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; Alexandria Dmly Gazette,
52 TCOMMERCLAL UPOLITICAL. .
* ss pent-nen si'A-un finntnﬂznsi is!
ZAMUEL SNOWDE'N,
W til—" Royal—'that, Alexandria.
,} Datly Gazette 6 Dasillars per anmcm.
fy Gasszetsite, 5 Dallars.
The documents submitted to the public,
detective as they appear to be, demonstrate
to all who' read and think without pteju
dice, that the preposition made by General
Annstrong to the Duc de Cadore was in
form and substance one which could never
have been suggested by a neutral power
that was truly impartial; that lt decided the
question of original aggression against the
lact, and that lt placed the- set ocat'ion of the
Berlin decree by France on the victual sur
render by England of an important acknow
ledged bsi lligercnt right.
This manitcst partiality ]S m savor ofa
military de spot who does not even attempt
to conceal" his schemes of universal con—
quest , Vtho has sought occasions to "express
his hatrcd and contempt for the -.U States- ,
who has added insult to insult, and heaped'
injury. upon injury, until his stores are ex
hausted and " the cup of American humi
liation 18 indeed drained to the bottom." --
It is against the only nation in-Eurssope in
which the Name of liberty is unextingnished,
and the oniy nation on earth which OþpOleS'
:! single ohstacle to the designs formed by
the scourge of the human race. si
_ These documents alsodemonstrate-sithat
the answer of the-"Duc de. C'adore was of the'
same character with the proposition ma cle
to him, and required as the preiiminary on
which alone France would retoke a decree
which amounts to a declaration of war a
ainst heutrals, admissions on the part of
England which an indepc ndent nation could
never. make, conesssions which would en-;
danger her existence. !
They also prove the ossence of England
to be, not a rejection of this proposition,
for it would have been too great an outrage
qn- common detency, to hate made it to
her, but the not having anticipated it by
previous arrangement so as to make her ac ]
tual Situation such as France iequired it to 1
be.
From these facts distortecl "by the partial
:md malignant pen of the National intelli
gencer, " the following inserences are, " he
says, " irresistable."
let. That England was the
gressor upon -neutral rights.
, 2d. That she still persists in some ofher
original aggreseions, enforced and extended !
by subsequent orders.
ssZd: That the pretext that they are a re- ?
taiiaiion upon France is false. . 'ss
4'Lh. That when brought to the point and j
thesincerity of her assurances are put to the ;
test, it appears that she is unwilling to give ;
validiftysito those assurances by revoking her j
paper,-'liloekades of a date anterior to the
Berlin decree; as, if she was so di5posed,ss
she might revoke them by anew order in
the same summary way—in which they-were ss
originally passed." -
After what-we have already said,siwe for
bear-to comment on these inferences. When
itis recollected that they are made in a pa
per which takes the high ground of being
the channel through which the government
communicates its views to the people, their
recital is suffici-e-ntiy humiliating to every
independent- mind. ss
Perhaps we have already siwearied-the-at
tention of our readers by the length of our
remarks—We shall now conclude them by
a very few observations on a subject deem
cci excremeiy interesting to America.
The present war is notoriously, on the
artctof France, a was of ambition, the ob
ectsio'f which is conquest; on the part of
lingctahid, a war of necessity, the object of
ssctwhic-h is acts-defence. it is a contest in
which the former pursue: universal domi
nion; the latter struggle: for existcnce.
In the .prosecution of this war, Eng
ludct had nough! to derive advantage from
' ' superiority at sea—a superiority on
Ihichsidepends notsiotily-ssher grandenr but
11" "sely; and France has laborcd by
every practicable man-, to deprive her of
ﬂat superiority-. - '
_lt_t its progress, their-mutual attempts
to win" each other, had, in some slight
degree, aﬀected neutral Commerce, and it
"would require- an-inveatigation-of some-la
bor to decidc which of the belligerentshad
sictsisiss _- " sict— "ss —*'—==—
. 'WEDNESDAY, JULY "25.
, From the Virgim'a Patrio't.
But at. not! !???"Mdf-Qsi she rig'hts and
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ssusages ,.of' me; 'Sfiﬂsithfﬂihffigfit: octf usua
-trals ﬂourished beyond any" sifOrincr cum-—
ple,'- and they ssgrew rich With ssasisir'ap'isiditysi
which excecded the 'calculatiOn of_ s'pecnla
sition itself. ' ' 4 1 : __ ,
This prosperity was suddenly checked
r-bv the 'ernpcrssor of France,- EXUlctthiifi
lthc conquest of- Prnssia and the ctngrthsiOf
s'Germanysi-"he published his celebrated "de
lcresie MsiBelsi'lln; in which, without being a
sible tosistation asisingle ship'before wys-OF
sportof'his enemy, he declared all' {he do
'minions in GreatssBritain in a State of block
ade, and not only p'rohibitcdsithe milk Of
ss'neutrals, with those dor'ninions, but inarti-f
- cles of- their growth or manuiacture.
