Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political — Alexandria [Va.], 1810-09-05 00:00:00, page 2

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- &? REMOVAL.
OBERT GRAY has removed his Book
, and Stationary Store to the north side
. King street between Royal and Pitt strccts
" nearly opposite the Washington 'l'avern. ss
August 23.
* ALMANACQ
_ Scpt 3. _
N () T I C E.
r {13- Those persons Who have
had settlcd their accounts, will obhge me by
;, V'Fpasiysiing them to Richard II. Liclc, who is du-si
"]C'ysi'luxhorised to settle m) business.
'tmerit their future fsitx-ors by a ptmctual ut
—\ tendence to their demands and his duty.
II' I have removed to'F—nirsax street, a}
most opposite to James Sandersan's, corner
of King street, where I shall be more com
modiously situated for the reccption of those
who shall honor me with their cemmands. I
'that]! have, from my correspondents in Lon
_ don, every three months, the newest fashion:
ss' 'df the {onowing articles :
Lach'cs' Curricle Coats, Habits, Pelices,
Spencers, Corcets and Clo-ctks. ,
. Gcndcmensis' curricle, surtout dress, plain
and stock dress; breeches, pantaloons, vesxs, si
dress and und-css, and an kind of unisox'ms ?
and regimentals made in the newest style ac- ;
cordihg'to "the gentle of the officer; and any ?
kifidss 'of fancy cords made for trimming of .
- . ladies' dresscs or gentlemens' pantaloons and -
si .'****3 and vests ready made for the accom
1-' Wines travelling gentlemen. ,_
ss R. Gray, ;un.
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I have commenced tbc practice
"(of the Law. My Office is on Fair
fax street, two doors south of Dr.
'si Jpgnst 15. A
ss WSCS,
* Three Lots of Ground, front
ct in 22 feet each on Faix'fux street, and run
nikgbn'ck [23 feet. This pmperty is hund
'siso_mesily situatcd betweesi Duke and Wolse
si nre'els, and well calcuia (! for building lots,
* ;ssaodsibjds fair in a short time to be a Situation
ssss :for business: it is in see simple and clear of
-*any incumbrance. 'l'he terms, which will
'bsiesiliberal, will be made kucwn at the time
'þ-and place of sale.
P. G. Marsteller.
" ;" " S a great number of both *sexes and of
;; ' the first circle 'of keepectability and
Viasite have generously patronised the adver
si's has an hand muo "
c e oﬂ'ers for sale, siior cash, or
, "ct ]. T. RAMSAY,
Jttorneu- at Ia-w.
Intends practising theoLaw in the
Superior and lnferior Courts of Lou
doun County. He will settle at Leas
ss' burgh.
Hupcts shop.
N . S. \V I SE. ,
' Sepkember 4. dSt *
ss' tiser in his line of business, he returns them
' GRERABLY to the last will and testa
_ - . ment of Samuct-ct-l Jo/mston. Esq_ the ex
" siecutor win sell by pubiic unction, on the 24111
day of this month or 12 o'clock, on the pre
L his grateful acknowledgments, and hopes to 3
sit- HIS subscriber has sust received 8000
- feet of Boy ﬂsahoganz, in the log—he
sfi'o the Ladies and Gentlemen qf
_ __—-_!u!y 13.
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a short credit.
_ JV. B. He still continues to carry on the
si sit'abiner U Chaircmaking Busmess in the neat—
IN and meat fashionable mnnrer.
FOR 1811,
__ Just published and for sale by the grass,
dyzen or single.
Cottom & Stewart.
Wanted to Purchase or lec, \
A BLACL' MAN for a house servant.-— ;
Appl} to the Printer. ;
' August 15. (A
siAkxandm Daily Gazette,
commmcum urozctmemct.
"'Dsiily Gazcsitte 6 Dollars per amzum.
Country Gazezte, 5 Dallars.
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si w Mabogactny, Us. jor Sale.
. ,):ctﬂED AND PUBLIIBBD B!
ctﬂsss A th E L SN own E N,
- - Alexandria &? its vz'cinz'ly'.
August 30, eth ] aw 3w
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WEDJVESDAY, SEPTEMBER 5.
_ ssjioyal-n'rcet, Alexandria.
