Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political — Alexandria [Va.], 1810-07-17 00:00:00, page 2

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Þzmvtlsi SNOWHEN
fsct'sict'ss',chn pduple, in whith they odsighsit to
si-ssfeke'sie deeper tnterest.
' Wﬂen tn'uch less skilled in the science os
, Wdfian " nature then thoctee who hold the ma- L
ss " she of each Other. ! As the ruling
si __ _ sits Said tossiwallow up all the rest so.
ents, tn'cltneje He to excuse and forget the
ss ries of the Other.
"' 'Asipprized of this principlesi' xn our nature,
fsictsithe took ol France have issncesssmly employ -
'"sisi-sssitd may artifice to inﬂashe our resentments
ctagnnbtct-Ehg'and to such a tle-gree of fury" , as
w create an almoet total insensihility to the
- 9pen aggressione of that tlespot, who shakee
<over our heads the chains he ne about to im
t— 'pcSe; From the inundation of our govern
ashentct: {ble has been the unceasing cssort of
si-xhctq'si'zs'ess'who possess-all power, andtheir pre
Qsie'ssnt cbnduct gives the melancholy assurance
that no sum: Of things can refer-m them.
_- veil, Whichssh'itsi. ]eﬂ'erson had dlsgracesully
?" "few-own over the Bet-[in decree; to conceal it
fiqm the people, what course did this party
T.." —?Nn "question can be psirosiþounded to the
-"*' sisict ...st .. , si... \
si is ,ssctctctgssctf ijen, Alexandria.
sssi-ss'sict-"etlopt?
"But" they proclaim to their fellow cxtizens ]
—sssssi—si.-a d-ekeﬂhination to ressiist this ond: sgoisecl
"invamd'bi thesilaindepemlenCe. Did the)
xm the manly (one of free-men declare, th tt
"submissioh to this unprovoked and unqoali
\ ﬂed— aggresssaioo amotmted to a surrender of
the.-fighte of. sels got esimmem. )
_ 'No._ Although" the order: of council
siss-wesisir'e unknown. they then, as -,tzow labored
si'toss throw ss.on\si Britain the odiom of this exe
hcigbjo state-m. .- lnstead of a plaiussssand ho—
(mea declantion pointing directly to the au
"NhQF-esiof Our thOI-LZS. (The machiavels of the
Nmribetlt to oretgn nations ne -
{falls-, and hated Engllﬀﬂ was loadcdgtcvith 'si
,nhe man-of belm'ed "France.
siThis us not themes: huiniliating reﬂectlon .
L—uggested by" the tecolleCtibtJ'of those de
" wedtng traosactiom- .
Ksij- fact, whtch was" th eoubdnatood by
ssgveryﬄansi ol Mr.-Nation. is now of uni
ffimlmmoriety. The proofs of 1t me so
Multtplted and are so entirely on a l'eVssel
si f=iithss eveny egpaeitypt'hat ". is as well estab
lulled as any of the obviotts trothe of on
tare. It is. that the war now waged by
Bonaparte agatsinst England 18 to be carried
on-dy—sisiwaging war on commerce. To com
metethe aecribes the immense navy os G.
-- 7Beitam, assitd the destruttion of that now) is'
ss- sigou'gbt by the" deed-thou:!" Of commerce—
"They are identified with each other; and
"INleago e to which he commands -ua toac
Meats a" leagoe against commerce.
Thiertroth has been so often proclaimed
Esictssby himself thatcttt- as now as Well understood
by all, is it wax'at'ctthetime by those rulers
iss' The-adopted our anti-commesircissal system.
