Alexandria Gazette, Commercial And Political

THE EX-KING
Lancaster, (Penn.)
By the Baltimore papers we learn
that Joseph Bonaparte left that city on the
15th, "on his way to Washington"
We find on enquiry that he did not proceed
farther than Ellicott's Mills where he
procured a hack, returned to the
precincts of Baltimore, and commenced his
journey to this place. The roads were
very indifferent and he had a tedious
journey. The cause of his turning back at
Ellicott's Mills is not known but
he was not certain before he arrived there that Mr. Madison was at the White House,
and not at the seat of Government.
We are sorry to learn that the populace
at Baltimore behaved with great
rudeness, in gratifying their curiosity to
see the Ex-King. It is a shame
and a disgrace to our country, that a stranger
in his situation could not pass through a city
without having doors burst open
at him. Surely, no matter what Joseph's former condition, he has placed
himself upon our hospitality, and to
treat him with incivility, is not only wrong
but at least of bad manners.
He was furnished by Mr. S with a light stage or coachee, and relay of horses to take him through the
city. He had no out riders, no attendants,
unless the person that drove the carriage in the
paper; we supposed to be his servant. He
might have been an upper servant. Himself and retinue tra-
velled in one carriage. He does not
speak English.