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THE crcdilo Of James Douslaas, on the
!. With OF July, 1904, who subscribed his
release pIeviousl; to Tie FIR, day ef Nov en-.
Der in tsar year, are requi' cd TO exhibit their
CLAIMS duly luther teated, to the subscribers,
on or before tie Asst day OF Jsruary next,
prepare to CT idend Nc interest will
he allowed alter the !th of july ls04
K ebert l. Taylor,
William Newton.
o. tober 9. co
~ A number Of the creditors Of lanes
Dcuglas' not having attended To the ;'tove Loo
tce, The asst necs have been induced % pest
pene the dividend TO the sd OF this month
after which no elm. Nil be received.
March /, 1911.
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Extract fron, the mIuu'rs.
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{ 60 A meeting of the Young Men
rsaof Alexandria is requeited Oil Tues
DAY evening at T O'Clock, at the Court
Houfe, for the purpoie of coniider-f
ing the propriety Of ahociating them
5ieiyes as a Fire or Hole Company.
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n The next Assembly will be on
Wednesday next.
Hacks provided as usual.
March S.
SALE BY AUCTION.
THE SALE OF
Gen. TCKEAU'S FURNITURE,

GEN. TCREAU'S FURNITURE,
W.V commence en- Aonety nes,,
At his present reslCence, anu contlhIe from
day TO eay uu,i the wLole is sold 1t L. al
most unnecessary TO remark, That II IL equal
IN point Of taste and exc Ience 10 any ever
offered for safe in Tins city-tu commence
at eveno'cioCh Terms vii. be made known
at e time oil sale,
His elegant haliot will he sold at the same
time
ANDREWS & JONES, Aucts.
Nashinglui, Ma Oh S st
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FRENCH PAPEEs.
Paris, Nav 10

TARlS, May ~.
His Majesty took the diversiba of hun,pg
yesterday. Prince Poniatowsli and Couri
De Kaas had the honour to be of mis- party
for the first time. The Empress followed
the chase in her carriage.
The American vessels, T'rhveller. from
New-York Meteor, from Philadelphia and
the Milo and Atlas, from Baltimore, arrived
onthe Sd inst. In the river of Bordeaux: they
are all laden with cotton
An English flag of truce, which sailed from
the Isle OF France on the 19th Of December,
arrived on the Sd inst. at Cher5argh, with
500 French soldiers and sailors.
On the 30th of April, lie Furet privateer,
Captain Broquant, captured eff Dover, the
English orig Neptune Of so tons, and SIX men,
bound from Lisbon to London, with a cargo
of oranges and lemons. The prize was car
ricd into Ambletense.
On the same day, LIE Petit Furet carried
into Calais the English brig the William, of
Sunderland. OF 133 tons, aud seven men, la
den with 210 chaldron of Goals.
May ~.
His Majesty the Emperor presided at a
Council of State at ST. Cloud the day before
yesterday.
Marshal Ney, Duke of Elchingcn. Is ar
rived at Paris.
VIENNA, April 81.
A courier has arrived from Constantinople,
with intelligence, that the Grand Vizier,
Jussuf Pacha, who is eighty years old, has
been deposed, and banished to Demotica,
near Adrianople; the same place where
Charles XII. King of Sweden, was SO long de
tanned. The Grand Seignior has appointed
as successor, Ahmed Aga, man of genius
and courage, celebrated for his gallant de-
fence of Ibrail. The Caimacan karsly Ally
Pacha will command the army until the ar
rival Of the new Grand Vizier.
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BOSTON, June %.
The LITTLE BELT.
Extract efa ietter from EzaH,ar 1,u. "a

