Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political — Alexandria [Va.], 1810-03-13 00:00:00, page 2

thmli hnikd this balesul meteor no one
n'tt start osdtmoency. it" to rot *
sthttl t cak- Mr. eﬀenon can !
do'n" harm. or hill on his friends. .
( ieh pentioner down to the Cnl- !
coude entertain I cordial contempt
' , it on timct, prevent me from
siss _ the impulse o! seat. But ! do
'Mss- country. ! am not nohnmcd to
ansscsisint ! tremble, when ] reﬂect upon
t he the aituation of those who
thashU-ed ut,if w'e anew nuch not: to re
, ;}ivnh! unction of precedent. The case it
"*'*' - ..sil
- ..;-M._the tsstme When Loumana wu eeucu to ;
'Istess United Stam by the emperor of France, !
: ['cettsili'n ]nhn Grat'ie'r, an inhabitant osthat ;
sic'ﬂmtry, was possessed of it farm atljoining :
35: city .cf New-Osleam. which he or his
ntenor; had held by virtue of :- legal grant, '
for dearly eighty yean. Thii land border- !
essd on the Missiosippi, and it was annually .
increased by deposits of land and mud,which ;
were occasiomd by the " inundltiona-of the
river. These addition or" enuvionc were
too inconsidcnblc to be bsnked in gbut lowe !
room, who forenw pdvautagcs dhich '
would arise at :! future pefiod, purchased :
parts of them from Mr. Gravier. The u- -
sigumnts West: regulz'rly made. before the '
notnrsiy of the sipvernmeo't, whose duty it '
was to pan no 82]th Where the vendrr did
not shew : title. The inhabitants at the city
for . Iong time. had been permitted to carry
oﬀ sum! from this alluvion. to be used in
buildingþmu, but upon being restraioed
in the exceeise—of this liberty, the city cor- !
peration claimed na right. what the citi— :
ens had hitherto enjoyc-dthrough the iuat- .
tention or indulgences osctthe pmprietor.- .
llr. Grat'ier a'e'cordingly insitutcd a mix in '.
the wpkmc court of the tent 0£0ﬂcm
a'mn "the myor, llch " 'tnssblbitantt ,
the city of New Qrku'nss in quiet ebe -
)kineiﬀfiu the pecunial oslkf win! w,
sior Bclmrc, stamin;- sithe mM e[6t.-si Mc- :
After his cne hid been. time times
dmsssedj hie rigbunen confirmed by the
unhimul deeiciontof the judge},- nd'he
us ]" in'qviﬂ Pmion'df 05- Ind
Tanct yll'tn moplfinicand-M 'wbicb
Mind! penetraud the regioun asunder!
PK'MO' We: lþe :qud un! siex
MWCÞRW' it might appqt-sstbn "
llnctss furn- oow tbesshrful Mot
ctMl-d- 89 thonjhtssﬂr. thl'sijwig'
'ht . " "WÞMF' 'H- purcha
" s . .. "'t-"thew
M :;er instrument, which he so au
dx'ssq Watimsid a a " Lilliputiantie."
Busitgsstctqct * ths inest'tmable right of : tie!
- hyjkrfi' " si'm th: solemn adjudicat'ion
osijtt al, and to deprive a citi
-ss uBerty in consequence of the
attorney general, were act:
- Ve might hate supposed his
, . ' wsinuld have shrunk
ss in which lam about to detail,
;" si- , he to at least entitled to the
" tent) ; like Mac/uatlz he no
Mllo &d—hsin- ( recommend thin case to
betate concldention of the people of
' Statce. ! cmjure them to divett
'- ﬂssrctiom os party zeal—to east nide
thssltct 'th tubminionwithwh ich they have
t'. ]eﬂenon' : determined honility
"?"? 'pti'l} of the. constitution. "6
muehtlbre ample sad deeioive te3-_
w than 't; (] np'lnyed .: the letter to
* ss " {The return of Calleodc's * 51",
" ' heed pnid into the treasury o!
si'rf mass. OF MR. uvmssfosiu.
. ",? si
- 'COUNWHGATIOI
Pnd m Men! Rczubliun.
si ist'siOlsitt' , the unauthorised expendi
. th! Bereew, to plene : power to
wactssidevsioted . the attack upon the
'hlge Ware malignity of peraonal
eat: and many other equally
inn:, concur to chew an impla
itpf oppmition to the principlu of
Sutes, under alegal :entence to
mous assgciate whom he dar
tfiuxh the name of judge Mar- 'ss
out. si . . , ss . ' _ ,
He commend the nbblsie of the tongue!
siinsonted them thet thejadgtnent of the en
reme court un not conclude,.po'dssthn he
hid all the eﬂden'et. he could edlleet'bn
.thq subject of the out icssting ehinu, before
the preeident of the cited. Stetee. Mr. Li
viugstonhappened mhave come oldfnhion
ed notions abonr juetice andJaw, wharh
taught him that no tribune! Ebuld invectigate
the roce'edinge of :: superiorsieourt. and he
,-lievmg that the president tus notyct above
: lnw. he feltposiuncaeiness abdﬂtu—{hc un
; profitable contest ot trysng which could do
c.:the other the-simoat harm.
