Alexandria Gazette (Alexandria, D.C.)
February 12, 1834

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_^pa— ALEXANDRIA GAZETTE PUBLISHED, DAILY, BY EDGAR SNOWDEN, JU per annum, payable half yearly. ALEXANDRIA GAZETTE (TOR THE COUNTRY J IS PUBLISHED REGULARLY ON TUESDAY, THURSDAY, SATURDAY, At #5 per annum, payable in advance. Terms of Advertising: Advertisements neatly and conspicuously inserted at the rate of one dollar per square for the first three in sertions, and twentv-five cents for every subsequent insertion. A reasonable deduction will be made in the case of yearly advertisers.__ FOR NEW ORLEANS, r-r- The Packet Brig TRIBUNE, Captain tH&SMiTH will sail (should the river remain Spea) on Tuesday, 23th instant. For passage only applyFRANKUN, ARMFIELD CO. jan 23-ts____ FOR FREIGHT. The Schooner MAR Y JANE, Captain yRich, burthen about 500 barrels, will be ready in two days. A Southern freight will be preferred. ApplyAto(x CAZENOVE CO. 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H. Har rington’s SteamBoat Hotel, near the wharf. Passengers going to Baltimore will always flnd'a Coach in Washington ready to take them through without any delay; and every exertion used for the safety and comfort of those who may favor this line with their patronage. No racing allowed._A. FLEMING, Ageni. A BARGAIN. I will let the DWELLING and STORE _[HOUSE at the corner of Water and Prince streets at as low a rent as any property in ill town, (considering location.) It is well calcula ted tor a wholesale or retail grocery, segar fat tory, slop shop, &c. &c. &c. j^n 17 JOSIAII H. DAVIS. HOUSE TO RENT. rrx The BRICK HOUSE at the intersection lHa of Cameron and Pitt streets, now occupied, by Mr. Charles Gawler, is to rent. Possession maybe had 1st February. For terms inquire o jan 9 SAMUEL B. LARMQUR Co. TO RENT, A SMALL HOUSE north of the r<£$i Itliidence of Samuel B. Larmour. _jan 4_JOS1AH H. DAVIS. WANTED, AS an Assistant in Grocery Store, an ac tive Young Man, of good moral habits; on from the country would be preferred. Satis/ac tory references, as to capacity, &c. will be re quired. Address, through the* Alexandria po^{ office, fpostage paid) C. P. Y ian

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THE GAZETTE: By EDGAR SNOWDEN.

T ERMS. Daily paper S3 per annum. Country paper 5 per annum. The ALEXANDRIA GAZETTE for the coun try is printed on Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday. All advertisements appear in both papers, ana are inserted at the usual rates. _ C O N G R E S S I O N A L. REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE OF FI NANCE—[Concluded.]

The second reason especially reported by the Secretary as arising from the conduct of the bank, respects the bill of exchange drawn by the Secretary of the Treasury on the Govern ment of France, and purchased by the bank. The general facts connected with this case are these: By the late treaty of indemnity between the U. States and France, it was stipulated that the French Government should pay to that of the U. States twenty-five millions of francs, to be dis tributed among those American citizens who had claims against France for the unlawful seizure, capture, and condemnation of their vessels and property, the whole sum to be paid in annual in stalments of four millions one hundred and six ty-six thousand six-hundred and sixty-six francs, each, into the hands of such persons as shall be authorized by the Government of the U. States to receive it; the first instalment to be paid at the expiration of one year next following the exchange of the ratification. On the expiration of the year, the Secretary drew a bill of exchange, signed by himself as Secretary, on the French Government for the amount or mis msiaiujcm, auu owiu bank like any other bill of exchange, and re-, ceivedthe proceeds by credit of the amount to the account of the Treasurer in the bank. On presentment of- the bill at the French Treasury, payment was refused; the bill was accordingly duly protested, and it was then ta ken up by a third person for account or the bank. The damages accruing on this bill, ac cording to law and to constant usage in such cases, are one hundred and fifty-eight thousand dollars. _ _. If this bill had been transferred by the bank, as probably it was, the bank itself would have been answerable for damages even at a higher rate, if a third person had not taken up the bill for the honor of the bank. On receiving information of the protest of the bill, the officers of the bank, as was their duty, gave immediate notice to the Treasury Depart ment, and accompanied that notice with the in formation. always made in such cases, that the drawers of the bill would be held answerable for the damages. Such is the substance of the facts in this case. The bank it would appear, was willing to col lect the bill on account of Government, and to credit the Treasury with the proceeds when re ceived; a course of proceedings, which had this, to recommend it, that the money to be received on the bill, was to be received by the Government simply in trust for claimants under the French treaty, and was not ultimately destined to the ordinary uses of the Treasury. On the contra ry, indeed before the dishonor of the bill was known, it had been made, already, the legal du ty of the Secretary to place the fund, so soon as received, at interest for the benefit of the claimants. But it was thought best to sell the bill, and to realize at once its amount into the Treasury; and the bill was sold to the bank, in preference to others offering to purchase, for no reason, it is to be presumed, except that the terms of the bank were more satisfactory. The bill was thus purchased by the bank, and its proceeds credit ed to the Treasury. This was a mere transac tion of the purchase and sale of a bill of ex change. There was no trust confided to the bank, and no fiscal agency in the whole matter. Indeed the agency of the bank had been decli ned the Secretary preferring to deal with it not as an agent, but as a purchaser, proposing to it not to collect the bill, but to buy it. On being remitted to Europe, and presented for payment, the bill was protested. By the universal com mercial law, the Government, on the occurrence of this protest, became amenable to the bank for the amount of the bill, with damages. These damages may be ultimately claimed, with jus tics from the French Government if the bill was drawn upon sufficient grounds, and on proper authoritity; in other words, if the obligation of the French Government was such that it was bound to accept and pay the bill; but unless there j be something in the case to vary the general j rule, which the committee do not perceive, these j damages were part of the debt which had be come due to the bank, as much as the principal sum of the bill. If this be so, how could the directors relinquish this part of the debt any than the other? They are agents for the corporation; they act as trustees, and have no authority, without consideration, to release, ei ther lo the Government or to individuals, debts due, or properly belonging to the corporation. It has been suggested that the bank should have taken up this bill, when protested on Go vernment account. T wo answers may be given to this suggestion: the first is, that the bill had been taken up by a correspondent abroad for account of the bank, before it was known in the United States that it had been protested. The second is, that it would have been unlawful for the bank to have advanced such amount to the Government, or on account of Government, for the purpose of taking up this bill, or for any other purpose, without an act of Congress. The express words of the charter forbid it. But, as a reason for removing the deposites, it appears to the committee quite immaterial whether the bank be right or wrong in claiming these damages. If wrong it will not recover them. It is not to judge of its own rights; and if the appropriate tribunals shall decide that the bank was acting on this occasion, or ought to have acted as the agent of the Government, or that it was its duty to take up the bill on ac count of Government, then the damages will not be awarded to it. And in the worst aspect of this case, how can its conduct, in this respect, be any possible reason to justify the removal of the deposites? What connexion has this oc currence with the safe keeping of the public treasures, or with the remittinglhem from place to place, to meet the convenience of the Govern ment, according to the duty of the bank under the charter? The bank thinks itself entitled to damages on a protested bill, purchased and held by itself, and drawn by Government. The Sec retary of ttie Treasury thinks otherwise. If there be no reason to doubt the sincerity of the Secretary’s conviction, there is as little to doubt the sincerity of that entertained by the bank; and it is quite inconceivable to the committee that the pendency of such a difference of opinion, on such a question, should furnish any reason whatever for withdrawing the de nosites, unless it be at once admitted that the Secretary holds the power of removal as a per fectly arbitrary power, and may exercise it, by way of punishment, whenever, in any particu lar, the conduct or the opinions of the bank do not conform to his pleasure. The Secretary does not argue this matter.— He offers no reason in opposition to the legal right ofthe bank to the damages claimed. In deed, he hardly denies the right. He commen ces his observations on the subject by saying, that the ruling principle of the bank is its own interest; and closes them with another declara tion, that, as fiscal agent of the public, it avail ed itself of the disappointment of its principal for the purpose of enlarging its own profits. Assertions like these, however else they may be disposed of, cannot be made subjects of argu ment. t The last charge preferred against the bank, is, that it has used its means with a view to ob tain political power, and thereby secure the re newal of its charter. The very statement of such a charge, as a reason for removing the deposites, is calcula ted to excite distrust in the wisdom and propri ety of that measure; because the charge, too general to be proved, is too general to be dis proved; and since it must always rest mainly on mere opinion, it might be made at any time, by any Secretary, against any bank. It would be, therefore, always a convenient cloak under which to disguise the true motives of official con duct. _ e If proof be made out that the funds of trie bank have been applied to illegal objects, the proper mode of redress and punishment should have been adopted, but what has this to do with the deposites? As in the case of the French bill, the Secretary cannot justify the removal of the deposites on any such ground as this, unless it be conceded that he may use the pow’er of re moval as a punishment for any offence of any kind which the bank, in his opinion, may have committed. The committee have already ex pressed the opinion that no such latitude of muvpr hplnntrs to him. and the assertion of such a power, for such a cause as is now under con sideration, shows that the power ought never to belong to any Secretary; because the offence, on account of which it is here proposed to be ex ercised, is a political offence, incapable of defi nition, depending merely on the Secretary’s opinion, and necessarily drawing into con sideration all the exciting controverted topics of the day. The bank, it is said, has sought to obtain political power.” What is the definition of such an offence as this? What acts consti tute it? How is it to be tried? Who is to be the judge? What punishment shall follow convic tion? All must see that charges of this nature are but loose and vague accusations, which may be made at any time, and can never be either proved or disproved; and to