Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1808-1812, 1809-04-29

with Impair tally, and that we may posi-
bly, once. more see something like a return
OF the days ola Washington.
E.xtract al "a letter to tie editor of'use Free
mans journal, dated ~. Crleaas, Alarch
Is.
$ will occasionally furnish youwith In
teresting articles relating TO this, and the
Missippi territory,lf such will be agreeable.
The lnattentloh Of governmentand the press,
with regard to this country, has been the
| cause OF Claibofne's being SO long conrlnu-
ed our governor. If his conduct was fair.
~ discussed IN an Independents paper, IN any
of the states, congress would beconae asham-
ed OF ms coaetuct, and compel the president
10 remove him. Bat It IS mlstoitune, that
no paper IN the union has notced Our grew
anees-nothing can be republshs1s but iul-
some adulation OF the powers thai pc. now
are the few true Americans thai are amongst
us to do any good, unless they are aldea %
their friends in the states Are they able to
remove prejudice, and correct evils winch
they suffer, when their representations are
not credited at the seat of government!
WI, n whatever is said by tie governor is
/. orthodox, and his denanclation POLITICALLY
damhs the Denounced Such is now the fate
Of every citizen in this country. Il man
coma ans, he is denounced; If ne ofends
a postmaster, his discounts are stopped at
bank, his credit ruined, his reputation gone.
Such is our. deplorable situation at present"
COMMUNICATED FOR TIE FREEMAN's
JOURNAL.
TraasHtion ofa letterJi,0m a Spanish gen
tiealaa IN Iondo2a, 10 his friend IN this CT
ty, dated
LONDON, March ;.
arrived here from Spain the 10Th Ian.
The news from Spain has not been very IA.
vorable, the French having gained possess
sion of.ali Galiacia but hopes are vet en-
tertained that the Spaaiards will ultimately
drive the French out of Spain. Palafox IN
his native city of Zaragossa, continues to
perform wonders. The French themselves
say ii tfleir bulletins that they have an army
OF 10000 men employed against Zaragossa,
without being able TO make much impress
sion on il. The duke del Infantado and
general Cuesta are in the south Of Spain
with strong armies, and are on the poist OF
re-uniJinq fertile purpose of maling grand
attack On the French. Ikn0zv from q pri-
vate.8 ouvce, Stat sometlblas s'0od IS ribfaing
IN The north.
Austria has b,oken her friendship with
France, In consequence Of which the troops
at Bayonne destined against Spain, have
been ordered 80 march against Austria
It's said Russia is also on the eve of de-
elarag war against France, and sincerely
hops shey ray be able to break the vile
cilsis,s Of this agent of Lrciter.
YESTERDAY had the honor to dine in a
large company with the two Spanish Am
bassalogs from the Supreme Junta, Don
Pedro Cevaiios and admiral APodaca.-
They were extremelv we'll received. We
toasted Palafox and Saragossa four times.
gCENERl~ IN FRAA1E.--The follow
ing description Of the appearance OF the
country IN France, taken from letter of an
American traveller to his mother, viii pro-
baby be new. to most readers. We pre-
sumo the description should have been local
instead of general
A circumstance very unpleasant to
traveller is the straitness and uniformity OF
the roads in France. | know that il has
become exceedingly fashionable in our
country to have our new roads as straight
as possible, but we shall loose in pleasure
all that we gain in distance.
g Nothing Can equal the dull, tlresome u
niforn1ity of a French road we were ex-
ceedngly impressed with 1t, because we had