Alexandria Gazette (Alexandria, D.C.)
September 6, 1834
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r M Fais ce ou’ii fa\&, arrive ce qu'il pourra yact* S5SS3T. QitfEWSim&T imitsrjSNh 3 ffipr.asBMra naao. svsisr gasmans m a-kp. mm. L E X A V D R IA GAZETTE PUBLISHED, DAILY, BY EDGAR S.VO nrDE.y, 3 DmLLARS per annum, payable half yearly. 1L E XnDRIA" GAZ E T T E (you THE COUNTRY) IS PUBLISHED REGULARLY ON ITESDAY, THURSDAY SATURDAY, at 5 DOLLARS FEH ANNUM, PAY ABLE IN ADVANCE. v. 'i-iof 1 Icertiaing:—Advertisements neat inj conspicuously inserted at the rate of one ’i\ iar per square far the first three insertions, i i twenty-five cents for every subsequent mser i aa. A reasonable deduction will be made in •'ie ca*e of yearly advertisers. VI advertisement* appear in both papers. FOR AMSTERDAM. The first rate coppered Ship MARY Vl>, Peter Dakrett, master, will be i i.- for cargo in a few day*, and be despatch t u,i ail August, and take 200 hogsheads and a; stowage on freight. For terms apply to HENRY I) a incur field. ALEXANDRIA AND NEW ORLEANS PACKETS. Brig TR IRENE, Captain Smith, and yAPllng V.VC.-1N, Captain Boi sh, will resume th>'ir regular trips on the 20th of October; one of which will leave this port every thirty days throughout the shipping season. They are vcs H-l* of the first class, commanded by experien ced masters in the trade, will at all times go up the Mississippi by steam, and every exertion used to promote the interest of shippers and comfort of passengers. Apply to the captains on board, or to _ FRANKLIN Jt ARMFIELD. aug 30—t2U|hOct __ NOTICE. The Steamer CUI.L M HI A, Capt. James Mitch ell, having resumed her regular trips between Bal timore and the District ot Columbia, will, until the 1st Jay of September, leave Baltimore lor the District every Wednesday, at 1 o'clock, P. M.; and returning, will leave Washington at 0, and Alexandria at 7 o'clock, A. M. every Sun day. for Baltimore. Passage __ PORK AND BEEF. 1 ?“!TU !!“me Kori Reynolds’ packing l *1 10 do Prime Beef 3 Just received and for sale by WM. D. NUTT. £Lf» To those who have bought of this article front me, no recommendation is necessary; others, who want good Pork and Beef, particu larly tor along vovage, would do well to call. aug 30 _ W. D. N. FRUIT. X Bags English Walnuts 2 (trails Almonds 2 hags Filberts 5 boxes Citron 5 boxes Lemons received and for sale by LAMBERT McKENZIE, atlg 3ft __ Union wharf. PAPER. Beams Printing Cap and Post Paper 100 do Blue. Vc low, Waterlaid, Rose, >rtcd and white Letter Paper, received Irom l'a' manufactory of D. J. Ames, and for sale by _ S. ME3SERSMITH. SHOT. O Bags, all si/tvs, received from Phenix *$hot Tower Companv of Baltimore, and lor sale by_S. MESS E It SMITH. TEAS. \r,d NO Hy-)on. in ch.-'ts, halfchpsts, boxes, canisters, and catty bR FO Rico and New Orleans, in hogs t„ c '*yS’ atui uzd, in barrels, in store, and S13 aug->s_a MESSERSMITH. CHOCOLATE. "R 4>rel'ared Cocoa, in boxes contain A# mg J lb papers, and half boxes fresh Cho-1 constantly on hand, and for sale bv au~ _S. MESSERSMITH. PURE Wl.NEs! RED Port, from United States Stores Old L. P. Madeira Sherry, pale and brown Sicily Madeira Malaga, Sweet and Dry Superior Claret, a few cases Jtog?7 SAM’L. B. LARMOITR CO. g«ain BAGS. I SOO ®a"s of Two Bushels. sam>l. b. larmour CO. R fruits. I 0 5 frailsrS°fr-^elled Almonds “5s* Walnuts, fresh and good 5 d0 Filberts, do 1,1 boxes Prunes SAM’h- B- LARMOUR CO. i Rl, KENTUCKY TOBACCO 4 *e$ Kentucky wrappers i 4 croons St. Domingo fillers Tobacco ,.,afArfceived and on sale by —_ Robert h. miller CIDER VINEGAR, racket tfoar IG E K G E WASHING TON has commenced liei regular trips, on Tuesdays and Fridays, for the Great Falls or Crommelin, starting from Frederick Street Bridge, (Georgetown) at 8 o’clock, A. M., and returning the same day at or before sunset. Fare to and from Crommeiin, 50 cents. The Canal is now i:i fine order, and the coun try presents a beautiful appearance. To those who are fond of a short excursion, and desire a short relaxation from business, a trip to the Great Falls ofl'ers a most delightful treat. Parties, on any other days of the week, can be accommodated, by giving a short notice or application to the proprietor, living on Third street, Georgetown._Z. M. OFFUTT. JEREMIAH W. SAT TER WHITE, CABINET MAKER, RESPECTFULLY informs his friends and tlie 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, aRor the latest fashion, and in the most durable manner, which he will warrant to be equal to any manufactured in the District of Columbia.jan 2—tf DR. T. WHITE’S VEGETABLE TOOTH- ACIIE DROPS, ^teST00T„^| DEOPS. _ A 4 A VALUABLE specific offered to the public, from which a permanent and radical cure may be obtained of that disagreeable pain, the TOOTH-ACHE, with all its attendant evils; such as fracturing the Jaw in extracting the Teeth, which often proves more painful than the Tooth-Aphe itself, and cold passing from the decayed Teeth to the Jaw, thence to the head, producing a Rheumatic affection, with many other unpleasant effects, such as a disagreeable breath, and taste in the mouth, 4cc.; all of which are produced from foul or decayed Teeth. Certificates of Dentists and physicians— also, Directions for using, accompany each bot tle. WM. HARPER, Druggist, June 11—wly F»irfe* Street, Ale*andri*. AUCTION SALES. PUBLIC SALE. IN pursuance of a deed of trust from James L. McKenna and Ann Cecelia, his wife, to Jonah Thompson, for the purposes therein men tioned, recorded in the County Court of Lou doun, lib. Ill, fo. 138, will be exposed to sale, in the Court House Yard at Leesburg, at 12 o’ clock on Monday, the 22d day of September next, being the first day of the Superior Court, a-k A certain TRACT of LAND, on which [Hii-has formerly been in operation a Grist and Saw Mill, lying and being on Broad Run, in the County of Loudoun and State of Virginia; containing by survey thirty-three acres and ten poles, and adjoining the lands of William and George Shed. Terms of Sale, one-fifth Cash; the balance in four equal instalments of six, twelve, eighteen, and twenty-four months. The deferred payments to be secured to the satisfac tion of the Trustee. 1. P. THOMPSON, Executor of Jonah Thompson, dec’d. aug 18—ts [Leesburg Genius of Liberty ts] CASH FOR 400 NEGROES, INCLUDING both sexes, from 12 to 25 years of age. Persons having likely Servants to dispose of, will find it to be their interest to give us a call, as we will give higher prices in cash than any other purchaser who is now, or may hereafter, come into this market. sept 1FRANKLIN ARMFIELD. CHALLENGE BLACKING. JUST received, Taylor 4c. Mason’s unparal leled and inimitable Challenge Blacking, de cidedly superior to any thing of th^ kind ever offered to the American public. It is an efTec tual preservative of the leather, and affords, with infinitely less than the usual labor, a dry, lasting, and brilliant jet black polish. For sale, at the price of ordinary blacking, by sept 1GEO. WHITE. D1L WHARTON’S REMAINS. THE Remains of the Rev. Charles Henry Wharton, D. I).; with a Memoir of his Life, by George Washington Doane, D. D. Bishop of the Diocese of New Jersey. Just published, and for sale by aug 29 W. M. MORRISON. PARKS’ AMERICAN BIOGRAPHY. VOL. 1st, just published, and for sale by W. M. MORRISON, containing the Biogra phy of Generals John Stark, C. B. Brown. R. Montgomery, and E. Allen. aug29 MADEIRA WINE. P¥lIIE subscribers have received, per the schr. JL Village, from Madeira, 10 halfpipes 20 quarter casksoffinest old high colored Madeira Wine, from the hquse of Murdoch, Shortridge Co. And hare in Store, of previous importation, 5 pipes and 20 half pipes of the finest wine of Murdoch, YuilJe 4c Co., part of w’hich has had the benefit of a voyage to the East Indies. All old, and warranted of the vary best quality, nng 6A. C. CAZENOVK 4c. CO. OLD L. P MADEIRA WINE. 2 Pipes Old high colored L. P. Madel I qr casks ra Wine, of G. D. Welsh’s” 4 eighth do brand Received per schr. Village, Newcomb, master, direct from Xiadeira, for sale by aug 5W. FOWLE CO. MADEIRA WINE. Xi k Cases, containing 1 to 2 dozen bottles each, of Newton, Gordon. Murdoch Co’s superior old L. P. Madeira Wine. 4 qr casks i 8 half qr casks i ^*raPe^ulce Just received per schr. Village, from Madeira, and for sale byS, MESSERSMITH. MADEIRA WINE. THE subscriber is now receiving, and offers for sale, an importation of Madeira Wine, per lyanough,” via New’ York, consisting of 0 hhds Ofthc finest old L.P.Madei 6 qr casks ra Wine, ofNewton, Gordon 4 half qr casks 5 Murdoch 4c. Co.’s celebrated brand; and he will receive and forward orders for their Old L. P. Madeira, superior Bual, Tin ta, Burgundy, Malmsey, and Grape Juice, aug 2 S. MESSERSMITH. WASHINGTON IRVING’S COMPLETE WORKS. TIIE Complete Works of Washington Trying, in 12 volumes, containing the Sketch Book, Knickerbocker’s New York, Brucebridge Hall, Tales of a Traveller, Conquest ol Grenada, ana the Alhambra. Just received and on sale by ang 28AUG. JACOBS. SHIP CARPENTERS’ TOOLS, I HAVE for sale a Lot of Tools, of excellent quality, principally such as are used by Ship Carpenters; such as Broad Axes, Planes, Chisels, Adze, Augurs, Plains, one set of n$w Mooring Plains, Brace, Square, with many other articles, Chest, <fcc. I would prefer self, ing the whole together, and to a young ship car* peuter the lot would be sold a great bargain, 1 _aug 1q__ GEO. WHITE. FRANKLIN HOUSE, Mk The above TAVERN has been rented by Ksl the 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 hod. 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 parlies can be accommodated in the most delightful man ner. JOHN WEST. N. B. Belt/hoover’s Line of Stages arrive and depart dally from this House; and Gigs, Horsey and Hacks, can be had on the most reasonable terms. _nov 5—d ALEXANDRIA MUSEUM OPEN, daily, from Jp to 12 o’dopfc M. and from 3 to P. M jtn g* _
