Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political (Alexandria [Va.]), 1809-10-21 00:00:00

Sales at Vendue.
On every Tuesday and Friday, WILL BE SOLD At the Vendue Store, corner of Prince and Water streets. A Variety of Dry Goods, Groceries, &c. Particulars of which will be expressed in the bills of the day—All kinds of goods which are on limitation and the prices of which are established, can at any time be viewed and purchased at the lowest limitation prices.
P. G. Marsteller, v. M. THE INTRIGUES OF The Queen of Spain WITH THE Prince of Peace and others. Written by a Spanish Nobleman and Patriot, who alone can be acquainted with the intrigues and amours of the above personages. For sale by Cottom & Stewart. August 11.
FINE PASTURE.
WE will be ready in about ten days to furnish butchers and others, Pasturage on our island, for any number of cattle not exceeding 100. Philip Alexander, John Luke. July 29.
FRESH FRUIT.
The subscriber has just received and offers for sale, Malaga Raisins in kegs, Muscatel and Bloom Raisins in boxes. ALSO, 36 bags and 12 barrels Coffee. James Patton. April 19.
TO HIRE,
By the month or year, A Negro Man, a sailor.—He will be hired low if taken by the year. Enquire of the Printer. July 29.
FOR SALE,
50 hogsheads SUGAR, 160 bags COFFEE, 10 hogsheads Antigua RUM, 40 bales best COTTON. Joseph Riddle. July 10.
TO RENT,
A convenient and well finished BRICK HOUSE, at the head of King street and near good water. Apply to James Sanderfon. August 30.
Joseph Mandeville,
CORNER OF KING AND FAIRFAX STREETS, Has Received, 100 half boxes Rousett's CIGARS warranted of the very first quality and full contents. Real Maccauba Snuff, Rappce do. Coarse and Fine, 20 boxes fresh MUSTARD, 20 Philadelphia CHOCOLATE, 1st and 2d quality.
HE HAS ALSO,
A General Assortment as usual of good WINES, LIQUORS, and GROceries for sale. Dec. 2.
NEW ALMANAC.
COTTOM & STEWART, HAVE JUST PUBLISHED THEIR ALMANAC, For 1810.
Containing, besides the astronomical calculations, a variety of useful and entertaining matter.
ALSO,
GERMAN ALMANACS,
For 1810. For sale by the Gross, Dozen, or single one. October
A Wet Nurse wanted.
A WOMAN with a good breast of milk, will get great wages by enquiring of the Printer of this paper. October 14.
JUST RECEIVED,
AND FOR SALE BY R. GRAY, One elegant London made Patent PIANO FORTE, with additional Keys to C and Pedal. One plain do. with additional Keys and Pedal.
ON HAND,
One plain home-made do. a little used. August 9.
MOLASSES.
20 hogsheads RETAILING MOLASSES, for sale by Joseph Mandeville, Corner of King and Fairfax streets. June 10.
ROSE HILL FOR SALE.
This healthy, beautiful, and well improved SEAT is now offered for sale. It contains 400 acres, 150 of which are in wood. Noland is better adapted to the use of Plaister of Paris, and there is some very valuable meadow land upon it. For terms apply to V. H. Foote, esq. upon the premises, or to the subscriber in Charles county, Maryland. Benjamin Dulany, jr. September 14.
John G. Ladd,
Has just received and offers for sale, 30 chests Imperial and Young Hysan Teas, & the ship Arthur's cargo imported in June last.
ALSO,
2 pipes & half pipes choice old Port Wine. 10 boxes Ladies' Morocco Shoes. 200 casks fresh Stone Lime. August 22.
MILITARY LANDS.
FOR SALE, Or will be exchanged for Property in Alexandria or its vicinity, A Warrant for 696 acres of Land, Granted by the state of Virginia for military services during the revolutionary war. This land lies in the state of Ohio, and is said to be amongst the best in the state. It will be sold a great bargain. Apply to John Longden. May 13.
Just Received, and now offered for sale,
A few Pots W. India Sweetmeats, viz.
Orange Peel, Mamey Apples, Pine Apples, Ginger, Guava Jelly in pots and boxes, Tamarinds, Excellent Lemons in boxes, Limes, and Oranges, Smoked and pickled Salmon, Sounds and Tongues, Pickling Vinegar, and Groceries as usual. Thos. Patten. August 22.
A GREAT BARGAIN.
THE subscriber wishing to remove to the western country, will sell the FARM on which he resides in Fairfax county, 11 miles from Alexandria, 9 from George Town ferry, and about the same from the Potomac bridge crossing to the city of Washington—in a healthy, agreeable neighborhood, containing about 470 acres, on which is a convenient dwelling house, large enough for a genteel family, together with all the outhouses suitable, all new or nearly so; an orchard of apple trees of selected fruit, together with different other fruit trees, a proportion of improved meadow for the scythe, and a large portion more may easily be made. Any person inclined to purchase may know the terms by application to Mr. JOHN DULIN, adjoining the said farm, or the subscriber on the premises. E. Dulin. dff
Wanted to Purchase or Hire, A GOOD MALE COOK.
Apply the Printer. September 21.
FOR SALE
At public auction on Monday next, on board the ship HERO, Thomas Cole master, from Liverpool, 5000 bushels of coarse SALT, in lots to suit purchasers. October 13.
JAMES BACON
Begs leave to inform his former customers and friends, that he has Recommended the Grocery Business, At his Store on King near Washington-street.
WHERE HE OFFERS FOR SALE,
A well chosen assortment of goods, in that line, Warranted genuine, particularly his TEAS, WINES & LIQUORS, Which are of a superior quality—He will dispose of each and every article on the most moderate terms: May 2.
Just Received,
AND FOR SALE BY CHARLES I. CATLETT, 75 chests Imperial, Hysan, & Young Hysan Teas. 30,000 lbs. prime Green Coffee. 20 pipes and 8 quarter casks Lisbon and Teneriffe Wine. 8 hogsheads Muscovado Sugar. 2000 lbs. Seine Twine. 50 boxes Mould Candles. 50 do. Spanish Segars. 8 barrels Pimento. October 16.
NOTICE.
THE subscriber, by virtue of a deed of trust dated on the third day of September, 1807, from John Bogue to himself, Ludwell Lee and Charles Alexander, will, on TUESDAY, the 14th of November next, at four o'clock of that day, at the tavern of Benjamin Thornton, in the town of Leesburg, & county of Loudoun, proceed to sell to the highest bidder, for ready money,
A Tract of Land,
in the county of Loudoun, on the north side of the main road from Leesburg to Alexandria, and about one quarter of a mile to the eastward of Goose Creek, containing 114 acres, which land is in the possession of the said John Bogue, or so much thereof as will pay the expenses of the sale and the sum of 143 dollars and 33 cents, with interest due by the said Bogue to Mrs. Frances Alexander, administratrix of Charles Alexander, esquire, deceased, and the further sum of 286 dollars and 66 cents, with interest thereon, due to the heirs of the said Charles Alexander. Edmund J. Lee, Trustee. September 19.
