Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political — Alexandria [Va.], 1810-08-14 00:00:00, page 3

ofshQEX ss ss si- - .
sissszhc ssisipctvim-Court es Chaucer-7 for the
ijbﬄRlZd fisufict, 'to fill the Vacuncy occasi
sisisssisinesi-si. by the death of Peter _Tinsley, Esq.-—
ma. ss . si
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ssctct , ;"me ",." Yiqinia Patrz'ot.
Þ'o. Il.
m who will cast his eye ovesir the
Amcrica will be foncibly
impresscd With the delic cy of the'relations
"fie created between the United States and
sssisisiew emp'ues about to be formed on our
youths" and western fromiers. He' will per
ctirethe stz'ongcst inciucements for laying 2
(50? mid sond sounsihtion for mutuctl ssconfi- :
dcmc and friendship; because he wiss] re- \
(g.-e grezt and psrmancnt causes of war,j
5hap]1si'sse,-.dousy and in win, unsortunatcly
smct AI-pctrzics, be the national sentiment,i
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which shail first prcdo minate. 1
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to a pG-liticrsil point of view, this narrow :
ng-si) of land is infinitcly important. The 1"l—- 1
cas which hsiwe their sources in the—U- S.
ed fihich empty into the gulf ot Mexico, ]
wealth: nassuml Channel for conveying to ss
(;,g'ocezsin the produce of an extcnsivc'and '
cru'le'countxy. Not only a large and rich ss
ngssing to the nation, but a con'si- ss
Yet-able portion of several of the Zt'sixtes nu- '
w-si-Ely would look down those riz'cxs for the
she Atlzmicsito the Missiseippi.
lie.": a short passage may connect the nen-l.—
cti'ssssion above the mnscle scthoals with thesiwa- !
er: which form the bay of Molzile, av'alu- }
!:Te part even of Virginia, would use that 4
.zrigation'with advantuge.
Hrwevcr this may be, the free tise of the
ivm which'emp y into the gulph, 5and which l
nuqueutlysisihhve their mouthe in lctloridass
scsscmially necessary to a consiclersiblctc' por- ss
had of -the-szited"8tutcs.- Yts tlutt count-ry
ccomes more"]:opulous. this necessity will
(come more visible. 'Thectdiscontents which
actve existct! its Kefitutky' respecting the Mis
sis'sslppi."sihe 'c'pp'ertimity' which these 'kliscon
ents gave to tlrepcsver pOssessing the mouth )
ctat river; to inttrigue with one people and ;
sipairsheir attaclisncnt toehe union; and. tnc <ss
nisteanse of wavwhisih tho:-: intrigttcs i'ur— ;
'shed, ought to assc-Imozsiisish 'us of the dungei's 11
MSMZYY rc's'ufcttinsi: from ' tho c'iz-cumstmxce ]
si-M a tract osl'simtl which forms as it were the j
hoie Southern mssar'gfn "of " ("he 'Unitccl Stutcs, :
.rctricles !o'mztket. 'The southern parts of
ctmsst—sq, the wasteth parts of Georgia, of
LQW Curolina, and men part of "Ysi'su'giniai
rein this situation. If the time shall come l
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'ictrgcrzso-ﬀ, siAu-csivM—si u
siiv'siifizshjﬂssﬄsissssf simnsict'ssg'si Essik" mem'sict
ssctu'i" Counssisiss issi appb'shted Clerk
g'lhe Floritlas hind on the U. State: from ;
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UWJKH Which ?. conssde rable .siportion of this
m'sirsierce wili pusssss, is occupied by a soreign
ef- It ogsiss-ht to impress Sir-angly' on us ss
de did-importance" ci acquiringsi' that tet'ritO—
; 3 or; if it he unattainasillcy of keeping up
96. most friendly relations with the power
hzch holds it. ?
