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FOR THE ENQUIRER.
LITERARY.

On he tbrtis,h and 3Ist ult :, in presence
ofavery intelligent and respectable circle Of
company, Mr.. Anderson exhibited the PROGRESS
OF us Pupils in several of the mos, i,nportant
branches oi polite education and accomplish.
me",. The young Ladies were questioned In,
So mn,e, diver ifed, and critical ,nanne r. that
no u"aot remained OF the sotdity and extent of
their requirements. Indeed the OCCASION ia.
PiAyed sn anequiyocal and most pleasing proof
OF reniaie talents, application and success A
numerous Isl Of young Ladies (msny of waom
are oil tiis City aud Manebester) distinguished
themselves by readiness aud precision m their
answers, winch eviEced the accuracy AS well 80
me extent ottheir a,tainments
The following is letter addressed % Mr.
Any gentleman Of tie first literary attain.
N ats ~
nc visit paid 10 your Acs de my the ether
oay' "ii"rded me great pleasure, as it gave me
an opportunity Of Witnessing the good eif.o cts of
ur system, IN which solid information. NTH
erto NOT sufficiently attended to in female ed;I-
c-oon,is .lud'clously comDinsd with the lighter
accofhpiishments.-The progress in Literature,
winch your pupils in general appear to ave
i'"oe w's'"n short trie. proves sufficiently.
oot' yodr abiity TO tea CHI, and their sptilude to-
learn >"u have my cord 81 good y shes FOR
csnt'nied success ia your laudsble end.ayors,
winch are no less direc ted to the benefit of the
'1'hniNiiiiy than your own"
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{ Nv Monday the 12t;i inst will be so 81,
me Subscribers, without reserve al pub.
iic Auction o. ns, before disposed Of % goo
acres OF Land, patented Lands lying IN the
oouIAles OF SreenorIer and Montgomery Tho
owner will convey his right as soon a. sale ;s
made. -
Moncare, Robinson 70 Pseasants.
Aug. 9.
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Norfolk. Aueust $.

-. =, Norfolk, August S.
IN friday evening. ne Umted sSiQteys
JlfS9afe Cons istetion Cspt Hull. anchorrH
~ Hamhfon roads, havins on ,6oa,d MIR,
Harlow, The minister of ne Uuftrd S,aI.s
10 france MIR. Warder, The Consul Gcne
Ia 10 france; and Mr. Lee, Consul Jo,-
boraeaRr. mr.. Bario7v and AIR JIardeu
came nf 70 tospn M, Lee remo,ned or
ooara. We Ytidersfand thar the trieare.
S0oHfa sail Ills hior,ing LEDGER.
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Erract of q letter from cam. I'm p.
Coffin Of tie schooner PauRnc, EARNED
with four guns. and Manned zvifh il men }
TO his o1vners in This Cify, eG!ea Nay 80,
1911
with pleasure inform YOU Of my safe
arrival at this port. after passage of So
days. After leaving N. Y for the first ten
days had easteriy winds continually, in
which time / made but little progress, af,
forwards meeting with a iar wind, being
anxious to make quick passage and make
up tor loss OF time, i'll carrying heavy press
OF sail unfortunately carried away my main
boom. Nothing OF consequence occurred un
til the 28th inst. the Maze of Norway hear
ing n. w. leagues distant a, s A. M, dis
covered "a sail making towards u,, the wind
being light, found she CAMEL upon me & it
immediately fell calm. perceived tina, he
came up with me with 10 sweeps. Every
ezertion was made to escape, but in vain :
consequently was prepared to be made a
prize OF, seeing bis force so great, about 40
men, and OF course more muskets than can
nou, although we found he had enough of
the latter About ten o'clock he common
ced hire upon as; 1 made our ports and
guns appear to the best advantage, dare not
| fre--and when we came to his view ga "
| by his actions that he was frightened had
already FIVE men slowed away Tor the pur.
pose OF retaking her, if possible. lie wa.
now within half mile, and his shot whist
ling round US on every direction. thought
il pity 90 leave such a vessel as the Pau
line, my sailors for which they deserve ere
| dit said they would rs soCn die as be taken
| aud VI j " ould head them we would bea
her oil. Consented he run up Danish CO
| iurs, aud i answered them with nv guns. de
termjssd that bs aApv!d have TIE schooae
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pENj AMIN DUVAL, & Go .havt ON.
menced SJONE WIRE MANUFlc.
1ohfI at Duyals Tile Msnufsctory, with ma
tefss WINCH gley think superior, to sny lie reto1
lore used IN tn. u. States The draw,ro &c
their FIRST KIN, jns'fes this opinion end con-
Finces them, that they can sell on better terms
70 10 The buyer, than any Mandatory onthe Con-
tineIit. S
August 9 .n6,s.d
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/ oST on Wedn sd,y evening last, Ladies'
,rcn H Ti morocco Pocket Book, containing a,
zen Do'i"r Massachusetts Note, q not ~
HAND ior 40 dollars given by Patrick Perrin
note Tor n dollars given by myself 10 N ,,s
"nG frice' which is paid but not rece,n,e,i
ana several other papers Of no use Bit ~ ,h.s
owner. ~ !" u'S
Aug. 9. 80 "oe@eHf
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hECK'S PATENT SHOT; ~ Ton -,
- Pleteiy escorted, from, BIB to No "a 'V e"-
Sale by w. ~ ipr
NJ b MYERS.
4Ss"'s for tie Mana5aefute,s
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Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1808-1812, 1811-11-20
Diffrict Of Columbia, TO wit !:

