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Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1808-04-01
For Sale or Rent,
Will be Sold

TOR ready money on the premises on
/ the fourth Gay Of June nex, in cbedl'
ence 10 decree Of the Superior Court oil
Chancery. foflhe Richmond District. made
on he ninth day OF February last past, IN
the suits ~ said Court, viz;
Brown, Rives, and Company, Mer- : M.
Chants aud partners, ~"
cgaiHsf
William hicock, Andrew Hart, Ro.1
bert Alcock, James Barbour, and ! die.
Martin Dawson,
crd
William Gait, fiL
0gafasf
William Alcock, Andrew Hart, Ro-0
bert Acock, James Barbour On.
Brown, Riyes & Company, Mar NJ'''
tin Dawson & David Anderson,
ONE TRACT OR PARCEL or LAND,
in said suits mentioned, lying and being in
the county of AIbematle, in the Nor tn
Garden, on the head waters Of Hardware
river, containing SEVEN HUNDRED
AND EIGHTY -FOUR ACRES, lie The
same more or less, and adjoining the lands
Of James Garland, Huxley r. Morris, Wi.
liam Woods, sc, subject 10 tf,s life estate
Of the defendant Robert hIcock and Ma
~ his wife, in the lower fnoietY there Of.
MARTIN DAWSON.
March 81, 1909. sW
Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1808-04-01

dit a Court hs2a for Buc.iyiam
COna!y, tie llth day Of January,
1903.
James Murphy s. Company. flgs.0 ,,
AGAINST
William Jones (son Of john and Ona"--
Thomas L. Jones, defts. eeg'
HN the motion of the plaintiffs by their
~ counsel, and it appearing TO the salts.
faction Of the court, that the defendant
William Jones, is not an inhab,snt of this
state, II is ordered and decreed that I'M
less The said William Jones shall appear
here. on or before May court next, and
answer the bill Of the planuffs, the court
will then proceed to take the same for
confessed as TO him, ard decree the mat
ter thereof accordingly, and that copy
OF iheis order be forthwith published m
some public newspaper Of the city Of Rich.
mcnd, TOR two months SUCCESSFULLY. and
another copy BE- posted up at the fror,
door oil the courthouse of this county.
Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1808-04-01
20 Dollars Reward.

RuE AWAY about the Sth May from Richmond,
JACOB, very black fellow, ai,ou, six feet
hign, twenty-eight years old, handsome address,
and very artful. has several scars on his neck
and one or twu, believe, on his left cheek. re.
sembhng small pox pits, a waterman by trade.
and lett his battcau in the bason or the canal in
the above city when he went CT, ~ which lime
ne broke open the store of gentleman in Rich.
mond and stole to a large amount, for which
said gentleman has offered reward of 50 dollars
tor experimenting SAID fellow las am inforned)
he has numerous acquaintance in the said
City, the couH,ies of Hanover and Caroline in
one OF which he was raised, and wherc expe0
he may be har5ored. The above reward will
be paid and all reasonable charges, for securing
ssid fellow in any jai, so get him, or delivered
me in Bent Creek, Buckingham, Virginia.
Samuel Rossley.
November 20, 1907 tfId'
A@ des'ross to exchange the following pro-
u peGy, or suy part thereof, as may be agreed
on tor small traa ofgood Land. in healthy
sr1auon' with dwelling house and other iu,-
Prover'e7ts, good spring of water, and an a.
greeahle neighborhood at dis ance of 80 to Toe
ra''es up The couurry--To say for Houses in thi,
ei,y-Lands in Henrico county, i1ininc the AGA.
DENY lands. aud near this city, 600 aces on
kiehlant creek, in Lincoln county Kentucky
i'OO) ae'cs on the waters of the Ohio, liz Mason
e'un'y-and two tracts of Military Lands on the
river Tennessee, each S66 acres.
r. Robert Mitchell.
Eich.nNud, Feb 6, 1903 IS
Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1808-04-01

Charlotte cottn'y, 10 S1;..
EAKnN upby Capt. Join y.
b kcha'cS".', me zetn Dsc. ia.
aer, 1907, Sotsei tiL,se, about iuur,e,.,
years oil, nehuer o1cx'd nni otaudta;
nc Is bind IA 'he rlsh. eye, ana ao,.ut 4
lee, inches nigh, appraised to tun,y uoi-
lars.
Copv. -.
Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1808-04-01
aluable Lands.

