Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political — Alexandria [Va.], 1810-07-27 00:00:00, page 3

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* FRIDAY, JULY 27. -
We Five been poliiely favouredssfvish Bir- ss
Woe; papers, per'_sloqp Sincerity, captain
ssMuPthv to June 27. They are void cf ib—
ss {crest-" We are likewise favored with the
ctss'ctct'ctss' Pchs CURRENT. ct ;
niLPeruceJ-Sugar 6 dolls._p_er ct. ]
si ents pcr gallon and, ca. lO dolls.
(Names, 30 cents and ca. 5 dolls. Cosicb ss
HsdollS- pcr ct. Cotton lGd per l'). Ginger
; from 5 done. to 6. * si 3
[An-nium Producu] Flour by the cargo 4
\ ]0 dolis. retailing at ll dolls. 50 cents; Rice
in, the cargo 4 dolls. 50 cents per cwt. re
{'njung at 5 doﬂs. per cw—tss; White Pine lum— I
nex-25 40119. per, M— cargo price , Pitch Pinc, ;
do- 50 dolls. Shinglcs 12 ddls. perM. Her- :
&
iRum 50c
? mukcts 'gluzted. , !
; -Mb_America.—Tne celebrated count
Humbolclt, who visited siour states, embrac
ctdalso Snuth America in his ssdiscoveries
udid his travels. We have seen some ob
mvations from his vicws of nature, which
villbe acceptable at a time when we are
fenquinngmto the hlstorsiv of a portton of
ourown country, with which we hope for
lapomnt ccnnections _in some future ages
osits prosperity. si-Count Hurhboldt tells us,
"The interestssct whisigh Sooth si Amsissesirlca "ex
cites, belongq entirely to nature. 'ss 'Nothing
exists to bring to Our recollectionct"the an
cient dwellings of men.' No temple-, no
stone wrought by the liandsiot' maan here to
be seen. From the m'ountainS'of the Citr
ncns, the desert extends mto the forest of
ssTJ-iiasina, and from the mnuhtams of Meri?
tla, where we see sulphureous springs 'tssu- '
ing them the bcds of perpetual snow, the
most unknown S'oanLs'siosthe 'Gctuoviara, or.
totheisola'ted peake, called byct thessSpan-ct
iards Parazno dectla Snmrnosis— Paz, the resi- '
dence ofcternal peace.This plain occupies a si
Mrsaceﬄsi: 14,000 square miles. T The scan
1! grogtaphical knowledge" hitherto" in our
POSscssion respectingsithese cOuntries,"'en- si
changed an idea that it" is" continued to the ss
Umiuos Magtsiilan; but no regard has helm
Paid to the chain, 'si Which extends to the east
' she And-es,— and which separates to- the :
!sitorthwardand the sisouthward, 'the woody
Pffifls of the river of-'Amazons,siand the
ﬄeadows os'siRio- de . la - Plata. T'The latter
" hith sorms the—'Pampas of Bettnos "Ayres,
." there the extent of 'Llanos; on the
" 'hsheY are bounded-by sorests ssof' palm
* estWhiie the southern parts are constant
covered with ice and snow. siCountries
. cadyhalscultivatcd by Europeans, bound ;
van plains of South Anteric-a. The '
-- ntries which extend north ward, between
'* chain of the Venezuela mountains and
e WCR—Klndia islands are covered with
fisbingsscowns and {veil calm-ma sarms.
immensc desert is sibounded on the
si'fh by impenetrahlc shussis of timber,
'"cf' occupy the damp regionsssbetween
: "vers-"Oron'oko and Amazon. Enor—ct
of" folk Of granite ont'ine the 'beds of
ttr "("my Waters. The mountains and
i '3 Who back the sinoi5e of their water
' 1 and the almost incessant cries of ani
, _ P'Ogaosticate approaching storms,-.—
. Thou; ate the face—8 os.men which inhabit
si. hHVﬂge countries; they are distin
(ctshz'by the variety of their language.
