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NOTICE is HEREBY GIVEN,

20 all il may concern, that as Executor Of Tho.
L. mas Fergufon, deeeafed, of Cumberland conn.
ty requeit all perlops indebted to the faid deesaC
ed, to come forward and make payment {; and thief.
who have claims, to make them known, as | VIZ,
to eioie the buiiueis.
ROBERT FERGUSON.
Buckingham County, Feb IL. #
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ORIECEIOM


It is further objected, that M. de Beaumarehais
having fairly accounted to bis government, and
to their fatisaAcn, for the application that million
muG be eonfdered discharged from any accountable
lily TO the United States"
ANSWER.
Is ityorrea to fay that accountability is due
to third party not named in the deed or oblga-
ton :
II thi, principle esnnst be brought into doubt, M.
de Beaumarchais rather the government Of France
fays, M. de Beaumarchais has received from me a
million, for which he is to account to me, he
has rendered this account to me, ! have APP
proved it, and have given him ddeharge.
The Transcript Of this receipt will demonlrate to
conviction, the truth well the juliiee Of what
has been adva1eed
Copy Of b< yeecibI.
"I have received from NJ. du Vergier, agreeable
to the orders which have been given to him by the
count de Yergennes, on the 5th current the fun Of
million, Of which will render aeeoun, to my faid
feur de Vergenues.
"At Paris the 10Th June, 1916.
(Signed)
CARON DB BEAUMARCHAIS."
From whom did MIR. de Besumarehsis receive a
miller, according to this receipt
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WANTED,
DRUGS q MEDICINES

WTnLIAM WEST has purchafed the Aoet
W oiDRUGo q MEDICINES. beIono;no IN
die firm OF Dr.. Daniel Wilton s, Co. at thcir Slore On
Man-itreet, Shcckc Hill, here lie intends to carry
on the buiines OF m APo;hecary In addition to th
STOCK pnrchaied 81 the iAld firm, he has ut received
ireth iuPpY "f articles in that line, laid in for hin,
oy one vel acquainted with their REFLECTIVE qualities.
all are Warranted genuine, ara will be fold OH mode
terms.
Orders &e that he may be favored with, fhall be
promptly attended to.
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GHLUABLF ppOpER7r gOR S1tF

THLHHFLF PFJPtKIJ FOX SIZE.
PURSUANT 10 decree Of the Worihipfui CoA,t
Of Huhirg, for the City Of Riehmo,d--the fr,i-
ierbers will ezpoe 10 ale, on the tweuty-eigth d.y
Of February next, the rreinifas, Tor can. tie
HOUSE Il LDT, in iad city, fotn.rrly the reddence
Of las. Rind dec. and for fore time occupied kv L.
ded.ah Allen. On this lot which Is we'll cp-loled
there il very good D"elling Hcuc. which i,4s re-
Gently undergone a thorough repair, neu stable,
other convenient Offices and vsry good Garden ~
which render it drirable hab,ausn FIR family.
Previous 'te fale, Mr.. Allen y,ho lives on the ore
mites, will he" Them to any Ptrfon dslirous TO be-
come the rurchafer.
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DIRECTION.


Nor would it be extraordinary that advance, made
in 1875, in order to enable individual to furniih
warlike npples to the Unted States ihoud have been
conlidered by the French government as an e1Penee
for Geeret political iervice."
ANSWER.
Did the government of France keep it as iecret
from, the United States, that it had given permlon
to M. Beaumarchais to obtain cannon, mukets, &c.
from the magazines sf the king No.
Why, therefore, would it have made ieeret
Of this Million if it bad been given for the fame ar-
eles9
Can be fuppofed that the king gave million to
pay himfelf!
IL will not be dpued that at the epoch of the trea-
ty of I778 which united the two powers, there re-
manned no longer any ieerei about M. de Beaumar-
chas having before this time furniihed cannon, null
kets Be taken from the magazines OF the king. The
of France, engraved upon theie pieces, Publih
ed the iecret.
The convention of 1888, openly avowed that three
millions, grauitouny given by the king had been 81
ven before the treaty Of IT7S.
Thus the deGinatou Of the million given on the
10th of Iune, l776, mua be looked upon as very ex-
traordnsry, and as fserst, and it cannot with JUL
tce, be debited to M. de Beauniarchas, on account
of his fuppiies.
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N b Juil received frnaI invoic. of patent Me-
defines Copai WARMTH AND Pants.
February G. o,ytf
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1nteteHallp.
From a late Frene6 Paper.
ORDER OF THE DAY.
TURREAU.

