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For Freight.

~AsN The aewand fast sailing brig CO.
:s.zs&a&sLUNBUS, Joseph Hunter, master,
60rlhen about 100 bbls and now ready to
receive cargo Apply 10
May JOHN II. LADD & Co.
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Piano Fortes.

TWO elegant fine toned Piano Fortes,
u with the additional keys. tor sale by
JAS. KENNEDY s. SON.
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Eor Sale,

,TA The elegant and very fast sailing
~ ss<.sloop FRANCES, burthen 40 tons,
nearly new, and in complete order.-Ap-
ply to TIL. ROWLAND
2 mo 90
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Blown Salt.

I UST RECEIVED, 100 sacks fine salt,
- large size Uiverpool till'd) for sale by
June &c LINDSAY & HILL.
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n office.
Picking Vinegar.

Picking Vinegar.
I HAVE al my Vinegar Yard on Fairfax
. street, opposite the FIRST Presbyterian
Church, large quantity of
Tery choice Cider pinegar,
which will warrant And which | will
sell Nv the barrel al % cents per gallon,
ana by the single gallon al 33 cents.
Attendance will be given from 8 in the
morning until in the evening.
June q JNO. Il. BROOKS.
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For Freight,

sES The schr. NEWS captain earn,
Nd and schr. TOBIAS, capt Thomas
Turthen 500 and Goo barrels, are oo'h
Good vessels, and will take coastWIse
5rcirbt to any port, for which they Will be
rs,Jv in three or four days,-Appiy to
-''' " WIN. FOWLE & Co.
iuIy ;
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SATURDAY MORNING, JULY II, 1919.
Salt.

hight THOUSAND bushels Isle Of
II May salt, fit for the fisheries. Apply
70 JOHN DOUGLASS & Co.
OrJONAH THOMPSON.
March II
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The Public

TAN at all times be supplied, on the
~ very best terms, with checks and bills
at sight, and short dates to suit their con-
venience, on
Baltimore, New York,
Philadelphia, Boston.
Apply at my Exchange Banking House,
Bridge-street, Georgetown, where the fair
and most reasonable exchange can be had
on bank notes from all parts of the United
States. ROMULUS RIGGS.
EabruarY 90
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For Sale.

4 n excellent cook He will be sold to
"a a resident of the DISTRICTS first
rate servant For further particulars ap-
ply to the printer. 6w june 3
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s.noh Here.
.lntid0ie for Duel!ing;

containing the folly and wickedness of that
practice, in torcihle and energetic Ian
guage; mostly selected from the sacred
scriptures. They are To be had Al The book
stores of Messrs Dapis d Force at : ash
ington, and at the different bookstores in
Alexandria March 10
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Cotton Twist.
Aromatic

THIS Snuff, as celebrated for its agree
J. bic fragrance as for its efficacy in the
cure of recent ca.arrh and slow nervous
headache, is used and approved by the pre-
sent professor of chemistry in the universe
ty of Cambridge, Mass. and by some Of the
most respectable gentlemen of the faculty
in the United Staies-It is also particular
~ recommended by DR. Warehouse, late
professor OF the theory and practice of ply
sic, IN the above seminary-whose certft-
cate accompanies each bottIe.-Sold by
JAMES KENNEDY & SON,
Sept a Sole Agents for Alexandria
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100 Dollars Reward.

DAN off from my plantation on the 95th
~ inst. bright Mulatlo Slave, named,
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For Freight,

xM The good schr. THREE-SlS-
SSS2TEKS, capt Lowell, hurthen TO
ms 4S Sr about 400 barrels, will be ready to-
morrow to receive freight for any eastern
port on application to ,DDC 70
Uzo ofs, for sale received per SAID se1r.
''D % ~ to tons plaster casks lime
q. bars fIherts July 9
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For Freight.

@E The schnr. VICTOR, burthen
go about 100 bbls. an excellent vessel
nj will take freight for any easter port
Apply "a above. July
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For Boston 8 NewburyPort,

ksI\ The brig THREE-bhU i1Lno,
sEsSR ca plain Rodgers, is now ready 10
- treight on board, and will sail IN a
few sen DAYS, and take freight for either OF the
iT ~. 20" ;,i,ces on reasonable terms. Apply
soO'e w. FOWLE & Co;
Who have for sale the cargo OF the schr.
Victor, captain bennett, of 80 tons plaster
,,aFis
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CITY BANK.

