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THE ELECTIONS.
OHIO.
OoTtattoa.—Returns from 56 counties give
Lucas (Jackson) 21,259; Findlay (Whig) 18,453.
The above returns contain most of the strong
anti-Jackson counties in the State. Lucas is no
doubt re-elected, and probably by a larger ma
jority than General Jackson received in that
State in *32, which vras about 4,700.
Coxontss.
Jackson
Taylor Webster,
Thos. L. Hamer,
J. McLene,
J. Chaney,
W. Kennon,
C. Colerick,
W. Patterson,
J. Thomson,
D. Kilgore,
B. Jones, _
The District now represented by Mr. Crane,
remains to be heard from — Globe.
Anti-Jackson.
B. Storer,
Thos. Corwin,
W. K. Bond,
E. Howell,
E. Whittlesey,
J. Sloane,
S. F. Vinton,
S. Mason.
Governor.—Returns from 46 counties give
Findlay (whig) 14,813; Lucas {Jackson) 14,702. :
The above returns do not comprise any por- ,
tion of certain districts in which the whig
strength is greatest—not one of the counties. Tor
instance, in the district of Mr. Vinton, *hnose 1
majority for Congress is reported to be 2000_- j
This majority, however, may not express Mr.
Findlay’s strength in the same counties, as we re
gret to perceive, by the returns received yester
day that his vote has in other parts of the State
fallen ereatly below the whig Congressional
vote. Two cases we give as examples: in the
fourth district, Mr. Corwin’s majority for Con
gress was 1151, while that of Mr. Findlay was
but 620; and in the single county of Coshocton,
Mr. Findlay’s vote was 784 below that of Mr.
Spangler, tire whig candidate for Congress.—
The opinion was, however, still entertained in
different parts of the State, that Mr. F. wa* elect
ed One letter from Highland county, of the 1 / th
inst. says ‘‘Findlay is certainly elected: the gain
to the Anti-Jackson vote in the Miami and Mus
kingum valleys alone, if reports be true, must
elect him.” Another from Fairfield county of
the 19th, says: « We have succeeded beyond a
doubt in Ohio. We have 10 members of Con
gress, at least, a majority of the Legislature,
and our Governor.” These opinions come from
the most intelligent sources, and we know them
to be perfectly honest. But they may possibly
not prove correct-though we at present do not
doubt their correctness—and will be pronounc
ed in the chaste columns of the Government pa
per, wilful attempts to deceive.
The mails of to-day will probably bring us
conclusive information as to the Governor s
election, and of the Congressional election in
all the districts. One of the papers received
yesterday, gives a report that MTr-M’L*ne.ls.1re.'
elected by a small majority. His defeat had
been generally credited. The Globe states al
so that Mr. Spangler has lost his election. Our
information from that district is of an opposite
tenor.—Nat. Int.
It appears by the Cincinnati papers, that Mr.
Lytle, since his defeat, has resigned his seat for
the remainder of his term. The Cincinnati Gfc
zette/emark4-p*.v. Messrs. Webster, McLene,
AlTen. Mitchell, and Spangler, are beaten and
resign. We are to have six extra elections!—
Should Mr. Disney resign his senatorship, where
is this foolery (I must call it so) to stop! But I
shall speak again on this subject.”
“ It is said Mr. Lytle means to be a candidate
for re-election for the balance of his term. If
so, we hope he may have no opposition. Let
him walk over the track. We have had enough
of turmoil for one Congressional term. The
present House of Representatives of the the U.
States have shown themselves incorrigible.—
Reform can only reach the next.”
SOUTH CAROLINA.
Colleton District.
Congress.
Wm. J. Grayson, (Null.) - - 326
No opposition.
Darlington District.
For Congress.
J. C. Posted, (Union,) - • • 611
R. B. Campbell, (Null.) - 441
Majority for Postelf, - - 170
Georgetown District.
For Congress.
* C. Pos toll, (Union.) - - - 228
R. B. Campbell, (Null.) - - - 193
Marion Court House.
For Congress.
R ’St. B. Campbell, (Null.) - - 599
t$. C. Postell, (Union,) - 403
From the Camden (S. C.) Journal.
have returns from all the polls in this Con
regional District, giving Col. Manning a ma
jonty over Colonel Rees of 627 votes. This re
sult shows a decided advance in the strength of
the friends of the Union.