admit them assufficent grounds to justify the removal of the deposites, would be to concede to the Secre tary the possession of a power purely arbitrary. The main fact relied on for this cause of re moval shows how extremely unsafe all proceed ings on any such reasons must be. The main fact is, that, between December 1880, and De cember 1831, the bank extended its loans twen ty millions of dollars; and it is further alleged that, as if to leave no doubt of the motive of this extraordinary conduct, it continued to add ra pidly to its loans, until in May, 1S32, while its petition for renewal was pending, those loans amounted to seventy millions. And the Secre tary declares that this extraordinary increase of loans made in so short a space of time, and on the eve of a contested election in which the bank took an open and direct interest, demonstrates that it was using its money to obtain a hold up on the people of the country, to induce them, by the apprehension of ruin, to vote against the candidate whom it desired to defeat. This is strong assertion, but, so far as the Committee perceive, it is assertion merely. It is but the Se cretary’s own inference from facts, from which very facts his predecessors in office have drawn no such conclusions. This great extension of the loans, be it re membered, took place in 1831. Why was it not then complained of? How should it have escap ed the vigilance of the Secretary at that day, the time it took place? And, if it did not es cape his vigilance, why did he not then remove the deposites! So, also, as to the amount of loans in May, 1832. That amount was perfect ly well known at the time, and if it proved any offence, why was not the punishment inflicted then? How should all other Secretaries have siept over this great mischief? U might further be well asked, what evidence is there of the existenee of any such motive as is imputed to the bank in this extension of its loans? There is no evidence but the mere fact itself of the extension, and it cannot be denied that other and very different reasons for the ex tensions may have existed; so that the charge is proved no otherwise than by inferring a bad motive from an act lawful in itself, and for which good reasons may have existed, nor is it either acknowledged, nor, so far as the committee [Ji uvcu uiai uir uaim iuur fin auu direct interest, as a corporation, in the election referred to. The bank certainly was much in terested in certain accusations which had been brought against it, and which became subjects of public discussion during the pendency of that election. It had been charged with great mis conduct and gross violation of its charter.— These accusations must undoubtedly have call ed on the directors for answer. If made before Congress, they were to answer before Congress; if made judicially, they were to answer in the courts; if mode in an official and formal manner, and in that manner submitted to the judgment of the country, the directors were bound to meet them before that country by eve ry fair use of fact and argument, not only for the purpose of defending themselves as direc tors, but for the higher purpose of maintaining the credit of the bank, and protecting the pro perty entrusted to their.care. If in thus defend ing the bank before the community, the direc tors carried their measures beyond the fair ob ject of defence, or if they resorted to dishonor able or indecorous modes of discussion; if they sought rather to inflame than to reason; if they substituted personal crimination for argument, if, even, they met invective by violence; they followed bad examples, and are not to be jus tified. But on their right to defend themselves before j the public against grave charges brought against them and urged before the public, the committee entertain no doubt, and they are equally clear in opinion that the Secretary of the Treasury is not constituted the judge of the mode of exer cising this right, and cannot justly remove the deposites merely because the conduct of the bank, in this particular, has not happened to conform to his wishes. The committee, therefore, consider this last reason of the Secretary equally insufficient with the rest, and they regard it as the most objec tionable of all in its principle, inasmuch as it proceeds on grounds which, if admitted, would leave a very high official duty to be exercise from considerations connected with the political feelings and party contests of every day, with no guide but the individual opinion of the officer who is to perform the act; an opinion which, it is possible, may be no less tinctured with politi cal motive and feeling than the conduct whi 1 it would reprehend. If an unlimited power be conceded to the Se cretary to inflict penalties on the bank for sup posed political motives in acts legal in them selves, where is the security that the judge may not be found acting under the same impulses which he imputes to the party accused? The commitee entertain no doubt that the im mediate cause of the existing public distress is to be found in the removal of the public depo sites, and in the manner in which that removal has been made; and those who justify the removal do not so much deny this to have been the cause, as insist that it was not necessary that any such effect should have followed from it. In other words, they argue that, notwithstand ing the removal, the bank still possessed the power, if it had chosen to exercise it, of warding off the blow which has fallen on the country, or at least of mitigating its severity. Nothing could have been rationally expected but that the bank, deprived of the deposites, and denounced by the Executive Government,would feel itself called on to take just care of its own interest and its own credit. Of the means necessary to the attainment of these ends, the directors alone were judges, and the committee have no evidence before them to show they have not exercised their judgment fairly, and with a real solicitude to accommodate the commercial community in the altered state of things as far as has been practicable, consistently with the se curity of the institution, which it is equally their duty to the public and the stockholders to main tain. They are certainly under every obliga tion of duty, in the present distressed state of the country, to do every thing for the public re lief which is consistent with the safety of the bank, and with those considerations which the approaching expiration of its charter makes it j lUi I wuv O The removal itself, and the manner of effect ing it, are causes entirely sufficient in the judg ment of the committee, to produce all the con sequences which the country has experienced, and is experiencing; and these consequences, they think, are to be referred to these causes as their just origin. How could any other result have been expected? The amount of the depo sites was nine millions of dollars. On this amount in deposite there was sustained, no doubt, a dis count of far greater magnitude. The withdraw al of this sum of nine millions from the bank necessarily compelled it to diminish its discounts to the full extent of all that part which may be supposed to have been sustained by it. It is to be remembered, too, that this was done at a mo ment when business of every kind was pressed with great activity, and all the means of the country fully employed. The withdrawing of so large an amount at such a time, from hands actually holding and using it. could not but produce derangement and pressure, even if it had been immediately plac ed in other banks, and if no unfriendly feeling, and no want of confidence, had attended the transaction. But, it is quite obvious that the operation to which the Secretary has resorted has been attended with both these additional and powerful causes of derangement. It has created unfriendly feelings, and it has diminish ed confidence. This change of the deposites is made on the strength of charges against the bank of a very grave and aggravated nature, such as, if true, would most seriously affect its credit for solvency and stability. It is proclaim ed to the whole world as having converted it self into a political partisan, misapplied its funds, neglected its highest Jnties, and entered on a ca reer of electioneering against the government of the country. These serious charges necessarily put the bank on its defence, and the extraordinary spec tacle is exhibited of a warfare by the National Government on the National Bank, notwith standing that the Government is itself a great proprietor in the bank, and notwithstanding that the notes of the bank are the currency in which the revenues of the country are by law receiv able. The true and natural relation between the Government and the Bank is altogether revers ed. Instead of enjoying the confidence of the Government, it is obliged to sustain its most se rious official assaults, and to maintain itself against its denunciations. The banks selected by Government as its agents are themselves thrown, perhaps unwittingly, into an attitude of jealousy and suspicion with the Bank ofthe Uni ted States. They become cautious and fearful, therefore, in all proceedings; and thus those who should co-operate to relieve the public pressure, are considering mainly their own safety. Fear ful of each other, and fearful of the Government, they see the distress continue, with no power of beneficial interposition. It may be asked, why are not these deposite banks able to maintain as large a circulation on the nine millions of deposites as the Bank of the United States? And will they not be thus able when the present panic shall have subsided?— The committee think both the questions easily answered. The Bank of the United States has a credit more general, it may De saici more universal, than any State bank does possess. The credit of the Bank of the United States is equally so lid, its bills and notes received with equal confi dence for the purpose of circulation and remit tance, in every quarter of the country. No pa per circulation, so far as the committee know, which ever appeared in the world, has approach ed nearer to the value and uniformity of a spe cie currency, than the notes and bills of the Bank of the United States. To the State banks these notes and bills have performed the office of specie. All the State banks have discounted upon the possession of them, with the same free dom and boldness as they would have done on an equal amount of the precious metals. The curtailment of their circulation, therefore, is not merely a withdrawing of the amount curtailed from the general mass of circulation, it is remo ving, rather, to the amount curtailed, the basis of the general circulation; and although the ac tual amount of notes and bills has not been re cently greatly diminished, there is reason to suppose that the amount held by the State banks has been greatly diminished. The removal of the deposites has operated di rectly on the amount of the circulating medium i at a moment when that amount could not bear any considerable reduction, suddenly made, j without producing sensible effect. It has dimi- I nished prices, and, in some instances, it has had j this effect to a very material degree. It has operated on the internal exchange, and has, j most manifestly, been attended with very serious and heavy inconveniences in that important branch of the national interest. More than all, it has acted on opinion; it has disturbed the ge neral confidence, it has weakened the public faith in the soundness of the currency, and it has j alarmed men for the security of property. As vet we hardly know its effects on the credit of the country in Europe. Perhaps it is not easy to anticipate those effects; but if causes which operate here should be found to have been effi cient there also, a still greater degree of pres sure and distress than has yet been felt may be eXThe