Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1819-11-11

the Custom housekeeping investigator.
Beacon.
We learn that the squadron, under the com
mand of Commodore Charles Morris, will
sail on cruize, from Hampton Roads, this
day, on special service. l6,d.
Extract of a letter 10 the editor of the Demo-
cratic Press, dated
est. Thomas, 18th Oct. 1919.
" In Tortola there are but 10 houses stand
ing, in St. Barts all vessels ashore st.
Martins has suffered dreadfully-St, Croix
felt but little--St Kits and Nevis suffered
much. The governor OF St Kits has open
ed the island for flour, bread stuffs, and all
kinds of provisions T. lumber, cattle, horses,
&C. for months. Porto Rico has suffered
much. 1t is supposed that the brig Joseph,
5. Lewis, of your port, coming from St.
Barts to this place, was lost during the
storm, having left St. Barts on the elst in the
evening.
From Margaretta there are daily British
officers arriving here, who have left the In
dependent service in disgust-the fever ra-
ges amongst the English at Margare,ta most
dreadluly General English is dead of it,
and number more.
6 Bolivar is positively Santa Te. New
Grenada has furnished him with 5000 men
and about two millions of dollars. Samanos,
the viceroy, saved himself with but few at
PENDANTS, and by way of Monpos reached
Cartbagena. We hear by way ofPorto Ca
yella that be has been defeated by colonel
Aguanequi, and has escaped to Maracaibo
he is encamped at Terbaco, twelve miles
distant from Carthagena, on an elevated
spot, but it is confidently asserted that he
has but 100 men with him. The Spanish ge
neral Latone is With $50 men Gall that re-
mains of the five regiments of Navarre) at
Cucuta, but general Morillo stands at st.
Carlos about leo miles to the westward of
Caracas, with about Coco men, and appears
to have the intention to fortity hill near
Valencia aud await reinforcements, which it
is said he had beer promised f'om Spain"
Extract of letter from young officer on
board the Congress, to his friend in Wash
inSton, dated
RIO Janeiro, July l4th, 1919.
You will probably like TO hear some
thing Of this place. The coast, as you APP
proath it, is grand beyond description. The
mountains are of immense height, extending,
as far as the eye can reach, up the country.
The Brazil coast may truly be called IRON
bound believe there is not in the world
such another.
The town looks well from the roads
where we he, which are about two miles of.
1t is very regularly laid out but the streets
are narrow and the buildings closely crowd
ed. Some inhabitants are said to be OF i'm
mense wealth but it seems TO me they must
be miserable, for there is scarce any sociali
ty among them, and their houses are neither
we'll built nor well furnished.
' The Portuguese are the most supers,-
tiouS beings IN the world the country being
ruled by priests, whom they believe to be
sent from God to pardon their sins. have
visited their churches, which are more splen-
did than any buildings IN the states, and saw
many deyotees kneeliDg before golden ina
ges.
6 The King and Queen disagree they
have separate palaces, carriages, and guards.
The king is bound up in religion, disliking
all shows and parade. The queen is d.
rsctly the reverse. There are three prin-
cesses, all very pretty one of them quite
beauty. | saw the whole family at the cha
pei | have been TOO at the theatres, and
saw dancing which surpassed all had ever
seen. A few days since, mall in business
here killed HIS partner he instantly few to