Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political — Alexandria [Va.], 1810-08-09 00:00:00, page 2

fss; \ 1313 FIRSI APPEARANCE WILL BE
si; , On Thuct-sdsiay Evcning, Aug. 9,
Fctss HAMLET
L, si ssPRINCE OF DENMARK.
? Tsilz, ' . Master Payne,
_ Ckudius, _. Mr. Doﬂmie
& Ghost of Hamlet 3
5. . __ Father, Conc
;— , Ladies, _ Master Barrett
fsiss ' Horctdtio, ' si Mr. Hardingc
;; si Rosenctcrasintssz, Francis
cz . Gusiildenstem, Charnock
si Tþ) er King, ' Harris
if lssucisiajmsss, , \-Vilmot
' - Pol'sionius, Jeﬀerson
, Girth) Allen
? 'si _'si Marcellus, Harris
siL Frncisco, - Jacobs
isssi , T' sisissfirst Gravc Digger, Blissctt
Ysi-"si'sisi "s'2dct do. Bricks
..ct _ _
Gernudc, Mrs. Barrett
()phelia, . VVilmot
:.Player Qusscen, Jefi'erson.
f . -- . T 00 MANY COOKS.
& Old Rivers, Mr. Francis.
{j- ctYoung Rivcrs, Jacobs
Ectsict Freeland, Briers.
;;si ' Bustletqn, Jcﬂ'crson
? _ Barney O'Bother, _ Hardjnge
;, Booscy, 'ss Harns
fss Laura Frecland Mrs. Seymour
&; -_,_Piss:mbe Mrs. Jesserson
5 ss Kmy O'Bother Mrs. Jacobs
& Dame Frccland ctMrs. Petit.
Fr- Last on Monday mornzng wys, q
ETVVEEN my shop on King street and
' Rura'l Felicity, A RED MOROCCO
POCKET-BOOK, containing one five dollar
nOtZ, an order from D. Dulany, Esq. Shuter's
Hili, on R. Veitch, Alexandria, for 62 dolls.
60 '*cents, dated August [, 1810 ; two accounts
transferred from lsaac Lum to me, on Mr.
Steel: and Mrs. Downy, City of Washington,
their date—not recollected; they were about
June, lSOQ—and other papers of no use to
but the owner. There was in the ima—
bleture the the outline: of three or four Rev.
Divine's faces, with the heads of their ser
mOns. \Vhoeyer finds it and delivers it to
me,—"with or without the five dollar note, shall
be rewarded for their trouble.
August 8.
Ruml 'Felzczty Baths.
HE subscriber respectfully informs the
'_ -_:_public, that he has found it necessary to si
aleicts plan of giving Baths by fixing parti- :
'_._ culir-Ldays when persons may be accommo—
' " dasstedivsiiith either hot or cold Baths.
' In future he will be prepared on W'ednes
day, Friday and Sunday in each week, to ac- !
ssf _- coinniodatsie such as may favor him with their
si custom. On \Vednesday and Friday from 6_
jss"_ e'elock in the morning through the day—and
on Sunday till ll osic'lock. Persons engaging -
' !bmssfihths can be aceommodated any other
day ongivingy qtjce. _
sssssi; credendc Shuck.
si- to Commence at 7 0 clock.
Tickets to be had at the Theatre, at
tl- sell or rent several
_ . ., . . , si LOTS, situated
on -_ ,sssshinzssKOÞxSl-ctfsi-Afih &Prinsicess streets.
A? ctsiss , on" FFPOMU ctto purchase can know
.sssitsi'..sh*sitcxmzon application to Mr. Wiﬂiamss Her
W— just. Vho will shew the premises in m
" \ ; . , _ Cannllus Gnﬂith.
Mr.; Snowdcn s Plintinsig Office, and at Mr.
. . 'WQT HOQCL . si __ __.
ss ffi" The Public are respecgfully informed,
that .Master PAYNE, the: young American
Roscissus, is engaged to play Four as his
prsiim ipal characters.
,sisictss
ALEXA NDRlA THEATRE.
51157'512 PAYNE'S si—HRST MGHT.
ssquy Gsi'amtcsi 6 Dollars per ammm
'Wry Gazqttc, 5 Dollars.
.ssw—si' .
" . .—
When will be prcsiented a celebrated TRA
GEDY, in 5 acts, culted
To which will be added ajizvorite Comz'c szerg,
in 2 acts, called
* "two un ram-m a!
&AMUEL SNOWDEN,
"54 . Royal-street, Alexandria.
Doars to be opcch at Six andctþersisarmance
_-'I
THURSDAY, AUGUST 9.
