Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political — Alexandria [Va.], 1810-09-24 00:00:00, page 2

'sisi silctixchaoge-on London, 4 per ct. below par ]
" siCosseess;
Duqsik, "Russia
* ' Ravens
' Fruxt. Raisinc
., [ter. D. C. ct'D. C.
Bacon lb- 9 10
Bccf Men - bbl. 12
-—\ Prime 12 ]
Brea d, Crackcrs { [00 7 50
Pilot lb. 7
—--————Ship 5 '
Candkes, Mould lb. 19 ?,
..._---— Dipt l'c' 19
\ ! (. (mon, Upland ! 16, 18
() heese . 12 ]8
Fish, Mackmel bbl. 7 50 3
.--ss_- Shad 8 St" 9
-—- chr'mgs 4 50 5
Plom, supelsmc ] 8 75
Groin, \Vheat bus. l 60". 1 55
Corn 75 80
Flaxsced 85 90
Glass, \Vindow 8 by 10 box' .
(siunpowder, Keg - 25]. '15 17
, Hemp , cwt. 213 14
lron, Bark ton [20 [25
Pork, Mess bbl. 18
---.- Pr'nnc 15
Spirits, N. E Rum gal. ] 73 75
....__.. . W' hiskey si 62 5 5
Sugar, Ncw-Orlcans 3 11}? [2 14
Loas lb. ]? 20
— -—-- LUMP - si 17] 18
Tobacco, Maryland cwt.' 3 ] 4 50
Potomac '2 50] 8 50
PRlCE OFSTOCKS.
Alexandria Bank, none in market
Potomac do. me
Marinc lnsuxancc " par
NVashington Bridgc par
Liﬄcss "River Turnpikc - uncertain
'W'nhington and Alexandria do. par ss
inxhgo, Spanishjﬂot.)
Molasses,
Hall; coarse
. . sine
Spiccs,Nutmegs
Pepper
Piemento si
ipiritsnmndy (French) 4th
'- sissctGin, Hoﬂand
Rum,--Jamaica 4th
Antigua Zd
WVindwardZ
2d & Z'd
Bugars, 151 quality
_ 2d & Zd
Tcas, lmpcrial
, Hyson
Young Hyson
Hyson Skin
Wines. Madcim
ss - Port
Lisbon
*Malaga
AS BROUGHT to the Livery Stable .
ss of Thomas Richards, :. black horse,!
with th ree White feet, and the left hind sooci
black—a white 'ssitar in His forehead, and such}
dle marks 'l' he ownerisrequcsted 10 come
ct- pme property, pay charge: and take him
Away.
Sept. 22. - &
'"si FOR S ALE, . -
On board che slaap Paci fic lying at Haoi'm
whurf, '
120 hueheh Potatoes, and
40 barrels '\.nnles
Apply, tb elzc' Master: on boar;;
Sept. 22
si'ssFORE'IGN ARTICLEs,
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ct Alexandria Pricc'Cucti'rent.
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On Tuesday next will be sold without reselve
at'thc Vcndue Store. on a crcdit of 60 and
9)dxys.101 apptoved indorsed negotiuble
notes:
- ! trunk of Fu mitme Casslicoes,
] do supexsme Lalicoes,
1 do place Calicoes,
ldo brown cotton and drab Czssimeres,
1I' 'do piatc Cssalicoes, Cloths. Pins, etc.
SAMUEL SNOW-DEN,
ss DOMESTIC ARTlCLES.
Gaunt, 6 Do]! or: per (maw.
WrGazem, 5 Dolzars.
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WCIAL !! PQLYYICAL.
si-P. C. Marzteller
Be!!! ember 92.
