Alexandria advertiser and commercial intelligencer. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1800-1803, 1802-07-19

lad fome efsa rejecting the freightiag
Of the thips for this port, or your lhipping
any obacco to this quarter, which now
ceales.
g The law fpeci6es particularly, that
no Tobacco is. torbe imported into this
country invefels under 100 tons burshen.
! 70 which we reguelf your attention, as il
carries with it the condtcation Of both
fhip.and cargo however, this Law mutt
be notiasdto the American administration
before It can haveits effect. a new du-
ty Of 4 per HID. on the fabricationis laid,
and is TO be paid on Withdrawing the To-
bacco from the entrepof, the old duties Of
80 livres per foreign, and 70 the quinral
per French veaels, is ccnferved. This
nswl4w We luI po.eIwi l'have its eGea from
the iit Vendenaire, 18th year, orzsd.
Sept. prelent year.
!" Ii is pofible that the moment il is
known in America, many people will be.
hiPpiag very loon, TO have their Tobacco
here before that period, to pay the duties
Immediately, and by that means gain the
per centage, or 70 liyrrs the hundred
weight for, after that period all Tobac-
GO arriving will neceaarlly pay the extra
ordinary duty Of 20 per cent. which will
make So for foreign, and 40 for French
xeasls.o ~.
Extraas ia hlterJ1pm an .4vsri-aa gen
tlsmau of rs5eaabihy al Baeuos Ayr6s,
Soxtb Ameuea, TO bis Jrisud IN Beem,
dafed ApulI7tb, 1902.
!" Since leaving home ] have met with
variety Of adventures, and experienced
many diiappointments. I expected to find
the Spaniafds honeA, / find them almof
without exception, villains; and what |
never expected ;nthe leatt | have expert
enced, viz. being prifoner. This coun-
tfyimight be made the garden Of the world 4
but the Spaniards are TOO indolent 70 caer
the Teaa a1iaance to nature. They ileep
one third part of,the day, one third is con-
fnmed in eating, and the remainder is en-
ployed in fmoaking, or in fucking de-
COTTON, of the herb Paraguay, through
tube. They are. if pofible, more lgno-
rant, than iadolent. They are one and
all bigotted to their religion, and believe
think it ierving God, to cheat Proteaanr.
Some of our countrymen, when they re-
turned home appeared to be in raptsres
with this country for my own part ! am
tired with Buenos Ayres. | am tired
with narrow lreets paved with fharp
tones. I am tired of feeling none but
fhabby looking houles. I am tired drink
ing muddy water and four wine, and eat
ing lean beef and bad mutton. Infults
enough have been offered to US to warrant
a war, and our country could reap nothing
but advantage from the CONTEXT. | will
not enlarge upon the indignities we have
uttered and the chips we have under.
gone, but will merely mention a few of
them to thew you, that / fpeak not with
out foundation. Our flag has been plac-
ed under the Spanifh, with the Union
down. The flcal of the civil depart
ment has characterized US, as fet Of peo-
pie wandering about the .ereets without
religion and without morality. Many
of US have been impriioned, fome among
the vileit malefaags; and even the infa-
nous punifhment Of the fcourge has Fore
ed mariners, citiSe0s effbe United States
d. Amsyica, TO toll for the vile Spaniards.
If we complain and mention the ven
geanee ofour country we are laughed at,
and afked What can the United States
do, nation with no power, without an
army, d.who!e whole naval force confias
Of a few frigates? In ihort, they think
they can irnpoisupon US with impunity,as
we have tamely uttered the Engliih and
French to do. Shakefpear's words will
well apply TO US when he iays /" The