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POETRY.
JFrom the Ntw*York Commercial Advertiser.
THE EAGLE.
Mark’d ye the Eagle rising high,
His wings expanded in the sky?
Behold! he soars with lofty mind.
He leaves the winds of heaven behind.
And rising upwards, nobly prtud,
He seeks his home within the cloud:
Behold his strong and stately form
Contending sternly with the storm,
With plume unscorch’d, with unscath’d limb,
The lightning flies, but blasts not him!
Thus. Genius, can thy soul sublime
Resist the stormy night of Time—
Breakthrough the clouds that veil thy sky,
And triumph o’er adversity,
Thy beacon, which gives light afar,
Is glory’s bright and matin star—.
Thv track is virtue’s, and thine airs
For honor and undving fame.
Yes—when thv prison house of clay
Is mould’ringin the grave’s decay,
Thy nonument extends on high,
Which Time doth harmlessly pass by.
Nor from the golden arch of fame
Doth he erase thv hallow’d name.
Thv spirit with its wing unfurl'd
Bpreads its broad shadow o'er the world*
An 1 fetterless it soars on high
To seek a home within the ^kv—
In the blue fields of yonder heaven,
The fount from which thv fires are given!
(FLORTO.
FOR THE GAZETTE.
THE OLD TRUNK,
No. V.
THE SEDUCER.
[CONTINUED.]
At the breakfast table, in a tone calcu
lated to «oothft the feelings of the stranger.
Mr. Ellington informed his wife and daugh
ter of his intended residence with them.
The matron, with a placid smile received
the intelligence, expressing the happiness
it afforded her. But Evelyn perceived, in
the dash of joy that beamed from the eyes
of the lovely Emily, more than she herself
knew, or knowing, would herself have
willingly acknowledged. From that mo
ment were his dark determinations fixed;
the enjoyment of her charms freed from
the shackles of matrimony, was his ob
ject; and to attain this end, be resolved
to assume that course of conduct towards
each party as would have the greatest ten
dency to deceive them into a good opi
nion of himself. For this purpose, to the
father of Emily be appeared the most can'
did, the most honorable ot men; whilst in
JMr*. Ellington, bis respectful and atten
tive conduct had excited an almost mater
nal partiality To Emily he seemed tim'
id and reserved; but oft would she en
counter bis dark eye, gazing with the most
impetuous ardor o’er every lineament ot j
her countenance, and when accidentally
he has held her hand within his own, she
has lelt the vibration that appeared to a
giiate its every fibre; nor could Iter own
bos >m suppress the responsive glow, the
sympathetic contact created—in short, E
mily loved! The invidious Evelyn had ue
glected no oppor»unity or means ot en- ;
grossing her affections: the poison of lore
had become the boisterous inmate of her j
bosom, so late the abode of innocence
and tranquility. Infatuated with his charms
)n an evil hour the too tender Emily yield
ed up her honor and her happiness; whilst
Evelyn unmindful of the ties of gratitude
or humanity, sacrificed them both {to the
gratification of his own brutal passions!
-Time rolled on with rapid wing, but
found no alteration in the criminality ot
their conduct, till at length Mr. Ellington,
hiving some business of consequence to
transact in a distant part of the country,
requested Evelyn to superintend its settle
meat. For that purpose he had been ab
sent for some time, when Emily, oppress
ed by shame and repentance, acknowledg
ed her guilt to her parents. To express
the feelings of the venerable authors of
her being, would be a task of impossibili
ty; none but a parent can torra an idea of
them. One child beneath a watery billow,
the other dishonored! and she, too, who
had betu the object of their most anxious
tenderness <$*»solicitude, the only source of
their future joys and expectations. To
behold that column of beauty and inno
cence, whose superstructure lor years had
employed their every thought and exer*
tion, moulder into dust, and beneath the
bands of him whom their benevolence had
cherished, was a thought too replete with
anguish to be endured.-Big emotions
of revenge and insulted dignity swelled
the breast of the venerable old man, but
age and infirmity precluded the possibili
ty ot their accomplishment ....
