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Alexandria Daily Advertiser.
Vol. VII.]
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 1, 1807.
[No. 1872.
SALES AT VENDUE.
On every Tuesday and Friday, WILL BE SOLD, AT THE VENDUE STORE, Corner of Prince and Water streets, A variety of Dry Goods, Groceries, &c. Particulars of which will be expressed in the bills of the day. ALL kinds of goods which are on limitation and the prices of which are established, can at any time be viewed and purchased at the lowest limitation and prices.
P. G. Marsteller, v. m.
FOR SALE,
An ANCHOR, of about 350 wt. and STAY, ready fitted for a vessel of 150 tons, entirely new and of the best English manufacture. Apply to
Mordecai Miller.
March 20. d
6 Hhds. best retailing Molasses 40 barrels of nice Tanner's Oil. 20 bags of heavy Black Pepper 3 pipes of French Brandy 3 do. Holland Gin, and 1 box of brown Platillas.
A part of the above Goods are a consignment, and will be sold unusually low by M. MILLER.
March 10. d
MARSTELLER AND YOUNG,
HAVE JUST RECEIVED, A quantity of BEEF—Boston inspection—No. 1 and 2—which will be sold on moderate terms. Feb. 3.—d
Marsteller and Young,
Have just received, and will sell low if taken from on board,
8000 bushels Turks Island Salt.
ALSO,
17 Tierces Barbadoes Molasses. January 16. d
Spanish Hides.
1500 large heavy Spanish Hides 6000 wt. fine green Coffee—and 600 wt Indigo, Spanish Flotant For sale by
M. MILLER.
February 20. d
Just Received,
AND FOR SALE BY THE SUBSCRIBERS, 2 pipes L. P. Madeira WINE 2 half do. do. do. 5 pipes Cognac BRANDY, 4th proof. Wadsworth & Butler,
WHO HAVE ON HAND,
20 hhds. Jamaica RUM, 4th proof 10 do. St. Croix do. 2d & 3d do. 8 do. New-England do. 5 pipes Holland GIN 2 do. country do. 1 hhd. L. market Madeira Wine } of a superior quality 4 quarter casks do. do. 3 do. do. L. P. Teneriffe do. do. 6000 bushels Lisbon SALT. January 1
13 hhds. SUGAR of good quality, 33 bbls. do. do. 5 pipes 4th proof Brandy 4 qr. casks Sherry Wine } of excellent quality 11 do. do. Malaga do. } quality. Boxes of Cotton Cords Sacks of Licorice Root and Sago Barrels of Clover and Herbs Grass Seed And a large quantity of Red Sole Leather, For Sale by
Benjamin Shreve, Jun. d
SEINE TWINE.
2,000 pounds excellent Seine Twine.
ALSO,
10 quarter casks Port Wine 10 boxes Spermaceti Candles 12 kegs fresh Raisins— For sale by
James Sanderson.
January 19. d
For Sale or Rent,
WELL finished three story BRICK DWELLING HOUSE, containing 7 rooms, with wash house, kitchen, smoke house, coach house and stable and other necessary buildings all of brick, situate on Royal street, a few doors from Gadsby's, and near the market. For particulars apply to
Robert Patton.
February 9. d
WANTED,
A MILLER who is master of his business, to take care of a merchant mill.—To such a one good wages will be given.—For the person who wants, please apply to Mr. Joseph Smith, Alexandria.
March 17. d
Landing,
From the brig MARY and sloop JANE, FOR SALE BY
Lawrason & Fowle,
50 tons PLAISTER PARIS 50 barrels } N. E. RUM. 5 hogsheads } 4 pipes Holland Gin 50 boxes mould candles 200 boxes smoked Herrings 600 feet oars.
IN STORE,
80 chests imperial and young hyson teas, of a superior quality 10 bales Beerboom gurrahs 120 casks fresh raisins 80 barrels N. E. Rum 30 hogsheads } Retailing Sugars 70 barrels } 100 boxes soap 75 do. chocolate 2 cases cotton cards. March 25.
For Sale,
(Now landing from sloop Mary-Ann.) 20 Quarter casks Sherry Wine. And in Store, 6000 bushels salt suitable for the fisheries 8000 lbs. Coffee.
Wadsworth & Butler.
March 5. d
FOR RENT,
The STORE, on Prince-street, between Fairfax and Prince-street, lately in the occupation of Mr. Ramsay. It is well calculated for a dry or wet goods store. The rent moderate. Apply to
William Hodgson.
Sept. 25. d
JOHN G. LADD
Has just received and offers for sale, 67 chests fresh Teas, Consisting of Imperial, Hyson Shulan, Young Hyson and Hyson Skin of the best quality. 2 bales very fine India COTTONS. Also, a quantity of SALT, suitable for the fishery.
Fresh Stone LIME, and Red CLOVER SEED. March 9. d
For Sale,
A GROUND RENT of Seventy-two Dollars per annum, on Prince-street.
WANTED,
A few Shares of the Bank of Alexandria and Potomac.
Wm. Groverman, Broker.
March 17. d
FOR SALE OR RENT,
A TANNERY, with convenient improvements thereon, in the town of Centerville. Apply to Mr. Daniel Harrington at the premises, or to the subscriber in Alexandria. JOHN G. LADD.
February 25. d
JUST RECEIVED
AND FOR SALE, 150 Sacks Liverpool Stoved Salt, & 2600 Bushels do. On very moderate terms.
Wm. Hodgson.
Jan. 3. d
Suarrow Boots.
JOHN G. FRANCIS,
From New-York,
RESPECTFULLY informs the public that he manufactures Suarrow Boots with all the modern improvements, warrantee equal to any in the United States. After many years of experience in his business, he has discovered a new method of retaining the elasticity in boots. He warrants to fit the leg better ever so badly shaped. He makes boots of various descriptions, viz. Suarrow—Fair Tops, Three Quarters, Corsican Spring Toes, Duck Bills, Round Toes, Bonaparte's, Graves Jefferson's Boots and Shoes. He warrants to fit the Suarrow equal to the tuck boots.—Gentlemen will please to call and see for themselves, at his shop in King-street, between Mr. Mott's and Mr. Hodgkin's tavern. January 5. d6m
N. B. He intends selling cheap for cash.
Wanted to Charter,
A vessel of from 1000 to 1200 barrels, to load for Madeira, to which immediate dispatch will be given.
Apply to
James Patton.
March 28. 6t
Wanted to Charter,
A vessel of about 800 barrels burthen, to load for a British Windward Island in the West-Indies.
William Hodgson.
March 16. d
Just Received,
And For Sale by COTTOM & STEWART, Carr's Stranger in Ireland. (Price One Dollar.)
March 27. d
10 bales Beerboom Gurrahs,
For Sale by
Joseph Riddle.
March 2. d3t lawtf
Just received from Philadelphia,
By Captain Hand,
29 chests Young Hyson, and 9 boxes Hyson Shulan Tea, of a superior quality, which will be sold low. Likewise on Hand,
6 hhds. good Sugar, 10 hhds. Molasses, of a good quality, Salt of various kinds, And a constant supply of Flour suitable for family use.
Joseph Dean.
March 27. d
Joseph Mandeville,
Corner of KING and FAIRFAX-STREETS, ALEXANDRIA:
HAS FOR SALE,
An assortment of WINES, LIQUORS, GROCERIES, &c. Consisting of
MADEIRA } Port } Sherry } Lisbon } Malaga } Teneriffe & } Corsica } WINES.
Old St. Estephe Medoc claret, in cases of one dozen
A few dozen fine old frontinac Ditto do. best wine bitters Jamaica and West-India rum New-England do. Cognac, Bourdeaux and Naples brandy Holland and country gin Schiedam gin in cases Irish whiskey, very old 70 barrels Pennsylvania rye whiskey Cider in barrels White wine and Cider vinegar Florence oil in flasks 2 hogsheads Havana honey 15 do. choice retailing molasses
Gunpowder } Imperial } Hyson } Young Hyson } Hyson-Skin and } Souchong } TEAS of good quality.
Muscovado sugars, different qualities Bengal white do. Loaf and lump sugars, Philadelphia, Baltimore and Alexandria.
Leiper's, Garrett's, and Hamilton's snuff, in bottles and bladders.
Macuba and rapee do.
Clover-seed, (Penn. warranted)
Mace; nutmegs; cloves; cassia; pimento; pepper; ginger, race and ground; Cayenne pepper; refined salt-petre.