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This Psm'ince which will probe'uly sidecorrie
dssdm cmpirejoins the U .States through
"1 the whole of ourwcstern frontier: lts
sssimst and the fertility of its soil will proba
' make it a Powcrshl nation at no very dis
nztreadymeam of transportirg their-bulky
- . "506 alter it shall efijoy the advantages
acts-gmmffiensi l
Work Of delicacy and difficulty. It is sel
m to be eﬀected without employing the
Wsi- When claims conﬂict with each other
Rosial}? QSdo those of the U. States and
. it requires agreat deal of moderati
Untual 800d will, to settle them with
and calamitons Wars. Is the parties
in their claims, the God of battles
Wenny decides between them, and
The bounden-)" between the U. States and ?
me" is unsettked. Each claims an im
We eWent of vuluahle territorylying on
"ate", Which run into the Ivlisssssippi
Our situation with regard to New MCX'ACO
also extremely delicate.
The adjustment of boundarctv is at any time
"it!
ct spongest proves the besf'.
_ B'titsictiysshsian this cbfiﬂicjt originatcs in a inch;
assure sssswhich-ct cannot 'fail to ekaepessratess one "of
& the parties," When the right to be ssa'sscrted has
!bcen atquiresid in a mannerwhichss the party}
s divest'ectd of it can deetn neither - juSt n'erl'w
ur,-rable. The diffieulty of an amicable ar
rangement is "so much encreased that, 'with
out the intex-Vention ofsi fortunate Quart-ences,
itsiis nbt toctbq esscCted.
Of this deseription is our .t-itl'e 'to Lon—
isiana.
' ; The cirtumstances usintler 'which we' acqnlred
that tcrritoty cannot be forgotten. They
j were well cal'culated to'irritatesi the country.
from which it wasi torn, and to makessimpres
sions extremely unfavorable to that friend
ss ship which it iS'cttlte'interezt of neighbours to
si cultivate.si "
* The acquisitionis placecl' in :; sittratibn t-he
: more critical by being lest, perhaps unintcn—
tionally, incomplete in a most essentiul point.
In the hurry of "making- the purchase,*we
could not suspcnd the execution of the con
tract until its etsiztentshouzd be asccrtained,
and this very (le'licsi-te p'binris still to be ssi-t—
tled.
on the Atlamic must pass near its shows"...—
'l'hissicircumstance is entitled to the more
consideration"because Cuba, connected With
the szsimish part of Ilispsi.niolt, is capable of
becoming. andTHost probably will become an
impot cant maratime power.
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* "limits are unclefined, COXlCBillS & population by
no means triendly to thesi'United States; No
ss country from the'union. 'With respect toa
ss great portion ol'it, many are of opinion that
ss its'losssiwoiﬂd'not he a subject of regret. But
this opinion does not extend to the island of
lsiNew Orleans. That place-is a point of un
? those nn'mense ten-inns which are watcr'eu by
:Xhe Mississippi E.:pericnce hRSsiS-h'ﬄdy de.
inonstretcd the vast ihﬂuesiice which the p 05
sessors of this interesting position will hold
otsier the western sttt cs. '
;whitsslrt'se'adopt"penclinq the stmggle which
j ' hr—szzlt'eatly comm,cnced,ss may for a long tract
draw aplan qf a summer's cloud, 'to keep a l
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'hut have he saith in the rL-Stl, "He'might
idle rumm'sf ssf-Bastan paper,
Part-s 'assna' Exþ'enccS-si—Insimo'dem France
there is no control over, either ctthe'impOSi
'tion oftaxes, Or the cxPen'dit'ure of public
money; " What," sayszMr. VValsh, " must
sisibe, withssregard to tarcatio'n,' t'hc-siscate ofa
countrvwhere'a military crxccmivc En'jojte
an 'urilisstsinite'sid control over the escimate, the
collection, and the expendittzre of the reve
nue; where there exis's no public organ for
complaint or re'monStrance,'ssno voic-z or in
ﬂuence of public opinions-sine i'd'ea ofsidis-ss
tributive justice—'And no protection for the
citiZen against the usurptttiosin of executive
authority ?" '
he mistztkcn as to MrlGallatin's ohsuta
tions, personellysssidelwcsired but he could not
ba mistaken ]" the inlerence, he drew from
:sustainzng a consider-able p'op'ulation, is [laced
"all the truth: between that river end the parts
" Tzvz'stical or so."—A man, being ask
ed the character of one of his neighburs,
said that, " Godwa'td he was a very good
man, but manward a little twistical or so."
