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. — tiV;s summer—even my constitution is not
rrwf against continual wear and tear. And
I,^nomination is beginning to be asenous an
tins nou whiJe j am overwhelmed t
wiffprofessional business which I must attend to, j
Sitters are addressed to me, requiring categori- i
T»l answers to questions concerning my opin
rf' . a variety of political subjects,- some of I
mem mere points of policy, which l have never
hid occasion to examine, and on which, there-;
fnre 1 have no settled opinions. Yet these let- j
ters are from persons really friendly to me; and
t must answer them—it is most painful to me
that 1 cannot, consistently with my motives of
propriety, give them the kind of answers they
require and expect.
It is to me most wonderful, that my friends
should be importuning me to make profession of
jnv political principles and opinions, in direct
reference to this nomination of me for the Pres
idency—that they dor not perceive, that they are
playing into the hands of their opponents. T here
have been employing every artifice—(by taunts
concerning my obscurity, and by professions ot
good wishes towards me, “ if I was only known
to the nation at large”—“ if my opinions were un
derstood”)—to induce my friends to demand an
exposition of my faith: If I decline to make it,
the commentary will be, that I am so utterly un
known that my own friends are ignorant of my
political character, and yet l refuse explana
tion even to them: Iff make it, then I shall be
charged with openly acting the part of a candi
date, electioneering and intrigueing for the of
fice, and degrading myself to promote my elec
tion to it. The very purpose-of -(giving
him credit for sense to know what he was about)
was to betray my friends into these importuni
ties—he could hardly have been silly enough to
suppose I would give him an answer in the news
papers. Now, if I were really ambitious of the
office of President—w hich Heaven knows I am
* not, for I have not hope enough of it, to excite
or feed ambition—I should never be weak
enough to degrade myself in order to obtain it.
If “ lowliness is young ambition’s ladder,” then
I have either no ambition, or my ambition, is not
young. If the Presidency could be had for ask
ing, but not without asking, I would not ask it.
Mrs. Leigh is at the Springs; and I am here at
work about my own business, to which I shall
stick resolutely.- A iittle relaxation would have
been agreeable as weil as beneficial to me—but
I had not time for it.
My best wishes to Mrs.-and all yours.
Your friend, B. W. LEIGH
Extract of a letter from B. \V. Leigh, to a gen
tleman of Mecklenburg, dated June 24, 1833.
u I have very decided opinions on all the sub
jects you mention—opinions formed long before
this nomination of me for the Presidency was
thought of: which though (as you justly remark)
my situation never made it necessary that they
should be publicly declared, yet I never con
cealed. If any gentleman of my acquaintance
bad, without reference to this nomination, desir
ed to know those opinions, I should have giv
en them to him, without the least hesitation, in
language as free as my thoughts; and to none
would I have given them more freely or more
readily than to you. But when I came to un
derstand that this nomination was seriously de
signed, I deliberately resolved not to have any
part or agency in it—not to say one word, not
to do any act whatever, that could, directly or
indirectly, induce or tend to induce any indi
vidual or any portion of my fellow-citizens to
make the nomination, or if made, to support
me for the office. You will see, in the sequel,
that this is not an empty profession: the resolu
tion is founded in a deep and solemn sense of
. propriety, and shall be literally fulfilled. 1 am
not a candidate for the office: I doubt whether
any man, under any circumstances, ought to
present himself, or in any way wilfully to unite
with others in presenting him, as a candidate
for it. I feel that it would be the height of pre
sumption in me to do so. I acknowledge the
right of any of my countrymen to put me in no
mination, if they think proper: and such a nomi
nation will confer honor on me. to which i can
not be insensible: but I shall, nevertheless, hold
myself perfectly free to support the election of
any other gentleman who may be nominated,
and whose election I shall think more for the
good of my country, and more feasible. And
n oy a miracie ^ior it win ue uiue snort ui one;
I should be elected to the presidency, I would
make sure of going into the office unfettered by
any pledges, and as free as I should be deter
mined to pursue the great end of the general
good, according to my judgment and the best
advice of the wisest and most virtuous men 1
could summon to my assistance.
