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Jenks's Portland gazette. [volume] (Portland [Me.]) 1799-1802, 1801-07-06
NATHAN BOND.

n Portland, n the diar'9 Of Maine, broker and
nsTyhaGi, zad The fac Nathan Boui has bgen de-
glsTsd BankTupt; ne is hereby required TO fur.
lzudeT himitH 10 the Comm fIiouers IN The laid
Conmiilos nsmei, or to The major part ct thsm,
= ths zqh June, and on me 18TH July next, and
iar 10th day OF Auguf Gext, Al ten O'Clock IN the
isenOOn Of each of faid days, At the Auction room
q EfDar4 0sEa d, 10 FIlh-Streei, Portland, ard
make fall difclofdre and difcovery Of his eaa,e
al rHedsj-whe ard where his creditors are
tutbY notified 10 come prepared 10 prove their
esois; and at the tecond meeting TO chOOfe an
snsnee or siigaees; and AZ the lat meeting taid
haakfUpt srequired 10 inlh his examination and
nc indlaf meeting, any of the creditors of faid
bankrupt may be heard, If they fhaI think III, BE-
lss laid commilIiooers, againt the making or al
Daas q certificate to the judge Of iaid dfritt 10
'au'l' Toe fad Bankrupt 10 Certificate az dif-
salfss' All Peroas Indebted 10 fad Bankrupt are
Z naSe payment, and thoi- wh, have any Of hts
80. 80 arg 10 deve. the fame, 10 fuch psrfons only
a''ns CoInllIoners fhall appoint.
EDWARD OXNARD,
EBENEZER MAYO,
JOSEPH TITCOMB.
r'FtaEd zotb 9Y7e E2or
Jenks's Portland gazette. [volume] (Portland [Me.]) 1799-1802, 1801-07-06

.-,rg copsexion il buineiS, carried on BY the
g e.bFcribsrs under the firm OF WILLIAM
-epeS i %. was, b. mutual Confent, difnlved
pooD IN infant. Tbs concerns ofthe boute in
sans will be ie:tled by EDwARD WEAVER,
fg 4,hor, ID Boaon, bY ESQ. WAKEFIELD,
az 'N''- WILLIAM DOBBS,
EDWARD WEAVER,
GEORGE wakefield.
p,rtlarl, zgib Saass 1907.
Jenks's Portland gazette. [volume] (Portland [Me.]) 1799-1802, 1801-07-06
FOR SALE

n VFDV AON on IL.
d.I;. convenient .DWELLING-HoUSE, n
? Fee ersn'iome and healthy part of The town,
Days,s.yGa.I Lkewifr, ore other Hour- on
4oa bea5,;eI' and STATE 6yeet, which commands a
Either oe y ProiPset Of the town and harbor.
~ Tie unr,slS S houies will be fold on eafy terms
Saaler' For terms apply to
parflaag = ] DELANO.
~ 3-W.
Jenks's Portland gazette. [volume] (Portland [Me.]) 1799-1802, 1801-07-06
[votunr Nv.

joint, replied, "WhenI was il the other world
1 vas the Earl Of Rocbeitsr. peer or tbe realm
OF glaod tut nov am whatever your
5e'llhiPs may pleale 70 call me-
Jenks's Portland gazette. [volume] (Portland [Me.]) 1799-1802, 1801-07-06

John Langdon, Etq, Of PortfmoutH, Is aP-
pointed Secretary Of the Navy Of the U States
The duties Of which have been performed BIZ
Gen. Smith, of Baltimore,
Jenks's Portland gazette. [volume] (Portland [Me.]) 1799-1802, 1801-07-06

a Bgrcv TO LET,
- patoa = ORE ia Fore -treet, in good fi.-
e.ccer 80 Ior dealer ia Wet India Good. and
inquire at WIN. Fennely's Office.
Jenks's Portland gazette. [volume] (Portland [Me.]) 1799-1802, 1801-07-06
Bowdoin College.