, He began to mak! improwmente "on the.
? property, which he ilaimed ssundir the deed
; of the owner. and the judgment of the high
er. legal tribuna! of the land. The corpora
! tion of New Orleans sailed in their attcm [,
i passed an act ceding their right to the {]
States; and the marshal accordingiy drove
Mr. Livingston and his workmen oﬀ the
land. All the improvements which had been
commeneed were necessarily abandoned,
; and are now probably destroyed. Mr. L':
I vinston has appealcd to Congress, and it is
hoped, that the silm is so far remoo'cd from
ss the eyes ofthe misgusitded toole of the late
administration, as to enable them to enforce
ss the sentence of a legal tribunal, and quiet the
ss elaimant in the possession of his property.
! —-——-:.:_-—— — -
** The battle of Ocana, which—cook phcc
on the 1_3ch, was by no means ".K duerucnve
to our nms as m those 'of th:- Frcmcthsi—
Thc commandcr m chief report: from the
-hcad-quancr.*.ol the army of La Msincfm,
under date of the Nzh of December, ibat
the diﬀerent cqrps torming his nrmv, had
re-luembled to the among: of 47,000 men,
twenty-soun after hid hrival :: Sunn- Cruz
de Mudcla, and that therefore the thunder
ssof mming, including'thc dead, did not e;
cecd 3000 men, coins of whi were pri
concn, and oxhcn probably sti disperud,
and tha' come .!!Nsslctl Were daily jom
ing their colors. qu armv had evidently
had the advantage sson the,.firnome: of the
battle, until unsonunzuly one tegiment of
Spanish canlry al" way, llsd carried con
fuuion in-xheir ﬂight : It that "ry moment
m accounsic v al received the} : 'considcrablc
body of French troops under Victor, the
lctnlcttlw .sidukc of Deum. 'I! advancing
by fond muchel to get in the rur of ousir
may, in orderjo uke pomuion of the
mid Siem Mount. fvhich he cup
Poudsilud bedoflc-fi Yelk} defendusiwhere
' (mysigpen; order : nmn; which
"w with ab mld! qrdern 'a
MC on the- occnioly and þydiﬂ'ctech
nnmf ndpbe ye;: doysi'the "Spuiqh mnj
um .Oulilldlhjddif-Wh
Spanish Afiirr.—anoleon the Greatfi:
without doubt one of the rcatcat roman
cers that ever existcd. :: conqucru as
much ifnot more by hit false builctms and
publicntinm, than by the þayonet. The
bunctm published in Madrid, and the let
ter written by the duke oi Dulmutiu to the
minister of war in Plsil, are positive proof:
of this attcrtiun: their object was to multo
an imprcnion on the mind: osthc Spanish
Americnm and induce them to behove that
their brave brother. in time in the mother
country had [on their latt hope., and that
no other choice war left them but punive
tubminion to tho almighty CunQUUrrs.——
Howenr, th'tt time, hll end hue. bren ne.
feated, for sortunnte-ly ntrue account of tho
grra! battle of Octtnt, hall be'n prevtounxy
received in the Spmish colonice, and will
therefore connteractcvcry eﬀurtos his in—
famous publicatiotu.
[Tununn ton 'rnz manne's ]OUR
NAL.
Extract of :: lettersrom (: gentleman in the
Havamm, to his friend m P/madclphxa,
dared th/t February, 1810.
" The arrival ot'a gov't vessel srom Cl
diz has released us from the great auxiety
which we laborcd under for some time past.
owing to-thc circulatiou of asime fain re
pcrts by some occult French agrntssircspect
ing the battle: in Spain which took place in
Novcmber last, which they dcpictcd al de
cisin, and sixingthc sate ot Spdiho How
ever, by this afriul, we have rect "wed let
ten from chillc to the ﬂat Dcc. and from
Cadiz to the 2d Jaw. which has totally dit
iipatcdthc gloom occasioned by the false
reporta, and we are convinced that am no
ble and just cause is far from being deepe.
falc
From the Frrcmau'r Yournal. _
l
:} Nun! [mine,uw
uj-fn'yss It" "'t-nigh Qﬂﬂ Wsiss
'z- ' —. —
[ Mr'hdss that Wdaud on the
1m I :
U—Ticct Milk is thsio mdsittkti dbl Msisissi
Ashdo'bcmmhn yrcwd hw &
hmuU-nd hts tmopI' , they hie coneesid
7', __
si- MMMR
Whenever we pondcrsor : moment, on the
* present insntuated, diatrartcd stete of our
! eabinet, nndour country, we cannot help cj t' ;
culating with the shipwreched niim—
Hmn-m look down M'M [city an in ;
("or only that can cave in me .'