This was the commencemenc of a system A
sicompletely new, and of ; character totally
" (ilStlUCl from any thing which preceded it.
The previous measures of the'belsilisigercnts
had' in some slight degree vexed cornsimeree,
and might have" been of questionable right
'ssu-si-Thi's was calculated to annihi'late it ; was
an undisguised attack upon it, and could be
defended or'excused by no pretext what
ever. _ '
'This' decree was issued insiss-Decernbcr,
71806, and not having been resistcd by neu
trals, England, in'Nov. —1807, issm-d her
orders placing the ctcoascs of France and of
her dependencies likewise in a state of
blockade. These very orders; however,
contained sewral'exceptions which mitigat
)ed their -sigor and rendered them less ob
ssinoxious than the decree they professed to
;,retaliate.
France *imm'ediately passed .her NItlan St
ctyBa onne decrees; by which every Ameri
can Vessel that swims the _ocesn is liable
.capture; by which the mere circumstance
ssof having been visited by a ship of war
ss-subiects to confiscation. She has proceed
ed t0'seize American property, wherever
found, to inveigle it by deceptive decrees
into her own ports and those of her allied
'sislaves, and then to grasP it as her on n, to
make its surrender by her dependent neigh
bors the indispens'able condition of ther ex
istence, and with one general sweep to car
ry it intothe— purse of her empEror. " She
ss has without scruple burnt our vessels at sea,
simprisuned our seamcn, and sold them to
? recruit her privateersi- She has norim ited,
but commanded us to engage in _her wars ,
; and because our obedience does nor keep
; pace with the excrat agance of ner wishes,
lshe tells us, and proclaims to the world,
ss that we ought " to break the charter of our
independtnce," that we are " a nation with
outjust politicnl views, without honor and
without energy," that we cannot be made
" to fight ior honor" and may-eb' compell
ed to fight for interest."
isormed that a vessel is ready to bring him
l If the eﬀect of these gross outrages, this
3 war- of scorn and hate made by France up
Ion the government and people of the U.-S.
be simply a declaration,
l ' " lst, That England was the original ag
;gressor upon neutral rights.
2d,siThat she still persists in some (if her
original aggressions, ensorced and extended
by subsequent orders- and
si submsiission ? fsi
' — It is a solemn truth, 30 intereSting as to
make the neglect of it criminﬄsthat if the
public mind be instructedsijto- bear vwithout
resentment intentional injuries and "indigni-si
ties so grosiss as those-he'aped' on the'U- S.
bv' France; is it—be trainedv up in habitual
hostility to asi belligerentsi w!-1ich—_wa_rs {or the
independence of nations, and in habxtua'l
devotion to that which is spreading chains
and slavery over the world ; it will not he
in "thesipower,-shouldssit et'siensibe'insi the-wist
Of those whosi-havessmade these fatally erro
Lneons —impressions, tosi eﬀace them'sict'in any
tpossibl'e sistate of things, Our pH-judices
become-too deeply rooted to be erassdicated.
We cannot bring ourselves' tosif cbnsider
ct'siEngland asact'sriend— or France asctan enemy,
3 after having heenctlon'g taught to the contra
ry. it will not "be 'in the'power even of
our democratic c'hiess; should ther-have the
patriot-ism to attempt it,- tO'eﬀect-thtssirevo
Motion in our sentiments. Sheuld they
_E make the experiment, they will-themselves
s be the victims (if the prejudices they have
created. 'Their popularirysi; and esionseQUcntlz'
their power, will depend _on continuing to
cherish prejudices too 'strong "tosibe cte'n'coun
K-tcked, and we muSt proceed in this disgr'ad
zing course of submission,— and in'spite of
Hhe evidence-of our senses, go on dreaming
' that France eXCepts —. A'merica alone from
her scheme of universal dominionsiuntil We
awake bound in chains, ' 'wbich centuries-si
i may notenable us to break,
to the U. 8.
' 3d,'That the pretext that they are a re
taliatiun Upon France, is false.."
es, what is there that France sscan'do which !
America will resist? Who can presu—me to
nlace limits to her encroasichmcnts, or to our
ssIs this be the sole eﬀect of these outrag- '
In addition to all this, our minister is in
LONDON, ﬂIay 29.
