Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1821-10-24

tnap niue uues itoiu to"u' A~'s ~
inform you what the object Of contest is- Inc
Patriots say they are satisfied with the ns"
Constitution, but no, with the administration
of the present Governor Luis de Rego, he
pre- seuts no obstacles to their demands, and
vet both parties are in arms, when the "a
.yiots End themselves in strength il is prooa'
bic they will find out new grievances the
most of whom, being am told poor needy
aiven turers. anxious for any change although
it should be for the worse.
American produce still holds its price,
-four rs 1900 rs 5000. in demand-average
white sugar 1900; museovado do. Zoo
Ssh 5000. Duties On all goods in American
vessels 25 pr cent on valuation at the Gus
tom house, except liquors. which pay spe.
ci6e duty, the valuation is low-the duty on
a barrel Of -four amounts 10 d. 8 loo, and
on other articles IN proportion. Goods from
the eastward Of the Cape Of Good Hope can
only be imported for consumption in Portu-
guese bottoms-impor.ed in other vessels
can be landed and sold for expectation, Pay.
ing transit duty OF 5 pr cent
ON THE FORMATION OF MlSTS.
Sir Humphrey Davy, now president OF
the Royal Society. has given in one OF
the late numbers of the transactions OF
that learned body, an interesting account
of the manner in which mists are formed
on the surface of the water, such as is so
often seen in the summer mornings and
evenings. When the sun leaves our hem
isphere, the whole surface of the earth
grows cooler. But water cools differently
from land: for the surface of water, being
cooled, becomes heavier than the strata of
water under it, and therefore SINKS to the
bottom, and warmer water rises to the
surface; and this process continues in
deep water, through the night; so that
the surface of the water is constantly
warmer than the air in contact with it,
and also warmer than the surface OF the
earth. Hence it happens. that the cool
air from the neighboring land, mixing
with the warm vapour exhaled or evapo.
rated from tbs water, condenses this va
pour and produces the appearance of mist.
These are, therefore, most likely to be
formed where the water is deepest, provi-
ded the weather has been hot enough to
heat it throughout. for shallow water will
more quickly lose its heat than deep wa
ter, and Of course, cease to give out the
exhalations which are to be condensed
SIR Humphrey found by various expert
ments, that mist would not be formed,
unless the temperature of the water ex-
ceeded that of the air, which, we appre-
bend, is precisely the opposite of the COM
mon opinion, since it is Generosity believ
ed, that these mists are generated by the
operation of the water to cool the air a
bove, and condensc its moisture. The
following will serve as an example of Sir
Humphreys experiments. Below Pas
sau. the Inn and liz flow into the Danube
On examining the temperature Of these
| rivers at 6 o'clock, A. NJ. June ii that OF
the Danube was found to be sixty-two de-
grees, F. that of the Inn, tif'y-six aud
half degrees f.; and that Of the liz, fifty
six degrees. The temperature OF the at
| mss phere where the streams mixed, was
fifty four degrees. The whole surface Of
Danube ithe warmesO was covered with
thick fog, on the Inn there was slight
mist; and on The liz scarcely haziness.
These experiments and observations
explain striking phenomenon, now and
then witnessed in Boston If the wea-
Their becomes suddenly and severely cold.
before the water of the surrounding BAY
is frozen, it's surface is seen to be covered
with thick fog. arising like columns of
smoke. This appearance S produced by
the con lensati on OF tie Va. n. + from the
warmer waters, by the great GOODNESS of
the atmosphere Freeman'S Jour.
The following story appeared in an En-
glish newspaper about the time OF the dis
tnrbence at Boston, relative to he Stamp
duty; and it is also to be found, with 10
material variation, in Dr. Barnaby's trav-
els through the middle settlement of
North Americs.
About 10 years ago, captain st. Loe,
commander of a ship of war, then in Bos-
ton harbOr. being ashore on Sunday, was
apprehended by the constables for walk
ing on the Lords Day. On Monday, he
was carried before a Justice; he was
fined; refused to pay it; and, for his con-
tumacy and contempt of authority, was
sentenced to sit in the stocks for one hour,
during the time of Change. The sem
tence was put into execution, without the
lost mitigation. While the captain safe
in durance, grave ma gistrates advised him
to respect, in future, the wholesome laws