Coffee; chocolate; rice; pearl barley; London and Philadelphia mustard; basket-salt; starch; fig blue; floatant indigo; Georgia and Tennessee cotton; flax; wool; mad; er; copperas; alum; brimstone; chalk tips in boxes; wrapping paper and twine; races; bed cords; leading lines; demijohns; in cases; patent shot; brandywine gunpowder; Harvey's gunpowder, [the only real British battle powder] from F to treble sealed; newing tobacco; best Havana segars.
Muscadel and bloom raisins in boxes.
Sun raisins in casks.
Zante currants; prunes; soft shelled almonds.
A few boxes excellent pickles, each one dozen bottles assorted; capers, olives and anovies, for sale by the box.
A quantity of clean good alum salt suitable for the fishery, &c. &c.
March 19. d
For London, direct,
The new SHIP
SACHEM,
Jacob B. Earl, Master
To sail in all this week. For passage only apply to the CAPTAIN on board, or to
James Patton.
March 31. d5t
For Freight or Passage.
The Schoener
SALLY,
Capt. Cook;
Burthen one hundred and two tons, will take a freight and passengers for BOSTON, or any other port to the northward.
Apply to the Captain on board, at Ramsay's wharf.
March 30. 3t
JUST RECEIVED
From PHILADELPHIA, and for sale by the subscriber,
An elegant and fashionable assortment of ladies' and children's Morocco and kid SHOES, and men and boys PUMPS and SHOES.
Charles Pascoe.
March 31. 6t
Life of Washington,
VOL. 5th, WITH THE MAPS,
Is just received and ready for delivery to subscribers in Alexandria and its vicinity.
THE large size of the 5th vol. and the quantity of highly interesting matter it contains, together with the neat and accurate execution of the engravings, will it is hoped be an ample apology to subscribers for the long delay of publication. The masterly manner in which the character of our beloved General, the illustrious founder of our liberties, is drawn, must be highly grateful to all the true friends of these United States as well as to his own. The unsullied purity and integrity of his motives, steadiness and self recollection in the hour of danger and distress, the honorable disinterestedness which this history displays, now rendered more conspicuous by recent events, mark the truly great man, will hold up his name to the admiration of all future ages, and enroll his name among the best benefactors of mankind; whilst those of his enemies are lost in everlasting oblivion.
Such gentlemen as wish for copies of the Life of Washington, may be accommodated in any kind of binding, by leaving their names with the subscriber, King-street.
James Kennedy, sen.
March 30. co3t
A few PORTRAITS of the GENERAL for sale as above.
A Card.
Mr. GENERIS has the honor to inform the Ladies and gentlemen of Alexandria, that his next BALL will be on Wednesday evening, the 1st of April. He hopes the Ladies will do him the honor of attending.
March 30. 3t
No gentleman will be permitted to dance without boots on.
PUBLIC SALE.
ON THURSDAY, the second day of April, at twelve o'clock, will be sold on the premises, on a credit of six, twelve and eighteen months, for approved indorsed negotiable notes,
The House and Lot
Lately occupied as a Bank House.
A deed of trust will be taken to secure the payment.
P. G. Marsteller.
March 19. dts
PUBLIC SALE.
BY VIRTUE of a deed of trust from WILLIAM WILSON to the subscriber, to secure the payment of certain sums of money to the Bank of Alexandria, will be exposed to sale, at public auction, on their respective premises, on the 7th day of May next, sundry parcels of Land, lying upon Union, Water, Fairfax and Queen-streets, and a twenty foot alley, on a credit of six, twelve, and eighteen months, the purchaser giving his notes with an approved indorser, for the payment of the purchase money in three equal payments, and further to secure the purchase money, a deed of trust upon the land purchased.
James Keith, Trustee.
February 28. dts

EUPHRONIAN ESSAY.
No. IV.
ON WAR.
WHAT torrents of human blood has the restless ambition of mortals shed, and in what complicated distress has the discontent of powerful individuals involved a great part of their species. The melancholy retrospect that history affords of the calamities of past ages, has been much augmented through the depraved taste of men, who have in all ages, since the practice of war was introduced upon earth, unhappily lavished the bewitching reward of praise on the destroyers of men; and the eager desire for false glory, which has stimulated poor mortals to their mutual destruction, and necessarily swelled the historic page with rueful feats of arms, seems to have almost precluded from the records of antiquity any account of the sweet fruits of peace. Nations have seldom desired to be accounted an inglorious people, living in quietness and ease—while their exploits in battle have been extravagantly delineated. The pious Philosopher, spending his time and himself for the good of mankind, the Husbandman, Mechanic and Physician, with all their useful labors, cut but a poor figure in the annals of time—while the Hero, the Man of War, rises glaringly to view, mounted on trophies, the wreck of nations; hence history, to a feeling mind, will appear little more than a catalogue of human woes: in one page we often see thousands devoted to the sword, and the victors triumph raised at an expence of blood, which a remote nation mourns with floods of tears—while the sweet intervals of peace, which all nations have probably enjoyed a greater share of than a more superficial view of history would encourage us to believe, have often been passed over in silence, and buried in oblivion.
The United States are situated at a remote distance from the jarring interests of the nations of Europe; and this country being the asylum for the oppressed of all nations, this government is formed on principles different from all others, and is calculated for the happiness of all its citizens—the War system is discarded from our councils. Then if we examine the history of modern Europe we shall find that one of the most powerful nations in that quarter has been the prime mover in those bloody contests for the last four centuries. To draw your attention more closely to the subject I wish you to observe that what follows is particularly applicable to that nation.
War is a state in which all our feelings and our duties suffer a total and strange inversion—a state in which
"Life dies, death lives, and Nature breeds Perverse, all monstrous, all prodigious things."
A state in which it becomes our business to hurt and annoy our neighbor by every possible means; instead of cultivating, to destroy; instead of building, to pull down; instead of peopling, to depopulate: a state in which we drink the tears and feed upon the misery of our fellow creatures: such a state, therefore, requires the extremest necessity to justify it; it ought not to be the common and usual state of society. As both parties cannot be in the right, there is an equal chance, at least, to either of them, of being in the wrong; but as both parties may be to blame, and most commonly are, the chance is very great indeed against its being entered into on any adequate cause; yet war may be said to be with regard to nations, the sin which most easily besets them. When we carry our eyes back through the long records of their history, we see wars of plunder, wars of conquest, wars of religion, wars of pride, wars of succession, wars of idle speculation, wars of unjust interference, and hardly among them one war of necessary self-defence in any of their essential or very important interests. Of late years, indeed, they have known none of the calamities of war in their own country but the woeful expence of it; and sitting aloof from those circumstances of personal provocation which in some measure might excuse its fury, they have tamely voted slaughter and merchandise destruction. So much blood and tears for so many rupees, or dollars. Their wars have been wars of cool calculating interest, as free from hatred as from love of mankind.—The passions which stir the blood have had no share in them. They devote a certain number of men to perish on land and sea, and the rest of them sleep sound, and protected in their usual occupations talk of the events of war as what diversifies the flat uniformity of life.
In this guilty business there is a circumstance which greatly aggravates its guilt, and that is the impiety of calling upon the Divine Being to assist them in it. Almost all nations have been in the habit of mixing with their bad passions a show of religion, and of prefaceing these, their murders, with prayers, and the solemnities of worship. When they send out their armies to desolate a country, and destroy the fair face of nature, they have the presumption to hope that the Sovereign of the Universe will condescend to be their auxiliary, and to enter into their petty and despicable contests. Their prayer, if put up in
plain language, would run thus:—God of love, father of all the families of the earth, we are going to tear in pieces our brethren of mankind, but our strength is not equal to our fury, we beseech thee to assist us in the work of slaughter: go out, we pray thee, with our fleets and armies; we call them christian, and we have interwoven in our banners, and the decoration of our arms, the symbols of a suffering religion, that we may fight under the cross upon which the Saviour died. Whatever mischief we do, we shall do it in thy name, we hope, therefore, thou wilt protect us in it. Thou, who hast made of one blood all the dwellers upon earth, we trust thou wilt view us alone with partial favor, and enable us to bring misery upon every other quarter of the globe."
"One murder makes a villain, Millions a hero—Princes are privileged'd To kill, and numbers sanctify the crime. Ah! why will kings forget that they are men, And men that they are brethren! why delight In human sacrifice—why burst the ties Of nature, that should knit their souls together In one soft bond of amity and love! They yet still breathe destruction, still go on Inhumanly ingenious to find out New pains for life—new terrors for the grave. Artificers of Death! still monarchs dream Of universal empire growing up From universal ruin. Blast the design Great God of hosts—nor let thy creatures fall Unpitied victims at ambition's shrine."