I can say, with most perfect sincerity, that,
even before the fortunes of my life had divert
ed me (as they very early did) from the pur
suit of political honors, in the wildest and most
dreaming state of my ambition the presidency
was never, for a moment, within the scope of
my expectations, hopes or wishes; and I believe
that I should now have no desire of that
high station, if 1 were as sure that it is with
in my reach, as I am that it is above it. It
is impossible I should be elected to it-—/, who
have borne so little part in public affairs, and
am so little known to the nation, that even my
fellow-citizens of Mecklenburg county, Virgi
nia. are uninformed of my opinions on the most
interesting political questions of the times! That
fact alone is enough to ascertain to my own
mind that I cannot bie elected—perhaps, another
would say, enough to prove that I ought not to
be selected. It would be unwise in me not to
keep my mind perfectly uninterested in the af
fair.”
Ertract o f a letter from B. IF. Leigh to a gen
tleman of Brunswick, dated August 3, 1333.
Let me assure you, that until my return from
South Carolina last spring, the thought had ne
ver crossed my mind, that I should or could ever
be presented to my country, as a competitor for
the presidency; so that the information, which
I received soon after my return, of the existence
of a design to put me in nomination for the of
fice, and of the extent to which it prevailed in
certain parts of Virginia, was as much a sur
prise to me as it could possibly have been to I
any other person whatever. The information, I
Indeed, embarrassed and disconcerted me; for j
* felt that such a nomination, if made and per
sisted in, wouldjoe a curb on my own free ac
:!on *n regard to the election of a successor to
ne present chief magistrate; in which I thought
S'- i)\WW the first instance of the kind in
\c 11 ®ver did think) I could take an efficient
hPiwUSefU' Part- The great object I had at
, j ''a8’ *kat some gentleman should be se
p„,,^as a competitor for the office, on whom
nnitoUn a?1* LVestern Virginia would certainly
m-nklw n'at the same time, would most
y j acceptable in other States. It ne
fhavo ,°”rrefi to me that I was that person, nor i
thp Aa* 8een.any evidence that I am. Hence ;
_ermmation announced in my letter to
surmArf * t0 myself free to give mv own j
i port to any other gentleman, whose election I
I may think more for the good of my country,
and more feasible; and if such a competitor
shall be brought forward in any part of the
Union, he shall have my support, i think my-:
se f perfectly capable of forming an impartial
estimate of the claims of others, in comparison
with my own, on the general confidence of the
nation, and I would most joyfully surrender all i
the hopes of my ambition (it would, in truth,
be a very trivial sacrifice) for the attainment
of the single object of obliterating the geogra
phical division of parties that at present dis
tracts and enfeebles Virginia, and of restoring
concord and co-operation, once more, between
the East and the West.
You know, that I have never borne the least
part in the affairs of the federal government;
but you cannot have known (what I assure
you is the truth) that, for twenty years past, I
have not desired, much less sought, to have
any part in them. Yeti have taken the deep
est interest in them, always—an interest, how’
ever, not excited by party spirit, or directed tq
party purposes—and I have formed opinions,
more or less decided according to my idea of
the importance of particular measures or prin
ciples, and to the reflections I have bestowed |
upon them. 1 certainly have never concealed j
those opinions; 1 have had no motive, indeed, :
to dissemble them, and 1 am not (I think) ad- i
dieted to habits of reserve. At the same time, i
I have rarely had occasion to make a public
avowal of them. Therefore, I ought not to be, ;
and l am not, surprised or mortified to find, that i
my political character is not more generally un
derstood than it seems it is; and that this cir- j
cumstance is considered, and already urged, as !
an objection to me as a competitor for the presi- j
dency. But it is too late now, to make a profes
sion of my political principles. I cannot do so, !
in reference to this nomination of me for the presi- j
dency without exposing myself to the imputa- !
tion of electioneering for the office and to the .
suspicion of moulding my creed to suit the pur
poses of my ambition, and suspicion, by the
way, to which the very moderation of my opin
ions, though attributable only to the absence of
party feeling in the formation of them, would
give" colour. And if, under existing circum- j
stances, l should make a declaration of my
opinions on the political topics which at present
chiefly occupy and agitate the public mind, ;
such a declaration would in effect amount to a
pledge, to one party, or another, for future of
ficial conduct in case I should be elected to the j
presidency; and, in my opinion, such pledges
are incompatible with the duties of the office.
