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ALEXANDRIA GAZETTE
PUBLISHED, DAILY, BY
EDGAR SNOWDEN,
rg dollar? per annum, payable half yearly.
ALEXANDRIA GAZETTE
A (FOR THE COUNTRY)
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oer square for the first three insertions,
i twenty-five cents for every subsequent inser
a reasonable deduction will be made in
he case of yearly advertisers.
, * All advertisements appear m both papers.
FOR BOSTON.
The fast sailing Packet Brig WANKIN
tfUCO Eldridge, master, will have despatch,
^y»WLE1C0.
-FOR BOSTON,
riR The Schooner POTOMAC, Asa Bears,
iS) Jr. master. She is now loading, and cau
take a few hundred barrels on freight. Apply
7 may 7S. MESSERSM1TH.
FOR FREIGHT OR CHARTER
- The Brig ROVER, Jordan, master, a
Sy[good vessel, burthen 1250 barrel?* will be
5?for cargo in a few days. Apply to
2_W. FOWLE & CO.
NOTICE.
I * The Steamer COLUM
BIA, Capt. James Mitch
ell, having resumed her
regular trips between Bal •
I timore and the District of Columbia, will, until
I the 1st day of September, leave Baltimore for
the District every W ednesday, at 4 o ciock, r.
M aud returning, will leave Washington at 6,
and Alexandria at 7 o’clock, A. M. every Sun
day, for Baltimore. Passage $2.
mar 31—tf ___ - -
PLASTER OF PARIS.
19A Tons Plaster of Paris, on board brig
I CM Wankinco, for sale by
may S_W. FOWLE & CO.
FIGS.
* A Drums Pulled Figs, of prime quality, just
JU received per brig Wankinco, from Bos
Hm, for sale by S. MESSERSMITH.
mayS_-• ; ■>
STARCH.
Half-bbls. i First quality Philadelphia
u 1 25 boxes $ Starch
Just received per sloop Statira, and for sale by
may 7 A. C. CAZENOVE & Co.
ORANGES AND LEMONS
20O5S‘S£r£li"p'>”«"a“
landing from brig Token, Eldridge, master,
fom Boston, for sale by
may 6 EDW’D. DAINGERFIELD.
MOLASSES.
1A Hogsheads Prime Molasses, just received
lU per schooner Potomac, from New York,
for sale by LINCOLN CHAMBERLAIN,
may 6 _Vo well’s wharf.
__
ft AAA Bushels Striking and Packing, to
£}UUU close sales, will be sold at low
price by SAM’L. B. LARMOUR & CO.
JMfr Jji \
MAHOGANY.
I AAA Feet Mahogany, assorted, 3-8 to 2
1UUU 1-2 inches, and Scantling. Also, 2
^xes Veneers. Just received and for sale by
jnay 5 WM. D. NUTT.
PLASTER OF PARIS.
lf?A Tons, the carffo of Briir Rover, from
WILLIAM FOWLE & CO.
HAVE IN STORE, FOR SALE,
6) K Hhds. Muscovado Sugars
Aj 100 do Retailing Molasses
53°0dbblsSN'E-Rum
150 bags Rio Coffee
20 haK-chests J Young H>'son Tea
10 bbls Sperm Oil, fall strained
150 boxes Mould assorted > r.trnjiat2
30 do Spermaceti j fancies
30 bbls “Winchester” No. 1 Boston Beef
100 boxes No. 1 Soap
1,000 casks Nails, assorted sizes
150 packages (all numbers) Colt’s Cot
ton Duck
35 bales 3-4 4-4 “ Newmarket” Bro.
Sheetings and Shirtings
100 coils Russia and Manilla Cordage
15 bales Bridport Shad and Herring
Twine
Cotton Twine
50 boxes Prunes
50 boxes Oranges and Lemons
50 baskets Champagne Wine
10 pipes Port Wine, of superior quality
4 quarter casks I sh wine
4 octaves $ J
5 cases Men’s Shoes_may 8
"bank NOTES WANTED.
