Alexandria Gazette (Alexandria, D.C.)
July 16, 1834
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2S3SBIV. 'W3KE>S^3©J^'2 TOf M> mww sjsksses t®%. a—sf®, $®sa A I. EXANDRIA GAZETTE PUBLISHED, DAILY, BY EDGAR SNOWDEN, A. 3 DOLLARS PER ANNUM, PAYABLE HALF YEARLY. ALEXANDRIA GAZETTE (run THE COUSTHY) IS PUBLISHED REGULARLY ON TUESDAY, THURSDAY SATURDAY, AT 5 DOLLARS PER ANNUM, PAYABLE IN ADVANCE. 7Wms of Advertising:—Advertisements neat !v ami conspicuously inserted at the rate of one dollar per square for the first three tiwertions, iiiil twenty-fivecents for every subsequent inser tion. A reasonable deduction will be made m the case of yearly advertisers. V All advertisements appear m both papei^. NOTICE. The steamer c in.L HIAt Capt James Mitch ell, having resumed her regular trips between Bal (intore and the District oi oojuinoiu, wu., u..w. t^t* 1st day of September, leave Baltimore for r^e District every Wednesday, at 4 o’clock, P. M and returning, will leave Washington at 6, .vid Alexandria at 7 o’clock, A. M. every Sun day, fur Baltimore. Passage i>2. mar 31—tf __— 30 LEMONS. .g /a/x Boxes Lemons, in prime order, land IUU ing from the brig Amulet from Boston, ,r sale by jyJJ_KDW’D. DA1NGERF1KLD. FRESH TEAS. _ five cattv boxes Young Hyson') c c 2 boxes each 12 2 lb cann’s do -2 *5 20 live catty b >xes Gunpowder 4 boxes each 12 2 lb cann’s do v -J. 10 five catty boxes Imperial J hs Just received per brie Amulet, ami for sale by jy 3 S. MESSERSM1TH. SUGAR, COFFEE, teas 10 U lb. boxes Gunpowder 523 6 lb. do Imperial 10 13 lb. do Hyson 20 6 1b. do Young Hyson J 2 Nutmegs and Cloves Received per brig Token, for sale by tune 23 W. FOWLF. CO. ST. CROIX SUGARS. 1 O Hogsheads prime St. Croix Sugars, re vr ccived per schooner President, lor saie by June23 W. FOWLE CO. SICILY MADEIRA WINE. ^Inghanvs brand Received per schooner President, forsalehy jime23 Pipes l 10 half pipes W. FOWLE CO. BOX TOBACCO AND MOLASSES. Oil Boxes prime Plug Tobacco 10 hhds. Bright Retailing Molasses Just received per schooner President, from New York, for sale low by LINCOLN CHAMBERLAIN, june 23 Vowell’s wharf. MOLASSES AND TEA. 1 0 Hogsheads Cuba Molasses 10 half chests prime Young Hvson Tea Landing this day Irom schr. President, from New York, and for sale very low by June 33 WILLIAM N. MCVEIGH. NEW ORLEANS MOLASSES. Hogsheads New Orleans Molasses, of Pr*me quality, just received per schooner “resident, from New York, for sale by June 23 CLAGKTT PAGE. SOAL LEATHER. Lbs. Country Tanned Soal Leather, for sale at a very moderate price. *3 ROBT. H. MILLER. FOR SALE OR EXCHANGE. /A Will be sold on reasonable terms, or ex changed for other real property in the town, The three-story frame DWELLING HOUSE and LOT of GROUND, formerly occupied as a tavern, situated at the corner of King and St. Asaph streets. Being on the most public street in the town, it is a very desirable stand for bu siness. For terms apply to jy 3—tf CATHERINE BRAWNER. QUILLS! QUILLS! THE subscriber has just received a new stock of excellent Quills, ot all the different numbers; which he offers for sale at extremely low prices, jy 3 AUGUSTUS JACOBS. NOW IS THE SEASON FOR using DR. WEDDERBURN’S STO MACHIC BITTERS, a grand restorative to health, and one of the grand preventives against Billious, Scarlet, and Intermittent Fe vers, and Cholera. The good effects of these Bitters can be proved by thousands. They are prepared and sold by him, at his Shop on King street, between Fairfax and Royal streets, one door above Morrison’s Bookstore. CARRIOLE'AND HARNESS. SECOND HAND CARRIOLE, strong and well made, nearly new, with harness com plete, for sale by jy 2_GEO. WHITE. BOOTS, SHOES, PALM LEAF HATS, &c. JH. WHITE has just received, per sloop Stutira and other arrivals, a very season able addition to his stock of BOOTS SHOES, which enables him to offer almost eveiy article in his line at the very lowest prices for cash. Among them are— Men’s fine Pegged Summer Boots Do Pumps, various qualities, (some very cheap) Women’s Seal, Lasting Kid Slippers, do Do Leather JetFersons Slippers, do Misses’ ijr Children’s Shoes, various qualities Fine Palm Leaf Hats, broad rims, (an ex cellent article) Coarse do do do A lot of HAIR TRUNKS, cheap Ladies’ and Gentlemen’s Boots and Shoes, of all kinds, made to order, of the best materials and workmanship.jnne 19 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. If such a Box should be in the possession of any person that may have received goods by the steamboat of that day, 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 13 B. WHEAT. 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, Riddles, Sifters, Mil. Shakes, 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 IT years old, of good and steady habits. N. B. Repairing done on the shortest notice. TURNING in Wood, Iron, and Brass, may 28—ly__ JEREMIAH W. SATTERWHITE, CABINET MAKER, 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._jon 2—tf EXHIBITION OF J. G. CHAPMAN’S PAINTINGS. 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 the collection. _ apr 10—tf 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. i Orders from the country will be particularly attended to—so as to ensure safe carriage. The highest price given for empty bottles, mar 26—tmJOHN W. SMITH. HATS! HATS! THE subscriber has an Extensive Assortment of EXCELLENT HATS, which he offers for sale, wholesale and retail, and will take Al exandria Bank paper, and the notes of any of the Banks of the District which have lately sus pended specie payment. TH. L. MARTIN, jnne 1 REAL ESTATE. REAL ESTATE FOR SALE. BY virtue of a Deed of Trust from the Bank of Alexandria to the subscribers, for the purposes therein mentioned, the following de scribed PROPERTY will be sold, on reason able terms and liberal credit: The WHARF and LOTS OF GROUND on the south side of Cameron street, now in the oc cupancy of Mr. Benjamin Waters. The WHARF, WAREHOUSE, &c. cal Jxtled Tucker’s. m A three story Brick DWELLING HOUSE mi and LOT OF GROUND, on the west side ofWaler street, between Cameron and Queen streets. The Brick DWELLING HOUSE on the _north side of Cameron street, between Fair ax and Royal street, occupied by Mrs. Mills. The BRICK BUILDING at the intersec tion of Camerob and Fairfax streets. The four-storv Brick WAREHOUSE 01 li Ramsay’s wharf, occupied by Messrs. B. Wheat Son and Mr. Thomas Sanford. MThe ACRE LOT and* BRICK HOUSE, with several out-houses, on Washington street, in possession of Thompson F. Mason, Esq. The large WAREHOUSES at Hie cor li ner of King and Columbus street, and an excellent FRAME DWELLING HOUSE ad joining. A HOUSE and LOT near the Village’* Wl formerly owned by Mr. P. G. Marsteller. A VACANT LOT on the south side of Prince street, near Pitt. t A DWELLING HOUSE and LOT F IlM GROUND on Pittstreet, opposite St.Paul’s Church, formerly owned by Mr. Gurden Cha pin. A vacant LOT OF GROUND on Water street, opposite the Farmers’ Bank. A FARM in Fairfax County, Va. called the Meadows,” containing 275 acres. Another FARM in sa’d County, called Lo max” or Turkey Cock Run,”—352 acres. One other FARM, called Willow Spring,” near Centreville. Three small TRACTS OF LAND on Mount Vernon Road, containing, together, 307 acres. Particulars will be given on application to Mr. Isaac Robbins, at the Bank of Alexandria; and proposals for any part of the property, directed to the subscribers, will be answered by GEORGE BRENT, BENJ. WATERS, lTrustee, WM. H. MILLER,- j WM. C. GARDNER, J june 16—-tf _ FOR SALK OR RENT, A convenient three-story brick DYVEL _LING HOUSE on Duke street, in com plete repair, having a Carriage House and otner out.houses attached to it. It is in a pleasant ami healthy part of the town. As the subscriber is desirous of selling net her STOCK OF GOODS, she offers them at redu ced prices. REBECCA TAYLOR. She also offers for hire, by the year, a valuable MAN SERVANT._june 13-dtf FOR SALE OR RENT. A small two-story FRAME HOUSE and EHIfl LOT on Q,ueen street, between Washington and St. Asaph streets.- To a good tenant the rent will be made low. Inquire of may 20-tfCHS. A. NEWTON. TO RENT, A convenient BRICK DWELLING luM HOUSE on Henry street, with a large LOT attached. Also, one on Alfred street. The rents low, and immediate possession given. Ap ply to may 10 W. FOWLK. STORE TO RENT. The STORE und CELLAR on King st., iM near Fairfax, lately occupied by Aaron D. Harmon as a Shoe Store, is now vacant. It Will be rented to a respectable tenant upon ve ry moderate terms, and possession immediately given. SAM’L. B. LARMOUR CO. 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 Book Cases Pier Tables, with marble and mahogany tops Pillar^ claw Dining, Breakfast Card Tables Plain do do do do do Ladies’ Work Stands; Shaving Candle do Wash Stands, with marble 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. Also, 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. _ aPr3 200 june 6 WHITE LEAD. Kegs Pure White Lead, Lewis’ brand, for sale by __ W. H. MILLER. NEW DRY GOODS A FURTHER SUPPLY OF NEW AND CHEAP GOODS. WILLIAM H. MOUNT CO. are this mor ning opening the following articles, viz: 5 pieces Italian Lustrings, best quality 10 do figured Gro de Nap, very handsome 6 dozen green, white bl’k Blond Gauze Veils 6 do assorted colors Blonde Gauze Hdkfs 5 do green and white Gauze Veils 10 do best quality Ladies’Gloves 6 do funcy Twisted Silk Hdkfs 6 do do do do Shawls 10 pieces Plaid Muslins, new' style 6 do Ginghams, do do 6 dozen white English Silk Hose 3 do Ribbed do do 3 do plain black do do 6 do Linen Cambric Hdkfs 6 do Hem-stitched do 6 do. colored borders do 3 pieces white Drilling, best quality 3 do brown do do 2 cases Corded Skirts 3 d >zen Grass do Together with a general supply of DOMES TIC GOODS; all which, for the cash, will be uncommonly cheap.jy 1—tf CHARLES BENNETT HAS imported, by the ship Herald, via Bal timore, and offers for sale— Shoe Thread in bales, superfine and common Cumbrie and Shroud Muslins Boys’, Misses’, and Ladies’ Cotton Hose, best make Ladies’ Black Cotton, Random, Angola, and Silk Hose 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 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 __ GKO. S. HOUGH IS now opening a considerable addition to his assortment received a few days since, among which are Super Italian Lustrings and Poult de Soie; Gros de Naps, Florences, and Sattins; black Satin Levantines, (cheap); Fancy Gauze Bon net and Cap Ribbons; Mantua ditto of all co lors and widths; colored Cambrics; Bonnet do; real Grass Cloth, for summer wear; brown French Linens; white and colored Drillings, some super; Vigonia and Summer Cloths; Las ting and Circassians; Russia, Damask and other Diapers; soil dressed Irish Linens; Linen Cambric; ditto Hdkfs; Fancy do., in great va ric’y; Fret h and English Ginghams; a beauti fui -isortmeiit of Painted Muslins and Chintzes; Piain 1 Embroidered Silk Hose, Cotton ditto, for women anti children; men’s Mixed do, very good; m^r.’s and women’s super Hoskin Gloves; long wid. do; Hildick’s Spool Cotton; white, green, ttvi black Blond Veils; Vesting; white and striped Sat'een; fine black Bombazetteand Bumbaziio” Umbrellas and Parasols; Stripes and other war for boys; Bobbinette and Grc cinnepe; Feather and Leaf Fans; blue and yel low Narkeens; super Pongees; Bandanna and Fiag Hdkis, some super; Brown Hollands and Lawns; brown and white Russia Sheetings; Irish ditto; Burlaps and Osnubtirgs; Fancy Hair Brushes; colored and white Knitting Cot ton; Knotted and Mersailles Q,uilts; Silk Velvets, all colors; black Tabby