(Our Property was sequestered When-even
E'W: The hope "of reatoration and the
;, {en-For loss Werelo full operation—lorl
*' vsshatf As WLEMems to enter into the ss
sisssissct—sileguess "t comlnerce— the mstramsieat
. ssss-ss by My him was toube overthrowa.
its" si chgwehomble an Ametiean than
-L 'theimdlection 'that with a" not knowledge
offiiﬂsfuer, takh the rdd suspended OVer
inch)!!! the throat soundtng in our ears,
thy the" punishing-m alsectatsslt inﬂicted was
as of; that which "was reserved
si if}! Wobedteaee. We did enter
thy lex-gut- aged-et- come-te. ss'We did
_._ ss'w propiuasite the; st- m !} not. whose
- si " ss' 'ct ed deep-man Uljmgs from hlS
; .ss _ ' "" ass: the' Meat admits us was] hse.
: mt two. Let-,;- as seized. We lot]:
- QWW <Wectpalled an' uafimited
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. _,si psuemsioctdet-s fer minae-:.
Gentle-, 5 Down. si ss 04
siiss '"URMINIÞPS _
siss. ?si'si ' ) No! X]. : '
5, When Bonaparte hhnsels tore of? that '
Act '"siftleCdore, have been the subject Of the
' si mgnumben- -
" , "sisiha'tss (ne-invei are these mist-e presente
" si to be ascribed? —
, ._,sisiss, _ ,ss si ncet ohvioue of "those loathsome
_ si 'sisisiþl'eeentateons, "which have been drawn
c.; " ed by which qusir, pssaseions are, at will,
_ {Lest} hete against one of the belliger— '
"A!
ss He National Intelligencer by the let- ,
] the marquis of Wellfifey and of the '.
sssilttjsicte eft-inn ttsivo natton-ssi, who are the ;
From :}sizsie chcral Republican.
"smi- , that it 13 impoemMe to feel equal
si'ctsissss, !?U-FSDMY', WLY- nct.
into watsi" or bushed into peace,
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m thin he! of abictecsst 'ssspcthminibn, We were!
rewarded with 'a—sielniie of appeobatton. The
hotperorwas natufied with us. s-w" bathed
Lsor an hour' in the; Machine ctos his savorl-But
{he did not let go his hoitsiisi on out prayertyijct
As is to let m pen;-ne lsihiosi opinion, that
sisischntise'messnt alone would lecsiure the; Sacri- ?
fice he demanþsiesidl he continued to detain
"all that came wuhmhts grasisctp belonging to
sicitizcns of the United State-s- si .- ;? si
Howeviir ssgsiratiszing us our rtctlsiiers might
be, the" contpfit'centy with which this cham- ss
pint! of the liberty of the Sea! viewed our
beif-txisiiusion froth the bcean, however It
might, m their opinion. compenaa't'e sssor an,
empt) treazury adeg rade'd character,
the Earthen betatzsatug length too oppresstvc.
tosibe borne. by th peopie. The d'ehj'stitc
promise tthit'Wbu ssg'rittisy eVerv malig si
nabt teeling towards England by bringing
her to our see} and to" "tlgte fF'et'bf France, \
was complete!) disprosivfd , and the unwel
come troth that ! : seven-at Operiition was ..
against oursel'tet; became ap arebt to all.
Our rulers perceited, that 'the cffib'arg'o or
their own power must (all; and much as
they dreaded the resentmtnt ol France so!"
this act of osibeditct nce, the s ar of future dan
ger s y!elded to the necessities ofthe moment,,
and-this sets destrositing !sineasure, after en
"ardcnt Strugglc Per—"i re: t!tta'ctsi!dsit' gin!!! up. sisi
It was succeeded b'ysi .. non intercourse
sin., whieh did not m "At!) mannerz'!ffi-ct
France.-, bu: which (an. (I! ned our imt-rcuuusc -
wnh England wuh tne churg! !. of a double -!
ivositage. T his act was !!snc red. to the wmld
wnh declarattons, sidh'lssfilng me !!a: !!!n a
gamtt which we ] gisiihcu .!!! 1 was accom
pan'u-d with duus!!! ulmior t ngsizance, T
should !! fail to 'pmc-clu !: the dtsssed Li'i' ct.
