Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1815-10-04
NOTICE.
ROYAL DOINGS.
(coaTESvEn.)

When Sill Alexander was FIRST appointed
20 his present command, the greatest ex-
pectatione were entertained ot the exploits
lie was IL perform immense preparations
were made at ortsmoUth.-Thcre was
such hustle and packing Of ammunition,
rockets, fre-siiips, bombs and convenien-
ces for red-hot balls, and other missile
weapons two deckcrs were cut down tn
smaller vessels my lord COchranc torsook
his scat i'll the senate, and even baron de
Berehger, Of sharp-shoOting memory,had.
at sir Alexander's request, Scraped The
sust eff his father'S toledo, as lord Coch-
rane is pleased TO inform US on oath /:
when. alas we ask, what has been done
since February, the time fsir Alexander's
sailing from Portsmouth ? Nothing.
PdrtuliHIt Bio',,ss, nasc't1t rioicuiits mus.
Why, sir Alexander must have been as
leep al! This while or was he engaged on
shore IL grazing, cattle dealing, wood
cutting, slop-scling, smuggling, or other
such mbney-mahing caIlings
His proclamation to the negroes in the
southern state, is the chief composition
among the state papers that issued from
his pen but this kidnapping system .his
rnaiesty's minister's have very properly
tisowned and disapproyed of Such 4
warfare has never been resorted to in the
colonies, not even at the time when mutual
snimos;ty ran highest between the French
and Eugiisl, islands during the last war
What would the British West India plan
tiers say, if the American government, in
order to retaIlate. would order her n,me-
T0us and cnterprising priyateers to entice
from the British colonies where they can
always land in the day time, whole gangs
ofnegr0es, who would be very easily pre-
vailed upon TO fy from slavery and to seek
refuge in the black republic of Iayti p
How perncious, how destructive would
this prove to Jamaica and the windward is
lands We were at FIRST informed by the
newspapers, that many hundred negroes
had arrived from the United States at Iier-
muda. where they did vastly well and
earned dollar day prescnly The tunc
WAS changed, and we beard dat these
poor dc'uded wrctchCs were in the most
rbject condition and starving. How came
CHS great reduction of labor to happen -
Did sir Alexander, perhaps, only picI ont
the STINT dRd able men fyi' lis OiCR estate
IN TriE,i3qd, and leave tic sichly ones 10
perish, as ne did in 1908, at 1ortolaP
Sir Alexander Cochranc has about q
hundred peuuauts. ofall sizes and descrip-
tinus, under his orders the season is con-
Tiicrably advanced. and stu We hear mr.
ching OF the great and extensive operations
he was to perform such rs the lombard
ing Of Boston and New Cork, ard burn
ing Of Baltimore, the destruction or the fri
gate 1T New London, and in the docks
and al3cnal3 OF all the seaporis-thc
securing Il Che Ualevnre and Chcsapcak
up to tie ,,-v threshold OF president Ma
dsou's residence. &c sir Alexander per
forins q fractional part Of this rognd sum OF
operations, which in consideration Of his
great and chosen forces, he could hordly
mss (aDd which, A!r. Mackenrut might
would TO God they sculd extend the same
mercy towards tic bi3ye ;ars Of Che Unhcd
Estates it would save great ac;G of blood
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