Alexandria daily advertiser (Alexandria [Va.]), 1807-09-30 00:00:00

Alexandria Daily Advertiser.
VOL. VII]
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 1807.
[No. 2030.]
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 hand 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.
WANTED
A middle aged woman, capable of managing a house. To one of good character liberal wages will be given. Enquire of the Printer.
Sep. 9. d
JUST RECEIVED,
Per Schooner Freighter , Capt. Thomas, from Portland, and for sale by Lawrason and Fowle,
45,000 feet prime boards 100 barrels New-England rum 2 pipes cognac Brandy, 4th proof 100 sides seal leather.
September 12. d
SOAL LEATHER,
600 sides RED SOAL LEATHER, just received and for sale by Lawrason and Fowle,
who have also on hand, 4 bales plains 7 ditto Kendall cottons—which they sell on liberal terms.
September 18. d
NOW LANDING
At Vowell's wharf, from on board ship Maria Antonetta , from St. Jago de Cuba, and for sale by the subscribers—
62 hlds Molasses 65 barrels green Coffee 226 boxes Segars, superior qua. ALSO ON HAND, 25 barrels Coffee 1700 lbs Bees Wax 270 Spanish Hides 10,000 bushels Salt. Wadsworth and Butler.
September 3. dlw cotf
Public Sale.
By virtue of a deed of trust from PHILIP WATSON and MARY his wife, to the subscribers, to secure a debt owing by him to the Bank of Alexandria, on THURSDAY the 8th day of October next, 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 Poinsett-street, the ground is thirty feet some inches front on Prince-street, the building nearly covers the whole front, the building is ensured.
James Keith, John C. Herbert,
September 18 [17] dts
Russia Sheerings & Ravens Duck.
Just received a few Bales— FOR SALE BY
John G. Ladd.
September 26. d
Public Sale.
On SATURDAY, the 10th day of October next, will be sold, on the premises,
A Tract of Land, belonging
to the estate of Captain Richard Conway, deceased; containing seven hundred and thirty-nine and half acres, adjoining the lands of William Fitzhugh, Mrs. Washington, of Hayfield, Mr. Dulany and Mr. Cooke, and lying between six and seven miles from Alexandria. A particular description of the land is supposed unnecessary, as any disposed to purchase will probably examine it.—The terms of sale will be on a credit of six, twelve and eighteen months; bond, with approved security, together with a mortgage on the premises will be required. Persons disposed to attend the sale will meet at 11 o'clock, at Mr. Benson's tavern, on the Colchester road, from whence it is proposed to proceed to the land and to commence the sale precisely at 12 o'clock. This tract will be divided to accommodate purchasers.
And on the Monday following, the 12th day of October,
Will be sold, on the premises,
A tract of Land, lying on the
west side of the old road leading from the falls church to Alexandria, containing one hundred and eighty-five acres, being a part of a tract of land sold by William H. Territt to Baldwin Dade. This land will be laid off in lots of about twenty-five acres each.
At the same time and place will be sold,
Some Lots of the Stump Hill
Tract, containing from three to five acres each—the terms of sale the same as the above.
And on Wednesday, the 14th of the same month,
Will be sold for ready money, at public auction, at the coffee-house, in Alexandria,
Thirty-six Shares of Alexandria Bank Stock.
WILLIAM HERBERT, N. FITZHUGH, E. I. LEE.
September 15. dts
Notice is hereby given,
THAT in consequence of a deed of trust from Henry D. Hooe, late of Prince William county, deceased, to secure the sum of three hundred and eighty-one pounds nineteen shillings and three pence, due to Alexander Smith, of Alexandria, from the said H. D. Hooe—on the first day of the next district court to be held at Hay-Market, in Prince William county, (being the 18th day of next month) I shall proceed to sell to the highest bidder, for ready money, A TRACT OF LAND, situate in the county of Fauquier, containing one hundred and fifty acres—which Land has on it a Mill, a Store House and a comfortable Dwelling House, with necessary Out Houses; is situated about five miles from Hay-Market, and was formerly occupied by Nathan Matthew. The sale will take place at the tavern of Benjamin Bronough, in the town of Hay-Market.
R. Young.
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.
M. B. The Subscriber has a complete assortment well adapted for the Winter Season, and can supply wholesale purchasers on advantageous terms.
Richard Horwell.
Sept. 25 dóm.
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 ease designed in the construction of the article.
Richard Horwell.
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 25. dif
Wanted to Purchase,
From four to five hundred weight of prime Goose Feathers.
Apply to the Printer.
Wanted to Purchase or Hire,
A NEGRO FELLOW, from 18 to 25 years of age.
Apply as above.
September 25. dt
PUBLIC SALE.
On TUESDAY, the 6th day of October next, will positively be sold, at the Vendue-Store, on a credit of three months, for approved endorsed negotiable notes,
Two bales of Broad Cloths, from 11 to 18 shillings sterling costs.
2 ditto napt and plain Coatings, from 6 to 12 shillings sterling costs.
P. G. Marsteller.
September 24
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 Thursday the 1st day of October next, 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 12 o'clock.
Cuthbert Powell, Phineas Janney, Thomas Janney, Com'rs.
Sept. 8. dts
Land for Sale.
TO be Sold, on the premises, on Thursday the 15th of October next, a small TRACT OF LAND, lying in the county of Fairfax, containing about one hundred and forty acres. This Land lies about seven or eight miles of Alexandria and George-Town, has a sufficient quantity of wood and meadow land, and is well watered. It lies adjoining the seat of Dr. Henry Rose, and would make a comfortable retreat for a town family in the sickly season. Capt. Joseph Powell will shew the Land to any person wishing to view it, before the day of sale, when the terms which is expected to be accommodating, will be made known by
The Legatees of Nathan Smith, dec'd.
September 9. dts
BRYAN HAMPSON
HAS FOR SALE.
  10 pipes old port  WINES.    5 do. Madeira    30 quarter casks Lisbon    12 do. particular Teneriffe    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  TEAS.    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    30 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
ALMANACS for 1808,
Just published and for sale, by Cotton and Stewart.
August 24
Public Sale.
On TUESDAY next, will be sold, at the Vendue-Store, on a credit of four months,
One pipe, four half pipes, and seven quarter-casks of Madeira Wine, of a superior quality.
