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Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1821-02-26
Screw and Ruthven
PRINTING PRESSES.

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 best shewn by the demand
for it-nearly Goo being IN use OF his make
and every exerlion shall still be made 10
render it as complete aspossIble.
0erAli other articles in his line, as usual.
Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1821-02-26
For Freight.
For Portland.

FOR Portland,
TX The schrr. SlkFN. captain
&& Emery, will sail in a few days, and
lake some freight if offered inn, dia,eIy.-
Apply 10 VIM. FOWLE & Co:
Rho hove tor sale said scinrs cargo Of
$4,000 feet mertbaDtable lumber
decrmhtA
Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1821-02-26
For Charleston.
For Freight.

For Freight,
M The brig BARZELLIA, |. Po,s
@M master. carries abou, 1860 barrels an
excellent vessel, and will take foreign o.
coastwise freight. Apply TO
W. FOWLE = Co.
Who have for sale said briggs cargo, Of
$50 tons plaster paris
800 grind stores
100 boxes behring's
10 barrels tanners oil
They have also landing from the schr Midas
from Boston
5000 lbs prime green coffee
l40 casks nails. assorted sizes
81 rsams wrapping paper febs
Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1821-02-26
Orphans Court,
,1iernudr,n Con,

alexandria County,,
February Term, 1891.
ORpERED,
TdAT the administrative of William
L T. Sodaa, deceased, do give the
sual notice tn debtors AMI creditors, three
times week tour weeks in the Alexandria
Gazette {. Herald.
A copy. Teste.
a. MOORE, Reg'r.
TSis IS to siivs Notice,
THAT the subscriber, of Alexandria
county. in the district Of Columbia, has OBJ
tanned from the Orphans Court of said
county letters of administration on the per-
sonai estate OF William T. Swami. late of
The county aforesaid deceased: All persons
hayi1y CHIN. agains' the said decedent,
are hereby warned 10 exhibit the same to
tine sahscriber. with the vouchers thereof.
passed by the Orphans Court. on or before
the 9Th lay nf August next, or they NAV
BY law be excla led from allbene6t to said
estate aud those Indebted thereto are re-
auirei 10 make immediate payment. Gil
ven under my hani this 9Th nf February,
IsaI. FRANCES SW4NS
ADMINISTRATIVE Of William !. Swami.
february.
Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1821-02-26
For freight.

~M THE superior Brig OLIVE, Isaac
&c.. Lincoln, Master, bur,h N about 2UOo
bis. She is now ready for cargo.
Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1821-02-26
Fortune 1cith 10th handS JpH!

THIS goddess of the rolling wheel. TO
Il whom the Elevations oil all are aVowed-
Iy or secretly paid, alter beslowIng' with Ca
PRECIOUS preference, her iaVors, now on one
and now on another, Of the shrlnes erected
to her worship, in the City OF Washington
has. at last, we are credibly informed, de-
termined 10 honor with her special pr3er'
ence and permanent residence the TEMPLE
newly dedicated to her service,
Pennsylvania avenue, Washington City,
Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1821-02-26

ence and permanent residence The TEMPLE
newly dedicated to her service,
Pennsylvania avenue, Washington City,
BY B. O. TYLER.
Sole Agent for the Managers Of The
GRAND NATION AL CANAL LUZ
Terry,
Third Class,
Now DRAwING-By authority Of Con-
greSS.
Members of Congress, TO whom the trltiing
compensation they now receive Us no o6]ecl
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
enterp,ize; men of leisure and 1Veaith. who
would increase the means OF 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 personal pur-
suits of gainiul avocatlons, but to whom
small investment may give, withoutexertlon,
handsome share in the good things OF this
world: rich men who wish 10 he richer; and
poor men. who wish TO be rich-these, and
all the other classes OF society. TO whom
Forty Thousand Dollars
or more moderate sum, would be an &C
commodatiop, are invited to furnish them
selves with ,cxets nf 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 flood, leaCs on TO
Fortune"
1t is now confidently believed TO be the
Those who have heretofore tried their
luck as the phrase island found it bad luck,
should rene rnber the policy OF Bassonio-
'In nv school days, when had lostone shaft,
shot his fellow of the self same flight,
The sell same way. 10 find the other forth.
And by aIventur,ng both i often found both.
Those inclined To adopt this wise policy
OF Basssnio may. for the triHing surr'sf Is
dol ars. secure TO themselves the follow ing
SPLENDID CAPITALS, which are yet 10 be
drawn, VIZ:
10000 Dollars.
10000 Dollars.
10000 Dollars.
5000 )OiiarS.
4eof 1000 Dollars.
ls of 500 no;Iars.
Sc of 100 y HAIRS.
Beside. nearly
ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS,
In 81 and smaller prizes.
Not one b.nnk to prize, and 5000 tickets
entitled to two chances each.
The Grand National Canal Lottery being
authorized by a special act of congress, the
tickets may he sold in any part of the Uni
ted States. Vendors and others will do well
to forward their orders to TYLER's TEMPLE
OF FORTUNE. Washington city, where, within
few DAYS, have been obtained prize OF
5000, of loco. and number o 500, loo, 30,
sc. &c
The lottery draws again on Monday next. |
The first sooo blanks entitled 10 IL dollars
Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1821-02-26

