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r of nar was in the harbor on tbe point of
f« Martinique with die ratification of >
I commerce! which had been cooclodod
£*«, Nr* Grenada and France.
Kobberu and Jrson.—A store occupied by
Gtf0 \V. Whipple, at Lowell, Mass was
Proved bv fire on Tuesday morning last The
k of ooods on hand was valued at from eight
thousand dollars, of which very little was
opposed to have been the work of an in
, r. \ dark closed wagon was seen op
:<!t the store between one and two o’clock
?'' ,nj other concurrent circumstances, pro
~'J'a belief that the store was pillaged of its
JJ, valuable goods, and then set on fire.
The editor of the Boston Republican is B H.
on E*q This Sent'eman was appointed
pJ'JJ,<.r at Ihrtlord, not long after the begin
I V uj lhe present administration, in the place
TlVmer Postmaster, who had been removed,
■’ r'^jjh party influences, he himself was
& .rJ,ed before the kejs of Uncle Sam’s mail
w* were fairly in l»is hand,» to make room for
J'rrser.t Postmaster at that place; as Gram
J„a.,s would say, this transaction cuusMucS
'‘root of the verb to lYortotUft,
r„f \urar»r. Georgia) Herald of the 24th ult.
•ns '.*i< following:—
The richest specimen we have ever
Jr I. found a few days since, on Maj. Alfred
n Hull's Lot near this place. A rock weighed
,n»v ur thirtv pounds, taken from a pit near the
itlfw with large particles of gold, from the size of
, nennercor.i to that of a marble, thickly intersper
i'b« ,br“k'r:.,*
.... „?..„t to New.\ork, am! a part to Mil
grille, though the best \netiraen was kept by
the owner. _
The Pensacola Gazette of 21st August says:
••On Monday last, the schr. Pass, Capt.Throck
morion, ptf ht,e fron“ Ne‘v Orleans via St.
\lirks -ith all hands sick, except the Mote
saN to be the Yellow Fever. Capt.
Throckmorton has since died. Amid all this
d,tress, we are informed that the Mare robbed
the Captain of about eight hundred dollars, and
•»»de his escape. The name of the Mate is John
Mmunmery: he is about twenty eight ytars old,
itA about live feet six inches in height.
- HtBEBMCfs” in our next.
LONDON AND PARISIAN FASHIONS
llie only shawls at present worn in promen
ade or carriage costume, are either ol China
crape, or a soft and glossy kind of silk. They
I,ace usually black ground*, with very large ata
be-que patterns, in orange or rose colour.
Starts of gau/.e or crape are almost universally
Those of figured gauze, or mntescline de
soie. are also exceedingly fashionable. The most
beautiful have cashmere patterns. Small hearts
ol black lace are very recherche
Black lace tollai* are for Ihe most part lined
with colored silk, unci finished round the throat
by a colored ribbon, the ends of c>Uich are trill*
•ned with black lace.
The lung exploded fashion of wearing po< kots
in the dresses lias rec ently been revived in Paris,
under the imposing authority of Palnivre, Vtcto
rnif and Mademoiselle Minelre. It seems strange
that this lasluon should not have been earlier in
troduced, smee leticules have been long proscrib
ed from the tnonde elegant. When seven and
ci;ht breadths of silk are employed for the skirt
of a dress, poclceis may easily be concealed in
the anep’e folds They are in some instances
made objects of ornament as well as utility; the
pi.-ket hole b'*inz finished by a tisse, nnd at top
and bottom are fastened two bows of colored rib
bon, the lower one being larger than the upper
one. Sometimes two smaller bows are placed on
ca> h side.
Pelerine mantelets, which are made of muslin,
(•fiber white or colored, are fastened with bows of
nbbon, in color and pattern corresponding wiih
thv ttinlnre. If gause ribbon be employed, the
naM band is lined in order to give it sufficient
vub'tance.