And thutit we ever emcrgc from this ken
] nel of degrudution, withum the Met-ifice Ol
. nurhouor. it mustbe by the epeciai interposi
eition of inidencei it is a cruel and !
mortifying rcﬂm-tion, that we ehouhi. in W
simplicity 0! our heart, have placed men in
our councite. who put all their cunning; in re
quieition. to eajole end vwhcedle US intend
of th: ning it to the annoyance ofour enemies. '
The) looh . to their great prototyjcte, Jtalwlmi
for all their len sone, and God knowe they are
getting too ctexpert, for the genips of honest 4
plain-denling Amerieans! He hu tough:
them the whole art of inainuetion , and the
\ int ilitv with which any measure, howeveq re—
[ pugnmt, may become tulemble end ev en po
ss pular to the people, by its stealing over them
: imperceptihiy. He has unfohled the secretosi
} reconciling antipathies, and of saddling the
most infernal daspetism on certh,u upon the
back of the honest cum culotle—brcathiug m
his ear, siasst the same time, the fascitwing
charm of trivc la Reﬂublique. J
!
:
i
3 come good Cy un should eueeeesid him who
si delmm, and the mandate which calls him to
\ bin uceount, be the dlyspting osa gc-Lx-sserall
1, nen infaro/xfie [canon,- to carve out a mo'
ss douce, " in his spirit. who will, of course,
ss w/mm, this tide the sswpter ; they in pursultf
T MZIMB Oaﬂp Gazem.
TUBSD-ff, MARCH 18.
* 'baqucrqur, this he !: to eﬀect lo the pre
' have taken place in that quarter, as it ap
"discovered to the assimninhed Citoyen, a crisis I
.ous. He now being anxious (is the cup o's .
M si Rctfss "s
Jﬂ'fkm
ward, on the contrary hopes existcd that he
wouid soon be obliged to quit the whole of
La Maocha.
" Joscph was about repairing to Paris.
called by his brnti' .er to some o h:r dc'siti
nies: he had uClUBNY lest Madrhd so: that
purpose,: escortrd by an army, to: it were
his !: an of the noble Spanish inso- gcuts." .
si cence of tho enemy' o wax continue ly
themselvu with ghq, having assented thess
object ' of htl wishes, which 'I: to forth I
.junction with th'earth): of the duhe de A.];
wheneat to make : nand. His lystem how- '
ever being so notorioue; any enempt at enu
meradOu hen, would be futile and euperfiu—
pears the French were expecting some re
- insorcemcnts. Barcelona is in great dis
tress, blochded bvsi sea-and land: A "ry
The slow progrelsive steps of First Consul ; !
,Comul for life :--lhc power of choosing a
auccessor :—Emporor and King—umoly
his iniquity 'u filling apace! len haplyt
may restore the political Tsnel to their pcs- ]
emancipnion and pence, be ehovca his an. _
cient spouse uide, end un to, in good ear
(? ghting and huhuing hisr tear, but the
duke del Parque overcame cyery difficuhy,
continually repuhcd the cnemy, made le.
Vrsll prisoners, and entered Estremaductra
in spite of ever) eﬀortco the contraty on the
part of the enemy.
" The immortal Gr ronsia hesd out on the
12th Drc --B!a]te wusss marchmg to mite its
- siege with a pctwcrsishl atzmy. A battle must
b. .dcvil by birthright. Here we leave him, '
lndreturn to the gulliqg cyptem. of our cage
of their savor'uc theyr). 'ihc Treedom at the' ss
sea., to arise". but a dignified retircmenxj'n '
m, here. by mangling and crippling our con
mercc. on the special. pleaossereign agssgressl- ;
dom. hoped w d'ugun the tncrchmtwith'si
his nntusinl element, and to turn hie dueﬂijn
go other objccu, ctenctd thereby commune 'tis-si
denmcdon of vice By gonnen cond i
Thuh an old Icl'enossnlen redpe', fit
en place: in Navarre. 'l' wclve mil'isn's of
dollan hate arrived at Cadiz lrom Yera
Cruz- _ Our armies are increuing "m num
had and disciphnc, and t o seat was enter
tained of the progrcn osthc cncmv aouth- ct
ecsioua and formidablc insunection has tuk-si
- 'c" __ A 'I' —ss*'\l"1
.—
c
4'
W—N ( ' FUW Tbilss' lorjudo—usi
{WÞLM Mount mon impatient, m]:
, jmsisi, M Mvsimf mid tctlie br'ihjq
u Muchwﬂi. Umbiimnmduq
do the sidssonnyer of ouc ilﬂlllsiim si'Qpl
siiowusi ; Wict; uaamufssiiirzmb- _ss
pmon-"dgssss an qu-NW miniwte fon'.