committee, therefore, cannot but regard the removal of the deposites, on the whole, as a measure highly inexpedient, and altogether un justifiable. The public moneys were safe in the bank. This is admitted. All the duties of the bank connected with these public moneys were faithfully discharged. This, too, is admit ted. The subject had been recently before the House of Representatives, and that House had j made its opinion against the removal known by a very unequivocal vote. Another session of j Congress was close at hand, when the whole matter would again come before it. Under these circumstances, to make the removal, with the certainty of creating so much alarm, and of pro ducing so much positive evil and suffering, such derangement of the currency, such pressure and distress in all the branches of the business of pri vate life, is an act which the committee think the Senate is called on to disapprove. The rea sons which have thus been stated apply to the whole proceedings of the Secretary relating to the public deposites, and make it unnecessary rnn^irlpr whether there be an v difference be tween his power over moneys already in the bank, and his power to suspend future deposi tes. The committee forbear, also, to consider the propriety of the measures adopted by the Secretary, for the safe keeping of the public moneys since their withdrawal from the bank. They forbear, too, from entering into any dis cussion, at present, of the course of legislation proper to be adopted by Congress under the ex isting state of things. In this report, they have confined their consideration to the removal of the deposites, the reasons assigned first, and its im mediate consequences; and on these points they have formed tiie opinions which have now been expressed. They recommend to the Senate the adop tion of the resolution which has been referredto them. The Raleigh, N. C. Star says:—“ We learn that representations having been made to tiie Secretary of the Treasury of the United States that the notes of the Bank of the Metropolis, a large amount of which has been paid to the mail contractors, are not current in this section of the country, assurances have been given by tha* officer, that arrangements will be made with our State Bank for the remedy of the evil; and that any merchant or other person who may receive such notes, by forwardingthem to Wash ington, shall receive for them drafts on Balti more or New-York.” The excitement in Upper Canada, against the Provincial Assembly, for their arbitrary course towards Mr. Mackenzie, continues to increase, and the Assembly remains obstinate. Since his last expulsion, on the same ground of objection as the four preceding, every motion favorable to his right to a seat has been voted down.— j Some of the people of his district,—the County of York,—indignant at this persevering exclu sion of their representative, have copied some of the temper of the English on the Reform Question, and determined to pay no taxes. Balt. Amer. We understand that orders have been receiv at the Navy Yark, at Brooklyn, to fit out the fri grate Brandywine for sea, immediately It is not known where she is to go, but we presume the intention is to send her to the Pacific, as the flag ship of the station.—Phil. Citron. From the Portsmouth, Ar. II. Journal. Value of Labor.—There is a man in the town of Lime, in this State, who has been blind for several years. After lie was visited with this calamity, he was not a little at a loss to devise means lor sustenance. lie soon, however, di rected his attention to the manufacture of pegs from maple wood used by boot and shoemakers. For this purpose he procured the necessary ap paratus and set himself to work. He purchas ed a small maple tree, for which he gave about seventy-five cents, converted it into pegs, which he sent to various shoe manufactories in the ad jacent towns, and realized, as the avails of his labor on this tree, a sum amounting to about se venty-live dollars. Encouraged by these ef forts, he has continued to prosecute the business for several years, realizing from seventy-five to a hundred dollars on each tree which he worked up. He has built him a house—got married— and is now what people term fore handed. DRAWS TO-MORROW Literature Lottery of the State of Delaware, Class No. 7 for lo34, To be drawn at Wilmington, Thursday, Feb 13 HIGHEST PRIZE $12,000. Tickets $4 00; halves 2 00; quarters 1 00 DR A rrs ON SA TURD A Y Virginia State Lottery, For the benefit of the Dismal Stramp Canal Co. Class No. 4 for 1834, Will be drawn atCatts5 Tavern, West End, on Saturday, February 15 HIGHEST PRIZE 20,000 DOLLARS. 75 prizes of $500! &c. &c. Tickets &4 50; halves 2 25; quarters 1 12 1-2. To be had in a variety of numbers of J. CO USE, Lottery Exchange Broker, Alexandria. DRAWS TO-MORROW Literature Lottery ol the State of Delaware, Class No. 7 for 1834, To be drawn at Wilmington, Thursday, Feb 13 CAPITAL PRIZE $12,000. Tickets Si 00; hnlw»c9 HO; miArtprs 1 00 A Virginia State Lottery, For the benefit of the Dismal Swamp Canal Co. Class No. 4 for 1834, To be drawn at Alexandria, Va. on Saturday, February 15 75 Number Lottery—11 Drawn Ballots. 1 prize of $20,000 1 prize of $2,000 1 do of 5,000 75 prize of 500! Tickets $4 50; halves 2 25; quarters 1 12 1-2 On sale in great variety by JAS. RIORD1X. H33 Uncurrent Notes and Foreign Gold pur chased. Maryland State Lottery, Class 3 for 1834, ro be drawn at Baltimore on Tuesday, Feb 11 66 Numbers—10 Drawn Ballots I prize of $20,000 I 1 prize of $3,000 do of 5,000 I 10 prizes of 1,000 Tickets $4 50; halves 2 25; quarters 1 12 1-2 To be had in a variety of numbers at J. W. VIOLETT’S Lucky Lottery Office, 1 Jpper end King Srcet.} near the Diagonal Pump,

PRO AND CON. A variety of memorials, pro and cor, on i:.-. subject of the Deposites, were presented in t!.-. Housed Representatives on Monday, by Messis Cambreleng and Selden, of New York, a:; Mr. Sutherland, Mr. Binney, and Mr.Watmoug of Philadelphia. Mr. Cambreleng said u The Bank of the United States has niad*1 r bold experiment upon the country. Since ih commencement of the session its presses at. its friends abroad, ay, sir, even some of the ca pitalists of the country, have been instrument in an attempt to destroy commercial confident by circulating the most alarming predictions approaching ruin and calamity. These rumor* ol distress, ol frightful disasters, of panic, hav*1 been echoed here by distinguished gentiemer. of both Houses. Sir, no other country upon earth could have stood firm under such a gene ral attack upon commercial confidence, as la been made by the Bank and its friends abroad during the last seventy-five days. 11 the dUrig guished men of both Houses of Parliament In; indulged in the same gloomy anticipations—! they for more than two months predicted urn versal wreck and ruin, and general panic, would have broken half the country bank. England, and half of their merchants and i nufacturers. It is, sir, a bold experiment ol t' Bank of the United States, and has fallen dreadful severity upon my constituents, produc ed many bankruptcies, and ruined many lan1 lies; but, sir, were their losses and suflennc/ times as great, so long as they are animated wri the spirit of freemen they will never subject/ Government ot their own to the dominion Bank of the United States.” Mr. Biniiey said ‘‘It had been said that the distress was to attributed to the Bank of the United State The remark thus made proceeded, as he belie'* ed, either from an ignorance of facts, or l*1,1 the adoption of principles, which his mint! va unable either to adopt or to comprehend. tlemen would find,or he greatly misapprehend?^ the existing state of things, that the cause waspr? ciseJy that which the memorialists had assigns the universal destruction of confidence, and th® this was operating with a secret and almost ik perceptible influence, but with perfect certain^ and in a constant stream, to strip from the Stai? Banks the means of sustaining their credit their debtors, not to place their specie in Bank of the United States, but to take it private possession, in town and country, for purpose of meeting the day of calamity whi<£ was apprehended by all. This 'State of thin.r: was in a rapid course of developenient. !i should be distinctly disclosed, either this dayc the next, it would not surprise him. He beii?‘ ed it to be one of the worst forms in which want of confidence was now operating, to hr*, on the extreme distress and ruin which the morialists anticipated.” ^8 PRJNTFNfr neatly execute* at tins ALEXANDRIA WEDNESDAY MORNING, FEB. 12 A,; CHESAPEAKE AND OHIO CANAl, In the House of Representatives, on MonoA* Mr. Stewart presented twenty one Memorial all numerously signed, by the citizens of p3Pr' sylvania, in favor of a further subscription r stock to the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal. Mr. McKim presented the memorial of t,t President and Directors of the Baltimore Ohio Railroad, in favor of a further subsc-h tion of stock by Congress to the Chesapesi* and Ohio Canal. Mr. Stewart moved that this memorial printed, and took the occasion to expres* 7 high gratification at this conclusive evidencV’ the final and satisfactory adjustment of u7 fortunate controversy which had long the progress of this great enterprise. It iT n7-7 evident that these great rival companies'v^ hereafter to co-operate as friends and all: *77 prosecuting this great work, which, so far ash b 7 progressed, was surpassed in the durabili,y a7 grandeur of its structure by no similar wor'/j, the world. He said, it must be gratifying t0 the friends of the work, that, with this comm versy, one of the most serious obstacles u7 progress was removed. This magnaiiinioi7 act, on the part of the Railroad Company, v 7 worthythe patriotic and enlightened source fr7 which it emanated; it was worthy and charai ICIISLII/ uicguuciuuo UMCittJltj VViJICn Sij Hf;i nently distinguished “the monumental eitv from which it came. He hoped the House uoi follow the example of those rival Comparn and that when the bill, now on the table, pro viding for the object indicated by the memoir came up, the contending parties in this Hous would for a moment forget the quarrels whu so much disturbed and marred the progress o* business here, and concur for once in^the r-c complishment of this favorite object of the Fa ther of his Country, and thereby unite, by a powerful and enduring bond, the East and'tir West—the seat of the Federal Government wit the great Valley of the Mississippi. He moved that the memorial be prime which was agreed to. FINAL DETERMINATION. The official Government Journal, .yesterdry by authority, gives the final and unalterable dj temination of the President with regard to t:.» financial prospects of the country. It is in then words:— In making the State Banks the fiscal age»; of the Treasury, the President has taken course which marks his final determination p relation to this subject. He is convinced by th experiment already made, that weJl-manugx, State banks are fully adequate to the parform a nee of all the duties connected with the coliec tion, the safe-keeping, and transfer of the pm,’c funds—the only duties which it is necessary Government should require of such institute, to facilitate the operations of the Treasury. He is also satisfied that they are fully comp tent to carry on the business of domestic ex change between the different parts of the r’nii: States, in a manner that will be both con'vnie’r and satisfactory to all parts of the country, a.v [hat this can and will be conducted by them v: 3ii terms at least as favorable to the courmy and probably more so, than has heretofore beei Jone by the Bank of the United Stater,; and v. feel ourselves authorized to state that all ropor' to the contrary are mere inventions of the ene my—and that the President is firmly resolv i adhere to his plan of the State Banks.”

