Alexandria daily advertiser (Alexandria [Va.]), 1808-05-25 00:00:00

Alexandria Daily Advertiser.
VOL. VIII.
WEDNESDAY, MAY 25, 1808.
[No. 2181.]
Sales at Vendue. On every Tuesday and Friday, WILL BE SOLD at the Vendue Store, corner of Prince and Water streets. 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 sold and purchased at the lowest limitation prices.
P. G. Marsteller, v. M.
HORWELL'S Celebrated Patent Suspenders, For ease, elegance, strength, &c. far ex- ceeds any in use. To be had wholesale and retail, at the manufactory, lower end of Prince-street, Alexandria. Wholesale purchasers may be supplied on advantageous terms. Richard Horwell. March 25 d6m
FOR BOSTON or SALEM. The Strong New Schooner NEPTUNE; 126 Tons burthen—For freight or passage. Apply to Lewis Deblois. May 5. d,
NOTICE. THE Co-partnership of Catlett Fisk, is this day dissolved by mutual con- sent. Chs. I. Catlett, Martin Fisk. The business in future will be trans- acted by CHS. I. CATLETT April 1. d
GREAT BARGAIN. THAT beautiful and elegant ESTATE known to the Mr. Wises, is still for sale, well known by the name of "Abingdon," where a mansion house stands, directly opposite the Capitol, lying on the Potomac river, con- taining four hundred and twenty two acres— a road from the contemplated bridge passes through the centre of the estate—it may be purchased for cash or on a long cre- dit, by paying a small part in hand—also a fifty acres adjoining, part of the same estate, leased to William Frazier, will be sold on the same terms. A good and indisputable title will be made for both. The title papers may be seen by application to the subscriber, Robert I. Taylor, Esquire, by whom every necessary information will be given. If not sold by Friday the 20th of May, at the sale, it will on that day be sold to the best bidder, before the coffee-house door, at twelve o'clock, at which time the terms of the sale will be made known. B. Dade. May 2. d
The sale of the above property is necessarily postponed in consequence of the absence of Robert Taylor, esq. until Monday the sixth day of June when it will positively be sold at the place as above, unless sold at pri- ce before. B. DADE. May 19.
JAMES SANDERSON, Offers for sale very low, 15 hogheads Muscovado Sugar, 10 bags green Coffee 15 hogheads well flavored Rum 12 pipes Cognac Brandy 12 quarter casks Sherry Wine 12 bales Tennessee Cotton And as usual a general assortment of the best Wines and Liquors, Teas and Groceries. ALMANACS for 1808, Just published and for sale, by Cotton and Stewart. May 11. d
GREEN COFFEE. 5000 lb. best Green COFFEE FOR SALE BY James Sanderson. Feb. 13 d
Salt and Barrels. I have for sale at my store near the fishing landing, a quantity of coarse and fine SALT, a parcel of empty Barrels, and about 50 Casks in complete order for striking fish. John G. Ladd. March 26. d
ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS REWARD. RAN AWAY on the evening of the 7th inst. a Bright Mulatto Man named B O B, Who calls himself ROBERT THOMAS; About 5 feet 10 inches high, 24 or 25 years of age, has large black eye brows, large full eyes, not very dark, and is a stout well made handsome fellow. His hair is thick, but not quite straight, and he wears it nicely trimmed, combed and ridged on the top. His beard ap- pears very black if suffered to grow for a day or two, but he usually shaves it very closely. He has recently received an injury on the fore finger of the left hand, and has it bound up, and may probably lose the first joint of it. He speaks deliberately, and is more correct in conversation than persons of his color usually are. He walks slowly, is a very good waiter, & delights particularly in attending to horses. He has a variety of cloaths, and took with him one dark green broadcloth coat and pan- taloons with yellow buttons, one cloth coat and pantaloons nearly of the same color, but the cloth of inferior quality, with white metal buttons, one blue cloth coat much worn, one old brown surtout coat with covered buttons, a good hat, and a pair of black top boots. The rest of his apparel I am not able particularly to describe. He is fond of wearing boots, and pays great attention to his dress. As he can read and write very well, he may probably produce a forged authority for him to pass, or procure the certificate of some one of the negroes, who, a few years ago, petition- ed by the name of Thomas and obtained their freedom in Maryland. If taken out of the state of Maryland and district of Columbia, and secured in any jail, so that I get him again, the above reward will be given, or six- ty dollars if taken and secured within the said state or district; all reasonable expenses will also be paid if he should be delivered to me in the city of Washington, or to Dr. Richard Duckett, in Prince George's county, Maryland. He is well acquainted in Annapolis, Baltimore, Geo. Town, and the city of Washington. Allen B. Duckett. Washington City, May 13—14. dtf.
A Brick House for Sale. THE Brick House occupied by Mrs. M- chelle, on the north side of Prince- street, between Fairfax and Water-streets, is offered for sale on a liberal credit. For parti- culars apply to John C. Vowell. January 12. 6m
To the Public. ALL PERSONS having claims against the estate of the late JUDGE JONES, are re- quested to make them known to me, that they may be adjusted, and satisfactory arrange- ments made for their discharge. Those who are indebted to said estate are requested to make immediate payment of the sums which they owe. The Household Furniture and Books of the deceased, will be sold, at his late residence in this county, on FRIDAY, the 10th of June next. Eight months credit will be allowed to the purchasers for all sums exceeding five dollars, on their giving bond with approved security, to bear interest from the date if not punctually paid; and any just claim will be received in discount. All communications to me on this subject, will be addressed to Richmond; or to ISRA- EL LACEY, Esquire, of this county. James Monroe, Executor of Joseph Jones, sen. deceased. Loudoun County, May 10—13. dt10thJe
LENT OR LOST, The first volume of Chesterfield's Letters; WHOEVER has borrowed or found it will please to return it, or call and pay for the sett. ROBERT GRAY. May 11. d
FOR SALE, BY LEWIS DEBLOIS At his Store, near Col. Ramsay's wharf, French Brandy, in pipes Catalonia Wine, in half pipes and quarter casks New-England Rum, in hogsheads and bar- rels Molasses, in hogsheads Cod-Fish, in boxes Cider, Potatoes, Beets, and Winter Pears, in barrels Cheese Cider Vinegar, in hogsheads and pipes
FOR SALE, 22 puncheons of Rum 20 hhds excellent molasses 1000 bushels coarse salt, just received per brig Mercury from Barbadoes, AND FOR SALE BY Jonah Thompson & Son, and Cuthbert Powell. May 2. dlweo3w.
