Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political — Alexandria [Va.], 1810-11-24 00:00:00, page 3

,.ss A collectxon of MEDICAL z
_ DOKS, Shop l-"urn'xturc, &c. &c. Curridge ,
chxcels, Springs, &c. '
_ .P. G. Marstellcr.
si_N0\'emher 21. .
just Fubhshsscd,
PRICJI FIFTI CEN'IS,
And shr sole by ROBERT (}RAYL
A Poetsslcal PICIUI'C of Amenca,
Being observations made durini: a residcnce
si of several years at Alexandria and Norsolk;
iliusu'ative of the rfianneTs and customs osthe
lnhubitants—and interspcrsed with anecdolcs .
afising from'a geneml intercourse with soci
Ct? in that country from 1799 to *l807.—-By
& Lady.
London, Printed, lSOQ—Norsoik, Re-printed,
est Adams, esq. of this city, saiicdchc
.. .-ss:sissssg.-l ossiOclobcr for Philadclphia.
fish: soHow'mg are the only'articles we
find worth cxcraeting. "
LONDON Oct. 17.
The Paris papers We have received arc
dared the Szh, but s<ctm1c of the 9'sih wc un
,Lctstand huvc reachcd town. [: is said
{my contain a ccmi-official mliclc (lated on
she.sr0nficrs of Spain, and giving an ac
-co\fnt of the events in the pcninsula. The
duke of Abrantcs io,in that articlc stated 4
10 be advancing on the left of the Douro. '
am} anmhcr French general on the rightssof
th? same river. The former had reachedct
Viiianova. and thy: latter Moncorvo, on}
the road to OpurLO- 3
ss sishzsszssffizﬄusisil 1517'1'03651'41"
- F-io ihbsiidixchffirsidisiofssmes- _
afe' ' 'TheY'debsrsikea-ar ssSdn' See.—
_si lctbcksi'si-Yin th}: astepsinbossn, & drove
.. esft'o Duchessazct Thia'waa the.
sum and'mssbstwcc, even according to their
pened to retreat. '
Psi. siz-csiport. was very eurtgnt in the city ]
siyesssterday. of another action having been 4
fought in-Portugal on the 2d, but we could
not trace it to any cteditahle authority.
On the 28th & sing of truce with money
and ciothes fer general St. Simon, who was ]
sstaken prisoner. was-sent to the British head ]
quarters at Busaco. On the same dssty {
Nassma sent a ﬂ-ig of truce requestingi
,srmissiassn'to bury his dead. This Was re
ctsus-si-d ; but they were buried on the field of
battle by the BiiiiSh- 3
Lssczrd 'Wcllington in the beginning of his ss
despatch refers to a previous despatch osssss
sithe 201h, mentioniag the measures he had *
adapted to collect the army near Coimbra, ;
and if possible to prevent the enemy from ;
obtainingz possession of it. That desP-cttch-j
was lost with the other despatchcs which
Were sunk when the French privateer en- ss
gazed the Liverpool packet ; but it is said
that it mentioned some skirmishes to have
taken place from the 15th. and add
ed, that as the French advanced the Fortu—
gnese villages were uniformly abandoned,
,.si-Lu 'nsd h-sizm landed in Sicily could not Fct
Msiþ :a Calabriafor want of their boat; .
—-<:Q:-n-—- .'
dead calm ens'silv' . __
mia to carry over. (no e truops could. net
the enemy destroyed. . !
