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would allow him compensation Tor the
loss ofhis right hand, when assisting
as one of a posse commitatus, sum.
moned by the SERGEANT Of the corpora
ton of fredericksburg, in apprehen.
ding certain Simon Sexmith, on a
peace warrant, lie reasonable
Resolved also, as the opinion Of
this committee, That the petition of
Campbell M.Cauley, stating that he
entered in the service of his country at
an early age, and. served until Blu
ford's defeat, in which engage ment
he received two and twenty wounds,
and praying such compensation as the
Legislature may think proper, is rea !.
sonable.
4. Resolved also, as the opinion of
this committee, That the petition of
Thomas Galford, stating that he en-
listed as a soldier, in the year 1875,
under captain Michael Bowyer, in
Virginia that at the battle of Bran
dy Wine he was wounded in the knee,
which has rendered him a cripple ey-
er since, and praying the Legislature
would make him such compensation
as they may deem proper, is reasona-
bic. ~
Your committee beg leave report
from the petition of Thomas Ma
thews, who was commissioner of the
revenue of the county of Essex that
some time before the March court,
held for the said county in 1910. there
were two men trading unlawfully in
the said county, in goods of foreign
manufacture that by virtue Of his
office he noticed them to March court
to answer for their Illegal proceedings,
and obtained Judgment for S 100 !;
that between the date of his notice and
the rendering Judgment they removed
TO Fredericksburg, where he followed
them and obtained the money; that
his expenses in prosecuting the iudg-
ment amounted to S 10 SO cents, and
praying that he may be allowed a
discount with the auditor or reimbur-
sed IN any other way to the amount
thereof:
S. Resolved, as the opinioa of this
committee, Ihat the prayer of the
said petition, is reasonable.
Is. Resolved also, as the opinion OF
this committee, That the petition OF
Moses Shepherd and BENJAMIN Mills,
praying that the Legislature would re
fnnd to them the sum of S 1888 Is
cents, which they were made to pay
as securities to Jacob Whitzel, who
was sheriff of Ohio county for the year
1903, be rejected.
The said resolutions being several
y read a second time, were agreed to
by the House. - =
Ordered, That bills be brought in
pursuance to the 1st, I'd, Sd, 4.h and
5th resolutions, and that the Com
mittee OF Claims de prepare and bring
In the same. ,Y
Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1810-12-25

AT Chtntefy DistIiet court he'd at Williams.
burg the 9th day OF July, 1904
Josiah Ny aud and Ca,harine hi. vie. T6om,.
ARMS ead and Jane his wife, and William, r.
Sois'on znd Elizabeth his wife Pitts.
John Nicholson and Eartholomy Mccsrty,
nN motion of the def, Jna Nichol.e,' h. ~.
~ Counsel, he is perpiItsd 70 file hrs an, 49,.
In this cause, and for reasons riny ii, cow,
a 1 refer the accounts 6slween nc P1is Jo,i,h
kyiand and Carharine his wife snd the sad De
tensan'. to one of the Con,ssis.ione,s of ,h;s
court who is dreasd 10 examine. Maif nd a.,
TIC the same; and make report thereof 20 ,be
so.fl with any matters specially stated, thopgat
pertinent by himself or required by tin, ia rIes.
A Copy. '''''
Anthony Robinson, G..
The parties concerned are hereby no,;see,s ,,,.
have appointed TIE 18Th day O. Iapusyv Ts~,
tor the purpose of taking The account dreeted bv
this order. ~
VIM. Coleman, M. C.
Commissioners Office. Dec. 90, I8io,--3,,v
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Tract of Land,

whercon James Taylor now resides, lying on the
joining he lands Of Robert Elan, John Ar,irews
and others, containing four hundred acres (sub.
Jea TO two e'csits) or so much thereof "a will be
sufficient to pay the sum Of fifty one pounds ele.
ven shlings and nine pence, with interest from
he Ley Of November, 1906, and also the sum Of
ninety two pounds, with interest from the 9TH
February 1907, until paid, and he costs, which
SONS are doe from the said James Taylor to
Nathl. Dick, u Go. The sale viii take place on
he prenises on Monday the 28th January next,
aud a lie made sy he
Commissioners.
Prince Edward, 20,h December. 18lO.==4,vp
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TAKEN up by David Flournoy, or hi, -.
aBLACK HORSE, supposed 10 he e; oJos.
nine years old about four feet ten incbc, M,
star in his forehead, and snip on his noss
i'tie white on his right hind foo, .hod an ,nn.J
(oId shoes) docked tail and hanging name a. = >
praised to seventy five dollars.
Pewha.an county, BIC. 10, 1910. ws,
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Anthony Robinson, c. c.

