Alexandria daily advertiser (Alexandria [Va.]), 1807-01-20 00:00:00

Alexandria Daily Advertiser.
Vol. VII.]
TUESDAY, JANUARY 20, 1807.
[No. 1811.]
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.
Plaister Paris, afloat.
The CARGO of sch'r. Dove, Capt. Newcomb, from Portland. For sale, by
Lawrasan & Fowle.
Who have also for sale, 100 boxes brown Soap, 12 ditto Cheese. January 9. d
NOTICE.
The subscriber intending to leave this country early next spring for Europe, requests all those indebted to her to make immediate payment, as no further indulgence can be given—and all such as have claims against her to exhibit them for payment.
She proposes letting on moderate terms, That commodious HOUSE occupied by the late John Dunlap as a dwelling house, of which immediate possession may be had.
ELIZA DUNLAP.
Dec. 26. d 40 boxes of fresh Bloom Raisins, AND 40 boxes dipt Candles, For Sale by M. MILLER. December 12.
A. C. Cazenove,
King-street, opposite Mr. Mott's tavern, has just received and for sale, A handsome selection of FANCY MUSLINS. Black and colored Italian and India lute-strings.
Ladies' and gentlemen's white, black, and colored silk hose. Silk, kid, extra long and habit gloves. Lace gloves and sleeves. Brown, black, and scarlet silk velvets. Finesplit straw Jipsey hats. White and black crapes. Fawn colored cassimeres and beaverets. Milled gloves, hose and caps. Men, women, and childrens lists and nil-dyed socks. A few bales German oznaburgs and bur-laps. 2 cases Irish linens. 1 do. Nuns' threads. Real Martinique and other French cordials, in cases. A few Prints of the Apotheosis of General Washington, in elegant Gilt Frames. December 15. d
Wanted to Purchase,
A NEGRO SERVANT, who has been accustomed to wait in a family, and can be well recommended.—Enquire of the Printer. November 10. d
Wanted to Purchase,
A FEW ACRES OF LAND, on the north end of the town, to bind on the river or dully so. Apply to the Printer September 23. d
FOR SALE,
On advantageous terms, The large commodious well-built three story BRICK WAREHOUSE on King-street occupied by Messrs. Richard Veitch & Co.—Apply to James Patton. October 20. d
13 hds. SUGAR of good quality, 33 bbls. do. do. 5 pipes 4th proof Brandy 4 qt. casks Sherry Wine } of excellent quality. 11 do. do. Madeira do. } quality. Boxes of Cotton Cards. Sacks of Licorice Root and Sago. Barrels of Clover and Herds Grass Seed. And a large quantity of Red Sole Leather. For Sale by Benjamin Shreve, Jun. July 20. d
FOR SALE, Six Shares in the Potomac Canal.
Apply to the Printer. January 13.
Suarrow Boots,
JOHN G. FRANCIS,
From New-York, RESPECTFULLY informs the public that he manufactures Suarrow Boots with all the modern improvements, warranted 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 be it 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. Moggkin's tavern. January 15. d m. B. He intends selling cheap for cash.
JUST RECEIVED
AND FOR SALE, 150 Sacks Liverpool Stowed Salt, & 2600 Bushels do. On very moderate terms. Wm. Hodgson. Jan. 3. d
Just Received,
AND FOR SALE BY THE SUBSCRIBERS, 2 pipes L. P. Madeira WINE 2 half do. do. do. 6 pipes Cognac BRANDY, 4th proof. Wadsworth & Butler, WHO HAVE ON HAND, 20 hds. Jamaica RUM, 4th proof 10 do. St. Croix do. 2d & 3d do. 3 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. } do. 4 do. do. L. P. Teneriffe do. do. 6000 bushels Lisbon SALT. January 1
Just Received
And for Sale by the Subscriber, 10 hds. retailing Molasses 15 tierces of good Rice 400 bbls. kiln-dried Corn Meal 3 hds. old Amagua Rum 6 hds. Green Coffee 20 casks of Lime, and 3000 bushels of Salt. M. MILLER. December 2. d
Liverpool Salt, afloat.
The Cargo of the schooner Thomas Jefferson, Capt. Hall, from Boston, consisting of 500 hogsheads coarse Liverpool Salt, For sale by Lawrasan and Fowle. Who have also landing from said schooner, 100 boxes mould candles 5 chests young hyson tea 4 bales Beerboon Gurrahs 20 boxes chocolate 5 hogsheads N. E. rum 30 kegs fresh raisins. IN STORE, 35 chests young hyson } TEAS 15 do. imperial } first quality. 15 bales Beerboon Gurrahs 6 do. Plains 7 do. Kendall cottons 30 rolls heavy Ravens duck 2 cases hats 1000 pair coarse and fine shoes 15 hogsheads } Muscovado Sugars. 10 barrels 150 barrels N. E. rum 4 hogsheads Grenada do. 2 pipes Rebus wine 200 kegs, and 20 kids salmon Half barrels and kids of beef 200 boxes soap 30 boxes chocolate 30 do. cod-fish. December 27.
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
Dissolution of Partnership.
WILLIAM DOUGLASS intending to retire from business in this place, the partnership of Douglass & Mandeville is this day dissolved by mutual consent, and Joseph H. Mandeville is solely authorised to adjust and settle all the accounts of the partnership. It is earnestly requested that all persons indebted to them will settle the same with him immediately, as longer indulgence cannot be given. January 3. dtf
William Douglass, Joseph H. Mandeville.
