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Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1821-03-08
Charleston, Feb. 26.

Charleston, Feb. 26.
Our commercial friends in this city, have
favored us with the following extracts of
letters, on the state of the Market, receiv-
cd by the Stephania:-
"Bordeaur, Dec. 20.
"Pnlue Virginia Tobacco has always an
employ here for the Reggie which puts good
prices, when the quality is corresponding
but it must be all of first quality. and
high favored. AT the last meeting in No
vember, they paid ll5f for such sort: The
common price Of the sale was from IS
LOST. for less superior qualities. On the
whole, there were 3loo hhds. sold. The
next meeting will be at the end of May.
Rice has no determined course yet; and
our harvest having been plentiful, il is not
probable that it will have so much success
as last year. A few hundred barrels arriv-
ing in the Spring, may meet good mar.
ket.
Cotton, Georgia, short, las llbf.-
Long 975 3oof. Tobacco, Virginia, 75a
sof. Rice, 28 3of. Bees Wax, 295
93of: Do. white, 3e5 37of.
Brandy, 4th proof, go 3ooi per 30
velts"
"December e..
"Upland Cotton continues very much ne
elected IN this Market-the last sales have
been effected at l4ef. for fair quality, in
square bales. Sea Islands are almost un.
saleable at s7Sf.
"Rice continues very dull, at 50 to 33f.
'Brand,es are in good demand, at 29of.
a 3oof. for 4th proof.
mo political news"
Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1821-08-21
From the american Farmer.
THE REsT TIME no crn IINEER.

THE BEST TINE TO CUT TIMBER.
The scarcity of forest trees in many
parts OF our state, is such as to demand
the most rigid economy in the use OF them
either in building, fencing. or fire Woo,
This fact must be familiar to every man
who has had an opportunity of observing
that there is great difference in the du.
ra6ility of the same Kind OF wood cut 81
different times. This differen,e it Is Dc
l1eved by some ancient and observing
men, is occasioned by cutting down "
favorable or unfavorable seasons; 'a'
Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1821-08-21
TIE FAN,

The uses Of this little female ornanea
are well described in tie following eylIac
from Letters from Spain," published IN tb
New Monthly Magazine. No. S.
A snowy fan i. indispensable, in all sea.
sons, both in and out of doors. An Andaa.
sian woman might as well want her ,ongus
as her fan. The fan, besides, has this at.
Vart"ge over The natural organ Of speech;
that 1t conveys thought to a greater distance.
A dear friend at the fartbest end of lhe pub.
nc walk, is greeted and theered up by
quick. tremuous motion oil the ian, accom-
panied with several significant mods, An
object of indifference is dismissed with q
slow, formal inclination of the ian, which
makes his blood run cold. The fan now
screens the litter and whisper; now couGen.
SEES a smile into the dark sparkling eyes,
which take their aim just above it. A geals
tap OF the Ian commands tie attention OF The
careless; waving motion calls the distant
A certain twirl bet%een the fingers belrsyl
doubt or anxiety; quick closing and dis
playing the colds. indicates eagerness orjoy.
LII perfect combination with the expressive
features OF my coun,rywomen, the tan is
magic Wand, whose power is more easily sI'
than described.
Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1821-08-21
DARING ROBBERY.

Last evening about O'Clock, as Major
Bray of this town VS. returning home with
bis wife in chaise; when near the Derby
farm on the Medtord Turnpike he was &C.
costed by fellow on horseback who de.
manded bis money, threatening him with in.
slant death. A small roll Of bills wa. given
him. when he made further demand Of Biz
watches valued at $50 dollars. Alter some
parley, this was given up. and The fellow De-.
camped. observing lat ''he robbed none tus
gentlemen Major B thinks lie knows The
robber.
Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1821-08-21
Department Of State, 10Th dug. 1921.
A true copy:
DANIEL BRENT,
Chief Clerk.
MOST DARING OUTRAGE.

YESTERDAY ahumt Y O'Clock a negro
an ahou,tuo miles from the town of
CartersviIie with GUN in his hand, laid
v;Ilent hands on a very respectable mar
r;sd woman. threw ner down anu at
tem,tsd rape Sumnonine all her
strepoth she rose with him. liter strong
onnta7t Finding his efforts unavaiiins,
hs nr.sented the gun. she seized the IA l.
zle and ayerted Il. till ner mother whose
hnnse was near could approach to aid
her. She escaped from nina, ana as she
ran off, he DISCHARGED the gun at her. put
missed his aim. Within an hour after,
he appeared at the house of another very
respectable married woman about / ot
Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1821-08-21
A FACT. To The CURIOUS.

