Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political — Alexandria [Va.], 1810-04-25 00:00:00, page 2

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' ct-Mqstq W ﬂes- !??er But"; I:!"
wsictctsssipw ef M'WfWiﬄ-W
lbsincþ Qd-UW- ct . . . . e"
" " We lah tho' ciþd bctsif demure n wo'—
o'QNsiTJctM. -on the ﬂn of Fcþ. with
nids bren. from N. Wzssud gon .dod
' " old} Wlhfght." _Wl}en . few dlyo but
" m ssbe'cdlsimd for thiriytix dom nicel- _
Twþkb !! Ic'q : ple, gamdcd-YZM flinsisi
- . m nctd'mesinln cossldsi fill tbsic Tifi-Nsilrch;
ct m du} Muln'd-hkw w violndy-thn
Fvﬂq lb jade'rbvssr. MKL'Wu che mom
_' flj-sidﬄctsi 'acbsi Mﬂsiuilisilplit 'lncfbllw usi
fwayfe'nnsi brig—sikr under hue pokc-si-sn
silllf inn neven o'clock A.—'M.si-in hente,
ZNHan-As W; wu much by : m .sron'a'
ctaurboanl, whizh 'thnw- before her" beam
- end!, ' washed upn'm Maody overboard,
.carctigdnny her long bout, jolly boat, wa
' - for ca'oh' and too] chnu, sore acuule, main
acudding uil,triuail,'m'ue lad 'gdffi part
-. of 35: com'panion- top,..five of. thesiquaner
Zuudﬂon. all !he qurter-boat-dwlho sky
' lightfthf'tﬂhr, (He hcn coopn, in short eve
.- ry ;hiogsi iron 'on dc'c-k, sidd 'unshipped -chc
. nmboose. -Mr. Briatd who tohk the com
"simand evinced great firmne'sa ctadd'pnsencdsi
'os mind. 'By his exu'fions we we?
ceedcd .io rjggiog : piece of : spar for a
tiller, which en'abkdsithe brig to head-the
len, and in abbot two hours, both pumpe
going. we had the satisfaction to Sntsher
.free from winter. siThe- blow she receivect
connideribly ehattered her hall, and Emedss
her to leek : good open e\ ery hour. Thessss
"(ere eeuttle me seemed with canvan. and
MMMMFW QMMP-Mzt'a:
wind, but to-tbe water we were blt-ctaye ex
sspee'd. .
..lt is not my intention 40 enlarge upon'
our euﬀeringe, yet it mey not be improper
- to observe thnt the ubin; having been half
filled with water, did not c'ontain one inch
. of any thing dry; that all our liquors
were destroyed, that allct-our wood except
whenne in cargo, went with the long heat,.
and thetss-os consequence siwe .were nine
daye' net, cold,- nnd vitbout any thing tvnrm
-sithe greater pen of the time without any
thing endde to eat. except on-one occssee'ton
when we unde : (in of the-ehattered res'
mnine es our table end procured "a "little
Warm tel. :Aster the fear of imutediete—de
Wtionhndgiven phce to : hope ofdelay
of our sue,.it required very !iule confide
- ration do ﬂecemine—u .to meke the But of
-et_tr way to the Azoree, or die zneereet lend,
after. losing to' sor eevenlct day:, in the
eeurnd 'vhielt we len ent mein topmnt.
with nKIe—ud rending rinin; -atteehe-l. &
were neat luting ent. rudder. the nell- ha
-ving worked out estwo of the from, an let
no o'clotk tho um dlywc'lnehorcd in
Ill Dido- lnmedimly on Om'Jks'Wll,
fish]. leocy,'Elquire, tho 'Aim'ioaa
-uniol.sisumiohed on with Munce from
lbe moot We and Hendly wonnen—
'Ulﬂ Mond-Iy-ncthil' mH bedone, ow
W qued- Th' burden, had
Alpccndly n' thlo-ishnd, and about do"
.gd M " si siibemd' wiih'in nbln and i
8."- W'UOQ'K If an Wind Add nus— ss
lb! ' ' "died 'uped-ncugr-in—nbm ss
the thou, odd lm comlnucd to bed." in
our Mad uned-hithcr.