Joseph H. Mandeville
Intends to carry on the FLOUR and GROCERY BUSINESS in the same manner & on the same terms as heretofore done by D. and M. and solicits a continuance of favors from his friends. January 3. dtf
JOSEPH H. MANDEVILLE, KING-STREET, At his Grocery & Flour Store,
HAS ON HAND AND OFFERS FOR SALE, Muscovado SUGAR of various qualities Moore's Loaf and Lump do. MOLASSES in hds. Havana HONEY Imperial, Hyson, Young Hyson & Hyson Skin } TEAS, Of a good quality. COFFEE & CHOCOLATE Spanish SEGARS in boxes RAISINS in kegs and boxes Jamaica and Antigua SPIRIT, old and good Low priced West-India RUM New-England do. French and Peach BRANDY Holland GIN Rye WHISKEY Stoughton's BITTERS in bottles Manufactured TOBACCO Mould and dip'd CANDLES Coarse and fine Liverpool SALT in sacks or by the bushel American GUNPOWDER Wrapping Paper, Demijohns, Snuff in bottles, Leading Lines and Bed Cords, Black Pepper, &c. 100 tons Plaister Paris. 20 bbls. whole or gross HERRINGS 100 bbls. cut do. 20 bbls. SHAD Clover Seed. Cheshire CHEESE of an excellent quality. —ALSO— FLOUR constantly kept and selected for family use. January 3. d
Public Sale.
BY virtue of a deed of trust from Baldwin Dade to the subscriber, made for the purpose of securing the payment of three hundred dollars and interest thereon since the first day of October, 1806, and the expenses of sale, &c. unto Jonathan and Mahlon Schofield, will be exposed to public sale, for ready money, on the 22d day of this present month, on the premises, at three o'clock.
A House and Lot of Ground, Situate, lying and being upon the west side of Alfred, at and to the southward of Oronoke street, in the town of Alexandria, and bounded as followeth, to wit:—Beginning upon Alfred at the corner of the square formed by Oronoke and Princess-streets, supposed to be 176 feet 7 inches from each street, be the same more or less, and running thence northwardly with Alfred-street and binding therewith 40 feet, thence westwardly with a line parallel to Oronoke and Princess streets 123 feet 5 inches, then southwardly with a line parallel to Alfred street 40 feet, thence with a straight line to the beginning—it being that house and lot formerly occupied by Parthina Dade and her daughter, deceased. Andrew Schofield, Trustee. Jan. 5. dts.
JOHN G. LADD,
Has just received and for sale, 10 pipes choice old Cognac Brandy 20 bales of excellent flax 5 do. glue 50 barrels prime beef 60 pieces Russia sheetings 50 do. Ravens duck 60 barrels sweet cider 100 casks lime 100 barrels new rum 50 boxes mould candles. January 13.
SEINE TWINE.
2,000 pounds excellent Seine Twine. ALSO,
10 quarter casks Port Wine 10 boxes Spermaceti Candles 13 kegs fresh Raisins— For sale by
James Sanderson. January 19. 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
JAMES BACON,
At his GROCERY STORE, on King-street, has in addition to his former stock, added
A fresh Supply of Genuine Articles in the Grocery Line;
Which makes his assortment complete. He now offers for sale, on his usual low terms,
Muscovado Sugars, of various qualities,
Loaf and Lump ditto,
Gunpowder,
Imperial,
Hyson,
Young Hyson,
Hyson-Skin, and
Souchong } TEAS, particularly selected for family use.
Best green Coffee,
Chocolate, of a superior quality
Madeira,
Busellos,
Sherry,
Lisbon,
Teneriffe, } WINE S.
Malaga, and
Genuine old Port
Cognac and Bourdeaux Brandy,
Old Jamaica Spirit, for family use,
Antigua, St. Croix, St. Vincent, and New
England Rum,
Holland Gin,
Irish and country Whisky,
Molasses, Wine, and Cider Vinegar,
Stoughton's Bitters,
Mace, nutmegs, cloves, cassia, pimento,
Cayenne and black pepper, race and ground
ginger, basket salt for table use, pearl barley,
rice, starch, fig blue, soap, mould, dipt and
spermaceti candles, refined salt-petre, floatant
indigo, allum, copperas, madder, brimstone,
spinning cotton, patent shot all sizes, best en-
glish and country made gunpowder, segars,
and smoking tobacco, very best chewing to-
bacco.
Hamilton and Leiper's snuff, Hunter's pipes in boxes.
London mustard, warranted of a superior quality, Dixon's best ditto, wrapping paper demijohns, &c. &c. with generally every article in his line—the whole of which have been selected with care, and will be disposed of on the very lowest terms.
The Subscriber has received
The following ARTICLES,
Which he offers for Sale very low:
15 hogsheads first quality St. Croix
Sugar
10 bales Tennessee cotton
6 pipes 4th proof cognac brandy
10 hogsheads well flavored 4th proof Ja-
maica rum
30 barrels New-England Rum.
AND ON HAND,
Imperial
Hyson
Young Hyson
Hyson Skin, and
First quality Souchong } of the latest im-
portations.
Best green coffee in bags
Chocolate
Loaf and Lump sugar
London particular Madeira
Particular Teneriffe
Lisbon, Sherry, and 150 dozen bottles
Port, very old WINES.
A few cases claret, superior quality
Cognac and old peach brandy
Jamaica and Antigua spirits
Holland gin
New-England rum and whisky
Mace, nutmegs, cloves and pimento
Black pepper, allspice, & ground ginger
Pearl barley, rice, starch, and fig blue
Dixon's Philadelphia, & English mustard
Refined Salt-Petre
Brown and white soap
Mould and dipt candles
Indigo, allum, madder, copperas, & red brimstone
English gunpowder
Demijohns
James Sanderson. September 12.

Proceedings of Congress.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
Friday, January 16.
Mr. Gregg presented a petition from upwards of 500 of the citizens of Washington county, district of Columbia, praying for a repeal of the act of 1802, commonly called the 20 dollar act. Referred to a committee of three.
The bill authorizing the president of the U. S. to accept of the services of volunteer companies, not exceeding thirty thousand men, was read a third time and passed without a division.
The bill in addition to an act making provision for the redemption of the whole public debt, was read a third time.
Mr. Randolph called for the yeas and nays on the passage of the bill.
Mr. Alston spoke against the bill as being useful only to speculators who hold 3 per cent. stock, and of no benefit to the U. S.
Mr. Randolph said nothing could be plainer than where parties stand in the relation of debtor and creditor, exchanges can be made to mutual advantage; such are the provisions of this bill.
With regard to the three per cent. stock, let a plain case be stated; a farmer has given his bond for 1000 dollars, bearing an interest of 3 per cent. will not the farmer rather pay 650 dollars, and take up his bond, than to pay during life, and then leave to his posterity to pay ever after him, three per cent. on his bond for 1000 dollars. Such is the situation of the three per cent. stock.
