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CONGRESS-.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
ERetorted for the alexandria Gazette.
TUESDAY, February Is
Mr.. Minor presented a memorial!
from the Pennsylvania Society Tor
the abolition Of Slavery. stating that
from information received theyhavc
reason to believe that a traffic is still
carried on by American citizens, un~
der cover Of foreign flags in negroes
Srom the coast ofAfi.ica. and pray
ing Congress to make additional pro,
visions for preventing tr>de carried
on in human beings. Referred to a
select committee Of five.
Mr.. Lewis presented petition
from suadry inhabitants of George
town, praying the passage OF a law,
aulhorising the making a Turnpike
Road in the county of Alexandria to
the District Tine, in the direction
from Georgetown tcd,ecsburg. to i'll
tcrscet a road authorized by the aIe
eislature OF Virginia. Referred to
he committee on the District ofCo-
iumhia.
An cngrossed bill for appointing
additional officers in the respective
territories was read third time and
passed.
The Speaker laid before the house
letter from the navy department
covering ii statement Of the contracts
entered into by that dei:ar,lncnt.--
Laid Oh the table.
Also. a statement from the trca-
sury department of'he exports from
the United States for the year end
ing on the so'h Sept: 1919.
An engrossed bill authorizing the
discharge of Daniel UpdiIe from
his Imprisonment, was read third
time and passed.
An encrosscd bill Cor the reliefof
Samuel Ellis, was read a third time
and passed. .
4 bill, from the senate giving fur
;hcr time Tor registering CLAIMS TO
land in the late territory OF Orleans.
now state of Louisiana, was read a
third time and passed.
The house in committee o. me
whole, Mr.. Bihb in the chair. on
bull supplementary to the act tores-
,ablishins an uniform rule OF natu-
ra!ization. :,
MIR. J,aeoek moved to strike out
the second section, which was ear
ricd.
Mr. Roberts moved to strike out
the tlird section, which lcsa!.zes the
| citizenship ofthose naturaiized since
tho declaration Of war.
MIR. Fitch objected to this amend
meut. He stated that courts ~ re
mote distances from the seat OF go
vernment had continued 10 natural
ize applicants under the laws hereto
fore passed on that subject uniii the.
we're informed of the declarat'o" o
war Other courts had undoubtedi!
supposed that the bill which Passe'
| 10th branches of the national lesis
la,ure on this subject near the cios'
% the last session. had been made
law and might have acted under s,' tina
; "" then, Mr, Chair
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II !; +.

Wishes to inform the Ladies Of Alex
.ndria, that she will open VI Elegant
Assortment of MILLINERY at MIR.
Philip Wanton's or Prlucc street. AS
she intends giving up the business she
" i'll sell cheaper than t ey can be bought
# wholesale. Those that wish to get
yrea, bargains will please to call.
Feb ua,y II o.
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Il on the SIDE
him to rsmoS Owe
II might march
4 The sawyer
be- with the com IN.
[truck him on the
| end of his mus US
\ through to his
Iproeeedias to to a
when Mr.. TIER
bed man, between
Ri; on which the
4 treat him a'so'
Leish WITH a MIN MIN
lends to Mr.. iier'
Immediately land
eoldiers in turn;
an instant anu
| drubbins. that
4 retreat. and it
! party will again
Paceabie citizens.
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from the King Of persia arrived at
carleton House
Bonaparte's retiring cavalry over thu
pains of Russia verify The lines OF an cid
poet
Resembling much the Tartar force.
"He who FIRST rides then eats his
herse.'
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C.9WTLLUS GRIFFITH,

Corner of King and Royal Ss'eets-"
Has received, in edition to his preseH
stock of GROCERIES.
10 bids. } MuscovAdu Sugars, part OF
20 bbls ! which is Of a superior quality
10 hbds Molasscs -,
50 boxe. Mould AID .Dipt Candles, As,
SIS, 6's and 8's
Is bbIs. Apples
cases Pineapple Cheese
Fresh Currants, Raisins, Olives ana
Capcrs
January 8 eou
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pUb lC e.
Pursuant to a Decree Of

Pursuant to d Decree OF
the Honorable the Superior Court Ut
Chancery for the Richmond District,
in ca,c OF Colin Aulu, assignee OF
W,lliom Wilson. sgainst James Cayen
AMI Others, will be exposed to Public
Sale on the premises, on tuesday tfo-
9Th day o. March next, at - o'clock,
loon,
That half acre Lot,
in the town OF Leesburg, desc, ibed III
tne plan f said town by " Lot No e."
bounded by i.oudoun & Roy'l streets,
o. which are erected a large stone
luse and other buildings Terms OF
sale, ready moIey
The Commission, rs.
February l3 tbs
HI rhe pointer OF the Leesburg
* asning,,nlan will in ert this adter.,
t;seme. It tor three weeks.
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Berkeley county, Feb l4-l7 lawjt"
PUBLIC SALE.

