Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1808-1812, 1809-09-30

in cary. .,c,oek on the second day (the 6th)
a. r-such renewed the attack with great
.ne md when the centre right wing OF the
Jury l:.,r IAN had gained such advantages, as
As lromise complete victory, the enemy
60 ;ih fresh divisions and superiority IN
win ahsr, suddenly forced the left wing near
s Saausdi,el, and compelled it to fall back.
Ns ~. bulletin concludes with saying, that
~ WING of the army was threatened,
as ~. Charles tho, it right to order re-
pr IN order to take new position, and to
ue the communication with Bohemia
c 1s.., rs,reas was accomplished in the best
Nv s.r and without any remarkable loss
1: ~ .'sa,ed that the loss of the French on
=. le(t wing, and in their centre was very
Wv wv, and that the Austrians made 5000
s ;.oners. also 10 pieces of cannon with ara
P "o;,;on neither was there any pursuit.
, %S. French bulletin confirms the latter, for
:. army did not advance untll the next
~s,n;Dr il also states :" that their left wing
~. surrounded "at 500 toises." The
T W. writer appeared to study ambiguity.
Irnon the whole, we NAV fairly conclude
,s,tb 10th armies were much disabled and
,,s;r losses NAV probably have been nearly
., As TO their making peace without
more fighting, it appears unlikely; because
n, same reasons that might induce the
French emperor to agree to 1t, VIZ. the d.
rnu,ion of his best troops--the war in
SDain--the risings in different parts OF Ger
.manv. and discontents elsewhere--,le di-
versions to be made by the English at Sc
veral points, and the hardness of the Rus
slams in advancing, it is supposed, would
encourage tine Austrians to continue the
var.
Look no, thou on the liquor when it spar
les, "when it giveth its color in the
cup, when it moveth itself Alright: at the
last it biteth like a serpent and stingeth
like an adder" Solomon.
There is no prevailing evil that in such
uder.e debauches the morals, poisons the
happiness and threatens to destroy the liber-
ties of the people of this country, as the ex-
tessve and INCREASING use OF ardent spi-
ITS The extreme danger to the public, as
we'll as the ruin to individuals and to their
hmilies resulting from this pestilent source,
We intend to make the subject of frequent
ariTnadyersicn. In vain have the sages OF
Ills country formed republican institutions,
IN vain has the blood OF its patriots and he
,oes been shed, and in vain may we boast,
Indeed not long can we boas) OF civil
freedom, if the fatal practice Of using ar
tent spirits as common and daily bcve-
rage should continue and encrease. The
duass on spirits and On wines imported 10
,hs country, amount to more than SIX mil
hons OF dollars year--a sum more than
sufficient to give constant support TO 5ood
schools for Ill the children OF the country,
between the ages of and II. You will
observe that merely the DUTIES upon
liquors imported into the United States
AMOUNT yearly to the aforesaid sum exceed
ns SIX millions of dollars; and how enor-
nous then must be the retail cost of these
liquors! A large proportion of them it is
granted, is exported from, hence to other
countries but meanwhile vast quantities
o q, kinds of ardent spirits are dis
ad1a al home and this kind OF irlcautac-
@rs rapidly increases every year. There are
according to the returns for the year 1900,
more than twenty thousand stills IN this
country, and their number since has proba-
Sy increased to ten thousand more. Our
ana, exceeding in one respect, the goodly
is0d OF old that flowed with milk and honey,
aoSs with all the nccessaries Of life, but
most I. abundantly with rum, gin, brandy and
Noskey and those streams are eagerly ab-
S sod BY its infatuated and ever thirsty in
.asaOltants, who "spend their money tor
y. aat which is not bread, and their labor for
a VA. which sati6eth not" The sums which
atnls country are yearly lavished in the
purchase and unnecessary use of ardent spi-
lv