Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political — Alexandria [Va.], 1810-11-12 00:00:00, page 2

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si-siSpir'nSBr-andy (French) 4th
[c- LW fist, qqahty
26 & 3d
Ten; lmpcrml
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Malaga
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:si-BW, Cracker! 100 7 50
?- --—--- Pllﬂt \ lb 7 5
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\ lb. 19 ' 21 '
ssk 18 19 _
;. Wesiw 10 .15 5
Lucan, Upland 19, '20 ;
F-sssictEish, Mackmel bbl. 7 50' 8 !
Z—Shad 8 so 95 5
in—psi- Ben'mgs L ! 4 50 5 5
L'Blom, superfme 1 9 50 ;
Lcrsh, Wh5at ss'ous. ! 705 1 75 ?,
....si—Flaxseed ' 90si ]
Glass, \\Tim\ow 8 by 10 box {55 1
FGsiunpowder, Keg 1251417
sizsiﬂgmp cwt. "13 14
;ssgmnss &" ton {20 125
' 'Mess , .be 18
si'q-i-v— Prime ]5
siss'si pirits, N. E. R'um lgal. 5 59 79
_ss* " W hiskcy 62 65
Sugar,; Ncw-Orlctgans ; ;82 [2 13
35- "Leaf ' lb. 19 20
Lump 17] 18
"Tobacco, Maryland th. 3 l 4 50
'V—i..----—Pasiomac 2 50i 3 50
PssRICEOFSTOCH !
205
ssM'u-mc lnsurancc 'pxr
'W'ashington Bxidg'e- par
'ssi-ittlc Rixer s urnplke 'Unccua'm :
'* Yvashington and Alexfindr'ra rTo. par '
xchange 0_n London, 5 per ct. beiow pzsir
Spanish Merino Sheep.
&
'I HAVE 'JUST RECEIVED
ct' EIGHT EsssVES
? sBy the bn'g Brazilian capmin Lucht from
Porsitug-al,
ﬄCH, if not disposed as at private
" saie before thel'4th of nextmonth. uill
You that day he sold at public sale at my farm
nem- Mexandria, on a liberalcredit. 'lhcse
ctjsiss'ssctzsikheep me in good heal th' , the wool is veiy
vfissncct, and they are large Mer'ino 5. "1 hey may ?
si at my farm, and the telms of sasile '
ctmk on application to me.
james H. Hooe,
" Osictbberao. (Its
=: 'I" The Edho'r-ssof the National Inteli'r
xss
ss. Just- ReCei-ved;
:}?on case Of R GRjAY, ctsio'þpossiite the Wdch
ingfon shent, King street,
"'ss'The Wandering Philanthropist, or, Let
si ters fro to a Chimse. written during his re
ctiiedenee in the Unitcd States. Discovered
- 94ny si Gums, 6 Dolldre Per man:.
anzn up wnu—i'm'n m ] si
YAMUELSNOWDEM
ssss ct .ct -— Powl—ctreee', Alexandria.
Ravens
FMT: Raisill'
ss; _ ; (ger wi]. please insert the abme and send
his account to this office.
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sssiDOMESTIC ARTICLES.
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5" WLDAK NO JEMBER 12.
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; imbibed thereby no more sin-sithan he Would
si in any other rational amuscmen-H and both j
ss of these personsis shall possess all the acttve ss
virtues which constitute the sittcerc Chris- ct
tian! (
LONUON' Srjzt: 29
Accounts from Oporm to the ch inst.
"state, that " Masvsena lad been obliged to
send some of his forces to N'avarrc, Biscay
and Arragon, in which provinccs the peo
ple are in open arms. Romana has four re
gimcncs of Portuguesc cavalry with him,
which are commanded by brig. gcn. Mad
dcn. A part of our army has again fallen"
back to occupy their old quarters at Toro.
zcllo, 4 leagucs from the Ponte de Mar
Ho!}?! .I'EQYZ UgHiogtDssS head Quartm
givc—rslicsi-sifssjssi'anzsicold siand lzzmsig'cr'! !- Yet
such sccsines, and still m'are a'ixtressz'ng one's: !
are- to be found in all cities! I congrat'ulate l.
these you ng gentlemen on their expcdienti i
and si-nce-lrmnam'ty is their'mo'ving princi-si
'ple, ctl have no doubt but a discerning com- _
munit )' will ceince their co-operation by cta
Znume rous and respectahle auditory. 1
si'stands so completely neutval in the catalogue
'ct of virtues and vices,' that there has never
'quette have received London papcrs and ?