NOTICE.
THE Stockholders in the Great Hunting Creek Bridge Company, are hereby notified, that the fourth instalment of Ten Dollars on each share of stock in the said company is called for, and required to be paid to the subscriber on or before Saturday, the 28th instant. John Hooff, Treasurer. October 12—13.
FOR SALE,
A TRACT OF LAND, where Captain James Deneale formerly resided, near Fairfax court house, containing about 206 acres, whereon Mr. WALTER Low lives—he has rented it for the next year for one hundred dollars per year. Possession will be given next Christmas come a year. ALSO,
A tract of LAND in Fauquier county, adjoining the Thoroughfare Mill Tract, on the west side of the Bull Run Mountain, whereon I now live, containing between 4 and 500 acres as good a farm as any in the county, the best meadows in the county, with a good young orchard and good new dwelling house. It is unnecessary to say any more about the above lands, as it is supposed that no person will purchase without viewing the premises. Possession will be given the place I live on next new year's day. James Gunnell. Fauquier County, Oct. 1—9. d125th Dec
BY THE JOHN AND ALICE FROM LIVERPOOL,
WE HAVE RECEIVED, 130 PACKAGES WOOLLEN & COTTON GOODS:
Which are offered for sale by the packages at No. 16, Calvert-street.
Amongst these Goods are— BROAD CLOTHS, Pelise Cloths, Coatings, Bockings, Flannels, Carpetings, Carpets, Moleskins, Kerseys, Bears skins, Worsted Hosiery, Windsor Cords, Manchester, Sooses, Platiillas, Sarsnet Cambrics, Vestments, Ginghams, Madras Pulicats, Calicoes, Furnitures, Pins, Umbrellas.
Appletons and Co.
BALTIMORE, Oct. 14—19. dff
LOST,
On the morning of the 16th instant, A Note drawn by ANDREW SCHOLFIELD, payable to the subscribers 60 days after date, for 507 dollars, and by us endorsed. Payment has been stopped on the above note—The finder is requested to leave it at our store on King-street. Nevitt and Baden. October 19.
A Removal.
The subscribers have removed their Hardware Store from the corner of Prince and Fairfax streets, next door south of Bryan Hampson's, on Fairfax street, where they mean to have constantly for sale, a general assortment of GOODS in their line for the lowest terms. They have advice of their Fall Goods being sent from the manufacturers to Liverpool, for shipment, they may therefore be daily expected.
They offer for Rent,
TWO DWELLING HOUSES one on the lower end of Fairfax street, part of which has been constantly kept as a store, the other adjoining their store.
Stolen or Strayed,
FROM the commons adjoining Alexandria, on or about the 28th of September last a white chunky made HORSE, ridge main, newly shod all round. Whoever will bring said horse to the subscribers shall be reasonably rewarded. Libby and Carne. October 17.
Fifteen Dollars Reward.
RANAWAY, from the subscriber, last night, a mulatto man, named ANDREW, sometimes called Andrew Johnson, about 40 years of age, he is a middling bright mulatto, 5 feet 9 or 10 inches high, spare made, thin face, woolly head, a little inclined to hair, small ear, small eye brows and lashes, thin lips for a person of color, small beard, a pretty high forehead—there are several small spots on the inside of his left arm, and a little above the elbow are two small scars about an inch apart—he is a very smart active fellow, and can do almost any kind of work—he is excessively fond of liquor and will seldom be sober if he can get it, and when drunk is very stupid. He had on when he went away an old short coat and pantaloon of black superfine cloth, an old spotted waistcoat, ozanaburg shirt and an old white hat, but as he took other clothes with him he will probably change his dress. He has a wife at Mrs. Fendall's farm in Fairfax county, about 5 miles from Alexandria, where it is probable he may be harbored by her at night, and skulk about the neighboring woods through the day.
I will give the above reward for delivering the said runaway to me in Alexandria, if taken without the counties of Alexandria & Fairfax, and FIVE DOLLARS if taken within either of the said counties. John Dundas. October 16—17. d1wcof
505 Acres of Land for Sale.
I WISH TO SELL the above quantity of LAND, situated near the road leading from Georgetown to Alexandria, and about an equal distance from each town.
This property is fully one half covered with wood, which will render it an advisable purchase, on the terms that I will sell it.
GEORGE H. TERRETT, Esq will show the land to any gentleman who wishes to see it, and will give me information thereof. George H. Chapman. October 4.

Alexandria Daily Gazette, COMMERCIAL AND POLITICAL.
PRINTED AND PUBLISHED BY SAMUEL SNOWDEN, Royal-street, Alexandria.
Daily Gazette, 6 Dollars per annum. Country Gazette, 5 Dollars.
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 21.
FROM THE BAROMETER.
THE RAVAGES OF DEATH.
A POEM.
Wandering mortal, turn thine eyes Where yon struggling victim lies, And in pliant mood declare, What thy senses witness there: Hearst thou not the funeral sound? Seest thou not the yawning ground? Feelst thou not with anguish keen, All the horrors of the scene? Then survey the bloody plain And behold the heaps of slain— On the reddened wat'ry heath Mark the Ravages of Death! Where the florid lightning flies See his haggard image rise: Furies, and the beasts of prey, Hear his mandates, and obey.
Time, with unremitting sway, Sweeps the works of man away; Time, whose quick-revolving hand, Man himself cannot withstand; Time, the herald of the dead, By changing seasons sped, Brings new scenes to mortal eyes, Fraught with wonder and surprize, Brings the grave, the narrow home, Man's inevitable doom!
Earth has been for ages past, But a wild and dreary waste; Man, pursued by grief and care, Finds a transient dwelling there. Thus a ship, in stately pride, Swims in grandeur on the tide, Till some passing whirlwind sweep Hurls her 'neath the wat'ry deep. Man is left awhile to roam On this habitable dome, Till the arm of Death appalls, And his earthly fabric falls. By the change of night and day Generations speed away; Age and time unheeded waste As the busy moments haste. Where are ancient wonders hurl'd? Where the grandeur of the world? Cities, walls and towering domes, Temples, obelisks, and tombs, Warriors, statesmen, empires, kings! Pass'd away like trivial things! As the waves of ocean rise, As the weary billow dies, Thus all mortal beings fly To unknown eternity.
See the babe, of infant charms, Pillag'd from a father's arms, Sever'd from a mother's breast, In the lonely grave to rest: Few its moments, short its breath, 'Till it meets the dart of death: Quick its passage from the womb To the dark and silent tomb.
