Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1808-1812, 1811-08-19
MONDAY MORNING, august 10.

~ Being disappointed in the receipt of
our usual supply Of Paper from Baltimore, we
have been compelled to use some OF an inte-
rior quality, for which we trust our patrons
will excuse US.
Edward Lloyd, ESQ Governor of Maryland,
has addressed letter to Mr.. Pinkney, late A
merican minister in London, to know-what,
reader whether our cabinet is swayed by
French Influence !! To this pithy inquiry,
Mr., Pinkney answers-plump-that it is not.
If this does not satisfy the people of Maryland,
they must be a stubborn race indeed.
Gov. Lloyd, with sacred regard to the in
terests of his constituents, and to the official
duties Of his station, says to Mr.. Pinkney:
1t must be known to you that every exertion
is making by the federal party in this state, to
impress belief on the minds of the people,
that the general government has never shown
an honest disposition to settle our differences
with England on honorable and fair terms
and that French influence, in our cabinet, is
the cause of our present embarrassments."
Who has labored to establish their charges
againft the administration more manfully, and
more effectually, than Robert Smith, late Sc
cre,ary of State His publication is before
the people, and they know that he had the best
opportunity of ascertaining facts and is Mr.
Smith the /" Federal party? He does not
even belong to it: Federalists claim him not
The Wing, in the present instance, seems
to be little inconsistent. Mr.. Smith brings
forward charge against the cabinet, which
Mr.. Pinkney positively denies yet the Wing
stoutly supports them both, though in palpa-
bic opposition to each other! "Yet Brutus
is an honorable man; so are they all, all ho-
norable men, Any thing will do just before
an election.
We will here notice another little singula-
rity: Governor Lloyd's letter is dated on the
10th instant, but was not received by Mr.
Pinkney till the 18th, although they both re-
side in the same city. Why, this Annapolis
must be second Nineveh, that letter of
such vast importance should require a three
days journey in its transportation
We are sorry to find Mr. Pinkney running
the race of popularity, and apparently taking
such immense pains to establish his claim to
executive favor. Should he have fixed his
eye upon the Presidential chair, lie ought to
know, that if the charioteers already engaged
on that course should suspect his designs, or
fear his competition, they will without scruple
trampe him in the dust What then will be
his situation? Like the bats in the fable, or
rather like some amphibious politicians among
ourselves, he will be secretly despised by all
parties. AS to Governor Lloyd's interference
in this case, the Frecmen of Maryland will
duly appreciate such an attempt to "influence"
their votes.
The Aurora says, land every body
knows Duane] great quantities of British
manufactures are introduced into Boston
contrary to law, as plaster Of Paris
Duane asserts that the packages are CO.
vered over with Gypsum, merely to hide
the goods in the hold. Fed. Ga7.
From Barbados papers received at this
office.
BARBADOES, July 81.
The depredations which have been COM
mitted on our commerce in these seas,
even since the conquest of the French
Islands. by the enemy's privateers, ought
to excite our apprehension of further at
tempts, and encrease our energy to pre-
vent their success. OF this, however, We
have to state three fatal instances within
the last and present week for, by the ar
rival yesterday Of the schooner Ann, TAX
en- on her passage to Demerary, by the
Due de Danztic privateer, having on
board the crews of two captured merchant
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