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Alexandria gazette & advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1822-1824, 1823-03-25

i lie Subscribers
uAVE constant supply OF the folInw-
IL ing goods on consignment, and Tor
sale on reasonable ter - -.
A. {. GAZE AOVE u Co.
Madeira wine N. +. REm
Whiskey
Bordeaux salad oil, of best quality
Loaf sugar in barrels
Sperm, mould and drpt cancles$
American and windsor soap
Segar.. American and Spanish
Swedes iron, hoop and rod do
Cut nails and brads, all sizes
Carolina moss
Cotton and cotton yarn
Window glass, all sizes
Dnponts' gunpowder
Manufactured tobacco, Of the very
best quantY
And as usual, a general assortment Of
Amerlcan1
German GOODS
India > by package Or
Wooden piece.
Cotton &
Linen
feb Is
Alexandria gazette & advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1822-1824, 1823-03-25

oranges, Lemons, &c.
&c boxes Messina oranges
SO do do lemons
~ bags soft shelled almonds
70 do English walnuts
10 do 6lberts,
will be landed this day, and offered for
sale by SAMUEL MESSERSMlTH'
mar
Alexandria gazette & advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1822-1824, 1823-03-25

Russia Goods.
800 pieces Russia sheetings
$50 do diapers
ego do. lstS 4. ed quality Russia duck
22O do heavy g. light ravens do.
80 tons hemp
$4,000 qu,ls
bales feathers.
For sale on liberal terms by
MARI WIN. FOWLE g. co.
Alexandria gazette & advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1822-1824, 1823-03-25

Young Hyson lea, &c.
~ chests young dyson tea represent
ted to be OF good quality. landing
AOlrom the scbr. New Polly, and for
sale by S. MESSEkSMlTH
In Store, 8
10 hhds Havana mOlassts
Gunpowder and imperial tea 10 bali chests
and 10 & s cstty boxes and 10 can.
nis,era. OF the Importers T. Huntress'
csrgOes
Hampers porter and wine BOTTLES
Bakers No. &c, and Lapham's No. /
chocolate
Sicily, Madeira. Canary. Coimensr and
Malaga wines in Or. casks
Antigua Rum in bids
Laguayra and ST. Domingo coffee
Havana segaTs in boxes, halt boxes and
and quarter boxes feb 81 49,
Alexandria gazette & advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1822-1824, 1823-03-25

For Freight,
"a, q, The good sch'rs NEW ~,
&POLLY and UNION; bur ss
then each about 600 bbls and will be rea-
Nv to load in Ia lew days. Apply to
III. LADD& Co.
Whs haze received by said ussssis TOR sale,
1900 bushels Liverpool coarse salt
80 tons plaster
go boxes oranges
on hoYea ;emnns feb p
Alexandria gazette & advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1822-1824, 1823-03-25

JAMES S GUNNELL, VI. ID.
Dtnt;St,
y ESPECTFCLLY offers his services
IL as Dentist 10 the citizens and visi.
tors of The District of Columbia
REFERENCES.
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Richards. Fi,zhugh.
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Col. A. Henderson, Geo. Graham, Esq.
Rev DR.. \. Hunter, and DR.. Dick.
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same square with Mr.. Gunton's Apothe-
cary Sep
~ DR. GUNNELL will be at
Mr. Gagelt's Hotel, Alexandra, every
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P. VI during the months Of April and May,
land longer If necessary All letters sd,
dressed to Dr. G. in Washington, or lef.
- Clage,t's Hotel. will be punctuaIIy at
,ended to.
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Edwardsville spectator. [volume] (Edwardsville, Ill.) 1819-1826, 1823-10-04