5 A vessel which left Osttnd on Saturday
last, brought letters from the continent up
to" that date. They relate the follt wing in
trusting fact :-—When Bonapartc and his
wite were tisiting the dotks and harbors
(sisthat'place, on Sunday the 20th inst. he
observed a'ship standing in, and waited
till it had cast anthor. 'On the master's
landing, he was-ushercd into the presence
of the cmpert-r, whose' rank was not re
' vcaltd, and who enquired' from what part
of the world he: came ? Alactxmed at - this
question; the master stated that he came
from Nortvay, and that his vessel was 23
3 drn with wocd " Yt u do not tell me the
ftruth, (replitd Naprlttn) let me see your
'*1*ctctnce , you are from England." ' Ftctarful
? lest the prodUction oi'his licence should sub
ject his ship and cargo to confiscatic-n,- the
tr—ader still hesitated, when Bonaparte pe
-ss netrating into the cause oshisapctpr'ehcnsitn,
assured him that it was ;unsoundcd- - The
licence and slzip's papcrs were then produc
\ ed and sun rendered, and the master receiv
{ ed otss'rrs to attend in two hoars at the-ctlm-'
perial Hotel, when thesurprisc occasioned
Lh) si-his (liswvcring that the person with
! wssnnm HC lllsilU CUHVCYSPU TVUS \n(* 'CmpYsUs
ss had subsided, he was elosely thestiontd by
Nal >oleon on the s: ate of Britiah commence.
e'ssll-e latter triecl to ascertain she me: issves.
which could induce ( nr government to ob
ject to taking from France a portion of our
curiosity had been satisfied, he returned
the licence and papers, and allowed the
! veSSel to" unload and take on board & cargo
] of n '1( at. Alter this, according to the re
i portoi the captain, Napoleon fcvt'mally 'an
!notjnced lo the chamber of comm'erse at
; Ostend, his determination to sign no more
! licence-s sor- itnports, unless England wOuld
Econsent to receive Wines and brandy;-in
' which case he was" willing to grant licence-s
] to enable vessels to proceed directly to &
'Britiqh port and thus secure to both go
vernments the reciprocal advantages of a
cit'cumscrihed trade.
; Recent advice-s from Holland state, that
great quantities of colonial produce had
been st-ized, and a considerable addition
country. A letter .,dated May 15, men
tions that the whole'osthe American pro
perty which had been detained there, and
which amounted to more than two' milli'ons
of dollats, nastobe snld on "the 15th of
next month under the derree latel) pssub
lished at Paris. ln the same communica
tion it is mentioned that the like proceeding
ss is to be adopted in all the ports of Flanders
' and Holland. Another letter from Schossv- .
ihood were in consequence-put under sc-_
' questt'ntion.
5 disguisc. Advices 'fromctOsnahur-sigh-mc-n
,- tion a variety of regulations regarding the
is,— we beliet'e, decided. lt is understood?
that :: treaty has been in contemplation some
1 time, and is now about to be executed, be
:" tWEen the courts of Paris, Vienna, and -Pe-'
- tershurgh, for the ectxpulsion of this Maho
siBOSTQN, _7ulz/ 19.
" EUROPEAN 'ARTICLES.
"severity, youvknow it is not to, be e-xpccf...
Peel. - . ,
--the 13[h_ ]; is no: an unexpected blow, and
imsorts in wrne and brand)? When his.
'the immense quantity of American proPer- si
nations of Europe. The couriers that pass
produce had bein taken possession of by
new custom houses in the YVestphnlian ter
ritories. 'Ferczme's officvrs are ordered to
permit the introduction ofcolonial produce,
sanctionesid by the proper certificates of ori
gin. A decrec has been published to pre
vent the-insractsiion of the commercial sys
tem adoPted on the contine—nt.
some ddditional'ships laden with colonial
have becn received. -An estasette from;
Leghorn had brought intelligence, that_
the government at ihat port, but not'with.
out the apology that they were English in
had been made to the French sorce in 'that -;
un of the 17th instant, observes, that the
dessrtc just alluded to is carry ing into exe
cution with the tttmost rigor, and many
ships in that harbor and in that neighbor
_ ﬂfay 30.
'We received the following important let
ter tsirom Paris yesterday morning :
metan intruder from among the Christian
and repass continue very frequent, and ai
most daily.
fore this time the decree published: here on
ty in this country. As to a mitigation ofits
it will be a very serious one, considering
Received by the R'iclzmond from Bristol
London date-s to jane-"2.
. Letters from Franksort to the 'let ult.
" Paris. May 24.-— The sate of Turlcey
" You have received most probably "bet
Contme'ntal New.
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- The soliowing is a copy of the nnswmt
'turned by the archdoke Charles to the!-si:
tcr from the French emperor, ZCCs-znpﬂlﬀj'v
ing the insignia of the legion oshovor:
" Sirc—Your majestjcts-amhassadorhis
delivered to me the vaanble insignia of th
'ct legion of honor, and-the agreeable lette:
with which your majesty has he.-en ple-assi
'to- honor me. - Decply'im'plssessed with tkii
'di5tinguished mark of your majr-sty'ue
gard, I hasten to sitransmit'to you then-si
pression of my gratitude. t'x hich (on with!
compared with-the ad .iration 'tssXt itctdinmzct'ct
by the great "qualities that chzzi'ac-trrizcyou
majtsiSty. "The esteem of a great man ist'm
richest harvrst'in the field of honor; and]
have always been anxious. Sire, to m-siri!
