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Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1818-12-21
New Books.

.T,:st receired on cons'gRrlsat, and for sale
by the sRbscr,5sr,
sEAI.BS of my landlord, second series
L New lalsS. by Mrs Opie
lions PilgriM. by Robert lIawker, d ID
Events Of the French Revelation. by the
b,roncss do StaeI; O'Reiley's Greenland
J0husoa's quario dictionary, vol.
PaylOr's Arator, 4ih edition
Raillr's tour on the continent
Nillar. sermons: Olive Branch
Dwisht's geography Tnrschools, in which
Europe IS divided according 10 tile late act
e, the congress OF Vienna Also, ].
A few copies OF Bible News or Sacred
Truths relating to the Living Gpd, his oniy
S,,. and Holy Spirit, by Noah Worcester,
AM Oct16 ROBERT GRAY.
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/. HOIT's
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
NO. SO BURLING-sLIr, NEW YORK.

NO. 80 BURLING-sLIr, HEwyoRK.
DRINTING TYPES, of all the kinds
4 manufactured in the Uaited States ,
the Columbian printing rress; common do;
standing presses, yarious sizes; printing
ink, from the different factories. all kinds /;
cast and wrought iron chases, from the SUI
.per-royal 70 tbe card chssSi, esRepstaats !
iurnscrews :; job aud book sticks, with
brass or iron slides; mahogany do; shears (;
spring steel points 4; common do; bod
kins saws girths ball skins for news or
book work hall stocks, 90; ball nails !;
wool wool cards; candles,icks snufers /;
imposing stones, with frames, for one or two
forms brass double and single rule CO.
lumn rules parchments; I'VE brushes; dust,
proof and pick do; petal cuts OF houses,
ships, s,eam-b boats, and stages cherry and
whitewood cases DO for Greek, figure and
rule, flowers. and algebra; galleys Of all
kinds; frames with or without slides case
racks; swing troughs; wettiDg do; furni-
ture of all kinds letter, press and paper
boards malets: shooting sticks planners;
auoins : x ress blankets; page cord blank
cards: Printing Writing and Letter Paper.
of all kinds; together with ornaments and
other articles, all OF the hest quality.
ORA large assortment of second hand
type, of almost every description, for sale
as above, specimens of any fount of which
will be forwarded TO order.
Every kind of PRINTING and WRi-
TING PAPER, supplied al the man,itac-
turer's price. October8
Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1818-12-21
Books and Stationary.

DOBERT GRAY has just received Tor
N sale on commission, an invoice OF
Books and Stationary, among which are the
following articles, viz: =,
Sir Robert Wilson's sketch Of the milf
tarY and political power Of Russia
Phillips's speeches Shey's bookkeeping
SAYS catcchism of political economy
Manners & customs; Accidents OF lite
BENEFITS letters history OF the late war
Votney's Ruias; Brownie OF, Bodsbeck
The Sisters Pope's Essay on Man
Tales ofmy Landlord; Tayior's Inquiry
Travels at home; Domestic Medicine
: Debates OF the Virginia Convention, on
the adoption of the Federal Constitution
Wright's Life OF Christ and his apostles
Bonnet boards by the gross, dozen or sin
gle; super6ne yellum cap writ;ng paper
Aurust &c
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Bank Notes.
1000 to $4,000 Dollars.

. ROMULUS RIGGS.
.atiis Exchange and Brokers Office, Bridge
street, GeorgrfoUn,
"TISHES 10 purchase from one TO fifty
wv thousand dollars of North Carolina,
South Carolina, and Georgia bank notes,
which will be taken at very small dis
coiint. AL kinds OF western and other un-
current bank notes exchanged on the 10y
est terms-Persons traveiiingto the west
ward can at all times get The notes OF these
banks at reasonable discoDt.-1ills OF
exchange and bank checks, negotiated on
any part of the United States Notes of
United States bank, and all of the branches,
exchanged.
Georgetown, one door below Craw-
fosd's tavern, October IL.
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THIS IS TO GIVE NOTICE,


That the subscriber hath obtained from
the orphans court of Charles county in Ma
rylard, letters Of administration on The per-.
snnal estate Of JAS. A JOHNSON, late OF
Charles county, deceased: all persons ha-
wing claims against the said deceased, are
hereby warned to exhibit the same, with
the vouchers thereof, to the subscriber, al
or before the sixth day of May next-they
may otherwise by law be excluded from all
benefit Of, said estate. Given under my
hand this sixth day OF November, 1913.
ELEANOR B. JOHNSON, Adm'x.
6rAll those persons who have claims,
and wish TO exhibit them under the above
notice. will present Them tc FREDERICK ID.
Stone, attorney at law. Port obacco, Chas.
county, who will make the dividend when
assets come to hand. Il. h. }. Adm.
November & hnwSw
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Musical Tuition.

