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PROCLAMATION.
b Y SIR DM YID BdIR ID

"Ihe events which have recently occur
red in Biscay and the Ebro have rendered
itindispensably necessary for the troops of
his Britannia majesty in Spain to concen-
trate and unite themselves, in order to rem
der the most efficacious assistance and sup
port to the Spanish nation, in the heroic eff
forts which 1t is making in defence of It's in
dependence. Lieutenant General Sir David
Baird, commander of the British division i'm
t'aliicia and Leon, has at present to make
known t. the true and loyal inhabitants of
these Kingdoms, that he has received orders
from his excellency Sir John Moore, Gene
raj in chief of the British army in Spain, to
unite his troops without loss Of time, with
those OF the said General in chief, towards
the road to Portugal The object of this
movement is not, by any means, to evacuate
Spain, or to abandon a cause so dear to G..
Britain. Tue only purpose in view, is to
unite the whole British army, so as to act
from one particular point, whence it's scrvi-
ees may be the most necessary and cfFcaei-
Gus.
"Ca'licia, which is naturally strong, can
not require more nS,nerous army, or one
.that IS more worthy OF defending 1t, than
that of the left composed principally of the
valorous youth of that kingdom, and which
isrnow united in Leon, under the orders of
the mot distinguished and celebrated Gene
raj his excellency the Marquis de la Ro-
mana. The presence of more troops, under
the existing circumstances, in the defiles of
the mountains, might be only prejudicial,
by consuming the food and other resources
Of the country, without increasing its secu-
sify.
ITO the worthy inhabitants ofthese king
. 'icros. the most lively thanks of the British
army are due, for the hospitality and friend
" treatment which they have every where
experienced from them. And the Lieutenant
General hopes, that tiie sane sentiments of
reciprocal friendship and esteem, will fore
ycr continue 10 animate the two nations of
Spain and t'reat Britain, un,ii the most re-
poie SosteIisy.
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ny children, the d1ianie8, Pofozoatamies
Deia7Vares and Chihhnzpnns-

Defa70dres ana Chtfhd7vayS-
Some OF you are old enough to remember.
and the younger have heard from their ia
theirs, that this country was formerly govern
ell by the English While they governed it
there were constant wars between the white
and red people. To such q height was the
hatred OF both parties carried, that they
thought 1t no crime to- kill one another in
cold blood, whenever they had an opportu-
nifty. The spirit led many of the Indians to
take side against us i'm the war; and at the
close oft, the English made peace for them
selves, ana left the Indians to get out of it
as well as they could. 1t was not till twelve
years after, that we were able by the treaty
OF Greenville to close our wars with all orr
req nelghbors. From that moment, my Chill
dren, the policy of this country towards Won.
has been entirely changed. General Wash
ington, our first president, began a line of
Just and friendly conduct towards you Mr..
Adams, the second, continued it and from
the moment came into the administration.
! have looked upon you with the same good
WIN as my fellow citizens have considered
your interests as our interests; and peace &
friendship as a blessing to us all. Seeing
with regret that your people were wasting
away believing that this proceeded from
your frequent wars, and the destructive use
of spirituous liquors, and scanty supply Of
food; have inculcated peace with all
your neighbors have endeavored to prevent
the introduction Of spirituous liquors, among
you and have pressed on you, to rely for
food on the culture Of the earth more than
on hunting
On the contrary, my children, the Eng
ilsh persuade ypn TO hunt, they supply you
with spirituous liquors, and are now endea
vorlng 10 engage you to join them in a war
against rs, should war take place. You
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"Beine ahout to leave ibis part Of the Pen
insula, probably ter short time, the Licrt
tsmts of these Kingdoms, by tlfe loyalty which
they owe totheir sovereign, by the love they
have for their families and by all the mes,
holy and dearest pledges they possess, to rise
in support of their religion. their king and
their country. $50,
sunless the government and the nation;
make the utmost efforts, the Just and glori-
Gus cause of Spain will run Il most serious
risk but if they be not wanting in the nc
cessary exertions, with the help of Divine
Providence, that great,cause will be crown
ed with victory and complete success.
+" Head Quarters at Astorga, J
lst Dec. 1905" "a
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WAS FRANCE OR ENGLAND THE NC
GRESSOR IN. 1793-4( -. =.


