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Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1805-09-10
In COM non COUNCIL,
orb September, 1905.

9f0 otpieM6er, 1905,
The Committee appointed to re-
vile and examine the account againf Cba,lss
Alexendey, for bis taxes due the Corporation of
Alexandra, Cor the years 1907, 3, 4, and S.
report, that the fun Of 1.S dollars I7.ioo is
jualy due from him: wbcreupen it is ordered,
that the fad account be delivered to the collect
or for collection; and in cafe of non payment,
that he be hereby dircaed to levy diRreis for
the fame, and that the Council will fave him
harmless for 70 doing.
The Council having received information of
contagious difeafe now exiting in Philadelphia,
il is Re/oiUed, That the Board Of Health be re-
queaed Immediately to cau(e the laws for pre-
venting contagious difeafes from being intfoduc.
ed into this town, to be executed ard tina
the Mayor and Health Officer, do caufe the faid
law TO be'exccuted either by means of the Board
OF Health Tor otherwile as g them may feem
mott expedient> and that the Mayor do aicer-
tain aud communicate, what mepbers of the pre-.
fent Board Of Health refufe TO act.
TeG. JAMES NJ Mc2EA, c. C.
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g Thy words lack proof; prith.c, hohea
friend,
:" Thrua through this chink tbs little dag
er's end
" Whence may know if thou the truth doR
Rate,
!" And judge, by fample fmall, of thy dimenG.
ons great"
Though, Hodge" Altho' little fear the dead,
" rooI.hardy mortals perils arrange environ -
dis finger then withheld he, bur infead
THRIFT in his pick, axe nozzle, lhsath'd with
iron.
Z And he wash the right,
For at Jingle bite,
Old Wyfchafd inaps j, off clean as white.
/" Hence, lying v.riet, bear
= Your pigmy corps chewhere,
would Wyfchard's grave difgrace
:. 9 10 she fouteit Of your race,
There's no more fubfance than Blr OF
GsIsTLE."
Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1805-09-10

SHIP vksssSs NEWS.
Port Of aleranoria.

ARRIv
Brig Sparrow, captain Coleman, 40 days
from ST. Pierres, NJ art.-Sugar--M arstel-
Ter and Young.
Was boarded BY French privateer, rob-
bed of most of our provisions.
In lar. 90, So, long. II, fell in with the
brig RUBY, captain Small from Portland
bound to Havana. had broached to in a
gale of wind, on the 2lst Of Angus, and
lost his mainmast add all his spars, sails aud
rigging; supplied her with spar. had los t
all her deck load and had water in the cabin,
nothing but her feremast standing; few
days after fell in with and picked up guam.
tity of spars, rigging. &c. supposed to be.
,longto theabove vessel.
Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1805-09-10
From the NJ Z. .com. Advertiser.

.TaE ground apple ofIreland is proven.
biaHy dear to freshmen. If however the
people Of thar country discover peculiar
partiality for this valuable esculent it is ra-
Tier, weimagiue, because the soil is pecu.
larry suitable for it, aud that it grows there
to The greatest perfection, than from any
traditional or national regard for 1t, as has
been some times alledged. Iu truth where
verthis wholesome and neutritive root has
been cultivated to any purpose it has been
esteemed; and we believe the Inhabitants
OF Britain and America scarcely place a
less value on II than those of ireland. In
thrtollowing Sesn2as, from an Irish paper
the writer has done ample justice to his
subject, at once evincing that he is no con-
snpdblep eet, aud no indifferent friend to
potatoes.
Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1805-09-10
Fam the RsrrETosg.
a.cRAPHIST--No. w.