Next the early age of man, Ere he gains the common span: Ere he runs the half way race Falls a prey to Death's embrace: Mark the youth in pleasure gay, Health and vigor round him play: Growing strength his limbs adorn, But he falls in life's gay morn. Lo! to yonder gallery high Female charms invite the eye, Female arts with nature join, And in splendid radiance shine; Gems and tinsels deck her face, Fashion adds to beauty grace: Smiles of dalliance round her play, And unnumber'd charms display. Can the smile that beauty gave Rescue mortals from the grave? No—the fairest forms are bound For the port beneath the ground: Nature's call must be obey'd: Youth and beauty too must fade: Smiling features, brilliant eye, All must perish, all must die.
Man, with reason for his guide, Rules creation far and wide: Bids the earth to yield him food, Rides the indolating flood: Tempers nature, lays a plan For the happiness of man: Builds his fabric to the skies, Then prepares for life, and dies!
Hero and there an aged sire— Lives—a weary traveller— Lives to tell his many 'scapes From Death's many different shapes. To pronounce his lengthen'd years But a scene of doubts and fears—
Finds no mortal arm can save, And prepares to meet the grave.
Can a mortal weak of breath, Obviate the work of Death? Can a man divert the blow Of the King of Terrors ?—No! Death, in many horrid forms, Clouds the human course with storms; War, the deadly foe of man, Opes the scene and leads the van; Plagues and fevers, famine, pest, Scour the earth at his behest; Tempests, hurricanes and storms, Damps and colds, of festid forms, With innum'rous ills combin'd, Murder and destroy mankind: Here the air's corrupted breath Bears the Harbinger of Death: There the earthquake's gaping jaw Swallows thousands in its maw. Wheresoe'er the wind doth blow, Wheresoe'er the waters flow, Wheresoe'er the sense can trace, There has Death a lurking place.
Potent man, with all his power, Cannot look beyond an hour, Cannot trace the course of fate, Or foretell what ills await; Knows not but a moment's space Finishes his earthly race, Nor can picture scenes to come When he slumbers in the tomb. Fate, though veil'd from human sight, Leaves one truth as clear as light, Leaves man's final destiny— "All who live must surely die!" Mortal, art thou hale and gay? Death will chase thy joys away: Art thou proud?—Thy haughty crust Soon will moulder into dust: Is thy bosom reek'd with pain? Hast thou sought relief in vain? This one consolation know, Death will finish all thy woe. In the tomb are stores of rest For the grief-inflated breast; There the troubled child of care Finds a refuge from despair.
Human minds were form'd to mourn, Human dust to dust return, Human bliss with pain to blend, Human LIFE in DEATH to END!
A.
* The coasts of the Persian Gulph are frequently visited by a pestilential breeze, so destructive that no living creature was ever known to survive its effects.
† "A man cannot tell what shall be; and what shall be after him, who can tell him?" Eccl. x.
CRITICAL OBSERVATIONS
ON THE
POEM OF MR. JOEL BARLOW, THE COLUMBIAD.
BY M. GREGOIRE,
Formerly Bishop of Blois, Senator, Member of the National Institute, &c. &c.
MY DEAR FRIEND,
I HAVE received with gratitude, and read with interest, your magnificent work, THE COLUMBIAD. This monument of genius and typography, will immortalize the author, and give fame to the American press—this alone would be sufficient to destroy the assertion of Pauw and other writers, that there is a want of talents in America, if your country did not already offer a list of great men, who will go down with eclat to posterity.
When a book is published, it enters the domains of criticism; you yourself solicit it in the letter which accompanies your present; you solicit it with the frankness which is natural to you. Thus I exercise a right as well as perform a duty, not in addressing literary observations to you, but in repelling an insult to christianity, an insult on which I should be silent, if Barlow was a common writer, or his poem an inferior work, because the book and its author would soon sink together into the stream of oblivion.
Amicus usque ad aras, says an ancient. It is at the foot of the altar, that I blame certain lines in your book, and an engraving which has the following inscription, final destruction of prejudices . Prejudices! Perhaps no one desires their destruction more than myself. But what do you call by this equivocal name? And what do I perceive in the midst of the heaps of this picture, which serve for emblems? The attributes of the catholic ministry, and, above all, the standard of christianity, the cross of Jesus Christ! Are these what you call prejudices? If even the excellent works, which have rendered evident the truth of the gospel; if even the principles and the history of eighteen centuries did not formally contradict you, it would be easy to show that this picture is an attack a-
gainst all christian societies, that it is an act of intollérance, of persecution, which offends God and man.
The unlimited freedom of religion in the United States, confers on no sect a character of domination, nor any of those exclusive privileges, that are possessed in different countries of Europe by the churches of the Catholics, Greeks, Lutherans, Calvinists, &c. &c. Let us leave to the partisans of the English church the endless dispute on the prerogatives of the established church , on the utility of those civil establishments which, already shaken, will crumble, perhaps, on all sides, at no very distant epoch. Though I am by conviction, by sentiment, a catholic, and honored with the episcopal character, after a deliberate examination, I think that if we owe to the state a guarantee of obedience when it requires it, that nevertheless these civil establishments , which may be in favor of errors as well as of truth, are often unjust, impolitic, dangerous in more than one respect, though providence may draw good from them, as it does from many other evils which it tolerates.
Let every thing relating to conscience, as well as every thing that belongs to social organization, be freely discussed; truth demands examination, which despotism only can fear: this alone finds it necessary to invoke ignorance, to surround itself with darkness, to repel the light which breaks out from the researches that are directed by good faith and sagacity.
But what will be the result, if, instead of reasoning with calmness and respect on religion, the most important object for man in the course of his fugitive existence, calumny should point its sarcasm, and spread its black colors over historical facts which it misrepresents; if, instead of speaking to the understanding to enlighten it, we address ourselves to the passions to seduce? This has been the conduct which our infidel Frenchmen have followed, pluming themselves with the title of philosophers. It is important to recollect, and to recollect often, that of those who have combated christianity, the greater part have vomited the most infamous things against decency and morality; Lamettrie, Voltaire, J. J. Rousseau, Diderot, Mirabeau, of the constituent assembly, P——, &c. Others have said before me, that incredulity almost always has its source in the heart, and that the antagonists of a religion, whose morality is so pure, are advocates who defend their own cause.
Almost all of them have attacked christianity by reproaching it with the abuses it has experienced, as if the abuses were the thing itself; as if, after having directed the wind on the straw, we must still blow away the grain; as if wine and iron ought to be proscribed, because there are debauchees and assassins.
