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S KENNEDYS-
SON

BOOKSELLERS, ENG SWEET,
Have Just received from LEES PA
TENT MEDICINE Store, Nc. %
Maiden Lane, Y. York.
A FRESH SUPPLY
or tho io.,oN,as genuoe Medicines.
Esy the prerention and cure Of BIZ
Iious and Malignant Fercrs, Il
recommended
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FOR BOSTON,
SEs fhc Brig
lsST@ " anderer,
;1sxsS,ssr.1 Alexander New comb, master
Now LOADING, will sail on Sunday morn
ing. and take 500 barrels freight, 1t oiier
ed immediately.
Apply as above.
+ Dec $
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Two Runaway Bays

Ran away. on the S;h December 1915
from the Clifton Factory. in 81. Mary
county. Mary land, two apprentice hoy,
named
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Thomas GOSsom

November 80 omuntns
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That elegant establishment on Iei-
ferson street, commodious brick
dwelling, having drawing. dining, store,
and five good lodging rooms neatly f
hished, a smoke house, dairy, Kitchen,
stable, and every convenience, pump
under cover, a garden we'll stocked
With vegetables, and best of water at
ne distance of 200 or 800 yards--the
improvements arc in complete repair,
he situation very Pleasant-the rent
will be moderate, and immediate pos
iession g;ven--apply TO
JOHN JACKSON.
Apo
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L.4.NlD FJn N.4LE,

an the County oi FairgaS, about Is
miles from Alexandria, ana the sam,
distance from Georgetown ard WASH
ton. This land is now under 200
fencing,. and hes in iiandsorne squar.
Of Tour fields, which all conceatFaf
IN one yard, with new barn, for wbic' :.
stock may be conveyed in each fi,i,'
from the barn with no trouble. The;
is sufhciency of timber 10 suppori
the place for number ofyears Their,
is from $50 to 500 acres, fifteen II
meadow, now in cultivation. ine i'm
proveinents arc a frame dwelling
large enough for any size family, viz
every necessary out house, we'll wafer
ed, and excellent springs, large o,
chards of every kindo Of fruits. The
Dove land is good and will be sold a
great bargain, on application to
CHAS. SCOTT.
Alex'a, X inrr street. Auo-IS
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Dreadful to the soul is that mo-
9ment when the lingering light OF
hope is finally extinguished, and
all its sweet energies OF fond ex-
pectation are buried i'll the gloom
of dependency +; when the sad Ger.
tainity Of irretrievable disapoint-
ment falls like a thunderbalt On the
heart, and reason, dispossesed OF
her empire by the shock, can nei-
Their assuage nor combat its efforts.
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FIRE INSURANCE..

THE COLUNiBI AN INSUH ANCR
4 COMPAN of Alexandria continue
to infure Buildings, Furniture, Merchan-
Dive. and ether property, from tcfs by Fire.
The conditions and terms may be learned
upon application at Their Office, next door to
the CITY Hotel, ard will be found as mode
rate ana equitable us tl,oie OF any other com
pany.
The rates OF premium are calculated III
reference to the actual rifk of property, an1
are as low as IS cents per 100 dollars per
annum, for hazards of the beit dcicription,
increaiing proPortionably for fi.ks of !
more hazardous nature. Infuranccs may
Ne made for one or more years, or thorter
periods.
Columbian Infur1nce Office, / Feb. FL.
February 10, 1877. lepIm. FIT
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OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES

HE fubfcribers having entered into CO.
partneribip in the Black fmth buiinefs
1t will be carried on under the firm of
RlCHAR d ROCK & Go.
at the old hand, Union- ftreet, where crfio-
merS and others Can be accommodated al the
ihortet notice. Having complete took OF
raw materials on hand, they will be able TO
execute any orders in their line at the fhort
cit notice RICHARD ROCK,
He RACE FIELD
Nc Is. hofe Perfons who have net fet
ted their accounts with the late FIRM of
Field & Reck, will pleafe to take notice, un
ieis payment 10 made by the hrf of April
next, they will be put in the hands OF pro
per officers for collection; and all thofe in
deb,ed 10 Richard Rock will make payment
to Horace Field, as he is duly authorized TO
receive tire flnle. RICH,n POCK
February z3.
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POETRY.
EPIGRAM.