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Rowl-cma, Alexandria:
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[NATsiIONAL-MlLlTARY DRESS. !
si Mit'. Em'r'oltss. ct ;" si ct ' 1
You pubhshed (fme or two years since, the' j
Prospectm, for a_ National MihsitarysiUni-s
form, th be exhibit'cd at the Arlington Sheep'
Shcaring. Since thatpcrissod, this new, and
interesting'sabjcct, appears to have met
with 'co'n'stderablc notice, in diﬀerentparts
ofthe union. " * ct '
Layipg aside the propriety and patriot-L
ism of adcpting a system os chcap domestic
clothing for the regular service, for the mi- ss
litia of the U. S. it- is certainly the most
desirable and practicablc plan, that could
be devised. 'so uniform the yeomanry, in
the'jsiproduct and industry of their native
soil, is a matter of pleasing reﬂection to
every generous mind; and to rescuc our
militia from their'prescnt degradc'd state,
and place them upon at least, the sooting of
warlike appearance, is an end the most de
sirabie and praiscworthy.
For a service, such as the soldicr must
cxpcrience in American warfare, the te);
ture and fashion of forcign military habits,
is by no means suitcd. To resist the inclc
mencies of the season while in sorcsts and
'morasscs. the splendor of the soreign cos
tume will be unappropriate and wnstcf'ul.
When troops can meet with the comforts nt—ss
lan inn, or a barn, their happiness may be
to\erably preserved, but to lie in the open
fair, exposed to tht: storm, or to march un
sider-the rays of a southern sun, would soon
sitarnish the gildcd appendagcs ol' modern
L
war. .
It is perfectly in the power of our coun
trymcn to equip themseives in an uniform
consistent with their reaources, and contor
mably to the character and habits of their
_countr_v. American wives and sweethcarts
have hands and needles. Americnn tsiowls
'h-ctve feathers—and he" who will wear a
? plume, let him plume himsrlf upon the vir
ftue of getting it from his own burn door."
We have every requisite, and only want
the.will, the desire ot doing, what we ought
; to be proud and emulous to do, from con
viction and not necessity.
Is'it necessary to be in the Americnn
fashion that a man should have his boots
made in London and his breeches in Paris;
or is it necessary for the Soldier of Anteri
can Freedom, to borrow his military habit
from the parades of St. ]ames' or the Thu
illet'ies? , si
In the day of combat, the sight of an
hunting shirt, the glorious huht of our
fathers, will convey more dread to an e
nemv than all the pomp of gold or sul
ver. Who can beheld this emblem us
the revoiutiun, and not remember the glo
ries Os Quebec, Saratoga, ;and the Kings
mountain. On those'mtmornhlc days the
children Dsthc sOstht, itkc' til: ]Z—siitmccl's us
death, soon opened the mad to x-ictm-y.
The hunting shirt men, and their cursed
twisted guns, Were at once the them:: of
dread and wonder to out sots: l.ur ty;}:
the remembrance us their prowcss hc readi
ly forgotten. Is attackedh) an European
host, it must he by & system us partizsin
warsare that we can hope for safety or suc
cess. To meet the: disciplincd legions tsis
the modern chghis, in the open arena of
combat, cannot be cXpectt-d from troops .so
new to war as ours must be for a time .-—
Those myrmidons have been too long- 11.
miliar with victory, and have waded tno
deep in blood to have their progress stop
ped by ordinary means. It Will be the Fa
bian maxim, which saved us in the peri
lous moments of the revolntion, that will
sssurm our sasct) in the revolutiuns to come ;
,and although the Fabiua Maximus of our
7 country now sleeps in the tumh, his glory
and example remain, for our political sal
varies].
Thchst osrc-publics must eizher bury
the name, or remain as a mighty rock amid
the hillows, braving the: storm us universal
empirc, & asserding the las: say ofhopc to a
despairing world.
The-ilcvastacing'hand of war will -reach
us in time 'The modern Alexandcr is-not
vec weeping-for more worlds "to cunquer;
and isour hour is not yet come, sswe only
enjoy the privilege which Polyphe-mus gave
to Ulysesis— T/zdt qf being devoured the last
'cht not our-mnlitary ardor eﬀcrvescc for a
moment, and then subside into an 'apathy,
disgracc'sul and dangerous. Let the peo
ple ol America beware os-a false security
for the sped q/ war, which some time since
appeared in —0ur horizon, is becoming a
dark and gloom-y cloud. .
'Evcry thing is'to be dreadcd from a foe
'Who possesses great power. and knows no
siright; Who divides to destroy, and who
hungcrs to disturb that happiness in others
si which guilt has denied to his own seelin 35.
