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Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1818-04-24
Hahn's genuine Eye Water,

A sovereign remedy for all diseases Of
the eyes. whether the effect Of nsrrs
weakness q. Of accident.
Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1818-04-24

Lees hfaniJls .isue and Fer-r Drops
For the cure Of asues, remittent aad
intermitten: fevers.
~ At the place Of sale pamphlets
may be had gratis, describing cures PET
formed bv the above medicines; the nus.
Der, Importance aud respectabillty u
which, fully Justify every article Of tbs
advertisement.
Sold only riolssnls and retail, BY
JAMES KENNEDY & SON,
september s6 KiDg-st. AleIandHi'
Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1818-04-24
Tooth Ache Drops.

The only remedy yet discovered winch
gives immediate and lasting relief in TIE
most severe instances.
Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1818-04-24
Public Sale.

NY virtue of deed Of trnst from Geo.
ID w Edmonds and wife, to the SUD-
scriber, to secure the payment OF money
10 John Lloyd, will be sold on the premi.
ses, on Wednesday, the goth day Of May
Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1818-04-24
a Trnct of Land.

situated on Gap Run, in the county OF
Fauquier, near the town Of Paris, and
containing two hundred aud FIFTY acres.
Terms Of sale, cash.
Wd. HERBERT, Jun.
april FL tMay20 trustee.
Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1818-04-24
To Rent,

- AZ tory Drick Dwelling hous'
u the Diagonal Pump. II ''
ksss sc aud coInnndious having =
Ess> .ry large garden, with the ne
ces,sry pack bmid ngs, milk and smoke
houses and pump OF water in the yard
equal to the Diagonal. For terms apply
to ,WM. VEL ;CH.
December "a wtmtf
Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1818-04-24
Puhlic Sale.

DY virtue OF u deed OF trust to the
N subscriber. will be exposed at pub
lie sale, on the 81 dav Of May next, at
Is clock, NJ all the real estate of which
William Patton Jr. died possessed, in the
county of Fairfax, and state IF Virgin'',
containing about 60 acreS beng part OF
Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1818-04-24
The Stump Hill Tract,

situate on the Little River turnpike road
about two miles from Alexandria, IN the
peishborhood Of well improved land, and
contiguous to the property of Jsdes l.
MsKenua, Phineas Jsnney and Louis Bee
Ter. 1t will be divided into lots to suit
purchasers.
Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1818-04-24

There are on the premises, :
dwelling house, an
,ecessarv out buildings, with .
saod garden. AS It'll, presume,
Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1818-04-24

persDns disposFu {" puTUH1Se Wit
the premises previous to the time OF SALE
further description is unnecessary.
Terms OF sale, one third cash. and the
balance in three annual instalmen's, t.
be secured by a deed II rust on the aud.
N. HERBER I, Trustee.
n. r. The sale OF he above prnpert'
was o,tponed on the sth of last Decem.
Der the time appointed in pursuance 81
the trust for the sale thereof.
april 90 tHaVS
Delaware gazette and peninsula advertiser. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1814-1820, 1818-12-16
kOhprt Patterson.
Ltoyd's system of
no. t. Hand.

Is at length pm, to press, the engraving
executed by VIM. Harrison, and will be
ready for delivery TO his numerous SUBJ
scribeTs early in December inst he is
the first and earliest reporter Of Con-
gressional debates, and has now peri, cted
the Art to his utmost expectation, and
feels confined that the work will give
universal satisfaction il is brl t and sim
pie ; It may be understood IN half an
hour and practised IA six hours. as ex-
pediiioasly as Scrip, hand by the sNlisest
writers.
Subscriptions continue to be received
lat his house No l.a North El>5Gn
Street, and also at NJ. Carey and sons:
Chestnut Street, +. Dobson and sons,
Sou h Second Street, F. and x Parker's
No l78. Market Street, Philadelphia,
and Of other Rooh Sellers.
erms, $500 each copy, payable on
delivery. Non. subscriber, $500
Printers of Newspapers throughout
the United Sta es, who will publish the
above and receive subscriptions. VII be
pdid wife copies o! the above work.
Dec. 6--5t.
Delaware gazette and peninsula advertiser. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1814-1820, 1818-12-16
New YoRk, Dec. 10.
From Rio Jaueiro.