PUBLIC SALE.
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jesse Talbott.
John Muir.
law
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Tgree of prudential wisdom marks the first
: mecting, that does great honor to the de
? puties, and we sincvrcly hope that nothing
may occur to disturb the tranquility, or en
ss danger the peace and prosFerity of the peo
: tants of the several districts of thejurisdic
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to the superior authoritics for the cxsisia dien
cy of the measures which may bsi: adopted
with his concurrcnce; that we engage to
support him as our gfn'tmut, with the e
mulumems appertazningtu his prvscnt os—
sice, and to give him all the end in our pow
er in the eXeCUtiun ofthe duties t'xsi-erenf.
It is- proper to inform your exullency
that having enzrusted to a selcct committce
to iorm a plan [or the redress of the exist
ing grievancc-s, and for the defence and
sssat'ety of the country, we propose to ad
ssjourn the convention until the second Mon
day in Augnst num, when it is intended to
meet again at this place to receive the re
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John W. Leonard and ]ohn Mills, remain- ,
. Resolved, That this conveniion, created
by the Whole body of the people of the go
vernment of Baton Roguc, and by the pre
vious consent'of the governor, is therefore
legaliy constituted co-act in all cases of na- '
tional concern xvhich-relad tq Fhia 'pro- &
Rcsalved, 'l'hatsi 1'; 15 t'ne unsmmous wzsn
ofthis cunvention to proceed in fill our de
libc rations for the 'sisizblie wettazc with the
! entir- approbutzozz otsshis excellent} Chsiulcs
We have appointed three of our mem
bers, Messm. Philip Hic-ky, Manuel Lo
pez and Joscph Thomas, a committcc to
wait on yod with this address.
We pray God to preserve your excellen—
cy many years.
.H. Johnson, Thomas Lillectv, Phiiip HctleYa
ing in session at this place, will receive any
commumcations which your excellenry may
be pieased to make.
ourc'onstituents. In the mean time the
said committee, consisting of Messrs. John
tion under your command, in convention as
sembled at this place, respectsully to repre
sent to your excellensctv that in entering upon
the discharge of the duties enjoined upon
us by our consdsstuents, we derive a singu
lar satisfaction trom the consideration that
our meeting is sanctioned by your approha
tion, and Wc consider it one of our first
duties tu thank your excellency in the name
for your attention to the wishes of the in
habitants, and for your generous eﬀorts to
prescrve the public tranquilsitity, in a time
of general anxiety and alarm. We have
considered it as the immediate object of our
deliberations, to promote the safety, honor
and happiness of'uur beloved king, Fcrdi
hand the 7th, to guard against his enemies
foreign and domestic, to punish wrongs &
to conect ahuscs dangerous to the exxstence
and prosperity of the pmvince, and trust
that the measures that may be adopted will
he received with indulga-nce by your excel
lency, and meet with your approbatiou and
CUHCUsrCnCCo
ln tukzng into consideration the existing
grievanecs, and the danger to which the
people and their property are exptthsid, a
variety OfsttbjEClS have been SUggrSted as
evils which tequire redress, but we think it.
unnecessary to trouble your excellency with
a detail ufour proceedings, or the result of
our deiiberations on these subjects, in all
which the greatest unanimity siprevailed, as
it is our intention to wait upon your excel
lency in ?. body, so soon as the suhjects
shalt be arranged in such a form as may be
proper to submit for your consideration.—
One of our resolutions, however, we think
it our duty at this cariy stage of our meet
ing to communicate, as it stands recorded
on ourjoumsi-ti, in tis; following words:
of all the good people of this jurisdiction, ss
From the Natchez Weekly Chroniclc, dared
'si August 6.
"We have received the subjoined address
from our correspondenc in West—Florssida,
as the result of the first mecting of the con
vention. From this address it will appear
that West Florida still acknowledges de
pendan'ce on the government of Spain, and
is firm in her allegiancc to Ferdinand Vll.
]: will also appear, that there is to be a se
cond meeting of the convention on Monday
the 13th inscant, which it is believed will
be much more interesting than the last.—
VVhat will be the result of the deliberations
of this hon. body is yet impOssible to divine.
