Alexandria daily advertiser (Alexandria [Va.]), 1807-10-19 00:00:00

Alexandria Daily Advertiser.
VOL. VII.]
MONDAY, OCTOBER 19, 1807.
[No. 2046.]
Sales at Vendue.
On every Tuesday and Friday, WILL BE SOLD At the Vendue Store, corner of Prince and Water streets.
A Variety of Dry Goods, Groceries, &c. Particulars of which will be expressed in the bills of the day—All kinds of goods which are on limitation and the prices of which are established, can at any time be viewed and purchased at the lowest limitation and prices.
P. G. Marsteller, v. m.
NOTICE.
THE committee appointed by the common council to contract for the repair of the wharf at the end of Duke-street, are ready to receive proposals for the same. Mr. Aaron Hewes, an application, will point the necessary repairs and receive proposals until the 20th instant.
Public Sale.
By virtue of a decree of the county court of Prince William, Will be sold to the highest bidder on the 29th instant, before the town of Benjamin Bronaugh at Hvy-Market, on credit of six months, the purchaser giving bond and approved security for the payment. The following tracts of land belonging to the estate of Henry Dade Hoos, deceased, One tract containing about 200 acres, lying in Fauquier County on the road leading from Haymarket to Fredericksburg, the quality of the soil extremely good.
One other tract of land situate
in Fauquier County near the Thoroughfare mills containing 200 acres, having on it a Dwelling-house, Store, Barn and Offices, also a Merchant Mill on a never failing stream, capable of being rendered extremely valuable. The soil of this land is extremely fertile, and about as fair of it good meadow land. The Decree under which this land is to be sold is based on the will of said H. D. Hoos ordering the same to be sold for the payment of his debts.
John H. Peyton, } Com'rs. Wm. A. G. Dade, } d3w
PUBLIC SALE.
In pursuance of a decree of the Superior Court of Chancery, holden at the capitol in Richmond, March 5, 1807, will be sold, on the premises, on FRIDAY, the 30th instant, to the highest bidder, for cash: A House and Lot—Also, an unimproved Lot, situated on the north side of Duke-street, between Columbus and Alfred-streets—the property of Amos Alexander. The sale will commence at 10 o'clock.
Cuthbert Powell, } Com'rs. Phineas Janney, } Thomas Janney, } dts
District of Columbia.
NOTICE is hereby given to all whom it may concern, that the Consul General of Portugal to the United States of America, has authorized the subscriber to legalize all papers that may be necessary for vessels bound from the ports of this District to any in Portugal or Madeira.
Those masters of vessels who may omit having their bills of health thus certified, will be liable to undergo quarantine.
It is requisite that any article shipped for account of a Portuguese subject, should be declared and sworn to, as Portuguese property; and the bills of lading legalized as above.
Lewis Deblois. d
NOTICE.
THE partnership heretofore subsisting between the subscribers was dissolved the 20th day of September, by mutual consent.
John Horner, sen. John Horner, jun. d
JOHN HORNER, jun.
RESPECTFULLY INFORMS THE PUBLIC, THAT he carries on the Wheelwright and Blacksmiths' business in its various branches, at his shop on Royal-street, near the corner of Prince-street where he will execute all orders with neatness and dispatch.
TO BE RENTED,
A three story Brick Dwelling and Warehouse, on King and Henry-streets—together or separate. Likewise, on the opposite side a two story Brick Dwelling-House. For terms apply to
Jonathan and M. Scholfield. co
WANTED
A middle aged woman, capable of managing a house. To one of good character liberal wages will be given. Enquire of the Printer. Sept. 9. d
REMOVAL.
WILLIAM BARTLEMAN has removed to the lower end of King-street, opposite to Mr. Hugh Smith's glass and china warehouse, where he has an extensive and general assortment of GROCERIES, &c. for sale on his usual terms. September 23. dtf
Removal.
JOHN TUCKER, Has removed from King-street to his wharf adjoining Messrs. Jonah Thompson & Sons, where he has for sale— 1700 SPANISH HIDES 2000 bushels coarse Turk's-Island SALT First quality Muscovado SUGAR in hogsheads and barrels—and GROCERIES as usual. He also takes the liberty to inform his friends in the country, that he has a large and commodious Warehouse for the reception of flour, either by water or waggons, and would take in flour on storage. October 10. cd10d 3taw3w
BRYAN HAMPSON
HAS FOR SALE.
 10 pipes old port  5 do. Madeira  30 quarter casks Lisbon  12 do. particular Tenerife  15 do. Malaga  15 pipes old cognac brandy  5 do. 4th proof Holland Gin  5 hlds. 3d proof Antigua rum  12 do. first quality molasses  6 do. green copperas  2 do. alum  20 do. brown sugar  20 bags pimento  15 do. pepper  10 chests young hyson  10 do. hyson skin  5 do. imperial  100 bags green coffee  150 kegs madder  50 do. ground ginger  50 do. raisins  1200 lbs. Bacon, well cured  5 kegs salt petre  A quantity of fine and ground alum salt. At all times he has the first quality flour for family use on hand—with a number of other articles—all of which he will sell low on his former terms. Aug. 31. d
HORWELL'S
Celebrated Patent Suspenders FOR Ease, Elegance, Strength, &c. far exceeds any in use. To be had wholesale and retail at the MANUFACTORY, lower end of Prince Street Alexandria.
W. B. The Subscriber has a complete assortment well adapted for the Winter Season, and can supply wholesale purchasers on advantageous terms.
Richard Horwell. dom.
DIRECTIONS.
The buttons on the back parts of the waistband ought to be placed the same distance from each other, as the two center buttons on the Suspenders, to prevent improper straining and thereby destroying the case designed in the construction of the article, Richard Horwell.
The Subscriber
Returns his most grateful thanks to the inhabitants of this town, for the patronage he has heretofore received, and earnestly solicits a continuance of the same: He likewise takes this method to inform them that, on Monday evening, the 28th of September inst. he intends opening a NIGHT SCHOOL at his Academy of Prince-street, where will be taught Reading, Writing, Arithmetic, and any branch of the Mathematics.—Any young gentlemen desirous to become acquainted with any of the above branches will meet with due attention from
G. W. Carlin. September 15.
For BOSTON,
The Schooner
S A L L Y,
George P. Richardson, Master: To sail in all next week. For freight or passage apply to
John G. Ladd,
Who has received by said vessel and offers for sale, 30 bolts Russia Canvas 4 bales Writing Paper A few hogsheads new Rum and Coffee. October 14. d
Wanted to Hire,
A WOMAN accustomed to HOUSE-WORK and WASHING & IRONING. Apply to the Printer. October 16. 6t
195 Shares Alexandria Marine Insurance Stock for sale by CATLETT & FISK. October 16. d
JUST RECEIVED,
By the schooner THOMAS, from SALEM, and for sale by
LEWIS DEBLOIS,
20 tons of RUSSIA HEMP, RUSSIA DUCK, RAVENS DITTO, TANNERS' OIL. Also for sale,
The said Schooner Thomas, If applied for immediately to the Captain on board at Hepburn's wharf, or to LEWIS DEBLOIS. October 15. d
Tanners OIL, at 15 dols. per barrel Spanish HIDES, at 10 to 13 cents, some of which will average 25 pounds, and one equal to any ever imported from the Spanish Main Best green COFFEE SUGAR in hogsheads and barrels Loaf and lump SUGARS, of the first quality A few seroons of floatant INDIGO, and A variety of GROCERIES as usual. 5000 bushels of ground ALLUM SALT afloat, and 1000 bushels Cadiz in store; which is a consignment, and will be sold on reasonable terms by
Mordecai Miller. October 15. d
Public Sale.
