Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political (Alexandria [Va.]), 1809-08-08 00:00:00

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 prices.
P. G. Marsteller, v. m.
For Sale
BY THE SUBSCRIBER, Best Bristol Porter Bottles, In hampers containing one gross each. Wm. Dunlap. June 27.
Just Published,
BY COTTON AND STEWART, And for sale at their Store, (Price One Dollar) The Exile of Erin. A NOVEL. By Mrs. Plunkett—late Miss Gunning. January 6.
Elastic Three-slit Metallic Pens.
Price One Dollar— Just received by ROBERT GRAY. Also, A general assortment of Lee's Patent Family Medicines, AND Dr. Rogers' Vegetable Pulmonic Detergent. March 17.
FINE PASTURE.
WE will be ready in about ten days to furnish butchers and others, Pasturage on our land, for any number of cattle not exceeding 100.
Philip Alexander, John Luke. July 29. d
FRESH FRUIT.
The subscriber has just received and offers for sale, Malaga Raisins in kegs, Mulcatel and Bloom Raisins in boxes. ALSO, 36 bags and 12 barrels Coffee. James Patton. April 19.
LAW BOOKS.
Just Received, for sale by R. GRAY, East's Reports, vol. 9th. Cranch's Reports, 4 volumes. Fonblanque on Equity, 2 vol. Peake's Evidence. Dallas's Reports, 4 vols. Azuni's Maritime Law, 2 vol. Johnson's Reports, 3 vols. Johnson's Cases, vol 1st. Wilson's Reports, 3 vols. Espanasses' Nisi Prius, 2 vols. Massachusetts Term Reports, 3 vols. MacKnally's Evidence. Equity Pleader, 2 vols. Laws on Pleading. Bright's Trial. Pleader's Assistant. Cowper's Reports. Peake's Nisi Prius. Keyling's Reports. August 4.
ROBERT GRAY,
HAS JUST RECEIVED The following new Songs SET TO MUSIC: The Day of Love, written by J. L. Lewis. The music composed by Dr. J. Clarke. Price 25 cents. The Home of my Heart, a Ballad, sung by Mr. Incledan, and composed by Mr. E. Phillips. Price 25 cents. Twice Forward, a favorite Cotillion, adapted to the new song of No, no, no, it will be so. Price 25 cents. The Days that are gone, a Ballad, with an accompaniment for the piano forte, composed by Dr. Clarke. Price 37 1-2 cents. On a beautiful Butterfly, burnt in a ball room. Price 12 1-2 cts. June 6.
FOR SALE,
Or to be rented for a term of years, or on perpetual ground rent, A number of well built brick houses, several of which are immediately tenantable, situate on Greenleaf's Point.
ALSO,
House Lots in almost every part of the city. Apply to
James Greenleaf,
Or, in his absence, to Samuel Elliot, jun.
Washington City, July 6—12. d8w
MOLASSES.
20 hogsheads RETAILING MOLASSES, for sale by
Joseph Mandeville,
Corner of King and Fairfax streets. June 10.
Land for Sale.
GREAT BARGAIN.
I will sell from about fifty to sixty acres of Land lying in this county, and binding upon the road now opening from Geo. Town to Alexandria. This land is elegantly situated in point of building sites, and has the further advantage of being furnished with delightful water, and from its high elevated situation the benefit of the most salubrious air. If necessary this property will be laid out in lots so as to suit those who may be inclined to purchase. Applications to be made to JOHN LUKE, Esq. or to
Charles Alexander,
(Son of Philip.)
Alexandria County, July 1. d
A GREAT BARGAIN.
THE subscriber wishing to remove to the western country, will sell the FARM on which he resides in Fairfax county, 8 miles from Alexandria, 9 from George Town ferry, and about the same from the Potomac bridge crossing to the city of Washington, in a healthy, agreeable neighborhood, containing about 470 acres, on which is a convenient dwelling house, large enough for a genteel family, together with all the outbuildings suitable, all new or nearly so; an orchard of apple trees of selected fruit, together with other different other fruit trees, a proportion of improved meadow for the scythe, and a large portion more may easily be made. Any person inclined to purchase may know the terms by application to Mr. JOHN DULIN, adjoining the said farm, or the subscriber on the premises.
E. Dulin. dtf
PROPOSALS,
BY KIMBERLAND CONRAD, OF PHILADELPHIA, AND JAMES KENNEDY, SENIOR, ALEXANDRIA,
For publishing by Subscription, A GENERAL COLLECTION
OF VOYAGES AND TRAVELS:
Forming a complete History, of the Origin and Progress of Discovery, by Sea and Land, from the earliest ages to the present time. Preceded by an Historical Introduction, and Critical Catalogue of Books of Voyages and Travels: And illustrated and adorned with numerous Engravings.
BY JOHN PINKERTON, AUTHOR OF MODERN GEOGRAPHY, &c.
CONDITIONS.
The work will be handsomely printed, in quarto, on a fine paper and with a new type; and will be put to press as soon as a sufficient number of subscribers is obtained.
It is expected the work will be completed in ten or twelve volumes, each containing between eight and nine hundred pages of letter press, besides several elegant engravings.
A quarter of a volume, or one number, is proposed to be published on the first day of every month, at 2 dollars, payable on delivery. To non-subscribers the price will be considerably enhanced.
A list of the names of such as patronise this valuable work by subscription, will be published in the last volume.
The English edition sells at 14 dollars a volume.
SUBSCRIPTIONS received by JAMES KENNEDY, senior, Alexandria. July 7.
FOR SALE,
50 hogsheads SUGAR, 150 bags COFFEE, 10 hogsheads Antigua RUM, 40 bales best COTTON.
Joseph Riddle. July 10. d
Imported from London,
VIA NORFOLK,
And for sale by the subscriber, at the store of R. VEITCH and CO.
FOR CASH OR APPROVED NEGOTIABLE NOTES.
A small selection of Superfine Broadcloths, Kerseymeres, Pelipe Cloths, Cambrics, Muslins, Furniture Calicoes, Worked Colored Counterpanes, &c.
ALSO,
One case of Watchmakers' Tools,
T. H. Jones. July 19. d.
COTTON.
30 bales PRIME UPLAND COTTON, for sale by the subscriber, at a very moderate price and on a liberal credit.
Joseph H. Mandeville. June 1.
Just Received For Sale by
ROBERT GRAY,
NAUTICAL ALMANACS
FOR THE YEARS 1809 and 10,
With Register Tables.
ALSO
A Few Copies of a French Pronouncing Dictionary.
MILITARY LANDS.
FOR SALE,
Or will be exchanged for Property in Alexandria or its vicinity,
A Warrant for 696 acres of Land, Granted by the state of Virginia for Military services during the revolutionary war. This land lies in the state of Ohio, and is said to be amongst the best in the state. It will be sold at a bargain. John Longden. May 13.
