Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1805-11-20
French 81 Spanish deprAaatfons

Frsach 81 Spanish depreaations.
q Il would seem from the organ of our
Ersrnment, the official InteHigencer, that
he administration begin TO DC sensi.
Ne that our citizens have received some
knuries from the British Cruizers, and arc
3aving the way, if me may judge from APP
|xnances, TO redress them byrecommending
BE passage of non,impertation. uen.com-
nmption, and aou.exportation law, SINH.
rto that of seventy four. OF the prac.
liability of this scheme we shall say
nthing at present. We are glad to
I'd thar government at length deem the
inject worth talking about. But while
nch e3ectlaI measures are in agitation to
shnble the insolence of Grca, Britain, why
there such profound silence as to the
lyrans and intolerable barbarities of
rance and Spain Loak at the savage
tsasmens experienced by the officers and
asu ofthe brig Sterk, captain Cornell, as
described IN letter from the Supercargo,
ublished in this Gazette of Tuesday last
The vessel plundered by French Priva-
'sr, the captain and supercargo knocked
io1n and cruelty beaten, the son of the
captain a little boy lashed TO the shrouds s.
.nhumanly scourgea alrnost to death for
he diabolical purpose ofinducing the father
% acknowledge under his hand that his
large was English property. Such is one IN
tance of the treatment, which the citizens
tthls free, independent and aeutral Gnati-
% 10 continually experiencing from The
Afrat!cal cruizers of France.
Another somewhat in the same style may
sseeu 10 this days paper under the New
SarT-port head. what say our government
. all this : not word. It is not to be
imposed that the great and magnanimous
''public is capable OF injustice.
How stands the matter with Spain !?
We are told that there is oGicial informa-
Ion in the country that the Spanish mo-
lareh is very amicably disposed towsrds
|aHscuury; that he has lately renewed
la' orders 10 all his officers IN a particular
,anner to respect the American flag
let every day produces accounts OF war
'sag actually DECLARED by Spain against
|ae United States and WI Their declared
'hot, il 10 certainly carried on with una
Med iigour and in its most ruinous form.
q spanish privatcer direct from Cadlz,
Were the orders of the Spanish court must
eftainly have been known, has lately CARR.
1.-TWO American vessels into Porto Rico.
Another has captured regular trader from
ne port of the United States TO another,
he Letisia, captain Franklin) and carried
Rr into the HAVANA. Ia this day $ ga.
Saee will be found on account OF an Anne
tsan schooner from Savanna la Mar to
saarleston, taken and plundersd by a
sPaniard. Notwithstanding all this we
''ar not a word from our government OF
ny Misunderstanding with Spain. Nay,
. ought to presume that government is
@ apprised thar Spain is engaged In war
naA; inasmuch as we are NOT FURNISHED
"ua the passports agreed upon between
ae t@o nations, in case either OF them
"Oad De inv olvcd in war.
ouch is tie present embarrassed state OF
w Commerce, aad such the indifference
government to those interests which they
'"e appointed to protecs.
Gu. S. Gas.)
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