By virtue of a deed of trust from PHILIP WANTON and MARY his wife, to the subscribers, to secure a debt owing by him to the Bank of Alexandria, on THURSDAY the 29th inst. will be exposed to sale, on a credit of six, twelve and eighteen months, carrying an interest from that day, several LOTS and parcels of GROUND, in the town of Alexandria, to wit:
An undivided Moiety of a piece of Ground, with the Improvements, lying upon the west side of Royal-street and to the northward of King-street, fronting twenty-five feet six inches on Royal-street, and extending back one hundred and twenty-three feet five inches—the whole ground subject to an annual rent of fifteen pounds twelve shillings, Virginia currency.
A piece of Ground, lying upon the west side of Columbus-street and to the southward of King-street, extending on Columbus-street sixty-six feet seven inches to a twenty feet alley, then westwardly with the line of the alley one hundred and sixteen feet to another alley fourteen feet ten inches wide, then northwardly with the line of that alley twenty-six feet seven inches, then eastwardly twenty-four feet three inches and an half, then northwardly forty feet, then eastwardly ninety-one feet eight inches and an half—subject to an annual rent of forty-nine dollars fifteen cents.
A Square of Ground, containing two acres, lying on the south side of Wolfe-street, north side of Wilkes-street, west side of Patrick-street, and east side of Henry-street.
A large Frame Store & Warehouse, built upon a piece of ground lying on the south side of Prince-street and to the eastward of Fairfax-street, the ground is thirty feet some inches front on Prince-street, the building nearly covers the whole front, the building is insured.
James Keith, John C. Herbert, dts
October 9. dts
FOR SALE,
A likely NEGRO BOY, aged about sixteen years, accustomed to wait in the house. Apply to
Frances Gillics, Adm'x. October 16. d6t
Public Sale.
PURSUANT to a deed of trust from John Spencer to the subscribers, made to secure the payment of a certain sum of money to Cuthbert Powell, will be sold for cash to the highest bidder, at the dwelling-house on the premises, on SATURDAY the 21st day of November next.
Two Tracts of Land,
Lying in the neighborhood of the Gum-Spring, in Loudoun county, adjoining each other and binding on the lands of Thompson and Veitch and Benjamin James, containing one hundred and fifty two acres.—The sale will take place at twelve o'clock.
Israel Lacey, Charles Lewis, } Trustees. Stephen Beard, } October 16. dts
Public Sale.
By virtue of a decree of the county court of Prince William, will be exposed to sale, before the front door of the court-house, in the town of Dumfries, on the first MONDAY in November next, the following PROPERTY, viz:
Ten likely NEGROES, consisting of men, women and children; among whom are, a good house carpenter and an excellent house servant—one Harpsichord, in tolerable good order.—This property will be sold on a credit of six months, the purchaser giving bond and security for the payment.
Also, at the same time and place will be sold, A Tract of Land, commonly called "Tebb's Dale," situated on Quantico Creek, about one mile and a half below Dumfries; containing about three hundred acres. On this land, whose situation and quality eminently recommends it, is a good dwelling-house and offices.
A Lot in the town of Dumfries, on which is erected a large and convenient stable.
Several Lots in the town of Carrborough, at the mouth of Quantico-Creek, some of which are improved, and all of which will be particularly designated on the day of sale.
The real property above mentioned, will be sold on a credit of six months for one half the purchase money, and of twelve months for the balance, the purchaser giving bond and approved security for the payment.
Benjamin Botts, John H. Peyton, Wm. A. G. Dade } Com'rs. October 8. [10.] dts
SWEDISH IRON.
Best Swedish Bar-Iron, for sale at McCall's Nail Manufactory—Price One Hundred and Twenty Dollars per Ton. A. I. S. O.
A good assortment of Nails, Brads and Sprigs—which will be sold low for cash, or to punctual customers. October 14.
NOW LANDING
At Powell's wharf, from on board sloop Maria Antoinette, from St. Jago de Cuba, and for sale by the subscribers—
 62 hlds Molasses  65 barrels green Coffee  26 boxes Segars, superior qua.  ALSO ON HAND,  25 barrels Coffee  4700 lbs Bees Wax  270 Spanish Hides  10,000 bushels Salt.  Wadsworth and Butler. September 3. dly eotflaw
JAMES SANDERSON
Offers for sale very low,
 25 hogsheads Muscovado Sugar  70 bags green Coffee  15 hogsheads well flavored Rum  5 pipes Cognac Brandy  12 quarter casks Sherry Wine  12 bales Tennessee Cotton  As usual
A general assortment of the best Wines, Spirituous Liquors, Teas and Groceries. October 12. d

Alexandria Price Current.
CORRECTED WEEKLY.
