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PUBLIC SALE.
THE SUBSCRIBER WILL SELL
Thu joJLowang Tracts of Land,
TO WIT (;


St. EDWARDS, KARRISOW'S Plains,
. BOSTON, COMMONS, q TOAzPKI.N
SOUS LONG LOOKED-FOR-
ID ENG In body, and forming his resis
ID dencc On the Potomac river, just abo,s
MARYLAND Point, in Charles County. about
as or SO miles below the city of Washing~
ton, containing about $50 acres, we'll adapt
ed to the growth of grain, tobacco, &C ;-<
about 100 acres are in wood and excellent
timber; il lies perfectly levcl excellent
fish & crabs in their seasons. The improves
ments are, tolerable comfortable dwelling
house with four rooms below and one above
stairs, piazza in front, kitchen, meat house,
milk house and dairy; large barn, with
granary, carriage house, ard stables for SIN
teen horses under the same roof; good o.
verseers' house, spring of most excellent
water within 50 yards of the kitchen door.
One other Tract about four
miles from the Potomac, on the main road
leading to two ferries, containing between
$50 and 400 acres, well known by the name
of the " Tran )" a good stand for country
store and tavern. The Improvements are,
good dwelling house, kitchen, meat house,
store house and granary
Two other Tracts adjoining,
containing IS acres, called I" Hudson's Dts'
ahhoiatmen. and the Land Of Liberty"
WILL ALSO SELL
My one third part of Tract of Land CALI
ed g William and James," but generally
known by thehame OF Indian Town" lying
on Nanjemoy Creek, about two and half
miles from its mouth. This land lies level,
and is inferior to few tracts, if any, for tbs
fertility of its soil in the production of grain,
tobacco, &c and is we'll worth the attention
of any person wishing to purchase small
farm Of about $50 or 800 acres excellent
fish at all times of the year, crabs in their
season in great abundance; wild fowl plenty,
* i, perfection during the fall and winter
months
If those lants are not previously disposed
of a. private sale, they will be offered at
Public Sale, at Mr.. Pye's tavern, in the town
of Port obacco, on Wednesday, the 18th:
day Of March next, when the terms will be.
made known / have deemed it unnecessary
to more particular in describing them, as
any person wishing to purchase, appre-
bend, would first view them.
William d. Harrison.
ST. Edwards, Fan. 9-l8 dtlsthHafca
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r.nch Coke, Esq. Purveyor OF Public
.on,es. and William Duane, Editor ct the
.or, have lately engaged i'll serious DIS
:. The latter, it appears, has accused the
h,mer Of improper conduct in discharglng
he duties Of his ofice;-such as the purchase
Le,,3 snpplies for the army, &c. Mr.. Coke
!. nublished long explanatory defence;
AsfolIoviug extract from tt will, We think,
not Ouly explain the cause of the tracas be-
,we.o these two distinguished patriots, but
Nil finnish additional evidence OF Col. Du-
.n.,s unparalleled modesty and regard Tor
the public welfare.
aThe public viii be surprised (says MIR.
coxel at this authority, with which the Edl-
fine Aurora stands seLf-'aOested. BUTT
doe, not surprise the Purveyor, for when the
Editor was lately in the army. he undertook
10 require, in writing, that the Purveyor
should purchase supplies for him, forgetting
that,here was Secretary of War, appointed
BY the President, BY and with the advice and
consent Of the Senate, whose order Was ne
csssary. William Duane also proposed that
The Puryeyor should authorize him to buy
these supplies. But no authority is vested in
the Puyeyor to appoint deputies, nor any OBJ
legation to suffer persons to force themselves
on the Office The Purveyor was threatened
wi,haccusation at Washington, Bat as accu-
satOn, in our country, is always to be desir-
ed by the innocent or the meritorious, Will
liam Duane did not procure leave to use !he
money and credit of The United States, which
he most uawarranta6ly endeaUored to obtain.
The late Secretary of War, on a representa-
uonby me, refused to authorize the purchas-
Is desired"
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Congress Of the United States.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
MoSoAr, 2oA January, 1912.