PUBLIC SALE. PURSUANT to a deed of trust bearing date the 7th day of February, 1807, and duly re- corded, from Samuel Craig, late of the town of Alexandria, deceased, to the subscribers, for the purpose of satisfying certain debts due from the said Craig to the banks of A- lexandria and Washington, will be sold on the premises to the highest bidder, at public auction, at 12 o'clock, on the 30th day of June next:
That handsome three story Brick dwelling House and Lot, In fee simple, situated in the town of Alex- andria, west of Pitt street, on the north side of King-street, and fronting thereon 23 feet, 9 inches, and running back 119 feet, in depth. ALSO, A neat, well finished, two sto- ry Brick dwelling house and lot, in fee sim- ple, west of Water-street, on the south side of Duke-street, and binding thereon 27 feet, 10 inches, and running back 91 feet 6 inches to a ten feet alley.
The conditions of sale are one fifth the a- mount in cash, at the execution of the deed and the remainder in equal payments at 6, 12, 18, and 24 months, on approved, indorsed notes negotiable in the bank of Alexandria, se- cured also by a lien on the premises. John C. Vowell, } Trustees. William Ladd, } May 20 d
Fort Warburton Packet. THE subscriber respectfully informs the public, that he has equipped the above Pack- et in a very elegant manner, and will sail from Rickett's and Newton's wharf for Fort War- burton, every morning at 8 o'clock, and re- turn to Alexandria in the afternoon.— The Packet will be constantly supplied with a choice collection of stores for the entertain- ment of passengers, and every exertion us- ed to render the utmost satisfaction. Abel Willis.
WHO HAS FOR SALE AT HIS STORE, 1500 wt. excellent Rhode Island Cheese 200 bush. of seed potatoes. Lemons in boxes. Excellent Herrings in barrels. Groceries as usual. May 18. d3t* etf.
JOHN G. LADD, HAS FOR SALE, 30 bales German Linens, consist- ing of brown and white Rolls, flaxen Osna- burghs, hempen Ticklenburghs, Burlaps, and Checks and Stripes. 1000 pieces Nankeen Russia Sheeting and Duck 1 bale Writing Paper 50 bags of black Pepper of the best qua- lity, and will be sold very low Sugars and Coffee 40 hhds Molasses 1 pipe port Wine 10 do. Holland Gin 5 do. French Brandy 7 do. Jamaica Spirits. A quantity of soot Leather, Shoes, Sper maciti and Tallow Candles, Cheese, &c. &c. April 7. d
HEMP FOR SALE. I HAVE on hand, ten tons of the first quali- ty CLEAN COUNTRY HEMP, I wish to sell for cash, or on a time. Bryan Hampson. December 30.
United States of America, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. The United States of Ame- rica, AGAINST A certain vessel called a schooner, known and dis- tinguished by the name of the William and Mary, whereof John Spooner is master, her tackle apparel and furniture,
In a case of Sci- zure & Libel, within the Ad- miralty juris- diction of the District Court of the U States in and for the District of Co- lumbia. IT IS ORDERED, BY the ho- norable William Cranch, Chief Judge of the District of Columbia, holding the District Court of the United States, in and for the District aforesaid, That Saturday the fourth day of June, 1808, be and the same is hereby appointed for the trial of the said schooner at the court house in the town of Alexandria in the District aforesaid, before a special ses- sion of the said Court, then and there to be holden—and that the substance of the said Li- bel filed against the said schooner, together with this order be published fourteen days be- fore the day hereby appointed for the trial of the same, in the newspaper published in the said town of Alexandria, and be also posted up in the most public manner, for the space of fourteen days before the said day of trial, at the court house in the town of Alexandria and also at the coffee house in the said town
G. Deneale, Clerk. Dist. Ct. Dis. Columbia.
The libel in the above case charges in substance, 1st. That the above mentioned Schooner, called the William and Mary, John Spooner, master, wholly owned by citizens and inhabi- tants of the United States, did, after the pas- sing and due promulgation of a certain act of Congress, passed on the 9th day of January, 1808, entitled, "An act, supplementary to the act, entitled "An act, laying an embargo on all ships and vessels in the ports and har- bors of the United States," that is to say, on or about the day of April, 1808, de- part, without any clearance or permit, from a certain port of the United States, that is to say, from a creek emptying into the river Potomac, called Neabsco-Creek, navigable from the sea by vessels of ten tons burthen and upwards, within the collection district of Alexandria, and so departing from Neabsco Creek as aforesaid, did proceed and arrive at some other port or place without the limits of the said collection district of Alexandria, and as yet unknown to the party proponent; con- trary to the force and effect of the said act of Congress. 2d. That the said schooner, on or about the day of April, 1808, did proceed from a port or place within the United States, to the party proponent as yet unknown, to some foreign port or place, to the party pro- ponent as yet unknown; contrary to the force and effect of the said act. 3d. That the said Schooner, on or about the day of April, 1808, did trade with some other ship or vessel, to the party propo- nent as yet unknown; contrary to the force and effect of the said act of Congress. 4th. That the said Schooner, on or about the day of April, 1808, did put on board of some other ship or vessel, to the party proponent as yet unknown, certain goods, wares and merchandise of domestic growth or manufacture; contrary to the form and ef- fect of the said act of Congress. 5th. That the said schooner, for the causes aforesaid, was on or about the day of April, 1808, upon a water navigable from the sea by vessels of ten tons burthen and up- wards, that is to say, upon the river Potomac, within the District of Columbia, and within the proper cognizance of the said court, as a court of admiralty and maritime jurisdiction seized by Charles Simms, esquire, collector, as forfeited to the United States.
G. DENEALE, Clk. Dist. Court Dist. Columbia. May 19. eo4thJe
JUST RECEIVED FOR SALE BY R. GRAY, Esparelles' Letters from England Little's and Moore's Poems Lady's Cabinet Salmagundi, 2 vols. bound Military and Political Hints And the following New Plays; Adrian and Oriila Town and Country The Trust He Wou'd if He Cou'd Time's a Telltale.

TO CURTIUS.
Sir,
HAVING noticed your late publication in the form of a letter to Mr. Jefferson, and believing that it was neither your wish nor expectation, that it should not lie open to the enquiries and criticisms of every man, I have taken the liberty of expressing to you my sentiments on that publication.
And, sir, in thus publicly addressing you, it is not my design to investigate and to cavil your private sentiments and opinions. I will not, sir, with mechanical scrupulosity, particularize every trifling error of your judgment, or endeavor to lay open the recesses of your breast: I meddle neither with your social manners nor your political dogmas; nor shall I, unacquainted as I am with the movements of your mind, and the emotions of your heart, pretend to decide on the motives which bro't to the light the late emanation of your judgment.
