Alexandria advertiser and commercial intelligencer. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1800-1803, 1803-09-10
HIEROGI.YpEIICKS.

the figures o. Beasts AND blfes--fhe parts
&c the humau body, and various iastru-
,neu,s. particularly. those belonging TO
Hanalcrafss, for their writings did nor
consist of syilables put together, butof f
cures which related to the things they
we're to express.
The figure Of an hawk, signlGed expo
d;s;en--the Crocodile signihea mailce--
the Eye expressed both an observer Of JUS
t,cr, and keeper Of any personals r'g'lt
hand, with the fingers extended, slgnlhed
any one getting his liveliaood-sbe LETT
hand shut, the preserving and keeping Of
anv thing. Thus every thing was read
and understood by figures, which were
ealisa BY the Egvptisns, Hierosliph'cks.
Vsstaise gives CUT easaeceupt Ct these
erapIeis,s, whicllis t4ken feern I5esodoius-
That tlistorias observes, that when Dari-
us invaded Synthsas the Syathians seat
Him a bid, mouse, a frog, and five ar I
rows. ESy this present they Inslnuated,
that If he did not ay as swiftly as q bird,
or conceal hiaself Ike q mouse d frog,
he would perish BY their arrows.
Flour at Cape Francois on the 18th
,ilf. was at 80 20 SO dolls per Dbl. beans.
go aols. do. and all kinds Of vegetables
very h.zh. flag Of truce hac bsen sent
from Port Republican 10 Jamaica, ard IT
y IS expe6s~d shat place would speedily be
surrendered 10 tie British. The Cape
swaselassy blockaded, and no neutral yes
ssls permitted TO enter.
The Bessey, Grant, was from Norfolk
bound 10 Port Republican,. OnheT pas
sage, she was taken by the Brigands and
carried info Goaaives /; there capt. Grant,
was permitted to sell his cargo and pur-
chase Coffee. Some Short time before he
was BOARDED BY the Brigands, the major
3 part of the crew took TO the boat, and left
him and only ere seaman on board, for
fear of being killed; but they treated
capt. Grant very politely. There was a
brig belonging 60 Charleston also boarded
bv them and carried into Petit Gauve.
There was ore French passenger on board
whom they instantly put TO death );
and they were determined to kill every
Frencbman they should hnd on board of
any vessel that should fell in their hands,
The Gen. in Chief was good enough to
give Caur. Grant three riegroe seamen TO
assist hin in getting his vessel to che y.
S. as he never heard Of his boat and
crew.
Courier.
Exfraa efa letter fran captain Odlin. ar
riived at Ns4v Cajsls, from Je,emie,
sc. sc.
I" Augua IR having all my buGneis
hnihed, intended to fail in the evening !;
but at 10 the fame day, a general en-
barge was laid on all the veilels IN the
harbor. Next evening the town was
iursounded by not lefs than 6 or 5000
blacks. The general, finding, from his
weak fate tina, he could not hold out long
predetermined to evacuate, which he did in
the evening, after forcing as many troops
on board each yeiiel as lie could, allowing
lome of the inhabitants TO go llkewife.-
There were in the port the brig Sally, of
Philadelphia fchooner Monlerat, of
Baltimore fchooner Harmony,s OF New
York, and two French and one Spaniih
veIeIs. At - atnight the general went
on board the Spanifh vefel, and gave or
dcrs to get under way for the cape
The next day, the iloop Of war and my
elf the Sally, the Monferrat, and the
two French vefIels were ient into Port
Royal, wheIe we lay two days received
ten days proyiions, with orders TO fail
for ST. Domingo, with all our troops on