Alexandria daily advertiser (Alexandria [Va.]), 1806-06-17 00:00:00

Alexandria Daily Advertiser.
Vol. VI.]
TUESDAY, JUNE 17, 1806.
[No. 1629.]
SALES AT VENDUE.
On every Tuesday and Friday , WILL BE SOLD, At the Vendue-Store, Corner of Prince and Water streets, A Variety of DRY GOODS, GROCERIES, &c. [Particulars of which will be expressed in the bills of the day.]
All kind of goods which are on limitation and the prices of which are established, can at any time be viewed and purchased at the lowest limitation and prices.
Philip G. Marsteller, v. M.
For Liverpool —direct. THE SHIP INTREPID, Captain SMITH ; The greater part of her cargo being already engaged, a few hundred barrels will be taken on freight if immediate application is made to Marsteller and Young.
June 9. d FOR SALE, On board the ship INTREPID , lying at Conway's wharf, 1500 Sacks Liverpool stowed Salt 100 tons common do. A few boxes Crown Window Glass , of different sizes Some crates well assorted Earthen Ware One cask Crucibles and empty Bottles . They will be sold low if applied for immediately and taken from on board. Apply to Marsteller and Young.
May 29. d JUST RECEIVED And for sale, 4 Casks of London Brown Stout , of a superior quality. John McDonald. Corner of King and Royal streets.
June 7. d 35 hhds first quality St. Croix Sugars , Will be landed to-morrow, from on board the Schooner Federalist . For sale, by Richard Veitch & Co.
June 9. d Colston and Turner, Have received from New York , and are now opening at their Linen Store , on Royal street, opposite Mr. James Russe's , AN ASSORTMENT OF Irish Linens , Diaper Table Cloths, brown Hollands , Petitillas , and Ticklenburgs . And daily expected, Diapers , Checks , Hempens , Dowels , Sheetings , Threads , &c. Also for Sale, A few chests of Imperial and Hyson Teas , the latest importations—and 50 Sacks of Liverpool Salt . May 9. d
24 hogheads retailing Molasses 24 do. Sugar , of good quality 25 barrels Beef , Salem inspection 1 pipe London Particular Madeira Wine 5 boxes Cotton Cards 2 Sacks Sago 2 do. Licorice Root Barrels of Clover and herds Grass Seed A quantity of red Soal Leather , and 100 Shares M. Fine Insurance Stock , For Sale, by Benjamin Shreve, jun.
April 26. d BOTTLED BEER.
To-morrow morning, at 7 o'clock, and, if encouraged, each succeeding morning, A dray with BOTTLED BEER will go about town: When the dray may supply themselves with that wholesome beverage at six pence per bottle, to be paid for on delivery. Orders from the country and shipping or others will be executed on the shortest notice—Apply to T. CRUSE.
May 8. d Cash, and the highest price given for clean Linen and Cotton Rags , by the Painter of this paper.
For LIVERPOOL —direct, THE SHIP ENTERPRISE, Captain Colcord , (A fine new vessel, about 300 hhds. burthen.) One half the cargo being engaged, the balance will be taken on moderate terms, and if addressed to Messrs. Logan, Lenox & Co. the usual advances will be made. WM. HODGSON. June 6. d
For Freight or Charter, THE SHIP AURORA, John Tite MB , Master; Burthen about 350 hogheads of tobacco. She was to sail from Newburyport the 8th instant, and wait in Hampson Roads for orders. Should immediate application be made, she would, doubtless, be here in 8 or 10 days, and in complete order for the reception of a cargo. Lawraison and Fowle, Who have now landing from ship Ranger , Five bales Beerboon Gurrahs . June 10. d
For Freight or Charter, THE SHIP ANN, Charles Bradford , Master; Burthen 350 hogheads tobacco. She is a fine strong ship, well found, and will be ready to take in a cargo in 10 days. Apply to Robert T. Hooe & Co. May 31. d
Plaster Paris & Lime—also, 100 tons Plaster Paris, 70 casks Lime, On board Brig Nancy , Captain Hall , AND FOR SALE BY Lawraison & Fowle, Who have also received by ship Schooner Dove , and Packet , from Baltimore , 30 boxes Coffee 70 do. Mould and Dips Candles 120 do. Half Boxes Brown Soap 1 Bale Beerboon Gurrahs Imperial, } of the latest importations. Young Hyson 20 barrels N. E. Rum 75 casks Bilona Gunpowder 10 casks Fig Blue In Store, Pine Beck and Pork Ruffs and Ravens Duck Young Hyson and Hyson Skin Teas Muscovado Sugar Casks Claret and Madeira Wine 200 Boxes Mould and Dips Candles 50 do. Chocolate, &c. &c. May 21. d
SEED POTATOES. I have received from New-York , 50 barrels of SEED POTATOES , of an extraordinary good kind, which I will sell low. Mordecai Miller. May 30. d
JOHN G. LADD, Has just received and offers for sale, 20 quarter casks choice old Sherry Wine , of the very best quality 40 do. Malaga do. 20 boxes French Teas 20 do. do. Chocolate 50 do. Spermaceti Candles . June 5. d
WOODVILLE FOR SALE, An elegant Country Seat, adjoining the Mt. Eagle tract, containing about 120 acres, chiefly in woods and heavily timbered. There are on the premises a neat small dwelling house, good new kitchen, &c. commanding a beautiful view of Alexandria , and the city of Washington . A long credit will be given on this property. Apply (in the absence of the subscriber) to Mr. JAMES RUSSELL , of Alexandria . Charles J. Caillett. Woodville, 12th May, 1806. N. B. Also for Sale, a good second-hand COACHEE and pair of HORSES . Apply as above. C. J. C. 2031-1600470 Printing, in its various branches, handsomely executed at this office.
BOTTLING CELLAR. DAVID P. DEWFEY, Has for sale, at his BOTTLING CELLAR , on Prince street Hare's Philadelphia Porter, & Ale , in bottles, of a superior quality. He has fitted up a room in the cellar for the accommodation of such as may favor him with their custom and will be happy to serve them. June 12. d
FOR SALE, ON CONWAY'S WHARF , 28 Puncheons 4th Proof Jamaica Spirits . Apply to Marsteller & Young. June 5. d
POSTPONEMENT. Public Sale. By virtue of a deed of trust from Daniel McCarty to the subscribers, to secure the payment of a sum of money due from the said Daniel McCarty to Jonathan and Mathew Schofield , will be sold at public auction, on the premises, to the highest bidder, for ready money, on the 27th day of this present month, part of that tract of land called Mount Air , whereon the said McCarty now lives lying upon Acquintique Creek , in the county of Fairfax , adjoining Gardner's Mill Land , distant about 11 or 12 miles from Alexandria . The sale to commence at 12 o'clock. June 4. d
Phineas Janney, Andrew Schofield. We have thought proper to postpone the sale of the above Land heretofore advertised for the 31st May, until the 27th of June, when it will be positively sold. P. J. & A. S. PUBLIC SALE.
