantic projects of aggrandizement are forming, and although the continent of Europe is undergoing an important revolution, these papers are almost wholly destitute of interest.
We learn, verbally, that Prussia has declared war against Sweden; that the French were marching large armies toward European Turkey from which quarter news of hostilities having commenced was shortly expected; and that scarcely a doubt existed that Russia had joined France in the war against England, or would do so shortly.
On the 6th of April the guardship in the harbor of Bordeaux, mounting 28 twelve pounders, and 110 men (on board of which were the papers of the brig Orient of New York) was cut out and captured by the boats of the British frigate Iris. After the English had taken possession of her, she was attacked by a French man of war brig, but without success; the latter was beaten off with the loss of several men.
A British squadron was blockading Rochefort.
An embargo of ten days continuance was raised at Bordeaux on the 19th, the day before captain Burke sailed.
A decree had been issued from the custom house at Bordeaux, in which it was ordered, 1. That the importation of printed & white cotton cloths, muslins, & cotton yarn be prohibited. 2. That the importation of raw cotton be subject to a duty of 60 francs decimal quintal, spun cotton to 7 francs per killograme. 3. That spun cotton be admitted only through the offices at Antwerp, Cologne, Mayence, Shasburgh, Bourges, and Versoix. 4. That a drawback of 58 cents decimal quintal be allowed on cloths, hosiery, and other wrought cotton exported, on proof of their being French manufacture, and that the raw cotton has paid the stipulated duty.
From Paris and Bordeaux papers to the 18th April, received at the office of the Mercantile Advertiser.
SPAIN.
Madrid, March 7.
In the night of the 26th February, the four French frigates and two brigs which were in the port of Cadiz, set sail and contrived to deceive the vigilance of the English fleet, which is cruising off that port. As they have provisions on board for six months, it is presumed they have a distant destination.
Government has received advices within these few days, that a conspiracy has been discovered at Caracas (on the continent of America) the central point of which was the city of Paz. Seventeen of the principal conspirators, among whom were some functionaries of the state, were seized and executed. The wise measures which were taken, stifled in its birth a plot which might have been attended with the worst consequences.
GERMANY.
Leipsick, March 22.
The vague reports which have been spread upon the formation of a kingdom of Saxony, seem to take more consistency. It is thought that the different ducal houses of Saxony, all issued from the Ernestine line, would willingly acknowledge the sovereignty of the elector of Saxony or of the Albertine line, reserving to themselves the full and entire enjoyment of the revenues which they now draw from their respective possessions. The counts of Reuss, of Schomburg and of Schwartzburg, who are already in the dependence either of the elector or of the dukes of Saxony, not only from the position of their principalities, but even by different feudal ties, would gladly exchange a precarious dependence against the advantage of seeing their possessions better secured. In fine Prussia would cede the territory of Erfurt against the districts contiguous to the great mass of the Prussian monarchy.
The new kingdom of Saxony would thus comprise the following states: Electorate of Saxony with Lusace, &c. 1994 square leagues, 2,150,000 inhabitants; Saxe Gotha,
144 square leagues, 465,000 inhabitants; Saxe Weimar, 99 square leagues, 114,000 inhabitants; Saxe Coburg, 50 square leagues, 61,000 inhabitants; Saxe Meiningen, 57 square leagues, 52,000 inhabitants; county of Schwarzburg, 120 square leagues, 100,000 inhabitants; county of Reuss, 58 square leagues, 70,000 inhabitants; county of Schönbrun, 56 square leagues, 52,000 inhabitants; territory of Erfurt, 30 square leagues, 42,000 inhabitants. All this would form a total mass of 2,850,000 inhabitants, upon an extent of 2618 square leagues.
Hamburg, April 1.
The circumstance of the English consul and the vessels of his nation having so suddenly quitted this port, is now explained. These measures were taken in consequence of the proclamation made at Hanover, on the 28th ultimo, by the Prussian minister count von Schulenburg, which prohibits the entrance of the Weser, the Elbe and all the ports in the North Sea, to English vessels.
April 2.
It is already announced that four English ships form the blockade of the Elbe. There is not a single vessel of that nation in our port or that of Altona.