Agreeable to the above decree. will be exro..
ed to public sale. at King & Queen cour home.
on Monday the 14ih day of January next il he.
ing court Gay. tue T aa of Land mentioned i,
the said Decree for ready nonsy, BY tie
Commissioners
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Manchester Turnpike Com9aay.

A meeting of Directors of the Msnobes,e.
4 4 Turnpike Company, on Thursday the 2oth
: RESOLTED, That the clerk be, and he ia
hereby instructed to advertise meeting Of s,oct
holders to be held at Mr.. Brcolss's Taveyn' +,
Manchester, on Tuesday the 22d of next J.nua.
~. BY order Of the Directors.
James Brander, elk.
TIC h(
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THE great injuries and Inconvenience s,.
tanned Tor a long course Of time by the s~6.
scribers from persons who pass through tha;.
lands. some for the purpose Of hunt; ,r r. 6sI'
ing, and others trespassng under those nra
texts. compel them for the protection Of ,bs;-
property''op put an entire stop to such practice
were u possible to distinguish between those
sers would do so with pleasure but "a th;s :.
impossible the prohibition must be ren.r.I =
We do therefore forbid all persons fror, -
sing through cur lands or ranging ON de-,
without permission, under the penalty ofh"'
ING proceeded against as trespassers.
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I AND FOR 5ALE.-Pursuar, 10 D,c,c.
IL Of the county court of Prince Edward. viii
be sold, to the highest bidder, on a credit Of
twelve months, the
Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1808-1812, 1810-11-27
SUMMARY VIEW.

By the mornings mail, and The Ports.
are received from England, France, Spain
and Portugal.
ENGLAND Mr., Jackson had arrived in
England, and landed under salute. The
British Parliament, prorogued till 2o.h No.
vember. Stocks rather better, as mention.
ed Yesterday.
France The Flash, arrived at NJ W
York, sailed from France goth Of October /;
brings desdatches-their contents unknown
no change in the situation Of American
property at Bayonne had taken place.
Spain s. Portugal. The combined army
of British aud Portuguese, under Lord
Wellington, having reiterated to the last
strong hold in Portugal, was at rest, and
in excellent spirits, in we'll fortified
camp, extending at least fifteen miles,
OR a range of hills, from the river Tagus to
the sea. and about 20 miles north of Lis
bon. The pursuing French array, under
Massena, was within few miles ofthe al
lies. Such is the state Of the zvest Of the
Peninsula. In the u0rth Of Spau and Por-
tugal, G aalicia, Biscay, &c. were in arms
against France Oporto was recovered !;
and the northern Portuguese provinces, $. :
cured by 10000 militia, under governor
Trant, intercepting supplies sent to Mas
sena. nm the East of Spain, Catalonia re-
NAMED firm, and O'Donnell had gained
advantages over the French in that quarter,
In the South, the French are stated to have
been driven from the kingdom of Muir
cia, where they enraged and disgusted
the people bv their horrid acts From the
South Vest we have no tidings it being a
false report yesterday that vessel rad ar
rived from Cadiz. From the Interior OF
Spain we learn nothing late; King 10 is
perhaps out of harms way at present in
Madrid: one account says that he has gone
TO France. If Massena drive Wellington
into the sea, o will storm and strut but
should Massena's army by destroyed and
scattered to the winds by the allies, then the
late King 10 will run bowling home to
France. Bali. Fcd. Gaz.
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r., The Altxondria Daily Gazette.
FROM THE OLD COUCH.

