Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political — Alexandria [Va.], 1810-08-30 00:00:00, page 3

ssossicts..h scgct-mcn: on buurd the: Magmfi- ,
. en} . ,
\ "" ctctsinss total emb-siwrkrd were about. :).OOO ;
I "si." Wc suylc-d from 't :mxe Roads on the —
"sim' l.] .msi<h<.rrcl within 5 milessiof-the ;
:ZN- :;silsiSt: Ms-U-si'ct- and about half a mite {
;ssusiss: shore- Nsixt morning, ant cl:1)ss-sight,T
sh- whuie osthc crss-nps were (hsc-znbarkfd, si
. command M Gcn. ()swuld, mduclmgss si.
from she: Magnificem, Monm— ]
Poule, who ammmted to asi
der command of their re
Csi-zpt. Snnw, of the: Mon
fficcr. The landing was
?
? lsigxussbssz-ing scnins (. _ .
(ssssctss-Ld in a small buttery 01 1 gun, whxch
, sih-nrcctd by the lmoginc slczop of
under .
she 'marmcs
ssuc. and Bcch
Lss-ut 260 man, or,
ct .czza'clsin'c officers ;
Mctwsi :(he 14th ult. we and the Montague
?dctgd to the iSLWd Of _Zancsie, on
sicke! service ; when we arrctvcd there
so he ISsh— we found the Magnctsicemss
, :! day we cook. on board mnety-cwo
T'" m ;sssimrs belongmg to the Montague,
"" e 'si unturtunachy got on a stand bank
. ;hc msssictgagnin without any damage, ex
(.sspsisigfsi !uss of her ruddcr, which however "
s-:-"_si ,c hsi—r joining the expcssfdmon: We
'mmsiss . ,þd'zlz snldiers of the Calahn.
sisso fmm n some Corsican rangers. ;
T ., ,ct 'ndcr of the Calubrian free :
sh' huskt'd ."] transpﬂsls, and part of
L'ihcrnsszu, sstssctfthsi- Catlabr'tuu Frcc Corps, in
!" xssct --——
the duty; ]icutvnant Morrison, ol matincs
bsBt-Hc Pnolc, in the face. I am happy to
anythat all the: wounded are in a fair way
ofrccovrry. Our troops, with thsi: assist
ancc oi 100 scamtn from the Magnistcent,
bsig-ssm to raise battcrics next day, and that
evening the enemy made a sortic, hut were:
all". . . .
(300 men, rzzttrcd bchmd another hattcry of
8 guns. The man ines led to the assault m
ztnmzr that nothing could
whichis abzut a mile h'c-m the tuwn. Our
and too Wounded. Capc. P—lort'rztit, osthe
Calabrianswas kiﬂcd; major Oswnld of
that corps, wounded in the arm by a mus
h-thallsi capt. Snow us the Montaguc, in
the at. . h) do. cupt. Eyre, of the Magni
siccnt, dy do. in the: head ; (apt. Stcvcus,
VDON, Fulylksict - —
si sllLJ-yLSMTﬂCT Of & lest?! (lated.
Thesssi; A til, containssisome-mteresc
Cosfsh . Os, respecting che attackon Sect
troops also suﬀered, havingabouc 10 killed ss
such a gnlhnt m
scnp thcsitr progressctahhcugh omctosed to
mutc than doubte thctr numbers, mh eve
" siffi'si'ﬄsi'sif "(battctirs and intrcnchmcnt.
The French retired in the: Sst'siltcst consu
malsithrd 0" MZU [UUK ["maxoonuu v. .",
sssiwmcttssst. Mpura, and [.ushed forward to
luce! th: enemy, who were 'rnttfenchcd be
hind a battcty us [out- nuns, .Vt'hlch was tat
kﬄ hv a partt' olct Alhantans, under the
umsimsind tct-l mzzjnr Church, who was'unsnr
usisiatctsix' wsi-umtcd by a mpsket shot m the
si'l'hc French. to the amotmt of about
ssssson, with mnsiderablc h-ss to the castle, '
. _ _ 1
ffissctvhich 'ntm also jm'ucd us. _()ur cr00ps ,}
thcirpart. One battctsitsi of ten 1-8 pound—
t-rs, vud another of six 32 poundetcts, bc sides
ltw mortats, opened upon the castle on the
7:h insuand kept up a mvstant fire until the
luth, when we were mdcrcd to lll'ltsitZrT c-ss
Cursu. PNVtCUZ to nuf'ssirz-tv'tng St Msiu
ta. during the day, W-O sokhsi-ts were kiHcd
and ms-jw C'mrk. with ahout 'six Suldicxs,
\'-'t-Ultt1td. lt wsi-s expected, hom thc pro
9. __5 duus!