JAMES BACON
Begs leave to inform his former customers & friends, that he has
Recommenced the Grocery Business,
At his Store on King near Washington-street.
WHERE HE OFFERS FOR SALE,
A well chosen assortment of goods, in that line,
Warranted genuine, particularly his TEAS, WINES & LIQUORS, Which are of a superior quality—He will dispose of each and every article on the most moderate terms. May 7. dtf.
PUBLIC AUCTION.
To be sold, at public auction, at Northumberland court house, in the county of Northumberland, and state of Virginia, on TUESDAY, the fifth day of September next, at eleven o'clock, in the forenoon,
Five contiguous Plantations,
Amounting together to about 2700 Acres,
SITUATE on the river Potomac, and within about three miles of the court-house. These estates formerly belonged to Presley Thornton, Esq. and are the same on which he lived. They have never been seen by either of the subscribers; but it is understood, that about 1700 acres of them are as valuable low grounds as any on the river, and a considerable part thereof heavily timbered. The uplands consist of about 1000 acres, and the whole is well calculated for the production of corn, wheat, tobacco, timothy, and small grain of all kinds, in great abundance. The waters are said to abound with excellent fish, oysters, and wild fowl. The water carriage is easy and convenient to Norfolk, Baltimore, Alexandria, and the city of Washington; and as these estates possess several good mill seats, with an abundance of water, and a plentiful supply of timber, they must be very valuable.
The premises will be shown to persons inclining to purchase, by Col. James Moore, who lives on them, or by Samuel Blackwell, Esq. who lives near to them; and the terms of payment may be known a sufficient time before the sale, by applying to either of them, or to the subscriber in the city of Philadelphia.
WM. LEWIS. June 8. dtf
For Freight or Charter,
To any Northern Port,
The strong and substantial
Sch'r Farmer,
PETER WOODWARD, Master; Burthen 1000 barrels. For particulars apply to the Master on board, or to
Daniel M'Clean. August 2. dtf
For Liverpool,
The British Brig
SISTERS,
T. THORNTON, Master;
Having the principal part of her cargo engaged. For freight or passage, enquire of the Captain on board, or
Hugh Smith. July 27. eo2w
Freight wanted to an Eastern Port
FOR THE
Sloop Washington,
Burthen about 800 barrels, is a new vessel, will be ready to receive a cargo in three days. Apply to
Lawrafon and Fowle,
Who have just received and for sale, 10 puncheons St. Croix Rum. July 19. eo6t
Public Sale.
On TUESDAY next, will be sold at the Vendue Store, at 11 o'clock,
A two story Frame House,
Standing in the West yard of the Bank of Potomac. The purchaser must remove the house immediately.
P. G. Marsteller. August 5.
New-England Rum.
Thirty barrels, for sale by
Joseph Mandeville. June 21.
Subscribers
TO SHAKESPEARE'S PLAYS,
Are respectfully informed that their books are ready for delivery at the subscriber's bookstore.
Robert Gray. August 3. d
TO HIRE,
By the month or year,
A Negro Man, a sailor—He will be hired low if taken by the year.
Enquire of the Printer. July 29.
Just Received,
Per the Schooner PRESIDENT, Capt. OWENS, and for Sale,
20 hogsheads of first quality Muscovado Sugar, and 9 tons Lignum Vitae.
ALSO, IN STORE,
7 pipes and seven half pipes Teneriffe Wine, part of which is of superior quality.
6 hogsheads Antigua Rum, very old and finely flavored.
Sugar in barrels and boxes.
50 barrels Mess and Cargo Pork.
30 bales Georgia and New-Orleans Cotton.
Coffee in bags and barrels.
150 barrels inspected Herrings, and
3800 Building Shingles, afloat—which will be sold low if immediately applied for.
Newton Keene. August 4. dtf
FOR SALE,
A few likely young NEGROES—The will be sold reasonable for cash.—For further information
Apply to the Printer. July 20.
TO LET,
TWO very handsome BRICK HOUSES two stories high, neatly finished, with a complete stable to each. They are in a pleasant situation on Queen-street, near Washington street, and in a good neighborhood, and calculated to please and render comfortable a small genteel family. Apply to the subscriber,
Andrew Scholfield. eo3t
8th mo. 2d.
A. B. The rent will be made low to an agreeable tenant.

Alexandria Daily Gazette, COMMERCIAL AND POLITICAL.
PRINTED AND PUBLISHED BY SAMUEL SNOWDEN, Royal-street, Alexandria.
Daily Gazette, 6 Dollars per annum. Country Gazette, 5 Dollars.
TUESDAY, AUGUST 8.
FROM THE EVENING POST.
The Meadow Moss and Sweet Briar.
Where, 'neath the sweet Briar, lowly laid, His battles, life and glories done; Where the green Moss conceals his head, On Haups cold bosom sleeps her son †
There, through the wild, by Fancy led, What time, in crimson, glow'd the west, In lonely mood, I careless stray'd, Nor knew what sacred ground I press'd.
Nor yet had known the hallow'd spot Where rests the great, the good, the brave; Had not the flower, that mourns his lot, Betray'd the warrior's moss-grown grave. ‡
Its sigh, with fragrance, bless'd the hour, And taught my footsteps where to stray; Like modest merit blush'd the flower, At an intruder's bold survey.
With Pity warm, I thoughtless cried "Ah! luckless flower, to bloom unseen, Mid rocks, and wood and desarts wide, In vain thy sweets—thy beauties vain."
Soft as the sigh of Pity's breath, Sweet as the ring-dove's moaning note, A silver voice rose from the heath, And, o'er the moss-turf, seem'd to float.
"Do not reproach, nor yet disdain The simple floweret's humble lot; Creative wisdom, not in vain, That made the Palace, made the cot."
"Nor oh! insult, with Pity's tear, Whom Fate, in lowly life, hath placed; For she hath, sometimes, even there, The virtuous mind, with honors grac'd."
"Not Europe's clime—not Persia's vales, In rank can, with this flower, contend; Nor yet Arabia's spicy gales, When to its bosom, zephyr's bend."
"Columbia's Genius loved the flower; To shade the form, she loved so well."
"What tho' it bind no blood-strained brow, What tho' it deck no lady fair, Yet where misfortunes son lies low, Is heard its sigh—is seen its tear."
BOTANICUS.
* Mount Hope, the residence of King Philip
† King Philip, an Indian Sachem.
‡ His savage foe denied him a grave.
Some circumstances relative to Merino Sheep, chiefly collected from the Spanish Shepherds, who attended those of the Flock of Paular, lately presented to the king of G. Britain by the government of Spain; with particulars respecting that great national acquisition; and also respecting the Sheep of the Flock of Negrete, imported from Spain by his majesty, in the year 1791. [CONTINUED.]
