Alexandria Gazette (Alexandria, D.C.)
June 13, 1834

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.,.-.^,...„.iyi..-y.;', "..~,,v .y y, l rf N 9 -M w Fais ce qiCil faut, amve ce qu\l pound •f©3a* SflBUBSVBSnb UTOTJS 38» 3884. STHW W&. S~S?®. M ALEXANDRIA GAZETTE PUBLISHED, DAILY, BY ED OAR SJYOWDEN, u g DOLLARS per annum, payable HALF YEARLY. Alexandria" gazette (FOR THE COUNTRY) IS PUBLISHED REGULARLY OX TUESDAY, THURSDAY SATURDAY, at 5 DOLLARSfER ANNUM, PAYABLE IN ADVANCE. Terms of Advertising:—Advertisements neat v-and conspicuously inserted at the rate of one dollar per square for the first three insertions, arvj twenty-five cents for every subsequent inser tion. A reasonable deduction will be made in •lie case of yearly advertisers. All advertisements appear in both papers. FOR FREIGHT OR CHARTER. The copper-fastened and coppered Brig MjpPIltLlP DODDRIDGE, G. McKenzie, master, carries 1130 whole barrels; can be rea Jv for a cargo in a day or two. Apply to jtine 2 L. McKENZIE, Union wharf. FOR SALE, FREIGHT, OR CHARTER, The .Schooner OSCAR, a first rate Rlfocraft, carries 3100 bushels grain or 55 cords Sod, and, being of unusual length, is better adapted for carrying timber than any other ves sel on the river; draws but 6 1-2 feet water-when deeply laden, and is a verv swift sailer. She will be sold low, take freight on reasonable terms, or to a trusty person, who can find stea dv employment for her, will be let on shares. Apply to GEO. JOHNSON' CO. may 29 FOR SALE, A SHIP OX THE STOCKS, in the vdcinity of Norfolk, of the following dimen sions! 120 feet on deck, 29 1-2 feet beam, 20 fet t deep, to measure 510 tons, and calculated to carry about 1800 bales cotton or 800 hhds. Vir ginia tobacco. She is built of the best white oak, copper fastened, and can be launched in a short time. For terms apply toJno. A. Roberts, Norfolk, or to W. FOYY LE CO. may 28 ___ notice” The Steamer COLUM BIA, Capt. James Mitch ell, having resumed her regular trips between Bal timore and the District of Columbia, will, until the 1st day of September, leave Baltimore for the District every Wednesday, at 1 o’clock, P. M.; and returning, will leave Washington at 6, and Alexandria at 7 o’clock, A. M. every Sun day, for Baltimore. Passage $2. mar 31—tf_ PLASTER, AFLOAT. I Tons, on board of the schr. Baltimore, lOvf from Eastport, for sale by June 3 S. MESSERSMITH. SALT, RICE, COTTON, &c. #)AA Sacks Ground Alum Salt 10 tierces, 0 half tierces Fresh Rice 6 bales Cotton 5 bales Moss 6 casks Ground Nuts Received per schr. Firm, Spencer, master, from Charleston, for sale by june 3 L. McKENZIE, Union wharf CUT NAILS, BRADS, AND SPIKES. m Oil A Casks, containing every descrip 3 tion of Nails, Brads, and Spikes 50 dozen Shovels and Spades 300 boxes Candles and Soap, of best quality For sale by A. C. CAZENOY E CO. may 30 ___— WINES. •Af ADEIRA, in pipes and half pipes, (some fJL very old) St. Lucar, Malaga, Sweet Malaga Bencarlo, Sauterne Hermitage A variety of Claret and Rhenish ines Imported and for sale by may 30 A. C. CAZENOVE CO. 'SUGAR, SACK* SALT, BACON, &c. -yjk Minis. Orleans and Porto Rico Sugars 4 1/ 150 sacks Blown Salt, in lots of unusual low price 300 Bacon Hams 30 casks Orleans Molasses and Porto Rico Syrup 2 half chests extra fine Gunpowder 1 ea 15 boxes Pine Apple Cheese. Forsale may 30 SAM L. B. LARMOUR CO. RAISINS, &c. 5% Boxes Bunch Raisins tOU 20 bags Filberts 100 frails Figs 25 bags Pepper 200 bags Rio and Java Coltee 150 do Shot, assorted numbers Imperial, Gunpowder, and Souchong Teas Chocolate, Starch, Table Salt Porto Rico Sugars and Louisiana Kenned uo ir, bales Corks, 104 groce each 20 bales Alicant Mats. For sale by may 30 A. C. CAZENOVE CO. LINSEED OIL. C I Barrels Shenandoah Flaxseed Oil Superior quality. Just receivedI and tor sale l,w J. M. o:\ 1 Llii.lv, in.iv 2S Upper end King street. BUENOS AYRES HIDKSl 77 *4^0 Heavy Ox Hides, landing irom bug »lJo Philip Doddridge, for sale by may 28 A. C, CAZENOVE CO. MATCHHORSES WANTfca rWILL give cash for a first rate pair of BAY HORSES, of large size, young, and well broke to harness. JOHN ARMFIELD. _june 3— lm ___ HARP, GUITAR, AND VIOLIN STRINGS. AC OMPLETE assortment of the above are just received and forsale at reduced prices, bv june 3 AUG. JACOBS. t COLORED APPRENTICES WANTED. IWLL take two or three colored Boys,*of good moral habits, to learn the patent rope making business. JOSIAH H. DAVIS, june 3 A CHEAP RENT. MI will rent (to a good tenant) the HOUSE on Prince street, next to Mr. Norris’s Gro eery, at a low rent. JOSIAH H. DAVIS, june 2 GUITARS. JUST received, a case of real Spanish Gui tars, of fine tone and excellent workman ship, with machine heads. Will be disposed of very low for Cash. AUG. JACOBS, june 2 WHEAT FANS, &c. LG. H. GRISWOLD have nowon hand, and will constantly keep, or manufacture to order, at their Establishment, corner of King and Alfred streets, a variety of Dutch and Eng lish improved WHEAT FANS; Cockle, Cheat, and Rolling SCREENS, for Flouring Mills; Window Screens, Riddies, Sifters, Mill Shokes, Straw Cutters, and Safes; all of which they will dispose of upon the most reasonable terms. They guarantee them to be made of the best materials and workmanship; and hope, by con stant attention to business, to gain a share of the public patronage. Flour manufactures and Wheat Fan makers will find it greatly to their advantage to give us a call. A boy is wanted; as apprentice to the above business, 16 or 17 years old, of good and steady habits. N. B. Repairing done on the shortest notice. ECr* TURNING in Wood, Iron, and Brass, may 28— ly_ TPDPVfl AIT TV QArI'TI7l>WUrTR CAIJIXE T MA h'El?, RESPECTFULLY informs his friends and the public generally that, he has commenc ed the CABINET MAKING BUSINESS, in all its various branches, at the north corner of King and Columbus streets, in the house for merly occupied by James Jacob Douglas, where he hopes, by perseverance and industry, in connection with an experience in the above business for the last eight or ten years, to merit a share of public patronage. His FURNITURE will be made by experien ced journeymen, after the latest fashion, and in the most durable manner, which he will warrant to be equal to any manufactured in the District of Columbia. _jan 2—tf BANK OF ALEXANDRIA NOTES WILL be taken at par for FURNITURE, by JAMES GREEN, at his Establish ments on Royal and Fairfax streets, Alexan dria, and at the corner of C and 10th streets, Washington; where he has now on hand an ex tensive assortment of ELEGANT PLAIN FUR NTTURE._apr 17 EXHIBITION OF J. G. CHAPMAN’S PA/XTIXGS. THE Exhibition of J. G. Chapman’s Paintings is now open to visiters, on Pennsylvania Avenue, nearly opposite Brown’s and Gadsby’s Hotels, from 9 o’clock until sunset. Admission and Catalogue 25 cents Tickets for the season 50 cents In a short time several of the Paintings will be removed to give place to additions that will be made to e collection. apr 10—tf NEW GOODS. C. SMITH has this day received from I. Liverpool, CRATES HHDS. CHINA AND EARTHENWARE, comprising a hand some variety of Goods, of the latest styles and patterns. These, together with his pre vious large stock on hand, are ottered for sale at the lowest rates. apr 25 n /-v i\ n m i n rvT O 1 111 X XV XM-V X a The STORE and CELLAR on King st., tHa.near Fairfax, lately occupied by Aaron D. Hannon as a Shoe Store, is now vacant. It will be rented to a respectable tenant upon ve ry moderate terms, and possession immediately ,rjven. SAM’L. B. LARMOUR CO. r FOR SALE OR RENT, aN A small two-story FRAME HOUSE and frill LOT on Uueen street, between Washington and St. Asaph streets. To a good tenant the rent will be made low. Inquire of may 20—tl CHS. A. NEW! ON. TO RENT. 'A. A convenient BRICK DWELLING itlltlHOUSE on Henry street, with a large LOT attached. Also, one on Alfred street. The rents low, and immediate possession given. Ap ply to may 10W. FOWI.R, PORTER AND ALE. THE subscriber respectfully informs the pub lic, that he intends keeping, through the season, at his Cellars on Cameron street, oppo site the Market, a constant supply of the best bottled PORTER AND ALE, in large and small bottles. Private families and taverns supplied at the shortest notice. Orders from the country will be particularly attended to—so as to ensure safe carriage. The highest price given for empty bottles, mar 26--4m _ JOHN W. SMITH. BANK NOTES WANTED. IS. NICHOLLS wishes to purchase Bank Notes of all the Banks which have stopped specie payment within the District of Columbia, and will give the highest prices in specie—SO to S5 cents. Washington, may 0—dtf CASH FOR ANY NUMBER OF NEGROES, INCLUDING both sexes, from 12 to 25 years of age. Persons having likely Servants to diSpose~of, will find it to be their interest to give us a call, as we will give higher prices in cash than any other purchaser who is now, or may here after come into this maiket. ’franklin, ARMFIELD CO. Alexandria, CABINET WORK CABINET, CHAIR, AND SOFA MANUFAC TORY. JAMES GREEN, Cabinet Maker, has on hand, and will constantly keep, at his old stand on Royal street, Alexandria, and at the corner of Tenth street and Pennsylvania Ave nue, Washington, a general assortment of the most FASHIONABLE AND DURABLE FUR NITURE, which he will warrant equal, if not superior in quality, to any ever offered in the District; consisting, in part, of Grecian, winged and plain Wardrobes Gothic, pedestal and plain Sideboards Ditto, with cellarets and marble slabs French and plain Bureaus Dressing do with mirrors Ladies’ and Gentlemen’s Secretaries if Book Cases Pier Tables, with marble and mahogany tops Pillar if claw Dining, Breakfast if Card Tables Plain do do do do do Ladies’ Work Stands; Shaving if Candle do Wash Stands, with marble if mahogany tops Grecian Sofas; Mahogany Chairs Music Stools, Bidetts, Cribs, Cradles Portable Writing Desks, &c. With a general assortment of BEDSTEADS, of richly carved Mahogany, Maple, and Stained Woods. All of which will be sold as low, for cash, as they can be purchased of the same qua lity at any other manufactory in the Union. A Iso, An assortment of St. Domingo and Bay of Honduras MAHOGANY, a part of which is suitable for Handrails; Steam-sawed Curl and Shaded Veneers; Copal Varnish of a superior quality; Sacking Bottoms, Cords, &c. TURNING and CARVING handsomely exe cuted. apr 3 SPLENDID FURNITURE. C1IIARLES KOONES, Cabinet, Chair, and Sofa Maker, King street, next door to the corner of Alfred street, has on hand, and con stantly-manufactures, a general assortment of FASHIONABLE CABINET FURNITURE, which, for elegance and durability, defies com petition. His stock generally consists of Grecian and plain Sofas, Couches and Lounges Mahogany if all kinds of Drawing-room Chairs Grecian, winged, and single Wardrobes Pedestal end Sideboards, with marble tops and mirrors Gothic and various other ditto Pier Tables, with marble and mahogany tops Pillar and block Dining, Card and Breakfast do Do do claw do do do do Plain do do do do do Centric or Loo do French and various other Bureaus, with and without mirrors Ladies’ Dressing Tables, with if without mirrors Do Workstands and Music Stools Do and Gentlemen’s Cabinet, Secretaries, and Book Cases Washstands, with marble and mahogany tops Richly carved and plain Mahogany, Bird-eye, and Curled Maple and common Bedsteads Cribs, Cradles, Candle.stands; Shaving ditto Portable Desks j And every other article in the Cabinet line. LiIce wise, MAHOGANY, of various kinds; steam-saw ed, curl and shaded Veneers; Copal Varnish, Sacking Bottoms, Cords, BEDS, MATTRAS SES, &c. The above articles will be disposed offer cash or to punctual persons on the most liberal terms. A very extensive patronage from Washing ton, induces me to say, that I will deliver Fur niture to any purchaser, in that city free of ex nense. anr 4 I LEVI HURDLE, HAVING taken his brother, ThomasT.Hur dle, into partnership, will continue, at the old stand, south-west corner of King and Co lumbus streets, to carry on their business as CHAIR MANUFACTURERS CRN AM E N T A L PAIN T E US, and where they will make, and keep constantly for sale, at fair prices, a general assortment of 1 Grecian, Fancy, and Windsor CHAIRS. The public are respect fully invited to call and examine their present assortment. They feel assured that they will be found not to bo inferior, either 1 in the durability of their materials or the neat ness of their execution, to those of any other ma nufacturer in the District. They will execute Sign Ornamental Paint ing and Gilding, in all their various branches, on the most accommodating terms. 