Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political — Alexandria [Va.], 1810-09-01 00:00:00, page 3

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. Lucieo Bonaparte, icis reported, intends .
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. from Europe, concur in the general hosti
} his inﬂuence against us as far as he can
) stretch his power, and eniistcd Holland,
:jgsi-PySpain. D-si-nmark, Sweden, Nurway,
iss Prussia and German)", under his orders.
(fishes: only remains Portugni, the African
: states,nfcw islands in the Mediterrancan
and Bind; Scas. together with Great Bri
tain, to which the American commcrcc, in
si European WMClS can be extended. W'har,
& then, is to detcr Americn from dechring
- open hostiiity against him ? Hzid the same
thing been done two years ago, we might
now have been in an cnviah ? Situation : our
commrrcc, freed from Bxitish restriccions
Would have stood ask good & chance in re
spect to licensrs, as the Engiish commerce
hasc-njsrysd. There would have been no
confiscatisrns, no seizures. Thr- general ob
jsiccionm makingwar upon anolcon is,
ss'.ssmust expect to cncountcr & similar sate.
Whiist the general proposition is allowed,
it-wiii not be denied that the narrowest
mip ofwatcr has always been a bar to his
suchsiss. H:is a great land animai, who
canhouml over mountains, and hills, and
hilif's. but water fixes an nnzonqucrnhic bar
\ to his progress. On water he has always
[ been unsucceseshl; whilst Great Britain
has uniformiy conquered. Amcrica is a
commercial nation; if ever the spirit of
* comme-rce was fsi-lt by :: people, that people
isthe American. Iswc are to choose be
lwf'rn two inevitable evils, let us consider
thatwc can fight the law.] animul with at
least only negative injury to oursrlves ; but
iswe attack the ocean monster, inevitable
pesitive injurywiil assail us, and- possihiy
c'gmmerciai ruin be the consequence.—
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{ W'e learn that the ship Sashrand Bctsey,
Gawain Doffivex, for St. Sebastians, be
longing to Boston. was taken possession of
abﬂm she 1st of Mav. oﬀ the bar of St- Se
basrians. by the British armed brig Gold
si sisict'; her mate and three seam-en, with
. her papers, taken out ; a prize master ?nd
s * Seaman put on board. and ordered for
- Corunna, where she arrived about the 14tb
NU- that the Captain of the Goldfinch ar
med Soon after, and finding no cause for
condcmnazim, gave up her papers, officer
. as"! men, Pfsirmitting her to proceed whfzre
She WRW best, other than the ports orcupted
b'v' she French troops in the Ba} ot Biscay.
Phiz'. True An. \
C'si'ssssfs fine, 25 0 25 1-2 bane.
"PP'T, 34
Csctsffin-si-ax, 94 0 93
He, _ 31 36
fa, Br-hea, 17 21 curr:
Cfmqo, 38 44
Hyscsim Skin, 56 58
; che, Maryland 15 20
So Virginia, 12 15 .
8", Man. brown, 34 36 bane.
ghrwn by new and important maniscstations.
I.-,ss,,n'ectlz-c&sincion in his own dominions he
ssct'sshzcs procecdcd to the sequestration to con
siscation, and from confiscation co sale;
frumhis own dominions he has extended
cÞeral late Enquirers have been descant- 3
\ ' on the art qfsipnlssisitical (ging. The es- ss
bsi'I'sisi,si37?fsi1'si'sisZ'c';over that shfsillctkfiowledgc of a sub
hich can only be acquired by long EX— ;
Ind. Am. 1}
that he. has sooaqsre'sl All-.mci:>.n.s-ss, and wssi
the United Statcs.
GeneralssSarrazin, who lately ﬂed from
France *0 England, it is said is to come to 5
hie additional blackness.ss All accounts ss
lityto Amcricnn commerce produced by
OVcsSPl'ﬄd
north Os Europe
the agCDCY 0 _
tred Of Napoicon towards Amcrica is daily
Prchs at Hamburg, ﬀzzlg/ &
White Havana, 46 49
Brown do. * 36 37
SssiTURDdY, SEPT. !.
merce.—-siI'sihe gloom which has
the commercinl nosirizon in the ss
'has.noc ceased to accumu- j
f French influence. T he ha- ss;
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( ss Yesssterday aftcrn'oon, five men_ de'sested
! from the British frigate VenuS, lymg at an
chor about five miles below this city, in the
following during manner: A boat that went
from thecicy was lying along side the lri
gate, when five ofthc crew jumpcd from Lhe
port holes into the boat and took to their
care. and made oﬀ. The beats were imme- '
diatcly manncd from xhc ship, and pursued -
the deserters by a fire of musquecry. AN—
bout the same moment two beats pursuvd
from the sort at Ellis's Island ; but the: su
gitives succeeded in landing near Powlcs
Hook, andsimade their escape. Anoctcherss
manjumped from the ship With the others
but'si missed the boaf and fell into ghsic water, ct
and was afterwards taken up and second:—
fair prices.