\ gentleman who married a lackadaisical
"'ting Ijilv, was visit'd by an old friend. The
!>«!v, after enlarging in an animated strain upon
Kie pleasures of London, had retired for the
anil the friend exclaimed—** Why, Jack,
yuur wife is not so pensive as she used to be”—
L> which the other replied with a shrug. •* No,
she has left that nflT; she is now ex pensive.”
K*L\\*wa ft *\r\o\us&& L&iuU
FOR SALE.
?£. T*,e subscriber offer* for sale
<£315 0 0 ACRES OF LAND,
Jf*' l'’1' die (reit Kmiuw i, and within 25
le< of t«. m-mth—more than 400 acres of
* -h 'ifirjt rule R t' im a small portion cleared, and
■'f "J »cre« m .iatur.,1 meadow, free of timber, winch
v'“ be put in immedi «te enhivmtinn fora very trifling
tx“ nse. snd is of unbounded fertility The bslance
* C ’vercd with timber of the finest description *nd
* *'■»• S’eamboat navigation to it at all seasons, and j
* market for produce on the Sank of tlie river i
'« the large appropriations made by the State to
' **IC Iwr'K**'on »oJ connection of James and
. 1 Kiver*, render those improvements more cer
*fld spredy in their completion, lands Ling near
jjaiouth ot the latter have oecome the most desira
i,'°P*tty in Virginia—always vastly superior to any
,'-r',n fertility, lyinjg on good navigation, and now
'samsmli-ig both Eastern and Western markets, there
"Jn ** 1,3 location superior in the Union. A*aot
11*20 ACRES OF I-iSlh
he 1 erritury ot Arkansas, represented to be of first
* ‘ty. and lyiug within thirty mites of tbe Seat of Go
'rranwat.
terns, application to be made, either in person
»i V , *r’lo subscriber, at Hollin Hall, Va. near
- vimlris, District of Columbia.
«‘>lhn Hall, July 31, 1833. G. MASON.
J5 3~w>w
Notice.
,\l PLICATION will be made to the President and
u‘rcctor*of the Columbian Insurance Company of
si a-'.' • * ^°r renewal of a certificate fur forty-five
,Wct **»ck in said Company, in lieu of one issued
;s,ne n*|he of Henry Nicholson, dated 23d November,
s-VV'i ^°-2l| which said certificate baa been lost
JAS McGUIKK,
fr,i*tee for Henry Nicholson, deceased.
MARRIED.
On the 4th in»t. in Christ Church, by the Rev.
' Or. Ducachet, Milk. King, Esq., Mayor of
Norfolk Borough, to Mi§. Mary L. Fisher,
daughter of Capt Reuben Fiaher,— all of that
‘ Borough.
COMMERCIAL. ~
BALTIMORE MARKET—Sept. 7th.
Hotoard street flour.— The market is with*
out any perceptiblexchange since our laat report,
and transactions are limited. Sales of moderate
: parcels of superfine have been made from atorea
I throughout the week, according to the quantity
taken, and brand, at 86 12| a 6 25. The wa
gon price is very generally 6, although in an occa
sionally instance a load is received at a fraction
less. A considerable portion of the receipts
continues to fall short of the superfine standard,
and isbranded “fine.” For this latter descrip
tion there is but a very limited demaud, with pro
portionate sales at 5 50.
City Mills Flour.—Sales in the early part of
the week at 6, on 60 days credit, and since at 6,
interest added. On the latter terms the limited
supplies sent from the null* are taken about as
fast as received, leaving consequently no stock
on hand. Owing to the continued drought, the
aggregate produce of the mills is comparative
ly lriflin«.
Wheat.—The sales of good to very prime red
wheat* have ranged throughout the week at S1,13
to 81,16 cents per bushel, and other sorts lower
as in quality. We continue to quote the same
rates to day, although to bring the highest named
price the article inu«t be very prime indeed.—
The better sorts of wheat are those chiefly wan
ted at the present time of extreme low water at
the mills. \\ e continue to quote white wheats
at about 8M8 a 1,23 per bushel.
