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.,uld be Afforded her, for she was expir-
;ns--she died on the day following.
The seleetmen, on hearing the report,
ordered the body to be dug up; and, on
o,euins the eoefin and examining the body.
many stripes were to be seen, and her
body burned almost black. The perpe-
traitors being present, aad examined by a
Jury OF inquest. were brought in guilty OF
wiilfGi murder.
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1AA
Poyt of alexandria.
Port OF Alexandra.

wv " /A1'~O'~' S'''
ENTERED
Schooner Mary Ann, Bush Norfolk
Sundries to Newton Keene & others.
CLEARED
Schooner Hazard, Luce, Boston-by
Lawra -on & FOwle.
schooner'Eliza-Ann, Haynes, HAVANA
by John Grid.
Arrived ship William and John, captain
Dyer, 81 days from Lisbon-ballast-
James Patton.
Left there ship Citizen, Weston, OF and
for Alexandria. Schr. Henry and Glenn
ents, Luckett, of Georgetown; ship Com
merce, Crowdhill, of Alexandria Will
helmina, Fowle, do. and ship Gov. Strong,
Hamilton, Of n. York. In lat. SO, long.
IS. Spoke schr. Experiment, from Porto
Rico. bound to Philadelphia.
The ship Potomac, Bradford, had ar
rived at Lisbon and sailed for Cadiz.-
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From the Balance.
TyIE CHIMNEY CORNER PATRIOT

"Ofall my fathers family, / like MYSELF the
best" Old Ballad.
A very sensible and feeling sentiment.
whether said or sung. If ones affections
centre n himself-if the whole eircumter-
ice of his friendship is bounded by his
own breast-how easy, how quiet, hoW
comfortable must his years roll on! he
ills which befail others, do not vex him.
The ravages Of fire and famine. OF pesti-
lenee and death, never trouble him--pro-
vided they do not enter his own threshold.
He is not clargesble with Partially or
Injustice towards any. He does not, by
reforming one liberal or generous act, es-
fabiish a precedent for aaoihcr. No one
person ever asks favor OF him, more
than once: Being refused. it would be
folly to repeat such boo1ess calls. have
known people harrassed half to death for
favors and acts of kindness, merely be-
cause they suffered it TO ''get about" that
they were in the habit Of granting them
when, had they adopted my policy. and
shut themselves up snugly in their own
chimney-corner nobody would ever have
thought of troubling them. More than
nine tenths Of al the ills and vexations of
this life, arise from peoples ignorance OF,
or inattentiOn to my doctrines. have
kept regular journal of all the calami-
-eQus events which hare happened since
MY remembrance, and have in every in
stance traced their origin to departure
from first principles-that is, the great.
grand principle Of preferring one's self to
every body else. ] have noted almost in
Vulnerable cases, where men drowned
themselves. by attempting to rescue others
from watery grave! and near neigh
Dor of mine once actually ruined good
coat and hat, by rushing into a burning
house to snatch child from the flames
land what adds greatly to the folly and
madness of the-aet, the child zccs not IN
any 1uay related to him A beggar wo-
man called at the house of MIR.
on a raw clustering evening. She held
in her arms a child, half naked and SILVER
Ing with the eSld. She wanted some old
garment to protect it from the tempest.
Instead Of sending her of, away ran Mr..
--'s daughter to a clothes-press,
with a camille in her hind. to get the ar
ticle which the beggar wanted. In her
hurry she set fire to her garment hanging
i'm the press: The house was almost in
stantly in fa,nes-and three other houses
were destroyed with it! Such were the
consequences arising from silly girls
sensi6iiityl L.
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ALEXANDRIA, D.4ILY GAZETTE.
&C TO sHEw
THE VERY AGE AND BODY OF THE TIME
HIS FORM AND PRESSURE.
THURSDAY MORNING, August %.
LATEST FROM LISBON.

