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Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1820-03-23
Extracts from a Law

0fAs Corporations TO prop,de for the speedy
ertineuishment of Fare, &c.
Sec /. That every proprietor OF any dwell
hug house, or store house within the limits OF
the corporation, shall, at his or her own ex-
pence, provide as many fire buckets. made
Of good aud suitable leather, and containing
stleast two and a half gallons, as shall be e.
gal in number to the stories IN such house.
Frovtjed That no proprietor shall, IN any
case be compelled 10 provide more than
three buckets for one house. Every proprie-
tor who shall neglect to procure the proper
humber OF buckets in the manner herein d.
scted, shall forfeit and pay one dollar per
month TOR each bucket he shall SO neglect
y procure. The proptietors of all dwell.
mig houses and store houses winch shall
Hereafter be erected within the corporation,
saali furnish the same with buckets IN the
manner before prescribed, within two months
after such houses shall be occupied or tail.
ing to do 50, shall be subject to the penalties
before mentioned.
2. Where the proprietor of any dwelling
aanse or store house residing cat OF the limits
o. the corporation, shall neglect to comply
With the reauisitions OF this act, the oceupier
o. such house shall within two months after
e6ming 10 the possession thereof, procure
u, necessary buckets and failing TO pro-
vide t,e same, shall be subject to The like Pc
ha!,ies as are in such case imposed on me
proprietor.
) Il shall be the duty OF the superinten-
sentof police, once in SIX months al least, to
nst the houses within The Limits OF the cor
poratinn 10 examine and take an account OF
'ae b1ckets belonging to such houses, and 10
Mnor' 10 the mayor the names Jt all persons
~so shall neglect to p OXIDE and keep the
VINE, according to the acquisitions of this act.
's.3l&32 GEO. CORYELL, Sup. Pc.
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Woods Improved
(FREEBORN)
Patent Cast Iron Plough.

Patent Cast Iron Plough.
THIS indispensable implement in bus
Il bandry is at length perfected. Jethro
Wood, practical Farmer, in Cayuga cy.
state of N York, after many years attention
to the subject, has overcome oil prejudice
His Cast Iron Plough, already patented in
England, in France, in Russia, and in the
U. States. where it viii supersede all others,
is now offered the public with Improvements,
warranted to perform all the various ope-
ra,ions of ploughing with less expense and
far less fatigue to the team, than any other
ploush-the land side. mould board and
share being all of cast metal tempered SO as
to resist friction much longer than wrought
iron laid with steel. The shares being cast
in moulds exactly fitted, by taking several
with each Plough, not only avoids the ex-
peose, but the delay Sc often attending re-
pair. Orders for the above Ploughs, Shares,
&c. promptly executed, and liberal dis.
count made to those who buy to sell again,
by J. Fl. LADD, f. Co.
ian s2 Perpetrators Agents. alexandria
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100 Dollars Reward.

D AN AWAY from the subscriber, living
IN in Pomonkey Neck, Charles county,
Maryland, opposite Mount Vernon, a very
likely negro man, known by the name OF
JAMES HOOE,--o dark complexion, about
5 feet 9 or 10 inches high.-He is very po.
lite negro, ofeasy familiar speech, and is a
His clothing j. not known. Whoever win
apprehend said negro, and secure him in any
Jail, SO that get him again, shall receive
thirty dollars, if taken in Alexandria or the
City Of Washington, or thirty miles from
home--if Fifty miles, fifty doIlars--and if in
Pennsylvania, the above reward
II is probable he may be about the City Of
Washington, or Baltimore, endeavoring t.
make his way to Philadelphia
Dec, 10 CIV THOMAS MARSHALL.
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Notice.

NOR the information of the public in ge-
A. neral that the Poor may know where to
apply to obtain orders for the benefit of the
House of Industry. for supply of Soup and
Work, the following plan is submitted -.
John Harper superintends in the ist ward.
from the east side oiFairfax- street to the III.
yer Charles Page from the west side of
Fairfax-streetto the east OF Pittstreet.
Guy 1tkinson superintends ip the second
ward, from the east side of Fairfax-street to
the river; Bernard Bryan from the west side
of Fairfax-street to the east side OF Pitt-st.
Isaac Robbins superintends in the third
ward from the west side of Pitt street to the
east of Columbus street .4nthony Grease fun.
the west side of Columbus.street 10 the ex-
tent of the corporation.
.Mordecai Miller superintends in the fourth
ward, from the west side of Pitt-street to the
east side Of Alfred-street and Jonathan Jan
neu fromthe east side of Alfred streetto the
extent ofthe corporation.
iaa I3 President.
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Mahogany & Furniture.