However, as far as we are capable ofjudg
ing, their proceedings augur Well. A de
port us said committee, and to proceed in \
the discharge of othei dutics enjoined by .ss
le.
P St. jolm's Plaz'ns, 27th ﬀuly, 1810.
To his excellency Don Carlos Dehault De
lassus, coloncl of the royal armies, and
governor, civil and military, of the place
and jurisdiction of Baton Rouge, &c.
Sm,
The delegates representing the inhabi
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l May 30:
I and your Bidwclls, ihat have been " the:
' traitors to their country," in 'fgcnerously
taking ossos our hands" our citichs, by
driving them into foreign ship yards and
watchouscs.
, sume some of his majesty's dear and good
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The British government are indebted to ss
the benign eﬀects of the cmbargo and non- ct
. intercourse for this monstrons accession of
- uscful citizens. It is these acts of our na
' have given to business in the British pro
i ssimposition oftheir wicked system of " re
, strictive measures,"have contributed more
; in two years towards the growth and in
crease of wealth in the provinccs of Cana- '
" to attribute the evils that have re'su'ted to
.
Accustomed to the Sea. Apply to the
Printersi,
(la, than the government ofG. Britain could
have done, by any exertions whatever of its
own, in twenty. Pievious to the embargo,
the extent of merchant ships from foreign
ports which annually arrived at Quebec,did
not exceed twenty-five or thirty. In the
course ofa few weeks past. we have notic
ed in the marine list of the Quebec GAZette,
sithe arrivalinsivedays of ninety-twa ships
from f'oreign ports. It is Jcﬀcrson, with
your-Smiths, your Eppes, vour Camnbclls.
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friends in this country, Will consider this a
special act of kindness. After having de
stroyed our commerce they consider we do
not want ship buildcrs, and very generously
take them oﬀ our hands. All this may be
correct, and I presume there will not be
wanting ncwspnpers who stile themselves
Americans, to advocate it, for after their
support of that accomplished gentleman
jackson, what may not be expected from
such traitors to their country."
The following paragrnph is extracted
from an article which originally appeared in
the democratic paper printed at Catskill;
and is a most admirable specimcn of the
manner in which the dcmocrats attempt to
establish their charge of " British inﬂuence"
in this country. The correspondent of that
payer says to the princes—
" l bcg of you to give to the public all
the information you have received or pos
sess on the alarming conduct of British
agcms, who are endeavoring to lead from
the United Statcs every ship carpenter in
it. Already have they taken from this vil.
lage nine, and l am told from Hudson 30,
and is my information is correct, they have
engaged one thousand American ship car
penters,to build ships for his majesty. ] pre
Sure enough—what may not" be " expect
ed from such traitors to their country," as
in the character of its legislntors, recom
mend and adnpt measures that drive its ho
nest artizans to seek employ in soreign coun
tries? To the embargo and non-irtercourse
it is that the industrious ship carpentcrs are
vinc'c, to provide for the public safessty, tctG
create a revenue, and with the consent of
the governor, to create tribunals, civil and
crimina], and to desme their own powcrs
relating to Other concerns of the govern
ment, when to adjourn,,whcn to meet a
gain, and how long to continue their scs
Far New Feliciana—-\Villiam BarrOWo
John H. Johnson, JohnMills, ]ohn Rhca
Baton Rague—Philip Hicky, Thomas
Lilley, Manuel Lopcz, Edmund Hause,
John Morgun. ss
St. H-lena—joseph Thomas, John W.
Leonard, Wm Spiller, Bcnjamin O. Wil
liams.
Tanchipaha—XVilliam Cooper.
sions.
vinccs. The American government by the
them at home. ln consequence of the ex
tension of British ccmmcrce, and the in
creascd demand sor British shipping, owing
to the t'escricticns laid upon our commcrce
by our own govessnment, the value of _Bri-'
tish ships have mcreavSed in the ratio of
three to five ; that is, British vessels which
sold for three thousand previous to the em
hargo, are now worth five thousand pounds.
This enables the ship—builtlcr in Canada
(where prewous to the embnrgo shdip—bniitl
ing was hardly thoughtoi) to give txviee
the wages to his carpentet's that the Amen
can builders can ; and hundreds, is not
thousands of them have consequently been
induced w 'WVC ()": Vusstcd States, where
for two.}ssass, until wnhm & few months,
tioml government that have played the
parts of British cmissaries and agents in en
tzcmg away our CtttZens, hy the sprang they
sushctent to keep them (tum starvmg.