A virtuous, asigencrous impulse and sym
pathy, should pcrvade all ranks of Ameri
!
Fa'g childrgn um period so_ i.,ndipg &!
the present. " Pra Pam'a Semþer," should ,ss
be the ten asiour political sentimenti; and *
sisithe'fiatssibi'tsiat hb'me the, theme of pojitical
enginerssy. -Artd inapcriod of such pres- si
sure or alarm, let us look to, the chart laid
down by our departed commander,_and we
Aha!] see the course Which leads to honorss+
' and safety. 'ss _
As an old SGrvant (if my country in the ct
cause of her domestic interests l have in
dulged myself on a ;ubjcct very dear to
thy'seelitsitgs. I am happy to find that good
ly cause in which I have l'abored, "so wor
thily pregressing, and hope to see the day, '
ss when the standard of my country will ﬂoac
over the ranks of her embattled sons, called
; from their sarms and kiresides 20 defend the i
sssi last land of freedom. Not a smail band, 4
si giitteting in the panoply of other nations,
g but a mighty hust, virttmus and dignisied
' in the garb oftheir own: Whtn the soldier
wars in this glorious cause, will his gar.
ment sit heavisscr on his shoulders from hav
ing been prepared by the hands of his wise,
or child? Will the plume which nods on
his brow he less dear to his cstcsitm from its:
i bring the gift perhaps of one he loves ?—
]
Let the nation reflect upon the importar-sc
of increasing 31] manner of attachmtnts be
tween tht citizm and the so?], the best sour
i ces of happiness to individuuis, and Securi
( ty to the state.
; The characteristics of Ambricans are fo
. reign to splendor and show, and the t-ssec
I tation of these borrowul manners stre re
i pttgnant to the principles, and inconsistcnt
! founded upon their vittuous humility, and
with the duties of a people whose same was
whose happiness will be pt'esctsiVcd by its
j caps, to pull down over the ears, edged
si with black or (lark fur, without scathcr or
l
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1
' would kt'e'p the ears warm, and at all times
?
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sizblue worstcd fringe.
rcalculatcd to hide dirt, or mud. which
7would brush oﬀ when' dry—madc of the
serve for a cap to sleep in, when laying out,
would be no incumbrancc in running thro'
Monds or bushes )
.l-Pentaloons, NVaistcoa: and Riﬂe Frock,
'of wonlcn cloth of black and white two],
of each an equal proportion, trimmed with
:and head, is not heavy, on the contrary. is
cockadc ; (=his cap sets snug about the ears
texture-of "Virginia lincn woolsey, a' little
sullcd andssmillcd, would not be too warm
by day and would be comfortable at night,
particularly if the "soldi'e'r has to lyc out;
would_ not be discernable in the woods at'
any dtpctsitan'gc, not unlike the naturalappcarj
lighter than an ordinary hat, in cold weather
'
Descrijztz'an qs a shrew a'urab/e home made
.s-mt of L'ufsorm, rcccmmmdc'dfor Iv'fﬂe
ﬂlm.
A bln- k mork-morncco or fine cals—s'xin
Cap, mudc in the: shape nr fashion of sur
practice. _
Tiz-ss- Highktndcr delights in the habit of
his iuthcrs and the musm of his hiils. The
wisdom ut his ghYClsithzslt renders sacred
to hisssussi- tiwsc cttStoms in With his heart
{'t-tlz. ; ctcrcst. Is he faithful? is he: brave?