1 Old Chairs will be taken in part payment for new ones, 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 C^\ BINE T~c IlTl rTa n D SOFAMANUFAC TORY. 1' EONARD O. COOK respectfully informs _J his friends and the public generally that be I still continues to manufacture all kinds of CA BINET FURNITURE at bis Cabinet Ware house on King street, next door to Air. James Kerr’s Grocery store,and also informs them that he has on hand, at his Cabinet Ware-room, on j the north-east corner of King and Washington streets, where he intends keeping a constant supply of the BEST FURNITURE, made by the best workmen, and of the neatest fashions, which he will warrant equal to any ever offered in the District, which he will sell low for cash, or to punctual persons on the most accommo dating terms; and be hopes, by his punctuality and attention, to secure a part of the public pa tronage. Old Furniture neatly repaired, and hand somely varnished. TURNING handsomely executed, and at the shortest notice. Furniture purchased at this Factory will be delivered free of expense any where in the District. Alexandria, may 7 NEW DRY GOODS MORE NEW GOODS— VERY CHEAP. WILLIAM H. MOUNT CO. have just received a more general supply of Sea sonable Dry Goods: 180 yards 6-4 Italian Lustring, best quality 6 pieces 4-4 Italian do do 40 pieces Forsyth Nankeen 10 pieces small figured Gro de Naps, very handsome 6 dozen green, white and black Gauze and Blonde Gauze Veils 10 dozen best quality Ladies’ Gloves 10 dozen Fancy Twisted Silk Hdkfs 5 do do do do Shawls 10 pieces French Muslins 20 dozen Men’s and Boys’ Leghorn Hats 120 pieces new style Calicoes, all prices Together with a general assortment of Bleach ed, Brown, and Colored Domestics—which they would invite their friends to call and examine, may 21—tf__._ CHARLES BENNETT HAS imported, by the ship Herald, via Bal timore, and offers for sale— Shoe Thread in bales, superfine and common Cambric and Shroud Muslins Boys’, Misses’, and Ladies’ Cotton Hose, best make Ladies’ Black Cotton, Random, Angola, and Silk Ilose Men’s black Silk, mixed Raw Silk, brown Cot ton, and Random Half Hose English Galoons and black Lustring Ribbons Fine Linen Tapes, in great variety Clark’s Mile-End Spool Cotton I Tailors’ patent Black, Blue and W. B. Thread 6-4 Book Muslins and Hdkfs, very fine Superfine white and printed Marseilles Vest ing, in small ends A few bales first quality Burlaps, 1, 2, 3, 0 apr 29 GEO. S. HOUGH J'S now opening a considerable addition to his assortment received a few days since, among which are Super Italian Lustrings and Poult de Soie; 1 Gros de Naps, Florences, and Sattins; black Satin Levantines, (cheap); Fancy Gauze Bon net and Cap Ribbons; Mantua ditto of all co- j lorsand widths; colored Cambrics; Bonnet do; J real Grass Cloth, for summer wear; brown j French Linens; white and colored Drillings, some super; Vigonia and Summer Cloths; Las ting and Circassians; Russia, Damask and other Diapers; soft dressed Irish Linens; Linen Cambric; ditto Hdkfs; Fancy do., in great va riety; French and English Ginghams; a beauti fill assortment of Painted Muslins and Chintzes; Plain and Embroidered Silk Hose, Cotton ditto, for women and children; men’s Mixed do, very good; men’s and women’s super Hoskin doves; long white do; Hildick’s Spool Cotton; white, i green, and black Blond Veils; Vesting; white j and striped Satteen; line black Bombazetteand Bombazine; Umbrellas and Parasols; Stripes and other wear for boys; Bobbinette and Gre i cianette; Feather and Leaf Fans; blue and yel I low7 Nankeens; super Pongees; Bandanna and Flag Hdkfs, some super; Brown Hollands and j Lawrns; brown and white Russia Sheetings; i Irish ditto; Burlaps and Osnaburgs; Fancy j Hair Brushes; colored and white Knitting Cot ton; Knotted and Mersailles Guilts; Silk Velvets, I all colors; black Tabby do., some very good; Corded Skirts; a beautiful assortment of Tus j can, Calimenta, Berlin and English Dunstable t Bonnets; very tasty Patterns: Artificial Flow 1 ors and Sprigs; super olive, brown, mulbery, j black, blue and dalia Cloths: with most other articles in his line, which renders his assort ment choice and general. 4 mo 22 SPRING GOODS. RECEIVED per .schooner Washington,_this day, a Further Supply of STAPLE AND FANCY DRY GOODS. Among them are the i following: 50 pieces blue, black, and fancy col’d Cloths Blue, black, and colored Cassimeres Merino and Vigonia do London Diagonal Stripe do Crape Camlets Black Circassians and Princettas English French bl’k Bombazines, very cheap 60pieces 4-4 Irish Linens; among them some very fine? unusually low 30 pieces 5 8 and 3-4 Lawns 10 do Irish Sheetings 6-4 and 10-4 Barnsley do Brown and bleached Russia do Russia Diapers and Crash Huckaback and 3-4 Diapers, for towelling 3-4 line Bird's-eye do 6-4 and 10-4 Table do [some 8-4 and 10-4 do do Damask,very hand Damask Table Cloths and Napkins Table and Piano Covers, new style, and very handsome Brown Irish French Linens and Hollands Brown French and Russia Drilling New style Light Spring Prints Ginghams, newest style, in great variety 50 pieces Jaconet Cambric and Muslins 34 do Check Cambrics 40 do French and English Muslins, very handsome Plain and figured Swiss and Book Muslins Cambric Edgings and Inserting* Thread and Bobbinet Luces and Edgings Grecianett and Bobbinett; Bobbinett Footings Black Italian Lustrings, very cheap Black and blue black Poult de Soie Plain and Figured Silks Black Gro de Suise and Black Silk Muslins 30 dozen Hernani, Crape, Gauze, and Silk Muslin Fancy Shawls and Hdkfs Green, white, and black Blond Gauze Veils, some very rich Gauze, Cap, and Bonnet Ribbons Gloves of every description Cotton Hosiery, a large assortment, and very cheap French and English Silk Hosiery; some hand 1 some embroidered and clock'd Bead Reticules and Belt Ribbons 1 1-2 to 22 Lustring Ribbons Black and colored Italian Crapes Linen Cambrics and Linen Cambric Hdkfs Superior white and colored Marseilles Vesting Parasols, a large assortment, and very cheap Silk and Cotton Umbrellas English and American Tuscan Bonnets 30 pieces 4 4 and G-4 Canton Floor Matting superior quality, very cheap 20 bales Brown and Bleached Shirtings anc Sheetings 5 do Cotton Oznaburgs Penitentiary Plaids and Stripes Checks, Rouen Cassimeres. a variety of "ood for boys Burlaps and Oznaburgs Canvass, Bleached Ticklenburgs and Rave?.. Duck, &c. 50 dozen Palm Leaf Hats, cheap With many other articles; all of which have been bought upon the best terms—and we art determined to sell as low as any House in tfu. District. Our customers and the public arc ii vited to call and examine for themselves. We shall receive every week from New Yon further supplies of Goods. apr 14_W. H. THOMPSON CC. NEW AND CHEAP GOODS. WASHINGTON BRENT have receive, a large and general assortment of SPRING GOODS, consisting, in part, of Black, blue and fancy colored Cloths Black, blue and colored Casimeres Ginghams, black and fancy Painted Muslins and Calicoes Checked and Swiss Muslins Cotton Hose, plain and fancy Linens, Lawns and Sheetings Damask, Russia and Birdseye Diaper Linen Cambric and Cambric Handkfc Italian Lustring and Gro de Naples Bombasins, English and French Satins and Satin Levantines h ancy Hdkfs and Shawls, in great vane-^ Cambric, Thread and Blond Edging Crape, Veils and Belts Parasols and Umbrellas Men's and Boys’ Summer Wear, in even variety Straw Carpeting, white and coloree 84 packages of Domestic Goods With almost every other article of Dry Goods all of which will be sold unusually low. apr 2 NEW AND SPLENDID GOODS, Corner of Aiand Fairfax Street*. WILLIAM H. MOUNT CO. (lately frou M ashington,) are now opening an elegam assortment of’CHEAP, STAPLE, FANC\ DRY GOODS, consisting, in part, of the follow ing, viz: 50 pieces blue, black, brown, mulberry, grcc.i drab, and grey Cloths and Cassimeres 100 pieces, containing 2500 yards, Lustring, Gro de Naps, Poult deSoie, of a variety of co lors and figures Florences, Satins, and Satin Levantines Silk Velvets and Tabby ditto 1500 yards Ginghams, some very hand and cheap 450 yards Painted Muslins, superior for co.oa ness and beauty 3000 yards super Chintz and other Calicos of every price 200 pieces Ribbons, and 20 setts Gauze oi^c Twisted Silk Shawls, some beautifully em broidered Do dr> Scarfs and Luce Veils, white, biac.: green, &c. French Worked Capes, very handsome Linen Cambric and Linen Cambric HandLo chiefs, very fine Gentlemen’s super and common Silk o.c Cambric and Thread Edging Ladies’ and Gentlemen’s Hoskin and cu e Gloves, in great variety Ladies’ Parasols, some of a new style Gentlemen’s Umbrellas, do do, and commoi Cloth Table and Piano Covers Greciannett and Greciannett Footings Irish Linens and Lawns Bishop’s Lawn, Swiss and Plaid Muslins Jaconet and Cambric Muslins Damask and Diaper Table Cloths, some :x pretty Marseilles Quilts and Knotted Counternan?:: Corded and Grass Skirts Damask, Russia, and Bird-eye Diapers 3000 yards Cotton and Sheetings Check, Hollands, Blue and Yellow Naniceer Angola Cassimeres and Summer Clothe Bead Reticules and Purses Spool Cotton, Knitting ditto and Floss Tapes, Pins and Needles Also, Dunstable and super Tuscan Bonnets, new and handsome With every article in the line, too numerous to particularize in an advertisement; to all of which they invite the attention of the citizens ot Alexandria and its vicinity, as they are deter mined to sell low for cash. mar 2S FRANKLIN HOUSE. zrA The above TAVERN has been rented by lliithe subscriber. It is well known as having been long occupied by Mr. Augustine Newton; is now in good repair, and every comfort that the traveller needs can be had. The Table is everyday supplied with the delicacies, as well as the substantial of life. The Bar is w ell fitted with the best Liquors, and private parlies can be accommodated in the most delightful man ner. JOHN WEST. N. B. Beltzhoover's Lino of Stages arrive and depart daily from this House; and Gigs. Horse.-, and Hacks, can be had on the most reasonable _ nov 5— d i r,0Z.EN PALM leaf hats, rLhr received by the subscriber, and for v sale, cheap, compiisiiifr various qualities I*""' prices-- A. I) HARMON

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THE GAZETTE. By EDGAR SNOWDEN. POST OFFICE DEPARTMENT. Report of the Majority. The Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads, in obedience to the resolution of the Senate of the 29th of March, A. D. 1834, pro ceeded to inquire into the condition of the Post Office Department, and having made progress in their investigation, now report— That your committee, at an early day, after they were invested with authority so to do, call ed for a statement of the available claims due from postmasters and others to the department, and of the funds on hand, and also the amount of its debts. In answer to this inquiry, they were informed that it would be the work of se veral months, with all the disposable force of the department, to prepare the statement; the shortest time named as possible, extending much beyond the probable adjournment of Con gress. Statements, therefore, said to be accu se, were obtained wherever it was practica ble; and, when such were not to be had. your committee received conjectural estimates, sworn to by the heads of the appropriate bureaux. By those, it appears that the department is largely insolvent, and that, since sometime in the year 1832, the Postmaster General has, with out warrant of law, borrowed from the banks large sums of money on interest for the pur pose of sustaining it. The interest account, exhibited herewith, shows that some of those loans were made during the last session of Con gress; and within a short time after the date of the annual report of the Postmaster General, which states that there is an available surplus fund on hand of $202,811 40, and which con tains no intimation of any probable deficit, pre sent or future. It is also worthy of remark, that his last annual report is wholly silent on the subject of these loans. But the Postmaster General has, since the commencement of this investigation, represented to your committee that aid from the Treasury is necessary to ena ble him to carry on the operations of the de partment, and he h is stated that $450,000 is the smallest sum that will serve that purpose. The sums borrowed and overdrawn on banks to the 11th April, 1834, and then existing as a debt against the department, are stated by the officers to be $4S8,600 And they state the amount due to contrators on the 1st of April, 183 i, Making the aggregate of its debts $1,123,000 They also state that there was on the 11th April, 1834, a balance of deposites in banks in favor of the department of $37,000 95? Of this there was deposited in banks which have failed $5,455 07 Leaving to the credit account, funds in bank, April 11th, 1834, availa ble, $31,545 SS? They also reported, as a conjectural estimate, that there was due from postmasters for postages accruing prior to January 1st, 1834, $300.00(1 The books from which this estimate was drawn have been examined by the committee, and the result of that examination leaves no doubt that the amount of this credit is greatly exaggerated. It appears that the receipts of the department for the last quarter of the year 1833, according to the be*t estimate that can be formed, (the hooks and accounts not having been made up as they should have been,) amounted to $467,449 That there was deposited by several postmasters in banks, during said quarter, for the use of the depart ment 332,904 Leaving an apparent balance out standing in the hands of postmas ters, of $134,545 But it is understood that considerable sums