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Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1817-09-27

Bradcn, Morgan & Go.
HAVE received per the ship Boston,
I'LL IRON Liverpool, their fall importa-
tim: among them are
Fine aud supclline cloths ant cassi-
meres
Pelisse and habit cloths
Double nillcd drab cloths
Bomb zettes and Rattinetles Of all
colors
Rose and stripe blankets
Flannels and baiZes
Wooden cords and vest;ngs
Manchester Cords and velyetteens
90 and ca sinshams
Undressed prints
Furniture do.
Cambria, book and jackOnct muslins
Fine lancy do.
5-4 apron checks
Bed ticking
lambs wool and wOrsted hosiery
and gloves
on HAND.
Russia sheetings. India muslins, &c.
ON CONSIGNMENT,
Cotton yarn, with variety Of other
domestic goods
9th mo 25 tuths5w
Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1817-09-27
Fall Goods

Fall Goods
ESNnE Boston's arrival tiOm England
Il brings pat Of my jail slpptes, and
lave now full assortment OF
Hardware
Cutlery
B it,aaia
Plated, brass, and
Japaaed wares
1864 lbs. best Irish glue
$50 lbs. superior Turkey oil stone
90 casks cut nails and b!ads
And Just at hand. a quantity o. Bar Iron
Steel, &c. &c,-Fcr sale by
RICHARD SlADE.
~ The National Intellisenccr and
Winchester Gazette viii please insert
the above 5 times.
sept. 2S tuths2w
Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1817-09-27
c. e I. p. Thompson

Sd AVE Just received per the ri.
III Io'n. tom i.undnn. and ship Dos
sol., irom LlveriNol. a c'ojce Sc cc.iou ii
Secsonabie Coos;
amcng thur are, ~
Sheppard, aud Meek & Co's. extra
bet srperGac imperial SAxcny cloths
Do do sing'c and double mi!!ed cas-.
sinners
Yarkshire Ilne and srpe fine cloths and
cassiIncfs
noubie millcd drabs
Peis-c ciotts
BoribaZettes Of ali colors
Tartan rlaids
Rose and ,t?;pe blankets
Flanacl,, white, red, scarlet, yellow
AID blrck
Fashionable fancy veitiHgs
Stput twill ed cords and ve!vettecns
Ca superfine Carlisle giughams
Mourning and fac fancy town prints
Rich furniture c!intz
Fine Ipdia book, corded. and cross
cord sacllarella, null, ve.ne,l, jspanned,
fancy seedlings, and other musllns
"a and Ga checks
Linen and cotton bed ticks
Aberdeen three cord wire threads, tai
lUi's color, d do.
Ladies' and gentlemens' fine leather
gloves
Loadon TRIBE silt buttons, fine silk
wove
Union, and Leopold sta's do. &c. &c.
sep1. % dIwnwi4w
Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1817-09-27

LawraSOn u FOWic
NTAYE for sale the cargo OF the snip
H Maria, capt. Fletcher, from Liver
pool, of
1000 bushels coarse salt
COO bushels coal
ALSO,
The cargo of the brig Boston, captain
Knowles, from Boston, OF
100 tons Plaster Paris
9 hhds MuscovadO sugar
ALSO,
The cargo Of the schr Enterprise, capt.
Gar, from 81. Andrews, Of
$50 tons Plaster Pals
ALSO,
The cargo Of the brig Mercatur, capt.
Parsons, from Lubec, OF
$50 tons Plaster Paris
ALSO,
The cargo of the brig Mary, captain
StackPoie, from Portland, OF
100 tons Plaster Paris
$4,000 feet clear 2I,nh,.
10000 merchantable
go barrels tanners oil
ALSO,
Landing from the schr Hilan, captain
Hand, from Pbiladelphia, and Nancy u
Mary, !rOm Boston,
9 9 " do M NJ Sugars
So bolts Russia Duck, of supe-
rior quality. sept.24
Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1817-09-27
Land for Sac.

