Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1808-1812, 1808-10-06

$. o,v- neck, and enslave us as
s'ss az s ,,ss ali the other nations of the
h hS ss have been curst with French pro-
err. s and French fraternity.
's'- VERA CRuz, ang. II.
il dsar friend,
y1gitlstanding your means OF eomnu-
.. s must be considerably diminished,
nsa aaoa,ns Of the cursed embargo, yet |
Or sapoos- YOU ignorant of actions
es!s have Just put a stop to the career Of
s'i1 gr.ac!l, in the height Of all their gio-
I;,,r, ourselves, received the first atlvices
80 events TIE ooh Of July, when
d 3, mole kingdom seemed to take anew
.~I,s. IN consequence of this, war was
,gg,r.d Throughout the country against
T-.ace. and the arInistice with England
:. aunounced-,he reasons alleji53sd for
%.s. rrocesdings being those given by the
a,o,a Of Seville, whose authority, by
- act of ours, was tacitly acknowledge
j And how coald it DC otherwise, after
Fs,t council had manifested spirit which
rs Tanting Ia our monarch and an energy
rbe,, the council 81 CASTLE could not as
rlne.
L,;h state. we remained, when vester-
d, morning | was reused from NY sleep
4 tae noise OF the artillery OF the castle.
iwry BODY ran preeipitaieiv to the quay,
) lesrn the canse OF the firing; and we
,Oon found that it WIS French schooner,
vechae stupid officer which was then in
c.r:cn, was saluting with a discharge OF
s. Founders, whilst she was full three gun
sot from the castle. The captain Of the
III. who did not seem well pleased with
is reception, put his vessel about and
God Of, whist the people ashore seemed
ady to tear themselves to pieces with rage
ID despair. AZ this moment Cevallos (the
Mt a~ilnigaI appeared and was received
Ill general applause blythe crowd he cot
to a small boat, and Immediately sent a
inch 70 direct the schooner to return to
Ut Ia the mean time, he got some other
uaches ready, 70 surround and compel her
'eatsr, III case OF any resistance; and he
,tlsd the guns Of the rigate called the
Ttobe loaded, aiong side OF which he III
ndsd Placing her. None of these precau-
ons were necessary, FOR the schr. as soon
shshad beck boarded by the launch, en-
I'D the port, and anchored close to the O,
ca was the confidence which the French {!
"a hai in their hopes OF imposing on us
ssch was the weakness and submission
neh they expected to find In us for the
'cress OF their infamous tyrant.
C'vallos sent Dominique TO order the
hO0ner to surrender, TO which the French
hcer replied he would not submit but the
paniard without using much ceremony,
aAed down the French colours, and hoist
aeuo#n in cheir place.
leu viii by this time, believe that the peo-
were very DESTROYS OF going on board to
m what was her business but Cevallos,
wen. IN conformity to our laws, which
p.d all commerce with an enemy, as to.
I'd any outrage on the part of the people
INST the crew, directed an order to be
& up on the qu&v, prohibiting any one
n gong On board the French schooner
Ter pain Of deaeh. This was adding fuel
the fame-it iilitaeed the passions of
who were already raging ike lions,
scaling for vengeance for the blood of
brethreeu, SO UNANIMOUSLY split by TIE
snch nSpain. The popuiace then rush
to the government house, and forced
governor to embark, with TWO ofthe re-
0rs, to so on boards the schooner. He
accompanied by an incredible number
small boats but no one although they
preached very near the schooner attempt
70 infringe Cevallos order. The So
'OOr's boat wentalong side, and he learn
, , French commanding officer had
\ ba?onne with case of letters and dis
' :, ior several persons inthis city and
Mexico that he had touched at Gua-
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