si" This erriperor how eve-runs" not 'to bEss de- 1
- I , si.ct' , ' ,. -* ) ' - _ .}
deemed. He knrw w-xu that ll our com- *
Which were ct'c'ctcd his hop: a 'a: a'Ccomp'lisish
ing the ruin otssEltgiand- And of timnatisilibcr
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He hasct'thefcssiorc manisestgd his rest-m—
ment in' ssa ma'nnrr, Much many seek to ex
"swarm with ptivatcisirs commsiissioncd by his
vassai monarchs to-prcy on ouz comnﬂercc.
We are told, that We are "a nation " without
just politi'cal' view-a, without hunor and with
out energy." That we ought " to tearsito
pieces the that-ter of our independcncc."
That although we cannot " fight in detcnce
of honor," wesi may be coinpclled ":to fight
*for interest" !! ! si
'And—to what meafium doeS'sithe g'dtsirem
ment fiaper intitc' us" to rcsort to ﬄ'tngc
these injuries, to wipe oﬂ' this deep—deep
disgrace, and to ass-:rt _our character as an
indopcndent nation ?
'"Who can restrain "his ei'iisiotions,' when he
hears, that we are invited to return to that
obedience from which we have departed
to re-enter sst'he cbnfederacyﬂagai'nstsi.com.
thence—again to become mctcmb'ers ofthe
con'tirental league ; to reinetate our embar.
go ! ! ! This may dissipate the storm which
'is collected over us; and is now bursting on
our heads. It may pacisy the angry-master
of thess'Eumpe'an con'tinent, and the" di'sp'oser
. of the " two Americas " -siThe wide spread
s-ing ruin,' which this measure sibringasson our
Feountry'is as nothing compared to the re
; eentment of Bonaparte. The obvious sur
sirender ofselt-government,—implied in this
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tact os submission,=1s ummportant,-1f1t as
suage- the wrath of the scourge of-sim'an. The
? late election: have di5pelled all fears for the
preservation of power in thecthsiands of its
present possessors, and smoothed the way
s'for return-ing to that degradingand ruino'us
ss system. from which we 'ssweredriven by the
'apprehension' of a revolutionbfsip'art'ies. si
lWVe have-been scourged for this aberratision
from the line marked out' for-us, and we are
si ready to resumethe- course preseribed. To
"si induce us'to embrace again this abjec: mea
siausiee, om- old enmities against si En'gland are
—-to be renovated. " " ss ' "" sisi
'ctlsil in come degree relieve bothsimyself & she
reader from the —painful-sen=_ations accomsi
paying-the idea of again eourting national
—ssdisi.*.graee ---through the -medium- of national
ealamiiy. by beatowing sithe attention of !
_m6ment on the sallacy of those represents:
'sisitiona, which are intended toeedttce as into;
{that humiliating mea-sung , " ' "'
tary force, andsiwith one tremendu'us
led by cosones Duzmc willct pt'osussc'UPy de
fend. Our property in'cvcry 'count'rsy sub
ject to his wit, whatever may bc'thc circum
mercc was lct into (be Uccem, the t'm-t'cantil-c
g'enius ot-Euglandsizmd the dZ'siCUHl) sh. af
stancesssundcr which-is was "introduced, is
Sri-zcd " not todctaﬂ-but in form, by mili- .
him, because notning less than the cmbmgo
would amount to a complete co-operatiun
with him, and would make the Unitcd
States a member of the conssi-dcracy he had
sWerp' carried into his coﬀer.-,." ; 'The scas.
tenuatc, buc (vhsiisscsih onlyss a sidcsptt'atc band
thihglcss than the emb'argo would (;(mltctnt :
formed agctinsc contmcrcc, on thc'succc—Mofss
forded, would atttct'act-it'tuLchm-ts, No- 5
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: [The"ss'usscffionsissssshatsissthe siembssmgoss whensst
si 'rsisisi—pesialed; Wafssi-Onsi'th'e " p'c'fintsi-of 'eﬀecttng_ us
sif'siwbjecsstz isssss totally Unworfthjsiofctctcgnstdeqnou.