do., some very good; Corded Skirts; a beautiful assortment of Tus can, Cnlimenta, Berlin and English Dunstable Bonnets; very tasty Patterns; Artificial Flow ers and Sprigs; super olive, brown, mulbery, black, blue and dalia Clo'hs: with most other articles in his line, w hich 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 foliowing: 50 pieces blue, black, and fancy col’d Cloths Blue, black, and colored Cassimercs Merino and Vigonia do London Diagonal Stripe do Crape Camlets Black Circassians and Prineettas English (^French bl’k Bombazines, rery cheap 00 pieces 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 fine 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 nieces 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 Insertings Thread and Bobbinet Laces 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, tome very rich Gauze, Cap, and Bonnet Ribbons Gloves of every description Cotton Hosiery, a large assortment, and very chean French and English Silk Hosiery; some hand 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 Paranoia, a large assortment, and very cheap Silk and Cotton Umbrellas English and American Tuscan Bonnets 30 pieces 4-4 and 6-4 Canton Floor Matting, superior quality, terv cheap 20 bales Brown and Bleached Shirtings and Sheetings 5 do Cotton Oznaourgs Penitentiary Plaids and Stripes Checks, Rouen Cassimeres, a variety of goods for boys Burlaps and Oznaburgs Canvass, Bleached Ticklenburgs and Ravens Duck, dec. 50 dozen Palm Leaf Hats, cheap With many other articles; all of which have been bought upon the best terms—and we are determined to sell as low as any House in the District. Our customers and the public are in vited to call and examine for themselves. We shall receive every week from New York further supplies of Goods, apr 14 W. H. THOMPSON <fc CO. DRY GOODS. BONNETS, LEGHORN HATS, STRAW MATTING, A,c. SUPER and Common Prints, Corded Skirts Ginghams; Vestings. French Linen Boxes Spool Cotton Ladies’ white Cotton and Men’s Rib’d Hose White and mixt do; Bukley Hdkfs Straw Bonnets; Tuscan do Men’s and Boy’s Leghorn Hats 4-4 and 6-4 Straw Matting With sundry other articles, just opened and for sale by june 27 GEO. WHITE. RENOVATING LIQUID, Prepared and gold by R. 8. BERNARD, Drug gist, Norfolk, Virginia. RECENT DISCOVERY.—R. S. Bernard’s Renovating Liquid, for extracting all kinds of Oils, Paints, Tar, and Grease, from the most delicate colored Silks, Satins, Cloths, Bomba zines, or Velvets, without injuring, in the least, their color or texture. No danger need be apprehended in using it upon the finest and most delicate Silks—nor is it like the soups so commonly advertised in our day, which, by removing one evil, almost in variably produce another of doiuble size; nor does it require the preparatory means of all other renovators—such as hot irons and the like. Only a little clean water, according to the direction, is wanting. Oil or Grease of any kind can be extracted from the most delicate colored carpets, without the usual trouble of taking them up. If used according to the directions, it will at once ex tract every particle of grease from the finest Cloth, or most delicate Silks, without injur ing in the least the color or texture. iL-r* The subscriber has appointed Wn i.iam SrAM.r», Druggist, Alexandria, his Agent lor selling the above article. ROBERT S. BERNARD, _ Gth mo 2G_ _____ Norfolk, Va. FRANKLIN HOUSE. The above TAVERN has been rented by fiMthe 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 every day supplied with the delicacies, as well as the substantials of life. The Bar is well fitted with the best Liquors, and private parties can be accommodated in the most, delightful man ner. JOHN WE,ST. N. B. Beltzhoover’s Line of Stages arrive and depart daily from this House; and Gigs, Hoises, and Hacks, can be had on the most reasonable erms nov 5—d SPLENDID FURNITURE. CHARLES KOONTiS, 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 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 f 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, Candlestandsj Shaving ditto Portable Desks And every other article in the Cabinet line. Likevue, MAHOGANY, of various kinds; steam-saw ed, curl and shaded Veneers; Copal Varnish, Sacking Bottoms, Cords, BEDS, MATTKA3 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 my, that I will deliver Fur niture to any purclifcser in that city free of pei^se. executed at this office
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I THE GAZE S' s? jl IZi. Bv EDGAR SNOWDEN. Daily pap^r Country paper Terms. #8 per annum. 5 per annum. The ALEXANDRIA GAZETTE forthe coun try is printed on Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday. AU advertisements appear in both papers, and are inserted at the usual rates. POTOMAC BRIDGE. AN ACT authorizing the construction of a Bridge across the Potomac, and repealing all acts already passed in relation thereto. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Re presentations of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the act entitled An act providing lor the purchase by the Unit ©d States of the rights of the Washington Bridge Company in the District of Columbia, and for the erection of a public bridge on the site there of,” which passed the fourteenth day of July eighteen hundred and thirty-two, and the act entitled “An act in relation to the Potomac Bridge,” which passed the second d^r of March eighteen hundred and thirty-three, be and the same are hereby repealed, except so much of the former as authorized the purchase of the rights of the Washington Bridge Company. Sec. 2. And be it. further enacted, That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby authorized and required, to contract for the re construction, on the site of the present bridge across the river Potomac, of a bridge on the plan of that originally constructed there by the Washington Bridge Company; provided that the draw at the southern channel of the river be not less than sixty-six feet, and at the northern channel than thirty-five feet; that a space or spa ces not exceeding in all one thousand six hun dred and sixty feet of the shoal or shoals, over which the present bridge passes, may be filled up by a solid embankment; in part, if conveni ent of earth obtained by dredging the river channel; And prodded, also, That the entire cost of the said embankment and such recon struction shall not on the whole exceed one hun dred and thirty thousand dollars—which sum is hereby appropriated thereto, out of any money in the Treasury not hitherto appropriated. Sec. 3 And be it further hiacted, That the claims of Orange H. Dibble for labor, materials, or any other expenses upon said bridge be as certained by the Secretary of the Treasury as nearly as the same can be done, and be laid be fore Congress at its next session for its exami nation. And the Secretary of the Treasury is hereby directed to pay him in the mean time such sum as will reimburse to him the actual loss incurred by him, in making preparation for the construction of the said bridge: provided the amount paid shall not exceed twenty thou sand dollars; and said payment to be made out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated. Approved, June 30th, 1834. MOUNT VERNON. From the Boston Mercantile Journal. The mansion house and the numerous out houses of Mount Vernon are fast going to de cay. With some trifling alterations made by Judge Washington, every thing remains as left by Cenetal Washington, nearly forty years ago. At the death of Judge Washington, lour years since, the estate passed into the hands of John Washington, Esq., a collateral branch of the General’s family. This gentleman died soon after coming in possession of the estate, and left it to his widow and three children, who are now with ten or twelves slaves its only occu pauts. In approaching Mount Vernon from Alexan dria, a distance of ten miles, you pass over a narrow private road, just wide enough for one carriage. About one-third of it is level and beautifully shaded with trees, whose branches lock into each other, and is exceedingly plea sant; the rest is uneven, rocky, and far from being agreeable. About half a mile from the house, you pass through a gate kept by a fe male slave, who receives from each visiter a trifle by which she is na ntained. From this •rate you ascend a gentle slope to the back part of the house, where there is half or three quar ters of an acre of grass ground, perfectly level; it is entirely destitute of trees and plants, and was improved by General Washington as a flower garden. The house, as seen from the river, has an im posing appearance, but on close inspection it is far less so. It is ornamented in front with a spacious portico, which is supported by light square columns reaching from the bottom to the top of the house. The windows are small, and the glass poor. All the buildings seem once to have been painted white, but now ap pear little or no better for it, except the man sion house, which looks tolerably well. At each end of the house there are five or six arches, four or five feet wide? through which you pass from the front to the back part of the house. The front yard, like the back, is destitute of trees and plants; it is a plain plat of grass, slop iug graduallv to the woods which line the bank of the Potomac in front of the house. The house is about two hundred feet above the level of the river, which is seen gracefully winding its way through the trees, a distance of several At the southeast corner of the yard, in front of the mansion, is a summer-house capable of seating twenty or thirty persons. It is covered over from the floor to the ceiling with the initials of the names of visiters, and is rapidly crumb ling to pieces. At the north end of the house, is a garden, called by the slaves the “West In dia garden,” from the fact probably that it con tains a great variety of West India plants.— This garden was commenced by General Wash ington not long before his decease.- The wall was built, and the plants removed by him from thtf plain before alluded to in the rear of the house. It has since been greatly ornamented and impioved by Judge Washington. It has two spacious brick hot-houses, where the plants are confined in cold weather. The lemons which are daily falling from the trees, which are numerous, are generally sold by the garden er to the visiters for from twelve to twenty-five cents each;—the receipts go to the proprietor.