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THE GAZETTE. By EDGAR SNOWDEN. Terms. Daily paper per annum. Country paper 5 per annum. The ALEXANDRIA GAZETTE for the coun try is printed on Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday. All advertisements appear in both papers, and are inserted at the usual rates. SPORTS OF THE TURF. From the American Turf Register for Sept. Revival or the JKashixgton Cockse —The clubs of Col. M’Carty and of Mr. Y. N. Oliver, have been amalgamated and the first meeting, under circumstances that would seem to ensure success to the proprietors, and the finest sport for the public, will take place in October, as ad vertised on the cover of this number of the 1 uri Register and Sporting Magazine. From the scale of Mr. Oliver’s improvements now in rapid progress, upon the raoael of the most fashionable courses-the liberality of his ova views, almost regardless of expense—the unusual size and respectability of his subscrip lion paper—the larger amount of his purses, aud the greater facilities of travel from North U> South, by the generous offer of the best steam-, boat OU the Potomac to bring the horses and j suite uhnust gratuitously, charging nothing (or 'rooms and boys, and only one dollar for each horse, the beauty of the Course itself, so famed i-i the days of the Lloyds, Ridgelys, Tayloes, Duckets, Lyles, Edelins, Wrights, &c.—we may hope to see those glorious days of the Turf more than revived. Every thing, the proprietor trusts, w m oe now put on a permanent basis. Besides the amateur of the turf, every man of social feeling may ex-1 pect to meet more than usual attraction, in the excellence of the society, from every part of the country, who we may expect to see asscm bled around the festive board; where the epicu rean may expect the dainties of the season— fish, flesh, and fowl, turtle, duck, and venison, served up in Snow’s best manner—known to be j scarce inferior in the trrand art, to the incom- j parable Veri himself. His wines and liquors are to be of the best kind, as selected bv judges i having no interest, but that of expecting to share it vrtth friends from a distance. Mr. Oliver will be prepared to afford excel- j lent stabling on the ground, with straw gratis. and hopes to have on the premises at the next j meeting, either Trifle, or Ironette, Ohio, Eliza Drake, Robin Brown, and Robin Hood, Young i Flirtilla, Florida, Duke of Orleans, Charles Kern-1 ble, and Tyrant, with many others, from tliesta bles of Messrs. Johnson, Selden, Tayloe, Garri- j sun, Crowell, Duvall, Potter, and others, and would be happv to greet the Northern gents with Shark, Black Maria, Alice Gray, Mon mouth, &c. die. The history of the old Wash ington Course, and its associations are well cal culated to give higher value to the laurels, and a wider ecf.it to the victories that may be won upon :t. It was laid out by that eminent sup porter of the turf, Col. Tayloe, and his father-in law Governor Ogle, and was, in those pahny days, the theatre of the exploits of Leviathan, Peacemaker, Schedoni, Snap Dragon, Sir Ar chv, Oscar, Topgallant, Maid of the Oaks, Flo rotta, Hickory, Duroc, Miller’s Damsel, (and, more recently, of their famed son American Eclipse,) Hampton, Defiance, Tuckahoe, Sir Hal, Lady Lightfoot, Vanity, (both Allen and Wynns,) of Sir Charles, Betsy Richards, Rat tler, Sumpter, and, let him not be forgotten, it was there the gallant Postboy fell and died on the field of his glory. It may be doubted whether any Course in the Union has had equal celebrity of man and horse. The largest purses, the best accommodations, most decorous government, with the rapid re vival of the taste for the sport, and a consequent increase of thoroughbred horses—must restore the Washington Course at once to its former and its highest degree of enjoyment and re nown. Suffice it for the present to say, that the pur ses will be as large as at any Course in the Uni on, to wit: $1000, $500, and plate of the value of *500. _ Another Destructive Fire.—About 11 o’clock last night, nn alarm of tire was sounded, which of course disturbed the slumbers of us editors, and on going intc the street, there appeared to be a large fire up town. On going up town, say as far as Prince street, the fire appeared to be in Greenwich Village. On arriving at the village, it was clear that our journey was no where near its termination. We however pro ceeded on, perhaps a mile and a half further, to 30th street and the 10th Avenue, where we beheld a brick building about 200 feet long by 50 or 60 wide, in a complete blaze from one ex tremity to the other. It w as the Retort House of the Chemical Manufacturing Company.— Three or four engines were already on the spot, but how they got there, through mud and over precipices and piles of stones, it is difficult for j us to imagine. The fire had however gained such head way before they arrived, in conse quence of the great distance from town, that all hope of saving the building was at an end, and it was totally destroyed, with nearly all its contents including a large quantity of oil of vitriol and other valuable property. Large rpS of brimstone, which were housed ini j ,v sheds attached to the building, were also destroyed. It w’ould be impossible to form any accurate estimate of the amount of loss, but it must be veiy heavy; and we are sorry to learn there was no insurance. We were however told that the conteuts of one the re maining buildings, (of which there are seve ral large and small,) were more valuable than j of that which was burnt. This last, as we said, I was called the Retort House; but its character will be better understood when we say that it j was the Oil-of-VitroU Manufactory. Various t other branches of manufacturing are carried on in the other buildings. The territory of the Company extends from 30th to 32nd street, and from the 10th Avenue to the North River. Ar. V. Jour, of Com. A flood Experiment.”—The packet ship Cale donia which sails for Liverpool this day, takes out from Mr. Robert Stevens, two of our cele brated running mares—Polly Hopkins and Bet sey Ransom—with a view of testing the expe riment” (we like the word,) of crossing their blood with the celebrated English Racer Priam. The forth-coming progeny of these justly cele brated animals being by Eclipse, will be trained and tested in England with the pure English blood, while the future progeny, from the best English Horses, will be regularly shipped to this country at the age of one year, and in due time make their appearance on the American Turf. *V. V. Cour. __ LORD BROUGHAM Lord Brougham is a common sized, plainly dressed man, about fifty-five. His face is pale and somewhat thin; Iris eyes are not remarka ble in themselves, and except when excited, are covered and half-concealed by the upper eye lids, his nose is only remarkable from the end turning up very much; his mouth is broad, with rather thin lips, which have more flexibility and ease of motion than any lips I ever saw.— His countenance is extremely mild and good humored; and he is represented to be one of the most amiable men in the world; novel theles., is very irrascribe. He has a great deal in the ex pression of his face, like, that of b rankhn: al though Franklin’s pinched lips are the very an tipodes of his free ones. He has the s^ne smil ing, self-possessed, knowing look, that we find in the pictures of the great philosopher. Am, perhaps this very expression of count^an^ has done more to obtain for them both the character of cunning, than that acute policy Franklin exerted, and which Brougham is now exerting for the good of mankind. His voice, in ordinary discourse, is rather low, but very smooth and cultivated; when he speaks in the House of Peers, it is clear and distinct, still smooth, but without sufficient volume. His strong sense, his earnestness, and strickingly impressive enunciation, easy independent air, which runs out to his very fingers’ ends, and the honest passion into which he sometimes rises, makes him, however, an eloquent speaker. But, after all, the best British eloquence is a ve ry polite, passionless affair, compaied to the fire of American oratory. In one particular, Brougham is like Henry Clay—sclf-possesse and respectful to antagonists; yet if a sharp un worthy thrust is made at him, he flashes out up on the aggressor and withers him. It is a pleasant sight to see him on the bench, in his own Court of Chancery. The Couit is held in a very large apartment: the visiter walks three-fourths of its length on a very coarse thick matting; the other fourth is parted off by a bar, beyond which are found rows of seats, one above the other, for the gowned lawyers, whose sapient noddles are all covered with powdered wigs. Then comes a table for two clerks, and then against the wall is fixed a sort of arm chair, not large or much elevated from the floor, but w-ith a small desk extending before it There my Lord Chancellor sits, with that horrible relic of the daysoflegal mummery, a judge’s wig, hanging down over his gown coveied shoulders, a^nd almost hiding his chest. No American, having the least sense of the ridiculous, can possibly re frain from laughter at Ibis assemblage of gow ns and wigs, especially as Brougham looks all the time as if he had himself just ceased laughing at the farcical array in which he is the principal figure. His whole manner in court seems to be found ed on a resolution to break dow n the attach ment of the limbs of the law to their antedilu vian forms and follies, by treating all such, him self, with the greatest disrespect and to convince them that law is or ought to be based on the foun dations of justice and common sense, and not on the whims of clerks or the conceits of peru quieurs. He preserves the dignity without maintaining the stately gravity of the bench; and he delights to rebuke the pompous advocate, by himself speaking in the voice, and with the countenance of a human being. He usually has lying before him .1 huge pyramidical bouquet of flowers, some seven or eight inches in length; this at times, he twirls in his hand, and now and then he smells at if, snuffing short and violently, as-if vastly delighted with the odours. In this manner he listens to the most important ar guments and r.clivers the gravest decisions. Halley's Comet.—It has been stated in some of the papers that Halley’s Comet, is now visible in the constellation of Taurus. An astronomi cal friend assures us that this must be a mistake; and that said Comet does not make its appear ance till next year.—S. Y. Jour. Com. Tennessee Oath.—The Tennessee Conven tion, which has been a long time in session for the purpose of remodelling' the Constitution of that State, had considerable difficulty in settling the phraseology of the oath to be taken by the members of the Legislature. A great variety of forms were offered by various members, and among others the following by Mr. M’Kinney. It was rejected, we believe, but we are of opi nion it comes nearer than any other form to the course followed by a great many members of legislative bodies, and that it might be taken with less risque of violation than the ordinary oath.—“I, A. B., do solemnly swear that as a member of this General Assembly, 1 will in the first place, do the best 1 can for myself—in the second place for my friends—andin the third place, for the State of Tennessee.*’—.V. Y. Cuur. Shocking attempt to Poison.— On Friday and Saturday last, an unaccountable attempt was made to poison Dr. Sweet and family, of Nor ton, Mass, by a servant girl employed in his house. The whole family were so violently af fected by the operation of the poison, the girl herself as well as the others, that Dr. Sweet be came satisfied their food had been poisoned by this girl. On accusing the girl, in a threatening manner, of w hat she had done, she repuired im mediately to the Doctor’s office, and from a mul titude of bottles took down the one, from which she confessed she took the poison, labelled ar senic, ratsbane, poison.” The arsenic she de clared she had taken in her hand and mixed with! e water,apple sauce,fish and cream, which had been prepared as food for the family, and of which she freely partook herself. For this diabolical act no possible motive can be assign ed. By the timely medical assistance of Dr. Sw’eet, the whole family, six in number, have been res cued from the jaws of death, and yesterday morning all were convalescent. The most shocking incident in this whole af fair was, that when the twt» little children of Dr. Sweet were crying under the burning of their agonizing thirst, this wretch gave them the poi sonous water for their drink.—Providence Jour. A Hard Case.—The brig Parthian, of this port it will be recollected, was six or eight months since carried into Pernambuco, Brazil, by five seamen, (the captain, mate, cook, steward and one seaman, having previously left her,) w here she was taken possession of by the American Consul. The five seamen were sent home in irons, in a whale ship at New’ London, on a charge of piracy and murder, to be tried for the offence. From the New Haven Herald we learn that these seamen, after having been for some weeks in confinement in the jail in that city, on Monday, 23th ult. underwent an exam ination before Judge Bristol, of the U. S. Court for New Haven District, and were discharged, as entirely innocent of the crime alledged against them.