" I have by me a list of American ves
sels which have passed the Sound this sea
son, that is from the 22d osjanuztry to the
12th OsJtmc. The whole. number is Seventy
seven, with and without cargnes. A great
P
tersburg, and many of such
hnund direct would proceed thither sur re
tttrn cargoes. The number which has gone
through the Belt cannot be Asct-rtained, as
they did not stop to pay their fees, but went
under British convey. The number under
the American ﬂag, however, is known to
be large. Twenty-five sail are now said to
be at St. Petershurg to take cat'gues for
America. They me, as is said, to take
large proportions of hemp. Thirty saii
were also spoken in the (}ulph tsif Fiuland,
under American colors, about twenty days
since, for Rnssia, to take return cargms
for the United SLMCS. There are 35 sail
of American vesseis now detained at Cu
pcnhagen, destined for parts in the Balsiic,
when liheratcd. A ﬂeet which wintercd in
Russia has anived here, and waiting so]
conv .\ to proceed to the westwatd ; among
ss are twentv Amrtican vessels, eight (yf
ss_ ctch are bound to America. the rt-sidnc
to England. Captahi Tapþan's ship Hes—
per, is among them. ln addition to the
large numhtctr already gone up the' Baltic,
there are in this port nearly 100 sail, which
; wilt proceed up the Baltic whenever that
ss plies of l-{ussia goods in America next Sea
It is said the quantity of hemp in this
the quantity of piece goods
'ary, very large, forty-five
is stated asthe number.—
W'hat ] have stated is derived from what ]
conceive pretty good sources, but our in
formation here is so cnntt'adictory, it is dis
ficnlt to determine when and where conti
dence should be placed. As to saying what
I am to do is utterly impossible. Cossee is
the greatest dt'ttg of a glutted market, and
was l under the necessity of eﬀecting saies
of it, I very much dnttht be'ing able to ob
tain 16 cents clear ol charges. At present
I can hear of no market where cossee could
he sold at saving pricessi I have fixed upon
no plan, nor can I find any one here that
has. Every thing has act" gloomy appear
ance; and the only satisfaction we have is
to suppose things in such a deplorabie state
that no change can be for the worse. . The :
brig Catharine has not arrived here yet—I 1
have heard that she was captured by the}
Dancs, and carried into Norwav ; the truth
of it I cannot vouch for. I think I men
tioned to )ou something of Messrs. C.
Coolidge and Co's. sahooner in my last,:
which vessel went into Holland and escaped i
to this port. She sailed from this about ttn 5
days since for the Baltic, is taken, carried ]
into Copenhagen, and expected to be con- i
denmed. The schooner which Mr. Rol-ssiss
lins loaded, lies here vet, like the rest, in i
an undetermined state." '
son.
ﬂeet is small;
is, on the cum!
thousand pieces
Gattenburg, to a gentleman in Bastan,
datea' ju/y 4.
" No sales have lately been made in this
place, except some scw harter exchanges;
which have been done in a manner to leave
a loss to the seller 0£American and colunial
produce.
20 per cent. has been given upon American
invoice. prices, payable in Russia, and Ger
man goods at extravagant priccs. These
are the best terms I have heard of. The
cargoes were generally well assorted and at
can be done with sasesssi
think you must have very considerable sup.
N. 2'. Gaz. Aug. 27.
Henry Christo/Jhe, president and command
er z'n clzz'gsqf'thefarccs of Hagti on land
andsea.
Considering that the name'os the city of
she Cape, since the expttlsion of the French
and the independcnce of Hayti, has not
been changed, and the denomination of
Czipc Francois is always givcn it by so
retgners. .
That the evil disposed aﬀect in the super
scription of their letter}: to designate this
Extract qs (: letter from an American at ss
art of them were bound direct to St. Pe-_.
HAYTlAN DECREE. ' ?
In some instances an advance of ss
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as Were not
day bylbis name,. which recalsthe idra pf
the ancient tyranny :
Thatit being necessary to cffacc even the
'last vestigc of a forcign domination, and to
deprive the evil minded of the means (gf
supportipg any hope of asiecomplishing chg'u'
designs. \ _' si
We have decreed and do dccrce as fol
l-osivs :
"3\rt..1. In future, the city of the Cape
shall bear the: name of Cape Ilcmsiy. lt is
,exprcssly furbidden throughout the state: of
Hayti to designate it in any other manner.