But whatever might have been your motives; whether your attack on Mr. Jefferson, proceeded from violent party opposition, from disappointed self interest, or from what I am most inclined to hope and believe, from a hasty, casual and incorrect view of the subject; the sentiments you have avowed, and the style of peremptory decision in which you have spoken on many interesting subjects, not dependent, for the establishment of their good or evil tendency, on the opinion of any single man, have given deserved disgust to men of every party. And I appeal, sir, to your own candor and calmer judgment—I ask you yourself, now that the first heat of your emotion is subsided, and you have had leisure to reflect on what you have thus offered to the public, whether consideration does not suggest to you the indecent warmth with which you have endeavored to push home your charges upon the executive. Whatever may be your opinion and the opinions of many others, those sentiments must from the nature of things, be liable to uncertainty, and incorrectness. The ideas entertained by the nation at large, are various and divided, and sir, give me leave to inform you, that many differ widely indeed from you, in those you have expressed in your publication. You, indeed, may possess better grounds than your fellow citizens, for supporting what you have brought forward; of those grounds I know nothing—You have not thought proper to hold them out to the inspection of the public; and weighty and important as the charges are, had the necessary proofs been in your possession, we might reasonably have expected their production. What then is the necessary result—what opinion are we to form of you—what are we to think of your assertions, your accusations, and your invectives. Sir, I am unwilling to suppose you wilfully incorrect; I rather judge that the harsh style of invective, which you made use of, proceeded from your too great ardour of opposition to the measures of the present administration, which from hastiness and neglect, crept in amongst your observations, even unknown to yourself. I do not believe that it proceeded from deliberate baseness and malignity, and I shall therefore offer you my sentiments with greater pleasure and freedom. And give me leave to assure you, that in making these remarks, I am influenced neither by the spirit of opposition nor of rivalry; I am by no means opposed to you in politics, nor do I hold you in the light of a rival candidate for the applause of the public. A love for the truth has, far as I can judge of my feelings and emotions, alone excited me to oppose the dictatorial sentiments of your letter.
When I find you expressing your regret, that the "people of these states" had not, in their choice of a chief magistrate, selected a man more worthy and better qualified than Mr. Jefferson, for the discharge of so high and such various functions, I am tempted to exclaim—"who constituted you the judge of so important a matter?" Since Mr. Jefferson has been elected by a majority of the citizens of America, and by that alone declared adequate to the trust committed to his charge, prudence at least should have taught you, however great might be your regret, to have concealed that regret within your own bosom; and since we have erred in exalting to the presidency, a man unable to perform the requisite duties, it is a solecism to encrease it by vain and empty lamentations. But you are ready to urge as a pretext, that when the complaints of a people reach the ear of the ruler, they may effect a change in his conduct and measures; that the warnings of advice may correct and guide his future management of the helm of government. True sir! this is plausible; but suffer the complaints of each to go single into his ear; do not suffer one man to assume to himself the prerogative of answering for all; and do not by publicly holding up the weakness & errors of your president, endanger the safety of a government, which must depend for much of its firmness, upon the respect and authority of its magistrates. But, sir, I must repeat to you, your total incompetence to judge on what you have thus arbitrarily decided; you in your individual person, form
not the collective body of the people of these states, nor can you with propriety, assume the powers which belong to them alone—Where then is your right to judge of the adequacy or inadequacy of Mr. J. to his trust. You have indeed the right of thinking, and acting for yourself; but both your thoughts and your actions must be regulated by prudence, and should never "overstep the modesty of nature." When sir, however, you assume this authoritative liberty of thinking aloud, contrary to all restraints of prudence or modesty, you can at most but expect forbearance from scorn, not belief and confidence in your assertions. In your enumeration of our Executive's faults and frailties, you charge him with "aping the manners, and courting the smiles" of the French people. And here, Sir, I wish to call to your recollection, that Mr. Jefferson is not upon an equality with yourself. Excluded by his situation from replying to and refuting charges of a private nature, which are daily made upon him by others as well as yourself, he should be compassionated, not insulted. If you are confident as to the verity of your charges against Mr. Jefferson, reserve them until a future day, when the deprivation of his authority as President, shall have placed him on your own level. Recollect that it is cowardly to insult the man, whom circumstances have rendered unable to cope and contend with you. Allowing however, that the truth of these charges influence and affect the public welfare; supposing them as well as the accusations of partiality to France and opposition to Great-Britain, which come next in the catalogue of your invectives; supposing these materially to affect the public concerns;—would it not have proved your policy, prudence and modesty, to have made those charges in a softer tone; to have shaded the glaringness of the accusations, by milder words and more gentle affirmatives; would it not have been well to recollect, that some differed with you in opinion, and that the partiality which appeared so evident to you, was by others unperceived and not credited; and that unsupported as were your assertions by necessary and adequate proofs, there might perhaps be found some sceptical enough, not to coincide with you in every charge, which you have brought forward, and every assertion you have made.
After examining the preceding sentiments, I am not so much surprized at the succeeding one. Here however, you attempt to support your charge by some sort of proof, and I am sorry to find you, in your first trial, succeed so badly. Accusing Mr. Jefferson of not having at heart the interests of his country, you cite as a proof of your assertion, the embargo law—ruinous, destructive, and only calculated for the general misfortune of the community. You enquire, whom has the embargo benefited, the merchant or the mechanic. I, Sir, with you, may possibly think, that it has been of advantage to neither. I might with you declare it as my opinion, that the measure itself was ruinous and inadequate to the end proposed: I might regret, with others, that it had ever been executed, or should have been thought necessary by the executive.—But, Sir, does this prove the badness of the intention; does it prove Mr. Jefferson, after the many and various testimonies which have been given by his fellow citizens of their estimation of his worth to have entered into this measure, as the foe of his country, as inimical to its happiness and prosperity? By no means, Sir: have the charity to suppose, that this measure was the result of mistaken politics; that it proceeded not from badness of intention, or was the work of a man, to whom the ruin of his native country was an object of exultation. Such a supposition is manifestly improbable. The man, on whom his country has bestowed so many marks of her approbation; who has borne so many of the first honors of the state; and who, unless we suppose him a monster, must have some feelings of gratitude for the favors which have been shewn him, it would be preposterous to accuse of malicious designs, when his actions could be more plausibly and probably interpreted, by ascribing them to better and more deserving motives. Charity, Sir, should influence your judgment on men and things, and your own better feelings will impress this truth forcibly upon you.
Noticing your last observation, I shall here close this free expression of my sentiments. You rejoice, you say, in the prospect of seeing more capable men, than those that at present stand at our head, directing the operations of the government. You express your dislike of quacks and pretended philosophers, as the men in whom we are to put our confidence for the safety, and order of our affairs. Without remarking on the absurdity of comprehending every officer of the government in your general and unjust censure, I shall only speak of your sentiments as they apply to our President. Here you again fall into the imprudence, of which you were guilty before. Remember, that Mr. Jefferson's ability or inability depends not on your opinion of the matter. Recollect, that your fellow citizens have constituted him Chief Magistrate, and while he continues in that high station, his worth and talents, whatever they may be, are not to be wantonly trifled with, or estimated without deliberation. And now, Sir, without a shadow of invidious rivalry or opposition,
but with a sincere desire of investigating truth and detecting error,
I have the honor to be, Yours, &c.
VERUS.
May 21st.
LETTER
TO THE HON. HARRISON C. OTIS, ESQUIRE, BY JOHN QUINCY ADAMS. [CONTINUED.]