For Rotterdam,
tx, The brig ABAGAlL. J. n T.!
.&a& comb, will be dispatched imned;a,.i
ly: 80 hhds oftobacco, or small artices w;i
De taken on freight. Apply TO
WIN: FON Lex Co.
Also for Freight,
In, The new and superior brig MIDAS
AE&, Reuben Prince, master, carries ,Io..
3UU bogsbeads or Coco barrels, is q FIRST rs,.
vessel, in comp etc order, and will be read,
for cargo in few days-and for sale sal;
briggs cargo OF
$50 tons plaster paris. Apply as ators
february 10
Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1821-02-26

Printers have been looking at. az d.
press their unqualified appreciation OF / !
Your Press is better made tnaD OIL, -
have from Knthyea's, manuisc tory. III. W
fact, an excellent machine, as roweris u.
The Columbian, and to be preferred t,h :.
lightness aud simplicity. ~
:, D. T. G. BRUCE
Mr.. A. Ramage. It Dpcenber X
Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1821-02-26
TO PRINTERS.

ADAM R.LN.4GE
Ed ESPECTFULLY informs the trace 'ha'
II ne continues to manufacture the
The Massachusetts spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1821-1823, 1821-11-21
BALTIMORE, NOV. g.
SOUTHERN AGRICULTURE.

Our accessions of territory, by means
of the annexation of Louisiana and Flori-
da, are capable of supplying US with all
the valuable articles formerly imported
from the West-Indies-not indeed at pres
ent in sufficient abundance to meet the
consumption, as to every article; but as
we possess the soil and climate for them,
the increase of their production to the
extent required, may be safely left to
the enterprise of our fellow.citizens.
Twenty-Five years ago, our cultivation
of cotton was SO limited, thatit was pro-
posed to yield UP its interest by treaty.
1t is now one of our greatest staples
Before the acquisition of Louisiana, all
the sugar we consumed was brought
from foreign nations. Now, we produce
large supplies of quality equal or SUI
perior to what is made in any-other part
of the world. We were led into these
thoughts, by observing the facts stated
in southern paper, that in East Florida
there are now several Coffee plantations
in state of successful cultivation. This
article of produce, like the others, will
be highly encouraged by the circum-
stance of its. being free from duty in the
market of its consumption. which is an
advantage enjoyed by no foreign place
producing it. "a
The Massachusetts spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1821-1823, 1821-11-21
LAW CASE-PArENr R1cnr.

Benz. & John Tyler, Circuit Court of the u
vs.. Daniel Taft nited States, Vermont
District, October term, 1921.
The action was brought for the in
fringement of the Plaintiffs rights, as
patentees Of an improvement in the
method of making scythes. The i'm
provement consists in machinery for
turning the backs by hand--qnd for set
ting the 1ceb, and chamyering the edge By
1Uater.-The Plaintiffs claimed damages
for using the part Of setting the aoeb, from
the date of the patent to the date of the
writ, (about 10 months.) 1t appeared
in evidence that the defendant had
erected his works in consequence Of
seeing those of the Plaintiffs in opera
tion-that he had made at the rate Of
1870 to $50 doz. per year-that the i'm
proved machinery saved considera-
BILE portion Of the labour, and finishes
the scythes in a neater and better man.
ner than could be done by hand--and
that when used, the scythes were uni
formly approved, and that those manu-
featured by the Plaintiff, bore an adyanc-
ed price. The defence set up, was,
/. that the Plaintiffs were not the
original inventors, but that a similar ma
chine had been erected some years be-
fore, by a MIR. Waters, of Sutton, Mass.
2. That the patent covered more than
The Massachusetts spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1821-1823, 1821-11-21
IMPORTANT INVENTION.