A lew (lays transpired, and Evelyn re
turned; unconscious ot the storm that a
yraited him, he entered the house with a
specious smile ot gratulations glowing in
his countenance. Hut <carce had be cross
ed the threshold, when the mother of Emi
ly, with rage too powerful to he governed
Carted upon him, and seizing him by the
throat, exclaimed in a voice that sounded
like the knell of death to his guilty soul—
'“give me back, thou monster cl ingrati
tude, the innocence of my child. Evelyn,
conscious-struck for a moment, stood pas
sive beneith the strong grasp of in
dignant vir ue—but finding all was dis
covered, be became desperate from the
circum-tance, and determined to escape;
but in endeavoring to extricate himself,
the button of bis collar accidentally gave
^e-y^and discovered his naked breast._
Scarce bad the eyes of Mrs. Ellington lor
an instant fixed their horror-struck gaze
on the mark of a large mulberry that stood
conspicuous on its front, than with a ciy
of heart-writhing anguish, she exclaimed
<‘Oh(iod! thy ways are just holy and in
scrutable; hut why, O Lord, load thy ser
yant with such complicated misery? Emi
ly, behold in the destroyer ol th> virgin
innocence, your only brother!”—Evelyn
heard the word* of his mother, and with
* cry of unutterable horror rushed from
ihe house—nor did the receding senses of
Emily fail to receive the full meaning of
her mother’s exclamation; but the blow
was too mighty, the shock too great for bu
tton reason Icy sustain; she sunk beneath
the effort: madness in its most deplorable
was tb* consequence* a$d the fatui*
9
home of the unfortuoate Emity> was the
maniac’s asylum.
A few more dayS of
misery rolled on at the mansion of Mr,
Ellington, when intelligence was brought
him that the body of Evelyn was found
suspended from a tree, at a short distance
from his habitation. The bearer of this
information also produced a packet found
in the pocket of the deceased, addressed
to Mr, Ellington, in which, after many
protestations of sincere repentance for the
turpitude of bis conduct, he proceeded to
inform him that, snatched at an early age
from a watery grave by some gentlemen
who accidentally happened to be on a fish
ing party, he had been reared a foundling
by them, a bachelor of large fortune, but
licentious habits; that insensibility actuat
ed by the examples daily affor led him, be
had been led into the same courses of dis
sipation and vice; that at the death of his
benefactor he became heir to his wealth,
which was only desirable in his eyes as it
gave him the means of affording full scope
to the gratification of bis profligate pro
pensities; at length by a series of dis
sipated and abandoned conduct, hav
ing expended his fortune, he found him
self a beggar, despised by the friends
who had formerly courted his smiles, and
justly abhorred by every good and moral
man. Driven almost to despair by the
neglect and detestation of all ranks of so
ciety. he fled the place that had witnessed
his enormity. For that purpose he set out
on foot, and it wa9 late in ihe evening ol
the sixth day, when passing near the man
sion of Mr Ellington, fatigue induced him
to stop to procure tome refreshment. Mr
Ellington’s reception, and the consequen
ces attending it, are well known to the
reader!.Little more
remains to be communicated, except that
the body of Arthur Evelyn, or rather
George Ellington, onsanctified with holy
rites of burial, was privately interred at
the nearest cross roads—Emily, blest with
insanity, ended her days in a mad-houBe.
• •
, . . The hearts of Mr. and Mrs.
Ellington, torne and lacerated by the
weight of their misfortunes, soon bent be
neath the stoke of death. One grave re
ceived the hapless pair—one sod greened
the last home of the unfortunate parents
of George and Emily Ellington.
OSMA.
District of Columbia,
Alexandria County, to wit:
November Term, 1821, 31st day.
IN CHANCERY.
Romulus Riggs & others—Complainants.
AGAINST
Thomas Swann, Colin Auld, and Edmund
I* Lee, and the Merchants Bank of Alex
andria, and others—Defendants.
