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Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1818-08-17
District of Columbia.

County Of .AierGndia, .qpril Term, 1918.
Henry Boswell rs.
The representatives of John Webster, dec
and against Rezin We5aer.
ON the petition of Henry Bos,ceii. rule
~ is granted him against the representa-
tiYes OF JOAN Webster, deceased, and against
Re-in Webster, to show cause on the lst day
OF the next term, why piece of ground ST.
tuated in the town OF Alexandra, late the
property of William r. Webster. should not
be sold, and the money divided among the
representatives of the said Wiliiam r.
Webster, according to law.
1t is ordered, that this rule as TO Resin
Webster, be published in one of the Alex
andria papers for eight weeks success
sively. A true copy from the records.
Test, EDM. J. LEE, c. c..
July % 9m
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Just Published.

EOSEPn MILLIGaN has this day
ID published a new etlition of a Urea.
tlsc on being Born Again, without which
40 man can be saved, By saml. Wright,
u. d. To which is added, the Commu-
nicaut's Spiritual Companion; or an E
yaugelical preparation for the Lords Sup.
per, by tn Rev. Thomas Haweis rector
Of Aldwiukle, Northamp,onshirr, and
chaplain to the right honorable the earl
VI Pe,erbnrow. Pilce bound 81 IL cts.
Ii may BE- had by application to any of
The principa. booksellers in the d strict
of Columbia, July S.
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Alexandria. AUGUST 4.

WTAS committed to the Jail Of this CO.
w as a run away, = negro man, who
call. himself JOHN WEARS, and says
that he was born free in Prince George Co.
Maryland, that his mothers name Is Sally
Grcen, who lives near the road leading
ron the Alexandria Ferry to the Eastern
Branch bridge, adjoining one Hen, Thomp-
m. Te was committed 10 this jail on the
,ih Nay last. and then called himself VIII
liam Washington, but made his escape the
10th. He is about p years OF age, . feet
inches high, stout made. SAYS he Is known
% Nr. Daniel HIoxley, and Henry Thomp-
son, of Maryland. The owner is request
Ell 10 come ani prove his property, pay
ch1-res. and take him away, otherwise he
viii be disposed Of a the law directs.
ANDREW ROUNSiNELL, Jailor.
August 8 laW-m
Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1818-08-17
Saddlery.

FGSHE SubscnDcr Gums his grateful
\ Acknowledgements to the public fas
the encourage ment which he has met
although small, il has met his most san
guioe expectations. lie has on hand a
handsome assortment Of articles in his
line OF business, and solicits further
participation in their encouragement
lie ha. lust received handsome parcel
of EngliSh saddle and Birdie leather, Of
first quality-and assures the public that
no attention on his part shall be wanting
TO afford satisfaction to all who may ia
yor him with their patronage.
n. B. Saddle; and brides OF English
leather RUBER Il. DEu1E.
lu',
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Ten nnliars Reward.

EEAN awsy from the subscriber, on
s9, the night o! the 7th June inst. an
sonrsr,;c. TO the Printing Business, ma
mel John SETON, boruin Ireland, be-
tween 10 and II years old, dark com
yjexina eyes and hair. tIad on ana took
with hi.o, a long blue cloth coat, SECOND
crafty, gray 'ibbed p7ntaloans' s'rined
sinmer ss;t, cation stockings, rutfed
shirt. rn-aa hat, besides coarse shirts,
: great coat of brown cloth, with VEL
ysf collar, and silver hook and eye; a
ps:r OF blue cloth tro~serS, aud other
clothing not reco.lected. It's believed
E., is zone TO Ncw-YurS.
Whoever takes up SAIL spprentice,co con-
1resh,la in any jailin he Jnited states,
an, 2, es me legal Information OF the
san., shah receive The above reward.
WILLIAM M'C0RHLE,
E3:o- Of "a. FresmaH's goarna! RiI!sd'
Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1818-08-17
Bath House.

TEVHE Subscriber respectfully infor.:,,
his friends and tAe public, that his
Bath House will be kept open during the
season, and no cxertions on his part shall
be wanting to give satisfaction 10 those
who shall favor ham with their custom
Two baths, distinct from the rest, are cx-
nrcssiy reserved for the use OF Ladies'
who will be waited m agreeably to thei'
directions. ~ Tickets will be ready
for delivery on Friday next.
~ the subscriber has received by
the NOrtolk packet, a quantity OF Fresh
LINES, which will enable him to keepa
constant supply of PUNCH, of the best
quality. i, SHIELDS.
Jure Il II
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80 Dollars Reward.