PURSUANT to a deed of trust from James Bandon and Elizabeth his wife , dated the 21st of February, 1805, for the purpose therein intended, will be sold, on the premises, to the highest bidder, for cash, on the 27th day of August next, a LOT OF GROUND, fronting 22 feet 3 inches on the east side of Water street, and 150 feet deep, situated between Duke and Prince streets, in the town of Alexandria ; whereon is erected a neat and convenient Frame Dwelling house . Thomas Vowell, Trustee. May 28. d
NOTICE. By virtue of a deed of trust given to me by James Kennedy in order to satisfy certain debts therein specified, due to John Laird , Messrs. Chamberlain and Humphrey , Gabriel Wood , and Joel and Jonathan Puff , I do hereby offer for sale by private contract, the whole of the stock in trade of the said James Kennedy, jr. as it was deposited with me; and he not having complied with the condition therein contained, and redeemed the same agreeably to his undertaking in the deed of trust, and it being the stock of a Druggist and Chemist, may be worthy the attention of some person in that line of business. If no proposals are offered to me before the first day of July, I shall then expect the same to public sale, together with all the household furniture conveyed to me by the said James Kennedy, jr. to satisfy the purposes of the said deed, under the terms and conditions therein contained. James Sanderson, Trustee. June 4. d
FOR SALE, PORK in barrels New York prime and cargo BEEF Hyson Skin and } TEAS Suchong Russia DUCK , and A few kegs ESSENCE OF SPRUCE , by DAN'L. MERCATROYD. May 6. co
Dissolution of Copartnership. THE Copartnership hitherto subsisting under the firm of Joseph Riddle & Co. of Alexandria , was dissolved the first instant, by mutual consent. All persons that are indebted to, or that have claims on the same, are requested to come forward and settle, as it is desirable to close the concern as soon as possible. Those whose accounts are of long standing are particularly requested to attend to this notice, and make payments to either of the subscribers. JOSEPH RIDDLE, Of Alexandria . JAMES DALL, Of Baltimore . September 18. d
WANTED TO PURCHASE, A strong well broke young HORSE . Apply to the Printer. June 16. d
PUBLIC SALE. By virtue of a decree of the hon. the Circuit Court , the District of Columbia , for the county of Alexandria , made between Richard Prime , complainant—and the heirs and representatives of Robert McCreas , deceased, defendants, will be sold, at public sale, on SATURDAY , the 14th day of June, at the Coffee House , in Alexandria , on a credit of six months; one moiety of an annual ground rent of 114 dollars upon a lot in Union street, leased to Thomas Crandle , on which there is erected a three story brick house; also, one moiety of an annual ground rent of 40 dollars, on a lot leased to Michael Thorn , in Wales's alley , now the property of Samuel Nichols , on which there is improvements; also, on a credit of six and twelve months, one moiety of a lot of ground on Pitt street, fronting 46 feet, and running back 123 feet 5 inches.—Security will be required on the above property for the payment of the purchase money. G. Deneale, Commissioner. May 20. d
The sale of the above property is postponed on account of the weather, till Thursday next the 26th inst. when it will take place at 1 o'clock.
District of Columbia, to wit: WHEREAS Alexander Bickerton hath, by his petition in writing, applied to the Hon. Nicholas Fitzhugh , one of the assistant judges of the circuit court of the district of Columbia , to be admitted to the benefit of the act of Congress for the relief of insolvent debtors within the district aforesaid, and has stated therein that he is in actual confinement in the jail by order of Alexandria county, at the suit of Henry Maynadier , and being unable to discharge the said claim with others against him, has offered to deliver up to the use of his creditors, all his property, real, personal or mixed: Notice is therefore given to the creditors of the said Alexander Bickerton , that on Saturday, 21st of this month, between the hours of four o'clock and seven in the afternoon at the court house in Alexandria , the oath of an insolvent debtor will be administered to the said Alexander Bickerton , and a trustee appointed agreeable to the said act of Congress, unless cause be then and there shown to the contrary. By order of the honorable Nicholas Fitzhugh , assistant judge of the circuit court of the district of Columbia , this 16th day of June, 1806. G. Deneale, c. c. June 16. d
JUST RECEIVED, By Captain Hand , from Philadelphia , and for sale, by the subscriber, in King street, A handsome assortment of China Tea and Coffee Cups and Saucers, China Bowls , of different sizes; Cream Ewers and Sugars ; handsome cut glass Decanters , Tumblers and Wine Glasses ; Looking Glasses , of different sizes; a general assortment of Queens Ware ; a few sets of elegant Mantle Ornaments ; nice fresh Young Hyson and Imperial Teas . Joseph Thornton. June 3. d
TUNIS CRAVEN, Has just received by the latest arrivals a handsome assortment of SPRING GOODS, —AMONG WHICH ARE— Colonade Mull Muslins Ladies' extra long silk and kid gloves Diagonal laced and pequet ditto Habit do. Cut gauze, japanned and honey-comb do. York tanned do. Plain and figured leno Pie nic-nits Pequet crape Men's gloves Plain cambric, jaconet and mull muslins Adolphi cotton in boxes Plain & colored hair-corded cambric Wood's superfine cloths & calimeres India & British book muslin Marcellus waistcoating Do. do. handkerchiefs Nankeens Leno veils 4-4 and 7-8 Irish linen Lace cambric and tambores mull shawls Shirting cotton Honey-comb and imperial fatinet do. Long lawns Undressed gingham, chintz and calicoes Linen Cambricks Silk and cotton chambrays Umbrellas Italian Mantuas Bandanna handkerchiefs Ribands Platillas Italian sewing silk Dowias Silk and cotton hosiery Creas Ticklenburgh Osunburghs and rolls Baltas Gurrahs and Selampours.
FRESH TEAS, Of a superior quality, in small Leaden canisters and by the pound. May 6. d

FOREIGN.
TREATIES
AND Diplomatic Papers of the Third Coalition.
Presented to the British Parliament, Jan. 28th, 1806.
(Continued.)
No. IV. (A.) (Translation.)
Act of guarantee by the emperor of Russia of the convention signed at Helsingborg, on the 31st Dec. 1804.
A convention having been concluded this day, by the intervention of his majesty the Emperor of all the Russias, between his majesty the king of the united kingdom of Great Britain and Ire- land, and his majesty the king of Sweden, to provide for the reinforcement of the garrison of Stralsund, in pursuance of the secret and preli- minary convention of the 31st Dec. 1804; — The two high contracting parties have mutually re- quested his imperial majesty to consent to guaran- tee the execution of so desirable an object. His majesty the emperor of all the Russias has ac- cordingly willingly agreed to a measure which tends solely to so salutary an end; having there- unto furnished us with his full powers, we the undersigned envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary of his imperial majesty, declare and assure by this present act, in virtue of our full powers, that his majesty the emperor of all the Russias guarantees the convention which has been signed this day between his majesty the king of the united kingdom of Great Britain & Ireland, and his majesty the king of Sweden, in all its extent, as well with the two separate articles which are annexed to it, and which form part of the same, as of all the other conditions, clauses and stipulations which are contained therein, in the best possible form; and that his imperial majesty will cause to be forwarded and delivered the particular ratifications of this act of guarantee.