Capt. Dyer, of the ship William and John,
who arrived here yesterday, left Lisbon on the
Fifteenth of July. On the day he sailed. he
saw an officer belonging to the allied army,
who informed him that there had been Sc
WERE ENGAGEMENT between the two
armies in which there had been great slaugh-
ter, and that the action had terminated favor
ably to the allied army. They were still be-
sieging Badajoz.-Tbe Portuguese were IN
high spirits. 1t was said Marmont had gone
after Gen. Blake in the neighborhood OF Sc
vile, and that Beresford was pursuing him.
A feet of transports had arrived from Eng
land with reinforcement of Cavalry for the
British army
A Portuguese gentleman read an account
of the above mentioned engagement to Capt.
Dyer, from Lisbon paper, with which he
seemed greatly pleased; but Capt. D. does
not recollect any of the particulars.
Markets at Lisbon, dull, but there was ia.
vorable prospect of their improving.
The Baltimore Wing says, that to carry the
election in Maryland will cost the Federalists
"fifty thousand dollars, and one million OF lies.
AS the Editor of the Wing has been pretty
active agent in former elections, when Demo-
cracy succeeded in that state, he must be al
lowed to be a tolerable Judge of the quantity
of lies used on such occasions. The Fede-
ralists, however, stand in no need of that De-
mocratic commodity they have enough to do
to refute the falsehoods of their opponents.
Indeed, if Federal lies should be so ertenaiue,
as the Wing asserts, it is no wonder there are
none told; while as they cost nothing to the
exclusive republicans, they are dealt out to
the people with a liberal hand.
A writer in the Wing, in an Address
"to the People called Quakers," has
brought forward farrago of absurdity
that will be treated with honest contempt
by the members of that peaceable and
well informed Society. After Acknow-
Lodging their correct department as citi-
zens, he reproaches them with their op-
position to what he is pleased to stile the
8" republican administration Of our go
vernment" although he says " every ia
vor and every indulgence they have re-
ceived has been granted exclusively by the
republicans" For this charge of settled
ingratitude, they will doubtless be ex-
tremely thankful.-The cause OF truth
and good order in Maryland and else
where is benefited by such frothy scrib-
blers, who, in attempting to deceive others,
completely expose their own ignorance
and hypocrisy: the People called Qua
kers," however they may submit to have
their understandings insulted by stupid
publications, will not be duped into a
sanction of silly and ruinous measures.
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ATTENTION.

Battaions court of enquiry for the lst and
I'd ba> tation OF militia will be held at the court
Houee, on Saturday next, at ten O'Clock Ill
the morning, tor the purpose OF assessing
Zines for no"-atiendance at muster IN June,
July and August.
BY ORDER,
PHILIP TRIPLETT, Adjutant.
august 81 DAT
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PUBLIC SALE.


The subscriber will offer at public sale, at
the Coffee House in Alexandria, on SA-
TURDAY the first of September, at ~
O'Clock, on credit of six, nine * twelve
months, for notes negotiable at the bank OF
Alexandria, with an approved endorser-
The House on King-street,
near Washington street, now occupied by
Mr.. Sloan & the Rbuse adjoining -.he house
on Fairfax street now occupied by Mr.. SIade
the Houses on Joncs's Point, with one or
more Acres Of Cround-The House Lot at
the corner of Fairfax and Franklin streets
three Lots adjoining on Fairfax street, and
three more Lots adjoining on Franklin street.
He will distose Of at Private sac,
All or any part of his Land lying on the
''' ~ S. COOK.
I...hrrc July 2z-23 2awtds
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A combination Of contrasted
NATURAL CURIOSITIES,
ALL coNcENrERlD IN ONE ANIMAL CALLED
The URUS, of Africa:
To be seen at Mr.. HucoRN's Tavern, next
door 70 the Theatre.
THIS remarkable animal is at least ten
i feet in length, more than five feet high,
having crown on his head like lion. hair
on his forelegs like horses main, on his
shoulders like camel, and under his chin
like goat, mouth and feet like COW, ars
like the feathered tribe, horns peculiar to his
own family, tail and rump resembling the
elephant in summer, has wool as fine as the
beaver in winter: He rolls and stretches
himself like horse, eats hay like an OK, his
movement resembles that of the bear, is We
~ obedient to his keeper and is supposed to
weigh about 400 pounds.
Price Of admittance IS cents-Chiliren
half price.
August % st
The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1811-04-26
2EN DoLLARS REWnRD

