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VOL. XII.'] MONDAY, May 18, 1812. [M- 3649
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SALES AT VENDUE.
On every Tuesday and Friday,
WILL BE SOLD,
jii the Vendue Store, corner of Prince and
Water streets,
H Variety of Dry Goods, Groceries,
&c.
particulars of which will be expressed in the
bills ot the day.
All kind of goods which are on limitation
in;lthe prices of which are established, can
aUny time be viewed and purchased at the
0vrest limitation and prices.
P. G. Marftcller.
FRE S H MEDICINES.
WILLIAM HARPER, jr,
APOTHECARY and DRUGGIST* Alex
andria, Fairfax Street, opposite BR YA.\r
RAMPSOjYS, and next Door to JNO.
LLOYD'S—
HAS just received in addition to hit for
mer Stock, a general assortment of
Medicines of the fir*»t quality, ail of which he
will sell wholesale and retail, on as good
terms as they can be purchased in Baltimore
or Philadelphia Country Merchants and
Physicians can be supplied on the best of
terms for cash, or on a good credit.—He
has also received a general assortment of
Survical Instruments, likewise
The following Patent Medicines viz
Wheaton’s Jaundice Bitters,
Co Itch Ointment,
Cooley’s Vegetable Elixir, for Coughs,
Colds, Asthmas, Consumptions, See, &c.
Rawson’s Worm Powders,
Thompsqji’s Toothe Paste,
Essence ol Mustard,
Sing’s Itch Ointment, &c.
ICP The highest cash price given for ;
Snake Root.
March 7.______
Joseph H. Mandeville,
King-Street,
QFFJ&RS FOR SALE, j
3,000 bushels Lisbon and Liverpool SMt, j
Jamaica, Antigua and Northern Rum, in j
hhds. and bbls.
loaf and brown Sugar, in do do.
Best green CoSce in bags and bbls.
Molasses in hhds. and b \>ls.
Cogniac and Peach Brandy, country Gin and
Cherry Bounce
Old Rye Whiskey in bbls. and Common do.
Madeira, Lisbon, TeneriSc, Sherry, Malaga
and Port Wine*
Imperial, Hyson, Hyson and Hyson Skin
Tea of superior quality
Goshen Cheese in casks
Chocolate No. \ and No 3 is boxes & per lb
B" indy wine Gunpowder and Shot assorted
Mould and dip*d Candles and So^p in boxes
Wee in tierces
tat Spanish and Country Cigars
Richmond manufactured tobacco, smail twist,
tat Cavindis do.
Writing and Wrapping paper
Vnning Cotton in bales
Aimoads oc best Muscadel Raisins in noxes
Beppsr, t imento, Cinnamon, Cloves and
Nutmegs
Copperas, Madder* Indigo and Fig Blue
Bed Cords, Leading Lines and I rare K«pes
tat Philadelphia Mustard in bottles ^per lb
kdia Seine Twine
tanal Handkerchiefs
w priced Black Sc Colored Morocco ^noes
Herrings, Shad, Mackerel and Codfish
Nails of all sizes
™ir sifters
Muffin bottles
ALSO,
Fresh Clover Seed, and
Best Superfine Flour
March 9 d
NOTICE.
John Withers & Co.
HAVE removed to the NEW BRICK
STORE in the square above their lor
residence, next door to A LYNN,
*nere they are opening (just arrived) a large
^Ny of British, French, India, Russia and
American GOODS, which they offer whole
or retail on the best terms for Cash, or
factual Customers.
AiuSl 29 d
FUR RENT,
h,,f,sian t0 u the HOtk June next,
'pHAT Commodious Three Story Brick
1 dwelling house & garden.
^ Duke Street, built by Elisha Janney, and
. present occupied by R' B. Lee, Esq. 01
*Ui& apply to Richard M* 5co??•
N. Ellicott.
April 30, dt20thJ,
03* A I <acher wanted.
A gentleman ofa.00(} character and well
qualified to teach the^nglish branches of an
education in a public ir hool, will hear of an
eligible establishment b an immediate appli
cation to the principal l\cher of the Alexan
dria Academy.
April 27
NOTICE.
HIS day Dissolved, by muUal consent,
the Co/iartnershi/i oi Af’ Knig.f St Stewart.
All those indebted to said concep, are re
quested to make immediate payments Charles
M' Knight y who is fully authorised t\ receive
the same and to settle all the busine&M-of said
concern.
Charles M’Knign,
John Stewart.
April 27.
SUGAR COFFEE MOLASSES See.
70 Hhds. ) New-Orleans Sc Havanna Musco
40 Bis. ) vado Sugars
10 Boxes Brazil and Havanna do
10.000 lb. Loaf Sc Lump do
20.000 lb. Green Porto Rico Sc St. Domingo
Coffee
50 Hhds Retailing Molasses
8 pipes French Brandy
10 puncheons West India RuiT:
30 barrels Northern Do.
