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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1834-03-26
100 DOLLARS REWARD.

I'm Tuesday morning, between Fredericks-
" burg and my plantation, in the upper end
of Stafford NEGRO MAN, and the MARE
on which he was riding, both belonging to me,
were stolen by man who seems to have been
stranger in this part of the country. When
seen in possession of the Slave and ofthe Mare,
he was inquiring his way to Stafford Court
House. He is described to me as a person be-
tween fifty and sixty years of age, with re-
markably white hair his stature stout and well
set He wore a brownish colored stuff cloak.
The negro is between twenty-five and thirty
years Of age as well as is remembered; stout in
his person, and about five feet ten or eleven in
cheS high: has drawing manner OF talking,
and appears to be much less sagacious than he
really is. His name is Jack. His dress was a
blue cloth cap, a grey great coat, and his under
clothing drab cloth.
The Mare is fine large sorrel, without any
spot of white about her, unless perhaps there
may be some few white hairs in the centre OF
the forehead, not covering more than the size OF
a four-pe -halfpenny. She is, as well as is
recollected, going on seven years ofage; is re-
markaby long in her body; has a long tail, and
it is remarkable where it joins the rump. There
may be discerned in the film ofone Of her eyes
an ncsion which was made year or two ago
to cure the hooks
One Hundred Dollars Reward will be given for
therecovery Of the above Slave and Mare, or in
the proportion offour and two for the recovery OF
either. JNO. TA9LOE LOMAA.
Fredericksburg, Jan. %, 1884.
~ The white man calls himself AShberry.
jan 24-tf
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1834-03-26
DIRECTORY

For Washington, Georgeto1on, and Aie.rand'i0,
HONTAlNINGt the names, residence, and oc-
~ cupation of the inhabitants alphabetically
arranged a Register ofthe names and residence
of the Members ofCongress; list ofthe Hotels:
Boarding Houses, and Messes; the names and
residence of the principal Officers Of the Gov
eminent; the location of the Public Offices, and
the names of the Clerks therein employed; a
census of the population of the United States;
the Fariif of 1882; a complete Almanac; the
names Of the Civil Officers of Washington,
Georgetown, and Alexandria, and ofthe various
Banks, Canal Companies, Insurance Offices, sc.
and statement of the names salaries, and terms
ofofice ofthe various Civil Officers of the Unit
States and their Territories; list of the Com
mttees OF BOTH HOUSES OF CONGRESS;
together with the names and residence of the
Foreign Ministers accredited by the Govern
ment of the United States and of the American
Functionaries; the names of the Officers Of the
General Government, their respective salaries D.
place Of residence; the names of the Officers OF
the Supreme Court the names of the Commits
sioners under the recent Treaties with France
and with the King of the Two Sicilies; list OF
the Deposite Banks; Rates of Fare for Hacks;
price of Licenses and Postage and of the time
ofthe arrival and departure of Stages, &c. &c.
Just published by E. A. Cohen & Co., and for
private sale, only, by GEO. WHITE.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1834-03-26

.COPLAND'S MEDICAL DICTIONARY,
ETPON the same plan OF Cooper's Surgical
u Dictionary. 1t will be completed in five
parts. Part lst is now published, and ready for
delivery; Part I'd in press. Parts 2, 3, A, and 5,
will follow at regular intervals, with no inter-
ruption but such as may arise from irregularity
in receiving the European copy. The remain
ing sheet Of the Appendix will be given with
Part 2; and the Preface, with Pathological
Classification of Diseases, &c. forming Key
to the systematic study of Practical Medicine,
as well as an arranged Contents ofthe work, will
accompany the last Part
This valuable work will be given complete in
five parts, at ST each part Of 300 closely printed
and handsome pages being the cheapest medi-
Cal work ever printed in the United States.
The work will be sent by mail, to subscribers
in any part of the country. The postage will
be only 10 cents each part ifnot exceeding 100
miles, and 80 cents only for the greatest distance
Published Quarterly, and completed in one
year from the delivery Of the first number.
The subscription price, Five Dollars, to be
paid on the delivery of the first Part.
Subscriptions received, and the work careful
ly mailed to all country subscribers, by
w. M. MORRISON, Alexandria.
Who is an authorized Agent for the same.
feb 13
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JUST PUBLISHED.
A ND on sale by VIM. NJ. MORRISON

