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NOTICE..

In confequeuce Of the indilpoftioa
Of MIR. Dodson, the co-paNnership OF Adam
Lynn. and Co is dissolved. All persons in
debted to the said co-parinership are re-
quested TO make payment to Adam Lynn,
who is fully authorised TO settle the said coa.
Germ.
Adam Lynn,
William Dodfon.
EeLrIary %
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ORPHANS COURT,

alexandria County, Feb. Term, 1911.
OnDrRED, That the administrator of Ca
yoLne Daricy, deceased, do insert the follow
ing advertisement three times in each week
for two weeks, in the Alexandria Daily Ga
zette.
Test.
Alav.pdey Mo0re REQ
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FACTORY COTTON

From NO. 40 IS,
A supply now on hand and will be regu-
larry kept, for sale atshe lowest prices by
James Allifon,
Corner Of King and Wsshingso', streets.
February IL. iaWN
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N o F / C E.

The creditors of George M'Munn
are earnestly solicited to exhibit their claims
to the subscriber on or before the first day o!
March next, for the purpose of enabling him
to ascertain what sales Of the real estate Of
the testator will be necessary to meet the
paymeHt OF his debts The creditors falling
attend to this notice will probably be ex
cluded rom any participation in the assets
fth estate.
Mordecai Miller, Ex'r.
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John G. LADD
HIS FOR SHE, now LANDING,
5000 bushels Liverpool ground allun1
SALT,
SO Casks Apple BRANDY,
SO p sces Russia S1EErlNG,
100 do Ravens DUCK,
6 Bales India COTTONS,
A quantity Of Wrapping Paper, Siftersy
Windsor So. p,
Hyson and Young Hyson TEAS,
s by 10 Window GLASS,
Some Erisl, LINENS, in Boxes, &c.
W.dATKD TO PURCHASE,
A quantity Of Indian Corn in shipping Or.
ber, also, few pieces q large Locust Tim.
der. q
February ~. go e
n = 1-xs----
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CLOVER-SEED.

N. KINGSTON, Fairfax Street,
Has received few tierces OF excellent fresh
Clover-St ed.
On hand, as usual, good assortment OF
fresh G GARDEN SEEDS, Timothy, Orchard
Grass, Burnet and Hemp Seed.
Also.
An elegant and extensive assortment of
Queens Ware, China, cut anu plain Glass,
complete blue printed Table Sets, with gra.
Wy and fish dishes; Walters, Bread Trays,
Casters, Lamps, Chimney Ornaments, with
a variety Of fancy articles.
February "a dlwIawtlA
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February 9

Jult Publilhed,
PRICE FIFTl CENTS,
And for sale by ROBERT GRAY,
A Poetical Picture of America.
Being observations made during residences
Of several years at Alexandria and Norfolk
illustrative of the manners and customs OF the
inhabitants-and interspersed with ane ce!otes
arising from general intercourse with soc;-
ETY. in that country from 1899 to lS07.-By
Lady.
London, Printed, lsos-Nerfolk Reprinted;
16iA
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60 Sebat2ian Stirring Tavern
10 RENT.

THE subscribers will rent the above Ia
i vern on moderate terms to good te-
nant The situation of this Tavern is at least
equal to any in the district, laying immcdi-
ete!y on the turnpike road f.om Alexandria
to Washington, and possessing the best spring
in the district.
Adam Lynn,
George Wise.
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TEN DOLLARS REWARD.

Strayed or stolen from the subscribers wae-
gon lying at Bsgot's, near Harsshornc's
mill, on Sunday night the II 9Th of Novem-
Der,
A bay Horse, about IS hands high,
star in his forehead and shod all round, A.
bout nine or ten years old. Any person who
may find the said horse and will leave him
any where on the road so that Iget him a.
gain, shall receive the above reward.
Israel Lacey.
Goshen, Loudoun County,
January -. 60
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January Ia.
SLAVES WANTED.

