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Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1819-03-09
AleX'a. Common Council.
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March 6. |

March 6, 1919.
On balloIing for president of the coun.
Gil, James H. Hooe, esq, was elected, who,
after taking the oath of office prescribed by
law, before Thomas Vowel, esq. Justice
of the peace, administered the same to the
members present.
On ballo'ing for clerk and auditor, !.
T. Thompson was unanlmousy e-elecied.
On bailoting for messenger TO council,
Jas. Campbell was unanimously re elected.
On balloting for mayor. Jacob Hof.
man, esq. was reelected, TO whom the
oath Of Office was administered by Newton
keene, esq. a justice Of the peace, 10 the
presence OF the council.
On Balloting for keeper OF the poor
house, James Harris was unanimously re.
elected.
Ordered, That the rules and regulations
Of the last council be adopted, and thu: The
clerk do make out fair copy, altering the
phraseology in such cases as may be requi:
red, without altering the substance, and
that when returned. they he submitted to
council for their appreciation.
On balloting for assessors for the present
year, John T. Brooks and William Ramsay
were unanimously elected.
Ordered, That the mayor with the attor.
ney for the council issue any execution
held up by order Of the last council.
Resolved, Thatsll orders heretofore pass
ed fcT the expenditure Of money in reguIa'
ting or paving the streets. be suspended IT,
til the further order OF council.
Ordered, That Messrs. Keene, Keitb'
Ramsay, and T. Voweli be committee 70
bring in bills for fixing the salaries OF the
officer of the corporation. and orraislnsa
revenue for The present year.
Ordered, That Messrs. Grid, Vaudeville
Swift and j. c. Vowel be a committee to-
gether with the Superintendent Of Pol'';
10 rent out, at public auction, the fish wharf
and warehouse for the present season, snd
that the clerk give public notice that a.
tendance will be given by said committee
on the premises, on Monday the 18th ms
a, 10 O'Clock
Resolved. That the council will, on
Thursday next, proceed TO the election 0.
a Superintendent Of Police, Inspector Oh
fish. Keeper Of the powder house. super
intendent of watch, Clerk of the marSe,'
lTatchmen, Measures of lumber and corl,
ers of wood, and Police con,tables, anu
that the Clerk Of Council do give no'ice
thereof in the newspapers OF The town
Ex -act from the minutes.
Tcsie, I.P. THOMSON, c. L.
Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1819-03-09

nation 10 invite stronger into their coun.
try, 10 give their lands to strangers whom
no affinity OF manners, or similtude OF OPT
Mon can be said to recommend. to permit
them to build towns from which the ma
lives are excluded. 10 raise tortresses by
which they are inundated, to settle them
selves with such strength that they cannot
afterwards be expelled, but are for ever to
remain the masters of the original inhabl-
tants, the -,iictators Of their conduct, and
the arbiters oftheir fate %
"When we see men acting thus against
the precepts Of reason, and The instincts Of
nature, we cannot hesitate to determine that
by some means or other they were debarred
from choice that they were lured or fright
ed into compliance that they either grant
ed what they found it impossible to keep,
or expected advantages on the faith of their
new inmates, which there was no purpose
to confer upon them. Itcapnot be said that
the Indians originally invited US TO their
coasts; we went uncalled and unexpected
to nations who had no Imagination that the
earth contained any inhabitants so distant,
and 50 different from themselves. We as.
tonished them with our ships, with our arms
and with our general superiority. They
yielded to US as beings of another and high
er race, sent among them from some IN
known regions, with power which naked
Indians could not resist, and which they
were therefore, by every act Of humility
to propitiate. that they who could so easily
destroy might be induced to spare"
/ To this influence, and to this only, are
to be attributed all the cessions Of the In
dian chieftains, If indeed any suth cessions
were ever made, of uhich 5re hare no cit
ness but those who claim from them; and
there is no grea, m,clignityin suspecting t.at
those zrko hare robbed hare also he'd
"The American dispute between the
French and US, is therefore only the quar-
rel of,two robbers for the spoils of pas
senger; but as robbers have terms Of con-
federacy, which they are obliged to OBJ
serve as members Of the gang, so the Eng
lish and French may have relative rights.
and do Injustice TO each other, while both
are injuring the Indians"
Such is the moral ground upon which the
tenure of Europeans TO the possession Of N.
America stood in 1856, as described by Sa-
muel Johnson land such is the tenure by
which we, as their heirs, now hold it
Might il not be worth while then, in all
contests with that race, 10 consider them
as an aggrieved, cruelty wronged people,
and to abate little of whatever right war
may give us a claim to, than exceed il by
harshnss and an overstrained intelprela-
ton Of laws OF our own making?
Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1819-03-09

TThe Members of the
Band will meet at the Court House THIS
EVENING at Z o'clock.
VIM A. WILLIAMS,
Adj. LIST Regt. End Brig. M.D.C.
March 9
Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1819-03-09
OEEIClouSNESS.