GRESSoR IN, 1894? .e'.. :
The correspondence of our Minister at
Paris, Mr., Gou7'erneur Morris, with the
Washington administration, in 1898 d. proves
that France was anxious to repeal, her de
cree of Nay. 1898, [rcfrrred 10 in Mr.,
Cores Refort, j in order to preserve her
alliance wit. America that the French
government uniformly expressed the warm.
est WISHES for our welfare /; that, it at no
time animated even wish for any aid from
us Dat such as our. neutrality permitted us
to afford; and in one of his dispatches, Mr..
Morris declares that the French decree of
l1O5, originated in Mr measures Of Br1
tain. - t-'; -, @
The correspondence Of our minister in
London, Mr. Ihomas Pinkqey, in 1884,
proves, that the English considered Them
selves pledged by the treaties with Russia
&c. of March, 1898, to- intercept all neutral
trade with France; that they did not, at any
time, pretend to justify their measures by the
plea OF retaliation, but, on the contrary, that
they deciared their right thus to interrupt al
communication with France.
Almost the whole correspondence Of our go
Vernment with the Fngiish minister in this
country, consisted Of cohfEainfs against his
goUernD1ent--whilst the CORES jondence with
the French minister consisted of ans7vers To
comPlainfS against us by France. Can the
contrast be mistakcn!
The proceedings Of eur citizens and of
congress further shew the sense OF the
country:
Or, the 9th March, 1874, Mr. Jonathan
DayfoH laid on the table of the house of re.
representatives. of the United STATES, two reso
lutions-T nc first for the seque5tration of AL
debts due by American citisens to British
SUBJECTS the second for appropriating sucl,
debts to the reliefof those, whose vessels had
been plundered by British crnizers.
On the 9TH of April, 1894, Mr.. Clark laid
resolution on'the table of the House of Re
representatives., u. y. for suspending all com
Inercial intercourse between the u. States
aud Great Britain.
Mr.. Sedg7uick, in answer to the resolution
OF Mr. Clarke, said, that he hoped negoc
alton with England aldpfecede war, and
1t THAT failed to secure justice 1--we mus seek
REDRESS by the means God and Nature has
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possess reason, my Children, rs we DO and
YOU Mil Judge FIR yourselves which OF US
advise you as friends; the course they adj
wise has worked you down to your present
numbers; but temperance, peace and agri-
culture will raise you up to what your fore
fathers were /; will prepare you to possess
property; to wish TO live under regular laws,
! to join as in our governments to mix with
us in society, and your blood and ours united,
will spread again over this great Island.
My children, this is the last time shall
speak to you as your father it is the last
counsel have to give. ! am now too old tn
watch over the extensive concerns Of the
seventeen states. and their territories :; |
have therefore requested my fellow citizens
to permit me to retire and live with my III
mily, and to- Chnse another chief and anot her
father for you; and in a short time shall
retire and resign into his hands the care of
your and our concerns. .e.
Be assured, my children; that he will have
ths same friendly disposition towards you
which ha> e had, and tha; YOU will find in
him true and aftectionate father Enter
tain, therefore, no uneasiness on account of
this change; for there will be no change as
to you. Indeed, my children, this isnow the
disposition towards you of all our people (;
they look upon you as brethren, born in the
same land and having the same interests.
| In your Quincy to this place. lou lave seen
many of them; am certain they have re :
ceived you as brothers, and been ready to
shew you every Kindness. You will see the
same OH the road by which you will return !;
and were you to pass from north to south, or
east to west, in any part o. the United States
you would find yourselves always among
friends. Tell this, therefore &c YOUR people,
on your return home assure them that no
change will ever take place i'm our tlisDosition
towards them: deliver to them my adicu, and
my prayers to the Great Spirit fer their
happiness: tell them that during nv admi-
nistration, have he'd their hand fast in
mine, that will put ii into the hand of their
new father, who will hold it as have done.
~. TIL JEFFERSON.
December Oh 1863
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GEoRGETowN, DIS. CoLUMBIA,
April 8.
LATEST FROM EUROPE.

a vessel has arrived at Norfolk in short
passage from England gentleman passen-
ger has Arrived here with dispatches for
the Secretary of State, and for the British
minister. The English armies lately under
tne Command of Sir John Moore had arrived
ID .England. They had been in two very Sc
we're acuons with the Frehch. The first was
at Astorga, in which Spanish General turn-
ed against the English with 27 ,ooo Spaniard.
lhe EDgsish suffered much. bur mase good
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PH1LapE1pH1A Anril <

