Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political — Alexandria [Va.], 1810-08-11 00:00:00, page 3

This state of things be: been'acccteierasited
by the suhjugotion of Spain and 'Por'tugnl
'1 heir colonics are too strong to'wsiear' the yoke
imposcd on the parent stated. 'Moral- cductsesss
nided by this adventitious ciresiumStancesswil]
FP'OT'O too powershl to be resiste'd The ciose
political depend ence of this con' inent on that
of Europe, once broken by violence, will not
bereatorcd by intrigu'e or by force. Already
is Brazil created into 'a great em'pire, and
six!!! others must be formed in that " territory
ich heretosore belonged to Sp ain.
.. ..w unese immense revoiuuons take
placein the world, theysiare preceded by vi
Kihle causes, whose-e'ﬂ'eet 'is Almost certain:
his-the province of the stsiitcsman to mark
"them, and to-adapt his mours-e to the apsi
"preaching state of things. "T hose to 'Whom
'the (lestinies of 'a naiio'n are tonsisidcdz (might
sialwlysto be prepai-ed lor eventS'which -'may
be soreseen, and should neveribe surprised by
revolutions whic'h'the regular progress of hu—
'tnan uﬀairs must produce.
The independencesi-os Spanish 'Ameriea is
one oithese-events. Those only who believe
"lit " this world was made sotsi" NHPOlf-Ons
'nnd that all resistance to his will; siit'not'impi
ous, must be vain ; -can d0ubt that this con
sisinent, isnot the viotim of itsaovm folly, mysi
in future. govern itself.
The comple
"now?"? on earth is it more important then
the U- states.
_ of other considerationsssof sivast
' Wgnimde
- it Will give us 'formidable neigh
ufs Who will be able to manage their own
* and to exert their own sisorce', as their
"" indSment or passions may direct. The
"fic Will no longer roll between the-NU
sm" and the mighty potemates of the earth.
boy Will border- upon us to a great extent,
touch 11!- at points peculiarly sivulnerable.
This new and interesting state of thing: de
Wild: the SCI'ious consideration of our rulers
si '_ Frisis cannot place the wisdom of the
on in our councils, it is certainly suffici
engage the serious reﬂection of those
form a newsiara in'the histor)v 0'
ishf human race, and will be an e-vent of in
simte importance to the eivilized world. To
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From the Virginz'd Patriosit.
d'o. I.
The lss-irsssos this world are perþetuallj
and the relativc condition of na
tions, like that of fimilieg, is subject to un
msing mutation. History presents us wit!
a miss of revolutiom. We see mighty em
ires reduced to dependence, and states long
emcd unimpo'rtnnt become formidablc tc
their neighbow "These, in their turn, yield
sign, causes in continual operation, sink intc
insignificance.
Before France had sssubjugatcd a large por
don'of this earth, and ovcrawcd nearly the
whole of it'; before even Rdme, the mode]
on which she forms herself, had an existence;
monarchics cf immencc power had grown
upinthc east which have long since passed
'My, leaving little more thanctthcir names
When we cast our eyes upon the mnes if!
she work], and observe the immense regions
of this continent; regions pcopling with a
rapidity of which history furnishes no piece—
tient; it is difficult 50 resiSt the conviction
thatthe time is approaching. when America
will find siher primary- interest at home, and
will view those of Europe as being more re
mote and of a secondary character. 'siVast
empires Will be formed-in this new world,
between whom the various relations of war
ind peace must exist ; whose friendship and
whose emnity must be of the utmost impor
tance toeach other, like Europe, will have
her balance of power, the preservation or de
rtrugtion of which will employ 'her-po'liticians
and her armics.
te separaiion of America sssrom
Eussipe win .
behind them.
Th' be!] of cmpire has been continually
rolling westward ; and it is not impossible,
not very improbable. that power and science
may cross the Atluntic.
changiﬂgv
'"7 hinanufn ctmsiap (Wife.- - —
SATURDAY, AiUGUST n.
' _ at the nation he: chosen to confide its
'ss'si -_ j' *.— — . . a .
Independent
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. public, the following facts are ascertain-l
? \ ed:
. ! That the French have captured and con
demned a ship, driven on the shores of
France by the stress of weather, and the
. : perils of the sea. ss
; That the French have burnt our ships an
, the high seas, without any oﬀence except
that of'belongingctto the United States. a
Thatsithere are-not less than one hundred
Amctsiican ships,'belonging to citizens of
'the 'United States, in the possession of his
ImperiaLMajesty or those of his allies. _
That the king of Naples, the brother-in
law and too] of Bonaparte, has confiscated
' 29 American "vessels, in siconformity to or
ders srom Paris, and their-proceeds are to
be disposed of according tossthe pleasure'of
[his majesty; ,
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- 'ferenee'between real andimaginary wrongs
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Some cctutsi-Sorcty thoughts therefore 09 fill!
