Alexandria advertiser and commercial intelligencer. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1800-1803, 1802-09-03
CONRAD.
Catoam MomtQm, Azggf 2IF, 1902
,NEW.YORK, Augua 80.

NEW-YORK, AuguG 80.
By TIE Pajg, Job4laa, at Quarantine
Left Cape Francois the 10th Augait,
in company with the brig Lovely Lucy,
bound to Philadelphia, ana 4 French ihlp
bound to New-York parted with both
| off the Caicos. Several faii Of French
| men Of war had arrived with troops and
more expected every day: provitions Of
| allkinds very low. Flour from s TO 7
dolls. and more arriving daily. A duty
of Is pei cent. laid on coffee for American
yeiIels, and not allowed TO take bills on
T America. Several yeGels were ttopt on
that account.
Auguit 10th, fpoke a.Spanifh brig from
Savannah, IL days out, bound TO Cape
Francois, lat, 81, s and long. "a, 80, ".
2zd, lar. 81, So, and long, "a, 40, fPoke
the Brig Franklin, I2day from Barbados,
bound to Alexandria. Same day, fpoke
the fchr. Fayorite, captain Lord, 10 days
from Turks Iiland, bound to New Lon
don, who informed HE that there were II
fail of American yeiieis caR away On
Turks Hand andthe Caicos.
The flip Catherine, and the Mercury,
were both lying with their cargoes on
board as government would not receive
it on account Of 70 much -four arriving
from France. The brig Lydia captain
Capman, had arrived in &c days from this
port.
The lhip shephezdefs was to fail .in3
days, and the thip Relerve in II days,
both for New York. The chooner &C.
nerous Friend, captain Chapman, from
this port, bound to Antigua, fell to lee
ward and put into the Cape, but could
not fell, and proceeded TO Jamaica.
Augut 81.
It's not !ietle curious, that in the Of
fetal paper Of the French, NJ OTto IS an &c
nounced, not as minifer plenip !teniiary
to the United States, but as a ininilter -;
tie Proficient of the United States. This
alteration in the diplomatic ityle Of the
French, may be conGdered as prelude TO
the nomination of foreign miniiters to
the Fiyf Coutnl inaead OF the Frmeb Re-
public.
Entered, hip Andromache, 49,, Gree
mock brig Dove, Goodrich, King&on ).
fchr. Lalh, Cronk, ST. Johns Commerce,
Wright, do.
Cleared, hips Iris, Keaquick, Cowes
and a market; Minerva, Williams, Cape
Francois; brig Ceres, Aborn, Cadiz.
Arrived Ence eur laf,
Big Dove, Goodrich, from Kingfon,
Jam. Augua t9, lpoke brig Warren,
Eddy, of Warren, R. /. from c. Francois,
to Beaufort. LEFT there, brig Hiram, for
Chareiton, to fail next day Britilh fchr.
Sarah, to iai! in 10 days iot New Yogk.
Itisa melancholy truth, that the mott
Aattering proipetts Ia few weeks hnce) of
one OF the greatett Wheat HarYefs this
fate and Vermont were ever bleged with,
is, in moment blalted. In the northern
and weRern counties of this tate, the fai-
lure has been very general along the
margin Of rivers and low lands In many
places, there is a total failure large fraw
and nc wheat.
In the uplands,r:n fosS,pIaces, it's e0i-
mated that feven tenths Of the crops will
fail, and from all the information we can
gather, we fear the average lois in this
neighborhood will be at leaR one third of
the whole crop.
1t is truly heavy blow upon our far
mers, and the community at large, eipe..
cially as from all accounts the demand
will be very great in all parts of Europe.
Il will be Of great importance if gentle
men of leifure and obiervation, in the diff
emf counties, would endeavor to co!leGt