Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1807-11-27
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phur ia it---mem; purchase salt pesre ,
stocks rather declining.
IhuysddH-feceived half dozen letters
fr ON New York; occupied an hour In
re aiding and digessing their con,enss--dont
mach like the appearance of things in EnS.
land; Correspondents information amounts
10 this 1ss ship has arrived from Lon.
don short passage; I'd captain THINKS war
is at hand--why !! because Mr.. Monroe's
servant was seen carrying po'tmanteau
mem.wonder which way he was gong! 70
ward Falmouth of course, the Revenge IS
thcre query, cant alls,his be wi;hpus exci;.
ing SO much alarm? o. no why: be-.
cause Mr.. Menroe's servant was said to
have looked sour--,his proves That his mas
ter was coming off in pet, and either
scoded or kicked his footn,an----ss IL
full freishted. went On Change re,alled
my sapiens deductions listened 10 by ma
ny; made several good barg .ins ---- Coffee
looks down il will be better ,o-mo,row.
\ Friday--Things turned on, as | es-
pec,ed-slI looks favorable &c -day-New
York editors .hud the statemcnt 10 the
remarks thought It would be handsomely
cleared up sold what bought yestsrd9y
IN part; good speeo!aiiea .hss.
Saturday Copfouad it how uncertain
every thing is; saw Mr. Blank running
with q bundle Of papers before was outof
my chamber; Fad chil hasten TO learn
the centents; before had obtained the de-
sired information passed 'hree or four gen
tlemen; they s5,ag up tbeiy shoulders /; /
stopped short; Eel, sick turned about
went home took /. f,r grap.ed all was
ser; towards noen Eel: better :walked cut;
found tina. the person who bad seen foo.
ming and The gentlemen @ao shrugged up
their shoulders, we're undes the itauenac
ola frosty atmosphere
We feel ourselves constrained TO make a few
remarks on the preceding aledley ef whim &
caprce-and although it would require Tic
gravity of q stoick to refrain from smile when
we see a whole community thrown into pa
mic by mere airy rothing," it is greatly to
be regretted, that a few individuals are capable
Of producing effects seriously inconvenience
from causes the most trivial--our city for Sc
veral weeks may monthsl past, has afforded
sorry proof of this assertion---What are the
facts? A ship arrives at Boston, New-York,
or Baltimore, the captain Of which undertakes
to decide the affairs Of Europe and forsooth
gives it as his opinion, that War or Peace,
Blockade Or an Embargo, or something else,
viii very soon take place-this important re-
lation OF the state Of foreign affairs, is made
at some coffee-house, where fifty hungry list
ners, whose solicitude to swallow every thing
like news, disqualiheS them from getting the
right end of the story-and without calculating
on the mischief that will result, Immediately
inform lheir correspondents of the latest adj
yices-wcll, the mail that bears their eomrnu-
nication arrives, and Tom and Dick and Har-
ry Get letters--one states that the negociati-
ons are at an cnd--another Represents Mr.,
Munroe departing from London in terrible
hehherJiig--a third less certain has his beg
gage only, on board the Revenge fourth
tells US he may be hourly expected in Wash
ington-ail these letters are conned over, and
the direful information 2ies like wild fire in
every direction. Fleets of shipping ready to-
depart our river are stopped--insurance pre-
miums go ut-and the stocks go 4ovn--tl.e
great wheel Of commerce instantly ceases TO
reyolvc--whilst a kind of half starved despair
sits at the threshold Of all our 5ankiRg-houses
watching anxiously the payment of discount
ing thousands--so much for to day--then
comes tomorrow, the scene is quite changed,
every thing is Furnished up in the most splen-
did certainty ministers are seen smoking the
great pipe of peace together--and London
C Suns and e Stars" beam nought but good
will and friendship.
Thus on the Tines, Tim GaZer and Co,
proceed with them, and now and then, like
the passenger in a stage with tipsey driver,
ioIted and tossed without mercy--remonstrate
il vain, and ultimately conclude to take it
as it comes, but often wishing the road was
better.
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