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Patent Elastic Saddles.

"A word to those fond of easy Riding.
The complaint against hard and nneasv "a
DIES, which rs for the most par. Just aud gone.
raj one and is really great grievance to t5ose
VINO nave much riding to do, has caused him -,
urn MS mind particularly TO that subiec,. Win
yie"' If possible, TO remedy the evil ue cam
WIN confidence assure the public that he bso
accompiIshedi IT, The plan projected, is bv means
OF strong and we'll tempered steel sprinrs. GO
constructed . as to support the saddle seat and
Eve "uch greater ease to both rider and horse
un ,t saddles made in the common wav or anu
9 r, ,'ai ne has ever seen can possibIv do =.
tne pan IS entirely diHereni from the English
eas.C saddles with spring bars Of steel, whale.
Done and also from those with wire sprin,s
snn ne eonceives much superior to either, AS the
Is greater, and the tree not being nut
p t VI US original form, will not be subject 10
"Stiiuhs horses on journeys,which is Complained
" ~ 'he saddles with spring bars A number ~
Sennemen have those saddles now in use. ana
oSt one sentiment exists among then in favor
u ueir superiority. The invention is eouslI,,
as apPIcable to ladies saddles as TO gentlemensy
~ point OF durability they will be warranted .
q"al TO any other saddles and superior 10 mos,
june 10 TT JAMES VANSANT. :
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This is to Give Notice,

TNHAT the subscribers ofAlexandria county,
in the district of Columbia. have obtained
from the orphans court of said county, letters
testamentart on the estate Of ANDREW JAMESON,
late ofthe county aforesaid, deceased: All per-
sons having claims againstihe said decedent,are
hereby warned TO exhibit the same, with the
vouchers thereof TO the Subscribers, on or be-
fore the 31st day of January next, or they may,
by law, be excluded from all benefit TO said es-
tate and those indebted thereto, are required TO
make immediate payment Given under our
hands this 3lst day of July, 1923.
ROBERT JAMESON,
ROBERT ANDERSON,
Executors of .4flfretp Jameson.
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NOl'LCE.

e NE subscribers Ia r. Kennersley's Pero
Z deal Publications, that were distributed in
this cifv and les vicinity ny MIR. Peter Creighton.
deceased, may he assured that the remaining
numbers will be regularly delivered so soon as a
proper person can be obtained for that purpose
The subscriber also begs leave to remind all
those who are in arrears for numbers delivered,
that, on their receiving the next number, he
will expect 70 receive the balances due on tie
work oct l6 IL. WEARY, agent, Bnltimor
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ADVERTISEMENTS

. Eloped from the estate Of the
E4 : late Vim Tyler, in Prince VIII
MNT liam co. Va. in the mt nth of A.
EWN/ pril negro ALFR ED; likely
$500 mulatto lad, about 10 or IL wears
old, spare, strait, and well made
IS very active; has good counttaaance and is
apt to smile when spoken to Alfred is an art
full fellow, and will, no doubt, attempt 10 pass
Tor free man. he was lurking about in Alex
andria during the fishing season, and from his
being seen frequently upon the wharf, u is sun.
posed he has passed over into Maryland or
gone in some vessel to Baltimore. l will give
reward of S25,ifhe is apprehentled in Virgin
ia, or the district of Columbia, or $50 il taken
elsewhere, and secured in Jail, SD that I recover
him again; and if delivered To me will pa, all
reasonable expenses, in addition To the above
reward WIN. A. LINTON, exri
DUMTRfEs,VA. July tf of VIM. Tyler decd
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TO RENT.
4A2 ACRES.

about 90 acre. IN wood The improvements are
spacious dwelling house of h.wn stone a
large convenient building for kitchen and SER
wants use barn, cattle shed and store, where
good business has been done, all built Of stone !;
two frame buildings for a corn house and sta
BILE, with sundry other buildings of wood; large
orchard, well stocked, and good earden-A
considerable part Of this farm is under good
stone fencing and The whole may be so inclos
ed. Two merchant mills are near to il. This
farm is said 10 he equal TO any in the Comfy
One fourth Of the purchase money being paid
down, liberal time will be given the residue
IN annual payments. For terms apply 10 the
subscribers in Alexandria, or TO Inman Horner,
esq. Warrenton, Fauguier co.
VAUDEVILLE & LARAIOUR
N. B. This farm is yet offered for sale. A.
bout sixty acres have been put in clover this
spring, and the present tenant is under con
tract &c seed sixty bushels wheat next fall, or
more if required, which may he had at the
customary price of seeding. Possession will
he given the LIST of March next. For terms in
qnlre asabovementioned. may ID
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BY HENRY PITTMAN.
CONDITIONS
uF The ALEXANDRIA Hi

