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$3.50 acres Of Land
FOR SALE,

5soo acres of which lays in, ON and|
,stween Zachiah, Clark's aud Pye :
,Syamns. There is on this property clever
rod dwelling houses with all other ne :
eessary buildings, and may be conyeni.
ently divided so as to suit purchasers.
there is on this property upwards OF looo
acres of as good meadow laad as any ~ !
america. with an abundant supply OF
timber Of every description, and several
very GOOD situations fer mills, 4 several
good mills adjoining this land, and there
is no part OF he world better supPilear
with springs, as there are upwards Oh
100 Of as good water as any 10 the UNION
indeed some Of them are, ! think, the
best ] have ever drank Of. There IS al.
SO on this property an excellent tan yard
with watts etc. sufficient for tanning and
dressing 5000 hides a year, anti as many
more may be added as any person can
wish, and any quantity OF back may be
had at a low price ,as alay be wanted
there are alsn blacksniths' 4 carriage
makers shops, and a storehouse and ia
vern on this property, great part OF
which is within from to S miles Ot tide
water, aud there is an act OF the iegl>la-
ture tor cutting canal up the Zachiah
Swamp, which may be done at a little
expence, anl viii be effected in a few
years. from which the best of every de-
scription of timber may be carried to
Baltimore or any other market--there is
about $50 acres in Nanjemoy, with ar
excellent SITUATION Cor mill, and zoe
acres in Pomenkey, all within one nile
Of the Potomac river. with a great SUB
ply Of wood and timber, sutii ie lro-
portion OF meadow land q we'll watered
as to springs, and all ot|er necessary
as to houses, &c.
1t is thought unnecessary to give more
particular description of the above pro-
berty, as it is presumed 10 person viii
buy, without irst viewing It, aud if not
sold by the a5th of August next, il will
be rented to good tenants either BY the
year. or fora term of years. as may be-
agreed on. | will also offer at Public
Sale, to The highest bidder, on the first
Tuesday OF the August court, of Charles
county, in Port Tobacco. atot>J honses;
as to their situation and measurements,
excellea by none, ii, that place.
The whole OF the above property will
be divided so as to salt purchasers, and
any credit given that may 0e asked: but
the payment must be well secured The
purchasers or renters Of the above proper
ty, can be supplied with every thing that
is necessary for farming, or house keep
ing: That is to say, from a simbIet to a
wagon, from pig to stud horse, includ-
ing jacks and ienneys, from a griddie.
scraper to book case. and every kind
of provision that may be wanted either
Cor man or beast: also 600 sheep, "a
mong which are about 100 weathers, If
application be made Immediately.
The whole of the above property is va
liable beyond description. and has adj
pantases that few others possess In this
country.
SAMUEL CHAPMAN,
Newtown, Charles County, Md.
July If co
The editor of the Federal Republican
and Baltimore Telegraph. Is requested 70
in ert the ahnve once a week till the
25th of August next.
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July %
For Antwerp

For AniW erp, lin,
TIE The substane al and las' g. a.. |;
\ e Ship .9merica, barthen ., z SSo'. 'g.
having two thirds OF her cay" ,nodeats
tbe balance vii be taken Oh '. y made
terms if immediate apnlie'tGl|opv i
to DA4''DD
July 10
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NO ICE.

NyHE subscriber owes to the public
4 generally, aud TO the mercantile
part of the community particularly, his
Acknowledgements OF gratitude for thepa-
tronage and .liberalityhe has experle6red
du lug the short period he has been do
Inc business among them.
It's his intention, seconded by the So
hcitations of his friends. to resume bust
ness in this place after his return from a
short visit eastward.
John Ketiel
July 95 OF
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For freight or Charter,

xEs The elegant ne" Schooner
s55iSy..; ~ Appfune, captain stephens la b..'
" s fs..!a " bnrthen $50 tons or l200 oar
ssaz.szs rels, sell fond, and u :, s' e,
ry respect first rate vessel, a"a %'t fys
reeadv for the reception Of a cargo 10 ~" 70
DAYS. For terms apply TO the master Oh
Adams, iierhert & 90
Who haze far SAFE =. e
Said scfooner's Cargo, CONSISTING "
$4,000 feet Merchantayie Lnm0ef'
Jane 90
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Dissolution of Partnership.

The partnership of Dodge g hstteN
is this day dissolved by mutual consent
All who have claims will present then,
for paymenr; and those indebted will
make Immediate settlement with either
OF the subscribers.
Francis Dodge. Georgetown.
John Keneli, Alexandria.
~ F. DODGE, for the present will
continue to attend to the Commission Bu-
siness as heretofore, and to whom Cor
respondents are requested to direct ct
Georgetown.
July "a 1t
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For 4ew- Y rk or Boston i'.,.