A ND on sale by VIM NJ MORRISON
IA THE YOUNG MANS GUIDE, being a.
practical manual for every day life Price Is c.
We recommend the possession Of this work
to every young man who wishes to become use
full, virtuous and happy.-N H. Gaz
Its contents are Of high moral character,
and it should be in the possession of every young
man.--PorfsmouM Journal
The work is a good and useful one, and wor-
thy the serious attention Of young men, Chris
ian Register.
1t is written in plain direct style, and enliy-
ened with anecdote and narrative-7Re ReIi-
gio'ss Magazine.
= An admirable production, communicating
sound and wholesome truths. --Boston Trans
cript. ian 20
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1834-03-26
SAMUEL MESSERSMITH

OFFERS FOR SALE:
TNEAS-Young Hyson, in chests; Imperial,
4 in half chests and ten catty boxes Gun
powder in ten catty boxes; Souchong, in do do;
Pouchong, of superior quality, in halfchests,
(Gold crop
CorFEEs-Java, old st. Domingo and Rio
Hempen Bags
CoRKs, in bales of 1000 each
PATENT SHOT, assorted numbers; constant
supply frem the Phoenix Shot Tower Company
WINEs-Old l.. p. Madeira in quarter casks,
" Newton. Gordon, Murdoch & Scots" and
Lewis & Co.'S brands; Madeira Grape Juice in
quarter casks and halfquarter casks; L. P. Ma
deira in boxes containing one to two dozen
bottles each; Sicily Madeira Sweet Malaga,
and ROusillon
Palm Oil, in hogsheads
Bakers Chocolate, in half boxes
BRANDY, " Seignettes brand" in half pipes
and quarter casks, entitled to debenture.
feb II
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LAW BOOKS.

TUST published and on sale by w. M. NOR
- RISON, 4th, 5th, and 9Th vols. Of Calls Re-
ports; Tate's Digest; and also Supplement to
the Revised Code of the Laws Of Virginia, be.
ing collection Of all the Acts Of the General
Assembly, of public and permanent nature,
passed since the year 1919, with a general in
dex; to which are prefxed the acts organizing
a Convention, the Declaration Of Rights, and
the Constitution of Virginia mar 10
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Notice.

ESHE subscribers, intending removal from Alexan-
4 dria to New York in the course OF very short
time, have to ask the favor of all persons indebted
to them call and settle their respective accounts, as
their business must be brought to speedy close:
oct 1-dtf JAS. NckENH1f = Co.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1834-03-26
A BARGAIN

~ | will let the DWELLING and STORE
liA HOUSE at the corner of Water and Prince
streets at as low a rent as any property in the
town, considering location.) 1t is well caIcula-
ted fora wholesale or retail grocery, segar fac
tory, slop shop, &c. &c. &C.
jan II JOSIAH H. DAVIS
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1834-03-26

COLORED APPRENTICES WANTED,
For the Patent Rope-Naking Business.
II WILL take two or three Coored Boys, of
n unquestionabe character, (none other will
be taken) to learn the Patent Ropemaking Bu-
siness JOSIAH H. DAVIS.
N. B. This advertisement may perhaps meet
the eve of some Shareholder who may have it
in prospect to emancipate his slaves at the ages
of 25, 80 or 35 years. The slave thus enhanc-
ed in value, would, in reasonable time, repay
the pecuniary loss of the owner, and be prepar
ed to be more useful freeman. ]. II. ID.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1834-03-26

JUST RECEIVED ON SALE BY VIM. M.
MORRISON,
NLLIOT'S Almanac for 1884. This will be
HA found useful for every man of business, as
it contains a complete list of all the Officers of
the Government, as well as of the three Corpo-
rations in the District including all incorporat-
ed companies &c. Also, the Churchman'S Al
manac for 1884. jan IL
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1834-03-26

FURNITURE.
- Sideboards; s Bureaus; Washstands
= Dinner and Breakfast Tables
| Centre do
Plain, painted, and curled maple French
post Bedsteads
Maple high-post do
Common rush and cane-seat Chairs
Also,
One secondhand Gig, with Harness, on con"
signment, and for sale, low, for cash.
feb Is GEO. WHITE.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1834-03-26

CHINA AND EARTHENWARE.
=" G.. SMITH has on hand, and offers for
Il IL. sale on moderate terms, a full and hand
some assortment Of CHINA, GLASS AND
EARTHENWARE
China Tea Sets, plain E gilt, various patterns
Dinner Sets, blue, purple, and pink, printed
India China, in sets or separately
Lamps for Passages, Tables, &c.
Casters, silver mounted and plain
Pipes by the box
Window Glass of every size
Stone Ware of an excellent quality.
mar
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NOTICE.

