Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1821-03-15


that later accounts make no mention OF !t'
that no account of it is given in official let.
tiers received in this city; and that there IS
every reason TO believe it to be entirely
without foundation.
Extract of letter from an officer in the u
nited States Army, TO bis friend in the
town Of Portland, dated
81. Peters, Missouri. Sept. 2s.
I'VE are building permanent garrison,
bu: shall not be able to complete It this sea-
son. The Indians appear well disposed to-
wards US at present, but ! should not be sur
prised 70 find halt the regiment scalped to-
morrow morning. as we are living at their
mercy. II We succeed in quoting them uutil
December we shall then be better prepared
We nevergo to bed without preparing tor an
attack-they are so trescherous we know
not when We are safe.
We have just learned that sou Indians will
arrive at ibis place Tonight or inlthe morn
ing 20 rescue two Of their party, which Col.
Saelling took and confined as hostages, for
murder, committed in July last; but assure
you they'll have hard fighting first, as Smell
ling is one of one old Tippacanoe boys who
are not easily frightened. ] hope, therefore
we shall be able togive good account OF
ourselves in case they make an assault.
The late Queen Regnant of Portugal be-
came insane, as is we'll known. Her delu.
sion was belief, that she was undergoing
the torments Of the internal regions. Yet
she was 50 rational, upon every other point
that when applied to by her son, the presant
King, to accompany the flight to Brazil she
replied, that she thought it dishonorable for
a Prince to abandon such faithful subjects
as the Portuguese, without at least some Cd.
position to the invaders.
The reason be does not return to Europe,
is the dread he has Of crossing the ocean !
The national Gazette has presented the
public with a translation OF the Portuguese
Manifesto. upon the subject of the restora.
ton Of the Cortes. II is brief and Affect
ing explication OF the cruel suffering they
sustained, from the time of the fight of Their
government to Brazil, through the decay of
commerce and of every branch of national
industry. They profess an unalterable fdel-
ity, and coonsider themselves, as having
done no more than replace things upon their
ancient and legitimate footing in the mo.
tives to which, 1.-THE principles of an absurd
and demoralizing philosophy. ncr the CHI
mercial pursiu: OF an unlimited freedom"
had no share. They truly declare that they
have never interfered in the internal affairs
of other nations, and that from geographic
cal situation, they are incapable of dis
turbing the peace Of others. 1.-THE conclu-
ding language Of the Manifesto expressed a
noble resolution. "No nation firmly resol-
we'd to be free, has ever failed to become so.
This is what encourages the Portuguese !;
and if they cannot compass the ,ject, they
will perish all 10 the last man. rather than sur
vive the loss of their independence. This
resolution. taken by people. who so lately
supported successfully their independence
though seven years struggle with France,
cannot be lightly abandoned.
We must not omit to mark very just and
important sentiment, they urge, as connec.
tad with that signal war. They obs ,rve,
that impartial Europe, must confess altho'
justice is not always done) that it owes to
them, in great part, the victories since gain.
ed, in favor ofthe freedom and independence
OF thrones and'nations." Bolt. pap.
REPORT ON WEIGHTS AND MEASURES.
BY John Quincy adams, ESQ Secretary OF
In the haste which is general lily produced
BY the pressure of business at the close of a
session Of Congress, our first notice of this
Document was but slight. Since the atb
instant, time has been afforded for an atten.
tive Perusal Of it,; which enables US now to
present our readers with brief view of its
contents.
The utility Of an uniform Standard of
Weights and Measures may be properly ap-
preciated. by considering that all which is
lost or gained in the daily trafhc of the COM
nunity, BY the application OF false or de-
fective Weights and Measures is an unjust