Manchester, Nov. 80, 1907
Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1808-04-01
A Young Man

March Esd 1903.
Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1808-04-01
Advertisement.

ne sale not having taken place a, the
time appointed in a former advertise.
ment; will be sold, OH Friday the 6.h dav
OF May next, for ready money, on the pre-.
misses, F'
Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1808-04-01
100 Dollars Reward.

January ed. 1908. Il
Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1808-01-26
GREAT BARGAIN

INTENDING to remove 70 !,
Il Tennessee as soon as possible ss9 :
dispose of the following valuable md WI
ing property upon lew terms, which ieN
/ Inherited from my ancestors, WHO pN9at
a legal title to the same for upwarl ls'.
hundred years.
One tract we'll known by ii.
eff ABINGDON, being on the Potion
between Alexandria and George Toa.
nearly opposite the city of Washi;,ato.1,
TRULY situated, containing about I fos.s
dred acres, now leased to the Mr. W;Il
three Hundred and sixty dollars ner
with other stipuiations contained in 4 \
lease.
One other tract contiguou, ),
first, leasedto William Fraser for r.v'
lars per anEum, containing about <,
cres.
One.othertract containing ten u
Of bottom land, asljoining tn FourNl;Ie n
tract.
Ore other tract contiguous to1
Abingdon estate, and within two and \
miles CT George-Town, containing rs -
He greatest part of this land is heavir
yered With redeand white Oak.
II l. S @,
Three thousand acres on the sc;I
River, III the state o. Chic.
This tract descended to me$:om my y,
George D. Alexander, Icing Ole moe,
the land he was entitledto Cor his militar,
vices during tie revolutionary war. An
ute papers with shc wills under which /,
entitled to the above. property, are /, /
hands Of BALDWIN DADE, ESQ. to whom,
plication will please TO be made for terms
he being legally authorised to contract !
dispose Of all the above valuable propertEf
which good and satisfactory tides viltsd
en-.
Walter S. Alexande1
August l3. e
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LEWIS AND CLARK'S
MP OF 2ORTf AMERICA.

From longitude 60 west, tothe Pacific Ocean
\ and between $50 and SO north latitudc
with extensive Marginal Notes. Dimensi
ens Eve feet eight inches by three feet ten
inches.
EMBRACING all their late discoveries, and
thatspart Of tie contlneAt heretofore the least
kAown. This map will be compiled from tie
best maps now extaRt, as welEpu6lished as IN
rnanuscript, from tie collective information
OF tie beet informed 'trayellers through the
sarioas, portions OF that region, and correcten
by a segies of several hundred celestial obser-
yatiohs, made by Captain Lewis duGng his
2ate tour.
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Is December next. M. LEWIS.
= Philadelphia, June g. Aug. II
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Valuable ProbcY5y for Sale.

ry 90 BE SOLE, in four distinctlots or to-
y gcther, fousacrcs GLAND, contain
ING ircia one and a qnt;rteracre to two acres
each, most eligibly situated without the terri
tory of Columbia, extending in right line
from Gibboa-strcet 70 Great innting- Creek,
intersecting jefferson, Franklin, ard Green.
street, and bounding east and west on Fayr
cite and Payne-streets.
a plan cfthe ground and further particulars
may be obtained1by application to
jaaes Patton.
June 81. 2aMtf
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During the years 1904, 1905, and 1895.
Z T3Eis work>will be prepared by Capt. 1fers-
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dred pages, the second and third from fcurto
FIVE hundred each, printed On good paper, and
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Detached from This ggork, there zsi4 te sts5s
A Hsled
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Notice IS hereby given

