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Nggsnla Legislature.
HOUSE OF DELEGATES.

The following committees were appoi..ieSl,
viz.
s A committee for courts of lustice--oi pro
positions and gl,ievances--oi privileges ana
elcctons-of Gnaace-to examine the clerks
ohice-ts examine the executive expenditure
for tie last year.
The speaker laid before the house a letter
from the governor, accompanied by sundr.g
documents for the consideration Of tie gene
raj assembly; which letter and documents
were read and ordered tobe printed.
A memorial wss presented scd read froa
the Judges Of the court {; appeals. stating
certain loconvenie resulting from tie
law rsla,ic $40 that court, ADD praying Ger
saja alterations thereof by the lrgs!a'uFe !;
which was referred to the committee for
Courts Of Justice.
q 4 petition was presented and read from
Jerman Baker, Of Cumberland county
complaining Of the undue election and re.
turn Of Blake Il. Woodsoo,o one Of the dele
gates returned TO serve 10 this present ge-
neral assc U.bly for the said county: aed
praying that she saitl Woodson' IS seat may
be vacated, and the petitioner allowed TO
take bis place. Referred TO the comm:aee
of privileges aud elections.
The house proceeded BY joint ballot
with the Senate TO the election Of Go.
vernon or Chief Magistrate for this com.
monweai'h for one year; when William +.
CaheH, Esq. was re.elected.
Samuel Pleasan,s, j. was re.appoiO'ed
Printer to the commonwealth for oEe year
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depart. from the service Without the con
sent efshc government Of his command
ing officer. Sach practice i repugnan'
to every sense of prophecy, and but that
I we are not dispnscd sovuse harsh expressi-
ous, we should employ much stronger
terans. 6
Arrived, schooDsr Caroline. Hipkins,
Is DAYS from ST. Jago.
Isl Left there GO the 25.h November, ship
Eliza Ann, Tracy OF and for Charleston,
10 sail 10 ten days schooner Mindwell,
-, for Philadelphia il 10 days; sloop
Wiper, Of New YORK, for Charleston ia 8
days.
Schooner Independent, Brinkley, 20
days from Charleston.
10 Hampton Roads, in distress, schr.
Rising Suo, Benne,t, from Edsnson bound
TO Boston. q
On the aOh ultimo, in lat. So, 80, long.
"a, 90, isll.u with AID boarded the wreck
of The schooner FFilanshfopist, of Bali
more ]; on board OF which there was no
person whatever. /: appears from papers
found on board, slas she was from MARI.
Dique, with cargo of sugar and coffee,
aud owaed by Msssrs, W. ADD j. Barney,
the masters name Graves. Lat. SO, so,
long. z2,, 90, fell in with a wreck without
a spar standing, ezccp: the bowsprit, on
which there was one man, who hailed the
vcsselaor ASSISTANCE, bus il blowing a Sc
we're gale could pos afford the poor fellow
any. This wreck had a red bottom and
white boostop.
In Hampton Roads, bound to Alexau-
fdsia ship fhomas, Jones. 60 days from
ST. Ubes, in distress, having suffered COO
sislerablv by constant gales OF wind. Leis {
az ST.. Ubes, the ship Intrepid. King, OF
this port, 10 sail for Cork 10 days
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Wasn We sla.ed 10 our last The clrcan,
aaoee scspscsrg the FRESH seaman, we
I'D oos saow taat two other seansn be-
longing to the Unsed States, service
had been within few days past taken
down 90 board the PARROT, but whichwe
ere assured from good authority is fact,
whether by force or by their on 4 consent
we are not informed.
$ much as we advocate The policy and
81 asv of restoring dssersers. we ,hins
IS respectful mode ofpyoceed'ng "
Ssr 10 obtain the end. It's not To be
xpeeisd that in an American port, a sea.
sso isso be permitted to BE- sskeu,> or TO
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regularity III ne search Of merchant ees.
sels, and The Abandonment of the right 10
search ships Of mar, ne do repeat, lthatwe
must consider the proclamation'c a aecla,a-
tim of an amica6le adjustment Of all our
differences Nth 4snsricd."
Es
Captain M'Lachlan, OF the brig WillisDa
and Mary, who arrived q, CharlcstnD on
the 9TH inst. from Amsterdam. was bcara.
ed on the soth Ocl IN lat 81, IS, long.
10, by the British logger Aisrm, fxpts,n.
Wilkins, who Informed, that q tess days
before he had fallen in with the Portuguese
Aee,, from Lisbon for The Er2zils. having
on haard Tie Queen, Prince Regent, and
most Of the nobility astashrd 10 tic courr
of PORTUGAL. Lisbon had been taken pos.
session ii BY tee F1epsh uotps Wiit q hey ~
called The Aces consisted { szsail,s ~
of which were shipso Tie line. conveyed
b. hs British.
The Charleston Courier, Of DeceSlber ?,
says, 6 Capt. Cetun, Of brig Eliza, wiieE ar
rived from Congo on Monoay last, reports
that Is days ago, he was bearded by the LII
ly, British ship Of war, 90 days from Eng,
gland for Antigua, and treated with married.
polteness. They informed Captain Z. that
there had been a very great. probability OF
war between Great Britain and tie u Ststes,
but that it had been anaicably arranged, other
wise he would have been good pre-. lie
seamens ffotecAens were not 1sked Tor, For
the smallest trouble given. The Lily here
tofore has rendered herself conspicuous III her
conduct towards the Americans.
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alegaanrta E>ailp aDoartisar.
MONDAY, DECEMBER IA.