On the 9Th of June last about O'Clock in
the afternoon ther. passed over Wiili,,cwu
and Goshen, swarm OF the animal denomi.
mated the Devils darning Needle" or The
Snake feeder, or The Snake servant" So
vast was the number that TO use the expires.
sion of a respectable person who witnessed
their fight. they were ike cInudand dark.
ened the air From the information we can
obtain the swami extended mil IN width
and was more than an hour in passing They
did not move ias'--lheir general course was
from east TO west. Village Record.
Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1821-08-21
Bridgetoayn, (BarbadOcsl jane H.

Yesterday between the hours OF one anu
,,,o tho bo,;se of Mr.. Watts, baker, VI
Hull Head Alley. was discovered TO tie ca
FIRE; and, although assistance was speed"S
had, j, was totally destroyed. Four o'her
large house. together with several small ones
adjoining, were likewise burnt; and rom %
~ 40 small wooden houses were Pui'eu
down. in order to arrest the progress u 'h'
danes.
Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1821-08-21
Georgetown, S C. august II.

On Saturday the cSth nit negro fel
low named Ben che property of Mr. Jo-
seph Deuett, of Horny districD having
grudge against fellow called Scotland,
belonging to the es ate of W. Hemingway,
deceased, concealed himself at favora
ble spot, lat twilight about go miles from
Conwayboroueh. near highway or road,
on which he knew Scotland would travel,
and shot him Scotland died Of the wound
on tie Monday following. During this
interval OF two days, Ben did not attempt
to make his escape, but in the mean time,
MIR. Joseph Deuett, executed sale Of
him to John S. Deuett and BENZ. Mill
ken, who made an attempt to convey him
to another state. blr Robert H Sessions,
hearing of the fact, pursued and took
them, near the Great Pee Dee, on Friday
last. Ben was carried to Conwayborough,
where he was tried by Court of Magis-
trates and Freeholders on Monday last,
and found guilty. He will be executed,
OIL Monday next, near the residence of
the late Thomas Hemingway, where the
Waccamaw or Conwayboroush road in
In Hebron, n. ii. crowned by falling
into well, child Of Mr. James Pattee,
aged fourteen months. In the absence of
its parents, the other children, missing
the child, ran to the we'll. where they
found it lying on the surface of the water.
They raised a cry which was heard by
the father, DO was at work in the field,
who fastened towards the house: he met
one daughter, who had tainted and fallen
on the way to alarm him: and when he
arrived, he discovered that another
daughter eleven years old, had descended
the well twelve feet. brought up the child
under one arm, holding to the wall by
the other, Invested it of it's clothes and
put it to bed, all in the space of about
three minutes--but too late to save it's
life.
Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1821-08-21

Marks, shall pass to the United states
un .er the atipu!ations therein expressed
And the said Colonel Commandant
Don Jose Callava has, in consequence, al
this present time, made to the, Commis-
sioner of the United States, Ma or Gene
raj Anorew jackson, in this public ces-
sion. a delivery of the keys OF the town OF
Pensacola, of the archives, documents, "
otner articles, in the inventories before
mentioned: declaring that he releases
from their oath Of allegiance to SPAN the
citizens ard inha bitants Of West FLORIDA
who may choose to remain under the 10
minion of the United States.
And. that this important and solemn
act may be in perpetual memory, the
within named have signed the same, ana
have sealed with their respective seals, y
cause to be attesied by their SecretarleS
of Commission the day and year atore-
said
Andre,D Jackson. jose CdHdrd,
| By order Of the Com Por mandato de su
missoner on the part Of sonora ei Coroner Com
the United States. issalo del Gobierho &C
/ r K MCCALL, Espana
Sec,v ofthe Comm Ell Secretalio dc Ia
! Comision.
JOSE Y. CRUzAT.
Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1821-08-21
From our Correspondent.
Office ofthe Daily Advertiser,
Boston. .Aveu3f Ia.
ANOTHER HIGHWAY Ropprey

ANOTHER HIGHWAY ROBBERY,
Mr. Henry Haynes was on Monday even,
ing assaulted near West Boston Bridge. bv
two men. and robbed of a small sum Of NM
ney, one OF whom be recognised. They
were the same night discovered and arrest.
ed by Mr. Reed, assisted by the watch, and
at o'clock were this morning comm tied 10
Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1821-08-21
From ,he Cincinnati (CMo) her,stor.