P. G. Marsteller.
September 29.
Public Sale.
On TUESDAY next, will be sold, at the Vendue-Store,
One bale of Rose Blankets, & one bale of Negro Cottons, on a credit of ninety days.
P. G. Marsteller.
September 29.
FOR SALE,
The Schooner INDUSTRY, Lying at Col. Gilpin's wharf, burthen upwards of 45 tons, firm and sound—serviceable for the bay or river.—For terms apply to
G. STAY, Prince-street.
September 29. St
Thirty casks fresh Rice,
Just received, And for sale by
Mordecai Miller.
September 22. d
NOTICE.
Under the authority of a deed of trust from Thomas West to the subscriber, to satisfy a debt due to John Hodgkin's, of seven hundred sixty-two dollars forty-two cents—on TUESDAY the 6th day of October, will be exposed to public sale, on the premises, in Lots containing from 10 to 14 acres—
A Tract of Land, near Alexandria, to the north of the new turnpike road, and lying on the east of Stump-Hill, being one moiety of a tract of land commonly called "Pearson's Tract."
The terms of sale will be—One-third cash, one-third in sixty, and one-third in ninety days. Conveyances to be made on the receipt of the last instalment. The title papers will be shown on the day of sale—Sale to begin at twelve o'clock.
R. MOTT.
September 28. dts
Just Received,
By the brig Louisa , John Macnamara, master, from Madeira,
And for Sale by the Subscriber,
7 pipes and 12 quarter casks prime London particular WINE, of the brand of Scott & Co. fit for immediate use.
James Patton.
August 21
ALSO,
Bills on London for Sale,
Drawn by J. P.
The subscriber has on hand,
A few Bales of GOODS, suitable to the approaching season, which he will dispose of at a low advance, on a liberal credit, viz.
 BLUE KERSEYS  BLUE CLOTH  MIXED COATINGS  BAIZES  WHITE SWANSKIN  MIXED FLANNELS  NARROW CLOTHS  FLANNEL SERGE  BEAVER COATING  7 DOWLAS 
Also, just Landing,
13 hlds. St. Croix SUGAR, of good quality.
2 punchees St. Croix RUM, 3d prf. and
3 pipes Cognac BRANDY, 4th prf.
James Patton.
September 10. d
Valuable Property for Sale.
TO BE SOLD, in four distinct lots or together, four acres of LAND, containing from one and a quarter acre to two acres each, most eligibly situated without the territory 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 Fayette and Payne-streets.
A plan of the ground and further particulars may be obtained by application to
James Patton.
June 22. sawlt

TRIAL
OF COLONEL A. BURR.
(Continued by adjournment and held at the Capitol in the Hall of the House of Delegates,) for High Treason against the U. States.
OPINION
Of the Court on the motion to arrest the evidence. Delivered on
MONDAY, August 31.
[CONTINUED.]
The second point in this division of the subject is the necessity of adducing the record of the previous conviction of some one person who committed the fact alleged to be treasonable.
This point pre-supposes the treason of the accused, if any has been committed, to be accessory in its nature. Its being of this description according to the British authorities, depends on the presence or absence of the accused at the time the fact was committed. The doctrine on this subject is well stated, has been most copiously explained and need not be repeated. That there is no evidence of his actual or legal presence is a point already discussed and decided. It is then apparent that, but for the exception to the general principle which is made in cases of treason, those who assembled at Blannerhasset's island, if that assemblage was such as to constitute the crime, would be principals, and those who might really have caused that assemblage, although in truth the chief traitors, would in law be principals.
It is a settled principle in the law that the accessory cannot be guilty of a greater offence than his principal. The maxim is, accessorius sequitur naturam sui principis; the accessory follows the nature of his principal. Hence results the necessity of establishing the guilt of the principal before the accessory can be tried. For the degree of guilt which is incurred by counselling or commanding the commission of a crime, depends upon the actual commission of that crime. No man is an accessory to murder unless the fact has been committed.
The fact can only be established in a prosecution against the person by whom a crime has been perpetrated. The law supposes a man more capable of defending his own conduct than any other person and will not tolerate that the guilt of A. shall be established in a prosecution against B. Consequently if the guilt of B. depends on the guilt of A, A must be convicted before B can be tried. It would exhibit a monstrous deformity indeed in our system if B might be executed for being accessory to a murder committed by A, and A should afterwards upon a full trial be acquitted of the fact. For this obvious reason, although the punishment of a principal and accessory was originally the same, and although in many instances it is still the same, the accessory could in no case be tried before the conviction of his principal, nor can he yet be tried previous to such conviction, unless he requires it, or unless a special provision to that effect be made by statute.
If then, this was a felony, the prisoner at the bar could not be tried until the crime was established by the conviction of the person by whom it was actually perpetrated.
Is the law otherwise in this case, because in treason all are principals?
Let this question be answered by reason and by authority.
Why is it that in felonies, however atrocious, the trial of the accessory can never precede the conviction of the principal? Not because the one is denominated the principal and the other the accessory, for that would be ground on which a great law principle could never stand. Not because there was in fact a difference in the degree of moral guilt, for in the case of murder committed by a hardy villain for a bribe, the person plotting the murder and giving the bribe, is, perhaps, of the two, the blacker criminal; and, were it otherwise, this would furnish no argument for precedence in trial.
What then is the reason? It has been already given. The legal guilt of the accessory depends on the guilt of the principal, and the guilt of the principal can only be established in a prosecution against himself.
Does not this reason apply in full force to a case of treason?
The legal guilt of the person who planned the assemblage on Blannerhasset's island depends not simply on the criminality of the previous conspiracy, but on the
criminality of that assemblage. If those who perpetrated the fact be not traitors, he who advised the fact cannot be a traitor. His guilt then, in contemplation of law, depends on theirs, and their guilt can only be established in a prosecution against themselves. Whether the adviser of this assemblage be punishable with death as a principal or as an accessory, his liability to punishment depends on the degree of guilt attached to an act which has been perpetrated by others, and which, if it be a criminal act, renders them guilty also. His guilt therefore depends on theirs, and their guilt cannot be legally established in a prosecution against him.