State of the Polls.
ttmhair
Claremont, maj.
Clarendon,
Manning.
338
579
295
143
261
148
213
80
Majority for Manning, 617.
IFrecA.—A gentleman who came up from the
lower hay last evening, informs, that he saw a
foil rigged brig ashore upon Townsend’s Inlet,
near Cape May. There was a quantity of
goods upon the beach and boats alongside dis
charging the vesasel. From the same source
we learn that a small schooner was seen near
the above apparently sunk.—N. Y. Jour. Com. . i
We are pleased to learn, through the columns
of the “ Truth Teller,” that our old friend Adam
Huntsman, Esq. is a candidate to represent the
people of the 12th Congressional District, inthe
Congress of the United States, the ByrtorabfoT)a
vid Crockett to the contrary notwfthstamalng.
We hope to see him “go ahead” o^Davyratthe
Foils.—W.yjinnville ( Ten.) (jaxettc.
To the Editor of the Baltimore Patriot.
Natchez, Sept 26, 1834.
Sir—I have this moment read in the Rich
mond .Whig, a letter addressed to you, dated
Montpelier, Va. August 25,1834, which concerns
myself, and claims my attention. It Is true, I
did not leave the stage at Uordonsville, ana it
is also true that I knew the President of the Uni*
ted States to be at the hotel at which the *1*8®
stopped to change horses; but the inference, tnat
the presence of tne president, or any other per
son, influenced my conduct on that occasion, is
utterly false. I felt indisposed from fatigue and
loss of sleep, and preferred to remain quiet while
the other passengers were refreshing themselves.
It may have flattered the vanity of President
Jackson, and doubtless did, to imagine himsetf
**o bold a lion, that a feeble mortal like myself
would tremble in his majesty’s presence. I re
joice that it in any manner I tony have
been the cause of imparting happiness to this
august personage, in the midst of his afflictions,
public and private. I had the satisfaction (or
rather the mortification, regarding him as the
Chief Magistrate) to look upon him surrounded
bv stage drivers and ostlers, in the portico ot tne
hotel: but I confess the scene did not constitute
any particular inducement with me to form
one of the coterie. Of his liberal offer to pay
the landlady for my breakfast, and the language
which he used on the occasion, it may be pro
per for me at this time to say only a. few words,
reserving further developments until 1 shall ar*
rive at the City of Washington, so long as
General Jackson made the columns of his prosti
tuted organ “ the Globe,” the medium of fulmi
nating his vile calumnies against me, I have
thought it due to my own dignity and self respect,
to remain silent; but since he has disrobed him
self of this cunning, and forgetful of the high
station which, unhappily for the country, he oc
cupies, has made himself the founder of person
al slanders of myself and family on his ow n re
sponsibility,” 1 shall treat him as becomes a
man whose sensibility has been thus wantonly
assailed.
If the assertion made by Mr. Jackson, was as
true as it is ridiculously lalse, that I induced my
wife to marry me by a' promise of twenty thou
sand dollars as her dower—I have at least the
' consolation to know that 1 did not steal hei
from the lawful owner!! perhaps Mr. Jackson
may understand the allusion. As to the dower
of which he speaks, I think it would be more
difficult for him to purchase it, at five times the
sum he has imagined, of the lady, who has at
tracted his sympathy, than he has found it to
speculate on the choice cotton lands of Missis
sippi, at the minimum price of the Government.
But his cup of malicious vituperation, it would
seem, could not be filled by any thing short of
the foul calumny that 1 was paying off this
; dower, by stripes, daily inflicted on the wife
| whom I had thus purchased. This infamous li
bel on me, as a private gentleman, calls for a
reply which cannot be made in this communica
1 tion. Mr. Jackson has entered the arena with
; me, not in his character as President of the
I United States, but as plain Andrew Jackson—
robes off, and hands unfettered. He is well a
• ware of the real “ responsibility” which he in
* curred, and must meet it, unless he is as recreant
in chivalry, as he is inveracity. The word of
a Prince has been said to be sacred and inviola
ble; that of a President of a great nation ought
to be equally so. Will not every high minded
honorable man in the community hang his head
in shame and sorrow, when he is obliged to
confess that the highest public functionary or
the Republic, has sunk to the level of an ale
house slanderer'? Oh! my country, to what hu
miliation hast thou fallen, under the misrule of
a military tyrant, whose undisciplined passions
lead him into excesses, which violate all the de
cencies of social life! . .
