Alexandria gazette & advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1822-1824, 1822-09-14

soil is fertile. The climate healthy, anu
,ha afac;iit;e, i sff aGs TO market .give'it
DECIDED preierence. Persons DESTROYS
{ - ree,;no ,he;r eapnaiin real estate, and
iii Tho intend selecting location for
tha;, j,,,ure residence would do well to
avnt,re The country embracing in The
Sep,ambey sales. as we'll that which has
been offered in the last,
OeA P4sa {ohio9 Gazette.
Salem, ". J. Sept. 4. :
a large stick oil timber, drawn by thir-
iborses, passed through this town. last
week. We learn by Mr.. Smith, the TIM
her merchant, that it is one OF number
that IS 10 fora the keel OF One Hundred
and Forty gun ship, that is soon 10 be laid
at PhiIadeipbia. We also learn that there
have bean cut, within few miles of here,
IN about year anu half past. between
seven and eight hundred oak trees, Tor ma
val ships.
A singular instance Of ignition is men
toned in late Jamaica paper. A trans.
port which sailed from Port Royal for
England, was overtaken on the 2lst OF A.
lprl last, by violent gale Of mind, which
lasted for three days; and while thus ex-
posed 10 the dangers OF ibe storm, II was
discovered the vessel had taken lire. 1t
was impossible to get at the place where
the new danger was, and inevitable death
seemed to be fhe portion Of all on board !;
when,it appeared that the fire had all at
once keCome extinguished. On examlDa-
ton afterwards, i was found that the frlc-
zion of the iron hoops of two casks, du-
RUG the long and violent agitation OF the
ship, had set fire TO one oil them, which
was consumed, and no further damage was
done. Nv. I. EO. Foss.
.Magnonimity.-In 1909, Peter the Great
having made Several Intellectual attempts
on N0.eburg, Swedish fortress, DOW CAL
led Schlusselburg, sent Prince Galitzen;
colonel of the guards. at The head OF Sc
lect corps, to take it by storm. That OF.
6cer having, by means Of rats, landed his
soldiers close to the Notifications, which
advance almost to the edge Of the water,
they were received with such lntrepidity
by the garrison, and exposed to such a
dreadful carnage, that Peter, conce'v'ng
the assault 10 be impraCticable. sent imme-
date orders for the Russians to retire
Prince Galitzip, however. refused to obey:
"Tell my sovereign (said he) that am
no longer bis subject; having thrown my
self under the protection OF power su-
perior to him. then turning to his troops,
he animated them by bis voice and exam.
pie, and leading them 10 the attack, scaled
the walls, and took the fortress.
Peter was SO struck with This exploit,
that, upon bis next interview with Gallt-
Yin, he said to him, Ask what you will,
,xcept Moscow and Caiharine. /" The
Prince, with magnanimity which reflects
the highest honor upon his character, in
stantly requested the pardon OF his ancient
rival, Prince Repnin, who had been de,
graded by Peter FROM the rank OF marshal
to that of common soldier.
He obtained his request, and with it the
confidence of his sovereign, the esteem OF
Prince Repnin, and the applause 81 the
public. Few circumstances can give more
pleasure to generous mind than the con-
temptation of such exalted traits of a great
and noble spirit and our pleasure is heigh..
tened wher we behold the descendants OF
such persons enjoying all the honors as
well as the virtues OF their ancestors.
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