Corn. — At the commencement of the week.
sales of white Corn were made at b2 a b3 cents
per bushel. Since then the supplies have been
very scant, and prices appear to have advanced a
shade. A sale of 2000 bushels good white, stor
ed, was made yesterday at 63 cents. This morn
ing a parcel of white, afloat, was sold at 64 cents
On Wednesday a parcel of prime yellow was sold
at 66cents, and to day another parcel of yellow
at 67 cents.
Rye—Sales at 60 cents.
Oats.—Sales of parcels of good at 32 and 33
cents. In one or two instances some small lots
brought a little more. The article is scarce.
77mothy Seed.—Sales of several parcels of
good quality at $3 per bushel —Amer.
ALEXANDRIA MARINE LIST.
Arrived. September 7.
Schooner Marv Ellen. Travers, Patuxent;
Tobacco to W. Fowle Si Co.
Schooner Celerity, ■■■ —, Kinsa'e; biases
to master.
Schooner Ceres, -, \eocomico; " neat
to master. . j
Sloop Union, Taylor, Philadelphia; Freight
for the district.
Fot Bolton—i>i\ Wfc&iifcs&ay,
The schooner ABIGAIL, C»pt llerry. for
freight or pussage apply to the master on board
oTui“ A. C. CAZENOYE k Co.
sept 9 ______
'Eari\\e\\Yf are rWittft,
ROBERT H. MILLER
Has just received, per Brig Oelvidera,
90 CRATES S,- HOGSHEADS.
being part of his Fall supplies of Earthen
ware and China, which enables him to offer
an extensive and very handsome assort
| mtnt of goods in his line.
Blue, brown, pink printed Dinner Sevices
cheap
Do do do Plates of all sizes
Do do do and purple Pitchers,
Mug*, Sic.
Do do do Ewers k Basins, and
Toilet Sets
Blue and green edged Ware, in all its varieties
Fire pnof Baking Dishes and Hates, superior
Cream colored Plates, Dishes, Basins, Bow!', Sic.
China l ea sets and Cups and Saucers, in an unu
Mini variety as to shapes sn-i patterns
China Pitchers, new and super!, shapes, richly gilt
l)ii Mugs, plain and gilt, very rich
Country merchants and others are earnestly invited
to call, as It It M. is anxious to reduce his stuck,
wliich is now unisuahy large.
9th mo 9-b, 1833._
Wan\et\.
IN a Counting Room, a l.ad of respectable connex
ions, whose psrents reside in town, and who will
be content with li tie or no compensation. Inquire of
the printer _gtP* 9
Police.
THE person who has taken “Temple’s Travels in
Peru” from the Alexandria Library, will please
r turn it There is a number of books at present out
of the Library, which have been detained an unreason
able time. The frequency of these violations of the
Rules of the Libra-y makes it necessary that I should,
hereafter, insist upon the payment of the fines annexed
tuthem. GEO. DRINKER, Librarian,
sept 9—It____
Vre\gA\t.
rThe schooner RACHAEL Ilf L] DIA, Oapt
j^jj^erry, carries about 800 bbls, and is now ready
tor a - ,rgu to any port. Apply to
nplS W FOWLE h Co.
CYkeeae.
Boxes prime Cheese, just received and for sale
•5U by SAMUEL B. I,ARMOUR & Co.
jy _-_
WaeUingtonCoTpoTation notea
REDEEMED, in specie, at a discount.
4 _JAS. RIORDAN.
Java Coffee.
rtXTk Bags of Java Coffee, of good quality, juat re
J ceived and for tale by
^pt 39- ME39ERSM1TH.
tiagutra Coffee.
Af\ Bags old white Laguira Coffee, of good quality, ,
recei"d *"d f“r UESSBBSaiTH.
DRAWS THIS DAY
’ Grand Consolidated Lottery,
Class Ao. 36 for 1833. ,
Tob* drawn in Wilmington, Del. on Monday, Sept 9
HIGHEST PRIZE $19,000.
aj* Lowest prise $S.
Tickets U; halves 2 00; quarters 100,
On sale in great variety by
JAS* KXORDA2V.