s,ae world knezv ;----the undeyiating
a,;ev Of N'Apollyon made i .pa1aa6le, aud
!. ..bo.ver affected to doubt discovered the
,.llowpess Of his brain or the baseness of
=. heart; that the celebrated Danish hees
~, on the eve of falling into the hands
# the French, previously to lis being taken
,osstssion of by the English. This position
h,ing settled then, it appears thar that zO'es-
u affair, held up by the most approved
brawlrrs of the present day, as deed, a
bout so per cent. more internal than human
language can paint, stands precisely thus:
God an CIump are seriously engaged in a
came d. loggerheads: ClumP has in the
tray Knocked down several das,ardiv specta'
tors, and forced them into the squabble a
caipss Clod. The little fellow, however,
eou.riyed 10 hold them all at bay, by the
hip of an oak saplnS of superior tough
ness which he had in his hand. In the
course Of the clou,ing match, Cloddy dis
covers Gae little shilaly, belonging to ano-
,ber spectator in the ring, of size that
would make him feel vastly unpleasant,
were it properly exercised round his ears !;
and knowing that Clump had fallen IN love
with it for that very purpose, aud was just
poiug 10 knock him down also, and take 1t
away CIT he could not coax him out OF ~
determines, in seif-defrnce, to anticipate
Clumpy, and respectfully requests the
spectator 10 have it put OUT of harms way,
until the present dispute should be settled
this he refuses. Clod is sensible that to
wrest it from him would not be altogether
so decorous, but to refrain would be letting
his adversary have it, to beat his brains out
with: be therefore, in the peculiar urgency
Of the occ aston, prefers the former.
Those amazingly acute logicians, who
argue that it would have been time enough
for Clod TO have secured the weapon after it
bad been turned against him, and after j.
had beat his brains out, are welcome TO sl
the benefits of sound drubbing, bat for
my part I should have done as Clod did.
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November /,
FOR SALE,

4 LEASE for lives, for Sl2 acres OF lanR
~ lying in the county of Fairfax, and be-
ing part of the tract Of land called Ravens
worlh,'' the annual rent of which is sifly dol
lars. It's about nine miles from Alexandria,.:
the Little River Turnpike Road passing nearsE
it. There is ON said farm very conyenicnr
dwelling and farm houses, and good apple
orchard, and about sixteen acres In clover.
equal to any in the neighborhood. about tho
same quantity Of timothy meadow of excel.
lent quality, and as much more unimprovcd.
This farm is divided into Ave lets, and tho
fencing in tolerable repair If it is not dis.
posed of by the first of October, will lease
it for lives. II is SO situated as to make twok
tenements. Any person wishing to purchase;
or lease said farm for lives, will please apply.
to the subscriber residing on the premises.
Jofeph Powell.
july Il; 2taWtr
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BALTIMORE, November "a.
Latest from London and Portugal.

u
The ship Portsmouth, captain Dawson,
arrived this morning from London i; brings
papers TO the Esd of October containing,
accounts from the armies in Portugal TO
the 18th, eleven days later. There had
been no general battle since the last dates:
toe combined British and Portuguese ar
mics were concentrated, and had possession
of the strong fortified lines at MARIA, &c.
TheFrehch army hadadvanced TO within 40
or so miles of Lisbon Massena's left
wing occupied the fortified town of Santa
rem (San,arein) near the Tagus, and about
fifty miles from Lisbon, such measures
were taken at Lisbon as would enable the
army to embark, in case OF defeat in the de-
cisive battle every day expected to be
fought.
London, Oct 90.
Price of Stocks.--Consols sc 14S-S S s
--Omnium S 8 disc.
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Have just receivea their Fail suff.y Fl Sizes,
-CCNSIoTIN Or
Ladies' black and red Morocco patent &
common Cork soal SHOES, do. walking Go.
Womens' Misses and Childrtns' Leather
Boots and ties Ladies' white and ,olor'd
Kid Shoes do. ornamented dc. Mems
stout and fine Shoes do. Dancing pumps.
Also,
Gen-lemens' Fl 81 and second.cuaii'y Oak.
lev Fats; Ladies Straw and CHIP Bon
nets and trimmings.
ON HAND
A consignment Of APPLEs--all of
which will be disposed OF on she most rea-
sonable terms.
Nov. 81. go
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S. e d. REED,

November 81.
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Why is net the turnpike complicated be.
tween Georgetown and Alexandria! We
have understood that the Washington and
Alexandra turnpike company have offered
the Georgetown turnpike company to inter-
sect their road y here they please north OF
-Four Mile Run, and divide the prohss.--
i his is certainly a generous offer.
The English have taken the island of
Bourbon, and have gone against the Isle
oi France.
PRIVATE CORRESPONDENCE.
Communicated for the Philadelphia Gazette.
Extract ,ef a letter received in this city,
from a house Of the first respectablhty at
Smyrna, dated 18TH Sep. 1910.
I" The state of trade here, at Constantine
pie anc throughout this country is at the
same low ebb as in all other ports of lhe
Mediterranean.
''.The goods brought here by the last *
mercans from your port and Boston are
chiefly unsold, and according to the present
prospect OF politics and commerce they may
indeed remain so some time. The passage
overland to Europe is impeded, and the
blockade Of the Mae kSea is strictly obs, rved.
"Ihe Turks have used very great tner-
py lately, and have assembled an immense
army on the Danube; it is however
thought they will want provisions. and will
rot remain together to SIS into winter
quarters, much less winters campaign.
" The Russians have certainly. retrra.ed,
and have been wors;ed in every affair with
the Turks.
"The government of ConStanincple is
on the best terms with both the British ard
and French ministers, and according 20
appearances will not change their system
S A duty of 6 per cent. is about to be
levied on goods on American account, in
which it is supposed the French ambassador
has intrigued at Constantioople, tho sonls
American gentlemen here allow some D,-rit
to MIR. Canning, our minister thee, AS
having taken some part in it; the affair is
asyet unsettled"
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Anniversary Of st. Andrew.