I know full well, that Andrew Jackson has al
ways a trained band of witnesses at his com
mand, by whom he can prove almost any fact
he may desire to establish; butyet with allthese,
, anyWact oTmine, bearing ihe^lust
remote resemblance to the puerile and ridicu
lous imputation which he has attempted to cost
on me. He is at liberty to put in requisi*
tion, under the solemn obligations of an oath,
every member of the highly respectable family
of my wife; he may appeal to the Lady herself;
to every individual who has at any time been
an intimate in my housejto all my inmate friends,
and they will all respond to him, “you have
basely lied.” History gives us no account of a
bold cavalier who possessed the qualities of Ba
ron Munchausen.
I am Sir, respectfully your most ob’t servt
GEO. POINDEXTER.
Ornamental Tree Society.—The Middlesex
Whig contains the Annual Report of a Society,
thus denominated, which was some time since
established in Concord. They commenced
their labors by dividing the town into five dis
tricts; assigning one’to each director, and mak
ing it his duty to ascertain at what points orna
mental trees might be advantageously introduc
ed. The whole number of trees already plant
ed is 116, most of which are placed in front of
the town meeting house, and on the principal
streets leading from it. It is believed that in the
course of a few years, the operations of the So
ciety will be visible in the improvement and
beauty of every part of the town.—Boston Pat.
Yesterday afternoon, at about 11 o’clock, the
beautiful Frigate Potomac, Captain Joseph B.
Nicholson, after waiting for a number of dajra
fora favorable wind, got under weigh and pro
ceeded to sea, with a fine breeze at North West.
The Potomac is of the largest class of Frigates,
mounting on the peace establishment 52 guns,
and capable, should occasion require it, of
mounting 10 more. It is a subject of general
remark on every foreign station, where opportu
nities daily occur of making the comparison,
that the vessels of war belonging to the United
States, take rank of those of every other na
tion; and that in beauty of model, strictness of
discipline, as well as in the general and fine ap
pearance of the officers and men, they bear the
palm alone. We are gratified that it is so.
There was a salute of one hundred guns
fired yesterday—the cause of it, we have not
been able to ascertain. Some say it was in ho
nor of the departure of the frigate Potomac for
the Mediterranean, and others that it was be
cause the Jackson party did not lose the state of
New Jersey at the election held last week.
Button Gaz.
The witty Duchess of N-, was on a journey
in the interior of England, and happening in a
country town to want a milliner, she sent for one.
The woman who was to wait on the Duchess,
was fearful of committing some blunder in her
address and consulted with a friend how she
was to demean herself. She was told that
when she came before the Duchess she must
say Grace to her. Being introduced, the wo
man after a very low curtesey said—“ For
what we are going to receive, the lord make us
thankful.” To which the Duchess answered,
“ Amen.”
The Louisville Journal of the 13th contains a
warlike correspondence between the editor o
that paper, Mr. Prentice,#od Mr. T. P. Moore.
Mr. Prentice, in publishing the correspondence,
balls it “the lost act of this tragedy in .promise,
and fkrce in consummation.” Wearegladth
the editor of the Journal tives to make a jerf ot
the affair, instead of having his funeral anndun
cedin his own paper. In these times no. good
is ever produced by such meetings, an no
doubt the friends ol both parties, when the feel
ings of the occasion shall have subsided, will
not regret its bloodless termination. We give
a portion of the correspondence as.a descrip
tion of the manner in which the duelllo is some
times conducted in the West. The belligerents
were to come into the field, each one a moving
magazine of war.—Balt- Amer.
“ The terms of a proposed meeting between
T. P. Moore and G. D. Prentice.
“ The parties are to meet on the-day ot
_jg34 at —Thev are to be placed at
the distance of forty yaras from each other, ar
med with rifles, loaded each with a single ball.