In faith of which we have signed the present act, and have caused the seal of our arms to be thereto affixed, and have exchanged it against the acts of acceptance; as shall be the wise exchanged the ratifications of the present act against the ratifications of the said acts of accep- tation, in the space of six weeks or sooner if possible.
Done at Helsingborg, the 31st day of August 1805.
(L. S.)
D. ALOPLUS.
No. IV. (B.) (Translation.)
Acceptance by his majesty of the Russian guaran- tee to the treaty of Helsingborg, of 31st Au- gust 1805.
A convention having been concluded this day, by the intervention of his majesty the emperor of all the Russias, between his majesty the king of Sweden, to provide for the reinforcement of the garrison of Stralsund, in pursuance of the secret and preliminary convention of the 31st December, 1804; and his said imperial majesty having a for- granted at the request of the high contracting parties, his guarantee to all the stipulations con- tained in the said convention, the undersigned, envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary of his majesty the king of the united kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, receives with acknow- ledgement the act of guarantee which has been delivered to him this day, in the name of his im- perial majesty of all the Russias, by his envoy ex- traordinary and minister plenipotentiary, and de- clares at the same time that his Britannic majes- ty will cause to be forwarded and delivered the ratifications of this act of acceptance.
In faith of which the undersigned minister ple- nipotentiary has signed the present act, and has caused his arms to be thereto affixed, and has ex- changed it against the act of guarantee above mentioned; as shall also be exchanged, the rat- ifications of the present act against the ratifications of the said act of guarantee within the space of six weeks or sooner if possible.
Done at Helsingborg, this 31st day of August, 1805.
(Signed)
(L. S.) HENRY PIERREPONT.
No. IV. (C.) (Translation.)
First separate article of the convention of Hel- singborg, signed 31st August, 1805.
His majesty the king of the United kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and his majesty the king of Sweden, have agreed by the present se- parate and additional article, that the subsidies fixed by the second and third articles of the con- vention signed this day, shall continue to be paid by Great Britain, during the continuance of the war between that power and France, conjointly with Russia, or as long as the state of affairs and the operations of the allies should require that the fortress of Stralsund be kept in a respectable state of defence, unless the two high contracting parties shall mutually consent to the cessation of such subsidies. In both cases, if the term of their payment should happen, when the sea is innavigable, his Britannic majesty engages, nevertheless, to continue their payment according to the same rate as heretofore, till the day of the return of the Swedish troops into Pomerania, which shall take place by the earliest opportuni- ty.
In faith of which the undersigned, by virtue of our full powers, have signed the present sepa- rate article, and have caused the seal of our arms to be affixed thereto.
Done at Helsingborg this 31st day of August, 1805.
(Signed) (L. S.) Henry Pierrepont.
(L. S.) T. E. Baron de Tall.
No. IV. (D.) (Translation.) Second separate article of the convention of Helsingborg, signed the 31st of Aug. 1805.
The Hanoverian troops, which (in pur- suance of the stipulations of the second and third articles of the secret and preli- minary convention of the 31st of December, 1804, renewed by the seventh article of the present convention,) may be hereafter assembled in Swedish Pomerania, shall continue, as long as they remain in that province, under the supreme orders of the commander in chief of the United forces, without any violation of the rights estab- lished in the three above mentioned arti- cles.
This separate article shall have the same force and validity as if it were inserted word for word in the convention signed this day, and shall be ratified at the same time.
In faith of which we, the undersigned, by virtue of our full powers, have signed the present separate article, and have caus- ed the seal of our arms to be thereto affix- ed.
Done at Helsingborg, this 31st day of Aug. 1805.
(L. S.) Henry Pierrepont.
(L. S.) T. E. Baron de Tall.
[To be continued.]
From the Philadelphia Gazette.
EXTRACTS
FROM THE PAMPHLET, ENTITLED "An Enquiry into the State of the Nation at the commencement of the present Ad- ministration." — LONDON, 1806.
CONTINUED.
Such is the main body of the argument, in fa- vour of the justice as well as the policy of our reviving the rule of the war 1756. The chief point is as to the application of that rule to the co- lonial trade of the enemy; and, without at all entering into the question of right, we shall pro- ceed to offer a few simple considerations, which may tend to show that the view of the case, in point of policy, taken by the supporters of the above doctrine, is by no means a correct one, and that the importance of the whole matter at issue in the dispute has been enormously ex- aggerated. The following observations proceed upon the further admission, that the facts stated by the advocates of belligerent rights are accurately given, and also that whenever a neutral flag is assumed as a cover to the ship and cargo of a bel- ligerent power, so evident a fraud is excepted from the argument. The points to be maintain- ed, are, that whatever right England may have to prevent the interference of America in the French colonial trade during war, no material advantage could be gained for the enforcement of such a prohibition; that the real difference between the former and the present method of carrying French colonial produce, and supplying the French colonies is extremely trifling in its ultimate consequences; and that other reasons of a very positive nature enjoin a departure from such claims in the present situation of affairs.
To prevent a supply of colonial produce from reaching France, if not directly, at least by a roundabout importation, exceeds the power of the British navy, numerous and victorious as it is. Unless we can surround every port of the French coast with ships; and the land frontiers also with troops; and unless we are still further resolved to prohibit neutral nations from trading with France in their own merchandise or in merchandise of our colonies, the French people must continue to be supplied with sugar and coffee, whether we are at war with them or not. If we prevent these articles from being carried directly to France from her colonies, a small increase of the price will enable neutrals to import them into their own countries, and then re-export them to France. If we maintain that the mere importation and re-exportation, though accompanied with reloading of cargoes and pay- ment of duties, is still a conclusive transaction, and must be prohibited as a continuation of the original voyage; then a further increase of price enables the same produce to reach France in dif- ferent vessels, while the vessels that imported it take other freights. We in fact only oblige the neutrals to have two sets of vessels, one em- ployed between the French colonies and America, the other between America and France. The total gain of England upon the prohibitory op- erations, is the causing Frenchmen to drink their coffee some fous a pound dearer, which is a most pitiful advantage to us; and creating inconve- nience to America, which is no advantage at all.