— The gate of the garden is kept always locked, and though nothing is demanded by the garde^ nej\ who is very polite and obliging, he is gene rally compensated by visiters for histime and attentions Hut the warden and its many attractions, and the mansion house with its beautiful prospects, uninteresting to the visiter compared to the t( .v^b ef V ashington. To this you are conduct 4, as well as to all other parts of the premises, or a aged, though active and intelligent slave, a:!io was a resident in the family of Washington, and who, to use his own language, was as famili ar with the General as with the palms of his oWTl hands. Till very recently, Washington and his family, in all about twenty persons, occupied a tomb at the south east corner of the house, and but a few rods trora it, in a grove of oaks anr other forest trees on the sloping bank of the ri ver—a small white picket fence remains to signate the spot, and can be seen by travellers as they pass in the steam boats up and down the river. This tomb being found too small to contain all the family, a new one about tw-o years since was built, and the remains of Washington and his family placed in it. Its location is two or three minutes walk from the old one, a little further back from the river, in a shady and beautiful ravine, and is in many respects pre ferable to it. It differs from other tombs in ge neral use only in its simplicity. It is arched over level with the ground, covered with grass and shrubbery, and is surrounded and shaded by several cedar trees, whose branches, to a considerable extent, have been lopped off by visiters and carried away as mementos. The front of the tomb is of brick, with an iron door of the ordinary size. Over the door is a small white marble slab let into the w’all, on which is simply inscribed, Washington Family. Below this is another stone with this beautiful inscrip tion, which is the only one except the above on the tomb—“/ am the resurrection and the life; he that believeth on me, though he were dead, yet shall he live” And while all within the tomb and around it is going to decay, it is pleasing to believe that Washington, though dead, yet lives and moves among the bright spirits in a higher and purer world. From India.—We have received a file of the Singapore Chronicle to the 6th of March, but most of the items contained in the papers had been anticipated from other sources. New York Cum. An appeal is published to the commanders of all ships, &c., visiting Qualla Battoo, signed by an English Sailor,” invoking retribution up on those who were concerned in the murder at that place of the American mate, carpenter and sailors, some three years ago, and who had es caped punishment by the American frigate that had been sent to avenge the injury. It names the surviving murderers, and describes their persons with great particularity. There is a long article in one of the journals relative to the war in Sumatra; but its details are given with so much particularity as abso lutely to obscure any clear perception of the general state of things in that island. The most interesting article which we have found is that which we subjoin from the Philan thropist, under date of January 3. Although of a date not recent, it is new to us, and may be so to others, and especially to those who had a direct agency in sending the missionary abroad. Siam —An American Missionary, with his fa mily, has recently gone to Bonkok, in Siam, for the purpose of making that place a permanent Mission station. During the week past we have received a letter dated September 8th, giving an account of his arrival, and his present pros pects. The letter states, that on the arrival of himself and family, they found a small but tole rable house made ready for their reception by theold Portuguese Consul,who was very friendly and kind to them while he remained there. He has since resigned his post, and been succeeded by a new Consul, in whose good offices they cannot express much confidence, as the new Catholic Bishop, who accompanied him, had just written a letter to Mr. Jones, the missiona ry, in which he called him tr false minister of Jesus Christ, and corrupter of God’s word,” and declares that his conscience makes it his duty to forbid all those who owe him obedience in the conduct of their souls to have any com munication with the Missionary. This inter dict, although it indicates a bad spirit on the part of the Catholic Bishop, is not considered by Mr. Jones as a very grievous one, as the religious character of the Bonkok Portuguese does not appear in the most favorable light. Mr. Jones had not, up to the date of the let ter, experienced any opposition from the Go vernment. Several of the princes had occa sionally visited him, and one in particular had expressed a desire to be taught the English lan guage. In regard to the external means of comfort, the letter states tliat the necessaries and many of the conveniences of life though expensive are attainable. The climate, during themonths of April, May, and June, is represent ed as being excessively hot, but the subsequent months have been pleasant. The rains are more moderate than in the southern provinces of Burmah, and the nights are delightfully cool. The small pox was raging with great violence on the arrival of Mr. Jones, which induced him to inoculate his child, as all attempts to obtain vaccination at Rangoon and Singapore, where he had previously resided, had proved unavail ing. The child had the disease favorably. Mr. Jones, however, who had some doubts respect ing his own vaccination being effectual, inocu lated himself, and nearly lost his life, havirTg been very ill for five weeks. In reference to the present state of the mis Bursion the letter states, we have found many mans here, by whom we are almost visited daily. They are surprised and pleased to hear their language spoken by foreigners, and listen with considerable attention to religious truth. They also receive tracts and portions of scripture with apparent interest. It is pleasant to make known the glad tiding sof salvation to so many who have never heard of Jesus, while we are endeavoring to prepare ourselves for usefulness I among the Siamese, by the acquisition of their language. We also distribute many Malay and Chinese tracts and scriptures. Several Chinese meet in our compound every Sunday to read the scriptures and pray together; one of their number, who was baptized by Mr. Gutzlaff, one of our predecessors, is their leader. Many sick people resort to us for medicines, of which we have a pretty good stock from the London Mis sionary Society, and our verandah often ex hibits a revolting spectacle of ulcerated limbs and skeleton figures. Philanthropist— India Gazette, Jan. 3. We understand that the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Company have resolved to progress with the work to completion as far as Middlekufl’s dam, and that in doing so all the available means of the company are to be exerted, leav ing their former liabilities unattended to for the present. We hope this may not be so. Whilst we should be glad to see the work progress, we must be permitted to say that it should not pro gress at the expense of a violation of former contracts. The Company had better borrow money at ten or twelve per cent, to complete the work as far as the upper dam and to honor all its engagements, than either to stop the work or do injustice to its creditors.—Hastrstown Torch Light. A Washington correspondent of the Phila delphia Inquirer, under date of 5th inst. writes thus: Before dinner a duelling party left Mr. Newton’s for Bladensburg; Mr. Morsome, of Fauquier, and his friends, Capt. Gordon of the Navy, and Maj. Dulany, went to the ground to meet Robert B. Randolph, of Richmondt vho, owing to some accident, did not get to the ap pointed place. The belligerents are both lawyers, it ap pears, and had some dispute at Court. It is thought the high waters prevented Randolph from reaching the ground, as he probably took the Maryland side of the river, to prevent de tection, and the rivers in the evening were im passable, owing to the heavy rains.” Milledgeville, (Geo.) July 5 —Just as our pa per was made up and going to press, we learn ed the melancholy fact, that the Honorable L. a. C. Lamar put a period to his existence by a pistol shot through the head, about 7 o’clock, P. M., on yesterday, the 4th inst., in a momentary fit of mental alienation. In the death of Judge Lamar, the Bench has lost ope of its ablest in cumbents and brightest ornaments; society one of its purest, most intelligent and valuable mem bers; and his family, alas!—his bereaved and afflicted family, have lost their all. Standard of Union. The Experiment” is in effect given up in the official paper of yesterday, by its claiming for the Treasury the right to pay the officers of the Government in such money as it may have in the pet banks. Thus the Judges in Arkansas are to be paid in drafts on the deposit bank ut Natchez, which it will cost them God knows how much per cent., to get cashed, instead of being allow’ed to draw for their salaries as here tofore, because there is an accumulation of the public money at that point. Why object to pay ing them here, as heretofore? Because the State banks, employed as depositc banks, can not transfer the public moneys free of charge wherever they are wanted; without which capa city they are utterly inefficient as agents to re ceive and disburse the revenue. The result of the experiment is only less vexatious than the inability to p#ay the demands upon the Trea sury any where, or in any manner.—Nat. lnt. The joint board of directors of the Delaware and Raritan Canal and the Camden and Am boy Rail Road Companies have made a report, and declared a dividend for the last six months. The amount is three per cent, for six months, after paving interest on loans, State duties, and reserving a surplus fund to meet contingencies. The dividend in declared, but is not to be paid. The joint board give notice that, from the de lay in negotiating certain other loans, they have occasion for this money, and postpone the pay ment until they receive funds from Europe, to discharge the debts of the Company, or replace the dividend funds which they shall have paid out.—Balt. Amer. The Paris correspondent of the London Court Journal mentions that the report of a nuptial alliance between the second son of Louis Phii ipe, the Duke de Nemours, and Donna Maria, is again current in the French metropolis. It is even pretended that private preliminaries have been exchanged by the “illustrious paternal parties of the august houses pf Valois and Bru ganza.”—Nat. Gaz. They talk of establishing a burying ground for New’ Orleans on the side of the river oppo site the city, and have, for the convenience of burying, a suitable ferry; there will be some thing classical in all that. We are not told whe ther there is to be u court of inquiry, such as chief justice Rhadamanthus and his associate were wont to hold. These matters are left of late to the newspapers.— U. S. Gaz. We learn that a part of the walls of the Bap tist meeting house in New Brunswick, (N. J fell down on Saturday. The roof had been re moved to have the walls raised, and while sev eral persons, among whom, we understand, was. the clergyman, were on the scaffolding, the whole gave way, and scaffolding, masonry and men came to the ground. No lives, we are happy to state, were lost. The loss to the soci ety will be severely felt, as extraordinary exer tions had been recently made to raise funds for the repairs and additions to the church. V. S. Gaz. An aickwark Dilemma.—At the Jackson cele bration in Philadelphia, the notorious Isaac Hill was called upon for a speech—but (says the Philadelphia Gazette,) when about to com mence, his manuscript was missin from his pocket, and the President of the day very kind l ly tendered an apology. Much anxiety had previously been expressed to hear isaac, it be ing understood that the subjects of his remarks would be Paper, Blanks and Twine,” and the disappointment was proportionably great. It is rumored, however, that the remarks which he intended to have made, will be published in the official proceedings, under the head of— Suppressed by the loss of the MSS. at a most critical moment.’” This was an awkward dilemma for the De mocracy of the Granite State” to be placed in. He might have shouted out, at the top of his lungs, with good effect, “The king of France, with twenty thousand men, Marched up the hill, and then marched down again.” Boston Jour. Circle ville. Ohio, July 4, 1834. Great Flood in Ohio.