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Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1821-04-03
A Livery Stable

IS now opened on the premises formerly
L occupied by Thomas Triplett. on Na'l,
ington street, between King and Prince
streets, where citizens and travellers can
be accommodated with careful Os'ittii'
and hay and grain three times day Tor u
ty cents, or by the month at ten doll -
As there is large lot attached TO the pre-
misses. with the accommodation OF a pump,
Drovers. and those that have horses i 70
sale, will find it to their advantage TO CALL
as they may get hay by the small, y gralsn
as they may want it; and those disposed
to purchase Horses, by leaving descl'P'
ton shall have the earliest notice.
Feb JAMES ALLISON 4 20.
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District of Columbia,

alexandria County, ~
HTAS committed to the Jail OF this eou '
w ~ on the 81 inst as runaway, % %
gro man named Kinney Jones, about Il
years OF age. s feet 10 inches b'gh' "e so
made and of lightisb cast; says he ha: pee ,ts
accustomed to following the water ID w.
bay trade He claims freedom, and s'SsI
be has mother in Baltimore, on feGe GEE,
Hill, by the name OF Dorcus Jones, anu ."s -
be served an apprenticeship in BaItlnS"WIe u
the saiImaking business with William "Si AZ.
The owner is desired to come, prove p'o
perry, pay charges and take him away
therwlse he will he disposed OF as NE '''
directs. ANDW. ROUNSA' ELI, ~,
janis THIN JAW"
Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1821-04-03
Fishermen Take Notice.

WISH to rent. for the ensuing season, or
for term ofvears that noted f hrrv call
ed JOHNSON'S SPRING. Its celebrity as
a herring landing. together with IFS contigu-
ity to market. renders il well worth the at
tention OF any person acquainted with the
fishing business. For terms, which will be
10 proportion 10 the difficulty of the times,
apply to the subscriber.
GEO. F. WASHINGTON.
wslliagtoU, near Alexandra, feb 9 fnw
Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1821-04-03

paper, no, being satisfied, may think proper
to return il To the editor within thres"eeks
An allowance OF ten per cent. w'iloe msue
when claimed. on all monies received ior,
and Iemitted 10 the editor.
A few of the first volume, either in sheets
or we'll bound, with copious Index, remain
on hand tor sale. =,
Notes of the BANKS of North and South
Carolina, Georgia and Virginia, generally,
will be received al par. =,
CO All communications to be addressed
to JOHN S. SKINNER,
June %. 1920. baltimore.
S.-For alleditors in the United States,
who may have the goodness 10 give the pre-
ceding hotice lew zUeekiy insertions, the
editor OF the Farmer will be glad to tran
sact any business they may have IN balti-
more, or to return their good Offices IN any
other way in his power. din
Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1821-04-03
". Deyaugn.

HAIR DRESSER & FANCY STORE,
Royal street, Aerundria:
INFORMS the public that he hasjus re-
L ceived an assortment of
Fancy Articles in his Line,
which ne will sell low for cash, such as the
following:
Patent hair brushes, cloth do. tooth do
Nails do shoe do. razors of all sorts
Travellilg cases, dressing cases
Powder puffs, hair powder.
Pomatum of all kinds. dressing combs
Pocket and sporting knives
Tortoise shell pocket combs
Tuck do. pccke: do. common
Shaving boxes, shaving brushes
Shaving soap, pocket books
Looking glasses, Hopkins straps
Duff do. snuff boxes
Curling tongs, Cologne water
Lavender do anniseed paste, rough
Homes for razors. lead pencils & cases
Watch chains. watch keys
Hopkins paste. Ladies thread cases
Segar boxes, segars, first quality
Best chewing tobacco. and many other
articles too tedious to mention.
n. B. Shaving or hair cutting done on the
owest terms. and great deduction made for
hose that shave by the year.
Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1821-04-03
Notice.

The subscriber having obtained letters o,
administration upon the estate Of his father,
the late Thomson Mason, deceased, re-
quests all persons having claims against
the said estate, to present the sane, with
proper VOUCHERS thereof, without delay
and those who are indebted thereto, are re-
quired TO make immediate payment to
ieb I3-tawlm r. C.. MASON
Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1821-04-03

Printers have been locking al, aid :.
press their unqualified appreciation mi" 81
Your Press is better made tnap on-
have from Ruih'en,s manuts Glory !, VI
TACT, an excellent machine, as rower rm' u
the Columbian, and to be preferred to 4
iightness and simplicity. 'Of 1t
Dir. A. Ramage. If Decemh.sih.
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Naval Stores & Whiskev.