BY rhe arrival tais orhing of James
Murdoch, a,e adyices from Rio
Janeiro 10 the 4th Oct. A passenger
states, that Artigas, with 800 troops, had
been successful in several late skirmishes
With the Portuguese: and about the st
sep embcr three leagues distant from the
Portuguese lines at Monte Viedo he had
an engas ement with them, in which he
took go forses, and from SO to 80
prisoners, and lost bur one man. News
had just reached Monte Video from
Chill, that the Spanish Patriots had had
several engagements on the coast Of Chill,
and had been succt ssful in every in
stance. A large Spanish ship had arriv
cd at Monte Vdso from the coast OF
Chill, where she had been captured by
the Patriots in numbtr Of sn,a GOATS
Mr.. ~. p Dickson, of Philadelphia,
supercaryo of the brig James Mur,i"ch,
Is the bearer Of dispatches from homa>
Sumpl'r, jun esq american Consul AT
Rio Janeiro) to the government.
Markets dull at Rio Janeiro- Produce
very hish-Coff.e IS per cents Id scarce,
Delaware gazette and peninsula advertiser. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1814-1820, 1818-12-16
American Pharmacopn!a

eP WHEREAS circulars we IS.
sued, III March, 1916, containinr plan
for the formation of Phal macopGia
under the authority Of the several incor
porated medical societies and medical
schools in the United States, and the
work was to BE- III der,aken as soon as a
majority Of these Institutions should ex
press their concurrence, which having
been doue--
" Resolved, that public notice be, and
hereby is given, that the formation of
the American Pharnacop9ia will be un
dertdken - Extract from the process
inps of the committee of correspondence.
Attest, LYMAN SPALDlNG, NJ D.
Secretary
New York 2lst Nov 1873.
d J" Editors of Newspapers in the
U"ited States are requested to give this
one insertion, and thereby aid the inpor-
tant design OF establishing uniformity
in the preparing and compromising Of
medicines.
Delaware gazette and peninsula advertiser. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1814-1820, 1818-12-16
klD.N.A PPTtG.

The Philadelphia Union, of yesterday
received by the Post Chaise last evening
contains the trial of Lewis Compton be-
fore the Hon. Judge Gloninger. at Leba-
non, Pennsylvania, on the 18th, 10Th,
and 18th November. Compton was char
ged with unlawfully OBTAINING blacks,
men and women, whom he had brought
out of the state of New Jersey, alter the
passage Of the late law, for the purpose
of exporting them to Louisiana and
Mississippi. The trial lasted four days
Delaware gazette and peninsula advertiser. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1814-1820, 1818-12-16

A FARM, situated in Appointments
hundred, New Castle County, Delaware,
near the village OF Cantw-!'s Bridge. II
is divided into four fields containin Z
about sixty acres each, with two apple
orchards annexed to it; and has C "
siderable quantity of good meadows
which viii admit Of either moving or
grazing. and convenient to landing on
Appnqunlmink creek Any person. who
wishes to rem, said farm, will apply to
the subscriber living at Canlwell's Bridge.
Ann Carter.
Dec. 9th l8ll.--3t.
Delaware gazette and peninsula advertiser. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1814-1820, 1818-12-16

his country with considerable sum oil
money about 9 years since He put up|
at public house in Go, ham, in Intaiio
county, and his friends were never able
to obtain ny account of him afterwards
The circumstances created considerable
excitement in the neighbourhood at the
time, but as no clue appeared which
would lead to development OF the mys
terry, it had long since subsidized, and the
circumstance was almost entirely forgot
ten. =. The finding Of the skeleton, how
ever, led to an enquiry which resulted.
VT understand, in disc every of the tran
saction, and olthe person who pei petrat-
ed the &C, A man by the name of
Mentor, who kept the tavern a, the time
that the gentleman disappeared is ascer-
tanned to have been the peipstra or.
Mentor, who removed to Canaua soon
after the murder, left a son in Corham,
who, alter the skeleton was found, made
The shocking discovery, tina his ia.
lher was the murderer! After residing
several years in Canada, Mentor remov
ed from thence to Ohio, and settled on
the west branch of the Chagrn river.
After the discovery, a requisition was
made on the Executive of Ohio, by
Gov. Clinton, for Mentor, and messcn
ger dispatched to arrest him, who passed
through this village OH saturday. on hi.
return, with the unhappy wretch in hi.
custody.
Delaware gazette and peninsula advertiser. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1814-1820, 1818-12-16
College oi New Jersey.


