Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1817-12-20
Alexandria, December 90.


FROM OUR CORRESPONDENT AT WASH
INGToN.
Friday, December 10, 1917.
The Communication business has again
exhausted a long day, having occupied
the house the whole Of yesterday, from
the conclusion of The petition and .ene-
raj routine of business, up to four O'Clock
in the evening.-Mr. CIay's Few bill,
substituted for the first, which was not
found to answer, went through commit
tee Of the vhole-had the blanks filled
up and gave rise to world Of talk With
cut coming to any decisive conslusion, or
aTordIng even a reasonable surmise what
will be its fate. The temper Of the house
seems to be unfavorable 10 it-if it pass
es, The soldier may receive 100 dollars
for his SMALLER warrant or eco for his lar
ger. Sc
FROM ouR CORRESPONDENT At y. YORK.
Gazette office, lee. l7-noon.
From GInRhLTAR,--The editors OF
the Gazette have received bv the ba, que
George Long, Gibraltar Price Current.
and the Chronicle of the 25th of October.
In the last paper we lird this article.
"LiSbon GdSttfe.-By command Of the
Supreme Authority, the merchants OF this
Kingdom are apprizcd that tie TRUCE
lately proclaimed between Portugal AID
the Regency Of Tunis, will expire on TIE
18th Of November next,
Prices al Gibraltar, October 22-Ame.
rican cotton, Nc. So cents, none and
saleahIe~- Sperm Candles, so to 80 cts
Rice, 81 - to 8--P;tch, 5 to s AZ
Beef. S13-Fleur. I4-Tar, IS to s.
Tobacco. Ken. S14 TO lj--Frginia, l /
10 / 50--Wax, ssh. scarce aid salea.
bic. -
Savannah, December II.
II is generally believed, or rather pub
lie report says, that Saturday next, the
18th instant, is the day pitched upon for
the purpose Of taxing possession OF Anne
liza by TIE American forces, which are
numerously assembling for the purpose.
[Diussum.
.Narroes.-A Guineaman, with 1914
Negroes on board, prize to the Patriot
brig Morgiana, arrived at st. Mary's on
the night of tie 5o.h November-she is
detained by The United States qua boat
No. 1853. ibid.
A large amount of property imported
from Amelia was seized by the United
States at st. Mays on the 4'h instant.
- ibid.
.Nsw- York, December Is.
sHIPwRECK.
We regret TO state that the brig
did, Captain Medium, with Cargo
of wine, fruit and nuts, from Smyrna,
was driver ashore at the point Of the
Hook yesterday morning, and in two
hours was entirely destroyed. The
Captain and crew escaped with safety
to the shore. A part of the cargo
was taken up in the Bay, by the Re-
venue Cutter Active, and a part by
other vessels. A considerable pro-
portion of the wine will probably be
saved.
The following is from the Auburn Ga
zcttc, a paper printed in town of
that name in Cayuga county, New
York.
Female Daucer.--We are informed
Csays the Onondaga Register of the
25th uIt.) that Oh Sunday last. at a
bout three O'Clock in the afternoon,
Young woman in Dryden, in the
County of Tompkins. apparently in
! the enjoyment of health and her men
tai faculties, commenced dancing.
whether hornpipe or old fashioned
tx, We know not with great life and
animation. which she continued with
YER, LITTLE intermissirn until about s
O'Clock at night, when size was obliged
To stop, being nearly exhausted. Du-
! ring her irolic she would not answer
spy questions. neither did she notice
, any thing which was passing about
her. If made TO sit down, she would
fall on the floor. and when liberated,
would resume her dancing When