Each party is at liberty to use a rifle of any size
he may choose, with flint or percussion lock, at
his option. They shall stand with the left side
of each to the other, with the rifle held with both
hands and suspended before them horrizontal
|y and at arm's length. The right to give the
word is to be determined by lot. The word
to be given as follows:—" Are you reaay i r ire;
—one—two—three- four—five—stop.” When
the question is asked, “ are you ready?” each
party shall answer yes; after receiving this an
swer from both, the word fire shall be pronounc
ed. At the word fire the parties shall raise und
fire at any lime between that and the word
k‘ stop.” Should either party reserve his fire af
ter the word stop, he losses his fire with the ri
fle_a 8nap or flash to be considered a fire.—
The word shall be given in a loud voice and in
a deliberate, manner. The second who is to
give it shall repeat it in the first instance in the
manner in which it is to be ultimately given, that
neither party may be surprised. One second of
each party shall be at hand with a double bar
relled shot-gun, each barrel charged with fifteen
buckshot, or under that number, as either may
choose. Aftei the rifles are discharged, or ei
ther party shall have forfeited his fire by delay,
their respective seconds shall hand to the prin
cipals the shot-guns. They shall be held by the
parties in the same position with the rifles, as
heretofore directed. The word shall be given
again—“are you ready?—fire.” At the word
fire, the parties are at liberty to fire from their
positions or to advance and fire at their plea
sure, as either or both may elect. In addition
to the above named arms, each party shall be
provided with a dirk or knife, as either may
choose; and in case the guns shall have failed
to take effect, they may close and terminate the
matter with the dirk or knife. If either party
shall be disabled in the progress of the affair,
the seconds may interfere and stop the com
bat.” __
The Hermitage Burnt.—Yesterday evening
about 4 o’clock, the roof of the Hermitage
was discovered to be on fire, and all attempts to
arrest the progress of the flames proving una
vailing, the entire edifice, with the exception of
the room attached to the northern end, and
used as a dining room, was in a few hours con
sumed. The valuable furniture in the lower
story was fortunately savfcd, though much bro
ken and otherwise injured in getting it out —
That in the second story was, we understand,
chiefly destroyed. The fire is supposed to
have been communicated to the roof by the fal
ling of a spark from one of the chimneys; and
there being at the time a light breeze from the
North West, the progress of the flames was pro
portionably rapid. The numerous-WY* proba
bly n-i «f«»A<wrt VT*a.
We need not add that the event has occasion
ed to this community deep and universal regret.
Nashville Hep. lith Sept.
Dutch East Indies.—By our latest advices
from Canton we learn that many daring acts
of piracy had been committed in the East India
seas, and that measures were in progress to
suppress them. Java journals have been re
ceived at the Hague, down to the 24th of May,
nearly a month later, which contain various
particulars respecting the depredations of the
pirates. On the 11th of April the Iris shooner
was attacked off the island of Qilboand by 17
pirate vessels, but happily escaped. The Iris
saw a small schooner in the possession of the
pirates, supposed to be the English schooner
Gem, Capt. J. Douglass, which left Sournnbaya
on the 4th of April to go by the Strait of Bali to
Van Dieman’s land. Orders were immediately
given at Sournbaya to go in search of the pi
rates.
The princess of the island of Submanwa, un
der the direction of the commander at Bima,
C. H. Steyns, zealously co-operate, especially in
reducing by force those who will not listen to
I any proposals, but still infest the seas. 38 proas
of Bima, and 74 of Submanwa, lately put to
sea for the purpose, and steered to the island of
Samadan; they took or burnt nine pirate ves
sels, and freed 42 prisoners.
About the same time the Sultan of Linga, and
Radja Moeda, of Riouw, fitted out 50 armed
vessels, which, with three belonging to the Gov
ernor, attacked the strong position of the pi
rates at the mouth of the river Indragiti, and
not only took the forts, the pirate vessels, and
their heavy artillery, but captured eight of the
pirate chiefs, of whom three were Immediately
condemned and put to death at Linga, and the
five others condemned to hard labor in chains
for life.—N. Y. Com.