IS. NICHOLLS wishes to purchase Bank
• Notes of all the Banks which have stopped
specie payment within the District of Columbia,
and will give the highest prices in specie—80 to
85 cents.Washington, may 6—dtf
GREAT BARGAINS TO BE HAD
IN Cabinet Furniture, for Alexandria Bank
Notes, at the corner of King and Columbus
streets tfy
’ JEREMIAH W. SATTERWHITE.
may 6— 1m_
BANK OF ALEXANDRIA NOTES
WILL be taken at par for FURNITURE,
by JAMES GREEN, at his Establish
ments on Royal and Fairfax streets, Alexan
dria* and at the corner of C and 10th streets.
Washington; where he has now on hand an ex- ]
tensive assortment of ELEGANT & PLAIN
FURNITURE.apr 17
BALTIMORE AND OHIO RAIL ROAD
TIMBER.
PROPOSALS for the supply and delivery of
SAWED SCANTLINGS, of Yellow & Pitch
Pine and White Oak, for that part of the Road
between the Point of Rocks and Harper’s Ferry,
will be received by the subscriber, at Ellicott’s j
Mills, Maryland, untilthe first day of June next.
The Scantling must be full six inches square, of I
sound timber, free from windshakes, and clear
of sap, except on one corner of each piece,
where one inch of sap will be admitted. It must
be at least twelve feet long, but may be longer,
provided it is increased in length by regular ad
ditions of 4 feet, that is, it may be 12, 16, 20, so
on, feet long, clear of kerf. If two or more kinds
of Timber are proposed for, the kind, quantity,
and price of each will be separately stated.—
Such as may be delivered by water will be de
posited on the -berm bank of the Chesapeake
and Ohio Canal, at such point or points as the
subscriber may designate; but if transported by
land, the proposer will state the point or points
on the line of the Rail Road at which he can
most conveniently deliver it. One-third of the
quantity proposed for to be delivered on or be
fore the first day of August—one-third on or be
fore the first day of September—and the remain
ing third on or before the first day of October
next, without fail. The Timber to be inspected
on delivery, and approved by an Agent of the
Company, before it will be accepted and paid
for. About one hundred and thirty thousand
feet lineal measure will be required in the whole,
but bids will be received tor any quantity from
one thousand feet upwards. Proposers in the
Southern States, or on the navigable waters of
the Chesapeake Bay, may avail themselves of
pknoonaoL-a nn/l Ohir» Hannl from thf» Dis
im. wiivs7i*pvvi*»v ^ -
trict of Columbia, or of the Baltimore and Ohio
Rail Road from Baltimore, as cheap and safe
modes of transportation. Proposals may be
transmitted to the subscriber by mail.
CASPAR W. WEAVER.
Ellicott’s Mills, Md. 29th April, 1834.
may 1—tlstJune __
EXHIBITION OF J. G. CHAPMAN’S
PAINTINGS.
THE Exhibition of J. G. Chapman’s Paintings
is now open to visiters, on Pennsylvania
Avenue, nearly opposite Brown’s and Gadsby’s
Hotels, from 9 o’clock until sunset.
Admission and Catalogue - 25 cents
Tickets for the season - - 50 cents
In a short time several of the Paintings will be
removed-to give place to additions that will be
made to the collection._apr 10—tf
JEREMIAH W. SATTERWHITE,
CABINETMAKER,
RESPECTFULLY informs his friends and
the oublic generally that he has commenc
ed the CABINET MAKING BUSINESS, in
all its various branches, at the north coinei of
King and Columbus streets, in the house for
merly occupied by James & Jacob Douglas,
where he hopes, by perseverance and industry,
in connection with an experience in the above
business for the last eight or ten years, to merit
a share of public patronage.
His FURNITURE will be made by experien
ced journeymen, after the latest fashion, and in
the most durable manner, which he will warrant
to be equal to any manufactured in the District
of Columbia. _*_jan 2—tf
' NEW GOODS.