But suppose we go a step further and prevent the Americans from exporting the French colony produce at all, upon the plea that this trade was not open to them during peace; let us consider what consequences will follow. One of these things must happen if such a prohibition is rigor- ously enforced; either the French will be compelled
to carry their produce in their own ships; or the English will be allowed to purchase it, and sell to neutrals in Europe, who will carry it to France; or the produce will be condemned to remain in the colonies. If the French venture at first to freight their own vessels with the produce, the British cruizers will infallibly take them, or at least the risk of capture which made the French throw open this traffic to neutrals, will continue to be so enormous that neither the planter nor the merchant can afford it. This expedient will therefore be speedily abandoned. If the English traders are allowed to purchase and carry the produce, it may be remarked, that such a pro- ceeding, such an intercourse with the enemy, would be contrary to all the general rules of war, and would be a compromise of our character for the gain of trade. But, after all, what great national end would be gained by such a com- merce? The French would pay somewhat higher for the produce than if neutrals carried it; a few English merchants would gain a certain commi- sion upon the sale of it. The capital required to carry on this new and suddenly created branch of trade would leave other branches, in which it had formerly been employed, and those branches would be filled by the capital of neutral nations. At a peace, a new change would be necessary, the capital must partly shift back again, and must in part be thrown out of employment, altogether. — Such changes are rather upon the whole hurtful than beneficial, in a general view. Lastly, if the produce of the French colonies is prevented from being exported, it must rot there, and the colonies must be ruined; the supplies of provi- sions must fail; the work of the plantations be suspended; the Negroes revolt, and the whole be involved in ruin. Besides the cruelty of such a plan, besides its total repugnance to the prac- tice of civilized warfare, which never attacks private property, except at sea; the evils of this system would be shared by ourselves, not only from the loss of customers, which we should feel when so much wealth and industry was destroyed in the country of our nearest neighbours, but al- so from the incalculable danger of having scenes of rebellion and confusion in the immediate vic- inity of our finest colonies. The plan therefore of preventing all exportation of French colonial produce, though the only consistent one in those who attack neutral rights and the point to which all their support of the rule of the war 1756 necessarily leads them, is clearly objectionable on the most established principles, both of poli- cy and justice.
There is, moreover, a very essential distinction to be made, between the ordi- nary branches of trade and that commerce which is employed in transporting the pro- duce of the colonies to the mother country; which is rather the remittance of their rents to the great body of non-resident proprietors than the exchange of colonial for European commodities. If Guada- loupe or Cuba were countries unconnected with France and Spain, except by the in- tercourse of traffic; if no further relations subsisted between them, than that the West Indian territories produced commodities which the European nations required, and must either purchase directly, or procure by a roundabout commerce — then it might be of some importance, according to the views with which maritime war is now car- ried on, for England to harass this branch of Spanish and French trade, and to pro- fit by taking it into her own hands. The people of Cuba and Guadaloupe would then be paid for their produce by English merchants, and France and Spain would be obliged to buy them circuitously from Eng- land. But this is by no means the nature of the navigation between those islands and Europe. The proprietors of the colonies reside almost entirely in the mother coun- tries. The carriage of West India pro- duce is not on account of merchants, who are to sell it again after having bought it in the colony, but on account of absent land- holders, who have no other way of receiv- ing their rents but by having the produce of their estates brought over to them. — They live not at their farm, but at the market; and their income is transmitted in goods, which they there dispose of.
Now by intercepting this communicati- on, what would England effect? — She cannot intend to stop it altogether, to pre- vent the colonial agents from sending any of their revenue to the proprietors, or to intercept it on the way. This would be a kind of warfare quite contrary to the spi- rit of modern customs; it would be more hurtful to individuals than entire capture of the colonies where their estate lie, for in that case the conquerors never interfere with private property, and only carry the rents of the planter round for them by a channel somewhat more circuitous. Eng- land, then, by interfering in the remittance of those rents, without capturing the ene- my's colonies, can only mean to trade with the planters, to purchase the produce, and bring it home, where it will be sold again, and reach at last the consumer in the ene- my's country, while the agents of the pro- prietors remit their rents, not in kind, but in money or bills. The same effect will be produced, if, instead of buying the produce, we only cause it to be consigned
to English merchants, who, for a certain commission, sell it, and account to the planter or his agents. In either case, the colonial proprietor loses absolutely no- thing. His produce is carried by English, instead of French or American merchants; the freight cannot be much greater; the commission will probably be less; he is paid by bills upon London or Liverpool, instead of Bordeaux or Nantes, or New York; and a few mercantile houses in England gain a profit upon the consign- ment instead of the same number of French or American houses. Surely it is neither for the gain of these individuals, nor for the sake of effecting such a change as this upon the wealth of French colonial pro- prietors, that we are to insist on the ex- clusion of neutrals from the colony trade of our enemies. We injure the enemy sufficiently by forcing those neutrals to carry the produce round by their own ports, instead of allowing it to be transported di- rectly from the colony to the mother coun- try, as during peace. This may raise the price of the goods to the consumer in the enemy's country; to the planter, who is most interested in the traffic, we can do no injury whatever, unless we can take the colonies where his estate lies, and then choose to violate the rights of individual proprietors; or until we discover a method of compelling people to ship cargoes in vessels which are absolutely certain of be- ing captured.
[To be continued.]
From the ENQUIRER.
COMMUNICATION.
George Wythe, the patriot, the philoso- pher, the philanthropist, is dead! Few have more strongly evinced the height of moral and intellectual excellence to which man is capable of ascending. In the know- ledge of law, he was indeed profound! Under a pressure of business at the bar be- fore the revolution, which would have mo- nopolized the attention of others, and un- assisted by personal tuition from others, (for except a lawyer he was self taught,) he acquired a knowledge of the ancient lan- guages, critically correct. Not only was the father of poetry his intimate companion, but the philosophers, historians and even dramatic poets of antiquity were as famil- iar to him in their original dress as were al- most all the meritorious works of the day in his vernacular tongue. The writer of this sketch has heard him denominated em- phatically "the walking library."
At a period of life, which in others would be deemed at least the verge of old age, he applied to mathematics and natural philoso- phy, both which sublime subjects he pur- sued with an ardor and a depth seldom at- tained by the youthful student. When our rights were attacked by Great Britain, at the beginning of what, if unsuccessful, would have been termed a rebellion, but which now we boast of as a glorious revolu- tion even at that time, venerable for age, as he was respected for talents and correctness of demeanor, he assumed the then military garb and accoutrements of the volunteers, whom the divine spirit of patriotic enthu- siasm had impelled to convene in the sacred cause of freedom.
The entreaties of the fond partner of his bosom could not retain him. He appeared before the soldiery, drawn up in military parade, on an alarm of the arrival of an in- imical vessel. An awful silence pervaded the ranks. The spectators looked with ad- miration on him. At length the command- ing officer, with surprize, enquired into the cause of his appearing on the field thus accoutred? "I come, replied he, to offer my services to my country, and to do what you shall command." With difficulty he was prevailed on to desist from his design, under a persuasion that he could render more essential service in the civil depart- ment.
The voice of his country called him to a seat in that congress, which declared the independence of America. He was not long an inactive member of that body. Much of the weight of the most arduous business was supported by him. He was a member of the grand convention which formed the constitution of the U. S. as well as of the state convention of Virginia, which ratified that instrument. The scru- pulous devotion to justice, the strength of reasoning and depth of research, which he manifested as chancellor, are known to all. Great as he was in literature, in science and in law, fully impressed that "know- ledge without morals is vain," his superi- ority was more apparent in his conduct.