It maybe thought and perhaps justly thought,
the line of conduct I have prescribed for myself,
is wide of the road to success—that passive si
lence, and perfect inactivity, are not steps by
which any man can mount to the presidency.—
But I am not acting with any view to promote
my election to the office, but with a view of mak
ing myself useful in the event of my being
(contrary to my expectations or hopes) eleva
ted to it. I repeat what I said in my letter to
Mr-, that I believe that I should have no de
sire of that high station, if I could be made to
think it within my reach; and I am quite sure,
that if it were attainable, but only attainable by
an effort of my own, I would not make the ef
fort—I would not have the office, unless it should
be conferred upon me by the general approba
tion and confidence of my country—1 would
not desire it at any time, unless 1 could be
placed in it under such circumstances, that I
' could be the president of the nation, in affec
| tions, in sentiment, and in conduct, apd not
merely the president of the party that should ele
vate me to it—l would not desire it in these times;
unless I could be free, when placed in it, to ex
ert it’s fair constitutional influence to put an
end to the agitation, and to heal the unhappy di
visions, which at present distract the country,
and shake all our institutions to their founda
tions. This were the glory indeed, which I
should be ambitious to achieve—but Heaven
knows how little competent l think myself to
accomplish the good l should wish, and how lit
tle ambitious I am, therefore, of the office of pre
sident of the United States.
Extract of a letter from B. IV. Leigh, to another
gentleman, of Mecklenburg, dated August 21,
1333.
I can only say, in general, that I am most sin
cerely and entirely loyal to all our institutions,
state and federal—that, in my opinion, the surest
way to maintain the federal government in its
full strength, and the only way to maintain it in
ife nnrittr i« hi pnnfinp it<s nrtinn within Hip lim.
*— r-y j - -w -—- --
I its, both as to means and purposes, prescribed
| for it by the constitution—and that, therefore,
! those entrusted with the administration of it,
ought to be most careful, not only to avoid the
assumption of powers not delegated to it, but to
abstain from the exercise of doubtful powers,
and never to pervert the powers that are grant
ed. If I were appointed to any station, much
more to the highest station, in the federal go
vernment, these are the general principles by
which I should regulate my conduct. And yet,
if I shoibd find a system of measure already es
tablished, ir. my opinion not originally warrant
ed by the constitution, but so interwoven with
the very frame of the government and with the
vital interests of the country, as to render it im
possible to change or reverse it, without inflict- :
ing a yet more deadly wound on the constitution j
and endangering the prosperity, the peace, and j
the existence of the Union, I shall not pretend
that I would not yield to such an over-ruling ne
j cessity, temporize with the mischief I should be
unable to correct at once, and content myself
with endeavors to prevent the further extension
of it, and to mitigate it by sure and safe degrees.
In such a case, I should hope the forgiveness of
my country for an involuntary departure from
my own principles. If I should abandon them, |
through caprice or passion or ambition, I should
not expect pardon from man, and hardly hope
for mercy from Heaven.
Those who think proper to support me for the
Presidency, must give me credit for judgment
to discern, and for virtue to maintain to the ut
most of my ability, what is constitutional, just
and right. I do not challenge such confidence
as due to me, for I have never been tried—it
must be their own free gift, bestowed not for my
own sake, but as a necessary qualification to •’
make me an instrument of good, in case their j
suffrage should prevail to elect me to the office.