ssby even that ,hs le%, oo1 6 n1S5
oses', Gi -, s3T o, 10, So 3 mee sHa as
shoeF"eo .osle Of IoHN DuNNiNG, in ByHgEgist at
shs ewsia" A. on laid day, for the expreis purPoie
70 oc0ch pre1dtnt for fid College and therefore
q choouns tendance Of the Members 10 requefttd
Pnnttas' A'''' MARK LANCDON HILL, Sse'ry.
,.....~u. Tsss 21d, 1861.
Jenks's Portland gazette. [volume] (Portland [Me.]) 1799-1802, 1801-07-06
The Conartnerihip Of

P0ARDM " q LII 1 LIZ
!. nrlr.3 By mural agreement. Al perions con
~ ~ ~ requea to call for iettlemen5
eoA- BENJAMIN BOARDMAN.
CHARLES LITTLE.
g.r sGis. lSo'.
Jenks's Portland gazette. [volume] (Portland [Me.]) 1799-1802, 1801-07-06

French chenif, Chafee has difcovered thar Il the
bodies Of men or animals be plunged for fome time "
fouton Of corrective flblinate, aad atereArls dried
they afnn1e the conhhency Of wood and The air pro-
duees no o.ieGt uPon them and fth@ bodies be IN
cGfed before they arc plunged ia the liquid, thsy viii
retain the colohr and appearance Of hfc end conle-
quently form mumnis far perfect than the EgyP-
tan.
Jenks's Portland gazette. [volume] (Portland [Me.]) 1799-1802, 1801-07-06
BANKRUPTCY.

TI7HEREES a Commi1on Of Bankruptcy, foun-
w id u2op tbs aet Of COngrsfs Of th- United
s,ars, psfld % the fourth day Of April, 500, ca
titled an act 10 eGabIlh a uniform fya-m If
Bankruptcy ihrcnghout the United States" has
bcro awarded ana Hned aEzinf
Jenks's Portland gazette. [volume] (Portland [Me.]) 1799-1802, 1801-07-06

y ENEW their annual addrets o the iuhabtanfs
N Of the town Of Portland, by repuhiiG5ing the
nth fiction Of the law 70 prr0ent The lprs4ai7g n
Malignant ttvey5 and coHa{ iouJ yfckasjJ, 10 which
heyrequea that particular attention may be paid
II he preftnt E,afOn. The fiction IS as follows:
Jenks's Portland gazette. [volume] (Portland [Me.]) 1799-1802, 1801-07-06

?f/5e n9tica5 Of tie Rec-gfva,s Gyrew5, or r7oV
iag F,q1', astyi6edm Bofaaic~ Garden, Part III.
Cakto Is Z s}5 e fq. By DR.. MITCHELL
Alexandria advertiser and commercial intelligencer. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1800-1803, 1801-09-15
french Bur Stones.
Inenty Dollars Rezunrd

For apprehending and fecuring 5ryy0,d,
Muiatto man, carpenter by trade, who
eioped abont the 23d day oflaR June he
IS a middle fixed fellow, about 20 wears
OF age, light complexion, black eyes, and
much freckled, his hair thick and gene
rally combed up pretty high before, plea
fant, foft, fmiling countenance, has fear
on one of his arms near the fboulder. the
particular arm cannot at prefent recol
ieet. II is fuppofed that he is LURKING q
bout Dum.ries where he lately lived tonne
time, by permifiion of Mifs Betsv T'vler
TO whom he belongs and of whom hired
MN Tor the Preient year. He took off
unory clothes Of Bingham, cloth, &c.
which l cannot at prefent defcribe.
JOHN HOOE.
avg 80. zaw3w
Alexandria advertiser and commercial intelligencer. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1800-1803, 1801-09-15
To be Let,
For one wear. or Ionaer e -,

For one year, or longer if required,
The HOUSE and two acre
LOT, Including two wellcultivated gar
dens, at prefent occupied by the fpbfcrib.
er, nearly adjoining Mr.. Hooff's meadow.
and within fhort offence of the town Of
alexandria, The heufe is in complete
order tor the reception of genteel family.
roiietiion may be had Immediately ON an
phcst'or to JOHN WHITE,
corner OF Fairfax and Cameron freets.
July II. j
Alexandria advertiser and commercial intelligencer. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1800-1803, 1801-09-15
3 rlfimcre, 1891.
P r orc S AIS,
BY Warner g Ha7ina,
For pa5!ihing by Subscription,
S'x g9l4mts Il
SELECT PLAYS,
10 be entitled,
ne American I heatre
CONDITIONS.