FURTHER EXTRACTS
From London and Liverpool papers both to February 12, inclusive received at the office of the Federal Gazette by the Hercules.
OFFICIAL ACCOUNT Of the re capture of Buenos Ayres.
From the LONDON GAZETTE. January 27.
Downing street, Jan. 27, 1807.
Dispatches, of which the following are copies, have been received by the right honorable William Windham, one of his majesty's principal secretaries of state, from lieut. col. Backhouse, commanding a detachment of his majesty's land forces in the River de la Plata.
Royal Charlotte (transport) off Monte Video Oct 13, 1806.
SIR, Understanding that a vessel is to sail immediately for England, I do myself the honor to transmit to you a copy of a letter addressed to lieut. gen. sir David Baird, in obedience to whose orders I sailed on the 29th of August last, with the 1st battalion of the 47th regiment, for the purpose of joining major gen. Beresford in South America.
Royal Charlotte (transport) off Monte Video Oct 13, 1806.
SIR, I have the honor to acquaint your excellency, that on my arrival here, I had the mortification to find the city of Buenos Ayres re captured, and that major gen. Beresford, with the forces under his command (after a most able and gallant defence) had been made prisoners of war so far back as the 12th of August.
Having arrived last night, I am not, at this moment, sufficiently acquainted with the particulars to enable me to detail them, though I presume due and full information of this unfortunate and important event must have been transmitted to you soon after its occurrence.
You are aware, sir, that the command of his majesty's land forces, at present in the river, devolves upon me, with which, in co operation with the squadron under sir Home Popham, it is my intention to occupy a favorable position, until a reinforcement shall arrive, or I may be honored with your further instructions; and trust that, by an early opportunity, I shall be able to afford you a satisfactory report of my arrangements and operations in carrying your designs into execution.
And am, &c.
To Lieut. Gen. D. Baird, &c.
The immediate departure of the ship for England, and the situation in which I find myself unexpectedly placed, prevent any further communication than what is contained in the preceding letter.
I have the honor to be, &c.
(Signed) T. J. BACKHOUSE, Col. commanding the 47th regiment. To the right honorable William Windham, &c.
Copy of a dispatch from lieut. col. Backhouse, to the right honorable William Windham.
Maldonado, in the River de la Plata October 31, 1806.
SIR,
In my letter of the 13th instant, I had the honor to transmit a copy of my letter of the same date, to his excellency lieut. gen. sir David Baird, apprising him of my arrival in the river Plata, and of my intention to occupy a position on shore, to await his further orders.
I, in consequence, immediately reconnoitred, from one of the frigates, which carried me sufficiently close in shore for the purpose, the works of the place, and the position and defences in the vicinity of Monte Video, from which I formed, as the most eligible mode of attack, the idea of being able to carry the town and citadel by assault on the south face edging on the water, in co operation with the ships of the squadron under commodore sir Home Popham, which were to silence the batteries on that face, so as to enable the troops to land and enter. The attempt was accordingly made on the 28th by the navy; but the water being too shallow to admit of the ships coming sufficiently near to cannonade it with effect, a further effort was necessarily given up.
Upon this I deemed it advisable, with the co-operative concurrence of sir Home Popham, to take possession of the town of Maldonado, as a favorable position for the purpose of refreshing the troops, mounting my cavalry, and carrying on such other arrangements as might thereafter appear most necessary.
Not a moment was lost; and accordingly, on the evening of the 29th, I landed with about 400 men, composed principally of a part of the 38th regiment, under colonel Vassal, and advanced against the town, which seemed to be occupied by about 600 regulars and militia, mostly mounted, with one howitzer, and one long four pounder field piece, both brass.
Notwithstanding we were without any artillery, the enemy were soon dispersed, with the loss of their guns, and about 30 men killed and wounded. The loss on our side was two killed and four wounded, of his majesty's 38th regiment.
To the cool intrepidity of our little column on this occasion much praise is due, as it advanced with the utmost steadiness and alacrity, and without firing a single shot, until sufficiently near to make a certain of carrying both the guns and the town, which was principally done by the bayonet, notwithstanding the advance was made under heavy discharges of grape and musketry.
To the well known gallantry and ability of col. Vassal I feel myself much indebted; and the conduct of every other officer in the field has commanded my thanks.
At day break yesterday morning I detached col. Vassal to take possession of the heavy batteries on the beach of the harbor, and on the peninsula, which precluded any communication for the enemy between the main land and the strong island and post of Goretti, situated in and much commanding the bay of Maldonado, and which in consequence in the course of the day, surrendered at discretion to a summons sent from sir Home Popham, and thereby prevented the necessity of carrying it by storm, and the consequent bloodshed that might have ensued. During yesterday and this morning the chief part of the remainder of the troops have been landed, and I have already contrived to mount nearly one half of my cavalry.
The Wellington transport being directed to sail immediately to England, I have taken the liberty of addressing this short account of my proceedings directly to you, sir home Popham having represented to me his inability to dispatch a vessel at this time to the Cape of Good Hope, precluding me the power of making my report thro' the regular channel of lieut. general sir David Baird.
I ought not to omit to mention the very steady and praiseworthy conduct of a small party of marines and armed seamen sent on shore by sir Home Popham, who joined and composed part of our column on its way into the town, and occupied such positions as were allotted to them during the night in such a correct manner as to reflect the greatest credit both on the officers that commanded them and their own zeal and discipline.
I should also be wanting in justice to my own feelings if I closed my dispatch without acknowledging the services I have received from lieutenant colonel Brownrigg, (deputy quarter master general, and major Trotter of the 83d regiment acting deputy adjutant general to the forces at present under my command. And I also beg leave to acknowledge the assistance afforded me by major Tucker of the 72d regiment, who by permission of lieutenant
general sir David Baird, is with me on this occasion, and acting in the capacity of military secretary.
I herewith have the honor to enclose the return of such ordinance, ammunition & stores as have yet been discovered.
I have,
The honor to be, &c. T. J. BACKHOUSE,
Lieut. Col. 74th reg.
Return of the killed and wounded of the troops under command of lieut. col. Backhouse in the attack of Maldonado on the 29th Oct. 1806.
38th regiment, 2 rank and file killed, 4 rank and file wounded. (Signed)
W. R. TROTTER
Major 83d reg. acting dep. adj. gen. Return of ordinance ammunition & stores &c. taken from the enemy in the town and vicinity of Maldonado, and island of Goretti, on the 29th of October, 1806.
BRASS ORDNANCE.
1 Six inch howitzer, with 10 rounds of ammunition.
1 Six pounder with ten rounds of ditto.
IRON ORDNANCE.
12 Twenty six pounders on sea battery.
20 Twenty four pounders on the island of Goretti.
700 muskets
200 Pistolets
300 swords
108 barrels of powder. (Signed)
A. WATSON, capt.
R. M. Artillery.
N. B. The above is the most correct return I have yet been able to collect. (Signed)
W. R. TROTTER, Acting deputy adj. general.
Admiralty Office, Jan. 27th, 1807.
Dispatches of which the following are copies have been received at this office, from commodore sir Home Popham, addressed to Wm. Marsden esq.
His Majesty's ship Diadem, Rio de la Plata, Aug. 25, 1806.
SIR—When the events of war cease to be favorable to any armament, I consider it to be the duty of the commanding officers to state all the circumstances under their knowledge or information with clearness and perspicuity, which either progressively or suddenly led to a reverse of fortune.
In pursuing this course I feel confident I shall be able to satisfy the lords commissioners of the admiralty, that the liberal and beneficent principles upon which the government of general Beresford was conducted do more honor to his majesty's arms and the character of Great Britain, than if he had resorted to expedients completely within his power, which would have effectually annihilated all the efforts of the enemy, and wrested probably for ever those countries from the crown of Spain.
Pueridos, one of the municipalities, appears to have been the greatest organ of the revolution. He applied himself with great art and address in preparing the people for a general insurrection.
The arms in the town were secreted, ready for the moment of action, the discontented assembled every night, and attended to his instructions, and he raised all the rabble of the country by the ample supplies of money with which he was furnished on the north side of the river. Colonel Liniers, a French officer in the Spanish service, and on his parole, successfully employed himself in collecting people at Colonia.
Terror was established, and every person who refused to contribute his assistance to this conspiracy, was threatened with immediate death.