EPIC 4 AM.
AS Gum and Foote
One day walk'd out
To view the country round.
In merry mood
They chatting itood
Hard BY the village-poundi~.
Foote from his poke
A Milling took,
And faid, I'm beta penny,
In Ehort fpace,
Within this place,
III make this piece guinea:
Upon the ground,
Within the pound,
The fhiflIng foon was thrown
Behold. Jays Foote,
The things made out,
For there is one pound one.
wonder not,
Says Quis, that thought
Should in your head be found,
Since that's the way
Your debts You pay
One fhilling'in the pound.
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January q
FOR SALE.

a TRACT OF LAND, containing 2s7
A acres, more or lefs, lying on Ocodnan
Bay, in the county Of Fairfax, and GATE of
Virginia, adjoining lands Of r OBJ I. Thomp
ION aud Wn Maion. II is prefunied thoie
dehrous Of Purchafns will view the land,
and themielves judge Of its peculiar advan.
tages. One third of the purchafe money
Will be required in hand the remainder at
twelve and eighteen months, with deed of
truf TO fecure the payments.
THOMSON 2. MASON.
December rs. #
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TO LET.

A convenient frame dwelling house
en- Pitt street, near 10 Princess street.
Containing six good rooms, and fitted
to accommodate one or two families
with ground newlyfenced in for large
garden-two or three springs of good
water near the premises- Posse ssior
win be given immediately--For terms
apply TO
1fandcO;Nc 81 Larmour.
SEN
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FOR SALE.
Aug. g.

= WISH &c sell or rent my farm or
x Retirement three and half niies
uem Alexandra. tits a Valuable farm
'nd contains 1917 acres, about 40 o.
whichnaay be gown down in small grair
mis- fall Ten acres are in timothy ant
20 more suitable-There is pien-
~ OF good timber, and the place is well
watered, and undersn excellent fence
Twill make the terms accommodating
10 purchaser. If il is not odd | VIII
let 1t out on shares or for certain rent
|" wish to sell 6 ,od second
and wagon and cart, and will take tim.
'er in payment.
GEO ATKINSON.
Sept. 4. FT
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From hc PhtkadeLilhia T'rWe american,
Fe6rHarY 25.

RtOEHAfY ~
The following anecdote is homo
rable to the parties concerned:
We have been told, that num-
Der Of gentlemen (mcmbers Of the
Northern Soup Society who had
expected 70 participate IN the pub
lie celebration Of the ODD inst. on
the morning Of that day departed
from their previous determination.
and agreed 10 appropriate the mo
ney thus slved for the benefit Of the
poor. They purchased a quantity
Of -four, AMI delivered ito a baker,
who gratIitously prepared it for
use, We are not able to furnish
the names Of all concerned In this
affair nor do we suppose they
would Ike to be applauded parti-
cuiarjy for their conduct. 1t is a
pity that many who are daily in the
llsbit of spending money, do not
th nix of the necessities of the poor
x this incleneat season.
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PUBLIC SALE.
OnTHURSDAY, March 10, at HAM

OnTHURSDAY, March I3, at ham
on tie preinifes,
'HE Houfeand Lot of Ground iituate on
the north ide of Cameron Greet, OPP :
pohte the market houie, at prefent occupied
by the iubfcriber. The Lot runs back III
feet ihchcs, and is in front 20 feet inches
on Cameron- erect.
1t has been long occupied as a tavern and
grocery fore, and is an excellent fituation
tor iuch bu6nefs. Terms will be made
known at the place Of fale.
JOSEPH HEWITT.
February Al. q
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NOTICE.

A IL Perfons indebted to the eltate of
1 n JosRPH HUBER, deceaied, late OF
Dumfries, are requeited to make payment
to the lubicriber without delay. and inch as
have claims againt the laid eflate are dciired
to exhibit them to the fubiciiber for pay
ment as foon as practicable.
GEORGE +. HUBER,
Adm r of JoGph Huber, deccaied.
DurfrieS, Feb Ir-zf. I'm
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I'O LET.
FOR SALE.
Store and Dwelling to Rent.