If to do no injury, but to do all possible good, is the summum bonum of morals, he reached it. Deeply informed in the va- rious religions which have existed in the world, his mind was liberal in the extreme to those who might differ with him. His

brought into actual practice the purest and most useful tenets of morality and religion. If nature gave to him irritability, reason rendered him in general one of the calmest, the mildest of men. The infantine heart is not less sullied than that which beat in others' bosoms. Conscious of the equality of his rights, there was generally a humility about him seldom found amongst those who were inferior to him in understanding and in morals. Every moment not beneficially employed, in his estimation, was criminally lost. He rejected with disdain every thing like excess, in which he comprehended all those things, which are absolutely useless. His extraordinary temperance preserved or added to a strength of constitution which brought him to his eightieth year, with few attacks of sickness. To his country he gave his life exclusively for many years. He had been blessed with the purest and warmest affection of conjugal union; when this was dissolving, separating the souls to their kind; when they were broken he bowed to the hand which had cut them; but did not fall. He who had not received from others was liberal in communicating instruction. For some years the private tuition of youth was his favourite employment and amusement. The illustrious President of the U. States, with gratitude and affection boasts himself a pupil of this modern Socrates. Hundreds in America are gratified in acknowledging themselves his disciples. From the president many of the officers in the general government, abroad and at home, and in the state government, owe to him their qualifications for discharging their duties. To him may be traced their conviction of the truth of the pure doctrines of genuine republicanism. In politics as in morals he with undeviating step, pursued one course and that the most correct. Was it wonderful then that not long before his death he should exclaim, "Let me die righteous!" Thus lived and thus died this illustrious man.
NORFOLK, June 12. Arrived, the ship Alexander, Roach, 34 days from the I. of May. The ship Mary, Crockett, from New Orleans bound to Antwerp, in distress, having sprung a leak off Cuba. Brig Hannah, Knapp, 11 days from Cavan. Left there, brig Warren, Cogshall, of and for Warren, in 6 days. Schooner Virginia Anne, Sampson, 19 days from Antigua. Left there, Schooner Elizabeth Margaret, Mallory, to sail in 10 days for this port. Schooner Harriot, Butler, 16 days from Antigua.
Alexandria Daily Advertiser.
TUESDAY, JUNE 17.
COMMUNICATION.
THE improvement of our country should always afford the richest banquet of pleasure, as it tends to internal prosperity, which forms external strength; as when the heart is decayed the limbs are no longer useful; nor is it more true than that free communication leads on to wealth and safety; it makes neighborhoods of distant settlements, unites into one family scattered tribes, and offers a market at the door of the trader; while by thus uniting the general body, intercourse is more frequent and neighbor protected by neighbor; from a conviction of this may be dated the formation of that company whose industry and unwearied exertions have made a safe navigation up the Potomac 200 miles above tide water, independent of their works in its tributary streams.
In this view we look at Alexandria; never did a town stand in a more eligible situation for an extensive trade; trace your map and wonder at its resources: the first natural store-house of the richest country in the Atlantic states; and even those grand canals of nature, the waters, from innumerable rivers, wash her banks, as if willing to pay tribute as they passed—than which nothing can be more valuable in a country, where land carriage so is expensive; to a settler some hundred miles back, it is a difference of two hundred per cent. or an absolute saving of sixty six dollars in the hundred in favor of water, and thus enable him to undersell his contemporaries whose goods were conveyed by land, so much, that to buy them in preference would be an object to the purchaser; to illustrate more fully, and make it plain to the understanding of the people in the Western country, we will exemplify the case in an easy way.
Merchants who go to Philadelphia from Tennessee, Kentucky, Ohio, and the western parts of Virginia and Pennsylvania, have no other way to convey their pur-
chases back but by means of waggons, for which they are obliged to pay 6 dollars per hundred to those landings on the Ohio, where they obtain water to transport them down that river. On the contrary, when merchants from the same parts come to Alexandria, boats are always to be got that have descended the Potomac with flour, and for which a back freight is so desirable that they are glad to have half price; in these the merchant may convey his wares on the bosom of the Potomac to Fort Cumberland, for one dollar per hundred, thence he will have but 35 or 40 miles portage to the Youghiogany, a large and navigable branch of the Monongahela, or, navigating the Potomac farther up, may have a portage of only 20 or 30 miles to Cheat river, another large branch of the Monongahela, either of which, when you obtain, carries you at once along the borders of those rich states kissed by the waters of the Ohio; and looking still farther from Alexandria to New Orleans, through the heart of our country, a distance of near 3000 miles, with but 20 or 30 miles land carriage, which portage would be but 50 cents: this is a comparison that we wish our western citizens to be impressed with; to them its value is immense; by it we find, that from Baltimore or Philadelphia the merchant has to pay 6 dollars for the carriage of his goods, whereas, from Alexandria he has but 1 dollar 50 cents in reality; say 2 dollars. This advantage may still better be appreciated by supposing the article thus conveyed: by land, you must pay 6 dollars on the prime cost, whilst by the Potomac navigation you pay but 2, leaving a balance of 4 dollars a 100 in favor of the purchaser in Alexandria, which would, consequently, enable him to sell at the rate of four cents in the single pound cheaper than his townsman; enough to convince any man of what is his real interest, and unfolds a fact not generally known, which the people of the western country who have not become acquainted with would do well to pay particular attention to.
Thus is clearly proven the advantages resulting to the distant western merchants from this easy communication by the Potomac with this town; but these are not peculiar to them; those nearer, possess a natural highway equalled by few settlements in this country; the north and south branches form the Potomac near Cumberland, and it is allowed the south branch may be navigated 100 miles, which passes through one of the richest countries in the universe; farther down, the Shenandoah is another highly important channel, which the spirit of the Potomac Company has nearly made completely open to the cultivators on its bottoms, so celebrated for their richness and fertility. Independent of these, the Monocacy, Conicocheague, &c. having their rise in Pennsylvania and Maryland, and run into the Potomac, contribute their waters and riches to this delightful river, forming altogether one of those natural canals, the extension, importance and sublimity of which fills us with admiration of its creator, and a conviction of the wealth it will produce to our country at a future day.
PRIVATE CORRESPONDENCE. [Communicated for the Philadelphia Register]
Extract of a letter from a gentleman in Kingston (Jamaica) under date of the 15th of May, to his friend in this city: "I may, I think, venture to say for your information, and that of your Insurance Offices, that it is my opinion British cruisers will bring in, for adjudication, all American vessels found coming from the port of St. Domingo, not under the authority of France, as an illicit trade, contrary to the laws of the United States, and, in that case, I should suppose the Courts of Admiralty will make short work of it."
If the following statement is correct, and we are authorised to say it is strictly so, a spirit of rapacity and oppression has been substituted, in the District of Orleans, for the liberal protection and impartial justice, which our citizens have a right to expect from the public vessels, and the courts of the United States.
By a general course of proceedings similar to those, which the statement details, the commerce of the United States would be exposed to all the ruin that might result from a collusion between the pirates, who infest our coasts, and the persons appointed to protect them; and a sanction would be given by such decrees, to the most iniquitous adjudications that ever have been made, against the neutral property of our citizens, in a British, French, or Spanish vice-admiralty court.