   Articles. Per. Prices   Dolls. Cts. D. C.     Bread, Ship 100lb. 3 33   Navy 4   Pilot 5 25   Crackers 5 75   Beef cargo No. 1. bbl. 12   Bacon lb. 12 1/2 scarce   Butter for export 18 a 20   Coffee, West India 29 31   Cotton 24 plenty   Chocolate 22 25   Candles Mould 20 21   Dip 19 20   Spermaceti 50 53   Cheese, American 13 16   English none   Duck, Best Russia holts. 26   Fish, Salmon bbl. none   Herrings 4 25   Mackrel 8   Shad 7 50 8   Flax Seed 75 1 00   Flour Superfine 6   Fine 5 50   Midlings 4 50   Grain, Indian Corn bus. 75 80   Wheat 1 17 1 20   Rye 75   Barley 1   Oats 50   Hides, Spanish lb. 12 1/2   Hemp cwt. 9 11   Hogslard lb. 12 1/2   Iron ton 125 130   Leather, Sole lb. 22   Lime bbl. 2 25   Limes 5   Lemons none   Lumber 100ft.   Oak timber and scantling 5 7   Pine scantling 2 3   Boards 4-4 1 70   5-4 2 10   White do. common 4-4 1 50   do. clean 4-4 2 20   Hingles, Junp. 24 in. M. 4 50   Cornmon 3 50   Cypress 24 3   Do. 18 3   Staves hhd. 28   bbl. 20   bbl. Red Oak 10   hhd. do. 9   Meal bus. 1 00   Molasses gal. 30 33   Nankeens piece 84   Pork prime bbl. 16 18   Cargo 15 16   Southern 2d qual. 15 16   Plaister Paris c. pr. ton 6 50   Do. retail 10   Pimento 28 30   Pepper 24 25   Porter, American doz. 2 25   London none   Rice 100lbs. 4 50   Soap, Amer. white lb. dull 10 11   Do. brown 9   Castile 15 17   Salt-Petre, refined 21   Not refined 14   Spirits gall.   Brandy 4th proof 1 5 1 15   Rum Jam. 4th do 93 95   Antigua 2d 75 80   American 48 50   Whiskey 48 53   Sugar H. white 100lb 12   Do. brown 11   Candy white 13   Do. brown 11   Muscovado 1st qual. 11 50   Do. 2d do. 10 50 plenty.   Do. 3d do. 10   Loaf lb. 19 22   Salt St. Ubes bus. 70   Lisbon 80   Cadiz 80 plenty.   Liverpool blown 45   Do. coarse 50   Turk Island 90   Isle of May 70 75   Liverpool fine sack 3   Shot all sizes cwt. 13 50 14   Sheetings, Russia piece 22   Steel blistered cwt. 8 33   Crowley 17 18   TOBACCO, Alex. Ins. 6   Tobacco Md. 100lbs   Up. Patuxent 1st qual. 6 56   Do. 2d 5 50 6 52   Virginia 4 4 50   Lower do. 3 50 3 75   Rappahannock 4 50   Teas, Y. Hyson lb 90 100   Imperial 1 40 1 50   Tallow, Amer. 16 scarce   Wax Bees 37 1/2   Wines, Madeira pipe 260 300   Lisbon gal. 1 25 1 33   Sherry 1 50 1 75   Teneriffe 80 1 20   Claret doz. 8 12   Malaga gal. 95 1   Port 1 50 scarce.   Tin, in boxes 19 20  
PRICE OF STOCKS.
   Alexandria Bank, 196   Potomac do 97 1/2   Exchange on London, par.  
From the RICHMOND ENQUIRER.
TRIAL OF COLONEL A. BURR.
MOTION FOR COMMITMENT.
EXAMINATION OF EVIDENCE.
[CONTINUED.]
TUESDAY, September 29.
Mr. Wirt. If the object be to shake the credibility of the witness, is it not fair to him and the conduct of the cause to exhibit the whole letter?
Mr. Baker. A very ingenious mode has been adopted by the gentlemen. We put the questions and they undertake to furnish the answers, without leaving it to the witness to do it himself. We do intend to shake the credibility of gen. W. and to make him produce the shake himself.
Mr. McRae. I understand the court to say that the examination as to the contents of the letter shall have no effect unless the letter itself is produced.
Chief Justice. Gen. Wilkinson says that he has no recollection of the contents of the letter. The subject matter of the letter cannot be established by the examination. But the witness may be cross examined for the purposes avowed by the opposite counsel.
Mr. Wickham. Do you recollect that you did write to colonel Burr in 1806? A I have before stated that I have such an impression; but I have no recollection of the contents of any communication made to him, although I remember the motive which induced me to write.
Mr. Wickham. You have no recollection of any particular expression? A No. Except a letter of October or November 1805—6 Q Have you no recollection of any expression or sentiment expressed in your letter of 1806? A I have no recollection. Q Was it your expression that we should have a war with Spain? A It was my opinion, and there was a very general impression that we should have a war with that power. Do you recollect writing any thing respecting the measures of the government in relation to a war with Spain? Have you no recollection of any opinion expressed in a letter to col. Burr? A I do not recollect having expressed any opinion respecting the measures of the government. The only expression of which I have any idea is one used in a letter of October or November 1805, in which I believe I say, "I fear Miranda hastaken the bread out of our mouths."
Mr. Wickham. There were others published from you while in the neighborhood of the Spaniards. Have you copies of these letters here? I have the whole correspondence.
Mr. Wickham. We only want the letters of September & October, which state that war with Spain was inevitable.
Gen. Wilkinson. I think I may have said so, and I believe I have some papers here which throw some light on the subject. Here are my instructions to the officer who commanded the troops when they left St. Louis. (Gen. Wilkinson handed to Mr. Wickham copies of his instructions to col. Cushing.)
Mr. McRae. What is the date of those instructions? A The 6th and 8th of May 1806. Gen. Wilkinson said that he would with pleasure submit the whole correspondence, if he could do it consistent with his own ideas of propriety. But there are contained in it such secret military operations as it might be improper to expose.
Mr. Wickham. I think you state that at that time the expectation of a war with Spain was very general? A It was so; and if my instructions to Col. Cushing can be read, they will show my then impressions.
(Here Mr. McRae read the instructions of gen. Wilkinson to col. Cushing, dated the 6th and 8th of May, 1806; for which see notes K and L.)
Mr. Wickham. I think you have said that there was an universal expectation of a war with Spain, about the time when the troops of that nation crossed the Sabine? A Yes. I have said so. I had made arrangements for a general attack. Mr. Wickham. To what cause are we to ascribe the accommodation which took place between the two armies? A To a wish to spare the effusion of blood; and, perhaps, because on one side there were reluctance to fight. Q On which side? A On the side of Spain.
Mr. Wickham. Can you tell the particu-
lar motive which induced them to re-cross the Sabine, and change their position? A I think I can explain them. Immediately on my arrival at Natchitoches on the 24th of September, I addressed a letter to governor Cordero, whom I considered the commander in chief of the Spanish forces on that frontier. I communicated to him my orders from the president, and urged him, on the ground of right and of humanity, to withdraw his troops from the east side of the Sabine and re-cross that river. Whether this or the vigorous preparations for offensive operations which immediately commenced on my arrival at Natchitoches, produced the effect or not, I cannot tell. But the fact is that the Spaniards about the 27th of the month, raised their camp at Bayou Pierre, marching by their right intersected the highway from Natchitoches to Nacogdoches, about 20 miles in my front, pursued that route, and re-crossed the Sabine about the 29th or 30th.
Mr. Wickham. Was this after you had received the cyphered letter? A No. It was some time before.
Mr. Wickham. Had you any correspondence with the Spanish commandant, on the subject of col. Burr's expedition against Mexico? None. The earliest communications which I made on that subject were after my return to Natchez.
Mr. Wickham. Had the jurisdiction of the U. S ever been exercised as far as the Sabine? A I cannot tell.
Mr. Wickham. Was it in consequence of instructions from the government that you concluded the convention with the Spanish commandant? A No.