ssss e the Otomacs and the Jatures feed
ctsi arm, Gum, and even earth. Others,
sisi '"ffuigent, and of milder manners,
.sssisi'he fruits of the earth, which they
fz, shrined bythe'mouths of the O'ronsokosi
singssdolls. Lom 150 cents per bushel;
pass dolls, per barrel ; Staves not in dc- .
man-1, worth 32 dolls per M, Hoops plenty ;
kaersis by the cargo, 6 dolls. 25 cents: ct
same &c's'azt st'ret'Elzect's to'si'the 'imm'e'use' "Del
following prices currﬂit at Barbadoes, at the
timethe'fiincerity sailed. (July 4 )-—Balt.
the Metba add of the'siNichida; 'sito the al
the form osthesisea' beyond," the : short-s of.
othesi sou'thward "these" 'plalns "extend in
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Imctsitsieffie region; its; inhabssit'edsisi'o nlyctbf ?
m'onltiesss who live in a kind ossociety. Ima
ges, however, carved on the fooles, tin
dnounce the existence of mankind in these
countries at some remote period.. Those
relicts contain the secret of the mutable de?
.tinies of men, and prove that the modifica
tions of languages are invaridbly the most
findelible monuments of their first origin.—
The savage 'tribes of Guiana 'wage eternal
war. Such is the outlines 'of'the picture
which this celebrated naturslisi has given of
a portion of our continent, which is soon to
receive new honors. The historian has
given it pointed contrsst between Sduth
America and Africs. The cold and the
humidity of South America,sshe cOntrasts
with the burning deserts of Asrica. 'Ac
cording to him four fifthe of South A'meri
ca is situated beyond the equator, in a he- ss
misphere rendered colder by lakes ahd'ri- 4
vers, than the northern hemisphere, to;
which the greater part of Africa belongs."—-— '
We do not concern ourselves with his un- si
-not described in the works of ssiystefnatic
"naturalists, hadctctbee'n cast ashore in Orkne) .
in Rdthesholmsiss'bayfin the'island of Stronsa,
(coastsiof Scotland.) The cr'eatu're'sittsias' dead
si when it came'on shore, and the tail sesidmcd
to have been insijurcd and broken by (lashing
among the rocks. ss' The body measure-(! 55
feet in length, and the circumfererl'cessof the
thickest part was equal 'to the girth of an
Orkncy poncy. "The hsiessad was; nor' longer
than that of a seal, andrwa's furnished with
two' blow holes.- " From the back a number
of filaments resembling — in textu: & sithe'sub
stancc called Indian sea-grass, h'ung'down
like a sunne." "On each side osth'e. bosidy were
three large sins, shaped-like paws;si8ssz joint
erl. Before measures could be takvn sor'se
curing this rare asinimal for the inspection-of
namralists, a violent tempest "=unf0rtunateiy
occurred and'beat 'the carcase into pieces.
Some of the fragments; hOWesivsse-r, have-been
collected bysiMr. "'Malcolm Langsiss-Zt are de
posited in the museu'nn "of the-univsiersity of
Edinburgh. si-Mr. Nail concluded with "re
marking that no doubt cduld-be entertained
that this—w- as the World animal which-has
served as thexprototype of all the-" wonderful
sea-seal: es. whose appearance "is on record;
and that although the unfortunate destruc
tion ofthe specimen by the—etorm mayt pro
bably render it impossible toss-form' a correct
generic character on Linnaean principles,yet
a place (ifit-should be an si-appendix) could
no longer be refused to the Scrþens .Mari
nus ]lIagnus of the bishop of 'Bergen.
_lately read before the W'crnerian Natural ,
" Cease Viper—you know a File'"_ s
I love chamatz'on.
You feel the superiorityctof others, and seek
to reduce them to your level. Rather seek
my friend, by patience and resormation, to
raise yourself, than pull down others.
Your taste is that of & crow—a buzzard-a
jackall. You feed on carrion. You may please -
yeurself in filling your maw, but few will
praise the daintiness of your stomach.
From the Providence ( R. Island) Gazette. X
I praise none.