For the bill 112 Against it 13
Mr. Elliot gave notice that on Tuesday next he should move the house to consider the resolutions he had offered sometime since, and which the house had ordered to lie on the table.
The St. Domingo bill was taken up in committee of the whole, Mr. Varnum in the chair. The bill was read, and the committee immediately rose and reported it. It was ordered to a third reading on Monday.
The house went into a committee of the whole on the bill for erecting a hospital at Natchez, increasing the salary of a judge there, extending the right of suffrage, &c. After a debate of about an hour the committee rose and reported progress.
The committee of the whole, Mr. Masters in the chair, agreed to the bill providing for the survey of the coasts of the U. S. The house concurred and ordered a third reading to morrow.
Mr. Randolph quoted that part of the president's message relating to Mr. Burr. He had waited, he said, with anxious solicitude for some official information on this subject; but the aspect of affairs on the Mississippi was now such that he could no longer be silent; that Spain, if concerned at all, must be the plaintiff, not the defendant, in this case. The most prompt and efficacious means were now necessary; he did not think the executive could have any information on this subject to which the house was not entitled. It appeared from evidence taken under the direction of the legislature of Kentucky, that Spain has ever since 1783, been endeavoring to separate the western from the Atlantic states; perhaps, at the moment he was addressing the house the fate of the western country was decided. A bill for authorizing the president to accept of volunteers has been before you; a member of that committee informed me that he had proposed an augmentation of the troops, as that member is domesticated in the family of the secretary of war, Mr. R. presumed the secretary approved.
If instead of pen, ink and paper, said he, you had last session given men & arms, neither external foes nor domestic, need have been dreaded. The expenses of the campaign proposed last session would not have been so great as those occasioned from the want of raising a few troops.
Hers we sit and adjourn, and adjourn and sit; like so many school boys, to do as we are bid; to some here and go home again.
Mr. Randolph spoke highly of the proceedings of the state of Ohio.
He then offered a resolution to the following effect—
Resolved, That the president of the U. States be requested to furnish this house with any information in possession of the executive, excepting such as he may deem the public welfare may require not to be disclosed, touching any illegal combinations of private individuals against the peace and safety of the union, or any mili-
tary expedition planned by such individuals against any nation with whom the United States are at peace—together with the measures the executive has taken or proposes to take to defeat the same.
Mr. Chandler. I believe I proposed to the committee an addition of men to each company, and also proposed that the president should be authorized to receive more men if needed; but such propositions neither came from nor were known to the secretary at war.
Mr. Alston. I have no belief that Spain has committed, or intends to commit any attack on us. The attack, if newspapers can be believed, is to be made from our own citizens—when the president thinks proper, he will give all necessary information to the house.
What was the amount of the resolution for raising men last winter, but a declaration of war? And if you had agreed to the resolution you would have had officers, as once heretofore, but not men. A few days hence, perhaps, it may be proper, but I see no necessity at present.
Mr. J. Clay. Newspaper information is not that on which we should rely. When the treaty of peace of 1783, was on the tapis in Paris, the Spanish minister used his endeavors to persuade our ministers to consent to make the Alleghany mountains the boundary of the United States; that has still been the favorite object ever since. Either a late Spanish minister is the dupe of the conspirators, or concerned with them.
Mr. Burwell spoke in favor of the resolution.
Mr. D. R. Williams asked for the ayes and noes.
Mr. Masters. Spain has refused to recall her minister—every thing evinces the disposition of that nation. It is time to act—let us get all the information that can be procured.
Mr. Smilie. The resolution betrays a want of confidence in the executive. Is the executive incapable of judging what is necessary, and will he not give all timely & necessary information and call for means if wanted?
Mr. Holland opposed the resolution.
Mr. Findley moved to postpone the further consideration till Monday.
Mr. Lloyd was in favor of the resolution.
Mr. Alston wished to wait the arrival of another mail from the westward before anything further should be done. How is the president to give us all the information? Suppose men in New York or Philadelphia or elsewhere are concerned in this conspiracy, the information he will give will enable them to escape, or act with more caution and security.
Mr. Holland again spoke against the resolution.
Mr. Dana asked for the reading of the journal of the house relative to a request to the president to lay before the house information concerning a treaty made with Algiers; also relative to instructions the president might have given the envoys to France in 98.
Mr. G. W. Campbell opposed the resolution as useless. Whatever was the object of any conspiracy, it is now destroyed, or already carried into effect.—He combated the idea that had troops been raised last session any benefit would have accrued. The conspiracy could not have been foreseen. Whatever conspiracy there may have been we have no evidence of its being dangerous to the Union; we have no evidence that even to the amount of two hundred have combined with the man who is said to be the author of this conspiracy. Who in the western country, citizens there, ever associated for the purpose proposed. There is no ground for this great alarm.
Mr. Randolph. We are told that this conspiracy is defeated or has succeeded to the utmost; but if it may have succeeded in part, can it not be checked. The newspaper evidence to which he alluded he observed was the authentic proofs at the trial of judge Sebastian, of the disposition of the Spanish. Castilian honor and fame are no more. Spain while treating with one hand was preparing to stab with the other. What has been the treatment of the Spanish minister? Why has he not been sent home? When Miranda had gone how great were his complaints and enquiries. We hear no complaints or enquiries now made by him. New Orleans is the object, and can we doubt whether or not he is concerned? Of one circumstance Mr. R. said he thought he had sufficient evidence. He believed that if the conspirators should arrive at Baton Rouge before our troops New Orleans must fall. He wished no such "an union of honest men" to take possession of the key of the Mississippi and shut the door
in our face. He was not disposed to triumph though he had ample cause; it would be no gratification to him to triumph in the disgrace of his country.
He had had, he said, no hand in those acts of omission or of commission, which had brought us to the present disastrous state. He had expected, had foretold, the danger of losing the Delta of the Mississippi. He knew not who the modern Cataline would be, but expected there would be such; yet the house seemed in a state of indifference or insensibility, or were so economical, they wanted greatness of soul enough to afford the purchase of a key to secure their strong box; they pursued a narrow, an unaccountable policy; what would have been the feelings of this house if the British forces were now scouring the lakes, were along the 45th degree of latitude, within our frontiers? What, if the British minister had been ordered home, and his court had continued him here; stuck him under the nose of your executive? The feelings and the measures of this house would be very different from what they now are; they would be what they ought to be now, but what they are not.