Mr. Wickham. I do not recollect whether that convention has ever been published. A Never.
Mr. Wickham. Have you any copy of that convention? A Yes. But until it shall be the pleasure of the government to publish it. I do not think myself at liberty to divulge the contents. I do not think it reconcilable to the duty of a military commander to anticipate his government in the publication of official communications.
Mr. Wickham. Were there any secret articles in that convention? A None. There was but one article.
Mr. Wickham. Was there any sum of money agreed to be paid on either side? A Not one cent.
Mr. Wickham. You note two letters to the President, one of the 21st of October, and the other of the 12th of November, 1806. Have you a copy of that of the 12th of November; and will you give me leave to ask, whether that letter was before the Grand Jury? A It was submitted to the Grand Jury.
(Mr. Wickham, said that they called for a copy of that letter if the counsel on the other side thought proper to oppose it they might do it at once.)
Mr. Hay. We shall certainly oppose the production of that letter. The President has been consulted on the subject; and he has excepted such parts as he thought it would be improper to produce.
The Chief Justice remarked, that after the president had been consulted, he could not think of requiring from gen. Wilkinson the exhibition of those parts of the letter which the president was unwilling to disclose.
Mr. Wickham. The whole letter having been before the Grand Jury and acted upon by them we certainly have a right to call for it also.)
Mr. Wickham. Were the Spaniards in considerable force on the east side of the Sabine? A They were reputed to be so.
Mr. Wickham. What was the strength of the army of the United States? A About 500 effective men.
Mr. Wickham. What orders did you receive from the government in the months of December and February last? A I cannot say what particular orders I received during those months. Owing to the frequent changes of my position, I was for more than six months without orders. But it is impossible for me to answer the interrogatory to the extent to which it is put, without subjecting myself to severe military penalties. Nothing can be more improper or dishonorable than to divulge military orders of a secret or confidential nature.
(Mr. Wickham. There can be no doubt but under the sanction of the oath which general Wilkinson has taken he may be compelled to give testimony as to the points on which he has been interrogated. In England, nothing is more common than for the most secret transactions to be disclosed in a court of justice. Considerations of delicacy in the witness have never been permitted to have any weight.)
Mr. Hay. There is a material difference. Those were cases between individuals;
this is a communication from the executive government. We are not at liberty to give into the secrets of the executive department to know what orders they give to their agents, and to proclaim these orders to the world; orders which were given for the public good. There can be no doubt but the public good does require that various orders of the government should forever remain a secret.
Mr. Wickham. The gentleman did not understand my question. I asked general Wilkinson what orders he had received from the government in relation to colonel Burr.)
Mr. Wickham. Did you receive any orders to attack colonel Burr and his party? A That question may require some qualification.
Mr. Wickham. Did you send any officers in disguise to take colonel Burr? A I sent three.
Mr. Wickham. Their names? (Mr. Hay said that he did not think general Wilkinson was bound to answer such questions; that he was not bound to furnish evidence against himself, or to subject himself to prosecution. Although he believed that the exigencies of the times would justify the measures which general Wilkinson had adopted, it was left with himself to determine whether he would answer the question or not.)
Gen. Wilkinson. If the question goes to criminate myself I presume I am not bound to answer it.
Chief Justice. Would general Wilkinson be subjected to an action for sending to apprehend colonel Burr, unless he had been seized?
Mr. Hay. It may go to criminate him as a military man. He may have acted without orders.
Mr. Wickham. I do not presume that he acted without orders; but under the orders of government.
The Chief Justice said, that he could not perceive the application of the evidence—but as evidence was introduced to show the flight of colonel Burr from Washington this, he presumed, was intended to account for it.)
Mr. Wickham. Will you state the names of the officers sent to apprehend col. Burr? A Captain Hook, lieutenant Peter, lieut. Mulford, doctor Davidson, of the army, and doctor Carmichael of the Mississippi, Territory.
Mr. Wickham. Did you direct them to go without uniform? A I believe I did.
Mr. Wickham. Did you direct them to conceal the object of their mission? A I feel great delicacy in revealing my orders.
(Genera. Wilkinson's testimony to be continued.)
(K)
ST. LOUIS, May 6th, 1806.
Sir, You are to embark to-morrow, and will sail early the next morning with Lockwood's and Strong's Cos. for Fort Adams, and on arriving there, you are to add Campbell's company to your detachment, and must proceed without a moment's unnecessary delay, up Red River to Natchitoches, where you are to take the command.
The point of your destination being deemed at present a critical one; it is desirable your companies should be kept complete to the establishment and for this purpose you are to make such disposition of the recruits ordered from Tennessee or elsewhere as may be found necessary.
Your remote position from the posts east of the Mississippi renders it convenient and necessary that they should, as heretofore, report directly to and receive orders from head-quarters, but the commandants are to report to you monthly, and will be liable to your orders as senior officer of the district, whenever the public service may require the interposition of your authority, which should be made with due caution to avoid clashing with the arrangements which may issue from head-quarters.
The posts west of the Mississippi are subject to your immediate command, and are to be governed accordingly. You are to appoint general courts martial within the limits of your district and to decide on all sentences which may not affect a commissioned officer agreeably to the rules and articles of war.
At the distance which separates us it would be vain and presumptuous to prescribe precise rules for your conduct in command, where the occurrence of incidents and change of circumstances may be so unexpected and variable as to baffle anticipation and to render positive orders destructive to the interests of the country. You are therefore to meet the public service with a sound discretion and will be

responsible for events. The trust is a high and important one; but it is with a pleasure I can observe that my experience of your judgment and capacity leaves no doubts on my mind, the result will justify the public confidence, & be honorable to your name and profession.  I will therefore submit one observation to your consideration: It is that you should not fail to employ the force confided to your command, wherever it may be found most necessary to protect or defend the rights and interests of our country within the sphere of your authority.  With the warmest wishes for your future happiness,  I am, sir,  Your faithful friend, and obedient servant, JAMES WILKINSON.  Col. T. H. CUSHING } 1st Reg't. Infantry. }
(D) Instructions from general Wilkinson to col. Cushing. St. LEWIS, May 8, 1806. 10 o'clock, A. M.
Advice yesterday received from major Porter, makes it my duty to direct the accommodation of your movements by every practicable means, and I trust that in the present state of the waters, you may reach Fort Adams on the 20th instant.  On arriving at that port, the information you may receive must determine the course of your conduct; should the Spaniards resume their positions east of the Sabine, or assumed a menacing aspect at Natchitoches, you must add to your command every man at Fort Adams except a mere locum tenens , leaving orders at this place for lieutenant colonel Kingsbury to fall down to the mouth of Red River and there wait the return of a sufficient number of your barges for his transport to the high grounds, from whence it may be expedient for you, to march the whole of your command excepting the boats crews.