—The Scioto river, swel led by heavy and renewed rains, has arisen to a height only below that of the great flood of 1832,” at which time it was higher than ever known before, by even the oldest settlers. This freshet is the more remarkable on account of its happening in July; an incident never noticed since the settlement of Ohio. The Corn and Wheat on the Western bot toms of the river is entirely under water, com prising the best crop known in this section of the country for years. The latter was just fit for cutting, and indeed some had been already reaped,when the freshet came and destroyed the whole. But the most destruction w*as effected upon the Corn, with which almost the whole of those rich bottoms,owned principally by large stock raising farmers, was planted. Thousands of acres, in the highest state of cultivation, were in ten hours covered complete ly over with water. Sheep, hogs and cattle, were swept away and drowned, principally of the former, to the amount of several hundreds. The bridges both at Columbus and at this place have been swept away by the onward rush of the water. The Ohio Canal has been also damaged to a great extent, both above and below’ us; but the exact amount of mischief is not known. The Columbus feeder is also broken, for three or four hundred yards, but the damage done on the main canal a little distance below, where the Feeder joins it, is of a far greater extent, which it will take much time to get repaired, eie boats can run clear through again. The run which this sudden overflowing of the water has brought upon the tenants to whom the bottom land was mostly hired, is not to be described, and is rather a melancholy subject for reflection, upon the anniversary of our in dependence. The Constitution'8 Figure-Head:—Ills now in our power, says the New York Gazette, to add precise information, derived, we think; from a correct source. We shall give the facts in as few words as possible, and they are so clear, that we cannot withhold our belief of their ac curacy. The truth then, according to our information, is that the young man, who is only eighteen years of age, and who had the hardihood, of his own accord, to saw the head o'fi the image, is now in this city; and, feeling safe, has given the following particulars:— “On the evening of the third of July, during j the storm, I went to work to eflect an object, which I promised myself the completion of be- j fore the celebration of American Independence, and Providence favored me. i “I had my boat, saw, auger, ana corunge, an prepared. I left my mother’s house, who keeps sailor boarders, in-street,Boston, at 9 o’clock in the evening. I was not long in reaching the j bow of the Constitution. I made ray boat fast, to the cable of the ship, allowing sufficient scope to my bowfast to let the boat drift exactly un der the vessel’s bow, where, from the course of the wind, I was sure she would lie until I got through with my work. I then took my saw, auger, and a coil of rope over my shouldeis, quit the boat, and ascended the cable of the ship, and, without much difficulty, soon had my arms round the old gentleman’s neck. Having firm ly fixed myself, I bored a hole through the head of the image, passed my rope through it, made fast, and then, with the use of my saw, I went regularly to work. In about an hour, the head fell into the water, but it was prevented from floating away by my precaution of securing it in the way above described. I immediately descended the rope to which the head was ap pended, and found that my boat had nearly fiH ed with water, from the sprays against the bow of the ship; but 1 got in her, hauled in the head of the Hero, cut the fastening, and drifted with the wind and tide, without noise, until I reach ed the shore. I then landed, dug a hole, and buried my prize, which, probably, will be expos ed to sight after the first high tide and storm, as I had not time to deposite it very remote from common high water mark. “By this time, I was very wet, and considera bly fatigued, and 1 made the best of my way home. The next morning, before I was out of bed, my mother heard that Jackson’s head had been cut off; and having observed the stair way wet, she immediately suspected that I had done the job. The old lady was so much alarmed, and so anxions for my escape, that I confessed my guilt. She immediately gave me some mo ney, and recommended me to make my es cape. I took the mony, and was off in less than no time. I need not say how I got to New York; but here I am, and willing to take my oath that no human being prompted me to this act of mischief,” [It will be seen from this plain statement of facts, that all the surmises connected with a transaction, which has elicited so many conjec tures, are completely knocked in the head.] A man who can make himself taller at will.— At a late meeting of the Academy of Medicine in Paris, M. Nalpeau exhibited a man who pos sessed the very singular power of making him self two inches taller or shorter at will. Stand ing erect he can elongate the spine, and contract it again by moving the sacrum, which plays like a wedge between the bones of the pelvis. He is at present forty years of age, and had a car riage pass over his body when a child, to the in jury recived at which time the power of exe cuting this curious manoeuvre may be attribut ed.—Car. des Hopitaux. EFFECTS of the LATE HOT WEATHER. Sudden Death.—In Portsmouth, on Wednes day last, Mr. Josiah Shelton, a laboring man, having just quit work on board of a vessel at one of the wharves, went ashore and drank copi ously of cold water, and in a minute or two af ter, dropped dead in the street. Every effort that could be made to recover him by nearly the whole medical dorps of the town, proved una vailing. The spirit had fled for ever. The de ceased was about 30 years of age, and was from Mill Creek, near Hampton, where he has left a wife and child. On the same day, a colored man, a laborer, in the Navy Yard, whi;e taking a copious draft of cold water from a can, fell down without sense or motion. By immediate care and great attention, however, he was resuscitated, and will probably recover.—ATur/olk Herald. During the intense heat of Tuesday, Mr. Ar thur Shaff, Librarian in the State Department at Washington, fell dead in the arms of his un cle, Mr. Forsyth. The following account of the death of Mr. David Speilman, of Hagerstownjin consequence of heat and over exertion in the harvest field, is given in the last Torch Light: On Tuesday last, Mr. Speilman went out of town to assist a relative with his harvest. In the evening he mounted his horse and started for home, a dis tance of little more than half a mile. Shortly afterwards, he was found on the road, dead, having, it is supposed, fallen from his horse in a state of exhaustion, in consequence of the ex treme heat, or from drinking cold water. Mr. S. was an industrious, worthy young man, and has left a wife and two children to deplore his The Princeton (N. J.) Whig, of the 11th inst. states that for two days past the weather ranged from 95 to 99 degrees in the shade, at noon, and 85 at midnight. Six men in the vicinity of Mill stone died in consequence of excessive heat; four others in New Brunswick, from drinking cold water. AtCoxsackie, New York, on Tuesday and Wednesday, the 8th and 9th, the thermometer, in the shade, stood at 96 degrees. At Lowell, (Mass.) on Tuesday, the 8th inst., two or three men died from drinking cold wa ter. On the same day, and from the same cause, a man died at Roxbury; and at Lynn a man dropped down dead. On the Worcester Rail Road, a workman fell down dead; several other workmen fainted, and were carried home, and the hands wore obliged to suspend work for se veral hours. A MALE House Servant. One of good qua lifications will hear of a situation L loss.” WANTED, ing at this office. ALEXANDRIA: WEDNESDAY MORNING, JULY 16, is:« We are indebted to the politeness of Captain Wilson, of the schooner Palestine, at this port from Kingston, for files ot Jamaica papers to the 23d of June, inclusive. They contain c news. Travelling on the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal We have the pleasure to be able to state that a small party of gentlemen of this place, win, had gone to view the Canal as far as it has pi t, gressed, being the dam about eight miles above Williamsport, returned to town on Monday ening before 10 o’clock, having left Harper* Ferry after day-light, although they were de tained about an hour for breakfast at the Point of Rocks—travelling at the rate of about four and a half miles the hour; about three minutes spent in passing each lock. We believe there are very few persons who will take the pains to go and view carefully that splendid undertaking, but will be highly gra,j. fied with it, and consider themselves amply compensated for the trouble. Mr. Finn's Gluss Exhibition.—We will reniin l our readers that this curious and interesting ex hibition is announoed to close in the course of this week. Those who have not witnessed h.s ingenious operations on Glass, will do well to improve the last opportunity that may offer. They cannot fail of enjoying high gratification. Gen. Robert Augustus BeaU, of Macon, has been nominated by the State Rights Party, Georgia, to supply Col. Jones’ vacancy on the Congressional Ticket. The funeral procession iu Baltimore on Thursday, in honor of Lafayette, was very im posing; it is thought that 20,000 were present at the delivery of the address. At Carlisle, Mr. Jefferson Worthington, a re spectable mechanic,whilst loading a cannon, at the celebration on the 4th inst. at McClure's springs, had his right hand carried away; an i his lace shockingly burnt by the accidental valor defended and his presence blessed.’’ SICILIAN FACTS. THE FATAL MARHJACiE. Mascali, a thriving town on the eastern coa.*! of Sicily, some miles distant from the city of Ca tania, is situated on the beach, at the foot of on-’ of the most charming ot the ^Etnean hills, w hosu gentle slope is covered with vineyards, corn fields, and olive grounds, interspersed with gar dens and orange groves, which impart a delicious perfume to the air. The size and flourishing condition of its productions abundantly testify the exuberant fertility of the soil. A little above the town, and overlooking it, is the modern re sidence of the ancient family of Z-, situated in one of the pleasantest spots imaginable, em bowered in a wilderness of agrunic, whose ne ver-fading verdure gives the appearance of per• petual spring to this favored region. The sum mit of this beautiful eminence is crowned by an antique castle, formerly the abode of the sanv* family; and in still early times, a royal chateau, built by one of the kings of SicHy for his recep tion, when disposed to purtoke of the pleasure of the chase. It commands in front an enchant ing view of the distant coast of Italy, the sea studded with craft of every denomination, ami the shore variegated with town and village winding streams, and promonotories of lava To the right, lay the superb city and vast plain*1 of Catania, so renowned for its fertility. T" ll* left, the silver currents of the Acts and the Fiume Freddo, are seen paying their tributes to the sea Behind, stretches an extensive wood, remain3 ble for the size and variety of its trees, and inexhaustible stock of game with which it is'uf* nished. In the distance, the most promine-'1 and sublimest feature of the scene, the sne" crowned JEtna, elevates its smoking head in*0 the clouds. This old edifice is called il Caste. della Zita, or the Bethrothed, from a dauglit;'1 of an ancient lord of the possessions, whose fa ther, as the tale runs, arbitrarily promised hand to one of her suitors, whilst her heart engaged to another. In spite of tears, prayer and remonstrances, a day was destined fort'*" marriage. On the evening preceding the nJ(n‘