I have traced this from very unquestionable authority, and so rapid was the progress of the revolution, when it first shewed itself, that it was not until the 31st July that I learned, by a dispatch from the general, which reached me at Ensenada, on my return from Monte Video, that he was apprehensive from the information he received, an insurrection would shortly be made.
I heard at the same time from captain Thompson, that seventeen of the enemy's vessels had just arrived at Colonia, and as it was reported that force was still to be increased from Monte Video, I sent orders for the Diomedes to be brought to Ensenada, and for captain King of the Diadem, to come up with the remaining few marines, the two companies of blues, and as many other men as could, in any degree, be spared from the ships, for the purpose of arming some vessels to attack the enemy at Colonia, as it was im-

possible to prevent his crossing from the north shore whenever the wind was fair. On the 1st of August, in the afternoon, the Leda anchored off Buenos Ayres, about twelve miles distant; and on my landing on the 2d, which I did as soon as the weather would admit of a boat getting on shore, I found the general had made a very successful attack on about 1500 Spaniards, under Pueridon, 5 leagues from the town, with 500 men, in which he took all the enemy's cannon, (I think 9 pieces) and several prisoners.
On the 3d, I attempted to return to the Leda, in the Encounter, which capt. Hoxman brought within a few miles of the shore for this purpose, as it blew very strong—but the wind freshened so considerably from the eastward, that we could not get to windward.
On the 4th in the morning, it was very thick weather, and the gale increased so much that it was impossible to weigh.
About noon, captain King arrived in a galley, with 150 men from the Diadem, for the purpose of arming and commanding the few small vessels we had collected in the harbor; but he was not able to get there until the following day.
On the 5th in the morning it moderated, and I reached the Leda, when I received a report from captain Thompson, that in the gale of the preceding day, the enemy had crossed from Colonia, totally unobserved by any of our ships, except the schooner under the command of lieutenant Herrick, who was lying in the narrow gut leading to Couchas and St. Isidro; but the easterly wind had thrown so much water in the river, that the enemy were enabled to cross over any part of the Patmas Bank, without the necessity of making a greater detour, by going higher up the river.
On the 6th and 7th it blew a hurricane; the Leda was lying in 4 fathoms with two anchors down, and her yards and topmasts struck.
On the 8th I heard from captain King, that five of our gun-boats had foundered at their anchors; that the Walker had lost her rudder, and that the launches and large cutters of the Diadem and Leda were lost.
The torrents of rain that fell during the 6th, 7th, and 8th, had rendered the roads totally impracticable for any thing but cavalry, and consequently general Beresford was most seriously disappointed in his determination to attack the enemy at a distance from the town; in which, had it taken place, I entertained no doubt that his army would have added another trait of its invincible spirit under his dispositions.
The enemy, however, by his inexhaustible supply of horses, suffered little inconvenience from the state of the roads, and he was therefore enabled to approach the town by several directions, without giving the British army any opportunity to attack him.
On the 10th, in the evening, the castle was summoned, and on the following day I landed, while our remaining vessels were firing on the Spanish posts; and I learnt that, exclusive of the Spanish army, which was divided into many columns, occupying the various avenues of the town, the inhabitants were all armed, and sheltered on the tops of the houses and churches, with a design of carrying on a war of ambush.
Under these circumstances, and the manifest disposition of the enemy to prevent an engagement, it was determined to embark the wounded the night, and cross the Rio Chello, for the purpose of moving towards Ensenada; but this measure was in a great degree frustrated by the weather, which became very violent during the night, and consequently retarded the progress of embarkation, though the enemy added a considerable number of men to the houses and churches near the castle, and advanced by all the streets not under the influence of its fire; in short, sir, his object was to avoid, by every means, a general action, and to place his men in such a situation that they could fire at our troops while they remained in perfect security themselves.
On the 12th, at day light, I understand a smart fire began from the enemy's advanced posts, but was soon returned with great effect from our artillery, which was planted towards the principal streets leading to the great square, and for a short time the enemy, by his immense numbers, showed a greater degree of firmness than on any other occasion, and pushed forward with 3 pieces of artillery, which colonel Pack, of the 71st, soon charged and took from him. During this time, however, reinforcements crowded the tops of all the houses commanding the great square from
the back streets, and our troops were soon considerably annoyed by people they could not get at. The enemy commanded the castle in the same way, with the additional advantage of a gun on the top of one of the churches, which I consider an indelible stigma against the character of the bishop, not only from his situation, but the professions he made.
I can easily conceive how the feelings of general Beresford must, at this moment, have been on the rack; disappointed in his last efforts to induce the enemy to a general engagement in the great square, his gallant little army falling fast by shots from invisible persons, and the only alternative which could present itself to save the use less effusion of so much valuable blood, was a flag of truce, which was hoisted at the castle about 1 o'clock.
In an instant there were 10,000 men in the great square, pressing forward in the most outrageous manner, to get into the fort, and even firing at our men on the rampart; so much so, that it was with extreme difficulty the British troops were prevented from revenging this insult, indeed the general was obliged to tell the Spanish officers, that if their men did not retire in the course of one minute, he must as the only measure of safety haul down the flag of truce, and recommence hostilities, this firmness had the desired effect, and he then sent his conditions to the Spanish general and they were instantly acceded to.
[to be continued.]
BRIDGEPORT, December 14.
Mr. Seba Smith, of Bridgeton, [Me.] having removed a number of apple trees, the last spring, from the nursery, in order to begin an orchard, nothing appeared extraordinary in them but one, which in natural order blossomed and bore handsome fair apples. Soon after fresh blossoms appeared on the tree, producing in like manner, young apples, and so it has continued blossoming and bearing apples, till the 8th day of the present month, Dec. when the bloom appeared as fresh and as fair as in the spring. There are several people that can testify that they have seen ripe fruit some half grown and others in different stages of growth, and the tree in blossom at the same time.
WASHINGTON CITY, March 30.
Louis FORMON, Esq. is appointed commercial agent for the island of Guadalupe.
Information from Fort Massac, dated January 24, 1807, states the arrest and examination of two boats, which were bound up the Mississippi to St. Genevieve for Lead. It appears that they were each to bring two loads to the mouth of Cash river, thirty miles below Fort Massac, there to be put on board an Orleans flat, and sent down the river. Two of the witnesses declared that they understood the lead was for the public. The testimony was considered too vague for a prosecution; but as the owner of the boats was deeply involved in debt, and executions to a considerable amount were in the sheriff's hands, the sheriff immediately levied on the property, and the crew abandoned the boats.
Alexandria Daily Advertiser.
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 1.
COMMUNICATION.
THE attempt which is now making, on the part of Mr. Littlejohn, to take the place of Mr. Lewis as our representative to congress, has induced many of the free holders to examine into the propriety of that part of our state constitution which prohibits Ministers of the Gospel of every denomination, from being members of the general assembly. Mr. Littlejohn is now and has been for many years, a Methodist minister. It is not pretended that the constitution of the United States contains a similar declaration; but the question is, does not the restriction of the Virginia constitution embrace so just a principle as to induce every Virginian at least to sanction its application to every form of civil government upon which he is called to act? There is perhaps no one principle which has been more justly cherished by the American sentiment than the one, that religious and civil concerns should be entirely separated from each other: religious tests and establishments have therefore been abolished, and whilst by this means religious discords have been banished from our civil institutions, this wise maxim of our constitution has confirmed the blessing, by confining the zeal of religious controversy to the pulpit. If public sentiment does not adopt and apply the constitutional maxim of Virginia to the elections for the general government, I see nothing that can save us from the mischiefs which have too fatally convulsed the world, by placing the zealots of religious opinion amongst our law makers. If
these fears are considered now as vain, and the pride of modern irreligion conceives itself superior to the dangers of religious fanaticism, let it be considered that we are a young people, who are about fixing principles for future generations, and that these principles ought to be such as may resist the force of the silently undermining efforts, or the open and bold attempts to subvert our present happy state of religious freedom.