VN1HEREAo Jeremiah salterwhite hath
w by his petition in writing, applied 10
the hon Nicholas Fitzhugh, one of the ss-
sistant Judges of the ci,cui' curt of the
district of Columbia, to be admitted to the
bene fit of the oct Of Congress for the relief
Of insclvent debtors within the district afore-
said, and has stated therein that he is in &C.
tual confinement in The Jail Of Alexandria
county, at the suit OF Samuel M Claud, and
being unable to discharge the said claim,
with Others against him, has offered to deli
yer up to the use of his creditors all his pro-
perry, real, personal and mixed: Notice is
therefor given to the creditors of the said
Jeremiah Satterwhite, that on Monday, the
25th instant, between the hours of nine and
three O'Clock, at the court house in Alexan-
dria, the oath of an insolvent debtor will be
administe, ed to the said Jeremiah Satterwhite
and a trustee appointed agreeably to the said
act Of Congress, nnless causeh be then and
there shewn to the contrary. And it is fur.
Their ordered, that this notice be inserted dai.
ly in the Alexandria newspaper until the
25th instant.
BY order of the hon. Nicholas Fitzhugh,
one of the assistant judges ofthe circuit court
of the district of Columbia, this 2lst Jay Of
November, 1871.
4. G.. Deneale, C. c.
November 81. DIST
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ALEXANDRIA.
WEDNESDAY MORNING, November
DANCING ASSEMBLIES.

DANClNG ASSEMbl1Co.
The following gentlemen have been chosen
Managers of the Dancing assemblies tor the
present season:
GEORGE DENEALE, WILLIAM YEA7oN,
THoMAS SWANN, William FowLE, NoBLE7
HERBERT, T. y. THOMPSON, JACOB MORGAN,
j. II. MANDEVIELE.
A meeting of the Managers is requested at
Mr.. Triplett's Hotel on Friday evening next,
for the purpose of making the necessary ar
engagements for the Ball.
Rumor says the Hon. Mr. Pope OF Kentucky
has been nominated to the Senate as Comp
troller of the Treasury in the room of Gabriel
Duyall Esq. appointed Judge.
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COMMUNICATION.
Mr.. SNowDEN,