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mg on wbicu the ceremony was to U.we Pj^it was observed, that the intended bride hjddned her tears, and appeared composed and resign ed to her fate. In the morning the guests had arrived, the priest was ready, the bridegroom in attendance; but the bride was wanting She not in her apartment The castle was searched from turret to dungeon, but the young lady was not found. At length, a pair of slip pers was discovered on the ledge of a window; Ihev were recognized as those of the bride. On looking out, she was seen lying in her night dress a corpse, in the ditch of the castle, into which she had precipitated herself to avoid a detested union. The present story, though of a more mod em date, as it happened somewhat after the middle of the Just century, in some points re sembles the foregoing; but the lady, although, it possible, still more unfortunate in her destiny, does not appear to have possessed the despe rate resolution of her fair predecessor. Haron Z-, the proprietor ot these domains at that |>eriod, had led a single life until near titty, and perhaps might have continued to do so, had not some disagreement with his brother, who in default of issue was his heir, determined him to disappoint his expectations by taking a wife at that late period. Having formed this resolution, he proposed for the daughter of the Prince of P-, of Catania, a girl of eighteen, w hom perhaps he had not seen twice in his life tune. The baron being well known by his large possessions, the father consented at once to a match, which, reckoning for nothing the dispar ity 0f years, or the inclinations of his child, he esteemed highly advantageous. When he com municated the offer to his daughter, and order ed her peremptorily to receive the baron as her future husband, the young lady was thunder struck, at intelligence so unlooked for, and dis agreeable, and remained silent, being incapa ble of utterance, in the presence of tiie prince; hut no sooner had he retired, than throwing herself at the feet of her mother, she conjured h^r to prevent a union, which could not fail to plunge her in irremediable misery. The prin cess,^though attached to her daughter, knowing ttie arbitrary and violent character of her hus band, declined all interference in the matter, and recommended obedience, as the wisest and fittest course. In fact, both her parents were aware that her priucipaJ objection to the baron was. an attachment she entertained for a cadet, of a noble family, an officeren the army, then absent in Naples; but neither of them suspected gave her, and suspicions came ovt .*r min i that tlie stoiy of her husband’s death adgl*t be a fabrication; a notion which 1 only j. i ..v* to add to the cruel embarrassment 1 n*>r s.ru.vi ri. sne resolved still to hold out, j and t'» rci'isa her content when the fatal hour 1 ari W en it did. and tlie baron came in •'tnt with long train of relatives aad friends t witness the event, she refused to appear, and t,,m.lined in an undress within her thumber. lint these were weak preservatives againt the tu,y her father, who violently tore her in ?l,at condition from her apartment, and apolo tf-zing to the baron tor what he termed girlish waywardness, commanded her to signify her consent to tiie proposed union. Terrified by mmi i -t-s, and not gifted by nature with any _ri- r energy of character, she said, in faltering accent that she was compelled to comply with t!n> will of her father-. This dubious assent was •'ort; she would sit by its margin for hours- to aether, in utter listlessness, or mingling her teat o Wlt-) 'ts pellucid stream. Even at night she would leave her bed, hasten there, and giving v°nt to her feelinjp, commit a thousand extra agances. The baron, who, it seems, was in l e.iiity much attached to her, was at first alarm these nightly wanderings, but having caus er-to be watched, and finding that she dis overed no inclination to injure herself, he nought it best to let her have her own wav, and gradually grew accustomed to her wild andec ntric habits. At length she became a mother, t °vent which gave great delight to the baron, seemed for a time, to relieve the devouring Melancholy which preyed on her heart. it is not improbable that the flow of new feel i ^Vnatern*1 uffect‘on- and the assurance that r first husband was no more, might have fi -v eroded in restoring reason, which had only been occasionally clouded, to the empire of her mind. She gradually grew better, and appeared reconciled to her situation; when one day, her favorite attendant, whom she had brought with her from Catanfa, told her, thatshe had seen the ghost of her former husband, in the garden: that it attempted to approach her, but overcome with terror, she had escaped into the house. The wretched young baroness, never entirely convinced of his death, saw at once through the deceit, that had been practised on her, and broke into violent exclamations of grief, remorse and despair. She directed the maid to watch the garden, and the next time she saw the appearance, (which she was con vinced was not a spirit, but her beloved hus band in person,) to speak to him, and relate how I cruelly she had been beguiled into marriage 1 with the baron, and to acquaint him that she would the same night, meet him at her favorite haunt,’ the fountain. Next day the woman 1 again’ fell in with him, and on his addressing her, soon found that he was no spectre, but the living husband of her lady. Having imparted all her mistress had desired, the young man said, that hearing of her marriage with Baron Z-, he had felt assured that she had been made the victim of some artful misrepresenta tion, and that as soon as he had been able to obtain leave of absence, he had hastened to Si cily, to hear the fatal story from her own lips; prepared, in case he found her union was vo luntary, to bury his own claim in oblivion, ra ther than destroy her peace, or injure her ho nor in the eyes of the world, whatever the ef fort might cost him. That night, the wretched husband and wife met at the fountain, and gave vent to the poig nant anguish with which they were alike pene trated. They would willingly have fled to gether/ but where would they be safe from the pursuing resentment for her father and the bar on? To avow the marriage, and claim her as his wife, was equally hopeless and hazardous. There was no other witness to the marriage, which had taken place privately in the family chapel, than her own servant and the priest who performed the ceremony; whose testimony no doubt would be overruled, or themselves, if ex pedient, put out of the way. After several hours spent in fruitless deliberation, they at at length parted: having resolved, as their on ly practicable plan, to attempt an escape to a fo reign country, as they could not hope to be se cure in their own. Night after night the unhap py couple continued to meet at the fountain.— The baron, aware of her mental infirmity, and of her similar excursions before her confine ment, paid little attention to w'hat he supposed a return of the malady. In the meantime, the officer having collected what money he could command, which, with the lady:s jewels, was all they had to rely on for future subsistence, he hired a felucca, whicn was to convey them to Trieste, whence they proposed making their singular story known to their family, and effect ing, if possible, a reconciliation with them. All, for some time, appeared to fayor their plans; the day appointed for the sailing of »he felucca and the flight of the lady approached.— But their nightly meetings, carried on with too little precaution, had attracted the attention ofj the domestics; one of them, the ganu keeper, to ingratiate himself with his master, be'ch has been often discussed by many emi w> t u; d acute philosophers, whether the exer i c e of fanning, which is practised so extensive ly the summer months, at all public assem blies. by the fairer portion o{ creation, produ j ces a heatiamv a cooling effect. The most ap- i proved method of using a fan, is to agitate it j violently, which of course requires a correspon ding degree of muscular exertion on the part of the fair being, who is overcome by the op pressive state of the atmosphere. It is contend- j ed by some, that the cooling, refreshing effect, produced by the current of air caused by the agitation of this little instrument, which is han-1 died with so much grace and effect by adepts in the art, is by no means commensurate with the heat which must, according to the laws of nature and philosophy, be consequent on such unusual exertion on the part of Fanees. It is important that this question should be definitely settled, and we commend it to the attention of all Debating Societies. It would also make a good subject for a philosophic Lecture. We will mention one little incident which may perhaps serve to throw some light on the sub ject. A young lady of delicate constitution, en tered a church one day in dug-day9 alter a long walk, very much heated and fatigued. Of course she had recourse to her fan, and exerci sed it violently, which increased her fatigue and exhaustion; she flirted it still more violent ly, but the atmosphere grew more oppressive; in despair she made some desperate and con vulsive efforts to cool herself] and at last fanned herself into a fever! In tropical climates these things are under stood; and in consequence of the fatigue atten dant on any extraordinary exertion, menials are general employed to do aH the fanning. But in some parts of the East Indies, huge machines are suspended vertically from the roof, or up per portion of an apartment, which being set in motion fly pulling a string, cause an action in the atmosphere, which is quite genial and re freshing.—Boston Ev. Jour. THE WEATHER—On Tuesday the Ther mometer at the Museum, stood at 86, a great part of tfle day, accompanied by a strong south erly breeze, and an oppressive atmosphere.— The previous night, the heat was also oppres sive, within doors. m SHIP NEWS. PORT OF ALEXANDRIA, D. C. Arrived, July 15, Schr. Palestine, Wilson, Kingston, Jamaica, 17 days to the Capes; Logwood and Specie to B. H. Lambert L. McKenzie, Specie to Wm. Fowle Co., and Coffee to S. Miller, and F. Dodge of Georgetown: Passenger, Mr. Sill.