We understand, that at the adjourned
meeting of the Stockholders of the City Bank,
held this day, it was agreed, that the Di-
rectors proceed in closing its concerns; and
that further report Of proceedings be made
TO the Stockholders in May next, when it
can be better decided whether the Bank
shall be finally closed or not. Patriot.
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THE LATE COMET.

The Journal des Debats remarks" We
have had narrow escape The earth was,
on the e6th OF June, in the direction of the
tail Of the comet This wandering star, our
globe, and the sun, were then ON the sam.
line, and NJ. Oilers, celebrated astronr
mer OF Bremen observed the passage of the
comet over the suns disk.--The nucleus Of
the comet entered by the southern extremity,
al twenty two minutes after FIVE o'clock, real
time, and came out BY the northern extremi
fy at twenty-one minutes after nine o'clock
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From .RUore's Irish Melodies.
Oh, FOR THE SWORDS, SC.

AIR-.Nams Uakn04r.
Oh. for the swords of former time!
Oh. Tor the men tina, bore them,
When arm'd for right, they stood sublime
Aid tyrahts Crousl,ed before them!
When pure. yet ere courts began
With honnr's 20 enslave him,
The best honsrs worn by man
Were those which virtue gave him.
Oh. for the swords q former time, &c.
Oh. for the kings who flourish'd then!
Oh, for the pomP tina, cnwn'd them,
When hands and hearts OF freedom men
Were all tie ramparts round them.
When safe built on bosnms true,
The throne was but the centre
Round which love circle drew,
That treason durstnot enter.
Oh, for the swords OF former time, Sc.
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SELDOM.

This great man condescended to become
"a member OF the Assembly Of Diyines at
Westminster, in which capacity he did some
service, by preserving the public libraries
from dispersion. Among other objects to
which this synod directed its attention, one
was commentary on the scriptures of the
original languages, Of which great part of
the assembly we're ignoront. One day these
divines were busted for considerable time
m determining the distance between Jerusa.
lem and Jerico, on which knotty point thew
differed very much; till one of the blorher.
hood thought he could settle it by having
found that fish used to be carried from the
latter place to Jerusalem market. This So
luton was deemed satisfactory CONCLUSION
for the sbortness of the distance in so bot
. climate, when NJ Seldom no }plus,ed
.ah. % again. BY saying, that" perhaps it
might he sail ish "
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During this passage, the comet was seven
millions of German miles FROM the sun. and
fourteen millions from our planet.
WONDERFUL BOY.

Mr.. Christopher Bartlett, Of this town,
has son now three years of age, who, at
thirty two months old, was semitic school for
the first time. Without any previous instrmc-
tion.. The acquired competent knowledge OF
the alphabet IN two hours; and so rapid did
he learn the the combination of letters and
syllables into words, that at the,end OF two
or three days, he surpassed in spelling tie
best scholars in the school, aad maintained
bis place for FIVE successive days at the head
of the first class aad, until his father. alarm
ed at the visible decleusion of his health,
took him thence, and forbade him the use of
his book. Immediately on learning the al
phabst, be could readily spell without n,is
take, the longest ord, no matter OF how ma
ny syllables it was composed, provided
there were no silent lett IS IN it.
[Eiizabethtoun, Esss1 co. Patriot.
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nal but that Of BoLn, had any authority ovs
them. and persevered successfully in lie.
handing theirliberiy on their parole OF honor,
There can be no doubt that these proceed.
ings will produce great odium in Prussia on
the government; and they are of such IA
ture as rather TO exaspersle the people to re.
sistance, than t. Overawe them. Ii is TO be
hoped that all this will end in extortne
from Frederick William representative 20.
vern nent The parliaments of Bavaria ,aI
Baden are acting precisely the part Of the
English parliament with william iii. erfor.
cling economy, and reducing that dangerous
appendage to tree state-a standing armv.
They have received hints amounting 70 re-
nnnstrances, from the heads of the govern
ment: but have resisted all dictatiun and en-.
croachmenton their right. With spirit that
does them honor. These states are likelv IN
Term an admirable pattern for Zee other states
OF Germany and il is happy presage, that
The hrsl introduction Of the representative sys.
TEN into Germany is attended with circum.
stances, which promise long duration OF
strength and efficiency. With all the misery
which the French revolution has occasioned
the nations OF Europe, much substantial good
has been mingled: if France, Bavaria, Ba-
den, Prussia, and Spain have obtained, or are
Likely to obtain a considerable extension OF
political liberty, we shall have little reason to
regret the thunder storm, which has lighted
on the heads Of few tyrarts, seeing it has
cleared the political atmosphere, and cracked
the letters of degraded nations. To this con.
summation we look with confidence"
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Boston, October 90.
AFFAIRS OF EUROPE
eUentS.