The Prussian general, count de Schulenburg, published, the 28th, at Hanover, what follows:
"It has been stipulated in the treaty concluded between his Prussian majesty, my most gracious master, and his majesty the emperor of the French and king of Italy, that the ports of the North sea, and also the mouths of the rivers which empty themselves into it, should be shut to English navigation and commerce, as they were during the time that the French troops occupied the states of Hanover. I publish the pretext by orders of my august sovereign, to serve as a rule to all those whom it may concern. It has been enjoined the troops of the king my master to refuse entrance to all English ships which should present themselves in the said ports and rivers, and to hinder the introduction of English merchandise."
(Signed)
Count SCHULENBURG KEHNERT, General of cavalry in the service of his Prussian majesty, and commander of the army in Hanover.
A letter from Amsterdam dated 10th April, received by the ship True American, says, "Every day affords something new. The papers of this morning allude to new troubles on the continent. It is said that Russian troops are marching into Prussian Poland. Business generally speaking, is brisk, and prices steady. Coffee scarce."
Arrived, ship Mary Ann, Burke, in 28 days from Bordeaux. The ship Eliza Ann, Burger, brig Sally, Tracy, kiddy, both for New York; ship Province, Gufon, of Philadelphia, for New Orleans; ship Titus, Cushing, of do. ship Hampshire, Talbot, of do. for N. Orleans; ship Baltic, Mearson, for Charleston; brig Mary, Rich, of Boston, and Schooner Venus, Allen, for Baltimore, all failed 30 hours before the Mary Ann. Lefs, brigs Olivia, Teubner, for New York, in 7 days; Belisarius, Holmes, for do. in 3 weeks; Neptune, Crafts, do. uncertain; Orient, Dunsmore, of do. uncertain; ships Luvina, Tate, of New York; Robert, Dill, coll. Baltimore, 8; brig Lydia, Webb, do. 8; brig Jane, Gildes, of New York; ship Elizabeth, Fordham, of Baltimore; Belisarius, Pryor, of Duxbury; Alexander Hamilton, Stetson, of New Bedford; Live Oak, Bleacher, for N. York, in a week; brig Shipwright, Doack, for Boston, in 6 days; Vigilant, Doane, do; Onyx, D. vis, of Provincetown; Betty, Walters, of Baltimore; Eliza, Chipman, of New Bedford; for St. Sebastia's; Josephine, Chilton, of N. York; ship Aurora, Sanderson, of do; Schooner Friendship, Dollaber, of Marblehead; Success, Elkin, do. The ship Maria, Green, of New York, from New Orleans; a ship from Philadelphia; and the fct'r Traveller, Freeman, from New York, had all just arrived in the river. Spoke, May 2d, in lat. 44, 53, long. 42, 50; ship Huron, 12 days from Nantux for New York, 15th, in lat. 38, 54, long. 65; ship Phoenix, 6 days from Philadelphia for Amsterdam. 18th, lat. 39, 40, long. 71, 50, brig Paragon, Haviland, 3 days from New York, for Marblehead. Same day, ship Heart of Oak, Lovett, 36 hours from New York for Leghorn. 19th, 30 miles S. W. of the Highlands, was boarded by the British brig Buoy, examined her papers, opened several letters, and then permitted her to proceed. Passengers, Mr. Morat and lady, Mr. Surratt, Mr. Finham, Mr. Dupre, M. Verrial, M. Dufour, M. Bernard, Mr. Lacorte, and Mr. J. C. Cabell, of Virginia.
PHILADELPHIA, May 22.
Last evening arrived the ship Temperance, capt. Burrough, 40 days from Hamburg, by her we received papers and ship

ing lists to the 5th of April, which we have put into the hands of our translator, though at too late an hour last night for this day; should they afford any thing worth translating, it shall appear to-morrow.
Captain B. confirms the accounts we have had of the sailing of all the British vessels from Hamburg, for fear of a rupture between Prussia and England; that the Hamburgers were in daily expectation of their port being blockaded by the British, and that they were demolishing all their fortifications, lest any foreign power should take possession of them to their disadvantage.