Mr.. SNowDEN,
Having lately seen in the newspapers a
number of literary trifes, under the denomi-
nation of " Charades" send you the opinion
of an ingenious writer relative to that species
of composition, together with some specimens
which he has subjoined. 1t appears that
many who make attempts in this way, do not
understand the nature of their undertaking.
Should any of your readers think proper to
bestow an idle moment in explaining the
Charades have copied, they may be assured
of this much at least, that these, possess the
precise qualities which the writer says Cha
rades ought to possess.
"CHARADE
"Owes its name to the idler who invented
it. Its subject must be a quord Of tito sylla-
Dies, each forming distinct zvord and these
tzto syNables are TO be concealed in an enigma
ticai description, first seharateiy and then to-
gether. The exercise of Charades, if not
greatly instructive, is at least innocent and a.
musing." "The sillinesses, indeed, of most
that have appeared in the papers under this
title, are not only destitute of all pleasantly in
the stating, but are formed in general of words
utterly unfit for the purpose. They have
therefore been treated with the contempt they
deserved In trihes of this nature, inaccura-
cy is without excuse" The following Exam
pies are given by the same writer:
No. /.
My first, however here abused,
Designs the sex alone;
In Cambria, such is customs pow'r,
IT'S jenkins, John or Joan.
My second oft is loudly call'd,
When men prepare to fist it;
Its name delights the female ear;
It's force, may none resist it!
1t binds the weak, it binds the strong,
The wealthy and the poor;
Still It's to Joy passport deem'd,
For sullied fame cure.
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to freehold being the only proper qualihca-
ton, he inquired whetherthe gentleman meant
to insist that the state of Virginia possessed
more wisdom than Vermont, Pennsylvania,
New-Jersey and Maryland, where no such
qualification was required?
Mr.. Fisk also spoke in reply to MIR. Ran
doIph, after which the latter withdrew his
motion for the committee rising.
Mr.. Poindexter again objected to the bill
as it stands, on the ground that 1t did not e.
ven require citizenship, by which means ma
ny Spaniards would be entitled to vote; and
that man, under this bill, would be entitled
to vote in two counties, the one in which he
resided, and the other in which his property
lay, sc.
Mr.. Randolph disclailned all idea of wan
ton attacks on foreigners. Some of his most
valuable friends were men who had emigrat-
ed to this country since the revolution. He
said he had referred to Unsupported patriots
of the present day. He was glad to find the
gentleman from Pennsylvania had confined his
Communications of Tom Paine to the Rights
of Man, without bringing in the Age OF Reas-
on For his own part, Mr.. r. said, the ideas
of Tom Paine and the Devil were so init
mately associated in his mind, that he could
not think of the one without recalling the o.
Their: Nor did he believe that the Washing
tons and Hancocks of this country required to
be spurred to resistance by an English Stay
maker: the revolution would have gone on
without him. If the gentleman from Penn
sylvania was disposed to defy Tom Paine,
he should not join in the worship.--Mr. R.
expressed his unwillingness to encourage e.
migrations from the old states, especially at
this important crisis He hoped we should
take care of yourselves first, and of the people
on the Missouri afterwards.
Mr.. Smile denied having made any refer
ence to Tom Paine's religious creed: that
was a matter between himself and his God.
He respected the man for his political writ
ings.
AS soon as Mr.. s. concluded, a motion was
made and agreed to, that the committee rise,
report progress, and ask leave to sit again
(Which was granted.)
And then the house adjourned (balf past
81
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Congress Of the United States.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
TUESDAY, 1874 November, 1871.

