Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political — Alexandria [Va.], 1810-10-17 00:00:00, page 3

'lcts-C expectations, real or pretended, of
93, of o\ur democrats, that the Prcsidcnt
Mlmmediately issue his proclamation,
uuﬂicisig sht' rcvocation of the Bcrlin
. Mihn decrees and declaring that the
si_;uffic0ttrsc law will be: renewed with
tsisicg to Great Britain, should her orders
si-siercscinded in three months, are not
sssszlizcdss There is no doubt but that
sissbclore this the president has received
..iormation of the rcvocation of the
ctszes, and has come to a detgrmination
. wissuc such & proclamation till he shall
sswhut course the cabinet of St. James
ficizf i
zctsisiof Bonaparte_ consequcnt on the mea
;:csof the British. The issuing of such
Mhmaticn would in substance amount to
declaration of war against England; sot
mhon we}! knows that the blockuding
jsismcnt of our rights, and those rights
amustcaus-si: to be respectcti. The Pre
'-cnt durst not, unauthorintsil by law, make
ba declat'atiua. .
Thelutclligmcer is quite stianon the
'jcct. Havq the admitt'istration not yet
ind what semblance of agreeable infor
ttian to give the people: of Massnchusetts
cture the congrcssional elcCtion, w. tich
es place thcsiSth of next month .
[The Baffimore W'hig, speaking of the
,.Hsilaching elections in Massachusctts, am!
"t'"?! che: nominatiosin of Vamum, says
'Wd " rather see Timothy ctPick-cring in
.Zresz than a quid or submission demo
' Mr"- Varnum is pronmmced " n
'200 man, a submission man, and doubt
mddVOCasitc for an unconsricutional sys
ctssnational banking." W'c perfectly
_"_"Th the: VVhig that such men as Mr.
"!:mgvaarre Fvcry wssay. better 'than suoch
ss thatpz Wsfh and sswc cordmlly umcc
_ Per m the Wxshto see now: but
msssi' "1 Congress.
{am will not be renouncþsid, and the: other
sijsit'wn of th: rcvocation' is our pledge to
sistthat s_\stem. Bunapartc'callz it an
;ctssuzsucshnd what will be the dctermina
There isssa rcluctamce, an inubility indeed,
thcpattbf the: scdc-ral edttors, to imitate
democratic writers. \Vhen the ssdcrztl
ministmtion . were compelled from cir
mstanccs not in their power to prevent,
loau money, scarcely a democratic paper
published for mouths in which the sub
ttxvas not nentioncd; in which the go
mmcntwas not 'condcmncd in terms of
mcst reproach, and the people called on
changethcir rulets m consequence of tt.
ctesedrratpapcrs now barely once mer.
nthc fact, and permit the subject to drop.
'itcrcis the spirit that actuated the Auro
1798? Why s.t-:ep its thundcrsct ? Vf'ty
itssuspicions and dcnunciuions so qui
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all:}and glory immediate I hop'd to ob—
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'sihssrss Unclc Joel, is bursting with grief;
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gumuxfﬂ mist "Gsisiszff- \
n'ED-ct'EssSD'lr' OCTOBER 17Rsi
[In shaa'ing with you may perhaps find
:si'e les.
"se fail'n on bad times, upon days that
cern—
, Of us mortals how wild and how
filn!
si " isthus staring- me full in the face ?
' "0 realitg_mepely :\ drcam—ct ,
sether should sail immortality 3
"Name
:;sihþ like myself I am sure you must
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hOpes
; 'm not lzalf so wise as we both tho't
Was.
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m cross'din my wishes; and vex: at
{he Cause :
sse no way. dear Uncle, Cescape che
(siszlzce,
Wingctup system'ssiall blown to the -—-"
bing at me is toss ridiculc you:
ROBERT FULTON
T 0
JOEL BARLOW.
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Shall I suﬂcr such mirth ? No,in sorrow] !!
! man it ali—'
__ --I will pl: cc a Torpedo snug under" the Ce- ct
, pitol—si
L'ZI comincc them at last I can do something
clever:
! And the whole work! shall taik ofBob Fulton
forevez.
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{Lamb} the vulgar, is sometimes used.s01"
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1ifics to bring_/.ss-1-z/z eggs : But this seems not
the sense the author intencsied.
!- Ilct'y, for ill, is a Virginianism. This word
andsi/zroven iox" [zr oz-ed arc grass harbaxisms.