The whole reason of the law then relative to the principal and accessory, so far as respects the order of trial, seems to apply in full force to a case of treason committed by one body of men in conspiracy with others who are absent.
If from reason we pass to authority, we find it laid down by Hale, Foster, and East, in the most explicit terms, that the conviction of some one who has committed the treason must precede the trial of him who has advised or procured it. This position is also maintained by Leach in his notes on Hawkins, and is not, so far as the court has discovered, any where contradicted.
These authorities have been read and commented on at such length that it cannot be necessary for the court to bring them again into view. It is the less necessary because it is not understood that the law is controverted by the counsel for the United States.
It is, however, contended, that the prisoner has waived his right to demand the conviction of some one person who was present at the fact, by pleading to this indictment.
Had this indictment even charged the prisoner according to the truth of the case, the court would feel some difficulty in deciding that he had by implication waived his right to demand a species of testimony essential to his conviction. The court is not prepared to say that the act which is to operate against his rights, did not require that it should be performed with a full knowledge of its operation. It would seem consonant to the usual course of proceeding in other respects in criminal cases that the prisoner should be informed that he had a right to refuse to be tried until some person who committed the act should be convicted, and that he ought not to be considered as waiving the right to demand the record of conviction, unless with the full knowledge of that right he consented to be tried. The court, however, does not decide what the law would be in such a case. It is unnecessary to decide it, because pleading to an indictment in which a man is charged as having committed an act, cannot be construed to waive a right which he would have possessed, had he been charged with having advised the act. No person indicted as a principal can be expected to say I am not a principal, I am an accessory; I did not commit, I only advised the act.
The authority of the English cases on this subject depends in a great measure on the adoption of the common law doctrine of accessory to treasons. If that doctrine be excluded, this branch of it may not be directly applicable to treasons committed within the United States. If the crime of advising or procuring a levying of war be within the constitutional definition of treason, then he who advises or procures it must be indicted on the very fact, and the question whether the treasonableness of the act may be decided in the first instance, in the trial of him who committed it, will depend upon the treason, as it respects the law of evidence, which produced the British decisions with regard to the trial of principal and accessory, rather than on the positive authority of these decisions.
This question is not essential in the present case, because if that crime be within the constitutional definition, it is an overt act of levying war, and to produce a conviction ought to have been charged in the indictment.
The law of the case being thus far settled, what ought to be the decision of the court on the present motion? Ought the court to set and hear testimony which cannot affect the prisoner, or ought the court to arrest that testimony? On this question much has been said—much that perhaps may be ascribed to a misconception of the point really under consideration. The motion has been treated as a motion confessedly made to stop relevant testimony, and in the course of the argument it has been repeatedly stated by those who oppose the motion, that irrelevant testimony, may and ought to be stopped. That this statement is perfectly correct, is one of those fundamental principles in judicial proceedings which is acknowledged by all and is founded in the absolute necessity of the thing. No person will contend that in a civil or criminal case, either party is at liberty to introduce what testimony he pleases, legal or illegal, and to consume the whole term in details of facts unconnected with the particular case. Some tribunal then must decide on this admissibility of testimony. The parties cannot constitute this tribunal for they do not agree.
The jury cannot constitute it, for the question is whether they shall hear the testimony or not. Who then but the court can constitute it? It is of necessity the peculiar province of the court to judge of the admissibility of testimony. If the court admit improper, or rejects proper testimony, it is an error of judgment, but it is an error committed in the due exercise of their judicial functions.
(To be continued.)
MOTION FOR COMMITMENT.
EXAMINATION OF EVIDENCE.
MONDAY, Sept. 20.
Continuation of Jacob Dunbaugh's Evidence.
Mr. Hay. State what passed between col. Burr and yourself about your getting people to join him.
Witness. I stopt before with saying, that col. Burr had not spoken to me to engage citizens: But he had spoken to me about soldiers: On the 30th of December, after col. Burr had obtained capt. Bissell's consent for me to go with him, I went to col. Burr where he was encamped about a mile or two below the garrison at Fort Massac on the Indiana side. Col. B. asked me into his cabin (a private room he had) and asked me if I could not get ten or twelve of the best men in the garrison to go along with him. I asked him how it was to be done. He said, "get them to desert." I told him no. He asked me if I could not steal out of the garrison, arms, such as muskets, fuses and rifles. I told him that I would not, if I could, for him or any other man on earth; that I had always been well treated by the officers of the army. I told him I had a rifle of my own, and he told me to bring it with me and he would pay me for it. I started then to the garrison, and prepared myself to go; that was, after col. B. had obtained liberty of my captain.
The counsel for the accused contended that this kind of testimony was not at all relevant to the subject. After some discussion the examination proceeded.
At the mouth of Cumberland, Walter Davidson engaged a man by the name of Casey. Q. On what terms? Witness. I do not particularly recollect. Q. How do you know that Davidson was the agent of col. Burr? Witness. He belonged to the party and told me was an agent for col. Burr. The substance of the engagement was, he was to receive 12 1/2 dols. per month for 6 months, clothes and victuals for 6 months, and 100 acres of land, to fight against all opponents. This Mr. Davidson, Plumb, & Andrew Wood, were sent to New Madrid to enlist more men. The witness here returned to that point in his narration at which he had been interrupted on his former examination. When I returned to Fort Massac on the 29th Dec. I gave col. Burr's compliments to captain Bissell and told him that col. B. had sent him a barrel of apples. The next day, 29th, his Mr. Davidson, Plumb and Andrew Wood, came to the garrison very early in the morning, in a skiff; this was the time when they told me that they were going to enlist more men for col. Burr. They bought a skiff of me, that was left with me to sell by a Mr. Culer, a surveyor, their own skiff was afterwards carried off by col. Burr's party. That evening after sundown, a barge came down to Fort Massac with 12 men in it. Col. Tyler & major Hill were in it, and I think also major Smith. They went up to capt. Bissell's quarters, where they staid about 20 minutes; and I then heard col. Tyler tell the boat's crew to return to where col. B. was encamped; with some other instructions that I did not hear. Between 12 or 1 o'clock that night col. Burr's boats passed by the fort, and landed about one or two miles below the garrison.
(Mr. Hay. How many men were then in the garrison? A. 44 men. Q. Was that the usual compliment of men? No; some of the troops had gone to Newport, and some to other places. Q. Was there any artillery? A. None. Q. How wide is the river at that place? A. About a mile wide.)
