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

the loom il purple. But all Was silence
He then entered a stable full Of the most
excellent horses he touched some OF them
and they were instantly turned into stone.
He next surveyed all the apartments OF the
palace, which abounded with, whatever his
wishes could desire. Helagain. visited the
!. hall, and now began 10 reject how he should
return butt" says he, " my report OF all
these wonders will not believed, unless !
carry something with me" HIS therefore
took from the principal table a golden cup
and golden knife and placed them in his
bosom. T'nie man who stood in the corner
with his bow, Immediately shot at the car
buncle, which he shattered into thousand
pieces. AT that moment the hall became as
dark as night. In this darkness, not being
able to find his way out, he continued in the
subterraneous palace, and soon died mise
rable death. g4l -
In the morakxation Of this fable, the steps
by which the clerk descends into the earth,
are supposedto be the Passions. The pa
lace SO richly stored .rshe World with all It's
temptations, The hgure with the boE
bent is Death !; and the carbunce is HKalaa
life. he suffers for his avarice in covering
aud seizing what was not his own !; and no
sooner has he taken the golden knife and
cup, that is, enriched himself with the
goods of this world, than he is delivered
up to the gloom and horrors of the grave.
NEwBuRYpoRr, gnne 20.
A letter from capt. Charles Cook, jun.
to his owners in this town, relates the
particular of the capture. of the ship
James Cook by the French .Privateer
Wagrann oftwo guns and Is men, on the
oath April, about twelve miles from Ros
took, Clover Saxony) bound 70 Wismar
the French intoxicated the sailors and
then bribed them to say, falsely, that she
had been boarded by an English man Of
war; she was Immediately unloaded, with
out the form of trial, or condemnation
Captain Calby intended to compromise
with the pirates if he could as the time
would be long before the paper, could
be sent to Paris and returned; but thinks
The chance is small of recovering the ship.
From AIicant, dbrit22.
Captain Colby, arrived last evening, In
sixty seven days from Alicant, furnishes the
following memorandum from M. Rogers
'1ht French are advancing from Andalusia,
aud are already at Lorca; we do rot know
thrir numbers, but it is presumed they will
visit Murcia on their way to Cs-rthagena,
provided they find themselves in strength.
The ARMY # the Centre will retire to Car
thagena or Alicaut, and not risque battle.
New YoRx, July 8. I
BY the brig Hector, capt. Read, 40 days
from Lisbon, we learn, that the position OF
the armies in Portugal remained as has be.
fore been stated. In several skirmishes
on the frontiers, the French had been
beaten by the English and Portlguesea--
but no general action had taken place, al
though an engagement was daily expected.
Lisbon Gazettes oftheTalst of May con-
tain no news. - :;
Spoke, June 30, in lat So, long. GO, brig
EIiza, Of Boston, Z days from Philadelphia
for Cadiz same day, ship Hannibal, z
days from New.York for Liveerpool-was
informed that he spoke the day before, the
ship Commerce, Burnham, So days from
Lisbon for Alexandria, short OF water.
pnl14Drl l'a1 yyulys.
fLahH from England.
By the brig Cesar, Powers, arrived here
in 81 days from Liverpool, English papers
are received 10 the 2sth May. Their con
tents unimpor,ant. Left at Liverpool, snip
Almra, for Phil. in 10, & brig Eliza, G ar