Alexandria gazette, commercial and political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1812-1817, 1817-01-09
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think, 70 be relied upon.
We questioned hlm As TO the probability
~ the Portuguese naval force interruptingI
the commerce With BuenDs hyres !; Ee
think. there is not The least danger OF
any interruption whatever. as it seemed
To- be well understood at Buenos Ayre>,
that the Pnr tusue-e expedition was 10 hr
directed against Artegas's government
on the Monte Ni!can side of tRat rive',
he. Artega,. beng unwilling to submit tel
the act. Of the Buenos Ayres congress.
An evident misunderstanding existed
between. the governments, AID Ii was &c.
nara.!y supposed, that toe latter had
engaged to furnish no aid whatever toI
the To- mer. Oh condition that the trade
to Bueuos Ayres was to meet no inter
rrp,ion whatever from The Portuguese
Extract Of a letter TO 4 gentleman in
Bostan, dated uaited states. ship
Washington, Gibraltar Bay, Novem
her Il.
Iwrote You from Gibraltar, July IN.
A. hat tire we spent week here, ana
then proceeded along tie SOa,h .h"rc OF
..trdnia, arrived At Naples. July 15th.
,fter hlvips swift passage OF > dars.
~ Naples We -pe", great part "l inc.
summe, | was on shnre Is much IA
pleased, sSd b came acquainted WITH
sufficiently rhanv Of The nobility, clergy
literary men aud artiets. WIS honour
ed with the strict intimacy OF several OF
tie most roted men Of iearn'ns, Snd re:
CO we'd persona! alterations tar bey"Hd
ahat | had right 70 expect Every
place worth seeing was opened t" nc,
every wish was sraHfed. l ascenien
,YesUrius. explored nereulaGeIia and
P0mpci, examined the Ca'acWrD-, "dD.
,lcrcd owe the slins Of onteoll x ba'aH,
did rite at the tumi of NigIl. visited
every sto'ied lake ard srnilo y etamla'
ed churches AID conycEtS aad cotta5">
and palaces tni mascH'nS u anrluiirS.
pa'aic aud private, AID medals All 'ta-
tues and paintings without cnd Every
spot hal!nwed by CLASSICAL a.socIations
WAS familiar e. me. and lea ned mech OF!
ilivin. manners Wen on tn OOH ri
Augp,'. Inc pdifes ~ IL" cit, and ,ceneyvI
vt the bsI bPga "a sdle, i;um view. ia
NonHaZar, under the sar',e ri"cupSian
&C., rX,,4uued "rSr'hcHogC. 'H,h cal
Il ya'e, !ianGIsSiua Sir1a!' as rr
'caun u >.aple-, SOC hotZeruc's travels
"a d,,.eci4tl Eu,trcc's our. for whose
&C n'acy 81 de Grip ion aud correc' 7es i
iU ,ud.Reut, ca vorch shcG'd have
iNr"~ much les 81 he Nnarolt -nS, but
ior an italian s~ntlempn, received or
loaa1d our J.ia a. Teacher oI French and
Ia 1an. Latin was the only lansuag" :,
uirr,tooi oy u both.
We wrre bccalmed near TIE Islands
Epu>. among which Strauboii i MOI,
I.spicncus, emit'ing az rhri time osly
,mrke. We anchored n Messina Aug
81, bry0nd', dcscrif lon Of the Straits
= best. Here we s'aid S weeks, and |
,e,ieve, ,aw and knew the rriucipnl
hing ard geIsons worth knowing AM
seei"s. Posing under Aetna a"dNa tuII
view + Syracuse aad Malta, We came 10
r:ipO;i. Sept 26h. We Siai4 5n one
lay. just to exchange sala'es 4 presents
y e did not 2" on shore, ON the pros.
pect OF minaretS and cameiS and oalm-
ces and the great desert 5uunGing 'he
.,nri2un with Il yei!Gw iiue-was novel
and interesting. Af'-r heipg driven about
the lessee, Syrti-, aud rack 10 Malta and
Aetna. we peatheceG cape Bon. Oct I'll
and anchored in the pa, of Iunis. before
the ruin, Of au.ient Carthage. These |
explored with feelings tine fails ne TO
tell aud / refer YOU to Dr., Shaw ard
Chanteau5Iland.
We arrived at Algiers Oct l2,h, where
| was hospitality entertai ed at the house
Of sir. shaie, Ii is most singular
place ; but for description Of it, wait til
you see my face and Journal. Mr.. Sha-
Ter lelt them, and Is now on board our
ship. II We are net a; wa, wr are hard.
y IL peace with them. Lor,l Exmoulh's |
attack vas terrible. The batteries were
much injured, but were nearly repaired
waen sd" them, the A!seriHes are SO
ant like. We next set our faces towards (
Gibraltar, bot, an account 81 adverse
winds tarried a day al Malaga, We
were quarantined Of course. but | leaped
on to the strand, just to say I had been
IN syain. The cathedral. you knew, is
celebrated. II has u magnificent appear
aace aud is hardly less than St. Paul's.
uur passage from Malaga to Gibraltar,
go mies. was one COatl0ued sue
ces,lon OF violent squalls for four days,
we beius always IN sight Of the rock.
We leave this place shortly aud proceed