Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1821-12-17

contradicted by the testimony Of La
Fleur "His conversation with wo
men," he said, was of the most inter.
esting kind; he usually lett them seri.
Gus, if he did not find them So"
London. Nov. 9.
The following private letter, which
we take from the Journal des Debates
gives truly affecting picture Of the
suffering and mortality caused by the
Yellow Fever at Bare elona;--
Barcelona, Oct IL.
Iwrote to you by the last courier, at
a moment when l was scarcely able to
hold the pen, in state OF ign fever
have forgotten all the details which
sent you All! my dear brother, if You
beheld my situation. lam the mos,
.wreiched Of men. We were eieh, in
number, shut up in this one house
From the 9TH OF October, We had com.
I municaton with 10 human creature
: What a mischance! when on the 10th
! inst. we heard knocking at the door.
We went to look out at the window
Sanslapan was called, in order to be-
informed that his son was taken i'll. At
+ this news the wretched father cried out
repeatedly, my son! my son, has taken
the Infection, l will see himr' The
mother, VINO was in the house, appear.
ed as wretched as the father. They
went out in haste, and returned in a
quarter OF an hour with their sick son
I 1t was in vain that we demonstrated
with them upon the danger of introduc.
ing him. As they were the porters of
the house, we could not prevent their
enierimg.-Heavens! What imprudence!
What aiamity ensuedl The son was
put to bed-in "a hours he expired.
The mother was soon seized with the
contaglon, a:so the father. Between
the 10th and the 18th, eight Of us had
caught it. OF these eight, five were
! carried off, and my daughter is at her
last hour. The French Physicians Wis.
it US twice day, and give some hopes
of recovery. 70 DE prepared for the
worst, | have made my will, which is
deposited At the parish church Of St.
Michael. To-day have been upon the
rsmIarts searching for some herbs for
my daughter. On my way aons en-
countered at least twenty carts loaded
with Gead. There are still ten thousands
I deaa IN the town. AT Barcelonette there
is not soul left--"Ali the world'is
! dead. The worst OF it is that bodies are
lett to horrible putrefaCtion in the hous-
Is. 1t is impossible to stir out without
shedding tears, Terror Is at its utmost.
At this moment am looking on, whilst
the bed, the mattresses, the coverings,
and the bodies ii the victims are thrown
out OF the windows ipts the street. M
some streets-tk,sts i;ibka sufficiently
Of carts, ahd Some hundred bodies are
left in heaps upon the pavements. i'll
| said the deaths are thousand day
should not exagerate. believe tho
number is greater. believe all those
in the town will perish. Mr. PAire.,
the French Physician, has this instant
visited my daughter tor the last time
He announces 10 me the des of one OF
his colleagues, Nj. Mozet. Another, NJ.
Bailey, is dangerously i'll. They will
no longer remain in the town, because
the General who commands the first
Gordon will not consent to fall back q
league Our Doctors wished that eve
ry body should 90 out Of the town; and
since that is not allowed. it is impossi-
bic to check the plague.
Madrid, Oct. Is.
1t is pretty certain that the deputies
to the ensuing Cortes will be nearly all
chosen from amongst the most violent
Jacobins in Spain.-Ail the candidates
and electors of opposite opinions have
been compelled to retreat from the
Electoral Asse mblies, by bludgeons and
bayonets. At Pampeluna, amongst 9th
err places, the Authorities were necessi-
ated to call out the provincial grena-
diers, in order to avoid bloodshed. 1t
will, however, be said, that these cleo
tions represent the wishes Of the Span
ISL nation.
a Cadiz Journal inserts the follow
ing petition, addressed to the National
Assembly:
Representatives of the nation! All
the efforts Of the Infant Don Carlos, to
induce the belief that King Ferdinand
Wills the Liberator of Spain, arc fruit
less and absurd. The King cannot IN
vest himself with this glorious title,
which he is far from meriting; the glory
of having delivered Spain from his ty-
ranny, belongs to men of nobler and
more exalted character. Wouldto God
that the King were worthy of this title,
but We proclaim it loudly, he is incapa-
BILE of dcservingit it.
Yesterday strong body of our fac.