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si" ' ' sc
Robert Gray, Taylor. (
ﬄﬀzagsifsiisiocs'.
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T and that in consequence of our non-inter- ss
ss course with his empire, Naples, Spain and l
i
ss dopted hostile measures against our trade, ss
-."*þ". 7 m- _ _ - . . ___ l
' From the Phisiladelphz'a Registerct.
gives us every reason to believe, it was
his majesty's intention to entrap us and his
ailowing the Kite"ll to sail was evidently
with a view of leading us into the snare.—
With these violations before our eyes what
considence may we place in any promises of
indemnification from this government,whieh
in fact makes the Napoleon rule the mea
sure of its actions? Every man knows
how diﬀicult it is even with an order on the
French treasury to obtain his pay, then how
much can we expect after our cargoes are
Bold and we are even denied a receipt—
having made an application for this pur
pose, to the minister, who replied, thatour
the proclamatian of the king of Naplgsi- to
this country, inviting meum] trode: A
" consul might give us a recei'pt ! ."
In this way all our representations are ll
treated. The degradation of our ﬂag Is a
subject of importance to our national honor
...for when a government orders its armed
ships to bring in all vessels belonging to the
subjects of a power standing in our situa
tion, with the king of the former hoisted
over that of the latter, what must the in.
ference be? either that the insulted is con.
side-red as an enemy, or that he has given
such evidence of a scrvile disposition, as
giving rise to our condemnattons: m tact ]
the very act upon which our detention is
grounded was known in Europe some
which will not be suspended, until Ameri
ca forces England to acknowledge his ma
ritime code ; making us the servile tools of
his amhition, which aims at ruling the ocean
as it does the continent.
The Sd January the officers of the po
lice unhung our rudder and took it on shore,
they next put our provisions and sails into
the lower hold and placed a seal upon the
hatches ; ever since which we must humbly
ask liberty to get & barrel of bees or bread
for our own use. On the 5th January the
government began the sale of our cargo,
having previously advertised it, in compa
ny with the Romp's and Others, stating them
to be sold on account of this government
and as actually confiscated ! At this very
time, at the very place where the sale is
made, is seen posted up the king's perfidi
ous proclamation allow'rng American trade.
This instrument was issued long- after our
non-intercourse was known in this country,
which act of our government is stated as D
months previous to the permissary procla
mation ofthis monarch being issued, which
._ FROM NJPLES. -sii
The following letter will command the at- !
'tention of every American who is nor lost ss
to all feeling'for his injured and insulted
country. it was written from Naples in
March last, by a young gentleman of Sa
lem, whose melancholy late, with his fel
low suﬀerers, in the catastrophe of the
ship Margasiret, has lately excited uniVer-'
sal sympathy. We publish the letter with
a mixture of pain and pleasure—as a me
morial of the virtuous and patriotic senti
ments of the young gentleman by whom
it was written, but at the same time with
an encreased poignancy of grief, that so
much rising worth is forever lost to his
friends and his country! But will such
outrages as are here detailed with a feel
ing that does honor to an American bo
som, excite any proper spirit in those
whose duty it is to avenge our wrongs,
and retrieve the national character ?—
They who have not believed Moses and
the prophets, will not believe even tho'
one should rise from the dead.
other powers associated with him have a- ss
" DEAR Sm, -
" The measures pursued by this govern
ment towards our commerce arriving in the
parts under its controul, in exact consormi
ty with its decrees, and according to the ex
press invitation of the king, are ofa nature
calculated to excite the indignation and sur
prize of all independent Americans, to wear
away every vestige of French inﬂuence that
may now exist, and to join all in execrating
the injustice and perfidy of those who now
lord it over Europe. it is impossible for
our oppressors to alledge with any shadow
of propriety, a reason which can autho'rise
or even extenuate their conduct. No, it
stands another instance of their deceit, and
is a fresh monument of our own credulity;
Yet the emperor, not content with seizing
our cargoes, detaining 'our vessels and de
priving us of all means to return to our ss
country, has, in his recent comm unications, ,
through his minister, to general Armstrong, ss
stated, that we have no cause for complaint,
it The Kitc was the vessel that brought
HTERESTING FORElGN ARTICIES
NAPLES, March 9, 1810.
! pay the exPences of unloading the car-go,
, even after its being declared confiscated ! ! !