William Wood. esquire, is appointed 10
succeed Gabriel Wood, esquire, as his Hii.
fannie maies.y's vice consul. for the port OF
Bal,imore-and the President OF the Unit-
ed States has been pleased by his exequs.
tor under sie a=al Of lhe United States, 10
recognize him as such.
Extract Of letter fran friend al VASE
ing5o,, TO the editor Of The Freeman's
Journal dated Washington. December
8, 1907.
n - Tie house Of representatives were
Yesterday several hours III conelave, on a
message from the president, understood,
out Of doors, 10 relate to our affairs with
Great Britain. Nothing is suffered to
transpire, but it is believed, that there IL
40 ground Tor new alarm know at least
one n snber, who had formed au opinion,
before the dispatches hadrcome to hand,
that as matters now stood, ii We should
have war. i, would be our own fault; and
/ am ha3py 10 assure you that his opinlon !,
;nssead of being weakened by the dispatch
es, has been completely confirmed
TFrom the respectable standing Of the
zcr;ter af the a6ove. the subAc may rely
7Oish confidence. on the information con.
tanned init
observation-disclosures The following
is the bill laid before the house on Tues.
day Ias,. bv Mar, Newton, and which will
undoubtedly pass:
a bill supplementary to an act entitled, "an
act to prohibit the importation OF certain
goods, wares and merchandise.
SECTION 4. BE IT enacted by the senate q
house Of representatives Of The Y. 5. OF IL
mey;ca IN congress a ~senbled, That nothing
in the &C. 10 which this is a supplements,
shall be so construed as to prohibit the I'm.
portation of the following articles, that is
70 say:
Firss. Wrappers and outside packages
in which goods. the importation OF which
is DOT prohibited, Usually are and shall be
wrapped or packed at ihe time OF their I'M
portstion :,
Seeood. Bags orsacks 10 which salt shall
beimportej !;
Third. Glass bottles or phials 10 which
drugs, medicines or any other article, the
importation of which is not prohibited,
shall be imported;
Fourth. Priu1esi books, maps aud charts.
Fifth. Watches, mathematical, astron e' :
micai aoj surgical insuun enis,
Sissh. ShaIlooas and woolleo SUITS.
Sect 2. Ind Be il further enacted. fna'
The articles Of the following description
shall be held aud considered as being en-
braced by the description Of articles, me
,mpor,a,ion Of which is prohibited by the
act 20 which this act IS supplement-, thas
is to say j..
All articles manufactured entirely Of sils
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Port of Azexandyia.
ARRIVED

ARRIVED,
Brig Columbia, Leyering, Trinidad-Mo-
lasses- John Grid.
Ship United States, Coleman, st. kits
Ballast-Marsteller and Young.
Sch'r~ Adventure, Mixing ht--Balbadoes--
Ballast--MsKnight and Stewart
Sloop Mattapony, Read, Norfolk-Sundries
Ito order.
CLEARED.
Brig Maria, Russell, Lisbon, by K. T.
Hooe & Co.
sch'r Paragon, Haynes, Cuba, by n. Wat
ties s Co
Brothers Return, ,Magrader, Barbados, by
the Master,
ASSIZE OF BREAD,
Made Of Suiler;fne Burr Flour.
GEMS.
The pound loaf 10 be sold for 81
pound loaf II
2 pound loaf 81
pound loaf f.
JOHN LoNGDEyN,
Clerk the Market.
December 4.
e. PALMERs Packet will fail
for Norfolk in afew days.
Dec. IA.
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RICHMOND, September lib, 1907.