TIME subscriber. at the solicitation OF
I many individuals. is induced to take
The house next door to Mr., Moore's Nota-
nv oa,ce, Prince-street, where he will teach
Instrumental Music this winter. He assures
those who may patronize him, that his ut
most efforts shall be exerted TO give perfect
satisfaction. Subscription papers are left
at Mr.. Gray's bookstore.
Ladies will he taught on the Double or
Single Flageolet, and Music arranged and
neatly copied.
Oct 90 LIONEL j. LkRkIN.
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Ladies Dresses.

Mrs. WALLACE, successor to Mrs.
INl Dodd. most respectfully informs the
Ladies of Alexandria and its vicinity, that
she has commenced the fancy and plain
Dress and Corset making, on King-st, near
Alfred-st. and has just received the newest
fashions from England. Any ladies that
may favor her with their orders may rest
assured they shall be attended to with neat
ness and punctuality on moderate terms.
Dec. 2. 3w
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70 Sllip-Owners,

MASTERS OF. VESSELS 8. OTHERS.
HsHESubscriber (late from Eng ma
L. thematical instrument maker, offers
lis services 10 clean and repair all sorts of
&tp's Compnsses, QEadraats, Sertants, &c.
in The best manner, at bis house OIL Prince
street, between Pitt and st. Asaph streets.
Oct 81 DANIEL MUNRO.
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Charles Co. Orphans Court,

June Term, loIe.
ON application. ordered by the court
~ that Eleanor B. Johnson, admmistra-
trix of James A. Johnson, late OF Charles
county, deceased, give the notice required
by law for creditors 20 exhibit their CLAIMS
~ advertising in the Alexandria Gazette
for three successive weeks. A true copy.
Il. BARNES, Reg. OF wills.
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40 Dollars Reward.

STOLEN from our store yesterday morn
- ing piece of Florence silk, French
grey or pidgeon color, containing 80 yards.
Twenty dollars will be paid for securing
The piece of silk TO us, and twenty dollars
for the experimenting ard conviction of the
thief. JOHN JACKSON & Co.
November 10
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BOjtinr Cloths.

THE subscriber has this day received, q
j. large and elegant assortment OF Bolt
ing Cloths, Of superior quality. which
will BE- offered for sale at the store OF
Messrs. Butts g. Cawood, King-street,
.Alex'a, where he intends keeping a COM
plete assortment in FUTURE.
SEPTIC AMOS ALEXANDER.
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New Publications,

Just receired and far sale by the subscribers.
GREENLAND, the adjacent seas, and
VI the N w. passage to the Pacific o.
illustrated in voyage TO DaviS's
Straits. in the summer Of l8i7-by Ber-
nard OReilly, Esq.
Tales for mothers and daughter. by Miss
Woodland. [vols.
Sophia, or the dangerous indiscretion, 2
Correction, novel, in 9 vols.
JAMES KENNEDY g. SON.
November Cd tutbs6t
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The Gentleman's
ANNUAL POCKET RE.ME.MBR.a.NCER
For 1919, ~

GONTAINING-The Almanac ruled
~ pages for memorandurns duties pay-
able on goods, &C.; naval and custom house
officers; public appraisers information
concerning patents; post o:hce, establish
ment official army and navy lists; a cor
rect register of the American navy marine
corps government of the U. States, exc
cutive, legislative and Judiciary; territorial
governments; intercourse with foreign ma
lions directors and cashiers of the bank Of
the U. States, sc. &c:
ALSO,
THE L.4DY's POCKET-BOOK for 1919,
Containing-Tbe Almanac; ruled pages
for memorandums; description of Pitcairn's
island bishop Wstson's letter on future
state remarks on female dress and on mar
rage morality of the BatIledore; account
of the Cherokee schools. Selected Poetry
Answers to last years enigmas; cha
rades; new and fashionable songs; rebus-
es. New country dances and values: mar
keting tables; tables reducing shillings and
pence 10 cents; also for showing the value
Of dollars in pounds, shilings and pence
Are Just received for sale by
JAMES KENNEDY & SON.
November "a dW
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Wheat, Old Corn, and Mary
n land Tobacco,
1 URCHASED BY
Oct "a L.aWRaSONS FoDLE.
Just Received,