"
" I have respect sorsi therri 'bo'th-l the thing l
appears to them in a diﬀerent light, as did
the " part;z'-colored shield" to those who
viewed its opposite sides. A pious Divine
of this place recently descaming missssfrivol
ous amusements, Very judieiousiy observed
to this'purport, that Whatever has atenden
cv to lessen our fear and veneration of the
Divin'c Be'simg, is dangerous, and should he
immediately discontinned. This, in my
opinion, establishes a cziterion, by which
every person (carefully osibservin-g the cﬀcCt
of them on his own mind may determine
for himself. The mind susccptible of in
struction, may in the chaste abridgement of
life, this mirror of human nature, find
" line upon line and precept upon precept."
Reprobate indeed must be that heart on
which these lines and precepts shall have an
adverse inﬂumce! The most unpardonably
illiberal trait in the character of the deistical
cynic, is his fiatly denying the authority of
the sacred volume, without perhaps ever
having looked between its lids, where he
would find sacts sufficiently self—evident for
his eonviction: what shall we say then of
one siwho pointedly andemns all dramatic
performances withouta candid, impartial,
and repeated hearing .' \
These premises naturally occurred to me
from hearing that a T/zesctomn Sccz'efgsi of
young gentlemen of this town intend exhi
biting a course os—plays, for the very lauda
lzie and benevolent purpose of relieving the
poor, during the approaching inclement sca
son;
In the assuent and middling clasSes of
SOClrly but little is known (if the miseries
of the {war and the Silk!
As a man basking before aihot sifireghc
lieves the Weather out-doors has softenuh
so he who rises from his tccmsul" hoard,}
cannot bc'iieve a widow is (lien weeping over
a h roo'd of'ht ?ple:s little ones, that arehcg
ging her for what is not in her power to
lecrpool the criitors of the New York}
Lloyd's lists to the 29th of Sept. and a Li
verpool p uper of the Isc ulc They contain
the following articlcs :—
\
"will probably remain forever undccided : It
been a test establ'ished whereby its merits
and demeritss may be accurate'ly Weighessd in
the balance. "'- One de'cldims bitterly against
the thctcatre, as the'particularss'sihouse of the
evil onc,"and wo'uld not consent to spend an ss
evening there under the price of all his vir- 3
tue: another visits it whenever "his siinclina- ss
tion leads him, aud'humhlv trusts he has
WHETHER Theatric'al representatidns'in '
genei-al have" a salutary or banesul eﬀect" on
the morals of society, is a question which
By 'thc Silssver Grcy, capt. Baily, froml
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For the Alexandria Daily Gazelte.
FROM THE OLD COUCH."
.N-EW-YOR K, Novemlzer 7. ct
sioctvz-r DA)" LA TEZL.
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were on the sotﬀsisi'ult. 'at egelerieo, .tnassubplct
Berctess'hsord's at Lageoao. 'Five orss sianx Br_t
tish officers were made prisoners at Almet
da. " ' '
'ss' We arc informed here that the accident
at Almeida happened in the foltowing man- :
ner :--a train of powder communicated ss
from one of the small magazines to the '
large one, upon' which some sparks sell ?
from :: match or candk-mhe small one blew :
up a few minutes before the larger, and pre
vented the explosion of the latter being
heard. The explosion was tremendous on
both sides- About 900 persons were kill
ed, and 400 wounded by the accident. Out ,
ot' 400 artillery-men 25 only escaped. Mas- i
sena proposed to exchange the regulars, but ;
the marquis Loma (a Portugueee general in ;
the French service) would noc agree to }
this; but wished them to join the French, !
ss which they refused. All the militia were
; sent to their houses with the exception o?
,- 13 men from each company who are detaine
j ed to repair the surtisifications; The peasants"
' ne'arssFeisa have taken a lieut. coloucl, one
Heat. and 42 men of the Gens d'Armessiu
The British troops have been actively em
ployed in destroying the corn mills on Coa.
it is generally thought that ere long a battle
must inevitably take plaCe. The French
rub, plunder and murder wherever they
make their appearance. The men of the
45th Portugtuse regiment on the IOth uh. ]
entered the French service, and the 4th in
stant nearly the whole had deserted,-and
ﬂctlzmsigssa Parso—Losird B'Ioirsia received 8
]cuer on the 2"th os Sept. last, from BTr.
James G. ]ctcksnn, assuring him that he
had received authg-mic information srom
Mogadorc, that Mr. Park, the Asrican
'travcller, wasctsecn abouc the month of
March last, 8 days journey, or 1-20 mﬂcs
"east of'simbuctoo. !