0O* Uncurrent Notes and Foreign Gold purchased
Drawing of the New York Lottery, Extra Clast No. 25
62 6 59 46 61 S6 65 37 8 42
Ditto, Delaware and North Carolina, Ex. Class No. 11.
31 25 44 12 17 9 23 2 37 36 11 57
DRAWS THIS DAY
Grand Consolidated Lottery,
Class No 35 for 1833,
Will be drawn in Wilmington, (Del.) on Monday
September 9
CAPITAL PRIZE $16,000.
Tickets 84; halves 2 00; quarters 1 00
|C7* Lowest prize 85
To be had in a variety of numbers of
I. CORSE,
fjollcry & Exchange Broker, JHexandria
Dr awn Numbers in the New York Consolidated Lot
tery, Extra Class Nr.25 for 1853.
62 6 59 46 61 34 65 37 8 42
Delaware and North Carolina Lottery, Ex- Class No 10.
31 25 44 12 17 9 23 2 37 S6 11 57
(df Combination Numbers 2 12 31, a prize of $80,
(whole ticket) was sold at COKSP.’s, to a citizen.
YXvmaUXon VViwe.
2 Hogsheads Kuusillon, of superior quality, for sale
by _ S. MK88EKSMHH.
Yort Wine
111 P'P®* Port Wine, of extra quality, from the
lx w house of Hunt, Newman, Itoope 8c Co. of opor
to, just received, via New York, and for sale by
sept 2 _W, FO**l K * Co.
Ikidjinrl seine Twine.
| <3} Bales bin. I and Herring l wine, received per
YXi snip Montreal,via New York, for sale by
sept 2 W. FOU’LR h Co
Tu Rent
rfTJTit The DWELLISG HOUSE opposite the
iiliiFarmer’s Bank, Also, the Store House at (lie
corner. JOS I All II. UAVIS.
sept 6
^10
WAS LOST, on Saturday last, a gold, patent lever
Watch, marked * Samuel Brothers Ik Go. mak
era, Castle street, Liverpool, No. 1256 ’ The above
reward will be given for the return of the (patch. Ap
ply at this office.sept 4— 1 w
l\ob\b at
Jll. WHITE has just received, per schooner Ahi
• gail in part, and will continue to receive by the
regular arrivals from the North, a general
FALL SUPPLY OF BOOTS fy SHOES,
Anil now oilers for sale—
Gentl* men’s fine call sewed Roots
l)o do pegged and nailed Boots
Do do sewed, nailed N pegged Monroes
Ladies’ lasting morocco and leather shoes of va
rious kinds
Children’s '".hoes ol aU kinds
Tog the* with h general assortment of Coarse Stock
All of which will he sold, wholesale or retail, at the
iuu est prices.
Ladies’ and Gentlemen’s Boots and Shoes made to
order, in the latest fashions, of superior materials and
woikmanslop. _Hgpt ^
A VtiAuthbta lMvrn\ for AtiXe..
'1 he subscriber will soil his highly improv
»*&J',£i5.ed and valuable Farm caPed
*$T rose-hill,
the Courtly of Fairfax, four miles and a
half from Alexandria, ai.d ten a half from the Citv of
Washington, in a pleasant and agreeable neighbor
hood, containing
3 0 4 ACRES.
As this Estaie is so generally known, a particular de
scription of it will hr k*«s necessary. File soil is in a
good slate of cultivation, having been managed f r se
viral years p3sl with a view to its improvement Fhere
are about two Inin Ireil and fifty acres cleared and divi
ded into eight fields, wel* lei<C”d; the ‘itdance is in
wood and timber There are from forty to sixty acres
of meadow und, wtv' ditched and drsined, part of
which is welt set with clover and tin-othyt the balance
designed to be put down in gris-> the ensiling fad
There is a young thriving APPLE ORCHARD, ol
about two hundred trees of choice selected fruit, be
sides a variety of excellent summer limits. ”1 his karm
is delightfully watered; Dogue linn passes through it,
and it abounds in springs of most excellent water,
which continue to inn through the farm in the driest
seusons. The buildings are good, combating of a large
FRAME DWELLISG //UittA'of two stones,
JfiTttt with four rooms and a wide passage, built very
■mhatantiallv and of the best materials, and every
necessary out house to accommodate a large family —
The Garden and Yard are well designed and improved.
