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Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1817-12-24
Burr Mill Stone Making.

GENHE Subscriber wishes to Inform his
= friends and the public, that he has
on hand good supply OF the first quail
~ BURR BLOCKS. His shop Is near
Col. Peyten's. store, where he can supply
all Millers at the shortest notice with
first rate Nil Stones. and which be will
warrant equal, il not superior, 10 any in
the United States, and will sell them at
the most reduced prices. The workman
ship superior to any in the district.
ROBERT GLENN.
December Is ths'u
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Bank of Alexandra.
Land.

Land.
A BOUT $50 Acres Of Land, with a
IA comfortable Dwelling House, with
in three miles of Alcxandria,'are offered
for sale by the subscriber living in Alex
andria. More than one third OF the land
is in wood.
Also about So acres If woodland, ly-
ing about half a mile nearer to town.
The situation is remarkably healthy, and
the land is believed to be capable Of great
Improvement BY clover and plaster.
Also the two story Brick Dwelling
House on Washington street, now occu-
pied BY W. CRANoh.
Iwish to hire Female Servant, who
can cook aud wash. w. Z.
Dec. Is. dit
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To Rent.

To Rent,
A TWO STORY BRICK Dwell
LING HOUSE, near the Diagonal
Pump; the house is large and comma
diOus, having a large garden, with the
necessary back buildings, milk and smoke
houses, and pump of water in the yard
equal to the Diagonal. For terms apply
to VIM. YEIrCH.
December % wlmtf
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For Sac,

For SAFE,
u CASKS Bridport herring and shad
" seine Irvine, cable laid
lie hhds brown sugar, good quality
500 bushels Turks Island salt,
pipes
10 or casks "a
IL or casks Old Sherry and .
,ierces sweet Muscatel Z"
6 bales English sacking
do do canvas, No. 8, SO
cases glOss'd hats, and
10000 leet pitch pine Rewed Logs, well
seasoned, from 80 to- 40 feet in length,
and from 10 TO IA inches sqvare--At
fuckers wharf, on reasonable terms.
JAMES SANDERSON.
December 5 wfm2w
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1rheUni Bank OF Alex.

andria will he closed on Thursday 95th
last. netes intended to be offered on that
day Tar discount must be deposited in
the Bank on Wednesday e4th--it is ex-
pected all bills and notes falling due on
Thursday will be paid on Wednesday.
c. r. CHAPMAN, Cash.
December 2S
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Wanted,

A FEMALE HOUSE SERVANT,
vino is good Cook, Washer and
lroner. 10 such one, coming well re-
commended. liberal wages will be given.
Apply at this Office. Dscember ls
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Picked Goldfish.

20 BBLS, picked Cci6sh, just re-
on ceiyed and tor sale by
n. bLASDELL & Co.
Fairlax-street. 9 doors from Plince-street
December 81 wfmst
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slish dates being no later thaa before re.
oeiyFd.
Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1817-10-15

have " procured The fat rogue a charge Of
foot +" And the lord chief justice, ratin.
him for his robberies and debauohrrieS.
concludes BY telling him that I" his days
service az Shire Nsbury had gilded over his
nights expedition to Gadshill." This is
surely more than cOmmon fame. 1t the
evidence Of one Who, from his high rank
and station, must have received the NEST
authentic information Of his behaviour,
and in the truest co!ors In the heat of
an action Sir John Colyille Of the Dale,
a valsrous knight, surrenders himself at
once TO the very name Of Falstaf: II
think you are Sir John Falstaff, aud in
that thought yield me-" Here is surely
proof decisive of his general reputation.
On the breaking out Of the rebellion Fall
staff is summoned 6. he must away to
court Immediately" For what purpose ?
Evidently to give his opinion as militia
~ man Of skill and experience. What
is more, the cart of Westmoreland, ge-
neral officer, speaks to HIN in the tone Of
an equal.
frls:Gf My good lor1 Wsshnore
land, cry YOU mercy; l thought yeur
honor had already been at Shrewsbury.
Westnoreland. Faith, Sir John, ri,
more than time that | were there, and
,su too. The king l can tell you, looks
for us all. We must all away to night.
Aud ia that very important scene
where Worcester brings proposals from
Percy. the council consists Of the king,
the Prince Ct Wales, lprd John OF Lam
caster. the earl of WestmO; Gland, Sill
Walter Blunt and sir John FalstaH. Now,
what could possibly introduce him into
such an assembly on such an occasion ?
Nothing. certainly, but' an established
fame and character as good officer. In
a word. Just the like character that bro't
Sir Waiter Blunt into the same ci.cum.
stances of honor. L.
To BE con'irusd,)
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To BE con'irned.)