TUSi received bv the sch. Stage ,.Nevitt.
- 5n bbls whiskey
10 d. apple brandy
10 hhis whiskey
so bushels clover seed
AID bv the sch. Benjamin Franklin, Foster.
345 hbls tar'
50 10 soft turpentine
do bright vsrnish
s do spirits of turpentine
81 bales ofp~ime cotton
loo casks OF rice
Landing on Vowell's wharf and for sale by
feb ST F CORNING
Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1821-04-03
FOrtu Thousand Dollars !

or a more moderate sum, would be an &C
commodation are invited TO furnish them
selves with ticxets of admission TO The court
of fortune, where their several claims will,
no doubt, meet ready attention. Shakespeare
old US long ago that
There is tide in the affairs of men
Which, when taken at the food, leads on to
Fortune.
It is now confidently believed TO be the
Hood-tde at TYLEk'S NEW OFFICE,
Those who have heretofore tried their
luck as the phrase sand found it bad luck,
should remember the policy of Bassonio-
SIN my school days, when had lostone shaft,
| shot his fellow of the seIfsame flight,
The self same way. TO find the other forth.
And by adventur,ng both, Il often foslnd both.
Those inclined to adopt this wise policy
O, Bass.n,o may. for the triAng sum of IL
dol ars. secure TO themselves the follow ing
SPLENDID CAPITALS, which are yet TO be
drawn, VIZ:
100000 Dollars.
10000 Dklars.
10000 Dollars.
5000 Dollars.
49of 1000 Dnllars.
q Of 500 Dollars.
Sc nf 100 DHliars.
Besides nearly
ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS,
In SO and smaller prizes.
Not one blink TO prize, and 5000 tickets
entitled to two chances each.
The Grand National Canal Lottery being
authorized by special act Of congress, the
tickets may be sold in any part of The Uni
ted States. Vendors and others will do well
20 forward their orders 10 TYLER's TEMPLE
OF FORTUNE. Washington city, where, within
few DAYS, have been obtained lprize OF
5000, Of loco, and number DISCO, loo, SO,
sc &c.
The lottery draws again on Monday next.
The first 1000 blanks entitled to 70 dollars
each. november g.
Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1821-04-03

The former, in its present improved state,
with iron beds, sc. he has obtained patent
for. The estimation in which this press is
held, is perhaps beat ,hewn by the demand
for lt-nearly 600 being IN use OF his make !;
and every exertion shall sui be made to
render it d, complete as possible.
teFAli other articles in his line, as usual
Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1821-04-03
Enrtnne friih hnth huMdS nil =!

Fortune tciih bofh hdndS JnH!
THIS goddess Of the rolling wheel, TO
Il whom the Elevations of ali are avnwed-
ly or secretly paid, after bestowing. with Ca
PRECIOUS preference, her lavOrS, now on one.
and now on another, OF the shrlnes erected
to her worship, in the City of Washington,
has, al last, we are credlbly informed, de-
termined 10 honor with her special prefer
ence and permanent residence the TEMPLE
newly dedicated to her service,
Pennsylvania avenue, Washington City,
BY Il. U. TYLER,
Sole Agent for the Managers Of the
GRANDMA IiON AL CAN AL LOT
Terry.
Third Class.
Now DRAwING-By authority Of Com
greSS.
Members of Congress, to whom the trihing
compensation they now receive is no object
compared with being separated from their
homes and families Tor many tedious winter
months; Merchants. who want an increase OF
active capital; Mechanics, who wish to add
to the stock, which affords a scope to their
enterprise; men of leisure and 7realh. who
would ir. ease the means o! their bench
cence; young men, who want the means to
support wives; and old men, who would add
to the provision Tor their children; females,
whose sex may prevent their persona pur
suits of gainluI avocations, but 10 whom a
small investment may give, withoutexertion,
a handsome share in the good things of this
world; rich men who wish to he richer; and
poor men who wish to be rich-thest, and
all the other classes of society. TO whom
Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1821-04-03
Proposal,
RY wM H ANDERSON, FPFprp1cx
L., l.: L -'NA VI

RY WI. ANDERSON, FHFpErIcr
For publishing By subse,ipnonA c.
A HISTORY OF HIS IkaVF,S
In Arabia, Egypt, Persia, Guzzer,,
Upper and Lower Hindoston, (tpb,,,'s9l'
period OF about II years de,crf;t,I
countries never BEIGE visited Lv II
peans, with particular accom-; NJ lu y.
manners and customs Of their inhah;,..a We
Also with ''us
Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1821-04-03