—Nev Bedford Mercury. Striking the Cap of Liberty from the coins of the republic, is creating, a great feeling. NORTH CAROLINA. Most assuredly the delusion is at an end, and we do not make the assertion lightly, when we declare, that we do not believe that there has been either in Kentucky, or Louisiana, or ana, a more decided change than in North Ca rolina. There is in the history of our State a naiallel so much in point, that we cannot re frain from directing public attention to it. in 1793, the Senate of North Carolina, by a majo rity of five to one, approved the Alien and Se dition Laws, and yet she was among the *°re' most in the great political Revolution of 1601. We now proceed to verify our statement of the great change which has been effected in the State, in the last twelve months: In 1824, Gen. Jackson received 20,177 votes. Mr. Crawford received 15,396 votes. Majority for Jackson 4,781 In 1823, Gen. Jackson received 37,857 votes. Mr. Adams do 13,918 votes. Majority for Jackson 23,939 In 1632, Gen. Jackson received 24,802 votes. Mr. Clay do 4,563 votes. Majority for Jackson 20,298 What is the strength of Mr. Van Buren now? Take the following eleven Counties, containing one-fifth of the whole white population of the State, as a fair example to test it. It is satisfac torily ascertained that in the next Assembly their representation will be as follows: Anti. Administration. Anson 3 0 Burke 2 1 Bladen 2 1 Davidson 3 Halifax 3 0 Lincoln 1 p Mecklenburg 1 2 Perqliimons 3 0 Richmond 3 0 Rowan 3 9 Wilkes 3 0 28 7 In these eleven counties, the following table exhibits the result at the Polls in 1828 and 1832: 1828 1932 Jackson. Adams. Jackson. Clay. Anson 701 494 568 Burke 1314 211 639 114 Bladen 384 111 210 59 Davidson 849 231 383 58 Halifax 765 60 501 10 Lincoln 1191 429 1216 226 Mecklenburg 1194 376 762 213 Perquimons 301 131 139 31 Richmond 358 209 2S0 69 Rowan 11C7 321 609 118 Wilkes 699 310 464 69 8953 2S89 5794 1078 Mark the parallel! The opposition to Mr. v an Buren in the next Legislature, from these coun ties will be, as above stated, 28 to 7—or four to one. In 1828, Gen. Jackson’s vote in the same counties, was as 8,953 to 2.8S9, or more than three to one, and in 1832, (but two years ago!) as 5,794 to 1,078, or more that four to one. So great is the change, that although in 1824. Gen. Jackson ortho People’s Ticket triumphed over Mr. Crawford by about 5,000 votes, had these counties voied then, as they will vote at the next election,Mr. Crawford would have receiv ed the vote of the State by a decided majority Will it be attempted to weaken the force of this statement, by alleging that the counties referred to above, arc not a lair specimen? We think not in North Carolina. The Globe may at tempt it at Washington, the Argus, at Albany, and possibly, it may be essayed at Richmond— but here, we defy investigation. We make the assertion with confidence in its correctness, that there has not been a charge agafnst us in a sin glecounty in the state! Will the Spectator al lege that there has been in Rutherford—the Journal, in Cumberland—the Sentinel, in Cra ven—the People's Press, in New-Hanover oi to pass from generals to particulars, will any Van Buren Press in the State make the asser tion with regard to a single county? We pause for a reply. When we hear from any one who is disposed to press the examination farther, we will favor our readers with a few more facts not less sur prising and cheering, than those which we have the pleasure to serve up to them to-day. Raleigh Register. A German named Herntz, undertook, on Fri day afternoon, in Boston, to run ten miles in se venty-five minutes, for a purse to be made up for him in the event of success. He accomplish ed the task with apparent ease, gaining three minuter upon bis allotted time. BUOYS IN THE POTOMAC. Custom House, Alexandria, ColU tor's Office, September 4, 1534. S SEALED PROPOSALS will be received at tr.is office until 3 o’clock, P. M. of the 1st October next, for furnishing and placing in the River Potomac, ELEVEN SPAR BUOYS. The dimensions, kind of materials, «tc. that are i required they should be made of. and a draw ing of the same, will be exhibited at the office. Persons offering will endorse the words Offer for Spar Buoys.*’ GEO. BRENT, sept 5—dtlstOct_Collector. BRUSH HATS. FOR elegance and durability, these HATS surpass any thing of the kind ever offered to the public S. W. HANDY, Fashionable Hatter, between Gadsby’s and Bi own’s Hotels, Washington City, sept 5—3t FRENCH CARD. HENRY OU EG AN respectfully informs his friends and pupils that he has resumed, in the District, his lessons in the French Language, his notice tovgue. His terms areSG per quarter. City Hotel, Alexandria. Sept. 4—eo3t_ THEATRE. MR. BRITTINGHAM, late of the Philadel phia Theatre, respectfully informs the public that be intends opening the THEATRE ofthis city with a performance, in which he will be kindly assisted by the Howard Dramatic So ciety, on next Tuesday evening. For further! particulars see bills of the day. sept 4—6t__! NOTICE. THE subscriber, having declined the Tailor ing Business, in consequence of bad health, respectfully solicits all persons indebted to him i to make pavment to Mr. Robert Massey, or to him, at his'residence, north side Prince street, second door east of Water street, sept 3_7t JNO. M. JOHNSON NEW MUSIC FOR the Piano, Guitar, and Flute; Preceptor for the Violin and Flute; just received by I sept 1—eo3t E. KENNEDY* EXCELLENT SHOT. Of all the good shots” that we recollect to have heard of, from beyond the mountains, the subjoined, by a Kentucky marksman, must be considered the best. The details are communi cated to the Lexington (Ky.) Intelligencer, from which we make the extract: In the month of July, 18—, I started out on a hunting excursion, on the banks of the Ohio. After being outseveral days, lsaw a fine Buck about sixtv yards ahead of me. 1 levelled my rifle and drew trigger, when my lock snapped —I cocked again, pulled trigger and she snapped again. By this time the Buck was out of harm s way. I was so vexed al the moment, that I ga\ e my gun a throw of some eight or ten feet into a pond on my right, and went to my camp m ve ry lew spirits. The next day I concluded that I had better get my gun again, and started to the pond, and after wading up to my waist in tlie water for some twenty or thirty minutes, 1 found my rifle. On coming out of the water, I saw between me and the river, a fine Buck, about one hundred and sixty yards off—he was mov ing as swift as lightning. I concluded I would try my -lock once more, although she had laid in the water twenty-four hours I pulled trigger, and she fired as clear as if just loaded, and had the pleasure to see the Peer fall. I took up the line of inarch to my game, when 1 found that he was shot through the head. As the ball seemed to have passed with great foice, having cut down several large limbs of trees between me and the deer, I took the direction of the ball, and walked ahead, to see where the ball had stopped. 1 passed on but a very little distance before l found a dead rabbit, my ball bavin" passed through its shoulders; a little fur ther on I found my ball had passed through three wild turkeys, killing two and w’ounding the third; a short distance further on it had killed fourteen partridges. By this time I was on the bank of a creek, and on further examination, I found, about forty yards from the shore, a large Bass, of about 60 pounds w’eight, floating dead; the ball having passed through its body. Having secured my fish, I was about leturn ing, thinking my ball must have been spent; but looking in the direction the ball had taken, l saw a curious appearance on the water, on the other side of the creek. I waded in that duec tion, and when I reached the shore, found my ball had penetrated a Sycamore bee tree, and the honey was running out from the opening my hall had made,—the tree was a pretty stout one. It took nine spans of both my arms to measure round it, which I afterwards found to be forty seven and a half feet. The tree wras very straight and no limb nearer than about sixty-five feet.— I with difficulty climbed up this immense height, and made an opening into the hollow of the tree with mv tomahawk; discovering some ho ney there, I cut off one of the laigest limbs, which was about fifty feet in length, and pushed it down the hollow of the tree, but could not reach the bottom. On pulling out the limb I found to my astonishment, tnat u rttJ,vCU the whole distance through a mass ot honey.* 1 immediately came down;—I determined to make the most of it. 1 procured barrels, and commenced drawing oil th*' honey, and ob tained five hundred and twenty-two barrels of pure honey, although a great deal wasted by running through my bullet hole. I he quantity 1 cannot estimate, but it made the whoa creek into-roe/A«r/i for -even and a half mile- down, and three quarters of a mile up stream. Inc quantity of comb must have been great, for it supplied the neighborhood for seven miles; round with sufficient wax for their candles for upwards of two years. I loaded mv honey on board a boat, and proceeded to New Orleans, where I met with sales exceeding my expecta tions, owing to a heavy frost that had fa Ilf i the Island of Cuba, which killed all the bee-, and of course, stopped the supply of honey from that quarter. 1 brought the proceeds to Kentucky, and with it bought the splendid farm on which 1 now reside. I then married and have a number of fine children, which I hope to raise in habits of industry, and with u love of probity, truth and veracity equal to that of their father. DR A U S THIS DA V Virginia State Lottery, For the benefit oj the. Dismal Swamp Canal Co. ‘Class No. 17 for 1834, Will be drawn at West End, Va. on Saturday, September 6, at 3 o’clock, 1*. M. scheme: 1 prize of S20,000 I 1 prize of §5,000 i do of 10,000 I 2 do of 2,000 10 Capital Prizes of SI,500! 10 do of 81,000! »tc For sale, as usual, in great variety, by JOS. HI. CLARKB, (Sian of the Flag of Scarlet and Hold,) King st. v _Alexandria, I).C._ j DRAWS THIS /All Virginia State Lottery, For the benefit of the Dismal Swamp Canal Co. Class No. 17 for 1834, j To draw at Alexandria, Virginia, on Saturday, September 6 GRAND SCHEME: 1 prize of $20,000 1 do of 10,000 1 prize ol £5,000 2 prizes of 2,000 10 Capital Prizes of $1,500! 10 do ot Sl,O00! &c. Tickets $10; holves 5 00; qrs 2 50; eighths 1 25 i To be had in a variety of numbers of J. W. VIOLETT, Lottery and Exchange Broker, -,\ear the comer of King and Fayette Streets, _ Alexandria, D. C. DR A U S THIS DA Y Virginia State Lottery, For the benefit of the Dismal Swamp Canal Co Class No. 17 for 1834. To be drawn at Catts’ Tavern, West End, on Saturday, September 6 SPLENDID CAPITALS: 1 prize of 820,000 I 1 do of 10,000 1 prize of §,5000 2 prizes of 2,000 Tickets 10; halves oOO; qrs.2 50; eighths 1 25 To be had in a variety of numbers of J. CORSE, Lottery Exchange Broker. Alexandria. DR A IVS THIS DA Y Virginia State Lottery, For the benefit of the Dismal Swump Canal Co. Class No. 17 for 1834, Will be drawn at Catts’ Tavern, (West End,) Alexandria, Va. on Saturday, September 6 SPLENDID SCHEME: 1 Prize of 820,000 1 do of 10,000 1 Prize of $o,000 2 Prizes of 2,000 10 Capital Prizes of $1,500! 