SLAVE S w AN l ED.
FOR eight or ten Virginia Staves, boys,
wcme0 and men, of good character, a liberal
price in cash will be given. Apply to the
subscriber,
Francis L. Lee,
In tlexandri-. or to his Manager
=" at Sully, Fairfax county.
(. February H. st
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IOHN G.. LADD

February 20
Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1811-10-07
p OLITIC AL.
FROM THE DEMocaAr1c PREsg
WAR or 8fsR. !.

~, "-Ih OR PESSt5- 1easI
g, L ne interest which the people of Great
n'l'ain ana ireland naturally take in the
unsettled business of their chief mag;stracy
occasions many reports ON the s3b;ac.
the death OF George the third. Two new
ones have just reached this Country. The
question OF their kings death is also of con-
considerable interest here. No chanee u,
me @yateni Of Great R,itain can be er1ect-
rdJroni HE hrescnf Jfnistru But a c6anee
may take hlace if the King dies, 7shen re
FRINGE Regent ascends tie throne q, Georee
The fourth.
1t hasbeen lately stated that no difference
would be made in the department of Great
britain towards the neutral states. though
inc Prince should come to the throne. There.
seems no reason for keeping the source, the
ter'i's, 'ne dates orany ofthedet lis or grounds
o. o., sach report, reserved from the pS.biic.-
IS therefore improbable that, any author
lty rsolid foundation exists for such a re-
port. 1t is also difficult 70 dive into f,fu,i-
~ ana TO pronounce what a new king, a new,
council and new ministry and parlisnene
Drunght forth in connection with them NAV
90. Noris 1t easy to pronounce what the in
terl2i ana external affairs of Great Britain
ana ireland may induce or oblge the Brit
Ism Government and nation to do. IL the
trench troops, crouding into Spain and Por-
tuSal, defeat the British with great loss il
WIN deeply affect the spirits finances and
general condition of Great Britain, and the
tone ftheir government. Such considera-
tons, las We are yet informed) admita nos
sio5f1y OF restoration Of harmony through
the Prince Regent or George the fourth. be-
tween US and the British empire.
But soprecarious is this and 50 nersectlv
serious are things in general, that the govern
ments and people of the United States. oueht
IN our humble opinion, Immediately to pre-
pare by all the means in their power. for q
var 7.fh Great Britain, oLginsiue and eiefe,1-
sfve, oy sea and by land. The Question is
not whether we can fight her alone, though
the Dutch zdth less than one .fj16 of her
population has heretofore fought her alone.
ne true Question is, can we fail to make an
g no.: F0ar' considering the general con-
ditiap and relations of the-belligerents of En-
rope?
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day, in company, If he was not bookseller.
was form erly," replied he, butthe tax
upon paper, and the want Of erudition among
our men Of fashion, has turned me into a
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H'oHn me dSsoclate OlmSucIs.
When every passion sunk to rest
Together Hope and Fear are sleeping.
And Thought within his tranquil breast
Alone, has drowSy watch is keeping:
On tiptne, in that Silent hour,
Sacred to solitary feeling,
Young ANcY Sreets her sacred bower,
through the mind S Utmost chambers steal
ing.
30 light her tread, that Reason never
~ Awakes, the fugitive to stay,
nor tries to strive, with vain endeayor.
- stop the wand'rer in her way:
Where pallid Fear won Id never venture
ihere, needless, HES the airy sprite;
And where Hope cannot, dare not. enter.
SAe, lowering, wheels her rapid aight.
nc name that timid Love, SO fearful.
:, Se'er suffers to escape his tongue,
one dwelis upon in accents cheerful,
And makes the burden Of her song;
And when the Tyre of Hope, forsaken,
NO longer charms the ear of care,
Again she bids each string awaken,
And sing away the fend Despair.
The clouds DER distant prospects giving,
Take various forms at FANcY's will
They are but Clouds" Hope tells her sigh
ing;
FANcY replies, "They're pleasing still -
Twas but but the wind, that proudiy riding
Over the bowipg foliage past %
But FANCY answers, Reason Gliding,
here's music in the whistlns biast.'
In vain, from yonder cliff descending,
Fears shrinking eye the bosom meets
but FANCY, sleeper hills ascending,
Tan, II not gather, taste its sweets:
And when the faded form of pleasure,
Fond Memory can no more retain,
fANcY,thy Tyre, in Plaintive measure,
Can win it from the shades again.
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Tooke's Diversions ofPurley,
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Nautilus on Population,
Fergpson's Lectures,
Fox's Historical Works,
Sidney on government,
Travels of Anacharsis,
Mrs. Vests Letters to Young Ladies,
Forbes's Life of DIR. James Beattie,
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Debates in the Virginia Convention, y
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dervoring topromote the best understanding
possible between the two countries.
/ have the honor to be, with the highest
Consideration, sir, your most obedient hum
BILE servant,
AUG. J. FOSTER.
TO the Hon. James Monroe, &c. &C.
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DOCUMENTS

