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Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1808-05-07
NO. I.

Translation Of letter from 1iomqs P91ver
to a2n Thomas POrtel, commaaaant Of rs
Madrid. dated June 27.h, 1896, at Nezv
Madrid.
" Having received verbal Instructions
from Mr.. James Wilkinson, she American
general, 10 take charge Of the money,
which by letter he received from the se-
cresary of the goverumeat. D. Andres
Armesto, under date the 7th or 9Th March
last, of which was bearer, he has advice,
is deposited IN this poss, and being Inform.
ed by the official letter which you hsve re.
ceiyed on this business from the gosern.
or general of the province, of when
you will be pleased TO fursish me copy,
that said money is GOT 20 be Delivered with.
cas al express order from the said MIR.
Wilkinson, | 6nd myself forced 20 relate
Enthusiastically, some particulars to smooth
and remove the difficulty which the waos OF
Written order on the part OF the aforesaid
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easily known. twill also b: prudent 10
carry some barrels wi,hou, money, 10 or.
der to sell them before arriving at C;ocin-
nati, it 's should SO happen that any enc
should otter to buy these goods because
not to sell shem when it might Be done to
advantage, would excite suspicion; and
20 complete the Disguise, i, would be well
10 take certain quantity Of powder and
rum. If these dispositions should appear
defective. beg you may|make such changes
as may be 10 your mind. God preserve
You many years.
THOMAS POWER.
Don Thomas Porsel
New Madrid, .1anc q, 1896.
No. II.
Translation Of a letter from dan Thomas
PorteIto Mr.. Thomas PozUer dated NezU
Madrid, Tune eth, 1896.
g Having well considered the contents
of your letter of chs day, mention .has
agree in every 'hiag, 10 the whole Of the
reflections you.place before me, snd altho'
al Grst sight it appears 'ha, cugh, to avail
the decision Of the goverpor-sensrsl as he
prescsibes to me IN his official letter of
the ooh January, of the present year, and
of Which eeclost VOC copy which yoa
request OF me, The circumstances whI.h
you expose are such that they leave ne
nothiug more to do than 20 cell you 20 or.
ward me q memorandum OF the nuaosr
of pounds of coffee, sugar, barrel 10
waich 10 Gil the powder and run yo, de-
sire for your expedition. because so soon
as receive it will get il ready IS you
desire, informing you tba. for I'll; Uaer
chandige you mest align me an aknow
ledgsmeot CT having received it, &c. and
for The money receipt, as the ast,rney OF
general W!kiosoo.
Ia orde: that the barge may be eads as
YOU may waut it have written az Official
letter to tie lissteDaus colonel dou Vincent
FolCd, tina. he may send ii as soop rs
possible, becsuse "a no;hing was said to
ms Of what you have now nlcn toned re.
spee,ing it, Mr. Fraocis Lsug on asked it
ce me for 90 affair Of service, aod took il
loaded with co 10 the tort Of San Fera1-
do. and il has 90, been rearued, slthsugh
I have required il, thinking it nigh, be
wanted here, don Vlnceas Fo.ch having
answered sue, ,ha. if had rot orders to
keep II, there were uoae 60 return il. the
Two lerlers 10 cypber remain in Hy hands,
which shali forward by ,he hys. safe op
portuni.y with the Distraction you poiotl
out, No. i. to The governor general, aod
No. Q 10 the governor Of Naichez.
A, fer packing the eaon@y and arranging
the barrels, as soon rs they are ready. b
tween you and myself all this raay be don
without aoy one else acqaiylng knowiedg
of it. God preserve you many years.
New Madrid, 27sh Juoe, 1895. I
Thomas PcrteJ. | 4
To don Thomas Power. i
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nnliisy, and canno; be offered in ehins.
siop OF him; il win be oeccssary It &C
should rake down his examination {Goc.
ed upon the cations tatois1Alin,
sod If they prove material to the Hs'ni-
na,ion Of Wayne AVID his associate .hen
he must embark Nd under aHlious
name, at New Orleans for PhlAphi.,
aud having arrived ,her-, muss ID him
10 some retired plaza. and cal! go ne
under cover Of she nisns--sot fdtr cd.
vice, YOU will hear Of me &c If
Nd cannot be prevailed upon5re.urn
under dispositions favorable tokrview.,
theo let his declaration en- oa'litircum.
s.an'ia'ly taken 10 all the poinenume.
rated IN the iaterrog s,ions, in ihrssence
OF Dr.. :iowers. eoscnei Brni Daniel
Clarke, or apy lhres CT foufgcte mass
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To don Thomas Power.