."0n the weake; of che'lmr vusiveryuu
Wind"!!! sor 4 weeks,
_ ctOuynmctxsi mfhzmss
zW-AM mwmhsi
'- dmno czirmmni-l m-wsiikh
Flmpc'f'ﬂjxiiuss sind minan
'alctocow' 'llimkqlo- --ct—. f— -*
" "Adam; o; th,- fnt nþenmmd—sor I
boy. not the Whyssmn ne pmom—ﬂuss
qumhn iqmannzdy occurs: whyjm che ss
thindon oﬂNs. deny been to Momly
"kepksidm of v'jcwssl. If gþc Why usiqny Ilus
ked,!)zw 'iio't'che cirwrnmce been
' Keﬂy un -publicly nofich, in Mt
odq'uay of—our- nerchnm ought lum .un
der ch- oupp'uffion M-nlyhg- upon'du
'suhh of- nn climb; treaty; r'nque their im
mcnuctndvemurnsi In du pore. bsif " ene
my ? "Why were they puﬂ'eudngo with
them: unluopccting' confidencu, me the '
den of che'liw, without bcipg warned
shut the cluilu ohhe manner were knock
ed oﬂ' and that they werejmdun er of pay
ing for their Mericy ?? Certain y our go
nnmem oughcsito be nblc to account for
thin mglipncei " Milliqm of our property
Knve lately been consuuud in pom under
the control of Napnlcon. A comiderabte
portion of it indeed. has been cmiedthi
thus under uprose from Punch mizen ;.
but no triﬂidg Man of it arrived there in
the regular rouciqc of friendly commel'cial
intercourse. 'Werc chose merchann who
not it aware that she- tseny between the ss
.wo countries had-cxpircd'? — lfsithcy .wcterc,ss
they owe no "thanks 40 ourjovemmcnt for
thess-knowledge._ ssss _ -
:Out of power, 'the .maxim o's'the demo
crato wao—that ropublico should have no
-oecrcto. ss—But in power." their practice has
been to have every thing . secret which it
did not mit their interest or their conveni
ence to roveal. Every ono will recollcct
the hue md cry, Which was raised upon this
oubject _in sedenl-timn. .Buts therc has
been- more cauouo work, more closed door
ocniono, and more cobinet lecrets in one
year of domocrocy, than there wan in the
wholotwclve cm of federnlism. Did se
denlioto nomunto . prcoident in caucm;
did . federol soreignminincr ever write
private _gficial letters upon public assoin;
or did : fedcral ldminimm'onjoep the
note of your relationi'witho foreigo pay.
er, for yuro, gprosound nere, and it the
mue time circullto false report- relpectin
thou relusitjoyuhin tho lorn lof ocmi-ofici.
ra mt : mioimrio newe rot
"Mhio. however, hn been us;?ooti.
man to In done withtho gruteot inpunitj,
'by ouvdemocratic mien.
.lt will be recolhcted shot on elxtmt from
oc-Loodoo r, given in out u : ak
with MMW ot the nature o? offend
- dnpotcbeo from lb likened government in
sssinrcepted by the Bslfilh, lad nid "in thess
,ixtnct, to hovoctboeo _oubmlueq zems-g..
siniqtr, Mr. Piuhny; old M'GW]
mnsitzuþd to contain impress
Mwsimsimctmfisszssss
.* _...y _.sisiss _ *_...._
ssThe whole ot'out- assain-withf-anee ire
wrapped in-myttetzy-end unc'ertainty. No
thing it suﬀered .to -tnnep'tre, except now
and then a sort of detsini-iﬄe'td pangrlph in
the lntellipicer, maden? toand; an elec
tioneering purpou, sent into the world
without respensibility, and left ttS-hlve its
eﬀect upon the populjtr feeling, without es
fording : pouibility oldetecting its ltilse
hood. '"Venel alter vessel 39th to that
country with .detpatchee—amwen we are
told ire rectisiv'Ed to those despatches, but
what those nuevversie ere siwe -are- not per
mitted to know. Govemment teus us noth
ing about them. And as we are not
Scotchutcn, gifted 'W'ttl'. ceoond eight, nor
wonnen,- who, like Dun: can brssibe : clerk,
to give us a sight of pnbstc joeumenta, ;we'
ere. LLTBJlsisiosscctBsssnpsi'siM-YMMZ
dss circumstance' which executive'guggling
could not conceal, muit open the eyes of
, the most wilfully blind, to our reallituatlon
-—'tt molt convince every candidsi' 'mi'nti
not-only .thatctNapole-oo is our most dart e
rous cndsidetcrm'mcd soe ; but that the poi
son of French ifibucnre-hne Scized .the very
vitals of our government.