HAVE just received per sloop Fanny,
u from Baltimore, about 5000 feet Bay Ma
hogany, in logs, which will be sold to suit
purchasers, either in the log or board, at
reduced price. Gentlemen who are build
ing can be supplied with hand railing, cut to
any dimensions, at short notice.
Also, on huna, and for sale,
A quantity of cabinet furniture, which will
be sold cheap, and warranted to be made by
the best workmen, and of the best materials.
All orders for furniture, which the subscri.
Der may be favored with FROM the country
or elsewhere, will be promptly attended to.
and executed 10 superior style.
ROBERT ABERCROMBTE
The National Intelligencer will insert the
above three times, and forward their account
to this office. oct. IS
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Signor Muscarelli.

pROFESSOR of Music, lately from Italy,
u resident OF Georgetown, intends devo.
ting some of his time TO the ladies and gen.
tlemen of Alexandra in the line of his pro-
fession. He teaches vocal music and the ri.
ano forte after the much approved Italian
manner. in accompanying the scholar with bis
violin. He can give lessons on the French,
English and Spanish guitar, and on the violin
ifwished. He also tenders his services in tu.
ming piano fortes. The days which his Gu
gagements in Georgetown and Washington
have left him are Wednesday and Saturday
Further particulars may be had, by ma.
king application at LOUIS BEELER'S con.
feeiionery store King-street.
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THURSDAY MORNING, MARCH 49, 1870
Shoes.

A FRESH supply just received and for
IN sale by the subscribers, consisting OF
the following kinds -
800 pair ladies' morocco walking shoes
100 Go do cork sole do do
so do do morocco bootees
800 do do do slips
500 do do do do with heels
400 do do leather walking shoes. thick
soles
400 do W. C. black + cold roam slips
800 do do leather pumps
600 do do do thick soles
200 do misses dc shoes
SO do ladies' white kid slips
200 do misses blk. 4. col'd NOR. do
600 do mems thick shoes
800 do nail'd do
800 do boys do do
800 do do bound do
4oo do mems do do
loo do gentemen's fine do
loo do do do pumps
In Store,
Mems low priced fur and wool hats.
All of the above articles are offered for
sale, at reduced prices, FOR cAsH--Country
merchants supplied at Baltimore and Phi.
ladelphia prices. S. Sd. REED.
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s. Drew, Merchant Tailor.
Removed from Fatrf -street to the cornsr d
ksnS and Columbus streets, andhis

fsmoued from Fairfar-strees to the corner of
K'1s and Columbus streets, andhis
-roororg prices falling,
X ESPECTFULLY acquaints his cus,o
~ ners ana TIE citizens in general that
ne mas removed as above, where be will
study to give satisfaction, He has by him
small put well assorted stock Of goods.
winch VIII be found on inspection to be Of
the pest quality, the whole OF which he
wishes to sell low for cash, and as further
Inducements 10 purchasers he offers 10 cut
pattern gratis.
S. Drew aware, of the advantage a ready
money business has over one Where l6s1
credit IS given, thinks that a distinctioS
ought to be made in the prices in each case.
and as the price of provisions are low at
present, he is glad to be able TO announce
10 those customers who will feel disposed
to pay, him ready money for his work, that
ne VIII reduce the price OF making TO them
according TO the present Journeymen's wa
ges; and TO prevent any supposed imposi-
ton on the one hand or dissatisfaction on the
other he 10 willing to be governed by the
printed regulations of prices by which the
journeymen are paid in Alexandra.
49, Diedu, EouF, Deel, groceries, II.
quor' or any thing valuable taken in ex.
change for clothes.
s. Drew has this day opened tavern in
the same house, where he has laid in sup
ply Il Philadelphia and the district porter
and ale, together with liquors of the best
quality, and be feels confident that he shall
be able to give satisfaction to all who Will
please to favor him with call.-He is ft-
ting up his house for the accommodation OF
boarders, travellers, &c. and from its central
good beds and stabling, together
with other requisites, be presumes that i
will be found convenient establishment.
ney IS
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To Rent.

