Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1805-06-01

ShAn SCs "a CSSthey g. ioss.1 W LII Az
an enquiry ofgreat importance, IN what
tfnerepublicanism consists. Ii is essen.
TALLY nscesary to determine the point be-
fore we can decide who ssr ge,s,tine rebubr
lscans.'
True, Mr.. Smith. and when yol, have
made the discovery be kind enough TO let
Us know. Nor long since, twas the easiest
thing in the world 70 say IN what true
repubiicanism consisted and whu were the
inerspublicans. AttatchmentSto Mr..
Duane, M'Kean, Mr.. IeHerson, Mr.. Cal.
lender, Mir. Gallatin. &c.q& &c. was proof
enough of genuine rspablcanisra; bur a.
las, these proofs now fan and We are glad
10 iind thar Mr. Jefferson has SET his rdi.
tor about devising some other criteria.
To. s. Gaa.l
Essfeet;o h ket9sr from an el51Gcer on board
the Reoenae Gutter dated BakSe, APRIL
IL; 1905, rrceived at philadelphia.
Shortly after we. sailed down TO the
Balize, and lay there for some tine 1.-The
10th inst. news came to us By the pilots,
that there u ere two Providence prigatcsrs
off the mouth OF The river, boarding and
plandcring all vessels that went out or
came in; ard had actually taken-possession
of the schooner Felicity, from Campeaehy
bound 10. Newt Orleans, American proper.
~, Within two miles of the land. At2,
r. NJ. tie captain went ashore at the Block
House, aud. got / ] volunteers, whfoh qnate
our complement of men twcnty-nine. as
we had but eighteen souls on board, and
the prisa,eers were full Of men, and elsh.
i2Ponudess. At half past 2 we got under
way, every man to his quarters, and a:ssS-
ed the decks for action. At, r. M. rot
within shot. and fred a signal gun at the
felicity, wG;s,i sic paid 40 attention 10.
at h11ssf past three, fred two more guns,
which she did not mind. The privateer
close alongside of her. and not wiling to.
give her up, we rounded to and gave the
privateer broadside, which she returned.
The other coming up, they kept up hea-
w firing, which we did also fo- che hour,
when thev sheered off, and abandoned the
Felicity, which we Immediately took pos
session OF. and brought her close under
the land, where the action commenced, aud
came to anchor We were Obliged TO lay
by our quarters all night. We had no
damage done to the cutter not orc shot
struck us. But believe. one of the priya-
teers sustained good deal of damage.
The Felicity was close by the ssene all the
time, and observed our shot fall on board
of them
"I'he supercargo Of the Felicity, bro't
on board the cutter 12, 900 dollars to be Sc
cure, and there Has about II, 600 dollars
more in the hold, which he could not get
at. The vessel aud cargo are worth about
$1,000 dollars, which expect we shall
have l salvage on for re-cap;uring her."
Address to the Members Of the. three month
h. meetings Of the Friends in The city ef
Philadelphia.
ed under the consideration of the many
failares and bankruptcies which of latter
times have t;.ken place among us, 10 the
wounding the testimony Of truth, the re-
proach of our Christian profession, and
the rain and distress of individuals and
families. Of the causes which have led
thereto we do very fully disapprove, and
declare our disunfty with and as we seri-
ously wish that more instances of this kind
may be avoided, we. think it rightto warn
and caution all against improperly grasping
after the things of this world, and engag-
ing in hazardous undertakings out of the
counsel AID wisdom of truth, whereby
they may be rendered incapable of being
.prnc,ual to their promises, and just IN the
payment of their debts.
Repeated and salulary adyices have been
given, both publicly and private, which if
attended 10, would have preserved many
who have fallen iaso great straits and Diff
culties.