TIC. DOwDEN.
SAMUEL K. KRAMER.
JOHN T. SlCKLES.
ANDREW l.. STITCHER.
SAMUEL ROSWELL.
PHILLIP MILLER.
JESSE F. CAVIT.
STEPHEN BADGER.
To Adam Ramage.
Neu- York, July 8. 1919.
Dear SRI have for tome time past been
threatening to write TO you, 10 let you know
how well | am pleased with the Ruthven
Press, improved and made by you but a
variety of circumstances have prevented it.
have had il in constant operation three
months during which time nearly all the
printers of this city, and a number of our
most ingenious mechanics, have called TO ex-
anime it. They have pronounced il as COM
piete in every respect, as any machinery
they have ever seen.
The following is the idea have fit.
No Printing Press has eyerbeen construct
ed, on which more or better work can be
done in given time.
The exertionot working tits no more than
healthy exercise for boy of Is years of age.
Il have a boy OF that age TO work on mine.
1t is well made, the different parts admira
bly, proportoned. and not more Liable than
other presses 'e get out ofrepair.
am, yoU respectfully,
MIR. A. Ramage.
We1~-Y York, April 25, 1913
Sir-The Ruthven Press arrived safe, ano
h in, successful operation. Many Of our
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TO PRINTERS.

ADAM R.3.N.lGE
RESPECTFULLY informs the trade that
Ie he continues to manufacture the
Screw and Ruthven
pRINsTI NG DRESSES
Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1821-06-14
District of Columbia.

LII persons having OF pretending 10 nave
"A any right. title or interest IL or 10 Ger
tain Bag of Coffee. which was imported rom
Porto Rico in a vessel called The Young
Mans Companion. whereof - Smith was
master, are cited and admonished to appear
before the District Court OF The United States
for the District OF Columbia. at the court
house liz the town of Alexandra, at o CLOCK
A. M. on the s5th day oil this month, to shsw
cause, if any they can, why the SAID Coliee
should not be condemned as forfeited TO the
United tales; which Bag of Coffee was sew
ed as forfeited on the 9Th day OF May, 1870,
oy Thompson Mason, Esq late Collector o, OF
The port of Alexandria, and was, on Inc AIN
day of June, in the year 1891. libelled before
the said court as forfeited TO the U. States.
EDM. LEE. c. D. c.
Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1821-06-14

HAVE imported per ship Be)videra,
LII from Liverpool supeIfne cloths
Fine and super black bombazetts, plain
and twiIed.
Valencias, blk. blue, mixed y drab
9.8 and Ga cambria musiIns j.,
Do, do; jaconett cambr'cs, plain and
figured
Do. do. null null muslins do do
Do. do imitation India book muslins
7.8 fine and super undressed fancy prints
Do. blue buff lilac and pink cambria
ginghams
-.8 and 9.8 steam loom shirtngs
I.2 ell and "a blue and striped cotton
cassimeres
90 cotton apron check
Fine u super white s. printed Marseilles
Super6ne white India james
Striped horenlnes and james -.
Blue, black and light dies sewing silks
and galloons
Ladies and gentlemen's beaver gloves
Patent thre ads, white, brown, blue.
BACKED nankeen, & all colours
Shoe thread in casks. april t8
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For Sale
Bu A.. T.. CazenOUe e Co.

BY THE PACKAGE OR PIECE,
A VERY complete assortment OF AMERI-
IL CAN GooDs, ginghams, stripes, cheks,
chambrays, steetings, shIrhngs, tickings,
threads, satnetts, broadclolhs, cassimer.
and cotton yarns
GERMAN ticklenburgs, osnaburgs, bessians,
Buriops brown rolls, Bieheld linens. dow
las, white rolls, creas, brown hollands,
twiIled bagging, oil cloths. and Saxon broad
cloths.
BRITISH broadcIoths, pelisse cloths, cas-
simeres, ves;ings, bombazines, cotton hose,
suspenders, carpetings, table mats, cotton
cambrics, fancy muslns, Malabar handkfs
kerseys, buttons, patent thread, dimities,
linens, lawns,
Ravens duck, nankins. umbrellas, India
straw carpets and table mats, sewing silks,
few boxes ribbons and gallons, pins, &c.
Also,
Mnrdock's best London particular Madeira
Wine, in pipes, half pipes and quarter casks.
London market do. Malaga Wine, in halt
quarter casks, Cogniac brandy in pipes,
Nolas:es, n. E. hum, in hhds. and barrels,
Swedes iron assorted.
Baltimore window glass, every size.
Dupont's best Brandywine gunpoVder.
Sperm. candles. Spanish :egars
Cut mains, I'D Cd Sd 10. may 8
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District of Columbia.
June 7.

