Alexandria gazette & advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1822-1824, 1824-11-20

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be taken at q time, and every thing a
Grid, very hot or disagreeably cold.
should be avoided. Calomel. or
fact any of the mercurial preparations,
tend only to iacrease the evil, and fire.
ousnt purgations are equally injurious.
boston Medical MteHigencer.
Extract ofa letter TO the editor ofhe Batss-
more Patriot, dated
u. S. ship Hornet, at sea. bound for Havana,
October, 1924.
AT Santiago we took on hoard Gen Tor
! res and family to convey them 10 Havana,
whittier the General goes 10 be tried by a
court marital ON charges preferred against
| him by Morales. Gen. Torres is the late
Governor of Santiago. and is much below
ed by The merchants and inhabitants. Our
| Consul, Mr. Wright, waited on our Cap
tain. and ] believe requested him, that as
We were bound TO Havana TO give him and
his family a conveyance, which he kindly
| consented TO do. The nature OF the char
ges which Morales has preferred against
Torres | DO not exactly know; but from
what / could collect, it appears thar Tor
res is accused OF having proclaimed lbe
Constitution without due authority and pr.
or to receiving orders to that effect; ana
also tor having given up Carlhagena, when
be might have held out. Ii is impossible
to say what proof can he adducej TO sub
stantlaie the ch~arges--certaiB it is, that
Torres has number OF friends at oahtia'
go, aud particularly among the American
merchants and planters, who are very san.
guine IN their opinions OF his acQuIldl -
Moreover, Torres is a man OF elegant
manners and very accomplished education;
but be IS also liberal, and known TO be
favorable TO the cause Of liberty and the
Constitution. On the other hand, Morales
is an ignorant and unlettered man, much
, attached L. the present tyranniCal govern
meDt OF SpaIn-but unfortunately for bis
cause. be is said to have disagreed with
his aid and staff officers, and that they are
much attached TO the cause OF Torres 80
much for the question pro and con, and on
which, perhaps. a great deal more might
be said. but tha, is not one that is unusual-
ly interesting to me, at least not sufficient.
, ly so as TO excite very great attention. l
most cordially wish Gen. Torres success.
because | believe him TO be man Of high
honor, and very worthy excellent man;
and Morales | have every reason to be
Iieve is the opposite of every thIne that is
honorable or %virluous. Torres is he trend
Of the oppressed-Morales the oppres.or
OF the oppressed
Gen. Torres is rather above the middle
size in height, somewhat corpulen', but
very graceful in his movement; his lace ]
think a very fine une-he is IN face eome
what like the late Commodore Decatur
His manners are graceful, easy and polite;
and his general department entirely free
from that naughty PRIDE which so often
characteristics the Spaniard Prior to our
leaving Santiago he gave the captain and
officers a splendid dinner | 'hink it need
less TO enter into a detail OF thu different
courses, sc. but let IT suffice TO say. it was
a splendid banquet. served up in an ele-
GAM style and with a most hospitab!e man.
her The General is accompanied by his
wife and two infant children, with theiT
servants, Madame Torres is very pretty
South American brunette. very affa Bile and
polite. and seems 10 be very amiable; she
has suffered much in her husbands cause.
She has two brothers in the Patriot army;
she has been once taken by pirates, and
once nearly captured by a Patriot priva-
teer, she being in the cabin OF a Spanish
man OF war brig during an action OF halt an
hour with a prIvateer, and wblLh The brig
beat off with MISUNDERSTANDING
all these difficulties aud dangers, her al c.
ton her good humor and tortltude, has ne-
yer torsaken her
The local circircumstance, in the situa>
ton of the United States afford a better
opportunity Tor the useful application OF
steam boats than perhaps any other coun-
Try which could be selected from the geog-
raphy of the world. Not even the British
Islands possess the same ia ilitiss tor the
exhibition of this invention. because the
distance betweea the commercial points OF
that empire are not 50 great, and the ditfl,
cuities Ut transportation are trlfing, when
compared with those spread over the sur
face OF a new country. Our numerous ri-
vers, both on the Atlantic coast and in the
western valleys Of the Republic could on.
ly be nayigated by steam boals.
From enquiry, we understand that IL
II not more. steam boats, are now building
10 the several ship yards connected with
thI. CITY. Several OF them will be ready
Tor sea in a few days. Probably the ton.
mage of the whole number, o in differ
ent stages OF completion, may not be much
under $500 tons. Among the others,
may be mentioned the Chief Justice Mar
shall tor the North River trade. and The
augusta tor the Charleston and Augusta
trade. The latter boat will be ready to
sail tor South Carolina, at the beginning
OF next week Being peculiarly adapted TO