Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1808-1812, 1809-10-11


on of New Orleans, should he find it ne.
cessary. But as the frequent shifting OIL
command from hand to hand, tends to de-
stroy responsibility, the vital spring Of mi.
litary efficiency, and to produce collisions,
destructive OF the public interests, major
MacRea is not to interfere with the COM
mand Of New.Orleans but in extreme cases,
grounded on external attacks or interior
commosions. The interest and the import
ance of the duties imposed on major Mac
Rea, and his responsibility for the ports be-
low, make it impossible for him to give that
minute attention and iDcessant vigilance to
the command of New. Orleans, which are
deemed necessary under. the circumstances
of the moment, nor does his rank give him
a title under the existing distribution of the
troops, to so extensive command. There
fore, major Pike, with his corps Of infan-
try, will relieve major MacRea, who will
Turn over to major Pike the public property
of every species in his charge, for which he
is to take trplicase receipts.
Extract II a letter from a commercialheu
in Naples, to a gentleman in Bost0l, dat
: ed Augast TO-
" 1T is long time since
circumstances have been surn rs to In
ducc us TO address you our COMMERCE.
AL vIcEs.--Indeed, could we even
have supposed them interesting to YOU, such
has been the state Of politics that it would
have been difficult 70 find means for their
conveyance. We now profit Of direcs OPP
poreunity in the schooner Kite, Captain
Thompson, bound to Baltimore, to &C
quaint you with the situation of our port IS
1t respects our commerce. with the United
States. You will probably have heard Of
the arrivals we have had here since the rails
lag of your embargo. They are the schr.
Kite, Thompson, from Baltimore, with
Martinique coffee schooner Liberty, At
kins, from Chatham, with Goldfish; sch'r.
Hamilton, Brown, from New.York and
Tunis, with Java coffee; schooner Joanna,
Hassau, from SaleEa, with pepper and a
few hhds. rum and tobacco brig Caroline,
Drew, from Boston, and schooner Sha
dow, Matthews, from Philadelphia 10th
with assorted eargoes Of colonial produce.
All, excepting the Joanna, to our consign-
mcnt.
. The four fist came here volustarily
the two others were brought in bv French
privateer; Being cleared for, and in fact
bound to Messina. The Kite was boarded
on entering the hasbor, and taken posses
sion Of by one of the kings gun-boats.--
Our government at first hesitated to admit
these vessels to free entry, and to the re.
monstrances We made on the subject, we
received for answer that his majesty had no
communications either from the govern
ment of the United States or that Of France,
relative to the navigation of Americans, he
reserved to himself TO consult with the EN-.
peror before he decided on the subject. In
due course of time, the Kite was Set at Ii
ber,y, and his majesty determined at the
same time as general measure, that all
AD'er:cans coming With direct clearaaces,
zr7ttout having been boarded By British
cr,isers, and bringing regular certificates
81 the iraenaly origin q their cargoes, should
Be freely admitted into the ports of this
kingdom. Pursuant to this resolution the
otl.cr vessels have also been permitted to
transact their business, with the exception
of the Caroline and Shadow, whose fate
must be decided az Paris.
''' 1t must be considered that produce
cannot be imported from hence into the
French empire, and that there was every
reason to expect further arrivals. Very
probably an English expedition, which has
been off the coast, and had taken posses
sion Of two of our islands at the entrance of
the bay, (Which however, have since been
again evacua,eD may have turned away
MANY vessels that were coming here. Pri-
ces have, in cons qucnce, sustained, tho
a re port which existed for some time, that
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