TIME subsc ibes offers for sale, about
1900 acres pfland in Fairfax cour.
ty. not more than from seven t. nine
miles from Alexandria. Tie property
IS we'll wstcred. has suiiiciency Of
wood, and Gndsing from She condition f
small and vel! cultivated fsrns that ad-
join IT'D it is highly susceptible of i'm
provement.-ltis at present divided in
to tenements, of from one to two hun.
dred acres each provided w.t.i dwell
ing house. out houses, a garden and cr-
chard aud might, of course, be l,id or
into four or five very compact Iarms.
The principal object of the Subscriber,
being the introduction Of good sys'rn,
of husbardry into ais neisiSnurhood. he
viii sell on very moderate terms, give
long credit on the ,rhote an;ount of the
purchase money. AMI require 40 other
interest, than what the present rent Of
the land pays, being about s per cenf. en-
i.s estimated value.
WM.. u. FITZiUGH.
R.vessvorth, August 2 dysif :
Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1817-09-27
i O Let,

4 VERY elegartand convenient Dwell
- ling House, on PrGce.st eet, near.
" opposite Mr. Phineas Jannry's. con-
tanning three rooms and kitchen below,
and seven cool chambers, with stable,
carriage and smoke houses, all of brick.
Possession to be given immediately. App
plv TO JONATHAN JANEEY, or
WM. YEITCH.
september o. ST
Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1817-09-27
1879 Packag, S
F.lLL I.S.D HIyrIEa GOODS.
RIGGS x GATHER,

EiLpsN ~ u-At tlEN,
BSlDSE-SrRELq, GEcaGETogN.
TgAFM gust rsccUcd lJ7 Packages
- Fal! and Winter Goous and ex-
rcct the remainder Of tao supply by the
Il. ST ar,iya; um Liverpuo. Tins r.
l;eved b. b, he ro,t ex,ensiYc, b,st as
sorted and rsps,. supply OF goods ever
received in as place. These goods will
be sold ny thc piece or package to town
and Couutry merchants, at very small
prof, for cab, or undecided negotiable
paper at 4 aaG i ,ncRths. They invite
tse merchants 10 cali, a. thcy shall be
supplied IS ,oN as they can be purchased
at any market ia lie United States, be-
ias dctc uiaed 20 III business on the
m0st ID al , inripies, and to aid tie
camm.scc uf ibis district generally
They particularly Invite all persons puf-
chasing supplies for government to give
them all, u, they may depend on be-
irg supplied much t. tcjr satisfaction.
AmoAg lie good, .,ce.,ed are the io!-
low,n- icirs, besides many others too
tedious to mention VIZ:
Very best Lga,on oIn;hs j. cassimeres
SccuEd do DO
Thigd 70 do
Best double m.I!cd Ira5 cloths
Super pe,i,Se cloths
Figured do f4nnels
Superiine white aud cOiored flannels
Second do do assOr cd
Bomb zelt, asserted
Back bImb2ziue,
Plaid do (new artic'e)
Rose blankets, assorted bales
Point do do
Whitays no do
Striped do do
Wo0len cords asserted
Velvet, aud co duiovS do
Wors!ed, cotton AID silk hosiery
Booking baizes as,U, ted
rwiIIed ana plain coatiogs
F.u,hinss assorted
Blue and white keyscys
Negro cottons
Plains assort,d csrpetings assorted
Very fine Irish linens do
SecOnd 10 do
81 I,i,S sAce;iags DO
S. 10 do
House yiie dowiaases
6-4 10 I4I ish t!iare
Russia diapers; "a = Al fre checks
Madras aud Bardanns hdkis
ShaHls Of al kind,
) 1 London chntzes IS do do
Fine aud coarse cotton
Dnnitics assorted; gloves Of all kinds
London patent coIured threads
NcS'eH6u IS osnablrgs buria,s
!le:sians ,loulass F; white r,lls
Russia sheetinss, etc. etc. etc etc.
september q stuthSw
Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1817-09-27
Rise Of 7feksts in The
G cat Surgical lottery.

CUIFEN'S Lottery q Exchange G See
FYN!CKElS in the grand scheme, ONE
9 AINDRE0 THOUSAND MOI
LNRS highest pie ,riN risp 10 Fifty
fire BoiiarS an Saturday tue 18th 0cto-
Der, Until which time they may be had Al
COHEN'S
Lottery aid Exchange 96Scc, 10,
.Nnri;st Street.
- the following p ices:
Whole Tickets Fifty Dollars each.
Halves S25 Fifths $40
Quarters le 50 Tcnlhs 5 q
'.ghths 6 2j Sixtecn'lls -
"a Grhers from any part of tire Union.
eucinsiRg the cash. or prizes in any of the
ate lotteries. (post paia) will Meet with
the same prompt attention as if on a per.
-oaal application, addressed TO
j. COHEN. JR,
No. 40, Market-st. Baltimore.
=. The day Of drawing will SOFA be
anncunced-the wheels beirg now in pre-
paratinn.
sept. - ST
Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1817-09-27
Twenty Dollars Reward.