nv hbEAANDHtA HERALD.
i. I'VE dollars year; half yearly in advance
by town subscribers.
IT, Subscriptions for less than six months
charged AT the rate Of six and quarter cents
each paper
III III Extra papers six and quarter cents.
~ NO paper discontinued until all arrear
ages are balanced.
v. ADVERTISEMENTS, not exceeding square
inserted three times for one dollar and twenty
I'VE cents for every subsequent insertion: Lar
ger ones in proportion. Advertisements which
nave not the urHnber Of Insertions marked, in
writing, will be continued .ill forbid.
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This is to give Notice,

THAT the subscriber, OF Alexandria county,
in the district of Columbia, hath obtained
from the orphans court of said county, letters
of administration on the estate Of JOHN BALL,
late of the county aforesaid deceased AIlper-
sons having claims against the said decedeni,
are hereby warned to exhibit the same, with
vouchers thereof to the subscriber, on or before
the list January next, or they may, by law, be
excluded from all benefit to said estate and
those indebted thereto, required TO make
immediate payment. Given under my hand,
this 3lst day of July, 1928 'ROB'T BALL,
Administrator Of John Ball, dec.
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NOrItlE

TNHE Subscriber informs his old customers
i and others, that he has finished his work or
the Marvland side and returned home and is
now ready to undertake work in his line of bu-
siuess on acc omnno Eating terms. have few
hundred lights WINDOW SASH s by 10,
made of good materials to fl difIereot sized
windows also, some good pannel doors.
n WIN. STEWART
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A GARD.

FHEoDORE MEADE respectfully informs
Il his friends and the public generally, that
having been appointed a CONSTABLE for
the equity of Alexandria, under the new
law of congress,he will ever be readyto attend to
any business,which they may place in his hands;
and pledges himself that il shall be executed
with the utmost promptness and accuracy. Az
the sametime he assures them, that for moneys
collected they shall never be under the nccessi
~ Of calling on him 81 iune I6
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$50 REV ARD

a VIII be paid for the delivery
AZ I to the commanding naval officer
2@ at Washington cii, the three un
EEG/ aforementioned deserters from the
sn-4-As, S. store ship Decoy, at Cra-
ney island. They are on board
schr. expected in Alexandria, from Suffolk,
with shingles. WILLIAM JOHNSON, seaman,
brown hair, grey eyes, a fish marked on each
arm feeto inches high, born in Penusylv ania
by occupation mariner SAMUEL ED.
MoNDS, ordinary seaman--black hair and ewes,
scar on the fore finger of his right hand, 5
feet inches high, born in New York, bs oocu-
patton mariner. JOHN WALLACE, ordina-
nv seaman-back hair and ewes. 5 feet g inches
high, born. in Pennsylvania, by occupation a
smith aug 90
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WAS CoMMITTkD

= On the thirty-f,st Of July,
~ I 1923, as runaway, TO the jail
GGS$ for the county of Alexandria, ID.
Gz%G I G. anegro man named PETER
Ssusk.L.a.. Said negro is of black complex
ion, and appears to be about 81
ears Of age, 5 feet, inches high; has "A scar
IN tie nose, two the right cheek and one on
tie large joint ofeach thumb; he is stout and
strong made ;hs cIoaihng white 9imnen rom
tnbout and blue pantaloons, both domes-
tic. The said negro claims freedom The
owner rs desired to come prove property, pay
charges and take him away, otherwise lie will
De disposed of as the law directs
aug 4 law2m AND'W. ROUNSAVELL,iaiier
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SUGAR. etc.

A FURTHER supply Of Baltimore refined
IN sugar, just received, and for sale by
GEO. JOHNSON.
Who offers for sale shares Alexandria bank
took, so shares Columbian Insurance do. 800
so Fire INSURANCE do. one do Potomac Bridge
do aug Is
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NOTICES.
i,ank of Alexandria, July 9Th.

A DIVIDEND OF i've dollars on each share
N OF stoei, held in this institution, Is tbis-day
declared, for the last q months, aud will he
paid to the stockholders their representatives
after Thursday the 10Th inst, i'y order OF the
president and directors. J. L,MkENNA,
;,ivo Wv cashier.
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Mahogany and Furniture.

