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Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1822-02-16
State Of MARYLAND.
Charles County.

Charles County, Set.
ON application TO The subscriber. one
~ of the Judges of the Orphans Court
of Charles County, by petition in VII.
ting of Walter Edelen of Charles Coun-
iy, for the benefit of the ACT OF Assembly
tor the relief Of insolvent debtors, pass
ed at Nov. session, 1905, and the sew
eral supplements thereto, on the terms
mentioned therein, schedule OF bis
property and a list of his creditors on
oath, so far as he can ascertain them,
being annexed to his petition and beng
satisGedby competent testimony that The
said Walter Edelen. has resided two years
Immediately pre- eding the time Of his
application in the state of Maryland; and
being also satisfied thai the said WaiteI
Edelen is in actual confinement for debt
and for no other cause, and the said Wal
ter.Edelen. having entered into bond, with
Sufficient security for his personal appear
ance in Charles County Court, to answer
such allegations as h's CREDITORS may
make against him. Ii is therefore ordered
Il adiudged that the said Walter Edelen,
be discharged from Imprisonment, and
that by causing copy of this order TO be
Inserted in some one Of the newspapers
edited in the District of Columbia, once
week for two months, successfully be-
fore the third Monday of March next, he
give notice to his creditors t. appear be-
fore the said court at Port Tobacco in said
county, on the said Sd Monday of March
next; for the purpose of recommending
trustee for their benefit and to. shew
cause, if any they have, why the said
Walter Edelen should nothave the benefit
of the several insolvent laws Of this state
as prayed. Given under my hand this
23d day of October, 1891.
|. CAMPBELL,
True copy. Teste, JOHN BARNES,
elk.
decs law2m
Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1822-02-16
Orphans Court,
Me1andr;a County,

S1tSIuU0Jtu SOuHsS1
February term, 1929.
ORDERED that The administrator OF
" Henry l. MaUEd. deceased do in
sert the usual notice 10 debtors and credi-
tors three times 10 the Alexandra Gazette.
A copy. Teste, A. MOORE.
Register of wills.
This is to give notice that the subscriber
OF Alexandria county in the District OF Co.
lumbis, has obtained from the OrpbaGs
Court OF said cou1ty, letters OF admins
tration on the personal estate Of Henry l..
Maund, late of The county aforesaid,
deceased. All persons having claims u
gsinst The said deceased are b4rebynotifled
TO exhibit the same with the vouchers
thereof, to the subscriber. passed by The
Orphans Court. on or before the 9Th day
Of August next, or they may by law he
excluded all benefit TO said estate; and
those indebted thereto are required to
make immediate payment. 8
Given under my hand this 4tb day OF
February, 1922.
GEORGE CARTER,
Admir- of Henry L. Maund decd.
feb 4 st
Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1822-02-16
Charles County Court,
August term, 1921,

s0# HNgnSt tefW3 1911, h
ON application to the Judges OF Charles
~ county Court, by petition in writing
OF Henry L. Mcpherson Of Charles coun-
ty, for the benefit OF the act of assembly
for the relief of insolvent debtors passed
al Nov session 1906, and the several sup.
plements thereto on the terms mentioned
there, a schedule of bis property and a
list of his creditors on oath, SO far as he
can ascertain them, being annexed to his
petition. and being satisfied by competent
testimony tina, the said Henry T. McPber.
son, has resided two years Immediately
preceding the time of bis application in
the state of Maryland, and being also sa-
tis6ed that the said Henry T. Mcpherson
is in actual confinement for debt and for
no other cause, and the said Henry i Nc
Pherson having entered into bond with
sufficient security, Tor bis personal appear
ance in Charles county court to answer
such allegations as bis creditors may make
against him; il is therefore ordered and
sdjudged that the said Henry T. McPher-
sou be discharged from Imprisonment and
that by causing copy OF ibis order to be
inserted in some one OF the newspapers
edited in the Distric, OF Columbia, once
week for two months successfully, before
the third Monday of March next, he give
notice TO his creditors to appear before
the said court at Port Tobacco, in said
county, on the said third Monday 10 March
next, Tor the purpose of recommending
Trustee for their benefit, and to shew
cause il any they have, why the said Hem
~ T. NcPhers should not have the be
ne6t of the several insolyent laws OF this
state as prayed.
Test, JOHN BARNES, elk.
Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1822-02-16
Removal.