DER scbnr Geo. Washington, from Nor
l. folk, and for sale,
1000 feet St. Domingo mahogany, Of
superior quality and tgeod proportion OF
branch logs. Also, OH hand.
1900 feet birch scantling, suitable for
bedstcads. Together with,
fer.ia extensive assortment Of furniture,
as usual. SAMUEL WAtD,
Lower end of Prmce-street, Alex'a.
November Ia tui2w
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MONDAY DECEMBER
Piano Fortes.

TWO elegant fine toned Piano Fortes,
i with the additional keys for sale by
JAS. KENNEDY s. SON.
September -
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Tobacco and Segars.
lust received and for sale, first qualil
y Chescing Iobacco;
AND
Fine .favored Spanish Se-ars.
Sept 90 WIN. DEVAUGHN,
Just Landing,

jest Landing,
LROM brig Susan, from Portland, and
Il for sale at the cabinet warehouse, low
er end Of Prince-street, i.
. Carrioles, Waggons, &c.
together with Furniture and Chairs, viz. !:
3 top cafrioles, with plated harness
Ia Jersey Wagons, with harness
Bureaus tables sideboards
Dressing glasses; bedsteads; chairs
A few barrels No mackerel
Ageneral assortment Of goods 10 his line
comprising the best va,Tety ~ The district
Of Columbia all of which will be sold low.
n ON HAND, ~,
Is Mahogany, in logs and boards.
-Furniture, SC. made and repaired as
usual. SAMUEL WARD.
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New Books,

New Books,
V'OR sale at the commission bookstore Of
Il r. GRAY.
Anew work on Farriery; vol. octave,
bound, 2 dolls.
The Christian Economy valuable lit
tie work, said TO be translated from the orr;
ginal Greek of an old manuscript found in
the island Of Patinos, where St. John wrote
his book of the Revelations. Price, half
bound, 37t cents.
good supply Of Writing and Letter
paper. November l8
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Private Tuition.
Mechanics Bank of Alex'a.

December 5, 1878.
HNliE Stockholders of the Mechanics
Il Bank of Alexandra are hereby noti-
fed that one quarter of the seventh install
ment is called for to this institution, paya-
bic at the Bank on the 10th January next,
one quarter on the 18th of February, and
one fof The eighth instaimsht on the 18th
OF March next.
B.. order Of the Board.
P. Fl. MINOR,
December Z Cashier,
Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1818-12-21
Nj. Miller & Son

HAVE imported in the ship Young
IL Hero, from Bremen, $50 packages
of German goods, consisting of
Burlaps of various qualities and prices
Hempen ticklenburgs
Best quality do; white rolls
A few cases Biel6eld shirting linen,
(greatly superior TO the lrish) -
Saik,cloth looking glasses [pints
Wine and porter bottles; quarts and
Liquor cases; coffee mills
Crucibles, &c &c.
They have also for sale, Spanish hides,
tanners oil, iron, steel, navy and pilot
bread, crackers, plaster ground g. in stone,
spun cotton, and a variety Of other articles
6T The highest price given for wheat,
rye, corn and fiaxseed.
October 60 tuf2m
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Lawrason & Fowie,
EAVE for sale, received Per brig Iris,
IL capt Mayo, from Boston,;
l4o tons plaster paris told
8 pipes Sicily Madeira wine, years
S bales namoodes. cassas & flag hk.s
1870 casks nails, assorted sizes
40 barrels tanners oil 10 dospsrm do
40 boxes mould candles
Also for sale,
The cargo Of schr Milo, capt Thomdike, OF
45O casks fresh Thomastown lime
ALSO,
The cargo Of schr Henry, of
500 casks lime
$4,000 feet lumber
November II
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s. s ID. Reed