attend the same school, and for aughi
| know, have equal advantages.
B. Do you take the newspapers neigh
Dor A
A. No sir, l do not take them myself;
but | now and then borrow one just to
read. Pray, sir, what have newspapers
to do with The education OF children
b. Why, sir, they have vast deal to
do with it, | assure you. | should as
soon think of keeping them from school,
as to withhold from them the newspapers.
Indeed newspaper is little school of
itself. Being new every week, it attracts
their attention, and they are sure to Pc
rusen. Thvs, while they are storing their
minds viii useful know ledge, they are
al the sane time acquiring the art OF
reading &c. | have often been sur
prized that men of understanding should
overlook The importance oil newspaper
IN asmily.
A In ruth, neighbor B. frequently
think should like 10 take them; but
cannot well sH1rd the expense.
b Can! afford the expense .--What,
let me ask, is the value OF three or four
dollar: year in comparison with the
pleasure ard advantages to be derived
from a we'll conducted newspaper? A,
poor as am, would not, for fifty dol
lars year, deprive myself OF the happi-
ness enjoy in reading, and hearing my
children read, and talk about what the,
have read in the papers. And then the
reflection, that they are q. wing up in
,etisent and useful members OF society
O slon', mention The expense pay IT n
advance every year, and you will think
no more oft.
A. | believe you arerigh, | now be-
gin TO see my folly. Twill go home anf
order the printer to scid me his papci
lmme dialely.
Edwardsville spectator. [volume] (Edwardsville, Ill.) 1819-1826, 1823-10-04
D1sAES'EIC.
From the Western Monitor.
NATCHEZ.

Our latest accounss still represent
hat city as being in the most deploraDie
condition. II is almost literally depo-
pulated. Scarcely an instance OF So
distressing a Calamity is on record in
history. Among the devasting ravages
LOT armies, the slorming and sackins of
towns and cities, and the dreadful con-
vusions of earthquakes, so shocking Z.
picture OF the miseries of man is no
where to be found, as the city of Na,cbez
presents to view. The following letters
from Mr.. Baker, editor of the MISSISSIPPI
plan, addressed to the editor of the Port
Gibson Correspondent, confirms these
remarks. Mr. Baker was announced to
have died of the fever; we are happy to
have 1t IN our power to correct the error.
Ertract ofa letter from Francis Baker,
Esq. 10 the editor, dated
NATcHEz, AUG. 80.
81 write you amid sic kness, sorrow
and cath, and dreadful as the prospect
before us may be, the future is sill more
so. There are about 80 or 40 persons
now in the city, and they are dropping off
rapidly. 1t is now nine o'clock, and 4
or have been already borne to their
graves. About 40 in the Hospital. Of
whom eight this morning were declared
hopeless.
"The disease appears to assume a
darker and malignant form every day,
and doubtless will rage with unabaled
VII, lence mill WE have two or thre..
lrosts.
"Ihave closed my Office, having alrea-
dy lost Mr.. Cisspa, and Mr.. Livingston.
The rest are all sick"
Ertract efa letter from Francis Baker, Esq, IA
the editor Of the Herald, dated
WOODLAND, SEPT. 9.
"Tho disease is raging with the vi.
Edwardsville spectator. [volume] (Edwardsville, Ill.) 1819-1826, 1823-10-04
AN EX TRACT

