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the Courle of this month, are inftru&ed to '
obtain their confent for opening a road
which may facilitate the communication
between Natches and the fettlements on ■
the Oh o ; and for the celfion of fome
fpots of ground, at convenient diftan.ces,
whereon to ere£t houfes for the accommo
dation of travellers. We prefume this K
information will be highly agreeable to our
fellow-citigfins, not only from the great
aid which the accoinplilhmeut of fuch a
plan niuft pive to our con.mercc down the
river; but iriafmuch as it clearly fhews the b
friendly difpolition ot the executive to
wards-this part of the union. Indeed the
enlightened and liberal mind of Mr. Jet- A
ferfon was One of the firft to discover and
point out the great natural advantages of 0
the weftern doilHt therefore
can be enteitained of his difpofition to ad
vance in every ref;>e£\, this valuable and
productive country. 1
J|ji»jjill~L. " ' mi, i ■ ii|- Ti~w 7 »a*. .
LAND FOR SALt. j A
A VALUABLE TRACT OF LAND, '
laYING on Mountain Run. in the county of
jk Cu),>ei>er, whereon the ■fubferiber now lives,;
containing 11 \o -i:r s and we 1 improved, with]
buildings for a logeiujd genteel family; orchards,
barn*, corn houfes, .Sec. a large proportion ol
nfcai . '.(id which is now in gral« fufficicnt to
Cut 50 or 60 ooOwt of hay annnally; 5 or 6
acres of highly improved red clover lots,'the firft
cutting this fpnn«; and very luxuriant; the whole
of'he ilea*- d land in good faiming order and in
* pr grefliv • date of improvement } the truA.
rrtty wi .ii gieat convenience be divided into two
good firm* wirh equal advantage* except that of
buildings Ihe lidding* on one of them would
be final', hut might wjth no great expa ce be
made comfortable for a i'mail family witli the ne.
ctfjary buildings now on it, with a very produc
tive garden ; convenient to church, court houfe
an i hrce mlnablc merchant mills, two of them
•within one mile and an half and the other feven
and an half mile*, immediately 011 the road lead
iog til Fredericksburg; diffant 50 mile* from
Alexandria and the Federal City; 30 miles ffotn
Fredericksburg and Falmouth. As to its hta!§.
thinef. of fituation and agreeablenef# of neijih_
borhood, I am fully perlnaded no one will be t
difappointcd in them Wilhing to fell th.- land
to make a more equitable divifion among my cbil
drexi, and .-s fome of »hcui are young, the pay
ments will be m.»de cafy 011 paying the intcreft
annually; one third or one fourth of the p<>rcba e
tuoncy will be expected oti giving p->lT°eflion,
which may tike place on «>r about hiiftrr.a« next,
or perhaps fooner i< required, with the liberty
of feeding this fall. aII kinds of flock plant**
tion utenfils, corn, fodder, hay, houfehotd and ci
kitchen furniture, except beds, may be had with 1)
the plantation: Ifo 1 parcel of likely NEGROES ta
in families, who can be well re:otnntciideu lor () j
their honefty, &c. \ny pe.rfon wifhing to retire ,
<r*in trade, and ftt himfelf in the fanning line,
■will feldoni find an opportunity of doing it more
to his mind than the prcfent one.
One other tradl of nearly yoo aces of Land, r\
laying on the river, 4 or 5 miles above F'redc ui
Ticksbo-g, known by the name of Sutherland'*
TraA of land, the greatdl part of which is now •
Mi wood, containing a quantity of valuable tim. '
ber, and its vicinity to fo thriving a tnww as Fre- " 5
«teric.kfburg, will ren ler it truly valuable ; thire
is a linall plantation on it now in cultivation and ly
may be converted into a final! grafs farm to great h
advantage. It is ntedlefs to fay much on its qua- 1J(
lity or other advantages, prefuming any one wi(h
iiig to purchafie, will chuie to fatisfy thenif'elves .
by taking a view of them. The payments for the 4 '
•iad truci ol landwid be one. third on giving ppf b
fcfllon on or about Chrifhrws next, the other two- tl
thirds in two equal annual paymtnt* , I lie price
of rach traiSt may ne known 011 application to th r t(
fubferiber, either by letter or otherwifc; the price
of the latter traA may alfo be known of Mr. V).