10 do of $1,000. &c. Tickets $10; halves 5 00; qrs. 2 50; eighths 1 25 On sale in great variety by JAS. RIORDAN. HJi* Uncurrent Notes and Foreign Gold pur chased^_____ JOB PRINTING neatly executed at this office ALEXANDRIA: SATURDAY MORNING, SEPT. 6, 1834. Great Internal Improvement.—The citizens of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, have been engag ed, for some time, in maturing a grand scheme of internal improvement for connecting the wo ters of the Chesapeake with Lake Ontario, a letter is published, written by H. K. Stiong, Esq. in behalf of the citizens of Harrisburg, to the Secretary of War, recommending the project of opening a National Sloop and Steamboat com munication from the Chesapeake Bay, by the way of the Susquehanna River, Seneca or C'av uga Lakes, to Lake Ontario. It has been esti mated by men acquainted with the route, and long employed on the public works of Pennsvl rania, that the whole improvement can be fected. More than one-half of this great work has been made by nature. It is in unconnected links, which only want forming into a complete chain. There is sufficient water in the river Susquehanna from its mouth through Pennsyl vania to the State of Sew Y ork. It is a larger river than the Connecticut or the Hudson. The greatest difficulty to overcome in its navigation is in the thirty or forty miles near its entrance in the Chesapeake Bay, where occasional ride e> of transition rock run across the stream, cau sing falls or ripples. Between these ripples 01 falls, are pools of deep navigable water, some times extending for miles. The section of the river above this, extending about one hundred miles above Harrisburg to tbe Wyoming Valiev, has no falls of any consequence. There is oi. casionally a ripple, in consequence*)? a ridge of rock running across the bed of the river; yet a rudely constructed steamboat has traversed the whole distance. From tbe Wyoming Valley, about one hundred milesjfartber north, to Oswi go, or Elmira, in the State of New York, there are no ridges, as below, in the transition rock formation, running across the Susquehanna. The whole country is of the secondary forma tion to the lakes, and the rocks are horizontal. Steamboats can now be run tbe whole distance of one hundred miles or more, from the Wyo ming Valley to Oswego, in the State ot New York. There is an association of gentlemen ii Wilkes Barre, in Pennsylvania, and Oswego, m tbe State of New York, who have already rins ed a number of thousand dollars, for the in.me diate construction of a line of steamboats to rui this distance, lor the purpose of tow ing vessel? laden with coal from the Wyoming mine* t.j Oswego, for the use of the salt works in New York, and in return to be freighted with salt for the consumption of Pennsylvania. Perhaps no stronger evidence can be mentioned, to show that the Susquehanna, with comparatively lit tie expense,can be rendered navigable by steam, than the following fact: Eight years ago, a cast iron steamboat,' built at York, in this State, by an ingenious mechanic by tbe name of John E. gar, was put upon the river, about twelve miles below Harrisburg, and forty from tide water, and was propelled by steam to the line separat ing the States of Pennsylvania and New York, nearly two-thirds of the whole distance from the Chesapeake Bay to the Lakes. If this was not the first iron steamboat ever constructed, it was the first that ever sailed upon American water?. From Oswego.it is but about twenty miles north to the south end of Cayuga lake, whit. is 40 miles long and navigated by steamboat? ton point less than twenty-five miles from Lake Ontario. But Elmira and not Oswego is the place, consideied best, by some, where the route •uld uve he Susquehanna. Tnis place i? coiiuk ?vd with Seneca, between 35 and 4P mm by the Chemung canal, twenty-one mile? Jong, which could be widened and deepened at a very smail expense, so as to admit the pas sage of steamboats from the Susquehanna rivei to the lake. This lake is navigable for vessel? of any size. Its southern end approaches tf*’ Susquehanna river within twenty miles and it? northern end, about the snm« distance from Sc dus Bay on Lake Ontario, one of the best har bors on the lake, where the government ha" al ready expended n considerable sum to rendu it safe and commodious. From tbe north of either Seneca or Cayuga Lake to Lake Ur. tario there is a canal already made to O?wego But it is thought to be a better route to go dire* ly to Great Sodus Bay. as it is much nearer an: entirely practicable, both on uccountof thecu?) excavation and the abundance of water. Such are some of the facts in relation to tie? splendid national project. Ominous.—A new set of playing cards have been manufactured, in which Gen. Jackson represented in full uniform as out of the hv Cheap Travelling.—The rivalry anion? steamboats on Lake Ontario has led the Capt."1... of the Steamer William Avery to give no''1 that he will take passengers from the city of K' Chester to Ogdensburgh on the St. Lawrecf' for only half a dollar a piece! Such low rtl' beat the North River all hollow. Choleha.—There were 21 deaths hy '.'hoi in New York on the 3d inst. The disease hJJ ceased at Albany, and was on the decline Detroit. A few cases have lately occur/* the 8alines in Kenawha, Va. _ Several serious accidents from Kail K°a' cars have lately taken place to the North. Both the States of North Carolina and Kh Island continue to be confidently claimed the party in power. Nous verrona. Monday will be a busy day in Maine. T contest will be warm and animated. So o** whelming have the Jackson majorities th been heretofore, that we hardly look for a c" plete alteration in the political complexion the State. _ A letter of July 18th from Malaga, speak5 C the cholera as having been quite Pre'af“ there._——- J A Virginia correspondent of the Patriot says—“ It is certain that Governor I retires from the War Department. Benton has been offered the appomtmM1. declines it. He proposes entering into the, tice of the law at New Orleans.” We are pleased to see, from Mr. W hite tice, that the Southern Literary about to commence under the most avk auspices. We wish him every succes*
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tf rer were more untiling exertions made to any object, than are now making in some fL counties of Virginia, to instruct their de- j w X vote next winter for a Van Buren Se- j The meanest arts are resorted to in or f Vo accomplish the end designed. Let every d i, arted Virginian be up and doing at this trU', to counteract so base an attempt to defeat ’iTlliberateiy expressed opinion of the people ^the polls last April. We have no fears for the result The case of Robert letter, of N. C., (of fa mous memory) is again brought up, and the >u’,:ic*are likely to be edified with a history of L adventures, and the domestic affairs of the jj.. into which he married. The report of I death, which some time ago got into the newspapers, has caused the revival of this bu siness. _ would be well to let the honest farmers of Vir'inia, who may have thought to the contra rv "know that B. W. Leigh is and always has opposed to the Bank, and that he now sup m and always has supported, every Virgi i principle ever maintained and supported sy the State.__ The latest and most approved party designa V of the new Gold Coins is the following, 'pm the Pennsylvanian: Bentos Mint Dkops.” r.ie Globe called them, the other day, Benton’s Yellow Jackets;” i this is put forth to an intelligent people! IS p rm.tted the faithful, we perceive, to re c ‘aizo the Opposition by the name of Whigs; it t is recommended to drop the h and call ;',m Wigs. The wit of the thing is so dull, flat, and unprofitable,” that we hardly VxpVctcd an exploded device of the old Tory irty j,, England to ridicule their opponents would be resorted to by patent Democrats! (Heaven save the mark!) in America. Mr J.'R. Gardner, who proposes to publish in Winchester (Va.) a literary paper, (see adver tisement) is a native of this town, where his fa mily were well known and highly esteemed. He is a young gentleman of talents and a lite rary turn of mind, and will doubtless, if encou raged, make the Virginia Wreath an Interesting publication. _ We received by Thursday’s Southern mail j several papers from New Orleans!—an accident> which, owing to the beautiful arrangement of the Post Office system, has not happened before fi>r many weeks! __ “Virginia! contemptible Virginia!” exclaims the Jackson organ in New'Orleans, the New Oi lcans Courier. The Richmond Enquirer, we presume, will be thankful tor this favor to the Old Dominion from its friend and ally in Loui siana. _ __ The Brattleborotigh lnquiior says, A gen tleman from Duminerston, Vt., informs us that the drought is so great in that vicinity, that the grasshoppers are reduced to mere skeletons, and sit upon the fences with tears in their eyes for the want of something wherewith to satisfy the cravings of hunger!” Among the efforts made in the great cause of Temperance in this country, we notice the es tablishment of a Temperance paper in Freder ick County, Va., by the young men’s Temper ance Society of that Ct unty. The sheet is ve ry handsomely printed, at the office of the Win s'u. strr Republican, and its contents are varied and interesting. It is suggested in the National Uazette that a genera! Convention of the Whigsofthis Union, he held next winter at Washington, with the ob ject, principally, of recommending to the coun try, some proper statesman as the successor of; President Jackson. If the Convention could j unite upon no one of the men now prominent and favorite, or should see that the majority of the People could not be rallied to any one of them, then ail of them should be renounced for some o tier eminent citizen known to be adequate in iiN abilities and habits, and sound in his theo retical and practical views of our political and social system. It «cems that Mr. F. E. Plummer, one of the Representatives in Congress from Mississippi is prodigal in the use of his official franks—giving blank letters, endorsed by himself to his political Inends. We think this is w hat the Post Master Oeneral would call “an abuse of the franking privilege” H 6 We are convinced by the statement of the Raleigh Register, one of the oldest, most tem perate and respectable papers published in North Carolina, that there has been a great Whig tri umph there. We refer our readers to an ex tract from the Register in this morning’s Gazette, proving the fact. The Register is always re nt'd upon by us for its correctness. We may now, therefore, we think, safely calculate upon Mr. Bedford Brown having leave to stay at home a*rter the rising of the next Congress. Some account ofthe Washington RaceCourse, ‘‘"it is.o be under is new management, will be uhu 1^1 to-day’s Gazette. Much is promised. :,e Fall Races on this course will commence u^sday, the 14th of October next. We do 101 see, ouiselves, why this course should not be first in the United States. The sparring m.dch between the Richmond nquirtr and the Richmond Whig is conduct m the most approved style. All the fancy*’ he milling” excellent. Several rounds ■wve already passed. The Whig punishes” -nquirer, and the Enquirer bruises” the T Jl?