(TJILL be sold at the toffeehousr IN
w the Town of Alexandria. On Sa-
tur1..y tn; 2oth Instant: all the Eiato
and interest Of john Smith an irsH,ent
debtor, IN 2 undivided tracts Of L MD
One situated in the county fGreenl.ri-
er and state of Virgins; the Other in
Bedford county and state Of Pehfs.lvas
aia The former supposed to contain
$50 acres, anG the latter 3o9 81.
] p. thompson, Trustee,
Eei,",,.r o tds
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That half acre Lot,
The Commission, rs.
mr. LEGFOwAKY COURT,

II n NARCH 1919.
Ordered, Thai the Unit I'm oil tho
Brttslion Companies of the Second Lee
zion of Militia Of the Distri t of Co.
UNI ia he dark blue cot OF ordinary
ength, cape and lappeis Of the same'
white met ! buttons, with white waist.
coat an pantsloons, round black hat
I'D shoes
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ROBERT GRAY,

Has just receivcd-for ssle-a few G"
pics Of -.
Lees Memoir. of the War in the South
ern department Of the United states
E,oun's Practical Navigator and Coast
Pilot
Jacksou's Book Keeping
Books Of Common Prayer, In PLAIN an
morocco bindings
Mai,'s Introduction
Lancaster's Epitome
Father and Daughter BY Mrs. Opis
Knickerbo ker's NJ s-York
Practical ! ie,y -
Tie Rambler BY Dr.. Johnson. in fcnr
neat Pocket volumes, bound in boards
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SUSOUEHANNAH CANAL
LOTTERY.

SECOND CLASS.
On Friday the 10Th ms.. the FIRST
Drawn Number viii be entitled TO the
CAPITAL Prizes Of s $4,000. There are
also two prizes OF s 30 900 in the wheei.
In two weeks from the loh, the Lotte'
ry will finish.
A few Tickets warranted undrawn at
90 dollars.
For Sale by
ROBERT GRAY.
February II.
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| January so.
LED FRESH

he most extraor-
sn since the first
tinual course OF
ID caused an unu-
Of snow on this
We have had
e good Shedding
other winter in
ar;a', last eek
aaily wasting by
4d begun to con-
on the hope OF
,ded Invasion of
the hope was
h t,le 2ith COM
{yy rain. During
Down in torreats.
Inc same manner,
Onlay. GA Sun
|e very low--they
rise on Sunday
day evening they
banks. and had ri
twenty feet. Ma
prepare for the
we're fully IL
hiding dagger. A
were driven from
TUESDAY morning
krIy covered. and
| Obliged to remove
br leave the Point.
water was about
than ever before
t,tiemeRt. Many
to the upper part |
les which had not |
led by the freshes; |
morning the WA |
rec or four feet
" former time !
Fere consequently !
twsaty arc said !
at m,jor Hart's |
|ett at his farm a. ,
" in other places |
her were taken TO
SHAY. The water |
rise through the ,
D pccede on Thurs |
great part OF! The
int had left their |
II rose abaut four
r than ever before
Ia. The damage
'ncrs swept oil |
i or materially in |
Of the water
c more or less in
grain Destroyed
mills Dies
: al considerably |
| il would DC vain
nr"te computation
med We undeP.
ter 1t GAINESVILLE
an tie fresh four
hri>;Ras-but at
IL there were al
Pa;iS-3od the
"sa!cr lhan here,
e. Ike destruction
'Ar;icularly the
'' and opposite this
never before been
The Inhabitants
; night TO abandon
'aHcrty. and seek
I, o. q raft through
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lost Yesterday,

Lost Yesterday,
Two Ten Dollar Bank c,e.
The finder will Be liberss;y rewarded On
leaving them with the Printers. -,
Februaryl7 u
Forty Dollars Reward.
ID AN AWAY from my plantation, II,
IL Berkeley county, on'the I'm ia.
marry last, a'youug regro man named
ARCH.
aged about 90 years, A ye feet or 8 inch.
es high, square built, walks creet,, rae
Their thin visage, scar above bis eye
and one on his cheek bone /; had on q
half worn home made drab colore d coat,
his other clothes uncertain. Forty dol.
lars will be given for taking up and
bringing him home if one hundred miles
off Twenty .6ve dellars it sixty miles.
And ten dollars tor securing him in any
Jail in the United States.
Henry Bedinger
Berkeley county, Feb l4-l7 lawjt"
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H. SALE.