-rx C. SMITH has this day received from
£k‘ CRAT& & HHDS. CHINA AND
££ EARTHENWARE, comprising a hand
some variety of Goods, of the latest styles
and patterns. These, together with his pre
vious large stock on hand, are offered for
sale at the lowest rates. * apr 25
CABINET WORK.
CABINET, CHAIR, AND SOFA MANUFAC
TORY.
JAMES GREEN, Cabinet Maker, has on
hand, and will constantly keep, at his old
stand on Royal street, Alexandria, and at the
corner of Tenth street and Pennsylvania Ave
nue, Washington, a general assortment of the
most FASHIONABLE AND DURABLE FUR
NITURE, vfl^ch he will warrant equal, if not
superior in quality, to any ever offered in the
District; consisting, in part, of
Grecian, winged and plain Wardrobes
Gothic, pedestal and plain Sideboards
Ditto, with cellarets and marble slabs
French and plain Bureaus
Dressing do with mirrors
Ladies’ and Gentlemen’s Secretaries Book
Cases
Pier Tables, with marble and mahogany tops
Pillarclaw Dining, Breakfast^Card Tables
Plain do do do do do
Ladies’ Work Stands; Shaving Candle do
Wash Stands, with marble f mahogany tops
Grecian Sofas; Mahogany Chairs
Music Stools, Bidetts, Cribs, Cradles
Portable Writing Desks, &c.
With a general assortment of BEDSTEADS,
of richly carved Mahogany, Maple, and Stained
Woods. All of which will be sold as low, for
cash, as they can be purchased of the same qua
lity at any other manufactory in the Union.
Also,
An assortment of St. Domingo and Bay of
Honduras MAHOGANY, a part of which is
suitable for Handrails; Steam-sawed Curl and
Shaded Veneers; Copal Varnish of a superior
quality; Sacking Bottoms, Cords, &c.
TURNING and CARVING handsomely exe
cuted. +■ apr 3
SPLENDID FURNITURE
CHARLES KOONES, Cabinet, Chair, and
Sofa Maker, King street, next door to the
corner of Alfred street, has on hand, and con
ctnntlx/ inn nnfhptnrPs: trpnprril necnrtmpnt rtf
FASHIONABLE CABINET FURNITURE,
which, for elegance and durability, defies com
petition. His stock generally consists of
Grecian and plain Sofas, Couches and Lounges
Mahogany all kinds of Drawing-room Chairs
Grecian, winged, and single Wardrobes
Pedestal end Sideboards, with marble tops and
mirrors
Gothic and various other ditto
Pier Tables, with marble and mahogany tops
Pillar and block Dining, Card and Breakfdst do
Do do claw do do do do
Plain do - do do do do
Centric or Loo do
French and various other Bureaus, with and
without mirrors
Ladies’ Dressing Tables, with without mirrors
Do Workstands and Music-Stools
Do and Gentlemen’s Cabinet, Secretaries,
and Book Cases
Washstands, with marble and mahogany tops
Richly carved and plain Mahogany, Bird-eye,
and Curled Maple and common Bedsteads
Cribs, Cradles, Candlestands; Shaving ditto
Portable Desks
And every other article in the Cabinet line.
Likewise,'
MAHOGANY, of various kinds; steam-saw
ed, curl and shaded Veneers; Copal Varnish,
Sacking Bottoms, Cords, BEDS, MATTRAS
SES, &c.
The above articles will be disposed of for cash
or to punctual persons on the most liberal terms.
A very extensive patronage from Washing
ton, induces me to say, that I will deliver Fur
niture to any purchaser in that city free of ex
pense.__apr 4 *
LEVI HURDLE,
HAVING taken his brother, ThomasT.Hur
dle, into partnership, will continue, at the
old stand, south-west corner of King and Co
lumbus streets, to carry on their business as
I (JHAlii MAIN U b AUT UKijjKo f
ORNAMENTAL PAINTERS,
and where they will make, and
keep constantly for sale, at fair
prices, a general assortment of
Grecian, Fancy, and Windsor
CHAIRS. The public are respect
fully invited to call and examine
their present assortment. They feel assured that
they will be found not to be inferior, either
in the durability of their materials or the neat;
ness of their execution, to those of any other ma
nufacturer in the District.
