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Orphans Court,

.AlksaadriS Csaafy, February Term, 1910.
Ordered, That tbe administrators OF Jas.
Bacon, deceased, do insert the following adj
yertisement three. times In each week, for
fsur weeks in the Alexandria Daily CaHette.
Teye, ALEX. MOORE, Reg.
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From tie Aassachase e sey.
LINES

4AAAVASo
Written for tie eeiebraads lie BfR7H!
NIGHT Of oar aefe saxS ssAsrxis &c.
neral GRo. W.AsHLsGT6. a. 7xsmas'.
Lodge, in Moaa.on-sy william Eaton, .
brother. ~. - -.......
g UNTO US SON Is seRM"--Issiah TX. 8,
WHEN COP, the Architect supreme,
AT FIRST conceiv'd the amazing scheme,
From chaos and eternal night,
To call up order, worlds, and light;
Deep in the omnissient mind the plan, =
Our fellowship revolvsd , when man,
Breath'd from his own existence, stoed
A beauteous portrait of the Con;
To love, to social Joy inclin'd;
For every social joy re6n'd.
BIisstul roll'd the moments on,
Gladd'ning eve and cheerful morn,
Manly friendship, secret love,
Eden's peaceful bowers improve.
But Envy, fell, assumed control,
And ranc'roIs passions seiz',l the soul
Chaos o'rwhelm'd the WORLD again;
Confusion reassum'd her reign;
Horror o'rcas, tn affrighted East;
And nature trembled to the West;
Man wept; accurs'd--exile his doom,
A friendless, hopeless, vast to roam:
Where hate, distruAt, revenge, * bleed,
Eifac'd the image of his COB.
Deserts drear, convey no charms,
Every rustling leaf alarm
Jealous thorns to love succeed
Friendships vows, thistle breed.
With pity moysd-th' Almighty mind,
, Again conceiv'd-the Lopez ordain'd
Resolv'd on this eternal base
4 engrave his name restore our race:
10 earth give radiance from its day;
Pour on the blind its visual ray;
Extendits orb where thought xtends
Nor end its reign till nature ends:
Cause peace, and truth, and joy and love,
Immortal, roundits centre move.
Happy mortals, saw once more,
Blissful days like day of yore,
Men, to ancient faith restor'd,
.-. Resum'd The image of his Con.
g..
8 Beam'd from east. general ray,
\ To western climates wing'dits way:
Found out fair freedoms hemisphere,
And shone constellation here.
Approving heaven, with fostering HANDY
Gave Mason's triumph through this land
And firmly to secure our craft,
From bigot rage and envy's shaft,
Senta grand master-h eedom's son,
Tho sod-like patriot--WASHINGTON
Brethren, let's hail our WASHINGTON,
While planets through their orbits run
And let his birth-right ever be,
Te US an annual Jubilee.
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X T. ~ II " IA ~
Alexandria;Baak, par
Potomac do. LUZ
Marine Insurance par
Washington Bridge par
Little River Turnpike uncertain
washingtonTnd Alexandria do. par
Great Hunting Creek Bridge, uncertain
Exchange, on London, 2 per cent below par.
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BALTIMORE, Jane ..
SPANISH C0LlNILS.