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Erratum.—In the propositiou to amend the ,ew Code of Laws for the District, offered by ii a Subscriber,” in yesterday’s Gazette, read— ii Each Justice to receive a salary and no fees,” instead of to receive fees.” We conclude, to-day, the publication of Mr. Webster’s Report from the Committee on Fi nance on the Removal of the Deposites. We have read it with attention, and regard it as one of the most triumphant arguments ever brought under our notice. It utterly demolishes the rea sons of the Secretary of the Treasury. It leaves i him not an inch of ground to stand on. For i ihe correctness of this opinion we appeal to an i unprejudiced public. r The February number of Mr. Homan’s Mili tary and Naval Magazine, supports the now es tablished character of the work for interest and usefulness.__ The President’s next Levee will be Thursday week, instead of Thursday next, as was an nounced in this paper a few days ago. Jtfr. Beale, the Representative from the She nandoah district, ought to make his best bow to the Globe for the kind and gracious manner in which he is spoken of by that print. If Mr Beale represents a district in favor of the Re moval of the Deposites, we verily believe he stands alone in Virginia. The maiden effort of Mr. King (of Georgia) in the Senate, on Mr. Clay’s motion for inquir. ing Into the expediency of extending the cre dit on Revenue Bonds, was a plain, sensible speech, free from attempts at display, and limit ed entirely to commercial topics. We were pleased to see that Mr. Webster, in reply, con gratulated the Senate on the accession to its umber of a gentleman of so much good sense aad practical talent as the Senator from Geor gia. __ We have an excellent article from the New York Commercial on nana, snowing uie s>cmi mentsof the Patres Conscripti Republica, as to the establishmenUof a national bank. We will give it the first opportunity. A Massachusetts paper states that Mr. Q,uin cy will probably retire from the Presidency of Harvard University._ The Pendleton (South Carolina) Messenger, states that Mr. McDuffie intends to retire from Congress after the expiration of his present term, and intimates, that it will be for the pur pose of serving the State as her Chief Magis trate. Salina Bank Robber.—Captain Chase, of the ship Calumet, from Cadiz, informs, that the young gentleman who robbed the Salina Bank last summer of a considerable sum of money, ar rived at Cadiz in the brig Omega, from Philadel phia, and was immediately arrested by the Con sul. He was left in prison when the C. sailed, on the 18th Dec. Zerah Colburn.—From a letter in the Annals of Education we learn that this singular indivi dual, the wonder of a past period, is now settled as a clergyman in Lebanon, N. H. He says My impression ever has been, that if I had continued in the practice of my calculating fa culty, I should have continued to progress, per. haps to an incredible extent. It was not long af ter I gave up public exhibition, before 1 had lost materially in point of readiness. Yet, though nearly twenty years have elapsed, I do not know but I am now as well able to solve ques tions, as I was only six or eight months after I had thus retired.” Mr. Colburn expresses a wish to obtain a situation which would afford him occasion for exercising his ancient faculty in die use of figures. Ohio Legislature.—Our latest intelligence from Columbus is to Friday Jan. 31. After much turmoil, all the State Bank questions, in both Houses, have been finally disposed of, by postponement beyond the Session. We understand that the Committee appoint ed at the meeting at the Exchange on the 6th hist, to present the memorial of the Citizens to Congress, proceed to Washington this morning. [Balt. Amer. Oppressions of the Branch Bank in New York. -The cry is still that the United States Bank is ClirtaiUnr* unnaPACclirilv ril V til 111 II (T WfiknOW I^at much use is made of this cry, and much ef fect is produced by it—we therefore present these facts: On the 9th October, about a week after the 1 uited States deposites were changed, the dis count line of the Branch Bank here was $6,034,750 -he amount of the public deposites was 3,702,000 On the 5th February, the last discount day, the discount line was 6,430,200 The public deposites 75,600 The comparison between these periods, shows absolute increase of $400,000 of discounts, ^withstanding a withdrawal, meantime, of the pnohc funds, amounting to three millions six Jii'lretf and tvrenty-sexen thousand dollars!— °tuat, in fact, the actual accommodation to W lie from the proper funds of the branch ls now about four ynillions of dollars more ..^henthe Government declared vvar against bank of the United States.—N. V. Amer. ^confidence expressed by Mr. Wilkins of ^W/ania, lately, that the Pittsburg memo vhirhS not ^now n°r understand the evils of rynftKycomplained’ reminds one of the sto ker ne sadors on board a ship of war, where, led seyer.e engagement, the surgeons traver hiem tu ,*s> and pronounced who among ^ard naT»y prostra*e should be throwu over I 1 he sailors, in obedience to orders, pro lad *.V? Pmnge one and another into the deep; l^rnatngrhold of one of their unfortunate r‘°tdp^e!.f0r,thatpurpose? he cried out> “l am |fead»> dont throw me overboard.” “Not I 1(>'v^KSays Jac^ Hawser, not dead! who I est, you or the Doctor? Over with him.” I .V y. Star. Consumption of Cotton.—It appears fiom state ments contained in an article on the British Cotton Manufacture, in the last number of the Edinburgh Review, that the quantity of cotton imported into Great Britian has been nearly or quite doubled within the last twelve years. In 1820 the amount was upwards of 150,000,000 pounds* in 1831 more than 273,000,000. There are now more than a million and a half of the population of Great Britian depen dant for subsistence upon employment in the cotton factories; and this branch of industry is considered in as secure and prosperous a condi tion as it ever has been. Within the same peri od, as great a relative increase, if not a much greater, has taken place in the manufacture of cotton in this country. The amount now con sumed is about 40 millions of pounds per annum. Among the numerous deaths announced by the late arrivals is that of Prince Esterhazy, the father of the Austrian Ambassador at the Court of St. James. He was deemed the richest man in Europe—and yet his prodigality is such that his vast estates were placed under sequestration for the benefit of his creditors. It is supposed that the principal heir, Prince Paul Esterhazy will resign his office as ambassador, for the pur pose of attending to his private business. [Ar. y. Com. Periodical Authorship.—There is no labor more destructive to health than that of periodi cal literature, and in no species of mental ap plication, or even of manual employment, is the wear and tear of body so early and so severe ly felt. The readers of those light articles which appear to cost so little labor in the various pub lications of the day, are little aware how many constitutions are broken down in the service of their literary taste.—Dr. Johnson. Earthquake.—On Wednesday night last, at about half past 10 o’clock, says the Columbia (Pa.) Star of the 8th instant, a shock of an earthquake was felt in this place. It was ac companied by a low rumbling noise, which ma ny, at the moment, thought was occasioned by the passing of a stage along the street. Crock ery and other articles on shelves were noticed to shake very considerably. Its duration could not have exceeded twelve seconds. We have heard it remarked by a number who were out of doors at the time, that there was a great change in the atmosphere immediately before the shaking—it being so hot and oppres sive, as to render it difficult to breathe. The shock was said to be the most violent ever ex perienced in this county. Lancaster, and other places as far as heard from, were similarly visited. m SHIP NEWS. jjE PORT OF ALEXANDRIA, D. C. Arrived, February 11, Brig Fair Baibadian,-, Barbadoes; Bal last to Henry Daingerfield. Schooner'Gleauer, Mayo, Boston; Plaster to W. Fowle Co. and Freight for the District. Schooner Drusilla, Rogers, Boston; Plaster to W. Fowle Co. Schr.Washington, Knapp, New York; Freight for the District. Schr. Columbia, Smith, New York; Freight for the District. Sailed, Schooner Mary Ellen, Marshall, Savannah. ■__ N. E. RUM. Hogsheads, received per schooner Dru _ silla, for sale by feb 12 W. FOWLE CO. PAPER. Reams News, 21x31 *1 Paper, from 1 JO 15 do super blue Letter the manu 12 do do white do y factory of S do do rose do D. J. 3-do rose Billetdoux J Ames. Landing from the schooner Columbia, and for sale by S. MESSERSMITH. In Store, Foolscap and Pot Paper Blue, white, and yellow Letter do feb 12 SAMUEL MESSERSMITH OFFERS FOR SALE: TEAS—Young Hyson, in chests; Imperial, in half chests and ton catty boxes; Gun powder in ten catty boxes; Souchong, in do do; Pouchong, of superior quality, in half chests, (Gold crop) Coffees—Java, old St. Domingo and Rio Hempen Bags Corks, in bales of 1000 each Patent Shot, assorted numbers; a constant supply frem the Phoenix Shot Power Company Wines—Old L. P. Madeira, in quarter casks, u Newton, Gordon, Murdock Scott’s,” and Lewis Co’s brands; Madeira Grape Juice, in quarter casks and half quarter casks; L. P. Ma- j deira, in boxes containing one to two dozen hr»rrh»c panh: Sieilv Madeira. Sweet Malaga, and Rousillon Palm Oil, in hogsheads Baker’s Chocolate, in half boxes Brandy, Seignette’s brand,” in halfpipes and quarter casks, entitled to debenture. feb 12___— APPLES. Barrels Baldwin and Russett Apples, just O received per schr. Drusilla, from Boston, and for sale by L. McKENZTE, feb 12 Union wharf. BORDEAUX PRUNES.^ 2 Cases Fancy Bordeaux Prunes, just receiv ed per schooner Columbia, and on sale by ANDREW J. FLEMING, feb 12 Prince-street Dock. “GLASSWARE. RECEIVED by late arrivals, and offered for sale on moderate terms— 4 casks cut and plain Tumblers, Wines, &c. 10 groce best Quart Wine Bottles 84 Demijohns, 1, 2 and 3 gallon feb 12 HUGH C. SMITH. ~BIRTH NIGHT BALL. THE subscribers to the Annual Birth Night Ball are requested to meet at the City Ho tel This Evening, at half past 3 o’clock, for the purpose of electing Managers and the transac tion of any other business that may be submit ted to them.__feb 12—It COLORED APPRENTICES WANTED, Fo7' the Patent Rope-Making Business. I WILL take two or three Colored Boys, of unquestionable character, (none other will be taken) to learn the Patent Ropemaking Bu siness. JOSIAH H. DAVIS. N. B. This advertisement may, perhaps, meet the eye of some slave-holder who may have it in prospect to emancipate his slaves at the ages of 25, 30, or 35 years. The slave, thus enhanc ed in value, would, in a reasonoble time, repay the pecuniary loss of the owner, and be prepar ed to be a more useful freeman. J. H. D. feb 12 MELANCHOLY OCCURRENCE. We learn, from Washington, that Judge Bouldin, (of Virginia,) yesterday, in the House of Representatives,—after proceeding a short time in the delivery of his speech in opposition to the Removal of the Deposites,—fell back and immediately expired! The House forthwith adjourned, and, information being carried to the Senate, that body also immediately adjourn ed. Further particulars of this melancholy oc currence in our next. j You are authorized to announce Col. I Spencer M. Ball as a candidate to represent the County of Fairfax in the next General As sembly of Virginia. Many Voters. j 113=* We are authorized to announce Willi am S. Daniel as a candidate to represent the Coun ty of Fairfax in the next Virginia Legislature. 