Every sheep is well acquainted with the situation of the Dehesa to which its subdivision belongs, and will at the end of the journey go straight to it, without the guidance of the shepherds; here the flock grazes all the day under the eyes of the attendants; when the evening comes on the sheep are collected together, and they soon lay down to rest; the shepherds and the dogs then lay down on the ground round the flock and sleep, as they term it, under the stars, or in huts that afford little shelter from inclement weather; and this is their custom all the year, except that each is allowed in his turn, an absence of about a month, which he spends with his family; and it is remarkable that the families of these shepherds reside entirely in Leon.
The shepherds who came with his majesty's flock, were questioned on the subject of giving salt to their sheep; they declared that it was only done in the hottest season of the year, when the sheep are on the mountains; that in September it is left off; and that they dare not give salt to ewes forward with lamb, being of opinion that it causes abortion.
It is scarcely credible, though it appears on the best authority to be true, that under the operation of the laws of the Mesta, which confide the care of the sheep to the management of the shepherds, without ad-
mitting any interference, on the part of the proprietor, no profit of the flock comes to the hands of the owner, except what is derived from the wool; the carcasses of the culled sheep are consumed by the shepherds,* and it does not appear that any account is rendered by them to their employers, of the value of the skins, the tallow, &c; the profit derived by a proprietor from a flock, is estimated on an average at about one shilling a head, and the produce of a capital vested in a flock is said to fluctuate between five and ten per cent.
The sheep are always low kept. It is the business of each Mayoral, to increase his flock to as large a number as the land allotted to it can possibly maintain; when it has arrived at that pitch, all further increase is useless, as there is no sale for these sheep, unless some neighbors flock has been reduced by mortality below its proper number; the most of the lambs are therefore every year killed as soon as they are yeaned, and each of those preserved is made to suck two or three ewes; the shepherds say, that the wool of an ewe that brings up her lamb without assistance is reduced in its value.
At shearing time the shepherds, shearers, washers, and a multitude of unnecessary attendants, are fed upon the flesh of the culled sheep; and it seems that the consumption occasioned by this season of feasting, is sufficient to devour the whole of the sheep that are draughted from the flock.—Mutton in Spain is not a favorite food; in truth, it is not in that country prepared for the palate as it is in this; we have our lamb-fairs, our hog-fairs, our shearing-fairs, our fairs for culls, and our markets for fat sheep, where the mutton, having passed through these different stages of preparation, each under the care of men, whose soil and whose skill is best suited to the part they have been taught by their interest to assign to themselves, is offered for sale, and if fat and good, it seldom fails to command a price by the pound, from 5 to 10 per cent. dearer than that of beef. In Spain, they have no such sheep-fairs calculated to sub-divide the education of each animal, by making it pass through many hands, as works of art do in a manufacturing concern, and they have not any fat-sheep markets that at all resemble ours; the low state of grazing of Spain ought not therefore to be wondered at, nor the poverty of the Spanish farmers; they till a soil sufficiently productive by nature, but are robbed of the reward due to the occupier, by the product, and the benefit of an extensive consumption; till the manufacturing and mercantile parts of a community become opulent enough to pay liberal prices, the agricultural part of it cannot grow rich by selling.
[To be continued.]
* The shepherds on discovering the drift of the questions put to them on this head, said that in settling the wages of the shearers and washers at the Esquileos, allowance is made for the mutton with which they are fed.
DEBATES FOR THE LADIES.
Query—Which is placed in the most unpleasant situation—The man who marries a second wife with the children of the first grown up—the woman married under such circumstances—or the children who are thus supplanted in their father's affection? MR. MEANWELL.
In discussing this interesting question, it is necessary, in the first place, to fix a definite age for the parties concerned, especially the children, who must be more or less affected, according to that circumstance; if they are of very tender years, it is probable that a father's second choice may prove advantageous to them, as a woman of a good disposition and refined manners may have the power to act with them with a degree of steady and judicious conduct, in a manner more to their benefit, than the partial indulgence of their natural parent might permit. In this case, it is on to one, but the mother-in-law has the most unpleasant situation. Blind to the foibles of his own offspring, and perhaps tenderly attached to the memory of his former wife, the husband thinks her correction of their little foibles too severe, and mixed with a certain indefinable sensation of jealousy—the children too, perceiving the bent of their father's idea, repay her solicitous cares with discontent or obstinacy; they conceive that she exercises her prerogative unjustly, and from the illiberal opinions generally entertained against step-mothers, suspect her of a greater portion of malice and ill-will towards them than her conduct merits. It is these mistaken notions which create the unhappy divisions in families, and render the situation of a mother-in-law the most irksome to a woman of feeling.
MR. CAVIL.
The arguments just advanced by our friend Meanwell, have certainly truth to recommend them, but I am, nevertheless, inclined to believe that there are more instances of misconduct on the woman's side, than he seems willing to allow. For my own part I had frequent opportunities of observing, that the man who marries a second time, having already a young family, is likely to repent of his imprudence. The wife, if old, is unwilling to be burthened with the charge of another woman's children, especially if she never knew herself the tender feelings of maternal love; she makes no allowance for the faults of youth—they interrupt her domestic occupations, and she cannot but behold, with a degree of envy, their father's affection for them—he is therefore incessantly tormented with complaints of their indisceretion, rudeness, or carelessness. Her temper is perhaps avaricious, and, consequently, the expences of their education and maintenance is considered as a diminution of her property; she conceives that they do not treat her with sufficient respect, and, if the father interferes, his children consider his affection alienated from them; and hatred against the woman who has thus robbed them of a parent's indulgence, insensibly gives rise to a thousand petty disturbances. If the mother-in-law happens to be young, the case is still worse: a second family is likely to spring up, and their little patrimony is wasted by these additional claimants. Endless strife and cavilling ensue between the children, each jealous of a parent's regard, and each considering the other as one in the way. What must be the feelings of a father under such circumstances? His life is a scene of perpetual irritation and anxiety, and it cannot be doubted but he is infinitely the most to be pitied in the family.
MR. RATTLE.
Before I express my opinion on either side, I will venture to lay the case down in a different light. I will suppose the children to have attained the age of discretion before their father makes a second choice. I will imagine them living in competence and harmony together, tenderly attached to their father, and equally so to the memory of their mother—yet, on a sudden, the scene is changed, a new member is introduced—yet her be endowed with various amiable qualities, yet shall we find that the children are injured, and their home rendered uncomfortable to them. The boys no longer find a companion in their remaining parent; his attention is engrossed by a new object, his confidence is gradually withdrawn, and the remonstrances of his sons, however gentle, appears disobedient and impertinent. The girls, accustomed to regulate the household concerns, and consulted by their father in every domestic arrangement, find the authority usurped by a stranger, and themselves suppressed in their father's affection; their various inclinations are no longer consulted; 'tis not the wishes of his children, but of his wife, that must be considered; the servants must obey her commands, and the daughters seem reduced to mere domestics. Nois this all; the unwelcome addition of a new family, perhaps, renders it necessary for them to quit the paternal roof, and seek the means abroad of a genteel maintenance, exposed to various ills, which they had never known but for their father's indiscretion. They find themselves cut off from all their expectations, are alienated from their father's thoughts; and no longer solicitous to please, suffer themselves to deviate from the path of rectitude, which they would otherwise never have quitted.