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hm-cly repulsed, with -_*.*onsidcrahlc loss on ss
' ,-: . . . v
BMS m-n-ng m the swgc, that lht' cadtte ,
EVEN RAMS und. 29 Ewes, in fine
healfh and good order, just received
lrum dpsiin per tlsc btig l.uuisa. capt-sisiin Mac
Damara. and wilt bc sold ut ]zuhbtic auction to
the highest bidder, on a crcdit of 90 and 120
f'aYS, sur apprux ed endowed notes, negoxiabic
m lb 'tc'unk us Alcxundriu—The saie 10 l'dkC
]fhce ( meulmm, near this town, on Mon
W' tile lOth Scptcmbcr next, where the
*-"-*-*eþ may be um at any time previous to
the day of salc.
\\;0u\d surrcudcrin 5 0: 6 du) 5. General
Lamasc tummands the Fscm h lutcxs."
John Muncaster.
A'sicxanm-ia, Au-d-ctzs eots
:? The Editurs of the National Intelli
trencsi-r, Washington ; the several Gazettc:
ahnmctre, and the Virgiuia Putriot, arc
{equcbjicd tu insert the above adxsscrtisemcnt
1?! thus respective papers twice a week until
m? "a)" vl' ssile, and forward their bills to this
sishce fur pay ment.
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HF- Suhscribcr will sell or rent several
m _ vatuctue LULLDING LQTS, si-siuatcd ss
ashmgtuu, St. Aduph & l'rtucess stlssccts.
"7 Parson dLsposcd to purchase: can .ktzow ;
e Nsms un application 10 Mr. \Vi}liam Her
"*J\1n. who will shew the promises in my
'hmu,
Camillus erffith- _ \
AWR 7, _ cotlsuwn
H—
, WARRAI'TED GEJYLYN'
Merino-Blooded SHEEP.
ssBtzssslding Lots.
-— x.- .1 - :-. um soul- , cupt.
. sinn0n\.'\n ,\ .k
COilt'Cth by our literary readers, has bren,
: friend and cozdjutor of him Watsidswoithsisi
in the new cast of poetry manusacturtd?
near the ]ukcs os Cumbcrland, hz-s lately
institutc—d a political paper, called " The
Friend," in which the character of Buna—
parte has been handicd with great ScsiVCIilctV ;
ss of reprehcnsicnctnd assailed with great ve
jhemcncc of indignant feeling. For this
:Mr. Coleridge has been attacked, and he
si has vindicatcd his expressions in the C'curic-r
, newspa-pc r, in a suits of letters. The: sol
1 h wing ohservations on the character of Na
i poison, introduced sci the purpose of shew
iing the pr0priety of the cpithcts which he
hzs applied to it, will be pctused with in
tercst as well as advantage.-—-Bost. Gaz.
; " Is 1 had been one. of those who first
;clamorcrl for peace with France at the very
time. when ti : war became iust and neces
sar), on it during the ("XlM'simt mal truce ui
I Amicns, I had hﬂuni: d with the etowd os
* Engii s'n patrims to the- usurpszr-s lcvce, and
had oﬀered to him cvcty tribute of respect
which cnuid have been paid to a W'ashing
ton, hazwevcr descnsihlc ] might deem the
terms themselves, I should have no right
} to complain though the worst motives wtzc
3' imputtd to me pusr-naiissv for my incumist
& ency in using them. ! am proud, sir, that
! employed that iutt-nm very dtnerently, in
rousing, wanting and aiai ming my countrv
mrn cuncetning the dangets of a pt ace,
which was doubtless in a high degree very
lsiwnrsiciul, hut hcuesiciztl Ol)i_\ as the means
of making al} parties unanimous for the te
trwztl otsiupcn hostiiizy. But nut CVCD then.
sir, did ] blacktn the French ruler as the
cnrmy of Great Bisiitain; hot as the enemy
of whatwer makes not only Gteat Bt'itain
but iise it:;cil' worth fightng for; as the
enemy of our common nature in its (lip-tiity
and in its loveliness ; as the murderer of the
hopes of good men; as the tyrant who hzts
waged :m unccnsing v.":n' against till the p. in
cipies of human grandcur. and all thesssnp.