II Ps.WHITNEY begs leave to ac-
/ i. quaint his friends and the public in
general that he has removed his shop from
no corner OF Fairfax to the corner OF
Pi.nce & Water streets; where he will be
happy to supply his customers as former
ly, with any description that they may at
anv time need as low he trusts, as any
other IN the District, and be likewise
fishes to inform them that he has just
received full supply OF almost every ar
ticle for che approaching season, which
will be found an object tor those that need
such goods to call and judge for them
selves.
N. B. Every description of ready made
clothing constantly on hand, and the low
est prizes, and any orders fulfilled with
punctuality and despatch
cont "a 3taw4n,
Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1822-02-16
VIRGINIA.
Marshal's Sale,

A T Superior Court of Chsncery held
n in the town of Fredericksbufgh, on
The 9th day of April, 1918,
Daniel M'Leod, Plaintiff.
AGAINST
Jabez B. Rocker, and Mary G.. bis wife;
James Irwin, and Britannia aud America
Rocker; by Jsbez b. Rocker. assigned
their guardian, Defendants.
1t appearing to the satisfaction OF the
court, that the defendants have been duly
served with copy OF the interlocutory or
der entered IN this cause, at rules, on the
Sd day OF October 1877, and they stli
failing to appear and answer on the motion
of the plaintiff by counsel, the court doth
adjudge order and decree. that the deed
from Mary G.. Brooke. TO James irwin, da-
ted the 10th day Of January, 1878, and
made an EXHIBIT in this cause as to the
plaintiff, be annuled and vacated,as Tar as
it conveys any interest 10 the defendant,
James Irwin or raises any trust Tor the
benefit o. the other defendants; and, that
unless Jabez B. Rocker, within six months
from the date hereof, pay to the plaintiff,
two thousand dollars, with interest thereon
at the rate OF six per centum per annum,
from the 95th day of July, 1916, until pay.
menl. one dollar and seventy cents, and
the costs by the plaintiff expended IN me
prosecution of this suit The said deten-
dant and his heirs, and all persons claiming
under him, be from Ihenceforth barred and
foreclosed Of all equity and right to re-
deem the land and premises described ~
the irdenture of mortgage, one OF the ex-
h;bits in this cause made on the 18Th day
of September, 1915, between Ja'ez b.
Rocker and Mary c. his wife, OF the one
part, and Daniel M'Leod of The other
part, and in case of default. in the
payment of the said principal money,
interest and costs, within the time atofe-
said, that the marshal of this court, alter
giving three weeks notice by advertise
menl in some public paper, printed III the
town of Alexandria, do expose to sale by
public auction, for ready money, the land
aud premises in the said Indenture. men
toned, and out of the money arising from
the said sale, after dedrcting the expenses
attending the same, pay to the plaintiff the
said principal money. interest and costs
aud the surplus of the proceeds OF sale, II
any, pay to the defendant James lrvn,and
report Ills proceedings W tho eou'' !" '
to final decree. And liberty is reserved
to the infant defendants, to she" cause a
ganst this decree at any time within SIX
months after they shall have respectively
attained the age OF twenty one years
Costs, 80 dollars 95 CHS
A copy, Teste, j. +. FORD, G. c.
1FPursuant to the foregoing decree, !
snail, On the 9th day of March next, on the
premises, expose TO sale by public auction
TO the highest bidder, for ready money
the land and premises therein referred 20.
The tract contains loI acres, and is part
of larger tract called REFINEMENT
in the county of Fairfax, and lies on The
road between Alexandria and Colchester,
about four miles from the former.
WAN. Nj. CRAIG,
Deputy of John Stanard, Marshal
ieb II 5ta"ts
Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1822-02-16
mo. 6l69
SATURDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 16, 1922
Orphans Court,
: Alexandria County,

.aiexandriid County,
February ERIN 1922.
sARDERED, that the Executrix Of John
" Howard. deceased. do give the usual
notice TO debtors end creditors three times
in the Alexandra Gazette.
A copy, Teste, A. MOORE,
Reg. Of Wills.
Z THIS Is 10 gi0e notice;
That the subscriber, OF Alexandra
County, 10 the District Of Columbia, has
obtained from The Orphans Court, OF said
County, letters testamentaTy, on the per-
sonal estate Of John Howard, late OF the
county aforesaid, deceased. All persons
having claims against the said deceased.
are hereby warned to exhibit the same;
with the vouchers thereof 10 the suhecr: Der.
passed by the Orphans Court on or before
the 4th day August next, or they may by
law, be excluded all benefit to said Estate;
and those indebted thereto, are requested
to make immediate payment. i.
Given under my band this Alb day OF
February 1922
ELIZABETH HOWARD,
Executive Of John Howard, decd.
Feb a st
Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1822-02-16
CORPORATION Stock.

