Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1808-1812, 1810-08-24
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FRIDAY, AUGUST o..

announcer HoUcSt DcHOCF uts- w A~oS"ShS
papers have lately alluded to the villainy OF
some influential democra: in an unintelligi.
bic manner, apparently from fear OF dis
closing what implicated so great man.
Yesterdays mail, however, by bringing US
paper of Berkshire county, has entirely
removed the mystery. Barnabas Bidwell,
after committing official psculation and for
gerry to conceal it has absconded, to save his
ears.
That our readers may know how great
an ornament his party has los. by his flight,
we must inform them, that he has enjoyed
almost all the honors they could bestow up
on him. He was at the time of taking leave,
Attorney General of Massachusetts, county
treasurer of Berkshire, & had been state sena-
tor. A few years ago hewas elected to Con-
gress, affected to dispute the lead of the
house with Mr.. Randolph, and, after Mr.;
Rs separation from the court party, AFRO
gated that distinction without opposition.-
Fed. Rebub.
Presidential Escabs.--During the thun'
der storm of last Monday evening, the
house of the tenant on the estate of major
James E. Smith, near the Lazaretto, was
struck with lightning. The fluid descend
ed by the chimney, the top of which was
totally demolished, to a room about IS ieet
square, in which were the tenant, his wife,
five children, and lad and young woman
who had taken shelter from the storm. The
whole we've prostrated by the shock, some
of them severely burnt, and the young wo-
man, who was the most injured, lay aPPa'
rcntly dead upwards of 20 minutes. Cold
water and bleeding restored her to ANNA
ton. The shirt was burnt to finder on the
boys back, and the young woman's shoes
crisped as if they had been in the fire.
They are now considered as out OF danger,
though much burnt and blistered in various
parts of their bodies. They al. yet COM
plain of extreme pain in the pit of the sto-
mach.
There was a ten plate stove in the room.
The fluid appeared to be scattered over the
apartment, and every pane of glass in the
house was shattered to pieces.--Ff. T9ur'
Extract ofa letter from an american at "a
RS, dated the 1oM ct LVay.
What does our wise and energetic adj
ministration mean to do to extrlcate 'ne'"'
selves from the present disgracetul and H.
ined situation, to which they have brought
our poor, degraded, and unhappy country
hy their partial, vacllatlng and dsstard'y
measures? The name of an American has
become a reproach and bye-word among
the nations of the earth, & even the French
themselves respect the English, although
omen enemies, much more than they DO the
good citizens of the most emil eh'eneo. ma
ton on earth" The hand OF violence is a.
broad. and would advise all my friends to
trust no more property abroad, tor raPaclty
i, invited to plumber and rob US with 'mPu.
nity, knowing tina. we have no government
80 resrnt our injuries and demand redress.
6 Paris is very different from what 1t
was in 'ee, under the dreadful and unh'hg'
ing reign of jacobinism. The emperor mas
Destroyed ali factions & without any o d! G
she in France. His power at home is De-
vopd the reach of being shaken, tor ne mas
not onlv the armies, but, since his marriage
with the niece of Louis 18th, and by his u u
MON with the oldest dynasty in Europe nc