4 Ii persons having. or pretending to
"A have. any right, title, interest, or CAIN
in or to certain anchor, seized and iloei,
led by the District Court OF The United
States for the District of Columbia, as I'M
ported from the Island of Bermuda on the
3lst day of March, 1921, in brig called
the Azores. whereof one John Nichols was
master, which was uniadeu and delivered
in the port of Alexandra from said brig;
without permit from the collector; are cited
and admonished TO be and appear before the
District Court at the court house in the town
of Alexandra, at 9 o clock A NJ on the 25ih
day of this month, to shew cause why the
said anchor should not be condemned as ior-
fened to the United States.
EDM. |. LEE: C. D. c.
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Pubiic Sale.

FINDER the authority of deed OF trust
~ (for certain purposes therein men,ion-
ed,) will be exposed to public sale, on
Tuesday the 10Th OF June next, ii fair, II not
the first fair day Oh the prem lses, small
and valuable tract OF land, situate in the
county OF Fairfax, Virginia, al present in
the occupancy of Mr.. B G. Thornton
This land is distant about miles from
Alexandria, Georgetown and the city OF
Washington, on which there are now IN
operation merchant and a saw-mill; and
on the premises are all the materials tor The
erection Of an oil mill. There are also a
very comfortable and convenient dwelling
house, ice house, spring house, &c. &c
The mills are on Holmes Run; never TAIL
ing stream of water, over which the turn
pike road from Washington to the Little
River turnpike passes Immediately by the
mills. g,
Persons disposed to invest snail capital
pery proftably. will find it to tneir interest
TO attend the sale. Terms at sale.
Mr.. Thornton, OIL the premises, will shew
the property to those DESTROYS OF purchasing
G., PAGE, TRUSTEE.
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DY virtue of a deed of trust, from Thomas
ID J. Minor and Philip II. Minor, to the
subscribers to indemnify Daniel Minor a.
gainst certain engagements, mentioned in
said deed--Wnl be sold at public auction
for cash. on Monday the e5th day of June,
1891, il fair, il not, on the next fair day,
at the Mansi on- house Of George Minor de-
ceased, near Wrens tavern, in the county OF
Fairfax and state Of Virginia; one molety Of
a certain Tract of Land, which was devised
to Thomas J. Minor, by bis father the said
George Minor And also the following
slaves, to wit: Philip, Mary, Dixon, Will
liam, Thornton and Nina. Sale to COM
mence at IL o'clock.
y S9H HER p; slMNs' Trustees.
June 2-dtS
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Alexandria Bath-HOuse.

MARGARET GARNER begs leave TO
W. rsturn her thanks to the citizens gene
rally, for the very liberal encouragement
she received last season, and respectfully
infrrms them that she has made considera.
BILE improvements IN the Bath-house. As
the season commences on the 10th instant,
those ladies and gentlemen who wish 10 OBJ
tain Season Tickets, are requested to make
immediate applications; Season Tickets
D.8-Single Baths, So cents, or three Tick
cts for one dollar.
Every accommodation and attendance
will be gwen to those ladies and gentle
men who come to the Baths A proper te-
male attendant being constantly in waiting
on the ladies:
Dinners, Suppers, Picked Oysters,
Shrymps, &c. served up on the shortest no.
tice, together with the best Wines and Ii
quors as usual.
NAV It
Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1821-06-14
Charles County Court.

On application to the subscriber one OF
the JUICES of the Orphans Court OF Charles
county by petition in writing OF Charles
Knott OF Charles County for the beneht oil
the act of assembly, for the relief OF lnsol-
vent debtors, passed at Nov. session, 1900:
and the several supplements thereto ON the
terms mentioned therein, schedule oil MS
property and list of creditors, on oath, so
far As be can ascertain them, being annex
ed to his petition. and being satisfied by
competent. testimony, that the sand Charles
Knott, has resided two years Immediately
preceding the time of his application, IN the
state of Maryland, and being also satisfied
that the said Charles Knott is in actual con.
finement for debt. and no other cause, and
the said Charles Knott, having entered into
bond with sufficient security, for his person.
al appearance in Charles County Court, TO
answer such allegations as bis creditors may
make against bin. 1t is thereupon ordered
and adiudged, that the said Charles Knott
be discharged from Imprisonment, and that
by causing copy of this order to be insert
ed in some one Of the newspapers EDITED 10
the district Of Columbia, once week tor
two months successfully before the third
Monday in August next, he give notice 10
bis creditors to appear before the said
court, at Port Tobacco, in said county, on
the said third Monday in August next, tor
the purpose of recommending trustee for
their benefit, and to shew cause, ii any they
have, why the said Charles Knott, should
not have the benefit of The several insolvent
laws of this state as prayed. Given under
my hand this 98th day of May, 1921.
|. CAMPBELL, one of the Justices OF
the Orphans Court of Charles county.
True copy. Test.
JOHN BARNES, elk. l.. S.
iune
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PROPOSALS
FOR PUBLISHING