In the stormy course of our revolution, the infidels held, during some years, the sceptre of power; you were a witness of the use they made of it. In an instant, these champions of toleration and humanity were seen to display all the ferocity of Diocletian; to shut up, profane, and destroy our temples; to pursue that religious man even into the asylum of his thoughts; to incarcerate and transport bishops and priests. A great number of catholic pastors were dragged to the scaffold; during eighteen months I feared and expected the same fate; it is well known with what outrages I was loaded in the midst of the national convention, for having baved the infuriated howlings of impiety; the greatest favor that was accorded us, was only to mark us out as superstitious, as fanatics ; these were the epithets in fashion. For several years we were constantly under the axe of executioners, calling themselves philosophers . Do you hasten to tell me they usurped this title: we are agreed. God preserve me from attributing to philosophy the crimes of brigands, who dressed in their liveries. In the face even of the altar, I have justified her from crimes she abhors; * but will our infidels ever exercise good faith? Will they ever cease to reproach christianity with the abuses which she laments?
What further did they do? They travestied august liberty as a bacchante; they exclaimed that no one could be at once a christian and a republican and a moderate ; tho' thousands of examples among us, as well as among you, attested the contrary; though a holy and natural alliance establishes itself between those characters. Some pious but unenlightened men, were frightened by these clamors; believing themselves placed between liberty and religion, could they balance in their choice? It may be seen how our reformers, wishing to associate the republic with every thing that could destroy it, themselves precipitated the ves-
* Discourse on the opening of the national council of 1801. p. 2.
of liberty into the abyss; at the moment it was reaching the port.
What would they have substituted for christianity? A goddess and a temple of reason, man for God himself. They afterwards made temples to the Supreme Being , temples in which theophanthropy erected her booths, till the period when the worship of the deists found its chapels deserted in France, as that of David Williams was in London.
At this period foreign nations waved among us the banners of discord; they were powerfully aided by all the enemies of the revolution, of whom a part having fled their country when it was in danger, to stir up against it the potentates of Europe, corresponded with those who remained in their homes, to kindle discord and anarchy. By a refinement of perversity they conceived the plan of destroying the most salutary reforms, by outstretching the object, and forcing every measure; of rendering odious or ridiculous the soundest notions by exaggerating them; in fine, of revolting the people by alarming their consciences.
Who could believe it, if accumulated facts did not attest it, that two classes of men the most opposite, were seen at this period, acting in concert to commit the same crimes and to destroy religion? Pretended philosophers from hatred against it; pretended christians from hatred to every priest, who had submitted to the laws requiring an oath? They would rather have seen our altars overturned, our sanctuaries profaned and covered with filth and sterility, than to behold their brethren in the same sacerdotal habits, but, faithful to their God and their country, offer the same sacrifice, and preach the same gospel. These distressing recollections will be engraved by history, they will resound in future ages; and when reason shall surmount extinguished passions, impartial posterity will decide on which side were truth, charity, and justice.
Does not your engraving appear to retrace, not as regards the manner, but the results, what our persecutors have executed? The illusory theories of impiety, are falsified by the most decisive experience; which attests that morality is wavering and without support, if it does not receive it from the hands of religion? that religion is without consequence, if it is not positive, that is to say, founded on facts and on revelation. I conversed on this subject with your countryman, Thomas Paine. Write, said I to him, on political rights, but not on religious matters; your Age of Reason has discovered your incapacity; you will never be able to oppose any thing solid to the excellent refutation of your systems, by a crowd of writers, above all, by the learned bishop of Landaff.
Some of our persecutors , who styled themselves philosophers, are already thrown into the sewers of history, the rest will be, in their turn. The greater part of those who have survived, vent themselves in maledictions over the tomb of Robespierre, that it may be forgotten they were his accomplices, his guards and his banditti. They would be so again if he and his power were resuscitated. Formerly under grotesque names and cynical dress, they dishonored the cause of liberty; vile Proteuses, they have changed their language still more than their dress. Formerly they blasphemed against christianity; bigots now, and at no time pious, limited to certain forms, certain trifling customs, neglecting in religion every thing that restrains them, perverting its august truths as their interests may dictate, and from the motives which St. Augustine has developed in so striking a manner, in his City of God they call themselves christians through policy, because, according to the expression of a modern orator, religion is necessary for the people : and as the secret of their heart always betrays itself more by their conduct, than their discourse, the sacred instrument they would pervert is broken in their hands; for among that race always frivolous and without character, that is called Frenchmen, there is not one, even to the servant girl, who, in robbing her master, does not repeat that religion is necessary for the people , on condition that she may be dispensed from having it herself.
Religion, necessary to every individual, is still more so to those magistrates who are the regulators of states. Fatal experience of the misfortunes occasioned by an abandonment of christianity has not yet opened our eyes. We have recourse to a palliative to cure the wounds which have been made by irreligion, and its offspring immortality: they have loosened the bonds of society to such a degree, that they menace it with decomposition, which will be common to man and neighboring nations. If ever decrepit Europe makes a step towards moral order, it will be less from love of that than
† B. A. C. 88.

from lassitude of crime; but it will be under the escort of christianity and in consequence of inevitable catastrophes. In spite of the clouds that cover the future, this epoch may be perceived, though we are unable to calculate its term, or its disasters. If the bounds of this letter permitted me, I would oppose to the evils engendered by infidelity, the benefits profusely spread by the christian religion; its introduction was the most vast of all revolutions, and the most beautiful, because the most useful to the human race. The cross and the gospel, in preparing us for the happiness of eternity, have the civilized world; virtue and knowledge have every where marched in their train; every religion has been abandoned by virtue and knowledge, which has lost christianity; those regions have turned to barbarism; witness the church of Africa, illustrious for so many learned men, and which was once one of the most brilliant portions of Christendom. Witness Algiers, where you resided two years; such would be the lot which the United States would feel, if ever they should cease to be christian.
And is not this equivalent to what you propose in some lines, and by an engraving, which a disciple of the Gospel repels with horror? The attributes of pure christianity are classed among the emblems of prejudice. Where are your proofs? It is in the nature of things, that what is invariably useful should be essentially true; instead of proofs, you give up to derision objects revered by many hundred millions of men, who will not believe you on your word; they will see that your anti-christian sentence wants justness; that it is a consequence without premises; that, without reasoning at all you decided that all the disciples of the gospel reason falsely. Virtuous minds would sigh to behold calumny, impiety, and lubricity display themselves with effrontery, protected by the liberty of the press; but as we do not know where to place the limits, if we attempt to establish by law repressive measures this evil would be counterbalanced by others, if our mouths were locked, and our pens crushed by tyranny. The press is free in your country; thus you are not reprehensible by the law, but condemnable at the tribunal of opinion, the supreme judge of all crimes that offend propriety and justice. Yours offend both.