'I hcy are to be sound m no llngsish authox.
f Ifthe imp". "opticty of using them were sswsillss/
considered no one could be movcn to adopt
them. -
which ssma", be of use to so ]: osyotiz sub
* scribers, and as it does honor to me agcm,
and crcdit to the society, whose assuirs he
su'perintends, I Will (him!; you to publish
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any disposition to 'quihblci both they an'ds
he would resign if there was any necessity
for resurting to such conduct. I should be
g1ad ofany' information which it mav be in
tyuur power to communicate 01} this suh.
ject. 'Th'i ch ange ofpmpric'tors, and the
failure sito revalue, renders it: impossible for
si me to form any estimatc of our loss; "but,
? ifcvery house from Uofcti'on—strcet to the ri
f ver, and between Prince and Duke-strcets,
& is burnt., our kiss is considerablc. But we
will do justice even to the most Virulent
j enemy of the: suc'lety': his wro'ng will nor
lead us to wrong} fair and formal cstimat'cs
ssof the actual logs being presented to the
committee, Warrants will issue for four
fisths of the same, after dcducting sour
fischs of the salvagess is the loss does not
tXCcc-d the sum insured, after deductingt
salvage. if the property has changed OWn
f- ers, stilLssou proper evidence ofthc right of
;ctthc present proprictors, they will receive
' the bcncfit 'ot thcssAssurancc, although they
may have: bce'n'ignorant ofctthc inshrance
mad: by_ those of whom they purchased.
If any have doubte aS'co-insurance, _and
will communicate with me they shall re
And, when the Committee to Congress re
p Ost,
\V hata laughing" there'll be , butto us little
sport :
TFor when' tislounc. m'atters have turn d out
, SO ﬂight
I zeal" We shsil! both of us feel rather sil!y.
* Partiy imitatcd from the Columbsiiad,B'ook
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' g-z-sict: gd 'nisiu'ch zh'cmm niT-"Efct Z'cied tpssTg'E:
f {; _th'el*,' sssi si" - ,
siNVsse must both sink like lead; or. both mount
like a fe ather.
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! In vain have we wish'd and expected the day
, When new Homers1 new Euclids, new em
! p'nes should law...
! ')s my fine Torpcdoes, and your fine Colum
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, How transient w 11 all of the fame and the
? hum be had.
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In the hist'ry yo'u're writing, vshcrel hoped
to see
At least one long chapter devoted to_ me.
: ictsi-sizchsssore' disappointmem of late 'has 00—
3 cur'd,
iI bcg of torpcdocs you would not say one
; word.
siss My harpoon and myself strike now that side
, now (lus ; -— , ct '
But, scrikc us we may, what we aim at we
nuss—
-_I am bo_cher"d, asham'd—I am all out of hu
3 mor—si
siShall I give it all up, or cndeavor to do
I more? .
"it and obhge
A SUBSCRIBER.
" Tm: hte snsie in Alexandria has pro-r
duced some: loss to us, but I have been
much astonishcd that no comnmnication
from the suﬀerers has reached ths: office.
l hzwe supposed that their silcnce may be
atrr'xhutthlc ssto insurance mad: elsewhere,
which would came! the in'surancc made
here. "ls this is not the case, our loss is'
much greater than wouk} appear. from the
Alexandria papcrs, which oniy states Lﬀap
and Lawrason to be insurrd. Perhaps the
"very decided opposision of the Alexandria
members to our claims, may induce a sus- '
picion that we 'too, win, in tum, Oppose the
payment ofsisifzst claims. 'Thcctv may rest as
sured, that, We will not follow their exam
ple; at least, sil know that'neizher the Stand
'ing committee or the: principal ggent have, 1.
innu- "
MR. SNOWDCN,
[I win;"s receivsid from the principa'ct agent
of the Mutua! tsiss trance agasiinst Fire, of
the state o! V irfssinia, t'ne suiiovfmg !cl'ts
fnd taught mankind tvlzcrcfutmctc emjzf'res lay.
did lie. 'lhismeani ng would make it read
" wherefuture cmpircs did lit " It also sng- si
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fEcsiiVZ'sssiZandi'd andprosimpi ' erliesa ' The " if;
fistEnCc of s'uiis,'for qu'otas ssor ad'ditional
premiums, dOes ctnot bar ssclaimaﬂts—sheir
{own opinions heretofore cicpr eszcd will not
ctctasimﬀccc them—ihe laws of th': sisoc'iqty,si'and
c'onscicritious'j usticc' (Answcring fro the mot
co of o'ur seal) will govgkn the decisions o'n
allclaims. 'Wc.arc nocsswillirig-co gain by
the ignorance, or to advantage ourselves by
the obsunac'y ofzmy member. "As the laws
of the aqcicty "should take 'csscct against
every membarss'so they will cake tﬂccc in
invor of every member, although he may
have arrayed himself against us in cv'erypos
siblc way, by oppositiun in court,,dr' by ex
siciisiing prejudipcs which we think unfound
"ed. I how: and believe, that this office,'in
administciing lhc aﬀaxrs 'of the socicty;
knows how to condusic iisclf wiih sufficient
fcaucion, and wiih pcrlcct cquahiy osjustice
to tricnds and toes. Wc arc: enemies to li—
iigation, and only rcsorc to it oksincccssity.
