Alexandria gazette, commercial and political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1812-1817, 1817-01-01

lpromise to the claimants. He showed
THAT. compared with the decisions Of
fsome of the best judges in the unior.
Those of the commissioner were m-
commonly correct, since out of 20
leases on which he had passed judg
lmcnt, his censurers had been able t.
iselect only three that were defective !;
$50 that he contended Mr.. Lee had not
received fair play. lie observed, that
on the Niagara frontiers, the war had
for the purpose Of drawing off the en-.
envy from the maritime part of the
union been made 20 rage with peculiar
fury--the consequence of which was
that every house was garrison, and
every individual a soldier, Thus
while in the interior the people were
secure, those were exposed to the loss
of property and life. Who was he
that would say that it was not the du-
ty of all the citizens to repair their
losses. This was an universally admit
ted general principle.--Eyery ma
ton in every case acted up to it, or
where they did not. failed only from
want uf resources. The emperor Of
Russia after the war visited the suffer
ingparts of his empire. TO repair their
;iasses-'Fhe British government healed
the wounds of the Canadians by be-
negolence.--I'he legislature of n.
voted $4,000 dollars for the relief OF
THE sufferers in that state, and he hop
,c;i that that house would not deserve
1.-THE cold hearted character assigned
them by certain state lesis,a-
ltarc. by repeating their owa at Of
beneyolnnce. Ee then ridiculcG with
some asperity the idea OF leaving tie
claimants tpsuch redress, by petitions
Ito that house. They might petition,
aud might go uHredrcssed--Ee said,
for lie had witnessed petition upon &c
tition rejected by the committee of
claims, and when the unfay0rable re-
port came before the honsa, found no
one to make an obse va ion upon them
| Not solitary Aye or No ever was
uttered on the subject " Yes (said
Ihc9 we do not want competency
lihe claimants no doubt 'liave a right
TO petition or, in other words, a
fright TO have their claims rejected.
he concluded with an assertion that
the house was Eound in honor, duty,
land policy not to repeal the act.
| PHILADELPHIA. Dec 2S.
The three masted schooner Inrepid,
"a DAYS from La pl ia, arrived at New
lYTg yeste+dag wilma cargo to Mr.. John
Myers aud Mr. J X NTH n Of phiIadcl-
lphia; the latter a passenger on board,
who informs that a Portuguese squadron
bad jsst arrived at MaiaoDadn.
Big Aeulas, Park, heuce. at Monte.
,ieda.
ship Sampson, Boyle, of this port, was
ut Moafevideo.
The Portuguese squadron, consisting
| # one "a, two trisates, two sinups Of war.
two gun bIigs. four sch'nacks, four mcr
chan'meH, with 500 troops, arrived e,
Maldnnaao the 22d of October, to co,
operate with other divisions If the army :.
to take possession o! Montcvfleo, the
north side o. the river La Plata.
The declaration Of indept ndence Of the
! United Provinces Of Rio de Ia Plata, was
read at the different piases of Baenos
Ayes, ofthe 18th, l4th. 18th, September,
Pan! ten nights ilIuni' alton ordered. The
government appears much more firm,
eiace, it is said, Portugal will not later
iere with that side Of the river,
From the West Indies and