1 H3=* We are requested to announce Dr. R. C. Mason as a candidate to represent the County j of Fairfax in the next General Assembly of Vir ginia. Many Voters. We are requested to announce Arthur F. Lane, Esq. as a candidate for a seat in the next Virginia Legislature, from the County of j Fairfax. Many Voters. j Col. John Hooe will be supported as a candidate, at the ensuing election, to represent the County of Prince William in the House of Delegates. Many Voters. Thomas B. Hooe, Esq. will be run as the Working Men’s candidate to represent the County of Prince William in the next General Assembly of Virginia. A WorkingMan. HYDRAULION FIRE COMPANY. Extract from the Corporation Laws: u And be it further enacted, That if any per son who shall be present at any fire, shnll neg j lect or refuse to obey the order or direction of any officer who shall be appointed by any Fire u Company now established, or winch may hereafter be established, knowing him to be an officer, such person shall forfeit and pay the sum of five dollars for each offence: Pro- vided, the name of such officer shall have been first published in one of the papers of the town.” Officers of the Hydraulion Fire Company: AT a meeting held at the Company’s Hall on Monday evening, February 10th, 1834, the followingmembers were elected officers to serve the ensuing year, viz: William A. Williams, President. Robert H. Miller, Vice President. Directors: Benjamin Waters, Aaron D. Harmon, William Stabler, Charles C. Smoot, Benjamin Hallowed, Isaac George, James Irwin, Daniel Shryer. By order: NATH’L. E. JANNEY, feb 12—3t_Secretary. FOR NEW YORK. The Packet Schooner VIRGINIA, W. Elliott, Master, will have despatch. Apply to STEPHEN SHINN, feb 10 _ Janncy’s wharf. FREIGHT FOR FREDERICKSBURG. A VESSEL bound to Fredericksburg obtain some freight on application to feb 10_A. C. CAZENOVE CO. FOR BARBADOES, With liberty of St. Thomas, The good Schooner P ULASIvl, B. sH&^Smith, master, will sail in all the next week. For freight of 200 barrels light freight or passage apply to the master, or to feb 8 LEWIS McKENZIE, Union wharf. FOR NEW-YORK. The new Schooner WILLIAM, Ste j|j%gvEXfl, master, wants 100 barrels to fill up, and will have despatch. Apply to feb? W. FOVVLE CO. “STEAMBOAT FREDERICKSBURG Will leave Alexandria for Baltimore on Wednes day morning, at 8 o’clock. feb 11—2t_ THE STEAMER COLUMBIA Is now loading at Balti more, and will commence her regular trips in a few days. feb 11—3t POTATOES AND PLASTEII. 1 /W'k/'b Bushels Eastern Potatoes I v/vJU a few tons Plaster On board schooner Sardine, for sale by feb 11JOHN H. LADD. CLOVER SEED. .Bushels fresh Clover Seed, just receiv .1 ed and for sale by fnh 11JAMES D. KF.BR. FRESH THOMAS I ON LiAlE. i n r i J /fl n 11 I X’ lean Liiim;, m unu-i, 4UU sale by LEWIS McKENZIE, Union wharf. In Store, No. 1, 2 and 3 Mackerel; Hay in bundles; heavy and light Ravens Duck, feb 7 _ FRESH CLOVERSEED, IN bags of two and three bushels, constantly on hand, and for sale by feb 7 L. McKENZIE, Union wharf. _ SICILY MADEIRA WINE. IPipe superior old Sicily Madeira Wine, just received and for sale by feb 7 WILLIAM N. McVEIGH. SEINE TWINE. A FEW bales best Shad and Herring Seine Twine, a part of two consignments, will be sold very low, to close sales; the quality excel lent. feb 7CHARLES BENNETT. SEINE TWINE. Bales of Bridport Shad and Herring £d\j Twine, at reduced prices, for sale by feb 5 W. FOWLE CO. NEW CROP SUGAR. 5 Hogsheads handsome quality new crop New Orleans Sugar, just received and for sale by feb 4WILLIAM N. McVEIGH. ORPHANS’ COURT, Alexandria County, January Term, 1834. ANN CAROLINE BRANDT, Administra trix, with the will annexed, of Richard Brooke Brandt, exhibited to the Court her first Administration account, with the vouchers in support thereof; which account is received, will be allowed, and duly recorded, unless cause be shown to the contrary, on or before the first Monday in March next; of which all persons in terested will take notice. A copy: Test, jan 11—w6w A. MOORE, Reg. Wills. BLANKS AND PAMPHLETS Printed, with neatness despatch, at this office A FURTHER SUPPLY OF CHEAP DRY GOODS. WASHINGTON T. HARPER has received witkin a short time, by the schooner Vir ginia, from New York, and arrivals from Phi ladelphia— PACKAGES AND BALES SEASON ABLE DRY GOODS. He invites his customers and the public to call and examine for themselves; and those who are not judges, are assured they will get them as low as they can be bought in the town. Among them are Super black Cloths (dyed in the wool) Do Russell brown Do Adelaide Do blue, green, brown, and other colors Low-priced Cassinets Canton Flannels, all colors Thibet wool and twisted silk fancy Hdkfs Ladies’ super Kid Gloves; fur-toy do Handsome striped Linseys Cotton Carpeting; fine white Flannel English Merino, green A large assortment of Cotton Umbrellas With a variety of colored, brown, and bleach ed Domestics. feb 10—eo3t DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, County of Alexandria, to wit: fflHOMAS L. SKINNER has applied to the A Hon. James S. Morsell, Assistant Judge of the Circuit Court of the District of Columbia, to be discharged from imprisonment, under the act for the relief of insolvent debtors within the Dis trict of Columbia, on Saturday, the 15th instant, at 11 o’clock, A. M. at the Court Room; when and where his creditors are requested to attend. feb 11—3t_E. 1. LEE, C. C. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, TO the Stockholders in the Alexandria Canal Company, that an instalment of three dol lars per share is required to be paid on or before the 12th day of March next; and a further in stalment of three dollars per share on or before the 12th day of April next. By order of the Board: feb 10JOHN H. CREASE, Clerk. FOR RENT MThe two-story BRICK DWELLING HOUSE on King street, lately occupied by Mr. Richard H. Clagett, in a very healthy neigh borhood, near the best water, and is in good or der. It will be rented on reasonable terms. feb 10_A. C. CAZENOVE CO. FOR RENT, Either of the two DWELLING HOUSES ililat Summer Hill, on the Little River Road, one mile from town, pleasantly situated, feb 10_A. C. CAZENOVE CO. TO RENT, And possession given on the 2'2d instant, That well known STAND formerly oc liiila cupied by Dominie Barcroft, deceased, as a Refectory and Oyster House, and more recently by Mr. John West as a Tavern; for either of which purposes it is well suited, being in the im mediate vicinity of the Market House. For terms apply to EDW’D. BURCHELL, jan 13—eo2wGuardian. THIS IS TO GIVE NOTICE, THAT the subscriber, of Alexandria County, in the District of Columbia, has obtained from the Orphans’ Court of said County, letters of administration on the personal estate of Han nah Smith, late of the county aforesaid, deceas ed. All persons having claims against said de cedent, are hereby warned to exhibit the same to the subscriber, on or before the 10th day of, February, 1835, or they may, by law, be exclud ed from al! benefit to said estate; and those in debted thereto are required to make immediate payment. Given under my hand, this 10th day of February, 1834. EDWARD BURCHELL, feb 10—eo3t Administrator. THIS IS TO GIVE NOTICE, THAT the subscribers, of Alexandria Coun ty, in the District of Columbia, have ob tained from the Orphans’ Court of said County, letters testamentary on the estate of Alexander McKenzie, lute of the county aforesaid, deceas ed. All persons having claims against the said decedent, are hereby warned to exhibit the same to the subscribers, passed by the Orphans’ Court, on or before the 10th day of February, 1835, or they may, by law, be excluded from all benefit to said estate; and those indebted thereto are required to make immediate payment. Given under our hands, this 10th February, 1S34. ELIZABETH McKENZIE, BENJAMIN BARTON, feb 10—eo6t Executors. NEW AUCTION COMMISSION STORE, AT WASHINGTON CITY. THE subscriber has taken the stand on Penn sylvania Avenue, lately occupied by Rich ard Wright, and is now prepared to attend to all Sales at Auction, and to any busines that may be entrusted to him upon Commission. He will receive Goods of every description upon con signment, and dispose of them either at private r.v Kir nn/’tirtn Q/>pnivlinnf Hipoptinnc (nr the usual commissions. He pledges his person al and particular attention to all business en trusted to him—to make as speedy and advan tageous sales as possiole, and punctual and im mediate returns. He respectfully offers his ser vices to his friends in Alexandria, and the citi zens generally. EDWARD DYER. Washington City, 7th February, 1834._ JUST RECEIVED ON SALE BY W. M. MORRISON, THE History of the Hartford Convention, with a Review of the Policy of the United States Government which led to the War of 1812; by Theodore Dwight, Secretary of the Convention. _feb 7 RENUNCIATION OF POPERY, BY Samuel B. Smith, late a Priest in the Ro man Catholic Church; just received and for sale by WM. M. MORRISON. Price 25 centft feb 7 NOTICE. IN order to accommodate my customers, or ders for Patent Cordage, White Lines, Bed Cords, &c. may be left at the Store-house of Messrs. James George I. Thomas, if inconve nient to be forwarded to the Rope Walk, feb 5JOSIAH H. DAVIS. ASSISTANT TEACHER WANTED. A GENTLEMAN well qualified to teach the Latin and Greek Languages may hear of a good situation by making immediate applica tion to the Editor. One qualified to teach the Mathematics also, would be preferred, feb 5—tf _ BARTON’S COUGH DROPS. AFRESH supply received for sale by E. KENNEDY; price 25 cents per bottle. Faxxn fox I WISH to sell a FARM, containing 3X2 -tfC/iSA', adjoining my residence. It is heavily timbered, and has on it a variety of fine Fruit. A great baigain may be had if immediately applied for. Fairfax County, Va. I*. P. DHLANY Saw Mill is erected. The land has beer? well tilled, and for several jears past improved by the use of clover and plaster; the eff ects of which are n—§t GEO. DRINKER, Librarian