"a The Stockholders Of fts Bank IT arss,
FTeHAT dividend of three and halt per
cent. on thescapital stock of SAID banps'
FOR the aalf year ending,ta this day, IS declared,
aad viii be ready to be psid 70 them, or their
REPRESENTATIVES, on Thursday nextths seventh
Instant
BY order oethe President AID Directors
Gurdea Chaplin, casasey.
4.,,.-r., r5l Staw4w
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1000 do. 70 consist OF machines
for opening oH-cast
worstod and open
xro't woollen cloth
ing Into wool, valued
at one hundred dollars
each, patent right IT.
cluded)
i,eoe Dc. To consist Of rights fer
manufacturing orna~
yaenal mou!dings for
dwelling houses and
shipping, valued at
fifty dollars each,
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NJ o 4 i C &.

7HE subscriber icving qualified as execu-
tor to the estate CT Col. Thomas biackbusn,
deceased, repe@tfullyerequests those who have
claias against the estate, TO lodge them pro-
perIy authenticated, in the hands OF Robert
I. Taylor, of Alexandsi.a, ersj0hn r. feytof,
ofDumfries, attorney st laws who will sor-
ward them Immediately TO the subscriber )
Those persons Indebted to the seceaseu'
will please make payment 10 either tue aDose
mentioned gentleGaen, or
4. Blackburn,
Rppon LedQc, Jan. s. eeu
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ROBER GRAY,
Iias i;ust recsircd aid 3or Sac,

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e TO Rem T.

eT~HE subscriber offers to rent for ore. or
Z more years, adjoining the placs Yheee-
On lie now lives, Blacksmith's shop, With
somplete set of Tools, Dwelling House in
comfortable condition, calculated for FAM,
ly, togetheiswith between three and four acres
es very rich land.--Ffoia several years expo
tricnce, | can with truth declare, that there
san be no better stand for a blacksmith th:a
tie one aow offered to LEI,
Thomas b, MorelaRd.
maryland, Broad-Cfeck,l
hecen,bcr4 9 Ills lawf
v 3. If don't rent the fine stand, !
will give good wages 70 young man, or
nan with a family. /. Is. q.
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fifty dollars each, 5o,eoc
Sub,e2t 70 adeduction of
fifteen per cent dollars 2oo,ooo
22e n,o8. zuiurble cashPrizea, from zoos cna
ST. 1y.yQrds 10 be eetrrnuned Us foAo70s
Dollars.
FirstdIawn numbercn the first
ten days drawing, each 400
First drawn Number on the sue
cecdn ten days, each 500
Us, dawn Numberon the sue
ceedns FIVE days,each 1000
First drawn Number on the sue
cceding two days, each 5000
First drawn namberon the last
DAYS drawing 10000
Ills Lottery will positiyely commence
drawing on the Esd day of Frebraary next, &
will be complctedin % days at intervals, un-
der the superintendent ofGentlcncn appoint
ed by the Governor, to whom approved secu-
rity has been given for the faithful drawing
Of the Lottery agreablyto the Schame. The
Numbering for the wheels has so tar progress
sed. under the direction Of a1r. james Oel--
lers. IS to iustify fixing the day OF drawing.
The cash prizes will be paid at tie bank in Sc
DAYS after the conclusion of the drawing, and
the Machines and Composition rights deliver
ed to order, on payment OF tie deductlon as
above. I'll prizes must be demanded IN ore
wear after the drawing, CT they Will be consl-,
dered IS forfeited after that time. :.
TICKETS at one Dollar end fly :
Cents to Ia hadpf
JAMES OELLERS, s
Nc. / soub Third street.
LEONARD hEEHMLE,
No. e, North 7h:rd-Stccl.>
THOMAS PETERS, :
No. %, North Second street
THOMAS BEDWELL,
No l78, No1ds 1Idh5rd.areet.
SILAS WILSON, =
Ne. 34l, Aoyta Ixont-street.
JOHN SHAW, i
No. 232, North Second street.
CHARLES BlI'TERS,
No. II NORTH Third street.
ISAAC CARPENTER,
Ne. as, Sosah Second street.
DANIEL MILLER,
No. 427, North Sesosd-areet.
And at the Office Of the Auro-.
"a, and FFeeman'S journal.
TIE Price IF Tickets zazladvance,cs tie d'10zv-
ing froSfcasas.
Note the purchaserof holder of every tck-
ct, will be entitled TO a valuable Patent right
for manufacturing Sage, Starch,andtiair- Pow
der FROM Potatoes, by process entirely new,
bosi!as chance of the mary valuable cash
pics.
e. Tickets to be had at Mr..
RoBERF GRAY's Book Store, III
Alexandria who will be fur
nished with a regular and cor
rect lift Of every days drawing.
Jal4naw7. eosi5shFeb.
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John Roberts,
Samuel C. Griffith.
edlw&law Nv