ND AN away from the Subscribers farm,
Ia near Piscataway, Md. on or abeut
the lst dav of March, 1918, a dark mu-
iatto man named Nick, flve feet ten or
eleven inches high, slender made, little
deaf, speaks little through his nose. has
been in tie habit OF wearing rings h his
ears, but may have taken them out to
avoid discovery. Said negro Nick hiss
wife on MIR. Thomas A. Diggs's land.
near Fort Washington. and is probably
harbored in that neighborhood. ] will
give the above reward Of Thirty Dollars,
If taken out of the State of Maryland,
aud Twenty if taken 10 the State, more
than ten miles from home-it within ten
niles Of hOme, Ten Dollars.
JNO. II. BEANES.
april IS
Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1818-08-17
French Creek Boarding School.

The JoRO'ring is published for the infor-
nation Of Parents
EE AVING long believed that School
4 on plan different from most others
in many respects, would be beneficial TO
society, and experimenting that with all
its cares, and the responsibility insepara-
bic T. ON such a concern, l could more
cheerfully devote my tire TO the educa-
ton of children than TO any other BUSH
ness. | have concluded to establish
BOARDING SCHOOL for GIRLS
With this view ! have purchased the
FREwcH CREEK FARM, four miles east
of the yellow springs, on the Neriistown
and Philadel phia road, situated in Pike
land aud Vincent townships, Chester
county, twenty.seSen miles from Phila-
delphia, combining many conveBiencies
for the support Of such an institution
and having let the farm, etc. in way
calculated o supply the family with prU-
visions, propose TO devote my at 'entiun.
with the aid of suitable assistants, 10 tho
education of the children who may be
placed under my care.
In selecting the pupils, it is not propo-
sed to be governed entirely BY their ages.
nor to require that they shall ali be mem.
bers of the re igious society of Friends
but az the school rules will be very few
j., number aud very simple, i, is my wisli
that none may be sent contrary to heir
own inclination, nor any ole who would
not be Likely to be good examples 70 ho
other scholars, and treat them with kind
less and affection.
Inc price for bard and tuition will be
; arndred Dollars per annun, one
quarter always to be PAID iE ADVANCE
no re trlctions respecting The kind Of
Clothing are intended, Tor respecting the
f equency of the changes that parents
ana 'equre; the washing will BIZ char
led al the ordinary price per dozen--
children may be admitted tor one quar-
Ter only, and such as are entered Tor q
longer period, may nevertheless be rene.
we'd at the expirat on Of any quarter
The communication with Philadelphia
will be frequent and easy by stage, ana
house of entertainment kept by the far
mer for the accommodation Of persons
having business at the school.
Reading, Writing, Arithmetic. En>
glish Grammar, Geography aud the use
of Maps and glUbes. will be taught, togo
Their with such other branches as the pro-
gregs Of the children ard experience NAV
render expedient. The school to open
the first of the 9Th month next. For fur.
lher information apply to Edward Sta
bier, Alexandria, or to
EMMOR KINDER.
Cd mo. 81 SIT
Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1818-08-17
An Act

Incorporating Company to establish
Turnpike Road from WiIey's tavern,
in the county Of Fairfax, TO a point Of
intersection on the Little River Turn
pike Road, or on the line of the dis
trict OF Columbia. Passed February.
IA, 1885,
DE it enacted BY The General Assem-
I'D bly,. that it shall be lawful to open
books at Fairfax courthouse, and in the
town OF Alexandria, under the direction
of Francis Peyton, Augustine I. Smith,
WIN. Moss, Johnston Cleveland, Amos
Alexander, Mordecai G. Ftzhugh, jonah
Thompson, George Deneale aud James
II. Hooe, or any three CT them, for re-
ceiving subscriptions to the amount Of
sixty thousand dollars, for the purpose Of
making turnpike road from Tiley's ia
vern, in the county of Fairfax, to a point
of intersection on the Little River Iura-
pike Road, or on the line of the district
of Coumbia, as shall be designated by
the directors of the company herein alter
named.
When a sufficient number of shares
shall have been subscribed, the subscri-
bers, their heirs and assigns, shall be
and they are hereby Incorporated into a
company by the name Of 6 The Middle
turnpike Company" agreeaby to the
act, entitled, f" An Act prescribing GER
tain general regulations for the incorpd-
ration OF Turnpike Companies"
This act shall be in force from the
passing thereof.
Richmond, March 11th, 1918.
The foregoing is true copy Of an act
Of the General Assembly, passed Febru.
airy 18th, 1918,
WILLIAM MUMFORD,
Keeper Of the Rolls.
april so Il
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ALSO,
School Books,