Mahogany and Furniture.
TNHE subscriber has hand and for sale,
Il large quantity ofbandsome crotch and sha-
died. 81 Domingo mahogany, in logs, panks and
boards, which lac Will sell low for cash.-AIso,
on hand aud for sa'e,a quantity of elegant
fashionable Furniture,
warranted equal, il not superior, to any in the
District ;--Consisting of sideboards, ladies and
gentlemens secretaries and bookcases, ladies'
work tables. dining and breakfast tables, ward
robes, hureaux, clock cases, wash stands, can
die stands, bedsteads, cradles, sophas, chairs,
&c. &c. which furniture he will sell low for
cash, barter, or approved notes.
.M orders for Furniture
thankful, received and executed in the neatest
aud most substantial manner. Orders from
the country for materials, promptly attended to.
Mattresses made, and all kinds of upholster-
Ing done on the cheapest terms.
WILLIAM GREEN, Cabinet Maker,
Royal street, nearly opposite the mark ct
10 Funerals undertaken the lowest terms
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FOR FREIGHT,
FOR FREIGHT.

~ TIE brig Columbus,
LIN Leonard Marbury, master; burthen
IT7fSA about 100 hhds. tobacco, or 1900
-ssssseszz4Ssebbis -four. She is superior and
fast sailing vessel, aud now ready to receive
cargo. Apply to joan n. BADD Il Co
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For SALE.

V A LIGHT family car.
A&fz4 riage and horses. Also,
MGNgs 13kS1 two one horse carioles-
---~.@rZ6s 20 gig would he received
in exchange. Inquire at
Smiths livery stable, corner Of King and Wash
ington streets, 81 aug is
Alexandria gazette & advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1822-1824, 1823-08-23
AT MURDER.

NoRFoaK, Aug. 1--we learn by a
gentleman from Nortb-C Carolina, thai, on
Friday morning last, about day light, MIR.
Henry Cupeppsr, vino resides near major
Farsnse's on The Canal. in Camden coun.
~. North Carolina, and keeps a small
shop. was c,lled up by a negro man, who
bad slept in the house that night, to furnish
snme liquor; he bad Only proceeded a tew
ste ps loUards his shop, situated near his
ses:dencr, wnen Two guns were discharged
at MIN 10 quick succession II is believed
that Mr.. Culpepp.r would have been kill
c on the spot. bad he not have been pros
,ected by a post, into which 10 OF IA slugs
entered. Mr c instantly fell, and upon
examination. seven slugs were found 10
have taken effect 10 different parts OF his
body, some of which have been extracted,
but II is the opinion Of the atteading ply
siI,an that his wounds will prove mortal.
The negro above mentioned has made
he escape, and IS strongly suspected OF
being concerned with those Hbo hred at
MIR. C%uipePper. lBeacoa.
Alexandria gazette & advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1822-1824, 1823-08-23
u, S. SHIP DECOY.

In our paper of the 9th inst we stated
that the US ship Decay, had been per-
united by The board Of health 10 come up
10 me Navy Yard, to make some necessary
repalrs, previous to her departure for Key
West. Her officers aod crew were, at that
time, in perfect health, but on the next
day alarming symptoms Of malignant lever
were discovered among some additional
sesmen which had been received on board
from BALTIMORE, and she was Immediately
ordered by Commodore Sinclair, naval
COMMANDER on this ~station) to return 10 her
an, HORACE at Crsney Island, where the sick
would receive every attention which their
siiuauon required. Dr.. Covdery. OF the
Navy, was again ordered down to sdml'
nis,er to their wants IN The medical depart
ment, and from his kind and constant at
t%entlon, the whole number OF cases are
now 10 tair way of recovery Doctor u
CAME up 10 town on Sunday evening", from
whom we learn that there have been ten
cases oil fever FIVE OF which ut a very ma
lignsnt type, but al that time they were
all conYsiescent, and believed to he out OF
danger. Ibid.
Alexandria gazette & advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1822-1824, 1823-08-23
COuNTERFEITERS.

At L~incolnton, n. C.. nm the 9Th ust.
David Gillian, John Powers. CHRISTIAN
Rhodes, Michael Rhyme and others were
brought TO examination on The charge OF
counlerfeitipg. Rhyme was discharged,
Rhodes admitted to bail, aud The others
committed to Jail At the house OF Gillian
Powers was found with twenty dollars,
badly executed, and fifteen dollars not
yet stamped, in The woods near bis house.
10 The sardtn were lornd the moulds in a
sugar dish, buried IN the earth; also pewter,
and many other ingredients necessary to
carry on the trade Of coming dollars. In
the course of the different searches about
p6O were found with the party. Among
those arrested are Abraham Collins, ~
years old, and his grandson Abraham, aged
lS years.
These are the persons who, some time
,,nce. discovered the Silver Mine 10 Lin
coin. It is now ssceriained 10 he a trick
OF theirs, 10 cover their counierIeIting oPe'
yatipns,
Alexandria gazette & advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1822-1824, 1823-08-23
ACCIDENT.