The Natiuual fntelilgencer contains
Ahe preceding, of a court martial. of
which colonel Towson was president.
held at Fort Independence, in the harbor
of Boston. on the 5Ih of August. Lieut..
Gan. wa found guilty of sending chal-
lenge to an officer to fight duel, and was
sentenced by the court to be cashiered.
Captain w F. Hobart, for being Sc
cond aud carrier Of challenge in order
ts fight a duel. was also sentenced to be
csshiered The president, however. on
account OF favorable representation of
the affair, signed BY the officers of the
eastern division, has ordered that second
lieutenant Cant and captain W. F. ho-
bait be released from arrest, and return
to duty in the army.
The adju,ant general, in his order con-
tanning the proceedings, remarks, that the
president approved the decision of the
court, aud in ordinary cases such SEN
fences would be confirmed.
W 7. Gazstis.
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.Mlledgerillle, Georgia, Sept. so.

.Mlledserilile, Georgia, Sept. SO.
In pursuance of orders issued BY the
executive for the purpose of complying
with the late requisition OF Gen Gaines
for two batta!ions of militia, to aid in
chastising the refractory Indians in Eas;.
Florida, squadron of cavalry, and ten
companies Of infantry have been detach.
ed from The counties of Hancock, Wash
instou, Baldwin, Putnam, Morgan, Pu-
laski, Tuiggs, jones and Jasper, who are
directed hold themselves in readiness
to assemble, at short notice. at Fort
Hawkins. where arms and accoutrements
are prepared for their use.
A letter from the commanding officer
at Fort Scott, Of the 18th instant, states,
that the Indians were ou that day to give
Gen. Gaines their firal answer, whether
they would deliver up the murderers Of
our citizens II they comply with the
demand, hostili,ies will be avefted- il
not, signal chastisement will be inflicted
on them.
We learn by a gentleman directly fr
head quarters, Fort Montgomery that
Gen. Gaines, who was then at st, Ste
phens. intends visiting Georgia in few
days and that but lit lie expectation Sp-
peared to be entertained in that quarter
OF the country, Of an approaching rupture
with the Indians I, is probable, there
fore, the troops from this state will not
be called into service.
Our crops OF cotton, notwithstanding
the INCREASED quantity which is growing,
are not likely to yield as much as III J
did the last year, in consequence of a
li.else. called the rot, which has made
its APPEARANCE in different parts of the
state. Many of oui plsnters, we are sor-
rs TO learn, vii! no, make more than half
a crup. The ROT IN cotton, taoush very
commau in the Mississippi territory. has
nut till lately been attic ded with sericss
injury here. 1t is remarkable, that the
cotton growing On the richest lands upon
the Mississippi, and the poorest 10 Ge"r-
gia, is most affected by this disra'e, the
cause of which has for years bafflrd the
kill of the western agriculturalists.
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charts, but which she assertained does
not exis'. -
Baltimore. Oct. IS.


Baltimore, Oct. IS.
BY the polite attention of capt Dungan,
Of tie sclir. Wasp. from Havana, :ht
editor has been favored with the l'aran'
ma Government Journal Of the 9Th Sept
which contains a proclamation by Don
Juan Ruiz governor IF Mexico, &c &c
dated 18th july 1917 in shich, after a
long preamble. setting forth the hopeless
condition OF the traitors Nina, i'ier,
Toyres and Moreno, he shows how little
TIE government have to fear from them,
by the following mandates =
lst. None shall aid or assist in any way
the traitor Mina under penalty of death,
and the con6scation OF his property, one
third Of which shall 60 into the royal
treasury, one third towards defraying the
expences of the army, and the other third
to the iniormer.
ed. Any faithful subject Of our lord
the king who shall apprehend the traitor
Nina, and deliver him to any military
commander, or the royal justice, shall
receive a reward of fire hundred dollars.
sd. If the person who apprehends
be soldier, he shall be Immediately pro-
noted; and il any Of the rebels them.
selves shall do this, he shall receive pa.
don Tor his crimes in addition to this re.
warG.
"4th. One hundred dollars will be 81.
ven for the apprehension of every follow.
er Of the triatur Nina; and. whoever OF
them shall voluntarily return to his duty,
shall, in addition, have fill pardon.
I" 5th. Fifty dollars, and free pardon
shall be given TO every rebel who shall de.
liver himself and his arms, 10 any Of the
royal commanders, or any Of the courts Of
justice"
From this it would appear, that the
situation Of Nina and his band OF patri.
OTIS. is not 50 desperate, as the government
have represen ed it. uas.
Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1817-10-15
From the Raleigh az c. Register
WESTERN SETTLEMENTS.

