Alexandria advertiser and commercial intelligencer. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1800-1803, 1802-11-27
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Ae1 VIZ idUOu7ed az rn,r,
more to the French potts, where eoo1
pAiipoFt and little money readily ;e supa
duced ds, and between eleven 3 ,y. in.'o'
night we gained tbs iecond F!orencs
A; TO Holland, where our enrer,ainms,.
was extremely gracious, we are aores4
that IT Is =. a wonderful country, rsdeens5
by incredible labour, and at incalcolabIa
cot, from The ocean; that the irretra,;
bic reliSance Of the nation 10 Spanih q
lninion, and their inmutabiIity OF cl,arac
ter do tham honour that their De Wiz,
DE Ruyters, artias and painters do them
ltill more bat, thar they are falleRper
pie +; that they are the flaves OF the French
who have sxaaed from them van 6p.'
of money, and whatever fatuery of paint
ins they had which was worth takino,
thar they are furrounded by mighty kjpSo,
doms, that ecliple and absolutely lmolhe,
their slorie: that they charged Us OUT
rsgeouly, and cheated Us egregiouAy, a,
every town and that we are gejoiced at
having left them forever.
We aid not find the difficulty at The
barriers we expected. We were twice ex
amined, or rather fhould have been, bu,
the psdporr from Mr.. Otto, backed bv
two or three forms at each place, made
Dur entry unohje6fionable. l am difpoled
TO ielieve, that if travellers would pay 3,
fri, which they always mna do finally.
frontier ex2ttiona would be ieldom heard Of
The town where we are, is, you know
Of no great confederation jpa now. have
ieen the far founding scheldt, which is a
bout as wide as the Schuyikill, but MUCK
more rapid and deeper. There are in tia
few veaels. Time was, when zoe, COO
wealthy Inhabitants filled the now crumb.
ling aud dilapida,ed boules Of Antwerp;
when 500 fhips daily weighed anchor from
the harbour; when John Daens lent
Charles Y. million Of gold for the con.
dua OF bis wars, and burnt tbe bond of
Acknowledgements in FIRE of cinnamon;
when the two brothers, De Koning, paid,
one the confederate, and the other Louis
I4th's forces. For q century and half
this once great city has been torpid and
Wondering. Great but experimental eff.
forts, are now making to reanimate her.
Whether Che will ever rife ,c her former
impofng pofure is a problem; and it is
certain, that i, NUT be the work OF years.
Her rival, Amaerdam, holds an arrival
led capital. The parallel between them,
will run Exactly between Warrington ard
Philadelphia the one has a great ration
and the conveniencss with it, the other
wealth. Oar ho& tells me, that hoUlts
which, before the opening OF the Scheldr,
might have been had for IS, cannot now
be bought for 1900 louis; bot then he is
native, and inierefted. What the he
nett fla e.nent is | cannot precifcly under
fand, or whether the emigrations have
been many of late. The town certainly,
locks crazy, and untensnted. A ihofs
time will decide It's fate.
Antwerp has been accounted very
arong place. Il is walled and moated'
and defended beGdes by a fortreis contrutt-
ed by Van Can, which is reckoned 70 ey-
celIent, as to have fetved for the model Of
many Others. The Nseet in which our
hotel fands is fpacicus and bandfome; &C.
nerally they are narrow and dark. There
are TWO very large cathedTals, one OF
which has been entirely friTped, and the
other bfa4csap dGga,ri, by the sTeai ma
ton. The latt is full Of confeiiisnais'-
In the yard there is a representation OK
porgatory and Of Mount Calvary, all the
figures as large as life. In order lile mofs
70 likcn the TOMB to reality, frlght'u1
fink is emitted from it. This EehdencS
Of the true body is sbfard and dligpi',ng'
The hecple Of this charch is iald to be 600
teet high, and the body 500 long. 10
the height OF the eceple | wopld n0'
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