JAMES BACON,
.Ithis GRoc cry STORE, on King-strcet, has :
addition to his former stock, added
Asfseih Supply Of Genuine Ayticles;s1
the Grocery Line;
Which makes his assortment complete
Re rozv efrrs .for SAFE, on his usual Loss terms
Muicovado Sugars, ofyar:ous qla-
Jisies,
Loaf ard lump ditto,
Gunpowder,
Imperial, = dS,
Hyson, particularly sc.ecs-
5 5 sSss sss .a' family s,s.
Best grcenCohce,
Chocolate, cfa superior quality
Madeira,i
Busellos,
Sherry,
Lisbon, " by .
Tenenfc,
Malaga, and
Genuine old Pert
oenac and Bourtleaux BRANDY,
Old Jamaica Spirit, for falniy use,
Antique. St. G.e;x, St. VinceIl.s, and 1Ssis
ENGLAND Rum,
Holland Gin,
Irish and country II hhfsisy,
1Iolasses, Wine, and Cider Finesas,
StougAton's Bitters,
Mace, nutmcgs, cloves, cassla, Ptfaentoo
Cayenne and black pepper, race and ground
Ginger, basket salt for table use, pear}bariey,
rice, starch, hg blue, SOAP, mould, dlpt aid
spermaceti candles, refined ssit7petre' iietant
indigo, alum, -eppcras, nlasider, blialstoofse,
spinning cotton, patent shot all SIZES, best ca
glish and country male gunPoWdss, sesar rss
and smoaking toDa;sco, very ocst chewing to-
bacco.
Hamilton aid Leiper 's'snuil, Hunters pipes
in boxes.
London mustard, warranted of a superior
quality, Dixon's best ditto, wrapping paper
demilohu's, sc. sc. with generally every ar
tiele in his line-tke w!lolcoi which have beer
selccteLw care, and VIII be disposed q Oh
l the very lowest terms
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Printing in all its.various branches
kgsdfomely executed at this o@se
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Joiepa Vaudeville,
Corner Of KING and FA1EFAx.SrRzzuI
ALEXANDRIA
HAS FOR SALE,
An af1ortment Of WINES, ID
QUoRs, GROCERIES, &c,
Consisting Of
MADEARA7
Sherry ,r,rAYz4,o
Lisbon Wl-ECc.
Malaga
Teneriae s.
Corsica
Cid ST. Estephe Metioo laret, in case.
enc dozen
A few dozen fine old frontinac
Ditto do. best wine bitters
Jamaica and aNese~India rum
New-England DO.
Cogniac, Bourdeaux and Naples braaf
Holland and country sin
h Schiedam gin in cases
Irish whlskey, veyy Old
20 barrels Pennsylvania re- whisky
Cider In barrels
White wine ard Cider vinegar
Florence oil in tasks
2 hogsheads HAVANA honey
Is dc. choice retailing nloIasss'
Gunpowier
Imperial Il
Hyson t TEAS
Young Tyson at; rooi quai9l
Souchong
Muscovado sugars, different qnai'1S'
Eengal white do. :. =,
Loaf and lump sugars, Phitade'pA"' =
imore and Alexandra. . ;, .,sf
Leipcr's, CARROTS, and Hamilton ~
iii bottles and bladders,
Macuba and rapee 90.
Cloyer-seed, (Pean. sOarra"s'a! .;ag
Mace; nutmegs; cloves ; '-asSia' F. PC. ca
to; pepper; ginger, race and ss,0u''u' "
enne pepper; refined salt-petre. ,.,a
Coffee chocolate; rice; pear ' h,.s
London AID Philadelphia mustard csG
salt; starch; fg blue /; ilotant indigo, Nj, (
gia and Tennessee cotton; lax; Won, ,h,i
der; copperas alum; birthstone tgp
pipes in boxes; wrapping paper am ,;;ohe3
traces; bed cords; leading lines; a'"s .'!omss
gin eases; patent shot ; brandyWll,s oosd pi
der; Harvcy's gunpowder, the only !. ' sedsti
fish battle powder from + to treD~ sr:
chewing tobacco; best Havana Ses
Muscatel and bloom raisins IN ooA'
Sun raisins III casks. ,oreda
Zante curra;its prunes sou ''
monds. oschMA
dozen bottles assorted capers, ollS''
ehoyies, for sale by the boz. III suiy
A quantity of clean good alum '4
for the fishery, sc. sIa.
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Is S c. II O Q l..