Orinnan, of Fre erickfburg, or my foil, living
With Mr. Stone, of Fredetickfburg. j'i
ft". SLAtXGiiTER, jun. tl
Virg. auguft 11. epi4t tl
CONVEY A\CERS OFFICE, if'
and in;
Office for salp. of cirr Lors, 'w
011 the Perinfylvania Avenue fronting the Prefi 1)
dent'* Square, near Rhodes'# tavern, City ofj
Wafhington, j
nhHOMAS HFRTY has with thej
" bufinefs of drawing Conveyance* of Land,
Wills, Mortgages. Bonds, Aflignmentsjli
poweis of Attorney, petitions, and every otherjm
pecies of deed »r ctmtraA in the profcQton; that ' f ,|
of buying, felling and leafing lots and houfcs in Li
the City, negocia;ing loans, &c.
His long experience as a draftsman, and know
kdge of the laws relative thereto—the kn »w
ledge which he has acquired by refidence of the I'i
fituation of City Lots, and how their titles have Si
been acquired, or are liable to be affected ; toge |~
ther with his impartial and ftrift regard to the
intcreft of thofe who may be pleafed to employ rl
him, will, he hope*., fecure to him a continuance
of pubjic paironage. tl'
Titles to real property inveftigated, and o|>i- .n
pion.s given thereon when required. lK
jJjT For fale a great variety of Lots, in defir
able fituatioos in the City- n
N. B. At the above ofTice may be had, bis '
Abridgement of theXiws of Maryland, price f i
6 dollars. Alfo his Digell of the Laws of the
tJnited States, price 3 dollar*. As the Law* *>'
Maryland arc in iidl force OH 'hii ii e the fofo
mack, it beliovts uttlcrs to avail themfelves ol
that which afie u their lives, liberties
and property, fie who is without a knowledge v '
his '• rule of c.mduel" 13 like a dranger ii
hi< native land. ' U
May 4. aaw4w, xavva jio:
From an English Magazine.
FATHERLESS FANNY.
A Ballad.—By Mts Opie.
KEEN and cold is the blaft loudly wift ing a.
round,
As cold as the lips that oncc frml'd upon me;
And unyielding, alag! as this hard frozen groend,
i he arms or.ee fo ready my fhelter to be.
Both my parents are dead, and few friends I can
boail.
But few tq confole and to love me, if any ; ,
And my gains are fo.fmall, a bare pittance almoft
Repays the exertioiis ef fatherlefs Fanny.
Once, indeed, I with plcafure and patience could
toil,
But 'twas when my parents fat by and ap_
prov'd!
Then my laces to fell I out with a fmile,
Bccaul'e my fatigue fed the parents I lov'd
(And at night, when I brought them my hardly
, earn'd gains,
Though fmall they might be, flill my comforts
«'c.re many ;
For my mother's Jond bb fli grewarded mv pains,
My father Oood watching to welcome hi»
| Fanny
But, ah ! now that I work by tficir prefenee un
cheer'd,
I feci 'tis a bardfhip. indeed, to he poor;
While I flirink from fatigue, now no longer en
dear d 1
And figh as I knock at the wealthy man's door.
Then, alas! when at night I retur.. to my home.
No long"r I boaff t at my eomti-rf* a>e many ;
To a <iitnt. defcrted, dark dwel ing I come,
Where no one evclaims, " I hou art welcome,
my Fanny !
f'hat, that is the pang! Want and toil would
impart
No pang to my breaft, if kind friends I could
fee; 1
For the wealth I require is that of the heart, ,
J he finiles of affeAi >n are riches to mc
I hen, in pity, ye rich, when to you I apply
Jo tpurchafe my gooda though you do not
buy any,
With the accents o' kifidnpf* O deign to de ny
You'll comfort the heart of poor fatherleL
Fanny.
—-"w* <>— - f l
ANECDOTES OF THE ELEPHANT.
The tv,-o following iuftances of the Inga
city of the Elephant, are related by l>r.