Captain B. further informs, that the intercourse between Hamburg and England had entirely ceased; said to be in consequence of an express sent by the king of Prussia to the senate of Hamburg, ordering them to shut their ports against all vessels of Great Britain, and to prohibit the importation of British manufactures. On the receipt of this intelligence the English minister at Hamburg ordered all the vessels of his country to leave the port in 12 hours, and they departed with the greatest precipitation.
The Prussians are in possession of every part of Hanover, and were erecting strong batteries at Cuxhaven, which they have garrisoned with a formidable force. They however did not interfere with the civil affairs of that place, which were still under the direction of the governor, appointed by the senate of Hamburg.
The English are now taking all Prussian ships and property, but he did not learn that war was actually declared. It was supposed at Hamburg that Denmark would be compelled by France and Prussia to shut the Eyder against the English, in which case, it is probable that that river would be blockaded also.
Yesterday arrived, the ship Temperance, Burrough, 40 days from Hamburg. Sailed from thence the 7th ult. in company with the brig Pallas, of Boston, bound to New York, and parted with her in a thick fog, in the North sea. April 12, Sicily N.N.W. 60 miles, spoke the ship Birmingham, Salisbury, of and from Baltimore, bound to Amsterdam, all well.
May 9, in lat. 38, long. 55, spoke the ship Marte Margretha, of and from Bremen, bound to Baltimore, 44 days out. Left at Hamburg the ship Sally, West, of Baltimore, expected to sail in three weeks. The ships Lovely Matilda, O'Conner, and Little William, of Philadelphia, and one other American ship and brig, were all riding quarantine at Cuxhaven. On the 10th of April we were boarded by the lieutenant of an English frigate, who informed us that ships had been dispatched with orders to block up the Elbe and Weser.
BALTIMORE, May 22.
Arrived, barque Amelia, Higman, 47 days from Bremen. Left, the 4th April, ship Joseph and Phoebe, for Baltimore, next day; ship Phoenix, of do. just arrived. April 25, lat. 45, long. 36, spoke ship Friendship, from Baltimore for Hamburg.
Also, ship Ritson, Spiers, 44 days from Amsterdam. Sailed 8th ultimo. About 90 miles from Cape Henry, fell in with a wreck, the hull under water, the mast standing upright, 4 feet above the water; she appeared to be a sloop. Passed ship Sally, of Baltimore, in the bay; saw a number of others standing up.
Also, ship Sally, Andrews, 54 days from Liverpool.
April 2, 10 leagues from the Smalls, spoke ship Romulus, bound to Boston. 27, lat. 69, long. 45, ship Frost, from London, for Philadelphia, out 25 days. May 4, lat. 41, long. 52, ship Parnassa, from Charleston, for Falmouth.
Also, Bremen ship Martha Margaretta, Deeks 55 days from Bremen.
The ship Neptune, Schelgen, sailed 8 days before for Baltimore.
Also, brig Jupiter Baxter, 52 days from Lisbon.
Left ship Aolus, Treadwell, of Portsmouth, for Baltimore. In lat. 37, 21, long. 44, spoke ship Yorkshire, from Liverpool, for Charleston.
Also, ship Union, Porter, 60 days from Belfast.
Sailed 22nd March in co. with ship Enterprize, New York, for North Carolina; and ship Aurora, for Newburyport.
Left ship Atlantic, of Boston, to sail next day, destination unknown. Spoke nothing.
Printing, in its various branches, handsomely executed at this office.
The day captain Haynes left Trinidad, news was received there of the landing of Miranda on the Spanish Main, and his having been joined by a large proportion of the inhabitants, and was then on his way for the seat of government.
Extract of a letter from a gentleman at St. Louis to his friend at Lexington, (Ken.) dated April 24th, 1806.
"There has been no news here for some time worth relating, until the express arrived from Fort Adams, with letters to the general, of this purport, that he must have all his troops in readiness to start from this place as soon as possible, as the Spaniards are commencing hostilities; they have already got possession of Fort Adams. The Indians show a great disposition to war, they have killed four men on the Mississippi river. The troops will leave this on the 30th of this month."