AFFAIRS OF EUROPE
late Liverpool paper, in taking retros.
pective view of the Continent, remarks -
: No;wi,bs'a nding all the apparent tranquil
itv OF the continent, violent Internal s.ruy-
giles are making in many of its Kingdoms,
which seem to fore bode'a crisis in their seve-
raj constitutions and forms of government,
which must speedily issue in rigid con6r-
nation of The old system, or an acquisition by
the people of Hew ones. We do not merely
alude to Spain, which seems in as bad
condition as exhausted finances, a mutnous
army, and a discontented people can make
il but also 10 several Of the States OF Ger
many, whose situation is scarcely less inte-
resting. Ii is rather ominous for Prussia, that
Frederick William is pursuing course not
very unlike ;hat of Ferdinand The men who
were most bravel y and periodically active in
the expulsion Of Napoleon, in 1918, when
Prussi was in her low state," are now in
prisons, and under arrests, by the order of
the king, sharing the same fate as the brave
Cortes of Spain. This treatment is punish
ment TOR demonstrating with the king on the
shameful duplcity Of his conduct with regard
to the representative constitution he solemhly
promised to his suhjs cts, on conditions which
they have fulfilled. We cannot tell what cun.
tidence his fellow subscribers to the Holy Al
lance have in his kingy faith; but some Of
his subjects have formed a just estimate of it.,
and find it deplorabby wanting. 1t is vain,
indeed, to remind an ambitious king of no.
nor, gratitude, or principle /; but, though be
may spurn all these, hint that the safety of
his throne is endangered, may bring him to
timely composition with his insulted and
determined subjects. Such hiht, events, if
not words, are daily conveying; and the
mystery with which every acres is becoud'
ed by shackled press, only tends to aug
mcnt the apprehension, that the sore lies We
ry deep, and will not be speedily healed
The conduct of Frederick William is as in
judicious as il is unjust. He has put under
arrest many celebrated professors at the diff
ferent Universities, several of whom have
thousands ofpupils strongly attached TO them.
Professors John, CORES, Araht. and the two
Welkers, are among the number; of WHOM
the last three firmly maintained that nc tribu-
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Britain-the nation who is considered by this
letter writer as more likely TO quarrel with US
on account of the Fleridas than any other
1t seems to be supposed, tina, il Spain should
cede 10 us the FIoridas G. Britain will de-
mand, as an equivalent, the island of Cuba.
This is a strange sort Of claim. But il il is in
tended to be made, we have no hesitation in
believing, that Great Britain would remain
silent until the ccsSion Of the Flotidas is
made, for the sole purpose of setting up her
demanG for Cuba -lor if Great Britain can
make Spa.u cede Cuba to her as An equiva
lent for the transfer of the Fiorilas TO Us, she
would wish above all things that such trans
fer might be made. We very much doubt
whether any accession of territory would be.
gained by Great Britain, which that nation
would consider of more importance to her
commercial Interests and influence than that
isani. In this point of view. it is very ap-
parent. tina, the best thing that could happen
for 6. Britain would be the cession OF the
Flnri las 10 the United States, because that
would furnish her, according TO he SUPPOSE
ton, with conclusive argument why Cuba
should be transferred to her.
But. let the wishes and feelings of the Bril-
fish government. on this subject, be what
they may, We shall not readily be persuaded
that they are so lost to all wisdom and pru-
dence, as TO risk, for a phantom, the conse'
quences OF war with this country. She is
now involved, in consequence Of the wars Of
the last twenty five years, in as much diff
Guilty as she knows how to struggle with
The public debt is so enormous that the inte-
rest Of it swallows up almost the whole ma
tlonal income-the national expenditure is
great beyond all exa,nple--lo furnish supplies
the people are taxed 10 their ears, and are on
the borders Of desperation TO discharge the
public eyaclions the sums annually paid tor
the mere support OF paupcIs are Incredibly
great--ant tie poor and laborlng classes,
frequently thrown out of employment, and
suffering Tor bread, at the same moment, ST.
mu'atcd and chaied by dcmag ogues and un-
principled political despcradoes, are on the
verge OF rebellion Tor reform in govern
nent. Is it to he supposed, that under such
circumstances, the government will dare risk
a war for the pal,ry purpose of preventing the
u. States from obtaining title peacefully to
two comparatively insignificant provinces,
lying on our borders, and belonging to Spain?
Such things may be--fpr there is 10 limit 10
human folly, and especially to the folly and
madness of human governments; bat we
shall be slow to believe It.
We are no, surprised TO find such ideas sug-
gested. nor do we say that they are not well
founded. Thew may be real and they may
originate from sources Of political or mercan-
tile speculation but We hope our country
men will be wary enough not to be deluded
by them. We have specuiated too often, and
run risks too frequently. in this country-a
wiser and safer course will be--to Gait for
eUentS.
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From the Kingston, ~ C.) Chronicle.