It offends justice, because it is a gratuitous outrage, that resembles that of the Jesuits at Japan. What would you say, if the attributes of liberty, which are so dear to you, were trampled under foot before your eyes? It offends propriety, because in holding out as prejudices the emblems of the christian religion, it is saying to all those who profess it, that they are fools; this compliment addresses itself to the disciples of the gospel in every part of the globe; it addresses itself to the estimable descendants of those catholics, who, flying from British persecution, established in Maryland, a state belonging to your confederation: it addresses itself to the venerable Carroll, bishop of Baltimore; you trample on the attributes of his pastoral character. In France, it is true, the nonconformists outrage in this way episcopacy in the person of those pastors, who, faithful to the voice of their consciences, have committed the unpardonable crime of submitting to the laws of their country; this is a sad example to cite, not a model to imitate. Your presbyterian countrymen will perhaps ask, if you have abjured the principles that you professed when you were the chaplain of a regiment in the war of independence.
If to believe in the gospel be a prejudice, permit us to partake of it with the feeble minds of Addison, Abbadie, Arbuthnot, Bacon, Berkeley, Barrow, Beattie, Bentley, Berhave, Boanet, Boyle, Blackstone, Cullen, Clarke, Doddridge, Dittion, Forbes, Fothergill, Ferguson, Grotius, Gray, Harvey, Hanway, Hartley, Harrington, Hyde, Haller, Jones, Johnson, Locke, Lardner, Leibnitz, Lyttleton, De Luc, Milton, Newton, Puffendorf, Paley, Prior, Pringle, Priestly, Price, Ray, Rabener, Roustan, Robertson, Sherlocke, Spenser, Steele, Thompson, Wolfe, Washington, Usher, Woodward, Young, &c. and with those madmen, worthy of pity, Bossuet, Bourdaloue, la Bruyere, Copernicus, Corneille, d'Aguessau, Descartes, Despreaux, Fenelon, Galileo, Gassendi, Houel, Mallebranche, Massillon, Nicole, Pope, Pascal, Racine, Winslow, Winkelmann, &c. all sincere Catholics: but to speak seriously, it is pleasant to lose ourselves in such a brilliant company.
I must add, that in wishing to undeceive us in regard to what you call prejudices, you err in the choice of means; for conviction can only be the effect of reasoning; man cannot detach his affection from the object most dear to him, unless the motives that support it are destroyed. But if injuries that revolt are substituted for argument that
convince, we are sure to strengthen the adhesion to principles which are rooted in the mind and the heart. If to convert a muselman was an imposture, I should commence by placing before his eyes a picture, in which the Koran and the Crescent were trampled under foot, his heart, embittered, would cloud his understanding, and prevent all access to my attempts. Apply these reflections to the true religion, and see if you have not failed entirely in a deplorable design.
Persecution, my dear Barlow, does not consist only in exiling, incarcerating, and assassinating men; Julian invented more cunning, and not less cruel vexations. They have been refined among us at the end of the eighteenth century, in harassing and lacerating the catholics without cessation, by repeated invectives, by a multitude of those little means, whose application was continual torture; impious verses, songs, epigrams, caricatures, every thing was made use of. You are very different from such men; but why resemble them in any thing? Your enraging is an offence against the freedom of religion; a sort of persecution which your heart disavows; reflection will bring on regret. Believe me, my friend, that these injured catholics will not make use of reprisals; true piety opens her bosom to erring brethren, without opening it to error; to enlighten them, she places the torch of truth in the hand of charity. Having but a moment to exist in this world, we should love our fellow men, be benevolent towards all, whatever may be their religion, their color, or their country. Jesus Christ has given us both precept and example in their turn; he displayed alternately firmness and goodness towards the pharisees; his parable of the Samaritan is a perpetual judgment against persecutors.
If you should say further, that France offers examples worthy of condemnation, and that previous to censuring an American, my zeal should be exercised to convert my countrymen; far from weakening the objection, I would fortify it. I would say that, in a country where so many truths have returned to their wells, we see printed and circulated freely the obscene poetry of a member of the national institute, and the rhapsodies of romance writers, who serve up afresh impieties so many times refuted. I would say too, that, without respect to the first body of the state, which ought to give an example of decency, immorality is authorized, by peopling the garden of the palace with licentious statues, to such a degree that virtuous mothers dare not conduct their children thither.
You see that I am far from avoiding objections; but by my disapprobation of an offence, in which I have no share, and against which my colleague, Lanjuinais, protested vainly in full senate, though with the general assent of the senators, I have reserved to myself the right of telling you, that to recriminate is not to answer; and that what might be alledged as an example to follow, cannot be but an abuse to reform. Gorani observes that the licentiousness of painting and sculpture had exercised a disastrous influence over Italy; that the masterpieces of the arts had drawn away sound minds from useful and necessary studies, had depraved their manners, enervated their courage, and fomented the most hateful vices.* When public shame is extinct, do not expect to preserve the private virtues; and when religion is publicly insulted, it is a wound to morality, a national calamity.
Many times I have repented having employed so many efforts to defend the arts of those who cultivate them against vandalism; not that those arts, which are called fine, and which are not always good, are bad in their very nature; but, almost always, they are flatterers and corrupters, which, by an inconceivable fatality, precede, bring on, escort, and follow depravation. Even in this time, the illustrious Garson complained of it, to whom France owes a monument, and whom she has almost forgotten; he was grieved to see scandalous pictures, and a libidinous work, the Romance of the Rose , exposed to the eyes of youth. At the moment I am writing, we are menaced with a new edition of it.
What will be the fruit of my remonstrance? You are not one of those men who are afraid to acknowledge that you are wrong. A man is always honored in doing an act of reparation. I appeal to your loyalty, to your delicacy; this is to put you at strife with yourself. My soul is oppressed in finding cause of blame in a man in whom I see so much to
* See the preface to the Memoires secrets et critiques des cours des gouvernans, des moeurs des principaux etats de l'Italie , by Gorani, Paris, 1798. † Vide his works, edit. Dauphin V. II. p. 291, &c.
praise. Your character is not degraded by meanness, like that of the great part of your brethren the poets; you have not prostituted your talents to adulation; do not tarnish them by incredulity, nor by a sort of persecution. Placed at the summit of the American parnassus, a creditor of glory, you have sung in beautiful verses that liberty you defended with your arms; you came to render her homage at the bar of the national convention, where, as president, I answered in a manner that accorded with the principles you proclaimed. Our hearts were in unison.