At meeting of the Board OF Trustees
of the College OF New Jersey, on the
25,h ult. il was
Resolvad,-i'hat after September
1919. no SUDDEN, shall be admitted INTO
the Freshman or lowest class in mis- Col
lege unless he be accurately ucqua'nled
with The grammar, including pros DIV, Of
bo h the Greek and Latin ton ues I'M
less he be master of Cesar's Comu,enta-
ri S, Sallnst. sslec, parts of Ovid's Aier.
tamorphoses VIRGIL, tie Orations Of
Cicero contained in the volume IN usum
Delphini the Evan ,eists of the Greek
testament, Nurpheys Lucisn or Dab
ze,'s Colleclanea Gr1ca 'inora, the
three first books of Xenophon's Cyro-
rae dia, aud OF Mair's or Clurk's iutroduc-
lion to the taking nt Latin aud unless
he be we'll acquainted with Arethme,ick,
English Grammar and geography
,. No student shall be admitted to an
advanced Standing unless he be found on
examination to be equal to the class tor
which he is candi,ae.
Extract from the minutes Of the Board.
- \ ~, Gi'n.
Princeton, Dec. |, 1918.
n B. : The Catechisn of the Church
70 which the candidate belongs, is also
requr ed as Il qualification for admission.
K Editors of Newspap. RS friendly to
he Collrte, are resp ciuily requested to
rive the above All Insertion in their pa
JrrS,
Delaware gazette and peninsula advertiser. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1814-1820, 1818-12-16

when the blacks )! the decision Of the
Judge, were Set Al lberty. The blacks
were taken under ale protection of Mr.
Thomas Shipley and Mr.. Wayne, mem.
bers ofthe Philadelphia Addition oocie-
ty. Compton and hi. accomplces are
stated to have become Outrageous at the
cecision. armed themselves, and swore
they wonId seize the bl,cks at the ex
pence of their lives. The Union says
|" We do not hear, however, that they
att. mpted to carry their threats into exc.
cution."
". Z. .ldrerliSer.
Delaware gazette and peninsula advertiser. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1814-1820, 1818-12-16
BY y. HEW !L'T,

In the arrangement Of this system,
are given, /. Directions Tor mating aud
holding the pen, &c. 2. An introductory
exercise by wiring, on which a few
hours, LEARNER will acquire sleadness
and freedom Of hand. 3. The characters
uniltd, and forming all the small man
uscript letters. Then follow several ex
ercises. containing the capital letters, and
lessons in the running hand together
with introductions to the secretary and
Italian hands, the last OF which is partc-
ularly fashionable for young ladies'.
In addition to this methodical arrange.
ment, there are printed directions 'front.'
ing the copper plates, which directions
are expressed in the simplest and plain
est manner, nothing every thing tina,
used be mentioned by even wriline
master himself, when present with III
learner. These systems are for sale a.
r. porter's Book Store.
Wilmington, Dec. le--st
Delaware gazette and peninsula advertiser. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1814-1820, 1818-12-16
Turnpike Notice.
Dec. 10th l8ll.--St.

The Stockholders of the Gap and
Kennel Turnpike Road Company. are
hereby informed that the Compans's
annual Election will be held at Cochran
vile, on Monday the fourth of January
next for the purpose Of Fleeing a
Pre- sitlent. two Managers and Treas
nrer, to manage the concerns of the said
Company for the ensuing year
James kelton,
Treasurer.
Dec. l6-5t
Delaware gazette and peninsula advertiser. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1814-1820, 1818-12-16
Fran the Palladium.