Store and Dwelling to Rent.
THAT ComIuodious and defrably (i,u.
4 ated DWELLING HOUSE, former
ly occupied by Vim. Newton, Eta. will be
rented to fuitable tenant, and poHeGion
given the frt of April next, ALTO attached
thereto STORE fitted up, and one of the
beit ItandS inthis place, for either wholeEale
or retail Dry Good hufnefs .Poneaion
given on the irt March. They will be
rented together, or feparately. For terms
apply to a. NEWTON, or
Fr, ADAMS, Jr.
Ianuarr ~
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HOUSES AND LANDS,
For SAFE AND 70 LET.
To lEl',

The two story Brick House on
Kirs street, opposite the Mechanics
Bank, al present. occupied by Mr.. iSssc
Robbins as Dry Good Store. Pos
session will DC given on the first day oil
MAY. II L YyV.W.
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APPROVED
Family Medicines .
Lees Anti Bilious Pills.

It
'Ht operation of thefe highly efeemed
Fills is perfectly mild, and the exre-
renee OF thoufands has proved they NAV be
nied IN every Gtuation in lie without tie
leaf inconvenience,
They are admirably adapted to carry off
iuperhuouS Bile, &c. &c.
Lcr'sW orm- destroying Lozenges.
ihls medicine, which is as Innocent and
mid as itis certain and 'effiacacious in its o.
peration, cannot iniurc the youngeG infant,
mould no worms EXIT in its body; but will,
without PAIN or gripping, cleanie The aonacll
aud bowels.
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Ihis IS 90 g1Ue nOtice.

That the fubferibere, of Alexandria conn.
'ty, in the d,ftrict CT Columbia. have oh
tanned from the dforefaid court of f,d
county, letters Elementary on the enate
of JOHN MAY, late of the county afore
faid' deceafed. All perlons having claims
againft the faid decedent, are hereby warn
cd to exhibit the fame, with the vouch
ers thereof, palitd by the Orphans Court,
on or before the TENTH day of Auguff
next, or they may by law, be excluded
from all benefit to faid elfate-and thofe in.
dehted thereto, are required to make imme
date payment to the fubtcribers. Given
under our hands this 10th day of FeJ 1917.
DAVID ROSS,
JONAH ISABEL,
- Executors Of John May.
February Ia. Aw
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so DOLLARS REWARD.

Far a Negro Man, named SANDT,
.XKTHC EloPed from the plantation of
Wv John Olburn, in Loudoun county,
Va, near Hillfboro', on the night of tIfs sth
of October lat, % years of age, feet or
70 inches high, we'll made, rather over the
common &c has down look, and when
fpoken to, appears to TANNER little he
has fear on one Of his wriGs, not reccheet-
ed,which was occaiioned by his liIviDg been
tied with a cord and on his breafl arc whelks
or ridges in the Ach, as is fometimeo natu-
raj in the African tribe He was formerly
the property OF Abraham YouRg, decealed,
in the efty Of Warrington, and was rallied in
that place, and it is probable he is in that
neighborhood, as he has mother, G1er5 and
brothers there. will give the aboGe re-
ward if unprecedented in that place and fecu-
red in jail, but if apprehended in Loudoun
county, or at the diilance of aS miles from
home, twenty FIVE dollars, or fun appor-
toned, on theGe terms, to the diftancc at
which he may be apprehended. lnforma
ton 70 be directed to the fubfcriber, near
Hillfboro, Loudoun county, Va.
B. oSBURN.
February 70. ew
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Orphan s. Court.

ALEXANDRIA County,
February Tenn, 1917.
nRDEKED, ] hat the Executors al
- John MAY, drceafed, do i,ferr
the u!ual advertisement, thyee times weel
for four weeks in the Alexandria ne'Tipa
pers. a Copy-Teif,
A. MOORE, Reg. Wills
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Extract from the Presentmenfs of the
Grand Jury Of Charies!on Di8tric :,
January Term. 1916
While we feel it our imperative
duty to point out what we Consider
errors or defects, whether arising
from the heart or the head, VIII, :
ther existing in particular section
or the political body, we have inf
mite pleasure In congratulating our
fellow citizens on the many good
and wholesome acts passed by our
legislature. AS one of the mos
conspicuous, we notice with emo
tiohs of real gratitude and delight,
the wise and energetic law passed
for the suppression of Gambling :.
an act SO full IN its provisions, and
so powerful III its penalties, that
there remains nothing but the will
Of the virtuous part Of the commu-
nifty to be eXerted to crush the hy-
dra monster, and to prevent him in
futnre from corrupting the rising
generation of our happy state
Thus with energetic laws to sup
press vice, and bountiful provision
to promote universal education and
virtue, by the established system
Of Free Schools, the safest title to
a perpetGity Of our admired repub-
lic--who can withhold his grateful
thanks to the Giver Of all Good,
for such inestimable blessings, Or
his devoutest prayers for their long
continuance =?
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TEMPERANCE.