Billingc's Lissvccpooctl AdVerti'ser 'os thci
ctI-s'tof last "month, contains the following]
artic]c-:—- , ss
" It appears 'to (be sithe general opinion oﬂ
forcigncrs who are in this country, that a *si
'dreadlul exPlosion is like]? to break out Up- :
on the continent, which will put an end w '
the Bana/zartes; and perhaps not Stop at an
fevcntso desirablc to mankind. Lucicn
'Bonapartc seems to be of the same opiniofi,
and, therefore, like the far: in the adage,
he is wisely running away from a jb/ling
ctlzotzs-e."
joined at head quarters. A division of s
6000 militia, under Gcn: Mcller, .is at
Chsiwz—s ; Silt cira is on the upper banks of
the Douro ; and Gen."sra'1t in the ntisigh
horhood ofSt ]. de Pesquvira, so that if
the Frc-nch get near V tzen, they will be
fianked by the militia, who are very "good
trnnps.- "she French now have the whole:
ofthcir sorcc in'sithc vicinity of Pinhvl; in
cluding Rc-g'nicr and ]uaot's divisions, it is
estimatcd at about 93,000 men ; the latter
is with Massena, who can bring 60,000
troops into the field. Should he advance
against lord \Veliingtun, his lordship will
no doubt retire to the Puntc de 'Marcelia.
Vv'c every hour expect to hear of this hav
ing taken piace:
" It is said that 8000 troops s-om France
hach entered Navarrc. During the. ssla'st
four months Junct's division has experienc
ed a loss osupwards of I0,000 men hy dc
scrtion, sickness and the swmd. About
3500 troops have been sent from Salamau
ca to Austuria
" We hzuc just learned that on the C-th
our advanced posts Wt'l'e at Feancossa, and
iord Wellington near Vizc n."
On the 27th inst. two line of battlcfships
made their escape srom Cherhourg. Or
ders were sent to Piymnuth sor 3 sail of the
line to follow them :srom the weather there
is a chance of their being captured.
The enemy have now equippcd in the
Schcidt, 18 sail of the line, 2 srigatcs, 2
corvettcsis and (30 gun boats. They are
watched by sir Edward Pellew with 11
sail oszhc line ; besides some frigatcs in
"short: unUcr Com. Owcn.
The enemy have icpaired the 'works at
'Walchcren, butt'hcy'could no'c stand a sc
rious attack, oswhic'h they are apprehen
sivc. lhe appearance ossir E. Pclicw s
squadron : few days since siilcd them with
tcrl'or.
Capt. VVolsc-ss, oslhe Aiglc, Scpt- 1ssct2ct, as
tcr a chase of 13 hours, captured theFrcnch
ship privateer Lc Phoenix, of 18 guns, 129
men, 220 (ons. and commanded by ]. Per
rond. Czpt. VVolscifi his letter un-this
Subject observcs,
** The capturc of the privateer is osgreac
importance to the British trade; she has
the best crew I ever saw, composed of
strong, healthy, accive, stout young sea
me'n', "and her commandcr a very clevcr ex
perienced officer, :: lient. de Vaisscau,
brought up' in the French navy prior to the
fevolmiofi, received theprdcr of the Legion
of Honor sr'dm Bonaparcc, for the havoc he
made in the Ram ladies, being captain of
(
the Belloba- privateer upwards os
, came to Europe captain of the
; icrre ; he cried us on every point o
ss but thanks to a gale of wind
her, having run-134 miles in 13
is & superior sailerss and has; headcd z'pct-si. Ai
gle ever since her capmrc. Cnpss-uffi] si'
the 24th Angust, th': Amcsiczm Wiqss-c A'ssn
ncoria, from New Orlrans, hv ss'ss
The confusion" :rnd d-ZStrcsz' of this me
]dnchnly scene: can bz: more: cnssizlv cmmcis'si
ed ch-ctm dcc-Cﬄzcttdr A young lsi-sixir one, in
the bloom us youzh, thoughtlcss osdangctzr,
in an instant made a lisclcss corpse! Be
low, lay in the arms of clrnzh, :: young
man—a cousin—shr whom she had lh-si' l'ﬂ'
(lelcdt regard, which was rrcipr()cr:\l<*<].—-.
The saffie fatal shzxst, which swcpt her from);
this transitory szzc-ne. laid him lil'z-lefss in
the room hclow ! As is Divine vai-'
dcnce had determined that in: should not
stay behind her, he called them at the: game".
inscant, to wing their way to the: worid of
Spir'us !
Let those who have seen misfortune in
the c'ctcepcst distress, imagine: thc isiz-ss-IizlgS'
of the parent: of the Young man, wh-n
coming lrom the caunlﬂssjhuk' bsi'hUctffi-siss
sbn laid out :] victim nsshc usivs'xi srurm !
