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Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1818-03-06

to his first tfficer, seven shares TO his Sc
cond officer and so on in propOrtion-ih"
sailors each two shares. II cash taken,
to be divided on board a, above. HE
osner's share held safe until favorable
opportunity to ship II home TO Phliahei-
phia, ar New York, OF Baltimore, ~ Nor
folk. with letters. &C. to b. directed 10
he care III VIM. Seymore. Norfolk, and
Maiden 4 BuDler, Philadelphia, and
Briscoe & Partridge, il Baitmore, and
buckley To- Alb tt ip New-'ork, Should
you get valuable piize you will accom-
pany her off the Capes of Delaware OF
Virginia. send letter ashore BY pilot
boat, making hem declare secrecy on the
occasion, aud the business shall be imme-
diateiy attended to by me or my friends,
a. above named, at the different places
of their residence. IF you have cash on
board, keep it unit! you near from NE or
N, friend, who will attend 10 its safe
conveyance on shore Should you take
a vessel that suits better for prlyateer,
make change. and keep tile Harriet As
a tender. or let her 90 tor herself. Tie
cruise will continue as long as may best
sui on all sides say not longer han six
montls-tle owner not Q be al any more
Gust Or expenses alter leaving Til. port.
You will be particular TO write me to
Wilmington, in the state OF Delaware, il
you have an opportunity after you get "f
the W. l. or on your cruising ground,
giving some account OF your cruise, &c.
Wishing you health and good luck, safe
return, SC. | remain yours.
"CHRr.T l.. BENNETT. OWner.
" Feb IL, 1918.
Should you laii in with the Congress
frisate U. s. in your cruise and she is
like to detain you, let my friend Cesar
A. Rodney, one Of our commissioner, on
board. see your instructions, and inform
him she is on fair cruise, that ana in.
terested, etc.
n. b. Should Mr.. Rodney not be on
board, Doctor Baldwin, the surgeon Oh
board, is ais, my particular trieud."'
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THE PIRATE AGAIN.

We extract the following, in addition
to what we have heretofore published in
relation to this vessel, from the Balti-
more Telegraph and Federal Repubh-
cam
Capt Mitchell, the master of the pira-
teal Schooner mentioned above, came 10
this city last Friday evening, (leaving
his crew and officers in a sloop which put
into Curtis creek and was Immediately
arrested by a very vigilant magistrate
Samuel Cole, Esq and Committed to Jail
for farther examinations. On Sunday at
ternoon the sloOp arrived with the arma
ment, crew and officers Of the schooner.
The officers were committed to prison
BY the aforesaid magistrate, and the sIoop
taken possession Of by Capt. Beard Of the
Baltimore revenue cutter. Many cir
cumstances have transpired to strengthen
the belief, that the schooner was fitted
out for pira:ical purposes. 1t has been
stated by some of the crew that they re
manned in the Chesapeake for the purpose
Of intercepting schooner bound down
from Baltimore also to intercept brig
fitting out in Alexandra FOR the East IN
dies with specie. If these rumors be true,
it really is fortunate circumstance that
these privateersmen have been thus early
ARE, ted in their career. Tie following
is a copy of Capt. Mitchell's instructions
(verbatim) -
"a icIe o. agreement and Of iDstruc-
tons 10 Capt. J. |. Mitchell, his officers
aud crew. on bard the Schooner Harriet,
OF Norfolk, whereof the said Mitchell IS
at present master, ard ,und or cruize
as patriot p'iva,rer under lawful Bu.
enos Avrean commission agar st the old
Spanish dominiuns, etc. etc. To take
and make good prizes of Spanish proper
ty that hey NAV meet with on land or
sea, and not I" infrin on any other GO
vernnent without necessity forces the
.a.ue, and then to make proper acknow-
ledgment for so doiug-the property ia,
ken to be divided in the following NAN
ner, that is TO say one hail t" the e~ner,
o. owners OF the priyateer. fourteen
shares to captain Mitchell, eight shares
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From the Weir Fork Gazette.

