Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1818-02-20

tiyas viii not eat. and they are OILY used
10 burn the brick kilns with-,hry AZ"
sometimes valued at LEI TO 49, ceLts
per head.
"a certain barbarian (for can call him
nothing else) residing three miles nut CT
this city, regularly every year drives ~
to his Tins 10000 sheep, alive, and CT"
sing the kilps set, fire to the poor ha' M
less ANNALS with as much sang frpd a.
Q of your Norfolk brick-uakers would
t. collection OF pine fuel. In short the
country is so overrun with every desclip-
ton Of domestic and wild animals, that
they range at large without restraint, per-
iectly theirown masters.-Every man is
an expert hOrsemaE, ard every hoTseman
is sure goucher or idsSar, as they are
here termed. He can mount his horse.
and with a rope 100 yards in length. at.
tached to the hinder part Of his saddle.
give chase in full speed, throw a rynning
moose over the object Of pursui, (whether
man or wild animaD with incredible
certainty, and thus entanglng it. wEeeI
suddenly bout and set IF at ful galtop
dragging his victim or prey after him -
In this manner they take all the animals
on which the inhabilants OF the country
aud the cities subsist. Nothing can escape
the running moose of these extraordinary
and expert horsrmen when in pursuit.
1" Nature has not intended this for a
great maritime country. A ship carpen.
ter might do well enough at repairing
vessels, making spars, etc but he would
meet with poor success IN building, a. he
could lind neither of those essentials,
timber and water, in sufficient album
dance.
I" The whole of South America on the
south side Of the grea: river Rio de la
Plata is now entirely free from the Spa.
nish yoke. The two corquering armies
of Buenos Ayres, under the command Of
the celebrated generals st. Martin and
beIsranO. having conquered the extern
siye province Of Chill, ere new on its
northern botders, and upon the eve of
commencing operations against the roya.
listS in the province of Peru So that Lii
ina, with its golden harvests. may soon
be expected to form another link in the
chain OF Republican dominion. The in
veterate hatred they bear to the Europe
an Spaniards, and their "adored Ferdi.
nand," is beyond conception In this
part of the republic all is tranquility, or
der and system. Every day here seems
like day of general festivity, and one
can see nothing in the people indicative
Of the great contest for their indepeu-
dence b; yet they are, apparently, stIan-
gers to fear, ald are vigo' ously engaged
IN contending for the independence Of
the neighboring provinces
On the north side Of the river thing.
will never 70 right as long as hrtigas |,
the chief in command. lie is an ambi-
tious and dangerous man, ana it evi
IDENTIFY appears that he has no other Oh
Ject in view in driving the Portuguese out
Of that country, than to sit himself quiet
ly down as its sole master. Therefore
you may readily perceive he has not ma
ny friends in .hese southern provinces"
BY the schooner Sector. the editors of
the Norfolk Herald have received Trini-
dad papers to the Gath of January, from
which they extract the following as the
only article of news.
Trinidad, January "a.
We are in possession Of important
news from Caracas: Mr.. Lindsay, OF
Grenada, the day before yesterday arri
we'd here from Cumana aud Caracas,
whish last city he lett the end of Decem.
Der. He states that confidence Ia the
royal government was restored-,hat ma
ny emIgrant families had returned from
st. Thomas and Curacao among which,
We understand, two sisters Of the mar
quis del IOlo. Orders had been received
from the Spunish csbinet to observe the
strictcst obedience to the royal pardon of
those persons who would wish TO return
and avail themselves OF il. All the fami.
lies returned were immediately put in
possession Of their property and from
the known character Of the present cap
tam general, brisadler general Pardo, all
the emlgrants who wish to return to that
country may expect an entire compliance
with the royal lndulto."
Frem two 10 three hundred houses
were rebuilding at Caracas and at La
guira, and Puerto CabpllO, trade with
the neutral colonies, and with Old Spain
had greatly revived.
VISIT TO THE TOMB OF WASHINGTON.
Tit has been mentioned. that the officers
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