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On the 10Th ult. pt. Wife, rs the
fnow RedlighteA from Philadelrhia for
Amiterdam, having M. hken the ands
end for Scilly, and by Erefs of weather
was driven in here.-I th our naval and
euitom-hou4e officers (under what pretence
know not) feized the cargo, but relin-
quiihed their claims yefte rday. and ! G,n-
pole lie will Immediately proceed on his
voyage.
ToPrevent the fhippers of -four falling
into the deluiion the reports from England
encourage, perfonwho has burnt his fin
gers tends the following tatement, whence
IT Wall appear, that flour may probably be
iaving, but cannot turn out a profitable
ihlpment, viz.
Shipping flour to England will Dis CT,
enhance the price 70 II 90
Shipping charges and commit
Freight ~ ~
Infurance
Charges and commiilions in Lon
don ~
10 50
Equal to "a fterling per
barrel. CAUTION.
~. Tar4 Com. I'D. I
BY accounts of the comminioners OF the
tobacco in{peStion, in the city Of C.har,cr-
ton, prefeneed to the Legislature, it appears
that from the 3la Of Ostober, 1870, to
the goth September, 1900, 34s4 hopf-
heads of tobacco have been INFECTED at
that warehoufe.
Extr0a efa letter fran LiSov, dated No.
Vember 9Th, to one Of tbeJfyR mercau-
H2e boyEss in PHILADELPHIA.
!" The plague continues at Cadiz, Sc
vile, St. Lucar, and Malaga, and is get
ing fat into the interior of SPAIN"
On Friday the fun of 7ooo,. was paid
at the itamp office fox Jingle itamp on A
legacv. This fun, tho certainly great.
falls i firitcly fhert of fome Others which
have within the lsit Z or IS months been
paid upon the fame account. Upon a fin
gle legacy within that period no LET'S a du-
ty than 4o,oool. was paid; upon fe-
corld .S,oool. and upon third l,oool.
The tax is fix per cent. Ian. Par.
An account of the quantity of wheat
Hour, rye flour, and Indian meal, infpett-
ed in the city of Baltimore, for the lait
quarter ending the gift December laf:
o7ozo barrels Of wheat flour
6,o5s half barrels do.
1928 barrels rye flour
81 hogfheads of Indian meal
5S8 barrels do.
half barrel do.
| PuhliheJ h1, orIo.
Alexandria advertiser and commercial intelligencer. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1800-1803, 1801-01-13
ANTHONY SAWyrp

AIN ! HON I SAWYEp
Hair Drs0sr and Perfume,
lately from Baltimore)
Royal freet, between King and ,p,; !.
itreets, fourth door fouth of the p rnss
ing Office of the Times, ~ INT
FBegs leave to inform tho
Ladies OF Alexandria, and the c,mn. 49,
generally, that having received the ns,
cit faihion Of Ladies' Wigs and Flies NV y.
will be thankful to receive their os1a y
tor the above articles, and will wsr russ'
them equal to any manufactured on shs n.
continent. ~A VI tae
p. n. 3. Any Lady wifhing to fee hi,
ing fervant to. his fhop. ''''0'
GT He has for faie, every article =
ne Pcrf'uncry line, on the mott reacana ~
bic terms. N~S'o''a-
Alex. Dec. S. 4
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Ma1ane hyurapcc LoM507lv
Of Alexand,z;0.

TIE fockholders in the Marine r.
iurance Company Of Alexandra, are here
by notified, that AN election will be held
on Thurfday the 18th day of January
next, at the Court Houfe in the laid town
tor the purPofe of eleeting fifteen perfons,
citizens OF this commonwealth, as direc.
tors Of that infitution.
]. B. NICHOLS, SEc'sY.
Form Of fozoe' to zofe BY Proxy.
- or we do hereby nominate
and empower to attend at the
meeting of the fubicribers to the Marine
lnfurance Company of Alexandra, a
Thurfday the 18th day of January next,
then and there, for me and in my name, to
vote for IS directors of faid Company.
Given under my hand this
day of
NIB. The above mutt be fubicribed
before two witnenes.
December a.. eoot
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Frefh Raiiins.
