Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political — Alexandria [Va.], 1810-08-13 00:00:00, page 3

" To ssihew how ?iittie docount was made &
ctixmes'e negociation abroad, there is aplea- ,
sin"? mentioned by all historihns, which
for-that reason she]! have apiace here. ItU
3 {:rceos Bmsseissi a comiet na: introducedsict
Wifig the doicsulssncwectthat the Filatinate'
siWouid soon be nrestcd from the house of
Austria ; so powerful were the succours which _
him an quarters, were hastening to the te—
, sict Of the despoilcd electorsi: The King Of
ttrk had agreed to contribute to his as
, ctwce a hundred thousand pickied her— '
, kings; the Dutch a hundred thousand blittcr
,, boxq, and the King of England, a hundred
show ambassadore. On other occasions
but withont
.SWord; or with a sword which nobody could
;dm' ,!ho several were pulling at it. (Rome,-,
wsi V page 188 )-Bos Rtfz.
According to a calcolation in a Parisian
? ,:uWQl the French empire contains the *
,.sssiss ""W'tg Popuiation: Inhabitants who can ss
, Speak the French language, 28,125900 ,
,:sh: German 2 ,795 ,OOO; the Flemtsssh 2 ,5227
; she Breton, 967,000; the Basque ,
, .
memo,—forming a total of 88,26ct2,000 ?
"his.
",z _ , si - _
Tsssilt um tame;-ed] m Europe, early' m Juno,, ]
the king of Pnuaissla was to be deposedsi
:ctf-ctct.
The point of view in wliiclxsi'tlxsic gOvcssvnm'ent.
si fifthe Unitcd States must nowct be considered,
in Europe, may be supposed bysi siobserving the
.tsinscqucncesofjimcS's policy: siI-lurne tells
Astpry,ssin which Mrsi'MadiSonss-Issnay ssiee his
lsi "us-ate. , si
lates, an'cgocz'ato'r, sssusic'c'eeded. siilbw ra
pid was the'dccline of the. English character ?
He too, like Elizabetsih, had his :coilisions "on
thcsisicb'ntinent, and had noctsiinconsiderahle in..
is.-rest af'stalcc, in the resnlt sisios ineasutes that 1
were". etctery day going'more and more against"
him." si'When- one "embassy TAilCd, 'he sent
l another ;- and when one wassi'insisnlted he sent
tive;-and, tlssissus in asst'ery that-: time, si ran siosiut
the hi'ghsireputation Englandsibad acqnired by
ctlxa vigour ;ofss Ellzabeth, and'made hisilﬂSCss-ct
his policy' "and his citintrctv, ' the scosi and _
mockcrssv of those sivsi'bo bsiotli resiS-pedted andss
' lreaded his predecsicssisc t'. .
'Wntia national events tssliat .can oecin', and
would-teach us much wisdom-, isn'e wet-end!
too Stapid or pectrverse tact' imprOve by the es:
pefieactce ctos Others. England'had never ar
rive'dto such a degree'os national consequence
and respectaln' ity ameng 'the continenta! þew—
as of Europe, as she 'acijuired "during the
reign of Elizabeth. ;Tlfis e'nez'getic queen
never remonstrated against the wi-ongs with
ssout prepaiing to avenge them; is remoia- !
strance sailed. Her 'views ssssvsiseiﬀe ectkpliciﬂy
made known, and if cllsi'eganded, her-king
dom Was in motion, and her preten'sions'wesire
e'nsorced by the pliy'svical 'pon'siersiof" tbectstat'e.
Nsigbcisiatridn ought always .to precede an
al to hostilities; foxj the view: of go—
*Mn!ctu'ought to be well understood before
\m7.dmy the aword ; but negoeioation, end—.
let! negociation, When it is posmvsicly ascer
wed that no justice can be expected ; when
sisijssizsitended by the perpetrators of .new
sisimssrmigics, each exceed-ing its precsiedentsisi in
me degrhaof injury and insult, -sinks a nation
40 the lovest pitch of contempt. XVhatever
[;W {nation may have attainedb', patriot
i.;ssgssssn and—fvalouctr, and however it 'may'ctbe really
(amiable in its internal resources, 'tach
meampitishl policy as that of negsioci'a'ting
Whom; prospect of success, win excite bnt 1
'sithesiscom of forcign nations friends and foes.
goes out again with de'sþassfch
si fosiFz-ancsssicsi and Efiglandsssilsi The Duc de C.:
's insulting letter, a"lctter ivhich Wbuld
. government sson earth but
a a pitch of indignation incompatiblc
yitb furthessr smchA-noxs for redress—che
man] sacrifice of all our property in France
'and copﬂlsichﬂnder her jurisdiction—these
]zssstchs of wrong, insult and WAR produce
sicdespatch-of a petty ship, with a cargo of
sh instructions to our dis-honoured Wi—
curse !
nisler !
ctsisissjctlctissianurcttcta oath: Wzsiessm.
