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sun. Radiu- {kcg 8 8
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ss'si'ssif'ct . Pepsipm 19
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_ Gin, Houaﬂd ! l 80 2
3 Ru'fn, Jamaica 4th ! 10- 15
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* ,fsi- " " VVindv-ard
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si Hyspn _ 90 ]
Young Hyson } s 95', l
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'si( (mon, Uphmd ;. 19,
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Groin, Wheut ssbus. ( 70! 1
* Corn {; 75f
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-\\-Hcmp " cwt. si'lS 14
fron", Barn- siton 120 [25
LTTox-k, Mess -b'ul. 18
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Sþirits, N. E Ram gal. ] 68
ÞM 'Whiskey 62
Sugar, New-Orleans i [13 12 He
whofif lb. 19
HLump 17]
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! Melandd Bmsi'shi, - 206
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ness at this Office.
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* 'OI WEDNESD \-Y next. m ]! o'crock. win 1
. — _h$d \\ lLl-si ct—siBL GIVEN for a few
TWsand bushek Good Merclzamablc
Mi-ﬂ-Apply to JACOB MORG AN,
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" MMC'MHI POLH'ICAL.
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m lum PUnLnnim n'!
SAMUEL SNO'W'DE'N,
Royd-lmsissct, Alexandria. -
be said, 03 Hax'pers whaxs, on a liberal
endin- for- appffissd endowed negotiable
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FORELG N ARTICLES
P'RICE OF STOsi-CKS.
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Spake, 6 Ddsifc'siars sspsicr cunnin
"' We, 5 Belle". _
, " Just'fwm her fixst voyactg'e, Bosso ;
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T're new and wrll Builf S'c'lzr'.
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From the Boston'ZsiGazcttc.qf1Vov- 22.
The GonscellationsicaptainLcactch, arriv
ed- at thig pqctn j'estssetd-ay. in 29 daYs from
'"Lisbon, insiwhissch cssitine pazSengcr William
ja-rvis, Esq. and family. Mr. Jarvis in
forms us, that am emhargo took place on the
Sth October on all shipping; which were
required to take 'a fourth of their cargocsss
"as Well as a fomth of the whole num
ber of passengers an account of the go
ss vernment of that place, receiving therefor
a reasonable compensation. From this
7 source we learn, that the t-rlative po'sitions
of the two armies, on the 20th of October,
tsivcrcte within from 12 to 20? miles of—Lsiisbon.
The head quarters of the Englisl'l were at
Masra (about 12 miles srom Lisbon.) mak.
ing a dissagonal line from the Tagus to the
The French, on the other hand,
bon and 8 from Mafra', in an E. N. E. di
rection) of course :! l'me drawn between
these two armirs wit!" represent the fronts
\ of the respectiVe Armies. in front of Ma
fra is a chain Os mountains, eandi'ng, with
few intervals, from the river to the ocean.
The movement of Masseha to the icst of the
? English, at the battle of Sierra Busaco, on
! the 27th Sept. obliged them to- retire from
; the heights with so m'ucn prf-csitpicttation, that
si they lest behfml them at Martagoa, large
q—uantities os prut-isions. olsi which theFrench
ss stood in peculiar need ; Masissena so'dctm'ed
up his evofution with great pt'omptitude,
t keeping cshse to the English in the rtztt'v'dt ;
and \Vcll'singt0n, With equal forctht'.vu-ght and
prudence, has begun to tortisy his new po
sition, having: called in his: uut-pnsts, and
concentrated his whole atmzy. His line
must extend abotzt 20 nttles. ,
He had been reinshrced on the isiB-th O-ct.
'by 5000 men lror'n England, Irdand, and
as many more from (ladiz and Sicily--—
whtkt the mmqsioctis os Rsiztrtana, and general
O'Doonel from Spanish Estremadura, with
.10,0CO Sprttsilards. have crossed the Tagus
ssdztys without :m engagemeftt. The greacs
talentsss of:- Mactssena and the pr-esumed,
strength of- his-armv, would lefttl us to ex
pect a generat action-at once, it'he is really .
"conntry suvroundzd with enemies ; these
circumstances must soon oblige the French
general either to give battle upon-terms ad
vantageous to the English, or retire ("or the
purpose df— atld'tt'tonal reiosorcements.