ports of human hsiaihctv. WVuu'td these ob
jectors expunge from the dictionary of our
own and all other languages, every phrase,
every word, which duts not rc-ptesent some
external fact, but only expt'tSSc-s the feel
ings osccsimpiacency our avetsion which arise
in all well-coustitmed minde from the con
ssttmplation of certain sucts? Or if we are
permitted to call white, white, will they
please to assign their reason why black
should not he (ailed black ? is when a
VVashington having purchased the im/jzend
ezct'ce ut' his country by far-sighted patience
and enduring cuurage as a warrior, and then
establishcd and watched Ochr hersrcea'o-m
with the wisdom ufparental love, unmovcd
by the entreaties of his fellow-citsiizens, lest
by yielding to them he should iorm a pre
cedeut injurious to their pusterity, retires
to the unamhitious duties of ptivate life,
and disclaiming all titles but those given by
ss domestic love and reverence, bowe ac !ehgth
i his dear and venerabic head to the emancict
? Psisisig angel, and restores his spirit to that
great Bring. whose gqodness he had both
adot'ed and imitateds-lf shs wed a man WC
culicet ait terms of honor & assection,& sond
13. invoive his name in phrases expressive of
i
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We ysiesterday received" by the lndustry;
Captain Mellis, a Cadiz Cazette of the 28th
June. It doe: not surnish much news of-in
terest; but contains a long- and spit'ited ad
dress of the Junta of Catalonia, dared at Sal
sona, the 22d May, calling on the brave Ca
talians to rise superior to their disasters, and
to continue a predatotsiy war on their barba
rous invaders. The spirit of the patt'iots re
mained animated—skh-mishes were continu
ally taking place; and there appeared hopes
of yct' extricating the peninsula from the
French.
We learn vctcthally from Cactpt. M. that the
important port of Matagordu was crsitinely
dcstxoyed, and that the water ﬂowed overtc
--that the Frehch still held a position about
SOO yards srczm it—thtt, on the south side of
Cadiz the Spaniards had erected a fcrt forty
thrce sect wide, with 38 twenty sctn' pound
ers; and to use the wqtds of (japt. M. Czdiz
was considered as strong as the rock of Gib -
raltur; and it was the opinion the Fruch
his virtues, must we remain mu1c,_and titiﬂe4
could never obtain it.—Bost. Cent. .:ug. 22. 3
dl'**
CHARACTER OF BONAPARTE.
Mr. S. T. Colcridge, who it will be re
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,'3 Wss-siﬂu .
Altxandrtctact 13!th Eaztttt.
mvzesoctr, AUCUST so.
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have spoken of him and his powu- with ub
htzrt'tncr, because it is only by a clear cun
ufption of'lts foul and (ltu k soundntions that
his pt.ctwer can be c-ﬀcctually sLSiSltd. ln
what othe r terms, than those of c-xecratiun,
rculd l describe a power, which subsists
for the greater part, in the consistent}! and
systc matic pcctt'lcctim of its pusaessnr'a vi
ces ; crime corrcsponditzg to sit ime, villainy
tnllt'DChtd and hat'thctndud by tiliainy ? An
an ndditiona] motive was supplied by the
necessity of directing the public attention to
the morn} conssi qttemsscs olcthis tyranny, and
that there are far more to be drcndcd than
the worst (si-sthnse (ctutwatd and calcnlablc
evils, which c'lzicﬂ'ssq Shock the imaginations
us m<n. W'hargaod will the Tyrolcse do
themselves by their he roic assistance ? ex
claims one man. What are the Spaniatds
fihssing for? exclains am-ther—asif man
were made only to eat above ground, and
be each) ; as if we had no dignily to spre
serve, no conscience to obey, no immortal
ity to expect.