=
f 3,,,;aatiou seems to prepare aud de
ffsd.nlt Of all experiments upon Po'
r.ct 'n s,rrs Of government. Their very
ppIar i0rI I. 70 Change, aud every change
',sa III BIZ popular clamor and Pre]udlse Is
sasessu1 worse. The facility with which
of ~ l,,sot,, as they are termed, can be
,n'n a,nsd' sets every mad protector at
epaoOa I'D the people, grasi6ed with every
sofS' .s e. has novelty to recommend it,
bns , ~. % lend their aid to his projects,
lf s. with hat the power which they exercise
thns ING the plain path of recsitude Slll
lo.s .;o' and, if necessary, bring them back
I = !. bea,e, track, after they have amused
. = S.sIoes in deyiations from it IN every
,..stOu. Let them know, 1t Is very din
!. + not impossible, to retrace their
~ .aderiug steps. Each departure from
'..bI;.bsd forms, deprives the people OF a
' '.,;oo of their self-cemmand, for every
S.ooe operates as an apology and a prece-
ant for the succeeding one. In the rapid
's...ssicu of innovation, the people will
/. I.l, wishou. any fixed determinations,
nd !. vthou. any regulated notions of liber.
- an easy prey TO some ambitious dema-
I'm. more fortunate than his brethren,
sS01 thew may stare and wonder and weep
'ssr their new habiliments, bat their chains
will be so thoroughly rivetted, they will
M, i. able to disengage themselves. IL is
-. pretended that any system OF govern
men. can at fret be matured into perfece
v;.dym. but it viii be found that the FIRST
;a,ti,utions of free people are the best.
The Danger that surrounds them awakens
then, to unanimity and they seek for that
intelligence aud patriotism in the outset
which they are afterwards led to suspect
and discard. Democracy has no eye for
the light Of experience no ear for the warn
ings Of foresight, and no thought for the
of coming evil, but marches on
bEudfolded to the preclpice over which it
il hurried TO destruction.
Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1805-09-10
ID E ON POTATOES

Where lies sterling taste in eating?
In the costly French ragout?
lsay, No, but in potatoes;
What, my gentle friend, say you?
SOrdid epicures may glory
10 the joys that feasts afford
way coDtentment and potatoes
Ever spread my humble board.
fafe BY these crimson current
bushes from the gaiitless heart
etosser food in6ames the passions,
Vice and fell disease impart.
When by cruel Euris blighted,
~, Drooping Ceres leaves the plain,
What, IT they potatoes wanted,
Would the helpless poor sustain!
view the pair who own that cottage,
40 potatoes lie their wealth;
i1sse sappors their NUMEROUS off. spring,
Little blooming sons of health.
quest est as Eastern prince. the peasant,
VINO can hord the silver meal,
"So the beautious glossy kidnies.
Dome tor food aud some for sale.
Gee the harry hind returning,
W. InesItul from his daily toll,
hak@
"Sen his b'issful cot he enters,
'aliy meets him with smile.
w Here he sits 10 peacefulcorner,
"aHssthe flaming faggots blaze,
Az And dish ofhot potatoes
Al MS past fatigue repays.
t>ls Dg on the clearly porcelain
wsS leas,d his rare repast he sees;
T.st his little smiling praslers
0'01a around his envied knees
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ANcIENTS SUPERIOR TO THE MO-
DER MS.
Fran Halatsforas WIiicc4mical Cbaplet