Lord Wellingsston' on the Other hand strong
ly posted and abundaotly sopplied, is in si no
hurry to risk :! general action. cbnscious
that a Fabiaopolicv, in the Mountains and
fastnesses of Portuguese Estramadura, is
the most destrucsi'vc warsare to be adapted
against the wilcy Hannibtdos modern Eu
rope. lf Lotd Wellington attacks Mass'e.
nasictthe craft of the latter may overcome
nished us by Mr. Jttrvis ; and have made
Cut what we suppose to be the rc'mt'we
position and State of the two great armics
on the ZOth of Octoher. It 13;}s}'—'ss87'3(11t'2s
thei bravery of the former ; if be only cus- _
l'OTlugUtS'To 'l'lu'u ..si'x-ctsor-nucntc !wZsswG
added they probably amount WSODOO Eng
lish, and Z0,000 auxillaris. The French
army 'ts cumputcd to be 70,0®0 strong..—
thcir positions are said to be fortisying, and
are tolerably Wel'l supplied, emceptiog With
"bread, in "which they are deficieot ,. and
particuiarly so in- consequence of the de
struction of- sit-he grain by- r—he English 'in
very superjor in numbers ; as his Situation
must .be singularly distressing. His consi
voy with supplies harrassed in the rcar by &
body of forty thousand militizt under gene
ral Sil'viera 'and coloocl 114*ant;.-the great
extent of his land coosiveyassnce, both'siof am
munition and pmvis-ious, (being three hun
dred mites srum Dayonne and two hundred
taibs an attack the chance is, that the bra
very of his army will render him success
!u! s= Be !Þkh sm MWYZB !?W 0? BFQT
and twmty {tom Mudrid.)ioan-unfriendly'
other ; having bcen in Sight for ZW-ctotysitwo
that the two enemies highly sCSpfsistc'd each 7
prov'ts'mos were very dear; siﬂous 319,
corn 55 2, fice 5 8.
In the above account we have taken the
liberty to combtne all our pt'ewous infor
treated along "with the British, in come.
ucnce of lord Vv"s proclamazion'; these
people, tho' provided sm- lzy government,
are said to be in great distress. '
tmttioo with the intelligr-nCc so politely sur- ';
their rt-treat. About 20,000 peasamrv sc- .
but let 1.500 be atItsiwed; this would re
duce them to 40,00E) English, and 19 500
thct-it' loss in that t-ngagement was L,.LOO;_
force of W'cti'n-sigtt-n it would now be fair
to estimatc us follows ; after the capture ot
Almeida they were estimated at about thir
tv five thousand English, 2(),OOO- Portu
tinue regulate, besides m'issiitia, &c. since
which, and before the battle of the 27thss
they were t'eintorced by (35300 English ;—
OCCilﬂ.
were at Villa Franca (16- miles from Lis
and j-wint-d—t hx— combined armyss The. whole
"Wmsi- ,—-.—— .
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Funffizn FROM _ po'n-fiffiks
No papers were brought by Mr. ]sisssiqs, si
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ss-sszzsshus Muctsotct'csiesi Upsioh him a-prccspft'ate
! sitetreatsi; ;Wsich desPCtcttﬂb fighting as is with- ctss
ct'ct-out 'exatnpic on the annak ofss mssodcrnss
! "Warsarc, (it a capitulaticm of his whole. ar- ;
ct'ttctty'. Th't's latter idea is, hotvchr, only a ss
si prcs'umpsitiongonl'y to 1): teahzed in-thc' ce
vent of a decided victory On the psiart of
Wellington .; and Masscna's inability to
, retrcat for want of supplics. ss
"From the Baston Rcþertarctz/ ofNov. 23. 1
, in our last we'dcsiscr't'hcd the: movement!
siand positions of the brllig-si-rent, forces inss
_ Portugal, down to the '7thss0f October, at
; which time lord Wellington'sss army kmcnd- ct
? ed from the Thghsss to the: Atlantic, his lest
; occupying the 'most advanced post... at Al- ss
si calzaco, near the coast, (brty-sifrvc miles- fmm ssct
I Lishon. ss 1
I O'n Wedncsday, Mr. ]arvfs, o'nr late;
'consul at Liobon, arrived in this part, in,
]the brig Conscollation, capt. Lcach. i'n 29?
:] days passage. Sailed the 22d of"Qctr.hc-r, ;
by permission, an cmbargo having been laid '
, on all shipp'mg, on the 87!!! Mr. .Farvis
has furnished us with information as \0 the
state of things, until the time he sanrd-l
Lord Wcliiugton still keepingsihis ftsiglftsi
' at Alhandra, on the Tagus, had concentrat
ed his forces so as to bring his left to M.";
fra, making a line from cast to West of 1'5 _
: miles, covering Lisbon, which is ht—tsﬂbul-H ?
si as far in his l'cztr, and having the Frcnfch-i-tt
! front, in :: line nearly parallel, at the dis.
