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THE GAZETTE.
By EDGAR SNOWDEN.
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try is printed on Tuesday, Thursday, and
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are inserted at the usual rates.
CITY OF WASHINGTON.
Board of Aldermen.—Monday, July 24.
Mr. Watterson asked and obtained leave to
introduce a bill entitled “An act to reduce the
taxes on real and personal property in the City
of Washington for 1834.”
Mr. W. said, that as Congress had granted
the means necessary to enable the Corporation i
to pay the interest on the Holland loan tor one
year, the tax of 60 cents imposed for that pur
pose was not required, and should therefore be
repealed for the year 1834. He contended that it.
would be not only unjust, but illegal, to keep up
a tax, which, bv the late grant dT Congress, had j
become unnecessary; that not only the tax pay
ers in Washington, but the members of Con
gress themselves, believed, when the appropria
tion was made, that the people were to be re
lieved from the very heavy burdens of taxation
under which they groaned, for at least one year
*nd that this reduction was required by every
consideration of policy and justice. He show
ed that the revenues of 1S33 would be sufficient
to meet the interest on the Holland loan for
1335; and therefore, if the reduction proposed
were not made, the object of the appropriation
by Congress would be of no avail.
Vlr. Sweeny, in answer, observed that he
should be in favor of the bill, if he believed the ,
Corporation could make the reduction with safe i
ty; that he perceived several loans had been
made to enable the Corporation to pay the in
terest on the Holland debt, and that those sums
were bearing an interest; that he would prefer
if there should be any surplus, to pay off the :
amount which had been borrowed to pay the in- i
terest; and that, at all events, it would be time
enough to pass the bill some months hence.
Mr. Watterson replied, that the sums to which !
Mr. S. had referred were embraced in the pi in- j
cipal, to pay the interest on which Congress had 1
appropriated the $70,000; that they expected .
that the sum appropriated should be applied ex- j
clusively to that object, and never contemplated ;
the possibility of the Corporation paying any
portion of the principal with it; that the reduc
tion of upwards of 30 per cent, on the amount
of their taxes even for one year, would be a
great relief to the taxpayers, and enable them
the better, if it should be necessary, to pay an '
increased amount during the ensuing year; j
that he had proposed in the bill to reduce the j
tax from 110 cents to 75, the maximum fix-)
ed by the charter; and that 75 cents on each
100 dollars worth ofproperty was higher tax than
was paid in any other city in this country, and
more than the citizens of Washington could well
bear. He stated that the tax of 75 cents would
vield a revenue of $48,339
’ The moneys received from licenses, 18,000
Making a total of $66,839
From which, if the w hole annual expenditure
of the Corporation, exclusive of the interest on
the Holland debt, viz: $37,290, were deducted,
there would be a surplus ol $29,519. But allow
ing a deduction of one-fifth from the present as
sessment valuation, the surplus would be 819,
781, applicable, in addition to the tax of 1S33,
to the payment of the interest accruing on the
foreign debt, in 1835. That the tax of 60 cents
was therefore not necessary, and the property
holders would and ought Jo demand its suspen
sion for 1834. Mr. W. observed, that as it was
a matter of some importance, and as several
members were absent, he would move to lay
the bill on the table till next Monday; which
was agreed to. _
A Rogue.—The Green field (Mass.) Mercury
contains the lollop ing sketch of a noted charac
ter, who tor some time had been prowling upon
many of our unspecting citizens, but has been at
last caged—charged with a felony, for which he
is now undergoing the penalties of the laws:
“ Among the recent criminal convictions in
the city of New York, we notice that of an indi
vidual known by the name of k Lord Rivers,’
for grand larceny. The name recalls many re
collections of a career so various and full of in
cident, that if it could be fully portraved, with all
its successes and reverses ‘ by flood and field,’
there arc but few romances which could com
pare with it for dramatic effect. ‘ Lord Rivers,’
alias ‘ Doctor Dubois,’ alias ‘ Honorable Mr.