T. cap.. Davis, OF the Fame, from L,ru.
"a, reports that ON IL I 9Th April rsyoh.
,ion took place at CARACAS. All The ca.
Gers that were appointed BY the Jun,a ~
Spain arc sent Out OF the country. A bril-
with the captain general and several up,t
officers, went into Norfolk few days since.
Previous to the sailing Of the Fame accounts
had been received from qrost parts Of the
province, which had readily followed The
exanple set at Caracas. : Businss, dull AZ
Lagu,ra. The duties had been reduced
under The new government 10 1e l per Ct
on Imports and ~ l.2 per cent. on *.
ports, and the tariff also reduced. The
Americans are treated very friendly, ard
much court.d BY the government, who dc
anxious to be On ami able term. with the
= u. States. Capt. d. has brough, uuns;s
Of maniiestoss, pro.lama:ions, Address,
&c. of the nsw gos-rument. Pa,ssngsn
in the Fame. MIR. Joha hshes, 81 Ph;h.
delphia,. Don Juan Vizsate Bolivar, Dpn
Tslefore' Orea; Dou Iuan -Yriants, DIN
Juan Tinveo and servants.
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cd. with 4hs ,l.orns Of self aeeusatx.. :, I
ives call conetsss together. YES. s.
take no responsibility on our.eIt., .
longer inaction is impossiLls-Eu
eoppres, be called? No: we shall %. !.
whs, to, tell them, nor what to adv,... :
We can only tell them thar by cur on, !.
eonduc, and imbeeility we have b,os..l
,outse.yes into an awkward prrdieam,p, y,
,he9eoun,ry to disgrace and impending ~:
and now we beg. them 70 help US Gu, q IS
.dif;cul,ies. Let W rot call congress e,
lie, y, lnow the sentime n,s q The pso,l.
the opinions public writers. Venus 49,
TO lead, after being directed .rhich .uu, .. :,
One month will give US. the sentiment :,
III. union from Maine TO Georgia. O.,
pspulari.y, our sumnum bonum Is q, u,I.
Il NAV YET be preserved by caution. q.
bearancr 10 act without popular dirsct;,,
" Yet i were better 10 call congress. Sin.
the necessity in the prorlama,icn; bu, r.
commend nothing. when convened k, !,
consult ,he4Gileses and Johns,ons a..
our measures, and the majority will can,
them. Their popularity is equally at s.i.
with ours we can vet al swim together.
The cebine, seems to break up with i,eo
long as :hen bodies, 6xt in nothing bu, il.
decision.
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F,sm tie Independent american.

At ltng;h we have otacia! aeknowlsds.
ment from government OF the authenticity
of Champasny's note: and the adminis,ra-
ton is, or pretend to be, highly Displaced.
The secretary of state has expressed him.
self in language Of high resentment, sspe.
esally al the conduct OF the emperor, ia pub
fishing the note before giving it to MI.
Armstrong. But why 70 Mr.. Secretary so
snraged! Is it because .she note is public
and cannot be concealed ? Had It been sent
by Armstrong to the executive We much
doubt whether it would have evcrseen a
newspaper. II called for BY congress- there
would have been some " delicate considera-
lions" to prevent ito meeting the'eye of the
world. The secretary is indeed very angry,
but we fear his anger arises more from The
publicity than the eontents OF the note
The language and the sentiments Of the
note arc no. nore than what our govern.
mens ought tothave expected. Shalt we
saw thew are no more than what she govern.
men, have sscea.syeds For, from the-4th
of March, as01, go the pressnt-sime. what
has been the conduct of government, but 70
suffer and 20 asppiirate; to have our nose
wrung by Benapsrte; to pay him tor 1t,
and insreas him 10 keep our infsmy q Sc
cret? No wonder che secretary now bus
tiers and eomplaina. and IN private CONVEX
satinu discover all the spi,is andyeseutmess
of yveras. Bouapasse has. told ihe. world
whas cur sovernmen. j. and has long been.
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from THE SANE.