were received from postmasters, exclusive of the deposites in banks, which is estimated to reduce the amount in their hands for receipts, during the last quarter of 1833, to $S3,725. Which sum, resulting from the several data to which we have access, is fixed upon as the nearest approximation to the truth, attainable within the limited time, which it was in our power to devote to this part of the investiga tion. We believe, however, that any person acquainted with the books, and the course of business of the department, and whose atten tion was exclusively devoted to the subject, could, in a little time, estimate the amount of debts due to the department with a very near approach to accuracy; and that the officers of the department can, at any time within a few days, make an abstract statement of its fiscal concerns at the termination of any quarter, suf ficiently accurate for the ordinary purposes of general information or legislation. The officers of the department, also, estimat ed the am >unt due from postmasters for post A ...1 L Z 1 .A _-A r i 1 tii/wuiifg uic lai ijuaj in ui utc year 1831, at $500,000 Your committee examined, as far as practi cable, the data upon which this estimate was made, and they have reason to believe that this sum is also much above the true amount. It is estimated by the chief clerk of the depart ment, that the nett receipts for postages in the first quarter of 1833, will amount to $520,000 if our committee have ascertained that there was deposited in banks for the use of the department with in that quarter, and priot to the 1st day of April, $314,704 Which will leave, of the receipts of that quarter, in the hands of post masters, on that day, $205,704 A considerable portion of this snm, probably, was received by the department in drafts on postmasters, but to what amount your commit tee have no means of ascertaining. They, therefore, take the above sum as the amount due for that quarter on the 1st of April, 1S34. This estimate of the sums due and outstand ing, will still appear laige, if we compaie it with the amount of similar claims under a for mer administration; at a time, too, when the department was not involved in debt, and had no particular reasons to press its collections with peculiar urgency. It appears by the first report of the present Postmaster General, made on the 24th of November, 1829, that, on the 1st day of July of that year, the whole amount due and outstanding, in the hands of postmasters and others, 3s $94,400 21; and we can see no good reason why the amount of balances should have been suffered to rise to $289,429, much I less to the enormous sum of $800,000, as is esti mated by the chief clerk, especially at a time when the department is insolvent, and borrow ing from banks, and overdrawing its deposites daily, and even descending to ask the credit of individuals to sustain it in its most necessary functions. But, admitting the sum estimated by your committee to be due from postmasters, the credits of the department will stand thus: Amount of available debts for postage accruing within the 1st day of Jan. 1831, $83,725 Do. do. for postages accruing i in the quarter ending the 1st day of April, 1834, 205,701 Funds deposited in solvent banks, 31,546 Making the aggregate of credits con sidered available, $320,075 The amount of debts due on that day, as sta ted by the officers of the department, i was $1,123,600 Balance against the department on final set tlement of all its accounts, would be $803,625 The above estimate due by the department, is taken entirely upon the credit of the officers of j the bureaux to which the superintendence ot those accounts properly belong. They profess to have given them with all practicable accura cy, and your committee, having no particular reason to doubt their correctness, have not gone into an investigation with a view to test j them. With respect to the credit and outstanding of I claims of the department, your committee could not place the same reliance on the gene ral estimate presented them. The amount was i much larger than they had reason to suppose correct from their knowledge crl' the general j course of business in the department; and their investigation has satisfied them that the error was even larger than they at first anticipated, amounting, as has been,already shown, to up wards of $500,000. Your committee have also made, and here present, an estimate of the revenue and expen ditures of the department for the last quarter of the year 1833, by which it will he seen that, without some real and substantial reform in the management of its concerns, there is little prospect that it will extricate itself from the present embarrassments. It appears, as stated above, that the receipts for postages in that quarter amounted to $467,449 Tfig transportation tor the same quar ter amounted to $522,714 Incidental expenses to 27,935 Total expenditure, $550,109 Excess of expenditure over the reve nue $32,660 Which continuing in the same ratio throughout the year, would bear an annual deficit of $340,640 An opinion was expressed by the immediate predecessor of the present Postmaster General, in his report of November 13, 1S27, that the department, by a vigilant administration of its affairs, would be able to supply all the wants of the community, and in a few years to pay into the treasury an annual sum of $500,000. This estimate seems to have been grounded upon the rapid increase of the receipts for postages, the improvement of roads and means of convey ance, and the great and increasing number of passengers in the stages, which add to the pro fits of the contractor, and thereby lessen the cost of transportation of the mail. And your committee entertain no doubt that, had its af fairs been conducted prudently, with a view to the public interest, the anticipation would at this time have been reallized; unless, indeed, it should have been thought expedient to reduce the postages, and thus relieve the community of a part of its present burden in the tranac tion of bufyness, and the general diffusion of knowledge. In order to present this subject more distinct ly to the Senate, your committee have taken, and here present, a comparative view of the revenue and expenditures of the department for the four years first preceeding, and the four years next following, the time at which it was placed under the superintendence of the pre sent Postmaster General. They find that, on the 1st July, 1825, there was a surplus fund of $283,039 00 That on the 1st July, 1829, the sur plus fund was, according to the statement of the former Post master General, 289,140 17 But according to the statement of the present Postmaster General, it was reduced to 230.489 00 Which, lor the purpose oi the pre sent estimate merely, your com mittee assume to be correct. And on this supposition, the available funds of the department were di minished in four years 52,600 00 The receipts for postages during that four years, was 6,167,519 00 And the expenditures for the four years 6,220,119 00 The amount of funds sunk by the department since it came under the superintendence of the present Postmaster General, beyond the amount of its receipts, is 1st. The sum on hand, according to his statement on the 1st of Julv, 1829, $230,4S9 Amount of debts on the 1st of April, 1S34, over and above its available funds, 803,625 Aggregate, $1,034,114 Four-fifths of that sum supposed to have been expended in the four first years of the present Postmas ter General 8827,271 And the aggregate revenues of the department for those four years, was $Sj731,032 m Making the aggregate expenditures for the last named four years $9,558,303 Excess of expenditures over the pre ceding four years, $3,338,184 Within that time some new mail routes were established, and some improvements were made in previously existing routes, but all these bear a very small proportion to the increase of ex penditures. Possessing, therefore, as this de partment has done, those increased elements of prosperity and means of usefulness, it appeared obvious to your committee that there must have been some mismanagement of its affairs, and a lavish expenditure of its funds, to reduce it in so short a time to its present insolvent condition, and to render necessary the appropriation of so large a sum as lour hundred and fifty thousand dollars from the treasury to enable the Postmas ter General to redeem its credit, and carry on its essential operations. And before determining whether they should recommend such appropriation, your commit- j tee thought it their duty to ascertain, as far as practicable, the accuracy of the several official; statements which were made to them, as well as those which have from time to time been trans- j mitted to Congress touching the condition of the department; also, that they should investigate j the cause of the sudden insolvency of this im portant department of the Government, which has heretofore sustained itself from its own re sources, which, in former years, actually contri buted $1,103,063 to the general revenue of the country, and which was but a few years since in a most nourishing and properous condition. The prosecution of that inquiry was attend ed with much difficulty and embarrassment. The annual reports of all contracts entered into by the department within the preceding year,* have, in two instances, been wholly omit ted by the present Postmaster General, and, in a third, the report came in too late to be refer red to by your committee, and to aid them in their investigation. No answer has yet been given by the Secretary of the Treasury to a re solution of the Senate adopted on the 11th day I of March last, on motion of one of your commit- 'tee, which call for copies of the duplicates of contracts, bids, and extra allowances which the j J law requires,} should be filed in the office of the I Comptroller of the Treasury. The duplicates of contracts and bids are said to have been con sumed in the Treasury building; and it was al I .so communicated to us by the officer employed j to answer the call,} that no statement of extra allowances had been filed there by the present j Postmaster General. And the report of the Postmaster General which accompanied the President’s message at the opening of the pre sent Congress, apprizes us that his prior reports j as to the liabilities^nd resources of the depart I ni-i-nnaAllo '[Mule tlin /'Illlf'L-C! fiUV ri/l UK ill lit l I IV WVW. 3 V«.^ W*v VHVW..W, ineffectual as they are, which the law imposes upon the transactions of the department having been in a great measure disregarded, or render ed abortive, and no certain means being left us to determine the accuracy ol the statements and reports issuing from it, except by causing cal culations to be made in all cases where there were data to found them, and by comparing those reports with themselves, and with each other, your committee adopted this course, and thus they believe have been able to arrive at a conclusion very nearly correct, as to the gene ral value of those reports and statements. In order to account for the increase of expense m the transportation of the mail, the Postmas ter General lias, in his several annual reports, presented us an enormous increase also of mail transportation. In his report accompanying the i President’s message of December, 1832, he states that the annual transportation of the mail on the 1st ol July, 1829, was 13,700,000 miles; and in that i accompanying the President’s message at the i commencement of the present session of Con oress, he states that on the 1st day of July, 1833, it was 26,854,485 miles, making an increase ol transportation from the 1st of July, 1829, to the 1st of July 1834, of 13.154,4S5 miles. From the knowledge which your committee possessed of the general situation and business of the department at those periods, it appeared to them that the statement carried the stamp of improbability upon its very face. They there fore, for the purpose of ascertaining as nearly as possible the state of the matter, called on t lie of ficers of the department for the particular data on which they had founded their estimates, and asked also for the original papers showing the calculations; but they were told that those pa pers were all destroyed Your committee hav ing subpoenaed Doctor Thomas Bradley to at tend before them, and give evidence, placed in his hands the advertisements for mail contracts, and the book.containing the statement of extra allowances, and gave directions that he should be furnished with all such information from the department as would enable him to make a full and fair estimate; and they instructed him to make out and report to them, under oath, a true statement of the amount of transportation, in miles, at the periods above mentioned. After he had proceeded very far with his estimates, and was nearly ready to make his report, your committee was informed, through their chair man, that the calculations from which the report of transportation for 1S32 was made out, had been found, and that a copy could be furnished. It was accordingly done, but