Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1808-1812, 1809-02-08

- " "t4 $3.50 " ol'PooS6 70 thaRs
Emperor in that quarter. 6. r. Na1
provisions, indeed, we must a:,l III
our former opinion; and still entLr r.S.Sir.
lht,,>c, that this may be the nrincinaI ). va "
this failure Of moiestat'oa. n loo$;;s
the map with some attention, we can,.S S
silly persuade ourselves to think, ,b,t 0. y.
such a body of forces hanging pnaa
right fink, and ready to attack h fsa
unless he can import numerous FRESH / I|
from France, now that he can kr.n
coast open near Fontarabia and S.. SpI
tar, the French Emperor or Ma, sbays
will venture to advance nuch beyond r.
COS. On his left, should he aitgnn ~
push forward by that route, we trus r ], y
the brave Paiafox will make that succs.I
resistance, for which he has been cI,ss su
celebrated and in front, we hope, he y
have to face an army Of patriots, thousb.
of veterans, that will not prove intern,
spirit and courage to their couutryme,
From Arragon and Catalonia, it is true 4
recent advantages Of the French in Oldcn
lie have ,occasionea a want of recent COW
m,lnications !; but, SO far as we can c,i,.
from the Spanish papers which have Teach
ed us, the patriotic cause is gaining rron5
on and near the Mediterranean shores
We still have no account OF the Usys,o
of
FRANCE,
from the seat of war; who is either inv.
Hoped amongst his own troops, and ,svs
Ing plans for overcoming the rssstan,,h
so unexpectedly meets with, and fraIy {.
subjugating Spain; or, perhaps, WHEN |, |
finds himself foiled, as in Egypt, befortls
shameful and cowardly ssuiking from tint
country, to avoid the disgrace Q. a sq-rsa,
er to the cowARDLY English. Who thin
was the coward, it may be asked An
whose was the INv1NciBLE legion yhat /,
its standard? IF he fears sim!!2r result
in Spain, he may be meditating plan
depart from the scene Of it, to throw tltp
dunn OFF his own shoulders, by ixngha
an inferior. W we fear, SO long Bh
can import his numerous supplies Of 70.
bers from France, and can find mcamn
suosis5 them by any means whatever, att
risque Of" pestilence and famine" aniev.
~ destructive measure of wanton caras
and unfeeling bloodshed, he will hav' lid. |
rrmorse in sacrificing his eonscrpts or h5
veterans, to satiate his ambition or to GIL! /
his revenge, by myl'iads and myrlads. Vi /
by an indirect communication We bare |
heard something of his return to Paris and
from thence to Bordeaux but in sch
cilcu;tous way, that it can only be meant
in our opinion, as an alarm to the enp:ru
of Germany. In the present state ofn
Continent, we cannot see what other o!N
he can have in view, BY going 50 FAR ou q
his way as Frankfort? Through the MT
dunn OF Dutch papers, news from PnE'
SO late as the 17th, take no notice Oh Inc
Spanish papers thouga the confess "
tween T1larshaI Ncy and General BA&
were Only about $50 miles distant froi .
Perhaps they were not interesting enoas5
70 be transmitted as speedily as Nigh. l'@
been, especially on the earlier DAYS OF ms
hard tongrt eng4gelntass. " nE"
pare ourselves however, to look tor 'oH
earlier intelligence, which from Inc o27'l /
recent arrived, viii no a9M
be magnlhed into total annMllatlol oi@
Spanish army.
PORTUGAL
Affords us but little Information, eS'cF s
imp the existence of mal-conEnt parry" i
Oporto, to which we sufficiently aiiua'eI
oar last. We should have wished 70 d.
that the Portuguese We're moreFarS'''..
their own cause, and that they pa t0''P"'
of emulation in higher degrel t'aa s ,Ih.
at present to possess them. W snouu%
very reluctant in coupling such pA,fBDa
ic disposition with the causes P tD' w. I'd
vention of Cintra; though WI nave TO-
,,,r tio,,ryts Iono treasured upEtnSS u