Extract ola tetter from Haitian, jane IA.
- there is no doubt that the account pub
lishea the day after the arrival Of the Little
Ben, respecting her contest with the fripate
fresidett, is in the main particulars, such
as Captain BINGHAM, and the officers of
the former, warranted by their statements.
still adhere to, and viii write home. If rhey
are wrong they VIII commit themselves to
their Government.
:" A Board of Enquiry was appointed and
sit on the 10Th of May, and one of the OH
GERS who composed it has been heard to say,
that they examined the officers of the ship.
man by man, alone, and that he was thor
ouShiy convinced the President fred the
hrst broadside and commenced the action.''
Palladium.
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scr is said to be man of ability and coar-
age"
The letters from Holland state that the
French troops were expected to be with
drawn from that country, bVt whether they
would be marched to Spainor the north OF E.u-
rope was uncertain.
Inc minister opened what is called his an
nual budget Oh Monday last, and this irpu-
tant day once the object OF so much dead
to the British nation, passed over without
exciting any alarm Or uneasiness Nothing
was said about new taxes, bus on the CONTRA
ry, an old tax was taken q, against al crdi-
nary precedent and general expectation
The King Of England rode cut en- horse
back on the goth OF May. King Jcsephhas
fled from Spain, for France. lie arrived al
ValladoNd on the 9Th OF April, and set on,
again on the 18th, with his suit Tor France
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4 fiii Translation of this very important dcs:
catch, nor indeed would it be very Interest.
ms excepttc military men. as descriptive Of
the ground and Of the various evolutions.
Our friend mas furnished US with a concise
statement OF this despatch.
fIassena, having drawn all the forces that
colld be collected from CASTLE and Leon. as
senbied respectable army, with which he
made mighty effort to raise the seige of AL
media or to reinforce the garrison The bat
tie was fought at place called Fucntes dino
nor, commenced on the Sd and terminated
on the 9Th of May. Many and vigorous at
tacks were made by Masseua, upon the Bril-
fish lines in al of which he was repulsed, and
at last compelled to abandon al his positions,
and retreat into Spain, leaving Almeida to
us tate, which is already noticed. This was
lar the most general action, that had been
fought before, all the French corps were II :.
nited, and the re-enforcements from Castle
and Leon added to them. The loss was such
as we have before stated. Lord Wellington
regrets us want Of cavalry, to have made
this battle more destructive to the French
army.
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tension, It's aiedged exis,enceis made the basis I
"freproach against the American government
by the emperor Of the French. 1t would bel
fruitiess to comment on the disposition to in
sist upon the prevailing influence Of fact |
which no longer exists which, when it did |
exist, was uniformly combated ; and the fl |
nal extinction OF which was the manifest con-
sequence Ga the measures OF this govern
ment.
IL the American government had seized
Preach vessels, as enormously asserted in the
note of the duke of Galore, the occurrence
Could only have been attributed to the teme-
lity OF their owners or commanders, who, af-
ter previous notification, from the LIST Of
March to The 2Cth of May, Of the act of ex-
ciusion, would have strangely presumed up
ON inpunity in the violation Of prohibitoiy
municipal law of the u. S. Had France in
terd;cted to our vessels all the ports within
the sphere of her influence, and had she Civ
Ell warning CT equal duration with that Civ
en- by our law, there would have been no
cause of complaint Oh the part Of the United
States. The French government would not
then have had the opportunity CT exercising
isspower, in manner as contrary to the forms
as to the spirit of justice, over the property
IF the citizens IF the u. States.
1t was, ct all times, in the power of France
exclusion, Of which she complains, by simply
annuhing or modifying her DEGREES Propo-
sitions to this effect have been made to her
government through you. They were not
accepted. On the contrary, policy was
preferred, which WAS calculated TO produce
any other result than that of good under
standing between the two countries. By the
act of congress of the last session an opportu-
nifty is again Afforded to his imperial majes-
ty to establish the most amicabie relations be-
tween the u. States and France. Let him
withdraw or modify his DEGREES let him res
tore the property OF cur citizens so unustly
seized, and law of the y. States exists,
which authorises the President to promote
the best possible understanding with France,
and to impose a system of exclusion against
the ships and merchandise of Great Britain
in the event of her failing to conform to the
same just terms of Cancellation. In fine, as
the emperor viii now be acquainted with the
fact that no French vessels have been unlaw-
fully seized in the ports OF the u. States, as
the law of exclusion against the commerce of
france Is no more III operation, there can be
no longer solitary reasonable pretext for
procrastinating the delivery of the American
property, detained by the French govern
ment, into the possession of the respective
owners.
These observations you will not fail to pre-
sent to the view Of the French government,
in order that the emperor may learn that the
United States insist upon nothing but their
acknowledged rights, and that they still en-
terrain desire TO adjust all differences with
the government of France upon basis equal
ly beneficial and honorable to both nations.
have the honor to be, &c. &c. &c.
r. SMITH.
Gen. armstrong, SC. sc. &c.
(To be Conlmued.)
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cupiedby the enemy in baryiiig their dead, Is
and removing the wounded.---'rhey buried
5000 men. Their less in killed and wounded
exceeded 10000. They left upwards Of 500 |
dead horses Oh the field of battle. The loss |
Of the allies was in all LAYS men.--rhe chas- |
seurs Brittaniqucs behaved remarkably we'll, |
as did the 18th. In fact all behaved admira-
bly,.
| The following is u list Of some sc the officers
who have been Killed, &c. lieut. Col. Gamer
on, 18th, killed, and 10 officers killed and
lwounded-220 men killed; lieut.. Col. Har-
vey, 18th dragons wounded; capt Knipe,
14tl, do. do. Lieut.. Blake, 16, do. capt. Bel
Ii, Is. do. taken; col. Hill, Sd guards, do
! colonial Stoddart, DO. wounded and taken !;
capt. L. Harvey, do. do. do capt. Andrews,
Gath, taken; 1t. Ireland, 24th, killed SO
horses of the royals killed and wounded AZ
men do. do.
1 On the 9Th the enemy returned to Ciudad
Rodrigo, leaving small corps in front of
Fuentcs de Onora.
81 AT Badajoz the firing commenced on the
! 9TH, and OH the 9Th we completely invested
/ the place, and took Fort Chiistoval.
, Almeida was blockaded by the 9th divisi-
5 on OF the British army-thc garrison consis-
ted OF 1000 men, under gen. Brcncr--It has
neen taken. The French now occupy nothing
, in this kingdom.
f Left at Oporto, May 90, ship Harriet,
! Chase, for Newburypor in days, schr Po-
cahontas. Foster, for Norfolk brig Ami
r ra, for Newport 10, and several Boston YES
I sells.
81 On the morning Of his sailing, saw 8 slips
: going in, being at distance, could not ascer-
tain WHO they were.
: Prices at Oporto, -four S Is, corn s SO,
: bread per bbl. S 9, beef dull, to S 8. Spoke
June g. lat 43, long. "a, brig Actress of Bal
: timore, II days from Ply mouth, Eng.
Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1811-07-08
JUNE 20.
THE LITTLE BzLr.