There liv'd-'tho' that is fomewhat wide
o., the Purpofe--I mould fay, there died
A fquirr, and Wyschard was hi. name;
Piciith and Saxon ancehry
Ihufrated his pedigree,
And many noble imp of fame:
Yer thc!e renowned anceRors,
As IT they had Seen vulgar ions of whores-
Were long, long fince, by all the world forgot,
Save by himfelf: he knew the very fpoe
Where they had each been confia'd up TO rot:
And in his will directions gave exact
Amongst thofe venerable dads to have his car.
cafe. pack'd.
Now deep the fexton burrows to explore
The lepulchre that thefe old worthless hid
Something at laft that leem'd an huge barn door,
But was no other than coffin lid,
CPPos'd his efforts; long it fpread and wide,
And near the upper end crevice he efpied.
Thence on his ear Grange uncouth utterance
broke.
As OF iome fu!len llumb' rer half swoke,
Who. yawning, mustel'd inarticul ate
And angry Pounds: yet could nc, this abate
The courage of the clown: I" Speak out
:" quoth he
Raw head and bloody bones nee yet alright
ed NEE
A thand'ring voice replies, I" What mifcrean.
knave
Eares break the Sabbath Of old Wyfchard's
gravc1
No miEcreant knave, worm. eaten Sir, an
I.
But Hodge tue fexton; knaye! fcorn the
word:
$ ! at my honsil calling work, for why! :,
Your klntnan's Juit brought down to be in-
ten'd."
My kinfnan to be buried here oh, 10!
What year Of cur Lord is't, fellow let me
Know
/" lis eighteen hundred, FIR, and two.
Ay, Goodman Sexton, fay you 70
Then time on me march hath Cole;
Twas near fev'n hundred years ago
hat became the tenant Of this hole;
Men like myfelf behind left but few;
Since then the world, I wos, is tangled all
anew
Fell me, in tooth, are other folks ike thee
For by thy voice, thou feem'R a tiny elf"
Tiny quoth Hodge !; /" Cooks. am fix
feet three
There's no man in the hundred but nyielf
Can lay as much--thy n,n,e.fake that is dead,
III warrant him, was fhorter BY the head
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Softly rests his peaceful ashes
Who first brought potatoes DER,
Richest treasure OF the Indies,
10 Hibernia's genial shore.
Now aroandsthe fertile fallows,
They ubfold their dusky green,
And to tenlptthe farmers trident,
Are their op'niug blossom seen.
Round each humble hab;tation
Flats OF these adorn our roads;
Pledges of returning plenty
To>the little bless abodes.
Envied he by all his Reighbours
VINO the earliest can produce;
Such present TO my lady,
Often is of golden use.
Pods of these produce pickle,
Choice as nature can bcstoW;
Not the boosted bean or gherkin
Caa brighter yerdure show.
o thou honest Irish sirloin!
How Ichuckle when 4 see,
Social on the table smoking,
Hot potatoes stand by thee!
Here, We nauseous frog destroyers,
Here the feasts OF health behold
Feed on these ye wiser irish,
If ye covet to be old.
Happiest produce are potatoes,
OF Hibernia's happy Isle;
The support of toiling millions,
And the glory of her soil,
These re6n'd to snowy Wilderness,
With Munditia's bosom vie,
Please at once her incest palate,
And delight the wandering eye.
These, in bread, in pie, or pudding,
Scollop'd, roasted, boil'd excel;
All their uses, all their value,
Not the Muse herself can tell.
Never may those virtuous Irish,
Who their King and country serve,
Never may they want potatoes
Who these noble roots deserve.
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AEze Of Bread.
The cd loaf to weigh 70 ounces.
7OHN LUNGDEN, C. M,

DIED on the 9TH instant, at Belmont.
in Loudcun county, the residence Of Lud,
we'll Lee, Esquire, Col. THOMAS LEE, Of
Prince. William county. eldest son of Co
Richard Henry Lee, deceased. Like HI
father, he was jus, in all his dealings;
candid and sincere acknowledgement, i'm
partial and determined in the discharge
all the public duties he was called on te
performs.
Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1805-09-10
Mutual Infurance Office,
RICHMOND, Sept. 5th, $50!