WHY DUIIdIo tNCWdIU'
T EFF my employ on Thursday, The
IL 18th instant, servant boy, named
SPENCER; he is about Is or l6 years
old. toIerably well grown, is bow legged,
Of light yellow complexion. stamncrs
when spoken to. lie is probably Luz king
about town, and will no doubt try to pass
for free boy. / will give the above re.
ward il taken more than ten miles from
town, ten dollars if taken out OF the dis.
rict, and five if taken within the district.
forewsrn all persons from hardening or
carving of said boy, as lam determined
to have such offenders punished to the
extent of the law. L. MOUNT.
sept q dit
Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1817-09-27
Alexandria Public. Baths.

GsVGE public are respectfully informed
/ that the Bath House adjoining tie
Theatre. is now ready for the reception
ofsi,i!nr>-thcre is a large room exclu-
siycIv appropriated for ladies. The pub.
lie hnp,o is now entirely excluded from
thu BATH house, 30 that persons visiting to
bath will not BE- !ueCmmoded by persons
not c,mio. Tor the same purpose .
THOMAS SHIELDS,
Nav n If
Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1817-09-27

On TUESDAY 10 4. NJ
viii be sold at the rniue St.re. Scr-;'
of 7, inca and Wa e. streets.
Supe,fne and Guc bTcadclot0s
CaSSmeres
Stocsiuets
Plains
Fiushinss
Cca;IEgs
't'o..enet and swansdOwn ycsGuss
Iri,h linens
Lawns
English shcetiAgs
do naEkeens
Domestic cOt!ons
G'nshaus
Glrrahs
Meas cotton end thread hosiery
silk lace handkerchief,
BoOk-GusliE u nnsi!; hdkfs
Mems beaver and bu,kskln gloves
Thi cads, cotioas, etc. etc.
ALSO,
200 barrels gross herings
30 boxes soap
50 bags fiI'e';| =
40 crates queensWa.e
10 boxes glassware
: kes, chewing tobacco
5 boxes pipes, boye. candles
Sideboards. tables, chai 5, etc.
ALTO,
9 superb sets window curtains, md
l second hand chair and harness.
september &
Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1817-09-27
Eagle Tavern, Georgetown

Eagle Tavern, Georgetown
9 2ht. subscribers respectfully inform
Z the citizens OF the District, that
they have taken the large and commo
d.oas public house in Water-st. George
town, between Jefferson and Congress
streets, lately occupied by Mr.. Hunt.
which has undergone thorough repair,
and is now ready for the reception Of
cOppany, The eligibility of the situa.
ton viii render it a convenient resort
fnr travellers; and the local advantages
it possesses, will, the subscribers rust,
secure il share of the public patronage.
CHARLES GIBSON
THOMAS TYDiNGS.
lane Is Il
Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1817-09-27
New Publications.

INV UCEHSttNf"ffD'
sUST received aud for sale by the sub
eS scribers,
The Theory Of Moral Sentiments, BY
Adam Smith
Comic Dramas, by Maria Edgeworth.
The hnalec;ic Magazine for the pre-.
sent month.
The American Register, vol. 9
The Edinburgh Encyclopedia, vol 10,
part l. JAS. KENNEDY 4 SON.
september p thstuSt
Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1817-09-27
Lost.

YESTERDAY Morning, in King !,
rnand while pearl hREAsT-piN
-.llr u" sun uhahasfaulra X viii receive
su'ta',. rcward BY leaving il at the .!
fee Of The A3xarj;ia GAzct'e.
Scrtaa.ber 81 st
Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1817-09-27
Employment Warted.