TzssiU: from this man his btmnet and plaid,
:si- d sriﬀ. :: his activt: form in the costume of
the fitttdtt'l'18Chs'oﬂi—}IC would sitsktn at the
charge. & che 42d soon be forgotten in the
m:n..-:s ul giory. And :ire'ns-t Amcricans
to have Some national pride, some issurcc of
habit ? ﬂun- _u,u=.h taken from the plough
should he as l-ttlc l'fstl'ailiCd by imm in
their miiitmy equipmrnts as possible. l"i
nsisi-ty th<y have not known in the wants Us
!"Ulai emplsisivmtnt, and ;! simple dress is at
once SUiILd to their modes of life, and the
Zt-sk'i'ut'. they musc of coutse persotm- With
tile - xumplcs us others and the Utgcul call
ut si,.:ti-isi.ttsm Will not Amczicans Ui'igin'siite
Sutnt- niiiizm)" habit [or themschs, without
being the humble copyists us othctsf
! t-sigru, Zvlr. Ettitor, that a system whose
bttzc [it tal cssects till must allow, and vihtnc
pH-gl'tss ] have been so happy as to pro
mote, thm' the nicdium of others, should
hthc; suiir-d in my indit iduzzl attempt. The
plan is huwevcrcorrect, and the end hibhly
desirvblc, and I have no doubt that the
corps ( have had the honor to command
will he restored in better hands. The price
of tqttiptnents by my caltzulations, Was a
little more, than 5 dullars; three companies
arc smming in the Distrtct, (me of which
sans its expcmx at 7 dollurs and the. Others
at. 3 atsied 4. I hawt' bren hcnm'td with a
crmnsi-unittttinn from a mnjor Caylccr, com
msssnssiivg a !mttaiicn tctl Rific-mc-n in the
mtmty us Ontzirio, state of New Yutk,
which ((:ntztins the: plan of an uniform so
sincttphss-ss elegant, and national, that I pray
_\ou to give it publicity, for the bcm—sit us
similar mrps cidcwhcl'c.
Bciicvf- me rtspr—Ctsuliy. &c.
(i. W'. P. CUSTIS.
Ariingtan House, IQt/i Sc-pt.
Extract of a letter imm Mnjor Cuylcr, os
(This would make : dark grey suit, well
Sept 1810.
New Ymk, to Mr. Custis, datcd 5thss
"
; ssinuc h, large e'nc t-gh tom twin
si scribcd, ? vd do not thilk i:
ct, Ttn Dollars, and every attic}
si in one's oun samzssy.
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si \VtHis-m Blttt'ttt r, of th? ()t'pid, (ct' Hisiiss.
5!th of the tum]: m bct'y of " [m
has theapneszfito sireccnsimcnd isi 51 fnsi
si Indisian Mm kasins ol deer '
'drcs'sed,-crmirg up above &,
high, so:- as to Seton: the LOt
taleonrs * - 0
(These are nunmcndcd sn
couctn'ts ; the y ate much cas; .
then either a hwt-or at that. lmp -;siss*c1 fn
and Znsup erl braced t-rd she l-sic
fallen into disgracc.
has fixedsshis residcncc ac Aix in _
in France. Ic rhus aspeass : ac hsiSZ-Zs
pointmcnt lo the goverrmcnt 0 Rome '
merely nominal, and thack: bass? .
Losnou, Ar/g. 4
Some mnrc (sanspnrls, Wifh [j-nops. us.?
seilcd sor Lfsbvn, rojoin ]md 'Wcllingli'ﬄ'
army. It is said that his lurdbhip has sf'
(]UCSCCd a stinsussss nicnc of 20,CCO. bL' Ul'c
he Venturcs an engagcmen'c with ssizssrnzc
We (10 "Of, hOWe-vcr. think that much Csf'
dit is due go this rumur. The rrsK-ss (si "
eneral action on the 19rh and Such ibﬂ'v'w
entirely cxplodcd.
Anctg us: ( .
Some German papers blive L'ce [) sthiH' .
this morning, from ubuh we have m'sidsi
some extracts. ; Among them is a lf'si'"
from Paris, which states that the cz-s-ffi'siss'
. (1 "(fy
ter 0! POI'CP, FCUchc, the: duke: (-l 01: !
Prmenffi
. ch'terday arrived at rHa port the fine
fast sazling ship Rubcrt Burns, cuptain Pus
sons, 10 30 davs from Livc-rpnoi.
Capt. P. lest Liwrpoo! r-n rhc mh of
August, and has surnishzd rhe- c-dirus '
the Mercamile Arivcrtiscr uilh Lend"!
pchers to the lbih of A ugust, inclusivcss &
Lloctvds lists to the 7ch. from whirh all lhc
polirica] and cnmnu-rc-ial intelligence thtY
contain is given in the following extracls
NV: do not find in our L<ssnr30n papfsfi'f
any account oi'rhc aþpuim ment rzssi an """
nistcr from the court of St. [arms, l0 ss':
government of the Uniu-d Slzntcs.