Praise is due 'to excellent deeds; the vir
tuous flelight to pay this debt. Happy is he .
who, m celebrating every yirtue, fears not &
sex! xePrWþ: ss si
generous reasoning upon the facts. In the '
history of man, he' notices a tribe of Sooth
Americans inhabiting the banks of the Oro- )
noko near its mouth, and who live in cabins 1
suspended to the branches of the tree called I
Mauritia. The existence of this tribe he
represents as depending entire!) upon the ct
productions of the Mauritia. During the !
inundation of the 'Delta, they suspend in
geniousiy between the branches of the tree, '
kinds of hammoctclcssi, wetted with the leaves
and—sewed together with the threatls noade _
from the same tree= sissssHe testifies ofthe im
mense herds of horned cattle horSes'eind
wild nsses, which pasture in the S. Anteri
("an plain's , the prodigious encresiase ofthese
animals" is to" him more astonsiishing; from
sithe difficuities 'tssvith Which they have to "con
tend,si and which he d'escribesL- SalemsiReg.
History Society sie'xtracts from diﬀerent au
thors to show the exists-me of the Grmt
Snmic as the Northern flee-an, and conclud
ed by Stating that within a few weeks. a vast
matins sianimal, "shaped like a snake,'and
This curious aniniahit appears;'w'as strctanded si
] resiZis/z nothing so well as slander.
-' NATURAL HXSTORY'.
chzn-rleable Sea sissﬂctssfonsfesir.—Mr. siNclll
! 70!!! to þzz'nt out chew! more;
_ You would likely find business enough of
:that kind in working for yourself, and be
'much better paid for doing it. D'e'traction
"is odi'ous; while men laugh at the title. 'th'ey
'ctctcontemn the evil speakeri The- members; of
society are thereby put into a state of new!]
sion. Love, and the expression of' it, estabf
"lish the attractions, form the cement, and in-'
vigorate the life of a neighbourhood, and
strengthen the bonds of society.
lhe same coin may pay Your par-ents- for
ss yOu'redncation—sspennyworth for pennyworth.
' But it will not become current money with
the merchants. 'sil'hose'who make and utter it,
are lately made gentlemen—and like French
\ nobles, out of tinkers, haberdashers and bar
dbersss'and very imperfectly; finished.
Could you see the writers of those parav
graphssiuing in gartets; in vile rviment, or
begging rum at grog shops, or dotiging-into
si cross lanes to avoid officers of justice—could
,you take 'd. View'ost-heir prom-pters,'sitting in
sithesihack ground, and'witness the'*turmoils
of their breasts, instigated by revenge, ulce
ratcd with cnvy, 'inlnriated with malice, and
'S'urcharged with the phlogiston of pitrty Wild
fire, you would nauseate their deletcrious po
tions. and at once pity and despise both the
writers and their pr0mpters.
to bccomosi—-an ho og
, dome printets Seeni to sirun a musick , and
the matsitet dozingsi stom tneit types, rcvoals
the SCClet, that they only serve in a subscrlp
tion 'offise; and that" siQl-llc'r-S beside gentles/un
'tit'e concerned in their editions _
* PETRARCH.
_sisi "ill-"dinn
_si , New Yoitx, joli/si- 54'
si" Csixpsitaisin Coggershall who arrntd nere
)ESlcrddy t'rom Tonnmgen (which place
he left the ch ult) informs, that the (la)
before he sailed, "is was ",rcported' and
hv mz'tn') believed,si that Russia, surkxy and
'Swedenhsiad determined to join bnglnnd
against France. [he? British had a' very
that the g'OVernor was seized and sent oﬀtq
si H'avanna ; the-"whole of_ the business, was
cteﬀecttsisidin a few hours. 5Theold gsiovei nor.