** There is a class of men, sir. who make
a point of rejecting or disrcgarding all ar
guments that are enforccd with warmth of
feeling and illustrau—d by the lighte of tma
ination. (The latter is indeed the eﬀect
of the former; for the boldest figures of
speech are the natural langnage of profound
feeling and a heart aﬀected m good earnut). _si
These persons seemsso rank wnsdom and ;
truthamong the Alpme ﬂowers, Which can
ﬂourish only amid ire and snow, and where
all other qualities of intellect arc notorious
ly wanting, they charitably clothe the nak
ed with_the substantial praises ofjudgmenc
and calm good sense. But woe to that man
who on circumstances which vitally assect
the weal and woe of the whole human race
in time and for eternity, can reason in no
cold bloodcd a tone, as if he .were demon
ztrating a problem in geometry. The
warmth,,which the dcvclopcmeutand di$:&
the feeling} tthich the cortrast to all thts
must needs awaken in "83 And "?"
though this contmst should furnish a hssulmss
)iat-ing proof, that the slaves of miqvuqu-si
ambition can carry guilt to a height Which:
dwarss thcsi best virtues oftbe but and mostss
hrmic of men in the comparisrn? Or are
we. sir, to rctzfinc both our sentimrms, and
our expression, os abhore-nrc to [my vil-'
liar-s ttsit n biing beneath the foot on the law,
and having nouhing but ccrdcr and respect
sorthe traitor vtho has abused the reputa-Z
tic—n wrn for him by the entbusiasm for "}
nal laws, ney, to trrmple all law htzmvnsi
and divine beneath the beasial hoof of mili-ss
tary dt'SFOltfm ? Bear with me air, and do;
not crr.sotmd the wzrmth of general feeling!
With the: arrognnce o! persma]presump1ion,]
ii Iabandt-n the tsshatacnsir osa delendant,<
and speak with the spirit of a man, tthoi1
knows thasii he hm persoxmed :: duty and a ?
service, artd t-iaimsthc tstecm due to himss
for such performance. The: error tthich of
all others mt-st lzcsets the public mind, and ss
which yet at all Othﬂa is the most degrad- i
ing in its nature, the most [t'tﬄﬂ'dcus in its 1
((nSthtnUS, is an inward prcstmtiun of!
the soul before cnormcus power. and a rea- !
dincss to palliatc and forget all iniquitisss to 1
" l have styled the present rulcr of France '
& much and a mOESltT, but on what occa
sion ? VVH'C these phrzms prow ked by his ct
szz' vzdi viez' victorics over the armics of
{ussim Prussia and Austria ? No! l have
denounccd him as a remorsdcss tyrant, and
the me my os1he human racc. But was it
because he: had sworn the ruin of 0. Bri- 1
tain, and had cxhauszcd all the rcaourccs of
his stupendous power in preparations sor3
icsinvasion? No! I cxukcd indss-ed, that *
his army of England lay cncampecl on his T
ccasts, like wdws buying at the moon;, and
that he is condemned to behold his vast ﬂo- ]
(illas as worthlcss and idle as the sea wesid (
that rots around their kccls. I txultcd, in 1
deed, as became a Briton ; but l neither ;
reviled nor cvrn blamed him. But that in !
order to gratify his rage against one coun
try, he mad.:lightssosthe ruin of his own
subjects ; that to undermine the rcsssczurcc ccts
(me enemy, he wou'sid reduce the continsi-m
usEuropc: to a state us barbarism, and by
the remmsclcss suspcnsion Ufzhc commu
cisiil system, destroy the principal source oi—
(;ivifizzziirm, and alzulish a nctissz'dsi'c (.si/(zss,\hro
cut Christendom ; for this, sir, ] declared
him the common enemy of mankind ! ]
man Were Lnly a puppct without reason :md ss
free will, and without the conscience which ss
isthc tﬀtssprirsig of their union, & puppc-ti
[ilajcd ( (] by some unknown qut'r ! as is)
success were the bl'h'ct'l sea] of divine ap- {
probation, and tyranny itsclsthe Almighty's ]
instuguratiun of a tyrant ! 1
uhich pi—espcrity hzss wcdtd itsdf; {lbisi
Plzsirmcd merely, 'tis accn-mon seiony ; ctss
Acsi.<.n:p}ixhcd_. :sim immurlul unlcru-kilrgl ss
And with success come: pardon hand in
hand : ss
For all event is God's zn'bitrcment. 4
H'a/lc'nstei'n.
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? Staum h vessel. l"cr tun ?, z=}-,] By to 'm ﬂl'ud
;'lc1 on boatd at IV; etthn ts' whats 01 10
ssi john G. ladd.
EAI L petscms me continued :gzinstt1\12*
il g my wife EILlN link (sl ncty ac
asi (num, sI am eetmmined not to p. y any
debts of her cont acting srr'm tlsiis du-e.
l
; N Carrzemn street. in a healthy part of
the town, The terms will be one thizd
in hand, the halvns-c in six and 12 mcnths :
negotiazble notes with epprovec! indurscrs will
be rtquire-l Is rot scld at private sale be
iozc daturduy next, wi}! on that day be suld
at public aalc t-t 3 o'clock.