CAPTAIN RATTLE.
From what has been already advanced, it appears to me that a man who has a family by his first wife, is to be deemed imprudent if he ventures to take a second; yet, I cannot but think the argument absurd, and contrary to every liberal sentiment. It is natural to suppose, that he who has once been happy in the married state, must feel a painful vacuum in his heart, when deprived of the object of his first affection; and although he may have children capable of regulating and superintending his domestic concerns, they can never supply to him the companion he has lost. His children, when grown up, will most likely form other connections, which must separate them from him, and, in his declining years, he will be deprived of solace, support, and domestic comfort.—While their youthful years demand the care of a female in various little particulars, which a father however beloved or indulgent, cannot supply: he conceives that he does them an essential service in supplying them with a second mother; and surely he is justified, if he selects a woman who is too respectable to disgrace him, and too prudent to set them a bad example; and even though, in some particulars, it may not altogether turn out to his most sanguine
wishes, they must be unfeeling children who, on that score, neglect their duty, embitter the hours of a parent with envious murmurings or useless repining. Were prejudices set aside, it would, I think, be found that nine families in ten might live in harmony together, even under a new mother-in-law; and I know many private instances in which a second wife has both merited and obtained the love of her husband's children. Yet, as things are, and taking every circumstance into consideration, I am led to conclude that, in cases of a second marriage, the husband is the most miserable, if he is most injured, and the children most injured. However, as we cannot make any positive conclusion on a subject of such delicacy, we can only hope that the report of our friend may deter some old men from making a discreet choice—some unmarried men from uniting themselves with a father's family—and some children from treating with disrespect and injustice, a woman who has perhaps, in no other way transgressed, against them than in consenting to become the wife of their father.
Adjourned for consideration.
FROM THE N. Y. EVENING POST.
Cursory reflections on the present state of things.
"Populus nullis legibus tenebatur," has been the reproach cast upon popular governments, by all men who have preferred government upon a different principle. To admit the beauty of the republican theory over all others; but they deny the practicability of these schemes of equality, and contend that such is the force of men's passions, that they will not consent to submit to those limits and restraints upon their powers, without which there is no adequate security against the violence and injustice of faction.
In nothing were the ancient free governments more defective, than the manner in which they deliberated and decided upon their foreign affairs. This being done in occasional and therefore intemperate assemblies of the people, it was there that the impatience of popular preference, the immoderate desire of influence, the inordinate love of power, and the corrupt subserviency to foreign states, found a fit opportunity to display their counterfeit zeal for the public welfare. It was there that the demagogues, the declaimers, bribed by Persian gold, agitated, inflamed, and misled the Cretan states. It was there that Philip's orators corruptly excited their power, and prepared their country to receive the yoke of a master.
This experience of former times, and of a people enamored of freedom, was well understood, and maturely considered by the persons who formed our national constitution; a great and most important point of difference between which and that of the ancient free governments, is found in the structure of the executive power. Instead of referring every subject to the tumultuous assemblies of the people, where passion not reason, becomes the judge, whatever concerns the foreign affairs of the U. States is wisely entrusted to the executive power of the nation; a power, in the composition of which the people have a full and exclusive influence and which therefore acting from and for the people; deciding in their behalf and for their benefit, must bind them as fully as if such acts had been sanctioned by the whole body of the people. We do not contend, contrary to our conviction that the people may not at any time express their opinion, concerning the administration of public affairs; but as the entire subject of foreign negotiation is confided to the executive power, and as such negotiation, according to the usage and interest of nations, is so conducted that little information concerning its matter and progress is suffered to transpire; it must be evident, that on this branch of administration, more than on any other, the people are the least informed and therefore the most incapable of expressing a sound and salutary opinion.
I am led to make these remarks by the intemperate zeal that has of a sudden burst forth among us, and by the re-opening of the democratic presses in every quarter for the purpose of agitating the country and inflaming it against Great-Britain.
The object of the persons who directed these measures is as manifest as the noon-day sun:—They were disappointed, mortified, and humbled at the prospect of a settlement with Great-Britain. In their souls they cursed Mr. Madison and felt the bitterest regret that they had co-operated in his elevation. They never wished, that Great-Britain should do us justice; on the contrary, it was their anxious hope that she would continue to be provoked to do otherwise: the arrangement therefore, announced from Washington in April, added wormwood and gall to their disappointment.

Now, when difficulties appear to have occurred in giving effect to that arrangement, turbulent men rally and re-appear upon the stage; they struggle as for their lives; revive and aggravate every circumstance of an irritating nature; they awaken former resentments; and toil day and night to fill the people with jealousy and hatred against Great-Britain. For this purpose, together their deluded followers, to them inflammatory harangues, variously pass and publish resolutions, the name of the people, with the sanction of overawing the executive power, and arresting the pacific course, which they fear may still be pursued—Who that recollects, the intolerance, the violence, and the shameless display of foreign influence, which disgraced our country in the years 1795 and 1796, can be at a loss either for the model, or the motive of men who are employed to create public confusion? By the bounty of providence, the destiny of our country were then confided to the tried prudence of the immortal Washington—He decided, and order arose out of confusion—May the man who once so largely shared his confidence, revere his example, and like him, may he merit the applause of a grateful country. Nothing has yet occurred to forbid the indulgence of this hope. Mr. Madison and his principal ministers are entitled to the credit of originating the overture for a good understanding and commercial intercourse with Great-Britain; difficulties have arisen in the completion of this arrangement, but there appears no reason to apprehend that they will prove insuperable.
deira. Died at St. Johns, capt. Lawrence and a Mr. Sprague, belonging to a N. York sloop. The sloop Walter, of Rhineback, was to sail from St. Johns on the 17th July. The two French frigates and a 64 gun ship, that were at the Saints, had recently arrived at Antigua, prize to the Pompey, &c.
American Property sequestered in Holland. A letter from Holland, received in this city, states that all the COTTON & COLONIAL PRODUCE from on board the AMERICAN vessels lately arrived there, have been deposited in the King's warehouses, and there to remain, until a GENERAL Peace is effected.—Tobacco and a few articles of consequence, are permitted to be shipped for consignees. The writer expresses Antigua, that the American merchants risk their property there, in the present state of affairs.
SHIP NEWS. Port of Alexandria.