Jua received a few boxes Of excellent Raj.
fins, and for Sale, by
JOHN s. ]. TUCKER.
December 2 4. 90
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Freih Kaliins and Currants
for Sale, by

=
Robert 3. .7ameOo'1,
who has Gas ufual general aGorelnent Of
Wines, Spirits s. Groceries,
VIZ. Jamaica and w. !. Rum, old Peach,
Cogniac and Bourdeaux Brandy, Holland
Geneva, Iriih and Country Whifkev, a
few pipes of old Bill Madeira, four do.
London market do. rs half pipes 7year
Old Port, 20 quarter caflxs Sherry, Spipes
Ieneriffe, 4 pipes Catalonia, and a few
or. caiks of Lilbon and Malaga Wines,
Powder, loaf and lump Sugars, Molafes,
Spamlh Honey, Salt Petre, Copperas,
Madder, Race and ground Ginger, pi-
mento, Pepper, Mace, Nutmegs, Cloves,
Ieastof the lateR importations, Fig Blue,
GunpoWder, Patent Shot, Leiper and Ha-
mllton's Snuff in bladders and bottles.
Alum, Indigo, Pearl Barley, Starch, LOT
don brown Stout and Porter in bottles,
Almonds, fpinning Cotton, Hunters Pipes
IN kegs, Olives, Capers and Anchovies,
Chocolate, Rice, MuRard, and Spanifh Sc.
gars; all Of which will be fold low for
Gath, Country Produce, or on time to
n fs.s =
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Notice is hereby given to
the Stock Holders Of the Bank of Alexan-
dria, that an Election will Be held at the
Court Houfe in this town on the third
Monday IN January next, for the purpofe
OF choohng nine Directors Of {aid Bank,
tor the eniuing year, agreeably to charter.
GURDEN CHAPLIN, Cafh'r.
Dec. re-. DIV
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WANTED TO HIRE,

<sl ~ gre eHy"WS Je"1, 20 '1V0fx az rae,
Gyeat-Falks,
A number of active, able
bodied NEGRO MEN, for whom libe-
raj wages will be given. They will be
well fed, clothed and lodged, humanely
treated, and in cafes Of fckneis taken good
care of at the expence of the Company
Their wages will be paid quarterly, and
If deiirable to the owners, agents will be
appointed at different places to pay at the
expiration of achquarter, as may be mott
convenient to the parties. Further parti-
culars may be had by application to Mr..
Alexander Reid, at the. Great Falls, or
TO the fubfcriber in George Town.
By order Of the PRECEDENT and Direc-
tors.
JOSEPH CARLETON, &
Ire1/are,e of tbe Potomac Company.
George Town, Dec. 70. got.
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The Creditors of the Eftate
of the late Col. BURGESS BALL, are
requefted to forward to Mrs. Ball fate
ment Of their claims; as the AdminiRra
tors are anxious to provide for the diff
charge of them as early as poflible.
Loudoun, Dec. I, 1900. 9(1S) IT
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An extenlive and well choien Aaortuent
of
CALICoEs & CHINTsEs,
With variety Of other articles, this day
received, and for Sale, by
JOHN IIORSBURGH.
Ct ]. Horlburgh RESPECTFULLY informs,
thoie OF his cuftomers with whom he has
running accounts, that he is under the ne
cefity of difcontinuing this practice -
therefore in future he will fell for Cath or
Produce only.
December ~. 4
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our actions and their ienfe ofthem, enlight-
ened by benign religion, profeilsd in
deed and praetifed in various forms, vet
all OF them intoxicating honefy, truth, tenn
Perance, gratitude and the love Of man,
acknowledging and adoring an everything
providence, which by all its diipenfations
proves that it delights in the Happiness of
man here, and his greater happincls here
alter; with all theie blei1;ngs, what more
IS neceiiary to make US happy ard a prof
porous people Still one thing more, fell
low citizens, wife and frugal government,
which fhall refrain men from injuring one
another, fhall leave them othcrwife free to
regulate their own puriuits of induitry ard
Improvement, ard ihall not take from the
mouth Of labor the bread it has earned.
This is the fun Of good government and
this is necenary to clole the circle Of our
felicities.