From the house there is a commanding view of the Po
tomac and surrounding country, and for healthfulness
and beauty of prospect it is perhaps surpassed by none.
The price and teims ol payment will be made known
[ by application tu
S. II JANNRY, Alexandria, 1). C.
Or to the subscriber, on the premises.
JAMES RUSSELL,
tugl3—wtf Hose Hill, Fairfax County, V«.
VUaV wear AlcxauAriu
FOR SALE.
1.—The “ MEADOWS,” a valuable
Farm, bounded on the north by the Little
Itiver Turnpike Road, and on the east by
mammmHolmes’ Hun, three miles from Alexandria,
and immediately south of the flour mill of Mr. Miller.
This farm contains 253 seres, is chiefly low land of
good quality, parlisllv in cultivation.
2.—»• LOMAX,” a Farm on Turkey-Cock
Run, about two miles west of the one above described,
containing 352 acres, now in cultivation, in the occu
pancy of a tenant. ___ .
! 3. 4, 5. — Three small TRACTS of UNIM
I I’UOVBD LAND, containing 100, 109, and 98 acres,
lying on the Mount Vernon and Southern Post Hoad,
within three miles ot Alexandria.
The above described property will be sold on acco
modating terms, as to price and credit For further
particulars inquire at the Hank of Alexandria.
ISAAC KOBlilNS, Agent,
aug 22—rolmfcwtf ___ _
For da\6 Ht F.xcY\ange ft»r a
flood FARM within A or 5 miles of Alexandria,
Several HOUSES situated in Alexandria —
They are suitable for genteel families, situated
ji|*»lin the neighborhood of good water, and in a
healthy part of the town.
Also for rent, A t'EOLR STORE on King street,
now in the occupancy of Mr. Philip llotchford. Pos
session given the first of October.
For further particular* apply to the Printer, or to
THOMAS JACOBS. King street,
tug 19—d3U5*w3w_
Fot Sa\fe.
The subscriber will sell the HOUSE
j Dong occupied by himself, situated on
! L Duke, bet ween Fairfax and Water streets.
^^P^Jts proximity to the wharf, yet on the most
elevated grolund. renders it peculiarly desirable to
those whose business calls them in that direction —
The terms will be low. If it is not soon sold, it will be
for rent BBNONI WIIBAT.
SALES AT AUCTION.
BY WILLIAM D. NUTT.
FAegant .Ve^f FuthHuy©
AT AUCTION.
ON Friday, 27th inst., at 10 o'clock, A. M , will be
told at the residence of Mr John H. Jtnnev,
Corner of Wolf and Pitt streets, all his
HOUSEHOLD & KITCHEN FURNITURE:
Consiating of beds; bedsteads; bureaus; sideboard,
with marble slab; pier tables, with ditto; claw and
pillar dining, breakfast, and card tables; solas, with |
spring aeats; pier and chamber glasses; mahogany 1
Windsor chairs; carpets; mantel ornaments; setts tea.
and dining china; plain and cut glass, etc. etc.
Terms: All sums under (50, Cash; of (50, and un
der (100, 90 days; of and under (100, 4 months’ cre
dit, for approved endorsed notes.
At 12 o’clock, precisely, will be sold the
DWELLING HOUSE
^H|iiEin which he resides, with the Urge Lot
The house is commodious and
Well finished.
Terms 1-5 cash; the balance in equal instalments at
I, 2, 3, and 4 years, with interest; payments to be se
cured by a deed of trust on the property,
sept 8 — 2awt23d,&dts W. l>. NUTT, A net.
V\Yo\\C &fkV&.
BY virtue of a writ offiera facias, issued by William
Minor, a Justice of Peace for the County of Alex
andria, U.C, and to me directed, I shall expose to
public sale, on Tuesday, the 10th September next, it
11 o'clock, on the premises, to the highest bidder, for
cash, all the right, title, and interest of Augustine B.