AccoMPASYINc The PRESIDENTS MESSAGE
(Continued.)
Mr.. FOSTER to Mr.. MONROE.
W4shiagtos CRY Jmip IL, 1911.
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SIR,
have submitted to the president your Sc
vcrsl letters Of tie Sd aud 10th of this month
relative TO the British orders in council and
the blockade Of May, 1906, and have now
the honor to communicate to you his senti-
ments On the view which you have presented
of those measures of your government.
Il was hoped that your communication
would have led to IN immediate accOmmoda-
tion ofthe differences subsisting between our
countries, on the ground. on which alone Il
is possible 60 meet you. It is regretted that
YOU have confined yourseIfto a vindication
of the measGees which produced some Of
them.
The United States arc as little disposed
now rs heretofore to enter into tue question
concerning the priority Of aggression by the
two beiligerents, which could not be justified
BY either, by the priority nj these OF he G.
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been long known, that Mr.. Secretary
Smith, from want of capacity and want OF
integrity, is quite unfit for his Office :.
that 8. his appointment" was sthe effect OIL
a miserable intrigue" SO Tar the feae-
ralists will agree with the defender. But
he goes farther, and declares, that there
are crimes, las in the case OF Mr.. Sm'tilJ
which fines and halters cannot reach; not
because they are SO small, but because
they are so great"
Well, admit this all to be true. and on
what ground does it place Mr.. Madison
is he. or is his defender, aware IS trow
not"
Now to say, that man wants g capa-
city," and wants ' integrity" is but a
genteel way Of telling him that he is both
a foot and knare. And when man
thus denounces one, who has been his bo-
som friend, his confidential companion,
for ten or fifteen years, he pays but poor
compliment to his own "capaclty," or to
his own :. integrity" The Proverb says,
owe may know naa by the company
he keeps.'' Now, as Mr.. Madison kept
Mr.. Smiths company most intimately,
and for the last two years certainly, out
of choice, in preference to that ofany other
man in the Union, then if what is here al
legged against Mr.. Smith be true, (Which
I believe most ftderalists will concede)
then what must we think Of Mr.. Madison ?
Where were, all this while, the eagle
eyes of his discretion Orwherc was the
" integrity" of his heart
If it required SO many years to find out
a man so VIGOROUSLY destitute OF capaci-
ty' and Sc integrity" what becomes of
the IS capacity" Or discernment of Mr..
Madison?
If he had found him out-this man
whom fines and halters could not reach,
and yet did not discard him from his coun-
ellis and his confidence nay. if he even
yet offered him the important mission to
Russi..-then what becomes OF his ill.,
tegrity?'
Now seriously doubt, whether all the
federal papers, from Georgia to Maine.
contain matter of such severe and cutting
reproach against MIR. Madison. as the in
troductory remarks, which have been Oh
fered for his defence!
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On Saturday arrivedin Hampton Roads,
the schooner Lady's Delight, from Lisbon,
which place she left the first of July.
The verbal intelligence is, that there had
been no general action, that Lord Wei
lington was retreating to his former posi-
tons before Lisbon, and that at the time
the I.ady's Delight sailed, he had got
within sixty miles of Lisbon.
We received by this vessel one paper
only, of the 2Sth Of June, which contained
nothing worth translating, except the let
ter of Lord Wellington, which is given in
this days paper.
The letter is dated at small place a.
bout 12 or Is miles north ot'Elvas, on the
river Caya, small branch of the Guadi-
ana, and about $50 miles from Lisbon,
1t will be seen that as the French army
of Portugal Qate under Nassena) march
ed to the south to join Marshal Soult. the
British army i'll the north ofPortusal un-
der General Spencer, marched south to
Join Lord Wellington. The army of &C.
neral Spencer was posted from Aronches.
to the British head quarters, distance
of about 5 miles.
1t appears from Lord Wellington's let
ter that the French army were to concen-
trate OH the 21st ofJune, at Merida, about
80 miles from the British head quarters.
All the accounts from Lisbon agree that
Lord Wellington would not hazard an ao-
ton until he should arrive near to Lisbon,
consequently we cannot expect to hear of
any thing decisive until we have advice
TO tire middle of July.
Our last adyices by the Sheffield, salts
fed us that the French were determined
to decide the fate OF thu Peninsula before
the walls Of lisbon. They perceive that
until the British are driven from Portu-
cal. tho conquest Of Spain and Portugal
cannot lie accomplished, disreSarding ali
minor objects. it is seen that Marshal
SouIt. has drawn most OF The French for
ees to one point, to give his designs the
best chance Of success. From the force
Lord Wellington has under him, and the
military positions lie can occupy, we cal
cu,ate that Souit will experience the fate
that Niassen. dill. Reinsorcements par
ticularly of cavalry continue to arrive at
Lisbon. The Prince ct Orange, whose
departure from England, was noticed in
the foreign intelligence published in our
last. had just arrived at Lisbon, and by
| seme it was imagined he was to command
| the army. There can be no foundation
! for such an opinion, as the Prince OF D.
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PROVIDENCE, r. /. AUG. 9.