Min ADTll ,.
Atthe district Court held yesterday morn
ing before judge Peters, the marshal made a
statement under oath of the manner in which
he was resisted ON the 25h ult. by G. neral
Bright and others under his command in
military array, IN has attempt to serve the
process OF the Court, i'll the case of Ohm
stead and others against the representatives
OF the late David Rittenhouse, esq. Upon
this statement, the judge. in compliance with
ms duty, issued. his warrants against the said
Mlchaet Bright, and those under his com
'nand on. that day ithe names having been
returned to the judge for resisting the mar
shai IN his attempt to serve the process of
the court. The attorney Of the district (Mr.
Dalas) declared it to be the intention of the
government of the United States to support
and maintain the power OF their courts, and
enforce their process, and that the late out
rage against the laws OF the U. States SHOULD.
not pass unnoticed. :, =. .- ~,
The violators Of the law will, if arrested,
be indicted before the circuit court, which
begins on Tuesday next, for a violation of
an act of Congress, passed April 80, 1870
ny this act, all persons who are guilty of re-
slstng the judicial process of any of the
courts OF the UDited States, are liable to be
imprisoned tor term not exceeding twelve
months, and fined not exceeding three hun,
dred dollars.
The bill published few days since in this
paper, relative to Olu2stead's case, 1whic h
aPpropriates $4,000 dollarsl has passed both
branches of the legislature of this state. 1t
requires only the signature of the governor
to become law. This it is most probable
has been done before this time, and it now
remains for the governor to pay the money
or induce civil brol.
The tories of Massachusetts, have lately
attempted to dub themselves "Whigs'' and
to stigmatize the dem ocrats as tories, The
Columbian Detector thus breaks his 4u;t and
satire on the absurdity
| - We learn, that since the old tories have
rSged OH the svhig cloak, they frequently
look dogon to see that their cioUen foGt does
not get uncovered"
| a correspondent observes, that the Alge-
rlnes must certainly be a very lazy people
since they display their fondness for killing
time by so frequently murdering their deys
| e. --' .......-- Whig
The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1809-04-11
DOMESTIC.
FORT WAYNE, Feb. z, 1909.

The following address, from the President
OF the United States, believe has: not been
published 7 offer it to you for publication.
1t came to my hands on the return of the In
dian chiefs, from the city of Washington.
where they had been on visit.
AN OFFICER OF THE U. S. ARMY.
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given us" Mr.. s at the same time promo
sed to raise au army of Is, 900 men. s.,
The President Washington, in his mes
sage to Congress. April. 1894, said, "The
communication have made to You in the.
present session, from the dispatches Of our
ministers in London, contain serious aspect
|of our affairs with Great Rr;',in."
In the same session al embargo zyas laid.
andin May, 1894, The feohie Of Boston. in
regular town meeting, besought Congress NOT
to rehcoin.
In the debates of Congress and the rese-
lutions of the people, Britain was constantly
proclaimed TO be the first agg,essor: against
her alone, hostile measures were preparing:
and against France no complaints were heard
bnt amongst the agents other enemy. That
the matter may he put out of doubt, read
the following extract from the dispatches IF
the Washington administration to our mi
mister in France: a letter of June 10, l791,
says:
. There is reason to believe, that the emf
barge. when t was first laid, excited. unca-
rsy sensations in the breast of The French,
minister. But, yoa know enough of the his
tory OF this business, to declare, that, IL zcas
teDcHed at Great BritaiH, and was made
general merely because it made, partial a.
gainst her, it would have eamo,msed to a
cause of war ; and that The embargo 4vas re
Ieafed because IL gvds retuted Rijurious 10.
France"
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"L1vERpooL, 6th Jan. 1909.

