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Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1818-01-01
Tanning and Currying.

T0SEPH IIESTON continues to car
% ~ on the above business at his cid
stand in Prince street. between Wafer
and Union streets, where he will be al
ways ready to execute orders in his line
with promptness and despatch.
lie keeps constantly on hand a large
assortment of
Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1818-01-01
Leather,

OF as varioas qualities as can be found in
any shop in the District-which he vii!
dispose OF at very low prices for cash:
II mo- a "
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END OF SUMNER.

-" The fading many colored woods,
Shade deepening over shade, the country
round [dun,
Imbrown; crowded umbrage. dusk and
Of eveoy hue, from wan declining green
To sooty black"
"The sun is now taking leave. Every
thing is changed with US. The earth, which
was lately so beautiful and fruitful is now
becoming gradually barren and poor. We
no longer behold that fine enamel Of the
trees in blossom; the charms Of spring |;
the magni6cence Of summer; those differ
ent tints and shades Of vefdure in the woods
and meads; the purple grapes nor the gol-
den harvests which crowned our fields
When the earth is stripped Of its corn, its
grass, and its leaves, nothing is TO be seen
but rough and rugged surface. II has no
longer that beautiful appearance which the
growth Of corn, greens, and herbs, produ-
ced over vast country, The birds no lon
ger sing. Nothing now recalls to the mind
Of man that universal joy which reigned
throughout all animated nature. He hears
nothing now but the murnuring streams
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and wbistling winds. Constantly the same
dull sounds which can only create disagree
able sensations. The fields have lost their
perfume and the air is damp and cold.
Yet the country, stripped and desertas
it is, still presents 10 feeling mind the
image Of happiness. We may recolIect
with gratitude 10 heaven, that the fields
which are now barren, were once covered
with corn and plentiful harvest. Its true.
that the orchards and gardens are now strip.
ped, hut the remembrance Of what they be-
slowed upon US, may make US content 10
bear the nosthern blasts which at presen,
we feel so Sshsrp. The leaves are fallen
from the fruit trees the grass Of the field
is wi,hered the dark clouds fill the sky
and fall in heavy rains. The unthinking
man complains at this, but the wise man
beholds the earth moisIened with rain and
beholds il with sweet satisfaction. The
dried leaves and faded grass, are prepared
by the autumnal rains 10 form manure 10 en-
rich the ground. This reflection, with the
pleasing expectation Of spring, must na,u.
rally excite our gratitude for the tender
mercies of our Creator. Though the earth
has lost It's beauty and exterior charms. and
is exposed to the murmurs Of those il has
nourished and cheered, j, has already be-
gun again TO labor secretly within its bosom
for their future welfare.
Perhaps our own lot in this world has
its seasons: if it he so, let US in the dull
W nterof life have recourse 10 the provisions
laid up in the days of prosperity; and en-.
deavor TO make good use OF the fruit, Of
our education and experience. Happy, if
at the close Of life, we carry with Us 10 the
grave the merit Of having been useful 10 So
icty."-Sturm's Reflections.
Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1818-10-09
PIETy.

Piety communicates divine luslre to the
female mind; wit and beauty, like the
flower OF the field, may flourish and charm
fora season but let it be remembered, that
like the fragrant blossoms that bloom in tine
air, these gifts are frail and fading age
will nip the bloom Of beauty sickness and
sorrow will stop the current of wit and hu-
mour; but in that gloomy time time APP
pointed for all, piety will support the
dropping soul, like refreshing dew upon
the psrched earth.
Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1818-10-09
IAN Exchange Ce6ss-IIome >ssA
G&&M ARINE JOURNAL .S:EsSs
PORT OF ALEXANDRIA,. .Octoter @.
ARRIVED,

hnhifED
schr Ann, Emery, 81 days from Saco.
with a cargo of lumber, TO the master.
Schr Stagg, Nevett, days from Balt'
mere dry goods, groceries, crates, &c. TO
merchants Of the District. On Tuesday,
off Blackstone island. passed brig Pene-
lope of Boston, and this day, of Mount Yer
non, two topsail schrs all bound up.
Schr Barilla, Potts, 10 days from East.
port plaster, oil, &c.to Lawrason & Fowle.
Schr Maria, Baxter, l3-days from VIII
mington, n. C. with a full cargo Of Lum.
Der for the public buildings, Washington
City.
CLEARED,
Brig Cumberland, Immohe, ST. Thomas.
Emily, Dole, Georgetown.
Schr Hilan, Hand. Philadelphia.
Sloop Eliza, Hawkins, Georgetown.
Eliza Ann, Pearson, do.
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ALEXANDRIA,:
FRIDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 8.

