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Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1821-02-10


On We lnesdsy next will take place the
ceremony of counting over The votes OF the
Electors Of President and Vice President OF
The United States. A joint committee OF botn
houses has been appointed to devise the pro-
Der re gulations for conducting it. The con-
s.itu,ionaI provision on the SUBJECT Is III 'he
following words: A." The President OF the
:. Senate shall, in the presence OF the Senate
land of the House Of Representatives, open
" al the certificates, and the votes shall then
"be counted" The practice, under inns
pr,yjsion. has not been uniform. AT the last
election, the Senate came in body, INTO
the Representatives Chamber, the House
being in session and the Speaker presiding
iointly W th him, the President OF the Senate
opened the votes. There is some diversity
III opinion, whether, as the President OF the
Senate is the officiating officer, he ought not
also to be the sole presiding officer. Ihi'
il will be said, is mere point OF ehque"e
We grart ,ba, is little more than that but
whatever ons does, it is we'll TO do properly
and even gracefully, if the act admit OF H.
Besides, though il is but form now per-
chance it may be substance hereafter
We have a singular illustration OF the con-
siieratiou which is due, even IN rePanheah
governments, to matters of form, IN the
present situation OF Missouri. The act de-
eIcring new state into the Union, It'll said,
was originally but an official and solemn an
nuaciation Of q fact; ihsomuch that the Be-
majors and Representatives of some states
were admitted to their seats, and to the DIS
charge of their various functions, before the
passage of such deelaratory acts. Now, Inc
absence of such an act is considered as de.
NAL Of the admission Of Missouri into the
coniederscy, We do not mean, however,
to meddle with that subject, further than 10
sbew, By illustration, that forms are occa-
sionally of some importance. (Nat. Int.
GeorgstoSn, Februrry7.
The FRS; Episcopal Church was set on
FIRE this morning about o'clock, shortly at
Ter the retiring OF the watch it was. how
ever, fortunately discovered in time to save
the building, the roof Of the pent house only
having received a partial injury. Taking
this in connection with the recent burning
OF an empty house in Washington at an unu-
sual hour, it seems quite certain that there
is an incsndisry villain among US; and ii
beboves US to adopt precautionary measures.
A letter from ST. Stephens, Alabama. tsays
the Savannah Republican, informs US, ths'
The Tonbeckbs Bank was robbed Of 80, 575
dollars, on the 18th oflssi month. 1t is sup
posed that the bank was entered by false
key. Four thousand sig hundred and fifty
dollars, Of American gold were taken. and
tine residue was in Tombeckbe and other
notes. A reward Of two thousand dollars
has been offered by the cashier of the bank
Tor the recovery Of the money and convic-
ton OF The thief.
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For Freight,

.@ The superior schooner MILLER,
SS&&R. Mason, master, carries 1000 bar
rels. is nearly new. and in complete order
for any voyage. Apply TO
WIN. FOWLE e. Co.
Who b. We for sale, received per the brig
Abby, capt. Potter, from Salem,
100 pieces Russia sheelings
february 10
Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1821-02-10
lumbar & Townsend,

Dunbar e Townsend,
HAVE received per schooner Levan''
IL and for sale
10 bales domestic sheeting., OF SUPER
or quality.
Per sch'r Ndtive-
400 boYe. smoked behring's.
IN STORE.
$50 reams wrapping paper OF excel
lent quality, which will be sold very low
ALSO,
9ooo lbs. soal leather.
Boston No. mackereI, and Cd nails
Feb. 10 3!
Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1821-01-16
WEDNESDAY. JANUARY 10.