In the case of the schooner Felicity , the
voyage, which occasioned her to be libelled in the District Court of Orleans, was either lawful, or unlawful. If lawful, no salvage could legally be awarded on the rescue, as no condemnation could legally have followed the capture. If unlawful, then has the District Judge lent himself as an instrument to its illegality, by entertaining a suit, which secured to the trader nine tenths of the unlawful commerce.
Mr. Hall is welcome to either horn of the dilemma.
IMPORTANT NOTICE. To Companies of Insurance and to the American merchants in general.
AS the risk to which mercantile adventurers are exposed at sea, are thought to be generally known, and as that error may prove fatal to insurers and merchants, I think it my duty to make them aware of a danger, hitherto unheard of, the effects of which I have lately experienced.—I mean the danger of being rescued from the hands of a privateer, by a public vessel of our government.
The American schooner Felicity , belonging to me, was on her return from Campeachy to this place, boarded by a British privateer, (the May Flower , captain Johnson,) at the mouth of this river. The privateer having expressed an intention of carrying my vessel to New Providence, the pilot of the Belize left her and went ashore with the passengers.
The capt. of my schooner being in perfect order, had nothing to fear from the English, and was already reconciled with this disappointment, when out of the river came one of the protectors of our coasts, (the revenue cutter Louisiana ) after exchanging a few shots with the privateer, none of which had any other effect than that of making the usual noise; the privateer bore off, and left the Felicity , which came close to the cutter and cast anchor in the river.—On hearing this circumstance, I thought that notwithstanding the incontestible neutrality of my vessel and her cargo, and the little risk they would have run in New Providence, I was indebted to my government for the protection of their more speedy rescue. I gave some gratification to the crew of the cutter and my thanks to the commanding officer. I received my vessel and cargo, disposed of this and sent the vessel upon another voyage. I little thought that any further mention would be made of the circumstance above related but I still entertained some grateful idea for the paternal care of our government, so little did I expect that I should ever have to pay for it.
But some months afterwards on the return of the schooner Felicity , from another voyage, she was libelled and seized at the suit of the captain, officers and crew of the cutter, demanding salvage on the vessel, and on the cargo she had on board, when so handsomely rescued from the hands of the British privateer. I turned to the laws of congress on that subject, and believing they contained nothing that could countenance such a pretension, I remained perfectly quiet on the event of so extraordinary a suit. But I was mistaken, as you will find by the judgment hereafter copied, rendered by the honorable Dominick A. Hall , judge of the United States, for the district of Orleans.
"United States district court, for the Orleans district, MONDAY, Feb. 24, 1806.
"Newcome and Others } vs. } Schooner Felicity . }
"Ordered and decreed by the court that the plaintiff in this cause, receive for salvage, the sum of fifteen hundred and fifty seven dollars, the same being one tenth part* of the value of said Felicity and cargo."
"I certify the above to be a true copy from the minutes of the court."
New Orleans, Feb. 25, 1805. "J. J. C. for S. McINTOSH, Clk. & Reg.
And now fellow citizens, see hence that privateers are not what we ought most to dread, the protection of our people is worse, much worse than British vexation. I told these serviceable men, that we did not wish for their assistance, that we were under no apprehension from the English, that we had no reason to be afraid of going to Providence. But we must be protected, if not for our own advantage let it be for that of our protectors. Thus have I lost irrecoverably one tenth part of my property when I had no other inconvenience to fear but that of a voyage to Providence. And thus are we exposed to a new kind of danger at sea, which I hope will soon be inserted in the policies of insurance, in these words.
"And we do insure the said vessel and cargo against the protection of the public vessels of our government."
J. B. LABATUT. New Orleans, April 17, 1806.
* NOTE.—The only article of the laws of congress which I thought might be applicable to the present case, if we were at war, or in a state of hostility with England, is the first section of the act of the third of March, 1800, vol. 5, page 83. But as that law grants for salvage, one eighth part of the property rescued from the hands of the enemy, it seems as if that had appeared rather too much for saving mine from this new kind of danger. This modification however has caused me a great prejudice, for if I had been sentenced to pay 12 1-2 per cent. as the law above quoted disposes, the sum would have amounted to more than 2000 dollars, and I should then have had a right of appeal to the supreme court of the United States, while by the estimation thus made I happen to be deprived of that advantage.
In spite of the Caterpillars or the drought, the crops of wheat in Virginia are said to be uncommonly fine.
What is still better for the farmers is, that the price of it is likely to be very good. Wheat sold at a peck on the 28th of April at 12 3/4. Flushing, for the bulk of 70 lbs: superior flour from 5 3/4 to 6 3/4 fluting and on the rise. Should the British be shut out of the Baltic Ports of Prussia for some time, particularly from Danzick, whence they annually import large cargoes of wheat; and still more should there be a failure in Great Britain, we may expect that our own wheat will command very high prices.
[Enquirer]
SHIP NEWS.
Port of Alexandria.
ARRIVED,
Brig John , Capt. Maran, 22 days from Jamaica—Rum—James Patton. The brig Columbia , M c Cobb, of this port, arrived there two days before Captain Maran failed. Left there brig Sparrow , Capt. Skinner, to sail next day for this port.
PUBLIC SALE.
TO MORROW,
At 4 o'clock in the afternoon, will be sold, on V ell well's wharf, the CARGO of the Schooner Patsy , Captain Burts;
Consisting of Rum, Sugar, Coffee, & Cotton. On a credit which will be made known at the place of sale.
And immediately after,
Will be sold, on Captain Tucker's wharf, 12 hogheads first quality retailing SUGAR, On a credit for approved notes. P. G. Marsteller.
June 17.
For New-York,
The Schooner Harmony , S. DICKINSON, Master; Will sail in a few days. For freight or passage, apply to the master on board, or to John Tucker.
June 17. d3t
WANTS A PLACE,
In a genteel family, An elderly person who is a very good needle woman, and will undertake if wanted, the care of a family either in town or country.
Enquire of the Printer. June 17, d3t*
Hair-Dressing.
JOSEPH ANDERSON, RESPECTFULLY informs the gentlemen of Alexandria and the public in general, that he has opened shop, in Royal Street, next door to Doctor Gillies, where he offers his services in CUTTING and DRESSING HAIR, in the newest fashion. June 17. e6t
SUGAR, in hogheads and barrels; COFFEE, by the bag or thousand weight; SALT, in sacks; HERRINGS; For sale, by A. LINDO. June 16. d
The subscriber practices Law, in the District Court, at Hay-Market, and in the county Courts of Fauquier and Prince William. JOHN A. W. SMITH. Fauquier Court House, June 10. d7t
Cash, and the highest price given for clean Linen and Cotton Rags, by the Printer of this paper.

THOMAS TAYLOR, Begg leave to inform the citizens of Alexandria and its vicinity, that he has arrived from Philadelphia, and brought with him a quantity of his New invented Liquid for the destroying of Bugs, Being the best ever yet invented, as it not only destroys them but prevents others from harboring in the place any more where you have dressed with the liquid. This liquid has a very pleasant smell, and not the least danger in using it.—Made and prepared by Thomas Taylor , near the first turnpike gate, Germantown road Philadelphia— Of whom may be had, His Patent Liquid Blacking for Boots and Shoes. Sold by appointment, with directions for using it, by Mr. John Wray, No. 12, Marsh Market, Baltimore; and Mr. D. Key, Comb-maker, Royal-Street, Alexandria. June 7. N. B. A good allowance to those who take a quantity.