According to present appearances, no person
will get a majority of the electoral votes at the
next election, and the election will devolve on
the House of Representatives—that is, in other
words, the successor of Gen. Jackson will go in
to office without being the choice of a majority
of the nation. That alone is a fearful difficulty
And whoever shall be the person thus elected to
the office—if he shall have committed himself,
directly or indirectly, by pledges to any party,
he will find it impossible to conciliate such a ma
jority as will enable him to administer the go- j
vernment at all, unless he can command a ma
jority by the influence of his patronage. This is
a view of the subject which ought to make every
man who shall be held up as a competitor for
the office, tremble—
“Lead me not into temptation, but deliver me (
from evil.” '
✓
[communicated.] -
DIED,
On Saturday, the 25th instant, Alexander
McKenzie, Esq. in the 69th year of his age, and j
for near the last fifty a resident of Alexandria, j
and one of our most respectable inhabitants.
Mr. McKenzie was a native of the Highlands
of Scotland; retaining, until within a few months
pasl, all the health and vigor peculiar to that j
people. He was suddenly arrested by a disease .
violent and acute in its character, but which he
bore with all the marked characteristics of a
true Christian. Though his Heavenly Master’s j
hand bore heavily upon him, he knew from j
whence it came, and quietly kissed the rod which I
thus afflicted. “ Not my will, but thine be done,”
was his oft-repeated expression. Thus fortified
by the consolations of that religion which buoys 1
up all its true possessors, his exit from this tur
bulent, agitated world was like the summer ev
ening’s sky—'Calm and serene.
At Georgetown, on the 28th instant, Lieuten
ant Colonel Perrault, of the Army.
In Washington, about 8 o’clock in the even
ing of the 26th instant, Major Thomas Miller,
aged 70 years; a native of the town of Port j
Royal, in the State of Virginia, and long one of j
the most enterprizing, highly respected, and va- !
luable residents of that town. Major Miller be- j
came a resident of the City about 12 year since
and has, during the greater part of that time
acted as a Clerk in the Navy Department.
It becomes our melancholy duty to record the
death of Gen. Starling Tucker. He died at his
residence in Laurens District, on Friday, the
4th inst. of a protracted illness, which he bore
with that manly firmness, which characterised
him through life. As a member of our State
Legislature, and as a Representative in Con
l* t 1. l i 1
yrtffes, ms vuitss wei t? juuiuiuus, uuuuimru un uie
resources of his own judgment, and never sway
ed by the mere opinions of others. Since his
retirement from the public service, and during
a heated political controversy unparalleled in
the history of our country—and involving fun
damental principles in the theory of our govern
ment—although differing in opinion from a majo
rity of his fellow-citizens, it is believed that his
opponents are generally prepared to acknow
ledge that he not only adhered to his sense of
duty with firmness and fearlessness, hut with
patriotic ardour and pure intention. General
Tucker, in the private relations of life, was
amiable—an excellent neighbor, a kind relative
and hospitable man. lie was eminently repub
lican in his sentiments and feelings; no man
more heartily disdained the principles of aristo
cracy; and few men ever, for a longeV period^
enjoyed the confidence of the people in a high
er degree than he did. lie lias at length sunk
to the tomb, amidst the regrets of his numerous
friends and acquaintances, and his memory will
not soon be forsrotten.—Columbia (&. C ) /Tire.
Price of Produce in Alexandria yesterday, from
Wagons and Vessels.
Flour, per barrel - $4 37 1-2 a $0 00
Wheat, per bushel, 0 75 a o 90
Corn, do _ - 0 50 a 0 55
Rye, do - 0 55 a 0 60
Oats, from wagons, bush 0 37 1-2 a 0 40
Do from vessels, do 0 33 a 0 35
Corn Meal, white, do* 0 58 a 0 60
Do do yellow, do 0 55 a 0 50
Faaxseed, do 1 25 a 0 00
Whiskey, per gallon, 0 25 a 0 27
Bacon, ner cwt. - 6 50 a 7 00
Butter, fresh', per lb. 0 20 a 0 25
Do firkin, do - 0 12 a 0 15
Lard, do - 0 07 a 0 08
Plaster Paris, retail, ton, G 00 a 0 00
Wagon Pork, per 100 lbs. 5 50 a 6 00
Flour.—We bear of no variations in the mar
ket, and continue to quote the wagon price $4
37 1-2. We are not advised of.any sales from
stores.