Independent of the consideration of its being a great object of national concern that ministers of the gospel should be kept from intermeddling with political affairs, at least in the character of law makers, there appears to my mind so great an impropriety in a Christian minister's abandoning the care of his flock for the mad contentions of political parties, that I am sorry a man of Mr. Littlejohn's generally correct character, as a minister of the gospel, has set the example. Where let me ask, ought such an one to seek for a model of conduct? Where but in the life of his Divine Master. His office is peculiarly to speak peace to troubled consciences; to still the mad passions of the human breast; and with the balm of heavenly comfort to smooth the soul's passage to the regions of eternal day. His Blessed Master troubled himself no farther with political concerns than to render unto Cesar the things that are Cesar's. In urging the repentance of the sinner, and the conversion of the unbeliever; in enforcing the true worship of God; and the serious labors for an happy immortality, the time of our Bleeded Savior, on earth, was wholly occupied. And shall the man who professes to have taken up the cross to follow him; the man who, dressed in the meek mantle of the gospel of peace, calls upon his hearers to view him as the representative of this heavenly teacher; shall he abandon this sacred work to spread the consuming fire of political discord in the land, and tortue his own breast with its destructive heat: shall he leave the fatiguing soul, the parting spirit, the troubled conscience, that was used to ask advice, receive comfort and prepare for Heaven, under his cares, his prayers and his precepts, to languish in despair; whilst maddening with the rage of party contests, he turns his back, perhaps forever, on these sacred duties. The folly or impropriety of such conduct in one minister can only be equalled by the eager zeal with which one of another denomination of Christians has espoused his cause. Knowing the fixed enmity that reigns in the breasts of these divided sects, may there not be a secret pleasure, felt in urging an opponent to an act of indiscretion. But if such madness should seize the shepherd ought not his deserted flock mildly to admonish him of his falling off, and endeavor to recal him to themselves and his God, by the firm but gentle declaration, that he shall not leave them: then will they perform a sacred duty; society will thank them for it; when the mad passions of the day are past he himself will thank them; and a pernicious example will not exist to raise a sigh in the breast of
A REAL CHRISTIAN.
Captain Spenser, of the ship Grace, arrived at New York, informs, that Orders from England were received at Demerara, prohibiting, without reserve, the landing of any goods in American bottoms, excepting fish, flour and lumber; and also prohibiting absolutely the exportation of sugar and coffee. Repeated remonstrances were made against this order by the planters and merchants, and every effort made to obtain permits to ship sugar and coffee, but refused on the ground that the governor had not right without permission from home. Markets were glutted with American produce."
TRANSLATION.
Edict of the Prince Regent of Portugal. I, the Prince Regent, make known to all whom this edict may come, that the consultation being presented to me, which I ordered to be made by my exchequer court, upon the space of time which ought to be allowed of Franquia in all the ports of my kingdom, to those vessels who might enter them, and request it with a view only to commercial speculations; and I wishing upon this particular to establish a fixed and invariable rule for all the custom houses in general, and to avoid any doubts which may arise upon the construction of the decree of the 9th September, one thousand seven hundred and fifty-seven; I have thought fit to determine in conformity with my royal resolution of the 20th September of this year, and which was accepted by the said consultation, to ward the benefiting of commerce and en-
larging the laws of the custom house of the city of Lisbon, that the vessels which may enter the aforesaid ports can remain there under franquia for the term of ten days without extension; observing as it respects fortuitous cases the same which is practised in the custom house of Lisbon, and according to what is expressed in its laws; but having all possible care that there shall be no abuse or clandestine sales to the defrauding of my royal duties; by which I order the tribunal of the Desembarco de Paco; president of my royal treasury, council board and ultramar; royal board of commerce, fabrics and navigation, and to all other magistrates, and to all other persons whatever, to whom the knowledge of this may belong, that they fulfil it, and make it be entirely complied with without execution being suspended in consequence of any laws, regiments, or any other disposition whatever to the contrary, all laws which militate with this being annulled in as full a manner as if they were expressly mentioned in the body of this decree; notwithstanding any ordinance to the contrary, although it should continue in force longer than a year. And Doctor Manoel Nicolao Esteves Negro, chief judge of the court and head chancellor of the kingdom, shall have it published in the chancellor's office, and registered in the competent books, remitting the original to the Tower de Tombo, Palace of Musra. 13th of Nov. 1806.
PRINCE
Receipt for a composition in imitation of Portland Stone.
Take three pecks of clean washed pit or river sand perfectly dry, one and a half pecks of whiting and one pound of powdered litharge, form them into putty by adding one gallon linseed oil and one quart of turpentine spirits, which after being well wrought or kneaded may be formed into shapes or used for water proof stuccoing. It to be used for water proof add to the above quantity ten quarts of drying linseed oil, and one gallon turpentine spirit, but more or less oil or spirits may be used at the discretion of the workman to make the composition of the consistence of paint. A plastering coat of the gucco, or two coats of the paint, will assuredly possess the property of effectually preventing damps and wet from penetrating walls.
"No degree of wit and learning, no progress in commerce, no advances in the knowledge of Nature, or in embellishments of art, can ever thoroughly tame that savage the natural human heart, without religion. The arts of social life may give a sweetness to the manners and language, and induce, in some degree, a love of justice, truth, and humanity; but attainments derived from such inferior causes are no more than the semblance and the shadow of the qualities derived from pure Christianity."
Hannah More
ASSIZE OF BREAD, Made of Superfine Burr Flour.
   CENTS     The 8 pound loaf to be sold for 36   4 pound loaf 18   2 pound loaf 9   1 pound loaf 4 1/2  
JOHN LONGDEN, Clerk of the Market
April 1.
FOUND,
On Monday night, near the Bank of Alexandria,
A light colored Coat and a red Pocket-Book.—The owner may have them again by applying to the PAINTER and paying for this advertisement.
April 1.
Fifty Dollars Reward.
WHEREAS a sum of money has been lately stolen amounting to upwards of One Hundred and Seventy Dollars, and it is supposed by some person of color. One hundred and twenty dollars in ten and five dollar bills of the bank of Potomac, three or four English guineas, and about two dollars in small change in a silk purse, with about fifty dollars in silver. All persons are requested to stop any one of the above description, that are not in the habit of having such sums of money of their own, and give information at the Printing-Office, where the above reward will be paid on convicting the villain or villains and recovering the property, or in proportion for any part of it, and Twenty Dollars for the thief or thieves without the property.
April 1.
To Rent.
I WILL RENT the three story brick-house with all the back buildings attached thereto, on King and Patrick streets, formerly occupied by Davey Davey as a tavern—For terms apply to
Wm. N. Mills.
March 27.
cost

FOR SALE, An excellent Man Cook, About 28 years of age. For terms apply to the Printer. March 2.
