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Alexandria advertiser and commercial intelligencer. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1800-1803, 1801-03-18

offs guns, being at the fame time IT,,
aftern of US, and iteering the fame conrcs e
November 5, lat. 20. n. long. 49, ~
+. wind 5. and pleafant, at day LIGHT fa a.,
fail we foon dilcovered one of thas.
to be the CORVALLIS, the other from 49,
appearance we Immediately GufDea-d ~
be privateer. At 8, A. NJ. the franc.
tail food towards the CORVALLIS for hsif
an hour, when the latter bore down uro,
us, under all fail, commencing at the lama
time a running fight with the other 0;n
which by this time diiplayed French co..
lcurs. We foon perceived they were both
plying their fveeps very brikly, that the
Frenchman's grape was making great ha-
voc On the CORVALLIS, s. were very apnre
henGvc lhe would itrike to the priyateer
before we could get to her. Finding that
the appearance Of our fhips leach Of
which prefented a full tier Of guns did
not deter him from purifying the C. we
expected the Frenchman might be too
bold, therefore on approaching them, drew
ourfalves in a clofe line to receive him.
notwithstanding which he continued to
chafe until we Judged him within reach Of
our guns, when broadide from each Of
our ihips induced him intantly to haul his
wind, and row off, apparently in great
confution, as he did not afterwards d;f-
charge Jingle gun, although it was in
his power toshaye done much damage to
the CORVALLIS, ard was without reach of
our fhot by the time each fhip had dif.
charged our four broadGdes. The Corn
wallis having by this time got along ide
ofus, the captain expref1ed with to con-
fult, we went on board his lhip, exchang-
ed fignals, and agreed to keep together.
The privateer was well known to be
La Gloire, of IS or 20 guns, II and 9
Founders, and zoo mon. The CORVALLIS
was much injured in her tackle, and fome
men wounded. The captain and officers
acknowledged the protectionwe had af-
forded them in the mott grateful terms.
November $, parted company with the
CORVALLIS. November 7, lat. IA, N.
long. SO, 70, S. parted with the Perie-
verance, Cleopatra, and Grace; the ihlp
Sphinx failed in company. November
II, parted with the Sphinx, January IS,
arrived at St. Helena, and failed the 10th.
The Sphinx has arrived there, and failed
on the 9Th.
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all the public fhips now in fervice, except
thirteen frigates, are to be fold; their
guns, arms and military flores being frit
taken out and laid up for future ufe, Of
thofe frigates, tx are to BE kept in conaant
employment, for the protection of our
COATS and iome parts of our diitant con-
merce, from piratical and unauthorized de-
probation. Nine captains, thirty fix lieu
tenants, and one hundred and fifty mid
fhipmcn, are alto to be retained in iervice
but are to have half pay only, when not
actually employed. This number is great
er by one half, than would be ncceGary
for the fix frigates; but it was thought
Advisable to retain them, 70 that there
may be always officers ready for three or
tour of the other vel1els, fhould it become
neceaary, as in the prefent fate of the
world It well may, to arm and fend to Tea
an additional number. The reduction, in
the mean time, will produce faving of
about million in the. navy expences Of
this year. To the officers who are DIFF
charged from 1ervice, an advance of four
months pay is to be allowed; reward to
which their patriotifIn and alacrity in en-
tering the fervice, have we'll entitled them;
and which will operate as an encourage
ment to fimilar conduct hereafter, when
the country may fand in need of the
Perfonal 1ervices and iacriices of its cit;-
zens.
1t was alto propofed to provide for pro-
curing annually and preierving for future
ute, the timber for one fhip of the line and
one frigate; but this was declined from
an opinion prefume that to fnilh the
fix ieventy tours, will be progrehng with
our navy as fait as our ftuation admits of
or requires. This was not my opinion, l
confeis, but perhaps it may be correct
one. l thought, and fill think, that our
refources would jutify greater exertions,
and that our political intereRs, and the
ehicacious protection of our dignity and
oar rights, againt the injulice Of other
nations, required them. I THEREFORE was
decidedly in favor of the meafure.
March stb, 1901.
Thefe, my dear fir, are all the acts Of
any comfortable importance, that have
been adopted during the felIon which clof
ed on the night Of the sd Infant. 1t will
remain for another letter, to give you fome
account of the general fate of our affairs.
Till which | remain fncerely yours,
ROBERT G. HARPER.
