Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1808-07-02
From che TRENTON FEDERALIyT.
EMBARGO EFFECTS.

~ 10 upW aUout SfsF 1p@ystNs sA1sS >>sSS
Embarso was laiG. We have been told
that this period Of .ime would BE- sufficient
10 bring the nssions of Europe 70 their
right senses-- that afser : lapse Of sir months
they wauld yield 20 our claims, and the
object Of the embargo be accomplished.
WHAT'S the complexion Of orr LAST &C.
coun,. from Europe! Does our infoTma-3
ton from ,ha, quarter indicate DISPOSE
siou elmer In F, ance or Great Brisain 20
yield 70 Cur wishes
From England we are Informed there
appears no disposition to relax even har
orders of Couoc,i, much less TO give up
her pretensioas to her seamcn who may
Be fouod navigasiug our merchantmen
nor does any th,og look like her acceding
10 the princ,ple that free SHIPS shall make
free goods ia Other words, that neutral
flags shall BE- permitted TO cover her enc
mg's property And fur,her, whAsrenders
the pr ospsct Of her being brought 20 these
term less promising, is, that her stock Of
brsadcorn is such that very little or no ad~s
vance 10 the price is said to have taken
place, nor is any expected, nuless he eS
poriansn Of thai article 10 supply her West
India colonies, now cut of from intercourse
with this country, should produce a rise.
From France we are informed that the
emperor has conSscasedt the American pro.
perry al Hatsburg and ordered L TO Par's,
without even trial he has made no re.
Taxation 10 his Berlin aud Milan DEGREES :
and further, has even refused permission
10 the dispatch vssselso OF our government.
aent out lass win.er,,o touch ala French
8 pars on her return from England.
fron these two great powers there IS
therefore noshing at present TO wassaD,tht
expectation that our embargo has, as yet,
seriously affected them; although 10 some
particulars bath undoubtedly nave expert
enced evils and invonveniences from 4.
From the West India islands, &c LEA
the en,5srgo is seriously felt. Flour nj IA.
us,cs and other British Islands, has t.Aeo
to IS & so dollars, aud other provisions m
proportion. Ia the French Islands, the
pressure is s,ll more serious. IS mighs
have been expected, from I'll. British hav.
ing me command of the seas Flour a,
Martinique ADD Guadsloupe is atihe snor.
mous price OF 60 dollars the barrel, and
Other provisions equally high. The Spa
nish Territories bordering on our southern
fron,ier. are stated also TO be IN ex.rsmc
wsos Of the neccssaries oflife.
Thus far we have the effects OF the EN-
barge for six wont1s It's pressure apon
the West Indies is most severe. Upon
Europe it does DOT appear that its effects
are very commanding.
We must not be surprised If the continu
suce Of the embargo dses nat raise the
price of provisions in the Brisish West 10.
dies much above the prcsent standard; nay.
We must not be surprised, if 4 reduction OF
shese psices should soon take place. Eng
land has the command OF the ocrso; sup
pliea can be sent from the moshereounuy
from her Cannadian possessions, and from
the pressure Of the times, the planters wilt
be obliged 10 resort 10 the cultivation OF
snch OF the necessaries of life as their
lands will produce, aud every source Of
sastenance will be explored and resog,ed
TO-
The French Islands, being almost total.
: ~ cut of from the mother country by the
supremacy Of the British oavy, must e1pe.
rience the greatest distress from the en-
barge. Yet it is not certain that even
ahese islands. though totally cut of from
the rest Of the werld, arc iacapab!s of sas-
isin,og their present population. We
know shan when FIRST discovered BY the
European adventures, they were thickly
ichahitrd with indians, who drew their sub
ss,ence from the l,and although the pre-.
s.uS possessoss would doubtless suffer
grsas hsrdsh,ps. ID changing their accus
toned food for thar which the islands
may afford vet probably, they may sobsist
asthe black population at times often has.