[We are indebted to the gentleman who obligingly favored us with the foregoing extract, although we are confident the information it contains is incorrect. Our Natchez papers are to the 22d ultimo, and letters have been received in town to the same date, which make no mention of Fort Adams being taken, and we are confident an event of such importance could not have escaped notice at that place.]
[Ed. Ken. Gaz.]
Extract of a letter from an American gentleman at the Cape of Good Hope, dated March 10th.
"All the American vessels that put in at this place since its capture by the British, underwent a long and tedious examination, before the several Commanders of the different ships of war, composing his Britannic Majesty's squadron in the Bay, who, by appointment of the Commandant, Sir Home Popham, formed themselves into a Committee of Enquiry or Prize Committee. These characters, being apparently unacquainted with mercantile laws and customs, were totally unqualified for the task of investigating commercial transactions, and discharged the trust in the most awkward manner, utterly void of every species of regularity and with a supercilious indifference, whereby many Americans suffered infamous insults and abuse. The interrogatories put to several masters and supercargoes of American vessels, were preposterous and insignificant, and their pertinacity is in many instances insufferable. The pocket-book was taken from the pocket of a fupercargo, from Philadelphia; the captain of whose vessel, for independently speaking in behalf of his property was abruptly told that "THE AMERICANS WERE ALL A SET OF WORTHLESS DAMN'D RA CALS." Officers were sent on board some of the American vessels, with orders from their commander to take charge, without consulting or giving any information to the agents of the property, why or wherefore; upon application to the committee, no satisfaction was given: one saying, for instance, the ship was to be sent to England for adjudication, the other contradicting it, turning to some frivolous subject, going out of the room and leaving the enquirer alone, amazed at their ludicrous impudence. In this trifling manner, many of the Americans have been rudely treated; their property left in the most dangerous state of futurity, to encounter the impetuosity of the eastern gales that daily threatened the ships with imminent danger, without being looked after either by the owners or captains, and as though 2 or 3 thousand dollars was not worth their notice; by representing this precarious situation, the sufferer runs a hazard of being egregiously insulted with the most opprobrious language. An elderly master of a ship, of Philadelphia, whose apparent age alone commanded respect, when complaining of the perilous situation of his ship, was harshly told to go to hell. No redress for their grievances could be obtained; the squadron was frequently absent, and the secretary to the committee, who was left on shore, acknowledged he knew nothing!!! The ship Union, of Philadelphia, immediately on her arrival was taken possession of by order of the commander of one of his majesty's ships, and an officer stationed on board; Mr. Robinson, the supercargo, repeatedly applied for the plea of this proceeding, obtaining no satisfactory answer, he waited on the commandant, as the creator of this committee, who replied, "You might as well ask the king a question regarding the court of admiralty!" After which he addressed a note to the committee, demanding a determined and decisive answer, whether the ship was to go to England, and upon what pretext; a few days after, the secretary informed Mr. R. officially, that the ship was to be sent to England for adjudication. The only supposed cause of the detention of the ship, is, her having failed from Amsterdam to Batavia. In this scandalous and unwarrantable style, many Americans have been trifled with; in such cases where the nature of the business was too evidently clear to bear inspection, they assumed the meanness of scoffing and animalverting upon the form and shape of persons before them, with the utmost indecency and disrespect, who, owing to their then dependant circumstances were obliged to submit to the offence."
PRIVATE CORRESPONDENCE.
Amsterdam, April 9.
The measures taken in the North of Germany have produced a demand for colonial produce at advanced prices."
FROM THE PORT FOLIO.
MISCELLANY.
[We have already apprized our readers that by the kindness of a friend, solicitous that foreign channels of information should be explored, we regularly receive a well conducted French journal published at Paris, entitled "La Decade Philosophique, Literaire et Politique." From its instructive pages we have taken the following Portrait of Washington, delineated in colors equally glowing and accurate by a great master. For this brilliant sketch* we are indebted to Fontanes, a literary character of celebrity. We have, to continue the metaphor, walked through a whole gallery of portraits of Washington, some finished by masters in the English, the French, and the American schools, but we do not remember to have been more struck with any resemblance than with the following.]
Ed. Port Folio.