The resolution had been said to betray a want of confidence in the executive; he must be indulged in the cultivation of a sceptical philosophy; he should judge in politics as in religion, by works not by faith. He would not mortgage his conscience to the executive in that manner; but the principle was wrong; the house were entitled to information; it was their duty to obtain it.
(Mr. R. here adverted to a bill that moment received from the Senate, increasing the military peace establishment.) It was of no consequence whether a force were called of the war establishment, or of the peace establishment, provided the force were efficient; many gentlemen seemed ready to increase the peace establishment for war. He should suppose that for a peace establishment the fewer men the better.—He wished an efficient regular force, not a shew of one without the reality; not merely fruges consumere , but to do duty—He had as much confidence as any gentleman, in the militia at home, but not abroad. The militia of Vermont, or of the western states are no more fit to defend New Orleans than the Cape of Good Hope, if suddenly attacked.
Mr. Smilie was opposed to the resolution—he considered the conspiracy, if any, as already crushed; and the country in no danger.
Mr. Eppes was of the same opinion, but to satisfy the public, he hoped the resolution would be adopted.
For postponing 38 Against it 52. Mr. Thomas called for a division of the resolution; divide at the word "states."
Mr. Early moved that the house adjourn.
For adjourning 46 Against it 68.
A postponement was again called for.
For postponing 48 Against it 68.
The ayes and noes were taken on the first part of the resolution, and were—Ayes 109. Noes 14.
Mr. Randolph amended the second part of the resolution, by striking out the words "and proposes to take."
Ayes and noes were, Ayes 67. Noes 52.
A committee was appointed to wait on the President with the resolution, and the House adjourned till Monday.
The discussion of this resolution continued till candle light. We have merely given some of the larger bones of the skeleton of it; more will be given hereafter.
FROM THE PEOPLE'S FRIEND.
With chaos and blunders encircling my head Let me ponder, and tell what I think of the dead.
GOLDSMITH.
WHILE conspiracy stalks over the Western part of the union, smiling securely at the proclamation force and pop gun armaments intended for its suppression—while the conspirators laugh and do their work, and government scratches its head, with its considering cap half on, half off, and questions itself "what shall we do now?" It may perhaps be allowed to us editors, who may be called the Gossips of society to surmise a little, and tattle our surmises to the public. Bustle is the order of the day all over the world, and in this quarter where so little is given to action and so very much to words, conjecture may be permitted to lengthen its chain, and to indulge in garrulity, though uttered a little at random. Sleeping dreams, midwifed by chance, have grown up into stout chubby facts; and why may not waking dreams? Of data we have but few; and indeed why should we, seeing that the keen and penetrating eye of Mr. Jefferson, mounted as he is on the high eminence of the presidential chair, from which by the
courtesy of the constitution and by a supposition which in his case only is metaphorical, he is considered as overlooking and surveying from a mountain top the far extended plain below, has not had himself in this time (it is fair at least to say and to think so) data sufficient to form any thing like a certain opinion respecting our western concerns. Yet on the few we have, we will for once speculate, or at least form a guess.
If we understand the character of Mr. Burr, penetration, intrepidity, and ambition are the first constituents of his composition. His age, his experience, the very nature of the profession to which he was bred, will in all likelihood have preserved that poise in his mind between ambition and judgment that would exclude rashness from his plans, and prevent him from entering upon them without something approaching to a certainty of their success. At all events it would be folly to impute to him the extravagant madness of undertaking an enterprise of such hazard without having felt his way as he proceeded, and taken soundings before he entered upon it—We mean soundings of the disposition and of the opinions of the people upon whom, and with whose co-operation he intended to act; or without being assured that the temper of that people was in a posture favorable to his views. It appears in evidence, that Spain had been tampering with that country before; and that the mode of tampering was so little palatable to those who were tried, that they kept it to themselves: and to think it was so kept for any other purpose but to be acted upon when time served, would be irrational.
The natural cupidity of the people, sharpened into avarice by our executive experiments, and the appetite for change and enterprize engendered, or at least fostered by the solitary condition of their lives, would naturally have rendered them accessible to the insinuations of those who held out to them the promise of wealth in the mines of Mexico, and of new lands and new acquisitions in that rich part of the world. A man therefore, who wished to work upon them in that way, would no doubt have found them already in their hearts considerably loosened from their fealty by the tampering of Spain, and prepared of course for an enterprize much more palatable than that she had offered, as being under a chief of their own nation, who spoke their own language, and was in fact their own choice. To him who had for four years been joined in the chief magistracy with their executive, they no doubt felt partiality and respect. And the mind and manners of Mr. Burr were admirably calculated to improve those advantages. All this time, it appears, that the tameness and incapacity of Mr. Jefferson had brought the chief magistracy into contempt in the newly acquired territory, and particularly at New Orleans. And this, while it rendered the people there impatient, engendered dark designs and daring purposes, in which the projectors were rendered still more confident and bold by the imbecility of the person who wielded the only authority that was to scan, to resist, or to defeat their projects. In such a state of opinions and feelings Mr. Burr most probably found them, and considering his design, it is far to conclude he is not wanting in fomenting and increasing them. Still other means were to be sought—but where were they to be had?
Here we solemnly enter our protest against being supposed to impute to Mr. Burr the mean part of a design of putting the western country into the hands of any foreign power. His ambition and his common sense we firmly believe to be guarantees against that. What could he look for by it but danger and the worst kind of infamy and eternal dishonor. But he has French and Spanish muskets and arms—and he has been in close intrigue with the Spanish ambassador—some say even that he corrected and approved of the saucy letter which that intriguer ( Yrujo ) wrote to the president. Well—all this is as it ought to be, taken for granted by us. But the result in our mind is not that he means to transfer that country to Spain, but that he has made Yrujo instrumental to his designs, and received his aid with a private sneer, or as the vulgar saying is, with his tongue in his cheek at him. Be that as it may, the furnishing him with aid, coupled with the former tampering, is to all intents and purposes an act of war on the part of Spain, and amounts in essence to a declaration of it. But what signifies that?