RICHMOND, Sept. 5th, Sos.
THE members Of the Mutual Infurance Gem
/ pany aganft Fire on Good, and Fu,nitu,r
in the fate Of Virginia, arc hereby notified that
a feccnd full quota i, found to be neceGary, an
IS hereby called for, to be paid by each member
OF THU company TO the cafhier- general on or be-
fore the hrH day Of October next.
The members Of this company will be pleafed
to take notice, that all who fail TO comply witt
this fequi6tion will ceafc to be Injured after thc
day fixed on for the payment of the faid quot
until payment is made. And in order to place
this inftitution on refps Gable footing, it is
deemed neceEary to motion Immediately againf
all delinquents-fo that no indulgence need bs
expected after the frR day OF Oaoher next.
BENJAMIN Du. Val, PRECEDENT.
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To be HIRED or SOLD,

For a term ofytGrs
. Il (, NUMBER of valuable NEGROES
L n men, women, boys and girls majors
ty of them have been accuhomed to labor on 2
farm. Apply to the Printer.
September. 10. alS
The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1805-06-07
TIE Editor Of tie PIAadsitbia R<gi7tr IL iudeb.ei TO
tie ge'AH5s Of a Friend ia, t6e JolO4Oing !t,ter:

The Editor Of TIE PLAadsit6a Rfgiaer Is iudtb.ei TO
tie ge'Ar9i Of a Friend to, t5s Io!lO.Ding letter:
LISBON, April H. 1905
I" Believing the brig Acorn bound to Bottom, to be
till at Bellem, loofe time in informing you that
an official advice received lat night from fir
John orde, that the Toulon feet, (a4 fail, of which
Is are of the ue) had got irto Cadiz; whether with
the intention ofmaking any fay, or coming out i'm
nediatey in junction with the spanifh fhps is not
known. When they frf appeared fir ]. Orde's feet
were it is faid at anchor, and the enemy to wind
ward, but they did offer attack him. from which
IT is inferred their Object is important. Sir John
Orde's fleet confRed of fail of the line-they are
now off Cape Efpechiel. The Halcion brig of war
la,is this morning with the advice to England, the
Waiinghan' packet to Ireland and the Orpheus fri
gate to the Ferrol and Brett fations If Mellon comes
down the Straits fpeedy, the enemy may YET be over
taken and beat ifnot their efeape is almoa certain
BY advices from England, of the I'd infant, it feems
that the Brett fleet were in Camarat Bay, watched by
fir Charles Cotton Should they elude his vigilance
and form junction, we may expect great events in
the fnmmer. General Junot, the new French minif-
ter, is arrived here"
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&Geete Jnutes.

Captain Lilly, who arrived 1T New-Yorl:
from Jamaica, informs, that the whole cnaft
round the Leeward Hands, fwarm with French
privateers, fitted out at Cnba. Without COM
millions, ara manned with defperadoes, from
every quarter of the globe, they indifcrimi-
natcly capture every ve1el which affords them
the leaf probability Of plumber. The governor
of Cuba winks at thefe outraees, and permits
them to perfevere in their piratical conduit.
without the fmaIleR mobilization. Capt. l.. on
his outward bound paGage, was boarded hv
ore Of tbefe pirates, bu. he being loaded with
lumber, they contcnied theuifelvcs with carry
ing of all his fea-Aores, with what other va!u-
ables they could lay their hands on.
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cying It might be fone adulatory compliment
to himfelf, nodded ailent. The homie was f.
lent as the grave when the actor read aloud
the following words:
TeteS A Core, preneS vot,e Loais!"
Renounce the Corfican, and reitore your Louis.
The rapturoussburft of appaufe, which
enined from every part of the houfr on theie
words being uttered, was not to- be defcrbed-
1t appeared to rend the houfe. Bonaparte
heard it as his knell, and quitting the theatre
returned to his palace in the utmoft confufion
and diimay."
The above anecdote mutt be acknowledged
very extraordinary article although truth
may not be fairly connected with the whole af-
'air' London paper.
The Anecdote mentioned uHder our Foreign De-
partmens, requires little explanation, before our
readers, unaoquainted with the French language can
comprehend both the point of this very ferrous pun
and the caution with which i, was conveyed
The grange peel, cut 70 to be reunited, and re-
embie an entire orange, thrown upon the Rage.
It contained Louis or French guinea, and paper on
which was written
Jate= y esooc-pynes vofre Loui,.
Which is fmply
1bro7o azcay tie peek-tGt. you, C1iaes.
This, addreiled re the ACTOR who picked up the
orange, was all well enough but mark the eo,ar.bo
as the French call it. The very fame POUNDS kewe
mean.
Reiee7 hbe Csyfean-,t.si4e your Lori,
And this was addref1ed to every Frenchnan. A
fhunderbolt to Bonaparte, fure enough
(P1ssrfory.J
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PARIS. April 6.