Arrived, schr. Alert, capt. M'Kenzie, 16 days from Barbadoes—Ballast—H. Nicholson and G. Coleman. July 17, spoke brig Echo, of and from Middletown, bound to Martinique. Left there brig Victory, captain Riddel, Nantucket, seized; ship Robert, Dyer, Penobscot; brig Ann, Jones, Baltimore; Thomas, Whitmore, do.; Rein Deer, Smith, Salem; schr. Leverette, Fisher, of Newbern; ship Argo, Newell, Boston, to sail in 10 days.
The following vessels had arrived there and sailed for other ports: Brig Mary-Torrans, Hodgson, Philadelphia; Eagle, Coffin, Biddeford; Catrach, Emery, do.; Rising States, Dardenhoff; schooner Samuel and Jane, Patterson, Wiscasset.
FROM THE (LONDON) LADY'S MAGAZINE.
Anecdote of DONNA CARO, Aunt of the Marquis de la Romana. During the war at the beginning of the French revolution, this courageous lady used to attend her husband, general don Ventura Caro, who commanded the Spanish army in the neighborhood of Yron. At the beginning of an engagement, this lady was accustomed to take her station on the battery of San Carlos, wherein was erected the signal post for the left wing of the army.—She held the telescope in her hand, through which she viewed her husband, whilst he exposed himself to the firing as a common soldier; neither the twelve twenty-four pounders, which were placed around her, nor the bombs which fell beside her could move her; the telescope never trembled in her hand.—In the intervals of hostility, she employed herself in visiting the hospitals, and contributing to allay the distresses of the sick and wounded. Such an instance of courage and benevolence is scarcely to be paralleled. She preferred witnessing the conflicts and the fate of her husband, to the anxiety of mind she knew she must have suffered till she could have heard it from others. The marquis de la Romana at that time commanded a post called Casa fuerte , (the strong house.)
SADDLES.
LADIES' and gentlemen's SADDLES and BRIDLES, of the first quality—Coach and Waggon Harness manufactured and for sale for cash, on the most reasonable terms, by
Elias Botner, King-street, near the corner of Washington-street. August 8. 2aw4w
A Barter.
FIVE and a HALF DOLLARS per hundred is offered for first quality Alexandria inspected Tobacco , payable in Alexandria Theatre Stock, and Little River (old) Stock, at par. A good (colored) BOY, from 10 to 13 years old, is wanted on wages. Enquire of the Printer. August 8. eo3t
River-Farm to Rent.
I AM authorised to rent in divisions, that part of the late General Washington's estate called RIVER-FARM. The fertility to say nothing of the commanding situation of this place, is sufficient to excite the attention of farmers. Wm. H. FOOTE. 2aw1m July 11.
ALEXANDRIA THEATRE.
ON THURSDAY EVENING, AUGUST 10, WILL BE PRESENTED A CELEBRATED COMEDY IN FIVE ACTS, CALLED THE HONEY MOON.
Duke Aranza. Mr. M'Kenzie. Count Montalban, Cone. Rolando, Jefferson. Balthazar, Cross. Lampedo, Francis. Campillo, Harris. Lopez, Miller. Jacques, Blissett. Juliana, (With the song of "At the Front of a Cottage,") Mrs. Wilmo. Volante, Francis. Zamora, Wood. Hostess, Downie. END OF THE FOURTH ACT, A COUNTRY DANCE, by the Characters.
To which will be added A COMIC OPERA IN TWO ACTS, CALLED THE AGREEABLE SURPRISE.
Sir Felix Friendly, Mr. Briers. Compton, Cross. Eugene, Jacobs. Chicane, Miller. John, Wilmot. Thomas, Harris. Lingo, Jefferson. Laura, Mrs. Seymour. Cowslip, Wilmot. Fringe, Miss Petit. Mrs. Cheshire, Mrs. Downie.
Box one dollar—Pitt three quarters of a dollar. * Tickets to be had at the office of Mr. Snowden. † Doors will open at six—curtain rise a quarter before seven o'clock.
Scheme of a Lottery, For founding a COLLEGE in Baltimore.
  2 prizes of 20,000 is 40,000   3 10,000 30,000   3 5,000 15,000   2 2,500 5,000   10 1,000 10,000   15 500 7,500   20 200 4,000   50 100 5,000   100 50 5,000   200 20 4,000   3500 15 52,500   3500 12 42,000 
  7405 Prizes. } Not two to a Prize,   14595 Blanks. } Of the above Prizes the following are stationary:   First drawn Ticket 500   First do. after 1000 Tickets 500   First do. 2000 500   First do. 3000 500   First do. 4000 500   First do. 5000 500   First do. 6000 500   First do. 7000 500   First do. 8000 500   First do. 9000 500   First do. 10000 500   First do. 11000 1000   First do. 12000 1000   First do. 13000 1000   First do. 14000 1000   First do. 15000 1000   First do. 16000 1000   First do. 17000 1000   First do. 18000 1000   First do. 19000 1000   First do. 20000 1000   First do. 21000 1000   Last drawn Ticket 1000 
The above Lottery commences drawing on the first Monday in November next, and will be continued regularly at the rate of fifteen hundred tickets each week, until finished.—Prizes in the late New-York and Baltimore lotteries, taken in payment for tickets in this.
A correct list of the drawing will be received two or three times a week, and all tickets sold by the subscriber examined free of expence. Present price of tickets Ten Dollars Fifty Cents; but will in a few weeks be raised to ELEVEN DOLLARS— For Sale by Robert Gray. August 8.
TO HIRE,
A Light Running Coach, two good horses and a careful driver. Apply to G. M'MUNN. July 18. cotf.
Lost this morning, AN UMBRELLA newly covered with green silk, a walking-stick handle with a white bone or ivory head—instead of a ring to close it up, is a piece of green silk ferret—My name is written at length on the inside of the silk, and on the handle under the silk it is marked W. H. I believe it was left at the Bank of Potomac and suppose some person has taken it away by mistake and if so, have no doubt it will be returned to me or left with the printer, who will pay half a dollar to the person who delivers it. Wm. Hartshorne. 8th mo. 8th, 1809. d3t
PURSUANT to the last will and testament of Capt. JOHN HARPER, deceased, will be sold at public vendue, on the premises, on Saturday the 19th day of this instant month August,
A piece of Ground, On the west side of Union street and to the southward of Franklin street, beginning on Union street 88 feet 3 1/2 inches to the southward of Franklin street, and running southward with Union street 88 feet 3 1/2 inches and running back 62 feet 6 inches.
One other piece of Ground, lying on the south side of Franklin street and west side of Potomac street, beginning at the intersection of said streets and running westwardly with Franklin street 52 feet 6 inches, southwardly with Potomac street 88 feet 3 1/2 inches.