It is but little more than two years since this question was agitated both in England and America, with as much zeal, energy and ability, as ever was displayed upon any question of national law. The British side was supported by sir William Scott, Mr. Ward, and the author of War in Disguise. But even in Britain the doctrine was refuted to demonstration by the Edinburgh reviewers. In America the rights of our country were maintained by numerous writers profoundly skilled in the science of national and maritime law. The answer to War in Disguise was ascribed to a gentleman whose talents were universally acknowledged, and who by his official situations had been required thoroughly to investigate every question of conflict between neutral and belligerent rights which has occurred in the history of modern war.
Mr. Gore and Mr. Pinkney, our two commissioners at London, under Mr. Jay's treaty, the former, in a train of cool and conclusive argument addressed to Mr. Madison, the latter in a memorial of spirited eloquence from the merchants of Baltimore, supported the same cause; memorials drawn by lawyers of distinguished eminence, by merchants of the highest character, and by statesmen of long experience in our national councils came from Salem, from Boston, from New Haven, from New York, and from Philadelphia, together with remonstrances to the same effect from Newburyport, Newport, Norfolk and Charleston. This accumulated mass of legal learning, of commercial information and of national sentiment from almost every inhabited spot upon our shores, and from one extremity of the union to the other confirmed by the unanswerable memorial of Mr. Monroe to the British minister, and by the elaborate research and irresistible reasoning of the examination of the British doctrine, was also made a subject of full and deliberate, discussion in the senate of the U. S. A committee of seven members of that body, after three weeks of arduous investigation, reported three resolutions, the first of which was in these words, "Resolved that the capture and condemnation, under the orders of the British government, and adjudications of their courts of admiralty of American vessels and their cargoes, on the pretence of their being employed in a trade with the enemies of Great Britain, prohibited, in time of peace, is an unprovoked aggression upon the property of the citizens of these U. S. a violation of their neutral rights, and an encroachment upon their national independence."
On the 13th of Feb. 1806, the question upon the adoption of this resolution, was taken in the senate. The yeas and nays were required; but not a solitary nay was heard in answer. It was adopted by the unanimous voice of all the senators present. They were twenty eight in number, and among them stands recorded the name of Mr. Pickering.
Let us remember that this was a question most peculiarly and immediately of commercial, and not agricultural interest; that it arose from a call, loud, energetic and unanimous, from all the merchants of the U. S. upon congress, for the national interposition; that many of the memorials invoked all the energy of the legislature, and pledged the lives and properties of the memorialists in support of any measure which congress might deem necessary to vindicate those rights. Negotiation was particularly recommended from Boston, and elsewhere—negotiation was adopted—negotiation has failed—and now Mr. Pickering tells us that Great Britain has claimed and maintained her right. He argues that her claim is just—and is not sparing of censure upon those who still consider it as a serious cause of complaint. But there was one point of view in which the British doctrine on this question was then only considered incidentally in the U. S. because it was not deemed material for the discussion of our rights. We examined it chiefly as affecting the principles as between a belligerent and a neutral power. But in fact it was an infringement of the rights of war, as well as the rights of peace. It was an unjustifiable enlargement of the sphere of hostile operations. The enemy of Great Britain had by the universal law of nations a right to the benefits of neutral commerce within their dominions (subject
to the exceptions of actual blockade and contraband) as well as neutral nations had a right to trade with them. The exclusion from that commerce by this new principle of warfare which Britain, in defiance of all immemorial national usages, undertook by her single authority to establish, but too naturally led her enemies to resort to new and extraordinary principles, by which in their turn they might retaliate this injury upon her. The pretence upon which Britain in the first instance had attempted to color her injustice, was a miserable fiction—it was an argument against fact. Her reasoning was, that a neutral vessel by mere admission in time of war, into ports from which it would have been excluded in time of peace, because thereby deprived of its national character, and ipso facto was transformed into enemy's property.
Such was the basis upon which arose the far famed rule of the war of 1756—such was the foundation upon which Britain claimed and maintained this supposed right of adding that new instrument of desolation to the horrors of war. It was distressing to her enemy—Yet! had she adopted the practice of dealing with them in poison—had Mr. Fox accepted the service of the man who offered to rid him of the French emperor by assassination, and had the attempt succeeded, it would have been less distressing to France than this rule of the war of 1756; and not more justifiable. Mr. Fox had too fair a mind for either, but his comprehensive and liberal spirit was discharged, with the cabinet which he had formed.
It has been the struggle of reason and humanity, and above all of christianity for two thousand years to mitigate the rigors of that scourge of human kind, war. It is now the struggle of Britain to aggravate them. Her rule of the war of 1756, in itself and in its effects, was one of the deadliest poisons, in which it was possible for her to dinge the weapons of her hostility.
In itself and in its effects, I say—for the French decrees of Berlin and of Milan, the Spanish and the Dutch decrees of the same or the like tenor and her own orders of January and November—these alterations of licensed pillage, this eager competition between her and her enemies for the honor of giving the last stroke to the vitals of maritime neutrality, all are justly attributable to her assumption and exercise of this single principle. The rule of the war of 1756 was the root from which all the rest are but suckers, still at every shoot growing ranker in luxuriance.
In the last decrees of France and Spain her own ingenuous fiction has been adopted; and under them, every neutral vessel that submits to British search, has been carried into an English port or paid tax to the British government, is declared denationalized, that is, to have lost their national character, and have become English property. This is cruel in execution, and absurd in argument. To refute it were folly, for to the understanding of a child it refutes itself, but it is the reasoning of British jurists. It is the simple application to the rule of war of 1756.
I am not the apologist of France and Spain; I have no national partialities; no national attachments but to my own country. I shall never undertake to justify or palliate the insults or injuries of any foreign power to that country which is dearer to me than life. If the voice of reason and of justice could be heard by France & Spain, they would say, you have done wrong to make the injustice of your enemy towards neutrals the measure of your own. If she chastises with whips, do not you chastise with scorpions. Whether France would listen to this language I know not. The enormous infringement of our rights hitherto committed by her, have been more in menace than in accomplishment. The alarm has been justly great; the anticipation threatening; but the amount of actual injury small. But to Britain, what can we say? If we attempt to raise our voices, her minister has declared to Mr. Pinkney that she will not hear. The only reason which she assigns for her recent orders of council is, that France proceeds on the same principles. It is only by the light of blazing temples, and amid the groans of women and children perishing in the ruins of the sacraries of domestic habitations at Copenhagen, that we can expect our remonstrances against this course of proceeding will be heard.
[To be continued]
We are authorized to state that the Occoquan Bridge is finished, and ready for the accommodation of passengers.
May 29

French Revolutionary Influence.
A people, like the French, enjoying an extensive country, fine soil and climate, for the same temptations to become... Necessity therefore became a virtue, and the French writers, no way inferior to their rivals in address or industry, in order to reconcile their countrymen to such a loss of things, and relieve them from the weight of sensible, by far the greatest of their nation, never participated, and assiduously inculcated the advantages which agriculture holds over commerce.