Massena, it is said, was seen in every >
art of the line in the late action, as we" as ct
all the other marshals; they encouraged
the advance of the men. ]unot' and Mor
tier headed come of the columns as they
watched towards the ridgc, where our
troops were waizing set them. They had ss
artilicry, but few of their pieces could be i
brnttght to bear, owing to the difficulty and
acchvity of the grhund in Buzz-cu, and a
few that were,- were but indiﬀerenuy serv
ed. Ourc, on the contrary, planted on the ss
ridge, did much execution. The enemy,
unable to profit by their numerous cavah'y ;
or artillery, relied entireiy upon numbers, ;
lided by their discipline and steadiness,;
which were conspicuous in the order and ss
iirmness with which they ascended the
ﬂdge; no opposition was made to them till
they got to the top of the ridge; they were
then charged, and driven back with im
"ZCUSC eiaughter. Only one of the enemy's
dwisions reached the top of the ridge-ss and
that was soon dispossessed osit by the 88th,
"}: 45th British,and the 8th Portugucse re
ngnents. ,
own accoqmsssfor the wind cgasissdss and a
On Tucsday next will be sold, at the Vendue :
ss Store,
! 8 10.
_ss-Yoyjsiepbcr 23.
ctssctss ss
rr lsrinting in all its _branchct—
es neatly executcd at thxs office.
and every thing that could be lerviceablc to 1
M (
,sict back to Srczlysi, and part of che. lronps
Sebasxizssm is turtisying Malaga and Grc- ]
undn. A French division which had en:
med Murcia had been repulscd and cozn- l
The ship Ris'mg Scates, Bangs, with Rn- ;
-\.
PIHLADELPHlA, Nov 20.
Pubsic Sa—le.
dss* sithe beats ssicut td si Culn- 1
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Lctf Actandcsiizctsidaay ,Gazfctssfe
sctssmoctss, NOVEMBER 24.
H— .
On W'cdncsdaysi,14-tsih'instan't,the Rcv—
]onN THORNTON KmxssLAND, D. D L. L
I). was inductcd into she; office: of Presidcnt
of Harva'rd University, Cambridge, Mas
sachuseus. His Excellency Gowernor Ger
ry delivered an address in latin, to which
the Plcsidcctnt elect rcphcd m tnc same lan
guage . a lacin oracion was pronounced by
the Librarian, an inmgura! discourse in
English by the Presidenc, and an English
? poem by Mr. Frothingham, of the s-ctniur
; Suphistcr class: a (ircck on]: by Mr. Sto
ss ry, and a sat'm odc by Mr. Bingsi-rman, un
? dergradumcs. lo the evening au iliumina
ss tion of th: university buildings & a splend
_ id bali closed thc seativitics. That ancient
ss scminnry had never before a fairer prospuct
us all the pleasure and advantage which can
arise from having at its head & scholar and
si A scvcrc shock of an carthqua-ke was
Þ
] felt in Massachusctts on Fridayctthc 9th in
stant. it was perceived from Charicston, 1
I " , . ,. ss
,.ncar BOSton, to below Porthmu to the rns- \
itrict- os Maine. Near Portsmouth some
* window glaSs was broken by the agitation ;
ssavcsscl coming into ,port sch it as if
ss running aground. It continued apwards of
7 3 minute ; the progress apparentlysrom N.
]' 'vV. to 5. E.
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; The French papcra, whzch say nothmg
contrary to the wishes of the emperor, and
certainly nothing gontrary to the: interest or
) the reputation of France; declare that thrir
; Bcriin and Milau decrees have icssensisid one
I . . .
} half theu- colomal consumpuon ; that cut
lton, tohacco and sugar, are now raised in
L-g'rcat abundance in Italy and the south of
France, and that these decrees must he
continued asc'w years ct'angcr. These de:
crees thcy declare to be the: destruction of
British commenc, which d-zstruc'fzon is
fhcirsiand object, and must not be rclin
qzlishid. Thus says "an esscyis: in a French
ss paper os S-zþlembcr 18th. Ducs this look
! . . , ", .
; like revokmg them? Ro. zhe best m
si formed Amecham in France have no e:
pectation of the' rcvczcation of the decrees
no: o'f the rcszmacion of cur property.
N."!n'
EPl'FA PH
si'ON A sxntous RUM DRlNZ-LER.