Baltimore Patriot Office, ^
Tuesday, 1 o’clock, P. M. ^
The Market.—Sugar lias become exceedingly
scarce, and under better favour; there is not
over 20 hhds. in first hands, and some of our j
largest grocers are nearly out; the advance is j
full 3-4c. per lb. One small cargo from Orleans }
hourly expected; no advices yet of any ship- j
ping from Porto Rico. Coffee is firm at last
week’s prices; new crop Rio upwards of 1000
bags sold at 12 l-2c; old crop 11 3-4 to i2c. on
time. No change in Molasses, it Is selling in
small lots at 32 cts. Oils of every description
are plenty and dull, without any variation in
prices. Limited Sales ofPepperat7 l-2c. Pi
mento is held at 8 3-4 to 9c., supply ample.—
Nothing doing in Fruits, the market is well
supplied. But few sales of Rice, price 3 to 3 1-8
cts. No further sales of Indigo. A complete
stagnation of all kinds of business, which is al
ways the case at this season of the year.
Flour.—We note to day a rise in the wagon |
price of Howard street flour. This however is !
confined to that coming by wagons only; that,
coming by rail road, is ordered to be stored on !
.account of the country owners, who are wait- j
ing for better prices. We quote the wagon j
price to day at $5.6 1-4 a 5.12 1-2. A sale was
made from store yesterday of 200 bbls. at $5,
holders to day are asking $5.37 1-2 by the dray j
load.
Whiskey.—This article has also improved a
little since our last quotation. The wagon price j
to day is 22 I 2 a 23 cts. exclusive of the barrel, '
and store price 26 a 27 cts. A considerable i
lot was taken yesterday at 27 cts. on 60 days
credit.
Grain.—No change has taken place in the
price of grain since our last. 95 cents ap
pears to be about the price of good reds. White
corn 58 and yellow 60 cts.
Pork.—Killed Pork from wagons will bring
$5.50 and from stores $5.75 a $6, as in quantity.
BOSTON MARKET Jan. 25.
Flour.—We discontinue our quotations of.
every kind, as we consider no fair criterion of j
our market can at present be given; some small
sales we believe have been effected, but at much
under our former rates. 100 bbls Alexandria
lowland, superfine, were sold by auction, 18 inst
at $4,80 a 4,62 1-2 per bbl. cash; 100 do do do
at $4,80,4 mo. There were 200 bbls more ad
vertised, but withdrawn.
Grain.—Not much doing in any description
by private contract; prices continue without
any material change. Since our last perhaps
12 a 15,000 bushels of the various kinds have
been taken at prices corresponding to quotations;
among them we notice 1400 bushels Southern
Oats, good, at 42c, and 2300 do Southern Corn
at 62 c per bush, 6 mo. 2000 bushels Southern
Oats, Ordinary, were ottered by auction, 21st
inst. and 60b sold at 32 a 311-2 per bush, cash,
igfe ship news;
PORT OF ALEXANDRIA, D. C.
MEMORANDA.
Schooner Wade, Williams, hence at New
V - rlr °7'’ J
CONGRESS.
In the Senate yesterday, Mr. SPRAGUE com
menced his speech in opposition to the Remo
val of the Deposites. Before he concluded, the
Senate adjourned.
In the House of Representatives, Mr. AR
CHER, of Va., commenced an animated speech
in opposition t-o the Removal of the Deposites.
Id3* We are authorized to announce William
S. Daniel ns a candidate to represent the Comi
ty of Fairfax in the next Virginia Legislature.
Hd Thomas B. Hoqe, Esq. will be run as the
Working Men’s candidate to represent the
County of Prince William in the next General
Assembly of Virginia. A Working Man.
Hd We are requested to announce Dr. R. C.