FOR SALE, TWO THOUSAND BUSHELS SALT, Suitable for the Fishery. E. Janney. 3 mo. 19th co3w
FOR SALE, 7000 bushels SALT, suitable for the Fisheries. Apply to Joseph Smith, Upper end of King-street. March 7. eo
TO BE RENTED, For the ensuing season, A valuable FISHERY on Great Hunting Creek. J. H. HOOF. January 3. 2awtl
Just Received and for Sale, By the Subscribers, A choice cargo of MAHOGANY, From the Bay of Honduras, of different lengths and sizes, which they will sell by the log or larger quantity. They have also for Sale, Sugar in hogsheads London particular Madeira Wine, Catalonia ditto. by the quarter cask Virginia Rum, of excellent quality Molasses by the hogshead Liverpool Stoved Salt And Logwood. Nathaniel Wattles & Co. January 26. 2aw
Lumber Yard. THE subscriber respectfully informs his friends and the public in general, that he has established a Lumber Yard adjoining Colonel Ramsay's wharf, where he intends keeping a constant supply of the best materi- als in that line, and will sell low for cash or on a short credit. James McGuire. March 18. d4t eolm
WILL BE SOLD OR LEAS- ED, ON GROUND RENT, For a term of Years, or for ever, A NUMBER OF VALUABLE AND ELIGI- BLY SITUATED BUILDING LOTS, in this Town—on Fairfax, Cameron, Water, Union and Princess streets. They will be laid off to accommodate purchasers. Applica- tion may be made to William Herbert, Esq. or to the subscriber near Patuxent Iron-works, Prince George's County, Maryland. John C. Herbert. February 12. 2aw
For Sale or Rent, MY LAND, TOBACCO WARE-HOU- SES, and other buildings at Boyd's- Hole; at present in the occupancy of Mr. John W. Timberlake. Possession may be had the first of April. For further particulars ap- ply to Mr. William F. Grymes, near the place, Mr. William Wedderburn, of Alexandria, or the subscriber. W. Fitzhugh. February 21. 2awtf
Patent Elastic Suspenders, To be had, wholesale and retail, of the Pa- tentee, next door below Mr. Alexander M'Kenzie's, lower end of Prince-street, A- lexandria. THEY surpass any yet extant, for ease, elegance, &c. Masters of vessels and other gentlemen going to the West-Indies, Spanish Main, &c. may be furnished with an assortment, and a great allowance to those who purchase by the quantity. N. B. The buttons on the back parts of the waistband ought to be placed the same distance from each other, as the two center buttons on the Suspenders, to prevent improper strain- ing, and thereby destroying the ease designed in the construction of the article. Richard Horwell. ALSO, Red, Green, & Black Morocco Leather, By the dozen or single skin—for sale at Horwell's Patent Suspender Manufactory, in Prince-street. d12m
FOR SALE, 40 hhds. nice old Porter and pale Ale. Also—a consignment of PHILADELPHIA BEER, OF A SUPERIOR QUALITY. And by the next vessel expect a further supply. I have on hand—Upwards of one thou- sand dozen pure old PORTER and pale ALE in bottles—600 dozen of which is put up in barrels of three dozen each, and is in fit order to ship for the West-Indies or a southern market.—To a person disposed to ship, a li- beral credit will be given. WILLIAM DUNLAP, Water, between King and Prince-streets. March 27. eo1t
NOTICE. At a meeting of the Directors of the Lit- tle River Turnpike Company, on the 25th March, 1807—Ordered, that the stock- holders on the additional shares lately sub- scribed in the Little River Turnpike Compa- ny do, and they are hereby required, to make a second payment to the treasurer of said company, of Ten Dollars on each share by them respectively subscribed, by the first day of May next ensuing the date hereof. Jonah Thompson, Treasurer. March 26. 3taw1m
Public Sale. On the 20th of April next, will be offered for sale, on the premises, on a credit of nine twelve and eighteen months, for negotiable notes with approved indorsers, A valuable Lot of Ground, si- tuate on Patrick and King-streets, and bind- ing on the former 100 feet, and on the latter 48 feet. A three story Brick House has been lately erected on this property, which is at present in an unfinished state within: it binds on King-street nearly opposite to Davey Da- vey's. For further particulars enquiry may be made of the subscriber, before or on the day of sale. J. H. HOOF. March 18. eo
PUBLIC SALE. By virtue of a deed of trust from Andrew Ramsay and Catharine his wife, and William Ramsay, to the subscriber, to secure the payment of certain sums of money to the Bank of Alexandria, will be exposed to sale, at public auction, on the premises, on the 14th day of May next, in the town of Alexandria, the following VALUABLE PROPERTY, viz. One Lot or parcel of ground, situate on the south side of King-street, and to the eastward of Fairfax-street, extending on King-street 25 feet, thence southwardly, with a line parallel to Fairfax-street, 82 feet, to a twelve foot alley. On this lot there are two good frame store houses. One other Lot, situate to the southward of Queen-street, and on the east side of Fairfax-street, and extending there- with 27 feet 9 inches, thence eastwardly and parallel to Queen-street 90 feet. ALSO, One other Lot on Thompson's alley, extending on said alley and binding thereon 44 feet 8 inches, by 83 feet deep. A credit of six, twelve, and eighteen months will be given to the purchaser, on his giving his notes, with an approved indorser, for the payment of the purchase money in three equal instalments, and a deed of trust on the pro- perty. Ludwell Lee, Trustee. March 14. 3taw3w
FOR SALE, A WELL finished three story BRICK HOUSE and LOT, on King-street, the most commercial street in town and in the center of it. A well finished two story Brick House and Lot, on Duke-street, near the river. A Lot of Ground a short mile above town, containing five and one eighth acres, near the river. Twelve hundred and eighty acres of military Land, in the state of Tennessee, on Obey's river, a branch of the Cumberland river. A tract of Land containing 510 acres, in Greenbrier county, Virginia. Also, a very convenient and well finished Brick House and Lot, in George-Town, with Brick Stable, Coach House, &c. Also, a two story Frame House and Lot, in George-Town, and Bake House—the lot is 28 feet 4 inches front and 107 feet deep.—A part payment will be expected down, and a liberal credit given for the balance. If the George-Town property is not sold by private sale, it will be offered at public sale, on the first Monday in May next. Samuel Craig. January 22. 3w
Porter, Ale, &c. I have received for 8000 Units, and offer for sale, 40 hhds. nice old Porter and pale Ale. Also—a consignment of PHILADELPHIA BEER, OF A SUPERIOR QUALITY. And by the next vessel expect a further supply. I have on hand—Upwards of one thou- sand dozen pure old PORTER and pale ALE in bottles—600 dozen of which is put up in barrels of three dozen each, and is in fit order to ship for the West-Indies or a southern market.—To a person disposed to ship, a li- beral credit will be given. WILLIAM DUNLAP, Water, between King and Prince-streets. March 27. eo1t
NOTICE. At a meeting of the Directors of the Lit- tle River Turnpike Company, on the 25th March, 1807—Ordered, that the stock- holders on the additional shares lately sub- scribed in the Little River Turnpike Compa- ny do, and they are hereby required, to make a second payment to the treasurer of said company, of Ten Dollars on each share by them respectively subscribed, by the first day of May next ensuing the date hereof. Jonah Thompson, Treasurer. March 26. 3taw1m
Public Sale. On the 20th of April next, will be offered for sale, on the premises, on a credit of nine twelve and eighteen months, for negotiable notes with approved indorsers, A valuable Lot of Ground, si- tuate on Patrick and King-streets, and bind- ing on the former 100 feet, and on the latter 48 feet. A three story Brick House has been lately erected on this property, which is at present in an unfinished state within: it binds on King-street nearly opposite to Davey Da- vey's. For further particulars enquiry may be made of the subscriber, before or on the day of sale. J. H. HOOF. March 18. eo
PUBLIC SALE. By virtue of a deed of trust from Andrew Ramsay and Catharine his wife, and William Ramsay, to the subscriber, to secure the payment of certain sums of money to the Bank of Alexandria, will be exposed to sale, at public auction, on the premises, on the 14th day of May next, in the town of Alexandria, the following VALUABLE PROPERTY, viz. One Lot or parcel of ground, situate on the south side of King-street, and to the eastward of Fairfax-street, extending on King-street 25 feet, thence southwardly, with a line parallel to Fairfax-street, 82 feet, to a twelve foot alley. On this lot there are two good frame store houses. One other Lot, situate to the southward of Queen-street, and on the east side of Fairfax-street, and extending there- with 27 feet 9 inches, thence eastwardly and parallel to Queen-street 90 feet. ALSO, One other Lot on Thompson's alley, extending on said alley and binding thereon 44 feet 8 inches, by 83 feet deep. A credit of six, twelve, and eighteen months will be given to the purchaser, on his giving his notes, with an approved indorser, for the payment of the purchase money in three equal instalments, and a deed of trust on the pro- perty. Ludwell Lee, Trustee. March 14. 3taw3w
FOR SALE, A WELL finished three story BRICK HOUSE and LOT, on King-street, the most commercial street in town and in the center of it. A well finished two story Brick House and Lot, on Duke-street, near the river. A Lot of Ground a short mile above town, containing five and one eighth acres, near the river. Twelve hundred and eighty acres of military Land, in the state of Tennessee, on Obey's river, a branch of the Cumberland river. A tract of Land containing 510 acres, in Greenbrier county, Virginia. Also, a very convenient and well finished Brick House and Lot, in George-Town, with Brick Stable, Coach House, &c. Also, a two story Frame House and Lot, in George-Town, and Bake House—the lot is 28 feet 4 inches front and 107 feet deep.—A part payment will be expected down, and a liberal credit given for the balance. If the George-Town property is not sold by private sale, it will be offered at public sale, on the first Monday in May next. Samuel Craig. January 22. 3w
FOR SALE, A WELL finished three story BRICK HOUSE and LOT, on King-street, the most commercial street in town and in the center of it. A well finished two story Brick House and Lot, on Duke-street, near the river. A Lot of Ground a short mile above town, containing five and one eighth acres, near the river. Twelve hundred and eighty acres of military Land, in the state of Tennessee, on Obey's river, a branch of the Cumberland river. A tract of Land containing 510 acres, in Greenbrier county, Virginia. Also, a very convenient and well finished Brick House and Lot, in George-Town, with Brick Stable, Coach House, &c. Also, a two story Frame House and Lot, in George-Town, and Bake House—the lot is 28 feet 4 inches front and 107 feet deep.—A part payment will be expected down, and a liberal credit given for the balance. If the George-Town property is not sold by private sale, it will be offered at public sale, on the first Monday in May next. Samuel Craig. January 22. 3w