It is certain that there are men ot strict in
tegrity in private concerns, who have no
settlcd'principlesin politics. In private life "
you know where to find them, but in the
political scene they tremble, like HORA-cz's .
fawn. aurarum. e: scti/lz'ae may, at every
breath of a breeze, and every nastle of a.
leaf, and change ten times "in ayear. Of;
them it may be said, in one of the very-few!
elegant sentenccs that democracy has pro-i
duced for-a long; time. To lay down aclzart]
of the course of afeather in the wind, to!
must be perceived by all The line ofpolicy ]
at the entrance of the Gul'ph of Mexico. It
comma-ms the mouth of the Mississiþpi; and
tion-. "R-USTICUS.
Some of the democrats, wssi th cont enient
mind-s, hz-l .icve exact!) so much of Mr. Ers<
kin-'s letters as sisuits their pol—ici'cal plots,
speak-able importance. It is the key tosisiall
"might to engage our mo'.t set-inns considera—
thingsi'wmtld be ea'siet' than to detach that
Snehctis the relativc Situation osthc United j
Statcs'with those neighhor 5 who are about to '
become ilidtipcndent nations. Its delicate) l
of time, "deeply usscct ourselves. It mesi-ritsBc
Louisiana," that pazt ol Spanish America
Cuba, a large and riclisii's'landjcepablessos
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joilrfzssdl qctf sithe travel: of 'a fire ﬂy, 'We'tsiZ-z
'hopel'ul attetsibpts Compare-(1 with—the e'fi'orf
to regulate or- six them—Freemctan's Youi'.
[Commﬄicate'dfor the Freesiman's jjaumaL]
, _ 'S'r. smsitsmus, April-*25,'s810. l
'To'tlzc Master Commz'ssz'oner of'siS'e-guestrd- :
. ' 'tzsion. ss
THE 'E'mpEtsi'Orss has decretsid on 'ctthectsctlths
instant, that the si'American 'vessels 'undc'sit' '
SeqttcSlratlon shallsibc sold, in "consequence
'of which you will dlschargc the crews, and
siyou will consult'With :Qlonel 'Baste for that
purpose, to'whom Inow'siwritc. Yet] will
let the captains, officers and CrCWS of the
vessels have: the: free disp'osal of their-pri
vate eﬀects. 'The governmenf'only ffishing
by way as reptisal, to take posse55i'on' of the
vessels and their apparel; together with their
cargoes,'as per. bills of'lading. "Yet: will
tak-= charge,' until further orders, "of all the
[original sipapers ' belonging to " sUch vessels.
You will obtain from the consignees An "at
tusted 'accbunt Of esstll cipcnccs' pai'cl for eatsi'h
vessel and crew until the day of disthargc.
You 'w'tll octrd'cr tO'Basiyonnc all the " vessels
loaded 'Or nnloasidcd; prot'siidcd they c'an ' pass
the bar osBacty'onnc in salt-ty. Those ves
"ssi-lct: that cannot pass the bafmust be lighted
for that pmprySr, bux should any ofctthcm af
sitct being made as' light as they can with ss
safety. pmccrt-l 't'rdm One? pOrt to'ansimher; be_
still {no dcsicp for the bar ovaayonnc, you ,
willscsscure cttltcctsicttn'at' Passagc. *Y0tt' will use ss
sithe utmost expcdition' to transporc them'to -
ss Bayonnt- ; the: cotton by land and the "heavy ,
"articlcs by water; and you will sromcttimc '{
sito, time inform mc'dfthe progress ybumalte. '
g — (Signcd) 'siTH EVENOT.
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i "ST. SEBAsTrANs, siflþril 25, 181ct0.