MARYLAND ELECTION.
Baltimore City and County.
CONGRESS.
Gen. Samuel Smith,
Col. Peter Little,-
without opposition.
AssEMBLY-City.
Thomas Kell,
Mr.. Breckenridge.
County.
MIR. Orrick,
Showers,
Snowden,
Thomas.
Montgomery County.
CONGRESS-.
Major Peter 1893
Mr.. War6eld 6l2,
Part of Frederick County TO be heard from
ASSEMBLY.
Mr.. Washington,
Gather,
Linthicum,
Forest.
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Just Received.

A Nd for sale on board The brig George
N Washington, captain Cushing,
700 bushels Of hair, Cor plaster, which
will be sold low il taken from on board.
~ STORE,
4 general assortment of Dry Goods; also,
spun cotton, knitting cotton, stocking yarn,
all of which will be sold low, for cash or
short credit, as wish to decline the dry
good business. ANTHONY RHODES.
October 8 CIV
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Notice.

THE stockholders OF the Fire Insurance
i Company of Alexandra are hereby no.
tilted, that an election will be held on the
first Monday in November next, at their Of
fee, for twelve Directors for the ensuing
year. The poll will open at 10 O'Clock A.
NJ. and close at O'Clock p. VI. The trans
ferbook will be closed from Wednesday the
e8th instant, ill after the election.
J.B. NICHOLS, Sec'y
Oc.obcr7 Tn3w
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FRIDAY, OCTOBER ., 1918.
From he Piiladslpkia Union.

---s------<----- >-----~--~~---------.S
From the Philadelphia Union.
IMPRoMTU,
On ne aiins the account of the funeral obse-
quies of Maj. Gen. Arthur ST. Clair.
Tis done mo more shall valor crave
The pitlance due TO veteran fame;
'Tis done the lowly, peaceful grave
Hath sealed the warriors claim.
The solemn pomp-the decent sigh,
Beneath nation wrapt in gloom:
St. Glars great soul, with scorntul eye
Surveys the mockery OF the tomb.
Yet, sainted shade lin future day,
Shall tears OF pure affection flow;
And nobler hearts that tribute pay,
Which envy never can bcstow!
But now--let fame no trumpet swell,
Nor muses. the laurel wreath entwIne,
For these, Coumbis--these will tell
IssRATIrupE-is ever thine L..
Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1818-10-09
Charleston, October ].

. Mr.. Jonathan P. Smith, late mate Of the
schooner Little Jack, Of this port, arrived
here on Monday, in the schr. Elizabeth &
Jane, from Havana, and furnishes the fol-
lowing particulars relative to that vessel
The schooner Little Jack, bound TO N.
York, sailed from n. Orleans on the 9th
July last-on which day the captain, Da-
Wis, was taken sick-that they continued
on their voyage, and about the 10th Au-
gust they made the Pan of Mantanzas. in
Cuba, and took their departure from thence
TO go through the Guli-tbst owing TO
strong counter current, Of which they were
not aware, they found when they made
the land that they were to the westward OF
the Dry Tortugas they then shaped their
course TO make the lslandof Cuba, and sup
posing themselves to windward of Havana,
and being short of provisions and water,
they ran down for that port: about o'clock
on the following morning, the vessel struck
on reef, which they found afterwards 10
he the Colerados Reef, of the west end of
Cuba, and stuck fast.-ifter throwing a
part of the cargo overheard, with great ex-
ertions they got the vessel afloat-tbey
stood off, and next day spoke Spanish
drogger, from whom they understood
where they were. They then stood in for
the land, and being anxious TO get a sup
ply of wafer, about nine O'Clock in the
morning, of the ninth Of September, sent
our informant and two men in the boat to
go on shore and try TO get some water
that they went on shore, and found no in
.habitants nor any appearance OF water
that they directly came off again and row.
ed for the vessel, then in sight, lying too.
By shutdown they were within four or five
miles OF her, when il coming dark they lost
sightofher; about nine or ten o'clock next
morning, they were picked up by asmalI
Spanish drogger, who landed them at Ca
bapos, from whence they went to Mariel
and from thence to the Havana. The schr
did not appear to have suffered from being
on shore-and that the captain continued
unwell, but was able to go on deck occa.
sionally: That there was lett on board
the schooner, besides, captain Davis,
two men and passenger That on
Sunday the Goth inst. when he left the Ha-
yana, nothing further had been heard Of the
Little Jack.
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New Music.

