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ALEXANDRIA GAZETTE
PUBLISHED, DAILY, BY
EDGAR SjYO WDEN,
Ar 3 dollars per annum, payable half yearly.
ALEXANDRIA GAZETTE
(FOR THE COUNTRY)
IS PUBLISHED REGULARLY ON
TUESDAY, THURSDAY & SATURDAY,
Ar*5 dollars per annum, payable in advance.
TVuia of Advertising:—Advertisements neat
v an(j conspicuously inserted at the rate of one
dollar per square for the 6rst three insertions,
jndtwenty-fivecents for every subsequent inser
tlon A reasonable deduction will be made in
ine case of yearly advertisers.
V All advertisements appear in both papers.
NOTICE.
The Steamer COLUM
BIA, Capt. James Mitch
ell, having resumed her
■ regular trips between Bal
timore and the District of Columbia, will, dur
ing the season, leave Baltimore for the District
of Columbia every Saturday, at 4 o’clock, P.
M.; and returning, will leave Washington at 6,
and Alexandria at 7 o’clock, A. M. every Wed
nesday. for Baltimore. Passage S2.
sept l8—tf__________
FOR NORFOLK.
The Steamboat CHE
SA HE A HE, Capt. W ilson,
will be run as a regular
packet between Alexan
dria and Norfolk; leaving Alexandria on Tues
days and Fridays, at 1 o’clock, and arriving in
Norfolk in time to put passengers for Richmond
on board the Patrick Henry.
Returning, leave Norfolk on Wednesdays and
Sundays, at 2 P. M., taking passengers from
the Patrick Henry, and arrive at Alexandria on
Mondays and Thursdays, at 10 A. M. Passen
•trs for Baltimore can be carried through the
same day.
Fare from Alexandria to Norfolk, $6, exclu
sive of meals, or $7, meals included. From Nor
folk to Baltimore, iS, exclusive of meals; $9,
meals included.
The Chesapeake is a new Boat, particularly
adapted to this route; is coppered, copper-fas
tened, has a strong copper boiler, and is, in all
mpects, entitled to the confidence of travellers.
Parties of pleasure and families will only be
charged $8 for the trip to Norfolk or Old Point
tnd back. J. WILSON, Captain.
sept ll—tf_____________
MADDER.
| Cask Dutch Madder, of good quality, just
1 received and for sale by ___
LAMBERT A McKENKIE,
K[ II Union wharf.
1000
PUTTY—PUTTY.
Pounds ol prime Putty, for sale by
oct 14 WM. N. McVElGH.
LITTLE RIVER TURNPIKE ROAD STOCK
t) Shares, for sale by
U oct 14 WILLIAM N. McVElGH.
CEDAR WARE.
| 'A Nests iron and wood-bound Cedar
1JU Ware, for sale very low by
oct It WILLIAM N. McVElGH.
LARD, CIIEESE, AND INDIGO.
t() ^*s.ks \ Received and for
to |0 do Cheese > gaje by
1 ceroon fine Indigo ) 7
net 13 SAML. B. LARMOUR A CO.
PORTER BOTTLES, &c.
1 A Gmce Pint Porter Bottles
1W 5 PS" (•>«**
Received per brig Metamora, from Boston,
»n<l f.»r sale by HUGH C. SMITH.
SUGAR AND MOLASSES.
On Hogsheads Retailing Molasses
OV 50 barrels Porto Rico Sugar
40 hhds Porto Rico and New Orleans
Sugar. For sale by
11 w a. C. CAZENOVE A CO.
» RIO COFFEE.
Bags good Green Rio Coffee, just re
cttved and for sale by
<111 S. MF.SSERSMITH.
TIMOTHY SEED, Ac.
*) Tierces New Timothy Seed
* 5 boxes Colgate’s superior Starch
. Hi do Mould Candles, 6’s and 10’s
lb do Yellow Soap
3 do prime white Havana Sugar
Ju<treceived per schooner Washington, and
t sale by ANDREW J. FLEMING,
On Irwin’s wharf.
on
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WHITE LEAD.