Here lies & mar, whogrcatly held in doubt
si 'she fisixd rcssiurrcctton of th: nur'siy ;
: Hence, lest the soul shouid kiss, the ficsh
; without,
'With ev'ry prayer he mlxt a tu-Jg os to:!—
(1), : ' .
At death he dranke quurt of—gmtl o'er] mm.
And closi'd in peace and faish his dying
eyes;
? come.
I
& CURtous 'comcmmzcz OF NAMES—a fast.
,} Several years ago a Captzain' Phijzlbc-ss'my
! of the brig Sally of Salcm, took on hoard at
! the tapes osVirginia a pi'lot, h'Ir.[-Ia/'j_}wnnsiy
of Baltimore; At their btmrstitsg hczusc
si here in Alexandria they met with Captain
si Pemzy of this place. They drank together
a howl of punch, the ]andford having pre
viously obtained other security for paymcnt
as they were not sufficient, they being worth
but eiz: hence half penny.
PRIVATE CORRIZSPONDENCE.
Communicated for the Phihde'sipia (}azcttc.
. From Bordeaux Oct. 9.
" On the Ilth of August I advised you
that the Bcrlin and Milan decrees would
ceascto have their eﬀect after the lst No
vember next, provided the Engfish with
drew their orders in council, or that ihe
Arnerican governmentconformed to the last
actos Congrcss. It is however reported,
a gentleman.
Detcrmin'd. when the judgmentdsssy should
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Phippenax _ s
Renny 1
Halfpenoy o 1-2
Thatis the spirit rose. the ﬂesh should risess s
() 1-2
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only. arncles the growsh 9£ the U 5 w'ﬂ
ssbe adlnitsitcted by their wench. si ' -
Gen. Armstro'ng "previous to his depar
fturc received assuranccs that the: American
vessels and cargoes scqucstc'red, were csson
!"sirlcred only at a set oﬀ against any seizure
of French property that might have; been
L- made In the siU S. and that a resund would
:be made for the excess that might appear.
I Notwithatanding these Communicationa
' favomblc to tradg, the most sign: ous mssca
sures arcss adopted to exdudc it from the
? northern parts of the continem -; atno pai
si od have they been so nevere and extensive.
_' Dutics have been augmented on further
' imporcs by a decrcc of the ILth-ultimo, and
the anncxsi-d price current contains- : com
plete list."
From Liverpoal, Oct. 13.
The weigþt of our stocks and the pre
T vailing gloom of pecuniary confidcnce pecu
liarly sccm (ocombineat present to deprcss
the canon market and to discourage any
si disposition to purchase. A serious dccctlnc
has {ak-sitn plnccshnd it is increasing!) diffi
cult to csscct sales, which duringthc lost
three Weeks will scarcely average 2500
[ begs of all descriptions to the connumcz-s.
ss There: has bren a cunsidctaizlc imsizmt :,f
Russian ashes "man Lasindnn ; our ucsi-c'm of
ss Amcrican arc accumulating; v'cry {in}:
doing and prices Looking du}? n.
Tar and curp-ctntinc arc ct'lsi :!) ('ssz . . and -*. He
price! giving Way. Very Zi: i. (: du: 'S it".
when: and ﬂ :u". she zio L ks os OZJ sictzxnsl
si-mfersi: or q xa'xvsiics .i: .e, aid xx.", "h-si-avy, :zzzd
Shh Rt' '; Hsi dzﬂusiuit us saic at rzie ; "."-.:J
n'. Eces , tictr demand men for t'u- fin: (1 13 Z-l
ties is ucry limitcd. -——-—C mous --—L pissz..d3 .
11 14 ct. lo 13.2;i.12. Ncw Osictisi-sitnz Iss}
:ld to 15 E'J. S.";x Isle}? sils 15 ssiC-J to 23!