Extraordinary Evidence.—Mr. Samuel Hera
path, of Holborn-hill, gave the following singu
lar testimony before the committer on drunken
ness:—“This woman, now a widow, and the
aunt of a most distinguished vocalist, is an irre
claimable gin drinker; she has four sons and
two daughters transported; after making away
with all her substance, and being without the
means of procuring intoxicating drink, she
agreed to sell the teeth in her head to supply
herself with her favorite beverage; she had eve
ry tooth actually taken out of her head, with
the exception of two, and sold tham for gin; the
last tooth she took out, an individual in Long
acre, the same dentist who bought the others,
gave her for it only 4d, and she then made up
her mind that the pain and trouble were worth
more than 4d. She has now only two teeth in
her head. To raise the supplies for her favor
ite liquid, she next applied to a medical man to
take her body when she died, but he said he
would engage to purchase her as a speculation,
provided she would take a certain medicine so
many times a-week; she was apprehensive the
medicine was intended to bring her quicker to
her end, and she declined the bargain.”
ALEXANDRIA:
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SATURDAY ftfORNING, OCT. 25, 18#.
CoMrtiEHftssivE Commentary OH the Bib0.—
We h»Ve recently Had an oppartunity of exa
mining a splendid ^publication,! by Fessenden &
Co. of Brattleboro’, and Shettuck & Co. of Bos
ton,—which is one of the most useful and inte
resting to the Christian public which has ever
issued from the press in this country. It is a
comprehensive Commentary on the Bible, con
taining the Text, Scott’s Marginal References,
Henry’s Commentary, Scott’s practical obser
vations, with a full selection of explanatory
notes from Doddridge, Gill, Adam Clark, Lowth
and other learned and eminent commentators.
All this is contained in five large and beautiful
volumes, handsomely printed and bound, and
adorned with elegant engravings and many
wood cuts. It is, we think, one of the most
complete and extensive works of the kind that
has yet appeared. This publication, we observe,
has received the recommendations of many of
the most learned and eminent divines in the
United States, besides the favorable notice of
nearly all the periodicals of merit. Though
large, the work, we observe, is particularly
adapted to the wants of Sunday School Teach
ers and Bible Classes, who no doubt will find it
a most valuable guide and assistant.
Museum of Foreign Literature —Mr. Little’s
Museum of Foreign Literature, Science, and
Art, continues to be one of the most interesting
and attractive periodicals which we see. The
October number contains a caricature sketch of
Capt. Ross, the Navigator, which, in its way, is
excellent. Nothing can exceed the air of com
fort and composure with which the hardy ma
riner is represented, enjoying a good sea coal
fire and a tumbler of hot whiskey punch. The
selections from the British periodicals are in ge
neral in good taste, presenting the best articles
! from the best works. _
Notwithstanding the denial of Colonel Page,
the Philadelphia Post Master, it is now' clearly
proved that he did, at a political meeting pre
vious to the late election, advise the “ Hurra
Boys” to take “ a Hickory in one hand and an
Ash in the other, and w hen they saw a man with
clean hands at the polls, to make him stand
back, or dress his wig well.” Col. Page de
serves the mission to Russia.
We learn from the New Orleans Bulletin, that
the Hon. George Poindexter, President pro tern
of the United States Senate, left that city on
the evening of the 8th inst. in the ship Kentucky,
for New York. In taking leave of the citizens
of New Orleans, Gov. P. was complimented
by the discharge of fifty guns._
The Whig Clerks of New York held a nume
rous meeting on Tuesday evening, and passed
numerous appropriate resolutions. Near the
close of the meeting a Mr. Chandler, of Essex
county, was called for. He came forw ard, and
after a short address offered the following reso
lution. which was unanimously
iui i, , .. ..as oeen asserted by the op
polftToh that the Whigs of the present day are
spurious, therefore,
me
Resolved, That the Tories of 1834 are genu
We regret to find the following annunciation
in the Petersburg Constellation of Tuesday last:
“ We are requested to state, upon the autho
rity of two respectable practitioners of medi
cine, that there have been in the last two days
several cases of Malignant Cholera in this town
and its vicinity; some of which have proved
fatal.
The readers of this Gazette may always find
the latest news from the Elections carefully
made up from the statements of both parties.