Wdliams in and to a certain
LOT OF LAND
oil which said Williams now lives, containing FORTY
ACRKS, more or less subject to his wife’s dower—ta
ken by execution to satisfy a debt due ThoAat Tuck
er, ofsvd county. WKSLKY CARLIN,
aug S—eotlCtbSep Constable
u>< | Hhds and boxes St. Croix; Porto ltico
and Havana Vstiur«r«
10 barrels Brazil f g
2000 pounds White J
10 hhds bright Retailing Molasses
30 casks Sicily Madeira, Port, Muscat, Mar
seilles and Greek Wines
40 hags Maracaibo, Manilla, Java and Rio Coffee
28 packages Gunpowder, Imperial, Voting Ily
son, Pouchong and Souchong t eas
15 hoses Plug Tobacco
2 hhds winier pressed Sperm Oil
30 barrels Cider Vinegar
43 boxes G-alien
5 do Pine Apple S U CC,C
10 boxes Colgate Starch ,
40 do - Soap and Candles
50 dozen Corn Brooms
4 do Covered Hats
50 do Bed Cords and Leading Lines
20 reams Writing Paper
Together with a general assortment of other GRO
CEH1ES Cf SHIP CHANDLERY\ for sale on mo
derate terms by
Btpt 7 LINCOLN CHAMBERLAIN.
ftugats, Coffee, &c. S5C.
qq Hilda and boxes Porto Rico and Havana^
Oc5 10 boxes white Brazil > Sugars
2000 lbs Louisiana Refined Loaf 3
60 bags Rio, Maracaibo and Manilla Coffee
30 packages Gunpowder, Imperial, Young Hy
son and Pouchong Teas
10 hhds Cuba Molasses
20 boxes Cheese
5 cases Pine Apple Cheese
10 kegs Ground Ginger
10 do Garret’s Snuff .
15 barrels Cider Vinegar
6 do Epsom Salts
50 lbs Cloves
10 do Mace
100 do Cassia
20 boxes Raisins
30 do Soap and Candles
50 barrels Nett and Groas Herrings
10 boxes Richmond Tobacco (plug, Id's)
10 bag* Pepper
5 do Pimento
300 pieces Wall Paper
l.etter Cap and W rapping Paper
Ground Alum and Blown Salt
Madder. Alum, Copperas, Indigo
Brimstone, Prussian Blue
* Together with a general assortment of fVINES anil
other GROCERIES, now receiving, and offered,
wholesale and retail; upon fair terms, by
. WILLIAM N. McVKIGII,
st.p( 6 Prince street wharf
(£j* Lcesbirg Washingtonian and Political Specta
tor ( Wsrrento.i) 4 times, and charge_W. N. M.
Occnquan JVliWa.
r|1HE proprietors ol this establishment take leave to
1 inform the public that they have much extended
the manufacturing power of the Mills since the last
season, and are anxious to bring them itlto furihcr no
tice and patronage. *
Desirous to remunerate the grower of prime W heat,
and to give a fair price for that which is inferior, they
have fixed upon the following regulations, which they
think experience and reflection will show to be just to
both parties:—
In purchases, 60 pounds will always be taken for a
bushel of wheat.
u.,.;irliin(r 4ft nnnndi ner measured bushel,
wil be considered of standard quality, and entitled to
the market price.
W lien it weighs 59 pound*, the value of one pound
per bushel will be hddtd.
Do 6) pounds, two pounds added
Do 61 pounds, three pound* added
Do 62 pounds, four pounds added
When Wheat weighs 57 pounds, the value of one
pound per bushel »il! oe deducted.
Do 56 pound*, two pounds off
Do 55 pounds, three pounds off
Do 54 pounds, five pounds off
Do 53 pounds, eight pounds off
Do 52 pound*, eleven pounds off
Do 51 pounds, fourteen pounds off
Do 50 pounds, seventeen pounds off
Kxrxrnoir — When Wheat is very garlicky, or is
! full of red stone or smut, a deduction will be made ac
cording to circumstances—it being obvious that the
above scale of p ices would not reach the evil.