The defendants, the Mechanics Bank
of Alexandria, the Bank of Washington,
the Bank of the Metropolis, the Patriotic
Bank, and the Central Bank of George
town and Washington, appeared, by Wal
ter Jone«. their solicitor, and by con9en?
of the plaintiffs, and ot the several de
fendants to this suit, including the Banks
in the bill named, as claiming preference
it is ordered. That the trustees, Swann,
Auld and Lee, do proceed to make sale
of ail the property, debts and effects,
claimed or held by them as trustees under
the said assignment in the hill mentioned,
or which may, in any manner, have arisen
from the property and effects so assigned,
upon the terms and in the manner provid
ed in the order made in this cause on the
13th day ot May, 1819; and that they
bring ihe proceeds thereof into court, to
he subject to tbeir final order and decree,
as directed by said order. It is further
ordered, That the said trustees do, after
making said sale, report to this court a full
account of all their transactions under the
said deed of trust, shewing the nett amount
of disposable funds remaining in their
hands subject to the trusts declared by
said deed, and shewing also the amount
of claims made upon them by creditors of
said Bank, and stating, as far as may be
in their power, the validity of such claims.
And this 9uit abates as ro James H. Dula
ny, by his death, and is dismissed as to
John A. Stewart. (A copy.)
Teste. EDM. 1. LEE, C. C.
£X pursuance of the foregoing order, and
ol the order of 13th May, 1819, therein
mentioned, at the merchants* Coffee
House, in the town of Alexandria, on Sa
turday the first day of June next, at ten
o'clock, A. J\l. we shall sell, by public
auction, all the property, debts and effects
conveyed to, or in any manner vested in us
as trustees of the late Merchants* Bank of
Alexandria—one fourth part of the pur
chase money to be paid in cash, and the
residue in three equal instalments at 6, 12
and 18 montsh,to be secured by such good
and sufficient personal security, with a re
served lien upon the premises, as we shall
deem safe.
THOS, SWANN, )
EDM 1. LEE, > Trustees.
COLIN AULD, )
april 4 8w
Negroes Wauted.
THE subscribers wish to purchase 30
or 40 young
„ 9
from 12 to 20 years of age. For particu
lars apply at the bar of the Indian Queen
Tavern to Mr. Eli Legg,or the subscribers
TARRANT & LESLER,
may 2 tt
Negroes Wanted.
\T7"E will give cash for 15 or 80 likely
▼ T young negroes. Apply to either of
the subscribers, who may be tound at the
Indian Queen Tavern, Alexandria.
THOS. C. HANDY,
WM. CARELKSON.
may 2 _ eo3t*
Sugar.
QQ BAGS Sugar landing from schr.
^Superior, lor sale by
tJtf WM, fWLB £
April 1$
District of Columbia,
Alexandria County to wit:
Novembe Term, 1821.)
IDth day. S
IN CHANCERY. .
Richard Bland Lee, Richard Smith, cash
ier of the Office of Discount and Depo
sit, at Washington, being a branch of
the Bank of the United States. The
President, Directors and company of the
Bank of the United States, and Jfalter
Jones—Complainants,
AGAINST
John Hopkins, John Glassell and Marga
ret C. Glassell, (late Margaret C* Lee,)
his wile, James L. M’Kenna, John
Lloyd, Josiah Watson and John M’lver,
—Defendants.
THE defendant, John Hopkins, not hav
ing entered his appearance, and giv
en security accoiding to the statute and
rules of this court, and it appearing to
the satisfaction of the court, upon affidavit
filed, that the said detendant John Hop
kins, is not an inhabitant of the Dis
trict of Columbia, On motion of the com
plainants by their counsel, it is ordered
that the sa‘d defendant John Hopkins do
appear here on or before the first day of
next May Term, and enter his appearance
to this suit, and give security for perform
ing the decrees of the court. And that
the other defendants John Glassell and
Margaret C. Glassell, (l^ite > Margaret C.
Lee) his wife, James L* \M*Kenna, John
Lloyd, Josiah Watson, and John M Her,
do not pay away, way, convey or se
crete the debts by them owing to or the
estate or effects in tbeir hands belonging
to the said absent defendant, John Hop
kins* until the further order or decree ot
this court; and that a copy ot this order be >
forthwith published in cue of the public
newspapers printed in it*1 town ot Alex- .
andria, for two months successively and ,
that another copy be posted at the front
door of the court house of the said coun
A Copy. Teste, EDM. I. LEE, C. C.
march 18 2m j
Notice.
Boston, 20th Aprils 1822.
AS tbe subscriber will probably leave
tbe United States in the course of tbe
ensuing summer, he desires that all persons
who have or pretend to have any claims
against him will present them to him in
Boston,on or before the end of June next,
and he hereby makes known to all whom
it may concern that unless thi9 notice, is
complied with, it will be pleaded in bar to
all claims whatever, founded on any mat
ter or transaction, which may have occur*
ed prior to this date.
