Alexandria Gazette

A RELIC OF THE TRAITOR ARNOLD

From the New Haven Palladium.

We saw this morning the identical sign that
used to hang out over the store of Benedict
Arnold, when he traded in Water street in
this city, and we present below a copy of it as
near as a sign can be copied on paper. It is
about three and a half feet long and two and a
half broad. The sign is black, and the letters
look at first glance as if put on with yellow
paint; but on close inspection, they are discovered
to be gilt.

The sign was found some time since in the
garret of the house in which Arnold lived,
(opposite his store,) and is now the property
we learn, of Mr. Jacob T. Hotchkiss, who has
permitted it to be deposited in the Museum.—
We have followed the style, proportions, and
pointing of the letters on the sign very nearly
There was one peculiarity, however, that we
could not well imitate, viz: the dots of the i's
in the motto—which on the sign are inverted
commas instead of mere dots "It will be seen
that there is no point between the name and
the occupation. Both sides of the sign are al-
most precisely alike. The motto "Sibi Tot.
ique," is translated thus—“For himself—for
the whole.”—or "for all" The first sen-
tence is most decidedly appropriate to the
man, who was "for himself in all things."

B. ARNOLD Druggist
Book-Seller, &c.—

FROM LONDON.

Sibi Totique

When Arnold was in London, we are at
this moment unable to tell. He was engaged
when here in the trade of horses and mules to
the West Indies, and it is probable that his vi-
sit to London was while he was in business,
though that is mere conjecture. He was born
in Norwich in this State, in January, 1740, and
was apprenticed to an apothecary in that city,
and a very troublesome apprentice he was
too.