MONDAY, 2Oth January, 1912.
REPORTED FOR THIS GAZETTE.
Mr. Mitchell presented the petition of Mr..
Wells, of New-York. praying relief from
commercial restrictions-reterred to the COM
mlttee Of the whole to whom was referred the
the oil reported BY the committee of COM
MERGE aid manufactures.
y petition was presented from some ma
01'acturers of domestic paints in the state Of
Nsw'Jersey, praying encouragement by I'M
posing duties on imported pants Referred
10 the cOmluittee of commerce and manulac-
lures.
W.T. jennings presentedthec petition of sum
Wy Inhabitants Of Jefferson county, Indiana
''''i'ofy complaining of the improper use
Haue by the governor in his ueto ON the pro-
'eu'SS OF the Legislature; owing to which
wv! Haa been unable to remove the seat of
sO'''nment from Vincennes, for the better
4l'4''ing oil the public business, as the pro-
"a Tue governor and his relatives lay in
~ 'O0u' that place. Referred to the COM
'''e 10 whom was referred other petitions
from that territory the 18th inst.
W.T. Bacon laid before the house letter
"'Sssd by himself to the secretary of The
~ as Chairman of the committee of
and means, requesting information on
le '' oil revenue, predicated on state
i ~. WIN the answer Of the secretary
ns,,. WI g. stated that the committee had
bsso. ' u00e more than their duty in laying
q po,,,. "' mouse these papers but the i'm
s,r D' Of tneit Contents rendered it neces-
,ho Il was necessary that the minds of
so,.. 0's oi this house should be made up
I conn "''nout delay, when the time should
rsco, meet the question. The sccretary's
{,o,. "'ions arr of the most serious ma
~" Nc, It appears that a loan Of ,o.ooo.ooo
anil annually wanted-tne interest of which
|bc proy;da pense" Of government will have to
kMr ~ for by dirrct and iudirect taxes
Esi,, ''a Complains of the sep,re reatric-
upon our commerce by France.
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troops WHO garrisoned the Bank, have all &C.
serted, and that the traitor .Carravaiis. VINO.
commanded them, was obliged TO abandon tnas
post
COMMERCIAL. ADVICE. :.
The publishers of this paper have received :.
from Parranquilla, paper of late date, frofa
which we extract the following:
Through the indulgence ofthe order OF the
supreme unta of this province, which permits
from this day, the lst of October, the tree ex-
port of provisions of all kinds out of the king
dom; appointing for that purpose the ports
of Sabanilia and others, we now endeavor to
augment the price of our labour, as we have
the greatest harvest of grain ever known III
these parts until now, however, we have
vainly awaited the arrival of vessels who per-,
haps ignorant of our abundance, have omitted
coming. We therefore avail ourselves OF the
means of your paper to give information to
masters of vessels, that cargoes OF grain Can
be obtained for Jamaica, Trinidad or Curra'
Goa.
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KINGSTON, Jam Dec. IA.
PRICES CURRENT.

IMPORTS. DC duties
Superfne Flour, Dbl. "a
Ship Bread +
Corn Meal 50
Rice, 100 It's SO
Corn, bushel 10 70
Peas, do 81 10
Goldfish, 100 lbs. SO IS
Scale Fish, do. g. rs
Salmon, Dbl. Is so rs
Alewives. do. 7 so IS
Mackarel, do. 10 so Is
Hams, per ID. 70
Lard, do. 10
Pitch Pine Boards, per NJ feet 81 so
Yellow Pine Boards, per do 40 3
Cypress Shingles, % inch
White Oak, HID. Slaves, M. 60 SO
Red Oak Slaves, M. AZ
EXPORTS.
Sugar, per loolbs .
Rum gallon -
Coffee, 100 lbs
Cotton, per ID. "a
Pimento, do. g.
Ginger IBlack) loolbs, 8
Ditto white do.
Molasses per gallon
Logwood per ton "a
Fustic, per do. u
Nicaragua per do. ~
Mahogany, per NJ ieet $50
Prohibited .6rticles,-Mess and Cargo
Beef, Mess and Cargo Pork, Butter, bacon,
Rosin, Lamp Oil, * Spermaceti Candles.
Exchange on London, par.
In the town of Kingston there was glut
of American produce. Of Flour there was
$4,000 barrel. on hand-it sold tor only ten
dollars.
tn .ss1.rzp FOR THE FEDERAL GAZETTE.
From, the South American .drgus
CARTHAGENA, November q.
We know, by safe conveyance, that the
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PHILADELPHIA, JANUARY II.

