Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political — Alexandria [Va.], 1810-11-19 00:00:00, page 3

This debt condstt of bank
: per cent. old and new Sooth
Sea annuctitics, 3 per cem. ap
_nuieiel, 8 per cent. contolo,
: per gan. reducedss-ctt pet
tent. and 5 pen: cem. tbessreassl
. value of whichtis _asic &c.-nium;
ctioqgsith len (bid the nominal _
"'ctDsisisiduct sithen 202974506
This deduetedsileavee a baI- _
' me of" si 408,023,soo
This tum; a little upwards of 400 mil
lions,- id probabis' above the real debt of
Great Britainsi. thctt'even this great sum is
diminishing. Cc-bhet, six or eight years
ctlgo, caicuiatcd its extiuction in 33 or 4
years. This was before he turned demo
lcrate There is no witchcrafc in the busi- ct
. neas. Any one whosiunderstands the nature ss
si—ctbf the linking sund can protrt- its approach- 5
__ ing extinCtiossu with as great mathematical
.. certainty as my ptoposition in Euciidsi "
lt was in the year 1784 that Fox started
., the sinking ctsund with it capital of £4000
eterling. lts beneficial operation was soon
seen, and its capital was increased. In
- 1809 the old and new sinking sunds (the
latter of which is cdnsined to no maximum) ss
yielded an annual iqcome of £11,200,000 s
nerling. in a few years, ten at farthest, it \
will yield an anon:] income of 20 millions. ?
And, when it is considered that the public 1
— debt increase: in an anthmetical series, and iss
the profits of the sinking fund increase in a 3
geomtrz'cqssl neries, that the profits of the ss
einking sundiwill in a given time overtake (
the public debt is a calculatioo of mathe- ;
mati'eal certainty. ss
Let us make & rough calculation,'far more
against England than the truth will'allow.
Let us suppose the real public debt now
: 1300,000-,000 si.
Nomlet unuppoee that the ;
Maiden of the sinking i
find have at eep'nal es but taopoopoo;
N ow let us suppose that her _ i
rth-nue- is ' insufficient sifot'
meintaining the war, and that .
lhe borrow: nine thilliohs an
. ""My , this with the" interest
. Will amount to, say , W 000 000
ctct . 603,923,5oo'
'ctTsi NOWJn 1809, the commin
lioner: of she 'sisink-ing sond
were creditors to the amouut
of 184,600,000--Suppos= it
"now 200,ooo,ooo. zooooopoe
sisict si ct ss' us;" T - .. . ct.
sisi ._ manent: Qazgm.
signs]. lntelligencn5 while Great-Britain ctis
m'uje edge of ssbankruptcy. As yesterday,
" z'ssain !hiass day- beg "sissComucopin" to
,.iﬂikl this badkruptcy' ahan actually take
' me beforesiWe declare war, againsthen—
]! our democtsiata will be thuzsiparie'nc the
(fiend! of their country need not fear war
- 'si'uh ther power {or : c'enmry to come.
, "Some of the demo'cratic papers have late
ly stated che public debt os Greac-Britaid at
" 311,898,000 pouads sterling. Why not in
sound numbers say fifteen hundred millions,
the extra expense of ink for such a state
mcm is nothing ; andxhere win be enough
to believe it ?- Duane some time ago said
me and some atffive thousand. Why ﬂinch?
sisi The real number is probably between three
god six hundred.
\ lo the year 1809 the public debt amountsi
,ed 20640 miiliuns, 400 of which accrued
* since the year 1792 : but, admitting she
simtcment, sayjjzmuary Szh, 1810,
' * s 11,898,ooo
atande at ; -. 400,000,000
The interest of this for 30
Years at 5 per cent. is - 600,000,000 4
sssi Now. is the time w strike, days the Na-'
there were fifteen thousand Americaus im- ss
meralic papers stated the number, some at
pressed in the British Scrvice. Other de
ct ctctsigﬀþjÞNUVBMBBR lsi9o, \
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\ cent. .,Thu" m about tsictl year:
sictsissdoublekaþd prodttceo a pio- ss 'sssi- _- -
fuof -si - 190,600.000
ss ration at the end bf 22 years
ss 33 years yield , 720;000,QOO
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against him scattered amongst a thomnd
ctcditors. He employs an agent B. [which
we will soppose a commisaioner of his sink
ing sond] delivers him. the SllOiOOO. B.
buyz A's notes, the interest on which is
paid quartcrly. la ten years B's Suopoo
produces as? much more. At the end of 30
years, A'a original debt, with the intercft.
_atnounts to 8894-900
ss B's ll0,000 are now about 880,00'J
[ ssqnd B. has in possession all of A's notes...