An excellent rule for living happy in So
cie;y is, never TO concern ones self with
the affairs Of others, unless they desire it.
Under pretence of being useful, people Of
ten shew more curiosity thanxi
Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1819-03-09
SELECTED.
WOMAN.

Gone from her cheek is the summer bloom'
And her breath hath lost all its faint perfume,
And the gloss hath dropped from her golden
hair,
And her forehead is pale, though no longer
fair;
And the Spirit that sat on her soft blue eye,
Is struck with cold mortality,
And the smile that played on her lip has fed
And every grace hath now lett the dead.
Like slaves they obeyed her in height OF
power,
But left her all in her wintry hour;
And the crowds that swore for her love to
die,
Shrank from the tone of herlast sad sigh -
And this is Mans fidelity.
'Tis H'oman alone, with firmer heart,
Can see all these idols of life depart,
And love the more and soothe, and bless
Man in his utter wretchedness.
Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1819-03-09

FRANCIS ADAMS, Esq. of this town, is ap'
pointed by the President and Senate, to be
Consul of the u. S. at Trieste.
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ALEXANDRIA,:
TUESDAY, yM.4RCH q, 1919.

JACOB HoFFMAN, esq was on Saturday
last re reelected mayor of this town.
Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1819-03-09

The president has, by proclamation OF
the second instant recognised JONATHAN
sw1rr, esq consul ofthe United Kingdom
ofPortugal. Brazil, and Algarves, tor the
district of Columbia.
Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1819-03-09

Real misery viii, | hope always meet
with sympathy. Nature has taken care that
it should touch our feeling, in order to ex-
tort reliefii possible. But the affectation
OF it, whether in books, in life or in CONVEX
,ation, must find a different treatment, that
itmay be disc0antenanceI
Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1819-03-09
SUPREME COURT.

Saturday, .Narch 5.
Mr.. Justice Johnson delivered the opin-
ion of the Court in the case of Aston against
Wells, affirming the decree Of the Circuit
Court.
Mr. ChiefJus:ice Marshall delivered the
unanimous opinion Of The Court in the case
of McCulloch against the State OF Mary
land,
1st. That Congress had constitutionally
right 10 establish the bank Of the United
States.
eddy. That the bank has authority to
establish branches in such states Of the u
MON as it thinks fit.
3dly. That the State Of Maryland has
no right to tax the branch of the bank eS.
tablished in that state,
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81. John, ~. b. Feb. 9.


A large whale was driven on shore in the
late gales, near Point Lapreaux, measuring
nearly 70 feet in length, and about 10 feet
thick. Messrs. Dawson and M'Neii, who
first discovered this monster ofthe deep, and
who considered il as their bona tfde proper
ty, inform that from the number of bruises
OH the body and head, It must have been
previously entangled among the breakers,
where il probably wallowed till it died.
When found, the tongue projected out Of
the mouth about feet. It's of the female
kind, and will probably yield about 80 bar
rels of oil. The body lies in the shape of
curve, and is driven an incredible distance
up the beach.
Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1819-03-09

Markets at .Eatansas, FEB. 1lG, 1919,
White Pine Lumber, % dols.-Shingles,
Southern. Goldfish, box, 6-Beef 2a
per bbl-Pork, 3O-Lard, 80 CTS. per ID
Butter, a5 cts.-Hams, none at market
returns-Molasses, 10 bits per keg--Sngar
White i | dolls Brown 8 dol!s-Muscoya-
do, s dolls per 100 lbs [Balt. ~ c.
Edwardsville spectator. [volume] (Edwardsville, Ill.) 1819-1826, 1819-12-11
TOWN OF OVID.