Mason as a candidate to represent the County
of Fairfax in the next General Assembly of Vir
ginia. Many Voters.
Id3 The Columbian Horticultural Society
meet at the City Hall, Washington, the first Sat
urday in every month.
WOOD FOR SALE.
WOOD can be had. cut and corded, on mo
derate terms, about a hajfmile from town,
west ofShuter’s Hill. Purchase can be made
on the place. jan 30—tf
DRAWS THIS DAY
Literature Lottery of the State of Delaware,
Class No. 5 for 1834,
To be drawn at Wilmington, Thursday, Jan. 30
75 Number Lottery—11 Dra wn Ballots.
HIGHEST PRIZE 20,000 DOLLARS.
75 prizes of $500!
Tickets $4 50; halves 2 25; quarters 1 12 1-2
Virginia State Lottery,
For the benefit of the Petersburg Benevolent As’a,
Class No. 2 for 1834,
Will be drawn in Richmond on Friday, Jan. 31
66 Numbers—10 Drawn Ballots
HIGHEST PRIZE $10,000.
Tickets :#4 00; halves 2 00; quarters 1 00
On sale in great variety by
.IAN. KIOStDATV.
H3* Uncurrent Notes and Foreign Gold pur
chased.
Drawing Maryland Lottery, Class 2:
_17 51 33 45 23 41 31 37 44 5'2_
FOR NEW ORLEANS?”
tfrz The Packet Brig TRIBUNE, Captain
Smith, will sail (should the river remain
open) on Tuesday, 28th instant. For passage
only apply to
FRANKLIN, ARMFIELD & CO.
jan 23—ts
WANTED,
AS an Assistant in Grocery Store, an ac
tive Young Man, of good moral habits; one
frofn the country would be preferred. Satisfac
tory references, as to capacity, &c. will be re
quired. Address, through the Alexandria post
office. (postage paid) C. P. Y. jan 28
TO LET
r a The HOUSE and LAND attached there
to. on the Hunting Creek, near the Bridge,
ana convenient to town, on winch there is a
large Burn ami Stabling. To an industrious
person, who understands the raising of vegeta
bles, this spot is desirable. Tiie rent will be mo
derate. Also,
A two-story FRAME HOUSE on Fair
iSri jfax street, by the month or year,
jan 20—3tCH. MURRAY.
ROGERS’S VEGETABLE PULMONIC DE
TERGENT,
JUST received and for sale by
jan 29 WILLIAM STABLER.
From the Hon. Gideon Lee, Mayor of the City
of New York.
11 Few men in the community have a greater
contempt for nostrums in general than myself.
Patent medicine and catchpenny, with me, have
been synonymous. I am constrained, however,
to relinquish these sentiments as respects Dr.
Rogers’s Vegetable Detergent, the effects of
which I have recently witnessed. Ayounglady
in my family, by using two papers, 1 have rea
son to believe, is effectually cured of an alarm
ing Pulmonic Complaint, which in all its symp
toms gave evidence of immediate consumption.
I communicate this with a view of usefulness,
and sincerely hope that such persons as have
complaints similar to the above, will make a tri
al of the medicine._ Gideon Lee.”
MEDICAL AND SURGICAL JOURNAL &
REVIEW,
EDITED by E. Giddings, No. 2; published by
Wm. R. Lucas, Baltimore; price $5 per
annum.
N. B. The following medical gentlemen are
contributors,'viz: M. S. Baer, H. Wiliis Baxley,
John Buckiin, B. M. Byrne, Jn. Fonerden, G. S.
Gibson, J. T. Graves, T. M. Howland, Caleb
Jones, R. S. Stewart, R. H. Thomas, A. L. War
nor, Baltimore; S. Baker, 11. Dunglison, Wm.
Fisher, R. W. Hall, M. McDowel, N. Patter, N.
R. Smith, and Wm. Watson, Maryland; J. R.
Beck, Jn. B. Beck, G. S. Bedford, T. McNaugh
ton, New York; Jn. Bell, B. H. Coats, C. D.