came too late for your committee to compare it with the actual routes, and with the advertisements and books of the department. And it contains nothing of itself to enable us to determine on its correct ness. It stands, therefore, on precisely the same ground with that of the annual reports above mentioned, and requires the same evidence to sustain it. The report of Doctor Bradley, in whose dili gence, integrity, and knowledge of the subject, we have the fullest reliance, is hereto attached, verified by his oath, it shows that transporta tions of the mail on the 1st of July, 1829, just after the department came under the superin tendence of the present Postmaster General, was 15,209.039 miles, being 1,509,039 miles more than it is stated in the annual report above re ferred to; and that the transportation on the 1st of July, 1833, was 21,156.844, instead of 26,854, 485, being 5,697,651 miles less than the Postmas ter General has reported it. Thus, by underrating the amount of trans portation at the time he came into office, and exaggerating it since that time, the Postmaster General lias fallen into an error, as to the amount which ho -has increased the transpor tation of the mail, of no less than 7,206,690 miles. Your committee not having performed per sonally the labor of this parfof the examina tion cannot vouch for the accuracy of the above estimates, but they believe them to be nearly correct; and if they err, that the error will be found to be approaching too near, rather than in departing too widely, from the statements in the official reports of tiie department. The annual expense of transporting the mail under existingcontracts, with all improvements, was, by the report of the Postmaster General of the 30th Nov. 1833, set down at 2,033,289 42 The Blue Book of September, 1832, gives the aggregate of all mail contracts and extra allowance at 1,992,920 14 Making a difference ofexpendi ture not accounted for, of $40,396 28 This difference is wholly unexplained. No answer has yet been given to a call made by the Senate, on the 11th day of March last, on a resolution offered by one of your committee, for a statement of the sums paid for transportation and extra allowances, if any, omitted in the Blue Book, which would have enabled them to 1 i Law of 1808, v. 2, p. 1092. 1 r 1825, vol. 3, p. 1088, s. 10. t Sec. 43. present ail explanation of the discrepancy; and j \ve can perceive of no mode of accounting for it, consistent with the correct administration of; the department, and a careful and accurate ex- j animation of the papers which issue from it, and under its official authority. Your committee has also caused to be select ed from the report, (of extra allowances,) made by the Postmaster General to the Senate on the 3d day of March last, all that have been there set down as subsisting allowances since the 29th day of June, 1833, which ought to include all that are embraced in the Blue Book. Their aggregate by that report amounts to *351,573 30 Their aggregato by the BlueBook is 377,917 66 Making a difference of 26.374 36 j Thus the Blue Book gives an aggregate less j than the annual report of $40,369 02 1-2 The report of March 3, 1831, less than the Blue Book 26,374 36

Error between the annual report, and the report ofMarch 3, 1834, $69,743 66 1-2 The Postmaster General, in his annual report accompanying the President’s message of De- cember 1st, 1832, states a surplus of available I funds, after defraying all the expenses of the department down to the 1st of July, 1832, at $202,811 40 In this report of November 30, 1833, he says, that instead of having had on hand that a mount of available funds, the department was at that time really indebted beyond the whole amount of its re sources, including its credits, 2,844 40 Showing an admitted error in that report, of $205,655 80 In descending to the; items, and comparing one by one the contracts, as set forth and cer tified in one report of the Postmaster General, with the same contracts as set forth in another of his reports, are discrepancies still more re markable. Your committee have set forth a few of these instances by way of example. The Postmaster General, in his report of the 18th of April, 1832, (Doc. 212. p. 12.) states that Stockton and Neill had contracted to carry the mail on routes Nos. 1.201, 1,202, 1,309, and I, 400; that is to say, from Cumberland to Wheeling, Washington to Frederick, and from Frederick to Winchester, at $7,000 per. annum. lly the advertisements, these routes were to go into operation on the 1st of January, 1832. In his report tp the Senate, ofthe 3d of March, 1834, Doc. 138, p. 201.] he states the same con tract at $15,950 per annum, exclusive of enor mous extra allowances, which, as they do not I relate to the branch ofthe subject now under consideration, we pass by for the present. The difference between the report ofthis contract in April, 1832, and March, 1834, is $8,950 per an mini, amounting, in the four years, the duration ofthe contract, to $35,000. In his report of April, 18 J 832, TDoc. 212. p. 17.] he states that R. O. Stockton and Wm. Neill are contractors to carry the mail on routes Nos. J. 501 and others, including a large number of routes, principally in Ohio, at an annual com pensation of $30,000 In his report of March 3, 1834, [Doc. 138, p. 210. he states that.Wm. Neill Co. are contractors on the same routes, at an annual compensation of 50,410 Making a difference in favor of the con tractor, per annum, of $20,410 During the contract, of $81,611 In his report of April 18, 1832, [Doc. 212, p. 4.] he states that Iteeside Slay maker are con tractors for carrying the mail from Philadelphia to Pittsburgh, at an annual compensation of $7,000 From Pittsburg to Washington, 1.250 Making in the aggregate $8,250 In his report of March 3, 1834, [Doc. 138, p. 199.] he states the contract as from Philadelphia to Pittsburgh, from Pittsburg to Washington, and from Washington to Wheeling, at an annual compensation of $27,070 _i Making a difference per annum of 19,750 And in four years, of 879,000 The line from Washington to Wheeling is in cluded in the contract of Stockton Neill, in the report of April, 1S32. [Doc. 138, p. 204.] It is not mentioned as a part of the contract of lleeside Slaymaker. In his report [Doc.212, p. 2.] of the 18th of April, 1832, the Postmaster General states that James Keeside is the contractor forcarrying the mail from Philadelphia to New York daily, at an annual compensation of $6,000 In his report [Doc. 138, page 186.] of March 3, 1831, he states the same con tract as twice a day, and the compensa tion, per annum, at 20.500 Making a difference per annum of 1 -1.500 And in four years of $58,000 These are but a few out of a numerous class of cases, many of which will be set out at large in a subsequent part of this report. From them your committee has been constrained to draw conclusions most unfavorable to the general ac curacy of the department, and though all, or nearly all, of the cases which follow have been differently represented in different reports of the department, they are not selected with a special view to that circumstance. We detail them be cause they form parts of transactions with indi viduals, some, it is true, of small importance, and'others of great magnitude, but, altogether, involving almost every conceivable variety of abuse; some of them in direct violation of law, and some subversive of the common principles of justice and fair dealing between man and man. The first case examined by your committee was a contract with Gen. George House, of Gal lipolis, in the State of Ohio, and the followingis the transaction somewhat in detail, as it appear ed in evidence: At the lettings [Doc. 117, p. 5.] in October, 1830, route No. 1975, from Colesmouth to Gulli polis, was taken by John Black, at the yearly compensation of $394, commencing on the 1st of January, 1831, and ending the 31st Decem ber, 1834. On the files of the department is a letter from House to the Postmaster General, dated at Washington, January 28th, 1831, in which he proposes to carry the mail three times a week n a steamboat, from Charleston, Kenhawa, to Grallipolis, at $30 per mile, per annum, to com mence as soon as his boat should be ready in :he spring; and he adds, that his proposition is nade in pursuance of a request or directions of he department, made to Judge Hayward in December (then) last. The estimated distance sixty-four miles, equal to 1,950 dollars In a communication from O. B the Postmaster General, dated the 1 ith Y r n ary, 1831, he states the offer of George n,Y 1,1 $1,000 for carrying the mail twice a week steamboat oil the same route, and that ffJt» ir'b boat will be ready “say the 1st of April?? suggest that the contract with Mack man ,‘Je pended, and asks shall it be done?55 Tu-V'" master General endorses on the paper 'Y be done;’5 and thereupon Black received ; Y, and that the department wished him to ?Y. up, as it was important that the stage lioe i? Chillicothe to Gallipolis should be co;m Y with the steamboat line from Gallipoli Charleston: Ross reluctantly yielded to tY> quisition, and the mail upon that route Y ried by House, for some time, but v.ithoi.. contract, and without any written and ac> offer. There was exhibited to your com, Y. a letter from House to O. B. Brown, w i.h.v Y or post mark, in which he says he has can v/ the mail from Chillicothe to Gallipoli*, and f\/ u Gallipolis to Colesmouth, since the i.?t uary, 1832. without any contract- and in g,. ter wras enveloped and filed, a paper, jj i v out date, containing a proposition by House to carry the mail three times a v, four horse post coaches from Chillicotin* to lipolis and three times a week from lis to Colesmouth, on horseback, for the ly compensation of 82.600. On tli* back m paper is endorsed in the handwriting eft Postmaster General “allowed to take from the lstot January, 1832;” all and the filling and entries upon them, me out date, and the officers of the departmen.' i give no account of the time of their .werm. Some accidental writing in pencil on one e papers does however, lead to tl e concilia they are all of very r; he jurat tc been executed on the 27.:, iy cf April 1833. Thus were there two contract ircr red from their legal owners, against wkoi there was no complaint, to Gen. George Th,; at a clear loss to the department of 01 2( year, amounting in the fout years m G;,y which sum is in «fleet, a gift to that ine vinj-; made in violation of law, and under a -j:v> sion of pretences, which had no loundahcn fact. By the act of the 15ih day of jun., Gag mail route was established from Ghicr.y Green Bay, in the Territory of Michigan; in the proposals published by the department the 21th of July following, this route js no, in cluded, and no notice whutev* r u a* published b, order of the department for proposals on tlr, route. O. B. Brown, an officer »n m: depart ment who made out the li>t of proposals, b?in sworn, stated it as his beiief. that ti e o.nis.doji happened in consequence of tl Aw establish ing the post routes not having been published I the time he made out the adverticemem, ma I that he took it from a copy of t!;t bill which r terwards underwent alterations, .i an per;.-, that the law was approvea o i the lain day o' June, 1832; the adveHisemen. was signed tn the Postmaster General on tIt 24th o b'ly fol lowing; and it further appears, that thin roiue was upon the bill as it was first introduced inG the House, and was never strut k out or under went the slightest alteration during it- pnyi John T. Temple, then a clerk in the depart ment, made out a bid in the name of hel Savery, of Michigan, by which he offer* 1 to transmit the mail on horseback on that rotii. once in two weeks, for 83.000, or once a week for 83 500 a year, widen w as accept d. "hei was afterwards a representation mmU ly s hel Savery, in the handwriting of J hn 7. Tti pie, stating that the bid was too low, arm mat' would suffer very heavy lo.-> b\ the cunt/,:u The distance is two hundred and fifty Tile; The fair value of the service does noi ere; 81,200 01*181,500. i, i i _ i. i ML* 1 USUMUMLJ Utll'. i cJ.1, U|)LNl I'jii tution, made an additional allowance of 1.' a year, and the contract was accordingly cuted by Savery and assigned to Tempie. In this manner Dr. Temple, by mean oi situation in the department, obtained a contra giving him $4,500 for carrying the mail 2. 1 miles on horseback weekly, for which s=t*i vie it is believed, $51,500 would l)e a very large* c pensation; much more indeed than the s’at things would justify. The route is an mump' tant one, the nett'amount of postage r*yv: upon it, after leaving Chicago to its tm it r at Green Bay inclusive, fails short of the on* tenth part of the sum given to Templeyn contract, which aggregate sum lieved, the nett proceeds of post Te> i' the whole territory of Michiga; Prior to the lettings in Octobi and Sharffen were contractor?* mail from Hagerstown to McCoi t. at tliose lettings, they again bid mail three times a week, in four hoi coaches, at $300, or daily at $t>00 a year. Reeside bid for the same at $10, or proved. The bid of Reeside was accept d. he is set down in the report of the Postn^'1. General of the 18th of April, 1*32, asIt' M tractor at $40 a year. In tilt* report >>t r> allowances of the 3d of March, 1*31, 11,11 allowance on this contract is noted; hat part of the same report which gives a sOm j of the retrenchments ordered, this mute r ed thus (in page 253): 1231, Ilagersteuu McConnellsburg, James Reeside four trips, reduced $700. Not understanding p cisely how $700 could be deducted fromi without first adding something to the sum, a member of your committee, v/Im 1 pened to discover the disrcepancy, £aVl|t. their clerk a written paper stating the a* culty, and requesting an explanation, a* asking also for a copy of some papers, it was supposed would show the true r ture of this and one other transaction. A was much delay and prevarication hefoie.*^ distinct answer was given to the inquiry, ;hen the Postmaster General declined an* ing it, because it was not signed by Me 1