4 SCHOOL. viii be opened in WArsn-
q STREET ACADEMY, on Monday next,
by .4rad Thompson, in which will be taught
Reading, Writing, English Grammar, Ma
thesnatics, the Latin and Greek Languages,
Geography, sc.
Terms Of hastruction'-Rcading, Writing,
Enri:sh Grammar and Arithmetic, S5--La-
tin, Greek, and the higher branches, & 50
per quarter.
December ast law
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II O + CT.

ry-IiE partnership heretofore carried e.l
ualer the firm Of - 55S4,Iia;a lfasassoa g Co.
HIS this day dissolved BY mutual consent AL
those indebted til the concern las well,the late
tG:rsa Of Cook and Co. are reqilessea 70 maxi
payment as soon as possible 20 James I2s;sses1,
who is authorised to settle the aff;irs Of the
partnership, and by whom the business vii
Ia future be conducted.
William Iiatton,
James RuRell.
January -, sslw 9 Kit ll3 ".
TWO OR THREE HANDS
If.4ATED sIAIafEDLf1'ELY Z,
THAT are well acquainted with the, cut
ma; ! business thosefhat Can come web recon-
mended will be preferred liberal wages viii
be given by the subscribers, living at the nail
factory. on the turnpike road to Little river,
near siidAeburg, Loudoun county, Virginia.
Glblon- & Vernon.
January ] iawaW
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Dlaolution of Partnership.

THE partnership heretofore carried or in
this place, under TIE firm Of Roberts s. Grit
Js:h, ceased by It's own limitation On the 5ist
nit. AS it is necessary to close TIE business
of the concern with all convenient dispatch,
all persons indebted to them arc reque sted to
make speedy payment 70 Join Ro6e'7S, who
S authorised to settle the affairs Of the part
nership, and by whom The business will IN III
On ,re Lf-~on, i,icted
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June
Phaladslphsu Grand Lottery. :
HIGHEST PRIZE
TEN THOUSAND DOLLARS.

s4ssfS'3zea ey an act tie Legislature Of l'e'a-
eylyania, far the eneouraigfascnt :,
USEFUL ARTS.
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COMMUNICATIONS.
'>aess'sn tor the consideration Of constitu-
f;a1l<} .,eS.ffh licnac

Naess'sa TOR The consideration 81 constitu-
t;ona' republicans.
~ the 9Th section of the constitution of
I'e y. States, it is declared, athat no per-
ssf noiGins any eGce of prcht or. trust I'M
ssr the United States, shall without the
'0nssnt OF congress, accept of present, e.
Moluinent, ofice, or title fe,ig lind zv1at-
Ter, ircm any king, prince or fsssign state"
Was ret Mr.. Jef3rr sons acceptance Of
zee fSflc and privileges conferred on himself
ssd Mr.. Madison IN the year 'os by the
I; : ssnch national convention, of naturalized
trench citizens J" aviolation of shis article
81 the constitution Can these gentlemen
NV b considered otherwise than as subjects.
el'he French emperor? Time has discover
g, that this provision IN the constitution was.
Hisely intended to guard against fereign M
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S TIy(sTON, (ver. Ausslst S.

