Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1808-1812, 1809-12-09

/ 1a1ere OF fac S0ufh, have devised q new and
very curious method of laying an embargo.
They say that itimpossiblc to satisfythe mer-
chants. that the very measures that the go
ycrnment adopts to promote and protect the
mercaatile interest meaning mo doubt the
embargo Jaw and Its four supplements. a
species of protection to commerce resembling
that which the lamb receives when commit
ted to the custody OF the wolff only tend to
excite new clanors, and that it is best 1t once
to suffer them to arm and take their chance
upon the ocean, the experience of which will
soon convince them that it is best to stay at
: home, and will operate as a voluntary and eff
fcctual embargo. Little do these sages know
Of the enterprise and spirit of the American
merchant and mariner
Every other plan which has been invented
70 produce war with England having failed,the
measure of arming the merchantmen is now
TO be rcsorted to, under the idea that it will
produce immediate collisions which will ter
inmate in rupture. 1t is to be hoped how
ever, that if our vessels SO armed upon the
ocean, some little opposition will be made to
Bonapartc's rlundering and burning system
of 6 The freedom of tho Seas" even if the
ex-presidcnt should issue from his retire.
mentsssery month to sanction the system by
volunteer toast. We do not accuse Mr..
Jefferson of wishing to have our vessels
burned upon the ocean, but no ono car doubt
that when he toasts the freedom Of the Seas,
he glanccs at Napoleon as its champion.
(Freeman's Jo,unal)
We have been politely favored by capt.
Small, with proclamation issued at the
City of Sapto Domingo, by the Spanish
commander in chief, Dan guaa Sanchez
Pamires, governor, intendant, and captain.
general, pro TEN. of the Spanish part ofthe
island. The proclamation is dated the 18th
October, and its principal object is to ac-
CELEBRATE the departure Of the French. We
handed it 10 a gentleman for translation,
who returned tt with the following extracts,
being all Of any interest to the American
reader:
Acknowledging upon the nwarrantahle
conduct of France towards Spain, and
speaking of determined resistance of the
Spanish patriots to French usurpation, the
following sentiments occur:
And it is matter Of great satisfaction
to me that have been able TO follow the
example Of those patriots, by an undertak-
| ing which has restored the Spanish part of
! this island to its former and legitimate own
| err, the king, oor lord, Ferdinand VII"
From this it would appear that the Spa
niards are to remain sole masters of that
part of the island, and that the English do
not claim any right for the assistance afford
ed the Spaniards in reducing the citv.
The 9Th article deserves the attention of
masters Of vessels, as by being ignorant Of
II, they might subject themselves to heavy
fine and imprisonment. 1t is couched in
the following words
Any French individual (of either sex)
who shall come into this part of the island,
under any pretext whatever, shall be taken
upsan,l punished according to circumstances
Ind the master of any vessel who shall in
troduce, or be instrums ntal in the introduce
ton Of any such person, shall, if he be TO-
reigner, suffer fifteen days i'm prisonment,
and pay a fine Of FIVE hundred dollars and
if he be native, he shall be proceeded a.
gainst according to the merits of the case"
/ (NorfoA Herald
I From the London Traveller Of the 18th Of
October.
n0I ICY OF FRANCE