PORTRAIT OF WASHINGTON.
To warriors alone does it belong to mark the place that Washington shall occupy among renowned captains. His successes appeared to have more of solidity than splendor; judgment governed more than enthusiasm in his manner of commanding and of combating.
In the midst of all the disorders of camps, and all excesses inseparable from civil war, humanity took refuge under his tent, and was never repulsed from it. In triumph, in adversity, he was always tranquil as wisdom, simple as virtue. The reader's affections had their habitations in the bottom of his heart, even in those moments when the interest of the cause in which he fought seemed in some measure to sanction the laws of vengeance.
The motions of a magnanimous soul achieve and maintain revolutions more infallibly than trophies and victories. The esteem inspired by the character of the American general contributed more effectually than his arms to the independence of his country.
As soon as the treaty of peace was signed, he resigned to the congress all the powers with which he had been invested. Against his bewildered compatriots he would not employ any other arms than those of persuasion. Had he been governed by vulgar and selfish ambition, he might have crushed the imbecility of all the divided factions, and when no constitution existed to oppose a barrier to audacious enterprize, he would have seized on supreme power, before the laws had regulated its exercise & established its limits. But these laws were provoked by himself with inflexible pertinacity. When an insuperable barrier had been erected against the usurpation of ambition, he accepted, in compliance with the free voice of his fellow citizens, the honor of governing them during a period of eight years. When authority was susceptible of arbitrary exercise, he shunned it; he would not consent to assume it, until it was confined within legal bounds. Such a character is worthy of the most illustrious days of antiquity. In collecting the traits which compose it, we are almost induced to doubt whether it has appeared in our own age; we almost believe that we have found a lost life of one of those illustrious men whose portraits have been so well delineated by Plutarch.
His administration was, at home, mild and firm; abroad, noble and prudent. He always respected the usages of other nations, as he wished that they should respect the rights of the American people. Thus in all his negotiations, the heroic simplicity of the President of the United States, without vaunting ostentation or cringing servility, treated with the majesty of kings. In his administration, look not for those projects which the present age denominates grand, and which he would have considered only rash. His conceptions were rather prudent than bold: he did not attract admiration; but he invariably inspired esteem, whether in the field or in the senate, in the bustle of business or in solitude.
Washington possessed not those bold and imposing features of character which strike the vulgar minds; in his ideas he displayed more of order and perspicuity, than of vigor and elevation. He particularly possessed, in a superior degree, that tranquility, which, although considered vulgar, is never theless rare, that quality not less useful in the government of states than in the conduct of life, which imparts more of tranquility than impulse to the foul, and more of honor than glory to those who possess it, or those who
feel its effects; it is to good sense that I allude, good sense, whose ancient rules have been so much scorned by pride, and which it is time to reinstate in all its rights and prerogatives. Audacity destroys, genius creates, good sense preserves; it brings to perfection. On genius depends the glory of empires; but good sense alone can insure their repose and duration.
Washington was born to an inheritance which he had nobly increased, like the heroes of ancient Rome, in the midst of agricultural labours. Although an enemy to vain pomp, he wished that republican manners should be environed by some dignities. None of his compatriots cherished a more ardent love of liberty; none despised more the mad opinions of some demagogues. His mind, the friend of order, constantly shunned all excess. He dared not to insult the experience of ages; he wished neither to change nor to destroy every thing at once; in this respect he listened to the doctrines of the legislators of antiquity.
Like them, Washington governed rather by the sentiments and affections than by mandates and laws; like them he was simple, although seated on the pinnacle of honour; like them he was still great in the shades of retirement. He accepted power only to establish publick prosperity; he would not consent to resume it, when he saw that America was happy, and had no further need of the exertion of his services. He wished, like other citizens, tranquilly to enjoy that felicity which he had imparted to a great people. But it was in vain that he abandoned the helm: the first name in America was always that of WASHINGTON.
FONTANES.
*The original is deposited in a very elegant compilation, published in 1804 in Paris.
Port of Alexandria.
ARRIVED,
Brig Hope, captain Fisher, 48 days from Bordeaux, salt, to the captain.