Among which are, the Greek and Latin
Classics. Dilworth's, Webster's, MAYORS,
Comley's, Murray's, C~ambian and Phi
ladelphia spelling books, Mur.ay's, Web
ster's, Ashes aud. Comley's grammars,
Murray's Primer, Introduction, Reader,
Exercises and Key, Am. Class Book,
Blair's Reading Exercises, New Intro
duction to Recalling, New. York Reader,
No. l, 2 aud 8, Sorts Lessons. En-
fields Speaker, GOldsmith's England.
Rome and Greece, Webster's Selection,
American Speaker, Dodsley's and Crox
all's Fables, blair's Grammar of Chemls-
try, O'Neal's and Willet's Geography,
Dilworth's, Tutors, Jesse's 4 Jaudon's
Arithmetic, Juhnsou's, Sheridan's, and
WalkerssDictionary, Aliases and Maps,
etc. etc. together with a large stock of
Law, History aad Miscellany.
Wholesale purchasers allowed libc.
raj discount August 81
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next door to the crrner oi King and Roy
al streets. and is prepared to execute any
orders in the Bonkbinding bushes with
which he may be honored-he is also sup
Piled IN commission, with small assOrt'
ment Of Stationary comprised of articles
most in demand, and particularly invites
the attention Of juvenile customers to
articles used in schools, such as CIPHER
ing and Copy books, &c. which are made
of the be.t materials that can be procur
ed and at the usual prices-orde:s from
Banks or pubic Offices tor any kind OF
blank account books, can be executed II
a style of strength and elegance equal t.
any in the United States. Nav q
Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1818-08-17
Notice.
June 10

ENIlE subscribers to the Falls Bridge
4 Turnpike Company residing IN
Fairfax County, Virginia, who lately 'uo-
scribed with view to enable the Com
pauy to build Il idge nc oss the lower
Ford Of Difficult Run and to forward the
Turnpike road, are hereby notified that
they are required to pay 10 lohn Tenn
pleman, the Superintendent on the road,
or to his order, monthly instalmeut OF
ten dollars per share, to commence on
the Goth July next ard to continue tis'
the whsle amount of subscriptions are
paid Up.
BY order of the Beard,
JOHN MURDOCH, Treas.
Georgetown, June 19,1SiS
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VIM. Devaughn-

HNR-DRESSER AND PERFuMER,
Royal-s.reet, .4isran3TG,
HAS Just received aud offers for sale at
II lis shop. a few cases OF Razors, OF
, superior quality, for travelling, with SIX
blades ALSO,
Ia lies and gentlemen's dressing cases
Cloth brushes; hat do; hair do; nail do
Shaving 10; tooth do; rouge in pots
Almond paste; oil Antigua /; pomatum
Cologne water; lavender do OF superior
unity hair powder !; powder puts
Naples soap for shaving vegetable DO
Rose do; palm DO wash balls
Shaving soap tuck combs pocket 90
Dressing DO pocket books
Pencil cases beaver gloves whips
Weiss y. York suspenders French do
Hcpkins'S razor strops Packwood's do
Shaving boxes shaving glasses
Canes and rattans; watch chains
ard variety OF other articles, too tedious
- mention. July u
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Burr Milestone Making.

ENHE Subscriber wishes TO inform his
4 friends and the public, that he has
OF hand good supply of the first quality
Burr Blocks. His shopis near Col.Pey-
toms store, where he can supply al! Mil
Iers at the shortest notice with first rate
Mill stones, and which he will warrant
equal if not superior to any in the United
States, and will sell them at the most re-
duced prices-the workmanship superior
70 any in the district.
Der. 10 ROBERT GLENN.
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MONDAY MORNING, AUGUST II,
Notice..