A gentleman from Halifax states, that
while he was there, the official account of
Commodore Rogers, relative to the affair be-
tween the United States frigate President
andthe British sloop Of war Little Belt. was
recevesxthat some Of the officers of the Lit
re BeHWparentiy acknowledged it's correct
ness, and remarked that It was such an ac-
count as they expected. The gentleman also
Informs, that the officers of the Little Belt
materially differed In their statements-that
the sspcrity of the public was abaied, and
that capt. Bingham appeared much mortif-
ed at the transaction.
Our informant also adds, that the boy i'm
pressed from the Portland brig was given
mp as soon as his protection reached fIaR.
lax atriOt.
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BosToN, June 90.
Latest from Portugal.
Gen. armstrong, sc. sc. sc.
ITO be Continued. J

. rtr'''~H SrIfS iIUI i4Is.o, ~-i, 49, - I,
liza, capt. Parson, 26 days from Oporto Sail
ed goth May. Capt. p. informs that hard
fought battle took place at Almeida on the
9TH Of May between the combined armies
and the French, and which continued until
the morning Of the 9Th, when the French re-
treated--that Almcida surrendered to the
English in which were found vast quantity
OF stores, artillery, and plate, which the
French had plundered-That ON the morn
ing the battle took place, MasSena had re-
ceived reinforcement of12, geo men. That
On the sth, the English were pursuing the
French, and it was supposed would drive
them completely out of Portugal. That the
Esglish accounts stated the less Of the French
tobe at 5000 Killed and wounded, and the
combined army Assoc The accounts arc
various relative to the force of the armies.
The combined was stated at GO to 7O,OOo
men, and the French from 40 to 10000.
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NKw-YaeK, juno sO-(noon. }