- u is literally the hardest fend off.” he combatants seem to be in good plight and excellent vigor Quarantine regulations are censured as fori the most part unjust and unnecessary, by the N. ork Journal of Commerce. Several facts of recent date are brought forward to show the correctness of the position. Suppose, howe ver, the notion of the contagiousness of Cho lera, which appears every day to be strengthen ing, should prevail—what then? Compliment.—The femperor of Russia has^ through the medium of Baron de Krudener, Mi nister Plenipotentiary at Washington, present ed Joshua Shaw, Esq., artist, of Philadelphia, with five hundred dollars, for an improved per cussion cannon lock, invented by Mr. Shaw. [communicated.J Friend Snowden:—Please to publish the fol lowing recipe for washing with Soda, for the be nefit of the female part of the community, viz: Take 4 ounces of soda, 12 ounces of soap previously dissolved, 10 gallons of water and 1 gallon of lime water: when nearly boiling, put in the clothes as much of a size as possible, hav ing first immersed them in common water. The lime water may be made as strong as it can.* The ley will do for boiling a second lot of clothes by adding a little more ofthe Soda, &c. and afterwards for towels and coarse cloths. N. B. Paints and flannels must not be boiled. Directions for making Lime Water.—Take a convenient quantity of quick lime and slack it as if preparing white-wash; then pour on wa ter, as much as is desired, so that the weight of it does not exceed that of the lime more" than two hundred times. Stir the mixture frequent ly for three or four hours; then let the lime set tle, and the clear water will be fit for use. Lime water will keep for weeks in a covered vessel, particularly if there be a considerable excess of lime in it. Capt. Williams, arrived yesterday from Su matra, reports that the Pepper crop would fall short one quarter this year, on account of the unusual quantity of rain at the commencement of the season.—Boston Dail. Adi\ Strawberries.—The cultivation of strawber ries in the vicinity of London has been much extended. According to the Liverpool Chron icle, upwards of a thousand acres and not less than two thousand women are employed in the supply of the markets of the metropolis. It was proposed during the hot evenings in London, to put fitly or more pleasure barges on the artificial canal, called Serpentine River, in Hyde Park, with bands of music in them to se renade the visitors like the Venice Gondoliers. When the cholera prevailed in Paris, the French government opened all the places ot public amusement, to divert the minds of the people, and thus prevent the spread of the disease.— These innocent reel cations have a powerful mo ral influence on the health. Shnmefnl Sale of a Child.—The following dis graceful and unnatural transaction lias occur red in this town during the past week. A child of peculiarly singular appearance, with pimc eyes and very light hair, attracted the attention of a showman who has been exhibiting dur ing the fair. This man perceiving that the un fortunate child was portvuiarly adtj^le^&r his purposes, apple d patents^ who with out much difficulty, were iudsu d to alspoPS of their offsping to the itinerant. for the paltry sum of4s. 6d. per week. The child is to betaken about the country and exhibited as a Chinese. It is difficult to imagine how a father and a mother, for such a precarious pittance, could have made such a monstrous bargain. The abandonment of the child for so revolting a purpose, has excited a stong feeling of indigna tion in neighborhood.—Leeds Times. PROSPECTUS OF T E V III G IN 1A M R E A T rriflE subscriber proposes to publish in Win X Chester, (Va.) an exclusively literary pa per, with the above title. 'I he advantages of periodical literature are so well known and so highly appreciated at the present day, that the subscriber would be con tent that this prospectus should contain nothing more than a mere annunciation of the manner in which the contemplated paper will be con ducted—the editor’s expectation of assistance from many literary individuals—together with assurances of attention and diligence on his own part, if it was not that the prevalency of an opinion that a purely literary paper cannot suc ceed in this section of country, has been the cause of the failure of many such undertakings heretofore. It is only deemed necessary to ask the public to discard an opinion, which, predi cated on no proper grounds, is still the great and almost only reason of the depressed state of this branch of literature in Virginia and the South generally; for surely the fact that there is no part of our country which is not overflow ing with foreign literary periodicals, is an evi dence of an interest in and a spirit to support li terature. And most certainly, when it is recol lected that the South has ever relied with honor and success upon her own resources in every other respect, no one will doubt her ability to build up and maintain the character of literary works within her own boundaries. Let it there fore be seen that a spirit to support and the ta lent to maintain should be the only reasons of the absence of these literary repositories in any country; and let a liberal patronage furnish the benefits of an.extended circulation to the trea sures of Southern genius. The columns of the Virginia W reath will con tain much good original matter—many indivi duals of high merit, some of whom have alrea dy distinguished themselves in the literary world, having tendered their assistance—with selec tions from the best American and British perio dicals, comprising Tales, Essays, Reviews, Poe try, Literary notices, «Scc. This paper will be issued weekly, neatly exe cuted on fine paper with small type, and con tain in each number 8 quarto pages, at S3 Ob per annum, payable at the end of six months, or S3 50 if not paid within the year. Postmasters, editors, and others, who act as agents, will be entitled to an eleventh copy gratis, or ten per cent, on all moneys forwarded. The first num ber will be issued as soon as an intimation is had of sufficient patronage to defray the expen ses of publication. JAMES R. GARDNER. Winchester, August 29, 1834. _ LEECHES WANTED, Fi'om the neighborhood of Alexandria. THE subscriber will purchase from one to twenty thousund Leeches. Persons living in the neighborhood of Alexandria might make something by searching for them. A descrip tion of the kind of such wanted will be given to any one who will call. 9th no 6 WM. STABLER. Ingratitude.—A young man from New York, named Harmon Dennison, a boot maker, came to this city a few months since, and pursued his business very successfully during his sojourn here, with the exception of some two or three weeks that he was confined by the small pox. He had this disease in its most loathsome form, and for several days his death was considered inevitable. During this time he was regularly visited at his quarters in the hospital by a young man, one of his fellow boarders, who took com* passiqji upon the deplorable condition of one who appeared a forsaken stranger, friendless, and weighed down by a frightful disease. The friend, whoso well acted the part of the good Samaritan, was rewarded, a few days since, by Dennison, who, after recovering from the effects of his sickness, and working at his trade, which afforded him a profitable employ ment, ran off; defrauding among others, this friend, who had periled his own life, in visiting him in the midst of a dangerous disease, out of some twenty or thirty dollars. Such ingrates should be marked.—Phil. lnq. Horrible Death —A few days since, a white and a colored man were bathing in the Thames river, off Groton, opposite New London, (Ct.) when they were pursued by a large shark, which overtook, seized, and devoured the ne gro. With difficulty the white man effected his escape, while the shrieks of the sufferer were horrible in the extreme. Pretty Good.—Tip was a tipler when we knew him. He was in the habit of lounging about one of the bar rooms, taking every opportunity to get liquor free of expense. It was his peculiar i way, when a glass was mixed and the back of the purchaser turned, to drain the glass, and slip slily off. The holster had called for a glass of brandy when Tip came in. He immediate ly thought of a trick, and left his brandy up on the bar, while he stepped to the door.— On returning, he saw the giass empty, and ex claimed, Brandy and opium enough to kill for ty men! Who drank that poison I had prepa red?” Tip was frightened; “I,” stammered he. You are a dead man,” said. Brush. What shall I do?” said Tip. Down with a pint of lamp oil,” answered Brush—and down went the pint of lamp oil; and Tip not only got over the poison, but the tippling too. Dunstable Telegraph. 53* The Drawing of the Virginia State Lot tery, for the Benefit of the Dismal Swamp Ca nal Company, Class No. 17 for 1834, will take place THIS DAY, at 3 o’clock, P. M. at West End, (Alexandria, Virginia.) YATES McINTYRE, Managers. sept G—It _ 53* The Savings Fund Institution open eve ry Saturday afternoon, from half past 3 to 5 o’clock, under the direction of a Committee of the Managers, at their Room on Fairfax, a few doors north of Prince street.—Those to whom it would be more convenient, may make their deposites on any other day of the week, with William Stabler, Apothecary, &c. Fairfax street._[eSat 53* Benjamin L. Gantt, Walter B. C. Wob thington, Thomas G. Pratt, and Philip Barton Key, Esqs. are recommended to the voters of Prince George’s County as suitable persons to represent them in the next General Assembly of Maryland. 53* We are requested to announce Philip N. Avsr ag a candidate tTEAS Young Hyson .4/so, 3 Cases, containing Gunpowder, Imperial, and TEAS, in 2 lb canisters Young Hyson Just received per schr. Alexandria, from New York. In Store, 100 sacks SALT, and Superior PICKLING VINEGAR. For sale by J- J* DOUGLAS. sept 4—eo3t__ NEW ORLEANS SUGAR. O RL Hogsheads, for sale by 25 sept 3 A. C. CAZENOVE CO. FAMILY FLOUR. O Cl Barrels prime Family Flour, for sale by 25 aent3-6t J. J. H. JANNEY. WINE AND OIL. -g Pipes Benecarlo Wine J U 2 barrels Balsam Capivi 79 pounds Ivory, or Elephant’s Teeth 40 Dry African Hides 4 casks Palm Oil Received per schr. Hope, from Barbadoes, and for sale on moderate*™ by demijohns. •i Five-Gallon Demijohns, lately receiv 1DU ed and for sale by the dozen or niece, sept 3_ H. C. SMITH. VINEGAR. -g An Barrels Vinegar, of superior quality, JLUU landing at VowelPs wharf, and for sale by sept 2_W. H. MILLER. TENERIFFE WINE. 5 Quarter Casks Teneriffe Wine, represented to be of good quality, landing from schooner Alexandria, front New lUjgS&S&tl 10 best1 ondon Brown Stout, landing from lfr- “dr'a' fr0ras‘MEYS0srER“MITHae MARRIED, By the Kev. John Ogil vie, on the 2d instant, at Pleasant Valley, Va., Dr. J. W. Lg&ch, to Jane R., eldest daughter of Major Charles Hcnton, all of Fauquier County, Va. COMMERCIAL. i Price of Produce in Alexandria yesterday, from Wagons and Vessels. Flour, new wheat, bbl $4 75 a $0 00 Wheat, per bushel, 0 90 a 0 95 Corn, do 0 60 a 0 63 Rye, do 0 55 a 0 58 Oats, from wagons, bush 0 33 a 0 35 Do from vessels, do 0 30 a 0 32 Corn Mf.al, white, do 0 65 a 0 70 Do do yellow, do 0 60 a 0 65 Whiskey, per gallon, 0 27 a 0 30 Bacon, per cwt. 10 00 a 10 50 Butter, fresh, per lb. 0 15 a 0 18 Do firkin, do 0 10 a 0 12 Lard, do 0 07 a 0 08 Plaster Paris, retail, ton, 4 50 a u 00 Flour.