RAKMONDO CHACON.
may2la w60d
Lost or Mislaid,
A Certificate, No- 270, issued in the
name of Wm. Hartshorne, jr, for one
share ot stock in the Little Iiwzr Turn
pike Company. Notice is hereby givpn,
that application will be made to the Presi
dent and Directors of said company, ior a
renewal of said certificate.
may 7 _2aw4w
French Burr Mill-Stoues.
*T^HE subscriber continues to make at
his shop, upper end ol King street,
Alexandria, French burr mill stones, ol a
very superior quality< where any gentle
man calling can be supplied on the short
est notice and on the most reasonable terms
with those of any size, when both the
workmabsbip and the materials will be
warranted to be equal to any in the coun
try.— Persons wanting will please to call
and judge lor themselves
JACOB BAUGH,
apnl 27__eo3t
Burr Mill-Stoue Mauufacto
ry, Alexandria.
\ f’lr^he subscriber wishes to inform his cus
I Corners, and the public in general, that
he keeps his shop on Peyton St. between
the upper end of King St* and tbe stone
bridge; where he has on band an elegant
assorment ol the very best quality ol
French burr blocks, and Burrs ready made
first quality w arranted equal if not supe
rior to any made in this country.
Liberal Credit will be given to men of
punctuality. _,
ROBERT GLENN.
march 14 __
WILLIAM DEVAUGHN,
BARBER & HA/R DRESSER.
BEGS leave to acquaint his old friends
and the public that he has removed
to the corner of Prince and Fairfax streets
next door to Afathew Robinsons; grateful
tor past favors and solicitous for future, he
hopes to merit a «mall 9hare of public pa
tronage,be i9 fully convinced that by hon
ing his mind with keen application, and
strapping with perseverance, he will be
enbled to lather his business with industry
and shave with economy.
He will make wigs, cut hair, and dress
heads, a la Paris, a la Brutus, a la Titus
ora la any thing that will please his cus
iomer», or agreeably to the present fa
shions,
may 4
For Sale,
2205 *!^,s window Sasb, and a few
six pannel doors, made of good
materials, will be sold low.
JOSEPH RINKER.
4 mo 3eo7t
Bacon, Whiskey, <3pc.
LINDSAY HILL, have this day
landing,
2o,ooo lbs bacon,
87 bis whiskey,
22 casks Goshen cheese,
In Store, just received from Baltimore.
12 hhds 1st quality sugar
16 q’rter casks, Malaga wine
4 pipes Holland Gin.
7 bbls clover seed
april 6 _
Cut Nails and Brads.
A. C. CAZENOVE $ CO.
H AVE received an assortment of CU J'
NAILS ti BRADS, from 2d to 40d
warranted to be of the be-st quality, for
sale on the lewest term?.
WT i
| AUCTION SALES, for.
| Public Sale.
On Saturday the 25th May,
ri 1HE subscriber will offer at public
1 sale on the premises for cash a lot of
laad in tbe vicinity of tbe town of Alexan
dria, containing nine acres and twenty-five
poles; bounded on tbe west by tbe Wash
ington and Alexandria turnpike road, on
the east by Washington street, extended;
on tbe south by the line commonly called
Parthenia Dades, extending on tbe turn
pike road, and Washington street, 33i
poles.
Also,
One other lot containing one acre and
one tenth, on tbe west side of Washing,
ton street, extended on tbe east side of
Columbus streets, and on the north of the
second street to tbe north of Montgomery
street.
The above sale will be made under a
deed of trust troro A. Holbrook, to tbe
subscriber to secure the payment of cer
tain notes to W.S. Moore.
R. I. TAYLOR.
may 9 ts
Public Sale.
ON FRIDAY, the 31st day of this month
at 5 o’clock, P M the subscriber
will offer at public sale on tbe premises,
(THE TWO STORY
Brick Tenement,
and lot of ground on tbe north sideol Duke
street, twenty eight feel to the east of St.
Asapb street, now in tbe occupation of
Richard Veitch. io front on Duke street,
24 teet, in depth 100 feet, to a ten foot al
ley, subject to an annual rent in fee, of 36
dollars.