Blanchard,’ (the last of them, we believe, was
his real name,) is probably well remembered in
Boston, as an individual whose superlative whis
kers. innumerable frogs, magnificent watch
guards, and distinguished Neil Pepperish air,
attracted universal attention wherever he deign
ed to exhibit himself. Both here and in Eng
land, he occasionally relieved the monotony of
ordinaiy life, by passing for a nobleman—a cha
racter which he would support with tolerable
success, till some slight misadventure, such as
an arrest for swindling, or a charge of picking
pockets, came to reduce him again to the rank
of ordinary mortals. In a visit to England, two
or three years since, he was detected in some
crime, and transported to Botany Bay. An
American vessel put in there; he became ac
quainted with the captain and mate, ingratiated
h mself into their confidence, made them be
lieve that he was a person of rank, fortune, and
merit, unjustly persecuted, and able, at some fu
ture time, to repay all kindnesses, and finally
persuaded them to aid him in escaping, and to
conceal him in their vessel after the escape w as
enecteU. in return tor tins tavor. he borrowed
two hundred dollars of each of them, of which,
of course, they never received back a farthing;
and in the course of the voyage, while firing
carelessly at a mark, he lodged a buckshot in
the mate’s eye, and deprived him for ever of the
use of it. Not long after that time, he was seen
by an American gentleman at Paris, parading
the Palais Royal with whiskers twice as large
as ever, and a corresponding increase of frogs
and watch chains. It is to be presumed, how
ever that the French air was not salutary, from
his being earthed at last on this side of the wa
ter.” __
Prince Talleyrand.—This ancient veteran
and wily politician appears to be drawing near
the close of his diplomatic life. It is stated in
the English journals that he has declared his in
tention to return to France in the spring of 1835.
His advanced age, being considerably more
than four-score, will probably preclude him from
again entering the arena of public life. The
knowing ones give his place to Decozes.
THE LATE CHARLES SLADB.
In the sudden death of the Honorable Charles
Slade, we have another instance of the frail
tenure which attaches us to life and all earthly
enjoyments. He left this scene of legislative and
party strife, full of health and hope, anxious to
behold again his beloved wife and children, al
ter a longer absence than they had ever before
felt; but, within a short distance of these endear
ed objects, he has been forever arrested by an
invisible hand. Yet, if the Christian has hope,
his was a sudden translation from the to"3
and cares of this, to that better sphere of be
ing, where a bright reversion awaits the right-.
eous. . ,.
Mr. Slade was a native of Alexandria, in this
District—born of very respectable parents, who
cave him a plain and religious education. At
an early period of life, with limited means, and
without the advantage of friends, he went to Illi
nois, and established himself on the Ka>kaskia
river, and there, by a course of diligent atten
tion to business, sustained by intelligence and
probity, he acquired much reputation, if not
considerable wealth. He was a member of
the State Legislature several years, and distin
guished in the assembly for the useful, rather
than the shining qualities, in short, an unos
tentatious man of business, looking steadfastly
to the good of his constituents, and tnat of
the general community, by carefully studying
their interests, and making himself thorough
ly acquainted with the condition, wants, and
resources of this young and most fertile State.
These properties brought him into Congress,
where his modesty, gentleness, unaffected sim
plicity of heart and manners, united to much
intellectual promptitude, gained the respect and
esteem of all with whom he came into contact.
He made no pretension to oratory, but what he
said was always at the proper time, and to the
purpose. Though a very firm and decided
friend of the administration, he was entirely
free from the rancor of party, and had the char
ity, if not the good sense, to believe that politi
cal infallibility was not peculiar to any set of
men, in or out of power; and that honesty and
honor were to be found in all ranks of society.
Pure himself, he was indisposed to suspect the
motives of others, though little inclined to give
his trust to the gaping demagogue or the infuri
ated partisan. Still he was independent in his
judgment, and formed his opinions with unpre
judiced sagacity; and upon this principle gave
his zealous support to the measures of General
Jackson. Though he made no display in Con
gress, he was remarked for the regularity of
his attendance, and his untiring patience during
many of its long and vexatious sessions; and
as a member of the Committee on Roads tind
Canals, he was equally attentive to his duties,
and anxiously aliveto the wishes of bis constitu
ents.
Mr. Slade was certainly in the path to the
highest honors of his adopted State, and would
have lost no reputation as her representative in
the National Legislature; and the early fall of
such men must be matter of general regret, if
not to be regarded as a public calamity. In his
death, Illinois has lost a patriot, his family a
most affectionate husband and father, and the
writer of this article a friend long to be lament
ed. ANSGLO.
Washington, July 24, 1834.
5—
LAFAYETTE.