] subject may, perhaps, not be unacceptable to
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'dencsiy.
' From official documents now before the
sssidecssiﬂeive replysshe'is told with the utmostz
"she fact": are no'w before the publicc—
The) do not depend upt'm the authoisiity of
private letters, nor the communications of
'private indiViduals—but they are stamped
with the seal ofscate, and no man can doubt
their truth, but he who doubts his own ex
iStenre.
remain a Witness 'to the plunder and impri
sssorment Of his fellow citizens. issVhiie on
the other hand, an ambassador of another
veying remittances from the American go
"vernment, has been captured and detained
byssthect-Freneh—and all this While our m—a
ceives to support the administration, m thus
sivinsidisicating the dignity "of the nation,
siunprejudiced man must say, That our ad-ssl
'between true-dignity and aﬀected 'greatness
-—-or that they are bewilsidere'd by their par
sang- sroid, that "far same days past no
thing in the nature of business and uncon
nected with the marriage of the-emperpr,
could be transacted; and thatfar some day:
to came the same causes ofdelay would conti
nue to operate,"—and yet our government
retain at their court, the ambassador ofthis
An exped-ition had been on foot when the ]
disturhances' were first manifeeted among "4
the troops, for the purpose of proceeding '
against the Spice Islands, but from this
apiritos insubordination it was abandoned, ;
And the troops dispened of in the protection si j
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'KLNGSTQN, (firm.) jfuly ?.
The ship Cornwall, arrived here 'from -
England, on the ch June was boarded by
La Dednigneuse frigate, of 36 guns, capt.
siWilbraham, the Argn of 44- guns, captain
WV arren, in company with a ﬂeet of India
men, consisting of 24- sail, under theireon
voy, and learnt that La Dedaigneuse had .ss
on the ch May spoksin the Illustrious, of ss
74 gunssicaptss Broughton, with four trans—
ports destinedsisor India, with trosiz'ps under ;
her convoy. :
At the period of La Dedaigneuse's de— -
parture from India, tranquility was perfect- '1
ly re-established among the troops : Every ! 1
thing was arranged on a'firm basia, and so ! &
satisfactorily adjusted, as, to prevent the-&
future recurrencc of events. so de'rogatory 5
to the army, and misc'hiesivous in their tea- l
like orders, areproeeeding in the like man
ner.
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'With these'ctfacts thus before hlm, every
miniStration are too weak to discern the dit
of a treaty, and without any notice that this
course would be pure-ned -'-nay, when in—
vited into their port:
ritime-rights are guard-Zd by the eclemnity ss
imperial robber, and "suﬀer our envoy to '
power hasctbeen dis-missed sor-si-anssexfressionss
--or that they do not—know the—distinction
tialities to one government and their antipa
thies to another;—"Gan. Mirrar.
And when our minister remonstratesssa
gainst these proceedings, and wishes for a
which has been 'construectd into a mark of
disrespectto our government-si-si-and con gresn
have been Walled Upon, to 'pied-ge them- ,
any party.
RUST ICUS.
That Spain, Hoiiand'and -Itely,'under ihe i
That in Ho-lland,'an A-merican ship, con- ;
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of the settlements. Since then, however,
it was declined p'r0per to diiþatch two fri
gates, with 700 men, for the purpose of an— 1
noying them and making pri—ze of whatever
valuables fell in their way.
' Hopes were entertained that the Trenc'hqss
would be completely exprllcd from the In
dian seas, as an expedition which promised ;
every success was preparing at Madras, for ss
the purpose of reducing the Isle of France, ct
the last refuge for the enemy a private": in .
that part of the world. '
A great proportion of the officers engag
ed in the mutiny Were on board the ﬂeet.
Many of them had been tried.
Sir G. BssariOw, it was expected, Would
embark for England-shortly after the 'ﬂeetsisi
iquitted India. l
The Prince Regent enjoyed the best l
health when the Tarter left the Brazils: ----- !