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ma i of the committee, 'i his difficulty wab re moved. The chairman signed the paper, and come few days after; and after the> arrival of Janies Reeside, the contractor, in the city; the Postmaster General sent in his answer on the 15th day of May, 1334, which accompanies this Xt'iis he says, that after the contract was ad judged to Reeside on his bid of $40, or $99 im oroved, he was ordered to run daily, instead of {j-i. weekly, and the amount of compensation for increased service was left unsettled. The re port goes on to state that Reeside represented to the Postmaster General that there had been two mistakes in his bid; that he had made it out in pencil marks, and Jiis clerk had blundered in copying it; that the $40 was intended for $1400, and the $99, which occurred twice, was intend ed for $1999; and the Postmaster General adds, that O. B. Brown reported to him, at another time, these sayings of Reeside, and stated that there icas no other bid on this route. Mr. Reeside was therefore allowed to correct his bid, making it $1400 and $1900 instead of $40 and $99. The report proceeds to say that Mr. Brown also was mistaken; that there were} in fact, several other bids; and that as soon as this was made kncwn to the Postmaster General, he promptly inform ed the contractor that his contract should be re duced to the amount at which it would have been fixed, had he known the other bids at the time it was arranged. The time at which this discovery was made, and the notice given not being named in the report of the Postmaster Ge neral, your committee inquired of him on that subject, and he stated that it took place after he received the beforementioned informal inquiry from a member of the committee. [to be continued.] ALEXANDRIA: FRIDAY MORNING, JUNE 13, 1834. FOREIGN EXTRACTS. African Expedition.— Death of Mr. Lander. —We regret to learn that intelligence has been received of the death of the enterprising Afri can traveller, Richard Lander. He was fired upon and severely wounded by the natives on the Nunn river, where he had gone for the purpose of trade, early in the month of January, and he died at Fernando Po. on the 2d of Feb. The following extract of a letter from Capt. Fuge, of the Crown, contains all the particulars of this melancholy event that are yet known. Mr. Lander was buried by Capt. Fuge on the day he died. “Mr. Richard Lander expired at Fernando Po, on Sunday, the 2d of February, on his way up into the interior with a schooner boat loaded, with goods for trade, and two canoes, which were towed from Cape Coast by the cutter Crown. He was attacked on all sides by bush men, all armed with musketry. One white and two black men were killed; one woman and child, with a hoy, were taken prisoners. Mr. Lander and the remainder fortunately managed to get into one ot the canoes and pull for their lives. Mr. Lander received a shot in his hip; a seaman and two Kroomen were also severely wounded. They left the Crown to proceed up the river on the 13th, and returned to the cutter on the 21st of January. They lost every thing belonging to them, excepting w'hat clothes they had on them. Mr. Lander lost all his papers; not one remains to be shown. The Crown got under w'eigh and, arrived at Fernando Po on Sunday, the 25th. Mr. Lander’s wound had mortified, but he died quite composed.’’ British and Foreign Bible Society.—On Wed nesday (May 7th) the annual general meeting of this society was held in the Great Room of Exeter Hall, Strand; several thousand persons were present. Lord Bexley, the newly appoint ed President, took the chair. The report, which was adopted, stated that the society was first formed in 1304. Its objects had been promoted in Europe, Asia, Africa, and America, by more than 5,000 kindred institutions, of which 3,400 have been formed in Great Britain and Ireland. It had printed and distributed the Scrip tures in 121 different languages and dialects, in 72 of which no part of the VVord of God had before been printed; and the society was now engaged in translations into 36 other languages. The society since its formation had circulated 13.000,000 copies of the Bible, or portions of it. The society’s issues had gradually increased from 50,000 to 500,000 copies annually. The expenditures of the society since its establish ment had amounted to upwards of £2,000,000. The total receipts for the past year amounted to £33,000. odd—being an excess of £8,400 over that of last year; but for the last two pre ceding years there had been a deficit of seve ral thousand pounds. The number of Bibles dis tributed for the past year was (we believe) 900, 000 copies. A liberal subscription was collect ed at the doors, and after a sitting of some hours the meeting separated. Church Missionary Sf/ciety.—The annual meeting of the friends and supporters of this society was held yesterday in Exeter Hall, the Marquis ofCholmondely in the chair. The Re port stated that the income of the past year amounted to £52,922, Is, 6d, being an increase of £3,572, 4d, over that of the preceding year. The expenditure amounted to £48,624, Is, Id; and from the balance, £2,000 has been granted to the disabled Missionaries f und. I he report was adopted. Profits upon Ilorse Flesh.—A gentleman well known in London has accumulated upwaids of £20,000 in buying and selling horse-flesh, Having in fifteen years slaughtered the immense number of 45,000 horses. Accession of Wealth.—By a recent decree of die Court of'Chancery, a sergeant of Marines, of the Portsmouth division, has come into pos session of £75,000 and two large estates, one in Berkshire and the other in Wales. Uaate Land in Ireland.—There are in Ire land five millions of English acres of waste land, whose lowest elevation is 203 feet above the level of the sea at low water. A Vacancy.—A Commissionship of Customs has become vacant by the death of W. T. Roe, Esq. brother, we believe, to the chief magistrate of Bow-street, and nephew to the late Mr. Adair, who bequeathed him a legacy of £10,000. In the year 1833, no less than 29,S00 persons were taken before the Magistrates of London, and charged with drunkenness. Of this num ber upwards of 12,000 were females. Stony Covering of the Skin.—I have at present under my care a man, who is nearly encrusted with a stone like skin, very closely resembling the barnacles of the native oyster, or what is called “rough casting,” so frequently seen on the outside of lath or plaster houses. He can not sleep for any length of time, because the re cumbent position causes in him the sensation of lying upon a board thickly studded with nails, or as he expresses it, lying on a bag of sticks.” The first appearance of this covering occurred about six months ago, since which time it has. been rapidly increasing, and little doubt exists but that in a short time the man will become as thoroughly encased in a hard coat as the arma dillo or the rhinoceros.—Mr. Kitching, Surgeon of Aldersgate street, in The Lancet.” The new Mayor of our City, Wm. A. Brad ley, Esq. took the oath of office on Monday last. On the same day, the two Boards of Com mon Council were organized by the choice of Clement T. Coote President, and E. J. Middle ton Secretary of the Board of Aldermen; and of Alexander Mclntire President, and Richard Barry Secretary of the Board of Common Council.—Nat. Jut. Mr. MDuffie.—We are glad to learn, by an extract of a letter from this gentleman, under date of the 30th ult. Avhich is published in a late number of the Charleston Mercury, that Mr. M’Duffie’s health has improved considerably, since his return to South Carolina, and he now hopes that a visit, which he proposes making to the White Sulphur Springs, will entirely restore him.—Balt. Pat. Another Whig Triumph!—The Canandaigua papers of the 4th instant stop the press to say the success of the Whig ticket in that town was complete!'5 Glorious Triumph!—New London has nobly taken rank among the cities of Connecticut. On Monday the entire Whig ticket for city offi cers was carried by overwhelming majorities; indeed, such was the expression of decided dis approbation against the cabinet and the mea sures of the present administration, that the Jackson party gave it up and abandoned the polls; and now, New London has not a Jackson man in office, from the Mayor of the city down to the hay ward.—N. V. Cuur. The Boston Commercial Gazette states, that Orator Emmons’ Tragedy of Tecumseh, which was produced on Wednesday evening, “was the most villanous combination of incongruity, trash and nonsense, we ever remember to have seen.55 The Faculty of the Harvard University have found it necessary to issue a circular, explana tory of the origin and progress of the late seri ous disturbances in that institution. It is directed to the parents and guardians of the students, and is authenticated by the signature of President Q,uincy. A copy is published in the Boston Ccn tinel of Saturday. The exposition declares that a series of trespasses” have been recently com mitted on the buildings and property of the Col lege of a most injurious character, accompa nied by a succession ofclisturbances, extraordi nary and without cause or apology.” These commenced, as the circular alleges, on the 18th May, in the refusal of a member of the Freshman class to recite to the instructor in Greek. The objection of the student appears to have been to the manner in which he had been directed, but this is not very clearly stated. He was a man of full age, twenty-three years and upwards, and refusing to make the concessions required of him by the President, his relations with the College were dissolved, by his own de sire. This was on the 21st ult. Since that day, as appears by the circular, there has been an organised revolt against the authorities, in which much damage has been done to the property and bulidings, and which the faculty have been forced into strong measures to repress. The anger of the students vented itself in the first in stance against the instructor in question. His recitation room was assaulted at night, and all the furniture in it torn to nieces and destroyed, ana every sash in the windows broken. The win dows of "the steward's room, and of the room of one of the professors, were also broken. A watch set to protect the college was on a subsequent night attacked with stones, and an affray fol lowed. The college bell was rung. A student, who was prominent in the affray, was recogniz ed. He and another, detected in making dis turbances at prayers, were dismissed. The Freshman and Sophomore classes now united in these riotous proceedings, and interrupted the daily prayers. A petition was got up, signed by a majority of all the students of the college, and presented by a committee of one from each class, praying for the restoration of one of the rlic?i-r»icc*»a ctnrlpnts which wfis rpfiispd hv flip faculty. The whole Sophomore class, with three exceptions, absented themselves, by con cert, from prayers. The faculty dismissed the whole class (with these exceptions) ordering them to leave Cambridge immediately. This was followed by new disturbances by the Freshman class;three more recitation rooms were attacked, and the furniture destroyed, and the Junior class joined them in the riot, at prayers. One of the Juniors, and two of the Freshmen, were dismissed, and a day or two afterwards two more Freshmen. During the progress of these riotings, the President at several times ad dressed the classes, collectively, and through committees, 1o restore order, but in vain. It appears that regularity cannot be restored by the operation of the ordinary college discip line. The Board of Faculty, on Monday, the 2d of June, determined upon applying to the civil tribunals, and instituting legal prosecutions for the trespasses upon their property. They directep the Preidentsto employ counsel for that purpose. This is a brief synopsis of the course of the Harvard rebellion, as detailed at length in the circular. The students have issued a statement of facts on their side, which is not yet published. The Centinel says it is anonymous, and too personal to be admitted.