Darwin in his Zoonomia, who fays lie ob
tained them feoin '■ a gemjeman uf diftind\
übl'ervatiwn, and undoubted veracity, who
had been much converiant with the Eafl-
Indies."
u tirft, the 1 Elephants that ul'ed to car
ry the baggage of our arm es, are put each
under the care, of one of the natives of In
•lolian, and wlnKt hi in lel t and his wife y o
ii Ito the woods to colle<£l leaves and branch
es of tiees for iiis food, they fix him to the
ground by a length of chain, and frequent
ly leave a child yet unable to walk, under
his protection ; and the intelligent animal
not only defends it, but as it creeps about,
when it arrives near the extremity of his
chain, he wraps his trunk gently round its
body, and brings it again into the centre of
the circle.
Secondly, the traitor Elephants are taught
to walk on a narrow path between two pit
falls, which are covered with tnrf, and then
go into the woods, to feditce the wild Ele
phants to come that way, who fall into
thefe wells, whilft he pafies fate between!
j them ; and it is univerlally ohferved, that
thi le wild Elephants that efcape the fnare
ijiurluj the traitor with the. utny>ft vehe
jmence, and if they can overtake him,
jwh'ch iomctimes happens, they always beat
him to death."
iTH E DUKK OF UH XUGEW ATKII'S CANAL.
The Duke of immortalized
jhU name by planning and effeiVmg his fa
mous canal. Lit- was only twenty-one years
jot age when he conceived this delicti, wor
thy of ancient Home. His canal unites
the citv of Liverpool with the populous
town oi Manchester. It is fo me times car
ried aero Is iinmenfe rocks hollowed at top.
Sometimes it fudderrly vanilhes and makes
feveral turnings in a i'ubterraneous piifTage,
eight Englilh miles in length. After aj>-
ivaring all at once, it feems lufpended in
the air, and croffes the river Wevil, by
means of immenfe arches, in fuch a man
ner that one may often enjoy the pidtui -
efcjue light of one vefiel navigating in the
Itreain behnv, and of another which erodes
t, and feems to fail in the element above.
D&sr*vc<rtov rt Zarthqvakes,
During the laft century,
Jll the beginning of the lalt century, there
•vns a terrible earthquake, which in a quar
ter of an hour laid the whole country of Pr
■u in ruins, to the extent of 300 leagues
long and 90 wide.
Palermo, in Sicily, was nearly deftroyed
{by an earthquake, and 600 people loft tiieij
lives,. A, D. 1726.
Four whole provinces in China were fwal
lowed up by an earthquake. A. D. 1731.
Aveliho, a city of Naples, was dethoyed
by an earthquake, A. D. 1720.
Almoft the whole kingdom of Chili, to
gether with its capital, St. Jago, was ("wal
lowed up by an earthquake, A. D. 1739.
Calao, in Peru, was deftroyed by an
earthquake, when all the inhabitants pc
; ilhed, excepting one man, who was {land
ing on an eminence, and to whole relief the
lea providentially tbre »v a boat, A* D- 1745.
There was a terrible earthquake at Lima,
which entirely deftroyed that city, and in
whicii 5000 people loft their lives. This
earthquake continued from October 27th
to November 20th, 1746
The city of Gonftantinople,, in Turkey,
was in a manner deftroyed by an earthquake,
and 3000 inhabitants killed, A. U 1754.
Two-thirds of the houles in Grand Cairo
and 40,000 inhabitants we e fwallowed
up, A. D. 1754.
In the year 1755 moft of the houfes in
Lilbon, and 30,000 inhabitants, were de
ftroyed in about«ight 1 his
rible carthquak extended no lels than 500
niiles, and it tfve A a >re Idands 10,000
people were buried by it.
Danias, in Barbary, was nearly dtrftroy
■d by an earthquake, when 50,000 inha
bitants p rilhed, A. D—l7,s9.
Triixilln, i<i Peru, was i'wallowed up by
in earthquake, A. u. 1759. !
There was an earthquake at Martinicc .
which deftroyed 1600perfons, a. d. 1757.
Guatiniala, in New Spain, was entirely
( Wallowed up by an earthquake, and many
thoufands of its inhabitants perilhed, a. d.
1773.