A c.aim has neven been made: which the: so
ciciy have: rtjccccd, and For which a sun
has bccq sound ncCcssary, except when it
has been llcCcdsuly to ascsiriam thc—propcr
person to whom thc: money should be. paid.
]. wlessthz-nssk you to make: known Lhsisssc
rcmzn'ks, su lhdl, if any sutfci'cr should be:
iiiciincd 10 udsiirsins me on ihc subjccc ui his
loss, ha: may know that his lcticr will not
isiiiuu bc aucndcd to. Sinceyour brother's
ru-nui-cti we haw—c'had no special agcuc in
1-\lsictx=mdria. lisincscssai'ctv, may I as}: of
your Buudnsis to see that 3usticc is done to
ssu: in me: coumatsis of 1055 and sulvagc/f
There is nothing like sacts.-———A scw
:Wcsictks Smer, me.- ccmur of this paper pub
hsncu an account of the French and Bruish
deprcduuons, upon'Amcx-ican property sim
surcd 'm ma: office of tfzc Marsinc lusurancc
Compsimy of this place". [( will be rcccl
lected that the: former cxcccdcd the: latter
in'sisimuum. asssjbrtg to one. The: articlc in'
our papcr having been noticed by a friend
or" the cdicor'z, living in Alexandria, he
was induced to see whzit had been the, eﬀect
of dcprcdutions on Alncrican property in
surcd in the office of the Marinc lnsurance
Company osthat place, and having accumtc
'Iy asccrminsi-d she same, hzs trunsmittcd us
the suhjoincd statement, which we are sa
tisfied is correct. We had no authority to
publish this statement, and do it wituout
consu'siting our friend; but we think the
people ought to be informed, an'], for this
Puz-pose, there is zz-stz'zizzsi; li/ce jZsi'cctsis.
Amount capt ssrcd and condemn
ed by the French & by Spain,
while acting under French de
crees, 5 lLsisii-siIGssG
NEW-YORK. Oct. 13:
__ LATEST FROM' LONDQN.
_ This forcnoon arrived the ship Ccris, in
2 days from London. W'c understand
that she has brought : London paper of the
twmty-sevemh' of August, two days the
latcst, but we have noc been so fortunate
as to procure the Ioan of.it. We are in
formed, however, that it contains no news
of any conscqucnpe. There: had been no.
thing done in the British cabinct respecting
the orders in council "when the Cercs left
London, n'or do we leam that there was any
news from thecontissnent but what has been
before 'reccivedA Two Ame'rican sishipa, the
Ephigeni and Brothcrs bound to Tonnin
gcn, which had been captured and carried
into France, had been released. ,
During the sec'o'nd rejoicinga i'n Paris, in
tonsequcnce os Napoleon'g marriage. & pan- .
tomime was given in the Champs Elysees,=
under the title: of The Union "of Marsisdnd
Flora. No less than sivc hundred and
cig'my performers Were at- png timq 'on the '
stagesi " sictct si si ss'ct 'sisi !
Am ount captured and condemned
by the Bzicish, SZO,GOO
Rcstored clear of epence,Sl0,000
Recaptured from the French
and restored clear of ex
penccs, 2,5OO ct12,500
'Balance, 'S 18,160
'Ysict there will be fotmdt!" ochwho 'inctsist
that France and Great Britain equally annoy
t'he commcrce of the Unitcd States. We
secthatalthough the diﬀerence is sinot so
great as that which we published, yet it is
nearly as nine to one, exceedcd by the
F rench. -N07;sa/k Lcdge'r.
Restored NOTHLNG.
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Ssimchsun.
CLnannm,
Schoonen Cathcrinc, Ncwcomb, Boston,
by Lzm rason and Fowlc. ,
Brig Augusm, So'm: &, Lisbon, do.
The schr. Hornet, Cnar las S. Dzzde of
City of Vs..shisi.gton, arri'. ed hercsslfith Oc
tuber, sz-om Campcaclsi-y. 'The'si27thctSept.
umil she 8'-.h choberct, :;periencvd h'si-zsivy
galcs of wind. O.. 'sihc '5131 Oc..' oss Charles
tOﬂ, came- (] aw-y both masts. si
ct 'I'ss'sisiceselsis !cﬀt a: Ca'ncha chgsi:
ShipFranklin, Armscroug, Phil-ctssdelplzla
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Spamsh erssno Sheep los Salc
"at )ubhc Auctlon.