General Wi'kiuson's secret iastyuc'ionso
Power, in the hand zvrlting Of p NsIf,
general l7iAhiason's agent.
To proceed 10 Gas!ipolis, 10 make b.
plicalion and propositions 10 the leatgl
characters there, 20 induce than to ,p g
TO New Madrid, With all the FrenaotI
she settlement to urge this poinl 10 kch
measure as to attract the attention ofne /
public officers share, whose rspo:: ,ohe !
executive will Immediately follow, anf
Will account for his f,equeat miss;0 70
that place to return as rapidly as FISH |
bic. to load with aour and proceed WI oN
a moments delay to New Orleans ,Ee
route 10 see Newman, and 10 cot %
the subject Of MS dese:sion to iorn
him of the facts which have uaN,el,
and the opinions prevaiep, scur,e
his returu az 'he request Of all his feo!s
10 ASSURE him OF safety, and d svh
rewards as he nay demand All, "a.
being Pafdoned for The imputed Etne.
20 further process can lie asaias hn
for the same. that he cath which lswss
saborned to take, being made Will IN
Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1808-06-22
Port of Baltimore.
ENTERED,

ENTERED,
Schooner Fame, captain 3. Dange,6eld,
IL days from ST.. Bartho!emews Sugar
and Ccffee--R Yeitch x CO. aud n.
Waules & Co. This is one Of the vessels
,ha, sailed from this port in ballast.
Flour 20 dollars, corn dollars per bu.
shell. Flour was 22 dollars a. Antigua.
Brig Betsey, Nelson, Char'eston-Rice
and Cettou-to Phiueas anney-
Schooner Eliza. Mullen. KiusaIe.
Polly and Sally, Sicily, Bsllmore
Louisa, CDIlen, Vienna
Sloop Friendship, Imley ditto
CLEARED,
Schr. William & Mary, Butts, Norfolk
Uoion, Jones, Snovtaiil
Kind Providence, Jones, Kiosale
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{ BY THIS DAYS MAIL.
BALTIMORE Yune ri

Ia sudden sqaali on Saturday, last, the
18Th ie,,sn, a, 6 O'Clock in The morning.
Gun Boa. Ne. S, was upset of Hollands
lslaed and sunk Immediately. The pur-
serss stewart and two marioes were drown
ed. The commandant, midshipman and
remainder of the crew were taken up by
captain Sehneeman, ofthe schoon Veto.
~ which vessel wasin sight when the &C.
eiden, bappeoed, and in which they arrived
1t this port yesterday. This must be lhe
same ssuall which upset the Norfolk Pack
es, captain Ferguson, as both aeciden,s
happened on sae same day and az she same
toar IN he morning.
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ALEXANDER MOORE, Reg.
This is to give Notice.

That the subscriber, Of Alexandra caenfy,
in the district of Columbia, hath obtained
from the Orphans Court of said county Lex
tiers of administration on the personal ests4e
OF Janses carohn, late of the county Aforesaid
deceased; all persons having claims against
the said deceased, are hereby warned to ecK~
hlbit them, with the vouchers thereof, to the
subscriber, on or before the 2sc dav of De
cember next, or they may by law be exeluds
ed from all benefit to said .estate-and tilose
indebted thereto are required to make .irnle-
diate payment.
Given under my hand this ed day Of ygnss,
1903.
Hugh Carolin, Adm'r.
of James Caroiin.
June y. 3aw4w
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ERIE, fgnc 9.

