The Alexandria herald. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1811-1826, 1823-04-04

Al fredericksburg, Va. the Herald
says that both the northern and southern
mailswe prevented from arriving in
time; that the river, overflowed the
wharyes, and that lad was drowned in
: attempting to water horse and but
one house 10 the town injured.
The gale was scverer at New York
than any other place which we have
accounts from.
MIR. PTrrMkN-i observed a commu.
nication this morning in your paper sign.
ed "Virginia," and ii was to me matter of
painful regret; first, because | did not
think 1t discreet or prudent 20 publish
the ignorant or misChievous conversation
OF a solitary individual on SO delicate
subject and, In the next place the sec.
tlonal manner OF doing il: for although
their may be sumo worthless intempe.
rate''Y ankees" here as well as in New
England, YET you and me know that
there are amongst US as manyas there are
OF any other people who are entitled to
our warmest esteem--possessing vir-
tues OF the most manly kind. / never
was in New England, but will venture
to say, and am not afraid Of centradic.
ton, that the great mass of the people
there, so far from approving of the "in.
cendiary principles" would, if necessary,
voluntarily assls! in putting down any
disturbance of the kind alluded}to. We
may, indeed, by our irritating conduct
and publications make them our enemies,
but 1t is our Interest, as we'll as our duty
to pursue an opposite course. We are
the same people, and mainly depend on
each other for our prosperity and happi-
ness.
Amongst the manys the very many
blessings we enjoy, there is none perhaps
more important than the freedom of the
press. Indeed, have always consider
edit as in great measure directing the
destinies of our country. Then let me
ask you, 'swhat manner of men We ought
TO be Z" Let then the people and the
press unite in keeping down all sectional
feelings and prejudices, and then indeed
We shall have nothing to fear from inter-
nal ''incendiary principles" or from TO-
rctgB nbinations.
AN AMERICAN.
Our respected correspondents cannot
more regret the publication of the COM
munication than neutrality-suspicious.
as, will DO perceived, the expressions
imputed to the gentleman (of whom we
knew nothing a, the time) have been ex-
aggerated. We entirely agree with our
correspondent regarding our New-Eng-
land brethren and feel, Individually, too
much indebted to many of them, TO do
any act, wilfuliy, whereby we should for
felt their good will but, we think, he
mistakes when he suppcses the writer of
the communication inclined TO excite
=" sectional feelings and prejudices," by
an expression which he has made use
OF; which could we have believed 10
have been the case, we would most GER
tainly have taken the liberty to expunge
But, it must be allowed, it would have
been unreasonable even to have suppos,
ed so,when we state that the auth Tor though
he has adopted the signature Of "Virgi-
Dia," is himself ITO use his own express
stony a. Yapkee'-"born and bred."1
Mr.. EDIToR--It is, in Justice, due to
the individual, referred to in my publica-
tIon Of Wednesday, TO say-that the per.
son who communicated the conversation
TO the writer, has, since, declared him
self to be mistaken and that the Ian.
gusge used did not warrant such phrase
oIogy and that he misconceived the
speakers meaning. VIRGINIA.
AN AMERICAN BULL.
An American newspaper editor, in
giving an account Of person who was
shot, by another in carelessly discharg-