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| was last night off Porto Ferrajo, yester-
day afternoon to the north of the Island
of Capraio, consequently | believe that it
us destined to Antics OF in its vicinity,
upon the coasts Of France or Piedmont.
Signed g CAMPBELL. 4
TGol. Campbell WIS the English resi-
dent at Elba, but more often at Florence
than at his pc; departure was timed
some hours following the lastsailing of the
partridge from Elba; between which 81
Leghorn has been his station for two
months rast. IS
The sHayorG Governor General Of the Island
to the Inhabitants ssss
Our august sovereign, called by divine
providence to bis former glory, has been
obliged to; leave our island. He has
trusted to me the command, and to SIX
sof the most worthy Citizens the govern
smeiit, and to. your proved attachment and
valour tie defence of the place, and the
]. maintenance good order--I depart
!. Che has sadly from The Island Of Elba.
<. extremely satisfied with the conductot
I. It's Inhabitants. L trust to them, the
3. defence Of thus Country, to which / at
Z. tach tie greatest Importance. lcannot
Y: give them a greater proef of this than
/. leaving to them after the departure of
:: my pstne protection ofmy mother
and sister, Inhabitants this is for
tanate and most memorable epoch tor us.
On your conduct alone depend your
glary and your happi ness IF you wash to
obtain sSs,a and the OTTER coHtfnae to OBEY
implicitly tn rise dispositions WISH re
Gianta, the authorities, and public func-
tionaries, may give. Harry Eibans, II
YOU do not allow yourselves to be cor
terminated BY TIE pestifetoas insinuatioEs
of the enemies OF gsiod order. 9
Signed L8sSt, Mayor.
,B!GERsf,
PIMA,
BAI.RTANNI,
ARCHBISHOP,
ALRIGHT,
TRADUNTT.
Porto Ferajo, March |, 1916,
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PUBLIC SALE.
I Oh FRIDya r tha a 2th day Of .dlay ''s'ss,
,ciH be erposed to SHE on the premises,

Oh FRIDaY tie. 4 eth day Of nay ,'srs,
icill be erposed to sale on the premises,
at IL O'Clock, I +, 8
"A PIECE Of GRO IND lying on the
north side of Duke-street and to
the westward Of Fayette-street, fronting.
90 feet upon Duke-street and running
back 100 feet ta 4 10 foot alley. Upon
the ground is erected conyel lent two
story brick house with back buildings.
Also, small tract of Land in Fairfax
county, containing about / 9 acres, known
by thcSnane of Bloomfield Farm--one-
fourth of-he purchase money to be paid
In hand, and the balance nayabie in six,
twelve and eighteen months by securing
abe payments IN a satisfactory manner.
At The slime tine Ic;llb sold for Cash,
SEVERAL SLAVES.
This sale is made by virtue of a deed
Of trust from Charles L. hewitt, to secure
tue payment Of certain sums Of money to
Thomas Preston.
JAMES KEITH, Trustee.
Aprils. IS
N. j.. On the day following Will be
sold at tie Coffee House door inthe town
Of Alexandria, a tract Of land lyingin
Morris Township, County Of Washington,
State of Pennsylvania, containing $50
Acres Also, a Lot of ground and house
in the Town of Nottingham, Prince
Georges County, Statesof Maryland up-
on t1e same credit-I'hese sales ara
made to secure Thomas Preston as well
as Ephraiu Gilman. ]. X.
Anril LIZ.
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Valuable Farm and Mill
Esgf9 Gal ~
AIay12.

EyAyHE subscriber will sell by authority,
i the Nil aad Plantation which lie
new occupies, Belonging to Lydia Hough,
situated on tie edge of a German settle
Ement, in the County off oudoun, 9 niles
n. W. of Leesburg and two and an half
miles from Waterford, on .Heayer-Dam
Greek. and in one mile of the best wheat
Heighborheodsin the county. TIE tract
contains $50 Acres, SURPASSED by more ii.
the county for its fertility. About one
t'.ird of this land iswell timbered, ard tie
balance in state of high cultivation, tie
whole which is. well wateted. having
one or more springs in each field. lie
mills strong frame building. two arc
half stories HIGH with three foors, With
me rair Of manufacturing burrs, . feet in
diameter, together with Fms ;aactinery
complete, and one pair Of couitry stotes.
four feetin dialneter.-Ilcre are also or
the premises and near tie. Riil acomfort-
bic dwellinghouse, coed niiler's house;
good framed Earn and otLer necessary
eat houses.
Tie above property. owing to it's stu
alton ard numerous advantages, will, TO
doubt, be worthy the attention Of any
person DESTROYS Of investing tier mole J
in real estate of tie above desert, ten.
SAMUEL HGtGH. E
N. E. The above described property
viii be sold eitEer in a body or divided as
may best suit purchasers. S. II.
April 49,. eOff
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Extract from another letter Of the saa.e
person, Of lsi .Marct.
9. Il have been told by two English Of
GERS, who accompanied and lived with
Napoleon at Eiba, tlat he spoke in the
most disgusting manner Of the American
President aid nation"
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SHIP NEW, S.
PoRr OF ALEXANDRIA.