Another pubic misfortune has befallen Ca
NADIA, in the recent death Of JOHN OGlLyY.
esq. MS msjesty's commissioner for ascer-
tanning tie boundary line between this ,oun-
try and The Uii;ed States. This gentleman.
while prosecuting the survey of lake Erie,
was attacked by species of fever, which
had prevailed in the adjoining country "a
mong the inhabitants as well as among bis
surveying party. He rem ined several days
i'll III his tent, exposei 10 the heat of the sun
by day, and the cold and d, VS. of the nig hit,
and couid not be persuaded by the most ear
nest enreates OF his attendants to repair to
Amherisburgh, where be might have had re-
gular medical assistance, until the last .xlre-
nifty, when the disease was too far advanced,
and his constitution waseanabIe longer to re-
sst its fatal progress. He died at the shuve
place after sixteen days illness, on the 18th
September, aged about So. and his remans
were inferred on the 3Oth with military ho-
nors.
Colonel Ogilvy, from his extensive infor-
nation and local knowledge. added To I'M
wearied perseverance and assiduity. was
eminenty qualified for the important charge
with which he had been honored, and VIZ tear
it will not be easy to replace him with per-
son equally capable, and equally disposed to
serve the country.
Mr.. Thomson, Mr.. Gray, and other per-
sons employed in the survey, arrived here in
the Frontenac last Friday on their way to
Lower Canada.
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LIGHT WITHOUT HEAT OR COMBUSTION
Eatract of q letter.

have lately seen an account of
discovery of a singular highly impor-
tant character. announced IL the latter
part If August, at Paris, by Profess
sor 1Nefnike, Ga German probably. wiz:
an al tifciaI gas. confined in glass. as
snming. by an electric shock. a perma-
nrnt. steady light, without heat or conf
buStiOn.
Here is grand des;deratum. indeed
"a candle which can be thrusted into
carded cotton inOyiOus, or into cistern
of water un"xtinguished which can DO
placed under ones pillow while We
sleep, and taken out at pleasure. Our
houses may be built with it in such a
manner az to avoid the necessity of those
cold holes of winter windows.
The whale may keep his blubbcr, and
tue shark his lirer the coasts of the
ocean may be lined with those newly
discovered (Pharoi) light. bearers they
may be sunk on reefs, and shine up infor-
nation through the deep; and. by an
tHotlhS tnC" III HHVS thiVuSo" WI '"""S
We may mark the ship roads, and nave
guide posts which tell the best path fos
each month in the year. across the pa
rallels of this ball. Extravagant as
this may seem. assure you that ] have
often entertained the idea that an insula
ted mass of electrOn according to Agus-
t.s B. Woodward or some phosphorus,
might be produced in permanently
useful form. We nowb battle up lightning
We cork up the enemy of the small
poe, and let him out at pleasure; we see
our way by peeping at the skies. or into
box, (Martner's compass.) where we
keep little n,odieum Of polar essence
to steer by, &c. You recollect that l7es
4 hearty laugh was raised against the
democrats, by comparing them to Inc
philosopher of luggbagg. extracting s.n
5sams from cucnnlberS. Deah s"'ft
would have put into his phiirsor'dcal
lohim -whams, the hottlirg Of iigi'tn"s'
together with the extractiuguf sunbcams
from cucumbess, had he thought OF H.
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Philadelphia, October 90

Three stages were loaded this morning
with Spanish Dollars, at the Bank of Penn
sylvania, for a commercial house in Boston,
amounting TO upwards Of loo, 900 dollars, in:
tended for the India trade.
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A NATIONS HAPPINESS.