{ tuncc of eight miles, the left of Masscna's
army extending to Vilfa Franca, on the:
'Fagns. Thus situated-,'both armies'zrc For
gtisyiug themselves, and as the groundis
mountainous between the Tagus and the
occan, l>01h armics occupy udsivantageouact:
poshisms for defence. _ _
F ancc days bcsurc Mr, Jsi-strvis sn't-lch'orcT
W'cllingmn was joined by th: mcttt'quisﬂo
mnnct't, with 10,0UO Spanish troops; and at
the same time, netfived as much more im- si
portassit reint'urce-mcnt of losio-ao Brix'xsh
ct troops , ssSOOO of whom were from England
and lrclsiml, .md lhc Other 5,000, two regi
ments from Cacl'zz, two smm Sicily and um:
from thraltar. The whole number of
British trunps were now estimzttcsid at about [
50,000 ; and 30,0GO ailics. Blassena's ar— ct
my is tatcd at 7si).000,whosc cattrtdgc ho'xsi-s
] are: much better supphcd than their bread t
From the Connccticut zffirroctf;
By a pztt'agruph from the New Longo'n ?
asipct-r os VVcdncbday last, it win be s'ec-n
that Gcn. Armstrong arrived there on the'
pss-cteeding evening. the ship in which he
came having met with an injury on Shnsigsi
wom reef, (Long lsland.) I; is stated that "
the general bringe no uther news than that .
" our- aﬀairs with Fran:e laci- rat/zerglaosi .
me.'" How strange it is that our assairs
with France should look gluumy in t/zat"
sicatmlry whilst tct-si'zcy are so clzccrful'azzd sun:}
nous in. this ! What can such a State of
things be owing tn ? Is it puss'chc that. the
revucatiott of the Berhn and Milan decrees -
wzssi 'a- mfasurc calculated to produce an
eﬀect only. in the Unitcsid Stctztes ? Can
anch & stank, honest, open heartcd, up and
'dssi—wsn-monatdt as Bonaparte, lay a scheme
m-zt-elv to deceive 05? The best of it is,
that if he .uhnu'tdss for oncsz-attcmpt such an
UD'jUSLsstsiztﬄc, or as Mr. (Judas would say, !
" re/zrcsi/zcnsibz'e," a thing, we: are fortunate
ly eqttipped with an administration, that are
pmcsit' against all his wit, all his cunning and
all his threaten Let himvtake in Mr. Mad
is-m and Mr. Robert Smith is he can.-——-=-—si }
in the mean time our merchants are in
vited strongly to send out twenty or thirty
milhons of donars more for his majesty"; ,.
privy purse. Theysi paid the expchc-s ossi'
the royal Wedding ; it is no more thsim lsiair I
that they should. provide cas}: againat the ;
birth of the young emperor). who issisaid tosii
be sorthcomingz .
-*OR SALE,
' NE hundred & scvcntctv acref; os'LAND (
situatcd on the post road from Alex-s
andt'ia to ()ccoquan, within 7 miles ol Alex
andria; being one half of the Round Hillf
tract. am! formerly the property os Williamct'
Triplett. The terms will he Made know'n by
Application in Mr. Jamcx Irvin, Mount Airssv, '
or to the suhscriber now residing at Mrs.
Lz'nsqy's, near Occoquan. . -
Reynald Gnmes.
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, NU'MUL.
HE Creditors of James Dauglass, onssthe
llth of July ]804, who suhscrihed his
release previously to the first day of Novem
ber in that year, arc required to ex hibic their
claims duly attthenticated to the subscribet-s
on or before the first day of January next.
preparatory to & dividend. No interest will
be allowed after the ch of July 1804.
n':- LM—smct ' - . _ !
beskcts. _ ]
Octnhcr 5.
Robert I. Taylor.
Wdliam Newton.
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MOADJY, DI—LCEMBER 3.
CONGRESS
them;
_ .:sisi't wiss be the :crzpc oszf'rc Pscsidomsiz
M'cssizge. ? An all of dissertaiir-n'on British
imolcnce, and an inchon French gcncrosi
ty. ss\Vc shall be tokl that France has rect
voice:} her ctdccrbcs, that (hest decrees a'luna
aﬀecte-d OUT nrutz'al Commerce ;— and thato?
course the Prcsidcn't was compelled, by the
lzkv of May last, lo issuss his proclsiumacim-ss' .si
'deciaring the same. We shall be told that
the British have not rescindcd (}l-uir orders
Zfi council, or, is they have, or hereafter"
sfiouid, such rescsiinding wouklsinoc be a cee
Sation from the violatinn of om- m-utrnct!