At Taurisin Perft i, 15,000 houfeswet; .
thrown down by an earthquake, and a great |
part of the inhabitant perilhed, A- D. 1780 ;
A great part of Calabria, in the '
f Sicily, was deftroyed by an earthquake,
na 30J000 people loft their lives, a> d. '
! 783. |
Ardfrhinfcham in Turkey, was deftroyed
by an earthquake, arid 12 ,000 of the in
habitants were buried iir the ruins, A- D
1 784-
A part of the ifland of Cuba, and 3000 I
p: rfons were deftroyed by an earthquake, '
A. D, 1791.
The afoumentioi edinftances ofdeftruc
tiou by earthquakes, within the period o\
. fingle century, juftify the fuppoGtion of
the poet, that " wide continents once
bloomed where the Atlantic now rolls
and the leriops mind is led to exclaim with
the Pfalinift, Coine behold the works of
the Lord, what defolations he hath made
in the earth 1
AN THONY SAWYER,
Ladies' & Gentlemen's Hair-djiesseb.
F.SPEC J FULIjY informs the public, that
1 he has opened a fhop oppoGte the Little
Hi»tel, in the City of Washington. Turban wigs
of the neweft fafhion arr made for ihe ladies,
fillets, &c. He will wait upon any lady with
the patterns. Any other bufiiiel's in his line Hull
be flri&ly attended to.
F Street Auguft 19, 1801.
i CIRCULATING LIBRARY.
HUGH SOMERVILLE,
Has lately received and is now ready to
circulate, a large and valuable < olleftion of
NOVELS, Hifknry, Romances, Voyages, Tra
vels, &e. which will be lent out to read,
by the wet.fc, month, quarter, or year, an his
(lore and rtfidenee in a IVame building, fouth fide
of the JPenrtfylvania Avenue, near the I T ote!
bridge, and three new brick building,, and the
building now ere rting foi-he city of vi'afhing
ton tnarket-houfe, where the terms may be
1 known, and attendance) giv<n from nine in th«
. morning till one in the afternoon, and from two
. till four.
Atigufl 18. 7t.
To be fold or Exchanged
For improved lots in the city of Washington,
or Alexandria,
A VALUABLE FARM,
In Frederick County, Virginia,
ON I AINING three hundred acres ; 60 acres
at prtfent in thriving CORN—it is fituatcd
111 a genteel neighbourhood, and contiguous to a
Mill and Black-fmith. The improvements are a
handfome and convenient Dwelling Houfe, Kitch
en, Store houfe, Smoke.houfe, tables, Corn,
houfe, Hen-home, Overfeer's houfe, and necei
fary Ne«n> Quarters. The whole of thefc build
ings are new and complete.
Will be sold with it, if required,
Negroes, Horfes, Cattle, Hogs, Farming uten
fils, &c. &c. Likewite, fifty barrels ol CORN
on hands.
Any perfon defirous of peffeffing this valuable
tra& of land,by purchale or exchange, willapply to
ROBERT W. PEACOCK
Attorney at Latti, and Cotivejnctr.
Auguft 7. ' iaw^j
Conrad G? MMunn
HAVE opened houfes of entertainment in the
range of buildings formerly occupied by
Mr Law, about two hundred paces from the
in New Jcrfey avenue, leading from
thence to the Eaftern Branch. They are fpaci
ous and convenient, one of which is defigned
for ftage paffengers and travellers, the o her fof
the accommodation of boarders. There is ftab
leage iufficient for 60 horfes——They hope to
merit public patronage
City of walhingron, Nov. 34, 1800. tf
VARDEN & CARPENT; R,
TATLORS,
Gratefully acknowledge the fa
vors of the public, whilll carrying on hufinefs
oppofite Mr. Stille's Tavern, and inform, that
they have removed to the next houfe eaft of Mr.
i uniclifF* Hotel, where gentlemen and ladies
will be ferved in a ftile of fafhion and elegance
wh ch it has ever been, and ever will be, their
(hidy to cxecute, and they pr: fume, equal to the
moil papulous cities m the Union.