Now to the resistance at New Orleans! It may be! General Wilkinson may resist. It is said that nothing is impossible. A man might, as it has been said, if it so pleased heaven, bite his own nose off, or

pick his teeth with his elbow. When we see such things done we will believe them and when we hear of a certainty that Wilkinson and New Orleans have actually resisted Mr. Burr, we will even believe that also; but not before. Our speculations move upon this pivot, that the people were known by Mr. Burr to be favorable before he proceeded to pass the Rubicon. The Americans there long for Mexico—But their appetite, sharp as it is, is nothing to that native Nouveaux Orleans French and Spaniards; and, as things have turned out, we really apprehend that all the movements of the Spanish troops and their crossing and re-crossing the Sabine were but feints concerted to bring down the troops of the western waters for the execution of this project. To speak our minds, we are not without our fears that when Mr. Burr shall appear before New Orleans, general Wilkinson will find that his garrison will not be so very prompt to resist. Should the people tell him that they relish the proceedings of Mr. Burr very well, and afterwards the officers of government talk of impeaching that gentleman, they will find themselves and their laws at once tongue-tied and spell-bound by the very same amulet—the same magical aphorism with which they and all men like them have before served themselves and deceived the world; and the sword of the nation will drop from its palsied arm at the necromantic words VOX POPULI, VOX DEI .—The voice of the people is the voice of God.
From the Sciota Gazette .
UNION, No. 2.
He is the freeman who the truth makes free, And all are slaves besides."
COWPER.
In the previous number it has been suggested, that agriculture and commerce are so nearly connected, the one cannot be separated but to the injury of the other. The carrying trade, in time of peace, will ever continue to enrich the American states. To ship the produce of the country, in our own bottoms, will always be cheaper than to depend on foreign carriers for exportation.
The western, as well as the Atlantic merchants, will not relinquish so commercial an advantage, and trust to Europeans to give their own price for our commodities. Every citizen has a right to traffic on the ocean. It is a public highway, and open to all nations. Americans will enjoy it. If the government will not protect them in the privilege, they will protect themselves.
Once restrict commerce on the sea, and trade at home becomes stagnated. The farmer has no demand for the surplus of wheat; none but what a foreigner, in exchange for his luxuries, may be pleased to proffer. The balance of trade must then be lost. The revenue of the government would lessen; and the national debt be discharged by a direct tax, levied upon the industry of the subject.
But such of the western states as are dependent on the boatable waters for transportation, have no alternative. Having no direct communication to sea-port towns—They cannot trade at home with European vessels. Shipping cannot ascend the Mississippi, and so long as a hostile army is fortified at its mouth, what inducement will be given to the husbandman to extend his improvements?
The honorable acquittal of Mr. Burr, in Kentucky, is much in his favor. The special invitation from the ladies and gentlemen to partake of their amusements by no one could be more cordially received. The acquitted gentleman was a welcome guest. The graces of his person, rendered him no longer suspected. Times indeed are happily altered. During an insurrection in the reign of Henry the 8th, a proclamation (which then had the force of law) was issued, requiring "That all men should keep their wives in their houses," lest by the sin of tattling , the government should be endangered. Not so with the Lexington fair; they can meet and smile with the unhappy courier, but can never discover his treason.
If the alarm is unfounded, that an attack will soon be made upon New Orleans, will not strong suspicion justify the conjecture?
If the army under Wilkinson is devoted to his command. If the inhabitants in the Louisiana country are prejudiced against the American institutions, is not this the time to increase the disaffection? Let the expedition be directed against Mexico, or any of the Spanish provinces, the grand object in view will still be pursued. The immediate design of the expedition may
still be doubtful. If any can believe in the whimsical report of establishing a peaceable colony on some of the western rivers, he is welcome to his opinion. What ever it may be, it is but a secondary motive.—Not a primary object in contemplation.
Nature may have designed the western continent for many distinct governments. Future empires may here one day arise, & like rival Sparta and Athens in Greece, sprinkle with blood the fair temple of liberty.
But to sunder the government in its infancy, could not be credited by the most lukewarm politician. To cherish the idea is criminal. To divide, is to destroy.
Who will trust to Burr and Wilkinson? Let them establish a military despotism among a disaffected people, and the conquest is begun. To attack even a defenceless country with success, the barriers must first be broken down.
By a successful attempt upon her frontiers, the Goths and Vandals overcame the Roman empire. To storm the fort the outward garrison must first be defeated. Once scale the walls, and the victory is gained.
The desired object of division can only be effected by sending spies through the country, and establishing on its borders, a military force to breed disunion thro' the adjoining states.
This neither requires much talent, nor energy to accomplish. What then will say the spirit of revolt? Like an epidemic will it not spread wherever the enemy advance? The dissolute and unprincipled will always flock to the standard of rebellion. Many will connive at the alarm. And the drowsy friend of government, tired of civil war, will begin to contemplate two jealous republics glowing up in America.
Where are then the surviving heroes of the revolution? They live, but wish to live no longer. Where is the example of Washington?
Over his lifeless tomb, the reader will observe "He once saved his country." Where now is American patriotism?—Known only in name, it is not worth possessing: for what is patriotism when interest wars with duty?
"Do I forebode impossible events? And tremble at vain dreams? Heaven grant I may! Patriots are grown too shrewd, to be sincere, And we too wise to hurt them."
FROM THE N. Y. EVENING POST.
It is hoped the following queries will be forwarded Mr. Innes by republications in the southern prints.
To HENRY INNES, Esq. of KENTUCKY. SIR,
The papers inform us that Thomas Powers, the agent of the Spanish baron de Carondelet, addressed a letter to you, and certain of your co-patriots, on the 19th of July, 1796, containing propositions for dividing the western states from the union and that though you disapproved of those propositions you did not communicate them to the government because John Adams was then president, and you was afraid of a standing army.