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llistqu-aﬂ'ordssi parallels for almost every
Tus How"
'Mosivoctr, AUGUST 1'3.
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'BURR—The following "articlc is 'tzt'keh
sisrqm the Gefitiema'n's Magazinsic' printcdin
3 London, thesiolde'Qtsi aodsimost' re'Zpect'ab'lc pe
issrioctiqal pubticatisionlnow e'xistssing. silt is {x
; tracted erom thc'n'umbcr for F cbruary last.
_ "siss'Colonel Burr'ssivisit to Paris his its 'obe
_si.jesict to submit to the French executive a pro
ject for 'disuniting "the American States, and
for Other measures of" si'esi-ﬂ'ectssual hostility in
the event ofssass rupture betwedn the two.
" sscountriee. Mr. Burr communicated ss his
'siplans'to our—government; together With his
siview'of the means necessary" for their exe
ct-cution , at the same time announcing his
i determination of applying to France in the
} eventos his proposals here being rejected.
i Although the state of our relations with 'A
l—merica, mortifying and='fprsieca'rious as they
i long have been, hardly entitled the ' United
;States to that dTelicate consideration on 'our
sssi parts which has been " observed towards
sithem, we think ministers honestly sustained
"the "character "of the empire in foregoing
'a probable'adVantagsie, rather than clandcs
tinely—cultivatesia system'of hostility, while
they publicly profe'ss th'eirdesire for peace,
"Bonaparte's polity'is not hampefied by like
' considerations of honor or consistenc—y—if
siBurrsi's agency can conduce 'to the advance
mcnt of his views towards America he w ili
idoubtlese" use it.
'fifammath 'Riversct—T he iiollowirig 'asic
count of " the iargest rivers in the world," l
l is extr'act'fidsisrom Parisssh'ssigeogrnphy.
"The AmazosiosSouth' America, the lar
gestrsiiver in the "world, is "'2,$OO miles in
length
The Nile in AfriCa," has a" 'cOurse "of two
thousand miles
The Mississippi 13 the largest river in
North 'America; its course is south; its
length SOOO miles.
The St. Lawrenceis thee ec'cnd'" river of
North Amerim. Its course im'm th- sihsi-ml
oi lake Superior, is 2 500 miles.
The Kian ku in China, is 2200 mile:
long. .
ss The Rio de la Plate, in Sou'th Atnerita,
is :1900 miles in length.
"] he Danube m EUIOPC, hasa course of
1030 miles-.
'The irV olga, arsiiver of Rassia, 15 1700
miles in length.
The Ganges, a river of Indta, has a
co vrse of "1400 miles.
The Euphrates, in Asia, is 1-4—00 smiles
in its course. ,,
Popuiation of the world according to "the
lates-t and most correct intormation.
_ After mentionisin'g the "source from whence
gct the siarticle is derivi-d We sish'aﬂ say noth'mg
Zsimore as to its authctitic—ity. ctssOur readeis
3- wiﬂ take itsor what it is wot-th.
'asisia in; "cture-55 ; {was}. and that, ass
Lffiushrbphtssfof Westþhalisia was "to cdnhe'izt
Lsswith his dominions the -patrimony'of the
house of Braodcnþttrgh: '
From the New Tark American'Cz'tizen.
siOusir national 'd'ilcmnsiza.—'-Itctis said that
when things are at the worst any change
simustsibe for the better; 'ctan'd as nothing is :.
stationary which is mortal, and there must _
' be,' therefore a Change, 'we have something
like coxfiparatite ha'ppineSs "in prospective.
The poor-"pent 'up prisoner, with stiﬀmed
limbs and ghastly' actsPect, may, like us, de- si
'rive costifort from the deepe-St gloom. ?