I hope major Porter may have taken the precaution to transmit the executive copy of the information he has forwarded to me, and that you may receive from that source, at an early period, decisive instructions for your government; in the mean time, tho' war be our trade, it is not only opposite to the genius and disposition of our country, but also to its substantial interests. The sword must not, therefore, be drawn but in the last extremity, to punish outrage, to resist invasion, or repel attack.
Should indications justify it, (and you must take measures to ascertain, if possible, the designs of your neighbors,) you are to call to your aid, every man who can be spared from the garrison, under orders, and will employ every pains and exertion, to put them in the highest state of readiness for offensive operations.  You will find in the hands of major Porter an order from the secretary at war, which might justify you in pushing your neighbors beyond the Sabine river, should they have recrossed it to the Eastward. But as it appears in the public prints that a specific negotiation has on our part, entered these orders, you must not strain their construction to favor the effusion of blood and involve our country in the certain calamities and uncertain events of war.
Learn with all possible precision, the force composition and station of the troops opposed to you; be yourself prepared for combat and if a conflict must ensue, having previously animated your men by a strong exhortation, and sworn your officers in their presence, to fail or conquer, make your onset with the bayonet and your own glory; the honor of your arms and the interests of the nation, will be ensured and maintained.
Wishing you life and laurels, health and fame,  I am, your faithful friend and fellow soldier, JAS. WILKINSON.  Col. T. H. Cushing, first regiment U. S. Infantry.  P. S. You are to take with you from Fort Adams an eight inch howitzer, which you will find there equip and amply ammunition.
A great Bargain.  THE subscriber offers for sale the House lately purchased of the Bank. It will be sold much below its real value, and a credit given that shall suit the purchaser. If not sold shortly it will be rented.  A. Holbrook. October 9.
SALEM, Oct. 13.  Arrived brig Alonzo, Burges, from Leghorn—Left, July 5 the Nestor, for New York; Hett detained by the French; Robertson of New York, do. Spoke July 28, off Cape de Gatt, brig Dispatch, Jones 30 days from Boston, bound to Naples; but capt. Burges informed him, that Naples was blockaded by order of the king of Naples, together with all the ports of his late dominions. On the 4th August 25 leagues eastward of Ceuta, capt. Burges was taken by a Spanish boat; they robbed him of a number of articles, took out 3 of his men, put on board 7 Spaniards and ordered the brig for Albozeme, a Spanish port on the coast of Barbary, where the Spaniards send their convicts by some of which the gun boat was manned. Among capt B's men was an honest Portuguese, whom, as they could understand his tongue, they endeavored to induce to declare the property in the Alonzo to be English; for this purpose they threatened him, put him in irons, beat him, put a halter about his neck as if to hang him; and all these means failing, they offered him 500 dollars but he was too firm to be moved. The ignorant fellows who were put in possession of the Alonzo, finding themselves incapable of getting her into Albozeme, permitted capt. B. to carry her into Malaga, where she was immediately released as no cause of detention appeared against her. Capt. Burges demanded pay for damages; but instead of granting it, they charged him 158 dollars expenses. The U. S. frigate Constitution, capt Campbell, arrived at Malaga the 8th from Leghorn. On the 12th, a schooner arrived from America, with dispatches for capt. Campbell, in consequence of which he shortly after sailed for America, and sent the Hornet, (which was at Malaga) to Leghorn.
NEW YORK, October 10.  ADDITIONAL TRANSLATIONS FROM LATE FRENCH PAPERS.
Geographical Explanations of the Treaty of Tilsit.
"In the year 1805, the extent of Prussia was 1516 square leagues with a population of 9,893,315 inhabitants. In 1806, the king of Prussia acquired an increase of 16,000 subjects by the exchange with France of the provinces of Cleves, of Essen and Werden, of Anspach and of Neufchatel, against Hanover which reckons nine hundred thousand inhabitants. Prussia, therefore, had at the outset of the war 10,309,385 inhabitants; 5,097,593 of which she loses by the treaty of Tilsit. The following is the enumeration of her losses, as well as a statement of the countries remaining to her."
   Losses of Prussia in Westphalia.   Inhabitants.     The Oriental Frise 120,886   The principality of Osna-burgh 70,099   The counties of Lingen and of Ticklenberg 46,000   The county of Ravensberg 89,940   The principality of Minden 70,360   The county of Marck 137,000   The principality of Munster 127,000   The principality of Paderborn 93,900   The abbeys of Herforden, Elden and Cappenberg 10,000   770,686  
In Upper & Lower Saxony.
   The principality of Halberstadt 101,000   That part of the Duchy of Magdeberg, west of the Elbe 169,000   The Prussian part of the county of Mansfield 27,000   The county of Hohenstein 27,000   The principality of Hildesheim 110,000   The county of Eichfeld, & dependencies 84,000   The territory of Erfurt 45,000   The abbey of Quedlenberg 13,400   Hanover 900,000   The towns of Mulhausen, Nordhausen and Gostar 34,000   Besides the Kothuserkreiss in Lower Saxony 32,260   1,542,660  
In Franconia.
   The principality of Bayreuth 237,500  
In Prussia.
   Southern Prussia 1,419,027   The department of Bromberg with the circle of Culma 220,000   The department of Plock, in New Eastern Russia 315,540  
   The city and territory of Dantzick 80,000   That part of the department of Bialystock, of which the emperor of Russia acquires the six-sevenths 512,780   Grand total of the losses of Prussia in inhabitants, 5,097,593  
Present possessions in Prussia.
   Inhabitants.     That part of the Duchy of Magdeberg eastward of the Elbe 120,000   The March of Prignitz 79,000   The March of the Middle 556,000   The March of Uckeraine 96,000   The New March, the circle of Cothus being deducted, 291,400   Prussian Pomerania, 518,000   Silesia, 2,065,435   Eastern Prussia, 969,927   Western Prussia, 516,040   Total of the inhabitants on 8000 square leagues, 5,211,792   " Saxony, which reckons but 2,100,000 souls on 3023 square miles, has received by the treaty of Tilsit the following augmentations.   By the district of Cothus in Low Lusatie, 32,260   By the Duchy of Warsovia, 2,027,567 assessed as follows   Southern Prussia, 1,419,027   The department of Bromberg, with the circle of Culm, 220,000   The department of Plock, 315,540   A part of the department of Bialystock, 73,000   2,359,827  
Therefore Saxony has now 4,459,827 inhabitants. By the treaty of Tilsit Russia gains in the department of Bialystock 439,780 inhabitants, but she cedes with the small county of Jever, 14 to 15,000. Russia therefore has obtained an augmentation of 424,780 inhabitants.