Spoke ship Henrietta, captain Nickols, from Liverpool, bound to Philadelphia, 20 days out, lat. 41, 32, long. 39 40. Also brig Eliza, captain Henry, from Gibraltar, bound to New York, lat. 38, long. 68, 20.
Arrived schr. Paragon, captain Haynes, 22 days from Trinidad, sugars, Wattles & Co.
May 16, spoke a brig, captain Ward, of Norfolk, from Anagua, bound to Norfolk, had been taken in to the west end of Porto Rico, by a French privateer, and robbed of 70 puncheons of rum.
Off Cape Hatteras, spoke schr. Favor, capt. Carr 9 days out from Cape Francois, bound to Philadelphia, all well.
Arrived ship Alexandria, captain Brandt, 47 days from Lymington (Eng.) salt, Lawrason and Powle.
April 9, spoke, long. 13, 20, lat. 48 30, a brig from Charleston, bound to Nantz, out 25 days. 27th, ship Ticonic, captain Parsons, of Boston, from Amsterdam via Plymouth, for Norfolk, out 30 days from Plymouth long. 43, 20 lat. 39.
May 2d, brig Humbird, captain Stewart, of Boston, bound to Leghorn, out 12 days, long. 47, 40, lat. 39, 30. May 10th, ship United States, captain Borrowdale, from Rotterdam for Alexandria, out 48 days, long. 62, 30, lat. 40.
For Freight or Charter,
the ship ENTERPRIZE, Captain Colcord. About 300 hogheads burthe. — now laying at Merchants wharf — a fine new vessel. A preference will be given to Liverpool, and advances made on consignment to Mellrs. Logan, Lentx and Co.
William Hodgson.
Who has for sale, on board said ship,
500 Sacks Liverpool stoved Salt,
6000 bulhels do. coarse.
May 24.
Thirty Dollars Reward.
RAN AWAY from the subscriber this day, after having feloniously carried off, on the night of the 20th inst. a large trunk and chest of wearing apparel and other articles (which have since been recovered) a Mulatto servant slave, named MOSES, who calls himself Moses Gaines. He is 45 years of age, ab ut 5 feet 8 inches high, tolerably well formed, has a concealed countenance, is very artful and villainous, and may impose himself as a freeman. He had on when he went off, a green cloth short coat with yellow metal buttons, a white striped Marseilles vest, olive colored corduroy breeches, white cotton stockings, and shoes; all his other clothes have been secured, but he may change those he wore away. He is however pretty generally known to be my slave, having lived in my service and travelled about with me for the last fifteen years. I will pay the above reward to any person who will bring him home or secure him in any jail so that I get him again.
Richard M. Scott.
Bulls Hill, near Alexandria, 23d May.

STRAYED or STOLEN, From the corners of Alexandria, on Monday, the 19th instant,  A HANDSOME bright bay HORSE, with a snatch tail, one of his hind legs a little white 6 years old last spring, 15 hands high, newly shod before, his hind shoes much the worse for wear. The above horse was purchased last fall by the subscriber from a Mr. Stonecutter, and is well known in town. A reward of Ten Dollars will be given on having him returned to me, and if stolen, a further reward of FIFTY DOLLARS , on conviction of the thief. William James Hall, May 22.
STOLEN, from John Timberlake, jun. at the City Tavern, in Alexandria, on the night of the 15th instant,  One (London) Silver Watch,  TOLERABLE large, having a second hand, number not recollected; it had a steel chain, a white glass seal, and a part of the seal broken off—it was cleaned about six months past by Bigger, of Baltimore; strikes very strong. Also—Stolen at the same Time, A pair of Olive thickset Cord Pantaloon, with a Cotton pair of Draw, and a pair of Striped Silk Suspender buttoned to said Pantaloon: In the pocket of said Pantaloon there was a Cotton Purse, with about Six or Seven Dollars in silver and some few Cents taken off therewith. J. Timberlake, jun. May 22.