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ATTENTlON ]
A Battalion Court of [inquiry svr
the First Battalion osthe Ld Lcnion of
, Miiitia, will be held in that) (our:
House, on Fridny tf-ze gtst zsimﬀ. at 10
o'clock, for the puzpose os mscssmg
Fin65 sor non-attcndance at the Mus
' ters in june, july and Auguzt.
By order,
P/zz/z/z Tssnþld, An) 'ztant.
S. & D. REED,
FAIRFA'X S ] RL ET.
L'a-vejust rcc'zived actia' aﬀfr so: SUIJ,
1000 yards Domcszic Linen,
173 (10- Bedticking,
200 do. Iactor} C necks, ]}uid (zing
hz. ms, and Jhecting,
] peicc Duck,
] uunk fine Torpedo Straw Bonncts of
& saperior quality,
600 Clctip Bonncts,
Also, a general assortmcnt of SHCES :.nd
HATS.
Angust 30.
S a great number of both sexes and of
the first cirtle of respe ctability and
taste have Fenemusiy pdrunided the adver
ti=e1* in his line of business, he returns them
his grateful acknowledgments, and hopes to
merit their future favors by a punctuul at.
ten:!ance to their demands and his duty.
rjsi' I hssve removed to lfairi'ax street, a!
mnst opposite to James Sandersan's, corner
of King street, where I shall be more com
modiously situated for the reception of those
who shall honor me with their ('ammunds. (
shall have, from my correspondents in Lon
don, every lhl'ec months, the ncwcst lbbhiOS-l
of the following articles : '
Ladies' Curl'icle Coats, Habits, Pelices,
Spencers, Corcets and Cloaks.
Gontlemens' curricle, surtout dress, plain
and frock dress, breeches, pantaloons, west,
dress and undress, and all kind of unisouns
and regimentals made in the newest style ac
cording to the glede of the officer; and any
kind of fancy cords made for trimming of
lauies' dresses or gentlemcno' pantaloons and
vests; and vests ready made for the accom
rncdution of n'aveiling ecntlemet};
HE subscribcr has snst received SUtsi'O
feet of Buy !U'a/wguny in the lng—Lc
has an hand, 4000 sect St, Domingro ﬂct'u/mssga
ﬂy in planlz, 3500 sect of Buy Malwgusiq m
Pliss-k- Which he osi'ctsis lor saie, {or cu-h, sir
& short credit.
JV. 1? He still continues to carry on the
Cubz'net &? ClraZr-nrak"71g Bll-SHU'J-S' in the Lent—
est and mast fashionable manner.
_Augus_t 30. " cosw
To the Ladies and Gentlemen cﬀ
Alcxandna &? its vz'cz'm'ty.
"August 30.
closurc Of luctt troth: occaaionfis akngea'
ther diﬀerentsn-m the heat 0! Paseion ; an.
by the hctivoldus msid nnferling alone will the
carm—smcsa of ; dccsip ccnv'xctibr be found
ed wish the inimbiluy of sell mistrust"!
positssiventss. A ccmpksste trar-quility, a cold
scls-posscesion, in she cunumplalicn m
defence of man's highest imercsu and mi-BC
awsul ccm'crm, is the crmmencsmmt us
that depraved indiﬀerence, zhae dcadm-ss : f
the moral and religious ac use, wh'u h & mor
bid accumulatic-n being the usual conse
quence of an unnatmal obsnpmmv) so ca
sily passes into the brutal and stupid Yt\'0
lution phrrr-Zy, and then bzwivg ravcd out
its hour oi madness, sil'ks to smp in the
scrait waissstcoat of military despmism."
ssssEF—Mfihz,>gazz)f, &ss'c. far ssSZl—css'ss.
W'Ztctffif '_ - _,__ __ _ 'r'L'jsijzsi'S
For SaYc or Frcsiight,ss
Auguttsi Os].
AuL-tlst 30.
August 30.
FOR SALF,
A mach eoss um w: 'He-um.
The Sch'r LUUlSA,
). Hzmt, master ;
Burthen about 70 lous ; & stout
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CAUTION !
R. Gray, jun
David Bcek.
3-5
john Muir.
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