The result is, that in deducting from the losses of Prussia the Duchy of Warsovia, the territory of Dantzic, the circle of Corbus, and that part of the department of Bialystock ceded to Russia, France has at her own disposal 2,336,983 inhabitants which revert to her from Prussia alone: but to this is to be added:
   Inhabitants.     The Electorate of Hesse Cassel and dependencies, 447,000   The Duke of Brunswick's States, 209,700   The principality of Fulde, 90,000   Total 746,700  
Therefore, the countries at the disposition of France, and the disposal of which is but partly known, contain 3,079,685 inhabitants.
Alexandria Daily Advertiser.
[MONDAY, OCTOBER 19.]
TRIAL OF COL. BURR.
LATEST PROCEEDINGS.  On Wednesday, Commodore Stephen Decatur was examined as a witness on the part of the United States.—Mr. Martin concluded his argument; which occupied on the whole 17 or 18 hours.
On Thursday Mr. Wickham continued the argument on behalf of the accused.
A letter from Liverpool of Sept. 9th, to a mercantile house in this city, contains the following:
"Letters from London speak to a certainty of matters being settled between this country and America. Messrs. Munro and Pinckney have had an audience with the Cabinet Council, and all is put straight again. The present ministry are more favorable to America than the last."
[New-York Mer. Ad.]  The Triumph, Capt. Sir Thomas Hardy, the Leopard, Capt. Humphries, and the Hamilton tender, have sailed for Halifax. The ships now on this station are the Bellona, and Ville de Milan.
[Norfolk Public Ledger.]
Commodore Barron, we understand, has so recovered from his late severe illness, as to be able to attend the court, which stands adjourned to Friday next. It will not be in our power to furnish our readers with any of the proceedings that may take place, it being contrary to usage to make public any part of them until the enquiry has terminated.
ibid.
We understand that the post master general has resigned.
It is supposed col. Patterson of Philadelphia may be his successor.
Aurora.
The Legislature of Connecticut have made choice of the hon. Samuel W. Dana
Esq. as a Senator in the Congress of the U. States, in the place of the hon. Uriah Tracy, Esq. deceased.
The election in the state of New Jersey concluded on Tuesday last—The federalists have obtained a majority in both houses of the legislature; of course that state, will at the next meeting of the legislature, have a federal governor.
From the N. York Evening Post.
The editor of the American Citizen, taking notice of the infamous attacks made by certain democratic papers, on chief justice Marshall, has expressed himself in a manner that does him infinite credit. After extracting a scandalous paragraph from a Baltimore paper entitled the Whig he goes on thus:
"Surely proof more ample than his patience, than his copious and elaborate opinions, is necessary to warrant this audacious assault on the chief justice of the supreme court of the U. S. What has become of the order and decorum, the sober reflection and the sedate reasoning for which the U. S. are distinguished, when this violence and outrage can pass without notice."
After several very proper remarks he concludes thus:
"If, however, I may be allowed to express my opinion, it is that the chief justice is not the real object of attack, but that in Baltimore, Philadelphia, and New York, a combination of a few men (and they are very few) exists to throw off the old and introduce a new order of things. I make no pretensions to the character of a prophet, but I beg the reader to bear the remark in mind. For the present I will only add that I stand on my old ground; that I have an eye on some bad men of our party in the other states, who are co-operating with a few dupes in this city, and that in due time I will expose them. The people at large know but little of what is now doing, and perhaps it is well that they do not."
Died at Norfolk on the 14th instant, on board the United States' frigate Chesapeake Lieut. Benjamin Smith, first lieut. of that frigate.
Wanted to Purchase or Hire, A NEGRO FELLOW, from 18 to twenty-five years of age.
Also, wanted to Purchase, From four to five hundred weight of prime GOOSE FEATHERS.
Apply to the Printer. October 19. 6t
SHOES.
I have this day received from Philadelphia and Boston,
An extensive assortment of SHOES, which I will sell low wholesale or retail—Among which are the following kinds, viz.
MURRAY'S embroidered } York and plain Kid and Mo- } Wirtemberg. rocco } & sping heels
From other Manufacturers.
Ladies, misses' and children's black and colored Morocco.
Ladies' Cork soa'd walking shoes.
Mens' and boy's shoes of different kinds.
Ephraim Gilman. Oct. 19. d3teo3t
CHARLES SLADE
Has received by the ship William and John, the chief part of his FALL GOODS, consisting of a general assortment of
HARDWARE;
Among which are—
Tin Plate in boxes, Crawley Steel, Shot, a general assortment of Sadlery, Locks, Hinges, Nails, Stove Grates, Andirons, Shovels and Tongs, Fenders, Coal Hods, Sheet Iron for stoves, &c.
Has likewise on hand and keeps a constant supply of
Stoves, Bar Iron, Blistered Steel, Hoop Iron, Cotton and Wool Cards, Nails and Brads, Pots, Dutch Ovens, Tea Kettles, &c. October 19. 3t
NOTICE.
THE subscriber, of the town and county of Alexandria, in the district of Columbia, has obtained from the Orphans' Court of the said county, letters of administration upon the personal estate of Doctor James Gillies, late of the town and county aforesaid deceased: All persons having claims against the said deceased, are hereby warned to exhibit them with proper vouchers thereof, on or before the first day of April next ensuing, or they may by law be excluded from all benefit of the said estate. And all those indebted thereto, are requested to make immediate payment. Given under my hand, this 29th day of September, 1807.
Frances Gillies, Adm x . September 29.

For BOSTON, The Schooner  MOHAWK, Capt. Newcomb; Will sail in a few days.—For freight or passage apply to Lawrafon and Fowle, Who have for sale, now landing, 20 bales up and cotton 700 sides seal leather 8 cases cotton and wool cards 20 boxes first quality Havana segars.  IN STORE, 7 bales Kendal cottons } will be sold at a 4 do. plains } small advance. 10 bales Beerboon gurrahs 700 sides seal leather 5 chests imperial } TEAS. 15 do. young hyson } 20 pipes Holland Gin, superior quality 5 pipes Bourdeaux } Brandy. 2 do. 4th proof Cogniac } 20 hogsheads } NEW-ENGLAND 50 barrels } RUM. 1 pipe L. P. Madeira wine cases claret do. 25 hogsheads retailing molasses 200 boxes mould } CANDLES. 10 do. spermaceti } 250 boxes brown soap 70 do. chocolate 50 do. cod fish 30 barrels and half barrels mackerel Hogsheads and barrels retailing sugars Spermaceti oil in small casks 100 dozen English sewing twine Bellona gunpowder, &c. October 6.
