Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1808-1812, 1811-10-28

amount of Seventeen Thousand Dollars,
There was a quantity of specie and some
checks in the same chest which were not TAX
Ell. The Lieutenant Governor has offered q
reward of Five Hundred Dollars for in
formation of the perpctrator or perpetrators Of
the above robbery.
The apologists of Bonaparte have lately
discovered plea for his trcachery, which
will surprise the generality of people. We
extract it from the Norfolk Herald
The British Cabinet appear determined
to persevere in their restrictions upon neu-
trail commerce. The emperor mas qualified
his edicts TO be sure, bnt seems to think that
it IS folly for him to stand by & see his neigh,
Dor carry off all the spoil therefore does not
scrup!e now and then to take his turn at the
plundering system. merely to lessen abranch.
of the English revenuc.'
So that " the Emperor plumbers An1eri-,
can property, not with the most distant view
of injuring US, but,-Inark it, gentle reader,--
g merely to lessen branch of the English
revenue" For taose who are robbed, this is
ample consolation. Oar revenue, E" to be-
sure" may suffer little by this treatment i
but would you have tie Emperor " stand by
ard sec lis neighbors carry off al the spoil!
Surely we cannot be SO hsrd-hearted towards.
ore who loves Us so much. 1., /;
Extract .ofa letter from Major Thomas ".
HHLama, iSnhereergo 0'the shit dlerander,
G1an.feld, 10 one Of tie gamers III .Ne7v-
London, (Conn.) dated sofh Ja1y, 1911. !
American vessels arrive here in such
| numbers that at this moment there is CON-
plete stagnation in sales | was fortunate in,
;hc sale of sugar and cotton, not mere than!
80 rublcs can now be obtained for the formers
md not 30 in cash for the latter. Tobacco is,
great drug, Logwood and Turmcric Will
probably be in some demand next month
There will be many bad voyages made here
this season; many ships particularly those.
| loaded with coffee and cotton, will be obliged
! to go back in ballast. Articles Tor exporta :
ton are very high. The post to day from Pc
! tersburg, presents gloomy picture relative;
to business there ninety-eight American
vessels have arrived, and &c sales for goods
For some time past we have received very
little Intelligence from Europe, Of any mo-
! ment. In PORTUGAL, there is nothing of
war, but the monuments of French barbarity
| and devastation, and the preparations of this
brave people to maintain that freedom which
fI 10, tlo f+L
| ct, with the generous aid and support of their
! British allies.
SPAIN presents various and perplexing
| picture. The largest French force is now
| concentrated in Leon, where they will be con-
| frontct by the combined force of the British
Portuguese, and probably some Spanish
! troor3'-This from appearances will be the
| next scene Of conflict; but we do not yet be-
| lieve, I ord Wellington will expose his army
! to general battle, even if he might promise
(! himself victory for British regiment lost
/ is not easily replaced. He will rather rely
on maneuvring, sliirmishes and the distress
Of his enemy from the difficulty of obtaining
subsistence. No great event can be expected
in other parts of Spain at present, though war
is every where present; yet it is war of
/ suldil dflillCS dUu QcldCHlllClllS3 ny WHICH
! France gets not a foot of quiet territory, tho
her troops are undergoing constant diminu-
! ton. The greatest misfortune OF Spain is I'M
| questonably her want of a systematic, ener-
| getic government Most of all, the Spaniards
dread and detest Bonaparte, but they know
lot whom to trust. Their confidence has no
perfect rallying point. Their rulers and Gen
! erals know their insuiciency to oppose the
| enemy alone; but appear to regard their per-
sonal consequence at least as much as their
country's safety. This spirit presents itself
constantly as an obstacle to such enterprises
| as promise any brilliant effect. The Don can
| not do what is to be done, and cannot reconcile
himself to anothers having the honor.
HOLLAND is as it were sunk into the
ocean. We hear no more of it, except now
and then when aperishing wretch escapes, to
tell the suferihgs of his eountrymen, than if it
were a province of China
AUSTRIA is loading her subjects with
exactions, to keep bold front against Russia,
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