Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1808-1812, 1809-05-23

Tn nroof of the attention of country gen
tlemen to the Improvement of their breed OF
sheep, we learn that two young rams were
shorn at Northampton, the seat OF OSBORN
Sbrigg, Esq. Of Prince Georges County,
whose Aeeces averaged nine and a
half pounds and whose carcases 1876 lbs.
each. At the same time and place the
the heeces of six ewes, with twin lambs, a
veraged eight and a quarter pounds. The
fleece of one of the ewes weighed 19lbs.
the whole of the wool being of a remarkable
fine fibre and length of staple.
Nat. M~teAigencer.
Recent information from Washington,
which we consider Of correct authority,
states that a confident expectation IS enter
tanned that the differences between the u.
| States and France will be speedily ad justed.
Phi. Reg.
According to Biodget's, statistical collec-
| tons, the EXPORTS of the U. States du-
ring the year 1907, to all the world, amount
ed IN value to 100, 848, $50 dollars, of which
rs, 699.592 were articles of domestic growth
or manufacture, and 59,643,588 OF foreign
Democratic truth comes late ; but better
La5e than neoer.-Some time since we re-
! quested the candid part Of our political oP-
| ponents to observe, that after the controver-
! sy has subsidized for years in which certain
! Important public measures have been dis
| eussed. the correctness Of the conduct of
the tcderalists is acknowledged by those
who denounced them at the time, with all
the bitterness Of party prejudice.
Il will be remembered that on the subject
of the Virginia resolutions cur legislators
divided BY the line ofparty. The opposi-
ton of the frderalists, which then predomi-
mated, was censured as hostile to the prin-
| ciples of republicanism-as dangerous to
| the liberties of the people. Much i'll blood
was excited against the federalists but In
1909, the most violent democratic papers
| have declared they were correct. This
ought not to pass unobserved, for this late
| Justice will serve to acquaint the people with
the real character OF the two parties.
Row another great concession is made.
We could quote a thousand passages from
all toe democratic papers, denouncing Mr..
| Adams as the enemy Of W~ashingtonian po-
licy,and both during Mr.. Adams's admin
i~stration and since, the association of the
names of Washington and Adams,' at the
head Of federal tickets, was declared to be
an i1nposture. The opposition declared
| that the name of Washington was used By
the friends of Mr.. Adams as a stalking
horse" to deceive the people. Now we see
letters published, and circulated in those
very democratic papers which give the lie
to every thing they then advanced, on this
| subject, and prove beyond the possibility of
a doubt, that president Washington APPROX
| ed Of the conduct of his successor. Surely
such repeated proofs of the mlrrepresenta-
| tons which have been heretofore practised
| on the people ought to do away those I'M
| pressions which resulted from those misre-
| presentations. The democratic papers now
bear ample testimony to their own falsity,
In times past, and to the truth Of what the
federalists asserted. 1t is true, the con
~cession is now made, not from an honest
regard to the truth-not from a sincere re-
pentance for past political sins-not from a
desire TO do justice to a class of citizens,
who were grossly slandered, but for the base
purpose of creating new divisions. But are
the passions and prejudices of honest peo-
pie 10 be played on forever? Do men x
| nect 10 acquire fresh confidence from the
| public, by ayowing that they have for years
practised the foulest lies, and proPogated
( the most infamous calumnies? A pretty re-
| commentator this, indeed.
People ofall classes are to observe, that
| what Mr.. Adams now feels or thinks, is not