J>i*l received, per Sloop Miller,
1 A A Kegs pure White Lead
100 do No. I do
Roberts’ brand, Philadelphia, and for sole by
JAMES W. SCOTT,
oct 2—tf Union street.
SUGARS, MOLASSES, COFFEE. TEA, Ac.
UA Hhds Orleans and Porto Rico Sugar
30 barrels ( White >"d brown HaVa"a d°
80 hhds J New Orleans and West India
30 bbU ^ Molasses and Neuvitas Syrup, a
superior article
110 bags Coffee, Rio, Cuba. Green Porto
Rico, Maracaibo, Liberia and Java
100 chests, half chests and boxes Teas,
Gunpowder, Imperial, Hyson, Young
Hyson, and Pouchong, chiefly very
late importation and fine qualities
60 barrels superior Old Whiskey, part 5th
proof Old Monongahela
8 hogsheads Cherry Bounce
'»ines, Liquors, and general Grocery assort
rne: v, as usual For sale.
s JflfS SAMUEL B. LARMOUR A CO.
AUCTION SALES.
BY WILLIAM D. NUTT.
PUBLIC SALE.
BY a virtue of two several deeds of trust re
corded in the U. S. Circuit Court for the
County of Alexandria, Lib. O, No. 2, fol. 99, and
Lib. R, No. 2, fol. 52,1 shall, on Wednesday, the
26th day of November next, offer at public sale,
for cash, A LOT OF GROUND in the town of
Alexandria, beginning 57 1-2 feet from the cor
ner or Princess and Union streets; thence South
with Union street to Conway’s line; thence East
with said line, and parallel to Princess street,
into the River Potomac; thence North with the
River to the line of John Adam; thence with his
line to the beginning.
Should the proceeds of such sale be insuffi
cient for the purpose of the trust, I shall then
proceed to sell, for cash,
1. A LOT OF GROUND on Water and
Princess streets, 1 IS feet on Water street, and
136 on Princess street.
2. A LOT opposite the same, (1) on Prin
cess street and an alley, 48 feet by 46 feet.
3. A LOT OF GROUND on Oronoko st.,
being 1-4 of a square, running through the cen
tre to Pendleton street, and opposite the late
Mordecai Miller’s Bake House.
4. One halfofan undivided HALF SQUARE,
less sixty feet, on Oronoko, Royal, and Pitt
streets, where the old Catholic Chapel stood,
and opposite Hollinsbury’s late brick yard.
5. A LOT OF GROUND on W'olfe street,
opposite the residence of John C. Vowell, and
fronting on Ifolfe and Pitt streets, 1-8 of a square.
The sale will commence at the first mentioned
piece of property, and will then proceed on the
premises of each lot as advertised.
Should the sale be prevented on that day, it
will take place the next fair day, and be con
tinued from day to day until finished.
WM. LUDWELL HODGSON,
sept 24 — 60d _Trustee.
HAIR TRUNKS, CALF BOOTS, Ac.
JH. WHITE has just received (per sloop
• Union) an invoice of HAIR TRUNKS,
which will be sold, either by the single one or
dozen, very cheap
Also, a further supply of
Men’s Calf Sewed BOOTS, 1st and 2d quali
ty; together with a considerable addition to his
stockcdSHOES. oct 14
CHINA, GLASS, AND EARTHENWARE.
HUGH C. SMITH has on hand a large stock
of CHINA, Ac. improved and augmented
by the latest importations, and comprising eve
ry article in the line. All for sale, wholesale
ana
Just Hecerfm:
A full assortment of INDIA DINING CHINA,
oct 14___
HATS, CAPS, AND FURS.
JOHN T. EVANS respectfully informs his
old customers and the public generally that
he has on hand a splendid assortment 0/SUPE
RIOR BLACK HATS, of all shapes and qua
lities, manufactured by journeymen of long and
well tried experience, as he keeps no apprenti
ces; he can therefore with confidence recom
mend any work which may leave his shop.
He has just received, by the Inst arrivals from
Boston and elsewhere, CAPS of the latest fash
ions and best workmanship and materials.