For n ew- York or bo 81 i'.,s
zgg The schr. .As'c Po ':s,a ,y' 81,
Eel Berry. master; a NJ .ao in t6res
1iIl b. ready to receive a es,sD hadns
DAYS. For freight or pa5sa : ths nar
good accommodations, afP9 "
ter on board OF to r,eksoo.
Who has for sale ire cargo Oh Sd''
err
40 casks Thoo..atown hl .,s.r LpS'
$4,000 feet mere -lntaOlc J.
Der. .oA
July IS
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And. at same time.

81 barrels ct FLOUR. at !ohn Mon
casters wareh0ase--delivered 70 me I'M
der an order OF the Circait Court for the
county of Alexapdris and district OF
Columbia, by the attorney OF Warner
washington, complainant. against the
adniaistrateFs of William Newton, de-
ceased.
Danial Minor, d Nj.
for Wm. Boyd, Marshal.
Jolv.a4 At
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aeI;cs straw !j0nnctS

Ladies straw b0nnetS ,...u
Just received another sconlg O ~ SDd by
Bonnet~. which are ofeFea 'of ''
the slngIe one, or dozen
MARY MOONEY.
JULY % -
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Marsha S Sale

Will be sold. on saturday the 9th inst.
for Chartered Money OF the District,
attweIye O'Clock, at the warehouse oil
Abraham Rapley,
l39 barrels of Flour.
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no CLOSE SALES.

ihe Museum will be opel
for the reception OF Visitors, on .Honaa.s
Wednesday and Saturday gternooas
from S 70 6 O'Clock.
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SAMUEL CHAPMAN,
Newtown, Charles County, Md

July 16 60
The editor Of the Federal Republican
and Baltimore Telegraph. Is requested 70
i'm ert the above once week till the
I25th of August next.
Alexandria gazette, commercial and political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1812-1817, 1816-09-10

Frequently, though not, asis asserted !
his last essay, Arrays abus d ; BY ela S ~
ling, however, that immunity for if wb;a i.
lis extended to other subjects of pro s;,ra
ton and abuse; and by maiotainine ~.
Ipropriety of selecting from this as fr o,e
the other departments Of letters, instead
of condemningits offspring to ;ndiscr;m NV
nate sacrifice. The waste of tina ans
money produced by the Drama. is ;no0 a
dent we think, to pleasures and pursuit,
the NEST lawful andeproftable: the nro -
fligacy OF its adherents We are disposed ).
consider not the result, or not wholly Ma
result, of their profession and its nm;
form hostility to the Gospel as esistins
Ionly IN the view of an ua9ounded and
|unaccomedating morality. We have mt
| the folly to believe we have done rust;rs
to these topics: we shall, however. take
our leave of what will prove, we fear an.
improbable discussion, with noticing ths
! physiological argument against the rro.
Ifession OF a player.
Without pausing to examine to VIA.
extent that canon of the critics is TO b.
allowed-that to be we'll represented .
ipassian must be felt principle which W,
remember, however, to be denied in great
part by very high authorty;) it is bat
fair to apply it to The poet as well as /,
the player. lfhe who only mimicks Ii.
conceptions of the poet, a d adapts to
them the muscles of his fraae and coun.
Itenance, is susceptible of hose certain
notifications OF blood and pirits, which
give them all characters, aud yet, i
seems, leave them none Of their oaR:-
how much more so the poet, in whose
brain those conceptions originated WHO
does not mimick but create who acts 10.
on the model and delineat;oas Of another,
but draws from his own strong ideas Of
the passions. Under this system, whata
prodigy were Shakespeare, al once a play.
er anu poet, Macbeth, Lear, a Ro.
meo, limon, Juliet, and FalstaF
Onder TINS system, a Milton, we're alter.
nateIy the Deity and the Devil lie de-
scribes an Addison, an odd compound
of his Sir Roger and VIII HoHeycOmb;
and Whitfield by turns the Jeaifed
saint whose raptures lie dercted, ard the
damned spirit whose tortlrcs he deplOrel
with equal energy and feryor. UnIuck.
ly for the theory however. Gamick' who
stands up as the paragon Of actors and
who went perhaps through as many mOdi-
ications OF blood e spirits as most actors,
was neither knave nor profgate; ard
occupied an honorable ak in the FIRST
society, as wellas the sovereignty Of the
scenes.
PHILO DRAMATECUS.
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For the alarcndria Gazette.