On Wednesday last, before the district
court now sitting in this town, came on
the trial Of the schooner Fortitude, seized
at Newport some time since upon sup
posed breach Of our blessed embargo law.
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Loss of the Elisabeth Gardner.

Loss of the Elisabeth Gardiner.
The ship Elizabeth Gardiner, Captain
Clark, of 4 for Philadelphia, from Mon
tevideo, out only SO days, went ashore on
ledge of rocks near Ocraccck Bar, on
the 10th July, and is bilged. The cargo
consisting of cocoa and hides and some
block tin, is landed in damaged state.--
The Elizabeth Gardiner was on her first
voyage, was coppered, and in every re-
spect fine ship. 1t is supposed she had
over-run the officers reckoning. She was
the property of Nathan Worth, Esq. and
others, and was insured in this city and
New-Ysrk.
A passenger in the Elizabeth Gardiner.
informs, that on the 10th OF June, about
4 o'clock, the following order was issued
by the viceroy;
To the Captains Of the port.
You will cause to be made known unto
the captains and masters Of all American
vessels now laying here, with the excep-
ton of those whose ships may be laden
with. beef, that they are hereby required
to leave this port with their vessels in the
space of IS hours, and upon no pretence
whatever to steer towards Buepos Ayres,
under pain Of both their vessels and car
goes being declared in such a case good
and lawful prizes in the event Of their be-
ing met with in the river, directing their
course towards the above mentioned CAPT
tai. And upon having on your part COM
piled with the purport of this order, you
will Immediately advise ME thereof &C
coriling to the manner and form pvactised
on like occasions.
.MonteDideo, June 10th, 1914.
(Signed) XAVIER ELIO.
American merchants being included in
the execution Of the above order, on the
nth depntation of them were appointed
and waited upon his exeellency to enquire
the reason Of such decisive and extraor-
binary measure, and to state the impos-
sibility of complying with his orders, as
most OF the vessels were stripped, and ma
ny without ballast and provisions.
Their enquiry was eYasively answered,
and the interview terminated, by naval
officer being appointed to examine and &c
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PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 10.


