Alexandria advertiser and commercial intelligencer. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1800-1803, 1802-11-08

the colony ofGlalaioupe, TO- retire :, ;.
the domlnlon Of France, and 70 ave-.
on the audacious rebels the Legitimate a..
| thorlty they had defpifed. Its bv b;s
talents and your bravery that he has tran
quilted Guadalupe, and reaored to rhs
wretched inhabitants the hope of regaioing
their antlent PROPERTY.
Honouel with The confd .nce of the F;ra
Coniui, ihsll find in fulfilling my duties
as captain general, the double fatisfAftioo
OF rendering jutice 10 your military viz
tues, your love of difcipiine, and at tho
lame time of making you witneGes OF NV
zeal tor the public good.
La Crosse.
November 8.
One Of The mott Siasm.ng Fines thu,
has ever happened in this ciy, within our
| recollection, broke out lat evening, BE-
tween 8 & 9 o'clock, in liable in BRIDGE
| itreet, between Whitehall & Broad Rree,s
alnoit iuIroanded with wooden BUILDINGS
.Ehe wind blowing trelh from the loutb
welt, the devouring element made its way
through Bfldge-ltreet into Stone. areer
with uncomfortable fury; and in leG than
an hour and a half the whole block, con.
dairg Of about So buildings, notify dwell.
ling houles, wefe either burnt, pulled
down, or gu5ted. Pieces Of thing les, in
a light blaze, were carried in every d.
settion by the wind, frequently lod ging
on the roots of houfes al the dihance OF
haIf mile from he (cene Of conaae,ation
and threatened defrutti0n to a'grc4t part
Of the city.
We are unable at prrfent to fate either
the origin of the FIRE, or the extent Of the
injury individually or collectively fl&an.
ed, as the flames were not entirely got 10.
der when this paper was put to pre(s.
Amongst the fuferefs, lift Of whom
we were not able TO procure laf evening,
were Mr.. A. Carol, Col. Boyd, Mr.. Pc.
ter Meier, Mr.. James CheeIham, Mr..
Rynier Suydan, and Mr.. Camn,eyer,
Baker, whole ituation is peculiarly die
,relIing, having wife and ten fmall chill
dren, ore OF them at the breaf, and hav-
ing loft all bis property, the whole earn
ings of his whole lite. The uncommon
diltre(s to which him(eIf and his family
are reduced, will, we truf, awaken tFe
beneyolence Of our fellow citizens.
We continue to receive very difrefing
accounts of the Gtuation of ST. Domingo.
The following particulars are communcat-
ed 10 US by respectable merchant of this
city, whe received them per the brig Han
nah, in a letter from his correspondent at
Port Republican, dated z9th SePIen-
Der.
(" Suck is cur prefer, ftuation (which
certainly cannot laf long, that the con-
fumption of merchandise is confined with
in the boundaries of the CITY, the out'ds
being entirely in a fate OF iniurrettlon.
Fer lalf- rsetegvat!on we are compelled TO
perform very hard fervice, and are now
employed in doing the leverea duties OF
folder, at The E,ne time that we are crulh-
ed with impo03. 1hc taxation OF the lat
contribution was iecget, and is NOT to be
known until The collection is enforced al
the point Of the bayonet.
IS The National Guard has juit begun
the campaign. The infurgents appear
daily at our potts, and the nelghboufing
places are attacked with unparalleled H.
ry. We are in want of troops, and
great nsmber of them, otherwle the CO.
lony will once more become detalt; loi
many people, fearing the prolonga'ion o.
this dilatrous war, are making r1epaian-
ons for quitting it,
Letters received in town yeteFda' 10"
the American Agent at the Havana, ' c
6rrn tbe account rp(pe6}inq the eXclul'e