PLASTER, both imhe rock and ground, is con
stunt I y or, hand here; and CLOTERSELD will be
supplied at the proper season
We have just received lor sale the following OR.1SS
SEEDS, which wc believe to be fresh and of good
quality: —
36 bushels Timothy, at • $3 50
25 do Tall Meadow Oat, at 2 75
8 do Orchard, at ■ 2 75
25 do Herds, or lied Top, at 1 37}
J. UT J. H. JANNEY.
Ocenquan, August 10,1833._aug 12—eolm
$50 Reward.
RAN A WAY from the subscriber, living in Fairfax
County, Vs., a Negro Boy, named VINCENT,
17 or 18 years of age. and well grown for his age;
copper colored; trunchy built; thick lips; about 5
feet 4 or 5 inches Irigh: no marks recollected, except
some light spots in his face occasioned by poison. Had
on, when he went away, dark roundabout, linen pan
taloons, chip hat; no other clothing recollected,
will give 120 if taken in the County of Fairfax, or tbe
District of Columbia; if out of either, the above re
ward and all reasonable charges, if secured so that I
get him again. PETEK TKKSLER.
West End, Fairfax County, Va. Aug 5—eotf
EDUCATION
Hamiltonian School.
THE subscriber has at length obtained possession of
the room that be baa so long wished to occupy—
on the north side of Prince, between Wa-liington and
St. Asaph streets—into which tu* has removed his
School* and having procured competent assistance, he
is prepared to receive an additional number of scholars.
Since the recommencement of the exercises of his
School, the Teacher has made a very important altera
tion in his system of government. Having abolished
the practice of coporeal inflictions, he has adopted me
thods of restraint and confinement as the only mode of
punishment fo be used in his School, exc« pt in eases
of vicious violation of the most important rules of the
Institution. - *
That such a system may be successfully pursued the
subscriber is already fully convinced! and its advanta
ges are too palpably evident to need a rehearsal. It is
only proper to say, that it is known, and universally
admitted, that the use of the rod tends to harden the
feelings, and destroy those natural sensibilities which
children invariably po-aesa in a very eminent degree.
Children may be mollified and punished by restraint.
wi'hout degrading them in their own estimation! and
by confinement they have an opportunity, forced upon
them ws it were, fir meditation slid reflection Their
Teacher has likewise an opportunity thus afforded him
of reasoning with his delinquent pupils, and of present
ing to him hi# delinquencies in their proper character.
Ity corporeal punishments, feelings of fear and dread,
and in many instances disgust, on the part of the echo
lari auJ on the part of the Teacher, feelings of irrita
bility and peevishness are often produced—feelings di
ametrically incompatible with those w hich should al
wavs subsist between a teacher and his scholars, end
which should ever actuate them in their intercourse
one with another. But by a system of rewards and pun
ishments, which are in themselves of no value, a child
may be taught tb pursue good for good's sake, with
out being actuated by remunerative considerations, or
by the debasing principle of fear.
In this school the usual branches of an English edu
cation are taught. Particular attention is paid to the
manners and morals of the pupils: they are required
to be punctual in their attendance it school, and to
go immediately home liom school. T he Terms are
moderate, and in 'making them so the subscriber
would urge the necessity of punctuality on the part
of his patrons so that his attention to his scholars may
be cunstunt and undivided.
ISAAC II KODBINS.
N. H. His Night School, for apprentices and others,
will commence on the night of the 16:h of the present,
month. * I- If. R.
sept 6 -d3tSteo3t _ _
«Mta. \*ur\er’a feenviuar'jj.
1^11 E Seventh Session of Mrs Porter’s Seminary for
. Young Ladies will commence on Monday, the 16:li
instant.