—Thursday, the wagon price of Flour was $4 87 1-2. Yesterday, the current price was 4 75: a few loads received the previous eve ning, and paid for yesterday morning, were set tled at 4 87 1-2. The recent sales from stores have been at 4 87 1-2, 4 95, and 5 00. m ship news, m PORT OF ALEXANDRIA, D. C. Arrived, September 4, Steamboat Fredericksburg, Jenkins, Balti more; Freight for the District. Saiied, September 5, Steamboat Chesapeake, Wilson, Norfolk. .4 Vessel Foundered.—The Portuguese brig Funchal, Capt. Moniz, from Madeira, 47 days out, bound to New York, with a cargo of 300 pipes of wine, in crossing the Gulf Stream expe rienced very stormy weather, during which she sprung a leak, which was not perceived till the vessel w as found to be in a sinking condition; and every effort to save her proving ineffectual, she was abandoned on Sunday evening, Cape Henry distant 90 miles. The captain, supercar go, a passenger, and 15seamen, in the longboat, arrived at Old Point Comfort yesterday after noon, and came up in the steamboat Old Domini on last evening. The mate and three seaman in the jolly boat, continued in company until Mon day evening, when the long boat run them out of sight; they no doubt arrivedat Old Point last night. We learn that the vessel and part of the cargo are insured.—Norfolk Herald. Somewhat suspicious— Under our marine head, in last Friday’s paper, was a statement purport ing that a small schooner belonging to Edenton, which had touched here on her return from Al exandria to North Carolina, while beating out of our river on the Monday previous, had sunk so suddenly that the Captain and crew had bare ly time to escape in the boat, without being able to save the captain’s chest, which contained the proceeds of the cargo and his clothing, or any thing else except the clothes they had on. We have now to stute, that the schooner has since been raised and tow’ed up by our enterprising townsman, Mr. Joseph Buckman, w’ho immedi ately caliedu survey on her, and it was soon as certHfhetf that she had been scuttled! The cap tain’s chest was in its place, with one or too old garments in it,—but the proceeds of the cargo could not be found. The captain’s rej*>rt that the schooner sunk w’hile beating,” is con tradicted by the fact that she had her anchor out. The schooner is called the Happy Re turn, the Captain’s name Asa Hendricks, and she is owned by him and Deinpsy Livermore. Ibid. TIMOTHY SEED. 4 Casks Timothy Seed, for sale by sept 6—6t J. J. H. JANNEY. FOR OLD POINT AND NORFOLK." rpHE newr Steamboat CHESAPEAKE w’ill J. leave Bradley’s wharf, Washington, on Tuesday next, 9th instant, at 12 o’clock precise ly; and Alexandria at 1, P. M. same day. Passage 7 dollars, including meals. Trip up and down, 8 dollars, do do. sept 6—3tJ. WILSON, Captain. WAGONS WANTED, TIO load for Winchester, and elsewhere, by sept 6 A. C. CAZENOVE CO. HOUSE TO RENT. That convenient two-story Brick DWEL Jijj,LING HOUSE, on Cameron street, w’est of the Theatre. Possession given immediately, at moderate rent. sept 6 SAMUEL B. LARMOUR CO. FOR HALIFAX— With Despatch. rffc The good Schooner JEW, Davis, mas <&*££ter, wants 200 barrels on freight, for which apply to sept 4 W. FOWLE CO. FxFijrsion. The Steamer COLUM BIA, Capt. James Mitch ell, will make an Excur sion to Old Point, Norfolk, and Cape Henry, on Monday, the atn instant; leaving Washington at 12, M., and Alexan dria at 1 o’clock, P. M. She will leave Nor folk for the Cape on Tuesday, the Oth, at 2 o’ clock P. M., returning the same evening to Nor folk; and leave Norfolk for the District of Co lumbia on Wednesday, the 10th, at 2 o’clock, P. M. Passage and fare for the trip, $9. sept 3—dt8th___ FOR NORFOLK. THE Steamer COLUMBIA, Captain James Mitchell, will leave Washington at 12, M., and Alexandria at 1 o’clock, P. M., on Monday, the 8th instant, for Norfolk; and return ing, will leave Norfolk on Wednesday, the 10th, at 2 oclock, P. M.; and will continue during the conenn tn make a triD between the District and A CARD, I have several HOUSES to rent, in the JU,most respectable and healthy part of the town, which will be put in good repair, at re duced rents, to good and punctual tenants. Two of those houses have seven roomseach, perfect ly new, and in complete order. aug 20—eoQt JNO. F. M. E. AUCTION SALES. NOTICE. BY virtue of a Decree pronounced on the 30th day pf May last, in a cause depending in the Circuit Court of Alexandria, D. C. between James Harris et al. complainants, and Nancy Craig et al. defendants, I will proceed to sell, at public auction, for ready money, on the premis es, in Alexandria County, on Saturday, the 6th day of September next, at 12 o’clock, M. a cer tain TRACT, or PARCEL OF LAND, con taining One Hundred Acres, more or less, lying on Brecken’s Branch, and the drains ofa branch of Four Mile Run, called Lubber's Branch, be ing the land whereof Charlos Craig died seized. I will convey such title only as is vested in floe by the Decree of the Court. BERNARD HOOE, Commissioner, jy 30—eotOSep BY WILLIAM D. NUTT. PUBLIC SALE. IN pursuance ofa deed of trust, executed to me, and recorded in Alexandria County, Li ber P. No. 2, folio 08,1 shall offer at public sale, on Tuesday, the 1st day of July next, at 4 o’ clock, P. M., the following PROPERTY, viz: A LOT on Fairfax street, beginning at the north line of M. McLish, running north with Fairfax street 38 feet; thence west, paralle to Queen street, 90 feet; thence south, paralle to Fairfax street, 38 feet; thence east 90 feet, to the beginning. One other LOT, corner of Fairfax and Quee street, beginning 24 feet from the north line of the lot last described, and running thence to Queen street about 25 feet; thence, with Queen street, west, 90 feet; thence, south, parallel to Fairfax street, about 25 feet; thence east, paral el to Queen street, to the beginning. One other LOT on the south side of Queen street, beginning 90 feet from Fairfax street; running thence west, with Queen street, 32 feet 7 inches, to Richard M. Scott’s line; thence south, with said line, to M. McLish’s line; thence with said line, parallel to Queen street, 32 feet 7 inches; thence north, to the beginning. Also, A LOT OF GROUND, atthe Intersec tion of Water and Princess streets, beginning at the intersection, and running, with Princesa street,- feet, to a twenty feet alley; thence, with said alley, south, 50 feet; thencc'w’est, pa rallel to Princess street, to Water street; thence, with Water street, north, to the beginning. Also, A LOT OF GROUND, on Piincess street, beginning at the corner of the above men tioned alley, and running with the same, south, 47 feet; thence east, parallel to Princess street, 54 feet; thence, north, 47 feet, to Princess street; thence, with Princess street, to the beginning. Also, A HALF ACRE LOT OF GROUND, less sixty feet; bounded by Royal, Oronoko aud Pitt streets. Also, A LOT OF GROUND, situate on Wolfe street, beginning at the line of Doctor Charles Douglass, and running thence east, with Wolfe street, feet, to the line of Thomas Irwin; thence, with said Irwin’s line, north, to the extremity of his line; thence, with his back line, parallel to Wolfe street, east, to Pitt street; thence, with Pitt street, north, to the centre of the square; thence, west, parallel to Wolfe st., to the centre of the square; thence, south, paral lel to Pitt street, to the beginning. Also, A LOT OF GROUND, situate on Wa ter street, beginning 50 feet from the corner of Water and Princess streets, und running south 67 feet, to John Young’s line; thence, parallel to Princess street, to a twenty feet alley; thence, with said alley, north, 67 feet; thence, west, pa» rallel to Princess street, to the beginning. Also, one undivided half of a HALF ACRE LOT, fronting on Oronokostreet, between Fa.r fax and Water streets, beginning at the centre of the square, and running east-feet; thence north, parallel to Water street, to Pendleton street; thence west, with Pendleton street, feet; thence south, parallel to Water street, to the beginning. The sale will commence at the lot first men tioned, and the terms then made known, apr30—wtlstJy COLIN AULD, Trustee. The sale is postponed till Monday, the t8h September next, at 4 P. M. jy 7—wt8thSep _ FOR RENT, MTlie large and convenient two-story RRICK HOUSE, recently occupied by the Rev. E. C. Hutchinson. It is pleasantly situated at the corner of Prince and Patrick streets. There is a large Yard, with a variety of Fruit Trees, a Stable, Smoke House, &c. To a good tenant the rent will be moderate. Apply to WILLIAM WRIGHT, or june 17—2awtf CHARLES ROSS._ T FOR SALE AND RENT. I will sell the BRICK STORE HOUSE Jijiand LOT, in possession of George W. Gor don, Fairfax Court House, Va. If not sold be fore the 1st October next, it will be then rented for the next ensuing year, and immediate pos session given. Also to rent, the TAVERN HOUSE occupied by Win. Lee for the present year; and several other Tenements, suitable for mechanics. The rents shall be moderate, and possession 1st Jan nuary next. ROBT. RATCLIFFE, Ex’r. of Rich’d Ratcliffe, dec’d. auer 28—eott __ SECOND HAND FURNITURE. 1HAVE a variety of excellent Second-hand Furniture, which I will sell low. Among it, Mahogany Tables, Bedsteads, Sofa, Secretary &c.; several Feather Beds, some kiln dried and clipped; Chairs, Looking Glasses, and Irons;. Kitchen Furniture, &c. sept i WM. D. NUTT. SPLENDID GERMAN PIANOS. THE subscriber has just received three GER MAN PIANOS, by the ship Johannes, just arrived, from the celebrated maker, Andrew Stein, of Vienna. They are of a very superior tone, and the cases are of the newest and most admired style. By the next arrival I shall re ceive a few more. All of w hich will be sold as cheap as any imported into this country. RICHARD DAVIS, Royal street. Second-hand Pianos taken in exchange for new ones.aug 16—eo3tA2aw2w CHEWING TOBACCO. JUST received from Richmond, viz: 5 boxes No. 1 pound lump 1st quality, 10 do No. 1,16»s, patent cut very superi 12 do No. 12’s, small lump or, branded S. S. Myers Sc Co. 10 boxes 16’s, small lump 2d 3aalwy’«™!!i! 10 half boxes 16’s, do ed S. M. Specer 15 boxes 12’s, small lump, id quality, brand ed D. Matthews For sale at factory price.. y MAS0Ni Jr a**August 10-CO3W BLANKS AND PAMPHLETS Printed, with neatness despatch, at this office i