-..ssy coufsl nlOt get employ at their business ss
Carrect listof the .Flarz'da C'anventz'on.
FOR S'AL_E,ss
A valuable Negra Fellow,
Fassom THE NORTHERN Wch.
British Irzﬂuence.
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dark night, or sleeping in his own cartiaSc
in the street. The latter of which we are
- told he preferred.—-N ]". Ev. Post.
Fast Askcþss—Evcty new arrival from
? Europe, however scanty the stock ososhct
si information which it furnishes, is sure (0
fadd something to the account of injussi"
inﬂicted by one or another of the powfﬄ
of Europe upon poor unoﬀending Amcsicsi'
Like the hat in the fable, we are acknow
ledged by neither the birds nor the beastS.
but are equally persecuted by both : for him
him we have oscillated so long hethffct'n ]"s'
tice and interest that we have disgquCd 3"
Demacralic civi/ity.-——\Ve are informed
by a gentleman of respectahilitv, that Mr
]ackson, who is now on his return from
Canada, while traveliing through the state
of Vermont, arrived at the close of the c- ss
i vening at & Small village where there was
but one public house. This was previous
ly occupied by a company of d-ss-mocrats,wh0
on discovering it to be the British ministﬀo
: and w altCW their hcsfzitality andofi'iclldsmsiﬂt
refused him even admittance, and reduced
him to the alternative oscither travelling 10
i the next town, a considerable distance, in"
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53"ng POTCOf Naplcs; and when you 3"!
med of this picture, lum your eyes TO ' :
parts of Spain, of France, of Hollandy "
Denmark and of Swedcn. Behold as you
.Psogrcss in ,:hc inspection, nothing Duf one
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The injuries we sustain have become 30
multiplied, the wrongs we suﬀer so 'aCCU'
mulated, that the heartsitkcns atthe rcCOP'
lection Of them ; and still _their number 15
cncreasing.
. towards bankruptcy, he is afrai
without securing the friendship osﬂn)"
ln a piece copied from the Aurorassu
Saturday's VVhig, Duane, after abusingour
government for incurring the displeasurcos
his king Napoleon, by not declaring war:.
gainst England, goes on to state (whathc
terms reasons) why the U. States should
seek to be on good terms with France.—
One of his reasons, though not the mos:
absurd, is that on the score of inkst'stssk
would be a grand object, seeing that France
has it in her power to open to us all the
commercinl ports on the continent osEu
rope. Now, I would be: obliged to thin
with Enginnd, it would be possible for us
to profit by his king's opening ali the parts
of Europe to us, when we are reducedro
such :: pitiful Situation bv thﬂc wretchedccr
rapin poiicy, Which he has been advocating
these 12 years past ; that with 15' or 20
sloops of war England could shut us up in
our own ports from one end ol the conti
nent to the other. W.
'Bahimorc County, Aug. 27.
man of reason, to inform us, how, if at was
:1 to enquixe
into his own assairs: he shuns his bush,
and every thing which might make him asi
quainted with his Situation. Are Wour
officers of government in the same waysi
They appear to run away from business a:
from the yellow fever, and instead of dsi
vising measures for the support of lheho.
nor and prosperity of the nation, seem only
to contrivc how they shall avoid acting ot
thinking on the subject -- 'V. 2". In. Pan,
a bad way. When a man is Progressis
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The late Desþatc/zcs.—Dcsp:\cch,si.s s'sim
she American ministers in France and Er.
land, have lately been received in sh-sss CULsilg.
try, or more properly speaking huvebt:
brought to this country. For we knsiss'ino;
whether there is any person at the We!
government authoriscd to seecive themss
At any rate their contents have "Which
divulged. If we might compare she at.
fairs of a nation with those of an indixjdw
al, we should say that our govei'mucmsisi
Look atlhc list of consiscations in me
From the cheral Gazettc.
" Fight England, & trade to France" !!
Alexandria may Qzssctsiss
WHDAESMY, SEPT; 5_
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