A. is out of debt.
, by. Howchr, British debt, British pover
; tyand British bankruptcy, are sine subjects
for our deffiocratie papers and puny politi
cians to make the . causes of their much
wished approachingruimTheir happiness is
the ideal misery of England. Yet England
ssheeds them not. There ate barkings which
challenge not the regard nor change the
course of the moon.
dated Oct. 10.
ss " On the 29th of September, we had the
most :remendous equinoxial storm here,
which raged from half past nine at night,
and lasted until fosiur o'clock in the morn-si
ingof the SOth, many vessels have suﬀered
in the harbor, some of them have been cast
ashore and are abandoned, among which,
a ship called Theodore, of considerable va
lue. The brig Humbird, captain Thomas, _:
_ was amongst the number and at first consi- '
dered lost, but capain T. got her oﬀ without
material injury, is now taking in sugars and
will shortly proceed to Philadelphia. At
the entmnce of the harbor under the Moro
Castle, an English echooncr was driven on '
.- the tocks and not a piece of her to be seen,
the captain alone lost his life. " The schr.
James, capt. Criswell of Philadelphia, was
si'cta't the Moro when the storm began, at 12
o'clock- cut the cable and run out to Sea with
the north gale but the wind turning round
to "the eou'th with the same fury, cast herpn
sithessrocks andsieuery thing was lostct The
description of this ship wreck is terrible :
only a' negto and a mulatto saved their lives,
having been thrown on share amongst some
hides, the negro considerably lfgss'uised. A
passenger who passed under name -—--,
and when real name .wn 3—5 was did
The whole wealth of Great-Britain is esti
mated at SOO millions. A in: of about 15
per cent would pay it. Would this brea-i
the nation? To whom is it paid ? To each
Other. The nation is quite its rich as ever.
The farmer deliver: the stockholdcr 15 of
i hissheep out of 100: but the sheep still feed
inssBritish pasturcs. Bonaparte and Mudi
son ate nonessthe richerctfor this exchange of
sisifbelow th; truth)\m<isix peff'ict'ss'dsiss
'dd W it, field! (which sit] ss _. 51}
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yield 360,000,000
Which sum: at the end of si ' "
The British debt takes not an'iota from
her ability to maintain the war. An Eng.
lish statesman and sinancier never dreams
of serious embarrassment from their debt.
1440,000,000
HLre the national debt of Great—Britaitt,
the bug bear that makes our wonderingdc
mocratg so game and stare, is at an end.—
ing fand has been in operation ttvcnty-six
years, and its prosits have been received, and
continue to encreasr, and must in time: an
m/zilate the debt. The British will ncvcsirss
sue for peace from the want of money.-—— ;
Theirsitime of danger has long since gone
anxious to become creditors: and, 0s_late
years, when they run" in debt for a large
sum, they run in debt for more than they
wish, creatibgsiwith the debt, a fond for the
extinction of that debt. But, supposing a
tax should be. levied at once and the whole
nasiicssmal debt be paid oﬀ, to one another.—
N'Ot 'Fs this mere theory. The British sink
\'V;-hcn they wish_to create a stock all are si
account of it purchase one pound less of 3
pdsissssessed of St 10,000. He has notes out
Extractofa Ietterst-om St. yaga de Cuba,ss
sheep and stock; nor will the" English onctss
powder and halle.
Let us suppose A in debt 8300,000: and
These some to nctive opsse
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ss bo'und'cssosiport Amonio, with alwivesfsantlT
_ from England, whose charactcrctemillcssshim \
ss ltslc-y, t'nc British Sccrccary ()fScatc, that ss
ss motives, laid an injunction Upon us. Out
ss mioistcrial papers, the Aumra and its salt]
; ite the. VVhig, m actribme 'the origmmiosin of
' the plot to that very government which re
' ]:cccd :.nd exposed is. - 1
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si in place of the freedom of the press , per
5 trouble for his loving subjects to read news
- drowned : it sesscsishs thzt'lbwlsssisiciþiehbad
sim- d thcass depactnrc: che!!! tho:" 'captssagsiuf
' When she gqqinox was " dailyisimcndsiessictﬂg- si .ct' !
"The Spmisis'h schooner St. Fcrnmsiddsf
siboundsito Hzi-Vanna, is also wreckccf .issvlhctssect
York or Boston.
just arrived from Liverpoo], being her first
voyage ,' bur'then 23] wtone, 29 per tegister
dated Julylast.
ALsosi. ON BOARDsi,
2000 bush. fine LiVerp'o'oI Salt.