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Inc difference was made On ac-
count Of the difference between the welt |
ern and the Atlantic, fta,es in the%xpence
of living and the value Of money fifteen
hundred dollars in the former, being conf
dered as equal to two thd and in the lat
ter.
The whole additional e. pence occafon-
ed by this ~ item, is about My nine thou
fand dollars at prefent but as one Judge
Hsoto be taken, at the next vacancy, from
$4e fupreme court, his falary amounting
"a three rhouiand five hundred dollars, will
Ne faved; and being deducted from the In
|Areafed expence, will reduce it to about
thirty five thoufand five hundred dollars.
This increafed expence, which amounts to
lefs than the fupport ola Jingle frigate of
81 guns, is, in my judgment, mott in
Comfortable Object, when compared with
the importance Of providing for an able
punstual and efficient administration Of
jaRice. Without fuch fan administration,
it is clear that no government Can long be
refpeeted or maintained.
This ~ item received mott perfcvering
and violent oppoGtion from thoie,, Whole
main Object and endeavor it is, to keep
! the federal government as feeble, and as
gIcpcndent on the fate governments as
poaible. AS nothing tends more to de-
J, feat this plan, than to give the federal 60
2 vernment complete and we'll organized
fet Of courts, where its laws may be duly
enforced 70 nothing promotes the plan
more efectually, than to keep that govern
n'ent deftitute of fuch courts, and thus
lay it under the neceility of depending,
III a great degree, on the fate courts for
the execution of its laws. Hence the
jealous oppoGtion to this lyfem about
the expence Of which 70 much is iaid,
while the real objection to it, confilts in
its tendency TO give liability and dignity
to the general government, and to render
it independent Of fate influence and con-
trout.
Among the remaining acts of the fefi-
on, one Of the mott insereaing is that by
which the juriidiefion over the ten miles
fquare, coded by the hates of Virginia and
Maryland for the permanent feat of the
federal government, is adumed puriuant to
the contribution. The act leaves in con-
grefs the Legislative power over this diff I
tfict, and provides for the execution of the
laws and the administration ofjufice, by
proper eitablifhment Of courts, and the
appointment of judicial and executive Of
f1cers.
The law. prohibiting intercourfe with
France expires on the fourth of March.
As the treaty with that power cannot be
conidered as complete, till ihe fhall have
agreed to the conditions under which we
coniented to Its ratification, many men,
bers, Of whom ] was one, were Of opinion
that, till fuch content ihall have been given
we ought not to abandon our meafures,
nor trua in her power fuch quantities of
the property ofour citizens, as will be fent
TO her ports as foon as the intercourfe is
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principles, and is admitted by every per-
Ton who understands the nature of trade,
that to open the intercourse willnot occa-
iion any fold or lafiing increafe in the
price of tobacco; though it no doubt will
create temporary rife, which may tempt
the merchants to purchaie at l.igh price,
and ruin themfelves by the fpeculation.-
The price ofevery commodity mutt ever
depend on the demand for it. While this
demand continues, las the demand for tobac-
co always does in France, to increafe the
difficulty Of fupplying it, will increafe the
price to the containers who mutt pay not
only for the commodity, but for the rifk
and expenfe ofthe circuitoes tranfportation.
Remove the1e difficulties and the price i'm
med.ately falls. The confumers pet the
commodity cheaper and that is the whole
effect. The prohibition OF direct inter-
cour1e between this country and France,
rendered the fupply of tobacco difficult,
hazardous and expenive. The French
it'll got it but as it came to them thro'
the ports of other nations, the price in
their country rofe very much, and they
were forced topay very dear for the con-
modify. Refore the intercourie, and the
fupply Immediately becomes direct and ca
fy, and the price in France|falls in proper
ton. This meafure, therefore, by which
the planters of tobacco expected to bene-
tit themielves, will afford no lafing or
real benefit to any body but the French
whom it will enable to purchafe tobacco
cheaper than at prefent.
have explained this point fomewhat in
detail; becauie great cutlery was RATED
againR tlaofe who wifhed to continue the
law till the treaty fhould be agreed to, as
it they were willing, and even deiirous to
deprive our own citizens of the fair price
of their produce.