The interesting CONNIE ciai correspon-
dence, which has from time TO time, ia
ken place between Mr.. BeasIy, the Ame-
rican Consul at Hayre, and the Cham.
Der of commerce Of that place, has been
regularly transmitted by Mr.. B. to the
editors Of the New-York Gazette, and
promptly published. They h, e now the
pleasure of laying before Their readers
further proof Of this gentleman's exer-
tons, in behalf of the commerce of his
country, together with a set of spirited
resolutions Of the American masters of
vessels in that port on the 18th Of Deem
Der last.
American Consulate. }
Havre, Dec, "a. 1917
Messrs. Lang. Turner x Co. wi have
the goodness to publish the Resolutions
herewith transmitted in compliance with
the wish Of the meeting.
American Consulate,
iIavre, l'ec. 1, 1917
To the President and Members If the
Chamber Of Commerce, HARE.
GENTLEMEN,
have the honor to enclose herewith
an extract from printed paper, purport-
ing TO be the Tariff Of Brokerage. charge
able on French and Foreign vessels,
from and after the first January 1917 -
and to request the favor Of you to in.
form Tie for the information OF nv cnun.
uymen, trading to Havre, whether tin.
IS really the Tariff fixed by law. Al
the sane tine Big leave 10 state. that
according e. information nave derived
from undoubted authority, The Boxers
have been Ia the constant practice Of
demanding, anG in most instances receiv-
ing 5Ois. per ron in lieu IT the rate FIX
ed hy said iariiE
Ien'ered upon tn duties of my ofce
the 25th JIae last, and down to the 1T
of October lofty tcur American ye.-
So. reported at this c6i e. tonnage H.
soy the brokerage on which according
IT, the Tariff would be alb, ut 6OO0:s. bu;
at the rate exacted, about l7.000fs. ma
king difference 1T 000.s. in The
course Of three months and Eve days.
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ed him 10 know, and of the period OF his
own dissolution, with 40 absolute P'we'
to control these events. and we believe
no measure more infallibly certain could
be adopted by the Supreme Being to
drive his miserable creatures to absolute
despair and into profound destruction \
And what Trail man, in the possession
OF his reason and senses. will now carll
against this dlspehsaticn Of things; and |
may tiumphantly ask. 10 this place, does
not see the ne-ciful hand Of Him " who
tempers the wind TO the shorn lamb, y
and who chooses rather to hide himsel
from his frail creatures than. by too full
a revel ton of himself in his works, ren-
der them absolutely and deplorably mi-
SCRABBLE
We may, therefore, safely reason that
the ,cisdom and goodness Of Divine Pro-
violence may b. successfully vindIcated
upon these principles from the wretched
cavillings Of philosophying men against
them; and it we may form any ludg-
meut of the whole by any OF its parts, we
NAV apply the same reasoning to all his
other works, though we understand them
not, and conclude that the same divine
wisdom and benevolence presides over
them as these.
And thus we shall see that the holy
psalmist of Israel to his devout ejacula-
ton, " How manifold are 'hy porks. o
Lord ! in lpisdom hast thoR made them
al, f.! dues no, tail in his xix. psalms
to add the unqualified declaration. That
the Lord is good 10 all, and his tender
merciss are orer all his rorks. These
are views of the beuevolence and wisdom
of the divine nature which we may bor-
row from natural religion, and have only
been republished by God under more So
Tenn and commanding sanctions of a
revelation, as inconte.tisie in lis evil
dences as it is magnificent in its pro-
! misses and splendid in its prospects OF
reward.
Now allow me, in my concluding re-.
marks, to ask, is it any part OF wisdom,
or he exerci.e of that reason which God
has endowed US with, for the crea ure at
any time TO reply against his Creator p
for du and ashes TO say unto him who
:. ma lie u, OF clay and formed US men,"
L" What doest thou ?"-for finite man to
cavil against his Infinite makerf No
we sh I'D cry in time-Gy,at and mar
reitous ore Thy ,rorks. Lord God 8imigh-
ty just and true are thy ioays, tioa King
of SAINTS and, as the least Of all his
.ints. i've in humble hope to cry in Hea
ven when, with cur naked eys, we shall
see him as he is, Holy, holy, h'y Lord
G d almighty, HeHren and Earth are
FIJI Of the majesty Of thy glory! z.
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The sane quantity OF French tonr,pe
would be chargeable with about > sOofs.
taking always the above tar # as the one
fixed by law. and il am rightly in.
lofned a. to the rate eXacted and paid,
the American navigation is taxed in III
item OF Brokerage alcne about 60 .OOOi:.'
ii year more han any other nation. Ac-
c"rding to which rule, it is actually pay.
iog 6s,00ois. per apnum for service
which the French navigation pays H..
2OQfs. ior.-Ihis is in itself serious
charge. Lay nothing Of the 40 per cen,
difference in the item of pilotsge, which
am informed is made.
/ shall not at present trouble you with
all the observations which these subject,
suggest.
II must be obvious to you, ifsuch thing,
do exist. that there is just ground Of dis.
sati STAG ion, and that they will wien
known tend greatly to ipjure the Com.
merce Of this place with the U States
Of the number of Masters of American
vessels who have entered this port sires
my residence here. there is sea, cely one
who has not complained Of thi, hpsyv
charge, and the little service readered
for it, amounting in general to more than
the meI chants commission on the freighs
sometimes double; and is the NOR,
sensibly lett at time when freishts are
so low that the strictest economy is ah
solutel y necessary.
have only to express my regret Nat
| did not address YOU earlier on sub.
jrct SO interesting TO my coun ryr en-, aud
perhaps scarcely less SO to the ccnuerce
of Havre.
have the honor to be with great re.
spect gentle men, your most Obedienl aud
humble servant,
Signed, r. G. BEASLY.
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coMSuSIcATIoN.
CIRCUS-LITILE STAMP