ENTERED. s.
Brig Brutus, Blunt, Portsmouths .
Schooner Concern, Clark, New York,
and cSeared for Georgetown.
Belinda, Lovett. Barnstable.
Sisters, Hodgkinson, New-Y ork.
soproaia. Perry, NeNs Bedford,
sSloop Comet, Cottle, Nantucket.
IS Eliza, Hutchinson, Philadelphia,
and cleared 70 Georgetown. 81
". CLEARED.
Ship General Knox, Greenock.
Wallace, Delano. Cork.
Schooner, Baszilla, Pote, Portland.
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COMMERCIAL.

q.
The Tobacco first landed sold at ST.;
but since. sales have been made at IL
and 6 rs st; everyone aursies Tobacco
Off the SUPERSTITION, that when reace is
known with you, several shins wi | come
ont and eyersteck the market. The con-
sumption Of TIE article is by no means
50 great as it has been heretofore. Cot
ton is ansaieable, nominal price 10 or. for
Georgia aud IS gf. from Louisiana; Cam
peachy logwood 20; rice about 45 sh. :
coffee $50 list brown sugar I2 TO II
or. clayed IA to IS gr.; this article vail
certainly 90 lowec. Uponstile whole you
must not calculate beyond tooo peace
ptices for any articles here, for [ fear that
we shall be pyerstocked from all quarters.
'reas may be inYDrtsd with The restriction
oftseliinr tilsn by the company's rules ..
paving them 10 pct recognition.
Eatsact u a. letter .froia a gentleman IN
LoRa0R.
NEng!ishvesseis condemned in tie J I.
States as prizes, viii be allowed to enter
British ports, Oil presenting coftyoi Coll
dennatioa, tie same as Anaeriean butt. :
Eatract from q letter reeeiced IN Pklta-
deiphia, dGtea
AyERpooL, Mae 2o.1G15.
I" NJ last VIII have informed you that
. the war .dpties were taken OF exports :
but that on imports tsey were Cos tluued
by a special acttill July 9Th. Cotton ur-
der It's act rays as f.riGerls Id Per ID.
less in British t an foreign vessels; and
there is an expectation, from tie obSef
vat 5ns made by tie Chancellor OF the
E chequer, that tie duty on cotton i'm
p4rted in British vessels viii cease or be
reduced to Id per ID. but they seem 50
much at loss for objects OF taxation and
so undecided IN their measures, tat /
do not place any dependence upon the
acts of our ministry till passed into laws.
But British vessels for the present Viii be
preferable.
It's rather evpected, that a consolida-
ton act will take place, attended witt.
ad ances upon some ofthe duties. Wheat
AID, our Will not do from America, the
| p rts under tie old act being SHUT from
TIE l5tll Feb. to the 18th Nay, eaceft at
tie high duties; and a bill is now inrro-
eress. ard is erected to Pass.ss sf s,ees
4 ..ts,ss- I! s = q sS--aaSIfit takes
effect viii be tantamopnt to a prohibition
| from your quarter.
Cotton still rates high, owing to The
liqht stocks in market-Eoweds l9d a
| aid; New-Orleans 22a a 25d sea-isIands
25d a2s I'd; but must come down as I'M
! ports come In. All articles of American
produce exert such as we are in want Of
| are nominal. a ewprime tobaccos lave
been sod at high prices, being very
| scarce; turentile is a complete drug.
owing to the large quantity on hsnd from
France
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DIED on Saturday the 9Th of Nav at
his seat in Prince William County, Chas.
Tyler, sen'r. EsG.-In announcing the
death of this respectable citizen, it would
he unjust net to mention that during a
lie Of "a years he has naintaii ed tie
Character of just and upright man, a
lind relation, ard hospitable neis hbor.
IN his domestic relations as husband, a
ather and a masterh he has been rarely e.
aualled and never excelled-Asa sok,ar
gofthe revolution, bis services ard his ex-
ample have been justly appreciated in
is county, and as citizen AID magis-
trate his loss viii be long deploysd.
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NOTICE.

