Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1807-12-17
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THURSDAY, DECEMBER ~. !.

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The United States schooner Revenge ar
rived at New York 90 Saturday last. 10 10
days from Bress. Dnring her passage she
experienced very heavy weather. and was
obliged 20 heave all her gnns overheard.
The captain was twice washed into the sea,
DIR. Bullus, the surgeon ofthe Chesapeake.
who came home in the Revenge, Is the
bearer Of dispatches to our government.
He arrived in town Oh Tuesday abou: TWO
o'clock P. M and az proceeded oa TO
W..shing;on lBaltim0re American
DR. BuLLus, surgeon Of the Chesapeake,
arrived at Washington yesterday from France,
he is the bearer of dispatches from Mr.. Arm
strong, our minister at that court-hc reports
that in conversation between the Emperor
Napoleon and MIR. Armstrong, which took
place in his presence,the emperor remarked
that any country in which q BrTHsh Minister
sas permitted to reside, sv0uld be considered The
E.VE.l7Y Of France.
WAsHINGToN, Dec. 10.
The House Of Representatives were exclu-
siyely occupedthis day in discussing the bill
reported by the committee of aggresslons
maxim further appropriations for the more
chiectual protection OF cur ports and harbors,
and for building gun boats. Some pretty Sc
we're remarks were made on MIR. Cook by
Messrs. Blount, Smile and Chand'er,because
Mr.. Cosk was in favor of an appropriation Of
$500, 900 dollars for the purpose of fortifca-
tons, and declared that the house was ia want
ofthe proper Information. Mr. Blount sud
he feared the gentleman vas in search OF pc
pularity.
Several propositions were made for filing
the blank for fortihcations. Mr.. Mumiord
proposed 100000 dollars. Mr.. Gardiner
proposed a,5oo,ooo. Mr.. Sturges proposed
100000. Messrs. Blount, Smile, Chand-
Ter, Holland, Kelly, r. Nelson and Wi.her-
all, spoke against making large appropria-
| tons; and Messrs Cook, Mumford, Gardeni-
err, Sturges, Quincy, and Rowan in favor of
them,
shN these propositions were disagreed to,
and the blank was ultimately filled with one
/ raillicn of dollars, yeas LOG. The gun-boat
! section was unanimously stricken ont. The
! committee Of the whole then rose and report
/ edtlle hill but the house adjourned before it
was agreed to.
A court N a,tial has been ordsredby the
! sec'ry OF the navy, to Sit On the 4th ct ian.
next; for the trial of com. James Barron,
capt. CHARLES Gordon, VIM. Hook, gunner,
an6 capt. John Hall of the marine corps,
late officers of the friga,e Chesapeake:
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| t The following is extracted from az edi.
/ ,orialar,iele in the American Citizen Of
yesterday morniag.l
! France gssping beneath the waiSht of
her Porderous power, sustained only bY
1 the rare geoius end tyranny ofcne man, has
eneompas.ed more, The seven Mediter-
ranean islands, Rugged by The land levia-
than, DOW form in fac, an integral part OF
the French empire.
England then has leagued against her
Ia as close asys,em of commercial excln
sion as IS feasible, the Ottoman empire, all
the Italian states from the Adra.ic 10 &c.
sanoa, France, Holland, Portugal, Spain,
Germany, Prussia, the Hanse ,owns, Dcn.
mark, aud Russia 10 one word, excep,
Sweden, al continental Europe aud all on
the British side OF the east.
50 Now, If under circumstances so seem
ingly inauspicious to England, we look as-
! rlously at the daun.less step which her ca.
bine, has lately taken in relation to the u.
States, what should We think aud say oil
siose Empires" these arraut .quacks in
politics, with which we sre pes,ered, who
have dinned il 10 cur ears that paltry nor
importation act, feeble and partial thing,
would frigEseu the lion into his den, and
con6ue him within It's limits? / ask this
question without mincing the matter &c
suit particular palates .fol we have undoubt
edly been wholly under the influence o.