The Correspondent of the Baltimore Patriot
w rites from Cincinnati as follows:
In the account I gave you of the Funeral ob
sequies paid to the memory of the illustrious La
fayette, 1 might have added, that Major Nevil
le who delivered the Eulogy, is the son of one of
the aids of Lafayette, during the revolutionary
war, and consequently became acquainted with
many things in the early life of Lafayette, not
known to the public.
In speaking of the public and private liberali
ty of Lafayette, he related two facts, never be
fore known by the public,—one of w hich relates
to a generous act of Lafayette, when last in this
country, to himself and the family of his late rev
ered father. On application to Mr. Neville, he
has kindly consented that 1 should copy from
the Eulogy, the facts 1 have referred to. You
will find them annexed. 1 wish it. was in my
power to send you the whole,—it is a produc
tion worthy the classic mind of Mr. Neville; too
much cannot be said in its praise. The
Lodge have desired from him, a copy for pub
lication; should he consent to give it, l wall
do myself the pleasure of sending you a copy.
Mr. Neville, delivered in 1S26 the Eulogy on the
life and characters of Adams and Jefferson,—
it was a spendid production, he however, would
not consent to have it published.
******* ^ His public liberality is
recorded in the archives of two nations; his pri
vate acts of benevolence are not so well known,
because they were always performed with se
crecy and with that regard to delicacy and feel
ing which eminently distinguishes the truly noble
heart. Before 1 close, I ask indulgence to state
two facts, the evidences of which are in my
possession. Major Morris, ol Jersey fell in
an engagement, leaving a widow, and destitute
family. Lafayette immediately presented a
memorial to Congress, for their relief; but (in
his own language (as the movements of public
bodies*are always slow’,) he addressed a letter to
his friend Gen. Morgan, to whose corps Morris
belonged, begging him to devise some delicate
mode of conveying several thousand dollars to
Mrs. Morris, enjoining on him the strictest secre
cy,as to the source from which the generous dona
tion came. Lafayette had never seen Mrs.
Morris.
“ On his last visit to this country, having un
derstood that the family of his favorite aid,
who had fought by his side, at Brandywine.
Monmouth, Trenton and Rhode Island, and
who had died previous to his arrival in the Uni
ted States, were not in prosperous circumstan
cas, he sent to the eldest son of his ancient
companion in arms, immediately before his de
parture for France, an order on the President
of the Bank of the United States for 4000 dol
lars.
“ i ne letterenciusuig me uiuc.
in that language of refined delicacy, "hich di
vests an act of benevolence of all irksome con
sequences to the recipient, and which none but
a being like Lafayette can conceive. It is but jus
tice to the representative of that family to say,
that the order was never used, and is only re
tained as a memento of the goodness of his fa
ther’s friend—as a gratifying proof of the warm
intimacy which existed between them.’’
Latest from Madeira.—Capt. Newcomb, of
the schr. Village, 30 days from Madeira, informs
that that Island had surrendered to the force of
Don Pedro, on the 5th ofJune, after a blockade
of ten days. At the time of sailing, (22d June,)
the new Governor had not arrived, but was dai
ily expected from Lisbon. Capt. N. brought 13
passengers, and informs that many, of the Mi
guelites had left Madeira, In consequence of the ,
change of government.—Xorfolk Beacon.
LIFE IN TIIE WEST.
Expedition against Arkansas Banditti. The
Randolph, Teno. Recorder of the 21st ult. says:
Oar peaceful town presented last week more
appearance of a war camp, than the abode of
peace. An expedition, composed of most oj
our chief citizens ‘thrice armed,’ their quarrel
being just, set out from this place to take or ex
terminate a gang of lawless freebooters, infest
ing the Arkansas shore of the Mississippi for
some hundred miles, who have been for several
years past committing continual depredations
upon the lives and property of individuals upon
the river and this State, and becoming at length
so bold as to require the measures adopted by |
our citizens for the preservation of their lives j
and property. Their last depredation, was their
seizing, some twelve of them, aflat boat owned
by Mr. Wm. Mitchell, of May’s Lick, Kentucky,
laden, with flour and whiskey, that had strand
ed on a sand bar, about twelve miles below this
town; one or two ol them standing over the
boatmen with levelled rifles, while the rest plun
dered the boat, and took off in other boats what
they could not conveniently remove. Horses,
negroes, cattle, and every species of pioperty
are their prey; and such is their adroitness, and
so impregnable their marshy skulking places,
as to make their detection almost impossible,
burying themselves when pursued, in the most
impervious cane brakes. This last audacious
wholesale robbery, aroused our citizens, many
of whom have suffered from counterfeit money,
and property stolen, to march against them arm
ed witn rmes. , a . .