Extract of a letter received by a gentle.
man in this city, from a friend who Went
passenger in The brig Ann. Harrison,
master, which sailed from Philadelphia
tor London, in May last. nv Y Ga..
"On our passage over, The first night
out, when about So miles from land. the
wind changed and came ahead, biHw'ng
pretty lresh-the captain had just quilted
the deck, and turned in al mIdnIght' when
we were suddenly alarmed hy a heavy
crash. All hands flew to the deck to
learn the cause, which proved 10 be that
we had ran tool OF a large sloop-great
CONSERVATION prevailed on both sides, the
sloop calling for a rope and to lower our
boats, and we hailing her to stand by, as
she had stove in cur how, and we were
sinking. We. however, on sounding The
pumps s. examining more closely found
W. had not suffered so much as was al hrst
feared E.for's were then made TO oea'
towards the sloop, but our rigging was loo
mnch injured TO ge to windward-untor.
tuna,ely no small boat was attached to
our brig, and lie Jolly boat and deck were
numbered with cot, on-svery exertion
was, however, made to get The ooat CUT,
bu, we were fast drifting to leeward. as
their cries became more faint. We shew'
ed lights which were not answered. Al
length ope dreadful and piercing shrek
of despair seemed TO Gun the climax
oftheir sufftrings, and the absence OF all
hope, after which not a sound was heard.
By The time our boats were in the tackle
for lowering their tate seemed TO be seal,
ed With this little hope of success, ana
a dangerous sea running, it was consid-
cred loo hazardous to man the boats, lest
they should be swanped, and thus IN
crease The calamity. The captain there
tore determined on lying 10 during the
night, for the small chance of seeing them
in The morning, or picking up any thing
that might lead to a further knowledge OF
The unhappy sufferers but not a vest'se
was TO be seen, nor could we Halter our
selves there was the least possibility OF
their Seing able 10 make sail TOR the land.
This occurrence for many days cas-, a
gloom on all aboard, aud every Que be-
came nervous at the sight OF a sail ailer
sunset
Alexandria gazette & advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1822-1824, 1823-08-23
HEALTH OF TIE r

New YoaK, Aug. sO.-The report Of
the board of health appeared in yester,
days Gazette. without commsnt. This
body met again yesterday, but had nAsbd-
siness before them. We regret that the
hrst report should have gone forth 10 the
world, as il will doubtless give alarm to
persons who are absent from the city, and
have no means of obtaining positive infor.
nation on the subject. We can confident
~ assert that the city Of New York never
enjoyed a greater share OF general good
health than II has done this season. A re-
terence TO our bills OF mortality will
bear US out in this assertion. five were to
reason by comparison we could show that
the deaths in some OF the neighboring CT.
ties had averaged during the summer full
ffiy per cent more than in New York.
Ia conclusion we do most coDscientiously
assure persons at a distance that there is
not in our opinion, the slightest cause to
spprehend from yeiiow fever, in visiting
this city. lGa2ette.
Alexandria gazette & advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1822-1824, 1823-08-23
MELANCHOLY CASUALTY.

