Alexandria gazette & advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1822-1824, 1824-06-26
{. ALL:s WELL

"ALL'S WELL"
The editor Of the Connsctieut Mirror
takes comprehensive view Of "th,nps
IN general" 10 the following lively sts q:
"Thsre never was atlme, within Or
short memory when the old saying tLat
100 news is good news, was more eu,-
phaticaIly true than now. There is no.
thing 10 Europe, Asia, Afncs or Anne.
rica-noihiDg on the lakes. the seas or
the oceans OF this world-there 10 not
even comet in the sky, orr spot 90
the sun, to M axe people fear or stare,
speculate or wonder, In Europe to
cannon IL housed. the sword shanes
rusting on the WALL the members Of
the Holy a lliaEce have dispersed them
selves, ard there cannot be found dc.
cent rretext throughout all their king.
doms for another session. The Greeks
are meeting with one success after a.
mother: sbd though no very decisive
battle has taken place Of hte, they have
enlarged their forces. strengthened
their ports and Notifications, and,
instead Of their former desultory kind
Of fighting, have assumed more secure
and Formidable attitude. Their even.
tusl success can now be sa'e!y p,ed'ct.
ed. In Asia, the progre" Of chistiani.
ty 10 the only thing worth attention but
that is as slow 40 it 10 sure. II marches
with noiseless step gains little ground
and loses mono. We have no strik.
ing fact, no wonderful incident, DO o..
tonishing relation to give from that
whole country. Africa, too, seems
quite unmolested. The Slave Trsdeis
aba ndoned, for there 10 in no market
any demand for the service Of kidnap-
pers. The middle pssssga 10 now -
free from the miseries with which it
has been crowded ~ . treadnill with
no one to work it. or q pair of stocks
without an occupant. In our own
country, what do we find, but health,
peace and plentyp We hear of 20 fe.
vsrs, no pirscies, no destruction oferops.
no noise. no mutterings. Congress has
left nothing but committee behind it,
aud the dispute which occupies their at.
ten,ion, however interssting to tho liti.
giants. has been exhausted by the news.
pa pers. And what these ismished
journals will gnaw upon next can
hardly DO guessed. We have heard
of bear sucking his paws during tee
deus win er, and Of q starving ship-
wrecked man eating up his Shoes to
keep him alive; bot some Of them seem
fairly to prey upon abeir comrades with.
out the fairness Of casting lots to deter.
mine who shall be eaten.'
An esteemed friend who has had q great
deal OF experience in the West India Seas,
has oblig,ngIy furnished U, With the fol.
lowing observations, with perm issIon to
publish them tor The bene6: Of those inter.
es.ed in commercially. Y. Mer .Adu.
Sailing Directions for 1ampico H,ver.
"As it is sometimes difficult for slran.
gers bound tor Tampico 10 bit exactly up>
on the entrance Of the river, the land in
it's neighborhood being low and uniform in
its appearance, il would be we'll always
to approach as nearly in The latitude OF The
river as possible. The soupdings gradu-
ally shoaled as you near the land, no dan.
ger is therefore TO be apprehended from
running even 10 the night.
"Navigators in approaching Tampieo
River will observe az q mark few houses
situated on the point forming the southern
entrance oil The rIver-From this HamlH
pilots can at all times be procured when
the weather will permit.
"A dangerous bar obstructs The entrance
Of this river, forming a narrow channel
upon the left, or southern shore 10 this
channel the depth Of water varies from 7
10 II feet.
"Tbe anchorage outside the bar 10 en-.
tire|y exposed. and on the commencement
Of Northfr, vessels should invariably
put TO sea--they ought, therefore; always
to ride at single anchor, with their sails
reefed, and slip buoys on their cable.
"Tbe bes, and safest anchorage in wins
ter. (during which season the Northers
prevai) is 10 bring The houses on the south
point to bear by compass s w. and anchor
10 8 or fathoms wafer, In summer you
may anchor E. N. E. from the south point
in 7 fatboms. The first mentioned birth
is about 5 miles from tie point, the latter
e miles. The object Of snchoring we'll to
tie northward is to allow sufficient room
TO slip and make sail.'