Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political — Alexandria [Va.], 1810-11-21 00:00:00, page 3

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4.an was fair. A French officer came on
ct'sih sPisit Wdsi Prepriety, he will furnish the
' public with those documents which the ad
There was much more anot'v beyond the
mountains, which fell some time since, than
on this side. The melting of thfis, together a
with ra'ms much heavier than we have ha'l' '
here, hae occasioned the freshets, the height
'of which has not been surpassed in many
places these cwEch years. The Potomac is
' about one mss'tle and a quarter wide here at
.AYexandria: ten miles above, at the Little ,
Falls, the whole river passes in the width
of about 70 feet. Thirty-aix feet above
the usual level of the water, was erected :
few years since a chain bridge; the third .
that has been erectcd there. The other two, 3
however, were not chain bridges; During si
the [s-ctshet the water rose quite to the
"bridge: the wood and logs lodged against ct
it: and for a long time it ohstinatcly refus
ed to yield. The wood encreasing, at
length it tilted one side upward and was
twept away—the two principal chains were
however so well secured at the abutments
that they stillsiremain. 'When the water
rate to this height the river became about a
fifth of a mite wide, and the torrent poured
over the trees at the height of between 10
lind 15 feet. This is the third bridge which
that company has lost within 9 years.
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si The New-York Eventng Post mentions
'si'ﬀrarrival thert- osanother mammorh cheese
"ighing 1522 pounds, made by the same
rsum who made the gkeatct one sorssssjeﬀcr
n. We are not informed for whcsszm this
intended. There has been" much privacy
th respect to this. If intended for Mr, :
- si (adison :: will probably reach'Washington
me; the present session. The democrats
isiZ-We othejsi patriotic dcmccratic town in
' inclg-sborhobd of Chessire ought to make
, great lpple pyc weighing 40 cwt: let
'ctm be P'lted' si-m the capitol wþch 10 15?
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At the indge lately built across the Po- !
fomac at VVashiugton it is computed that -
there sihave' lodged from twelve to eighteen !
hundred cords of wood. A considera'b'le *
part of the way on the eastern side, it is
lodged several sect deep and so firmly that
for several rods from the bridge the wood
mcn walk about as on dry ground.
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A Mr. Bland, a democratic member of 1
the legialature of Maryland, has introduced 5
dprotest, or rather instructions to the Ma- *ss
ryland member: of congress, to prevent the
_continuance of the present bank of the U,
State;, or the establiohment of any other.
here is much foolish democratic slang,
but not : syllable of argument. We expect
however it will be carried in the house of
'delegates, as a considesitsiable majot'ity of that .
siahat insuh ? Turreau remonstratcd and de
detained ? Thesrcnch reason was because
ssshe lmpcria] Bag had been ineulted at New ss
body- are of the nose-led description. 4
Will not Congrcss demandsithe corres
poodencc between Armstrong and Cadosc ?
Probably: but tho' "they call spirits from
the vasty deep, they will not come for call
lng." And who will censurc the adminis
mcioo for refusal? No culprit is obliged
to providc his own gallows and ropc. \thn
Azmstrong arrives, if he has conducted
ministracioo w ithhold.
imdsignlf with respect to the despatchca'
broughchy Athc Homegssi !: does no: eyen
sivc us-sianyssinformmwn respecting its side
gmcion in France. She was to sail on &
nain day : the-piloc was on board : the
Orleans. Bucsi was not atonemcnc made: for
wind not fair. But, why should, ahcssbc
shakdsi: tookthe pilot aside and whispered
mandcd the nemoval of commodorc Porter.
Was he not immediately obeyed ?
NsiVsiliy is the Nasic'ional loulligcucer so usin
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ssa doltar's worth f-ofsiboard win he saved.
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ship Lyoo, captain Bainbridgc, of Phila
delphia, with a cargo of ZO0,000 dollars, is
; captured by the. Dante, (the pear Danes )
I and'carried into Copenhagen. These Dancs
T were pirates from their earliest history, and
they seem to be but little mended since that
period. It is a pity that Copenhagcn jack
san deprived them of so many fine ships,
which would have enabled them to have ex
tended " their useshl labors," as Mr. Jes
ferson would say.-—N0rjsi Lad.