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cj- Public •mention! IS respectfully solicited by the «ub#criber, to an in valuable preparation, the merits of which have keen tested by time, and are sustained by undoubted dr. RKLFE’S 07* Botanical Drops! ift every year increasing their long established repu tation. They have 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 redit&y predisposition in the patient, and generally appear under the various and distressing shapes of 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 reditary disease on his offspring. Dr. Relfe’s Botanical Drops are successfully used in cases of violent eruptions after the measles—red blotches—pimples on the face—festering eruptions on the skin—and other diseases of the external surface; and are one of the best Spring and Autumnal physics known, to free the system from humor* A physician of eminence, who had witness'd the ef ficacy of this article, had the candor recently to ack nowledge to the proprietor, that he considered it the best medicine known, for the complaints fir which it ia intended, and that it ought deservedly to stand at the head of the whole class of such remedies Price #1 a bottle, o~ 6 bottles for #5. WHITE THJBTH! AND HEALTHY OTTMS! Those who would retain or restore these desirable personal advantages, are assured that no compo sition can be obtained superior t the BRITISH ANTISEPTIC DENTRIFICE. This is an elegant and pleasant preparation in every respect, and has, for many years past, given universal satisfaction wherever it has been used. The Antiseptic Dentrifice is exempt from acid and other deleterious ingredients, which too frequently enter the composition of tooth powders in common use, 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 ihe accumulation of tartar, operates as the best pre H tivw of the Tooth Ache. The Dentrifice removes discoloration^ and restores the beautiful native white ness of the enamel. As its application braces and strengthens ihe Gums, it secures to them their healthy and florid hue, and, by removing all offensive foreign accumulations from the teeth, preserves the natural sweetness of the breath. Pric- 50 cents None genuine unless signed on the outside print ed rapper by the sole proprietor, T Kidder, imme diale successor to the late Dr. W. T- Conw’av for •ale, with all the other “Conway Medicine,” at his Counting Room, No 99. next door to J Kidder’s Drug Store, corner of Court and Mar.over streets, near Con cert Hall, Boston THOMPSON KIDDER. And, by nis special appointment, by WM. STABLER, Fairfax street, Alexandria. Large discount to those who buy to sell again. Consumption! Asthma! X Catarrh! IN that lone train of diseases which seem to grow with the growth of civilized society, Consumption tikes the lea J in its relentless inroads upon human lilt- yet his dreadful disorder is eas.ly overcome in its earlier stages. It is only when neglected that it ar rives at the terrific maturity wh!;h 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, is sure to be reproved by a dreadful succession of consumptive symptoms —oppression of the breast; greenish and bloody spittle; ulcerated lungs and hectic fever; shri veiled extremeties, and general emaciation of the 1 whole body; prostration of strength; flushed cheeks; swollen feet and legs; and at last, in the full posses 9; ,:i of the mental faculties, and while hope still whis- p--:s her flattering tale—cold extremities, and a pre mature death. i F -r the various stages of this complaint, one of the j most approved rt medies ever yet discovered is DR. RELFE’S ASTHMATIC PILLS. j This exceedingly powerful, and yet equally safe and innocent preparation, ha* effected thorough and rapid cures upon patients supposed to have been far advanc ed i i a confirmed Consumption, and who have exhibit ed tbe appearances which usually indicate a fatal ter mination of ihe disorder. As the Pills require in ordinary cases no confine ment, they may be administered with confidence and Safety to all ages and classes of people. Unexampled I success has hitherto attended their administration in a great variety of cases; and the proprietor can refer to a multitude, which testify to their efficacy in reviving the emaciated victim from the bed of disesae, and re storing him to the blessings of accustomed health and Price for wbo/e boxes of 30 pills, and SO cents for half do. of 12 pills, with directions. Debilitated Females! fpHB co.apUmts peculiar to the female part of the 1 community, have been long successfully treated 'he administration of the Aromatic Pills, originally -j-ribed aud compoauded by Dr. llelfe. They 1 the blood from those disorders of the female .don, for which the pills are an effectual speci r ritorca free circuit iou, reform the irregular •h'j aangaferous system, and rectify the i the proprietor's confidence in the of this equally innocent and pow i* f un lcd on the most decisive tes•! n .tiaity restored patients. He can assnre u ...f the public, that when DH Ktl.t’tb AROMATIC PILLS FOR FEMALES 1T u ,r.y taken, according to the directions, ac co npanyiog them, they revive and establish the desir ed healthy habits, and restore to the palud counte nance th* natural giow of health and good spirits. Married laities wui find the pills equally useful, ex cept in cases of paegnancy, when they must not he taken; neither mu*; they be taken by persons of hec tic or consumptive habits. I hey may be used success fully by either men or women in all Hypochondriac, Hysteric or Vapourish disorders In ail cases of this description, the pills punfy, invigorate, and revive the disordered system. Price #1 50 a box. None genuine unless signed on the outside print ed wrapper by ihe sole proprietor, T. Kidder, imme diate successor to the late Dr. W. T. Conway. For tale,with all the other “Conway Medicine*,” at his Counting Room. No. 99, next door to J. Kidder's Drug Store, corner of Court and Hanover streets, near Cou rt Hall, Boiton. THOMPSON KIDDBK. And also, by his special appointment, by WM. SI’ABLKU, Fairfax street, Alexandria. L»rge discount* to those who buy to sell again. To Rheumatic Invalids! PL Kb- suttering under Rheumatic Affection are rc.p v„*iiv assured that they can obtain of the propri: u alia hit agents a safe and admirable reme dy to*'* S.u it* however obstinate the disorder nL o- c:.i ii different stage*. jr. J ebb’s Liniment! will miu immediate relief to ihe patient, snd bat sometime* bee., attended with such extraordinary suc cesses t® cure the most distressing Rheumatism in twenty-four hours, even when of years standing. This highly valuable Liniment is recommended With a confidence founded en the experience of am ny years, not only as a core for that excruciating dis ease, but at an excellent application for Stiffness of the Joints, Numbness, Sprains, Chilblains, &c. (Tbit article is considered to superior to every thing else, and to possess such uncommon virtues, that it is ordered from all parts of the country.} not hesitate to give mv most unqualified approbation in favor of your valuable Albion Corn Plaster. By the use of less than a box, Mrs Stowell has been cured of a corn ou each foot, which had been exceedingly troublesome anti painful for years, and I think it but justice to your invaluable preparation to add, (for the encouragement of those who, owing to repeated disappointments in the various remedies re sorted to, have finally despaired of a cure,) that your PIKster cured her corns, after trying other highly re commended remedies *o no purpose; and what in creases mv confidence in the superiority of your Plas ter, is the fact, that it has been used by several of my neighbors with equally good success. (Signed) Seth Stowill, Keeper of the Toll-house, South Boston Bridge. Mr. T- Kinusa, Proprietor of the Conway Medicines. Boston, June 17th, 1823. Price 50 cents SORE AND INFLAMED EYES. 11I1E studious, the weakly, and others, who are troubled with soreness or infLmmation of that deiicate organ, will be able to obtain a most pleasant and invaluable application, in DUMFRIES’ cr BYE WATER! This well established Wasii for the Eye is perfectly innocent, and gives immediate relief, even in very ag gravated cases of soreness and inflammation. Prise 25 cents TI1E TOOTH ACHE. THIS agonizing disorder is cured in its most painful stages, by one of the most simple as well as pow erful remedies known in modern practice The CAM BRIAN TOOTH ACHE PILLS aflord instant relief, without inflicting the slightest in iury on the teeth. They are applied externally to the parts affected, with the greatest ease snd expedition, and generally operate as a soothing lenitive to the suffering patient. Price 50 cents a box. Dyspepsia OF most obstinate character, after r.ving baffled the skill of toe most eminent physicians, and withstood the most highly recommended medical pre partitions, has been checked, relieved, and cured, in a number of instance- in and about this city, by u»:ng, for a short time, Ur Keefe's VEGETABLE SPECIFIC, AND ANTI-BI LIOUS PILLS, in connexion, according to the directions accompany ing the Specific It is also one of the best medicines known for Sick Headache, Sickness at the Stomach, Nausea, and Flatulences. Price of the Specific and PiP SO centr, each. None genuine unless signed on the outside prin ted wrapper by t>'e sole proprietor, T. Kid-ider, im mediate successor to the late Ur. W T- Conway. For sale, with all the other Conway Medicines,” at his Counting Kuoin, No. 99, next door to J Kidder’s Urug Store, corner of Court anj Hanover streets, near Con cert Hall, Boston. THOMPSON KlUUEtt. Anil also, by bis special appointment, by WU. STABLER, jdn 24 Fairfax street, Alexandria. Large discount to those who buy to sell again. PATENT RIGHT SECURED. beware of imposition, shepherd’s patent specific OINTMENT, (formerly Judkins’,) Prepared by C. HER S TUNS, neur Frederick town, Maryland. Kicavoan. Va- July 15, 1830. THE public will be pleased to understand that 1 was the original discoverer of Judkins’ Ointment, and j sole proprietor of the patent from September, 1817, until the expiration of the same; but, having connect* I ed myself with Dr. Judkins in the commencement, I permitted the Ointment to. bear his name. The term of the patent having expired on the 26th June, 1 have made an improvement in the same, and taken oat a pa tent thereon. N. SHEPHERD. dj* Imposition having been practised upon the nub* lie by a spurious article, bearing the name of Jud kins' Ointment,” the proprietor avails himself of the authority granted to him in his letters patent, now to call the Ointment after his own name. Henceforth it will be known by the name of SHEPHERD’S PATENT SPECIFIC OINT MENT, (formerly Judkins'.) When I first made and prepared this Ointment, and had, in several instances, experienced ita good efte I sent it to several physicians, with instructions in cases to apply it, who were of opinion that the i ment would be a valuable public benefit. I ?onc that the Ointment would occasionally fall into m y hands, some of whom would probably undertake to make it, and knowing the difficulty of the process ne vertheless, it might be progated in this V tuation, as it might in some degree resemble t e igt nal—and in this way its good effects would °bhtera ted Under these considerations, I secured the origi nal and certain remedy for those obstinate diseases, some of which have so long baffled the sail* or dical science: 1st White swellings of every description; 2d Sore lew and ulcers of long standing, 3d Schirrus or glandular tumors, particularlythose hardened tumors in women’s breasts, which oftentimes terminate in ulcetated cancers; 4th Felons? or what some people know by the name of catarrhs, of every description. 