Several cabinet councils have been held
Of late, but the deliberations and result are
a secret. Mr.. Gallarin left here. for &c.
neva, on Thursday last; no, the Europe.
an Geneva, but his seat somewhere near
Pi,,.burg.] Perhaps no government was
ever more puzzled than is ours now towto
act. = ha, sbominable partiaii,y to France,
and dread Of her power, which has so long
been rendering our government consempsi-
bic in the eyes Of Europe, 'odious in the
sight Of f.dsralists, and At least pitiful in
the estimation Of even democrats have re-
duced them to situation, 10 which stand
" tremblingly alive all overi;" dreading TO
take single step les. they should blunder,
and conscious Of enereasing odium, should
they continue motionless. They are fully
awake to all the develsry, ,dsplicity and ca.
ioling of France; but dare not tell the peo.
pie of it: fuiI'well knowing tina. the maya
Zines of an insulse d, Injured, duped na.
TONS resentment, are ready to be poured
upon them. They cannot; 'sis absolutely
impossible they canes make the Amer.
can people believe, that they have done
their duty. BY Gallo and rf.rsonias, no,
by American principles aud pursuits, have
our government brought this nation TO, {,
dspsh of degradasioo and far spreading ca.
iam;ties, with the prospect oi.derper dis.
honor and niserirs more manifold. ~.
How do they feel when they meet togo
Their? They can only Stand soaring q, each.
e.her with ruefui visaees & torpid ioosues |;
or give,to reeri0inatioa hours that ought 20
be devoted to consultation. cit 10 your
faultn and stit % ysG, fauis," can only be
banded from one TO aoother. .r.-e
Tks thseshhold Of eousultasisn . stsew.
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r.. -. torn the lions skin from their heads,
and thew can no longer hide their organs
.f 3, a,;;nr. = No wonder the secretary IS
y sns nv, .,he people now awaken and'the 60
,,.s n r,aust act. Congress fauss act !;
snd@ tho firstsexpression Of their opinions
s, r;, convey most damning denunciation
80 ,be rolicy and proceedings of themselves
and ,iIer cabinet directors. To preserve
,h.;r moral character they must confess
,hsms, Ives duprs but they can never per-
su,de. the people that the administration
was altogether duped by the French. The
-fefFe rsonian system so long and cautiously
hut arden,Iy pursued by himself, and so
faithfully By his successor, stands revealed
70 oh. world Yes, the .DETERNiNAFIoN
20 assist France and to injure Great Britain,
can no longer be mantled in secrecy, nor
: the knowledge of. be evadsd BY soph'stry.
No wonder the secretary is outrageous s.
Bonaparte has shown us a government that
Jared not show themselves. No wonder
the secre,ary's blood boiis with passion ;
public indignation will be beaver than the
neither milestone, and grind the cabinet to
powder. The people Must not SEE'-
What? Not that our government: has been
for years promising Bonaparte that they
would 90 to war with England as soon as
the people should be persuaded to- sanction
such a war: that the government has been
urging them TO take up arms againa Eng
land that the government has sendeavored
to assist France By endeavorins 10 ruin
England with non importation, embargo
and non-intercourse acts: that they have
failed in 2ersuading them 10 fGh, 6. Bril-
tain that Bonaparte is now enraged at the
long delay, and, seeing no prospect Of its
being accomplished, he-has seized millions
and millions OF our property which he will
keep, unless we Immediately perform what
he has been encouraged to believe We should
have done ere this. No, they will see no.
thing like this, unless they examine things
as they are.
|, Perilous times are coming for the serre-
tarv from which however he may partially
escape b. a speedy retreat to the shades u
private life.
aAmaz'd the man was who did wisdom want.
huG nc Ctkail " H6FSE1 weak dhu ran,
While trembling horrors did his conscience
dant,
And mighty anguish did his soul assail,
To drive him to despair, and quite 10 quail,
Ne painted saw, upon "a table 'plin,
Gold stole by France, for which the owners
:. vail,
And countrymeh imprisoned and IN pain,
Or i'm French ships of war where long they
must remain.
The sight whereof SO so:ely him dismay'd,
That nought but ruin he before him-saw,
And all the peoples wrath upon himiaid,
By righteous sentence Of eternal law;
For him they much cid seorn and over crave,
Then gan he think Of poison, rope and FIRE,
Tha. from his dreadful misery might him
draw.
At last he ween'd 'twas wisdom to retire,
And ay the nations jus and sore impending
ire" -
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ic1 sac at Public Hen1ue on The
1cth'of nrxk r,ncnth.