All idea of his proceeding to Madeira for ,
its renovation was in consequence abandon
ed. He was held in the highest estimation
by the people. -
British maaufactures were exceedingly
abundant in all parts of Portuguese Ameri
ca. Linen and cottOn goods were only dis
posable at pricesisi. far inferior to their first
cost. The slave trade w as carried on brisk
ly. Vessels were continually arriving with
negroes from Alrica. - ct !
who escaped, ﬂed ,tsio St. Michaels,siwhere
the Shock was sensibly felt. Where the
village stood there was nmhing to 'be seen
but water, which was agitated as if boiling.
The inhabitants in the viciniiy of Ce'zctassi'ﬂed
to the mountains, being apprehensive ossia
nother shoe-ito
and-i! ,
_ _ BALFIMORB, Angles-(9.
From France;-"Tu ship George Dyer,
Captain Colia-u, :som Bordeaux. is in the
bay. She sailed from BMdeaux-Ssh-june.
Captain ]acoha, of this port, camesiupssin
a piloc boat this 'tnutzning. siHectreports that
there was no change-in the rclauons between
France and thectU- States. Mr. Lee the TA
meritan consul at Bordea'uiz,had taken the
ship Ann, of N. Yorlt, to convey him-"& fa
mssily to thesiU'. S. in which ship most hsthe
officers & crews of Anterican vessels'detain
ed "at St. S-ssbastian wOuld take their passage.
'The ship Sally, in which gen. Armstrong
was coming, was daily ess-xpected at 'Bor
deatsitx: it was not known when he "would
leave France. The George 'Dyer was de
tained a'scw hours by the British Squadron
otlss-Rochelle, was examined and released.
She has a great number of'letters on board,
and may be-expected up in the course of
this day.
provementcttill harvest, This was especial- '
lyctthe case in the middlessand upperco'udties;
buc'in some instances-the wheat'was aﬀect
ed by the rust and cOnsidsserabl—y injured. _ ,
Of wheatvctthe avera'ge c'rop in the state, it;
is supposed, will not exceed the half of a -
common c'ropsisi: some 'say'nota third. _
Of [ye the yield has been good—The
grain well filled and heavy-, and altho' light
'm someparts, the average'crop is consider
ed to be a good one:
The weather during hat-"treat has been un
steady, but most of the grain in the lchr
and middle counties was got in without
damage: ln Susse-x it iI-apprehended con
iiderable loss has been sustained in conse
quence of the late rainy weather. The grain
in general ripened later than usual; and a
remarkable diﬀerence of the time ofripen'ing
in the fields in the same neighborhood has
see'n obserVech.
got in generally wery well. From the ssfre
quent rainsa lasirgcr crop than usual from
the second cutting is to be expected.
Oats. The crop in general abundant,
perhaps equal to last year:! PYQQRGG, which ct
[gan very great; '
ryc.took an 'uncommon start and revived
beyond-expectation and progrctsssidd in im—
The spring Opened'with the inost :sOrbid
ding pruspects in relatinn to wheat and ctrye;
especially the former. The Wintet had
been uncommonly severe upon these 'im
Portaut branches of cult'ure. The drewth
couragementof the fartners, and in some
arts, es eciall " thesilower or wet-tun coun
P P ) .
ties osthe state-, sithe Hessian ctsi'ﬂy took the
wheat and destroyed a considerable part of
that "which had survived the severe srosts
up from the impression that the si-yield would
n0t pay the reaping._
After the'raitis in June,si-both wheat and
which followed in May, added to jthe dis- _
of the winter. 'Many'fiesslds were ploughed _
si New Yos'x. Atzgust I.
We learnsiby the Portuguesc bl'lg t'rom'St.
Michaels, that, on the 24th of [am, a small
village 21 miles from St. Nlichaels, called
anas, was sunk by an earthqua'ke, in which
many l'amilies were swallowed "P' Those '
HaY—Thc first cutting: quite "short-,bu-z " I
ct "an jERSEsiY
Agricultui'al res'ults and prosþ ects for
I 810.
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! Fl ax. _'I'he mp also, as. last year! ver}
! good'in the mPpcrctcoumies, but consldcra
lbly damage—(I by she late rain:. _
! Judian'Cum. Although Vctylelpﬀsimw'
! ing and backward, in siconsessqucmc 01 the
ss —dctro-mh -at the time-al siplam'mg andsoun af
ter it came ssup, no'w ;presr'nls ssiprospeu
"scarceky ever succeeded-Man abundant .har
'Vest.
siPotatocS'also promise .: good ;yield ; and
fbuekwhear foe-ver appeared fbussuer .at this
season. _
Apples. fSince "she '*setdcment fof the
country'there;prdbably=newr was sssia season
'that promiscdso-Large -a supplyct—Trentan
Tederalz'sist.