An attempt was alto made to renew
and continue in force the iedition act,
which expires on the fourth of March,
| voted for this continuation land rapport
ed 1t with all my might becauie con-
iidered the law as highly proper and bene-
fetal in Irefpeet both to the government
and the people; for while on the one
hand, 1t provides for the punifhment of
thoie who publhh falie, fcandalous and ma
iicious libels againft the government on
the other, it enables perfons swho are in
dicted tor libels, to give the truth of the
matter In evidence for their publication,
which the common law forbids, and this
limits the fine and imprisonment, which by
the common law is wholly in the difcreti-
on of the court. AS to the objections to
the confitutionality of this law, they have
beeen fully conGdered and overruled in the
only place where they could be properly
urged, that is, the courts of jufice, whole
province it is to decide on the confituti-
onality Of laws.
The prosperous fate Of our finances, of
which | lhall have occaGon to fpeak more
fully hereafter, a fate profperous beyond
example or expectation, has rendered it
unnecenary to continue the direct tax, or
Alexandria advertiser and commercial intelligencer. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1800-1803, 1801-01-15

OR S AL E,
Genuine Madeira Wine in
pipes, hhds. and quarter calk,, for APPROX
ed notes, or exchanged for Tobacco or
Flour.
/ WILL SELL OR RENT
The Store have. occupied for manv
years paR, Gtuated ON Prince Street. or o.
polite Col. Hooe's. No Rand in Town
more eligible, or better accommodations
tor carrying on an extenGve wholefale. wet
or dry good bufnefs., The cellar perfect-
ly dry, with door at each end, viii
hold one thoufand barrels Of -four; ! 200
barrels may be. flowed on the prcmifes
without any inconvenience to the occu-
pant, -
sii Ihote deiirious Of holding it will apply
TO me on Merchants Wharf, where hail
IN future do buinefs. {,
80 Isl f5aol.4 ~, Vim I. HALL. .
December "a. 500 ID
Alexandria advertiser and commercial intelligencer. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1800-1803, 1801-01-15
AN IHONY SAWYER,

= 41o1NA Jaw = LIN,
far DrsDsr and Pe,7umer,
lately from Baltimore
Royal ftrest, between. King and sPrince
itrects,. fourth door fouth of the Print
ing Office Of the Times,
Regs leave to inform the.
Ladies of Alexandria, and the country
generally, that having received the new
eft iaihioni of Ladies Wigs and FLEETS, he
will be thankful to receive their orders
for the above articles, and will warrant
them equal to any manufactured on the
continent.
n. B. Any Lady. wilhing to Zee his
Patterns, may be accommodated by isnd-
ing a iervant to his fhop.
e. He has for iale, every article in
he Perfunery line, on the mott reafona-
bic terms.
Alex. Dec. s. ID
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WANTED 70 fIIRF.

|. WANTED TO HIRE.
70, ~ Ie,Oice Of the Po7omazcs.. Con1 al,
Ter fbe en/uMg yea,, to '47uork al re
Great Falls,
a number Of active, able
bodied NEGRO MEN, for whom libee-
raj wages will be given. Fhey will be
well fed, clothed and lodged, humanely
treated, andsin cafes of iicknels taken GOOD
care, OF at the expence of the Company
their wages will be paid quarterly, and
II defirable to the owners, agents will be
appointed at different places to pay at the
expiration ofeach quarter, as may be mott
convenientto the parties. Further parti-
culars may be had by application to Mr..
Alexander Reid, at the Great Falls, or
to the fubfcriber in George Town.
BY order Of the PRECEDENT and Direc-
tors.
= JOSEPH CARLETON.
Ie4/u,er Of The Potomac -Comtauy.
coise- Town, Lee. 20. got
-
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Notice is hereby given to
the Stock Holders of the Bank of Alexan-
dria, that an Election will be held at the
Court Iioufe in this town on the third
Monday in January next, for the p,rpofe
OF chooiing nine Directors Of faid Bank,
tor the cniuing year, agrecably to charter.
GURDEN CHAPLIN, Caih'r.
Dec. Is. div
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u II 7ttstV"tOt7 u O1IUUOIc IOtS
~ different Atuations, to be fold-alio, a
brick houfc in King -Greet, in the tenure
OF Thomas Crufe "a part Of the purchaie
money will be taken in Alexandria Bank
flares at par, and for iome Of the lots, A.
lexandria Iniurancc flares at a price to be
agreed on: For part Of the purchafe mo
ney of,either. liberal credit may be had.