: 2. All letters coming from abroad, des.
sisstincd for this city, and addressed to so
ssgcigncrs 33th aye: thclcin establigj1cd, 0_r cj
ven to na'ctvcs, the superscriptions o which
shullnoz he consormablc t9 the preceding
arzich, shall be stopped and sent to [he: go
vcrnmc-nt.
8. All dispatchcs, lattcrs, parcels, Sle
addressed to the gosivcmment, and which
shall not be cousormable to the first articlc
shall ncmain ununssvcrcd.
4. Furcign merchants estnblishcd in the
scatc ofHassvti, arc invitcd to upprisc thLir
correspundcnts of the dispositicmz us the
pl'CSCnL dGcsce, which they shall be offigial
By served with.
5. 'l'h: governors and 'commandunts of
.Ssszngular inscrE/m'mz.-—The fellowmg in
scription is over the door of a house m a
small village in the I-sisslc of E'Lv :-——** Shzwe
ing dcn-sict- (it at penny each; Hare oiltl and
powderczd into the bargin; also rcdcing
Riting and Spcllin taut according to the:
rulcs of Gramar, and cear takin of their
merats :zt &] a week, N. B. Godfrcycts
Cordial, Kud rutcs, Rud Herenz, Put'sittus,
sassagcs and other Uardin stuﬀ to be suld
by these umblc servant, James Gruby."
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The prince dc Lignc finely remarks that
to paint Death, as Wt: generally do, is a
great injusticc. Wssc: should t'cprcsmt dcath
in the shape of a vene-ruble, mild, and so:
.rcnc matron, with traces ol' beauty in her
"countenance. and her arms gracesuﬂy ex—
pundcd to receive us. Thisis t'nc: emblem
osctcrnal rcpose ai'tcr & mclanchuly lift:
harrasscd by anxieties and storms,.
AGRlCULTURE.
Of all the arts, tillage, or agriculture, is
doubtless the most usetctul and necessary.—
It is the nursing father of the state. The
cultivation of the earth causes it to produce
an infinite increase; it forms the surest re.
source, and the most solid fond of riches
and commcrce, for the people who enjoy a
happy climate.——[Vattel.
men, 24 mtists, 27 distinguiscd lsiurzigncrs
-—- 3 prrsimns of 120 years, 1 uf 114, 2 of
110, 1 of 109, 2 of 106, 3 of 105, 1 of
104, 1 of los, 0 of 102 and 100.--L'He
m :sisst/z ere.
A widow said um: fit); to her daughter,
" wh-sin you are of my age: yuu will be
dreaming otsin husband." " Y'si-s, mamma,"
rcplZeJ t'nc t/zysiug'ct'zzlz'w Litt'ct: hussy, "jor
the second iime."
To read while eating was ahvays my san
cy says Rossmu, in dslzmlt os 'ct. usitc a tate,
"lsits the supplement of sucicty I want. I
alternately devour a page: and L'. psitsisicc ; 'ti
as ismy book had dimd with me.
Valerius used to say he ienmed more
(romo'orrswed books than from his own,
because not having the same opportunity of
reCciving them, he rca-J t'. em with more
care.
vil mPg'lslt'atcs, 8 ecclt-siassitics, 23 l-si-arncd ss
of Bucctks county, Pennsylvania, has invenc- _
ed a new corn kisn, or machine sor drying ,
corn or other grain. The machinery over
the oven is composed of three sheet iron
sicVes, perforated, which receive it vxbra
Up wherever itsfmll ba deemed wanting.
Done at our paIacc of Cape Henry, SOLh
]uly, 1805, the 7ch ycuruf indt-psindcncc.
HENRY CHRlS'lssOPHE.
By the Prcsiclcnt,
ROUANEZ, ]UH.
Sc'crctary &] State.
shall be printed, such, published and stuck -
The Paris pbituary of1809_mentions the
deaths ot " a marshal of th: empire, 16
gc'sihzraisss ;) officers of & lower gradc, 18 ci
tory motion gradually ceasing by smalljars, '
in which sieves the corn moves from the
first to the second, &c. until it is delivered
at the same end of the kiln it was received.
By this method there may be from one to
five hundred bushels, according to the Wish
es of the constructor, of corn dried in 24
hours, with but little labor and much less
the: movcmcntnsports and intcrprctcrs of
forugn langusixgcs :u'c specially charged with
[he do (,UllUll oisi the present decrcc, which
pluccsctmcndants of provinccs, chick's of,
Ufgsul improvemenh— Benjamin Parry,
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: neral of the late Coloncl Lssezmzs Ham
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I Cast. MctCaIlizsster's Comprmy will
=attend with A rmsct and three r-tutctzsifsof
! Cartridges, to do the Lscort Dutiesz.