In the barbarism which such theories produced, originated all the horrors of the French revolution, and that military despotism which now afflicts the world. The boardmen of France, as well as those of other nations, yield all to arms, the army, & as for the devoted French citizens, who, partial to reformation, hoped to see their ships weather storm in dock, if they survive, they scarcely find resolution enough to distinguish children where their estate and perishable stores and 'changes' stand, surrounded with rubbish, and haunted reptiles.
A dreadful warning this, to theoretical men of every country! From the little temptation to leave a country so healthful and fruitful as France, that want of enterprize and nautical spirit, which, joined with other causes, lost French the few colonies they had, arose another attempt at making a constellations of necessity, equally preposterous. Constellation discovered that, though savages were so happy in the want of civilization, those of America were wretchedly formed and endowed by nature; that every air and water of their country was destructive of every species of beast, and that colonies here were not the keeping-demonstrations which, the separation of the U. States from England, were held to be as firmly established to the mind of lord Shelburne as a problem of sir Isaac Newton.
Against this philosophy, indeed, that of America, at the head of which was the first president, who was bound at least to defend himself, boldly and justly pronounced; but most of our late public measures have every appearance of proceeding from a firm conviction that commerce is a glorious thing! that they are best off who have least to lose; that we are best off when we stay at home.
For instance some of those measures, I begin with the Finances. The commencement of the federal administration, in 1790, duties were established on the importation of goods, which ranged from 5 to 10 per cent. and yielded 5 or 6 millions of dollars. Other duties were laid to assist the revenue, and trading people could not complain—towards the duties were gradually increased from 15 to 25 per cent. yield. 12 to 14 millions; and since the domestic administration, all other duties or taxes whatever, have been abolished, and the whole burthen of national debt and expenditure is laid immediately upon that dominant class of people, the merchants and manufacturers.
It is pretended that the merchants are fully repaid the amount of the tax, and that the consumer eventually pays the tax, and that alone pays in the consumption of town and country infinitely greater in proportion to the numbers, than that of any other people, and is it a matter of choice whether they will use tea and coffee or milk and eggs? If, on the contrary, beside the merchants consume the tax, do they not as effectually cover both, and get reimbursed in the price of the articles they raise or manufacture, as the merchants? They certainly do.
The only burthen arising from taxation of any kind, is the advance of the assessment; when this is apportioned according to the means of the individuals, and is fairly expended in the same community, the amount, whatever it may be, can never be oppressive; but, if the whole is advanced by one description of people, without regard to their relative means, in respect to the rest of society, as is the case with the American merchants, then that class are indeed oppressed, and in the best of times must feel the distress.
This is not proved by experience, may be said by those accustomed to judge from appearances only. Merchants, it is said, grow rich—he towns increase, multiply, and are silent. As to their silence, it may well be accounted for, by the neglect with which the commercial interest is treated. The people of the country flock to the towns with the abundant wealth arising from the produce or sale of their farms, and give a credit or lend a capital to the merchants; but the number of the latter, who have lately secured a fortune, is not to be compared with the number of bankrupts, much less with the number of wealthy landholders and mechanics residing amongst them.
For the truth of this, I appeal to the distressed countenances worn by many fathers of families, the dependants upon artificial sources of capital, as well as to the daily applications for relief under insolvent laws, and to the consciences of those landholders who are interested in and have become directors of banks.
To make this matter still more apparent; let us reflect what is the real prospect before a man, about to enter into that line of business to which he would be recommended by a capital of about 10,000 dollars. He must count on investments for surplus or unsaleable stock to the amount of 4000 dollars at least, 20 per cent. of which has been advanced in duties to the U. States; the interest on this, at 6 per cent. is 48 dollars per annum. If he takes a credit for the like sum of 10,000 as in most cases he must necessarily do, as much more must be added for a like advance of duties, or 48 dollars per annum. The interest on this last capital being in part payable to another class of people, let it be added at 3 1-2 per cent. per annum, or about half the amount, is 450 dollars. If he has, as may reasonably be supposed, 5000 dollars taxable property in the sea part, the additional assessment in such places being as 40 to 25, according to the average of this city, his expence will be increased 37 dollars 50 cents. If himself and family consume the value of 1000 dollars per annum, in imported articles, more than would be consumed by such a family in the country, the tax he pays on such articles being 20 per cent. 200 dollars is to be added; and if there are three children to be schooled, a physician to be retained, and the expences of a church and clergyman to be supported, expences can scarcely be estimated at less than 225 dollars more than they would be in any part of the country; and the whole expence, without extraordinary conveniences or the least possible extravagance, is 1008 dollars 50 cents per annum, that the merchant is to pay more than a country gentleman in like circumstances, and I am confident it is neither what the latter are aware of, or would wish.
BALTIMORE, May 24 th
Yesterday forenoon was presented at the office of discount and deposit, a check for 900 and odd dollars, in the name of Kennebec & Calhoun, by a boy about 13 or 14 years of age. After some examination, a parcel of the shavings of the bank paper was wrapped up and given to the boy instead of cash, and he was followed, until the person from whom he received the check was detected. The boy was a stranger whom the person met in the street, whom he requested to present the check for payment, for which he promised to give a remuneration. The check was pronounced a FORGERY by one of the firm in whose name the check was given, and Amos West, Taylor, South street, was after mature investigation committed to prison for trial for the commission and publication thereof. Mr. W. is said to be an accomplished penman. The punishment of forgery, by a late law, is DEATH. The standing of Mr. West has hitherto been respectable.
TO LET,
THE House and Lot on King-street, a few doors above the Indian Queen Tavern, at present occupied by me. Possession may be had immediately. Wm. FOX. May 25.
Alexandria Daily Advertiser.
WEDNESDAY, MAY 25.
The ship Raleigh, Hendy, in a short passage is below, with passengers from London-derry—by her we may expect later dates than already received.—Phil. paper.
Rate of French Friendship.—The kingdom of Spain, by the influence of the Prince of Peace, has always been friendly to France. Her government has implicitly obeyed the mandates of his imperial majesty, and has for many years had no will but the will of Bonaparte. What reward have they for all this friendship, all this submission?—The Prince of Peace is made a head shorter—the King is banished, and the nation is annihilated, and will soon become a province of the mighty empire. Let Americans, who look on the friendship of France superior to all other considerations, remember the solemn warning, "Be ye also ready."
FROM ST. CROIX.
We are indebted to a friend for the following interesting proclamation, just received.
(N. Y. Com. Adv.) By his excellency brigadier general George William Richard Harcourt, lieutenant governor and commander in chief in and over his majesty's Islands of St. Croix and its dependencies, vice admiral of the same, &c, &c.