Next morning captain Bissell told me to get 6 men with the clinker boat, to take him down the river a small piece. While the men were getting ready, a Mr. Fort (perhaps his christian name was John) who had been lying there several days, asked me how I would like to go along. I told him I should like it very well, if I could get leave to go. He told me he had been speaking to captain Bissell the evening before, and that captain Bissell had consented to let me go. While the boat was getting ready captain Bissell, colonel Tyler, major Hill and I believe major Smith, came down. Captain Bissell got into his own boat; the rest pushed off in the boat that had been lying there several
days and fell down in company with him to where colonel Burr was encamped. Captain Bissell went into colonel Burr's boat, and while there, colonel Burr asked him, to let me go with him. I heard him because though I was not in the same room, there was a thin partition between us, and I heard him ask captain Bissell. I did not hear captain Bissell's answer. Captain Bissell came out got into his own boat, and after going one or two hundred yards, we landed and walked up to the garrison. On the 30th December while I was in the military store, a man came in, who brought two letters from colonel Burr. He gave one to Bissell one, and the other to me. Captain Bissell went out and after I had done in the store, he called me, took me through the Sally Port to the back of the garrison, and asked me whether colonel Burr had been speaking to me, about a furlough. I told him no. He asked me whether I wanted a furlough to go. I told him with an approbation and advice. I would take one. Captain Bissell said, he would not advise me; but if I wanted one for 20 days, he would give me one. He told me, before the 20 days were out, I should see the general. He asked me, if col. B. had told me any secrets, and if he had, that I must keep them to myself. I accepted of captain Bissell's offer, and he told me to get ready to go with colonel Burr. I then went & saw colonel Burr, and the conversation passed about the men and arms which I have already related. That evening (on the 30th December) captain Bissell sent for me to his quarters, and told me, he was going to advise me, what I was to do; he advised me never to forsake colonel Burr, that he would do something for me. He told me, that if ever col. B. got on a field of battle never to leave him on the ground. At the same time he made me a present of a silver breast-plate. That evening I went to captain Bissell's for my furlough. He gave me a furlough, with a letter to general Wilkinson, to be delivered by colonel Burr. Col. B. had then started, and I was to give him the letter as soon as I overtook him. On the 31st December, being the day for muster and inspection, I asked cap. B. if I was to show my clothing; I said they were all packed up and on board. He told me I must borrow some for inspection, which I accordingly did, agreeably to his orders. Whilst the men were on parade, I went to his lady's quarters, to take my leave, and on my return, captain Bissell having brought the men to a ground, he told me, "Dunbaugh, I wish you success, let you go where you will." I wanted to see Dr. Tuttle before I went, and capt. B. told me, if I had no particular business, I had better go on, and if any one asked me where I was going, I was to say, I was only going a few miles down the river, and that I was coming back again. There was one of col. Burr's boats with 8 hands to take me to him.
We overtook Col. B. on the 1st January at New-Madrid. I handed him the letter for gen. Wilkinson, and he broke it open. I told him, the letter was for gen. W. He asked pardon, took me into his cabin, and sealed it up. I asked him, what boat I was to go in, and he said, in his own; as its accommodations were better than in any other. We left New-Madrid about 11 or 12 o'clock that day (1st Jan.) Andrew Wood, remained at New-Madrid, and Plumb and Walter Davidson, who had been sent on to enlist men, got on board the boats; and Mr. Hopkins was left in their places to enlist—After we got into the stream, a keel boat came along side; and took col. B. into another boat some hundred yards off. I saw him on the bow of that boat giving some instructions, but I could not hear him. Major Floyd had charge of this keel-boat and crew; and I understood they were instructed to be at Natchez in 4 days. When we got within 45 miles of the Chickasaw Bluffs, col. Burr asked me if I would go ahead with him to C. Bluffs, in a small boat, as I was acquainted with the river. I told him I would. We got into a small boat with 12 more men, and he gave general orders to the other boats to follow so as to reach the Bluffs next morning. We got there between 12 & 1 o'clock at night, (3d Jan.) After we landed, col. B. told me I must go up to the garrison, and ask the commanding officer, if he could not get quarters, that night for himself and men. When I arrived at the garrison, I was conducted to lieutenant Jackson's quarters. He returned his compliments, and said he would furnish them with lodgings. Col. Burr went up with some of his men and supped. The next morning col. B. asked me if I was acquainted with the men in the garrison. I told him I was. He asked me if I could not get 10 or 12 of the best men to desert. I told him, I would not. He then said, he would speak to them himself, and get 2 of the best men, and asked me to name them, which I did. (Upon being interrogated, the witness said, there were 19 men in the fort; a few pieces of cannon, and the river about as wide as at Fort. Massac) Sometime in the afternoon I asked col. B. if he had got them to go with him. He said he had. Sometime

that evening he told me that Lieut. Jackson and the other men would follow in a few days. That day col. B. employed a man one Skinner to run him some musket balls. He run him 600; for which col. B. paid him one dollar. He bought 3 dozen Tomahawks out of the factory, which col. B. distributed among his men; some he had helved. That day all the men started, except a small boat left for col. B. He soon overtook us and got into his own boat. No one came from the garrison with him. We proceeded to a place called Palmyra 35 miles above Bayou Pierre, on the 10th Jan. Col. B. again asked me, if I would go down to Bayou Pierre with him. (Mr. Dunbaugh's evidence to be continued.)
Late Foreign Intelligence.
LONDON, August 13.
STATE PAPER.
[From the German.]
Note of Mr. Canning, English secretary of state for foreign affairs, to prince Stahremberg, the Austrian ambassador at London.
LONDON, April 25, 1805.
The undersigned, his majesty's principal secretary of state for foreign affairs, has laid before the king the note delivered to him by prince Stahremberg, ambassador extraordinary, and minister plenipotentiary of his majesty the emperor of Austria, king of Hungary and Bohemia, in which his imperial majesty offers himself as the mediator of a general peace.