VNliE Passenger ut ship 'a'e'v arrir-
n cd from London, would b. ihan.-
fsl to meet on engagement in some line
of business, well adapted 60 his age, Ia.
bits, ard circumstances I hat being his
principal object, Salary at the cora
mencemeDt, is with Difference submitted
as minor consideration !. provided, tlat
he thereb, be enabled to discharge an
er,s'ing obligation 10 another, and pr"-
cure small reserve for casual PURPOSES
to himself. Conlormab!e to these views,
he ventures to designate The departments
wherein he can render himself chnside-
rably useful to an employer namely.
As Bookkeeper to Planter, Merchant
or Factor.-As an Assistant in Il s ore
As Copying Clerk to an Attorney at
Law, o. public No'arr,- extra Clerk
in a Banking House or Public Office -
As Teacher in Parish or G un'ry
School = finaliy. in any Department that
shall coincide with the principal OBJECT,
and serve tic purposes sub eqEeatly ez-
pressed.
No'e-Fur:her particulars can be iur.
nished. when rcqu,rsd b. letter or mes
sage, addressed to a. B. s;essrs JonS
KsTTELL and CO. or to the Printing o.
flee. sept. 23-3t'
Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1817-09-27
L all Goods

Apprentices Wanted.
FNlE. subscriber will take two or three
4 boys, frOn ii to i6y years of age, nt
,Sood character, to learn the hItting bu-
fae,s, SAMUEL y. HARPER
sept, ?T DIT
Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1817-09-27

So; lard Is ham, /; tObaccu s; rice
:; cordise 8; " P.hnber 10; P. p.
90 81; cypres> shipgles a; Boston de-,
ea5; ". q. staycs anI aeaiihg SC; L
o. slaves 20; huup, % codfsh s.; heI-
rag, 5 81 10 4-Nayal S!a,e,, 40 sale.
Rum so cents, inc'u'Iing pnrcheOn :
nolasse. So, do. d.; sugar Z to 8 80:
eoifce l6-iiiLss y c.cG-, aoIc il n.&r-
ket.
Schr Nancy Aln, Libby, o. days #
Bath. VIA Baltimore, with lumber, bound
to Washington CITY.
Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1817-09-27
Hugh Smith & Co.

Hugh Smith & co.
"AVE received BY the ships Boston
LII and Maria, just arrived from III.
verpool, their fall supply, which, with
their stock on hand, enables them TO offer
an extensive assortment OF
EARTHEN WARE, CHINA AND
GLASS,
for sale at law prices. Also on hand,
A few tons shot
Pipes in boxes
Window glass, 70, $40, and 1919
A few cwt. dry white lead F..
sept. IS tu'hs6w
Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1817-09-27
For MarselIles or Hamburg,

For MarSelileS or Hamburg,
49, The iiae coppcred hin
NSsEsas B0S FON. D. p. Finley mas
9 ::IisfTsis .'er-cayries about AGO hhds.
Having one half her freight
ready to go On board for either port. the
balance will be ;aken on accommodating
S,rms---and she will commence loading
ior whichever part the earliest application
i: made. Apply to the master TN board
o: PlINEAS JANNE1.
september e7 st
Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1817-09-27
Picking Vinegar.

4 T my Vinesa, Yard. on the east
"A side Of FairIax>street, opposite the
Presbyterian Church, l have Tor sale. by
the barrel, at S0 cents per gallon, or by
the single gallon, 81 cents,
CIIoice Cider Tincgar,
which will warrant. A large supply of
Vinegar will always be ready to answer
any demand. Attendance from 9 A. NJ.
til 5p.m. JOHN L. BROOKS.
scptpmber II
Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1817-09-27

THIS DAY at10A NJ.
VIII be sold al cur Auc'ipn Rc' IN, u
nion -Nreet.
| bale. surer. cloths y tunk fur. prints
second do sup piatcs
cashmere Waterloo st;ip'dk
| double mill. do ! case b.. .hirtlng
l bon.bazet,es,sup checks
quality, beautiful irish linen
colors do. damask
l kerseys brown Hollands
swansd'u. vest's Madras hdis.
l p'usl; cords pa'en: threads
| plains wor,ted hosiery
l booking blk sewing six
| Kendall cotton cdiOred do.
| stout "A sert'g cotton tn eads
| beaut s'ockinetI. bedlickiHg
/ Cd Cafe sing- doa este checks
hams, sup. qua: l do cham5rays
rose blankets do ginstams
| d.6ill do. 81 CHI, cks
1914 and H. / dinities
counterpancs | leno musins
/ trunk super. cali pins.
Goes
Lutestring, black sarsenets, silk coat
buttons, bandaous. shawls, FL can bic,
muslirs, ginghams ribbons, giogys bed
butons, tt,un bandano & rockei !.dkfe,
,uspendets, milenets, bed lace. born
sGspender butions, twiIIed bcal dzells,
etc. etc. sep, 7
Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1817-09-27

Lindsay and Hill.
gEAVE just received and offer for
Hk sale,
so barrels y. +. Rum
8 bids Antigua e St. Croix do
90 chests and hall chests imperial
and young Tyson Tea
Is hhjs aud 90 Ibis sugar
$500 bushels Turks-Islaad salt
$50 sacks Liverpool coarse 10
erO barrels herTinss and few bar
rc's s!,ad o! the first quality,
september %
Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1817-09-27
.lIE.NORANDA.