; The captured vessel is srripped of all her
, cahin stores, as likewise her captain of his
, charts and instruments, and the soldiers of
the tyrant walk the deck with drawn swords,
more calculated to light the vermin of their
ss bodies, than to appal the heart of an Ame
' rican. Yet even these dr-graded wretches
ss wonder at our degradation, and ask why
we do not redress the wrongs of our coun
'try? Every interview that has been had
'awith the ministers by people interested in
American commerce, has resulted in giving
us fresh hOpt-s; ashamed of their insamy,
they have evaded conversing of their mea
sures, and while our condemnation was de
termined on in their private councils we
have been publicly deceived. In the midst
of this gloom we have seen our country
men, in crowds, entering the jaws of the
monster, and some of them who lest Ame
rica after the knowledge of our sequestra
tion !! Great indeed must be your confi
dencc in French justice ! if
I am, with great respect,
Your humble servant,
--w5.'Q:-!Þ——
From an American gentleman.
HAMBURG, May 30, 1810.
I am out of humor with the king of Den.
mark—cool)" and upon reﬂection. On ar
riving at the entrance of the river Eyder,
you find the pilots imposing an exorbitant
rate of pilotage, say from ZOO to 700 rix
dollars each vessel, for a distance of less
than twenty miles, and which is most com
monly rnn in the same day, is not in the
same tide; whereas a Danish ship would
have to pay from Cape Henry to Baltimore,
which commonly occupies 3 or 4- csslays, a
pilotage of fifty dollars. The answer is,
the buoys are taken up, and the ground dif
ficult. This is true; but the king is des
potic in authority, and might fix a reasona
ble compensation, beyond what is usual;
but this does not suit for reasons which shall
be hinted at. The transit duty formerly,
&
finances was hardly to be withstood; but
the operation ofthe'act was very unjust, be- :
cause it included, without any notice, the .;
merchandize previously introdUCed and en
tered at the custom house, without allow- ,
ing the alternative of revshipping the goods. '
I shall pass over the petzy impositi'ons that i
are practised, and appear to be authorised ;
in several of his ports, sush as exacting ton- :
nagc money for vessels for entering those?
parts and departing without breaking bulk, ct
or making a custom house entry, and the
fixed was one per cent : finding It likely to
be an encreasing as well as acceptable cash
fund, his majesty thinks proper to encrease
the duty threcfold, and make it 4- per cent.
The right to do so shall not be disputed,
and the temptation to it in the state of his ct
-tsio share" others believe isse'wm besi- contempt
sssssmites him. lt is to be lamented that our
ct cause of her violations osneutral rights, we
government when it raised that mischiev
ous act. the embargo, should issue anorher,
permitting us to run into the very danger
against which sithe former was said by its
friends to have shielded us; in fine, that
while we were restricted [from] France be
with complacency, and kiss the hand that
" Our consu], Mr. Hammer, has, tothe
honor of the American name, represented
in strong terms to the king the injustice of
his proceedings, and it is hinted his majes
ty is oﬀended at being told the truth ' ! ln
God's name how long will the imbecility of
our administration bear with these giaring
insults? are we never to actthe part of an
independent power. ? Let us rather assert
our rights. I for one am willing to Wear
away some years a prisoner in this country,
sooner than to see mine vield to this infa
mous violation of her honor and dignity.-—
Here no miseonception of instructions can
be alledged. No, the insult proceeds di
rectly from the king, and he receives his
orders from the emperor. lt would require
pages to detail the vile treatment we meet
with. It is not in one department we ex
perience it, it comes from all; the petty
custom-house officer is & roblzer, as well as
his master, and the prime minister is inter
ested in privateering. Vessels are kept in
uarantine' a month over their appointed
time, and this is to force them to pay the
charges. This time is even proionged by
the government to force the consignecs to
are allowed to go to ports immediately un
der French contrsicul and having in force
French decrees. Once, twice, nor three
times is not sufficient for Amcrica to he de
ceived—no, she must be half ruined before
she will listen to the dictates of wisdom
and adopt decisive measures. If we must
submit let us first take revenge, let our cou
rage have some trial; at present we are
looked upon to have none, for our pusil
lanimous conduct begets us nought but
scorn and contempt, and l fear will and in
the essential destruction of our independ—
ence.
si-__-_.-_ -
satisfied ; wished the captain a good my.
age, and was actuallyover the ship's sitlt
to get into his boat, when some words
passed between him and the pilot osthcship
as to the conduct of the latter coming to
when the other was boarding the VCSSCl
The privateersman became angry, st
turned and ordered the ship into th: roads,
where she lay lour weeks and her examini
tion was nrit completed ; il liberatrrl, when
that takes place, the privateccStnan will
probably appenl, through resentnientsssissthc'
hope of being- lmnght oﬀ by way olcom/zro
mise ; which the}; well know for a t'alual
ble ship is preferable to a Summer's deten
tion ; and this [skip-cat, is done in the sa
_/)iml, under the king's eye; and it is very
: curious to remark, by that power, the et,-sly
and strcnuous c/zampzazzos neu ral and ma
ratz'me rights, tthieh still aﬀects to contcud
for these rights, and especially si),- t'm- Prin.
ciple that " free ships make free goods."