s. 8 ID. Reed
TTAvE Just received fresh supply Of
III SHOES and HATS, consisting Of the
following kinds: :
1000 pair women's leather pumps
400 do do thick soles
800 misses do do
500 ladies' morocco slips
goo do do with heels
500 do low priced oroccoslips
500 chiidrcn's morocco and leather
shoes
500 mems & boys bound leather shoes
400 mems low priced fur hats
400 do ami boys wool do
100 boys white do
10 boxes lemons
All Of the above articles are offered for
sale at low prices for cash, and at the usual
credit to punctual customers.-Country
Merchants can be supplied at Northern
Prices. August 20
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Jersey Waggt;;'s. Chairs, Sc.
". BL9SDELL 4! Co.
.uAVE just received and dlfrr Tyr sale,
IL an assortment OF Jersey Wagons &
Carrioles. of superior qualify. Also,
80 bis. picked Goldfish; anil
1000 feet 9 inch northern plauk--very
cheap for cash. Together With
Il variety Of Furniture.
They continue to carry on the chair ma.
king business, in all its branches.
o. Old chairs repaired and painted in
the peatest manner. Dec5
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Kinsey Griffith
Notice.

TNHE public are respectfully informed
L that the business heretofore carried on
by the subscriber,. will in future be con-
Quoted by himself and son, w. H. Miller,
under the firm OF .Mordecai Miller 4. Son.
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English 8 German Almanacs
For 1919,

MYTH large and general stock Of
w school books and stationary, suitable
Cor the country trade, for sale by
Oct8 JOHN A. STEWART.
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lecture OF scenery, can give you but an
imperfect description of the town. Iii is,
however, built on tho decliyity OF noun
tain, and inte:epers Ain erery direction,
with all kinds OF fruit ,rees, in complete
state of verdurc; which, contrasted with
the white houses, renders it, at little dis
lance, one of the most beautiful perspec-
tives have ever seen but the moment You
enter the town, The delight vanishes. Al
the foot OF the mountain, you are up to the
knees in mud, in miserable narrow streets
the houses nearly meeting at top, being
arched over; every sixth building is a
church, and every seventh soldiers bar.
rack or fort. At the summit OF the noun.
tain, the streets are tolerably wide, and
there are a great number of extremely rich
Churches, particularly the one which the
Prince visits when here. | SHOULD suppose
al moderate computation, that there are
gold and silver images enough in that
Church 10 purchase half the state of Mass,.
chu>etis. As Tor the Priests, am informed
there is no kind of morality among them
dned at hotel last Sunday, on shore, in
company with one, who, was told, had
been imprisoned five times for doing Other
men farors through the medium Of their
wives and daughters He appeared in high
spirits, and kept the table in continual
roar by his witiicisms, which | did not I'm.
derstand much of however. As for the Ia.
dies here, the fairest Of them are swarhy;
indeed, believe a handsome woman
would be esteemed greater prodigy than
Rhinoceros in Dartmouth in fact, il
would require nice observer TO distinguish
some OF them from balloons, Uf which there
are great numbers here, as well as MONKEYS,
parrots, and all kinds Of birds, even 70
paddy's nightingale, which cries ssho, aho,
rIio, so delightfully."-!
Imet with "a truly shocking incident
this morning. Passing along the street, !
accidentally bit my foot agains, something
which rolled along before me, and on look,
ing down, | discovered il 10 be the head Of
a beautiful little infant parentIy but
few hours old. was, you may be assured,
completely petrifed for the momels the
blood ran cold through every vein, and
curdled round my heart with horor;several
people being near, came, and looking al it
a moment. passed on with the utmost sang
froid Imaginable, observing that such in
stances often occurred. 1t appeared to have
been cut of with an axe or some sharp in.
strument, and the blood was still fresh on
the mangled part. This is the incident,
make your own comments"
Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1818-08-08
HINTS FoR TIE LADIES.

> The longera woman remains single, the
more apprehensiye will she be Of entering
into the state of wcdlock. At seventeen or
eighteen, girl will plunge into it often
without fear or wit at twenty, she viii be-
gin to think; attwenty-f -four, viii weigh and
discriminate lat twenty -eigllt, will be afraid
OF venturing AT thirty, viii turn about. and
look down the Hill she assembled, and some
times repent that she has attained that sum-
init.
Married-says the Charleston Times on
the 9th INST by the Rev. Mr. Oren, Mr.
Bartlett A. DOWNS, to Mrs Elizabeth UPS
10th of osss&shdgh district.
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FROM THE ROCHESTER GAZETTE.