Also, one half-acre of Land, on the west side of Royal street and south side of Gibbon street, near the lot of John Reynolds, deceased. The terms will be made known at the time of sale, by The Executors. August 8. dts
ORPHAN'S COURT, Alexandria County, August Term, 1809. ORDERED, That the administratrix of WILLIAM MARTIN, deceased, do insert the following advertisement three times a week for three weeks in the Alexandria Daily Gazette. Test, ALEXANDER MOORE, Reg.
THIS is to give notice, That the subscriber of Alexandria county, in the district of Columbia, hath obtained from the Orphans' Court of said county, letters of administration on the personal estate of WILLIAM MARTIN, late of the county aforesaid, dec'd. all persons having claims against the said deceased, are hereby warned to exhibit the same, with the vouchers thereof, to the subscriber, on or before the 8th day of February next, or they may by law be excluded from all benefit to said estate—and those indebted thereto are required to make immediate payment. Given under my hand this 8th day of August, 1809. Mary-Ann Martin, Administratrix of William Martin, August 8. 3aw3w
Twenty Thousand Dollars May be gained for Three Dollars. Tickets in the third class, of the Lehigh Navigation Lottery, for sale by S. Snowden. August 2.
MEAD & ICE-CREAM, Will be kept for sale constantly during the time the Theatre is open, at the BAR adjoining the Theatre. August 7.
To be Sold, or Rented, The property conveyed by Elisha Janney, for the benefit of his creditors—consisting of Two Dwelling Houses on an half acre of ground, at the south west corner of Duke and Royal streets. One of these is an elegant new building calculated for the accommodation of a large family. An half acre Lot of Land, situate at the south east corner of Cameron and Henry-streets. A small dwelling house on an alley eastward of Union street, between Duke & Wolf streets. A Farm of 12 acres, within two miles of town, on the Leesburg road, enclosed with a post and rail fence, on which there is a tolerable good dwelling house and a well of water. ALSO FOR SALE, The wharf and the improvements thereon, on the south side of Prince street. Richard M. Scott, Trustee. Bush Hill, July 14. 2aw6w
Was Committed To the jail of this county, as a runaway, NEGRO MAN, who says his name is Henry Haggeman. He is about twenty seven years of age, 5 feet 6 inches high, stout made, had on a white linen jacket and trousers, has a scar on his nose. The owner is requested to come and prove his or her property, pay charges and take him away otherwise he will be disposed of as the law directs. James Campbell, jailor. May 11—(July 29) 12y3m
Alexandria Daily Gazette.
TUESDAY, AUGUST 8.
The President of the United States arrived at Washington on Sunday last from Montpelier. The Secretary at War arrived at Washington on Friday last.
Bonaparte's oracle in Philadelphia has, it seems, received late advices, &c. from France. Formerly Bony loved US, and treated us with all sorts of "liberality" and kindness—So Duane said! Now, this American COLONEL says that such is our "shocking want of justice" in our relations with France, that all American vessels will be seized. Hear him: From the Aurora of August 2. "The merchant who sends a ship to Europe in the present state of things, sends it to certain destruction; the measures pursued towards the belligerents will satisfy either: for it cannot be denied that there was an object condescension to the oppressor of the seas, and a shocking want of justice and even of common prudence in regard to the other, i. e. France."
The above paragraph from the Aurora, is sufficient to alarm the good people of this country. Duane always boasts of possessing the latest and most correct information from France; and all who fear the intrigues of a "French faction" amongst us believe that he does. Then if he speak the truth in this instance, our merchants have every thing to apprehend. Again Duane is a COLONEL in the American army, and not only pleads the cause of France in a daily newspaper, continually poisoning the minds of our citizens; but boldly declares that the government under which he holds a high military command, treats France with shocking injustice! On such men did Mr. Jefferson lavish favors—and on such men, (heaven protect us!) must America, very possibly, rely to repel the legions of Bonaparte.
[Balt. Fed. Gaz.]
NEW-YORK, August 5. Letters received in this city from Paris, so late a date as the 4th of July, mention negotiations for a commercial treaty between the United States and France had commenced between gen. Armstrong and Mr. Aatourie, who, during Mr. Champagnie's absence at Vienna, fills the office of minister of exterior relations. An issue favorable to this country was confidently expected. The decree of September had been recalled; and colonial produce was permitted to go from Holland to France. This caused a rise in the article of coffee from 10 to 25 per cent.
Arrived, brig Mentor, Jenkins, 16 days from Antigua. Left ship Commerce, for Alexandria, in four days.—There was a great number of American vessels at St. Johns, Antigua. Lat. 35. Long. 80, spoke schr. William, Clark, of Newport, 3 days from Charleston, for Ma-

A further Proof
OF
Yarwood's useful Washing Machine.
We the subscribers have found, on trial, Joseph Yarwood's Patent Washing Machine to answer fully the intended purpose of washing cloaths of every description, and do hereby recommend them to the public as a great saving of soap, labor and cloaths. Given under our hands this day of June, 1809.
(Signed)
Dorothea Krouse, Cathinder Calder, Ann McCarren, Martha Abercrombie, Ruth Devon, Rebecca Hattersley, Valinda Brown, Elizabeth Black, Jane B. Swann, H. Dick, Susanna Rounsville, Elizabeth Wilson, Elizabeth Snyder, Nancy Kell, Sarah Kelsen-ger, Margaret B. Manley, Mary Fendall, Mary Steel, Sarah Fitzhugh, Mary Duffey, Persia Hodgkin, Carolina Hopkins, Sarah B. McKey, Elizabeth Muir, Polly Rhoades, Elizabeth Longden, Ann Snowden, Ann Davies, Mary Bogan, Mary Slade, Betsey Fur-ner, Mary Smith, Sarah G. Janney.
With pleasure I do return my sincere thanks to the above named ladies, and many others who have favored me with their certificates and custom in the purchase of Yarwood's Pa-tent Washing Machine. I find them still in great demand in this place, but finding a very great scarcity of plank to answer the purpose of making them here, I shall in a few days or weeks commence making them to the south-ward. But will endeavor to supply others at a short notice after my return. I have a few now made on hand, which can be had if ap-plied for soon.
Wm. C. Newton,
Assignee of Joseph Yarwood.
July 24.
N. B. Mr. John Troup will superintend the making, and supplying customers in my ab-sence.
WM. C. NEWTON.
DIRECTIONS HOW TO USE YARWOOD'S
Patent Washing Machine.
First fill the barrel half full of your finest cloaths, then fill the bottom of the Reservoir with hot suds up to the side planks, turn the Crank backwards and forwards so as to make the cloaths fall the hardest against the sides of the barrel for about twenty-five minutes, then use the same suds with a little more soap and hot water for the next finest cloaths, until the suds are unfit for use, then second your cloaths in the same way with boiling suds, after rub-bing a little soap on the dirtiest parts of the cloaths; then rinse them in the machine in warm or cold water.