The undersigned has received it in command from the king his sovereign, to communicate to prince Stahremberg the included official answer to the note of his imperial majesty. The king does complete justice to the motives that have induced his imperial majesty to propose a mode of negotiation which, by embracing the interests of all parties, can alone lead to the restoration of a lasting peace and the permanent tranquility of Europe; and his majesty, therefore, accepts the offer of his imperial majesty's mediation, so far as he is concerned; but with this provision, that it shall also be accepted by all the other powers involved in the present war.
NOTE.
His majesty the king of the United kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, has received with due regard the communication of his majesty the emperor of Austria, king of Hungary and Bohemia, and also justly appreciates the motives which have upon this occasion determined his majesty to become the mediator of a general peace.
The king who has never failed to look to a secure and lasting peace as the only object of the war in which he is engaged, & who has never refused to listen to any proposal, which offered the least probability of obtaining his proposed object, cannot for a moment hesitate to give his full assent to the declared opinion of his majesty the emperor and king, and that such a peace is only to be obtained by a general negotiation on the part of all the powers engaged in the present war.
The king will have no difficulty in entering upon such a negotiation, as soon as the assent of the other powers interested therein shall have been received. His majesty will without delay make the necessary communications in this respect to those powers with which he is more especially united by the ties of friendship and confidence in order to ascertain their views, and in the event of their being favorable to the proposition of his imperial majesty, to consult with them as to the mode in which the negotiations shall commence, and agreeable to his imperial majesty's proposition, to come to an understanding as to the principles which should equally form the ground and basis of discussion and of a general arrangement.
As to what concerns the choice of a place to become the seat of negotiation, any place, provided (exclusive of the indispensable condition which is also expressed in the note of his imperial majesty that it shall be free from all immediate influence of the events of the war) that it affords to his majesty in the same degree as to the other powers, the means of a speedy and uninterrupted communication with the plenipotentiaries whom his majesty should send to this congress.
A Russian officer arrived at Milan on the 15th ult. brought orders from his sovereign for the cessation of hostilities between the Turks and Russians in the Adriatic and Mediterranean.
Bonaparte not content with revolutionizing the continent, appears now resolved
to revolutionize the heavens. The university of Leipsic has resolved that the stars in the sword and girdle of Orion shall be in future called, "The stars of Napoleon."
BOSTON, September 24.
Latest from Elsineur.
Captain Stickney, of the ship America, arrived last evening in 36 days from Elsineur, informs, that a British squadron lay there the 8th August, consisting of about 20 sail of the line, from 15 to 20 frigates, a large number of ships and brigs, bomb vessels, fire ships, &c. 200 sail of transports, with 40 000 troops. Many of the vessels were loaded with ordnance. Capt. S. further informs, that a British minister landed at Elsineur, and proceeded to Copenhagen to inquire of the Danish government, whether they intended to side with the French or English; and that the answer was, that they intended to preserve their neutrality.
Alexandria Daily Advertiser.
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 30.
Latest Proceedings.
The court have been principally occupied by the examination of evidence. On Wednesday, Mr. Hay read the deposition of David Fisk.
Mr. Alexander Henderson was then called on the part of the U. S. to explain the views of the party, when the counsel for the accused made an elaborate effort to exclude such testimony; on the ground that such testimony could only be considered as collateral. The Chief Justice overruled the objection on the grounds represented in our last paper. Some conversation there ensued upon the question, how far the evidence about to be adduced (principally consisting of acts and conversations of Blannerhasset) would affect Mr. Burr. The Chief Justice seemed disposed to think that it did not affect him. Mr. Hay contended that when a connection and conspiracy were proven, the act and declarations of one accomplice are good against the rest. The Chief Justice was willing to hear an argument upon the point. Mr. Burr then said that as he understood he was not affected, he would not interfere.
The examination of the evidence then proceeded. Mr. Alexander Henderson was examined, and partly cross-examined.
On Thursday, the cross-examination of Mr. A. Henderson was completed. He was followed by his brother John G. Henderson; Mr. Richard Neale & John Graham, esq. The examination of Mr. Charles Duvall also commenced.
On Friday Mr. Duvall's examination was completed. He was followed by Dr. David C. Wallace, his brother Robert Wallace, Mr. Edm. B. Dana and David Gilmore. In the course of those proceedings judge Meigs was called up, sworn and afterwards discharged. The particulars hereafter.
Mr. Hay then observed that he had only two witnesses more to produce; gen. Eaton, whose evidence had not been completed on a former examination, and gen. Wilkinson whom he would introduce, to-morrow, (Saturday) The chief justice enquired whether he could form any idea of the length of gen. W's evidence.
Mr. Hay as far as it relates to us not twenty minutes; but the cross examination may not perhaps be completed in 20 times 20 minutes. (Enquirer.)
The proceedings on the motion to commit are likely to last many days longer. One of col. Burr's counsel. Mr. Bous, it is understood will be compelled by the situation of his family and by his public and professional duties in the district court of Fredericksburgh, now about to commence to leave the defence after the attendance of this day. (Ibid.)
That part of my testimony inserted in the Enquirer of the 22d instant, which states that "Mr. Hopkins, Mr. Fort and myself went before to get more men," is incorrect. I went from Massac to N. Madrid, in a boat with Mr. Tyler, and remained there at his request, Mr. Fort never engaged any men to my knowledge, nor did I see him for a considerable time afterwards, which was at Natchez.
THOMAS HARTLE. (Ibid.)
In Dunbaugh's testimony in the last Enquirer, it is erroneously stated "col. Burr & Wyllie had gone into the bow of
the boat with a saw and augur." The witness says that they went there for them. (Ibid.)
Departed this life, on Sunday, the 20th instant, after a few hours illness, WILLIAM F. AST, Esq. Principal Agent to the Mutual Insurance Society, vs. fire, in the 41st year of his age. [Vir. Gaz.]
The Brig Syren, Sulger, arrived at Kingston (Jam.) from Philadelphia the 29th of August. Off Cape Tiburon, she was boarded by the French imperial sch'r Musquito, who took out two of her crew, and gave the master a note, assigning his reason for doing so.