lust received and for sale by
- JAS. KENNEDY & son,
Flora. an air by G. HALLMARK
The Copenhagen Waltz, with variatioh'
Blue ey'd Mary
The battle Of Leipsic, Riaiti
Sonata, arranged as duet, Pleyel
Emilia of Lindinau, ~ Ling
Blue Bells Of Scotland, with variations
Rousseau's Dream, #. Cramer
Flute Preceptor, new edition; cIarlne'
reeds; violin bridges, &c. &C.
October 8 ~
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From, The Metz York Gazette, Oet. ..
We learn from Capt. Dyer, from Lisbon,
that all vessels coming from the U. States
should bring with them the resident Portu-
guese Consul's certificate, attached TO their
bills of lading, invoice clearance, manifest
and bill of health, certifying that the cargo
mentioned in said bills Of lading and in
voice, constituted the whole Of the cargo on
board said vessel, and the port she left, at
ne time of her sailing, was in good health,
and had been for some time previous.
All foreign vessels arriving in the ports
of his Most Faithful Majesty's dominions,
shall be subject to the same port charges
after the 3Oth Septemberlast, as Portuguese
vessels pay in those ports from whence
those vessels may come.
Prices Current at Lisbon, .4ug 2l. Rice,
Brazil, $500 to 400; coffee, Brazil, 740O
to 5000 per arobe; salt, per moy, $500 I;
wine, Lisbon, 5000 to 1000; fish oil, 5000
to 5000 per almudi corn, Am, 600 to $50
per alqueir; Am. -four. 5000 to 96oo, (DlD
In market, Aug /, 2l98 bbls Amer. -four,
and 5000 moys Am. wheat; corn, 4lol ;
Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1818-10-09
4 Wet Nurse Wanted.

T 1BERAL wages will be given to a
IL healthy young woman, with good
breast Of milk, who Can come well recon-
mended-one without a child would he
preferred. Application can be made 10 the
printer, who will refer them 10 the adyerti-
ser. October 9
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From the New- York Evening Post.
CAUTION.


The public, and more especially the
officers Of banks, should be on their guard
against an infamous forgery lately practi-
ced in this city, by altering the face of bank
checks. The first attempt was made on
the Merchants bank, last week for thou.
sand dollars, which succeeded, as appears
by the advertisement OF the Cashier in yes
terday's paper. A second, Of the same ne
ture, but met with less success, was made
upon the bank at Jersey city. The follow
ing are theparticulas
A young man of genteel appearance.
dressed in blue coat, white vest and white
pantaloons, presented to the cashier Of the
bark at Jersey city, check, drawn by
himself on the bank at Elizabethtown, Tor
nine hundred dollars, endorsed on the hack
By the cashier of the bank at Elizabeth
town, Good for the within amount. Day
ton. The check being for so large sum, the
cashier of the Jersey City bank hesitated
about paying it-Upon which the young
man, with an appearance OF great indii-
ference, said il was matter Of no moment,
whether it was paid there or not, and Ia
king back the check, observed he could
get it done in New York. Yesterday fore
noon he made the attempt upon the Union
bank, but. luckily for that bank, a vague
suspicion prevented them from accepting
it-and strange as il may seem, no effort
was made to detain the fellow.
On investigating this piece Of knavery, it
turns out that the rogue deposited in the
first place in the bank at Elizabethtown,
90 dollars, and then drew check for the
sum and got the cashier to certify on the
back" Good for the within sum-" In
drawing the check, he had taken care TO
write the word ninety so as 10 leave sufF-
cient space between that and dollars TO add
the word hundred, after he had got his
check certified TO be good thus chang ing
it from ninety dollars 10 ninety hundred
dollars. At the foot Of the check where
the figures are placed at the left hand,
showing the amount drawn r,the 90 dolls.
by adding 90, is changed into 5000. Such
forgery might easily be prevented by the
cashiers psrticularizing the amount for
which the check is good, instead Of merely
certifying, ashas been the practice, good
for the amount" After the steed is stolen
SAYS the proverb, the stable is locked.
This same fellow lodged at the widow
Vanderbilt's, Staten Island. one night last
week land after the family had retired, rose,
broke open trunk belonging to Mrs. Van
derbilt, and robbed it of between fifty and
sixty dollars in specie. He then hired
black man to take him in skiff over to Ber-
gen point, and made his escape. Police
officers would do well to keep sharp look
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"HoyEsT THIEVES. F"