commt'rt'e. W'c shnHsibc told'shat the— my'z}:
mlzbss-r of France will restore mn- p'siundcrsi
c'ri'pro'pcrtsiy nctn curtain condhinrs ; and ths}
Psirrsidrnt will cxprefis a hope that Enghn [,
wi" magnanimously follow the mncnfi'sict
mous cffiamp]: of magnanimnus Fx'ﬂs'sis-*. ?!
conshrmsi her mm'izimc regulurimsis -.\'=ss.'*ss=ysi
to our wishes ; but, 1- at she shczulcl mt. v-si
mUSt he prepared for the worst; 9an it ss?
be lost to the wisdom (as the- P. ezsixf'rzz' n'ss
nickname it) of Ccmgrcss to ;NIUP' ffisssif
mmsurcs as will hest. meet prc-ct
gencies. These measures will he- c-n-PÞ'LZ":
non-intcrcoursc or (mal non-impnrrzcisszz
The message will be- quanrred am! dif
sectcd and the diﬀerent parts given in dis
fcrcntcommictecs. The cnmmielcv, m wth
wi}! be refined so murh of the rncsr'af;c Psct.
rchtcs to EngXand'wm in about a month
make :: report. I'ssctmbarzo, nfin-incrrrmme
and now imporxatiun will be laboriou—l'ss: (335'
fussed. These wi'll be the only akf sﬄt'siﬂ'ffi,
sm- submissirm is now out ni' zhc- qu- sci-si-P-z
and war will only {w talkrd about. & HU"
tered about; there is no dangf-r oil fsi'siiffi'
ing. After a while: a commieccc will rct'I'U'si
& bill, which will he: calhd up ffifz' ("'"si'sisi
three davs nal the close of the scssmn, uh !;
.. . , ss
e sound wfficienzly des
grcfi'
will adjourn.
clamacion. Certain!) ,.why sizmzid :.s'trfj; m: f
'le necessily will be: tugcd on iha- grss.u..<5 c.!
obtaining the public sfzntimrnt: am' :,'sisi.—ct'
che reschniiczns- will pmvc nnt'ﬂrsisg. 'Fsi si
passing wiflsi'hc dcrlzzrc-d esixwessivesif (r'sisi si-si.si=,
lie opinion. " (}iks should iITZTUUsssilCc
'r .solution cchYaringrlnt an Eastsc-sizk-s 'sim-ﬂ fact.
"sihtuszsi- angfe ;! majnrily of both houses would
:zgrec to it ;. one half of :hat mzaj-xrzrj' .,rss;
Knowitg any better, um"! tisixc mhcr huss —-<;-'-.
ing a's usual for the sake of lct'isizmph- 'i'fmz-ct
resoshtshns usslil occupss' a'ozm: Kincc '5'-'s;\"!;-si-'
bra month. The su'fjsisi-ct is sortiie, and
c-ry one 05 csiHEsst-allfsiers must make :] Spsctﬄ h
[t is pussiblc to be 'surc that such r-srct-si'.z—-ct
if a majority a han [)
parate, it will he carried, and CUP
Lnst summer we expected the next 5 3_
8 non Osis congrcss Would be an important 00:
Since the last sessicn so much us our Pm
perty had been plondcrcd by France am}
. . , .si
the mrclhgenice them : had such an fssccsiuþ.
on the public m:ncl,that We could notb
h-evc that the scchngs uXcitsi-d would im '_ -.
chair]?! be (forgotten. [( was then sssictssctss
admmmranon, m convcnmmn, expsswct
the vmrmest rescncmcnt, and 0an tsisssi.
beadsf-os (chartmcms declared, that
determined lo convent congrc-ss in the hil;
'O-etobcr wan mentioned. Why ((,ngsissct.
was not tl'xrn convened We know not,
' _ ctc ss ss s
& :: it was owmsi-g to a fear time the
jcturica z'cccchd from France might dsiZ-si,
them, is not to any measure, m lqag' ;ct—,
ssiomc c-Xprrssion that might br: oﬀcn—ss'wsi— ass,
h'i's rnjralsi and imperict! majesty. We ;M-j'
tsfcn c-Jtpefct that the: slx'X'f. scsaion _cf cm
grcss Would be important; wc now cxpcuc
it will bc'sinothing.
What is tO'be d'onc ? R- sohuiom wm
B'c'pnsssssscd a, proving os lhr prcsxrssh-msss ,v-s'f)
tions may not be introduced, but we THPCCIZ
XVl" (his day CUDVc-nc as [he CHPLYU]
to talk much, (.O lzulcsscccnssc incur uctct
! . o ' 0 .
and go home again.
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