VIZ ~ LII L LIZ ~ sAstA&'
In patrOnising a performer, We are in
fluenced by zeal to reward acknow-
lodged ability, or to encourage the exer-
tons Of individuals, who, II not Of e
brst class, yet strive hard to become So.
We have often remarked the Zeal with
which Little Stamp has applied himself 10
his arduous duty, and as often have ac-
knowledged within ourselves tie business
OF his professions to public favor. As a
clown, he is but p actitiOner as an E.
questrian, sc is of the first order-yet to
hi vacancy in the company, he has Ia
ken upon himseIf the Office Of the former
with no experience, and without the aid
Of even an uneooh usage in his favor !,
tlow he has succeeded we are called up
on this night to determine; and BY pro-
per encouragement thus suspiciously be
slowed upon the FIRST term Of his novi-
ciate, we may be able, on the return OF d.
mother season, to welcome hun as hui
moEist of the first grade
with so much mirth and wit and spleen
about him,
4" There'Il be no living with him or with.
out him." " Y. L.
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ALEXANDRIA,:
FRJD.9J, .H.aRCH & 1873.
FROM OUR CORRESPONDENT AT WASH
INGTON.
Thursday. March 5, 1878.

Thursday March 5, 1913.
In my last repert to y'u, of the pro-
ceedings OF the house on the ExPatiati"n
Bill, announced to you the death ofstha'
measure and well | might Tor not on
ly had its head ben chopped of by the
cutting out Of the first section, but some
of the new attempts TO keep it alive, by
Taliaco'ian substitutes, had completely
Jailed. Arguing, the efore, from expert
ence of what used to be the legislative
rule, concluded the whole was defunct,
AID earnestly protested against the APP
pearance of its pertu' bed spirit any more
in the house.-But yesterday, there it
stood again, like BapquO in the play,
grinning and pointing to its wounds.
"The times have been,
That when the brains were out, the man
would die
And there an end: but now they rise a.
gain,
With twenty mortal murders on their
crowns,
And push ~ from our stools. This Is
most strange"
In word, that substitute proposed by
Mr.. Robe, tsoD, which l detailed to you
in nv last letter on this subject, was a
gain brought up yesterday, aud consumed
many COED hours of the time which IS
now allowed on all hands to be insult
cient for the discharge of the duties OF
con sress during This session. A variety
OF amendments, chief verbal, we e pro.
posed-some of them successfully, and
some not--and then came the question
on adopting the substiiute-whlch you
will observe was then all that could be
called the Uill-and being taken by ayes
and noes, passed by 93 ayes to 81 noes.
On this occasion, Mr.. Williams o, n. Z
@ho has had the honor to oppose the bill
from the outset, moved a provision that
no MAJ taking the benefit of the act
should ever be permitted to resume hi
citize., ship: which motion was negatived.
Here then we see that The decapitated
bill, patched up with substitute tail io-
stead of it. natural head. wa, enacted by
large maturity. Could heart of man,
,hen, believe that after the expenditure
Of So much tine, and such formal enact
ment, in spirit, Of this strange law, il
wOu d at last be rejected. Can YOU be-
lieve it, reader of common sense ? You
will say no. Yet, so it was-positiyely
bona fide rejected. SO much for COM
plants of want Of time 20 do the business
Of the session.
The Georgia claim bill is in very bad
way; for motion to postpone it indeh-
nitely was yesterday negatived.
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From the " FOX Day ,1drertiser.