The robbers had their head quarters about 2o
miles below this town, at a place called the
Shawnee village; thither about thirty of our
citizens went, fully anticipating a warm recep
tion, but returned without battle, after burning
two or three crazy cabins, bringing with them
eight or ten prisoners. The next morning the
citizens of Covington, came in, to the number
of forty or fifty, gloriously armed, determined
to carry on a searching operation among the
cane brakes. Accordingly they boarded a flat,
well provided with blankets and provision for a
campaign, and floated down the self same way
as when they went to fight Packcnham. After
scouring the country for a day or two, they re
turned with twelve or fifteen prisoners, some of
whom were engaged in the robbery, some
known to be rogues of deep dye, and others
refugees from justice.
Scouting parties were kept up for a week, re
turning daily with victorious trophies of fresh
prisoners, or recovered property. T wo or three
guns only were fired by the party at some of
the robbers, as they were breaking for the cane
brakes. One of the boatmen, that is supposed
to have stranded the boat, in order that it might
be plundered, was found dead in the canes,
whither he had fled, the victim of dishonesty,
hunger and musquitocs. The prisoners were
brought before magistrates, who sent seven of
them to jail; some were discharged, and no
proof being found against four or five of the
most noted villians among them, they were ve
ry politely escorted back to Arkansas, by She
riff Calmes, and some ot our citizens, and under
its shady banks, were so delighted at being the
happy recipients and backers of Lynch’s law,
as to pipe and dance most melodiously.
Indeed they “discoursed most eloquent mu
sic,” which fell upon our own ear softened by a
voyage across the water of upwards of a mile.
After being amused awhile in this mannrr by
our Sheriff they departed on their way rejoic
ing with feelings uol soon to be forgotten. One
villain named or pronounced Geno, after being
stripped for the dance, begged so pitifully, that
although his back bore striped evidence of hav
ing before danced round the whipping post, he
was spared the lash, and taken buck, as he pio
mised to divulge secrets of .importance. But
finding he could be of little service in this capa
city, he was suffered to return to Arkansas,
where his fellow robbers, for his faithlessness and
cowardice at Lynch’s altar, stripped him, tied
him to a tree, and gave him a “smart sprinkle”
of the lash themselves. Since, this same Gcno,
with a companion, robbed a Tennessean about
30 miles from this place, of about 20 dolls, and
tied him to a tree and whipped him severely.
They have been pursued, but without success.
CHOLERA.
Correspondence of the Baltimore Patriot. 1
Cincinnati, July 18, 1831.
I have heard of little or no Cholera in tnis city
or adjacent country this week. I believe we
were more frightened than hurt. The Board
of Health had a meeting, and reported on the
15th seven deaths by Cholera during the week
preceding, only three of which were citizens,
the other four strangers that had arrived, pro
bably sick with the disease. In Fulton, where
it was reported, some twenty had died, little or
no disease now' remains there, and it is now
very evident that many of the patients might
have recovered, had regular physicians been,
called in, instra<1 of “irregular” ones, who
did not, (that 1 have heard of) save a single pa-;
tient.
We also have among us some “panic doc
tors,” who, on the appearance of a single case
of Cholera, sound the alarm and frighten all the
old women and children in the city—and for
every case like Cholera, the report goes abroad
that ten, fifteen or twenty have died. Our city
becomes depopulated, bur markets deserted,
and farmers, merchants, traders, &c. in the
country are ufraid to come in, thereby destroy
ing all business, nil trade, all pleasure. There is
very little prospect that we shall have the Cho
lera in an epidemic form—we may have occa
sionally a case; this we must expect.