-" Huzza! huzza 'huzza"-
hawled fellow as | was passing him.
What's the matter enquired I-"Huzza!
huzza huzza" was his answer. Perhaps
thought |, We have gained some signal vic.
tory, (for it was during the revolution) and
so huzzaed too-The crowd increased
and all shouted huzza. The tumult subsi.
ded, and on asking thecaHse Of the fellows
outcry he informed us with self-approving
laugh, that "his Dog had just given Johns
tarnal licking" You may truly guess we
all hung our tails and seqked home.
My good old Uncle Ned never told me
this story (for him it was that used to tell it)
without concluding with long string OF
advice.
My son, 1.-THE old man used to say thi;
little trifing event done me more good
than any one circumstance Of my early
life-it taught me one very important thing
for young man TO know, that is, never TO
undertake or engage in any affair without
first knowing from what principle ! acted,
the moving cause, and examining into the
probable result. Never (he would say do
this, that or the other thing because your
neighbor 'Such-a-one' may have done so;
your neighbor 'Such-a-one may be fool,
and it is no more than prudent to find out
before you make beginning, lest you be
foolish like your neighbor.
One evening when coming into his pre-
sence he asked me significantly, (knowing
] had been with the girls) how spent my
time II answered him, and then bega'
telling him the particulars-as how Mis-
: Such one was making great havoc a
mong The young mems hearts-and as how
all of them locked about her TO the neg
lect Of the other es-and--her
my uncle interrupted me with the exclama-
ton of Nonsense that pnts me in mind oil
the Dog scrape again He then went on TO
say. that he should have no hesitation in
pronouncing Miss fool-for, said he, she
mus. be destitute Of delicacy 20 suffer her,
self thus TO be 1attered, and not only
that, but must be weak-minded in the
bargain. My son, continued the old gen.
tleman. never choose you wife because OF
the number of admirers, or the noise she
makes in society, for, let me tell you, il is
ten 10 one but you find more beauty than
good sense, and more impudencc than real
merit.
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(Sduannch Museum, July so.
SHORT ARRIVAL FROM NEw-oRLEANs.

SHORT ARRIVAL FROM NEw-ORLEANs.
We learn by passengers in the ship An
nisquam, in II days from New-Orleans. and
Is from the Balize, that the city was re-
markably healthy when they sailed. There
were about so vessels in port, and freight
dull and falling.
By the above arrival we have received
Newt Orleans papers to the 9Th July.
[.Nev- York paper, august 3.
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NcSc-BedtJrd, Jalu 81.

.7r0-DeuJOTu, JHIy Of.
Extract Of "a letter received by a gentleman
in Dartmouth. from his friend, now alb
sent, dated Bahia, May lS, 1918.
"I write this from the very regions of
du'ness and dirt, idleness and sioth, opu-
lence and Indulgence, bigotry and supcrsti-
ton ;where there are more soldiers than
citizens; more priests than soldiers; more
prostitutes than priests; and more vermin
than either. In short. from the regions OF
every thing calculated to render life delight
fnl or miserable.
I" As l am no connoisseur of either s,chi-
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EXTRAORDINARY EFFORT.

Il is stated in the Portsmouth Oracle OF
Saturday last, that, on the 9th Of July, a
person, in the vicinity of Portsmouth, NOW
ed. between sun rise and one o'clock, up
wards of two acres of grass, which yielded,
as was supposed, about four ton, ofhay.
Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1818-08-08

There is rumor in town that the great
er part Of the murders committed on the
frontier of Wayne and Camden counties
during the last l2 months, were actually
perpetrated by gang of white despera-
does, who had assumed the dress and APP
pearance Of Indians-it is said that altoge-
ther there are eight of these new-fasgled
savages, and that two or three Of them have
been arrested and sent to Milledgcville.-
We hope for the honor OF humanity, that
this report is not true.
(Sduannch Museum, July so.
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=" She iaye.h her hand totss spindle. :"
FAST SPINNING.

A Miss Anna True. OF Pittsford, Ontario
county. on Friday the 18th inst. spun six
run and seven knots of Wooden Filain.-
Two run is considered days work. Fair
daughters Of Columbia, emulate her exam
pie, and you shall have husbands, riches and
honors. IRocheste.' Guzette, July 90.