Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1821-06-30

For those chat can afford it. no drink
is preferable to weak punch. Pure water
will not satisfy the thirst alone, as well as
when combined with something acid or
spirituous. The only thing to be avoided
is using spirituous drink too strong or in
too great quantities, for nothing can be
more hurtful
Port Spain, (Trinidad,) April 81.
For sevaral days past the Mountains to
the North of the Town, between the Val
legs of St. AIMS and Maraval, have been
perceived to be on fire, which we are sor
ry to say has increased to such an alarm
ing extent as not only to endanger many
valuable properties, but have already de-
stroyed quantity of canes on the estate
ofMr Buissiere, in the valley of Maraval;
and materially injured the new settle
ment of the Chevalier de Cannes, which,
we believe and hope, is the extent of the
mischief occasioned up to this time, 4 P.
NJ His Excellency Lieut.. Col. Young,
with the greater part OF the Sd west In
dia Regiment, and the whole of the Gov
eminent Negroes, amounting to near 1000
men, with an a!acrity usual to that gal
liant officer, proceeded at 4 o'clock this
morning to Fort George, where he is
using every exertion to stop the ravages
of the devouring element, which threatens
destruction to many valuable properties
in its neighborhood.
II Fuller, and H. St. Hall, Esquires,
whose estates are in great danger, are ex-
erting every effort for their preservation,
in which we trust they may be successful;
but unfortunately the breeze, which still
continues fresh, added to the extreme
drought, increases the evil, and the flames
spread with the rapidity of tightening,
reaching from the extremity OF the noun
tains, little to the westward OF the st.
AIMS Valley, into that of Maraval!
There is much sensation excited among
The French and Spanish population OF New
Orleans by a rule, recently adopted, OF the
Supreme court of the state.-All students Of
the law are to be excluded from the profess
ion who are unable to pass an examination
10 the English language. The same court
have also decided that all " proceedings IN
the meetings OF creditors anc the awards Of
arbitrator should be drawn up in the En-
gIish tongue, uuder the penalty OF being de-
clared null and void" The last regulation
is supposed 10 flow from an article in the
state constitution respecting the use, in GER
tain proceedings, of the English language;
but the French citizens are vebemently in
censed with the rule about attornies al law;
they declare that it establishes an equality
of political privilege; that it amounts to
prescription of the French tongue. that the
Judges have in this case assumed power
which exclusively belongs to The Legisla'
rure; and that il this imposition is tamely
submitted to, the next step will be to drive
all Frenchmen from the jury box, and to ad
nit none but such as are able to speak The
English language. They say that the state
constitution has gone far enough, il not too
far, in submitting to the requsition Of Con-
gress, that the records of Louisiana should
be keptin the English language.-This to-
pic is under anxious discussion in the New
Orleans papers and petition will proba.
bly be presented to the next Legislature 10
rescind the obnoxious rule of the court.
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