Application to be made to captain Gaonoz
BABKBR, on board, 01 to
James Sanderson-ct
Noverpber 19. ,
'I" I! the above Sun- should not be sold
in ten days, freighc will be taken for New
noblcman rxpressssl his surpriZc that any'
portion of our people should continue to che
rish an art;;c-hmcnt to France ; sm- continual
he, " there exists in my qffice [zro/zosals made
to this government by that as France, _s;—r
partitionz'ng' your country!!! ' We make
this communication to the public with all
the deliberation due to its importance, and
with a solemn sense of the responsshilit "We
owe to our fellow citizens for its truth. "he
shot for the public good !si—Ind. Amss
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FOR SALE,
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name of our insormnnc, WE (!!) m" glvss, btt- i
an ungrutss-sul and scurrilous attempt in th: {
naplc commodily sor- ther prgmcs arc qn ;
the ground, and it w 11] take eleven momhsss 41
before: they can get new onrsss- " lu the cizy ct;
no makesial damage oc'curred." . '
cause, for the present, he- has from 'bsi-coming
government has been apprisss-d ctzt' it in an nu.
thentic manner, but the only pubctzic and visi
ble: eﬀect it seems to hLWc yet produced, is
salmon was driven "on shone, the cargosiwiilssi
be saved. sishcssbdy only losist his life. 1
lost for this year. All-sslhc plamminns, the ]
storm,":ull lives saved: An "hglisisfiﬀsibr'lgsij
to the most cm'irc credic, has auzhonscd um
to say, that In conversation with Lord Wel- ;
mach, onc' chirdsiof the coﬀer, if not more is
The Paris papers have publishe (] a most
delectahle account of the srcet' um and hap
piness ofthe French nation under the regi
me of Bonaparte, cnntrasst'ed with the un
happy condition of the poor enslaved. mise
rablc English. According to this state
ment, the French are and ought to be at
this time by farthe happiest people on the
the face osthe earth, enjoyingevery luxury
oflise m abundance, andiiberty to excess.
It is true, their soreign commesice is de
stroyed, but the " arts of chymistt'j'" sup
piy them with the produce ofall parts of the
world , that is, by way of substitute. True.
the} are and hzive cunstantiy been engag (!
in w :tr, bu: the conscri-ztiun gin: s on plca
sanzly and even numc ous vsioiunteers sink
to the impcrial standmd. Natsn in Eng {;
land: there, the people are in the low
est state of degradation and miser), and
the government is actua'tis obliged to ; ress
meninto ther sertice. Old Ling George
is afraid t) shew his face in L mdon.
while the great,: NR-nOicOﬂ, "the sathet os
his.peop1e"rcsssiir!--s quietly ahzut Paris
in the delighted view of " 150 OOO specta
tore. !" Such is the tenor of this statement.
Amore complete and cutting satire can
ccarc'ely be imagined 'Pmise ' undeserv
ed in censnr e in disguise. " Su'wstitutes in
deed ! Yes the emperor is famous at that.
He can uwuhtow: - sree gOVernment with
the utmost sansi5 ctjraid', and substitute : des
otism of his own cteatzon. He can de
throne the rightful sotzereign of :: country,
and suhstitute one oship own worthy (ami
13. All this he dc-co without the least
" thanks to the art of chtmistry. , But we
are not informed wh it has been substituted
papers; and besides itcould do them no
ness of the empire. Kind soul! Palmsi was -
good, and might be injurious to the happi-si
hapz the emperor thoughtitwas too much
November 37,
I-"OR SALt _
A few bales of COTTON-ss'
IMPORTANT. _ '1
An American gcmlcmanjusc rcturn'edf
ulThc plantax-iom have sisusscredss very.
APPL! 'ro
Joseph Smith's"e
The good and aubstantial fast
sailing Ship
TEN BROTHERS:
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H- Themeushmaf
.- simln Socmy Will afiﬂlfil?
tions to the Fansincrs Bank of Alexan
' (hie being due on Tuesday the 201h instaflkctss
N'Ztice ns [medy given thata cosimmiuec 'q
(hue Dircct'ozs, appointed for that purpose,:
' will attend on. that day; at Bmkct'f s. s'zwern
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first. " -
Ehsha MJHCY- .
sssi James efth; ]unas' --
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Nov. 19. _ _8t
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. Abunsich' of KEssYS—I he fmder shall bpsiss
; bandsomsisciy rewarded onsi leaving them ]witle
land in either the states of Maryland or Virl !}
ginia, with proper cultivation may be mad "
t-sse produce 100 bushels ol' corn per acrc.—! '
great proportion of this tract is hcavily tim
bercd, from whichan inexhaustuble quantitsi-ffi
osship timbci*, staves, &c. may be taken. >
The Pz-operty veil] be shcwn on application tss*'sssi_
Mr. John 'vV- Brbnaug—h, in George Town,
Mr. Daniel M'Carty,—ou the premIsiScs. ] ' si
terms of Sase are, o'ne' third cash, Or negoti * :
ble paper in the ben — os Columbia, at 50 (13 ftsi
with tWO approved ssndorsers residinp: with}.