They will execute Sign Ornamental Paint
ing and Gilding, in all their various branches,
onthe most accommodating terms.
Old Chairs will be taken in part payment for
new ones, or will be repaired or re-painted at
the shortest notice.
Chairs purchased at this manufactory will be
sent, free of expense, to any part of the District.
CABINET, CHAIR, AND SOFA MANUFAC
TORY.
LEONARD O. COOK respectfully informs
his friends and the public generally that he
still continues to manufacture all kinds of CA
BINET FURNITURE at his Cabinet Ware
house on King street, next door to Mr. James
Kerr’s Grocery-store,and also informs them that
he has on hand, at his Cabinet Ware-room, on
the north-east corner of King and Washington
streets, where he intends keeping a constant
supply of the BEST FURNITURE, made by
the best workmen, and of the neatest fashions,
which he will warrant equal to any ever offered
in the District, which he will sell low for cash,
or to punctual persons on the most accommo
dating terms; and he hopes, by his punctuality
and attention, to secure a part of the public pa
tronage. . . , , . ,
Old Furniture, neatly repaired, and hand
somely varnished. „ - v
TURNING handsomely executed, and at the
shortest notice. . - •
*+* Furniture purchased at this Factory will
be delivered free of expense any where in the
District. Alexandria, may 7
NEW DRY GOODS
GREAT BARGAINS IN DRY GOODS.
JUST opened, to-day, a handsome LOT OF
GOODS, which makes our assortment ge
neral. We shall continue to receive every week
something new and desj^ble, which will be sold
low for cash. * We invite our friends to call and
examine our Goods.
may 1_WM. H. MOUNT & CO.
CHARLES BENNETT
HAS imported, by the ship Herald, via Bal
timore, and offers for sale—
Shoe Thread in baies, superfine and common
Cambric and Shroud Muslins
Boys’, Misses’, and Ladies’ Cotton Hose, best
make
Ladies’ Black Cotton, Random, Angola, and
Silk Hose
Men’s black Silk, mixed Raw Silk, brown Cot
ton, and Random Half Hose
English Galoons and black Lustring Ribbons
Fine Linen Tapes, in great variety
Clark’s Mile-End Spool Cotton
Tailors’ patent Black, Blue and W. B. Thread
6-4 Book Muslins and Hdkfs, very fine
Superfine white and printed Marseilles Vest
ing, in small ends
A few bales first quality Burlaps, 1, 2, 3, & 0
apr 29
GEO. S. HOUGH
IS now opening a considerable addition to his
assortment received a few days since, among
which are
Super Italian Lustrings and Poult de Soie;
Gros de Naps, Florences, and Sattins; black
Satin Levantines, .(cheap); Fancy Gauze Bon
net and Cap Ribbons; Mantua ditto of all co
lors and widths; colored Cambrics; Bonnet do;
real Grass Cloth, for summer wear; brown
French Linens; white and colored Drillings,
some super; Vigonia and Summer Cloths; Las
; ting and Circassians; Russia, Damask and
| other Diapers; soft dressed Irish Linens; Linen
; Cambric; ditto Hdkfs; Fancy do., in great va
riety; French and English Ginghams; a beauti
ful assortment of Painted Muslins and Chintzes;
Plain and Embroidered Silk Hose, Cotton ditto,
for women and children; men’s Mixed do, very
! good; men’s and women’s super Hoskin Gloves;
j long white do; Hildick’s Spool Cotton; white,
■ green, and black Blond Veils; Vesting; white,
and striped Satteen; fine black Bombazette and
Bombazine; Umbrellas and Parasols; Stripes
and other wear for boys; Bobbinette and Gre
cianette; Feather and Leaf Fans; blue and yel
low Nankeens; super Pongees; Bandanna and
Flag Hdkfs, some super; Brown Hollands and
Lawns; brown and white Russia Sheetings;
Irish ditto; Burlaps and Osnaburgs; Fancy
Hair Brushes; colored and white Knitting Cot
ton; Knotted and Mersailles Quilts; Silk Velvets,
all colors; black Tabby do., some very good;
Corded Skirts; a beautiful assortment of Tus
can, Calimenta, Berlin and English Dunstable
Bonnets; very tasty Patterns; Artificial Flow
ers and Sprigs; super olive, brown, mulbery,
black, blue and dalia Cloths: with most other
articles in his line, which renders his assort
ment choice and general.4 mo 22
SPRING GOODS.