5th Rheumatic pains of the joints; 6th Sprains and bruises of every description, or in whatever part situate; 7th Tetters of all kinds. In this complaint the pa- tient, in applying the ointment, must keep the part outof water; 8th Chilblains or partsaffected by frost It is also one of the best remedies tor burns and scalds. It eases the pain and draws the fire out in a short time. I For inflamed women’s breasts and glandular swel lings, it is superior to any medicine yet known to the medical faculty. It is much safer than mercurial ap plications, (as it does not contain the smallest atom of any preparation of the mineral,) because it does not lay the patient liable to injury from exposure to cold. This Ointment has cured sores of many years stand ing. Where it is impossible or imprudent to heal the external sore, in consequence of the bones becoming carious oi rotten, it will stop the progress of the caries, 1 incret.se the quantity of discharge, remove the offcii jive smell, and ease the pains It cures the worst Felods and Whitlows, on applica tion of forty-eight hours CERTIFICATES. From the H»n. John Cocke, /Member of the House of Re presentatives in Congress. WatHtsoTux, March 22, 1826 ,V;r—Mv son having been afflicted for five years with white swelling, and' having applied every reme dy recommended by the most eminent physicians within my reach without success, I at length procured one jug of Dr Judkins’ Patent Specific Ointment and made the application according to the directions ac- J companying the ointment, and state, for the benefit j 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 j he is indebted; for nothing else was used for more than nine months before the application of the flint, ment. Respectfully, Juhs Cocke l)r. Wm. Uunton, Washington City. From L P. W. Batch, Esq Counsellor at t*aw, F>ede. rick, Md FnKiiEtucK, Md. May 6,1831 Mr. C Herstons—l deem it proper to state, for the benefit of the public, that, several years since, two of my children were affected with scald head ot an inve terate character. My family physician, Ur John T. W ilson, of Leesburg, Va who was very skilful and ju dicious in his practice, in vain endeavored by every means to effect a cure- At length Judkins’ Ointment was applied, and the affection w-»s permanently reliev ed. Very respectfully, vour obedient servant, L. F-W. JUich. From the Honorable John Taliaferro, Member of Con• gress, dated asaixsTox, January 23, 1829 Sir—Ithasbeen my wish, loraconsiderable time, to communicate to you the good effect with which 1 have used the Oin'menl invented by a Mr. Judkins, and which I now understand is made and sold by agents appointed by yourself, I have applied this Ointment during the last three years to every -pecies of tumor and wound, without failure to produce a cure j in every instance. I consider it the most decided and efficient remedy in all cases of tumor, be the cause whatit 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 the most distinguished physicians as in- J curable, and ivhichth :y decided would, withoutainpu- tation, prove fatalto the patient, was, under my imme- diate notice, effected bytheuse of Judkins' Ointment, i and the patient is in fine health Hislimb aflectcdby the tumor being restored to a perfectstate oi sound ness. Alsothat the leg oi’anaged man which had been wounded, and exhibited one dreadfully ulcerated sur face from (he1* -■e io the foot, and which, for more j than two; o f.en considered incurable, wasef-j fcctujllv c *’»'i 1 ie application of Judkins' Oiril- j ment. 1 ni'. -t-twocases, whichfellundtr my imme .list .ii >1 management, as a decided evi- j denct -t tins remedy in cases of tumor and oft xpe tcnced, as decidedly, the j good"fi- if —dy in the cure of Felons, and 1 of every call wound. Itseemsto me that any one w .i il rve on the operation of this Oint-1 rnwnt, niuv-.v st-.t -bed as to its beneficial effect lean with the ulasu-• confidence recommend the use oft his valuable remedy, lam, sir, very respectfully, Joax laL(AVEHHO N. B. To more fully guard the public, (the proprie tor) C. Herston’s name will appear in his own hand writing, written through the circle outside the ointment pot. Oj* Sold by appointment, in Alexandria, wholesale and retail, by WM. SI ABLKK, oct 18 Druggist, Fairfax street. DR. LEE'S GENUINE PATENT ,Vevi lionAou Biivoua ViWs. JUST received, a fresh supply of the above useful Medicine, direct fruffl Dr. Lee's Dispensary 12th mo30th, 1833. W. STABLER. The following extract is published by Dr. Lce’a au thority, viz;— Extract of a letter, written by a very respectable gen tleman, residing in Baltimore, to the subscriber, who deems it his duty, though unauthorised, to lay it be fore the public, withholding the writer’s name, for particular reference, should any require it person ally. SAM. H. P. LEE. Baltimori, August, 1828. Doctor S. H. P. Lx*, New London, Conn. Dear Sir—It is now upwards of twenty years that I have used your New London Bilious Pills in my fami ly, and always found them an efficient purgative in al most every description ot'disease, and believe they sa» ved many a long doctor* bill by tneir early and timelj use. 1 never found tbeir accustomed certainty to vary in tbeir operation and effects until a few months past; and having, since then, been sadly disappointed in eve ry instance of using them, I began to conclude that you had made your fortune, and abandoned their manufac ture to mercenary and unfaithful hands. Under this impression, 1 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 I respect Finding those I had without this teat, I be j nn to suspect that all was not fair in medicine, as well aa in politics, and called at several of our apothe caries for your pills, with your written signature. 1 found many without this test, but none with it, until 1 came to the Uessrs Keerls*, who assured me they had them direct from you. I procured a box, and on uaing them, found the eame effects from them l had always eaperienced, and am so much rejoiced on finding my •el fm ssposscinn of a medicine I so highly prize, that that I cannot, in justice, refrain from giving you this information. (J3* To avoid the imposition of counterfeit* and spu rious imitations, as related above, the purchaser haa only to examine the bill of directions covering each box, and if signed at foot, in my own handwriting, im mediately under my printed name, they. are genuine, and prepared by me; but if o«it the printed name is affixed, they are spurious, and to be avoided. S. H. P- LEE, New London, Conn. Dec 1823._________ HYGEIANISM. THE following testimonials of the superior efficacy of the HYGBIAN MEDICINES in the cure of our diseases, speak in a language which roust carry conviction to the minds of the most sceptical. Baowir UsivtBsiTr, Dec. 25, 1813. To Mr. Samuel Young, Agent for the Hygeian Vege table Universal Medicines, for the Slate of Rhode Island. Sib—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 Hygeian 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 maybe explicitly unfer stood, 1 state, in connexion with the relation of the cure, some of the symptoms of the disease. In Sep tember, 1832,1 caught a severe cold, which settled on my lungs; I was confined to my room about one week, with a fever, attended with considerable cough; iny cough soon abated, and apparently, I was regaining mv health; when, after about three weeks, in the course of the night, having returned the evening be fore in usual health, I found myself bleed1 ng at the lungs. I had not. to my knowledge, received any hurt or strain, to which the cause of this might be attribut- j ed I spat blood, occasionally, for four days; it left! me with some fever, pain in the breast, very little ap 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 j ease, and inspire the hope of a speedy recovery Hut rel-pse upon relapse, and each bringing me lower I than the preceding, seemed to baffle all human skill, j and warn me of an approaching dissolution. Thus, j mouths after the first attack, a tubercle” [«mail ul cer] broke in the Inngs, after which I spat blood, one day. I continued to decline twomonths longer, when I obtainedtffe Hygeian VIedirines I had now been; unable to sit up a whole day. for four months and a half. My feet were cold and lifele-s, sleep unsound, cold nigjit sweats constant^ tongue furred, pulse in the afternoon from seventy-five to one hundred per mi- nute, food produced great distress, appetite vt^y j poor, pain in the breast hrectlt opposite the heart, i attended with some cough, S.c. -vc. Such was my condition, when I first became acquainted with the j Hygeian Medicines I commenced taking the med' cines, four pills at a «lo-»e, and increased the do3e dai- ly, one up to the number of twelve. In about ten (lays, my appetite became good, and fond produced no distress, sleep soon became sound and refreshing, and in about forty days the symptoms of the disease had nearly all disappeared I took the medicine si sty day a regularly every night, averaging about ten pills at a dose; the greatest num ber taken at any one time w as fdtecn After this, I took about four doses a week, until '.ad -*icen a'lout thirteen hundred pills, when I found -rer.loieri to health. After I commenced the M l- s i, I took no other medicine One year from the ..‘trek, l was able to resume my studi s in coileg where I have since remained without any recurrem. f the disease Hitherto 1 have been convalesce:- nd if my strength is not yet fully returned, I *rn certain I Sire lew pains, and am mure free from tempi rary ckneas. than at any time since my earliest -i. tion. Yours, with respect, HORACE T LOVE. On II. Shri-heahu Moat. Dear Sir—I wish to state that my sister, after vere suffering, and employing a medical man three years, was relieved by the use of tlis 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-lacing hers e> If, and perhaps, over exertion with it. after using a fev, doses of \'o. 1 and 2, alternately, about eight pilU for a dose, ’he pain decreased, and, by perseverance in their use, she is now restored to health; and I have no objection to this case being made public for the benefit of others; and am, dear sir, yours truly, H. IlYBtt. Lowell, Ma.sachusctts, Feb 8, 1834 Injustice to Dr. si, her medical adviser, when he j heard her improvement in health, he recommended perseverence in the use of he medicines. This valuable Medicine, being composed only of vegetable matter, or medicinal herbs, and warranted, on oath, as containing no* m. on the north-east corner of King and 4 a/ton streets, where he intends keepii.r a ant supplyof the BEST FURNITUKF y the best workmen, and of the neate.-t which he will warrant equal to any evei o:i j in the District, which he will sell low for ca>u, or to punctual persons on the most accommo dating terms; and he hopes, by his punctuality and attention, to secure a part of the public pa tronage. Old Furniture neatly repaired, and hand somely varnished. TURNING handsomely executed, and at the shortest notice. Furniture purchased at this Factory will be delivered free of expense any where in the District. Alexandria, mav 7 STEPHEN S. SANGER, IN tendering his sincere acknowledgements to his friends and the public for past patronage, respectfully informs them that he still continues to manufacture, aud has now on hand. BEDS, MATTRASSES, SOFAS CHAIRS. And Cabinet Furniture, of good materials and workmanship, which he will dispose of upon reasonable terms. The public are solicited to call, before they purchase elsewhere, at his Upholsteriner and Ca binet Ware-Room, on King street, between Co lumbus aud Henry streets, where he w ill satis factorily execute all orders for articles in either ofthe above branches. Repairs in either lint done neat, cheap, and expeditiously. Oct 8—tf_ CABINET, CHAIR. AM) 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 .f B" >h Cases Pier Tables, with marble and mahogany top? Pillar suitable for Handrails; Steam-sawed Curl and Shaded Veneers; Copal Varnish of a superior quality; Sacking Bottoms, Cords, Ac. TURNING and CARVING handsomely rxe cn-"d._ apr 3 SPLENDID FURNITURE. C% H ARLES KOONES, Cabinet, Chair, and t 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 a.id durability, defies com petition. His stock generally consists of Grecian and plain Sofas. HATS! HATS! THE subscriber has an Extensive ‘l*sor_ of EXCELLENT HATS, which he o« for sale, wholesale and retail, and will la c: exandria Bank paper, and the notes V the Banks of the District which have pended specie payment TH juae f