Alexandria advertiser and commercial intelligencer. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1800-1803, 1803-01-10
From The BoRon CextiuaI.

From The BoRon Cextiual.
To the Editor.--" Salem, Dec. IS,
rSoz-Dear Sir-In March lslf, failed
in the hip John and James, Capt. Smith,
from New York, for Calcutta. On the
IS May, when doubling the Cape OF
Good Hope we encountered violent gale
of wind-lolt our foremaa. main and
mizen topmafs, bowfprif, and had two
feamen and boy William Hampton.
Samuel Day, and Peter Tyron) waihed
overheard, and loft. The form increaied
until the next morning, when finding the
fhip linking, we all took to the boats
without proviGons or water. The yawl
(eparated from Us ioon after, and was pro-
baby loft the long boat being frong,
weathered the gale pretty well. We re-
manned in open boat, without food or
drink, five days, in which time five out
of the eighs on board died with hunger !:
On the Gxth day we faw land. and on the
a3d May landed at Table Bay, on the
Cape. The furvivors are Capt. Smith,
John Forrefer, and yours, &c.
GEORGE AUGUSTUS THURBER."
One of the Virginia papers pathetically
deplores that Mr.. CHESS in6rm health
mutt deprive the country of the benttil
of his patriotifm, talents ard zeal, during
the preient FELTON, ofcongrels. 1t is true
that MIR. Giles promiied to originate fe.
veraI meaiures which, for til. want Of his
preface in Congrefs, may probably NOT
be brought forward. The repeal Of the
bankrupt act is one. The abolition Of
the mint was. very favorite mealure.-
The Virginisn Shepherd has twice already
brought this fubjeef before the tack /; but
they are not YET we'll trained. They feat
ter off and follow itrange leaders. Even
Mr.. DAYTON and General Smith find il
difficult to prevent them from araying
But there is one fubjett which will mott
peculiarly and materially fufer by the alb
fence ofMr. Giles. He lat year repeated
.ly declared, in different companies, both
republican and democratic, that it was his
intention, during the prelent lefion of con
grels to bring forward an impeachment
againfs Judge Chale for his conduct on the
trial Of Mr.. Calender. He faid it was
neceGary to defer it till this feflion for the
want offome documents which he expected
to erocure from Mr.. Calender. Unlefs
the roads have been TOO bad, it isprobabl
that Mr.. Giles has, before this obtained
the documents Of Mr.. Calender, and
would now be prepared TO proceed in
the bufneis, if the country had not unfor-
tunately been deprived of his ieryices.--
We know not whether Mr.. Calender
was appriled ofthis intention; but we know
that tnc name of Mr.. Giles has been very
often in the Recorder, 10 the courfc Of the
laR funmer. Some imagine that the fer
vices which Mr.. Calender has rendered
to the caufe of repuhlicanilm, hnce the
laif felton,, have 70 inRamed the refentment
and the zeal of the democrats againt the
condua Of Judge Chafe towards the favo-
rite editor, that an impeachment will be
moved, notwithstanding the abfence Of
Mr.. Giles. 1t is fufpetted, at Wahing /
ton thar Mr.. Dswfon is TO bring forward
the motion, and TO be appointed chairman
of the committee for managing the i'm
peachment before the Senate. Some fup-
pofe that MIR. Claiborne, Mr.. Randolph