The Alexandria herald. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1811-1826, 1822-04-05

very 6r'sE by the French and Portuguese
from the windward coast to South Anne.
RIGA.
- premium was lately given in Virgi-
MA to person who pioughed quarter
oil all acre OF ground with ease in Se8
minutes.
Inc trst salmon this season, brough,
TO the Boston market. weighed is lbs
and was purchased at les cents a pound:
price OF the salmon, ,zventy fur dollars.
Counterfeit Five Dollar notes of the
Mechanics Bank of New-York, are in
calculation IN this city. Several of them
were offered and rejected at our banks
IN the course of the last week. The en-.
CRAVING Is said TO be good the sigma.
lures stiff and awkward. CDem. Press.
The discoveries of the present age are
truly astonishing. Symmes's and Ben
nett's recent discoveries are entirely
clipsed by late invent ons in Europe. OF
making stone candles, atone hettieoats.
and stone animals. The next invention
will no doubt be stone ships, and them
good bye to ship carpenters, and fine
times for stone cutters.
BY the schr. Butcher capt. Stevenson,
IN 81 days from Laguyra, the following
information is received
Porto Capello was declared in state
OF Blockade on the Goth of Feb. The
Colombian brig President, capt Nor
gridge, Went down to eniorce ii on The
2lsl, and was soon TO be follow ed by the
raotsir from and Joined by squadron ex-
ID -. - dayshefaEet sc. t., =, =. .,.,..
cuated Coro, and were on their ret,e,,
towards Porto Cabello, in front of which
place the position of the patriot army had
oeen SO altered as 10 intercept then,
should they attempt to enter that fortress.
mere was an affair of outpos,s on the
2e'h 9f FEB. in which the royaiists were
defeated, with the loss of some prisoners
Intelligence had been received from,
GuayaquiJ as late as the S1st Dec. from
lima to the 7th November, and from
Santiago de Chill TO 18th August.
On the S2d November Gen. Sucre and
20. iobra, of the royal army, agreed
upon The terms of an armistice for ninety
days, 10 extend throughout the province
OF Quito. From which circumstance i,
was supposed president Bolivar would
not IND Unnecessary TO proceed to the ca
pho Quito but return to Bogota. Cal,
lao 'capitulated to Gen. San Martin ON the
18Th Sept. Guatemala declared its indie.
pendence on the 18th Sept. Bali. An.
Che Augusta Examiner of the esd ult.
speaking OF the slate of that market. saws:
''it IS impossible 10 give accurate state
ments of the price of produce-it j. oh
ylous whenever the staple commodities
oil country dePreciate N price, that for
tins they will fiuctuate. The article
oil cotton mas been declining for severa ]
weeks, but for atew days back we think
u he prices have not advanced, the sales
are more readily effected. Cotton NAV
yet be quoted at from 10 TO II cents;
These prices are about the same as in the
CbarIeston and Sayannh markets.
Theodore James, who was conyic,e.
at the last sitting on two indictments Gr
larceny, was brought up on Saturday ano
received sentence of four years con6ne>
ment in the peDilehtiary on each indict
meDt The fate Of this ycuug man i
the effect OF those fluctuations Of which
numbers of youth are not sufficiently
cautious. One Of The indictments chang.
ed him with stealing plaid cloak-tbe
other pocket book containing FIVE or
six dollars. To the latter he pleaded
guilty, and in mild manner and neat
correct style, that proved him to have
received gentecI and liberal education.
he acknowledged that he unfortunately
associated with idle persons. with whom
he irequen'ed the gaming table, where
he lost the means wherewith he intended
to discharge his little debts.-Thst 10
enable him by another effort at the fatal
board TO regain these means, nc stole the
book and its contents wherewith he was
charged, and now that he resigned him
cen 70 his fate and the will of the court.
The chief judge seemed to feel con.
siderable emotion in pronouncing the
dictates ct the law on this interesting
looking young man, who but a little while
ago promised happiness to the declining
Yeas Of his indulgent parents.
Baltimore I4merican.