And how are we made'aqquaintcdwith
thie oonsiscat'ton? Does the- president or
SeCtetary of nate give us ;he intelligenCe—
or does- it come through the Medium of a
deepatch from ottr palrt'ott'c ministenatsithe
court of .St..-Cloud .P- .No: the'only inforsi
mation-siwe are nllowed upon the eubjectis
from private letten.-si-——-Whata pity 'tt i:
'that " our bing' Napoleonf' had not already
destroyed the liberty of the press in lhll
country as well as in France,:md we should
then simott probably hnve heard nothing at
si dl about it !
!
v- meadow,! maw"
d'mn Wﬂfjinidþqm "
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s, si sink,.
mine; "Ci- ummnsi" siusictj
ssm-ctctmzxosiss MMaz-gsi'ssd
ass'sssisissctsiss'siufi'ct mass? _ ss
si "I ] ' :— on.," - "si - -
:ifiubmssshn they grow hunted up
,WM-ctss .kttmct .- m .sih-llmdu hctm'
Wax? che. -mound ma jun
sssi _ BerJWÞMHnMW thin of this ado
Gon rub non,!uve Long been continued.
;sisssi'sh 'nhf-ÞL, WHN justly .m end!: thsi
man out on: nmpiciom agninn ' e'nhenh'
, wicdm'orctshc purity of our government}
I lnd it 'a time she peopktbodld dgnmpd um!
receive I odtidmoty'fiphoufiqd _osss theme;
.Lt'tvn'chh buried w' shipss'si'cxnaþqdimry
b
I now present myIle-{oct uw scpm'uu-j.
tive body .of-thessnadoih, tþe gundinoe'os the,
L public 'we'il'iid'lhesi pgotecgon of-siinctdictvidnalsi
rights, to express myeirnen desire ths} theyss
may constitute come impatliql mbunel
which m'ay' be governed" "wichssnrictne'pe by
r the principlea; off.;he consticntionsiand- the.
law: of evidence, to inveniga'te theconducl- 3
-of my whole-Ylife, cidil and militky, w'bersie- ct'
- yijnstice inay be'done andssmysiuasienm'pled ss
penecutiombe terminated. _ - ss
-. ! "er my " innocence of the'soul oﬀenccs .
which are impnled to me and deelare my a?
bilicyssw support it-hefore any unprejudiced
court. "ss-Through'you nssr, l 'aspcal lo my
couotry, and I claim that right Which is not—_
refused-{o the most profiigne—cne right of
cansroming m y accus-ctra. The representa
tlvec ofch; peoPl; w .] :: zct, [am p nuaded'
4 suﬀer it sellow-cicizxnsswhd :mp been devot—
ed to the public san'ce more lhnn t'wenty
five yrln, 'lﬂd hn nochingsilefchinsil hgc,
I deem: of my conduct,ct(mny of whom hue
I
{.
; "gard to my character, lad the uls—nn
, wictioa thet'l have aertsived m country with
; zeal and idelity, and thn !:
; ceived it ; diaclaimiag at the name time all
myhnmhle aerviuasssinss !. obey: !
asictctzsiss "" 'sisi-si - " si"- "—
eem MWW ctsi ss. dl
siqmtysi dl' CWRWM ,M lsit
w.- simﬂim ijictthidss thi- temwry 1, ss
" 'HAVING received. information that 3
.certiin imputationa have been alledged a- ?