Though I have no authority to demand answers, yet I presume the following questions will not be deemed impertinent—
1st. Have you ever perused Stewart's Kentucky Herald of Sept. 13th and 20th, 1796 the last containing the deposition of the Spanish agent, Thomas Powers, made before George Wallis on the 9th of Aug. 1796?
2d. Do you know the author of the publication in the Herald of September 13th, 1796, entitled "A Piracy on the Ohio perpetrated under the orders of major general Anthony Wayne, commander of the American army?"
3d. After perusing those documents, which are subjoined, do you not suppose that general Wayne must have had some knowledge of the business, concerning which, Powers visited Kentucky in July, 1796?
4th. Though general Wayne is dead, is it expedient for you to presume that all the information of which he was possessed died with him?
5th. Does not the constitution of the United States prohibit any state from entering into any agreement or compact with a foreign power, without the consent of congress?
6th. Were you not one of the district judges of the United States in 1796, and had you not taken an oath to support the constitution?
7th. Was John Adams or George Washington president in 1796?
8th. Were not the measures adopted by Gen. Wayne, to detect the designs of the Spanish agent, Powers, authorized by president Washington; and if so, did you or your associates take any pains to vindicate those measures, or were you restrained from doing so, by fear of John Adams and a standing army?
9th. What was the true date of your and Nicholas' letter to Sebastian; was it before or after the search of Powers, by order of Gen. Wayne?
10th. If Powers had not been searched, would you and Nicholas have written the letter disapproving of Powers' proposal for a separation of the union? When ever saw this letter before the late trial of Sebastian?
11th. Did you know and hold intercourse with certain persons, who were dispatched from Philadelphia, by a foreign minister, to travel through the western country in 1796? If so, what were the objects of their mission?
12th. Did you, as was your duty, give any information to president Washington concerning these intrigues? Or were you prevented by the fear of John Adams and a standing army?
13th. Do you fear an impeachment or do you rely upon your professed hatred of the vigilant and virtuous John Adams, as an atonement with our masters, the Virginians for your black ingratitude, ingratitude and treason?
INTERROGATER.
Alexandria Daily Advertiser.
TUESDAY, JANUARY 20.
At an election held yesterday, for Directors of the Bank of Alexandria, the following gentlemen were chosen:—
John Janney Richard M. Scott W. Herbert Charles Simms John Dundas Thomas Irwin J. Thompson H. Smith John Hopkins
And at a meeting of the directors this day, Wm. Herbert was re-elected president, and Samuel Craig a director in his place.
CHARLESTON, JANUARY 8.
BURR'S CONSPIRACY.
Every day throws more light on this highly interesting subject. By the arrival yesterday of the schooner Amelia , captain Brooks, from New Orleans, we received papers of that city to the 12th ult.
It was stated at New Orleans, when the Amelia sailed that the adherents of Burr amounted to 7000 men; and it was believed that his forces would considerably exceed that number. The attack, it was expected, would be made between the 20th and 30th of December. The two gun boats had proceeded up the river as far as Iberville; and were to ascend as high as Point Coupee; and two bomb ketches were also ready to follow them. Commodore Shaw had purchased the schooner Ranger , of Baltimore, mounting 16 guns, for the service of government. Gen. Wilkinson had given orders to have all the forts repaired, the city picketed in, and put in a complete state of defence.
In addition to the above particulars, we learn that several persons have been arrested in the city of New Orleans; among them were a Dr. Bollman, and Messrs. Ogden and Swartwout. Dr. Bollman has been brought on to this place, in the sch'r Amelia , as a state prisoner, under the charge of lieutenant Wilson, and a guard of soldiers; he was yesterday landed and left in the safe keeping of the commandant at Fort Johnson. It will be remembered by our readers that Dr. Bollman was one of the gentlemen who so gallantly attempted to release the marquis de la Fayette from Magdeburgh. His family is in Philadelphia.
We are informed that the commanders of gun boats now in this port, have received orders from government to sail for New Orleans.
Captain Campbell left at Port Antonio, December 17, ship Hope , Shaw, for this port, to sail in 12 days; brig Sumner , Frith, for Norfolk in 5 days; brig Sally , Pratt, for New York in 12 days. Dec 18, was boarded by the Lark and the Mignon , British sloops of war; they had two American ships in company, as prizes, detained on their passage from Bordeaux for New Orleans, with which they were proceeding to Kingston. December 22 off Cape Antonio, was boarded by a French or Spanish privateer, who took the Brunswick in possession and anchored her under that cape, where they detained her two days, and overhauled every part of the vessel in search of money. There were two captains to the privateer, one French and the other Spanish; the French captain ( Lartigue ) appeared to possess some sense of honor, and it was through his influence that the brig was not plundered of every thing. The privateer had four days before boarded brig Speculator , Lee, from Kingson for this port (arrived last evening) and robbed an English gentleman (Sir Kenneth) who was a passenger on board, of two negro servants. While the privateer had the Brunswick in possession, they boarded the brig Nancy , Huggins, from Jamaica for Savannah, and suffered her to proceed. The same evening that captain Campbell left the privateer, he was boarded by the British schooner Gipsy , lieutenant Boyd, who on being informed of the privateer, immediately went in pursuit of her. Two days since, between this and Savannah, captain Campbell spoke brig Williams , 21 days from Cadiz for this port; a Mr. Broidet was a passenger on board. Captain William Barnett and Mr. Thomas N. Sherwood, were passengers in the Brunswick .
JUST RECEIVED AND FOR SALE, 500 Spanish Hides, 5 tiers Clover Seed, 1 ditto Timothy, AND 5 hogsheads JAMAICA RUM, Mordcai Miller. January 20.
Land for Sale. THE subscriber wishes to sell about fifteen and an half acres of Land, sit in half a mile of Alexandria, situate on the south side of the lane leading from Mr. Hougson's dwelling 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. cotf January 20.
Two Dollars Reward RAN AWAY, from the subscriber, on Thursday the 15th instant, Samuel Tyler, an apprentice to the Windsor chair making business—He is about 20 years of age, 5 feet 8 or 9 inches high, stout made, has a blemish in one of his eyes, and a small white lock of hair which hangs on his forehead—when he went away he wore a blue jacket and trousers and red vest. The above reward will be given for securing him so that I get him again, and all reasonable charges if brought home. Ephraim Evans. dst January 20.