Bonaparte no longer keeps —'us in sus
pence. His account,sifor he has a very se
rious one against all nations, is partly Set
tled with us ere this. We are in a Worse ss'
:ctpl'vght than ssa siconvicted siselon in the hand:
siol'the"law. "We cannot hope for a reprieVe.
The property Which he has seized will ne
ver retuzn to its- owner. We may hope
against hope whichis often a pleasant son
of delusuon; yet it is a dclusion. If our
independence, like out—property, could be—
clutched' by the imperial republican. that
would go too "; but we are safe while Great
Britain is so, and she is less assailable than
the restos the world. I do not say that
she voluntarily protects tis, yet it is certain ,
;that we are pxotectcd by her.
In addition to the order: in council, which ;
arc So memorjtblcct, and as they relatc to 0. :
sisi Europe, si1 Gosiorzsssse
'Asia, *524,ooo,ooo
ssAfsiriea, si 20,000,000
* America, 26,000,000
ssssTocal " 730,o72,593
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BritainsiagalnwFl-ane, "so full of wisdom}
and-energy, a late one respectingsithessfishe
; rive hasct been issued, 'and to these have been .
'j sup-&radded, it should seem instructions to;
"hers 'n'aval commander in the "Baltic, "which,;
perhaps singular in 'their 'namre,si'siare',Un-si
_' doubtedly of :! si'vei-y' potent; character, ' and,
siindicatcte much.—This: instrpecionsis siare'
tisoundectd, isour information be correcr, 'u'p-'
. on our non-intercourse law, 'and they im
i;p_ort,sichac during the"concinuan_ce (yf-that
si lassw, American 'vessHsct'snall not "havecta'c
i.cess 't'o any nation from which the British- '
Rag is excluded; and they --go sofar as to
; :disa'llow, .as far as they'cah, -the—cgre*ss of
their oWn "vessels from one port "to another 4
"of'o'ui'sisiox'vn nation. ' These'sssilnstlctucticma if
("i-ver in existence,'Which is probable,,NVeYc
fissuesidct before it wasknown in 'E'uropc that
? 'o'ur 'sinonsisiincercourse law is ' susW-nded until
the 'meet'ing'of-congress; and hence ic-lol
'ct loWs that when ss that supension was 'knownss
! the instructions 'werc suspended also, so:
{she same period. 'Thcy'are then at this
? timc'not in operation, but she existence of
ithem dcctmnnecrates to us the sort of sswca
' pons'wisith WhichGreat'Brimin is hencefor
! ward determined to me: our commercihl ct
I
!
,ssss'. ' loss " ""ss . - .
, " Now being'thus harnm'er'ed' "by" the 'tWo
si'nations: for whether from choice or from
; necessity, through ' wisdomssor'ignorance,
! we are lsil'a'mFe'red: he would: deserve the
b'cnedic'tio'hs ofsithe "mast edli'ghtened peo
" þle'in the world" 't'vho "aho'tild .point out to
: us sure and eﬀectual "relief- 'ifsi I'sidid nor
l' know That it is casier to fail than to remedy
'I should have liv'c'd'tsio little purpose ; yet !
think there is 'a remedy-{and wc'ruldsspr'c
I scctribe it,"-asfa 'subsntute—couldl fancyssthat
: the peevishsimd capriciosius, the prejudic'ed
; and untoward patient" would Follow my pre
l scription, "and not curse'tne' for sia' French
? man or an Englishman, asi to'ry or a tattle
ss- snake, a mad 'man or an enemy, " to our
' any." But itssis not War, for that, besides
si adding to'a ver)" complete disgrace would
aggravate 'thessdise'aac. 'W'e' cannotsifight
'France with our' army, "and it is well for
si her that we' cannot ; and our gun boats and
"scot's's are-'not-a'match lssor the-ﬂeet of Great
Dritain, which is "wellsssor her also. 'And
' issiWe tfi'kE'Cssafiada tsiv'essfshould have to return
"to the plsia'cc' Wectarartt'd from, "beingsi'unable
'to carry' O'ur triu'r.p'ha'sint arms sisurther.
siHere then, "having laidsisi'dow'n our arms for
want of more nations tosicoriquer, 'we are a
gain at the same kind of work-sithe 'work
of dignisied' retirement, ' at 'whsii'ch, being
encrc-ase our debt and thus indizfinitely,
perhaps almost, could besiol no'possssihle ser
'sivi:_f: to us., We 'shotzldsi "consider'vrhat"We
rarely do, thatif we now have to'fightsi' it is
as an'indessctpendent 'natision,ssand therfore' if
not against France, for wesi'rnaysi yet have to
combat'her for ou-r' inde'pendence, our' wars
niust he (;ﬀ'ssct'nsch ss-as to sithe operation of
"them, and where are lour ossensive meant—sit?