—Balt. Amer. Suicide.—Yesterday morning about 8 o’clock, Mr. Newton Willey, of the firm of Thompson Willey, merchants, was found suspended by the neck in a closet in his dwelling house, Han cock street. On being taken down, the body was found to be warm, but dead. Mr. W. was I a respectable citizen, but tor several days past has been depressed in spirits, and insane, and at his wife’s request had been attended by the fami ly physician, Dr. Shattuck. He had been left in I bed alone, but a short time before he was mis sing,and found to have fastenedhimselfin the clo 1 set.^A coroner’s inquest was held by Prince Snow Esq—Verdict that he came to his death by hang in" himself, being at the time in a state of mental derangement.—Boston IJatriot. General turn out of the Irishmen on the Che i nan?o Canal.-— On the 3d and 4th inst. an alarm i was°given,that the Irishmen had struck for higher I wages,and were rioting and rebelling against the civil authority, by assaulting individual and de vastating the dwellings along the line of the ca nal between Oriskany"Falls and Clinton. The high Sheriff, in pursuance of the law of the land, called out the posse commi i iatis and Major General Comstock assembled the militia. There was, however, no blood shed, i nor was there any cause for it. T. he Irishmen 1 who to the day, previous, to the number of 700. 1 (as we are credibly informed) had paraded along the line of the canal, with flags, clubs,' etc. the emblems of a Dublin Riot, at the sight of the organized militia, immediately retreated to their tents. The wages now given by the contractors, are ten dollars per month. If this is not a fair compensation, let them be raised: but in any event the Irish laborers, at this early period, should not be permitted to rebel with im punity: and a justification in calling out the ci vil and military authority, may be found in the salutary influence which it will undoubtedly have in preventing future disturbances. We learn that a few of the leaders were taken, examined and committed to jail as rioters. Oneida Standard. MARRIED, On Tuesday evening last, by the Rev. Dr. Keith, the Rev. Philip Slaughtbr, Jr., of Culpe per County, Va., to Miss Anna Sophia, eldest daughter of the late Dr. Thomas Semmes, of this place. COMMERCIAL. BOSTON MARKET-June 7. Flour—Prices remain same as our last; sales, however, small. We notice some few move ments in Geneseee at $5 l-16th a 5 3-16th per bbl., casji; several cargoes are now afloat, which have not changed hands. 300 bbls. Alex. Low land have been taken at 5 1-4 a 5 3-8, 6 mo., and 300 bbls. Fredericksburg Lowland, 5 3- 16th per bbl., 4 mo. By auction, 2d inst., 70 bbls. superfine Ohio, 4 1-2 per bbl., cash. Grain.—Prices cannot be regarded as alto gether correct; we quote to conform to sales. There have been 8 to 10,000 bushels Southern yellow Corn taken at 67a68c.; Northern and Eastern Oats 42 l-2a44c., probably about 2000 bushels; some Shorts 27c,, and some Northern Rye 65a68c. per bush., cash. There is consi- j derable kinds yet afloat and unsold. PORT OF ALEXANDRIA, D. C. Jcne 12.—No arrivals. Wind N. W. Sailed, Schr. Friendship, Hollinger, Philadelphia. P> rig Token, Eldridge, cleared at Boston for this port 7th. Assault upon the High Sea.—Capt. Delano, of schr. Grampus, arrived at Portland, Me. 9th inst., states that the day before, Cape Cod W. by S. 20 miles, boarded the schr. Frederick Lucy, of about 150 tons, in ballast, a wreck, and no person on board—saved some of her rigging, sails and spars, and left her in tow of schr. Richmond, of Thomaston, bound to Vir ginia. The captain of the latter endeavored to drive him off, threw a hatchet at Capt. D.’s head, and pointed a musket at him. FOR AMSTERDAM. The Brig OLD COLONY, .Crosby, master, will commence loading immedi ately, and take fifty hogsheads and small stow age on freight. For terms apply to June H HENRY DA INGE RF1 ELD. FOR SALE OR RENT, MA convenient three-story brick DWEL LING HOUSE on Duke street, in com plete repair, having a Carriage House and other out.houses attached to it. It is in a pleasant and healthy part of the town. As the subscriber is desirous of selling out hei STOCK OF GOODS, she offers them at redu cod prices. REBECCA TAYLOR. rrj^ She also offers for hire, by the year, a valuable MAN SERVANT. June 13—dtf FOR NORFOLK AND RICHMOND, The Schooner SANTA ANNA, Capt. Williams, rising of 500 bairels. Unless immediately wanted for some other port, will take freight as above, and have despatch, june 12A. C. CAZENOVE CO. FOR FREIGHT. rrr The good Schooner II/RAM. JIallet, master, burthen about 600 barrels, is now ready for a cargo. Apply to june 9 S. MESSERSMITIL FOR AMSTERDAM. Tlie superior copper fastened Ship ^JOIIX MARSHALL, Ebkn. Bacon, mas ter, will sail about the 15th instant, and take small stowage on freight. Apply to june 5 HENRY DA1NGERF1ELD. MOLASSES, WINDOW GLASS, COTTON DUCK, AND SALT, AFLOAT. LANDING from on board the schr. Santa Anna, Williams, and for sale by the sub scribers— 20 hogsheads West India Molasses 88 boxes Window Glass, various sizes 3 bales Cotton Duck, and 135 sacks of Fine Salt june 12 A. C. CAZENOVE CO. MOLASSES, TEA, AND LEMONS. t i Hogsheads t\jcw Orleans Molasses lu d tierces S 10 catty boxes Imperial Tea 20 boxes Sicily Lemons Received per schr. Columbia, and for sale by STEPHEN SHINN, Janney’s wharf. june 9__ LIVERPOOL SALT—AFLOAT. 2£r /YiY Bushels of Coarse Liverpool Salt, in lots to suit purchasers, for sale by june 9 A. C. CAZENONE CO. REFINED SUGAR. kfr Boxes Lump and Single Lump Sugar 10 barrels Double Loaf Received per sloop Miller, for sale by june 9 A. C. CAZENOVE CO._ ~LOAF SUGAR. if AAA Pounds good quality Loaf Sugar, just received and for sale low by june 9_WILLIAM N. McVElGH. HERRING. qaa Bbls. Gross No. 1 &NettNo. 1 Herring uuU 37 bbls. Cut Herring (put up expressly for family use.) For sale bv june 6 CLAGETT PAGE. WHITE LEAD. AAA Kegs Pure White Lead, Lewis’ brand, for sale by june 6 W. II. MILLER. HENTLY DAINGERFIELD Has in Store, and offers for sale: 1 Q/Y Hogsheads of prime Porto Rico Sugar j Ovf 50 barrels of do do do 10 hogsheads of do Molasses 200 sacks of Factory filled Blown Salt 75 barrels of Mess and Prime Pork MOLASSES AND TOBACCO. 5 Hogsheads Cuba Molasses 10 boxes prime Plug Tobacco Landing from schr. Washington, from New York, and for sale by june 5 WILLIAM N. McVElGH. CONGRESS. The Senate yesterday, at an early hour, went into Executive business. In the House, the case of the contested elec tion between Messrs Letcher and Moore was decided—the House ordering the election back to the people. IN COUNCIL, JUNE 9, 1834. Ordered, That Messrs. Smoot, Baird, and Johnston, be a Committee to examine Fairfax street, between Wilkes and Gibbons streets, and report on the propriety of regulating the same. The Committee appointed to examine Water street, made a report: Whereupon, it was Ordered, That the Superintendent of Police do forthwith proceed to repair Water street, between Pendleton and Wythe streets, in such a manner as to prevent the tide-water from flowing over the same; and that a sum of mo ney not exceeding forty dollars be appropriated to defray the expenses thereof. _Extract:_1. P. THOMPSON. C. C. DRAWS TO-MORROW Virginia State Lottery, For the benefit of the Diurnal Swamp Canal Co. Class No. 11 for 1831, To draw at Alexandria, Virginia, on Saturday, June 14 SPLENDID SCHEME: 1 prize of $20,000 1 prize of $5,000 1 do of 10,000 1 prize of 3,000 100 Capital Prizes of $1,000! &c. Tickets $10; halves 500; qrs 2 50; eighths 1 25 Tin cola i n irriafit 111' J%S. RIORDAN. TCUncurrent Notes and Foreign Gold pur chased. _ DBA WS TO-MORROW Virginia State lottery, For the benefit of the Dismal Swamp Canal Co. Class No. 11 for 1834, Will be drawn at Catts’ Tavern, (West End,) Alexandria, Va. on Saturday, June 14 SPLENDID CAPITALS: 1 prize of $20,000 1 prize of $5,000 1 do of 10,000 1 do of 3,000 100 Capital Prizes of $1,000! &c. Tickets 10; halves 5 00; qrs.2 50; eighths 1 25 To be had in a variety of numbers of J. W. VIOLETT, Lottery and Exchange Broker, Near the corner of King and Fayette Streets, Alexandria, L). C. Orders from the country, enclosing the cash or prize tickets, promptly attended to. DBA 1 VS TO-MORROW Virginia State Lottery, For the benefit of the Dismal Swamp Canal Co. Class No. 11 for 1834, To be drawn at Catts’ Tavern, West End, on Saturday, June 14 scheme: l Prize of $20,000 1 Prize of $5,000 i l do of 10,000 1 Prize of 3,000 110 Capital Prizes of $1,000! &c. Tickets $10; halves 5 00; qrs. 2 50; eighths 1 25 Sold, in great variety of lucky numbers, by JOS. DI. ELARKE, (Sign of the Flag of Scarlet and Gold.) King st. Alexandria. D. C. DRAWS TO-MORROW Virginia State Lottery, For the benefit of the Dismal Swamp Canal Co. Class No. 11 for 1834. Will be drawn at West End, Va. on Saturday, June 14 scheme: 1 prize of $20,000 1 prize of $5,000 1 do of 10,000 1 prize of 3,000 100 Capital Prizes of $1,000! &c. &c. Tickets 10; halves 5 00; qurs. 2 50; eighths 1 25 To be had in a variety of numbers of J. CORSEv Lottery <fy Exchange Broker, Alexandria. NEW MUSIC FOR THE PIANO. rjlHE subscriber lias just received the foliow X ing, viz: Dinna Forget; I envy not; Arabs in Gaul Ey village fair; Antwerp Waltz Elien of Lindale; Amelia Waltz A thought of home at sea Morning’s light is gently breaking The brook is purling on its way The Vesper Bell; Louisa Waltz I love the night. junell—eo3t ELIZA KENNEDY. FISH WHARF. SEALED Proposals will be received at my house on Payne street, until Saturday next, at 12 o’clock, FOR RENTING THE FISH WHARF the remainder of the year, ending on the first day of March next. Good ^Security will be required for the payment of the rent; and in case of failure to comply with the terms, the premises will be let to the next highest bidder, june 10—1141h WM. VEITCH, S. P. ARCHIBALD HENDERSON, JR. ATTORNEY AT LA IV, T^TILL practice in the Superior and Inferior T Courts of Fairfax and Loudoun Counties, and in the Superior and Quarterly Courts of Prince William. Ilis office is a front room in the Hutel of William D. Wilcoxson, at Fairfax Court House. june 9—lm HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE. MAHOGANY Sideboards, neat patterns Plain, pillared, and French Bureaus Ladies’ Work Stands Dinner and Breakfast Tables Toilet and Painted Pine do Maftogany and Painted Cradles Ourled Maple and Painted Cribs Rush and Cane Seat Chairs Rocking and Common do Washstands; 1 large HairMattrass Highpost Cherry Maple Bedsteads French Maple do, and Cots Tug ether with Venetian Carpet of good ql’y, full y’d wide Paper Hangings; Mantel Pier Glasses 1 set elegant gold banded China, 86 pieces Mantel Clocks; Britannia Ware. &c. &c. On sale at reduced prices, by may 12 GEO. WHITE. THIS IS TO GIVE NOTICE, rpiIAT the subscriber, of Alexandria Coun X ty, in the District of Columbia, has obtain ed from the Orphan’s Court of said County let-' ters testamentary on the estate of Jonah Thump-! son, late of the County aforesaid, deceased.; All persons having claims against said dece dent are hereby warned to present them to the subscriber, passed by the Orphan’s Court, on or before the 2d day of May, 1835; and those indebted thereto are required to make imme diate payment. Given under my hand this 2d day of May, 1834. ISRAEL P. THOMPSON, may 2—2aw6w Ex’r of Jonah Thompson. NOTICE.—There will be a public meet ing of the Piscataway Temperance Society on the 4th of July next, at 11 o|clock, A. M., when there will be several interesting addresses deli vered on the occasion.___june 11_ NOTICE.—The Voters of Prince Geor ges’ County, Maryland, opposed to the reckless and ruinous system of the General Government, 1 are requested to meet in their respective Elec tion Districts, on the last Saturday of the cur rent month, for the purpose of choosing five per sons from each District in said County, to meet in Upper Marlborough, on the first Saturday in July next, to nominate four suitable persons to represent the county in the next General Assem bly of Maryland. june 6 j We are authorised to announce to the i voters of the Congressional District composed of the counties of Westmoreland, Richmond, Northumberland, Lancaster, King George Staf ford and Prince William, that John f amaff.hko, Esq., has, in compliance with the vish of many voters, consented to become a candidate at the next election of a Representative for that Dis trict in the Congress of the United States. MISSING. A BOX OF MERCHANDIZE, marked Geo. Kyle, care of J. D. Kerr, Alexandria, was shipped from Baltimore on the 26th April last, and is supposed to have been delivered impro perly to some other person. I f such a Box should be in the possession of any person that may have received goods by the steamboat of that Jay. or may have any knowledge of such, will please give information* to any of the Agents of the Baltimore Steam Packets, or to the subscriber. Alexandria, june 12 13. WHEAT. National Intelligencer e o 2 weeks, and charge this office. r IT— U J1.MU V A Li. rpilE subscriber respectfully informs hi* S friends and the public that he has removed his Book and Stationary Store a few doors east of his former stand, nearly opposite Jonathar. Butcher’s Hardware Store, where he will sell at a very small advance, particularly for cash. He will also pay particular attention to keeping a proper stock for the use of Schools and Semi naries, having made such arrangements as will enable him to supply them with classical and. other works generally in use. Books procured to order, with all possible de spatch. juiie 11 AUG. JACOBS. AMERICAN NAN K EENj MANUFACTURED of Nankeen colors 7 i- Cotton, a beautiful Summer Cloth, very superior to the India article in texture and du rability, and which, not being dyed, does not fade by wear or washing. For sale by the bale, or piece, at the Warehouse of the subscriber, near the Georgetown Ferry. It will be sold 25 per cent, cheaper than last year J. MASON, Jr. Georgetown, may 16—eo1m BUENOS AYRES HIDES, &e. FOR sale, 230 Ox Hides, of superior quality. For Rent, till May next, a spacious and very desirable DWELLING, with out houses and superior Fruit Garden of fine promise smith of my residence. Wanted, nil elderly Female SERVA.V white or colored, of strictly moral character, and free of encumbrance. Apply to SAM’L. B. LARMOUR, At the Warehouse ot Sam’l. B. Larmour Co. june 4 STRAWBERRY BOWLS, BLUE, Brown and Purple Strawberry Bow1: a beautiful and cheap article. India China Deep Desert Plates, Pink ano Penciled patterns, very cheap. 