Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1807-10-21

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landed and by which coPenhagan IS invest-
ed, is said TO be SO 900 men, and the CAPT
@tai Of Denmark is representrd TO- havcsnos
mere Than 70 days provisions.
From The Dartmouth Gazette.
We have bsen politely favored with the
following exsrac, Of 4 letter from captain
Durham, commander of fort 1lichij-
llmakinac, 10 DR.. Whselock, presi.
dent Of The Dartmouth college.
Fort M;chillimasinqck. guly "a. 1907
Respected and Dear Freud.
ASao. the news Of this country have
lille 10. communicate, but VIDA. you have
probably heard bsfore. There is some
disturbances amoog the ssyages. lit is
thought BY many they are determined 90
war. A very extraordinary and curious
Talk. has Been circulating among them the
winter past which seems TO have produced
wonderful effect ON their minds.l Il
seems that some designing villain had as
suned the character Of a Mdnitou or Pro-
phet,and is forming an extensive coubina-
} ton Of all the different tribes Spushofthe
/ Ohio and East Of The Mississippi. This
.coMbinasiop mast be Tor some other pur.
pose than that of peace or religion. II is
my firm opinion that the policy Of the i'm.
poster, (whoever he may be, under the spe-
scious pre,ext of restoring 10 the aborigines
their fosaler independence ard to the say.
age characterize ancient energy)is in real.
iiy 10 combine them into a p1zalanx, 70 IN !
duce general effort to rally, and to strike
somewhere desperate blow This system
is so srifnly ia.eswoven with their ancient
SUPERSTITION and their modern preiudices.
that The whole is embraced with a religious
enthusiasm as eoasipg directly from the
Great Spirit. AFter having the substance
of the talk communicated 70 me through a
very correct channel. imr ediatrly sum.
mened together the principal chiefs in the
vicinity & endeagnrsd to shake their fsltf,
in this. new doctrine, and endeayored TO
convince them ofiheir folly in listening TO
such absurdiiies, but in vain |! They are.
now collecting from all quarters, as nearly
as can learn, somewhere In the Iliorois
country, as it is SUPPOSED by many for the
purpose of completing their epcanpmen.s,
& for deter ming on The tiae and mode Of,
attack.
Thht this business has its origin from
some more enlightened source, than that
ofaniiliterate savage, is very obvious-bul
from wha. quarter is ye, uokaown. Some
suppose the author Of ii 10 be Brandt
through a friend and pupil Of his by the
name Of Morton. Diners believe it to be
from the French and Spaniards on the Mis-.
sissippi-and some ever suppose tito have
come from the English What may be
tha result, capro. say bu, hope The ga.
,hering cloud may dsssipa,e Ard our fears
subside.
tits supposed, that the dissatisfaesicn OF
the Indians has been very much increased
by a late step of the British traders Of this
place They have formed society called
the Macana company, by which meaos they
have united their iu,erests, aud thus secur.
ed a conpleat monopoly over this Che 10.
dian) coun,sy,ss ever was established BY
any company of British merchants, either
10 the north at the new continent, or 10 the
east of the old.
Eefraordinary DISPATCH in The discharge and
loading ship.
On the goth April, about three o'clock in
the afternoon, arrived at Liverpool Guinea
man, laden with coffee, cotton, and sugar
her cargo was landed about II 0 clock the
same night, she was loaded again with a car
60 for Africa by twelve the following day, and
cleared out at 5 O'Clock, being exactly twenty
four hours from the time Of her arrival
PREDICTIONS.
There is now living at GiIlinghan, Kent,
England, most eccentric old gentleman, who
assumes to himself the faculty cfsccond sight,