RECEIVED per schooner Washington, this
day, a Further Supply of STAPLE AND
FANCY DRY GOODS. Among them are the
following:
50 pieces blue, black, and fancy col’d Cloths
Blue, black, and colored Cassimeres
Merino and Vigonia do
•London Diagonal Stripe do
Crape Camlets
Black Circassians and Princettas
English # French bl’k Bombazines, very cheap
60 pieces 4-4 Irish Linens; among them some
very fine, unusually low
30 pieces 5 S and 3-4 Lawns
10 do Irish Sheetings
6-4 and 10-4 Barnsley do
crown ana Dieaenea rvussia ao
Russia Diapers and Crash
Huckaback and 3-4 Diapers, for towelling
3-4 fine Bird’s-eye do
6-4 and 10-4 Table do [some
8-4 and 10--4 do do Damask,very hand
Damask Table Cloths and Napkins
Table and Piano Covers, new style, and very
handsome
Brown Irish French Linens and Hollands
Brown French and Russia Drilling
New style Light Spring Prints
Ginghams, newest style, in great variety
50 pieces Jaconet Cambric and Muslins
34 do Check Cambrics
40 do French and English Muslins, very
handsome
Plain and figured Swiss and Book Muslins
Cambric Edgings and Insertings
Thread and Bobbinet Laces and Edgings
Grecianett and Bobbinett; Bobbinett Footings
Black Italian Lustrings, very cheap
Black and blue black Poult de Soie
Plain and Figured Silks
Black Gro de Suise and Black Silk Muslins
30 dozen Hernani, Crape, Gauze, and Silk
Muslin Fancy Shawls and Hdkfs
Green, white, and black Blond Gauze Veils,
some very rich
Gauze, Cap, and Bonnet Ribbons
Gloves of every description
Cotton Hosiery, a large assortment, and very
cheap
French and English Silk Hosiery; some hand
some embroidered and clock’d
Bead Reticules and Belt Ribbons
1 1-2 to 22 Lustring Ribbons
Black and colored Italian Crapes
Linen Cambrics and Linen Cambric Hdkfs
Superior white and colored Marseilles Vesting
Parasols, a large assortment, and very cheap
Silk and Cotton Umbrellas
English and American Tuscan Bonnets
30 pieces 4-4 and 6-4 Canton Floor Matting,
superior quality, verv cheap
20 bales Brown and Bleached Shirtings and
Sheetings i
5 do Cotton Oznaburgs
Penitentiary Plaids and Stripes -
Checks, Rouen Cassimeres, a variety of goods
for boys
Burlaps and Oznaburgs
Canvass, Bleached Ticklenburgs and Ravens
Duck, &c.
50 dozen Palm Leaf Hats, cheap
With many other articles; all of which have
been bought upon the best terms—and we are
determined to sell as low as any House in the
District. Our customers and the public are in
vited to call and examine for themselves.
We shall receive every week from New York
further supplies of Goods.
apr 14_W. H. THOMPSON & CO.
NEW AND CHEAP GOODS.