si'TThissssictssasitalessss siasi'rtifiesse'is. worojqutss- f'siffhexctzc was .
ct'ss'just on t'he'ctpointsisi 'of_ doing somefhlng, ye: 1
"ire-peace] aguinctctqnd zgaissn dunngss m eonentu- ;
:sssissansic'e} until-3 the 'f'ectﬀecr'of the assurgnce lwas ;
losc. The pressure" of present musery wys
' too great to b'e'longer'cn'dnredfhfthe 'vnm ss
y-delusiVe hope of obtaining an object which _
* would benefit, not America, bu't' Frznce.-ss
sss-Its inefficacy, except as assgninsc ourselves;
has been too recentlysissdemonstrated to be}
l alreadysssorgotten. ss
si " Theassertsstonsi that on? lesse-s on the COD'
f-"cttinent of Europe, were the inevitabcheon-l
'sequencesss of Pemofingssssthe embdrgo, ississort
isissfill'fdctsim more" consideration. ]
lsictss In the fir's't place, no: e'ven those losses,'j
!"siimmfnse as they are," 'cqualsssithessfuln lmsissnlv-"j
zed jfj asicominu'ance of the embargo. Not}
"even the dipgrace of snhmitting paticmlysict to si
si'thesssc acts of violence, fand of bearing with- !
"'si'bnt complaint thei opprolsrious languugcsibe- si
" etowssc'd upon tis; cast equal ("he sfi'll' gr'e fixes
si—si-si'di'sgsirace of becoming members of that
'sileague against tonjmerce'sisiwhich Bonnparte
"Yenjoins as the only. alternative-'that can ons-"
pend the punishment he has decreedxss' 'Thac
the emhargo places us in his'cosinsederaw; is*
'Za truthcttoo obvious forcontroversy; "Hadct
"'I been true" theqeﬂore, 'that the r'rmoval of
'the embargo necessarily cXposed us to" the
sssilnsassctWc- have susistain'essd, she to the disgrace
' of ssiubmitting t'o thatlosssi, 'sss'tiﬂ "its fen'w'vai ct
ss would be preferable to its continuance
But it is not true, 'that this loss and' this-si
' dlsgrarc sim- tO be asulbrd eXCluslVelysi to
ousir'nsscluisntshg the 'rights of 'a l'ree'an'c'Is-in
dep- nclent nutson. ' _ 'si ]
si'silﬂav it not be fairly ascribedfito those.
who have been si\--inqessansstlyctemplnyed in'
magnifying 'thesssicthostiiity of—Englnnd and
concealing the out'rag-fs of "France? Had
our democratic -administrations presented
fairly to the public eye-the real dispositionl
ofeach belligerent-; had our congress,ctin
stead-"of pouring one continued 'and furious
invective against-England, trulysi statedsi-sithe l
sihos—tile aggression ofsiFrance, and thess'sijust ss
cause of apprehension from that b'elsiligerent;
had theyinstead ofctmcouraging the trade
to the-—Baltic, acknowledged that the power 1
of Bonaparte excended to that sea, and that —
safety' was-not to be found 'e've'n in a Rus-si'art .
port; had the National 'Intelligencer and
"such o't'her papers as are supposed to cin
vfey the sentimencs osssthe admittistration to
she public, instead of torturing every cir
eumstanee to provoke Tesentment against
'England, faithfully depicted the ferocious
and vtndtcttve-dispositions (if-France ; these
l'osses could not have occurred in the same
siﬂegree. 'But While government acted
doubly on _lhc mind of the mer
chant by": keeping-up the expectation - ofsswar
wnbsiEnglansid."by inviting him-into the'
QOTLÞFTD Pomosi by concealing the danger; ;
?? See general Armsss'trong's than if the '
251/1 jane, sissl'_808. "No dodbt sithe (vessel:
were diet-march relaxed,- ' but who: in: 6:
si game of their cargaesfsi . " " 5
si the tmt-mgn was impus d, ch ry sea of the
C-(nsillctlltstidi wnld was covered with our
"ships." Mrmt ot the.-se ciime within. the
' iy to be ascribed? 'To the folly of placing
"and the B titic.
