Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1808-1812, 1810-07-27
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FRIDAK, JULY ~.

40 lime 81. lhey are Void " AZ
au'P We are likewise favored with the
s sn.mina prices current at BarDad0es' at the
iol' !. sincerity sailed. July 4 )-6aT'
Aas'''a'. PRICES CURRENT.
,wf Produce. sugar s dolls. per Ct
20 cents per gallon and. ca. 10 dolls
. n 30 cents and ca, dolls. Coffee
=, ,'i' dolls. per ct. Cotton l6d per b. Ginger
from dolls. to O.
tn,r;,an .Producs.l Flour by the cargo
= do, retailing at II dolls. SO cents; Rice
!. he cargo dolls. so cents Fer cwt, re-
..,no a, dolls, per cwt; White Pine lum-
\, Is dolls. per NJ. cargo price. Pitch Pine
A.. 80 dolls. Shingles u dolls M. Her
,;;ocs 8 dolls. Corn $50 cents per bushel;
Peas dolls, per barrel; Slaves not in de-
,.nd. worth 50 dolls per N, Hoops plenty
Crackers by the cargo, dolls. IS cents
markets glutted.
SH5 America.-Tne celebrated count
Humboldt, who visited our states, embrace
ID also South America in his discoveries
and IN his travels. We have seen some 90.
.,rra,ions from his views of nature, which
viii be acceptable at time when we are
,uouiring into the history of a portion of
our own country, with which we hope for
imuorsant connections In some future ages
offs prosperity. Count Humboldt tells US.
q The interest which South America ex-
cites, belongs entirely to nature. Nothing
exists 70 bring 10 our recollection the an
Gent dwellings Of men. No temple, no
stone wrought by the hand of man,is here 20
be seen. From the mountains OF the Car
racas, the desert extends into the forest OF
Guiana, and from the mountains Of Meri-
da, where we see sulphureous springs issu-
ing from the beds OF perpetual snow, the
same desal. stretches othe immcuse Del,
"a, formed by the mouths Of the Oronoko.
10 the southwark these plains extend in
the form ofthe sea beyond the shores of,
the Me,ha and Of the Nichida, to the al.
most unknown sourceso the Cuoviara, or
70 the isolated peak-, called by the Span
lards Paramo de Ia Summo Paz, the resi-
dence of eternal peace. This plain occupies
surface of 1900 square miles. The scan
y geographical knowledge hitherto in our
possession respecting these countries, en-
outraged an idea that 1t is continued tothe
straits of Magellan, but no regard has heen
PAID 10 the chain, which extends to the east
otIhe Andes, and which separates TO the
|nofaward and the southwark, the woody
pans OF the river of 4Amazons, and the
|'HssqoWs othio- de Ia Plata. he later
|S0lsH forms the pampas of Beunos Ayres,
|are there the extent Of Llanos on the
norm 'hey are bounded by forests vof palm
|asss' while the southern parts are constant
~ eoVersdwith ice and snow. Countries
-1sa0y halt cultivated by Europeans, bound
Fae vast plains of South America. The
e'u0'ries which extend northward, between
''s enaln OF the Venezuela mountains and
|"e "esslndia islands are covered with
-Ou''anlng towns and we'll cultivated farms.
-"e immense desert is bounded on the
eOu'n BY im2enetrable forests of timber,
|, '" occupy the damp regions between
ny MYERS oronoko and Amazon. Enor-
I Ou' 'ks of granite outline the beds of
:" stormy waters. The mountains and
'Ss echo back the noise of their water