WASHINGTON & BRENT have received
a large and general assortment of
SPRING GOODS,
consisting, in part, of
Black, blue and fancy colored Cloths
Black, blue and colored Casimeres
Ginghams, black and fancy
Painted Muslins and Calicoes
Checked and Swiss Muslins
Cotton Hose, plain and fancy
Linens, Lawns and Sheetings
Damask, Russia and Birdseye Diaper
Linen Cambric and Cambric Handkfs
Italian Lustring and Gro de Naples
Bombasins, English and French
Satins and Satin Levantines
Fancy Hdkfs and Shawls, in great variety
Cambric, Thread and Blond Edging
Crape, Veils and Belts
Parasols and Umbrellas
Men’s and Boys’ Summer Wear, in every
variety
Straw Carpeting, wdiite and colored
84 packages of Domestic Goods
With almost every other article of Dry Goods,
all of which will be sold unusually low.
apr 2
NEW AND SPLENDID GOODS,
Corner of King and Fairfax Streets.
■wwtTT T I A TT wrtTTiirm n /-» /% /1 1 ^
niuuimu xi. l oo vjvj. ^iaieiy ironi
Washington,) are now opening an elegant
assortment of CHEAP, STAPLE, & FANCY
DRY GOODS, consisting, in part, of the follow
ing, viz:
50 pieces blue, black, brown, mulberry, green,
drab, and grey Cloths and Cassimeres
100 pieces, containing 2500 yards, Lustring,
Gro de Naps, Poult de Soie, of a variety of co
lors and figures
Florences, Satins, and Satin Levantines
Silk Velvets and Tabby ditto
1500 yards Ginghams, some very handsome
and cheap
450 yards Painted Muslins, superior for cheap
ness and beauty
3000 yards super Chintz and other Calicoes,
of every price
200 pieces Ribbons, and 20 setts Gauze ditto
Twisted Silk Shawls, some beautifully em
broidered
Do do Scarfs and Lace Veils, white, black,
green, &c.
French Worked Capes, very handsome
Linen Cambric and Linen Cambric Handker -
chiefs, very fine
Gentlemen’s super and common Silk do
Cambric and Thread Edging
Ladies’ and Gentlemen’s Hoskin and other
Gloves, in great variety
Ladies’ Parasols, some of a new style
<. Gentlemen’s Umbrellas, do do, and common
Cloth Table and Piano Covers
Greciannett and Greciannett Footings
Irish Linens and Lawns
Bishop’s Lawn, Swiss and Plaid Muslins
Jaconet and Cambric Muslins
Damask and Diaper Table Cloths, some very
pretty
Marseilles Quilts and Knotted Counterpanes
Corded and Grass Skirts
Damask, Russia, and Bird-eye Diapers
3000 yards Cotton and Sheetings
Check, Hollands, Blue and Yellow Nankeen
Angola Cassimeres and summer Cloths
Bead Reticules and Purses
Spool Cotton. Knitting ditto and Floss
Tapes, Pins and Needles
Also,
Dunstable and super Tuscan Bonnets, new
and handsome
With every article in the line, too numerous
to particularize in an advertisement; to all of
which they invite the attention of the citizens of
Alexandria and its vicinity, as they are detcr
mined to sell low for cash._ mar 28
223 DOZEN PALM LEAF HATS,
JUST received by the subscriber, and for
sale, cheap, comprising various qualities
and prices._A. D HARMON.
FRANKLIN HOUSE.
MThe above TAVERN has been rented by
the subscriber. It is well known as having
been long occupied by Mr. Augustine Newton;
is now in good repair, and every comfort that
the traveller needs can be had. The Table is
every day supplied with the delicacies, as well
as the substantial of life. The Bar is well fitted
with the best Liquors, and private parlies can
be accommodated in the most delightful man
ner. JOHN WEST.
N. 13. Beltzhoover’s Line of Stages arrive and
depart daily from this House; and Gigs, Horses,
and Hacks, can be had on the most reasonable
erms, __nov 5—d
PORTER AND ALE.
THE subscriber respectfully informs the pub
lic, that he intends keeping, through the
season, at his Cellars on Cameron street, oppo
site the Market, a constant supply of the best
bottled PORTER AND ALE, in large and
small bottles.
Private families and taverns supplied at the
shortest notice.
Orders from the country will be particularly
attended to—so as to ensure safe carriage.
The highest price given for empty bottles.
marSe—4m JOHN W. flMJTH