6 mo 2__ROB’T. II. MILLER. PUBLIC NOTICE/ MR. MILLS, the celebrated iEronaut, whos. ascensions in the larger cities of the Unit ed States have excited such universal attention, has consented to afford the citizens of the Dis trict of Columbia an opportunity of witnessing this grand and imposing spectacle, provided suf ficient inducement is offered to remunerate him for the expenses attendant upon the same. The undersigned has therefore thought pro per to offer a«subscription paper to the citizens, for the purpose of enabling him to gratify the public curiosity. The ascent to take place from Analostan Island, generally known as Mason’s Island. Due notice will be given of the day of ascension. Subscription papers left at all the principal Hotels, and at the Alexandria Reading Room. ED’W. M. LAUB. Analostan Gardens, May 7, 1834. ii/v i jija i THE subscriber has an Ertcnsive Assortment of EXCELLENT HATS, whichheoffers for sale, wholesale and retail, and will take Al exandria Bank paper, and the notes of any ot the Banks of the District which have lately sus pended specie payment. may 9_THOS L. MARTIN. SHELL COMBS REPAIRED. ^JflELL Combs, of all sizes, that have been u broken or injured, will be cemented or re paired by the subscriber. ALo. SHELL COMBS made to order. JOHN CUDLIPP, Corner of King and Royal stJjfiets. mar 25—5m_ A aV viable l' tivm far rate. he subscriber will sell his highly improv cd and valuable Farm called w n a S E- 111L L. «n the County of Fairfax' fir miles and u half from Alexandria, and ten a half from the City of Washington, in a pleasant and agreeable neighbor hood, containing 39 4 A c r e s. As this Estate is so generally nown, a particular de scription of it will be less necessary. T he soil is in a good state of cultivation, having been managed for se veral years past with a view' to its improvement Tit le are about two hundred and fifty acres cleared and divi ded into eight fields, well fenced; the balance h in wood and timber. Tin re are from forty to sixty seres ot meadow land, well ditched and drained, part of which is well set with clover and timothy; the balance designed to be put dow n in grass the ensuing fall There is a young thriving APPLE ORCHARD, of about two hundred trees of choice selected fruit, be sides a variety of excellent summer fruits. This Farm is delightfully watered; Hogue Run passes tlm ugh it, ji and it abounds in springs of most excellent water! which continue to tun through the farm in the dries* seasons. The buildings are good, consisting of a hn^ t'jum litrelua’o House*rtw* flsaVJj with tour rooms and a wide passage, built very jy^substantially uf ,llc best materials, and c\h iv *11 necessary out house to accommodate a large family The Garden ard Yard are well designed and improved From the house there is a commanding view of the Po tomac and surrounding country, and tor healthfulness #M<1 beamy of prospect it is perhaps surpass, ,1 by none. fl the price and teuns ot payment will be made known by application to Gen. JOHN MASON, or S. II. JANNEY, Alexandria, O. C. Or to the subscriber, on the premises, JAMES RUSSELL aug 1°)—wtf Rose Hill, Fairfax County, V«

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subscriber, to an in the'wMKtta of which hay* ar© sustained by undoubted niiJ^BSSi--pa ssive? £^o*fi»edi»S«yriv.l Drep.raf.op., 2rf£e PP^SV™»SUP°“ P“ e°;*"d*“V ^The BdtMitni Drop. h»re W weeewfuIly.dm.D Wt-red for maoy years, as a thorough remedy for that h -.it tmotnv (vwdprtvalent eiam of inveterate disease* which originate from a vitiated habit of body, or an he reditary p^nsposilion itt the patient, and generaWy appmir umfSTthe various and distressing shapes of ^ScreAi^# 9tk HhetJtn, Leprosy, St Anthony b F»«L *ve* SWesT*^ Swellings, Seunry, Foot end Ob %iftte Ufeeft, 8ortt tegs a*! Scaid Dead, and ^tiTthe last mentioned condition of the system, the viotanieal Dsops will be found to eradicate the. lurk uy» poiMoa, where mercury hat totally failed, and thus m prevent the patient from entailing the seeds of an he reditary disease oa hU offspring. Dr. RelfcV&otahical Drops are successfully used In case* of violent eruptions after the measles—red blotches—pimples on the tmee—festering eruptions on the akin_sod ether diseases of the external surface} Mid are owe ef fhe heat Spring and Autumnal physics known, to free the system from humora A physician of eminence, who had witness'd toe e. ftcaey of this article, had the candor recently to ack nowledge to the proprietor, that he considered it the best medicine ltnown, fur the complaints for which it is intended, swd that it ought deservedly to stand at the head of the whole class of such remedies. Price $1 a bottle, o~ 6 bottles for $5> WHITE VSBViaX AND HEALTHY CUTWCS! ffVIOSK who woohl ret.in or restore ttyae desirable X personal adreutsges, ere assured that no compo virion can be obtained superior t* the BRITISHANTISEPTIC DENTRIFICE. Tbit is an elegant and pleasant preparation in every respect, and has, for many years past, given universal satisfaction wherever it baa been used. inyg| The Antiseptic Oentrifice is exempt from acid and ^Mber deleterious ingredients, which too frequently ^uter the composition of tooth powders m common r.nd iS. the enamel of the teeth without doiog it the least injury. The regular use of this ad mired powder, by purifyingthe mouth and preventing the accumulation of tartar, operates as the best pre ventive of the Tooth Ache. The Dentnfice removes discolorations, and restores the beautiful native whiter nets of the enamel. As its application braces and strengthens the Gums, it secures to them their heahhy and florid hue, and, by removing all offensive fore gn accumulations from the teeth, preserves the natural sweetness o?the breath. None genuine unless signed on the outside punt ed wrapper by the sole proprietor, T. Kidder, imme diate successor to the late Dr. W. 1 .Conway. For «ale, with all the other “Conway Medicine, at his Counting Room, No 99, next door to J Kidder s Drug Store, corner of Court and Hanover street* mmOpn cert Hall, Boston. THOMPSON KIDD Eli. And, by his special appointment, by WU. STABLER, Fairfax street, Alexandria. Large discount to those who buy to sell again. Consumption! AstSkna! f? Catarrh! IN that long w»in of diiease* which see* to grow with the growth of civilised society, Consumption tsfcts the lead in its relentless inroads upon human ibis dreadful disorder is easily overcome in its earlier stages. It ir only when neglected that it ar rives at the terrific maturity which so often baffles the sagacity of professional science. An obstinate cough os the customary foifcrunner of the pulmonary con sumption. Improper neglect in the timely adminis tration of simple and salutary remedies, is sure to be reproved by a dreadful succession of consumptive symptom*—oppression of the breast; greenish and bloody spittle; ulcerated lungs and hectic fever; shn veiled extremeties, aud general emaciation of the whole body; prostration of strength; flushed cheeks; swollen feet aud legs; anti at last, in the full posses sionpf the mental faculties, and while hope still wins, pers her flattering tale-cold extremities, and a pre mature death. For the various stage! of this complaint, one of the most aDDrovecPreraedies ever yet discovered is DR. RELFE*S ASTHMATIC PILLS. This exceedingly powerful, and yet equally safe and innocent preparation, has effected thorough and rapid cures upon patients supposed to havemeen far advanc ed in nconfirmed Consumption, and who have exhibit ed the appearances which usually indicate a fatal ter mination of the disorder. As tfie Fills require in ordinary cases no confine ment, they may be administered with confidence and safely to all ages and classes of people. Unexampled sucocss 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 the emaciated victim from the bed of disease, and re storing him to the blessings of accustomed health and activity Frice #1 for whole boxes of 50 pilla. and 50 cents for half do* of 12 pills, with directions. ny years, not only as a cure for that excruciating dis case, hut a*a»*»eN$ot application's tiffin ess of the Joints, Numbness, Sprains, Chilblain** (This article is considered so superior to every thing else, and to possess such oncomipoo virtues, that it is ordered from all partaof the country.] ;;v i nrT An Agent recently writes: Please send me a farther suptdy of Jebb’s Liniment the first opportum. ty—I shall probably sell a considerable quantity, as it is recommended by some of tmr phyttfiWS* very high' jy, although contrary to their rules and regulations to give encouragement to such (or, patent) medicines. But is a most decided proof of their Confidence in its invaluable properties Another agent writes: MI wish yon to forward me some more or 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, by the administration of DUMFRIES’ REMEDY F O R i 07* THE PILES. THIS approved compound also mitigates and re moves the symptoms which frequently accompa ny that disorder, and increase the danger ot the pstn dent, via: pains in loins, headache, loss of appetite^ indigestion, and other marks of debility A relieved patient writes from a distance: 11 It is bat justice to inform you, that I have used your 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 $i for both articles, or 50 cents where but one is wamea. DUMFRIES’ Itch Ointment! THE extensive sale and established reputation of 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 annoying disease. The mo9t inveterate cases have been cuied in onb boob! by.this esteem ed Ointment. It contains no mercury, or other noxi ous ingredient, and miy be confidently applied even to the youngest children, or to pregnant females— Price 31 cents. t None genuine un'ess signed on the outside prin ted wrapper by the sole proprietor, T. Kiddtr* imme diate successor to the late Dr. T. Conway. For sale, with all the other 44 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 KIDDER. And also, by his special appointment, by WM. STABLER, jan 15 Fairfax street, Alexandria. Large discounts to those who buy to sell again. Albion Corn Plaster! THE Albioi) Corn Piaster 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 Stowell, who is well known to the in habitants of this city, especially at the South End and South Boston, as a very worthy and respectah* citi zen;— A Cask. -I do not hesitate to give my most unqualified reprobation in favor of your valuable Albion Corn piaster. By the use of less than a box, Mrs Stowell i has been cured of a corn on each foot, which had been exceedingly troublesome and painful for years, and I think it but justice to your invaluable preparation to add, (for the encouragement of those who, owing to repeated disappointments in the various remedies re I sorted to, have finally despaired of a cure.) that your I Plaster cured her corns, after trying other highly re commended remedies »o no purpose; and what in J creases my confidence in the superiority of your Plas j ter, is the fact* that it has been used by several of my neighbors with equally good success. (Signed) Seth Stowbee, Keeper of the Toll-house, South Boston Bridge. I ||r. T. Kidubb, Proprietor of the Conway Medicines. Boston, June 17th, 18'29. Price 50 cents _ SORE AND INFLAMED EYES. THE studious, the weekly, and others, who are troubled with soreness or Inflammation of that delicate organ, will be able to obtain a most peasant and invaluable application, in DUMFRIES’ 272 WATER! This well estabii-hed Wash for the Eye is perfectly innocent, and gives immediate relief, even in very ag gravated cases of soreness and inflammation, j Price 25 cents THE TOOTH ACHE. THIS agonizing disorder is cured in its most painful stages, by one of the most simple as well as pow erful remedies known in modern practice I’he CAMBRIAN TOOTH ACHE PILLS afford i ust autre lief, without inflicting the slightest in jury on tbteTeeth They are applied externally to the parts affected, with the greatest ease and expedition, and generally operate as a soothing lenitive to the suffering patient. Price 50 cents a box. Dyspepsia OF most obstinate character, after having baffled the skill of tbe most eminent physicians, and withstood the most highly recommended medical pre parations, has been checked, relieved, and cured, in a number of instances in and about this city, by using, for a short time, Dr Kievr's VEGETABLE SPECIFIC, AND ANTI BI LIOUS PILLS, in connexion, according to the directions accompany ing the Specific it is also one of the best medicines known for Sick Headache, Sickness at the Stomach, Nausea, and Flatulences. Price of the Specific and Pills, 50 cents each. None genuine unless signed on the subside prin ted wrapper by t“e sole proprietor, T. Kiddder, im mediate successor to the late Dr. W T. Conway. For •ale, with all the other 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 KiDDEU. And also, by his special appointment, by WM. STABLER, jan 24 Fairfax street, Alexandria. Large discount to those who buy to sell again. PATENT RIGHT SECURED. [BEWARE OF IMPOSITION. SHEPHERD’S PATENT SPECIFIC OINTMENT, (formerly Judkins’,) Prepared by C. HERSTQN S, near Frederick town* Maryland. .