PURSUANT TO authority vested IN US.
I by law Of the Common Council of
Alexandra, passed the 9Th day of January
1890 we will receive until the 9th day OF
February next. sealed proposals for the
nurchase of twelve thousand dollars, stock
OF the Corporation of Alexandra, bearing
an interest of six pei cent. per an
nun. and redeemabe on or before the
frs, dsy January, 1889, al the pleasure o.
the Council, or so much thereof, as will
sat;sfv debt due to tie Bank of Alex a.
Cir NEALE,
i. P. THOMPSON, }
January !8, 1922 di5t
Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1822-02-16
'1aw2m
State of Maryland.

Charles County, Set.
ON application to the subscriber, one OF
" the Judges OF the Orphans Court OF
Charles County, by petition in writing
of William Bridget, of Charles County,
for the benefit OF the act of Assembly
for the relief of insolvent debtors, pass
ed at November session, 1905, and the
several supplements thereto ON the terms
mentioned therein, schedule oil his
property. and a list of his creditors on
oath so far as he can ascertain them being
annexed TO his petition, and being satisfied
nv competent testimony that the said WIN.
Bridgett has resided two years immediate
" preceding the time OF his application
in the state of Maryland, and being also
satisfied that the said William Bridget, is
in actual confinement for debt, and for no
other cause; and the said Nm. Bridget
having entered into bond With sufficient
security for bis personal appearance in
Charles County Court, to answer such al
legations as his creditors may make
against him. 1t is therefore ordered and
adiudged, that the said William Bridget
be discharged from imprisonment, and
that by causing copy of this order to be
inserted in some one OF the newspapers
edited in the District of Columbia once
week for two months successfully before
the third Monday OF March next, he give
notice to his creditors to appear before
the SAID court at Port Tobacco 10 said
county. on thesaid third Monday in March
next, for the purpose Of recommending
trustee for their benefit, and to shew cause,
if any they have, why the said William,
Bridget should not have the benefit Of the
several insolyent laws Of this state; as
prayed.
Given under my hand this Esd day OF
Oct. 1891. |, CAMPBELL.
True copy, Teste, JOHN BARNES, elk.
dor law2m
Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1822-02-16
Alfred. Gibson.

4 TTORNEY at law, offers bis servi-
~ ces 10 practise in the Courts OF this
District, also in the Superior and Inferior
Courts of FauquiersC County, State OF Nir-
ginia. He may be found at bis Office On
Cameron street, or at the Washington la
.vPrn. dec " ec2n
Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1822-02-16
Was Committed

rg1O the jail of Fairfax county, by war
Il rant from under the hand OF Law
renee Lewis, Esq. dated the 2lst day OF
Sept. 1921,
A Negro Man,
Who calls himself John, runaway,
and committed as the property of Mr..
Hump, and lately purchased of Mr.
Cave Withers, of Alexandria, %. C.)-
but since in Jail says he was theiproperty
of William Skinker, deceased, OF Stafford
county. The said negro is ABOUT 10 or
9oyesrs of age, very black, about s feet
8 or 10 inches high, and had on when
committed, black broad cloth coat. a
dark green pair of panaloons and white
hat. The owner is requested to come for.
ward, prove property, pay charges and
take him away; otherwise be will be dis
posed of as The law directs.
P. B. BRADLEY. Jailor
for S. Jackson, Sheriff Of Faarlar Co.
The editors Of the Richmond Enquirer,
will please publish the above commitment
in their paper once week tor three
months, and send their account to me tor
settlement.
dec lQ--1aw3m L. % d.
Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1822-02-16
$4,000

II HAVE ten to fifteen thousand dollars
i of the Georgetown Importing & EXPORT
ing Stock, / wish to dispose OF j viii seu
il for cash, or on credit Of to 10 years
for undoubted landed or other security, or
exchange it for props rty. Those disposed
to deaffor any part of this stock. wiIhcaA
at my Office, Bridge street Georgetown:
RoMykvS RIGGS
jana q
Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1822-02-16
0tice.
TINE subscriber will commence h
| SCHOOL at Mr.. Edmund's scho
Aouse on Monday the 4th February mex
He will teach
Reading,
Writing,
arithmetic,
English Grammar,
Geography,
Book keeping, SIC.

