Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1818-05-26

! and the stones fell among tho CROWD a.
sembled IN the church to see the bell Ia
KEN down. -,
Mr.. Kean, the celebrated tragedian'
has performed at Glasgow recently WIN
great success. New arrangements were
required and made at the theatre to &C.
SCmodate the unprecedented numbers
who strove for seats.
Mrs Edwin, Of the British theatre
has lately been defrauded Of $4,000, by a
broker she employed to purchase an an
nuity for her.
The Esquimaux Indian who was in
England. and went in the arctic exRed'-
! ton, astonished the nattres by Us &
ploits in his canoe. One of his srdinary
fpats was that of rolling over and over
in the water, without losing either his
seat or his paddle. He also threw dart
at any small object floating in the water
at a considerable distance, and was ne
yer known to miss it. On the 30th OF
March. Lord castleresgh, Lord Var
mouth, the Bishops Of Winchester and
Oxford, Mr.. Croker. and several other
persons of distinction, and about 10000
other spectators. collected at Deptford TO
see his performances, but he got intcxica-
ted and out Of temper, and neither
threats. intresties nor off Of great re-
ward, could induce him to doefpy thing
to crafty their curiosity-and they had
to return to their hsmes completely dis
appointed.
i A wretch Of the name Of VIM. Bailey,
who had poisoned his father, mother, and
two other persons, was lately seeking 4
passage in England Tor Anne lea; but the
officers of justice were in search of him,
and in hopes Of taking him before he sail
ed. --
A commercial letter from Havre of the
18th ult, remarks, that American wheat
would probably sell in small quantities
at 45f. small quantity Of rye flower in
market, unsaIeable. Carolina rice, 42f.
expected to fall such quantities having
arrived at Antwerp and other markets,
the prices have given way there. Coffee
our bonded stores are entirely desti
tute, and the whole stock, in market does
not exceed 80 to 10000 lbs. for good St.
Domingo we could now obtain 81 to 5Ss
duty paid. Indigo stock in market 244
ceroons Caracas, &c. at 9 to 14f %
chests Bengal. to l4f; and 1e9 chests
per ship just arrived from India. Su.
gar, Havana, brown, 81 Csc. in bond
East India, in bags, duty paid, II. IS, TO
1, 90. We have this moment received
the result Of the public sale of tobacco At
Paris-4s69 hhds. we're offered, 1924 Ia
ken, of which 74O from this port. VIr
gina a, from $50 to 1907 per 100 k, and
Kentucky and Carolina at from $50 to
100. The next public sale will be in
October.
The stock Of American cotton on hand
is about $500 bales. Although prefer
ence is given to American Gotten at
higher prices, yet sales are Of late effect.
ed with difficulty on account Of the diff
ference between that and Brazil and E.
/ |. cotton, our manufacturers are turning
their attention more and more to the two
latter qualities. We must look forward
to q decrease CT consumption of Ameri-
can cotton ---
From the Richmond Compiler Of May IS.
INDIAN AFFAIRS.
Every account we have from Georgia
gives more gloomy certainty to the
worst features Of the deplorsbls destruc.
ton Of the Chehaw Town The Geor-
gia troops, on their return from )ackson'
camp, passed through the ruins OF this