3 g 5.,r .s1i Evenf have to record a
s''es' sssaneb olv event, which took place in
sSa5 .;s;r;;ty on Wednesday last. a Reve-
'n s. cn+er from the lines commanded by
ias Harrington, with asergeant and twelve
ix :.s.es was dispatched BY the Collector Of
'' Ss,.',n.s :, ,s.,rsuit of large batteau,
l'siIsJ tbe Black Snake, owncs' by persons
& s..'r he lin,s, well known there to have
I { hss s.,so,,,s time employed in smuggling
, grss' Cater pt sies, her up cnicn river,
~ ss she y S found md taken possession
s sfhy I;eut iis:,rriingecan, While her crew, wso
~, armed Sc Cd on the bank OF the river
~ -, 5,bsr...tensd TO Are on the first man who
80 to 90 on beard. The Black Snake
,,,ss named 81 a part of the crew OF the
r. s who proceeded with her down the
r Ss, While the snugglers repeatedly de-
erred they should ievsr take her out OF the.
r;;rer alive. Tbes HAD not gone more than
: 10 ,,s rods. before they were fred on from
. ~ s;a.y. through lie bushes, and one man
hoard the Cntser, b the name OF Elias
Drake, was shot through The head and I'm
msa;ssely expired. Several shots more
were vrre made, when the lieutenant ordered his
men ID seer for the shore.
S,aresly hid thsy Landed when Che whole
! coutco.s Of 4 large gun, callcda wall piece,
about fen fest IN length, carrying Is ounce
balls y-as ,sh:argcd upon them, which prov
etI fatS! 10 Asa aIars,, another ofths crew of
the Cate ana ar. lens. Cmsby, an inha-
bisant Of this town, " no returning from MS
work, happened e BE present at this unfor-
t,,ra.c moment. TIE lieutenant also receiv-
I'd aba!l through Iii left arm and was slight
II wounded in his head. BY the spirited
exert;ons 81 the people Of this village, eight
persons are unprecedented and IRE safely lodg-
ed mthe common g=ol which is guarded ny
4 detachment from he town militia. A ju-
" Of inquest was immediately summoned,
who after a view CT the bodies and a careful
examination of Witnesses, returned their IN
cushion tl:ststhc deceased came to their
death by SYILFEL MURDER. Two of
the persons apprehended viii probably make
It appear that they were not concerned In
this hclxld transaction.
s An examination Of the prisoners has not
takenpiace. As soon as an enquiry is made
the public viii have minute detail of the
facts N the mean time, it is hoped that all
opinion viii be suspended. There are four
OF these desperadoes who have not yet been
taken, but the greatest sxersions are making
to apPyeheDelthem.
slst as this paper was going to press cap
tan fsirmar, and detachment of soldiers
from the lnes, arrived here wish a person
called captain Peas, one OF the crew of the
nfack Snake. lie Was apPrehended on
hogs island.
We lsarn that slooP loaded with 90 bar
rsis Of Petash, was taken near the lines, the
ray before yesterday.
Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1808-1812, 1808-08-18

= IS rery probable that before long, an
ambassador 9 from the Junta in Spain will
a s insthe y. States. "Spsin was the
hrst naticn which admitted American yes
:: ssls and their prizes into her ports, after
q, commencement of our reyolution.''-
rnrse mllllons were then contending here
lorthe r'ghtcfself-government-- twelve
4 m'lllons are eonsending for the same right
s'ere. Ibid.