We are Informed BY captain Uabbns,
Immediately from Bufloe, that 'ntorma.
ion d..becu received there by letter, IRON
Mr. Lee, caalee.or OF the American port
81 fort niagara, ofbs seisue OF SIX boat
loads of l3t,-,sh goods, IN cons. queues OF
40 anempi 10 pass The tort wi,hont laying
10 or making Fspofs agrsea5iv 10 law. --------i
The naefchard,ze, saws cur loiormanf, be
LOGGED 20 the North WEST tsading co1pa
ny AID is stored 10 The American ware
house at Nj CARA. 10 wait the issue OF legal
process
Passed through this place, on Sunday
lasr, Is of the Wyandos ADD Seaeca tribes
of Indians, from Sandusky river, on heir
way 10 ,he head waters of Alsegsuy river,
with freddy answer 10 a message which
fhsy are said 90 have received from the Sc
MEGA nasioo there These wandering and
ALMOST ex erminased tribes, manifest pa
ci6c disposition, with desire TO cultivate
klendsh.p with the Americans.
DUEL.-Ou Thursday, the IS ultimo,
duel took place between Mr.. Joseph
Hausboroggh, junior, of Culpepper, and
NSr. William Webb, Of Orange, 40 So
deu,s OF Sssp.snsbarg Academy, Virginia
The former received The ball from his ad :
versasy rs pistol his left sh'gh, from whiah
however isis hoped No aerioos dsnger will
resn,s, as,he bali has been happily extracted.
For this OF nce, committed 10 aopeo VIC.
leoce of he laws of the academy, the yoaog
gsnsiemen have both been expelled. he
secrecy with which this preposiesous at
fiar was conducted, deprived bosh the
professors and trustees cfihe power CT pre-.
ssosisgn by a timely Interference. 90
(V5r. Her,.
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Frsm sse Philadelphia Register.


II AMID the scenes of misery and dis.
Hess, with which the desolauog policy Of
an iaabscile and pFsludicrd ADMINISTRATION
has overspread this once happy lana, some
consolation is derived from the r, hection
,has those Philosophical Wills o'-fhs W'sp,
which have so long led as among me mlres
aud boys Of FRENCH inia,aa.ion. are last
disappearing, and, with the nexi geaera'
election, must be extinguished forever.
Six mon,hs woeful experience OF EN-
RARGo POLICY has convinced the Farmef,
the Merchant. the Mechanic. the Fisher.
man, the Sailor, and the Labofer, TIA.
,hsir several iuteres,s have been sacrificed
on the altar OF cowardice. or at the shrine
of corrup,ioa-and that even the honor
aud prosperity of their country, have been
postponed 10 other consldcranons-
From the District of Mace to the ter
ritory OF Orleans, and from the Lakes 10
the Atlantic with the exception OF place
nsu add ,ime.servers) there IS but ope
opinion 90 the subject. and that opinion
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juno 20.
@ alexandria Theatre.

=
The PUBLIC are rcspectfpP II
informed that the above thea
IRE will open on Tuesday Euen-
ing, June 28, and continue open
every TUESDAY, THURSDAY,
& SATURDAY, until further no
tice. Particulars ofthe first per-
Torrance will be given in afu-
ture advertisement.
June IS.
We are authorised TO state
that the Occoquan Bridge is f.
nisbed, and ready for the ac-
commodities Of passengers.
May 20 DIN
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4 MEMORY FRAGlNE.AcZ.