Meigs, Philadelphia; S. A. Cartwright, Missis
sippi; M. H. DeLeon, H. R. Frost, Jn. E. Hol
brook, E. Ravenel, T. Y. Simons, Thos. Wells,
South Carolina; T. R. W. Dunbar, Winchester, j
Va.; Jn. Eberle, Cincinnati; J. H. Emmet, Uni- ;
versity of Virginia; J. P. Harrison, Louisville;
Thos. Hunt, NewvOrleans; E. Phelps, Vermont;
W. Sweetsen, University of Vermont; W. R.
Waring, Savannah; Samuel Webber, New
Harnpshire; and Thos. Wells, South Carolina.
Medical gentlemen are respectfully invited to
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jan 25—eo3t • ■
JOB~PRINTING neatly executed at this office
AUCTION SALES.
BY WILLIAM D. NUTT—THIS DAY.
FLOUR AT AUCTION.
ON Thursday, 30th instant, at 12 o’clock, will
be sold at the Warehouse on Thompson’s
Wharf] 500 BARRELS FLOUR, damaged on
board the schooner Robert Gordon, Baker mas
ter, on her voyage from Georgetown towards
' New-York, for the benefit of the under writers
and all others concerned. Terms cash,
jan 28___
PUBLIC SALE—THIS DAY.
ON Thursday, the 30th instant, at 11 o’clock,
A. M., will be sold at my Auction Store, the
Hull, Spars, and Cargo, of the schooner Firm,
of Lubec, Maine, sunk near Boyd’s Hole, Nan
i jemoy Reach. The cargo consists of about 35
1 tons Plaster and 225 Grindstones. Terms cash,
and for the benefit of the underwriters, and all
others concerned. W. D. NUTT,
jan 22—ts [Nat. Int.J Auctioneer. ~
BY WILLIAM D. NUTT.
FLAXSEED AT AUCTION.
ON Friday next, 31st instant, at 11 o’clock,
will be sold at my Auction Store, for the
benefit of underwriters, and all others concern
ed, 32 CASKS FLAXSEED, damaged on
board the brig Howard, Gooff] master, on her
voyage from Alexandria for New York,
jan 29^__WM. D. NUTT.
1a£iu& fnv sa\e.
FRHAl.r. offer at public hale, on the first Monday in
February next, at Prince William Court House,
being tbe Cour t day of said Countv,
TWO TRACTS OF LAND.
GgJ «^onc containing 383 JlCIiES, per patent end
survey, both of which will be exhibited on
the dav of sale. This Tract Ires in Fairfax
County, but on the line of Prince William, and has
been in the possession of Col. John Mooe for some
time, uho now relinquishes *11 claim to it. It hes on
Hull Hun, and on the line dividing the Counties of
Prince William and Fairfax, and adjoins the lands of
(to). Mooe, Mrs. Kincheloe, and the Heiia of Thomas
uiaiauuni, ueceustu. ,
I he other Tract contains 73 ACHES, ami lies in
Prince William County, near Dumfries, and is at pre
sent occupied by Walter Davis
The terms of sale will be accommodating, and made
known on the dav of the sale. Opt 1 homas NtTon,
Surveyor of Prince William County, knows both tracts
of land well, and will give any information relative to
either that may he wanted. letters to him on the sub
ject must be postpaid.
As this 1 ind will be sold by me as a Commissioner,
appointed by the Federal Court for that purpose, l
1 shall onlv guarantee such title as is vested in me; but
l consider the title perfectly good
GKof’.Gfc HAMILTON, Commissioner,
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District of Columbia, County of Alexan
dria, Set.—May Term, 1633.
