Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1808-1812, 1810-08-16
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THURSDAY, AUGUST l6.

THURSDAY, AUGUST 10.
E1tract Of letter from young gentleman
(nov no mOre* to his friends in Salem,
dated
l. /" NAPLES, March 10.
We arrived here the I'd day of Decsm-
Der, all we'll, and from the day of our arrival
have been under sequestration. Twenty Sc
ven days after oar arrival, our cargo was TAX
en- from us, and sold by order of government.
In this predicament We are not alone: there
are at present % American vessels In this
port, and more expected, scarcely any OF
which but are also seized What this I'M
principled conduct is owing to We cannot
know.
{" Our consul, Mr.. Hamet, has done ere-
ry thing possible for the Americans, and has
since the arrival the kirg, written several
letters, none of which have been answered,
though he has been informed he can have an
interview with hi1n, bat when that VIII take
place we know not. Our minister at PARIS
Cen Armstrong, has given us no Information
though letters are written to him every post.
Our consulhas recei1ed but one. 1t Is need
less to say more:
Since began, have learnt that the con-
sui has received letter from the minister of
foreign affairs, stating that all American YES
sells with their cargoes, are condemned on &C.
count Of the American non-intercourse law.
/ shall therefore come home in cartcl.''
.M the va!uotk lives lost by the anfsrtu-
nate qvreck Of the Margaret # Sa!em, are a.
tri5ufa6!e TO Bon1tarte:
Ghost Of d2g.-The following whimsi-
cal story is from Dublin paper - A CIR
eumstance, attended with curious, but we
fear fatal consequences, has lately occurred
in this city. A child, belonging to an old
woman, who lives In Wine.sa tavern street,
was soms time since, scratched by dog,
who, from residing in the neighborhood,
used occasionally to visit her apartments
Although the injury done was very trivial,
the mother viewed it as such fragrant
breach Of hospitality, that nothing would
satisfy her but the offenders life. A posi-
tive refusal 10 this awful ret,ibution being
made by the owner, she applied to a ma
gistrate for an order tor his execution
which having obtained, he was suspended
over the coal-quay wall, and having hung
a considerable time, was cut down, and
dropped in the river. Some friends of the
deceasedl however, contrived to take the
body away privately ; aud having placed it
IN hot ashes, poured spirits and milk down
the throat; applied bottles of hot water to
the soles Of the feet, and adopted other
means recommended for restoring suspend.
ed animation, their efforts SO far succeeded,
that the dog was, in about three weeks able
to run about as usua. The first use he
made of his new animation, was to see his
old friends; but having run into the old
woman's apartments, as he was wont to do,
she was so terrified, having believed him
dead, that she tell into fts, and now lies SO
dangerously i'll that fears are enterta:ned for
her lfe.--EngHsh PAPER.
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DIED. last evening after short illness,
Mrs. Helen B. {. Barclay. The friends
of the deceased are requested to attend her
funeral from the dwelling house of the
Rev. F. Barclay, this evening at o'clock.
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