N. B. Masters of vessels and others are cautioned against harboring or carrying him off at their peril.
PROPOSALS, BY CONRAD AND CO. OF PHILADELPHIA, FOR PRINTING BY SUBSCRIPTION, A NEW WORK, ENTITLED THE AMERICAN REGISTER. [After the Plan of the British Annual Register.] Price, to subscribers, three dollars per volume, in half binding.
Subscriptions received by John Conrad and Co. Philadelphia; M. and J. Conrad and Co. Baltimore; Somervell and Conrad, Petersburg; Bonsal, Conrad, and Co. Norfolk, and by Robert Gray, Alexandria.
SALT. 4000 bushels coarse Turks Island SALT, just received and for sale by John Tucker. Also, on Hand,
First quality brown Sugar, in hogsheads and barrels; Coffee in bags—and Groceries as usual. December 30. saw3w
TO RENT, A CONVENIENT two-story FRAME HOUSE lately occupied by Mark Butts situate in Duke, between Water and Union streets, next door to Thomas Preston's. Apply to Mark Butts, or Thomas Preston. January 7. co
This Day is Published, BY COTTON AND STEWART, [PRICE 2 1/2 CENTS.] A full Statement of the Trial and Acquittal of Aaron Burr, Esq. Containing all the Proceedings and Documents that took place before the Federal Court, at Frankfort, Kentucky, Nov. 25, 1806. By JOHN WOOD, Editor of the Western World—who attended at the trial. January 9.

TO BE RENTED, For the ensuing season, A valuable FISHERY on Great Hunting Creek. J. H. HOOE. January 3. 2awf
NOTICE. WILL be sold, at public sale, on the 26th of January, 1807, on the premises, a two story Brick House, well calculated for a store and the accommodation of a family, with kitchen, smook house, stables, and well of water in the yard, together with the Lot of Ground on which they stand, containing one and a quarter acres, well situated for garden and grass lot, being on the main street in the town of Waterford, an excellent stand for a retail store—the property of the late Israel Thompson, deceased—the time of payment will be made known on the day of sale.—All persons having claims against the said deceased, are warned to exhibit them with the vouchers for settlement, and those indebted thereto are requested to make immediate payment to
Jonah Thompson, and James Moore, } Exrs. London County, Dec. 30. 2awds.
Patent Elastic Suspenders, To be had, wholesale and retail, of the Patentee, next door below Mr. Alexander McKenzie's, lower end of Prince-street. Alexandria.
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 straining, and thereby destroying the case 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 King-street. July 8. dl2m
TO RENT, A TWO STORY FRAMED DWELLING HOUSE, situate on Cameron-street, near the corner, together with a Frame Building on the corner of Cameron and Pitt-streets, now occupied as a coach-makers' shop, but would make a good stable, and a vacant lot.—For terms apply to James H. Hooe, Adm'r. B. DANDRIDGE, deceased. September 13. eo
Dissolution of Partnership. THE partnership of Smedley and Shreve, is this day dissolved by mutual consent, and William Shreve is solely authorised to settle all the accounts of the partnership—it is requested that all persons indebted to them will settle the same immediately. David Smedley, William Shreve. January 7. eo3w
WILLIAM SHREVE Continues to carry on the DRY GOOD BUSINESS, in the same store occupied by Smedley and Shreve, January 7. eo3w
Gun and Pistol Manufactory, Lower end of King street, near the water. THE subscriber respectfully informs his friends and the public, that he has just received from London, via Baltimore, an handsome assortment of GUNS and PISTOLS, which he will sell low for cash— AMONG WHICH ARE, Single and double barreled Bird and Squirrel Guns. Holster and Pocket Pistols. Boys' Guns, Bullet Mouls, &c. ROBERT NASM. N. B. Guns and Pistols stocked and repaired in the neatest manner, and on the most reasonable terms. Orders from the country executed with dispatch. As there are a number of Guns &c. left to be repaired, which have been on hand for a long space of time, the owners are particularly requested to pay charges and take them away. December 15. eo
Dr. Ree's Cyclopaedia, VOL. II. PART II. IS JUST RECEIVED. Subscribers are requested to send for their copies, which must be paid for on delivery. R. GRAY. January 8.
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. October 18. 1aw3m
District of Columbia, County of Alexandria, ff. November Term, 1806. Warren Ashley, complainant, Against John Drew and Wm. Hartshorne, defendants. } In Chancery. The defendant, John Drew, 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, John Drew, is not an inhabitant of this district—on motion of the complainant by his counsel, it is ordered that the said defendant, John Drew, do appear here on the first day of July term next, and enter his appearance to the suit and give security for performing the decrees of the court, and that the other defendant, William Hartshorne, 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, John Drew, until the further order or decree of the court, and that a copy of this order be forthwith published in both 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. January 8. 1aw2m
District of Columbia, County of Alexandria, ff. November Term, 1806. John Corse, Complainant, against Arthur McCann, & John Hodgkin, Defendants. } In Chancery. THE defendant Arthur McCann, 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, Arthur McCann, is not an inhabitant of this district—on motion of the complainant by his counsel, it is ordered, that the said defendant, Arthur McCann, do appear here on the first day of July term next, and enter his appearance to the suit and give security for performing the decrees of the court, and that the other defendant, John Hodgkin, do not pay away, convey, or secrete, the debts by him owing to or the estate and effects in his hands belonging to the said absent defendant, Arthur McCann, until the further order or decree of the court—and that a copy of this order be forthwith inserted in both 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. January 8. 1aw2m
District of Columbia, County of Alexandria, ff. November Term, 1806. John and James H. Tucker, complainants, against Enoch Ward and Thomas Moore, defendants. } In Chancery. THE defendant Enoch Ward, 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, Enoch Ward, is not an inhabitant of this district—on motion of the complainants by his counsel, it is ordered, that the said defendant, Enoch Ward, do appear here on the first day of July term next, and enter his appearance to the suit and give security for performing the decrees of the court; and that the other defendant, Thomas Moore, do not pay away, convey, or secrete, the debts by him owing to or the estate and effects in his hands, belonging to the said absent defendant, Enoch Ward, until the further order or decree of the court—and that a copy of this order be forthwith inserted in both 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 true copy—Test, G. Deneale, C. C. January 8. 1aw2m
Printing, in its various branches, handsomely executed at this office.