" An orderin Council has. been issued, al
lowing the expectation of goods without pay
ment of the dailyduty imposed lin consequence
OF the order in council of the 18th Nov. 1907,
as far as relates tothose imported from coun-
tries from which the British flag is not ex-
Guided, and which are the produce and ma
nufacture of such countries,
This order has been issued we believe in
reference to the Spanish, Portuguese and ST.
Domingo trades, and whilst the British flag
whether OF ships of war, or of merchant yes
sells is excluded from the United States, can
not apply to that country. You will please
to remark that this order only RENTS Ger
tain duties imposed by the acts to which it
relates, but as the expectation of cotton was
altogether prohibited by those acts, it has
no application whatever to that article.
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their retreat. They .mayci,e, ia Corunn n
and cmbarked on board tlleit tlanSto,ta--
After they had embark ed, THY observed the
French on theTshote, and 1--WE mink. very i'm
lpfudcntly) determined to give them battle.
The brayest of the officers. ami the flower of
the troops volunteered i'm tits rash enter
prize, to the amount of about6 200 men. AS
soon as they had landed they were immedi-
ately surroundedby Is or $4,000 FRENCH
The battle commenced with dreadful car
mage. The English displaying astonishing
feats of valor. and though attacked with such
immense numbers maintained their ground,
and succecdetf in driving the French from tho
field; They kept possession of the ground
for sixteen hours after the battle and then,
what few OF them were alive, rctreatcd tn
their shipping and had arrived i'm England
few days before the bearer of this news
left London.
Sir John Moore, Che commander, was kill
led, as well as agreat many other of the best
British officers. Sir David Bairt. lost an
arm and the few men who snrvived this Sc
cond battle OF Agincours were in very
mangled situation.
This news was laid before parliament, and
the opposition endeavored to bring odium on
the ministry on account o: this disastrous e.
vent. But the ministry we're not intimida-
eSu , tuSy JjtttT lHtSHtlOH Oh prose-
cutting the war in Spain, as long as they
could hold foot Of land in that Kingdom !;
and in this resolution they were supported
by the people in England generally. Troops
were sent off from England to the south of
Spain daily {; and those returned, such AS
we're fit for service. wereordered back -
The disasters OF, the British army instead of
discouraging the English people, had rous-
CT their spirits, and every,Inan was now
ready and determined to fight to the last
The Spaniasds in the South of Spain had
risen to man, and were in high spirits
not Frenchman was to be found in all that
part of the country except prisoners-Sar-
ragossa held out; but it was supposed it
must fall, as Bmraparte would be able to
bring such numerous army against it,
that it would be impossible for the brave
Palafox to resist him. But miriads of
Frenchmen must be sacrificed, before
they got possession of Sarragossa. We
hope to give more particulars of the .af-
fairs in Europe in our next. Washington
FederaHSt. .. q,
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The following is the first articlclof de-
cree ot Bonaparte. dated sBurgos. Nov ID,
1908:
The Dukes of Infantado, Of jHigar, OF
Medina Cell, and of Ossuna. tie Marquis
OF Santa Cruz, the counts of Ferrnn, Nunez
and of Altamira, the Prince of Castel Fran
CO, the Sieur Pierre Cesaitos, minister
OF State, and the Bishop of Sahtander, are
declared Traitors to France ard Spain, and
Traitors to the two crowns As such, their
persons shall be seized and brought before a
Military Commission, and shot--Their pro-
perty, movable or immovable, shall be con-
fiscated in Spain, in France, in a,e kingdom
OF Italy, in the Kingdom of -Naples, in the
Papal States, in the kingdom of Holland,
and in all countries occupied by the French
arms, to defray the expences of the war;
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In addition to the particulars which we
copy from the Norfolk Ledger, it is stated
that the central janta had retired to .Cadiz ;
that the troops which occupied the heights
OF .Corunna were composed of picked body
OF Highlanders comm anded by SIR Iohn
Moore, and that they were all cut to pieces.
....BdLt. finer.
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BY a'clause added to the supply. bill, on
motion of MIR. Candy, of Saratoga, the Put.
nc Printing is taken from Mr.. Cheetham
OF New-York. Mr.. Buel of Ulster, MIR.
Walker of Utica, and Mr.. Reynolds of Sa-
lem-Mr. Southwick remains the only prin-
ter for the state. This clause passed in the
Assembly by a large majority-Ihe bill is
now before the Senate. Doubts are enter
tanned whether the clause in question will
pass that ilouse...Aibany Gag.
Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1808-1812, 1809-10-13
FOR SALE,
October S.