Alr. Horsry presented tie petition of
ibr Prrsid.0i and Directors Of the Bank
oi Washington, 81 the Bark IF Alpxan-
dria, and Of The Bank Of Potomac. p,ay.
inS Tor renewal OF their respective char,
terS which wHe referred IN The commit
fec on The Dis'Tici of Columbia.
Nh L'0w sg',Titied for consideration
the following rrsn'ution-
R'Sclrcd, That tie committee on Tie Public
LANDS b" instructed to enquire inio the ins-
ice and eNprtltFnCS OF granting laiI tar tho
purpose ut edura ION within fIp limits of the
old statss, corresponding with the apptnpris-
ii'HS winch have been made Tor the same ODE
Jccts viii" ihc lmits ~ the new states.
MT. DoP5o"r. having obtained leave
introduced d tiil ronccrning the col
lection "t public monrys;" which was
iwicc read and referred TO the commit
TEE OF iiraucs.
HE bill 10 incorporate the Columbian
Institution f"r literary purpVsra, was read
tlilsd time and passed.
I5e r@.o!gfiom yesterday moved by
Mr. Hoimcs oi Maine, @as taken up aud
agrprd 10
X I've S'uAic proceeded 10 lbc considc-
f"tinu of he bill from Tie House nf r.
rFrFsrnldiiFes to incorporate The National
FarcIue Institution.
GA it, bfll there arose a short debate
Nc Returns aud Mr. T'diLot opposed
i'ie iU', Oh tbc ground thar II was not
nee S-dty L. fac DbjtCt avoned, which
crp!'i rr easily accomplished without IL;
Ia. y necessary az act ci incorporation
crw be obtained from the state ri Ma
Is ant, su'ii lent, for al useful purposes
hat the bill proposed 30 Incorporate an
'1sii'niion W''houi liaiung 4 10 The Dis,
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repeatedly Deea,itrd but, al ieRsth, the con-
iention respecting the Journal was ended By
vents renewal OF the controversy. as the
Jcnrnal eau only he amended on the day on
winch " Is tead, unless a proposition Tor its
amendment shall be actually under cousidera
non NJ the time of adjournment on that DAY,
WHICH was not the case when the house ad-
Jonrned This day MAT IntelL
Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1821-01-16

Two hundred and seventy writs have
been issued for the Brancb OF the u. 8.
Bark AZ Cincinnati, for debts amounting
10 8 GOO, 900. Ohio Monitor.
Edwardsville spectator. [volume] (Edwardsville, Ill.) 1819-1826, 1821-08-14
have you done for the benefit Of man.

have you done for the benefit Of man.
kind
When Themistocles was sarcastically
asked, by some great musical genius OF
his age, whether he knew how to play
upon the lutte, he answered, No +! but he
knew how to make great city Of small
one. We shall not contend with you
for the prize of music, painting, or
sculpture. We shall not disturb the
extatic frances Of your chemists, nor call
from the heavens the ardent gaze OF
your astronomers. We will not ask
you who was the last President of your
Royal Academy. We will not inquire
by whose mechanical combinations II
was that your steamboats, stem the cur
rents of your rivers, and vanquish the
opposition of the winds themselves upon
your seas. We will not name the in
yentor Of the cotton-gin, for we fear that
you would ask US the meaning of the
word, and pronounce it provincial
barbarism. We will not name to you
him whose graver deGes the imitation OF
forgery, and saves the labor of your exc
cutioner by taking from your greatest
geniuses Of robbery the power of COM
hitting the crime. He is now among
yourselves; and since your philosophers
have permitted him to prove to them the
compressibility of water, you may per-
haps claim him for your own. Would
you soar to fame upon rocket, or burst
into glory from shell we shall leave
you TO inquire of your naval heroes their
opinion of the steam battery and the tor
pedo. 1t is not by the continuance OF
agents Of destruction that America wish
es to commend her inventive genius to
the admiration or the gratitude of after
times nor is it even in the detection of
the secrets, or the composition Of new
notifications of physical nature.
"Excudent ali sprantia mollius era"
Nor even is her purpose the glory of Ro-
man ambition, nor 1'u regere Imherio
populos," her memento to her sons. Her
glory is not dominion, but liberty. Her
march is the march Of mind. She has a
spear and a shield; but the motto upon
her shield is---Freedom, INDEPENDENCE,
Peace. This has been her declaration i;
this has been, as far as her necessary in
tercourse with the rest Of mankind would
permit, her practice.
My Coun,rymen, Fellow-Ci,izens, and
Friends: could that spirit which dictated
the Declaration we have this day read ;
that spirit " which prefers before all tenn
Piles the upright heart and pure" at this
moment descend from his habitatipn in
the skies, and, within this hall, in Ian
guage audible to mortal ears, address
each one Of us here assembled, our be-
loved country, Britannia ruler of the
waves, and every individual among the
sceptered lords of human kind, his words
would bc--Go THOU, AND DO LIKEWISE.
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FONEAGN.
NEW YORK JULY ID.