The true foundation of political liberty is in the gospel, for it perpetually reminds men, that, having all proceeded from the same stock, they compose only one family; that there exist among them, not a species of "relationship," as has been said in a well known work, but a real consanguinity, whose bond is indistructible. The gospel unceasingly inculcates on men a spirit of charity and fraternal sentiments. The christian religion would be perverted and disguised, if it were subordinate to the caprices of rulers and the passions; but well understood and rightly practised, it is the most certain guarantee of the purity of public and private manners. Under its wings, my friend, your state of society was raised, and consolidated, and the domestic virtues hereditarily transmitted; it is to that, without doubt, that you owe, among other advantages, that of having a wife gifted with so many rare qualities and inestimable virtues. Ingratitude alone could mistake the benefits of this august and divine religion; it would be like despising the bosom of our mother.
I have discharged, my dear Barlow, a very painful task in censuring, without human respect, what in your poem, offends christianity. The work being public, I give the same publicity to my remonstrance; thus satisfying what is prescribed to me by my principles, my situation, my conscience, and my invariable friendship.
H. GREGOIRE, Former Bishop of Blois, Senator, &c. PARIS, 15th March, 1809.
Alexandria Daily Gazette. SATURDAY, OCTOBER 21.
New Jersey Election. —As usual (says the Trenton Federalist) we have to state that the democrats retain the ascendancy in the Legislature of New Jersey. We had some expectations that the federal party would succeed in electing the majority this fall, by carrying their ticket in Gloucester county, and maintaining their ascendancy in the other counties which gave federal majorities last year; but in Gloucester we have only succeeded in part, and in Monmouth the democrats have carried their whole ticket, which gives the party a majority of 2 more in the Legislature than they had last year. So we go again.
SHIP NEWS. Port of Alexandria. ARRIVED, Schooner Harriet, Russell, Baltimore—Fall Goods—for the District. Schooner Nancy, Ingall, Lynn—northern produce—to the master. Schooner Active, Bears, Boston—salt and wine—C. I. Catlett. CLEARED, Brig George Washington, Sheldon, Providence—by the master.
Ten Dollars Reward. Ran away from the estate of John Tayloe, Esquire, in the county of Prince William, a negro fellow, of the name of BRISTOE, about 5 feet 4 or 5 inches high, compact and well made, has no scar that I recollect which is visible, a very large mouth and a down look when spoken to, is submissive and intelligent. Took with him sundry cloaths not recollected, generally wears a white hat. If taken out of the state, twenty dollars and all reasonable expenses will be paid, by Thomas T. Page, Agent for John Tayloe.
NOTICE. THE COMMISSIONERS appointed to receive subscriptions to the Linen Importing Company of Alexandria , will open the Books at the Court-House, at 10 o'clock A.M. on Monday the 22d inst. where they will be kept open till 2 o'clock P.M. and afterwards from 3 to 5 o'clock, when they will be closed. Oct. 21.
Choice Imperial Tea. THE subscriber has just received a supply of uncommon good IMPERIAL TEA—such as he can recommend to his customers. Thomas Patten. October 21.
Morocco Pocket-Book Lost. LOST, a Morocco Pocket Book, containing one Ten Dollar Bank Note, one Lehigh Lottery Ticket, [donor's name on the back] a note at four months, drawn by H. R. Graham, my favor for 191 dollars; a note drawn by M. Lamkin, my favor, payable first December, for upwards 80 dollars; an acknowledged account by T. Hamilton, 151 dollars; some other notes, orders, and a number of other papers of no use to the finder, but of importance to me. The finder will please to return the Book and papers, and keep the money for their trouble. James S. Scott. October 19.
Comb Manufactory AND Fancy Store. THE subscriber respectfully informs his friends and the public in general, that he has purchased the STOCK and STORE of GOODS of Mr. John Duffey, and is carrying on the COMB-MAKING in its various branches, in the same established stand, in Royal-street, near the City Hotel, where he has a general assortment of Ivory, Tortoise-shell and Horn Combs, with a variety of other Fancy Goods, viz. Jewellery, Pen-Knives, Scissors, Razors, Duff's Patent Razor Strops, good quality Windsor Soap, &c. Riding Whips and Walking Canes of almost every description, Looking Glasses with gilt and mahogany frames, mahogany and paper-frame Dressing Glasses, with and without drawers, with a variety of German Goods and other articles not enumerated, which he will sell by wholesale or retail on moderate terms, to those who will favor him with their custom. Orders from the country will be thankfully received and punctually attended to. Thomas Mount. September 12.
Thirty Dollars Reward. RAN AWAY from the subscriber, living in Montgomery county, state of Maryland, on Tuesday the 17th inst. a dark mulatto fellow, named JERRY. He is about 21 years of age, 5 feet 7 or 8 inches high, much knocked kneed, has a small star on the side of his nose, and a down look. Had on a purple country cloth roundabout coat, about half worn: a pair of striped cotton pantaloons, a country linen shirt, a pair of half worn knee shoes, and a good fur hat. The above reward will be paid for apprehending and securing so that I get him again and reasonable charges if brought home. All masters or communications with said runaway at their peril. Mary Offutt. October 19.
TO RENT, The STORE and WAREHOUSE lately occupied by Messrs. Libby and Carne, at the corner of Fairfax and Prince streets. Also, one of the adjoining Stores and Warehouses in the same brick building. Possession can be had immediately and the rents will be made unusually low. J. H. Hooe. October 19.
SEINE ROPE. THE subscriber manufactures and has for sale, at his house on Washington-street, opposite Jacob Hoffman's sugar refinery, Seine and Hauling Ropes, of all sizes; Seine & Sewing Twine; Shad & Herring Twine; Sacking and Bed Cords, Plough Lines & Traces; Also, Tarred Rope and other Cords. Joseph Harper. February 2.
Sebastian-Spring Tavern. I WILL SELL an unexpired LEASE of three years, if an early application is made. Various articles necessary to a tavern, may be had with it if wanted. APPLY TO A. LINDO. October 17.