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) T/te blessings cﬀwar coveted .'—-The Bal
f timore Whig has come out decidedly in fa
i vor of VVAlt with ENGLANIS -even since
! the assusirance from that country that the
? orders of council should expire with the
; French decrees. Among- the reasons for
) War of this Izumazze politician are some of
[ a general nature, which have no reference
' to our disputes, viz.
" War would z'nsuse new vigar into the
people, and renew t/zc knowledge of tactics.
) " War would callfarl/z t/zc talents as the
si nation.
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.siFram CADIZ, Seþt. 26.
" My former letters will have given you
an account of the great progress the French -
have made with their 'batteries nmtwith- 4
standing the opposition and essorts of the ?
Spaniards and English; to day for the first
time they directed their pieces against the 'ss
city, and have thrown three 821b balls into
it and not fifty yards from the market place
or place de St. ]uan Dedos, these three are
all that have been thrown, which I suppose
were done with a design os accertaining the
distance they could cast a ball. ! am sor
ry to add that from St. Catherine a few
days past they threw a shot under the admi
ral's bow, and I am informed by the officers
of the Atias, that act shell burst in the air
which would have been on board ofher but
for that circumstance.
" ! also regret to state that the French
are strongly sortified at the Trochotlera,
and they have a strong battery behind Ma-I
'sstagorda, of about 70 pieces, which, when
opened upon fort Pantales, win render it
untenable in two hours.; and they will be
able to sweep the beach. It is reported than
the French have cast mortars at Sevillc, that
will throw 2000 toises, and it is but 1800J
ss to the city from Macazorda-sisi'
this regulation, and sin is but reasonable to ss
jusrice suﬀered bv nentrals. It requires
that a vessel detained shall he examined by
the- prize court in 6 days; and 6 days al
lowed for the captors to determine their
appeal, and if they appeal, they are obliged
to prosecute to .a final decision.
" They are cut oﬀ from com-promise by
calculute that when the case is clear in the
first instance, no appeal will be made.. Our
commerce now revives in the Baltic.
1 The ship Diana of and for this port sailesidsi
in company with brig Regulator, arrived at
NzwctYork from Lisbon. The Regulator
bid a passage of'43 days.
Extract of a letter, daterl Hamburg, ISZt/z
Seþt. 1810, from an American gentieman
at that place—
" ! havejust now learned that a new or
der is out from the king of Denmark. The ,
preamble states it is made to remedy the in- ss
" War would fulfil t/ze band of the consti
tuticn, which pledges all to Protcc't each."
The Whig days any of these uhjects,
singly, is worth a war ! Bast Pal.
The ship Saily, Captain Scott, with Ge
neral Armsttong, family and 60 passengers
on board, sor New-York, has put into New
London, in 32 days passage from Bordeaux
with loss of rudder. The Sally sailed from
Bordeaux Oct. 9, where the news of th:
battle in Portugal had been unfavorabiy re
ported, and that ]unot had been sent to Pa
ris for trial of misconductss-Balsi Am
" The ports of Denmark are at last shut 3
to all vessels bringing colonial producc— -
the orders is dared Sept. 8." .
The schooner Woif, Travers, 25'days
from St. Pierre, Martinique, has arrived at
Baitimore. Lest there, schooner William,
os Alexand ria.
From the ssiame, 15tlee/1t. -{
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The following lcusissis are from the bres?
houses at Lisbon- Tnsi: first .is daccd th:
4th of Occobcr .:
" You have. herewith Lord Wellington's
official account ofshc battle o} thc 27in ult.
between his army and the French under
.si Maascna; it is supposed the total loss of
I the latter exceedsSOOO men in .killcd, and
I wounded. &c. They are however siso .nu
? merous, that notwichstanding the strength
; which is daily cncrcascd by reinsorccmcncs
from England, Cadiz, &c. and good disci
L pline of the English and Fortuchsc trooPs,
that they had moved forward, .and taken
; ossesaion of Figucra,'Coimbra,-si&c. &c.
i and Lord "YVcllingconis falling backm his
: strong cntrcnchmcms on the line ofdefcncc
uincended to cover the capical and the Villa -
; Franca and .Penichc. No doubt is enter
ﬀtained of the 'savorablc issue of a bad::
tought at those positinns, from the ctgrcatlo- si
cal advantages ofthe combincd army; of
course we are under no apprehension in
'Lisbon, which is at all events (itwould ap- ss
,pealj) intended to.bc kept possession of." ss
, October 5.