= -Ift Month 9TH. co
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TO Kent
Tor Sale, By

And iluaaeaiafe paDeJiou gir,eu,
a convenient dwelling honfe and fore,
with necefary ut-houfes, &c. fituate on
Duke-freet near Col. Hooe's wharf. A
further Description is thought unneceGary,
as It is prefumed any perfon wifhing torent,
will view the premiles-Apply to
CHARLES JAMESON.
January l. eo3tt
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And for fale by the fabfcriber at the Coun-
ty.Wharf, general aifortment of Cologne
Mili-itones, from AmGefdani, with Hand
Niril-fones and German Reel.
JESSE HOLEINGSWORTfI.
Baltimore, Dceefhbef III. aaw6st
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December ID.

mn 3eJ1sIfon gisz,en immediateL---,
a two tory houie and garden on Duke
Areet, about two fquares to the eaitward
of the aone bridge.
w. .HARTSHORNE.
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Curacao. Aruba, Bouair, AYES and Roco.
and the dependencies of Curacao, cut
iuch a dafh while he was there alone, that
the admiral. as foon as he arrived at Cur
racoa, ordered him to fea immediately. ii
c~onieqlience Of which he reGgned hi. COM
milton as captainof his maielty's Nere;dc,
and IS gone home in the packet.
Two American Guineamen fent in herr.
one OF them given up, the other condemn
ed (; and a great number Of Danes, Bre.
meneres, Hamburghers, &c. are coming in
daily.
BY FULFILLING the above in 9 ufcfau
paper you will oblige decides your cor
reipondent) a number of
AMERICANS.
T. S. It is thought here rs foon as The
treaty between France and America i. rati-
he'd, they will fend III every Americas VET
lei they come athwart at iea.
The ichr.~ Little John, of Baltimore,
vas upfeta few days before I left King
ton, off the eait end of Jamaica-fhc
drifted to St. AIMS Bay. Part of her
cargo and all the people except the cook,
,aved.
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SAMUEL GOLD.
LONDON, November rs.

AboS
The emperor Paul, fully apprized of the
Importance of Malta 1.-THE complete key OF
he Levantl and anxious for its attainment,
IS the moit eiiential means to create a COM
aerce, and to augment that naval great
seis which ought 70 have long fnce awak-
ned the jcaloufy of Britain appointed
he prince Wolkouky, governor of that
land, and by the fleet of admiral Oufcha-
lofs, dispatched him with a Arong and
hofen body of grenadiers, which was to
orm its garrifon. This fleet came to an
nchor in the Bofphorus, at Boyook- Dereh,
where it was joined by the divilon from
ne Baltic, commanded by vice admiral
,arzof, for what particular purpofe thus
augmented, is o ttated !; but the account
4 the 1urrender Of Malta to the Engliih
cached them the 18th September, when
: was ffated they wete about TO return
Immediately to Sebaitogol.
The Hamburger mail received on Fri
lay, brought the Vienna Court Gazette
# z3d ult. which mentions the appoint
nent by the Emperor, of count de Lehr-
zach, to be miniher of fate.
The court of Sweden, on the z2d o..
eturned an anfwer TO the Spanih refcript
IF Sept. II, in which complaint was made
# the capture by the EngIih of two Spa
nifh frigates, in the harbour Of Darcclo-
"a, by putting a number of men on board
4 Swediih vefel. In this anfwer, the Spa
nilh government is informed that his Swe-
difh majefy will remon1rate to the court
ofLondon, to which he is equally Undue
I'd by his friendly connections with the
Spanih court, and the violation of the neu-
trality of his flag. But that in doing 70,
he fhali conceive himfelf the principal par
ty. :" ~Juftice requires, that what has
been obtained in All unjufifablc manner,
fhall be refored. His majcRy will de-
mand, but without anfwering for the con-
fequences Of this meafure." The paper,
after infancing the cafes in which Swe-
dih hips had been taken or plupdered by
Englih and by French Yefels in the ports
of spain, fays His majeay would have
been happy TO have feen the court Of Spain
manifet in his favor the fame energy with
which it now makes complaint.
IN D / A..
by overland Dypateb.J
All approximations of a rupture with the
Mahrattas has fubGded; they have accc-
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ded to the arrangements propoted By thS
Company, and appeaddatroua "a promote
and itrengthen the gooduhdernSnding hap
PLY exiting between the two powers. We
before itsted, and although the Mahrattas
tuitained no doubt of the expence or hazard
OF the late war, yet to give them an In
tcrett III the new Settlement, it was deter.
mined to allot to them a portion Of the
conquefts the Pelhwa required an equal
divifion with the Nizam, embracing =
a frong line Of fortrefes on our frontiers.
this was declined by the Supreme Govern.
ment, and the Court of Pooaah withheld
Its content to the partition and the com
mercial conditions attached to it; bu
probably insimidated by the decided ar
engagements making by the Company,
they, immediately previous to the dcpar-
fure OF the difpatch, ratified the treaty,
& aicribcd the delay to the changes which
had taken place in their Cabinet.