About to enter fellow citizens, on the
cxercile of duties which comprehend every
thing dear and valuable to you, it is pro
per you fhould underaand what I deem
the ef1ential principles of our government,
and consequently thofe which ought to
f,ape its administration. will compress
them within the narrow compass they
will bear, Eating the general principle,
but not all its Limitations. Equal and ex-
act juaice to all men, of whatever fate
or perfuafion, religious or political: peace,
commerce, and honcf friendfhip with all
nations, entangling alliances with none
the tupport of the fate governments in all
their rights, as the mott competent admi-
nitrations for Our domeitic concerns, and
the fureG bulwarks againR anti-republicap
tendencies the prefervation Of the gene
raj government in its whole conaitutional
vigor, as the fleet anchor of our peace at
home, and Gafety abroad jealous care
of the right of election by the pecrle, a
mild and iafe corrective ofabufes which are
Topped by the fword OF revolution where
peaceable remedies are unprovided :--ab-
folute acquieicence in the decihons of the
majority, the vital principle Of republics,
from which is no appeal but to force, the
vital principle and immediate parent of
defpotifm "a well diiciplined militia, our
bea reliance in peace, and for the dra mo-
ments in war, till regulars may relieve
them the supremacy of the civil over
the military authority ECONOMY in the
public expence, that labor may be lightly
burthened the honeR payment of our
debts and facred preieryation of the public
faith encouragement of agriculture, and
Of commerce as its handmade the difuG-
on of information, and arraignment Of all
abufes at the bar Of the public reafon, -
freedom Of religion: freedom Of the preis /;
and freedom Of perfon, under the protection
Of the Haebas Corpus :-and trial by ju-
ries impartially ieleced. Thefe princi-
ples form the bright conaellation, which
has gone before us, and guided our aeps
through an age Of revolution and refor-
NATION. The wiidom Of our iages, and
blood Of our heroes, hays been devos-
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| that will, to be rightful, mutt be reaiona-
BILE; that the minofity ponefs their equal
| rights which equal laws mutt protect, and
! to violate would be oppreAion. Let us
! then, fellow citizens, unite with one heart
| and one mind, let us refore to focal in
tercourie that harmony and affection with
out which liberty, and even life itfelf, are
but dreary things. And let US reflect that
having banilhed from our land that religi-
Gus intolerance under which mankind 70
long bled and fufsred we have yet gained
little, if we countenance political into
lerance, as deipotic, as wicked, and capa-
bic Of as bitter and bloody perfecutions.
During the thrces and convuiiions of the
ancient world during the agonifng lpafns
of Infatuated man, feeking through blood
and laughter his lot liberty, it was not
wonderful that the agitation Of the bill
lows thould reach even this ditant and
peaceful ihore; that this fhould be more
felt ard feared by iome and lefs by others
and Gould civide opinions as to meafures
of faiety; but every difference Of opinion
is not difference ofprinciple. We have
called by different names brethren Of the
fame principle. We are all republicans
we are all federaliits. Ii there be any a
,nongus who would with to diHolve this
Union or to change its republican form,
let them ltand undiRurbed as monuments
Of the fafety with which error Of opinion
may be tolerated, where reafon is lett free
to combat it. I know indeed that fome
honef men fear that a republican 60
yernment cannot be itrong; that this
government is not frong enough. But
would the hcnef patriot, in the full
tide Of fuceefsful experiment, abandon
a government which has 70 far kept
US free and firm, on the thecretic and vi
fionary fear, that this government, the
world 'sIbeahore, may, by pofibility, want
energy to preferve itielf? trua rot. I
believe this, on the contrary, the nrongef
government on earth. l believe it the
only one, where every man, at the call Of
the law, would fly to the ftandard of the
law, and would meet ipvafon of the pub
lie order as his own perfonal concern
Sometimes it is faid that man cannot be
truned~with the government of him1elf.
Can he then be truaed with the govern
ment Of others? Or have we found angels,
in the formof kings, to govern him Let
hiftory anfwer this queftion.
