Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1808-1812, 1809-08-04

!. and commerce, their important duties were
suspended, by an imperious requisition OF
of their services TO other.objects, and We.
are yet to wait their salutary resumption OF
them.
The object of all controversy should be
to elucidate truth-But so il is, and We may
pronounce it ever will be, that there exists
no truth but that ingenuity, prejudice, or
ignorance, or some baser motive than either,
will contend against it.
It may be useful however to observe,
that we are in possession of the recantation,
and entire disavowal of the former doctrines
on the contagiousnsss of yellow~fever of the
great apostle of contagion DR.. Benz. Rush.
Vide his publication dated 9th October,
1902, Medical Repository, vol. Cd.
/ beg leave to offer the above observations
in the controversy, opposed TO your publi-
cation Of facts.
A SUBSCRIBER.
August 2, 1903.
Letters from Gen. Armstrong state, that
it was his intention to embark in the Syren,
if his arrangements could be completed in
time if not, he should return TO the Unit
ed States in the Mentor.
Advances by the Syren state, that the
emperor Napoleon had declared his inten-
ton to seize and cdhGscate.all American pro-
perry, that might be found within his con-
troll and that he will give facility andsafe-
ty to our commerce on no other terms than
our Withdrawing from all cqnnexion With
Great Britain.
BALTIMORE, augusta.
Arrived brig Mary Ann, Davidson [of
Alexandria Il days from St. Thomas's
Rum, tie Master. Sailed on the 18th.
Lett schr. Parrot, Harris, OF Salem, bound
for Curacao, who called in to try the mar
ket. Brig Sophia of Philadelphia, sailed
from there for Porto Rico 3 days before
Left a brig Of Philadelphia, capr. Maginns,
under seizure, for having India Goods on
board. A sIoop Of Philadelphia which dis
charged her cargo at St. Thomas's and sail
cd the day before for Porto Rico. name un-
known, schr. Ann Eliza, OF Pniladel phia,
while capt. D. was there was taken by The
B. brig Suffreiu at the mouth or the harbor
and sSnt 10 Jamaics, the captain could not
learn under what pretencr. British brig
capt. d. says, has sent, nc was well inform.
ed, more than 40 sail of American vessels
TO Jamaica in ths course OF Is days, and
that the commander had declared he would
send every American be could come across
to inc same place; capt. y. further says
that. the British officers do not hesitate TO
saw that they expect,a DECLARATION
or WAR from England by the packer:
the merchants there think that their taking
all Americans indlscriminately is in expec-
tation that the declaration of war will SUI
percede the trials in court and condehn
them all at blow. Capt. d. says this was
his second voyage since the embargo was
raised, that in the course of the first he was
treated by every British cruiser with the Ut
most pollseness and but On this just the
reverse. Piice of -four, dolls. dull sale.
Captain Davidson mas met with very extra
ordinary treatment from both naval and Gus
tom house officers at St. lhomas's and IN
tends to give full statement thereof to the
pubic as soon as he can conveniently, and
means it as a WARNINGto adventurers
that way. :
To the Editor Of the Salem Gazette. !.