"A veliel arrived in the Hooglev from
Queda, reports, that the hottie prepara-
t,ons at Siam were wholly fulpendeh, in
consequence of the following circumtyance,
"AiSi Hou NlVOlVcO Tie whole emI4re IN
conformation and alarm.
The great royal Elephant which is fup-
poied by the credulous people to be i'm
mortal, is here held in a fate ofiidoiatry.
and on occaions of Importance, is lead in
proceGion with extraordinary parade and
ceremony. In order to excite popularity
to the war againft Ava, and direct the
iuperftitious p~rcjudices of the natives to its
active profecution, the great Elephant was
led forth but in the mida Of the rites.
and within the greedy Observance of thou
lands the animal fell down and inttantly
expired-fear and amazement prevailed
every bofom they regarded the event as
the perfage of fome dire calamity and as
an unequivocal condemnation of the war,
which notwithstanding all the perfua6ou
of the Priefts, and the influence of the
court, they confidered impious. Should
the king of@Ava take advantage Of this
event, the %conqueff Of Siam mutt be the
coniequence.
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) advantage, as he cruife. for nothing but
Americans, he takes but { men; the frA
one he captures he mans with his own
people, and tends her down here, the next
one ne takes he tends the 6rR Americans
ne took down with her. So he always
mas an American crew ready to put on
board any American vefiels he may take
he takes Americans and puts an American
Prlze-maiter and crew on board Of them 70
take them to Jamaica.
The Hiram, of Mount PlesEant, has
been lent In here from Port Republican,
bound to Charlefon, South Carolina, with
coffee, where he waits for trial, being un-
loaded. Ship Carolina, of Baltimore. was
tent in here the other day for adjudication
by the admiral, the captain turned out OF
her; Gle is waiting for her trial. Th,
!h'p Cleopatra, of New-York, fror
New Orleans bound to New York. fen,
IN here for adJudication-having, as I AR
Informed, about $4,000 dollars in fpecie
on board.
The ichconer Harriet, Of New York,
lent In here alfo, from hew-O Orleans
Schooner Tirzah, of Bottom, capt. Clark,
tell in with a Britifh frigate, who pre,lec
very one of his men cut of him and allow
"a hln to proceed On his voyage, after be-
,ng five days in a difrefed ftuation, onI,
hlmfsf and mate on board, concluded e.
aut into the nearc.a port, but fell in wit
mother Rritifh c%ruizer, who lent him r.
tiis pert for ed publication.
The tchooner !erufha, Of New Hamp.
hire, fent in here becaufe the captai.
you'd not pay ialvage at Curacao.
In all cafes they make it a point to d:f
>harge the veiiels immediately, and get ar
order from the honorable judges to fell I'll.
oerifhablepar of the cargo, which amour,
very often to the whole Especially if IT,
goods ihould be in demand here or on til
opanith main, where they carry on a gree,
irade, which, | believe, is the only reafot
hey have for tending in American veHei.
pound there They have three cauies her,
or libelllng one for light duck on board
he other fnfpicion of being enemies pro.
perty !; and the other for being enemies
property. AS for light duck they have
two or three gentlemen here who will
twear that any linen sAouter than Irifl
flirting is light duck! and for enemies
property, they have found a man at Curra-
Goa that will }wcar to any performs birth
as was the cafe in the Sukey !; they got d
nan to fwear that the captain of her was
BORN in TeneriHe and brought up in the
Iavanna, though he never faw either of
the places in his life! AS for fApicion OF
enemies property, that is left to his no.
nor the judge. So in fact they can do iuf
as they Pleafe to the condemned, or let it
| alone.
After your venel is discharged, nc is
hauled off and moored. Sometimes they
allow the captain and people to fay on
board, ifthey do not they put a new negro
on board to mind her, who never mifes
aealing every thing he can lay his hands
on: If your vefel is given up, your rig
ging, light fails, provifons, &c. are all
Rolen. The bottom of the yefel eaten