Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1804-09-03

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ibilitv at New Orleans, in a letter Ibis
friend, on.the subject of thr Louisiana Me
mortal, al1seryes--s' It is well understood
to be the production of Mr.. Edward Liy-
ineston; bug the sentiments and disposition
which originated it, took th-ir rise in Paris,
and were deposited here by. MT. Laus-
sat" 4-
French Fyieates.--A letter from New
York, dated or Wednesday last, SAYS
-s This morning the French frigAtes Df.
do and Cybelle, got uader way rai'ous z
O'Clock and proceeded through the narfows
with iigh, breeze from N. f. Their de-
parture has occasioned thousand CONGO
lures. and bets have been madeto consi-.
derable amount, that they will not go out.
Report says that they received orders this
morning at two o'clock 10 proceed to sea.
This is not unlikely from this circumstance
Ar the above hour small encampment
which they had erected on Gihbet island
was broke ZIP aud ak hands ordered on
board with the utmost expedition. thefs
is only one wish here or the subject; that
is, that thcy Aave gone of, let the resul. be
what it may between them and the British
for the conduct of the British off onr,,
port has been censured by. all parties, and
ie nv opinion very deservedly. With re-
spect to the course, &c. OF the French tn
g. ties shall BE able to advise you IN my
next. The French frisates got to Sunday
Hook about nine o'clock" 49, .u
French F'rigates return.-The n. York
Gazette, by this mornings mail, has the,
following paragraph: 1.
g The French frigates Didon and Cy-
belle, Yesterday returned into port and an
choredin their former situation opposite
Governors island. object Of the
Frenchman's expedition to Gravesehd bay,
was said to be merely to exercise the men,.
and that their intention was not to put to
sea-at present"
From AmstcrdQm.-It appears from
Dutch papers received at Portsmouth to
the 5oth of June, under the Paris head of
25th of June. that GEORGES and eleven o.
theirs were guillotined in the fore part of
that day-that those eight which were con-
demnedto death, and to whom the Empe-
ror has extended MS mercy, have been con-
demnel to be confined in the State prison
Cor fur. years, and after that to be trans
ported !; that Jules Pulignac, has also been
s@ntenced 10 two years Imprisonment. 1t
father lids. g General 1iOREAUis on his
passage 30 the United Statss Of Amertca.
(sal. Reg. =
Gun Boat, III. 1.--Captain Wallace, ar
rived at Philadelphia from Charleston, tells
us, (says the True American chat Gun
Boat No. !. on going 20 sea was found TO
labor SO hard, that she carried away her
bowsprit, the horns being too weak; also,
that the port for her 80 FOUNDER was so low;
that the gun would BE of no service at sea,
and that it was so lily fixed, tina. it could
no, be run far enough aft; in short, that her
overhaul which was absolutely necessary,
would cost from roo to 1000 dollars, and
then would be worth not halt the money.
We are informed by an arrival at 'hila-
dslphia, that the trade at the Bay of Hon
duras was open for Americans bringing
provisions, under the restriction OF not
bringing off wood more than &c inches
square. Its added, that wood was very
plenty and vessels very scarce, and that
provisions were low, not paving more than
freight.
Capt. Peace, of the ship Harrio ,ssarriv-
ed al Baltimore4from ST. Petersburgh, re-
ports, that the Russians appeared to be
making every preparation for war. They