Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1816-09-28
BusroN, Sent. 10.
DOSTON, otpt. TO.
Ertract of a letter from .Nidshipman on
board the u. s. ship Washington, dated

NAPLES, 18th July.
We arrived at iiibralter after pas
sagt Of % days. Our ships sails well,
is IL excellent order, and was much ADM
red by the English, Dutch, and Spanish
navy officers.
+" The Dutch have squadron laying at
Gibr,lter, aud several more ships are ex-
pectd TO join them. when they Intend ma
kingan attack OH Aigiers, in connection
withthe English fleet.
&c Ihe Dutch character does not stand
veryhi8h, as they pass SO much of their
timeia port but it was reported, however
thatone Of their frigatep had taken an AL
gere, after a desperate battle, in which
the former lostl6O killed and wounded.
.Gibralter is complete garrison.
Thre are nearly eight thousand soldiers
stationed there, the finest looking fellows
,ver beheld. The streets are filled with
people Of all nations among them | saw
SINE Aigerines, most frightiul looking OBJ
iects. From morn to night there is cen.
inr:t buzz it seems like fair.
:" visited the different batteries Of that
extraordinary fortress. About FIVE hun
dted feet. nearly perpendicular, we enter
ed gallery No. 1. tits battery cut out o
the solid rock, ten feet wide, and eight fee
high, and extends nea,ly three quarters o
mile in length, no light entering excep
through the port holes, which gives it ;
gloomy appearance. No one w,thOul see
ing it can form any idea of such an. Hercu
team labor. There are several other gale
ries, also some tema, kable caves, no end t.
ono of which has yet been discovered
The top Of the rock is 1880 feet high, from
which you eau see great distaece int
Spain. Here Ga pound carronade, and
long q are mounted; how they got then
there cannot conceive.
.On our arrival at Naples we found Sc
veral OF their men of war in the harbor
bnt they instantly seemed suspicious of us
and hauled into dock, as soon as they dis
coverd who we were. They have ordere'
us into quarantine of 81 days, (whioI
does not look very friendiy) merely be
cause we stopped at Gibraltar.
"From where we now lay we can Sc
the place where once stOod the city OF Her
culaneum, also the tomb of Virgil, whic
places intend to visit. | was disappoint
ed In the view Of the bay Of Naples.
tliink if Boston HarbOr had few anclea
castles to set It Of, it would be vastly NOR
beautiful. Mount Nesuyious is however
grand sight. In the day you can see abOu
as much smoke apparently asproceeds fror
chimney that has been recently on fire
In the nig ut you can discover blaze appa
ren;ly about three or feur feet high.
We expect to visit Mcssina, Palermo
Syracuse, Algiers," &c.
Immense SncTifccs-At the sale Of co
packages of British dry guods. by Hone
and Town, New-YOrk, which took plac
on the 4th inst. every article was Go Us
technical phrase) knocked dewn'at cons
rably less than first cost. Tie create
part of the invoice too, consisted OF cloth
which ought at tins time 10 command
good price but il appears from Eldridge
.sSalc Report" that superfines, which co,
from SIS. to 99s. sterling per yard, only's
veragcd IS GO those which cost froro ]
10 25s. 81 so, and .uDef doubled mile
cloths which cost from COS to 9Os storin!
averaged only IS. And every thing els
IN proportion. F,eemdh's journal
BAtriMonE, Sept. %.
g~etosre EoRnEs:Ha IN letter froma respee
able tIo,r4e IN Boston dated the DIST inst. rect
we'd here this morning, states, that drafts on 81
tiIrore were Dold tliat day At Niue per Cent di
count
within thelast nine months the difference
Ezcbangc between Tie two Cities was TWEEN
brec per cent.