For the following interesting let
ter, am ,indebted to the politeness of
subscriber. and to the kindness of a
friend in this PLACE. through whose
hands il was forwarded to ME. Those
who feel interested in the success ii
our frontier settlements will find
themselves mucii gratified by the mi
cute details here furnished. II al
ways gr es me pleasure TO afford in
Formation tn these y lio " ish 10 rem0y G
to t:c Western Countries, as they
are cailed. Let Ill nation spread
Scarcity Of land and density of pOpu-
Ia!ion will he ieit soou en- ugh. uot-
outstanding the :. immense swarms"
OF settlers VI are constantly thruw-
ing of tow ards the Pacific. The rage
for manuiar turing, and for initiating
Europe in all her lnAnries: and con-
sequentiy for ri, aillng at length her
inequalities. propr,ctnrships, grind
ing leases ard iilral pauperIsm is suf-
nciehlly threaten, : already. Plenty
Of +" elbow raou" must postpone the
Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1817-10-15

;nr his crown, and to reign solely by the
la,rs fhis ancestors, Tie mystery when
hangs over the disappearance III the da"-
min. fsvors the object Of the imPoster'
though the number of his followers is ~
significant.
1t appears that the account OF the iate
lake of Northumberland having Hied ~,
testate. is incorrect. He has lett Will
executed in 1909, and proved in Doctor
Commons by the present duke, VINO Is
Joint executor with the duchess dcwag'r
and by which he leaves s0,o00lt 10 eac', Of
his Junior children, independent OF what
they may derive under his srace's mar
rage settlement The estate ut STAN
wick is bequeathed to his second son.
now lord Brudhoe, chargeable with 2ooo!.
a year to the duchess dOwager. exclusive
ly Of any other iointure. The personal
property is sworn to as under 7Oe,Oooi'
which we understand, is the largest a.
mount of that description known since
the imposition OF the existing duties. The
next in amount was the late duke o.
NOrfolk's.
Private letters from Madrid state, that
1000 picked troops are ordered to hold
themselves 10 readiness for immediate
embarkation to Buenos Ayres. pu'Poseiy
to proceed against the insurgents. The
shipping 10 convey them to the shores Oh
South America is TO- be furnished by the
French government in consequence Of an
arrangement made with the court oil Ma
drid the same letters state, that foi :
| midaLle expedition is also lifting out al
Lisbon for The Brazils.
The Gazette of Saturday contains on
order of council for the further nrorcga-
ton Of parliament from the 25th int. to
the Sd November. when it win probably
be still further prorogued, there being al
present no intention Of assembling 1t be-
fore the begiaing of he next year
Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1817-10-15
81. :,nn. June.

81. III iend, june. %.
II. NJ. ship Iniia arrived here On the
18th inst, fro@ cruize In search OF The
Island o. ST.. Matthew, laid Down in spae
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Ertract Of letter firm amsterdam
dated .3ae, Is.

ddfPd .7Rg 10.
.asies-Our stock Of American pot aud
pearl ashes, is about 1900 bbIs.-the last
sales were made at 80, the pot, aud los
the pearl ashes, both the lst qualities
The demand for the article at large is
not brisk, but unless the imports should
be very geea: We do MT expect any ma-
teIial decline in the prices.
Cottos-I'he quantity If American
and West India Cotton in the market is
net great. There has been Of late stea-
dy demand, < what remains Of Georgia,
Upland is chiefly inferior, except 600
bales Just rived from Charleston. We
think the prices will remain stationar! if
not somewhat adyarccd, as Ge may look
for some INCREASING demand towards au-
tumn. o. Bengal cotton there is only
900 bales remaining {: sales have lately
been made at 26 to 2S.
Grain-Large supplies from the Baltic,
added to very favorable prospects for the
approaching harvest, have he'd great in
fluence on the prices, and will continue
to have, so that il no disappoibtments
take place, we may see very moderate
prices towards the winter. American
wheat would now be worth about 400
cyl. and rye I8o cyl. per last
Rice-Carolina rice has been down to
IS in consequence Of the reduction in the
prices Of grain. As the stock is consi.
derably reduced, so that there remains
only about leo bbls. in the market, it has
made the prices to advance again, and
we are now anew at "a, on some mere
extensive supplies coming forward, this
price cannot be maintained. We have
neither Beng.l or Brazil Rice Of any
consequence.
Tobacco Our remaining stock Of Ma
ryland tobacco Is now reduced to 500
hUgsheads in the first hands, the prices
have been stationary Of late, no advance
in proportion to the shortness Of the stock
has taken place, on account Of the ex-
pected arrivals of the Lew crop: as to
The probable prices thereof much will de-
pend on what quantity will be seat to
this market. and1be qualities which are
reported to be fsther inferior if the
stock Of the new crops prove actually to
he short. the prices Of this kind of tobac-
CO will probably be well maintained this
year, these of Virginia, Carolina and
Kentucky will most probably decline. as
the supplies thereof n.ay be expected Ia
be larger, about 700 hhds. Kentucky have
arrived, which are Of heavy sale of
good best Virginia, We have meme in tie
market. Bait. Patr:ot.
Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1817-10-09