Mrs Porter gratefully a< knowledges the steady pa
tronage of the early friends of her Institution, and the
confidence evidenced by the increased number of pu
pils, encourages her to renew the assurance that every
advantage necessary to the attainment of a liberal edu
cation, founded on a strict adherence to moral and re
ligious obligations, will continue to distinguish her ef
forts, for the instruction of a most interesting and im
portant portion ofti.e community
Board and Tuition in all the branches of English in
struction, on.* hundred snd fifty dollars per year of for
ty-eight v-eeks, payable quarterly in advance.
Tuition for day scholars, according to the class in
which they rank, from four tc eight dollars per term of
twelve weeks.
Music on Piano, Harp and Guitar • fl8 00
Drawing, Landscape and Flower Painting
io Oils, he. * • • 6 00
Wax Work, Transferring, Shell Work and
Chinese do. • • •' 5 00
Velvet Painting, in oil and water colors 5 00
Latin, French, Italian and Spanish, each 6 00
Lectures on Natural Philosophy, Chemistry, and As
tronomy, illustrated by varioua experiments
Each Hoarder must be provided with a single hair
mattress, or bed and bedstead, and necessary beddings
a silver tumbler, a table and tea spoon. A uniform is
worn, of blue gingham during the week, and on Sun
day a while dress, with blue belt, A straw bonnet,
with blue ribbons in summer, and crimson in winter.
Mrs. Porter invites the personal attendance of all
who wish inforiqption upon the course of instruction
and discipline pursued in this Institutioni and to those
whose remote residence prohibits this inspection, in
formation will be accorded in a printed form on appli
cation to the Seminary, corner of Duke and Washing
ton streets, Alexandria.
REFER TO
Itev. Ruel Keith, rheological Seminary, Va.
Rev. Edward l.ippilt, do
Rev. C. Mann, Alexandria.
John Roberts, Esq. do
Bernard flooe, do
A. G Cazenovc h Co. do
W. Fowle do.
|. P. Thompson do
T. Fairfax v o
F.dgar Snowden do
R. B. Mason. do
J. L. McKenna do
Benjamin Hallowell do
Hon. Levi WooJburv, Secretary of the Navy,
Washington, U C.
Commodoie Rodgers, Navy Commissioner, dn
“ Charles Morris do
Colonel Bomford do
Gales fJf Seaton do
lion Daniel Webster, Massachusetts
llev Wm Jackson, New York
Mtll. Htuijc nun, — iijjiiiib
Henry Turner, Virginia
]>r. It. Baldwin, Winchester, Va. sept 6
I'Uft Mulr’a
BOARDING AND DAY SCHOOL
FOR YOUNG LADIES,
Corner ot Prince and Washington streets, Alexandria,
nflLL be re commenced on Monday next, the ‘2d
of September And while they avail them
selves of the present opportunity of tendering once
uiore their grateful acknowledgements to a generous
public for its growing confidence and steadily increas
ing patronage, they would at the aame time—to pre
vent any thing like misapprehension—state distinctly
the Terms on which pupils are received.
Tuition and Board, including bed, bedding and
washing, (to be paid quarterly in advance,)
$140 per annum.
The course of instruction as follows:—Reading, Wri
ting, Arithmetic. Grammar, Geography, Astronomy,
with the use of the Globes; Kh< toric, History, Natural
and Moral Philosophy, Chemistry, and Composition.
1 Tuition for Hay Scholars, including all the various
branches of a finished English Education, with useful
and ornamental Needle Work, - $5 per quarter
Extra Charges:
For Music ... $18 per quarter
Use of Piano • • $1 do
Drawing and Painting in the
various departments $6 do
The French Language - f 6 do
Latin, Greek and Hebrew,
twice a week . $4 do
The moat approved Teachers sre employed for all
the additional branches named, together with any
others that may be required, and the higher classes are
carefully examined twice a week by the Rev. Elias
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¥atm for sale.
I WISH to sell a FARM, containing 312 ACRES,
adjoining my residence- It ia heavily timbered,
and has on it a variety of fine Fruit. A great bargain
may be had if immediately applied for.
Fairfax County, Va. D. F. DUI.ANV
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