The Peteret sloop of war also arrived at Kingston on the same day, from a cruise; she brought in with her the American sch'r Princess Ann of Norfolk, with 30,000 lbs. of coffee, cut out of Jeremie on the 20th inst. by her boats on which occasion Dickins and one seaman were wounded, the former slightly but the other has since died. At the time she was taken possession of 50 of Pétion's troops were on board, who had been hired by the American captain to defend his vessel under an assurance from him that he understood a French privateer was to make an attempt to cut her out. Two of these men were killed, and 6 wounded, one of them, their commander dreadfully; the remainder jumped overboard, and it is supposed perished, as the schooner lay at the distance of nearly a mile and a half from land.
The sch'r Mayaguana, Sano, was immediately dispatched from Jeremie, under Danish colors, with dispatches to vice admiral Dacres on the Jamaica station. The dispatches related to the capture of the Princess Ann before mentioned—and the vessel has since been given up to the owners.
An arrival at Boston has brought London dates to the 15th of August.—No later than the foreign advices via N. York. We have selected several items from the Boston Centinel.
It was generally conjectured in England that admiral Gambier had orders to act any circumstances might require, against any confederacy hostile to Great Britain—On the 14th of August, sir Stephen Shairp, late consul general in Russia, set off from London for Petersburg, with orders it was said, "to all merchant ships to leave the place immediately."
The British parliament was prorogued the 12th of August, and it was said would not again convene till after Christmas—The usual speech on the occasion was pitched to a war note, and from its tone there did not appear any disposition in G. Britain to avail itself of the Russian mediation. The whole language of the British ministers in parliament continued conciliatory, and the papers and private letters from London say, if war should come it must come from the American side of the Atlantic. The arrival of the Revenge was impatiently expected in England.
A grand festival was ordered in France for Bonaparte's birth day, the 15th of August.
The French Senate have congratulated Jerome Bonaparte on his creation to the kingly dignity. He was to take possession of his new kingdom the 30th of July; and the princess of Saxony having refused her hand to prince Jerome, he was to have been married to Princess of Wirtemberg, the 15th Aug.
The French emperor has graciously given to that part of Poland now called the Duchy of Warsaw, a new constitution, from the manufacturery of the Abbe Sieys. Thus have those Poles changed their master; and are now subjects of the king of Saxony, who is a subject of Bonaparte; and thus ends the French farce of the restoration of Poland.
The duke of Wurtzberg is to be created king of Franconia.
The prince of Mecklenburg has been reinstated in his ancient possessions.
A letter received in Boston, dated Liverpool, August 15 says, "the appearances of a rupture with America have subsided, and admiral Berkeley will be recalled."
The duke of Manchester is appointed governor of Jamaica.
Mrs. Whitelock, from America, is engaged at Drury Lane.
LONDON, August 14.
Mr. Sheridans motion upon the state of Ireland came on last night, and was negatived upon a division by a majority of 76 to 33.
King Joseph has passed a decree, compelling the agents of all the proprietors of lands in his dominions, who have left the kingdom without having taken the oath of allegiance, to pay the rents into the royal treasury, on pain of forfeiting double the value.
PARIS, August 2.
The Prince of Benevento (Talleyrand) and M. Maret, the secretary of state are arrived at Paris.
August 4.
On Sunday the corps diplomatique repaired
to the Palace of St. Cloud, and had an audience of the Emperor. The Spanish, Austrian and Portuguese ambassadors, were present. After the audience the institute were introduced and addressed his majesty. He received the members graciously and conversed some time with them.
No important event has marked the senseless war which the king of Sweden already repents having provoked. The English landed in the isle of Rugen do not seem anxious to take part in it. The Swedes are terror struck on seeing that they have embarked in a quarrel so obviously unequal. They fear and with too much reason; that the generosity of the Emperor may have been wearied out by the extravagant conduct of their sovereign. The possession of Stralsund and Pomerania was advantageous to Sweden both on account of their commercial relations and of the political considerations it gave her in the affairs of the north—but the scandalous example of this rupture exposes the King of Sweden to the risk of being excluded from this side the Baltic. We are ignorant what hopes the Danish government has given him—but he cannot expect an equivalent for the losses he has to fear. When all the nations of the continent sigh for peace, he has suffered himself too easily to be persuaded by the English to furnish them with the means of disturbing it. The common interest ought to get rid of every one who shews himself disposed to endanger the tranquility of Europe.
French Funds 88.
FOR SALE, AT THE VENDUE STORE, On FRIDAY , the second of October, at ten o'clock,
About 2500 bushels Ground Alum Salt, in lots to suit purchasers. Credits made known at the time of sale. P. G. Marsteller, September 30.
FOR SALE OR RENT, WATER-STREET ACADEMY, A two story BRICK HOUSE, pleasantly situated, and lately occupied by the Rev. J. Foster.—Terms of sale or rent will be very moderate.
L. LEWIS. September 30. 2aw
Valuable Lands for Sale.
In pursuance of a decree of the honorable the United States Circuit Court, of the district of Columbia, for the county of Alexandria, will be sold on the Premises, on Tuesday, the 29th day of September next, to the highest bidder, on a credit of six, twelve, and eighteen months.
One Moiety of a Tract of Land, called "Abingdon," formerly the residence of Mr. Robert Alexander, lying on the Potomac and Four-Mile-Creek, and about 5 miles above the town of Alexandria, commanding a handsome view of the Potomac, Alexandria, Washington City and George-Town, and the new road to Washington passing nearly thro' the center of the tract, which contains 553 acres, and is laid off into four lots of different sizes to accommodate purchasers, a plat of which may be seen at any time on application to the subscribers.
Thomas Swann, } G. Deneale, } Edmund I. Lee, } August 23 dts
The sale of the above property was commenced on the premises, and not being finished the sale was adjourned, and will again commence at the Coffee-House, in the town of Alexandria, on Saturday next, the 3d October, at 11 o'clock, in the forenoon.
The Commissioners. Sept. 30 dts.