n AN ready to contract fur taking up
4 and repsvihy Duke and WAITE 'tree's,
when the citizens owEing ty there
on agree to repave the sideways at their
own expense, agreeably to an order o.
Council, dated November /, 1917, for
which purpose, and their accommodation.
a subscription paper is left with MIR.
Evan P. Taylor.
ROBT' BRO KET, Street Com.
Mayd
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Wagons, Furniture, &c.
SAMUEL WARD has received per brig
- Susan, and other late arrivals, large
quantity OF Goods in his line, comprising
the following articles:
80 wagons with harness, with tops
500 chairs Of different kinds
4 sofas and settees children ; chairs
6 sidebolrds of the newest fashion
40 bureaus of different prices
60 tables DO
90 light stands 10
10 work tables do
10 wash stands do
8 secretaries and book cases
$50 looking glasses from l to % dolls
5 dozen grass mats
9 dozen hearth aud floor brushes
6 dressing bureaus
e feather beds and mattresses
5000 feet mahor9oy u b0arls
/ gross bed ,c.r 5; lOz bed keys
&c dozen bel crp=; i iotable hinges
. dozen sqckirg bottoms at lSs
Is portable lesI;s
Easy chaigs AM night stools
ALSO,
20 trunks of different sizes
500 chip hats
/ dozen small hoes Tor gardening
Boots, shoes and hats
Saddles. brides and whips
6>bundles of steel, very low priced
Cast steel axes and common do
LIKEWISE,
10 kegs butter
10 bbls New England Rum
4 bhls crackers OF the first quality
TOGETHER WITH
Letter paper AMI bills OF lading
Ali of which viii be sold on GOOD terms
n the Cabinet warehouse, foot OF Prince-st.
July Is Sw
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Hardware.


= EWiS HiPKiNS has received per
4 A the MohawI, via Bait more, a small
addition 10 his former assortment of hard
ware, which renders the assortment toe
rably complete and extensive.
AMONG WHICH ARE,
Shnc thread ia balls, Of good quality
Ensli h br'dIe and skir:ing leather,
OF superior quality
Msn's and womcn's saddle trees
Plated chain spurs
Girih webbing
Wa!drou's grain and grass sithcs
Sickics
PA,c"t iron tea kettles
VITA A VARIETY oE
Cutlery & Mongery Goods;
~ - nich are offered at reduced prl-
ces t. aunc'nal Gu TONERS. June II
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Carpeting.

nN hanl at the auction store corner
Z " Prince and Water streets, Hol.
land Rush Carpets, Gustly celebrated for
their durability)-Oi different widths ard
qualities. winch may be seen and Pur
chased at any time.
PIG. MARSTELI.ER.
June Is
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Cheap Carpets,

(Sm'abtg for Summer use,) &c. &c.
TOO PIECES floor, passage z stair
IUC ,traw carpeting, low priced
so bags filbcrts
500 h ,hulied barley
80 bundles cassia
10 grnce velvet corks
so bbls herrings, No. 1--iDspection
of last year, in sound order, and al low
$500 gallons cider vinegar lprlcc
40 dozen cIaret, low priced
90 dozen 90 very old. ard fine
quality-For sale by
VAUDEVILLE & LARM0UR.
June II
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Tanning and Currylng,

NlSEPH HEST0N continues to car
d ~ on the above business at his ola
stand in Prince street, between Water
and Union streets, where he will be al
ways ready to execute orders in his lille
with promptness aud despatch.
lie keeps constantly on hand a large
assortment Of
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Notice is hereby given.

U>HAr application viii be made TO
the President and Directors of the
Bank of Potomac. for the renewal Of the
certificates of two shares OF stock stands
ing in tie books Of the Bank Of Potomac,
in the name of Joseph Dean.
HUGH SMITH.
Executor Of Joseph Dean.
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MuscOvadO Sugar.
Boiling Cloths.

TNHE Subscriber has thi- lay receiv-
! ell. large and elegant assort'
ent of Boiling Cloths.Ofa superlorqua
!ity, which wilt be offered for sale at tn
store Of Messrs. Butts l. Cawood, King
street, Alex'a, where he i"teHds keeping
a complete asso-tmeatin FUTURE
Sent 6 AMOS ALEXANDER.
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Leather,

OF as various qualities az can be found il
any shop in the District-which he vii
dispose Of at very low prices for cash.
Ii mo. 6 II
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. Connecticut Ploughs.