i. The whole fet VIII be printed in !
handiome duodecimo ii4e, on ;uier
line Wove paper, and new type, .sau.
purpoie.y ter the work.
2. The price TO iabicriacrs, neatly boupd
and lssssred, viii be one dollar pcy V,
l.re---to r-tubicsine.s che dolias and
fevcnsy- five cents.
3. No money required until The deliver
of each yolaine, and az the complet;oo
of the Whole iii: Of its patrons viii :.
given.
4. The firG volume will con6e Of the fol.
lowing .noch admired plays - Ceah
Speare, Ilrir at La4v, TIE Sranser
and Srerefs Noub KnoaVIxg.
s. The publiihers pledge thcmlelyes to
be particular in their feleGtion, by siy.
ing place 10 iuch plays as are publicly
and jufly admired for purity of fenu.
menr, and elegance of dittion and no
.expence withheld in rendering the work
for beauty equal to any in America.
Or When it is conGdcred that the A.
rerican public have never as yet bsen Gu,
N pcnefiion, frpm'a pref in this country,
eta fee oFweli tcietted ard spfrcYed lays,
caTabie afplodcclqg nlch rational iebu.
aaeat, cha.,e Wit, ard good hunor, 70
we'll calculated TO incu'catc morality, a.
mufe, recreate and animate the mina--ths
publiihers fatfer rhemf:lves their exer.i-
ons viii meet with encouragement.
e. SAl/fuptious are ,rtei.ved al til.
o1fce of The ALEXANDRIA ADVERTISER.
Alexandria advertiser and commercial intelligencer. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1800-1803, 1801-09-15
FsUe Dollars Reward.


RAN AWAY on Tuefday the Sthinft.
an apprentice to the hair dretling buhnels,
named WiLiam Couuor. He is about S
years of age, ftout maze, about $ feet 6
inches high. He took with him Bath
coating coatee of a light colour, marx asa
trowie rs, and a fur hat i,aif worn. I, it
;lpPofod he is gone towards Geors etown,
where his relations live.
Whoever takes ~ laid apprentice, ana
fecures him in any Jail oth4t l get tl,a
again, ihall receive the above reward, and
ali Reasonable expences paid if brought
home.
PETER NOWLAND.
N. B. / forwarn all perfons frem en-
ploying or harboring him at their peril.
Sept. 10. d4t
Alexandria advertiser and commercial intelligencer. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1800-1803, 1801-09-15
JOHN G.. l. ADD
HAS REMOVED

His Store of Goods, from the Frame
Warehoufe, on Col. Gilpin's wharf, TO
the Brick Warehouie next directly welt
ward thereof, where he offers for lale. a
variety of WET and DRY GOODS on
very realonable terms.
Ru6sa Sheetangs.
A few bales of the bef quality, emit
titled to drawback on expectation, iuft
received and for fale as above.
Intending to leave this place Eome few.
weeks, my brother, MIR. Nii1,am Ladd.
WIZ attend TO my concerns during my alb
ience. JOHN G. LADD.
July ~.
Alexandria advertiser and commercial intelligencer. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1800-1803, 1801-09-15
V1tlt19le .PIobeYt" for Sale.