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k‘‘ 41-j PUBLIC ATTENTION IS respectfully solicited by the subscriber, to an in valuable preparation, the merits of which have been tested by time, and are sustained by undoubted “*‘dr7relfe’s botanical drops are every year increasing their long established repu tation. Thev have outlived many rival preparations, and are continually gaining upon public confidence. The Botanical Drops have been successfully admin istered for many years, as a thorough remedy for that well known and prevalent clas9 of inveterate diseases which originate from a vitiated habit of body, or an he reditary predisposition in the patient, and genera v appear under the various and distressing shapes o Scrofula, Salt Rheum, Leprosy, St. Anthony s Fire, Fever Sores. White Swellings, Scilfvy, Foul and Ob; stinate Ulcers, Sore Legs and Eyes, Scald Head, and VTnCthe1 ^mentioned condition of the system, the Botanical Drops will be found to eradicate the lurk *T?™on *h're mercury has totally failed, and thus prevent the patient from entailing the seeds of an he- reditary disease on his offspring. Dr. Relfe's Botanical Drops are successfully used in eases of violent eruptions after the measles—red blotches—pimples on the face—festering eruptions on the skin—and other diseases of the external surface; and are one of the best Spring and Autumnal physics known, to free the system from humors. A physician of eminence, who had witnessed the ef ficacy of this article, had the candor recently to ack nowledge to the proprietor, that he considered it the best medicine known, for the complaints for which it is intended, and that it ought deserved y to stand at the head of the whole class of such remedies. Price *1 a bottle, o- 6 bottles for $5. WHITE TEETH HEALTHY GUMS. TrtOSE who would retain or restore these desirable personal advantages, are assured that no compo WTISH° PTllC tDENTRIFICE. This is an elegant and pleasant preparation in every respect, and has, for many years past, given universal satisfaction wherever it has been used The Antiseptic Dentrifice is exempt from acid and other deleterious ingredients, which too frequently enter the composition of tooth powders in common use. >nl it whitens the ensmelof the teeth without it the least iniurv, The regular use ot this ad* mired powder, by purifying the mouth and preventing Ihe accumulation of tartar, operates as the best pre ventive of the Tooth Ache. The Dentnhce removes discolorations, and restores the beautiful native white ness of the enamel. As its application braces and strengthens the Gums, it secures to them their healthy and florid hue, and, by removing all offensive foreign accumulations from the teeth, preserves the natural sweetness of the breath. Price 50 cents None genuine unless signed on the outside print ed wrapper by the sole proprietor, T. Kidder, imme diate successor to the late Dr. W. T- Conway. For sale, with all the other “Conway Medicine, at his Counting Room, No 99, next door to J Kidder s Drug Store, corner of Court and Har.over streets, near Con cert Hall, Boston. THOMPSON KIDDEli. And, by his special appointment, by WM. STABLER, Fairfax street, Alexandria. Large discount to those who buv to sell again. CONSUMPTION, ASTHMA CATARRH. IN that long train of diseases which seem to grow with the growth of civilized society, Consumption takes the lead in its relentless inroads upon human life yet ihis dreadful disorder is easily overcome in its oarher stages. It is only when neglectea that it ar rives at the terrific maturity which so often bames the sagacity of professional science. An obstinate cough is the customary forerunner of the pulmonary con* sumption Improper neglect in the timely a.lmmis tration of simple and salutary remedies, is sure to be j reproved by a dreadful succession of consumptive symptoms oppression of the breast; greenish and i bloody spittle; ulcerated lungs and hectic fever; sliri j veiled extremeties, and general emaciaiion ot the whole body; prostration of strength; flushed cheeks; swollen feet and legs; and at last, in the full posses sion of the mental faculties, and while hope still whis pers her flattering tale—cold extremities, and a pre mature death. For the various stages of this complaint, one ot the most approved remedies ever yet discovered is DR. RELFE’S ASTHMATIC PILLS. This exceedingly powerful, and yet equally safe and innocent preparation, has effected thorough and rapid j cures upon patients supposed to have been tar advanc edio a confirmed Consumption, and who have exhibit ed the appearances-which usually indicate a tatui ter mination of he disorder. As the Pills require in ordinary cases no confine ment, they may be administered with confidence and safety to all ages and classes of people. Uuexampled success has hitherto attended their administration in a great variety of cases; and the proprietor can refer to a multitude, which testify to their efficacy in reviving £lig emaciated victim from the bed ot disease, and re storing him to the blessings of accustomed health and activity. Price $1 for who/e boxes of 30 pills, and 50 cents for half do. of U pills, with directions. DEBILITATED FEMALES. THFj complaints peculiar to the female part of the community, have been long successfully treated by the administration of the Aromatic Pills, originally prescribed and compounded by Dr. Kelfe They cleanse the blood from those disorders of the female constitution, for which the pills are an effectual speci fle; they restore a freecircula ion, reform the irregular operations of the sangu femus system, and rectify the disordered habits. The proprietor's confidence in the superior excellence of this equally iimocent and pow erful preparation, is founded on the most decisive tes tiraony from mvny restored patients He can assure this portion of tUe public, that when dr. RELFE’S AROMATIC PILLS FOR FEMALES are regularly taken, accor-ling to the directions, ac companying them, they revive and establish the desir ed healthy habits, and restore to the pallid counte nance the natural glow of health and good spirits. Married ladies will find the pills equally useful, ex cept in cases of paegnancy, when they must not be taken} neither must they be taken by persons of hec tic or consumptive habits. They may be used success fully by either men or women in all Hypochondriac, Hysteric or Vapourish disorders. In all cases ot this description, the pills purify, invigorate, and revive the disordered system Price $i 50 a box. None genome unless signed on the outside print *d wrapper by the sole proprietor, T Kidder, imme diate successor to the late Ur. W. T Conway. For sale with all the other Conway Medicines,” at his Counting Room, No. 99, next door toj. K.dder's Drug Store corner of Court and Hanover streets, near Con cert Hall, Boston. THOMPSON KIDDER. \ud also, by his special appointment, by WM. SI’ABLER, Fairfax street, Alexandria. Large discounts to those who buy to sell again. VjY\fca\i for Caata. OZBN JOSSELYN, Agent, (corner of King and Royal streets, opposite Wright Maddox,) re spectfully iniorms his friends and the public, that he has on band, and continues to manufacture, first, me dium, and low quality, SUPERIOR BLACK HATS, which, tor color and durability, will compare JK3 with any found in the District. JLM), A variety of CAPS of the different fashions. A share of patronage is respectfully solicited All kinds of Furs purchased. Old hats taken in part pay for new ones. dec 2 Cook YittUteit. A FEMALE COOK ts wanted, either by the month or year, where liberal wages will be given, and one from the country preferred. Apply to the Printer. L,_____ NOTICE ro RHEUMATIC invalids. PERSONS suffering under Rheumatic Affection are respectful)? assured that they can obtain of the proprietor and his agents a safe and admirable reme^ dv for Rheumatism, however obstinate the disorder may be, and in all its different stages. DR. JEBB’S RHEUMATIC LINIMENT will afford immediate relief to the patient, and has sometimes been attended with such extraordinary suc cess as to cure the most distressing Rheumatism in twenty four hours, even when of years standing. This highly valuable Liniment is recommended with a confidence founded on the experience of ma ny years, not only as a cure for that excruciating d s ease, but as an excellent application for Stiffness oi the Joints, Numbness, Sprains, Chilblains, he. (This article is considered so superior to every thing else, and to possess such uncommon virtues, that it is ordered from all parts of the country.] CTT An Agent recently writes: Please send me a further supplv of Jebb’s Liniment the first opportune tv—I shall probably sell a considerable quantity, as it is recommended by some of our physicians very high ly, although contrary to their rules and regulations give encouragement to such (or. patent) medicines But is a most decided proof of their confidence in its invaluable properties Another agent writes: “I wish you to forward me some more of Jebb’s Liniment, which has recommend ed itself very highly.” Price 50 cents a bottle. The Painful and Debilitating Complaint of THE PILES Receives immediate relief, and in numerous instances has been thoroughly cured, bv the atjm'n.strat.of DUMFRIES’ REMEDY FOR I HE PILES. TITUS approved compound also mitigates and re 1 moves the symptoms which frequently accompa ny that disorder, and increase the danger of the pa tient, viz; pains in loins, headache, loss of appetite, indigestion, and other marks of debility. A relieved patient writes from a distance: It is but justice to inform you, that I have used vour Dumfries’ Remedy for the Piles for some time past, and have found it eminently successful The remedy is quite innocent, and may be adminis tered to all ages and both sexes. Plain and ample di rections, with a description of the complaint, accom pany each package, which consists of two boxes, one containing an Ointment, and the other an Electuary. Price $1 for both articles, or 50 cents where but nna ia DUMFRIES’ I ICd OINTMENT. miiB extensiv sale ai d established reputation of l Dumfries*Itch Ointment, encourages the propri etor to recommend it with renewed confidence to the public, as a most innocent as well as powerful applica tion for this annoiing disease t he most inveterate cases have been cured in one hour! by this esteem ed Ointment It contains no itk rcurv, or othi r noxi ous ingredient, and miy be confidently applied even to the youngest children, or to pregnant females Price 37£ cents. None genuine un ess signed on the outside prm ted'wrapoer by the sole proprietor. T. Kidd«-r, imme diate successor to the late Dr. I Conw.iv. I*or sale with all the other Conway Medicines,” at his Coun ting Room, No. 99, next door to J. Kidder’s Drug Store, corner of Court and Hanover streets, near Con cert Hall, Boston THOMPSON KIDDEU. And also, by his special appointment, by VVM. ST A LER, jan 15 Fairfax street, Alexandria. Large discounts to those who buy to sell again. ALBION CORN PLASTER. rnHE Albion Corn Plaster softens the corn, however |_ old and tough, and extracts it to the very roots. The relief afforded is gentle, immediate, and tho rough. The proprietor begs leave to submit the following case, from Mr Stowed, who is well known to the in habitants of this city, especially at the South End and South Boston, as a very worthy and respectable citi zen:— A Case. Sir-I do nut hesitate to give my most unqualified approbation in favor of your valuable Albion Corn Plaster By the use of less than a box, Mrs Stow'd! has been cured of a corn on each foot, which had been exceedingly troublesome and painful tor tears, and 1 think it but justice to your invaluabl- p-eparation to add, (for the encouragement of those who, owing to repeated disappointments in the v inous reno dies re sorted to, have finally despaired of a cure.) that your Plaster cured her corns, after tr.ing other highly re commended remedies to no purpose; and what in creases mv confidence in the superiority of your Plas ter, 19 the fact, that it has been used by several of m> neighbors with equally good success (Signed) Setb st well, Keeper of the foil house, Soutn Boston Bridge. Mr. T Kidder, Proprietor of the Coinvay Medicines. Boston, June- 17th, 1829. Price 