In our Imperial Camp, Pofen, the I'd of Deecen,.
Der, SOC.
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BALTIMORE, July IS.

a
arrived, schooner Adhsrbal, MsNeal,
80 gays from New Orleans.
nfI,vec, schooner Vixen, Baker, IA days
rom OF. Thomas. Left schooner Enter
Pnae for Baltimore in days; schooners
"naiine, for baltimore and Allegheny
!. ~ rniiadelphia, sailed 9 days before. To
'ae southwark of Hog Island saw ship
war 10 chase of schooner which kept
,o'e under the land; squall coming up the
up was obliged to ssand off, hung too
lose 10 With the land; the ship Concord
new Port, r. I. from Martinique for
eW York, was carried into Tor,ois, May
aud was condemned the 4th July.
Also, the British brig Johs, Bald.
40. days rom New Providence. Left
american vessels a, Nassau: came ia.
Tue Capes on Friday uighs; saw three
ibs'sa ships Of war laying near the Horse
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Also. ship Rising Sun, West. SO days
from Amsterdam. July Is, was boarded
BY the British frigate Cleopatra, captain
Sinpson, who broke open all the owners
letters and detained the ships2 hours. 9Th
inst was boarded blythe British ship Bel.
Iona, the Officer informed the captain that
midshiPman ard men, il attempting
the day before g setsomething from shore
had been seized and detained by the peo.
pie ashore; they expressed great ssrrow
at what had happened.
Also brig Two Brothers, Richardson,
10 days from Havanna. Left schr. Good
latent Murtane, for Baltimore 10 q, few
days; brig Actress. do. do. Ruth & Mary
for Philadelphia next day. Schooner Car
.thon for Baltimore uncerain, brig Anna.
Maria Of and for New Orleans u. S.
Kstch for Washington in few days, spoke
the British ship, Bsllena going out Of the
sCspes.
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Five Dollars Reward.

STRAYED from the commons of Alex.
andria the llth instant, BAY HORSE, al
bout fourteen hands three inches high, stout
made, star in his forehead, some OF his feet
are white, has brands but they are not recoI-
lected, there is lump on the outside Of his
hind fetlock joint, occasioned by cut receiv.
ed when a colt, the scar is yetto be seen; he
is about 9 or 10 years old. The above reward
will be given if brought to the subscribers.
Patton g Butcher.
9TH mo. 2lst, 1907. 60
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y -
Tamaihamaiha Has most honofably fulfilled
his agreemeniin every particular, besides
treating him in al respects with the kindcst
attention. He often declares his satisfac.
stion that fortune has put il IN his power to
show unequ7vocslly the magosnimity and
benevolcnce of his dispositions. The sma1
weasel 10 question, has since made ayoysge
of eight months 70 California and back to
the islands, aud is At this time engaged on
her SECOND voyage.
When il IS considered that the properly
thus put intothcpnwcr of these islands mus
have been regarded by-,hsm as Of I'M
nense value, 4 considerable proportion of
il Consisting Of arlicles they we'll know how
TO appreciate, such as cloths, cutlery, MUS,
kets, powder, ball, &c. the honsst and no.
bile disposition ot Tamaihamaiha and tho
good order and suborJination Of his peo-
pie appear TO great advantage -Of my
sense Of it, am happy in thus rendering
him my pablo lestimeny.
Wm. SHALER.
Mew Tori, July Is 1907.
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3, Ne ) r,;,oss. ]. is said, Of going from 2
' S.,,ss 8, eecspy Hanover. IN order ashas
-. -. snan;ards may have q compensation se
aasr 20 sks sEsslish.
The army IS commanded BY Lieutenant
neral marcus De La Romano, having
ss,I.r him marshal dc Camp Gu'ndslau.
sra six brigadiers. The general 10 ehief
-. Is, on FOR Barcelona, and vii repair 70
p su i. soon as the troops have entered
n The French territory.
Several officers have obtained iease 70
..,ye 4. volunteers ia the army, among
-,hea We notice the duke of Albuquerque,
sb,iradier Of the armies.
The taking of Montevideo ma. occasion.
ri 40 crea, sensation owing to the general
home tia. that ,mportant place viii be re-
,atea Ike Euenos Ayres. Il would be a
d;asculs ,hiog FOR the English to form set
,,rmens tia, wonld create "a fear OF losing
saarish America. They would have 10
ssao,,nd with the Indians who would rally
w;,h the S2.niards, aud 10 less than TWO
moalhs there would be opposed to the
@ououering army forces far superior to all
,b.r. inforcements they could receive ---
Therefore the public fands have expert.
.pssd no alteration in consequence of this
news.
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From The National InselKgencer.