p0tUt1o1e If6pcYI" f0T safe.
SEVEN hundred and eighty-eight acres
m the county OF Hampfhire, on the wa
tiers OF Great Cape Capon, about 20 miles
from the Warm Springs, and 80 from
Winchester. This land is full Of wood,
oak and pine timber. Two excellent farms
may be made, with 80 to 90 acres ofbot-
tom, and rich high. lands to each; and in
the heart of the timber there is fine feat
tor a iaw-miI' Capt. Daniel Rice will
shew the lands.
Ihree thoufand eight hundred and for
ty-tve acres in the county of Ohio, on
the waters Of Grave and Fifth Creeks,
near the river Ohio, and about SO miles
below Pittibnrg. Some of thefe lands ar
very good, with comfortable quantities OF
rich bottom, and plenty of excellent tim
Der. Robert Woods, Efq. the Surveyog
OF that county, will thew thefe lands.
One hundred feyenty-hx and three
iourths acres, within three miles of the
Warm Springs, upon Great Cape Capon,
near Its mourn, and within I of a mile
OF the River Potomak. This land has
amour 10 or 80 acres OF rich bottom,
nioaly in cultivation, with IA fine Sugay
Trees on it; from which I am informed,
there may bemade 3ooolb. of good fugar
annually. There are alto feat for griG
and iaw mills on il, equal to any in that
neIghborhood, and upon never falling
itream OF water. The upland is rich,
with plenty of timber, and part under cul.
tivation. This farm is well improved
with good orchard, houfcs and fencing,
and rented iaf year for produce equal to
fixty pounds per ann. Mir. Jofeph Butler,
at the Warm Springs, will thew il. I will
fell all, or any of the above lands for cath
or upon credit, or take in exchange for
them lands 10 Fairfax County, or lots OF
land in the City OF Alexandria, or the
City of Wilmington.
r. T. HOoE.
January Is, 60
Alexandria advertiser and commercial intelligencer. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1800-1803, 1801-09-15
VALUABLE LOTS,
AND
GROUND RENTS
In the town of Alexandria, for Sale.

In the town OF Alexandria, tor Sale.
Will BE SOLD, at Public AuaDn, on
f6e p,rmJss, on the ffeOnd Monday lit
No'Uemder nesf, tbe 1oilo4ving ualuabk
Lots in THE fosOu Of Alexaudria, ViS.
One LOT ftuate on the
eof ride Of Fairfax a,eet and /omb Ede Of
Kmg freef, fronting On Fairfax freet 81
feet, and on King ./qrert SO feet s inches,
founded on hbe ./outb BY an alley. Tbii
lot is one Of tbe bef .ftuafiou, in the to4vs
Of Alesana,1a far b4/fueG, and has on it a
large and eoaVenieat fo,r and doseliiug
box(e.
One other LOT Etuate ON
the ,/outb -lde fixing frret, bet1veen va
ter and Orion R,eefs, fronting on King
J9,ref 90 feel, and extenaing back III
feet to an aLlry.
And one other LOT ON the
qosf EAe efWute, a,eet, Jyontug on VA
fsrf,eef 81 feet, extending tack 60 fa
S inches ia an alley, andis 6suuded ouM
norib by an alley.
Alto,
The tollo9vizg GROUND RENTS in
fee, Vis.
Il Rent Of t1Oo h1u1dred
and t1oo aollars and an hall, grantedy
Job0 .JeneAs, oAny Wiudlar, jas. Jenstt
and Cra7gford Jtueks, to .1oba fHSg-
rala, late dee'd, bis heirs aaa qDfgns tar-
ever, Dui1g ait debarged on tqvo hh
Of grs4ua on The eef tide Of Water Fnn
audI/o~fb Ede efKiug g,eef.
And one other Rent OF
favent, orr p0n~ds, euy,ext mosey of Y1-
.giuia, granted BY Benjamin L0ng fen 10
10 The Jaid Johu Fitgerala, bis heirs and
1Dhgns tsreEer, Dniag ait e and cknxgel
on a f0t Of gr01nd en- The /dutb tide IT King
Jf'tef, befzcfen W0ter aad UAjon Jfrtct',
7obicb /rvsy4i Its and grsasa ,eats, qot,s
eonpcyea ~ Jaia Jobu FItSgsrnll 10 fb'
Jn1lcn6ers.
One 16a'tb ef tie 5nreb<Ie many qpN
be reqnired IN c,IA4, emf nofes, zceN cg~
6oyled, negssiabir IN. tie hank 1fA1exan-
dria, or IN any Of the 6oaks of BuIfimo,t,
in tbe hank Of Coi4mbiu, b4ynbh IL
thirty, Fx!y and nuely aDys, 5vjfl bt fdkcs
far tie rxGdae.
Wallace, .johnion s. Nun
SePt 8. Isw4w, ddts
- - -.
PRINTED DAILY ~
Alexandria advertiser and commercial intelligencer. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1800-1803, 1801-09-15
I hompion and Veltch

