Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1804-03-05
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MONDAY, March 4.

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Isle eF France, Sept. J, 1903.
6 wrote you ycacrday, by the fhip Fanny,
bound for Philadelphia, which fails to morrow.
think we ihall remain here from preient APP.
pcarances, which will lhortcn cur voy8gs, and
we iaA' lilo avoid the bad leafoa in iaall.
6 The appearance of this town is far from be-
ing fplendid The houfes are generally low and
bait 81 wood or Rooe, The moa gerteel are
either bpllt Of The latter materials, are Zone
paaeret. f'hey are n,caiy ore lfesy IN front
and two back the lower rooms very high aud
the hall paced with marble. There are iorne
buildings in the Grand RE three tories high, the
ground floors being occupied as fnoPs. The
town viewed from the little mountain, appears
to cover contiierably more ground thaa Bottom.
The ends are inhabited oily ~ negroes, who
live in low ,haschcd huts. The dtuation is IN
even, and there are three fmall G.ean.s which
ran through the town. Back OF the place is an
extenive plain, called Csamp de Mars. Along
P,ile Of Iadsa, by the Eoglilh, which have
leaf like our locae. Ii is at pseient our OF ita
fon. This is place where affairs OF honor are
decided. Thefs are very common, ~ notice being
| taken by the government. The greater pafs of
the freets cfof. each oshef at tight angles, which
gives very regular appearance TO The IOWA.
Some Of then are hard fome, being of good
| width, about as vide as Summer fresr In Bofop,)
| and planted with the Pri2e etlndia on each fde.
The beR houfes fand back, and are many Of
them furrounded with high fone swal, covered
! ON the top with broken gai,
I" The Church isa venerable building The
| front is Of itone, NOT unlike our mill ..oues in
-. The remainder 10 plaitered. II
| Handsomely ftuascd with fquare before it:
where the crois is erected. at which the Cats a.
| lone proitrate tbemfelves. Near this is fone
| Urn, but the water has ceased to Aow from it
into the baton, in which its placed. The church
| has two balconies, bur no fupurhuous ornaments
externally 1t feen,s to be in fate of decay
and very little Of. is made Of it ;~they not OFFER
| wing the Sabbath here. While this building is
] uttered 10 decay for want of repair, they
gased in fniihing new theatre, which is
wooden building of an ordinary plan. The ex.
change IS new edi6ce one tory high and o.
! pen ontwo iides. II wood with yellow platter
fuported by plain pillars. In the back are Offices
of infu1ance. L: son the whole convenient
building, aud well futed to the climate. Near
this, frontihg the mole, is the government houf.,
] an ordinary building, two ftories high, covered
with itone platter. Its hsped ike q fmall n.
| The open ground before this houfs is called he
piaee; on the left (Which are many public off,
ces in building undeferviag Of any particular
attention,
| 80 There is coaGderabe garrifon in the place
| as the troops defined for Pondicherry are here.
| Sentine!s are poeed In various parts of the town
who hail every one after ten o'clock in the even.
| ing. have nos yet fssn ,he troops afemb!cd,
but individually they are good looking men.
| Buffalocs arc employed IN drawing cars 10 the
neighborhoad. They are NOT ike wha, is called
the bufsloe in America, having Mort hair oyer
the whole bodys The only dihinaion from the
OK, is the bunch on It's back. They ale Of vsri
Gus lizes and coloss. The fleh very much inferior
| 70 our beef.
g This ilsnd is in the 6nea climate. 1t be.
ing Gtuatel within the limit. Of the fosthe.n trade
wind, the airi Confantly rssrehed. The mefdi.
an lan is rathes TOO powerful for US, who come 10
Ear from the northward, but in the loufc you are
always comfortable, at the gfestef degfce of
heat We have bad yer, which is "a degrees
To the sentiments Of our beloved Washington
we refer, as sure guide TO sound doctrines and
a fair explanation of the views with which our
federal Constitution was constituted and re.
ceiv-d. Blu. why is his letter to the nation mn.
tilafeS by cur opppnents We cheerfuliy receive
it, in its whole onne6tion, to its obsoss tenour
We adhere, and from it We derive tie following
principles.
That the limited powers and resources of indi-
viauai Stages were unequal 70 the purposes of
Linc Iuar ievUiIlcr ,rane, and tnn,h