Whereas it is highly expedient and necessary under the present scarcity of provisions and lumber within this island and its dependencies, not only to encourage by all possible means the importation and supply thereof, but to the same end to prohibit the exportation of colonial produce in all foreign ships and vessels, excepting in such as shall be wholly or partly laden with provisions or lumber, for sale within the said island or its dependencies, or for the use or supply of any of the inhabitants thereof—I do hereby direct and order that no Sugar, Rum, or Colonial Produce whatever be shipped or exported in any foreign ships and vessels whatever, save and except such as are before excepted, and then only to the amount of the value of the cargo imported, and all officers and persons whom it may concern, are to take due notice accordingly.
Given under my hand and seal at the government house, St. Croix, this 30th day of April, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eight, and in the forty-eighth year of his Majesty's reign.
GEO. HARCOURT. By his Excellency's command, WM. BEATTY, acting Secretary. GOD SAVE THE KING.
Messrs. LANG and TURNER, The enclosed paragraph I this morning copied from the American Citizen, printed in this city by James Cheetham. I ask the favor of you to insert it in your paper, as a proof that Mr. Cheetham has some correct ideas, though he be a thorough democrat.
[New-York paper.] FRANCE.—We needed not the French Revolution to teach us that violence demands caution, and the striking off of heads, are acts inconsistent with and destructive of republican freedom. The genius of liberty flies from intemperance. The French revolution, occasioned by oppression, has ended in a military despotism, more awful to her and menacing to the world than any thing by which it was preceded. In France, legislation is a mockery. There is no party but the party of the emperor, who by a nod creates and destroys. And every one knows that there is no such thing as trial by jury. The emperor appoints the judges, and the judges, without the intervention of an institution so admirable as that of a jury, in all cases decide. And as to the press, which is licensed and superintended by licensors, its office is approbation and eulogy. Add to this awful spectacle, an army in France of six hundred thousand men, and then let the reader ask whether the mind can admit of an idea of tyranny more complete? Externally, the French government is equally, perhaps more alarming. Kingdoms and republics are with equal ease and without remorse thrown down. Blood begins to flow in Spain, where the monarch, first by French intrigue and next by French force, has been deposed. Whether the world, including our own republic, is to be an universal monarchy under the dynasty of the Bonapartes, is yet to be determined.
FROGS.
The following curious article is copied from a letter written by Dr. Williams, of the state of Vermont, to a friend.
"At Castleton, in 1779, the inhabitants were engaged in building a fort near the centre of the town. Digging into the earth five or six feet below the surface, they found many frogs apparently inactive, and supposed to be dead. Being exposed to the air, animation soon appeared, and they were found to be alive and healthy. I have this account from general Clarke, and Mr. Moulton, who were present when those frogs were dug up."
"A more remarkable instance was at Burlington, upon Union river. In the year 1788, Samuel Lake esq. was digging a well near his house. At the depth of twenty five or thirty feet from the surface of the earth, the laborers threw out with their shovels something which they took to be ground roots, or stones covered with earth. Upon examining these appearances, they were found to be frogs, to which the earth every where adhered. An examination was then made of the earth in the well where they were dug, a large number of frogs were found covered with the earth, and so numerous that several were cut in pieces by the spade of the workmen. Being exposed to the air, they soon became active, but unable to endure the direct rays of the sun most of them perished. From the depth of the earth with which those frogs were covered, it cannot be doubted but that they must have been covered up for many ages."
"These appearances denote, that the place from whence the frogs were taken was once the bottom of a channel or lake formed by the waters of the Onion river. In digging the small well, at the depth of forty one feet from the surface, the workmen found the body of a tree eighteen or twenty inches in diameter, partly rotten. The probability is, that both the frogs and the tree were at the bottom of the channel of a river or lake; that the waters of Onion river constantly bringing down large quantities of earth, gradually raised the bottom; that by the constant increase of earth, the water was forced over its bounds, and formed for itself a new channel or passage in its descent to lake Champlain."
How vigorous and permanent must the principle of life be in this animal! Frogs placed in a situation in which they were perpetually supplied with moisture, and all waste and perspiration from the body prevented, preserve the powers of life for an astonishing length of time. Centuries must have passed since they began to live in such a situation; and had they remained undisturbed, they might have existed for centuries yet to come.
What Next?—The following is a literal copy of what is called a Pindaric Ode in the Richmond Enquirer of the 17th inst. Whether the sagacious editor of that paper, which has heretofore been devoted to Mr. Jefferson, has been imposed upon by the author of this burlesque, or has turned TAIL on his patron, must be left to conjecture. It is not impossible however, that the poem is seriously intended as a grave panegyric—the "pulling down and building up," characterising the uniform consistency of the statesman and "he red brue hca" being the most appropriate emblem of the steady courage of the hero of this sublime production. Both conceits are truly worthy of the Poet and his MISSENAS. Reg. Phil.
FOR THE RICHMOND ENQUIRER. PINDARIC ODE.
TO THO'S. JEFFERSON, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES.
Great Sir! the whip of war loud howls! Grim-visaged Mars ferocious scowls! And dread forebodings thro' the land resound! The "Rose" unblossomed, has departed! Two rival chiefs for glory started! But we (the bard and you,) firm lion-hearted, View undismayed the scene, and smile around.
Yes, sir, the storm of war is blowing! And thou, alas! from office going! Well go! benignant spirit, go thy ways! The voice of millions praise bestowing, Their grateful thanks around thee flowing! Will gild, with radiant beams, thy latter days.
But tho' the helm of state you quit, You must not Monticello forget; O no, sir, that would never do! Perhaps the bard may yet with you, There, check by jowl, sir, dine or sup— Then to thy old work again, Of pulling down, and building up; But pray thee, let the Octagon remain!
Now, one thing, sir, the bard beseeches, It is not office, fame, or riches; No, no, I do not want such dross! Nor is it, sir, the loaves and fishes; Such food for poets is to gross: Tis only, sir, thy old red Breeches!
SEDLEY.
STANTON'S Fort Warburton PACKET. THE SUBSCRIBER
Respectfully informs the public that the above PACKET will leave Ricketts and Newtons wharf every morning at 9 o'clock, and will return the same evening to this place; she is fitted up in a compleat manner, and experience daily proves she is equal, if not superior in point of sailing to any Packet that is used for the same purpose. Liquors and relishes, will be constantly in the store chest for the accommodation of passengers.
The subscriber pledges himself to use every exertion in his power, and solicits a portion of public patronage.
John H. Stanton.
May 25.

VALUABLE MEDICINES.
The following Valuable Medicines, justly celebrated through the United States for their superior efficacy in the cure of the several disorders for which they are recommended, from Hannah Lee's Patent Family Medicine Store , New-York, are sold only by the subscriber, at his store in King-street:
Hamilton's Grand Restorative,
Is recommended as an invaluable medicine for the speedy and permanent cure of nervous disorders or such as arise from the immoderate use of tea, strong liquors, long residence in warm climates, excessive weakness, and a general relaxation of the system.
Hamilton's Essence and Extract of Mustard.
A safe and effectual remedy for the gout, rheumatism, sprains, pains in the face and neck, &c.
Hamilton's Worm-destroying Lozenges.