Fold on Friday next
II start, Il tie late
D N'ch'n. u Hughes,
(he door cast OF Rober;
. a&ely Of Handsome
(tchen FURNITURE
r At II O'CLOCK.
F Marsteller.
/ tGs
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led, Salt. &c.
~. !ADN
4 ! SALE,
Sch aHsr Leader,
IWernoul coarse Salt,
liresh .sd Clover Seed,
Fen Cheese,
{o;atoes.
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ALEXANDRIA.
WEDNESDAY, February II.
ITO sHEw
che VERY AGE & BOOT OF THE TINE
us FORM AND PRESSURE.
Z" To SHE,

E0EG0@@nA.sne.
AT the close of the Election on
Monday for President and Directors
of the Alexandria Library Company.
the following gentlemen were found
duly elected:
Hugh Smith. President.
Directors.
Cuthbert Powell, Phineas Jan
ney, John Roberts, Jacob Hoffman.
Charles Bennett, C. p. Thompson,
Nathaniel Wattles, James Keith.
jun. George Drinker, II. w. Peyton,
William Herbert.
We have been politely favored
with a proof sheet, of the New-York
Evening Post, of the evening of the
1S'h inst. containing an account Of
the arrival Of the ship Maryland
from London. The news by this
ship is not so late by two days, as
that furnished by the vessel from
Lisbon, arrived at Baltimore.
General Stephen Yam Rensselaer,,
has been nominated by the federal
lists of Ncw-YOrk. as their candi-
date for governor, and George Hun
tington lieutenant governor.
Dezcitt Clinton, Esq. has been
chosen by the council Of appoint.
ment, Of New York, mayer of the
city of New York.
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= b A3.i. .

y ID A54L.
MIR. GENERES presents his re.
spec,s to the Ladies and Gentlemen OF
Alexsndris, and informs them that MS
Ball will be Oh Thursday next the 18TH
Ii,St
Portland gazette and Maine advertiser., 1813-01-11

in thefs fcenes of herolfm are pre-
eminently entitled to the gratitude o
their country.
That commerce is eiTential to oui
PROPERTY, that it cannot fourth
without protection, and that it can,
not be protected without navy, are
truths too evident to be denied, and
too important not to be appreciated
by the intelligence and public fpiri,
of America
We cannot W thhold on this occa.
fion our cordial appreciation OF your
generous and benevolent treatment
of the vanquilbed it demonstrates
the natural alliance between courage
and humanity-and in mitigating the
ealamites of war, it reflects honor on
our national character.
The Mayor then preientei the
Diploma, elegantly executed on vel
lum, in a richly embofled Gold Box,
with representation Of the battle be.
tween the Confitmin and Guerrie,,
at the moment when The msinmaff
of the latter went by the board, beau
tifully painted in enamel.
Capt. HULL, in a few words ex.
pre1ed the deep fenfe he felt of the
honors thus conferred upon him.
The box and its highly valued con-
tents he pledged himfelf to preferve,
as an Incentive to his zealou and
mott ftrenuous exertions in the caufe
of his country whenever future good
fortune fhould afford him an oppor.
tunity. To have it believed, he faid,
by 70 highly Respectable body as the
corporation of the city of New.
Y ork, that any action of his had con-
tfibuted to 70 deiirable an event as
the eRabifhment of navy on per-
manen, BATS, was fource of plsafing
reflection which would only ceafe
with life.
His Honor the Mayor then admin.
ftered to Captain HULL The Free
mans oath; who retired amidf a
thoufand citizens who lined the paf-
age nd aairs, and at his departure
made the welkin ring with huzzas'
Portland gazette and Maine advertiser., 1813-01-11
LETTERS FROM FRANCE.

"paRIs, SEPT I'd (Oid date. IL
have no doubt but vessel will be admit.
ted with any hing coming from the
United States, even without licence, as
long as the 7car lasts Mr. BARLOW
has arranged every thing for admittance
into France of American Prizes. 1t is
eroeeted the property captured and
bu mt at sea since Nov. /, l8lO,will be
compensated for, and If The WAR
CON INUES, there will be hfiie doubt
of it"
TSo, then il seems at last to be
confessed, TIT JUSTICE from NAPOLEON
is to depend upon contingencies We
told you so. 1.-THE United States SAY
these minions of France will demean
herself as loyal colony of the Great
Emperor declare Uar wnen he shall
order, and continue il as long as he shall
Portland gazette and Maine advertiser., 1813-01-11
Jntfiligenfe.
BALTIMORE, DEC. 81, 1912.
FROM TkHNCE-LA7G.