— Lefl at Kingston, Sehooner Elizabeth Rebec ca, Corson, from New York bound for Spanish Main. Schr. Potomac, Jennings, New York; Freight for the District. Sloop Miller, Teal, cleared at Philadelphia for this port J4th. PORT WINE. 8 Pipes old and superior Port Wine, from the house of Hunt, Newman, Roape Co. of Oporto, for sale by jy ig W. FOWLE CO. National Intelligencer 2 a week 6 weeks. LAST WEEK EXHIBITION OF FANCY GLASS WORK ING i SPINNING. [corner or HITT AND KING STREETS.] MR. FINN returns his thanks to the inhabit ants of Alexandria for the liberal patron age he has received, and begs to inform them that his Fancy Glass Exhibition will close on Friday Evening next. Admission 25 cents; children half prict^___ jy 16 jayne’sCarminative balsam, FOR Bowel Complaints in Children, &c. for sale by WM. STABLER. Certificate from Dr. Wm. Bacon, Pastor of the Baptist Church at Pittsgrovt, Salem Coanty, Nexc Jersey. Having been made .acquainted with the ingre dients composing Dr. Jayne’s Carminative Bal sam, I believe it to be a very happy c ombination, and a useful medicine in many complaints which almost constantly occur in our country, such as Bowel affections of children, Colics, Cramps, Looseness, Dyspeptic Disorders of the Stomach, Coughs, and AflVctions of the Breast, together with ad those diseases attended with Sourness of the Stomach; and believe that the regular Physician will often find it a useful remedy in his hands, and one that is proper for domestic use, and can be put into the hands of persons at large with perfect safety. ,W.w. Bacon, M. D. Pittsgrove. Salem Co. "N. J. May 4, 1831. FOR NEW YORK. rf-gr The Packet Schooner WASHINGTON, ttflXlnnN Kn^pf, Master, will sail on Saturday. For freight apply on boards or to jy 11 STEPHEN SHINN, Janney’s wharf. “FOR PHILADELPHIA (VIA CANAL.) rfR The Packet Schooner O/tATO/i, Jo yX^srpn Somers, Master, will sail on Tuesday. For freight apply on board, or to jy 14 STEPHEN SHINN, Janney’s wharf. YOUNG HYSON TEA. •g Q Half Chests, Emily Taylor’s'* cargo, X O just received and (or sale bv jy 15_S. MESSERSMITH. COFFEE. ■j Bags handsome quality Green Coffee, XXr landing from schr. Washington, from New York, and for sale by jy 14WILLIAM N. McVElGH. SHOT. A FURTHER supply of assorted Nos. just received from the Phenix Shot Tower Co. of Baltimore, and for sale by jy 14 S. MESSERSMITH. 70 SUGAR. MOLASSES, dc. 7lTahrreliS l’rime Porto Ric0 SUGAR 5 hogsheads Molasses 40 barrels Mess and Prime Pork 140 sucks of Blown Salt. For sale by jy 10 HENRY DAINGERFIELD. FINE TEA. 8 Half chests superior Gunpowder Tea, for retailing, just received and for sale by _jy_9_^_ JAS. D KEIi?i_. LIVERPOOL SALT—AFLOAT. T1HE cargo of the brigVentrosa, W. T. Mar shall, master, from Liverpool, of Sacks of Fine Salt, Ashton’s,” in bleached sacking, filled 10 to the ton 6,000 bushels Coarse do. For sale by jy8W. FOWLE CO. FOR NORFOLK. The Steamer COLUM BIA, Capt. James Mitch ell, will leave Lambell’s wharf, Washington, at 12, and Thompson’s wharf, Alexandria, at 1 o’clock P. M. on Friday, the 18th instant, lor Norfolk, ar riving at Norfolk on Saturday, in time for the Stages going South, and the Steamboat Patrick Henry for Richmond. Returning to the Dis trict, she will leave Norfolk on Sunday, the 20th, at 2 o’clock, P. M. For the accommodation of persons travelling from Norfolk to Fredericksburg, or from Fre dericksburg, to Norfolk, an arrangement has been made with the proprietors of the steam boat Sydney, (plying between Washington and Fredericksburg,) by which they will arrive at either place, at an early hour, on the days fol lowing the departure of the Columbia, without any additional charge for passage. Passage and fare 18. IY 12—dtlSth IN COUNCIL, JULY H, 1834. The Committee to whom was referred the, petition of Josiah H. Davis, made a report; which was read, and laid on the table. i Ordered., That the Superintendent of Police do proceed, forthwith, to open a drain on the east side of Fairfax street, between Wilkes and Gibbon streets, and to regulate Fairfax street, so as to carry the water south from the intersec tion of Wilkes and Fairfax streets to the inter section of Gibbon street. Leave was granted to bring in a bill, entitled An act to amend the act, entitled An act to regulate the Inspection of Tobacco;’ which was read a first and second time, and, the 9th rule being suspended, it w as then redd a third time and passed. The Council resumed the consideration of the bill, entitled An act to amend the 13th section of an act, entitled An act reducing into one and amending the several acts respecting the removal of nuisances, and the preservation of the health of the town;’ which was read a third time and passed. Extract: I. P. THOMPSON, C. C. DRAWS TO-MORROW Literature Lottery of the State of Delaware, Class No. 29 for 1834. To be drawn at Wilmington, Del. on Thursday, July 17 CAPITAL PRIZE $15,000. 75 Capital Prizes of $500! Ac. Tickets $4 50; halves 2 25; quarters 1 12 Virginia State Lottery, for the Benefit of the Town of Wellsburg, Class No. 12 for 1834, Will be drawn at Catts’ Tavern. (West End,) Alexandria, Va. on Saturday, July 19 HIGHEST PRIZE 10,000 DOLLARS. Tickets$3 .50; halves 1 75; quarters 0 87 To be had in a variety of numbers of J. COHSE, Lottery Exchange Broker. Alexandria. DRAWS TO-MORROW Literature Lottery of the State of Delaware, Class No. 29 for 1834, Will be drawn in Wilmington,Del. on Thursday, July 17 HIGHEST PRIZE $15,000! 75 Prizes of 500 DOLLARS! dtc. _ ORPHANS’COURT, Alexandria County, June Term, 1834. CATHARINE ANN DIEZ, Guardian of Adam Diez’ Orphans, exhibited to the Court her second account, as Guardian aforesaid, w h the vouchers in support thereof; which will be allowed and recorded, unless cause be shewn to the contrary, on or before the first Monday in August next; of which all persons interested or concerned will take notice. A copy—Test: A. MOORE, Reg. Wills, june 21—w6w__ ORPHANS’ COURT, Alexandhia County, June Term, ld34. JOHN JOHNSON, Administrator ol V/iiliam Pascoe, deceased, exhibited to the Court Ins first account, as Administrator aforesaid, with the vouchers in support thereof; which wi;i be j allowed and duly recorded, unless cause oe shewn to the contrary, on or before, the first Monday in August next; of which ah persons interested or concerned will take notice. A copy-Test: A. MOORE, Reg. Wills. june 21—w6w 1__ ORPHANS’ COURT, Alexandra County, tv, l June Term, 1S34. ROBERT BROCKETT, Jr., Administrator of Robert Erockett, deceased, exhibited to the Court his second account, as Administrator aforesaid, with the vouchers in support thereof; which will be allowed and duly recorded, unless cause 6e shewn to the contrary, on or before the first Monday in August next; of which all per sons interested or concerned will take notice A copy—Test: A. MOORK- Reg. Wills. juneSJ—flw SALE OF FURNITURE. The: iiousehold kitchen fur niture of the late A. M. Kst trusty servants provided, and our table shall be furnished with the best our markets af ford. 1 trust that a few weeks can be agreea bly and profitab y spent at this Spring. There is a Shower Bath of sulphur w’ater, and a Warm Bath for invalids. This Spring is but one day’s travel from Baltimore and the District; the stage passes it three times a week, from Harper’s Fer ry, by way of Charlestown. It is, also, but one day’s travel from Bath and Capon. Boarding only $6 per week, or $1 per day for a less time; children and servants haifprice. Dinner 50cts; breakfast and supper 37 1-2 cents. The Sha nondale Water will be kept constantly. ALLEN WILLIAM8. Frederick Co. Va. July 2, 1834. jy 4—Im PARLEY’S .MAGAZINE—SECOND YEAR. rpHIS day received, Purt the First (making JL seven Nos. bound up) of Parley’s Magazine for 1834 and 5. Parents who wash to encourage their children to earning, can in no way fur ther their object better than by putting this truly valuable work into their hands. One year’s subscription, bound up in 4 quar ter parts, and delivered free of expense, SI. Quarterly Nos. sold separately at 25 cents Subscribers will please call for their Nos. jy _W. M. MORRISON NEW BOOKS. JUST published, Outlines of Geology, intend ed as a popular treatise on the most inter esting parts of the science; together with an ex amination on tiie question, Whether the days of Creation were definite periods; designed for*he use of schools and general readers; by J. L Comstock, M. D. author of an Introduction to Mineralogy, &.c. &.c. Parley’s Every Day' Book fur Youth. Also, the first part of the 2d year of Parley’s Maga zine; and a new supply of Parley’s work gene rally, for sale by AUGUSTUS JACOBS. NEAB8CO 81.ATE QITAttKY. JOHN HUDDLESTON rewpectfully informs the gentlemen of Alexandria and the public in general.tnat he has u quantity of SLA't'E on hand, which will enable him to slate as cheap as any one in the District. All persona willing to have Slating lone, may depend upon having it faithfully executed. JOHN HUDDLESTON, Opposite James Green’s Cabinet Factory, on jy 7_eo3m Royal street. JOSIAII H. DAVIS, BEING very desirous to close his former bu siness, earnestly requests those indebted to h.m tocall and settle upv Wanted, a few Colored Apprentices to the pa tent ropemaking business. None but those of unexceptionable character need apply, jy _J. H. D. DR. ALEXANDER HAS removed to the building on Kingstreet formerly well known as the Mechanics’ Bank;” where he may be found at all hours, when not professionally engaged elsewhere, june 26—dlw&eotf_ t)RPHANS’ COURT, Alex^ndbia Cockty, June Term, 1834. ROBERT JAMIESON, William Gregory, and Thomas Sanford, Executors of Robert Anderson, deceased, exhibited to the Coart their first account, as Executors aforesaid. wi*b voucliers tn support thereof; which will be al lowed and duly recorded, unless cause be shewn to the contrary, on or before the first. Monday in August next; of which all persons mtei^sted or concerned will take notice. £opy wF.f8^ jun° 21-—w’6w A. MOORE, Reg. Wills. JOB PRINTING neatly executed at this office
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jPwM ie ,Mttention! IS respectfully solicited bv the subscriber, to an in valuable preparation, the merits of which have been tested by time, and are sustained by undoubted testimony nn RRLFE’S ff7* Botanical Drops! are every year increasing their long established repu tation. They hare outlived many rival preparations, and are continually gaining upon public confidence. The Botanical Drops have been successfully admin istered for manv years, as a thorough remedy for that well known and prevalent class of inveterate diseases which originate from a vitiated habit of body, or an he reditary predisposition in the patient, and generally appear under the various and diatreasmgshapesof Scrofula, Salt Rheum, Leprosy, St. Anthony’s Fire, Fever Sores, White Swellings, Scurvy, Fool and Ob stinate Ulcers, Sore Legs and Eyes, Scald Head, and Venereal Taint. In the last mentioned condition of the system, the Botanical Drops will be found to eradicate the lurk ing poison, where mercury has totally failed, and thus prevent the patient from entailing the seeds of an he redibsry disease on his offspring Dr. Relfe's Botanical Drops are successfully used in cages of violent eruptions after the measles—red blotches—pimples on the face—festering eruptions on the skin—and other diseases of the external surface; and are one of the b$st Spring and Autumnal physics known, to free the system from humors. A physician of eminence, who had witness'd the ef ficaev of this article, had the candor recently to ack nowledge to the proprietor, that he considered it the best medicine known, for the complaints for which it is intended, and that it ought deservedly to stand at the head of the whole class of such remedies. Price f 1 a bottle, o" 6 bottles for WHITE T1IHTHI AND HEALTHY CHJ2S81 TrioSE who would retain or restore these desmble personal advantages, are assured that no compo sition can be obtained superior tc the BRITISH ANTISEPTIC DENTRIFICE. This u an elegant and pleasant preparation 10 every respect, and has, for many years past, given universal satisfaction wherever it has been used. The Antiseptic Dentrifice is exempt from acid and other deleterious ingredients, which too frequently enter the composition of tooth powders in common use, and it whitens the enamel of the teeth without doing it the least injury. The regular use of this ad mired powder, by purifying the mouth and