From he Cincinnati (Chio) her,atOr
MlsERIEs OF HUaAN LIFE--NEw SERIES.
Groan W hen after waiting impatient.
ly tor two or three Lours) the carrier arrive.
with the newspaper TIA have neighbor who
happens in, immediately seize it, and ICON.
foiiably seated on a tobacco key, and hi,
Ieet genteeIly resting on a bag of coGr.J
composedly read i. through, from, beginning
to end, before the poor wisEful owner can
get peep at it.
Gr.on 2.--When number of persons ar
bus'ly engaged in perusing the conteots Of,
new hand-bill just posted up to h We sns.
Their come up ami commence reading it aloud,
TO shew the bye ISLANDERS, tina he has learned
to read
Groan $40 have dozen or two OF par.
teulurf'iends continually leaning or sitting
on shop keepers counter, to the total ex-
ciusoD Of customers.
Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1821-08-21
PRICES CURRENT.


Flour, barrel, Ba imore superhne, iSaioa
dollars.-rce, qu,ntaI 5-beef, barrel D.
pork, do l4-butter, Dutch s. Irish, qu'n'a',
S5 dolls-do America i8-cbeese, Datch'
lido American ls--do English l2--lard
Isa l4--jerked beef, srrobe, II a 70 rails
hams. ouiutal, 10 dol!s--cod h'h in CASKS
u,rp,al 3sI--do 10 boxes of 10 10. 5 dolls
soap, brown, pound, rial-Cast'le DO u
tobacco. quin,al, dolars-tallow a. du'i'
satin, India black, i 8 yards, piece, 2S DOS
do colored, aSa3l-crapes, india black
ga ,2--do coloured dull-nankeens Short
yellow, 4a4i rials--long DO 7a8--blue no.
minaI. calf skins l0a30 dollars--l ad IN
.hce,s. 10 doIlars--paper, toolscap, ream'
.at.41--letter do 6--wrapping do 10 rails
pine inch boards. teet 1000, 92as4 dollars
hoops Tor hogsheads, 2o--shooks, with head
ing, each, 6 rials--rar, barrel, 2ta3-pltch
s1--rosln 2i--spiriis OF turpen'lne, qulntal
1a8.
Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1821-08-21

prison to take 'Fqir trial a, ths next tern q,
the Supreme Court, for highway robbery
Their names are Gilbert Close and SamuL
Clisby. One of them was on Saturday las,
discharged from the gaol in this town.
A horse supposed To have been in posses.
sion of the person who robbed Major Bray
was taken last night soon alter tn. robbery
and strong hopes are entertained that the
fellow will be arrested. 1t is said that
party were in pursuit Immediately after The
act was committed sight OF the fellow
who finding he should be overtaken. din.
mounted aud escaped through corn6eld.
Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1821-08-21
Boston, August Is.
FIRE,

AT six O'Clock, last evening, a Ere broke
out in Cabinet Makers shop in Back s,rl.
occupied by Mr.. Calvin Taylor, which With
the principal part of its contents was con.
sumed. A dwelling house adjoining, oceu.
pied by Mr.. Hart, another occupied by Mr..
Jones, and building occupied as mustard
factory were nearly destroyed. The build.
ings in the neighborhood are principally
wood, and it was only ~ The active exer.
ton. of The citizens that much more exteu.
sive confagration was prevented
Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1821-08-21
.Ns1c York, .1ug. i6.
FROM JAMAICA.