Reading.—When the business of the day is
over, how many men does the evening hour
find comfortably seated in their easy chairs,
reading to themselves, or to some fair friend or
happy group! In how many pleasant homes,
while the ladies are seated at their morning em
ployments, or amusements, or whatever else
they may please to call them, does some glad
creature read aloud, in a voice full of music,
and marked by the sweetest emotion of a young
pure heart, a lay of our mighty bards, or a sto
ry of one of our most cunning interweavers of
j the truth of nature with the splendor of fiction,
| or follow the wonderful recitals of our travel
' lers, naturalists, and philosophical spirits, into
j every region of earth and mind! Publishers
I may tell us “ poetry don’t sell;” critics may cry
“ poetry is a drug,” thereby making it so by
the frivolous and unreflecting, who are the
multitude: but we will venture to say, that at no
period were there ever more books read by that
part ot our population most qualified to draw
delight and good from reading; and when we
enter mechanics’ libraries, and see them filled
with simple, quiet, earnest men, and find such
men now sitting on stiles in the country, deeply
sunk into the very marrow and spirit of a well
handled volume, where we used to meet them
in riotous and reckless mischief, we are proud
and happy to look forward to that wide and
formerly waste field, over which literature is
extending its triumphs, and to see the benefi
cent consequences that will follow to the whole
community.— William Howitt.
Sailors.—A procession of about 50 seamen
passed through Wall-street yesterday afternoon,
who had been on board some of the ships fitting
out for sea, demanding a sight of the shipping
articles of the seamen. The captains had told
them that they had not got copies of the arti
cles, but had authorised their notaries to ship
seamen at thirteen dollars per month. These
seamen holding out for S15.
They proceeded to the shipping offices ol
Messrs. Hallet and Guion, in Butling slip, when
the number had increased to about 100, and de
manded a sight of the names of the seamen
who had shipped in the John Jay, the packet of
this day for Liverpool. The notaries refused to
show the list, but informed them that tire sea
men had shipped at the rates authorized to be
given by the Captain.
All the sailors who made this application were
known to these notaries, to whom they used no
personal insult, but threatened if the seamen
went on board the ship, they would throw' them
overboard. In the mean time, several police
officers arrived at the spot, and arrested six of
the ringleaders, who have been committed to
prison.
j The residue then dispersed. We trust the au
| thorities will be ready to resist any acts of vio
lence from this class of men, who should know
j that they must suffer, in common with all other
| classes, by the general depression of the times,
and particularly that of the shipping business,
which, at the present rate of freights, cannot af
! ford seamen so high wages as a better state of
j trade would enable them to pay.—iV. Y. Mer.
BALLOON ASCENSION,
On Wednesday, the '30th of July instant.
NICHOLAS J. ASH
Takes pleasure in informing
the citizens of Washington,
Georgetown, Alexandria, and
their vicinities, that he will make
his second ascension, with his
large variegated Balloon, from
Analostin Gardens, (Mason’s
Island,) on Wednesday, 30th of
Joly.
As the process of inflating a
Balloon is one of the most inter
esting things, and most persons
wish to be as near as possible,
there has been erected, at considerable expense,
an Amphitheatre, sufficient to accommodate
from 6 to 7,000 persons, where they can be com
fortably seated, and witness the whole of the in
teresting process, by which, in less than two and
a half hours, 12.000 feet of Hydrogen Gas is pro
cured by means of this large and powerful ap
paratus, frgm the decomposition ol water with
iron and sulphuric acid.
Order to be observed at the Ascension.
Between the hours of 11 and 12 o’clock, sig
nal cannons will be fired at intervals, at which
time the gate of the Garden will be thrown open
for the reception of visiters. During the space
of time which will necessarily be occupied by
the inflation, several small Ballons will be sent
off, by way of ascertaining the true course ol
the large one; and during the whole time thu
employed by the inflation. &c. a grand Band of
Martial Music, engaged expressly for this occa
sion, will add no little pleasure to the entertain
ments ofthc day. At 5 o’clock, precisely, he
will take his station in the Car, and, after float
ing in the air a sufficient time for all the specta
tors to have a full view of his Balloon and Car,
the cords will be cut, and the flying vessel, with
her pilot, will gradually ascend to the regions
above.
After ascending to an elevation of about 500
feet, he will detach from his Car a Parachute,
containing an English Rabbit. If it reaches the
earth in safety, it is requested, as an especial fa
vor, that it be returned to the garden.
The Reverend Clergy are most respectfully
invited to attend.
A requisite number of Police Officers will be
in attendance to preserve order.
Tickets of admission 50 cents; children under
12 years of age half price; to be had at all the
principal Bookstores and Hotels in the District;
also at the Garden gate on the day of ascension.