IIIOIIIpIOII ana VtItCII
Haze received BY ibe brig Commerce, eapt.
B4Aaqvm, .f,0m England,
A Coniignlnent Of q Quantity Of
ID K 7 G q q ID S,
Amonga which are,
Printed calcoes and chintzes.
Mullins Of various kinds,
Plain ard figured ca.nbric,
Muilinetts and diInities,
Irith linens and table linens,
Shawls, hoiiery and ribbons,
Blanketing, ferges, sc. &c.
Being deiirous of cloiing the iales fpeedily,
the above goods will be fold mutually low,
for cath, produce or notes at a ihort date.
Alexandria advertiser and commercial intelligencer. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1800-1803, 1801-09-15
pST RECEIVED,

Just RECEIVED,
1t The old Fruit Store,
Los9er end Il Price arset,
A quantity Of fish Lines,
Some excellent Cheeie, i
Bacon and Pork, ard
Il general aDortment of Groceries.
THOMAS SIMMS.
June 8. d
Alexandria advertiser and commercial intelligencer. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1800-1803, 1801-09-15
COLUMBIA ACADEMY,
King Street, bet4oeen Pit and RoyaISreets,
ALEXANDRIA,.

hLEA
Young Gentlemen are taught
Englifh, French, Latin, Greek, Writing,
Arithmetic, Bookkeeping, Geography,
Mathematics, with other branches of an
uieul and ornamental education, by the
Rev. gan,es Cbanbers, A. M.
many years matter of Boarding School in
England.
TERMS.
DoL. Cts.
Education, Board, Lodging, l
Wafhing and Stationary, : 50
per quarter,
Day Scholars, for Latin, |
French, &c. 7 50
Do. do. for Engliih, l
French, &c.
Do. do. for Englifh, Al
rlthmetic, &c.
N. B. Proper aflifants are conRantIy
employed. Young ladies are taught in
feparate claaes, Englilh, French, Writ
'ng, Arithmetic and Geography, in fepa-
rate apartments. Great care will be taken
TO fintfruet the more advanced youth in
the elements Of competition, particularly
Eplitolary Writing, and the rules to be
obierved in Public Speaking.
Auguit 1. 4
Alexandria advertiser and commercial intelligencer. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1800-1803, 1801-09-15
10 LET,
FOR SALE.

FOX SALE,
A tzJo .12o,y HOUSE and
LOT Iug npon tb. e,yuer Of King aud
Alftsdf,<efs. The boxie is qesll fsjNed,
cvifb eUe,y aece0ay accommodation, con-
JJfi1g efa faniry, kitchen, TABLE, CARR
age b0gfe, ./'moke bo1/e, &c. &c. lbeist
is 90 fect front on King fyeet, BY 100
jeet back 70 as feet aAly.
Alto,
4 tpo j2o1y HOUSE, 40
feet Jfout, 4vib h4Lr acre lat, mtluaiue
a.ga,aen neatly paled in, Lymg uboa t6s
Garner of CAmeror and ALred E,eets.-
The b0Hfe is very eonvexirat, 1vit5 a kitcb-
en-, yfore room, Fable, sc. &c.
ALTO,
4 FARM about three and
an half miles from alexandria, eont0iuiug
a6onf 100 acres, party 1ing on The Col
e6sfer read, and commanding a ve,y ex-
fessfve p,eIpea Of The toquu and rivey ;
qoifb a dau~lhxg bo1/e "a feet BY 81, a
kitchen Attaining, and lrveral imbrove-
@"oS''"S " /" O"'H anu JI6OEe 90
feet BY 20. There are about IS acres Of
land cleared, avitb q .youug orchard eou-
tanning 06om 600 trees Of choice fruit
F0rterms attI to
THOS. RICHARDS,
A6is fore opbelfse The WIgh1mgtoa tavr,n.
4AAgaf IS.
FOR SALE,
A valuable lot Of ground
OH Royal itreet, between Cameron and
King itreets, on which are erected two
fmail frame dwelling Houfes the lot is
IS fect front, and Iz3 feet 6 inches deep.
Apply to
HENRY and THOS. MOORE.
Augutf IL. d
Alexandria advertiser and commercial intelligencer. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1800-1803, 1801-01-29