The ship Elizabeth, So days from Liver
pool, is below-she sailed May %, and
brings London dates of tie Odd. She brings
confirmation accounts Of the Battle in Portu-
gal. The King Of England was worse, bat
rode out on the 2Oth. Marshal Ney had rca-
ched Paris. King Joseph had left Spain, for
Paris Omnium at Lohdon was at par. and
was expected socn to be at discount. The
minister had opened his oudset--nothing said
about rev taxes.
Also Below, ship -, from Newry, with
Passengers.
FRENCH FLEET OUT.
Extract from the journal of the brig Captain
Cock, Of North Shields, Patterson, master,
arrived at Pictcn, June z.
&C. In long. SO, lat. 45, 43, on the 10Th Nav.
at Pm. spoke brig Surprize, Of and for
Greencck, from HAVANA, which had been
captured by look out brig of FRENCH
SQUADRON Ct 8 sail Of the line on the
1lth OF Nav, and recaptured On the 18th by
brig from ne HALIFAX station, name un-
known, in lat. Sc, long. SO or 30. The pri-
soners On board Informed Of large number
ofthc outward Quebec feet having been cap
tured BY the above squadron.
Dispatches from the British charge des
sffaires were en- Saturday sent down to the
British sicop Of war Sapphire at Sandy
Heck and She Immediately sailed for Hail
fax.
The Sapphire On "Wednesday night spoke
tie Centurion ftigate.
Defcat u tae French ia Portrait
Capt Henderson of the scar. Virginia
Planter, FROM Cpcrt informs, that the day
he sailed MAY 19) he received lhc fellow
NIX account from bis consignee in Oporto, If
tie defeat # The French, and Of The capture of
Ameida bJ the English.
@1he French general Bressiers with lCOO
horse and 1000 foot Of the Imperial guards,
left his Infantry in the rear to il how, and
pushed on with his cavalry and joined Mas
sena at Ciudad Rodrigo on the I'd Of MAY.
and n the Sd he advanced to Fuenta dc u
moro, and drove in our piquets after some
sharp .skirmishing. Massena's other forces
Gene up ON The 4th, and On the 5th the
whole force attacked ou- troops, which con-
sis;cd uf the FIRST division, and the SSH, ard
chasseurs BriuaniqGes--thea action lasted the
whole dayG alright both parties rested On
tier cHn grcgsa the 9th and 7th were &C.
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NoRFoLx. Iulvs

July 8.
| It would be noticed in our last that the
French had evacuated Almeida, the last hold
| they had in Portugal, which completes their
expulsion from that country.
Our Lisbon papers speak of battle that
took place on the Sd of May, but we have no
papers containing the official account. The
action was very severe. A Lisbon parer of
the 18th, referring to this battle saws. By
the official dispatches, we Yesterday had
the pleasure of laying before the public, it
appears that the first account we gave of
the loss OF the allied army being 1900, in
Guiding 200 killed, was correct.-The loss
" OF the enemy tits supposed, inkilled, wound
:" ed and taken, is not short of 5000 men
:" 400 of their dead were foundin Fuentes d.
Honar, between zoo and 300 were made
prisonerS-and byletters from Celorica had
"arrived at that place On the 9TH"
1t was, we presume the result Of this battle.
that decided the French commander in the
complete evacuation of all Portugal. leaving
the small garrison of Almeida 10 its fate
which had however the good fortune to es-
cape with the loss of 400 men out of 1000
among those taken was the general Bernier.
We think it may be concluded, that in aban-
doning all the strong places in Portugal. the
French have no intention of retur1ng.-The
latest accounts of the French army 1--WE mean
that OF Alas8ena) was that il continued its re-
treat, the rear guard having reached Tonnes
On the Duero.
The efforts Of the allied army would be d.
rcctcd against Badajos, in the first instance,
and then against the army Of Soult. The re-
lnforcement which reached Lisbon (from
EDglard) on the 9th Of May, would not be
able to JOIN the army before Badajos, sooner
than the 18th or 18th of lure. We do not
believe that lord ellington, brought any part
OF his army with him from the north Of Por-
tugal because we see III one of our paners an
official dispatch from him, announcing the es-
cape OF part Of the French garrison Of Al
media, which despatch is dated the 18th OF
May, at Villa Formosa, in the Reighborhood
OF Almeida--aud the telegraph, announces
his arrival al Elvas on the 10Th, distance
of nearly $50 mi.es--Indeed we have seen a
letter which says, that Lord Wellington rode
this journey with sach expedition, as to have
killed two horses.
The events OF war are very uncertain. but
" think the expulsion of the French floD
Spain, as an event which may be calculated
upon, IN the course Of the present year.
Aster the above was written, we found
paper containing the despatch Of Lord Wei
.ington, to which we hay e alluded, il is dat
e1 at Vuia Formosa, on The 9Th Of MAY. and
would occupy more than two columns of our
paper. We could not trespass on Tie time
q Friend, 70 Whom we ere under 80 mapy
obligations .0E tfansiations, 70 request o. lInn
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WAsH1NeToN Cry. Jnlv .

