Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1803-10-15

'dua since the arrival of the French army at St.
Domingo has been without r%eproach.
owe it to the army to which belong, and to
the friendship with which I am honored by Gen.
Clauzel and Thouyenot, to repeI the accusation
so inccnsiderasely entered against them. From
the intelligence / have received from several well
informed Frenchmen, who left the Cape at the
same time with Capt. Muir, | am induced to
consider the story as bang entirely without tonn.
dation.
!. | entreat you sir TO insert in the Mercantile
Advertiser to morrow the letter which ] have the
honor TO write to you.
L. Adl ltart Connandant,
H. GRANDSAIGNE.
N. Y.Oa. tlth 1903.
Ikpea,axfe gdsafsahu in Paris, and 5oapoae-
a2eaf q a0aston.
a private letter from France, dated Aagof
10 i~ays,-" You may feit iAtished the propoiec
invelion Of your country, which we all expected
would fhortly be carried into execution, will not
take place during the year 1903! The plan is
abandoned for the p~refeot, and 20 Ear can fpeak
with certainty; but what has occaioned this lud-
den alteration il the mindbf the Firf Confal re-
mains to be explained. | cannot hazard a con.
.jeaufe. and therefore fhall only add what are the
reports 81 the moment. II is fid that Talley.
rand, (who, by the bye, never was friendly to
any invasion of Brittany had discovered the secret
emissarles Of The ei dr0aat princes, whose eau
tons in distributing a late manifesto throughout
Paris, have. occasioned very considerable uneasi-
ness. The plan for the counter revolution in
favor Of The Bourbons, it is said, was decpy laid
and the ranlfcations so very extensive, that Tal-
leyrapd thcughtlt prudent to Dispatch a special
messenger to the FIST consul, requesting his I'M
mediate return. Another report states, the en-.
peior's very formidable preparations have been
considered as a certain indication of another con-
%tinen,al war. A third rurnor, to which some
credit is attached, goes to ~impeach the minister.
1t is said that Talleyrand had been detected in a
secret correspondence with the English cabinet,
and that Bonaparte was privately informed Of this
treason at Brussels, These and a variety of other
reports, are now on the wing but no dependence
can be placed on any OF them. Ali / can say to
you with certainty is--sstliat your country i, Sc
cure for the present."
The London Monthly Magazine, for June,
fays, " Mr.. Fulton, an American, known in
this country by his improved Canal Locks, pre-
tends lately TO have difcovered a method OF navi-
eating veiIels at any depth under water, and of
enabling the perlons who navigate them, TO con-
tinue inmerled for fcven hours, without accefs to
freh air. He intends, it is f%criouly aaerted, TO
apply this invention to the purpoles of warfare,
and, from his ability to approach them %unfeen.
in a fate offecurity, he propofes to bb1O men Of
7var to atoms! The experiment. has not been
repeated in this country, but the invention itfelf
was made the fubjeet of a very formal notice to
the Houfe of Peers, without, however. produc-
ing a very grave efea upon thar affembly.-
Should any further particulars of this curious bu-
Gnefs t%ran(pire, worthy of notice, We fhall not
omit TO lay them before our rcaders.''