Mn Equator, Wilton, for St. Thomas,
.zert TO Tea on Friday laf.
sch,r Nancy, Ford, from hence, has
,rr;ved at Port Republican in IS days.
Ship Harry, Boyd, for Lifbon, and
6ch,r Diana, Conygham, for Africa,
went to Tea on Friday latt.
Ext,aa g a letter from CAP. Hays, Of
tie Eb'y Tzvo Byatkeys, dated Bar
6adoes, 2f Dec. 1850.
" could make you laugh with a va
r;ety Of anecdotes, but will mmenc
with one Of a more ferrous nature, the
particulars Of which would be too lengthy
for the preient-fuface to tell you l have
been dragged out OF my W boat, with
one of my people, by capt. Ma,fon, Of
the Seine iloop Of war; who told me he
would cool me with two dozen, for no
other reafon than my trying to prevent
his people from taking the man out Of my
boat; however after beating me whi!R
two Of his people held u1e, and his bow
man truck me feveral times with his boat
hook, the Noble Capt. ordered me to be
lafled to the fchooner's bow-fprit, where
they left me lahed down On my back
and carried Off Thomas Moody, a citizen
of the United States, who at the fame
time had his certificate in his pocket"
Alexandria advertiser and commercial intelligencer. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1800-1803, 1801-01-29
ohreve and Tannev.

aapsT far laka ttbeiy R1re, on Uu;cu-Ar<e,
Dsf oAoGuing articles
50 boxes Florence do.
20 do. Cattle foap
90 do. dipt candles
90 do. mould do.
90 80 40. Hayanna fegars
Hvfo oalfels Eaft &Wea- India fugars
lyon iuchong and bohea teas
WTunpfooi Barcelona brandy
c lha,'ln to and wrapping paper
DIN ahorted in boxes
S0iila duck ard cordage
A few h. OF ihoes and foal leather
PIECE. Js,es OF Gurrahs, and a few
January IS.
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IN this country, as are willing occafonaIl u
to lend the aid of their refearches IN BRO I
noting the public welfare : and the prosgsI
peet OF a more enlarged intercourie wiz
Europe, which prefent appearances holTs
out, mutt greatly enhance the value of this
medium, for diaeminating American dit.
coveries and improvements ~thouehout the
learned world.
This work is publihed in quarterly UNI
bers, tour numbers annually, form;nr an
octave volume of between a and 600 pa
ges. Three complete volumes, and 2 quar-
terly numbers of the fourth volume. are al
ready before the public. The copies of
the two hris volumes having become fcarce
iome time ago, a fecond edition of shem
was undertaken and is now fnithea. 20
that complete iets OF the volumes NAV
hereafter be readily obtained.-And the
editors are determined TO iiparc no excStiors
In the iupPors and Improvement of their
plan, and IN their cndeavors TO deEerve
that extraordinary degree ocpublic patro-
mage which they have uniformly experience
ed.
Me1rs. t. and / Swords, ! N. York,
the printers and pubi;lhcrs OF tic work,
will be careful ipeedily to tranfmit a num-
Der OF iets TO bookiellers nall the princi-
pal towns OF the United States, IN order 20
facilitate its general circulation.
Alexandria advertiser and commercial intelligencer. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1800-1803, 1801-01-29
The Editors s'Me Medical RetoEtorv.
TO THE