The above sale will be made under a
deed ol trust from W.D. Simms. Terms
will be made known on the day of sale*
j. D. SIMMS, Trustee,
may 9 ts
-
Public Sale.
BY virtue ota deed of trust from Ben
jamin Baden and wife to me for the
purposes thereinlmentioned I shall proceed
to sell at public auction on tbe premises at
10 o’clock on Tuesday tbe 21st day of May
tbe lollowing property, viz:
A Lot of (.round
on the south side of King street, at tbe dis
tance ot eighty one teet to tbe eastward of
Paine street, and extending thence south
wardly and parallel with Paine street to
Commerce street, then beginning again at
the first mentioned point on King street
eighty one feet to the eastward of Paine st.
and running thence eastwardly with the
line of King street twenty seven feet;
thence southwardly and paralel wiibPaine
st to Commerce st. thence southwardly
with the line of Commerce st. to the se
cond point in said Commerce 9trest, which
piece ot ground is subject to an annual
rent of eighty dollars (or ever.
The terms will be liberal and made
known at tbe place ot sale.
1. r. THOMPSON, trustee,
april 25 t«
Trust Sale.
On (he 13th DAY OF MAY NEXT,
P I^HF subscriber will offer at Public
-I Sale on tbe premises tbe Tenement
and
Lot of Ground,
nowin the occupation of Thomas Broc
chus, on the west side ofFairfax street,be
tween King and Prince streets—in front
on Fairfax street, 29 feet 10 inces—in
depth, 58 teet 6 inches.
The above sale will be made under a
a Deed ol Trust, from tbe said Thomas
Brocchus, to the subscriber, for tbe in
demnity ot C. Auld, Terms cash. Sale
at 5o’clock, P. M.
R. 1. TAYLOR, Trustee,
april 27 ts
To Wood Merchants.
I will sell from 500 to 1000 cords of good
I oak wood, ready cut in the woods,—
Also 2oo acres of land with a good supply
of fire wood, building and rail timber on
it. This wood laud land lies within !J
mile4ol the Potomac river, where there
is a good road and landing; 30 miles be
low the District of Columbia; this land
lies well, of a stiff soil, and clear of hills
and brakes 1 will also furnish any pur
chaser with 3 good ox carts well calculat
ed for the wooa business and ten or twelve
good oxen in their prime, and well broke
to the cart. 1 will also sell a lot ol land,
containing two acres, with a good new
store bouse, a halt story high counting
room, lodging room, granery and tobacco
shed. Also a tobacco press house and a
well ot as good water any in the world.
This lot and improvements lies in a healthy
neighborhood and a good stand for busi
ness. It is one mile from the above land.
1 also have l5o acres ot land, of an extra
quality, lying 3 miles above the aforesaid
land, and one mile from the Potomac; it
i3 well watered and has a good seat for a
small mill, with a never failing stream.—
Any person wishing to purchase the above
property may have a great bargain, as !
wish to decline the wood business. The
cash will be wanted for the wood that is
cut and the carts and oxen. I will give a
liberal time on the lands.
RICH’D BROOKE.
Charles county, Md. March* 22 eott
Bolting Cloths.
JONATHAN JANNEY, bas for aale
an assortment of
Bolting Cloths of Superior
Quality.
All orders from Millers or ethers will
be particularly attended to.
Also,
A constant supply of
Ground Plaster,
for sale by the ton, barrel or bushel, at a
ery reduced price.
ftbrCash given far e«pty barrels.
? 29 SaTTtf
AUCTION SJLEfU*
Public Sale! ~ '
BY virtue oi a deed of trust from Ti»
Peyton and wife, to me fnZZ
pose* therein expressed, I shall pr0cee?
sell at public auction, on the premia.
12 o’clock, on WEDNESDAY,
day of MAY, the following valuable ^
REAL ESTATE,
to wit: That lot of ground on the ^
west corner of King and Columbus st*.*
bounded as foHows; beginning at tbt^
tersection of the said streets, thence
on King street 74 feet, then north 0*^51
to Columbus street 100 feet; then Wes' k
rallel to King street 49 feet 6 inches;
north parallel-to Columbus street 39?