si-tthich have sailed inr the crzntincnt since
'They are not sustained srrmi Britain, or the
"ing from the character of a repreleutative ol
[Wmedialtctiy after the Bet-sin decree; siasissnd
Long pr- t Znus to the embargo, Am'e'ricasiu'
'sUterce.
'prochy to an imniense'amduntsi was seized
graspnf Btnctpcirtc; Lint! Shsi'siﬂledsi the sicc-m
!! on iztte (if womsttatmn—a sate to tthic h
powers in'amity with iBtitain. ]hey are '
sustained alter reachihg tltk ii port-s ofdesti'a
nation N it th-n the meannesa of deacmd- '
the A meritan rc ptihlic to that of a French
custom- house officer,, or common tldc' wa it
er in the parts at the Baitic and the Elbe,
in order to seen it out cage-s for consideration,
could plotett from the {Angs nf Bonapartc,
property which had an Am: tican owner.
To it hat cause then she the se losses reai
-'si"And whence proceeds our" obstinate per- l
Sev'erance in thi'sssruinous confidence.
our property within the power of France. L
the removal of the en hargn. Those only
with cdme within this drst riptio'n of c'as'fs,
hate any preteXt for ascribing their losses
to the repeal of thatsirbinnus law. -
But their lnsses are not sustained at ssiea.
in diﬀ rein parts of the contincnf; and held
as a plulge mr our good be hatior. 'When
A-scctcondand a verb-numerous ciass ot
"cant-9 is ssccmsssss-s d (I! th'nse {'esscts Which
under Ftskint & cum-union sailed for lhc
pdtsits ui H Hand the nnith ol German)
pasitch s ture su' jetts-(l. * _
An rt- vn 1 n hatgo could not haveTre- si
Vented fiiis pH)]si.*:lH hunt faiiing into the
hands of the arch exte'rminatur of cum
ei-n t'; itse t'e. ssisils tt-hith bore national dis
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The third ciass cOnsi'sts of thssi'sf- tesseis
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'jsi
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TfmmTFrance,*:mz int; lie-expected may
=-sic;ou1d'elctcape those dangers?
is! forbectar a further co'mment on this it
' some subject. '-ls,ssalttr conttmplctsin _
unma's'kcd as itis. thessAmerican p", ]
still he led blind laid in the am 0] Frsi'
can be seduc'e'd into that centimmal lum
which is, the badge os alway and the
cursor 'os'the bankruptcy of its "With"?
reasoning is in vain, aii tesistance sum];
. . Vcsscls Iejst at ]sIe ef— ﬂsay .
Ship Mincrva, Fmd, of'sibuxbury forN
Yorksi, Pfs diiy-s , schooner Thomal, Dun-.
ye] ior Pur'tsmouth,15;sfhorner Nancy
Tumer, of Milford, to saﬂ'in 15 dazst'ur
New Yet-"It ; schr. Federaiist, Shapley so;
Ptirtsmoussth 15; brig Triton, Porter, of
Freepdrt, shr New York, 25; brig Iohn
Langdon: Dinnard, for Portsmou ii, 30;
hrig Un nion, Proctor, for Marblehcad, 40;
schr. Frnelon, Lineil, for Duxbury 45;
ship 'siAHigator, Jenicins, for New York
nhen to sail uncertain. Several other ves.
Scis tinknown.
The Corur'i'na papers by captain Girdkr
are to the- 4-rsi'h of May. Their contents in.
