Alexandria gazette & advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1822-1824, 1822-08-31


rites and ignorance CO forth from ITS |
to 1887. 4
What we mean to say is, that a!tho'
the usual aspersions, Of pirates, freeboo-
ters, insurgents, rebels, Ignorant men,
mulattos, creoles, and samboes, were
lavished without restraint or measure,
there were men who saw through the
mist OF error and possessed magnan-
unity. sagacity, and public spirit to con-
spire, lend, aid, and comfort to those
who were asserting their independence
against the despotism of Europe.
Those who rose above the force OF
preiudices, and lent their aid In" times
thai tried meme souls" will not be for
gotten nor disregarded by the new GO
vernments-and we speak with the tut
lest confidence and the best lntorma
ton, when we say that no just claim
will be disregarded. Probably some
delay may occur incident to the ne"
state ofthings, but that as fast as the 70,
sources of the countries will permit all
claims duly authenticated will be pro-
vided for as fast as the resources OF tne
several states will admit.
The government ofthe United States
fulfilled towards France and Hclland'
the obligation ofdeb, contracted curing
The revolution, with perhaps only the
single exception of the claims OF Beau
marehais. THE Colombian Republic
has rewarded its military officers In the
most generous manner OF which we
could enumesate examples, and the
debts contracted in Europe are to be ii.
undated we understand, out of the
loan contracted by Mr. Tea. There are
some debts due in the United States,
which the Colombian government
would have long since liquidated, had
not the Ordinary resources been absorb
ed by the imperious necessity OF that
expedition to Quito, and the illustration
of the conspiracies which had been
Matching in a concert, which had It's
branches in Chill, Lima, Guayaquil,
Quito, Panama, and Mexico, but which
had been exploded by the prompt march
of Bolivar, with his veteran Sambos
west of the Andes
On the side of Mexico, which has by
asingular course OF events, slid into in
dependence, the amount Of her reven-
ues under the colonial condition, the
restriction Of cultivation, and the bur-
dens of royal monopoEes, exceeded
t5ceaaty millions Of dollars annually
What must the resources OF that nation
be wnen it shall have representative
constitution and government of laws,
for which it is he intention of Ytur>
bide, notwithstanding his Imperial title;
if shat title be preserved by him; then
who can owe more gratitude than ne
must to those who have contributed to
accomplish independence. The public
men who fill the eminent stations Of
public honor and trust in the existing
government, are themselves the witness
ses Of the generous largesses and sacrl-
fees made by Americans of the North,
to their brethren of the South, notwith-
standing the clamor and prescription
which was set up and fomented by the
agency of the Spanish ambassadors and
consuls in the United STATES, and to- The
artificial force Of which even our pub
lie policy and laws were for a time to
the astonishment of the world, made
subservient.
James Sisson, Esq. who lives on
Warren Neck, about three miles from
the village of Warren, r /. is we'll
known to the public as an enterPrislng
A griculturalist He is always seeking
improvements in what is most useful
to his ,ellew-cit,zens, viz: Orchards,
the introduction of new kinds of grain,
the best mode o. cultivating his farm,
&c. He imported from Bremen. in
Nov 1920, two pairs of the largest kind
Of Geese. supposed 20 be the largest in
the world, weighing when fatted, 20
pounds, and it is confidently asserted,
some weigh so povnds. At first he
was rather disc ourag ed, as they would
not eat Indiancorn, and the spring fol-
lowing they sat early and both geese
reared but one TO maturity That one,
however, this spring, brought of two
litters, and the two old pairs each
brought up litter, he has now seven
teen young and five old ones, all per.
fectly white and healthy, and Of full
size. They feed and set as we'll as any
of our common geese; the young come
off healthy and strong, and YIELD about
double he quantity Of feathers. Twas
ut his farm a few days since, and was