A.. FOR one or more years, my Ware
FTP House Gre prooD and Wharf, occu-
E.sss pied at present by VIM. Fowle, &
So Co. possession TO be given lst April,
I99O.-Aiso three story Brick Ware House,
Il prince, one door from the corner of Uni
~. street-and number of good lots in diff
isrent parts of the town, to lease by the year
Tor ever. For terms apply to ELISHA or
ROMULUS RIGGS, Georgetown, or to
J. LAWRASON, Alex.
feb IL II
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New Publications
find other UaIuubJe Books

Just received and for sale by
- JAMES KENNEDY &. SON,
Complete sets of the Sketch Book, BY
Geofry Crayon, gent.
Do Salmsgundi, new series
Berington's lives of Abeillard & Heleise
lakewood Hall, novel in 2 vols
Crabbe's Tales of the Hall, vols
Tales of my Landlord, Sd series
Walsh's Appeal to the people of the Uni
ted States
Bonaycastle's Account of South America
Darby's Tour from New York to Detroit
Latrobe's Visit to South Africa
Halls Account to the Loo Choo Islands
BARR y On and Beaufoy on the North Pole
DUBOIS Account of India
De Stael on the French Revolution
= Hazlitt's Lectures on the comic writer's OF
&. Britain
Phillips's Speeches.
Do Recollections of Curran
Memoirs of DR.. Finley
Giles History of Greece
Goldsmith's History of Rome
The works ofHannah More, Milton, T hon
son, Goldsmith. Cowper, and Burns, in ele-
giant calf gilt binding elegant extracts in
prose and verse, l2 vols. C. gilt with ma
ny others !; bibles, testaments, common pray
er, psalms and hymn books, Of all sizes and
in every kind of binding (; cheap testaments
suitable for schools all the latin and Greek
classics now in use. eotf nov IS
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To Rent.

-. That large Brick Warehouse at
kTTsf the corner OF King and West streets.
Esssi Also, the Brick Warehouse now oc-
Aklcupied by the subscriber. which is
Stted up to accommodate family.
Also, Two frame dwellings and shops to
che east Of said Warehouse.
Also. the brick dwelling house, now in the
occupancy of Mr.. Eupton. Possession to be
given on The lst April.
And, the brick dwelling occupied by Mr..
Thomas Swami, Jr. Possession given the
The above premises will be rented low,
and the whole or any part Of the above va
i,,ble property sold on accommodating
terms. 1AmGo oaHDcnoON.
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K7ILLlAM TRUE, has just received and
w offers for sale, on the most reasonable
terms, general assortment of ladies', gen.
tlemen's, and chiIdren's coarse and fine
SHOES, suitable for the present and ap.
preaching season, and warranted good.
ALSO,
A general assortment Of mems and boys
coarse and fine Hats. All the above articles
are offered wholesale or retail at the lowest
Baltimore and Philadelphia prices.
October 28 Il
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k,or Saic.

TIME HOUSE and LOT in which | used
l. to resideinthe town of Alexandra. ,on-
tanning an acre of ground, on Westinghouse.
being one of the most agreeable situations foE
genteel family in that town. For terms
aud view of the property, apply to jones
L. .NcKenna, esq. who rs fully authorized
- treat for and dispose OF the same, and will
explain any facts respecting il whichma be
required. JOHN HOPh'No
Hill and Dale, April 20.
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To Let.

Two houses, near the Toll Gate,
&fT West End--one convenient two
ksssi story house, and in complete order.
800 Any additional Improvement, IN the
ray of a shop, &c. will be made to accomo-
nodate tenant, who wants an advantageous
establishment. Also two small comfortable
houses agreeably situated in town. These
houses viii be rented low TO good tenants.
Osc A. HOLLBROOK.
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TO Let,

A,.us ON moderate terms. three story
EY4 brick House, In a central part OF
sss. me town, well calculated tor pr'-
Ea1nl vate family, or genteei ooarolne
house. Possession given On or before .ne Isl
Of December next. Inquire OF the Ifih'er'
iune % W"
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Bryan Hampson e Co.