By ozder, - .
Phthp Tslplctt, Aaþsi't.
Septemizcr 1.
6? Runaway Negro.
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_ AN AVJAY from the estate of John
Tactvloe, Esq. on Occoquzm, in the coun
ty of Prince Vt'iFlisictm, a ]}!tcly itcgto man,
! named ('I-[.slRLES, very black, and has a
ss sulky appearance when spoken to—he is a
bout 5 sect 10 inches high, 30 years of age,
and hue :- considet'uhlc rtzptute uhich may be
perceived from his manner of Wzdking, his
cshuthing Us 'it-ginia cloth. I wi}? give Five
Duhars. iissttken in the countssv ; Ten, isin m
adjacent one; and Twenty. is out osthc state,
or 50 securcd thut i get him us;;siin, at Ncuh
sco, in the county of Prince W'ilfirtm.
T homas T. Pzisssiqct-e,
Agent lur John Twice. IC-ctssq.
Septembcr [. 'Jsi-w-iw
HI" The Editors of the Nationa] Intelli
' gencer, Vv'ashington ; thc chcral Cozcttc,
Baltimnre, and the Virginia Patriot, are
requested to insert the above advcrtisemcnt
in their respective papers twice a week until
the day of sate, and forward their bills to this
office for payment.
t August 283
THE Officers and the Vquntcerss
; Companies of the gd Legion, ate l'c.
squested to aﬀemlgte at the Court
ctHouse, in ssiii! uniform, !lzz's affir
incfon, at 3 osiclock, to attend the id
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THE Stockholders in the W'ashington Ca
nal Company, arc hereby-notified. that the
fifth and sixth instalsimcnts on each share, are
called for, the soxmer paYuble on the 28th of
Septembet', and the latter on the loth ol Oc-_
tober next, to Sttmuel Elliot. jr treasurer of
the company. By order'bf tthoard of Di-si
SHIP
Departed this life after a short illnrssct,
Colonel DENNlS RAMSAY, in the 56th
year oi'his age. His lritnds and acquaint
ance are requested to attend his lsiunczu! this:
evening at (our o'clock, from his dwelling
house to the Plysbytcrian burying ground.
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The Breshren ofAlcxandria Was'ningtcn
Lodge, 1'0. 22, arc l'espectfssuliy lcqmsicd
toþattcnd the funeral osl'ncir decrzzswsil Bro
't'hcr'C'o'M-Þc'l' Dmn-z's Ramsaysi ['mm their
Lodgc Room this evening at 4 o'clcsi-si'k.
By (ol'drs of the: W. [VI. .s',
MARTLN BRENT, ScCsL'sGf_l/. si
EVEN RAMS and 29 lines, in sue
health and good order, just received
from sztin pt-t' :hc hug- lssszuisa, (";-plain )?ac.
namartt. and wilt he sczd z't ;ctsizlzlii; unction to
the highesthidder. on z- t'lcuitc-s 9?) zsind 120
days, sur approved entzmscss; note 5, tcg-ssi-izzble
in the Bank of Alexat*dtitz——'l'ize zzsitic to take
plucc at !?roomlawn. ne'er this town. on Mon
day the IOth Septemhei' t'ctcxt. vxhcre the
Shcep may be seen at any time previous to
the day of salc.
---bj,' Bowie and Kurtz.
Sloop Rocna, Snadwick, New-Rcdiord:
by John C. Ladd.
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ASSIZE Of BRE.si{)
Blade q/j, b'zss-ct/sicsizsisisne IJzn r 13551'.
(EN'I'S,
The 8 pound Iczufto be sold [or 48
4 pound lous 24
2 pound fu-xs 12 '
by the master.
Schooncr Elizubcth, Ncwconﬀb, Boston .
sue! than In the ordinary way. The invert
or has obtained :: patent, thCh securcs to
lfim the exclusivc fight of using the above
machine and of vending 'ussco others.
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War! tsiv-f—sidixsssfsiffct-WEJÞ ??ML—Lctzffisizﬂsi ?" ' - .W
John Muncaster.
Alexandria, Aug. 28 eots
(lsizk oj zr'usi ﬂlctulssisi't.
Sept. !*
CLEARED,
Schr. Ann, Flowers, Wilmington, Dcl.
WA [Glfct-Ict-V'l'El) GLA'U/si-ssss'siz'
hsilerino-Blooded d l-IEEP.
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1 pound 'ouf 6
_ Jctnsssis HARRIS;
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Part of Alexandria.
ssct—ct, B. Caldwelsil, ps,
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