Among them will be found Youth’s and Men’s
Cloth and Fur Caps, of a variety of patterns.
He continues to keep LADIES’ FURS of
every kind, such as Fur Stocks, Boa Constrict
ors, Ac.; and FUR SKINS, for Gentlemen’s
Collars, of every description.
He is now manufacturing LADIES’ BEAVER
BONNETS, of the latest fashion and best mate
rial. oct ^—3 m
TO THE GREAT FALLS.
The Canal
: Packet Boat
iGE OR GE
! WASHING
TON has commenced her regular trips, on
Tuesdays and Fridays, for the Great Falls or
Crommelin, starting from Frederick Street
Bridge, (Georgetown) at 8 o’clock, A. M., and
returning the same day at or before sunset, t are
to and from Crommelin, 50 cents.
The Canal is now in fine order, and the coun
try presents a beautiful appearance. To those
who are fond of a short excursion, and desire
a short relaxation from business, a trip to the
Great Falls offers a most delightful treat.
O* Parties, on any other days of the week,
can be accommodated, by giving a short notice
or application to the proprietor, livmg on Third
street, Georgetown. Z. M. OppUI l._
WHEAT FANS, &c.
LG. & H. GRISWOLD have now on hand,
. and will constantly keep, or manufacture
to order, at their Establishment, corner of King
and Alfred streets, a variety of Dutch and Eng
lish improved WHEAT FANS; Cockle, Cheat,
and Rolling SCREENS, for Flouring Mills;
Window Screens, Riddles, Sifters, Mil. Shakes.
Straw Cutters, and Safes; all of which they will
dispose of upon the most reasonable terms.
They guarantee them to be made of the best
materials and workmanship; and hope, by con
stant attention to business, to gain a share of the
public patronage.
Flour manufactures and Wheat Fan makers
will find it greatly to their advantage to give us
a call. , _ ,
A boy is wanted; as apprentice to the above
business, 16 or 1“ years old, of good and steady
habits. . . ^ 4
N B Repairing done on the shortest notice.
TURNING in Wood, Iron, and Brass,
may 28—ly
BANK NOTES WANTED.
[S NICHOLLS wishes to purchase Bank
. Notes of all the Banks which have stopped
pecie payment within the District ofColumbia,
Tid will give the highest prices in specie—80 to
5 cents. Washington, may 6-dtf
NEW GOODS
FALL AND WINTER GOODS.
JOHN H. BRENT has received, by the late
arrivals from New York, a general assort
ment of GOODS, suited to the season; consist
ing, in part, of
37 pieces Broad Cloth, blue, black, brown,
invisible green, claret, mulberry, Dah
lia, olive, mixed, and drab
10 pieces Flushing and Lion Skins
107 pair Rose Blankets, English and French
200 do Point and Duffil Blankets
40 do Whitney and Cradle do
54 pieces Flannel, assorted colors
6 do Goat’s Hair and Boiled Camblets
73 do English Merino, 3-4 and 6-4
8 do French Merino Cloth
60 do Bombazette,bPk and ass’d colors
8 do Bombazine, French and English
220 do Prints, English, French and Ame
rican
36 do Oriental and Furniture Prints
30 do Ginghams, dark and mourning
40 do Checked Cambric, English, Irish,
and French
70 do Bishop Lawn, Book and Mull
Muslins
96 do Cambrics and Jaconets
60 do Linen, Irish and Silecia
25 do Sheeting, Irish, Silecia, Scotch,
and Russia
24 do Table Covers, Cloth and others
62 do Diaper, Damask, Bird’s-eye, and
Russia
48 do Table Cloths, various sites
140 do Casinet, blue, green, bl’k<f mixed
67 do Negro Cloths $ Linsey Woolseys
230 do Burlaps and Cotton Osnaburgs
3500 do Domestic Cotton, brown, bleach
ed, and colored
100 do Silk Hdkfs, Bandanna, Flag,
Pongee, and Spittalfield
120 pair Hose, cotton, silk, mohair cf worsted
8 ps Italian Lustring and Silk Camlet
5 do Gro de Rhein and Gro de Swiss
150 Shawls, Merino, Thibet, Valencia, and
- Prussian
230 Fancy Hdkfs, Chally, Thibet, Gro de
Ete, Hernani, &c.