II is fact, bot little known ia the mid.
die and eastern states, that very large
portion of the aplands of the southern aud
western country is happily adapted to the
culture of RICE. As thi. plant is the
mos, productive tha. grows 10 furnishing
food to man, it is highly important that lis
cultivation should be extended, and parti-
cularly that species of il that succeeds 10 a
dry soil. II is quite distinct from that
which is raised in the low grounds of Geor.
gia and South Carolina; and the circum:
stances attending rs introduction into the
u. S. are eminen,ly ensitledt to notice and
preservation. as they cannot fail TO hold
out inducements TO the trial other exc.
tics. whose naturalization might contribute
to our comfortable subsistence These
circumstances are the following which may
be fully depended upon, az they are deriy-
Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1807-07-21
A Wood Scow for Sale.

VIII be sold, at public auction, at Ricketts,
and Newton's wharf, on Saturday next, at 10
o'clock, a WOOD SCOW, capable of carry.
ing IS cords of wood. She is deck'd Scow
and in tolerablc good order.
july 81. At
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! DIVINE, SERVICE.

Mr.. O'KELLY is to preach this
evening and tomorrow at early
candle light, IN the old method
ist meeting house, and on Sum
day next at ~ O'Clock, at the
Falls church.
July ri
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In Bells London Weekly Messenger, Of
the 18th of April, we. find the following para
graph -
& $ From North America, the news is of no
pleasant quality, 1T appears that our treaty
of commerce with the United States has been
rejected, and that the president has refused to
ratify the act Of his minister. The matter of
this treaty has not hitherto transpired but if
we may slrmlse any thing from the conduct
and intentions OF the late ministry, it was not
wanting In Indulgence and favor to the Anne
rican claims all is not to be conceded in an
.evefstrained fondness for peace. The usur-
pations of America upon the British flag are
notorious her hollow neutrality her hreda-
tory commerce; her whole mercantile system
founded on subtle species of contra6and and
smuggling which for its baseness and extent
has had 10 parallel in the history of nations,
has long demanded check
Eatract Of letter fran Halifax, June IS
DRIVER sLooP OF WAR.
However unpublished the compliments
~ part of captain Loves letter to the A.
merican eAicer at Charleston may appear,
be has ful6lled promise contained in il
most faithfully towards America, of pro
s,ec,ing her trade; having taxed the great
est scoorge it ever suffered, 10 the person
of r bert Ross, the pirate; who plumber.
ed indiscriminarely every American vessel
he met with. This notorious villain is
now conGned in cell at Melville island !;
and will, probably, meet tina, reward which
his manifold crimes deserve"
Extract e. letter fran Hali1ax, July 4.
You expressed some surprise that the
Walker should be sent To-. 1t was consi.
dered by many as an extraordinary step.
Aperson by the name of Hatfield (former.
ly it's believed from New Jersey andiwo
young men passengers from England. weie
said to be the principal instruments ia eff
.fecting the recap,ure. They submitted 10
the vice admiralty court for salvage. The
judge, on hearing the case, gave one-sixth
of the whole for salvage to those who were
actually on board, and assisted ia re,akins.
the vessel; of which one quarter Tor !.
Gath Of the whole was decreed to Hatfield.
The cargo is discharging to ascertain ito.
value. The captain of the Crocodile hay
ing taken out she French prisoners, and
afforded her assistance, was exonerated
from any action for damage for detain.
ing the Walker bur his labor for his
pains"
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ed from the very gentlemen who share the
merit Of Introducing this valuable plant Ia.
70 the u. S.
a short time after the revolutionary war
Mr. Jefferson was informed by Mr.. Ns.
thaniel Gushing, now in the city Of Wssh.
ington, that be was about going TO the coast
OF Africa, who rendered his services 10
the executionof any commission entrusted
20 him. Mr.. Jefferson observed that he
had understood there grew there species
OF the Rice plant. that Aourishsd very.
we'll 90 high and dry ground, intima.ed the
great advantages that might flow from its
naturalization Ia the u. S. and requested
Mr.. Cutting, if possible, 10 obtain some Of
the seed. Mr.. Cutting, fully sensible of the
importance Of the object, did not overlook
this request, but sent to Mr.. Jeaerson, then
at Philadelphia, few bushels Of the seed.
Mr.. Jefferson Immediately sens part of
the seed TO The Agricultural Society at
Charleston, and distributed the residue
among number Of intelligent larmera 10
the different sections of the southeTn coun..
try. The success which ensued is only
supposedly that which has crowned the
raising the cotton plant. Il was fouod 30
succeed admirably On the high grounds OF
the Caroliuas, Georgia, Virginia, Ken,
lucky and Tennessee, where the soilwas
strong and rich, which property is repre-.
sented as indispensable. It has Accordingly
spread extensively through these states,
and may, i, is presumed, be raised as high
as the 4o;h degree of north latitude. The
product is frequently 40 bushels an acre,
and has been known, j, is said, to reach
80. In short. where the land is favorable,
It would seem to yield larger prof. 10 the
planter than any other article that can be
raised by him, and Ct all the products Ct
this country 10 be only inferior in the profit
il yields to the sugar cane.
We hope this statement will have TWO
good effects; one, TO stimulate the plaos.
ers of Maryland to try how far their best.
grounds are fitted for the cultivation Of
,h;s valuable plan. the other, by shelving
how much an individual may benefit his
country by awaiting himself Of oppor;uni-
ties 10 MS power to encourage our cltlzens
generally, when peculiar circumstances of
fer the means, to attemp, the naturaliza.
ton of other foreign plants.
F. We cannot close this article without the
notice of one important effect that may
flow from the introduction OF this species
|. of rice plan, into this country None boz
blacks are able, it is said, to cultivate low
land rice; and this circumstance has been
urged as a reason for slavery. This will
be altogether removed in case sufficient
quantity of rice can be raised more profit.
ably from dry than overlooked ground, and
the latter be more advan,ageously devoted
to meadow, which, under proper mao.
agemeus, mus, afford higher prof. than
any other purpose to which it can be de.
voted.
From the ". T.. Public Aduertiser.
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aleralorla Dajip annertfger.
TUESDAY, jury 81.