on he usual conditions; males and females
will be received. The patronage of the
pubic is respectfully solicited
SAMUEL PLUMMER.
Mr.. P. offers his services TO mechanics,
aad other persons, who may not have lei
sure 10 arrange their books and accounts.
jan 29 tuths6t
dissolution of Partnership.
's'HE undersigned have this day dissolv
1 ed partnership by mutual consent
AIIpeTsons who have claims, are request
ed to present them for liquidation, and
all those indebted to them ,re solicited TO
MAKE immediate payment TO James l..
FRINGE, DORSET 4 PRINCE.
L4Oydsbursb, Fasrfar Co. Pa.
N. B. In rendering our grateful thanks
'oOur friends Il patrons, we beg leave to
recommend our successor, MIR. Edward
ElaFk, as person every way quaIitled to
give satisfaction to those who may stop at
M tavern, ID. y T.
Jan 10 tt
Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1822-02-16
NOTICE.

VNHE Subscriber having resumed the
4 Flour and Grocery Business in Alex
andria, begs leave again to offer bis SER
vices TO bis Country friends He will
purchase and sell hour--or receive IT on
Storage. He will keep constantly onhand
stock of Groceries, and transact any
business which they may be disposed to
Con6de to him.
sAMUEh THOMPSON.
Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1822-02-16
Little River Turnpike Com.

Pahy.
January, 9, 1922.
a DIVIDEND of six per cent for the
~ last twelve months, on each share OF
stock held in this Institution is declared.
and will be paid to the stockholders or
their representatives on or alter The filth
day OF February next. By order OF the
stockholders.
JONAH THOMPSON, Treasurer.
ian II StawlM
Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1822-02-16
Notice.

'THE Stockholders of the Alexandra
. Library Company, are hereby notlhed
Nal an election for President and eleF-
sOdrectors. 60 manage the affairs OF that
Institution for the ensuing year will be
ned al the Library Room, between the
'oiVs of nine and two, the 18th OF Feb
mary inst.
WM. G. CRANCH, Librarian.
feb
Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1822-02-16
John I'll. I.add & Co.

rIAVE received per schr. Citizen, and
II ogsr for sale
5000 bushels potatoes
IFS boxes mould candles
90 bhis. No. & 2 maCkerel
Is bis. do
goo quinta S Goldfish
Is chests imperial tea
Received per brig Almira, from Ma
s.;r, II pipes Madeira wine, of the vim
tase Of 1873 aec 81
Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1822-02-16
Hemp, Duck, Tea, &C.
Wm. EOzrle e. Co.

HAVE this day Iandrng from brig At
IL row, and offer for sale,
10 tons clean st. Petersburgh hemp.
100 pieces Russia Duck,
60 do Ravens do
2 chests & 4 boxes young Tyson tea.
20 barrels NO. sugar
90 or casks T M. wine
so boxes mould candles,
40 do dipped do
dec Is
Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1822-02-16
Office.

10y virtue of decree of the honorable
- the Judges OF Charles county court.
sitting as court of equity, will be expos
ed to public sale on Thursday, The 18th
March next at the residence OF Mrs. Lu
ciDda DYSON.
Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1822-02-16

Labourer's Wanted.
Jury able bodied Black Labourers
vhich will be hired for the year, to
II Old.Point Comfort and its vicini-
sO'1 ior such liberal wages will be paid,
9.s other need apply to
,'oO' - BOLITHA LAWS,
At the Washington Iapern.
* dt28feb
Nat. IntelIigencer will insert the
1--we cot 2Sieb.
Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1822-02-16
Worth the attention

of persons DESTROYS to purchase; % ne
terms Of sale are that The purchasers exc
cute bond with good and sufficient secu-
rity for the payment of one fourth OF the
nuychs SO money. on the ratification OF the
sale hv the court, and the residue OF the
purchase money, in three tqnai annuai IN
stsIments, bearing interest from the Gay
of sale. and on the payment OF the whole
purchase money, and no, before, the rus
tees will by good and suthc'en, deed
convey to the purchaser all the right title
ard interest OF said Walter Dyson IN and
TO the land and premises above ni.oned.
~ ''e ~ LUCINDA DYSON,
BENNETT DYSON,
&C dew Trustees
Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1822-02-16
Three Tracts,
Parts of tracts, OF parcels Of
LAND:

being the dwelling plantation of which
Walter Dyson died seized, called Brother
hood, indian Cabin, and Nevit's Desire,
containing two hundred and eighty seven
acres, and twenty three perches of land,
more or less. This land lies in Charles
county. within four miles of Charlotte
Hall school, is good farming land, the 81
tua,ion remarkably healthy, and in other
Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1822-02-16

A T Superior Court of Chsncery held
"A in the town of FredericksbuIgh, on
The 9th day of April, 1918,
Daniel MV.aod Plaintiff
Alexandria gazette & advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1822-1824, 1822-10-03
Philadelphia, Sept. 2S.
FROM ST. THOMAS.