NEw-BEDFoRD, Aug. 15.--On Tuesday
morning last, about 8 o'clock, during the
thunder storm, the house of DR.. 5. L.
Wiu.low. near Smiths Mills, in Dart
mouth. was struck by lightning, which
shattered the house very considerably,
knocked down the Doctor, killed his wife,
and badly wounded ms sister. W. IN
derstand the electric fluid entered by the
chimney. and spread in every part OF the
house. DR.. w. was sitting in his chair IN
the lower room, attending his sick son,
when the shock knocked the chair from
under him, and threw bun on the door,
where he lay senseless tor nearly a mi.
mute; on recovering, be heard some per.
son CRY fire. when he Immediately assembled
to the garret, whore he found some COM
buslible articles IN a blaze, which he threw
out of tire window aud extinguisled the
fire. On returning 10 The chamber be found
Mis-. Winslow senselsss On the floor She
had been sitting heal the fire place, when
she was struck down; the fluid passing to
the opposite side OF the room and through
the window, which it demolished entirely,
not even leaving a vestige OF the trame.--
Another window in tie lower room was
sh,vered in ME same manner, and not a
window in the house but was more or less
broken. II IS supposed The injury Miss
Winslos received was caused by the tras'
ments ut the window, near which she was
sitting. IL is remarkable that q child who
was standing between Mrs. and Miss
Wipslow was uuiujured. All attempts to
revive Mrs. WinsIsw proved fruitless.
AT The same moment OF the above d'sas'
fer, The house OF Mes,rs. Isaac and OtIs
Little, situate about Two miles ). w. OF
Dr.. Wipslows was also struck. aud con
siderably injured. particularly the rool.
one O 1.-THE raiters was taken enureIy out
and shivered to atoms. There were III or
le persons in The house, all OF whom were
struck down, excepting a small child, but
were not materially injured. except Mr..
Isacc Little, and he not dangerously The
furniture of the house was much broken,
and scattered in all directions,
On Monday night, the 4tb inst. the barn
of Mr.. Samuel Look, in Tisbury, was
struck by ligh'nmg, and entirely con-
sumed, together with about 10 tons OF hsy,
$50 bushels oil grain, and many OF bis
farming utensils, which il contained.
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day last, when his rha}ady increased 30
much as TO con6ne him TO his bed. at bis
fathers house. No. 48, Henry-street, where
he this morning died. Mr.. Roberts, the
master oil the boy, and Dr.. Hicks, attach
ed to the health department, were examin-
ed as to the health and cleanliness oil the
house. and =, Beiehtc,ho, d in John-street,
and spoke IA .orably OF both.
1t was further stated, both by the master
and father of The boy, that be had not. to
their knowledge, been at The quarantine
ground, nor out Of the city.
The deceased was attended by Doctor
Conger, who yesterday notified the case to
the Resident Physician, as n requiring
bis examination. DR.. Quaekenboss last
evening visited the patient, and agreed
with DR.. Conger in %pronouncing it a case
Of yellow fever. (.2msracas.
Alexandria gazette & advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1822-1824, 1823-08-23
SATURDAY MORNING, AUGUSTA IS.

Z.SEsvrLLE, Aug. 1--WE are informs
ed by a gentleman UPON whose authors
~ we can safely rely, that Governor Cass
who was appointed by the President, IN.
der an &C, passed a. the last session OF
congress. to negotiate With with the No
raylan Society and indians for the reces.
sion to the United States Of their land ly-
in Tuscarawas county, has succeeded in
makiog a purchase upou favorable termc.
Ii is probable, therefore. that this vslua-
bic land will before long be brought into
market. Messenger.
Alexandria gazette & advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1822-1824, 1823-08-23
THE SEA SERPENT.

In the New Haven Register, we find a
very minute account Of the Sea Serpent,
drawn up and signed by Mr.. John Smith,
Jr. uf Gloucester, passenger IN The sioop
Traveller, bound to this port, but put into
New Haven from head winds Mr.. Smith
states that on the 7ih inst. being at Sandy
Bay. the most esterly part OF Cape Ann, a
Re ntlem aRgave notice that the serpent was
crossing the bay, near the end OF the pier;
the information spread in the village, and
i'm a few minutes upwards Of an hundred
persons were assembled. Mr.. S. says
che represented a row ofkegs on The wa.
ter, as near as any thing | could think OF
his motion was vertical, and very slow.
saw him several minutes before he dis
appeared-he went in very near the oppo-
site shore from fbe wharf, where we were
standing, and then turned and proceeded
out TO sea. Several boats started in pur>
suit Of him, one OF which took a gun they
came very near him with their boat. they
say as nea as ten feet, when he sunk and
went directly under their boat; at tine
they were so near his tail that a man IN
the boat struck him with his boat hook.
The men in the boat thus describe him,
as having a Hat or snake head, his back
appeared straight while under water. no.
thing of the lunches or row OF kegs before
described could be discovered; the color
othis back was dark brown, and his belly
white. and not the least kind OF a TN could
be discoVered--bis length as near as they
could Judge, and to speak within bounds,
was 60 or 10 feet, and as big round as a
barrel. The person in the boat with a
gun fred at him seven times, and ne de-
clared that in one instance the animal was
lying entirely still, and being not more
than ~ yards from him, he fired s. plain
" saw the ball strike him and glance as
thossh il struck q rock He was seen al
forwards, and remained about the bay tor
more than two hours. and those persons
who saw him. being most OF them old ex'
perienced fishermen declared unhesita,
tiugly, tina, they have never seen any fish
before, that in any respect resembles this
strange animal" CNew York Gazette.