We learn by letters from Madrid that his Catho-
lie Maehy has only abandoned his right in pri-
yes which may be taken from the Englifh but de-
creed that the captors Gall have the privilege Of dif
polling Of captured property without paying any du-
ty to the crown. So that the whole amount captur-
cd will go to the oaptors
The captain general of Catalonia and the Prince Of
Peace have Informed his MajeRy, that the Command
Of the city Of St. Felix de Quixos had offered to
every family that would furnih eaman for his Ma
jehys fquadron three reals day. during the prefent
war Hi, MajeAy expre1ed the utn,oA fatisfa6ion
at the generous offer, and fandioned the engage
ment.
Day before yeaerday his Imperial Msely Bona
parte left this city, with his iute We hear that he
has given to the Popea very expenfe mitre, and to
every Cardinal that accompanied the Pope, box,
with his picture, fet in diamonds.
April 10.
We have now entertained The truth refpsaing the
feet having failed from Bret, by an account from
that port, dated March 81, containing the following
natenent: Admiral Ganlheaurse, wiihng to make
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HAGUE. April I6.

This day commenced the FELTON, Of the Legislative
body, for the preient year, which opened in the
ufual manner.
On the latter part of Ian week, the former COVER
nor of the 1aDd Of Curacao, J. Lsutcr, who CAV.
up that colony, lat war, to the Engih, was brought
here under arreit, with fome of his principal of
ficers.
We underfand that M acknowledgements is
peaed here the fira day Of May, to commence his
duties in this refidency.
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LORD MELVTLLE.

The following isa copy of the refou.ions moved
by Mr.. whitebread, and afterward, adopted by the
Brth Houfe of Commons, relative to the defalea,or
OF Lord Melville, (more generally known as Mr.
Dundas9 while acting as Treafurer of the NAVY.
N. T. Gas.
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ALEXANDRIA. Iune 8.

Capt1in Neal, arrived this morning in ~ dsysfr"u
Porto-Rieo, confirms the accounts, via Bci'or, Of
the arrival in the Wei Indies Of the Frerch and Spa
Mn combined feet, confRin2 Of ! 3 fail Of The lue
u ! ten or twelve frigatcs. few days before Cap
tain Neal failed, sianin government brig arrived
at Porto-Rieo with the information Of ier having
Jailed Is days IN cor parv with ti.em AZ! let them
10 Nyindwsfd Of Barbados
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PHILADELPHIA, May %.
TOULON FLEET OUT!