Let us then, with courage and confidence
purfue our own federal and republican prin-
ciples our attachment to union and re-
preventative government. Kindly fepa-
rated by nature and wide ocean from the
e&terminstihg havoc Of one quarter of the
globe; too high minded to endure the de-
gfadations of the others, poHefing cho-
fen country, with room enough for our de-
Pendants to the thoufandth and thoufandth
generation, entertaining due ienfc of our
equal right to the ufe Of our own faculties,
to the acquifitions Of our ownindufry, to
! honor and confidence from our fellow clti-
zens, rciulting not from birth, but from
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I IL
text OF civic infruetion, the touchtto.s(
by which to try the iervices of thoie we
fruit !; and fhould we wander from them
IN moments OF error or of alarm, letus
haiten to retrace our feps, and to regain
the road which aloneleads to peace, liber-
ty and fafety.
repair then, fellow citizens, to the
poit you hayea0igned me. With experience
enough in iubordinate Offices to have feen
the difficulties of this the greateR of all, +
have learnt to expect that it will rarely
tall to the lot of imperfect man to retire
from this itation with the reputation, and.
the favor, which bring him into it. With (,
out pretentions to that high confidence you
repoied In our fira and greatea revolpti-
onary character, Whole pre-eminent fer
vices had entitled him to the hrR place in
his country's love, and defined Tor him
the tairei1 page in the volume of faithful
hiitory, | ak 10 much confidence only as
may give frmnefs and effect to the legal
administration of your affairs. Ifhall Of
ten go wrong through defect Of Judgment.
When right, l fhall often be thought
wrong by thofe whole petitions willanot
command a view of the whole ground. j
afk your indulgence for my own errors,
which will neverbe intentional; and your
fupport againf the errors of others, who
may condemn hat they would not fifteen in
all its parts. The appreciation implied by
your outrage is great confolation to me
for the paft; and my future .folicitude will
be to retain the good opinion ofthoie who
have beloved it in advance, to conciliatc
that of Others by doing them all the good
in my power, and to be inftrumental to
the Happiness and freedom of all.
Relying then, on the patronage of your
good will, have advanced with obedi-
ence to the work, ready to retire from it
whenever you become ienGble how much
better choices it is in your power to make.
And may that infinite power, whichrules
the deftinies OF, the univerfe, lead our
councils to what is bef, and give them
favorable iaue for our peace aud profpe-
rity.
On Monday, the late PRECEDENT of the
United States fent meHage to the Senate
in relation to the FRENCH Conventions.
He obferved that it was his with that
the Convention fhould have been ratified
entire. Butas different opinion was en-
tertained by the Senate, refpeA for the
high authority of that body induced him
to ratify it, under the conditions they had
impofed that he had nominated MIR. Bay
ard, minifer plenipotcntiary to France ;
but that. Mr. ,Bayard had aligned to him
the mott Satisfactory reafohs for declining
the embany ;--reafons which would ope-
rate to prevent him from nominating any
other individual qualified to difchargt
faithfully the duties of minifer. III
therefore iufered the bufneis to deyoly,
| on his iuccelor,
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WASHINGTON, March 4.
PRESIDENTS SPEECH.

i4 ftFFEkSON, IYeJzdent OF
tie United States, took the oath
Of office required BY the ComRi-
haion, IN the Senate Chamber,
4 IN preienee Of the Senate, the
members ofthe Houje ofRepre-
,/entatives, the Public @cevs,.
and a large concouaJe o. citizens.