A ,vALUABLE. LOT Of GROUNDS
N the corner VI EaiI lax. K Wilkes streets,
~ feet inches >on Fairfax and ~ Fec, On
Wilkes street te~an alley Of thres iee,; It
this corner is q pump Of good water known
BY the n.me of lo.l's Pump.
IL s o, -....
Half .a.s1uare of Ground next
below LUIS lanyard, save q small part sold
Of ~ feet front on st. Asaph street, BY ln
ieet inches back and another Lot Of the
same Ssiza joining the first, on which sre.
served aground rent oil % dollars per ann.
which ground rent IS proposed to be soa
separate and then the remainder Of the
ground. .-.,.> ...a.-..
For the Ground Rent note negotiable in
either Of the barks.will be taken, with sn
. approved indorssr, payable ir-6, and |:
months, with Interest thereon.
!: For the remainder OF the half square which
i. on St. Asaph, Wilkes and Put streets, end
the corner lot by Yost's pump, one tenth Of
the purchase. money will be required in h:ad
the remaintef in three equal annual pay
ments with interest from the day oil SALE
which is made to- secure Jacob Hoffman Tor
his endorsements certain notes At the bank
Of Potomac, As per deed Of trust from VII
liam ,liartshorne to the subscriber for that
purpose.
This sale was inteHdedfor to day, but It IS
agreed to divide the half square in Two lots oi
60 feet each, and fourteen Of about 40 feet
each, and TO take place on the day 6rst shove
mentioned .-...eE '.f
Jonah Thon1pfon, TryIaet.
Nav 40 -~ .-..r'0 -. laSN
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T The following, with It's eon,inu atoms,
will be read with more than eommoR at
tention. 1t IS from the pen Of gentle
man whose exalted talents and profound
conceptions, cannot fail to bring convic-
ton Of the truth Of what he asserts, home
to the mind of every one. .-......
80 :. IEre>v,-,,s. S,,,~,ol
Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1810-02-06
cOHmuHfcArED Toa THE Aasusi
HORRID MIJRDERiI

ON Thursday the 18th Jan. last, most
horfid updfderAwas committed in King q
Queen county within one mile of the Court.
houseRy 9phn Roane, jr. at his own house,
by cussing thef Throat Of his innocent wife,
Mrs. Agnes.K Roane, in the most savage
manner. Ehe circumstances attending this
atrocious act from the best information tnat
can be had are these The NOR ming Of
the same day that the murder was CON.
mitted, John Roane appeared to be unusually
fond of mis- wife, (tias she might not sus-
pact him) and after breakfast rode to the
Courthouse and asked Mr.. Hoomes. an
attorney at law living at that place, 80
make his will. Mr.. Hoomes asked him
why he thought OF max ns a will, tsat he
was young man as yet, aud healthy with.
al, and Thought it was time enough 70
think of thar. However Mr.. Homes gra-
tilted him aud made his will. He return.
ed home about two O'Clock and then i'm.
mediately executed his horrid intention.
There was no other white person at the
house the servants were alarmed and ran
TO the Overseer's house, which was some
distance from the dwelling house and beg
ged the Overseer to 30 to the house as
5000 as possible, for their master had kill
ed their mistress. The Overseer was a
Fraid to go, but Immediately ssat to the
Court house for the gentlemen of that place
to come over to ,Roane's as quick as posi-.
BILE, for he had killed his wife. When
they arrived there, Mrs. Roane lay in a
gore of blood with her throat cut, and he
the said Roane lay within few feet Of
her apparently dead als1 but they soon
discovered life ia hun and found he had
made too free with the ardent after com.
uniting the act, aUd was beastly drunk.
| He was taken care of that night for tear
he might destsoy himself; and during the
night ne frequently would ask for his dear
| Agnes. One Of the gentlemen told him sue
was In another room quite composed. He
] answered she was dead and that he did It.
] The next day an inquest was held over the
dead body, and II was judged that he Jonn
| Roane, was the murderar, aud ne was &C
cordiusly carried To- jaIl It has been ex.
pected by Roane's friends tor several
! years thIt ne wo1id murder hImself, from
us conduct and many expressions ne mad E
% that effect, out had not the resolution,
| and il is thoaght that he resorted To TINS
savage act, tnat he might b. co.npened
,hen TO co.amit suicioe, as ne knew the
consequences would " fatal. Cue unfor-
.unite Mrs. Agnes Koane was the dauSl
er of William Fcazer, deed Of King WI
IAN County, and grand daugh.ei oil Col.
DIX Ricneson OF sad County, whose paIrI
Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1810-02-06