By which many thousands have been relieved from the distressing and dangerous malady of worms and other obstructions in the stomach and bowels.
Hamilton's Elixir.
A sovereign remedy for colds, obstinate coughs, asthmas, sore throats and approaching consumptions.
Hahn's Anti-bilious Pills.
Are justly esteemed for carrying off the superfluous bile from the stomach and preventing morbid secretions and their consequences, bilious and malignant fevers, &c. These pills are perfectly mild in their operation, and may be used with safety by persons of every age and in every situation.
The Sovereign Ointment for the Itch.
A speedy and effectual remedy, generally removing the complaint at one application. It may be safely used by persons of every age.
The Anodyne Elixir.
For the cure of every kind of head ache.
Hahn's genuine Eye-Water.
An excellent remedy for all disorders of the eyes, many persons having been cured of it when nearly deprived of sight.
Tooth-ache Drops.
Give immediate relief in the most violent attacks.
The Restorative Powder for the Teeth and Gums.
Cleanses and strengthens them, and preserves the enamel of the teeth from decay.
Gowland's Lotion, and the genuine Persian Lotion.
Both celebrated in the fashionable world as most excellent cosmetics and perfectly safe.
Hahn's true and genuine Corn-Plaster.
A certain remedy for corns, speedily eradicating them without giving pain.
Ague and Fever Drops.
Justly esteemed for their great efficacy in the cure of agues and intermittent fevers.
Damask Lip Salve, and Indian Vegetable Specific.
James Kennedy, sen.
Alexandria, October 18.
ADDITIONAL EVIDENCE
OF the great efficacy of the Patent and Family Medicines , prepared by the late Richd. and Lee, jun. which for near eight years past have acquired throughout the United States a celebrity hitherto unequalled.
Philadelphia, August 9, 1800.
Being desirous to make public for the good of others, the excellent quality of HAMILTON'S ELIXIR , prepared by the late Mr. Lee , I have sent you the following account of the benefit I have received from it, which I hope will induce others to give it a trial. In consequence of a bruise on the breast received from a fall, my health grew bad, my breathing became very difficult, and frequently I have had suddenly to rise up in my bed with all the horrors of immediate suffocation. Add to these a constant pain in my breast and a cough, a great loss of strength and flesh, and you may conceive that my symptoms evidently indicated an approaching consumption. The advice of a most eminent physician was resorted to, and afterwards a second was called in, without giving me any relief. Another physician who knew me and the circumstances of my case, advised me to give Hamilton's Elixir a trial, saying, he had used it in his practice, and always found it do much good. A bottle was procured from Mr. Birch's , and I found relief before I had taken one half of it. I continued to use it and was soon strong enough to attend to business. On taking cold, some of my former symptoms return, but are always removed by a dose or two of the elixir.
GEO. BENNER, jun.
No. 11, Budd-street, Philadelphia
Mrs. H. Lee.
From Luther Martin, Esq. late Attorney-general of the State of Maryland.
I comply with your request in stating my opinion of Hamilton's Elixir . It has been used in my family for two or three years past, with uniform success, whenever colds, coughs, or similar complaints, have rendered medicine necessary. I have myself found it an excellent and agreeable remedy for a very painful and troublesome affection of the breast, accompanied with soreness, and with obstructed and difficult breathing.
On these accounts I do not hesitate to recommend Hamilton's Elixir as a valuable medicine, and deserving public attention.
LUTHER MARTIN.
HAMILTON'S ELIXIR
Is recommended as the best remedy for coughs, colds, asthmas, hooping-cough, approaching consumptions, and most disorders of the breast and lungs. This preparation will prove a valuable acquisition to public speakers who may be subject to temporary hoarseness, thickness of speech, &c. In long confirmed Asthmatic complaints where a cure can speedily be expected, this medicine affords immediate relief, moderating the fits of coughing, and rendering their recurrence less frequent. On children afflicted with the hooping cough, the like beneficial effects may confidently be expected.
ITCH CURED.
By once using Lee's Sovereign Ointment , which, although used for 20 years in Europe and for near 8 years in America, has never been known to fail in any one instance. It is perfectly innocent, warranted not to contain a particle or mercury or any pernicious ingredient, and may be used with perfect safety on an infant, being a vegetable preparation and entirely free from the offensive smell which attends most other remedies.
HAMILTON'S LOZENGES,
Which have cured more children and adults of disorders proceeding from worms, than all the medicines heretofore discovered. In addition to the great cures mentioned in the letters from the chancellor of the state of Maryland, the Rev. Mr. Moltier and others, lately published the following are submitted to the public; being selected for the purpose of showing the mild yet powerful qualities of this extraordinary medicine, which, although so mild in its operation, is competent to expel the formidable tape worm.
An infant, aged 5 weeks, of Mr. Henry Ewbank, taylor, Charles-street, Baltimore, was dangerously afflicted with convulsion fits, so that his life was despaired of, but was perfectly cured by one dose of Hamilton's Worm Lozenges , which expelled several worms, the undoubted cause of the child's disorder.
Letter from Mr. Ackerman, bricklayer, Magazine street, near Broadway, Jan. 24, 1802.
It would be ungrateful were I to withhold my testimony in favor of Hamilton's Worm Destroying Lozenges . I had been between five and six years past much indisposed, and latterly often tormented with severe griping and pains in the bowels, troubled with offensive breath, with violent feverish fits, and other obvious symptoms of worms; but frequently hearing your Worm Lozenges recommended in cases similar to mine, I determined on a trial of them, as my last resource. The first dose evacuated twelve or 13 feet of a tape worm; two other doses were taken, which brought away a quantity of matter broken like skins and pieces of worms. I suppose the tape worm, voided at different times, must in the whole have exceeded forty feet. The almost incredible benefit I received from this medicine, induced me to give a dose to a child of mine who was pining and sickly: it produced the same good effect in this instance expelling a worm of a different kind, from nine to twelve inches long, and at the same time restoring a good state of health.
HENRY ACKERMAN.
Also,
The following new and valuable Medicine, just received and for sale as above.
(Price, Two Dollars per bottle.)
Dr. Tissot's celebrated Gout and Rheumatic Drops.
NOTHING is of more importance than the preservation of health—this common sense remark however is too often forgotten, whilst we are active and strong—prevention of pain, which is superior to its cure, is not sufficiently attended to by any description of persons. Among those disorders which require the most early and unremitting efforts to eradicate and overcome, none have a stronger claim upon our notice than the Gout, Rheumatism, Lumbago, Weakness of the Joints, Sprains, Gleet, the Stone and Gravel, the Cramp and every species of Rheumatic Pains from whatever cause they may have originated—and hence every relief which can be administered is too valuable to be forgotten.—Those persons whose avocations peculiarly expose them to colds, &c. cannot be too anxious always to possess immediate aid. Sea-faring persons, travellers, &c. ought constantly to carry with them that medicine which will counteract the unpleasant effects of their perilous duties, and especially those pains to which their situation must expose them. To those who reside in or visit the West-Indies, and their warm climates, they will be found upon trial to convey the most lasting service, and will gradually destroy all tendency to disease in the human frame, and preserve health and vigor. Although a great variety of prescriptions have been published to cure the disorders enumerated above, none has yet equalled the GOUT AND RHEUMATIC DROPS of DR. TISSOT , which are celebrated throughout the European continent, and whose unbounded benefits are fully authenticated by certificates already published of gentlemen so well known in America, being of the first consequence in the state of Maryland: General Charles Ridgely, of Hampton; John Gibson, Esq. one of the directors of the Farmers' Bank of Maryland; John Macubbin, Esq. Mrs. Macubbin, his wife; and Mrs. Ryan, of Calton— Certificate of Mr. Thomas Kelso, butcher.