FOR SALE, The Schooner INDUSTRY, Lying at Col. Gilpin's wharf, burthen upwards of 45 tons, firm and sound—serviceable for the bay or river.—For terms apply to E. SHAY, Prince-street. September 29. 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. 2aw4w

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 } Malaga } Teneriffe & } Corsica }
Old St. Estephe Medoc haret, in cases of one dozen A few dozen fine old frontinac Ditto do. best wine bitters Jamaica and West-India rum New-England do. Cogniac, Bourdeaux and Naples brandy Holland and country gin Schiedam gin in cases Irish whiskey, very old 70 barrels Pennsylvania rye whiskey Cider in barrels White wine and Cider vinegar Florence oil in flasks 2 hogsheads Hayanna honey 75 do. choice re-tailing molasses
TEAS Gunpowder } Imperial } Hyson } Young Hyson } Hyson-Skin and } Souchong }
Muscovado sugars, different qualities Bengal white do. Loaf and lump sugars, Philadelphia, Bal- timore and Alexandria. Leiper's, Garrett's, and Hamilton's snuff in bottles and bladders. Macuba and rapée do. Clover-seed, (Penn. warranted) Mace; nutmegs; cloves; cassia; pimen- to; pepper; ginger, race and ground; Cary- enne-pepper; refined salt-petre.
Coffee; chocolate; rice; pearl barley; London and Philadelphia mustard; basket salt; starch; fig blue; floatant indigo; Geor- gia and Tennessee cotton; flax; wool; mad- der; copperas; alum; brimstone; chalk; pipes in boxes; wrapping paper and twine; traces; bed cords; leading lines; demijohns; gin cases; patent shot; brandy wine gunpow- der; Harvey's gunpowder, [the only real Bri- tish battle powder] from F to treble sealed- chewing tobacco; best Hayanna 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 a- choies, for sale by the box. A quantity of clean good alum salt suitable for the fishery, &c. &c. March 19.
JAMES BACON, At his GROCERY STORE, on King-street, has in addition to his former stock, added A fresh supply of Genuine Articles in the Grocery Line; Which makes his assortment complete. He now offers for sale, on his usual low terms,
Muscovado Sugars, of various qua- lities, Loaf and Lump ditto, Gunpowder, } Imperial, } Hyson, } Young Hyson, } Hyson-Skin, and } Souchong }
Best green Coffee, Chocolate, of a superior quality Madeira, } Buscellos, } Sherry, } Lisbon, } Teneriffe, } Malaga, and } Genuine old Port }
Cognac and Bourdeaux Brandy, Old Jamaica Spirit, for family use, Antigua, St. Croix, St. Vincents, and New England Rum, Holland Gin, Irish and country 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, floatant indigo, alum, copperas, madder, brimstone, spinning cotton, patent shot all sizes, best en- glish and country made gunpowder, segars and smoking tobacco, very best chewing to- bacco.
Hamilton and Leiper's snuff, 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.
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, in bales. Ditto Rice, in tierces. And, as usual, first quality Philadelphia Porter, in hds. and bottles. William Dunlap. September 21.
For Sale by the Subscribers, Lisbon Carpeting for summer, of different qualities, Buccellos and Carcavello Wines in quarter casks, Window Glass of different sizes, Mould Candles of a superior quality in small boxes, Soft-shelled Almonds in bags, A quantity of patent Iron Hollow ware. R. T. Hooe & Co. June 1.
Advertisement. THE subscriber respectfully informs the public, that he has commenced business on Royal-street, near the market, where he purposes carrying on the business of a Cutler, Locksmith, Whitesmith, Elastic Truss-mak- er, Bell-hanger, Gun and Pistol Barrels, Browning, Blueing, and Polishing in the neat- est manner. All orders thankfully received and careful- ly attended to by Caleb Hessey. September 28.
Ten Dollars Reward. RAN AWAY from the subscriber, yes- terday morning the 27th instant, an ap- prentice to the baking business named Julian  Mallard , a Frenchman, about 20 years of age, speaks tolerable good English, fair complex- ion, light hair, has a lump over his right eye; had on and took with him two suits of clothes, one of which was clouded nankeen, has a watch with cyphers cut on the case. Who- ever will take up said apprentice and secure him so that I get him again, shall receive the above reward and all reasonable charges if brought home. Edward Lee. September 28.
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. Jemmeson'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.
The Subscriber Returns his most grateful thanks to the in- habitants 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 in- tends opening a NIGHT SCHOOL at his Academy on 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.
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 authorised 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 proper- ty; and the bills of lading legalized as above. Lewis Deblois. May 16.
TO RENT, THE BRICK HOUSE lately occupied by the subscriber, situate on Duke-street. There is a good kitchen with a pump at the door, smoke-house, stables, and garden. For terms apply to E. JANNEY. 9th mo. 3d.
NOTICE. ALL those who have any claims or de- mands against the estate of John Duh  last , merchant, and 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, } Ex'rs. William Herbert, } April 6.
The Subscriber RESPECTFULLY informs his friends and the public at large, that he always keeps a general assortment of NAILS, BRADS and SPRIGS, of every description, for Sale at his Nail Manufactory, Union-street. Merchants and others may be supplied on as good terms as at Philadelphia or Baltimore. He has lately commenced the Blacksmith business, in its various branches; those who favor him with their custom in that line may depend on having their work done with neat- ness and dispatch. Orders from country mer- chants and others, for Nails, will be duly at- tended to, and every favor gratefully acknow- ledged. Hoop-Iron for sale at the factory. September 3.
FOR SALE, On advantageous terms, A THREE STORY BRICK WARE- HOUSE, on Union-street, next door to Benjamin Shreve, jun. well situated for the Shipping or Grocery business—Also, a LOT of GROUND, at the corner of Water and Wolfe-streets. TO RENT, And immediate possession given, The STORE and DWELLING HOUSE on Fairfax-street, occupied by Jacob Hoffman —an excellent stand for the DRY GOOD busi- ness.—Apply to Jonah Thompson & Son. March 14.
JAMES SANDERSON Offers for Sale, on moderate terms, 5000 lbs. best Green Coffee 10 tierces fresh Rice 20 kegs fresh Raisins 12 tierces green Copperas 5 pipes Cogniac Brandy 10 hds. 4th proof Jamaica 50 barrels N. E. Rum 25 barrels Whiskey 10 bales Cotton 5 boxes Cotton and Wool Cards 12 boxes Tin Plates. AND IN STORE, 26 hds. South Potomac Tobacco.