The proprietor of the Analostin Gardens
takes this early opportunity of informing the ci
tizens of the District, that, on Wednesday, the
30th of July instant, the day appointed for Mr.
Ash’s ascension, no boat or boats can be suffer
ed to land on the Island, under any circumstan
ces whatever, except on the northern part,
which occupies a space between the Causeway
and the Old Ferry House, on the Island, and
that sufficient ^Uards have been engaged to car
ry the above regulations into effect. The sub
scriber feels assured, from the known willing
ness of the citizens generally to submit to such
regulations as are absolutely necessary on such
occasions, and injustice to Mr. Ash, to whom
he tendered the use of his Gardens, to gratify
the public curiosity, that it is only necessary for
him to state the regulations, that they may be
cheerfully complied with.
In addition to the regular ferry, which runs a
boat propelled by horses, for the accommoda
tion of carriages, &c., boats of large dimensions
will be run from the shores of Georgetown and
Washington, commencing at Major Davidson’s
stone warehouse, at the west end of G street,
and continue up the line of wharves in George
town, ashigh as Market street. The public may
rest assured that they will he conveyed in per
fect safety. ANDREW M. LAUB.
N. B. It should be understood that the ferry
boats, on the above day, can be used without
charge. jy 25—dt30thJy
THIS IS TOGIVE NOTICE,
THAT the subscriber of Alexandria Coun
ty, in the District of Columbia, has ob
tained from the Orphan’s Court of said County
letters testamentary on the estate of Lee Mas
sey Alexander, late of said County, dec’d. All
persons having claims against said decedent
are hereby warned to exhibit the same to the
subscriber, passed by the Orphans’ Court, on
ar before the 24th day of June, 1835, or they
may by law be excluded from all benefit to said
estate; and those indebted thereto are required
to make immediate payment. Given under my
band this 24th June, 1834.
FRANCES SWANN,
Executrix of Lee M. Alexander,
t june 24—2aw6w _ ,
NOTICE IS HEREBY GI
FJ1HAT a General Meeting of t
5IKE1
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ria Turn
j*. ers of the Fauquier and Alex—- —
pike Company will take place at Buckland, on
Friday, 15th August next, for the purpose of
electing a President, four Directors, a Treasur
er, and other officers of said Company.
BERNARD HOOE, Treasurer.
jy 19—t!5thAug
JOB PRINTING executed at this office
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FOREIGN ITEMS
The London Winter (June) has commenced
—the bills of fair are spoken of as matters o
commercial relation or negotiation. The jour
nals hold forth as follows: “ Marriages lew and
dull; glut of beauty in the market; fortunes
scarce; fortune hunters desponding; ambitious
names low; young and indiscreet heirs no more
to be caught; mentors in profusion, who direct
their steps to the continent, where they become
the subjects of their fleecing shears.”
In 1833 the number of visiters who visited the
British Museum amounted to 210,495 persons.
At a late conversazione ot the Duke of Sussex,
the principal attraction of the evening was a
splendid model of the great pyramid of Cheops,
consisting of 33,000 pieces of cork.
Discoveries of an entertaining nature have
lately been made in th* Terre del Annonciata.
near Naples, which give belief to the surmise of
the existence of a subterranean city in that quar
ter. An ancient wall and a small temple, beau
tifully preserved, have just been discovered bv
the Marquess Munziante.
A biographical notice, published of John Kui
ler. Esq. lately deceased, contains one or two
anecdotes illustrative of his honesty while an
M. P. One of them we extract for the edifica
tion of our “ Perish Credit” representatives.
During the administration of Mr. Pitt, a mes
senger was sent to Mr. Fuller, with an offer of
a peerage, if he would vote as directed on a
certain question before the house. At the tim*
of the receipt of the note, tie was engaged with
a large party, when he ordered the messenger
to be ushered in. Then taken the letter, he
it into the fire, and told him that was his an
swer, adding, at the same time, “ I was born
Jack Fuller, and Jack Fuller I will die.” Such
an offer to many of our public men would at
this time serve to render them particularly cvi
lar-ic.