District of Columbia, County of Alexandria, ff. November Term, 1806. Alexander Smith, complainant, Against Mordecai Hines, Robert Abercrombie, and Samuel Craig, exrs. of W. Mitchell, dec'd. } In Chancery. The defendant, Mordecai Hines, 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, Mordecai Hines, is not an inhabitant of this district—on motion of the complainant by his counsel, it is ordered that the said defendant, Mordecai Hines, do appear here on the first day of July term next, and enter his appearance to the suit, and give security for performing the decrees of the court, and that the other defendants, Robert Abercrombie and Samuel Craig, executor as aforesaid, 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, Mordecai Hines, until the further order or decree of the court, and that a copy of this order be forthwith inserted in both 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. January 8. 1aw2m
District of Columbia, County of Alexandria, ff. November Term, 1806. John C. White, complainant, Against Elias Debuts and Philip G. Marsteller, defendants. } In Chancery. The defendant, Elias Debuts, 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, Elias Debuts, is not an inhabitant of this district—on motion of the complainant by his counsel, it is ordered that the said defendant, Elias Debuts, do appear here on the first day of July term next, and enter his appearance to the suit and give security for performing the decrees of the court, and that the other defendant, Philip G. Marsteller, 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, Elias Debuts, until the further order or decree of the court, and that a copy of this order be forthwith inserted in both 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. January 8. 1aw2m
District of Columbia, County of Alexandria, ff. November Term, 1806. James Lawrason, Complainant, against Isaac M'Pherson, Wm. Douglass, and Joseph Mandeville, jun. trading under the firm of Douglass and Mandeville, Defendants. } In Chancery. THE defendant Isaac M'Pherson, 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, Isaac M'Pherson, is not an inhabitant of this district—on motion of the complainant by his counsel it is ordered, that the said defendant, Isaac M'Pherson, do appear here on the first day of July term next, and enter his appearance to the suit and give security for performing the decrees of the court; and that the other defendants, Wm. Douglass, and Joseph Mandeville, jun. trading under the firm of Douglass and Mandeville, do not pay away, convey, or secrete, the debts by them owing to or the estate and effects in their hands belonging to the said absent defendant, Isaac M'Pherson—until the further order or decree of the court: And that a copy of this order be forthwith published in both 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. Jan. 8. 1aw2m
Notice is hereby given, To the Stockholders of the Bank of Alexandria, THAT a dividend of three and a half per cent on the capital stock of said Bank, for the half year, ending this day, is declared, and will be ready to be paid to them or their representatives, on Thursday next, the eighth instant. By order of the President and Directors, Gurden Chapin, Cashier. Bank of Alexandria, Jan 5-6 2w31aw
The Subscriber, At his Flour and Grocery Store, Offers for Sale on low terms for cash, or punctual customers on the usual credit, 10 hds. Sugar, of various qualities 30 bbls. do. do. 2000 lbs. best Guadalupe Green Coffee 5000 do. do. St. Domingo do. 20 bbls. nice gross Herrings, lately imported 20 do. New-England Rum 1500 lbs. first choice Rhode-Island Cheese Young Hyson, Hyson Skin and Imperial Teas Chocolate, Loaf Sugar, Molasses, Sego, first chop, nests of Ware, Wrapping-paper, &c. &c. ALSO, 1500 bushels Salt consisting of Liverpool blown, St. Ches ground Alum, Turks-Island and Rock Alum, And a quantity of sacks of Salt. A. LINDO. Flour received on Storage. The Subscriber would Rent THE HOUSE he now lives in, near the Diagonal Pump, to a genteel family, at a moderate rate, till the 1st of May next. 1aw3w
LAND TO RENT. I WILL LEASE for a term of years, in Tenements, part of the tract on which I live, each containing about 240 acres, clean and enclosed, for cash rents, or to men of good character and possessing a sufficient number of hands to cultivate the land, for a share of the crops. Immediate possession may be had of part of each tenement, with liberty to get wood from the other lands of the subscriber for necessary purposes. I will also rent for one or more years, The Fishery at the Mouth of Douge Creek. Bushrod Washington. Mount Vernon, Dec. 25.—26. 2w
VALUABLE LANDS, To be Sold very Cheap. I WISH to sell my Mill Tract of Land, situate on Back-Lick and Indian-Run, about six miles from the town of Alexandria; containing 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 necessary utensil in complete order—a dwelling-house, kitchen, barn, with stables under it to accommodate 30 stalls, with every other out house requisite on a farm—a very good garden, an orchard of about 2500 trees of the choicest fruits this country can afford. There is about 200 or 300 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 Cleish Tract, and adjoining the lands of Messieurs John C. Herbert, Robert Patton, and John Richter, the Mount-Vernon road running 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 a payment, if more convenient to the purchasers, stock of any of the banks from Richmond to New-York, or any kind of stock of the United States. If they are not sold before Friday the first day of May next, the Mill Tract will, on that day, be sold at public auction, to the highest bidder—and on the following day the Cleish Lands will be sold in like manner. The Mill Tract will be divided into three or four farms and sold subject to a lease of four and an half years from the first day of July last. The Cleish Tract will be divided into lots of 10 or 20 acres each. If sold at public auction the terms will be made known on the days of sale. William Hepburn. December 4. eo3w 1aw till 1st May
This is to give Notice, THAT the subscribers of Alexandria county, in the district of Columbia, have obtained from the Orphans' court of said county letters testamentary on the estate of RICHARD CONWAY, late of the county aforesaid deceased, all persons having claims against the said deceased, are hereby warned to exhibit them with the vouchers thereof to the subscribers, on or before the 17th day of June next ensuing, or they may by law be excluded from all benefit to said estate, and those indebted thereto are requested to make immediate payment. Given under our hands this 17th day of December, 1806. William Herbert, Nicholas Fitzhugh, Edmund I. Lee, } Exrs. December 17. 32aw5w PRINTED DAILY BY SAMUEL SNOWDEN.