/" Neither talents, wealth, nor fame,
can supply the want of temperance
and prudence. Let every man
who prefers happiness to misery,
~engrlve on the tablet of his memo
~, the following excellent lines
from Milton:
. There is, taid Michel, if thou wilt OBJ
ierve,
he raie ef nor 100 mutb, by temperance
taught,
in what thou cara and drinllG, fecking
from thence
Due nouriihment, not gluttonous delight,
Till mIny years over thine head return;
So niay'f thou live, till, like ripe -frnif, thou
Drop into thy mothers lap, or be with cafe
Gatber'6, not bar@ly pluck'd."
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TO LET,

AIex'a. King street, AUG.
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: - '''''Ir8s1
miffe1.f FeUers.
Never was medicine offered that has p
greater claim to pualic appreciation than
this Thoufands can atisfy of their being
cured by theie drops, after the bark and
every o;hersnedicine have proved ineacc-
tual
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]
Great allowance to thofe who purchafe
Tell again.
- To detect counterfeits, obferve each
article has on the ouiGde wrapprr the fgna.
tuTc Of NOAH RIDGELYi,.
Lac Michael lee 500.
N. B. The proprietor is in pone9ion OF
many certificates Of the efficacy and ufefil
neiS Of the above mentioned Medicines, bue
he will not in,rude on the parcace OF e.:
reader, or the columns of this p1ye., 90 lie
is fatisfed dileeruing public will Till con-
iinue to duly apgreoisrs their triJe merits.
9Sepeeniber IS. On
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,xSk SHIP NEWS. fax
NSASE PORT OF ALEXANDRIA, zEa4,
From the Exchange Coffee House BOo'tS
ARRIVED, .7prit IS.

Schr Hazard, hailet, Boston, via Ply.
mouth, 10 days; plaster, iHdstones, run,
dry goods, SC. TO Dunbar l. Townsend,
Lawrason 4 Fowle, Barnewall Il Pop.
ham, J. he.teli l. Co. and others. The
Hazard was run afoul OF by a brig iD Bog.
ION bay, aud Put into Plynoath 70 repair
damages.
Schr Stork, Soule, Portland, - days !;
plaster, lumber. etc. 10 Lawrasoa&fowle.
Schr Republican, bangs, Boston; IA ds:
g!indstones, iron, exc. to Lawrason and
tow!e, aud the master.
ARRIVED, .9prI 10.
Ship America, Luckett, Guadaluu ,e,
Is days; sugar and mo!asses, TO J. u l..
Vowel. J. q J. Harper, Vaudeville anu
larmour, J. Douglass q Co. and Daniel
Somers. Left at Point Pctre, schr -
Rock, of Richmond, u brig -, Beard,
o Petersburg. American produce vesJ
low, and rot allowed 10 vt exported at er
entering the port. Severai Am. vessels
were there with cargces which they could
not sell tut at great sacrifice, anu wsre
not permitted TO depart Tor another mar
ke,. Eluur Slj, nominal. 1t was sickly
at Point Petre; fl Of the America /,
crew died on shure MIR. Laid. who
went out in this snip, retnras home By
the way of Savannah. Pissed ship Ha-
card and a brig, below St. Msry's, pro.
ceedirs down, On MeDday evening; and
sup NrwJe eJ, at auChUr, On Tuesday,
uc uw Indian head.
Scr Juliet, Mathews, NYork. s days
gass ware. dry goods, teas, brown stout.
etc. to Earnewaii y pophau, c. Nealc,
J. Rumuey, T. Nampson e 20. A. G. Ca.
zenove and NiandcvlIu z Larmour.
siOop ueary, Rhodes, Providence, r.
VIA Norfolk, Is days; cheese, candles
potatoes, exc. to The master.
Also large number OF inland traders
with grain, lumber, wood, eic.
ENTERED,
Slonp Fox, Webb, NcwYork.
! Schr Franklin, Creis hton, Norfolk.
- Hazard, haiiet, Boston.
- Republican, Bangs, do.
- juliet, Mathews, NewYock.
! -- Stark, Suuic, Portland.
! CLEANED,
j sloop Alert, Croker, NewTork; b,
Earnewaily ropham, Lawrason:5 Fowle
J. ketteli = Co. K. Munro, ID. Bu.sart
and others, Of Georgetown, Washington
and Alcx'a.
Sonr S'ork, soGle, Georgetown, D. c
iby the master.
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Cloyer Seed.
GROCERIES, &c.