FROM JAMAICA.
We have recsiy,d d from our Boston cor
Respondents, jamaica papers to June 3Olb,
and Halifax papers to the 3o,h ul'..
Kington, Jamiica June 80.
Oar adv,ces from Santa Martha are to the
l6th inst. By them we learn. that th- In
,alation oil thu frs. general Congress OF The
Colombian Republic had taken place in the
s village OF Rosario del CucuIa on the 9th ul'.
fha Excelency the Vice President, An,oni"
NaTno, General of division, was appointed
by TIE Congress of Colombla 10 assam q, Il
\ -iSs oyt.e l7lh Decemper 1919.
b71e Assembly having met, his ExcelIen-
cy the Vlce-Presid-nt read speech, apPG-
cable TO the act, which having concluded, he
rose and asked if the Deputies were OF opin-
ion tnat they might Cor ought toy proceed to
The Installation OF the Congress. 1t being
unanimously sgfeed to, the Vice President
sai!, "fhe general Congress of Colombia
is la fully ins,sled: rhe National Sover.
sgnty is al its disposal"
A numerous conccuTse Of people, full o.!
reloiciugs and enthusiasm, cried Long lire
the Repub',c-Loag hire he Cngress The
Deputies .tlerw ards took tie sCcustomaly
oa,hs.
At the proposal of the Vice President, they
proceeded TO eject President and Vice
President for the Congress, when by ira
Jor'y of votes Sn Felix Restrepo was chos-
Ell President, and Sn. Fernando Penalver,
Vice President.
On the couinu alton of the Session, Fran.
CISCO Solo, and Miguel Santamaria were
chosen Secretaries, who took possession of
Their places, and concluded the act of Install
lalioD, which was signed by his Excellency
the Vice President, by all the Deputies, and
By the Ministers for h Foreign and Hume
Departments.
June 81.
The following IS an extract Of letter re-
c2ivei from Savanilla, by the schooner En-
terprise, which arrived on Sundty:
II is expe cted We viii be soon in Cartha-
gena, "a Paddla is in The Bay with his gun
boats. DC and we are fitting out eigh, more
to reinforce HIM; one is beautiful large ves-
sci. mounting three ioog guns, besides an l3
a l2, and puunder. There are also tour
vessels fitting out in Santa Martha all OF
which will sail in day or two Gen. Clen-
en-; has arrived here, and goes 10 DorrUa
to Tur5aco. u take the command Of these
Provinces.
On Tuesday morninO, bis Majes.y's ship
Tsm,r, OF sS guns, capt Sir HIN S. Wise
man, Bart. sailed from Santa Martha and !
Savsnilia. havinA four vessels under her con.
voy. Another couv,y it is expected will
proceed soon for the same destination. ID. r.
being at present considerable demand on thu
N lin for British manufactured goods
By the Non MI Ricordo, 8 days from San
q qarih,, we learn that three stout briggs,
ION "A to l8 guns each, had sailed from
santa Martha for Clrthagela, to jciG the
,uu boats under Padilla. Il
Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1821-08-21
Communicated for The Federal Guse'te'
Extract of letter, dated
J.EI Al 1891

The brig Margaret, arrived week since
itor, Philadelphia, and sold her -four at 100
dollars. az we are informed, aud the brig
MARYLAND, from Baltimore to day, viii! like
+; get the same tor hers, which is The only
Flour at market.
Orher provisions dull.
Our staple exports scarce and improving
Particulars will be found in attached prices
current, to which We reier.
Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1821-04-04

The National lntelIigenrer. (says
the New York Gazctte) remarks, that
Generals Brown. Scott and Gaines,
are t" form a Board Of General Off.
GERS in Washington, to make the selee'
ton from the present officers of the ar
my, made necessary by the act for re-
ducing the army. As far as We under.
stand the law, the officers to be reduced
are
Major General, and staff; 9 Brlsa.
der Generals, do; 3 Majors, 10 Cap.
tains, ls Lieutenants, 19 second Lieu.
tenants. 10 third Lieutcnants. Of ArllI:
lcry: 8 Paymasters, 8 Colonies Oh
Infantry and Rifemep, 8 Lieutenant
Colonies, 5 Majors. 80 Captains 50
Lieutenants, 16 second Lieutenanls
Adjutant Generals, 4 Assistant ADV
tant Generals, 4 Assistant inspector
Generals, 4 Deputy Assistant Q: NJ
Generals. g Judge Advocates, and Sc
veral Surgeons.
Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1821-04-04
THE MANIAC.

One Of those heartless wretches wIi'
60 every where, Ind abuse every body
went to Bedlam, and spat upon an un;'
fortunate being who would not TEL
him for what reason he was confined
Ihe unhappy man wiped his face, anu
replied, "because Col has deprI'eu
me at blessing which you never Ell
Joyed." This affecting and severe Re,
tort has been beautifully versifed; 'n'
two las: lines are the point
81 am here, said the Maniac, at HeaEen'
high will,
For the loss Of that reason you now use
ILL.,"
Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1821-04-04