The Subscriber, At his Manufactory, Water-street, offers for sale,  Upwards of 12,000 wt. Soap, which, on inspection, will be found of a very superior quality. Mould and dipped Candles in boxes. South-Carolina Cotton, imbales. Ditto Rice, in tiers. And, as usual, first quality Philadelphia Porter, in hds. and bottles. William Dunlap. September 21, co
FOR SALE,  OAK HILL MILL, And two valuable Leases,  SITUATED in the county of Fauquier, on the great road leading from Ashby's and Manassas's Gap, in the Blue Ridge, to Alexandria, Falmouth, and Fredericksburg. The mill seat commands a fall of 24 feet in a very constant stream, issuing immedi- ately from the Cobler Mountain, and is im- proved by a merchant mill fifty-five by forty- five, three stories high, two of stone and one of wood, containing two water wheels, six feet in diameter, one pair of burr and one of Ancey stones, with the necessary run- ning gear and machinery, in perfect repair.— To the mill is attached a lot of twenty acres, in fee simple, on which there is a framed dwelling house, 38 feet by 20, with two rooms below stairs and two above, an unfinished por- ticó behind, of the whole length of the house and a porch in front, two excellent springs ri- sing within a few feet of the dwelling house, and the mill supply both with water. The leases are for two unexpired lives, con- tain one hundred acres each, and lay adjacent to each other, and to the mill lot. They have on them houses for the reception of tenants, twelve acres of improved timothy meadow, and one hundred and forty acres of inclosed land, adapted for plaster of Paris and re- clover, and now in a state of high cultivation. The terms of sale of the above property will be made to suit the convenience of the pur- chaser, to whom will be given an indisputable title. For the terms of sale or a view of the premises, application may be made to Robert Hereford, Esq. residing thereupon, who is fully authorized to dispose of the same—or to the subscriber. Charles Fenton Mercer. Little River, Loudoun county, Virginia, May 16. [18] lawtf P. S. If the above property is not sold by the first of October, it will, after that period, be rented out for one or more years. C. F. M.
25 Dollars Reward.  RAN AWAY , some time in the months of November or Dec. last, a negro man by the name of SAM, who was hired in the town of Alexandria to a Mr. Robert Smith. He was about 30 years of age, about 5 feet 10 or 11 inches high, very straight, of rather a yellowish or taney complexion, stutters a little, has a soft voice and generally seems humble and timid when spoken to. He had a wife at Col. Jemmerson's in the county of Caroline, and may perhaps be lurking in that neighborhood, but I think it more probable he may have gone to the state of Maryland. If taken in the state of Virginia and brought to me I will give the above reward; if in the state of Maryland and brought to me I will give 30 dollars reward. Baldwin M. Lee. Virginia, Westmoreland? county, July 24. [30] d.
Joseph Mandeville, Corner of KING and FAIRFAX-STREETS, ALEXANDRIA:  HAS FOR SALE,  An assortment of WINES, LI-  QUORS, GROCERIES, &c. Consisting of  MADEIRA Port } Sherry } Lisbon } WINES. Malaga } Teneriffe } Corsica } Old St. Estephe Medoc 1aret, in cases of one dozen A few dozen fine old frontinac Ditto do. best wine bitters Jamaica and West-India rum New-England do. Cognac, Bourdeaux and Naples brandy Holland and country gin Schiedam gin in cases Irish whiskey, very old 70 barrels Pennsylvania rye whiskey Cider in barrels White wine and Cider vinegar Florence oil in flasks 2 hogsheads Havana honey 15 do. choice retailing molasses Gunpowder Imperial Hyson Young Hyson Hyson-Skin and Souchong } TEAS of good quality. Muscovado sugars, different qualities Bengal white do. Loaf and Lump sugars, Philadelphia, Bal- timore and Alexandria. Leiper's, Garrett's, and Hamilton's salt in bottles and bladders. Macula and rapee do. Clover-seed, (Penn. warranted) Mace; nutmegs; cloves; cassia; pimen- to; pepper; ginger, race and ground; Cay- enne pepper; refined salt-petre. Coffee; chocolate; rice; pearl barley; London and Philadelphia mustard; basket salt; starch; fig blue; flout indigo; Geor- gia and Tennessee cotton; flax; wool; mad- der; copperas; allum; brimstone; chalk; pipes in boxes; wrapping paper and twine; traces; bed cords; leading lines; demijohns; gin cases; patent shot; brandywine gunpow- der; Harvey's gunpowder, [the only real Bri- tish battle powder] from F to treble scaled chewing tobacco; best Havana segars. Muscatel and bloom raisins in boxes. Sun raisins in casks. Zante currants; prunes; soft shelled al- monds. A few boxes excellent pickles, each one dozen bottles assorted; capers, olives and n- choes for sale by the box. A quantity of clean good allum salt suitable for the fishery, &c. &c.
JAMES BACON, At his Center 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 qua-  lities, Leaf and Lump ditto, Gunpowder, Imperial, Hyson, Young Hyson, Hyson-Skin, and Souchong } TEAS, particularly select- ed for family use. Best green Coffee, Chocolate, of a superior quality Madeira, Buscellos, Sherry, Lisbon, Teneriffe, Malaga, and Genuine old Port } WINE S. Cognac and Bourdeaux Brandy, Old Jamaica Spirit, for family use, Antigua, St. Croix, St. Vincents, and New England Rum, Holland Gin, Irish and country Whisky, Molasses, Wine, and Cider Vinegar, Stoughton's Bitters, Mace, nutmegs, cloves, cassia, pimento, Cayenne and black pepper, race and ground ginger, basket salt for table use, pearl barley, rice, starch, fig blue, soap, mould, dipt and spermaceti candles, refined salt-petre, flout indigo, allum, copperas, madder, brimstone, spinning cotton, patent shot all sizes, best en- glish and country wad gunpowder, segars and smoking tobacco, very best chewing to- bacco. Hamilton and Leiper's Gunpowder, Hunter's pipes in boxes. London mustard, warranted of a superior quality, Dixon's best ditto, wrapping paper demijohns, &c. &c. with generally every ar- ticle in his line—the whole of which have been selected with care, and will be disposed of on the very lowest terms Printing in its various branches, executed at this office.
Just Published, For sale by R. GRAY, Bookseller, in King- street Alexandria:  The Life of Gen. Washington, BY DAVID RAMSAY, M. D. Author of the American Revolution. Price in boards, $2 50 Price to non-subscribers 3 dollars. October 13.