" Facility VI connecting The .Ncr:A sna
South Seas BY Cana. "-Under hi,
head, the Connecticut Cnurant has given
the following curivu, and interesting 81,
tract f ON ne Edinburgh Rs,icw Oh Va
lnu's account # thil, -
In the year 1905, spherical chart
Of the sea of the Antilles, and II iks
coa-' of Terra Fcrma, fsom the l,lrnt #
Trinidad to the Cuff of Hcudu.a,. Va,
constructed in the b. drog;aphic.l dryar..
ment, by order Of the apaL.sh govern.
ment,. from scientific surveys. By hi.
chart an important discovery was ,aad,
The bay Of Mandinga, an immense iple,
OF the sea. commencing about 10 league.
t. the eastward IF Porto BeIlo, peue
traces into the isihmus to within 5!essues
OF the Pacific Ocean.-'l'his prodisICu,
bnson, which is almost closed by Chain
Of is ands, unni'g close to one another
at the mouth, has never been nayisated
BY any European except Spaniarls; and
was never supposed 10 run back, to any
considerable extent, into the country, a,
all the old charts in which it is marked
sbundantly testify. A river, from tbt
name of which the Bay is denomina,ed
falls into the bottom Of the Gulf. Thi,
river is navigable, and, we know, co,pf,
very near branch of the Chepo, ARE
river which falls into the Gulf Of PAM.
Nave ate lot yet furnished with anv
satisfactory details on the nayis able state
oi thee rivers bat from what AIcedo
,elis us-tycm The circumstance CT the;,
navigation being prohibited by The SPA
nish government under pain Of death. ca
the express ground. that it might discC-
yer the facility Of the passage 10 the South
Sca-and from the fact Of the buccaneers
haviDg actually penetrated from SEA to
sea il this direction. We are entitled T.
conclude, that extraordinary facilities for
the great enterPrize are here presented.
Tie Bay has ten ia'hsms q water at The
entrance, which encrea.es to eleven il
he u iaGle, and it has six ta,homs TO the
very bnttom."-lhe reviewers, after pro.
ceediug to adduce some statements Of
Hersia, the famous historian OF South.
America, draw the following conclusion :
BY this indubitable authority, then, it
appeats, that a canal OF nine leagues,
through country mostly tia;, is ali that
is waiting to compl, te the navigation e
cross the isth.nus OF Panama.
10 this extract, the Courier adds the
following remark" In tie event Of a
complete aud permanent independence
of simultaneously event highly PRO.
bablc-it is not unrea. onabie 10 expect,
that within Ely years the North 4 south
seas will be connected. Aud what 4
s,upendous revolution it would produce
in navigation and comerce! The dlstan'
ces to India and China would be shc:len.
ed mere than ten thousand miles,"
Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1817-10-09

1t was stated few days ago on the
authority Of some other paper, that the
Hon. Mr.. DAxA. of Connecticut, had re-
signed his seat in the Senate of the U.
States. We however understand from
neishbor and intimate acquaintance of
that gentleman, that the statement was
not correct, ard that Mr.. DANA has ne
yer signifed an intention Of resigning.
Singular acquttGl,-Briggs Belknap.
the person charged with having stolen a
large sum Of money from on board the
Newburg sloop, was tried last week in
Orange county, The theft was committed
-four or 1--WE years ago, but it was not as
certained that he was the thief TIL shot
time since, Although mos, satisfactory
proof OF his guilt ~as exhibited, thr jury
acquitted him OIL the ground that the
statute limits the commencement of
prosecution to three years and dav.
IN I. Der. .7ar.
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VIZ Orleans, .aug. so.
fNSoLENCE