ANA WAY, from the plantation of the Sub.
about two months ago, Ekekv black negro ,,,o
mon named Ma'1ba or MatJ, aged about 90
tvi' ana OF rather detected countenance. Sne
was lately brought from Norfolk, where She
lisl been the property ola MRS Gibbons. poy,
deceased, at which place, or in Gloucester or
n.sseN' ! expect 9he is hsrbored, Or perhaps at
Rockets or in Richmond 80
whoever will lodge the above w oman in ;s;I
or deliver her to Mr.. Thomas Gayke my Mana
ger at the psntaton aforesaid, shall receive. ,he
above reward, together with reasonable expen-
Richmond. April 2s. -,
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II YCEiAN FOUNTAINS and Ricbmo,d
4 Mineral Water Warehouse AZ tie D.

YCEiAN FOUNTAINS and Richmond
a Mineral Water Warehouse, at the Re.
servoir, Capitol Hill
Tue Pubic are respectfully informed that thew
nclsl Mineral Waters, either from pIe fo,ihts;ns
" IN Bottles.
The Water will also be delivered at the Store
o. Messrs. Vail ( Rogers, (Main-sireet, nearly
opposite he Bell Tavern) with whom The pro.
"letor OF The original Establishment has form ed
Nonnexion, and who will conduct the Branch
extended to this City und sr the firm of coheT
< Co. VI ~o"eA
Is. For the accommodation Of Ladies. (vbo
nay ho"or The fountains with their visits n err.
rate apartment is appropriated, the entrance to
ing -''''N
Inc strictest attention viii lie paid 10 all Of.
ders they may be favored with, either FOR b,t,h
Consumption or expectation
'''''''ono' Aprh 20 ep1mwH
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lCHMOND.-Fo short time to be seen.
"a Tor Sale, At low price, at Col. John "a y.
&c ,o"er .ehs ment, an elegant; rare and bean-
uful collection OF near 500 different snh;.o,. r.
Mythology. A'legories III story, Fancy. Land r
Sea ,iews-in Black and ~ Colcrs.
Abundance each day IS cents. Purchasers
Tor two dollars worth. shall have the .dmi,tance
accounted for Purchasers for 500 dollars
WORTH or upwards, shall have a suitable dis
count. Mo
April % 4.
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EN "Wednesday the 1st May next W;ll be
~ sod, to the highest bidder, before the v.os
que oftice' OF Foster & Satchel the follow;np
property belonging to the estate of Iohn Tavlor
ecd'-A negro man WHO'S an excellent COPPER.
Inn blacksmith, snd 100 bushels of coal.
deliverable a Rock it's from The vard Of I,'n
OK & CO. Terms Of sale-a bond with snnln.
we'd security at 90 avs
april 26. "
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e J. e c 10 W 80 Vi, 8

The Boston Patrio, gives the returns Of
votes for governor Of Massachusetts,, from
$50 towns, for Gerry, 3s,S13; for Goe
38,22S leaving republican majority Of
1880 votes and republican gain of 16S
votes since last year. The net repubii-
4 can gain Of LauGcon over Smith for YER
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IN CoUNo1L, 23d ApriI 1911