From a charge delivered by Judge Rush to
the Grand Jury Of Northampton county,
(Pennsy lvania,) on his Circuit in the year
l799.
at cannot be denied, that the public
pros peri,y of our land, depends npoa The
virtue of the people, and that the prac-
lice Of vice, like a cancer in the natural
body. will at last extend itself 10 the vi.
tai of the country and cut Off our nation.
al existence. II this be the case, W.
may safely assert, that no man foUes MS
Countru who itpes in the ha6itQat pioiay
lion of any rute in her moral code /; be-
| cause by 81 doing he contrIbnies ms and
to accomplish her destruction. He mas
call himself Fcderalist or Ant-Fede-
ralist-a Republican or Depocrat--ot
whatever he pleases; 1t is certain, he IS
but pretender to the character of Pa
,riol Ii is impossible he can love ms
Country, whose life and actions are hos.
tile to her true interests. Party and per-
sonal preludices be may possess in
abundance, which to the world, and per-
haps to himself, ne may cover with a
mantle Of zeal for the public good: But
the love of his country is stranger TO
his heart. Examine for moment, Cen
,emen, the force of this observation by
your own experience in priSate life =
Suppose one OF your neighbors, to pro-
| Tess a regard and affection for you, and
at the same time to make a>practlce OF
thwarting your views, and defeating the
plans you had laid 10 promote your hap
piness, or your interests there is no
doubt Won would despise his pr"feA-'.'"s,
and call him hypocrite. Nor can he
he pronounced any thing better, who
lis you he loves his country, and is, at
the same time. habi,ually infringing those
| laws, on which her salvation and pros
perity essentially depend. Away with
all such Patriotism 1t is hail Master
with the lips, and a, the same instant a
stab to the heart. call that man dis.
organizer, let his political principles be
what they NAV, Who is spreading through
the moral world, the seeds of disorder
and vice, and thereby sapping the foun
dation Of all Government"
Edwardsville spectator. [volume] (Edwardsville, Ill.) 1819-1826, 1823-10-04
EOhEiH.E.
--LATEST FROM ENGLAND.


The fast sailing ship Franklin, Capt.
Graham, arrived at Baltimore on Sept.
IN, 10 4 days from Liverpool, whence
she sailed on the 2Slh OF July.
INTENDED EVACUATION OF SPAIN.
The London Courier of July IS, as
sures lis readers that they may rely on
fthe authenticity OF the following intellI-
gencc -
The French government have it in
contemplation to retire across the Ebro,
and 10 take up their line OF defence alon.
that river. the heavy artillery has been
ordered up, TO invest the strong positions
lot that line.
l, is ,he intention Of the Duke dan
gouleme to Withdraw the troops from
before Cadiz, unless there should arise
more favorable prospect of being sue
cessiui in accommodating the differences
between the contendlng parties in Span.
The disseniIons, IN TACT, be.ween the
Royailsts themselves, form almost as
strons an impeachment to the adus menl
OF matters, as the dlssentions between the
RoyalisiS and the Cortes.
"A letter from Madrid, written Shy a
person well qualified to form just and
impartial estimate OF the present and fu-
ture prospects of SPAN" states:
"The French are not masters here. The
| violent party which continues to urge the Re-
gency to acts Of arbitrary power, finds no sup
| port in the Duke d'Angouleme, or his adhe-
rents. They are anrious to nesociate with the
more moderate party If the Cortes, and to en-
deavor to save the Kings life, by giving favora-
bic terms to the former. The supporters of
arbitrary power are decidedly averse to any
| treaty with the rebels in Cadz. Ii remains 10
be seen whether the French party will have
power enough to oppose successfully their
more violent friends and allies
"fhe fact IS, that this delay bears most hea-
Willy on the French finances, and necessarily
must, in short time, force that Power either
10 JOIN the advocates Of arbitrary despotism, Or
to leave the contenthny pa,ties to settle matters
with the Co,teS as they may"
We VIII not pretend to say (adds the
Courier) how lar events may change the
intentions Of France, but it is certain that
there should appear no chance Of a
speedy Cancellation OF parties, what we
have above stated will be The course
adopted. The French decidedly support
only the more moderate Royalisls.
1t is true, that the Goth Light Corps
showed symptoms of mutiny at Bayonne.
Fifty-one Of them deserted in conse-
quence Of Marshal L.auriston's refusing
permission for the Regiment to Join the
Campaign in Spain.
The French army has been remarka-
bly, healthy, which is ascribed to the UNI
usual GOODNESS Of the season.
FIGHT OF CORUNNA.
The following has been posed up at
L,oyd's:-" BaIsroL, July 25.-Arrivsd
Edwardsville spectator. [volume] (Edwardsville, Ill.) 1819-1826, 1823-10-04
INQUIRY on this subject. No one who