preventing the accumulation of tartar, operates asthe best pre ventive of the Tooth Ache- The Dentrifice removes discolorations, and restores the beautiful native white ness of the enamel. As its application braces and strengthens the Gums, it secures to them their healthy and florid hue, and. by removing all offensive foreign accumulations from the teeth, preserve# the natural sweetness of the breath. Pric** 50 cents None genuine unless signed on the outside print* ed wrapper by the sole proprietor, T- Kidder, imme diate successor to the late Dr. W. T. Conway For sale, with all tue other “Conway Medicine.” at his Counting Uoom, No 99, neat door to J Kidder’s Drug Store, corner of Court and Har.over streets, near Don cert Hall, Boston THOMPSON KIDDEK. And, by his special appointment, by WM. S TABLE!!, Fairfax street, Alexandria. Large discount to those who buy to sell again. Consumption! Asthma! A* Catarrh! IN that long irain of diseases which seem to grow with the growth of civilized society, Consumption tikes the lead in its relentless inroads upon human life; yet this dreadful disorder is easily overcome in its earlier stages. It is only when neglected that it ar rives at the terrific maturity which so often baffles the sagacity of professional science. An obstinate cough is the customary forerunner of the pulmonary con sumption Improper neglect in the timely adminis tration of simple and salutary remedies, ii sure to be reproved by a dreadful succession of consumptive symptoms—oppression of the breasts greenish and bloody spittle; ulcerated lungs and hectic fever; shri veiled extremetiea, and general era., .ation of the whole body; prostration of strength; fiualied cheeks; swollen feet and legs; and at last, in the full posses sion of the mental faculties, aod while hope still wins, pers her flattering tale—cold extremities, and a pre mature death. For the various stages of this complaint, one of the most approved remedies ever yet discovered is DR. RELFE’S ASTHMATIC PILLS. Tnis exceedingly powerful, and yet equally safe and innocent preparation, has effected thorough and rapid cures upon patients supposed to have been far ad vane edit! a confirmed Consumption, and who have exhibit ed the appearances which usually indicate a fatal ter mination of the disorder. Asthe Pills require in ordinary cases no confine ment, they may be administered with confidence and safety to all ages and clasaes of people. Unexampled success hat 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 bleating* of accustomed health and activity. Price #1 for whofe boxes of 30 pills, and 50 cents for half do. of 12 pills, with directions. Debilitated Females! fjJIHB complaints peculiar to the temate^psrt of the no rvw^— _ M community, hiyc been long iucceeful!y treated by the administration of the AromaUc PilU. origRlsIly prescribed and compounded by Dr. Helfe. They cleanae the blood from thoae disorder* of the female constitution, for which the pills are an effectual speci ficj thev restores free circula ion, reform the irregular operations of the sanguiferous system, and rectify the disordered habits. The proprietor's confidence in the superior excellence of this equally innocent and pow erful preparation, is founded on the most decisive tes tSmoay from mauy restored patients. He can asaare this Dortton of the public, that when DR^RELFE’S AROMATIC PILLS FOR FEMALES are regularly taken, according to the directions, ac companying them, they revive and establish the desir ed healthy habits, and restore to the pallid counte MMS the natural glow of health and good spirits •lurried ladies will find the pills equally useful, ex cept in cases of paegnancy, when they must not be taken; neither must they be taken by persons of hec tic or consumptive habits. They may be used success fully by either men or women in all Hypochondriac, Hysteric or Vapourish disorders- In all cases of this description, the pills purify, invigorate, and revive the disordered system. Price $1 50 a box. •t* None genuine unless signed on the outside print ed wrapper by the sole proprietor, T. Kidder, imme diate successor to the late Dr. W. T. Coqway. For ■ale, with all the other "Conway Medicines," at his Counting Koom, No. 99, next door to J. Kidder's Drug Store, corner of Court and Hanover strata, near Con rt Hall. Boston. THOMPSON KID Obit. And alao, by his special appointment, by WU. STABLER, Fairfax street, Alexandria. *4* Large discounts to those who buy to sell again. To Rheumatic Invalids! Persons suttenng under KUeumatic Affection are rcapectfuliy assured that they can obtain of the proprietor and his agents a safe and admirable reme dvnr Rheumatism, however obstinate the disorder may be, and in all iu different stages. jfcr. JeM’i Liniment! will afford immediate relief to the patient, and has sometimes been attended with such extraordinary sue eeesutTcure the mom dbtemstag Rheumatism in twenty -four bourn, ere* whmi of year, standing. This highly valuable Liniment is recommended Witb a confidence founded on Hie experience of ma ny year*, not only as t care for that excruciating d'*1 ease, but a* an excellent application for Stiffneaa of the Joints, Numbness, Sprains, Chilblain*, Ac (This article is considered so superior to every thing else, and to possess such uncommon virtues, that it is ordered from all parts of the country.] An Agent recently writes: Please send me a further supply of Jebb's Liniment the first opportune ty—I shall probably sell a considerable quantity, as it is recommended by some ot our physicians very high ly, although contrary to their roles and regulations to give encouragement to such (or. patent) medicines But is a most decided proof of their confiJence in its i invaluable properties Another agent writes: "I wish you to forwarvl roe some more of Jebb's Liniment, which has recommend ed itself very highly.” Price 50 cents s bottle. The Painful and Debilitating Complaint of THE PILES Receives immediate relief, and in numerous instances has been thoroughly cured, by the administration ot DUMFRIES’ REMEDY FOR 07- THE PILES. THIS approved compound also mitigates and re moves the symptoms which frequently accompa ny that disorder, and increase the danger of the pa tient, vis: pains in loins, headache, loss of appetite, indigestion, and other marks of debility. A relieved patient writes from a distance: It is but justice to inform you, that 1 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 bath 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 hlectuary. Price $1 for both articles, or 50 cents where but one is wanted DUMFRIES’ Itch Ointment! THE extensive sale and established reputation of Dumfries’ Itch Ointment, encourage* 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 most inveterate cases have been cubed ur o»i nnos! by this esteem ed Ointment. It contains no mercury, or other no*i out ingredient, and may be confidently applied even to the voungest children, or to pregnant females Price S7i cents 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 *4 Conway Medicines,” at his Coun ting Room, No. 99, neat door to J. Kidder’s Drug Store* corner of Court and Hanover streets, near Con cert Hall. Boston THOMPSON KIDDER. And also, by his spec; .-ppoinTmeni, by VVM ST A LF.R. jan 15 Large d’^reunts -erect, Alexandria, ouy to sell again. A1 faster! rglHC Alb. i on* l fie s.t” old end tough, aY ashinotok, March 22, 1826. Sir My son having been afflicted for five yean with white swelling, and having applied evrry reme dy recommended hy the most eminent physicians within my reach without success, I at length procured one jug of Dr Judkins' Patent Specific Ointment, and made the application according to the directions ac companying the Ointment, and state, for the benefit of the afflicted, that before one jug was used, a perfect cure was effected. My son has enjoyed good health ever since. I have no doubt that to the Ointment alone he is indebted! for nothing else was used for more j than nine months before the application of the Oint ment. liespectfully, Jobs Cocke. I)r. Wm. Gunton, Washington City. From L P. tV. Balch, Esq Counsellor at Law, F ede rick. Md Fueuerick, Md. May 6,1831. Mr. C Her stuns—I deem it proper to state, for the benefit of the public, that, several years since, two of r.ry children were affected with scald head of an inve iprate character. My family physician, Dr John T. Wiison, of Leesburg, Va. who was very skilful and ju du ious in his practice, in vain endeavored by every means'to effect a cure- At length Judkins’ Ointment was applied, and the affection was permanently reliev ed. Very respectfully, your obedient servant, L. P. W. Uaixh. From the Honorable John Taliaferro, Member of Con gress, dated WasBiiroTOK, January 22,1829. Sik—It has been my wish, fora considerable time, to communicate to you the good effect with which I have used the Ointment invented by a Mr. Judkins, snd which 1 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. 1 consider it the most decided and efficient remedy in all cases of tumor, be the cause wbatit may« and I 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 thf most distinguished physicians as in curable. and which th ;y decided would, without ampu tation, prove fatalto the patient, was, under my imme diate notice, effected bytheuse of Judkins’Ointment, and the patient is in fine health. His limb affected by the tumor being restored to a perfectstate of sound ness. Also 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, for more than two years,had been considered incurable, wasef fectually cured by the application of Judkins’ Oint ment. I mention these two cases, which fell under my immediate notice and management, as a decided evi dence of the efficacy oftlus remedy in caaea of tumor and ofulcern I have expe.ienced, as decidedly, the good effect of this remedy in the cure of Felons, and of every specie- 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 I can with the utmost confidence recommend the use ofthis valuable remedy. lam, sir, very respectfully, Jons Taliaferro. N. B, To m>ire 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.w nr> Sold by appointment, in Alexandria, wholesale and retail, by WM. S1ABLEK, oct 18 Druggist, Fairfax street. DR. LEE'S GENUINE PATENT Xp.w L»\mCUm BiUoua PVUs. UST received, a fresh supply of the shove useful ■jr Med'cine, direct from Dr. Lee’s Dispensary l 2ih mo 30lh, i833. W. STABLER. j The following extract is published by Dr. Lee’s au j thoritv, viz;— Extract of a letter, written by a very respectable gen tleman. residing in Baltimore, to the subscriber, who deems :t his duty, though unauthorized, to lay it be fore the public, withholding the writer’s name, for particular reference, should any require it person* ally. SAM. U. p. LEE. Baltimobx, August, 1828. Doctor S. H. P. I.