NIFTY Lots will be offered for sale, on
IL Thursday, Friday, and Saturday, Of the
second week of December next, in the town
of OVID, and fifty on Thursday, Friday, and
Saturday, of the second week of April next.
Payments, nine, eighteen, and twenty-four
months.
This town is beautifully situated, in Jackson
county, state of Illinois, on the main road lead
ing from the towns of America, Golconda, &c.
through Jonesborough and Brownsville, to Kas-
kaskia, st. Louis, &c.; eight miles from the
Mississippi river, fifteen miles from Browns
vile, and about the same distance from Jones'
borough The neighboring lands are of SUI
perior quality, ON which is already formed
large settlement. There is, however, con-
siderable quantity ofexcellent landin the neigh
borhood yet unentered. 1t is Immediately ON
the line which divides the counties of Jackson
and Union, the lands Of which are equal to any
in the state, and both of which are possessed
Of numerous excellent mill-seats and several
mills about to be put in operation, some one.
two, four, and six miles distant from the town
of Ovid. 1t has, also, SO many other advanta-
ges not here enumerated, that it cannot fail to
excite, in those who may please to visit it, .
high interest in its favor.
Lots can be purchased. at private sale, pre-
vious to the time nominated for the public sales
by applying to EDDY & KENNEL, Shawnee-
town, PETER KIMMEL, Somerset, Pennsyl-
vania; or to the proprietors in the town Of
Ovid, or Brownsville. k
S. H. KIMMEE, ! pro.,;s,,..
| E. HARRELD, 'of"'e'0'S'
| Octo5er2 90, 1819-4m28
Edwardsville spectator. [volume] (Edwardsville, Ill.) 1819-1826, 1819-12-11
FROM THE TRENTON TRUE AMERICAN.
PUBLIC MEETING,
RESPECTING SLAVERY

At large and respectable meeting of
he citizens of the state of New-Jersey,
held at the state house in Trenton, the
29th of October, 1919, for the purpose
of taking into consideration the subjectof
SLAVERY in states hereafter to be adj
mitted into the Union, pursuant to public
notice,
The Hon. JESSE UpsoN, Vice-presi-
dent of the State, was appointed Chair
man, and WIN. GR1rrIrH, Esq. Secreta-
ny.
The meeting after due consideration
and discussion, unanimously adopted the
following preamble and resolutions:
WHEREAS the abolition Of Slavery
IN this country, and, most especially,
the prevention of the importation OF
slaves into it, are, not only the anxious
and ardent desires of the just and hui
name citizens ofthe United States; but.
lntruth, important objects of national pc.
licy, happiness, and security; and where.
Edwardsville spectator. [volume] (Edwardsville, Ill.) 1819-1826, 1819-12-11
StrayeA

EROM the subscriber, about the middle Oh
Il October, two red HElFERS, with white
faces, four years old next spring; three steers
one four, one three, and one two years old
next spring-all marked with crop and sill
in the left ear, and swallow-fork in the right
except one Of the hefers, which has no mark
Any person who will give such information
of said cattle that they may be found, shall
receive reward of one dollar per head, or
two dollars per head for returning them to the
subscriber, living on Indian creek, or at the
Cahokia bridge near Edwardsville.
MICHAEL DODD.
December 9, 18lo-3t29*
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-s@eSS0N VSee&

DIED-At Alton, on Tuesday last, after Q
lingering illness, Mr.. ELISHA DoDsE, cabinet
maker. BY his death, which is lamented by
all who knew him, society has lost an industri
GUS mechanic, useful citizen, and an honest
man.
In Hancock county. Georgia, ON the 23d
Oct. his excellency WILLIAM RABUN, governor
of that state.
AT Northampton, Massachusetts,, OH the 7tl
Nov. the Hon. CALEB STRONG, late governor
of that state.
At Sehn's Grove, Pennsylvania, on the 9tl
Nov. the Hon. SIMON SNYDER, late governor O
that state.
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HAY MANUFaCTONY.

YVHE subscribers respectfully inform the
i citizens of Edwardsville and its vicinity,
that they have now commenced the HAT
TING BUSINESS, in all its various branches,
in the house lately occupied by Thornton Pee
pies, esq. directly opposite the Office of the Ed
wardsville Spectator, where all orders in their
line will be promptly attended to.
N. B. The highest prices will be given for
FURS and WOOL suitable for their business.
]. C. BRUNER s. STUCKEY.
Edwa.dsville, Nov.20, 1819-26H
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Frankfort, ( Germany J Sent.

frankfort, Germany Seht. ?.
Whilst the King of Batavia is occupi-
ed in reducing his army, Austria, on the
contrary, is making preparations which
begin to engage seriously the attention
of Germany. The army of that power
has just received an addition Of eighty
thousand men, raised by the late levy ;
and second levy is even spoken of.
TO this increase Of military force must
be added, all the battalions OF iandwehr,
which are armed and equipt, and only
wait al order to joia the troops ofth
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70 I.et or IAease.