Whom they had 5- rn in [he morning.; in
youthsu! gaiety, and in the ]ss'ridc us list;
they now saw listless and cold ! * His life
was departed from him,' and the hiood no
longer ran in his Veins. " Therefore dal
weep because DZATH is in the world ; th?
lpoiler' is among.th wox ks of Goo-ff
verpool, loaded with cmwn, &c,"
——u-ct::-:*yya-—_
WASHLNGTON, (R.) OCloZ'er 13,
' AWl—"UL cast: w 1. ss. '
A fatal miSfurlunc hzsz-izcm-d in 1th WWn
in a thunderstorm, about two hours ahuou;
Papcr Went to press of] Saturday lztsc. ansi
so melancholy scarcely cvcroccurrcdb
in this place. The stone house on the
side ofiﬂain street, opposite: (hccc-un hnussc
late in (he occupaaiun of Dr. J-si-bnslun, and
now of B'I r. Juhn Fristuc, was struck with
lighcning. lc appears from swcral circusisi
stances, that the lightning descended not in
si one entire tract, buc divided intoth
one of which struck the: top of a s
pillar on the south east corner of
another the chimncy nk'X'. th: pillar; and
the (bird the top of the sign posz, which (L..
sccnding, killed a horse. belonging to Mr.
Duughcny. The hg'htning might nox,
however, have descefide.-d in three: parts;
is it came in a horizonml direction, it muct-h;
have been undivided find] it szruck Lhc kup
(,fshcghimncy ; from which it mighckctuvc
ranjn the same discretion to the bmk piHar
and the sign post ; descendsimg a little to the
latter.
'* Fi'octm z'v/za-vsscsi [za'zu-ne na 'tm-ve fc'r returns)
It seems, however, 'that but one sicke (,Z'Iis
body 'W'as nssccuzd; acts shc ifgmsi-nkng pus
Bed, sirst from the facing of chc. window to
sithe crown of his hat through which it mad;
scvcral small hnlcctzfi, and ran d-m-n his ]th
'sydq with the c'ﬀccc's of a {lame of {ire.
His clothes Were: cosinsctnd-ctmb'y rent ; us was
also the ]siming of his hall. He was u-ry
much hurt; but is now on the s-si-cuwry w}
out of danger. Mr. Pepper was but vcfy'
slightly injurcd, and entirely TCCOVCTC'J In
a few nﬂnutrs.
amid was in the: act us .sisiZsiutting down ct-c
'issmdow, was mstamly k'siisirdf The light.
nmg seems to hch su'u: !: l..- r hsi-zctsii sil'st ; ;;
bro'site her comb to pieces ;sind ]cll the tmh
sticking in her hair. It ran m 'sihc vffi- ex
tremities of her system. and makinga simull
hchc ahoutas large as if made bv a smsiysil
bird shot, throngh each of hzssr afippcra, &
b-ﬀU' h-Zs an'inch from the: loss, !;o-nzcs3{;-ss_[
thsi ﬂoor ; and descending m :hsi bar room
on the lower ﬂ'mr, killed Mr. Bcnjctmiu
W'ood, about 18 (11'19 years us age, Sun of
Renjamin \Vood, of this county. Wcin
scr ssthnt the llgfwzning glzmcccsi. inwards;!
Franklin Stovc venial: Stood in the Lhimncy,
from the cop of the window where it enters
ed the room, from the circurmzunu osMr.
VVoods sitting directly 'be'siwccn the man
and the stew:, and not touching either. 1:
made two smaI! hotes in the top oshis hat,
and tore out part of the crown, leaving few
othertraces osc-XLeernz-l violsssi-ncc. Another
branch came down in the ncxt w'mdow, at
the same instant, and struck down Mr.
David A. Doughcrcy, and Mr, ]sshn Pep
per, siwho w-si-zc sitting in the window—
Blccding Was attempted wich them ail. bUI
succeeded only wl'th Mr. Duughsi-nctx ; vctho
after having lain cicad, to every humctn ap
pearance, nearly an hour, Was restoredlo
life. It is a mzmcr ofsurpri'zs: that in Mr
not prcss-cipitatcd into that world.
r'\ .
si hatssmrt, we_snppose, whxch strmctk the
land: pallar, (whxch wasp:'oss.si'2.nbct'y :hsisi- 1, ..
COUJUEWT 'A any thing C'H'TYS'UOUS) silucuzd
ed to Me: secnnd Sturv and mad- rq asissctyssss
. ., . 1 *' 4] ; .
ancc m the wmdow nex: th': coznss—r. Mjss,
];me Rauls, aged about nin.-zsi.sin wars si
1 1. . ' ,
grand (laughter of Mr. FHQss'nr, whoh-zd
gone up smrrs when the gust sin,; came 1."
.,unzj lo Lsi
9 .me &
, 1
('asinsin.
fa'duing
we: call;;ht
bows. She
TCC parts;
mal! brick
the house;
csor- ssct
Wtusi
A.,,