VHvHE subscriber having taken the large three
n story ire-proof Warehouse at the corner Of
Prince and Union streets, nearly opposite his
Grocery Store, (Which he intends occupying as
a Warehouse,) respectfully informs his friends
and country merchants generally that he will
receive and forward GOODS of all kinds; re-
ceive FLOUR on storage store GRAIN and
other GOODS, on the usual terms. The situa-
ton being convenient to shipping, persons dis
posed to STORE their FLOUR will find an ad-
vantage arising therefIOm. Any business en-
trusted to his care in the above Agency, will be
punctually and carefully attended to.
He continues to keep constantly on hand a ge-
neral assortment of GROCERIES, WINES,
SALT, &C. &C.; and will at all times furnish
PLASTER to those wishing to purchase. All
of which he offers wholesale and retail, very
low. WILLIAM N. McVEIGH,
feb Is Prince street wharf
IL Leesburg Washingtonian, Winchester
Republican, and Political Spectator, warren
tom 2 MONTHS and charge w N. McV.
ROGERS'S VEGETABLE PULMONlC DE-
TERGENT,
TUST received and for sale by
- ian 90 WILLIAM STABLER.
From the Hon. Gideon Lee, Mayor Of the City
of New York.
"Few men in the community have greater
contempt for nostrums in general than myself
Patent medicine and catchpenny, with me, nave
been synonymous am constrained however,
to relinduish these sentiments as respects Dr..
Rogers's Vegetable Detergent, the effects of
which have recently witnessed. Ayoung lady
in my family, by using two papers, have rea-
son to believe, is effectually cured of an alarm
ing Pulmonic Complaint, which in all its symp-
toms gave evidence of immediate consumption.
communicate this with view of usefulness,
and sincerely hope that such persons as have
complaints similar to the above, will make a tri-
al of the medicine, GIDEON kRE''
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ARCHITECTURE

TUST received, The Practical House Car
~ penter; being complete development of
the Grecian Orders of Architecture, methodized
and arranged in such simple plain and COM
prehensive manner, as to be easily understood;
each example being fashioned according to the
style and practice of the present day; contain
ing one example ofthe Tuscan Order, three eX-
amples of the Dorc, three Of the Ionic, one eX-
ample ofthe Corinthian, and one Of the COmpo
site Order, with all their details, drawn to large
scale; to which are added series Of Designs
for Porticos, Frontispeces, Doors Windows,
Caps and Stills, Sash-Frames and Shutters, Base
and Sur-Base Mouldngs, Archtraves &c. &C.;
engraved on sixty-four large quarto copper
plates, by Asher Benjamin, Architect, author
of the American Builders Companion" and
"The Rudments of Architecture" For sale by
feb 81 AUGUSTUS JACOBS.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1834-03-26

BOOTS AND SHOES.

t Fl. WHITE has just received, per sloop
-. Union, well selected and seasenable in
voice Of BOOTS AND SHOES. Among them
are
Mems Calf Sewed Boots, first quality
Do thick Pegged and Sewed Water Boots
Do Calf Pegged and Sewed Munroes
Boys do Pegged and Sewed do
Women's Lasting and Seal Slippers and JEFF
Persons, Every cheap
Hair Trunks, &c. &c.
Also IN Store, Of has oaon manufacture,
Ladies' Cater Boots
Do Calf Seal & Morocco Walking Shoes
Do Lasting, Seal, Morocco & Kid Slippers
Do Calf and Seal Jeffersons
Misses Lasting, Seal and Kid Slippers and
Jeffersons
Gentemen's Boots and Shoes, various kinds
All (which will be sold at the lowest prices.
II Made to order, Ladies' and Gentemens
BOOTS and SHOES, Of the best materials and
workmanship. mar II
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u. S. BANK BILLS.