The schooner Pioneer. has Just arri.
we'd from Nanfz.
The most prominent article by this
arrival is that on the 23h October,
EIGHTEEN persons implica ell in the
Conspiracy [fhe erisfonce et zvhieh aoas
announced by he Duke Of RoyEco, SA.
vaRr] S'in which the Er Generals Ma.
LET, LAHoRTE, and GUIDAL zoerc imhi-
eafed1 were tiled by Coa Martial in
Paris, condemned, ard sho, on the next
day Six or eight others. implicated
as accomplices were acquitted. All
that SAyAny charges these conspiI ators
with was reporting the death Of the
Emperor |. will be recollec,ed with
what asidity the National Inteligcnesr
circulated the falshood OF the babbling
CoBBETT, that no man could be arrest.
ed md condemned in France without
presentment and uial by jury.
Portland gazette and Maine advertiser., 1813-01-11

would be furnished by New.York and the
Ne" Eng and states in few days, perhaps
an ifw hours, and protected commerce
would soon pour into the treasury ample
iuads for fan reimbursement the debt
without the slightest assistance from OBJ.
noxious direct taxation
Give US navy, and when the present
wa is ended, our gallant lars will silence
the insolent demands of Algerine pirates by
The thunder OF their cannon, as they before
paid he only proper tribute to bsrbarians
under the wills of Tripoii.
Let it be remembered, and nv former
cslculst on proved it, that the expenses al
e, d, incurred by our additional army and
those estimated for another year on war,
wo.iid have equipped TEN SHIPS OF THE
LINZ & Fifty FRIoATEs, naval force
prooabiy a. great to our exgency will ever
demand.
Portland gazette and Maine advertiser., 1813-01-11
PRIVATEERING.

Not long ago, one of our priva-
teers captured and fent in Britifh
flip, which had on board Jfvs hun
dr. d Bibles and lsilame,f5, that had
been ihipped by the Brilifh and fore
ign Bible Society in England, and
that were intended for gratuitous dif-
tribution in Canada ana Nova Scotia.
Thefe bibles were fold at auction at
Portland, as prize goods, and the a.
walls divided among the crew Of the
privateer We are no great friends
to privateeriug in any fhape but
there is fomrthing in this tranfadion
70 dilsraceful and facrilegious, that
we cannot End words TO exprefs an
adequate feveri,y Of reproach. Be.
fore the era of Chrillianity, and even
among barbarians. there was kind
Of veneration for diftinguilhe d philof
ophers and poets, and they were gen
orally exempted from the common
fate of the varquiihed. Alexander
fpared the houfc of Pindar, though
lie RATED the city of Thebss to the
ground. Marcellus, though repeat
eddy baffied and repulfed by Archi-
mides, yet commanded lis foldiery
to save him unhurt at The final con-
quelt of Syracufe.-Even vagrant
robbcr Of Italy not only refufed to
plumber caravan, but took il under
his efpecial protection. becaufe the
poet Fafo accompanied 1t.
The French have received the
fame generous treatment from the
Englifh, and the Englifh from the
French At the feigc of Cambray,
the Duke Of Marlborough forbid his
folders to molelt the poAelhons of
Fenelon and the Englifh ihips that
were fcnt into The fouth IN ocean to
explore new regions, and to obferve
the tranGi Of Venus in an eclipfe of
the fun. and thereby add to the ftock
of astronomical and nautical informa-
ton were held facred by an ad.
miring enemy, and without iolicita
ton were exempted from the danger
of the hottie attacks to which every
other Englifh property and perfon
were expofed." How much more
then fhould " the mott exalted and
bene6cient charity the world has G.
yer witneilcd be fufIered to proceed
in its course without being expoled
to the hand of violence" And
when we conGder that the Englifh
have attributed bibles among our cit
liens to the amount of thoulands of
dollars, and that they publicly diftri.
butte them among the European ma
tons with which they are at war,
without lofs and even without dam
ger, how painful 10 it to find that
they are not now permitted to fend
them TO their own fubjeds, without
loGng them by our cruifers. We
hs.e from the tirit known that the
Portland gazette and Maine advertiser., 1813-01-11
Civie ResOayd Of Merit.