" By the enclosed .Gazacte you will por
ceivc ehac-a very smart action took place
a: Busaco on the 26ch and 27ch ulc-in which
the Pormguese, contrary to the expccca
tions of man'y intelligent persons, conduct
ed themselves mostjmrcpidly, and sepulc
ed the French with the bayonct with great
si alaughm, _Thcir lccadiness and duck;
ss ' ctAn'pt/zer letters datcd Seþt. 528.ss
' " I send you two _of the latest paper!—
Tone you will observe has a declarsiatiotictol
the 'Cortes, and that they continue the t'e
; gency, as we lay, pro tem. , YcSterday the
French threw three shotintn the city, be
ct ing thesifirst they had directedai us, as they
; have been constautly engaged in erecting
? their batteries, and have hardly returned the
fire that has been kept upon them. They
have also thrown shot as far as the ﬂeet;
but as yet have done no injury."
15 attract as a letterjram an American gen
tleman m Malta, to his cctwrcspondent in
! t/zistown, dalcd ﬂlalta, Aug. 24, 1810.
' " A very uaneas-untbusintss has taken
place between the ch of 'Issunis and our
Consul. It seems an Amcrican ship was
captured by a French privatecr, and car
ried in into Tunis,where she was purchascd
by a minister of the Bey's 'put under Tu
,nisian cotors and sent here. Her former
:supercmgn being in Maha, appealed to
the British court of admiralty to have her
stopped, in cons (quence ofsomc ihegality
in the condemnat-on. Thr-ctv declined in
tex'sering, as out of theirjsiu-Zzsitdiction. He
then applied to the tribunal of Malca ;
they 3t0'si1pcd the ship and the case. is now
andecidctl in that court. The ch, hcaring
of this, has confiscated all the Ametican
property in Tunis, say 160 to 200 OCO dul
lztrQ. B'Ir. Cox, the consul, has arrived
, here in & ﬂag' of truce, to scltlc the: busi
; ncss, but whether restoring the ship witl sa
; tissy the Bey, or a war will [uilom time
i only can determine."
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New Yoaz, Nov. 16.'
FROM PORTU(—.-AL.
Captain Forbcs, of the breg Sylph, arriv
ed yesterday from L-ishon, which place: he:
lest the 8th os Octobcr.
Capt. Forbes informs, that after the bat
tle of the 28th Sept.(which is dctaiicd in
lord Welliugton's ofiicial' lctt -r) nuthmg had
occurrcd, except skirmishing with the out
pusts. Both armics had been rdnsorch,
Romana, with 14,()OO Spamatds, had join—
ed lord W'clliugton's army; and chmcrss
with 10,000 men from Bndajnz, had join-s
cd Massma. An embargo was laid at Lis- ]
bon the day captain F. sailed, as a prccsiu.
tion.;zsiy measure; for the purpose, it wusct
said, of removing thc persons and proper!)
in caze of necessity. 'F'shc Frcnss-n had en
tered Oporto and Figucra. '
Lsisbtsstss. Gazettes of the (Sth of Octnhcr,
state, that usiicinl accounts had been rccciv
ed smm lord W'cllingcun, datcd Lcira th:
Sd ()czobcr. His lordship prcsuwd his
si-tuat'ron at that place , but it did not ap
car that the F-cnch had yet advamcd to
wards Coimbra. On the: Sd the; French oc
cupied the mountains between Mondago
and Vouga. They !cf'c no trsssimps ac Bciu
Alla. Their communication was actually
cuc nﬀ. as Well by tn-si Span—Lsh pcnsantry. as
the mllitia curps, under the orders of gan.
Buccllar and thus:: ut Silvciz'a. The French
were not only in want ut provisxons, hm
military storcs, and they mus'si fight with
those they brought with them., as they could
get no supplieb.
An intercepted letter from Massena .tof
Bcrthicr is published in the Ltsbon papu-S.
I: piainly hiucs at the distress of his army
by sickness, descrt—ion, and want of unp
phes. lt .also contains much sicusc ot th;
English. '
Bossitss'on, Nov. 13.