, The" Cammz'ssioner of Seque'ﬂratz'an w'the
consignees of all America/z-'v'esselssisidnd
cargccs.
; The arms of all Amesiiicsia'n vessels 'cdn
sighed to you are to be discharged; you
will therefore produce an a'ttested account
of all the e}: pencesyou have paid and ad
vances you have made as soon as possible,
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SALES AT ANTWERP .
sssi'FOr the 15th Juncl 1810, Of the tolloﬄiﬂg
ideaux Packct, captain Spaﬀord; Pctse
yeranoe, captain Cloves; Hel'ena, caPt.
Smith - North America, captain Deans ;
ctsiDiamond, capt. Maurison ; Hirsiam, capt.
Lnnb head ; and Mary, captain Richard,
viz. .
, 5037 bales," .si. QSRCLS, 35 hhds. 252 bbls.
i _ C'Ositfc,
: "220 balts peppe" -
I 19500'0 lbs. Campcaehy 'zinssssrl sustic w'odo,
'1153 chcrsts and 50 smidl b0xes tea,
'5 cheats vanilla, _,
57 tierces' fice,":znd'ISGsiboxes,
si20 seroons cochineal,
3 boxes'pearl ashes,
1476 half.-s cotton,
" 76 seroons Perussvi nati 'Lassrlx,
) box tuitlc shell.
district.
Sloop Chanccllor, Harper, *Guadaloupc:
'ballast: to the master.
CLRAsiR'E—D, _
Sloop Lydia, Fosccsir, Boswnct: by Peter si
Dunbar
Schoo'ner Sally, Pottcr, Providence: by
the master-..
Sch'r. William Yeaton, Hcpburn, West
lndies: by Cuthben Pox-we!!! Jj
SloOp Unity, Hand, Phil'adelphia: dry
goods and groccrics: to merchants of the
to go rbund, a young barrister who happen
ed to be present, took occasion to retort up
on the Dean , and after some altercation on
both sides,ctthe counsdlorctat last'aslte'd him,
*" if :he' devil were to (lie,sitv..ether a par
son might not he found sor mopey to preach
his foneral sermon " -—-'* 'ssch " said Swift,
" and I would gladly be the man; for I then
would give the devil his due, assil have this
day-his children."
'Detin Swisift having plffia'sich'e'd iinsihkssiize
sermon in lrclancl, st afterwards ?nvitdd
to dine With "(he—judges ; and having in his ss
disc'00i'5e*c021siclrrcd the'a'sc' an'dssabme' of
theiztw, "he had borne :! little'hard (lpo'nss,
those counsellors who p.: ad c.;uSES sisiWhsilCh '
they knew in their cmscienc'c-s to be wrong."' .
When dinner was over and the glisii'ss began '
concludmg with the day of discharge.
"Sight.-(i &c.
goods lnrming the cargoes of the 'Bor- ;
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Part of Alexandria.
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--'ADVERTISEMENT.
HE subscriber will; is the grace of God
permit, sell *'lti-s STOCK "OF DRY
' GUODS at cost, and under,' for ready money,
si at his store in Prince— street, between Water
and Union sweet-s, Wh'clc thoec'who wish to
sibuy cheap goods may be Supplied until the
'a hole ls sold. What! do you Smilc because
"he says he will sell, &c by* the grace of him
"in wlsilsiom ue live, move and have out being?
Smely his mercy is over all his notk, or his
'creatuues 'could not ( xist ior a moment with-'
'out him—'l'hent. pra'isess his holy name, and
worship hsiim who is over all; blessed forever
"more ' 60 to. him, Ye that say to day or to
"mor'row'siwe'Will go into "such a city and conti
nue there ass. year and btly and sell and get gain,.
whereas ye know not what shall be on the
simmrow. See James' 4. l—.3
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! ctIn the vicimty of the town-for Salt.
