Alexandria advertiser and commercial intelligencer. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1800-1803, 1802-01-12
id. read, ,hatit vat i Range ailoraesel

jaa read, thatit vat i Range a;losaese
competition; and the objea which the PEE
titiener pretended to have attained, VA
contrary to the phyGcal laws Of matses.s
All experience and all pbilo6phy was cp-
rcfed to the notions Of the kind con,ainea
in the paper before the hcu!e. He hoped
there would bc no re!errece Of fuch q Viz
icuary icheme to any committee what
ever. 1t was not worthy Of the dignity
Of the national les:la,ure to give ieri-
Gus attention 20 phyGcal imr liabilities.
After fome debate about the official
ofrhe petition, it was ordered to be re.
ferred TO i.lett committee ard MefIrs.
Southland, Lownde, AID Mitchell were
appointed.
The Bulletin Official" OF St. Donnie
50, OF .ne Igth Nov. contains ieyersl adj
drehes to the Governor, On the retOsa-
tirn Of tranquility; amongf which -
one from the c.uzens Of the United States
reildent at the Cape, GSned by Tobiaa
Lear, and twenty .cne Other Americans.
The brig Swan, Notes Wells, matter,
arrived al New burypor', on Sunday tie
sd init. - days from Guadalupe. On
coming out, IT. fight OF The barber, wa.
boarded by boat from the Britln, tr:gate
lamar, with requett for captain v ellis
TO 60 on board the trigatc, which he ;E-
mediately complied With. The captain
OF the frigate informed captain Wells that
he had tent = boat with an officer to ac-
quain, the inhabitants OF Guadaloupe with
the news Of peace; and aiked captain
Wells what was faid CT fhorc OF general
LA Crosse. Captaia Wells repiied, thas
he was not we'll ipoken cf: on which the
captain OF tie frigate told him the gentle
man 'hen p'efenr was general la Croile.
The ecns,a] then aiked captain v els
whether be thought he ihouid be fate m
lho,e. Capt. Wells told him he thought
nor, and that it was his opinion that
lhouId he land in Guadaloups bis cnsnies
would facriiice him. On which the &c.
neral iaid he would not 80 on fhore.
Extrna ef4 letter f,am ,eIbeaaIk emo
me,eial bsH't at jGsn, d@ied I4fb Aop.
toa merchant in PHILADELPHIA. -
"Wish refpea TO our marke,, 70 great
have been our fupplies ct grain and -four
from all quarters, that from 1000 rialS
which was tie price in the ccrn. markes
for -four the beginning Of laf month; it
has fuddenIy lowered to 6,Ioo rails per
barrel, and hip bread in proportion.
" The fudden Peace has contributed
much to the heavy loaes, and a parcel wac
fold this week a, public auction at that IA
cr'icing price, and even at that no im4ne-
diate fale can be effected for ready money.
For Indian corn, 400 rails may perhaps be
obtained for Pennsylvania growth, and
FIR yellow, Jerfey and Connecticut corr
$50 $50 rias next fPring. IL ho,-,
prices are nominal, and the conGgnees puz-
lied what TO do; for, beGdes the mistor-
tune cflooGns comfortably by the cargoes,
the fhips meet great delay-at heavy ex-
pennies of war wages, for want of grana.
ries, and luch as are chartered are earning
days Of demurrage, which adds to the die
appointment and to conclude, we have.
actually, from II to IS months fuppIy Of
all kind, of grain and -four and God
only knows what the lo1gs will be-alI
which we mention for your governments