PUBLIC SALE. On MONDAY, the 30th instant, at 12 o'clock, will be held, at public auction, on the premises, The Warehouse and Lot lately occupied by the subscriber, at the north west corner of King and Water streets; the Lot fronts 35 feet on King Street and about 80 feet on Water street—the Warehouse is of wood, 3 stories high, about 35 feet square, fronting each of the said streets, and has an extensive shed or back building. The above property being mortgaged to secure my endorsement on my accommodation note in the bank of Alexandria, any payments which will satisfy said bank, will be received for the purchase money, and the purchaser receive a good title. David Wilson Scott. June 7. Bawif
NOTICE. SUCH of the creditors of John Hickman and Co. late of Alexandria, as have come into the terms upon which the said John Hickman and Co. surrendered their property to the use of their creditors, are required to attend, in person, with, or to transmit the evidence of their debts against the said Hickman and Co. duly proved, to the subscriber, residing in Alexandria, on or before the 10th day of July next, to enable the subscriber to make a small dividend among the creditors of a sum of money in the hands of one of the creditors residing in Alexandria. The interest upon the debts to be calculated to the 31st of May, 1795, the time when the said John Hickman and Co. surrendered up their property. George Clementson. June 7. N. B. The postage of letters to be paid.
PUBLIC SALE. IN pursuance of a deed of trust from Benjamin Talbot , now deceased, late of Fairfax county, to the subscriber, for the purpose of securing the payment of a certain debt due from the said Talbot to Jonah Thompson and Richard Veitch, of the town of Alexandria and district of Columbia, will be exposed to public sale, for cash, on the premises on WEDNESDAY, the 2d day of July next, a certain tract of LAND situated on the head waters of Piney Branch, in the said county of Fairfax, adjoining the lands of Mr. Thomas Meilan, and about two and a half miles from Fairfax court house; containing 324 and a half acres, together with all the improvements, buildings, &c. thereon; being the same tract of land on which the said Talbot lately resided, and now in possession of his widow. Sale will commence at eleven o'clock in the forenoon. David Stuart. June 2. z w 24 Jy.
PUBLIC SALE. By virtue of a deed of trust from David Wilson Scott and Elizabeth his wife , to the subscriber, for securing the payment of a sum of money therein mentioned, to Josiah Faxon and Co. will be sold, at public auction, for ready money, on MONDAY, the 30th day of this month, on the premises, the two story framed House with the Lot of Ground, fronting 37 feet on Prince Street, near the corner of Washington Street, in which Mr. Scott now lives. Also, a vacant lot adjoining, fronting 20 feet on Prince Street, and running back 100 feet to a 10 feet alley. Also, a lot of ground on the corner of Duke and Columbia streets, fronting 60 feet on Duke Street, and running back 88 feet to a ten feet alley. Also, a lot of ground on the corner of Duke and Water streets, fronting 54 feet on Duke, and 66 feet on Water Street. C. DENEALE, Trustee. June 7. z w 24 Jy.
ROBERT GRAY Has just received The first half Volume of Dr. Rees's NEW CYCLOPEDIA, Subscribers are requested to send for their Copies, which must be paid for on delivery. May 30.
JOHN WATTS, ALEXANDRIA, Has just received, per the William Murdoch, (via Baltimore) from London, a complete assortment of SPRING GOODS, Which he will sell low for cash, or to punctual customers, viz. Gentlemen's Silk and Cotton Hose do. Silk and Leather Gloves Ladies' Silk and Cotton Hose do. Silk and Leather Gloves Silk and Cotton Chatsabray Muslins 3 3, 7 8, and 9 8 undressed Ginghams Figured and plain Jacquet Cambricks Plain and figured Jacquet Muslin India Book Muslin White and colored Cambricks Plain and figured Lawn Muslin Lawn Shawls and Veils Italian Grapes and Lurestrings London Chintzes and Calicoes White and colored Jean Cameric Dimities First chop Long Nankeens Marcellus Jean and Muslinet Waistcoating Brown and Scarlet Bandanoees Real Madras Hankerchiefs 3 4, 4 4, and 8 4 Damask Shawls Duper Table Cloths Russia Sheeting White and brown Sheetings Superfine Cloths and Cassimeres 2 pieces Salisbury Cloth 3 bales India Goods 7 8 and 4 4 India Linens White and brown Platiilas Umbrellas and Parasols German Ticklenburgs White and brown Rolls Bed Tickling Apron and Shirting Checks Waldron's Glass and Cradling Scythes Weeding Hoes assorted in lots Gentlemen's best London Hats, &c. &c. May 6.
PUBLIC SALE. By virtue of a deed of Trust from ROBERT LAWRAON & ELIZ BETH his Wife , to the subscriber, to secure the payment of a sum of money therein mentioned due from the said Robert Lawraon to Henry Stanton Esq. Will be Sold at Public Auction, On the Premises to the highest bidder, FOR READY MONEY, on the 10th of July next— A LOT OF GROUND, situated, lying and being upon the north side of Duke Street, and to the westward of Columbus Street, in the town of Alexandria, district of Columbia, bounded as follows:—Beginning upon Duke Street one hundred and twenty two feet to the westward of Columbus Street, and running thence eastwardly with Duke and binding thereon 22 feet, thence northwardly with a line parallel with Columbus Street 88 feet to an alley 14 feet 4 inches wide, thence eastwardly with a line of the said alley and parallel to Duke Street, 22 feet, thence with a straight line to the beginning, together with the buildings and improvements thereon. The sale to commence at 4 o'clock. William Rhodes, Trustee. June 9. z w 4 W
IN THE CASE OF ALEXANDER HENDERSON, JUN. THE subscriber having been appointed trustee of the estate and effects lately foreclosed up by the said Alexander Henderson jun. for the benefit of his creditors, in conformity with the provisions of the insolvent law for the district of Columbia, hereby requests all persons indebted to the said Alexander Henderson, jun. either in his individual capacity or as a partner of the late house of Alexander Henderson and Co. of Alexandria, to make immediate payment to the subscriber, or to such person or persons only as may by him be authorised to receive the same. John McIver, Trustee. June 9. z w 9 Jy.
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 Duncan Nevin , late of the county aforesaid deceased; all persons having claims against the said deceased, are hereby warned to exhibit them with the vouchers thereof, on or before the 10th day of December next, otherwise by law they may be excluded from all benefit to said estate. Given under my hand this 10th day of June, 1806. Andrew Fleming, Am't. June 11. z w 6 W* N. B. All persons indebted to said estate, are required to make immediate payment to the administrator.