Just Published,
FOR SALE BY R. GRAY,
A CELEBRATED ROMANCE ENTITLED
ABAELLINO,
THE BRAVO OF VENICE.
Translated from the German, by M. G. Lewis, the well known author of the Castle Spectre, Monk, Adelgitha &c. &c. Price, handsomely bound, one dollar—the English edition sold at one dollar seventy five cents. What black Musician conjures up this fiend? What, do you tremble, are ye all afraid? Alas, I blame ye, not, for ye are mortal, And mortal eyes cannot endure the devil— Vaunt, thou dreadful Minister of Hell.
RICHARD III.
In justice to this excellent Romance, we need only remark, that the Grand Dramatic piece, which for several seasons past drew such full houses to our theatre, is founded on the same subject, as translated by Dunlap; but the acknowledged superiority of Lewis's writings or translations in the Romance style, being so far superior to any other of our mod-ern authors, leaves encomium unnecessary with the publishers.
NOTE. Five editions of this Romance were sold in a very short time, after publication in London—it is dedicated to the Earl of Moira, by Lewis.
June 7—21
New Publications,
FOR SALE
At COTTOM & STEWART'S Bookstore.
CRANCH'S Reports, 4 volumes.
Hewing and Mumford's Reports.
Sugden's Law of Venders and Purchasers
of Estates.
East's Reports, volume 9.
Laws on Pleading.
American Pleader's Assistant.
Harrison's Chancery Reports.
Roberts on Frauds.
Woodward on Executive.
Hungarian Brothers, a novel, by Miss Por-
ter.
Thaddeus of Warsaw, do. by Miss Por-
ter.
Patriotic Sketches of Ireland, by Miss Ow-
enson.
Georgics and Bees, by R. Southey.
Elizabeth, or Exiles of Siberia, by Mrs.
Cottin.
Griffith Abbey, by Mrs. Mathews.
FOR SALE,
Mrs. Law's FARM, near this town-
Terms, which will be very accommo-
dating, made known by WALTER JONES Esq.
in Washington.
May 39.
John Gardner Ladd,
Has for sale, at his Warehouse, Princestreet
Wharf—
Muscovado and Loaf Sugars in hogsheads and barrels.
Molasses, West-India, and New-England
Rum in do.
Holland's Gin and French Brandy in pipes.
Port, Sherry, and Malaga Wines.
Coffee, Rice, and Cotton Wool.
Imperial, Hyson, Young Hyson, Hyson-
shulan, and Hyson-skin Teas, in whole, half,
and quarter chests.
1 case black Persians.
2 barrels Caroline Indigo.
20 crates Liverpool cream-colored & blue-
edged Ware assorted.
Best Black Pepper in Bags.
Spermaceti Mould, and Mould and Dip
Tallow Candles in boxes.
Brown Soap in boxes—Cod-fish in do.
Beef, Pork, Salmon, Shad and Herrings
in barrels.
Tanners Oil, Spanish Hides, a quantity of
Soal Leather, Mens', Womens' and Childrens
Shoes of various descriptions, a few packages
of White Rolls and German Checks, Russia
Sheetings and Diapers, Russia and Ravens
Duck, India Cotton of different kinds, Nan-
keens, 150 pieces coarse Irish Linens, Writ-
ing and wrapping Paper, 500 bushels coarse
Salt, Cordage, Flax, Glue, a quantity of Vi-
negar. 200 tons Plaister Paris, and 20 tons
Russian Hemp, &c. &c.
January
Joseph Mandeville,
CORNER OF KING AND FAIRFAX STREETS,
Has Received,
100 half boxes Rousett's CI-
GARS warranted of the very first qua ty
and full contents.
Real Maccouba Snuff,
Rappee do. Coarse and Fine,
20 boxes fresh MUSTARD.
20 Philadelphia CHOCOLATE, 1st
and 2d quality.
HE HAS ALSO,
A General Assortment as usual
of good WINES, LIQUORS, and GROCE-
RIES for sale.
Dec. 2.
Joseph H. Mandeville,
Corner of King and Union-streets,
HAS FOR SALE,
2000 baskels coarse and fine Salt, by the
bushel and in sacks.
50 barrels Whiskey.
1000 wt. Rhode Island Cheese.
Goshen do. in casks.
5000 wt. best green Coffee, in bags.
1000 do. white do.
French Brandy.
Jamaica, Antigua, Windward Island, and
New England Rum.
Imperial, Hyson, Young Hyson, and Hy-
son Skin Teas, of the latest importations.
Sugar, best Muscovado, in hogsheads and
barrels.
Do. inferior qualities, in do.
Molasses, in hogsheads
Clover Seed, warranted fresh.
Cotton, in bales and by retail.
Candles, mould and dipped.
Loaf and Lump Sugar.
Spanish Cigars, Hamilton's and Garret's
Snuff, in bottles, Writing and Wrapping Pa-
per, Pepper, Allspice, Chewing Tobacco,
Madder, Copperas, Soal Leather, Bed Cords,
Leading Lines, &c. &c.
ALSO,
Best Superfine Flour, for private families,
a few barrels Corn, and some Seed Oats,
Pfaister of Paris, &c.
April 17
NOTICE.
ELISHA JANNEY having by his inden-
ture duly executed and dated the 29th day
of last month, conveyed to the subscriber
the whole of his estate real personal & mix-
ed, in trust for the purpose of disposing of
he same and applying the proceeds thereof
to the payment of his debts—all those in-
debted to the said Elisha Janney, by bond, bill,
note, or book account, are hereby requested
to settle the same with Mr. Michael Cleary
and those who have claims against the said
Janney, will be pleased to render them within
90 days from this date, to the said Cleary who
may be found at the said Janney's counting-
room on his wharf, and is duly authorised
or that purpose by
Richard M. Scott, Trustee.
June 9.
2aw
TO RENT,
TWO STORES, on King-street, & three
on Royal-street, with good cellars under the
whole—they will be let together or separate
as may best suit those who wish to occupy
them, as they may be all connected together
a family may be conveniently accommodat-
ed—the stands are equal if not superior to
any in the town.
ALSO,
A convenient DWELLING HOUSE, on
St. Asaph-street, between Duke and Prince-
streets. This situation is healthy, with a good
garden and well of good water in the yard.—
For further particulars apply to WILLIAM
M'KNIGHT, or at M'KNIGHT and STEWART'S
store, corner of Fairfax and King-streets.
May 29.
co61aw
JUST RECEIVED,
For sale ONLY by JAMES KENNEDY, sen.
King-street,
The following highly valuable Medi-
cines,
Price 3 dollars per bottle.
Dr. Jebb's Nature's Restorative
A BALSAMIC CORDIAL.