Capmin Quincr, who has arrived at Mar.
blchcad srnm Port-au-Prince, sailed Octo
bcr 6. He informs, that Chrismphc had
entire possession Os Cape Nichola Mulc—b
that he had had a battle: w'uh chion's sor
ces, in whichssGcn. Evelillard was killed ;
that an insurrection had taken "place near
]cremie, where shcrc were 1500 embodlcd
and some skirmishes had taken place; that
a aevfrc galc had been experienced near
Aux Cchs and Jeremie, and had caused
great destruction among 'the shipping ; that
the brig os' War Flambcau, belonging to Pe
A gentleman sat down to write :: deed,
and began wish " [snow one woman bv
"these presents," You are wrong (says ::
b)sc:\ndcr) it ought to be " Know all men,"
" Very Well" answered the other, "Isone
woman knows it, all men will of course."
wc imd, 111 21 srnzlc artxclc m ;x London pa
pe'l' of the ZGIh Sept. lust, that. on the day
before. " there sssriv wi at Yarmouth, :} ﬂee:
from the Baicirsisiss containing upwards of 600;
"Suil of m-zc-hantmen, beside:; 60 sail of
prim- shipq, under convoctv of only five ves
sels of war."-—-—-—--Boston C'cn-tinectl.
Go: tevburg (! am! ': sptcfnbf- r 23, insmms,
*'* thar hzn'zrss couc-uzsizi at ctiUJUIUBK '1. hsi
vus rctus & permission to dZssi. nr'uge his
ca-gu , c'si- reasm given by the Danisssn ot
ficc-rs. wert, that .t was to prevcn: l.:c En
glish from smuggfing manusacturcd goods
mto Denmar'k u-uder Aznericm colurs—yct
thr: EngiZzss-Zz and Dssm-sssi-s carry on :: direct
trzzslf: in iicenc'ss-d vessvlssi There are Sc'vcrui
in this part in present,- Wc Spoke one di
rect from (lsissusissmmctit for Lo: .d)" I'm com
sspzmzsi Wax}. swch uzhe: 9 bound LoI .,cmdss'm.
They wear 3; &c.-! gcci mark m the' xr shsigs."
Thus, i: ::zss murs. Lthe phmd zing Dancs
'cm vsi'xlin-ttzsijx was: and co.u-silemb the un
protectcd ;).rog-e 11} 0! Americaus wit -1 whom
the"? ::re c.! p.' er, and Who never "Coprn
hagen" :isi-m ; 31! at the same time can ssixb
missi'si'ch carry on commctrcc unde sir the ﬂag
of m: na i m uit'n whom they are at war,
'And whoso. fi-- ects now rid: in dmsincc vilc
in 8: izish ports wimont any of the cnln.
puncnuus visitings of commence. lhe
si-zzxent nszhe commsirce carryingon between
England and the Ballic 'Btatcs, in which
Dwm uk s'nares. may' be judged of, whom1
The'zccounts from Dcnmaf; am] Nor
ssfsz'. :sﬄtinuss-z distress..sig to our mcrsi anti'sic
csimzztrymez. ? u c: r.. umstance is too ab
surd to 1). sdn'ztezd s-s ccu &? oi'dctentiun and
tria]. The boua ﬂs'ssi:ccsiriisi<10-sis(zfsithtcon
snlz os chx: z'Jv and {! Cfntm of Drumark
[Fz -- *c-:] m.- pxsiznoun-si- .; d (:.rgﬄriz s :m] con
fisc atismi :; :ns—urd on Lhissc acdalous pre
cence.
A. letter From :m ct'simeri'czm qcnciemen in'
.si______ (
? ' OTlCE is herebygiven the Stockholdt
crs of the Bank of Potvmac, that a
dividend of four per cctenk. for the last six
ss momhs has been declared, and u-ill' he paid .
them or their repz'escntaiivcs on Tuectsdasssi?
next the 6th isinzztant. _ ss _
By order of the Presidc'nLU Directora.
Charles Page, Ca'shlcrss.