FOR SALE OR EXCHANGE.
IN The DWELLING HOUSE and LOT OF
l Eli: GROUND formerly occupied as a Tavern
situated at the corner of King and st. Asaph
streets, known as the Indian Queen Tavern
This Establishment would be sold on very rea-
sonable terms, or exchanged for other real
property in the town. For terms apply TO
mar CATHARINE BRAWNER
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CLOVER SEED.
TLOVER SEED, in 2 and 12 bushel bags,
" a prime article, for sale by
MARI S. MESSERSMITH

PINE APPLE CHEESE,
N CASES, for sale by
Y LINCOLN CHAMBERLAIN,
MARI Vowell's wharf
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STORE TO RENT.
IN The lease of Mr.. Aaron d. Harmon of the
I&iAA STORE occupied by Mr.. Wilbar will expire
the 26th April next from which day it mey be
rented, with immediate possession.
feb Is SAM'L. b. LARMOUR & CO.
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NEW AND INTERESTING BOOKS.
TUST published, and on sale by VIM. M.
- MORRISON
The celebrated Speeches of Chatham, Burke,
and Erskine; to which is added the Argument
of Mr.. Macintosh in the case of Peltier; Sc
lected by member of the Philadelphia Bar
Aids to Mental Development, or Hints to Pa
rents; being system of mental and moral in
struction, exemplfied in conversations between
a mother and her children, with address to
mothers; by a lady Of Philadelphia.
A Memoir of Miss Mary Jane Graham, late
of Stoke Fleming Devon; by the Rev. Charles
Bridges
General View of the Geology of Scripture, by
George Farl-olm, Esq.
The Autobiography of John Gait in vols.
mar 40
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HOUSE TO RENT.

HOUSE TO RENT
IN The BRICK HOUSE at the intersection
l:iiA of Cameron and Pitt streets, now occupied
by Mr.. Charles Gawler, is to rent Possession
may be had lst February. For terms inquire Of
jan SAMUEL B. LARMOUR & Co.
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RAlSINS, &C.
S00 Boxes Bunch Raisins
COO $50 do MuScatel do
80 casks Sun do
80 double boxes do
so jars Of olives
10 do Corks
so boxes CASTLE Soap
Mats in bales; Fiberts in bags
Trails of Figs. For sale by
mar Is A. &. CAZENOVE u ".
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1834-02-25
LATEST FROM EUROPE.

We are happy to announce the arrival ~
York, of some of the long expected European
Packets. The latest, is the Sovereign, VINCE
furnishes papers two days later than before Il
ceived; but they contain nothing of genera D
terest. The British Consols had advanced
80 1-2, which indicated pacific and tiouflslN!
state The prices Of American products Id.
experienced no change. The EXchequeI D"'
and India Bonds were from TO per cent De-
ter.
There was a prospect of the repeal Of D a'
Corn Laws at the approaching Session ol ID
lament. r,doo
Prince Talleyrand had returned to LonGO,
and was much engaged with Earl Grey ""U
the Foreign Office. ~ ebionfoe
We find the following in the London Sfl'FP"'
List of December "a oo6r
AtDeal, Isabella Donaldson, from D Uupro.l
Charleston; Jane, M'Leod, from BaItIG G2oIros
Genon, Effort, Nye, from Havana'-A' i Tiaoyl
Elizabeth, Long, from BALTIMORE 10; C' Tar
Wayne Dromb, and Mary, from Bat q, gieIp11.
vest Bradford, from Baltimore.-At y. .i Sonni
and the Motherbank, $50 sail OF out"a! .Sa Wind
vessels, waiting for moderate weather, Wv
having been gale for more than "e'N
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1834-02-25
CHESAPEAKE AND OHIO CANAL,