We are indebted to passenger in the
ship Harmony, from Swansea, for the
London Traveller of the evening of the
llth June, the contents Of which we have
noticed ; but the most important news
that has been received for long time.
is published in London paper of the
18th ult. which our informant had pc.
rused-" An account of the death Of Ma
holeon Bonaharte, at St. Helena and
an attack by the American squadron in
the Mediterranean upon the Turkish
fleet"
By the Ann Maria, captain Wilkin.
son, which arrived yesterday, we have
received Liverpool papers ofthe 18th Of
June, Lloyd's Lists on the 9Th. and Lon
don papers to the evening of the 10TH.
They contain but little political news.
There was no alteration of note in the
cotton market.
The number of English at Paris is
estimated at 10000.
Advices from Calcutta, to late date,
state that the cholera morbus ragged to
an alarming extent at Siam, in the capt.
tai Of which, Rankok, 10000 persons
have persisted.
Ertract from the Commercial Advertiser.
Blood still flows profusely in the
Turkish Dominions; but the accounts
continue contradictory, and unsatisfacto-
ry. Those which are given in the Bril-
fish opposition journals, represent the
insurgents as every where triumphant,
and as receiving every day an accession
of strength. In the Islands, the Morea,
and on the Danube the accounts CONT
nue. to state, that success has crowned
their efforts.
From the other parts of Europe, we
find little to interest or amuse. The
Emperor Alexander had passed through
Warsaw, where he reviewed the most of
his army, under the Grand Duke Con-
stantine.
The Emperor of Austria has address
ed three autograph letters, the first to
Prince Metternich appointing him Chan
cellor OF State ofthe Court and Imperial
House. The second is addressed to the
Minister of Finance, Count Stadion, gra-
ciously acknowledging his public servi-
ces. The third is a letter to the Baron
de Frimont. His majesty states, that
the promptitnde and order with which
he has conducted the military operations
have perfectly eqnalled his desires and
his expectations and adds, that look
ing to the general situation Of things at
the commencement t of the late campaign,
he and the army under bis command,
have we'll merited not only their Sovc-
reisn's acknowledgment, but those of
Monarchy, and the whole of Europe
The Neapolitan General Rossarol, has
arrived at Barcelona, having aed with
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his family from Messina, on finding that
events took an adverse turn; and Gen.
Pete continues at Madrid, where he has
received from the Spanish government
pension of 10000 reals, OF 10000
francs per annum.
A proposition is alleged to have been
made by the Cortes, that one Infant of
Spain should proceed to Mexico, and
another to some part of South Americas
there. to establish two free monarchiesg
secured in their liberties by national re-
representatives., and attached TO the mother
country by political principles as we'll as
by commercial treaties. This project
seems to be looked upon with some favor
at Madrid.
The Minister of the Interior has am
nounced to the Cortes that two messea-
gers from Bolivar had arrived at Cadiz,
and that, Notwithstanding the armistice,
hostilities were to rccommence OH tire
2sth of April. Several Deputies in the
Cortes complained that Ministers had
not sufficiently endeavored to promote
the return of peace to the colonies.
Great attempts are making to abolish
the mendicity which prevails throughout
Spain; and in many instances this at
tempt is followed by success.
The tythes have been reduced one half,
and the clergy are to have the sole reve-
nue., except thirty millions of reals to
government. The lay proprietors ofthe
tythes are to be indcmnified for their
loss.
General Morillo, on the fete Of ST.
lsdorus gave great proof OF courage,
he entered vast multitude which had
assembled for the purpose of proceeding
to his residence, where they had sworn
to assassnate him, and with few SOL
diers commanded them 10 disperse.--
This boldness disconnected the conspira-
tors, and prevented new scene Of
slaughter.
Letters from Cadiz of the 18th May,
state, that the city of Tetuan has been
blockaded by sea and land, by the orders
of the Muley Soliman.
A contagious fever has manifested IL
self in the province of Valencia. In
small village called Azelo, it carried of
six persons in one day.
The state OF the capital is said to be
tranquil.
In Great Britain matters go on about
the same as usual. The Constitutional
Society are laboring hard to check, ifnot
entirely to stop, the liberty of the press.
The opposition continue loud in their
murmars against the association.
The London Courier contradcts the
rumor OF contemplated change in The
British Cabinet.
The Coronation of George 4th, is to
take place OH the 10th instant.
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Laybach, May IL.