Filiteen or ttventy os our ships are (letalntll
at Copenhagen this year, and several ol
them for causes known to be groundlesii
and, as far as l can learn, none of them lot,
sufficient caUSe. Whether condemnaﬂffil
will ensue remains to be seen ; probably
none so barelaccd as those of Norway l35i
fear. But in my opinion nothing but Pff'
tence will be wanting.
That for all this, and a good deal
which does not so materially aﬀect us, the
king is to have immediate blame, ! do .""!
pretend to say; much less that he (lcrll'ct
any inmzcdiate bencffit from many of the t'!"
tious impositions. The pilotagc, for {n'
stance, is not equally divided, it is 53"
with those who ought to have the [sirgtst
share. The presiding officer or it
kingdom is every _way .chiclly c0
interest in keeping the king in ignorance:
the imposition. And with regard to tu
Psize money from American condemnaIlOs-f
it is probable that a very small part, as "ss'
king's due, ever sind its way into his ches"
His subjects, however, are certainly Vfctsl'
much benefitted by these things, 3" ssq )
what they are safely entitled to from act
commerce ; os which,e>tclusive of capﬄs
where they take in. many C'JSCS all, n
ceive altogether little less than to per ccdc
His majesty is, as I said before, dcslﬄof
in authority. He professes a vast 0" .
regard for justice and the rights of otlsiﬄss;
aﬀects to see it done in his own soverctttsisiss
to as sigreat a degree as ever was byssﬂnlsisi
the really great kings, lnsontuch (hill! '
said he scarcely reservcs to himself aﬄ- :
mily two hours of the day. He asscﬂfctss
SO, it is well known, to despise the mfsctsi
tile character. This, is trnc, as l bﬀl'esissctct
is unpattlonable, consideringthat chi'
silikesi " ! shall also pass over the. ul
ness of the scqucatration, and she
ation of the decrce prohi'bitlng she
tion of those articlcs that have Faldx
transit duty, a lax. c-nactcd much. sisssi
price of tranqporyauon, be_causc u—ssgt ctsisi
no doubt resul; lmm an 1mssm-iou3 25.le
cessary policy; and cc-me to sssctsslsi
master grievance of all, usaggressim-siwh;
many individuals in the Uuitcd Smuducti
ct feel very sorely. T_hc_capturcs Uslzm
by privalccrs comnnssmned by his "siZisisif'
and the (man-runs condemn-mous by"
courts of admirally, under prctcm m .
false and srivolous, in many inzsizzn-sisss
bona fide Amcrican prepcny lc-gaHy ctct
mented and deadned, appc'axs lo (siss -'
vemment already like " a tale twice w
\Conduct so prove-king, and so soon so
ten! Conduct which his majtsxy hj
manifested a consciousnc'gs o_t its imsi, si
cry, not by causmg rcstcttutmn m any
] case, but by suddenly calling in The Þn'sssi
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" tessers, avowedly because of their abussch
wards neutrals. Whether because nosmm
ment appears to have been excited, "Usmq:
sum, ofredress taken on our part, I cannot
say, but this same sort of conduct Toward,
our commerce has now lately been rent-w
and in my opinion the supinencss ofou,
. government is fairly to be charged Will!
! it by the suﬀering individuals. The king
has, after a considerable suspension, ass,},
permitted privateering. Our ships. bound
direct from the U. States into the ports of
the Baltic, belonging to himself or friend;1
after clearing and paying the Sound tribute
to his majesty, at Elsineur, where oscoune
the sliip's papers must have been examined
and sound in order before they could bZ
permitted to pass ; after being thus cleared
at one port of his majesty, they are Way.
laid at Copenliagcn, and under the win.
dows of his palace, detained by :: privatcct
under the king's name, and under pretcnu
ces too srivolous almost to be mentioned.—ss
But l will give you a specimcn ; a valuz
ble shiy with a cargo of" 100,UUO dull-its,
belonging to my friends direct from the U.
States, bound to Russia, had cleared at
Elsineur, was boarded oﬀ Cepetihagen,aud
the papers found to be so perfect that th:
iinistcsf
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of that department, it is supposed, md thsi
privatrersman was obliged to say he was
Wmisssi
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