Fifteen Dollars Reward, Will be given for apprehending and securing in jail, a Mulatto Girl , who calls herself Matilda Brown, AGED about 15 years, and perhaps about 4 feet 6 inches high, with long bushy hair. Had on a frock made of country cloth, with a large black and white stripe. She ran away on the 4th of March, and is now probably in Alexandria or the City of Washington. David Peter. George Town, May 7. [May 9] caw 6 W
BROKER'S OFFICE, And Commission Store. A. LINDO, Takes the liberty of informing the public, that HE HAS OPENED A Broker's Office and Commission Store, At the corner of Union and King streets, WHERE he will be happy to render his services in those branches of business. Every species of public stock, merchandise, lands, houses, lots, and vessels will be BOUGHT and SOLD on commission. Reasonable advances will be made on consignments; and acceptances will be given when such consignments are accompanied with orders to sell to meet the payments. All kinds of produce and merchandise received on storage at the customary terms. He has, at present, for Sale, A first rate (gentleman's) Servant, young, likely, active and healthy, and may be had on trial. To save trouble, his price is 400 dollars, cash, or approved endorsed notes, negotiable in bank, at 60 days, with interest added. Wanted to Hire, A Boy or Girl, about 12 years old. April 28. N. B. FLOUR bought and sold at half per cent commission. BREWERY FOR SALE.
THE subscriber will sell all his interest in that extensive BREWERY in Alexandria, which he now occupies; of which there is eleven years of an unexpired lease to come from September next. This Brewery is on an extensive plan, having two Copper Boilers of 1200 and 500 gallons, and every working utensil complete, with Malt House, Kiln and Mill. To the capitalist this concern offers every inducement, who is skilled himself, or can procure a person skilled in brewing; as the business may be extended so as to become extremely valuable. Proposals will be received to the first of July. Every necessary information may be had, and letters post paid attended to, by applying to Thomas Cruse. May 5. d w & zaw if
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 John Yost , senior, late of the county aforesaid, deceased; all persons having claims against the said deceased, are hereby warned to exhibit them with the vouchers thereof to the subscriber, on or before the 15th day of October next; or they may by law be excluded from all benefit of said estate. Given under my hand this 15th day of April, 1806. Rebecca Yost, Adm'x. April 17. z w 16 Jy N. B. All persons indebted to the above estate, are requested to make immediate payment to the administrator.
Twenty Dollars Reward, WILL be given for apprehending and securing in jail, a young mulatto man slave, named ANDREW. He was hired by me last year to Mr. Joseph Thomas, who keeps the middle ferry opposite to Alexandria, and absconded from that place about the latter end of August last. He is about 23 years of age, 5 feet 8 or 9 inches high, lusty and well made, has short curled hair, and is frequently subject to have several large pimples in his face. He is reckoned to be a sensible fellow, of an easy agreeable address for a man in his low sphere of life. As he has not been heard of by me since his elopement, I suspect he has had the address to ship himself as a freeman on board some vessel either at Alexandria or Baltimore. Whoever takes him up and secures him in any jail, shall receive from me the above reward, as soon as due information thereof is given to me or to Doctor N. P. Cox , at Port Tobacco. G. B. Caufin. Maryland, Charles County, } Feb. 3.] z w January 17.
NOTICE. TO those who are indebted to the subscriber on account of the concern of Powell and Denney , as well as Denney and Powell , that all who do not pay off their notes or accounts or give their bonds with security, on or before the first day of May next, their notes and accounts will be put into the hands of an attorney indiscriminately. Mr. LEVEN POWELL , jun. of Middleburg, is authorised to settle and receive the debts due on account of that concern, should any apply there in preference to the subscriber in this place. Edmund Denney. January 30.
JUST RECEIVED, And for Sale by ROBERT GRAY, THE SECOND VOLUME OF CHASE'S TRIAL. Price to subscribers Two Dollars Fifty Cents for the second volume—To nonsubscribers Five Dollars the set. May 22.
FOR SALE, Kanawha Land, of the first quality. ONE thousand acres, lying on Duck Creek, which is a branch of Elk River into which it empties about 40 miles above the confluence of Elk with the Great Kanawha. It is a parallelogram—finely watered—Duck Creek permeating every side. In a letter from Mr. Triplett, the surveyor, I am told that 700 acres are bottom, as rich as he ever surveyed, and that the high ground is fertile. Mr. E. Reider also informs me that he has seen persons who have been on the land, and who speak of it in the highest terms. It lies about 25 miles N. E. of Kanawha Court House; in a healthy country, eligible situation, and proffers to the industrious every comfort that can flow from judicious tillage and extensive grazing. Five Dollars per acre are expected for this tract—one third in hand, and the remainder in two annual instalments; or property in Alexandria, Fairfax or Loudoun will be received in exchange. Thomas Davis. Alexandria, 7th June.
For the Convenience of Families, (If sufficient encouragement is afforded) EDWARD LEE, Baker, Royal-street, near Godshy's, WILL commence on Monday next, the 10th instant, and continue during the summer months every day from 11 o'clock, in the forenoon to 2 o'clock in the afternoon to bake in the best manner, such dishes as may be sent to him, consisting either of meats, pies, puddings, &c. and bread, on terms that will be considered no errand. ** Very nice Rusk, every evening at 5 o'clock. Loaf Bread baking continued as usual. June 4. ew 4 W
FRESH TEAS. Now landing from on board the brig Harmony from New York. 12 chests Young Hyson, } Of the last 5 do. Hyson, } Impor- 10 do. Hyson Skin, } tion. Which will be sold on very moderate terms by James Sanderson, April 21.
JAMES BACON, A 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 qualities, Loaf and Lump ditto, Gunpowder, Imperial, Hyson, Young Hyson, Hyson-skin, and Souchong } THE AS, particularly selected for family use. Best Green Coffee, Chocolate, of a superior quality. Madeira, Bucellos, Sherry, Lisbon, Teneffe, Malaga, and Genuine Old Port } WINES. Cognac and Bourdeaux Brandy, Old Jamaica Spirit, for family use, Antigua, St. Croix, St. Vincents, and New England Rum, Holland Gin, Irish and country Whiskey, Molasses, Wine, and Cider Vinegar, Stoughton's Bitters. Mace, Nutmegs, Cloves, Cassia, Pimento Cayenne and Black Pepper, Race and Ground Ginger, Basket Salt for table use, Pearl Barley, Rice, Starch, Fig-blue, Soap, Mould, Dips and Spermaceti Candles, Refined Salt, Petre, Flotation Indigo, Allum, Copperas, Madder, Brimstone, Spinning Cotton, Patent Shot, all sizes, best English and country-made Gunpowder, Segars, and Smoking Tobacco, very best Chewing Tobacco. Hamilton and Leiper's Snuff, Hunter's Pipes in boxes. London Mustard, warranted of a superior quality, Dixon's best ditto, Wrapping-Paper, De mjohn's, &c. &c. with generally every article in his line—the whole of which have been selected with care and will be disposed of on the very lowest terms. December 16.
Cotton & Stewart Have received a large supply of PAPER HANGINGS, Of various figures and of the newest fashions. April 29. PRINTED DAILY BY SAMUEL SNOWDEN.