On Saturday morning, whist tue prison.
ers brought up by the watch, were under
examination, yellow woman presented
herself at the police office and demanded
entrance. A stiff contest ensued between
her and the Waterman, attending the door,
he refusing and she insisting on admittance;
that she come there TO gel justice done her.
She finally entered; came up in high style
before the justice, and proceeded with her
complaint as follows: "Justice be very
disorderly woman, | get drunk, fight, and
raise hell .; am moi long out OF bridewell,
and want to go back | be not fit to be out
Of prison, ! ought now be sent to penlten'
tiary, | want you to send me there. " 1t be-
ing well known that her complaint was SUBJ
stanlially true, her demand of justice was
complied with, as 10 commitment, and she
went off highly gratifed bearing her mitti-
mus for bridewell. ~. Y. Columbian.
a., Epigram on Tie late King Of Prussia, and
TeCeipt % ottuTs'
An Epigram was many years ago handed
about Berlin, and shewn to the King, who
with the spirit of Lord Mansfield, deemed
it libel because il was true and instead
OF filing an information, and taking the te-
dious methods practised in this country,
took summary way Of Furnishing tue au-
thor, who he knew from internal evidence
must be Voltaire, who was then resident
in Berlin.
He sent his SERGEANT at arms Zone OF the
tall regiment, not with mace and scrap OF
parchment, but with such an instrument as
the English drummers use for the good OF
suciifoot soldiers as commit any offence a.
gainst the ldr military.
The Prussian hero went to the poet, and
told him he came by bis Majesty's special
command, to reward him Tor an epigram on
his royal master, by administering 80 LASH
es on his naked back. The poor philoso-
pher knew that remonstrance was vain, and
after submitting with the best grace he
could, opened the door, and made The fare.
well cosne to his unwelcome visitor; who
did Lot offer to depart, but told him with
the mos. germanic gravity, that The cere-
mony was not concluded; for that the mon
arch he had the honor of sea ling, must be
convinced that his commission was punctu-
ally fulfilled, on which account he must
have receipt. This was also submitted
70, and given in manner and form following.
sReceived from the right hand OF Conrad
Rachossner, thirty lashes on my naked
back, being intuIl for an epigram on Frede-
rick tue laird, King of Prussia IL say re-
ceived by me voltaire. Vive lie Roy"
This anecdote was not known until after
the death of Voltaire, when old Frederick
in facetious moment produced The receipt
to some Of his fayorite courtiers.
A Prussian lady, in the habit OF giving a
portion Of tive = dollars to poor females in
her neighborhood, as an encouragement to
their getting husbands, was waited on one
morning by good looking girl, accompa-
MED By her intended husband, an ugly little
drarE. The lady expressed astonishment
at her not having better spouse" Ma
dam, (said the girl] what can body ex-
pect for twenty dollars :"
Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1818-10-09
MORE STEAMBOATS, WANTED.

Madison county. in the Alabama Terri
tory, containing 80 miles square, was sold
by the United States eight or nine years
ago. We are credibly informed that the
exports of that COUNTY, for the present year,
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School for Young Ladies.

MISS MOULTON respectfully informs
Ifl the inhabitants of Alexandra, she has
commenced school for Young Ladies, on
Prince, between Pitt and St. Asaph-streets,
where they will be instructed in the various
branches Of useful and ornamental educa-
ton. Oct y
Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1818-10-09

Domestic Economy.-It has been fire.
quently asked, what is the cause OF this in
crease of pauperism in Our city how is it
that our poor.house is not only crowded
with age and decay, but even youthful
mendicity how is It that so many young
women become inmates OF charitable insti-
tutions, and so many Of them foreigners !?
and, above all, 10 what cause are we to at
tribute an increase Of depravity, sensuality
Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1818-10-09
DOMESTIC ECONOMY.