150 do. prime Rye Whisky
600 lbs. 1st. quality Bengal Indigo
1200 lbs. Madder
30 bales Upland Cotton
30 casks small twist Tobacco
700 bushels Ground Ailum Suit
With his usual general assortment of Wines,
Liquors, Teas and other Groceries—
For Salt?) by
JOSEPH MANDEVILLE,
Corner of King and Fairfax Street a, |
April 6. tf j
{->ryan Hampson &Co.
HAVE OK HAND, AAD FOR SALE
80 Hhds. 8c 60 Bbls. New-Orleans and Ha
vannah Muscovado Sugars,
20000 lbs. Prime Green Coffee,
5000 lbs. do. White do. for family use,
30 hhds. retailing Molasses,
4 pipes Cognac Brandy,
10 puncheons Old Antigua Rum,
20 do. Northern do.
4 pipes best Madeira, "'l
4 do. Sicily Madeira, !
8 do. Lisbon, TWINES,
40 quarter casks Malaga,
30 cases Claret, ^
50 lbs. Nutmegs,
80 bags Pepper and Pimento,
50 kegs Race and Ground Ginger,
20 bales Prime Upland Cotton,
800 lbs. Bengal and Spanish Indigo,
60 boxes Mould and Dipt Candles,
30 do. Chocolate, -
With a handsome assortment of other Gro
ceries, by wholesale or retail, on reasonable
terms.
ALSO,
10 tons first quality Country Hemp.
A mil 18. d
NOTICE. ;
IN pursuanceof a Decree ot the 5th circuit of
the United States court, Virginia district,
entered May term 1804, in u cause between ,
Tristram Dalton, Plaii.tiff, k Charles |
Ewsll, Defendant—The subscribers who :
are named as Commissioners in the said
Decree, will on Monday the 18th of May
next, expose to sale, to the highest bidder,
at the Courthouse of Prince William coun
tv. in the town of Dumiries; lor re^dy
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money, »
A Tirct of Land,
Within ten miles of rim town of Dumfries,
situated and being on Qmntico Creek Run,
containing 300 Acres —200 of which is under
lease for three lives, given by Bertrand
Ewell to Benjamin Roe.
Also, another Era t ot L AND, containing
150 \cres, in the county ot Prince V* illLm,
situat' d in the fork of the road leading to
and near Dumfrea, formerly the property
of Mrs Elizabeth Galvan.
Also, three Lots of L AN i) in the town of
Dumfries, on Quantico Greet*, designated
in plot of said town as No. 166,' 167 and part
of 168, on one of which Lots there formerly
stood a Granery.
Thomas Harrison.
Edmund I. Lee.
16th April, 1812. td*
£3=* Application having been
made to Congress to obtain a Charter toi the
Mechanics’ Bank of Alexandria, the Subscrip
tion is at present postponed. Due notice will
be given when the books will be opened, by
The Commissioners.
March 25.
TACKSON & RUMMEY,-"
J GOFER'S WHARF)
Have [or Sale
Now landing from Sch'r Melinda, tiom
Boston,
A few sets elegant Fancy Chairs, various
colours,
Ladies* Dressing and Work Tables, - ettee,
Wash-Stands, kc—
packages containing No. 4, 6, « fcc . ,
Cotton and Wool Cards.
4LsOy
\ new invented Machine for cutting Straw,
and a small quantity Balsam Capevi.
April 29.
Benjamin May, Complainant, In
vs. > Chan- i
John Foster’s Executor,Defendantk J eery.
n this case few of the Credi
tors have exhibited their claims, notwithstand- '
ing the notice which was repeatedly published
\n this paper between the 15lh and 25th of
February last. Tile persons who have failed j
tt produce their claims, and whose names are j
mentioned in the proceedings and orders en- i
teied on record in this suit, are William Stew- !
art. William Buckler, Thomas Giliiat, Johp
Gadsbv, Samuel Greenhovv, and May and
Foster's Assignees.
File above named persons, and all ethers
interested, are hereby notified, that on Mon- !
day the 1st day of June next, at 10, A. M. I
shall proceed in the several matters referred ;
On or before which day they are required to
produce their claims, and evidence in support .
of the same.
Colin Auld, M. C.
May 1 _1
FOR KtNl\ "
A Two Story Brick House, in good repair, j
with a Garden and a pump in the yard. Pos- j
session may be had in two or three days.
Enquire ol Ferdinand Marsteller, or
•Lawrence Hooff.
April 21
' T BivU F F, Dentist,
FROM WASHINGTON CITY,
Having come to Alexandria for the
purpose of finishing the Subscription
to his Pressed Siiot factory about to be es
tablished in Washi igton City, will practice in
the DENTIST LINE during the short term
of his continuance here.