3 inches, then east parallel to King str.^
123 feet 6 inches to Columbus street tb!
on Columbus street south, 139 feet’l k1
e* cbes to the beginning. This
iSkfor sale separately. The spici*
brick warehouse at the corner in theot^
pancy of Messrs. J. 4* J. Douglas |b
brick warehouse adjoining, and the fra^
dwelling agreeably situated on King slreei
west of the brick buildings, and occud2'
by Mr. J. Douglas. m
A credit of 6, 12, and 18 months vrijlb*
given on the purchase money, upon not*
satisfactorily endorsed, bearing interet
from the day ot sale, and a deed of tnf
on the property will be taken to seed
the payment. A statement of the giouojj
rents to which the improvements are J
spectively subject, will be submitted p;
tbe. time and place of sale.
. . J. L.'McKENNA; !
■BT.1H3 «»_Tumiiw;
f or bale or Kent,
One ot the best stands for but
ness, in the town of Alexandria,
\ the three story brick ware hoc*
I at the corner of King and Unioo
streets, formerly occupied by Robert nj
James Mandeville, and lately by the sub
scribers. The house is large, and well a
dapted for the storage of grain, dour, aaT
other articles, or a grocery.
The partnership of the subscribers sill
shortly be dissolved. To close tbeir cob
cems, this valuable property will be sold;
or to a good tenant, it will be rented01;
reasonable terms. Inquire of Leonad
Cook. COOK * CLARE, j
Q3rAU persons indebted to the aborr'
firm are requested to settle tbeir account!
without further delay, in order that tbtj
subscribers may be enabled to close their*
business. apr 3o—6t *
To Rent.
The 3 story brick bouse a tk
■TTj|corner ot Duke and Washing?
■ |t|! streets, lately occupied byMr.l*
UwAlexander. For terms apply to Ik j
subscriber, or in his absence to Mr. Saw:
el Mark JOHN LLOYD, j
may 4 _2awif
To Rent,
The house lately occupied if
IW1 Win- Wood at the corner of Kioj
■ fill s°d Pitt sheets, the situation s
mmJSl pleasant and healthy, the bouse
spacious and airy. In a tew days the prt j
nriises wilfbe put in complete repair, Fo
particulars enquire of
R. T. RAMSAY t Co.
may 9 _lit
To Rent.
The brick bouse now occupied
by Mrs Eveletb, opposite the
Market, on Cameron street,suita
ble for a Boarding House, or i
genteel family.
AB. HOLBROOK,
april 3o 2aw2w _ j
To Let,
A convenient two story brief
house, fitted for a small genteel fa
mily, and centrally situated OB
_Prince street, near Washingtonst
Rent very low. Enquire at Mrs. Fendill
april 3o 2aw3w
For Sale.
J will sell a tract or parcel of land ttl
BROOMFIELD, j
Containing three hundred aDd fifty «ra
more or less, lying and being in Cbaiw
county, immediattly on the road leading
from Port Tobacco to Dumfries Ferry,*'
bout six miles from Port Tobacco, wil?!8
four miles of Nanjesnoy Church, and witfr
in 1£ miles of navigable water. The ujj'
provements on the said farm are a dire**'
Ming bouse, kitchen, barn, com,
house, and other necessary bouses.
It is deemed unnecessary to g"*.
a more particular description
the same as it is presumed any pe*90*
wishing to purchase will view the Pre®/J'
es. For terms apply to the subscribe
living on the adjoining farm.
THOMAS JONES.
march 26_ lawjm^,
For Sale,
THE LAND & HOUSE on Stiff
tie river turnpike road, 2 miles from Ale*'
andria. The garden contains many
ble shrubs, vines, and fruit tree*. 1**
situation is handsome and healthy.
Possession may be bad immediately-^
The time of payment will be reasonable
extended to suit the purchaser.
WM. CRANCH.
March II, fawtf. _^
To Rent.
The subscriber wishes to
one or more years,bis wbart
ItfSfi warehouse* The warehouse i?
AmJCw cstories high, fire proof, and bar«
every onvenience for an extensive bus'
ness. The wharf is IIO feet in length.1*
4Q in breadth* and has water of suffici*
d'p“'“”X7HTii0«pa»
march 29__
JOB PRINTING
Noatlv «K<Hrate«l at tilts
*' A