We concur in the correctness OF many
observations contained in the following ar
ticle, which should offend none, as the OBJ
ject appears to benefit all. The writer,
however, has only glanced at the cardinal
points-there il btill much to say on the
subject. IN. York National Advocate.
Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1818-10-09

Will exCeeu oOCo DdiSso
the largest of our steamboat, would not be
sufficient to freight this crop from the 1901 OF
the Muscle Shoals to market.
The great national road from Lake Pom
cbartrain to Nashville, which is now open
ing under The direction Of Gvneral Jackson.
will cross the Tennessee river short dis
lance below the Shoals, where, 1t IS belize
we'd the government. will lay out the town,
which will soon rank among the hrs' IN COM
mercial importance. There the cotton
which grows so abundantly in the great
southern bend Of the river, will be exchan'
eed for the bagging, the cordage, -four, salt.
pork, beef, and the various manufactured
articles of Kentucky, Ohio, Indiana, Penn
sylvanis. and the extensive regions OF the
Mississippi and Missouri. 1t is hrrnly as
serted, by those who ought to KNOW mat
mo river in the westis better adapted TO
steamboat navigation than the Tennessee,
from the lower end OF the shoals to its juno
ton with the Ohio, distance OF about 800
miles. II is navigable at all seasons, form
ing canal from the cotton to the manufac-
turing states. Those who have navigated
James river, and the Savannah, from Au-
pusts, assert that the Muscle Shoals them
selves admit of better boating than many
parts of those rivers There is water at all
times in them for batteaux, which could rea-
Oily transport the crops OF Madison TO
steamboat at the foot Of the Shoals, and
all difficulties will Immediately vanish
Can the enterprising merchants Of Cincin-
natl and Louisville be insensible OF the i'm
portance of this valuable carrying trade !
Kentucky alone, consumes on its machine
ry loco bales of cotton per annum, which
is transported on Wagons 300 miles over
miserable roads. Could the raw material
be always had at Cincinnati and Louisville,
where it could be exchanged for country
lnsey and such articles as would always
sell at an advance in cotton country, how
much would it contribute TO promote the
industrious habits of our citizens, and TO
increase the wealth of our towns. But will
steamboat navigation keep pace with ag-
ricultural improvements The lands late
ly surveyed by Gen. Coffee, form four coun-
ties as large as Madison, and capable each,
OF raising as much cotton in two or three
years from this time. In that short period
then, we shall want as many boats
at the Shoals, as will freight 40, 900 bales Of
cotton, which is nearly as large quantity
as was shipped from Ncw-Oreans in 1896.
Cincinnati paper.
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Just Received.

II cases coarse and fine shoes L. bodies
35 casks Connecticut cheese
case Domestic coitoHs
few barrels cordials
1OObbls g. 10 hhds n. E. Rum
For sale by
October @ 81
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mo. 1851.
New Publications.

TUST Received and for sale by the
% subscribers,
Capt. Tnckey's Narrative of an
Expedition to explore the RiverZaire.
usually called the Congou; IN South-
ern Africa. in 1916, to which ar ad-
ed the Journal of Professor Smith,
and some general observations on its
Inhabitants, published by Permission
of the Lords Of the admiralty.
The possibility of approaching the
North Pole asserted by the Hon. ID.
harrington, With an appendix con-
taiiling Papers on the same Subject,
and on a Northwest Passage: by Col.
Beaufoy, F. r. S. illustrated with
Map of the North Pole, according to
the latest Discoveries.
HobhoHse's Historical Illustrations
of the fourth Canto Of Childe Harold,
containing Dissertations on the Ruins
of Rome, aid all Essay on Italian Lii
teraturc.
Joyce's Dialogues in Chemistry for
the amusement and Instruction of
young people. vols.
The Brownie of Bndsbcck ando!lier
Tales, by James Hogs, Author Of
Queens Wake, &c.
Marriage, a novel.
The Bachelor and the Married
Man do.
Foliage, a Poem. by Leigh Hunt.
The Fudge Family in Paris.
Yuma, or the Tree of Health, aud
other Tales, by Mad. de Gciiiis.
A Help to the profitable Reading
of the Holy Scriptures. by the Rev:
Edward Bickersteth.
The Testimony of Natural Theo-
logy to Christianity, by Dr. Gisborne.
The Life OF Mrs. Isabella Graham.
Mrs. Martha Ramsay.
Rev. DR.. Burhanan.
DR.. Watson, Bishop of
Landau.
Ellis's Account of Lord Amherst's
Embassy to China.
Ramblrs in Italy, by an American,
Rob Roy Nc Gregor or Aud
Lang Syne, Musical Drama.
N1 Every new publication rs soon
| as it can arrive. may be had of
JAS. KENNEDY Il SON.
September 9