Information from the Mobile, early in June,
gave rise to serious approximations that the
Creek nation Of Indians would be. hostile to
the United States. But by letters of a later
date, We learn, that the present indications Of
their disposition are entirely pacific.
Nat. Intel.
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PUBLIC SALE.

yT7ILL be sold, at public sale, for ready
wv money, on the premises, on Wed.
nesday the 18th day of August next, the es.
tate called CLIFTON, on Panther-Skin, in
Loudoun county, consisting of 9o5 acres Of
land, on which was formerly erected mer.
chant and saw mill, distillery, &c. or SO much
thereof as viii be sufficient to raiIe 1900 dol.
lars and the costs of suit, to satisfy JOSEF h
Tidbal'.
This sale is made pursuant 70 decree Of
the county court of Loudoun, at which time
and place due attendance will be given BY
The Commissioners.
July 10. (2l) dts
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GERM ANY.
HAmBuaG, May 9.

Within lew oSS t"St = uasS T. aaSs,o
,hroorh Brunswick. 30 Swedish prisoners
nf w.9. Fifteen officers of thar nation also.
n,;sonsf, Of war, arrived on the 4sh az
Macaeburg, aud departed the next mora
mo Ior France. These officers quartered
win the inhsbisan.s. aud did not pass the
night IN he citadel, ike the Russian OH i
GERS.
There con:irnss passing ihrough Mag.
debaure. creas nuaaber eft French troops
eo heir way for the grand army. The frss
bal,alion Of shs regiurns of infantry raised
Cor the service Of The grand duke OF Berg,
marched OF on the 5th 10 join the corps OF
MARSHAL Mor,ier ia Swedish pomersnia !;
the second battalion followed on the 9Th
-Ihc third battalion remained al Mag.
dsboasg, of.whieh il viii fum the ga,rl.
SEQ.
Ale,ise from KoenigsbsFr, Of the s5,h
Of April. annouoces that The directors Of
the bank, who retired 70 Msa.si, have re-.
turned 10 the first mentioned city. Three
Swedish lrigasss destined to take the troops
90 board, we're 10 the neigbbnrhood- -
The conclusion of the ssm:.iice between
the Frepch and tae Swedes, will no doubt
cause suspension, aud perhaps revsca.
ton Of the ORDERS that hat been gwen to
the commanders of these irigates.
FRANKroaT, May IA.
| The following news is contained 10 a
| letter from Constansinopie of the 18th of
April. On the 4eh his month we Learnt
that the Russians having made Second
disembarkmtDs al Tenedos, had succeeded
10 taking by assault, the fort thar protects
that island. The very next day,uhich was
the STU. 10 the moroiog the captain Pacha
sailed for HE DardanelIes, with the whole
ofthe feet which remained az anchor atthe
ssySn Iowsrs since the departafe of the
Eugi'sa. He has taken with him CORDS
of The best troops, and his orders are to al.
tack the Russian squadron, with wh CHI
there are but few English ships, ADD re
take Fonedos. The captain Pacha is a
bold and experienced mao no douh. IS
en'srsa'nsd OF his succeeding and the news
lot naval engagements every moment ex.
pecssd. he Grand Vlzier pa. himself in
march on the 7,h from Dshoui Pacha, With
MS numerous army tor the borders Of the
oAnnoe- Tbs rumours that great nun.
per OF Turks had been murdered 10 Servia,
aod 10 some districsso of Bofnia, are unios.
tunassly confirmed.
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THE progress OF q barbarous peo.
pie towards civilization must ever be re-.
garded with in,eres, by an enlightened one.
As the Sandwich Islands have long occu.
pied considerable place in our coramerci-
al chart, | presume the following account
oftransactions ia those islands. SO honora
bic If sovereign and nasbitants, will
be thought interesting to the public. ----
Particularly so when il is remembered that
bat few years since the greatest precau.
tious where necessary there TO ensure pub.
lie safety and that vessel belonging to
this port was cut off, and the captain and
