Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1808-1812, 1809-02-18
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.rreD.sE FEBRUARY Is.
noNATIONS.

DUNh i iNAAN5S
nee appolatsa BY Council ask
Tss 'I' 8 rsceips Of Dollars, 9 baskets.
,fssgs s. q Turneps, and %. Potatoes 'of
J 5. d the Poor
4 time $50 received from a cor
V' ,o, oss.rvatiops calculated e prove
ssq'nasn l..;;on ofan important decree Of the
'sgsru.asnt, referred to in congress
I. ysar l7e8, as saojeetlng g sns pad's y,
niut 9 o 81 rs enemies, and which eur
5oara ' VI. did not discover among the
ss.I o the secretary ofstate,s col
ltlss Pa. sfaslIigsrrnt acts, communicated TO
s ss' s,S,s i nc esd December.
F09 rs ~, before TO have noticed, that the
a ,;c,,s we're not published, because the
81 '. ss5aosea 10 be suppressed, isactuai-
'sl, 4, collse.iou, though its tide IS 50 OBJ
: - :. . aeo5d nosusPeion offs contents,
FIJI 1l. / cur intelligent correspondents has
4 :. ,.ainto anataral supposltlon with MAJ
j othsls, lf.as It dia nos contain sach de-
iI g. bogever thus referred to in Mr.. Ma
lsoas psriorlnaace,
81 asz |. sisssi,Ior, 4 year, 2 July 179s--The
zr,.noh VII! treat neutrals, as they suffer
.msslvss 10 be treated by the EnSiisa.'
4 sasbis the title given to a decree whieh,a-
.S T o,ber enornities, treats as pirates e
~ American found on board : private or
rsbre shi5s Of the enemy, without allowing
Fin. n an case, to show that he had been
E5rrs3B b. s:slssece, aaeaaees or otherzoise.p -
4 But thoush this decree is to be found in
& ssquise, IN the collection, another equally
lLarbarous, upon the same subject, but Of a
ktate, which brings it within the period Of
B Mr. Tef.rson's administration, has been
Ivhoag omitted. 1t dirocts cur seamen un-
Eu circumstances resembling the provisions
fhe above c4otrd decree, TO be 'lbasse par
run tarouJh th1 body Without til
Was il tie rage abolt the Chesapeake
tEat has efFaced these aroeious proceedings
\ Of France from the memories of al impair
Ma democrats.
CAara dmericaa.
A1ethsf strong zressVre.-A non-inter-
B soarss blH was reported in the house of re-
Fesentat'ves on Saturday last. The bill IN
sidlsts all intercourse with England and
france and their dependencies, aac. prohi-
oA under severe pains and penalties, ali
commerce, either directly or indirectly, with
aSe nations, or in the produce or manu-
af'res OF these Kingdoms and thgit depen-
ofrles. This is another Ink in the great
sysem OF h1cas focus which is to confound,
c0eFe, and conquer the world We expect
| n, 10 see the Leopard of the land and the
|'nalkol the seas hurlbled at the feet Of our
|S'ea pohtical coniurers. We hope at least
we ErantS OF the ocean will now submit
lOr'nslr own good, and for the good of
Aliiu IN general. For it this I" strong
DslsSrs should fail,the next in course is to
NV as'glet the ocean of ITS accessory supplies.
e %s snail pass an act to prohibit the rivers
Az !. p1 coantry from running into that great
sA-aay q nations until we can have
r.a's3Oie passage on it. Thus will that
| s1 reservoir of waters-that continual
ss, sss o contention be exhausted &the pi-
|,s; '' :, Dli'lsh will find their fleets esp-dock-
|.b.% )" uieir own element. AS soon as their
e hrs arc falrly grounded, Mr.. Fulton viii
|Ti,S u, n'dfr the orders Of government,
|,Ss;s ac'aohment of torpedos to blow out
We, .' v0''oms. When this is done our go
Nv. nu'Fet viii take off the charm--.et the
H. S a0w-hll again the ocean, and like
C,,S S p OF Pharaoh of old, the fleets Of
groe, ~ pf,'aln will be swallowed zip in the
|S.shae FeS' The freedom of The seas will
|,ys,ii, ensured to US, and our posterity for
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