Etiam noe intelligendum puto, NAH
ornnino esse negligeadum, IN quo alIqua
signifcatio virtutis appare at.
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James Shaw.
FIVE DOLLARS Reward
Lost or uislaid,

n old Black Morocco Pocket Book,
tied round with green silk string:
Containing besides the annexed list OF
antes, sundry other papers which can be
M use to any person but the owner,
=, naymcnt being stopped. | will give the
AVE reward 70 any person that will re-
s..,.n the Book with It's contents to
w. - NiORD. MILLER.
N. B. The pocket book contained no
money. =, ,-osrpc
1914 Nov. 90. VIM. Yeaton, S17S
o. cents, at s months.
1915, July Is. Elliott Muse, 100 at
80 days.
Bond, 1O4, Sc, payable 9th September,
1916. ,,.noo,, oc
e.. on demand.
Nav 9, John M'Pherson and Son. 25oe
q j. june 5, Samuel Chadwick, $50 at :
months. - c4...
Aurust IS. John III. Crease acceP'ahCe
as WIN. T Luchbett's order, 81 cS OF
DAYS. 4.,ro. 400 a.
= Wm. Sims and Denis Johpson's joint
hond for 45S IS due in June last.
September 5
i
For Mao Fork g Boston, !,
- " The sch'r sUKEY, Il. Smith
nd master. For freight apply to 'ns
John G. Laid & Go.
august IL "
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Blacksmlth's Business.


IKE subscriber respectfully Informs
s'e public, thar he has established tue
l,lacksmithing Business IN Alexandria,
pext door to Browns burr milestone ma
sufactory in st. Patrick street, where he
intends carving an the above business IN
all lis various branches, particularly MiIi
Irons of every description, Edged fools
3. all kinds Of cast and English Steel,
Anv person wishing to be supplied with
Mil Irons, the subscriber viii obhgate
himself to furnish him with Mill Screws
suitable for the weight of their stones, al
first cost The subscriber fatters nm
self that from his experience in the above
line he will share a portion OF the public
patronage.
n. B. All orders from the country
viii be punctually attended to and exc
cuted with the greatest neatness and dis
patch. - -.
September 2 ooeeoI
The Editor Of the Winchester Gazette
IS requested to publish the above 3 times.
ard send his account to this Office.
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hICiiAnD LIbBY ,
FORMER IMPoRTATI0Ns

~ He thaaks his Hardware Brethren
for enamerating their precious Wares az
by that means he is peecluded the neces
sity Of doing SO; as nearly all the kinds
they have mentioned, Re has gst-witf
hundreds Of articles more land thinks
he has as gooI, if not the best, assert.
i,oent in the district with permission
he will mention 4 feao prominent Arti
+cles, received By his former arrivals, as
well as that of the late ones.
~ EVEN ton of Shot
~ Seventy boxes tin plate
Sixty casks nails and spikes
Brass and iron wire
Pewter basens. dishes, plates and pans.
AID pots of different kinds.
BUILDING WATERWAYS
e general MISUNDERSTANDING 1chiei
are,
Brass case and nortice locks--s most su,
perb kind, with commode knobs
plain aud figured
IN elegant assortment Of webbing
Do horse and gig whips, and
A general assortment of saddiery.
RelI-metal kettles
invils, vices and screw plates
Saws, nearly ali kinds-Do. files
Tayiors', hatters', and Fat irons
German. Swedes', & Clowley's steel.
CUTLERY---a general assortment.
lShoyels and tongs
Green wire Tenders without plates
Bench planes
Brass, woea, aud white metal cocks
A general assortment of gun locks. ant
hundreds of articles too tedious tc
mention.
BY LAST ARRIVALS.
Mems, womens', and boys saddle trees
and Gig ditto
Gilt watch CHAINS, seals and KEYS
Copper scales 4 weights, (apothecaries)
Scale beams, all sizes
4 vast number of fancy articles
Grass, grain and bramble scythes
Green wire tenders with brass knobs
top and bottom
Iron Tenders
Broad and hiliing hoes
Patent straw knives
Door springs
SO casks nails and spikes.
Has on Hand,
so tons of swedes', English and Ameri.
can bar non, hlistered steel, cu'
nails, nail and spike rods. pot me.
tai, Is kegs gunpowder OF good qua
ty---and, in short. almost every ar,
ticle in the hardware line.
september 9 ct
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This is TO give Notice,

That the subscribers will receive, for
Charles Hill, Esq. of Virginia, to whom
letters testarnentary on the estate Of Hen.
ry y. Courts, late of Charles county. IN
MARYLAND. deceased, have been granted
/. by the Orphans Court Of said county, a
ny clanas which may be duly authenticate
ed, and will discharge them rs far as the
funds placed in his hands will enable
him. Persons having such claims, viii
exhibit them IS speedily as possible tc the
subscriber at Port Tobacco.
JOHN L. ST0DDERT,
Attorney for Charles Hill, Admir-,
august a6 2aw4wi
The Editors of The National Intelligent
Ger are requested tonsert the above twice
a week for tour weeks, and sepd their
accounts to this Office.
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NOTICE.