L.
The Leutenan. Governor laid before tbs
board let er fr'.m Philip Norhorne Nichols,
the Attorney General of the State. contain,n,r
his opinion, &c that bonds & recognizanoes ,vh;ci,
are 10 be taken in This Stale until Goyern,r 10
appointed, ought to be taken to Genrgr VIM
smith, Lieut.. Governor of the Commonvvea,,h
oil va & t. his successors in the Office of Cover
hor,"-whioh said letter is in reply to the ami.
cation made tt" him pursuant to an advice of
Council of the 18th inst. for his opinion as to,he
manner IN which bonds s. recognizances. reoui.
red by law to be given to the Governor & his
successors, should be taken under the existing
state OF the Executive :-.Upon con,ide..,ion
whereof, It is advised that, until the .ono,nt-
ment OF a Governor by the Legislature, ali such
bonds q recognizances shah oe gwen. To
George VIM Smith, Lieut.. Governor Of the
Commonwealth of Virginia, now exercising lie
functions OF Governor-and to his succe sors in
the Office of Governor, that informatio, oftb;,
aav'ce be forthwith transmitted to all the courta
OF TINS Commonwealth & to all public officers
and others who MAJ have occasion to take or ex.
act such bonds aid recognizances and that
copy be published three times in each of tho
newspapers printed in the CITY of Richmond. ,
a true copy from the Journal of the Council,
OF state N
JOHN w. PLEASANTS. hre
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nor of New-Hampshire as far a. received !.