, navy, le under.; sicbmof timid niting- horse,
this poor Md yfb'nsicr daysmiu be sun,.
_ fand 16 bcﬄhpiﬂ, Besid'idgldqsicl'im
os thin celebrated n'izbhine Day he a'mm'u
manysi- dsour readen; we kin bon- sits :: !
conciscly as penibf s—A lai'ge quantity ctq
powder isjnu into a cþectn. Þi' other depoiiwsi
ry, which contains pib a sskiml ol'siclock Work;
go tlus chemimc un] esictsssii'opsieis made &
and the oxher end- m, an inn Irrov, which, (.
approaching ui'nip, to find in. her smnu'
biumlerbuss u—siamhe sine inmam man.;
—is thrown overboard, which dram (m
it a ping or stopped, letting tide inm
cal clock woxk in ssnotion,z-si--this, ;: .
' gsiiveh time. strike! fire," god explodet—
i N'r. Fuiton proposu ct (He 'opssctatio! be
-' inv undertaken, even at noon lily' , 'm :
row boar,; trusting to its vciocityyndibo
; ccluinty of the arrows taking. olfm. Now
ss as this rupc, ! hich (ascen- tue lrrpw to th.
lorpcd 1, must not bsic more thin half lb
length of the a. '1ip, w; bone been !!!nt
that ; s 1.."".icz.t. number of Guyss sun:
might not al ways be ready in tbeþe lum
' cunnisnr shot. together withss a few much!
(
sallow, uitb & good in :k-knlsifo in hll hand.
!] no put of tho .msslimcr! Wine.
a hich acting snbmctrmeh , nis vezylublesin; —
then the vessel may be damned. _ln short.
thcupho such apace] of these link villain- "
ous conjunctiuns, called if, (bit we mvess
up! to asjimilutc this terrible. : air "to the
cwaua cramion of catcsihinig aid,- man .*
The cum- mss-d ditpbss! of, me. mﬄjss
nvachipc is, so ancbovsi'l. numbersiiay. five'dr
six thousctand. of them idnrbusss pain Qsiff'tsi
hach-m, confined togesher 'by I roþo, 'ini :
manner Nun when-Ztrsiutk, "either by {[con
twice or & dar'st they Will [provided the [N'—
der be kept dry, and the same (}th m si
not besal it, um bete! (he first um at lien,?—
York] they will eiplodd 101110 disesul m"
nemauon of men and fishu' . , ;
This todtelo has certainly mld; W *
nblc vain lo the mew. m wqss *
ring tho nhipl of. 0!" 'eaﬄghssfla . ' ,
monglnjury to our m-ss. w . "
lash air endei'ouch be MMM
Pus; (be precim dun ofW
tho' nmi- whuqve -- sissssfik
in: to tom Wffisi .
us the minde" {sin 05?
!: the tarpcdo swing- dage th' "M—
and,
Is the Gay Iaux .ncrisicoa all be found:
Isthe ohip in polite enough to let them ups _
pxoaeh and faste!) their torpedctect " "
Iftbe arrow goes pointzfiacmm nctndﬂich (
sufficient!) fast' , " - . 'si . -
sfthe taller doe} nbt cut it eld)" ,
and thefirct lad qfnamre in hie mwd. toss l.,
ver its lashict-g, end let it pan by. 'lnmlul
:, 1 ]csscnoulan sun boat. Here follow'd
chapter of :fi :—
Agdn g-nclmlt for amument num—
enemy would bound mouglsiw let the II..
n'xuu: Mr. Fultm falcon hk'Wle t! thdk'
vcuel , how long would le take to nell'.
Again z—tbese arrow, on being disehar.
go.] Imm t'ue blunderbuu. are very uncer
uin ol golpy point favcmon. but often Milt
the o'zject oidsmyt, and wbouud, a one
did at an cum; uliﬂcation lutely nt Clpitol
Bill, which came nsiear deprlvln}; the lervieo
of one of the fallen corpznll tho mnine
corp: eoul] bent of.
halls, by way of an encloovy ! ,
days, to undertike ;o'sswnduct tho' enterpri-e,
lmicht the rich prosusion of round gnpe and