Bank of Potomac, OCTOBER 9, 1807.  NOTICE is hereby given the Stockhold- ers of this institution, that an Election for twelve Directors, for the ensuing year, will be held at the Court-House, in this town on the second Monday of November next. By order of the President and Directors. C. PAGE, Cashier. October 9. 2 aw t 9th Nov
Valuable Property for Sale,  TO BE SOLD, in four distinct lots or to- gether, four acres of LAND, contain- ing from one and a quarter acre to two acres each, most eligibly situated without the terri- tory of Columbia, extending in a right line from Gibbon-street to Great-Hunting-Creek, intersecting Jefferson, Franklin, and Green- street, and bounding east and west on Faye- ette and Payne-streets. A plan of the ground and further particulars may be obtained by application to James Patton, June 22. lawtf
NOTICE.  ALL those who have any claims or de- mands against the estate of John Dun- lap, merchant, late of the town of Alexandria, are hereby informed, to bring in their ac- counts, legally proved, before the first day of November next, at which time a full and final settlement and distribution of his estate, will be made. Should any accounts be exhibited after that period, they will be disregarded, and this Notice pleaded in bar of them. Those that are indebted to the estate, will be pleased to make immediate payment. Samuel Craig, William Herbert, } Exr's. April 6. 3law
PROSPECTUS OF  LEWIS AND CLARK'S TOUR TO THE  PACIFIC OCEAN, THROUGH THE INTERIOR OF THE CONTINENT OF NORTH AMERICA, Performed by order of the Government of the United States. During the years 1804, 1805, and 1806. This work will be prepared by Capt. Meri- weather Lewis, and will be divided into two parts, the whole comprized in three volumes octavo, the first containing at least seven hun- dred pages, the second and third from four to five hundred each, printed on good paper, and a fair pica type. The several volumes in suc- cession will be put to press at as early peri- ods as the avocations of the author will per- mit him to prepare them for publication. This distribution of the work has been made with a view to the accommodation of every description of readers, and is here of- fered to the patronage of the public in such shape, that all persons wishing to become sub- scribers, may accommodate themselves with either of the parts, or the entire work, as it shall be most convenient to themselves. Subscriptions received by ROBERT GRAY, Alexandria. Detached from this work, there will be pub- lished  LEWIS AND CLARK'S  MAP OF NORTH AMERICA.
From longitude 98 west, to the Pacific Ocean, and between 36 and 52, north latitude, with extensive Marginal Notes. Dimensi- ons five feet eight inches by three feet ten inches. Embracing all their late discoveries, and that part of the continent heretofore the least known. This map will be compiled from the best maps now extant, as well published as in manuscript, from the collective information of the best informed travellers through the various portions of that region, and corrected by a series of several hundred celestial obser- vations, made by Captain Lewis during his late tour.
For the convenience of subscribers, these several works will be delivered at the most respectable commercial towns, and at the seats of government of the respective states and territories within the Union: no advance is required, nor will payment be demanded un- til such delivery is made. The price of part the first, in two vols. will be ten dollars, and that of part the se- cond, in one volume, eleven dollars, delivered in boards. Price of the M.p. ten dollars. *** Any persons who may have subscribed for these works, to lists which contained no stipulated prices for the same, and who may be dissatisfied with the terms now proposed, are at liberty to withdraw their names from such lists, at any time prior to the 1st day of December next. M. LEWIS. Philadelphia, June 3. [Aug. 7.]
District of Columbia, County of Alexandria, ss. July Charles I. Callett and Ann his wife, complainants vs Thomas Fairfax, and the said Tho's Fairfax, executor of the said last will and testa- ment of Bryan Lord Fairfax, deceased, defendants. This cause coming on to be heard this 4th day of August, 1807, upon the bill and exhibits herein referred to, and it appear- ing to the court that the said bill hath been duly and regularly taken for confessed, and that cause set for decree upon the bill and exhibits, the court doth decree and order that Master Commissioner Moore, do make up and state an account and report between the complain- ants and the defendant, in his private & fidu- ciary character, upon the subjects in the bill mentioned; to state an account of one fourth part of the rents of the land, at and near the falls of the Potomac river, which land was for- merly leased to Semple, and which became due after the death of the said Bryan Lord Fairfax the Testator, and during the life of his wife Jane Fairfax the mother of the com- plainant Anne, and the interest on the same; and also state what portion of the said rents have been received by the said Thomas Fair- fax or his agents; also take an account of all the Household Furniture, and also of the Horses, Cattle and other stock which were on the land bought by the said Bryan Lord Fair- fax of Bennet, at the time of the said Bryan Lord Fairfax's death; also take an account of the annual rents and profits of that part of the Tract of Land in Fairfax County called Tol- son Grange, which is included in a deed of gift from the said Bryan Fairfax to the said Thomas Fairfax, from the time of the date of the said deed to the said Thomas Fairfax, to the time of the death of the said Bryan Lord Fairfax, and from the time of his death, to that of the death of the said Jane Fairfax; also to state an account of the administration of the defendant stating not only the debts due from and to the estate of the said Bryan Lord Fair- fax, distinguishing such of the debts as are separate from such as are not; and also the amount of the assets of the estate of the said Bryan Lord Fairfax, and to state what speci- fic legacies the said Bryan Lord Fairfax left, and what has become of the said legacies. And to enable the said Commissioner to per- form this Decree of Order, he is at liberty to examine witnesses upon oath, and report their testimony together with the several accounts so taken, to this Court, at their next session. A Copy. Teste. G. Deneale, C. C. October 5. 2aw.
The Parties in the above cause are hereby notified that I shall on Monday the se- cond day of November in this year commence my attendance at 10 o'clock in the forenoon of that day to go into the business directed by the above decree and order, at my office in the town of Alexandria, when and where they are required to give attendance with their Proofs, Documents and Exhibits. Cleon Moore, M. C. Commissioners Office, Oct. 5, 1807 2aw
Robert Gray, Bookseller, King-street, Alexandria, has lately received for sale the following Articles. Reeves's water colors, in boxes, con- taining from six to eighteen colors; ladies japan dressing cases; japan ink-chests; dura- ble ink for marking linen; superfine warrant- ed black lead pencils; pounce and pounce boxes, camels' hair pencils for drawing; su- perfine red sealing wax; indian ink; parch- ment; violin strings, bows and bridges; Ger- man flutes; one well finished clarinet; one hautboy; instructions for flute and violin; tooth powder and brushes; red military fea- thers; black do. with red tops; pocket ther- mometers; mathematical instruments; writ- ing and wrapping paper; quills; wafers; bonnet boards; fullers' press boards, &c. &c. Also the following late Publications. Warren's American revolution, 3 vols. oct. Mease's geological view of the U. States. Mrs. Opie's simple tales, 2 vols. 12 mo. boards. Novice of St. Dominick, by Miss Ow- son; Margareta, by a young lady of Philadel- phia. Domestic Cookery; Murphy's life of Gar- rick; Steuben's military discipline; Azani's maritime law; pieces of Irish history, by W. J. Mac Nevan, &c. For sale by the dozen. School bibles and testaments; Scott's les- sons; Murray's English reader; introduction to reading; Columbian orator; looking-glass for the mind; Philadelphia latin grammas school dictionaries assorted; spelling-books; primers; slates; playing and message cards; ink-powder; bonnet boards, &c. &c. ON HAND, A large stock of ready-made blank books of various sizes; blank account books rule and bound to any given pattern, at a short no- tice. October 5. PRINTED DAILY BY  SAMUEL SNOWDEN, (For the Preceptor.)