REPORTED FOR THIS GAZETTE.
Mr.. Burwell presented petition from sun
dry persons, praying to be allowed further
time to register the claims to lands in the
state of Georgia. Referred to the committee
on public lands.
Mr.. Seaver presented petition from Ma
thaniel Ruggles, of Roxbury (Mass.) praying
permission to import certain British goods.
Mr.. Pitkin presented similar petition from
sslndry merchants of Hartford Comm They
were both referred to the committee of COM
merce and manufactures.
The engrossed bills to extend the time OF
opening the several land offices established in
the territory of Orleans, and for the relief OF
Abraham Whipple, were read third time *
passed.
The house took up the resolution yesterday
offered by Mr.. Dawson, (for the appointment
of a committee to enquire into the expedlen-
cy of making provision by law for the relief
of the inhrm, disabled and superannuated OH
GERS and soldiers of the late and present army
of the United States The resolution was a
greed to without debate, and referred to
committee of members.
The house went into committee OF the
whole on the bill providing for the govern
meDt of the Louisiana Territory.
Mr., Fisk objected to that part OF the bill
which requires freehold qualification in the
voters for the legislature, and moved to strike
it out.
Mr.. Randolph hoped it would not be struck
in Legislation ought to possess freehold.
He was an unbeliever in the existence of that
sort of patriotism which could feel equally for
the dislresses Of the Chinese, as for those of
his own country such professions were all
hollow. God help the nation, if its affairs
should ever be wholly managed by foreigners
He believed if that feature in the constitution
of his native state, which required freehold
qualification, were expunged, it would shake
his attachment for her to the very foundation.
Mr., r. entered at length into the discussion of
this subject. He said, the opponents OF the
right of votisg BY freehold must attach very
little importance to that right, or they would
use every exertion to acquire 1t: but while
they acclaimed against this principle, they
would employ their last shilling in shaving.
Again, it was said, that men were required to
bear arms who were not allowed to-vote but,
minors were likewise required to bear arms,
who were not even entrusted with the ma
nagemept of their own property. Even the
widest enthusiast for this doctrine of univer-
sal equality, would deprive great portion of
the human race OF the right of suffrage; be-
cause they would not permit females nor NIL
nors to exercise it, which two classes COM
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It may insure an age OF Dnss,
Yet mis- ries oft attend'it;
To fingers, ears, and noses too,
It's various lords commend it.
NV yvhole may chance to make one drink,
b, Though vended in fish-shop;
IT'S now the monarch of the seas,
And has been an archbishop.
No. II.
My first is ploughed for various reasons,
grain is frequently buried in it to little pur-
pose. My second is neither riches nor honors;
yet the former would generally be given tor
it, and the latter is often tasteless without 1t.
My zuAole applies equally to spring, summer,
autumn and winter; and both fish and hesh,
praise and censure, mirth and melancholy, are
the better for being in it.
No. III.
My first is called bad or good,
May pleasure or offend ye;
My second, in a thirsty mood,
May very much befriend ye.
My whole, though stiled cruel word,
May yet appear kind one;
1t often may with Joy be heard,
With tears may often Blind one.
No. Nv.
My first is equally friendly to the thief and
the lover, the topper and the student. My Sc
cond is lights opposite, yet they are frequent
" seen hand in hand and their union, if ju-
dicious, gives much pleasure. My evh0le IL
tempting to the touch, grateful TO the sight
fatal to the taste.
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, Married, at Rippon Lodge, on Thursday
evening last, JOHN AUGUSTINE WAsHINeroN,
Esq to Miss JANE CHARLoTTE BLAckBUKN,s
eldest daughter of the late Major Richard s.
Blackburn.
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such a communicationd id really PASS end
pass in this manner.
We will now ask MIR. Smith as states.
man. what was his object in making to
Mr. seuurier this string Of interrvgato.
r;es. Which the President would not let
him send. Was it not morally certain
that the French Minister, suspectins The
drift of such close questions, woull
use dipl omatic caution and give an.
swers calculated to defeat their pur.
nose Was it polite 70 draw that hi.
mister and his government into cCm.
mitment against our claims, especially if
negotiations were pending, as we SUPPOSE
and as Mr.. Smith doubtless knew VIZ
II TO be presumed that, whatever aGsfrec
he might give. it would be permii,cd b
Conpress to interfere with the non-impoHt
alton act with which it had no stipulated
relation
Supposs Mr.. Serrurier had said that
no indemnity for the past would be made,
would it have been consistent with tie
terms and object of the compact Tor US TO
violate it on that account would it
have been consistent with the conduct Of
the United States in their arrangement
with Mr.. Erskine Would it have been
prudent, by such an example, to obliss
the United States either to require Great
Britain to do the Ike, in addition to the
repeal of her orders, if she should offer to
repeal them; or to forfeit our national
character for equal and fair dealing with
the two belligerents? Ia addition to all
these things take into view the approach
of the Sd of March, which was to close
the session, then distant about nine days.
Deduct from these nine days the time for
Mr.. Serrurier's answer, which might DO
fastened or retarded according to his own
views; and then say whether any advan.
tage was likely to arise from thrnstins
the new matter of the correspondence,
whatever might he its result into Congress,
in the last busting moments OF the session;
say whether it would have been most like
ly to aid the majority in deciding on the
important business before them, or to aug.
ment the means of the minority, or ola
small portion oft, for frustrating the bu.
siness altogethersas was evidently their
intention.
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EETR ACTS
EXTRACTS
From the National Intelligencer's
REVIEW
of Robert Smiths Pamphlet.

Article :. Letter to Gen. 1'1irreau.-
We cannot but think that Mr.. Smith is
unfucky in the choice Of materials out Of
which he has framed his book. Surely, in
the course OF his two great years, he has
done better business than write or " pre-
pare" such unguarded letters as this. BY
LAYING this letter before us now, he re-
calls to our recollection the mischief it
has done in furnishing to the British go
yernment pretext for persisting in its
orders in council. That it had this effect
in a great degree we all know from the
clamor of the British partizans in Ame-
rica, and from the court papers in Lon
don; and lie as Secretary of State must
have been informed of this mischief thro'
a more authentic channel.
With what propriety could Mr.. Smith
declare That substitution of municipal
prohibitions for the Berlin and Milan de-
erees was change Of the mode only and
not the measure; when the municipal
prohibitions related simply to our trade
Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1808-1812, 1811-07-12