violation On the part OF Great Britain of p
solemn and reciprocal engage ment, and the
ncalect OF our complaints by both bellige4
rents, TO be such evidence of hostility &
disregard for our rights as ought to nerve
the arm and invigorate the spirit of every
Tree man in our country.
Resolved, That, when in the opinion o.
cur national councils, an appeal to the patri-
otism and force of the American people be.
comes necessary, the General Assembly OF
this commonwealth pledge themselves IN the
name and on behalf of their constituents, to
cooperate with the general government in
all necessary measures to Sustain the rights,
homer and repu,ation-and to avenge the
wrongs AID insults. of their country.
Resolved, That the governor of this
commcn'. salth be requested to transmit a
copy Of these resolutions to the President
cfthe U. States and copy to each of,the
Senator'S and Repv atives from Penn
sylvaaia, in the congress of the u. States.
Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1810-02-06
MAT. Intelligencer.
los' AhtehisSuCers
Efof4Afhs Baltimore American:

Some time, we believe, in August las.
after the arrival Of one of the u. ). des.
patch vessels at New York from Franc.
Coleman, the Editor of the New York T..
vening Post, announced that he had re.
ceiysd TIVE letters from France, in manu-.
script, ofe curious nature, which he would
publish. They wore accordingly publish
ed in the N. York Evening Post som.
tine in August under the signature ID. G..
and were not sscribed to Champnvpy-
bat TO French enigrant. These docu.
ments have been transplanted into the
English prints as state papers and are as.
cFibsd to the French minister for foreign
affairs: they are now going the rounds OF
the Federal prtts, as received by late
arrival from England. The obiea od
the. Publications is explained by the let
isrs themselves. Oh their spurious origin
NE have no doubt, as they have never sp.
peared in the French or German paper,
reserved in this country. Our newspaper
Editors will do we'll to peruse the New
York E.4Rds. and compare the two dscu.
mentS eethre they give publicity 10 pub
LEGATIONS Which can only be gratifying t.
English nis:aries in this country. W.
have the strouges, reason 10 believe tina
The Editor Of ,he New York Evening Pos
is acquainted with the raj character O
those p.Pers aud of their ultimate OBJ
iea.
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D!rglnia Hrgus.
RI c H M o N ID,
TUFsDAY. FEBnuARr 6, 1910.

