Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1807-06-30
aleranorta Dajlp apberttger.
TUE sDAY, JurE 80.

sundry inhabitants ofthis town the CT
items are hereby invited to convene
at the Court House square on Thurs
day next, at'twelve O'Clock, in order to.
make;a public expression Of the gene
raj sensation produced BY the unex-
ampled insult and outrage scomfnitted
on the United States frigate Chesa-
.fe<he, by the British fhip ofwar Loop.
ard.
JONAH THOMPSON, Mqyor.
June 80. B
At a meeting Of the Rife CORPS of the town of
Alexandra, held the 9th June, 1907, capt.
John Bonsal chairman and A. Lindo secry.
the following resolutions were unanimously
adopted:
L. Resolved, That we believe it the wish Of
our government, and the interest Of our coun..
try, to cultivate peace and friendship with all.
nations, it 1t can be effected without surren-
dering our sovereignty.
ResofveA That the tyrafnic conduct of the
{ British nation on the ocean has iustly.rendered
her odious among I'll civilized powers.
Rescued, That we view the late savage and
dastardly outrage committed by the Leopard,
British ship of WEI on the United States fri
gate Chesapeake, with neutrality-suspicious.
Resolved, That we conceiye-it our bounded
duty at this awful crisis, to express our senti-
ments, that our government may not be at a
loss to find out the true friends to America
that are wilhng.to embark in her cause, to
convince that naughty nation that the spirit of
'T6 yet reigns in their hearts.
Resolved, That, as Volunteer Corps we
do tender our services to che President Of the
United States, pledging ourselves never to
disgrace the American Flag when unflred.;
land that we will hold ourselves in readiness,
at moments warning, to obey the call Of
honor, In defence of our national dignity.
RESOLVED, That the1resolutions entered into
at meeting Of the citizens of Norfolk, COM
n,and our respect. qs..l. :,
RESOLVED, Thatthe proceedings Of this meet
ing be transmitted by the Chairman to the
President of the United Ststes, and that they
be published in the newspapers of this town.
Z e 6. JOHN BONSAL, Chairman.
A.. LIMBO, Secretary.
The trial of Colonel Burn, is postponed
till the third of August.
In consequence of some letters received by
the last arrivals from London, the articles of
coffee, sugar, and ashes, have experienced
considerable depression in our market.
(Bsstsn Gaz.)
4 . y
Extract efG letter fran London, receiyed
per the Packst.
Money IS scarce, aud il bearded up in
consequence Of the peculiar danger Of the
times. Public affairs on the continent, I.
am inclined to hope, and to think, look
more favorable the success of France ap.
pears 10 have received at beast q severe
check, but our own Internal .quabbles are
sources OF great anxiety, leaving abundant,
~ too much resort for apprehensiops Of
what may be the consequence. AS a ma
ton or as an individual, I have reason to
think 20 serious Inconvenience has arisen
or is likely to arise ID this country, from
the recent hostile prohibitions of Benaparte.
The produce OF every country fnd. its
way to this market. Remittances, orders,
'eonsignments, still come, perhaps as absnd.
ant as ever, tho not SO direct. In short,
we only appear to want unanimity, pru. !
deuee and energy, 10 the conduct Of state
affairs, to place us'in an enviable situation
compared with the rest of Europe (psrhsps
with the rest of the worldly As il is, 1 |
am positively ashamed to send you cur pc.
riodical prints, which are filed with un. I
truths and Misrepresentation by both par
ties: dirty, rascally, mean squabbles Of
great men, who ough. to know better than
quarrel for unstable honor and dirty pelf.
Murders, rapes, robberies, cheating sf
every description, contentious for places,
COL -. .s..1o Sc ~. l.