George J/ieobs and Sarah his wife;.Augustus BJ\ —
If illiams and Ann L his wifet Complainants, ^
vs. *
W illiam A ('hilds. John C Lutruile and Elizabeth > "
Ann hiswfe; Samuel ? Childs. John Wren and <
Mary V. his wife; John Wtsley Childs, and Ben- "
jumin A Childs, Defendants, J
fSIHKbiil in this cause having been regularly taken
f«»r confessed against the resident defendants; and
it appearing to the satisfaction of the Court that due
publication has been mu ie against the non resident de
fendants, the bill is taken for confessed against Diem
also, and set down for hearing; ami the cause coming
on to he heard, it is
HDEIIED, ADJUDGED A Nil RECUSED, That the MPT'dlS)
of the District of Columbia do sell (he tract of land,
containing one hundred and fifteen acres, be the same
more or less, mentioned in the bill of the complainants,
of which John Childs died seized, I) mg in the County
of Alexandria, Dbtric* of Columbia, to the highest
bid Ser, on the premises, after advertising the seme
six weeks in some newspaper printed in the District
of Columbia, upon the following terms: One third of
the purchase money to be paid in cash, and the ha
lance thereof to be paid in two equil instalments at six
and twelve months, secured by bonds and a deed of
trust on the premises.
And fuutueii, I hat the Marshal do convev the pre
mises to the purchaser or purchasers; and. after de
ducting for his own commission allowed by law. and
it _ f *1 1 1 . • - . •
i «.-Aprii3C3 ui me saic Him me CU51S Of Ilu6 flili, 10
he paid lo the persons respectively entitled thereto,
that he pav to each of the complainants and defend*
ants, children ot John Childs aforesaid, or in right of
(heir wives, one-eighth part of the balance of the pur
chase money; and that he to report his proceedings
under tins Decree to the Court
\ copy—Test- EDM I. LEE, C. C.
In obedience to the above Decree, I shall pro*
ceed to sell, on Monday, the 27th day of January next,
1834. on the premises, at 12 o'clock —
115 ACRES OF LAND,
lvincr ir. the County of Alexandria, i istrict of Columbia,
with all the Improvements thereon comdsting of a
DWELLING HOUSE and all other
^ H°uses. ( he Land is now m c.ultiva*
iiiSlAila nn’ *ias a 8ufficiencyof wood aud timber,
;^l26SSil»nd has some excellent Meadow [.and It
is situated between Hugh^linor's land, and adjoining
(he land of Colonel Opie, and was the residence of the
late Itev John-Chi'ds.
The terms of sale are—One-third of the purchase
money in cash on the day of sale, before I leave the pre
mises or the land will be re sold on the spot; the balance
in two instalments, in six and twelve months, with in
terest; notes to be given, and a deed of trust on the
land for security of the balance.
'Ellis sale is made under the order of the Couit, in
consequence of the purchasers not complying with the
terms of the former sale. C. SCOTT, I) ll.
dec 13 ?aw 1 wSteots For H Ashton, Marshal,
Land, tor aa\^.
I OFFER for sale my Plantation called CLOVER
LAND, L ing in the County of Prince William, 25
miles distant from Alexandria and Washington. It
contains
1200 ACHES,
Has on it a large DWELLING
HOUSE, Ram, and other improvements,
_and an excellent Mill Seat, on which a
•Saw Mill is erected. The land has i (en
well tilled, and for Beveral years past improved hy the
u>e of clover and plaster; the effects of which are n >
where more visible, or more fully proven. It is ditid
ed into fields of an cq-ial and convenient size, and un
der the best enclosures. 'Phis Plantation is justly con
sidered amongihe best in the upper country; its situs,
tion is healthful and beautiful.
As purchasers will view the premises before making
an offer, faither particulars are deemed unnecessary.
If desired, immediate possession may be given, [.ot
ters addressed to me (post paid) may he directed to
this place. CHARLES SHIRLEY CARTER.
Richmond City, Oct, 10:h, 1823.
N. R* In my absence, Mr. Edmund Newman. A^-rnt,
on the premises, will attend to gentlemen wishing to
view the premises. ^ S
Farm tor sale,.
? WISH to sell a FARM, containing 312 ACRES,
* adjoining mv residence. It is heavily timbered,
and has unit a variety of fine Fruit. A great bargain
may be bad if immediately applied for.
Fairfax County, Va, D. F. DULANY.
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