IF HAVE a claim BY Deed Of Trust,
il from Alr. CAFES lie Count hewitt,
pi9r to that ofJames Keith, Esq. to the
above nalled piece of ground and two
stoTy brick house, wing on the nora side
ct b,uke-stre also, to the above named
Bloomfield Farm of IL acres, lying in
Fairfax County.
Said Neyitt being indebted tome 2s52
dollars, did to secure tie payment, give
a deed of trust, dated slst May 1910,
On tie above named property: together
WITH one other pieccsaf property.-There
remains dae ne ll52 dellars.
Hugh larolin.
May II.
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TO RENT,

A TWO story frame House, with
"a large GARDEN, situated OF the west
side Of Wasilh.eton-street, bet3t Ell Duke
and Wolfatreets, lately occupied by Cap
fain Stephen Moore. Forterms apply t.
FRS. FHeRE MoonE.
April6 8.
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SeAce for sale.
e Dbls Good Coffee.

Al, Also,
plssla ,asse scats-deon, with iron boml
II. ss ~ ara CHAINS coMplete--six St.
As7ssre e 8
Aa3 il. "oou : ~.
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nealed nearly at the very tine.of our de.

pealed nearly at the very tine Of our de-
claration of war.
In the other case, so little did our go-
vernment anticipate a favorable issue.
from our negotiation at Client, that they
introduced CONSUMPTION system to turn
the whole militia, or if the profound Mr.
Monroe likes the phrase better, the
whole population Of the United States in
to standing army. Every measure of
their policy betoken a more extensive
plan Of hostility. The treasury was Of
ficially declared to be bankrupt, and in
proportion to the desperation of our cir
cumstances, were our government re-
solved to pursue the same career. Con-
trary to all human calculations or conjec-
ture, treaty of peace was concluded at
Silent. Nor had our commissioners them
selves any hope of concluding a treaty
In their last communications to the GO
vernment, they expressly stated that they
had little, if any hope, Of an amicable
negotiation. This opinion gained addl-
tional strength from the manner in which
the British commanders were instructed
to prosecute the war. While our admi-
abstraction were sojoyfully amusing them
selves with their dreams of Canadian
conquest, they were reused from their
severies by the confiagration of the capt.
tai. Our whole line of seacoast was
threatened by hostile flames.
In short, whether we looked to the east
ort1 the west, to the north or to the south
we saw nothing but q prolongation of war
with alIits horrors. Contrast tins nela :
choIy spectacle, with that which this city
now presents-0ar streets thronsing with
merchandize-the deafning uproar Of
carriages and drays-the busy counte-
ia aces of our fellow citizens--the inces-
SAINT shouts of our jolly tars at oar wharves
preparing to wing their way across tie
Atlantic-the life and spirit that seem to
pervade alike the merchant and mocha
mic. Compare all this, with that dark
foreboding sminous silence that so re-
Gently reigned in Baltimore. Those who
are 50 disposed, may account for all this
by the natural course of human events /;
they may see nothing in the mercies Of
Divine Providence, to be thankful for !;
nothing to rejoice at, when they are
blest beyond their expectations-nothing
but the wisdom of our administration;
when this country has been so frofiden-
tally redeemed from their folly.
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p O S r S G e I p T.
Ne,c-Y York, May "a.
--latest from England.