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On SssATURDA'Y next, she ISth' instant, at;
eleven oclock, will be said on the pre—
'mises, to the highest bit der, for negotia
ble notes, at 60 (13) 5, with apptoted en—
'dozscts— _ ss .
si dix Lots,*hani1s-Gmely Sttuat
ed upon the \-Vashington-& Alexandria turlh
pike read; containing from three to six acres
each, and distunt about a mile and an half
from Alexandn in, and half a mile from Four
lee Greek. *' !, he situation ofthis propettff
is elevated and pleasant and the neigl bon
hood healthy. Pat ticu! ate will be made known.
and a plan of the lots shewn upon application.
to Col Gt-ozgc Giljzin, on to
AS thy cnrt'was tctuming from Alexani's
dria )ssestetdey ' t'ssith a. s: 8 Meazno Ram Lamb,
it was {guess.-; ed by four 'men, three on foot
and one on horsebsi'ack. who took iiway the
Ram by force (One of the men had a dark
cott, the other a blue, but all, more or less,
country cloths and ehabby 'ihe Ram was
about 6 mOnths Old ssmarked on one side ! T
w th tar, on the otlt-et SB—the eats marked,
"one'with three cuts, ss-and the other-] V'Wizich
(we not tisible' till closely examined—short:
boh sit'ail, one horn broke off closeto the head* , .
'_the other about thtee inches long—the Sheep
had a' knot oi Wool on the forehead, wool on
'thc'" jaws, and dbwn his ]cgs to the hoofs Wiik _
a dewlap. I will give Twenty Dollars ior that
Rem and szzy Dallars for securing the rob—
'Ceadh—making, in all its variot'tssi.
\ Branches.
, E.PssTAYLOR,
.RESPECTFULLY informs his 'ffiendz'
" and the public, that he contin ye."-s to.-;
carr'y'onctthe"(bath-making'Business in all its,
si'vari0us branches,-at the shop in -'-Fairfax.
street, formerly occupied by-J-cthca-and Tay...
or, where all orders in his linc'of business,
'-will'bc strictly attended
=Frdm*an siestablishment sidf three years in:"
the above line "of business lrc "is able to say,:
ascta proof at his workmanshlp, he has many
vouchers. '
"Gentle-men who 'may'please to save: him'
With their orders for 'Carriuges (if-any kind'
lordesssjption, 'anay depend on having theirsi
Work executcd 'Wlth ncamess and strength.
N. 'B. A'll kinds of Carriages and Harness-Z
es made and repaired "withctneachs and dis-i
patch.
_ FOR SAL-"E, _
.A-seednd hands-quence Fish {lyue}!
Bo swow; Argus: 9."
ss __ , _ ctflMctPOR TAJVT; .
'Ca'psst. Thomssdikessof the ship Northern
Liberties, arrived here 'yesterday; from St.
'Ube-s, spoke :]uly "28, the ship Plato, 22
ldays from Tonningen, the maStefiof which
informed capt. T. that the Danish govern
'menthncl issued a 'dec'ree, dated 'Jtme --15,
'orsidering thcsipdrts'of Tonningcn and siHas-ssct
dm to be shut against the Americans; as
'sisigning as a'reasc'm, the :ftbuseof that*ﬂag
5fmm Heligoiand-z that if,-sad: aniving af- ss
sitcr the date of this-decree,sihad not'becn al
IOWed to break bulles-add that a;pt'tvatee't*
was stationed oﬀ the coast, towatsin the A
-merican shipping 'against enteting these
:ports. siNo scizures had tdken place.
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ssASSIZEY OF PBREAD .
ctMade of Sufzevffine—Burr—Flaur.
bers if convicted
jdhn Threlkeld.
Georgeto'wn, Augus-t 14. eoSclaw4t*
;August 14: d6t—eo
-.s-.AMES HARRIS,
_ 'Clerk ofsszhe- Mark-F.
'August 14:
si ct-cENTs.
siThe 8 pound 'loafsitobe said-for 56
ct4- pound 'loaf -28
- 2si- pousihd loaf 14.
5 1 . pound ctloaf - 7
li. ' w.
. C. Alexander,
August 14. (iisi
-'Fz:flfy DRZMSTRE ward.
lV-aluabsiie Lots,
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