'dicatc a hold and un'abztcd spirit of resstist
me:: in the Spaniards ssto their tmaders.
They mention the 'fali of Aatorga, butnot
with the least despondency- , and the con
quest the) sa) cost the French 4000 men.
Junut directed the siege. , The Spaniarda
ssi-biainrd : 'mcst honorablc capitulati'm,
which the) Thing:- the French with almost
immediately vioiasing. From the distinacy
with which this-and mher places have been
defended, it is" evident the siege of Cadiz
is not the whole work the Frenthhave upon
their hands in Spain.
'--ISAAC KELL,
Coppcrmith, Pt'umber, and 'Tisin-Plalt
War-ter,
AVING REMUVED from \Vater to
*-'- " Piince sticet, two dom; above the
"corner of the late Col. Hooe, idshrms tboeo
who have hitherto sifavolcci him with their
cus om, and those who n'ny be disposed to
"do So, that he will thanksully tccetve and
Entleavor to merit t..ei1*-s:tvors.
Cash or exchange given fer old Copper:
Brass; Pewter or Lead
'WANsi-T-ED,
siA BOY'os good morals as Apprenticetc
the above business.
si-March 29 Law
"Orphans' Court, _
Alexandria County, j'uly Term, !8'10
Ordcrcd, that the adminisuntor of WH
Shreve, tie-ceased, do' insert the following ad
vcrtisemcnt threesstimes in eachsiveek fﬂf
four weeks in the Alexandtia Bhily GazCW'
'Teste,
Alcx. Moorc, Regtstcr
- Thl-S' 13 to give Notlcc,
That the subscriber of Alexandria count?!
in the di'stt'ict of Coluwbia, has obtained from
the ( )rphan-S' Court of said'county lettersof
adminisu-ttsition on the persoﬂal estate of Wmct
Shreve late of the county aforesaid, dcc'ch a}
per-sorts having claims against the sa'id dcgd
"are hereby warned -to*- exhihit the same W
the v'ouchers thereof 'to the subscribero 0" or
befbrc the ch day of January nent,-orthtsss
m'ay by—-lhwbe--kxcluded from all benefit "
S'aid'dstsit-te. And those Indebted thereto 3"
requessSte-l-ssto make immediate payment- L'"
elrstsil'ukider'ss'my hand this l4th day of 15!"
. \ 0.
_ _ . Jacob Shmmer, Adm's
July 14. eolw
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Bank- of Mexandna,
_ , ,IUIA' 2- [Blo
. OTICEFI hereby Given to the sun:?
holders 'of the Baok of Alexandﬂft
that a 'd-ividend of- fuursi per cent. on the capt
tal-stockof said Bank, for the half year God"
me :hissiday, issidcclared, and will be ready to
be paid to them on'Thut-sday the $th instant
'By order oft/te Prcn'dent and'Diﬄsi'ctm'
MAnannun, ]ut-zfg,
"Saturday arrived at this port brig Csi,
ca'ptain Lewis Girdler,from Corunna a.
[she of May, 35 days from the latter, Whe
he tarricd'only one day—says a fever " 4
there with the greatest. violence, WPPWd
to proceed from want of rain, as they had
not e-xpt-tic-nccd any [or four years!!CouH
not tell whatnumbcr had died but victim,
' to it Wt fie sailing every day. One osthejusi
habit-maw informed him he had lost [sin
sosins, and another three, is:/'a very short
space of'rimm—Thclplaod contains about
BCO'in'iia'hitants '!
! p'r'cisifured of him three-Corunna Paptn,
not verj late dates,which an: enclosed..—
a'lso hisihip news.
;_ hunt-breed with captain'ﬂ. but obtained
nothingct"morrz
Yours, &c.
' all hopes extinguished. _
ARM IN lUS,
Gurden Chapin, Cashies-ss
Jﬄ: 3; " 90"
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To the Editor qftlze Salcm Gazette. m