A TRACT of LAND, where Captain
N James Deneale formerly resided, near
Fairfax court house, containing about 2oe
acres, whereof Mr.. WALTER Low lives-he
has rented it for the next year Tor one nun
dred dollars per year. Possession VIII be
given next Christmas come ayear.
ALSO,
A tract of LAND in Fauquier county, adj
Joining the Thorougafare Mill Tract, on the
west side of the Bull Run Mountain, where
ON now live, containing between and 500
acres as good a farm as any In the county,
,hs best meadows in the county, with good
Young orchard and good new dwelling house.
+ is unnecessary to say any more about the
above lands, as it is supposed that no person
posses.ion Will be given the place I live on
next new years day. ~,
James Gunnel:
Fauquier County, Oct. -. a.ssth Dec
Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1808-1812, 1809-10-13
A GREAT BARGAIN.

THE subscriber wishing to remove to the
western country, will sell the FARM on
which he resides in Fairfax county, II miles
from Alexandria, 9 from George Town ter
ry, and about the same from the Potomac
bridge crossing to the city of Washington
in healthy, agreeable neighborhood, con-
tanning about 40 acres, on which is conve-
nient dwelling house, large enough for a gen.
teel family, together with all the outhouses
suitable, all new or nearly SO an orchard of
apple trees of selected fruit, together with
different other fruit trees, proportion OF I'M
proved meadow for the scythe, and large
norton more may easily be made. Any per-
son inclined to purchase may knew'the terms
by application to Mr.. JoHs DuLIs, adjoining
the said farm, or the subscriber on the pre- pre-
E, Dulif1. Z
DIFF
Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1808-1812, 1809-10-13
Edmund J. Lee,
Trustee.
dts
September 10.
Twenty Dollars Reward.


RIM AWAY, from Mr.. Zachariah Gard
ner's mill, on .dccotink, on Monday last ne
gro man, named JACK, calls Mmsty Jack
Moreton, about 5 feet inches high, IS or 26
gears ofoge, sveH naade and black, marked in
TIKI. face goith the small for, has a scar on one
ofhis eye brovus nearly an inch acress, and as
zueH az reco.yected !. is on, The right one--his
RIGHT thumb hds received a zuound IN the second
Joint, and as well as recotlccted the middle fin
Ger Of the lcfi hand has been cut of near The
root The nait, he hangs his head zvhez stlokea
to-his clothing not recoHected 1 will siUe the
above reward for ahhreheadans and securing
said runaway so that get him again, and req
:on.a6le charges if brought home.
VIM. Holiday.
October S. vi
Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1808-1812, 1809-10-13
IOHN DUFFEY,
October IL.

CONlB-1LdKER
ID ESPECTFULLY acquaints his .ffTe'1ds
N end customers, that he has RECOMMENDED
tie Comb-making business in King street, near
the Madison apern. where they can be snthfied
on The usual terms. He has on hand small
assortment of Horn, hvory and Tortoise Shell
COMES, and is daily in erheetation Of gene.
raj assortment Of German and Dutch GOODSs
of the latest I'M ,ortatson.
6 !SehtemSer l9. eolzt
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N O I | c E.


THE subscriber, by virtue of deed OF
trust dated on the third day of September,
1907, from John Bogue to himself, Ludwell
Lee and Charles Alexander, will, ON TUES
bay, the l4th of November next, at four
O'Clock of that day, at the tavern Of Benjamin
Thornton, in the town Of Leesburg, 4 coun-i
ty of Loudoun, proceed to sell to the highest
bidder, for ready money,
4 Tract Of Land,
in the county Of Loudoun, on the north side
of the main road from Leesburg to Alexan-s
d,ia, and about one quarter of mile to the
eastward of Goose Greek, containing | Ia a.
ores, which land is ii the possession Of the
said John Bogue, or so much thereof as will
pay the expenccs of the sale and the sum Of
l4s dollars and 3S cents, with interest due
by the said Bogue to Mrs. Frances Alexan-
der, administrative Of Charles alexander,
ESQUIRE, deceased, and the further sum of
286 dollars and &c cents, with interest there
on, due to the heirs OF the said Charles Alex
anGer.
Edmund ]. Lee,
Trustee.
September 10. dts
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Notice IS hereby given,

THAT petition will be presented to
the general assembly Of Virginia at their
next session, by the President and Directors
of the Little River Turnpike Company, to
pass an act authorising them 10 procure
wood, gravel and stoneSf for the purpose OF
repairing the Turnpike Road, in the man
Merlin which they are authorised to procure
such materials for making said road by the
act for incorporating the Little River lurn-
pike Company.
Nov. 23. CIV