HAVE on hand, and offer for sale
III IS hhds. 4, 100 bbls Ist 4. ed quality
Muscovado sugars
so hhds. bright molasses
SO do Jamaica and Antigua rum
100 bags prime green coffee
pipes London part. Tenerife wine
10 do Sicily Madeira do
80 quarter casks Malaga do
4 cases London mustard containing
pound f. half pound cannisters
hhds English alum
1900 lbs. madden
Afew tons patent shot, assorted sizes
White lead in kegs
1000 lbs. bees wax
/. 5000 800 s ss:ss'' s' f;ss alum |sA1r
400 tons plaster.
With a general assortment of groceries,
and a constant supply of the best family
-four september 81
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For Sale or Rent,

49,. The unexpired lease ofthe Spring
Eff3f Garden, with all the improvements
49,. now attached thereto; as well as
AEsaithe crop in the ground; the whole
being 10 high state OF cultivation.
Enluire OF the printer nov 70
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Sugar, Coffee, Hemp, &c.
TIME cargo of the schooner New Packet,
4 Snow, from Boston, for sal, by
VIM. FOWLE f. co.
s5 hhds. of St. Croix sugars of sup. quail.
1870 bbls. muscovado do. ofgood. quality
1000 lbs coffee
II tons first quality St. Petersburg hemp
70 bolts Russia duck
70 casks nails OF different sizes
10 casks linseedl or.
7 do lamp oiL
An invoice Of silk goods, consisting Of
case Nankin grapes
do sewing silk, assorted colors
do sarsenetts do
8 do levantine ahawls do
All Of which were particularly selected in
Canton, and aresofsuperi1 quality.
Also, for safe,
The cargo of schr. Seneca, capt. Winslow,
from Portland
81 bbls. muscovado sugar
S hhds, retailing molasses
10000 feet merchandise clear lumber
500 bushels potatoes.
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CONDITIONS.

~, CONDITIONS.
i; !; be above work will be printed on fine
medium U paper, and good type. " ''''o
Z. Each number viii contain o. r
close letter press, the whole TO be com sr;se3
volume N'o''e octave
8. one number will be delivered each
week until the whole be compIe ted Npr;ca
IL i'x cents--payable on delivery. AZ
IT. ~ asa week y delivery may NOT be acceD.
table to all readers, those subscribers who
prefer taxing the volume complete NAV have
Il oellVereo to them, neatly done I'd ~
ooaras, price One Dollar. by paying 50 CTS
5. ibis work will have the ADVANTAGE of
containing many speeches, not PUBLISHED in
O. list OF subscribers names will be
published at the conclusion. ~ p" ~ ."
G-Suoscr.ptiOn, received a.tti o6rss
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To Rent,

So That large and commodious brick
d warehouse, lately occupied by Geo.
S.SE Kincaid; also, the frame dwelling
G.&ssib house. and store adjoining. The a,
bcve property is wellsituated for the tiour and
ff.:erY business, will be rented low to good
tenants, and possession given immedlately;-
iuly 8 JAMES SANDERSON.
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Proposals
For Publishing BY Subscription.
THE SPEECHES
OF
: CH.fRLES PHILLIPS, ESQ
BARRIsTER AT LAW.
Correctly printed from the English edition
edited By himself.
BARRIsTER AT LAW.

YNHE publishers in Offering the above work
u to an enlightened and discriminating
public, feel confident of receiving that en-?
enlargement which has hitherto been so Ii
berally bestowed upon all productions of me-
ri. Among the many orators who have dis
played their eloquence at the bar, both in
America and in Europe, none have been
more successful in touching the finest feel.
-ings OF the heart, anc exciting the noblest
passions OF the soul, than Mr.. Phillips. His
speeches are replete with metaphor. and
possess, in great degree, all that felicitope
copiousness OF which the English language
isso susceptible. His eulogium on the i5,.
mortal WASHINGTON, is of itself master
piece OF eioquence. In his chara cter of 10.
naparte, ne paints the actions of that won.
cdertul parsonage IN language at once sub.
lime aud imposing with all the chastene,e
and precision of an historian, he recapitu-
lates bis movements from the cradle to tba
camp-trom the camp 10 the tbrone-and
lastly, from the elevated station of an en-
peror to that of an exile and captiye--fbere.
by confirming truth, that power iinsunnnrt
ed by virtue il liable to wither and dac,v
His speeches on the various Grim Con "a
ses, WILDE read with lively iDteres, bv ali
'~"~S's duu tue CnIYelS OF this
republic, may, while perusipg the immoraj ali;
ties and vices of Europeans, rejoice that in
this country such crime is almost uuknown
His speeches Oh the Emancipation of tbs
Roman Catholics of ireland. need M com
ment-they speak for themselyes-and M
TOLD to mankind the history ola class Of men,
who, although denied many political and 81.
vii privileges, have always been Known rs
be the friends of their country in tunes of
danger and in battle.-The American resdsr
must view with indignation the yarions on-
presslons under which great portion Of tbst
gallant and patriotic people at present Ia ab "4
and ages yet unborn" will lament the .x.
stence OF a code which prevents man f,or,
worshiPing his Creator according to the dc
tates OF his own conscience.
The publishers, therefore, feeling ANNA.
ted sby desire TO present to the &ner;ca,
pubic, specimens of sublime and cbaste eInt
quence, which has been SO often eysr,eri j..
the cause Of benevolence and the poh I 81
rights OF humaD nature, with respectful difs
hdence invite the patronage of all olasse.
VINO are interested in the display of national
social, and forensic oratory. 80
NJ, HAVE & THOMSON
'aleTdndr'a, %. C.jFs6. /, 1920.
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Hollow Glass, &c.