maintained With tic greatest di,inr
rc>tcdnrsS. and with all bis power fl,
principles OF ,he Holy Alliance vhirI|
are those OF tic gnsprl. It's lhcre,ml
impossible that he can have rntcred i,
to an alliance to constitute himself II
enemy of an order Of things which n
conIormablr to the civilization, and
the wants of the people.
{" Bnt what has taken place at \.
pies bears a character 50 hostile n II
repase OF both princes and peupIc H."
The Empero; would act contrary "a I%
known sentiments il he conteutsd b.;
self with remaining "A Tranquil susc,
tor. whilst sect, laboiins in obscn";
ty and re,olted soldiers. impose N.Y.
their Sovereign constitution w I%.1
owes its existence to the extraordna
circumstances in which Spain was .;,
ated in 1919, bat which can never s.r,
as a proper model in the ord;n,,
course of things"
Turin, Dccem5er4
The two most important place, !, |
the kingdom of Naples, and which Ar,
in a manner.a the key of it. Gate and
Civitella del i'ronto are in a fnrmid,
bic state of defence. CivitclIa deferd,
the entf ance to the kingdom on Ii,
coast OF the Adriatic, and Gate on tLs
coast of the Mediterranean. Fine 6r,,
division which guards the road of Iu
is commanded by General Ambrosia
this division already occupy theirqusr.
ters. The second division guards tb,
passage of San Germano, it is CON-
manded by Gen Arcovito. The third
which occupies the chain of the Abbruz.
zes is commanded by Gen. William
Pepe. To each of these divisions are,
attached three provincial legions. Th.
number of the troops of the line posted
on the frontiers. is thirty thou, and me.
without including the garrisons in til
fortified places. In all the frontia
provinces, and particularly in the pro.
vinces of AveIlino they have organized
companies of GuerilIas. composed Of
the most skilltuI shooters. The are
for the most part commanded by 70.
reign officers, among whom are some
Spaniards.
Lyons. January IS.
MIR. James Webb, a rich Englishman|
residing in this city, has hitherto en-
played all his revenues in doing good.
He committed the crime of distributn,
a part of his gifts at random, not know
Ing that it is sin in France to SOY
silver in the streets. The police, tirel
of having to guard against the disor.
ders which existed in the mobs which
formed about the magnificent stranger,
ordered him away. Upon coming out
OF the house of the Mayor he was in.
censed at receiving the order to set out
In "a hours. This man during his a.
bode in one of our northern cities gave
every day 600 francs to the hospitals
de left this place the 18th for Mar.
settles, leaving to Nj. Levrat a sum to
for the assistance of some
poor people whom he designated-In
particular a man who had his face eat.
en- by a cancer and whose address he
had asked.
Paris, Jan. is.
Among the Frenchmen who are now
at Madrid, is Mr.. Sultan, a literary
gentleman, the author of several works
who;is employed in collecting materials
for new book which will be entitled
"Historical summary of the principal
political and Military events which
have brought about the Spanish res0'
lution.'
ARMY BOARD.
Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1821-04-04

LETTER TO THE EDITOR, DATED
Dumfries. Cd April
The election for Prince William has just
terminated, and the following is the state
Of the poll.
For Congress-Mercer, i4S
Bailey, lis
Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1821-04-04

Our readers are requested to correct ma
terial error in the extract of letter from
London. Which appeared in the Gazette ct
yesterday, in relation TO the price OF tobac-
co 10 the United Siates;-instead oil the
price being " from to dollars" it should
have been " from 5 TO IL dollars"
Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1821-04-04
Majority %

For III, State Senuts-Rose-no opposition.
For hs II of Detsgases-Hooe, jr. l62
Foster, lac
Muchett, 103
French, 95
Renoe,
The Massachusetts spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1821-1823, 1821-10-31
aOicn.

In this town, On the 22d inst. Mr.. Simeon
Smith, one of the old revolutionary soldiers,
aged 65.
Messrs. Prnters--In your paper of the Sd inst
you published the deaths of nine persons in
Shrewsbury, who had died of the dysentery i:
since which, the following have taken place.
most OF them from the same disorder.
On the lst Oct. Henry, aged years, and
on the I'd, Mary, aged years, only children
OF MIR. Stephen Bellows-Oct. 2, Mr.. Joseph
Ward, aged 80, after sickness of Z years
Oct. 6, Miss Sarah Marshall, aged 80-Oct. 6.
Eliza Maria, aged years, daughter of Perley
Goddard-Oct. 8, a child of Martin Harrinc.
ton, aged 3 years-oct. 9, Stephen johnson,
aged year, son OF Schuyler Haring ton-Oct.
II, Miss Lydia Stone, aged 63-Oct. II, Clar-
issa Parker, aged IL years-Oct. 12, Laura
Maria, aged year, daughter of Nahum Nurse
Oct. 13, an infant child of Elder Nicholas
Branch--Oct. Ia, Harriet Kemble, aged |
year, daughter of David Alexander-Oct. is.
Eliza Maria Antoniette, aged years, and on
the 23d, Frances Caroline Augusta, aged 2
years, daughters of Andrew H. Ward, ESQ
Oct. Is, Levi Gould, aged "a years-Oct. q,
Charlotte Alexander, aged l6 years-oct. o.
Rene, aged 4years. daughter of Moses Bellows.