L URSUkNT to the authority vested in tie
Commandment OF the I9lh Regiment OF Mni,is.
by the az OF the CeneTal Assembly entitled
Z" An Att concerning the Militia of The City of
RichT,cad," Aa,,alian Cou'ts CT Enquiry far the
1st sud cd Ba,iSluDs composing SAID Regiment,
and diIstted 40 be holden AT ths BeG tavern, IN
t'c 23ih for tie 1st BaUsli9n and 81 the Wash.
iagton tavern on the 29'h Inst.for the 81 i!at-
talon, and 10 commence Sheir siItinss at 10 o.
cl0ck A NJ.
The purpose of these courts being to asses
the iucs incurred fer non a tendarce at The pre-
ce,ii1E rnustcTs ia the LIS; ADD presenc months,
The commouian's al companies viii be expeAt Il
70 be exaa ia making their several company re-
turns to nandsnis of 2attalions and also
in iheir attendance on lie Battalion Courts
Those Captaus wha p,cveRreJ making
returns OF dtGq1en,s,to the Basailou Courts IN
Juiy last, will iis!ude those dclinqusGcies in the IN
next retu:ns. Az persons having excuse ,o
offer for any failure or omissions of duty may
attend the Court f2r tAe Battalion 20 which
they belong and make their excuses.
GEO. WIN. Smith.
9 CoL Gcnd't 1880 Bcg't.
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DANCING SCHOOL.

MP. La IASTE.

MP. La TASTE,
RESPECTFULLY inforns he inhabitants of
Richmond shat mis- DANCING SCHOOL.
will be opened on Nipndav- th" IS IA of The pre-
sent n,cn,h in Mrs. Barris's bricb house, next
door below the Enqui'er Office. until he can
procure mo,e comr1od,out room Ills days
Of tuition viii be Mgniay, Tuesday and Wed
nesdayr every fortnight ('his alteration being
81 the fequcs, of gvc2t nrrncerci his scholars }
Mr. LA TASTE will always endsavor 10
deserve ,he appreciation of parents aud the pub
lie in general by his assiduity in fulfilling his
duties and his attention in forming hi, yupi!s-
Parents and guardians sre Informed ;hA, he
attends Mrs Byrd's Academy every Saturday
The Slhool, will b. aIao opened every NJ or
day, Wednt day and Friday at six O'Clock ~ n,
evening as forne ~, for the Accommodation OF
these yrung gentlemen whose business cannon
permit an att nGance in day t5e
The terms Of tuition can DC known by ap
plying either at IN. offices OF the Enquirer anc
Argus, o. at his dancing com.
Rchn nd Sep Cr".r %.
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TO RI. SOLD.

For ready morcy. T. rte big5est Sifier.
NN the 5 h day of O12ber next, before tho
court house in the city cf Hichmcpc. i, be-
Sug Henrico ccug, day. all the ir:ete5t that
Thomas T. Pisasau's bank INT. had in The cs
tate of Thomas pleasa.ts. dc called. RN
LEIGH, lying on James river. Ia he county oil
Henrico, and distant from Hichmond about Il
miles. Also all the said baNkrnpt'a interest INA
he owned in anpIher TRACT or LAND
called BAII.GY's, adjoining Soss's m;l, ~ said
county. His claims tc those es,a es having
been given % ulder commission of bankrupt
cy fot he bepef, of his c.edi,ors. Fur'he
particulars will be made known on ;he day OF
sale.
LIGHTFOCT JANNIY,
A,s 5s;e jo' lie c'ei,trS.
September 7th 1907 ~2c
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Won. 9Th, PARr lst, OR so. g or
Pee5's EczO CycI25e3in,
8 nus, received au5 ready for delivery tc
sabssrlbeys 20 this 0,hce. .d&g. 5
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,ans from the magazine. made their escape
,hro' the Inc Of troops which surrounded
St. Elmors, and retreased TO the interior
Of the island where they wandered several
days, hunted from haunt 70 haunt until ex.
hausted by hunger and tie numerous
wounds they had received from the dii9er.
ens parties our IN search Of them, they
were at length taken and shortly after
wards hung, in presence Of the restot the
regiment, who were taught to 5elieys thar
a similar fate awaited them.
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Notice IS hereby Given,