The Stockholders Of The Mechanics
Bank Of Alexandria are hereby notified
hat a dividend Of five per cent on the ca.
,ital stock paid in, is this day declared
payable to them or their legal represen.
fatlves, on Friday the 18th inst.
By order of the President and Direc
tors,
wM. PATTON, Jun. Cashier.
y Septelnber 5
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TUESDAY. sxpTEMsER 10.
Public Sale.

~
On Tuesday next, the 10th instant, vii
be sold at the Vendue Store, corner q
Prinee and Fairfax Streets
Imperial & young hyson teasin chests
Cotton in bales
Qaeensware in crates
Indigo, demiiohns, furniture, etc.
ALSO,
Cloths, cassisnsres, dimities
White and colored calnbrics, coleret
ginghams
Mems and womens' silk and cotton no
siery
Marseil'es
Bandano and Madras hantkerchiefs
Canton grapes. bo.nbazets
lsish linens
Sewing Silks and cottons, etc. etc.
Also for .Merehdnts Paper,
Three or 400 bushels cadiz Salt.
Pc. Earsteller.
september
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To Let

A CONVENIENT frame D"s a.;a'
"a House on pitt-street near TO tn I'D
G street, contains six good rooa"t ,. nj
fitted to accommodate one or Two :: =" hr
i,es-with grouna newly fenced u u d j
a large gardeh--twO or three sp'pp a.,sy
GOOD water near the premises -. tenps
ion will be gwen Immediately fO' ~
apply to g, r,,,,uOur,
Sen. s.
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Toilet,

To Let,
and possession to be giUeR imanedi-
diately,
A gostoiy frame House on Washing.
tcn street, with a large garden, pump
of good water, spring house, smoak
house aud stable attached to the building
Apply TO
september tt
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For i,ichmond,

ESsS8Sg = II 1 = II,
s ! 81 $3.50 Captain Cowart; will sail
on Wednesday next. For freight or pas
sage apply to the captain on board at
Ramsay wharf, or to
Thomas White.
september 9 Sit
Portland gazette and Maine advertiser., 1816-02-06
VENEil N N Wy.
VENICE. aIPT.

VINCE, sLPT 40.
The emperor FRANCIS. alter his esp9uE
al 7pitb the Jea, will give direction for The
immediate reitora'iun OF the Vrnetlan
navy to Proportionate degree VI thar
itrength and ipieDdur it had when il car
rice the 6folm a lis top gaiian,mait head
and was the Carrier 1T the Commerce of
the world. We are bufy IN relior,ns tue
embIems OF the ancient governments Of
the public. The Lions at the Arlenal.
and ner places, are undergoing repairs
lin tu,ave their tails are to BE- ehpatea
as IN the times Of the iovsreignty OF Ven
ice, initead OF being carried between the
legs as in modern times.
Portland gazette and Maine advertiser., 1816-02-06
holding the Circuit Court in Maine.

"A report from the Ere fury Oepartt
vas received, by which it appears that
the nett revenue from imports accruing
IN 1875 is D28 14S o8o go; exceeding
the ian itateJ ~ tie annual report by an
amount OF D3 SAB S37
The principal iubjeca Of difcullion in
the iiouie (durng rne above day. was
the reiolutloa reported by the Committee
Of Ways and Means for reducing the
Land tx 20 D3 ,ooo 900, and the amend
ment thereto which went to al piiE the
land tax 4itosether MIR. Randolph on
tbs 27th at On, cloted fpeech of at
lealt zen hours! 1t was a hit 'ric ketch
of the conduct and ,mifconduet # the
d,tfe eat administrations Gnce the forma
ton of m, p'eient government and was
cmbehiAed with much genuine wit, and
numcrou. beautiful and interesting allu
hons TO ancient aud modern hiliory ana
the claiIcs.
Portland gazette and Maine advertiser., 1816-02-06
Posi- OFFICE.

