Alexandria gazette & advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1822-1824, 1824-09-11
AE ALI sTDzEA,
SATURDAY, SEP / EMBER IL.

we are requested 10 Stale, by an OILY
correspondent, that the communication in
the Herald. signed Native Alexan-
driaD, shall have complete answer in
our Tuesdays paper.
II the opponents Of the unjust measures
OF the Native OF alexandria, will adhere
to the advice OF Lex. We anticipate no
manner OF danger. Ameeting ofthe PEG.
pie opposed 10 oppression, among whom
are the most respectable property holders
insthe town, will he called, we under.
stand, early in the coming week.
When we took up our pen to notice the
injustice done Us by the editors Of the In
teihgencer, we were not aware of TIE IN.
convenience we were about to bring upon
the public.
The accidental association of the s4ier-
anaria Herald and the NATIONAL M
TELLiGENCER. in the same paragraph,
has so inflated the vanity of the learned
jack ass who snperintends the print,ng of
the former, that. to the annoyance Of
community, already fatigued with his dis"
gusting notes. be calls 10 one of his a6isst
composers for the proud occasion, and
rends the air with new peals of his deafen-
ing music. 1t affords US some consolation,
however, TO know that his lungs are 90
weak to keep up the blast; and We con.
graduate the readers OF that paper on the
snnunciatlon OF the long cared brute him
self, that be intends to bray 20 more.
Our readers will zee by the annexed
proclamation, that ice Mechanics Of Pc.
tersburg have done themselves, their town,
aid their state. immortal credit in their
patriotic and magnanimous lberality.
But although they stand pre-eminent, they
are not slbne. Those of Philadelphia,
Baltimore, and other cities, have pursued
a similar course. and we are proud to
leaen that the enterprising citizens of our
own town will not be behind their breth.
rem.
JUBILEE AT YORK TOWN.
"At meeting of the Principal Mechanics
of the Town of Petersburg, it was unanimous.
lv resolved, that they most respectfully offer
their services to the several committees of
Richmond, Norfolk, SC. as Laborers, Engi-
neers, &c. to construct temporary buildings
a, bours, Stands, and other conveniences ne
cessury for the accommodation of 10, 900 men
on the plains Of Little York, TO be perfectly
secure from the pressure OF the crowd; and
sufficiently elevated, that all may be graft fed
and comfortable, without distinction, save
the visitors from other states, for whose &C
commodatioo, care will be taken to appro.
pirate the most convenient site, with comfort
able roofs, of such extent, SO as to avoid the
crowd by day and quarter them at nj ght.
GAS Virgnians, we feel anxious to throw
our mite into the page of history, which shall
record the progress of La Fayette through the
Old Dominion; and as Virginians, we should
have the pleasure at least to afford mechanical
specimen OF southern taste.
"This committee wish NO other aid than the
necessary credit for timber boards, and other
materials necessary to complete the work, in
a style creditable to themselves and the STATE.
| We estimate the expense at about 80 ,0O0.-
Such timbers, boards SC as cannot be had IN
the town of Little York, gratis, as may be
used, to be afterwards advertised and sold, to
pay the expence ofthe undertakers; and should
it be Insufficient, the committees IN the sever
altowns will make it coed agreeable to con.
tract.
HLetters directed to the Petersburg Mechon
lcaI Committee, will be attended to with plea.
sure. THE CHARM MAN"
The Philadelphia Sentinel in speaking
of the ball to be given to Gen. LA FA.
YkrrE on bis arrival in Philadelphia,
makes the following remark, which, as it
accords so perfectly with the sentiments
we have all along held. we adopt as our
own:
s.Among the various entertainments prepar-
ing in honor of that distin guished parsonage,
we know OF none more appropriate or so uni
versally desired. From the general pageantry
of the occasion, the ladies' must necessarily be
excluded. Bya Ball, however, they will be
come participators in the joyous scene, and
constitute the most graceful and brilliant spec.
tacls which our city can present"
GENERAL LA FAYETTE.
Ngw.YoRK, Sept -Yesterday Gen.
La Fayette dined with the Cincinnati So
,;otv ~ WASHINGTON Hall TO which place