Machine for dressing FIar.-We invite the at
tention of our readers to the following inter-
esting article from the .Netc- York advertiser.
We are grati6ed to find that the Gull
lure of Flax is becoming ain object of
interest among the agriculturists in our
country, particularly in the eastern
States. The importance of the article
for domestick consumption, and the i'm
mense. sums annually sent out of the
country for the various linen manufac-
lures, both go to show the necessity of
much greater attention to the subject
than it has heretofore gained among
our farmers.
Although large quantities Of flax are
always raised in our country, we still
import vast proportion of the linens
that are used-but it is believed, that if
we paid suitable attention to the culture,
and afterwards to the preparation, of
the flax necessary even for the finest
manufactures, we might, at no distant
period, work up the raw material to
great profit, and retain in the country a
large proportion of the money that is
now sent abroad for foreign linen man
ufactures.
One great difficulty in the way of our
countrymen in the use of fax for fine
fabricks, has been, the want of an eff
cient mode of preparing it for that pur-
pose. The practice of rotting flax in
water or dew, is necessarily attended
with much hazard and labour and the
beauty of it is always impaired by that
mode of preparation. We are much
gratified at being able to state, that a
machine has been invented in this city,
which, as far as we are able to Judge
from our own observation, and the
opinion of number of highly respecta-
BILE gentlemen, will fully remove she
difficulties that have hitherto existed
with regard to it, and answer all the
purposes that the inventor had in view,
or the farmer can desire.
The inventor of this machine is
Anthony Dey, Esq. assisted in his ope-
rations by Mr.. James Mcdonald, both of
this city. Mr.. Dey raised the past sea-
son, so acres of flax on reclaimed salt
marsh lands in New-Jersey. As it
would be impossible, without mourning
great expense, TO procure this large
quantity of fax dressed in the usual
manner, and not being able to obtain
the machines in use in Great-Britain, he
undertook to form one for his own use !;
and we think he has succeeded in an
uncommon degree. This machine is in
tended TO be moved by animal or water
power-it dresses fax and hemp in an
unrotted state, and of course, saves all
The Massachusetts spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1821-1823, 1821-11-21
WORCESTER,
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 81, 1921.
CONGRESS-.
--..,Ss.Sz