"Ever since the schiBm which Mr.
Randolph oecasioned BY his denuncia-
ton of MIR. jefferson aud Mr.. Madi-
son, there has been continual eHor,
on the part of a,few persons to create
division among republicans aud n,
engine has been more successfully
welded TO produce this effect than that
ct sowing the seeds of suspicion among
the mmbers of the administration.
Certainpieces lately inserted ina news
paper published at the city of Wash
ington, have, by artful compliments TO
Mr.. Gailatin, which they contained;
Induced many we'll meaning men to
suspect that gentleman of a secret un.
dersts3ding with Mr.. Randolph; Sc
verai productions have been published
by ourselves, abiding to belief Of the
kind, and we have uttered them, in
some instances, as handsome speci-
mems 0Wirginia talents, in others az
very ho1 sst illusions OF M. C's. who
may hav been under false impresai-
ons. The writers, we know, are the
lovers of harmony, above all mercena-
ry views, sincerely devoted to republic
can government, and the very first that
would risk Afe and fortuue to vindicate
the rightsiand avenge the wrongs of
the. country. For our own part, W.
think union among republicans vas ne
yer more necessary than at present !;
and we believe that if the operations of
Mr.. Randolph were duly estimated,
there would be no more, or very little
pickering in our ranks. We know, to
certainty, that at this time there does
not exist the least essential variance of
opinion In the cabinet; and the whole
world may see that the Senate SUPP
ports the executive most manfullv.
Our enemies are cunning little Laass
enough; one part of the, federal prints
bepraises Mr.. Gailatin; another part
Mr.. Smith. This is shallow policy !;
child can see through it. The plot.
ters of little mi.chiefs might as we'll
spare their fooPs oil, for they will pro.
duce ne discordance. The President
has quite sufficient dignity to keep hi,
ca5ineS in order; and the gentle men
who compose it understand too well
what is due to themselves to be the
dupes of the federalists. These last
have mistaken the impulse of energy
in the republican prints for peesish
dissatisfaction: they will find the diff
ference. The press, free md uushack-
led, will maintain the rights of the peo.
pie, will express with freedom their
feelings and their sentiments; and at
the same time venerate the long tried
patriot who presides at the helm of state
and all his virtuous associates.
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=. a.. CsAsLHsron in. 20.
LAy'SST FROM LISBON.

Cap. Williams. arrived las ev-cing
| from Lisbon. i-f that place on the soa
Dec. AHsirs in Portugal re.nnued
much in the same stale as al our las sd.
vices. A,f-w dars before cap. WT. sailed,
n,elligenoswa, received from Sps;p, ,hst
he principal Spanish army had been de-
ieated IN two engagements with tne
French about The last Of Nov. near Sala.
naDca, IN which the Patriots suffered a
loss OF IS or 1900 men It wa. siaea
that the Soania.ds had pursued the army
under Soult over whom they had gained
'o'pe advantages. IN IL he was reinforced
by strong body of fresh troops near
Salamanca, when he beam. the assailaat;
and thsSpani,h commander, cnhogdened
by rece ntrapccesses determined on meet
ing him q ageneral battle, for which par.
pose he had impr idently tak.R up pc.
sitiou on an extensive plain, whse tie
superiority of French lac icks triumphed
over pa,rio ,ic valour, and hc was defea ed
with the loss above sta ed. Still however,
the French were not advancing. and
probably would not attempt it, until re.
infOrcem eats should arr We from France.
r NoRroLx, January 81.
Arrived this morning from Cad'z. tue
schooner Am Ballard, cap. Lsngd,.n -
This vessel left th- port of.Cad N The
22d ofsDrce Hbsr, bll cspl. l., was no, on
shore for 10 days before he sailed, and
brings pape~s only TO the 18th December,
wi which capt. l., has favored US. lh-y
contain nothing OF IMPORTANCE exc -p adj.
dresss, from the government to the pea.
pie on the present stats of affairs. which
are too long for translation aud Insertion
in this days Ledger.
Captain Laugdon, Gays that it was re-.
ported that the French were within 30
leagues OF Seville, and that the British
army. would Immediately evacaae Spain.
Our paper was Just ready fIr pres
when thsishlp Beisey, Capt. Watson, ar.
rived in 4ozdays ftom Lsben by cap
tain Watson We weEs politely favored
with Flea of Lissoa papers to tina 10Th Of
Dscemb :r, fir IN which we have not Tine
10 procure foundations for this paper
We understand thai nothing impor ant
hsc occurred; accounts from The British
army at Ba iajos ars publlshed to the I2,h
December bat do not know what ihey
SAFE -tranSlations ia our next.
From paper ofthe i6sn OF d cem5er
W. procured transla ion of the following
article
Lisbon, Becemberle
The DAY before Yesterday tn, Is it,sh
packet arrived here, bglnging Lie, IN in.
eelligeeca % the 2e;h Of Novem 3ar. fhe
article ofths mos inter is as foliowss
Odical inseihgsncs kas. been received
of The lestoSlion of aSFSsach squadron,
which has bean communicates by Lord
dulg'ave to the Log Mayor.