(
4 work has rece1'lN appeared. which
has been ,scribed TO Sir Robert Wilson,
pour'ra'irg the form. dimensions and
power OF Russia, and representing her a,
much murc fearful and menacing anita
aorist 10 Englsnd. than wa> BrnapaI t.
at the zenith Of his influence and glory
l." II .eem, to be necessary" saws a wri.
lie, quo ed in the Courier. " that Europe
shoull be acquainted with her danger
Russia is the povcr shich is DESTROYS Of
assuming the high and dictatorial attitude
Of France under the Tyranny of Bona
par;e.' Sir Robert says that Russia,
" not content with an establishment Of a.
bove eighty san of the line in the ports Of
A,changcl, Croustadt, Revel, Sevasto-
pol and Cherson, is building, with en-.
creased activity, the heaviest line of Bat
tie ships" And to elucidate the policy
of the marriage connection With Holland,
he ob,e'ves. that to Russia, Holland
was tte du pont, or advanced work,
which awed France, and which aided the
control over Prussia-Holland being a
maritime state, aud Russia having the
guardianship Of her marine" The mar
riage connection with Bavaria is also re-
presented as an artiut step of aspiring am
bi,ion. The population Of the empire is
estimated at forty-twO millions Her
military power, resources and attitude
are then delineated. "rhe fact is that
Russia, alter having thirty thousand men
OF appropriate force, with artillery, etc.
III Finland, eighty thousand on the from
tier OF Ga'licIa, sixty thousand in Mol
davia, thirty thousand on the frontier Of
Armenia as many in Per.ia, aud leaving
a reserve Of one hundred thousan to
sus ain these armies, possesses still a
dispo'eable force Of two hundred thou
sand infantry, eighty thousand cavalry,
and one thousand two huidred guns
better horses Tor service :han any cavalry
or artillery in he void, an army with
which DO other can march, starve or suf.
ter ply slcai Privations and natural incle-
menciss. She has moreover population
EQUAL TO the needed supply-whie no o.
ther power M Europe can RAISE, eqslP.
or maintain their forces with such disdain
Of the price of blood" I" Both quarters
ofthe globe" cpntiuueshe, care Oversha
dowed by the mass OF six hundred and
forty thousand men, which an establish
m.nt of one million two hundred thou
sa,, ranges in urder Of battle, exclusive
of militia, Tartar ca,alry, etc. etc.
Sir Robert represents her as having
ncarly Frustrated Persia, " absorbing the
Persian provinces of Duughesian and
Shlvvsn, rai,ed pillar OF her empire al
the mouth Of the river kut, and stlpuat-
ed tina, the Russian flag alone shall sweep
the Caspian" Upon the wheie, the POI
trait he has drawn is truly Colossus
john Bull will again be wide awake to the
tempe''s which "nce more tn ea'ens 10
drir. the /" fast anchored isle" from lie,
moorings.
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r. G. BEASLY.
American Consulate,

flavre, Is Dec. 1877 {
Gen'lemer-I had the honor OF ad.
dressing ysu the lst inst. in relation to
Brokerage. The subject Is intere ting to
American citizens trading to Harre, and
Twas induced to hope would have had
your early consideration, or that you
would not have withheld the Information
equestrd H. regard TO he Tariff to which
/ 40" beg Ies"e 10 call Your attention.
l am, with perfect respect. gentlemen,
your most obd't humble serv't.
Signed, u. 6. BEASLY.
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At a meeting Of Masters Of Ameri-
can Vessel., heid on Monday evening,
Esd Decemhe', at TIE Hntei d de',
Have, Tor the purpose of t2kirg into
consideration the charge exacted BY tie
Brokers, for entering and clearing ','-
sells arriving at this port from the Uni
ted States,
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PRESENT.