24 Blond Gauze Veils
360 pair Gloves, Hoskin, Silk, Chamois, and
Pic Nic
144 Linen Cambric Hdkfs, some H. S.
72 pair superior French Shoes
300 ps Ribbon, Lustring and Belt
64 do Edgings, Thread, Cambric, Bobinet,
and Blond
96 Tippets and Comforts
12 pieces Bobinet, 4-4 and 5-4
18 do Crapes, colored and black
8 do Sijk Velvet, black and colored
10 do *8ftTicY7ia*oru»,**Aew sunerior
1 do Bead Bags
Fine Yarns and Worsteads
Best Sewing materials, all kinds
Fine, super, and extra superfine Kiddermin
ster CARPETING, daily expected.
The above goods will be sold unusually low
for cash or to punctual customers. oct 13
- LAND FOR SALE.
A TRACT OF LAND in the County o
Prince William, Virginia, called “ Hazle
Plain,” containing about 550 acres.
A TRACT, adjoining the above, called
“ Brown’s,” containing about 408 acres.
A TRACT on Bull Run, containing about
1075 acres.
A TRACT on Cedar Run, called “ Fitz
hugh’s,” containing about 575 acres.
A TRACT on Slater’s Run, containing about
940 acres. it
A TRACT called “ Champs,” contaimng765
called
A TRACT in Fauquier County,
“ Hale’s,” containing about 1400 acres.
With several smaller TRACTS, containing
from 100 to 250 acres.
On all these Tracts are good and sufficient
Dwelling and Out-Houses.
All of which will be sold on favorable terms,
upon application to Bernard Hooe, Esq. or the
.ubscriW, in Alexandrian FpwLE
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 substantials of life. The Bar is well fitted
with the best Liquors, and private parties can
be accommodated in the mosiman
ner. JOHN WEol.
N. B. Beltzhoover’s Line of Stages arrive and
depart daily from this House; and Gigs, Horses,
and Hacks, can be had on the most reasonable
terms. _nov 5~d
JEREMIAH W. SATTERWHITE,
CABINET MAKER,
RESPECTFULLY informs his friends and
the Dublic generally that he has commenc
ed the CABINET MAKING BUSINESS, in
all its various branches, at the north corner of
King and Columbus streets, in the house for
merTy occupied by James A Jacob pougias,
where he hopes, by perseyerance 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 eaual to any manufactured in the District
of Columbia
jan 2—tf
TIMOTHY SEED! TIMOTHY SEED!
THE subscriber has juft received from the
upper country a supply °£ ™^y
Seed, very clean and heavy, which> he^offersfor
sale, sept 24 JAME* D. KERR.
NEW GOODS.
. SPLENDID GOODS.
French Thibet Merinos, Embroidered. Thibet
Shawls and Hdk/s, and Figured Satins.
WILLIAM H. MOUNT &, CO. have this
day received
20 pieces French Thibet Merino, very superior
5 dozen Thibet Shawls and Hdkfs, some
beautifully embroidered
14 pieces Rich Figured Satins oct 13
NEW FALL AND WINTER GOODS.