We adopt and pursue this method in order to
present, as far as we possibly can, the true state
of the case.
By a paragraph in to day’s paper, it will be
seen that the Mansion of Gen. Jackson near
Nashville, called the Hermitage, has been con
sumed by fire.
BALTIMORE RACES.
Central Course.— First Day.—Vox the Tas
ker Stakes, S300 entrance; 8100 forfeit: five
subscribers. But two started, viz: O. P. Hare’s
b f Virginia Carey, and J. B. Kendall’s b c Ve
lox. Won by the former. Time 3in. 51s.
Central Course.—Second Day— Proprietor’s
purse. $500; three mile heats.
Col. Johnson’s gr m Ironette, - 1 1
J. M. Selden’s b m Florida, - - 2 2
Philip Wallis’ gr f Lady Archiana, 3 dr.
Time: 3m. 56s.—3m. 55s.
Fothergill, in his Essay on Natural History,
mentions an incident of his boyish days, of
which he says he never could lose the remem
brance, but which gave rise to sentiments and
rules of action since very dear to him. “ Be
sides (he says) a singular elegance of form and
beauty of plumage, the eye of the common lap
wing is peculiarly soft and expressive: it is
large, black, and full of lustre, rolling as It
seems to do in liquid gems of dew. I had shot
a bird of this beautiful species, but on taking it
up, I found that it was not dead; I had wound
ed its breast, and some big drops ot blood stain
ed the pure whiteness of its feathers. As I held
the hapless bird in my hand, hundreds of its
companions hovered round my head uttering
continued shrieks of distress, and by their plain
tive cries appeared to bemoan the fate of one
to whom they were connected by ties of the
most tender and interesting nature: while the j
Eoor wounded bird continually moaned with a
ind ot inward wailing note expressive of the !
deepest anguish; and ever and anon it raised
its drooping head, and turning towards the
wound in its breast touched it with its bill, and
then looked up in my face with an expression
which 1 have no wish to forget, lor it had power
to touch my heart while yet a boy, when a thou
sand dry precepts in the academical closet
would have been of no avail.”
Facts Worth Knotting.—Much having ^ I
said of late in relation to the increasinginju: 1
Of foreign paupers, comparisons of the evil u \
it was a few years ago, and as it now 1
m»y be interesting and useful. An examine 1
tion of the Register of admissions to the Hou* 1
oMndustry Almshouse at South Boston, show 1
tbit there were received into that establishing,
during ttre year ending Sept. 30, 1S29.
cans 396, Foreigners 284, and during the veir
ending Sept. 30, 1834, Americans 340, Foreign,
ers 613. Decrease of American paupers\
five years, 10 per cent; increase of foreign ^
the same time, 115 per cent. What can be don.
to put a stop to this frightful increase of For.
eign Paupers?— Boston Commercial Guzttlt.
From the Sexc Jersey Democrat.
During the present week a young Jack**
man who is a clerk in the New York Post ofik.
has been in this city retailing gold coins to in*
good lieges of King Andrew, and coining 4
vers wonderful stories for their edification,
clerk in the Philadelphia Post office was her«
sometime since on a similar errand, but alas! 1*
was a mere dish of skim milk, compared v,d>
his enlightened brother from Gotham. Thislai.
ter gentleman pronounced Major Barry •• the
most eloquent man in the United States witho<x
excepting Mr. Clay.” And said that the Dir*,
tors of the the United States Bank, were ••a 1,1
of damn'd scoundrel#/” W e give these expr*.
sions as specimens of pure eloquence.
Talma.—The proprietor of one of the provin.
cial theatres in France, to repair the beggarly
account of empty boxes, announced the arrival
of “ Talma, the great Talma, the Iloscius ol
the French stage, for that night only.” Itsnhap.
penedthat Talma himself arrived at the town on
the very day. Seeing his name announcedii
the play-bills for the part of Mahomet, he debit
ed with himself whether he should send for ihe
director of the theatre, and reproach him with
the imposition he was about to practice on the
public. On reflection, he considered it betterto
go to the theatre, nnd see from the boxes him
self perforin on the stage.