F,I1lLADLl-FI1lA, january II.
London papers to the Goth of November,
were received at the office of the Register,
this morning, via Newly York. They do not
appear to contain any thing Of moment-a few
extracts are sub joined
LONDON, Nov. 10.
Very few letters have been received from
the Baltic by the Anhoit nail, and what have
arrived contain little that is new. One letter
we have seen from Dantzic, mentions it as pro-
bable, that Bonaparte would continue his
northern tour as far as Berlin. At the date
of the communication he was near Leipsic.
The adyices from Gottenburg are to the
said that violent gales on the I'd and 4th in
slant, with continued bad weather, had done
much damage to the convoy collected in Han
no Bay. Many Of the ships had lost their an
chors and cables, and were compelled to seek
shelter in neghboring ports. This circum-
stance had hitherto prevented their proceed
ing on their VOYAGE hofneward, but they were
daily expected in Wngoe Sound at the depar-,
ture of the mail The British admiral, Sir
James Saumarez, had determined not to per-
nit any more vessels to pass through the Belt
Tor the Baltic this year.
We copy the following from an evening
pap>r. We suppose the country alluded to
is Dalmatia, and the parts about Trieste; but
we ourselves know nothing Of the ,c:rcum-
stances limited at
" A new and an unexpected enemy is like
y, we understand, to engage the attention OF
bonaparte and the shores of the Adrlstlc
will probably again become the theatre Of &C
i've warfare The details which have reach
cd us upon this subject are not sufficiently
distinct to be laid before our readers; nor
would it, perhaps, be proper to publish all
that has reached US upon the subject. we
expect, however, ere long, to have some In
teresting communication to make"
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uuC aiiSNS HUH uuliCs Fci 1lhAlAitou' - ~
recommended to impose an additional duty Of
100 per cent OH all imported articles; TO re-
vive the duty on salt at the rate of 90 Cts per
bushel, which will produce revenue of nearly
S5o0,ooo; a stalnpact on paper is recommends
ed being productive of but little difficulty III
the collection, the difficulty in procuring 1t,
which was urged as an objection under a for
mer administration was obviated, as the nu-
merous mails passing through the country at
forded the greatest facility duty on stills
employed on farms in the distilling of fruits
of dollais on stills employed in distilIng
foreign articles Is dollars a tax ON licences
to retailers ;; a tax Of 100 per cent. on loaf SUI
gar in addition to that already imposed, this
will produce revenue of more than 100000
dollars, &csSc. The rate ofinterest for the
loan not to be provided for by law, as it would
be better to give more than the ordinary ra-
Their than the public exigencies should be UNI
provided for, and irredeemable for 10 years !;
the issuing of treasury bills to such anamount
as will not iniure the public credit, and an
swer the purpose Of bank money; it IS al
lowed that these taxes will operate some
thing harder on the Western than the Ats
lantic states, owing to the scarcity of specie !;
but salt and sugar are domestic, and their ar
tieles of luxury but few, the grievance will not
be so great as might be supposed; Mr.. Gal :
latin in the course of his calculations takes
the ottortuuity to observe that it was CONT
IDENTITY calculated on, that the charter of the
u. States Bank would be renewed in some
shape or other, and the capital increased TO
$4,000 600, In which case ii would have been
provided that 20 millions should be loaned to
the government; otherloans could have been
contracted for to the amount of $50, 100000
so that the war could have been carried
Oh for years at least without resort to m
ternal taxes, the gross amount OF which now
necessary, are estimated at 100000 annual
ly, and are to be raised by the modes here
49, ,.,.t ,ca ono ooo
iolo'e Sus beo'eu " ."''
indirect taTes S2,OoO,ooO
A debate ensued on the number Of copies
60 10 nr;n,ad Mr. Ag;l,,o,. ,ros,v (. nile g.
boya' were IN favor Oh i'ooo OF "P"arus'
Messrs Bacon Wright and Fisk opposed it,
the. ouestion was taken BY ayes and noes and
. 'oS' % ~ ". ''0 y. u'' VI '''S va, vas '"' "
taken up the nav Dill Messfs, D"sSet ana
go
Died, in Charleston, IS. c. on the 4th inst.
Mrs. MARY pINcKNEY, wlie OF Msjor-Gene-
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Domestic Manufacture Compas

