Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1808-1812, 1809-11-23

tending for the freedom Of the sea, But
what reason have we to believe 'him or
what reason have we to doubt that he would
be the tvrant of the sea if he had it in his
power? Is there single country that his
power reaches, which does not smart and
groan under the rod of his dominion? Ills
allies, wha, are they better than his slaves!
IF he exact money Of them, they must give
it. IF he demand troops, they must grant
them. IF he bid them shut their ports a
eainst their old commercial customers they
! must instantly shut them. Can it be be-
lieved that such tyrant upon the land,
would not, if he could, be equally despotic
upon the sea?
Again, Judge what Napoleon would do
to as, from what he has done already.--Hs
has, in violation of express treaty stipula.
tons, interdicted our commerce, sunk and
burned our vessels, sequestered and confs-
Gated cargoes to an immense amount, and
imprisoned many of our seamen. 1t is
therefore fairly presumable that if he had
/ the dominion of the sea, not single vessel
of the United Estates would be allowed to
sail tc any port or in any direction that
might not suit his sovereign will. Over
and above all this, if Napoleon hereafter
should have as much power upon the water
as England now has, together with his i'm
mense power upon the land, he might at a
ny time visit us with fifty or hundred
thousand veteran troops a kind of visit
which We can b Elm no danger from the Eng.
lish it not being in their power, howso-
ever it might be in their disposition.
Connecticut Co,vant.I
The sch'r Eagle, capt. Chisolm, was
fonndercd at sea, about = half mile from
shore, tue middle of last month, 90 leagues
S. by z. of Cape Canavera!, East Florida ;
the crew and passengers (six in nun1ber)
succeeded in gaining tbs land but coa!d
save no provisions except 5or 6 pounds Of
bacon, and a few pounds of bread-the lat
ter having been injured by the, salt water,
they exposed to the rain, which freshened it.
They divided their scanty stock, and COM
mencee their march over barren beach,
suffering the greatest hardships from the
prvation of food, and having only very
ba water to drink, for which they frequent
" mad to dig or Z feet. They proceeded
in this situation FOR eight days, when they
Fortunately fell in With some wreckers, roll
ing rum, who gave them some hominy, and
rem Tered them such other assistance as was
in their power, until they reached New
Smyrna, where they were treated with the
utmost humanity, and where they received
every Kindness their situation required.
Extract otra letter fran Boston to the edif2r
of the Mercantile Aduertiser, datea No.
Oenaber II.
r'>The ship Augustus, Cheever, has ar
rived at Salem, in: So days from Malta
Passenger, Mr.. Joseph Austen Of this town.
He informs, that the French have great
number of privateers out in the Medi'erra-
mean, who captured many American vessels,
but most of them are recovered for their
owners by the British C.uizers, is French
privateers, at different times, recently had
been brought into Malta. We have seen
list Of vessels left at Malta. The Angus
tus did not stop at Gibraltar"
New York, November IS.
Arrived, Schooner George Washington,
Thompson, IS DAYS from the Island OF III
n;dad bound to New Haven. Lett there