,gainet me by thelate ca tain George Peteict
and certqin aubalterna in office, which are '
cniculated to aﬀect my character an a miii
tary officer, it is my carven desire that !
court of enquiry should be oadenhto ela
mine into my conduct from the commence
m-mt ui' my .militaryaewice, with injune
tiuna to repot't anopiniol. Onhouidsimyq
encmna huve been sihardy enou it to prefer
formal ehergea againat me, whie are deem
ed worthy of invectigation, that an amat
may come and agencral court mactial-be
an ointed for my mal. _
gn mukihg thta requut lam moved by .
conacioumuaos my integrity, by anend
retiredto the walke of ivate life) a'rnow
in thia country, it will ' impoalibla ((it me
to command ;! lhy diaiadt pdinsit th'. nati
mon peceuasy to :ebutsi the idea: of
sal oodn of my matin," 'oxmilid-mw
advanta ea to be. derived from any act Ol'
clause o Mintion. ,
But "al this'haa been the theatre of my
command, generally, for alms yean put,
as my companiona in nrssice and the evi
cour'nxqs'ptoeedun. . . .. . .
AFTER Medipus pn'nge fron} New ss
Orleam, ! unived at Bnltimore on the 16111
inctnnt, and reachcd this _cit_v the next day.
My abeeac'e hn been uccenarilyjprolsncxed ;
by the "lection of supen swm' . man of \
twenty nr'r'lcbum lating, for she "esin'bl'uh
mento ,fact, to refute che multisalsiinul and
diversified calumnsn by Whici'l bavo been
lsilailfdo si' .
'The Spake:- lnid bc-sore sihe how! thefol
lowing letm, which was tend : .
.vnnovucsisi _n._
tive country,.to sue" in vainsur justice. '
T'ne encloud letter to the lectcrewry of
war was written unctior .to the uceipt of
my notificacion of real from command on
the -Mississippi, and will evince my neadi
ness and my desire for a full int'estigation
of .my conduct. -
With perfect stopect,
—I have the honor to be,
Sir,
vYour obedient servant,
]A: WILKlNSON.
The han. 7. B. Vargmm, Eey.
.Sþealcr of -t/ze house qs representation.
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.Cossng'rgfi qs the'Unitcd State]. "
Hadst or Rzsszsm Tnmsi'sis. '
.' . sirmxi. Ap-imct
;Wmhingcoa. April 19, 18").
' Cas'umbia Spring
.,octcþer 18, . Law.
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fi' ! . - .,
E-, -Iss . si___A-_._A_
ne never da-i
l" " ' 'WJAT WILEDZSON;
si ' sill &:._, -___ \
_ The lion. Stermry of [Van '
I * —Nr. Rinlolph, from the co'mephmt
pwhmctm rescmvd'tln rew'lmfd'nct' . !
ing the reducdon or the mvaI-inss inn.
mean. "parted che sollowingzbﬂxr'vhid
wu twsce fand and referred wysimnkinu
ofthc whole : _,si, :
A Bilitnreduu-Me ,Nmz xss ' _,
liu- Uuiud sum. s.- -
. BE iummd by choﬂnnn-Mﬂoun]
o; Re nunm'wu of shoe. How: him of1
non! enabuuhmenc of the_ sissd-amm
'mcrctcmiafiongreu un;- _' ' "he
zmu be enummm. man- is mnine: in
T
ss be retained and , rnervcsid,
ss crdtary, under the diredtidesi'qldffifid, to
ss and apparelsi ons and" warlike eciqsilpssmsiom.