Cuptuin Parsnns has brought dispafcﬄ
from the Amcrican minister m London, W
the secretary of state.
Cnptain P. anorms us that crz-rrrn "95
sclling in Livcrpoul at 14d ; ﬂwr 685- ﬂl-d
wheat 165.
Our former advices srom Londcn "m
ss 30! .
ths; pzvm-alm n susig, to he.}, Wss Mr (siss-tt
and to prtt'tnt the more ,}, L'\'&b;;sswd'
only to the lsc of Aug.
catching in them, tthich cjsh" la "Jm
pede the travel; are a s-rttcma
bite of.:t rattlc-smke, by simsi
leg high, arc eisi!y_ pauhed and mctr 2
the: Wtctat'tr at any tzme he may hughctctt
minutts .]csilsure—Ta Vffi'ltn SCtk h-Tl—ztw
high to be Worr. wnh the m.) 4 leg
APowder-Hcm :-rd Ltmsi
ming-brtﬀh :.nd (hargrr EUSP'Hdcdzsi piss,
A blatk !tatht ]" ghdir, wish a hsiss ,:(ﬀmsi.
the; waist, with :! !"tzmirsig knife Btch az-Zuzil
drinking C'si'P ""P'ndt (! fsirc m it. mal
] hatsic mfde a luir "(1 liberal tszlma.
of the pnbablc expcnce sit she buirss .".si ..
srt m St. John de: Lt 2. Pztmngcts, rsisisissi
(?cljct-hia, N. S. Bt-sud, (.: zhc- IZ;.v.k,ot NW
Yutk ; thhard Murrnym? the Fudm- ct
Ne w YOt k, and Mr. ]3<;\'.'ttt t.l Btcth'nfssﬂ
The schooner Two Brt-thrts, I'Jixsiy si,
Bosuzn, with pass-ngets, seil-d th; ssnss
day for Boston. Lest !)ng Elizzt, P-huy;
and schooncr lndc-pend- ttu, Daai sum, m
sail frcm Baytmne in : icw ([a-35. ll'ir. [sct-yssssctr
sor Boston, and the latter for B-ss-itimorr,
with-brandy and wine. A saw clvvsbcsosssi
raptain Kimm sailed, the Sthuz'szc's Ess-q
Adt-rntut'c, ceptain Cucquircllc, arrEt-cd at
Ba) onnc in a short passage swm si\'tw
York : and ttas Sc-chd (or the moment utt
derthc sussijcion us brit'g Ameriranpto
perty. 'Iss'hc Claþ'ail] said he brought cut let
tus for the unfortunate Amuicnns blitsst's
5cque3tration, but when they ],r-sud him
sc-ld :! great many storts, ?.ld wcufd give
them no information. The icttcts were all
sent to Paris, to ::mvcsi the police; Pe
made a very tmsmsimz-hie tsi-p: rt for th:
Amrricztn interest, sttxting how ill he hsi-l
bren llcatcd In New Ymk, schrd undu—
bligcd to give" bend. In the Bayos Bisucy
was boardcd by the English btig Ccnﬂitss',
and lli'hltd politciy- Auucttst 24. lut- 42.
46, long. 30, 44, spoke a Spanish brig,13
dayshcm Not'shlk for Cadiz. £9ththsi
44, 4, lorg. 41, 8. htig Cumline, 25 (38)!
n'am Cotk ltsir Bt-sttctn. St ptctnbcr_2d.
spoke Enghsh bt'ig Tartar. 21 dausisfim
Grcnadct sor QUCbt'C- The Emchnc tst-C
us the vessch git'cnup on a cemprcmisc tttth
the cuptcts.
& Steel and Him, :nctdcr lzcx, tw, .le si
for them he nsussi (! to (hsihﬂ't' tltrm Word
Anivcdshnisi Emel'me. linnffi1 44 day. .
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