To Rentctfor one or more years,
]"HE BRlCK DVVELLLNG HUUSE at
* present eccUpied by Mr. T. W. Pey
ton, on the corner of King and Columhuc
'streets, adjoining to the subseribel , it has 6
tooms with fire places, and two garrettoome.
sitwo kitchens, smoak house, and stable forz
horses, all-' in good repair
G. IDeneaIS.
ct'A'ugust'B.
EFor Sale,
B'M'ALssL 'FARM in the county—of Fair
4 fax, situate'ti th and a half similes from
'the eomt house,-fourteen from Alexandria
_'and the same distance from 'W'ashington.
This sat" m contains {68 acres, is well watered
-and*ssinc!udes a small. portio: of good meadow,
together with some handsome zituations for
building. si? he terms will be very low and :
hberal eredit-- given. ct
all:/t ly to the siPrinter.
Ailghst li. law82+
_ Stra'yed 'o'r Stolen,
_ ctAhout four weeks ago, a B -Y MA'RE, 15
hands high, {Our Or five years old, siencler
made , she has a stai on hei forehead, a white
'spot on the tip 'of her nose, switch tail and
=mane. PI'wil] givesi-sia reWard of Five Dollare
to any person "who shall secure said'marc, or
deliver her to—me in Alexandria. _
John G. fF-rancxs.
ssAtsg. ' I' ) .. - tsiosi6t
'Boaks'ellar, ng-ssstreet,
The sissScottish Chicia. an Historiea] Roa
enmee, in- 8 vois. by ssMiss Portei, authoress
of Thaddens of W 81 saw, &c —-iliu$trating
thin portion of Scottish history" in which the
gallant Sir "William'siWallace actcd so dintin-ct
guished & part.
-A BRIEF ssVIsEYV
"Of the 'ssPelz'cy and Rceour'cea of the U. State-9 ?
Com'prising sowe Stricttites on a Letter on.
the Genius and siDispositissons of the l' rencit
"Govcrnment.
L'LM wash: NBERG—a'Ronmn-cc. -
'ssB-y William Herber't, 'Esq. authdros;
Spanish outlaw.
July 26. 01?
which he can recommend ler their fiuctn'ly. A
share of the patronage of his friends ind the
phblic is mp'ectshsilly solicited.
_ ! Richard H. Litle.
sissthsffiO- 2 lssst.
Ordersis from the country will
be e'xecuted on ritoderatc ternt'c, and at a ectct'wr:
notice. 'Phy'sicians and ssfamily-prescrip'tions
put tip'i'uith a'ccuracy. ,
R. H. L.
WillssB—e "shidssonfthe l'8th insta'nt, a't 3 o'clockss,
_ P. M. at the sisubsqriber'stt-den,
Altl hls Stockso'f "Grecssn House
Plants, consiating of 225 ipdts and boxes of
Lemonsi, 'Orang'c, 'Chaddc, \T\Yclrengca, Ge
ranium, Myrtle asissorted, China Rose, Rose
Comclia, Yellow-Jadminc, 'Calichontus, Ar—
zere 'vita, siPdmcgranatc *doublc and single
Iowering, Perthgal a'nd'erunna Lauvel, Ole—
mdqr'double and single ﬂowering, Arbutus,
Passion Fiowet's, Laurel, Aloe assorted, ﬂy,
lcinih and Tulip Roots. '
A'LSO, -
The 'siunex-ptred Leasc of four
years and four simonths of two and a half acrcs;
subject 'to t'went'y five pound-s a year rent.—
The 'lea'sise can be renewcdssfo'r ten years—with
all the im'PPOsiVP-MCMS'OH "it—all the vpgeta
zles, and 'betWeen 3 and 15000 fruit trees is}
mrser'y, the most 'df fihemjgrasted with thq
zest kind of fruits, sfitsswmove this fall.
of DRUGS, MEDIClNES, SPICES, &c.
chased the stock of Jesse Talbott, ofi'cie for
sale. at his shop on lairsax street, near the
corner of King street, a sienerzctl assosirt'ment
Wepa rted this life yesterday morning,
Mr. Edward May, resident of this town. --
His friends and acquaintance are respect
sisu'lly invited --to attend his funeral this morn
at 10 0 clock, from the house of Rich
nrd HOrwel-l, 'Prinee street. .
M.? si .ct si, _. - """!
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WF LTffiXﬀOssN Sct—si
Fusfirecei-ved by flames Kennedy, sen
, . " " Peter Billyct
sisi-ctmz 59}
The Stib'sbribefr having piti
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