the Dis rict ot Coluffibin— the balgnce'in ths tf
equal ]) ymchts of'thf'ec, SYKsi ' d isitnczmont] "si;
all bearing interest from __ ectsiy of,;oiEfin not
as above mehtionedsi] Wct-silaad is to t'em
bound, and be resolcsiffitscssfasitﬂt o ,pctssayme if};
fc'n- so much ready qfei'ggssysissis may she suffi
ent to raise the balatipe cn due, and the r sijisif
sidue on a credit to meet the future
ments or insmlments, the proCEEds of whi-sst
rcsale is to be in like ,ugsi'lpncrsizccuredyass
this operation of rezale'zia-tqbe made as oft-sictct'
a: such successive deEultct' Shall require,co zsi'
forming each to the terms proscribed for " ;
; tion.
3 (10 (company.
3 (30 (sun;;owder,
mqthlse '
klnthe,=
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from Danz'clM*Carty, and Margaretta Mn
tilda Snowden, his wise, to us the subscri'
bers, will be exposed to pttblic Snle on Tucs
day fhctsi/ctE/silll day of Fe-bruary next, at ('My-v.?
sm-d's tavern, in George Tow'n, a Tract 05
Land on the river Polomzc, ]yingin London si
cmmty, state 'os Virginia; known as B'l'Carlg
ty's Isnnti, und Suysizsizr Lend Tract, or 33?
much thereof as will be sufficient to pay un;
sum recorded in said deed. _ 3
This property lies about 20 miles abov?
George 'l'own, and the city of Washingtcx
and the Island part of the prbperty, contain
ing 300 acres, is known by its produc. ss
tions to be the" most vsstluablc and desirablsiss
ly Society.
Charles Tackcu.
Stzﬀorrsil bounty, N'cv- 2—16- 7l'sisi
The subzcziber i} distant about one mil
srom Mix Tackctt's'academy. He will;;
commudatc & few ,boardcrs upon moclcrsifitass-si
terms. _ , si.,..;
V. PEYTON. *
AInfzs and Glebec. Boardcrs can be Well ac
commradutcd convenient to the school I:]?O _
very moderate u-rms. No student win - "3
admitted for a shortcr time than one year.
'l'he price of tuition and fire wood will I) _
twenty one dollai's and thirty four ccnts.
This scminazy is advmctasiageousixly situaked
possessixsinctzr in 9. very eminent degree the ad 'zlsi
vantagcs of hcaixh, and of genteel and friend T'
sorensioon until 2 0 'clockiu the afi'emoon.
No'vemner 15. ' -ss _ dsi
nu'm'im's , ,
Kiuitting ard Scwing Cotton, Fax Rcels,
Az: nclic .n Cotton ssand VVoolcn Cloth,
G ocmica as usuassl.
ssczcnzbzr ! 1. &
to receive poymen'sis, horn lOsi o_c.ock m thdsiss
. HE subscribcr will continue this Schoolg
the ensuing year, and instruct youn si
;.xcrsiﬂcrr-cn in the following branches ot'sicdn .
cati'sin, to wit :--S/1e-Iling, Reasllng, !,C'rjzct'ct-gct
.dr.si':.':ct*m-tic, Enctlielz Grammar, upon the pin:
os Ictimlicy Murrfiy ;-ss-—('om]:oaition, Blai?
I.:smrc-s, Afaral thloscjzhy, Practice! Sur ctsif
Hasfar :alc at his story: on Princr-strcct, si
Pc. (11! As" in kcg's,
20 bunch hmwsishg Appks,
(.ickr By the bunch.
A isicw burrcis ggoozl Shad,
Cfdc'ese z-ml IssO'si'siJOZS,
500 yards Country Linen,
. bsitraw L'onuczs,
A muricnn (; inghams and Chambrayf,
Co {01 Shluing Mad Bedkick.
(,olton m lungs, \ss . r., , ss.
(jandzcs in form,
Vx' craving Couon ol Ciﬀcxent co' on an
12 cheat: Old Hyson ! casijatsiclt im] O'WP
By virtue of a deed of trust
A. 'ek'andriusi,
4 pipes of Lfsuzsitxy Gin,
3 hogshcuils New RUm,
T-zg-sculum Grammar Sc/wol.
-HE scr'ond paymcnl upon the subscnpsi-ss .
Antimony Rhodes,
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