TEVHE subscriber has just had finished large
i and commodious BUILDINGS, suitable
for public entertainment in the town of ALToN,
on the bank Of the Mississippi, near the Foun-
tain Ferry, on the main road to Boon's Lick
and Salt river. He is disposed to let them on
moderate terms, when suited with tenant
From its local situation there can be no doubt
of its becoming one Of the best stands in the
state.
CHARLES w. HUNTER.
Alton, Illinois, .Nav. 18th, 1819-f29
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Notice..

4 LII persons indebted to the subscriber.
N either bynote or book account will please
call at my shop in the Town of Illinois, and
make payment to Mr. c. CAMPBELL, whom I
have left to settle the same. The great want
of money compels me to make this request
| expect to be absent for two or three months.
and hope on my return to find my books gen.
orally closed.
CLAYTON TIFEN,
Illinois, Nov. 6sh, 1819--st25
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ujje From the difficulty already experienced
in making collections,the editor is compelled to
make an alteration in the terms of subscribing
to the Spectator. No subscription 1uiHhereatae1
be received, ualess Payment for one year be made
IN Advance. Money transmitted by mall OF
otherwise, must be such as is received in the
Land-Office at this place, list of which is re-
gularly published on the fourth page.
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Books for Sale.

DUSSELL'S MODERN EUROPE, vols.
IL Vols. II and IL AMERICAN STATE
PAPERS, 8 copies.
LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES, 5yols.
BLACKSTONE'S COMMENTARIES ON
THE LAWS OF ENGLAND, 4 vols.
The above books are of the latest and most
approved editions.
Apply at this Office. =.
Nov, 27-tf
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NOTICE..

VE7HE public are cautioned against counte-
Il nancing or harborng black boy by the
name of HENRY HICKS, he having been, OBJ
the 25th ult. discharged from my employ for
conduct highly offensive. The object of this
notice is to warn the public from trusting him
under the belief that he may be in my employ,
under which pretence he has been in the habit
of obtaining credit at Edwardsville and elser
where.
X. r. ALLEN.
Madison County, 30th .Nop. 1819-3t2S
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GOODS.
CONSISTING OF

CONSISTING OF
Domestic Checks and Stripes.
Coarse and fine Calicoes,
Broadcloth,
Dimities,
White Muslins,
Hkfs. and Shawls,
Velyets,
Leno Muslins,
Silks, &c.
A8RDW.4RE
Saddle.trees and Saddlery,
Shoemakers' Knives and Forks
Morocco Skins,
Mill and y cut Saws,
Cast steel Hand Saws,
Cast steel brass and iron-back'd dovetal Sac
and lemon Saws,
Fire-wood Saws,
Compass, Grating, and Frame Saws,
Crowley Steel,
Warranted Clocks,
A general assortment of Castings,
One set of Blacksmith's Tools,
Two sets of best Stills,
One pair patent Scales and Weights
Two dozen Sleeves,
Two sets Saw-mll Irons,
Mems and women's Shoes, coarse and finee
Assorted Japanned and Tin Ware,
Worsted and woollen Hose.
To be sold for cash to the highest bidder.
Current paper on banks in good standing, win
be received in payment. The paper on tho
banks of Ohio, Indiana, Kentucky, and NASH
vile, will be received for goods at private sales
but not otherwise. The auction will continue
on the above days in every week, until the
whole stock is sold.
DANIEL d. SMITH.
N. d. A few barrels of SUGAR will also be
offered.
Edsvardsville, Nop. 90, 1819-28f
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masonic NOTICE.

VTyHE members of LIB.qN'LJS LODGE No.
i %, will celebrate the approaching festival
of ST. JOHN THE EVANGELIST, at Ed
wardsville. Transient brethren are respect.
fully invited to unite.
By order,
RID. T. M'KENNEY, Sec'ry.
Dec. 10, 5819-2t29*
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Washington HALL,
TOW.N OF ILLINOIS,.