Pursuant to a Decree Of the honorable the circuit court of the dis- trict of Columbia, in a suit depending in Alexandria county, in chancery, wherein Colin Auld administrator of Robert Milli- gan, deceased, is complainant and William Wilson defendant, will be exposed to pub- lic sale, on Saturday the 5th day of Septem- ber next, at ten o'clock in the forenoon, at the coffee house in the town of Alexandria, for ready money ALL the said Wm. Wilson's right and ti- tle in and to three fourth parts of an un- divided interest in the whole of the lands heretofore attached to the Keepryst furnace, being about fourteen hundred acres, with the exception of the works and 321 acres sold to the government of the United States, lying in Berkeley now Jefferson county, near Harper's ferry. Charles Lee } Com'rs. Thos. Swan. } August 4.
By reason of the absence of the commissioners, the sale of the above mentioned property is postponed until Saturday the 7th Oct. at 10 o'clock, in the forenoon, at the coffee house when it will take place. Sept. 4.
FOR SALE, THAT BEAUTIFUL SEAT, SITUATED on the banks of Great Hunt- ing Creek, called Rural Felicity , for- merly owned by Mr. John Duff. It is at pre- sent rented for one year, for the sum of one hundred and fifty dollars, reserving the right of possession at any time during the above term, on giving one month's notice.—For terms apply to RICHARD LEWIS. April 28.
TO BE RENTED, A three story Brick Dwelling and Ware house, 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. May 1.
For Sale or Rent, A convenient two story BRICK HO. SE. with back buildings, &c. situate on D. Bee- street, between Pitt and St. Asaph-streets. A. L. S. O. A commodious frame STORE, on King- street, between Royal and Pitt-streets. Apply to LAWRENCE HOOE. August 21.
TO BE SOLD, FOR READY MONEY, To the highest bidder, at public auction, at Dawson's tavern, in the county of Loudoun, and town of Leesburg, on FRIDAY, the 13th day of November next, if fair; if not, the next fair day; by virtue of a decree, of the court of the United States, for the dis- trict, in the Virginia district, pronoun- ced at May term 1806, in a suit depending in said court between the executors of Do- niel Mildred, deceased, who was surviving partner of Mildred and Roberts, plaintiffs, and Samuel Hough and others defendants. 300 Acres of Land, Near Leesburg, on the waters of Tuscarora, in the county of Loudoun—three acres of Meadow near Leesburg, and a House and Lot in Leesburg; or so much thereof as will be sufficient to raise certain sums of money, interest and costs, in said decree mention- ed. William Mann, } Com'rs. Armstead Long, } Charles F. Mercer, } September 11.
To Parents, Guardians, & Teachers. JUST PUBLISHED, BY COTTON AND STEWART, ALEXANDRIA, MAVOR'S UNIVERSAL SPELLING-BOOK, Accompanied by a progressive series of Easy and Familiar Lessons. Intended as an Introduction to the first Ele- ments of the English Language.
THE AUTHOR'S PREFACE. NOTWITHSTANDING the vast number of initia- tory books for children in the Nursery, which have been written within these few years by persons of dis- tinguished abilities and fancied with their names, it must still be allowed, that there has not appeared one introduction to Reading, for the general use of schools, that rises above the level of the vulgar, though popular compilations of Deyhe, Dilworth and Fenning. The superstructure has been attended to with sedulous care; and writers of the first eminence have contributed to rear the fabric of learning, while the foundation has al- most invariably been suffered to be laid, by the most igno- rant and ignorant workmen. The consequence has fre- quently been, as might be expected from such a proce- dure: the taste has been vitiated at the very commence- ment; and it has often proved more difficult to remove error, than it would have cost pains to plant originally the principles of truth. For the neglect we have alluded to, it would be im- possible to produce any consistent reason. Perhaps the pride of acknowledged literature could not stoop to an occupation reputed so mean, as that of compiling a Spel- ling Book. Yet to lay the first stone of a noble edifice, has ever been a task delegated to the most honorable hands; and to sow the first seeds of useful learning in the nascent mind, is an employment that cannot be dis- graceful to the most illustrious talents. Bishop Lowth wrote an excellent English grammar, and several men of rank in literature have benefited the public by similar productions; yet it is in vain that grammars are written, if no one has learned to read: it is in vain that the subli- est discoveries are made in any art or science, if the generality of the world are precluded from profiting by them, for want of previous instruction in the first prin- ciples with which they are connected. The Editor of the following sheets is fully convinced of the solidity of his inferences, and the justice of his re- marks, in whatever light his present undertaking may be regarded. Humble or degrading as it may appear to those who, perhaps, have no higher pretensions than himself, he cannot think that labor dishonorable, which is so manifestly beneficial to the rising generation; nor has he any reason to fear, but that the candid and judi- cious will appreciate his motives and his production as they deserve. Our sentiments and our conduct are more influenced by early impressions than many seem willing to allow. The stream will always flow tinctured with the nature of its source. A just maxim, a humane prin- ciple, a germ of knowledge early imbibed, will be per- tinent to the last. The first books we read can ne- ver be forgotten, nor the principles they inculcate, er- dictated. Hence, in the prosecution of this work, care has been taken to make every lesson or essay, as far as the nature and intention of the plan would allow, tend to some useful purpose of information or instruction. Even in the more easy progressive lessons, where time was limit- ed to a single syllable, it is hoped something will be found to please and to improve, nor will this be thought odd. To tread in the steps of a Barbauld, a Jauffret, an Edgeworth, a Trimmer, a Berquin, and to accommo- date their labors to the benevolent design in hand, may acquire a little taste and judgment, which any person long conversant with education and books ought to pos- sess. In short, the Editor feels inclined to believe, that this manual for early youth will be found much better adapted for the purpose than any that has preceded it; and in consequence he anticipates the kind patronage of Teach- ers in general. It probably will tend to facilitate their labour, by furnishing subjects more agreeable to the pu- pil, than the dry inanity of most books of the kind; and it cannot fail to redound to their credit also, by giving youth an opportunity of gaining as much general know- ledge as could be crowded within the limits prescribed. Indeed it was a remark of the publisher, (to whom British youth are under singular obligations for furnish- ing them with many valuable opportunities of improve- ment) when he earnestly pressed this work on the Pub- lic's attention "That a spelling Book frequently com- pletes the whole library of a poor child, and when chosen puts a bible into his hands, & is consequently a book of great value as a variety of useful matter as the pri- vil permit." The compilation has been formed strictly on this principle. Woodstock, Oct. 29th, 1802.
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