Schr Morriag star, Page, at G:bral-
tar 24.h JAIL, tor Alexand. ia . days.
Ship Wi heimiua, Baxter, hence, a. at
Gibraltar first August.
ship Sybil, Turner, 60 days fr. Stock
holm, az. at Charleston Goth Instant
Reports. srakc IN he liver ship belong
Ing II 9ieraR9rir, from London. Pro-
bAoIy the Fair Trader.
Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1817-09-27

Sfegm Boat Report.
The Washington got up at half past
S P. M.-Passed an hermaphrodite brig
Ufthc White iluuse, hound u.
Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1817-09-27
Sales ut auction.
BIZ JOHN J.ICKSOT g Co.

THIS DAY atl0A NJ.
VIII be sold al Cur Auc'i.n Rc' IN, u
nin, .xfrenf
The Alexandria herald. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1811-1826, 1817-04-18
NEW YORK, ApRIt Il.


The ship Volunteer, capt. flaming,
ARRIVED here yesterday while on her
voyage In the Pacific Ocean, hgfing her
crew much affected with the scurvy,
was obliged to put into the port of CO.
quimbo, for the purpose OF ,6blajniDg re-
lreshments for their reliA On TIE cap~
tain's landing with his boat he and his
boat'e crew were maE prisoners. Capt.
Fsnni G was immdiately marched 10
prison, confined il a place ten by five
and half feet sIdare, with . hole eight
by ten inches siuare, called window,
10 admit the sr, and this nearly choksd
up with mSsy bars Of iron /; in addition
to which b. hole OF confinement swarm
ed with gree kinds Of the most obnoxi-
Gus vernin. The ship was taken pos
iessiof o! by an armed force, her sails,
powGF ard arms taken on shore, and
after months detention, being robbed
even of their wearing apparel, and the
most unleeling and iDhuman treatment,
The ship was released by an order from
The capt general and president ofChl-
Vi, TO the governor of Coquimbo, who
directed the capt. by letter, to put y sea
without again approaching within ten
leagues of the coast. Capt Fapding on
being released from prison, uttered in
to firm, spirited and yolupinous corr
re spondence with the goyrnor OF the
city Of Coquimbo, to eDdayor 10 lind
out The cause of such Tedment to citi~
zens of the United State, which ended
in an audience with hisexcellcncy but
ell the reasons giJeE were strong sus-
picions that we Aaericans, were dis
posed to favor or ssist, the opposGrs OF
The present govehment of Chill This
and other false iserences, his excellena
cy s,a,ed, impfiously obliged him. by
The orders head received, TO treat US
in such mdner'
Captain tanning saw at Coquimbo
wbalebogs and try works, which he was
inform1 by one Of the cficers OF his
ruarS belonged to an American wbsl-
inp4csseb that had been condemned
lpSre.
MIR. Hayel, the consul general Of the
United States at st. Jago, the capital,
was arrested by the governor of Chill,
and sent as state prisoner toIbe island
of Juan Fernandez. Capt FanniDg OF
forwards saw and conversed with tive
American captains that bad been made
prisoners on the coast Of Mexico, viz
The Alexandria herald. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1811-1826, 1817-04-18
70 me Editors Of The National Intem,
geneer.
Pm1LApELpnIA, Mareh az.