Rsig Rising. Sun, Dill, left st. Tho
ma. Harbor Sept. 10, under convoy OF
the U. !. schr. Alligator, Lieut.. Com.
Alien. who conveyed us clear OF the
Passage, and returned to her station.
Captain Allen boarded sloop from St.
Johns. porto Rico) the morniDg we
came out, who informed that the y. 5.
,lOop of war Cyane had liberated the
American vessels recently sent into
Porto Rico, and had sailed for Ponce.
on the south side of the island, for the
liberation of the vessels there, ii any.
The officers and crew of the Alligator
we're in perfect health, as well as the
brig Shark, cruizing off Cape Roxo
and the Mona Passage. Much credit
is due tie commanding officers and
crews Of our small vessels cruising for
the protection of our commerce in the
West India trade. as nothing escapes
their vigilance of suspicious nature.
together with the high order and dis.
cplipe that makes them respected by
every visitor of their respective vessels.
The crops at St. Croix, St Johns
and St. Thomas would fall short very
considerably from the great drought,
in number of their estates the cane
had persisted and destitute of segste-
ton,
Alexandria gazette & advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1822-1824, 1822-10-03

:, r. the Mississippi, 20 wit:
brsn asa Red river, the Arkansas, rthe
BIZ tho w. The RIO del Norte is not
0ssss ,hls below the Passo, that is to
pasisso',Lo lover halt of 1t, being choked
say ~ sands. and it is the only river
up MD drains those provinces. AtPre-
vbasu ARE supplied with merchan
, ,as ~ w. way Of Vera Cruz and Mexico,
dse y 1: carried 1909 miles overland
wnlen ,le. The branches of the Mis-
% .'. ;DO furnish a much shorter and
sss'Pp s, route, they being navigable
cheap E to their heads within few days
slsss; commerce has always been look
~ - one of the resources of St.
sas; az. and the eagerness to engage IN
L1 ~. hssn so great that the imprison.
y no of each successive party and the
nes s.cation oftheir goods, could not de-
e0Da a,bers adyenturing in it under the
g s. o ro,srnment.- Since the revolution,
olu !, FIVE parties have gone without
lo oIss,ation, the present being the lar
l'O . advsnture that we have heard OF.
s s,,,ssros. who commanded the party
. aa took General. then Lieutenant
ono, n,,.s Il now Governor of New Mexico,
"a r.. ire. ted the citizens osthe Cni-
al Gates who have visited him, with
much cisility.
Alexandria gazette & advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1822-1824, 1822-10-03
COHEN's OFFICE
Baltimore. Sent. 5. 1922.

baltimore, Sept D, 1922.
In announcing 10, the public another
STATE LOTTERY, in pur-hance OF The
Act of the Legislature, the undersigned
begs leave respectfully to express the high
sense of their very distinguished patron
age in the last Scheme. by which he was
enabled to complete the druwingsln time
so short, and unprecedented. Knowing
the wishes of adventures in favor ola specs
dy result OF investments the presentschene
is so arranged that the whole will be CON-
pleted IN TEN DRAWINGS ONLY =
This added TO its comparative brillisncy,
has already caused SO spirited demand foe
thetckets, that the day of drawing will
soon be announced.
In this lottery, as in the last, adventu-
rers can receive the cash for prizes sold at
CoHEN's OFFICE, the moment they are
drawn, and the drawings, as in the former
scheme, will be conducted under The SUI
perintendance of the Commissioners ape
pointed by the Governor and Council.
SCHEME OF THE
Alexandria gazette & advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1822-1824, 1822-10-03
For Rotterdam,

4S4s The superior copper fastened big
ska& ANN, Henry Snow. loaste will
san about the 18th inst. and take some
freight If offered immediately. Apply to
WIN. FOWLE 4 Co.
VINO have tor sale received by said brig,
45oo bushels Liverpool coarse salt d
10000 lbs Sumafra pepper
loo casks nails assorted sizes
10 tons ST. Petersburg clean hemp s
10 bales Russia feathers 2
10 DO containing $751; quilts
3 pipes superior quality Lon
2 halt pipes don particular Madeira
4 Or. casks } VINE
Is Or. casks Teneriffe wine
SO bbls No. 2 and 3 mackerel