FA1 from my native vale, ADD oppressed
with the existing evils of life, my mind
wandered into the garden OF Memory to
seek for consolation She led me to the
bank where 10 my infancy | bad plucked
the earliest flower to deck my garland Of
delight. We then entered grove, where
all he companions of my youth were as.
sembied and the song and the dance went
round on tie daisy enamelled green. We
iheo retiredto sequestered spot where
the Muse seated herself by my side and
taught my fauiterlng tongue 20 breathe the
illusions Of my soul here beheld Fame.
high seated in the clouds, who, ,hoogn,,
beekoned to me, and held wfeash of Tau.
rel ia her hand. then visited many q
path where the softer Passions attended 90
all my eteps-and where Hope and Eapec.
tQti0n joined Us IN cur wsik, 40! pointed
oo' the d,sjao: regions of Happiness Alb
sosbed 10 ih,s VISION OF psss tass, my
mine, for while forget its sorrows. The
vision was roo delicious not TO be repeated
It'll charmed by each swre, r. 10 6 ar bfapce,
lresosved 70 revisit IN person. The sceues
which 10 the eyes Of Memory appeared SO
reple,e with Enjoyment!
| artive-l Grace them al|-bu, alas
what change! The hills aud vallies re
named, but all beside were so much alter
ed, that they 40 longer bore resemblance
to what Memory had represented ihem
The pastoral Streams had been covered
tote mill ponds & he g oses once dsdicaed
to Pleasure. which adorned lis margin,
were leveled with the ground! "1hese
alterations, said |, may be prof able to
few so.dd individuals, bot they are death
co sentimental traveller who revisirs his
paterpal fields at er years Of absence !" AL
mes, every hab, aslon had undergone
transformation, aud knew not the people
that possessed hem! Ofthose that passed
me 10 my walks, few were the faces which
could recognize! but Immune, able were
those whom had never seen before; aud
l was stranger in ny native vale! l en-
CURED after the lovely maids, aud TIE
youths who had once formed our circle Of
happiness. and was conducted 60 may an
urn raised Ger the relics of Juvenile beau.
". aud to many stone that covered the
remains Of maay an uosimely departed
friend Aod ali,hese things had happened
10 he short period Of few years!
My mind siekened at the view, and
found that Memory by preserving the sceoes
of past enjoym7nts, dses bar aogmeasthe
force Of existing evils. ! resuroed pen
sivsly home. aud invoked sleep TO compose
my sgi:ated spiris-sleep which in l'e alb
sence Of positive pleasure. is the G.s, bies
sing 10 life
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Decentralization.

THE Members composing the Rife Com
pany, are requested to meet at MIR. John
Lomax's tavern, on Wednesday Evening the
2ad instant, at O'Clock. Punrtual attend
ance is required, as matters OF Importance
viii be laid before them relative to their
H. Field, SERGEANT.
June 20.
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e. NOTICE.

-
! HE Members of the Alexamdysg
Library Company are respectfully in
formed, that on account of the new ar
rangements now making in the Libra
ry, no Books can be delivered till
Thursday morning at II O'Clock
when CATALOGUES will be ready at So
cents each, payable on delivery.
James Kennedy, serar.
LIBRARIAN.
June 90. DIT
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glsssa.,s.Dsia Easlp 4Obartlssr.
WEDNESDAY, JUNE %.

Brig Symph, Tyler. 50 days from Ssr.
roam, has arrived a, New rypars. I.sfs,
SIP Elaza, Nor o., 20 s4ii 10 :wo days. the
onaY American ihSre.; cap an ~. had lot
s ,f his a.op!e Flour Was 40 dollars per
baftei Aed beef 90
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IA. .hsis divisions were not prepared % do

so.
Ofs,he want OF powder, matches. logger.
h.ads, cartridges and every means Ct dis.
charging gun on the quarter deck I had
/ oecuIa1 Sssdeace- These deficiencies, I
not Only observed, but as has been proved
By M, Srash and Mr.. Brooke, yainly en-
deayosrd 10 supply, could not doubt,
ma, the same causes which lefs the quar-.
.er deck aopsovided with every means of
6ring gun, occasioned the delay onihe
quo deck.
To Be continued.
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N O r &c II