Regimental and' Ladi«« Habits made in the
neatefl manner;
. May ij, 1891. wt f
• he lubferiber refpetftfully ac
cquaints the public, that he has removed ie the
coiiitr of Ninth an*i E ftreets, where he continue*
•o manufacture and lell all kinds of Ornament®
or Chimney piec. s, Door Caps, Frontifpiecea
Metal Safhcs, See. which may alfo be had at hi*
flore No. 51, Barclay flreet, New-York, and at
Mr. Wild's (lore, Market flreet, Baltimore,
GEORGE ANDREWS.
Who has gold leaf for fale by the package or
book.
May 8, 1801 iy
D iff rift of Columbia,
IP'd/bington County, [f.
BROUGHT before me, one of the juftices of
the peace for the county afbrefaid, by Rich*
tard Spalding and Hezekiah RoKnfon, a brown
jhorfe, taken as a Itray and trefspaffer. He it
about fourteen haruls and an half high, feven or
eight years old, fliod all round, lhoes much
[worn, a round I'car on the off fide of his neck,
iunder his mane, a narrow blaze and fnip, a lump
or hard fwelling on his off knee, very ftrong
marks of a collar and of his having been in hard
fervice.
BENJAMIN MORE.
Walhington City, Augull 8, 1801.
The owner of the above horfe is defired t(f
prove his property, pay charges and take him
away.
RtCHARD SPALDING,
HEZEKIAh ROBINSON.
Auguft 10. iaw3t
A GREAT BARGAIN.
I WILL fell or leafe for ten years, a valuable
Farm, in the county of Culpepper, and (late
of Virginia, on Flat Run, containing 750 acres
the land is extremely fertile, and yields abun
dantly in the production of com, wheat, and to
bacco ; there are about 100 acres of meadow
land, 50 or 60 of which are cleared, and 15 acres
well let in 1 imothy, about 350 acres of the tradfc
are cleared and well inclofed This land is dif
tant from Fredericksburg about a 8 miles, and 55.
miles from Alexandria and the City of Wafhing
' ton. There are fcvcral valuable merchant mills;
t iin the vicinity, one within the diftance of a mile,
■ where the Frcdcricksbuig prices are given for
4 all kinds of grain.
, I will alfo fell the Reverfion of 150 acres of
1 land adjoining the abwve, on which are eredled a
1 number ot valuable buildings, among them a
large dwelling houfe of 60 feet by 40, with four
rooms on a floor, with fireplaces, and every ne
ceffary out houles——A valuable peach and apple
orchard.
A further defcription isdeemed unneceflary, as
any perlons defiraus of purchafing or leafing,
will doubtlefs wilh to view the prtmiles- For
( terms apply to Robert Brooke Vofs, Efq. who
. lives adjoining the premiles, or to the iubferi
oer.
1 will also Sell or Rent,
• Two three ftory brick houfes in Alexandria,
1 completely finiihed, on King and Columbia
: flreet, with fundry valuable property near the
: fame, poflußon whereof may be had immedi
: ately. Ihe fit nation for the flour and grocery
bufmefs is equal to any in Alexandria.
For terms apply to Henry Thomas Moore,
Alexandria, or to the fuMcriber
NICHOLAS VQSS.
City of JuJy 13,1801.
N. B. I with to hire by the month, or until
the Ift day of November, ten or twelve labou
rers, for whom liberal wages will be gven,—
1 Apply to N. Vol's, on F flreet, or W. i Vofs,
ct the Navy-Yard. lawtf
NOTICE.
following Slav?* have been committed
to the prilon of Walhington county, as run
aways Will, who fays he is the property of
Jefle Robinct, has on light cotton cloaths, appears
to be about a 6 year- ol age, well m»de of light
complexion, and is about five feet five or fix inches
high.
Debby Williams, alias Parker, who fays
fhe belongs to Mrs. Pinckncy, Old Town, Bal
timore, about 21 years of age, of light complex
ion, and five Ictt 3 or 4 inches high ; had on when
committed an old dark calico gown.
The owners of the above flavet ate requefted
to take them away, tir they wtll be lold according
1 to law, to pay their prilon few.
DANIKL CARROLL BRENT,
fiial oi the Diilrid o< Columbia,
, J" 1 ? 17- w.vf,