County to Alexandria, May 11, 1809. Was Committed To the jail of this county, as a runaway, a NEGRO MAN, who says his name is Henry Haggeman. He is about twenty seven years of age, 5 feet 6 inches high, stout made, had on a white linen jacket and trousers, has a scar on his nose. The owner is requested to come and prove his or her property, pay charges and take him away; otherwise he will be disposed of as the law directs. James Campbell, jailor. May 11—(July 29)

District of Columbia, COUNTY OF ALEXANDRIA—to wit. July Term, 1809. Charles and John Korn, complainants, AGAINST Tan Borchd. Hueck & Holthuisson & Cox, defendants. The defendant, Tan Borchd. Hueck, not having entered his appearance and given security according to the rules of this court, and it appearing to the satisfaction of the court that he is not an inhabitant of this district—on motion of the said complainants by their counsel, it is ordered, That the said defendant do appear here on the first day of November term next, and answer the plaintiffs' bill, and that a copy of this order be forthwith published for two months successively in one of the public newspapers published in this county, and that another copy be posted at the front door of the court house of said county. A copy—Test, G. Deneale, c. c. August 28. law2m
District of Columbia, COUNTY OF ALEXANDRIA, ss. July Term, 1809. George Slacum, complainant, vs. Winefred Coles & William Herbert, Nicholas Fitzhugh and Edmund J. Lee, executors of Richard Conway, deceased, defendants. The defendant, Winefred Coles not having entered his appearance and given security according to the act of assembly and the rules of this court, and it appearing to the satisfaction of the court, upon affidavit, that the said defendant Winefred Coles, is not an inhabitant of this district: on motion of the said complainant by his counsel, it is ordered, that the said defendant Winefred Coles, do appear here on the first day of next term, and enter his appearance to the suit and give security for performing the decree of the court, and that the other defendants William Herbert, Nicholas Fitzhugh and Edmund J. Lee, do not pay away, convey or secrete the debts by him owing to, or the estate or effects in his hands belonging to the said absent defendant Winefred Coles until the further order or decree of the court, and that a copy of this order be forthwith published for two months successively, in one of the public newspapers published in this county, and that another copy be posted at the front door of the court house of said county. A copy—Test, G. Deneale, c. c. August 28. law2m
District of Columbia, COUNTY OF ALEXANDRIA—to wit. July Term, 1809. Dennis Ramsay, complainant, AGAINST William Vandiveer and John Potts, defendants. The defendant, William Vandiveer not having entered his appearance and given security according to the rules of this court, and it appearing to the satisfaction of the court that he is not an inhabitant of this district—on motion of the said complainant by his counsel it is ordered, that the said defendant do appear here on the first day of November term next, and answer the plaintiffs' bill, and that a copy of this order be forthwith published for two months successively in one of the public newspapers published in this county, and that another copy be posted at the front door of the court house of said county. A copy—Test, G. Deneale, c. c. August 28. law2m
District of Columbia, COUNTY OF ALEXANDRIA—to wit. July Term, 1809. Lynde Walker, William Walter, and Nathaniel Smith, administrators of Wm. Walter, deceased, complainants, AGAINST David Henly, defendant. The said defendant, David Henly, not having entered his appearance and given security according to the rules of this court, and it appearing to the satisfaction of the court that he is not an inhabitant of this district—on motion of the complainants by their counsel, it is ordered, that the said defendant do appear here on the first day of November term next, and answer the plaintiffs' bill, and that a copy of this order be forthwith inserted in one of the public newspapers printed in this county for two months successively, and that another copy be posted at the front door of the court house of the said county. A copy—Test, G. Deneale, c. c. August 28. law2m
District of Columbia, COUNTY OF ALEXANDRIA, ss. July Term, 1809. Henry Thompson, executor of John Foster, deceased, Complainant, vs. Richard Buckner, Robert Young & James H. Hooc, defendants. The defendant Richard Buckner not having entered his appearance and given security, according to the act of assembly and the rules of this court, and it appearing to the satisfaction of the court upon affidavit, that the said defendant Richard Buckner, is not an inhabitant of this district: On motion of the said complainant by his counsel, it is ordered that the said defendant Richard Buckner, do appear here on the first day of next term, and enter his appearance to the suit, and give security for performing the decrees of the court, and that the other defendants Robert Young and James H. Hooc, do not pay away, convey or secrete the debts by them owing to, or the estate or effects in their hands belonging to the said absent defendant, Richard Buckner, until the further order or decree of this court, and that a copy of this order be forthwith published for two months successively in one of the public newspapers published in this county, and that another copy be posted at the front door of the court-house of said county. A copy—Test, G. DENEALE, C. C. August 28. law2m
District of Columbia, COUNTY OF ALEXANDRIA—to wit. July Term, 1809. Robert Hartshorne and Robert Watson, trading under the firm of Hartshorne & Watson, complainants, AGAINST James W. Clement and John R. Coats, trading under the firm of Jas. W. Clement & Co. Mordecai Miller, Amos Alexander, and Robert I. Taylor, executor of John Watts, deceased, defendants. The defendants, John W. Clement and John R. Coats, under the firm of Jas. W. Clement and Co. not having entered their appearance and given security according to the act of assembly and the rules of this court, and it appearing to the satisfaction of the court upon affidavit, that the said Jas. W. Clement and John R. Coats are not inhabitants of this district—on motion of the said complainants by their counsel it is ordered that the said defendants, Jas. W. Clement and John R. Coats, do appear here on the first day of next term, and enter their appearance to the suit and give security for performing the decree of the court, & that the other defendants, Mordecai Miller, Amos Alexander, and Robert I. Taylor, executor of John Watts, deceased, do not pay away, convey, or secrete, the debts by them owing to, or the estate or effects in their hands, belonging to the said absent defendants Jas. W. Clement and John R. Coats, until the further order or decree of this court, and that a copy of this order be forthwith published for two months successively in one of the public newspapers published in this county, and that another copy be posted at the front door of the court house of said county. A copy—Test, G. Deneale, c. c. August 22. law2m
District of Columbia, COUNTY OF ALEXANDRIA—to wit. July Term, 1809. George Youngs Trustee, &c. complainant, vs. Lawson Dunnington & Geo. Lawrence, defendants. The defendant Lawson Dunnington, not having entered his appearance and given security according to the act of assembly and the rules of this court, and it appearing to the satisfaction of the court upon affidavit, that the said defendant Lawson Dunnington, is not an inhabitant of this district—on motion of the said complainant by his counsel, it is ordered, that the said defendant Lawson Dunnington do appear here on the first day of next term, and enter his appearance to the suit, and give security for performing the decree of the court, and that the other defendant Geo. Lawrence, do not pay away, convey, or secrete, the debts by him owing to, or the estate or effects in his hands, belonging to the said absent defendant Lawson Dunnington until the further order or decree of the court, and that a copy of this order be forthwith published for two months successively, in one of the public newspapers published in this county and that another copy be posted at the front door of the court house of said county. A Copy—Test, G. Deneale, c. c. August 9.