crew were barbarously murdered.
arrived at those islands in the summer
of 1904 from the western coast of this con:
tincnt,in small snip, that had by various
events been rendered so totally unfit for
sea, that without repairs, impossible to be
made 10 such circumstances, she could not
with safety proceed any further. was re-
ceiy ed with great hospitality by their So
yovereignT amaihamaiha, all the assistance
in his power to give; but as judged that
repairing the ship WOULD be impracticable
for me, determined to exchange her with
him for a small vessel he then had on the
stocks, which he offered me.
According to this agreement ! was entire
ly in their power, ! landed my cargo and
stored j. in the kings magazines, with all
such articles by agreement as Twas to re-
tain, and removed on shore with my off,.
GERS into lodgings prepared by Tamaiha.
maiha for Cur reception. ] was obliged
to leave these islands before this agreement
could be entirely completed, on account of
the small vessel no. being finished, and
left il to be accomplished by a Mr.. Hud.
ton of this place who was an officer with
me. / have lately had the satisfaction TO.
learn by letters from Mr.. Hudson, that
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hose marked thus are new directors.
BaliRseYe pap.
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PHILADELPHIA, Julg7.

Yesterday arrived sloop Susannah, captain
GerYish, from Richmond, who says, that on
Ffiday evening last, while lying at anchor i'll
Hampton koads, he heard voice halllng Oh
him, when alter a search, he found man
. holding himself by the sloop's cable. Capt.
g. with his people got him ON board so ex-
haustcd that he coul, not stand; when resi.
we'd he informed capt. e. that his name was
William Winfield, that he was. pressed from
the ship air Trader, of Philadelphia, some
time since, when she was taken and sent to
Halifax; that having stripped himself that e.
yenlag, he had swan from one of the British
ships oswar, then lying about four miles off.
lie turther informed. that the British ships
had come up to demard their casks and wa
ter, that the ship ne belonged to. had notslnorc
than one months water on board, tho they
alt had SIX months other provisions, and that
1t Was said on board the ships of war, that if
their demand was refused they would destroy
j Hampton; Tor which purpose, he says, they
had put a 50 FOUNDER on board of each of the
two pilot tcats they had some time since pur-
chased, they had also fitted number of their
boats and harges, with 4 and Founders and
swlveis, and had ordered number OF picked
men to be ready to man them on the signal to
be given, which he understood would be that
that day. On Saturday the 4th Instant at
rup-rise, capt. G. left Hampton Roads, and
about Il or 2 o'clock, being then about 40
miles from Hampton, he heard several heavy
guns, but cannot say they were from Hamp-
ton, tho ,hey1were in that direction.
Captain G.. further informs, that the live
British ships were lying about two miles from
Hampton, being the nearest distance they
could come to it--that the people on shore
were on tie alert, and should the British be
mad enough to land, it is hoped they will pay
for their fernerity.
The sboye-nention ed sailor says, the Bril-
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AT 4 meeting ST the Stockholders Of
the Union Bank Of Maryland, held %
William Evans's Tavern on the 9th inst.
the following gentlemen were elected Di-
reetors for the ensuing year, viz.
David Winchester,
Andrew Ellicott, jun.
Thomas MsElderry,
John Comegys,
James Armstrong,
Henry Paysen,
Joseph Fl. Nicholson,
Isaac Tyson* .s
Francis Hollingswor.h,*
Mathew Brown, =
John Partridge,*
BENJAMIN Williams,
Solomon Et,ing.
Ebeneaer Finley,
Luke Herman,
Walter Dorsey.
Those marked thus are new directors.
BalHAsye pap,