The Anniversary meeting Of the st. hi.
dreu,'s Society will be held at the house IF
Mr.. Daniel M'Dougal, on Friday next, at
10 O'Clock. punctual attendance is re-
quested.
JOHN MACLEOD, Sec.
l6n Dinner on THE table at 8 o'cleck.
Nov. 27.
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Alexander Moore, Reg.

This is to give Notice, | hat
the subscriber of Aexandlia county. IN the
District of Columbia, has obtained from the
Orphans Court of said county, letters tcs-
tamcntary or the estate of Thomas jacob,
late of the county aforesaid, decreased
All persons having claims against tie said
decd are hereby warned 20 exhibit the SANE,
with the vouchers thereof, to Carey Ironaugh;.
on Or before the so,h day of fpril next
or they may by law be excluded from all be-
nefit to said estate end those indebted there
to are requested to make immediate payments
Given under my hand this 3lst day OF Octs.
1910.
Mary Jacobs, Ex1x.
Of Thomas Jacob.
November |, eo4W
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PUBLIC SALE.

PURSUANT to decree of the court OF
i the United States for the fifth circuit and
district OF Virginia, will be sold at public auc-
ton on the Gath day of November next at
the town of Occoquan,
Several Tracts of Land,
In the neighborhood of the said town, and In
the county Of Prince William, containing alto
gether Losjie2ut one thousand acres. These
tractsa Sn5he residue of the lands included
With a Aatmortgage of John Semple to Jas.
Lawn, hich were left unsold at a former
said So. 5Jndry other property, made at Deco
guam under the above decree. The lands
VIII be sold upon credit of one, two, three
and four years the purchaser giving bond
with approved security, and mortgage upon
the lands sold to secure the payment ofthe
purchase money.
Thos. Swami,
Ben. Bolts, }Com'rs.
Ed. Washington,
October 90. aawts
ks Printing in all its branch
es neatly executed at this Office.
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sloop olive Branch, Nevett, Baltimore ;
Winter Gecds Merchants 10 the District
Schooner Seio,a, Jenss, Baltimore bas-
last; the master.
Brig P,esage, Rutherford, Newburypors (:
SLnulies 1tnre, & Ober, q Geo. town.
CLEARED,
Seh'r Ann, M.Aey, Georgetown by G..
l. Noursr.
Sioop H,ro, Sampson, Boston; john Gs
Ladd.
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- ~
view spe axis oft in very high terms.
When political misrepresentation becomes
habilual il is extremely difficult to omit it
even when politics have no concern. Our
neighbor Gales says that the capital en-
ployed in the City of Washington in manu-
factures is almost as great as :" the large
commercial capital" of Alexandria quot.
ing the above quoted words from US, as it
we had said that Alexandria had large
commercial capital. We asserted no such
thing, be the Tact as it may: we said "men
of large commercial capital only can give
the City of Washington vi.soreus in
crease" We had no design to say any
thing in ,disparagemens Of Washington:
the Alexandrians consider the whole district
one neighborhood, and rejoice in the pros
perity of every part OF it. A spirit OF ge-
nerous emulation is not incompatible with
good will to others.
The French papers give an account of a
+" bold accommodating" of the French and
Italian army in Calabra on the 18th of Sep.
tember., Srverai detachments maize good
landing in the night in Sicily at Sanstefa-
no, who, when discovered by the English,
"made good their retreat, and returned 10
Calabria. all excepting some men who were
not able TO be brought back This is the
only Inconvenience which has resulted from
this brilliant attempt" There are various
ways OF telling story, but we see nothing
{ bril!ians" in effecting landing and run
mig away with loss.
On Saturday evening we had no mail be-
You'd the City Of Washington. On Sunday
evening Saturdays mail arrived but none
beyond New York. The mails have been
extremely irregular of late. Three is some
thing rotten somewhere.
We would thank some one, If any one
knows, to Inform us what are the advan.
tages of distributing post-ofices. As we
know Of none, unless delay be considered
an advantage, we cannot conjecture why
the,y ,ue pa inc r; ,ntAd
Since the destruction Of the third bridge
at the Little Falls writer in the Spirit Of
'76 proposes the building of a bridge at
Georgetown. Had the Georgetown people
been half witted, III that respect, they
would have built bridge Syears go,which
would have prevented the building Of the
bridge from Washington to Alexander's
Island. The building of the contemplated
bridge would be Of little disadvantage to
Washington bridge, and would be Of great
benefit to Georgetown and it would be
better For the citizens of that place to pay
large sum at once than to be always suffer.
ing from the influence OF the proprietor of
ferry. However, we Alsxandrians will
not complain: that influence gave Us the
bridge we wished.
The most astonishing imposition Of the
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Orphans Court,