AT the moment when the Congress
separated, the following document was
published in the name of the Courts of
Austria, Prussia, and Russia:-
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minlstered by wise Prince, and under
paternal laws, nor the sad prospect OF
calamities to which the country was en-
posed, could restrain the disaffectet from
their designs.
The plan of a general subversion was
prepared. In this combination against
the repose ofnations, the conspirators Of
Piedmont had their part assigned them.
They were eager to perform it.
The throne and the state were betray-
ed--oaths were violated--military honor
tarnished---and the contempt OF every
duty soon produced the scourge of every
disorder.
Every where the pestilence exhibited
the same character every where one
uniform spirit directed these fatal reyo-
lutions.
Not being able to assign plausible mo-
tites in their justification, nor to obtain
national support to maintain them, it was
in false doctrines that these contrivcrs OF
anarchy sought an apology; they found
ed, upon criminal associations, still
more criminal hope. In their eyes the
salutary supremacy of the laws, was a
yoke which must be destroyed. They
renounced those sentiments which are
inspired by true love of ones country,
and substituting for known duties arb.
trary and underlined pretences for uni
versal change in the constituent princi.-
pies of society, they prepared endless dis.
as,ers for the world.
The Allied Sovereigns saw the DANCES
of this conspiracy in all their full exteI,ts
but they had also discovered the real
weakness of the conspirators, in spite of
their veil Of defamation and deceit
Experience has verified their anticipa4
tions, The resistance WHICH legitimate
authority has encountered, has been use.
less, and crime has disappeared at the
sight of the sword ofjustice.
1t is not to accidental causes-it is not
even to the conduct ofmen, who behaved
so i'll in the hour OF ba,tle--that this easy
success should be attributed. Il has rev
Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1821-10-24
FROM JAMAICA & HALIFAy

We received on Saturday, from NJ.
Boston Correspondent, Halifax psper, !,
the 10th inst. inclusive. They con,,i'
accounts from, Jam. to the sOtn Of Any,
The only article worthy of notice j, n.
following relative to the state OF the l.,
and, copied from the st. Jago Gazette,
THE most melancholy accounts h,v.
been received this week from all part, .:
the Island, OF the deplorable effects Ofh.
long continued dry weather. The crOn.
OF yams, expected about this season. vi;
be almost entirely lost, as well as ever,
other kind of provisions; and it is fe,rS
that very many properties will soon !.
called upon to purchase provisions i,,
their negroes. Many cattle have perish
ed from the want of water and food, and
the next crops of sugar will be lOn
throughout several districts, the cane,
being Irrecoverabiy withered With such
a miserable prospect before US, the redu:.
ton efthe pol tax last year, in consequent.
ofthe loan Of $50, 900 may be considered,
most fortunate circums lance, and we .r
that other AMI larger 10 .ns must be indsps,.
sadly resorted TO, to drtray The public con.
tingenCies. unless some immediate stepsare
taken by government tor the relief OF The NJ.
ined sugar planters, whose produce, al tie
present prices and duties, even under iavo.
rable circumstances, do not afford suilic,u,
profit to defray the necessary coul,ngeneie,
OF their estates.
A copy OF the bill which had passed the
House OF CoAmons Tor regulating the dutie.
on East India sugars, had been received a,
Kingston, which, they Soy. will afford no re-
lief 10 the West India planters
The Hon. Thomas Witter Jackson, Chic
Justice of the Island. died OF lever on th,
18th, after seven days illness.
nv. Y. Gazstts.
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GENERAL PEPE.

Tie Duke Oh Kent packet, which ar
rived OIL the 10th August at Falmouth
from Lisbon, has brought to England the
revolutionary Neapoitan gen. Pope, who
cut SO conspicuous figure in the late re-
be!lion at Nap es. What object this VAL
liant hero proposes to accomplish by his
visit to this country we are at loas to
conjecture. lie was accompanied by a
colonel Pie said to be his aid dc camp.
and TOOK the road for London Both
these gentlemen may be improved by their
residence in Eng land. w.ere they will
hnd loyalty and attachment to e Sover-
elgn TO be leading characteristic Ut the
people.
We are informed that the Murrain has
lately appeared amongst the cattle in some
parts Of the counties OF Brecon. kadnor,
Cardigan. and Carmathan, but hope the
report will prove unfounded.-This dis
ease is highly contagious, generally fatal,
and mostly occurs in dry seasons, but
happily very seldom in this country. Its
symptoms are. the animals hanging down
their heads, which are swollen, palpita-
ton of the heart. short and hot breathing,
staggering. viscid secretion from the
eyes, rafting in the throat, and shining
tongue, We believe no certain remedy
is known for the disorder; bleeding and
purging have been recommended, with
setons in the dewiap- after the operation
Of pursatives. opia,es and aromatics are
said to be of use, and we think change of
food would also be found serviceable, with
a portion of salt, two or three ounces mix
ed in it daily. On the first appearance of
the symptoms Of this q.adruped plague,
the healthy cattle should Immediately be
removed as far as possible from those al
fected, to fresh shady pasture, with plen-
ty of water, and salt given them daily in
some food, about two or three ounces
each day; the recovery Of the diseased
cattle we fear will always prove very I'M
certain, and we strongly recommend
where animals die with the symptoms
here described. a skiIful veterinary sur
geon should be procured to open one Of
them, as then he will be enabled to judge
of tho best method of treating the disor.
der. The greatest care must he takef to
prevent the spreading ef the disease,
Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1821-10-24
[Foreign Ertracts.1
HYDROPHOBlA.