inquiry on this subject. No one who
goes now will go bliLdfold. A number
of free blacks are already settled in Afri-
ca, some in The English colony, others IN
the American colony, and few at Rio
Pongos, which is in the midst of natives
who are represented to be more civilized
than usual, and particularly desirous
their brethren from abroad should re-
side among them. Africa has been re-
Gently visited by several citizens OF these
United States, not for purposes OF gam,
but from motives of pure benevolence'
and sincere piety; also by several OF our
intelligent naval officers. All these per-
sons concur in the opinion that the true
policy of the free blacks calls them to
Africa. A vessel from this port has re-
Gently been twice or thrice to that coun-
try, and reports favoraby on the above
point, as well as on the advantages OF
commerce with this country not IN the
old Justly abhorred method, but IN the
rich commodities Of that laod; ivory,
gold dust, and the treasures OF the hive
honey and wax.
The few emigrants from this are re-
ported to be completely satisfied, ana
they do not find the climate essentially
diff rent from that to which they have
been accustomed. They have hea,
moisture, low lands, and their conse-
quence, malignant fe, er, and so have we.
Our sickly season lasts three or tour
months that of Africa is reported 10 be
only six weeks. They have RAINY sea
son, and have not we our almost daily
showers, lightning and, tifunder IN the
summer afternoons We retire, and
find health on the ea-boar d, end IN the
pine woods. The African has the same
sea shore, and better retreat IN lrs
mountains, removed from he coast only
about twenty miles; whereas, we eau
find no mountains much nearer than one
hundred miles. We cultivate rice WI ia
water, and therefore are necessarily ex-
posed to disease. The African nlsh
lands yield rice abundan,iy, snd he has
rain sufficiently regular IN aff1rd sup
ply for watering it. The swaInps ol
Africa are not cultivated, and there APP
be abandoned without iaconv enience, as
the high land is rich, or drained FOR cry
culture when the population sail BE-
augmented. Facts like these, If they
are generally known. are not satfi l9n'ly
regarded. As The climate is not 50 for
midable as has been supposed, neither
are the natives so they are not naturally
hostile people, they are easily iutimIda'-
ed; they could not it they would, main
tain contest with a civilized race.-lf
even among the Indians, Penn and his
peaceable company were unnolested,
doubtless the African will be so among
his brethren, especially if he too has for
his banner" Glory to God on high, and
on earth peace--good will towards men"
HOMO.
Edwardsville spectator. [volume] (Edwardsville, Ill.) 1819-1826, 1823-10-04
SURRENDER OF Gen. MORALES AND
MAkACalBO,

We have ii in our power to commune
cate the highly gratifying Intelligence Of
the brilliant success which has attended
the arms Of the Columbian R1pubic, IN
obtaining possession of the CITY OF Mara
caibo, and effectng the capitu atlon Of It's
most dreaded enemy the Royal General
Morales and the forces under his COM
mand. This pleasing information was
received at Baltimore on Sunday nor
ming, by the fast sailing schooner Aba
riIla, Capt. Edwards, from L. G4ayra,
which port She left on the 22d August.
The capltulation was effeced Oh the Sd
of August, and formally approved on I've
following day by the Colombian Gene
rails MANRIQuE and PADILhA. lis prn-
cipal provisions are, that Morales ans ~
those attached to him are to leape tho
country, and that they are to be consider
ed prisoners OF war until eXchange cd -
Morales had been sent 10 Cuba, and the
rest were to be taken at The expense Of
the Columbian government.
Gen. Paez had gone from Caracas to
summons Porto Cavello, now the last
hold OF the royaiists, to surrender.
In consequence OF this decisive inte III.
gence, illuminstions at La Gnayra and
Caracas had taken place and were to
continue for three days.
Edwardsville spectator. [volume] (Edwardsville, Ill.) 1819-1826, 1823-10-04