VTVHE subscriber now occupies the BRICK
Il TAVERN, formerly occupied by Doctor
c. TIFrIN, and hatters himself, that from his
arrangements and particular attention to &C
commodate travellers, those who call on him
will be sufficiently satisfied. His bar is, and
constantly shall be, well furnished with liquors
Of all descriptions the country can afford
His stables are provided with plenty of hay,
oats, and corn, and shall be well attended to.
JOHN BULLARD.
October 10Th, 1819-24tf
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The sixteenth congress Of the United
States was to have convened at Washing
ton on Monday last. The present scs-
sion will probably be characterized by
decision on many subjects of the great
est interest to the nation. Among these
is the Missouri state bill, which the St.
Louis Enquirer informs us, would be
introduced by Mr.. Scott as soon as the
house should be organized for business.
On this question there will be an increas-
ed majority in the house of representa-
tives against admitting that territory into
the union as state, without prohibiting
the importation Of slaves into it. Whe-
ther the bill, with the restriction, will
pass the senate, is uncertain. If the
members from the free states do their
duty to their constituents, and those from
the slave states vote as their temporary
interests may dictate, that body will be
equally divided; and the decision then
devolving upon the vice-president, the
bill will pass both houses.
On the subject of the extension of
slavery into states hereafter to be admitted
into the union, the sentiments of the peo-
pie of the free states may be seen by a
reference to the resolutions passed at the
meeting at Trenton, published in this
days paper. 1t appears by notice in
the New-York Advertiser of the 18th
ult. that general meeting ofthe citizens
of New-Y York was to be held on the same
subject.
Another topic which excites conside-
rable interest in Missouri, is that of the
Spanish grants of lands, (or pretended
grants which remain uncenfrmed. All
lands which the Spanish government
had granted as donations to emigrants,
and which had been surveyed previous
to the treaty of cession, were confirmed,
without delay, by the government of the
United States; but, subsequently, in
Vulnerable claims on account of Spa.
nish grants have been presented for
confirmation, which it is believed were
ante dated and obtained during the nego-
citation of the treaty, and after its ratih-
cation. Under this impression, most
of the grants which had not been sur
veyed at the time Of the ratification of
the treaty, have been rejected by con-
gress.
Mr.. Scott, the delegate from Missou-
ri, previous to the election circulated a
handful, in which, after assuring the
electors that he was not in favor of d.
vision of the territory by the Missouri
river, as had been reported, he says
"As it respects the land claims, have many
pot confirmed by existing laws, and my whole
interests are therefore united to obtain some
thing further in favor Of rejected land claims. "
This acknowledgement of his interest
IN the decision of congress with respect
70 these claims may have answered his
purpose in engaging the electioneering
services of those spectators into whose
hands they had fallen; but it cannot in
crease his influence in the house ofrepre.
eentatives in its decision on the merits
of those claims.
FROM THE TRENTON TRUE AMERICAN.
u. PIIRIIC NETTING
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The transportation of the mails on the
new post routes in this state and Nilsson
II, which was to have commenced on
the 18th of November, has been post.
poned by the posmaster-general, except
Non the route between this place and Kas-
saskia, until the first of January.
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EAWarAsviNe Hotel,

SIGN OF GEN WASHING TON
wv C. WIGGINS, informs his friends and
w . the public, that he has opened house
for their accommodation in the brick building
on the north east side of the Public Square,
where he will be glad to accommodate those
who may favor him with call.
Edwardsville, Nov. 20, 1819--26tf
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Matchmaking.

TIME subscribers inform their friends and
i the public in general that they have CON-
mcnced the blacksmith and gunsmith business
in the new Addition to Edwardsville, near to
Jeptha Lampkins's, where business will be
done ON the shortest notice and most reasona-
BILE terms. Ay
DENTON & SMITH.
N. B. All sorts of edge tools made and in
sured six months.
EdzvardsuiNe, Dec. II, 1819-29tf
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Notice..

WILL apply at the next Commissioners
Il Court for Madison county, to be held in the
town of Edwardsyile on the first Monday in
the month of March next, for FERRY at
Fort Clark, across the Illinois, in the southeast
quarter of section 8, Township north, Range
east.
RICH'D. BERRIAN.
Ed1cardSui7le, Dec. 9, 1819-29tc
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Notice.

O\VVICCs
"E hereby forbid all persons from cuttings
w or carrying away, any timber from off
our Lots in the Town of Edwardsville, with.
out permission, at the peril of the law.
T. w. SMITH,
WILLIAM l.. MAY,
JOHN TODD.
NINIAN EDWARDS.
BEN. STEPHENSON.
Edvards1ilye, December 2, 1819-4t %,
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Col. Elias Rector has been appointed
postmaster at St. Louis, in place of A.
T. Crane, Esq. deceased.