JUST received a large supply of Fall and
Winter Goods, which will be sold unusually
low, viz:
50 pieces blue, black, brown, claret, green,
mulberry, olive, mixed and drab Cloths
and Cassimeres
5 pieces Wilkins’ supers 4 twilled Cloth
5 pieces Petersham, some extra
10 pieces real Goat’s Hair Camblet
100 do Sattinetts
1 truss, containing
70 pair 9-4 to 14-4 Rose Blankets
60 pieces white, yellow, and red Flannels,
some very fine
20 pieces 6-4 French Merino
20 do do English do
30 do black and colored Circassians and
Bombazets
20 pieces black Bombazine, very cheap
5 do 5-4 French do
30 do Furniture Calico
15 do Twilled do a new article
20 do Oil-dressed do
80 do Fall Prints, in great variety
6 cases low priced Calicoes
10 pieces black Gingham
10 do Extracted do
5 do Plain do
50 dozen white and black, silk, worsted, and
cotton Hosiery
Gent’s Lamb’s-wool Hose and half Hose
Do do Shirts and Pants
1 bale Russia Diapers
1 do Crash, for Towelling
Damask Table Cloths, Diapers, and Nap
- kins, very cheap
Bird-Eye Diaper
Russia Sheeting and Brown Holland
Irish Sheeting, some 12-4 wide
30^pieces Irish Linen
100 do Cotton Fringes
50 lbs white, black, and brown Thread
100 do Orrell’s Cotton Balls
50 dozen Parsons’ Spool Cotton
Gilt, Pearl, and Bone Buttons
Furniture Binding
Madras Handkerchiefs; Prussian Shawls
30 pieces Linen and Linen Cambric Hdkfs
6 dozen Hemmed-stich do do
5 do Colored Bordered do
Bishop’s Lawn; Mull, Plain and Figured
» Swiss Muslins
Bobinet Greciannei
Thread and Cambric Edgins f Insertions
20 pieces assorted colored Crapes
10 do black Italian Crape
10 dozen Corded Skirts
Ladies’ best Kid, Beaver Silk Gloves
Gent’s Buck, Beaver, Kid, Berlin, and
Worsted Gloves
10 pieces black and colored Silk Velvet
5
20
do
do
30
6
do
do
Tabby Velvet
Quilted, Valencia, Satin-faced, and
other Vestings
Silk Handkerchiefs
plain India Silk do
Black Italian Cravats
Bombazine, Silk, and Velvet Stocks
Silk, Elastic, and Nett Suspenders
dozen black and colored Bead Bags
do figured, watered, velvet Belting
50 pieces Lutstring Ribbons
200 do David’s best Galoons
Jaconet Cambrics, Jaconet Muslins. Plaid
Muslins, Cambric % Furniture Dimity
15 pieces Curtain Muslins
20 do damask and watered Moreans
10 do new style Cotton, very handsome
Also,
20 pieces plain and fig’d Silks, very rich
D
20
20
5
do black Italian Mateoni f Lutstrings
do Gro de Indies
Gro de Constantine, pink and white
5 pieces black Mode
6 do English Silk Serge
20 -do Florences and Satins
Black Lace Veils
6 doz Blonde Gauze Veils and Hdkfs
Hernani and other Fancy Shawls rioKis
Thibet Shawls andHdkfs, in great variety
Merino Shawls, Scarfs, and Hdkfs
Cashmere do do do
10 doz Thibet Barage Hdkfs
Together with a general assortment or Brow n,
leached, and Colored Domestics. Also.
2 cases large braid cottage-shape Dunstabl
WILLIAM H. MOUNT & CO.
sept 26
JAMES W. SCOT r
HAS just received, and offers for sale, very
low, for cash, or on the usual time to punc
tual customers— .... ,
Porto Rico Sugars, m hhds, of good quality
Teas, Gunpowder «t Young Hyson, in chests,
catty boxes, and canisters, latest imp
tations, and very fine
Malaga Raisins, in boxes
L. P. Madeira Wine, in qr casks and cases
Li. r. maucim « - _,
Whiskey in bbls, said to be good
White Lead, Roberts’ manufacture, Phil a
Blue Cloths, extra super and low priced
Steel mixt Cloths, various qualities
Satinets, indigo blue and steel mixt
Calicoes, handsome dark colors, [or the fall
Brown Domestic Sheetings,very stout f heavy
Bleached Sheetings and Shirtings
Bed Ticking and Plaids
Brown Scotch heavy Burlaps $ Osnaburgs
Bleached Scotch Linen, or Crequellas
Wrapping Paper Also, .
Cotton Yarn, Seine Twinejend Car pet Chain,
of superior quality and reputation, from the
Occoqnan Factory. $Ct 11
NEW GOODS.
FALL GOODS.