The first session Of the seventeenth Congress
will soon commence; and the publick atten-
tion begins to be turned to the important sub
jects which require the deliberation of the
National Legislature. The new Congress
will assemble under circumstances well cal
questions of political economy which have
been so long discussed by the people. There
is now no Missouri question to alarm their APP
prehensions or excite their passions. The
members elect cannot but well understand the
feelings of the people on the subject of pro-
fracted debates and will, we think, hesitate
some what, even on the score of popularity,
before they speak for the mere purpose of
making display in the columns Of anewspa.
per. The principal subjects, too, which de-
nnand their attention are of such a nature, that
longer delay in coming to decision will
hardly be tolerated.
The Tariff and the Bankrupt System are the
most prominent subjects OF national interest,
and have been, for long time, topicks of dis
cussion. We trust they will both be taken
up and disposed of. a
OF these, the former, is perhaps the more
perplexing subject, and is attended with the
greater difficulties. 1t is one, also, which has
occasioned much feeling in the community !;
and more than we can account for from the
nature of the subject. That it should be
viewed with some interest, both by the advo-
Gates and by the opposers of the proposed
change, was matter Of course. That it should,
: however, excite any degree of passion, and
lead 10 the marshalling and array of hostile
parties, was hardly to be expected. Such a
consequence is, at any rate, very unfavoura-
BILE to wise decision. 1t is a subject too
grave to be the sport of party perverseness,
and it too nearly concerns the prosperity of the
people, to be decided under the Influence of
passion or of prejudice. Upon whatsoever
side it is viewed, or with whatever bias it is
considered, it is, in our apprehension, attended
with too many difficulties to be decided on
dogmatically, or to be intuitively understood.
II, therefore, we have never Joined in repro
batting the conduct Of those who have advo-
Gated the new Tariff, it is because we do not
believe such subject can be comprehended
at glance. There are few, comparatively,
whose researches have extended over the
whole field of inquiry. The Representatives
Of the people, however, ought to be possessed
Of the whole subject; and we rely with PR
feet confidence upon their disposition and abil-
ity to come to wise result.--As to the gene
raj truth, out Of which arises the difficult qucs-
ton to which we have adverted, there can, we
suppose, be no doubt that under the existia,
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state Of foreign commerce, the prosperity Of
our manufactures is intimately connected with
the prosperity of every branch of industry.
Hence the impolicy of attempts, from wllatey-
er quarter, to attribute opposite or different in
terests TO Agriculture, Manufactures, and Com
merce.
The Bankrupt System, though for several
years under discussion, seems not to have ex-
cited SO general interest as the subject of the
Tariff. 1t has hitherto failed of success, rath-
er, it would seem, from indifference than from
hostility towards it-more from an indisposi-
ton to encounter the labour which its details
require. than from any decided conviction of
its dement's. There have been, it is true,
some vague apprehensions of possible evils
which might result from it /; but their influence
has probably not been great. There have
been some expressions of hostility towards it, on
the ground of its being designed merely to re-
lease debtors from their obligations; but these
have not been general, and have arisen from a
misapprehension of its character and object.
To suppose that the sole object of Bank
rupt system is to discharge insovent debtors,
is TO judge of its whole character from one of
its effects. Its general design is to prevent
fraud in debtors, and to secure an equal dis
tribntion Of their effects among their creditors.
In its operation it arrests debtor in the first
stages of insolvency, and secures his property
both from being secrcted and from further
waste. This is its general effect, however diff
ferently it may operate in particular cases. So
far from being calculated merely to benefit
debtors, it enables creditor, whenever his
debtor commits what is called an act of bank
ruplcy, to procure the seizure of all the debt
or's effects and credits of every description
to subject his affairs to the strictest scrutiny
and to cause distribution of his property
among his creditors. After this scrutiny, if it
shall appear that there is no fraud, and if a
certain proportion of his creditors consent, the
debtor is discharged. A Bankrupt system is
therefore as much, if not more, for the benefit
of creditors as OF debtors. The benefit to debt.
ors is such that it would be runous to extend
its provisions beyond men in trade. The mass
Of the people are not accustomed to the strict
punctuality of payment which would be neces-
sary, in order 10 avoid liability under the opera
ton of the law. 1t is wonderful, therefore,
that there should be any disposition to extend
the operation of the Bankrupt system beyond
those whose pursuits render them ct subjects
for its operation. With its usual and proper
limitations, we are inclined to the opinion that
Bankrupt law would be salutary but we
hope never to see a bill pass which shall sub
Jject farmers and mechanics to a rigid punctu-
atty to which not only they are unaccustomed,
but which it would be utterly impossible for
them to observe.
The Massachusetts spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1821-1823, 1821-11-21
Dorr & Rowland

- AVE commenced the BOOK-BIND-
- ING & B0oK-sELLING Business, in
WOreester, three doors north Of Col. Sskes's
Inn. They intend keeping General Assert
ment of Miscellaneous, Classical, and School
,BOOhS-also, select assortment of LAW.
Among which, they have a few copies of The
DtgeSf Of Nes0- York Reports, lately published.
All which, they will dispose of on reasonable
terms, for Cash or Credit,
All kinds of Book-Bindiag done at the
shortest notice.
N. B.-Now in press, and, in few
days will be for sale, as above. PERRY's
SPELLING BOOK, adapted to WALKERS
pronunciation. Booksellers and others may
be supplied on reasonable terms.
Worcester, JNou. u, 1927
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aOicO,