What "then'shallsiwe do ? ! have 'a' —very
sseomplete answer to make,_but_let sham' þa
trims-say What'they will,'I appeal to Mr:
siDe Witt'Clinton whether theresisisiare'" some
simen amongst us who would voluntarisslysisa
crifice themselves to prbmote'a'natio'pal be
:nefit ? Givcsime but assurance that-! shall
{Barber be go'ﬂged "nor'tarresl and-feathered ct
for submitting what would lr'eect'ua from our
present crnbarrassments,si_8t the secret'ctsha'll
no lOnger be siwithheld. "And the holy as—
'$urance=ssl "would require would 'be'si'a ' park
meeting, with suitable 'rcsolutions of ex
emptionssfrom br'utal attack, and an .ctafle
"qua'te gsiuaran't'ec. While waiting for thls'I
may _'encleavor to *s_how, perhaps by repeat
ing what has often' been said, thatsiwe have
very wantonly and foolishly brought 'upon
ourselves our present difficultics-and dis
grace.
. hOstilicy, if We should thihk'fic to persevere
[in our all pOWerFUI and all couche-"system;
The idea here thsirsiown do: may be Of impor
si tance to the" stagesm'm by whom siwe'aresiso ss
siaclmirablv cmverm-rl- l
without considering "she injury tvhich siG.
"Britain might do to us On "the 'se'a'. board,' in
the way of a retort tom-terms 'sor taking Ca
PH!LADELPH1A,£4ug-ustsiib. (
sssiFrossm Partugal.—Arrived at thisport,
yesterday, ship New-Jersey, Hutehinson, !}
in 40 days from-ctssListn. The Ba'ddjoctz'Dia
ry received ?by this arrival'states, that on
thssgfith'Iune the garrisou'of Ciudassd'Rodfi- ,
go made a'sortie on thelr'Frenfh'besiegers. 5
A furiousctssBZ sanguinary conﬂict took place, '
asind lasted from 6 in the mdtning till sisi6 ih
the evening, with various-success,'when the
French, unible-m Withstahctd the'Ardot-siansid
impetuosﬂy of sitsshe brave 'Spaniards, todk'
ahelter in some chickcts and woods, 'ftom ,
which they were routed at the point of che
bayonet; leaving 1000 13?! gnsithc fiexd, "
amtious to- give ug Canada'as a burden. "we
should nave tosi ng
nada, if We could take it,""war, Whieh'wo'uld '
tor snarl it out ;' so that ]
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Rome'o, Master Paync,
Paris, Mr. Allen. _ _ :}
Capulet, - ' Charnock
Mercutia, ' Jeﬀerson '
Benvolio, Mastcr' Barlmt
Ti—balt, ctMk Harsiris
Fria'r'Lawre'ncfe, , Downie _ "}
FriarF-Jolm, Jacobs '
A-pothecary, \Vi'lm0t '
'Peter, siBlissctr -
"Montague, ' Briers
Balthazar, fMastev'Jeﬀcrsdn
Page, "Master Scriven
1
ctJuliectt, . 'Mrs VVilmot
f_Ladv Ca'p'ulet, ers. Seymouv
sict—In'ssact firsist, "A ctMASQUBRADE , in zblsin'dh
- "will beintraduced; an ALEjMSNDt (com
."p'ased by 'Mr. 'Frandis) ta--bc- danced- by
si MaS-ter and sisiﬂlz'ss, jeﬀen on.
To Which siwfll 'be- d'ssdctesid si-a far'd-rite FAR es,
' in l-actb'cdlled
, , _ ss '0R,ct _
fL'zkc- 'Mqster [Like-"Man.
'Don Car105,-".Mr ﬂpwnie si
Sanclio, 'Iezﬂ'erson
Loþez '"VVilmot'
sitLebnora, fisiMrssi'siJesiﬂ'ersbn
'Jacintha, Mrs: Francis.
" si ss' . , . .si. " v- . ' . v. ' ..