TUST received and for sale by
- NEWTON KEENE,
80 Connecticut PlCughs
August ) du
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Robert GRAY,

Nt.rt door iceSt NJ me c0rNsr OF A.Ry y
Royal Streets,
TEAS Just received on consignment,
AH the following BOOKS and STA
iIUNARY ARTICLES, viz:
Yolney's Ruins: Thaddeus OF War
saw; OIney Hymns; Fapeway's Letters
Murray's Reader, Grammar, Exercises
ami Key;
TriunphS of Temper;
New York Reader, No. l, 9, $S;
Episcopal prayer books
Travels at Home; Cases Of Conscience
Chalmer's Dlscourses
Accidertlpf Human Life
Pl4icede. Spanish Tale; Manners, a
novel; Balance oil Comfort
Letters from the Cape Of Good Hope
Bsnapsrt,' Letter TO Lord Liverpool
Coxe's Female Scripture Biography
Beauties Of Robertson
Hlrgingtnn and Ornond
Memoirs of M0rcaa
iiernadotte
Rachael Baker
Youths Cabinet
Murrav's Grammar, Abridged
Murra,'s, Web ter's Comly's, and N
York Spelling Books
New-YOrk Preceptor and Primer
Allison's Serrhuns, Q volumes
Tales OF Fancy; Poetical Chronology
Claws C;ceronis TacitLs
Airs of Palestine; Hubert and Ellen
Valentines Eve; Readings on Poetry
Lord of the Isles
SanCho,. or The ProveThialist
Cowper's Poems; Comic Dramas
Paris Revisited; French War in Spain
Poets Pilgrimage; Masonic Minstrel
Simpsons Comic Sections
Willish's Lectures
Ramblch'S Medi ati0Es
Sidney on Government
Warren's America; Military Tutor
Family Prayers; imericau Star
Sanford aud Ne ton; SCOTS Lessons
Looking Glass for the Mind
Pocket and school Bibles 4 Tcstaments
Jess Surveying
SuhhsU' DiSAiohu' J, ~ g a'u o"oi
Child's Monitor; American Nepos
History of England
Addison'S Works, 6 vols. boards
FederalIst; Clerks Magazine
Columbian Letter Writer
Introduction to Reading
Episcopal IIywns, DC. DC.
Stationary:
Plain and fancy letter, superfne and
common cap writing and large brown
wrapping paper; band box and bonnet
boards; playing cards; ink powder, red
and black black morocco pocket books;
wedgewOod cork and paper inkholders;
lead and slate pencils supe fine English
and American drawing paper; Reeves
colors in boxes German and octave
flutes; fifes and cIarionets; black sand
and sand boxes; waters; quilts; blank
checks IN the Mechanics and Farmers
bank I; bills OF lading seamcn's ar Icles;
u'anlests and powers Of attorney; bank
books, copy AID cypberins books, plain
and ruled ledgers journals day books
invoices. letter y common account books
in full nd half binding. Orders for any
description OF BLANK hooks executed at
short notice; and warranted for neat
ness. strength and durability, equal to
any in the al s'rict June 27.
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I.aWrason S FOwle

TTAVE for sale, landing from schooner
Eliz7, captain Weeks, from \. York,
90 pipes Holland Gin Of superior qua
Hty, lst and Cd proof
also ~ store,
A few pipes French Brandy, o. excellent
Quality August /
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ENGLISH AND GERMAN
ALM4NACS, for 1918,

III EI.'H II " Al ~ .J"'
WUSr published and for sale by the
ID gross, dozen or single one,
By JOHN A. STEWART,
Who has on hand,
large stock OF writing and letter paper,
pastcboards, states, blank books, quilts,
sealing wax, waters, playing cards, and
paper for rooms.
ALSO,
Family and common bibles and tesla
men:s, prayer books, psalm and hymn
books, with many other established reli-
giovs works of merit. A general assOrt-
ment of
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For Sale,
by SPECIAL APPOINTMENT,
DR. DEANS
Genuine Vegetable Rheumatic
PILLS.
For Sale,

So celebrated in New-England for the
many remarkable cures which they have
wrought, some of which are particula-
rizcd in the papers Of directions, where
many thousand boxes are used annually
to general satisfaction.
These pills are recommended by men
Of the first characters in the state of Mas
sachusetts.
JAMES KENNEDY & SON.
January &c
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Shoes.
Ciarct.

A FEW cases Of AGedoc Claret, of su-
"a perjor quality, tor sale by
LlT co LANRASON d FOWLE.
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Robert Gray

N ESPECTFUliY uform his friends
IA, and former customers, that he las
recomre cfd the
Bookbinding and Stationary
Business,