At Princeton, on the 10Th inst. Mr.. Jonas
Parker, aged %.
In sturbridgc, on the 26th ult. widow Eliza.
beth Chappell, aged SO.
AT Marlborough, ca the 9th inst. Miss Susan
Brigham Tyler, aged Is. On the 18th ult.
Persis Gleason, aged 80.
At Lancaster, on the 9TH ult. Mr.. Joel Os.
good, aged IS. Printers in Ne,o-Y York, .Ns,c-
Hampshire, and Maine, are requested to insert
the ADORE.
At Scarborough, on the 10th ult. widow
Elizabeth Newton, in the 93d year of her age.
At North Brookfeld, on the 1st inst. Mrs.
judith Bigelow, wife of Jason Bigelow, ESQ.
aged 81.
In Charlton, Oct. 21st, Col. Otis Farnum,
aged 80 years. Printers n, Vermont and
.Netc- York are requested to insert the aboce.
In Warwick, on the 5th inst. Widow Phebe
Hodge, aged 81, consort of Rev. Levi Hodge.
late Pastor of the Baptist Church and Society
in Royalston.
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tHe expense ana evils OF rOLting-and
it is supposed, when moved by power
equal TO that of yoke of oxen, will
dress ton of FAX in a day.
It's operations are such, that il will
carry through the machine three lengths
of flax in minute; and its perform
ance is SO perfect, that the flax is com
pletely broke and dressed. After hay-
ing passed through the machine, it is to
pc boiled in a manner perfectly within
the power of every farmer; and when
boiled and finished. it is left in the
finest order We have sample at this
Office, which in point Of complexion,
fneness and softness of fibre, is very
little inferior to fine floss silk. tits GER
tainly very far superior in. every re-
spect to any fax that we have ever seen
dressed in our country; and as far as
we may be allowed to Judge, would be
fit to be worked into the finest fabricks
of which flax is susceptible. -
The whole expense of dressing fax
in this machine, including that of boil
ing also, it is supposed by the inventors,
7OiA not erceed tyo cents per pound. If
right in their estimate of the amount of
the labour it will perform, it is very
apparent that one machine will be suffi-
cient to dress all the fax. raised in
town.
By dressing flax in an unrotted state,
there is no doubt that much is saved in
quantity, as well as quality; as rotting
in either mode is essentially injurious to
its appearance. Unrotted flax is also
said TO be much stronger and more sub
stantial than that which is rotted.
We consider this most fortunate and
useful discoyery-one that will prove
highly beneficial to the agricultural in
terests of our country. Whitney's Cot
ton Machine was the great cause of the
introduction into the southern states of
the culture of cotton; and the result Of
that single invention has been the source
of untold millions of profit to the plant
ers. We hope Dey's Flax Dressing
Machine may prove the source of much
wealth to the northern farmers, by turn
ing their attention to this most useful
and profitable commodity, and inducing
them to raise hundred fold of their
former products.
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the invention; and 8. Thatthe invention
was only for new combination of old
machinery, to produce a new effect
On trial by jury, the Plaintiffs recov-
cred, and had judgment for treble dam
ages for $500, and cost, Sl80,36 /;
which judgment has since been paid.
Hiram Reed, the convict who escaped, last
week, from the House of Correction. in this
town, was apprehended, last Friday, in Green
held, and has been returned to the prison.
d The Committee of the
WORCESTER AGRICULTURAL SocrErY, on
.dgficulturat Experiments and Improve
msnts, will meet at Col Skies Inn. in
Worcester, on Tuesday the 18th day of
December next, at 10 o'clock, A. M. to
Judge and determine upon such evidence
OF Experiments and Improvements as
shall have been transmitted to the Cor
responding Secretary, on or before the
first day of December next. A compli-
ance with such Rules and Orders of the
Society Oh this subject as have been
published, will be strictly required.
Q. FISKE Chairman.
Worcester, .h'o0. 90, 1921.
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1t is our painful duty to announce the death
of the Rev. SAMUEL NEWELL, American Mis-
sionary at Bombay, in May last, after an illness
of IL hours, of cholera morbus-and also. Mrs.
SUSAN Poor, wife of Rev. Daniel Poor. Mis-
sionary at Jaffna, in Ceylon. The information.
we learn, is received in letter from Rev. Mr..
Bardwell, at Calcutta, to his friends in Ando-
ver.-BoSt. Recorder.
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Vetes for Register of Deeds.
MARRIED,

.W.HKRIED,
In this town, on Monday evening, by Rev.
Mr.. Going, MIR. Amherst Eaton, jun. to Miss
Betsey smith-and last evening, by the same,
Mr.. Timothy w. Bancroft to Miss Sally B.
Hafrington-all of Worcester.
At Westborough, on the Both ult. by Rev.
Elisha lockwood, John Gregory, Esq. of
Charleston, to Miss Sally Brigham, daughter
of the late Hon. Elijah Brigham