The great source of nations happiness is
the morality of the people, as well as the po-
litical integrity of its rulers. Where there is
no morality there is no religion, and the peo-
pie will be Indifferent, to every thing about
them.
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DIRECT FROM CADIZ.

The ship Fanny, Williams, il. a short pas
sage, from Cadiz, bound 10 New-York, put
into New Haven, on Sunday. Captain w.
has dispatches for Government, from our
Minister at Madrid, proceeded by land to
New York. The only information we have
been able to gather from this arrival, is. that
Mr.. Forsyth will remain al Madrid ill further
instructions shall have been received from the
President; that the Spanish King did not in
fact refuse to ratify the treaty for ceding the
Floridas but suffered the time limited for
that purpose TO elapse, with an understand
ing or al expectation that the United States
would consequently avail herself OF the Flo
ridas by immediate occupation that Ferdi-
nand was Induced to this passive measure, in
consequence of the Interference of the Bril-
tish Government, which had put in its claim
for the ce.sion of the Island of Cuba, or for
some other equiv alent, as al offset TO tie
proposed cession 10 the United States.
i.New. Haver Herald.
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P0cket-Bo Lost.

7 WILL give ten dollars 10 any person
i wh will deliver TO me small rstl mo-
rocco pocket -5oos, with its contents, which
was los, on SATURDAY morning last in the
Market. House: Ii contained seventeen or
eighteen dollars IN bank notes. three 5 dol
lar notes of the Bank OF Alexandria. and
the balance in Corporation notes; and a
humber OF valuable rapers-among which
was note OF hand for 81 dollars and n
e,nts.--The papers can be or no use to any
person but lbe owner. Whoever will deli
YER it TO ne, with Its contents, shall receive
the above reward, and no questions asked.
April 81 81 EPHRAlM EVANS.
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To be Let,
Il long established Iursra stand, ssih q
Farm 0nnsred.

Il long established 1avsra stand, Ssifh a
Farm oans1ed.
TIME subscriber offers to let for term
Z of years, or a shorter period of time,
that well known tavern stani and farm, on
the turnpike road leading from Washing.
top lily 70 Baltimore, at the village OF
Evansville.
The farm contains 149 acres about so
of which is in good meadow land, one.third
of which is improved; almost all the re-
inainder cleared, and may he prepared for
timothy the ensuing fall. The buildings
are large, aud lately put in repair; with
new stables, neat garden, productive of
goo' frmt and vegetables, newly enclosed;
a well of good water convenient to the
house and stables. Immediate possession
will he given. To "a respectable person,
calculated to manage such an establish
raen., the terms will be easy. Apply 10
JOHN c. HERBERT,
near FansYille, Md.
April 81 luths5w
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District of Columbia, I
.A[Arandrla CounfY to Wif.

.AIAr0ndriG CoHnly 70 Wu.
ON the petition Of JABEziB. RooKER,
~ an insolvent debtor, now confined in
Che Jail Of Alexandra county for debt, No
tice' is hereby given TO the creditors Of the
said Jabez B. Rocker, that on the 1rst Mon
day in May next, sts o'clock, a: M. q
the court house Of said county, the oath
prescribed by an act Of congress Of the D.
States, entitled San act for The relief Of
insolvent debtors within the District Of CO.
lumbia," will be administered to the said
insolvent, and a trustee appointed, unless
sufficient cause to the contrary be then and
there shown.
Ordered, That this notice be published
twice week Tor three weeks before that
day in both fhe newspapers published in
Alexandra.
BY order &C the honorable VIM. Crancb.
chief Judge Of the United States circuit
court for the District Of Columbia.
EDMuND ]. LEE, c. c.
April s ,u,h3n