About three weeks since I was most violently attacked with Rheumatic pains throughout my whole frame, in so severe a manner as not to be able to turn in my bed without assistance, proceeding as I suppose from a severe cold; on being advised by a friend to apply Dr. Tissot's Gout and Rheumatic Drops , I accordingly obtained from the agents Messrs. George Dobbin and Murphy, two bottles, the application of which, under God, have perfectly restored me to health. I am therefore induced with confidence to recommend this medicine as a certain cure for the above disorder.
THOMAS KELSO.
Baltimore, July 22d, 1806.
Certificate of Mr. Thomas Campbell, Harness-maker
It would be an act of injustice to withhold my testimony of the salutary effects of Doctor Tissot's Gout and Rheumatic Drops , as I have experienced a very unequivocal instance of their virtues and efficacy. I was afflicted with two severe attacks of what is usually called Dead Palsy , from which I partially recovered, but was obliged to use crutches to aid me in walking when I left home; to this were joined violent Rheumatic pains, the result of the affliction, and I had feared the disorder would accompany me through life; but providentially it was recommended to apply at George Dobbin and Murphy's for Dr. Tissot's Drops , and after using only one bottle, found myself perfectly liberated from my disorder, and am now, thank God, as free from pain as if I never had been afflicted. Finding this medicine operate so powerfully on myself, I determined to apply it internally to my child, a boy only eleven months old, who was then reduced almost to a skeleton with the Bowel Complaint ; after administering it four times to him, his complaint was entirely removed, and he is now re-covering his strength with great rapidity.
TH. CAMPBELL.
Baltimore, July 28, 1806.
Lemons by the box,
Lisbon Wine in quarter casks, And about 4000 bushels coarse Salt, Mould Candles in small boxes, of superior quality, Window Glass in boxes,
For Sale, by
Robert T. Hooe & Co.
January 30.
coff
LANDING,
FROM SCHOONER TRAVELLER,
FOR SALE BY
Lawrason & Fowle,
50 crates well assorted Crockery Ware 50 Sd Mould Candles 50 kegs of first quality Butter 40 tons Plaister Paris 10 M. Merchantable Lumber May 15. coff
FOR SALE,
Spanish H DES,
White and Brown clayed SUGARS in bags, Muscavado SUGARS in hhds. & bks. Green COFFEE in bags, Madeira WINE, London particular market do. in pipes. half pipes and qr. cks. Catalonia do. in qr. cks. Castile SOAP in boxes, Best Spanish SEGARS, A few tons of LOGWOOD. Nath. Wattles, & Co. Feb. 26. law3m.
Just Received and For Sale
By R. GRAY, King-street,
SECRET HISTORY;
OR,
The Horrors of St. Domingo.
In a series of letters written by a lady at Cape Francois to Colonel BURR, late Vice-President of the United States.—Price $1.
MODERN CHIVALRY,
Containing the adventures of a Captain and Teague O'Regan, his servant, by H.H. Bruck- enridge, 2 vol. 12. mo.—Price $2 50 cents.
A New System of Domestic Cookery,
Formed upon principles of economy and adapted to the use of private families.—Price $7 1/2 cents. March
Printing in its various branches neatly executed at this office.
Joseph Mandeville, Corner of KING and FAIRFAX-STREETS ALEXANDRIA: HAS FOR SALE, An assortment of WINES, LIQUORS, GROCERIES, &c. Consisting of
MADEIRA
Port Sherry Lisbon Malaga Teneriffe & Corsica
WINES.
Old St. Estephe Medoc haret, in cases of one dozen
A few dozen fine old frontinac Ditto do. best wine bitters Jamaica and West-India rum New-England do. Cogniac, Bourdeaux and Naples brandy Holland and country gin Schiedam gin in cases Irish whiskey, very old 70 barrels Pennsylvania rye whiskey Cider in barrels White wine and Cider vinegar Florence oil in flasks 2 hogsheads Havanna honey 15 do. choice retailing molasses
Gunpowder
Imperial Hyson Young Hyson Hyson-Skin and Souchong
TEAS
of good quality
Muscavado sugars, different qualities Bengal white do. Loaf and lump sugars, Philadelphia, Baltimore and Alexandria.
Leiper's, Garrett's, and Hamilton's snuff, in bottles and bladders.
Macuba and rapee do.
Clover-seed, (Penn. warranted)
Mace; nutmegs; cloves; cassia; pimento; to; pepper; ginger, race and ground; Cayenne pepper; refined salt-petre.
Coffee; chocolate; rice; pearl barley; London and Philadelphia mustard; basket salt; starch; fig blue; flout indigo; Georgia and Tennessee cotton; flax; wool; hadder; copperas; alum; brimstone; chalk; pipes in boxes; wrapping paper and twine; traces; bed cords; leading lines; demijohns; gin cases; patent shot; brandy wine gunpowder; Harvey's gunpowder, [the only real British battle powder] from F to triple sealed. chewing tobacco; best Havanna segars.
Muscavel and bloom raisins in boxes.
Sun raisins in casks.
Zante currants; prunes; soft shelled almonds.
A few boxes excellent pickles, each one dozen bottles assorted; capers, olives and anovies, for sale by the box.
A quantity of clean good alum salt suitable for the fishery, &c. &c.
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
Muscavado 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, Buscellos, Sherry, Lisbon, Teneriffe, Malaga, and Genuine old Port
WINES.
Cognac and Bourdeaux Brandy, Old Jamaica Spirit, for family use, Antigua, St. Croix, St. Vincents, and New
England Rum,
Holland Gin,
Irish and country 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, dearl barley rice, starch, fig blue, soap, mould, dipt and spermaceti candles, refined salt-petre, flout indigo, alum, copperas, madder, brimstone spinning cotton, patent shot all sizes, best english and country made gunpowder, segars and smoking tobacco, very best chewing tobacco.
Hamilton and Leiper's snuff, Hunter's pipes in boxes.
London mustard, warranted of a superior quality, Dixon's best ditto, wrapping paper demijohn's, &c. &c. with generally every article in his line—the whole of which have been collected with care, and will be disposed of at the very lowest terms
PRINTED DAILY BY SAMUEL SNOWDEN, (For the Proprietor.)