' exceptcd, Mind! shall be rouide'dctsi'lbd pre
s
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ss*—'—-—si sid— '
wsimsi- 'Mssiffiictctmxmn. lan
;um 1 w ' m', 'sije'pmmmzon wi
ctmfi's-w, : hudlliþi' sij ' '
.si mther'seecl-hmccthsi' " "
-' lt than be_the fatthenduq of the nss'td le
:retary, under the ._directioa,si.afnx atd, so
cause ttsi) be edld all the other acute much
of the-United States, "(three o'nh'eXcepted,
which the __ preaidc'ntsi mdlct dnigincz mth
, their tackle and apparel, .gu'ntjndsssisiturlike
eqnipmente excepted,ctwhich du}! .be re
tained and prevented; _ . si _
Szc. 2. And-bc itfurtlur. Med, That
the officer? and lelmcn now in the oerlvice
of the UmtcdctStates shall be mdsiM-h'rc—
by are disnharged from the quid jewise,
such number only ucepted asss any be mai
,c'teot to officet—md sun the offipl' osfwnr te- '
next, the several navy yards of the United
Stateqohoaco 'Rnstt-n New Yonk'md Nor
sulk only exceptcd) shall be dismal. and
. all the expence; inetdentto she .nme Ihztll
cease tsstnd determine: Providcd-Thn the
secretaryol'the navy be, and he hetebv is
nuthorised m employ Itnlc discreet" put},
in eaqhnavy-yald so diound "& 'diecvm't
nued, at : rassre ofcotitpcmatiocnot'excted
ving one dollnr' er day, ,to take .care ,os the
buildings; enc utureesinnd'public property
on the same.. , L '
See. 4. And be itsurlher moded, Thu
(ram andafter the'pttmngct'nf this let, the
marine corps shall cons'ut' of two coqlpl
nie- only of (men, one. till
and three lubaltetn'e each :_ thidd, l'hn
to each officer and mnine, 'Who' shall be
ditehuged by virtue ol thi- nks," time chan
be all:) end paid, in & didqn to the men
to- eh thej' wnll be'eatit ed at the dine as
their dkchu'gep -' - ctsimsiuupm. M
. .\ t ' . H .ss' ( _ ' ss -
. si ' a -. . si . ,
Nsinf-n-f si '— -ct-* bsi. Walle- ,.1
. ,..ssþ— ss . " . ss i:
sifctlsit-g * * ?.)YL5 Psiss li- fi*_ -;
she minae: sollqfiinz: si'si
ame In the count of What
amte sifVlrglsinil. , ,,
' " i & .ssin'fi " si, ' 41" .
:Mssmzssgsi—W my. !
"officer andsisrumen who shall bedilcharged
by virtue ol this act. there shall be allqwed
and paid, in addttion to the sum to Which
they will be entitled et the time of-tuch
"08. so! the purpo us of fill yln: Mr.
]ohn Hopklm—mll; on PRIDAYQ' Me In):
lo!!! non. .: th- hour of maw ol
that dly. Is Mr; Is not, on she me (dull!
:: the name hour, proce'cd m I nsit the
court- !:me in Alonndﬂl. wffiu : .mo
tion, to thohi (Fine: um",
three manner nere- os ssigsimm
the left fort of 85: ndysiM Mlcthf
Ispd no. at the dme OHMMW! sh
(run to him from Mr. Wchm Mild" dou
od on the lmb day of Novcnd In thy yon
TMMW in mea :
tb: mue! Virgigw am ,
m en! esshusi - m
thou burn.
disehlrge, -monthl pay.- -_
Szc. 3. And be itfuﬂlu-r ended, That
"from and after the " day of
cause to be sold, anthe's si sit ofthe U.
Smessi, (threefoosx cxzcssq'p Mdj (be pre
sident shall dessligbasiteJ with .Msi: Flcklc
!: lhpli be ib_clsliny.dessssll\csile_ctﬂny of
the trenurgsi-under the, dirﬂztiqn ,,os the
Praidcm 05th Unfdeilsi'ctiu ;; :gtoceed
to call dMe-gun-bomwunshe dish.
UnitecL-szu, wnb theh'utkle hfi'imo'
ry]: PraoiJc-d, Thu she ;;W N Other
warlike equipmcqn yf sai4_guq\3w;ll
- ÞM untelnnmesmmm
T."; .Yss *si.s:ct' '. -.
.. [00ng Wct-WNN wish "&
N. , W ' .si_,wcdwysi,-te.sissbc btdm
served. ' .
Pnbli: Satc. * -'
THE mbacribcr, by" virtue of ilke Mdbf
[: than be 'lhc nBcl'WssVKsﬂasissBd je.
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