THAT the subscriber attends at his otf1ce
mr.. TIyE SD.dY and SATURDAY, in every
week, agreeable to law, for the parpos ss,s q
tra,,sacting testamentary and all other ousi !,
ness appertaining thereto: on which days ail
persons concerned are required to attend
Alexander Moore,
Register IT Itilts, for 1ler ,a a0a.'y'
August l A
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Wmtten by Mrs. CowLEr.
Twenty Dollars Reward.

RAN AWAY, from the subscriber, Oh the
18th Of June last, a negro SONAR, named MI
NY, of light complexion, somewhat mas
culine, remarkable large and strong made,
when spoken to, if taken by surprize, stam-
mers-Had on when She went away a striped
homespun cotton short gown and petticoat.-
Whoever takes up said negro and brings her
home to the Subscribers farm,at Gum Spring,
in Fairfax county, OF confines her in any Jail
SO that the sllbscriber gets her again shall
receive the above reward.
Elizabeth Peake.
August |. law2wa
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Blythe President, 9 theU. SGT Amsrssa
A PROCLAMAl ION.

b 4 T Z = y ? =.
S w HEREAS great and we;ghty mas.
tess claia,iog the consideration Ut the Con
gress cs1,he United States form an extra
ordinary occasion for connecting item, /
Dolby these presents appoint A5nday tie
2sth day + October 'stat, for sEeir meeting
at the cry Of Washing 90; hereby fsqulr.
ing the respective SC nasore and Representa-.
tives then aud there 10 assemble in con.
gress, IN order 10 receive such com ~ UNI
cations as may then be made TO 'hsm, and
to consult ana determine oa such measures
as in their wisdom raay be defined Inees
for tie welfare OF the United States.
In testimony whereof, have caused
the seal of the pnised S;s.es,o hs
(SEELl herern.o aExed, end sIgaed ske
came with my hand
Bone al the city cs Washington,
the thir,ie eslsisy Of July 10 the
year Of our Lord one thop.
sand cigh, hsudred and sever;
and 10 the thirty seeoudyear of
the INDEPENDENCE of the Unit
ed States.
Tx: JEFFERSON.
BIZ tie President,
JAMES MAprsoa.
Secretary Of State.
az Star Fire Company Engine to
be worked this Afternoon, at four
O'Clock.
August !.
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DIVINE WORSHIP.

rTsHE pubic are hereby respectfully. III
4 formed, that the Rev. Mr.. O'RELLy,
is again expected to preach IN the cid Metho-
dist meeting house, Sunday forenoon, at FL
O'Clock, and in the afternoon at the rlngingsot
the BELL.
August |. -.---..
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FOR SALE, ON the P1emlles,

RI siE remaining part Of the WOOD left
/ standing on the lots in the Forest OF
Washington, sold last winter, whica has not
been taken away according to contract, and
will now be offered for cash to the highest bid
der, On Tuesday, the i It'll OF August, instantly
at ten o'clock.
John Ball, agent.
August I. cost
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Late Foresg', intelligence.

Arrived at Washington city on Wednes.
day the United States schooner Erscr-
prize, captain Porter, in thirty FIVE days
from the Mediterranean IN. Captain r.
lefr the friga.e Constitution and Hornet
at Syracuse. He states the information
ofarnpture between the Barbary pow
ers and Great Britain 10 be unfouoded
Captain z. likewise furnishes the follow.
iog intelligence.
Nat. Intcl.
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alerannrta Dallp annerttser.
II --a+.-
SATURDAY, Aueusr i. *