Yesterday 4 writ Of Habeas Corps
was issued by the Hon. Judge LEWIS, to
bring before him man named lnomas
Lamb, detained on board the Briti.h Co
vcrnment brig Bea, yer, then yiug in this
harbor. The captain refused obedience
to the wit, and in bali al hour after Il
was served, GOT under weigh and pro.
ceeded down he rive. An order in the
mean time was issued by the Judge, to
attach the captain, with which the deputy
sheriff went along side in boat, but be-
inc threatened 10 be fred upon, retired
Tine i'll not permit US TO make az!
con men on this outrageous insolence-
it might have beer expected, that tie
sight o: Jackson's lines would have re-
called the idea tfat our laws and rights
are not 10 be int'ingeh with impunity.
Measures, we understand. have been a.
dopen 'oPreyent the passage OF the brig
out of the river, and no doubt can be en-.
tertained thai the captain will be punish.
ed rs he deserves.
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TO CORRESPONDENTS.

rQu8Ro will appear on Monday
next. In the me IN time, no communica-
ton on the Catholic Question can be in.
serted. We think proper to add, that
the columns Of the Gazette will remain
open two days in each week for the dis
cussion Of the question; and that one es-
say from each Of TIE controversies, a.
greeabfy to this arrangement, will be To-
serted with rlpa ur".
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uORRID MURDER.


[The following account ofthe muir.
aerof Miss PATTAN, will doubtless be
read with some interest. The par
,iculars of this melancholy occurrence
are given in letter from a young
gentleman in Georgia, where the
circumstance took place, to bis friend
ia Boston, dated Fayette, August 4,
ofwhich the following is copy,]
DEAR SIR,
II unhappily falls to my lot to in
form YOU of an event inconceis ably
tragic amelancholy gloom pervadcs
the whole of our little village when
you was with US the last winter,l think
you must have become a, quainted with
the beautiful Miss Pattan, who has
ever been justly esteemed the highest
ornament Of our Fair. She was the
only daughter of Col. Paitan. a gen.
tleman of the first Responsibility of
this village. The particulars of the
tragical event are as follows:
About two years since. the unfnrtu-
nate lady became acquainted with a
youta ii respectable paren;age, by the
nam, oil SPOoNER, Who at that tine
sus, .uCI an unblemished character.
YoEus Spuoner, who soon after his
frs introdu ton became constant in
his visits. exhibited that Partially for
Ms p. mdi, alive Of unfeignsd affec-
ton, and which she apparently ac-
b knoNi dyed NTH reciprocal ar,ler-
Their parents toe, at this period. so
far from disapproN ing ut the mutual
attachment of the aapp! couple, seem
ed aaXIOus for the arrival OF the day
whoa by th III uHinn Ia marriage. the
twu families would also become hap
pity ,annected. But alas. how unsla-
biz d,r the things Of this life how
prom, arc we To Disappointment! adj
versity very unexpectedly marked
one oil this fond pair as her own =
HOuag Spooncr. vino until now had
been esteemed a. a young gentleman
ofun ,Aceptionable character, sudden
Iy became a yotary to dissipation -
i'm vain we're the attempts of large
circle Of friends aud acquaintance to
effect 4 reformation He yet CONT
nued To visit the house of Colonel p.
but it being now too apparent that the
tippii g and gambling house was his
most favorite place Of resort, the Col.
conceived il an Indispensable duty to
deny him this privilege /; his doors
were closed against him, and all fur
Their communication between his
daughter and the now dissipatcd
Sp0oner strictly forbidden.
The unfortunate Maria. whose real
attachment for young SpoOner was
too apparent TO be doubted. with re-
lnctance yielded to the indispensable
commands of a tender parent-she
could not ina moment cease to feel an
affection for the youth with whom she
spent'so many happy hours but to
become now his wife, she was too SELL
sible would not only be actiGS i'm OPP
position to the best advice Of her
friends, but would serve only to entail
upon herself and family complica-
ton of mlseries.
The aeglectwith which young spoo-
ner was now treated, rot only by his
fair friend and her connexions, but
by those who we're late his most in
t;nats associates, had moi its desired
eject; apparently to drown sorrow
to barricale the mind against selt-re-
proach on retrospect of past events,
ardent spirits were almost constantly
"a sorted Ia ; in short, the unhappy
yoush became now that desPicable