FOR SALE, A WELL finished three story BRICK HOUSE and LOT, on King-street, the most commercial street in town and in the center of it. A well finished two story Brick House and Lot, on Duke-street, near the river. A Lot of Ground a short mile above town, containing five and one eighth acres, near the river. Twelve hundred and eighty acres of military Land, in the state of Tennessee, on Obey's river, a branch of the Cumberland river. A tract of Land containing 510 acres, in Greenbrier county, Virginia. Also, a very convenient and well finished Brick House and Lot, in George-Town, with Brick Stable, Coach House, &c. Also, a two story Frame House and Lot, in George-Town, and Bake House—the lot is 28 feet 4 inches front and 107 feet deep.—A part payment will be expected down, and a liberal credit given for the balance. If the George-Town property is not sold by private sale, it will be offered at public sale, on the first Monday in May next. Samuel Craig. January 22. 3w
FOR SALE, A WELL finished three story BRICK HOUSE and LOT, on King-street, the most commercial street in town and in the center of it. A well finished two story Brick House and Lot, on Duke-street, near the river. A Lot of Ground a short mile above town, containing five and one eighth acres, near the river. Twelve hundred and eighty acres of military Land, in the state of Tennessee, on Obey's river, a branch of the Cumberland river. A tract of Land containing 510 acres, in Greenbrier county, Virginia. Also, a very convenient and well finished Brick House and Lot, in George-Town, with Brick Stable, Coach House, &c. Also, a two story Frame House and Lot, in George-Town, and Bake House—the lot is 28 feet 4 inches front and 107 feet deep.—A part payment will be expected down, and a liberal credit given for the balance. If the George-Town property is not sold by private sale, it will be offered at public sale, on the first Monday in May next. Samuel Craig. January 22. 3w
FOR SALE, A WELL finished three story BRICK HOUSE and LOT, on King-street, the most commercial street in town and in the center of it. A well finished two story Brick House and Lot, on Duke-street, near the river. A Lot of Ground a short mile above town, containing five and one eighth acres, near the river. Twelve hundred and eighty acres of military Land, in the state of Tennessee, on Obey's river, a branch of the Cumberland river. A tract of Land containing 510 acres, in Greenbrier county, Virginia. Also, a very convenient and well finished Brick House and Lot, in George-Town, with Brick Stable, Coach House, &c. Also, a two story Frame House and Lot, in George-Town, and Bake House—the lot is 28 feet 4 inches front and 107 feet deep.—A part payment will be expected down, and a liberal credit given for the balance. If the George-Town property is not sold by private sale, it will be offered at public sale, on the first Monday in May next. Samuel Craig. January 22. 3w
FOR SALE, A WELL finished three story BRICK HOUSE and LOT, on King-street, the most commercial street in town and in the center of it. A well finished two story Brick House and Lot, on Duke-street, near the river. A Lot of Ground a short mile above town, containing five and one eighth acres, near the river. Twelve hundred and eighty acres of military Land, in the state of Tennessee, on Obey's river, a branch of the Cumberland river. A tract of Land containing 510 acres, in Greenbrier county, Virginia. Also, a very convenient and well finished Brick House and Lot, in George-Town, with Brick Stable, Coach House, &c. Also, a two story Frame House and Lot, in George-Town, and Bake House—the lot is 28 feet 4 inches front and 107 feet deep.—A part payment will be expected down, and a liberal credit given for the balance. If the George-Town property is not sold by private sale, it will be offered at public sale, on the first Monday in May next. Samuel Craig. January 22. 3w
FOR SALE, A WELL finished three story BRICK HOUSE and LOT, on King-street, the most commercial street in town and in the center of it. A well finished two story Brick House and Lot, on Duke-street, near the river. A Lot of Ground a short mile above town, containing five and one eighth acres, near the river. Twelve hundred and eighty acres of military Land, in the state of Tennessee, on Obey's river, a branch of the Cumberland river. A tract of Land containing 510 acres, in Greenbrier county, Virginia. Also, a very convenient and well finished Brick House and Lot, in George-Town, with Brick Stable, Coach House, &c. Also, a two story Frame House and Lot, in George-Town, and Bake House—the lot is 28 feet 4 inches front and 107 feet deep.—A part payment will be expected down, and a liberal credit given for the balance. If the George-Town property is not sold by private sale, it will be offered at public sale, on the first Monday in May next. Samuel Craig. January 22. 3w
FOR SALE, A WELL finished three story BRICK HOUSE and LOT, on King-street, the most commercial street in town and in the center of it. A well finished two story Brick House and Lot, on Duke-street, near the river. A Lot of Ground a short mile above town, containing five and one eighth acres, near the river. Twelve hundred and eighty acres of military Land, in the state of Tennessee, on Obey's river, a branch of the Cumberland river. A tract of Land containing 510 acres, in Greenbrier county, Virginia. Also, a very convenient and well finished Brick House and Lot, in George-Town, with Brick Stable, Coach House, &c. Also, a two story Frame House and Lot, in George-Town, and Bake House—the lot is 28 feet 4 inches front and 107 feet deep.—A part payment will be expected down, and a liberal credit given for the balance. If the George-Town property is not sold by private sale, it will be offered at public sale, on the first Monday in May next. Samuel Craig. January 22. 3w
FOR SALE, A WELL finished three story BRICK HOUSE and LOT, on King-street, the most commercial street in town and in the center of it. A well finished two story Brick House and Lot, on Duke-street, near the river. A Lot of Ground a short mile above town, containing five and one eighth acres, near the river. Twelve hundred and eighty acres of military Land, in the state of Tennessee, on Obey's river, a branch of the Cumberland river. A tract of Land containing 510 acres, in Greenbrier county, Virginia. Also, a very convenient and well finished Brick House and Lot, in George-Town, with Brick Stable, Coach House, &c. Also, a two story Frame House and Lot, in George-Town, and Bake House—the lot is 28 feet 4 inches front and 107 feet deep.—A part payment will be expected down, and a liberal credit given for the balance. If the George-Town property is not sold by private sale, it will be offered at public sale, on the first Monday in May next. Samuel Craig. January 22. 3w
PUBLIC SALE. BY virtue of a deed of trust from General HENRY LEE, for securing to WILLIAM LUDWELL LEE, deceased, the payment of a debt of sixteen thousand six hundred and six- ty-six dollars and sixty-six cents, with inter- est thereon from the 17th day of April, 1798, and upon the request of the legal representa- tives of the said WILLIAM LUDWELL LEE, deceased, I shall sell at public auction, to the highest bidder, the following Tracts of Land, At the periods hereafter mentioned—that is to say— One Tract of LAND, stated to contain sixteen hundred acres, called "Buf- falo Marsh," lying in the county of Frede- rick, together with a moiety of the Mill upon the said tract—at Winchester, on the 4th day of May next:— And all the Right, Title, Interest or Claim of the said HENRY LEE and WIFE, to five hundred acres, lying in Fairfax coun- ty, at the mouth of Difficult Run, on the west side thereof, at or near the great falls of Po- tomac—at Fairfax Court-House, on the 18th day of May next. It is expected that persons wishing to par- chase either of the above tracts, will previous- ly view the same. Bushrod Washington, TRUSTEE. January 30. 2aw
Valuable Property for Sale. Pursuant to a decree of the circuit court for the district of Columbia, held at Alexan- dria, and the last will of Benjamin Shreve, deceased; his executors offer for sale, THAT Valuable Property at the corner of King and Fairfax-streets, part of which is occupied by Charles Bennett. The lot ex- tends 40 feet on King and 70 feet on Fairfax- street, is subject to a rent charge of 50 dollars per annum. To those who are desirous, either of secur- ing a good stand for business, or vesting their money in real estate, this is a most inviting piece of property. A small part of the money will be required in hand or in an approved note at 60 days—on the balance a liberal cre- dit will be given. For terms apply to either of the executors or to Benjamin Shreve. William Paton, Edward Stabler, } Ex'rs. John Janney, } November 28. 2aw
Advertisement. BY an order of the County Court of Fau- quier, we the subscribers are appointed com- missioners for selling the building of a Goal for said county forty feet by sixteen in the clear, eighteen feet pitch, with a passage be- low and above, to be built of brick, or stone— This is therefore to give notice, that proposals will be received to be lodged with Wm. Hor- ner until Saturday the 25th of April next; and if none should be agreed upon on that day, we shall proceed to let said building to the lowest bidder, on Monday following, be- ing court day. William Horner, George B. Pickett, } Com'rs. Wm. Edmonds, jr. Thornton Buckner, Wiley Roy, Fauquier Court-House, } February 23. { [28] 2aw2ths A
Land for Sale. THE subscriber wishes to sell about fifteen and an half acres of Land, within half a mile of Alexandria, situate on the south side of the lane leading from Mr. Hodgson's dwell- ing to the poor house, and directly opposite that building. Although this property from its situation must soon become valuable, it will be sold low for cash, or good negotiable paper at ninety, one hundred and eighty, and two hundred and seventy days. Apply to JAMES IRVIN, or myself Robert Adam. January 29. eo1f
A Bargain. I WILL dispose of my TAN-YARD, in the town of Dumfries, together with all the stock of Leather and Bark now on hand.— The House and Lot will be sold on a liberal credit, or exchanged for Wet Goods—the stock of Leather and Bark may be had with the Lot, for which cash must be given. A description is deemed unnecessary, as those inclined to purchase will certainly view the property first. I will only add that, the house is convenient and comfortable, and the yard supplied with every utensil necessary for the tanning business. Thomas Jacob. Dumfries, March 14. [18] 2awtf N. B. The House and Lot will be sold low for cash. Printing, in its various branches, handsomely executed at this office.