ItiE friends of f%cience, and Especially
the phyficians in the United States, are in.
vlted to attend to the progrets of an Anne
rican work, entitled, The MeAcaI Re-
f9htoy, and Revie7v GAme,1cau bubkcn-
f1sn' o MeaiciAe, Surgery, axdthe auxKa-
~ branches Of PkHeGbby; !" conducted by
Samuel l.. Mitchell, Nj. D. protector of
chemifry in the college of New-York,
&c. and Edward Miller, M. D.
The frf department. of this work is
devoted to original ellays, chiefly writ
ten In America, on various fub;e4s of
practical Medicine and Surgery-on Me
dlcal Philofophy-on Chclni}ry, and its
application to the materia redica, to
p~hyhology, to public economy and to the
arrs-on agriculture, natural hittory, and
uiual projects ard inventions III America
Including particularly an account of a
large ihare OF Our natural productions, a
great body of facts and documents relative
20 our endemic diieaies ESPECIALLY the
Yellow Fever, and an iuteref}ing chemi-
Cal diicuaion, as carried on in this coun-
try, concerning the points Of v~arience be-
tween the PhilosiNians and their oppo-
nents. The iecond department. is align
ed to a review Of the more respectable
publications made in America on the above
merit oned iuhjetts; exhibiting the fub-
ltance OF the works, extraSts from their
contents, and opinions on their objects
and value.-And the third department
contains a large MATS Of medical and phi-
loioPh,cal intelligence, collected from Fla.
rope as well as america: Especially new
modes OF treating diieaGes; new remedies
introduced into practice; and new hints,
facts, doctrines, diicoveries, inventions,
&c. extracted from periodical ard Other
publications !; together with all the in
formation which the editors can obtain
by an exteniiye correspondence, foreign
and donef3ic: The whole forming a full
and regular exhibition Of the fate and pro-
grels Of medical and philosophical know
ledge in Europe and America.
The number Of communications from
all parts of The United States feems to con-
ter on the Medical Repo6tory, the itarnp
Of a National Work. Many of theie com
nunications exhibit an extent Of learning,
and talents for ob{ervation and inquiry
which would do honor to the oldei and
mof enlightened countries. Nor have
thefe communications been received only
from physicians. Among the clergy and
lawyers, as well as other claies Of citizens,
are found contributors of great merit,
whole papers do not only reject credit or
the authors, but indicate the zeal of tbofe
projections, and ofthe community in gene
raj, for the promotion of liberal %fcience.
In a young fociety, whole literary and
&c entihc reiources are yet only beginning
to be explored, thefe examples mutt pro-
duce the beft effects and it is with patri-
otto pride as we'll as grateful fenfbility
that the editors review iuch a MATS ofcor-
reipondence that while it greatly enriches
the work, affords to themlelves a 6atter-
II s .-~-EzG. L - -
Alexandria advertiser and commercial intelligencer. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1800-1803, 1801-01-29
St. JOHNS, IN. b. December II.

JSltl< ., IN. E.j DeceInOer II.
Inc following particulars relative tc
the fchooner Argo, Of Portland, were for
Wafaed to US BY capt. ThuEber, for pub
lication:
On the sqth Nov. I failed from the
Grand pafage--aboue a league diitancc
from the entrance Of II, between the hours
OF one and two ?. III. [ fell in with the
wreck OF a {chooner of about no tons
oaftilen-the main-maa cut away, and
entirely gone, with fail, hrouds andboom:
soss'aeI with the running rigging Oh the
malt-the infde work Of her cabin fwept
e,ean away, and her cabin full OF lumber.
.M examining her aern5 ionDd her to be
INC Argo, OF Portland. Neither chefs
y papers were found On board, except a
Iueetion or 2 John Dyer. She wa
e win lunber-boxes and ho2fheads
VI iorewed 6fh-her bottom in a nnanpe
love to pieces. '''ei
Alexandria advertiser and commercial intelligencer. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1800-1803, 1801-01-29
CHARLESTON, January I.

CHAKLEs TON, january II.
Yesterday arrived, brig Portland, Lin
coin, HAVANA.
Captain Lincoln LEFT at HAVANA the
brig Elmira, capt. Waldage, Of Portland,
and the flip Portland, captain Dicks, OF
Portland.
Captain Turk, OF the schooner William,
from Jamaica, on the 29:h ult. of the
Matanzies, was ~Plundered by nine menin
canoe, G. all his provifions and cloaths.