He found, as might he expected, that his repre
sentative was a miserable actor, but bore a
strong personal resemblance to hint. Talmi
could not bear to seethe part and himself murder
ed, and setting round to the green-room, mailt
himself known to Mahomet, who was thunder
struck: the manager appeared, and Talma very
good-naturedly told him to he under no alarm,
tor the actor had only to unrobe, and he would
take his place. The delight of the managrr
and all the actors can easily be conceived. Tal
ma himself appeared, and went through the re
mainder of the play, electrifying by his astoniih
ing powers the audience, which was surprisedto
see how he improved as he went on; for. in or
der that the transition might not be too abrupt
Talma commenced by imitating the voiceaml
manner of the pseudo-Roscius.
fCj* Subscribers to the Alexandria Gazetteio
Washington are informed that their papers cm
always be obtained from the Post office in that
city on the evening of the day of publication.
The early arrival here of the Southern id
generally prevents ns from sending them |oti
so as to be ready for delivery in the morning
but they are despatched by the 12 o clock mail
from this place. _net 23—It
ri3» The fine Ship now on the stocks at Mo
ray’s Ship Yard, will be launched on Saturday
next, at 11 o’clock, A. M._oct 23—3t
£3* The Drawing of the Virginia State Lot
tery, for the Benefit of the Petersburg Benevo
lent Mechanic Association, Class No. 14 lor
1834 will take place THIS DAY, at 3 oclock,
P M at West F.nd, (Alexandria, Virginia.)
’ VATKS & McINTYRE, Manage*
oct 25-It___
JI3*The Savings Fund Institution open ere*
ry Saturday afternoon, from half past 3 to5
o’clock, under the direction of a Committee of
the Managers, at their Room on Fairfax, a fr*
doors north of Prince street.—Those to whom
it would be more convenient, may make their
deposites on any other day of the week, with
William Stabler, Apothecary, <fcc. Fairfax
street._
P31* Alexandria Temperance Society.—TW
regular Monthly Meeting of this Society will be
held in Christ Church Lecture Room, on Mon
day evening. 27th inst.
R3* The. Temperance Prayer .l/eef/ng will be
held in the same place, at 6 1*2 o’clock on the
morning of the 27th.
oct 25—2t O. A. Cazenovu, Sec’y.
DR A WS THIS DA i
Virginia State Lottery,
/■or the benefit of the Petersburg Heuerubnt .1*
Class No. 11 for 1831,
To draw at Alexandria, Virginia, on Saturday,
October 2.3
HIGHEST PllIZL 12,000 DOLLARS.
Tickets 85 00; halves 2 50; quarters 1 23
1st drawn No. 88; 2d or 3d, ?7, &c.
To be had in a variety of numbers of
J. W. VIOLHTT,
Lottery and Exchange Broke*.
Near the earner of King and Payette Strttli,
__Alexandria. B- C. ^
DR A \VS THIS J)A V
Virginia State Lottery,
For the benefit of the Petersburg Henernleut Me
chanic Association,
Class No. 14 for 1834.
To he drawn at Catts’ Tavern, West F.nd, on
Saturday, October 2)
CAPITAL PRIZE $12,000.
Tickets $5 00; halves 2 50; quarters 125
1st drawn No. 83; 2d or 3d, 87,
On sale in great variety by
jas. nionoAX.
Untfiirrcnt Notes and Foreign tend par
chased. _ _
DRAWS TIHS D A >
Virginia State Lottery, .
For the benefit of the Petersburg Hen ft oltnt. *
Class No. 14 for 1831.
HIGHEST PRIZE $12,000' ^
Tickets 85 00; halves 2 50; quarters 1
H3" 1st drawn number 83; 2d or 3d, 8»,
For sale, as usual, in great variety, by
JOS. !»I. CLARKS,
(Sign of the Flag of Scarlet and fiotd,)hM ■
Alexandria, DA
DR A IVS THIS DA >
Virginia State Lottery,
For the benefit of the Petersburg Benevolent v
Class .Vo. 14 for 1831,
HIGHEST PRIZE $12,000.
Tickets 85 00; halves 2 50; quarters 1 a
^ 1st drawn number 8S; 2d or 3d, 8<,
To be had in a variety of numbers of
J. CORSE,.
Lottery $ Exchange Broker, Alexandria*