THE subscribcr has just received from
Spain by the ship Ci-jzm, (?:zptsi-siin
Dodge, 18 Rams—SS Ewcsct and ! Bhlctln'
Vslssl'l'HER, which will he sc-Id on & liberal
crediit, at his flzrm calkd Burg'undj',1usssijctzi'sisi
this : wn, on Saturday, the Sd es Novcmberct
next. 'shc sale wiil commence at tcn in me
morning. _ ct _ 4
These sheep are warranted Iy the sl1ipc—1*,si
Viillium Jax-vis. Esq. our consul at Lishon',
to be of the true chncsc, trandxumantc,
- Merino, breed, and the dsiocumems he has
; trazsmittcd to me. 'sigo lo establish that fact
; in the most unquestionable m-sinnc'r. . A
ct They i'ﬄsie'ctosthe ﬂocks 'osthc Prince of
Peace zmd osthc Cabzmnzzs called Paular's;
and Aqu-ssffivs, sil'hey have_ alrivcd in, good
, orders and may be seen at 'my sarm at any
, time previosius to the sale. __ The cetjtificatcs
:sswhich accompanied them may likewise bb'
' seen at any time on application to me.
. .James H. Hooe.
'Octohcr 13. , ct , ) _. cots
Do T/w Editars of the Natianal Inte/li-ss
gencer, I/zc chcral Gazrttc in Baslimare, t/te'
Ric/mzmd Enquzrer, Phi/ade/þ/lia DaZ/g/si Mas
ct'Uc-riz'srr, ]Vc'w Toz'zfz ﬂlcrsicantilc .sild—vcrtiscr.
and the Winclzestbr C'entz'nc'l. 'are requestc-al
to insert the above, and apply for [fact,simmt
at this oﬀice. , si .
33- The si'Zzbov'c 'mcnsstionessd Shcep
having been "sold, the sake will not
take place as advcrtiscd-si—and the dis
fere'nc Printers ctwssho have published che"
"above, will siaccordingly 'dis'continuc
it, and send 'in their a'c'cssounssts ctco'thissi
Office as soon as possible.
O'ciober 17.
' Logwood and indigC—uto R. Young asiod ].
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Septssembcr.
" Tobacco, good quality, 510 a 11
siFlour, ' 16 3 18
'Pork, ' _ 22 ass 24!
'Bsi-ef, & ss 16 3 17
( Hcrrings, _ 7 a 71-2
; 'COd Fish, per qmnta], 52 5
! Chccsc, '36 cts
; Hamg' '25 asi28 1'2
' Candlcs, _ - 27
.Nankeens, 1 10 cts. 'per piece in demand.
. ;Ccﬀce expccccd chcap this season—si-nsio
) dOubc Of it.
_ _ Plai/Zer Paris aﬂoat.
70 tcssms Plais'ter Paris, on board sithe brig
Commerce, ,Captss Stevens, sr'dm Doston,
_F01*Sale by, _ ss _ ss
_ Lawrason & Fowle.
ss JOSEPH RIDDLE, _
Has imported in the shiy William and
joh'n, captassm Woodhouse, from Liverpoo];
'sloop sichs idfsin—t, cant Loptz,'srom (lam
Sch' r Scintu, ]:mcs, X lum], to sail 19 2 daxs
Saturnav, Scpt. 8, c—ss Sisall spokc the:
peachv bound to Phi'mddphia.
S;z)t 24, Spake brigKctizty, cap.. Szcvcn—
son, irom thc !Iavamsia, ix} the (juiph Pue*-ss
age, buund to Phxladsilplna.
_ V'sivzss' s Found, _ :
A QR 'xi, FI [5 1'. The owner may L.2"c it
I;? g'v ng a (siescripxion and paymz; the cost
ofthct udvcrdscmcnt, "on application to the
Printcr. _ __
Outober !. . St.
Ezig St. Pc- dro, Pcsr}, . New York
----z--'L-, Malou )", 'Philndclphi'u
ctsi—--——-—-, Porsitss-r , Baltimore
OlL, just xcccivcd, and ton s Je by
Amhony P. Cover.
ENPERED,
Sloop George, Williamson, Norsolk
Sundrics—co navy and C. I. Caclcttsisi
Schoonrr Liulc Sarah, Rhodcs, Prdvi
dcncc—Northcrn producc—the master. '
Schooncr Homer, Bade, Campeachy—
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Pricessi Carant at Port-au- Prince, 19th
bet- 133 55;
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(73, 25 barlels Prime Tannersss si
ZO'sih mo.17th. thz'tw
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FALL GOODS'.
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