Captain Decatur arrived in the city OF
Washingtop on the 29th ult.
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For tie convenience of Subscribers, these SC !.
'sral works will be delivered a, the most reSpec,a
s'e ceiarercial towns. ami at the seats of
'overnaeEs of the respective states aud ,errisn-
'ss within the Union no advances is required,
or will Payment be demanded until such deiive.
y is made.
The ptics Of part the frs,, in two volumes,
vii be len dol!a,s. and that oF part The second,
B." one volume. eleven dollars, delivered IN boards.
rice OF the MAJ, ten dollars.
ANY persons who may have subscribed for
aese works, TO lists whc'' contained no stipula-
cd prices for the same, and who nlay &c ELSA.
s6ed with the terms now proposed. are At iber-
y TO withdraw their uar7ts FROM such iss at
my time prior to the LIST cay of Deeen,ae, mex
M. LlsIVIS.
PhiladaIeh;a Iurc 81 1917
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James Phelps.
hugns G 1867.


THAT ihc following regIo s-ye,. 70 wit.
] u hs' aud hcy two children named Id
mund AMI Georges Chaiiote, Judy Davy Jane,
an Vipiet Or 90 many Of them as viii sanSt
ibe balance due ou a deed Of iIUs, ezt-u-sd by
Bcnedict Cgu1p 6, ne a. trustee, or tie bepc.
it Of Rouery CuuS,i5p, ,od Transferred 10 Tho
mas Claiborne by said Robert Christian; VIII
be SOLD, on Tie Dist day OF September next,
at New Kent cowtncu~e for ready money
JONES x. CHRIS tiAN. 2Jasiec.
hrscl 81, 1907. ~
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(To Be coatiuaed.J
HORRD MURDER BYTHE INDIANS
(Cnntit,,,cG !

Extract ofa istter fran n genflcman tn
HpgHahine, 10 his friend m yirgiaia.
"Dear Sir--On the night of the Sd Feb.
last, arrived IN this place in q dcplorable
condition, Mrs Mary Jordan, wh8-in Janu-
Indians Mrs. Jordan has furnished me
with the following melancholy account.
con the night OF the 21d Jan 1907, we
were suddenly awakened from slumber by
the hideous yeils os savarcs, who be fore we
could put ourselves in situation to oppose
them, succeeded in forcing the doors of the
hoHse.--They were to Che number Of forty
o. hfty, CrishtlWliy painted, aad armed pilh
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Hat MannfactorY.

Il VIE subscriber returns his most CRATE
i ful thanks TO his friends and the pub
lie in general, for past favors, in his line of
business, and takes this method OF inform
inG them that he has removed his Hat Ma
nufactory to bis residence at Mount Pros
pect, near Bacon Branch.-tIis sale store
is at The old stand, OH the main street,
nearly opposite Col. Bobcrt CANDLES
where he has on hand, large and gene
raj assortment If
Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1807-08-12

This work will be prepared by Can,ain Meri,
:Te,her Lewis, and will be divided into two paris
zinc whole compsised IN three volumes &C ave
she first con'sniing at least seven hundred pages
The second and thi~d f ON four 70 FIVE hundrel
each, printed on good pager and fair ca !, pt
Tile several volumes i'll succession vii be pu'
70 press at IS cary periods as the 9yoca.ims q
the author will permit hin TO prepare ihsrn 10:
publication.
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II A T S.

Of various descfiptions.-pci convinced
from the retired situation ofhis manufac-
tory, and the excellence of his w6rkmen,
that he can have his work better executed
than in the heart of tire CRY, and fatters
himself from Il strictnoss TO business, to
merit continuance of their custom-he
assures them that nothing on hrs part shall
be wanting 10 give general satisfaction
A general supply Of hats is kept at the ma =
nufactory for Che convenience Of the pee
pie residing in the country.
" The highest price given for all
kinds Of FUR.
SOLOMON MARKS.
Richmond, MAY I, 1907. wSm
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Shawanese nation he proved friendly, and
conducted me to white settiemcr! With
out his assistance mpst have again faded
into the hands ofmy savage foes.
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Ihirfy LoHars Keyura.