q ~ - : - q
THE Constables gz0e aodre, that they haae
been directed to give their attention to the sx-
ecution Of the following section Of the law tor
diminishing the number OF DOCS IN ihe
town of:Alexandaa, and that they shall pro-
coed to execute the same.
June -, q
SEC. 4.--.4nd Be it furthor enacted, That
all animals of the dog kind. kept within the
town, shall wear a collar about their neckss
with the owners name at length, at all times,
on penalty Of two dollars, to be paid by the
owner or harborer of said animal; one halito
the informer and the other half to the use OF
the corporation to be recovered by warrant
before any magistrate or the mayer tor the
time being and said animal not having such
collar, shall be forthwith killed or destroyed
by the constables of the town.
FOX SHL q,
A SHARE in the Alexandra Ii
brary.
amy 70 The P'intsr.
June %. a.
FOR SALE,
A likely young NEGRO Az,aA..--he is &C. Z
customed to farming work and is a tolerable
good coarse shoemaker.
ARpb to the Printer.
1uno -. go
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PROFILES.

FOUR FOR 7'NlENTY-4FIVE .CEATs.
John M5CQNNACHO, has taken room
~ next door 70 the old bank, where this truly
ingenious machine is in operation.
John M'Connacho prssumes to hope for the
patronage of the ladies and gentlemen of Alex.
andria, as it has been his study, for ttese three
years, in N York, Baltimore, Norfolk, Rich.
mond' Newpern, N c. Charleston, S. c. and
other small towns.
All Prohles will be stamped " John Conga.
eAo'shatent" The style Of cutting and pen.
Cling the hair can be seen at thereon Those
ladies and gentlemen who would wish to have
their Prohles retaken, can have them, or thei.
money returned, provided they return
the first set
Proiiles will be neatly framed at the room.
June y COST
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ORPHANS COURT,
.HleLQnd,T0 Countu lime term, 1909,

ORDERED,
That Hugh CaxoAn, administrator of James
Caroin, deceased, Go insert the following adj
vertisement twice in each week for a weeks.
In the Alexandris Daily Advertiser. ~
Taste,
ATFYAMDEp sOopr
Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1808-06-03

to use John Randolph as an in.tru.
ment.
For tits fact that Robt. Coodloe
Harper is the man who set on Daniel
Clark to furnish John Randolph with
all the stuff that he has ranted about /;
and upon which, in the fury of All ex
asperated mind, he had the indiscreti-
on to make declarations and promises
which he has never been able to fulfil.
The enemies of the public happines, and
the adherents OF Great Britain, have ieag
ed-and tor general Wilkinson, though it
mas been productive OF anguish and morti-
hcauou it will turn out a fortunate combi..
nation, since it will be the means not only
of generating himself, and putting his e..
nemi:s TO shame, bur it Will shew the ma.
ton In more conspicuous light, the dan.
gers which the man has had to encounter,
who saved his country from treason and
traitors.
AS to governor Folch, or the Spanish
Court, every man must see in the recent
revolution in Spain, that such allegations
concerning that court, are the invention of
a tool or a knave who thinks the public as
great fools as he is knav sh DANIEL Clark,
who reve Sed all the secrets of So iin. when
he was there an officer, revealed nothing
thatth SO c nnent ot tbe u s tn ughtw 2
thy OF acting upon in any other way than
IN be ngs guardediy eau ious OF Clark but
it seems that Folch has now all his clerks
at work.
Such stuff as this may deceive those who
have no other resource-but the time is
very close at hand when the adnerents of
A. as well as of NJ randa and the keeper
ot Hell Gate, will be exhibited, IN all the
unity of action, on the same canvass, as
characters IN the same political drama.
Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1808-06-03
LUXURY OF SEGARs.