50 cents SORE AND INFLAMED EYES. tE stuUiouh, the we k y, an i o lurs. who are troubled w ith sorent->s or infl imma'ion of that delicate organ, will be able to obtain a most pleasant and invaluabh application, in DUMFRIES’ EYE WATER. This well established -Vas tor tne Eye is perfectly innocent, and gives immediate relief, even in very ag gravated cases of soreness and inflammation. Price 25 cents THE TOOTH ACHE. frVHlS agonizing disorder cured in its most painful stages, by one of the most simple as well us pow erful remedies known in rr *dei’n nrartice h CAMBRIAN TOOTH ACHE PILLS afford msuiu relief, wiin mti.ifiic mg he si siiest 'n jur> on the teeth They are applied externally to tne part9 affecte i, with the greatest ea9e and expedition an/I .rH.wralli; imPMlf AS H SOOthitliT IpIlltlVP to tile suffering patient. Price 50 cents a box. DYSPEPSIA, OF most obstinate character, after hav ng buffl *d the skill of toe most eminent physician,, a id withstood the most highly recommended medical pre parations, has been checked, relieved, and cured, in a number of instance* in and about this city, bv using, for a short time. Ur Relfk’s VEGETABLE SPECIFIC. AND ANTI BI LIOUS PILLS. in connexion, according 10 me directions accompany ing the Specific It is also one of the best medicn.es known tor Sick Headache, Sickness at the Stomach, Nausea, and Flatulences. Price of the Specific and Pills, 50 cents each. None genuine unless signed on the outside prin ted wrapper by t e sole proprietor, T Kiddder, im mediate successor to the late Ur. W T. Conway. For sale, with all the oth-r Conway Medicines,*' at his Counting Room, No 99. next door to J Kidder’s Drug Store, corner of Court and Hanover streets, near Con cert Hall, Boston. THOMPSON KlUUER. And also, by bis special appointment, by WU. STABLER, jan 24 Fairfax street, Alexandria. Large discount to those W’ho buy to sell again. V\.o\>e- Walk. JOSIAH H. DAVIS respectfully informs his friends and the public that his PA PENT ROPE-WALK s now in complete operation, and he will thankfully execute all orders at the shortest notice Inasmuch as t nave got this business up at great cost and trouble, I hope to receive all the support I may be found wor thy of. Alexandria, January 3, 1834. Fur WRIGHT U \DDOX have received an addition al supply of HANDSOME FUR CAPES, of various colors, which are offered at reduced prices. They have also received more CLOHiilk which makes their assortment very general. jan i PATENT RIGHT SECURED. BEWARE OF IMPOSITION. SHEPHERD’S PATENT SPECIFIC OINTMENT, (formerly Judkins,) Preparcdbya HERSTONSnear Frederick town, Maryland. Richmond, Vr- July 15, 18 >0. ffiup nublic will he pleased to understand that 1 wag TtMtfnd di.coVerer of Judkins’ O otmen. and sole proprietor of tl.e patent from September, 1817, until “he expiration of the same; but, having connect, ed myself with Or. Judkins in the commencement, I permitted the Ointment to bear his name. 1 ne ter of the patent having expired on the 26th June, I nave made an improvement in the same, and taken out.a^pa tent thereon. N. SHfcPHhtiD. ijj5* Imposition having been practised upon the nub ile by a spurious article, bearing the name of Jud* I kins* Ointment,” the proprietor avails himself or the authority granted to him in his letters patent, now to call the Ointment after his own name, Henceforth it will be known by the name of SHEPHERD'S PATENT SPECIFIC OINT MENT, (formerly Judkins'.) When I first made and prepared this Ointment, and had, in several instances, experienced its good effects, I sent it to several physicians, with instructions in what cases to apply it, who were of opinion that the Oint ment would be a valuable public benefit. I concluded that the Ointment would occasionally fall into many hands, some of whom would probably undertake to make it, and knowing the difficulty of the process —ne vertheless, it might he progated in this adulterated si tuation, as it might in some degree resemble the origi nal—and in this way its good effects would be oblitera ted Under these considerations, I secured the origi nal and certain remedy for those obstinate diseases, some of which have so long bafffe J the skil. of me dical science: 1st White swellings of every description; 2d Sore legs and ulcers of long standing, 3d Schirrus or glandular tumors, particularlythose hardened tumors in women s breasts, which oftentimes terminate in ulceiated cancers; 4th Felons; or what some people know by thename of catarrhs, of every description. 5th Rheumatic pains of the joints; 6th Sprains and bruises of every description, or i n whatever part situate; 7th Tetters of all kinds. In this complaint the pa tient, in applying the ointment, must keep the part ...r_,. 8th Chilblains or parts affected bv frost. It is also one of the best remedies for bums and scalds. It eases the pain and draws the fire out in a short time. For inflamed women’s breasts and glandular swel lings, it is superior to any medicine *et known to the medical faculty It is much safer than mercurial ap plications, (as it does not contain the smallest atom of anv preparation of the mineral,) because it does not lay the patient liable to injury from exposure to cold. This Ointment has cured sotes of many years stand ing Where it is impossible or imprudent to heal the external sore, in consequence of the bones becoming carious 01 rotten, it will stop the progress of the caries, increase the quantity of discharge, remove the offen sive smell, and ease the pains It cures the worst Felods and Whitlows, on applica tion of forty-eight hours CERTIFICATES. From the Hon. John Cocke, Member of the House of Re presentatives in Congress. vvasuiwoTOM, Mar*, h 22, 1326 Sir—My son having been afflicted for five years with white swelling, and having applied every reme dy recommended by the most eminent physicians within my reach without success, 1 at length procured one jug of Dr Judkins9 Patent Specific Ointment. and made the application according to the directions ac company ing the Ointment, and slate, for the benefit of the afflicted, that before one jug was used a perf.-ct core was clFected. My son has enjoyed good health ever since. I have no doubt that to the Ointment alone he is indebted; for nothing else was used for more than nine months before the application of the Oint ment. Respectfully, Joax Cocke Dr. Wm Gunton, Washington City. From L P. IV. Batch, Esq Counsellor at Caw, F ede rick Md Far.n£AiCK, Md May 6,1831 Mr. C Herstons—1 deem it proper to state, for the benefit of the public, that, several years since, two of my children were affected withscald head of an inve terate character My family physician, Dr John 1 Wilson, of Leesburg, Va who was very skilful and ju dicious in bis practice, in vain endeavored by every me ins to effect a cure- At length Judkins’ Ointment was applied, and the affection was permanently reliev ed. Very respectfully, v our obedient servant, L. P- W. Balcu. From the Honorable John Taliaferro, Member of Con gress, dated W AsmiroTox, January 22,1829. Sir—It has been my wi6h, lora considerable time, to communicate to you the good effect with which 1 have used the Ointment invented by a Mr. Judkins, and which i now understand is made and sold by igenls appointed by yourself, I have applied this v)intment during the last three years to every species of tumor and wound, without failure to produce a cure m every instance. 1 consider it the most decided and efficient remedy in all cases of tumor, be the cause whatit may; and l have found nothing so good for wounds of any description It may be proper to add, that the cure of a tumor called white swelling, given over bv the most distinguished physicians as in curable, and which they decided would, without ampu ation, prove tatalto the patient, was, under my imme diate notice, effected by the use of Judkins’ Ointment, ind the patient is in fine health. His limb affected by .ht nrrw.r n^inrr restored to a perfect-itate of sound ues*. »Iso that the leg of an aged man which had been wounded, and exhibited one dreadfully uicerated sur face from the knee to the foot, and which, tor more th m tw years,had been considered incurable, wasef* fectually cured by the application of Judkins* Oint ment. I mention these two cases, whichfellunder my immediate nolice and management, as a decided evi dence of the efficacy ollius remedy in cases of tumor and of ulcers* I haveexpe lenced, as decidedly, the good effect of this remedy in the cure of Felons, and of every species of fresh wound. It seems to me that any one who wll observe on the operation of this Oint ment, must be satisfied as to its beneficial effect lean with the utmost confidence recommend the use ofthis valuable remedy, lam, sir, very respectfully, John Ialiavehho. N. B. To more fully guard the public, (the proprie tor) C. Herston’s name will appear in his own hand writing, written through the circle outside the ointment pot. rry Sold by appointment, in Alexandria, wholesale and retail, by WM. S l ABLEK, oct 18 Druggist, Fairfax street. Cask in .Market. WE will pay Cash for any number of LIKELY NEGROES, (of both sexes) from 12 to 25 years of age, Field Hands. Also, Mechanics of everv de scription. Apply to It C Ballard St Co. Kichmond, Va. J. M. Saunders Co. Warrenton, Va. George Kepheart Co. Fredericktown, Md. James F. Purveis Co. Baltimore. John Ware, Port Tobacco, Md. William Hooper, Annapoiis, Maryland A. Grimm, Fredericksburg, Virginia. Or to the subscribers, at their residence in Alexandria. Persons having likely Servants to dispose of, will do well to give us a call, as we, at all times, will pay tMgher prices in Cash than any other purchaser who s now or may hereafter come into market. All communications promptlv attended to. FUANKUN AliMFIELD. oct 1—tf dr. LEE’S GENUINE PATENT j lioniou Bttiowft V v\Vs. j JUST received, a fresh supply of the above useful j Medicine, direct from Dr. Lee’s^18P«n**ry 12th mo 30th, 1833. VV. S l ABLER. The following extract is published by Dr. Lee’s au thority, viz:— Extract of a letter, written by a verv respectable gen tleman. residing in Baltimore, to the subscriber who j deems it his duty, though unauthorized, to lay it be fore the puhlic, withholding therwriter s name, fur particular reference, should any require it person ally. SAM a. P LkE. Baltimore, August, 1828. Doctor S. H. P. Lee, New London, Conn. Dear Sir—It is now upwards of twenty years that I have used your New London Odious Pills in my fami ly, and always found them an efficient purgative in al- j most everv description of disease, and believe they sa ved many a long doctor's bill bv their early and timely use. I never found their accustomed certainty to vary in their operation and effects until a few months past; and having, since then, been sadly disappointed in eve ry instance of using them, I began to conclude that you had made your fortune, and abandoned their mxnufac ture to mercenary and unfaithful hands. Under this impression, I accidentally saw au advertisement of yours in a New Yorft newspaper, designating spurious imitation" from your own manufacture, by having your WRITTEN SIGNATURE to each bill of directions, and that in no instance were the imitations signed with pen and ink, although a perfect copy in every other respoct. Finding those I had without this test, I be gan to suspect that 44 all was not lair in medicine, as well as in politics, and called at several of our apothe caries for your pills, with your written signature. 