IL February last, as charity boy be-
longing to Bridge, Bowgate, and Candle
wick School lin company with several OF
his school fellows was picking sugar of
a cask on Cox's wharf Lower Thames
street, strange dog came up, and, with
out the least provacation, bit him on the
back of the hand, So severely as TO lay the
bones nearly bare to great extent. The
populace collected and killed the dog, but
not before he had bit two other persons in
their attempts. The boy and the dog
we're both taken to Mr. Price, surgeon,
in Cannon. street, when the dog was open,
ed aud examined by several surgeons but
were unable TO discover the usua! marks
of canine madness and it was not. there
fore, deemed advisable to amputate the
boys hand The bitten parts of the boys
hand were exc cised, and caustic applied
TO every part. In the beginning of last
week between fourand five months from
the blte) he was attacked with evident
symptoms OF hydrophobia. at his fathers
house, in Sugar-loaf-cuurt Garlick-hill,
of which he died on Thursday; the dread
of fluids, and the convuisive state any at
tempts to swallow them produced, were
particularly evident in this case. lie was
visited by several medical gentlemen. and
ole OF the surgeons OF St Thomas Hos
pital. who had no doubt of the disease.
OF the two other persons, one was taken
to an hospital, and had the part cut out,
but las since died of hyd!ophobia; the
other went INTO the country to place him
self under course OF some celebrated
remedy for the cure OF the bite OF mad
dog, but he also died of the hydrophobia.
The boy was buried on Sunday, all the
boys and girls Of the school, with great
number Of their friends walking In the
procession.
Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1821-10-24

BIZ. we shall begin to sros nels,cA,,-
and therefore QUIT the subject, with dc h.
that Byron himself (tet no one .is dare y" ="
help to introduce Don Juan into our p,,
and around our 6resides, by simply ee,,;,'
him OF few ornaments, which though ,llo,
able among men, in moment, OF ie,,;,;.
aud secret contab, are by 10 me4us bscon
ing the society OF ladies'. Thus altered h.,
,eaulics will be irresistible.
Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1821-10-24

onths day Of nj. Departure seveFa. q
the Magistrates and siatesin.h nPa"
led the captain to NaDtssAe CT kos0s, "here
the ship lay, with every thing ready 'or
sailing.
An elegant dinner was provided Tor
them on board. after which many bowls
and bottles we're drained As the blood
of the saints waxed warm the crust o,
their hypocrisy melted away; the morai
sea saws and scripture texts gave pla' 9 to
double-intendres, and wanton songs; the
captain encouraged their gaiety, sno the
whole ship resounded with the roar OF
their merriment. Just al this time, into
the cabin burst body OF sailors, who TO
the inexpresSible horror end amazenieht
of the saints pinioned them fast. Heed
less of their cries and en'reatles they
dragged them upon deck, where they
were tied up, stripped. and the ocais"a'n'
with his assistants, armed with cat-o-nlne-
tails: administered unto them the laws OF
Moses, in the most enc getic manner: the
captain, in the mean time, assuring them
that it was consonant 10 their own doc
trine and to scripture, that the mortifca-
ton ofthe flesh tended towards the saving
Of the soul, and therefore it would be
criminal in him to abate single lash.
When they had suffered the whole of
their discipline, which had fayed them
from the nape of the neck. to the hams,
the captain took polite leave, earnestly
begging them to remember him in their
prayers, They were then LEI down into
the boat that was waiting for them, the
crew saluted them with three cheers-and
captain st. Ioe made sail.