Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1807-03-21

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Capt. Dixon, of the brig Bulia, who arriv-
ed Yesterday from Antigua, mentions that
he was informed by Captain Stanford of the
schooner John, of Newbury- Port, from Point
Petre Guadalupe, that asnumber ofyesseis
of war and ppiyateers, were lifting out at the
latter port to- capture all vessels bound to
British port, BY the. saTae arrival we aretur-,
nished with a long list ofyessels sent by the
British cruizers, into Antigua, for adjudica-
ton. These things united, do not bespeak
that fouris:ring and prosperous state OF our
commerce, which the addressers OF Mr.. Jet
terson 50. much boast Of.
IN. X ehah.] E
Tie following communication was received
this morning, through the post-ofice.
.Negv- York Com. I'D.
A literary gentleman lately arrived in this
city trpa england, furnishes us with the tol-
iG~ing curious Information. On the sixteenth
day 81 Jane, 1895, one hundred young scien-.
titic Gentlemen, who had then just finished
tSeir et'ucation in the co!legesof England and
Scotland. met by appointment at Yarmouth,
wl.ero Trey. resolved, under the striotest in
funston CT secrecy, " that each OF. them
should, in order to obtain correct information
OF the world, and OF the customs, manners
and dispositions of mankind, quit their native
Island, ana reside for ten years successfully In
different foreign countries particularly specif-
ed antfthat they should on the first day Of
September eighteen hunjk'ed and seven, again
meet together In London Tor the purpose of
reading over their different Journals and Of
preparing the same for publication. This
strange res olution was actually put inpractice
ana On the lst day of January eighteen hun
red and seven, it was known to some scientl-
hc men In aenaon, chat thirteen OF the, young
adYenturers had died and the remaining rs
would certainly meet next summer according
to agreement. 1t is said that one of these adj
-yenturers has constantly resided in the city of
New York where he had collected a most va
valuable mass ofinformation. II. M. =
Extract Of a letter from messrs. Grievegnee
and Co. of Malaga, dated 10th Jan. last, to
a respectable correspondent of theirs IN n.
Yore =.
g The French priyateers have already be-
gan to capture American vessels, two have
been carried into Ahcant, under the SUPPOSE
ton OF having goods of British manufacture on
board, and God knows TO what pitch this
may be carried; 1t will be proper that every
expedition carries certificate from the
French consul as well as the Spanish, though
bound to a port in this country
CINCINNATI, March 9.
Extract OF letter from gentleman in
Washington, Kentucky tohis correspond
eatin his tszvn. dated 2oth Of Februd.
| ry, 1907.
sReport. says the Kentucky Gazette,
was 10 tawn, tho no. credited, that Burr
had sho, Wilkinson a, Washington, Miss.
! Ter. where he, Wilkinson, had came to
! dspose against him, when at :ihe bar, CIV
ing in his testimony f
FRANKFoRT. Feb. 27.
Ectract ola letter dated tozvn of Washington,
near .Natchez, 9th O February 1907.
Alter stating the proceedings of the
court, ths writer adds Il seems that. he
] BURY went to his boats on the Mississip.
i pfaboye Natchez q few miles = harrangued
his people. told them that heswas obliged
| TO leave them-tha. be could not now com
ply with his promises to shem-hus assur.
ed them that they should have the lands he
had promised on the Washita-that il
would be some. months before he should
see them again; but, that they should not
be Disappointed.
/ tits rePorted,,. but know not on what
i grounds, that he then crossed the Missis.
tsippi accompanied by one Ashley who was
formerly of the party of Philip Nolan. ! |
! have been inclined to think that he is still
in this neighborhood. Three OF his com.
pany have been arrested, viz. Mr.. Banner.
hasset, Mr.. Davis Floyd. Mr.. Robson
on the grouod, it is said, of information
| given by persons formerly in the sche me,