A London Magazine, speaking of the diver
sions of the metropolis, says, “ drama and na
tive talent are despised because they chouse to
pretend to understand German, Italian, and
French. The opera overflows—all Cheupsid.
and the Poultry are cooped up in the pit—and
even wives ot the canaille have boxes in order
to shew their breeding/1 A paragraph addres
sed to the dandies, we should think will he hard
ly relished; in commenting upon them it says:
“the boobies and asses whom one seqpperched
about the opera house aflecting taste and even
knowledge of what they hear, are only equalled,
J as an exhibition, by the most rational monkey of
! the zoological gardens; which little nasty ani
I mal, if it were not for the filth and indelicacy
i of the exhibition, would afford nearly as much
j amusement.”
The London prints complain of die vast
i nnmners who visit the zoological gardens ou
Sundays. This is, however, justified by one
of the celebrated Wits, who said that the beasts
are preying animals.
DR A WS THIS DA Y
Virginia State Lottery,
For the benejit of the Diurnal Swamp Canal Co
Class No. 14 for 1834,
1 prize of $30,000
1 cl,* of 1,2000
1 prize
1 prize
of «8,000
of 6,000
60 Prizes of 1,000 DOLLARS! &c. Ac.
Tickets 810; halves 500; qrs2 50; eighths 1 25
For sale, as usual, in great variety, by
JOS. HI. CLARKE,
(Sign of the Flog of Scarlet and Gold,) King si
_ Alexandria, P. C.
DJIA IPS THIS DA Y
Virginia State Lottery,
Fur the benefit of the Dismal Swamp Canal C>
Class No. 14 for 1834,
I l prize of
| 1 do of
$ 12.000
12,000
1 prize of
1 prize of
5g.fi1.ft
(H.Of'f
du oapuai rrizes oi ©i,uuu: occ. ac,
Lowest prize $12
Tickets 10; halves 500; qrs. 2 50; eighths 122
To be had in a variety of numbers of
J. CORSE*
Lottery Exchange Broker. Alexandria.
DU A MIS' Till# DA V
Virginia State Lottery,
For the benefit of the Dismal Htramp Canal C>
Class No. 14 for 1834.
1 Prize of
1 do of
$30,000
12,000
1 Prize of
1 Prize of
6,01'0
ou i-apinii rrizes or si,uuu: otc.
Tickets S10; halves 5 00; qrs. 2 50; eighths 1 2.'.
On sale in great variety by
JAS. ItlORDAX.
Uncurrent Notes ami Foreign Goal |»it:
chased.
DRA WS THIS DAY
Virginia State Lottery,
For the benefit of the Dismal Swamp Canal ('
Class No. 14 for 1834,
l prize or
l do of
sau.ooo
12,000
1 prize ol
1 do of
*6,000
ou rrizes oi ©i,uuu: otc.
Tickets 10; halves 5 00; qurs. 2 50; eighths 1 ‘l->
To be had in a variety of numbers of
J. W. VIOLETT,
Lottery and Exchange Broker,
Near the corner of Kin" and Fayette Street*.
Alexandria, D. C.
All orders, enclosing cash or prize t * k
ets, promptly attended to.
LOST,
ON Thursday morning last, on the Middr
Turnpike Road, between the first gate an-i
Alexandria, about half of a COLD WAT<'ll
CHAIN, to which was attached two GOI.I'
SEALS, set with chrystal stone; together wi'h
a small GOLD KEY. A suitable reward wr.
be given for the recovery of the chain and sea.’
jy 25—3t _
NOTICE
TO BRICKLAYERS f CAR PESTER*
SEALED Proposals will bo received by
subscriber, until the evenin'? of the 20th in
stant, for erecting a BRICK BLTLDING. to fi.j
the space between the wings of the Theologies
Seminary, near Alexandria.
The proposals will embrace the Building con.
plete, which must be of first quality materia:->
and workmanship.
Gentlemen disposed to offer will receive eve
ry information, by applying to the subscriber in
Alexandria.
Security will be required for the faithful per
formance, and the work to commence forth
with. Payments made as the work progress ,
and as may be agreed on.
W. YEATON, Superintendent.
jy 18—dt26th ^ [Nat. Int.]_
HENRY W. THOMAS,
ATTORNEY AT LA
PRACTISES in the Superior and Inferior
Courts of Fairfax and Loudoun Countie-'
and will punctually attend to all business en
trusted to his care. His office is in the house
adjoining Allison’s Hotel, Fairfax Court Housf
Virginia. jy 14—2aw”r