Twenty Dollars Reward. Also supposed to have been Stolen, on the night of the 18th instant,  A double cased Gold Watch,  MAKER'S name Hodgson , London; with two gold seals, silk and worked chain; the impression of heads on the seals, and an indent circle on the back of the Watch. The above reward will be paid for detecting the thief, if stolen, and recovering the property; or TEN DOLLARS for the Watch only, on delivery at Mr. Gadsby's bar. May 22. dgt
Fifty Dollars Reward. Also supposed to have been Stolen, on the night of the 18th instant,  A double cased Gold Watch,  MAKER'S name Hodgson , London; with two gold seals, silk and worked chain; the impression of heads on the seals, and an indent circle on the back of the Watch. The above reward will be paid for detecting the thief, if stolen, and recovering the property; or TEN DOLLARS for the Watch only, on delivery at Mr. Gadsby's bar. May 22. dgt
WM. HODGSON For Sale, 2 boxes 7-8 Colraine Linens 13 hogheads Claret, suitable for the West-India market, and entitled to drawback 14 cases first and second quality Claret, 12 bottles each Marble Mortars of different sizes 7 cases best Lucca Oil 10 marble Chimney pieces 1000 bushels Liverpool fine and St. Ubes Salt. April 30. 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. it
This is to give Notice, THAT the subscriber, of Alexandria county, in the district of Columbia, has obtained from the Orphans' Court of said county letters of administration on the personal estate of John Yost , senior, 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 15th day of October next; or they may by law be excluded from all benefit of said estate. Given under my hand this 15th day of April, 1806. Rebecca Yost, Adm'x. April 17. 2aw16t*
N. B. All persons indebted to the above estate, are requested to make immediate payment to the administratrix. A few copies of the American Gardener may be had at the Book-Store of Robert Gray.
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, Obsolete 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 foreign 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 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, Consumption, Lowness of Spirits, Loss of appetite, Impurity of the blood, Hysterical affections, Inward weaknesses, Seminal weaknesses, Fluoribus (or whites) Barrenness, Violent cramps in the stomach and back, Indigestion, Melancholy, Gout in the stomach, Pains in the limbs, Relaxations, Involuntary emissions, Obstinate gleet, Impotency, &c. &c. 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 foulness in the stomach and bowels. This medicine bears no analogy whatever of similar title, so commonly complained of as operating with violence, on the contrary a particular excellence of this it
contains 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, with out 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. The 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 Tercs or large round worm, the Ascarides, or small maw worm, the Cnorbittina, 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 seat—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 fetid 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 repleed 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, so often occasioned by purging medicine. Upon the whole 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 renders 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 repellant minerals (the basis of other lotions) and of unparelleled efficacy in preventing and removing blemishes in the face and skin of every kind, particularly freckles, pimples, inflammatory redness, scurfs, tatters, rings worms, yan 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, in proving 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 eye, whether the effect of natural weakness or of accident, defluxions of rheum, dulness, itching, films on the eyes, never failing to cure these maladies 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 on 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, IS 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 the pernicious 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 consequence; as 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, Frederickburgh; G. Purdie, Smithfield; M. Jones, Suffolk; Dr. Miller, Winchester; R. Greenhow, Williamsburgh; and J. Shaw, Leesburg. September 4. 12w
Cotton & Stewart Have received a large supply of  PAPER HANGINGS, Of various figures and of the newest fashions. April 29.
BROKER'S OFFICE, And Commission Store.  A. LINDO, Takes the liberty of informing the public, that HE HAS OPENED A  Broker's Office and Commission Store, At the corner of Union and King streets, WHERE he will be happy to render his services in those branches of business. Every species of public stock, merchandise, lands, houses, lots, and vessels will be BOUGHT and SOLD on commission. Reasonable advances will be made on consignments; and acceptances will be given when such consignments are accompanied with orders to sell to meet the payments. All kinds of produce and merchandise received on storage at the customary terms. As a stranger in Alexandria he is induced to introduce the public the following testimonial from Winchester where he acted in the double capacity of auctioneer and commission merchant: We has, at present, for Sale. A first rate (gentleman's) Servant young, likely, active and healthy, and may be had on trial. To save trouble, his price is 400 dollars, cash, or approved endorsed notes, negotiable in bank, at 60 days, with interest added. Wanted to Hire, A Boy or Girl, about 12 years old. April 28. d
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