Nov. 3 Lawsw
THlS DAY LANDINGz
Asir mww's 'w'HAnF, _
FrOm the schoom'r szsan. Ca/zt. Lawsa'n-si
fiom Naub'uryþort, Efjbr sale. next daﬂ'si}
below ﬀalm G. Ladd's, lower end ngz"
StrEct:
120 baf-ch'sss New-England Rum,
50 do. No lBCcT, bestquality, 'A
3'.) boxes Candlcs,
70 Grind Stones,
] bale RuSsia Shceting'; ., ,
3 boxes 7 by 9 VVindow Class, ,
I do. Sweet Oil, ? \
A few Boards. : '
leham Smith; —
&? 'The Rev. Ml. Bm-dctf:
Congregation being desirous of
contributing to the laudable
purpose of the Charity Sermon
at Ur. A--i'u2l7"s Church to-mor
row, there will be no service at
his Church in the sorenoon of
that day. There Will be service
in the ai'temoon, commencxsing at
sihaispast 3 o'clock.
; "
: 54? The Members siozf't'hcssSt.
Ass'chf'czub' Socz'cty, are rcquested
to walk in procc-ssion from the
,Covrrt-housc to the Isi'resbyl'erian
Church—to asscmsble at the toil;
ing of the Bell.
Novcmbes 22.
tion, bad sidr'xsccd on 'shoressssat Afctfiﬄss- ny.
entirely lost and 'a" Wmlzerof meumifilﬄb
'-—-'that Chriswphe was capcuring allssvessels
13de to Pction's dominions, andobliged .
them to sell their cargoes ; and that it ws!
exzzccted Christophe would blockadc Part:
.-\'{'T:'-.LTON Courts of [inquiry for the '
- lsc- and I.} BaHct-sslions of Miiiti-z, will be"
hcsilsil on SATURDAY next, at the court—
house, 35; 10 octciosk, in the morning, for the
purpose of assfsif-ssine; fifctes for nnbsattcndancc.
at mustcz's in the. moulds Os Scp'siembcr, Ocass
tuber and i—To-fcmbcr.
"L' ' order.. ss .
P/LZlZst To'z'sizlcit, Azyt.
Thc vholc of their Fa-H !mportaxionsi
Consisting of
A GEXERAL AssonTMExT OF
-PUB-LIC SALE.
On TUEKDsi-XY next, at 10 o'clock. 'WZH be
said, for the hctsisicfit us the underwmcrs,
One case 'of Catlcry, &CL. da-maged.
on board '116 53an Ten Broclzcrs, (,:xpt. bar
lzcr, on her passage from Livffi'pool
?. G. A-Iarsceﬂcr.
Or: siTucssi'ch next at I;) o'cl-zck, evil! b'c-aold a?
[lie Vessnslue Stars, _
A hkely Negro Gir ,
stsibctct-u't 35 years oiage ; she has Been brought:.
up usi. a house sPrvant ; vcrj: active, and of a
good character um! disposition. -—
thp G. Marﬂ'eller.
6-"3' A C/um't)! German Wilssi 'be
prea'ched next Lord's Day, by.
the—ssR ev. Dr. Muz'r, in the Pres
byterian Church. 'The amount
of what may be collected on the
occasion, to be applied for the
'relief-o-f the Poor of-al-l denomi
nations. ss
November 22.
siau-Prince.
. - 'M'ka:£3-Þ—
ct _ FALL GOODS.
. Thomas Janney & Co.
[save nsicc-zctvcd by the William & John, a'insi-f
sssi ATTENTION-.
November )05 law},
Woolen and Cotton, GOOdLs.
'Octobcr'lfi. dizw m&s4w
Novbmber 2 3.
Novembcr 24.
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Nnvcmhe'" 24
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rect to this part. and other arrival ,
BANK or PCToMAC,
.N'ovcmber !, 1810.ct_
FUBLIC SALE.
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