Preuiouly to which he hIve7ed
the /oAoulng ADDRESS:
Friends and Felzc7v Caizeus,
CALLED upon to undertake the duties
of the fif executive Office of our coIn-
Try, laval myfsIf Of tie prefence Of that
portion cfn1y fellow citizens which is here
afembled to express my grateful thanks for
the fayorwi which they have been pleaf-
ed to lock towards me, to declare I'm
cere confciounefs that the talk is above my
talents, ard that ! approach it with thoie
anxious and awful preientiments which the
greatness Of. the charge, and the weakness
Of my powers 70 JULY infpire. A rifng
nation, fpresd over a wide and fruitful
land, traYeriing all the feas with the rich
productions Of their indunry, engaged in
commerce with nations who feel power and
forget right, advancing rapidly to deei-
mes beyond the reach OF mortal eye; when
contemplate theie trafcendent objects,
ard lee the homer, the happinefs, and the
hopes of this beloved country committed
to the iiue and aufrices Of this day, l
ihfink from the contemplation ard humble
myiet before the magnitude of the under
taking, Utterly indeed II ould l defpair,
Oh. did not the preience of many, whom /
Iefe lee, remind me, that, in the other
nigh authorities provided by our ccnfitu-
/. ION, ] thall fnd refources of wiidom, of
virtue, ard of zeal, on which to rely UNI
der all difficulties. To you then gentle
men, who are charged with the fsvereign
functions of legiilation, and to thofe ailo-
GATED with you, look with encourage
ment, ter that guidance and fupport which
may enable us to feer with fafety the vef-
lei In which we are. all embarked, amidft
the conflicting elements Of a troubled
world.
During the contea Of opinion through
winch we have paf, the animation Of diff
eui'lons and of exertions has fometimes
worn an afpef which might impcie on
nsransers unuled to think freely, and to
.peak and to write what they think !; but
.nls being now decided by the voice Of
we nation, announced according TO the
.ales OF the contribution, all will Of courie
orange thenfelves under the will Of the
avs and unite in common efforts for. the
sp vnnlon good. All too will bear in MIND
as ,s 'acred principle, that though the vii
= INC majority is in all cafes to prevail.
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fachuietts, as to the POI Per of the lsgiaa-
ture. They were faid ID be extremely d.
minutiyc. He wi1sed them not to be 70
confined: he wiihed them to be as enlarg-
ed as poGible, and he believed their inveifi-
cation would prove them to be of more
confeGuence than lad been reprefcnted.
,Otherwite indeed the argument for annual
elections would be more frong. AS theie
powers mutt necenarily reach to all the i'm
portant concerns of perional property, he
wiihed the Legislature to be elected for two
years, Ia lels time than which there could
be no poaible chance of duly eliminating
the talents or integrity Of the reprefcnta
tives. By an election for that time, they
would be better able and more inclined to
advance the interefs of the diRrief, thar,
under the imPre.ion that they are fubjesf-
ed to an annual removal, as the fpirit of
the times right dictate. He was fully
periuaded if one important feature of The
bill was changed, to gain friends from one
quarter Of the houie, the very aet would
loie as many in another quarter. He
hoped the modification would not prevail.
MIR. Claiborne wifhed to give the peo-
pie of this diitrid law but of very
diff rent COM eionfrom the one now PR
poied Whit he profeHed to be their
friend, he never could Become their enc
my. If gentlemen wifhed the bill to pats,
1t ought to afford to them their former
uiages, and as far as pofible, their rights
OF iuifrage. He always underaood it as
firit principle of American policy to make
the recurrence Of elections frequent, in
order to guard with iecurity the peoples
rights. This principle is praeifed by
nearly all the fates, and has been allowed
by the arguments Of tlofe gentlemen
who have fpoken. But, like other good
things, they fear it might lead to licenti-
ouineis; butfnrcly as great evils may come
from the want of elections frequent
enough. There was medium in the niaee
Of the different fates, MIR. 9. oblerved.
which he wiihed to fee followed in this in
fance. Out of fxteen fates, fourteen
had followed this medium, to wit: annual
elections. Of the other two, one voted
biennially, the other femi-annually. Why
fhould different mode of election be fol-
lowed here to what was 70 generally the
practice Of the fate governments /? Was it
merely becaufe the general government az
tembled here !? 1t might be remembered,
that fome ofthc Gates, he thought Of that
number was MaGachufeits, who itrenuouf.
y contended in the general convention for
the annual returns Of members to that
houfe, and but for the arguments of one
gentleman, they would have given their
vote for that couric. IF 70 then, it was
clear that the ienfe of the members from
that fate was materially at difference with
the opinion Of their conitituents.l Could
it be poflible then, that the gentleman
from Ma6achufetts fhould prefer biennial
elections for diftrid where in its own ma
ture their representatives could not be un-
known to the people. He thought the
elections ought at leaft to he once year. |
and indeed were it every fix months, the