-who had been disctmissed bythes-junta "of
'Spain, had beensireinstatedsi by the revoluo"
"tionists, tohcnd the. present Government;
-ssNo accounts had "been - received from
Santasi Fe. siThe' committee Were' sitting to
' form new regulations & the merchants had
'petitioncd to have the duties ou imports
reduced to' 10 per c'esint. sithose on exPorts to
' be entirely taken oﬀ They. profcss alle-gi
ct ance to 'Ferdinand -V II. but reject the Spa
finish junta. '
T'S'HI-P
]Uy father and mother, and all' the fa
' mily tal-6 scanc'z'al.
si ss I read newsþapers only sssactr the delicious
þarag ra/zlzs of scandal.
large ﬂeet of ships of war in the Baltic,'nnd ,
co, reports that it was the intention ofthe
government of that island to send osi all the
sslt rensich inhabitants as had been done at Cu-si
'Schr. Travcllcr, Somcrs, ssfDarien'si-z'siO-z
wange juicc and Cotton, to D. M'Lean.
CLEARED,
Brig George ssWashington, ;Sheldoanro-s
.vidcncc : by the master.
Sch'r Madisonian, Sturges, ctNcw 'Yoi'k—ct:
siby LaWrason and Fowlc, and others. _ ;
--- 'Industry, Wheedon, -do.--'-by _Ias.;
"Pa non. _ [,
Sloop Lictlc'Sarah, "Rhodcs, lProvidcncczq
by the master. -
of it, that they were making the best pre-si
pass! ions they could to meet the catastrosiphc
ctwith the least possible i n'ju'r). A Spanish
Shlp had arrived there [tom La Guay;ra
which had been seizedctand condemned by
the gbsit ( rnssine'ntsios the island ithich had tle-si
clared the whole province es Caraccaa in :!
state of red: llion. 1
'si'j'B the arrivalos thesi' Risingct Sun, stomsi
Carthage-na (N.si S.) We learn that on the
"The ship ]ohn Andrcws, 'lrom in;-parts
arrived at Tonningcn, Jqu ?, ZE ? palsage;
PWQ day-z
and it was sugiposed from the circumstance,
that the above coalition was probable.
ba. Many of them were so Well cont inced
line, arrived hcrc yeStertlay from POtt Ri- -
18th osJune a revelution took place th'-ere ,.
the only hope of the pig is, in process os-timc, ct
but the water, is originally pure," 'will settlo -
again, and clat'isy ufitsctownsi a;ccorsitl "while
_ ' BALTIMORE, j-siuly 27.
ss 7 Zatesffi'om Saut/z Amerzcact ss
si Ctptnin Fairthild, of the schoonerssGaro
* A Print-Pr'ofss spirit' will'sia'ttdcisitfzc great. si
A mischievous pig may foul a large pond ;
Part qf Alexandria.
-ENTERRD,
stake—90 :si—nﬂ—
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IaztfactsisiQf-a-Mmfim New Orleans, !; ss a
gentleman in this playe, ssdated jane acts/t;
silBlO. '
'" A teportT hasfsijust- teached tossvn an} !
ssV'eﬀry '-._g'encra'lly' believed, 'that the ctmhaba- *
' tanu blsith'at pair: of" West Florida compose .
--ing {hcct stick-ment of. Batonf Rougc & My
' bu' Sarhh} have come'to a determiomion Lo
' declare 'lhemselws indsiependcm on (hest—th
of ]U'Ya and nal-(..preteozionsiof the Amcncanctss
.. government."
sisisi-ss :.M—. -— - sisssisi-A—ﬂa
! sF-or Ren't,
i 'ssA'v'ery' c'ohvenient three story brick'dw'eﬂ-"ss
' ing HOUSE, on Henry, betweenss*_King phil
- Duke str—eets 'Possessifon may be had fim—si
'- medimely. -'-Apply (next' door) to
f .. Just received" by, Yames-si Kenncdy,- 'scno
' , _ - House/lar, King-(street,
T hess Scottish" Chicfa, an HistoricaIY Ross—J
'- man:—e; in 3 volqsibyf' Miss Porter, aut-horesa
-of 'shziddeusct' of?"- VVaTSaW, &c.—illustrating
"that portion 'of Scottish'lzistory in which-the
gallactnt Sixsi W'illiani-W'allaceumd so distin—_
ssguishcd a par}. ct _ _, _ , _
r -'*A--ss BRIEF ' Vsil E'W
f-si-Of th) Pelz'cy-and Resources of life" U. State-F-!