GROCERIES, &c.
80 chests imperial, young Tyson, and
hyson teas, superior quality
1900 pieces shorI yellow han First
1900 do long do do Chop
$50 bales barlaps, tickienburss,t Hes.
SLAMS, creas dowias, white and br.
platillas, estopillas 4 Britanmcs
200 bose. half pint, pint, & quart tuns
blers and dccanters
60 casks best German steel
so dozen German scythes and straw
knives
! cask brass wire, for stair carps:
rods
$50 hogsheads, Is tierces and so bar
rels muscOvaJo sugars
40 puncheons third and fourth proof
Antigua run
10 pipes superior Sicily Madeira wine
100 boxes soap and candles
go barrels 10. and beef
For sale 5y
CHARLES l. CATLRTT,
Twins wharf;
For Freight,
fSK 'Fhe brig FANNY, Capt. Mer.
@EriII, burthen about 600 barrels.
april Is ARply as abors.
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.St,c-TOr!,, April II,

eve" ~
CAPTAIN Hitch, ofine ship farnas.
so, while lying al tic bai:le, rec2iT-
ed the following per The mat! boat
from New-Urleaus.
Os the Goth Mar, h q MOI collect.
ed ut New>UrieaIs, IN consequence
'of the yape Of lie British ship nam
ii,on, representing The tri-eoiored
lag in disguise to Toe present nation
al nag of rranre. IL resulted III the
death of one English sailor, and
several others woUuded, aud the des-
|truction OF the sbip'smaSts and lower
rigging; when GENERA! Ripley up
peared with a paIt Of his forces, Oh
The discovery oil which the mob dis.
,erscd withet.t further contest.
The Congress frigu,e left The bar
tive days before the faruasso, bound
ION y cruise. LGaS'
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On SATURDAY EVENING,

On SATURDAY EVENING,
at early candle light
At the Auction Room, Uiion ST, between
King and Prilce,
A large collection of Lag, Theological
Historical and Miscellaneous
BOOKS.
Catalogues of which may be seen at any
time previous to the sale.
April Ia
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BIZ p. G. M.4RSTELLkR.

ION FRIDAY. at l6A. N.
Will he sold at the Nendue stTe, corIerI
of Prince and Water streets,
superfire aud sscoGd clbhs
CASHIERS
O. Plains
Flannals
Bombazetts
Domcstic cottols
Cotton .shirtinss
Maidapolias
Jeans
GingDRrns
Duaities
plslilas
India Daunsens back
Leno and book muslin
Mems and womeB's silk hosiery
Women's long kid gloves
Cotton thread
Also,
Sugar IN barrels
Quceasware 10 crates
10 Kegs spike nails
Men, coarse and fine shoes
s Handsome sideboards
Bureaus, tables sc.
Apri! 10
On SATURDAY, It 10 =. N,
VIII be sold It the house of Mr.. Thomas
W. ppyfon, on King street,
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that the Patriots had sbtsiued . VIC.
tory over the Royslisss near Lsguira

ttOfy UVte tu6 huynitsts uOoS 1s6uiEo
.--- lib,
From the Boston Daily .Adrertiser
GA friend has put into our hands
ia Paris paper of Jan. 96 a full sheet
supplement of which is filed with
the report of Count Beagnot to the
house of Deputies, on the ways and
means of defraying the expenses of
1917. After view Of the financial
operations Of past years, he proceeds
to state the estimate Of expenses Of
the year, which he makes sixteen mil
lions less than the ministerial esti-
mate as follows /:
Ordinary expenses 46s,0O0,0o0 fr.
Extraordinary do 43l,000,0OO
Expenses of public debt l57,oOt 900
Making a total of l,056,0O0,O0Ofr.
which is about equal to 98,000,O0o
of dollars. OF this sum it is prop0s
ed to raise 759,0OO.O0O by taxes ami
imports of different funds, and the
deficiency OF 100000 by loan,
from company through which it was
expected that the aid OF foreign ca
pitalists might be obtained. 10 ena-
lie the government to effect this loan,
it was proposed to appropriate. from
certain revenues the annua! sum o!
5O,OOO,OOO"