Nirssrs Editors.
III srUms "A, il spain and the L, $.
wrIe about establishing a new rule Or
law of irtiio,is--ihat Of pnttin. GER
tain enemies taken il war to death.
Spain declared. some time ago. thai
all subjects Of nations with whom
they were al peac", who sh,Giu ."
found aiding their reyolt"d subjects,
shou!d be COT taken) treated IS vehpis
and suffer death as .uch; and tie L.
states III The ease oi ArlntbnDt, seem,
10 have adopted the principle. Shonl'i
AVER bc:wuro ia, Sc countries untoftu
)naici, happen. in Ill probability il
would he very s.nEu;nar.. II ~ he
iisved ii the present day. no natic.,
cx e,f 0ur" red l,rethrrn.' put thes
prisoners 10 ieath iheN CT is lru',)
sasuetim,s undertake. 10 coast the. ;
but tn sight is not acknowledged by
our Gnyer0nent. Should We have
war With spaii'. in all probability
.!mre w"ui,, sul,jrrts Of notions al
peace with bo'h countries join each
army 50 that Ne might expect kii'ips,
enough. II is supposed by some th
there has beea 30 whI. wi'iiiu al i,ast
"a century, in with n.ulra's. or sui,
.iects ~ -, ernmtnis al peace VIII
the rtspc i've parties. have net t'hrl
a part. pu, lie right oi' killing theai.
wien taken prisoners. has rot i,ecr
eX!iii Ileiy acknowledged. II is sale
]hy NOitairr. that un'ier Peter. tbs
great manslayrr. the unfortunate
owedes. wbu fell ip;s Tie hands. we're
,omehOw sc,,i 10 the Turks to make
SLAVES. ami Ennurhs of and the Bar
harry natnns an'l perhaps some Others
10 the same a, the present day hut
'eu naiiou,. (and al'eii,nse are called
S vagr-,) .nv kill their prisoners. H.
ar revolutionary "+r, the British
very cruelty employed Germans 60
Iight against us, hut we did not as
suun the ri lit OF killing them when
iakrn prisoners. And ON the other
hand. many iIlnstrious foreigners. ard
ttcrpcrsons SUI. ic'ts of nations with
vnom Great Britain WAS al peace,
uttered eur armies bur the British
id not pretend they had right 10
Kill them if they should atrh them.
in the wars between the French Re-
,u',lic md the European nations.
some ofour i'izrnsjoined The Frcnci
standard, and whs,-v.r might have
been their apprehension OF being
killed in the iisid o! battle. none ap
pretended danger Of heing killed al
ter being made prisoners. Perhaps
the case of Arhuslnot may he differ.
ent at prescn, The writer cannot per
lceive the diff, renee, and sincerei,
hopes some ablerpen will point it out,
INQUIRY.
Delaware gazette and peninsula advertiser. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1814-1820, 1818-12-16
From the Pufaio Journal, Dec. |.
&" Murder will Out.''

Our readers will probably recollect
seeing an account published few
weeks since, of the skeleton of man
supposed to have been murdered, hav
ing been discovered in opening a new
road not far from Geneva. The person
murdered was SAID to be gsntleman
from New Jersey, who was travelling in
Delaware gazette and peninsula advertiser. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1814-1820, 1818-12-16
Common scold.

I'm 4 urss'a. last, NJ ~ Davis WAS
,rie,i before the Baltimore City Cour,.
on an in,,ietmeEt a. rnia,nun OLD.
The jury, after consu't'tlun Of all
hour ami a hall. returned she verde;
ct au'h.. The punishment Tor a
:. common scoid," asreeahly TO ihe
law OF Baltimore, isa public dnchinS !
Delaware gazette and peninsula advertiser. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1814-1820, 1818-12-16

In Which the Art of wiring is displayed
and can be acquired without the assis.
lance of any teacher, Calculated for those
who cannot write at all, and also for
those who wish TO improve from bad
hand writing 10 a good one, in the shor
test time possible. Wits printed direc.
lions fronting the conner plants,
Delaware gazette and peninsula advertiser. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1814-1820, 1818-12-16
University of Pennsylvania,
Philadelnhia, MAY a. lSls.

Philadelphia, May 4, 1915.
Mr.. 5ohas Preston laialanb having
exhibited TO US his method for correct
ing, by back observation, th, errors
which often arise in surveying, from
Local attractions Of the agnetic needle,
we give i. as our judgment that his
method is simple and exact, and TIL on
4; practical one which Can be made use
|of for this purpose, with the ordinary
Surveyors Compass
ROhrrt Patterson,
Robert W. Patterson.
The above work j, now
ready for delivery, and can
be had of the Autl,ar only.
j. / Fairiaisb,
NVlminston, Del.
dec. 9-lm
Delaware gazette and peninsula advertiser. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1814-1820, 1818-12-16

The National sut. Iii .encer OF Mon
day has not been received at this Of
fee.
Delaware gazette and peninsula advertiser. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1814-1820, 1818-12-16
DISTRICT OF DELAWARE, ~.

BE II REMEMBERED. ?, Oh the
Third day Of December, in the forty
hid year OF the independents d The
United States OF America. A. l.. 1918,
Jonas PRESTON FAIRLAsiB, ,squi {. of
the sal District, halh po~l,,o in this
nifice, the title OF Book the RI, Int
whereof he claims as author in the
words TO wit -" a new and concise
oethod OF completed, ob, iating the diff
fculty occasioned in surveying by Local
Attractions OF The Magnetic Needle in
mos part, OF the United states, BY back
observations, not published j. an, other
work. by Jonas Preston Fairlanib. Sur
veyor and Convey ancer, Wilmington,
Delaware"
In conformity TO the act of Congress
of the United States, entitled "An act
for the encouragement OF learning by
securing The copies of maps, chats and
books to The authors and prop ictors of
such copies during the time therein
mentioned" and also 10 the Act, entitled
an Act supplementary to an Act, EMIT
led an act for the encouragement Of
by SCI uring the copies of " APPS,
charts and books to the adthors aud pro-
|prletors OF such cJpes during the times
therein men iUied. md extendiltp the
'oencfils thereof to The arts of tleslp ming,
|engraving and etching historical and
other p'its."
no MAS WITHRSPOON,
n.
Delaware gazette and peninsula advertiser. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1814-1820, 1818-12-16

