Alexandria advertiser and commercial intelligencer. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1800-1803, 1802-09-17


potatoes, Tor which he could not ind a
purchafer. At length, his Patience berg
exhaufed, he .wore that rather iaan carry
them back, he would fell them for a pinch
! of fruf. A pe,fon pIeEent Immediately
accepted the bargain, ard received the po-
tatoes. A year Gnce, the tau!e rneature
OF this root was fold fer Us.
Prince subow has fopsht enc Of his du-
els at Carload, with NJ. Giebout - Doe
of the parties is iaid to have been Kill
led,
The.Eletor Of Mayence is to have Rs-
:iibo, fer his relidence. lie Will alto have
the Bi:hoprick OF that city, levefal fInall
prelaiures, and the Bailliage Atchatfen-
burg, befides million ard half of forms
annually, from other aatcs Of the Empire.
A letter from Madras Jays, - His
sIighneis AzeemuI Dowlah, the Nabob Of
the Carnatic, has fent home four letters,
addreGsd TO the chairman OF the EAT In
Ola Company, the prince Of Wales, the,
Marquis CORVALLIS, az Lord Hobart. -,
His tIighnefs alto fh;pped two boxes, ad-
dgehed 70 the King, and one 10 the Prince
of Wales.
Accounts from Drel3en fate, that the
Count Of SAKE is The perlon who bas been
killed in duel by Prince Subow.
July rs.
CeneralR iche,anfe has rranfnitred ano.
ther official difpa,ch from GuadalouFe,
| dated the zoth May, in which he gives
| an account Of the complete extirt}ion OF
the itfarret1ion in that itland. Alter re-
captivating all the operations Of the expe
diticn unde. his command to May Is,
continues his narrative, from which it sp-
pears that this victory was dearly bought
on the part of the French. He enters up
on detail of the diferen, actions, and
fates as the -eluIt cfthe operations, that
the blacks were dr;vcp in on all fdes to
| plantation called Auglemont, where three
hundred blew themieIges up in the Maui
| on hculs, which leems to have been ore Of
their depots, ard the few that fur~ived the
exploion were pot to the lword. The
French troops are fated to have loft or
this occahon the advanced potts Of two of
their columns. The general, in coeclud-
ing his diff atch, oblerves, {" This LAT af-
fair has dettroyed the inlurrettion in lis
fource the chiefs are dead, and the fol-
lowers, dilarmcd, have fabmitted and re-
furncd their accuitomed labors. The white
| folders, who were unable &c omit the iiand
were at the time of our arrival collected
| in Fort St. Charles. The execution Of
the plan laid for blowing them up, and
| which was on the point of being carried
into effect, failed in coniequence Of the
| promptitude with which our troops pur
| fued the enemy en- the evacuation of the
| FORT
Some accounts Lac night reached town,
| relative to the fete Of the 18th. They
agree in Rating that it was dull, inaninate
and fcarcely worthy Of notice. The ia.
rade alone vas conducted with fome degree
| Of military pomr, and the number ottrooPs
was 70 great, that the cavalry were com.
! PEELED to remain upon The Place de Carou-
| lal, which had been cleared away for the
| purpote, whila the infantry filed The fpace
between the palace and the iron railing
which fepara'es the court yard irom The
! palace.
| The newly incorporated Mamelukes,
about $50 in nunbtT, richly dreGed in
Turkih habits, and well mounted, made
their fylt public appearance on the parade.
Bonaparte feened much pleafed with them.
Deputies from all the corps pretended
themfelYes, aud to many new regiments
! were given new colours. They were all,
however, to meet at Verfailles, for the
purpofe Of afitting at the grand dinner
which the conful intendc to give them in
the great gallery Of the palace. Madame
Bonaparte returned TO Paris from Plonhiers