nNE case half pint numbers, LA doz.
~ case looking glasses, "a doz.
2 cases states, 1870 doz.
| case tape, assorted
! case black velvet ribbon, from to 80.
For sale, cheap, payable in Mechanics
Bank paper, or liberal credit, by
BUTTS g. CAWOOD,
Who keep jy RetaI
A constant supply offamily Flour for CASH
only the profit being to small to admit Of
calling for payment. Dec. 8.
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For Sale.

- That three story brick house, sits.
EFTM ated on the south side OF t:rince,st'
RES now in the occupancy OF Mr.. WIN.
$3.50 Rudd perfect title Will be given'
aud the terms of payment made convenient
Apply to JOHN H. LADo y 90.
September l8
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Henry C.. Slade e. Co.

Henry G. Slade e Co.
lave received by ship Boston, part Of
IL their fall importation of
HaRDWaRE & CUTLERY.
The residue is daily expected, which
together with their former stock, renders
their assortment extensive they have like.
wise on hand,
Bar. hoop and sheet iron
Blister'd, Crowley, German cast steel
Anvils, vices aud bellows
Cut and wrought nails
Shovels and spades
Cooking, Franklin, box + ten plate stoves,
Also,
Cordage and cotton seine twine, &c. &c.
nov.6 diff
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Nautical Almanacs for 1870
ood '0A

and 81.
pOWDITCH'S navigator
- Blunt's coast pilot
Shipmaster's assistant
Seamen's journals
Cargo books
Mercantile and shipping blanks.
A general assortment of charts, mathema.
ticaI instruments, singly and in cases, of all
prices-Gunter's scales and diyiders-Day
and night telescopes-Reading glasses Of
various sizes-pocket perspective glasses
with eight draws--silver and plated speeta-
Giles. For sale by
nov is DIFF J. KENNEDY g. SON.
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Burr Mill Stone Mandatory.

yENHE subscriber wishes to inform his
4 friends and the public, that he has
opened his Burr Mill Stone Mandatory, at
the IL upper end Of King street, (opposlte the
of Alexandria. where be will supply millers
with French Burrs, of any size, at the short
est notice and will warrant them equal, il
not superior, to any in the United States.--
II millers will order their Wheat Burrs be-
fore they are built, he will build them IN
a manner, as he can prove to the satisfaction
Of any person, that they will run, without
stop or fail, for 100 years 4 if not bespoke,
from 90 to 100.
N. B. Prices as low as possible.
June % ROBERT GLENN.
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J.HWES,

about 22 years of age, his tore teeth wide
apart, and cannot speak very quick--had
on Virginia cloth clothes and carried of a
shaggy great coat, he has father named Pc
ter Hall, who lives with the widow Morgan,
at Oak Hill, Fauquier Co. and his grandfs-
Their, old Frederick Hall, is supposed to be-
living at Mr.. Terrett's near Alexandra, and
1T likely he may be lurking about there
will give the above reward for apprehend-
ing and securing said fellow so that get him
again, and reasonable charges if brought
home. J. II. WASHINGTON.
Masters Of vessels and others are fore
warned against harboring or carrying of
said fellow If June Ia
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Leesburg Hotel and Coffee
House.

ID FOLEY respectfully infoms the citi-
4 zens of Leesburg, and the public ge-
nerally, that he has taken that large and COM
modious establishment lately occupied by
Sam'l l.. Edwards. on Loudoun Street, d.
rectly leading from Alexandria, Washington
and Georgetown to Charlestown, Battletown,
and Winchester where from the superior
accommodations and attention to the conve-
uience and comfort Of travellers, he hopes
to give the greatest satisfaction to those who
honor his house.
NJ B. The most attentive servants always
provided. Jan
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100 Dollars Reward.

d AN away from the subscriber living in
II King George scounty Va. on Monday
the 22nd March, a yellow man named