FOR SALE, A WELL finished three story BRICK HOUSE and LOT, on King-street, the most commercial street in town and in the center of it. A well finished two story Brick House and Lot, on Duke-street, near the river. A Lot of Ground a short mile above town, containing five and one eighth acres, near the river. Twelve hundred and eighty acres of military Land, in the state of Tennessee, on Obey's river, a branch of the Cumberland river. A tract of Land containing 510 acres, in Greenbrier county, Virginia. Also, a very convenient and well finished Brick House and Lot, in George-Town, with Brick Stable, Coach House, &c. Also, a two story Frame House and Lot, in George-Town, and Bake House—the lot is 28 feet 4 inches front and 107 feet deep.—A part payment will be expected down, and a liberal credit given for the balance. If the George-Town property is not sold by private sale, it will be offered at public sale, on the first Monday in May next. Samuel Craig. January 22. 3w
FOR SALE, A WELL finished three story BRICK HOUSE and LOT, on King-street, the most commercial street in town and in the center of it. A well finished two story Brick House and Lot, on Duke-street, near the river. A Lot of Ground a short mile above town, containing five and one eighth acres, near the river. Twelve hundred and eighty acres of military Land, in the state of Tennessee, on Obey's river, a branch of the Cumberland river. A tract of Land containing 510 acres, in Greenbrier county, Virginia. Also, a very convenient and well finished Brick House and Lot, in George-Town, with Brick Stable, Coach House, &c. Also, a two story Frame House and Lot, in George-Town, and Bake House—the lot is 28 feet 4 inches front and 107 feet deep.—A part payment will be expected down, and a liberal credit given for the balance. If the George-Town property is not sold by private sale, it will be offered at public sale, on the first Monday in May next. Samuel Craig. January 22. 3w
FOR SALE, A WELL finished three story BRICK HOUSE and LOT, on King-street, the most commercial street in town and in the center of it. A well finished two story Brick House and Lot, on Duke-street, near the river. A Lot of Ground a short mile above town, containing five and one eighth acres, near the river. Twelve hundred and eighty acres of military Land, in the state of Tennessee, on Obey's river, a branch of the Cumberland river. A tract of Land containing 510 acres, in Greenbrier county, Virginia. Also, a very convenient and well finished Brick House and Lot, in George-Town, with Brick Stable, Coach House, &c. Also, a two story Frame House and Lot, in George-Town, and Bake House—the lot is 28 feet 4 inches front and 107 feet deep.—A part payment will be expected down, and a liberal credit given for the balance. If the George-Town property is not sold by private sale, it will be offered at public sale, on the first Monday in May next. Samuel Craig. January 22. 3w
FOR SALE, A WELL finished three story BRICK HOUSE and LOT, on King-street, the most commercial street in town and in the center of it. A well finished two story Brick House and Lot, on Duke-street, near the river. A Lot of Ground a short mile above town, containing five and one eighth acres, near the river. Twelve hundred and eighty acres of military Land, in the state of Tennessee, on Obey's river, a branch of the Cumberland river. A tract of Land containing 510 acres, in Greenbrier county, Virginia. Also, a very convenient and well finished Brick House and Lot, in George-Town, with Brick Stable, Coach House, &c. Also, a two story Frame House and Lot, in George-Town, and Bake House—the lot is 28 feet 4 inches front and 107 feet deep.—A part payment will be expected down, and a liberal credit given for the balance. If the George-Town property is not sold by private sale, it will be offered at public sale, on the first Monday in May next. Samuel Craig. January 22. 3w
FOR SALE, A WELL finished three story BRICK HOUSE and LOT, on King-street, the most commercial street in town and in the center of it. A well finished two story Brick House and Lot, on Duke-street, near the river. A Lot of Ground a short mile above town, containing five and one eighth acres, near the river. Twelve hundred and eighty acres of military Land, in the state of Tennessee, on Obey's river, a branch of the Cumberland river. A tract of Land containing 510 acres, in Greenbrier county, Virginia. Also, a very convenient and well finished Brick House and Lot, in George-Town, with Brick Stable, Coach House, &c. Also, a two story Frame House and Lot, in George-Town, and Bake House—the lot is 28 feet 4 inches front and 107 feet deep.—A part payment will be expected down, and a liberal credit given for the balance. If the George-Town property is not sold by private sale, it will be offered at public sale, on the first Monday in May next. Samuel Craig. January 22. 3w
FOR SALE, A WELL finished three story BRICK HOUSE and LOT, on King-street, the most commercial street in town and in the center of it. A well finished two story Brick House and Lot, on Duke-street, near the river. A Lot of Ground a short mile above town, containing five and one eighth acres, near the river. Twelve hundred and eighty acres of military Land, in the state of Tennessee, on Obey's river, a branch of the Cumberland river. A tract of Land containing 510 acres, in Greenbrier county, Virginia. Also, a very convenient and well finished Brick House and Lot, in George-Town, with Brick Stable, Coach House, &c. Also, a two story Frame House and Lot, in George-Town, and Bake House—the lot is 28 feet 4 inches front and 107 feet deep.—A part payment will be expected down, and a liberal credit given for the balance. If the George-Town property is not sold by private sale, it will be offered at public sale, on the first Monday in May next. Samuel Craig. January 22. 3w
FOR SALE, A WELL finished three story BRICK HOUSE and LOT, on King-street, the most commercial street in town and in the center of it. A well finished two story Brick House and Lot, on Duke-street, near the river. A Lot of Ground a short mile above town, containing five and one eighth acres, near the river. Twelve hundred and eighty acres of military Land, in the state of Tennessee, on Obey's river, a branch of the Cumberland river. A tract of Land containing 510 acres, in Greenbrier county, Virginia. Also, a very convenient and well finished Brick House and Lot, in George-Town, with Brick Stable, Coach House, &c. Also, a two story Frame House and Lot, in George-Town, and Bake House—the lot is 28 feet 4 inches front and 107 feet deep.—A part payment will be expected down, and a liberal credit given for the balance. If the George-Town property is not sold by private sale, it will be offered at public sale, on the first Monday in May next. Samuel Craig. January 22. 3w
To Sell or Rent, Sundry LOTS in Alexandria—Also seve- ral in the city of Wash-ington. For terms ap- ply to Sarah Porter. February 14. 2aw
VALUABLE LANDS To be Sold very Cheap.
I WISH to sell my Mill Tract of Land, si- tuate on Back-Lick and Indian-Runs, about six miles from the town of Alexandria; con- taining about eleven hundred acres. On this tract are two plantations besides the mill farm —on the latter there is a very good mill, in which are one pair of burr, and one pair of cullen stones, with elevators, &c. complete for merchant work—a distillery convenient to the mill, with four stills and every neces- sary utensil in complete order—a dwelling- house, kitchen, barn, with stables under it to accommodate 20 stalls, with every other out- house requisite on a farm—a very good gar- den, an orchard of about 2500 trees of the choicest fruits this country can afford. There is about 300 or 400 acres of the tract cleared, the remainder in woods and a great part of it heavily timbered; about 30 or 40 acres of meadow, and nearly 300 acres more may be made on the bottoms adjoining the two runs. ALSO, One other tract of one hundred acres, about two miles from Alexandria, part of the Cliesh Tract, and adjoining the lands of Mes- sieurs John C. Herbert, Robert Patton, and John Richter, the Mount-Vernon road run- ning through it. This tract is mostly in woods, and conveniently situated for country seats. If these lands should be sold at private sale, (which I would prefer) I will take in payment, if more convenient to the purcha- sers, stock of any of the banks from Rich- mond to New-York, or any kind of stock of the United States. If