Yestasterday arrived at this port, the
Russian ship Prince Michael, in 40 days
from Liverpool. BY this arrival the E.
ditors of the Mercantile Advertiser have
received London papers to the 10th, and
Liverpool of the 18th Of April, from which
extracts follow.
War had not been declared against
France, but it appears by our London pa
yers that great preparations were making
to commence hostiiities, by all the Allied
Powers.
A letter from a merchantin Liverpool
of the 18th of April, says American
Stocks are at par, asking price)."-A-
Mother letter Of the 18th, says, 6 Dol
lars are five shillings and mine pence"
The latter adds. 81 do not believe we
shall have war with Bonaparte."
Another letter says, $ The expectation
Of sail cloth, and all other munitions Of
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a foreign journal contains the following
laughabIe anecdote Of French fiddler OF
the name CT Boucher, who lately came to
push his fortune in London. On his ar
rival at Dover, across the channel he had
the modification to see lis iiddies seized
by the officers of TIE Customs. 1t was
in vain he protested that they we're not
articles of commerce. but instruments for
his own use and If he meant to make
money 81 then, it was at least not by
their sale. Tie fiscal agents were deal:
the Fiddies must Dav duty. TO ilx the
amount, their value must be estimated; s
Mi. Boucher was desired to set his own
value on the fddles-he fell into the
snare, and fixed very moderate price.
Then in virtue of cust3m-hou regulation
unknown to the travelling musician, they
offered him fifteen per cent. more than the
valuation, and declared they would keep
the intlppeuts. Cur artist was in despair;
he complained, he prayed, he threatened,
butsall in vain there was only one re-
source-that cf going to London oclalm
the interference of tine French Anbassa-
dor (; but to do this he must part from his
dear fiddies, the instruments of his glory
and his fortune.-He wished at least to
bid them a last adieu, and taking up one
of them, he brought fromit such melodious
bat doeful sounds as corrcsPonted with
his feelings. Tie custom house officers
attracted By the notes, formed group
around him, which gradually increased,
50 that the Office could no longer contain
the collected auditors. They begged the
musician to pass into large lobby, to
viii oh he willingly assehted. Their
mounted on step. of the staircase, he
performed seyera! pieces, when charmed
even fiscal ears. Animated by his sue
cess, the artist surpassed even himself &
the enthusiasm of the audience was at its
| height, when they heard God sare the
hi1ag executed with the most brilliant
variations. Howrepay so much talent 4
complaisance ? Every thing was forgot
ten even the regulations OF tie custom
house Sir" said the chief ofthe customs
to the French virtuoso, stake back your
fddles,: you may boast Off finer, because
a more difficult triumph than that Of Or
pheus. He melted only the internal del
ties, but you have made the douaniers OF
Dover relent."
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Savannah Paper.
BALTIMORE, May "a.

Arrived, schooner Franklin, Wood, 16
DAYS from Port-au- Prince, with coffee and
logwood, to Thomas Callwell & Co. Sail
ed 7th inst. in co. with schr. Lycurgus
for Baltimore. and Jonquille for n. York.
left there, schr. Vidette for N. York in
three days; Lydia for Philadelphia ditto;
Reindeer, do. 10 days. A New-York
ship discharging salt, was totake in Log
wood for Baltimore schr- Boyle for n.
York, uncertain. Spoke in the bay a
ship from Liverpool, for Alexandria.
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LATEST FROM FRANCE.

/ Last evening arrived at this port, the
brig Monkey, in 40 days from Bordeaux
(which port she left on the 18th of April, at
(which time all was quiet there. The
military and civil officers, and the popu.
lace, were devoted to the Emperor Ma
lpoleon.
| An English "a, frigate and brig OF
WAR, were cruizing off the Cordovan. Be.
veral French coasters had been captured
and blockade of the coast was daily ex-
nected an embargo was also talked OF.
1.-The Monkey was chased, but escaped by
superior sailing.
By the above arrival, the Edotors OF the
Mercantile Advertiser have received a
Ii!e of Bordeaux papers to the 10Th OF
April, from which the following transla.
ltions were made.
Paris, 8prit 5.-French funds-Tiers
|consolide G6-Bank of France 905-Ex-
change on London 10 SO to 19 75--Am-
sterdam Scholars 5 IS.
His excellency General Clausel, go
gernor of the 18th military division, has
received official news, that Bayonne,
Tarbes, and Pau, have hoisted the tri-
colored flag, together with Montauban
and Agen, on the Sd April; Marseil les
did the same on the LIST April, and all the
principal places in France.
Lyons, Aprl1. Every thing isper-
IfectIy tranquil here.
.Milen, .March 20. Field Marshal
Count Bubwa, arrived here the day be-
fore yesterday; $4,000 Austrians are
now coming from the Tyrol to reinforce
the army Of italy, which It's sad will a.
mount to 100000 men. r
WANTS, .Murch SS.-Fhe famous Cha
rette, presented himself in the district
of the Lower Loire, in order to recruit,
but the inhabitants being tired OF war,
stoned him away.
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war are prohibited in Holland, under the
idea that war will take place between
that country and France"
:. The King Of France passed through
Antwerp, on the s9th Of March"
The ships Carolina-Ann and William
have arrived at Liverpool from n. York
the former on the Sth and the latter on
the 10th Of April the Calypso, from PT ,
iadelphia, the Sarah Louisa, from "a y, s.
folk. heship Swift has arrived at tork
IN 1S days from n. York. The shir Ann N
Maria, Waite, has arrived at Besast, III
q days from N. York. The sip Ulys-
ses, Brian, sailed from Liverpool tor I'm
ladelphia on the 9Th Of April.
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A MOTTO FOR TIE LADIES.