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On Tucsdqy next will be sold, at the Venduo
Storc,
A collection of MED-ICAL
BOOKS, ShopFumiturc,8<c. &c. Carriago
Wheels, Springs, &c. -
?. .G. Marsteller.
A L 'M A N A \C S.,
FOR 1811, -' ;f
Just published and for ulo :byzthc grey} ' ctsi
dozcn or single. :
LANDIN G
And J or .sale by the Subscri'ber,
4? Ehljs and si Muscovado Sugar
3100 barrels New York Prime-Pork
3140 boxes Candles
.85 barrels fNew England 'Rum
?. hhzls. Antigua (loss
:10 chests Young Hyson Tea
5 do Hysondo
=600 lb: Russia Blsiistles
200 bbls Suﬂolk Taranﬂ'Turptntinshs
.J'N STORE.
.125 bagszprime Porto RicoCoﬂ'ce
8 hhds Jamuica Sugar
si6 balcs Cotton
And one box containing 100 ssdozen 'Gch
man'VVinc Glaises.
Newton .Kecne.
TNovemctber 21. d
Z'mined conduct inthie ssassair hat. inspg'ssss
the greatest considcncein the people; am]:
althottgh the head quarters of the army
arc ac. Masra, abottt 20'miles hence, not
the least uneasiness prevails, and, everysi
- thing is perfectly quiet. Since the battle
- ot'thc27th the enemy made an attempt to
; turn the left wing of the combincd army,"
: and thus by a bold push to get between on.
and Lisbon, but in this they were soih-d by
the active vigilancc oslord Weliington, whu
by a prompt and rapid retrogadc movement
thwarted their intentions, in which if the:
French had succeeded they would have
been enablt-d to occupy ,tht: immcusJy '
strong chain of hattcrics she Ezit't-sh have s
erccczd from the Tugusactoss to the sea,
and thus have made: themselves masters of
(his place: by a fine mancuvre.
** A great battle nnw apptzrs to be una
voidablc, and as the Portugucsc troops have
been fairly proved in the law battle at Busa-g
co, a glorious result is anticipatcd."
si 63- Palmer's Packet will sail
for Norfolk on Saturday morn
ing wind and weather permit.
mg.
f__ NssOV. 21.
! FOR RENT, _ ssss' -si
; Novsim'hnr 21. eOt ] 2 0 '
'1'1-silsis DAY LANDIAG.
lee C'aa—go of .s-z-Izctwur Hazard, Ca/zt. Luu,
? from Bostan,
, AND Ion sun. BY
Law rason & Fowle,
SOct'ton-s p'aister Paris
30 izhds N. Ectrum .
.850 boxcs .mould and dipbcandlu
ZOO (m hao w smp
Is 0 bbls pximc ne w bees
LCO 1cnns mapping paper
4.) p'eccs Russia finecting
.l5 !mrc' s lunncr's and
6 casks winter strained sperm 02}
80001cct Lunssbcr.
ALSO,
The (large ::sthe schoonu- Iliram, cept. Ru
thc: sun.), {rom Passamaqundcly.
-- l<>01071s Haister Paris
10,CCO scc-t Boarssls.
_ IN 'STORE.
20,000 s-OHDdS prime green Huvamza Cas
fee in csi sl-z 5
10 ho rsheads and
130 bmcls first quality SuFms
230 boct-zes n-ouid .md dipt Caudlcsct
6 hogsi'shcads and
.75 barrels N< w Enghmd Rum
0 barresils and
40 hall" !) si'ctnels mess and prime Bcef
1501ezxms wrzwsi p: nf: Papcr
5 cases black and wioxcd Sancncttl '*
and Scnch st '
.400 ibs Nutmegs
15 chests Hys'm andlmpcrial Teas
A quantity of cow Cloth
'VANTE D
A quantity Os "salt Pet-re.
ctctssss Public Saie.
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A letter was received in town yesterday,
studng, that the emperor Napulcon had ap- "
pointed General .S'crrurier, minister plent
potcmiary to the U. so Of Amcrica.
NE door south ol E. Gilmans Shoo
Storc, from which Mrs. M'Crea lately
removed, Fox- terms app3y-to
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Novcmber 21.
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T/ze Bssrzck House on Royalstrcet
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Novem'bcr 21.
Bottom & Stewm
Thomas Mount.
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