Comprising— some Stricmressi on a Letter on
the Gcnius and Dispositions of-tbe French
Gavcmment. . ss ss *'
ss ' L'LLA 'IEOSENBERG-si-n Romance .- _
sBy William: Hcrbert, Esqfiauthorbf'tlmf
Spanish 'Outlaw.
_; -' JulysiQG. ' eats
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NOTICE,
TH si 1" Stocicholders in the'Washing-ton (I::
had Ccmp-sifny, are hereby 'nozified that thy
& third inst'asilmem of' ten dollaison each sham
' is cal} ed sorqiayahie on the 225 day of August:
? next, to Samtiel Elliott5JUn.'lre-.13met of
ss the Company.
' By ordcroft'ne Boaid osDirectors.
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1 _ _ -5 E. B. CeidWe1l5 Prejzsidmt.
sil "Usnshington, July 19. lawzw
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, ctT () R EctsiNsi-T,
""A bdnienient STORE and DW—ELLI\G
L on laiisax— street, lately occupied by Hent-'a,k
1 kin: and cti'lden. Appi 7 to
__ jacob Batts.
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ifay 19. A
7si'sst' "'si'OR SALE,
LEASE for ii 165, for 312 nones" of fame};
lying in the csicct—imt y ot lailfaﬄ, and be—
ing part of the tract of !and called " Ravens
'worzlz," the 'a nnsiual tent of which is fif) do]
him. It is about nine miles from Alexandria,
the Lit t1e River 'Fur'npike Roud passing near
it. "1 here is on said faim" vezy convenient
dwsseii ing and sarm' houses, and a good apple
orchard, .znd also-at sixteen acxessiin clover,
en'siial to any in the neighhon hood, abc ut the
same qv'antity of timOthy meadow 01 exch
flent quality, , and as much more unimproved:
This sziim is divided into five lots and" the
sending msi toierable repair. If it is not dis
posed of by the first Of" Octnbei, I will ]eaxc
'it for lives. si'It is so sitﬂated as to m ike two
ten'efnents. Any person wishing to purchase
or ie ise said him for lives. will p'ea'sc appiy
"to' t1 ]: subsdribm rcsiding "on the premises
lilsiandvfo-r ssSa—le.
'In'þufSuancesios asidccreelos the worsisfsiiþfi'il
'- court of King George e'oun'ty." we' she sub
su-ibe'rs commidsionersthercm named, xviil.
'- exposed to*-public-sissiizle, to the highest bid-,
' "der. on thezpremises, for ready cush,ssrm
'i UESDAY, the'Z lsc day of Ju—ssly' next, if
'f'sair ;' if not,'- onssctthefnext lair day-—
'ct One ?undlvsded cttmozety of- "
the tract o's land lying-in the county ot'l'air
sex, on the waters of sDiffiCult Run, confinin
'ing one thousand acrcs mare-or less, the-12}:
{le River 'Tumpike Road passing through.! h
tract. si-ssi'his'land was conveyed by JOhn.-'Ash
ton; sea.-to-Charles H. Ashmn and others.
-and 'is sdd'to sati'sisy a debt duefctA'usr'in' Smitl
ctsrom-saiasi- Charles'H. siAshton. 'si'MrJJOhn W
Ashsiton, who -resides on'thc ' þrsieniises, wil
shew thisJand— to enyperson inclined to pur
ctchase
TVI—ILLIA'M 'MOSS.
siJOdEPl-l P'OWELL,
'WILLIA'M ; PAYN E,
sssRlCHARD si lct'ﬂ ZHUCH;
YRlCHARD RA-TCUIFF,
Bone 29. ' ﬂames
TW' Those'persons*who '"hz-v &
'not settled thtn ac-u-ums. will obligeme by"
paying them 10 ]xiclu.7d--H. J z'u-c. Ml.o-is egg-1
ly authorised to senk-mz business
A
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Joseph POWell.
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sNsiOsiTsi'I'CT'E. si si
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,jJerome Plummer.
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