; A'N AxVAY more the sub;crxbcr,sion the
_ " lOth instssanr, gm apprbntice bby, wished
sigﬂlsl. ? V-LLLEY. "o u'nde a shoemakcr-si
out YCLU'S'O agev—uau un non-c- ...
wcnt away a cbssunt'ryss clotþ jackctc-t and pantass—
Ioons, has 'i'ed h'P-ir' hfid fightbluc eyes.—
Vct'hssobvbr ivillss'riiturn Said "boy td'me, shasil
' eceiVe lhesiab'o've rewsiazjd, and no"ilzan!:s.
A 'Corivksiv'zfeizt Dive/lz'izg Ho'uctseffc'mass Girrd'e'x,
DJOlNl'NG the property siof Mr. Th'cs.
' 'Irvine, si' cameron scttrcet. sssiPo'Sses'ssiion
Will begivenjsion the "first" of Nbv'ess'mb'er, or
"sooner ifss'required. The [music win b'c'in
'c'ompl'e'tc fbrder for the rccssezitiori'ef a' gcfiteel
farhi'ly; io the cfiurse Osa'few weeks. "Ap
plication rsifiade' to 3 _ si _
Alexander -Ma<7KefizW.
THE Efefiit'brs of si the sisi'hoﬂsess of Qsifinigman:
end M'Gaw, who' have si neglected to silscrwardf
ihEir claim s,*'ssas" was resqsi'ue'sted' in" a fat-"mer ad
Veﬂissicsimeht, aiesipjfxi'ticulariy' desired to trans
mit themctduly ["assuthenticatcd, '(siossGeorge 'W.
Strong-{- Cduh'sbltbr at' Law,-New Norkþcsora
the'zoshsief A'uguSt, insti'as .thesidemands not
fofiwdrdesid by that timsie, 'Wul'ssbe necessarily
'exc'lude'd' from a dividend' in ;shebnly proper,
ty which remainsssfor' {he Z'necfitbrs, and which
it is the Wish eft'fie phsirty edvertising shoukls
AS just openeii a Druggist Storc m King
sty:-et be tween Mr. Hodg'kin s sictTavem
and Mr. Kinc-Z'mPs store, where he dﬂ'ers for
bale a zbngral assisoctr'imcnt 9f _ -
Freﬂa Medz'cmes. , '_
He likewise continues his wholesale and
ss-retail Druggist Store on Faiffat street, next
sidom to Mr. John Llotfysi 8, and Oppositc Mr.
"siBi-yan Hampson' s, where orders esintmstcd
'to him shall be endured on the. most reason.
"able terms. . .
;Juiy 24 d
fF-or 'NEW siYOLZsiKsi,
siThe 'sloop
si-CHANCELLOR.
__ ssHZxY-MAN, 'Ma'sti-r;
'ssW'ill be ready to take in ac'argssb
'in four (lays. _For freightor pas-ct
Sage, enquire'onssbo'ard .;*. 'MctClc'an's {vh its.
August 13. 51
be appropria'tsicctdct sdt the'bePEsic of all.
"NewsiY'ox-k, Augugt, ly.-;; ss ss' (un-.
siDaof-s 'to [:E'ijcteifed at s'z'f'andjfezfarmctiszct -
to commence 'at' 7 sio'clossrfi. :
;? 'fickets'sissto'ssbe had'at tlie'siThc'atreJ'ht
Mr. Snowden's'siPrintihg Office, and' at Mr.
Brnoks' Hote]. -
ALEXANDRH THEATRE.
fMZ-s T'B'R PATNL 'sis THIRD NlGHT.
Will be presented a celebrated 'lRAGEDZj
in 5 acts, called
si TO Rsi-ENT,
on Faii-fax-street, lately occu ied b Ha
kineand .dlden. Apply to p 7 10,
"sssifczhzfamewardfss "
_ :ssjohn Wood.
' Rag-us! lsisi'i: si .
TO sisiFZENT,
WlsissL-L'IAM HARPER, Jmss.
DRUGGIST if APO THECARY,
? 'ctsipss'sii] 13, si tamsi
'On Tuesday fivenzng, Aug.14,
Why 28: SRCOÞ BUMo i
A convenient STOR'E and DWEi-LING
FLOVERS' .Q siA'ss-RRE-LS;
ROMEO AND JULIET.
Nurse, 'M'rs. Francis.