Alexandria advertiser and commercial intelligencer. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1800-1803, 1802-09-27
LONDON. IulY 81.

.:n. The character Of ,hs, government, and OF
tn: 'yten u"der whilh til: Country exits, be-
comes daily n,ort and more mi,ii,ry. The Chef
G. niul, the man who p r. ifes more p,wer, and
VII, cx:lts more Influence, than any o'hsr in
Eur pc, n,vrr is Teen III public but in mfirary
ptraA.. 10 church he is iurroundcd b5 .ldnrs,
ard thews that he depends more on then, for fll.
v4ti n, than on the prirtts. A, the 1h.Atre, at
his I,eyees, IT. every movement, he i,nnsaiy, IN.
iels troop prciens rhea Elves 10 his eye II his
prediction for them aroie tnnH!y from the ne
cc:ity he is urder OF in,ruting his life to their
prot, Gion, his conduct would not now come I'm.
der dicutIlon; but We fec it is PATTON, not
meaihre Of neeeiiry. He g!itters in miiitary
poHp, wherever he is E,en and f:cms to c:y,
to nienance his eaemi.s, ~ the formidable ap
pcar3nce Of his guards Though the war is at
All end, and the ierviecs of tia folders ihnuid
have been long ago rewarded he continues dc
tri5uting brevcts, &c. ci honor az TegelariyN a.
ii hatts, were Gill fighting, and rev heroes Gill
far,i e up l he lesiilstive Councils, couht
tming the National Repatriation (if fach it esr
be caiied) are Aighted, while an slemb.y OF mi
litary deputies is collected m Paris, Hhceeding
never before known IN any good government;
ana military nobility il created, under the Tie
t!s IF the Legion of Honor. The great, the
leading objects Of all the ACTORS of the Chief
C,nful is to cheriih martha fpirit, to arrange
and conlclila'e under his controul 4 miitasy Iyf-
ten, the mott powerful ever known in the
word. While he is engaged in this ruriuit, we
&c by what is raiiug in ms mind, that he thinks
Of nothin5 70 much as to bring this fyffem Into
action. he language he ues on public occali-
ons is more luitable to rate If war than fate
of peace. He be,rsy' tia, his feelings are ftil
hottie; when prelenting the colours to the Light
Inflntry, at the parade'of the l4,h infant, he,
fad, "thcic ftandards will ftrikc with terror the
enemies Of the Government, whoever they may
be-" Wh:n, at the fame time, horfc was pre-.
tented tn him, he III uld ride il of en-, q rarri-'
cr.ary if Enme occaiion hould fer for 6gh ing
Tor the French people,
This, though tsiAing circumaance,
apparently, is nevertheisfs Of real impor-
lance. A horfe docs not bring to mind
ideas Of wsr thoie IDEAS nuA therefore
have been in exiltence when the horle was
preiented, and Buonaparte viewed it as he
views every thing elfe, with reference to
It's utility in war. He has jua carried
into his new Republic, the Italian Rcpub.
lie, the plan of confcrirtion exiting in
France; and every youth, from eighteen to
thirty, is liable to be called upon to lerve.
This extenGon of the military fyaem az
fords no aGufance CT the permaLence of
tranquility. The cultivation ofcommcrc.
and manufactures, to rival the wealth and
PROPERTY of this country, is flow ope-
ration, iii fuited to the imresuous temper
of Buonaparte, who, i, is feared, will at
tempt to Cut the Gordisn Knot, rather than
have the patience to aatir it. Theie re. 1
fieaions are made by intelligent men ia
the city. They look to the Continent
with doubt and fufpicicn. Hence the Aa,
fate of Funds, which it is foreieen the
Aieh,elt agitation of affairs would lower
con.iderzh!y. In no other can we account
for the fall of yeRerday.
What fate tie rnemie, Of daveyy referve
f1r the fallen TouIssAINr is uncertain.
Gen. lie C!erc, as appears by the iecond
diparch Inherited in the Mcnitear, of the
18th, purfues him with fre!h charges.
OF the truth or faliehood OF them we lhall
never perhaps, be able to obtain any accu-
rate information. The impartial pen of
hifory, however, will render TouIssAlxr
thai iuRice which ii were vain, pehaps.
for him TO expect at pfefent. It viii
NOT record that cne man, osa race too long
infnlted, roie hyperion to the ohfacles
with whieha cold and cruel policy has
.ettered one quarter Of the world thar
he Drunk not from CONTEXT wrh thecoa-
oucrors OF the Continent Of Europe, and
tina. he dealt one blow for Africa. -
Dispatches received from General John.
fon, at Dominica, Rate, that the Blacks
who reGitea the troops from France, are
nearly deitoyed rheir Chief, on sbeing
hard prrGei by the forces, fhot himfelf, &
about FIVE hundred of his followers were
put to death the ref have difperled, bur
are cloftiy ru,faed. The iiland Of Gua-
daloupe is nearly deRroysd, III. greater
part Of the eitste, being burnt down, aud
a number OF properties in Grandsers are
alto bumt.