Alexandria County, Oct. Term. 1910.
Ordered, that the execulrix of Thomas
Jacob, deceased, DO insert the following
advertisement three times in each week for,
four weeks. in the Alexandria Daily Gazette
1cste
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assraaDria Datgp Ga5.ttt.
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER s7.

Mr.. Bronson, editor Of the q. States
Gazests, Phiiadelphia, is about publishing
8 Travels in various countries in Europe,
Asia and Africa, by Edward Daniel
Clarke, L. T.. D.-Part. 1st, Russia, Tar
.ary and Turkey. The Edinburgh Re
view speaks oft in very high terms.
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n Printing IN all It's branch
es neatly executed atthis Office.
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The most astonishing imposition Of the
kind perhaps in the U. States is the ferry at
Elk Ridge Landing, about eight miles this
side of Baltimore. The carriage pays a
heavy toll and every passenger besides, for
being transported over narrow creek al
most fordable. For $4,000 bridge might
be built, which, with one. fourth of the pre-
sent toll would yield tuuenty or thirty per
cant. on the cost Of the bridge. Over such
a creek in any town in New England a
bridge would be built soll.free by the town
or county.
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toward complete independence. We
sesjn prospective the era, when the cor.
rectfepobIican principles of The Yves.
tern states will have the most happy
effect m preserving pur republican in.
fstitutions from the destruction threat
ened by the growth of aristocracy in
the Atlantic States.-Balt. American
81 here are 1frope-walks in this town,
which manufacture on an average 100
tons ofof hemp each annually S large
factories for coarse cloths 3 cotton
factories; Email factories, and : wool
carding machines. Five rope walks
are now building.
Hemp Is worth from TO dollars
per cwt tobacco 2, Roar 2. york 2 TO $
beef to 3, corr 1 per Dbl. or bushels,
rye 80 cents per bushei, fowls rs cents
per dozen. Our market for vegetables is
as good as the world affords.
" We make our own cloth, and wear
t.---Our soil furnishes provisions en-.
ough for any two States in the Union.
The people here are so far determined 10
be completely independent, that they m Ike
use of but very few foreign articles. Our
hemp has become an object to the mer-
camille part of the Union, and Of course a
cash article: and the prciit to the manu-.
facturer is very ereas."
(East though not least, of the advantr
tages of this charo,ing csnn.ry.) Here
we have no Tories. The lawyers, DOCTORS
and priests are mere cyphers. The far
ners, mechanics and manufacturers are
all independent Americans.
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Valuable Land for Sale.

|'r.. 49, u - = -
DY virtue Of deed oEtrost Of veeord
ID 10 GoochIa1id court, executed by Ci.
deem Massie, and Susanna his wife 10
Thomas Bentford, Warner Lewis and
Wihism C. Poindex,er 60 secure the
payment ofseveral sums of Money there.
in, specified, and intended to be secured
due to Elijah May, WILL BE SNA-an
the premises, 10 the highest bi46Ir, for
ready money, on the twenty ninth lay OF
September next, one TRACT or PAR
CEL.of LAND, lying in the county Of
.GdotalanA on The little Byrd Creek, ad.
joining tho Lands OF Tboma. Miller,
George Teller, James Scruggs and Viii.
liam Gco'ge, containing six hundred
acres. be the same more or less. 1t is
believed thatthe tile TO this land is indis.
putable, but aching as a trustee, shall
convey only such tile as vested in me by
Write of said deed of trust.
William G. Poindexter.
August 2zti,, 1910. ids