Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1808-1812, 1810-09-18

f1lsi,r Humaiae,," by the celebrated Mast
Tor, appe ars 10 me very aprope attes reading
in Governor Gerry's inaugural Speech to
the Legislature ct Massachusetts, his ex-
traordinarv panegyric on Napoleon Bona
nar,e, If convenient and agreeable to you,
riease give it place in your paper.
Yours. &c. AN AMERICAN.
. /" What is sovereign born with fiery
valor, and whose brightness shines every
where from his earliest years, ii the tear ot
God does not conduct and moderate him
n uezy and malignant star, which announces
onlv calamities TO the earth: The more he
shall encreasc in his fatal course, the more
shall the public mlserles encrease with nm !:
His most rash enterprises VIII otter out
feeble barrier to the impetuosity OF his ca
reer: He will think to efface by the eclat OF
his victories, their .emeri,y or injustice
The pleasing hope OF success will be the
only title by which he will justify the e
guilty Of his arms ALI which shall ap'
pear to him glorious, will become as law
full. He will regard the moments OF wise
and majestic repose, as shameful ldieness,
and as moments which are st''len from ms
glory. His ueiehbors will become his enc
mics, whenever it shall be in his power to
conquer them His people themselves shall
furnish with their tears and their blood, the
sad materials for his triumphs-fle will
exhaust and overturn his own states, IN or
der to conquer them anew-He Will arm
against him people and nations lie will
trouble the peace Of the aniverse-tie will
render himself celebrated by making mil
lions unhappy. What scourge to the hu-
man race lind if there is a teop!e upon
earth catable Of bestozvins Praises upsn him,
it is only 10 them that such master ought
TO be zv7Shsa."
From the Boston Palladium, SEPT. III
Capt. Tucker, who arrived at Marble
head on Sunday, was in Boston yesterday.
He informs, that the captains Of American
vessels taken by French privateers ard
who were at Bayonne, had comprt missed
with the capto,s. and that The compromises
had been ratified by the council OF prizes at
Paris. There were no better terms +; but
in some cases where all estimated sum had
been agreed to be gwen to the captain for
his half by the reduction in value Of mer-
chand;ze, it had been nearly The whole that
the whole cargo sold tor.
There had been no change favorable to
American property which had been long
seouestrrtd It was all advertised for sale
the sale-to commence On the 1st Of August,
and continue daily till completed.
Several vessels arrived in Spanish ports
direct from America, attet the suspension
of the non intercourse law. They had all
been sequestsred, and remained so.
There had been report some DAYS pre-
vious to the sailing ot,captain L. that Gen.
Armstrong had Effected some arrangement,
and the report was renewed the dsy Of his
sailing. 1t was said, that American v.s-
sells were to be admitted in French ports
with the produce Of the soil Of the United
States, excepting tobacco. There wa. no
talk of the generals coming home. Mr..
Lee had sailed for this country on a visit,
leaving his family in France, and deputy
consul at Bordeaux. MIR. Lee sailed 8
days before captain T.
A great number of troops had marched
through Bayonne into Spain ; and 10000
fresh troops from the north were passing.
They were wall clcathed, and appeared
chearful, expecting much booty. 1t was
calculated thar the French had lost in six
months in Spain, by disease and the sword,
nearly 100000. Great numbers of Spanish
prisoners had been brought through Bay.
onne. They were used very i'll. The
English prisoners, on the contrary, had no
cause to complain of their treatment.
The Spring Bird brought dispatches for
the French Consul.