W H. THOMPSON & CO. offer for sale
/ at moderate prices, an extensive assort!
ment of French Italian, English, and American
Goods, received by late arrivals, and are now
opening. Among them are the following:
Black, blue black, and col’d Gro de Naples
Do and do Poult de Soie K
B aCk Mode" Lustrings» Florences, and black
Blond Veils, Thread Laces and Edgings
Jet black and blue black Lyons Vefveta
Black and colored Italian Crapes
Plain and figured Swiss Muslins
Silk* rn?,nbriC ?udrLinen Cambric Hdkf*
Silk, Cotton, and Worsted Hosiery
Gloves of every description
New style Dark Cambric Prints
Also,
Cloths, of every shade and price, very cheap
Gassimeres, Cassinetts, and Flannels ^
Rose, Point, and Duffle Blankets
Green Baizes, Drab Kerseys, * Negro Cloths
6-4 English and French Merinos
3-4 black and colored Merino Circassians
U ith every variety of Goods in our line, suit
able for the tall and Winter.
VVe invite our customers and purchasers to
give us a call, and see for themselves, as we ant
etermined to sell at a small advance on the
£55:sept 29
° patent white Flannel, (warranted
not to shrink)
Red, yellow, green Flannels
Printed Floor Cloth and Bockina Rate*
t rench, English, and German Merinoee and
rP h i hnff
10-4, 11-4, 12 4, and 13-4 Rose and Whitnay
Blankets
Point and Duffield do, of all dimensions
0-4, 8-4, and 10-4 Russia and Damask Diaper
50 pieces Undressed Long Cloth Shirtings
Russia and Irish Sheetings
Brown Damask Table Cloth
S'^rWkp.Overs
Do Quilted Canton Flannel do (a new
American, French, and English Calicoes and
Chintzes
A large assortment of plain and striped Lin
seys, Kersey, and Flushings, for servants; toge
ther with a general assortment of American and
Foreign Staple Goods.
Rich Italian Lustring and Poult de Soie
Do Grode Naps, Sattins and Florences
Embossed and Painted Thibet Shawls
Super white Embossed Thibet Shawls and
IIdkfs(a new and plain article)
Blonde, Ilernani, and Silk Muslin Hdkfs
Plain, embossed, and open work Silk Hosiery
5 boxes Bead Reticules (some all black)
Super Suttin and Gro de Berlin do, worked
with beads, (very handsome)
Bishop’s Lawn, Linen Cambric, figured and
plain Swiss Muslins
Green Berrege and Gauze Veils
Super and low priced Linen Cambric Hdkfs
Ladies’ and Genllemon’s super Hoskin, Bea
ver, Silk, and French Castor Gloves
Long white Kid do
Together with almost every article in the
Fancy line.
Fancy Goods.
Do
do Hernani do
Also,
2,000 lbs Cotton Yarn.
10th mo 10
JOHN T. O. WILBAR,
II \ TTER f FURRIER, at the corner of King
and Royal Street*, Alexandria.
I AM now manufacturing HATS that I can
confidently offer to the public—knowing, for
color, durability, and taste, they cannot be ex
celled in any State. Good Bargains may be
expected, and shall be had. Come with U. S.
paper, Yellow Jackets, or common cash, if,
being without all, I lend you as much as will
buy a hat, you’ll be sure to come.
In Store,
HATS made expressly for Country wear, with
large brims, stout and strong. To tty old Fair
fax customers I most respectfully solicit their
favor, and in return will give good work.
CAPS! CAPS!
A rich and splendid supplyof CAPS, embra
acing the fashions of our four principal cities.
The above article w’as laid in under my inspec
tion, and for beauty of style cannot be surpas
sed. The price shall be moderate.
Also,
CAPES, and some very handsome BOAS,
I for the Ladies. CLOAK COLLARS, 4a.
\* Hourly expected, a handsome supply of
SILK HATS.
COUNTRY HATTERS!
You can get Beaver, Muskrat, Otter, Hat
Bodies, Spirits of Wine, Gum Shellac, Bands
and Bindings, at the Baltimore prices.
H3" Customers’ Hats kept in order gratis.
Old Hats taken in part pay. Cash paid fo<
FUR. oct 11— 3m
JOB PRINTING executed at this ofllc* 1