1855. - :
Il will be recol,rc,ed that the republicans
lmSonnecucot, NOT sufficiently strong to car.
ry candidate of their own for governor.
nave made an entering wedge of Roger
lHo'swoid, to split and destroy the political
t'niiuence OF the intolerant clergy who have
SO long governed that state the Connects
cur Mirror gives us the returns from 400
towns, tor Griswold 90O5, for TreadweN
ttne candidate of the priesthCod) 1875 and
oio scattering votes, giving Griswold a ma
jJority OF us votes of the whole number Ia
Ken and majority of 1850 over TreadwelI.
tue Mirror states that there are bu, Is
mere towns TO be heard from, consequently
we are inclined to think !hat Gr;swold
mounts the go6ernatcrial chair to the dis.
eunntnre OF dwight and his prosecuting
The Federal Editors of Boston have been
roasting with the expectation that There
would be no choice of Senators in the Dis
tncts ct Lincoln and Kennebeck. excene
one from the former The Patriot. howe-
yer, assures us that the De mocra,ic tickes
has carried in Kennebeck by a maiorir,-
OF oo0O and in Lincoln by a majority Of
1000. %
LIE Lee ATES, to the .Next General Assen,.
5iy
Coleman s' >a''eA
1s0'''H coHnty-William Holt, John Hodg-
So'tha'npton-G fin Stitb, Benjamin Blunt.
Bryan. '.o' "h'
Hardv-James Machir, Christian Simon.
A'nherst-Thomas Moore,s w Armistead.
accommodation Barnard, Barrett C. PAYNE.
Nevu 17en,6ero
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10 THE EDITOR OF THE ENQUIRER.
| RIcHMoNp, April Esd, 1911.
SIR,
/ Much as court the shade, I find mvsel,
compelled to appear moment before the pub.
lie 49,
Several persons imagine that am the author
OF the q. Bachelor most solemnly assure them
that deserve not that honor.
Other persons officiously insinuate that take
pans 10 pass tor the author of the essays under
that name. most solemnly assure them tina,
neither my heart nor my head deserves that s;ig.
ma.
Two pieces, under the signature OF Zopetyufh,
m which there is nothing to raise a blush. and
very Little TO CRAFTY vanity. constitute the sum
Total OF my tributary labors. a feeble accession
to stream so noble and so copious - have
SAID so to the Agudziis Of literature, and said M
more.--Had not feared to be ob,rusive. and
to break the original plan of the real author. /
should have avaiied myself ofhis polite ind,il-
gence, to ditfuse, Under his auspices, some truths
which deem useful
know Dr.. Cecil (; and to say that I know
him, necessarily implies that he possesses inv
esteem, my respect, my affection.-It is nv sin
cere belief, that Virginia will rank him among
her 6etefacto,s
Allow me an additional remark. There is on
~ one TRAIT IN the Old Bachelor. which seems
10 me inconsistent with the ensemble of his man.
ly and dignified figure --In the eyes of the
moral'st society should consist solely of two
elasses-the good, and the bad Intermediate
shades + character, mean, such as are mere
~ ridiculous, scarcely deserve any other senti
ment but philosophical pity 1t was not by chs.
cling or impaling butterflies that Hercules dis
played his usefulness, acquired his celebrity
Il was by destroying monsters. To DIR. Cecil,
heongs the task of crushing vice : feebler hands
may lash Yidicuie
Hoping that this communication will remove
the charge of pretensons, which, if enter tained
would be no less silly ian in,nor4l,on my part,
remain. very respectfully,
Mr.. Editor,
Your obi. humb serv't.
L. H GIRARDIN.
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NO WHOLESALE AND RETAIL. DRY
SooD MERCHANTS -A young man
VIC matters himself IN possessing pretty ;,epea
raj knowledge ofthe dry good business. and who
Is Is 9uanfied TO assist in keeping Se,t of Books
oy double entry, would be glad to engage with
any gentleman in that line. Any commun?cation
addressed TO B. left at the Office of the En-.
qurer viii be respectfully attended to.
april 90. ;.n
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cd, vas announced on the 18th inst. but as
the conditions, as construed by the council
here, are ruinous and believed to be unwar-
ranted, very inconsiderable importations
have been made: and indeed if merchants
we're disposed to import. the limited plan
of introduction, (Which is through one gate
BY one set of Wagons and scales) would de
feat them and would require at least years
90 bring in all the property. declared, ia
Holstein.
The difference in the construction Of
the enclosed paper, is this: The article OF
coffee. for example-The merchants con
tend that for 157 Kiiogrammes brought in,
81 ought to be taken for the duties agreea-
bly, TO the text of it. Thus 100 Kilogram
mes would remain to the owner. But the
Council exacts the payment of 81 Kilogram-
mes out OF every 100 brought in, which
leaves only As to the owner.
Between the paymen, in kind and in
money. according to the Councils interpret. j.
tion. there is very little difference. in case
Of payment in kind, estimating Coffee to cost
103 In Holstein, the price in Hamburg will
Be
Banco ga
And in case of payment in cash 2s1
The result OF the merchants con-
struc,ion l7A
@ The words that 81 Kilogrammes shall
De paid for the qun!al metrique in lieu oil
money ave clearly IN favor of the nerch mt s,
but the other side has the power and do as
6hey please. Yesterday remonstrance
was prepared by the merchants, for me
Emperor, but their fears will very proba.
bly, not permit them to send it as has been The
fate of foruer ones. I Cannot hope for any
change in the payment in kind so long as the
Director of Douanes here, is against it. as
hs opinion has more influence with the
Emperor than .Nl Hamburg. aud to pay
IN cash is ,mpracticable as also less advan
tagsous,
AT present no sales are made, owing to
the scarcity of money and the unsteadiness of
the lines! I am DESTROYS e sell deliverable
at Eckenforde, when a sa ing price iuciu
Dig the advantage of exchange, can be
obtained, which / hope may be accomplish
ed before great while, unless the United
States have direct trade with France
which l cannot expect.-The course on
london is at present "a "a 2-6.-Thus 10
for tue Coffee and about As per cent ON re-
mittance," would close this unfortunate,
Troublesome business.
"P Last nights Russian post brought
an account of the publication of new Ia
riff on the Sd inst. 1t imposes duty of 20
roubies per pood on coffee-7 on sugar per
.pood (raw) and prohibits the importation OF
refined sugar, manufactures. &c &c. and
confines importations to the principal ports
OF the Empire To take place on the 1th
inst. old style, without retrospective ope-
ra'ion Property afoat continues under
sequester, but will (American) be released
alter the 11th, subject to the duties, for
which purpose the discharge was arrested
It is to be understood that This is an OHM.
on"
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MARRIED, on Tuesday evening last, by the
Rev john ID. Blair, Mr.. JESSE II. Turner. 70
MISS HARRIET BURR
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LOWER CANADA.