District Of Nri"1cGre. IS.
DO CERTIFY, That the above is d
true copy of the record thereof, as re-
...*.... naming OF Record in the
,n,r office of the District out
for the SAID District. in
"ss'"*ta testimony whereof have
hereunto set my hand and atIixed my
seal Of Uffice. al Wilmington, December
8 1918.
THOM WITHERSPOON,
Clk Dist. Court DEL Dist,
Delaware gazette and peninsula advertiser. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1814-1820, 1818-12-16

the reformation OF the criminal is the
sole end of punishment.
/. Every penalty which is not M
cessary for this purpose is cruel and
tyraDniral act.
5. Every punishment should b.
proportional To the Oifenne.
4. Evidences Of reformation in cri
minals should be accompanied with :.
proporlionate mitigation Of their
punishmcnts.
We will not insult the understand
ings Of our Z How citizens, Ivy advanc.
Ing arguments 10 show the reasona.
b!encss. the business. or the henrvo
lence Of those principles; because We
believe that they must be self evident
to all who are not under the inilven c
OF prejudice; and all must unite in
the sentiment. that they are worthy
to he written in characters Of gold
upon every prison door in the Uni
verse A brief sketch of the plan and
government Of the prison is as fol.
lows. The two sexes are kept entire,
" distinct, and all communication Of
the different grades Of criminals witt
each other is prevented /; the tried and
untried prisoners are also separated
"A system OF labor is introduced.
suited to the age, sex, .rads and
Delaware gazette and peninsula advertiser. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1814-1820, 1818-12-16

Dec. l6--5t
Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1818-02-26
Jonathan >hiilabar

nFFERS for sale a, his store, former
~ Ir occupied BIZ JosEpH DEAN. be-
tween Prince and Duke ST eetsl the car
90 Of the schooner Harmony, from Salem,
Consisting Of the following articles, viz {:
Barrels Nn l Beef
Hhds- ,ierces and bbls. ". f Rum
Bales Of Calcutta and Bengal goods, Of
various descriptions, entitled to deeen-
ture luohs
Casks Of Cut Nails. different descriP
Sides Of Soal Leather
Casks of Russia 'rallow
Boxes No. /, 9 and Chocolate
Do. Mould and Dipt Candles >
Nests bt Boxes and sets of Measures
Boxes Soap
Bags Castaaia Nuts
Jars Of Beisam Capivi
Canisters OF CopaI vaiaish
Barrels and boxes of Shoes different
kinds
Bags Indian Arrow Rect
Bags Of Tappioca
Cases OF Water proof Hats
Kegs Ground Ginger
Charts Of American coast and Bahamas
Bundles Wrapping Paper
Herrings in ba rels January Is
Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1818-02-26

thing has beer head Of her since she lett
here. II appears from the statement Q.
lieut.. S. that there isno possible hops OF
getting Provisions on to that place as the
river IS lined with Indians, ard every
mode of CONVEYANCE cut of BY them. The
troops at Fort Scott viii have to tall
down ia the mouth Of the Apalachicola,
at which place thes can be .upph.,dl. O.
therwise they must 60 in to Fort Hav-
kins."
A previous letter from the same gen.
tleman, mentions, that con,tderao'e
quantity Of provisions, forwarded rom
New Orleans for the my, by way Of
Pensacola, had been stopped and turnee
back by the Spanish authorities at that
place, who refused permission to trans
port the supplies up the Eseambla'
Nat. Ite!iigsncsr.
Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1818-02-26
Pubic Sale.

an Friday, the Goth OF March, at u
~ o'clock, A. NJ. the subscriber will
Offer at public sale, en- the premises, three
LOTS OF GROUND, at West End, in
Fairfax county, of which Henry Zmmer-
mar died seized. Two Of the said Lots
containing acre each, and one contain
inc Q acres. On oae of which are erect
ed too frame dwelling houses. on the
turnpike road. Terms OF sale, one fourth
Of the purchase money in cash, aud the
residue in three equal in.talments OF 5,
and 9morths.
RI. TAYLOR,
Att'y. for the heirs Of I'll. Zimmerman.
FEBRUARY %