A bill to put The Post Office upon the
peace es abish ment has passed the House
Of Representatives. his was done in pur-
suance Of recommendation OF the commit
tee OF ways and means, and contrary to the
recommendation vi MI. u llas.-Mt d AZ
las, ii seems,is not likely TO acquire dicla
toril autho ity over congress. Ne must
begin 10 ieel little uneasy, that MS COM
mands are not implicitly obeyed Ii al
" ys appe ared to US that The war tax on the
pos office, or on the intelligence depart
ment was impoll,ic and unjust.
Philod. I'ur american
Portland gazette and Maine advertiser., 1816-02-06

difr:gard of the plaineit rights and in.
terefs Of the people of this country,
which marked its commencement, and
deierves our fevereit cenfure and animal
ver6on and that the prompt acceptance
of treaty containing virtual abandons
men, of all the objects for which it was
profeiled to be declared, but 100 plainly
fhews that the real caufes and objects Of
it had no connexion with our national
honour and independence.
Re6ived, Ihat the blood and treafure
sxhauited in the late unhappy conflict,
whether for conqueh or glory, have left
the people of tine United States no remu.
nerating benefit and that, while with
becoming patience and submiilion. we
have the additional bur,heDs of taxation
thus impoied upon US by courie of pol
icy, alike ruinous anu wicked, we enter
tain the livelieit fear and alarm for the
future ita,e of this country, in the con-
tinuance in Office of thofe who have be-
trayed the high truit repofed in them,
and who guided BY an ambitious, selhfh
and unprincipled policy, only wait like
occAiion to increafc the weight Of our
burthens. and to rcnovate all the mifery,
dangers and fufferings from which we
have lately efcaped, by the providential
dethronement Of the great tyrant of Eus
rope, who 10 long banifhed peace, order
and happiness from the world.
Portland gazette and Maine advertiser., 1816-02-06

establishment of the United States.--And
the House adjourned.
The cession OF the Floridas by Spain to
Great Britain, is matter of much doubt
here
The affair of the Spanish demand, is not
regarded as OF any importance here. 1t is
not likely to alter the course in which things
have been going on for some years past
Mr.. Irving our minister is going TO his post,
and the negotiation about the eastern boun-
dairy of Louisiana, with other concerns is
transferred TO Madtid
There is not think, the least probability
Of Mr. Dallas's projected bank passing IN
its resent form; il indeed, it does in any
Other that he VIII be willing to adopt con-
sistent with his present views.
Portland gazette and Maine advertiser., 1816-02-06
i4h Congress.....Iirst Session.

The Congress Of THE U. S.
from the 23d to the 2o h ultimo, tranf.
AGED the following ouGneis -
The bills for continuing the du.y on
tslt, the iiamp duties, duties on refined
iGear, and to reduce the duties on pof
'ase to their ola rates, paAed the Houie -
hey were yet before the financial com
mittee of the Senate on luefday laR
A committee was appointed to enquire
into the expectancy Of providing for
Portland gazette and Maine advertiser., 1816-02-06

rency, diaurbed by the fear Of being dis.
inherited by his father, conceived laa
year the abominable deign of poifoning
hiM. A matchmaker TO whom he ap
piled to obtain the fatal potion which he
deGgned Tor The author OF his days, gave
him fome falutary advice which delayed
the crime. | he father, inaead of fol
lowing the advice of the Vicar of ST.
Leu, of Operating from this monfer,
had the weakness to contine him with
his wife and children in his houle. he
milerable man, alter having received a
iait reprimaud from his father, prettn
ded to be delirous Of leaving his pater-
nal manllon, and following his wife who
had already retired with her ch:drea to
the house of am inhabitant of ST. Leu !:
then in the ilence OF the night he aicen.
Ged cautiously to the chamber where his
father was a1eep, and plunged knife
into his heart. The next day he return
ed to the houfe, and after hayiog con-
templated the corpfe of his father, which
was covered with blood, he went 10 the
Mayor with complaint of the murder
which had been com nittcd, adding that
he had paiIed the night with bis wife at
1t. Leu.-But MATS of evidence arofe
againit him Every one was convinced
OF his guilt when he found he had been
at ST. Leu, and that the inhabitants of the
houfe where his wife had lodged, had
not ieen him. The knife which ne iaid
belonged to his father, and which he had
'..rown by the GIe OF the body, was not
recolleeted by any of the relations who
had lived the mott familiarly with the
old man, nor by his fervant The jury,
truck with the conGltency of the evi
dcnce, which pointed him out as the as
taflin, unanimously pronounced him gull
Ity.
When The terrible fentence was pro-
nounced, not the Aightelt change was to
oe remarked in his countenance. Que
would have thought that it was againlt
Granger that he heard the judgment
which fentenced him to go barefoot 10
the icaffo,d, TO wear over his head fu.
neral veil, and to Zee his criminal hand
feparated from his body, before fafering
his capital punlihment.