**, New London, Conn. Dxa« Sib—It is now upwards of twenty yesrs that I have used your New London Bilious Pills in my fami ly, and alwayafound them an efficient purgative in al most every description of di-ease, and believe they sa* ved many’ a long doctor’s bill by their early and timely use. I never found their accustomed certainty to vary in their operation and effects until a few months past; and having, since then, been sadly disappointed in eve ry instance of usingthem, I began to conclude that you i had made your fortune, and abandoned their manufac ture to mercenary at\d unfaithful hands. Under this impression, I accidentally saw an advertisement of yours in a New York newspaper, designating spurious 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 respect. Finding those I bid without this test, I be gan to suspect that all was not fair in medicine, as well as iB politics, snd called at several of our apothe caries for your pills, with your written signature, 1 found many without this teat, but noae with it, until 1 came to the Messrs. Keerls’, who assured me they had them direct from you. 1 procured a box, and on using them, found the same effects from them I had always experienced, and am so much rejoiced on finding my »e*fio possession of medicine 1 *o highly prize, t*i%t l that I cannot, ia justice, refrain from giving you tbi* information. OCT To avoid the imposition of counterfeits and spu- j rious imitations, as related above, the purchaser has only to examine the bill of directions covering each box, and if signed at foot, in my own handwriting, ira* I mediately under ray printed name, they are genuine, and prepared by me* but if o»lt the printed name is affixed, they are spurious, and to be avoided. S. H. P. Lf-'.B, New London, Conn. Dec. 1823. HYGEIANISM T HE following testimonial* of the superior efficacy of the HYGEIAN MEDICINES in the cure of our diseases, speak in a language which must carry conviction to the mind* of the most skeptical:— Brown University, Dec. 25, 1833j To Mr. Samuel Young, Agent for the H>geian Vege table Universal Medicines, for tbe State of Rhode Island. Sin—Gratitude to the Great Preserver of Men com pels me, in compliance with your request, to give a brief statement of a cure, which, I think, I received from the ilygeian Medicines. I give publicity to the same the more cheerfully, because thereby, perhaps, I may be useful to some of my fellow-men, who may be afflicted with a similar disease. My complaint was called Pulmonary Consumption, and that my real condition may be explicitly unler i stood, 1 state, in connexion with the relation of the 1 cure, some of the symptoms of the disease. In Sep I temher, 1812,1 caught a severe cold, which settled on I my lungs; I was confined to my room about one week, with a fever, attended with considerable cough; my cough soon abated, and apparently, I was regaining i my health; when, after about three weeks, in the course of rhe night, having returned the evening be fore in usual health. I found myself bletd'ng at the j lungs, I had not, to my knowledge, received any hurt I or strain, to which the cause of this might be attribut j ed. I spat blood, occasionally, for four days; it left j me with some fever, pain in the breast, very little ap I petite, and withal, very weak A few weeks determined that'I was in a decline I received the attention of the most skilful Physicians, who often seemed to check the progress of the dis ease, and inspire the hop&jfcfrspeedy recovery. Dut rel pse upon relapse, airoWch bringing me lower than the preceding, seemed to baffle all human skill, and warn me of an approaching dissolution. Thus, months after the first attack, a tubercle” [imall ul cer] broke in the Inngs, after which I spat blood, one day. I continued to decline two months longer, when j I obtained the Ilygeian Medicinea. 1 had now been I unable to sit up a whole day, for four months and a J half. My feet were cold and lifele»s sleep unsound, cold night sweats constant, tongue furred, pulse in the afternoon from seventy-five to one hundred per mi nute, food produced great distress, appetite very poor, pain in the breast directly opposite the heart, attended with some cough, f*c. he Such was my condition, when I first became acquainted with the Ilygeian Medicines I commenced taking the medi j cinea, four pills at a dose, an l increased the dose dai ly, one up to the number of twelve. In about ten days, my appetite became good, and foid produc -d no distress, sleep soon became sound e.v] r«-fr- iv and in about forty days tbe symptoms of the jv hid nearly all disappeared. I took the medicine sixty days regularly e. sbt, averaging about ten pills at a dose; the gre im ber taken at any one time was fifteen Afur is, 1 took about four doses a week, until I had taker, d-iout thirteen hundred pills, when 1 found myself restored to health. After I commenced the Hyg'-ian, I took no other medicine. One year from the first attack, f was able to resume my studies in college, where I have since remained without any recurrence of the disease Hitherto 1 have been convalescent; and if my strength is not yet fully returned, I am certain I nave less pains, and am more free from temporary sickness* than at any time since my earliest recollec* tion. Yours, with respect, HORACE T. LOVE, Dr H. ShspbiaDD Moat. Dear Sir—l wish to state that my sister, after severe suffering, and employing a medical man three years, was relieved by the use of the Universal Medicines. Her complaint was a violent pain and soreness in her side; indeed, to use her own expression, her on one side had turned in, actually deformed The pain was a violent burning pain, almost intolerable; so see vere, that she could not sit up for upwards of three years. It was occasioned by over-iacing hers o If, and perhaps, over exertion with it. After using a few, doses of No. 1 and 2, alternately, about eight pills for a dose, the pain decreased, and, by perseverance in their use, she is now restored to health; and I have no objection to this cane being made public for the benefit of others; and am, dear sir, yours trulv, H. DYER. Lowell, Massachusetts, Feb. 8, 1834 Injustice to Dr. M., her medical adviser, when he heard her improvement in health, he recommended perseverence in the use of he medicines. This valuable Medicin* being composed only of vegetable matter, or medicinal herbs, and warranted, on oath, aa containing not one 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 of human suffering) the most pl asant 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 tear of catching cold, or attention to dress or diet, in any way different from their accustomtd habits. These pills cure all cases, and cannot be taken to excess Experience, which is the touchstone of ail 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 th<gr 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, cosiivencss, &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 msy be taken throughout the day) mixed in half a wine glass of water. The genuine Medicines can be had of WM. POMEROY, Alexandria, Sole Agent for the Diitrict of Columbia and ita vicinity. By whom the Pills are sold in packets of one, two, and three dollars each, and the Powders at 37i cents i per box, with printed directions) and also by the fol lowing Sub-Agents: H. W. Polkiiihoni, between 9th and 10th streets, Pennsylvania Avenuei John Stillins, Navy Y*rd, Washington) and Vbumas C. Wright, Georgetown) of whom alone can the Medicines be warranted genuine. By appointment of Dr, H. S. Moat, H. P. ML, U B. C. H., Brooklyn, New York, 'he sole importer of these Medicines. Morrisonia, or the Family Adviser, price 02 7S; Prac tical Proofs, illustrated by numerous esses of cure, third edition, price 374 cents) to be hsd as above. apt 5 —tf__ 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—80 to. 85 cents. Washington, may 6—dtf REMOVAL. T1IE subscriber respectfully informs his friends and the public that he has removed his Book and Stationary Store u few door-. east of his former stand, nearly opposite Jonathan 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. june 11_AUG^JfACOB'?. BOOTS AND SHOES. AD. HARMON has just received, per brigs Token and Wankinco, from Boston, a Further Supply of Gentlemen’s Seal-skin and French-edged Mo rocco Boots, suitable for summer wear Men’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 STEPHEN S. SANGER, IN tendering his sincere acknowledgement* to his friends and the public for past patronage respectfully informs them that he still continues to manufacture, and has now on hand, BEDS, MATTRASSES, SOFAS CHAIRS. And Cabinet Furniture, of good materials and workmanship, which 1.* will dispose of upon reasonable terms. The public are solicited to call, before they purchase elsewhere, at his Upholstering and Ca binet Ff'are-/?oo»i, 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 A purple Dinner Services Plates<f other table ware Bowls, Mugs Tea ware Ewers A Basins Toi let Sets China Teasets and Cups <f- Saucers, plain and gilt China Pitchers, Mugs, Bowls, Ac. do do India China Dinner Service, dishes and plates extra Cut and plain Hall and Table Lamps, great variety Cut, plain, pressed and moulded Glassware Blue and green-edged, cream-colored, and painted or enamelled Ware, in all their varieties Stoneware of excellent quality, Alexandra manufacture Pipes in boxes, 3 gross each, English and German Black lead Crucibles; Cooking Furnaces Furniture Knobs; Window Glass in halfbox-; Cash sales being out of the question, a liberal credit will be extended to punctual customers ROBERT H. MILLER. Alexandria, 3d mo 27, 1834 _ CHINA AND EARTHENWARE. HC. SMITH has on hand, and offers for sale on moderate terms, a full and hand some assortment of CHINA, GLASS AND EARTHENWARE. China Tea Sets, plain f gilt, various pattern-* Jlinner Sets, blue, purple, and pink, printed ndia China, in sets or separately Lamps for Passages, Tables. Ac. Castors, silver mounted and plain Pipes by the box Window Glass of every size Stone Ware of an excellent quality WILLIAM STABLER HAS received the .following articles, wi n others, in addition to his stock, viz: Fresh Chamomile Flowers Soda for Washing; superior Sal JEratus Butler’s Magnesian Aperient Moxon’s do do Best Honduras Sarsaparilla Best Jamaica Ginger, bleached, in race a: powder Best Turkey and India Rhubarb, in root Washed Sponge; Evans’s Lancets, genuine White Mustard Seed, very superior and fre.-i for medical use Camel’s Hair Pencils, long and short, super -r Pure English Mustard Opium, Turkey and Egyptian Bermuda Arrow Root Griffiths’ Adhesive Plaster, spread English do do do Fine Flake Manna; Prepared Charcoal Spanish Float Indigo Pearl Tapioca, a beautiful article Salad Oil, fresh Sheet Gum Elastice, for Rheumatism Silver grain Cochineal Calcined Magnesia, (English) Do do do heavy Do do Henry’s Acidulated Lemon Drops, (E nglish) Ginger, Peppermint, and Fruit Lozenges (<iv Dr. Ambler’s Tooth Powder Low’s Double Distilled Lavender Water, s very superior article, (English) Au assortment of NEW CHEMICALS, '-7 Strychnine, Morphine, Quinine, Iodine. Ac. N. B. SODA WATER, carefully preparr by W. S. with apparatus of the best constrw tion, may now be had, and will be kept runni'^ throughout the season. Particular attention paid to the Syrups, which are formed of then*-' materials.__4th ino TO THE GREAT FALLS. The Cana s Packet iUV I WAS HIV' TON has commenced her regular trips.*' Tuesdays and Fridays, for the Great Fail’l' Crommelin, starting from Frederick ^tre* Bridge, (Georgetown) at 8 o’clock. A. '*■<al returning the same day at or before sunset, rai to and from Croinmelin, 50 cents. The Canal is now in fine order, and the cov try presents a beautiful appearance. To tn who are fond of a short excursion, and de--* a short relaxation from business, a trip to t Great Falls offers a most delightful treat. fry* Parties, on any other days of the y can be accommodated, by giving a short no. or application to the proprietor, living on street, Georgetown._Z. M. OFFt SHELL COMBS REPAIRED. HELL Combs,, of all sizes, that have oe k-/ broken or injured, will be cemented or paired by the subscriber. Also, SHELL LV. made to order. JOHN CUUUPP. Corner of King and Roy a. stff S mar 25—Om