dared to come out so openly and boldly.
1t will open the eyes OF many drowsy
careless politician. Let it be resounded
through every county. 1t will rouse a
spirit of opposition to the convention il
the hearts OF those who are at ease in
their tents, from the village Of America
to Lake Peoria, and from Alton to the
confines of the Wabash river.
Volunteer 7oa8ts.
By Mr.. Charles Mullikin-Our Fa-
tom6s, that haze stained the soil ne in
habit Nth their blood, in obtaining the
rights and liberty zue enjoy,-May their
ghosts rise and haunt the sons of liberty,
and rouse their spirits to trample under
foot that minority who presume to with
hold any of those privileges. 8 cheers.
The spirit of the "sons OF liberty"
will speedily put down " tina, minority"
in the state of Illinois, which lifts its
anhallowed foot to trample" on the
rights of man, or shall miss guess.
By Mr.. Abraham Kinney.-May
those individuals who are opposed to
our cause, before the mex, election aban-
don the state of Illinois, and then we will
nave free silver circulation, combine d
with numerous black population.
8 CHEERS.
Free silver circulation !" What an
lpmion this creature must have of the
people OF Illinois, to think they are TO
be taken with such bait, as is here made
use of! Never did an Athenian or Ro-
man demagngne attempt to cram down
re threats OF Ignorant stupid wretches
such miserable stuff as this. Why have
hey not " free silver circulation" in
Kentucky, and some of the other states
possessed of a " numerous black popn-
alioo ?"-Answer me this, Abraham
Kinney; or tell the people of Illinois
why ii is nor SO
BY Mr.. Thomas F. Burgess - The
state Of Nkinois.-The ground is good
-prairies in abuudance--give us plenty
Of negroes, a little industry, and she
viii distribute her treasures. 8 cheers.
b. MIR James Maggie N new consti-
tut,on, fureiy Rehu6hean--which may
Guarantee to The people Of Illinois, the
oeaceabIe enjoyment Of all species or
hrohtrtB.
Pure RehubHcanism indeed, that
iaims men and women as froferty.-
TYRANTs AvAUNT
b. MIR joseph Pogue. The fair Of
Winois-May the day soon approach
when the voters may say, your troubles
ave over. cheers.
Their troubles will surely be over
(over them) when, as John Randolph
says it is in Richmond, Virginia." The
night bell never tolls. but the anxious
mother presses her infant more closely
10 her BOSOM" under the dreadful APP
prehension that the murderer is at the
door.
Edwardsville spectator. [volume] (Edwardsville, Ill.) 1819-1826, 1823-10-04

D'Atreveds, Cortieno, from Corunna,
sailed on the morning OF the 18Th inst.
with dispatches. Up 10 that period the
attempts ofthe French upon Corunna bad
been repulsed with considerable loss,
and their advanced troops were retreat
ing"
The London Globe of July &c, says:
" We have just seen a gentleman who
lett Corunna on The 18th III The Atfeve-
da. The French were repulsed with
great loss. Our informant states that
they left upon the field one hundred and
thirty wagon loads of dead. On The 1911,
the Atreveda was still ID sight OF Coiun-
na, and the Constitutional flag was flying.
All the cannon at Ferrol, with tue eXoop-
ton Of two pieces, had been removed be-
fore the French obtained possession OF
the Town. No immediate communica-
ton from our brave countryman Sir Ro-
bert Wilson has been received, bul as
he received only flesh wound III the
thigh, it is hoped that he may soon be
enabled to renew his useiu! services"
Edwardsville spectator. [volume] (Edwardsville, Ill.) 1819-1826, 1823-10-04
OPINION ABROAD.
From the New-York american,