-1. tt1®***0*®. Va.. July 15, 1830. THE public will be pleased to understand that 1 was the original discoverer of Judkins* Ointment, and aole proprietor of the patent from September, 1817, until the expiration of the same; but, having connect ed myself with Dr. Judkins in the commencement, I permitted the Ointment to bear his name. The term of the patent having expired on the 26th June, 1 have fnadft an improvement in the same, and taken oat a pa tent thereon. N. SHEPHERD. 03* Imposition having been practised upon the nub lie by a spurious article, bearing the name of M Jud kins* Ointment," the proprietor avails himself of the

authority granted to hi® in his letter* jJSJL l£ f? csHtli. Ointment after bis own name, Henceforth it t will be known by the name of ~.jV SHEPHERD’S PATENT SPECIFIC OINT- MHNT, (prmtrly Judhn?■) When I fir® made.and prepared this Ointment and bad, in .everal inatanee*. eaperienced ita good etteeu, ;j Iaenttttoaerendphjaiclai®,withmrtrueUoiiainwhat eases to apply it, who were of opinion that tlieOint- meat would be a valuable public benefit. I that the Ointment would occasionally fall ln'°“a"y bands, some of whom would probably un“*rt*ke make it, and knowing the difficulty of the process ne vertheless, it might be progsted in this MdHeAtea si tuation, as it might in ®>me degree resemble the ongi nal—and in this wayitrgood effects wmildh* obirten- ted- Under these considerations, I secured the origi nal and certain remedy for those obstinate diseases, some of which have so long baffled the skill of me- dica) scifence; 1st White swellings of every description; 2d Sore tegs and ulcers of longstanding, 3d S chums or glandular tumOT®, particularlythose hftrdenedihtttors in vom-n’s breasts, which oftentimes teminatSlISldeiated cancers; igl&h FetorUi; dr whatsome people know by thentfme d^datarrhs, of every description. gS^h Rheumatic pains of the joints; gth Sprains and bruises of every description, or in whatever part situate; 7th Tetters of all kinds. In this complaint the pa tient, in applying the ointment, must keep the part outof water; 8th Ghilbhiins or parts affected by frost. It is also dne of the best remedies for burns 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 yet known to the medical faculty. It is much safer than mercurial ap plication?, ede rick. Md Frederick, Md. May 6,1831. Mr. C Herstons—I deem it proper to state,' for the benefit of the public, that, several years since, two of mv children were affected with scald head of an inve terate character. My family physician, Dr John T. W ilson, of Leesburg, Va. who was very skilful and ju dicious in his practice, in vain endeavored by every means to effect a cure. At length Judkins* Ointment was applied, and the affection w*9 permanently reliev ed. Very respectfully, your obedient servant, L. P- W. Balch. From the Honorable John Taliaferro, Member of Con gress. dated W ashinqton, January 22,1829. Sir—It has been my wish, fora considerable time, to communicate to yon the good effect with which 1 have u*ed the Ointment invented by a Mr. Judkins, and which I now understand is made and sold by agents appointed by yourself, I have applied this Ointment during the last three years to every species of tumor and wound, without failure to produce a cure in every instance. I 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 by the most distinguished physicians a9 in curable, and whichth )y decided would, withoutampu tation, prove fatalto the patient, was, under my imme diate notice, effected by the use of Judkins* Ointment, and the patient is .inline health, liis limb affected by the tumor being restored to a perfect state of sound ness. c Iso that the leg of an aged man which had been wounded, and exhibited one dreadfully ulcerated sur face from the knee to the foot, and which, lor more than two years,had been considered incurable, was ef fectually cured by the application of Judkins* Oint ment. I mention these two cases, whichfellundermy immediate notice and management, as a decided evi dence of the efficacy ofthis remedy in cases of tumor and ofulcers: 1 have experienced, as decidedly, the good effect ofthis 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 1 can with the utmostconfidence recommend the use ofthis valuable remedy. lam, sir, very respectfully, s John Taliakkrho. 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. Sold by appointment, in Alexandria, wholesale and retail, by WM. STABLER, oct 18 Druggist. Fairfax street. DR. LEE’S GENUINE PATENT Xevi London Bilious Pills. UST received, a fresh supply of the above useful ft? Medicine, direct from Dr. Lee’s Dispensary. 12th mo30th, 1833. W. STABLER. The following extract is published by Dr. Lee’s au thority, viz:-— Extract of a letter, written by a very respectable gen tleman, residing in Baltimore, to the subscriber, who deems it tiis duty, though unauthorized, to lay it be fore the public, withholding the writer’s name, for particular reference, should any require it person ally. x SAM. H. P LEE. 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 Bilious Pills in n^fami' ly, and alway s found them an efficient purgative in al most every description of disease, and believe they sa« ved many a long doctor’s bill by their early and timely 1 use. i never found their accustomed certainty to vary in their operation and effects until a few months past; i and having, since then, been sadly disappointed in eve- 1 ry instance of using them, I began to conclude that you had made your fortune, and abandoned their manufac 1 ture to mercenary and unfaithful hands. Under this 1 impression, 1 accidentally saw an advertisement of yours in a New Yorfc newspaper, designating spurious i imitations 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 respaet. Finding those I had without this test, I be- t ganto suspect that all was not fair in medicine, as well as in politics, and called at several of our apotbe-. caries for your pills, with your written signature. I found many without this teat, but none with it, until 1 came to the Messrs. Keerls’, who assured me they had 1 them direct from you. 4 procured a box, and on using J them, found the tame effects from them 1 had always b experienced, and am so much rejoiced on finding my- s

,v J ftlfio poMeuiuu of a rttediciufc l so highly prize, t^at bat I cannot, io justice, refrain from giving you this 5?T^a?bid the imposition of counterfeits ifrdspu ious imitation*, as refated *bovet the purchaser has inly to examine the billjpf directions covering each ,ox, and if sigbene particle of mercurial, mineral, or chemical substances, (all of which are un congenial to the nature of man, and therefore destruc tive to the human frame,) is found to be perfectly harmless to the most tender age or weakest frame, un der every stage ofhuman suffering; the most pleasant and benign in it- operation, and at the same time the most searching out the root of every complaint, how ever deep, and of performing a cure, that was ever offered to the world. This wonderful effect, too, is produced by the least trouble to the patients, by merely swallowing a certain number of small pills, and being called a few extra times to the purposes of eva cuation, with the least possible sensation’ of pain, or exhaustion of bodily strength, and without the fear of catchtng cold, or attention to dress or diet, in any way different from their accustomed habits. These jfills cure all cases, and cannot betaken to excess Experience, which is the touchstone of all human knowledge, has long borne testimony to the fact; and extensive use of them has already verified its truth in this country. These medicines cure by purging; and yet the weak, the feeble, the infirm, the nervous, the delicate, are in a few days strengthened by their operation, because they clear the body of its bad humours, and invariably procure sound sleep. They are the safest and most efficacious menicine to take to sea; preventing scurvy, costiveness, &c, The Vegetable Cleansing Powders are of great as sistance to patients, and facilitate the evacuation of bad humours; they soften, cleanse, and detach the acrimonious phlegm; are cooling, and allay the thirst. One, two, or three powders may be taken throughout die day; mixed in half a wine glass of water. The genuine Medicines can be had of WM. POMEROY, Alexandria, Sole Agent for the District of Columbia and its vicinity. By whom the Pills are sold in packets of one, two, ind three dollars each, and the Powders at 37$ cents lerbox, with printed directions; and also by the fol owingSub-Agents: K. W. Polkinhorn, between 9th ind 10th streets, Pennsylvania Avenue; John Stillins, tfavy Yard, Washington; and Thomas C. Wright, Georgetown; of whom alone can the Medicines be varranted genuine. By appointment of Dr, H. S. tioat, H.P. M., M B. C. H Brooklyn, New York, *he ole importer of these Medicines. Morrisonia, or the Family Adviser, price $275; Prac ical Proofs, illustrated by numerous cases of cure, bird edition, price 37$cent9; to be had as above. api 5 —tf _ COLORED APPRENTICES WANTED, For the Patent Rope-Making Business. [WILL take two or three Colored Boys, ot unquestionable character, (none other will e taken) to learn the Patfpt Ropemaking Bu iness. JOSIAH H. DAVIS. BOOTS AND SHOES. Al; HARMON has just received, per brigs j Token and Wankinco, from Boston, Further Sujfply of Gentlenien’s Seal-skin and French-edged Mo rocco Boots, suitable for summer wear Mei^s fine Shoes and Pumps Do fine and common Munroe Shoes Ladies* Lasting, Seal-skin, Kid, and Moroc co -Slippers Misses’ and Children’s Shoes, various qualities Together with those manufactured in town comprising every variety, making his assort! ment complete; which are offered, either whole, sale or retail, very cheap.may 9 BOOTS AND SHOES. JH. WHITE has received, per Sloop Sta tira, and other recent arrivals, a further supply of BOOTS AND SHOES, consisting in part of Men’s Calf Sewed Boots Do. Pegged Summer Boots (cheap) Do. Shoes and Pumps Do. Morning Slippers Women’s Lasting and Seal Slippers (some very cheap) Children’s Shoes, different kinds Also, Palm Leaf Hats, Hair Trunks, dx. made to order, Ladie’s and Gentlemen’s Boots and Shoes all kinds! _may 7 STEPHEN S. SANGER, IN tendering his sincere acknowledgements to his friends and the public for past patronage respectfully informs them that he stiJl continues to manufacture, and has now on hand, BEDS, MATTRASSES, SOFAS CHAIRS. And Cabinet Furniture, of good materials and workmanship, which he will dispose of up0n reasonable terms. The public are solicited to call, before they purchase elsewhere, at his Upholstering and Ca binet Ware-Boom, on King street, between Co lumbus and Henry streets, where he will satis factorily execute all orders for articles in either of the above branches. Repairs in either line done neat, cheap, and expeditiously, oct 8—tf _____ EARTHENWARE, CHINA, AND GLASS. THEsubscriber has now open, and offers for saie, a large and handsome assortment of GOODS in his line, which he is anxious to dis pose of at moderate prices. Among them are: Blue, brown purple Dinner Services Platesf other table ware u (i Bowls, Mugs Tea ware Ewers Basins Toi let Sets China Teasets and Cups a short relaxation from business, a trip Great Falls offers a most delightful treat. 113s* Parties, on any other days of the can be accommodated, by giving a shon or application to the proprietor, street; Georgetown. Z. M. ObJJJTJ. FLUTES! FLUTES! Is HAVE just received a smali lot keyed Concert Flutes, of very supeiroi I and finish, for sale very lofr. j.\c<9BS- I _-_Jj