The following, which is an extraa of let
ter to the Editor, written by respectable gem
tleman of this city, now at Portfmouth, leaves
no doubt of the French Tonlon fleet being at
Tea and muf confequently excite much curl
ofity to aicertain their ultimate deftination
PorlImontb, IN. H. May 20.
" The flip Hampden and Sidney, captain
Trefethen, arrived here IaR evening from Mar
feilles. On the 18th of April, off Gibraltar they
fell lin with the Toulon feet, of fllps of the
line, s frigates and briggs, and continued with
them till the 9th. when they parted, the fleets
feering Wet. They were boarded BY fri
gate from the feet, who informed they had on
hoard 1000 troops. A frigate come out of Glib
raltar, and logged the French fleet. The adj
niral of the fleet was Villeneuve, and it was
faid that Mellon was off Genoa rReIc
The intelligence, brought by capt. Folg;e,, of the
Toulon fleets being off Cadz on the 10th April gives
colour of probability the late reports that feet
of 9 fail Of men Of war was feen off Cape Niehola
Mole, on the sth or tenth of Mays as the French
feet were, is prefumed, Immediately joined by the
Spanih fhips, Cadiz, on their appearance before
tina, place, and may have then proceeded direct for
the Wen-Indies BoRon Gaz.
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qusaion .put to me, . aid you derive AMI prof, or
advantage from the ufe or employment If money
Hued for carrying the ferviee Of the navy
between the 10Th Of Ausua. 1900, and 3oth of A
Pril, 1898; or between the III OF February 1874.
and sin December, l7s5, during which period
,on held the Office of Treafurer Of the Navy ?"
Which quellion shere anfwer by a reference to the
anfwer given to iimilar quefion put to me before.
This anfwer inaccurate in 20 far it contains re-
ference Mr.. rs mode of blending his funds in his
private account with Mefirs. Coutts
Mr.. Trotter was nor paymaaer till the wear 1856
The eircuifances, therefore. relative to Mr.. Tro,-
tiers account, which preeiued my returning AN am
fwer to your former qusiions, do not apply tn the
p eds fpecihed in that mentioned. and can there
fore have difficulty in declaring, that during shofe
periods did not derive any advantage from the uie
OF employment of public money nued for carrying
ON the iervee Of the navy. Having Gated theie
1t is alnof unneceiiary to add that at any time
ready TO verify them upon my oath.
] have the honor to be, Gentlemen.
MELVILLE. s
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ANSWER OF THE COMMISSIONERS.
Cg5fse Il Nr-ai Ir7uirr, Great Gecree- Free,
d6yH 2, 1904


My Lord-We have received your Iorin,;n's T "a,
ter Of the eSth Of la month, by which you intimate
that we appear not to have accurately undertood the
grounds on which yon declined arfwernp our uuef
tons, and fubmit to ome obfervatons in order to
place thoe grounds in THEN jun view and alto exrrefs
with, before you conclude, correct an iuace-aev
in one part of your evidence, and readne; to verify
by your oath fatts fated in that letter.
II it be the object of this communication. tina,
we ihoud again require your Lordfhip's attendance
Tor the Purpofe of being examined, touching theCr
matters, and that hould make SuppIer,en,rI
Report upon the renlt of that examination and fueb
other examinations, we might thereupcn ;udoe ne
cefiary, there be dilincnation on our pSr, las
tar as we are concerned in the procee6ng) to meet
ing your Lordhip's wifhes Blu. it appears TO re
that the enquiry, which is the fubjea of the Tenth
Report has attained that period when it would TO,
become us to adopt fuch neafure, merely upon the
fuggcftion of any of the parties, to whole .:ondua
that Report relate
We were occupied feveral months nvehigatiny the
mode of conducting the buineis of the Office Of
Treafurer of the Navy Thofe who were er,n,n-
ed by us had the fue opportunity of Eating aud ex
planning all things which related to the management
OF that department, or to the hare which they recc
lively had in it ard of correcting at any time durinp
tha progress OF the enquiry, any INTAKES which
might inadvertently have been made Our opinion
and obiervations upon the irregularities and abfes
which we difcovered were formed and drawn nm
with the unof care and elaboration; and thew are
now fubmitted to the three branches of the eo;n,
ture, as the act, by which appointed requires
II 1t could be made to appear upon representation
TO them that any thing has been omitted on our part
that any Misunderstanding error had occurred. and
that further enquiry is advable upon thefe, or any
other grounds, it would be for them to direct fuch
further enquiry, and to decide by whom, and in
what manner, 1t ihould be profecuted; but IN the
prefent circumstances, it appears to us that we cam
not with propriety refun,e it.
Your Lordfhips moi ob't humble ferv'ts
CHI. M. POLE,
EVAN LAW,
JOHN FORD,
III. NICHOLS,
w. MACKWORTH PREAD.