The price of SHARES is one hundred dol
lars, a tenth part in advance, and the residue
in instalments. Several persons have sub
scribed this day, a few more are offei ed-—and
on his return to the City, they will be raised
to SI20, as there is no doubt of its being the
most productive Stock in the United States.
N. B Those who have been so unfortunate
as to lose pare of the root of their Mouths, are
informed that T. Bruff has been uniformly
successful in remedying that defect, and re
storing the Speech. He fias a few Boxes ot
BEST TOOTH-POWDtR, at One Dollar
each.
May 1—2.
Real Port Wine, &c.
JOSEPH MANDEVILLE.
Corner of King and Fairfax Streets,
HAS FOR SALE,
25 quarter Casks full bodied Red Port 5
- years old, and warranted genuine as
imported,
5 pipes, 1 Murdock & Co’s, old L. i
5 hall do. > p Madeira.
6 quarter Casks, J
10 halfpipes, ? Sartarim Wine.
15 quarter Casks, \
5 pipes,
10 half do. * Tensriffe do.
20 quarter Casks,
30 cases fine old Medoc Claret, imported in
1807.
40 doz. Hibbert and Co’s, old London
Brown Stout and Porter,
100 barrels prime new Shad.
Wines, Liquors and Groceries, as usual.
April 27.
JUST RECEIVED,
70 bbls. excellent Herrings,
and for sale by
WILLIAM RAMSAY, of D.
Ramsay’s wharf.
j May 2 - v:
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Valuable Property.
ON Monday ihe 25th May next, will
he sold, at Public Sale, on the premises
at 12 o'clock, A M.—those two spacious e*
legant PRICK HOUSES in the City of
Washington, late the property ol General
Washington, situated on North Capitol
Street, and running back to New Jersey A—
venue, containing the whole of Lot No 16
and parts of 6 and 7 square 634^-More desi
rable property is not within the city—Im
mediately after the sale of said Lois and
Houses, will be exposed to sale Lot No. 5
in square 667, and those highly valuable wet*
ter Lots No. 12, 13, 14, in square 667 wiili
the liberty of improving in iront cf them
into bold deep water in the Eastern liranch*
This p opeitv is ^old under a decree ol the
Court, and will he sold on a credit ol twelve
months—the purchaser to give bond with
approved se* urity carrying interest from the
dav of sde—too dollars will he required iu
cash or an approved indorsed note 1 60 days
—No title to be made until ihepurclmt.e mo*
ney is fully paid.
PHILIP 13. KEY.
April 18. 5>v_
LANDING
From the brig Neptune, capt. Breed, front
Salem^AXD for &ar rt
Lawrason & Fowle,
12 casks Red Wine
100 boxes Muscatel and Bloom Raisins
15 bags Almonds
5000 lbs. Candia Soap
One bale blue Cotton Cloth
One case containing 500 pair white Silk
Stockings
200 lbs. Seine and Sewing Twine.
Also, the Cargo of Brig Sarah, captain Rotf'f
from Portland,
50,000 feet Merchantable Lumber,
40 barrels Muscovado Sugars,
6 hhds. Molasses,
6 hhds. West India Rum,
SO boxes Chocolate,
SO barrels Blubber Oil, ,
5 bags Coffee.
May 12 St
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PUBLIC SALE.
On Saturday thr 2 3d of May in si. will be sold
at the Market Square,for the use of the Poor,
A quantity of DRY GOODS*
found in the hou*e of Phebe Loudon, a fieo
black woman, supposed to have been stolen."*-*
Terms of Sale, Cash.
John Veill,
Elijah Chenault,
Co a stable &
May 15 71
FIVE TEAS.
75 quar'er Chests and Boxes
Gunpowder, Imperial & Young Hyson TEAS,
selected from the latest importations, just re
ceived, and for Sale by
-- T. W. Peyton.
Also, a large and general Assortment of
GROCERIES.
May 13 . _ 6t
TO THE AMATEURS OF THE ARTS
AND ADMIRERS OF ANTIQUITY.
To be seen at Mrs. Mary Taylor's, next door
io Mrs. Cray croft's Boarding House, from
the hours of 9 o'clock in the morning, until
10 at nighty
AN EXHIBITION
Of Ivory Sculpture;
Containing an Historical Account of tho
most sacred pints of the Old Testament.
Also, a WATCH of a curious construction*
which will play a variety of tunes during the
Exhibition bud enough to dance by. Hand
bills will be distributed containing an account
of this singular Performance, which will be
found literally to correspond with the sacred
History The Ladies will find amusement
for several hours in viewing this curiosity.
Admittance 50 Cents.
May 7.
REMOVAL.
RICHARD H. LITLE.
APOTHECARY AMD DRUGGIST,
HAS removed his Shop from Fairfax
Street, into the house lately occupied by
John Withers Sc Co. on Kinv Street, where he
lms for side a general Assortment of DRUGS
Sc MEDICINES, which he can recommend
for their purity
May U d«w3awtf