Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1808-1812, 1808-08-19
alerancrta C ailp Gazette.
FRIDAY, AUGUST 10.

q
RP The Public are respectfully Inform.
ed, that Mr.. O'KELLY intenGs preaching
his GreqveN sermon on Sunday next, in the
old Methodist meeting house. 1t is expected
he will preach at ! J O'Clock. and III the asatsn
neon at the ringing Of the beR
August 10.
We have received information, (says tn,
Albany Crisis, on which we can rely, thu
500 families in the single town Of Salem,
Massachusetts, in addition to the usual Fun.
Der OF paupers, are reduced to the necessity
of relying on private charity for subsistence
Indeed, indeed Ito use the language ofthe
Register) " The EMBARGO TELLS
4 brccious cenjession.-Itis stated in th
Lu2erne FeGtraist, that while the oecreta.
ry OF the Treasury was in Fhiladelphia tleo.
Their day, some one asked hin. how iohg the
Embargo would be kept on -" CataM
people IKE it eff said he.
When gen. WASHINGTON, IN MS then
capacity OF President of the United States,
addressed speech to beth Houses OF Con-
eress, iii December, 1856, he Observed
that, ''to an. active external commerce, the
protection Of q naveI free IS iadispensable"
This great man was no Meerist; he was
faithful and discerning practical states
man. Ee perfectly understood the true in.
1erests Of his country and he possessed, in
an exalted degree, the courage necessary 10
secure them. Itwas correct Suggestions
his sound and vigorous understanding, that
/" external commerce" is necessary to the
well beins Of this country; and that San.
pal t5rcs," for its protection, is 'indlspn'
satle." He therefore contemplated, andre
commended, the establishment Of a nGvy'-
Such things as suD-beats never Frcsertsd
themselves to his mind nor did lie ever con.
cieve, that destruction Of our coas.in5 trade
by means OF these very gun-boats, eo-ope'
rating with az unlir, led Undergo, for ''ta.-
,ine of our trade with all the world, eoud
be the best mode of afording ''trctecti9t"
&c 1he"ccmmelce7 Of the counuy! This dls.
covely Was reserved for the ingenuity OF a
modsrn th5l0sorher.--Lan. 5our',et.
received, ty the last mail, q letter ilcm
Franklin County, in Pennsylvania, contain.
ing the following singular Information. !
publish ii without remark. lwili barely
state that tie persons mentioned in the .st
ter, but " hose names are lef: blank in Inc
copy below, are well known to me. iSf
are all genrlenenof liberal information, sna
urimrcaclL.able into gritty.
(W.asa. Fed
&C. w. Esq. Of Chambershurg, has IN
: his possession, TWO old German tooks, pm
ted mofs titan one hundred gears ago, when
contain something very extraordinary. Il
is there stated, that some time before tns
| year 1900, the last king of France wolo
be cut of-that after him would arise grs,@
men, oonquering all around him, until nc
should establish TEN kings, name should %
BoNArARTE. Ec Should continue to rel6n
until the year 1918. I hope there is an e.,
ror here often years. after which his iaa
would be more rapid than rise. This hao
yesterday from our friend l. Nhotel.s me Ma
jor II. had the BOOKS particularly exaniln'p
and stares the FORCING to be a fact. ! hay.
also learned from L. that the names OF u'
countries to be conquered by Bonapafte'
mentioned. You will probably hear some.
thing more specific on the subject bel0''
long"
Among the various reasons which Sas