The frigate Essex, Capt. Smith, has at
Length arrived in this country, having or
board WIN. PINKNEY, esq. our late Minister
to Great Britain, after passage of 40 DAYS.
On the same day, few hours before the
ESSEX, arrived at Annapolis the British frigate
Minerva, Capt. Hawkins, Of 80 guns, hav NC
on bard AUGUSTUS ]. FOSTER, esq. the
British Minister to our government. The
Minerva sailed from England six or seven
days before the Essex.
Mr. PINKNEY arrived in this city on Sun
day from Annapolis. Mr.. FOSTER reached
the city the same day, together with his suite.
BY the Essex dispatches are received from
France, the contents of which rumor has not
yet waited to our ears.
Mr. IN,
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I,ilv &
Nat. Int.

On Tuesday last, AUc. J. Foster, csc.
was presented by the Secretary of State to
the President of the United States, and exhi-
bited his credentials as Envoy Extraordinary
and Minister Pleiiipotentiary from Great BIZ
tain to the U. States.
Mr.. MoRIER was also presented, as Secre-
tary of of Legation, and Mr. BAKER attached
to the Legation.
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PHILADELPHIA, July /
Latest from CatiiZ.

days from Cadiz. The Editor Of the Free
mans Journal has the Cadiz Gazette E,,
traordinary of May 23 Containing the i'm
portant intelligence of the defeat of mar
shall Soult received by the above vessel.
Translated. FORTH Frecmau's Joarual
Defeat of Marshal Souit.
from tie Caaiz Gazette E,r;ra, Nay2, 1911.
Copy Of a deepatch from his Excellency Don
Joaquin Blake, to the Council of Regency.
with an account Of the glorious and COM
Piete victory Obtained over the army OF
Se enemy, commanded by Soult
Most Excellent Sir,
have the satisfaction to Announce ~ vo,,
that the alliedSpanish, British and Portuguese
army, have completely and gloriously beaten.
IN the camp OF Aibuhera, yesterday the 10th
May, the army ofthe enemy which was march
ing under the commando marshal Soult to the
reiief OF Badajoz and the conquest of New
Estrenadura. But we have defeated his
projects and he is rapidly retreating, pur-
sued oy our cavalry, supported by our
vanguard and some British infantry
we have not gained an easy victory, the
oattie mas been very obstinate and sanguinary
on both sides, but the enemy greatly excee
ded ours. Their loss is certainly 70oo ur,n
Our army fought for many hours without
giving an inch of ground enhances the glory
OF DOR victory. Soult had united extraordi-
nary forces with activity proportonate to the
grand object he had in view. We were e.
quail III force as to infantry, but his cavalry
and artillery far exceeded ours in number
nut such was the ardour with which the al
led army fought against the common enemy,
1heir noble emulation to distinguish them
selves, and the mutual support which they
afSrced to each other, that they defeated
$4,000 OF the tyrant's satellites and such
vas their enthusiasm. that they would have
conquered any number, in defence Of the
liberties Of Europe.
will procure you the details Of this most
brilliant aud memorable day, as soon as pos
si6le and in order that you may be early
informed OF this most important victory, /
send this by adjutant Den Sebastian Llano.
VINO was IN the action, and who may give
every Verbai Information you may require.
want words to consey to you an idea Of
the intrepldity, Courage and coed conduct Of
all the Spanish generals, officers and troops,
VINO animated by the glorious example Of
their illastricus British ard Portuguese allies.
with whom there subsisted the most cordial
union, strove to rival them in heroic deeds.
do not wish to particularizc those who
have distinguished themselves, lest I should
involuntar1iy give an unjust preference, as
all have done their duty--but ] Cannot pass
over IN silence the extraordinary military
merit OF his cxceliency Marshal Beresford,
general IN chief Of the United British and
Portuguese troops, and the superior good
conduct NJ gen. Castanos, who acted in con-
cert and planned ehe action. Nothing indeed
can be compared TO the intelligence. ACTIVITY
and valor of marshal Beresford, whose ex.
ample animated the troops and led them on
to victory
Cod preserve your excellency many wears.
From the Camp atAibubera, MayiS, 1911.
JOAQUIN BLAKE.