The Secret Debates Of the Contention
Assembled at Philadelphia in the year l78-
to form the
Constitution Of the U. States.
To which will be added other Historical
Documents relative TO the Federal Com.
pact Of the Nortk American Union.
,lNHE Journal of the Convention which
formed the present constitution of Ie
United States. and which was published in
pursuance OF resolution OF Congress #
March 81. 1918, contains all the acts and
proceedings of that CONSTITUTIONAL body bml
il leaves history in the dark as TO .be view
of the legislators. and the principles unnn
which they acted. II is to replenisb tba,
deficiency, and fiji up, in some measure
that diplomatic skeleton, with its vital paris
that friend of history offers to publish, Of
he is sufficiently encouraged in that und er.
taking, several authentic coeval documepls
collected with care and expense. which will
enlighten the civilian, the jurist, and the
statesman, on the spirit Of The North Amer.
can Federal Compact; while at the same tins
those precious reflects will supply the histo.
risn, the philosopher, and the moralist, with
very curious comparative facts, on the yaria.
tons of pubic opinion, in the United States
" lth respect to constitutional principle, and
On a succession Of events, which are the ma.
tursl, if not necessary results OF a pre.ey.
,sting order of things.
But on those SUBJECTS the editor will alb.
stain from making any comments: like mo.
dern fabrics affixed TO the majestic monu.
ments OF antiquity, 81 ch additions would in.
iure the general effect OF the original matter
n thing then must be expected in this pub
LEGATION, but the debates of the convention,
as they have been daily recolecfsd by the
late pectsble Chief Justice Yates, and
copied from his notes by The lsie chancellor
of the state of New York. Mr.. John Lansing
his colleague as delegate 10 the conven.
ton, and both distinguished republicans;
To which will be annexed TO supply he
vacuum occasioned by the departure OF those
two gentlemen from the convention before
it's termination, the genuine information de.
livered T. the legislature OF tbe state o. Ma.
rylsnd, relative to the proceedings OF the
federal convention, by Mr.. Luther Martin,
then attorney general of that state and one
of the Delegates in the sa d convention an
extract of the journal Of the convention, con.
tanning the various plans of constitution,
presented by the several states, and The
constitution of the United States. with all
the amendments ratified. as at present exist.
ing.
1t is supposed that the work will compose
an octave volumn of about $50 psges-The
letter press to correspond, as nearly as pos.
sible, to the journal of the federal CONVEX.
ton, as published by order of Congress-
Price to subscribers handsomely bound and
lettered, dolls. 90 cents.
GrSubscrlp,ions received at the several
book stores in this city, and in all the prin'
cipal cities and towns in the United States
albany, May. 1891.
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500 Reward
NTlLL De given for experimenting negro
w LEWIS, commonly called
Le7Cis Lee;

AC tCtc ACS1
he left my employment on Saturday night
last; he is dark mulatto, about . feet s
inches high. has scar on his fore head, his
ears are very small and stand very close 10
his head occ asioned by wearing his hat
over them; he is a very orderly, sober and
attentive servant, has had no cause what
ever tor Ascending, his clothing as we'll as
can be recollected, is as follows: good
French fur hat. tolerable good black su-
pe,ine coat, with large quantity Of but
tons on the capells. blue do. with gil, but
tons, his othe, clothes are not recollected.
He can read and write toleraby we'll and
will probably be supplied with pass, his
age is % years. The above reward will
be given If he is taken fifty miles from Alex
andria, and SO dollars il taken near home.
DANIEL MCLEAN.
june
o. The Federal Gazette will please in
sert the above three times, and send their
account to this Office.
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Teas.

TyHE following small invoice Of very me
i Teas, now on the way from y. iore'
for sale by the subscriber. VIZ an
Is catty boxes young dyson tea, ~ IDS.
each
10 do Go gunpowder Is lbs
IN do do Immortal Is lbs.
each -.
Those teas are new, OF superior quaNtI
and will be sold low for approved enIoTseu
paper, at four months. Apply at my ONCE
Bridge street, George Town. occ
NAV 90