Slavery in Illinois - The creates
ndtiona, crimg, IA our es hn alton, whIci
the United States, as eovsrnment, has,
ever YET committed, was IN the unre
sirleted admission of Missouri. Tni
crime, has, howevef, boen1perpelra,eu
and the penalties, such as they may br,
(s1i penalties, al some time OK other in
variab'y follow the commission OF crime)
must be borne. / Is, perhaps, one oil its
Immediate evil fruits tia, me PROPOSE
lion to Introduce slavery into Hi ois---
10 contdinlnas C with such curse the
s1il Of ireemeD, is received pot only with
on abhorpence, but with seepiog indit-
ference. Even in the rec states, puDiic
opinion and tae pubic press are Ietbargic
on this subject. /. seems to be locke d
on as necessary out distant evil and
the long hao,i OF acquiescing IN what
may seem to bU the desire Of the slave
states on thu subject OF slavery appears
10 preclude al discussion among US, and
lohecd al,nosl to give an air q! presump-
tlous mcadima IN thlngs that do not con
Germ them, 10 those VINO feel, as we do,
thai We owe it 10 ourprinciples, and to
the cause OF lus'ics ana iibery, to raise
our volce against this as yet unconsum-
mated crime. Nay, tue voice of our
klndTed--oi the friends, connections, and
neighbprs who have gone out from
among us 10 seek tnqir fortunes in that
land, calls loudly upon us to bear testL
mony against a scheme which is to de-
prlve them Of their ialrcst hopes, and to
blast them and their posterEy to the
la est day, with the evils, the wees, and
he degradation iscident to slave popu-
,ati0n
Oar attention was particularly awaken.
ed TO he view oil the snbJeet, by observ-
ing in late paper, The Spectator,
printed al Edwardsville, in Illinois, the
,roceedisgs Of a society organized al
that ,:lace, IN imitation OF the one we re-
Gently noticed as existing ID 81. Clair
COMFY, for The purpose OF opposing he
introduction o. slavery ino Illinois, at the
head Of which is our telloW-townsinan,
Capt. Curtlss Blake man. This enter
prlsing individual, alter spending The
prime Of his life on the ocean, and re-
aiizng by his skill, integrity, and indus
Try, competen fortune, emlsrated some
lew years since, IN company with severa |
other individuals from this city, to the
fertile prairies OF Illinois, there to build
up for himself and his family {" goodiy
inheritance" in the midst OF freemen
and equals. OF thi. inheritance the ava
rice and want of principle of some, and
the Inst of power in others, now threaten
to deprive him. With feeling and spi-
rit, however, worthy Of the state and city
which ye, clam and is proud to acknow-
ledge him as son, he has put himself
IN the foremost rank, to resin this iniuui-
tous design; and let him be assured,
that he carries with him in his opposl-
ton, the fervent wishes and most anxious
hopes of all the enlighlened honorable,
and dlslnteres,ed persons amsng his for
mer fellow sitzens.
1t is gratifying to US to be enabled to
add, that as far as we may iutl, c from
The public prints, the advocates Of slave
ry in Illinois arc losing ground,
Edwardsville spectator. [volume] (Edwardsville, Ill.) 1819-1826, 1823-10-04
WASHINGTON, SEPT. II.


BY this days mail we learn Tie arrival. at
Baltimore, OF the snip Ulysses, capt. Hancock,
in Al days from Liverpool. The dates are.
from Liverpool to the 5Uth OF July, and from
London to the 29th.
The foreign papers by this arrival furnish
nothing very new. Corunna was still invest
ed by the French up to the 2Otn of july Sir
Robert Wilson had been wounded Just above
the knee, after having had horse shot under
him. One report is that he will have to suffer
amPutaton and another that the wound was
very slight, and that he would soon rtna;r r.,
Vlgo, to collect force, in order to fall upon
the rear Of Gen. Bourck. The wife of Nina
had gone 10 England
A sortie had been made from Cadiz, by 5000
men, i'll several columns. The French retir-
ed as they advanced, and then fell upon them
and compelled them to retreat. One If The
constitutional columns, on this occasion, benay
ed very well, and maintained its ground for
nearly an hour. The garrison of Cadlz IS said
to consist OF Is, 0OO men,
The agent Of the Spanish Cortes has been
refused to be accredited by the government At
Lisbon, on the preteAt OF the conduct CT tne,
consttutlonalists, to King Ferdinand at Sc
vile, prior to his removal to CadIz.
The truth OF the report OF the intended re-
tirement ofthe French army behind the Ebro
is peremptoriy contradcled by several l.on-
don papers.
Cadiz, Barcelona Santona, Corunna. FerroI.
and st Sebastian, have been officially dc lar
ed in a state OF blockade by the French 20.
yernment.