THIS cordial so justly celebrated throughout Great-Britain and the continent of Europe, for its superior efficacy in the curing all disorders excited by nervous irritability, as well as in complaints of complete debility, whether arising from irregularities of living long continued residence in warm climates intemperate pursuits, or excessive pleasure, or that destructive affection of the mind which brings on so premature the infirmities of old age.
In removing pulmonary affections, asthmas and all disorders of the lungs, it is the most powerful remedy ever yet found, and the relief it has afforded even in the last stage of consumption, is without a parallel; with regard to its efficacy in this baneful, and unfortunately the prevailing disorder in this country (consumption) its superiority is such as to have supplanted every other medicine.
Those who in advanced life feel the consequences of youthful excess, will find themselves restored to health and strength, and all those melancholy symptoms removed, which are the general effects of such causes.
In short, animated by the uniform success this invaluable cordial has experienced in Europe, the thousands it has renovated, when bending under the pressure of nervous, consumptive or hypochondriacal disorders (many tested proofs of which from eminently distinguished persons in this quarter of the globe, are now in the possession of the proprietor here, some few of which are herein published have determined the introduction of it into this continent, where its efficacies must soon become so prized as to make it considered a beneficent remedy not to be dispensed with by those who are anxious to preserve or acquire their health.
The chief ingredient of this cordial is a plant whose rare and precious salutary virtues were well known to the Arabians during the 8th and 9th centuries, when that people shone conspicuous over all the nations of the world for their learning and skill in eradicating baneful diseases incident to the human frame, renovating infirmity to vigor, and restoring the sickly to sound and rosy health, and which, as known at this time by their descendants, and used and experienced as the most sovereign remedy for decayed constitutions, and every species of nervous disorders. This celebrated restorative plant has also been highly estimated for ages past, amongst the most enlightened nations of Greece, and considered by those wise inhabitants as one of the first of their blessings.
This cordial is also rich and fine in flavor, most grateful to the palate, and the most enlivening to the spirits of any yet offered to the public.
ALSO,
Dr. Tiffot's celebrated Gout and Rheu-
matic Drops
(Price, Two Dollars per bottle.)
NOTHING is of more importance than the preservation of health—this common laced remark however is too often FORGOTTEN whilst we are active and strong—and prevention of pain, which is superior to its cure, is not sufficiently attended to by any description of persons. Among those disorders which require the most early and unremitting efforts to eradicate and overcome, none have a stronger claim upon our notice than the Gout, Rheumatism, Lumbago, Weakness of the Joints, Sprains, Glects, the Stone and Gravel, the Cramp and every species of Rheumatic Pains from whatever cause they may have originated—and hence every relief which can be administered is too valuable to be forgotten.—Those persons whose avocations peculiarly expose them to colds, &c. cannot be too anxious always to possess immediate aid. Sea-faring persons, travellers, &c. ought constantly to carry with them that medicine which will counteract the unpleasant effects of their perilous duties, and especially those pains to which their situation must expose them. To those who reside in or visit the West-Indies, and their warm climates, they will be found upon trial to convey the most lasting service and will gradually destroy all tendency to disease in the human frame, and preserve health and vigor. Although a great variety of prescriptions have been published to cure the disorders enumerated above, none has yet equalled the GOUT AND RHEUMATIC DROPS of Dr. TISSOT, which are celebrated throughout the European continent, and whose unbounded benefits are fully authenticated by certificates already published of gentlemen so well known in America, being of the first consequence in the state of Maryland: General Charles Ridgely, of Hampton; John Gibson, Esq. one of the directors of the Farmers' Bank of Maryland; John Macubbin, Esq. Mrs. Macubbin, his wife; and Mrs. Ryan, of Calton. Ample certificates and affidavits of the beneficial effects of these medicines may be seen by applying as above.
March 11
FOR SALE,
The following VALUABLE PROPERTY,
A TRACT OF LAND,
CONTAINING 1600 acres, more or less, called and known by the name of Little Marsh, lying within 12 miles of Winchester, in the county of Frederick, in the state of Virginia. On about 900 acres of this tract there are several very well improved tenanted for life or lives, the balance in all incumberance, including an excellent chan, mill built with stone, the whole yielding an annual rent of about 800 dollars. Of this tract it is very fertile, well watered, all abundance of timber. It is generally level, but part of it is hilly and stoney, and of lime stone. It will be laid off to suit purchasers.
Another tract, called Holland Marsh, lying in the county of Westmoreland, containing about 2800 acres, bordering on the river Potomac, adjoining the Stratford estate and the late residence of Richard Lee, Esq. Chantilly. On the estate are a number of farms and tenants at will. Part of this tract is extremely fertile, and all of it as good as the best lands generally are in that part of the country. The Marsh affords excellent pasture for stock, and is happily situated for fish fowls of which that river abounds, and will be a desirable estate to any person who may choose to reside in that part of the country. It will however be laid off to suit purchasers. The above lands are held by deeds of purchase duly recorded in the general court.
Another tract containing 900 acres, lying in the county of Berkeley, adjoining the residence of Rawleigh Calvert, Esq. of which about 660 acres is leased for the balance of the life of an aged man, the remainder rented at will. This land is situated in what is called the big bend of Potomac, and is on it. In point of fertility it is esteemed superior to none in that part of the state and is held by deed from James Marshall, Esq.
Seven other tracts containing 1000 acres each, adjoining each other in the county of Mason, within a few miles of the Ohio, between the two Kanawha's on the river of Sandy Creek, which runs through considerable part of it. It adjoins the line of general Washington, and the late Benjamin Harrison, jun. Esq. A large portion of it is rich bottom and the upland of very good quality. It is held under the original purchase by deeds duly recorded in the general court.
Five full & complete Shares in the Dismal Swamp Company.
Upwards of 16,000 acres of Lands, being very old military rights, in the states of Ohio, Kentucky and the Indiana territory, chiefly patented in my name and ready to be shewn.
A more particular description of the foregoing property may be seen by applying to Mr. Thomas Taylor, of Richmond, who is authorized to make contracts, or to me in Alexandria. The titles are all unclouded and the terms proposed are, one fourth cash at the time of conveyance, the balance in three instalments, the last two to be secured by bond. Any species of public stock and of the different Banks in the United States of Insurance Companies, the Potomac Bridge and Turnpike Companies will be received in payment according to their fair value. Ground rents in the city of Richmond and town of Alexandria, Houses and Lots, will likewise be received in payment according to such rates as may be agreed upon.
John Hopkins.
July 27.
Valuable Property for Sale.
THE subscriber offers for sale the House on Fairfax-street, in Alexandria, occupied by Mrs. S. Nickolls. The sellers say this property is worth four thousand two hundred dollars, and have, year by year, assessed it at this sum; but the subscriber now offers it for sale at the assessed value.
He also offers for sale,
The vacant Lots on Fairfax and Franklin streets. Assessors have said that these lots are worth three thousand two hundred dollars per acre, and have assessed them at this rate