District of Columbia, COUNTY OF ALEXANDRIA—to wit. July Term, 1809. Wanton Steer, complainant, AGAINST Ephraim Paine & Mordecai Miller, defendants. The defendant Ephraim Paine, not having entered his appearance and given security according to the act of assembly and the rules of this court, and it appearing to the satisfaction of the court, upon affidavit, that the said deft. E. Paine is not an inhabitant of this district, on motion of the said complainant, by his counsel, it is ordered, that the said defendant, Ephraim Paine, do appear here on the first day of next term and enter his appearance to the suit and give security for performing the decree of the court, and that the other defendant, Mordecai Miller, do not pay away, convey or secrete the debts by him owing to, or the estate or effects in his hands belonging to the said absent defendant, E. Paine, until the further order or decree of this court; and that a copy of this order be forthwith published, for two months successively, in one of the public newspapers published in this county, and that another copy be posted at the front door of the Court House of the said county. A copy—Test, G. Deneale, c. c. August 28. law2m
District of Columbia, COUNTY OF ALEXANDRIA, ss. July Term, 1809. Charles I. Cadell, trustee of Samuel Dunlap, empt. against James Dunlap, Saml. Dunlap, and Thomas Lewin, deft. The said defendant, James Dunlap, not having entered his appearance and given security, according to the rules of this court, and it appearing to the satisfaction of the court that he is not an inhabitant of this district, on motion of the complainant, by his counsel, it is ordered, that the said defendant do appear here on the first day of November next, and answer the plaintiffs' bill, and that a copy of this order be forthwith inserted in one of the public newspapers published in this county for two months successively, and that another copy be posted at the front door of the court house of said county. A Copy—Test, G. DENEALE, C. C. Sept. 28.
FOR SALE, Two elegant 8 day CLOCKS, BY ANTHONY P. GOVER, On E. Fowle's Wharf. 9thmo. 29th. 2a. 3w
Dissolution of Partnership. THE copartnership of NORMAN WALLER and Co was this day dissolved by mutual consent: Those having claims against said firm, are requested to present them for settlement; and those indebted to said concern will make payment to William and Withers Waller, who are duly authorized to receive and grant receipts for the same. The business in future will be transacted by and in the name of WILLIAM and WITHERS WALLER. Norman Waller & Co. Aquia, September 20, 1809. (Oct. 5.) 2a. 3w
SALE BY AUCTION. GERMAN GOODS. On Wednesday, the 25th inst. at 11 o'clock, at the warehouse of M. H. D. Wichelhansen, esq. Bowly's wharf, No. 32, corner of South and Wood-streets, will be sold, on liberal credit, for approved, endorsed notes, The greater part of the cargo of the ship William Penn, capt. Field from Bremen, consisting of 24 boxes Platillas Royals 20 do. Challets or brown Platillas 40 do. Bretagnes 7 do. Rouens 8 do. Estopillas 9 do. Book Checks 7 do. Listadoes 2 do. Cress a la Morlaix 2 do. Puntin 13 do. White Rolls 23 bales brown Rolls 7 do. Oznaburghs 13 boxes Hessians 46 bales Hessians 36 do. Burlaps 44 do. Ticklenburghs 5 boxes Ravens Duck 4 bales Ravens Duck 2 do. Bags The above will be ready for examination and Catalogues delivered two days previous to the sale. CASPAR OTTO MULLER, Auc'tr. Baltimore, October 13—16.
New-England Rum. Thirty barrels, for sale by Joseph Mandeville. Corner of King and Fairfax streets
JUST RECEIVED, Per sloop Ranger from Newburyport, for sale by Lawason & Fowle: 50 bds. Muscovado Sugar. 6 do. 4th proof Jamaica Rum, 40 bds. N. E. Rum. 40 do. No. 1 and 2 Beer, 20 do. Liver Oil, 100 kegs Salmon, 122 rolls Tow Cloth. October 16.
FOR SALE, A NEGRO WOMAN. SHE is a good Cook, Washer and Ironer, and will be sold low for cash or on a short credit. Apply to the Printer. Sept. 30.
NOTICE. Pursuant to a deed of trust from Jonathan Mandeville, deceased, to the subscribers, will be sold, to the highest bidder, at public auction, on the premises, on SATURDAY, the 23th of this instant month, October—
The Lot and House, wherein the said Jonathan Mandeville lately lived, lying on King street, and bounded as follows, to wit:—Beginning upon King street, sixty feet to the eastward of Alfred street, and running thence eastwardly with King street, and bluing thereon forty three feet five inches; thence northwardly with a line parallel to Alfred street, one hundred feet to a fifteen feet alley; thence with the said alley and parallel to King street, forty three feet five inches; thence with a straight line to the beginning. A credit of six, twelve and eighteen months will be given to the purchaser, on giving his notes, in three equal instalments, with an approved endorser, for the payment of the purchase money, the notes to carry interest from the date. A lien on the property will be required as further security. The sale to commence at 4 o'clock, P. M. Ludwell Lee. October 12.
PUBLIC SALE. Under a decree of the honorable the circuit court of the district of Columbia, held at Alexandria, the subscribers will expose to public sale at the coffee-house on the 30th day of October, on a credit of sixty and ninety days, An Undivided moiety of a rent of £131 18 per annum, Payable for ever, charged on a lot of ground situated at the intersection of Wolfe and Union-streets and extending southwardly along the west side of Union street one hundred and fifteen feet, and westwardly along the south side of Wolfe street sixty two feet six inches. The payment of this rent is secured by valuable permanent improvements on the lot, and by the personal liability of the late col. Fitzgerald, and col. Wm. Lyles of Broad Creek Maryland. And if from the sale of the above rent, charge the sum required by the decree of the court cannot be raised—the subscribers will then proceed to sell, at the same place, and on the same credit— One undivided seventh part of the reversion in fee, Expectant on the death of Jane Roberde, an widow of Daniel Roberde, deceased, in the following Lots, that is to say, one Lot on the east side of Water street between Wolfe and Wilke's streets, in front on Water street 51 feet 3 inches, in depth 123 feet and bounded on the north by an alley 4 feet wide.—On this lot is erected a handsome and convenient 3 story brick dwelling house, with the usual out-houses.—And two other lots adjoining each other on the west side of Union-st. between Wolfe and Wilke-streets, in front on Union-street forty one feet, in depth one hundred and twenty five feet. R. I. Taylor. Cuthbert Powell. October 16.
TO RENT, A three story Brick Dwelling House, at the corner of Washington and Prince streets, at present occupied by Mr. Thomas Jacob— A WAREHOUSE, they will be let together or separately. Possession will be given on the first of November next. For terms apply to Mr. P. Tripett. Edmund Denney. October 10.
Was Committed To the jail of this county, as a runaway, A NEGRO MAN, who says his name is Henry Haggeman. He is about twenty seven years of age, 5 feet 6 inches high, stout made, had on a white linen jacket and trousers, has a scar on his nose. The owner is requested to come and prove his or her property, pay charges and take him away otherwise he will be disposed of as the law directs. James Campbell, jailor. May 11—(July 29)
TO RENT, A three story Brick Dwelling House, at the corner of Washington and Prince streets, at present occupied by Mr. Thomas Jacob— A WAREHOUSE, they will be let together or separately. Possession will be given on the first of November next. For terms apply to Mr. P. Tripett. Edmund Denney. October 10.