Marshal BeresfOrd'S details OF
the battle of Albuhera.
T Translated for the Nero York Gazette,
from the Lisbon Gazette Of Nay 2s.]
Lisbon, May %.
Copy of dispatch from his Excellency
Marshal Bercsford, to his Excellency
Marshal General Lord Wellington.
My LORD,
In conformity to the instructions
which your Excellency gave me on the
Oath Of last month !; in consequence Of the
state of the weather, and of our means Of
communication across the!Guadiana, haT-
ing been DESTROYED by the sudden rise Of
that river; and having my cavalry at Ia
fra, los Santos and Villa Franco, posted
the infantry with the head quarters in Al.
mendrale.io, Azeuchal and Niiialba, in
which places were the divisions Of General
William Stewart, and Major General
Hamilton, and the division OF Major Gen.
Cole with the brigade Of Brigadier Gen.
Madden ofthe Portuguese cavalry in Ne
rida. the brigade Of infantry commanded
by Brigadier Gen. Kemmis, and the one
intended for the attack Of Fort ST. Chris
toval in Montijo, the light brigade Of Tie
German Legion, under the orders Of Ma.
jor General Baron Alton in Talavcra Re
al, having the light battalion Of the Luz
stanian Legion in Olivenza.
As expected that the waters of the
Guadiana would fall, and our bridge be
re-established, it being of considerable
Importance to drive away the enemy from
us, as much as possible, during the siege,
seeing that they had, after we Obliged
them to retreat from Llenna to Guadal.
canal kept possession Of the latter place
which enabled them to raise contributions
and maintain themselves in the province
OF Estramadura, determined that small
column OF 5000 men. composed of ihe frs,
Brigade Of the I'd Division, Commando
by Lieut.. Col. Colborne, with two sqiia-
drons OF cavalry, & two Spanish squadron'
should march from Almendraleio by way
OF Rebeira and Maquilla towards Aznasa.
III order to threaten their right. sending
at the same time 4 squadrons Of cavar}
OF Brisadier General Long from Via
franca to Ldercna to support the Coua'
de Penne Villemur, who was there viii
the Spanish Cavalry Of the corps Of Gen
Castanos, and to make them fear an al
tack IN front, while general Ballastero',
marching from Moaasterioby way %
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FEDER1L CIRCUIT COURT.
LIVINGSTON VS.. JEFFERSON.

IN TREsPASS QuARE CLAUSUM FREGIT.
'> sofhisj nr G~ 4 lngn TYLER. J.
OPINION.--This case, although so a
bly, and deliberately argued on both SIDES, al
lords but single question and that may
be drawn within narrow compass and
while freely acknowledge how much was
pleased with the ingenuity and eio1ucncc of
the Plaintiffs Counsel, cannot do 50 much
injustice to plain truth as to say, that any
conviction was wrought on my mind Of the
soundncss OF the arguments they exhibited in
a legal acceptation. 1t is the happy talent
Of some professional gentlemen, and particu-
larly of the Plaintiffs Counsel often to make
the worse appear the better " cause" but it
is the duty of the Judge to guard against the
effects intended to be produced, by selecting
those arguments & principles from the mass
afforded as will enable him to give such an
opinion, at least, as may satisfy hmself,i If not
others --These arguments and this elo-
qucncc, however, have been met by an Her
culean strength Of forensic ability, which
take pride in saying sheds lustre over the
Bar Of Virginia.
But TO proceed in the examination Of tho
single point before us and that is, to en-
quirc, whether this court has Jurisdiction o.
yer this cause And how it comes to be
made question at this day, / confess myself
entirely at a loss to say ; but as it lis made,
we must determine it,
BY the Common Law which was adopted
BY an Act of Convention of this State, so far
as it applied toour Constitution, then formed,
this point has beea settled uninterruptcdly
Tor Centuries past, and recognize b. Uniform
opinion & decisions both in England & A,nc-
RIGA. tits true the great Luminary Of the In
dicial department OF G.. p. did make an e.
fort TO shake the pr'Niple they had establish
ed but the ir hes r'that country would not
suFcr il TO &c Unsettled, it having been So
long acknowledged as the indubitablc law
# tn land, Nor was It for thcn--rlor Is it
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a E4RH

Upon the highest cmincnce within a nun,er ~
miles OF this City, and the south side of :ames u;
'cr at about O'Clock in the morning of the ,Gi, ;rs
stt', was alarmed by rnmbling nose,' tiiich a.
rose from the apparent convusion The earth I'D
winch, III the course few scco, s, awoke ri; he
"ther members OF the family encreascd TO s., n
degree as to throw open the outvr-loors aud 10,
move my bed for several inches
Dec H. o.