Yesterday arrived brig Dorcthea, Steil-
wagon, So days from St. Ubes, with salt
to Messrs. Schreiner and Rich ards. Left
number of vessels waiting for SALT
June 80, in lat. III +, N. long. 81, %, ".
spoke the ship Wilhelmina, of Alexan-
dria, ~ days out, for Lisbon. July tho
9Th, in lat. ~, So, north longitude 20, 1s,
was boarded from French frigate--
threatened to burn the Dorothea, examin.
ed her papers strictly, and said after exa-
mining her outward manifest, and log
book, if her cargo had been any Kind OF
provisions, it being tobacco CHIEFLY, they
would burn her. They informed Capt. S.
they had that morning burnt the brig Two
Betseys, Capt. Hultz, and were going to
put the captain and crew on board the Do
rothea, another brig hove in sight, the
frigate gave chace, and suffered Capt. 9.
to proceed on his voyage. July the 18th,
in lat. 4s, 81, north long. SO, 8, west,
spoke the ship Savannah, Smith, 10 days
from Charleston, for London. July 81,
in lat. ", 6, long. 81, &c, spoke the ship
Governor White, Sloan, under Spanish
colors, IL days from Amelia island, for
Portsmouth, England. July 9th, lat.
70, 80, long. 60. so, spoke ship Milo;
Stephen Glover, days from Boston for
Liverpool.
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Mr.. Howell, the district attorney. appear.
ed in behalf Of the United States, aud
Mcssrs. Hunter, Burrill and Scarle, on.
the mart of the owner of the schooner. 4
rlea in bar was. fled by the claimants
upon the ground that tlic libel had not
been entered within two years after tie
commission Of tho supposed offence, ana
that she was therefore cleared by the >ta
tutc of 1890, limiting penal prosecution,
to that time. 70 this plea was flied a
demurrer. 1t was con:epded by the United
States attorney. that the embargo law.
contained within itself;a distinct AMI &C.
finite terms to Wit, three years, whirI
consequently took it from the Limitation
Of the general statute. The embargo
law itself refers to the collection law
for the manner Of suing for, recovering
and distributing, and the question to the
court was simply, whether the embargo
law was to have the same limitation as to
prosecutions as the collection law, or
whether it was to be governed by the &C.
neral statute of April, 1890.
After full and learned discussion, his
honor Judge Barnes declared his opinion
that the prosecution was barred by the
statute OF Limitation and consequently
could not be sustained.
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AFFAIR OF THE LITTLE BELT.
BALTIMORE, June Goth, 1911.
MR.srosTER TO MR.. MONROE.
"a. WASHING ron, Oct. 81, 1911.

Din,
have the honor to enclose the copy of
an official letter addressed to Rear Admiral
Sawyer by Capt. Bingham, commanding his
Majesty's sloop the Little Belt, which con-
tains an account of the late engagement be-
tween that ship and the American frigate the
President.
Nv thus communicating toyou without cr-
ders from his Majcsty's government this do
cument, which in the most essential fact DIFF
fcrs so materially from that Of Commodore
Rodgers, trust that this government will re-
ccive it as a proof Of the sincere desire which
exists with me, TO open the way to an AMIGA
bic arrangement Of the question which may
arise out of this unfortunate affair, when j
shall be known to his Majesty's governmenf
! have the honor to be, with the hgbe.
respect, sir, your most obcdent humble ser
want, ]. Il. MOKlER.
The Hon. Jos. IFonroc, &c. &c. &c.
HE MajesfWs Siooh Iikflc Belt, Nay 21sf
1911, Lafitndc sc, So North Longifpde7 II
40 ". Cahe Charles. bearing Hest J6rfy
eig1f niieg