'that of your majesty. ! pray your majc-SKY
to accept graciously the constant wishc
which-I cherish for your welfare, and t'n .
highest consideration withsiwhich ! have {h'ct
honor to be, Sire, yourmpjestctv's mosthu. ;:
ble, and obedient Servant and cousin,
' " CHARLES, F. M."
"Potomac "Compa*-y.
) CT1CE is hereby given, .:th man
Mceting of the 'Stoc.kho!ders tulsi .
held according to law, at Brooks's tavern
Alexandria, on Monday the 6th dayosmzz 3
next; when the preceedings of the vaa'ssdss ss
"Directors, with the Tt'easurers account of?
burscments since lastennual mectingmﬂ- -'
* ubmitled to their inspection. _
By order of the President ard Dzrcctosfi
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'si nisters of the Prince Regesint at Rio ]anrlso.
.' The stipulacions-were brought over hctt- Msi
"H'sin, who lest that capsiital on the into;
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_ most satisfactmy authority, that this C(l_]USt- "
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; is to be. sequestered and sold immediate"
si The (lirector of the Douanicrs of that (
si cree, published there, all colonial .Produtct
' in the tbwns of Brcda, BFsi-sgﬄ—Up-Lfczsiﬀss
3 to the agents under his orders.
sirised by the lasiws of nations, ;tncl :hcss.
.spec'tive treaties between his maitctsttsizm' .ss
lade
Alexandria Countq, 723/9 Term, fff
Ordcrcd, that the zssxdfixinistratorc-fssssss
Sh1si6_\'ea deceased, do inserttlmsolloviffi'sssi
verilsement three times in each WCCsi;
four weeks in the Alexandria Daily (;;sizesisi
Teste, !
"ed and exccuted with respect in all melt-"3
AIex. Moore, Reglstffs
Thls 15 to glve Noucf, ,
That the subscribcr of Alexandria (?"
in the ,district of Columbia, has obtuisifd si
the Orphans' Court of said county ﬄsi'ss'ssl
administration on the personal csmsic 0 , ,
Shreve late ofthc coumy asoz csaid, ('f-C (
persons having claims against the szl
are hereby War-ned 10 cxhibit the 'ffimcs
the vouchers thereof to the subscrlbffi 'l
before the ]4th day of January nex-ts'ctss
maYUY law be excluded from all bfsictw
said estate-. And those indebted the"
requested to make immediate paymesif'
en under my hand.this l4lh day 0
which may attempt to violate the Said hlod
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Jacobss Shmmer, Aﬄ'ct'ct
July 14!
3 lMPORTA NT ORctssDTZR.
_ "'Fareissgn Csiffice. Mr.-sir, 20, 1810.
' The king has been pleased to (":-USeltto
be signified, by the most noble the msisiqsijl
Wellcslcy, his majesty,-s pt inclpzal St.-(mass;
of state for sorcign aﬀairs, to the. [tils-hid!
of lsitin'aclly'and neutra'l powers, stszltlltlg a;
this court, that the necessar) mcnsrsitrcshssmsic fsi
been taken by his majesty's command, (L.; si
the blockade of the. port ol Illsimsi-rsssssij
that from this time all the measures" ?tl'silYC- E5
the dsisscrcnt neutral p'OWe-rs, will l-c tale::
ment is likely to be of great utility to thlt
parties. '
:- T he bui .reepsifsictting a Peace betw;
England and France, has, like other "?
founded lumors, died away, and We .
more expect it now than we did bush,
Was mentioned." ._
Letters from the Flemish deParlmEnts,
France, State, that :: ccurier was despazctsi
ed from Antwerp, by the emperor in- w
aon, to the emperor oisi_Russi-a. uixh an gsissct
psiortant communication, ?UPr-sissiscctd w Him
to their mutual (lt'StgnS lor the sulsijussctsisicsinl
of the-"si Ottoman tmpire-—Frcm Aniwct,
we are informed, that by an inipctjaldsi
addressed a circular letter for this purpsiss
Fcbruary. si The'cngagsiemmts not bslss'sigt'tt __
ratistcd, we cannot state the pztrtirularsctctuz
this much we are allow-.-d to say srsim she
si We are happy-to learn that a 'lsfctatt-of
commerce has been arranged with thc'msi_
BeZ-Oghusch, and others, Ct'drd 10 me
sijos. Carleton,
Trcamret- Potomac Ccnﬄ? .
'George Town, July 10. (12) G'v'si"
Orphanssi' Court,
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