PuILADELPHIA, March 81.
Gent!emen-As / am frequently in
terroga,ed by your conn,rymen with re
spect to the degree OF credit due 10 the
publication OF Mr. Warden, surgeon Of
the northumberland and being con
strained To declare, that, as far as re-
CARDS that part c! it which treats of mi
!itary aefsirs,~;t contains many errone-
Gus assertions, may I1so, venture to sup
pose that your readers would receive,
with some share OF interest, several
proofs IN support OF that opinion? They
would meet with some in note aBuex~
ed TO the French translation of the let
ters OF MIR. Warden, published in the
Abaille Americaine, in which friend
OF marshal Grouchy disproves the CEN
sure which IL is pretended was attach
ed, al ST. Helena, 10 his condrct the
day Of the battle of Waterloo, Other
more important information, relative TO
marshal Ncy, count Ereion, and-other
distinguished officers, might hereafter
be laid before you, supported by the tes-
'fmony ofoccular Witnesses, at present
In the United Staies; for althoughit be
now the province of history, whose pen
Gil, 1t is probable, will not always be
guided in France, by foreign bayonc,s
and prevotal courts, 10 record the an
nails of marshal Ney; and although ma
hy OF the persons last referred to, have
not yet:cachedyou hospitablc shores,
1t is, nevertheless, at all times proper
10 render 10 every person what he is
! Justly entitled to, and TO contradict MIR.
Warden whenever bis narration is un-
founded. Fou viii, perhaps, be star,
led attEe length OF the note jnquestioD;
but persuaded, as I am, that tho love oil
truth, that prominent and honorable Gea-
lure IN the American character, inclines
them resolutely TO encounter the ink.
sSmeness oflorg and minute details,
when the object Of research is the at
lalnment thel col, and the dissipation OF
groundless Illusions, the offspring OF
party spirit and he passions of the mo-
ment. hesitate not 10 beg, you will
publish it in one of your numbers.
Accept, gentlemen, the assurance Of
my consideration.
The Alexandria herald. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1811-1826, 1817-04-18

ibB OcCided at the very nour oil tnc re-
ception of the orders Of Napoleon, all
this concurrant testimony, say incon-
tesii6ly proves, that far from deserving
the slightest degree of censure, the ar
rangements & the conduct of the Mar
shall would, under more fortunate cir
cumstances, have secuted TO him testi>
monials of,he gratitude Of his country,
as they have given bin new claims 10
the esteem OF men or military service.
And ii it be reserved TO him fully 10 dis.
close the secret causes OF the failure of
Napoleon in his last campaign, and the
reasons of his defeat at Waterloo, ma.
ny Of them may now be perceived by the
eye of the impartial observer, and they
should principally be sought in the 'di-
vision of the French army Immediately
after the passage of the Sambre, at
Charleroi, and the day after the battle
Of Fieurus.
To accuse Marshal Grouchy of the
fatal consequences which were the re-
suit OF this separation, tc advance that
IN so short space Of time he could
have anDihilated an army at least equal
10 his own, that he could have surmoun~
ted The obstacles opposed to his march.
by the nature of the soil and strong po-
sillon occupied by the enemy, and that
he COZ Id have moved with tie rapidity
oil thought from the distant position in
which he was placed by the orders of
the Emperor, is as unjust as it is mac.
curate TO assimia,e his situation TO that
| OF Gen. Dessaix at Marengo, when in
an open plain, league and half from
the held of battle, no impeachment, no en-
envy separated him from the first con.
sui; to, join whom he had only to- adj
vance, the moment he received the or
ders, and he received them in time.
Marshal Grouchy, on the contrary, was
at mere than thrice that distance from
the Emperor, TO Join him il was neces-
sary that he should eject the passage
OF a river, that he should destroy nu-
merous army; and, in addition to this,
the orders were not received in time.
In conclusion, though victory escaped
Napoleon in this last and decisive cam
paign, he will not on that account be
the lcss'enti,led 10 rank amongst the
greatest military chieftsius none have
been wholly exempt from error, and his
dispositions on thisoccasion were per-
haps not wholly invulnerable to criti-
cism.
But history willinscri5e on her tab.
let, that the Prussian army. notwith-
| standing the loss OF the battle oil Fleu-
rus, when joined al NVavres by the
| corpse of Bulow, which had not been
engaged on the 10th, consisted of 90 900
men ; that that of the Duke of Yelling.
ton numbered 10000; that Napoleon
had with him but 10000 soldiers at
Waterloo, and Marshal Grouchy 5000
at Wavres, Impartial posterity will
thus be enabled 10 estimate what share
of glory and talent is to be attributed 10
those Generals, to whom an overwhelm-
ing superiority Of numbers presented
so many facilities Of disconcerting the
plans, sud ParalysiBg the first success
ses OF Napoleon, whilst he as yet in a
manner possessed not the means TO Sc.
cure victorious result.