1 found m*uy without this test, but none with it, until I came to the Messrs Keerls*, who assured me they had them direct from you. I procured a box, and on using them, found the same effects from them 1 had always experienced, and am so much rejoiced on finding my self in possession of a medicine I so highly prize, that that 1 cannot, injustice, refrain from giving you this information. (Xj* To avoid the imposition of counterfeits and spu rious imitations, as related above, the purchaser has only to examine the bill of directions covering each box, and if signed at foot, in my own handwriting, im mediately under my printed name, they are genuine, and prepared by me; but if orly the printed name is affixed, they are spurious, and to be avoided. S. H. P. LEE, Now London, Conn. Dec. 1823. __ Cabinet, tVVwvir, and auia MM 1\ OI'M L 1 vji j JAMES GKEBN, Cabinetmaker, hasonhs* l, and will constantly keep, at his old stand o* Royal st., Alexandria, and at thecorner oflOth st.f i ennsyl. vania, Avenue, Washington, a genera asso4, ^ent f The most fashionable 4* durable FURNIj IRE, which Ue will warrant equal, if not superior, in quality, to anv ever offered in the District:- Jonsist ing, in part, of Grecian, winged and plain wardrobes Gothic, pedestal end and plain sideboa Js Ditto, with celiarettb and marble slabs French and plain bureaus Dressing do with mirrors Ladies’ and gentlemen's secretaries and book cases Pier table, with marble and mahogany opt Pillar and claw dining, breakfast car tables Plain do do do do do Ladies' work stands Shaving and candle stands Wash stands with marble and mahogany tops Grecian sofas; mahogany chairs Music stools, bidetts, cribs, cradles Portable writing derks, &c. With a general assortment of BEDS! EADS, y mctily carved mahogany, maple and stained woods All of which will be so,d as low, for cash, as they can be purchased of the same quality a any othe r manufactory in the Union. Also, An assortmen of St. Domingo and Ray of Hon duras Mahogany, a part of whicl is suitable lor handrails; steam sawed Curl and Shaded Veneers* Copal Varnish of a superior quality; Sacking Bottoms, Cords, Sic. TURNING 4- CARVING handsomely executed oct 25 _ ftvy\emViA Vueniture. CHARLES KOONKS, Cabinet, Chair and Sofa Maker, King, next dooi to the corner of.Wred street. S AS nil hind, and constantly manufactures a gene 1 ral assortment of FASHIONABLE CABINET FURNITURE Which,for elegance and durability,defies competition. Hisstock, genorally consists of Grecian and plain sofas, couches and lounges Mahogany and all kinds of drawing-room chairs Grecian, winged and single w’ardrobes Pedestal-endsideboards with marble tops and mircr# Gothic and various other ditto Pier tables, with marble and mahogany tops Filler and block dining, card and breakfasttables do claw do do do do Plain do do do do do Centric or loo 00 French and variou other bureaus, with anu without mirrors Ladiesdressing tables, with and without mirrors Ditto workstands and music stools Dittoand gentlemen'6 abtnet, secretaries and book cases Washstands, with marble and mahogany tops Richly carved and plain mahogany, bird eye, and curl maple and common beadsteads Cribs, cradles,candlestands.shavingdo, po-tabledesks and every otherarticle in thecabinetline. LIKEWISE, Mahogany of various kinds, steam sawed, curl and shaded veneers,copalvainish, sacking bottoms,cords, bsos, MaTraA33B3,scO. The above articles will be disposed offor cash or to punctual persons on the most liberal terms, A very extensive patronage from VVashingtonindu cesme tosay,that I vili leliver Furniture to any pur chaser^ that city free ofexpence. Turning Carving executed in l hebest manner* may 20 __ HAVING taken his brother, THOMAS T. HUR DLE, into partnership, will continue at the old stand, south west corner of King and Columbus streets, to carry on their business as CHAIR MANUFACTURERS AND ORNA MENTAL PAINTERS, \nd where they will mate, and keep constantly for sale, at fair prices, A general assortment of Gre cian, Fancy and Windsor CHAIRS. The public are resp ctfully invited to call and examine their present as- j sortment. They feel assured that they will be found not to be inferior, either in the durability of their materials or the neatness of their execution, to those of any other manufacturer in the District. They will execute Sign and Ornamental Painting and Gilding, in all their various branches, on the most accommodat. ing terms. OLD CHAIRS will be taken in part payment for new ones, or will be repaired or re painted at the shortest notice. Chairs purchased at this manufactory will be sent, free of expense, to any part of the District nov 23—tf YieaVih Secured, BY the use of the Hygeian Vegetable Universal Medicines of the British College of Health, Lon don, which have obtained the approbation and recoin mendation of thousands who have been cured, in con sumptions, cholera morbus, inflammations, internally or externally; dyspepsia, fevers, ague, indigestion, bi lious or nervous affections, and all diseases of the liver; yellow fever, gout, rheumatism,lumbago, tic doloreuir dropsy, St. Vitus’9 dince, epilepsy, apoplexy, paraly. sis, palsy, green sickness, and all obstructions to which the female form is so distressingly liable, and which sends so many of this fairest portion of the creation io their untimely graves; small pox, measles, whooping cough, scarlet fever, asthma, jaundice, gravel, stone’ and all urinary obstructions; fistula, piles, strictures’ ruptures, and syphilis in all its stages; constipated bo-/, els, worms, scurvy, itching* ol the skin, king’s evii, and all cutaneous disorders; in short, every complain* to which the human frame is so direfully subject, un der all their varied forms and names; as the Ilygeixi« conviction is, that man is subject to one onlv rtui Disease- that is, TO THE 1MFUR.ITY UFT/H BLOOD, -from whence springs every complaint th,. can possioly assail his complicated frame; and that it is the perpetual struggle of this vital, pure stream of life, (the gift of Almighty power) to disencumber i;. self of its viscous, acrid humours, with which it hr.sb? come commixed, through the negligence of paren the ignorance or maltreatment ot the Doctors; or *hv vicious or gormandizing propensities of ut: all. This valuable Medicine, being composed only vegetable matter, or medicinal herbs, and warranted, on oath, as containing not one particle of rneicurial, mineral, or chemical substances, (all of which art un congenial to the nature of man, and therefore dectru live to the human frame,) is found to he perfectly harmless to the most tender age or weakest frame, un der every stage of human suffering; the most pi inn', and benign in it-, operation, and at the same time th-; most searching out the root of every complaint, hov ever deep, and of perfoiming a cure, that was ever offered to the world. This wonderful effect, too, i; produced by the least trouble to the patients, by merely swallowing a certain number ot small pills, sne being called a few extra times to the purposes of c cuation, with the least possible sensation of pain, o: exhaustion of bodily s’rength, and without the tear of catching cold, or attention to dress or diet, in any w ay different from their accustomed habits. These pills cure all cases, and oannot be taken excess Experience, which is the touchstone of c'! human knowledge, has long borne testimony to the fact; and extensive use ot them has already verified its truth in this country. These medicines cure by purging; and yet the we dr, the feeble, the infirm, the nervous, the del cate, b e in a few days strengthened by theiroperatio.i, bera.sr they clear the body of its bad humours, an invariably procure sound sleep. They are the safest u*.d rr.o:' efficacious menicineto take to sea; preventing scurvy( costiveness, he, The Vegetable Cleansing Powders are ofgres* as sistance to patients, and facilitate the evacuation t' bad humours; they soiten, cleanse, and detach tl.c acrimonious phlegni; are cooling, and allay the tlniv. One, two, or three pow’ders may be taken through the day mixed in half a wine glass of water. Extract of a Letter to Dr. Mont. Sm: The motive which ha> induced me to writetu.. letter to you, is, that I might be instrumental in the recommendation of Morrison’s Universal Vegetable Medicines to the afflicted, w hich, by the Divine bless ing, has cured me of the Scarlet Fever. My case ua as follows: Whilst returning from Washington to Alex andria, I was taken very ill, which obliged me, on it; arrival, to retire suddenly to bed, but could not sleep and 'he next day my throat became sc much inflame... that I could scarcely swallow; and my face, breast,: body, presented evident symptoms of the great L ger 1 was in, and I knew not what to do; c.uloir.cD Mercury 1 abhorred as poison, and therefore desire: no assistance from the Druggist; but my mother, had experienced the good effect of the Hygeian Fil in a case or two of her own, most strenuously advise-’ me to try their virtue, which, with reluctance, I coi sented to, and commenced by taking eight No. 1 pl at night, and eight No. 2 the next morning and con tinued taking, increasing daily, morning ami evening until I took sixteen No. 2 at a time, which were ch solved in water, as, by means of my sore throat, 1 could not otherwise swallow them. 1 confess the nose nv. l me feel somewhat qualmish, 8tc.; but the pills an cl powders, of which l took one or two tea-spoonsful! day, operated well, and the final result wjs, that i It*, into a sound sleep, of which I had been deprived, the next morning awoke in a state of perspiration,fret. from fever, cool and comfortable, and my reason 1 I had been deranged in mind) returned; and on trie 9th day from the time I was first taken, 1 left my room, and have ever since enjoyed better health than 1-t3' be accommodated in the most delightful niunrtj JOHN V\ r' N. H. Beltzhoover's Line of Stages arrive an. part daily from this House; and Gigs, Hor5t#’ J Hacks, can be had on the mos* reasonable ts. n nov 5—d _ Notice to V\a\wrnie». I WILL sell out my FISHING unexpired Lease of one year, with the Pm‘ the lease being extended from three to five >L"*V j .5l moderate rent. The shore is a first rate Hvrrl11^ Ck ery, situated on the Maryland side of the fotnrn led Sandy Point, next shore above Doctor lncl McPherson’s Fishery. The Seine i* 2-0 ‘jji; fishing 32feet deep, with Boats, Captions, m fact every article necessary to carry OIj inquire of MCHAIIU BU Washington, near the Long oct 7—eotf____— To V\\e tireot FfttVa. The C»-‘ j Packet B°!, r y Ofi6 TUN has commence i her regular trips, and Fridays, tor the Great Falls or Crommehn. 0 trom Frederick Street Bridge (Georgetown clock, A. M,, and returning the same day a10 sunset. F'are to and from Crommelin, 50 ce" The Canal is now in fine order, and the co {£l.v seuts a beautiful appearance. To those w ffiJ I of a short excursion, and desire a short reia business, atrip to the Great falls oficrs a m ful treat. f 4. tvPPi, I gj* Parties, on any other days of th N J accommodated, by giving a short notice tiontothe proprietor, living en JhadHire <ffTf tows. L%