ny.
TYNE Board Of Dir ctors of the Domes4
. tic Manufacture Company OF Atexan@
dria have declared a Disi,Ierd CT Niqe PER
Cent. on that part of the stock fulIy paid up,
for the last twelve moths, payable to the
Stockholders or their Representatives, ON
Monday the third day of February next, at
their Warehouse.
JOHN MACLEOD, Agent.
January 1O-2l cost
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The accommodating Coachee

The accommodating Coachee
leaves Alexandra daily for Dumfries < Ere.
dericksburg, at o'clock in the morning, and
arrives at Fredericksburg that night.
The Southern Coachee leaves Frederickss
burg duHy at the same hour, and arrives at
Mr.. TrpIett's, in Alexandria, at night.
THE PROPRIETORS.
N B. Good stages and horses, careful so.
Der drivers, and comfortable houses of cal!
with good fires will be found by travellers OH
this route.
January 81 st
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torment to move with the troops under his
command to Baton Rouge; whatever may be
the motives for the movement conjecture is
at1oat, and each anticipates what he most
wishes; some say that force is expected in
Flarlda,'by sea, whether from Europe or the
West Indies is not said, but such is the i'm
preston with some; others, however, sup
pose that the force is to proceed to occupy
the territory to the margin of the Perdido,
and to occupy the fort of Mobile the Spanish
troops that were at Pensacola, having erected
some strong works on an Island in the bay.
Should any foreign force be landed we are
committed, and we must drive them off.
+" Washingfon Cantenment, 22d Dec. 1911.
Our force here received orders the day
before yesterday to proceed without delay for
Baton Rouge col. Simonds, who commands
has detached 100 men under captain and SUI
baltern for Matches to prepare transports for
our reception. All / can learn is, that the
troops are not to remain at Baton, Rouge
The orders came from Gen. Hampton. Col
Gushing is still the object of relentless perse-
cution / assure you the effect upon the
minds of military men, of this & other transact
tons of Which it is not my business to speak,
has been very gloomy and discouragng, which
is not good state of things when raoving on
servce--without confidence among soldiers,
they become mob,
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ALEXANDRIA.
!, :, rrsDAY MORNING, January FL
/" TO sAEW

: vpRy AGE AND BODY oFsrnE TIME
&c sonM AND PRESSURE.
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( NETWORK, January l6.

Interesting. The Aurora, received this
morning, contains the two following extracts
OF letters addressed to the editor OF that pa
per. The object of this sudden movement
of our troops into Florida, it appears, was not
known at the 7cantonment, when the letters
were written. If our readers do not light
upon any probable conjecture as to the object
in view, we would briefly remind them OF the
law passed by the last congress In secret ses-
sion, empowering the president to take pos
sion, by force, of both the Floridas:
Washington, Miss. Dec. 90, 1911.
+" Orders have beeen just received here by
COL Snnmonds, who commands at this can
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TEN SERMONS.
April l3

