Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1808-1812, 1811-05-28
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THE VERY AGE AND BODY OF THE TINE
HIS FORM AND PRESSURE
TUESDAY MORNING, Mar %.

TUESDAY MORNING, Mar %.
as we have been often accused of not
paying sufficient Difference to the opinions
Of Col. Duane, We publish the following
specimen Of his political discernment
From the .4urOrd.
We do not believe the rumour of the ma
val action, because it would be such all exerti-
on of magnanimity and virtue as we cannot re-
soncile with the councils that produced the
repeal Of the embargo, and the various nuga-
tory and faithless measures of the 10th and
18th Congress.
Besides the above beautiful compliment
to the administration, the Colonel assigns
other reasons, equally unanswerable.
We extract Reason the Fourth
Because our own rulers are much more
engaged in measures for future elections, than
IN measures which would rebound to their
honor, and the interests and the liberties Of
this nation, which if they did attend to would
render their election sure, without the little
vexations attending the distraction of two or
three Of the principal states, in order to ride
over them during this artificial distraction"
Here is modest hint that our rulers
can secure their reelection by going to
war with England. The Colonel tells us
that although his opinions are bottomed
on the s. calculations of plain common
sense" nothing would give him more sa-
tisfaction than to be mistaken on this oc-
casion y We should feel inerpressible de-
light (repeats the Aurora in being mistak-
en- on this subject" But still he believes
not the rumor Who can doubt his pene-
tration nozo ? Who will hcnceforth dare
to question his predictions
The Enquirer seems determined to
wait no lonssr for the Aurol'a-man' ex-
positions, aud threatens to attack him with
vigor. The following is his prelude:
from the ENQUIRER.
we have waited for the aurora to close its
remarks---but since the 9TH of May to this
time, it has been at dead stand, altho' it had
promised in the paper of the 9TH to " endea-
yor to treat the subject with little more gra-
witty in our merit" We shall take it up in our
next, if no subject of greater gravity should
intervene and without making any of those
pompous pledges, to produce t,roots on GER
tain points, which the aurora had so repeated
y, tn thaff
.4urora has not proved any one point which 1t
undertook to prove; but that it has made as
seyrions only, which are either false or JutHe."
A Spanish Council of War at Tarrago-
ia, sentenced their governor of Tortosa,
Count de ALASKA who had surrendered
that Fortress to, and was prisoner with,
the French, to he beheaded for treachery,
and for want of the victim they executed
him in effiSy.
YESTERDAY the 18th, convocation was held
bv adjournment for the purpose OF electlng an
assistant Bishop Of the Protestant Episcopal
Church of the state Of New-York, when this
Rev. DR.. John H. Hobart was chosen by an
almost unanimous vote. (N F.tater.J
IN the new French Dictionary, Liberty is
described to be word Of three sylla5les---the
photographer does not venture further
The Seat of Government, for the State OF
Ohio, is to be permanently fixed on the west
bank of the Scioto, in the county of Franklin
where a town is to be built, and called
WAYNE, in memory Of the hero who humbled
the savages, and gave security to the north
frontier. In Ohio there are no slaves, and
only 1000 persons Of co'or.
Phil. PAT.
PROVIDENCE, May 1s.--In the ship
Ann and Hope, Capt. Stewart, arrived
here on Thursday from Rio-Janeiro, came
passengers Lewis S. Pintard, Esq. secre-
tapy to the American Embassy at Rlo-Ja-
NERO Mr. John C. Bucklin, OF this town.
MIR. Pintard brought dispatches for our
Government, which were forwarded Tor
Washington by last evenings mail.