Firm NeqO- ok, Dec. 29--The
city Corporation ye,terday carried in
to effect, their late vote to preient the
freedom of the c ty TO APT Is aAC
HULL, in gold box The Corpo
ration was convened IN their iplendid
and capacious Council chamber, to
which Capt HULLwas introduced by
Aldermen FISH and MEsTLR, and
Gen MoRroN, when the don De
WI L lLlN ON, Mayor OF the
city, arofe, aud addreiied Capt. HULL
as follows -
SIR In behalf of the Common
Council have the homer of prefant-
ing you with the freedom OF the ity,
and Of communicating their high
fenfe of the courage and ik!ll diff
played by yourleIf Your Offices and
crew in the capture OF the Brltlih frig-
ate Gueyriere.
Deeds of valor and Achievements of
glory are at all times cheriihsd by pat
riotlim and rewarded by true policy;
but when we coniider that our recent
victories on the ocean have exhibited
the American character in the mott
intereiting light have created new
era In the annals OF naval warfare,
and have been the principal means
OF eitabliihing or navy on a refpeeta-
bla and permanent BATS, 1t mutt be
numerically admitted that the actors
Portland gazette and Maine advertiser., 1813-01-11
OF NARY
LAND.
House Of Delegates, Dec. "a

/ kfSNoA " ~DNfN
The Committee oil Grievances, oil
whom Mr.. Dorsey was Chairman,
made report on the subject OF the
Baltimore riots. In dis report, which
isieplele with dignified moderation, the
committee state, that aiier long and
patient examination oil Witnesses, they
find
That Tobias 4. StanSbury, then a
Brigader General i'll the militia OF this
State, and now Delegate to the Gen.
eral Assembly oil Maryland from Bali
more County, Oh the 2Slh day OF July
last, at the Goal of Baltimore County,
did refuse to obey or AID the civil au.
thorily in the preservation OF the tran.
guilty OF the city hat he frequently
used violent and inAammatory expires
sions, intended and calculated TO excite
the Mob TO brea the goal, and TO muir
der MIR. Hanson, and his friends, VINO
had confded themselves 10 the protect.
ion of the law aud 10 depress the exer-
tons of those who labored to allay the
infuriated temper OF The turbulent ; and
TO divert the assaslns irom The consum
NATION OF their savage designs - ! hat
he was present when the crueltles were
perpetrated either oil Gen Lee or LIN.
gan That he has frequently before *
since that day, expressed his opin
ion and wish that those persons, who
were defending the house IN Charles
street, ought TO have been put 10 death,
when in the house, by the Mob and
has also declared, that ii he had been
present, that he would have aided III
THEFT destruction
When your committee reflect upon
the many manifestations OF confidence
which Mr.. Stansba,y mas received from
his immediate oopstltuents,And the pub.
lie suno,ionsries OF the State when
they reccollect how frequently and sol
EMMY he mas swora before the Su
pleme Bling. to support the Constitu.
ton and Laws wnen they consider
the hign and importam command
which he then bore IN the service OF
the State, and the only object OF which
was the indisciimlnate and general Sc
aurity of his fellow cillzens, they Cannot
bur express their indignant feelings al
the cource pursued ON that evenIiul
night by e. neral Sfansbary, and tbeu
belief, that the evidence collected by
them, is so strong as 10 justify a well
grounded opinion, that he consented 10,
and counlendnced The completion oil the
horrible butcheries of TIA, night, and
that the House oil Delegates oil Mary
iand Is bound by every consideration oi
justice and expedieucy, to adopt escl,
constitutional means with wolch /, Is III
vested TO bring TO a lair and impartial
trial the said TOBIAS II. S'anobu'y, iol
his conduct, in relation to the attack Oh
Jail, and the murder OF Gen James LIN
gan This repor, wos accepted and or
dered to be printed.
by Order l., CASSAWaY, Cierk
Portland gazette and Maine advertiser., 1813-01-11

graclously direct, why then F'e oeteOe
he may condesend TO remnnerate the
said United States for the Millions OF
property he was pleased to detain from
them tromtwo TO five years past! Uhaf a
glo rion8 thing is hatio iat iade fendence.
Straqps 8he7u zhich 7pay The 1ptnd 6lo7os.
An American gent eman some time
since arrived at MorLair in Fran &c, and
on presenting himself before Mr., Mon
REAu, the Imperial Commissaty Cen
eral oil Police, in that city, the Commits
sary with eageraess inquired" Com
ment "a la harfie Fcmcase en- .dmer-
igue? Comment ia Ia fartie dc h9n'
sieur Madison /? How goes The French
party in America f? How goes Mr..
Madison's party