BY JAMES MUIR, D. D.
IRE nozO publishing by Co77eM q S7EWAR1,
on the FOLLOWING Subjects, Uiz.
No I-On the signs of the times.
No. lion repentance, detailing the calae
nifty at Richmond.
No III-Felix trembling.
No Woods claim upon the young.
No V-Religion recommended to youth,
rom the inirmities attending old age.
No. VI-The effusion of the Spirit on the
day of Penticost, glorious confirmation Of the
gospel.
No. VII-On covenant securing to Noah
and his descendants temporal blessings, but
better covenant securing to believers spiritual
blessings. Z. omit
No. VIII-The Christian Character.
No. IX--Life and Immortality brought to
light
No. X-On Irresolution.
Each subject to be illustrated by Anecdotes.
Those wishing to possess the above Sermons
will please to call and subscribe.
49, The two first are now published, and
ready for delivery--Subscriber are respect.
fully requested to call or send for them.
Anril ~
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pay be described in very few words. Eng
Iaod takes all our ships bound to France;
Ffpce takes all our ships wheresoeyerb bound,
Unlicensed trade between US and France IS
prohibited or about to be nterdicted by the
Unites States, and the unlicenced trade is
prohlbrSd by France. And for this trade,
thus Prosbited by France and ourselves, we
are to go war. shall not attempt to urge
any argumst against war indeed feel a.
,silamea, aiie the mastery argument ofrmy
colleague IA Shefy) now absent on leave,
70 say any thlns on the subject. But the bu
! s9ess on hand Sembargo, not war and up
. ON a proposltlolSh ich is equivalent to- re-
lection OF the Pition, unquestionaby the
whole subject oferAargo comes up and is O.
pen for discussion.
With regard to thdesipn of the majority
OF this house tromthe ACKNOWLEDGEMENT Of the
session to the presentsjn,e, it is not my In
tention to say any thingfor this plain reason
that am acquainted vi, their designs on
ly from their subsequent ats; but / have no
hesitation in averring thatf the session was
TO go over again, those geNemen who have
from a yielding disposition Ga respect to the
opinions of their violent frienG been swept
down the current, would make efficient and
manly resistance-for see no &c, unless it
bea very few, some one or two inividuals for
whom | profess to have the hight esteem,
who viii not be glad to get out of tn scrape.
But they have advanced to the brink9fa pre-
cipce, and not left themselves roomNo turn,
They will be baked in their leap, ah will
unquestionably be found in the bottomE the
pit below.
Sheech TN be cnnriuued
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He also reported the bill from the senate
for the relief Of Ninian Pinkney, without a.
mendment, and it was committed to COM
mttee of the whole house.
commerce and manufactures, had, in obedi-
ence to resolution Of the House passed some
days since, relative 10 the distresses of the
people Of the Canary Islands, and the proprie-
ty of affordng them relief, made all the en-
quiry they were capable of, and from the tes-
tmony collected, were of opinion that it would
be improper for them to recommend to the
house any appropriation for that object.
The House in committee of the whole, Mr..
Nelson in the chair, on report of the COM
mittee Of ways and means on the petitions of
sundry Collectors and officers of the Customs
for additional compensation for the years SoS,
g. To- and bill in relation to that subject.
The report is unfavorable. The report and
bill were adopted by the committee and re-
ported to the house, and concurred in by the
house and the bill ordered to third reading
on Monday.
The house in committee of the whole we're
engaged the remaining part of the day on a
claim Of Anna Young, representative of Col
Durkee, for his seven years half pay. The
committee rose and reported the bill
Adjourned.
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ALEXANDRIA.
SATURDAY MORNING, Mag l6,
"To sHEW
The VERY AGE AND BODY OF THE TIME
HIS FORM AND PREssURE.
FRIEND SAMUEL,

FRIEND SAMUEL,
Thou knowest it hath been said by the wise
men aforetime, that to prevent evil is to be
guarded against it. Some time ago our town
had fires kindled therein by men Of Belial with
intent to destroy the houses, whereupon the
men of the city assembled together and said,
verify it is good that we guard our houses *
our goods, and straightway they caused pa
trole to pass through the town during the
night: the evil ceased, and the town became
more quiet than it was before OF since; how
belt we were not mindful of the benefit and
ceased to patrole the town. Where there is
no watchnan there the thief cometh. Another
fire has been kindled, whereby many have been
greatly alarmed and much damaged, and more
over, those covetous men, called pick pockets
came among the people, seeking the pockets
of the unguarded, to rob them of their trea-
sure this is sore evil. Who knoweth
whose house or pockets may be the next to
suffer therefore, l pray thee, say unto the
chief men when they assemble together, be
mindful IF the eva and guard against il. A.
gain, it is said by many, that there will be
war if SO, may not certain persons about the
town be troublesome. There are many whose
hands refuse to labour, and who have not
wherewithal to subsist them; yet they get
their daily bread somehow. How great
matter a little fire kindleth. beseech thee
proclaim unto the people to watch, lest the evil
befal them; peradventure they will take heed.
Thy Friend,
MORDECAI.