At large and respectable meeting of the ci
tizens of Jefferson County, Va, assembled q,
the Court House, on Monday, the 18th day Of
February, 1884, JOHN PAcKETT Esq. was called
to the chair, and Henry Berry was appointed
Secretary, whereupon, J. T. Daugherty, ESQ
who explained the object of the meeting, offer
ed the following resolutions:
ResoIued, That our Senator and Delegates in
the Legislature Of Virginia, be requested to So
licit earnestly an additional subscription On the
part of the State to the Stock of the Chesapeak-
and Ohio Canal Company.
RESOLVED, That our Representative in Con
gress, be requested to use all proper eXertons
to obtain an additional subscription by the Unl-
ed States, to the stock Of the Chesapeake and
Ohio Canal Company.
RESOLVED, That copy of the proceedings Of
this meeting be transmitted to our Senators and
another copy to our Representative in Congress
And after some discussion upon collateral
matters, the resolutions were unanimously adCp
ed. JOHN PACKETT, Cha
H. BERRY, Sec'V.
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WESTINGHOUSE OPINION

Some two years ago we were informs. -,s Or
authority" that the President stald ID ,,,op
the 22d of February, and read a9inD9 .snt
Farewell Address. We hope he ala u. ..once
thing this year, and that the following '' 1,ad bis
from that document particularly al'i"''s
attention: 80. Of
cit is important, likewise, that the !snre eau
thinking in free country, should lii1nfjstraton
ton, in those intrusted with It's rresnecdr'
to confine themselves within tnei tha pyeICs
constitutional spheres, avoiding IN To tn' encroac
of the powers of one department " .oachpeS
upon another. The spirit OF e III the depof
tends to consolidate the powers OF alI ofever III
ments in one, and thus to create, , Mma A j..
form of government real despoIlSS'% nronenss
estimate of that love Of power, anu the p huDl5
to abuse it, which predominates III .b W. truth Q.
heart, is sufficient to satisfy us OF m cberS
this position. The necessity ofreclpih v TdvidDt
in the exercise of political po"ei.' depositOt1@s
and distributing it into different u'r of pn!pp
and constituting each the guaiahi os IbseneT
veal against invasions by others, i'a'''
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ALEXANDRIA:
TUESDAY MORNING, FEB. 25, 1884.
DISTRESS IN PHILADELPHIA.

Extract of a letter from Philadelphia, received
by merchant Of Alexandria
fsThe Jackson-men have called meeting to
memorabilia for the restoration of the deposltes;
a meeting is also called for all mechanics who
are usually employed in building houses This
time last year six hundred permits were taken
out to use the street as place of deposite for
building materials, &C. This year only six or
eight have been asked for This fact is worth
dozen speeches in Congress. The laborers are
standing about the wharves doing nothing; very
few new vessels on the stocks; and when the old
work, which they always have in the Spring, is
over, great many ship-carpenters will be with
out work. the present state of things lasts
month or two longer, the Globe will cease prais-
inc the Democratic State"
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A ORGANIZATION.

In the Senate on Friday, Mr.. Shepley of
Maine, rose and said, that very soon after he
was called to take seat in that chamber, he had
made few remarks on the subject of the public
distress He had then borne testimony, that
when he came into the Senate, he was unac-
quainted with any extraordinary distress then
existing in the money market He had not had
occasion to believe, at that day, that he was mis-
taken in the view which he had presented. He
now understood, that when Congress met there
was no greater distress in the money market in
his section Of the country, than frequently exist
ed under ordinary circumstances. He wished
that it was in his power to believe that the same
state of things now existed; but he was now sa-
tsfied that it was far otherwise, and that there
existed in the money market distress unparal-
leled, pervading all classes ofthe community.
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THE EXPERIMENT

Mr.. Forsyth said, in the Senate on Friday
last
"GentIemen asked if the public money was to
be left in the State Banks2 He would answer
ay, until Congress shall come to some decision
Did any gentleman believe that if Congress
should prescribe the regulations under which
the public money should be deposited, the Pre-
sident would set up his voice against them? He
had no such purpose. An experiment to return
to specie currency was to be made. 1t was to
be determined under what restrictions the Exc
cutve might make the trial. The present dis
cussion was fruitless of benefit. 1t might cont
nue. for months, and, after all, leave things pre-
cisely where they WERE"
The President, then, as we understand it, is
to allow Congress to prescribe certain rules for
his Experiment upon the finances of the coun-
try. Quite condescending!
Mr.. Webster said:
That it was the custom with our ingenious
fellow citizens, when they applied at the Patent
Office for the right of monopoly for a new in.
vention, about which they wanted to try an ex-
pertinent, to accompany their application with a
paper denominated specification. The gen