TIE Salem Gazette. observing that al
ter tue famous battle Of Trafalgar, the
English ladies in compliment to the i'm
mortal Nelson, adopted as motto for
their garters.the celebrated words of the
hero, on that OCCASIONS England en-
poets erery man to do his daty," very hap
PLY proposes that the American ladies
should pay similar compliment to the
memory of the gallant Lawrence, by
wearing in like manner, as motto on
their garters his last words, " Don't gire
up the Ship" An equally pertinent de-
vice a fortunate suggestion but rather
odd quite odd Eeea. fos;.
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From the Baltimore Telegraph.

IF man will attentiye.y consider the
fortunes OF our country yduriag the reign
OF democracy, blind indeed must he be,
il he is unable TO discover great, mys-
terious and experimenting hand, which
has often saved US from the blunders Of
our own cabinet. Had the motion of Mr..
Bayard prevailed, anu the question Of
peace or var been postponed, till the
next session of congress, we should have
found that the principal cause Of our COM
paint, the orders IN council, had been
repealed, Here was an opportunity that
appeared proviaential, for terminating
all hOstil;tyat once. The orders in coun-
Gil had been the burden of orr complaint,
ne subject of our reiterated remonstran-
eeS. Notwithstanding this, until its re-
noFai, it had all along been placed lii
@e front of .oar catalogue of complaints,
at that very moment, it was made to as
same a secondary character. 1t was
pronounced by our administration and
Oe'r agents to be subordinate to the
question OF impressinent. The British
exercise OF this right was declared to be
Incompatible with oar national independ-
s0ee' and this language was maintained
ASK q long as there was the slightest proba-
o'lty OF Boaaparte's successes on the
'9aaaent. When, however, his impe,i-
= aud royal majesty, took up his resi-
sence IN Elba, the President declared
@as we were not bound t. light for the
s'seTton OF an abstract right, and he n.
saa''oned ms uttimatlan altogether. The
S1ssuoa whether security from impress
- was an abstract right. or a right
w s,s eHerclse OF which, Oh TIE part OF oul
S aepAies' compromised the character, In
Sspeaoence and dignity OF the United
on ms was made 10 depend on another
~ = Tor It's solution, namely, whe
~, AoaaPlrte should reside in Eiba Of
NJ; ~, AZ TINS period of time, our admi
tS s, ,, with peculiar spirit declared
MI o ~ debtln'es were not intermiyet
p"s 49, saoss o. france, for the pla;nestah,
bsc.o oV,oa, of ali reasons, we presume
ns .ause booaparte could afford them hi
i c,p,' no ioager.-'rhey most hero
sys,. ushied that they ever expected an,
paS, .aace from him, when he was inca
two -. u Attending them any. Here ar
ssysg gsipa9le instances, in Which we wer
49, ny provld entail inferfare.,ca fya,
srders %''ers ot our own cabinet. Th
oar AMI, y Council, the principal cause 0
speak;p eai,as to arms, or more properl
- Tue cstensibls cause, were re
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The National Intelligencer OF Monday
last embraces General Order OF MIR.
Dallas, Acting Secretary of War, de-
signaling the g Organization of the Mill
taly Peace Establishment of the United
States''-then follow his letters of the 9th
and 18th of April to the officers consti-
tut;np an advisory board of war, with o.
Their papers detailing the whole of that
organization, the register of the officers,
&c. &c.-Tbe corps ofartillery is to en-
brace 80 companies, or $500 men-the
light artillery, companies Or $50 men
the infantry, 80 companies or $40 men
the riflemen, 10 companies or $50 men
In all $3.50 men.
The troops are to be in2 military dari-
sions-that of the NORTH, to comprise
S military departments.-that of the
SOUTH, A departments-.uyor General
Brown with Brigadier Generals Macomb
and Ripley, are assigned to the Division
Of the North-.uaj. General Jackson,
with Brig. Generals Scott and Gaines to
that of the South.
J.G. Swift, Moses Porter, 6. +. Mitch
ell. Daniel Bissel, Hugh Brady. John
Miller, VIM. King, James Miller, II. At
kipson, James Mcdonald. re. Nicholas,
| and Thes. A. Smith are assigned as Colo
nels. ,r,-
INDIAN HOSTILITY.
Extract of letter from st. .Hary's,
dated 9Th May.
:: Ned came here last night express, &
,ripss news of another Indian alarm:
L was within 6 miles of the Mills, on
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this side Of the st. Mary's, that they
committed arobbery the number of ne
eroes were said to be six !; no murders
v were committed, for the family whose
house was attacked fled with great terror;
and the Indians after robbing the house
of every thing valuable, disappeared. |
much fear that the patriots will yet bring
great distress On this frontier. The In
dams never before yentured SO near the
settlements"
Savaalaah Paper.