y US AWAY from the subscriber, living IN Buck.
- ingi,am county, on tte 27,h July last, .1Gmes
Scat muiatto fsliow, % yes~s of age about
{, ct high seaiar r,@de. s,racwhai piitcd V'I,h
the sra pox his fore tech are much widsr apa'i
han srnmou has very flat nose speaks very
mid whom spoken to y very g'SI v'G'ermsn,
nd Hauc-5 remarkably well--hts rpPer liz Turns
up verJ much aid 10 ya.her Bow legged Js fot
r',ry bIong 4 ~ nv Bajy Ellis e Hanover
ounty rear ne NJ ad,w b idges, where ] am
sf1unTi I've has bc-n ling Should he cave
h.t ueiHhb rhsod I exr,ct he ~ aim for Nor
ielk, W"aamson'g Y.rk or Fredericksburg ]
F,ll give he shDye rcws'd 10 any person Who
.ii ,pfC'enj he said fellow ana deliver him &c
oe ,'yirg near DugMd,vilic fBcni Creek or
Fwe"ty Dollars q s'ru'e him an rr} j7ii in the
state OF VI giHia and give ne Information ihc,e-
u, SO thar gs' him again. J fo,ewarn al mas
ors Of yesss IS and othets from Carrying ths said
.iavg OUT Of toe state
James Phelps.
huons fggz. IL
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2siasted from tbis ,-ort, f5gre ,y'H Be fa5Esses
LEWIS & CLARK's

VI III y w ~ u z N T. HICH,
Ryom Loagi'RSe 60 H,H 10 fb- Ptrifc Oce1r ant
6efwse1 35S md So No % Iatrude zsiib sr.
fensirr Va gina! No'es mmcnsions fee
/fefcigb' nebes By b &c jeette, ire5es.
Embracing al ,ieir la.e discoveries and that
pprt Of The continent mere uf,rs the least i;r-wn
This Wsp viii be compiled from the be. maps
Bow extan', as well published as in maruscfjnt
from the collective Information Of the nc inform
ed travellers thr51pa hc various portions Of thai
region, aud corrected by seucs of several hun
5Ted celestial opserva6ons, made 81 1aptain
Lswis dsrIpg hia 's-se ,orr.
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Public Sale.

lDY virtue Of deed Of tlast from Bakfwlh
I'd Dade to the subscribe, maze for the pdr-
pose of securing the payment of three nun
kred dollars and interest thereon since the first.
day Of October, 1905, and the exp ences of
sale, &c. unto Jonathan and Mallen Sehol-.
field, will be exposed to public sale, for ready
money, on the s2d day Of this present month,
on tie premises, at three O'Clock,
A House and Lot. Of Ground,
Situate, lying and being upon the west sideof-
Alfred, at and to the southwark OF Oronoke
street, in the tewn Of Alexandra, and bound
ed as foloweth, to wit beginning upon All.
fred at the corner of the square formed by o.
ronoke and Princess streets, supposed to be-
l76 feet. inches from each street, be taisst
same more or less, and running thencenofth-
wardIy with Alfred-street and Binding eheres
with 30 feet, thence westwardiy with ailine
parallel to Oronoke and Princess streets, 1913
feet inches, then sonthwardly with a line pay
rallel to Alfred street 40 feet, thence with a
straight line to the beginning--it being that
house and lot formerly occupied by Parthinia
pade and her daughter, deceased.
Andrew Scholheld, Trustee.
Jan. S dts,sa.l
Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1807-01-07
SuWa1'roW Boots.
IOHN C. FRANCIS,
From a ezr. York

IRON Nezv- York,
ID ESPECTFULLY informs the public.
IL that he manufactures 'Suwdrrcu Food
with all the modern.imp w sryanted
equal to any in the United States. After ma
ny years ofexpelience in lis business, he has
discovered new method ofretiping the elias
tieity in boots. He. warrants to fit the lsg;be
itiever SO badly shaped. He makes boots 81
various descriptions, VIZ, Slwarrows-
Tops, hree Quarters, cplrsican spring ross,
Duck Bills, Rouand T.otes, Ronaparte' Graves,
,lsaerson's Boots and Shoes. bffe wariahtssto
1T the suwarrewl eqGal to the gtucis boots1I4
Gentlemen will please to call 9ahdEseei6y
themselves at his shop in King4street,i b;r
tween Mr.: Mott's and DIT. Hodgkin'sasvertls
JANUARY s. ~ ~ .7a iir.if q 9d6Bhs
'9s,N Be Hemtends selling cheap for cashsr,