Ertract OF a late speech Of the Governor of
Lower Canada at the hrorogation of the
Legislature.
Upon tn state of our public affairs, the diff.
hcuty OF communication with Europe has, this
winter, appeared to be greater than usual, pro-
Nahiy owing to the implements thrown in the
way OF American commerce, by the acts of their
government. have therefore little to commu
ncate The feelings, which would other ,sise
have attended The death OF an amiable Princess.
were almost lost, in the contemplation of AN af.
fiicting CALAMITY, by which that event was fol
lowed, in the alarming disposition of our revered
sovereign. Let Us place our confidence in the
mercy OF God, and trust that he will, in his era-
cious dispensatioD, realize those hopes, that are
held out to us, by the last accounts we have re
ceived, OF his being speedily restored in health
to his grsteful people
IL is scarcely necessary that should OBJ
serve upon anew act of non-intercourse or non.
Importation, with respect to G.. B. which has
passed in the American Congress. By what 1
can understand the best of their lawyers are d.
vIded IN their opinions of its operation. With
us, however, fear, there can be no difference
OF sentiment as to its being branch OF that sys-
TEN OF partial & irritating policy which has so
long marked their public proceedings towards
US. The bill which you have SO wisely passed.
tor preventing the nefarious traffic that has been
but too long carried on, in the forgery of their
"a"A notSs, VIII AZ iease prove, that you have
not suffered any sentiment of resentment to
weigh against those principles of liberal Justice
with which you are at all times animated tow .
ards them.'
.. NEW YORK, April 90.
The Z. 8. frigate President, Commodore
Rodgers. sailed from this port Yesterday
morning on cruize to the southward !: but
came to an anchor at Staten Island, the wind
being ahead.
The U. S. brig of war Argus, capt. Law
renee, sailed from this port yesterday after
noon for Annapolis.
BY the arrival, at Philadelphia, of the
Brig Betsey, 5. Miller, in IS days from Car
thagena from which she sailed the 9th of
March, the Philadelphia papers inform us
that a total revolution was effected there on
the 9Th OF February without bloodshed, in
favor OF the Independents, which stagna-
ted business for three days, and thata mum
Der OF the most influential characters. at
tached to the old government, had been
imprisoned by order of the new Junta.
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Your obi. humb. serv't.
L. H GIRARDIN.

The Inhabitants of Norfolk, had meeting on
the 18TH, and came to certain resolutions unan-
'inousiy-These were, to lay petition before the
next Assembly for the institution of Bank uil-
der the name of the Bank of Norfolk to omen
subscriptions on the I'd Monday in Nov. for a
Capital Stock of s 100000 in shares of s 100
each, At Norfolk for 1000 shares, Richmond
2oo0, Petersburg $500, fredericksburg 1000,
e Wmchester 500, Staunton 500, and Lynchburg
500, under the care of certain named Superin-
PENDANTS and as soon aa4000 shares are sub
scribed, the Superintendants at Norfolk to call
meeting OF the Stockholders, with view of
eiectlng a committee OF 19, who are to lay the
pet'lion before the Assembly and make TIE ne
cesssly arrangements for carrying the objects OF
this Association into effect.--For success, the
ner.l Meeting of Norfolk rely upon the 6: u
mon, hberality and justice ofthe Legislature to
encourage the Inland Navigation" of that sec,i.
on of the country. sto promote ship building
md manufactures. and to sustain the Commeroe
OF the State generally"