~
Cap. RoLt. 3. brown, II brig shakespeu7,
Renoni Cooke. Of brig Eagle,
Thomas p. Brown, Of brig Patriot,
Jacob Stevens. Jr Of brig He,per,
J. Fellows, Of ship Gen. iIamilts U,
Henry Robinson, Of ship Emily.
Captain Roht. r. Brown Of the Shakes.
pear, was called to the Chair. and Cap.
tsin Joseph Fellows OF the ship General
Hamilton, was appointed Secretary.
The President stated to he meeting
that be had seen copies Of two letters un-
der date of the lst and 18th December
inst. addressed by Mr.. Bea.ly, Ameri-
can Consul to the Chamber OF Commerce
of this city, together with an extract
from the Tariff Of Brokerage, printed for
the regulation Oh the commerce Of this
place, in which an explanation is request.
ed for The difference between the charge
of 1850 franks per ton made BY the Bro.
kers, and the charge authorized by the
said Tariff, and that he had been inform
ed that no answer had been gwen TO ell
tier letter by the Chamber, upon which
il was,
Resolved unanimously, That as the
Chamber of Commerce have declined ma.
king any reply to the above letters, or
giving any explanation on the subject, it
is fair to presume, that there is no JUS
tifiable grounds to support it.
Resolved unanimously, That tits eI.
pedient for all American Masters trading
to this port. to adopt the most etitctual
measures to avoid the payment OF this
illegal charge exacted by the Brokers,
which they are info med is thirty cen
times per ton more than is paid by any
ether nation.
Resolved unanimously, That as re.
peatsd efforts have been made by differ
ent Masters to avoid the payment Of a
charge so di'proportiona;e to the service
rendered for 1t, without success, IL at it IS
eXpedient to appeal TO the laws OF the
Country tor redress Of the abrye gilev-
ances, as the most efactual, if not the
DOLLY means Of accomplishing it.
Received unanimously, That tl'
.
meeting shall instruct their different con
,Ignees To res st the payment Of J. 5ois'
,,er ton. heretofore Imposed On American
vessel, and shall have their power Of
Aror ey with them to resist On their
behalf.
Resolved unanimously, That in case
oily one tria should take place, We
will each bcar aProprrti"n ot The o'p"n-
ses thereof, ami that We will leave y
structions with our different censlgIees
accordingly 81,
Resolved unanimously, That we VII
use sur best exertions to induce tae h;s'
tess oil American vessels cunning to ii'
Port 10 sauctisn the object Of this med-
my. n
Resolved unanimously. That the Pre-
sidert CT this meeting do wait On NJ.
q a,,,. iii 4 cnpy u! irP-e rcsolu''o'
viii ths request that he will use .h'' e.
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follo7cins claim particular notice.

General George Washington striking
likeness Of James Monroe, esq. president
OF the United States Napoleon Bonaparte;
Commodore Isaac Hull and lady; Commo-
dore y lillian cambridge; Columbus, who
first discovered the continentof America !;
Henry Christophe, formerly slave, now a
sovereign prince, under the title of Henry
l., king OF Hayti--he married daughter Of
the unfortunate Touissant l. Overture, who
is now queen Of Hayti-and her daughter;
a representation Of lady that was drown
ed at Albany, in December 1872, crossing
the ferry, holding her beautiful twin babes,
that were saved; an American prisoner in
Algiers, represented chained and spiked 10
the floor, and starving to death with an iron
on his head Othelloand Desdamona, re-
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Public Sale

pY virtue Of decree from the chancery
Id court of Charles county, will be sold
al public sale TO the highest bidder, az the
Trap, in Durham parish, Charles county,
on Tuesday the end day Of February next,
if fair, if not, the next fair day, part Of
tract of land called The Blue Plains, lying
in the parish and county aforesaid, contain
ing about one hundred and sixty acres.
This land lies compact, and is heavily
covered with red and white oak growth,
some of the latter very valuable timber for
various uses, and it is believed is an object
worth the attention of persons engaged in
the wood and timber business, as il is en-
tirely in woods, lies very leFel, and not
more than two or two and an half miles
from Potomac river, and the way level and
good. -.
The terms of sale are that the purchaser
or purchasers give bond and good security
for the paymentof the purchase money,
bearing interest from the day OF sale, paya-
bic in two equal payments Of six and twelve
months, and on The payment of tue purchase
money and interest, and not before, the
commissioners will, by good and sufficient
deed, executed aud acknowledged aceor-
ding to law, convey To- the pgfchaser or
purchasers, his her or theirheirs, IRE from
all clans Of the petitioners, their right title
and interest il, and to1the same, both at law
THOMAS PRICE, Sen. ! Commits.
December &c StF2
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Negroes for Hire.

r WISH to hire the following Slaves for
< the ensuing year:
Jacob, a youEg man
Reuben, do
hotty. DO somewhat accustom-
John, alloy, year old Ted to the house
Eliza, 10 years old, accustomed TO the
Ninniired, 10 years old lhouSe
Fanny, iOycars old.
The above ale now in town.
ALSO,
NM inhrc, which are expected up as soon
is tie navigation is open
Wilii2n; young man
Vincent. DO
Griffin DO,
Hiram, lad about IS years old'
)ames, do DO u do do
Eisar, do do Is Go do
SSla, young woman.
SuekeS, DO do
Sucker, do do l5years old.
The above negroes will be hired for tie
enscing year. commencing from the lst Ja-
nuary, on application 20
ROBERT CONWAY.
December &c 81