From the report of The secretary of
the treasury, it appears that in three
years, 1904, and 8, more than forty
SIX millions of Spanish Ssgars were
entered at the custom-house in the u
nited States --afcrding to the revenue
the sum of $4,000 dollars /. The price
OF seSars in HAVANA is about seven
dollars a thousand---so thst fortv-six
millions must have cost 5. 322. 600
dollars. a handsome sum to be pulled
away in smoye, in the short space of
three years Con. Gaz.
Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1808-06-03
Madrid, rest upon the evidence of au-
,horised Spanish publications.
North American.


At an uncommonly numerous Meet
ing of Republicans, Of the City OF
Albany, the following Resolutions,
among others, were passed:
Resolved, That the Charges which
have been made against the national
Government, by Timothy Pickering
and others, who have endeavored TO
inaame the public Mind, particularly
on the Subject OF the Embargo, merit
no other, and can receive no better
answer, thanhas been given them by the
Votes of the free and enlightened Sea-
men, Mechanics, and Fishermen of
Boston, Salem, Marblehead, Sand
WITCH, and Hudson, in their late Elcc-
tons thus showing themselves SUI
perior to thebase and eliminating Ar
ti6ces of the Enemies OF free Co.
vernment.
Resolved, That John Quincy A
dams, Son of the late President, is en-
tiled to the Respect and Gratitude of
mis- unbiased Countrymen, of all Par
ties, for having, in the Senate of the
United States supported with Firm
cess, Dignity, and great ability, the
Act for laying an Embargo, and other
salutary Measures calculated to main
tain our sovereign Rights and Inde-
Pendence: And for having, on various
occasions, since his elevation to Seat
n that bod,, shown himself real, in
dependent American, superior TO the
malign Influence of Party spirit, and
attached solely to the great and para
mount Interests of his Country whe-
Their jeopardised by foreign Aggressi-
on, or domestic Treason.
Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1808-06-03
WAsHINeroN Cry May, 81.


Dispatches BY the New Galen recei-
we'd by government show that the O.
sage had not arrived on the Goth of A
pril in any British port---that admiral
Duckworth had returned, and that mel
Their he nor any other person had been
able to give any sure information up
on which an opinion could be formed
in England, as to what had become Of
the R0chfort squadron.
The contemplated invasion ofSwe-
den by the French and, Danes, it
would seem from these dis patches,
had been prevented by the sudden dis
appearance of the,ice.
As it was known in England that
the Usage had arrived at POrient on
the 22d of Mar.h, her not appearing
in England had given birth to various
com In the best Informed
circles 1t was the prevailing opini-
on, that, consistently with the posi-
lively injunctions of the French De-
cree prohibiting all intercourse what
ever between England and France,
the Usage could not proceed to a
British port, and thence back TO
French port, without a special per-
mission, and that for this license she
had been waiting. The length Of
time may be attributed to the ab-
sence OF the Emperor, who, it is be-
lieved, was at that time in Spain
On the ooh of April there were but two
American vessels at Barbadoes, and pro.
Wis ons of all kinds were then very high.
and flour could not be had at any price.
The king Of En- land, however blind he
may physically be, does not at all consider
himself morally 50. He has adopted new
system. Instead OF administering the go.
vernment according to the advice of his
Cabinet Council, he on every occasion now
takes his own way, and gives his orders
to his councillors around him. as the mere
organs of ais will and pleasure.
MARRIED on Saturday the % n uI' by the
Revd Mr. Buchanan, Mr.. Wm. p GsAvE, TO
he amisble and accomplished Miss ELIZABETH
HAYS, all Of this city
DIED---On Sunday last. Mr.. AEuzR ON
RoYsTER, Of the county ct Cpochland-- His
death wss oceasiOned by fall from his horse
few days before
On Monday last after Il shor, III
ness CHARLES F. BArEs, Esq. attorney a, law
---also Ut the county Of Goochland.
For laws Of Congress see last page.